Fall in US oil inventory pushes prices higher

WASHINGTONâCrude futures prices surged above $48 (US) per barrel yesterday as oil production and shipping disruptions caused by Hurricane Ivan prompted domestic supplies to shrink more than expected.


Sporting gods and goddesses to receive free condoms at Athens Olympics

Condom manufacturer Durex said it was offering 130,000 condoms and 30,000 sachets of lubricant to competitors at the Olympic Games in Athens.


Ex-Dow Jones director settles SEC trading case

Former Dow Jones board member David  Li has agreed to pay a $8.1 million civil penalty to settle  charges of insider trading ahead of news of an unsolicited  buyout offer from News Corp that sent Dow Jones shares soaring,  the Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday.


Turkey's Gul set to win presidency next week

Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul failed to win enough votes in the second round of a presidential election on Friday, an AK Party deputy told Reuters, but is expected to clinch the post next week.


Over-the-Counter Treatments Effective Against Acne

Over-the-counter products for mild-to-moderate facial acne are just as effective as prescription antibiotics -- and they can cost much less, a new study finds.


Falling German Birthrate Dispels Baby Miracle Myth

A Berlin neighborhood known for its baby boom reveals that in a nation with a graying population, treasure hunts often end in disappointment.


Evidence Revealed in Zeta-Jones Stalker Case

LOS ANGELES  - After criminal proceedings were suspended in July, the Catherine Zeta-Jones stalker trial resumed on Thursday, Sept.


Guatemala gets first gold star since '96

Jose Contreras scored in the 69th minute to give Guatemala a 1-0 victory over El Salvador in the first round of the CONCACAF Gold Cup yesterday in Carson, Calif.


Mary Jean Gamble organized the John Steinbeck historical archives, supervised the Steinbeck literature collection and ranks as an authority on Salinas history and genealogy.


Pepper spray sickens shoppers at New York toy store

(New York) Nov. 27, 2004 - Shoppers hoping to beat the holiday rush at a toy store in the Big Apple got more than they bargained for.


Riding the tail of a shark, DreamWorks Animation Inc. arrives on Wall Street today in the most high-profile entertainment company initial public offering in years.


Sun rise to occasion with dominating first half

Nykesha Sales scored 13 of her 15 points in the first half and the Connecticut Sun beat the Liberty, 61-51, last night at New York in Game 1 of the WNBA's Eastern Conference finals.


White House told to detail Christian leader visits

A U.S. judge ordered the Secret Service on Monday to disclose records of visits by nine prominent conservative Christian leaders to the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney's residence.


Denver -- Maybe the sidearm lefty missed his spot. Or maybe the Rockies found a clever way to bid Barry Bonds adieu for the season after he clobbered them with a .


Afghan refugees living in Pakistan are registering to take part in next week's landmark presidential elections.


U.S. blue chips moved higher  on  Thursday, getting a lift from Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N  following its acquisition of medical device maker Guidant Corp.  GDT.N, but broader market gains were capped after investment  bank Goldman Sachs posted disappointing quarterly revenues.


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Intorno alle 8,50 moneta unica a 1,2989 dlr


With Hurricane Frances too close and too powerful to ignore, residents of coastal Georgia — where no major hurricane has hit in more than a century — hedged their bets, stocking up on supplies and booking inland hotel rooms.


A Johns Hopkins University study has found a strong link between brain inflammation and autism. The study was published in 'The Annals of Neurology' today.


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U.S. says 10,000 troops in major Iraq offensive

The U.S. military deployed 10,000 soldiers backed by attack helicopters in an offensive against al Qaeda north of Baghdad on Tuesday, in one of the biggest operations since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.


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Mats Sundin scored with 29.2 seconds left to give Toronto a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night, a day after the Maple Leafs fired general manager John Ferguson and replaced him on an interim basis with Cliff Fletcher.


Hamas, Fatah say they agree to stop hostilities

Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah said they had agreed to a ceasefire on Sunday after a day of bloodshed in which President Mahmoud Abbas's offices came under mortar fire and his Fatah forces seized two ministries.


UK retail sales drop to lowest level since March: CBI

British retail sales volumes fell for a second month running in November and to the weakest level since March, a survey showed on Thursday.


Tiger Woods went 10 weeks and four days without hitting a golf shot that mattered, and it hardly showed Thursday in the Target World Challenge when he struck just about everything where he was aiming.


The UN human rights chief urges an Iraqi court not to condemn one of Saddam Hussein's deputies to death.


Giuliani jokes about reports of mob hits

Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani joked Thursday about reports that New York's five Mafia families discussed, but decided against, killing him in 1986 when he was a mob-busting federal prosecutor.


Rallenta la crescita del credito al consumo negli Usa


Mitochondrial mutation linked to blood pressure and cholesterol ...

New Haven, Conn. - Researchers at Yale and Syracuse Universities found the first direct evidence for a mutation in mitochondrial DNA that directly affects blood pressure and cholesterol levels.


At least 10 people die and many more are injured in a car bombing at a police academy south of Baghdad.


This year's flu vaccine shortage could cost the nation up to $20 billion in lost productivity — almost twice as much as in a typical year — depending on the severity of the outbreak, according to one estimate.


Ericsson to work with Intel on mobile broadband

Swedish telecoms equipment maker  Ericsson will work with computer chip giant Intel on  applications for mobile computers that will increase their  attractiveness in the market, Ericsson said on Friday.


Romania's foreign minister is forced to resign over his failure to flag up the detention of two workers in Iraq.


After a blog post last week in which celebrated former local TV news director Terry Heaton cited industry insiders as revealing Fox Interactive Media's intention to preparing to launch a MySpace news portal around Newroo technology in the second quarter, FIM officials this morning -- very clearly and ostentatiously -- declined comment.


Ukrainian Exit Polls Show Yushchenko Winning Run-Off Presidential Election

Supporters of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko, who has promised to move the country closer to the European Union, celebrated after exit polls showed him leading in the race to succeed ...


Ottenuto l'ok da autorita' antitrust europee ed usa


Conservative leader Michael Howard has for the first time directly accused Prime Minister Tony Blair of lying to the British people about Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction in the run up to the Iraq conflict.


U.S. officer charges dismissed in Haditha killings

The U.S. Marines have dismissed charges against an officer accused of failing to report accurately the U.S. killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005.


In addition to his lively IndiPop compositions, Remo can be expected to sing some Portuguese songs.


AP Blog: Arena says phooey to assertions

Now that the World Cup is underway, AP writers will be filing periodic, behind-the-scenes reports during soccer's largest spectacle:


Messina, 19:30 - CALCIO, MESSINA: ESCLUSE LESIONI PER DI NAPOLI

Messina decimato dal giudice sportivo e dagli infortuni. Un turno di stop per De Vezze, Iuliano e Za...


David Beckham caps his Real Madrid career with a Spanish league title.


OCTOBER 6--Howard Stern's defection from the broadcast dial to satellite radio--announced on air this morning--will net the King of All Media a financial windfall and cost Sirius Satellite Radio a whopping $100 million during each year of the five-year


The International Monetary Fund will  look into using its huge gold reserves to help finance debt  relief for the world's poorest countries on the urging of the  Group of Seven rich nations, ministers said on Saturday.


Mary J. Blige, Chili Peppers lead Grammy nominees

R&B singer Mary J. Blige, dubbed the "Queen of Hip-Hop/Soul" for her impassioned style, led the contenders for the Grammy Awards with eight nominations, organizers said on Thursday.


Hunting for Lost Loved Ones in a Lost Beach Paradise

At Wat Lakken, a Buddhist temple five miles south of the resort center of Khao Lak, relief workers on Tuesday had laid out more than a hundred bodies in


By MIRROR REPORTERS  CULT teen website Bebo was yesterday accused of glorifying gun crime. One homepage, called "Westongangsters", on the popular networking site shows images of firearms and notorious US gangsters alongside the names of Limerick feud victims.


U-Md. Assistant Rychleski Takes Job at S. Carolina

Maryland assistant coach Ray Rychleski, who has presided over the Terrapins' special teams the past seven seasons, has been hired as the special teams coordinator at South Carolina.


Divided S.E.C. Likely to Ask Hedge Funds for More Data

A deeply divided Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to approve rules requiring all but the smallest hedge funds.


GENEVA, Sept. 8 -- The United States was ordered to withdraw some of its support for producers of cotton and other commodities, according to a World Trade Organization report made public Wednesday.


India sprays markets, roads to halt bird flu outbreak

KOLKATA, India  - Workers sprayed roads and markets in Kolkata with disinfectants and culled thousands of birds as authorities in eastern India battled to stop an outbreak of bird flu in poultry reaching the crowded city.


Apple recalls 28,00 PowerBook batteries due to fire hazard

Apple is recalling 28,000 PowerBook batteries after it was discovered that the batteries could overheat, posing a fire hazard.


What do you do when the needle won't move anymore -- when you can't invest another dollar in your paid search program without diminishing your returns? The answer lies in the data.


VAIL, Colo. -- Prosecutors in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case said this week they were unconcerned with a ruling that many legal experts said would have torpedoed their chances of convicting the NBA star.


Shares in PeopleSoft surged in New York after Larry Ellison's Oracle tabled a take-it-or-leave-it $8.8 offer for the business software company.


Powell Wades Into Midst of Campaign Discord

Secretary of State Colin Powell ventured into the thick of the presidential campaign Friday by challenging John Kerry's attacks on President Bush's leadership of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.


The death toll in Africa from Sunday's tsunami has risen to at least 111 people in Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya and the Seychelles islands, countries with coasts among the farthest from the epicenter of the earthquake that touched off the waves some 2,800 miles away across the Indian Ocean.


Catania, 19:44 - CALCIO, CATANIA: ARRIVATI TRANSFER PER ALVAREZ E SILVESTRE

Silvio Baldini potrà contare su Pablo Alvarez e Matias Silvestre per la gara con l'Inter in p...


Marsh & McLennan Cos. , the  world's largest insurance broker, on Friday announced its  second major cost-cutting program in two years, resulting in  the loss of about 750 jobs.


Illinois Seeks to Buy Vaccine From Europe

Citing "an urgent need" at a time of flu vaccine shortages, Illinois asked for federal permission Monday to buy at least 30,000 vaccine doses from Europe for the state's nursing home residents.


Israel to let observers watch Palestinian vote

JERUSALEM Israel confirmed on Wednesday that it would allow international observers to monitor Palestinian elections Jan. 9 for a new president, as the Palestinians had requested.


