'Trust but verify' open mobile network pledges

Major mobile voice and data carriers in the United States have pledged to open their networks to outside handsets and applications, but regulators and customers need to be vigilant to make sure those promises are fulfilled, one member of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said.Carriers including AT&T and Verizon Wireless have promised to open up their networks, but the FCC will need to watch the prices that carriers charge customers who bring their own devices to the networks, said the FCC's Michael Copps, speaking Tuesday at a New America Foundation forum. The FCC will also need to monitor the complexity of certification for new devices and applications, he said.Mobile carriers still dictate what features can be used on most phones, with Wi-Fi features unavailable on most U.S. mobile phones because of carrier opposition, Copps said. The FCC needs "trust but verify" the open network promises from the carriers, Copps said."I hope it is as good as it sounds," he added. The FCC should step in if the carriers don't live up to their promises, Copps added.Carriers have in recent months taken steps to block text messages and some types of applications, Copps added. They need to pledge to "no blocking, no locking, and no discriminatory degradation of service," he said.Copps, a Democrat, seemed to disagree with the FCC's Republican chairman Kevin Martin, who was quoted in The New York Times as saying the issue of open networks has "melted away" as AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and other carriers have moved to open their networks.Advocates have been pushing for customers to be able to take their mobile devices from carrier to carrier for about a year. Weeks after Google announced its Open Handset Alliance in November, Verizon Wireless announced it would open its network to outside devices and applications by the end of this year.About a week after the Verizon announcement, AT&T announced that it's long been its policy to allow outside devices and applications onto its mobile network.But Copps and critics of the carriers said Tuesday it's too early to tell if the carriers are serious about open networks. For example, mobile carriers could discourage customers from bringing their own devices by charging higher prices, Copps said.Carriers have often argued that they need to sign up customers using lengthy contracts because they're subsidizing the cost of a mobile phone. But if customers bring their own phones, there's no carrier subsidy, so the plan should cost less, said Robert Frieden, a professor of telecommunications and law at Penn State University.Right now, "you don't get a discount for bringing your own phone," said Frieden, author of a New America Foundation paper calling on the FCC to regulate open network access.Some of the same companies pledged to offer stand-alone DSL service more than three years ago, and in many cases, customers have to fight through layers of customer service to get DSL without accompanying wireline phone service, added Christopher Libertelli, senior director for regulatory and government affairs at Skype.A Skype handset that allows calls to be made over Wi-Fi or a mobile network is available in parts of Europe and in Hong Kong but not the United States because carriers have opposed it, he said."Sitting here, we can't predict how these press release will turn into real consumer rights," Libertelli said.But representatives of Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and T-Mobile said they were serious about offering customers choices of devices and applications.Verizon Wireless wants to encourage new types of devices and work with developers and handset makers to create innovation, said Anthony Lewis, vice president of the company's Open Development Initiative. "This will not work if I dictate to my customers," he said.AT&T will monitor devices for bandwidth hogging and security, but otherwise, the company is open to outside devices, said Robert Quinn Jr., AT&T's senior vice president for federal regulatory affairs. AT&T customers want to be able to use more devices on the network, he said.Asked, however, if AT&T would unlock Apple's iPhone to use on other networks, Quinn said the company couldn't do that.


Stocks edged lower on Monday as  interest rates and a weakening dollar took center stage now  that the presidential election is over and investors took  profits after last week's rally.


Insurgents attack pipeline in northern Iraq

Insurgents blew up part of a domestic oil pipeline in northern Iraq early Monday, sending flames and black smoke billowing into the sky, police said.


Ziggy the cat's 17-day journey from Israel to UK

Ziggy the cat used up at least one of his nine lives after surviving for 17 days without food on a 2,300 mile voyage that took him from northern Israel to England.


Sofia Extends List of Energy Strategic Sites

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Rapper Foxy Brown has received 76 days in punitive segregation after she scuffled with another inmate at Rikers Island jail, authorities said Tuesday.


Germany hunts some 10 terror suspects believed to have helped the three held over an alleged anti-US bomb plot.


Scientists believe they have worked out why genes usually seen in foetuses are seen in adults in the early stages of heart failure.


Ziff Davis - According to Gartner, worldwide server revenue increased in the second quarter by 7.7 percent over the year-ago period,  and server shipments jumped 24.5 percent.


Pavarotti daughters angry over feud talk

Luciano Pavarotti's adult daughters complained Tuesday night about media reports claiming they are squabbling with the late tenor's second wife.


IBM  on Thursday forecast  2008 earnings well ahead of Wall Street expectations as strong  growth abroad made up for weaker results in the United States,  sending its shares up 5 percent.


Sen. Tim Johnson is reading news clippings and starting to do some office work from the hospital, almost two months after suffering a life-threatening brain hemorrhage. "At this point, he has requested more contact with office and is looking for updates from staff," his office said in a statement Friday.


In the wake of the SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale scandal, Franceâs business aristocracy finds itself in a place it never wants to be: the spotlight.


Thanks, but we'll stick with the legacy stuff


Brazilians flock to U.S., despite govt policy

Washington may be as reviled in Brazil as elsewhere in Latin America, but the United States has become a top destination for a new generation of Brazilians drifting away from the European culture their parents knew.


Cycling Chief Endorses Data Collection to Fight Doping

President of the International Cycling Union backs biological passport for all riders as part of a sweeping program to combat doping.


Ruud van Nistelrooy has been charged with serious foul play for a tackle on Ashley Cole during Manchester United's 2-0 victory over Arsenal.


The Fresno Bee, Calif., Lewis Griswold Column: 3 Disaster Offices Set Up Shop in Tulare Co.

By Lewis Griswold, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Jan. 31--The U.S. Small Business Administration has opened three disaster assistance offices in Tulare County. Nonfarm businesses hurt by the freeze of 2007 can apply for low-interest loans.


A strong finish is a big deal at Southern California. The coaching staff talks about it, the players, too.


Tenet (THC:NYSE - news - research) continued to test the nerves of its daring shareholder corps Monday, predicting a wider-than-expected fourth quarter loss, a billion-dollar writedown and another weak year in 2005.


U.S. Open: Ivanovic Recalls the Flash of a Kodak Moment

Ana Ivanovic, 19 and seeded fifth, is Serbiaâs newest sensation, known for her glamorous look and her power game. She will play Venus Williams on Sunday in the fourth round.


Supremes to rule on PC makers' patent spat

Down-stream royalties hit choppy water The US Supreme Court will review a patent dispute between LG Electronics and a group of Taiwanese computer makers over whether various degrees of separation can exhaust licensing terms.â¦


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Bush, Kerry Continue Campaign in Battleground States

The US presidential election campaign is focusing on just a few states where the race is extremely close. The two major party candidates are spending most of their time now in these so-called battleground states.


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''Abbiamo sentito parlare di modello inglese. Andrebbe imitato soprattutto dal punto di vista della ...


Novell's de Icaza: Project not Mono-tonous

The leader of the movement to port .Net to Linux is happy with the progress thus far, and he's a Silverlight fan.


You say you want to remain cautiously optimistic. You have seen too many things over too many autumns so you are going to be patient and rational.


US economy follows Fed's script for slowdown

The US economy is following the Federal Reserve script for an orderly slowdown, with inflation cooling enough to allow the central bank to keep rates steady for a second consecutive session, analysts say.


Calls to stop national exams sat by under-16s in England are rejected by the education secretary.


Yankees Stun BoSox 19-8 for 3-0 ALCS Lead

BOSTON - The Yankees kept circling the bases, battering Boston's beleaguered pitching staff. By the time the long, long night ended with a devastating 19-8 rout over the Red Sox, the dreaded New Yorkers were just one game away from a shocking sweep...


Buy low, sell high? Or buy "no," sell low?


They Call Him the Fixer in a World Thatâs a Mess

Dark in color, mood and outraged worldview, âMichael Claytonâ is a film that speaks to the way we live now.


Bush Says Importing Medicines 'Makes Sense' if Safe

President Bush, facing growing anger among senior citizens over the high cost of prescription drugs and a virtual revolt by some states, conceded on Wednesday it "makes sense" for Americans to be able to import cheaper medicines as long as they are safe.


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Russia will approve ratification of Kyoto Protocol on climate change: report

MOSCOW  - Russia's government, ending its wavering, will approve ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, the Interfax news agency said Wednesday.


Oil falls from record highs as investors take profits

Oil fell more than a dollar on Tuesday, as profit-taking pulled the market down from record highs set in response to a Mexican supply shut-down and a weak dollar.


Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s (005930.KS: Quote, Profile, Research) quarterly profit jumped 46 percent from a year ago on strong memory chip earnings, but fell


Fashion retailer warns of difficult year ahead, saying it is 'extremely cautious' on prospects


WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson yesterday said the turbulence that has hit financial markets will take time to be resolved, especially in the area of subprime mortgages.


A British firm seeking to capitalize on the anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's murder today is issuing ``JFK Reloaded,'' a purportedly educational ``docu-game'' that lets players


Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper Dies at 77

Gordon Cooper, one of the Mercury Seven astronauts who helped pioneer human space exploration, piloting the last of the Mercury missions and the troubled Gemini 5 flight, died on Monday. He was 77.


Five rescued off Cornish coast after life raft ordeal

Five people from a missing Irish yacht have been rescued off southwest England after spending eight days in a life raft, the British coastguard revealed.


Car bomb explodes north of Baghdad, three wounded [27/10/2004]

A car bomb blew up in a town north of Baghdad, wounding three Iraqi civilians, a local government official said. The explosion occurred in al-Khalis, 60 kms north of the Iraqi capital.


Italy's ex-justice minister confirms he will not rejoin the the governing coalition and calls for early elections.


US Secretary of State Colin Powell says Iran may be seeking to adapt its missiles to carry nuclear warheads.


LOS ANGELES - Billy Bob Thornton got a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame Thursday - as well on a special greeting on the pages of Variety from ex-wife Angelina Jolie.   "Billy, I love your brilliant mind...


UPDATE 1-Argentina loan review delayed, talks continue

The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday the third review of Argentina's $13 billion loan program was delayed but both sides were still talking.


