"Lavoro per un centrodestra il piu' ampio possibile"


Researchers report Web shoppers are busier and happier than last year, as the holiday arrives and online sales finally slow.


Sri Lanka says weekend death toll hits 79, most rebels

Sri Lankan troops killed 36 Tamil Tigers in the island's north, taking the death toll from fierce fighting at the weekend to 79, most of them rebels, the military said on Monday.


Iraq ready for "final" battle with al Qaeda: PM

Iraqi security forces have begun a "decisive" final offensive against al Qaeda in Iraq to push the Sunni Islamist militants out of their last major stronghold in the north, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday.


Veteran crooner Tony Bennett will release his next studio album, "The Art of Romance," Nov. 9 via RPM Records/Columbia Records.


Indonesia Quake Sparks Fatal Tidal Waves

A car damaged by Sunday's tsunami is perched on a rock at Khao Lak beach, about 900 km (560 miles) south of Bangkok, December 28, 2004.


1921 — Ireland is partitioned amid civil war. The new state of Northern Ireland, with a British Protestant majority, remains part of United Kingdom while the predominantly Catholic rest of Ireland wins independence from UK.


As Israel marked the 12th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on Tuesday, his killer is at the center of an emotional debate. Should Yigal Amir be allowed to attend the circumcision of his son Â or even be pardoned altogether?


Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White will present the next series of ITV reality cookery show Hell's Kitchen.


Four-decade saga ends in freedom for US defector to North Korea

The US Army has freed soldier Charles Jenkins, who defected to North Korea in 1965 but was given leniency so he could start a new life with the Japanese wife whom he met in the Stalinist state.


Napoli e Inter, Coppa Italia test da brivido: due dirette

Si completa stasera il ritorno degli ottavi. In campo due big: alle 20:30 nerazzurri con la Reggina, alle 20:45 i partenopei contro la Lazio. Reja: 'Qualificazione a ogni costo'


New Orleans readies for its second Mardi Gras since Hurricane Katrina, as two people die in violence.


Welsh hearts need Savage beat, says Hughes

Wales boss Mark Hughes believes the no-nonsense style of midfield hardman Robbie Savage will put his team's World Cup campaign back on track.


Storms Could Cause Delay in Shuttle Flights

The battering that this month's hurricanes have inflicted on NASA centers could strain an already tight schedule for resuming shuttle flights, but it is too early to tell how badly.


You would have to look hard these days for signs of "the unmade bed," as Bill Richardson has been described time and again through the years.


Peanuts are rich in cancer-preventing chemicals, researchers have found.


EU launches new probes against Microsoft

The European Commission, fresh from a major court victory over Microsoft, launched new antitrust investigations into the software giant on Monday on suspicion it abused its market dominance to favor its Web browser and Office product.


At last we reach the final installment of this series, the question & answer stage in which we'll consider some of the common problems encountered with audio and MIDI on Linux, along with some common and perhaps not-so-common solutions to those problems. We've looked at some indispensable items for your Linux system troubleshooting toolkit, now let's see how they are applied.


Iraq says no Blackwater move until after inquiry

Iraq said on Monday no action would be taken against U.S. private security firm Blackwater over a shooting in which 11 people were killed until after a joint investigation with U.S. officials.


Nothing New Here  --  And That's the Point

SAN FRANCISCO -- In the living room, the group gathers to share inspirational stories about the joy of finding just the right previously owned shower curtain. To the uninitiated, these people appear almost normal, at least in a San Francisco kind of way. But upon closer inspection, you see it: Nothing in this house, nothing on their bodies, none of their products -- nothing is new. Everything is used....


Clues to Black Plagueâs Fury in 650-Year-Old Skeletons

New findings suggest that the plague selectively took the already ill, while many of the otherwise healthy survived the infection.


Four Duke Men's lacrosse players, including national player of the year Matt Danowski, will return for a fifth season granted by the NCAA to restore a year lost amid rape allegations that led to false charges against three former teammates.


The Ol' Dirty Bastard brought impressionism to rap. His rap style was a kind of scarily funny addict-talk. It verged on nonsense, but it was too familiar to be a joke.


Caught on camera, exposed on YouTube A rather hacked off Chinese couple is suing the operator of the Shanghai metro after CCTV footage of them indulging in some light snogging was uploaded onto YouTube:â¦


Dramatic new film of the moments after an attempted car bombing at Glasgow airport is obtained by the BBC.


"Babel" leads Golden Globes with 7 nominations

"Babel," a searing film drama about  cultural gaps among people around the world, earned seven  Golden Globe nominations on Thursday to lead a surprising range  of nominees for the widely watched movie honors.


Nearly five months after his predecessor was assassinated, Maj. Gen. Alu Alkhanov was sworn in as Chechnya's president Tuesday in a heavily guarded ceremony seen as another step in the Kremlin's strategy to undermine rebels in the war-ravaged region, Russian media reported.


Doctors treat a baby with brittle bone disease while she is still in the womb, using stem cell technology.


The Mitsubishi Electric Corporation opens what it says is the world's tallest elevator testing tower.


KABUL Militants holding three foreign United Nations staff members in Afghanistan released a video Sunday of their hostages and said they would be killed if demands for release of prisoners and withdrawal of foreign troops were not met by noon Wednesday.


A Sailor Man, 75, Gets a Digital Nip and Tuck

This week, Popeye made his debut as a computer-generated 3-D character in a 44-minute movie called "Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy," available on DVD.


A Californian politician is aiming to bring in a law banning the sale of traditional light bulbs.


Apparse a San Prosdocimo, il 'Duomo dei militari'


TRADE-AFRICA:   EU is Using &#39&#39Bully Tactics&#39&#39 to Push Through EPAs

CAPE TOWN, Dec 15  (IPS) - ââWe succumbed,ââ lamented a diplomat from Namibia.  ââWe signed on the 12th of December. The pressure was too much.  The private sector felt that they would be disproportionately  affected. In terms of markets, they would be losing access for  beef, grapes, fish and fish products.ââ


"Smokable" pain drugs promise faster action

All self-respecting painkillers these days offer "fast-acting relief," a promise we accept to mean anywhere from 15 minutes to more than an hour.


Newcastle striker Michael Owen tells BBC Sport he may not play at all this season.


Jamaica Possibly Spared Ivan's Worst Fury

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Hurricane Ivan lashed Jamaica with giant waves and winds nearing 155 mph early Saturday, but as panicked residents braced for a direct hit, the storm unexpectedly wobbled and lurched west, possibly sparing the island the worst of its fury.    The change in course could be good news for hurricane-weary Florida, since Ivan may now head off into the Gulf of Mexico...


The first fight of the 2004 season between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox did not occur on a warm, pleasant April day at Fenway Park.


A shooting death in Denver, a slew of arrests in Cincinnati. This was a black-eye season for the NFL — something not lost on its players' union. The New Year's Day murder of Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams and the lengthy rap sheet compiled by the Bengals brought player conduct to the fore in recent months.


US Shares Poised to Start Slightly Weaker

U.S. shares were poised to start slightly weaker on Tuesday as investors look past potential merger activity to a Federal Reserve that is expected to raise borrowing costs.


Israeli at Heart of N.J. Gay Scandal Returns Home

An Israeli at the center of a  scandal that led New Jersey Governor James McGreevey to quit  over a homosexual affair returned home Wednesday complaining of  a "difficult period" in his first public remarks on the case.


The Academy Awards typically are a gloomy Sunday, ending with a heavy drama crowned as best picture.


Elan Corp. PLC, Ireland's largest pharmaceutical firm, reported widening third-quarter losses Thursday but predicted a return to profit in 2006.


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


Afghan vote is peaceful but draws loud protests

In schools and mosques, wearing suits and burkas, Afghans voted yesterday in the first presidential election, and did not suffer the widespread violence that officials had feared.


Heathrow Strike Looms As Talks Break Down

A union representing refueling crews at Heathrow Airport broke off talks with management Wednesday, raising a threat of a 48-hour strike hitting weekend operations.


Guatemalans choose president after bloody campaign

Guatemalans voted for a new president on Sunday in an election marred by the worst political violence since the end of civil war, with drug gangs and political rivals killing 50 people on the campaign trail.


Gadget porn stand-off First look The surprise of the 3GSM show so far has turned up in the Gadget Porn Department. Nokia's new communicator, the E90, was one of the most eagerly anticipated launches in a long time. But rather like Apple's iPhone, it's somewhat less spectacular once the reality sinks in.â¦


Ljubicic eases into China Open quarter-finals

Fourth seed Ivan Ljubicic swept into the quarter-finals of the China Open on Wednesday with an emphatic 6-1 6-1 win over Viktor Troicki.


Anna Nicole Smith liked to call this small working-class central Texas community where she lived as a teenager her hometown. Many of its 6,900 residents who spoke to The Associated Press on Friday, however, don't feel the same warm connection in reverse.


Clashes break out between protestors and police in Thailand's troubled south, with reports of three dead.


Roma, 18:56 - CALCIO, ROMA: ANCORA NESSUN ACCORDO PER ESPOSITO

Comunicato ufficiale della Roma in merito alle notizie diffuse da organi dell'informazione che, pren...


Iran-EU3 talks to resume Nov 5 as deadline looms

Nuclear talks between the EU and Iran will resume in Paris on Nov. 5 with Tehran facing a looming deadline to agree to freeze uranium enrichment or face referral to the UN Security Council, diplomats said on Thursday.


Southwest seeks to add 12 ATA gates at Midway

The airline has requested use of the gates in a bid to the federal bankruptcy court of Indianapolis for certain ATA Airlines Inc. assets.


THE weather forecast promises a top temperature of 6C (42.8F) for Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Sunday, which is relatively balmy by comparison with the record low for an NFL game, registered at the home of the Green Bay Packers on New Yearâs Eve in 1967


Annan to try to get Israeli troops freed

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday he will do everything he can to secure the release of Israeli soldiers captured by militants in recent months.


Adviser Says Yasser Arafat Is Near Death

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is near death, an adviser said Tuesday.


