Farmington, Pennsylvania - Vijay Singh shot an even-par 72 on Saturday, nothing special but good enough to maintain a two-stroke lead after the third round of the $4.


By Sandy Cullen, The Wisconsin State Journal  Jan.


Four Palestinian militants were killed in fighting with Israeli troops Thursday in the Gaza Strip, Israel and Hamas officials said.


The Vibe Music Awards--an event meant to honor achievement in urban music--were interrupted Monday night (11/15) when a man apparently punched rap impresario Dr.


Government troops have been responsible for the worst atrocities of a simmering conflict in Central African Republic, burning down villages, executing civilians and forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes, a human rights group said Friday.


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World Kicks Off AIDS Day, China Gets Tough

The world marked AIDS Day on Wednesday,  promising to eradicate ignorance and prejudice about a disease  that was at first dismissed by many as a Western evil confined  to drug users, homosexuals and prostitutes.


Electronic anti-rollover systems will become standard equipment on 1.8 million sport utility vehicles from GM and Ford in 2005, the automakers announced today.


Roma, 19:17 - CALCIO, LEGA; MATARRESE: IO NON RESTAURO, RICOSTRUISCO

A margine del sorteggio per i calendari di A e B, il presidente della Lega Antonio Matarrese, che ve...


Il deputato del Prc era autorecluso da ieri a Crotone


Roma, 21:12 - CALCIO, LAZIO: DAL 5 IN VENDITA ABBONAMENTI CHAMPIONS

La Lazio ha varato un mini abbonamento per le gare di Champions League. "Il futuro è Champion...


Flu Season Off to Slower Start, CDC Chief Says

This year's flu season has started slowly in the United States, where there are concerns about a shortage of vaccine caused by production problems at a major manufacturer, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday.


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.


Durazo's Blast Leads A's Past Orioles 9-4

Erubiel Durazo hit a three-run homer and Eric Chavez also connected for the Oakland Athletics, who completed a four-game sweep of the slumping Baltimore Orioles with a 9-4 victory Thursday.


Roger Federer beats Mikhail Youzhny in straight sets to reach the last eight of the French Open.


The mother of murdered teenager Danielle Beccan says her daughter was "destined for great things".


The US may delay activating its Europe-based missile defence shield, Defence Secretary Robert Gates says.


G5, PISANU: EUROPOL PLAYS KEY ROLE AGAINST TERRORISM

(AGI) - Florence, Italy, Oct.18 - "EuroPol must play a key role in the struggle against terorrism" said Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu, illustrating the results of the G5 (Italy, UK, France, Germany, Spain) Interior Ministers meeting held today in


Turkey Pressed to Move on Cyprus for EU Deal

The European Union spelled out tough  conditions Friday for Turkey to start membership talks next  October ahead of final bargaining with the Turkish prime  minister at a landmark summit.


NBC's "30 Rock" will  return to the schedule a week earlier that planned and will  switch places with another Thursday comedy, veteran "Scrubs."


ATLANTA - Let there be no doubt: The Auburn football team is the undisputed champion of the Southeastern Conference. And let it be written that Jason Campbell made it so.


Thieves steal paintings worth over $160 million in Zurich: police

Four paintings by Cezanne, Degas, Van Gogh and Monet stolen from a Zurich museum are valued at more than 180 million Swiss francs (112 million euros, 164 million dollars), police said Monday.


The gap between UK rich and poor is as wide as it has been for 40 years, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation says.


Hoon pays surprise trip to India, Pakistan

Defence Secretary Geoffrey Hoon was shuttling between India and Pakistan on a surprise four-day visit.


Max Bialystock, the spark plug that drives "The Producers," is a New Yorker first — and then he's Jewish, according to Mel Brooks, the man who created the rapscallion who uses money from little old ladies to finance what he thinks will be a flop Broadway musical.


Merck & Co Inc. on Thursday pulled its  arthritis drug Vioxx off the market because it increases the  risk of heart attack and stroke, a move that sent the company's  shares plunging, erasing $25 billion of its market value.


Schwarzenegger vows to pursue health insurance

SACRAMENTO, California  - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday vowed to press on with legislation to provide health insurance to his state's uninsured, a day after a universal health care bill he backed died in a Senate committee.


Shorter Intern Shifts Mean Fewer Medical Errors

Harvard University's teaching hospital is introducing what would seem to be a common-sense move but is really a revolution in medical education: a 16-hour limit on the


Blog: Original researcher makes public his own exploit code.


By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 2--ROCKY FORD -- Memories of the past and visions of the future could be found in questions Thursday surrounding a "Super Ditch" proposed by the Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District.


France urges alternative to Turkish EU entry

PARIS: The European Union should be prepared to offer Turkey an alternative to membership of the 25-nation bloc if entry talks with Ankara fail, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said on Thursday.


Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh says he was influenced by Jane Austen and other  genteel novelists.


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Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails  Thursday have effectively ended an 18-day-old hunger strike  after most of their demands for better conditions were met, a  Palestinian cabinet minister said.


Oil prices dipped on Thursday, after leaping to a lifetime high of $100 the day before, fuelled by expectations of thinning U.S. stockpiles, the falling dollar and geopolitical risks.


The Dead Talk, and There's Plenty of Static

The nominal thriller "White Noise" is worthy neither of Michael Keaton's talents nor even a desperate horror fan's attention.


Milano, 23:55 - CALCIO, MILAN; ANCELOTTI: IN EUROPA CE LA GIOCHIAMO CON TUTTI

Carlo Ancelotti si gode la qualificazione del Milan ai quarti di Champions League: ''Non so se siamo...


BUSH VISITS CHIPPEWA FALLS Aug 18, 2004 IT WAS ANOTHER DAY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR PRESIDENT BUSH.


Time fades personal ties to Pearl Harbor attack

So it might seem unlikely for her to have an emotional tie to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The surprise attack, which plunged the United States into World War II, happened 63 years ago today, long before Boncal was born.


It's the first of the festive season duels and it's one of high stakes and even higher interest. The two major videogame consoles, Sony's Playstation 2 (PS2) and Microsoft's Xbox, are involved in a multi-million


Firenze, 15:55 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI: SI BLOCCA LOPEZ, NIENTE FIORENTINA

Il Cagliari domani a Firenze dovrà fare a meno del capitano Lopez. Il difensore uruguaiano ha...


RealNetworks says it increased its share of the online music market after halving the price of tunes.


Break out the sunscreen... summers of scorching heat will be back

MAN-MADE changes to the climate have at least doubled the chances of having a summer in Europe as scorching as that of 2003, according to British scientists.


IMlogic has joined with leaders in the instant messaging and security community to create a new IM Threat Center. The center claims to be the first broad-based initiative to help IM users protect themselves against malware threats.


The Videocon Cup tournament was hailed as a firecracker competition between three ICC Champions Trophy favourites; India, Pakistan and Australia.


Marriage in the channel Stone Computers and Compusys, two large public sector resellers, are merging their businesses.â¦


ADELAIDE, Australia Shareholders of News Corp. have approved a plan from Rupert Murdoch, the owner, to move the media company to the United States from Australia, which would make it easier to raise money


In an attempt to maximize its greatest asset, Fenway Park, the Red Sox have expressed an interest in bringing the Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament to Boston, possibly as early as 2007, after the expiration of the ACC's two-year contract with a host site in Jacksonville, Fla.


Researchers have identified a genetic factor that can help predict whether a woman will suffer a risky pregnancy, according to an article in the Oct. 18 issue of The Journal of Experimental Medicine.


Japanese, North Korean Negotiators Meet to Discuss Kidnappings

Japanese and North Korean negotiators held a second day of talks in Beijing as part of an effort by Tokyo to get more information on the fate of Japanese nationals kidnapped by North Korean agents decades ago.


N.Y. Philharmonic Agrees on Labor Contract

The New York Philharmonic and the musicians union have agreed to a three-year labor contract that includes a raise, benefit increases and changes to working and touring conditions, the orchestra announced Sunday.


Dell introduced two new music players yesterday, aiming to take a chunk from Apple's iPod market share. Marketed under the Dell DJ (Digital Jukebox) line of digital music players, one - the


Gates, others lead California effort for stem cell research

Silicon Valley tycoons, Nobel laureates and Hollywood celebrities are backing a measure on California's Nov. 2 ballot to devote $3 billion to human embryonic stem cell experiments in


Most of China back to normal after snow disaster

Transport, power generation and food supply were back to normal in most of China on Sunday after the worst winter weather in decades killed scores of people and caused billions of dollars of damage, authorities said.


A cardinal error to moralise on sex education without the facts

CARDINAL Keith OâBrien is so desperate to fill the moral vacuum he believes is the cause of all Scotlandâs troubles (including dwindling attendance at mass) that sometimes he opens his mouth before engaging his brain.


FSA to file charge against UFJ, ex-execs

The Financial Services Agency plans to file a criminal complaint against UFJ Bank and several former bank directors as early as this month, sources said Friday.


Modena, 15:18 - CALCIO, MODENA-ALBINOLEFFE A PORTE CHIUSE: AMADEI IN CURVA

Alfredo Amadei, neo presidente del Modena, ha deciso di seguire la partita contro l'Albinoleffe nell...


When the green flag drops for today's MBNA America 400 at Dover International Speedway, 43 drivers will be lined up to cross the start/finish line.


Open source + Mac...Cooling a MacBook Pro with smcFanControl

Blog: Open source and your Mac.  What a combo!  Here's a great open source program for keeping your MacBook Pro cool.


U.S. warns of attacks in Indonesia during holidays

Americans and other Westerners in Indonesia should remain alert to the possibility of militant attacks over the Christmas and New Year period, the U.S. embassy in Jakarta said on Monday.


Graeme McDowell, another great talent from the Walker Cup crop of 1999-01, equalled the course record yesterday and so took the lead in the Dunhill Links Championship.


In due minuti il gol di CalaiÃ² (poi espulso) e il pareggio di Papa WaigoI biancazzurri ora inseguono Juventus e Bologna                                            Il Napoli fermato a Cesena e perde la testa della classifica


Authorities are launching a new push to collect U.S.-made Stinger missiles distributed to Afghans fighting Soviet troops in the 1980s in an effort to keep the weapons from terrorists and governments — including Iran, an Afghan official said Sunday.


Revolution midfielder Shalrie Joseph will miss the rest of the regular season after undergoing surgery to repair a damaged tendon and several nerves in a finger on his right hand. Joseph was injured last Thursday night during an altercation at a Boston nightclub.


Walter H. G. Lewin, a physics professor at M.I.T., has found devotees across the country with his online lectures.


