Japan's Abe wins party leadership, set to be PM

Shinzo Abe, a conservative advocate of a   more muscular Japanese foreign policy, was overwhelmingly   elected ruling party leader on Wednesday, setting the stage for   him to be chosen as prime minister next week.


JasperSoft Offers Business Intelligence On MySQL Database

TechWeb - JasperSoft launches a suite of reporting tools for the open-source database.


In its latest attempt to stem the decline in first-class mail, the U.S. Postal Service is collaborating with HBO to promote letter writing -- and a television miniseries about one of the most prolific letter writers in American history.


Dawn Robertson remembers it well. Sure, she's a bit embarrassed recalling the first time her daughter beat her on the tennis court, but she's equally as proud.


Venezia premia la Cina Leone d'oro a 'Still Life'

La giuria della 63esima Mostra del Cinema premia l'opera dell'outsider Jia Zhang-Ke. Leone d'argento a Resnais e all'opera di Crialese. Coppa Volpi a Helen Mirren. Miglior attore, a sorpresa,  Ben Affleck


Newcastle sack manager Sir Bobby Robson after five years at the club.


In corso esame dna per risalire a identita'


Twins' Johan Santana Wins Cy Young as Top AL Pitcher

Minnesota Twins left-hander Johan Santana, who led the American League in earned run average and strikeouts and went 13-0 after the All-Star break, was the unanimous winner of the Cy Young Award as the league's top pitcher.


US Rejects North Korean Conditions for Dismantling Nuclear ...

TOKYO, Oct. 23--Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said Saturday the United States will not provide "up front" benefits to North Korea if it agrees to dismantle its nuclear programs, rejecting


Hilton quits Billboard awards over jokes

Paris Hilton won't joke about her peeps. The hotel heiress canceled an appearance at next week's Billboard Music Awards because she didn't like the jokes written for her, according to a spokesman.


The United States will not change their policy towards Europe, whatever the final results of the President elections, the US ambassador to EU Rockwell A. Schnabel said Wednesday.


Blair ally re-arrested over cash-for-honours probe

Labour Party chief fundraiser Lord Michael Levy, a close ally of Prime Minister Tony Blair, was arrested as part of a corruption probe into party political funding, police said.


Paul Pierce scored 35 points, Ray Allen had 19, and Rajon Rondo had 12 assists and 11 rebounds Sunday as the Boston Celtics beat the San Antonio Spurs 98-90.


Cossiga e Berlusconi, a quando anche cambio guida CC?


Two inmates working in prison field overpowered a guard Monday and ran her over in a stolen pickup truck, killing the woman as they fled, prison officials said.


Blood transfusion chiefs worry people could be put off donating by reports of blood being destroyed.


Ambiente e conto energia Pecoraro a RepubblicaTv

Il ministro Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio in diretta con gli utenti, a partire dalle 11. Partecipate al forum in diretta


Karzai aborts trip to Afghan city after rocket hits near landing ...

A rocket slammed into the ground near where Afghan President Hamid Karzai's helicopter was approaching to land in an eastern city Thursday, forcing him to return to Kabul, officials said.


The ÂCabre QueenÂ of the 70Âs, Helen, will be seen in Rajiv SharmaÂs directorial venture, Bachpan.


SCOTS IN THE FIRING LINE: PIN-UP AND A AT 'EM BOYS

THE brave lads of the Black Watch yesterday began their treacherous journey north through Iraq. Scores of troops left their temporary home in Basra - one of Saddam Hussein's old palaces, now


Kevin Garnett compiled 23 points, 19 rebounds and eight assists, and the Minnesota Timberwolves used a tough defense to snap the Phoenix Suns' nine-game winning streak 97-93 on Friday night.


East Timor rebel escapes as troops launch raid

An Australian-led international  peacekeeping force launched a raid to capture East Timor rebel  Alfredo Reinado on Sunday, killing four people, an Australian  commander said.


The first trial of a suspect implicated in the 11 March train bombings in Madrid is due to open later on Tuesday.


YAHOO'S BID to stop two French groups stopping it selling neo-nazi paraphernalia are having a job convincing the US court system to intervene.


UN Secretary General Kofi Annan took on Tuesday, September 21, a fresh, though an implicit, jab at US President George W. Bush in a clear sign that world opinion was still far from making peace with the war in Iraq.


Capello oggetto del desiderio l'Inghilterra è a un passo

Il tecnico ex Milan, Roma, Juve e Real Madrid ricercatissimo sul mercato europeo, ma la firma per diventare ct di Sua Maestà è vicinissima. La fotostoria della sua super carriera


Police search the grounds of Queen's University after reports of an alleged sexual assault.


New silicon means less power, more range, Solarflare says Companies touting full TCP offload engines (TOEs) for 10Gig Ethernet are barking up the wrong tree - and worse than that, they do not comply with the specs for 10GBase-T, a chipset supplier has claimed.â¦


Carnago, 17:57 - CICLISMO, BALLERINI: SPERO CHIAREZZA IMMEDIATA SU DI LUCA

Il ct della Nazionale azzurra ha seguito e tratto indicazioni dalla 36/a edizione del Gran Premio di...


Maya Makes Drinky Crow Show's Boozy, 2-D World Spin

The powerful 3-D modeling software powers Maakie-Mation, the wild animation style that brings Tony Millionaire's sick creations to life.


Craig Pickering wins the 100m to leave Britain's men in fourth place at the European Cup.


Possibile legame delitto con maxisequestro di droga


Bloomberg signs tax break law for TV, film

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg talks to reporters in Dubrovnik, Croatia, in a file photo from Dec.


Abbott Seeks Approval for Prostate Cancer Drug

Abbott Laboratories Inc. said on  Tuesday said it is seeking U.S. regulatory approval for a drug  to treat advanced prostate cancer that has spread through the  body.


Oil prices rose for the second day in a row on Thursday as several OPEC ministers called for the cartel to stop producing more oil than its official target.


The acceptance by Reliance Energy (REL), of the right claimed by RIL to nominate, so long as it held 26 per cent of it, both the chairman and the VC of REL, followed by Mukesh Ambani annulling his 12 per cent stake granted through sweat equity, in


YUKOS Gets More Cash But Bankruptcy Looms

Russia's YUKOS raised $357 million to put toward a $3.4 billion tax claim on Tuesday by selling a stake in a gas venture to partner TNK-BP, as analysts said the company was technically ready for bankruptcy.


France calls for US troops to leave Iraq in 2008

From correspondents in Paris, France, 10:32 AM IST France has called for the US to end its military presence in Iraq in 2008 at the latest.Comment


The judge in the Michael Jackson molestation case Thursday rejected a defense bid to throw out the indictment in a ruling that for the first time publicly detailed the conspiracy charge against the pop star.


Forget the bedsheets, just buy a plasma TV, say modern British newlyweds

Whereas once they might have been delighted with a cotton pillowcase or humble cutlery, modern British couples about to get married now ask wedding guests for luxuries such as plasma-screen televisions.


Sony BMG to drop copy protection for downloads

Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the  world's second largest music company, will this month become  the last of the big four majors to drop copy protection  software on music downloads, also known as digital rights  management (DRM).


Less than a month after a federal court ruled that Oracle could pursue its hostile takeover of PeopleSoft, and almost immediately after PeopleSoft on Friday fired Craig Conway, its chief executive, the skirmish between the two companies is shifting to a


Russian Nikolay Davydenko produced a   stirring comeback as he recovered from two sets down to beat   German Tommy Haas 4-6 6-7 6-3 6-4 6-4 to reach the U.S. Open   semi-finals on Thursday.


Lo sostengono diversi giornali, sul piatto 1 mld di sterline


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Hot deal: Philips GoGear 1GB MP3 player (1GB) for $30

Today's electronics bargain find is a teeny MP3 player at half its usual price.


Australian PM defends Iraq deployment after Obama rebuke

Prime Minister John Howard hasdefended the size of Australia's troop deployment in Iraq after a stinging rebuke from White House hopeful Barack Obama, calling Canberra's contribution "appropriate".


After the Time magazine cover, it is 60 Minutes for Ash. Beauty queen Aishwarya Rai will feature on one of the most celebrated television magazine of America - 60 Minutes.


The teppanyaki titan tempts investors with three different concepts.


Londra, 13:08 - CALCIO, GASCOIGNE ATTORE IN FILM FANTASCIENZA

Paul Gascoigne diventa attore. L'ex giocatore della Lazio è stato scelto per interpretare un ...


Fed Panel Was Divided Over Outlook for Economy

Reflecting a highly uncertain and divided outlook on monetary policy, regional Federal Reserve banks supported three options for the discount rate last month.


Three killed in Beirut blast near U.S. embassy car

At least three people were killed in an explosion which damaged a U.S. diplomatic car in Beirut on Tuesday and wounded a U.S. passenger, security sources said.


Democrats to meet Tuesday to choose speaker

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Democrats in the state House of Representatives will gather next Tuesday to choose new leaders. The caucus is expected to meet behind closed doors and select Rep. Christopher Donovan, a


Chevron profit rises but misses expectations

Chevron Corp. , the No. 2 U.S.  oil company, on Friday said its quarterly profit rose 18  percent, driven by a surge in crude oil prices, but its results  fell short of expectations and the stock fell in premarket  trading.


Small wine producers seek Supreme Court's help in allowing them to make direct shipments to wine-lovers in other states. VIRGINIA WINE makes a great holiday gift, but if the state's wineries send it to your


US war veterans are twice as likely to commit suicide than ordinary civilians, a study suggests.


Nove Mesto, 11:57 - Sci nordico, Cdm donne: Neumannova vince 10 kmtl

La ceka Katerina Neumannova ha vinto la 10 Km a tecnica libera di sci di fondo femminile, disputata ...


Frequent U.S. Visits By TB Patient Noted

The Department of Homeland Security's chief medical officer yesterday acknowledged errors in the federal government's failure to stop a Mexican businessman infected with multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis from entering the United States 21 times over seven weeks in April and May.


Pink Ribbon Ball Raises Money for Breast Cancer Patients

If pink is your color, then the Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg was the place for you this evening. The 2nd Annual Pink Ribbon Ball brought together hundreds of people who raised money for breast cancer patients and survivors.


Blog: Valence lines up a partner for battery manufacturing but says it's losing interest in notebooks


By MICHAEL MELIA SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A high-calorie diet combined with life in the cell block - almost around the clock in some cases - is making detainees at Guantanamo Bay fat.