Unser Jr. Makes Plea Deal in Drunken Driving Case

Al Unser Jr., a two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, will plead no contest to a charge of driving under the influence stemming from a January crash on a freeway in Nevada.


Halliburton planning to restructure troubled KBR unit, may look to sell it

HOUSTON -- Halliburton Co. said yesterday that it is restructuring its troubled engineering and construction subsidiary, KBR, and would consider selling or spinning it off should the division's stock performance fail to improve once asbestos litigation is resolved.


Palestinian Leaders Call for Calm After Clashes

The appeals followed a day of rallies and violent clashes in Gaza between supporters of Hamas and Fatah that killed two people.


Doctors biased in prostate cancer treatment: study

The type of prostate cancer treatment a man gets has a lot to do with the kind of specialist he sees first, according to a study released on Monday that lends scientific evidence to something many men have likely guessed.


Democrat Barack Obama won over Iowa's butter cow lady.


Baghdad Car Bomb Targeting Police Kills 7 People

A car bomb that targeted police at a  Baghdad cafe killed seven people, the U.S. military said.


Tim Henman loses a deciding-set tie-break against Paradorn Srichaphan in the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open.


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DECEMBER 13, 2004  - Now that IBM plans to sell its PC division to Beijing-based Lenovo Group Ltd., the big question is whether the companies can keep users from defecting to other vendors -- which would put IBM's once standard-setting PCs


HBO to let subscribers download TV shows, movies

Time Warner Inc pay TV channel HBO  will launch a service on Tuesday to let subscribers download  movies and television shows over the Web, joining a crowded  market for video on the Internet.


Photos: Ford navigation with Sirius Travel Link

CNET Car Tech posts photos of the Ford navigation system with Sirius Travel Link.


Celebrity partygoers exposed to Hepatitis A

A Sports Illustrated bash for its  annual swimsuit issue has turned into a health scare for stars  in Hollywood after a caterer working for celebrity chef  Wolfgang Puck may have exposed them to acute Hepatitis A.


Fabregas calls on English to quit comfort zone - report

Arsenal star Cesc Fabregas has suggested the lack of English players trying to improve themselves abroad may be just as harmful to the English game as the steady influx of foreigners in the Premier League.


Tenn. may dissolve end state health care

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Gov. Phil Bredesen announced Wednesday that he plans to dissolve TennCare, cutting up to 430,000 people from the financially troubled expanded Medicaid program.


'Exorcist' Begins Big With $18.2 Million

God vs. Satan cast out space creatures at the box office. Demon thriller "Exorcist: The Beginning" debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie with $18.2 million, displacing "Alien vs. Predator," which tumbled to No. 4 with $12.5 million, studio estimates showed Sunday.


WASHINGTON - Coming to cash registers near you: colorful new $50 bills sporting splashes of red, blue and yellow.    The bills, the second denomination of greenback to get the color treatment, were going into circulation on Tuesday as part of the government's continuing effort to thwart counterfeiters...


Cell phones in the air: Convenience or curse?

Just when air travel seems to have become our national gripe, along comes a possibility to make us appreciate flight as we now know it: A cabin full of people talking, loudly and simultaneously, on their cell phones.


Els, Goosen and Westwood Share the Lead in South Africa

European Tour Members Ernie Els, Retief Goosen and Lee Westwood share the lead with Australian Stuart Appleby after the first round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa.


Condoleezza Rice urges countries with nationals detained at Guantanamo Bay to help the US shut the camp.


Mining leaves toxic legacy in Zambian town

KABWE, Zambia  - Irene Solo ate soil from tree bark and anthills when she was pregnant in the belief among some Zambians that it makes babies strong.


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In a Hotel Deal, Showtime Fights HBOâs Dominance

By reaching travelers, the cable channel Showtime hopes to attract more home subscribers.


Martin: NAACP's Bond late in beef over delegates

NAACP Chairman Julian Bond's decision to weigh in on the Democratic Party's conundrum when it comes to seating delegates from Michigan and Florida has created a firestorm of discussion on blogs and talk shows, and frankly, I'm still unclear as to what his intent was.


TRENTON -- Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry has failed to get much traction with voters in New Jersey. Six days before the election President George W. Bush has closed a four-point gap from a week


The leaders of Bolivia, Brazil and Chile agree to build a road from coast to coast across South America.


Sport: Doctor who treated players injured in air crash reveals staff feared even more casualities


TENNIS Roger Federer beat Tommy Haas in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5, yesterday to reach his fifth straight Dubai Open final. The top-ranked Federer never lost serve. It was the Swiss star's 40th straight victory. He is six wins from Guillermo Vilas's record of 46 straight, set in 1977. Federer will face Mikhail Youzhny , who reached his second straight tournament ...


Sun exposure apparently has a protective effect against the development non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), a blood cancer, Australian researchers report.


PAPA: AFRICA SIA PROTAGONISTA E NON PIU' OGGETTO DI ASSISTENZA

(AGI) - CdV, 16 dic. - "L'Africa cessi di essere solo oggetto di assistenza, per divenire responsabile soggetto di condivisioni convinte e produttive". E' quanto chiede Giovanni Paolo II, che elenca nel suo


Tasting glory in 2004 is motivation for US Davis Cup team

By Rick Bonnell // The Charlotte Observer // September 27, 2004. CHARLESTON, SC _ Every member of the US Davis Cup team needs to win this weekend to avoid an "almost" year.


Tens of thousands march in Caracas in support of opposition presidential hopeful Manuel Rosales.


Adobe Systems Inc.  is  working to deliver all of its software via the Web as a service  rather than a packaged product, but the transition to earn  money from subscriptions or advertising could take a decade.


Bolstered by investors, Oracle Corp. appears destined to complete its long-sought takeover of PeopleSoft Inc. unless its rival becomes more profitable and proves it is worth more than the $9.2 billion bid currently on the table.


'Passion' leaves much to be desired on DVD

Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," which is being released on DVD on Tuesday, has caused many valid reactions: religious inspiration, charges of anti-Semitism, nausea at the violence


Bits 'N' Pieces: NASA Contest Has Camas Girl Shooting for the Stars

By MIKE BAILEY  Tiffani Pekkala thought her essay and pennant design highlighting space exploration would simply earn extra credits in her science class at Camas' Liberty Middle School.


Obama warns of 'quiet riot' among blacks

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Tuesday that the Bush administration has done nothing to defuse a "quiet riot" among blacks that threatens to erupt just as riots in Los Angeles did 15 years ago.


Foreigners say Brazil needs outside aviation help

An international air traffic controllers' group said on Monday foreign experts should intervene to fix Brazil's chaotic air travel system, which the government has struggled to remedy for almost a year.


ROMA - ''L'informazione di cui dispongo in questo momento e' che entrambe le ragazze sono vive''. Lo dice in un'intervista al Corriere della Sera re Abdlallah di Giordania riguardo alle due italiane, Simona Pari e Simona Torretta, rapite in Iraq.


US President George W. Bush has arrived in Chile for an Asia-Pacific summit at which he is expected to press on with free trade talks and seek renewed help to defuse the North Korea nuclear crisis.


HOUSTON - The city of Houston and its baseball team have waited more than 42 years to celebrate a playoff series victory. They might never have a better opportunity than they have on Sunday.


New photographs from space suggest that water occasionally flows on the frigid surface of Mars, raising the tantalizing possibility that the Red Planet is hospitable to life, scientists reported Wednesday.


Napoli, 16:03 - CALCIO, NAPOLI; REJA: BUCCHI? TROVERA' SPAZIO ANCHE LUI

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Mediobanca non comanda, aspettare per ingresso Zaleski


China's product safety watchdog said Friday that it had revoked the business licenses of several firms at the heart of food and drug safety scares and banned them from exporting their products.


Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday defended his work on the immigration bill, rejecting a rival's claim that his work on the derailed measure undercuts his White House bid.


Tens of thousands of people affected by flooding in north-eastern Uganda remain cut off from aid.


Pregnancy risky after heart defect repair

New data suggests that women  who have undergone a successful surgery to repair congenital  heart defects can become pregnant, but they may have clinically  significant complications.


Samsung develops world's first eight-gigabyte memory card

Samsung Electronics, the world's top memory chipmaker, said Monday it has developed the industry's first eight-gigabyte flash memory card for mobile handsets.


Depleted by injuries and suspensions from a brawl with Detroit fans, the Indiana Pacers signed free agents Tremaine Fowlkes and Britton Johnsen on Thursday.


Kristy Swanson pressed assault charges on Sunday against the ex-wife of her companion and former skating partner, Lloyd Eisler, the actress' representative said.


Australian FM plays down Poland's announcement on Iraq withdrawal

Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has declined to reveal any timetable for a possible withdrawal of Australian troops from Iraq following a statement by Poland that it is aiming for a pullout by the end of next year.


Eagles rookie running back Thomas Tapeh was placed on injured reserve after dislocating his hip in Philadelphia's loss to St. Louis on Monday night.


FOXBOROUGH -- Ty Law examined the film, saw the stats, and decided there would be only one way to stop the Colts receivers. And it wouldn't be through finesse.


American League 5, National League 4: A.L. Hangs On in Baseballâs All-Star Game

Ichiro Suzuki had the first inside-the-park home run in All-Star Game history and added two singles to lead the American League over the National League.


Two teenagers were arrested Saturday in the theft of a laptop and hard drive containing sensitive data on up to 26.5 million veterans and military personnel, authorities said.


A weight-loss drug used by thousands is unsafe for those also taking antidepressants, health watchdogs warn.


The leader of Glasgow City Council announces he is gay and has separated from his wife.


Hollywood star George Clooney fractures a rib in a motorcycle crash in New Jersey.


The Birmingham, Alabama Veterans Administration Medical Center said this week it is seeking the return of an external Iomega hard drive containing personal information on at least a half-million people. The Center has brought in the FBI to help investigate and is offering a $25,000 reward.


Ramones celebrate 30th anniversary with concert in Hollywood

On Sept. 12, the punk band will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a concert at the Avalon Theater in Hollywood, Calif. The previously announced "very special guest band" will be the Red Hot Chili Peppers, concert producer Arturo Vega said Thursday.


