U.N. Envoy Calls Darfur Crisis a War Crime

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


Google's Desktop Search application, released as a preview this month for Windows XP and 2000 PCs, searches the hard drive of your PC using the same algorithms that have made its Internet search engine fast, accurate and popular.


Ford Motor Co. will build a new center for fuel cell development as part of an $820 million upgrade at its Toronto-area assembly operations, the company plans to announce today.


The final report into the UK's worst serial killer will reveal if the GP murdered patients in his early career.


Stampa, societa' indiana prepara offerta su 20% del capitale


AmAze hopes to amaze with free mobile route planning

Sponsored directions and mapping AmAze put itself on the map today with the UK launch of a service providing GPS-integrated route planning and directions, as well as satellite imagery and worldwide maps.â¦


ElBaradei Says Unclear if Iran Nuke Plans Peaceful

It is unclear if Iran's nuclear  ambitions are entirely peaceful, but there is still no firm  evidence that Tehran is secretly developing atomic weapons as  Washington asserts, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Tuesday.


Terrell Owens and the Philadelphia Eagles' trainer, Rick Burkholder, plans to use about a half-hour of Wednesday's practice to work with Owens on stability and balance, followed by a short run.


Australia has pulled off an upset win in the Olympic baseball semi-final, defeating gold medal favorite Japan, 1-0. Two Australian pitchers shut down Japan's all-professional lineup Tuesday while Aussie first


Two U.S. soldiers have been charged with the premeditated murders of three Iraqis killed in three separate incidents between April and June of this year, according to a U.S. military statement.


The 450-a-head trip, however, ended in a near riot, with furious parents demanding a refund and children in tears when told that Santa was too busy to see them.


Grinstein: News Gives Blues As Delta Posts $646M Loss

Blame it on Charlie. And Frances, Ivan and Jeanne. Delta Air Lines (nyse: DAL - news - people ) Wednesday reported that third-quarter losses widened on weak domestic yields and lower passenger revenue.


The G7 group of industrialised states, led by the UK, is set to back a moratorium on debt repayments from countries hit by the Asian tsunami.


Samsung to Launch Phone with Mini Hard Drive

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the world's third-largest handset maker, said on Tuesday it was launching the first mobile phone with a stamp-sized hard disc drive this month that would expand the memory capacity by 15 times.


Il presidente del Consiglio sulla manifestazione di domani


A second company promises a 100 mile per gallon engine

EcoMotors says it can hit 100 miles per gallon by 2011. So do some others.


Pound falls on hints that interest rates have peaked

The pound tumbled to a nine-month low against the euro yesterday after the publication of October's minutes of the monetary policy committee showed there had been no discussion of a possible rate increase, fuelling speculation that interest rates have


UK aerospace to medical goods group Smiths buys one of the world's leading medical products manufacturers, Medex, for $925m.


APEC rift opens over climate change debate

China's President Hu Jintao gave qualified support on Thursday to Australia's initiative on climate change, as a rift opened at APEC's meetings over the "Sydney Declaration" and targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions.


NASA's new rocket fuel promises to be a huge step forward in the space agency's two-year effort to resume shuttle missions, reports the Houston Chronicle.


Al Gore climate film to be sent to English schools

The British government will distribute Al Gore's dramatic global warming film to all secondary schools in England in its fight to tackle the climate crisis, Environment Minister David Miliband said on Friday.


Bank of England chief Mervyn King warns that UK economy will suffer from slowing growth and inflation risks.


Gazprom's holding structure sold two days before Yugankeneftgaz's ...

NEW YORK, December 22  - Russiaâs gas giant, Gazprom (GAZ.FSE), said yesterday that it had sold the holding structure that took part in the sale of Yukoâs main production unit two days before the auction, in a move aimed at avoiding


Iraq Refugees Trickle Back to Falluja Amid Clashes

FALLUJA, Iraq  - Iraqis who fled last month's  U.S.-led offensive on Falluja began trickling back on Thursday  to check if homes they left behind were still standing -- but  others turned back as fighting continued to rage.


Marine says accused Haditha ringleader shot Iraqis

CAMP PENDLETON, California  - The U.S. Marine sergeant accused of leading a 2005 massacre of Iraqi civilians in Haditha gunned down five unarmed men who were standing next to a car after a roadside bombing, a Marine from his squad told a military court on Friday.


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


Egypt, Israel, and the US have signed a Qualified Industrial Zones agreement that will allow Egypt to export certain goods duty-free to the US if they contain components made in Israel.


Preliminary autopsy: Several factors led to White's death

CHARLOTTE, NC -- NFL great Reggie White may have died because of a respiratory disease combined with other health problems, a preliminary autopsy report said Monday.


Electronic Arts signs video game ad deals

Electronic Arts Inc. ERTS.O, the   world's biggest video game publisher, said on Thursday it had   struck deals with two in-game advertising providers, taking its   first steps into the online advertising business.


Some kidney patients travel hundreds of miles a week for treatment in 'unacceptable conditions', a charity claims.


Mortgage problems? The longer you hide, the worse they'll get

Troubles in mortgageland may get worse before they get better, especially for subprime borrowers, whose spotty credit histories put them into more costly loans.


Bush wants $140 billion economic package

President George W. Bush on Friday called for a package of tax cuts and other measures totaling around $140 billion to shore up the fragile U.S. economy.


By Jake Griffin  jgriffin@@dailyherald.com  It's been three years since Naperville increased the impact fees residential developers pay to the park and school districts.  Residential land values in town, meanwhile, have continued to rise.


A top Russian finance official unveiled a $49 million budget Monday for rebuilding the scarred North Ossetian town of Beslan, where more than 330 people — mostly children — died in a school siege in September.


Battered Florida Counts the Cost After Frances

Floridians began mopping up on Tuesday  and counting the cost of Hurricane Frances' long, destructive  path through the state, and thousands of people joined long  lines for ice, water and fuel.


Sharon to Present Gaza Timetable to Mutinous Party

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  intends to present a timetable for withdrawal from Gaza to  lawmakers from his Likud Party Tuesday despite a mutiny in the  right-wing bloc over the plan.


Leading fundraiser Jane Tomlinson has died after a seven-year battle with cancer, a family spokesman said Tuesday.


As a tear rolled down her face, LaKisha Jones received the news she so badly wanted to hear: She was an "American Idol" semifinalist.


Yankees lead Twins 3-1 after five innings

The New York Yankees took a 3-1 lead over the Minnesota Twins in the second inning of Game 3 of their AL division playoff series on Friday.


U.S. warns Iran to stop aiding Iraqi insurgents

Iran is supplying Iraqi insurgents with weapons technology used to kill American troops, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday, sending another warning to Iran against interfering in Iraq.


By Spencer Swartz SAN FRANCISCO  - PeopleSoft Inc.  on Thursday returned to profit in the third quarter from a year earlier with a 12 percent rise in sales that upended market fears that Oracle Corp.'s takeover bid had damaged PeopleSoft's business in the quarter.


A NEW twist was added to the ongoing saga of the West Indies board-players rift yesterday. Jeffrey Dujon, the former Test wicket-keeper and assistant team coach, indicated in an interview with


Catholic Bishops, After a Divisive Debate, Choose a New Leader

The Roman Catholic bishops of the United States elected Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., to be president of their national conference in an unusually close vote yesterday


UN Troops Evict Rebels From Aristide Home in Haiti

Brazilian UN peacekeepers in armored personnel carriers stand guard outside the former home of deposed Haiti President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Tabarre, Haiti December 16, 2004, as they and the Haitian government negotiated with former members of Haiti's


Aborigine patrol curbs violence in Australian outback

Five times a week the  "Night Patrol" winds through the darkness of the 18 squalid  aboriginal camps in Alice Springs trying to prevent the  alcohol-fuelled violence that is destroying lives.


HP eyed breaking up 3 times Each time, board decided against it

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board considered on three occasions whether to break up the company, but each time directors unanimously concluded it would


A Vatican cardinal returns a precious Russian icon to the  Orthodox Church in Moscow as a gift from the Pope.


The deadliest hurricane to hit the Caribbean in a decade is on course to slam into Jamaica where around 800 Britons are being evacuated.


Denies print register drop report The Identity and Passport Service has denied that fingerprints could be dropped from the National Identity Register.â¦


Days of Rage in Pakistan Leave Lingering Cloud of Uncertainty

The mood in Karachi, Pakistan, was reflected by its citizens, who ushered in a new year under a thick shroud of rage and uncertainty.


20-Ton Machine Mows Down Rumsfeld's Fence

TAOS, N.M. - A 20-ton piece of road machinery mowed down a fence and a couple of trees on property belonging to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld after the brakes apparently slipped and the machine rolled away...


A Northern Ireland woman wins an unfair dismissal case after being sacked by a voicemail on her mobile phone.


Attore girera' un 'corto' per i 10 anni del marchio


Newest Darfur peacekeepers delayed a week-Rwanda

A battalion of Rwandan peacekeeping troops scheduled to arrive in Sudan's Darfur region this weekend will be delayed by a week because of logistical problems, Rwanda said on Sunday.


Israel says carries out missile launching test

Israel carried out a missile test on Thursday, the Defence Ministry said, raising speculation the launch was part of a program to develop longer-range weapons which could act as a deterrent against Iran.


Typhoon No. 23 has left at least 31 people dead and 39 missing as of Thursday morning, the national NHK TV station reported. The powerful typhoon, which almost swept through the


An eight-year-old British girl has drowned in the Canary Islands, the Foreign Office says.


The remains of an El Paso Firefighter-paramedic may not be home for a few days. As we reported, 33 year old Marcos Villalobos was killed Sunday along with four others when their air ambulance flight hit a mountain in San Diego.


Ancient Forest Threatened By Airport Expansion Bid

By Cahal Milmo From Plantagenet hunting parties to the 250,000 ramblers who now stroll among its ancient trees, Hatfield Forest has coexisted with humanity for generations without coming to much harm.


roundup Free-roaming source code breeds new Netsky pest. Also: From IE to Opera, browsers are a likely prey.


Sharapova surges to third grand slam title

It was to be the Glam Slam, the squealer versus the squeaker. Instead, Saturday's Australian Open women's final was a battle of brinkmanship and jangling nerves. Ana Ivanovic blinked first and Maria Sharapova was the champion.


Nazi planes fly over German village for Cruise film

Vintage World War Two aircraft bearing swastikas and other Nazi symbols flew low over the German village of Loepten near Berlin on Sunday, but local residents had been warned in advance -- it was for a film.