Bush to Seek Broad Slowdown in Government Spending Growth

President Bush on Monday will  propose a $2.5 trillion budget that cuts scores of domestic  programs, from housing to environmental protection, in a bid to  show he is serious about reining in deficits that have  ballooned under his watch.


The presidential campaigns of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are arguing over phone calls made by the Obama camp in an under-the-radar dispute over who would best protect abortion rights.


Folded into the Rev. Frank Page's wallet is a yellow scrap of paper with the date and time he is to speak with yet another Republican candidate for the White House.


Vornado raises bid for EOP; Blackstone stands firm

Vornado Realty Trust  said on Thursday it raised its takeover offer for Equity Office Properties Trust  to $56 per share, above a rival bid of $54 per share from private equity firm Blackstone Group that Equity Office has already accepted.


A former drug sales representative won the award despite the judgeâs criticism that he should have brought the scheme to light earlier.


Japan's ruling party is to elect a new leader, in a vote that will also almost certainly decide the next PM.


Apple announces that its iPhone will be launched in the UK on the O2 mobile network on 9 November.


Health department's doses now spoken for

The Mobile County Health Department announced Friday that it has scheduled appointments for all of its available doses of influenza vaccine.


Q&A: How to Avoid Stupid Financial Choices

Author Jason Zweig on neuroeconomics, a new science that might help make you rich.


Japan urged China to use its growing influence to make an impact on key global issues such as climate change during summit talks Friday that reflected the countries' warmer ties


States Face Lawsuits on Funding Cash-Poor Schools

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.  - The Spanish teachers are  gone along with the guidance counselors and intramural  basketball games. Teachers have been fired and classrooms  closed.


Ã stata la sua ultima conferenza stampa da presidente della Commisione Europea. Romano Prodi ha incontrato lunedÃ¬ i giornalisti per un breve riepilogo dei suoi cinque anni a Bruxelles e per lanciare la sua sfida, tutta italiana, a Silvio Berlusconi.


Siena, 20:24 - BASKET, SERIE A: SIENA FACILE CON AVELLINO

Nell'anticipo della 20/a giornata del campionato di serie A1 di basket la Montepaschi Siena ha battu...


Adam Gilchrist believes a series victory in India would be the crowning career achievement for many players in the Australian team.


Will election story breathe new life into West Wing'?

It seems like only a couple of years ago that NBC's "The West Wing" was slugging it out with HBO's "The Sopranos" for recognition as TV's top drama.


GM Workers in Germany Protest Job Cuts a 3rd Day

Just days after it announced deep job cuts in Europe, the General Motors Corporation is battling a wildcat strike at one of its biggest German auto plants, and a threat of wider disruptions.


Tell-all book talks up Blair rivalry with finance chief Brown

Rumors of fierce rivalry between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown got a powerful boost with a new tell-all expose by a former Blair aide.


MySpace opens its platform to developers

Following Facebook's lead, the social networking site plans within the next few months to make an API for its platform available for anyone looking to build applications to run atop the site.


E' stato fermato vicino ad Algeciras, nel sud della Spagna


BAGHDAD Terrorists tricked the Iraqi police into raiding a booby-trapped house here and detonated a massive bomb that killed at least seven police officers and 25 other Iraqis, most of them civilians crushed when the blast flattened three nearby homes


Detectives hunting the killer of a French student on a green in London say they have some new 'key information'.


Australia add opener Chris Rogers to their squad for the third Test with India in Perth on Wednesday.


Patriots and Giants Hope to Cap Their Quests With a Win

With a burst of confidence borne of three playoff road victories, the Giants are pursuing respect as surely as the Patriots are pursuing immortality.


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US cyclist Tyler Hamilton will keep gold medal

Lausanne, Switzerland (Sports Network) - American cyclist Tyler Hamilton, the champion in the road time trial at this year's Olympics, will keep his gold medal after a second blood doping test was inconclusive.


Brushing your teeth could reduce the risk of having a stroke or heart attack, a study has suggested.


Throughout Europe and the world, Condoleezza Rice's reputation precedes her

PARIS  - In Europe, it's hard for some to think of Condoleezza Rice without recalling the low points in transatlantic relations that grew out of the war in Iraq.


Like most of the relievers the Giants have signed to multiyear contracts, Jim Brower has a list of incentives built into the deal.


American kidnaped in Iraq with three others

An American, along with two Arab nationals and an Asian, were taken hostage on Monday by gunmen in Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman said.


Due persone con il casco in testa entrano e freddano un uomo


A 30-year-old man is seriously ill in hospital after being shot several times as he sat in his car in Belfast.


400 tonnes of explosives missing in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Oct. 25. - Hundreds of tonnes of high explosives that could be used to detonate nuclear weapons have vanished in Iraq since the United States and Britain invaded, the International Atomic Energy Agency said today.


More PCs run the alternative OS, but many will end up with a pirated version of Windows, report says. Linux may be shipping on a growing number of PCs sold in the emerging markets of Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.


NATO wants reinforcements in Afghanistan

NATO's top commander on Thursday urged allied nations to send reinforcements to southern Afghanistan, where resurgent Taliban militants are inflicting heavy casualties on foreign forces and have captured a remote town for the second time in two months.


WASHINGTON -- Without a doubt, many employees who have access to a retirement plan at work contribute some money to it.


Germany urges China to address climate change, but China says it should still be allowed to grow economically.


Italy firm on Iraq after 'barbaric' hostage murder

Italy insisted Friday the killing of an Italian journalist in Iraq by Islamic kidnappers would not shake its resolve to keep troops in Iraq.


The Washington Times On Technology Column

By Fred Reed, The Washington Times  May 26--E-SPYING MAY BE LEGAL, BUT MORAL? Law lags technology. Moral  questions take a back seat. Just because you can do something doesn't mean  that it's a good idea. These are three laws of advancing technology.


Big trio Oracle's Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) has landed its third big partner since a launch nine months ago that had Wall St predicting Red Hat's impending death.â¦


Nove i morti tra cui una donna in raid contro taleban


The deal was reached last month between Libya's Colonel Gaddafi and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.


Tizbud seeks second California Classic in row

Tizbud returns to the races today for the first time since winning last year's California Cup Classic, and Excess Summer has run only once in almost eight months.


Allawi Works to Build Support for Iraq Elections

Description: Iraq's interim leader works to persuade Iraqi expatriates to participate in January's parliamentary elections.


Analysts See More U.S. Newspaper Consolidation Ahead

A wave of consolidation in the U.S. newspaper industry could be on the way as publishers grapple with a maturing industry that faces stiff competition from television and the Internet, publishing experts say.


German prosecutors refuse to investigate Rumsfeld over Abu Ghraib abuse

BERLIN  - German prosecutors said Thursday they won't investigate Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld or other U.S. officials in response to a criminal complaint filed by a group of American lawyers over torture at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.


Modesto Bee. REDWOOD CITY - In a passionate argument, his voice sometimes edged with anger, prosecutor Rick Distaso blasted Scott Peterson on Monday as a calculating killer


School success a ÃÂfirst stepÃÂ to becoming footballerÃÂs wife, says group

Success at school was a first step to life as a footballerÃÂÃÂs wife for many of the countryÃÂÃÂs best known celebrities, a government body said Wednesday.


MG Rover offers know-how to Chinese partner

MG Rover, the ailing British carmaker, has signed a binding agreement to hand over technology and know-how to the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC).


Rhino will release on Oct. 26 a three-DVD set spotlighting the on- and off-stage activities of Crosby, Stills & Nash.


STMicroelectronics, Intel delay launch of joint venture

Hit by turmoil in the debt capital markets, STMicroelectronics, Intel, and Francisco Partners agreed on Wednesday to extend the deadline to launch Numonyx, a flash-memory joint venture between the three companies, to March 28.In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Intel said the parties have re-negotiated the commitment letter which originally called for certain lenders to provide up to U1.55 billion to finance Numonyx.Under the revised financing terms, Geneva-based chip maker STMicroelectronics will provide $364 million to the joint venture with a 48.6 percent stake of Numonyx. Francisco Partners will invest $150 million in exchange for a 6.3 percent equity stake, according to STMicroelectronics.Intel will retain a 45.1 percent ownership in the joint venture but hadn't calculated its financial commitment, according to an Intel spokesman.Numonyx will also receive a $650 million loan and a $100 million revolving credit facility, according to Intel's filing with the SEC.The updated agreement provides Numonyx a similar level of net cash with lower indebtedness than originally anticipated, ST Microelectronics said in a release.The three companies originally announced the joint venture on May 22 and said the deal would close in the second half of 2007. Numonyx is aimed at supplying NOR and NAND memory for consumer and industrial products including cell phones, digital cameras, PCs and other equipment.After the deal closes, Numonyx will be the largest supplier of NOR flash memory, STMicroelectronics said in the release.


American Michael Phelps set a world record of one minute 53.71 seconds for the 200 metres butterfly at a Grand Prix meet in Missouri on Saturday.


Home secretary to set out vision for policing

Jacqui Smith today warned against succumbing to 'the counsel of despair' that claims Britain is broken and violence lurks on every street corner as she unveiled plans for a new 'strategic vision' for policing.


Viruses and worms are known to affect computers. Desktop computers that you and me use to surf the Internet. Worst we have seen is them getting into your computer through advertisements and malicious code running on a website.


EU to seek partial freeze in Turkey talks: source

The European Commission decided on Wednesday to recommend a partial suspension of Turkey's negotiations to join the European Union after it failed to open its ports to EU member Cyprus, EU sources said.


Mantova, 17:03 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: CEDUTO ALTINIER AL VERONA

Il Mantova ha ceduto in comproprietà con diritto di riscatto all'Hellas Verona (Serie C/1) l'...


A Camp Bucca, carcere gestito dagli americani


US rapper Jay-Z is to headline this year's Glastonbury Festival, organiser Michael Eavis confirms.


Miglior regia Anderson, attore Najie, attrice Hawkins


Tokyo's Nikkei average lost 0.85 percent to a three-week closing low on Thursday as a fall in the dollar further weakened investor confidence in company earnings, driving exporters such as Honda Motor Co. down.


Musharraf-Bhutto pact almost done deal: minister

A power-sharing pact between  Pakistan's embattled President Pervez Musharraf and former  prime minister Benazir Bhutto has almost been finalized, a  cabinet minister said on Wednesday.


