With relatives looking on, 23 men arrested nearly three years ago in the violent occupation of the Mexican Embassy went on trial Wednesday for the assault, which sparked a diplomatic crisis.


Ahern favored in Ireland parliament vote

The Fianna Fail party of Prime Minister Bertie Ahern took most of the vote in Ireland's parliamentary election, but it was unclear whether that was enough to keep one of Europe's longest-serving leaders in power, an exit poll indicated Friday.


Merrill posts worst quarter in its history

Merrill Lynch & Co Inc  reported about $16 billion in mortgage-related write-downs and adjustments on Thursday in the worst quarter of the company's history.


Spending: As Many Software Choices as Languages to Learn

Courses can be taught with old-fashioned workbooks, or on CDs, CD-ROMs, DVDs and the Internet.


Blog: Check out the latest postings from the CNET Blog Network.


Devin Hester raced past the New Orleans Saints and ended their bid for a return to the playoffs. Hester sprinted 64 yards for a touchdown on a punt return, his NFL-record sixth kick runback for a score this season to break his own mark set a year ago. He also caught a 55-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Orton as the Chicago Bears beat the Saints 33-25 on Sunday.


UK terrorism kidnap plot thwarted: source

Police in central England arrested eight people in a major security swoop on Wednesday which a defense source said involved a plot to kidnap and possibly kill a Muslim British soldier.


Pedroia is too busy to relish his success

Sitting in the visitors' dugout at Coors Field, Dustin Pedroia waited for the Rockies to wrap up batting practice before Game 4 of the World Series last night. With the Red Sox in control of the series, Pedroia was asked if he had any thoughts about possibly making the last putout that clinched the World Series.


By Joe Bauman Deseret Morning News  Conservationists, bird watchers and hunters are concerned about an insidious plant that is spreading wildly through Utah's wetlands: phragmites.  Phragmites (pronounced frag-mighties) are a form of reed that can grow 10 feet tall in dense brakes.


Byung-Hyun Kim allowed one run in eight innings and Todd Helton homered and drove in three runs to lead the Colorado Rockies over the Milwaukee Brewers 8-2 Wednesday night.


FCC Won't Stop Airing of Anti-Kerry Film

The Federal Communications Commission won't intervene to stop a broadcast company's plans to air a critical documentary about John Kerry's anti-Vietnam War activities on dozens of TV stations, the agency's chairman said Thursday.


Job Lured Alleged Al-Qaida Trainee to Houston: Maldonado Was Hired By Web Guru Linked to Site That Terror Suspects Prowled

By Robert Crowe, Houston Chronicle  Mar. 4--Daniel Maldonado, the American accused of training with al-Qaida and waging jihad in Somalia, came to Houston two years ago to work for a 24-year-old Web designer linked to Internet sites frequented by terrorism suspects.


VW May Cut 30,000 Jobs If No Agreement With Workers

Volkswagen AG is threatening to eliminate 30,000 jobs ahead of next week's wage talks with unions as Europe's biggest carmaker seeks cost cuts similar to agreements reached by other German companies, including DaimlerChrysler AG.


WASHINGTON , Sep 17 (MASNET & News Agencies) - A draft report by the top US weapons inspector in Iraq offers a detailed examination of Saddam Hussein's intent to produce chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, but no evidence stockpiles existed at the


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U.S. President George W. Bush acknowledged on Thursday his Iraq strategy had made only limited progress but put off considering a change of course in the unpopular war until a crucial September report.


Republican Sen. John Warner of Virginia, one of the most authoritative voices in Congress on the military and a key figure in the debate over Iraq, said Friday he will not seek a sixth term in 2008.


Has Her Majesty Read Any Good Books Lately?

What if Queen Elizabeth at the age of 70-something were suddenly to become a voracious reader?


La proposta di Lunardi: 'Estenderla anche ai motorini'

ROMA, 18 NOVEMBRE 2004 - La patente a punti potrebbe essere estesa anche alle due ruote: ad annunciarlo, in occasione della conferenza stampa 'Motocicli e sicurezza stradale' Ã¨ il ministro delle Infrastrutture e Trasporti Pietro Lunardi.


Two Views of Innovation, Colliding in Washington

As the Senate prepares to tinker with the nationâs patent laws this spring, itâs worth recalling the law of unintended consequences.


Armed group claims to have Iraq explosives

An armed group claimed in a video Thursday to have obtained a large amount of explosives missing from a munitions depot facility in Iraq and threatened to use them against foreign troops.


Rosenberg Spy Mystery Lingers in New Play, 'The Brother', in Chicago

Playbill - Hancock Productions opens the world-premiere spy thriller, The Brother, Aug. 30, following previews, at Theatre Building Chicago.


French police arrest suspected Qaeda support group

French police said on Thursday they had  arrested eight men they suspect of providing logistical support  to al Qaeda's North African wing in Algeria, confirming a  report in French newspaper Le Figaro.


Massachusetts regulators yesterday said a financial consultant at Citizens Financial Group's investment arm placed elderly clients in inappropriate investments and said they believe similar problems exist throughout the company.


At least six people die and a number of others are hurt in a bomb explosion in the Pakistani city of Quetta.


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Ericsson financial chief steps down after Q3 shock

Telecom equipment group Ericsson's  chief financial officer has stepped down in the wake of a shock profit warning last week which caused a massive selloff in the company's shares.


Former pariah Libya becomes UN council president

Libya took over the rotating  presidency of the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday in a major  step back to global respectability after decades as a pariah of  the West.


The eagerly awaited iPhone will be able to play Youtube videos when it ships next week, Apple Inc. announced Wednesday.


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Authorities charged two more suspects Wednesday in an alleged plot to blow up passenger-laden jetliners bound for the United States, bringing to 17 the number formally accused.


Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., said Sunday he is taking the first official step toward a run for president in 2008, setting up a committee that allows him to raise money and gauge support.


And if beef or lamb lovers do not cut down on large portions, they could be in danger of joining the UK's 387,000 current sufferers, says new research.


A woman accused of offering her younger lover a share of her husband's multimillion-dollar estate if he would kill the 69-year-old was convicted Friday of murder-for-hire and other charges.


The merger between Sprint and Nextel is not only a boon for the two cell phone companies but also for San Diego wireless giant Qualcomm.


WASHINGTON - The International Atomic Energy Agency last week gave Iran an additional few months to consider abandoning its uranium enrichment programs, allowing Teheran more time to potentially advance toward nuclear weapons capability, and throwing


The prospect of a new Indonesian president with a hard line against terrorism has been welcomed by Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff.


Boston Latin over Boston English -- OK, this one isn't for a few months, but here's the point. Sports Illustrated and SI.com recently announced a major push into high school football coverage. The inaugural story included ``10 Games to Watch" this season. But despite two of the four staffers having worked at the Globe as high school football writers, not ...


A fix for a browser bug may appear early if hackers exploit the loophole in large numbers, said Microsoft.


A posting on an Islamic Web site claimed yesterday that the al Qaeda-linked group led by Abu Musab Zarqawi has slain a US hostage in Iraq, just 24 hours after grisly video showed


Will âSuper Duper Tuesday,â the phrase coined by CNNâs Bill Schneider to describe the unprecedented crowd of primaries on Feb. 5, have a longer shelf life than Y2K?


When you think “dance music,” do you think “disco”? Do you think “techno”? Gabriel & Dresden don’t. For this San Francisco-based duo, music driven by a dance groove needn’t sacrifice emotive melodies and meaning. Created on Macs, their music certainly makes you want to move, but it also gives you something more.


A âBoldâ Step to Capture an Elusive Gas Falters

The Bush administrationâs plan to build a commercial-scale coal-fire plant that would emit no carbon dioxide â also known as the FutureGen project â was scratched.


Thatcher: I feel like a corpse in a river

Sir Mark Thatcher today told how his life had been "destroyed" by charges that he helped finance a failed African coup. The son of former prime minister


High Mercury Levels Are Found in Tuna Sushi

Laboratory tests on sushi bought in Manhattan revealed tuna with mercury levels so high that a diet of six pieces a week would exceed accepted safety levels.


Stocks Dip on Consumer Income Report News

NEW YORK - Stocks drifted lower in extremely light trading Monday as a disappointing consumer income report prompted investors to collect profits after two weeks of gains. Several earnings warnings added to investors' uneasiness...


Urn of human ashes leads to Miami airport evacuation

A concourse at Miami International Airport was briefly evacuated on Monday after a luggage screener mistook an urn of human ashes and other suspicious items for a possible bomb, officials said.


McCain to Stump With Bush in Three States

Sen. John McCain will campaign this week with President Bush in Florida, New Mexico and his home state of Arizona, Bush's campaign said Saturday.


Slow consumer buying weighed on third-quarter results of Philips Electronics, and the company says high inventories will continue to hit business in the fourth quarter.


In the latest coup for the fledgling satellite radio industry, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. on Thursday named former Viacom Inc. President Mel Karmazin as its chief executive officer.


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Deadliest attacks since start of war July 7: A suicide truck bomber rips through a market in a Shi'ite Turkoman town north of Baghdad, killing at least 115 people.


Joe Gibbs Resigns as Redskins Head Coach

Redskins coach Joe Gibbs is resigning, according to Redskins sources. The team is planning a news conference this afternoon to discuss the Hall of Famer's decision to leave as both coach and team president.


Bangladesh at standstill in fourth opposition strike in a week

DHAKA : Bangladesh was brought to a standstill by the fourth general strike in a week called by the opposition, which has stepped up its campaign to oust the government since an assassination attempt on its leader.


Blair, Ahern urge power-sharing after N.Irish vote

Britain and Ireland urged Northern Ireland's politicians on Friday to agree to a power-sharing government after assembly elections in the province or face continued direct rule from London.


Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the town where commandos stormed a school in which militants were holding hundreds hostage in a chaotic battle that left at least 95 people dead.


Bill Clinton came to praise three-term Sen. Joe Lieberman and most assuredly not to bash Ned Lamont, the anti-war challenger making a strong bid for the Democratic Senate nomination in the state's Aug. 8 primary.


Bush Taps Mehlman to Lead Republican Party

President Bush on Monday tapped the manager of his reelection campaign, Ken Mehlman, to head the Republican Party. Mehlman, a protege of chief White House strategist Karl Rove, is Bush's pick


Patrick Vieira believes Arsenal are better placed than ever before to achieve Champions League success - and insisted they would not be muscled out of their stride at home or abroad.


Ken Caminiti, the 1996 National League MVP who later admitted using steroids during his major league career, died Sunday. He was 41.