Southwest Airlines Inc. (LUV.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the largest US discount carrier, on Monday said it will eliminate 88 scheduled flights in order to boost revenue by freeing up planes for more lucrative markets.


Judge Halts Texas City's Immigration Law

By ANABELLE GARAY  DALLAS - A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch from enforcing a voter-approved law prohibiting apartment rentals to illegal immigrants until a legal challenge is resolved.  U.S.


Firenze, 20:12 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: DUBBIO DAINELLI PER IL TORINO

Dubbio Dainelli nella Fiorentina che affronterà il Torino: il difensore è alle prese c...


Aveva 79 anni. E' stato anche senatore Dc dal '79 all''87


Reuters, Nokia collaborate on project for reporters on the go

Centered around Nokia's high-end N95 handset, the Reuters Mobile Journalism initiative attempts to take the laptop out of the story-filing process.


Renewables could supply one-quarter of US energy by 2025, with no harm to the economy, a study says.


Citigroup Inc. C.N on Monday said  one of its fast-rising executives, Sallie Krawcheck, will take  over the No. 2 position at the world's biggest financial  services company, replacing Todd Thomson who will take her job  as head of brokerage Smith Barney.


Effect of Google IPO Felt by Newer Deals

Initial public offerings just wrapped up one of their best weeks in some time, with 10 companies coming to market, raising $1.7 billion, and several soaring in their debuts.


Parma, 19:48 - CALCIO, PARMA: DIFFERENZIATO PER TRE

Allenamento pomeridiano per il Parma al centro di Collecchio in vista della gara di domenica con la ...


Italy fought off a strong second-half comeback by the United States and won its rugby union Test 43-25 on Saturday. Flyhalf Luciano Orquera scored 20 points including a try, and winger


Xbox boss Peter Moore says that Microsoft is still determined to crack the difficult Japanese market.


L'attore intervistato da Baudo, New York citta' del cuore


Militants plan to attack Thai tourist resorts: report

BANGKOK - Documents found in the house of a fugitive leader of Thailand's Islamic insurgency suggested extremists were plotting attacks next year at tourist resorts across the country, a senior Thai security official said.


"Two against one" in Clintons' vs Obama campaign

In 1992 Bill Clinton vowed Americans  would get "two for the price of one" if they elected him with  wife Hillary at his side. Now it is two against one as the  Clintons gang up on Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential  race.


Democratic 2008 hopefuls clash over Iraq

Top Democratic presidential hopefuls slugged out their most heated clash yet over Iraq Sunday, as differences over the war enlivened their second televised debate.


Ford Motor Co. has expanded its recall  of Escape and Mazda Tribute sport utility vehicles because of  problems with the rear liftgate, which if left unlocked could  open during a crash, the National Highway Traffic Safety  Administration said on Monday.


Drinking red wine every day can cut the chances of getting lung cancer by 13 per cent, researchers claim. But rosÃ and white wine make no difference in warding off the disease, the most common cancer in Britain.


Roma, 23:00 - PALLAMANO, QUALIFICAZIONI MONDIALI: ITALIA-SVIZZERA 27-27

La nazionale italiana di pallamano ha pareggiato con la Svizzera 27-27 in una gara giocata a Trieste...


Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Stefan LeFors threw three touchdown passes to lead 12th-ranked Louisville to a 55-28 rout over TCU at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.


In the past three weeks, shares of Apple Computer Inc. have flirted with all-time highs after a wave of reports from investment houses like Piper Jaffray, Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan issued glowing projections about the Cupertino firm's future.


Some highlights from preliminary results of exit polls conducted for The Associated Press and television networks in the New Hampshire primaries Tuesday:


Rival retailers' shares fall on Kmart-Sears deal

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Shares of rival retailers fell in Wednesday trading following the news of Kmart buying Sears for $11 billion.


Sprint ends three charges, adds two more

Sprint will remove three fees from its customer bills but also adds two new charges.


The CherryOS Mac emulator will be released late next month, the developer promises. And the pre-release version in circulation? It's not the real thing, he says. By Leander Kahney.


Trash talk between One Laptop and the PC crowd rages on

Remember. When criticizing others in a crowded room, someone will hear you.


Italian contact is new radiation victim in Russian spy affair

Britain's radioactive poisoning affair took a dramatic new twist as officials confirmed that a close contact of dead Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko has also tested positive for radiation.


Mosquitoes with West Nile found in the area again

Public health officials view the discovery of two more samples of mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus in McLean County as a warning.


France's Chirac poised to end political career

French President Jacques Chirac is expected to announce his retirement from frontline politics on Sunday after a 45-year career that was strong on symbolic gestures but short on concrete reforms.


Posthumous Ray Charles Album No. 2 on U.S. Chart

Soul music legend Ray Charles  returned to the U.S. pop charts on Wednesday three months after  his death as his final studio album, a collection of duets with  fellow recording stars, opened at No. 2.


Academy Awards attracting big star power

The end of the Hollywood writers strike means the Oscar show will be the usual star-studded, fashion-filled extravaganza, organizers promised.


Ventitreenne era anche sotto l'effetto di stupefacenti


Martha Stewart reports to jail to begin sentence

the time she had to report to the country's oldest federal prison for women. service of her sentence," a Federal Bureau of Prisons statement said.


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- An explosion ripped through a Shiite Muslim mosque in the eastern Pakistani city of Sialkot during Friday prayers, killing several people and injuring dozens of others, wire reports say.


Cracks in Martian rock point to watery past

LOS ANGELES - NASA's Mars rover, Opportunity, has found more signs that rocks on the Red Planet were once submerged in water. Data sent by Opportunity suggest a crater was drenched a second time after drying out, scientists said.


Statin Drugs Help Clear Clogged Arteries

Early treatment with cholesterol-busting statin drugs may lower arterial plaque buildup in patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndrome, according to a study published in the Aug. 24 issue of Circulation.


Roma, 14:49 - CALCIO, LAZIO; ROSSI: NON SIAMO DISTRATTI DAL DERBY

"Non siamo assolutamente distratti dal derby", l'obiettivo principale è la Fiorentina. Lo ha...


FBI criticized over 320 missing weapons, laptops

The FBI had more than 300 weapons and laptops lost or stolen in just under four years, and some of the computers contained sensitive or classified information, the U.S. Justice Department inspector general said on Monday in a highly critical report.


Anche per Berlusconi vale principio di responsabilita'


A man is arrested by police investigating a taxi driver who pretends he has won the lottery and then drugs and rapes passengers.


Former Blogger Googler Shellen joins LiveJournal

Jason Shellen to be VP of product development at LiveJournal, a social network and blogging platform.


PepsiCo Inc. , the No. 2 soft-drink maker, on Thursday reported higher fourth-quarter profit on volume growth, a strong pricing environment and a favorable foreign exchange rate.


Script distributing child porn onto Web forums

The cross-site scripting technique used by many malware propagators has branched out into a troubling new area of endeavor, as XSS attacks are turning up that inject child pornography into Web forums. One attack targeted a kids' site.


Attorney general may defend Ten Commandments monument

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says he would argue before the United States Supreme Court in defense of a Ten Commandments monument on the state capitol grounds.


Thailand nabs hunted Canadian pedophile suspect

Canadian pedophile suspect Christopher Neil, unmasked by nifty computer work by German police and a unique Interpol Internet appeal, was arrested in rural Thailand on Friday after a week-long manhunt.


Continental Airlines says it will buy 10 7E7 jets from Boeing in the first big US order for the new high-efficiency aircraft. The world's sixth-largest airline also said it was accelerating delivery of previously


Businessman bids to salvage historic school

Robert Saquet says he wants to contribute to Middleborough history by restoring a 155-year-old former schoolhouse next to his store, Eggers Furniture. But he needs the state's help.


Roger Federer -- and the summer's best performer -- Lleyton Hewitt -- play off for the year's final Grand Slam. It's difficult to imagine a better matchup than Federer and Hewitt.


US man sentenced to die for murder of pregnant wife, unborn child

LOS ANGELES : A US jury on Monday sentenced a salesman to death for murdering his pregnant wife and their unborn child, climaxing a soap-operatic case that gripped America for two years.


Sudanese rebel movement says peace talks have collapsed

One of two rebel movements engaged in peace talks with Sudan's government mediated by the African Union (AU) said the negotiations over the Darfur region had collapsed and could be suspended for weeks.


Court Gives OK to Consumer Lawsuit Against Nextel for Billing Rip- Offs ; Case Against Nextel Stems From Cell Phone Giant's 2003 Decision to End Itemized Billing, Conceal Charges for Phony Messages, FTCR Says

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A California Court of Appeal yesterday overruled a lower court decision that had blocked a consumer rights organization from proceeding with a lawsuit against cell phone giant Nextel for unfair billing practices.


Musica, con Street View sulle strade del rock

Dal Dakota Building, al Chelsea Hotel, alla casa di Bob Dylan. I luoghi che hanno fatto la storia del rock


Going Global With Concerns on Health Costs

Calls are deepening for the government to assume more of the costs of medical care through nationalized health care.


Austrian steeplechaser hospitalized after horror fall

OSAKA, Japan  - Austrian steeplechaser Guenther Weidlinger was rushed to hospital with facial injuries after a nasty fall at the world championships on Sunday.


Sivar writes "Ace's Hardware and news.com.com.com report Solaris that 10 has been released. Improvements include a performance-enhanced TCP-IP stack to shed the "Slowaris" moniker and their much-vaunted ZFS (Z File System).


President George W Bush  urges Congress to pass his budget to boost the economy and keep the US  safe.


A private school in Shanghai run by Americans has turned over nine North Korean women to Chinese police after they entered the facility in an apparent bid for asylum.


Genova, 19:04 - CALCIO, SAMP; NOVELLINO: VITTORIA MERITATA

Atalanta in silenzio in segno di protesta contro l'arbitro per il rigore che ha deciso la sfida con ...


Shyne's Phone Cut-Off, Violation Investigation Pending

After conducting several phone and in-person interviews and allegedly recording material from prison, Jamal "Shyne" Barrow's phone privileges have been taken away pending an investigation into his unauthorized use of prison facilities.


Preliminary investigations in New York, Connecticut and California suggest that insurance companies frequently pay insurance brokers and agents undisclosed compensation -- including cash, loans


Three Westerners abducted in Iraq; 8 U.S. troops die

Gunmen in police uniforms kidnapped at least three Western lecturers in Baghdad on Tuesday, a witness told Reuters, as eight more U.S. soldiers were reported killed in the deadliest month this year.


