The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu which has killed at least 148 people is showing signs of being able to mutate and develop resistance to the most effective anti-viral drugs and any possible vaccines yet to be produced, a WHO scientist said Thursday.


Shares of ViroPharma (VPHM:Nasdaq - news - research) were among the best-performing health and pharmaceutical stocks Monday after Schering-Plough (SGP:NYSE - news - research) said it would pay $10 million to license ViroPharma's cold drug.


Police arrested a homeless man Monday in connection with a weekend burglary at Democratic presidential candidate Christopher Dodd's Senate office in Hartford.


Gaps in USDA bird flu plan could slow response: GAO

The U.S. Agriculture Department is not fully prepared to cope with an outbreak of the highly pathogenic bird flu virus, a government report said on Monday.


Serbs vote in watershed presidential election

Serbs voted on Sunday in a close presidential election that could decide future ties with the West after the expected loss of its breakaway Kosovo province.


Era direttore principale del teatro veneziano


Vodafone's floundering Japanese unit shakes up leadership

British mobile giant Vodafone shook up the leadership of its floundering Japanese unit, removing a one-time star as its head, as subscribers once again dropped in the face of fierce competition.


Parma, 19:52 - CALCIO, PARMA: PACI DISPONIBILE

Pioli potrà contare anche su Massimo Paci per la gara di Torino. Il difensore giocherà...


Iranians create human chain to support enrichment

Thousands of Iranian university students and clerics formed a human chain outside the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization in Tehran to support the resumption of uranium enrichment.


Everex hits the books with $298 open-source desktop

Blog: Everex announces Wal-Mart will carry its Windows-based, back-to-school $298 desktop, which features open-source productivity software.


Dustan Mohr offered no alibi for the error that handed the Mets the win, though his opponents willingly cited a tough right-field sun as an excuse.


Rep. Alcee Hastings sued his vanquished rival in the Democratic primary, asserting Wednesday that his opponent used his weekly newspaper to launch libelous attacks against him.


George W Bush says he wants to strengthen ties with Russia, as democracy  monitors say the country is "not free".


Fatturato netto consolidato in crescita del 32%


THE British and Iraqi governments have refused to bow to the demands of kidnappers threatening to kill a British captive, despite a desperate video message from the hostage.


All 7 Aboard Die As Army Helicopter Crashes in Texas

A brigadier general and six soldiers aboard an Army helicopter flying through fog were killed on Monday when it crashed and burned after hitting


A US-drafted resolution telling Syria to withdraw its forces from Lebanon and warning against foreign interference in Beirut's presidential election has squeaked through the UN Security Council.


President Jacques Chirac passed his 72nd birthday yesterday locked in a struggle to maintain his relevance in the face of an intraparty challenge and continuing friction with the world's only superpower.


Typhoon strikes southern Japan, injuring 13

Typhoon Meari landed on Kyushu in southern Japan on Wednesday morning and was moving northeast at noon, bringing heavy rains and strong wind to southern and western Japan and


Fred Thompson gained an image as a tough-minded investigative counsel for the Senate Watergate committee. Yet President Nixon and his top aides viewed the fellow Republican as a willing, if not too bright, ally, according to White House tapes.


Nine people were arrested in Scottsdale on suspicion of selling forged Super Bowl tickets for thousands of dollars.


Japanese Baseball Players, Owners Reach Deal

Japanese baseball players and club representatives reached a deal Thursday to end the first strike in the 70-year history of the sport in Japan, with owners agreeing to let newcomers into the leagues as early as next season.


Rio de Janeiro, 16:24 - CALCIO, BRASILE: RAPITA SORELLA GIOCATORE PALMEIRAS

La sorella del giocatore del Palmeiras Michael Anderson da Silva è stata rapita a San Paolo d...


Annan urges security council warning on Sudan

Kofi Annan today called on the UN security council to issue "the strongest warning" to forces fighting in Sudan to bring an end to the civil war in the south and the crisis in the western Darfur region.


Spain's Catholic Church attacks government plans to introduce same-sex unions, which it compares to a virus.


Ontario Teachers in $2.4 bln marine terminals deal

VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - The pension fund for Ontario's teachers said on Thursday it will buy four North American marine container terminals from Orient Overseas (International) Ltd.  for $2.4 billion.


George Clooney and a companion were injured on Friday when their motorcycle collided with a car on a narrow road across the Hudson River from New York City.  Clooney suffered a broken rib and scrapes while his passenger, Sarah Larson, broke he...


Chechen Cease-fire Holding, Russian Source Says

Rebels in Chechnya have not attacked Russian forces in the three days since the rebels' fugitive leader ordered a cease-fire, a source in the mountainous region's pro-Moscow police said on Sunday.


Italia esonerata da procedura ma messa in guardia da Ecofin


The Boston Red Sox are two wins away from their first World Series championship since 1918, two wins away from reversing the dreaded Curse of the Bambino, two


Jerusalem, Sep 6 (PTI) Israel and Russia today signed an agreement to fight terrorism and agreed to explore every possible means to step up intelligence gathering to root out the "global scourge.


Poles start voting in early parliamentary election

Poles began voting on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election that could cost the conservative ruling Kaczynski twins their full grip on government in the European Union's biggest former communist country.


Lens, 19:11 - CALCIO, PARMA: TURN OVER A LENS

Parma a Lens per il terzo impegno di coppa Uefa. Gli emiliani sono già qualificati. Pioli dar...


Dell says to sell PCs at Asian retail chains

Dell Inc. , the world's  second-largest computer maker, said on Thursday it will soon  start selling its laptops and desktops at Asian retail chains  and stores.


Unsafe Abortions Kill 70,000 Women a Year -Report

Nearly 70,000 women, almost half of them in Asia, die from unsafe abortions each year despite government pledges made a decade ago to improve human rights and reproductive health, researchers said Wednesday.


US now on record saying Kofi Annan should remain UN chief

UNITED NATIONS The United States has gone on record saying UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan should remain on the job, a week after President Bush pointedly chose not to voice such support.


HOUSTON (Ticker) -- Now that they have used up their two pitching stars to even the National League Championship Series at two games apiece, the Houston Astros must turn to the back end of their rotation in a crucial Game Five vs.


EMC to sell 10% of Calif. software business in IPO

EMC Corp. of Hopkinton plans to turn virtual software into real cash. The company will sell 10 percent of its California software subsidiary VMware Inc. in an initial public offering this year. VMware dominates the field of virtualization software -- programs that let a single computer do the work of several machines.


Giovane e' in carcere accusato di omicidio di fidanzata


Teams Scour Indonesia Plane Crash Site for Survivors

Rescue teams searched areas around an airfield in central Indonesia on Wednesday for survivors from a plane crash that police said killed at least 31 people and left 47 unaccounted for.


Search for trapped Utah miners ends after 25 days

A search for six coal miners trapped in the Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah is over after 25 days, an official with the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration said on Saturday.


Rice Urges Europe to Move Past Conflicts

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice took the argument over American ideals and influence to her European critics' door Tuesday, and urged cooperation to move beyond disagreements over the war in Iraq.


Piracy worked for us, Romania president tells Gates

Pirated Microsoft Corp software  helped Romania to build a vibrant technology industry, Romanian  President Traian Basescu told the company's co-founder Bill  Gates on Thursday.


Ukraine Speaker: Keep Poisoning Out of Campaign

Ukraine's influential parliament speaker  called on Monday for a scandal over the poisoning of opposition  leader Viktor Yushchenko to be kept out of the country's  presidential election campaign.


Movie Industry Suing Hundreds Of Alleged Online Pirates

A year after the recording industry opened fire on illegal file-sharers with hundreds of lawsuits, the movie industry has followed its lead.


MONDAY, Nov. 8 (HealthDayNews) -- Surgery to transplant a woman's entire ovary to her upper arm is feasible and can preserve fertility in patients undergoing radiation treatments that leave them prematurely menopausal, a new report says.


Photos: Is IPTV software ready for prime time?

Microsoft is introducing the latest version of its IPTV software, and it's finding some big-name companies willing to bet on its technology.


Turkey to open port, airport to Cyprus traffic: EU

Turkey has offered to open a port and an airport to traffic from Cyprus in a last-minute bid to avert a partial suspension of its European Union membership talks, EU President Finland said on Thursday.


Time Warner mulls sale of U.S. AOL access business

Time Warner Inc, the world's largest  media company, will "look hard" in the next 12 to 18 months at  possibly selling off its AOL dial-up Internet access business  after doing the same in Europe.


Australian coachbuilder revives art fit for a queen

As birthday gifts go, a horse-drawn carriage covered in gold leaf, adorned with diamonds and sapphires and topped with a crown made of timber from Lord Nelson's flagship is hard to beat.


MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Wash. Oct. 5, 2004 - Mount St. Helens blew off steam again on Tuesday in what scientists said was the latest indication that a larger eruption may be in the works.


McNair Hospitalized With Bruised Sternum

Tennessee quarterback Steve McNair will stay in the hospital Monday night with a bruised sternum and will be listed as questionable on the N.F.L. injury report.


For Celebrities, Ads Made Abroad Shed Some Stigma

A new Web site, Japander.com, catalogs Japanese ads featuring Western actors, like Harrison Ford drinking Kirin beer or Charlize Theron selling Lux products


Il calcio azzurro al top La Fifa: 'E' il migliore'

La federazione internazionale incorona il nostro paese come primo al mondo. Non accadeva dal 1993: superato il Brasile


Madrid, Spain (Sports Network) - Villarreal midfielder Marcos Senna was suspended Thursday by UEFA after failing a drug test back in August.


Arsene Wenger has never been one to mix his words, but admits sometimes they get lost in translation. Earlier this week, the Frenchman was fined a record Â£15,000 and warned about his future conduct by the


In Paris, Two Euros Buys a Spin on an Enchanting Time Machine

PARIS At 7:34 on a soft spring Paris evening, 5-year-old Sonia inspects the carousel at Place du Trocadero the way she might scrutinize the window of a tempting patisserie.


CRS Provides Relief to Congolese Refugees After Massacre

A massacre in Gatumba refugee camp in the small east African country of Burundi on Friday, August 13th has resulted in at least 164 Congolese dead, 107 injured, and a completely leveled and destroyed camp, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) reported today.


Universal Music declines long-term iTunes deal: source

Universal Music Group, the world's  largest music company, has declined to sign a long-term deal  with Apple Inc.'s iTunes music store, leaving open the  possibility for exclusive deals with other services, an  industry source said on Sunday.