GOP's Rossi victor in tight Wash. gov race

Republican Dino Rossi came out on top Wednesday in the recount of Washington state's extremely tight gubernatorial race. The Seattle Times reported that Rossi's margin over Democrat


Adobe Systems is on track to ship a major update of its Acrobat document management software by the end of the calendar year dubbed "Acrobat X". Acrobat, a suite of tools for the PDF format, is the lynchpin of Adobe's "intelligent document" platform strategy.


Usually, the down elevator doesn't drop any lower than the basement, but don't tell that to the Florida Democratic Party. Their party holds a voter registration edge over Republicans in the state, and they


Fighting in Najaf, a holy city for Shi'ite Muslims in Iraq, is at crisis point. Militiamen led by anti-US cleric Muqtada al-Sadr are holed up in the golden-domed Imam Ali mosque in a standoff against Iraq's interim government and American troops.


Summary Box: Obesity Epidemic Reaches Tots

BABY FAT: More than 10 percent of US children ages 2 to 5 are overweight - a figure 7 percent higher than in 1994, the American Heart Association (news - web sites) reports.


NEW YORK -- The soaring confidence that George W. Bush's political team takes into the final weeks of the campaign stems from more than belief its candidate is vastly underestimated.


Oct 9, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Lester Crawford, acting director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), appearing before the House Committee on Government Reform yesterday, said he was pessimistic about the possiblility that any of the 48 million


Help! An attempted burglary of a Liverpool sports store was foiled after a vulture-eyed viewer of a Beatles-related webcam alerted police.â¦


Blackstone CEO's stake to be worth $7.7 billion

Blackstone Group issued compensation details for the first time on Monday, disclosing in a filing that CEO Stephen Schwarzman received nearly $400 million last year and stands to make at least $450 million after the private equity firm goes public.


Blair Backs Iraqi Election, Rallies UK Troops

BASRA, Iraq  - Protected by U.S. Black Hawk  helicopters, Britain's Tony Blair flew into Iraq on Tuesday in  a surprise show of political bravado designed to boost  prospects for Iraqi elections and cheer UK troops before  Christmas.


There is a growing sense that John Kerry's campaign has reached a tipping point. The watershed moment was a sharply worded and highly publicized speech attacking George Bush's policy on Iraq on Sept.


http://starcontrol.repubblica.it/?q=28406 - D&G provocano ancora ecco la loro 'dolce vita'

A un mese dalle polemiche in Inghilterra, Dolce e Gabbana tornano a stupire: tra nudi, sesso e allusioni sadomaso sono protagonisti di un servizio fotografico per il mensile W. Le foto


South Africa opt to bat against Pakistan in one-dayer

South African captain Graeme Smith won the toss and elected to bat in the third day-night international against Pakistan at Iqbal Stadium here.


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More than 4,000 foreigners have left Ivory Coast in the recent surge of violence, says France.


Litvinenko worked for British intelligence: report

Murdered Russian former agent Alexander Litvinenko had been working for British secret intelligence service MI6, the Daily Mail newspaper reported Saturday.


A woman is accused of using a computer at a national laboratory to hack into a cell phone company's Web site to get a number for Chester Bennington, lead singer of the Grammy-winning rock group Linkin Park.


Jokes in short supply as talk show hosts return

The storied rivalry between Jay Leno and David Letterman takes a new twist on Wednesday when the two stars of U.S. late-night television return to the air two months into a bitter strike by TV and film writers.


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


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Owner of Mall Seeks to Block Development: He Says Officials Are Rushing Through a Plan so They Can Condemn the Indian Springs Site.

By Mark Wiebe, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Dec. 15--The owner of the Indian Springs shopping center wants Kansas lawmakers to thwart plans that could lead to the mall being demolished for a retail and office development.


Japanese princess to marry the best friend of her brother

Japan's imperial family finally had good news yesterday when it announced that the emperor's only daughter is to marry. The news was greeted with joy in Japan, where many had worried


Fighting Irish look to sink Midshipmen for 41st straight time

Ara Parseghian stepped into a time warp Saturday afternoon as he stood on the field at Notre Dame Stadium ready to present the American flag to the honor guard before the team's home game against Stanford.


McLaren accept that leaked Ferrari data had been more "widely disseminated" within the team than previously suspected.


Disposta chiusura Pronto soccorso del Sant'Elia


Mexico City's annual independence day celebration is relocated amid fears it would be disrupted by protests.


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The small ex-Yugoslav state of Slovenia faces a big Balkan challenge in its six-month EU presidency.


MPAA Does the Unexpected: Targets Downloaders

In a surprise move this week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has launched a multi-pronged legal attack on movie downloaders.


Quantum Teleporting, Yes; the Rest Is Movie Magic

A screening of the movie âJumperâ at M.I.T. brought Hollywood and scientists together to discuss quantum physics and teleportation.


The civil justice system is in crisis, according to one of Britain's top county court judges.


TOKYO: Japan, South Korea, and the US have agreed six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear drive would take place this month as planned, despite Seoul's admission of secret atomic research, a Japanese official said.


The federal government has given approval for Korean Air Lines Co. to arm its crew members with stun guns aboard flights to and from the United States, but few other carriers have shown


Real Salt Lake Leaves United With Bitter Taste

Rendered defenseless against rookie Robbie Findley, D.C. United drops its first game in nearly two months, 2-1, to previously winless Real Salt Lake.


Earlier Contamination Found At British Plant That Made Flu Vaccine

American drug inspectors found contamination and other problems in 2003 at a British plant that manufactures the flu vaccine that were similar to conditions that resulted


The controversial music download site allofmp3.com closes down but appears to reopen under a new name.


Nigeria's president kicked off a mammoth effort to immunize 80 million children against polio in 23 African countries, described by international health experts as "the single-largest public health campaign" in history to wipe out the disease.


Rookie Gibson, Sublime LeBron Carry Cavs to New Heights

Rookie Daniel Gibson scores 31 points and LeBron James has 20 points and 14 rebounds as Cleveland routs Detroit, 98-82, to vault into its first NBA Finals.


Found in the search marketing forums: ROI Tracking Between Lead and Sale; Determining Commercial Intent; Yahoo Click Charges to be Based on Quality of Traffic; and more.


Disinfecting begins at the Suffolk farm where thousands of turkeys were culled after a bird flu outbreak.


Britain will charge radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri with terrorism offences, putting US attempts to extradite him over a 1998 hostage-taking in Yemen on hold.


Merck to Pay $650 Million In Medicaid Settlement

Merck agreed yesterday to pay more than $650 million to settle charges that it routinely overbilled the government for its most popular medicines, the arthritis drug Vioxx and the cholesterol drug Zocor, cheating Medicaid out of millions of dollars in discounts over eight years.


State campaign targets foreign lottery schemes

Five years ago, Don J. Wims received a call telling him he had won $425,000 in a Spanish lottery. All he had to do, the voice on the other end of the line said, was pay $1,800 in taxes and handling fees and the money would be his.


QE2 on 40th anniversary cruise around Britain

The Queen Elizabeth 2 set off on a special eight-day cruise around Britain's coastline on Sunday marking the world-famous luxury ocean liner's 40th anniversary.


Andrew Flintoff made a spectacular return to senior cricket with an astonishing bowling haul here at Old Trafford.


Kazakhstan to start building rail link between Southeast Asia and Europe

ALMATY, Kazakhstan  - Kazakhstan will start building a railway link next year connecting Southeast Asia with the European Union, Transport Minister Kazhymurat Nagmanov said Wednesday.


Africa's longest serving ruler, Togo's President Gnassingbe Eyadema, has died, the government says.


Newcastle manager Graeme Souness has cancelled any official Christmas party for his players in an effort to keep them out of trouble.


Melbourne, 12:52 - TENNIS, NADAL ELIMINATO IN AEREO: NIENTE POSTO IN PRIMA CLASSE

Rafael Nadal, numero 2 della classifica Atp, è stato costretto a viaggiare in classe turistic...


S.Korea shrugs off North's criticism on atomic issue

South Korea has shrugged off North Korean criticism of the South's experiments with nuclear materials as familiar posturing that would not rule out the mercurial communist North's return to atomic arms talks.


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VANCOUVER -- After 21/2 weeks of rock-bending, steam-spitting exertion, magma finally punched through a bulge in the crater of Mount St.


Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali  Larijani said in Madrid on Thursday he would meet European  Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana in two days.


The company sues rival Protected Vehicles for a whole slew of offenses.


A victim of Lotto rapist Iorworth Hoare wins a 19-year fight for the right to claim damages from him.


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


Italy's president will announce who he has chosen to lead a new government on Saturday after crisis talks.


Fight over O.J. Simpson's money goes to Hollywood

Attorneys for the father of murder victim Ron Goldman subpoenaed several Hollywood industry groups on Monday, seeking money O.J. Simpson was paid for TV appearances and work in such movies as "Naked Gun 33 and 1/3" and "The Towering Inferno."


Steve Nash had 25 points and 11 assists and the Phoenix Suns rallied from 18 points down in the third quarter to beat the Pacers 103-92 Tuesday night. The Suns gave up just 13 points over the final 15 minutes.


First Look: Service Speeds Wireless Info Gathering

Pocket Express makes it easier and faster to get the info you need on connected handheld.


Yahoo Is Said to Be in Talks With News Corp.

The discussions stem from an approach that Yahooâs bankers made to News Corporation in an effort to find a âwhite knightâ and avoid a hostile takeover by Microsoft.


An Engineering Magician, Then (Presto) HeÂs an Architect

Cecil Balmond taught architects to defy gravity. Can a master engineer defy expectation?


AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland PLC said Tuesday it will launch a hostile bid of 71.1 billion euros ($95.5 billion) for ABN Amro, topping a friendly offer from Barclays PLC and pressing Bank of America Corp. for control of the Dutch bank's U.S. arm.


Atar, 19:01 - Dakar, auto: Alphand vince nona tappa

Il francese Luc Alphand su Mitsubishi ha vinto la nona tappa delle auto della Dakar, da Tidjikja ad ...


Five killed in car-bomb attack on Afghan police

A vehicle packed with rockets blew up outside police headquarters in the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing five people and wounding two, the government said.


Third quarter growth fastest in four years

The U.S. economy expanded at its fastest rate in four years during the third quarter, the government confirmed on Thursday, though it has slowed sharply since and is expected to keep doing so in 2008.


Suspect Killed After Casino Hostage-Taking

Police shot and killed a carjacking suspect who ran into a crowded casino early Friday and took two patrons hostage.