Public support is growing for a system of presumed consent for organ donation, survey findings suggest.


U.S. Jews and Muslims seek paths to harmony

Muslims and Jews, a tiny slice of the U.S. population, are looking for new ways to get along that could set a worldwide example for two ancient but often alienated faiths, religious leaders and experts say.


Matthew McConaughey is going to be a dad. The actor's publicist Alan Nierob told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the actor and his girlfriend, Brazilian model Camila Alves, are expecting a baby. McConaughey is excited, Nierob said.


Olympics: Halkia New Greek Goddess, Faces Down Questions

Fani Halkia, hailed by one Greek tabloid as a "Winged Goddess," stormed to Olympic victory in the 400 meter hurdles, sparking nationwide jubilation and much probing of her startlingly improved form.


Dow, Monsanto sign corn seed licensing pact

Dow Chemical Co , the largest U.S. chemical maker, and U.S. biotech giant Monsanto Co  said on Friday they plan to jointly create the next generation of genetically modified corn seeds.


Pension Plan Buyout of Bell Canada Would Set Record

TORONTO, June 30 -- Bell Canada agreed Saturday to be bought by a private partnership led by the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan in a deal valued at $48.5 billion that would be the largest leveraged buyout ever.


Diana crash survivor denies cover-up conspiracy

Former bodyguard Trevor Rees, sole  survivor of the Paris car crash that killed Princess Diana,  denied on Wednesday being part of a murder cover-up.


CHELSEA -- On a stretch of Everett Avenue between a lone flower shop and a garage advertising "Good Running $500 Cars," the only biotechnology plant in Chelsea is about to double down on its unusual bet in this old industrial city.


Stocks fell on Tuesday after signs of strength in the services sector and comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke diminished expectations of an interest rate cut, with surging bond yields adding to concerns.


Study Links Sleep Loss to Teens' Suicide Behaviors

NEW YORK  - Teenagers who usually fall into  bed at 2 a.m. each night and get up a few hours later to make  their 8 a.m. classes are putting themselves at risk for more  than chronic tiredness.


La Juve Ã¨ sempre piÃ¹ Olivera Ancora sconfitto il Milan

MILANO, 28 agosto 2004 - Per il secondo anno consecutivo la Juve vince il Trofeo Berlusconi. Decisivo il gol di Olivera ad inizio ripresa, bravo a sfruttare una giocata di Miccoli, appena entrato al posto di Del Piero.


Democrats have put off an announcement on choosing a 2008 national convention site until early January, hard-pressed to pick between Denver and New York, officials said Tuesday.


"The heart of the matter is that the current Israeli government has a problem with the roadmap because the roadmap is about ending the occupation.


A second 24-hour postal strike is underway as part of a continuing row over pay and job security.


In New Mexico, one of the nation's hottest races

The candidates are debating the Iraq war, corruption in Congress, and a state scandal - but not immigration.


'Weekend Warriors' Better Off Than Couch Potatoes

Cramming in the recommended weekly amount of exercise into the weekend appears to offer some health benefits for otherwise healthy men, new research reports.


Almost everyone, it seems, is giving Rove an enormous amount of credit for winning his boss a second term last week. From his office in the West Wing, Rove has been President Bush's senior adviser and chief political strategist.


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

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


Slow Pace in Iraq Surprises NATO Commander

NATO commander Gen. James Jones on Friday expressed surprise at the slow pace of restoring security to Iraq, saying he had believed the insurgency here would have been brought under control faster than in Afghanistan.


REVIEW: Star Wars Game Gives Battle Tour

Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader may get all the glory, but a new Star Wars video game finally gives credit to the everyday grunts who couldn't summon the Force for help.


EU Says Time Not Right to Lift China Arms Ban

The European Union is not yet ready to lift an arms embargo on China, Bernard Bot, Foreign Minister of the Netherlands which holds the bloc's rotating presidency, said Wednesday.


Court suspends Britney Spears' visits to kids: report

A U.S. court has suspended Britney Spears' visitation rights with her two young sons until the pop star complies with all court orders, celebrity Web site TMZ.com reported on Thursday.


Wedding fire, stampede kills over 20 in Pakistan

MULTAN, Pakistan  - A fire at a wedding party triggered a stampede and collapse of a wall in central Pakistan, killing more than 20 people, including the bride, police said on Sunday.


De Niro Finds Top Spot at Box Office Again

Robert De Niro returned to the No.  1 slot at the North American box office on Sunday with the  thriller "Hide and Seek," six weeks after his comedy "Meet the  Fockers" began a three-week reign.


WASHINGTON Back when his goal in life was to become the first man to win an NBA championship and an Oscar, Shaquille O'Neal did some movies.


LADWP Dedicates $10 Million for Mayor's Affordable Housing Initiative; Funds Will Support Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation Programs

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Board of Water and Power Commissioners has approved an agreement to provide up to $10 million in energy efficiency and water conservation measures to support permanent affordable housing development projects in the City of Los Angeles.


Soccer Notebook: M.L.S. Playoff Picture Coming Into Focus

The two division leaders in Major League Soccer â D.C. United in the East and Houston in the West â and New England have clinched playoff berths.


U-Va.'s fifth-year senior safety Marquis Weeks drives the Cavaliers defense confidently from his strong safety position.


Senate to Likely Get Gonzales Nomination

While Democrats plan to allow quick committee approval of attorney general nominee Alberto Gonzales, they plan extensive debate in the Senate on his qualifications and participation in the Bush administration's war on terror.


The D.C. Council approved a measure late Tuesday night that dramatically restructures Mayor Anthony A. Williams's deal with baseball to build a stadium.


Udine, 18:44 - CALCIO, UDINESE; MARINO: SPERO CHE SCONFITTA SERVA DA LEZIONE

Pasquale Marino non cerca alibi dopo il pesante ko con il Napoli al Friuli: ''Spero che questa sconf...


A great "flush" of the Colorado River began Sunday morning when four bypass tubes at the base of Glen Canyon Dam were slowly opened, shooting huge jets of water about 150 feet out into the river.


Bennerman leads rally as NC State struggles to beat Columbia 84-74

This wasn't the way that Julius Hodge envisioned his first game in Madison Square Garden. His "dream come true" almost turned into a nightmare.


Opponents of incoming Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko are...

Opponents of incoming Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko are organizing around an Orthodox cathedral in Odessa, vowing that they will not recognize the country's new government.


In the wrestling ring, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was always the center of attention. Now he captures the big-screen spotlight with his first dramatic leading role.


James Madison, William & Mary Face Off With Playoff Implications

James Madison and William & Mary play today in a critical Atlantic 10 contest in Harrisonburg, Va., and the winner will have the inside track to the conference's automatic berth in the Division I-AA playoffs.


EarthLink Chief Will Take a Medical Leave to Battle Cancer

Garry Betty, 49, has been chief since the company first sold shares 10 years ago.


Kay Nehm, Germany's chief federal prosecutor, said three suspected members of the Ansar-Al-Islam terrorist group had been arrested in the early hours of Friday after the police intercepted telephone ...


Mike Modanoâs power-play goal with 3 minutes 12 seconds remaining in the third period Monday night gave the Dallas Stars a 2-1 victory over the visiting Phoenix Coyotes.


A team of researchers is evaluating how Linux and Mac OS X stack up against Windows for internal use.


NBA commissioner David Stern is confident the Bobcats will succeed in Charlotte and predicted Thursday that the franchise will be among the league's best in two years.


A man is found guilty of murdering his girlfriend and burying her in a cellar in Greater Manchester.


Bologna, Italy (Sports Network) - Czech striker Pavel Nedved scored off a free kick in the 86th minute Sunday to give Juventus a 1-0 win at Bologna.


The home secretary launches a scheme to target the country's 5,000 most prolific criminals.


Malaysia's top court agrees to review a  corruption conviction against the former deputy PM  Anwar Ibrahim.


Sergio Garcia was a little giddy and who could fault him? It was Saturday night and his European team had sprinted away to what would prove to be an insurmountable lead in the 35th Ryder Cup.


Tarantino plans Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! remake

Starring Britney Spears? Quentin Tarantino is reportedly "hot" to remake Russ Meyer's 1965 classic piece of silliness Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, in which "three wild women in three fast cars take time off from stripping in clubs to go on a murder rampage", as the IMDb summary explains.â¦


Texas ban on sex toy sales is overturned

A federal appeals court has overturned a statute outlawing sex toy sales in Texas, one of the last states Â all in the South Â to retain such a ban.


"Babel" Â the latest film by BAFTA award winning director Alejandro GonzÃ¡lez IÃ±Ã¡rritu will be released in India on Dec 29, 2006


Tim Henman has vowed he is ready to crown the most successful year of his career by returning from the Masters Cup almost a million pounds richer.


A car bomb kills at least six people in the centre of the Shia holy city of Karbala, Iraqi officials say.


Britain's Dean Macey lies in fourth place after five events of the decathlon.


LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Chicago Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye says he has a small tear in the ligament of his right ankle and won't play Sunday against Tampa Bay.


TiVo supercharges high-def DVRs with latest software upgrade

External storage option, TiVo To Go, and Multi-Room Viewing are finally on deck for HD TiVo models, along with progressive downloading of Amazon Unbox downloads.


GM investors to vote on governance change proposals

General Motors Corp.  shareholders are set to vote on Tuesday on proposals concerned with how investors vote for board members and how executives are paid when financial results are restated.


Title fight underdog is coming on strong

He is a sizable underdog in Saturday night's heavyweight title fight, and it's no mystery why. Danny Williams, by all accounts, is taking a major step up in class.


Il primo arrivo a Porto Empedocle, il secondo a Lampedusa. Alcuni immigrati portati in ospedale, arrestati gli scafisti. Lampedusa - Le buone condizioni meteomarine hanno riaperto la rotta dei clandestini sul Canale di Sicilia.


Pinochet's grandson kicked out of Chilean army

SANTIAGO, Chile  - The grandson of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was booted out of the army on Wednesday for criticizing the judiciary in a highly politicized speech at his grandfather's funeral, an army source said.