HP iPaq hx2000 Series Will Be Three Devices

On HP's UK site the upcoming hx2000 series is now broken out into three different Pocket PC devices, the HP iPaq hx2750, HP iPaq 2410, and HP iPaq 2110.


Stocks set to open slightly up after deal news

U.S. stocks looked set to open slightly higher on Monday as a spate of acquisition deals suggested optimism about the economy, but Pfizer Inc.'s  decision to abandon a key experimental drug hammered its shares.


Leukemia therapy can impair school performance

NEW YORK  - Certain treatments may affect the scholastic achievement of childhood leukemia survivors, Finnish researchers report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. However, many of these treated children do not appear to be disadvantaged.


Oil prices hit a fresh intraday record high Wednesday, passing $80 a barrel for the first time ever, after the government said supplies of crude oil fell far more than expected.


Buildings collapse, dozens die in storms

At least 42 people died and more than 150 were injured when heavy rains caused buildings in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, to collapse, according to provincial health and police officials.


This social networking disease is catching Yahoo! is in talks to buy Facebook, the social networking site for college- and schoolkids, the WSJ reports today.â¦


San Paolo, 09:26 - CALCIO, BRASILE: INCIDENTE STRADALE PER EX ATTACCANTE CASAGRANDE

Walter Casagrande, ex attaccante di Ascoli e Torino, è rimasto coinvolto in un incidente stra...


US newspaper discloses how White House embraced disputed Iraq arms

A leading US newspaper carried areport on Sunday describing in details how the White House embraced suspect intelligence on Iraq's alleged illicit weapons inthe run-up to the Iraq war in March 2003.


Eight people are killed in continuing clashes between Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas in Gaza.


Shia clerics deny opposing Iraqi resistance

Iraq's top Shia authority is denying media reports that it has opposed armed resistance against the US occupation of the country.


U.S. recognizes tribe that met early British settlers

The U.S. government on Thursday officially recognized the American Indians whose ancestors met the British Pilgrim settlers at Plymouth Rock in 1620 and fought in a bloody conflict over the first U.S. colonies.


Web search leader Google Inc. posted quarterly earnings on Tuesday that blew past expectations on strong Web search advertising, driving its share price up almost 10 percent to a record high.


President Bush signed legislation yesterday aimed at preventing the severely mentally ill from buying guns, a bill backed by both parties after the bloody Virginia Tech University shooting.


Wal-Mart begins campaign to counter labor criticisms

Wal-Mart chief executive Lee Scott led a media charge yesterday to counter criticism that the world's largest retailer is a behemoth that takes advantage of its workers and stifles competition.


SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Michael Jackson was met with cheers Friday as he came to court to watch the mother of the boy who accused him of molestation undergo questioning by defense lawyers...


'All My Children' Star Ruth Warrick Dies

Ruth Warrick, the darling of the daytime soap opera "All My Children" who launched her career in Orson Welles' classic "Citizen Kane," has died, ABC-TV said Monday. She was 88.


AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Volontari dellÂOperazione Colomba (ComunitÃ  Papa Giovanni XXIII) testimoni di solidarietÃ  presso le ÂComunitÃ  indigene di PaceÂ in Colombia San JosÃ¨ de ApartadÃ² (Agenzia Fides) - Tre volontari dell'Operazione Colomba, il Corpo Nonviolento di Pace della ComunitÃ  Papa Giovanni XXIII fondata da don Oreste Benzi, sono dal 4 gennaio in visita alla ComunitÃ  di Pace di San JosÃ¨ de ApartadÃ², in ...


Watershed Group Thinks State Failed ; Unhappy With Permit for Town Wells

By TAMARA RACE  PLYMOUTH -  The Eel River Watershed Association has appealed a state permit allowing Plymouth to pump millions of gallons of water a year from the watershed to sprinkle on town ballfields and the town-owned Crosswinds Golf Course.


Though Costa Rica's national team had been struggling lately, the country is still producing top-level talent, and that individual skill has allowed the Ticos to reemerge in World Cup qualifying. Costa Rica scored eight goals in the last two games, half by Spain-based Paulo Wanchope.


NEW YORK - Colgate-Palmolive Co, which makes consumer products like Colgate toothpaste and Ajax detergent, plans to cut its work force by about 4,400 jobs as part of a restructuring plan aimed at boosting its sales and profits around the world.


Emotional reunion for released Indian hostages

New Delhi, Sep 3 (UNI) The three released Indian hostages returned home early today for an emotional reunion with their families ending an ordeal that kept the whole nation on the edge for more than a month.


Bike-riding suicide bomber kills 30 Iraqi police

A suicide bomber on a bicycle killed 30 Iraqi policemen doing their morning exercises at a base north of Baghdad on Monday, in one of the deadliest strikes on security forces in months.


Bush Launches Counterattack on Kerry Over Iraq

LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo.  - President Bush on Tuesday  accused his Democratic rival John Kerry of shifting his  position on Iraq and reaffirmed his own commitment to the war.


Billionaire Alisher Usmanov increases his holding in Arsenal Football Club, taking his stake to 24%.


Israel Starts Palestinian Prisoner Release

BEERSHEBA, Israel  - Israel began the release of  159 Palestinian prisoners Monday, many of them serving the  final months of their sentences, in a gesture to the new  Palestinian leadership after Yasser Arafat's death.


Granted, they have different ideas about etiquette in the Houston suburb of Spring, Texas, than they do in Kyoto, the former imperial capital of Japan.


South America Misses Rich Trade Opportunities

BRASILIA, Brazil  - The failure of Brazil-led  Mercosur and the European Union to reach a free trade deal this  month is another lost opportunity for South American nations  eager to build stable growth, analysts said.


Rientro e nuovi turisti, 19 milioni sulle strade

Quello che dovrebbe essere il piÃ¹ grande controesodo dell'estate Ã¨ iniziato. L'Osservatorio di Milano ha infatti previsto che saranno almeno 19 milioni gli italiani che si metteranno in viaggio questo fine settimana.


Australian Trade Deficit Widens as Imports Increase

Australia's trade deficit widened in September as imports of cars, food and appliances increased and record oil prices pushed up the nation's energy bill.


Gia' arrivati 140 mila ordini, in vista aumento produzione


Delta Air Lines Inc., the nation's third-largest carrier, said Tuesday it has obtained a commitment for $2.5 billion in exit financing as part of its plan to emerge from bankruptcy


Armed cartoonist forces Miami paper to evacuate

An armed cartoonist with an apparent grudge against his editor entered the headquarters of the Miami Herald on Friday and forced the newspaper to evacuate its bayfront building before surrendering, police said.


Workers striking over a regional border dispute bring Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley, to a standstill.


Sonny Weems scored 17 points, and Arkansas races to a 25-point halftime lead en route to an 80-61 victory over No. 20 Florida on Saturday.


E' uno studente di 23 anni, autopsia chiarira' causa morte


It's a Warmer World, But Does That Mean Armageddon?

When bears wake early from hibernation, Australia suffers its worst drought in 100 years and multiple hurricanes hammer Florida should we believe The End is nigh?


Oggi in campo la Coalizione formata da 28 organizzazionidalle Acli a Slow Food. Mario Capanna patron del movimento                                            Tre milioni di firme contro gli Ogm "Gli italiani non li vogliono"                                                                                di ANTONIO CIANCIULLO


For most 20-year-olds a night on the town ends with a long wait for the last bus home. Not so Prince Harry. His latest fracas concluded with him being bundled into a limousine by royal protection officers


Mining company, Harmony, is to appeal against today's Competition Appeal Court ruling interdicting it from exercising voting rights it got from buying shares in its competitor Gold Fields.


Milano, 20:40 - CALCIO, PARMA: DISCIPLINARE RESPINGE RICORSO PACI

La disciplinare ha respinto il reclamo d'urgenza del giocatore del Parma, Massimo Paci, per la squal...


McCain's Steroids Push Puts Him in '08 Mix

Sen. John McCain, the straight-talking Republican who often challenges the GOP establishment, has taken on a headline-grabbing issue — steroids in baseball — and generated talk of a presidential bid in 2008.


The holiday shopping season might be over, but the game console war is still raging, with Sony calling the Wii an "impulse buy" and Nintendo bragging about shipment volumes that dwarf the PlayStation 3's numbers.


Moneta unica scambiata a 1,4809 dollari e 158,37 yen


ComScore: Online sales heat up this week

InfoWorld - U.S. buyers shopped aggressively online on Monday and Tuesday of this week, spending significantly more than they did on the comparable days last year, according to comScore.


UK Warship Captain Loses Post After Bullying Probe

A British Royal Navy captain who suffered the almost unheard-of indignity of being ordered off his ship and sent home, has now been removed from his post, the navy said on Thursday.


Japanâs dominant wireless operator, NTT DoCoMo Inc., has reached a basic agreement to offer its popular i-mode mobile Internet technology to Britainâs mmO2 Plc.


French Airbus workers strike over job cut plans

Thousands of Airbus workers went on strike at its French factories on Tuesday, protesting against the European planemaker's restructuring plan that has dominated France's presidential election campaign.Comment


Intel CEO looks toward a connected future

Moore's Law continues to mandate that the transitor must be shrunken. But as Intel CEO Paul Otellini admitted tonight at CES, had it not been for a key innovation, Mr. Moore might have found himself out-lawed.


The average price US drivers paid for gasoline soared 8.7 cents a gallon over the last week to the highest level so far this year, the government said yesterday .


Indiana Fever Decline Option on Coach Brian Winters

Brian Winters is out as coach of the Indiana Fever after leading the team to the WNBA Eastern Conference finals for the second time in three years.


Venetica Buy Pushes IBM's On-Demand Agenda

IBM's planned purchase of Venetica provides Big Blue with one more piece in its on-demand computing strategy. The challenge will be to seamlessly meld Venetica's unstructured-data expertise with structured-data management.


Memphis Runs Past Gonzaga and Remains Unbeaten

Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 21 points and Derrick Rose added 19 to lead No. 1 Memphis to an 81-73 victory over visiting Gonzaga on Saturday.


Warner goes Blu-ray exclusively, delivering crushing blow to HD DVD

Warner Brothers is dumping HD DVD and going Blu-ray exclusively. Does this spell the end of the format war?


Iraqi officials investigating infiltrators' role in ambush

Iraqi officials opened an investigation Monday into the role played by infiltrators in the ambush on Sunday that left 49 Iraqi National Guard trainees dead, in the face


Far-left groups represent the most serious threat to Swiss security, according to a government report on extremism released on Thursday.


Police in the Netherlands question a number of people in connection with the Madrid bombings.


