In the same way that once-belittled Greece has shocked the world by putting on an efficient and successful Olympics, so did Fani Halkia emerge from the shadows Wednesday with a stunning triumph for the host nation.


Tiffany profit up 15 percent, narrowly beats view

Luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co.  reported a 15 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, edging past Wall Street estimates, and forecast full-year earnings in line with analysts' expectations.


US President George W Bush highlights homeland security as polls suggest he and challenger John Kerry are neck-and-neck.


At least five people are killed as two trains collide north of the Egyptian capital, security sources say.


Barack Obama picked up the endorsement of a leading anti-war group Friday and said Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton still has not adequately explained her vote to go into Iraq.


Vietnam says it has cloned monkeys and pigs

Vietnamese scientists have successfully cloned small pigs and monkeys, the Vietnam Biotechnology Institute said according to state media reports.


Right Urges Showdown With Democrats Over Judicial Nominees

Even as President Bush last week named four candidates to fill long-standing vacancies on federal appeals courts, conservative legal activists were spoiling for a fight over what they call the unfair treatment of the president's judicial nominees.


The Princess Diana coroner accuses the French of taking a "political" decision not to make paparazzi give evidence.


Polish soldier killed, six hurt in Iraq car bomb attack

A Polish soldier was killed and six others wounded in a car bomb attack near Hilla in southern Iraq, a Polish military spokesman was quoted by the PAP news agency as saying.


First, Israel was allowed to hold on to some West Bank territory, a clear U-turn in American policy. Now Israel can also build more West Bank settlements, a clear breach of the American-sponsored road map.


Mutu to appeal against Chelsea Football Club sacking

Banned striker Adrian Mutu has asked the Premier League to look into Chelsea Football Clubâs decision to terminate his contract.


MICROSOFT is working on technology that will give companies more control over whether to prohibit devices that can easily be used to transfer data to and from personal computers.


Sprint announced that it is expanding the number of cities in which it is deploying next-generation EV-DO Rev A 3G service.


EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey  - The New England Patriots earned a place in NFL history by completing a perfect 16-0 regular season with a 38-35 victory over the hard-fighting New York Giants on Saturday.


Report: Pentagon Confirms Guantanamo Sex Tactics

A Pentagon investigation and newly  declassified documents confirm detainees' accounts of the use  of sexual tactics by female interrogators at the U.S. military  prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, The Washington Post reported on  Thursday.


Nyon, 16:52 - CALCIO, UEFA: PANATHINAIKOS A PORTE CHIUSE CONTRO HAPOEL

Il Panathinaikos dovrà giocare la prossima gara interna europea (quella contro l'Hapoel Tel-A...


Checkpoints key to airport security: Israeli experts

BEN GURION AIRPORT, Israel  - Security experts say defenses like those at Tel Aviv's main airport could be used overseas to prevent a recurrence of an attack on Glasgow airport in which a fuel-laden car was rammed into a terminal.


A new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among cattle was confirmed in Britain on Wednesday, prompting the European Union to reimpose a ban on British meat exports.


A ruthless villain of heroic proportions

A huge crowd gathered outside the hospital in the small, nondescript, southern Indian town of Dharmapuri yesterday. Nothing much of note has ever happened in the hospital before, but yesterday


Stocks Flat; McDonald's Off, Microsoft Up

U.S. stocks were little changed on  Friday as disappointing earnings from McDonald's Corp. MCD.N  offset better-than-expected results from Microsoft Corp.  MSFT.O.


An expert witness in dozens of cases related to child pornography is charged with committing perjury.


Soccer Report: U.S. Cleats Leave Mark on ScandinaviaÂs Welcome Mat

According to the Web site yanks-abroad.com, a dozen American players are in the professional leagues of Norway, Sweden and Denmark.


Annan launches Kenya mediation as violence spreads

Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan brought together Kenya's political rivals on Tuesday in a push to mediate an end to the post-election crisis and stop spreading tribal bloodshed.


Helicopter Stunt Pilots to Snag Stardust for NASA

NASA has recruited two Hollywood helicopter stunt pilots for an especially tricky maneuver -- snagging a capsule full of stardust as it parachutes back to Earth next month, mission managers said on Thursday.


Charlotte , NC -- Mike Montgomery described the Warriors as being "really tight'' during their 0-6 start, but the coach said he did not know how to relieve the tension.


Benitez upset over Redsâ lack of killer instinct

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is becoming increasingly concerned by Liverpool's ability to finish off opponents.


Anglo-Irish oil company Aminex signs a 20-year agreement to develop North Korea's oil industry.


Construction Spending Hits All-Time High

Construction spending sprang back to life in July, rising to the highest level on record, the government reported Wednesday.


Russian siege ends, region borders blocked

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered security forces to block the borders of the North Ossetia region after the school siege ended.


Chairman: SEC doesn't favor business interests

The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday defended the agency's record in pursuing corporate misconduct, rebuffing accusations that it may be tilting toward business interests.


Il presidente: la crescita economica va sfruttata per rientrare nei limitiInvariati i tassi di interesse, cresce l'inflazione, che si porta al 2,4%                                          Bce, crescita al rialzo in Europa Trichet all'Italia: "Rispettare Patto"


Paper Cuts, Shrinking Advertising and Falling Profits Force Industry Turmoil

2008 is prompting louder talk about a dark turning point for the newspaper industry, which has been besieged by shrinking profits and tumbling stock prices.


Carl's Jr. founder dies of Parkinson's complications

Carl Karcher, founder of the Carl's Jr. chain of fast-food restaurants, died on Friday of complications from Parkinson's Disease at a hospital in California, the company said.


CORRECTED: Anti-Bush Protestors Heckle Broadway Theatergoers

Dozens of demonstrators heckled and  jeered Broadway theatergoers on Sunday, seeking confrontations  with Republican delegates who arrived in New York City to back  President Bush's reelection bid.


News Analysis: U.S. Plays Its âUnilateralâ Card on Iran Sanctions

After 18 months in which the Bush administration has touted the virtues of collective action against Iran, the new sanctions mark a major turn toward unilateralism.


Mugabe says economy recovering, warns investors

Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president, says his nation's ailing economy is on track for recovery. He has, however, hinted that those who fail to utilise their claims in the mining sector might lose out to "more serious" investors.


Turkey bombs northern Iraq: Iraq officials

SULAIMANIYA, Iraq  - Turkish warplanes targeting Kurdish rebels bombed villages deep in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing one woman and forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes, local officials said.


Cheap antibiotic slashes AIDS-related deaths

A cheap antibiotic drug has almost halved the rate of AIDS-related deaths in African children, reveals a new study. The antibiotic - co-trimoxazole - does not combat HIV but it prevents secondary infections


Rio de Janeiro, 21:06 - CALCIO, DUNGA CONVOCA JULIO CESAR E KAKA, MA NON RONALDO

Il ct brasiliano Dunga ha convocato l'interista Julio Cesar e il milanista Kaka in nazionale, ma non...


Cameroon's president says he is confident his ruling party will win Sunday's polls, amid opposition claims of fraud.


LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with right-hander Gil Meche on a five-year deal worth about $45 million on Thursday as baseball's winter meetings neared a conclusion.


Yanks Rout BoSox 11-1, Extending AL Lead

NEW YORK - Gary Sheffield and the New York Yankees battered Pedro Martinez, opening some breathing room in the AL East. Sheffield, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada homered off an ineffective Martinez, and Mike Mussina gave the Yankees another excellent outing Sunday in New York's 11-1 rout of the Boston Red Sox...


Karrie Webb shot an even-par 72 in the final round of the Australian Women's Open on Sunday for a six-stroke win.


EU to spell out expectations, conditions to Serbia

The European Union will this week spell out to Serbia the exact steps needed for the country to clinch closer ties with the bloc, mainly by arresting war crimes fugitives, EU Commissioner Olli Rehn said on Thursday.


Seadrift Fire Department Receives Equipment Grant

By Victoria Advocate, Texas  Feb. 22--SEADRIFT -- The Seadrift Volunteer Fire Department has received its third grant from the Department of Homeland Security's assistance to firefighters program.


My TV Guide allows viewers to enter their favorite shows, channels and celebrities on their on-screen cable program guide.


Tokyo, 15:53 - F1, RENAULT: SOSTENIAMO FERNANDO AL 150%

Non si placano le polemiche in casa Renault. Alle caso-Alonso dei giorni scorsi si aggiunge la prese...


American convoys under the protection of Blackwater USA resumed on Friday, four days after the U.S. Embassy suspended all land travel by its diplomats and other civilian officials in response to the alleged killing of civilians by the security firm.


A man set off a bomb outside the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Friday, killing himself and a guard and wounding at least seven other people


Napoli, 20:12 - CALCIO, NAPOLI: REJA RINNOVA IL CONTRATTO

Edy Reja allenerà il Napoli anche nella prossima stagione. Il prolungamento del contratto, de...


Russia appears set to approve the Kyoto climate change treaty, which could lead to its adoption worldwide.


Bush is surrounding himself with loyalists

The personnel changes he has announced will install some of his closest advisers from the White House and his years as Texas governor atop key Cabinet departments.


Force of blast killed Bhutto, not bullet: report

Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed by the force of a suicide bomb and not by an assassin's bullet, The New York Times reported in its Friday editions, quoting officials briefed by Scotland Yard investigators.


Despite rising oil prices, US stocks this week had their biggest rally since October, as investors reacted to some positive economic indicators, the easing of tensions in Iraq and


In a new big-screen  version of Charles Dickiens' "A Christmas Carol," Jim Carrey  will play Scrooge, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of  Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Future.


CBRL sheds the beef but profit watchers still have some beefs.


HP (Quote, Chart) is doing a lot of explaining after it revealed this weekend that it will no longer put Itanium processors in its high-performance workstations.


England football stars to donate fees to charity

England's footballers have pledged to play for their country for free, donating their match fees to help charitable causes in the run up to the next World Cup, the Football Association (FA) said Saturday.


More shoppers take online plunge; sales hit $670 million in record day

Online retail sales from Nov. 1 through Friday were up 25% over 2005, says Internet market research firm ComScore Networks. ComScore says last Wednesday was likely the biggest online shopping day of the year and, with nearly $670 million in sales, topped last year's No. 1 day by over $100 million.


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According to Intel, the OLPC not only asked Intel to stop working on its own low-cost laptop projects that competed with the OLPC's XO laptop, it also asked Intel to stop supplying chips to other partners, like Asus, working on similar designs.


Why Sanjay Bhansali is grateful to Kumar Gaurav?

All those who have seen Black can't help but wonder why in the opening credits Sanjay Leela Bhansali....