A young girl is the 12th victim of bird flu in Vietnam this month, as fears are raised about human transmission.


James brown, underwent the surgery to treat his cancer yesterday recently diagnosed prostate, and its forecast is good. "we expect a full re-establishment," said Dr.


France's Alstom is unveiling a new high-speed AGV train which should travel at 360km/h (224mph).


Firm Quietly Finds Wealth in Information

ChoicePoint Inc., an information industry giant that became an all-purpose commercial source of personal information about Americans, is transforming itself into a private intelligence service for national security and law enforcement tasks.


Sudan Army Surrounds Darfur Refugee Camps

The Sudanese army and police surrounded several refugee camps in the war-torn region of Darfur on Tuesday and denied access to humanitarian groups, the United Nations said.


Brain's Oxygen Supply Key to Alzheimer's Risk

MONDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Less oxygenated blood to the brain may mean a bigger build-up of the protein plaques that are so closely tied to Alzheimer's disease, new research shows.


Thousands of commuters are warned of perilous travelling conditions as temperatures fall following flooding.


Per la prima volta nel Vecchio Continente, a Palermo


Gophers Kick 4 Football Players Off Team

Minnesota coach Tim Brewster kicked four accomplished players off the football team Wednesday for their alleged involvement in the rape of an 18-year-old woman.


At least six dead in Indonesia ferry fire

At least six people died after fire broke out on an Indonesian ferry carrying more than 350 passengers off Jakarta Bay on Thursday, the navy said. The Levina I was on its way to Bangka island when it caught fire soon after dawn 50 miles from Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port.


HP Teams With China Telecom to Push Broadband

A China Telecommunications Group Corp. (China Telecom) subsidiary in Jiangsu province and Hewlett-Packard Co. are offering customers a desktop computer with broadband Internet access for 198 renminbi, or US$26, per month.


Elezioni per il presidente 'Galliani ancora unico candidato'

MILANO, 28 OTTOBRE 2004 - La data delle elezioni per il presidente della Lega Calcio si avvicina (in programma il 5 novembre) e Massimo Moratti, patron dell'Inter, esclude categoricamente la possibilitÃ  di candidarsi.


Coward. Quitter. Hypocrite. And those were some of the nicer things the Atlanta Falcons had to say about their former coach on Wednesday. Bobby Petrino left behind a bitter team and a boss who felt betrayed, skipping town to return to the college ranks with not so much as a face-to-face meeting with his players.


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Elvis, Popeye and Rin Tin Tin elected to Congress

The Library of Congress has opened its doors to an eclectic selection of movie icons with the announcement of 25 new additions to its National Film Registry, honouring culturally significant US motion pictures.


Saying the league was out of gas, commissioner Gary Bettman announced the long predicted lockout Wednesday and insisted the league will not play any more games until there is a new economic system.


Bryan Ferry would like to set record straight

Bryan Ferry, who has fronted Roxy  Music on and off for 35 years, says he's quite lazy about  writing songs these days but would like to write a memoir to  set the record straight about his life.


Agenzia energia, puo' arrivare a 150 dollari


Legislation that would have offered a path to citizenship for illegal-immigrant high school graduates who entered the United States as children failed a key test vote in the Senate yesterday.


2015CET-- Designated European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso included the Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Franco Frattini in his new line-up.


Britain 'on course' to hand over Basra base next month: Defence Secretary

Defence Secretary Des Browne said in comments published in the British press on Wednesday that Britain was "on course" to hand over a base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra next month.


Israeli Says Hamas Is Training Hundreds Abroad

The Israeli Armyâs deputy chief of staff says that Hamas has sent hundreds of its fighters abroad for military training, most of them to Iran.


BAE to seal 20 billion pound Eurofighter deal with Saudi Arabia

British defence firm BAE Systems will next week clinch a 20-billion-pound (29.5 billion euro, 40.4 billion dollar) deal to supply 72 Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Saudi Arabia, a report said Friday.


Scientists Find Protein That May Be Key to Hearing

A protein in the ear that converts sound into nerve impulses that are sent to the brain could be the long-sought key to understanding hearing and deafness, scientists said on Wednesday.


Nokia and Microsoft both announced new ventures in India on Wednesday, underscoring the country's increasing allure for high-technology companies.


U.S. Photographer Says Unharmed by Iraq Captors

An American photographer abducted by  gunmen in Iraq said after his release Tuesday that he was  treated well but did not know why he had been kidnapped.


PARIS  - An investigation was opened into claims of a massive match fixing scam on a midweek UEFA Cup tie. British bookmakers stopped accepting wagers on Wednesday's game between Greek side Panionios


Iran has agreed to give the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency a fresh look at a military complex linked by the United States to possible atomic arms research, diplomats said Friday.


The last of five lawmakers indicted in an undercover public corruption probe dubbed Tennessee Waltz pleaded guilty Monday to bribery.


ICC probe clears Zimbabwe of racism in cricket

LAHORE, Pakistan  - The International Cricket Council said yesterday a probe had found no evidence of racism in Zimbabwe cricket and that the Test status of the country's team was never in question.


This time, networks to make calls cautiously

The nation's broadcast networks and cable news channels will also be on tenterhooks, eager to be first with results, fearful of dancing too far out on the fragile limbs of exit polls.


Symbian app makes conferences easy, wants Reg reader testers ROK, best known for video streaming over 2G networks, is trialling "ROK Talk", a phone conferencing system which uses a Symbian application to set up and manage conference calls without recourse to PINs or passwords, and has invited 50 Reg readers to take part in the closed beta.â¦


Three universities team on grid for cardiovascular research

A new $8.5 million Cardiovascular Research Grid is being developed by Johns Hopkins University, Ohio State University and the University of California, San Diego as part of an effort to better share health data.


After Virginia House Speaker William J. Howell (R-Stafford) assumed his powerful post last year, one of his sons called to ask about his vision for the job.


Black Box Voting hopes to halt the use of Diebold's voting machines.


Recepito disegno legge su Iva auto e cuneo fiscale studi


At Least 50 Militants Killed in Pakistan Raids

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan  - At least 50 Islamic  militants, most of them foreigners, were killed by Pakistani  forces on Thursday in the South Waziristan tribal region near  the Afghan border, a military spokesman said.


Saudi prince buys London's famous Savoy hotel

A group of financiers including Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has bought the Savoy hotel, London's luxurious landmark hotel overlooking the Thames, its new managers said.


New plug-in software for browsers aims to help people avoid becoming victims of online fraud.


The Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots will meet in the Super Bowl. The Patriots topped the Pittsburgh Steelers, owners of the NFL's best record at 15-1, to win the AFC championship 41-27 last night. Earlier in the day, the Eagles beat the Atlanta Falcons 27-10 for the NFC title.


Julius Peppers' disappointing season is over.


BEA, a Software Maker, to Restate Results

BEA Systems said Monday that it would restate results to reflect expenses associated with misdated stock option grants.


Microsoft has begun lobbying Congress even before its $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo has been accepted, while Google, the real object of Microsoft's concern, has started to raise objections on Capitol Hill.


Dennehy's Aggies have not had a winning season

LOGAN, Utah -- Utah State fired football coach Mick Dennehy after a five-game losing streak and 2-7 start to the season. Dennehy and athletic director Randy Spetman met Sunday, a day after a 32-25 loss to


Kimi Raikkonen wins the Belgian GP as Michael Schumacher clinches the title.


CUPERTINO, Calif. -- AT&T Inc. and Apple Inc. on Tuesday said wireless service for the iPhone will range from $59.99 per month to $99.99 per month.


World fairs have typically focused on the wonders of the future, highlighting new technologies from glass and steel construction in the 19th century to satellites and computers today. But next year's fair is different.


Texas taking new approach in preparing for Sooners

Austin, Texas - It was about six days before Oklahoma revved up the barbecue that annually torches the Texas Longhorns this time of year when Mack Brown went into the four-point stance of your basic nose tackle.


Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson says balloons on the pitch were not to blame for his side's FA Cup defeat to Sheffield United.


World No. 1 Vijay Singh believes Tiger Woods is paying a heavy price for failing to adapt his swing to the changes in his body. "I think his body and his swing do not match like


Mountain rescue teams resume their search for a teenage boy who went missing while climbing with his father.


Music Companies Embrace P2P File-Sharing

Even as the RIAA continues to sue downloaders of illegal music over file-sharing networks, some music companies are finally finding ways to use P2P to their advantage.


Editorial independence key in Dow Jones sale

In 1981, Rupert Murdoch and a division of his News Corp. made extraordinary promises about not meddling in the news pages of The Times of London and The Sunday Times, which they were about to take over. But in short order, no one doubted who was firmly in control of the newsrooms.


Tuesday's raid on Intel's Munich office by European Commission investigators marks the latest development in one of several antitrust cases that have dogged the world's largest chip maker for years. Here's a rundown of Intel's brushes with antitrust investigators and lawsuits around the world since 1990:


This 'Friday Night Lights' fails to shine

The one thing the movie "Friday Night Lights" has working against it is there was this masterpiece of a book by the same name that came out 14 years before.


Compaq returns to Germany - as brand for bottom-feeders

Faded glory From January, HP is to start selling Compaq PCs in Germany again - because it needs a downmarket brand to help it better compete with the local market leader Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC).â¦


Antigua attorney speaks out on landmark WTO case

DOJ, USTR keep heads in sand House of Cards With the recent news that the Conference of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has joined the EU, Japan, and India in supporting tiny Antigua in its WTO case against the US regarding the cross-border provision of gambling services, we thought the time was right to finish our interview with Mark Mendel, lead counsel for Antigua in this landmark trade case, that we began back at GIGSE in Montreal.â¦


Unicef Report Says Children in Deprivation Reach a Billion

over half the children in the world - suffer extreme deprivation because of war, HIV/AIDS or poverty, according to a report released yesterday by the United Nations Children's Fund.


EU leaders gather to put the brakes on enlargement

European Union leaders have converged on Brussels for a summit that will see them slow down the process of EU enlargement at least until they have a clearer vision of the bloc's future.


John F. Gallagher, a founder of 1-800-East-West Mortgage Co. and ISoldMyHouse.com and the radio voice of many of its ads, said he was fired yesterday by the bank that he and his wife sold their company to four years ago.