Israeli troops kill three Palestinians in West Bank

NABLUS, West Bank  - Israeli troops killed three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, local residents and medical officials said.


Gates to urge more help from allies in Afghanistan

Defense Secretary Robert Gates will  press NATO allies this week for more troops and aid to relieve  shortfalls in Afghanistan as commanders prepare a spring  offensive against the Taliban, a senior U.S. defense official  said.


Russia's Gazprom said on Tuesday it will bid for embattled oil firm YUKOS' main unit next month, as the Kremlin seeks to turn the world's biggest gas producer into a major oil player.


Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon believes he can persuade LA Galaxy-bound David Beckham to stay.


Subprime crisis draws FBI scrutiny as Fed meets

The shadow of an FBI investigation spread across the subprime mortgage crisis on Tuesday, while the U.S. Congress moved closer to emergency relief for millions of distressed homeowners.


GM, Renault-Nissan break off alliance talks

General Motors Corp. , Renault SA   and Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) on Wednesday said they  had broken off talks over a proposed alliance between the three  automakers.


Former Gov. George Ryan, who was acclaimed by capital punishment foes for suspending executions in Illinois and emptying out death row, was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison Wednesday in the corruption scandal that ended his political career.


Russell Jones aka ODB aka Ol' Dirty Bastard aka Dirt McGirt aka Big Baby Jesus sadly passed away outside his Manhattan studio on Saturday after collapsing complaining of chest pains.


Google's foray into the desktop search market has this week hit it's first competition, as rival offerings have been launched by both Microsoft and Ask Jeeves.


Sadr appears, Basra militia leader killed

KUFA, Iraq  - Fiery Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr appeared in public for the first time in months on Friday to renew demands for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq and paint himself as a leader for all Iraqis.


Mickey Hargitay, the actor and world champion bodybuilder who was married to 1950s sex siren Jayne Mansfield and whose daughter is Emmy-winning actress Mariska Hargitay, has died. He was 80.


Blair Sees More Iraq Violence, No Ruling on Troops

Britain's Tony Blair forecast an upsurge in violence in Iraq ahead of planned January elections but said Wednesday he had not yet decided on a U.S. request for back-up from UK troops.


U.S. mayors want more federal grants, mortgage bonds

Mayors from across the country called on the federal government on Wednesday to quickly create a stimulus package that includes home ownership and local economic assistance.


The reaction to Vladimir V. Putin's plan to overhaul Russia's political system swept away any doubts about his grip on power.


Tokyo stocks rose by mid-morning on Monday with a broad range of issues getting a lift from a key survey that boosted optimism on Japan's economic outlook, with expectations rising that growth figures will be revised up.


Selig Receives Extension As Commissioner

PHILADELPHIA - Bud Selig's term as baseball commissioner was extended for three years through 2009 in a unanimous vote by owners Thursday.    On the final day of a two-day meeting, owners also approved starting a baseball World Cup and baseball television network...


Post 9/11, Islam flourishes among blacks

Islam is growing fast among African Americans, who are undeterred by increased scrutiny of Muslims in the United States since the September 11 attacks, according to imams and experts.


Canada, US finalize softwood lumber deal

Canada and the United States  finalized a deal to end a long-standing trade dispute over  softwood lumber on Saturday after ironing out final details on  the sidelines of World Trade Organization talks in Geneva.


Update: 30,000 Ask Microsoft to Save Windows XP

InfoWorld - Thirty thousand people have now signed InfoWorld's "Save XP" petition, which was launched four days ago. Roughly half were from the U.S. and the rest from other countries.


Nokia is about to start a trial in Germany that will see travelers paying for public transport with their mobile phone rather than cash.


A car bomb explodes in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens more.


Is Danny Williams a one-hit wonder? Is Vitali Klitschko the best of the heavyweight champions? Those questions could be answered when the two meet on Dec. 11 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.


David Miliband and American wife fly to US for birth of adopted baby boy

The Cabinet Office minister, David Miliband, has adopted a baby boy in the US, it was announced yesterday.


Fla. Residents Head Home, Delaying Relief

FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Thousands of residents desperate to return home after fleeing Hurricane Frances ignored Florida's plea to stay put Tuesday, jamming highways, delaying emergency workers and causing tempers to flare in the sticky heat...


Mozilla disclosed Monday that it had opened up a vulnerability with a previous security fix for its Firefox, Seamonkey, and Thunderbird clients. According to an advisory issued Monday, a new JavaScript issue was introduced that would allow coding from Web content to be exploited to execute arbitrary code.


Patricia Dunn, the ex-Hewlett Packard boss facing criminal charges over corporate spying, appears in court.


Cell phone giants start courting coders.

Also: High security built right into $100 laptop's OS. Read these stories and more from around the Web at News.com Extra.


Almost a year has passed since the then-Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky was jailed. Meanwhile, the oil giant he founded is about to lose its core asset, Yuganskneftegaz, that produces 60 per cent of all its oil.


Going Against Bush, NIH Director Urges Expanded Stem Cell Research

In a magazine arriving in mailboxes this week, National Institutes of Health Director Elias A. Zerhouni suggests that embryonic stem cell research should be expanded.


Virgin's Branson presents new space ship

Tycoon Richard Branson unveiled his newest spaceship and said that test flights for the vessel would begin this year.


3 soldiers killed after gunmen infiltrate army outpost in Gaza

Three Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed yesterday when armed Palestinians penetrated an army outpost in southern Gaza. A fourth soldier and a Yedioth Ahronoth reporter were subsequently lightly wounded in the incident.


Trovato morto ragazzo scomparso in montagna

MODENA - Un'altra vittima di un incidente in montagna. Ã stato trovato morto questa mattina sul versante toscano del monte Rondinaio, il quindicenne di Campi Bisenzio (Prato) disperso durante una gita con


Ana Ivanovic is used to plenty of attention as one of Wimbledon's star attractions, but the Serbian sixth seed admitted she was still dazzled by rubbing shoulders with David Beckham and Kiefer Sutherland.


American gets 24 years jail in Pakistan camp case

SACRAMENTO, California  - A federal judge sentenced an American to 24 years in prison for material support to terrorists by attending a paramilitary training camp in Pakistan and lying about it to U.S. officials.


U.S. Envoy Tries to Assure Iraqis of Security at Polls

While there were undeniable risks, John Negroponte said coalition forces had elaborate plans to protect election sites.


Fiji is expelling New Zealand's top diplomat amid tensions over the South Pacific island nation's military coup in December, New Zealand officials said Thursday.


Police follow "a number of leads" after a leading City financier is stabbed to death at his home.


Lawyer Ron was made the slight favorite over Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense and Preakness winner Curlin on Tuesday for the $5 million Breedersâ Cup Classic.


The Senate yesterday approved an amendment to energy legislation that would establish comprehensive vehicle fuel-economy standards for the first time since 1975, overcoming fierce opposition from the auto industry and Michigan lawmakers.


Former Pakistan skipper Asif Iqbal says the country's cricket bosses are to blame for the recent captaincy furore.


Milano, 14:22 - CALCIO, ANCELOTTI: STRISCIONE CURVA INTER MOLTO RAZZISTA

Dopo aver definita "coraggiosa" la decisione di chiudere un settore della curva dell'Inter, Carlo An...


Francisco arrested; A's increase security

OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland A's beefed up security for Tuesday night's game against the Texas Rangers - and probably for the rest of the season - after an altercation in the stands that led to the arrest


BERLIN -- A US tank company commander accused of killing a critically wounded Iraqi driver for radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will be court-martialed, an Army spokesman said yesterday.


Ex-Bodyguard Sues Minnelli for Harassment

LOS ANGELES  A former bodyguard and personal assistant to Liza Minnelli is suing the Oscar winner, claiming she repeatedly assaulted him and used the threat of his firing to force him to have sex with her.


Eads is Aiming to Beat Branson As Tourism Joins the Space Race

EADS wants to boldly go where plenty have been before and beat the likes of Richard Branson to the stars.   The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company wants to get into the space tourism business before 2010.


Tour leader Fabian Cancellara takes an amazing sprint victory in the third stage of the Tour de France.


Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pulls out of a TV debate with other presidential candidates.


Review: The Lotus 2-Eleven Super Sports Car

The Lotus 2-Eleven roadster is $80,000 of unadulterated sports car that's so damn good that even drivers who don't know oversteer from understeer can look like an F1 star. Sort of.


China's gleaming skyscrapers and economic progress hide the realities of political oppression. Take the case of Chen Guangcheng


HP director says CEO has full support of board

A Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N   director said on Wednesday Chief Executive Mark Hurd has the   full support of the board and that there have been no   discussions whether Hurd might resign amid the controversy over   the company's investigation into boardroom leaks.


LAS VEGAS -- The last time top-ranked Illinois got off to this fast a start, it reached the Final Four. Luther Head scored 18 points and shot 5 for 9 from 3-point range to lead the Illini past Northwestern


Dwyane Wade scored 37 points, and that still was not enough for the hapless Miami Heat.


Film Walks Line Between Kerry Ad and War Documentary

"Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry," set to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, stakes out new territory at the crossroads of politics and cinema.


Senior Executive Is Leaving Cisco Systems

Cisco Systemsâ chief development officer, Charles H. Giancarlo, widely seen as a top candidate for chief executive, announced on Thursday that he was quitting.


Locker Excels in College Debut; Washington Beats Syracuse

Louis Rankin runs for a career-high 147 yards and three touchdowns, and Jake Locker scores twice in an impressive debut to help Washington beat Syracuse, 42-12.


Starbucks to Use Cups Made with Recycled Material

Coffee shop chain Starbucks Corp.  said on Wednesday it will begin using paper coffee cups made  partially from recycled material by the end of 2005.


A fire raged for more than 5 hours late Monday night in a downtown high-rise building in Chicago, injuring 37 people, most of them firefighters, local fire department officials said.


Three Ways Technology Brings People Together

The holidays are coming. Now, more than ever, the desire is to be close to friends and family. While not everyone can catch a plane or train to be with the ones they love, today's communications technologies


White House contenders celebrate King legacy

COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Democrats Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John Edwards honored the legacy of slain U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King on Monday and said his work paved the way for this year's precedent-shattering White House candidacies.


U.S. forces face bloody start to June in Iraq

Sixteen American troops died in Iraq in the first three days of June, marking a bloody start to the month as the U.S. military presses on with its crackdown on sectarian violence in Baghdad.