Striking Screenwriters Dismiss New Proposals

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


Con Abertis violata autorizzazione trasferimento concessioni


Gas Prices Dip to Average $1.96 a Gallon

The price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States fell over the last two weeks during a seasonally slow consumption period, according to an industry analyst.


A controversial programme to give Ivory Coast identification to hundreds of thousands of Ivorians is starting.


More than 120,000 hours of terror-related audio tapes are still waiting to be translated by FBI linguists, three years after the Sept.


The application traffic management space is getting resurfaced as vendors such as F5, Radware, and Redline green-light new products with traffic compression, DoS attack protection, server-side caching, and other features aimed at simplifying and lowering the cost of network management.


Microsoft rides PCs and Xboxen to rich Q2

Take that, Apple Microsoft reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that surpassed Wall Street's already lofty expectations, as sales of PCs and Xboxes soared. The company also forecast future results that met or beat analysts' outlook.â¦


Ryder-You can bank on Tiger, says Sutton

Tiger Woods has not won a major in two years and lost his world number one ranking but US Ryder Cup captain Hal Sutton says reports of his demise will prove badly exaggerated this week.


About the Google IPO  For the past nine months the financial and Internet world has been watching Google in anticipation of what could be the largest Initial Public Offering of stock in history. If you are reading this column and have not been living on Mars for the past year, you ...


Ai Miyazato is everywhere in Japan: on billboards at the airport, magazine covers, TV commercials and daily sports pages. But Miyazato isn't satisfied with just being a superstar in Japan — she wants to be a winner in the U.S.


President Bush had a nearly hour-long secure video teleconference with Iraqi leaders on Monday and came away impressed and reassured by the progress they're making on political, security and economic reforms, the White House said.


La sua veritÃ  nel verbale del 15 luglio. Oggi il CopacoL'interrogatorio del capo del Sismi alla procura di Milano                                          Abu Omar, cosÃ¬ Pollari raccontÃ² il segreto di Stato che non c'Ã¨                                                                                di CARLO BONINI


A Director Sounds Off, but Is Soon Reassured

Paramount said last Monday that it would exclusively support one of two technologies competing to replace standard DVDs. But the director of âTransformers,â had something else in mind.


Universities grapple with SSL-busting spyware

IT departments at a several universities issued warnings about problems caused by the Marketscore software which promises to speed up Web browsing.


Espson's new line features a no-nonsense industrial style. In Gear Factor.


Abu Hamza al-Masri, the radical muslim cleric wanted by the United States, has been charged by police with 16 counts including inciting murder and stirring up racial hatred.


Milano, incredibile sceneggiata alla Scala durante la prima col pubblicoIl loggione attacca Alagna che abbandona. Entra Palombi in pantaloni e camicia                                            Radames, fischiato, lascia il palco l'Aida va avanti col sostituto                                                                                Alla fine, nove minuti di applausi e le scuse del sovrintendente LissnerIl "fuggitivo": "Impossibile andare avanti, erano prevenuti"


Bulgaria and Romania are set to get the green light to join the EU in 2007, but under tough conditions.


Bahamas inquest set in death of Anna Nicole's son

NASSAU, Bahamas  - A coroner's inquest will be   held in the Bahamas on October 23 into the death of Daniel   Smith, the 20-year-old son of reality TV star Anna Nicole   Smith, Bahamian authorities said on Wednesday.


Treasuries Ease as Energy Spurs Inflation

U.S. Treasury prices retreated on Tuesday as an energy-fueled spike in producer prices suggested the Federal Reserve might be all the more keen on raising official interest rates further.


A new cream or gel could block the transmission of HIV in heterosexual intercourse, according to new research today. The treatment is expensive, and so far has been tested only on monkeys.


Jauron treating return to Chicago as he would any other game

Dick Jauron is going back to Chicago and if there is any bitterness in his heart, he's not showing it. Jauron was fired as head coach by the Bears last year after the team finished


A DEFIANT Anwar said Wednesday he will re-enter Malaysian politics despite the court decision which effectively bars him from holding public office.


Theirs is a golfing world without bunkers and hazards, sloping greens and Sunday pins. Only one thing matters to the professional long driver, and it's measured in yards, not strokes.


Bene risultati 2007, ma rallentamento pesera' su 2008


Drop in price of oil gives boost to financial markets

Oil prices plunged to $50.13 yesterday, capping a 10 percent fall from record highs set last week and easing worries about high energy prices in financial markets.


Peggy Samuels, Biographer and Art Historian, Dies at 84

Ms. Samuels was an amateur art historian who with her husband, Howard, wrote or edited 10 books on art and United States history, including a revealing biography of Frederic Remington, the renowned painter of the American West.


First rule about Coast Guard rescue flicks set in Alaska: They should not last longer than the average time it takes to get to Alaska from, say, anywhere in the Lower 48.


Fallujah - The largest weapons cache discovered by United States and Iraqi forces after their offensive on the city of Fallujah was in a mosque where the spiritual leader of the insurgents gave his sermons, the US military said on Thursday.


Israel Hits Hamas Training Camp in Gaza, Killing 14

Israeli tanks, helicopters and warplanes  pounded a Hamas training camp on Tuesday, killing 14 militants  in the deadliest ever strike against the Islamic faction a week  after it carried out a double suicide bombing.


Relaxed forest rules revive West's timber wars

Forest rules issued this week by the Bush administration are just the latest chapter in a decades-long debate over how to manage millions of acres of public land.


New Evidence Against MMR Link to Autism - Study

Scientists published a new study on Friday which they said adds to evidence that the triple measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination is not linked to autism or other developmental problems.


The Iranian Foreign Ministry cast doubt Sunday on whether a second round of U.S.-Iran talks on the situation in Iraq would take place this month, saying no decision had been taken on a second meeting.


NEW YORK, May 30 -- The American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday that it is suing Jeppesen Dataplan, claiming the subsidiary of Boeing secretly flew three of the CIA's terrorism suspects overseas, where they were tortured.


MANILA, Philippines -- As the confirmed death toll from devastating storms in the Philippines rises to more than 840, rescuers have pulled at least four survivors from a building that collapsed in mudslides 10 days ago.


NHL: Impasse continues as league, union pass on proposals

There is no end in sight for the lockout, which enters Day 89 today with 414 games gone. The NHL lockout continues with no sign of it ending.


Overweight women have a greater chance of becoming pregnant because their Pill has failed, research finds.


Israel completes withdrawal from Lebanon

ZARIT, Israel  - Israel's army pulled out of south Lebanon early on Sunday to complete a handover to the Lebanese army and U.N. peacekeepers under a ceasefire to end a war with Hizbollah guerrillas, Israeli military sources said.


Strong thunderstorms will develop throughout the South and into the Ohio Valley on Tuesday. The southern Mississippi Valley will see the most thunderstorm, as well as hail. Tornadoes are likely.


Fast-food company Yum Brands Inc.  YUM.N on Tuesday reported a better-than-expected rise in  quarterly earnings, helped by a lower tax rate, and raised its  2005 outlook due in part to its booming KFC business in China.


After ringing in the New Year, investors may now want to raise one last toast to 2004, as the stock market delivered a year-ending performance worth celebrating.


U.S. court rules rights groups may protect sources

A U.S. court has ordered that Amnesty International and other human rights groups can assert the same privileges that journalists use, allowing them to better protect anonymous sources.


Jones Leads Cowboys to Stunning Win Over Seahawks

Julius Jones scored on a 17-yard  touchdown run with 37 seconds left as the Dallas Cowboys scored  two touchdowns in the last two minutes to stun the Seattle  Seahawks 43-39 in the National Football League Monday.


William Trager, Noted for Malaria Research, Dies at 94

Dr. William Trager opened a path for modern malaria research by discovering how to grow its most lethal parasite in the laboratory.


Colorado could become the Florida of 2004

Whether President George W. Bush serves another four years or is ousted by challenger John Kerry may depend on a last-minute amendment to the Colorado constitution that has deeply divided residents of the western state.


New Fan Pier owners may take on partners

The prospective new owners of Boston's Fan Pier said yesterday they would not rule out selling sections or taking on partners to develop nonresidential components of the 3 million-square-foot project.


A judge on Wednesday ordered Spain's top banker to stand trial on charges of tax fraud.


A delegation of visiting U.S. union leaders expressed alarm Wednesday at what its members called a steady erosion of labor rights in the world's deadliest country for organized labor.


The Super 12 will become a Super 14 with additional teams in Australia and South Africa and the Tri-Nations will be expanded to nine matches between the Springboks, the Wallabies and the All Blacks.


Jamaicans Flee As Ivan Approaches; 23 Dead

ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Hurricane Ivan left Grenada a wasteland of flattened houses, twisted metal and splintered wood as it bore down on Jamaica with deadly winds and monstrous waves, forcing a half million people to flee their homes...


Funny Cide Finishes Second in His Return Home

Because of setbacks in his training, Funny Cide didn't have the chance to run in the Travers Stakes last summer after he won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes.


Blast outside US security firm in Kabul kills 7

An explosion outside a US-based security firm that has been providing security for President Hamid Karzai tore through the building in downtown Kabul, killing at least seven people, the president's office said.


Eagles Extend Reid's Contract Through 2010

Andy Reid received a four-year contract extension from the Philadelphia Eagles on Wednesday that will take him through the 2010 season.


Lima, 10:25 - CALCIO, PERU'-COLOMBIA 2-2 IN AMICHEVOLE

PerÃ¹ e Colombia hanno pareggiato 2-2 (0-1) in un match amichevole giocato a Lima.


Lawyers for the former deputy Malaysian leader attend a hearing to try to overturn his corruption conviction.


Senate and House Democrats attacked the Republican-led National Labor Relations Board at a Congressional hearing on Thursday, saying its recent decisions had favored employers over workers.


Coverciano, 13:57 - CALCIO, CRISCITO: RANIERI SCELTA PIU' GIUSTA PER LA JUVE

Domenico Criscito è felice di trovare Claudio Ranieri sulla panchina della Juventus. Il talen...


Three University of Ulster students are today preparing to travel thousands of miles to help the children of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.


Seoul doubts North Korea will budge until US vote

SEOUL South Korea's deputy foreign minister said on Thursday that progress in resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis is unlikely until after the US presidential election in November.


Roma, 13:14 - CALCIO, INTER; FACCHETTI: BANDIERE A MEZZASTA AD APPIANO

Bandiere a mezzasta ad Appiano Gentile dopo la morte del Presidente Giacinto Facchetti. In societ&ag...


Hybrid Trojan horse aims at Symbian phones

com December 21, 2004, 4:58 PM PT. MetalGear.A is not the type of surprise gift that cell phone users are looking for this holiday season.