Grammer, Wife Have Son Via Surrogate Mom

LOS ANGELES - "Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer and his wife, former Playboy model Camille Donatacci, are the parents of a boy born Saturday through a surrogate mother.    Jude Gordon Grammer weighed 7-pounds, 11-ounces at birth at 4:11 a.m...


The leading Democratic presidential candidates clashed Sunday over each other's claim to be the true candidate of change in the final hours of the slushy New Hampshire homestretch. Clinton told voters they should elect "a doer, not a talker." Obama countered that his rivals are stuck in the politics of the past.


Paulson, on eve of China visit, sees no quick fix

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson   on Monday played down hopes for "quick fixes" in the drive to   persuade China to let its currency rise, damping market   speculation about swifter Asian currency appreciation.


Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday called the Bush administration "phonies" for suggesting a modest withdrawal of troops from Iraq is the result of progress rather than the fact that the U.S. has no more troops to send.


Sharon, Peres reach deal on coalition government

Jerusalem -- Israel inched closer yesterday to a new coalition government that would enforce next year's planned pullout from the Gaza Strip, where five Palestinians died in an upsurge of violence.


SME TRIAL: LA LOGGIA DISCONCERTING PERSISTANCE

(AGI) - Palermo, Nov. 13 - "I'm puzzled and like me many Italians are in seeing this judiciary persistence against Silvio Berlusconi" regional affairs minister Enrico La Loggia said in an aside at a meeting in Palermo.


Bush, Kerry Supporters Make Final Pitches on Talk Shows

While the candidates went state to state yesterday in pursuit of sound bites, their surrogates on Sunday morning talk shows offered up a final round of sound gnaws.


A court orders an inquiry into a luxury car used by Zahira Sheikh,  key witness in the  Gujarat Best Bakery trial.


On a central square in the Bulgarian capital, where Sofia's homeless fill up battered plastic water bottles from a public fountain, icons and a large wooden cross form a crude altar.


The price hit $44.51 per barrel after a Russian court decision to freeze some bank accounts of the Yukos oil company. Without the $2.


World Leaders First, Then Cookie Monster

Leaders from Iraq, Jordan and Senegal paraded through the White House Monday morning. By afternoon, President Bush was hosting Elmo and the Cookie Monster at a children's holiday party.


Don't Pass the Chips -- or the Snow Shovel

For the first month or so after my heart attack (at age 38, no family history, no obvious risk factors apart from being a man), I left the light on at night and cried myself to sleep. Having been startled by my own mortality -- the inevitability of it, the unfairness of it -- I was certain I was ...


Relazione Secit, societa' riescono invece a evitare sanzioni


17/09/04 - News - Armonk (USA) - IBM Ã¨ pronta a lanciare sul mercato nuovi modelli di PC dotati di un chip che dovrebbe contribuire ad incrementare la sicurezza dei dati e delle password archiviate in locale.


Hard-boiled suites Microsoft is throwing developers working with mixed PC and Mac environments a curveball with the long-awaited release of Office for Macintosh 2008.â¦


Sono due pastori, le vittime disturbavano il loro gregge


U.S. troops rounded up 60 suspected   militants overnight in a security clampdown to stem violence in   the capital and killed 26 insurgents in a rebel Sunni   stronghold west of Baghdad.


The head of the United Nations nuclear agency is in Seoul, South Korea, to discuss the country's past unauthorized nuclear experiments.


House squares off in debate on Iraq war strategy

U.S. lawmakers squared off on Tuesday over President George W. Bush's troop buildup in Iraq, with Democrats declaring Americans had lost faith in the war and Republicans warning against undermining the U.S. struggle with terrorism.


Bon Jovi to repair homes in Philadelphia

When Jon Bon Jovi told former President Bill Clinton about a new plan to restore homes in one of Philadelphia's most blighted neighborhoods, his pal was all ears.


Injured BMX Rider, Family Brace for Rough Road Ahead

The once energetic and charismatic Stephen Murray is now unable to speak or move below his shoulders because of an accident the BMX rider suffered at the Dew Action Sports Tour in Baltimore.


Rosario Dawson Arrested Near GOP Protests

Actress Rosario Dawson of the movies "Kids" and "Shattered Glass" was arrested near the route of anti-Republican protests after she refused to get off the road, authorities said Monday.


More than six million people have downloaded Firefox, the open-source descendant of the Netscape browser killed off by Internet Explorer in a battle that figured large in the US anti-trust case against Microsoft.


Two young women are killed in an early morning road accident at Portrush in County Antrim.


Disney chief 'bullish' on iTunes movie delivery

Less than a week after  announcing its newest initiative with Apple Computer, the Walt  Disney Co. has sold more than 125,000 feature film downloads  via iTunes.


Proposed cuts in Medicare payments for cancer drugs will be nearly double Bush administration estimates, potentially limiting access to care, according to a survey of cancer doctors.


NASA's X-43A to Attempt Mach 10 Flight Next Week

The first flight attempt in June 2001 failed when the booster rocket went out of control and the âfull stackââthe booster rocket and X-43A combinationâwas destroyed by ground controllers.


Russia has launched three satellites to extend its version of the U.S. Global Positioning System to the entire Russian territory.


British police granted more time to quiz radical cleric Abu Hamza

British police were granted more time to quiz radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, who was arrested the day before on suspicion of committing or preparing acts of terrorism.


Trainer to the stars: Gunnar Peterson has made A-list celebs Jennifer Lopez, Angelina Jolie and Kim Catrall sweat for years, and now he's written a book so that you can, too.


Update 5: Volkswagen, German Union OK Pay Freeze

Germany's biggest industrial union agreed to a 28-month pay freeze in a deal Wednesday with automaker Volkswagen, receiving in return a guarantee that there will be no layoffs before 2011, the chief union negotiator said Wednesday.


Bush names Kellogg exec as commerce secretary

In a key step toward building a new team to develop and sell his second-term policies on taxes, Social Security and trade, President Bush on Monday picked Carlos Gutierrez


Chelsea assistant boss Steve Clarke paid tribute to Mateja Kezman after he scored his first goal for the club in the Carling Cup win over West Ham.


Boeing says that it delivered 441 commercial aircraft in 2007, the most it has managed for six years.


Flood, Tornado Warnings Issued as Jeanne Hits

The remnants of Hurricane Jeanne dumped heavy rain in Virginia today, causing at least one death and prompting flood warnings and tornado watches in the western part of the state and in Maryland.


Pope John Paul II appealed for swift international aid to help thousands of victims from Sunday's massive tidal waves that swamped coastal areas across southern Asia -- triggered by the world's most powerful ...


Some of worst incidents of U.S. casualties in Iraq since the ouster of Saddam Hussein:


Text of President Bush's news conference

Good morning and happy holidays to you all. I thought I'd come and answer some of your questions. Before I do so I've got a statement I'd like to make.


Biden faults Petraeus on Iraq assessment

President Bush's war strategy is failing and the top military commander in Iraq is "dead flat wrong" for warning against major changes, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday.


Gray hair might help researchers cure melanoma

No doubt many researchers have gotten gray hair trying to find ways to defeat cancer. Now a team of scientists says gray hair itself might yield clues to fighting that deadly disease.


The epic script of the Middle East conflict could have had Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, kaffiyeh-clad and armed, emerge from his junkyard compound as a born-again peacemaker or guns blazing in martyrdom.


The Red Sox live. More specifically, they live off Josh Beckett.


Spielberg urges China again to help end Darfur 'genocide'

Legendary film director Steven Spielberg has appealed to Chinese President Hu Jintao for a second time to use China's influence over Sudan to end the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.


Cuba agrees to purchase $125m in US farm goods

HAVANA -- Cuba has agreed to buy about $125 million in farm goods from US companies attending trade talks in Havana, officials say.


Tokyo bourse buys almost five percent of Singapore exchange

The Tokyo Stock Exchange announced Friday that it had acquired a stake of almost five percent in the Singapore stock exchange operator as part of its efforts to forge links with overseas bourses.


Climate change is exacerbating the spread of  infectious diseases, new research suggests.


Billionaire George Soros intensifies his anti-Bush campaign

Billionaire financier George Soros announced that he was traveling to dozens of US cities and will be mailing two million brochures to voters, trying to convince them to vote against the re-election of President George W. Bush.


Bird flu to result in pandemic, WHO says

The head of the World Health Organization's global influenza program has nominated the bird flu virus in Asia as the most likely cause of the world's next flu pandemic.


Chances Dwindling for US-EU Aircraft Pact

The United States and the European  Union are unlikely to reach a new civil aircraft pact covering  Boeing Co. and Airbus, an EU official said on Thursday,  boosting the chances the two sides will take their subsidy  countercharges to the World Trade Organization.


Ukraine's president claims command of 40,000 interior ministry troops, as a political crisis deepens.


After 4 Years, Last Charges Dropped in Quattrone Case

Four years after Frank Quattrone was accused of obstructing justice in an investigation in to possible I.P.O. kickbacks, a judge on Friday approved a request to drop all remaining charges against him.


Science & environment: Climate change has wreaked havoc on UK wildlife and will cause further disruption, says National Trust


NASA's Glitch-Plagued Dawn Mission Slated for July 7 Launch

Despite facing looming technical problems with a launch vehicle and assembly crane, NASA officials said in a telephone conference today that they are intent on a July 7 launch of the Dawn mission.


Japanese PM Shinzo Abe says Japan will not issue another apology for its World War II military brothels.


Goodwill - and Hopefully Peace - Returns to Bethlehem

Israeli soldiers sent sweets and Christmas greetings to Palestinians in Bethlehem today, the latest sign that relations between the sides have warmed since the death of Yasser Arafat.


Googleâs management team has an obsession with Microsoft, and that oversensitivity may well cloud their reaction to the prospect of Microsoft buying Yahoo.


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One dead, 13 injured in gas explosion in French apartment block

A 60 year-old man was killed, 13 people were injured and as many as a further 14 reported missing in an apparent gas explosion at an apartment block in the eastern French town of Mulhouse, emergency services said.


TUUSULA, Finland  - Seven children and a head teacher were killed when a pupil opened fire at a school in southern Finland on Wednesday, hours after he posted a video on YouTube foreshadowing a massacre there.


More than 2,000 reformers seeking democratic changes within Iran's hard-line ruling establishment have been disqualified from running in the upcoming parliamentary elections, a top interior ministry official said Wednesday.


Wall of Sound producer Spector indicted in shooting death

LOS ANGELES - Legendary record producer Phil Spector was indicted Monday in the shooting death of an actress at his home last year.


Tokyo, 15:21 - CALCIO, ARBITRI; FIFA: 27,7 MLN DA INVESTIRE PER FORMAZIONE

40 milioni di dollari (27,7 milioni di euro) è la cifra che la Fifa investirà in un pr...