Great Britain's Olympic medal winners will be honoured with a parade through central London in October.


Camilla to join royal clan at London's Madame Tussauds

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall will join the royal family at Madame Tussauds, more than two years on since she married Prince Charles, the London waxworks museum said Tuesday.


Copies of the Goyard Saint Louis carryall is the most coveted knockoff of the season.


US Says N.Korea Blast Unlikely to Have Been Nuclear

SEOUL, South Korea  - A huge explosion rocked  North Korea three days ago but U.S. and South Korean officials  said on Sunday it was unlikely to have been a nuclear weapons  test despite a report the blast produced a mushroom cloud.


(HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:


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BRISTOL, Conn. (Ticker) -- After winning two games that lasted 10 hours and 51 minutes to stay alive, the Boston Red Sox will hand the ball to Curt Schilling Tuesday in Game Six of the American League Championship Series.


Officials making Pak safe haven for Bin Laden: Report

Osama bin Laden is reportedly being given safe haven on the Pakistan border with the help of the country's officials. The indications from recent intelligence reports coming from tribal areas of Pakistan have


Hard Rock Cafe restaurants to be sold to Native American tribe

The Hard Rock Cafe chain of restaurants is to be sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida, a Native American group, for 965 million dollars (724 million euros), current owners Rank announced.


NBC Looks for Olympic Success to Bolster New Shows

If an athlete's true test is  improving each time on the field, television network NBC is due  for laurels when the Athens Olympics end on Sunday, but its  greater challenge will be launching new shows like "Joey" in  coming weeks.


U.S. nuclear envoy on surprise trip to North Korea

The U.S. envoy to nuclear talks with North Korea arrived in Pyongyang on Thursday to discuss the next steps under a disarmament deal, a surprise trip analysts said showed both sides were eager for swift progress.


Congress Certifies Bush's Win After Protest

The U.S. Congress on Thursday  formally certified President Bush as the victor of the November  elections after two Democrats symbolically stalled the event in  protest at alleged voting irregularities in Ohio.


The New York Mets' bullpen combined to edge out the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 in their series opener on Wednesday, while their Big Apple rivals the Yankees had the second game of their divisional series postponed due to rain.


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A Year Later: No NCAA, No NIT for George Mason

FAIRFAX, Va.  -- Everyone's favorite underdog in 2006 received no special favors in 2007. A year after an amazing run to the Final Four of the NCAA tournament, George Mason isn't even considered worthy of the NIT.


Latest worm poses a risk to many Web sites using the PHP scripting language.


General HonorÃ©, Katrina and the Army behind him, retains civic aims

Retired Friday from the Army, he wants to help the public attain a 'culture of preparedness' like that of the cold-war era.


The Consumer Association has today complained to the UKâs Office of Fair Trading that downloading tracks from Appleâs iTunes costs UK consumers more than their counterparts in France and Germany.


Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday it will buy online audiobook provider Audible Inc. to expand its reach in digital audio content.


Under questioning, Paul Burrell admits to inconsistencies and to disapproving of his boss' romance with Dodi Al-Fayed


Online and interactive IFA 07 Daewoo has given the Blu-ray Disc next-gen optical disc format the thumbs up by showing off its first BD player, the slim, blue-hued DBP-1000.â¦


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-- SF: Lloyd 33 pass from Rattay (Peterson kick), 0:25. Drive: 9 plays, 78 yards, 4:42. Key plays: Rattay 11 run; Rattay 19 pass to Wilson on 3rd-and- 9 to Jets' 34.


With one conference call and one unprintable word, Sallie Maeâs chief executive learned a $3 billion lesson.


Bulgarian Soldier Seriously Wounded in Iraq - Report

A Bulgarian soldier was seriously wounded in central southern Iraq, a report said Sunday.


Designer Gianfranco Ferre hospitalised in Milan

Italian fashion designer Gianfranco Ferre has been hospitalised in Milan with a brain haemmorrhage and is in a serious condition in intensive care, the Ansa news agency reported Saturday.


Comcast Plans to Offer a Huge Menu of Films

A plan aims to offer Comcast subscribers a nearly limitless supply of movies and TV shows that can be viewed on demand and through the Internet.


Crowd size could be in the eye of beholder

But as soon as Mayor Thomas M. Menino's staff announced that the crowd at Saturday's Red Sox ''rolling rally" celebration totaled 3.2 million people


India's finance minister calls for fairer agricultural trade policies ahead of his country's first invitation to attend the G7 meeting.


British Military Enlists Its First Satanist

Britain's Armed Forces have enlisted their first Satanist after a naval technician serving on a frigate was granted permission to practice his beliefs while at sea, the Ministry of Defense said Sunday.


Europeâs farmers are beginning to grow crops that can be turned into fuels meant to produce fewer emissions than gas or oil.


Gunmen shot and killed 10 Shiites on Thursday after pulling them off a bus in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, police said.


Montgomerie finds it tough after highs of Ryder Cup

Famously, now, there was no scoreboard at the 18th green at Oakland Hills so Colin Montgomerie had no idea his putt was for the Ryder Cup.


Mauritania Red Crescent sends aid to ship

The Mauritanian Red Crescent delivered a ton of emergency humanitarian aid Tuesday to hundreds of illegal immigrants stranded on a ship off the West African coast.


Eastwood's tip to daughter: take your vitamins

When Alison Eastwood decided to follow  in the footsteps of her famous father Clint and direct a movie,  she got some odd advice from dad.


NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan have agreed to prolong a ceasefire in force in Kashmir since last year, New Delhi's Foreign Minister Natwar Singh said yesterday.


Radical Cleric Al-Masri Faces U.K. Charges

British authorities have decided to charge a radical Muslim cleric with terrorist offenses, pre-empting a bid from the United States to try him on similar charges, a British news agency reported Friday.


Brown tells activists to return to party values

Gordon Brown will make an appeal today to traditional Labour values, calling on rank and file to build a "progressive consensus" for the 21st century.


Former Sen. John Edwards jabbed gently at Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday in the first all-candidates forum of the 2008 Democratic presidential campaign, saying her refusal to disavow a 2002 vote on Iraq was "between her and her conscience."


Zend Developer Zone: The ZendCon Sessions Episode 3: PayPal: New Solutions for PHP Developers

On the Zend Developer Zone today, Cal Evans has posted the third episode of their ZendCon Session podcasts - Damon Williams' talk on PayPal.   Welcome to The ZendCon Sessions. This episode of The ZendCon Sessions was recorded live at ZendCon 2007 in Burlingame, CA. We hope you enjoy today's session as we listen to Damon Williams present "PayPal: New Solutions for PHP Developers".   The usual three ways to get the episode are there: a direct mp3 download, listen via the web player or subscribe to the feed to get this and other great episodes (especially if you weren't able to make it to the conference).


Novelties: A Cozy Book Club, in a Virtual Reading Room

Social networks that tap the interests and buying power of traditionally reserved groups like the bookish are a small but growing force on the Web.


Ivan, the Remake, Heads to Texas as Tropical Storm

The remnants of deadly Hurricane Ivan,  which rampaged through the Caribbean and then into the U.S.  Gulf Coast a week ago, killing more than 100 people, have  reformed in the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm threatening  the Texas and Louisiana coasts.


Hong Kong veteran Chan says won't challenge Tsang

Hong Kong's popular former deputy leader Anson Chan said she would not challenge Beijing-backed Chief Executive Donald Tsang in leadership elections, ending months of speculation.


Consumers Gripe About Cell Phones in Survey

More than half of U.S. consumers are  less than satisfied with their mobile telephone service and  give the lowest ratings to providers involved in large mergers,  according to a Consumer Reports survey.


Roma, 19:59 - CALCIO, ROMA: JUAN SI FERMA IN NAZIONALE, SOLO AFFATICAMENTO

Affaticamento muscolare per Juan. Il difensore brasiliano, che è in America con la sua nazion...


Health debacle raises questions over Canada govt

An increasingly acrimonious meeting over health care is starting to raise questions about the stability of Canada's new minority Liberal government, but one minister


Genetic screening fails women trying for IVF birth

Genetic screening, often seen as the best hope for older women undergoing IVF treatment to have a child, is ineffective and actually reduces rates of pregnancies, scientists said on Wednesday.


A gunman who attacked a US Amish school said he molested two young members of his family 20 years ago.


Cardinals' Ankiel defends himself on HGH

Rick Ankiel says any drugs he received in 2004 were prescribed by a licensed physician to help him recover from reconstructive elbow surgery. Ankiel, whose comeback is one of the great stories of this season, initially acknowledged human growth hormone was among those medications during a brief session with reporters Friday, then refused to list his various prescriptions.


A Republican running for Congress has received heavy donations from industry because of expectations over posts she may receive if she loses and President Bush wins.


Cleared of Spy Rap, U.S. Airman Seeks Second Chance

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.  - A Syrian-born  airman cleared of spy charges under a plea deal told a military  judge on Thursday he had dreamed since boyhood of becoming an  American and begged for "a second chance."


Comment is free: Terry Jones: Where there's death and destruction, there's profit - as security companies in Iraq know only too well.


Manchester United fans wonder: which Rooney will show up?

Which Wayne Rooney will show up for Manchester United's game against Charlton on Saturday (7:30 am EST)? The talented teenager who scored four goals in two matches for England at


Iraqi PM demands inquiry of rape-slaying

Iraq's prime minister Wednesday demanded an independent inquiry of the rape-slaying of a girl and the killing of her family, saying the immunity from Iraqi prosecution enjoyed by U.S. forces "encouraged them to commit such crimes."


A mob torched a Kenyan church on Tuesday, killing about 30 villagers cowering inside, as the death toll from ethnic riots triggered by President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election approached 250.


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British charities raise 15m pounds to aid tsunami victims

British charities announced on Thursday that they have so far raised 15 million pounds (about 28.9 million US dollars) in aid for Asian tsunami victims.


Shell ordered to suspend Arctic offshore drilling

ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - A U.S. federal appeals court has ordered Royal Dutch Shell Plc  to suspend oil exploration operations in the Beaufort Sea off the north coast of Alaska pending a legal challenge being brought by environmental activists and Alaska native groups.