Jets defensive tackle Josh Evans is out for Sunday's game against the San Diego Chargers with a back injury.


FCC Reviews 'Desperate Housewives' Football Promo

The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday reviewed complaints about ABC's steamy "Desperate Housewives" promotion before "Monday Night Football" and while the agency's chairman expressed disappointment, it was not clear whether government would tackle the network.


Rice insists Afghanistan strategy is working despite warnings

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice denied here Thursday the allied strategy to stabilise Afghanistan was failing, saying it was incomplete and needed innovation to crush "determined enemies."


Elton John Wants Organized  Religion Banned

Gay pop star Elton John feels religion should be banned altogether because it promotes bashing of homosexuals and lacks compassion. At a time when several protests and disruptions have been stemming from religion, John complained that there are too few...


3 Chains Agree on Suit Over Janitors' Wages and Hours

Three California supermarket chains have settled a suit filed by immigrant janitors who said they often earned below minimum wage and were never paid overtime.


German officials said Saturday they have decided to forgive 80 percent of Iraq's $120 billion foreign debt, CNN reported. Hans Eichel, Germany's finance minister, meeting


Germans find radiation linked to Litvinenko contact

German police have found traces of radiation in two buildings linked to a Russian businessman who met the murdered ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko on the day he fell ill, a spokeswoman said on Saturday.


Euro Backs Off Brutal Rally Against Dollar

European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet expressed concern Monday about the growing strength of the euro, saying a rally that sent the shared currency to a fresh all-time high was "brutal" and "not ...


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US Hospital to Allow Web-Arranged Transplant

A Denver hospital abruptly changed course on Tuesday and agreed to perform a kidney transplant that would be the first such procedure in the United States using an organ found on a private Web site.


UPDATE 2-Oracle raises PeopleSoft offer, sets deadline

Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday raised its hostile takeover offer for rival software company PeopleSoft Inc.


Cooperation Keeps Computer Fence Out of Jail

By Michael P. Mayko, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport  Dec.


Federer issues ominous warning to rivals

Top seed Roger Federer issued an ominous warning to those rivals hoping to topple the three-times defending champion at the U.S. Open.


Wal-Mart fires technician who recorded phone calls

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said on Monday it fired a systems technician for intercepting text messages of people who were not Wal-Mart employees and for recording telephone conversations with a New York Times reporter without authorization.


POP producer Phil Spector was charged today over the 2003 murder of a B-movie actress, as US prosecutors moved to expedite his long-delayed trial.


Wecker, who missed the last three games with a sprained left ankle, added 12 rebounds and five assists. Laurie Koehn contributed 16 points and Claire Coggins 14 while Megan Mahoney also had 12 rebounds.


Legion Lauds Reintroduction of PERA in 110th Congress

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 31  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The leader of the nation's largest wartime veterans' organization today applauded Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan) for reintroducing the Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals and Other Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2007 (S.


Rooney will play and play, says Ferguson

ALEX Ferguson has no plans to rest Wayne Rooney against Sparta Prague in the Champions League match tonight and has told him to prepare for his fourth game in 11 days.


Europe carry a 5-3 lead into the second day fourballs of the 36th Ryder Cup.


Serena warms up in style for Henin clash

Serena Williams reached the 19th grand slam quarter-final of her career on Sunday with a comfortable 6-2 6-3 defeat of Russian Dinara Safina.


Pocket an extra $35,000 doing next to nothing.


Man freed in teen sex case: No ill will for DA

Former Georgia prison inmate Genarlow Wilson says he feels no "negative energy" toward the district attorney who prosecuted him for receiving oral sex from a 15-year-old when he was a teenager himself.


Gebrselassie storms to victory in Fukuoka Marathon

Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie stormed to victory in the Fukuoka Marathon after leaving a strong field for dead over the final three kilometers on Sunday.


Sony Ericsson unveils Cyber-shot and Walkman trio

Music or photos, your choice Mobile World Congress Sony Ericsson has unveiled two additions to its Cyber-shot range: the C702 and C902. Each packs enough functions to keep the amateur snapper happy, but neither matches the new W980âs audio features.â¦


Israel has responded coolly to reports of secret contacts with the Palestinian militant group Hamas. European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana has revealed there has been some contacts, but he has


Foreign entertainment channels have been pulled from the air in Jammu and Kashmir, India, following threats from militant groups.


Governo, sono dei fannulloni e Napolitano sta fermo..


Australian PM finds it's not easy being green as poll focuses on environment

The environment emerged as the sleeper issue of Australia's October 9 election, with Prime Minister John Howard -- once regarded as the nemesis of conservationists -- vigorously courting the green vote.


US 'wants to take advantage of mideast opportunities'

Outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell told Israelâs prime minister today that the United States wanted to take advantage of new opportunities in the Middle East, and that it supported Palestinian elections set for January 9.


Usher Once Again Wins A Whole Mess Of Trophies, This Time At ...

It was all about R&B and hip-hop at Wednesday night's Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas. Usher was the big winner with 11 awards, followed by Alicia Keys with seven, Outkast with five and Kanye West with four.


Kerry Says He's Not Ruling Out Another Run

Sen. John Kerry, who has $45 million left from his record-breaking Democratic campaign, hinted on Tuesday that he may try again for the presidency.


Tsai Ming-liang's sixth feature, "Goodbye, Dragon Inn," is as gentle and generous as movies come, once you've learned to speak its language.


Suspended Va. state worker wins back pay

A state employee who was suspended from his job for making unfavorable comments online about a struggling community in rural Virginia has been awarded back pay.


News: Bush Web Site Bars Overseas Visitors

The Bush-Cheney reelection campaign has barred people outside the United States from viewing its Web site following an electronic attack that took down the campaign's Internet address for six hours last week, according to computer security experts.


Munch masterpiece 'The Scream' stolen from Oslo museum

A version of Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream" and another famous painting by the great Norwegian artist were stolen from an Oslo museum by armed and hooded robbers, police said.


States rush to move up in 2008 primary calendar

With California leading the stampede, states are rushing to get more clout in the 2008 White House race by moving their primaries to early February -- a shift that could aid front-runners with big names and big bank accounts.


Early voting began Monday in closely watched Florida and three other states with the election little more than two weeks away. Texas, Colorado and Arkansas joined Florida in casting


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You buried your husband 10 years ago, but the grieving goes on. Even though you've gone on with your life -- even, finally, let a man love you -- the past isn't gone.


Olten, 20:58 - CICLISMO, GIRO DI SVIZZERA: PRIMA TAPPA A CANCELLARA

La prima tappa del tour ciclistico di Svizzera è stata vinta da Fabian Cancellara, seguito d...


InfoWorld - Experts gathered for the ongoing InfoWorld Enterprise Data Protection Forum in New York today said that companies need to get a better handle on all the factors that make their sensitive information susceptible to attack and become more proactive with their overall defensive strategies if they are to improve on their current security status.


Shares of United Parcel Service Inc. moved higher in trading Wednesday, while DHL Express appears not to be garnering the US market share it originally expected.


UK's Branson to Launch Space Tourism in 2007

Richard Branson, Britain's best-known entrepreneur and part-time daredevil, plans to launch the world's first passenger service to space in 2007, offering zero-gravity flights for 110,000 pounds ($198,600).


ProDevTips.com: Parsing tags with Zend Feed

A new tutorial on the ProDevTips.com website today shows how to parse tags (like in a feed) with the Zend_Feed component of the Zend Framework.   Consuming a feed with Zend Feed is quite simple if you don't want to do something fancy.    They include an example of how to pull in the feed, parse out information from the various tags, and push that information into a database they've created (they include the code for the script and to create the database as well).


The Bush administration said Tuesday that North Korea's firing of a series of missiles into the Sea of Japan was a provocation, but not an immediate threat to the United States.


Swedenâs Henrik Stenson returned to the fray in The Heritage at Woburn Golf and Country Club taking the third round lead with a five under par 67.


Turkey's parliament has approved two constitutional amendments easing the ban on women wearing headscarves in universities. Send us your views.


Five Palestinians are killed after the Israeli army entered the Khan Younis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.


Justice Secretary Jack Straw announces changes to the laws on self-defence to increase public confidence.


Attention, Slackers: Itâs a Jungle Out There

Underachieving even by the standards of stoner comedies, âStrange Wildernessâ is so inert that it doesnât so much unreel on screen as loiter there.


In South Africa, lessons in success from a rare entrepreneur

Free schools teach ordinary people skills they need to start a business.


Want faster broadband soon? Move to Kent, says BT

A little piece of South Korea in the garden of England BT will dip its toe in the rapid waters of fibre-to-the-home broadband this year, when it'll run optic cables to 10,000 new homes being built at Ebbsfleet in Kent.â¦


Blog: New tools on the travel opinions site makes it easier to separate boho travelers from vacationers without passports.


he Hormel Foods Corporation posted a 62 percent increase in quarterly profit yesterday, though higher grain costs kept profit below analysts' expectations.


Mistake leaks specs of upcoming Nokia N96 phone

An apparent oversight on the company's German Web site has disclosed the specifications for the company's upcoming slider phone.


Pakistan blames militants as bomb death toll reaches 136

Officials say Islamist militants behind assassination attempt on Benazir Bhutto.


Business Objects provides BI software on-demand

(InfoWorld) - Business Objects has started to roll out a full suite of business intelligence (BI) software in the form of an online service, initially for customers using Salesforce.com applications. The service allows customers to use Business Objects' BI tools without having to maintain the software themselves or buy extra servers on which to run it. Business Objects maintains a copy of each customer's data in its own data centers, and employees access the data and BI applications through a Web browser. Business Objects took itsÂ first steps in on-demand softwareÂ last April with the release of crystalreports.com, for sharing reports online. That service has attracted about 50,000 customers, the company said. The new service announced Monday, called Intelligence OnDemand, includes a broader set of applications for formatted reporting, running ad hoc queries and analysis, and displaying BI "dashboards" on a user's desktop. The first version of the service, available now, is for customers who have data stored in Salesforce.com's online CRM applications. Business Objects will load a copy of the customer's Salesforce data to its own data centers and build a data warehouse that customers can use to run their BI queries. The service is aimed at sales and marketing staff and business analysts at companies with a high volume of Salesforce data, and is the first in suite of similar services that Business Objects plans to roll out, the company said. It includes on-demand versions of its Crystal Reports, Crystal Xcelsius and Web Intelligence products. Business Objects has staked outÂ an early lead in on-demand BI, although SAS Institute and some smaller BI vendors are also getting into the game. Proponents of such services say they helps customers to cut costs because they don't have to manage applications themselves or buy servers on which to run them. Business Objects said it's new service will take the "heavy lifting" out of building and maintaining a data warehouse. The trade-off is that customers must trust a third party to look after and provide access to their sensitive company data. Business Objects representatives weren't available to give pricing for the new service, which will be unveiled at an event in California later on Monday to coincide with the start of Salesforce.com's Dreamforce user conference in San Francisco. Some more information is at Business Objects new On Demand Web site. The company also opened an online store on Monday where customers can buy external market information, such as sales data for other companies' products, and include it in their data analysis. The information comes from firms such as Thomson Financial, eBay, and Dun & Bradstreet. Customers can buy individual reports from $150, or sign up for a subscription. Â


BAGHDAD - Two suicide car-bombings killed at least 17 people in Baghdad yesterday as US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld began an unannounced visit to Iraq.