Merkel-Bush odd couple to bond in ex-communist east

When Chancellor Angela Merkel first  broached the idea of inviting President George W. Bush to her  voting district in Germany's flat, barren northeast, local  officials wondered openly what she could possibly show him.


Evidence of "Extinct" Woodpecker in Florida, Experts Say

Scientists are again saying that they have evidence suggesting the elusive ivory-billed woodpecker is alive and well—this time in Florida's Panhandle.


Smaller Version of the Solar System Is Discovered

Astronomers have found a miniature version of our own solar system 5,000 light years across the galaxy â the first planetary system that really looks like our own.


A glitch leaves customers of HSBC bank unable to use its internet services as well as cash machines.


One night after tying its season low for points, Washington finds its offensive rhythm in a 106-87 win over Charlotte on Monday.


Roma, 17:59 - CALCIO, EURO UNDER 17: AZZURRINI ACCEDONO ALLA SECONDA FASE

Con la qualificazione del turno già in tasca, gli azzurrini di Luca Gotti hanno disputato la ...


Platinum hits record on supply, palladium jumps

Platinum roared to another record  high on Monday as supply concerns in main producer South Africa  persisted, lifting sister metal palladium to its best level in  six years.


Bush says his climate plan will back U.N. bids

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - A U.S. plan for fighting global warming will "fold into" wider U.N. efforts rather than set up a rival track, President George W. Bush said on Wednesday as G8 leaders gathered for a summit in Germany.


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Arson is suspected in a Tuesday fire at an Islamic school in the Netherlands in the wake of filmmaker Theo van Gogh's death. There were no injuries reported in the fire, but scrawled graffiti on the school


Taiwan to Press Ahead With U.N. Referendum

TAIPEI, July 7 -- President Chen Shui-bian, dismissing U.S. objections as appeasement of China, said Taiwan will press ahead with a controversial referendum on whether the self-ruled island should apply for U.N. membership under the name Taiwan.


NHL Assault Victim Said Ambushed by Court Hearing

Nearly a year after he was the victim  of a brutal on-ice attack, National Hockey League player Steve  Moore said on Thursday he still cannot lead a normal life and  his lawyer said Moore had been "ambushed" a second time by the  court sentencing of his attacker, NHL star Todd Bertuzzi.


A Beirut tornano a farsi vivi i fantasmi di ventâanni fa. In una cittÃ  che ha ormai nascosto dietro facciate modernissime e centri commerciali allâavanguardia le ferite di una dolorosa guerra civile, poteva


Connecticut Ex-Governor Pleads Guilty to Corruption

NEW HAVEN, Conn.  - Former Connecticut Gov. John  Rowland pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal corruption  charges that will almost certainly send him to jail for  accepting perks from state contractors.


IAEA Diplomats See Agreement on Iran Next Week

The International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors has put off a resolution on Iran's nuclear program until Monday, to allow more time for European countries and Tehran to finalize a deal to freeze Iran's uranium enrichment program.


A 22-year-old woman is charged with causing or allowing the death of a four-year-old girl in Huddersfield.


GCSE coursework has been hit by league tables, targets and performance pay, the exams watchdog says.


Life is bleak for the gold miners and their families working more than 5km up in the Peruvian Andes.


Snapshots from the NYC iPhone line: Sellouts and power hounds

With under six hours to go, some people in line for the iPhone in New York are seeing if they could make a few bucks off the product hype by selling their places in line. As far as I can tell, there have not yet been any takers. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


In his final argument to caucus voters, the Democratic candidate casts himself as a populist middle class champion


Seven Years Later, Giantsâ Super Bowl Loss Still Stings

Jim Fassel, the former Giants coach, made an appearance at a gathering of Giants fans last weekend on the eve of the National Football Conference championship game at Green Bay.


Ex-Iranian official is aiding Western intelligence, US says

WASHINGTON -- A former Iranian deputy defense minister who once commanded the Revolutionary Guard has left his country and is cooperating with Western intelligence agencies, providing information on Hezbollah and Iran's ties to the organization, according to a senior US official.


Community News: Perspectives on Google Code Search (Help or Hinder?)

Everyone in the PHP community (as is probably true all around the web) is buzzing about the new offering from Google - the Google Code Search. In the PHP community, the ones talking about it so far include:  Chris Shiflett's look at the security aspect of the search Ilia Alshanetsky's take on the search as it possibly being a hacker's good friend Pierre-Alain Joye's searches for macros and the term "virtual_file_ex" Harry Fuecks' own search for superglobal-related issues Ivo Jansch's happy look into frustrations other developers have had (ex. this search)    Check out this handy tool and see what you think. Does it provide too much access to code that needs to stay out of hacker's hands? Or does it promote the "open" in open source better than most of the tools out there?


Islamist group may have downed Russian planes

Dubai - An Islamist group has claimed that it hijacked two Russian planes that crashed this week, killing at least 89 people, and threatened more attacks, according to an Internet statement posted on Friday.


SAP reports 15 percent rise in 3Q profit

BERLIN -- SAP AG, the German business management software maker, reported a 15 percent jump in third-quarter net profit Thursday, citing increased sales across the globe.


New releases from Laura Marling, the Whigs and Re-Up Gang.


The condition of Yasser Arafat, in a French hospital for treatment of an unidentified ailment, has deteriorated significantly over the past day, Palestinian officials said early Thursday.


Movie Review | 'Lust, Caution': A Cad and a Femme Fatale Simmer

âLust, Cautionâ is a sleepy, musty period drama about wartime maneuvers and bedroom calisthenics, and the misguided use of a solid director.


Tali operazioni devono portare vantaggi anche ai clienti


Philippine gov't condemns explosion in southern public market

The Philippine government Sunday condemned the explosion occurring at a public market in the southern Philippines. "We condemn in the strongest terms this attack against innocentcivilians.


U.S. Officials Differ on Iraqi Elections

Top U.S. officials differed Friday over key details of planned Iraqi elections in January, including the unresolved issue of whether all Iraqis will be able to vote and who will protect them from their country's worsening violence.


NEW YORK, September 27  - Mexican cement giant, Cemex SA (CX.NYS), has agreed to buy RMC Group Plc, a leading British ready-mix concrete company, in a deal valued at about $5.


Siniscalco: no a riduzione accise su petrolio

Ridurre le accise sui prodotti petroliferi? Â«Non risolverebbe i problemiÂ», sostiene il ministro dell' Economia, Siniscalco. Â«Non credo che sia un problema di fiscalita - ha aggiunto il ministro - Ã¨ una


America Online is teaming up with RSA Security in an effort to keep its users safe from online fraud and identity theft. RSA and AOL are announcing a new program called "AOL PassCode" that will encourage AOL


NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe will resign this week, a government official said Sunday, and a spokesman for Louisiana State University said O'Keefe is a leading candidate to become a chancellor there.


Stocks cheer talk of U.S. bond insurer bailout

Most major Asian share markets rose on Thursday, lifted by banks and financials after the U.S. government outlined a plan to rescue battered bond insurers and stave off a fresh round of billion-dollar writedowns.


Australia has returned incumbent Prime Minister John Howard for a fourth consecutive term of government, probably with an increased majority in the Parliament.


Devil Rays Stuck in Tampa, Yankees' Doubleheader in Jeopardy

NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Monday's doubleheader between  New York and Tampa Bay at Yankee Stadium is in jeopardy as the  Devil Rays are unable to get out of Tampa.


British authorities decided Wednesday to permit research that uses animal eggs to create human stem cells — studies experts say are critical to unlocking treatments for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other diseases.


John McCain dismissed the notion Thursday that he would drop out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination because he's lagging in fundraising and trailing in polls.


Darfur Displaced Return to 'Live in Fear' of Militia

KHARTOUM, Sudan  - Villagers returning to their  homes in Sudan's Darfur region are living in fear of the Arab  militiamen who initially drove them away, the United Nations  said in a report received by Reuters Monday.


Floyd Landis addresses his fans in a letter on his Web site, saying that having his 2006 Tour de France title stripped serves some good because "we have shown that the anti-doping system is corrupt."


New York, 22:25 - TENNIS, US OPEN: RISULTATI

Risultati della seconda giornata degli Us Open, ultima prova del Grand Slam in corso a New York.


More than 3.5m programmes were watched using the BBC's iPlayer since 25 December, the corporation says.


Video of Brit and US Hostages - Militants threaten beheading

A video showing the UK and US hostages, recently abducted in Iraq, was shown on Al-Jazeera television today. The two Americans and one Briton were kidnapped from a house in Baghdad on Friday by gunmen.


Antifungal Keeps Yeast Infections at Bay

A once-a-week regimen of an antifungal medicine can reduce the rate of recurrent yeast infections in women. The therapy is far from a cure, but it's better than other


A senior Italian politician says ransom of $1m was paid for the release of two hostages held in Iraq.


Will insomnia drug Estorra take the company to the promised land?


Loading worried families onto the last two jumbo jets, France concluded one of the largest evacuations in post-independence Africa yesterday - an airlift that flew more than 5,000 Westerners away from violence pitting France against its former prize West


Sondaggio Eurobarometro, i piu' ottimisti sono gli svedesi


Canadian luxury hotelier Four Seasons Hotels Inc.   said on Monday it has agreed to be taken private by a group of investors that includes Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and an investment firm owned by Microsoft Corp.  Chairman Bill Gates.


Taxes will have to rise unless the government adopts Tory plans to slash bureaucracy, Oliver Letwin says.


Golfer Ryan Baca Misses Cut at US Amateur

MAMARONECK, NY - Baylor senior Ryan Baca (Richmond, Texas) finished tied for 128th with a 36-hole total of 155 at the 104th US Amateur golf championship at the 7,266-yard, par-70 Winged Foot Golf Club West Course Tuesday.


Bush Campaign Lawyer Quits Over Ties to Ads Group

A top lawyer for President Bush's re-election campaign resigned on Wednesday after disclosing he provided legal advice to a group that accuses Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry of lying about his Vietnam War record.


Polish defense chief talks missiles on U.S. visit

The Bush administration is  optimistic it can strike a deal with Poland to house defensive  missiles on Polish soil as part of a missile shield for Europe,  a U.S. official said on Tuesday.


The U.N. Security Council sent a "firm and unwavering demand" Monday that Eritrea immediately lift fuel restrictions hampering the efforts of peacekeepers monitoring a tense buffer zone between Ethiopia and Eritrea.


Arsene Wenger felt his side were overcautious after watching them come away from their Champions League encounter against Rosenborg with a draw.


Roma, 17:41 - CALCIO, ROMA; AGENTE BRIGHI: VORREMMO IL RINNOVO

"Per il contratto ci vediamo a Madrid". Queste le parole di Vanni Puzzolo, agente di Matteo Brighi, ...