Celtics Rip Pacers, Spoil Jackson's Return

Paul Pierce scored 23 points and Raef LaFrentz had 12 points with 11 rebounds to lead the Boston Celtics to a 110-86 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night, spoiling Stephen Jackson's return from a 30-game brawl suspension.


Shi'ite Fighters Hand Over Arms for Cash in Baghdad

A Shi'ite militia disarmament plan that  could end weeks of fighting in Baghdad got slowly under way on  Monday as Iraq's interim government pursued peace talks with  the rebel-held Sunni Muslim city of Falluja.


Hollywood stars Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes began a honeymoon in the Maldives, a government official said Tuesday, after the couple married in a 15th-century castle in Italy over the weekend.


_ When the residents of Fallujah come home again, they may find loved ones dead or their home damaged beyond repair. The US military is ready to pay them restitution.


Blackstone gears up for Polar Express fever

CUMBERLAND -- Technically speaking, the Providence and Worcester Railroad doesnât lead to the North Pole, but passengers on the Blackstone Valley Polar Express may get a similar experience.


A British company said Sunday it was releasing a video game recreating the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy.


A Bronx Retailing Hub Is Getting Offices, Too

The Bronx has traditionally not experienced heavy development of Class A office space, but that is changing thanks to the expansion of the Hutchinson Metro Center.


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There are no US players left in either singles draw, with Jennifer Capriati and Lindsay Davenport being bundled out in the women's semifinals.


Soccer: No revolutions as Remon gets vote for Real hotseat

MADRID : Promising that there would be "no revolutions" and warning echoing his predecessor's forecast that coaching Real Madrid was a "tough but beautiful task," unheralded Mariano Garcia Remon stepped out of the shadows to replace Jose Antonio Camacho


Singapore Shares End Dn On Pft-Taking;Eucon Weak Debut-2-

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Singapore shares closed slightly lower Wednesday on profit-taking after recent gains, traders said. The benchmark Straits Times Index slipped 2.34 points, or 0.1%, to 1959.


Jordan, Palestinians dismiss Israeli claims about expected ...

Jordan has rejected Israeli claims that part of the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem is at risk of collapse, asserting experts had checked it earlier this year.


Devil Rays pitching coach Butcher suspended three games

Tampa Bay Devil Rays pitching coach  Mike Butcher was suspended for three games after getting  ejected from Monday's game against the New York Yankees.


Reports Fault Oversight of Iraq Police Program

The U.S. government has squandered millions of dollars intended for police training programs in Iraq because of rampant problems overseeing contractors, according to federal reviews released yesterday.


U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow repeated on Sunday the Bush administration would support complete debt relief for the poorest countries and said details of how to implement a plan could be worked out.


Private Saudi citizens are giving millions of dollars to Sunni insurgents in Iraq and much of the money is used to buy weapons, including shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles, according to key Iraqi officials and others familiar with the flow of cash.


Milano, 20:59 - CALCIO, CASO BALDINI; GALLIANI: PROVIAMO A SDRAMMATIZZARE

L'amministratore delegato del Milan, Adriano Galliani, ha commentato l'episodio di cui si è r...


NASA worker charged with fake inspections

A veteran NASA safety inspector appeared in court Friday in Florida to answer charges that he filed false reports of checks on the space shuttle.


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Teams of international scientists have  used observations from NASA's Swift satellite and other  telescopes to witness the evolution of a cosmic blast into a  stellar explosion or supernova.


By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Spacewalking astronauts worried they have may have gummed up a successful job connecting an addition to the international space station Tuesday when a bolt, spring and washer floated free.


Glastonbury Festival's new bands tent will be renamed the John Peel Stage to honour the Radio 1 DJ.


IIJ Announces Director and Executive Officer Nominations

Internet Initiative Japan Inc. ("IIJ", NASDAQ: IIJI, TSE1: 3774), one of  Japan's leading Internet access and comprehensive network solutions  providers, today announced the nomination of the candidates for  positions on the Company's Board of Directors.  Mr.


Real Media attacks real people via RealPlayer

Hackers twist ad network into Trojan network Hackers have rooted into a server owned by internet advertising network 24/7 Real Media and used it to serve malware-laced banner ads that tried to circumvent security mechanisms on end users' machines, Symantec researchers said. The malware exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in Real Player that was patched on Friday.â¦


Jason Robinson marked his first game as England captain with a spectacular hat-trick as the world champions steam-rollered Canada 70-0 in their first game under new coach Andy Robinson, at Twickenham.


Blast Kills 14 in N.Iraq Village, Locals Blame U.S.

AAYTHA, Iraq  - A house in northern Iraq was  destroyed overnight in what residents said on Saturday was a  U.S. air strike that killed 14 people and wounded five.


Sprint Near Deal to Buy Nextel for $34 Billion

A merger between Sprint and Nextel would create a powerful new cellular competitor with some 39 million customers.


New Delhi, Oct 21 (UNI) Myanmar military ruler Gen Than Shwe will arrive here on Sunday on a five-day state visit to India during which the two countries will sign key agreements to strengthen bilateral cooperation, it was officially announced here today.


LOS ANGELES - Cops raided Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch again yesterday to search for more evidence in the child molestation case against him.


There's enough flu vaccine available now for seniors and others at high risk, but many have given up trying to get a shot, worried health officials said yesterday.


As Hurricane Frances whistled, howled and thumped outside, Paul and Ann Jutras comfortably watched college football, read and played cribbage in their home just two blocks from the storm-tossed Atlantic Ocean. They never considered evacuating.


Time Warner  Settles AOL Cases For $510 Million

Time Warner Inc. yesterday agreed to pay $510 million to settle criminal and civil charges stemming from an accounting scandal at its America Online division, moving to end a messy affair that tarnished its image and impeded its business after its merger with AOL in 2001.


Variety - Robert Evans and Paramount have acquired film rights to "Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office," by Lois Frankel.


UK Provides US Support for the Middle East Peace

The Daily Telegraph, a British newspaper, reported that Great Britain would provide support to the US in its endeavor to create an international peace conference for the Middle East in early, 2005.


EU 3 circulate Iran draft calling for notification

France, Britain and Germany circulated a draft resolution on Monday that calls for the UN nuclear watchdog to notify member states if Iran resumes uranium enrichment activity.


New York, 10:38 - HOCKEY SU GHIACCIO, NHL: 500 GOL PER MODANO

Mike Modano e' dalla scorsa notte il secondo giocatore statunitense a segnare 500 gol nella Nhl, gra...


Tobacco Industry Worked to Thwart Lung Cancer Link: Report

FRIDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- Tobacco companies were working as recently as three years ago to contradict research that strengthened the scientific link between smoking and cancer, a new report based on industry documents claims.


One quarterly earnings report cannot make or break a company. Sure, it can provide a fair depiction of a company's current state of affairs, but by definition it is a backward-looking tool.


Post Warner announcement trend? US HD DVD software sales slumped to just 15 per cent of the hi-def disc sales total during the week ending 13 January. Throughout 2007, HD DVD's share was closer to 35 per cent of the total.â¦


British star Elizabeth Hurley and new Indian husband Arun Nayar set off a paparazzi frenzy Monday as they arrived here for a week of festivities to end with a traditional wedding in a palace city.


President Omar al-Bashir's government on Monday hailed a new agreement with the United Nations over peacekeepers in Darfur as a diplomatic breakthrough for Sudan, but said serious differences remain over the force's makeup and command.


US astronauts were back on board the shuttle Atlantis preparing to undock Tuesday for the long flight back to Earth, after wrapping up their mission at the International Space Station, NASA said.


RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Elections for a new Palestinian president to replace Yasser Arafat have been scheduled for January 9, Palestinian officials say.


Romania's government on Thursday defended its decision to return "Dracula's Castle" to members of the former royal family, denying allegations that the decision was illegal.


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Florida Awaits Fury of Hurricane Frances

STUART, Fla. - Hurricane Frances lost some steam and hesitated off the Florida coast Friday, prolonging the anxiety among the millions evacuated and raising fears of a slow, ruinous drenching over the Labor Day weekend...


When Ken Williams walked briskly through the Anaheim Marriott lobby Monday morning, it wasn't because the White Sox general manager was excited to inform chairman Jerry


adpowers writes "It is official. Google will have its IPO debut at $85 per share. To quote the article, 'At that price, the low end of its recently revised range, Google raised $1.


Englandâs stance over the Zimbabwe crisis hardened yesterday. They are planning to offer compensation to Zimbabweâs cricket board rather than make another tour of the country while Robert Mugabe is in


Substantial Bone Loss Seen with Depo-Provera Use

NEW YORK  - The results of a new study  confirm that using the contraceptive Depo-Provera is associated  with bone loss.


Giveaway a Boon for Parts Firms BUSINESS ASIA By Bloomberg AROUND THE MARKETS

By George Hsu  Nicholas Negroponte's plan to give laptop computers to 100 million poor children is enriching parts makers more than the principal manufacturer.


Fraud cases breached Â£1bn level in 2007

UK.gov = number one victim Organised gangs pushed the value of fraud to a 12-year high last year, with the UK government being the largest victim of their criminal activities, according to a new survey.â¦


Russia Buries Its Dead; Toll Rises To 394, 260 Others Missing

Moscow, Sept. 5 (NNN): Russia on Sunday buried some of the victims of hostage crisis in Beslan in North Ossetia with three more children succumbing to injuries taking the toll in school tragedy to 333 as parents


The two big players in the emerging satellite radio business both announced gains in subscribers Monday as 2004 drew to a close.


Chris Paul scored 28 points, including 14 in the fourth quarter, and had 10 assists to help rally the New Orleans Hornets to a 118-113 victory over Phoenix on Saturday night, ending the Suns' four-game winning streak.


Kennedy Center to Honor Elton John, Warren Beatty

Elton John and Warren Beatty will be  among six entertainers to receive the annual Kennedy Center  honors this year, the center said on Wednesday.


Roma, 15:37 - CALCIO, ABETE: SPERO A BREVE ANNUNCIO CONTRATTO DONADONI

Il vicenda del rinnovo del contratto del Ct della nazionale Roberto Donadoni sembra essere a una svo...