Tokyo, 12:00 - VOLLEY, MONDIALI: FRANCIA IN FINALE PER QUINTO POSTO

La Francia ha battuto il Giappone 3-1 (25-23, 25-27, 25-18, 25-12) qualificandosi per la finale per ...


New Doubleclick technology lets customers schedule, show ads on mobile phones.


Report: US Manufacturing Regains Some Strength

Friday's Commerce Department report says orders for most durable goods jumped 2.3 percent in the month. These figures exclude a decline in orders for civilian aircraft.


A policeman in the US state of Ohio is due in court charged with the murders of his girlfriend and her unborn child.


EDITORIAL: Biloxi Begins to Light the Way

By The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 21--After Hurricane Katrina, the Biloxi Lighthouse was a symbol of South Mississippi's survival. Now the lighthouse may become a centerpiece of Biloxi's revival.


WPP Profit Up 11%, Aided by Global Advertising Upturn

The WPP Group, the world's second-largest advertising and marketing company, reported on Friday that profit for the first half of the year rose 11 percent, providing further


Prince Poldi Double Helps Germans To Thai Feast

Germany completed their pre-Christmas tour of Asia with a 5-1 hammering of Thailand in Bangkok on Tuesday. The game marked the first goals in national team colours for the precocious KÃ¶ln teenager Lukas Podolskis


The pharmaceutical industry endured a disastrous 2004, and the aftermath will linger into the new year. Regulators at the Food and Drug


Shifting Careers: Selling Yourself by Showing Yourself, in a Good Way

Self-promotion is essential in todayâs competitive landscape. And this is not just true for authors. It is true for anyone who wants to get ahead.


Iraq's interim prime minister warned yesterday that insurgents were trying to foment a sectarian war in the country, as 50 people were arrested over Sunday's twin car bomb attacks in Najaf and Kerbala which left 67 dead.


com October 13, 2004, 5:30 AM PT. This fourth priority's main focus has been enterprise directories as organizations spawn projects around identity infrastructure.


Referees under pressure at Chinese National Games

Referees and umpires at this week's Chinese National City Games could find themselves in court if they do not officiate fairly, the sports ministry said on Thursday.


Acacia says unit resolves patent suit with Oracle

Acacia Research Corp  said its unit  agreed with Oracle Corp to resolve a pending lawsuit  covering patents relating to portable storage devices with  links.


At least two people are killed in separate accidents on the M25 either side of the Dartford Crossing.


Some flu shots available, but only by appointment

if you qualify as being high-risk for the respiratory illness. Although vaccines remain scarce, Dr. Heidar Heshmati, Brevard County's


Suicide bomber kills 17 in northern Iraq

A suicide bomber blew up his vehicle outside a police academy in the northern oil city of Kirkuk yesterday, killing 17 people, including 14 policemen.


Feds: Cigarette Makers Lied for 50 Years

Cigarette makers lied about the  dangers of smoking for 50 years, the U.S. government said on  Tuesday as its $280 billion case against the industry went to  trial.


Amid snow flurries and a chilling wind, Belgium's King Albert II honored U.S. soldiers who died fighting Nazi Germany 60 years ago in the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle for American forces in war.


Chak De wins best film award in Melbourne

Chak De! India shot in scenic locations of Sydney and Melbourne has won the best film award at the fifth Australian Indian Film Festival (AIFF).


Striking Screenwriters Dismiss New Proposals

The screenwriters called the proposals from producers a âa massive rollback,â and called on their members to continue their walkout.


BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union's foreign policy chief denied Thursday that he recently met with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which the EU has blacklisted as a terrorist organization.


UN Rights Officials Talks of War Crimes in Darfur

U.N. envoys told the Security  Council on Thursday that war crimes had probably occurred on "a  large and systematic scale" in Sudan's Darfur region and called  for foreign police to help stop abuses.


Reports says organized crime top problem

Organized crime may have brought in more than $2 trillion in revenue last year, about twice all the military budgets in the world combined, a report issued Monday said.


Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen is suing the publisher of a book his former girlfriend wrote about their relationship, including steamy sauna scenes. He says he and his family have suffered and is seeking damages.


Chechen sympathy and Russian intelligence failures help Basayev evade capture

MOSCOW  - He is Russia's homegrown version of Osama bin Laden, but with a trademark all his own: dramatic mass hostage-takings that have often turned to bloodbaths. Like bin Laden, Shamil Basayev is an elusive target who has evaded capture for years.


A US judge refuses a request to combine thousands of lawsuits involving the painkiller Vioxx into a class action.


Boeing's new heavy-lift Delta 4 rocket finally lifts off from Cape Canaveral in Florida after several delays.


A Palestinian doctor formerly jailed in Libya files a suit for torture against Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi.


Yahoo Inc., one of the largest online based companies said, it has bought out privately held e-mail search firm - Stata Labs. This is Yahoo's move to compete against Microsoft and Google with their e-mail search functionalities.


Peruvian officials have closed the country's 240 blood banks after at least four people were infected with HIV from blood transfusions in a public hospital.


Better Life Technology has developed unique roll-out garage flooring that beautifies in minutes and protects floors for years. Sizes up to 10' wide available. Helps prevent concrete damage.


There WILL Be a Quiz: Weekly Markets Recap

Not even Harry Potter could break the evil spell cast on the market last week.


NO PLAYER will be able to claim that he is tired when the Spanish league match between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad on January 5 goes into injury time, because the teams will have been playing for less than three minutes.


Wavesat Inc., a fabless semiconductor developer of broadband wireless chips, today announced delivery of the first ever WiMAX chip, the DM256.


Uncertainty LoomsÃÂ forÃÂ U.S. Ryder Cup Team

The American Ryder Cup team has spent most of the last three days at the K Club in Ireland practicing and allegedly bonding for the three-day match play event Sept. 22-24 in what has become an exercise in futility for a U.S. team that has lost the last two competitions, and seven out of the last...


A new vaccine that could put the pox on shingles for many adult sufferers of the often painful infection caused by the chickenpox virus has received federal approval, health officials said Friday.


Iran threatened this week to attack Israel's nuclear facilities. Israel ominously warned that it "knows how to defend itself." Tensions between the two arch enemies have suddenly escalated, underlining the other great enmity that has been bubbling on the sidelines of the Arab-Israeli conflict for more than two decades.


Prime-Time Metered Market Thursday Ratings: CBS Wins, Survivor Loses Steam, Lipstick Jungle a Bust

-Yesterday's Winners: Survivor: Micronesia (CBS), Deal or No Deal (NBC), Lost (ABC), CSI R (CBS), Without a Trace R


3 US Soldiers Killed in Roadside Bomb Blast in Baghdad

The US military in Iraq says three American soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb blast in Baghdad late Tuesday. The military says the attack occurred as the soldiers' convoy was passing through an eastern part of the city.


These dour CAPS investors actually see a silver lining to others' dark clouds.


The transfer of North Korean funds - a stumbling block in nuclear negotiations - has begun, an official says.


Yao Continues to Lead NBA All-Star Balloting

NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets  leads all players in the Western Conference, while Shaquille  O'Neal of the Miami Heat continues to pace all Eastern  Conference players after the third returns of votes in the 2005  NBA All-Star balloting program.


Barbra Streisand launches first US tour since 1994

Barbra Streisand opened her first  U.S. tour in 12 years on Wednesday with a polished show filled  with crowd-pleasing classics, more than a touch of nostalgia  and a healthy dose of her liberal politics.


Stocks rebound as oil falls to 5-month low

U.S. stocks rose on Friday, rebounding   from two days of losses, as a sharp drop in oil prices and   reassuring comments from a Fed official about inflation   outweighed further signs of weakness in housing.


Microsoft considering opening up device manager

Microsoft's new Mobile Device Manager faces a shortcoming because it is exclusive to Windows Mobile devices, but that might change, an executive said on Tuesday.Scott Horn, general manager at Microsoft's mobile and embedded device group, left the door open to potential future support for non-Windows Mobile devices."Today, we have nothing to announce," he said. "But we're looking at it, we're thinking about it. Who knows what the future brings?" Horn spoke during a press lunch at the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment conference in San Francisco on Tuesday.He mentioned that Microsoft has in the past licensed ActiveSync as a way to extend services to non-Microsoft devices.Microsoft introduced System Center Mobile Device Manager at the conference. The software lets IT administrators manage and secure Windows Mobile phones. Unlike some other management products on the market, including Nokia's Intellisync, it is compatible only with phones running the Windows Mobile operating system.AT&T, which is supporting Mobile Device Manager, said there is inertia among IT administrators. IT managers are worried about security and management issues, said Mike Woodward, vice business marketing for AT&T. He thinks that the software as well as the services from a new company, Enterprise Mobile, will spur more enterprise use of mobile phones. Woodward could not offer specifics about how it will support Mobile Device Manager or how exactly it will work with Enterprise Mobile.For now, the new software and the services from Enterprise Mobile, which help enterprises deploy and manage mobile phones, are designed for large businesses. Mobile Device Manager, expected to come out next year, could support as many as 5,000 users. Enterprise Mobile doesn't expect to begin thinking about serving smaller businesses for another 12 to 18 months because it will be focused on making sure it knows what large enterprises need, said Steve Moore, president of Enterprise Mobile.


Photographer Larry Birkhead, a former boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith, tells Us Weekly magazine that, no matter what a national TV audience was told Tuesday night, he's the real father of the reality TV star's newborn girl. And he's seeking a DNA test to prove it.


Microsoft to support Unesco It programme

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates will sign a cooperation agreement with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation on Wednesday to improve access to computers, the Internet and IT training in ...


Partial results indicate Ben Ali to win the Tunisian Presidential ...

It was announce din Tunis in several balloting centers that Zine al-Abidin Ben Ali got rates exceeding 90% while his nearest rival got only 5% of the votes.


Striking Screenwriters Dismiss New Proposals

The screenwriters called the proposals from producers a âa massive rollback,â and called on their members to continue their walkout.


Employer insurance rates' rise to ease up

Costs of employer-sponsored health plans are expected to climb an average of 8 percent in 2005, the first time in five years increases have been in single digits.


Australian PM John Howard insists he will lead his party into the next election, despite trailing in opinion polls.


Mitchell report could spark move to rid baseball of steroids

Use of performance-enhancing drugs ensnared not just All-Stars like Bonds and Clemens but also fringe players trying to hang on.


E-Greetings Gain Ground at Businesses This Season

Once seen as the tacky, last-minute substitute for pen and paper, e-cards have become more acceptable this holiday season.