Report: Time Warner has Braves sale deal

Time Warner Inc. reached a deal to sell the Atlanta Braves to Liberty Media Corp. after more than a year of negotiations, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.


And so, Prince Harry's favourite knight, Sir Clive, less than a year after winning the biggest tournament of his life, is riding off into the sunset.


Toyota Motor Corporation said it was on track to expand global sales by more than 2per cent in the next two years, after shrugging off a 1.5per cent drop in quarterly profit.


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.


Mystics Trade Melvin to Chicago for Currie

The Washington Mystics acquired another scoring option today but dealt away its top post player to do so -- sending starting center Chasity Melvin in a trade to Chicago for small forward and Washington native Monique Currie. The trade was finalized this afternoon shortly after the Mystics fell 81...


Finanziamenti fino a 4mila euro per correntisti Banco-Posta


KINGSTON, Jamaica  -- Jamaica's government on Tuesday announced a $5 million program to provide free Internet access in poor communities across the island.    The "e-Jamaica" initiative will establish 60 Internet centers across the country by 2010, mostly in post offices, said Commerce and Technology Minister Phillip Paulwell...


Utile netto a 96 milioni, fatturato a 3 miliardi


The Patriots practiced for 90 minutes early yesterday afternoon before temperatures soared past 100 degrees in the greater Phoenix area.


Hamas dismisses Bush Mideast visit as "photo op"

Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Saturday dismissed President George W. Bush's upcoming visit to the Middle East as a "photo opportunity" and said he was not welcome in the region.


Atlas 5 Rocket Launches Six Military Research Satellites into Orbit

An Atlas 5 rocket launched spaceward late Thursday, hauling a clutch of six military research satellites into orbit for the U.S. Air Force.


After Years Behind Bars, Now a Life on the Run

Ralph J. Phillips, the prime suspect in the shootings of three troopers, has a long criminal history.


Eliot Spitzer uncovers evidence of improper business practices at AON, according to the New York Times.


Unions seek gains with airlines healthier

The biggest U.S. airlines,  struggling to cement their shaky recovery, face a rising  challenge from angry unions looking to recoup billions in wages  and pensions lost since 2001.


DTI, Patent Office get started on Gowers A hand-picked group of 40 small businesses in the UK is to be offered "intellectual property health checks" by the Department of Trade and Industry, in line with recommendations laid out in the Gowers review on intellectual property.â¦


Greece's public deficit exceeded eurozone limits when it joined the European single currency in 2001, its finance ministry admits.


Ford Motor Co. on Friday raised its  third-quarter and 2004 profit forecasts because of strength in  its financial services business and cost improvements in its  car operations.


Formula One fans will wait with bated breath today to see if the British Grand Prix is included on the proposed 2005 calendar. Sources close to the negotiations believe Silverstone will get the all-clear from Bernie Ecclestone after all.


Poland to withdraw troops from Iraq by end-2005

Poland will withdraw its troops from Iraq by the end of 2005, Polish Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski said on Monday. "In my opinion, the deadline (for Poland's mission) should


Tenn. Senator Says He Keeps Two Families

State Sen. John Ford testified in a juvenile court hearing that he keeps two homes, living with two different women whose children he fathered.


NEWCASTLE, England : Newcastle bounced back from last weekend's Premiership defeat to Bolton with a 2-0 UEFA Cup win over Dynamo Tbilisi.


Barry Larkin will not be offered another contract by the Cincinnati Reds, ending his 19-year career with his hometown team, he told The Associated Press on Tuesday.


Players Offer to Slash Salaries to Save NHL Season

Hopes for an NHL season were left  hanging by a thread Thursday as players presented a proposal  that included a massive 24 percent rollback in salaries but did  not address owners' main demand for cost certainty.


Two Koreas agree to meet, paving way for aid

North and South Korea agreed on Thursday to restart high-level talks, paving the way for food aid to resume after this week's breakthrough energy-for-disarmament deal with Pyongyang.


Gene therapy is used to alleviate symptoms of a condition which is a cause of inherited learning difficulties.


"Finanziaria sara' di sviluppo e pace, avra' l'ok da tutti"


Prince Harry row an unwelcome reminder of past Nazi flirtation

A picture showing Prince Harry dressed in a Nazi soldier's uniform not only caused outrage from Jerusalem to Berlin, it also shone an uncomfortable spotlight onto the British royal family's earlier flirtations with the Third Reich.


U.S. West Nile virus cases, deaths rose in 2006

U.S. cases of encephalitis and meningitis caused by West Nile virus rose last year to the highest level since 2003, and the death toll jumped from 2005, federal health officials reported on Thursday.


Ethiopian police say they have identified kidnappers

Ethiopian police said on Saturday they had identified the kidnappers of the British embassy tour group abducted in the remote Ethiopian desert on March 1.


Large parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore are covered by thick smog from Indonesian bush fires.


Large farm operations are reaping too big a share of government subsidies, new Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said Thursday, defending President Bush's desire to curb the payments by billions of dollars over the next decade.


Islanders Re-Sign Campoli to Three-Year Contract

The 23-year-old Chris Campoli has 10 goals and 38 assists in 131 career NHL games, all with the Islanders. He was chosen in the seventh round of the 2004 draft.


Johnson & Johnson's $25.4 billion takeover of Guidant Corp. and the $35 billion union of Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. are leading the busiest quarter for mergers in more than four years. -The Washington Post


The man can pitch. The man can hit. The man can field. Daisuke Matsuzaka played the game of his life last night, picking up the win with 5 1/3 solid innings in the Red Sox' 10-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies.


Ferrari wins the Belgian GP ahead of team-mate Felipe Massa at Spa, with Lewis Hamilton fourth.


BP avoids battering as poor results are better than Hayward's bleak warning suggests and market looks beyond 2007.


IBM expands China research site in midmarket push

IBM on Thursday opened an expanded research center in China to bulk up its technology portfolio for midsize businesses worldwide. The SMB Innovation Center was added to the company's research lab in Beijing


Renault bring in Finn Heikki Kovalainen to replace reigning world champion Fernando Alonso for the 2007 season.


Traffic Jammed on I-10 Westbound After Serious Accident

By Michael A. Bell, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 27--BILOXI --  A wreck that left a Mercedes heavily damaged on westbound Interstate 10 has traffic slowed to a crawl near mile marker 43.


Comedian Eric Sykes, actress Anna Massey and rock star Roger Daltrey are honoured.


Dairy Farming `Takes a Hit' Over Effluent

By Gardner Chris  Dirk Seiling wonders whether some of his fellow dairy farmers care about keeping dairy effluent out of streams.


Rubens Barrichello claimed the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on Sunday for his second consecutive Formula One win. The victory is the ninth of Barrichello's Formula One career


European prisoners held in Chad over alleged child smuggling are to be moved to ensure their safety.


Briefly: MSN Messenger beta leaks onto Web

roundup Plus: Level 3 to buy Sprint's dial-up business...Cisco CEO's salary shoots up from $1...SanDisk ups capacity on flash memory cards.


A teenager seen making a gun gesture towards David Cameron is charged with possession of cannabis.


Exercise During Pregnancy Keeps Cholesterol Down

Women who stay active early in pregnancy may have lower cholesterol than those who take it easy, new research suggests.


Fox Disagrees With FCC Indecency Finding

WASHINGTON - Fox Broadcasting Co. disagrees with a finding by federal regulators that an episode of "Married by America" was indecent, but isn't saying whether it will appeal a nearly $1.2 million fine...


Sun plans patent protection for open-source Solaris

Plans to provide umbrella from patent-infringement suits to outsiders using or developing the OS--a move to counter Linux.


NY couple held as flight risks in slavery case

A New York couple accused of keeping two Indonesian women as slaves for more than four years were ordered jailed by a federal judge on Thursday after prosecutors argued they might flee the United States.


Death Propels Anna Nicole Smith Biography From Backlist

For the publisher of âGreat Big Beautiful Doll,â by Eric and DâEva Redding, even Wal-Mart is calling.


DirecTV's Viiv box almost ready for prime time

Set-top box that works with Viiv-compliant PCs on the way, but hurdles remain on the chipmaker's path to digital living room.


Lettera su 'vicenda Antonveneta' a presidente Tribunale Mi


A group of Cuban refugees was released Saturday, a day after landing, some for the second time in a year, at a derelict bridge in the Florida Keys that authorities initially said wasn't U.S. soil.


Space Station Crewmen Lost Weight on Board

The two crewmen aboard the international space station lost a few pounds during the five weeks they were forced to ration their dwindling supply of food, but they said Wednesday that they were no worse for wear.


Steve Yzerman has laced up his skates for the Red Wings for the last time. That doesn't mean Hockeytown has to say goodbye to the longtime Detroit captain.


Buenos Aires Club Fire Kills 88, Injures 260

A blaze in a crowded nightclub in central Buenos Aires killed at least 88 people and injured another 260, the city's mayor, Anibal Ibarra, said on Friday.


BULLS GAP, Tenn. - The folks at Di's Diner were assaulted with a catfish dinner of their own making.


More Critters in the Garden; Kereru Recovery Project

A major bid to get kereru, the native woodpigeon, back into the nation's gardens has been launched.


Report: Pennington Set to Sign Extension with Jets

The New York Jets and quarterback Chad Pennington are close to a deal that would make the quarterback the highest- paid player in franchise history.


World's Fastest Human proves silence is golden

Greene was clocked talking a mile-a-minute after the 100-meter dash Sunday night, but Gatlin stopped the real clocks in 9.85 seconds.


Green Groups Praise Russian Decision to Ratify Kyoto

Major international environmental groups have hailed the decision by the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin to endorse ratification of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol as a historic breakthrough in curbing global warming.


Princess Diana's former butler has a secret, but he can't remember what it is.


If an iPod Gets You Through the Day, This Can Start It

The XtremeMac Luna is an iPod dock that doubles as a clock radio.


Bank of America defends immigrant card program

Bank of America Corp. is defending its decision to offer credit cards to people who don't have U.S. Social Security numbers, amid criticism that the program effectively endorses illegal immigration.


Kennedy Center honors five, including Scorsese

Comic-actor Steve Martin, singer Diana Ross and film director Martin Scorsese are among the artists who have earned Kennedy Center Honors this year for their influence on U.S. culture, tribute organizers said on Tuesday.