Newcastle host Middlesbrough in Sunday's early Premier League match, with Aston Villa at Fulham later on.


Wednesday's Palm launch not Centro, firm claims

Same design though? The wraps come off Palm's latest Euro-centric smartphone on Wednesday, and while speculation has centred on the notion the device might be the company's upcoming Centro product, Palm has claimed it isn't.â¦


The EU approves a police and justice mission for Kosovo, which is poised to declare independence from Serbia.


President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has touted Pakistan's independent media as a major accomplishment of his years in power, but journalists say recent restrictions on coverage of a political crisis are a sign that government tolerance has its limits.


Top Official in Aceh Says Foreign Relief Welcome

The comments by the province's vice governor and acting chief executive reflected continuing confusion over Indonesia's attitude about receiving outside aid.


France, Spain Reject Refugee Center Plan

The controversial Italian-German plan aimed at creating holding centers in North Africa for would-be refugees was in danger of being sunk by France and Spain on Monday.


Talking Business: This Climate Is Surely Full of Hot Air

Recent efforts to force corporate changes on global warming are misguided environmental grandstanding.


Canada to Move on Gay Marriage After Court Ruling

The Supreme Court of Canada gave the  federal government the go-ahead on Thursday to legalize gay  marriage, prompting Prime Minister Paul Martin to announce  plans to introduce a redefinition of marriage early next year.


What will the $153 million man do next? James M. Kilts, the first outsider to take the helm of Gillette Co. , cemented his reputation as one of the corporate world's top turnaround artists with the $57 billion sale of the Boston shaving giant to Procter & Gamble Co.


Google shows off upgraded products, ad growth

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California  - Google Inc   has hit its stride with a strategy that focuses on Web search,  advertising and applications, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said  on Wednesday, as he downplayed possible threats.


Pakistan and India agree to restore rail link

Pakistan and India agreed on Friday to restore a second rail link which was severed nearly 40 years ago, a step forward towards mending relations between the two South Asian countries.


A US judge has dismissed the racketeering case against media tycoon Lord Black brought by Hollinger International.


Match.com to Announce Overseas Expansion

By MATT SLAGLE  DALLAS - The online dating service Match.com has decided to look overseas for some new corporate love interests.


ADV: Health Insurance for the Self-Employed!

Affordable health, dental, and life insurance for you and your family. Ideal for self-employed, small business owners. Fill out our form for a competitive quote.


Hyatt Corporation, the hotel operator owned by the Pritzker family, yesterday said it would buy the AmeriSuites chain from Blackstone, the private equity group, in a deal believed to be worth about $600m.


Michael Jackson has turned TV critic, calling a recent biopic   about him "intolerable."


One Million US Teens Have Heart-Disease Risk, Report Says

About 1 million US teenagers have high blood pressure, high blood-sugar levels or other conditions that may put them at risk of heart disease later in life, according to an American Heart Association report.


Comcast, Panasonic launch portable digital video player

Comcast , the largest U.S.  cable operator, and consumer electronics maker Matsushita  Electric Industrial's  Panasonic unit will launch a  co-branded portable digital video player that can show videos  like Apple's  iPod and record shows from any U.S. cable  operator's system.


Survivors Pore Over Photos of Thai Dead, Missing

Jerzy Chojnowski scanned the pictures of bloated and bloodied faces posted on the bulletin board and turned away relieved. "My father was not there," said


Cricket: W. Indies Wins Champions Trophy Over England

The West Indies has won the Champions Trophy one-day cricket tournament in London by two wickets over England. The visitors scored 218 for eight in 48.


A message purportedly from rebel leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi urges resistance to US forces in Iraq.


The UN Security Council is urging Sudan and a southern rebel group to conclude a peace deal by the end of this year, while offering the prospect of a major infusion of aid.


The Ivorian leader calls for the French business community to return, saying their "mutual interests" are at stake.


Public to have more say on medical council

THE Medical Council of Jamaica (MCJ), long seen by critics as a clique that protects its own, has welcomed proposed legislative changes that will add three members


You would never know a recession might be under way from looking at Intuitive Surgical, the leader in medical robot technology.


Scaduto il termine per il processo di arricchimento dell'uranioMosca Ã¨ favorevole a proseguire il dialogo con Teheran                                                  Iran, la Russia frena Bush "No alle sanzioni sul nucleare"                                                                                Lavrov: "Gli ultimatum portano in un vicolo cieco"


The Washington Redskins once again were ranked as the most valuable team in the NFL, surpassing $1 billion, the first American sports franchise to do so.


âFriday Night Lightsâ photographer had fun

GALVESTON - Robert Clark said he had no idea what he was getting into when he was given the assignment of taking some black-and-white photos of a football team.


Londra, 19:25 - CALCIO, BECKHAM A CAPELLO: IO SONO PRONTO PER NAZIONALE

Per la "prima" di Capello sulla panchina dell'Inghilterra, David Beckham vorrebbe esserci. E manda u...


The head of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries forecast on Monday that global crude prices would soon fall, partly because of expected supply increases from Iraq.


South Korea's Ban Ki-moon took the oath of office as the next secretary-general of the United Nations on Thursday, promising to restore the organization's tarnished reputation and push for peace in the Middle East and Darfur.


Movie Review | 'Avenue Montaigne': A Collision of Role Players on the Busy Avenue of Life

A film about love and art, about passing time and time passing, âAvenue Montaigneâ is a humble pleasure.


BRUSSELS, Sep 13 (IPS) - Old tyres might sound like the unlikely cause of a  diplomatic row over potential implications for the level of  protection poor countries can offer to the environment or public  health.


Police are still hunting more than 300 wrongly released foreign prisoners, Home Secretary John Reid has told MPs.


No US witnesses in 'friendly fire' inquests: Defence ministry

The defence ministry confirmed last month that the United States will not provide any witnesses to attend inquests into deaths of British personnel, The Times reported on Wednesday.


Police say the deaths of two cousins in Bridgend are not linked to 14 apparent suicides in the area.


European rate hikes weigh on Wall Street

Wary investors sent stocks lower Thursday after a pair of European central banks raised interest rates, increasing expectations on Wall Street that the Federal Reserve would follow suit next week.


Stricken Washington guard announces return to court

Twenty months after her teammates helped save her life when her heart stopped, Kayla Burt said Tuesday she plans to again play basketball for Washington in the 2004-05 season.


NHS healthcare for cancer patients is not good enough, a think-tank of almost 1,000 doctors says.


Study Finds Vaccine Preservative Is Not Linked to Risks of Autism

A study has found that autism cases continued to climb even after thimerosal, which some people blame for the disorder, was removed from routine childhood shots.


ATHENS, Greece - As the crackpot in a green beret and red kilt ambushed Vanderlei Lima of Brazil three miles from the finish line of the Olympic men's marathon Sunday night, Lima wondered if he was about to be murdered.


Crowe appalled at reports he'll play 'Croc Hunter'

Actor Russell Crowe called reports that he may play "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin in a film biography of Irwin's life "appalling," he told CNN's "Showbiz Tonight."


Its hedge fund business continues to stumble.


The average house price in the UK has almost reached Â£200,000, according to the latest survey from the Halifax.


BellSouth Makes Case for $34 Million in Storm Fees

By Kristi E. Swartz, The Palm Beach Post, Fla.  Dec. 7--BellSouth has made a "very clean" argument for recovering storm  expenses from its customers, a company attorney told state utility regulators  Wednesday.


Brian Williams takes over the Nightly News job

New York, NY, Dec. 2 - After 10 years of covering stories all over the world, Brian Williams knows replacing a respected journalist like Tom Brokaw will be his toughest assignment to date.


Harriet Harman, Labour's deputy leader and minister for women, gave public backing to a ban on prostitution yesterday


Global Markets Fall Again on Fears About U.S. Economy

Stock markets fell sharply across most of Asia again today and continued declining in Europe, as investors worried about the drop on Tuesday in American stock indices and a Commerce Department report.


Nello scenario del castello d'Albertis, una mostra molto particolareLa storia del capitano che ne raccolse oltre cento in tutto il mondo                                            Genova e l'arte della meridiana una giornata con gli orologi del sole                                                                                Un laboratorio per scoprirne i segreti e imparare a costruirledi MICHELA BOMPANI


'What a waste of money...' That was the tongue in cheek chant at Old Trafford on Wednesday night as Â£27million striker Wayne Rooney marked his long-awaited debut with a hat-trick in the 6-2 Champions League victory over Fenerbahce.


A celebrity stylist has sued Jamie Foxx, claiming the actor failed to pay for work she did in dressing him for an awards show and press junkets for his film "Miami Vice."


By Associated Press |. A single dose of a steroid can quiet the barking cough of croup and let children and parents get some sleep, Canadian doctors report.


After sitting around and thinking about it for nearly a month, an obscure sports tribunal in Switzerland has finally reached a verdict that it could and should have reached instantly.


Giuliani Hurt by Scandal Around Former Top NY Cop

Illicit affairs, mob ties, a secret love nest. The hijinks of Bernard Kerik, disgraced just as he aspired to join President Bush's Cabinet, have also bruised the reputation


The government is considering whether to make morning-after birth control available without a prescription, and like most issues that involve sex and pregnancy, it has generated heated debate.


Gunmen killed a U.S. government aid agency official and his driver in Khartoum on Tuesday, U.S. and Sudanese officials said.


Update will add new ways to interact with PDF-based content, including wizard-like "Form Guides" and flash-based graphics.


General Motors Corp.'s top finance executive said Sunday he doesn't see the subprime mortgage mess spreading into auto loans at the company's former credit arm, GMAC financial services.


Shaq, Wade show this Heat's too hot for Cavs

It was almost four months in the making, but Shaquille O'Neal finally had his welcome party. Jack Nicholson, though, was not among the invited guests.


The man expected to be Russia's next president, Dmitry Medvedev, wants a reduced state role in the economy.


PORT OF SWEET GRASS, Mont. - Jesse Huffman insists he didn't do it on purpose, but the toilet he left plugged after "nature called" at this border crossing in north-central Montana has him facing criminal charges...


Pakistan PM says Kashmir issue must be resolved

Pakistan's Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, says he has held cordial and friendly talks with his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi.


Democratic presidential  contender Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday called U.S.  President George W. Bush's policy in Iraq incompetent but came  under pressure to explain her own vote to authorize the war.


NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Crude oil futures jumped to new record high Thursday as market concerned that Iraqi exports might drop further because of clashes in southern Iraq between US troopsand fighters loyal to Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada ...


Dubai Ports International to acquire CSX Corporation's ...