JPEG Exploit Hits Usenet, Worm Close Behind

An exploit attacking the most recent Windows bug is circulating on Usenet, security experts said Tuesday, that crashes machines, yet another indicator that attackers will chase the vulnerability until they've launched mass mailing-style worm-based attacks


Copernic cible les marchÃ©s europÃ©ens pour son moteur de ...

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After being imprisoned nearly half his life for the murders of his parents, Martin H. Tankleff walked free Thursday.


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Verizon-Broadcom deal allows continued imports

(InfoWorld) - BroadcomÂ and Verizon Wireless have reached a deal that will allow Verizon to continue importing and selling phones that are the subject of continuing litigation between Broadcom and Qualcomm. On June 7, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)Â banned the importation of new models of phones and PDAs that hit the market after that day and include certain Qualcomm chips. Broadcom had sued the rival mobile chip vendor over alleged patent infringement. Under a licensing agreement, Verizon will pay Broadcom $6 for every handset, PDA, or data card that uses EvDO (Evolution-Data Optimized) mobile broadband technology. The carrier will make the payments up to a ceiling of $40 million per calendar quarter and a lifetime maximum of $200 million. As part of the deal, Verizon also will drop an effort to overturn the ruling. Other terms are confidential, according to a statement released by the two companies. The move is a blow to Qualcomm, which pioneered the CDMAÂ technology on which EvDO is based. Verizon is the largest carrier in the U.S. using EvDO. It will pay Broadcom to license technology that Qualcomm has argued does not belong to Broadcom in the first place. Qualcomm was not immediately available for comment. In addition to the licensing deal, Broadcom has entered a strategic alliance with Verizon Communications, the parent company of Verizon Wireless. That deal covers new mobile device chipsets as well as Bluetooth, wireless LAN, optical network, GPS, DSL, fiber, set-top box, and home network equipment components. Broadcom, in Irvine, California, makes chips for a wide range of wired and wireless network products. Qualcomm, in nearby San Diego, is focused on wireless technology. Qualcomm said last month it would try to convince President George Bush to overturn the June 7 ruling, which was effective immediately. Bush has 60 days to decide whether to take action. If he doesn't, Qualcomm could appeal the ruling in federal court. The June 7 ruling came after the ITC ruled last year that Qualcomm had infringed on a Broadcom patent for power management technology. Broadcom had said the system is used in essentially all EvDO and Wideband CDMA phones.


The Consumer: Bargaining Down That CT Scan Is Suddenly Possible

Medical care is often priced with the same maddening, arbitrary opacity as airline seats and hotel rooms.


Golden Globe and Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer (âFrasierâ) brings Ebenezer Scrooge to life in this television musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale of redemption through love.


Released From Prison but Never Really Free

Nicole Kassell's lean, disturbing first film stars Kevin Bacon as a child molester struggling to re-enter society after 12 years in prison.


Defar Sets World Record in Two-Mile Race

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Meseret Defar set a world record in the women's 2-mile at the Van Damme Memorial meet Friday, smashing her own mark by almost 12 seconds.


Lopez's layup lifts Stanford in overtime

Robin Lopez hit a spinning layup with 12 seconds left in overtime to lift No. 14 Stanford to a 67-65 victory over No. 9 Washington State on Saturday.


Three Democrats sign pledge on U.S. calendar chaos

Three Democratic White House  contenders promised on Friday they would not campaign in states  that violate party rules by holding early nominating contests,  siding with Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina in a  growing dispute over the 2008 election calendar.


Battuto Superquark, Tg1 distacca Tg5 del 7% di share


Dr. Folkman championed the idea that cancer needs a growing network of blood vessels to survive and that blocking that process, called angiogenesis, would stop or even eliminate tumors.


Japanese leader reshuffles Cabinet to push reform agenda

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled his Cabinet on Monday for the third time since taking power in 2001, trying to add momentum to his troubled reform agenda and lift his lagging popularity ratings.


Police hunt for a man after a young girl was killed and her mother was injured in a hit-and-run in Edinburgh.


Blue chips edge up as investors seek bargains

U.S. blue-chip stocks edged higher in a seesaw session on Monday as some investors took the opportunity to buy beaten-down shares after last week's sell-off, but a diminishing appetite for risk limited a broader advance.


Local authorities opposed to congestion charging in Edinburgh are granted a legal hearing.


Every day, American Airlines Flight 914 takes off from Bogota, Colombia, at 8:20 a.m. and touches down at the Miami airport at noon. In the jet's cargo hold are usually bags and bags of euros that investigators say are part of a huge $1.4 billion cocaine money-laundering scheme.


Update 4: Kuwait Foreign Minister Discusses Oil

Kuwait's foreign minister said Wednesday that Middle East oil exporters are producing at maximum capacity to stabilize prices that are being driven up by speculators from outside the region.


Pittsburgh's Kevin McClatchy lashed out at other baseball owners Friday for a return of free-agent spending that he fears may steer some clubs close to bankruptcy.


Men's Basketball: Argentina Beats Italy, Takes Gold

Argentina beat Italy 84-69 to win the  men's Olympic basketball gold Saturday, the country's first  medal in the sport.


Siemens deal for UGS gets U.S. antitrust approval

U.S. antitrust authorities said on Thursday they approved plans by German conglomerate Siemens AG  to buy industrial design software maker UGS Corp. for $3.5 billion.


Critical Shopper : Tangled in Ivy, With a Twist

A visit to the Gant store on Fifth Avenue and 51st Street, which reopened a few weeks ago after extensive renovations by the architect Annabelle Selldorf.


US to Hire 12,000 Air Controllers Over 10 Yrs

The U.S. government said on Tuesday  it planned to hire more than 12,000 air controllers over 10  years to address a wave of upcoming retirements, but the  controllers union said the strategy is unrealistic.


Lennar quarterly profit, outlook sharply lowered

A steeper-then-expected drop in the   U.S. housing market pushed Lennar Corp.'s LEN.N quarterly   profit down 39 percent and prompted the home builder on Tuesday   to slash its fourth-quarter forecast.


Thousands of machete-wielding youths hunted down members of President Mwai Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe Monday in western Kenya's Rift Valley, torching homes and buses, clashing with police, and blocking roads with burning tires


Lennar cuts forecast amid tough housing market

Lennar Corp. , the No. 3 U.S.  homebuilder, on Friday cut its third-quarter profit forecast  due to a deteriorating housing market, sending its shares down  nearly 3 percent in premarket trading.


Colombia's leftist Farc rebels kill eight soldiers in their second deadly attack in two days, the army says.


Tanzania fishermen catch endangered fish

Fishermen have caught a rare and endangered fish, the coelacanth, off the coast of the Indian Ocean archipelago of Zanzibar, a researcher said on Monday.


Europe's lunar satellite, the Smart 1 probe, ends its mission by crashing onto the Moon's surface.


A list of tech-industry questions that might get answers this year.


The U.S. job market should improve steadily this year, while consumer inflation eases and oil prices decline -- all good news, that is, if nothing goes wrong with the sunny economic forecasts released in recent weeks by many private and government economists.


The Claim: Menstrual Cycles Can Synchronize Over Time

The idea that women who live together menstruate together dates at least to 1971.


Electronics giant develops new television technology to attack core business from a new angle.


Turkey's foreign minister rejected any cease-fire by Kurdish rebels Tuesday as he met with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad to press them to crack down on the guerrillas. Turkish forces massed on the border and tensions rose over a threatened military incursion.


CA opens product development center in India

CA opened a $30-million product development center in Hyderabad in south India on Wednesday.


Guatemala is set for a second round in the presidential poll as no candidate won a majority on Sunday.


Culkin charged with misdemeanor drug counts in Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY Prosecutors have charged former child star Macaulay Culkin with two misdemeanor drug counts in connection with a traffic stop where police found marijuana and prescription drugs.


Jacksonville, Fla. (Sports Network) - The Jacksonville  Jaguars cut another defensive end, this time releasing veteran  Hugh Douglas on Monday.


With no sign of an end to the bitter war of words between managers Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger, the English League Managers' Association (LMA) have offered to step in as peacemakers.


The Crimewatch programme will make appeals over two very different murders on Tuesday.


New York, 29 ott. (Adnkronos Multimedia) - Dell si orienta verso il mondo Linux. Per questo l'azienda dovrebbe a giorni ufficializzare un accordo con Novell, secondo il quale preinstallera' Suse Linux sui propri server.


Pakistan Reaches Peace Accord With Pro-Taliban Militias

KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 5 -- The government of Pakistan signed a peace accord Tuesday with pro-Taliban forces in the volatile tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, agreeing to withdraw its troops from the region in return for the fighters' pledge to stop attacks inside Pakistan and across the...


Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a retired army general with a newly minted doctorate in economics, was sworn in Wednesday as Indonesia's first directly elected president


Typhoon Meari Passing Through Japan's Northern Tohoku Area

Typhoon Meari, the eighth tropical cyclone to reach Japan this year, is passing through the northern Tohoku area at 60 kilometers (37 miles) an hour toward the Pacific Ocean with a maximum wind of 83 kilometers an hour.


UK's Blair Liar or Incompetent, Says Former BBC Director Dyke

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has been accused of either lies or incompetence in his handling of the Iraq war, by Greg Dyke, former director-general of the British Broadcasting Corporation.


THE HAGUE, NetherlandsâOverriding Slobodan Milosevic's objections, the UN war crimes tribunal yesterday appointed two lawyers to represent the former Yugoslav president in a bid to speed up the long-delayed trial and curb his courtroom theatrics.


Maggie Nelson's Blog: When PHP and Oracle assume the worst about each other

As mentioned by Ben Ramsey today, Maggie Nelson bumped into an issue in one of her applications with character sets and the incorrect storage/retrieval of information:   Even Oracle, which usually gets storing of data right on the money has had issues with character sets. [...] Needless to say, even when you *know* you set up your database correctly for supporting UTF8, the path to debug issues may be frustrating and full of red herrings.   She mentions the setup the application is using (NLS_CHARACTERSET AL32UTF8, NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET AL16UTF16) but something wasn't right. The problem popped up when they tried to store Chinese characters into the database with the result of invalid data on a select.    After following several different leads, they finally came upon the culprit - the Apache process didn't have the access it needed to a directory in the ORACLE_HOME. In the end, it all only broke down into three easy steps to fix a very frustrating issue.