Rubens bad Brazilian luck visits Michael

Rubens Barrichello appears to have rid himself of his bad luck in Brazil only for it land on his team-mate Michael Schumacher. Barrichello last finished the Brazilian GP in 1994, which means even seeing the


Having just integrated Macromedia's Flash Player into its technology portfolio, Adobe today issued a "critical" warning, advising Flash Player users to apply an update to prevent a possible denial of service attack.


Halliburton will restructure its Kellogg, Brown and Root subsidiary and may even sell the business should it continue to underperform rivals.


Cisco's EOS online-content platform coming next year

Cisco will introduce next year its Entertainment Operating System (EOS), a platform for delivering multimedia content to online communities.EOS will be the first major product of Cisco's push into helping media companies connect with their customers. It will combine a delivery system, a social networking platform, and a set of tools to help consumers find the content they want, said Dan Scheinman, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco's media solutions group. It will go on sale in 2008, he said.Two online fan communities, run by the National Hockey League and the NASCAR auto-racing organization, are using elements of EOS today, Scheinman said. NHL Connect, launched last year and uses technology from social networking company Five Across, which Cisco acquired in February.Content providers like the sports leagues have large and loyal fan bases but don't know how to enrich the fan experience or get them to spend more time on their sites, he said. EOS will be a standardized solution for doing that.Making online communities stronger benefits both consumers and content providers, according to Scheinman: Fans get to know each other and providers learn more about their visitors. On top of that, more visits can mean more revenue. Sites such as the NHL's and NASCAR's have found that providing legitimate video content leads to more user-generated content as visitors comment on the videos. As they do, visits go up by three to five times, which means three to five times as many opportunities to advertise to the community, he said.EOS will help visitors find content through a recommendation and relevance engine that looks at a user's activity patterns and makes personalized suggestions, Scheinman said.The growing flood of information available online begs for this type of approach because users often don't even know what they're looking for, he said."Finding anything in this world of infinite information out there is really going to be tricky," Scheinman said. "You want to be able to have content find you."Cisco's network expertise and recent social-networking acquisitions uniquely equip it to solve this set of problems, he said."We've become the only company that can do all of these three things together," Scheinman said.


An audiotape purportedly from a leader of forces opposed to the US-led government in Iraq has urged fighters supporters to brace for new battles against US forces after the assault on Falluja.


Asian 'child slaves' at British cannabis farms: report

Criminal gangs are trafficking hundreds of children into Britain and forcing them to work in cannabis factories, with at least one child per week being found by police, a report said Sunday.


Norwegian rappers who set up a website appearing to call on people to kill President Bush is in trouble with US authorities.


CUT-RATE CULTURE: How to Snag a Deal at Local Music, Opera and Theater Performances

By Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press  Jun. 2--High culture equals high prices, right?   Wrong.   If you've got a hunger for the symphony, opera, chamber music or theater, you can feed your artistic soul without having to pinch pennies at the grocery store.


Londra e Francoforte chiudono in calo, Parigi quasi stabile


The shooting of director Anees Bazmi's untitled love story came to a grinding halt in Oslo when its leading man Harman Baweja lost his passport.


At least five Iraqis die as insurgents target US forces in central Iraq, reports say.


Israeli policy divides Palestinian families

EL-BIREH, West Bank -- Nariman Yazbak and her 2-year-old daughter, Salma, left their home in the West Bank town of El Bireh last April for a routine visit to relatives in Jordan.


Democrats Question Bush's Service, Costs of War

Democrats raised new questions about President Bush's Vietnam-era National Guard service on Wednesday as White House hopeful John Kerry charged the Iraq war was draining resources from the U.S. economy at home.


First baseman Snow brings 15-year career to end

Former-Gold Glove first baseman J.T. Snow announced his retirement after 15 seasons in Major League Baseball on Thursday.


NASA says shuttle may re-launch in spring

HOUSTON - NASA officials say they have completed the re-design of a tank used on the space shuttle that should prevent the falling debris problem that led to the destruction of the shuttle Columbia and its seven-member crew.


Ronald Curry caught five passes for 89 yards and had a touchdown as Oakland beat Buffalo 13-to-10. Jerry Rice's NFL record streak of 274 games with a catch ended Sunday.


'Depressed' Crown Princess comes out to play

Japan's Princess Masako appears to be slowly edging back into public life after months of seclusion and an ongoing battle to regain her mental health.


Report: News Corp. Offers MySpace for Yahoo Stake

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


Hewitt streak continues, through to last 8

Australian Lleyton Hewitt's hot streak has continued, the No.4 seed crushing Slovakian Karol Beck to reach the US Open quarter-finals.


Airbus expected to launch restructuring plan

The new chief executive of the ailing aircraft maker Airbus was set to present a vast restructuring plan for the group to the board of parent company EADS, union sources said.


Amid Battle With Oracle, PeopleSoft Fires Its Chief

In a statement, PeopleSoft's board of directors cited "a loss of confidence in Mr. Conway's ability to continue to lead the Company."


Our little stars of the small screen have no need to be The Big...

THEY'RE not exactly in the Alan Titchmarsh bracket yet, but if it carries on this way I'll have to get them an agent.


With the possible exception of David Blunkett, no minister suffered a greater personal humiliation in 2004 than John Prescott, with the overwhelming rejection of his plan for an elected regional assembly in the ...


Bush declares Florida major disaster area

US President George W. Bush on Saturday declared Florida a major disaster area as massive Hurricane Frances slowly bore down the southern US state.


Europe Takes Africaâs Fish, and Migrants Follow

Industrial boats from Europe and elsewhere have caused major fish populations to collapse in northwest Africaâs ocean floor, crippling coastal economies, and creating a surge of illegal migrants hoping to reach Europe.


Some fashionable texts are based on ''shaky thinking.''


A British soldier was killed in Afghanistan on Monday, the Ministry of Defence said.


NEW YORK - Anchor Brian Williams takes over as the host for NBC Nightly News on Thursday, marking a new beginning for the top-rated US newscast.


Typhoon Wipha postpones Women's World Cup action forcing matches to be rescheduled for Thursday.


Head of Lockheed's Aeronautics Division to Retire

The head of the aeronautics division of defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. will retire next year, the company announced Friday. The division makes fighter jets and other planes for the United States and foreign armies.


Bush vetoes stem-cell bill, disappoints advocates

President George W. Bush vetoed  legislation on Wednesday that would expand federally funded  embryonic stem cell research, triggering an uphill battle to  override him in the Democratic-led U.S. Congress and likely  pushing the issue onto the 2008 election agenda.


Richard Diebenkornâs progress during his stay in New Mexico is the subject of a radiant hodgepodge of a show at the Grey Art Gallery at New York University.


Tiger Woods fired a five-under-par 65 to join overnight leader Jay Haas on 201 after three roundsof the Tour Championship at Atlanta Saturday.


Top Republicans turning gunsights on Rumsfeld

US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is the target of increasing criticism from his own Republican camp, but the White House voiced its continued support for the Pentagon chief on Thursday.


International Hologram Manufacturers Association responds to our story on the efficacy of holograms as security measures and readers respond to our little Digg social experiment. Plus: Links to our most popular blog posts.


Regulators Give Little Ground on Sarbanes-Oxley Deadline

Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act mandates a company's auditor to identify "any material internal control weakness" or "significant deficiency," in verifying that management has sufficient


Michelangelo's Last Frescoes in Line for Facelift

The last two frescoes painted by Renaissance master Michelangelo are to be restored to their original brilliance, the director general of the Vatican Museums said on Wednesday.


The White House told lawmakers it would send Congress a revised proposal late Monday for dealing with terrorism suspects as the number of GOP senators publicly opposing President Bush's initial plan continued to grow.


Gartner revises down contract chip maker forecast

(InfoWorld) - Contract chip makers will have a worse time than expected this year, market researcher Gartner said Monday as it revised down its revenue growth target for 2007 to 5.1 percent. A weak first quarter hit the industry harder than expected as growth declined 12.5 percent compared to the previous quarter. Although a recovery for the industry is underway, revenue growth will be far worse than the 16.7 percent growth the industry achieved last year, Gartner said in a report. Next year will be a boom year for contract chip makers, but the market researcher did not provide a firm prediction. Part of the first quarter drop was normal for the time of year. Holiday shoppers tend to take a breather in the first three months of the year, so sales of a number of electronics typically fall. But contract chip makers have also faced a chip glut, which caused some companies to reduce orders. Chip shipments by contract makers fell by around 3.8 percent sequentially in the first quarter, Gartner said, while average selling prices slumped about 9 percent. Fewer high-end chips, which command higher prices, were ordered during the quarter. The market researcher said the weak quarter marked a bottom for the industry. Chip makers have largely agreed. The world's largest contract chip maker, TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.),Â posted its worst quarter in nearly two years in the first quarter. But it said the industry bottomed out during the quarter and will improve as the year goes on because demand is improving and the chip glut has eased. The company's top rival, United Microelectronics also called the first quarter the low point for the year. "Following two consecutive quarters of decline, we estimate that the foundry market will grow 11.9 percent sequentially in the second quarter of 2007, mainly because of inventory replenishment and a better pricing environment," said Gartner. The communications segment is leading the recovery, while demand for consumer electronics is also reviving, the market researcher added. Last year, TSMC, which founded the contract chip-manufacturing or foundry industry in 1987, took a 45.2 percent share of the contract chip market with revenue of $9.7 billion, according to Gartner. Chip industry revenue totalled almost $260 billion last year, while the contract manufacturing segment accounted for $21.5 billion of that figure.


Operators slash costs ahead of EU legislation Minister for Communications Noel Dempsey has praised Irish mobile operators for introducing new tariffs designed at reducing roaming costs in Ireland and the UK.â¦


Distribution giant Ingram Micro Inc has acquired Australia's largest IT distributor Tech Pacific in a $700 million (US$493 million) cash deal.


Syria halts co-operation with France on the Lebanese crisis in an escalating row, Syria's foreign minister announces.


A panel commissioned by Congress and professional sports leagues urges steroids education to begin in grade school.


Athens - The two armed men who hijacked a commuter bus outside Athens for over 18 hours had no explosives on them despite their threats to blow up the bus, the Greek police chief said Thursday, after the stand-off ended peacefully.


NBA Ratifies Referees Five-Year Contract

NBA referees have entered into a five-year collective bargaining agreement with the league, removing the possibility of having replacement officials work the upcoming season.


A US court revives shareholder lawsuits against drugs giant Merck over the health risks of its  painkiller Vioxx.


Gov. Eliot Spitzer's former communications director refused on Monday to obey a subpoena for testimony and documents sought by a state Senate committee investigating an alleged plot to smear the state's top Republican.