Scientists to save 5,000-year-old embrace

VALDARO, Italy  - Italy won't split up its Stone Age "lovers".


Report: Harry Ordered to Visit Auschwitz

Prince Charles "hit the roof" after his son, Prince Harry, showed up at a costume party wearing a swastika armband and ordered him and his brother to visit the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, the Sun newspaper reported Friday.


No thanks to Harry Potter No surprise here: Amazon is selling more stuff than ever. Today, the world's most famous online retailer announced second quarter profits of $78m, a 257 per cent leap from the same quarter last year, and net revenues of $2.88bn, a 35 per cent increase.â¦


US Fed sees need for cumulative policy tightening in August

US Federal Reserve officials had seen the need for more rate hikes over one month before they boosted the federal funds rate for the third time this year two days ago, a document released Thursday showed.


Dan Rather's Future a Complicated Question

NEW YORK - In Kansas City, Mo., it's Kirk Black's job to answer for Dan Rather. The station manager of KCTV, like his colleagues at many other CBS affiliates, is facing a flood of calls and e-mails from viewers angry at Dan Rather for relying on apparently fake documents to suggest President Bush's National Guard service record was less than stellar...


BAGHDAD -- The interim Iraqi government brushed aside Sunni Muslim demands to delay the Jan. 30 election yesterday. And a spokesman for the majority Shiite Muslim community called the date "non-negotiable.


Blog: Struggling video-sharing company sees CEO Steven Starr move to chairman. Kevin Wells, COO of the company known for paying videographers takes over for Starr.


Il convoglio si Ã¨ fermato in galleria: fuggi fuggi dei ...

La vettura della Circumvesuviana era piena di pendolari: tre in ospedale. La caligine sprigionata per un principio di incendio. APOLI - Momenti di panico questa mattina su un convoglio della Circumvesuviana


Roman women' beauty skin cream secrets revealed:

[Health India]: London, Nov 4 : Cosmetic face cream used by fashionable Roman women was discovered at an ongoing archaeological dig in London, in a metal container, complete with the lid and contents.


Shaquille OâNeal, one of the greatest centers in N.B.A. history, was traded Wednesday by the Miami Heat to the Phoenix Suns.


U.S. stocks opened little changed on  Tuesday as concerns over higher oil prices damaging corporate  profits weighed on investor sentiment, while a dip in retail  sales also dampened the mood.


China jails 5 in new brick kiln slavery scandal

Five people have been jailed in eastern China for forcing a group of mentally handicapped people to work in brick kilns, state media reported on Thursday, months after the country was rocked by a brickworks slavery scandal.


Noor denounces actions of Islamic extremists

BOGOTA -- Queen Noor of Jordan is urging Muslim moderates to speak out against the ''ranting" of extremists who use Islam to justify beheadings and suicide bombings against the United States and Westerners.


Russian rescue workers help astronauts get out of the Soyuz escape capsule after Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, Yuri Shargin, and American NASA astronaut Mike Fincke from international space station were parachuted near the town of Arkalyk in north


Mercifully, it's over for Lenny Wilkens. It's never easy watching a coach on the verge (see: Rick Pitino, January 2001), and, in the end, Wilkens left. Yesterday he "resigned," which really means he jumped before he was pushed and still will be well-compensated to not coach the New York Knicks.


Video Games | E3: Can Sony Revitalize Its Games? Yes, Maybe

It appears that after more than a year of gobsmacking miscalculations, missteps and plain old mistakes, Sonyâs game group is possibly getting its act back together.


Recent findings on the effects of lowering blood sugar are unlikely to change the way most people with Type 2 diabetes manage their illness, doctors said Thursday.


GOLF ROUNDUP: Sorenstam, Woods, Couples go for skins

Fred Couples returns as defending champion and the most successful player in Skins Game history. Tiger Woods comes in as the most popular player in golf, and Adam Scott is the third man in the field because he won The Players Championship in March.


W.Va. Edges No. 16 Pittsburgh, 83-78 (OT)

Kevin Pittsnogle scored eight of his career-high 27 points in overtime to lead West Virginia to an 83-78 win over No. 16 Pittsburgh on Saturday night.


Former Los Angeles Lakers star Shaquille O'Neal played Santa Claus to 250 kids this morning in South Los Angeles. "Shaq-A-Claus" pulled up to the Challengers Boys and Girls Club in a truck filled with bicycles


Firenze, 12:34 - F1, TODT: NESSUNO POTRA' TOGLIERCI MONDIALE

Jean Todt non teme colpi di coda al mondiale. ''La classifica del Campionato Piloti non è anc...


Iran probably 3-8 years off nuclear bomb: IAEA

Iran is probably three to eight years away from producing a nuclear bomb if it so chooses, the head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog warned on Thursday.


Victims of Argentine school shooting mourned

Hundreds of mourners marched in a funeral procession Wednesday for two teenage victims of Argentina's worst school shooting on record, a day after a fellow student's classroom rampage.


KENNEWICK, Wash., (Sports Network) - Wally Backman, briefly  the manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks, was sentenced to 10  days in jail Friday for violating his probation.


December incomes, spending rose as expected

WASHINGTON - U.S. incomes and spending rose as expected in December, while core consumer prices gained less than anticipated, suggesting inflation is contained, a government report showed on Thursday.


Paris - David Beckham and Real Madrid team-mates Zinedine Zidane and Raul have signed to play themselves in a Los Angeles-produced movie called Goal!. Variety magazine reports that the $100-million trilogy


WASHINGTON - Frustrated doctors say they too often find themselves jury-rigging adult medical devices to fit children's tiny bodies and special needs. Now pediatric experts have begun a major push to fill the gap...


US scientist casts doubt on AstraZeneca's Crestor

AstraZeneca was dealt a blow yesterday when an official from the US's drugs watchdog questioned whether one of its key products ought to be sold in the world's largest pharmaceuticals market.


Real clinches last-gasp win, Barca is held to 1-1 draw

A last-gasp goal by Zinedine Zidanegave Real Madrid a hard-earned 3-2 victory over Santander on Saturday, while leader Barcelona conceded home points in a 1-1 draw with Valencia.


Most musicians today have a Web site which they use to market their CD's, band schedules and merchandise. Among the many marketing options, one approach is to customize a Web page on MySpace to use for your band. This week you'll learn how. By Lee Underwood. 0604


(HealthDay News) -- Vaginal yeast infections are common and often recur in many women. But they are easily treated with either over-the-counter or prescription medications.


Nearly 70 percent of recovery workers who responded to the attacks on the World Trade Center suffered lung problems during or after their work at ground zero, a new health study released Tuesday shows.


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Behind Nevada casino walls is a political fight

A key back-room battle in the contest  to nominate a Democratic presidential candidate is raging far  from the gaze of TV cameras in places like the workers'  cafeteria of the Mirage Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.


Unseeded Ricardo Mello won his first ATP Tour title Sunday, beating top-seeded Vincent Spadea 7-6 (2), 6-3 in the final of the Millennium International Tennis Championship.


ArcelorMittal exec says wants more ore, coal: paper

Steel maker ArcelorMittal  aims to lift its self-sufficiency in iron ore to 90 percent by 2018 from 47 percent today and also wants to secure other commodities, an executive told French newspaper Les Echos.


Pop star Robbie Williams goes into rehab on his birthday to be treated for a dependency on prescription drugs.


NASA's plan to increase the number of space shuttle flights it launches this year, in an effort to speed up final assembly of the international space station, has stoked concern among independent experts that the space agency is placing scheduling demands on the 27-year-old fleet similar to those...


Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday the head of the Justice Department's voting rights office should be fired for saying minorities often die before they reach old age.


Oil falls below $89 as stock markets plunge

Oil slid almost $2 to a six-week low below $89 a barrel on Monday, as stock markets plummeted and concerns mounted over an economic slow-down led by top consumer the United States.


France's Chirac to address nation on Sunday

French President Jacques Chirac will make  a television declaration at 1900 GMT on Sunday, his office said  on Thursday, when he is expected to say he will not stand for  re-election.


VATICANO - Le preghiere del cristiano in tutte le lingue: latino CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Il latino Ã¨ e resta la lingua ufficiale della Chiesa. Il Concilio Vaticano II, nella Costituzione sulla Liturgia (4 dicembre 1963) dichiara infatti che ÂlÂuso della lingua latinaÂ sia conservato nei riti latiniÂ (...


Citing "improvement" in the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday announced a cut in the number of troops deployed in the sensitive border state.


Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm says his "blog" - a personal diary based on the Internet - gives people an idea of what it is to be a minister, with insights into his professional and private life.


For 25 years, Stonyfield Farms preached the benefits of organic products. What do they do now that rivals have listened?


THE Fed's decision today was widely anticipated, and I hope the economic effects of the tightening of monetary policy are fully examined before moving much further in this direction.


Masterpieces from the Deutsche Bank Collection Opens

MOSCOW, RUSSIAN FEDERATION.- The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts presents Masterpieces from the Deutsche Bank Collection.


WTA Tour hopes to shorten season in 2009

The WTA Tour wants to shorten its season, reduce the number of mandatory tournaments and give the top women more of a break after Grand Slam events.


Soft Cell Singer Critical Marc Almond suffers serious injuries in ...

Soft Cell singer Marc Almond suffered serious head injuries in a motorcycle accident in London on Sunday afternoon. The forty-seven-year-old Almond was the passenger on a motorcycle that collided with a car at an intersection.


Global stocks fall as U.S. recession fears grip

Shares from Sydney to London sank for a second day on Tuesday, dragging commodity prices with them and promising a woeful start for Wall Street as investors dumped assets exposed to the risk of a global economic slowdown.


Vermont Sues FDA to Allow Importing of Drugs

Vermont sued the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday over the agency's opposition to the state's plan to help people import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada.