North and South Korea reach deal on family reunions

North and South Korea agreed on Friday to resume reunions of families separated during the Korean War in a step toward improving ties chilled by Pyongyang's weapons tests last year.


WHO discusses disease response strategies amid warnings of new ...

Amid warnings of new infectious disease outbreaks, delegates to the World Health Organization's regional conference were discussing Tuesday ways to improve strategies for dealing with SARS, avian influenza and threats to food safety


A Touch of the Verballs and the Sty's the Limit

BATH, England, September 19  /PRNewswire/ -- The Verballs is a new range of character internet phones which let you make unlimited, great quality phone and video calls to anywhere in the world for free.


A rail accident occurred near the British town of Newbury, killing six people according to first estimates. Over 100 people were wounded in the accident, 30 of them heavily.


Florida Residents Face Hurricane Wreckage

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - After getting a first look at the widespread damage left behind by Hurricane Charley, Florida residents were faced with the arduous task of sorting through the wreckage, and for some, starting over again...


Nikolay Davydenko beat Juan Ignacio Chela 6-1, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 Friday to give Russia a 1-0 lead over Argentina in the Davis Cup final.


POLICE staged several raids across Spain and arrested seven people overnight in an operation targeting a suspected Islamic terror ring, officials said.


Davis, who resigned as the head coach of the Cleveland Browns amid a 3-8 start on Nov. 30, said at the time that he was interested in two college jobs - Florida and LSU.


Amgen Warns About Higher Doses of Anemia Drugs

Amgen Inc. has added a warning to its anemia drug, Aranesp, for kidney dialysis and cancer patients after studies on similar drugs showed higher doses can cause blood clots and death, the company said a letter released on Friday.


The top cybersecurity official in the United States has resigned, a little over a year after joining the Department of Homeland Security, the agency said Friday.


BBC staff are bracing themselves for possible mass redundancies as a radical restructuring plan is due to be announced by the corporation.


Ah, ooh ... zombies of London rise in 'Shaun'

It's not like they've given up their day jobs, but certain horror movie mavens have decided to moonlight as critics. George Romero.


Borland positions modeling tool for SOA, Eclipse

(InfoWorld) - Borland Software this week is rolling out an upgrade to its Together enterprise modeling tool for the Eclipse platform, featuring SOA capabilities. Borland Together 2006 for Eclipse Release 2 boosts its usefulness for SOA by enabling a UML-based (Unified Modeling Language) view of dependencies in an entire system. This lets developers understand where services are being invoked and helps them gauge the impact of changes, said Dave Hauck, director of marketing for Together technologies at Borland. Also featured is support for the Eclipse 3.2 platform and C++ projects and integration with the company's requirements definition package. Together 2006 for Eclipse Release 2 plugs into the Eclipse shell. Eclipse 3.2 supports the Java 5 specification, which features generics, Hauck said. With C++ backing, models and code in C++ applications are synchronized automatically when developers make changes to diagrams or code. This synchronization is based on Borland's LiveSource technology. "Software architects and developers benefit from our LiveSource technology because we automate this source code level to UML abstraction automatically," Hauck said in an e-mail. Design patterns and source code metrics in the new Together product help a C++ developer create better code. Integration with the Borland RDM (Requirements & Definition Management) solution, comprising Borland CalibreRM and CalibreDefineIT, allows developers, architects, and analysts to build systems based on requirements gathered during an analysis phase, Hauck said. Borland sees itself competing with IBM Rational and Telelogic. But those vendors do not have UML modeling, data modeling, and business-process modeling integrated into a single tool, Hauck said. BPMN (Business Process Modeling Notation) capabilities have been improved in the new product, enabling the import of BPEL (Business Process Execution Language for Web Services). Also further compliance with the BPMN specification and diagram improvements are included. Model-Driven Architecture capabilities have been bolstered, as well, with the product offering enhanced transformation authoring, XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) transformation types and examples for getting started. Model and code quality assurance functions have been improved, too. Borland Together 2006 for Eclipse Release 2 is $3,500 per user. It ships Sept. 8. Below are the fields to populate the Chart.


PeopleSoft CEO Ousted for 'Situational Ethics'

October 06, 2004 - The opening of a trial related to Oracle's takeover bid of PeopleSoft featured the revelation that CEO Craig Conway was fired last week for making misleading statements about PeopleSoft's sales.


RACINE, W.Va. - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, on a Labor Day tour of states where polls show the race against President Bush virtually tied, told voters he would try to pull U.S...


Microsoft was close to a deal with the European Commission earlier this year which would have revealed more of its secrets than it has now been ordered to hand over, a court was told yesterday.


Australia captain George Gregan is set to sign a new three-year contract to take him through to the 2007 World Cup. Sydney's Daily Telegraph newspaper claimed the 31-year-old scrum-half is ready to put pen to paper on the deal.


Retiring early? Insurance may be a big problem

After two decades in the convenience store business, Anne Brunelli sold her two shops last year and got a jarring lesson on the scarcity of affordable health plans.


Cops seek suspects in Kansas City shooting

Police were searching for both the gunman and a motive behind a shooting outside a Knights of Columbus hall that left two college students dead and several others wounded.


A Dutch team has created the world's biggest digital picture, assembled from 600 individual snaps.


On the field, and off it, the final verdict seemed to take an eternity. After going into double overtime in last week's Atlantic Coast Conference triumph over then-18th-ranked Clemson, Boston College's charmed football team, ranked 23d in the country, yesterday went into double OT again to pull out a flawed but pulsating 30-23 victory over Brigham Young at Alumni Stadium, ...


ID Thieves Have a 50-50 Chance of Going to Jail

A new study shows that convicted ID thieves often avoid jail time, reveals common methods of ID theft.


Treasury chief aims to repair China ties

BEIJING -- The United States and China are launching a new high-level economic dialogue meant to repair relations soured by trade tensions, U S Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and a Chinese leader said yesterday.


A space "sleigh" loaded with food, water and some holiday goodies docked at the International Space Station a little later than planned on Christmas night.


Laptop positioning seen as risk to male fertility

A recent study's findings, published in the journal "Human Reproduction," raise concern with how laptops are being used by men, specifically regarding increased temperature in the scrotal area.


Virus polli: Cina, Oms chiede particolari su casi suini

PECHINO - L'Organizzazione mondiale della sanitÃ  (Oms) ha chiesto alla Cina maggiori particolari sul ritrovamento del virus dell'influenza aviaria nei maiali. "Stiamo lavorando col Ministero cinese della


Time Running Out in Fallujah, Warns Allawi

BAGHDAD, 1 November 2004 - Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi warned time was running out for peace in Fallujah as the US military continued to target suspected insurgents yesterday.


Kuwait Detains Journalist Over Shootout Report-TV

Kuwaiti authorities have detained a  journalist working for Al Arabiya television for reporting a  shootout between police and militants which was later denied by  the Gulf state, the TV channel said Friday.


Arriva la conclusione, ed Ã¨ un happy end, del braccio di ferro fra la Roma e Daniele De Rossi: il gioiellino giallorosso resta alla corte di Sensi. Il ventunenne centrocampista della Nazionale, a segno mercoledÃ¬


Director John Waters recalls career of bad taste

Director John Waters, self-confessed king of all things tasteless and tacky, celebrates a life spent shocking audiences and mocking the movie world in a film version of his stand-up act.


PHP-GTK Community Site: Gataka: the PHP-GTK IRC bot

The admins over on the PHP-GTK Community site have announced a new resource PHP-GTK ircers can take advantage of - a new bot that hangs out in the #php-gtk channel over on the Freenode IRC network with an aim to be as helpful as possible.   The PHP-GTK.eu community site is now host to an IRC bot named Gataka (for "GTK"), helping users on the Freenode IRC channel for PHP-GTK, at irc://irc.freenode.net/php-gtk.   Currently is has an API interface (for PHP-GTK elements), user tracking and the ability to learn factoids. They're even starting to look for input regarding new features (log publication, in this case).


The glory of the newest Hall of Famers' achievements was punctuated by a steady stream of tears and a singular chant:


Bush reassures Africa no plans for new U.S. bases

President George W. Bush reassured Africa  on Wednesday that the United States was not planning to build  new military bases there and played down the risk of rivalry  with China for influence on the continent.


IOC Joins Steroid Inquiry Involving Marion Jones

The International Olympic Committee joined the investigation yesterday into allegations that Marion Jones, the American gold-medal sprinter, had used anabolic steroids and other illegal bodybuilding drugs.


World Wants Bush Out of the White House: Poll

The world wants President Bush out of the White House, according to a poll released on Wednesday that shows in 30 of 35 countries people preferred Democrat candidate John Kerry.


Qatari Energy Minister Abdullah al-Attiyah said on Tuesday that $30 a barrel was a fair price for oil -- a level nearly $20 below U.S. crude futures.


Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt has reportedly found solace in the company of his best buddy George Clooney, after he split with `Friends` star Jennifer Aniston.


Microsoft Web search exec leaving company: source

The Microsoft Corp.  executive  in charge of closing the gap on Web search leader Google Inc   is leaving the company, a source familiar with the  situation said on Wednesday.


Ellison: Oracle Makes 'Final' PeopleSoft Bid, But CEO Can't Buy ...

Oracle (nasdaq: ORCL - news - people ) presented its "best and final offer" for takeover prey PeopleSoft (nasdaq: PSFT - news - people ) Monday.


In this article you'll learn about several effective online marketing techniques (such as article writing for ezines, blogging, joint ventures, etc.) and how to implement them. By Terri Seymour. 0107


tordia writes "Bruce Schneier has come out against a plan proposed by the Missouri Secretary of State, Matt Blunt. Blunt's proposal would allow "soldiers at remote duty stations or in combat areas cast their


Microsoft: Can we check your software license?

Know whether your copy of Windows is licensed? The software maker might ask you this next time you visit its download site.


Bristol-Myers hires banks for sale advice: FT

U.S. pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb  has hired three Wall Street banks ahead of a possible offer from France's Sanofi-Aventis , the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.


Tampa Bay pitcher Dewon Brazelton, who bounced from home to home with a twin brother who has cerebral palsy, will receive the Tony Conigliaro Award for overcoming adversity through spirit, determination and courage.


Younger teens are staying away from sex more and when they do have sex, they are more likely to use contraception, U.S. government researchers reported Friday.


German police said on Saturday that a 19-year-old from Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, has admitted to hijacking the domain of the eBay Germany Web site and is likely to face charges of computer sabotage.