Post-holiday dieters urged to avoid special weight loss programs

The aftermath of holiday fever may be a few extra pounds. But dieting may not be the answer, say local fitness experts and a study of several weight-loss programs.


Photos: New iMacs grow with Intel inside

Apple Computer's newest iMacs now come in three sizes--a 17-inch, a 20-inch and a new 24-inch--and feature Intel Core 2 Duo chips.


Bosnia peacekeepers raid home of Karadzic's wife

NATO and European Union forces in Bosnia on Friday raided the home of the wife of genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic, who is suspected of helping her husband, the wartime Bosnian Serb leader, avoid justice.


As expected following news Monday that Microsoft would finally comply with the European Union's requirement that it make parts of its Windows source code available for distribution to developers, the Redmond company has officially dropped its appeal of the original 2004 antitrust ruling, as well as an appeal of the fine imposed in July 2006.


England's most celebrated soccer player, David Beckham, has announced that he will undertake his first major acting role in a film trilogy called 'Goal!


The FBI has expanded an investigation into allegations of contract irregularities by Halliburton Co. subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root Inc.


The presidential election is predicted to be the tightest race in the countryâs history.


Chirac announces he won't seek reelection

PARIS -- President Jacques Chirac announced yesterday he would not seek reelection next month after 45 years in front-line politics and appealed to French voters to shun extremism.


No doubt much to the annoyance of Mick McCarthy and many others Roy Keane has been welcomed back into the Irish squad and just to rub the FAI up a bit more Ireland manager Brian Kerr has thanked Alex Ferguson.


THREE days out from Indonesia's first direct presidential election, opinion polls show former army general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono still well ahead of incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri.


Antarctic under threat as oil-hunger grows: expert

Declining oil reserves and soaring prices could see desperate nations overturning a ban on exploration in the last untouched frontier -- Antarctica, an oil expert told a scientific conference.


Vaccine makes war on sperm-making protein

A contraceptive vaccine for men that temporarily blocks male fertility has come a step closer with a study showing it is possible to inoculate monkeys against their own sperm.


British have decided to 'flee' Iraq: Al-Qaeda

Britain's decision to "flee" Iraq shows the insurgency is stronger than ever, Al-Qaeda's number two said Sunday, after British forces transferred security control in Basra province to the Iraqis.


Genova, 17:25 - CALCIO, NAPOLI IN A; DE LAURENTIIS: RISALITI DALL'INFERNO

"Siamo risaliti dall'inferno". Queste le prime parole di Aurelio De Laurentiis dopo la promozione de...


NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Anaheim Angels rightfielder  Vladimir Guerrero capped off his first season in the American  League by being named the Most Valuable Player.


The European Space Agency's chief scientist sets out his vision for a DNA library on the Moon in case of emergency.


Polish Hostage Freed in Iraq Already in Warsaw

A Polish woman held hostage in Iraq by a  militant group since October has been freed and said on  Saturday her captors had treated her well.


The New England Patriots moved to within one game of a perfect regular season when they crushed the Miami Dolphins 28-7 to become the first NFL team to go 15-0 on Sunday.


MySpace Is Said to Draw Subpoena in Hoax Case

The subpoena is in connection with the suicide of a 13-year-old Missouri girl after she received cruel messages from people posing as a teenage boy on the site.


Not just another channel for broadcasters Traditional broadcasters need to understand that mobile TV is not just another channel but must be used differently if they are to get to grips with the new market.â¦


Ministro D'Alema, lo dimostra assassinio di Gemayel


Edward P. JonesÂs City, His Own Known World

During a drive with the author in Northwest Washington, it becomes clear how real the fictional city in his new collection of stories is.


While Nobel prizes are given for past performance, other types of inducement prizes are intended to spur innovation. Do they do the job?


Catania, 22:51 - CALCIO, CATANIA-INTER; MANCINI: FUORIGIOCO DIFFICILE DA VEDERE

L'Inter vince 2-0 a Catania tra le polemiche: il gol cono cui Cambiasso ha sbloccato il risultato &e...


Nel terzo trimestre 2006, rispetto a quello 2005


Aromasin after tamoxifen ups breast cancer survival

After surgery for early-stage  breast cancer, women may be treated with tamoxifen for 5 years.  After that point, treatment with Aromasin significantly  improves survival, according to a new study.


Progress Software said yesterday that it would restate previous financial results because of errors in stock-based compensation.


OSLO -- Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus accepted the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday and urged world leaders to get on with fighting poverty and stop wasting money on wars such as the one in Iraq.


Funds run by the currency trader buy a 7% stake in the brokerage.


Diamondbacks Hammer Padres to Tighten NL West

Extending their mastery of San Diego's All-Star, the Arizona Diamondbacks hammer Chris Young  and win, 9-1, to pull within .001 of the division-leading Padres.


ArvinMeritor posts $153 million loss in quarter after unit sale

Auto supplier's shares rise after it says it will sell more companies that aren't market leaders. By Jeff Green and Jeff Bennett / Bloomberg News.


As big companies spread their brands to Web-based social networking communities, some employers are also exploring Multi-User Virtual Environments, or MUVEs.


Software maker Computer  Associates International Ltd. , on Wednesday posted better-than-expected quarterly results and said full-year earnings will exceed Wall Street estimates, aided by cost-cutting.


Thaksin, facing corruption charges, has bid for Man City accepted

Thailand's ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, facing corruption charges at home, won acceptance on Thursday for an 81.6-million-pound bid for English Premiership football club Manchester City.


Holding Fast to Dreams in a Destitute World

HBO's film of segregation in New York is at its best when it captures the fleeting joys of lost days.


Early dinosaur was probably a stealthy hunter

A newly discovered fossil may be the remains of one of the first stealth hunters, a swimming dinosaur that could use its long neck to sneak up on prey and strike without warning.


Vladimir Putin may not recognize it now, but "losing" Ukraine can mean great gain for Russia. Get all of today's headlines, or alerts on specific topics.


The brother of Iraq hostage Ken Bigley was investigating whether it might be possible to buy his sibling's life. Paul Bigley was looking into reports in a Kuwaiti newspaper that a new Iraqi militant group


Airbus 380 to receive certification December 12: Airbus executive

The Airbus A380, the world's largest civilian airliner, is to receive its air worthiness certificate from US and European authorities on December 12, the Airbus test flight director said.


IN THE face of mounting unrest, Graeme Souness remains determined to reverse the declining fortunes of Newcastle United, but he, like his predecessors, has quickly appreciated that management


Palestinian militant groups offered to stop firing rockets into Israel in exchange for a cessation of all attacks on the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, an official said on Thursday.


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UPDATE: Lenovo In Talks With Major IT Company -2-

HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Lenovo Group Ltd. (0992.HK), China's largest computer company, confirmed it is in acquisition talks with a major international information technology company.


Forget about 'upgrading.' Blowing away everything on each machine and beginning from the ground up results in a faster, more stable install.


LONDON — Harry Potter has cast a spell on British book buyers, who purchased more than 2.6 million copies of the boy wizard's final adventure in 24 hours, an industry data service said Monday.


Don't Invest in the Most Valuable Business

Why it fails to invest at the point of maximum optimism.


Putin Says Terrorists in Iraq Hope Attacks Will Oust Bush

President Vladimir V. Putin said Monday that international terrorists in Iraq hoped their attacks would unseat President Bush in the election next month, and that such an outcome


Al via sabato la 'due giorni' dell'hard rock all'Idroscalo


'Cooperative' Mutu to start counselling, says agent

Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu is arranging a programme of daily counselling in London after failing a drugs test, his agent said on Wednesday.


Protesters greet "tyrant" Mugabe on Namibia visit

Rights activists in Namibia on Wednesday shouted "tyrant" and waved placards condemning Robert Mugabe's controversial land reforms in a protest to mark the Zimbabwean leader's visit to the southwestern African nation.


Health ministers from across Europe meet in Lithuania to discuss ways to prevent an HIV/Aids epidemic.


The mysterious origins of cosmic rays that slam into the Earth's atmosphere could soon be revealed, thanks to a better ground-based sensor that costs less than balloons or satellites.


Rubens Barrichello was undoubtedly the man with the biggest smile in the Monza paddock on Sunday evening as he basked in the glory of his Italian GP win, his first of the season.


A 14-year-old dies in hospital after being shot six times from a passing car on the way home from a fair.


2 Adults, 3 Children Die in Berkeley Fire

By The Associated Press  FALLING WATERS - Two adults and three children were killed Saturday after their trailer home caught fire in the early morning hours.  The Berkeley County Sheriff's Department says the blaze started about 1:30 a.m. in a mobile home at 60 Magruder Ave.


For Jefferson, it's not easy being green

Ever since rookie Al Jefferson showed up late for a team meeting after misinterpreting the Celtics schedule, he has been the subject of more training camp jokes than he cares to remember. Coach Doc Rivers quipped after practice yesterday that Jefferson risked missing the team's charter flight to Chicago after misreading the trip itinerary. Jefferson insisted that he ...


Government Won't Say If Environment Ambassador's Job Being Abolished

By DENNIS BUECKERT  OTTAWA (CP) - Federal officials are refusing to confirm or deny published reports that the position of Canada's ambassador for the environment has been abolished.


Human rights activists and Nobel Prize winners appeal to Swiss bank UBS to end its role in PetroChina's listing in Shanghai.


New query technology could let people focus on what they want to know rather than on the database technology or data format used to store data, according to the World Wide Web Consortium.


Two workers are killed while dismantling the stage after a Rolling Stones concert in Madrid.


A fire service chief urges people to throw away their chip pans after a man dies in a blaze at his home.


Ten members of the Miami Heat, young and inexperienced, sat around the edge of the visitors locker room here at Continental Airlines Arena solemnly watching Shaquille O'Neal


Felipe Massa leads a Ferrari one-two in the Turkish Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton finishes fifth following a puncture.


A prescription painkiller used by more than 250,000 Australians to treat arthritis has been withdrawn from sale after a clinical trial found it doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke.


Dissidents oust ex-Bangladesh PM Zia as party chief

Dissidents in Bangladesh's largest political party have ousted former prime minister Khaleda Zia as leader while she is under arrest on corruption charges, officials said Tuesday.


35 euro per azione contro i 25,4 dello scorso febbraio


Car Bomb Kills Top Hamas Leader in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria - A car bomb killed a leader of the Hamas militant group in Damascus on Sunday and Israel claimed responsibility.    Police at the scene were seen retrieving pieces of the body of Izz Eldine Subhi Sheik Khalil...


Militia fighters loyal to the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr today continued to battle US soldiers in Najaf, hours after a delegation from Iraq's national conference had left the city empty-handed when its truce offer was turned down.


