Pretexting is for kids Bugging offices in the UK is not a criminal offence, according to surveillance and legal experts speaking to OUT-LAW radio. While recording a phone conversation is a criminal offence, someone could place a recording device in an office legally, they said.â¦


The UN Security Council begins a tour of the Great Lakes region in  Africa to support peace efforts there.


I am an avid basketball fan. I love the Sacramento Kings and I have followed them ever since they came here from Kansas City in 1985.


Armed with a new study showing the drug can ease pain in some HIV patients, medical-marijuana advocates sued the federal government Wednesday over its claim that pot has no accepted medical uses.


LIVERPOOL, England, Oct. 20 - Rafael Benitez saw his Liverpool side miss several good chances as they draw with Spanish side Deportivo La Coruna at Anfield last night in the Group A UEFA Champions League match.


China and India pledge more defence cooperation

media have reported, a sign of warming relations between the giant neighbours and former foes. level," Xinhua reported Cao, who visited India in March, as saying.


Eclipse chief cites âsecret sauceâ for success

(InfoWorld) - Cambridge, Mass. - Eclipse can attribute its success as an open source tools platform to a "secret sauce" enabling multiple organizations to work together, said Eclipse Foundation Executive Director Mike Milinkovich, in a keynote speech at the EclipseWorld 2006 conference on Thursday. The foundation seeks to build "the universal development platform," Milinkovich said. "I think really a big part of the secret sauce of Eclipse is about balance," with participants building shared tools and frameworks and then developing a profitable ecosystem of commercial products on top of the Eclipse platform, Milinkovich said. Unlike the Sun Microsystems-led NetBeans open source platform, Eclipse offers a level playing field for participants, he said. "The real answer of what I want to talk about today is I think Eclipse has discovered, perhaps invented, the secret sauce for getting organizations together that want to build open source. My dream for Eclipse is this becomes an institution that lasts long after I'm gone," Milinkovich said. Eclipse previously has cited downloads well into the tens of millions. Eclipse offers to all participants a Darwinian system of plug-in-based software extensions, with some plug-ins succeeding and others dying off, Milinkovich said. Participants each are on equal footing in the Eclipse process, with features governance, quality, process and predictability, he said. Milinkovich noted the organization has set its sights squarely on Microsoft in the tools arena. "Eclipse has done extremely well in becoming the premier alternative to Microsoft," in terms of size and scope of tools for its platform, said Milinkovich. He presented multiple stages of embracing open source, with the first stage being denial. "Everyone here knows companies that are in denial about the impact that open source is having," said Milinkovich. He stressed he was not speaking just of Microsoft but added lawyers at corporations also have been skeptical. Subsequent stages include a beginning user stage; a collaboration stage, in which a user starts to give back to the community; a champion stage, with more involvement in projects; a strategist stage, in which a business is built around open source, and an aggressive stage, in which participants seek to leverage maximum competitive advantage via open source. Eclipse offers stable release cycles, which boosts the ability of companies to build products on top of the platform, said Milinkovich. In June, the foundation followed this strategy with Callisto, which featured the simultaneous release of 10 different Eclipse technologies. An Eclipse user in the audience shared Milinkovich's enthusiasm, with one reservation. "I love Eclipse, I use it everyday. I think itâs a fantastic tool for development," said William Blinn, software engineer at Tamale, which builds an organizational and collaboration system for financial professionals. Eclipse, Blinn said, "makes everything so easy." However, the Eclipse platform still could use improvement in terms of memory consumption, according to Blinn. "It's kind of heavy in terms of memory," Blinn said. "If you load up the IDE and put a couple of big projects in it, it kind of loads your system up." Eclipse has been successful and now must face the challenge of continuing on this success, said Dana Gardner, principal analyst at Interarbor Solutions. "I suppose the larger question is whether the success Eclipse has had so far is going to be continuing and repeatable," Gardner said. For companies with an established business model, an open source model could be a challenge to adapt to, he said. Startups, however, do not face this obstacle, said Gardner, citing Genuitec, which has built a business selling its MyEclipse IDE. Milinkovich briefly joked about conspiracy theories surrounding Eclipse, citing one in which participants are battling "Samurai Burger," which is a code name for Sun. Although Sun invented the Java programming language that has formed a technology basis for Eclipse, Sun has not participated in Eclipse. Sun rival IBM founded Eclipse. Eclipse proponents presenting at the show on Thursday discussed projects slated for June 2007 release. That is when "Europa," which features a coordinated release of multiple Eclipse projects, is due. Europa is the follow-up to Callisto. Details of the next major release of the Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP) project were aired. WTP provides tools for developing standards-based, multi-tier Java Web applications. It features tools for HTML, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), JavaScript, XML, Web services and other technologies. Due to be a part of Europa, WTP 2.0 is expected to accommodate Web 2.0 concepts and Java Enterprise Edition 5, according to IBM Rational's Arthur Ryman, who is Eclipse Web Tools lead at the company. WTP 2.0 will incorporate the Eclipse AJAX Tools Framework as well as Eclipse's JavaServer Faces Tools and Dali projects. Dali features tools compliant with the Java Persistence Architecture, for persisting of objects into relational databases. The Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 specification is supported in Dali. Technologies from Eclipse PHP Tools Project, including improved Apache Web server support, and the SOA Tools Platform project, which has improved Web services support, also will be in WTP 2.0. Overlap with the Eclipse Data Tools Project will be eliminated in version 2.0. In the meantime, WTP version 1.5.1 and 1.5.2 are expected in late-September and February as maintenance releases to fix bugs in Callisto. The SOA Tools Platform also is expected to be released in June 2007, although it is likely to be offered separately from Europa, said Iona Distinguished Engineer Oisin Hurley, who is participating in the project. The group developing the platform must first coordinate the various technologies within the platform itself before it moves on to synchronizing it with Europa. The Europa release is to feature no clashing amongst component projects in areas such as naming conventions and versioning, Hurley said.Â Â  "We're trying to make the actual development of SOA simpler," with the SOA project, through integrations of multiple technologies within it, said Hurley. Also, a preview release of the Eclipse Rich AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) Platform is expected in a couple of weeks, said Jochen Krause, CEO of Innoopract, and also the lead on the project. The platform features a runtime intended to enable developers to build rich AJAX-enabled Web applications by using the Eclipse development model, plug-ins and a Java-only API. The general release of the platform will be part of Europa, Krause said. Jim Russell, director of App Development Tools for the Lotus Software group at IBM, acknowledged at the conference that the company has an interest in the Ruby programming lanuage but no product plans, at least not at the moment. "We've got some internal projects experimenting with Ruby," Russell said. "It's one of the technologies that people are talking about these days," so IBM is taking a look at it, Russell said.


Up to one in five tickets for the Isle of Wight music festival were fake, say event organisers.


Pilgrim's Pride Quarterly Earnings Surge

Pilgrim's Pride Corp. PPC.N,the No. 2  U.S. poultry producer, on Monday said earnings increased nearly  five-fold in its fiscal first quarter on strong chicken sales,  cheaper feed and an acquisition.


Intel plans to feature its "Montecito" processor in two four-processor Itanium servers, available later this year.


David Miliband says Kosovo's declaration of independence does not set a precedent for other separatist movements.


Criminals flock to the Internet, survey finds

Criminals are increasingly trying to  trick citizens into giving them their bank account details,  according to a survey published on Monday which showed such  "phishing" attempts almost doubled in the first six months.


Judges Postpone Milosevic Trial for Month

Judges in Slobodan Milosevic's war crimes trial on Wednesday ordered a one-month adjournment in proceedings to give the former Yugoslav president's court-assigned lawyers time to prepare a defense case.


In a Nov. 15 book review of "The Godfather Returns," The Associated Press erroneously reported the author's first name. He is Mark Winegardner, not Michael Winegardner.


Hundreds of taxi drivers block roads in Bulgaria's capital, Sofia, in protest at the killing of a colleague.


Microsoft moves to replace JPEG with HD Photo

(InfoWorld) - MicrosoftÂ will soon submit a new photo format to an international standards organization that it says offers higher quality images with better compression, the company said on Thursday. The format, HD Photo -- recently renamed from Windows Media Photo -- is taking aim at the JPEG format, a 15-year old technology still widely used in digital cameras and image applications. Both formats take images and use compression to make the file sizes smaller so more photos can fit on a memory card. During compression, however, the quality of the photo tends to degrade. Microsoft said HD Photo's lightweight algorithm causes less damage to photos during compression, with higher-quality images that are half the size of JPEG. The format can also accommodate "lossless" and "lossy" compression, two methods of compressing photo data with different effects on image quality. Microsoft said adjustments can be made to color balance and exposure settings that won't discard or truncate data that occurs with other bitmap formats. Although JPEG is aging, it has been modified to help keep it up to date. The latest JPEG 2000 format features better image quality while also supporting lossless and lossy compression. The original JPEG did only lossy. Time will tell whether HD Photo can supplant JPEG by gaining the support of printer, camera, and application vendors. But Microsoft is supporting the format in products such as its Vista and XP OSes and has already gained an important vendor ally. In the next two months, Adobe Systems and Microsoft will release a plug-ins for CS3 and CS2 versions of its widely used Photoshop program for Vista, XP, and Apple's OS X. Also, Microsoft also has built a HD Photo Device Porting Kit so hardware manufacturers can support it. Â


Attorneys for the three players falsely accused in the Duke University lacrosse rape case are seeking a settlement of about $30 million and several changes to the state's legal process, a person close to the case said early Friday.


Ivory Coast Warplanes Kill 9 French Soldiers

Ivory Coast warplanes killed nine  French soldiers on Saturday in a bombing raid during the  fiercest clashes with rebels for 18 months and France hit back  by destroying most of the West African country's small  airforce.


Saudis Pledge 800,000 Barrels Per Day of New Oil

Saudi Arabia sought to regain some control of oil markets Tuesday, promising to make available 800,000 barrels a day of new oil by the end of the month and to keep pumping crude vigorously.


Pandora UK closes after royalties demands

Collection agencies land kick in the box The robot-powered music streaming service Pandora will close its UK operation next week. The company blames high royalty demands from the two main UK collection agencies. The site will continue to stream to what it recognizes are US-based IP addresses, but will block connections to UK addresses from January 15.â¦


'Peace Train' singer Cat Stevens gets peace prize in Rome

In September, he was accused of having ties to terrorism. Today, he's been honored as a ``Man for Peace.''. The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens was praised at a meeting of Nobel Peace Prize winners in Rome.


Millwall part company with manager Nigel Spackman after five successive defeats.