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A Survivor at CondÃ© Nast Chooses to Bow Out

CondÃ© Nast, home to Vanity Fair and Vogue, among other magazines, announced the departure of its editorial director on Wednesday.


Microsoft Corp. has made fingerprint biometric technology an integral part of its keyboard and mouse peripherals with new products that mark the company's first foray into biometric devices.


A small civilian airplane crashed in a training area on Fort Stewart, killing four people on board, authorities said Saturday.


The Jordanian who attacked tourists in the capital, had no links to any armed group, a Jordanian official says.


H&R Block's (HRB:NYSE - news - research) low-multiple shares cheapened Wednesday as investors tried to digest its explanation for a wide first-quarter earnings miss.


Lo spoglio per le presidenziali non Ã¨ ancora finito. L'opposizione data in netto in vantaggioma nel conteggio delle schede testa a testa tra l'uscente Kibaki e lo sfidante Odinga                                          Kenya nel caos, morti e feriti Ancora incertezza sul vincitore                                                                                Negli slum incidenti, sette morti e feriti negli scontri tra le etnie Luo e KykuyoOdinga invita alla calma e chiede il riconteggio. "Kibaki non puÃ² proclamarsi vincitore"


I made the right choices for European Commission, says Barroso

Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, yesterday backed France's European Commissioner, Jacques Barrot, and said he had no regrets over his handling of a dramatic showdown with MEPs last month.


Departing BAR team boss Dave Richards hopes star driver Jenson Button will be pursuaded to stay with the team as a result of Honda's part buy-out.


A gunman shoots dead a former mayor at a court hearing in the Philippine capital, Manila.


After all the campaigns' sophisticated media tactics and high-tech maneuvering, Iowa voters offered the presidential candidates a version of Politics 101: In this state, stick to the basics.


Law enforcement agents have raided five homes and one ISP in what the Department of Justice calls the first federal enforcement action against piracy on peer-to-peer networks.


Newspaper publisher Tribune Co. (TRB.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , embroiled in a scandal over inflated circulation figures, on Friday further cut circulation numbers at two New York


Iraqi President Jalal Talabani fell ill Sunday and was rushed unconscious to a hospital before being flown to neighboring Jordan for an immediate medical checkup, medical and government officials said.


Beersheba, Sept.1 (GUARDIAN NEWS SERVICE): At least 16 people were killed and almost 100 injured after Israel's five-month period of relative peace was shattered yesterday with adouble suicide bombing on two buses in the southern town of Beersheba.


You are probably already overworked, overscheduled and overcommitted. So why try to cram time into your jampacked calendar for joining professional groups?


Detectives investigating an alleged terrorist kidnap plot finish searching 18 addresses.


Australian Prime Minister John Howard yesterday called a general election for Oct. 9, with his conservative government trailing well behind the opposition Labor Party in opinion polls.


Mood Mixed Among Darfur Rebels Ahead of Talks

CORCHA CAMP, Sudan  - A Sudanese rebel commander in a camp in Darfur tells his troops he is hoping for peace. But just a few hours march away, young men say they are convinced Sudan wants to drive them off the land.


Drug addict Ian Previte is found guilty of pushing British tourist Caroline Stuttle to her death in Australia.


Peru': brucia foresta vicino sito archeologico Machu Picchu


Harold Benjamin, 80, Founder of Wellness Community, Is Dead

Harold Benjamin, who established the Wellness Community network of support centers for cancer patients after his wife was treated for breast cancer, died Thursday at his home in Marina del Ray, Calif.


Brits approve royal wedding but want Charles' oldest son as next king: survey

LONDON  - Sixty-five per cent of Britons approve of Prince Charles' decision to marry his longtime lover Camilla Parker Bowles, but when it comes to Britain's next king, many people would prefer Charles' oldest son in that role, not the prince, a survey said.


Denmark's Australian-born princess undergoes successful gall stone surgery

Denmark's Australian-born Princess Mary underwent successful gall stone surgery over ther weekend, the royal palace announced.


Mobile phone subscribers around the globe totaled nearly 1.5 billion by the middle of this year, about one quarter of the world's population, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said on Thursday.


Ashcroft rips federal judges on national security

Outgoing Attorney General John Ashcroft yesterday, in a stinging rebuke, accused federal judges of jeopardizing national security with rulings that contradict President Bush's constitutional authority to make wartime decisions.


The latest setback was a 2-1 defeat by Liverpool at Anfield, but Henry and club captain Patrick Vieira are struggling to cope with injuries.


Lesbian Minister to Challenge Defrocking

A Methodist minister who was defrocked for declaring that she's a lesbian living with her partner is taking her case to a church appeals court.


Alabama Falls to Clemson After Fading in Second Half

The 19th-ranked Clemson Tigers resumed their domination of the Southeastern Conference, handing Alabama its worst home loss in seven years in the process.


Village's sporting options have hit rock bottom

Residents of the remote mountain village in northern India recently conducted their 100th annual Sati Pradha Mela competition, in which the residents divide into two teams and conduct a crude version of dodgeball.


Imelda Marcos seeks court permission to go abroad

The Philippines' former first lady  Imelda Marcos has asked an anti-graft court to allow her to go  to Hong Kong and China for medical treatment and to attend a  trade show, her lawyer said on Wednesday.


As many as 8,000 gallons of a toxic solvent spilled into the Ohio River Wednesday after a barge hit an underwater dam, Coast Guard and Illinois state officials told CNN.


British PM Brown urges clubs to 'listen to the fans'

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has weighed into the debate over whether or not some English Premier League games should be played overseas by telling clubs to "listen to the fans."


Cisco, China's Haier in home networking deal

(InfoWorld) - Cisco Systems has entered into a partnership with Haier, the largest manufacturer of large home appliances in China, that will allow the companies to work together on a number of projects, including information infrastructure and home networking systems. The partnership, announced Tuesday, will also give the companies the opportunity to share best practices in areas such as investments and financial management and controls, Cisco said in a news release. The two companies will work together on a "broad range" of projects in China and other markets outside the United States, Cisco said. A Cisco spokesman in the United States declined to answer questions about the deal, saying Cisco had "no further details to share at this point." Haier, the fourth-largest "white goods" manufacturer worldwide, is working to expand its brand outside China, Cisco said. Haier, with about 50,000 employees, has entered the networked appliance market in the past two years. Haier is a Cisco customer in China. Haier believes it is "necessary to take advantage of Cisco's business practices as a model for efficient international expansion," particularly in network-reliant areas such as customer service, Zhang Ruimin, Haier's CEO, said in a statement. Cisco will share its experience in using networking technologies to improve corporate competitiveness, added Thomas Lam, president of Cisco China. At a conference earlier this month, Cisco officials suggested that the company plans toÂ focus more of its efforts on the consumer market. The company also sees opportunity in developing countries, officials said.


Kim Clijsters' return to action ended prematurely on Saturday - playing in her first tournament in more than four months, she fell victim to a wrist injury in her semi-final match against Elena Bovina in the Gaz de France Stars tournament.


Father Goose, a k a Wayne Rhoden, has come a long way since he was known as Rankin Don, but he hasnât tried to play down his rough-and-tumble dancehall days.


Chiuso il 3/o trimestre con un rosso record di 2,24 mld dlr


A freed hostage tells of bandits, betrayal, and men in black hoods


Napoli, 18:49 - CALCIO, NAPOLI; CANNAVARO: HO VISTO UNA SQUADRA REATTIVA

Paolo Cannavaro è il ritratto della ritrovata fiducia del Napoli dopo la qualificazione con i...


Parallels Virtualization Software Debuts for Xserve

The company behind the popular Mac desktop virtualization software, Parallels, is now offering what it calls the first virtualization server software for Intel-based Apple hardware.


Trovate due bombe dopo incontro Blair-Berlusconi

Una bomba pronta ad esplodere, nascosta nella strada d'accesso all'abitato di Porto Rotondo, è stata trovata da polizia e carabinieri a tarda sera, intorno alle 23.30, dentro un beauty case, sistemata nello spazio riservato ai cassonetti per la ...


Pssst! Here's ECS' 'super 3G' sub-notebook

HSUPA and HSDPA built in Mobile World Congress There's not much to say about ECS' 11in G10IL laptop other than the fact it has built-in tri-band HSDPA and HSUPA 'super 3G' technology for downloads of up to 7.2Mb/s and 2Mb/s, respectively.â¦


By Lisa Gibson, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Jun. 4--A new resident has made a temporary home in Grand Forks on the smiley-face water tower off Washington Street.   A male peregrine falcon has been living in a nest box on the tower since mid-April.


Israel kills two Palestinians in north Gaza: medics

Israeli soldiers clashed with Palestinian gunmen in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing one militant, hospital officials said.


Anonymous donor gives $130 million for Bangladesh cyclone recovery

The money will help build schools and storms shelters, three months after Cyclone Sidr killed more than 3,000 and left millions homeless.


Pitcher Clemens reported named in doping affidavit

Roger Clemens, one of Major League Baseball's best known and most successful pitchers, is among six players linked to the use of performance-enhancing drugs by a former teammate, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday.


Source: Colombian Cyclist Fails Drug Test

Colombian cyclist Maria Luisa Calle Williams has tested positive for a stimulant and could lose her bronze medal, Olympic officials said on Sunday.


NBA Wrap: O'Neal Pours in 40 Points as Miami Wins

Shaquille O'Neal scored a season-high 40 points and added 12 rebounds and five blocked shots to drive the host Miami Heat past the Washington Wizards 106-83 Monday.


Seattle men arrested; no motive available

MOSCOW, Idaho -- A University of Idaho football player was shot to death and police arrested two brothers from Seattle following a chase that extended halfway across Washington state.


Nov. 16, 2004âStarting this week, US pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma will begin adding an RFID label to every 100-tablet bottle of the company's popular OxyContin pain reliever tablets to be shipped to Wal-Mart and drug wholesaler HD Smith.


The U.S. economic outlook dimmed on  Tuesday after reports said business productivity grew more  slowly in the third quarter than first estimated, labor costs  rose and other indicators signaled softening activity.


NEW YORK - As President Bush's campaign prepared a fresh wave of campaign ads coming out of the convention, Democrat John Kerry challenged the Republican's contention of an improving economy in his own new commercials that are part of a $50 million post


Some of the biggest names in European aviation team up with the EU to develop cleaner aircraft.


Mobile phone industry aims to reduce pollution

Nokia and other mobile industry players have agreed on measures to reduce pollution from the manufacture and disposal of mobile phones.