Investors grew more confident that the Fed will lower interest rates again to ward off recession, but they also wrestled with worries about the upcoming earnings season.


Delta, pilots reach accord on new concessions package

Delta Air Lines' pilots union said late Wednesday it had reached a tentative agreement on concessions that could save the struggling carrier from bankruptcy.


After Furor, Network Solutions Stands by Name Policy

Network Solutions is standing by its controversial policy of automatically registering some domain names that are the subject of searches on the companyâs Web site.


Nickelodeon is considering a special for its young audience about sex and love following the news that 16-year-old "Zoey 101" star Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant.


The U.S. Federal Reserve on   Wednesday held its benchmark interest rate steady for a second   straight meeting, biding time to assess whether cooling   economic growth will curb price pressures.


The woman accused of stalking Catherine Zeta Jones will have to stand trial, Los Angeles Superior judge Patricia Schnegg ordered Wednesday.


U2, Pretenders Among 2005 Hall Of Famers

14.2004. For a band to be eligible for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame their first release must be at least 25 years old.


Whatever the outcome of Ukraine's current political crisis, it already amounts to a significant victory for the Ukrainian people and an equally significant defeat for the Kremlin and for President Vladimir ...


Ford Motor Co.  posted its fourth consecutive month of weaker U.S. sales with a 7 percent drop in September results on Friday, and the automaker doubled its incentives on some models to kick-start sales this month.


Russian special forces Friday stormed the school near Chechnya where hundreds of children and adults have been held hostage for 52 hours. The action followed an intense gun battle during which dozens of hostages escaped even as gunmen fired on them.


The start of the 2006-07 season was more of an emotional outlet for Lynn English athletic director Gary Molea than any opening night in years past.


Arrest of portal CEO: A case of overreaction and myopia (OPINION):

[Business India]: The arrest of Avnish Bajaj, CEO of eBay's Indian subsidiary Baazee.com, is a compelling example of overreaction both by the Indian police and the US State Department.


Guinea's strike to end, Conte cedes on premier

A general strike in Guinea will end on Tuesday after President Lansana Conte agreed to demands to choose a new prime minister from a list proposed by opponents, West African mediators said on Sunday.


With flu vaccine shortages, some companies administering the vaccine are selling it at exorbitant prices. Two such cases from Grant and Pierce counties have been filed with the Washington State Attorney General's office.


Microsoft and Yahoo! trumpet anti-Google privacy policies

Just like Ask.com Unable to keep up with Google's market share, the other big search engines are determined to top its privacy policies. Last week, Ask.com announced new software that keeps web searches completely anonymous - a first among major search engines - and now Microsoft and Yahoo! have unveiled their own brand-spanking-new privacy principles.â¦


Mets' Brain Trust Isn't Thinking So Straight

If the Mets see how some other teams succeed - the Atlanta Braves, for example - maybe one day they'll figure it out.


The treatment that more cancer patients receive may one day depend on their genes


John Ashcroft, one of the most powerful, controversial attorneys general in American history, abruptly and reluctantly quit yesterday.


Kanye Scores 10 Grammy Nominations; Usher And Alicia Keys Land ...

Perhaps it is possible to have both critical and commercial success - if you're Kanye West, that is. Dropout, his single "Jesus Walks" and his production work for other artists throughout 2004.


It took Mike Greenwell 10 years to go from the Green Monster of Fenway Park to the green flag of NASCAR racing.


The lunchtime crew, most on the north side of 30, clad in sneakers, shorts, and T-shirts, basketball in hand, were eager to take the floor for their run at the Dana Center.


Rocket from Gaza lands in southern Israel: radio

A rocket fired from Gaza landed in southern Israel on Sunday, an hour after a ceasefire had taken effect between Israel and Palestinian militants in the strip, Israel Radio reported.


Christian Stocker's Blog: php xslcache extension by the New York Times

Christian Stocker points out an interesting contribution by the web developers over at the New York Times website - the xslcaching extension for PHP.   It caches the parsed XSLT stylesheets into your apache child memory (shared memory is on the todo list) and reuses it at the next request. [...] As - depending on the size of your stylesheets - the importing of XSLT stylesheets may take a considerable amount of time, this extension may really improve your website's performance.   Check out the project's page for full details on the installation, use and license for it (including some links for further reading).


KCPT presents 'Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State'

KCPT and the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education will present "Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State," a six-hour series made possible by Public Broadcasting Service and British Broadcasting Corp.


TPG, Silver Lake near deal for Avaya: report

Private-equity firms TPG Capital LLP and Silver Lake Partners are in a leading position to buy telecommunications equipment company Avaya Inc.  for about $17 per share, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Monday.


U.S. coffee shop giant Starbucks  plans to open at least 40,000 more stores over the medium term, half of them outside the United States, according to Tuesday's Expansion newspaper.


A French court has barred the proposed repatriation of the mummified and tattooed head of a Maori warrior.


The head of a zoo where a tiger killed a teenager says the wall around the tiger enclosure is lower than recommended.


Kerry Faults Bush for WTO Sanctions Threat

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Tuesday accused the Bush administration of failing to protect American jobs from unfair foreign competition after the World


US marines probe whether a soldier shot dead an unarmed, injured insurgent at close range in Falluja.


Apple settlement boosts Creative's Q2 profits

Creative TechnologyÂ on Wednesday reported net income of $92.2 million for the second quarter of its fiscal year, largely due to a one-time licensing payment by Apple.


One of the four suicide bombers who attacked London a year ago appeared on an Internet video Friday accusing his country of declaring war on Islam and oppressing Muslims in Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq and Chechnya.


The mother of a 15-year-old girl killed in a road crash on a mountain road says her daughter "lived life to the full".


A luglio e' scesa dello 0,9% contro previsioni di mercato


Roma, 18:52 - CALCIO, LAZIO; MAURI: LAVORIAMO CON OBIETTIVO CHAMPIONS

La Lazio ha ripreso la preparazione al centro sportivo di Formello dopo la bella vittoria sul Torino...


For blogs and bloggers, 2004 was a good year, according to data released from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.


Farnesina, l'operato della Thailandia e' stato corretto


Malgrado Acciona voglia acquistare quota societa' spagnola


Declaring that personal security is as important as national security, a judge Wednesday blocked the government from conducting secret, unchallengeable searches of Internet and telephone records as part of its fight against terrorism.


Two bidding groups emerge for Wendy's: report

A group involving title insurer Fidelity National Financial Inc  and several private equity firms has emerged in the bidding for burger chain Wendy's International Inc , the Wall Street Journal reported on its Website on Thursday.


(InfoWorld) - Officials with the FBI claim that global law enforcement partnerships are playing a significant role in its ongoing efforts to stomp out botnets and other computer-borne crimes. Security researchers have long maintained that one of the most significant obstacles to shutting down botnets is the distributed global nature of the individuals responsible for operating the networks of zombie PCs. Botnets are banks of computers infected by virus programs that allow them to be secretly used to carry out many forms of electronic attacks. The conventional wisdom has been that U.S. law enforcement officials have struggled to find the budget and manpower necessary to track down cyber-criminals operating on their own turf, let alone find a way to identify and arrest people distributing malware code or operating botnets who are based in foreign nations. However, hot on the heels of its announcement of a round of arrests of U.S.-based botnet herders and the identification of over one million machines infected by the programs, FBI officials said that international cooperation is playing an increasingly important role in helping it stomp out cyber-crime. "We've been successful in building relationships with foreign law enforcement officials and have agents in 60 countries around the globe working full time on cyber-crime along with police departments and other agencies," said Shawn Henry, deputy assistant director of the Cyber Division at the FBI. "We've seen some significant developments over the last few years in that area." While Henry admitted that the very nature of cutting-edge botnet herders can make them hard to find as perpetrators move from one bank of infected machines to another quickly to avoid detection, he said that partnerships with foreign governments in the name of fighting cyber-crime are playing a vital role in aiding the agency's ability to thwart the attacks. "This type of crime can be committed by someone with minimal resources, sometimes using publicly available tools, which makes it a challenge to identify who is responsible, but international cooperation has allowed us to pursue these efforts in many countries, and we are also helping other nations fight operators located in the U.S. as this is a problem that goes both ways," Henry said. Rounded up by the agency in its most recent botnet hunt were Robert Alan Soloway of Seattle, who has been tabbed as one of the nation's leading sources of botnet-driven spam e-mail, along with James C. Brewer of Arlington, Texas, who is alleged to have infected several Chicago-area hospitals with botnet programs, and Jason Michael Downey of Covington, Kentucky, who is charged with running botnets that were used to carry out so-called denial-of-service attacks. Taking such individuals offline has become a task secondary only to fighting terrorists and spies, according to Henry, who said that the FBI's current leadership is very much focused on expanding its ability to battle cyber-criminals. Whereas the perception within the IT security community has been that computer-based attacks are further down the agency's pecking order and that its efforts to stop such crimes lack the same financial backing as its other pursuits, Henry said that the FBI is taking the problem more seriously than ever before. "Cyber crime is our number three priority behind anti-terrorism and counter-intelligence, we devote a lot of resources to it, and Director Mueller sees it as a significant criminal problem and is very supportive of our efforts," said Henry. "We also get ample support from the U.S. Department of Justice and have been successful with the legal tools that are being made available to us." Despite making headway, Henry said that the battle against botnets and other forms of cyber-crime remains an "electronic cat and mouse game" as once law enforcement officials and the security community identify and block one technique being used by schemers, the perpetrators tend to move on to some newer modus operandi. The FBI assistant director said that as part of its effort to stop botnets and other attacks, it is hoping that businesses and consumers will become more vigilant and aggressive in lending a hand by keeping their computers protected with the latest anti-virus programs. The agency is also advising potential victims of cyber-crime to pursue investigation of such activity by contacting their Internet service providers, and the FBI has said publicly that people should report any suspected illegal activity to such companies rather than communicating problems directly to itself or other law enforcement organizations directly. Security industry experts lauded the FBI's work to identify and detain hackers as part of its Operation Bot Roast, which led to the arrests of Soloway, Brewer, and Downey, but at least one authority said that the agency may be creating false expectations of relief for businesses and consumers by telling them to fight crimes via their ISPs. Web access providers, particularly those that cater to residential markets, have minimized help desk support to save overhead costs, and customers may find themselves with little recourse or being asked to pay for additional security services when they call their ISPs to complain, said Danny McPherson, chief research officer at security filtering specialists Arbor Networks. Arbor provides network behavior analysis tools to a number of well-known ISPs, including AT&T, British Telecom, EarthLink, and NTT. In addition to leaving customers unsatisfied with their ability to respond to attacks, and potentially driving ISPs with minimal support budgets out of business, asking the service providers to become the de facto police for stopping botnet activity is impractical for a number of reasons, McPherson said. "You tend to see a lot of people, not just law enforcement, calling for quarantines of suspected botnet infected IP addresses, but you can't just start blocking legitimate users who may not know they are involved, what if you stop someone from making a VoIP-based emergency services call?" McPherson questioned. "If someone gets blocked by their ISP, they're going to move to another provider; systems and solutions to automate the security defenses needed to address this problem are being developed, but it will take time, and most infrastructure out there won't natively support that sort of work today." McPherson said that it is encouraging to see cooperation between U.S. law enforcement officials, but he believes that the botnet issue will remain a major problem nonetheless. "It's good to see that there is more global information sharing going on, and that local governments are taking responsibility for cleaning up their own backyards, but with millions of bot hosts and more than 90 percent of those outside the U.S., I think they're still only putting a tiny dent in the problem at his point," said McPherson. Other security industry experts agreed that it will take a lot more effort on the part of the international law enforcement community to have any noticeable impact on botnets and other cyber-criminals. However, efforts such as Bot Roast will succeed in forcing botnet operators to increasingly worry that they may indeed be brought to justice for the crimes they commit, said Alan Paller, director of research for IT security training provider SANS Institute. "At his point, the law enforcement community still can't get much done because so many of the perpetrators are located in so many places where there are no cooperative agreements," he said. "But what they are doing is increasing the risk and raising the cost of committing the crimes, which is just what law enforcement is good at; in the end they can't ever really stop people from trying to rob banks, but they can make it really dangerous and costly, just as they always have tried to."