Back to front switches blamed for space probe crash

It shouldn't happen to a scientist: investigators have found that the $250m (Â£139m) Genesis space probe, which crash-landed in the Utah desert last month, failed because the switches designed to trigger its parachute were installed backwards.


Dozens were arrested after angry protesters threw cobblestones at police Thursday when an anti-terror squad started a disputed eviction of squatters from a downtown building, police said.


Hollywood Asks Top Court to Weigh File Trading

Movie studios and record labels on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that Internet "peer to peer" networks cannot be held liable when their users copy music and movies without permission.


PHOENIX - There are several hallmarks of the Patriots' remarkable success since 2001: the acumen of coach Bill Belichick, the unflappable presence of quarterback Tom Brady, the team-over-individual ethos. But if there's one statistical staple that speaks to the Patriots' greatness, it's their ability to close out games better than Jonathan Papelbon.


Report: News Corp. offers MySpace for Yahoo stake

InfoWorld - News Corp. recently discussed swapping its MySpace social-networking site in exchange for a large stake in Yahoo, according to published reports.


Irresistible is the word for this lovably inconsequential, entirely adorable new musical at the Second Stage Theater.


'Cute Knut' raking in cash at Berlin Zoo

"Cute Knut," Germany's celebrity polar bear cub, is turning into a moneymaker for the Berlin Zoo, which expects to bring in $3.3 million more than last year due to a dramatic rise in visitors.


Thailand Tries to Recover After Devastation

They were supposed to be relaxing on the beach or playing a round of golf on yet another sunny day of vacation on their refuge from the harsh winter of Norway.


US power company Scana Corp. (SCG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday said quarterly profit fell, citing litigation costs and a writedown related to an investment in a telecommunications business.


Alcune microspie posizionate all'interno dell'abitazionehanno confermato i maltrattamenti nei confronti del neonato                                          Seviziava il figlio di pochi mesi Giovane padre arrestato a Bressanone


Dozens Killed as Violence Escalates in Iraq

Insurgents escalated the violence in Iraq Thursday morning as separate bombing incidents killed dozens of people, including three American soldiers.


When it comes to protecting the privacy of its users, Google Inc. ranks worse than any other Internet company, according to an interim report by Privacy International. The international watchdog group also accused Google of engaging in a smear campaign in response to its findings, and demanded an apology.


Bonino, la decisione puo' essere presa in un secondo momento


Lenders Turn to Democrats Amid Calls for Subsidy Cuts

With the House set to take up legislation that would sharply cut subsidies to student loan companies by about $19 billion, lenders are trying to appeal to Democrats.


Northwest's Net move hits more turbulence

Galileo International is cutting privileges for Northwest Airlines on its travel reservation system, after the airline said it would put an extra charge on bookings made outside its Web site.


Malawi's memorials to late first lady raise eyebrows

Malawi has pulled out the stops to mourn its late first lady, mounting a multimillion-dollar memorial roadshow that critics say is a political ploy by her embattled husband, President Bingu wa Mutharika.


Motorola Forecasts Second-Quarter Shortfall

Cell phone maker Motorola warned of a second-quarter profit and sales shortfall, blaming poor results in its mobile devices business in Asia and Europe.


Pizzo, 'l'iniziativa non sara' limitata alla sola Sicilia'


CMS Will Increase Medicare Payments to Physicians

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on Wednesday that physicians' Medicare payments will increase by an average of 4% next year, the Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal reports.


Space: inspirational, but full of greybeards

So says report The utterly impartial Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) has published a report outlining how investment in space exploration can encourage youngsters to get into science and improve educational standards and skills.â¦


Texas Board Recommends Death Row Reprieve

The Texas parole board Tuesday recommended delaying the state's first execution of a black woman to give her lawyers more time to investigate her claims of innocence.


Is song from "Once" getting the once over?.


South Africa investigates reports that 137 female delegates to an Aids forum in Canada are seeking asylum.


Summer's over. Football's started. School is back. And few people   apparently were interested in seeing Ben Affleck playing an actor who   used to wear tights for a living.


Suspected Pentagon Spy Served in Israel-Report

A Pentagon analyst suspected of  passing classified information to Israel served as a U.S. Air  Force reservist in Israel, The Washington Post reported Sunday.


Analysis: U.S. braces for Marine scandal

The U.S. military is bracing for a major scandal over the alleged slaying of Iraqi civilians by Marines in Haditha &#151; charges so serious they could threaten President Bush's effort to rally support at home for an increasingly unpopular war.


Researchers Dream of Humanizing Androids

A small coterie of devoted professionals and amateurs developing fully articulated, humanoid, and even sinuously dancing robots a reality.


L'erario incassa cosi' 27,8 miliardi in piu' rispetto a 2006


Indian IT Services to Reach $11 Billion by 2011

Indiaâs IT services market is forecast to grow at a five-year compound annual growth rate of 23.2 percent, according to research firm Gartner.


Medicare Costs Are New Focus for Candidates

Democrats are vowing to roll back a sharp increase in premiums announced this month and the Bush campaign is seeking to blame lawmakers for the rise.


Russia launches final satellites for its own GPS

Russia successfully launched a rocket on  Tuesday carrying the last three satellites to complete a  navigation system to rival America's GPS.


ORLANDO (Florida): World number one and defending champion Vijay Singh was stalking joint leaders Tom Lehman and Briny Baird after the third round of the Funai Classic at the Walt Disney Resort on Saturday.


Democrats in the US Congress propose legislation requiring all US troops to leave Iraq by August 2008.


Don't Hold Breath for Brangelina Nuptials

Brad Pitt may have just given lawmakers more incentive to   legalize gay marriage than both GLAAD and Rosie O'Donnell combined.


Plot Would Thicken, if the Writers Remembered It

One returning Hollywood writer asked, âCan anyone remember what we were working on three months ago?â


Tony Blair says the next election will be a "tough, tough fight" adding he does not know when it will be.


(InfoWorld) - About half of the work on Intel's recently announced "teraflop research chip" was done in India, highlighting the country's growing importance to Intel's research and development efforts. Researchers in Oregon and Bangalore designed the programmable chip, which crams 80 cores onto a fingernail-size device that draws just 62 watts of power, said Vasantha Erraguntla, engineering manager at the India Research Center. Erraguntla led the 20-person design team in Bangalore that worked on the logic, circuit and physical design of the chip. Intel first discussed the research processor earlier this month, saying it can perform more than a trillion floating point operations per second, or a teraflop. It doesn't plan to bring that particular device to market, but the researchers in Bangalore are now looking at the implications of putting such a powerful processor into a system. The chip has spurred research projects in the areas of cooling, high-bandwidth interconnects and power management, said Vittal Kini, director of the research center, which was set up in 2004 and is the latest addition to the India Development Center in Bangalore. Besides working on the teraflop chip, some 50 researchers there are working on other areas of circuit and systems research. The Development Center is fast emerging as a key research and design location for Intel. The company has about 3,000 staff in India, of which close to 2,900 are in research and development. Indian engineers work on the design of chips and chipsets, reference designs, system software, and packaging technologies, said Sandeep Shah director of the mobility group at the India Development Center. Indian engineers have full ownership of the development of key Intel chips for the server and mobile market, he added.


Three Explosions Strike Sinai Resort Towns in Egypt

In the largest explosion, early reports suggested that a truck bomb may have been driven into the Taba Hilton.


Elbow infection puts Pierce in the hospital

Paul Pierce will be hospitalized for at least two days because of an infected left elbow, Celtics coach Doc Rivers said yesterday.


The US firm which owns online retailer Lastminute.com agrees to a $4.5bn takeover bid by two private equity firms.


Authorities post reward for arrest of Malaysian terror suspects

JAKARTA, Indonesia  - Indonesian police announced a reward equivalent to about $270,000 Cdn on Tuesday for information leading to the arrest of two Malaysian militants who are the leading suspects in last week's attack on the Australian Embassy.


Findings may open door for lymphoma therapies

For years, doctors have puzzled over the fact that some patients with follicular lymphoma succumb to the deadly blood cancer within a few years, while others survive for decades, even though their tumor cells look the same under the microscope.


Below the deck of his shrimp boat, W.G. Smith recounts the story of his big catch more than 40 years ago.


To Louisiana's attorney general, the doctor and two nurses arrested this past week are murderers. But many in the medical community are outraged at the arrests, saying the three caregivers are heroes who faced unimaginable horrors as Hurricane Katrina flooded the city and trapped them and their patients.


Parigi, 23:01 - CALCIO, FRANCIA: LIONE-MARSIGLIA 1-1

Finisce 1-1 il big match della 28/a giornata di Ligue 1 tra Lione e Marsiglia. Lione in vantaggio co...


When the history of the 2004 Red Sox is written, the hardball poets will cite July 31 as the turning point of the season. That's right, all you Nomie Krishnas, still wearing those No. 5 jerseys . . . the Sox kicked it into gear when they traded Nomar Garciaparra in a complicated four-team deal that at once bolstered Boston's ...


Sharp-tongued comedian Chris Rock has been chosen to host the 77th annual Academy Awards, the film industry's highest honors, next February, the producer of the show said on Thursday as he reached out to a younger generation of


China Says Japan Should 'Face Up' to History About WWII Sex Slaves

BEIJING, March 6 -- The Japanese government should acknowledge that thousands of foreign women were forced to serve as sex slaves for Japanese troops in World War II, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said Tuesday.


Life & style: On the 40th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality, we revisit the appallingly repressive atmosphere of the Fifties and Sixties.


Sir Alex Ferguson says sorry after Man Utd are held by Exeter City in the FA Cup.


U.S. experts debate Google copyright ruling

Thats the $64,000 question now that a court in Belgium ruled that the search engine company violated that nation's copyright laws.


PRI wins 2 state races in Mexico; 2 uncertain

Mexico City -- The country's former ruling party remained locked in a duel with the party of President Vicente Fox in two state gubernatorial races late Monday, after winning two others over the weekend.


A court Wednesday convicted an author of directing the killing of a businessman in a crime that bore eerie similarities to a murder he described in a novel three years later.


IBM Offers Software to Track Bird Flu: HEALTH OFFICIALS CAN DOWNLOAD FREE PROGRAM

By Steve Johnson, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun. 8--IBM said Thursday that it is giving health authorities and others around the world expanded access to free software it partly developed in San Jose to help track bird flu and other infectious diseases.