DaimlerChrysler AG said on Sunday that  its global car sales for 2004 rose 2.1 percent to 3.9 million  units.


Annika Sorenstam has one week to decide whether she wants to play in the Women's World Cup of Golf, the L.P.G.A. Tour's season opener in South Africa in February.


NEW YORK - A slowdown in economic growth and oil prices hovering around $48 per barrel renewed Wall Street's fears of disappointing third-quarter earnings Thursday and kept stocks mixed.    In late morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 49.70, or 0.5 percent, to 10,059.48, one day after the index lost more than 135 points...


Microsoft sees billions in sales from VoIP shift

Microsoft Corp.  sees the shift  by business organizations to Web-based phone systems running on  its software to generate "billions" of dollars in revenue for  the company, a top executive said on Tuesday.


Two arrested over Indian court blasts: report

Police arrested two men Saturday in connection with serial blasts outside courts in three northern Indian cities last month that left 13 dead and 40 wounded, a report said.


The Israeli military killed three al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades activists in a helicopter missile strike on a car in Jenin yesterday. The dead included Mahmoud Abu Khalifeh, the deputy commander in the city of


Cisco says it did not act 'inappropriately' in alleged Brazil scheme

Cisco Systems Inc. said today that four of its workers in Brazil were under arrest in connection with an alleged scheme to import Cisco gear and evade taxes.


Government Retakes Rebel-Held Town as President Visits Eastern ...

Congo's government has announced that forces loyal to Kinshasa have ousted gunmen that seized a southern mining town earlier this week, killing 30 rebels.


Provvedimento per il presidente della Cancellese


JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesians began voting on Monday in a landmark election expected to remove President Megawati Sukarnoputri and install an ex-general who has vowed firmer leadership in fighting terror and boosting the economy.


Mexican police clash with protesters in Oaxaca

OAXACA, Mexico  - Mexican riot police firing tear gas clashed with protesters launching fireworks and throwing gasoline bombs in the colonial city of Oaxaca on Saturday, days before President-elect Felipe Calderon takes office.


Assisted suicide advocate Kevorkian paroled

Jack Kevorkian, a fiery assisted suicide advocate, will be released from a Michigan prison in June after serving eight years for murder and vowing never to help the terminally ill take their own lives again, state officials said on Wednesday.


Non si registrano danni ne' allarme tsunami


Poultry farmers around Europe were on guard Monday against the possible spread of bird flu across the North Sea from infected Britain, fearing the disease could be carried by wild birds. The Netherlands was the first country over the weekend to order restrictions on commercial poultry since the outbreak last week on a turkey farm in eastern England of the H5N1 strain of the virus, which can be deadly for humans.


On the same day a report alleged he failed an amphetamines test, Jason Giambi met with lawyers from the baseball commissioner's office Wednesday to discuss his recent comments on steroids.


(CBS/AP) Four military recruits died in the past year and thousands others were sickened by a flu-like virus for which the military once had a vaccine program that was abandoned to save money.


Prince's anti-YouTube crusade halted by American mommy

Let's all go crazy A Pennsylvania mother of two of has stood-up to the internet-battling escapades of the artist formerly known as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince.â¦


Braves' Furcal Allowed to Play in Playoffs

Atlanta Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal may play in the playoffs despite a probation violation on a drunken-driving charge.


Lawyer's accident may disrupt German 9/11 trial

German judges at the retrial of a Moroccan man accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks will consider how to proceed on Tuesday after one of the defence lawyers was critically injured in a motorcycle accident.


News Analysis: Google keeps Wall Street at bay

Google's auction process, both criticized and feared on Wall Street, could have gone much more smoothly, and investors may yet regret investing in a company that clearly plans to go its own way regardless of what others may think.


The European Union, heavily outnumbered by African and Asian members on the U.N. Human Rights Council, on Thursday defended a new accord governing the body that has been severely criticized by the United States.


John August's directorial debut delivers absurdly cosmic themes that this movie can't sustain.


LOS ANGELES  - On a busy Monday for the  Big Four networks, "24" stayed healthy for Fox in the second  night of its two-pronged season premiere, while viewership of  NBC's Patricia Arquette drama "Medium" remained high in its  second outing.


Another cocaine-laden submarine sinks off Colombia

Colombian cocaine smugglers scuttled a U.S.-bound homemade submarine off the South American country's Pacific coast, Colombia's navy said on Thursday.


The Broadcast / Pro Video Marketplace Macro Overview is a Report of Over 100 Pages of Analysis and Information on the State-of-the-Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c60734)  has announced the addition of "2007 -2008  Broadcast/Pro Video Marketplace Macro Overview Report"  to their offering.  An unbelievable whirlwind is hitting the television/video industry.


The betrayal of the body, decrepitude and death: in 2007 an unprecedented number of serious films, along with the usual slasher movies, contemplated the end of life.


Senior Republican John McCain says Donald Rumsfeld was one of the worst US defence secretaries ever.


Prince Harry is considering invitations from Jewish groups to visit the Auschwitz death camp, a royal spokeswoman said Friday, while Britons debated whether his wearing a swastika armband at a costume party has damaged the monarchy.


European aerospace firm EADS quashes speculation it was poised to take over the French defence electronics firm Thales.


Fujimori Wins Legal Round in Extradition Fight

LIMA, Peru, July 11 -- A Chilean Supreme Court judge ruled Wednesday that former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori should not be extradited to Peru to face charges of corruption and human rights abuses.


Insieme a Giorgio Agamben Ã¨ stato inserito dal settimanalefrancese nell'elenco dei 25 piÃ¹ grandi pensatori del mondo                                                  Toni Negri Ã¨ "il nuovo Marx" per il Nouvel Observateur


UE: STASERA BARROSO ANNUNCIA COMMISSIONE, QUASI CERTO FRATTINI

Bruxelles, 4 nov. (Adnkronos/Aki) - Il presidente designato della Commissione europea Jose' Manuel Durao Barroso presentera' questa sera in una conferenza stampa il nuovo esecutivo con tutte le modifiche apportate.


PAKISTAN pacers Abdul Razzaq and debutant Riaz Afridi took two wickets apiece as Sri Lanka struggled to 6-150 at tea on the first day of the second and final Test in Karachi today.


Il 77,3% dovuto a conflitti per rinnovo contratti


The government is considering introducing "stop and question" powers for the police, says the Home Office.


Two US troops were killed and three wounded by a mine detonated by remote control in Afghanistan's south-central province of Uruzgan, the US military said yesterday.


Women who take high doses of folic acid during pregnancy may increase the risk of getting breast cancer, according to research. A study involving almost 3,000 mums-to-be found women who took the supplement


Apple lawsuit fallout: ThinkSecret.com shutting down

Think Secret will discontinue operations, after settling with Apple Inc. over a controversial lawsuit.


Blokey stores in need of feminine touch With the dash for growth over, UK mobile operator 3 is settling into the business of consolidation. 3 has opened 200 new UK stores in the past year, but there's one slight problem - they're a bit blokey.â¦


Classmates Sue Over 'Dazed and Confused'

SANTA FE, N.M. - Three former high school classmates of "Dazed and Confused" director Richard Linklater have filed a lawsuit claiming they have suffered embarrassment and ridicule because of characters based on them in the movie...


A Taleban leader and former Guantanamo Bay detainee blows himself up in a clash, Pakistan police say.


Judge Urges U.S. to Speed Abu Ghraib Case

MANNHEIM, Germany - A military judge hearing evidence in the alleged abuse of prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison demanded Monday that prosecutors speed up the investigation, warning that further delay could derail the case against at least one of the accused soldiers.    Col...


Golf: Delighted Woods demolishes field for first Japan tour win

MIYAZAKI, Japan : Tiger Woods said he was on the way back to his world-beating best after demolishing the field at the Dunlop Phoenix golf tournament for his first title on the Japan tour.


Kelly becomes president of Sprint Consumer Solutions

Kelly, 45, was senior vice president of Sprint Consumer Solutions, with overall responsibility for marketing, product development, advertising, strategic planning and business development.


DealBook Blog: Marsh to Reorganize Amid Deal Speculation

Shares of Marsh & McLennan rose Thursday following a report that a key executive at its insurance brokerage unit had resigned and that a reorganization of the group was imminent.


Questions and Praise for Google Web Library

When Randall C. Jimerson, the president of the Society of American Archivists, heard of Google's plan to convert certain holdings at Oxford University and at some of the leading research


Gartner warns of environmental power struggles

Switch the lights off as you leave Analyst house Gartner is warning technology bosses to take the twin issues of pollution and energy consumption seriously, because policy makers are starting to pay serious attention.â¦


HHS Orders Avian Flu Vaccine from Aventis

The U.S. Health and Human Services  Department said on Tuesday it had ordered 2 million doses of  avian influenza vaccine from Aventis Pasteur Inc.   .


MS sues resellers for counterfeit certificates

Microsoft is taking action against US resellers who are using dodgy Certificates of Authenticity (COA) to pass off counterfeit software as the real deal.


Social Security a Problem, Not Crisis-Lawmaker

A top Republican lawmaker on Social  Security issues on Sunday called the retirement system's  finances a "problem" rather than a crisis, distancing himself  from the crisis terminology used by the White House in seeking  public support for private accounts.


Serb fails to appear at war crimes trial

A Serbian ultranationalist accused of unleashing a murderous campaign of terror as Yugoslavia crumbled boycotted the start of his war crimes trial on Monday.


Vicenza, 18:37 - CALCIO, SCAMBIO VICENZA-ATALANTA FRA BERNARDINI E FISSORE

Doppio accordo tra Vicenza e Atalanta. L'intesa prevede l'arrivo a titolo definitivo alla societ&agr...


THE improbable dream is almost reality. Glenn McGrath, brilliantly leading the charge in his 100th Test, yesterday joined pace partner Jason Gillespie in choking the life out of India's underachieving top order in the third Test.


After years of drought Zambia is exporting its maize surplus to neighbouring countries, says the deputy agriculture minister.


These promising companies were chosen by investors who have already picked market-beating stocks at huge gains.


Devils Signed Left Wing Dean McAmmond to AHL Contract

OCTOBER 5, 2004 -East Rutherford, NJ - New Jersey Devils CEO/President/General Manager Lou Lamoriello today announced that left wing Dean McAmmond has been signed to an AHL contract.


UNDAUNTED by a stinging setback from his party, Israel's prime minister, Ariel Sharon, will press ahead with his controversial plan to withdraw from Gaza, his aides said yesterday.