Doctors at India's top medical institute begin a hunger strike to protest against quotas for low-caste Hindus.


Britney Spears Weds For Second Time In 9 Months

LOS ANGELES -- Britney Spears, who rose to stardom singing "Oops! ... I Did It Again," has once again tied the knot, the second marriage in nine months for the multi-platinum artist.


Six Afghans wounded after operation in south

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan  - Six Afghan family members, including two women and a child, were wounded, a local hospital head said on Sunday, after a military operation supported by Western air power in southern Afghanistan.


DreamWorks Animation, creator of box-office smashes including Shrek and Shark Tale, has raised $812m (Â£444) from its floatation in New York.


BOMBAY, India -- India stumbled to 22 for the loss of two wickets on a rain-hit first day of the fourth and final Test against Australia in Bombay on Wednesday.


Romania Sells Two Out of Four 3G Licences

The national telecoms regulator in Romania (the MCTI) has announced the winners of the bidding for 3G licences in the country.


There was a time when knocking out Mike Tyson was boxing's equivalent to beating Ken Jennings at Final Jeopardy. It was the most Heruculean of labors and when it finally happened, it was an international event


Weak Dollar Has Small Businesses Thinking Globally

A variety of small businesses in the U.S. are starting to take advantage of the mismatch between a weak dollar and the purchasing power of customers using strong currencies.


Afghans Face Violent Short Cut to Democracy

A Taliban bombing campaign is expected to  herald Afghanistan's historic presidential polls on October 9,  but after a quarter-century of foreign occupation, civil war,  and Taliban rule, Afghans are philosophical.


Both Sides Cite Science to Address Altered Corn

A proposal to ban the planting of a genetically modified corn strain  sets up a bitter war within the European Union.


Beatles legend Paul McCartney has had a secret heart operation, media reports said Wednesday.


Hopefuls' Preferences for Court Spring to Forefront

It is axiomatic of presidential politics that while many people are concerned about the future of the Supreme Court, the issue mainly influences narrow groups of voters at either end of the


Day after nuclear deal, Koreas say to resume talks

North and South Korea said on Wednesday they had agreed to resume ministerial talks, a day after a breakthrough energy-for-arms deal at six-party talks on the North's nuclear programs in Beijing.


James Dobson, one of the nation's most politically influential evangelical Christians, made it clear in a message to friends this week he will not support Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson.


Renzo Arbore e la sua orchestra saranno a Pechino e Shanghai


The dollars were flying in 2007, whether it was from gamers grabbing for Halo and Guitar Hero, or Vivendi shelling out for Activision.


Due to National Shortage, No Flu Shots This Year

Columbians might be forced to suffer through the flu season armed with only hand sanitizer and chicken soup this year. Due to a national shortage of the vaccine, Health Services cannot promise flu shots to any students, faculty, or staff.


Three disciplined over Mel Gibson's 2006 arrest

Three sheriff's department employees, including two supervisors, were disciplined for their handling of last year's drunken-driving arrest of actor-director Mel Gibson, the head of a civilian oversight panel said on Friday.


A man wanted over the murder of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky may have fled dressed as a veiled Muslim woman, say reports.


79-Year-Old Woman Charged in Cane Attack

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - A 79-year-old woman has been charged with using her wooden cane to strike police officers who arrived at her home to check on her welfare.  St.


He won't be upstaging Daisuke Matsuzaka , who is scheduled to make his first spring start tonight against Boston College, but Manny Ramírez's spring debut is scheduled to come this afternoon, in an exhibition against the Blue Jays.


International PHP Magazine: Poll Question: Which is Truest?

The International PHP Magazine has published the results of this past week's poll that asked "Which is truest?" (or "which of the options given about PHP is the most correct).   The International PHP Magazine conducted a poll over the week, asking for your opinion regarding the truest statement. The poll results with the respective percentages are as shown in the screen cast.   Of the options given, only one stood out above the rest - "PHP is Easy to Learn" - definitely a true statement. As far as the rest, they were close, but "PHP code gets embedded in HTML pages" came in second.   Be sure to check out the new poll question for the week - "You Did Not Know That..." (selecting which of the little known facts about PHP you didn't know).


Rain forced NASA to delay the landing of space shuttle Atlantis in Florida Thursday, but the agency hoped the skies would clear up to return its seven astronauts to Earth later in the day.


Study Links Mobile Phones, Benign Tumors

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A Swedish study suggests that people who use a cell phone for at least 10 years might increase their risk of developing a rare benign tumor along a nerve on the side of the head where they hold the phone.    In an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, one of the researchers behind the preliminary study, Anders Ahlbom, said the results were surprising and more research is needed...


The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales is to question the cost of the war in Iraq in his Midnight Mass address.


Two New Jersey senators said Thursday they would block President Bush's choice to head the Federal Aviation Administration, saying they are unhappy with the government's handling of widespread flight delays that often begin in their East Coast airspace.


Israel would not bar Arafat return after overseas treatment

JERUSALEM, Oct 28  - Israel will not bar ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat from returning to the West Bank if he were to leave for medical treatment, senior government spokesman Raanan Gissin told AFP Thursday.


Rice Names Critic Of Iraq Policy to Counselor's Post

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has tapped Eliot A. Cohen, a prominent writer on national security strategy and an outspoken critic of the administration's postwar occupation of Iraq, as her counselor, State Department officials said yesterday.


Lawmakers may soon pass a bill that would set up a huge network of databases that law enforcement officials could tap to find terrorists. But that kind of unfettered access to data about Americans raises eyebrows. By Ryan Singel.


Giuliani in Hospital With Flu-Like Symptoms

Republican Rudy Giuliani was admitted to a hospital Wednesday night for flu-like symptoms, his campaign said.


Munch's Iconic 'Scream' Stolen in Norway

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


Real Madrid begin their assault on what would be an unprecedented 10th European Cup success when they meet Bayer Leverkusen in their opening Champions League Group B match later on Wednesday.


Amsterdam, 18:04 - CALCIO, INGHILTERRA: LIVERPOOL PRENDE BABEL DALL'AJAX

L'attaccante olandese dell'Ajax, Ryan Babel, è passato al Liverpool. Le due società si...


With $100 rebate, Sears brings a Linux desktop PC from Linspire to a major national retailer that doesn't specialize in electronics.


U.N. observers in Lebanon telephoned the Israeli military 10 times in six hours to ask it to stop shelling near their position before an attack killed four observers and sparked international anger with Israel, U.N. officials said Wednesday.


Long lunching Luddites show world how to do IT

Vive La France! Column Last week, a report emerged with one of the most unlikely conclusions in the short history of digital policy. The report was built around yet another ranking of the technological performance of different countries around the world.â¦


Two bombs explode in busy markets in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 35 people, police say.


June Jones has not resigned from Hawaii and has not signed with Southern Methodist â at least not as of Sunday afternoon.


Saks Inc. SKS.N on Tuesday posted a  wider quarterly loss as poor sales at its lower-priced  department stores outweighed a strong performance at its Saks  Fifth Avenue luxury chain.


Under a New Watch, Miramax Still Homes in on Awards

Miramax may be a smaller and calmer organization under Daniel Battsek, but the studio has nonetheless remained in the thick of the awards race.


A special performance at this year's Grammy awards ceremony is to pay tribute to late singer Ray Charles.


Increases to the minimum wage are beginning to be cause for concern for businesses, the CBI says.


Israeli troops thrust into a crowded Palestinian refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, as fresh violence claimed at least 27 Palestinians and three Israelis - one


Oil prices broke above $46 a barrel on  Tuesday as a cold spell loomed for the U.S. Northeast heating  oil market and a rash of supply problems afflicted big global  producers.


Development work on Netscape Navigator, the browser that once owned the vast majority of the browser market, will cease Feb. 1, AOL announced today.


Natale: su treni notturni vigileranno guardie giurate

Un servizio di guardie giurate si aggiungerÃ  agli agenti della polizia ferroviaria, a ulteriore tutela della sicurezza e della tranquillitÃ  dei viaggiatori. La sorveglianza Ã¨ giÃ  attiva e sono stati svolti i primi interventi.


A Belgian individual with several local property investments has set up a new real estate development fund which will invest in Hungary.


Jenson Button must wait until next month to discover which F1 team he will race for next season.


Americans observed a moment of silence at the very hour and place of the first Sept. 11 attack on Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of a day remembered with solemnity and ceremony.


Manchester United report a turnover of Â£245m for the 2006/07 season, a record in English football.


The New French Alienation: Blank Looks and Fake Owls

The familiar visual signposts of alienation are spiffily arrayed in Siegrid Alnoy's handsome but empty film debut.


US stocks: Stocks rally to end higher as Dell boosts techs

Stocks extended their rally on Friday, led by technology shares after computer maker Dell Inc. shot up 8 per cent on a higher quarterly profit and an optimistic forecast.


Amsterdam mayor proposes three-day wait for magic mushrooms

A new proposal from the mayor of Amsterdam is sure to be considered a bummer by certain visitors to the Dutch city: a three-day waiting period to buy hallucinogenic mushrooms.


Italy, German bourses may make Euronext offer: report

Italian stock market operator Borsa   Italiana is ready to study a joint offer with Deutsche Boerse   for Euronext ENXT.PA, which has already agreed a $10 billion   deal to merge with the NYSE, Il Sole 24 Ore newspaper said.


G8:  Legislators Detail Their Hopes for a Climate Accord

BERLIN, Jun 4 (IPS) - Legislators from the G8 countries -- Britain,  France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada, United States and Russia  -- are hoping against hope that an historic breakthrough on  climate change will be achieved at the Heiligendamm summit this  week.


HR Watchdog Freedom House Calls Ukrainian Elections Illegitimate

Freedom House has accused Ukrainian authorities in Sundayâs president elections of massive fraud, saying the elections were neither fair nor honest.


Three Americans win 2004 Nobel Prize in physics:

[World News] Stockholm, Oct 5 : Americans David J. Gross, H. David Politzer and Frank Wilczek were awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for explaining how the basic building blocks of nature, quarks, build the entire universe, Xinhua reports.


Russia, China worried by Iran attack talk

Russia and China expressed alarm on Tuesday over comments by France's foreign minister raising the specter of war with Iran, and Washington said diplomacy was key to ending a standoff with Tehran over its nuclear program.


British social workers decided on Tuesday to allow an eight-year-old boy who weighs almost 200 lb (90 kg) to remain at home with his mother, even though she has refused to stop feeding him junk food.