For his first meeting with presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1932, Huey P. Long dressed in his flamboyant Kingfish mode: plaid suit, purple shirt, pink necktie.


Two 'Private Fuzzies,' Diverted on Their Way to War

FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq An explosion in the distance broke the silence in tent MC-01 just after 9 a.m.


Web 2.0: if you're not on the list, you're not coming in

The limited wisdom of tiny groups Organizers of a Web 2.0 talkfest are promising to unlock the secrets of the social networking universe for ordinary folks and to hook 'em up with some big swinging internet dicks over canapÃ©s.â¦


Tropical Storm Barbara formed off the southwestern coast of Mexico on Wednesday and could strengthen to a hurricane over the next several days, forecasters predicted.


UK takes lead role in stem cell research

POTTERS BAR, England At the end of a winding country road lined with hedgerows and tidy brick homes sits a new prefabricated building chock-full of monitors and filters.


All of us need a little help finding our way sometimes.


Almost three quarters of small businesses say the government could do more to help them, a survey finds.


President George Bush lambasts Middle East nation as 'the world's leading sponsor of state terror'


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A jury says Headwaters is entitled to the money because of a breach of contract.


US Retailers' Holiday Sales Rise; Wal-Mart Lags Behind

US retailers' credit card sales rose more than 6 percent during the first weekend of the holiday shopping season. Same-store sales at Wal-Mart Stores Inc.


Tigers claim contracts of Gettis, Wise off waivers

DETROIT - The Tigers on Friday said they claimed the contracts of outfielders Byron Gettis and DeWayne Wise off waivers. Gettis, 24, batted .


Braves' Smoltz May Rejoin Team's Rotation

John Smoltz might rejoin the Braves' rotation if Atlanta finds another closer.


"Rails & Ties" stuck in one-way dramatic track

TELLURIDE, Colo.  - A tell-tale first feature by actress Alison Eastwood, "Rails & Ties" is a heartfelt but dramatically flat portrait of a couple grappling with one tragedy whose lives are profoundly affected by the outcome of another.


Berlusconi dealt setback as trial judge to stay

An attempt by Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to delay his corporate fraud trial suffered a setback on Wednesday with a decision that the trial judge should stay on the case.


The face of Mariano Rivera, normally as placid as a pond in winter, was contorted in anger. "Catch that ball, c'mon," were the words that appeared


County unemployment drops to 3.7 percent

SAN DIEGO - San Diego County's unemployment rate was 3.7 percent in August, down from a revised 4.4 percent in July and 4.3 percent a year ago, the California Employment Development Department reported today.


Parigi, 15:06 - F1, ALONSO: IL MONDIALE E' APERTO

Fernando Alonso, tornato nella scuderia che lo ha consacrato a livello mondiale, parla della nuova s...


Cost of Benefits Cited as Factor in Slump of Jobs

A relentless rise in the cost of employee health insurance has become a significant factor in the employment slump.


Georgia Tech Headed to Champs Sports Bowl

Georgia Tech finally will play in a bowl that's not too far from home.


NEW DELHI: Microsoft has announced its simplified and low-priced version of Windows XP for India and has tied up with leading PC vendors including HCL, HP, Wipro and Acer to bring PCs at âsignificantlyâ lower prices.


The government is set to unveil standards for the healthcare of children and adolescents on Wednesday.


The Pentagon's top weapons buyer Tuesday said he expected officials to decide soon whether to solicit new bids for a multibillion-dollar deal to begin replacing the Air Force's aging fleet of KC-135 refueling tankers.


There are billions to be made if you have the right name.


Colombian Rebel Arrested in Bogota Attack

Police arrested a rebel commando who allegedly attacked a Bogota pub frequented by Americans, killing a Colombian woman and injuring dozens of other people, including five Americans, authorities said Tuesday, nearly a year after the attack.


Navy's Airfield Plan Draws a Bead on Birds

By Wade Rawlins, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 7--Federal officials are recommending driving away bird flocks at a proposed Navy landing strip in coastal North Carolina by using dogs, fireworks, poison and guns.   The measures are included in a U.S.


Robert Reich, former secretary of labor in the Clinton administration, is the author of "Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America.


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'Sideways' Looking Up With 7 Golden Globe Nominations

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 13 -- "Sideways," a tale of two men looking for love in California's wine country, collected seven Golden Globe nominations Monday, one more than "The Aviator," a biography of young Howard Hughes conquering Hollywood.


Report Sounds Alarm on Pace of Arctic Climate Change

The most comprehensive international assessment of Arctic climate change has concluded that Earth's upper latitudes are experiencing unprecedented increases in temperature


American Held in Afghan Torture Case Blames FBI

An American charged with running a  private prison and torturing Afghans said Wednesday that he was  being set up by the FBI.


Ex-Accountant for Fannie Mae Admits Concerns

The former accountant testified today that he had taken his concerns over the mortgage giant's bookkeeping directly to the company's chief executive.


mPhase Technologies Describes Innovative Strategy to Increase Shareholder Value in Technology Incubation

mPhase Technologies (OTCBB: XDSL) today provided investors with a review  of its strategy to maximize shareholder value.


The All India Motor Transport Congress today said it has no intention to call off the nation-wide truckers' stir until the Centre makes its stand clear on the proposed 10 per cent service tax.


BISHOFTU, Ethiopia  - Ethiopian farmer Fekadu Asfaw stood defiantly before an angry veterinarian, having just beaten his four severely malnourished donkeys.


The Yankees figure there is no sense looking backward, either at a bad loss or the team behind them in the standings. That is the way they have approached the whole week and it was the way


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All eyes on Ashlee after singing slip-up

NEW YORK - All eyes will be on Ashlee Simpson Monday as the American pop singer tackles another televised live singing performance, two days after a botched appearance on Saturday Night Live.


Dechy and Safina take women's doubles at U.S. Open

France's Nathalie Dechy won her second consecutive U.S. Open women's doubles title on Sunday as she and Russian Dinara Safina beat fifth seeds Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung of Taiwan 6-4 6-2.


Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble Co. is suing soft drink maker Coca-Coca Co. for patent infringement, the Cincinnati Post reported Friday.


Video games help kids cope with cancer, other illnesses

She is armed with a "chemoblaster", looks like Lara Croft and is the heroine of a new video game designed to help kids suffering from cancer cope with the disease.


Senators propose to track sex offenders online

Two U.S. senators said on Thursday they would introduce legislation that would potentially protect users of popular social networking sites like News Corp's MySpace from registered sex offenders.


Royal Dutch/Shell Group (RD.AS: Quote, Profile, Research) (SHEL.L: Quote, Profile, Research) said it would jointly operate 180 gas stations in China by the end of 2004, the


44 believed North Koreans clamber over fence into Canadian Embassy ...

BEIJING (CP) - China said Thursday it wants the Canadian Embassy to hand over 44 people thought to be North Korean asylum-seekers who climbed over a spiked fence onto embassy grounds.


A scientific report, inspired by an episode of âSeinfeld,â  may cause football fans to take a second look at that communal bowl of dip.


Bush, Putin talks set for February: report

WASHINGTON - US President George Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Slovakia in late February as part of the American administration's attempts to smooth international relations, according to reports.


A 25-year-old woman  appears in a Fermanagh court charged with murdering her 19-year-old boyfriend.


Skin cancer study reveals roots of grey hair

WASHINGTON - Skin cancer researchers have stumbled on a cellular cause for hair turning grey as we age. The scientists weren't aiming to prevent greying, but to find treatments for malignant melanoma, a potentially deadly skin cancer.


Rockets Hit Hotel in Baghdad; Shiite Rebel Offers Truce Deal

The rocket attack temporarily overshadowed a pledge by a top aide to Moktada al-Sadr to disarm his militia.


In a previous article on Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State, I wrote that his career was framed by Iraq, a shorthand for the first and second wars in Iraq.


Halliburton Co. said Wednesday it is considering an appeal to a judge's ruling that the company cannot cancel or make major changes to health care coverage for retirees of a company it bought in 1998.


Figures reveal a doubling in the number of people in Scotland diagnosed with alcoholic liver disease.


China Honors Deng Xiaoping on 100th Birth Anniversary

China marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of its late leader Deng Xiaoping Sunday with a celebration attended by top party officials in Beijing.


Jol confident of reviving Tottenham in long term

IF Tottenham Hotspur can absorb some of their head coachâs confidence, the tenure of Jacques Santini will soon be forgotten. Martin Jol has said that the club have the ingredients to mould an attractive, successful team.


California takes lead in U.S. global warming fight

California catapulted to the   forefront of U.S. efforts to fight global warming on Wednesday   with an accord that will give the state the toughest laws in   the nation on cutting greenhouse gas emissions and possibly   spur a reluctant Washington to take similar action.


Image: David Ducros for the European Space Agency

After a journey of seven years and billions of miles together, NASA's Cassini orbiter and ESA's Huygens probe have finally gone their separate ways.


The Oscars are almost as much about momentum as the films themselves. Here's a list of what honors the top movies are winning this awards season:


Microchips Counter Andes Alpaca Smuggling

Peruvian alpaca herders are turning to technology to thwart a growing problem of the high Andes Mountains: the smuggling of prize-winning, wool-producing alpacas to neighboring countries.


An Ohio company has long been adding the industrial toxin melamine to animal feed ingredients, and those feeds have been eaten by livestock and fish meant for human consumption, officials with the Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday.


Pearl Slaying Suspect Killed in Pakistan

KARACHI, Pakistan - Paramilitary police killed a suspected top al-Qaida operative, wanted for alleged involvement in the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, during a four-hour shootout Sunday at a southern Pakistan house, the information minister said. At least two other men were arrested...


Study: Athletic success doesn't pay off in donations

Success in big-time sports has little, if any, effect on a college's alumni donations or the academic quality of its applicants, according to a study made under the direction of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.


Google taps BellSouth for help selling ads

This priority retains its ranking at number five as more and more companies deploy Web Services to share business logic, data and processes with each other and with clients.


Rutgers Comes Unglued in the Second Half

Rutgers made only 17 percent of its field-goal attempts in the second half (6 of 35).


Sudan Accuses Rebels of Attacks in Darfur

Sudan on Thursday accused rebels in North Darfur of continuing attacks that have forced the withdrawal of the aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres and affected thousands of people.