Intel backs project to give laptops to poor kids

Intel Corp.  said on Friday it will support a Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher's project to put computers in the hands of poor children around the world, reversing its long-standing opposition to the proposal.


Broadway Video Enterprises: Saturday Night

Thanks to a production process facilitated by Macs and Xsan, the legendary first season of “Saturday Night Live” comes to DVD (and to iTunes) at last.


After deals with ABC and NBC fell through last week, Paris Hilton will now give her first post-jail interview to Larry King on CNN on Wednesday night.


Tycho:  Just like the blistered, hungry dead, Armadeaddon itself lumbers - toward its inevitable conclusion.  There are two more installments, or perhaps I should say there is one more installment and then an epilogue. Because that is the caliber of site we operate: a site with epilogues and denouements and perhaps even the occasional finale.


A Chilean appeals court is set to rule on whether former leader Augusto Pinochet is fit to stand trial.


CBS Reaches Comprehensive Retransmission Consent Agreements With Nine Separate Cable Operators

NEW YORK, Feb. 22  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CBS Corporation  today announced it has reached comprehensive retransmission consent agreements with nine separate cable operators, including several Top 25 MSOs, covering more than one million subscribers nationally.


GamesAreFun has screenshots and info on the upcoming PStwo that will be released in the US on November 1. In other Playstation news, Yahoo!


A search team finds the remains of two of the four French climbers who went missing in Nepal last October.


By Anna King, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Feb. 5--BENTON CITY -- A lot of money is riding on a Kennewick Irrigation District proposal to bring more water to Red Mountain.


Palermo, 19:54 - CALCIO, SERIE A: PALERMO-LIVORNO 1-0

Il Palermo ha battuto il Livorno 1-0 (0-0) nel primo anticipo della 21/a giornata del campionato di ...


A court hears a mother may have poisoned her son with table salt as she was having difficulties caring for him.


With Echoes of Clinton '92, Another 'Comeback Kid'

MANCHESTER, N.H., Jan. 8 -- New Hampshire proved to be the political firewall that the Clinton campaign long had hoped for. Just as New Hampshire voters saved Bill Clinton's candidacy 16 years ago, they revived Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's faltering presidential campaign Tuesday night.


Babcock revises $2.2 bln NorthWestern bid

Australia's Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Ltd.  made a revised takeover offer for U.S. utility NorthWestern Energy Corp.  after a regulator blocked its initial US$2.2 billion bid on concerns the deal was not in the interests of customers.


Spare a thought for John Bracewell as New Zealand attempt to repair their already badly-dented reputation in the second test against Australia.


Cancer Killed Almost 8 Million Worldwide in 2007

MONDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News)  -- Cancer continues to cut a deadly swath across the globe, with the American Cancer Society reporting 12 million new cases of malignancy diagnosed worldwide in 2007, with 7.6 million people dying from the disease.


Behind Every Successful Man, There's a Stronger One

Paul Weitz's engagingly lightweight drama is a gently revisionist fairy tale about good versus evil set on the battlefield of contemporary corporate culture.


An introduction to using refactoring, unit testing and ZenTest on existing code.


Ieri l'Opec ha deciso di aumentare la produzione da novembre


An astonishing collection of fossil animals from southern Australia is reported by scientists.


A Refugee's Cry Echoes:  'We Didn't Get Anything'

At the Indonesian military's primary airfield here, cartons of instant noodles, bottled water and medicine were stacked high inside a hangar Wednesday, awaiting delivery to camps filled with desperate tsunami victims. Two Australian military transport planes landed with more water, military rations and medicine, adding to a mountain of assistance marshaled at the base.


Four-time Olympic champion Matthew Pinsent is expected to announce his retirement from rowing when he holds a news conference at Henley today.


European employees of the auto giant General Motors are set to step up protests on Tuesday at the company's plans to cut 12,000 jobs.


Sondaggi danno per certa una vittoria nettisima della destra


Guides 10-year plan for science and innovation


Microsoft Ruling May Bode Ill for Other Companies

Experts said a European antitrust ruling might signal problems for companies like Apple, Intel and Qualcomm.


Pentagon Cutbacks Could Include Navy Carrier, Fighters

PENTAGON -- Budget cuts being considered by the Pentagon are expected to affect all branches of the US military, including the Navy's fleet of 12 aircraft carriers.


CHIBA, Japan  - Thousands of Japanese fans rocked to the rhythm of a virtual techno beat act as a global concert aimed at persuading millions of fans to go green for the environment moved onto a venue near Tokyo on Saturday.


Child Mortality at Record Low; Unicef Predicts Further Drop

For the first time since record keeping began in 1960, the number of deaths of young children around the world has fallen below 10 million a year, Unicef reported.


Milo Ventimiglia & Hayden Panettiere Are an Item

Fall's turn into winter cranked up the heat in one respect: the connection between Milo Ventimiglia and Hayden Panettiere.  Having previously denied a relationship, the two Heroes stars are now considered an item.  "Hayden's mom adores Milo. She th...


US News, A university in New York has been funded to keep tabs on IRC conversations with money channelled through the National Science Foundation by the CIA, documents have revealed The CIA is quietly funding federal research into surveillance of Internet


Administration Gives Mixed View on Drug Imports

The Bush administration said Tuesday that commercial importation of some low-cost prescription drugs from Canada might be feasible.


L'emozione uccide una donna di 29 anni, madre di tre bambiniIl cardiologo: "Emozioni forti possono essere concause letali"                                          Vince al Bingo e muore d'infarto "I soccorsi hanno tardato"


Reigning league MVP Kevin Garnett has picked up where he left off last season for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The same canât be said for the defending NBA champion Detroit Pistons.


Jenson Button says he can thrive with BAR in 2005 despite his bitter contract dispute with the Formula One team. Button agreed to join Williams next season but was told he must stay with BAR by the contract recognition board.


Puts Google to shame If you haven't seen the demo, see it now. In March, at the annual Technology, Education, Design (TED) conference in Monterrey, California, Microsoft Live Labs took the wraps off a mind-bending digital photo app called Seadragon, and you can now stream a video of this not-to-be-missed demo from the TED website. Coupled with Photosynth, another project in the works at Live Labs, Seadragon could take Google's much-discussed StreetView idea to a whole new level.â¦


Un giovane tunisino, Amor Knis di 35 anni, si era nascosto nell'auto della fidanzata, una bresciana di 32 anni madre di due bambini. Probabilmente Ã¨ stato stroncato da un collasso a causa del caldo > I numeri.


British lawmakers said Tuesday they will hold a formal inquiry on the treatment of wounded troops, amid reports that soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan are receiving shoddy care on their return home.


Congressional panel votes to kill Boeing Air Force tanker lease

A congressional committee has voted to kill a hotly contested Boeing deal to lease 767 jetliners to the US Air Force as refueling tankers.


Microsoft teams with JiWire to offer ad-based muni Wi-Fi

Blog: JiWire says it has the right model to make advertising on citywide Wi-Fi networks really work.


Dal regista cult Darren Aronofsky, un film che spazia tra metafisica, realismo e fantascienza. Opera ambiziosa                                                  Love story tra passato e futuro "The Fountain" divide la critica                                                                                Protagonista della storia la bella Rachel Weiszche Ã¨ anche la compagna di vita dell'autore dal nostro inviato CLAUDIA MORGOGLIONE


Calcio, il Â«Bidone d'oroÂ» a Legrottaglie

Oltre 7 mila i voti che hanno incoronato il centrale della Juventus. Tra i primi otto anche Bettarini, Coco e Materazzi. MILANO - Va a Nicola Legrottaglie, difensore della Juventus, il poco ambito Â«Bidone d'oroÂ», una sorta di Pallone d'oro al contrario.


Psychological thrillers gain a toehold as they tone down the gore for a PG-13 audience.


As expected, the Federal Reserve raised a key interest rate one-quarter point in continuing efforts to stave off inflation while holding rates at near record lows to help fuel economic expansion.


United Nations urges better help for women, girls infected with ...

Governments must do more to ensure women and girls get treatment for HIV/AIDS, the United Nations health agency said Tuesday, the eve of World AIDS Day.


Tax Rules Give Temporary Oil Price Relief

U.S. accounting rules, which can bolster end-year oil prices by encouraging companies to run down stocks, are this year helping to cool overheated markets by creating a glut of prompt supply, analysts said.


Seven U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq, including four in the western province of Anbar, where gains in security were hailed this week by U.S. President George W. Bush during an unannounced visit to the desert region.


Shaq, Kobe play against each other for first time

Kobe Bryant took a moment to ponder the persistent questioning, and the words came tumbling out. "I sat back, I reminisced, I stood at the window, I saw two birds chirping.


Elizabeth Burnosky is a registered Democrat who voted for President Bush in 2000, opposes his policy on Iraq and calls Sen. John Kerry "a little wussy boy." There may be no greater commodity in presidential politics than a voter like Burnosky — an undecided woman with no firm party allegiance.


Arrestati 3 componenti di un gruppo terroristico islamico


Montezemolo: "Significativo passo in avanti anche per Alfa La sinergia tra i marchi arricchirÃ  l'offerta delle auto sportive"                                                  Ferrari trasferirÃ  alla Fiat la proprietÃ  di Maserati                                                                                Ma la Borsa accoglie freddamente l'annuncio: i titoli Fiat continuano a perdere, -2,43 per cento a 5,98 euro


France Enters Fight Over Londonâs Road Charges

The French have now joined the Americans, and reportedly some other nations as well, in refusing to pay the fee London charges to drive into its city center.


Scientists believe they have pinpointed the origin of a low frequency "hum" that emanates from the Earth. The noise - which can be picked up in the two and seven mHz (millihertz) range - occurs far below the


Roma, 23:59 - CALCIO, PALERMO; GUIDOLIN: ACCETTIAMO IL VERDETTO DEL CAMPO

Francesco Guidolin accetta con sportività la sconfitta per 1-0 del suo Palermo sul campo dell...


Matsushita to launch new Blu-ray DVD recorders in Nov

Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial  Co. (6752.T) said on Wednesday it would start selling two new  Blu-ray DVD recorders in Japan on November 15, heating up a  format battle for next generation optical disc technology.


'Rocket' Clemens Lands Record Seventh Cy Young Award

Roger Clemens, at 42, became the oldest Cy Young winner in Major League history on Tuesday, claiming the award for a record seventh time.


Il killer ha esultato dopo l'esecuzione, poi e' fuggito


Investigators are due to release their initial report on the possible cause of the fatal Cumbria train crash.