Revenues at online retailer Amazon get a boost from sales of the latest Harry Potter book.


A La Repubblica: se governo tira a campare sciopero generale


Bush climate plan "the classic U.S. line": EU

President George W. Bush's plan to tackle climate change merely restates U.S. policy which has been ineffective in the past in cutting emissions blamed for global warming, the EU's environment chief said on Friday.


Cathedral becomes virtual battleground for Church of England and Sony

Deeply offended and worried about gun crime in its midst, the Church of England on Sunday mulled taking legal action against Sony Corp. for featuring a cathedral in a violent computer game.


Nearly five years after his arrest in the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson, music producer Phil Spector is still trying to get a refund of a $1 million fee he paid to famed attorney Robert Shapiro, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.


Pop star Madonna, on a spiritual pilgrimage to the Holy Land, glimpsed Judaism's sacred Western Wall from afar in the dead of night to avoid being mobbed by waiting photographers.


Conspiracy Theories Flourish on the Internet

Darren Williams has his suspicions about 9/11 and he's attracting hordes of readers to his Web site interested in his unorthodox ideas about the attack.


Siena, 20:15 - CALCIO, SIENA: I CONVOCATI PER IL MILAN

Questa la lista dei convocati del Siena per la partita di domani col Milan: Alberto, Bucchi, Caetano...


Sir Paul McCartney is to stage the first major UK exhibition of photographs by his late wife Linda.


A labor dispute between the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and players has halted World Cup preparations and could result in the national team using replacement players for the Feb. 9 opening of the final round of qualifying in Trinidad & Tobago.


Quick-charging electric cars could be round the corner

Main problem of battery vehicles potentially fixed The rules of the game for electrically-powered vehicles may be about to change, as new battery technology approaches road service.â¦


Bali talks try to end impasse on climate goals

NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - Negotiators at climate talks in Bali tried to break a deadlock on Friday over emissions goals after the European Union accused the United States of blocking progress at the 190-nation meeting.


Milano, 12:34 - CALCIO, RUGGERI: CALCIOPOLI? UNA VERGOGNA

"Di problemini ce ne sono tutti i giorni, calciopoli è la vergogna del calcio. Se permettiamo...


Annan hopes for news on Lebanon blockade

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt  - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan said on Tuesday he was hoping for "positive" news in the   next 48 hours on whether Israel would lift an air and sea   blockade on Lebanon.


No 10 says the PM believes in law "based on British values" after the Archbishop of Canterbury's  Sharia law comments.


Retailers Seen Posting Modest Nov. Sales

US retailers are expected to post modest November sales this week, with No. 1 retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) already cutting its holiday


Obesity surgery could lead to a vitamin deficiency condition which can result in memory loss, researchers say.


Health Tip:  Having a Pet Can Help Children

(HealthDay News) -- Pets can help build your child's self esteem and self-confidence, according to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.


Mourning Palestinians Pledge Vote to Replace Arafat

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Yasser Arafat's successors  promised swift elections to replace him Saturday as  Palestinians flocked to his tomb to pay last respects to the  ex-guerrilla who symbolized hopes of a state.


New Jersey Nets leading scorer Richard Jefferson will miss the rest of the regular season with a wrist injury that he claims resulted from a dirty play by Detroit guard Chauncey Billups.


Arthritis Sufferers Have Difficult Choices To Make

With the recent news of heart problems associated with drugs such as Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra, people who suffer from the pain associated with arthritis have difficult choices to make.


Marini apre celebrazioni, 'un rivoluzionario disciplinato'


Didier Drogba's late winner moves Chelsea to within five points of Premiership leaders Man Utd.


Early attempts have been marred by high cost and low performance. Now, Avnera thinks it has the answer.Photos: Cutting the speaker cord


Xabi Alonso struck a stunning goal from inside his own half for the second time in eight months to seal Liverpool's 2-0 Premiership victory over Newcastle.


Holocaust denier Zundel loses appeal in Canada

Canada's Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from German Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel, who faces deportation to Germany.


Turkey's Erdogan Says Iraq Vote Undemocratic

DAVOS, Switzerland  - Turkish Prime Minister  Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that this weekend's Iraqi  election would not be fully democratic and was unlikely to stem  violence or help stabilize the country.


InfoWorld - In search of new markets and customers, SAP AG is developing a new breed of hosted, on-demand products and looking at ways to make its complex business software easier to use.


Adesso qualcuno dall'alto aiuti Lamberto Dini                                                                                di EUGENIO SCALFARI


A cycling club which lost four members in a crash joins hundreds complaining about a writer's "humorous" call for people on bikes to be decapitated.


Gates Tops Forbes List of Richest in U.S. -- Again

The Nasdaq may be well off its highs of the dot-com era, but tech tycoons still top the list of the wealthiest Americans.


MARK COLVIN: Space travel is a childhood dream, but today it got a little closer to adult reality, for the wealthy, at any rate. The prototype private space vessel "SpaceShipOne" made a mostly successful manned test flight over the American Mojave Desert.


Nissan unveils Qashqai small offroader for Europe

Japan's Nissan unveiled the Qashqai small  four-by-four car for Europe, aiming to ride a wave of demand  for off-road vehicles despite high fuel costs.


Experts from the United States and five other powers leading efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear program plan to meet within the week following a U.N. report that Tehran has expanded its uranium enrichment program.


Anti-whaling activists detained on Japanese ship

Two members of radical anti-whaling group held on Japanese whaling ship in Antarctic waters


Badware hunters tame wild Webmasters, hosts

InfoWorld - If hijacked sites and hosting companies that fail to police malware distribution sources represent two of the most serious threats to Internet security, there may be hope for improvement, according to researchers working with Harvard Law School's StopBadware.org.


Indian IT major Infosys net profit jumps 49 percent as outsourcing booms

India's second-largest software exporter, Infosys Technologies, quarterly net profit jumped 49 percent, well ahead of market expectations, thanks to a sustained outsourcing boom.


DuPont Raises Outlook, Sending Shares Higher

Citing strong fourth-quarter results and prospects for growth in emerging markets, DuPont raised its earnings outlook for 2007 as well as its profit forecast for 2008.


Looking for new CEO Computer services firm Logica CMG reported a decline in its first half revenues, ended 30 June 2007, but expects the full year to be back on track.â¦


Police Warn of Text Predators; Vulnerable Teens

By STEERE, Mike  Police are warning parents to be aware of adults using cellphone text messages to entice young boys and girls into sexual activity.


Clooney decries lack of Hollywood 'masterpieces'

Actor George Clooney has slammed the current Hollywood scene by saying that they don't make "masterpieces" anymore. He said the golden era was in the late 1960s and 1970s.


Sunday Without Favorite Comic? Not So Funny

Newspapers across the country have been engaging in discussions about whether their current rosters of comics are a luxury, given the current dreary economics of the newspaper business.


Roma, 19:19 - CALCIO, LAZIO; LOTITO: NESSUN PATTO CON MEZZAROMA

Il presidente della Lazio, Claudio Lotito, smentisce ai microfoni di 'Radio Radio' l'esistenza di un...


No modern work of literature is more tied to the life and thought of a nation as Turkmenistan's "Rukhnama," a book seen in this reclusive, energy-rich country as combined epic history, divinely inspired moral guide and state policy. The country's new president, Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, solemnly kissed the tome upon taking office Wednesday.


What's behind Israeli construction permits?

Timing of new building in West Bank linked to political survival instincts of Ariel Sharon. In a move that caught both the international community and the Bush administration by surprise, the government of Israel Tuesdayissued contract proposals for 1,001 ...


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Continental Airlines said Thursday it will cut 425 jobs as part of a plan to reduce non-labor costs. Free!


A majority of Australians believe John Howard has "generally been dishonest" in his statements about the children overboard incident, an AgePoll has found.


Ian Rankin may be best known for his Inspector Rebus mysteries. Alexander McCall Smith, right, may be best known for chronicling the exploits of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. So what have they been up to lately? Writing 15-minute operas. They are participants in âFive:15,â a Scottish Opera initiative intended to attract young audiences by joining authors and composers like Craig Armstrong (âLove Actuallyâ) to create 15-minute operas. The results range from Mr. Rankinâs âGesualdo,â about the murderous 16th-century composer Carlo Gesualdo, to âQueens of Govan,â about a 15-year-old girl who works in a kebab shop in a gritty Glasgow neighborhood, The Independent of London reported. Mr. McCall Smithâs work is based on âDream Angus,â his collection of Celtic myths. The five operas will be presented in March in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The performances are sold out.


A boat capsized in heavy winds on a river in northern Vietnam, killing 16 people, an official said Saturday. The motor boat was ferrying 19 people on the Bang River in Hoanh Bo district


NHS accused of 17,000 unnecessary deaths

More than 17,000 people receiving treatment in the UK have died unnecessarily because of the inadequacies of the NHS, it is claimed today


New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson told a building trades union on Tuesday that he would be an activist president on behalf of labor unions if elected.


Google says using cash for merger spree unlikely

Google Inc.  is spinning off growing mounds of cash from operations, but Chief Executive Eric Schmidt appeared to rule out seeking big mergers or making other dramatic changes in how the company uses cash.


West 'fearful' of Russia, says exasperated Blair, who admits 'real issues' will not be resolved easily.


(New York -WABC, December 23, 2004) - Customers may be happy rolling strikes and spares, but the owner of Bowlmor Lanes says these have been the worst days of his life.


Bush should have tackled reform before naming CIA boss: lawmaker

The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee urged fellow lawmakers not to allow confirmation hearings on a new CIA director to derail efforts to overhaul US spy agencies.


Palestinian Family Says Girl, 8, Was Killed by Israeli Bullet

Israeli gunfire killed an 8-year-old Palestinian girl eating lunch in her home today during an exchange between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers in the southern Gaza Strip, the girl's family said.


Roger Clemens posted a video repeating his denials of steroids use and will interview with "60 Minutes" to answer questions about allegations against him in the Mitchell Report.


NI  A-level students face a nail-biting wait after a hoax bomb affects the delivery of their results.


Argumentative Charley Uchea is tipped to get the boot from the Big Brother house in this week's "fake eviction".


Africa's Anglican bishops meeting in Nigeria decide to stop training African priests abroad.


Israel urges sanctions again Iran for nuclear program

Israel urged the United Nations on Wednesday to move toward sanctions against Iran because Tehran is never going to abandon its alleged quest for nuclear weapons.