McDonald's coffee bars to take on Starbucks: report

McDonald's Corp  is set to launch coffee bars with "baristas" serving cappuccinos and lattes, moving into direct competition with global coffee chain Starbucks Corp. , The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.


Bamberg, 20:08 - BASKET: L'ITALIA BATTE IL PORTOGALLO, MA PERDE ANCHE GIGLI

In vista dei vicinissimi Europei di Spagna (dal 3 settembre) sembra una maledizione: l'Italia di Car...


Camara and Novo get retrospective red cards

CLARENCE Darrow could not have saved Nacho Novo and Henri Camara from the guilty verdicts imposed on them yesterday by the SFAâs disciplinary committee as a consequence of their offences in the Old Firm match at Ibrox on 20 November.


For heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, the preparations for todayâs title fight have been overshadowed by political upheaval half a world away.


Negoziazioni riprenderanno giovedi' 25 ottobre


Cancer-heavy NCaledonia launches asbestos study

A major investigation is underway in New Caledonia to find out where asbestos, blamed for an unusually high rate of lung cancer on the French Pacific island territory, occurs in the environment.


In Italia, secondo la Commissione, rischi alti in mancanza di riformePesa il peso del debito pubblico e il debole andamento dell'export                                            Ue, nuovo allarme pensioni "Consolidare le finanze pubbliche"


EU and African ministers vow action on migration, but fail to set up a fund requested by African states.


HBN, PRETORIA, South Africa, Mon. Nov. 15: South African officials say they will not hand over former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide to interim authorities in Haiti, even if an international warrant exists.


Actuate moves to take enterprise reporting to open-source

Business intelligence software vendor Actuate is teaming up with the open-source movement in an effort to give its applications more exposure in the marketplace.


Tom Hanks opens the Venice Film Festival with a screening of Steven Spielberg's The Terminal.


Wireless Technology Speeds Health Services in Rwanda

Cellphones are now being used to report from the field in Rwanda, enabling health care workers to better track and manage patients.


MALTEMPO: NAPOLI, BLOCCATO IL PORTO REGOLARI I VOLI DA CAPODICHINO

Napoli, 27 dic. -(Adnkronos)- Una violenta mareggiata sta colpendo le coste del Golfo di Napoli provocando disagi ai collegamenti marittimi. Da qualche ora e' interdetto alle navi il porto di Napoli a causa


Putte, 16:15 - CICLISMO, GUSEV VINCE IL GIRO DEL BELGIO

Il russo Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) ha vinto il Giro del Belgio. La quinta e ultima tappa &e...


Ichiro Suzuki homered for his 200th hit of the season, but Abraham Nunez hit his second grand slam in two weeks to lead the Kansas City Royals over the Seattle Mariners 7-3 Thursday night.


[World News]: Moscow, Oct 27 : Three senior Russian officials have been charged with negligence in connection with last month's Beslan school crisis that left at least 350 people, mostly children, dead.


The International Monetary Fund (IMF) advised Seoul to utilize fiscal and monetary policies to stimulate its sluggish economy, lowering its expectations for economic growth for this year.


Merck Execs Protected in Case of Takeover

Merck & Co. Inc. has adopted a severance benefits plan aimed at protecting key managers in the event the company is taken over -- a growing possibility since the withdrawal of arthritis drug Vioxx sent shares tumbling.


UK consumers took out fewer loans, credit cards and mortgages in July than in June, the Bank of England says.


Iraqi leader joins Bush in touting successes but disagrees on more ...

One that's winning the peace and one that isn't. A country that will hold democratic elections in January and another that can't possibly succeed without some big changes.


Iraqis, U.S. dispute deadly raid in new friction

Iraqi and U.S. officials disputed each others' accounts of an overnight raid and air strike on Friday that killed up to 20 people in a new sign of friction over allegations of American troops killing civilians.


Britain's National Health Service Gets Money-Saving Deal from ...

A "landmark agreement" with Microsoft to renew the NHS' license for desktop software would save an estimated $608 million.


An Islamist group in Iraq says it has abducted an Italian and will kill him unless Rome announces within 48 hours that it will pull out of the country, Al-Jazeera television reported.


Ad man Jay Schulberg, who put creamy  mustaches on celebrities to sell milk and made it seem risky to  leave home without American Express traveler's checks, died on  Wednesday at age 65.


Smokers will still be able to light up in New Jersey's 11 casinos, but they will have to a lot less room to do it under a city law passed on Wednesday.


Auto Racing Roundup: Dixon Continues to Dominate Road Course at Watkins Glen

Scott Dixon held off Sam Hornish Jr., Dario Franchitti, Tony Kanaan and Marco Andretti over the final 14 laps to win the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Sunday.


Chancellor Alistair Darling is to outline banking legislation aimed at  preventing another Northern Rock-style crisis.


A Stronger Fisheries Law Emerges From Congress ; Rep. Tom Allen Plays a Key Role in Salvaging a Rewrite of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

The members of the 109th Congress set a record for the fewest number of days worked, so their success in passing a bill updating the nation's fishery law was a welcome surprise.


Nets Open Road Swing with Win Over Knicks

NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Richard Jefferson led a  balanced New Jersey attack, scoring 17 points, as the Nets beat  their cross-river rivals the New York Knicks, 93-87, at Madison  Square Garden.


Halle Berry is the latest celebrity to join the Foot-in-Mouth Club.


Teams of digital designers rake in piles of cash as businesses scramble to set up shop in the virtual world. By the Associated Press.


A Fiom, guai se s'allenta lo spirito confederale


Warmth, tennis served up in behaved 'Wimbledon'

âWimbledonâ is a well-behaved movie about nice people who have good things happen to them. Thatâs kind of startling in a world where movie characters, especially in


Hawkins, Kaczur, and Mills don't make the trip

FOXBOROUGH -- The Patriots will be without backup safety Artrell Hawkins , swing offensive tackle Nick Kaczur, and rookie tight end Garrett Mills for today's game against the Jets.


Group Gets OK to Use Town Boat Launch for Green Project

By Elizabeth Comeau, Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine  Sep. 21--WAYNE -- Selectmen have approved the Androscoggin Lake  Improvement Association's use of a town-owned boat launch for a project aimed  at reducing phosphorous in the lake.


World Business Briefing: South Korea: Central Bank Moves to Slow Lending

South KoreaÂs central bank ordered lenders to raise reserves held against foreign currency deposits, the second time in two weeks it has tried to curb borrowing. The reserve requirement ratio on short-term foreign currency deposits rose to 7 percent from 5 percent, the Bank of Korea said. The move brings the ratio into line with that for local currency demand deposits and reduces the incentive for banks to lend foreign currencies to home buyers. ÂThis is targeted at the property market,Â said Go You-sun, an economist at Daewoo Securities in Seoul. ÂItÂs a supplementary measure to the reserve requirement ratio increase they announced earlier. The results will take time to show, but this effectively reduces the amount of loans a bank can give.Â.


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Daily Press, Newport News, Va., Tony Gabriele Column: The Ultimate Gizmo Will Simplify Everything

By Tony Gabriele, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Sep. 11--Here's what's going to happen: A few years from now, they will put on the market the Ultimate Thingamabob.   A marketing whiz will come up with a snappier name for it, to be sure. Something cute.


Honeywell International said yesterday that it had reached a $189 million settlement with the agency overseeing the Central Artery Tunnel Project in Boston, stemming from several disputes over the scope of the company's duties.


A roadside bomb targeting police involved in poppy eradication killed three officers and wounded three others in western Afghanistan, officials said Monday.


UK police protect poisoned Russian's Italian contact

An Italian academic who met the poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko the day he became ill from radiation is under police protection in London and undergoing medical tests, a legal source said on Tuesday.


About two-thirds of British moth species have shown a decline since 1970,  scientists say.


Futures drop after Amazon, eyes on Merrill

Stock futures fell on Wednesday as earnings by Amazon.com Inc  disappointed some investors and reports of bigger write-downs at Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc  added to concerns about the credit market.


ROMA, 1 NOVEMBRE 2004 - Una vacanza romana finita tragicamente per la famiglia Martinelli. Moglie e marito sono morti, il figlio Ã¨ rimasto ferito, dopo essere stati travolti da un'auto. Erano arrivati da


Sales at retailers posted a much  stronger-than-expected 1.2 percent rise in November, government  data showed on Thursday, as holiday shoppers coped with high  energy costs and the fallout from a housing slump.


Armani says would sell out entirely rather than keep minority stake

Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani said he would rather sell off his company than be a minority shareholder but insisted any new owner must preserve the Armani identity.


Leslie Law was in such a state of shock at learning he had become Britainâs first eventing gold medallist since 1972 that he pulled out of a competition in Solihull through lack of concentration.


US stocks were firmer on Monday, boosted by lower bond yields and oil prices. But worries over the US financial sector's exposure to the troubled mortgage market lurked below the surface.


Intel, the world's biggest chipmaker, is raided by EU regulators amid claims it abused its market position.


Labor disputes between rich athletes and even wealthier owners are always sickening. In this NHL cold war, both sides will be bruised a little.


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Fashion designer Liz Claiborne revolutionized the way working women put together their wardrobes because she was one of them. She made it easy for them as they pioneered up corporate ladders in the 1970s and 1980s, offering coordinated outfits at once serious and stylish, but also affordable.


Prodi telefona al senatore, Storace chiede provvedimenti


Democrats to raise wages for poor workers

The incoming Democratic-led U.S. Congress intends to give a hand to dishwashers, fast-food cooks and America's other poorest-paid workers by raising the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade.


Bloccati nel porto di Darna otto uomini dell'equipaggio


Information on the eight suspects detained in failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow, Scotland:


NEW YORK  - Seagate Technology , the topU.S. maker of hard drives used to store data in computers, onTuesday forecast quarterly revenue above Wall Street estimateson strong demand for storage for larger business computers.


Canada Parliament set to kill anti-terror measures

Canada's Parliament is set to scrap two contentious anti-terror measures on Tuesday, angering the minority Conservative government, which accuses opposition legislators of being soft on terror.


CBS Says It Can't Vouch for Bush Documents

CBS admitted today that it cannot vouch for the authenticity of documents used to support a "60 Minutes" story that questioned President Bush's National Guard service.


MONDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Maintaining normal zinc concentrations in the blood may help prevent pneumonia in elderly nursing home residents, a new study shows.


Tokyo - US army deserter Charles Jenkins, who spent nearly four decades in North Korea, finally saw freedom on Tuesday as he left a US base with his Japanese wife for a new home on a small island north of Tokyo.