Marsh & McLennan is set to announce thousands of job cuts at its troubled insurance brokerage arm. The move follows the decision to scrap incentive commissions


HBOS banks 13.6 percent rise in net profit

HBOS, the fourth-biggest British bank, has reported a 13.6-percent rise in first-half net profit to 1.759 billion pounds (2.577 billion euros, 3.281 billion dollars) but was also marked by bad debts.


LonelyGirl partners with Neutrogena: Sellout or smart business?

Blog: Taking product placement to a new level, the popular Web serial will feature a Neutrogena scientist as so-called branded character. Bloggers have varying responses.


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Online Safety Program Set for Hub Schools

By JESSE NOYES  Mayor Thomas M. Menino is expected to announce an expansion of an Internet safety campaign for youth in Boston public schools today, adding a program for local high schoolers to mentor kids about keeping safe online and a brand-new Web site.


First roofing elements for Olympic Stadium lifted into place

Prime Minister and President disagree on globalisation policy Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen (Centre) takes a much more positive view of the consequences of globalisation than President Tarja Halonen.


Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's oldest son, John Mark, was treated at a hospital and released after being injured in a car wreck Friday, the Huckabee campaign said.


Argentina's economy minister offers her resignation over $64,000 found in her office toilet.


Time Warner Inc. announced that it has set aside $500 million in legal reserves in connection with a government probe and that it will restate its financial results for 2000, 2001, and possibly 2002.


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An analyst with Merrill Lynch says that Adobe will likely introduce Creative Suite 3 around March 27, with a ship date that would follow shortly afterwards. Most important to this refresh would be native support for Intel processors on the Macintosh platform.


Pope beatifies nun who inspired Mel Gibson

The Pope, looking tired and speaking with difficulty, yesterday ploughed into fresh controversy by announcing two startling beatifications.


Canada Looks for Ways to Fix Its Health Care System

Polls indicate that public confidence in Canada's health insurance system is eroding, although politicians remain reticent to privatize services.


Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho felt his side had come through a stern test of their title credentials after edging out Aston Villa.


Audit Finds Large FBI Translation Backlog

WASHINGTON - Despite major increases in money and personnel, the FBI is still failing to translate many al-Qaida surveillance recordings in a timely manner and faces a giant backlog of untranslated material from terrorism and espionage investigations, a new Justice Department audit shows.    The report released Monday by Glenn A...


Ucraina. Yanukovych minaccia l'annullamento del ballottaggio

Il primo ministro Viktor Yanukovych ha minacciato il suo rivale presidenziale che il ballottaggio di Domenica potrebbe essere annullato poichÃ© le modifiche apportate alle leggi elettorali privano milioni di persone del loro diritto di voto.


US Troops Tackle Last Rebel Redoubt in Falluja

Resistance dwindled in the last rebel redoubt in Falluja on Sunday, US officers said, but explosions still shook the smoke-wreathed city as an Iraqi


JEJU, South Korea - Kate Golden shot an 8-under 64 Saturday and moved into a tie for the lead with Grace Park after two rounds of the CJ Nine Bridges Classic, while Annika Sorenstam had a 67 to move into contention for her seventh LPGA Tour title of the


The UK's growing sexual health crisis is to be tackled with a Â£300m investment for clinics and advertising.


National League All-Star Edgar Renteria -- as soon as today. Renteria plans to decide today whether he will succeed


Long-suffering Curtis captures second PGA title of year

Ben Curtis, who won the 2003 British Open then took nearly three years to win another title, has captured his second US PGA event in three months, winning the 84 Lumber Classic.


Microsoft expands program on source code

Microsoft Corp. is expanding a program to give government organizations access to some of its tightly guarded software blueprints amid growing competition from rivals who make such source code freely available.


Yahoo to Buy Musicmatch for $160M in Cash

Internet portal Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday that it agreed to buy Web-based digital music and software provider Musicmatch Inc. for $160 million in cash, in a deal which will supplement the offerings of Launch, Yahoo's digital music site.


(HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:


In a rant vilifying iPods and machines in general, the pundit implies America is at risk because our kids play video games instead of learning to kill real people and geeks can't carry on a conversation. So why does O'Reilly have a premium subscription available as a podcast? In Cult of Mac.


Brenden Morrow and Niklas Hagman score two goals each to help the Stars rout Anaheim, 5-2, on Sunday, ending the Ducks' six-game winning streak.


London shares close firm on back of mining stocks gains

Blue chips have closed up, albeit off session highs, with strength in mining issues the main prop for gains in London, and with volume thin on the ground as Wall Street was closed for Presidents' Day holiday.


Gulf coast dwellers eye developing storm

Gulf Coast residents kept a watchful eye and the oil industry began making preparations Thursday as forecasters warned that a weather system swirling over waters west of Florida could become a tropical storm.


The influenza B type disease which was spreading in the Southern part of the country is now under control, the Health authorities claimed yesterday.


PHILADELPHIA -- GlaxoSmithKline is in talks with the Food and Drug Administration about selling its Fluarix influenza vaccine in the United States this season because of the expected flu vaccine shortage this year.


Lee Miller, who forged an unconventional career from New York fashion model to surrealist photographer to war correspondent, is the subject of a new retrospective examining her life and work.


Microsoft files suit against a company and individuals accused of sending debt relief and porn spam to Hotmail accounts.


A new service wants to match up popular bloggers with marketers to create the online equivalent of magazine 'advertorials.' Some worry it would bring blogs' integrity into question. By Daniel Terdiman.


UK government joins Office source-code scheme

The UK government is at the forefront of a Microsoft scheme allowing access to the Office 2003 source code. Microsoft is to extend a programme offering governments access to its software code, it announced on Sunday.


Jobs: iPhone has 19.5% of US smartphone market

In his Macworld 2008 keynote Tuesday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs told the audience that the company has sold 4 million iPhones in the 200 days since it went on sale.


Software giant, Microsoft Corp., has decided to release beta versions of its updated MSN search engine earlier today. The company hopes to compete against leading search engines such as Google and Yahoo by


The man who served as national manager of former President Clinton's 1992 campaign endorsed Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday.


Dr Rajkumar who spent around 118 days in captivity with Veerappan, had said in a press conference soon after his release that there was a human being within the bandit.


'50s pop singer Georgia Gibbs dies at 87

Georgia Gibbs, a versatile singer who starred on the popular show "Your Hit Parade" and reached the top of the charts in the 1950s with covers of songs by black artists, has died. She was 87.


Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, president and founder of the United Arab Emirates, has died after many years of poor health, according to his office.


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Prison officers in England and Wales strike in a protest over pay, the association representing them says.


Corrections: Will 6 Be a Lucky Number for Halston?

An article last Sunday, about the Halston labelâs new owners, misstated the number of years it has been since Roy Halston Frowick sold his fashion business to Norton Simon. It was 35 years ago, in 1973, not 25 years ago.


Roma, 17:03 - CALCIO, NAPOLI E GENOA PROMOSSE IN SERIE A

Napoli e Genoa hanno conquistato la promozione in serie A al termine dell'ultima giornata di campion...


Some advice to take to heart -- take a nap

Regular naps are good for your heart, researchers said on Monday.


FDA looks for "boots on the ground" in China

The United States is hoping to bolster the safety of food and other products imported from China by opening a new Food and Drug Administration office in the Asian nation.


Making what could happen less of a guess In broad terms there are three key elements to consider in the development of any new application â or any new product, for that matter. The obvious one, certainly from a software point of view, is the technology to be used â the language, the target platform and operating system, and the rest.â¦


SANTIAGO, Chile  - Thousands of Chileans, some praying and many in tears, filed past the coffin of Augusto Pinochet on Monday as his family criticized the government for denying the former dictator a state funeral.


Rosneft Takes Control of Yuganskneftegaz, Appoints New General ...

A delegation of Russian state-owned Rosneft Oil Company arrived on Friday, Dec. 31, in Nefteyugansk, hometown of Yuganskneftegaz, the key unit of stricken oil major Yukos , to take control of the company.


X marks the pest A Dutch spammer who used compromised PCs to spamvertise web sites has been fined â¬75,000 ($97,000) by Opta, the Netherlands telecoms regulatorâ¦


Yahoo tests social network component for Answers

(InfoWorld) - Yahoo has started testing a social-network component for Yahoo Answers, a search engine in which people post questions and answers that have become a highly popular service for theÂ company. On Thursday, Yahoo Answers Network debuted as a beta service designed to let the 90 million users of this question-and-answer search engine create "personal networks" with each other. They can also invite acquaintances who don't use Yahoo Answers to join their network. People will be able to see if other members of their Yahoo Answers network have posted an answer or a question or flagged someone else's question as interesting, according to Yahoo. Yahoo plans to continue enhancing Yahoo Answers Network with features like the ability to block and ignore users and to import contacts from other services like the Yahoo Messenger instant messaging network. The move is consistent with Yahoo's aggressive strategy in social computing, a hallmark of the Web 2.0 era. In recent years, Yahoo has been busy acquiring social-computing companies like Flickr, del.icio.us, and, more recently, MyBlogLog as well as revamping existing sites and services with social features like tagging and user-generated content. Yahoo Answers is a bright spot for the company. Archrival Google had a competing service called Google Answers that never took off and was put out to pasture last year. In late December of last year, market researcher Hitwise Pty. reported that among Q&A-type search engines, Yahoo Answers held a 96 percent of share of visits in the U.S. Answerbag ranked second with 2.04 percent, and Microsoft's Windows Live Q&A came in third with 1.02 percent. By giving this new feature to Yahoo Answers, with its large and growing audience, Yahoo might be able to improve its standing in social networking. Its blogging and social networking-site Yahoo 360, introduced in March 2005, hasn't become as popular as Yahoo expected. In November at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Bradley Horowitz, Yahoo's vice president of product strategy, said the company might remake Yahoo 360, but the company hasn't rolled out any significant enhancements to it yet. Last year there were insistent rumors that Yahoo was shopping around for a social-networking site and that it held conversations with Facebook that didn't yield a deal. However, Yahoo has massive numbers of users in services like Yahoo Messenger, Yahoo Mail, Flickr, del.icio.us and Yahoo Photos that some analysts have pointed out could be leveraged to create social networks. Yahoo Answers Network could indicate a strategy focused on creating distinct social networks within individual and already popular services, rather than on having a single social-networking site that competes head to head with the likes of MySpace.com, Friendster and Facebook. In fact, new social-networking providers are targeting their sites toward specific audiences and topics, instead of trying to cast a broad net like MySpace.com and the other leaders in this market. More information about Yahoo Answers Network can be found here.