Lawmakers who watched as a near-total ban on abortions failed in South Dakota voting booths last year have revived the legislation with changes that may make the difference in public acceptance. But the bill's success is far from assured.


Shares of DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. dropped 6 percent Thursday after the Hollywood studio told Wall Street it will push back the release of its next "Shrek" movie until the summer of 2007.


Get a head start with Windows Server 2008 online training

Master the server Windows Server 2008 is due for release on February 29, and as with most Microsoft releases, the fanfare from Seattle can be heard worldwide. Will it do what you want it to? What skills do you need? Is it any good?â¦


Documento approvato all'unanimita' dall'ufficio politico


Stuart Carlisle says a decision to clear the Zimbabwe Cricket Union of racism is a "joke".


Dunn to 'set the record straight' in HP case

(InfoWorld) - Embattled Hewlett-Packard chairman Patricia Dunn told an appreciative audience in San Francisco Wednesday night that she looks forward to the opportunity to "set the record straight" regarding allegations that she oversaw anÂ internal investigation of the companyÂ which may have broken the law. Dunn made the remarks during a previously scheduled event where she was inducted into the Hall of Fame of a group of San Francisco Bay Area government and business leaders. An audience of about 800 people at The Westin St. Francis hotel on San Francisco's famed Union Square, gave Dunn a standing ovation. "All I will say about the maelstrom ofÂ  recent unwelcome attention is that I look forward eagerly to the time in the near future when I will be permitted to set the record straight," she said. Dunn was honored by the Bay Area Council for her success in business and her philanthropic work. Besides being chairman of HP, she was vice chairman of Barclay's Global Investors. Dunn also is on the board of a nonprofit program helping troubled youth in San Francisco and a program for providing health care to the poor in Oakland, California. The audience was largely supportive. "I think she was courageous" to appear, said Lynette Busby after the speech while her husband, James, added, "she hasn't been convicted of anything and in America that's important. She is a very forthright person." But there was some criticism. "I think it's unbelievably arrogant of [the council] to select her when she is under anÂ egregious cloud of suspicion," said one local attorney who declined to be identified. Even though she was chosen for the Hall of Fame before the scandal broke, the honor should have been withdrawn, he said. She and others involved are accused of "doing things that are contrary to the best values of America." Dunn also tried to make light of her situation. While she said she wanted to set the record straight, she added, "and in the meantime it wouldn't hurt if the pope would continue to make controversy." Dunn is one of several people who have agreed to appear at aÂ Sept. 28 hearingÂ of a House Subcommittee probing allegations that HP hired private investigators to determine which of its board members were leaking news of board deliberations to the media. The investigators allegedlyÂ obtained private phone recordsÂ of board members, some HP employees, and reporters under false pretenses to determine the source of the leak, a tactic called pretexting. The House Energy and Commerce Committee is considering federal legislation to outlaw pretexting. California Attorney General Bill Lockyer is investigating the possibility ofÂ filing state chargesÂ against people implicated in the scandal. Dunn was forced to announce Sept. 12 that she will resign in January from the chairmanship of the HP board, although she will remain a director, amid news reports about her role in ordering an investigation of the board media leaks. She has stated she did not know outside investigators were using pretexting and that she kept a distance from the investigation, but a Wall Street Journal article Wednesday, based on an internal HP report, indicated she may have been more involved in the probe than she indicated earlier.


Upgrade timing demotes KDE variant of Ubuntu Linux

Only GNOME-based Ubuntu will get Canonical's long-term support, because KDE 3.5 is too old, and 4.0 is not mature enough yet to use in Kubuntu.


Software and snowflakes will have starring roles in next week's Wall Street epic.


"Girl power" back as Spice Girls reunite for tour

"Girl Power" is back with the announcement that the Spice Girls, who topped charts in the late 1990s, are reuniting for a tour and greatest hits album.


John Deere, iRobot team on military vehicle

BOSTON -- In a pairing of robotics and tractor companies, iRobot and John Deere disclosed plans yesterday to build a 9-foot-long semi-autonomous battlefield vehicle.


Storage powerhouses Hewlett-Packard Co. and QLogic Corp. have created an easy-to-use SAN-in-a-box product targeted at small and midsize businesses.


Amy Winehouse is prevented from singing at the Grammy awards after her US visa application is turned down.


A panel of medical experts on Wednesday recommended approval for Ilex Oncology's new drug Clolar for use against one type of leukaemia but not against another.


Serial killer Rosemary West was moved temporarily to enable family members to visit, it emerges.


BULGARIA:  Eye on Justice as New Political Star Emerges

SOFIA, Jun 1 (IPS) - Justice Minister Georgi Petkanov announced he will  resign after the weekend because of health reasons, saying  "work at the ministry is extremely hard." Meanwhile, a  rising politician who has staked a claim as an anti-crime  crusader is making his way towards the prime minister's  chair.


VATICANO - La Caritas Internationalis ha un nuovo presidente: il Cardinale Rodriguez Maradiaga. Appello per il Medio Oriente CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Il Cardinale Oscar AndrÃ¨s Rodriguez Maradiaga, 64 anni, Arcivescovo di Tegucigalpa (Honduras) Ã¨ il nuovo Presidente della Caritas Internationalis. EÂ stato eletto dallÂassemblea generale, riunita in questi giorni ...


(11/22/04)-- New details are emerging about the deadly shootings of five deer hunters in Meteor, Wisconsin. The suspect, also a deer hunter, is from Minnesota.


Lender Tells Judge It âRecreatedâ Letters

Records raise new questions about the business practices of the giant mortgage lender at the center of the subprime mess.


ATHENS, Greece - Marion Jones will be part of the US Olympic 400-meter relay team, coach Sue Humphrey announced. Jonesâ participation had been a subject of speculation because she is being investigated by the US Anti-Doping Agency.


Aid is now arriving in Indonesia's Aceh in significant quantities, but distribution is still difficult.


U.S. vows to help Latin America fight drug gangs

CUERNAVACA, Mexico  - The United States will stand by Latin American governments in their battle against powerful drug cartels, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales vowed on Friday.


TORONTO -- Zhang Yimou's masterful film Hero brought Jet Li and Donnie Yen together for the first time in a decade. For martial arts fans, that is history in the making.


The Duchess of Cornwall is admitted to a private hospital in London ahead of a hysterectomy operation.


Riorganizzazione in vista passaggio a gruppo Coppola


Square Feet: The Street of Shoes Waits for the Right Kind of Restaurants

West Eighth Street in Manhattan was once home to a vibrant shoe-shopping district, now property owners are trying to lure small restaurants.


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


Local Episcopalians praise churchâs report as unifying

THE GAZETTE. The Episcopal Church was scolded but not punished in a document released Monday by the churchâs parent organization.


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Britain should be closer to Europe not the US: poll

The vast majority of British voters believe it is more important for Britain to have good relations with Europe than with the United States, according to an opinion poll.


Internet retailer Amazon dismisses a report that it is failing to get orders delivered to its customers in time for Christmas.


Russia hands ratification documents of Kyoto Protocol to UN chief

Russia has formally ratified the Kyoto Protocol on global warming following its signing into law byRussian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month.


The disabled Japanese whaling ship stricken in Antarctic waters sails again under its own steam.


Friday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports on a controversial decision by Missouri's Secretary of State: the state of Missouri will be allowing soldiers stationed overseas to cast ballots via e-mail. Their absentee ballots will be scanned and converted to PDF files, which will be emailed to the Defense Department, printed out, and then faxed to Missouri.  I'm in favor of helping soldiers vote; this is a democracy, everyone should be able to vote. Yet I'm deeply skeptical of this proposal, for two reasons:  The plan depends on e-mailed ballots being printed out and faxed by the Defense Department but does not provide any safeguards against soldiers being sanctioned for how they have voted;  The transmission method is inherently technically insecure


Former President Bill Clinton was on the fast track to a heart attack until quadruple-bypass heart surgery Monday gave him a second chance at life, his doctors revealed.


News.com Extra: FBI: Point, click, eavesdrop

Plus: Orkut: Google's secret society. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 23 -- For the first time since a demonstration in 1990, a group of Saudi women is campaigning for the right to drive in this conservative kingdom, the only country in the world that prohibits female drivers.


Sri Lanka says rebels shell school, wound students

Tamil Tiger artillery fire hit a school in Sri Lanka's northeast on Thursday, wounding 10 students, the military said, as the rebels warned of a backlash against a government crackdown.


Feds thwart PGP and Hushmail in drug case

Blog: A recent court case provides a rare glimpse into how federal agents deal with encryption: By breaking into a suspect's home or office, implanting keystroke logging software, and watching what happens from afar.


Ukraine Said to Challenge Privatizations

Ukraine will contest the privatization of some 3,000 former state enterprises under a previous administration, Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko said Wednesday.


Protesters were able to disrupt Tony Blair's conference speech despite a multi-million-pound security operation aimed at preventing a terrorist attack.


D'backs pitching prospect apologizes for lying about age

Top pitching prospect Ramon Antonio Pena, who lied about his age to sign with the Arizona Diamondbacks two years ago, made a public apology Tuesday and asked for a second chance.


Alt Fuel Tax Break Spiked in Favor of Big Oil

Senate Republicans block a $32 billion in tax breaks for renewable energy that would have been financed mostly by new taxes on major oil companies. The GOP argues an oil-company tax increase would reduce production and raise gas prices.


Will he or won't he? That's the 25 basis points (or is it 50 basis points?) question Reserve Bank of India Governor YV Reddy will answer on October 26 when he unveils the midweek review of the annual monetary policy.


Global sea levels could rise twice as high this century as UN climate scientists had predicted, a study suggests.


Police say a teenager shot dead in his bed could have been murdered in a case of mistaken identity.


Early treatment may thwart mad cow-type disease

NEW YORK  - A number of brain diseases caused by mutant prion proteins, such as mad cow disease or scrapie in sheep, might be averted if normal prion proteins can be depleted, researchers report.


Frizzanti del Kent e del Sussex al posto d'onore


New Bon Jovi Studio Album, Tour Due Next Spring

A new Bon Jovi album due in the spring will be a "loud guitar, big rock record," Jon Bon Jovi told Billboard in a recent interview. "We're very excited about it, and I'm very confident it's going to be a big record for us."


Stocks were higher in early trading amid speculation that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at its Jan. 29-30 meeting to ward off a recession.


Philips, Europe's largest maker of consumer electronics, is cautious about earnings growth despite reporting a profit in the third quarter.