Fla., NC Top List of States Prepared for Bioterrorism

Florida and North Carolina scored highest in a report "Protecting the Public's Health in the Age of Bioterrorism," released by the Trust for America's Health.


Author 'really cared' for those she wrote about

Iris Chang listened to stories of horror and suffering, absorbed them, and turned them into books. In the end, she may have cared too much.


Early primaries may add more fundraising

If Iowa pushes its presidential caucus into December of this year, could candidates tap old money veins all over again? The payoff could be millions of dollars of new, unanticipated cash. The possibility is sending campaign finance teams to the law books.


It used to be that a trip to Africa or Antarctica qualified as an exotic tourist destination. But cash-rich tourists seeking adventure are now rejecting earthly adventures for destinations that are more out of this world.


Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence, and police said drugs may have been a factor. He was 28.


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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women who take hormone therapy that combines estrogen with progestin have double the risk for venous thrombosis, a type of blood clot, according to a recent study.


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A new drug that fights a form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, won applause if not approval from a panel of advisors to the US Food and Drug Administration.


Investigators are to report on the causes of an E.coli outbreak which led to kidney failure in children at a nursery.


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John Edwards wants U.S. to back G8 on climate change

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Tuesday said the United States should join the Group of Eight in a call to cut global warming gas emissions in half by 2050.


Ten people in China's western Xinjiang province died of measles last month and more than 4,000 were sickened, the local health bureau said Wednesday, in a dramatic rise in the number of cases.


Hot off the press is a book called Place, and it may turn out to be British architecture's most earthily significant wake-up call since the start of the millennium.


After a few  flops and a political detour, Mr. Reiner returns with âThe Bucket List,â which stars Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman.


Nobel prize goes to pair who championed inflation-targeting

Two economists whose work paved the way for success in the fight against inflation in Britain and other countries were rewarded with the Nobel prize yesterday.


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Alaska Airlines plans to test a pay-to-eat plan on some flights in a move to cut costs.


Lorena Ochoa finally gave the hometown fans something to cheer about Friday, shooting a course-record 9-under 64 to take a three-stroke lead after the second round of the Corona Morelia Championship.


Friends, Arabs, countrymen: Mideast 'Richard III' opens in England

The Royal Shakespeare Company has brought Middle East politics to Stratford-upon-Avon with a production of "Richard III" set in an oil-rich Gulf state and performed largely in Arabic.


Readers sound off on the latest headlines.


Air raid, ambush as Japan envoy visits Sri Lanka

Suspected Tamil Tigers killed four people with a roadside bomb in northern Sri Lanka on Monday while government planes bombed a rebel base, the military said, as a Japanese envoy sought to revive a collapsed peace process.


Yankees Come and Go, but One Thing Remains

The Yankees have a new manager in Joe Girardi, several new coaches and a new leading voice in Hank Steinbrenner, but as usual, they still want to win it all.


Open-source Web tools company nets VC funding

A $5 million infusion of venture capital will help Laszlo Systems work on tools to build Web pages.


Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 18 in Pakistani Mosque

A suicide bomber killed at least 18  people in a mosque packed with worshippers and wounded more  than 40 during Friday prayers in the eastern Pakistani city of  Sialkot, police said.


The Ultimate Gift: 50 Years of Organ Transplants

Over the last five decades, surgeons have learned how to transplant virtually every vital organ in the human body.


Woman unlawfully killed when drug was mistakenly fed into her arm via intravenous drip, inquest finds


Three of the nation's largest airlines announced steep cost and job cuts yesterday in an effort to return to profitability and better position themselves for long-term survival.


Shell is doing things by halves in going Dutch

ROYAL Dutch Shellâs dual structure has been blamed for troubles ranging from poor management to dodgy oil reserve accountancy. So its decision to meet shareholder criticisms by unifying its two holding companies


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U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris overcame a campaign ridiculed even by her own party to claim the GOP nomination for the Senate on Tuesday, and Rep. Jim Davis held a narrow lead in the race for the Democratic nomination to succeed popular Gov. Jeb Bush.


Minister's wife moved to mental facility

A woman convicted in the shooting death of her preacher husband was moved from a county jail to a mental health facility, officials said Thursday.


Jobless claims rise, wholesale inventories drop

The number of Americans filing new  claims for jobless benefits rose slightly last week, while  wholesale inventories dropped unexpectedly in December in a  good sign for future economic growth, government data showed on  Thursday.


Cristiano Ronaldo helped Portugal rebound from its troubles at Euro 2004 and the Olympics, leading his country to a 2-0 victory over Latvia during World Cup qualifying Saturday.


64,311 put holiday on hold for Vikings-Packers

MINNEAPOLIS â¹ Friday's NFC North title showdown between the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers didn't interfere with Randy Brock's Christmas Eve plans.


Airport operator BAA dismisses calls for the break-up of its UK airports, saying it would hamper investment.


By Rocky Barker, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 21--Gov. Jim Risch outlined a new approach to managing the state's 9.3 million acres of roadless land Wednesday that state and federal officials say will go forward despite a federal court ruling that challenges the state's involvement.


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Google offers business software via subscription

Web search leader Google Inc.   has begun delivering a set of essential business  software tools to paying subscribers, in a move to widen its  appeal to corporate customers, the company said on Wednesday.


Andre Agassi delays his retirement by beating eighth seed Marcos Baghdatis at the US Open.


U.S. Officials Praise Haiti Peacekeeping

American officials are praising the Brazil-led peacekeeping mission in Haiti as an example of beneficial security cooperation among Latin American countries, even as the U.N. operation faces criticism for not doing enough to secure Haiti.


Children in overcrowded housing are up to 10 times more likely to contract meningitis, a report reveals.


Residents come out on to the streets to witness the first snowfall in living memory in the Iraqi capital.


Laurent Gbagbo calls for calm after anti-French riots and justifies attacks that left nine French peacekeepers dead.


Bush Courts Canadians, but Without Budging on Iraq

The president sought to mend fences while unambiguously re-embracing a course that most Canadians have condemned.


New 50 Cent album pushed back another week

NEW YORK (Billboard) - 50 Cent's new album, "Curtis," has been pushed back another week, from September 4 to September 11, according to Interscope, which declined to give a reason for the move.


Software AG updates webMethods BPM suite

Software AG plans to unveil details of Version 7.1 of the webMethods business process management suite on Wednesday, along with a new enterprise service bus (ESB) and a supply chain performance optimization tool.


Opel workers return to work after six days of wildcat strikes

Work resumed at the Bochum factory of German car maker Opel this afternoon after workers voted to return to their posts following six days of stoppages to protest plans by Opel's US parent, General Motors, to slash 12,000 jobs in Europe.


Heavy rain causes chaos across England as flash floods leave people trapped in cars and water flowing into homes.


The Cubs didn't need to fly anywhere near Florida to be in the eye of the storm. For a team that is going on 100 years since last winning a championship, the only thing they never are at a loss for is controversy.


Ben S. Bernanke said the Federal Reserve was âprepared to act as neededâ to prevent market woes from spreading while the Dow closed up nearly 250 points as investors went bargain-hunting.


LM Ericsson, the world's largest maker of wireless networks, on Friday said earnings grew 12 percent in the second quarter, boosted by strong sales in Asia.


The FBI's failure to roll out an expanded computer system that would help agents investigate criminals and terrorists is the latest in a series of costly technology blunders by government over more than a decade.


A Mansion in Spain Where Mainly Evil Reigns

This would-be thriller shows no fearsome new way of presenting a haunted house and elicits not one palpitation from audiences paying for a few good jolts.


U.S. retail sales jumped a more-than-expected 1.2 percent in December, the government said on Thursday, as car dealers, furniture stores and on-line retailers reported strong sales.