Police find bomb in London, open terrorism probe

British police defused a car bomb in central London on Friday and said the device made up of petrol, gas cylinders and nails could have caused significant loss of life, anti-terrorism authorities said.


Business software maker Oracle Corp. agreed Wednesday to buy BEA Systems Inc. for about $7.85 billion, a compromise price that ends a months-long dispute over the value of the company that pioneered Web services software.


The best-selling American novelist Sidney Sheldon dies aged 89 of complications from pneumonia.


Sharon Long is known as the "skull lady" for her work giving faces to the dead. When Fort Myers, Florida, police found eight sets of remains last year, they turned to her. They hope the faces she created will help lead to a breakthrough in the mystery slayings of eight men.


Somalia Contact Group meets for first time

A U.S.-organized group of nations concerned about the rise of Islamic factions in Somalia lent its support Thursday to the country's weak interim government and demanded free access so aid groups can help the impoverished Somali people.


No, I'm not referring to the uproar over ABC's "Desperate Housewives" promo that included Owens and aired before Monday Night Football this week.


Microsoft has released a new build of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to about 15,000 testers, lending credence to recent speculation that the final code release is fast approaching.


The book on Eagles coach: Pretty good Reid

The "other" coach isn't bad, either. The Patriots have the cerebral, focused quasi-genius on their side. With four Super Bowl rings in his collection -- two as an assistant with the Giants and two as the boss in New England -- Bill Belichick has become the Coach of the New Millennium, or something like that. If the ...


Bloccato nelle Filippine in attesa di un visto di studio per Singaporel'autorizzazione non Ã¨ arrivata e non ha potuto neanche rientrare a Manila                                                  Ragazzo ghanese come Tom Hanks passa sei settimane in aeroporto                                                                                "E' un po' noioso, io non ho avuto una storia d'amore con una hostess"


Forty-four separate incidents are graphically recounted in the new Army report on abuses committed by US soldiers against Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison.


Bush and Kerry at war over Iraq, Al-Qaeda

US President George W. Bush has slammed rival John Kerry for questioning Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's upbeat forecasts for his country.


Manchester City boss Kevin Keegan has been charged by the Football Association for his confrontation with referee Steve Dunn in the tunnel after Sunday's 4-3 defeat to Newcastle.


Today, US Republicans are gathering in Madison Square Garden, the famed New York sports arena, where they will hold their national convention and formally put forward


Myanmar completes release of 9,000 prison inmates

YANGON  - Myanmar has completed its mass release of more than 9,000 inmates, a prison department source said, following a shake-up in the military-run regime.


Bank of Valletta launches Euro 6-year Euribor linked Callable Deposit

Bank of Valletta's Private Banking Division has just launched a Euro 6-year Euribor linked Callable Deposit for its Maltese and international clients.


Ramallah, West Bank -- Confounding cynics, the Palestinians have embarked on an election process that could make history as the first truly democratic ballot ever held in the Arab world.


Ultrasound images from the womb are increasingly being made not for medical purposes but by companies offering expectant parents a sort of prebirth viewing.


Nepal king seeks support with anti-graft drive

Nepal's King Gyanendra will focus on fighting corruption and poverty in the Himalayan kingdom, state media said on Saturday, setting a populist direction days after he seized power.


Adelphia offers to settle for $300 million

Adelphia Communications Corp. has offered $300 million to settle investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department, the company said.


President Evo Morales has backed off a proposal to remove Roman Catholic instruction from Bolivia's schools, easing a dispute with church officials over his plan to place greater emphasis on Indian faiths.


Judge Won't Consider Jackson Case Delays

Judge Won't Consider Delays in Michael Jackson Case That's Scheduled to Start Trial Jan. 31. Defense attorneys Thomas A. Mesereau, Jr.


Hanoi, 16:30 - CALCIO, VIETNAM: DURE CONDANNE A QUATTRO ARBITRI CORROTTI

Quattro arbitri vietnamiti, arrestati lunedÃ¬ ad Hanoi con l'accusa di malversazione, sono stati pun...


Police charge eight men with terror offences, including conspiracy to murder.


Uninsured Benefit Once They Are Covered by Medicare

THURSDAY, Dec. 27 (HealthDay News) -- People who are intermittently or totally uninsured in the decade prior to reaching Medicare eligibility experience substantial improvements in health once such coverage kicks in, a new study reveals.


Dow -0,31%, Nasdaq -0,79%. Euro in ribasso a 1,3264 dollari


Yahoo launches live cam site, but can't handle traffic

Yahoo Live, the search company's new live cam site, underwent what you might call an "experimental" launch last night. If the Greeks ever considered a letter that could come before "alpha," this might have been the time to use it.


Oracle Raises PeopleSoft Bid by 14% to $8.8 Billion

Oracle Corp. raised its takeover offer for PeopleSoft Inc. by 14 percent to $8.8 billion, increasing the pressure on the smaller software company to give up its 17-month fight against the bid.


Roma, 15:57 - CALCIO, ABETE: SU NESTA E TOTTI DECISIONE ENTRO FINE MESE

''I nodi riguardanti Nesta e Totti vanno sciolti entro la fine di luglio, al massimo entro i primi g...


Bush, Kerry Bow to McCain's Wishes on Ads

NEW YORK - President Bush and Sen. John Kerry bowed to the wishes of popular maverick John McCain on Thursday, as the president embraced the Republican senator's legal fight against big-money special interest groups airing negative ads and the Democratic nominee scrapped a commercial that featured McCain...


Acute trusts back on track BT has claimed its revised strategy for London is helping to get the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) back on track in acute trusts.â¦


Grand View of Nature ; Conservationist Rescued Canyon

By Ben Dobbin< Associated Press  CASTILE, N.Y. - Turkey vultures with 6-foot wingspans glide on eddies off Inspiration Point, a favorite lookout in Letchworth State Park.


Ascoli Piceno, 18:49 - CALCIO, ASCOLI: BOUDIANSKI ALL'UDINESE

L'Ascoli ha raggiunto l'accordo con l'Udinese per la cessione a titolo definitivo del centrocampista...


DES MOINES. Dec. 17 -- Former senator John Edwards (D-N.C.) has been here before, looking up at the front-runners and hoping for a late surge to propel his candidacy.


Just about a year ago, interim general manager Jeff Gorton, the steward of the Bruins' checkbook, committed $57.5 million to two prized free agents.


November 29, 2004 - Valve announced today that it won summary judgement against Vivendi Universal Games in Valve's suit regarding cyber cafe game licensing.


Man wanted by U.S. takes top job in Panama Congress

Panama's lawmakers on Saturday elected as head of the National Assembly a man wanted by the United States in the murder of a U.S. soldier, a move Washington said was deeply disappointing.


Shadgan Internationally Known Wetland in Serious Danger  Profile

According to "Tehran Times", enjoying a warm arid climate, Shadgan is a southern city of Khuzestan Province 971 kilometers from Tehran.


Another credit crisis victim - wine prices

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The subprime mortgage crisis may be pushing housing prices down but it could soon have the opposite effect on Chardonnay, Chianti or Shiraz.


Dollar Firms Ahead of Greenspan Testimony

The dollar firmed on Wednesday as  investors awaited comments from the Federal Reserve chief that  are expected to point to further rises in U.S. interest rates  this year.


Majority of Americans favor death penalty: poll

The majority of Americans support the death penalty but nearly 40 percent think their moral beliefs would disqualify them from serving on a jury in a capital trial, a poll showed on Saturday.


How to tap and protect Africa's natural resources, the continent's role in the world and the information age's impact on African society are pressing themes as a summit of African leaders opens Thursday.


The Scots Guards operating in southern Iraq say they have prevent transport disruption on the main route north.


Mike Wallner's Blog: HttpRequestDataShare

Mike Wallner has an update posted about the development of the pecl/http package.   I recently implemented an interface to the curl-share functionality in form of an HttpRequestDataShare class.   He includes the data that the Reflection API would give for this new functionality and how it can be used to make name lookups simple.


Poland coach Pawel Janas says he has not had time to prepare for the game with England.


Suicide Bomb Attack on Iraq Shi'ite Party Kills 1

A suicide car bomber attacked a Baghdad  office used by a major Shi'ite party on Tuesday in the latest  insurgent attack aimed at stoking sectarian strife ahead of  Jan. 30 polls expected to be dominated by Shi'ites.


Con Goa l'equitazione diventa eleganza urbana


RIM Incorporates QWERTY Keyboard In Small Mobile Devices

It's now possible to enjoy all the benefits of a full featured QWERTY keyboard in a small wireless device, thanks to Research In Motion's (RIM) new patent-pending SureType keyboard.


Chicago Mayor Daley running for 6th term

Mayor Richard M. Daley announced Monday he will run for a sixth term, a move that could put him in office longer than his legendary father.


Greece declares nationwide emergency after fires kill 46

ZACHARO, Greece  - The Greek government declared a nationwide state of emergency on Saturday after raging forest fires killed at least 46 people and trapped many more in villages surrounded by flames.


Australia's Howard Uses Specter of Higher Rates to Sway Voters

Australian Prime Minister John Howard used the specter of higher interest rates under a Labor government to try to convince voters to give his Liberal-National coalition a fourth term


After deciding that Augusto Pinochet is mentally fit to stand trial, a Chilean judge on Monday indicted the 89-year-old former dictator for his alleged role in the abduction and summary execution of suspected political opponents in the 1970s.


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Economic recovery is gathering speed in the euro zone and inflation prospects are favorable, the European Central Bank said on Thursday as it


Hollywood continues its tired milking of old television properties with âAlvin and the Chipmunks,â a slick updating of the musical-cartoon franchise.


Crysis Single Player Demo Coming Sept. 25

A single-player demo for the much-anticipated DX10 game is coming to PC on September 25.


Singer Yusuf to visit U.S. with new album

British singer Yusuf Islam,  formerly known as Cat Stevens, is set to visit the United  States later this year to promote his new album after being  denied entry in 2004 when his name appeared on a watch list.


Sixty years on, Bastogne recalls Battle of the Bulge

To find the city hall in Bastogne, walk past the White House Hotel, cross Gen. McAuliffe square, turn at the Dakota Cafe and it's the building on the right, flying the stars-and-stripes, just before you reach ...


[TS] About New York: 90th Floor Frozen, Even as Ground Zero Changes

Sept. 11, as a public occasion, has shrunk to life size: potent as ever for people holding photographs, but unlikely to start wars again.


India recover from a paltry 204 all out to beat England by 23 runs at Lord's.