DuPage GOP won't use secret ballot for coroner vote

A nasty GOP battle to slate a successor for retiring DuPage County Coroner Richard Ballinger will be decided publicly, rather than by secret ballot, when the county's Republican organization convenes Saturday.


Vonage says to appeal verdict on Sprint patents

Vonage Holdings Corp  said on Tuesday that it will appeal a U.S. jury verdict that it willfully infringed patents belonging to Sprint Nextel Corp  and that it pay $69.5 million in damages.


IBM buys database software firm Solid Information

International Business Machines   Corp said on Friday it has agreed to buy in-memory  database software provider Solid Information Technology from  private owners for an undisclosed sum.


In his new bestselling book, talk-show host and multiple-sclerosis sufferer Montel Williams says the key to good health is mother-know-best common sense


Honeypot Project Finds Unpatched Linux PCs Stay Secure Online For ...

The average unpatched Linux system survives for months on the Internet before being hacked, a report recently issued by the Honeypot Project claims.


Fernando Alonso criticises the FIA's decision to appoint a special scrutineer for this weekend's title-deciding Brazilian Grand Prix.


Retail Sales Up 1.5 Pct., Fueled by Autos

U.S. retail sales rose by an unexpectedly large 1.5 percent in September, propelled by the sharpest jump in auto sales in nearly three years, according to a government report on Friday that bodes well for economic growth in the third quarter.


(InfoWorld) - Oracle will soon begin certification of its database software to run on Itanium 2 computing processor platforms. Oracle joined with officials of the Itanium Solutions Alliance (ISA) in making the announcement Monday at the first ever Itanium Solutions Summit in San Francisco. The move is a further endorsement by Oracle of the beleaguered Itanium processor family which has been slow to gain traction in the server marketplace, though it hasÂ shown some recent momentum. "This seems like an 'attaboy' announcement," said industry analyst Charles King. The Itanium microprocessor family was developed by Intel, of Santa Clara, California, and Hewlett-Packard, of Palo Alto, California, but even with the backing of these tech industry giants, relatively few software programs were initially available to run on Itanium. In announcing Oracle's support, Alliance members said Monday there are now 10,000 software applications from 2,000 independent software vendors certified on the Itanium 2 dual-core processor, code-named "Montecito," the latest iteration of Itanium introduced this summer. When ISA was founded in September 2005, it counted only 5,000 Itanium-compatible applications. Oracle, of Redwood Shores, California, is "reiterating" its support of Itanium with Monday's announcement, said Oracle spokesman Eloy Ontiveros, planning to certify the next major releases of its Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware products across various operating systems. Oracle's decision is "in keeping with our longstanding tradition of presenting customers with many choices in deployment platforms," said Prem Kumar, vice president of the Oracle's Server Technologies division. Of Oracle's support of Itanium, industry analyst Joe Clabby said, "They kind of have to." Oracle is one of the largest of HP's technology partners and HP is the biggest supporter of Itanium, said Clabby, president of Clabby Analytics of Yarmouth, Maine, citing industry reports that as many as 80 percent of the Itanium servers on the market are HP-branded servers. Oracle has made several announcements in recent years about software applications that run on Itanium-powered servers and this is just the latest effort to promote Itanium, said King, president of Pund-IT Research, of Hayward, California. "Now that Montecito has hit the market, Itanium is gaining success among HP users," King said. But he still doesn't see Itanium taking business from its main processor competitors, the Power architecture from IBM Corp., of Armonk, New York, or the Sparc from Sun Microsystems, of Santa Clara, California. However, ISA cited IDC Research data showing Itanium building momentum. Sales of Itanium-based systems generated $740 million in revenue in the second quarter, up 36.4 percent from the year ago quarter. IDC reported in February that the market for Itanium servers may reach $6.6 billion by 2009, up from $2.4 billion in 2005. Other server makers supporting Itanium 2 include Unisys, of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, FujitsuÂ of Japan, and Silicon Graphics, of Mountain View, California.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.


Offensive tackle Tarik Glenn is the second-longest-tenured player on the Colts' roster (trailing only receiver Marvin Harrison ), which makes the team's Super Bowl appearance that much sweeter. A first-round pick in 1997, Glenn was part of teams that went 3-13 in each of his first two seasons, and 3-6 in the playoffs prior to this ...


A police officer responding to an incident is killed in a road accident in Manchester.


BAA defends Â£4bn bill for Stansted expansion

The spat between airports operator BAA and no frills carrier Ryanair escalated yesterday as Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary branded BAA an "over-charging monopoly" and BAA added another Â£7m to Ryanair's bill.


Massachusetts 'Big Dig' inspections to continue

Inspections of Boston's troubled "Big   Dig" highway project revealed weaknesses in ceilings throughout   the tunnel system and several older roadways feeding it,   Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said on Tuesday.


Hot deal: Plus Deck 2c tape-to-MP3 cassette deck, $116

We found you a great discount on a gadget that converts your old tapes into digital format.


TEHRAN -- The UN chief got little satisfaction yesterday at the close of his trip to Tehran, snubbed by Iran's leader over international demands to stop enriching uranium and ignored in warnings not to incite hatred by questioning the Holocaust.


THE barricades are appearing around Madison Square Garden and streets are being closed. Below, in the enormous Penn Station, New York's finest peek into railway cars, sit alongside passengers in the Amtrak


It's been six years since Valve Corp. perfected the first-person shooter with "Half-Life." Video games have come a long way since, with better graphics and more options than ever. Still, relatively few games have mustered this one's memorable characters and original science fiction story.


U.S.'s Kornberg wins Nobel, follows laureate father

American Roger Kornberg, the son of a Nobel laureate, won the 2006 Nobel chemistry prize on Wednesday for showing how genes are copied, a process essential to how cells develop and to life itself.


Contenitore condotto da Barbara D'Urso e Claudio Brachino


Some 50,000 Muscovites rally for October Revolution anniversary

About 50,000 Muscovites, mostly young people and pensioners, gathered Sunday in the center of the capital city to mark the 87th anniversary of the October Revolution in 1917 leading to the founding of the former Soviet Union.


Rock Star Doherty Freed on Bail by British Court

Rock star Pete Doherty, arrested after a disturbance at a London hotel, was freed on bail on Friday when he appeared in court on charges of robbery and blackmail, his lawyer said.


A Brindisi, sono giovanissimi di poco piu' di 13 anni


It was like the first day of summer camp at this lakeside resort, but the scrubbed young campers in T-shirts and casual clothes had more than beadwork and canoeing on their minds.


Family Guy to Make Download Debut on Xbox

Fox has struck a deal with Microsoft to make episodes from the first two seasons of the popular animated television series Family Guy available through Xbox Live, the first Fox series to be offered on the platform.


Palestinians in the West Bank vote in their first municipal elections for almost 30 years.


Gambhir, Dravid hit tons as India score 334 for two (Night Lead):

[Sports India, Cricket]: Chittagong, Dec 17 : Centuries by Rahul Dravid and Gautam Gambhir guided India to a total of 334 for two wickets at the end of the first day of the second and final Test against Bangladesh here Friday.


Jurors Ask for Clarification in CIA Leak Case

Jurors deliberating in the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby asked for the judge's advice about how to interpret one of five counts in the case, which charges that the vice president's former chief of staff lied to the FBI about his conversation with former Time magazine reporter Matt Cooper, according to a note from the jury released by the court this morning....


FALLUJAH, Iraq, Oct 8 (MASNET & News Agencies) - Militants executed British hostage Kenneth Bigley, it was announced, bringing a tragic end to a three-week ordeal, while US planes bombed a suspected hideout of another militant blamed for beheading several


More than 150 refugees, including many children, killed in Burundi are to be buried in mass graves later on Monday.


Global demand drives Corus's first profit

Anglo-Dutch steel producer Corus yesterday reported its first profit since it was formed by the merger of British Steel and Hoogovens almost five years ago.


Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez lambastes President Bush as the pair continue rival Latin American tours.


There They Go Again: Escalating the War in Iraq

Iraq is a quagmire, steadily getting worse, as anyone who reads the newspaper knows. Attacks against US forces, our allies, and Iraqis seen to be collaborating with us, are on the rise, alarmingly so.


Excess chips a drag on 3rd-quarter Intel results

Intel on Tuesday released third-quarter financial results showing that it continues to struggle to sell a substantial stockpile of computer chips as demand for personal computers remains slow.


Pilots at US Airways have voted in favor of giving $300 million in annual wage and benefit concessions to the struggling airline, becoming the first major labor group to accept permanent


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Corey Dillon rushed for a pair of touchdowns as the visiting New England Patriots clipped the Kansas City Chiefs 27-19 before a crowd of 78,431 at Arrowhead Stadium on Monday.


Michael Ovitz, who had a brief but extremely lucrative career as president of Walt Disney Co. in the mid 1990s, might emerge as the latest embodiment of corporate spending run amok.


DivX Partners With Sony Pictures and Takes on Apple With a New D-Link Media Hub

DivX announced a new deal with Sony Pictures at this week's CES that will let online retailers offer the studio's entire library for download and playback on DivX-certified devices. The company also debuted a new D-Link media hub, which will compete with the Apple TV.


At least 49 people have died in Leicester hospitals over the last eight months from a superbug, it is revealed.


Sharon Tells Party Rebels He's Not Afraid of Early Elections

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sent a stern warning to rebels in his Likud Party today, saying he would not hesitate to call early elections if they prevented him from bringing the moderate Labour Party into the government.


Ex-EPA chief rejects criticism over 9/11 illnesses

Former chief of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fought off fierce criticism Monday that the agency did not do enough to protect September 11, 2001, rescue workers from toxic pollutants.


IBM is releasing a new line of ThinkPads that will include embedded fingerprint readers to amp up security. The new reader will be on a wrist rest below the arrow keys on select models of the T42.


ith shows like "Everwood" and "Gilmore Girls," the WB has perfected the family drama. "Jack & Bobby" is a bigger step: a First Family drama.


IBM 'Stinger' Database Coming in Mid-September

IBM's next version of the DB2 Universal Database, code-named "Stinger," will be generally available on Sept. 17, the company said Thursday.


SAN DIEGO -- Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers has a sprained ligament in his right knee and is listed as questionable for Sunday's AFC championship game against the undefeated New England Patriots.


Kyle Orton passes for 287 yards and a career-high four touchdowns to lead the Boilermakers to a 51-0 victory over Syracuse on Sunday.