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Texas jury to get smuggling deaths trial

A jury that has heard four weeks of sometimes emotionally wrenching testimony from survivors of the nation's deadliest human smuggling attempt will soon get the case — without hearing directly from the defendant himself.


Papa, Ciampi: ''Esempio di caritÃ  e coraggio''

''In un mondo tormentato da divisioni e squilibri, in cui violenza genera violenza e atti di inaudita barbarie attaccano i principi stessi del vivere civile, la Sua parola addita la strada dell'indispensabile recupero, nei rapporti fra individui e fra


Napoli, 18:37 - CALCIO, CAMPIONATO MINI-ALLIEVI: AGGRESSIONE

A Boscoreale, in provincia di Napoli) al termine della partita del campionato mini-allievi tra  Scuo...


Wendy's International Inc. (WEN.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday reported higher quarterly earnings, but slashed its 2004 earnings outlook for the second time


NEW YORK - Martha Stewart will do her time for lying about a stock sale at a remote West Virginia prison camp where inmates sleep in bunk beds and rise at 6 a.m. to do menial labor for pennies an hour...


Without fanfare, President Bush signed into law on Friday a nearly $140 billion corporate tax cut bill derided by both Democratic presidential rival John Kerry and Republican Sen. John McCain as a giveaway to special interests.


Abraham's interception return TD leads Jets past Dolphins 17-9

The New York Jets went conservative Sunday, waiting for the mistakes that have doomed the Miami Dolphins in every game this season.


Google under pressure over desktop search

Analyst firm Gartner has put out a statement warning businesses to steer clear of Google's desktop search tool until a more robust, enterprise-ready version is released.


Parigi, 22:57 - CALCIO, EUROPEI 2008: FRANCIA-UCRAINA 2-0

La Francia ha battuto l'Ucraina 2-0 in un incontro valido per il gruppo B delle qualificazioni europ...


Lithuanian PM resigns as new parliament convenes for the first time

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas resigned Monday in a procedural move as the country's new parliament convened for the first time, the presidential information bureau said.


A winter storm moved into northern Illinois on Friday, threatening to disrupt holiday travel with canceled flights and snow-covered roads.


NEW ZEALAND might be mired in an IT skills shortage, but not everyone with IT skills can find work.   One Victoria graduate, who did not wish to be named, has been jobless since he left university in October.


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An investigation finds no sign of racism in cricket in Zimbabwe and recommends restoring its Test status.


Don't panic McClaren tells England players

England manager Steve McClaren has called on England to have patience when they face Estonia in their Euro 2008 qualifier on Wednesday.


A suicide car bomber attacks the home of Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Ghedi, though he is not harmed.


Iowa's moderate Republicans left out in 2008 race

For Iowa's moderate  Republicans, the final days of a heated campaign to win the  party's nomination for next year's U.S. presidential election  are a painful reminder of their own second-class status in the  party.


Turkeyâs Parliament Votes to Lift Head Scarf Ban

Turkeyâs parliament took a major step toward lifting a ban against womenâs head scarves in universities, setting the stage for a final showdown with the secular elite.


Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee is to begin talks with Indian diplomats aimed  improving ties with Africa.


AT&T Inc., already the nation's largest cell phone provider, won government approval to buy highly coveted airwaves licenses that cover 196 million people in 281 markets.


Unseen letters giving intriguing glimpses into the life of the ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn are to go on show.


MYSTICAL GIRL MADONNA ON RETREAT IN ISRAEL

TEL AVIV, Israel - Madonna arrived in Israel on the eve of the Jewish New Year yesterday for a five-day spiritual pilgrimage to explore her interest in kabbala mysticism.


Bonds Lawyer Denies Baseball Star Used Steroids

The lawyer for Major League baseball's all-time home run king Barry Bonds says that his clinet did nothing wrong and never knowingly took illegal steroids.


Defence firm BAE is to sell its 20% stake in plane firm Airbus to EADS for Â£1.87bn.


A Fermanagh priest is convicted of facilitating a child sex offence after giving cash to a paedophile.


World Fascinated by U.S. Presidential Debate Focus on Iraq; Seems to Think Kerry Came Out Ahead

Foreign viewers and analysts seemed to concur with their American counterparts on the debate between President Bush and Sen.


Market Place: OilÂs Rout Outpaces Its Advance

As crude oil prices have plunged, many traders say they have been dumping and short-selling stocks and futures contracts.


Beverly's senior hockey captain Jake Konaxis missed most of last season, but he made up for it last night when the Panthers traveled to Gloucester to take on the defending Division 2 state champions in the season opener for both teams.


Kenyans pray for peace as refugees wait for aid

Kenyans across the political divide prayed for peace on Sunday while aid workers sought to bring relief to an estimated 250,000 refugees from post-election violence that has also killed hundreds.


AMERICA/REPUBBLICA DOMINICANA - I Vescovi chiedono che la Riforma Costituzionale riconosca l'identitÃ  cattolica del paese, salvaguardi i diritti umani fondamentali tra cui il diritto alla vita, riconosca la famiglia come cellula primaria della societÃ , lotti contro la corruzione e la povertÃ  Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - I Vescovi della Repubblica Dominicana (CED) come Âguide spirituali e morali e, contemporaneamente, rappresentanti ufficiali dei fedeli cattoliciÂ intendono offrire il loro contributo con le migliori intenzioni, alla ri...


Pretoria police cast doubt on 'anthrax' scare

A substance sent to the water affairs department in Pretoria was apparently not anthrax as feared, police said on Thursday. Ten people were admitted to Pretoria's Unitas hospital for observation on Wednesday


Ken Bigley, a British hostage kidnapped in Baghdad 22 days ago, has been killed, Sky News television reported on Friday, quoting sources in Prime Minister Tony Blair's office.


Housing crisis keeps buyers on sidelines

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


July existing home sales lowest since January 2004

The pace of existing home sales in  the United States fell a sharper-than-expected 4.1 percent in  July to their lowest level since January 2004 as the downturn  in the U.S. housing sector accelerated, the National  Association of Realtors said on Wednesday.


Dalla casa all'abbigliamento come difendersi dai vizi

Il diritto al recesso e al rimborso delle spese da parte degli inquilini, il rimborso per un capo di abbigliamento. Ecco le difese del consumatore


Advanced Medical mulls Bausch & Lomb bid

Advanced Medical Optics Inc.  on Thursday confirmed it was interested in acquiring Bausch & Lomb Inc.  and was willing to pay more than the $3.67 billion proposal the eye care company accepted from a private equity firm.


To protect two rare species of cactus, federal officials Wednesday banned off-road vehicles from a large swath of southern Utah's badlands.


AMSTERDAM - A Dutch film maker who received death threats after making a movie criticising the treatment of women under Islam was slain in a street here yesterday, police said.


U.S. President George W. Bush will meet Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Jordan next week as pressure builds on both leaders for decisive action to halt a slide into chaos many fear could destabilize the region.


Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , left, arrives at the the presidential palace to submit his resignation to President Emil Lahoud Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004.


Though she gave it her best shot to win a third medal at the World Alpine Championships yesterday, Julia Mancuso, the 20-year-old American sensation, could not break through the European slalom powerhouse of Croatia's Janica Kostelic, Finland's Tanja Poutiainen, and the Czech Republic's Sarka Zahrobska, who filled the podium after last night's second run.


Ã morta a Los Angeles, in seguito ad una lunga malattia al sistema circolatorio, Janet Leigh, l'attrice californiana meglio nota come la giovane ladra uccisa sotto la doccia da Norman Bates nel film Psycho.


Blog: Auto-braking, adaptive cruise control and alerts for tailgating, lane departure and poor driving to be added by year's end.


A congressional race that was so close it triggered an automatic recount finally wrapped up Monday with officials confirming Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce had won.


Pope Benedict XVI is meeting at this hour with ambassadors from Muslim nations and other Islamic leaders at his summer residence in an effort to repair relations following controversial comments he made earlier in the month. About 20 ambassadors are attending the meeting.


Victor Diaz grew up a Chicago Cubs fan, and on Saturday he beat his one-time favorite team. Diaz hit a game-tying three-run home run with two out in the ninth inning


Lithuania must have good, neighborly relations with Russia-Adamkus

Lithuania must conduct a balanced policy of safeguarding its sovereignty and national interests and maintaining a good, neighborly relationship with Russia, President Valdas Adamkus said in the Press-Club talk ...


India blames 'terrorists' as blasts kill 42

Indian security forces launched a manhunt Sunday for those behind twin bombings in the southern city of Hyderabad that killed 42 people, with officials pinning the blame on Islamic militants.


Black & Decker shares drop after cutting quarterly outlook

Tool maker Black & Decker Corp  slashed its fourth-quarter profit outlook on Friday, citing worse-than-expected conditions in North America and a one-time charge, and its shares fell as much as 10 percent.


MANCHESTER, England - On the north side of the field at Manchester United's Old Trafford, a solemn occasion took place earlier this week.


Tra ieri notte e stamani in 60 arrivano a Lampedusa


Iraqi PM outraged at alleged civilian casualties

Iraqi officials expressed outrage today at what they say are civilian deaths in the wake of a massive military operation in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood. The U.S. military said its ground forces are "unaware" of civilian deaths in the early morning raid that it said left 49 "criminals" dead. Iraqi officials have put the death toll between 10 and 13, with dozens of others wounded.


Three former agents of the New York office of the Drug Enforcement Administration filed a defamation lawsuit against NBC Universal studios, claiming the movie âAmerican Gangsterâ libeled D.E.A. agents.


Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama planned to air his first television ads in New Hampshire starting Tuesday, appealing to voters to believe his message of change.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kidnappers threatened in a videotape yesterday to slit the throats of three civilians â-wo Americans and a Briton â -ess authorities released female prisoners from two US-run prisons in Iraq.