Alltel Seeks Shop To Help Battle The Big Boys

The business is growing, and the numbers are strong. So why is wireless-telecommunications provider Alltel talking to shops after just 18 months with Omnicom Group's DDB in Chicago?


US stocks fell as oil prices reached a new high, spurring concern that rising energy costs will hamper earnings growth. The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 10,000 for the first time in six weeks.


Web search leader Google Inc. and semiconductor maker Intel Corp. launched a broad-based program yesterday to introduce more energy-efficient personal computers and server systems to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.


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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld delivered an impassioned defense of himself yesterday, saying at a Pentagon news conference that US casualties in Iraq affect him profoundly.


Following health advice given on the Internet could leave people in worse health, a new study has warned. The research from University College London (UCL) has shown that many people would be in a better state


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A South Korean court clears the way for a probe into fraud claims against President-elect Lee Myung-bak.


Dell sees strong growth in Asian markets

InfoWorld - Dell is seeing strong demand for its products in several Asian markets and is pleased with customer acceptance of Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system, according to one of the computer manufacturer's senior executives in the region.


The holiday shopping season might be over, but the game console war is still raging, with Sony calling the Wii an "impulse buy" and Nintendo bragging about shipment volumes that dwarf the PlayStation 3's numbers.


Tiger Woods married Swedish model Elin Nordegren at an exclusive resort in Barbados during a sunset ceremony that reportedly cost $1.5 million.


Benedetto XVI ha incontrato presidente Diyanet, Bardakoglu


A NATIONAL Guard F-16 fighter jet on a night training mission has turned its guns on an elementary school and strafed it with 25 rounds of ammunition.


(InfoWorld) - The recent spate of malware attacks propagating throughout the user base of the Skype Internet calling system illustrates a broader trend toward cyber-criminals moving to take advantage of VoIP platforms as they become increasingly popular. Security researchers tracking the latest pack of worm viruses to wriggle their way through the Skype community's chat system said that the threats are nearly identical to attacks that have plagued users of other publicly-available messaging applications for years. However, as Skype and other VoIP systems become even more widespread and greater numbers of businesses move to adopt the technologies, experts predict that cyber-criminals will ratchet-up the severity and diversity of the attacks they aim at users of the software. In mid-May, London-based Skype -- which is owned by eBay -- launched a series of trials of new enterprise features that it hopes will encourage larger numbers of businesses to consider use of its publicly-available VoIP applications. The potential to use such programs to infiltrate business networks and carry out attacks will drive malware code writers and other schemers to similarly increase their focus on VoIP platforms, researchers said. On May 24, Chris Boyd, a researcher at FaceTime Communications -- which established a partnership to provide security applications to Skype in Feb. 2007 -- noticed a new variant of the so-called Skype worm that has been spreading through the VoIP client's messaging system for the last several months. Unlike previous versions of the threat that merely passed themselves along to other Skype users via their contact lists, the new variant will also "jump" to other more established networks, including the ICQ and MSN messenger platforms. The development illustrates not only that attacks aimed at users of VoIP networks are escalating and becoming more sophisticated, but also that they are being pulled into use by the smartest and most aggressive cyber-criminals looking for new revenue streams, Boyd said. "There are a lot of businesses picking up Skype in the workplace, and it's a good bet that if they have Skype on there, they have other IM clients. The attackers are really trying to hit as many people as possible in a random manner, but this is the first instance we've seen of an attempt to get a foot in the door of other networks using Skype," Boyd said. While the attack merely passes itself along to contacts listed in the messaging accounts of affected users, versus dropping malware onto their computers, it does attempt to lure people into clicking on links that point to a range of virus-infecting Web sites. Boyd said that several of the involved URLs have been used in previous attacks on Skype users, including a handful of sites registered through Chinese hosting companies. The researcher believes that the endgame of the hackers behind the threat is to steal valuable data from infected users and pass it back to themselves over Skype's encrypted messaging system. Boyd said that there is also growing evidence of attackers building proof-of-concept botnet threats aimed specifically at Skype users. "Things can potentially get passed out of an organization using Skype because the messaging communications are encrypted and hard to fiddle with. That could be one of the angles," Boyd said. "It's just interesting that the attacks we saw for several months have been so consistent, and now there's this significant change in targeting different networks. I think we'll see more editions in the coming weeks and a substantial attack on Skype users at some point." In late March 2007, researchers at F-Secure first unearthed a Skype worm variant that attempted to trick users into visiting a Web site that downloaded a malware program which was designed to communicate to hackers over a Yahoo mail server to confirm its infection and load additional programs onto affected PCs. Variants of the attack, which subsequently tried to infect users with keystroke logging software and other data-thieving programs, have continued to appear since that time. Tony Magellanez, a systems engineer at Helsinki, Finland-based F-Secure, said that such a move by hackers to port their IM-based threats to VoIP software should come as no surprise. "Chat has obviously been around forever, and the ability to share information via these tools has opened it up to the types of attacks we're seeing," Magellanez said. "The attacks aren't being made against any vulnerability in the software but instead against the social aspects of its use that make it an attractive target." The researcher said, in fact, that the Skype application in particular has exhibited a small number of vulnerabilities and proven fairly resistant to malware threats, a performance he attributes to significant work on the part of the company to engineer the system with security in mind. Other researchers echoed that sentiment but pointed out that most large businesses will still likely adopt VoIP tools designed specifically for the enterprise and avoid publicly-available programs like Skype out of fear for potential attacks. "At this point, we're really just talking about VoIP as a transport vector for attacks as is the case with the Skype worm attacks, which is predictable when you consider other IM-based threats," said Chris Hoff, chief technology officer at Crossbeam Systems. "Like anything else, when VoIP becomes a more legitimate pathway for attackers to go after monetary systems, they will come after it, but it also seems like businesses are taking a more pragmatic approach to adopting VoIP when it comes to security." For instance, Hoff said most companies are running their VoIP systems on standalone networks to make it harder for hackers to access the programs and protect availability of their calling capabilities. Such planning should make a big difference as more dangerous VoIP threats are created, he said. Tom Cross, a researcher with the X-Force team at IBM's ISS division, agreed that Skype is in some sense becoming a victim of its own success with the recent emergence of more worms. In addition to a rapidly increasing number of users, the researcher also attributed greater e-mail and IM security awareness among customers as a reason for the uptick in activity. "From a technical standpoint, these worms don't really have anything to do with VoIP, it's being targeted just as any other popular communications tool will be," Cross said. "Hackers are also moving to different technologies to perform their attacks because we've gotten better at detecting them on other platforms; spam and e-mail don't work as well for the attackers anymore, so VoIP offers a new opportunity where end-users may not be expecting this type of threat, yet."ADVERTISEMENTIBM Information On Demand 2006Industrial Industry Leaders, please join us at IBM's premier information management global event, IBM Information On Demand 2006, October 15-20, Anaheim, CA. More IBM business and technical solutions content in one place than ever before! Select from  over 800 sessions. Register today!


This week the United Nations is scheduled to vote on a human cloning ban, and U.S. policy will play a big part in the outcome. By Kristen Philipkoski.


Fannie Mae's board, responding to accusations of improper accounting at the giant mortgage finance company, has agreed to a 30 per cent rise in minimum capital requirements and to much tighter control by regulators.


Wal-Mart launches movie, TV download service

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES  - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Tuesday introduced a test version of its new video download service, making it the first major retailer to offer such a service with the backing of all of Hollywood's big studios.


Noble Energy Inc. Thursday said it agreed to acquire Patina Oil & Gas Corp. for about $2.76 billion, plus debt. Denver-based Patina owns oil and gas fields in mainly in Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.


Guard Howard Eisley was activated from the injured reserve list Wednesday by the Utah Jazz.


Art: More Than You Can See: Storm of Art Engulfs Miami

ItÂs Baselmania week in South Florida: the week the art world gets high on art fairs, its current drug of choice.


Windies Clinch The Champions Trophy Thriller

LONDON, UK : Sep 26 (PNS) - An unbeaten ninth wicket partnership of 71 runs between Ian Bradshaw and Courtney Browne led the West Indies to clinch the 2004 Champions Trophy Cricket Tournament defeating the hosts England by two wickets in the Finals


Little Rock, AR -- Dwyane Wade scored 20 points, including eight in the decisive third quarter, to lead the Miami Heat to an 83-74 win over the Detroit Pistons, 83-74, in preseason action.


Clinton Seeking Shared Ground Over Abortions

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said the opposing sides should find "common ground" to prevent unwanted pregnancies.


UN launches International Year of the Potato 2008

The United Nations on Thursday officially launches "International Year of the Potato 2008," an initiative mocked in private by some diplomats but enabling governments to raise much-needed funds for agricultural research.


Lacking Doctors, Africa Is Training Substitutes

Many health specialists say that paraprofessionals are the solution to the brain drain of doctors from African countries like Ethiopia to Western nations.


Premiers appear divided on strategy but agree more money is the ...

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (CP) - The country's premiers arrived for a key meeting Wednesday unsure on whether to try to force Ottawa to set up a national pharmacare program, but firmly convinced that more federal money for health is essential.


U.S. Turns Its Focus to Playing Like a Team

The U.S. team, under a new captain, Tom Lehman, begins play in the 36th Ryder Cup on Friday at the K Club in Straffan, Ireland.


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State health plan costs within estimates

The premiums insurers will charge to cover the poorest Massachusetts residents are in line with what the architects of the state's new health insurance law predicted, meaning there should be enough money to pay for the plan in its initial year, officials said.


And now another Serb is heard from. A Serbian whose favorite light reading is Dostoevsky, who yearned to be a blond and tried it for a while, dropped by Wimbledon yesterday, black-bearded, to make it a blacker day for the first of the notables to tumble.


Now or Never for N.Irish Deal, Says Paisley

Northern Irish Protestant leader Ian Paisley challenged his IRA foes Tuesday to give up their weapons, saying it was "now or never" for Catholic republicans to agree a lasting political settlement with his ...


Don Listwin, chief executive of communications software maker Openwave Systems, is giving up the executive reins to throw himself into a personal crusade against cancer.