Dubai Ports International ('DPI'), one of the world's leading port operators, announces that it has signed a definitive agreement with CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX) to acquire the international terminal business conducted by CSX World Terminals ('the Company


Parisi, nessun cambiamento in seguito all'impegno in Libano


Sen. Barack Obama started a two-week tour of Africa on Sunday with a visit to Nelson Mandela's former prison island, paying tribute to the "incredible courage, resilience and hopefulness" of the anti-apartheid movement.


Atlantis' astronauts aimed for a morning touchdown Wednesday to conclude a two-week mission that expanded the international space station with the addition of a new European lab.


Doping Juve: condannato il medico sociale Agricola

Nel processo di Torino,Ã¨ arrivata la sentenza di primo grado ai vertici della Juventus: Antonio Giraudo Ã¨ stato assolto; Riccardo Agricola condannato a 1 anno e dieci mesi. L'amministratore delegato della


A Liverpool businessman has been given a suspended prison sentence for  faking degree certificates.


Consulenti tributari, la provincia partenopea al 36/mo posto


Russia's richest man Abramovich splits from wife

Five months after denying "incorrect and hurtful" reports of an imminent split, Russia's richest man, billionaire Roman Abramovich, has confirmed his 16-year marriage to wife Irina is over.


Games Politicians Play: More Tax Cuts as U.S. Faces Large Deficits

President Bush has scored early victories in the budget battle even as some of his specific plans to cut spending have been criticized.


Empoli, 16:28 - CALCIO, EMPOLI; CORSI: L'OBIETTIVO RESTA LA SALVEZZA

In quattro giornate ha messo insieme otto punti. Roba da 'matti'. "Non possiamo guardare le squadre ...


Election Irregularities Do Not Change the Result

The irregularities that marred Mozambique's 1-2 December general elections "do not deprive the elections of their merit, nor do they change the final results", declared Brazao Mazula, spokesperson of the most representative group of Mozambican observers


Theater Review | 'Applause': An Indomitable Diva Played by, Well, an ...

Is this a show that is more than a period piece, a work destined to outlast the era of its birth? I say, regretfully but emphatically, no.


Waterfront growth accelerates as city OKs South Boston complex

Development on the long-stalled South Boston Waterfront got a kick-start yesterday, as Waterside Place, a 1.1-million-square-foot urban shopping plaza, hotel, and residential complex, won unanimous approval from the Boston Redevelopment Authority.


MOSUL, Iraq  - A mortar and rocket attack on a  U.S. military dining hall killed 22 people and wounded more  than 50 in Iraq's northern city of Mosul on Tuesday in one of  the deadliest attacks on U.S. forces since the war began.


US gambling ban reverberates through sector Party Gaming, the world's biggest online gambling business, is axing its interim dividend, worth $115m, previously due to be paid on 31 October.â¦


Ministers are planning to introduce a complete ban on smoking in eating establishments in England. The White Paper on Public Health, being unveiled on Tuesday, will propose a ban in restaurants, offices and pubs that serve prepared food.


A new and tiny species of human that lived in Indonesia at the same time our own ancestors were colonising the world were discovered by scientists.


North Korea says it sees no reason to join a working-level meeting with the United States to prepare for further six-party talks on the communist state's nuclear weapons development.


China's support has been vital to achieving initial steps toward national reconciliation in military-ruled Myanmar, an EU envoy said on Thursday, but added Beijing would not directly pressure the regime towards reform.


Leading hardware and software firms join a campaign to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from computers by cutting energy use.


* Dynamo won 4-2 the only other time the two teams have met in Kiev in a Champions League match in the 1999/2000 season. * Roma upset Real 1-0 on their last visit to the Bernabeu in the 2002-03 Champions League


Measures to tackle rising public health problems are being scrapped or postponed due to lack of funds, health chiefs say.


Ivory Coast government forces have resumed air strikes on former rebels, while political violence targeting opposition parties in Abidjan raised fears of fresh civil strife.


US Modifies Call for UN Sanctions Against Sudan

The United States on Tuesday modified slightly a threat of sanctions on Sudan's oil industry in a revised text of its UN resolution on atrocities in the country's Darfur region.


Gunmen Kidnap Two Lebanese Businessmen in Baghdad

Armed men burst into a house in the  upscale Baghdad neighborhood of Mansour on Wednesday and seized  two Lebanese businessmen, police said.


Polish soldiers charged with murdering Afghans kept in jail

Polish military judges decided Tuesday to extend the pre-trial detentions of seven soldiers charged in the murders civilians in Afghanistan during an incident in August.


Improving Wastewater Facility High on Lindenhurst Wish List

By Corrinne Hess Daily Herald Staff Writer  A multimillion-dollar water and sewer improvement list has been drafted in Lindenhurst.  The next step is finding a way for the village to fund all of the improvements that make up the list.


'Grand Theft Auto' Seen Breaking Games Sales Record

By Franklin Paul NEW YORK  -  When the violent video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" hits stores on Tuesday, its sales could eclipse Hollywood's most successful films, even as it draws the ire of critics.


Dallas man accidently shoots self in head

Dead cert Darwin Award nominee A Dallas man who accidently shot himself in the head while "showing off his pistol to friends" at a party last Saturday looks certain to make the 2008 Darwin Awards nominations.â¦


ATHENS OLYMPICS 2004 / Gold runs in gymnast's family

The gold medal won by Japan's male gymnastics team signaled not only the first such win in 28 years, but also the first time both a father and son have won gold in gymnastics.


Astronauts venture outside for space station work

Two space shuttle astronauts ventured into open space on Tuesday to begin the first of three spacewalks to upgrade the power system on the International Space Station.


Kerry, Greenspan Differ on Social Security

SEATTLE - John Kerry doesn't talk much about Social Security on the campaign trail, but he laid out some thoughts for a voter in Everett, Wash., who doubted that the government retirement program is really in trouble.   "We've made little fixes, little jots and jags here and there, that have been able to change it," the Democratic presidential candidate said, noting that Social Security has survived 20 years of predictions that its demise is around the corner...


McCain, Romney in tight race as Michigan votes

Republicans in Michigan began making their choices in the presidential race on Tuesday, with native son Mitt Romney battling for political survival in a primary that could either revive or sink his campaign.


LIVERPOOL unveiled new signing Antonio Nunez yesterday - but just a few hours later he was lying in agony on the treatment table. The Spaniard - who joined from Real Madrid as part of the deal that saw Michael Owen head in the opposite ...


Strong sales and tight cost control helps the owner of the Zara fashion chain to report forecast-beating profits.


Hank Jr., Skynyrd getting Rowdy on spring tour

Hank Williams Jr., and Lynyrd  Skynyrd will co-headline the Rowdy Frynds arena tour,  Billboard.com has learned.


Nuovo look forze armate piace a presidente Putin


Gigi Levangie Grazer is a Hollywood insider who writes clever, sharply observed novels about the promised land of big money and bigger egos.


Gilat and Cisco collaborating on satellite interface routers

Gilat Satellite Networks (TASE, Nasdaq: GILTF) has entered into an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) agreement with giant telecoms equipment manufacturer Cisco Systems.


The highly regarded director has always been considered eccentric. Now he's getting mad


Bee Washington Bureau. WASHINGTON - Just a few weeks ago, Sen. John Kerry's aides were saying the homestretch of his bid to oust President Bush would focus on the economy, health care and other domestic issues.


LOS ANGELES  - Art imitates life, and life imitates art, and sometimes it's hard to tell which is which.     Take the little town of Marceline, Mo., a place so idyllic, so orderly, so utterly all-American that it seemed impossible to improve on. Marceline declined once the automobile came and the crowds started to roll in, but it is forever enshrined in the memories of several generations of Americans.


Timorese church opposes Indonesian deal on war crimes

East Timor's new Catholic bishop has opposed a deal between Timorese and Indonesian leaders to drop trials over atrocities during the country's 1999 independence process, saying it lacks public support.


Thomas Gravesen's agent will hold talks with Real Madrid on Wednesday about a move from Everton.


Rove's influence undiminished by scandal

Karl Rove was not "frog-marched" out of the White House in handcuffs as his detractors had hoped, but the past year was certainly a low point for President Bush's close friend and chief political strategist.


Fire Shows Stubborn Streak: Flames Persist, and the Evacuation Order Continues. But EPA Officials Say That the Air Quality is OK.

By John Shultz, Kevin Murphy and Tony Rizzo, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 9--Firefighters pumped foam Thursday evening over smoldering remnants of a blaze that a day earlier cast a threatening black cloud over Kansas City, but some stubborn hot spots remained.


Rockies enjoy home comforts with big win over Mets

The Colorado Rockies trounced the New York Mets for the second straight game on Tuesday, the home team continuing their rehabilitation from a demoralizing road trip with an 11-3 victory.


Paul Jones' Weblog: Form Processing Questions

On Paul Jones' weblog today, there's a posting covering one of the banes of PHP life - form processing/handling.


Defrocked Priest Shanley Jailed for Rape of Boy

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.  - Defrocked priest Paul Shanley  was sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for raping  a boy in the 1980s in one of the most high-profile cases to  stem from a U.S. Catholic clergy abuse scandal.


Saudi "terror funders" are reform activists: lawyer

Ten men arrested in Saudi Arabia on suspicion of funding terrorism include known political activists detained in the past over calls for reform in the absolute monarchy, a lawyer said on Sunday.


L.A. judge lifts hold on Anna Nicole's body

A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday lifted an order that kept Anna Nicole Smith's body from being buried, saying that DNA required for a legal battle over her baby daughter had already been obtained.


Schindler Family's Statement in Response to Florida Supreme Court ...

(Editor's note: What follows is a statement released on Sept. 23, 2004, by the family of Terri Schindler-Schiavo, reacting to a Florida Supreme Court ruling striking down


Operazione avvenuta a 21,2 euro per azione


L'amministratore delegato si augura miglioramento rating


The top candidates in Kenya's presidential election hold final rallies in Nairobi before Thursday's vote.


BlueOrganizer Squeezes Your Personal Web Into a Single Click

We've been hearing about the power of the "semantic web" for years, but few applications highlight the gravity of the concept as clearly as BlueOrganizer, a Firefox add-on from web software maker AdaptiveBlue. Simply put, BlueOrganizer turns your right mouse button into a jumping-off point...


Goals from Jon Macken and Shaun Wright-Phillips end Villa's good run of form.


Arrestato nell'ambito di inchiesta sulle nuove Brigate Rosse


Zakim Shah, chairman of Afghanistan's Joint Electoral Management Body, announces the winner of the country's first-ever presidential election in Kabul Nov. 3, 2004.