Ue. Buttiglione ribadisce: ho disturbato gli agnostici. Pera conferma: e' vittima di una congiura anti-cristiana. Buttiglione si Ã¨ dimesso, ha rinunciato a fare il commissario europeo. In un'intervista alla


Ryan Giggs will returns from suspension for Wales' crucial World Cup qualifier against England at Old Trafford. Giggs is in the squad for the game against Sven-Goran Eriksson's side on Oct 9 and the Cardiff clash with Poland on Oct 13.


Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - The Florida Marlins made the signing of right- handed reliever Todd Jones official Monday by announcing a one-year contract.


Worldwide semiconductor sales totaled $18.8 billion in October, up 1.5% from September and 22% from a year ago, the Semiconductor Industry Association said.


Obama rockets past Clinton in New Hampshire

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Democrat Barack Obama rocketed to a 10-point lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire one day before their showdown in the state's presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Monday.


Utley's big return helps Phils rout Mets

Chase Utley had three hits, including a solo homer, in his first game since having hand surgery one month ago, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 9-2 Monday night in the opener of a pivotal four-game series.


New slaying in southern Thailand after queen's plea for peace

A gunman fatally shot a villager early Wednesday in southern Thailand, a day after the country's queen made a plea for an end to violence in the Muslim-dominated area.


Spiceworks Network Management Tool Gets Update

Free network management software Spiceworks gets new features for small and medium businesses.


DaimlerChrysler Invests $210 million in Mexican plant

MEXICO CITY (Dow Jones/AP) -- DaimlerChrysler AG said Thursday it plans to spend $210 million to update one of its assembly plants in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila.


Chargers to Watch Rivers During Exhibition

Hoping for a glimpse at a much better future, the San Diego Chargers will get their first in-game look at quarterback Philip Rivers in Friday's exhibition game against the Seattle Seahawks.


Lycos Europe's antispam tool no longer available

After days of negative publicity and criticism, Lycos Europe's "Make love not spam" screensaver application is no longer available.


Art Review | Jasper Johns: Jasper Johns Shows His True Color

The Metropolitan Museumâs show offers a supremely clear account of his maturation from brilliant, methodical young artist to a deeper, more lyrical, less predictable one.


Calpine Corp. added more high-yield bonds to its debt load Tuesday after pricing a $785 million deal into the market. The company - which has been criticized by market analysts in the past because of its frequency


American Pharmaceutical Partners Inc.  soared 41 percent before the bell on Monday after the biotechnology company said on Friday U.S. regulators approved its breast cancer drug Abraxane.


Via libera del Cda alla fusione con Intesa Sanpaolo


Tom Cruise will be honored  with a tribute at the Museum of the Moving Image's 23rd annual  black-tie event in New York.


German Chancellor Gerhard SchrÃ¶der has renewed his firm opposition to deploying troops to Iraq, slapping down hints at a change in policy from his defense minister.


ASIA/VIETNAM - Nuove speranze fra i cattolici vietnamiti dopo lÂincontro del Premier Dung con Papa Benedetto XVI Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Circolano soddisfazione ed entusiasmo fra i cattolici vietnamiti dopo la visita del Primo ministro del Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung, ricevuto per la prima volta in Vaticano da Benedetto XVI il 25 gennaio. LÂincontro Ã¨ stato definit...


Kanye West, Usher, Alicia Keys lead Grammy nominations

New faces of R&B and one of the genreâs legends are among the leading nominees for top honors at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards.


SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 12, 2004 - Intel Corporation today announced third-quarter revenue of $8.5 billion, up 5 percent sequentially and up 8 percent year-over-year.


Eight years after an illegal shipment of oxygen generators caused the deadly crash of ValuJet Flight 592, the federal program for monitoring hazardous shipments aboard


Urdu Times (news) President Pervez Musharraf, along with Begum Sehba Musharraf, will pay a three-day official visit to the United Kingdom from Sunday.


Scotland's national sports agency is set to win a partial reprieve, BBC Scotland understands.


Prison Guards Find Basketball Full of Pot

McALESTER, Okla. - Basketballs are usually puffed up with air, but somebody found a way of inflating one with a substance usually associated with puffing of another kind...


Thousands of American players are using protective headgear, but some soccer officials question whether it reduces the risk of head injuries.


La chiave per ridare fiducia ai consumatori Ã¨ tutta nella nuova riforma fiscale e nel decreto blocac-prezzi. Ne Ã¨ convinto il premier Silvio Berlusconi che, durante una conferenza stampa a Palzzo Chigi - ha


POISONOUS fumes were preventing rescuers from reaching 141 miners trapped underground at a coalmine in northern China yesterday after an explosion that killed 25 of their colleagues.


A man convicted of adultery was stoned to death last week in a village in northern Iran, a judiciary spokesman said Tuesday, the first time in years that the country has confirmed such an execution.


La tempistica della privatizzazione e' nelle mani del Tesoro


APEC leaders to sign climate change pact at summit

Asia-Pacific leaders are expected to sign a landmark statement on climate change on Saturday to set an "aspirational target" for greenhouse gas cuts at the start of their annual summit.


Roma, 11:32 - CALCIO, JUVE; COBOLLI: OBIETTIVO SECONDO POSTO

In un'intervista alla Gazzetta dello Sport, Giovanni Cobolli Gigli, presidente della Juve, fissa gli...


Titanic merger of galaxy clusters revealed

One of the hottest, most energetic mergers of two colossal galaxy clusters has been imaged in exquisite detail by an X-ray observatory in space, astronomers announced on Thursday.


Investors beached in U.S. "Baywatch" scam

KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - A Kansas City man bilked investors out of $360,000 by claiming he had syndication rights to U.S. television lifeguard drama "Baywatch" and help from star David Hasselhoff, prosecutors said on Tuesday.


The three presidential debates have come and gone and what have we learned? For one, debates are important, insofar as the first debate, won decisively by John Kerry, halted President Bush's campaign momentum and restarted Kerry's.


"I want to remind everyone that we are still dealing with a restless volcano," said Tina Neal, a geologist with the US Geological Survey (USGS) in a daily press conference on Oct. 13.


Archbishop Pius Ncube says regional intervention is needed as Zimbabwe's crisis is "life-threatening".


Yasser Arafat, symbol of Palestinian nationhood for four decades, dies in a French hospital aged 75.


I'm guessing that if people showed up this early, desperate to be the first people in the States to get their hands on the iPhone, they'd be shooed away. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


Positive thoughts can help older people maintain their physical and functional health, while negative emotions can cause a rapid decline, say two studies in the September issue of Psychology and Aging.


It used to be that many Americans would deplore the commercialization of the Christmas holidays (or, originally, âholy daysâ).


President Chen Shui-bian offered a progressive and feasible vision for the development of Taiwan's democracy, the defense of our independence and the preservation of peace in the Taiwan Strait in his National Day Message and National Day Address yesterday


Gossip: tendenza Bruni e Capodanno come vuoi

L'anno si chiude con la tendenza harem di Carla Bruni: "Prendo da ogni uomo". Barbara d'Urso single con il trucco e le tendenze moda 'boudoir' per San Silvestro


Roma, 16:53 - CALCIO, BOLOGNA: COLACEM SMENTISCE INTERESSE

Giuseppe Colaiacovo, vicepresidente di Colacem, ha smentito di voler acquistare il Bologna. ''Non mi...


The Israeli national anthem sounded over an Olympic podium Wednesday for the first time in the Jewish state's 56-year history after a young man whose father named him for the sea took the gold medal in windsurfing.


ATHENS, Georgia (Ticker) -- Georgia Tech quarterback Reggie Ball lost count of the downs at a most inopportune time. Ball inexplicably threw the ball away on fourth down in the final minute as Georgia held on for a 19-13 victory over the Yellow Jackets.


Laynce Nix homered and drove in three runs, including a tiebreaking sacrifice fly, and the Texas Rangers beat the slumping Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6-2 on Sunday to sweep the three-game series.


Jesse Jackson was quoted as saying Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was "acting like he's white" for not speaking out more forcefully about a racially charged schoolyard beating in Louisiana.


With the release of HIT Lab NZ's OSGART (OpenSceneGraph + ARToolKit) framework imminent, I'm pleased to announce a release of the GPL-licensed ARToolKit v2.   Download ARToolKit 2.72 at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=116280  ARToolKit 2.72 contains a number of improvements over previous releases, with several of these focussed on the video capture libraries. Wayne Piekarski and Hartmut Seichter have substantially updated the Linux video input and added Pointgrey and Gstreamer video capture.  Those of you trying to integrate ARToolKit's coordinate system with existing OpenGL drawing will be pleased to see versions of the OpenGL projection and modelview matrix creation functions which now return right-hand coordinate systems.  Integration with OpenSceneGraph is the focus of our current and future work in the area of advanced graphics capabilities atop ARToolKit. However, this release also updates libARvrml so that it binds correctly to the recently updated OpenVRML 0.16.1.  There are a number of smaller improvements, bug fixes and reference documentation updates included. Please download the release and have a look at the readme and changelog.  We have also added more explicit direction on ARToolKit licensing to the Readme. Please be aware that the GPL-licensed ARToolKit cannot be used in a closed-source product. Closed-source licenses to ARToolKit Professional are available from ARToolworks in return for financial support of ARToolKit development efforts.  If you find bugs in this GPL release, please post in ARToolKit's bug tracker on SourceForge at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=116280&atid=674305. This is the preferred forum for bug reports. Patch submissions are also welcomed.  And yes, bugs fixes and other improvements are available between official ARToolKit releases by checking out the source from Sourceforge ARToolKit CVS repository using anonymous CVS. A simple tutorial on how to get the ARToolKit source using a CVS GUI tool is at http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=25731&group_id=116280.  Thanks to all the contributors to this release.  Philip Lamb HIT Lab NZ


Hillary beats Oprah in 'most admired' poll

US Senator Hillary Clinton has narrowly beaten global television celebrity Oprah Winfrey in an annual poll to choose the woman Americans admire most. via AdelaideNow...


A woman tells a court she was not on her mobile phone before a car crash after which another motorist died.


REYKJAVIK, Nov 22 (IPS) - Since May this year, there has been a huge influx  of foreigners to Iceland. That is quite  striking, considering  that only 20 years ago Iceland was considered almost ethnically  'pure'.


"Friends" actor Matthew Perry, who has previously been treated for alcohol and prescription drug addiction, is back home after a brief hospital stay due to what his publicist called a bad reaction to prescription medicine.