Gli investimenti sono aumentati dell'87,3% a 250,2 mln


Blog: In a conference call to talk about hardware problems, Microsoft also notes that it failed to hit its goal of selling 12 million units by the end of June.


ComScore: Online sales heat up this week

U.S. buyers shopped aggressively online on Monday and Tuesday of this week, spending significantly more than they did on the comparable days last year, according to comScore.Online retail spending hit $700 million on Monday, up 33 percent from last year, and $670 million on Tuesday, up 25 percent, the Web-monitoring company said Thursday.During the first 48 days of the holiday shopping season -- Nov. 1 to Dec. 18 -- U.S. shoppers have spent almost $25 billion in online retail purchases, up 19 percent from the same period last year, according to comScore.As Christmas day approaches, the intensity of online shopping will ease up, although late-shipping deals, in-store pickup options and price reductions should keep growth rates strong in the remainder of the holiday season, comScore said.The company expects online spending during the holidays to reach $29.5 billion, which would represent a 20 percent increase over the 2006 season.Meanwhile, Nielsen Online said Wednesday that a majority of online shoppers it surveyed reported being either "very satisfied" or "somewhat satisfied" with the customer support they received from online shopping Web sites.Nielsen Online's survey found that of the 46 percent of respondents who had posted or planned to post reviews about their online shopping experience, 88 percent said those reviews were, or would be, positive.Netflix topped the survey's customer satisfaction list, having been rated "very satisfied" by 90.3 percent of respondents, and was followed by comparison-shopping site NexTag.com (87 percent), giant e-tailer Amazon.com (86.6 percent), Yahoo Shopping (84.3 percent) and Kohls.com (84.1 percent). Rounding out the top 10 were Barnesandnoble.com, HomeDepot.com, Circuitcity.com, eBay.com, and JCPenney.com.On the other end of the spectrum, sites that in recent days have been flagged for buckling under the strong holiday-season traffic include Mastercard.com and Macys.com.Macys.com's home page faced slowdowns throughout Tuesday, taking, at its worst, about 38 seconds to load, compared with the usual 2 seconds, according to Web site uptime and availability tracker Gomez.Apparently, while experiencing availability problems, Macys.com has been serving up a page telling shoppers that the site is crowded and that they have to wait until traffic decreases in order to be let in. An apparent screenshot of this page was posted by The Consumerist blog on Tuesday.Meanwhile, Mastercard.com has racked up downtime of almost five hours between Nov. 9 and Dec. 20, equivalent to uptime of 99.5 percent for that period, according to Pingdom, which also tracks Web site performance. As such, Mastercard.com has performed significantly worse than sites from competing credit-card companies like Discover, Visa, Diners Club, and American Express, all of which have had uptime above 99.9 percent during this period, Pingdom said Thursday.Neither Macy's nor MasterCard immediately responded to requests for comment.


Focus groups are hardly new to American politics, but they have taken on new relevance in a country where the ideological divide has grown into a chasm.


Ferrari's Felipe Massa takes pole for Sunday's French Grand Prix - McLaren's Lewis Hamilton claims second place on the grid.


Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond is competing for a role on Radio 4's Woman's Hour for Comic Relief.


Harry Redknapp says allegations made against him by BBC's Panorama programme are 'farcical'.


Rapper-producer Kanye West received a leading seven Source Hip-Hop Music Awards nominations Thursday, while Ludacris got six.


A Castellammare di Stabia, ladri abbandonano subito entrambi


Last May, Ryan Pirozzi visited his mailbox in Edina, Minn., and found it overflowing with more than a dozen bank statements.


Court decides RAM is stored information in TorrentSpy case

Blog: Decision could mean companies may be compelled to turn over RAM data in civil cases. TorrentSpy vows to continue legal fight.


Sony delays PS3 "Home," but no talk of price cuts

Sony Corp said on Thursday it  would postpone the launch of the "Home" virtual community  service for its PlayStation 3 game console to early next year,  the latest setback in its videogame battle with Microsoft Corp  and Nintendo Co Ltd.


Logicalis, one of Hewlett-Packard's largest enterprise server and storage solution providers, Monday reached an agreement to acquire Solution Technology Inc.


Office Building Janitors Back a Strike Over Health Plan Cost

nable to resolve a contract dispute over health insurance, thousands of janitors and doormen voted yesterday to authorize a strike beginning next Friday at 1,000 New York City office buildings.


Azerbaijan's government says it has foiled a plot to carry out a terror attack against local and foreign officials.


Cisco Sofia Extends Network Security Training

Business: 27 October 2004, Wednesday. A set of two new courses in network security and wireless networks will extend the academic program of Cisco Systems in Bulgaria.


U.S. Military Beefs Up Security Ahead of Afghan Poll

U.S. forces in Afghanistan vowed on  Wednesday to bolster security in the volatile south and  southeast ahead of a landmark election, as Taliban guerrillas  bent on disrupting the poll launched a fresh wave of attacks.


AG Accuses Coroner of Violating 911 Site

By Jeff Hawkes  Kirchner charged with giving access to reporters  Lancaster County Coroner G.


John Edwards, Enjoying Timely Endorsements

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 3 -- The morning fog was still burning off the Allegheny River as workers gathered before 9 a.m. outside the hockey arena where a parade through downtown would later begin -- the electricians, the sheet-metal workers, the operating engineers, and, in greatest number, the coal...


Federer, Gasquet advance to Rogers final

Top-ranked Roger Federer won the first five games of the match and went on to defeat Fernando Gonzalez 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 in the semifinals of the Rogers Cup, and will meet Richard Gasquet in Sunday's final.


Roma, 22:27 - CALCIO, SERIE A, ANTICIPO: ROMA-PALERMO 1-0

La Roma supera il Palermo 1-0 all'Olimpico nell'anticipo serale della 20a giornata del campionato di...


Sudan Peace Talks Set to Resume in Nigeria

The Sudan peace talks being held in Nigeria are expected to enter their second week after several delays, including a rebel boycott to mourn the loss of civilians they claim were killed recently by government forces.


Google has launched a Linux version of its desktop search; Windows version has been out for three years, Mac OS X for two months.


Tiger Woods's fall from No. 1 to No. 2 in the World Ranking may have been deserved, but his drop to No. 3 last week came as a bit of a shock.


Scotland's first minister tells a group of high school pupils that it is okay to get drunk "once in a while."


Tiger Woods displayed his full repertoire of near-miss reactions: the putter flip, the 360-degree spin with head to the sky, the drop to his knees, and head bowed with hands on knees. His mammoth gallery settled on just one way to react: the very loud moan.


Dati Aimpes sul 2007, produzione stimata in 3 mld e 850 mln


107 tons of Korean Sodium Cyanide Illicitly Conveyed to North ...

It was revealed that last year, over 100 tons of Korean-made sodium cyanide, a constituent of toxic gas and so categorized as strategic materials, was illicitly conveyed into North Korea through China without export permits.


French and German leaders get involved with Airbus rescue plan

Arguments over a rescue plan for Airbus could be decided by French and German government leaders on Friday amid warnings to politicians that cutbacks are now urgent despite conflicts over national interests.


Milano, 15:44 - CALCIO, CASO RONALDO; CAPUA: NORME WADA NON SONO CHIARE

"La normativa internazionale non è chiara. Noi della Federcalcio, tramite il Coni, abbiamo fa...


Big Blue's Grady Booch is continuing to explore ways to collaborate through applications such as Second Life.


Researchers should do more to tailor drugs specifically for children, the government is set to say on Tuesday.


ZAGREB, Croatia - Croatia may reopen its most notorious communist-era prison for tourists willing to part with their money to re-enact the life of a political prisoner - including hard labor, stale food and nights in solitary confinement.


Moneta unica a 1,3118 dollari dopo dati terzo trimestre


Audit finds U.S. nuclear weapons parts misplaced

Some facilities that handle the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile misplaced classified bomb components under their care, according to an Energy Department audit.


An investigation is announced into the inquiry into the death of Stuart Lubbock.


The Titans have begun to make some noise. After an 0-3 start, Tennessee seemed destined for another dismal year of trying to recover from a salary-cap purge that is into its third season, but then coach Jeff Fisher inserted rookie quarterback Vince Young into the lineup ahead of Kerry Collins and the rebuilt defense began to jell under coordinator Jim ...


German public deficit slashed as growth tops six-year high in 2006

Germany slashed its public deficit to 1.7 percent of output in 2006 -- much lower than originally estimated -- thanks to the booming economy, official data showed on Thursday.


Lawyer: Iraqi Abuse Was Like Act of 'Cheerleaders'

FORT HOOD, Texas  - A lawyer for Charles Graner,  accused ringleader in the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal, defended  piling naked prisoners in pyramids on Monday as valid prisoner  control and compared it to shows by cheerleaders.


New York City Marks Fifth Anniversary of 9/11

Fashion Wire Daily - A memorial service began early yesterday morning on the fifth anniversary of 9/11 as family members, friends and others gathered to pay tribute and mourn the loss of those lost in the terrorist attacks.


Iraq. Attentati a Baghdad. Continua l'offensiva militare su ...

Nuovi attentati in Iraq. Questa notte un'autobomba Ã¨ esplosa nel centro di Baghdad ed ha causato la morte di sette persone. Lo hanno reso noto fonti militari statunitensi precisando che l'obiettivo era rappresentato da agenti di polizia.


MESSAGE BOARD: Bid to Save 2000 Fish Industry Jobs

PLANS to fight a disease threatening more than 2000 salmon fishing jobs were unveiled last week.  The parasite Gyrodactylus Salaris affects Atlantic salmon and has devastated stocks in Scandinavia. To date, no cases have been found in Scotland.


Clinton to offer closing pitch to Iowans

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton will make her closing argument to Iowa voters Wednesday evening during a televised message in which she tells them to "take the first step" toward changing the direction of the country by voting for her at the caucuses.


You can't always get what you want when the Rolling Stones are set to play a small Montana city and you're trying to unload your concert tickets.


B.C. Fire Crews Pulled From Aggressive Fire Burning on Both Sides of Border

KAMLOOPS, B.C. (CP) - Fire officials have pulled all crews fighting the aggressive Tatoosh blaze burning out of control near Manning Park in southern B.C.  Fire information officer Jeff Moore said Friday that poor weather conditions forced withdrawal of the crews to safety.


Choreographer Tharp to bring Dylan to Broadway

Choreographer Twyla Tharp, who brought  the music of Billy Joel to the theater with her hit show  "Movin' Out," now will bring the songs of Bob Dylan to  Broadway.