The White House rejects subpoenas for documents in the case of federal prosecutors sacked last year.


Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard has warned his team-mates they will miss out on next season's Champions League if they do not quickly shake off a costly habit of drawing matches they should win.


Defense has defined Jim Johnson as a coach, and his tactics with the Philadelphia Eagles have been copied by many NFL teams. But Johnson's roots are on offense -- he was a collegiate quarterback and became a defensive specialist almost by chance.


John Olerud isn't sure whether he'll be wearing a Yankees uniform come Opening Day 2005, but the first baseman isn't ruling out that option.


The WHO says a framework deal will ensure states share H5N1 virus samples and that vaccines are fairly priced.


Gand, 19:02 - SCHERMA, EUROPEI; SPADA: TAGLIAROL IN FINALE PER L'ORO

Matteo Tagliariol si è qualificato per la finale del torneo di spada agli Europei di Gand, in...


Rosa Parks Gets Free Rent After Facing Eviction

U.S. civil rights icon Rosa Parks faced  possible eviction from her Detroit apartment after falling  behind on her rent two years ago, but now she is living there  free of charge, church sources said on Monday.


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The deadlocked jury in the murder trial of music producer Phil Spector are told not to consider a lesser charge.


Montoya wins Brazilian Grand Prix, Raikkonen second and ...

Juan Pablo Montoya won in his final race for Williams-BMW on Sunday, beating future McLaren teammate Kimi Raikkonen to capture the Brazilian Grand Prix.


Cisco Systems on Monday appeared to further distance itself from a tax scandal in Brazil, saying it can't vouch for everything its channel partners do.In the case, in which four Cisco employees and 44 other people reportedly have been arrested, Cisco's Brazilian unit has been accused of importing $500 million worth of telecommunications and networking equipment without paying the necessary duties, according to a Reuters report.The case has shed a rare negative light on Cisco's business practices. The company, which operates around the world and is experiencing strong growth in developing countries, has a reputation for conservative practices and solid accounting.In its latest statement, the networking vendor explained its indirect sales model and said more than 90 percent of its business in Brazil goes through channel partners. That's more than the worldwide rate, which is over 80 percent, Cisco said."If fiscal fraud occurred in the companies that distribute or resell Cisco products, Cisco is not necessarily responsible for these misdeeds," the statement said. "While we hire highly respected audit firms to perform random audits of our distributors, no corporation engaging in an indirect sales model can directly vouch for or control every action of its distributors."The company has used a channel model around the world for years, letting local distributors and value-added resellers customize products locally, Cisco said. The company works with more than 55 certified channel partners to sell products in Brazil. Some channel partners buy products directly from Cisco and some from authorized Cisco distributors, it said.The company has more than 250 employees in Brazil, which represents 1 percent of the company's worldwide business, it said. Cisco said it remains fully committed to doing business in the country.Cisco said it is cooperating with the authorities and conducting its own inquiry to understand the situation and provide as much information as possible, but said it would be wrong to comment further now. Cisco has said before that it does not believe it acted inappropriately.


Sales of new U.S. homes fell 1.6 percent in May to a lower-than-expected level while prices climbed from April, according to a government report on Tuesday that continued to point to weakness in the housing sector.


Funk battles to win Southern Farm by one shot

Madison, MS (Sports Network) - Fred Funk fired a six-under 66 Sunday to win the Southern Farm Bureau Classic by one stroke over Ryan Palmer.


Pitt Tops West Virginia on Buzzer Beater

Ronald Ramon beats the final horn with a game-winning 3-pointer and No. 21 Pittsburgh rallies in the final minute to beat cold-shooting rival West Virginia, 55-54, on Thursday night.


Amid all the mystical, psychological and historical significance of the Red Sox win in the World Series, let's not overlook one of the most fascinating distinctions of this team.


Mobile DRM patents are pooled under single license

The patents needed for an overarching Digital Rights Management (DRM) system for protecting digital music, video, and software from illegal file sharing over mobile devices have been successfully pooled together, the film and music technology company MPEG LA announced Thursday.


The exact cause of death couldn't be determined but there was no sign of "surgical or anesthetic misadventure" in the death of Donda West, Kanye West's mother, a coroner's report said Thursday.


His mom confirmed that like her, son Christiano too was Bollywood pe fida.


Big delegate-states could really influence the race on the G.O.P. side.


MUMBAI: Miss India United Kingdom, Amrita Hunjan, beat contestants from 14 other countries at a gala event held at a luxury hotel here to wrest the title of Miss India Worldwide 2005.


A prototype artificial skin which can be used to heal wounds has been developed by British researchers.


Bombay HC asks ZEE, ESPN to submit fresh bids

ZEE Telefilms has sought time from the Bombay High Court to respond to the court's proposal of submitting fresh bids for the BCCI cricket telecast rights to the court.


At DEMO, Innovations With High Aspirations

PALM DESERT, Calif. The DEMO technology show may have little of the glitz and glamour of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but to industry insiders, the three-day show reveals clues about what's on the cusp of being the next hot thing.


German unemployment unexpectedly rose in May breaking a run of 13 consecutive monthly falls.


Il giovane ucciso da un colpo partito dalla sua pistola


Tape: Hassan Urges British to Leave Iraq

Margaret Hassan, the kidnapped British director of CARE International, is seen in this image made from an undated video aired on Al-Jazeera television Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004.


Pliers, Toenails Said Found in Couple's RV

Pliers and what appeared to be pieces of toenails or fingernails were found by detectives searching a motor home belonging to a couple accused of torturing five of their adopted children, authorities said Friday.


Money talks, Klein walks as health summit opens

Despite the prime minister's plea that the first ministers meeting not devolve into an argument over numbers, the first day of his long-awaited health care summit did exactly that.


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BT Escapes Breakup in Review of Industry

Britain's telecommunications regulator backed away from breaking up BT Group PLC on Thursday and instead ordered the industry giant to improve competitor access to its networks.


Nerd World: The touchscreen comes to the iPod, and Lev Grossman has that gadget-lust feeling again


Life sought for Algerian accused of Paris bombs

A French public prosecutor sought life imprisonment on Wednesday for an Algerian on trial for helping finance attacks that killed eight people in a spate of bombing on the Paris rail network in 1995.


The Colorado Rockies are playing the Boston Red Sox in Game Two of the World Series.


The MoD's top civil servant is urged to resign by a senior MP  over "blunders" in buying helicopters.


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Certain adapters may pose a risk of fire or electrical shock.


Chinese pupils shine in English exam system

Children of Chinese origin are the best-performing ethnic group in England's education system, government statistics have shown.


Bombings in Pakistan at 'unprecedented' level

Today's bombing in Pakistan, coming on the heels of the attack that killed Benazir Bhutto, highlights a growing problem in that country -- the rise of suicide bombers. One terrorism expert says the attacks have reached an "unprecedented" scale.


Labour's leaders put on a show of unity  after MPs criticise Tony Blair and Gordon Brown over reports of a rift.


GOP chairman urges party to get on track

The sting of Republican electoral defeats still fresh, the GOP chairman suggested Thursday the party has strayed and challenged it to refocus on core principles and reform.


Chad LaRose converts a penalty shot and Eric Staal scores on the power play in the third period to give Carolina a 4-3 win over Boston.


Wired & Wireless continues its reign at the top spot among IT priorities due to widespread IP telephony and wireless deployment.


Rebel in Najaf Sends Messages of Conciliation

AGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 18 - Displaying the brinkmanship that has made him one of the United States' most powerful adversaries in Iraq, the rebel cleric Moktada al-Sadr sent last-minute messages of conciliation on Wednesday that appeared to ...


Rain nightmare is 'ghastly', says Wimbledon chief

Wimbledon chiefs will resist the temptation to ask players to play twice a day as the rain-soaked 2007 championships face a crisis-level backlog of matches and the prospect of a third week extension.


Oil prices extended losses on Thursday  after a bigger-than-expected rise in U.S. fuel inventories  soothed worries of a winter squeeze.


3 Internet Providers in Deal for Tailored Ads

Three Internet providers in Britain have teamed up with a company called Phorm, whose technology tracks Web users and sends them ads related to their interests.


Cleaner throws out bag of trash in artwork

A janitor at a London museum threw away a bag full of paper and cardboard, not realizing that it was part of a work of art. Recreation of First Public Demonstration of Auto


Sofia Residential Market Sees Prices Up in Q3

Business: 20 October 2004, Wednesday. The average price of residential real estate in Bulgaria's capital in the third quarter of this year stood at BGN 1,061.50 per sq.


US Condemns Attack at Bangladesh Rally as Threat to Democracy

An attack at an opposition political rally in Bangladesh that killed 19 people is an attempt to undermine democracy in the south Asian nation, the US State Department said.


Big Brain Theory: Have Cosmologists Lost Theirs?

A bizarre scenario takes theories of modern cosmology to the limit.


Israel to offer intelligence, humanitarian aid to Russia

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was expected to offer intelligence and humanitarian assistance to Russia after the Beslan hostage tragedy in talks with visiting Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.


Scientists Use 'X-Ray Glasses' to Dissect Fossils

Researchers use X-ray scanners to create 3-D models of prehistoric creatures preserved inside rocks.


Protestano contro la perdita del potere di acquisto


Kuznetsova takes care of Davenport in US Open semis

By Richard Drew, AP. Kuznetsova, the ninth seed from Russia, reached her first Grand Slam final with a stunning 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 triumph over fifth-seeded American Davenport in the semifinals of the US Open.


Neverland Workers: Search Exceeded Warrant

SANTA MARIA, Calif. Aug. 21, 2004 - Sheriff's deputies searching Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch went into areas they didn't have court approval to enter, according to two of the entertainer's employees.


By SETH BORENSTEIN HOUSTON - NASA gave space shuttle Atlantis the all-clear to come home Thursday after a stem-to-stern inspection prompted by a mysterious flurry of orbital litter found no damage to the ship.


Arts, Briefly: North Korean Orchestra to Visit England

On the heels of plans by the New York Philharmonic to perform in North Korea comes word that the 120-member North Korea State Symphony Orchestra is to play two concerts in England. The Guardian of London reported that after three years of planning and organizing, that orchestra will perform in September at the Royal Festival Hall in London and in Middlesbrough in northeast England. The visit was described as the âbrainchildâ of the opera singer Suzannah Clarke, who, in 2003, became the first British singer to perform in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. The newspaper said that she had suggested that her hosts invite other foreign musicians to North Korea and send its orchestra abroad. Ms. Clarke comes from Middlesbrough.