Mosul suicide car-bomb kills one soldier, two Iraqis

Two Iraqis and a US soldier have been killed and 27 others wounded, in a suicide car-bomb attack against a military convoy in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.


Moneta unica vale 1,3123 dollari e 159,43 yen


AC Milan beat an emotional Sevilla side in the Super Cup in Monaco.


The rating system Edwin Mier, Randall Birdsall and Rodney Thayer used in their tests of Cisco and Avaya systems.


India and Pakistan edge closer to rapport

Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz started a two-day visit to India on Tuesday amid signs of conciliation between the two nuclear-capable nations.


JSC Director Available Monday to Discuss FY 2008 Budget

To: SCIENCE EDITORS  Contact: James Hartsfield of NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, +1-281-483-5111   HOUSTON, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA Johnson Space Center Director Michael L. Coats will be available at JSC to discuss the agency's FY 2008 budget at 2:30 p.m.


Sun to offer new Solaris as 'open-source' software

It cost Sun Microsystems $5 billion to develop Solaris, a powerful computer operating system used by governments and giant corporations worldwide.


Soldiers accused in plot against allied forces

KUWAIT CITY -- Kuwait has arrested up to four members of its armed forces who are suspected of plotting to attack allied troops, a Kuwaiti military spokesman said. Kuwait has witnessed several small-scale attacks on US troops and civilians in the past three years. But this is the first time in many years that serving members of the armed forces ...


High Stakes for Star-Studded Caper 'Ocean's Twelve'

It sounds like an impossible heist: with the clock ticking and important people demanding payback, Danny Ocean and his eclectic crew of con men have to make off with millions under intense scrutiny.


World Health Organisation figures show a suicide takes place somewhere in the world every 40 seconds.


Denver, 23:05 - BASKET, ALL STAR GAME NBA: FORFAIT DI IVERSON, IN DUBBIO KIDD

Allen Iverson non prenderà parte all'All Star Game in programma domenica a Las Vegas. Il gioc...


Rice undergoes surgery for noncancerous growths

Condoleezza Rice underwent surgery Friday to treat non cancerous growths in the uterus, a White House official said. Rice, who is 50, is the choice of US President George W. Bush to be his country's next secretary of state.


December 07, 2004 - In an announcement made around the midnight hour earlier this morning, Sony Computer Entertainment and NVIDIA Corporation jointly confirmed that they have teamed up to create the graphics chip for Sony's next videogame console.


A portion of sales goes to the Global Fund, which finances health programs in Africa.


Mac OS X Tip of the Week: Super-fast Way to Email a URL

When you come upon a cool website and you want to email the URL to a friend, there’s no faster way to do it than to follow the method spelled out in this week’s tip. You’ll love this tip.


KABUL - President Hamid Karzai clinched victory in Afghanistan's historic presidential poll as his main rival conceded defeat even before election workers began counting the final votes on Monday.


New Md. Bill Would Levy Developer Fees to Establish Bay Cleanup Fund

By Dori Berman  Lawmakers hoping to improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay have proposed assessing a fee on all new construction to create a dedicated funding source for bay cleanup programs.


Intel's Classmate PC Goes on Sale in India

Intel's rugged, low-cost laptop is now available to to consumers and businesses in India.


Sweden plan would monitor communications

Sweden's government presented a contentious plan Thursday to allow a defense intelligence agency to monitor — without a court order — e-mail traffic and phone calls crossing the nation's borders.


RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Claudio Paulo Pinto is looking to break an eye-popping record. Literally.


Italian govt doubts women hostages killed

ROME  - The Italian government said Thursday that it doubted the authenticity of a second claim that two female aid workers had been killed in Iraq, but that it was still checking the report.


All'uomo era gia' stata ritirata la patente per tre volte


Belleview First Baptist Church passed out voter guides from the Christian Coalition and ivotevalues.com to the congregation of 1,300 in rural Marion County, Fla.


Actor Seeks Audience for Movie on Rwanda Savior

He claims he doesn't need the attention, but for weeks actor Don Cheadle has been meeting people, shaking hands and doing some Hollywood politicking to persuade Oscar voters to see his new film "Hotel Rwanda."


Three Filipinos working for a U.S. oil contractor were kidnapped in southern Nigeria early Friday, a day after a German was abducted in the region where oil revenue has caused strife between multinational companies and local communities.


I costruttori, sempre a caccia di piÃ¹ proventi, hanno dato mandato alla Ise di creare la struttura organizzativa dell'eventuale campionato parallelo. MILANO, 26 ottobre 2004 - I team di F.1 fanno sempre piÃ¹


Ukraine Crisis Escalates Amid Blockade Threats

Ukraineâs political crisis escalated ahead of a key court session today to probe the disputed presidential electionâs validity, with an eastern province scheduling a referendum on autonomy and the opposition threatening to tighten a blockade against


From the deserts of the American southwest to the pine forests of the Deep South, drought-weary residents have one thing on their minds: "I wish it would rain!" Technically, what they should be wishing for is "more streamflow."  Find out why in today's story.


Livedoor trial reflects changes in Japan

When the trial of Japan's most famous dot-com entrepreneur opens Monday, a much wider issue will also be before the court: this nation's tenuous shift to a more freewheeling market economy.


Blog: Thousands of Web sites worldwide now host links to malicious code servers.


When newspaper editor Lou Ureneck took his teenage son Adam on a 110-mile river journey through the Alaskan wilderness in August 2000, he had more in mind than observing wildlife and catching salmon and Arctic char.


The public must take more responsibility for defeating gang culture, Tory leader David Cameron says.


U.S. consumers turned more gloomy in October, beset by soaring energy prices, relentless violence in Iraq and the increasingly bitter end of the presidential election campaign.


A man is charged in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found in the boot of a car.


Kerry tries to win back natural allies: Women

WASHINGTON It was no accident that John Kerry appeared on a daytime television interview show and recalled his days as a young prosecutor representing a rape victim.


Lefty Odalis Perez agrees to re-sign with the Dodgers, tentatively coming to terms on a three-year, $24 million contract.


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Escalating a long simmering spat, the United States filed a World Trade Organization compliant Wednesday, seeking to end European subsidies to Airbus, Boeing's top rival in making airplanes.


Republicans accuse Democrats of trying to sow chaos in electoral process

Republican Party officials accused Democrats of attempting to sow chaos by planning false fraud claims in the presidential campaign in a "desperate" effort to gain votes 13 days from the November 2 election.


US rallies nations to back drive for UN force in Darfur

Warning that "time is running out" to halt the carnage in Darfur, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tried to build international pressure on Sudan to let UN peacekeepers into the war-torn region.


Supreme Court Hears Sentencing Cases, Opens Term

The U.S. Supreme Court opened its  new term on Monday, with two hours of arguments on federal  sentencing rules and the rejection of some 1,800 appeals,  including a challenge by telemarketers to the government's  popular do-not-call list.


Bee Staff Writer. Eva Schicke was living her dream, fighting fire on one of the state's most elite wildland crews. But on Sunday, in a devastating reminder of the job's dangers, she became


Sand Hollow is Latest Hurricane Golf Dream

By Dick Harmon Deseret Morning News  Maybe this dusty, sandy, gateway to Zions really is on the verge of exploding.  Folks around here have heard all kinds of talk of more exotic golf courses, condos, big residential developments, parks and highways for years.


A federal judge Tuesday granted Martha Stewart's request to go to prison as soon as possible, graciously allowing her to report by 2 pm Oct. 8. That means Stewart, as she had asked, could be out in time to plant her new spring garden.


McDonald's to award fast-food qualifications: government

Fast food giant McDonald's has won approval to award nationally-recognized qualifications based on training courses for its staff, the British government said Monday.


Results include charge to settle pension dispute

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- IBM said on Monday that third-quarter profit, excluding a pension-related charge, rose 12 percent from a year ago and slightly beat expectations, as the world's largest computer company boosted sales of everything from servers to


Israel's opposition leader warns that the prime minister risks being assassinated over his Gaza disengagement plan.


The San Jose Earthquakes are staying in the Bay Area for at least one more year after announcing Tuesday that they would play the 2005 season at Spartan Stadium.


An Oakland, Calif., woman died and a man and two women were hospitalized after they ate poisonous "death cap" wild mushrooms collected on Thanksgiving.


The saga of the marriage of pop princess Britney Spears is descending into farce as the teen queen admits that she is not yet legally married.


Yanukovych said Thursday that he would not accept a victory by his opponent in the presidential rerun and that his supporters were likely to turn out into the streets en masse to block such an outcome.


Hemlines on the Stand: A Design-Off for Fashion Glory

Bravo's "Project Runway," the Prada of reality shows, is what fashion should be and so often is not: naughty, but also sometimes nice.


Indian batsmen collapse to hand Australia victory

India's batsmen imploded as Australia recorded an unlikely 50-run win in their tri-series match here Sunday.


Brian Belo won the eighth edition of Channel 4's reality television show "Big Brother" in a shock victory over overwhelming favourites Sam and Amanda Marchant.


Tsunami warning issued as big quake hits Sumatra

A powerful earthquake measuring 7.9 struck near Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday triggering tsunami warnings across the region, officials said.


XPRESS 200, nForce 4, PCI-Express shaping up to replace AGP

Granted, from a performance point of view PCI-Express is barely a match for AGP8X, but both ATI and NVIDIA have been aggressively moving forward with introducing graphic cards using the interface.


Cargo spostato dal vento, e' a 9 miglia marine da Pola


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Petraeus hints at U.S. Iraq troop reduction

The U.S. military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, has suggested he will recommend a cut in U.S. troop numbers around March when he delivers long-awaited testimony to Congress next week.


Roma, 19:21 - BASKET, CASO BENETTON: PROCURA FIP CONCLUDE AUDIZIONI

Il segretario generale della Fip Maurizio Bertea è stato ascoltato dal procuratore federale R...


Seeks rock climbing gear Though the Federal Communications Commission rejected its initial efforts to bring "fast, free, and family-friendly broadband to 95 per cent of the US population," Silicon Valley startup M2Z Networks has vowed to fight on. Company co-founder and CEO John Muleta is even threatening legal action against the commission - which happens to be his former employer.â¦


Animal rights activists could face five years in prison for targeting research centres under new measures.


Description: Fannie Mae's Franklin Raines retires as CEO, and Timothy Howard resigns as CFO of the mortgage giant. This comes a few weeks after the Securities and Exchange Commission told Fannie Mae to restate


The Caucus: Red Sox State Support for Obama

Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, the nation's only African-American governor, wants a president with courage, backbone and humility.