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BIG TIN firm Sun is planning a brave new world where computing power is sold as a commodity and spare capacity is flogged off to other companies.


North Korea has no intention of invading South Korea: Kim Jong-Il

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has declared his state has no plan to invade South Korea, and that instead a reverse threat existed, Radio Pyongyang said.


A massive gas explosion at an industrial complex near downtown Milwaukee killed one person, left another missing and destroyed two buildings on Wednesday, officials said.


Peace talks at pivotal juncture, hitting snag on who can ...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland The peace process in Northern Ireland is reaching a critical point, with people waiting to hear if the Irish Republican Army will disband and disarm its operation.


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Wintergrass: 4-Day Festival is Heaven for Bluegrass Fans

SEATTLE _ They're pickin' here, they're pickin' there, they're pickin' everywhere at Wintergrass, Tacoma's annual total immersion into bluegrass music.  There's nothing quite like it anywhere in the world.


Viacom in $1 bln copyright suit vs Google, YouTube

Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. said on Tuesday that it was suing Google Inc. and its Internet video-sharing site YouTube for more than $1 billion over unauthorized use of its programming online.


OpenSSI Clusters for Linux Leverages HP's NonStop Clusters for Unixware and various open source technologies to provide a full, highly-available SSI (Single System Image) clustering environment for Linux. Goals include availability, scalability and manageability.New features include several CFS performance enhancements and the integration of LVS-NAT. POSIX process groups and multi-threaded applications can now atomically migrate as a group. Also, processes can migrate while holding file record locks. New commands include 'fast' and 'fastnode'. Several files have been added to /proc/cluster for dynamic modification of nodedown detection parameters. Finally, a variety of bugs have been fixed.   OpenSSI 1.1.0 is a development release, and is not necessarily suitable for production use. The Red Hat 9 version should only be used for upgrading from OpenSSI 1.0.0. New installs should be done on Fedora Core 2 or Debian.  You can find our latest release here: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=32541&package_id=131632


"Good Vibrations" is a lumbering, brainless Frankenstein's monster, stitched together from stolen body parts and stuffed into a wild bikini.


A man is due in court charged with murdering a woman who disappeared after going out on a date.


'It's time for revenge' The boss of a small German IT outfit is being sued for unfair dismissal after sacking three of his 10 staff when they "requested a non-smoking area to work in", the Hamburger Morgenpost reports.â¦


Disney Picks Sony Format for DVD's of Its Films

The Walt Disney Company and its home video division, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, said yesterday that they would release films in the next-generation high-definition DVD format being developed


South Korea and Japan are striving to convince the United States to keep alive a suspended project to build two light-water reactors in energy-starved North Korea, despite the lingering dispute over its nuclear weapons programs.


Shortcuts: When Just Handing Over a Ring Wonât Do

Marriage proposals are becoming increasingly elaborate and expensive, with proposal planners, proposal photographers and others getting into the act of helping men.


Crespi riparte da Djordjevic 'Solo 5 minuti per dire di sÃ¬'

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Hitler auction stormed by royal gatecrasher

A stand-up comedian famous for gatecrashing the 21st birthday party of Britain's Prince William stormed a sale of watercolours thought to have been painted by Adolf Hitler.


Fanatical Muslim group linked to film-maker's death

THE man charged with the murder of a controversial Dutch artist last week has been linked to a fanatical Islamic sect whose members are said to include the al-Qaeda second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and the Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.


Senior Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed is freed from house arrest.


Charles Giancarlo, who was seen as a likely candidate to head Cisco Systems, has resigned from the networking giant after 14 years to "pursue new professional opportunities," Cisco announced Thursday.


SANTA ANA, Calif., Dec. 13 -- Representatives of Chandler family members on Tribune's board of directors approached one private-equity firm about a possible partnership to buy the embattled media giant several months ago, even before the family began pushing for the sale of the company that is now...


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Angels Outfielder Guerrero Claims MVP Award

Anaheim Angels outfielder Vladimir  Guerrero claimed the American League MVP award on Tuesday,  turning what was supposed to be a tight race into a runaway  victory.


In October 2003 in the town of Kressbronn on Lake Constance, Germany, the DaimlerChrysler subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen unveiled the first ever fuel-cell propelled yacht bearing the highly appropriate name, ...


Sun Microsystems Inc. has agreed to pay US$92 million to settle a software patent lawsuit brought against it by Eastman Kodak Co., Sun announced Thursday.


Four Scientists Win Medical Awards From Lasker Foundation

A researcher who turned cataract surgery into a brief outpatient procedure and three scientists who illuminated how some hormones and vitamins act on the body's cells have won prestigious medical awards.


Russian Forces Kill 27 Rebels, Take Three Alive -Report

Russian forces killed 27 hostage takers  after storming a school held by Chechen separatists and  captured three alive, Interfax news agency quoted officials as  saying on Saturday.


Cherie's spin-king ducks as the flak flies

THE Sydney spin doctor organising Cherie Blair's lucrative Australian fundraising tour kept his distance from the British Prime Minister's wife yesterday as flak flew over his past charity fiascos.


Former Indonesian president Suharto, who was rushed to hospital in critical condition last week, deteriorated on Tuesday as doctors tried to avert multiple organ failure, a member of his medical team said.


As agents closed in on fraud at HealthSouth Corp. two years ago, then-chief executive Richard Scrushy told an aide ''everybody goes down" if problems with the rehabilitation giant's financial statements become public, according to a secretly made recording played at Scrushy's trial yesterday.


Judge Discusses Details of Work On Secret Court

At 3 a.m. on Aug. 8, 1998, the day after the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, the chief judge of a special court that supervises applications under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was awakened at home in order to approve five wiretaps, including one of Osama bin...


MIAMI - The Chicago Cubs' 24-hour visit to Miami included a brief stay atop the NL wild-card race. Then they lost their lead because they couldn't beat David Weathers...


The civil charges accuse three former top executives of manipulating Fannie Maeâs books to fatten their bonuses.


Labor and Likud exchange accusations as talks reach stalemate

After Labor rejected Sharonâs ultimatum of four portfolios and two ministers without portfolio, PM officials said Labor leaders were âwimpsâ and âpatheticâ.


Nationwide Web-crime sweep rounds up scores

The Justice Department announced yesterday that more than 150 people had been arrested, charged or convicted in the last three months in a wide-ranging sweep of criminal activity on the Internet.


Two-time NASCAR champion Terry Labonte will race a limited schedule in 2005 and 2006, joining the growing list of veteran drivers slowly easing out of racing.


A suspected suicide bomber attacked a mosque in east Pakistan Friday, killing at least 16 worshippers, the BBC reported. The mosque was packed with minority Shiites when the bomb exploded, officials said.


CDC says delay of Chiron flu vaccine not a problem

Aug 27, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Close to half of the nation's influenza vaccine doses will be shipped later than expected this fall, but everyone who wants a flu shot should ultimately be able to get it, federal health officials said today.


Magazines go green with global warming issues

Some sports fans may now know as much about global warming as they know about women's swimwear: Sports Illustrated this week tells readers how a warming world is going to change the state of play.


Zambia president surges in tight race: newspapers

Zambia's presidential race tightened sharply on Saturday as overnight counting yielded big wins for incumbent President Levy Mwanawasa, spurring his main rival to warn of "ghastly consequences" if any poll fraud was detected, newspapers said.


Microsoft buys a $240m stake in the social networking site Facebook, beating rival Google


Blog: Want to see how TV is changing? Hang out near the cell phone tent and the vacuum cleaners.


InfoWorld - Adobe's ColdFusion software for building Internet applications and Web sites is being improved with Microsoft .Net support, enabling .Net objects to be invoked from within the ColdFusion language.


Munch Paintings Stolen From Norway Museum

OSLO, Norway - Armed, masked thieves burst into a lightly guarded Oslo museum Sunday and snatched the Edvard Munch masterpiece "The Scream" and a second Munch painting from the walls as stunned visitors watched in shock.    It was the second time in a decade that a version of the iconic "Scream," which depicts an anguished, opened-mouthed figure grabbing the sides of its head, had been stolen from an Oslo museum...


For more than three months, police Detective John Botte roamed the ruins of the World Trade Center, snapping photographs with his Leica Rangefinder camera and capturing hundreds of images of people at work on the monumental cleanup. His pictures soon appeared in a trio of books, most notably the best-selling autobiography of the city's police commissioner.


US withdrawal from Iraq depends on security, diplomacy - Kerry

Chances for the United States to reduce its military forces in Iraq within one year will depend on security on the ground and advances in US diplomacy, US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said.


Wearing beaded sunglasses with feathers, 83-year-old Lorraine
McCaslin waved a green handkerchief as she danced in New Orleans'
Woldenberg Park, ushering in what she says is her favorite time of year
 -  Mardi Gras


Dissent Threatens U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Deal

NEW DELHI -- After two years of painstaking negotiations, a historic nuclear cooperation agreement between the United States and India appears to be unraveling as a broad spectrum of political parties calls on the government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to scrap the deal, saying it limits the...


Organisers of the Berlin Film Festival say this year's event will celebrate European cinema's robust health.


Police reveal two more inmates have absconded from Prescoed open prison, with one still missing five years later.


Britain's Tories love Open Source (true!)

All aboard the Osbournesource bandwagon! George Osborne, Britain's shadow chancellor of the exchequer, has stuck the Conservative Party's banner firmly on the internet bandwagon.â¦


Amy Winehouse is to stage her first public performance since entering rehab at the Brit Awards.


Astronomia, dopo un secolo scoperta origine raggi cosmici

Lâorigine dei raggi cosmici? L'esplosione di una supernova. Dopo un secolo di ricerche, si chiarisce l'origine delle misteriose particelle ricchissime di energia che bombardano la Terra dallo spazio e che


Pitney Bowes Inc , the biggest U.S. supplier of postage meters and mailing machines, posted a lower quarterly profit on Monday because of weakness in its U.S. and international mailing segments as well as in its management services business.