Ivory Coast rebels demand Gbagbo step down

Ivory Coast's rebel New Forces are demanding that President Laurent Gbagbo step down to allow stability to return to the divided west African state, in the throes of a new crisis after government forces ...


A girl claims a teenager accused of murder had previously blindfolded her and tied her up.


A partially exploded incendiary device is found in a department store in County Antrim.


Irish premier in NYC, Washington to seek support for peacemaking

Prime Minister Bertie Ahern departed Tuesday for his annual St. Patrick's swing through New York and Washington, this time seeking American support for the Northern Ireland peace process as a power-sharing ...Comment


Qualcomm Expects $50 3G Handsets Within Two Years

U.S.-based wireless technology company Qualcomm said on Tuesday it expects $50 handsets for faster third generation (3G) mobile phone networks to be on the market in two years' time.


Maine's Crocker part of record-setting team

ATHENS -- Michael Phelps was sitting in the bleachers in his team shirt and shorts last night, waving a small American flag and exulting in every gold medal. Especially the one he got without swimming a stroke.


Nothing went according to plan for Annika Sorenstam until the trophy presentation Sunday at the ADT Championship in West Palm Beach, Fla.


Lawyers for file-swapping software firm Kazaa have begun their defence in a landmark Australian music piracy case. Kazaa said its software, which allows users to exchange copyrighted music over the internet


Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton had an emotional reunion Monday with a colleague from the early days of her legal career as a child advocate. The moment came as she revisited her law school days while hosting a campaign event at the Yale Child Study Center where she first pursued her interest in child advocacy.


Broadcom says Qualcomm's request for stay on ITC order denied

- Chip designer Broadcom Corp.  said the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) denied Qualcomm Inc's  request to stay the regulator's recent order in the ongoing patent dispute between the companies.


Pakistan father files new appeal for custody of Scottish girl

The father of a Scottish girl at the centre of an international custody battle has filed an appeal with Pakistan's Supreme Court against an order to send her back to her mother in Britain.


Star Wars creator George Lucas is handing over millions of dollars to the university where he studied film.


Stable oil helps bourses but its high price continues to beleaguer airlines; Nestle shares take hit.


The beaching of the MSC Napoli near a World Heritage Site was to stop a wider environmental catastrophe, a minister says.


The insurance brokerage reports good earnings, but a subpoena sinks its stock.


Soaring oil price casts shadow over US economy

Oil prices surged briefly to a record high of 50 US dollars per barrel on Monday as the petroleum production in the Gulf of Mexico will not return to normal quickly after


Family and friends gather in their hundreds to say goodbye to five family members killed in a storm.


GENEVA - Tyler Hamilton will keep his Olympic cycling gold medal because a backup drug test was inconclusive, the International Olympic Committee said Thursday.    Hamilton tested positive for signs of blood doping in the initial sample Aug...


Mississippi Expects to Be Site of a Toyota Assembly Plant

The governor of Mississippi is expected to announce this morning that his state will be the site of Toyotaâs eighth assembly plant in the United States.


The mother of the teenage gunman who killed eight people at a busy shopping mall earlier this month apologized Thursday for her son's crime and said she did her best raising him.


Arsenic trioxide boosts survival in leukemia

CHICAGO  - In adults with newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), the addition of arsenic trioxide to standard therapy significantly improves survival, according to a phase III study presented over the weekend at the 43rd annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.


President Bush and the Federal Reserve aren't taking aggressive enough action to prevent a recession, former Treasury secretary Lawrence H. Summers said yesterday, as Democrats ramped up their attacks on the administration's handling of the housing downturn and credit crises.


Microsoft buys into master data management

Blog: To build up the business intelligence tools in Office, Microsoft acquires privately held Stratature.


The Chief Medical Officer for England says alcohol tax should be increased to protect people's health.


The puck stops here: NHL lockout could last a long time

Both sides of the National Hockey League's labour impasse seem to be dug in for the long haul. Team owners, claiming heavy losses, are steadfast in their demand that a salary cap be included in the new collective


Tim Henman opens 2005 with a 6-1 7-5 win over David Nalbandian.


"Spring Awakening" tipped to sweep Tony Awards in NY

Sunday is Tony night -- and not just for Tony Soprano whose fate will be sealed in the final episode of "The Sopranos." It's also the night Broadway hands out its biggest prizes of the year, the Tony Awards.


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F&P Appliances Buys Dynamic Cooking for $33 Mln

Fisher & Paykel Appliances Holdings Ltd., New Zealand's biggest home appliances maker, agreed to buy Dynamic Cooking Systems Inc.


Citigroup poised to bid for Japan's Nikko Cordial

Citigroup was poised on Tuesday to launch a takeover bid for scandal-hit Japanese brokerage Nikko Cordial Corp. in a deal worth more than $5 billion that would mark the U.S. bank's resurgence in Japan.


Skype: Client Updates May Have Played a Role in Service Outage

The Skype representative who first invoked the phrase "perfect storm" to describe the confluence of events that led to 48-hour service outage on August 16, told BetaNews today that circumstances such as those we experienced in our own tests yesterday could indeed have contributed to triggering that storm, if only in a minor way.


German magnetic train derails, killing 1

A high-speed magnetic train ran off the track during a test Friday in western Germany, killing one person and injuring several more. The accident left the Transrapid magnetic train "hanging halfway off" the track and passengers were still inside, said Helge Nestler, a police spokesman in Osnabrueck.


Burress Stirs Up Controversy Without Showing Up

Plaxico Burress kept reporters waiting for 30 minutes  the day after he created a stir by predicting a Giants victory.


Bob Dylan Publishes Memoirs, Vows to Speak Truth

Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan said he didn't find the process of writing his new memoirs all "that splendid," according to an article in the latest issue of Newsweek magazine.


Vetoing a stem cell bill for the second time, President Bush on Wednesday sought to placate those who disagree with him by signing an executive order urging scientists toward what he termed "ethically responsible" research in the field.


Belo Corp. BLC.N said on Friday that  quarterly profit fell 64 percent, weighed down by costs  connected to a recent scandal involving inflated circulation  data at its Dallas Morning News newspaper.


Giuliani, Clinton attend 9/11 observance

Presidential politics took a back seat to grief and remembrance Tuesday, as candidates from both parties observed the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.


God cannot be used to justify fanaticism: Pope

REGENSBURG, Germany  - Pope Benedict held an open   air mass on Tuesday in the town where he had hoped to spend his   retirement and rejected the use of God's name to justify hatred   and fanaticism.


Virgin may sweeten its offer for Northern Rock as the government is set to unveil a plan to secure a private sale.


Stephon Marburyâs mercurial nature has eroded his standing with the Knicks and with fans and his contract makes it seem certain that his run in New York is coming to an end.


PITTSBURGH, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mylan Laboratories Inc. (NYSE:MYL) announced today that the regular quarterly cash dividend of $.03 per share will be payable on January 14, 2005, to shareholders


Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Bits & Bytes Column

By Corilyn Shropshire, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Mar. 10--GOOGLE MOVES ON VIVISIMO TURF: Google's seeming ambition for  world domination isn't likely to wane anytime soon.    And in typical fashion, Squirrel Hill-based search engine software maker  Vivisimo is unconcerned.


EU patients should have the right to travel to other member countries for treatment, the EU health commissioner says.


Blair 'disgusted' by abuse photos, as British soldier scandal roils

Prime Minister Tony Blair described his disgust at photos showing abuse of Iraqi civilians, as news of the courts martial of British soldiers accused of carrying out the abuse stunned and shamed the nation.


RALEIGH, North Carolina  - Former triple Olympic   champion Marion Jones has been included in the U.S. team for   this weekend's IAAF World Cup in Athens.


WASHINGTON Oct. 6, 2004 - One flu shot maker will squeeze out an additional million doses this year, but it is unlikely that any more can be made, federal health officials said Wednesday.


Iran orders military to 'stand ready': Fears of attack on nuclear ...

TEHRAN, Dec 22: The Iranian military has been ordered to stand ready to defend the country's nuclear sites in case of attack, army chief General Mohammad Salimi said on Wednesday.


Nel 2007 notte potenziata ed piu' negozi aperti


A Video Artist Mines the Sweet Drone of Suffering

Three films by Cameron Jamie, including "BB," a collaboration with the punk band the Melvins, will be screened on Saturday in Los Angeles.


Inside 'Vanity Fair' with Director Mira Nair

Sept. 6, 2004 -- Mira Nair -- whose films Mississippi Masala, Monsoon Wedding and Salaam Bombay! explored class conflicts -- takes on Victorian-era England in her latest movie, Vanity Fair.


p2pnet.net OT News:- It was 'unbelievably easy' to breech security" and, "[.. it's easier to get onto the Queen's balcony than see my own children".


Yushchenko to be sworn in as Ukraine president

Viktor Yushchenko was set to be sworn in as president of Ukraine Sunday, capping months of turmoil in the key ex-Soviet nation which he now intends to set on a firm pro-Western course.


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DVD Jon opens Apple DRM for profit and pleasure

With Jobs's blessing? Umm... DVD Jon is back in the public eye with a method of reverse-engineering Fairplay, Apple's digital rights management software. He thinks Apple won't stop his efforts to turn his technology into cash.â¦


Southern Mississippi Edges Houston 35-29

Damion Carter came on in an emergency and saved Southern Mississippi's perfect start.


Three dead as northwest England hit by flooding

Three people were found dead in Carlisle in northwest England, where one of the worst storms for decades brought flooding and high winds, as storms hit northern Europe.


State Street Corp.'s SPDR Trust was the best-selling mutual fund with US investors in August, according to estimates by Financial Research Corp. It was the first time an exchange-traded fund led monthly fund sales.


Him, Her and Him by the Seashore, Balancing Levity and Suffering

âWoman on the Beachâ is a bittersweet accounting of the geography of desire.


The head of a British charity's operations in Iraq was seized by kidnappers today, as four Iraqi National Guard soldiers and an American civilian contractor were killed in separate attacks.


Toshiba pitches HD DVD players as... DVD machines

So why buy HD DVD discs then? A week after the battle with Blu-ray Disc swung further toward that rival format, Toshiba said it will promote its players on their ability to upscale standard-definition content for HDTVs.â¦


Mizuki Noguchi of Japan wins women's marathon gold

Japan's Mizuki Noguchi captured the gold medal in the women's marathon at the Olympic Games in Athens on August 22. Noguchi, silver medalist in last year's world championships in Paris, took over the lead


Calderon inherits divided, mistrustful Mexico

Conservative Felipe Calderon came   from behind to snatch Mexico's presidency against the odds but   now he faces the huge task of healing a divided country where   over a third of the people think he is a cheat.