A mother has her conviction for murdering her four-month-old son 10 years ago quashed during a retrial.


Torna il Premio Giornalistico Nazionale ÂNatale Ucsi 2007Â, che premia i giornalisti impegnati per la solidarietÃ , lÂintegrazione sociale, la convivenza civile, la fratellanza Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Giunge alla XIV edizione il concorso riservato ai giornalisti e reporter della carta stampata e della televisione promosso dalla sezione di Verona dellÂUnione Cattolica Stampa Italiana (UCSI). Il premio, intitolato al giornalis...


If this keeps up, the once-unloved Julian Tavarez won't be able to walk anywhere in Boston without people tipping their hats.


Gunmen dressed in military fatigues burst into the offices of the Iraqi-American Chamber of Commerce and a nearby mobile phone company Monday, seizing 26 people in a daylight raid in a mostly Shiite area of the capital.


Rumblings at Mount St. Helens Triggers Alert

Government scientists have warned hikers and researchers not to go near the crater of the Mount St. Helens volcano because there is an "increased likelihood" an explosion


Saudi says kills 10 militants in 2 days of raids

Saudi security forces killed three senior suspected al Qaeda members among a group of 10 militants slain in raids and shootouts in the past two days, the Interior Ministry said today.


(InfoWorld) - AOL is advising users of its ICQ instant message service to update to the latest version of the instant messaging software following the discovery of a bug in an older version of the product. Security researchers at Core Security TechnologiesÂ reported on ThursdayÂ that they had discovered the flaw in ICQ Pro 2003b, a version of the ICQ client that AOL still offers for download, billing it as a "veteran version" of the product for users who prefer the earlier look-and-feel. Although the bug doesn't affect more recent ICQ software like ICQ 5.1, it could mean serious problems for ICQ Pro 2003b users, according to Max Caceres, director of product management at Core, a vendor of penetration testing software. Core researchers have developedÂ proof-of-concept code that causes ICQ Pro 2003b to crash and they believe that this vulnerability could eventually be exploited to run unauthorized software on a user's PC. Hackers would attack a PC by sending a maliciously encoded instant message to any ICQ Pro 2003b user connected to the service. Victims "don't have to do anything at all," Caceres said. "Just by being there, someone can send them a message and they can be compromised." Core has also discoveredÂ less-critical issues in AOL's ICQ Toolbar 1.3 for Internet Explorer. These flaws could allow attackers to change the toolbar's configuration settings or possibly even run scripting code by sending victims maliciously encoded RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds. AOL said it was working to fix the bugs, but the company classifies them as "minor and low-risk," according to spokesman Andrew Weinstein. "Any users who are concerned can simply upgrade to the latest version of ICQ or not load suspicious RSS feeds," he said via instant message.


A controversial plan to hunt endangered humpback whales has been suspended, a top Japan official says.


Milano, 12:50 - CALCIO, JUVE; COBOLLI: CI SERVE UN CENTRALE DIFENSIVO

''Di sicuro serve un difensore centrale''. Giovanni Cobolli Gigli ha fatto il punto sul mercato dell...


Looking back to the revolutions that shook Europe and the world 15 years ago this month, we should rejoice in what has been gained -- freedom, democracy, and transcendence of Europe's 40-year division.


Australia drew 2-2 with Norway in their "home" friendly at Fulham's Craven Cottage ground on Tuesday. Former Tottenham striker Steffen Iversen put Norway in front but Everton's Tim Cahill equalised.


Capitalizing on the popularity of social networks and online worlds, Sony will launch its own virtual universe and another 3-D game built almost entirely by players. "Home" is a real-time, networked world for the PlayStation 3 in which players create human-looking characters called avatars. They can buy clothing, furniture and videos to play on a virtual flat-screen television in their virtual apartments.


Boston College isn't the only team in the area riding an 18-game winning streak. Bentley College -- the other BC -- recorded its 18th consecutive win in a thrilling 97-96 overtime victory over Northeast-10 foe Saint Rose Saturday afternoon at the Dana Center in Waltham.


A top adviser to Mitt Romney criticized rival Fred Thompson on Friday for his campaign finance reform efforts, triggering an exchange between the two Republican presidential contenders as they seek conservative support.


Iranian Diplomat Freed in Iraq, Hopes Raised for Other

An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in  Iraq last month has been released by his captors but the fate  of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton threatened  with beheading, remained unclear on Tuesday.


Nasdaq jumps as RIM adds to tech advance

The Nasdaq index rose more than 1 percent on Tuesday as news of Research in Motion Ltd's  deal to distribute BlackBerry smartphones in China added to gains among technology shares, along with a boost from strong profits at Apple Inc.


Arafat Suspected to Have Leukemia - Source

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President  Yasser Arafat is suspected to be suffering from Leukemia, a  cancer of the blood that can be fatal, a senior Palestinian  official said on Thursday.


Rebels in Assam propose conditional talks

A powerful rebel group in India's troubled northeast has offered to hold conditional peace talks with authorities to end more than a quarter-century of separatist conflict, a mediator said on Tuesday.


When the film based on Chris Van Allsburg's delicate and haunting children's book "The Polar Express" plays in its own backyard, it has the purity of virgin, new-fallen snow.


President Bush, delivering a Memorial Day message surrounded by the graves of thousands of military dead, said Monday that the United States must continue fighting the war on terror in the name of those have already given their life in the cause.


In the first competitive move in what may become a booking blitz, David Letterman has booked Robin Williams as the first guest on his late-night show when he returns to the air.


Britons uneasy as 7/7 bombings anniversary nears

A year after suicide bombers brought  carnage to London, Britons will remember the victims of the  July 7 attacks this week amid worries that Islamist militants  could strike again.


International Paper Completes Sale of Arizona Chemical to Rhone Capital for Approximately $485 Million

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 28  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- International Paper  today completed the sale of its Arizona Chemical business to Rhone Capital III L.P. for approximately $485 million.


Tributes are paid to a Northern Ireland man killed in plane crash at a Thai tourist resort.


At least six dead after coach accident, fire in Swiss tunnel

At least six people were killed when a coach carrying a local ice hockey team and a car collided in a tunnel in southeastern Switzerland.


Tired of Passwords? Replace Them With Your Fingerprint

Microsoft has developed a convenient solution for replacing all those passwords with something you don't have to worry about forgetting: your fingerprint.


He's not the Norv Turner of the 1990s. Definitely not the Norv of those two dreadful years in Oakland. Finally, Norval Eugene Turner has gone from a guy who couldn't get his teams into the playoffs to being one step from the Super Bowl.


Failed furniture chain Courts is to open  almost two weeks after closing its doors amid fears for its staff.


Regulators Clear Movie Gallery's Hollywood Bid

Movie Gallery Inc. said on Monday antitrust regulators have cleared its proposed merger with movie renter Hollywood Entertainment Corp., a step that could complicate a hostile bid from Blockbuster Inc. .


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Youth ministers Mike Foster, left, and Craig Gross say they don't want teens to get sucked into the world of online porm. (ABCNEWS.


Dixie Chicks could bring political edge to Grammys

The Grammys could take a rare step  into the political arena on Sunday if the Dixie Chicks win the  coveted album-of-the-year award, as observers of the music  industry's biggest honors are predicting.


Mothers who fear their babies suffer from food allergies are largely wrong, research has found.


Lilly Adds Strong Warning Label to Zyprexa, a Schizophrenia Drug

The label on the schizophrenia drug Zyprexa now acknowledges its tendency to cause weight gain, high blood sugar, high cholesterol and other metabolic problems.


Iraqi artists and comedians work from Syrian exile

Basim Hamed crafted shrapnel from car bombs into a memorial to 34 children killed by an attack in Baghdad.


Jamie Langenbrunner scores the decisive goal in the shootout and the Devils sweep a home-and-home series from the Rangers by winning, 3-2, on Thursday night.


Thai Rescuers Search for Missing Tourists

Rescuers were hoping for "individual miracles" of survival as they combed the beaches and islands of southern Thailand Wednesday for missing tourists and locals swept away by this week's quake-tsunami ...


Retailers see slower holiday growth: reports

U.S. consumers, who flocked to malls  at the start of the holiday shopping season, have since backed  off, kept out of stores by a Midwest ice storm and the ease of  shopping online, data released on Sunday by SpendingPulse  showed.


Syria condemns a UN decision to set up a tribunal to try suspects in the  killing of Lebanese ex-PM Rafik Hariri.


Former socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan is detained in connection with an inquiry into perjury allegations.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - In Iraq tonight, another American has lost his life, but the victim was not a soldier. Kidnappers who had promised to execute one British and two American hostages made good on part of their threat.


Legali Geronzi, sentenza di ingiustificata aggressivita'


Ticket sales at the US box office reached a record high in 2004, despite a fall in the number of moviegoers.


Huff's cycle can't help Birds top Angels

Aubrey Huff had a night to remember. The Los Angeles Angels got a victory to savor. Huff hit for the cycle, but the Angels got a tiebreaking two-run homer from Howie Kendrick in the ninth inning and beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-7 Friday night.


China, 15 Other Countries Consider NASA Exploration

China and 15 other countries joined NASA officials this week to consider how they might cooperate with US plans for human exploration of the moon and Mars.


Fla. to Begin Everglades Overhaul Project

The state plans to start eight projects related to Everglades restoration, including building reservoirs that could ease suburban flooding and environmental damage from hurricanes, officials said Thursday.


Britain, Ireland forced to reassess N. Ireland peace process

The British and Irish governments were forced to reassess the troubled status of the Northern Ireland peace process after IRA, the main Catholic paramilitary group, warned of the "seriousness of the situation."


Palestinians get first full wages in 17 months

President Mahmoud Abbas's emergency government paid Palestinian Authority workers, excluding some 19,000 who report to Hamas, their first full wages in 17 months on Wednesday.


In Iraq si voterÃ . Non dappertutto e sotto lo sguardo di altri 15 ...

Washington. LâIraq sotto la protezione americana prepara le elezioni a modo suo. In gennaio ci saranno piÃ¹ soldati della potenza occupante e meno elettori. Il piano Ã¨ stato messo a punto in occasione della


The Incredibles is an impressive achievement, among the most entertaining recent films


In a blow to Brazil, Intel Corp. chief executive Craig Barrett on Thursday all but ruled out building a chip manufacturing plant in Latin America's largest country because of high labor costs.


Messina, 17:57 - BASKET, CAPO D'ORLANDO INGAGGIA MESSICANO ROMEL BECK

La Pierrel Capo d'Orlando ha ingaggiato fino al termine della stagione la guardia messicana Romel Be...