Tensegrity in the structure of the United States

Tensegrity is a term used in architecture.      What is tensegrity?    “The word ‘tensegrity’ is an invention: a contraction of ‘tensional integrity’. Tensegrity describes a structural-relationship principle in which structural shape is guaranteed by the finitely closed, comprehensively continuous, tensional behaviors of the system and not by the discontinuous and exclusively local compressional member behaviors. Tensegrity provides the ability to yield increasingly without ultimately breaking or coming asunder”  Richard Buckminster Fuller (excerpt from Synergetics, p. 372.)    The tension of the different parts of the structure gives the structure its strength. Separately each part is a burden on the structure. Together the parts make the structure strong.      Tensegrity structures are distinguished by the way forces are distributed within them. The members of a tensegrity structure are either always in tension or always in compression.      The United States has a similar tensegrity.


Cristiano Ronaldo saved Manchester United from an embarrassing defeat as his equaliser earned a 1-1 draw at newly-promoted Reading.


Pakistan denies coup rumours while Musharraf away

Pakistan on Sunday denied rumours of   a coup attempt against President Pervez Musharraf while he is   visiting the United States.


Get ready to fly cheap. The Union cabinet on Wednesday allowed private domestic airlines to fly all international routes - except to the Gulf.


South African civilians own more guns than the police and military combined, a study finds.


Christmas Pilgrims in Bethlehem Voice Hope

Indian Christians on a peace pilgrimage hold candles during Christmas festivities at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Friday, Dec. 24, 2004.


In their boldest ambush yet, insurgents waylaid three minibuses carrying US-trained Iraqi soldiers heading home on leave and killed about 50 of them - forcing many to lie


NEW YORK - Apple Computer's machines are known for being great for composing music, editing video and, of course, downloading music.


Venus Williams unleashed some impressive firepower but made heavy weather of finishing off Ashley Harkleroad in the French Open second round on Wednesday.


Johnson & Johnson May Buy Guidant for $24 Billion, People Say

Johnson & Johnson, the world's biggest maker of medical devices, may buy defibrillator maker Guidant Corp. for $24 billion, people familiar with the situation said today.


Lehman to fire another 850 workers in mortgages

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc said on Thursday it will fire another 850 workers, or about 3 percent of its work force, as it scales back its mortgage lending efforts globally.


UK's biggest energy provider announces price rise for gas and electricity customers


Talks end without agreement but a deal 'can be struck' says PM's

The British and Irish Governments said they believe a deal can be struck in Northern Ireland that will hasten the return of devolved Government to the province.


As two regiments amalgamate to form "The Royal Welsh," Tories claim Wales is receiving second class treatment.


Oracle-SAP court fight gets trial date: Feb. 2009

Oracle Corp.'s lawsuit against rival SAP will move finally to trial on Feb. 9, 2009 --  almost two years after the suit was initially filed.


Security is once again candidates' topic No. 1

In their third debate, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry took up right where they left off last week: accusing each other of being unable to keep the nation safe.


Rising sea levels, disappearing glaciers in the Alps and more deadly heat waves are coming for Europeans because of global warming, Europe's environmental agency warned Wednesday.


Bankitalia non ha piani regolatori, no a inerzia strategica


Andre Agassi breezed into the Legg Mason Tennis Classic semifinals on Friday while Lleyton Hewitt scored a stirring win as he squeaked by Cyril Saulnier 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5).


HRT's Link to Higher Blood Clot Risk Confirmed

Women who receive combination hormone therapy are at double the risk of developing blood clots in their veins, according to a major government study on the treatment.


Police called to second suspect vehicle in London

Police closed a busy street in central London on Friday and were examining a suspicious vehicle there, a spokeswoman said.


Whatâs Offline: Activists at the Boardroom Door

Shareholder activism is âthreatening the future of American business,â argues Martin Lipton of the New York-based law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.


Bush, Republicans Bask In Victory, But National Divide Persists

President George W. Bush has won a second four-year term in office, gaining a larger margin of victory than four years ago but still presiding over a divided nation.


CSC takes over contracts worth Â£2bn Connecting for Health, the UK government agency running the Â£12.5bn National Programme for IT, has confirmed that two of its five main regional contracts are to change hands.â¦


Macy's to close nine stores, affects 899 jobs

Retailer Macy's Inc said on Friday it would close nine underperforming stores in Indiana, Ohio, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Texas.


Copyright owners have until July 9 to comment on proposed new EU rules loosening copyright registration.


Sybase gets into the cluster-database game

Sybase Tuesday launched its strike in the cluster-database market, releasing Adaptive Server Enterprise Cluster Edition to compete with the likes of Oracle's Real Application Clusters.Sybase's offering is aimed at IT shops that require high availability from their datacenters. It uses shared-disk clustering, where a number of ASE server instances is grouped into a cluster seen as a single system managing the same set of data. This allows application workloads to be balanced among the instances. The software automatically migrates connections if a node fails, according to the company.Noel Yuhanna, a Forrester Research analyst covering database technologies, said Sybase has made a wise move."They've realized they need to innovate to stay competitive and they're doing that," he said. "I think it's a good move and makes them comparable in certain situations with Oracle RAC."While most companies employ some type of failover technology in their data centers, it may take effect in minutes, not seconds, Yuhanna said. "Companies who want it to happen really fast, that's when shared-disk clustering can really help," he said."It's only about five to 10 percent of the applications in an organization that would really need that up-to-the second [performance]," Yuhanna added.Sybase hasn't necessarily surpassed Oracle's capabilities, according to Yuhanna. Its new product might be more suitable for "smaller environments, or those that are only focused around Linux and Solaris," he said, adding that word hasn't yet circled back from customers regarding the product's performance.David Jonker, senior product marketing manager in the ASE group at Sybase, said the company worked with 12 large companies on a technology preview version of the software. He declined to name them, and said none had agreed to speak to the media.ASE Cluster Edition is compatible with systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 (x86_64); Solaris 9 and 10 on Sparc (64-bit); and SUSE Linux 9 and 10 (x86_64). Sybase did not release pricing information.


According to a study in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine, air pollution not only causes long-term health problems, but might also trigger heart attacks.


Caged and chained, Bigley makes new plea

Ken Bigley, the British engineer who has been held hostage in Iraq for two weeks, appeared in chains on a video last night begging for his life but saying for the first time that his kidnappers did not want to kill him.


The British Grand Prix is expected to be listed on Formula One's draft 2005 calendar on Wednesday.


ATI's consumer-electronics chips shipments grew with 215%

Shipments of ATI's consumer-electronics chips for handhelds, HD TVs and set-top boxes have grown with 215% in September - November (The first quarter of fiscal 2005).


Car bomb on HQ of Shi'ite party kills 13

but SCIRI leader Abdel Aziz al-Hakim has survived and says his thousands of armed militiamen will not fight back. seen to be behind Iraq's insurgency, Hakim called for


Chelsea Beats Everton 1-0 to Take Lead in Premiership

Chelsea took a two-point lead over Arsenal atop the Premiership with a 1-0 home win against Everton. Arsenal drew 1-1 at Crystal Palace, which was promoted last season.


Good day for the Duggans Boston Latin's roster includes three Duggans (Max, Dan, and Connor) and there were many more in the stands. The Duggans had a great day on the field, and one member of the Duggan family may have had an even better day in the stands as the winner of more than $300 in the 50-50 raffle. ...


Reformist Iran MPs criticize atom negotiator change

Pro-reform Iranian lawmakers criticized the president on Sunday for replacing Iran's chief negotiator in an escalating nuclear row with the West, saying it was not in the national interest, news agencies reported.


The results of the Des Moines Registerâs final poll of Iowa caucus-goers continued to reverberate across the campaign trail as the clock ticked toward the caucuses.


English Premiership champions Arsenal sneaked into the fourth round of the FA Cup as they came from behind to beat Championship side Stoke 2-1 here at Highbury.


Roma, 12:20 - CALCIO, MASTELLA: FENOMENO ULTRA' CANCRO DA ESTIRPARE

Le società devono recidere i legami con i gruppi ultrà. Lo ha detto il Ministro della ...


Monaco, 19:22 - CALCIO, TONI: TANTI GOL PER RIPAGARE BAYERN MONACO

Primo giorno da giocatore del Bayern Monaco per Luca Toni. L'ex attaccante della Fiorentina è...


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"No Country," "Blood" lead Oscar nominations

BEVERLY HILLS, California  - "No Country For Old Men," a gory meditation on moral decline, and "There Will Be Blood," a gritty drama about a pioneering California oilman, led the nominations for the 80th annual Academy Awards on Tuesday, organizers said.


World court takes custody of Congolese leader accused in massacre

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A former Congolese militia leader and army general accused of masterminding the massacre of 200 villagers was taken into custody yesterday at the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.


NY Times former managing editor dies: AP

Gerald Boyd, former managing editor of  The New York Times who resigned in 2003 after the Jayson Blair  scandal, has died, the Associated Press reported.


World Chefs: Michelin star Keller mixes luxury with simplicity

SINGAPORE, Feb 5 (Reuters Life!) - He cooks foie gras and lobster regularly, but top-rated U.S.-chef Thomas Keller says he's no snob: burgers and sushi are enough to satisfy him.


Dodd to unveil mortgage bill plans: sources

The chairman of the banking  committee of the Senate will on Wednesday afternoon unveil a  comprehensive plan to reform mortgage lending, sources familiar  with the plan said.


South Korea's ruling party leader resigns

The head of South Korea's governing party has resigned over disclosures that his father collaborated with the Japanese during their occupation more than half a century ago.


Childhood Abuse Raises Heart Disease Risk

A childhood involving abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction increases the risk of heart disease in adulthood, according to a report in the online issue of the journal Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.


Hundreds of workers from Fiat SpA's struggling auto division demanded to speak to executives at group headquarters on Thursday about their fears of cutbacks due to a possible buyout by General Motors Corp.


Toronto film festival promises stars, premieres

The 31st annual Toronto Film festival  will attract more star power than usual this year with Brad  Pitt, Russell Crowe, Jennifer Lopez, Reese Witherspoon and Sean  Penn among the Oscar winners and Hollywood heavyweights  expected to attend.


Shampoo Chemical May Damage Brains of Fetuses

Exposure to a chemical found in shampoos and hand lotions and used in industry could be harmful to humans. A new study says methylisothiazolinone (MIT) inhibited the development of certain


Haifa Street is one of the most violent places in Baghdad. Its abandoned high-rise buildings provide ideal cover for Iraqi insurgents.


"Blahâ¦Blahâ¦Love Songs For The New Millenium"

Columbus, Ohio's WBZX-FM held a live tribute Sunday night (Dec. 12) for DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and three other shooting victims killed during last week's concert.