Bring it on! What to watch for in tonightâs crucial first debate

President Bush [related, bio] and Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio] will go to war over Iraq tonight in their leadoff debate - a high-stakes showdown in steamy Florida that could radically recast the volatile 2004 race.


Antonio Nunez's move to Liverpool got off to the worst possible start today with the Spaniard suffering a knee injury in his first training session.


Penelope Cruz to star in new Woody Allen film

Oscar-nominated Spanish actress Penelope  Cruz is to star in the new Woody Allen film, to be shot this  summer in Barcelona, newspaper El Pais reported on Friday.


Fossil Pushes Upright Walking Back 2 Million Years, Study Says

Computer analysis of an African fossil indicates that a human-like creature walked upright six million years ago—the earliest evidence of bipedalism found to date.


Michael Schumacher wins a record 13th race in a season at the Japanese Grand Prix.


Accused Liz Smart Kidnapper Ejected from Sanity Hearing

A self-styled street preacher  accused of the 2002 kidnapping of Utah teen Elizabeth Smart  burst into song on Wednesday during a court appearance to  determine whether he was mentally fit to stand trial.


Tony Blair plans urgent measures to tackle gun crime and target gangs after a run of fatal shootings in UK cities.


U.S. President George W. Bush left for Europe on Monday with his popularity at home at a low point over the Iraq war and tensions abroad over global warming and missile defense.


Londra, 11:31 - CALCIO, NEWCASTLE: PRESO BARTON DAL MANCHESTER CITY

Il Newcastle ha definito l'acquisto di Joey Barton dal Manchester City. Il 24enne centrocampista, ch...


A good walk spoiled? Just ask Australia's PM

There's nothing like a brisk walk in the  morning to clear your head and get mentally prepared for the  day ahead -- just ask Australia's power-walking Prime Minister  John Howard as he fights a tough election.


Visiting Haiti, Canadian leader presses reconciliation

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Canada's prime minister urged rival groups yesterday to disarm and political factions to settle differences so the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere may make use of international aid.


For a week, attorneys battling for the remains of Anna Nicole Smith have fought with one another, fought off the media and fought for a chance to speak. Now their biggest fight is against the clock.


Former Home Secretary David Blunkett tells Gordon Brown's allies to stop trying to make Tony Blair quit now.


Guindani diventa presidente, Peretti presidente onorario


World Muslims Begin Peace Prayers in Bangladesh

Hundreds of thousands of Muslims from  around the world on Friday began a three-day annual Islamic  prayer meeting outside the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, with  politics banned and sermons set to call for world peace.


McAfee says Vista's StickyKeys could be misused

(InfoWorld) - A Windows feature designed to simplify computing for disabled users could be misused in Vista, a McAfee researcher reported Monday. Attackers could use this feature, called StickyKeys, to trick a user into launching unauthorized software on the Vista machine, according to Vinoo Thomas, a McAfee researcher who blogged about the issue on Monday. StickyKeys is launched when a Windows user hits a modifier key like Shift or Alt five times. This makes the modifier key "sticky" so commands like Shift-F1 can be launched without having to hit two keys simultaneously. An attacker could replace the sethc.exe file used to launch StickyKeys with some other executable, like the Windows command utility, Thomas wrote. This backdoor vulnerability was already known to exist in Windows 2000 and Windows XP, according to Thomas. Although it is interesting that Vista is also vulnerable, it's not clear how useful the backdoor would be to an attacker because one must first gain access to the machine in order to replace the StickyKeys file. Thomas believes that it could be used by an inside attacker to bypass log-in on terminal servers and workstations. Microsoft executives were not immediately available to comment on the issue. To avoid the problem, "one can uninstall the Accessibility Tools feature, which is installed by default, to avoid this fairly simple, yet potentially serious built-in backdoor," he wrote. "And don't forget to hit the shift key five times and see what pops up on your desktop."


West McLaren Mercedes driver Kimi Raikkonen will start tomorrow's Italian Grand Prix at Monza from seventh position whilst team mate David Coulthard is in tenth place for the last European race of the 2004 season.


Pacers' Miller to Retire at End of Season

Indiana Pacers guard Reggie Miller will retire at the end of the season after 18 years with the NBA team.


A German banker who stole money from  rich clients to help poor ones has been sentenced to two years  and 10 months in prison, a court said Thursday. The  45-year-old, dubbed by German media as a modern day Robin Hood,  diverted 2.1 million euros ($2.79 million) to clients he felt  were needy while holding a senior position at a savings bank in  the southern region of Tauberfranken.


Roma, 23:21 - CALCIO, C2/B: VITTORIE DI ANCONA E FORLI' NEI POSTICIPI

Successi di ForlÃ¬ e Ancona nei due posticipi serali della 24/a giornata di serie C2, girone B. Il Fo...


Parents drown trying to save children in Portugal

Three British tourists and a German who  drowned off the coast of Portugal's Algarve tourist region on  Monday were trying to rescue their children from the sea, a  police official said on Tuesday.


Gold ticks lower, silver off six-month highs

Gold erased overnight gains to  marginally decline in Europe on Monday and silver traded off  six-month highs, with traders watching the dollar movement for  direction ahead of the year-end.


Blood Pressure Control Curbs Diabetic Eye Problem

NEW YORK  - People with diabetes are prone to develop damage to their retinas, but tight control of blood pressure slows the progression of this complication and helps prevent vision loss, UK researchers report.


Si chiamera' 'Reset' e' sara' una chiamata alle armi


Security Software Tracks BlackBerry Communications

Companies that must retain e-mail for compliance reasons will be able to keep tabs on BlackBerry mail with Gwava's new program.


Microsoft put the high-definition rumors to rest Wednesday, announcing at its X06 event in Barcelona that the HD DVD add-on for the Xbox 360 will arrive in the U.S. in mid-November at a cost of $199.99 USD. The package will come with a copy of "King Kong" on HD DVD and the Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote.


Wal-Mart Sees Nov. U.S. Sales Up 2-4 Pct

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the world's largest retailer, said on Saturday that it still expects a 2 percent to 4 percent increase in November sales at its U.S. stores open at least one year.


Home Secretary David Blunkett speaks of his love for married publisher Kimberly Quinn for the first time.


The revision of Harold McGee's 1984 book, "On Food and Cooking," answers eternal kitchen questions, including those related to Thanksgiving.


IBACH, Switzerland  -- It was the flip-open tool of the 20th century, but the Swiss Army Knife fell out of favor as mobile phones and MP3 players vied for pocket space.


Jolie and new baby doing well in Namibia

It looks like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt got what every parent wants &#151; a healthy baby.


Vina del Mar, 21:04 - TENNIS, WTA VINA DEL MAR: TRIONFO DELLA PENNETTA

Flavia Pennetta ha vinto il torneo Wta di Vina del Mar (200 mila dollari), in Cile. In finale l'ital...


77 per cent profit boost EMC saw its stock price leap more than eight per cent today, thanks in part to its 86 per cent stake in the hotter-than-hot virtualization outfit, VMWare.â¦


THE husband of Margaret Hassan, the charity chief abducted at gunpoint in Baghdad, made an emotional plea yesterday for her release.


Delta Air Lines cuts 7,000 jobs, reduces wages

Delta Air Lines, the third-largest carrier in the United States, announced Wednesday it will cut 7,000 jobs -- 10 percent of its workforce -- during the next 18 months and will slash wages.


European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana has denied having had direct contact with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, hours after he said just that in a BBC interview.


New economy bigwig pays off a crusty old foe.


Insurgents in Iraq Launch New Attacks; 4 Dead

Insurgents have launched new attacks in several Iraqi cities, continuing their campaign of violence in the face of a US and Iraqi offensive to crush them.


Scientist attacks US dismissal of treaty

The world's chief climate scientist disputed yesterday the US government's contention that cutbacks in carbon-dioxide emissions are not warranted to slow global warming.


Delphi posts $533 million net loss for August

Bankrupt auto parts maker Delphi Corp.   DPHIQ.PK on Friday posted a $533 million net loss for August   in a limited monthly report for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in   New York.


New South Korean leader to put economy first

South Korea's president-elect promised on Thursday to put the economy first once he takes office and not to be shy about telling prickly North Korea to mend its ways over nuclear weapons and human rights.


Opinion I thought it was a joke when Oracle first announced that it was going to try to buy PeopleSoft; or, at best, a spoiling tactic over PeopleSoft's acquisition of JD Edwards.


In calo su base mensile dello 0,1%, si tratta della prima flessione da luglio 1996. Anche allora si registrÃ² un'analoga diminuzione dello 0,1%. Ecco l'andamento nelle principali cittÃ  campione italiane.


Survivors of a devastating flood lashed out at authorities Thursday for not warning that a dam's floodgates were being opened during Tropical Storm Olga, unleashing a deadly wall of water that killed as many as 20 people.


Genesis Spacecraft Prepares to Return to Earth with a Piece of the Sun

In a dramatic ending that marks a beginning in scientific research, NASA's Genesis spacecraft is set to swing by Earth and jettison a sample return capsule filled with particles of the Sun that may ultimately tell us more about the genesis of our solar system.


Tea with queen of England is mesmerizing experience

The instructions from the headquarters of the Royal Society of Arts (London, England) were terse but tantamount to spelling out the Spartan mantra of Royal etiquette: Address the Queen as 'Your Majesty on first ...


A MANNED rocket ship, financed entirely with private funds, reached the edge of space on Monday. The spaceship's builders and backers say the project's success marks a new age for commercial space tourism and travel.


The bawdy Team America: World Police fell short of expectations this weekend, taking in $12.3 million for third place, according to estimates from box office trackers Nielsen EDI.


The debate over Iran's nuclear work is "closed", the country's president says in a fiery speech to the UN.


Consumers Keep Spending, Latest Data Show

U.S. consumers shrugged off record  oil prices to lift spending at the start of the fourth quarter,  data on Friday showed, in an upbeat sign for growth that may  signal another Federal Reserve rate hike in December.


Bush Supporter Leaves Campaign Over Role in Ad

CRAWFORD, Texas  - A Vietnam veteran who worked  with President Bush's campaign has left over his appearance in  a commercial by a group challenging Democratic candidate John  Kerry's war record, a campaign spokesman said on Saturday.


Gordon Brown says penalties may be introduced to force youngsters to stay in education or training until age 18.


The trafficking of young girls who are forced to work as prostitutes has been identified as a key factor in the steep rise in Aids in India.