Eight militants, including a top Islamic Jihad commander, are killed in successive Israeli air strikes on Gaza.


Eleven people were killed and about 20 wounded in two bomb blasts that wrecked minibuses near the Christian mountain town of Bikfaya north of Beirut on Tuesday, security sources said.


Inheritance plays a part in cancer: study

Scientists in Iceland find that even distant relatives of cancer victims have a higher than average chance of suffering the disease themselves.


Action Replay as Tempers Fray at Old Trafford

The names on the team-sheet may change but some bad habits remain when Manchester United meet Arsenal. So it was again at Old Trafford as Sir Alex Fergusonâs side secured a place in the semi-finals of the League Cup.


U.S. says many teens not getting recommended shots

Immunization rates for young U.S.  children stayed at record levels in 2006, but a government  survey released on Thursday showed that many teens were not  getting their recommended shots.


No 10 rejects a report Cherie Blair angrily said "that's a lie" when Gordon Brown paid tribute to Tony Blair.


Jeanne kills 6, Florida declared a disaster

WASHINGTON - Six Florida residents have died in the fourth hurricane in six weeks to hit the state, which US President George Bush declared a "major disaster" area.


Rats latest target of Beijing clean-up campaign

China may have just ushered in the Year of the Rat, but the pesky rodents aren't welcome in its capital. Rats are the latest target of Beijing's efforts to present a sparkling city for the Olympics in August, with the government announcing a campaign to rid all venues of rodents.


Tribune Considers Offer From Real Estate Magnate

Sam Zell, the billionaire Chicago real estate maverick, made a last-minute proposal to buy the company.


China has again aroused the attention of Taiwan and the rest of the world by announcing it will enact an "anti-secession law.


Prosecutors in White House aide Lewis 'Scooter' Libby's trial rest their case after almost a month of testimony.


Rocky Road: Planet hunting gets closer to Earth

Astronomers have discovered the three lightest planets known outside the solar system, moving researchers closer to the goal of finding extrasolar planets that resemble Earth.


Brit cuts short rowing trip across Pacific

Blog: Roz Savage who aimed to be first woman to row solo across the Pacific abandons her boat after rough seas capsized more than once.


Outspoken Hong Kong lawmaker calls in police after REIT death threat

Police are investigating a death threat against a Hong Kong legislator following accusations he was to blame for halting a huge government property privatisation, a statement said Thursday.


Jerome Bettis flipped a 10-yard touchdown pass to Jerame Tuman after surpassing the 13,000-yard barrier early in the fourth quarter.


A five-alarm fire raged in a 45-story building in Chicago's downtown Loop district Monday night, trapping people inside and prompting firefighters to launch a massive fire-and-rescue operation.


Era a piedi traliccio alta tensione, forse ladro di rame


Uomo di 57 anni dipendente di una ditta esterna


Fashion Wire Daily - VPL by Victoria Bartlett's Spring 2007 on Friday, September 9th show had all the makings of a disaster. The event, which was taking place at what might be the farthest west side spot that anyone had ever visited, was setting up on West 28th Street, while the unlucky guests who hadn't received the updated show information were wondering around aimlessly on West 21st Street looking for a venue that didn't exist.


Men suspected of killing French tourists in Mauritania belong to an al-Qaeda-linked group, prosecutors say.


Elezioni legislative anticipate il 30 settembre


Prospective Man City owner Thaksin Shinawatra confirms he has held talks with Sven-Goran Eriksson about City's vacant manager's job.


Da Prodi il ministro Chiti, Violante e Bianco


Plans for a Â£50m power plant run on renewable sources such cooking oil from McDonald's are shelved.


Torino, 19:25 - CALCIO, TORINO: ALLENAMENTO A PORTE CHIUSE

Allenamento a porte chiuse per il Torino in vista della gara di coppa Italia, mercoledÃ¬ contro la Ro...


Brandon Phillips was finally back in the Indians clubhouse where he felt he belonged. But rather than wax poetic about the joys of returning to the big leagues


Jerry Lee Lewis' hardheaded life of self-destructive recklessness — filled with drugs, booze, scandal and broken marriages — didn't seem like it would be the formula for a long career. But "The Killer" is still rocking.


Actress Sandra Bullock sues Tenn. agency

Actress Sandra Bullock's film company is suing the state's mental health agency to ensure it notifies her attorneys when a man she accuses of stalking her is released from a mental health facility.


Paris - A family tug-of-war over whether to reveal Yasser Arafat's cause of death bubbled over in public on Saturday, with a brother of the late leader insisting the Palestinian people are entitled to know.


Singulus to support Blu-ray Disc mass production

DECEMBER 03, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - TOKYO -- Blu-ray Disc will take an important step forward next year when Singulus Technologies AG begins selling machines for mass producing read-only versions of the discs, the company said this week.


NAJAF, Iraq - Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, made a dramatic return to Najaf on Thursday and swiftly won agreement from a rebel cleric and the government to end three weeks of fighting between his militia and U.S.-Iraqi forces.    The renegade Muqtada al-Sadr accepted the proposal in a face-to-face meeting Thursday night with the 75-year-old al-Sistani...


Vonage says settles patent dispute with Verizon

Internet-based calling company Vonage  Holdings Corp.  said on Thursday that it settled a patent  dispute with Verizon Communications Inc .


Google, WebSideStory, Claria Show Negative IPO Trend  The online advertising, search engine marketing, and web analytics markets may be booming, but for companies looking to go public, there has been a definite negative trend over the past month, with buyers not showing interest, or just waiting, during an otherwise down time ...


When a Murderer Wants to Practice Medicine

It is hard to think of a case in which a murderer should become a medical doctor. Murder and medical practice are simply incompatible.


TREMONTI SARA' VICE PRESIDENTE DI FORZA ITALIA

Roma, 3 dic. (Adnkronos) - Giulio Tremonti torna sulla scena politica con l'incarico di vice presidente di Forza italia. Alcuni partecipanti alla riunione tenuta con i coordinatori regionali di Forza Italia


The Nationals first move in the week leading up to the non-waiver trade deadline is to keep veteran infielder Ronnie Belliard by signing him to a two-year, $3.5 million extension.


Liberia's Taylor absent as war crimes trial starts

Liberia's former President Charles Taylor was absent at the start of his trial in The Hague on Monday by a U.N.-backed court for war crimes during Sierra Leone's civil war.


Donors urge Rwanda to exercise restraint on Congo

International donors urged Rwanda on Friday to exercise restraint in its relations with neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo amid reports Rwandan soldiers had crossed the border to attack rebels.


If there are aspects of Craig Hansen's sidetracked career that resemble a waking nightmare, you should know that it has been far worse when the Red Sox reliever was sleeping. Just ask any of his roommates in the last few years.


Poaching feeds and bleeds Russian Kamchatka

UST-BOLSHERETSK, Russia  - For a rare visitor to the volcanic Kamchatka peninsula in Russia's Far East, no other custom reveals more about the local economy, lifestyle and environment than salmon poaching.


Treasuries Slide as GDP Slows, Not Slumps

Treasuries prices shed early gains on Friday after U.S. data confirmed the economy slowed markedly last quarter, but overall the numbers were not quite as weak as bulls had been betting on.


CBS Sports Chief Throws Flag for Ad Interference

Television sports' drive toward product placement throughout the game threatens to damage its relationship with viewers, the president of CBS Sports said Wednesday.


Microsoft, AOL, EarthLink and Yahoo filed three new lawsuits to stop the spread of unsolicited e-mail.


LOS ANGELES - It may take much longer than scientists have thought for violent turbulence to turn grains of space dust into new planets.    A NASA telescope recently discovered evidence that the most violent part of the process in forming an Earth-sized planet - the collisions between colossal chunks of rock - may last hundreds of millions of years instead of 10 million years, scientists said Monday at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif...


Some 22 people are held as police raids target a Â£100m cocaine and cannabis trafficking gang.


Oregon and Washington are drafting a proposal for "limited selected lethal removal" of protected California sea lions in the Columbia River to ease pressure on the spring chinook salmon run.


Four Immigrants Die Trying to Reach Spanish Shore

Four sub-Saharan Africans trying to immigrate illegally drowned 20 feet from shore Saturday at the same Spanish beach where 33 would-be immigrants died last week, state radio said.


SPAZIO: IL NATALE DELLA HUYGENS- ALL'ALBA DEL 25 SI STACCA DA ...

Roma, 24 dic. (Adnkronos)- E' tutto pronto per il Natale della Huygens. La sonda, infatti, alle 03,00 del 25 si stacchera' dal satellite madre Cassini per iniziare la sua 'corsa' verso Titano, la piu' grande luna di Saturno.


The Ultimate Gift: 50 Years of Organ Transplants

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


All of Karan Johar's dream  guests on the second season of his talk show have come through. Well,almost!


Nearly two years after leaving to coach the Kansas City Chiefsâ, Herman Edwards will face his former team, the Jets, for the first time since his abrupt departure.


Powell âimpressedâ with Palestinian leaders

MEXICO CITY - Secretary of State Colin Powell on Monday said he was âimpressedâ with the way Palestinian leaders are discussing their peopleâs future while Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is hospitalized in Paris.


Strong Quake Reported in Philippines - U.S. Agency

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.6 hit Manila in the Philippines overnight, the U.S. Geological Survey's earthquake center in Golden, Colorado reported on Friday.


Bruxelles, 11:06 - CICLISMO, SEI GIORNI GAND: INCIDENTE IN GARA, MUORE GALVEZ

Tragedia alla Sei Giorni di Gand. Lo spagnolo Isaac Galvez, 31 anni, corridore in forza alla Caisse ...


U.N. Won't Help Iraqis With War Crimes Trials

The United Nations has refused a U.S. request to assist Iraqi judges and prosecutors seeking to try former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and his top lieutenants for war crimes, saying that a new Iraqi special tribunal  includes a death penalty provision opposed by the United Nations and fails to meet the minimum standards of justice.


LOURDES, France - A sick man among the sick, Pope John Paul II struggled through Sunday Mass at a French shrine that draws desperate people seeking miracle cures. The 84-year-old pontiff gasped, trembled and asked aides for help during the 2 1/2 hour service in sizzling heat...


Some women at long-term cervical cancer risk: study

Women treated for pre-cancerous lesions are at increased risk of developing cervical or vaginal cancer for at least another 25 years, according to a study suggesting that follow-up tests fall dangerously short.


Viacom in $1 bln copyright suit vs Google, YouTube

Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. sued Google Inc. and its Internet video-sharing site YouTube for more than $1 billion on Tuesday in the biggest challenge yet to the Web search leader's strategy to dominate the online video market.