Thousands of people have received letters warning they may be at increased risk of developing the incurable brain disease variant CJD as a result of medical treatment, it was announced yesterday.


A bomb exploded Friday under an oil pipeline south of Baghdad, spilling crude oil and sparking a huge fire, Iraqi police said.


Glaxo Seeks Entry Into U.S. Flu Vaccine Mkt

GlaxoSmithKline Plc is exploring ways to sell its Fluarix flu vaccine in the United States, where supplies have run short this season after Chiron Corp lost a year's production to contamination.


Stanley set sights on Elland Road for casino

Stanley Leisure plc has announced a Stanley Casinos Limited plan to develop a casino complex on land adjacent to Leeds United's Elland Road stadium.


Teachers Agree to Bonus Pay Tied to Scores

Bonuses for New York City teachers would be based largely on the overall test scores of students at schools that have high concentrations of poor children.


COMPTON, California  - Economic worries dominated the U.S. presidential campaign on Thursday, with White House hopefuls on both coasts touting plans to ease the pain of a recession while President George W. Bush prepared to announce his own fiscal package.


Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday directly challenged her top rivals' claims that she is too conventional to bring needed change to Washington, declaring "you bring change by working in the system."


The first presidential debate showed some unexpectedâand ...

Itâs never easy to declare the winner of a TV debate. But the contest in Coral Gables, Fla., on Thursday scored some striking successes all the same.


Roma, 13:15 - ATLETICA, HOWE: ORO AI MONDIALI E POI A PECHINO

Andrew Howe non si nasconde. ''Le responsabilità non mi pesano - ha detto l'azzurro, oro nel ...


The dinosaurs might have gone out with a sudden bang, but their rise to dominance was a gradual ascent, experts say.


England captain David Beckham has apologised for deliberately getting himself booked, and while coach Sven-Goran Eriksson wants the matter put to bed, FIFA president Sepp Blatter says disciplinary action may be taken against the midfielder.


France midfielder Lassana Diarra wants to leave Arsenal due his frustration at being left on the substitutes' bench, according to a report.


Cup coverage suspended as money, media collide

The push to commercialize rugby within a rapidly changing and complicated media world has indirectly led to leading international news agencies suspending coverage of the sport's World Cup.


Shareholders have approved deal with Elevation Partners;  private-equity firm to invest $325 million in Palm.


Trader blamed for SocGen losses questioned

French police on Saturday questioned a junior trader blamed for a $7 billion loss at Societe Generale after keeping his superiors in the dark for months about thousands of illicit deals.


Hi-tech "peeping Toms" could be sent to jail under proposals put forward by the New Zealand government.


Cameroonian voters are to go to the polls in a parliamentary election, amid opposition claims of vote-rigging.


Sprinter Dwain Chambers has hit back at those criticizing his selection for Britain's indoor world championship team, saying he is being made to feel like a leper.


Courtney Love Has Money Troubles, Legal Woes

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30  - Courtney Love's trial on  drug possession charges was postponed on Thursday, but her  financial woes mounted as creditors on both coasts pressed  court claims that the singer-actress was dodging unpaid bills.


A Bedouin has confessed to selling explosives to a man before Thursday's deadly bombings targeting Israeli vacationers in the Red Sea resort of Taba, according to an Egyptian security source.


Cazenove, the Queen's broker, today effectively called time on 181 years of independence when it announced a joint venture with the US banking giant JP Morgan.


Apple Inc.'s highly anticipated iPhone will be available June 29, according to both TV commercials broadcast Sunday night and a company spokesman.


Andre Pretorius turned in a commanding display at outside-half as South Africa beat England 25-14 at Twickenham for their first away win this year.


Arab League reports progress but no deal in Lebanon

Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Thursday he had made progress toward a deal to resolve Lebanon's political crisis, but that there was no agreement.


Cricket telecast rights: ESPN seeks apology from Zee:

[Sports India, Cricket] New Delhi, Sep 22 : ESPN-STAR Sports Wednesday threatened to sue Zee Telefilms Ltd. if it did not apologise for alleging it had "colluded" the Indian cricket board in the ongoing battle for India's international television rights.


Udine, 18:44 - CALCIO, UDINESE; MARINO: SPERO CHE SCONFITTA SERVA DA LEZIONE

Pasquale Marino non cerca alibi dopo il pesante ko con il Napoli al Friuli: ''Spero che questa sconf...


Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova becomes a UN goodwill ambassador, focussing on Chernobyl.


Italy president in crisis talks after Prodi quits

Italy's president held crisis talks on Thursday to determine whether Romano Prodi, who resigned after losing a Senate vote, has enough support to be reappointed prime minister or must be replaced.


Japan's new leader Shinzo Abe wants talks with China as early as next month, his foreign minister says.


Comeback automaker Hyundai has scored big in yet another survey, this one measuring which vehicle brand provides the best value according to owners.


CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- An American commander said Thursday that 18 US troops and five Iraqi government soldiers have been killed since the assault began on Fallujah, Iraq.


Bare-Breast Teen in Video Game Sues to Stop It

A Texas teenager shown bare-breasted on "The Guy Game" video game has sued its designer and distributor and manufacturers of the machines on which it is played in an attempt to halt further sales.


Jiri Novak toppled fourth-seeded David Nalbandian in an emotional five-set final at the Swiss Indoors, winning the first indoor title of his career.


Oprah's former school matron abuse case postponed

A South African court on Thursday postponed the case against a former dormitory matron charged with abusing students at U.S talk show host Oprah Winfrey's girls' academy.


Representatives from Israel's Tourism Ministry will distribute bags of sweets and special government Christmas cards to Christian pilgrims on their way to midnight mass, Friday night.


One Israeli, two Palestinian militants killed in Gaza violence

GAZA CITY, Oct 21  - An Israeli man and two Palestinian militants were killed Thursday in two separate incidents in the Gaza Strip, sources on both sides said.


Fall 2008 collections on Seventh Avenue reveal that these are particularly trying times.


Google Faces Challenge of Public Company Status

Your name is synonymous with searching the Internet, and you've just raised roughly $1.7 billion from investors by going public.


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- There was that glazed stare in his brother's eyes, that disconnected blend of emptiness and horror, the ingredients of shock, that told Josh Parry that this was trouble. This wasn't just an injury. Parry's younger brother, Neil, was down on the football field, and in all the whir and confusion and bloody gruesomeness, Josh could see that ...


A court reduces the jail terms of three Muslim men convicted for their part in protests against cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.


Zagabria, 15:31 - CALCIO, BLATTER: BENE SCIOGLIMENTO G-14, RICATTAVA IL CALCIO

Joseph Blatter esprime grande soddisfazione per l'uscita di scena del G-14, sorta di associazione de...


Presidential Candidates Battle for Undecided Votes

With just days to go to the election, President Bush and John Kerry headed to battleground states Saturday. President Bush was campaigning in Florida, while Kerry was focusing his attention on Colorado.


Astronaut tried to kidnap love rival: police

ORLANDO, Florida  - Disguised in a dark wig, glasses and a trench coat, U.S. space shuttle astronaut Lisa Nowak waited in hiding for a woman she considered a rival for another astronaut's affections and tried to kidnap her, police in Orlando said on Monday.


Report cites abuse of Palestinian workers

JERUSALEM -- Israeli security forces frequently beat Palestinians working illegally in the country, sometimes severely, and detain them for hours without food and water, an Israeli human rights group said in a report published yesterday.


The United States said on Wednesday it would host a meeting of world powers on September 21 to discuss broadening U.N. sanctions against Iran for its refusal to suspend nuclear activity.


Diego Maradona can leave a psychiatric clinic where he was being held against his will for cocaine addiction treatment, a judge has ruled.


Some Investors Skeptical of a Chrysler-GM Deal

DaimlerChryslerâs willingness to cut loose its Chrysler Group is drawing cheers from investors but Wall Street analysts were skeptical of an outright sale of Chrysler to G.M.


The dollar regained some ground against  the yen on Friday, moving away from four-month lows hit the  previous day, but the market remained reluctant to push the  U.S. currency below the closely watched 107 yen mark.


Researchers: Fishermen need more restrictions

Millions of casual fishermen reel in more of the nation's most prized saltwater fish than previously thought, researchers say, prompting them to urge tougher regulation of recreational fishing.


A British artist and engineer is developing a multi-touch cube, which he hopes can get commercial backing.


Iraqi Officials Say Prisoner Will Be Freed

An Iraqi official said on Wednesday that the government is planning to release one of two women scientists being held prisoner for working on Saddam Husseinâs chemical weapons program.


Revisione al ribasso dello 0,1% del Pil di Eurolandia


Madrid, 23:28 - CALCIO, LIGA: BARCELLONA TRAVOLGE MURCIA

Nell'anticipo della diciannovesima giornata della Liga spagnola, il Barcellona ha sconfitto il Real ...


A convegno ricercatori di tutta Europa per tutelare una ricchezza antropologica unica"La rete italiana Ã¨ una delle piÃ¹ fitte al mondo, costellata di opere d'arte"                                            Vie della transumanza, un patrimonio a rischio Nasce il progetto 'Parco dei regi tratturi'                                                                                "Ma sono anche un modello vincente di sostenibilitÃ  integrata"di ANNALISA IZZO


New treatments for commonly suffered sinusitis and nasal polyps are closer following the identification of genes linked to the conditions.


Ukraine fails to adopt key electoral changes

Ukraine's Parliament has adjourned for 10 days after failing to approve changes Saturday to electoral laws demanded by the opposition to prevent fraud in the upcoming presidential rerun.


More than 15,000 buildings damaged in Indonesian quake

More than 15,000 buildings collapsed or were seriously damaged by a series of massive earthquakes striking Indonesia's Sumatra, authorities said Saturday as the death toll rose to 17.


Fury at price rises fuels all-out strike

A FOUR-DAY general strike over rising fuel prices has begun in Nigeria, Africaâs largest oil producer. More strikes will follow if a 25 per cent price increase is not reversed, the largest trade union in


Ohio State matched the record for the most lopsided victory in the women's program when the 11th-ranked Buckeyes defeated Ohio 107-37 Wednesday night.


Cy Young Award Will Not Affect Clemens Retirement Plans

Houston Astros veteran pitcher Roger  Clemens has said that winning a record seventh Cy Young award  will not affect a decision on whether he will retire before the  2005 season begins next spring.


Bonuses are back at the Energy Department. The department got caught in a budget squeeze late last year when Congress failed to complete the annual spending bills funding the government on time. Worried that they would not be able to make ends meet and might even have to lay off employees, officials...


Stress impairs thinking via mania-linked enzyme

An errant enzyme linked to bipolar disorder, in the brain's prefrontal cortex, impairs cognition under stress, an animal study shows.