Study: 95 percent of all e-mail sent in 2007 was spam

We're being inundated by spam.  How could community-based approaches help?


Dow Chemical Co.'s DOW.N  third-quarter profit surged 86 percent on increased plastics  sales, but demand remains vulnerable to soaring energy costs,  the No. 1 U.S. chemicals maker said Thursday.


Swedish automakers build some of the safest seat-headrest assemblies in the world, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Monday.


Novi Sad, 22:10 - Basket, Eurolega donne: Parma vince a Novi Sad

La Lavezzini Parma ha battuto 89-71 a Novi Sad il Vojvodina nella decima giornata di Eurolega donne....


Opinion: Microsoft's global battles, such as its appeals hearing that's about to start in Luxembourg, should teach regulators that they need to address the company's behavior before it creates problems.


Organisers of the London 2012 Olympics have won a legal battle allowing them to purchase land for the site.


News.com Extra: NASA scrambles to repair space station

Plus: Scientists create technicolor neuron 'Brainbow'. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Sharpton urges divestment to clean up rap lyrics

Activist Rev. Al Sharpton organized rallies across the United States on Tuesday urging public divestment from the music industry until rap lyricists stop employing the "n-word" and terms degrading to women.


Want close friends? Best log off the Internet

Having a huge network of online buddies  does not mean you have any more close friends than the rest of  us, a British researcher said on Monday.


A US court rules Microsoft must pay phone equipment firm Alcatel-Lucent $1.52bn (Â£777m) for infringing patents.


Monaco, 12:41 - F1, BMW: PRESENTATA LA F1.08

La Bmw ha presentato la F1.08, la nuova monoposto per il prossimo mondiale di Formula 1. Il debutto ...


Children want to get on the internet, but what shields them from predators? Alexander Gelfand reports on new approaches from the American International Toy Fair in New York.


It's confounding that despite such issues as war, terrorism, jobs, wages, loss of US prestige abroad and the cost of health care and college, the two major presidential candidates and their surrogates are flinging meaningless mudballs with abandon.


Skeptical senators from both parties swept aside the Bush administration's optimistic defense of its strategy in Afghanistan Thursday, suggesting weariness over the campaign against the Taliban.


BRITISH Telecom today announced the sale of its stake in one of the worldâs largest satellite companies for Â£363 million. The telecoms giant said it was offloading its 15.8 per cent holding in Paris-based


High solar activity to last for few decades only:

[Technology India]: London, Oct 31 : Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany, who have reconstructed the sun's activity over the last 11 millennia, have forecasted decreased activity within a few decades.


Senator: Commander Told of Military Drain

WASHINGTON - A former Senate Intelligence Committee chairman asserted Sunday that the general who ran the war in Afghanistan said more than a year before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that his resources were being shifted in preparation for taking on Saddam Hussein.    Sen...


AdWatch: Kerry links Bush to veteran group

Announcer: "American soldiers are fighting in Iraq. Families struggle to afford health care. Jobs heading overseas. Instead of solutions, George Bush's campaign supports a front group attacking John Kerry's military record.


DANIA BEACH, Florida  - A Florida medical examiner was performing an autopsy on the body of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith on Friday as her mother said drugs may have contributed to her daughter's sudden death.


Leader An, disdicevole se non viene tutto il centrodestra


Tony Rice? Who is he? Tim Brown? He's that old receiver the Raiders cut loose, right? Ara Parseghian? Isn't he the guy who coached back in the '30s and '40s?


A court has sentenced an independent rights activist and journalist to six years in jail for extortion amid a sweeping government crackdown on dissidents in the tightly controlled ex-Soviet state.


Microsoft in compliance with 2004 ruling, EU says

Microsoft Corp. has made substantial concessions to the European Commission, finally bringing the company into compliance with a 2004 antitrust ruling, the Commission said Monday.


Italians say "basta" to Mafia squeeze on business

When the Sicilian Mafia first tried to shake down restaurateur Vincenzo Conticello for 500 euros ($716 US) a month, he quoted his grandmother Ermelinda at them: "Don't start paying up or you will always be a servant, never a free man."


Music Review | Bon Jovi: A Brand-New Arena and a Not-So-New Rock Star

Certainly Jon Bon Jovi was pleased to play the dual role of gracious host and proud native son at the Prudential Center in Newark.


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Manchester City chairman John Wardle has said discussions have begun which might lead to a large financial boost to the Premiership club.


Ex-Chief of Computer Associates Is Indicted on Fraud Charges

While Sanjay Kumar faces charges, Computer Associates agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, enabling the company to avoid a corporate indictment.


Sofferenze su mutui moderate, per fondi e' crisi strutturale


Few are mad enough about Vista to line up at midnight. Does that really matter for Microsoft? Robert Lemos reports from Salem, New Hampshire.


Mozilla's new e-mail effort looks beyond Thunderbird

Mozilla Messaging, the newly-named e-mail-focused Mozilla Foundation spin-off hopes to have Thunderbird 3.0 in final form by the end of the year.


What $1 Million Buys In Homes Around The World

From San Francisco to Sydney, find out how much--or little--property your dollar will fetch.


A surgeons' leader resigns from talks in the row over a new system for the  training of junior doctors.


Gets your kicks on route IP6 A 100Gbps link between the east and west coasts of the US has been established for the first time by the Internet2 project. The network is already providing high-speed networking resources for the US research and academic community.â¦


NATO and Afghan forces killed 22 Taliban fighters in separate clashes in a southern Afghan province where hundreds of militants have gathered, a police official said Tuesday.


Ukraine's Opposition Confident Ahead of New Vote

KIEV, Ukraine  - A key figure in Ukraine's  opposition movement said Sunday there was little the  Moscow-backed authorities could do to stop Viktor Yushchenko  sweeping to power in a re-run of the ex-Soviet state's rigged  election.


Silicon Valley's Golden Past Tarnished by Recent Probes

Silicon Valley has long been the stuff of dreams, a place where gawky entrepreneurs create billion-dollar companies in their garages, their innovations sometimes bending the rules but forever changing the way we listen to music or chat with friends.


Bronson Arroyo kept Barry Bonds four home runs shy of Hank Aaron's record and moved within 752 himself. The Cincinnati Reds right-hander allowed three runs and seven hits — none a home run by Bonds — in 6 2-3 innings and went deep for the third time in his career in a 6-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday night.


Dolphins 'save' swimmers from shark attack

A lifeguard and group of children were saved from a potential shark attack by a pod of circling dolphins which formed a protective shield, the swimmers claim.


After His Star Turn, MartÃnez Exits Stage Left

The current tales of the Red Sox have them winning the World Series, then doing weird things to reconfigure their championship team. Hello, David; bye bye, Pedro.


Roma, 14:19 - CALCIO, VALENCIA A ROMA: SIAMO IN EMERGENZA

Il Valencia è arrivato poco dopo le 13 a Roma in vista dell'impegno di Champions League di do...


Hamas attacks major Fatah security compound

Hamas fighters bombarded a major security compound belonging to the rival Fatah group in Gaza City on Thursday as the Islamist movement appeared to tighten its grip on the territory in fierce factional fighting.


News Corp. Investors Approve US Move, Proxies Show

News Corp. shareholders approved Rupert Murdoch's plan to move his media company to the US from Australia, making it easier to raise money for expansion and allowing the stock to be


Mead-Drinking, Gruel-Eating, Sandal-Wearing, Reality-Fleeing Family Guy

Tod Wodicka's protagonist is a medieval re-enactor trying to escape the modern world. But this tender, oddball debut is much more than an extended cheap shot.


Andrea Tornielli - ÂPIO XIIÂ Eugenio Pacelli, Un uomo sul trono di Pietro - Ed. Mondadori Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Ha conosciuto da vicino i grandi mali del ventesimo secolo, Ã¨ stato ostaggio dei rivoluzionari bolscevichi, ha visto nascere il nazismo. Ã stato il fedele collaboratore di Pio XI, condividendone l'avversione per le ideologie to...


Gartner, IDC have different takes on Q3 PC market

Warm or hot? What you believe about the state of worldwide PC shipments in Q3 depends on who you listen to. According to Gartner, Inc.


Cagliari, 15:04 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI: ESONERATO GIAMPAOLO

Il Cagliari ha esonerato il tecnico Marco Giampaolo. Fatale il ko di ieri con l'Udinese ma anche i r...


The government of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf still hopes to reach a power-sharing deal with ex-premier Benazir Bhutto. But with negotiations stalled because of fierce opposition from the ruling party, hopes are fading and Musharraf could be drifting toward his political demise.


Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert   will hold his first peace summit with Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas if gunmen in the Gaza Strip release a captive   Israeli soldier, Olmert's senior deputy said on Tuesday.


On his final lap of the opening qualifying session for the Gran Premio Telmex-Tecate, Bruno Junqueira jumped to the top of the charts to earn an all-important bonus point for


Riggs National Corp. shares fell Monday as more concerns surfaced that an ongoing money-laundering probe of the Washington, DC bank will scrap plans by PNC Financial Group Inc.


'Non solo per l'Europa ma anche per il nostro Paese'


A thousand games as manager is a remarkable feat of longevity but Sir Alex Ferguson, originally a goalscorer by trade, would be the first to admit the most impressive statistic last night belonged to Ruud van Nistelrooy.


The Buenos Aires Zoo has been swamped with thousands of suggested names for three rare white tiger cubs that made their public debut this week.


A Woman, Her Men and Finding Out Who's Really Crazy

Late in his new film, the wildly gifted French director Arnaud Desplechin yanks the rug from under his characters and sends both them and us reeling.


Faulty switches have been identified as the most likely cause of the Genesis sample-return capsule's crash landing in Utah, US, last month.


Cheluvina Chiththaara has nothing original

Writer-director S Narayan disappoints with this Ganesh-starrer.


Bene settore auto con un +9,1% negli ultimi 9 mesi


Vikings' Moss probable with ankle injury

Randy Moss left Vikings practice Thursday afternoon with a sore ankle, but the All-Pro wide receiver isn't expected to miss any action Sunday at Houston.


One Laptop per Child foundation says a production delay means fewer of its XO notebook will be available this holiday season.


Aid workers in eastern DR Congo struggle to cope with a surge of people fleeing recent fighting.


Sales of Handheld Devices Dip for Third Straight Quarter

The report blames a drop in shipments from market leader palmOne and market consolidation highlighted by a near complete exit of top vendors Sony and Toshiba from international competition.