Crowd trouble mars Melbourne Park fiesta

Crowd trouble and police ejections cast a shadow across Melbourne Park on Tuesday, diverting attention from world-class sport at the Australian Open.


Make your own Oscar dress? History says "uh-oh"

Hollywood actresses may have perfected the pout and the come-hither stare but when it comes to designing or styling the perfect outfit for Oscar night, they should defer to the fashion experts.


Scendeva su pista ad Andalo, ha perso il controllo degli sci


Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi called upon the European Central Bank on Wednesday to intervene to curb the rising price of the euro against the dollar.


LONDON/SINGAPORE  - Oil prices edged higher on   Thursday as Iran looked set to defy the United Nations'   deadline for halting nuclear enrichment, raising the risk of   sanctions against the world's fourth-biggest crude exporter.


A former employee says he was harassed and fired after complaining about another employee's singing along to lyrics that included racial epithets.


Infrastructure threats: Botnets show DoS who's boss

InfoWorld - Malware-infected botnet PCs have overtaken denial-of-service attacks as the top security issue facing Internet service providers and other Web infrastructure hosting players, according to a new survey of the organizations.


US Report Sees Wide Health Effects of 9-11 Attacks

Most of the health problems reported after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks have involved respiratory difficulties and mental distress, according


Microsoft Tells More Office 2008 Mac Features

Mac users can get a peek at Excel Ledger Sheets in the updated suite, due to ship in January.


Computer giant IBM announced this week that it has developed the world's fastest computer, putting it back on top after a Japanese supercomputer claimed the title some two years ago.


Oil rebounds above $64 ahead of Iran debate

Oil edged up above $64 a barrel on  Wednesday as traders cautiously await the debate among members  of the U.N. nuclear watchdog over Iran's atomic work, and on  renewed concerns over disruptions to Nigerian supplies.


For Woods, It Just Doesn't Click in the Third Round

Tiger Woods struggles for the first time in 2008 on Saturday, and Ernie Els takes advantage, surging into the lead of the Dubai Desert Classic with a 7-under-par 65.


The contract for a next-generation military tanker plane is going once, going twice...


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UPDATE 1-Gilchrist rues rain ruining Madras 'classic'

Australian captain Adam Gilchrist said he was disappointed rain forced the second test against India to be abandoned as a draw on the final day.


ABN Amro shareholders meet to consider the rival offers for the bank as the deadline to decide approaches.


China is now building two power plants every week, says the UK's top climate change envoy.


Mexicans Mark Border-Crackdown Anniversary

A group of Mexicans marched solemnly for miles along a road lined with white crosses to mark the 10 years since the United States launched a border crackdown they say has contributed to the deaths of thousands of migrants.


The battle for dominance in online gaming looks set to take on a epic scope in 2008, say experts.


Publisher Interested in O.J. Simpson Book

If a Miami book-publishing firm has its way, O.J. Simpson's book about the murder of his wife isn't dead yet. Barclay Road executives said Monday they initially were put off by the premise of Simpson's story If I Did It, Here's How It Happened.


Hurricane Charley Death Toll Rises to 19 in Florida

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.  - Hurricane Charley claimed a  19th victim in Florida, where more than a half million people  remained without power on Tuesday and officials said damage to  crops would run to hundreds of millions of dollars.


Google Offers to Run Site Search Engines

The new service is the company's latest attempt to make more money off technology that already steers much of the Internet's traffic.


Study: Warming may cut US hurricane hits

Global warming could reduce how many hurricanes hit the United States, according to a new federal study that clashes with other research. The new study is the latest in a contentious scientific debate over how man-made global warming may affect the intensity and number of hurricanes.


Republican Wins Edwards' N.C. Senate Seat

Republican Rep. Richard Burr, long an underdog in his race against Clinton aide Erskine Bowles, rode a late torrent of political commercials Tuesday to win the North Carolina Senate seat vacated by John Edwards.


Children rescued after police carried out raids against crime gangs could soon be reunited with their families.


World Series' Game 4 vs. total eclipse of the moon tonight

The nation may be more divided tonight than most Americans realize as baseball fans and sky watchers pursue their choice of pastimes: watching Game 4 of the World Series or one of the best total lunar eclipses in years.


Star-studded christening for Beckham's sons:

[Hollywood News]: London, Dec 24 : British actress Liz Hurley and her boyfriend Arun Nayar were among the select personalities invited to a star-studded christening of David and Victoria Beckham's sons, Romeo and Brooklyn.


British soldiers from the Black Watch are mourning the loss of three comrades killed in a suicide bombing in Iraq. The attack happened just two days into the battle group's controversial deployment to support US troops south of Baghdad.


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Dance: Seen It Once? Thatâs Just the Start

Contemporary dances still die quick, quiet deaths far too often. Here are some gems from 2007 worth bringing back at least once.


Trainer Says Bonds Took Undetectable Drug: Report

Baseball star Barry Bonds took an undetectable performance-enhancing drug during the 2003 season, his weight trainer said on a secretly recorded tape, The San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday.


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Sri Lanka says kills 35 Tamil Tigers but rebels deny it

Sri Lanka's military said on Friday troops had killed 35 Tamil Tigers in a series of land clashes in the island's north in 24 hours as the death toll from renewed civil war climbs inexorably higher.


Used subs vulnerable to electrical problems after mothballing, say experts

OTTAWA (CP) - A Canadian submarine that caught fire off Ireland was vulnerable to electrical problems because it had been in mothballs so long, experts say.


Nintendo sells 500,000 DS handhelds in first week

Nintendo sold 500,000 Nintendo DS video game devices during the first week of sales in US stores for the new handheld featuring two screens for game playing, the Japanese game maker said Wednesday.


Israeli troops have destroyed hundreds of houses and left thousands of Palestinians homeless in the southern Gaza Strip in operations that far exceeded military security


Firefox Threatens IE in the Browser Market

Mozilla is starting to pose a threat to Microsoftâs Internet Explorer after years of being the darling of a strange mix of AOL enthusiasts and techies.


Billy Corgan's literary offering "Blinking With Fists" debuted at No. 24 on the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers List. The tome also was the top selling poetry book in the United States in its first week out. Corgan recently ...


Adam Scott flirts with perfection Friday at the Memorial, missing four putts inside 12 feet and still shooting a 10-under-par 62 to take the lead.


Movie Review | 'Surviving Eden': Adam and Eve in Search of a Million-Dollar Payday

Although early scenes hold out some promise that this parody of ÂSurvivorÂ could amount to something, the movie quickly runs out of ideas.


A new train speed record is being attempted on the 401-mile journey from Glasgow to London.


The heart of Red Sox Nation is beating again. It's beating thanks to David Ortiz's two-run, walk-off homer in the 12th inning with no outs, giving the Red Sox a 6-4, come-from-behind win.


Karzai slams Afghan deaths after raid on U.S. force

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday condemned U.S. troops for shooting dead 10 civilians at the weekend as officials said nine more -- five women, four children and an old man -- had been killed in an air strike.


Police Probe if Seattle, Vancouver Arsons Linked

VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - Canadian and U.S.  police were investigating on Friday if a Washington state man  arrested for arson in Vancouver was connected with more than a  dozen suspicious fires in the Seattle area this summer.


Kerry to Attack Bush Troop Withdrawal Plan

Democrat John Kerry on Wednesday planned to attack Present George W. Bush's plan to withdraw 70,000 American troops from Europe and Asia as a threat to national security that could blunt the war on terror, campaign aides said.


U.S. Soldiers Say Iraqi Faked Drowning Death

FORT HOOD, Texas  - U.S. troops threw two Iraqi  civilians into the Tigris River and laughed as one of them  drowned, the survivor said on Wednesday, although American  soldiers said the teenager may have faked his death.


NEW YORK The evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson set off a partisan firefight after telling a television interviewer that President George W. Bush had serenely assured him that, "Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties" in the invasion of Iraq.


Stocks fell on Tuesday as crude oil prices rose to a record above $100 a barrel, erasing an earlier rally on concern that higher energy costs could fan inflation and crimp consumer spending and profits.


Young Buck is bailed after turning himself in to police investigating a stabbing at a US awards ceremony.


Iraq pledged on Tuesday to crack down on Kurdish separatists launching attacks on Turkey from hideouts in northern Iraq, in a bid to avert a Turkish military incursion into its territory to hit the rebels.


On the campaign trail, Vice President Dick Cheney often jabs at Democrat John Edwards for his past as a trial lawyer, blaming his sort for "frivolous lawsuits" that raise health care costs. In turn, Edwards rails against Cheney's ties to the company he once headed, accusing the Republican of favoring his "friends" at Halliburton.


NBC in Deal With Amazon to Sell Shows on the Web

Amazon has agreed to give NBC Universal something that Apple would not: greater flexibility in the pricing and packaging of video downloads.


Bombers kill 40 in Iraq, Baghdad hotel hit

A suicide bomber killed 12 people in the lobby of a busy Baghdad hotel used by foreigners and Iraqi officials, one of four separate bomb attacks that killed more than 40 on Monday, police and witnesses said.


Newell insists corruption rife in English football

Luton manager Mike Newell has insisted that the 39 transfers being scrutinised amid claims of illegal transfer payments are just the tip of the iceberg.


AMD Big Gainer in 3rd-Quarter Microchip Sales-IDC

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.  AMD.N captured nearly 10 percent of computer microchip market  revenue in the third quarter, the highest level in nearly three  years, market research firm IDC said on Tuesday.


When it comes to the Canadian military's role in peace-keeping and anti-terrorist operations, "submarines are wholly useless" in a post-Sept.


WASHINGTON _ Barack Obama's newly revamped Web site looks a lot like MySpace and Facebook, and that is no accident.


A delicious new trendy dessert for sale in Tokyo's electronics district replicates the sensation of eating fresh powdered snow. By Chris Kohler.


'Idol' Judge Simon Cowell Sees End of His Own Fame

Simon Cowell, the "Pop Idol" and "American Idol" judge audiences love to hate, turned his brutally critical eye on himself Saturday and predicted the demise of his own fame.


Dumping a rival manufacturer's mobile phone into a glass of water is not the sort of thing Klaus Kleinfeld, who takes over from Heinrich von Pierer at the helm of Siemens on Thursday, is likely to want to be remembered for.


U.S. backs Exxon in Venezuela assets battle

The United States backed Exxon Mobil Corp's effort on Wednesday to win compensation from Venezuela for seized assets in a case that has prompted the OPEC nation to threaten to cut off oil supplies to America.