US soldiers found mass graves north of Baghdad next to a torture center where chains were attached to blood-spattered walls and a metal bed frame was still connected to an electrical shock system


Maximo Marina Honored With Clean Marina Designation

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Dec. 12  /PRNewswire/ -- Maximo Marina, West Coast Florida's largest covered marina, has been designated by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection as a Clean Marina.


Jobless claims fell 20,000 in latest week

The number of U.S. workers seeking first-time jobless benefits fell more than expected last week, dropping from levels analysts had said were inflated by a holiday-related spike, a government report on Thursday showed.


Lockheed Martin Completes Successful Live Network Centric Operations Demonstration of Joint Tactical Network Systems

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14  /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin  has successfully completed a live flight demonstration of network centric operations for the Airborne, Maritime and Fixed Stations (AMF) component of the military's Joint Tactical Radio Systems (JTRS).


LeBron James already had zipped down the baseline and thrown down a dunk so impressive that his teammates — who've certainly seem him do some amazing things — were awed by it. He'd already twisted his way around fellow All-Star Josh Howard during a one-on-one breakaway. And he'd made 15 of his other 23 shots. That's why it was so hard to believe how cold he turned in the final 13.7 seconds against the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night.


Londra, 16:20 - CALCIO, REAL MADRID: HEINZE PER IL DOPO ROBERTO CARLOS

Gabriel Heinze, difensore argentino del Manchester United, potrebbe passare al Real Madrid per circa...


Here's one China-themed stock that's not doing so well.


AP Poll: National Security Captivates U.S.

National security issues such as the war in Iraq and terrorism are dominating voters' attention in the final weeks before Election Day, Associated Press polling found.


Ernie Els and Tiger Woods are ranked Nos. 2 and 3 in the world, but on Thursday paired together in the first round of the Tour Championship they could have been two guys at the local municipal course.


Karnataka CM compliments STF on killing Veerappan

Karnataka Chief Minister N Dharam Singh on Tuesday expressed happiness over the gunning down of forest brigand Veerappan, saying his menace had ended.


Sunni fighters in Baghdad fight militants linked to al-Qaeda in a sign of growing splits among insurgents.


Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington makes amends for his anti-gay slur with a TV message urging tolerance.


Two Bombs Hit Iraqi Cities Killing at Least 26

BAGHDAD, Dec. 25 -- Two bombs in separate Iraqi cities ripped through crowds of people Tuesday, causing some of the worst carnage in the country in recent weeks and revealing that -- despite the relative calm of recent months -- insurgent groups remain capable of devastating attacks.


Google to form private market for employee options

Google Inc.  will let employees sell their vested stock options early under a new program that will boost options' value to workers while raising the cost of options to the company, Google said on Tuesday.


China marks anniversary of war against Japan

China marked the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of war against Japan on Saturday with a U.S.-made film documenting Japanese wartime atrocities opening in theatres nationwide and schoolchildren holding a candlelight vigil.


DNA tests on a fostered Colombian boy suggest he is a hostage's son thought to have been in captivity.


Nokia Rolls Out of Gaming and Networking Sites

Nokia started to roll out its N-Gage gaming service and Share on Ovi media sharing site as the cellphone maker expands into mobile Internet services.


Dell beats earnings mark despite sinking profits

(InfoWorld) - Still gasping fromÂ the resignation of its chief executiveÂ in January andÂ an ongoing investigation of its accounting practices, Dell reported fourth quarter profits of $673 million, down sharply from the $1 billion it reported for the same period last year. Still, the company posted earnings of $0.30 per share, just over Wall Street expectations of $0.29 per share, according to a poll of analysts by Thomson Financial. Dell's fourth quarter revenue was $14.4 billion, falling below analysts' expectation of $14.88 billion and below the $15.2 billion Dell collected for the same period last year. For the third consecutive quarter, Dell filed its numbers as preliminary results, not as the official Form 10-Q that every publicly traded company is required to submit to the SEC. Dell blamed the delay on the accounting investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. The missing forms could also have pushed Dell closer to being delisted by the Nasdaq stock exchange, which had demanded the forms by March 14. But Dell said a Nasdaq review council had granted it a reprieve Wednesday, holding further action until another hearing on May 4. Although this was the first earnings report since Michael Dell replaced Kevin Rollins as CEO in January, company executives did not hold a customary conference call with reporters and analysts. Dell also failed to sum up its quarterly earnings in a full annual report, saying that the preliminary results for its past three quarters may change if the company is forced to restate earnings as a result of the investigations. In a statement, Dell said he was so disappointed with the results that he had withheld some of the employee bonuses, a savings that added $184 million to the company's operating income this quarter. That gain was offset, however, by $89 million the company spent in handling the accounting investigations. Dell's legal struggles may put an even deeper dent in company books in the long run. In a filing to the SEC on Thursday, the company dismissed the claims as the cost of doing business but warned that potential settlements or court awards could hurt its bottom line. "Dell is involved in various claims, suits, investigations, and legal proceedings that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of its business," the SEC filing reads. "The company could in the future incur judgments or enter into settlements of claims that could adversely affect our operating results or cash flows in a particular period." Dell saw a major change in sales patterns as the fourth quarter marked the first time in company history that Dell shipped more computers to customers outside the U.S. than to domestic addresses. The company still pulled 54 percent of its revenue from the U.S., but that balance continues to shift. In another trend, Dell's revenue dropped for both desktops (down 18 percent by units year over year) and notebooks (down two percent by units), its two biggest product sectors. The company made up some of the deficit with a rise in revenue from the server, storage, and services divisions. Hoping for a rebound in his fortunes, Michael Dell said he will continue to strengthen his management team and eliminate redundancies in a corporate transformation. Dell also hopes to shorten product development cycles and adopt the company's manufacturing and distribution models to reach more customers in emerging markets, a strategy he says will rebuild his company as "Dell 2.0." But he warned that those changes would not produce profits overnight. "The company is focused on transformational efforts that are designed to yield improving operating results.... In the next several quarters, however, the company expects that growth and margins will continue to be under pressure as it implements and refines these actions," the company said. This story was updated on March 1, 2007


People with bipolar disorder suffer from an accelerated shrinking of their brain, UK researchers find.


An escalating confrontation between Georgia and Russia and the Russian sanctions that accompany it are threatening GeorgiaÂs economy.


Study Probes Role of Stroke, Head Trauma in Alzheimer's

WEDNESDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) -- Stroke and head injury trigger a cellular chain of events that increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease, a new study says.


President Urges Outside Groups to Halt All Ads

The White House insisted that President Bush had not meant to single out the ad run by veterans opposed to John Kerry.


Manning seals legacy with Super Bowl win

Peyton Manning added the missing ingredient to his Hall of Fame credentials by leading the Indianapolis Colts to a 29-17 victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI on Sunday.


Israel rejects Egypt-Gaza border deployments

Israeli leaders rejected on Wednesday proposals to secure the Gaza Strip's breached frontier with Egypt with additional Egyptian border guards or an international force, government officials said.


Mike Lamb had not started any of the Houston Astros' first 10 playoff games, so he was somewhat surprised when he saw his name on the lineup card prior to Game 6 of


Utah's First Female Governor Says Goodbye

Gov. Olene Walker — Utah's first female governor, and its shortest-serving chief executive — packed up her belongings on her last full day Wednesday.


Justin Langer remains optimistic that he will be able to take his place in the Australian side for the second Test against Pakistan on Sunday, but there is little doubt that he is still facing an uphill battle to prove his fitness.


Hobbyist hackers use Nintendo's motion-sensing controller to play Half-Life 2 and bang virtual drums. What's next? By Chris Kohler.


WASHINGTON -- US and Afghan officials are investigating whether Taliban fighters who claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at Bagram Air Force Base were tipped off that Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting the US military headquarters.


The second named storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season grew back to tropical storm force on Friday and it was expected to hit the coast of Mexico or Guatemala over the weekend.


Hasbro Inc , the second-largest U.S. toy company, posted a higher quarterly profit on Monday, helped by sales at its Playskool brand and continued strong demand for products tied to the Transformers movie.


KIEV -- Ukraine's Supreme Court yesterday blocked the inauguration of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, the declared winner of Sunday's presidential election, agreeing to hear arguments that the vote was tainted by fraud and shifting some momentum to supporters of opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko.


STAGE SET Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal finally get chance to ...

"Even with wings, you never as fly as meYou remind me of Kobe Bryant trying to be as high as me." -- Shaquille O'Neal in the song "You Not the Fightin' Type.


The first thing to make clear is that Paul Hamm, as he staged an amazing late comeback to win the men's all-around gymnastics gold medal last Wednesday, did absolutely everything right and nothing wrong.


Beta Version Of Microsoft Search Goes Out Thursday

After at least a year of talk and sneak peeks, Microsoft starts its run at Google. By Gregg Keizer, TechWeb News. Microsoft will push its homegrown search software into beta tests Thursday, its first real move


Europe Leads US in Second Day of Golf's Ryder Cup

Tiger Woods, with a new partner after losing twice on Friday with Phil Mickelson, won his first match of the Ryder Cup this morning to help the US cut into Europe's lead at golf's premier team event.


Grieving Kashmiris seek missing loved ones

Grieving relatives of people who have disappeared in Kashmir's 17-year insurgency took their protests to the doorsteps of the Indian government on Thursday, staging a day-long hunger strike to press for information.


D.C. Restaurants, Not Monuments, Pitched to Attract Urbane Visitors

NEW YORK -- In a too-hip-to-be-true loft in Soho last week, waiters wearing all black glided around the room, placing in front of two dozen food and travel journalists pristine plates of roasted loin and braised Elysian Fields Farm lamb shortribs with Belgian endive, dried anjou pear and sweet pepper.


Microsoft grants Linux patent amnesty to LG Electronics

A fifth cross-licensing agreement between Microsoft and a Linux-using company was announced late Wednesday. LG Electronics is the latest company to make a deal related to Microsoft's unproven claims to Linux-related patents.


Mediation talks collapsed between Tim Burton and his ex-girlfriend, who claims she was cheated out of her rights to assets that the director promised her during their nearly decade-long relationship, attorneys said.


You can train Bose's new system to play songs you like. Is it worth the price?


The prime minister is expected to lay the groundwork for the suspected spring general election with an economic speech in Edinburgh.


Developer launches a Month of PHP Bugs project with 11 bugs in five days.


SANTA MARIA, California: Superstar Michael Jackson arrived at court yesterday flanked by members of his famous family to face the mother of the boy who accused him of molestation.


Nonprofits bear brunt of foreclosure fight

Mohammed Ibrahim is overwhelmed by people asking for help.