England host France at Twickenham on Sunday hoping to bounce back from their record Six Nations defeat to Ireland.


A Greek Olympic Airlines flight is allowed to fly again after a bomb threat diverted it to a British airport.


Senior British cabinet minister David Blunkett resigns in fallout ...

Britain's top law-enforcement officer, a key member of Prime Minister Tony Blair's cabinet, resigned on Wednesday after acknowledging that his department had fast-tracked a visa for his former lover's nanny.


Saddam Trial Process Opens with 'Chemical Ali'

War crimes trials against Saddam  Hussein and his closest lieutenants moved forward on Saturday  when his feared cousin known as "Chemical Ali" was the first to  face a formal interview with the chief investigating  magistrate.


CA's $430 million acquisition of the ID-management software vendor is part of a push to strengthen its security product offerings.


L'omicida sarebbe un italiano di 29 anni giÃ  fermato dalla ...

ROMA - Un ragazzo albanese di vent'anni Ã¨ stato ucciso a coltellate sabato notte durante una rissa scoppiata sabato notte in una discoteca di Ciampino, vicino Roma. Sul posto la polizia ha bloccato una quindicina


The G.O.P. race for 2008 starts now, and many of the contenders are already working hard for the right to inherit the Bush mantle


Gold Hits 16-Year High; Asian Shares Gain

Gold hit its highest level in more than 16 years Tuesday as a steadier dollar failed to cool worries over the currency's outlook, while Asian stocks gained after a solid performance on Wall Street.


US stock futures pointed to a flat market open Thursday as a rush of quarterly earnings reports painted a mixed picture for corporate profits amid lingering worries over the high price of oil.


Falconara Marittima, incendio nella raffineria Api

Risulterebbe disperso l'autista dell'autobotte da cui potrebbe essersi sviluppato questa mattina, alle 7.15, l'incendio all'interno della raffineria Api di Falconara Marittima (An). Non si sa se l'uomo e' fuggito


A cockpit video recorded in Iraq will not be played at a hearing despite a coroner's attack on the MoD for withholding evidence.


Sometimes it's difficult to see your child as anything but that: a child.  Yet in many ways teens today are growing up faster than ever. They learn about  violence and sex through the media and their peers, but they rarely have all  the facts. That's why it's so important for you to talk to your child about  sex, particularly sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).


Gears of War Grinds Out More Achievements

A software update will bring eight new achievements to Xbox Live worth 250 points to any one player's Gamerscore.


New Border Security Technology Faces Test

Foreigners entering the United States in three cities were fingerprinted, photographed and subjected to background checks Monday in a test of a program that will eventually


Viacom, the parent firm of MTV, has asked YouTube to remove 100,000 'unauthorised' video clips from its site.


Saudi forces arrest two suspects in Jeddah clash: TV

Saudi security forces arrested two suspects after gunmen killed two security personnel in an attack on the guards of a prison in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, Al Arabiya television reported on Thursday.


Whether they care to admit it or not, this was the contest England had yearned for all summer. It was a measure of the team's recent advance that they had become tired of pounding West Indies


Former Monster Executive Admits Illegal Backdating

NEW YORK, Feb. 15 -- A former senior vice president of the company that runs the Monster job-search Web site admitted in court Thursday that he illegally backdated millions of dollars in employee stock option grants.


The US dollar edged downward against major currencies in Tokyo on Monday, briefly hitting a seven-year low against the South Korean won and dropping slightly against the Japanese yen and the euro.


Report criticizes UK financial regulator

The Northern Rock crisis has revealed systemic failures at Britain's financial regulator after it failed to spot the reckless behavior of the bank's directors, British lawmakers said in a report published Saturday.


UN, ending mission, says some human rights improvement Sudan's Darfur region

AL-FASHER, Sudan  - Security has improved inside camps in Sudan's violence-torn Darfur region, but displaced villagers still face attacks and abuse when leave the camps, a United Nations team said Saturday, wrapping up a mission that could determine whether Sudan is hit with international sanctions.


Il Nikkei e' sceso a 75,04 punti meno della chiusura di ieri


Group Passes on Addressing Global Warming

Although faced with fresh evidence of global warming, the United States and other members the Arctic Council on Wednesday failed to make any recommendations


Lamont writes $500,000 check for his run

Democrat Ned Lamont, seeking to erase Sen. Joe Lieberman's double-digit lead, is turning to his campaign's biggest financial backer for another infusion of cash: himself.


Quietly and without fanfare, PeopleSoft chief executive officer Dave Duffield has bidden farewell to the company he founded. In a US government agency filing, PeopleSoft revealed that Duffield resigned from


Marcos Baghdatis was given an easy ride into the fourth round of the French Open on Saturday when Czech Jan Hajek was forced to quit with a shoulder injury.


Fermati sabato per omicidio colposo e maltrattamenti


The Inner Workings of Robots, Spiders, and Web Crawlers

Robots, a.k.a. spiders or Web crawlers are used to feed data to a user, such as Google. Most robots are useful, but some, such as EmailSiphon and Cherry Picker are spambots. Here, you'll learn what robots do and how to gain control over them. By Lee Underwood. 0824


Velivolo torna a Lamezia Terme, odissea per 160 passeggeri


U.S. Calls for Antiroll Equipment on Vehicles

The U.S. government proposed that all new automobiles come with antirollover technology as standard equipment beginning in 2009.


Roma, 23:14 - BASKET, SERIE A: NELL'ANTICIPO ROMA BATTE BIELLA

In uno dei due anticipi della quarta giornata di ritorno del campionato di basket, la Lottomatica Ro...


Ginevra, 15:21 - TENNIS, DAVIS: SVIZZERA CONTRO SPAGNA SENZA FEDERER

Roger Federer salterà la sfida di Coppa Davis che la Svizzera giocherà dal 9 all'11 fe...


A man who hit former Indiana Pacers guard Stephen Jackson with a car during a fight outside a strip club last fall was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison.


Unconfirmed Bin Laden tape urges boycott of Iraqi elections

(State Department-AP) Dec. 27, 2004 - US officials are calling the latest audio tape said to be from Osama bin Laden a "message from terrorists.


Swift's deal puts new player in U.S. meat market

The sale of U.S. beef and pork company Swift & Co. to Brazil's JBS-Friboi  gives the Brazilian company access to the tightly controlled U.S. meat market, where uncooked Brazilian beef is banned, U.S. industry sources said.


JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP (Gaza Strip) - Israel withdrew tanks and ground forces from populated areas in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday, wrapping up its bloodiest offensive in the area in more than four years of fighting.


Merkel and Sarkozy call for stronger regulation of markets

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a joint call here on Monday for greater regulation of international financial markets.


Navarrette: No points to be scored from tragedy

What turned out to be a life-changing week began, interestingly enough, with a lesson about misplaced priorities.


Six emerging authors, whose work includes poetry, short stories and "creative nonfiction," were named this year's winners of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards, given to "women writers who demonstrate excellence and promise in the early stages of their careers."


N. Orleans mayor endorses lawmaker under FBI probe

A U.S. congressman from Louisiana,  under investigation by the FBI after they found $90,000 in cash  in his freezer, was endorsed by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on  Saturday and vowed that allegations of bribery would not hurt  his re-election campaign.


India outlines an ambitious programme aiming to help women overcome the stigma of losing their husband.


UK astronomers are granted a temporary reprieve over their access to two of the world's finest telescopes.


Stormy weather that has dropped heavy snow has hindered the search for a man missing with his three children on a Christmas tree-hunting trek in the Northern California mountains.


U.S. Opens War Crimes Hearing for Al Qaeda Suspect

U.S. NAVAL BASE GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba  - The United  States convened its first war crimes tribunal since World War  II on Tuesday and formally charged a Yemeni described as Osama  bin Laden's driver with conspiracy to commit murder as a member  of al Qaeda.


European equities flirted with 5-month  peaks as hopes that economic growth was sustainable and a small  dip in oil prices helped lure investors back to recent  underperformers such as technology and insurance stocks.


Stranger in a Strange Land of Wretched Holiday Excess

The malls are packed -- and the internet is sizzling -- with increasingly desperate "consumers," as the ever-lengthening holiday feeding frenzy reaches its crescendo. What a pitiful tableau. Commentary by Tony Long.


Skipper Paul Collingwood says England learned their lesson in rebounding from defeat to square the Twenty20 series.


Voters in Sierra Leone go to the polls on Saturday in the decisive second round of a close presidential election.


US Senator Mitch McConnell is in the Middle East for a two-day visit to discuss peace prospects between the Israelis and Palestinians.


One way or another, seeds will sprout in playoffs

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - One of the Patriots' mantras during their run at a perfect 16-0 season has been that they can focus only on the game and the opponent that week. Another constant theme was that they had more important goals, meaning the Super Bowl.


WILMINGTON, Del. -- A Delaware judge yesterday refused to invalidate a $675 million breakup fee aimed at protecting the proposed acquisition of pharmacy benefits manager Caremark Rx Inc. by drugstore giant CVS Corp.


Eleusis wins Long Island 'cap; Personal Legend wins Turnback the ...

Eleusis made a successful US debut by beating Literacy by 2\\ lengths in Aqueduct's Saturday feature, the Grade II, $150,000 Long Island Handicap for fillies and mares 3 and older.


Ispat in $4.5bn deal to form biggest steel firm

London - Indian-born billionaire Lakshmi Mittal has agreed to acquire the US's International Steel Group for about $4.5 billion (R27.


Dal 17 novembre, dato da aggiornamenti Consob


Leeds, England - A proposed &pound25m takeover of Leeds United by a British-American consortium collapsed on Friday. The group was headed by Sebastian Sainsbury, the great-grandson of the founder of the British supermarket chain Sainsbury's.


Bardem, "The Sopranos" early SAG winners

Spanish actor Javier Bardem and mob drama "The Sopranos" took early movie and television awards at the Screen Actors Guild ceremony on Sunday, Hollywood's first full-scale awards show in a season marred by a bitter industry strike.