Calif. Lawmakers Test Gov. with Last-Minute Bills

California legislators neared the end of their current session on Friday by handing some stinging setbacks to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and leaving him with bills to sign that will test his political convictions.


India Proposes to Rein in Foreign Investment

After regulators unveiled a plan to ban anonymous investment and curb derivatives, some foreign investors may consider leaving Indiaâs red-hot stock markets.


GE sees nuclear projects in Europe, China: report

General Electric Co.  sees  opportunities in nuclear investments in Europe and China, but a  nuclear boom in the United States would require some form of  carbon emission pricing, GE's Chief Executive said.


Thousands stranded as snow returns to south China

Almost 180,000 people have been  stranded in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan by a  return of snow and freezing weather which has blocked roads and  caused blackouts, state media said on Sunday.


London Stock Exchange to open office in Beijing: agency

The London Stock Exchange is to open an office in Beijing on Friday to better tap the rapidly growing Chinese market, its public relations agency said.


Band Aid is making its appeal for Africa in 2004 more as a political demand than the first time it touched the world's conscious in 1985 to raise money, creator Bob Geldof said.


Nortel Networks Corp., the Canadian maker of telecom equipment, filed a lawsuit on Friday against Vonage Â claiming that it violated nine patents related to Internet phone services and related features such as 911 and 411 calling and click to call.


Prima Industrie acquista societa' finlandese Finn-Power Oy


Mancini warns Inter to be wary of Liverpool backlash

Inter Milan head coach Roberto Mancini has warned his players to be wary of a Liverpool backlash when the two teams meet in the first knockout round of the Champions League at Anfield on Tuesday.


BOLOGNA, 8 OTT - La Rete di Internet e' lo sviluppo ideale della Radio, con piu' democrazia, secondo i co-fondatori di Google, premiati a Bologna. Larry Page e Sergey Brin hanno ricevuto il 'Marconi Prize


Putin Chides Govt. But Stands by Benefit Reform

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday his government had bungled the implementation of changes to the country's creaking social security system but stood by the reform despite week-long protests by pensioners.


Realizzato insieme con l'Ansa e il Sole 24 Ore


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The FDIC on Friday issued an alert about an increasingly common e-mail scam designed to steal personal information and money from millions of unwary consumers.


An Afghan court sentenced a journalism student to death for blasphemy for distributing an article from the Internet that was considered an insult to the Prophet Muhammad.


Transport Dept. IT: 23 years late, Â£100m over-budget

And that's a successful one... The Liberal Democrats have got their calculator out again and added up all the cost over-runs and delays at the myriad IT projects at the Department for Transport.â¦


Next the anti-smoking Guardianistas will be coming for dogs and cats

Comment is free: Simon Jenkins: This ban is a classic instance of centralised meddling which ignores the potential of local self-discipline.


Delaying Vista SP1 unlikely to hurt corporate uptake

The announced six-wait wait for Windows Vista's first Service pack isn't likely to harm Microsoft's relationships with its business customers, and may in fact be most upside.


New Mexico governor declares US presidential bid

Former US envoy Bill Richardson formally joined the long list of Democratic presidential hopefuls Monday, vowing to restore America's reputation abroad and end the chaos in Iraq.


Groundwater Tainted With Gasoline Discovered Near Downtown

By Rob O'Dell, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Feb. 12--Tucson officials found groundwater contaminated with gasoline Downtown, during testing for another contaminant near the Tucson Convention Center.


J. Edward Coleman - Seasoned Technology Executive and Accomplished Transformation Leader - Named Chief Executive Officer of Gateway

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 7  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Gateway, Inc.  Board of Directors today announced the appointment of J. Edward Coleman, 54, as chief executive officer.


Golden Globes scrapped for "press conference"

The traditional gala ceremony for Hollywood's annual Golden Globe Awards for film and television will be scrapped in favor of a "press conference" carried live by NBC News, organizers said on Monday.


Majority of PeopleSoft shareholders accept Oracle bid

A majority of PeopleSoft'sÂ shareholders gave OracleÂ the green light to continue its hostile bid for control of the company, tendering more than 60 percent of PeopleSoft's outstanding shares into Oracle's $24 per share cash offer by the Friday deadline.


Pump prices are to fall by as much as 3.5p a litre as several major retailers follow Morrisons and cut prices.


French TV crew may face Niger death penalty: lawyer

Authorities in Niger have charged two French journalists with colluding with armed groups in the country's uranium-rich north, which could carry the death penalty if they are convicted, their lawyer said on Saturday.


NIU shootings stir sense of helplessness

Bloody students fleeing in terror. Bodies carried out on stretchers. Candlelight vigils and makeshift shrines. Another campus, another deadly attack with a sickening senselessness that now borders on routine.


PM says he raised issue of terrorism with Musharraf

Upbeat over his meeting with President Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said he did raise the issue of terrorism with him and made it clear that Pakistan has to control the menace as a "pre-condition" for moving forward on the


Chinese officials Monday rebuffed Secretary of State Colin L. Powell's suggestion they use a possibly conciliatory speech by Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian to restart


Ashcroft Urges Terror Vigilance Ahead of Election

U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft  has urged federal prosecutors and law enforcement officials to  keep up efforts to thwart a possible attack by al Qaeda in the  weeks leading up to the November election.


NBA Goes to Court to Contest Reduction of Suspension

After all the hoopla surrounding the suspensions of Ron Artest and Jermaine O'Neal, the final decision will be decided in the Courts rather than on the court.


The record label EMI is planning to cut as many as 2,000 jobs as part of a restructuring plan.


Breast cancer survivors risk heart disease: study

Women treated with radiation for breast cancer during the 1980s may have a higher risk of heart disease, researchers in the Netherlands reported on Wednesday.


Simon Robinson on why the game of cricket will always be about politics


The newspaper publisher reported a fourth-quarter profit after a loss a year ago, but it continued to be hurt by the housing slump in California and Florida.


Isiah Thomas delivered "evident progress" sooner than needed. Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan planned to wait all season before deciding on Thomas's future with the Knicks. But when New York fought through a few recent injuries to move into playoff position, Dolan concluded he no longer needed to wait.


Former Congressman Bob Ney reported to a federal prison Thursday morning to begin serving a 2 1/2-year sentence for corruption, a fall from grace spurred by gifts from now imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff.


Russian President Vladimir Putin closes the borders of North Ossetia in an attempt to catch fugitives from a bloody school siege.


Hundreds of protesters attack a mosque in Nepal after militants in Iraq killed 12 hostages.


Ivo strengthens into hurricane near Mexico

Tropical Storm Ivo strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday as it headed over the Pacific toward Mexico's Baja California peninsula, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.


Rebounding from a tough defeat a day earlier, the Milwaukee Brewers pounded the Chicago Cubs 13-4 on Saturday, with Ben Sheets recording his 10th victory of the season.


Ex-Navy Diver Acquitted of Stalking Sheryl Crow

A former Navy diver who says he drinks  2 gallons (7.5 liters) of water a day so he can communicate  telepathically with Sheryl Crow was acquitted on Tuesday of  stalking the Grammy Award winner.


MCDONALD'S chief executive, Australian Charlie Bell, is back in hospital to deal with complications arising from cancer surgery earlier this year.


An update to Firefox fixes a number of security flaws in the browser.


The Melbourne Cup is known as 'the race that stops a nation', owing to its standing as Australia's most popular horse race.


Red Sox Erase 86 Years of Futility in 4 Games

The Red Sox, the team that perfected heartbreak, silenced the Cardinals, 3-0, in Game 4 to win their first World Series since 1918.


Saints to play Chargers in London next season

The National Football League is returning to London next season for another regular season game with the San Diego Chargers playing the New Orleans Saints, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced on Friday.


Aussie journalist seized in Iraq, interrogated for over 20 hours

An Australian journalist was interrogated for more than 20 hours after being seized outside a Baghdad hotel, his employer said yesterday.


Israel and the Palestinians opened their most serious peace talks in seven years on Monday, urged by President George W. Bush to reach a deal within a year despite deep public skepticism.


News that al-Qaeda used Iraq as a base, says Robert Baer, is just another sign that the Administration is up to its old tricks


A federal investigation has uncovered no evidence that a former aide to Gov. James E. McGreevey tried to extort millions of dollars from him by threatening a sexual harassment suit, according to the aide's lawyer.


U.S. sending 3,200 Marines to Afghanistan

The United States will send an additional force of about 3,200 Marines to Afghanistan this spring to help NATO troops and Afghan security forces confront rising Taliban violence, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.


CIA plans riskier, more aggressive espionage

CIA Director Porter Goss told his new chief of spy operations this week to launch a much more aggressive espionage campaign that would use undercover officers to penetrate


Nyon, 13:41 - CALCIO, COPPA UEFA: IL CALENDARIO DELLE ITALIANE

Nella prima giornata della fase a gironi di Coppa Uefa in programma il prossimo 19 ottobre, il Livor...


Google steps up its challenge to Microsoft's Office system with the $625m purchase of email security firm Postini.


Teen Found Alive After 8 Days In Wrecked Car

REDMOND, Wash. -- She says she "might be late for curfew," but a Washington state teen has been found alive after an eight-day search.


A father's hunt for his sons' killers underscores the tortured politics of Iraq.


Fannie Mae , the nation's second largest financial institution, forced out two top executives as it struggles to deal with an accounting scandal which will likely force it to wipe out $9 billion in profits over the past four years.


Traders believe EU policymakers won't intervene in currency's rise, bonds fall on dollar weakness. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The dollar sank to a new low against the euro Monday amid speculation that European


Vasco canta gratis per i fan In 80mila nonostante la pioggia

CATANZARO, 25 SETTEMBRE 2004 - Il popolo di Blasco non ha paura della pioggia. Almeno 70-80 mila personesono giÃ  accorse alla Woodstock italiana made in catanzaro. Il flusso di arrivi prosegue inarrestabile


Sri Lanka says some police involved in abductions

Sri Lanka's government said on Wednesday it suspects some state security service personnel have been involved in abductions and murders that have mushroomed amid renewed civil war.


One natural foods supermarket will acquire another for $565 million.


It had been a long time coming, but Prairie View A&M found the right antidote to cure a 14-game losing streak to Texas Southern.


Laura Bush cancer 'no big deal' - White House

The White House dismissed First Lady Laura Bush's skin cancer surgery as "no big deal" and defended her decision to keep the illness private for roughly one and a half months.


Iraqi men inspect the debris of a destroyed house after a US air strike overnight in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq, early morning Friday, Oct. 22, 2004.