France Redoubles Diplomatic Effort to Save Hostages

France redoubled its diplomatic efforts  on Tuesday to save two French reporters held hostage in Iraq  ahead of a new deadline to scrap a school headscarf ban, as the  Islamic militant group Hamas called for the men's release.


Devices Can Interfere With Peaceful Death

When Carol Lewis's father-in-law died, family members circled his hospital bed to pray, expecting to offer their final goodbyes peacefully. Then his body suddenly started to lurch.


I.B.M. Said to Put Its PC Business on the Market

I.B.M., whose first PC moved personal computing out of the hobby shop and into the consumer mainstream, has put the business up for sale.


EU Parliament Passes Unworkable REACH Legislation at the Expense of Global Trade & Competitiveness

ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 13  /PRNewswire/ -- The European Parliament voted today to approve legislation calling for the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH), in a form which will unnecessarily stifle trade and innovation.


Wallace Returns, Pistons Lose Spurs 80, Pistons 77

SAN ANTONIO -- With big, bad Ben Wallace back in the lineup, the Detroit Pistons almost rallied from a big deficit for a big win. A bigger night from their big man might've helped.


Newcastle's Barton arrested over alleged assault

Newcastle's Joey Barton is being held and questioned by police over an alleged assault in Liverpool


World powers to discuss possible Iran sanctions

Six world powers agreed on Friday to discuss possible U.N. Security Council sanctions to punish Iran for failing to halt its nuclear programprogramme but said they were still open to negotiations with Tehran.


Dagli Usa le partite illegali: subito ritirate, saranno distrutteL'etichetta garantiva che il prodotto non fosse geneticamente modificato                                            Riso ogm sugli scaffali, Ã¨ allarme Test positivi e sequestri in Italia e Olanda                                                                                Su otto campioni analizzati dai Nas, la metÃ  Ã¨ risultata contaminatadi ANTONIO CIANCIULLO


Fed to Raise US Rates to Underpin Steady Growth

Another hike in US interest rates is seen as a certainty when Federal Reserve policy-makers meet on Wednesday -- a step on the march toward a level of rates necessary to underpin long-term expansion.


HP's ethics chief had worries on spy tactics

SAN FRANCISCO -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s chief ethics officer learned the company's detectives were relying on shady tactics to gather private phone records long before a boardroom battle over media leaks triggered criminal and congressional investigations .


Russia: the losing battle against terrorism and insurgency

Terrorism in Russia took on horrifying proportions in August and early September when more than 400 people were killed in four separate incidents in a span of less than two weeks.


After 'Titanic,' Director Visits Ocean Depths

In 1997, he was on top of the world  thanks to "Titanic," but in his new 3D IMAX film "Aliens of the  Deep," director James Cameron has sunk as deep as he could go.


The Grammy Awards will be in full voice next month, with the striking writers guild agreeing Monday to allow its members to work on the show


Dell will lay off 10 percent of its 88,100 workers, in a continuing effort to improve profits as the company also completes an investigation of accounting fraud, it said Thursday.


A growing cottage industry is taking customers' raw home video and putting it on DVD, in some cases producing short movies with sophisticated cinematic effects and a musical soundtrack.


Roma, 16:26 - DOPING, OIL FOR DRUG: 9 DEFERITI, SPEZIALETTI RISCHIA 3 MESI

La Procura Antidoping del Coni ha disposto nove deferimenti nell'ambito dell'inchiesta "Oil for drug...


Tribune quarterly profit and revenue fall

Tribune Co , which is going private in an $8.2 billion deal led by Chicago real estate tycoon Sam Zell, on Wednesday reported lower quarterly profit and revenue as advertising sales fell at its newspapers.


James Cameron finds grave of Jesus & Son

Titanic director rescripts Christianity Hollywood giant James Cameron has set himself his biggest challenge yet â rewriting the bible after discovering that Jesus sired a son before being buried outside Jerusalem.â¦


Village ways fuel bird flu spread in rural Egypt

EZBET SIDI OMAR, Egypt  - When Attia Abdel-Hamid Hassan notices the chickens or ducks that he keeps at home in Egypt's Nile Delta starting to wobble on their feet, he puts them in a sack and drowns them in an irrigation canal.


A Senate committee Wednesday approved President Bush's nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, but a full Senate vote on confirming Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach remained in doubt.


MANAMA, Bahrain -- Campaigning has been dirty and divisive ahead of parliamentary elections today in this US Gulf ally: Mobile text messages warn voters that a landmark Shi'ite Muslim victory would turn Bahrain into a new Iraq and that female candidates will spread immorality.


If canceling the Pentium-4 4GHz processor was not enough, AMD has come up with fresher set of problems for Intel. Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices renewed the claims of being the maker of the fastest PC Microprocessors


Durban, 20:25 - CALCIO, ETO'O ELETTO GIOCATORE AFRICANO DEL 2004

Samuel Eto'o, attaccante camerunense del Barcellona, Ã¨ stato eletto giocatore africano del 2004 dall...


UNITED NATIONS - The government of Rwanda is warning of an imminent attack against Rwandan Hutu rebels who have moved into eastern Congo.


Blasts Kill 35 Near Egypt-Israeli Border

EILAT, Israel - An explosion tore through a resort hotel in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula where Israelis were vacationing at the end of a Jewish holiday Thursday night, killing at least 35 people and wounding more than 160, officials said.    Israeli security officials said a car bomb caused the explosion, which was followed by two smaller blasts at other tourist sites in the Sinai...


CNN Producer Seized by Armed Men in Gaza

Armed Palestinians seized an Israeli Arab producer for the CNN television network from a car in Gaza City on Monday after asking for him by name.


Vittima aveva venduto prodotti agricoli per proprio conto


Smooth, smiling John Edwards is sounding more like the traditional vice presidential candidate, calling President Bush a con artist and Vice President Dick Cheney a hypocrite, and all but labeling both Republicans liars.


Iraq's leading Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, is reported to have prepared a peace plan to try to end the violence in the city of Najaf.


LONDON: Britain has suspended the manufacturing licence of Chiron Corp, a major supplier of flu vaccine to the UK and the US, for three months.


Iraq panel pushes for more U.S. diplomacy

The United States should begin to withdraw forces from combat and launch a diplomatic push, including with Iran and Syria, to prevent "a slide toward chaos" in Iraq, an elite panel recommended on Wednesday.


EMI pitches cross-platform content into the VidZone

Meanwhile, take-over speculation mounts... EMI has signed a licensing and distribution agreement with Vidzone Digital Media to deliver the music giant's full DRM-free digital catalogue to mobiles and PCs via its cross-platform offering.â¦


The lesbian couple whose lawsuit led to legal same-sex marriage in Massachusetts have announced they have separated.


Strahan verbally confronts ESPN reporter

Losing isn't the only thing contagious on the New York Giants these days. Blowups are just as popular, and Pro Bowl defensive end Michael Strahan on Wednesday joined the ranks of Jeremy Shockey and Tiki Barber in mouthing off in what is quickly becoming a season of frustration for the team.


Chirac defiant over widespread opposition to Turkey's EU bid

The French President, Jacques Chirac, further muddied debate over Turkish membership of the European Union by declaring he wants to change France's constitution so the issue is eventually put to a vote in a national referendum.


A former suspect in the killing of JonBenet Ramsey was arrested early Saturday in suburban Atlanta, Georgia, after a 911 call of domestic violence, police said.


Sept. 22 - American avoidance of most things carb has hit the country's largest wholesale baker - the company that makes Wonder Bread and Twinkies.


War crimes hearings to begin for 4 at Guantanamo

US NAVAL BASE GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- Four suspected Al Qaeda fighters will be formally charged with war crimes this week as the US military opens the first legal hearings for foreign prisoners captured during the war in Afghanistan and held at a remote US Navy base in Cuba.


Presidente Unipol: condividiamo aggregazione Hopa-Mittel


Philips Posts Best Quarterly Results in Four Years

Often pigeonholed as just a seller of televisions and DVD players, Royal Philips Electronics said third-quarter profit surged despite a slide into the red by its consumer electronics division.


Astronauts wrestle kink on space station's solar array

Astronauts on space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station grappled with a balky solar array in preparation of two spacewalks to rewire the orbiting laboratory.


More Search and Browsing Fun with Firefox

Mozilla Firefox has features and extensions that go far beyond what you get with Internet Explorer.  Here's how to turbocharge the browser to enhance your online experience.


Rob Richards' Blog: Book Review: PHP Oracle Web Development

Rob Richards has posted his own review of the Packt Publishing book "PHP Oracle Web Development" to his blog today.   Overrall I would have to say that PHP Oracle Web Development is a good book for a PHP developer needing to get up to speed quickly working with an Oracle database. [...] The only place I found the book lacking was the initial setup of the environment.   The environment they chose to go with was a Windows setup which caused him problem when he tried to compile with the oci8 extensions - libraries weren't found where they were needed. His solution? Setting his ORACLE_HOME to the right location then all was well.


Procuratore Generale, proliferano aziende pubbliche


Uganda parliament votes to send troops to Somalia

Uganda's parliament voted on Tuesday to send peacekeeping troops to Somalia to help stem an unrelenting wave of hit and run attacks by insurgents on the interim government in Mogadishu.


THE GRUDGE.With Sarah Michelle Gellar, Bill Pullman. Director: Takashi Shimizu (1:28). PG-13: Mature thematic material, terror, violence and some sensuality.


Update 15: Oil Nears $50 a Barrel, Traders Eye Iraq

With $50-a-barrel in sight, oil traders were glued Friday to developments in Iraq, where tensions between US forces and rebel fighters appeared to ease, raising hopes that attacks against the country's oil infrastructure would subside.


Harris Injured In West Virginia's Win At UCF

Kay-Jay Harris laughed when someone suggested he had another record- setting night for West Virginia's football team. Harris, who ran for a school- record 337 yards


Jason Campbell passed for 252 yards and two touchdowns Saturday to lead the ninth-ranked Auburn Tigers over eighth-ranked Tennessee, 34-10.


Until late Thursday night, Virginia Tech's football players were under strict orders from coach Frank Beamer to think, speak and dream only of the University of Maryland.


Mr. Knerr produced products that for two decades virtually defined frivolity in postwar America, from the Hula Hoop to the Frisbee to the SuperBall.


Homeless cocker spaniel wins role in "Annie"

A homeless 10-year old caramel-blonde  cocker spaniel bested 11 other shelter dogs in an audition on  Thursday, winning a walk-on role in a New York musical  production of "Annie" in December.