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Business & money: Nearly 110m global devotees of the internet's top social networking site, MySpace, will soon be able to make free telephone calls to each other.


SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc.'s recently launched news service in China doesn't display results from Web sites blocked by that country's authorities, raising prickly questions for an online search engine that has famously promised to "do no evil."   Dynamic Internet Technology Inc., a research firm striving to defeat online censorship, conducted tests that found Google omits results from the government-banned sites if search requests are made through computers connecting to the Internet in China.    Steered by an identical search request, computers with a United States connection retrieved results from the sites blocked by China...


Michael D. Gallagher recently became one of the most important people in the video-game industry when he took office as president of the Entertainment Software Association.


Southern Indian state takes on Microsoft

The communist-run Indian state of Kerala has begun another battle against multinationals, backing the Linux computer operating system over market-leading Microsoft Windows.


Canon to address 1D Mark III autofocus in August

Blog: The leading digital SLR maker could answer worries about autofocus issues raised last month with its new high-end EOS-1D Mark III camera.


Julio Lugo bangs a bouncing ball toward center field. It glances off the tip of the glove of Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang, which sent the ball toward shortstop. Derek Jeter, gliding to his left, comes to a halt and crouches to receive it. The ball makes contact near the heel of his glove, then spins out. Jeter ...


Dura replica del responsabile controllo qualitÃ  dopo la decisione del colosso statunitensedi ritirare dal mercato oltre 18 milioni di giocattoli made in China ritenuti pericolosi                                            Pechino contrattacca sui giocattoli "Il problema Ã¨ del design Mattel"                                                                                La difesa: "Circa l'85% dei giochi sono stati disegnati dal produttoreed Ã¨ stato fabbricato sulla base dei requisiti richiesti dall'importatore"


Price at Issue With New PlayStation Portable

Sony Corp. (SNE)'s PlayStation Portable, which goes on sale in Japan later this year and overseas next spring, boasts the superb image quality of its home-console counterpart. But the big question on everyone's minds is: How much will the handheld gaming machine cost?


Moneta unica a 1,3435 dollari e 163,34 yen


Is the World Warming to Geothermal Energy?

A recent report suggests the field could grow six-fold over the next 15 to 20 years.


Diana's driver "acted like alcoholic", inquest told

Princess Diana's chauffeur taunted paparazzi and showed tell-tale signs of being an alcoholic, an inquest into her death was told on Monday.


Online consumers in the United States spent $8.8 billion, excluding travel purchases, in November, a 19 percent jump over the $7.4 billion spent online a year earlier, a report released on Monday said.


Looking to beat the market this year and beyond? We have some ideas.


At least 15 rebels were killed in Mosul in a US-led effort to root out insurgency in Iraq, but fresh violence broke out in the heart of Baghad when gunmen attacked police targets.


Health Tip: Wear Sunglasses to Protect Your Eyes

(HealthDay News) -- Sunglasses can protect the eyes from damage caused by ultraviolet rays. Frequent or prolonged exposure to UV rays may cause cataracts, macular degeneration and skin cancer around the eyes, Prevent Blindness America says.


Marsh & McLennan: 5 Top Execs Leave Board

Marsh & McLennan Cos. , the insurance broker accused by New York's Attorney General Eliot Spitzer of bid-rigging fraud, on Thursday said five senior executives stepped down from its board of directors.


Federer breaks Connors's world number one streak

Roger Federer set a new record for men's tennis dominance on Monday, when he celebrated his 161st consecutive week as world number one.


Israele, raid nel campo profughi Bagno di sangue nella notte

GAZA - E' pesante il bilancio dell'incursionione militare di stanotte nella zona di Khan Yunis, nella striscia di Gaza: almeno undici palestinesi uccisi. Negli scontri sono morti anche due i soldati israeliani


Looking to deny Barack Obama another win, a noticeably more freewheeling Hillary Rodham Clinton subtly likened her rival to Democratic Party nemesis President Bush on Saturday while John Edwards mocked the idea of a nice candidate bringing change.


In passerella solo modelle con taglia 40 o superiore


Aurora Woman Sues Costco Over Discrimination Claims

SAN FRANCISCO -- A Colorado assistant store manager at Costco has filed a federal lawsuit, alleging she was passed over for a promotion because she is a woman.


Could 2008 be the year when the threat of conflict evaporates from the historically troubled Balkans, writes the BBC's Nick Thorpe.


Egypt erred in keeping some of its nuclear experiments secret but none of the activities can be linked to an overt attempt to make atomic arms, a U.N. report said Monday.


A Republican lawmaker slugging a Democratic colleague in the Alabama Senate this week reminded political observers of another black eye for the Legislature: Eight years ago, the lieutenant governor urinated in a jug, discreetly, at the front of the Senate chamber.


Right-wing nationalists and residents in a northern Russian town clashed with riot police and destroyed a restaurant, activists and witnesses said Saturday.


Israel will allow the Palestinian prime minister to return to Gaza but without millions in donations, sources say.


Ai massimi in un mese, in crescita dell'1,4% su ieri


WASHINGTON - Congress on Thursday approved a $145.9 billion package of tax relief to extend three popular middle-class tax cuts, giving President Bush his fourth major tax victory since taking office.    The Senate approved the measure 92-3 Thursday night less than an hour after it cleared the House by a similarly lopsided 339-65...


Westfield Group and Multiplex Bid for Chelsfield

Westfield Group, the world's biggest owner of shopping malls by market value, teamed up with Multiplex Group, an Australian property developer, and David and Simon Reuben to bid for Chelsfield Plc, a UK property developer.


ADV: Distance Learning Directory - Online Degrees

Bachelor, Master and Post-Grad degrees online from accredited colleges and universities. Business, Education, IT, Healthcare, more. Browse by degree or program. Request info and get started today.


There is a call for tolls to be scrapped as an AM says the Â£300m second Severn bridge has been paid for twice.


ATHENS, Greece - Paul Hamm's gold medal just lost its luster. A scoring mistake at the all-around gymnastics final cost South Korea's Yang Tae-young the gold that ended up going to Hamm, the International Gymnastics Federation ruled Saturday...


HP spent at least $375,000 on self-desctruction

How to wreck an IT giant for under $1m Recovering stolen laptops from Italy - $9,668. Consulting an investigative reporter - $7,312. Having a spy scandal erase decades of hard work building up your reputation, while eroding your board of directors and forcing your CEO to testify in front of Congress - priceless. Or rather about $375,000.â¦


MOSCOW -- Key ministries of the Russian government began the process of ratifying the Kyoto Protocol yesterday, signaling that President Vladimir V. Putin is preparing to put the landmark global-warming treaty to a vote in parliament.


Stock index futures cut losses on  Thursday after a government report showed economic growth held  up in the second quarter despite turmoil from the housing  sector.


SoundExchange says it will limit "per channel" fees to $50,000 a year for major internet radio companies streaming music on multiple channels. The ruling means large webcasters, such as Pandora Media and Time Warner's AOL face much higher payments than in the past.


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Barcellona, 11:17 - CALCIO, BARCELLONA: MENISCO ROTTO PER ETO'O

Samuel Eto'o lontano dai campi di gioco per due o tre mesi. L'attaccante camerunense ha riportato ie...


New Orleans Vulnerable to Destructive Hurricanes

Residents of the southeastern US city of New Orleans, Louisiana, are fleeing their historic hometown in anticipation of Hurricane Ivan's approach, knowing the city has been vulnerable over the years to the destructive power of the storms.


According to the ELSPA, GTA: San Andreas has become the fastest selling video game of all time in the UK. They claim that the title has sold more than one million units in just nine days.


O Romeo, art thou a good Republican? Romance follows the party line in US

She was pretty and smart; he was educated and charmingly polite. They could have been headed for "happily ever after" if it had not been for ... the faith-based initiative.


The Rangers traded Aaron Ward to the Boston Bruins on Tuesday just days after a rift between the defenseman and captain Jaromir Jagr became public.


Massachusetts settles its first antispam case

A Florida man and his company will pay a $25,000 fine to settle a spam lawsuit brought in Massachusetts in the first use by a state of the federal CAN-SPAM Act.


Cisco to acquire software developer P-Cube for $200M

AUGUST 24, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Cisco Systems Inc. said yesterday that it has agreed to acquire Sunnyvale, Calif., software developer P-Cube Inc.


Former Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson yesterday described his life as "a little scary, a little unsure, a lot of anxiety, a lot of disappointment, shame," in his first television interview since he told the Globe and the New York Times that his life had been ruined because of concussions suffered while playing football.


One dead as Nepal rebels vow to step up blockade

Maoist rebels, who have cut off Nepal's capital for four days, pledged to expand their campaign to the Tibetan border as fresh violence left a police officer dead.


Fresh conflict was brewing at world whaling talks, with Japan's opponents girding for a fight over Tokyo's drive for a return to commercial whale hunting.


Torino, 14:43 - CALCIO, JUVE; DESCHAMPS: CAMORANESI DIMOSTRA PROFESSIONALITA'

L'allenatore della Juventus Didier Deschamps parla di Mauro German Camoranesi, che contro il Vicenza...


Greeting card maker American Greetings  Corp.  on Thursday posted a quarterly loss, hurt by costs  for rolling out a new strategy to manage inventory.


Shadow of Nazi fortune hangs over art display

A spectacular exhibition of contemporary art opened in Berlin yesterday, amid a picket by Jewish protesters, with its billionaire owner accused of exploiting art to redeem his family's Nazi past.


US rap star Eminem recovers at home after being treated in hospital for pneumonia over Christmas.


Strasbourg coach Antoine Kombouare's job prospects are looking bleak indeed after a home defeat by Nantes that leaves the Alsatians still winless and bottom of Ligue 1. Mamadou Bagayoko scored the opener for


Court's decision in favour of Newmont mine criticised

Environmentalists today said US mining giant Newmont must stand trial despite a court ruling that declared a police investigation into alleged pollution by the firm illegal.


Kvtfjell, 14:46 - SCI, CDM UOMINI: COCHE VINCE LIBERA E COPPA DI SPECIALITA'

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President George W. Bush signed a $136 billion corporate tax relief bill yesterday that could provide substantial savings for some of Massachusetts' biggest


Sun Looks to Wall Street in a Comeback Bid

Long given up for dead (or dying), Sun is turning its own business on its head by offering to integrate many different systems.


Jazeera TV: Bin Laden Tape Urges Iraq Polls Boycott

An audio tape purportedly from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden urged Iraqis Monday to boycott January's elections, saying anyone who takes part would be an "infidel.