Hormones raise breast cancer risk quickly: study

Hormone replacement therapy can  raise the risk of an uncommon type of breast cancer fourfold  after just three years, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.


Movie Review | 'Lynch': A Man, His Movies and, Sometimes, His Monkey

Whether you dig âLynch,â a feature-length video visit with the director David Lynch, will largely depend on your views of his work.


Maier Says His Season Has Not Started Yet

As far as Hermann Maier is concerned, the Alpine skiing season has yet to start. The Austrian champion has never had such a slow start to a World Cup season


Repsol to sell up to 45 percent in Argentinian unit: report

Repsol YPF, Spain's biggest oil firm, plans to sell up to 45 percent of its Argentinian unit, a deal that could earn it more than four billion euros (5.4 billion dollars).


SECRETARY DONALD RUMSFELD: [Applause.] Thank you very much, Lou, ladies and gentlemen, Pete, David, Richard. It's good to be back here, and as before, it's a very full crowd in a small room, tightly packed in.


New York Jets quarterback Kellen Clemens left Sunday's game against the New England Patriots with a rib injury after he was slammed into the turf by defensive lineman Richard Seymour in the first quarter.


The animated characters of Lord Ganesha and Mooshak are consistently endearing throughout the film as they go around performing their naughty antics.


La Nazionale si Ã¨ radunata a Coverciano in vista delle gare con Ucraina e GeorgiaL'allenatore non nasconde di aver passato un momento difficile, ma ora ha fiducia                                            Donadoni prepara la sfida piÃ¹ dura "Ho pensato anche alle dimissioni"                                                                                Cassano eslcuso per un guaio fisico. "L'Olimpico non sarÃ  ostile"


Scientists say they are developing an entirely new way of providing instant protection against flu.


Junior Guard Sapp Is Tough All Over for Hoyas

Jessie Sapp's late game performances against both Connecticut and Syracuse illustrates the junior guard's toughness, something the Hoyas will need at West Virginia.


John Edwards heeds online voting, will visit tiny town

After Eventful users picked the town of Columbus, Ky., the presidential candidate agreed to stop in for a visit.


DaimlerChrysler has potential bidders for U.S. unit: WSJ

DaimlerChrysler AG (DCXGn.DE) is  advancing plans to sell or spin off Chrysler Group, its  struggling U.S. unit, and has already received "several  expressions of interest from around the world," the Wall Street  Journal reported on its Web site on Sunday.


Microsoft Corp. settled legal disputes yesterday with two of its largest remaining antagonists, ensuring that its antitrust deal with the Justice Department will not be appealed to the US


Search teams scoured snow-covered slopes on Sunday for two missing skiers who were last seen at a Lake Tahoe resort during a storm that dumped more than 2 feet of snow.


SDE BOKER, Israel  - Israel is ready to release many jailed Palestinians in return for a soldier seized by militants in June, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced on Monday, saying he was reaching out for peace.


Uscita per chi ha 57 anni, dal 2008 le nuove regole


A survey of academics suggests many believe university standards have been 'dumbed down' due to funding shortages.


Pfizer Will Add Heart Warning for Bextra, FDA Says

Pfizer Inc. will warn doctors that its Bextra painkiller, in the same group of drugs as Merck & Co.'s withdrawn Vioxx, is linked to an elevated risk of blood clots, heart attacks and strokes in cardiac-surgery patients.


Eiffel Tower reopens after three-day strike

Paris's Eiffel Tower reopened to impatient tourists after a three-day strike by workers concerned about job security, the management of the world-famous monument said.


The Chargers — yes, the Chargers — took firm control of the AFC West by hanging on to beat the Denver Broncos 20-17 in a wild one on Sunday. LaDainian Tomlinson ran for two touchdowns and San Diego's defense saved the day by intercepting Jake Plummer four times, including in the end zone in the closing minutes.


Iraq's Allawi Joins Bush in Tying Iraq to Terror War

Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said most of Iraq is ``completely safe'' and he pledged that terrorists won't prevent elections from being held in January as planned.


The trade deficit narrowed in April, as American businesses exported more goods and services to meet rising demand from overseas.


Firenze, 18:11 - CALCIO, CHIELLINI: PER L'EUROPEO U21 NOI TRA I FAVORITI

Lo juventino Giorgio Chiellini è già proiettato sull'Europeo under 21, che parte il 10...


Trescothick steadies England before rain falls

Opener Marcus Trescothick hit an unbeaten and streaky 64 to steer England to 118 for three before rain stopped play against Sri Lanka in the ICC Champions Trophy Group D decider on Friday.


L'azienda non e' pero' da ritenersi responsabile dell'invio


Shows Sun and HP users its goods Packed with pride over the release of the Power6 chip, IBM has decided to go bold with its complementary AIX6 operating system. It's putting the OS up for public beta - a first for Big Blue.â¦


Sony to pump Â¥22bn into OLED production

Fat cheque for skinny display tech Sony will spend Â¥22bn (Â£105m/â¬140m/$205m) on OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) panel production, part of its attempt to position the ultra-thin display technology as the successor to LCD.â¦


Pakistani jet fighters and helicopter gunships pounded a suspected terrorist training camp near the Afghan border yesterday, killing at least 50 mostly foreign militants.


UN Security Council, in Africa, Pushes Sudan Peace

The U.N. Security Council, leaving its  New York home for the first time in 14 years, met in the Kenyan  capital on Thursday and won promises from Khartoum and rebels  in south Sudan of an end to their 21-year civil war.


Campaigns Hope for Hispanic Voter Turnout

The major political parties are hoping bilingual phone banks, booths at Latin street festivals and television ads on Spanish-language networks will boost voter turnout among the nation's largest minority group.


Los Angeles, 10:27 - BASKET, NBA: PHIL JACKSON OPERATO ALL'ANCA

Phil Jackson, coach dei Los Angeles Lakers, è stato operato all'anca sinistra. Al tecnico &eg...


After Khushboo, Shilpa Shetty and Reema Sen, it is now the turn of former Miss Universe turned-actress Sushmita Sen to land in legal trouble over comments on "pre-marital sex".


Fiedler Beats Out Feeley As Dolphins' QB

DAVIE, Fla. - Jay Fiedler was named Miami's starting quarterback for the fifth consecutive season Tuesday, beating out A.J...


Trial of Equatorial Guinea coup plotters resumes

The trial of suspected mercenaries accused of plotting a coup in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea resumed with a defence lawyer saying the only defendant to have admitted to a minor role in the alleged putsch would spectacularly change his testimony.


Confessions of a Wal-Mart Minion: Retailer's Sagging Sales Elicit a Sympathetic Response

By Blake Herzog Is A, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Dec. 19--Faster than the sword of a campy smiley face clad (as much as anything without a body can be) in a Zorro getup, the meaning of "Wal-Mart guilt" has been upended once again for me.


Maurice Papon, a former Cabinet minister who was convicted of complicity in crimes against humanity for his role in deporting Jews during World War II and became a symbol of France's collaboration with the Nazis, died Saturday. He was 96.


Manchester United captain Roy Keane denies assaulting a 16-year-old boy after appearing in court.


L'espresso, Saviano racconta ragazzi di coca e camorra

Cinque giovani. Un paese. La vendetta del clan. Il reportage inedito dello scrittore napoletano. E un atto d'accusa contro l'indifferenza. Con le foto di Mario Spada


ChÃ¡vez Threatens to Jail Violators of Price Controls

The scarcity of items like meat and chicken have led to a panicked reaction by Venezuela's federal authorities.


Private U.S. Donations Pour in for Tsunami Victims

Hundreds of millions of dollars in  private U.S. donations are pouring in to help victims of Asia's  tsunami, from children donating pocket money to big spenders  giving seven-figure sums, said aid groups on Monday.


Hurricane Frances is expected to have limited effects on beachgoers heading to the Cape, the islands, or Rhode Island for the rest of Labor Day weekend


A complicated three-team deal designed  to bring five-times Cy Young award winner Randy Johnson to the  New York Yankees was under threat on Friday.


Karl Ehrhardt, 83, Sign Man and Shea Stadium Fixture, Is Dead

Mr. Ehrhardt always let the Mets know what he thought of them by raising block-lettered signs from his box seat behind third base at Shea Stadium.


Asia Tsunami Toll Tops 21,000; Rush to Find Bodies

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The death toll in a tsunami  that slammed into coasts from India to Indonesia topped 21,000  on Monday as rescuers scoured the sea for missing tourists and  soldiers raced to recover bodies amid growing fears of disease.


Police are holding one person as they probe the killing of a 14-year-old girl gunned down just steps from her home in central England, the BBC reported.


âThe Kite Runnerâ Film Outlawed in Afghanistan

The Culture Ministry has quietly banned the import of the film based on the best-selling novel about childhood betrayal, ethnic tension and sexual predation in Afghanistan.


Outrage turns to laughter at Ahmadinejad NY speech

Vilified as a Holocaust denier, a supporter of terrorism and a backer of Iraqi insurgents, the president of Iran was actually able to make New Yorkers burst into laughter -- but not at a joke.


Another top Hewlett-Packard executive will leave the company, with HP's announcement on Thursday that its general counsel, Ann Baskins, has resigned, effective immediately.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.


Chirac says true partnership with Libya ahead

French President Jacques Chirac,currently on a visit to Libya, said Wednesday that the turbulent times between the two countries were over and a true partnership was ahead, said


The Tories demand a Commons statement on how police may have eavesdropped on an MP.


The last phase of the reform timeline outlined by No Child Left Behind poses challenges for underperformers.


A memo from a senior FBI counterterrorism official has outlined three alleged cases of abuse in 2002 that FBI agents had become aware of while serving at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base prison.


OPEC agrees informal oil output cut: source

Several key OPEC producers including   Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Nigeria have agreed to trim oil supply   from October 1 under an unofficial deal to stem falling prices,   a Nigerian oil industry source said on Thursday.


Cammie Dunaway is the latest in series of executives to leave the search company.


Rates Rise For Home Equity Borrowers (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - If the buildup of equity for a rainy day is a key reason for buying a home, it must have been pouring the past few years.


New Orleans Saints linebacker Sedrick Hodge has been suspended for four games by the NFL for violating its substance abuse policy.


Young drivers are to be given funding towards the cost of advanced driver training to help cut road deaths.


BT renews US assault with $1bn Infonet deal

BT moved to bolster its position in the global market for providing communications services to multinational corporations yesterday with the $965m (Â£376m) acquisition of loss-making California telecoms group Infonet.


TIME WARNER has agreed to pay $510 million (Â£262 million) to settle claims that America Online (AOL), its internet division, overstated its earnings capacity.