Corporate licences make for happy software vendors


Internal defibrillator maker's earnings growth rate is slowing down, but its future looks healthy.


Update 1: Sysco Profit Climbs 8 Percent on Sales

Sysco Corp., the country's largest food service distributor, Monday said profit for its latest quarter rose 8 percent, as it increased sales and trimmed expenses despite the hurricanes in the Southeast.


Quarterback Quincy Carter signed a one-year deal with the New York Jets yesterday, three weeks after his surprising release by Dallas.


Inflation has slowed to 2.5 percent in May from the April figure, as lower domestic energy prices sparked the second successive monthly drop, official data showed Tuesday.


IMF board says any nominations welcome for top job

The International Monetary Fund's board said on Monday any country could nominate a candidate to succeed IMF Managing Director Rodrigo Rato, throwing open to worldwide competition a job customarily given to Europeans.


Cabinet Office minister Ed Miliband has begun work on Labour's manifesto for the next election, the BBC learns.


The fight for top-billing in Saturday's Nevada Democratic presidential caucus has become much like its model in Iowa: an hour-by-hour test of who has the best organization.


ANDRE Stolz took the giant step from struggling rookie to season millionaire with a future secured by a two-year exemption when he won the US PGA Tour's Michelin Championship in Las Vegas yesterday.


Lenovo, IBM Launch Technical Support Service for Customers

By Frank Norton and Anne Krishnan, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  May 30--Lenovo, which is trying to increase sales of its computers to consumers and small businesses, is teaming with IBM to roll out a new technical support service for those customers.


A few miscalculations can wreck a lifetime of saving and investing.


Amsterdam, assegnati oggi i prestigiosi premi World PressPhoto. Nell'immagine una donna prostrata dal dolore                                                  Una sopravvissuta dello tsunami nella foto-simbolo del 2004


Italy's government and its fashion chiefs  are working on a manifesto to crack down on the use of  ultra-thin teenagers on the catwalk, as pressure grows on the  fashion world to promote healthier looks.


Ricky Craven of Newburgh, Maine, is driving his final race in the No. 32 Tide Chevrolet in tomorrow's Sylvania 300 NASCAR Nextel Cup race at New Hampshire International Speedway.


Arizona Diamondbacks Randy Johnson delivers a pitch during the first inning against the New York Mets, in this May 12, 2004 file photo at Bank one Ballpark, in Phoenix.


Yahoo responds to reports of site outages

Blog: The site's downage was not actually downage, representatives say, but rather a network carrier issue that slowed it down.


German Conjoined Twin Dies at U.S. Hospital

A 13-month-old German girl died at a hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, early on Thursday, shortly after an operation to separate her from her conjoined twin sister.


Alkmaar, the Netherlands (Sports Network) - Rangers' 16-match unbeaten run came to an end Thursday as it lost at AZ Alkmaar, 1-0, in a UEFA Cup encounter.


Nelly's Twin Releases Showcase Two Styles

Make no mistake about it: Nelly is not releasing a double album like his fellow hip-hoppers OutKast and Jay-Z.


The family of a mentally ill woman murdered by a man and a boy,14, say her death could have been prevented.


Reheated Bagle smokes out antivirus defenses

A new version of the fast-spreading Bagle mass-mailing worm was discovered Friday, with its threat level quickly rising to a moderate level, according to security experts.


Final Harry Potter book released on July 21

The fate of fictional boy wizard Harry Potter will finally be revealed on July 21, the publication day for the seventh and last installment of J.K. Rowling's hugely successful book series.


Bank of England set to keep interest rate at 5.25 percent

Bank of England policymakers are widely expected to hold interest rates at 5.25 percent on Thursday, while recent volatility across financial markets is unlikely to affect the outcome, economists said.


Pressure piles on SocGen over trading scandal

Societe Generale came under mounting pressure on Friday to give a full account of how a rogue trader managed to dupe his supervisors and run up a $7 billion loss.


THE stock market continued on its bullish performance by noon today, extending recent record highs with BHP Billiton in the vanguard.


The University of Connecticut's first NCAA men's basketball championship in 1999 holds a special place for coach Jim Calhoun.


MOSUL, Iraq -- Gunmen bombed two churches in this tense city yesterday, fueling fears of ethnic and sectarian unrest ahead of an election next month.


A man jumped to his death yesterday from the 86th-floor observation deck at the Empire State Building, the police said. No identification was found on his body, they said.


A food allergy is an immune system response to a food that the body mistakenly believes is harmful, according to the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network.


The second round of DR Congo's landmark elections is thrown into confusion after a Supreme Court ruling.


WASHINGTON -- CBS says it's extremely disappointed by the Federal Communications Commission decision to fine 20 television stations owned by CBS $550,000 over the Super Bowl halftime show.


British and American troops should be pulled out of Iraq by January 2006, two former foreign secretaries have said.


Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has accepted an invitation to joining a presidential debate planned in Des Moines next August sponsored by ABC News, his first major commitment to the state since dropping from a straw poll planned later that month.


Bush Defends War, Kerry Sees 'Spin Mode'

ST. LOUIS  - President Bush defended the invasion  of Iraq on Thursday despite a new report rejecting a prime  justification for it, while Democratic challenger John Kerry  said Bush "aggrandized and fictionalized" the threat from Iraqi  leader Saddam Hussein.


Bill grants legal immunity to telecommunications companies that aided government wiretapping.


Matt Ringel knows there's a certain image that comes to mind when you start talking about hardcore video gamers: think teenage boys with messy hair and dark circles under their eyes from staying up all night, their eyes glued to a screen and their fingers frantically flitting about a keyboard or a controller.


Two of the biggest rivals in music are putting their differences behind them for the Band Aid charity record. Blur's Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher from Oasis don't really get on that well but have agreed


Judge Reinstates Rules on Sonar, Criticizing Bushâs Waiver for Navy

The decision to restore a series of provisions meant to protect whales was a rebuke to an effort by the Bush administration to exempt the Navy from those rules and from federal law.


Blair named Mideast envoy, Israel kills 12 in Gaza

World powers named Tony Blair as their Middle East peace envoy on Wednesday, handing the outgoing British prime minister a daunting new challenge on a day Israeli forces killed 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.


German Second Division team Aachen makes it to last 32 of UEFA Cup

Alemannia Aachen, a German Second Division team that reached its domestic final last season, advanced to the knockout phase of the UEFA Cup on Wednesday while Scottish powerhouse Glasgow Rangers were eliminated.


Deprivation funding in England's schools should double and pupils be forced into extra lessons, a think tank says.


Blast Near Convoy of Palestinian Security Chief

A car bomb exploded near the convoy of a Palestinian security chief in the Gaza Strip as it left a security headquarters on Tuesday, witnesses said.


German stock exchange operator Deutsche Boerse sets out its proposed  530p-a-share bid for the London Stock Exchange.


NATO-led troops dropped leaflets on a southern Afghan town overrun by militants, warning the fighters to leave after their leader was killed in a targeted airstrike, officials said Monday.


November 15, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- In an effort to win back some lost market share, Sun Microsystems  released Solaris 10, the latest version of the company's Unix-based operating system software, for free on Monday.


Poll predictions have ruling party ahead in Romania

BUCHAREST: Romania's ruling Social Democrats have emerged ahead in a general election but may be deprived of a clear majority needed to keep the Balkan country on track towards the European Union, exit polls showed.


Milano, 15:33 - CALCIO: INTER, LAVORO CON IL PALLONE PER MATERAZZI E CHIVU

Buone notizie per l'allenatore dell'Inter Roberto Mancini. Questa mattina Cristian Chivu e Marco Mat...


Britain guarded at Myanmar election promise

Britain on Saturday gave a guarded response to Myanmar's announcement that a referendum would be held on a new constitution in May before multi-party elections in 2010.


Texas guitarist's slaying mourned by fans

DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS, Texas Green holiday lights atop a slain rock star's North Texas home still spells out his motto -- "Getcha a pull.


Prime Minister Siniora says he will 'root out and strike at terrorism'.


Roma, 17:02 - CALCIO, ARBITRATI: DECISE LE DATE

Sono ufficiali le date degli arbitrati di Juventus, Milan, Fiorentina e Lazio presso la Camera di Co...


Here's something to consider on your way to the medicine cabinet this morning: One of the nation's leading drug reviewers with the Food and Drug Administration told a congressional hearing last week that consumers are "virtually defenseless" against


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'Il progetto corona il mio lavoro di banchiere'


Women prefer well-built blokes: official

Muscles act like male peacocks' tails Here's some good news for the gym monsters among you: women are "predisposed to prefer muscularity in men", according to researchers at UCLA.â¦


ShulerÃ¢ÂÂs Bid in North Carolina Hangs on Drawing in Ã¢ÂÂReagan DemocratsÃ¢ÂÂ

When Heath Shuler first came to Washington, D.C., to pursue a career, his arena was Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, where he played quarterback for the NFLÃ¢ÂÂs Redskins from 1994 to 1996. If the resident of North CarolinaÃ¢ÂÂs 11th District relocates again to Washington next January, it will be about two miles up East Capitol Street Ã¢ÂÂ as a member of the U.S. Congress.


'Casini era pronto a far liste con il Cavaliere'


Top seed Lindsay Davenport was caught  flat-footed and French Open champion Anastasia Myskina stumbled  on Thursday before both lurched into the third round of the  Australian Open.


Santander to sell up to 79 million RBS shares

SPAINâS Santander Central Hispano is to sell up to 79 million shares in Royal Bank of Scotland, and said it will end cross-directorships with RBS if its bid for Abbey National is successful.


U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday  as better-than-expected earnings from Lehman Brothers Holdings  Inc. LEH.N provided a lift, even as crude oil prices rose to  a 2-week high and sparked worry about high energy costs.


com. Considered a playoff no-show early in his career (3-5 with a 4.32 ERA in his first 14 starts), Roger Clemens has morphed into a stopper.


With Boost From Perchlorate, American Pacific Corp. Profits

By Las Vegas Review-Journal  Feb. 14--American Pacific Corp. of Las Vegas on Tuesday reported a  first-quarter profit, reversing a year-earlier loss.   The chemical manufacturer said it earned $639,000, or 9 cents per share,  for the three months ended Dec.


And Now for Something Slightly Different

Apple's iPod is the 800-pound white gorilla of the digital music market. But a number of new music players, on the market or in the works, have Apple in their sights.


Fannie Mae Chief Got  25% Raise Last Year

Fannie Mae chief executive Daniel H. Mudd received salary, stock and bonuses of more than $14.4 million in 2006, an increase of about 25 percent from the year before, the government-chartered mortgage funding company disclosed.