LA Opera Gets $6 Million to Stage 'Ring'

By SOLVEJ SCHOU  LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Opera will present Richard Wagner's epic "Der Ring des Nibelungen" for the first time here, thanks to a $6 million donation from philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad, the company announced Wednesday.


Indian Army to cut Kashmir troop numbers

The chief of the Indian Army says it will start to reduce the number of troops in Kashmir in line with an announcement last week by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.


Ventiduenne incensurato catturato da Cc a Nocera Inferiore


Police and emergency workers recovered bodies and secured the flight recorders yesterday from the wreckage of two Russian airliners that crashed Tuesday night, while authorities said


No Evidence Of Secret Iranian Nuclear Plan: IAEA Chief

Vienna, Sept. 15 (NNN): Head of the United Nationsâ nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed El-Baradei on Tuesday said he has seen no firm evidence that Iran was secretly developing nuclear weapons.


Third Utah Body Recovered From Avalanche

At least three people have been killed in weekend avalanches in Utah's backcountry, and a fourth man remained missing.


The political centre of Europe may yesterday have been Rome, but the geographical centre of a Continent that includes much of Russia has always been closer to Kiev.


Officials say 121 active members of US army took their own lives in 2007


The women's hockey team secured Germany's tenth gold medal at Athens in a sensational surprise victory over the Netherlands.


Paris hosts car-free day -- just before major motor show

One of the biggest motor shows in the world is set to take place in Paris this week -- but not before the city makes another display of its crusade against the car that it hopes will transform the capital into a haven for pedestrians and cyclists.


Chris Young never expected to have to chose again between baseball and basketball. The Texas Rangers helped make it an easy decision for the 6-foot-10 pitcher.


La Consulta avverte il governo: Â«Si ponderino le conseguenze ...

Â«Riflettere bene e ponderatamente prima di modificare la Carta CostituzionaleÂ». Il tono Ã¨ diplomatico, estremamente cauto. Ma nella sostanza le parole di Valerio Onida, presidente della Consulta, rivelano


Putin woos Ukraine with a Russian common market

The choice in Sunday's presidential election: move closer to Europe or Russia?


"Jackass," "Fearless" lead U.S. box office

Young male moviegoers kicked   "Jackass Number Two" to the top of the North American box   office, while the star-studded drama "All the King's Men"   failed to draw an audience, according to studio estimates   released on Sunday.


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Rinaldini: da oggi conflitto sociale pesante


The electronics giant will finally support the MP3 format. Is it too little, too late?


Kmart Holding Corp.  on Monday said it appointed Aylwin Lewis president and chief executive officer, effective immediately.


The government asked its citizens not to retaliate against immigrants Thursday, a day after two Albanian gunmen hijacked a bus. The 18-hour standoff near Athens ended peacefully early Thursday after police


Tropical Storm Jeanne wheeled out into the open sea Sunday, making it likely to spare the southeastern United States, after battering the Dominican Republic and the outer islands of the Bahamas.


Cabinet set to agree troop movement, but delay likely

The cabinet is expected to agree in principle today to a request from George Bush's military commanders for British troops to be redeployed to the so-called "triangle of death" near Baghdad.


Islamic insurgents released 10 Turkish hostages in Iraq, and their employer said Tuesday that his company will resume operations in the wartorn country because it was unclear whether the abductions were politically motivated or criminal.


The ICC Champions Trophy win for the West Indies was like a fairy tale unfolding before our very eyes, but it was not fictional, it was real.


Springfield, Mass. - Two-time Olympian Lynette Woodard, the most prolific scorer in women's college basketball history and the first female to play for the Harlem Globetrotters, on Friday was honored for her lifetime achievements.


South Africa take charge on first day of second Test

DURBAN, South Africa  - England were bundled out for their lowest first innings total of a triumphant year as a revitalised South African team took control on the first day of the second Test at Kingsmead.


A row over adultery has thrown light onto the darker corners of the relationship between Turkey and the EU, says the BBC's Jonny Dymond.


Computer users could be open to attack from malicious hackers because of the way that Windows displays some images. Microsoft has issued a warning about a critical vulnerability in Windows that could let carefully


London court set to rule whether radical cleric to face charges

Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri was set to learn Thursday whether he would be charged under Britain's anti-terrorism law, thus delaying his possible extradition to the United States to face terrorism-related charges.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents abducted the local director of CARE International from her car in Baghdad on Tuesday, targeting a charity worker who for decades championed ordinary Iraqis. In new violence, mortar attacks killed an American contractor and at least four Iraqi National Guard members and wounded 80 Iraqis, the U.S...


FORMER general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was yesterday sworn in as Indonesia's sixth president, facing huge challenges to revive an economy ravaged by graft.


Apple's stock soared to a record high Tuesday amid analyst reports that sales of highly profitable iPhones easily rocketed past 300,000 after its US launch.


North Sea fishing deal âwill not help stocksâ

Environmentalists yesterday said they were extremely disappointed by a deal struck in Brussels on fish catches in the North Sea, which they claimed would do nothing to help stock recover.


If you think the country is divided and rancorous about the presidential contest, try polling a few experts about the accuracy and security of electronic voting.


A U.S. Treasury Department delegation was in Macau on Monday briefing local officials about the investigation of North Korean bank accounts in the Chinese territory, an American official said.


A likely soft landing for the U.S. economy will not dent the recovery that is gathering pace in Europe, the OECD said Tuesday, raising its growth forecast for the 12 nations that use the euro while cutting predictions for the United States to reflect a housing-led slowdown.


Norwegian scientists who explored the deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean said Thursday their findings — including what appear to be new species of fish and squid — could be used to protect marine ecosystems worldwide.


Cisco to introduce new products for cos.

NEW YORK -- Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday will introduce new products aimed at protecting and expanding one of its biggest sources of revenue - computer-networking equipment for small businesses and branch offices.


Russia says UN Iran draft meets main concerns: Ifax

Russia's foreign minister said on Tuesday a new draft United Nations Security Council resolution on Iran over its nuclear program largely met Moscow's concerns and could become the basis of a consensus decision.


Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie visited Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural masterpiece, where they celebrated the actor's upcoming birthday, Fallingwater's curator of education said.


Drugs firm Warner Chilcott agrees to 1.6 bln pound takeover

Warner Chilcott, the speciality women's healthcare group, said that it had agreed to a 1.62-billion-pound (2.33 billion euros, 2.98 billion dollars) takeover bid from private equity funds run by JP Morgan and Credit Suisse First Boston.


Balancing it on the lap increases the temperature of the scrotum which is known to have a negative effect on sperm production, researchers found.


Virginia Man Pleads Guilty in Oil-for-Food Inquiry

The plea bargain was announced by Attorney General John Ashcroft, who said that the man, Samir A. Vincent, was cooperating in an ongoing investigation.


Appello dei coniugi McCain a chi e' stato in Portogallo


Japan's Princess Kiko gives birth to boy: report

Japan's Princess Kiko gave birth on   Wednesday to a baby boy -- the first male heir to be born into   the ancient imperial family in more than four decades, Japanese   media reported.


Schilling Stitched Up, Ready to Go for Red Sox

Boston Red Sox's hopes of a World Series title may literally be hanging by a thread -- the one holding together the ankle of Curt Schilling. Schilling, who led the Major Leagues in wins this season with 21, will take to the mound Sunday to face the St. Louis Cardinals in Game Two of the Fall Classic with as much attention focused on his right ankle as his powerful right arm.


Heat plus alcohol causes spate of Moscow drownings

Twenty-eight people, many of them drunk,  have drowned in the Russian capital this month as Muscovites  cool off from a record heatwave in ponds, fountains and canals,  rescue services said on Wednesday.


Sydney - Rupert Murdoch said his US-bound media giant News Corp is on the "cusp of a new and more prosperous era", as it reported Thursday a jump in earnings, while rival mogul John Malone moved to increase his stake in the company.


MARK COLVIN: The Australian Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks is to face trial in January next year. Dressed in a grey suit, instead of his regular orange prison uniform, Hicks fronted a military commission


In the first big shows since it tried to address the problem of stick-thin models, the U.S. fashion industry seems to have cast the issue off like last season's styles and the models still looked emaciated.


Iraqi Shia leaders appealed to their supporters to show restraint yesterday after two deadly blasts targeted their religious centres in an apparent attempt to trigger civil war.


Drug shipments to US may be halted, says top Canadian official

As more and more Americans buy their drugs from Canadian pharmacies, authorities in Canada are becoming so concerned about domestic supplies that a top official said the Canadian government may halt shipments to the US if the trade continues to grow.


Father of Indian Reforms, Former PM Rao Dies at 83

Former Indian Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, who initiated free-market reforms but ended his political career facing criminal charges, died of heart failure on Thursday, the government said.


Middle East mediators discuss Blair appointment

Middle East mediators held talks on Tuesday that could clear the way for the appointment of Tony Blair as their envoy to try to revive peace prospects after Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip.


Milano, 19:08 - CALCIO, JUVE; BOJINOV: NON VOGLIO TORNARE A FIRENZE

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'Nessun taglio e fondi per rientro deficit Regioni'


Money is key sticking point as first ministers talk health

OTTAWA (CP) - Day one of a national summit intended to fix medicare for a generation degenerated into a numbers war, with premiers poking holes into what Prime Minister Paul Martin claimed was a federal cash offer of $58.


Acquisition Bolstered Quarterly Profit at Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson posted a 9 percent increase in second-quarter profit yesterday, as the acquisition of Pfizerâs consumer health products line offset a continuing decline in sales of its stents and a top drug.


US actor Peter Boyle, best known as the curmudgeonly father in Everybody Loves Raymond, dies aged 71.


Population growth is a threat. But it pales against the greed of the rich

Comment is free: George Monbiot: It's easy to blame the poor for growing pressure on the world's resources. But still the wealthy west takes the lion's share


"Sharon's determination to act unilaterally means that, as a matter of design, there is to be no Palestinian counterpart with whom to implement the initiative.


User Data Stolen From Pornographic Web Sites

NEW YORK -- Consumers of Internet pornography who secretly signed up for memberships on adult-oriented Web sites in the past few months may be in for a shock -- some of their personal information, including e-mail addresses, may have been compromised by a security breach.


December 9, 2004 - PalmSource Inc. has purchased China MobileSoft Ltd., Nanjing, a vendor of mobile phone software and operating systems.