E' successo nella cittÃ  di Can Tho, 170 km a sud di Ho Chi Minh CityLe impalcature hanno ceduto all'improvviso forse per le forti piogge                                            Vietnam, crolla un ponte in costruzione strage di operai: 60 morti, 100 dispersi


Mexican police say they have captured a high-profile drugs lord - Ugly Poncho - in the western state of Michoacan.


Nortel reports loss in Q3, sees pickup in Q4

Amid continuing problems with the release of its financial statements, Nortel Networks yesterday reported a loss for this year's third quarter but said it expects improvements in fourth-quarter revenue.


YUKOS Awaits Russia's Next Move After Mystery Sale

YUKOS and its investors were left guessing as to Russia's next move Monday after its main oil production unit was sold off to Baikal Finance Group, a mystery firm registered in a provincial city.


High-tech - Sotto la lente: Nvidia e ATI Technologies

Tra le trimestrali piÃ¹ attese questa settimana al Nasdaq c'Ã¨ quella di Nvidia (US67066G1040). Il titolo dell'impresa leader nella produzione di chip grafici ha registrato negli scorsi mesi una deludente performance.


Two New Neptune-Sized Planets Discovered

or about the size of the planet Neptune, say astronomers from the University of Texas and two other institutions.


US Congressional Office Says US Deficit Projected at $422 Billion

The US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Tuesday released its budgetary and economic forecast, and its predictions were not substantially different from those of the Bush administration.


PITTSBURGH -- After checking three stores, Beth Cohnen finally found a must-have Christmas gift for her 10-year-old daughter to give to her uncle: a Chia Scooby-Doo. It's bound to be $15 well spent - he'd asked for it for about five years in a row.


Inflation slows, but market still bets on higher rates

Inflation slowed to its weakest pace for seven months in May, as lower domestic energy prices sparked the second monthly drop in a row.


India's Net Service About 80 Percent Restored

A day after losing most of its internet service as part of a wider Mideast-Asia blackout, India expects to have most customers back online by sundown Friday.


EDITORIAL: Incentives Can Cure Math, Science Woes

By Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Feb. 21--In the arena of math and science instruction in Kentucky's high  schools, the law of supply and demand is having its irresistible impact.


Wall Street Beat: Intuit, 3Com raise M&A issues

Intuit's move to acquire financial services vendor Digital InsightÂ this week, Â and 3Com Corp.'s deal to buy out Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd's stake in their joint venture are signs that mergers and acquisitions activity continues unabated. The question is what this means for technology generally.


GenVec Inc. has suspended human testing of its leading drug, a potential cancer therapy, after a patient died during a study. The Gaithersburg biotechnology company's stock plunged


Singapore housing boom brings out ghosts, feuds

As neighborhood spats go, Chow Ai   Hwa's legal battle to ensure that her husband's ghost has   access to his former home in Singapore is unusual.


Indonesian ex-general sworn in as president [20/10/2004]

Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia's sixth president after sweeping to power by vowing faster job growth, a war on corruption and tough punishment for terrorists.


China vows to crack down on Internet piracy

China vowed on Sunday to improve  the "grave situation" of music piracy in the country, as it  hosted the annual music industry event here to learn and  exchange ideas with companies from around the world.


Israeli troops seize a nine-kilometre area in Gaza to try to stop Palestinian rocket attacks inside Israeli towns.


A pilot wrongly accused of training the 9/11 hijackers is entitled to claim damages, the Court of Appeal rules.


Things looking up for GOP hoepful McCain

The stars may be aligning for John McCain. The question is whether the Republican presidential candidate can hitch a ride to success.


Txdot Picks Spanish Consortium To Build First Leg

Gov. Rick Perry's Trans Texas Corridor, a network of new tollways, railways and utility lines crisscrossing the state, took a major step forward Thursday with the selection of a contractor to begin developing ...


INTERVIEW: Australia's Billabong On Acquisition Trail

MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Australian surfwear company Billabong International Ltd. (BBG.AU) said Monday it will need to consider more acquisitions as part of an effort to bolster the range of products it sells.


Another Hurricane Roars Across Mid-Florida

Hurricane Jeanne caused at least five deaths, making landfall almost exactly where Frances did over Labor Day weekend.


The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether voter identification laws unfairly deter the poor and minorities from voting, stepping into a contentious partisan issue in advance of the 2008 elections.


By LARRY MARGASAK  WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee will ask several Justice Department officials to testify about the firing of eight federal prosecutors and could issue subpoenas if they refuse, Sen. Charles Schumer said Wednesday.


A mutilated body is reportedly flown out of Iraq for DNA tests to identify if it is that of aid worker Margaret Hassan.


Even self-proclaimed penny-pinching folks like me who loathe the way Christmas has become so commercialized can lose their common sense.


Ain't no such thing as turnkey disaster recovery

As one user found out, crisis may shake management up and send them scurrying to identify disaster recovery solutions that work out of the box, but there's no guarantee by the vendor that they can instantly recover the data with their product.


ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- President Laurent Gbagbo has called on the United Nations to name and impose sanctions on countries that helped rebels wage a civil war in the West African state, Ivorian media reported yesterday.


Nokia Profit Off in Quarter; Handset Price Cuts Cited

Nokia said on Thursday that its third-quarter profit was higher than many analysts had forecast, but still a fifth lower than a year ago.


If you added all the biotech activity that industry executives and local officials across the country have forecast for the next decade, my guess is the industry would be roughly the size of the Chinese economy.


Venezuelan bank robbers arrested, hostages freed

ALTAGRACIA DE ORITUCO, Venezuela  - Venezuelan police swooped on an ambulance used by robbers escaping a bank siege on Tuesday, arresting all four men and freeing a group of captives to end a two-day hostage standoff.


With Songs in Their Hearts, Molaskey, Mason and Tranelli Each Get a CD on PS Classics

Playbill - PS Classics, the label devoted to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, will release three solo albums by three distinct ladies of song this fall.


EU leaders agree on watered down future 'reflection group'

"It's quite obvious that this is a question for the group of wise men."  EU leaders agreed Friday to set up a "reflection group" to consider Europe's long-term future, but watered down a French demand that the committee determine how far the bloc should expand. via New Straits Times


Analysis: Why did Iranian boats threaten three US ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz? To remind the world that Iran still has a hand on the world's oil spigot


First 9/11 damages trial to hear cockpit tapes

Tapes of the final moments before one of the hijacked airliners in the September 11 attacks crashed into the ground in Pennsylvania may be played at the first case over damages from the attacks to go to trial, a judge ruled on Wednesday.


Smiling and confident, two Russians and an American prepared for their first mission in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft - breaking the nearly 30-year tradition of having at least one crewman with previous experience in piloting the capsule.


Of all our allies in the world, which is the only one to have joined the United States in the foxhole in every war in the past 100 years?


A big-hitting innings from Shoaib Malik ensured Australia faces a tricky victory target on day four of the second Test at the MCG.


US open to military option against Tehran, Cheney says

SYDNEY -- US Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday warned that "all options" are on the table if Iran continues to defy UN-led efforts to end Tehran's nuclear ambitions, leaving the door open to military action.


Britain to announce nationalisation of Northern Rock: reports

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling is set to announce the nationalisation of troubled bank Northern Rock later Sunday, the BBC and Sky News television reported.


Trojan Condom Posters Banned by UK Ad Authorities

British advertising authorities said on  Wednesday they have banned racy Trojan condom poster adverts  with the phrase "Come online & play the sex organ."


Excerpts From Tuesday's VP Debate in Ohio

Excerpts from Tuesday's vice presidential debate at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland:


After nearly 14 months of flying monkeys, bickering witches and sold-out houses, the musical "Wicked" has recouped its $14 million capitalization.


Blues guitarist Jonny Lang is moving into the Christian market with his new album, "Turn Around," due in


Isernia, 19:41 - VOLLEY, A2: ISERNIA ESONERA COACH LORIZIO

La Sec Isernia (A2 maschile) ha esonerato il tecnico Pino Lorizio. La squadra è stata affidat...


After Five Sets, Agassi Is the One Standing

Though his match against Marcos Baghdatis will certainly not be easy to recover from, Andre Agassi will be a favorite in the third round, where he will face Benjamin Becker.


Tracy Morgan talks drinking and sobriety

When Tracy Morgan hosts Spike TV's "Guys Choice" awards on June 13, he'll be wearing an alcohol monitoring device around his ankle. There's no better symbol to Morgan's current situation.


San Diego head coach Marty Schottenheimer improved to 22-7 in his career against Oakland...Tomlinson surpassed Chuck Muncie, who ran for 43 touchdowns from 1980-84...Brees finished one TD pass shy of Dan Fouts' club record of six, set against the Raiders


Intellectual property rights still a problem

US companies in China said yesterday that Beijing had made dramatic progress in ratifying the commitments it made when it joined the World Trade Organisation three years ago.


Mexico limits some cold remedies in narcotics war

Everyday cold medicines in Mexico will be moved behind the counter from September to stop drug gangs from using them to make illegal narcotics.


By Ed Edelson, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Could electric light pose a cancer threat?    It might seem like the wildest of paranoid beliefs, but a growing number of scientists suspect it might be true. The reason: Turning on the lights after dark may affect a small number of "clock genes" that play a major role in controlling how cells live, die and function, these researchers suggest...


ISN SECURITY WATCH (30/09/04) - The worldâs oil markets remained jittery this week after spot prices for crude reached historic highs, and the announcement of a truce between Nigerian rebels and government forces was not enough to convince traders


Nadal slams Hawkeye after losing to Youzhny

Defending champion Rafael Nadal slumped out of the Dubai Open on Thursday losing 7-6 6-3 to unseeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny.


COGNE: STEFANO LORENZI IN PROCURA AD AOSTA

(AGI) - Aosta, 16 set. - Stefano Lorenzi, il marito di Anna Maria Franzoni condannata a 30 anni per l'omicidio del figlioletto Samuele, e' giunto in procura ad Aosta per essere sentito come persona informata sui fatti intorno alle 8.30.


Palestinians seek vengeance after Hamas killings

Palestinian militants are seeking revenge Friday, pounding Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip with mortars. The violence flared up after a top Hamas militant was killed in an Israeli airstrike.