America's National Basketball Association (NBA) commissioner David Stern says Beijing will be capable of hosting regular season NBA games before the 2008 Summer Olympics.


Allagamento per le forti piogge a Peschici, nel Gargano


Roma, 15:11 - MERCATO, AGENTE AMAURI: FUTURO IN CHAMPIONS E ALTO INGAGGIO

Mariano Grimaldi, procuratore dell'attaccante brasiliano Amauri del Palermo, corteggiatissimo da gra...


On his third trip to Iraq, in September 2005, Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) knew the American mission was imperiled.


On my desk, as a reminder of baseball's biggest trend, sits the hat of the team that could claim it was world champ this year. The cap does not say "St. Louis." It reads "Japan," the country that beat Cuba to win the World Baseball Classic in March. The United States? With Roger Clemens and Alex...


World powers urge NKorea to back down on nuclear test

World powers are set to adopt a joint statement urging North Korea to abandon plans to test a nuclear device, which Japan said could happen as early as this weekend.


Colombo - Mass funerals of thousands of tsunami victims got under way on Tuesday in Sri Lanka as the death toll from the weekend's devastation surged to 17 640.


Iraq Cleric Agrees End Uprising, Fighting Continues

NAJAF, Iraq  - A radical Iraqi cleric leading a  Shi'ite uprising agreed Wednesday to disarm his militia and  leave one of the country's holiest Islamic shrines after  warnings of an onslaught by government forces.


Australia's government says it is spending up to $450m on cruise missiles to boost its air force.


"The main factor that will affect my decision on troop levels is, can we succeed? What does it take to succeed?"  Fresh from an Iraq drop-in, President Bush brought conviction that his troop buildup strategy is working to one of his few remaining staunch war allies, Australian Prime Minister John Howard.Bush was spending much of Wednesday with Howard, including meetings, lunch, a joint news conference and dinner, ahead of a 21-nation Asia-Pacific summit later in the week. Bush was also to meet with Australian troops.His visit was expected to be accompanied by a series of protests by groups unhappy with the summit's pro-business agenda, the Iraq war and the Howard government's support for it. But demonstrations were light on Tuesday _ before Bush's nighttime arrival in this heavily fortified city. Read more


NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Fighting eased on Tuesday between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, battleground for the country's worst internal violence since the civil war.


Elbaradei Expresses Hope for Quick Settlement of S. Korea's ...

Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency has voiced hopes for a quick and conclusive settlement of his agency's probe into South Korea's past nuclear experiments.


Napoli, 17:18 - CALCIO, NAPOLI; MARINO: IN BACHECA UNA COPPA UEFA SOLITARIA

"Quando vedremo il Napoli in Europa? Vorrei dire quest'anno, ma penso che ci saremo alla fine della ...


Synopsys Inc., which makes software used in the design of microchips, on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter sales slumped 27 percent, triggering a loss for the period.


An Italian man is arrested in Spain over the kidnapping of British four-year-old Madeleine McCann, according to reports.


Doping: Athletics Chief Urges Firm Action

RALEIGH, North Carolina  - The top American  athletics official urged the United States government on Monday  to continue firm and aggressive action against the doping  problem in America.


Someday, we're probably going to look back at "There Will Be Blood," Paul Thomas Anderson's epic about greed, lies, manipulation and insanity, and call it his masterpiece.


Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger insurgency is threatening to resume armed struggles unless the government accepts the rebels' blueprint for self-rule.


Business & money: Heineken takes another step to becoming Britain's biggest beer group after Â£7.8bn bid is confirmed


Two blasts have shaken separate areas of central Baghdad, with one car bomb blast near the heavily defended Green Zone killing at least eight people and wounding 30, doctors and witnesses say.


Creazioni in edizione limitata alla Triennale di Milano


Sidney, 14:57 - CALCIO, AUSTRALIA: LA FEDERAZIONE NON VUOLE INGAGGIO ROMARIO

Il presidente della Federcalcio australiana John O'Neill ha dichiarato di essere contrario al possib...


WASHINGTON - As if $2 a gallon gasoline hasn't been bad enough, people now should be bracing for sharply higher heating bills this winter whether they use oil or natural gas to warm their homes.    A looming winter energy crisis, while unlikely to grab hold before the Nov...


Warren Buffett heads list of top 2006 donors

Investor Warren Buffett may hold the title as America's top donor, but his well-heeled competitors helped make 2006 a record year for charitable giving, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reported on Friday.


Thousands press for Taiwan president's ouster

Thousands of protesters blocked a central Taipei street and displayed candles in the shape of the Chinese character for "fart" on Sunday to demand that Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian step down over suspected corruption.


WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke might have cooled off the credit crisis by cutting interest rates, but he might also have heated up oil prices this past week.


Des Moines, December 21st, 2004 - This morning, it officially becomes winter. Today is the Winter solstice. What does that mean? Here's a short explanation... Seasons change because the earth's axis is tilted 23 degrees.


Iraq Christians Flee Bombs and Head to Syria

JARAMANA, Syria  - Attacks on purveyors of alcohol  and music had already rattled Iraq's tiny Christian community,  but last month's bombing of churches shattered the hope some  still had of staying to help rebuild their country.


Also: Stephen Hawking's next goal: Space travel. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Sudanese govt must approve additional AU force in Darfur: al ...

ABUJA, Aug 29  -- The Sudanese government said here Sunday that it must approve any increase in the number of African Union troops to crisis-ridden Darfur above the 300 soldiers agreed last month with the AU.


Pace of Armored Vehicle Production Debated

Description: President Bush says military personnel in Iraq are right to question whether they're getting the best possible equipment, but the White House insists armored vehicles are being produced as fast as possible.


Mark Thatcher, in court over a coup plot, has built a new life amid the millionaires' mansions of Constantia. Raymond Whitaker reports.


Spunta un testimone: "Denise si allontanÃ² con un cuginetto"

MAZARA DEL VALLO â Â«Vuoi dire con me la preghiera dellâamicizia?Â». Piera Maggio ha appena premuto la schiena del pupazzo Serafino _ un angioletto dai buffi capelli e dal sorriso a mezza bocca_ compiendo il gesto che la sua Denise faceva ogni sera.


Chile's former secret police chief, already in jail, is sentenced to a further 15 years over the 1974 death of a student.


Directorâs Reward: A Second First Chance

âStep Up 2 the Streets,â the new hip-hop dance movie, represents a second chance of sorts for the director Jon M. Chu.


Ex-Presidents to Attend Bush Inauguration

Three of President Bush's predecessors will join him on the platform Thursday as he is sworn into a second term.


Tropical Storm Gaston Closes in on Carolina Coast

Tropical Storm Gaston neared the South  Carolina coast on Saturday and forecasters put the U.S. east  coast under a storm alert from northern Florida to North  Carolina.


Paul Sturrock was unveiled as SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAYâs new manager this morning and swiftly made his first signing. Sturrock, who has signed a three-year contract, succeeds Chris Turner who


Buffett Takes A Big Bite Of Kraft, Glaxo

The Oracle from Omaha announced a laundry list of moves Friday.


AMERICA/MESSICO - I Vescovi offrono un loro contributo in chiave etica sulla riforma fiscale in discussione e sullÂattuale situazione sociale, dominata da povertÃ , insicurezza e polarizzazione politica CittÃ  del Messico (Agenzia Fides) - La Commissione Episcopale per la Pastorale Sociale della Conferenza Episcopale Messicana ha pubblicato un documento con cui intende offrire a tutti gli uomini e le donne di buona volontÃ  un contributo in prospettiv...


Vikings sign 44-year-old Morten Andersen

The Minnesota Vikings Tuesday signed 44-year-old kicker Morten Andersen, the second leading scorer in National Football League history.


Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko arrives in Russia in an attempt to resolve a row over gas supplies.


Ills, age catching up with Supreme Court

Chief Justice William Rehnquist's thyroid-cancer diagnosis, as well as the cancer battles of three of his colleagues, serve as reminders that the US Supreme Court bench is aging


Motorsport.com. Australian Grand Prix chairman Ron Walker doubts that the Grand Prix World Championship (GPWC) will come to much and claimed he will stick with Formula One.


Porter Wagoner was known for a string of country hits in the '60s, perennial appearances at the Grand Ole Opry in his trademark rhinestone suits, and for launching the career of Dolly Parton.


Zoe R. Cassavetes's Broken English' and John Dahl's hit-man comedy You Kill Me' both arrive in theaters this week.


Why do some Web sites make you copy and type in a bunch of hard-to-read twisted letters and numbers when you try to sign up for an account or log in?


ST. LOUIS -- Tony La Russa will return for his 13th season with the St. Louis Cardinals, a team official told The Associated Press on Monday.


Joseph Barbera, one half of the  team that created The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo cartoons, dies, aged 95.


CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen brought St. Loius past Houston during the sixth inning, giving them the win and the pennant.


Constellation sets sight at US wine maker

Constellation Brands, Inc. (CBR), today advised that it is to make a $1.3 billion bid for US listed Wine maker The Robert Mondavi Corporation.


The government says it will not oppose any legal move by the Countryside Alliance to delay the ban on hunting.


TEMPE - Before yesterday, Brooks Bollinger was last seen in the final preseason game, leading the Jets to 21 unanswered points in the final five minutes to defeat the Eagles.


Form Follows Function Right Across the Wall

Through a strange brew of factors, the idea of translucence has spread to everything from walls to trash cans.


Sony Pictures Sets Up Operation in China

Sony Pictures has set up a joint venture television and film co-production unit in China, taking advantage of a loosening of restrictions on the tightly controlled industry.


Although Shaquille O'Neal has left Los Angeles and Vlade Divac has returned from Sacramento, the Kings' 109-106 win over Kobe Bryant and the Lakers on Friday night seemed like business as usual between the two Pacific Division contenders. Peja Stojakovic scored 26 points and made four consecutive free throws in the closing seconds to give the Kings their seventh straight win.


The vice presidential debate is must-see TV for President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry, who cleared their schedules Tuesday night to watch their running mates.


The Age of Dissonance: Red Carpet Syndrome

Introducing the first Civvy Awards, where little known civilians are nominated for doing little things that make an annoying little world a little better.