From Russia With Cash: Seeding a Hedge Fund

Andrei Vavilov â energy magnate and nascent hedge fund manager â says heâs in the right spot if Russia invests oil money.


Friday's European papers tackle the problems faced by the euro, Ukraine and the reform of the UN.


UN, Blair Issue Warnings Over Violence in Sudan

British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned Sudan on Wednesday violence must end in Darfur and the United Nations said it might not be able to cope if conditions there fail to improve.


SPRINGFIELD - Gun maker Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. said yesterday its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 39 percent due to strong firearms sales, contributions from a recent acquisition and the hunting season.


Update 3: Tokyo Stocks Higher; US Dollar Up

Tokyo stocks inched up Wednesday morning as investors tried to shake off pessimism about the nation's economy and stick to an upbeat economic report last week.


ROMA - Napoli in C1. Lo ha annunciato il presidente della Lega Adriano Galliani, dopo il consiglio federale della Figc che ha deciso l'inserimento del club partenopeo nel campionato di C1. La squadra avra' tempo


Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the No. 1  retailer, on Monday said September sales at U.S. stores open at  least a year were tracking in line with its forecast for a 2  percent to 4 percent increase, though it expects Hurricane  Frances will briefly hurt sales in areas hit by the storm.


United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, left, talks with Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, during a meeting at Farmleigh House, Dublin, Saturday Oct. 16, 2004, at the end of Annan's official four day visit to Ireland.


Trading karate chops for lawyers, tough guy actor Chuck Norris is taking on a new book titled "The Truth About Chuck Norris," saying it's a big lie and he wants to stop its distribution.


Possible new case of mad cow disease found in the United States

WASHINGTON (CP) - Attempts to lift the American ban on Canadian cattle could be facing a setback with news Thursday that US officials may have discovered a second case of mad cow disease.


Woods, Mickelson Off to Shaky Ryder Start

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were paired for the first time in Friday's opening match of the Ryder Cup, a dynamic twosome that hoped to get the United States rolling toward bringing the chalice back to this side of the Atlantic...


Fernando Alonso says beating Ferrari at their home track would be one of the best moments of his career.


University of Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley will hold a news conference this afternoon regarding the future of third-year coach Ron Zook.


Turkish parliament set to convene on Sunday on key reform ...

The Turkish parliament will meet in extraordinary session on Sunday to debate a delayed penal code reform which is key to Ankara's prospects of joining the EU, State Minister Mehmet Aydin said Thursday.


Singapore revamps its waterways in tourism drive

Water. For years, Singapore has taken a utilitarian view of it. Great for shipping, good for rinsing semiconductors. But for fun? No way.


Madison Avenue crowns America's ad icons

Icons from the AFLAC Duck to Tony the Tiger battle for a spot on New York's Advertising Walk of Fame.


Sottosegretario: e' fondamentale contro digital divide


No Decision on the Expos, but a Sense of Urgency

Major League Baseball's relocation committee met with its executive council and Commissioner Bud Selig about the future of the Montreal Expos.


Fox Sports turned down Vikings owner Red McCombs's request to remove play-by-play announcer Joe Buck from Sunday's game at Philadelphia over his criticism of Randy Moss .


No. 8 Auburn Beats No. 10 Tennessee 34-10

Jason Campbell is finding redemption in the West Coast offense. Auburn's often-criticized quarterback threw for 252 yards and two touchdowns, and the eighth-ranked Tigers stamped themselves as national title contenders by overwhelming No. 10 Tennessee 34-10 on Saturday night.


Five people are killed in what appears to be ethnic violence in western Kenya linked to last month's disputed elections.


Ziff Davis - Is spyware slowing down your surfing?


A report says increased school choice does little to enhance the educational opportunities of black pupils.


Investor worries hang over Microsoft bid

Microsoft Corp. views its proposed takeover of Yahoo Inc. as the missing piece in its Internet advertising puzzle, but skeptics think the deal could become a jumbled mess that will help make rival Google Inc. even stronger.


Flight attendants to airlines: 'Pay us or CHAOS!'

The Association of Flight Attendants, 46,000 workers strong, is fighting back against big business airlines in the latest battle of the class war.


ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger today criticised Manchester United's approach during their controversial Old Trafford win on Sunday.


Portable player as AirPort Express remote control?


Japan mourning the death of Iraq hostage

Japan on Sunday denounced the beheading of a Japanese hostage in Iraq after a day that saw the heaviest United States casualties for six months and the bloodiest attack on a media organisation since the start of the war.


KABUL, Afghanistan -- A convoy carrying the running mate to Afghan President Hamid Karzai came under attack in the northeastern part of the country, just days before landmark elections.


Safin Crushes Nalbandian in Madrid Final

By Kevin Fylan MADRID  - Russian Marat Safin produced anotheroutstanding performance to beat Argentina's David Nalbandian,6-2, 6-4, 6-3, and win the Madrid Masters on Sunday.


Colgate-Palmolive Co. CL.N will cut  about 4,400 jobs and close a third of its factories under a  program aimed at fighting rising costs and focusing on  higher-profit areas such as oral care, the company said on  Tuesday.


The father of a woman who was one of three killed by a man driving a 4x4 vehicle said he should have been tried for murder.


How might the Pension Protection Act affect your pension?


NANJING, China -- On the street, they are often the target of laughter or cruel whispers. Individually, they have all been denied jobs or their parents' praise.


Oldest Hanson brother marries in Oklahoma

Bad news, ladies. The third and  final brother in pop group Hanson has got married, People  magazine reported on Sunday.


Shareholder withdraws bid to buy Liverpool

Liverpool's financial future was plunged into further doubt Tuesday when Steve Morgan, the club's third biggest shareholder, withdrew his 70-million-pound ($165.3 million Cdn) bid to buy the club.


Aid Begins to Reach Aceh Homeless on Bleak New Year

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Refugees in Indonesia's  tsunami-devastated Aceh province woke up on New Year's Day to a  depressing rain, but there were signs that critically needed  aid was finally starting to reach them.


Callahan Gets 'Fresh Start' With 'Huskers

Ten days after getting run out of Oakland, Bill Callahan walked into Lincoln and took over one of the nation's most high-profile college football programs. Time will tell whether it's a soft landing for the man who two years ago led the Raiders to the Super Bowl.


Pro Picks: Desperate Bengals over Ravens

It's not as if the Baltimore Ravens are ignored. But they're not exactly high profile despite a five-game winning streak that will allow them to clinch the AFC North title if they win in Cincinnati Thursday night.


BHP Billiton faces second strike threat in Chile

Anglo-Australian mining group BHP Billiton has said it had made an offer to workers at its Spence copper mine in Chile in a bid to avoid another damaging strike.


Tokyo's Nikkei average opened down 0.58 percent on Tuesday with technology issues such as Advantest Corp. leading the way, hit by a drop in their U.S. rivals and unexpectedly weak production data at home.


FPL struggling to get lights back on for customers

Florida Power & Light Co. was only able to restore power to 45,400 customers in Palm Beach County between Sunday morning and Monday afternoon.


South Korea plans crackdown on 'brokers' organizing mass ...

South Korea said it plans to crack down on people who demand money for organizing mass-defections of North Koreans. So-called brokers - often Koreans living in China, South Korean


Madrid, 21:59 - CALCIO, SIVIGLIA: NUMERO PUERTA RITIRATO FINO A 18 ANNI FIGLIO

Se la federazione darà l'ok, il Siviglia ritirerà il numero 16 indossato da Antonio Pu...


Si e' posizionato su 10,9, dato e' migliore delle attese


Italian energy company ENI SpA and Russian state-controlled company OAO Gazprom on Saturday said they signed a deal for a gas pipeline from Russia to Bulgaria via the Black Sea.


Jail looms A notorious American spammer is heading for jail after a Virginia Appeals Court upheld his conviction and sentence to nine years' imprisonment for junk mail offences.â¦


The Liberty Media Corporation has sued IAC/InterActiveCorp in a dispute over IACâs plans to split into five companies.


ANAHEIM, Calif. - A family claims a police officer used their computer to send sexual messages to a teenage girl...


Discount retailer Kmart Holding Corp. reported Monday that the company swung to a profit in the second quarter, but same-store sales were still in decline.


SUSAN AGER: Ad may make unintended mischief

Men, you already know that a drug like this will let you finally fire that football through the tire hanging from the tree in your yard.


U.S. investor Heyman reveals 8.8 pct LSE stake

U.S. investor Samuel Heyman said on Tuesday that entities he controls now had rights to an 8.8 percent stake in the London Stock Exchange , in a move that could complicate a bid by Nasdaq Stock Markets Inc.


The White House urged North Korea to return to talks aimed at defusing a dispute over Pyongyang's nuclear programs, calling such activities "a threat to global peace."


Health insurers that offer HMO-type Medicare plans in Massachusetts say they're holding the line or even lowering rates on the plans in 2005.


Terni, 15:18 - CALCIO, C1/B: STADIO CHIUSO A TERNI, SALTA GARA CON SALERNITANA

Stadio chiuso a Terni, dove oggi era in programma la sfida tra Ternana e Salernitana (C1/B). Il manc...


Both LG and Sharp announced at the IFA electronics show in Berlin this week that the cost of LCD flat-panel televisions will fall dramatically in 2007, with prices dropping 20% to 30%. The companies attribute the expected savings to overproduction and lower manufacturing costs.


THE MONTH since Yasser Arafat's death has seen an encouraging flurry of movement on all sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.


Fighting the Web, Sports Teams Seek to Control Ticket Resales

Teams are controlling the resale market for their tickets to cut down on counterfeiting and the high prices demanded by scalpers.


India more 'resilient' with Ganguly, says Proteas coach

South Africa coach Mickey Arthur believes India are a better one-day side with Sourav Ganguly and is still struggling to understand how the former captain was left out when the teams last faced each other in a limited overs contest.


Scores of investors have sought to profit by buying into troubled financial firms at low prices: so far their investments have failed to make much of a profit.


Pettersen shoots 63, opens 7-stroke lead

Suzann Pettersen didn't want to get too far ahead of herself after leaving everyone else behind in the Honda LPGA Thailand.


KANPUR, India -- Opener Andrew Hall and debutant Zander de Bruyn defied India's spin attack on Sunday to put South Africa in command of the first Test match in Kanpur.


CIA Escapes Charges in Peru Plane Downing

Federal prosecutors have decided not to seek criminal charges against CIA officers who were part of an antidrug operation that was involved in the downing of a missionary plane in Peru and the deaths of two Americans in 2001.