Bush's 2008 IT budget focuses on cybersecurity

(InfoWorld) - U.S. President George Bush's 2008 budget request for $65.5 billion in IT spending across federal agencies reflects his priorities to cut budget deficits while improving cybersecurity and enhancing e-government services to U.S. citizens, Bush advisors said Wednesday. "It's clearly demonstrated by our actions in this past year that the [cybersecurity] plans we've had in place aren't necessarily working," said Karen Evans, administrator of e-government and information technology in the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). "It's important for us ... that we have the trust of the American people that we'll protect their information." The U.S. government this year will focus heavily on IT security after reports of data breaches in 2006. The White House, working with federal auditors and Congress, will lean on agencies to improve cybersecurity using their existing resources, Evans said. Evans, during a press conference, didn't mention specific data breaches from 2006, but the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in MayÂ reported a laptop and hard drive containing the personal information of 26.5 million military veterans and their families stolen from an employee's home. Police later recovered the hardware, but the announcement set off a storm of criticism from Congress. The lost VA equipment prompted a congressional review of other government agencies, and they reported thousands of laptops missing in the last five years. OMB will encourage some smaller agencies to contract with larger ones for network access and security, Evans said. OMB will also ask many agencies to focus on internal problems that lead to lost data, not just on external threats, she said. Some agencies are spending a disproportionate amount on fighting external threats when the majority of cybersecurity problems are internal, she said. Bush's 2008 budget includes a 2.6 percent spending increase for IT, compared to his 2007 budget request. Of the $65.5 billion, $31.4 billion would go to the U.S. Department of Defense, $5.6 billion to the Department of Health and Human Services, and $4.1 billion to the Department of Homeland Security. DOD would get a 2.1 percent increase in its IT budget over Bush's 2007 request, HHS would get a 9.9 percent increase, and DHS would get a 1.1 percent decrease. The U.S. Congress has not yet finalized the budget for the government's fiscal year 2007, which started in October. With Bush's 2008 budget, OMB for the first time released a list of government IT projects that auditors are concerned about. In 2008, there are 346 IT funding requests on OMB's management watch list, meaning the requests have not met criteria such as performance goals, security and privacy requirements, or program management standards. Federal agencies have made 840 funding requests for IT programs for fiscal year 2008. The 346 programs on the management watch list total about $14.4 billion, Evans said. Sixty-one of those watch-list requests are from the Department of the Treasury, 52 are from the Department of Homeland Security, and 37 are from the VA.


Motorsport.com. Driver of the No. 8 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Budweiser Chevrolet, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., was docked 25 championship driver points and fined $10,000 for use of foul language on live network television.


Three Albanians on trial for Kosovo war crimes in unprecedented case

Three ethnic Albanians went on trial in an unprecedented case at the UN war crimes court, charged with murder, torture and inhuman acts allegedly committed against Serb and Albanian civilians in Kosovo in 1998.


Chancellor Gordon Brown is in danger of breaking his economic "golden rule" because forecasts for tax revenues are too optimistic, a report says.


Former WTC Restaurant Workers Start Anew

Workers from the Windows on the World restaurant atop the World Trade Center have signed a lease to create the city's first employee-run restaurant - only a walk from ground zero.


Angel McClary Raich, left, and her husband attorney Rob Raich listen during a news conference in Oakland, Calif. in this June 28, 2004 file photo.


The running gag in NFL locker rooms is that kickers aren't really football players — just guys who hang around on the field before the game chatting with the other team's kickers.


The chief of Russia's space forces on Thursday said Moscow would have to retaliate if others deploy weapons in space — a stern warning to the United States.


Small towns hit by Katrina struggle to rebuild

PASS CHRISTIAN, Mississippi  - When hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans it also ravaged a series of small towns. Nearly two years later they have faded from the spotlight but are still struggling to rebuild.


Arkansas sixth graders, the latest gadget wonks

Sixth graders at Fox Meadow Intermediate Center in Jonesboro, Ark., have started testing consumer products and posting reviews online.


BBC to slash jobs in cost-cutting 'transformation'

The BBC said on Tuesday it would eliminate 2,900 jobs, or more than 10 per cent of its workforce, as part of a cost-saving "transformation" of the world's biggest and best-known public broadcaster.


European Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer named Colin Montgomerie and Luke Donald as his wildcard picks for the side to face the USA in September.


Iraq's parliament passed a law on Saturday to let members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party return to public life, winning Washington's swift praise for meeting a benchmark aimed at reconciling warring sects.


Rising oil prices hit Japan's trade surplus

Japan's trade surplus in August fell sharply for the first decline in 14 months as higher costs for imported oil combined with weaker export growth, prompting concerns about the country's economic outlook, the finance ministry said.


The advent of 24-hour drinking may have trebled alcohol-related admissions to inner city A&E departments, a study claims.


The market is poised to broaden, but is now the time to jump in?


After the Games, Relief From Out of the Blue

On this beautiful Greek island, only a two-hour boat ride from Athens, the only sign of the Olympics is a store selling official Athens 2004 souvenirs.


Former Cat Stevens returns to pop music world

The Peace Train is leaving the  station again, after almost 30 years in storage.


There's a mystery at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention involving the disappearance of more than $22 million in equipment.  The missing items range from new Dell and Compaq computers to scientific equipment.


ABC seeks celebrity impersonators for new series

LOS ANGELES  - ABC already is making   plans for next summer, ordering a reality series that will   search for the best celebrity impersonator in the country.


Glance at a recent computer game sales  chart and you'll see that nestled between the typical combat  and science fiction titles lies something a little different.


Great Britain's Kelly Holmes cannot afford to waste time in victory celebrations after winning Olympic gold in the women's 800m - she is running in the heats of the 1500 metres later today.


World Bank Chief Likely to Leave in 2005

James Wolfensohn said Sunday he anticipates bowing out in 2005 as World Bank president and not serving a third five-year term, but would do whatever shareholders ask of him.


As Wal-Mart continues to struggle with soft sales amid a housing slowdown and gas price pressures, the retailer announced Monday that it will cut prices further on 16,000 items this week to spur sales for the back-to-school shopping season.


Raggiunto accordo con Governo per concertazione


Man to be tried in Brooks ex-wife kidnap

A judge has ordered a man accused of abducting and trying to extort money from Garth Brooks' former wife to stand trial.


Las Vegas, 10:25 - BASKET, TORNEO PRE OLIMPICO: FINALE STATI UNITI-ARGENTINA

Stati Uniti e Argentina sono le finaliste del torneo di qualificazione alle Olimpiadi di Pechino 200...


HONG KONG A global pandemic of avian influenza is "very, very likely" and could kill tens of millions of people around the world, a top World Health Organization official said Monday.


US Group Proposes Drug Groups for Medicare Benefit

A U.S. group charged with helping to  develop Medicare guidelines released a proposal on Thursday  classifying medicines in groups that could determine how likely  certain drugs would be covered under a new prescription drug  benefit.


French official suggested Bush was behind September 11

A senior French politician, now a minister in President Nicolas Sarkozy's government, suggested last year that U.S. President George W. Bush might have been behind the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to a website.


Flickr helps Yahoo! get ready for its close-up.


Christopher Jones' Blog: Statement caching bug fix to improve performance of OCI8 extension

In a new post to his Oracle blog today, Christopher Jones talks about a bug that's been found in the OCI8 extension involving statement caching and a fix he's presenting.   As part of some testing we were doing, we found that PHP's OCI8 extension had a bug in the way it used Oracle's statement caching. The fix is already in CVS and will be generally available in PHP 5.2.4. After a short period for you to send me comments, Antony Dovgal will also build a new PECL snapshot of OCI8.   He explains the issue, a problem attributed to the switching of a "hard pause" and "soft pause" when the script caching connects to the Oracle database server. This caching feature is enabled by adding an "oci8.statement_cache_size" value in your php.ini file (and has a default size of 20).    If you've been having issues with this request caching and want to get the fix right away, grab it from the CVS. Otherwise, keep an eye out for PHP 5.2.4 coming soon to correct the issue.


Kia Vaughn had 21 points and 13 rebounds to lead No. 23 Rutgers to a 68-40 victory over Syracuse on Wednesday.


Iranian president denies arming Iraqi militants

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied on Monday that Iran is supplying sophisticated weapons to Iraqi militants and said peace would return to Iraq only when U.S. and other foreign forces leave.


The perception that Jamaica is corrupt has worsened in the past year, pushing its ranking on Transparency International's Corruption Perception index to 74 out of 146 countries, down 17 places from its 2003 position.


Scottie Pippen played the sidekick to basketball's greatest star, creating a partnership the Chicago Bulls parlayed into an NBA dynasty with six titles in the 1990s.


Autographs Come Before Questions for Congress

Some members of Congress who are scheduled to ask probing questions of Roger Clemens on Wednesday got autographs and had pictures taken with him last week.


'Government has not made decision' - oh really? Prime Minister Gordon Brown insists that the UK government has not made up its mind yet on a new generation of nuclear power stations, but that the decision will be announced on Thursday. However, it is now more or less certain that Brown intends to permit atomic energy to continue in Britain.â¦


Makoto Tamada delighted the home fans by taking pole position for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix. It is the second successive pole for Tamada who clocked a time of one minute, 46.


Comedian Chris Rock was happy to see "Everybody Hates Chris" survive the merger between the WB and UPN networks.


Finland's Lipponen prods incomes talks sides toward negotiation table

Speaker of Finland's Parliament and Social Democratic Party leader Paavo Lipponen on Friday urged the polemicists in the country's tripartite comprehensive incomes policy talks to finally sit down and talk it ...


Screening for Brain Injury Is Set for Illinois Veterans

The stateâs National Guard will be routinely screened for traumatic brain injuries after serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.


BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro - A group of Serbian actors filming a bank robbery scene played their parts so well that police mistook them for the real thing and hauled them off to a police station, a newspaper reported Wednesday.    The crew was filming the robbery scene Tuesday on a street in Novi Sad, 30 miles north of Belgrade, as part of a project to be shown in a multimedia performance at the nearby Serbian National Theater...


The Southeastern Conference might be too good for its own good. With five teams still in the thick of the national-title chase, a so-called "game of the season" comes around nearly every week. This week it's No. 9 LSU at No. 5 Florida and No. 13 Tennessee facing No. 10 Georgia. In the SEC West, No. 2 Auburn will play Arkansas for first place.


A GNOME 2 frontend for the Visual Boy Advance emulator.


Airbus Attacks Washington's WTO Challenge

Airbus SAS on Thursday attacked a US decision to file a World Trade Organization complaint against subsidies received by the European aircraft maker.


DevShed continues their tutorial series looking at working with PHP and databases today with more excerpted material from the O'Reilly book "Programming PHP, Second Edition" (by Kevin Tatroe, Rasmus Lerdorf, and Peter MacIntyre).   Picking up from where we left off last week, we'll be discussing shortcuts, query responses, metadata, and more.   They start off looking at shortcuts, those handy things the PEAR DB package offers to make life simpler (like getRow and getAssoc) before moving on to how to get the details about the response itself (like affectedRows and tableInfo). Next up is working with the metadata (using getListOf) and, finally, a sample application to tie them all together.