By Matthew Eisley, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 6--That was one wet week, what with Tropical Storm Ernesto and cool fronts spawning drenching showers and thunderstorms.


Pfizer Inc.  on Wednesday reported lower second-quarter earnings on competition with generics, and said sales of its best-selling cholesterol fighter Lipitor declined 13 percent.


Microsoft Money Pushes Time-Lapse Space Camera Closer to Action

Bill Gates and a former Microsoft employee have thrown their monetary support behind an ambitious project to build a movie camera for space that will allow scientists to monitor fast-changing events like supernovae explosions.


People are asked to submit their favourite word to highlight the need for universal  education.


Per entrambi i tagli l'offerta e' di 2,5 miliardi di euro


Australians targeted by Indonesian spies: Indonesian intelligence ...

Indonesian outgoing intelligence chief Hendro Priyono said on Sunday that Indonesian spies had targeted Australians and had bugged the Australian embassy in Indonesia.


Els fires 64 to surge into lead at WGC-American Express

Ernie Els finally looks to be over the disappointment of not winning any of this year's major championships. The South African fired an 8-under-par 64 Friday


THE HAGUE -- The European Union and China agreed to boost relations yesterday, but the EU made clear there can be no early lifting of its 15-year-old arms embargo until Beijing improves its human rights record.


Russian state oil firm Rosneft moved on Friday to take control of stricken oil major YUKOS's key unit, Yuganskneftegaz, bought at a controversial auction which YUKOS is challenging in the U.S. courts.


Boeing Gets $891 Mln Air Force C-17 Deal

Boeing Co. BA.N has been awarded  an $891.6 million U.S. Air Force contract modification for  continued maintenance of the C-17 Globemaster III transport  fleet, the Pentagon said Friday.


Hurricane Helene continued to gain strength as a Category 3 storm in the open Atlantic on Monday, and forecasters said it could threaten Bermuda at the end of the week.


Darling, 'candidato credibile, ma vogliamo vederne altri'


An Iraqi insurgent group threatened to kill a German woman and her son unless Germany withdraws its troops from Afghanistan within 10 days, pan-Arab television stations reported on Saturday.Comment


Diamondbacks improved to 10-1 vs. Maddux

The Arizona Diamondbacks found a familiar cure for their hitting woes — future Hall of Famer Greg Maddux. Rookie Jeff Salazar had three hits and made a spectacular catch to rob Brian Giles of a home run as the Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 8-3 on Friday night, improving to 10-1 all-time against Maddux.


US Air Strike Kills 11 in Iraq's Falluja

A US air raid, aimed at foreign fighters led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, killed 11 people and wounded 17 after a wedding party in the rebel-held Iraqi city of Falluja Friday, residents and doctors said.


Scientists interested in the search for life on other planets often spend their time hunting for novel life forms and unique ecosystems here on Earth. The RÃÂo Tinto, a river in Spain with highly acidic water the color of red wine, has one group of researchers intrigued about what might be living underground.


Chrysler sees U.S. market share gains by year-end

Chrysler Group should end 2006 with a  higher market share than it held during the earlier months of  what has been a "difficult" year marked by declining sales and  market share, a senior executive said on Wednesday.


Liverpool's plan to build a new 60,000-seat stadium moved a step closer to becoming reality when the local city council approved the lease of land for the ground.


Australia's Howard must win to keep US-led Iraq coalition intact

Australia's Prime Minister John Howard has to win upcoming elections to prevent a pullout by Canberra from the US-led coalition in Iraq ( news - web sites ). Although the Iraq war has not emerged as the central ...


IRAQ - Ostaggi, sito annuncia liberazione Bigley

Nel sito web islamico e' apparso stasera un messaggio che annuncia: ''L'ostaggio britannico Bigley sara' liberato''. L'annuncio e' della formazione 'Tawhid Wal Jihad' (Monoteismo e guerra santa). In queste


Ryanair say no Gatwick delays despite strike

Ryanair have said they are not experiencing any delays with their flights at Gatwick Airport in London despite industrial action by baggage handlers there.


Lisbona, 12:11 - Calcio, Benfica; Trap torna dalle ferie: scusate il ritardo

Giovanni Trapattoni Ã¨ tornato ieri in nottata a Lisbona, ricevuto all'aeroporto della capitale porto...


Treasuries prices fell on Tuesday,  driving short-term yields to 2-1/2 year highs, after  minutes  of a December Federal Reserve meeting suggested interest rates  would keep rising for the time being.


Barry Bonds' attorney is asking federal authorities to investigate who told a newspaper that the Giants forwarded the baseball star's medical records to a grand jury investigating him for perjury and tax evasion.


BAGHDAD, October 08 (Online): An aide to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr offered on Thursday to hand over medium and heavy weapons and cooperate with Iraqi security forces in the capital if the government stops pursuing members of the Shia militia and releases


Parents May Not Know When Asthma Inhaler Is Empty

NEW YORK  - Many parents can't tell when a child's asthma inhaler is empty, a study released Monday suggests.


British author Ian McEwan said he is happy with the movie adaptation of his best-selling novel "Atonement" despite initial reservations about its big budget and the medium of film.


Elton John blasts Madonna for lip-synching

Elton John criticized Madonna by publicly accusing the pop diva of lip-synching during her recent re-Invention Tour, E! Online reported Tuesday.


'Cara Veronica, cedo alla tua collera come un atto d'amore'


Defense lawyers for six French aid workers to be tried Friday on charges of kidnapping dozens of African children said they would rely on international law to argue for acquittal.


Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston say they have separated after "much thoughtful consideration".


Still grappling with the fallout from a boardroom spying scandal, Hewlett-Packard Co. is now facing a Senate investigation into a stock option debacle that it inherited last year with its $4.9 billion acquisition of software maker Mercury Interactive Corp.


Brazilians put new swing into small Irish town

Brazilian flags hang from pubs, posters in   Portuguese advertise the agricultural fair and the vibrant   green-and-yellow paintwork of the 'Real Brazil' food store   stands out in a drab row of shops.


Fidelity Investments' flagship equity fund, Magellan, saw assets slip about $496 million in August, to $61.9 billion, primarily a result of investor withdrawals.


Tennessee starting quarterback Erik Ainge has injured his knee and will miss the rest of spring practice, coach Phillip Fulmer said Thursday.


Microsoft Reveals Licensing Plans for Dual-Core Chips

Ziff Davis - The company says it will offer the same per-processir software licensing model for hardware containing dual-core and multicore technology.


Public Pension Systems Betting on Hedge Funds

Determined to keep its promise to the state's public employees, teachers, police officers and firefighters, the Montana pension system may venture into a high-stakes corner of the investment world: hedge funds.


A Las Vegas court granted bail of $125,000 on Wednesday to former American football star O.J. Simpson, who faces criminal charges stemming from what police say was an armed robbery of his own sports memorabilia at a Las Vegas hotel.


Padoa-Schioppa: entro estate forma patto stabilita' interno


Finnish bank director gets 15,000-euro speeding ticket

A senior executive at Finland's third largest bank Sampo was handed a fine of 14,624 euros (17,951 dollars) for speeding by the Helsinki appeals court, Finnish media reported.


Thousands of people fled low-lying areas as the strongest cyclone to threaten the Arabian Peninsula in 60 years blasted Oman's eastern coast early Wednesday with strong winds and waves, Civil Defense officials said. Southern Iran and the oil-rich Persian Gulf were next in its path.


Pilgrims flee Iraqi city as clashes kill 52

KERBALA, Iraq  - Police ordered hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to leave the Iraqi city of Kerbala on Tuesday after fierce gunbattles erupted between security forces and gunmen near two of Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrines.


Afghan govt will be responsible of any harm to hostages: Jaish ...

ISLAMABAD: A Taliban splinter group on Monday accused Afghan government of dishonoring its earlier promise to release 26 Afghan prisoners, warning the Afghan government would be responsible of any to the hostages.


Music Review | Washington Square Music Festival: Dark Colors on a Humid Day, Far From the Madding Park

The most effective enemy at the Washington Square Music Festival remains the open sky, which, having no roof with which to bounce sound back to the audience, invites it to float away, incompletely heard.


Even a Blowout Victory Ends With Questions

It was the first double-digit victory for the Knicks since Dec. 19, but Stephon Marbury sat out the game, sparking another round of questions with no answers.


Weekend attacks tied to anger over filmmaker's death

An explosion blew the door off a Muslim school in a southern Dutch town and shattered windows across the street yesterday, Dutch television reported.


Britons killed in Jordan bus crash Kate O'Hara, Olwen Dudgeon, James Reed and Julie Hemmings AT LEAST nine Britons on a pilgrimage tour led by a Yorkshire churchman were killed yesterday when their coach careered off a desert highway in Jordan and


Lowe's Profit Rises But Trails Estimates

Lowe's Cos. , the No. 2 home  improvement retailer behind Home Depot Inc., on Monday reported  an 18 percent increase in second-quarter profit, but results  trailed estimates as sales weakened in June.


A former British army officer from the New Forest becomes the fastest man to complete the Three Poles Challenge.


As some of you may know, New York has become Conventionville, a mecca for folks who have time on their hands and decided to spend it here.


The assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan jolted the race for the White House on Thursday, sending candidates in both parties scrambling for political advantage while condemning the attack.


'Batman' Scales Buckingham Palace in Fathers' Protest

A campaigner dressed as Batman, from the fathers' rights group that pelted Prime Minister Tony Blair with flour-filled condoms, staged a dramatic protest on a Buckingham Palace balcony Monday.


In migliaia scappano da stazione, scene di panico alla 11/9


Amid Battle With Oracle, PeopleSoft Fires Its Chief

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


Ukraine's Yuschenko in Bruising TV Debate Attack on PM

Liberal challenger Viktor Yushchenko on Monday launched a bruising attack on Ukraine's prime minister in a live debate, his rival in re-run of a rigged presidential election, repeatedly putting him on the defensive.


A rebel Nigerian warlord withdrew a threat to shut oil operations in the world's seventh largest exporter on Friday as part of a peace deal negotiated with the government.


The 58-year-old actress looks stunning as she poses for the


Firenze, 16:13 - CALCIO, SERIE C1 E C2: GLI SQUALIFICATI

Il giudice sportivo Pasquale Marino ha squalificato 26 giocatori in C1 e 36 in C2. In C1 sono stati ...


You've been Fraimed Technology is helping catch benefits cheats but there are doubts about a key case management system, according to a new report by the National Audit Office (NAO)â¦