A Composer Whoâs 99 With Plenty to Celebrate

This festival sets in motion a wave of international celebrations for Elliott Carter, who will turn 100 in December.


Gloom grips Morocco slum as poll approaches

Qadi Youssef turns his  radio down to make himself heard above the sermon being beamed  into his shop in this fly-infested Moroccan slum.


Summary Box: Breast Cancer Surgery Refined

NEW APPROACH: A study says that removing just one to three key lymph nodes can spare women lifelong arm problems and reliably indicate whether breast cancer has spread.


Delta Outlines New Liquidity Requirements

Delta Air Lines said on Monday it will need an additional USD$135 million in liquidity in early 2006 to meet the requirements of certain financing agreements.


Britain may voice regret over its role in the slave trade when the country marks the 200th anniversary of legislation that outlawed the practice in the British Empire, newspapers have reported.


When Paul Hamm won the Olympic gold medal for Olympic all-around gymnastics, NBC analyst Tim Daggett proclaimed it the greatest sports moment he'd ever witnessed.


Tokelau to remain New Zealand colony: vote results

The 1,500 residents of the tiny Pacific territory of Tokelau have narrowly failed to pass a referendum for self-government and will remain New Zealand's last colony, results showed Thursday.


Annan pledges to cooperate in oil-for-food probe

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, making his first trip to Washington since members of Congress called for his resignation over allegations of fraud in


Denying he has painted too rosy a picture of Iraq, President Bush said Thursday he would consider sending more troops if asked, but Iraq's interim leader firmly said they weren't needed. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld suggested parts of Iraq might have to be excluded from elections in January.


GM slashes European workforce, doesn't rule out plant closures

US auto giant General Motors got tough with its loss-making European activities, announcing plans to axe one in five jobs in the region over the next two years in a brutal bid to drive the businesses back to profit after six years of losses.


E' successo nel cimitero di Diespeck, Baviera


The Bush administration plans to screen thousands of people who work with charities and nonprofit organizations that receive U.S. Agency for International Development funds to ensure they are not connected with individuals or groups associated with terrorism, according to a recent Federal Register...


Starbucks launches first of "music bars" for CD burning

SEATTLE, United States : Coffee shop giant Starbucks said it was launching the first of its "music bars" where customers can listen to digital recordings and burn their own CDs.


Seattle Priests Barred from Ministry Over Abuse

The Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle  said on Monday that three of its priests have been barred from  the ministry after an internal investigation found that  allegations they sexually abused children were credible.


As the job market heats up, interest in online business networking is starting to soar - turning a one-time novelty into a necessity for millions of business professionals in search of jobs or business contacts.


Georgian, Russian Relations Strained Anew by Shooting

MOSCOW, Sept. 4 -- Tension between Russia and Georgia, never far from the surface, flared anew Monday after a helicopter carrying the Georgian defense minister was shot at by separatists in a breakaway enclave supported by Russia.


Britain's Paula Radcliffe, crosses New York's Verrazano Narrows Bridge to start the 35th New York City Marathon, Sunday Nov. 7, 2004.


Tensions have erupted in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, with gunmen firing shots at a political protest. The gunfire came as demonstrators called for the return of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.


U.S. blue-chip stocks closed lower in  thin trade  on Thursday after data gave a mixed picture of the  U.S. economy and steel shares fell as investors worried that  slowing demand from China could depress prices.


Taliban behead 7 Afghan "spies" in 10 days: official

SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan  - Taliban insurgents have beheaded seven Afghan civilians accused of spying for foreign and Afghan government forces in the past 10 days, a senior Afghan intelligence official said on Saturday.


Oracle debuts first homegrown TimesTen release

(InfoWorld) - OracleÂ has unveiled the first major version of the TimesTen in-memory relational database developed in house sinceÂ acquiring the technologyÂ in June 2005, emphasizing increased integration and caching with its enterprise-level Oracle Database 10g. The vendor made Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Release 7 generally available Tuesday. TheÂ previous version of the database, Release 6, which appeared in late September 2005, was almost in beta testing when Oracle purchased TimesTen, according to Jim Groff, senior vice president at Oracle, and the former CEO of TimesTen. One main use of TimesTen is as a front-end data cache for Oracle 10g, Groff said. The TimesTen software can store a subset of the vast amount of data held in the back-end 10g database in memory as part of a company's middleware layer, where it can be accessed more quickly than querying the entire enterprise database. The rapid access to information can significantly boost the response times of applications. All the new functionality in TimesTen 7 is related to Oracle 10g, but the vendor could offer the same capabilities to support third-party databases, Groff said. Some TimesTen customers, particularly on Wall Street, use rival databases from Sybase and IBM to connect to the in-memory database. Along with real-time caching, TimesTen 7 includes the ability to handle 10g data types and SQL (Structured Query Language) features similar to 10g. The new version is also integrated with Oracle's Real Application Clusters (RAC) technology. If a network connection is broken, application processing can still continue in the cache and, once that connection is restored, the integration between TimesTen and RAC will enable automatic synchronization between the front-end and back-end databases. TimesTen 7 also takes advantage of all the work Oracle's done on internationalizing its other software so that the new release supports over 50 database character sets and 80 languages. The database also supports Oracle's Fusion middleware and its SQL Developer and JDeveloper tools. Since buying TimesTen, Oracle has been working to widen its usage, which was previously focused on financial services, telecommunications and the defense and intelligence sectors. The database is gaining customers in the retail, transportation and logistics industries, Groff said. Oracle's main applications rival, SAP, has been talking up the benefits of using in-memory technologies to carry out search and business intelligence (BI). Oracle may look to make more use of the TimesTen technology in those areas, but Groff cautions that not all so-called "in-memory" functionalities are the same. "You see SAP making noise about in-memory, but we've been doing it since 1998," he said. SAP debuted its BI AcceleratorÂ analytical engine in May and is readying its Enterprise Search software to appear in the first half of this year, both of which draw on in-memory capabilities. Oracle's rival Secure Enterprise Search shipped in the middle of last year and is based on Oracle 10g. Looking ahead to TimesTen 8, "We have some work to do to bring everything under a common management framework," Groff said. Customers with hundreds of TimesTen caches accessing multiple Oracle 10g databases are keen to be able to manage the whole entity as a single integrated unit, he added. Pricing for TimesTen 7 begins from $12,000 per CPU (central processing unit) and depends on the size of the in-memory database.


PHOENIX -- Wally Backman was hired Monday as manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks, taking over a team coming off one of the worst seasons in major league history.


The man behind the blueprint for health services in Scotland is resigning as an adviser to the executive.


An unprecedented treasure trove of marine reptile fossils is found in the Arctic by Norwegian scientists.


Details of a new television ad from Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, to begin airing this week:


Brothers Elected to Congress Head to D.C.

Ken and John Salazar sat on a sofa with their 82-year-old mother in the living room of the modest ranch that has been home to their family for 150 years. Four siblings and extended family members huddled under bookshelves packed with family photos, religious mementos and encyclopedias.


Per i medici calore potrebbe aver contribuito al decesso


Ruptured biceps ends year for Titans' Piller

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Ticker) -- Tennessee Titans starting left guard Zach Piller will likely be sidelined for the season with a ruptured left biceps.


Search Engine Roundtable, the blog of Barry Schwartz, has updated with a much more slick and streamlined design. I’ve been eagerly awaiting for the day that Barry updates his design as his company, Rusty Brick, puts out some incredible work and his personal blog, CartoonBarry, is top of the shelf in blog functionality. Excellent job Mr. Schwarzt!


Coast Guards Use Popcorn for Oil Slick Drill

Coast guards from Scandinavia and the Baltic delighted seagulls Wednesday by using popcorn to simulate an oil slick as they carried out an oil-spill emergency drill.


At least 35 miners were dead and three missing after a methane gas explosion Thursday at a coal mine in southwestern Siberia, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations said, Russia's Interfax news agency reported. Officials said 179 miners were rescued -- seven of them were injured.


Roma, 20:21 - CALCIO. LAZIO; ROSSI: BATTIAMO ATALANTA E ALLUNGHIAMO

Alla vigilia della sfida con l'Atalanta il tecnico della Lazio Delio Rossi chiede ai suoi giocatori ...


La certificazione e' prevista per il 12 dicembre


Blog: Sony Ericsson releases a new Walkman phone that may just challenge the iPhone.


Chirac vows 'true partnership' with Libya

French President Jacques Chirac, who vowed to forge a "true partnership" with Libya, wrapped up the latest top-level Western visit to Tripoli as it returns from years in the diplomatic wilderness.


The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it expects to announce a new chief executive by next June after a search that will include both inside and outside candidates to replace Michael Eisner, who is retiring in 2006.


Saddamâs jailed top aides end food protest

BAGHDAD: The US army said on Monday that eight of toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Husseinâs jailed lieutenants were refusing food, but a short time later stated that the men had given up their protest.


Invito a leggere "tutto" il messaggio del Papa ai vescovi


Deserving Appleby Reaps Rich Reward in Hawaii

It is difficult to think of a more  deserving and popular winner at the weekend than Stuart  Appleby, who completed a successful title defense of the  Mercedes Championships in Hawaii.


Australian Embassy in Jakarta Shattered by Blast

A large explosion was set off early Thursday outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta's financial district, killing at least four people and wounding more than 100, officials said.


Gallery: Our Readers' Coolest Geek-o'-Lanterns

Wired News readers go to town on orange gourds, turning pumpkins and flames into sci-fi, fantasy and just plain nerdy works of art.


Sblocco dei fermi amministrativi, +628% rispetto al 2005


LONDON: David Richards is to stand down as BAR boss with Nick Fry taking over the running of the high-flying Formula One team. âA phased management transition is under way and should be completed by the


England bring in Cueto and Tait for Six Nations clash with Wales

England made two changes for their final Six Nations match against Wales on Saturday, bringing in Mark Cueto for Josh Lewsey at fullback and Newcastle centre Mathew Tait for the injured Mike Tindall.


Paul Broadhurst fired a six-under-par 65 to claim a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Madrid Open. The Englishman had seven birdies to end the second round on 10 under, one ahead of Miguel Angel Jimenez, Darren Fichardt and Johan Edfors.


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Broadcom buys network-gear software maker

Broadcom Corp., one of networking's biggest chip makers, is buying a vendor of production-ready software for network gear.