Fraud allegations cloud historic Afghan election

KABUL, Afghanistan - Poll stations officially closed in Afghanistanâs historic presidential election on Saturday with no reports of any major attacks by Taliban militants who had vowed to sabotage the process.


Is there a future for the department store? The potential merger of department store parents of Macy's and Filene's makes some wonder if the mass-market department store as we know it is dead. Squeezed at the high end by luxury retailers like Neiman Marcus and boutiques, and at the low end by Wal-Mart and Target, the Macy's and Filene's of ...


The California Attorney General said late Tuesday that he had enough evidence to bring charges against some of those involved in the HP leak probe scandal, and that the indictments may not be limited to individuals within the company.


The Baseline Killer sometimes strikes up a conversation just before he attacks, authorities said Wednesday as they released new information about one of the two serial killers stalking the city.


"Momentum building" for new climate deal: U.N.

The United Nations says momentum is building for tougher long-term action to fight global warming beyond the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol and a climate meeting starting in Vienna on Monday will be a crucial part of the process.


A review by the Bank of Scotland says the housing market in rural areas is "particularly tough".


Briefly: Open-source rival to Exchange released

roundup Plus: Verizon sets up home in Circuit City...3i's Gagen resigns...Unify updates Java tool...IBM posts documentation for Cloudscape...Phone defect could affect hearing.


Dunkin' Donuts, the food-on-the-go chain whose name celebrates a treat that's symbolic of unhealthy eating, is trying to refresh its image by largely eliminating trans fat across its menu -- doughnuts included.


Sen. Jim Webb finally admitted he owns a gun that an aide was arrested for carrying into the U.S. Capitol complex in March.


A blind Bill Lyons lay trapped within the crumpled, twisted remains of a tour bus in northeastern Arkansas' pre-dawn blackness Saturday.


Motorola May Lose Big Customer If Nextel Merges

Sprint's negotiations to buy Nextel have ignited fears that Motorola will lose its exclusive deal to supply phones and equipment to Nextel.


U.S. plane hit by gunfire on resupply flight in Mali

Tuareg rebels fired on a U.S. military plane flying food supplies to Malian troops fighting the desert insurgents in the far north of the African country, Malian officials said on Thursday.


MESSINA - Il Messina si aggiudica il primo Memorial Giuseppe Franza battendo la Reggina grazie ad un gol del giapponese Yanagisawa nel finale della gara. Ai giallorossi serviva la vittoria e cosÃ¬ Ã¨ stato nell'unico vero acuto della partita.


Vienna, 21:35 - CALCIO, UEFA; INCIDENTI PASCHING-LIVORNO: FERITO UN TIFOSO

Primo, provvisorio bilancio dei tafferugli scoppiati poco prima dell' inizio della partita Pasching-...


An inside look at the elaborate secrecy campaign around the biggest book of all time


That's Crosby, with a C. Sidney Crosby, already the youngest player in NHL history to get 100 points in a season and to win a scoring title, is now the youngest to wear the captain's C on his sweater. The Pittsburgh Penguins gave Crosby the long-anticipated title on Thursday, months after they initially wanted to do so.


U.S. probes chocolate makers for price fixing: WSJ

The U.S. Justice Department is looking into possible price fixing in the chocolate industry, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday on its Web site.


Viviane Hagnerâs violin recital with the pianist Tatiana Goncharova at the 92nd Street Y on Thursday was mostly Brahms but mainly about Bartokâs Sonata for Solo Violin.


Gateway's PCs, Notebooks Available at MicroCenter

PC maker Gateway Inc. said on  Sunday its new line of notebooks, desktop personal computers  and monitors aimed at retail markets will be available at Micro  Center's 20 stores in the United States.


The anticipated price war between cable and telecommunications companies over the price of Internet access has failed to materialize.


A former senior official at Scottish Enterprise is calling for the agency to be scrapped.


PITTSBURGH - General manager Peter Chiarelli , his Bruins now officially on holiday break, said yesterday that he continues to search for a trade or two. The recent losses of winger Glen Murray (hip pointer) and defensemen Aaron Ward (fractured left foot) and Andrew Alberts (postconcussion syndrome symptoms) have only added motivation to his search.


Half in New Health Plans Want to Switch, Poll Shows

People in a new kind of health plan that makes consumers pay for a bigger share of their care appear to be more cost-conscious than those in traditional plans, but half say they would switch if they had the chance, according to a survey released yesterday.


Il presidente alla cerimonia per il 233esimo anno delle Fiamme Gialle"Il corpo ha saputo fronteggiare, con tenacia e fedeltÃ , innumerevoli emergenze"                                          Napolitano celebra la Guardia di Finanza "Un esempio di professionalitÃ  e dedizione"


NFL Broncos wide receiver Javon Walker will undergo surgery on his right knee today and will be out for "a few weeks," coach Mike Shanahan said yesterday. Walker missed the Broncos' last two games because of swelling, but practiced Monday and Wednesday. "Javon's not feeling very good," Shanahan said. "He'll get operated on in Houston, so he'll be out for ...


Court Pulls Nader Off Pennsylvania Ballot

A state court knocked Ralph Nader off Pennsylvania's presidential ballot on Wednesday, citing thousands of fradulent signatures including "Mickey Mouse" and "Fred Flintstone."


Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras lead tributes to opera star Luciano Pavarotti, who has died aged 71.


McLaren say Lewis Hamilton is free to race team-mate Fernando Alonso despite imposing team orders at the Monaco Grand Prix.


California Court Bars Unmasking of Web Critic

Plaintiffs in a libel case can't subpoena Yahoo for names of posters to Yahoo Finance, appeals court says.


Family affair for Streep, Redgrave in "Evening"

Meryl Streep and her  daughter star in a family drama whose cast also includes Glenn  Close, Vanessa Redgrave and her daughter, Natasha Richardson.


US, Iraqi forces seek to reclaim control of 3 cities

Airstrikes are used in Tal Afar and Fallujah with more than 60 killed in "no-go" zones. An Iraqi soldier guards the road near radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's office.


England name Haskell in squad for France game

England on Thursday named uncapped Wasps flanker James Haskell in a 28-man training squad for the 6 Nations clash against title favourites France at Twickenham on March 11.


President Bush on Friday offered former President Bill Clinton, who faces heart bypass surgery, "best wishes for a swift and speedy recovery."


With an estimated 62.5 million viewers, the first Bush-Kerry debate was a television hit and provided evidence of the intense interest in the presidential campaign.


Solo il 2% dei gestori Ã¨ disposto ad investire negli aspiratori"Appenderemo i cartelli di divieto ma non faremo i delatori"                                          Baristi schierati contro Sirchia "Niente salette per fumatori"                                                                                E' l'ultimo weekend con la sigaretta accesa nei bar e sul lavoro


Wireless-J standard opens Japan to the Wi-Fi world

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has approved a wireless standard that will expand international Wi-Fi roaming to Japan.


Company's U.S. search market share rises to a record 66 percent for the month of  December, according to latest figures from Hitwise.


A roadmap for ending the high-def format quagmire

Don Reisinger thinks he knows how to get us out from the high-def format war. Will his three-step process work?


British leaflets asks Iraqis to look for hostage

LONDON The British Foreign Office says its embassy in Baghdad has printed 50-thousand leaflets urging Iraqis to help find a kidnapped British citizen.


Palermo, 14:20 - CALCIO, ZAMPARINI: PALERMO DELUDENTE MA GUIDOLIN NON SI TOCCA

Dopo i quattro bocconi amari in due settimane, il presidente Maurizio Zamparini ha perso l'entusiasm...


Change to GOP rules would allow DeLay to keep post if indicted

House Republicans voted Wednesday to protect Majority Leader Tom DeLay by changing a party rule that likely would have forced him to step down if he is indicted in a Texas political corruption investigation.


U.S. Sees Threats from Terror, Iran and North Korea

The United States faces a range of  threats from North Korean and Iranian missiles to a Sept.  11-scale attack by Islamist militants, inspired by Osama bin  Laden and hardened by their experience in Iraq, top U.S.  intelligence officials warned on Wednesday.


Blair, Ahern urge power-sharing after N.Irish vote

Britain and Ireland urged Northern Ireland's politicians on Friday to agree to a power sharing government after the province's main Protestant and Catholic parties dominated assembly elections this week.


Haiti and Bangladesh top corruption report

LONDON Corruption is crippling the battle against poverty and robbing oil-rich countries like Iraq of their development potential, a respected global graft watchdog group said Wednesday in an annual report.


Merrimack College's hockey team hasn't had much to cheer about this season, but if last weekend's back-to-back Hockey East series against Vermont was any indication, the Warriors could be heading for better times. Merrimack played the highly-ranked Catamounts dead even in both games, which ended in 1-1 ties, and picked up two points for its efforts. It was the first ...


With US politicians to debate Microsoft's offer for Yahoo, analysts expect any deal to get regulatory backing.


Oct 22, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - MedImmune will produce another million doses of its nasal-spray influenza vaccine, FluMist, which could free up some injectable flu vaccine for high-risk groups, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy Thompson


UK police probe to quash Diana conspiracy theories

A British police inquiry into Princess  Diana's death is expected to rule out foul play on Thursday and  seek to bury conspiracy theories of a murder plot that have  abounded for almost a decade.


TO fight an obesity crisis, the British government plans to ban junk food advertisements on television before 9pm. Viewership figures show that 70 per cent of children's TV viewing takes place between 6pm and 9pm.


Chapter 11 now a sure bet for Trump casinos

When Donald Trump writes his next book, he'll have plenty of expertise in how to write Chapter 11. Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, the company that controls the real estate mogul's casinos, said Thursday that


San Jose, 11:51 - TENNIS, ATP SAN JOSE: RISULTATI PRIMO TURNO

Risultati del primo turno del torneo Atp di San Jose (cemento, montepremi 436.000 dollari): Bobby Re...


HP's 'ethics' chief emerges as spy scandal star

We did it my way On September 6 - Carly Fiorina's birthday - investigators involved in the HP spy scandal could hear the butcher's footsteps. Quite a few people would be sacrificed because of the public relations mess, and those closest to the probe would likely be cut across the neck first.â¦


Militia Leaders Charging Betrayal by Iraqi Premier

Leaders of the insurgent Mahdi Army declared Thursday that they had been betrayed by Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, who has been trying to lure away the militia's supporters with millions of dollars in aid.