An Alexandria jury began deliberating conspiracy and securities fraud charges against a pair of former America Online Inc. executives this morning, setting the stage for a conclusion in one of the courthouse's longest criminal trials.


The Giants wanted to take Seattle's roaring, allegedly enhanced crowd out of the game early. Plunging into the deepest first-half hole in their 82-year history probably wasn't what New York had in mind.


Short-Handed but Gritty, Connecticut Beats No. 7 Indiana

A day after he suspended two guards for violating team rules, Calhoun watched the Huskies turn in their grittiest performance of the season to pull off an improbable 68-63 victory at No. 7 Indiana.


ATLANTA The federal government will soon announce the purchase and distribution plan for additional flu vaccines that will help relieve the nation's shortage.


Israeli Aircraft Attacks Militant's House

An Israeli aircraft fired a missile Monday at a house in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, wounding five people, including a top Islamic Jihad leader, witnesses and hospital officials said.


Itâs time for the men in white coats, Sir Clive

According to those who were there, an almost palpable tension hung in the air at that Twickenham press conference on Friday, as Sir Clive Woodward delivered his withering denunciation of English rugby by way of a parting speech from his job as national


Baghdad Car Bombs Kill 34 Children Receiving Sweets

Insurgents detonated three car bombs near a US military convoy in Baghdad Thursday, killing 41 people, most of them children rushing to collect sweets from American troops.


India's health minister holds urgent talks as he confirms 38 deaths in an outbreak of dengue fever.


Londra, 12:35 - OLIMPIADI, ROGGE: NESSUN RIMPIANTO PER PECHINO 2008

Jacques Rogge, presidente del Cio, non rinnega la decisione di aver assegnato alla Cina i Giochi del...


As joyous fans celebrated by honking car horns in Caracas, Johan Santana sounded overwhelmed. He became the first Venezuelan to win a Cy Young Award, and not only that, he was a unanimous choice.


Lawyers for Donald Trump have requested a jury trial in the legal battle for a large American flag flying over his Palm Beach club, Mar-A-Lago.


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Purported tape of al-Zarqawi claims victory is near

CAIRO - The leader of an al-Qaeda-linked group blamed for a series of violent attacks in Iraq is purportedly encouraging his supporters to fight on in Fallujah, claiming that signs of "victory are on the horizon.


White House aides have conducted at least half a dozen political briefings for the Bush administration's top diplomats, including a PowerPoint presentation for ambassadors with senior adviser Karl Rove that named Democratic incumbents targeted for defeat in 2008 and a "general political briefing" at...


Sri Lanka violence kills 15 amid red alert

At least 15 government troops were killed in Tamil Tiger attacks in northern Sri Lanka Tuesday as the capital was put on red alert over fears of more rebel bombings, officials said.


Wal-Mart Stores will make its $4 generic prescription plan available in 11 more states, expanding the program to all of its 3,810 pharmacies nationwide.


Despite the presence of 7-foot-2 Roy Hibbert and 6-foot-9 DaJuan Summers, rebounding is a problem the Hoyas must address as it prepares to face Fordham on Monday.


Germany's Deutsche Boerse is reported to be ready to make a revised offer for the London Stock Exchange (LSE) valuing it at 1.5b. Deutsche Boerse is said to be planning to seize control quickly in an attempt to ...


Intel has four-core Opteron stuffer set for August

Barcelona: 'It could have been a contender' Exclusive Intel looks set to blunt AMD's August Barcelona processor release by handing customers a 2.0GHz version of its four-core Clovertown, The Register has learned.â¦


Talks on proposals to restore devolution continue with the DUP and Sinn holding separate meetings in London.


A judge on Tuesday ordered Star Tribune publisher Par Ridder to leave his job for a year, a sweeping victory for the rival St. Paul Pioneer Press, which had accused its former publisher of misusing proprietary information.


Stocks droop as oil prices hit record high

Oil prices reached a new high and sent stocks lower yesterday, pushing the Dow Jones industrials back below 10,000. But with trading on Wall Street light and losses moderate


the two Eastern Division rivals as consumed with each other as Ahab was with his whale, now and forever. Tonight, it's Mike Mussina vs.


Gift cards have become popular with gift givers, but many arenât aware that they come packed with hidden fees that can nibble away at the initial value of the cards.


Con una fucilata al torace, due persone fermate


Jaguar hope their Formula One future will be resolved by the end of the week.


OSLO, Norway - Singer Katie Melua set a world deep-water record by performing a concert 994 feet under the North Sea in the leg of an oil platform, the rig's operator said Tuesday.


Modifica dopo telefonata Berlusconi-Fini.L'Udc si astiene


14 Pakistani tribesmen killed while trying to broker militant ...

ISLAMABAD - Fourteen tribal leaders trying to help Pakistani forces organise the surrender of Al Qaeda-linked militants in a remote region near the Afghan border have been killed, a military spokesman said Wednesday.


CAIRO, Egypt -- Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden called on Pakistanis to wage a holy war against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in a new recording released Thursday, saying his military's siege of a militant mosque stronghold makes him an infidel.


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Chinese Pottery Yields Leftovers of Stone Age Happy Hour

Imagine the long centuries of the Stone Age, when life was, by definition, hard and there was not a tipple to be had. People in the Middle East came to find a pleasing remedy in the marvel


Police in Australia are investigating after a bugging device is found outside the home of Nicole Kidman.


For the second straight game, Duke overcame a slow start to win in a rout. Shelden Williams had 23 points, 14 rebounds and seven blocks Tuesday night to lift the seventh-ranked Blue Devils past Illinois-Chicago 88-55.


Dice-K arrived at spring training. And so did crowds of reporters, photographers and television crews who flocked to Florida to chronicle the $100 million Japanese ace's landing. That didn't count the handful of puzzled passers-by who wondered what all the fuss was about Monday at Tampa International Airport. It's all about Daisuke Matsuzaka.


Michael Ballack scored the only goal of the game at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday as Chelsea maintained their English Premier League title chase with victory over visitors Reading.


With a record 24 athletes ousted for drug-related violations, perhaps the biggest upset of the Olympics was no US team member flunked a doping test.


Evangelical voters gathered here yesterday to weigh their political options even as one of their champions, Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, officially withdrew from the 2008 presidential contest, robbing many of their first choice in the Republican nominating battle.


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Equipment and materials that could be used to make nuclear weapons have disappeared from Iraq, the chief of the UN's atomic watchdog agency has warned.


Assassination Attempt on Newly Elected Pakistani PM

Description: Shaukat Aziz was chosen as Pakistan's 23rd prime minister on Friday after getting 191 votes in the 342-seat National Assembly.


Billboard CD reviews: Charles Mingus Sextet

More than 40 years after it was put  to tape, the double-disc live set "Cornell 1964" by Charles  Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy is finally seeing the light of  day.


Thousands still missing as mass burials begin

COLOMBO A military spokesman raised the estimated number of deaths in Sri Lanka caused by devastating waves by more than 5,000 people on Monday, increasing estimates of the death toll from the regional catastrophe to more than 20,000 people.


She is a latecomer to the information superhighway, but 75-year-old Sigbritt Lothberg is now cruising the Internet with a dizzying speed. Lothberg's 40 gigabits-per-second fiber-optic connection in Karlstad is believed to be the fastest residential uplink in the world, Karlstad city officials said.


The recent strength of the Canadian dollar has given a boost to online retailers who allow Canadians to bargain hunt in the U.S. without leaving home.


Controlli su circa 30 mila sostanze in commercio


Kenya's opposition files a complaint with the ICC, accusing the government of crimes against humanity.


Australian PM passes new milestone this week

After a crushing fourth-term victory in the October election Prime Minister John Howard will pass another milestone in his 30 year political career when he becomes Australia's second-longest serving prime minister.


Howard Keel, the tireless song-and-dance man who took a late career encore as a patriarch on the prime-time TV soap opera "Dallas," died yesterday, hours before the nationally televised reunion of the show's cast.


Canada Warns It Cannot Be the Drugstore to U.S.

Canada warned the United States on Wednesday that it would not be able to meet its prescription drug needs.


ETA Bombs Spanish Hotel, Tourist Injured

DENIA, Spain  - A bomb exploded in a seaside hotel  in southeast Spain on Sunday, slightly injuring a tourist,  after a warning call in the name of the Basque separatist group  ETA, officials said.


In one of his most popular songs, Swedish hip-hop artist Timbuktu sings of two strangers warily eying each other on a Stockholm subway, one a white Swede, the other an immigrant, each with his own thoughts and ...


Review: 'Friday Night Lights': Lack of grit dims film

The movie is too sanitized and not on par with the book. It ignores much for the sake of a PG-13 rating. The book "Friday Night Lights" still stirs up anger in Odessa, Texas, for tackling the themes of racism and winning-is-everything.


When a group of former White House aides formed a political advocacy group called Freedom's Watch last summer, its initial wave of ads featured battered Iraq war veterans pleading for support for President Bush's "surge" of troops.


UK confectionery: slimlining supersize stocks

September 28, 2004 9:39 AM GMT (Datamonitor) - A move to limit the portion sizes of chocolate bars in the UK is aimed at generating goodwill amongst consumers.


Verizon attorney Sarah Deutsch and washingtonpost.com's David McGuire discuss the Supreme Court case allowing Internet service providers to keep their customers' identities secret, even if the recording industry suspects them of illegally sharing music online.


Milano, 15:30 - CALCIO, INTER; MANCINI: MONDIALE CLUB SEMBRA TORNEO AMICIZIA

''CosÃ¬ mi sembra il torneo dell'amicizia''. Roberto Mancini parla cosÃ¬ del Mondiale per club che ved...


Former CIA chief blasts intelligence reform plan

Former CIA Director George Tenet on Monday blasted plans outlined by Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, for a massive reorganization of US intelligence


Houston has a humiliating history of October failure, having lost seven series overall and falling to Atlanta in the first round in 1997,'99 and 2001.


Flu forces the German and Italian leaders to miss a Barcelona summit arranged to promote the EU constitution.


Family and friends of murdered police officer Ian Broadhurst hold a memorial service at the spot where he was shot.


SBC Communications SBC.N on  Wednesday said it reached a 10-year, $400 million deal with  Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O to provide next-generation television  services.


wilmington, del.âOracle Corp. director Joseph Grundfest testified yesterday that the company's $21 (US) per-share hostile bid for PeopleSoft Inc.