Novell could be banned from selling Linux: group

The Free Software Foundation is  reviewing Novell Inc.'s  right to sell new versions of  Linux operating system software after the open-source community  criticized Novell for teaming up with Microsoft Corp.


Geologists: Collier Glacier is shrinking

Between the North Sister and Middle Sister in Oregon's Cascade Range, Collier Glacier has advanced and receded for hundreds of thousands of years. But like many glaciers, it is headed in one direction these days: backward.


Hollywood actress Kathleen Turner is named best actress at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards.


Forty-five days and some 13 million downloads after its official release, Mozilla's Firefox browser is showing undeniable momentum--but does it signal the beginning of the end to Microsoft's monopoly over the basic software used to access the Web?


RIM Incorporates QWERTY Keyboard In Small Mobile Devices

It's now possible to enjoy all the benefits of a full featured QWERTY keyboard in a small wireless device, thanks to Research In Motion's (RIM) new patent-pending SureType keyboard.


Proposals in France to tighten entry conditions for immigrants' relatives are to be debated by MPs.


For sale: bankrupt copper mine, has new bulldozer

BOR, Serbia  - Once a socialist success story, Serbia's bankrupt copper mine is now hoping surging copper prices can attract a new owner with cash to reverse the fortunes of the sprawling complex and dusty town beyond.


Immigration on Bushâs Agenda in Guatemala

In the Central American leg of his tour, President Bush is likely to face questions about a crackdown on immigrants.


Juanes to release first single from new album

Colombian pop/rock star Juanes  will release the first single from his new album "La Vida Es  ... Un Ratico" on September 4, ahead of the album's October 23  release.


FTSE 100 dragged down by lackluster miners

The leading share index slipped into negative territory as the Lonmin mining group slumped by almost seven percent after cutting its full-year sales forecast, dealers said Monday.


La societa' avrebbe violato alcuni obblighi contrattuali


Study: Rare gene change linked to autism

A rare genetic variation dramatically raises the risk of developing autism, a large study showed, opening new research targets for better understanding the disorder and for treating it.


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.


The chief U.N. nuclear inspector said Monday his agency cannot be sure if Iran's nuclear activities are a cover for a weapons program


Update 3: Ex-CEO Scrushy Faces New Perjury Charge

Federal prosecutors added perjury and obstruction of justice charges to the criminal case against fired HealthSouth Corp. chief executive Richard Scrushy on Wednesday under a new indictment in the rehabilitation giant's accounting scandal.


Oprah Winfrey Surprises Audience With New Cars

_ In addition to advice, encouragement and inspiration, Oprah Winfrey had a special gift for every member of her audience _ a $28,000 car.


Powell Plans Trip to Europe, North Africa

In what may be his final official overseas trip, Secretary of State Colin Powell plans visits to Bulgaria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Morocco from Dec.


E' la fine del bicameralismo perfetto. Ma Ã¨ solo il primo scoglio di un lungo iter legislativo previsto dalla Costituzione. Le incognite si chiamano Ciampi e rapporti nella maggioranza. Mntre l'opposizione (ancora una volta) si spacca.


Lebanon mourns slain minister as new crisis brews

Lebanon began three days of mourning on Wednesday for an anti-Syrian cabinet minister whose assassination, blamed by his allies on Damascus, has reignited his country's deep factional rivalries.


SourceForge complies with a DMCA notice to remove open-source software designed to help you rip HD DVDs. But was it really infringing copyright? In 27Bstroke6.


Social networking site Facebook called "the greatest paradigm shift in technology since the Internet itself."


Slow Start for Nets Is Echoed by the Elite

The Nets and the Phoenix Suns are part of a trend that seems to have pervaded this young season: Teams with high expectations that have stumbled out of the gate.


Gareth's shirt raises 3,500 for our auction

A RUGBY shirt donated by sporting legend Gareth Edwards has raised a total of 3,500 in a Western Mail auction to help the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunamis.


Russia pushes back monetary union with Belarus

A union between Russia and Belarus was pushed back further Monday when President Vladimir Putin told his counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that the countries would not be able to agree on a common currency at least until 2006.


Tre i militari colpiti ieri a Farah, in Afghanistan


Pixar's $70 Million 'Incredibles' Debut Tops 'Nemo'

Get lost, Nemo. Pixar Animation's  new film "The Incredibles" topped weekend box office charts  with $70.7 million in domestic ticket sales to break records  for Pixar partner Disney and beat their previous smash hit  "Finding Nemo."


Gates Foundation expands digital divide initiative

(InfoWorld) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Thursday announced a new $328 million plan to provide computer and Internet services through public libraries in developing nations. Botswana, Latvia, and Lithuania won the first round of grants, a total of $17.5 million, the foundation said in a statement. Over the next seven years, theÂ Gates Foundation expects to investÂ the remainder of the fund in 12 to 15 countries. The grants are aimed at creating opportunities for people in the developing world to access the Internet. A portion of the funds will be set aside for IT training programs. The initiative comes amid heightened sensitivity to the need to bridge the digital divide in developing nations. A number of companies and groups are working to provide low-cost IT products and Internet access to poor areas of the world, including theÂ One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) GroupÂ led by Nicholas Negroponte, a cofounder of the MIT Media Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Via Technologies, which isÂ building solar-powered computer centers, and Intel, which hasÂ pledged $1 billionÂ over five years for computers and Internet access. The latest notebook reference design is aimed at Taiwan, which is an emerging but by no means poor economy. The device is orange, comes with an attached shoulder strap and is meant for school-age children. Citing statistics that say 87 percent of the worldâs population, or five billion people, have no access to the Internet, the foundation pledged to help solve this inequity. "The vast majority live in developing countries, which means that those with the greatest need often do not have the opportunity to access valuable health, education, and government information that can improve their lives," the foundation said in a statement. The foundation worked with the government of Botswana to develop a pilot plan to connect five villages to the Internet and put computers in public libraries or reading rooms. The goal is to develop the test sites to make sure they are both useful to the public and show staying power over the long term. The foundation invested $1.1 million to fund the initial round of the project. In Latvia, the Gates Foundation provided $16.2 million for broadband Internet connections and Wi-Fi networks in libraries across the country. Each library will also receive three computers and IT training for their staff. The government of Latvia and Microsoft Latvia also committed funds and software to the project. Lithuania received a $220,396 grant to help plan a national effort to provide Internet access in public libraries throughout the country for free. The foundation will grant additional funds to the effort once planning is completed. The foundation cited past successes for its faith in the global Internet initiative. In 2001, the foundation worked with the government of Chile to put Internet access and computers in all of the country's 368 public libraries. Another effort in Mexico placed computers in about a third of the country's 8,000 libraries. Â ADVERTISEMENTNEW IT SERVICES FROM IBM: EASIER TO BUY AND IMPLEMENTDiscover a simpler, more cost-effective way to get the solutions your company needs to grow more flexible and efficient.


At first glance, it might seem as if Computer Associates has cleaned up its act. Yes, its former CEO and another top executive were indicted Wednesday for securities fraud and obstruction


On FOX Wednesday night at 8pm the annual teen choice awards took place. The event was hosted by Paris Hilton and Nicole Riche. Some of the highlights of the evening included a kick butt performance by Lenny Kravitz, leatherface (from Texas Chainsaw Mas...


HP approves $3.7M severance package for top lawyer

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s (HP's) board of directors has approved a severance package including $3.7 million in stock options for its general counsel, who resigned Thursday amid a growing scandal into HP's conduct during an investigation into board leaks.


Anthony scores 33 points as Nuggets top Blazers

Carmelo Anthony scored 33 points after being involved in a minor car accident to help the Denver Nuggets end a four-game losing streak with a 114-107 overtime victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday.


Intel is betting on a big expansion of 'âultra-mobileâ' computing, an idea that depends on people being willing to tote around a portable device beyond their ubiquitous cell phones.


Russia's Medvedev says too hard-up to own a car

Russia's likely future president, Dmitry  Medvedev, does not have a car of his own and the only family  transport is his wife's nine-year-old Volkswagen Golf, an  official income declaration showed on Monday.


Forces loyal to a DR Congo presidential candidate start to leave Kinshasa, following an ultimatum.


Saturday Night Live Creator Lorne Michaels Honored

On Monday night, past and present  "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" honored Lorne Michaels, the  creator and executive producer of "Saturday Night Live," who  was awarded the 2004 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the  Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.


It's 88 for Earnhardt - and he's amped up

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will have two 8s on his new car. NASCAR's most popular driver will be in the No. 88 Chevrolet when he moves to Hendrick Motorsports next season, the team announced yesterday. Earnhardt's car will be sponsored by Pepsi, with the company's Mountain Dew soft drink and Amp Energy drink featured on the car. The National ...


Colin Montgomerie will play in his seventh Ryder Cup, added to the European team Sunday as one of two wild-card selections by captain Bernhard Langer. Langer also chose 26-year-old Luke Donald, giving England five players on a team that will try to retain the Ryder Cup against the United States on Sept. 17-19 at Oakland Hills outside Detroit.


Chile's Supreme Court rules former President Pinochet is fit to stand trial on murder and kidnapping charges.


Family of Six Found Dead in Iraqi Home Hit by U.S.

Rescuers dug the bodies of six members of one family -- a couple and their four children -- out of the rubble of an Iraqi house bombed by U.S. warplanes on Wednesday, witnesses said.


Michael Vaughan says England's bowling against India was the best since the 2005 Ashes series.


Sanyo's Eneloop Battery Gets a Boost From Wii

Shipments of Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd.'s Eneloop ready-to-use rechargeable battery will soon hit 30 million thanks in part to the popularity of Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii games console.


AUSTRALIAN troops suffered their first casualties in Iraq yesterday when three soldiers were injured in a massive car bomb attack on their military convoy in Baghdad.


Manhattan presents wireless security challenge for RNC

While physical security was tightened in New York for this week's GOP convention, IT security researchers uncovered an unsettling number of unencrypted wireless devices that could pose an information security nightmare for convention organizers and delegates.


MONKEYS use tools to dig up roots, crack seeds and dig insects from holes in trees, scientists have found, contradicting the traditional idea that humans are nature's only tool-makers.


Bush, Kerry trade shots on bin Laden, economy, health care

US President George W. Bush and Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry battled over Iraq, terrorism, health care, and jobs, hoping their final debate would break their deadlocked race.


New map on human genetic variation unveiled

An international team of scientists unveiled on Wednesday a new human genetic map, or "book of life," that fills in missing pages and chapters to explain how genes are involved in common diseases.


The Croatian parliament approves a new government - the country's first with an ethnic Serb in a key position.


CBS got the bill Wednesday for Janet Jackson's eye-catching flash dance during the Super Bowl halftime show: a record $550,000.


Smack in an Urban Setting, a Nature Preserve Grows

By John F. Bonfatti Fifteen years ago, bird-watcher Roberta Vallone had little company as she traipsed through thigh-high weeds and brambles to indulge her pastime at Times Beach, just over the Buffalo River from downtown.


Roma, 22:48 - CALCIO, COPPA UEFA: VINCONO SIVIGLIA E NEWCASTLE

Oltre a Sp. Braga-Parma 1-0 ecco gli altri risultati degli incontri di andata dei 16' di coppa Uefa ...


The US regulator to beef up monitoring of drug safety after criticism over a painkiller linked to heart disease.


2nd UPDATE: James Hardie Agrees To A$1.5B Asbestos Fund

(Adds details of funding proposal and company comments.) By Morag MacKinnon Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES. SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Building products manufacturer James Hardie Industries NV (JHX) agreed Tuesday to fund


Benson shows no fear on -- or off -- the field

Texas running back Cedric Benson is probably in some conversations about this season's Heisman Trophy -- and not just because he said he'd rather win the stiff-armed statue than beat Oklahoma, if given a choice.


Military Hospitals Overwhelmed With Donations

Americans responded almost immediately to early reports that wounded U.S. soldiers in Germany needed clothing, but now the facility as well as the Army hospital in Washington, D.C., are urging donors to hold ...


his time, there was nothing subtle about Willie McGinest. He didn't creep, he sprinted. He didn't try to dupe the quarterback into thinking he would drop into coverage, he merely maneuvered


LAYTON -- Got a question, complaint or advice for county officials?  The Davis County Commission will hold an open house Thursday to talk to residents about the county.


Casey wins World Match Play Championship

The guy in a red shirt and a swoosh turned in a record-setting performance to win the World Match Play Championship on Sunday, just as everyone expected. Paul Casey said his choice of apparel was merely a coincidence.


Conflicts in the Ivory Coast and Sudan's troubled Darfur region are driving potential investors out of Africa, the United Nations says.


Sabato via con Bologna-Cagliari e Inter-Chievo. DifficoltÃ e card introvabili. Il tifoso si avventura tra le proteste                                                  Decoder e schede, pronti via se vedete Shevchenko funziona                                                                                di ANTONIO DIPOLLINA


ID Biomedical Gets U.S. Flu Vaccine Deal

ID Biomedical Corp. IDB.TO IDBE.O  signed a distribution deal for its Fluviral drug that could  reap sales of up to $2.5 billion over a decade and help U.S.  authorities ease a vaccine shortage as early as next year, it  said on Monday.


David Lucas, playing in his first game of the season since having surgery to repair a tendon in his right toe, had 13 points and Oregon State beat Sacramento State 86-59 Tuesday night.


NBA banishes Georgian center one game for elbowing Frenchman

Atlanta's Zaza Pachulia, a 22-year-old center from Georgia, was suspended one game without pay by the National Basketball Association for a flagrant foul in a loss to Seattle.


Roma, 11:36 - CALCIO, RANKING FIFA: ITALIA PERDE PRIMATO, BRASILE LEADER

L'Italia viene rimpiazzata dal Brasile nella leadership del ranking Fifa. Con la vittoria in coppa A...


High Street bank Lloyds TSB says it plans to create up to 1,000 new jobs in India, many of which will replace UK posts.


Banking shares push down European markets

Europe's main stock markets fell as banking shares slid on speculation that French bank Societe Generale may issue a profit warning because of losses linked to US subprime mortgages.


Al Qaeda leader calls for pre-emptive attacks

In an as-yet unauthenticated tape broadcast by Arabic language TV news network Al-Jazeera, the voice of a man claiming to be Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda's second in command after Osama bin Laden, has called for jihadists to undertake strikes against the


Hendrick Motorsports announced that long-term contractual commitments to sponsors will preclude Budweiser as primary sponsor of Dale Earnhardt Jr.âs car next season.


Under pressure to defend a series of actions that critics call harmful to investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission chairman began a congressional oversight hearing yesterday by exchanging a handshake with a Massachusetts Democrat and a pat on the back with a Georgia Republican.


A Chrysler LLC truck plant in the Detroit area on Wednesday voted to approve a proposed four-year contract, throwing the weight of a key plant behind the deal on a day of ratification voting expected to determine the fate of the controversial labor pact.


Saturn moon has scientists howling Close-ups of Titan seen for ...

Sophisticated cameras aboard the spacecraft Cassini gave Earth-bound watchers the world's first close-up view of Saturn's mysterious, largest moon Titan Tuesday night, as scientists processed striking images from the spacecraft's brief fly-by less than


JPEG exploit could beat antivirus software

Security experts say that attacks using image files could bypass established defenses.


Oil vaulted to a record $100 a barrel on Wednesday as geopolitical turmoil, tight energy stockpiles in consumer countries and a weak dollar triggered a surge of speculative buying, dealers said.


THREE YEARS after 9/11/01, presidential politics is driven by fear of terrorism and war in Iraq. 9/11 represents horrifying failure of America's defense that happened on George Bush's watch.


German Film Portrays Hitler's Human Side

A startlingly convincing portrayal of  Adolf Hitler in a new German movie about his last 12 days is  causing controversy with critics challenging its treatment of  the "monster" as a human being.


Microsoft is on the move again. As it has in the past, the software giant is trying to elbow aside rivals who have pioneered new markets.


Reggio Emilia, 19:07 - BASKET, REGGIO EMILIA RICORRE A CAMERA ARBITRALE CONI

La Pallacanestro Reggiana ha presentato oggi istanza di conciliazione alla Camera Arbitrale presso i...


Blunder gives the wrong Newcastle Â£2.8m

Mix-up blamed on officials who did not know their Tyne from their Lyme


With a record-breaking 11 nominations, the musical âHairsprayâ leads the competition for the Laurence Olivier Awards in London.


Onorificenza concessa per la prima volta a un non americano


A senior Equatorial Guinea official has accused the former Spanish government of involvement in the plot to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.


Mortar wars terrorize weary Baghdad residents

Retired Iraqi army officer Abdul-Rahman al-Nuami, 60, can clearly remember the evening in mid-June when he first heard the dull boom of a mortar round slamming into his mainly Sunni district in western Baghdad.


FDA examining safety of cough, cold drugs for kids

U.S. health regulators are taking a new look at the safety of children's over-the-counter cough and cold medications, especially for those under age 2, a Food and Drug Administration official said on Friday.


Open source Java presents world of opportunities

InfoWorld - Now that Java is going open source, what exactly does that mean? Developers and others worldwide say it opens up a world of possibilities.


Mass study finds record haul of disease genes

The largest ever study of genes in  disease has found 24 genetic risk factors -- half of them  completely new -- linked to seven common conditions, British  scientists said on Wednesday.


com October 18, 2004, 8:32 AM PT. This priority retains its ranking at number five as more and more companies deploy Web Services to share business logic, data and processes with each other and with clients.


Israel Idonije thought he'd be in the NBA, playing with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. And Dan Federkeil acknowledges he's not even much of a sports fan.


Michael Owen says he is happy at Newcastle and dismisses speculation that he wants to leave St James' Park.


Israel raises Palestinian hackles by planning a Gaza burial for Yasser Arafat as he lies ill in a Paris hospital.


The Church of England will ask Sony to apologise over the use of Manchester Cathedral in a violent game.


The Port of Oakland is in the process of rolling out an RFID system that will track the movement of all trucks that enter its facilities.


Ape escapes in Taiwan and goes on 3-hour rampage

An orang-utan chewed through her cage and went on a three-hour rampage at a Taiwan entertainment park until authorities subdued it with a stun gun, a park employee said on Thursday.


Japan eyes robots to support older population

It looks like a washing machine on  wheels, but the bulky contraption vacuuming the hallways of a  Tokyo high-rise is a robot.


Nigeria's vice president is on a list of names released by the anti-graft agency it says are too corrupt to run in elections.


Monday morning's Washington Post is citing two anonymous sources saying senator Joe Lieberman is the front runner for the Secretary of Homeland Security job as President Bush looks to fill out his cabinet for a second term.


Men: Is that Laptop Computer Harming Your Fertility?

(New York-WABC, December 8, 2004 ) - They're the mobile offices for millions of professionals and young people. But now doctors are sounding a warning for men who use laptop computers.


Madrid bomb suspect loses UK extradition fight

A Syrian-born man accused of complicity  in the Madrid train bombings in 2004 on Wednesday lost his  final appeal against being extradited from Britain.


Foxx Gets Record Three Golden Globes Nods

The Golden Globes are shaping up as a reprise of "The Jamie Foxx Show." Foxx, star of the sitcom that aired from 1996 to 2001, earned a record three Globe nominations Monday, including one for best musical or comedy actor for his uncanny portrayal of


Mosquito control asks voters for more money

The Clackamas County Vector Control District will ask voters in November to more than quadruple its budget for mosquito control, amid concerns about the spread of the West Nile virus.


In State Senate, Aging Fingers Cling to Power

An increasingly older bloc of Republican senators in New York State is desperate to hang on to a two-seat majority.


Bill would require social networks to verify users' ages

HARTFORD -- Connecticut lawmakers unveiled legislation yesterday that would require MySpace.com and other social-networking sites to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent before minors could post profiles.