Democrats won't try to filibuster Alberto Gonzales' nomination to be attorney general but will hold extensive debate over his role in developing the Bush administration's policies on foreign detainees, the Senate's top Democrat said Tuesday.


Sports of The Times: What Did Pitcher Know and When Didnât He Know It?

Uncomfortable days are ahead for Roger Clemens, who has lost some control over his image by acknowledging he took injections from his personal trainer.


Italy May Be in Tough Spot in Airbus Spat

The European Union's head office said Thursday member state Italy could find itself in the middle of a trans-Atlantic Boeing-Airbus dispute because of a state-owned company's involvement with the U.S. aircraft producer.


A retired architect denies murdering his violinist wife a few weeks before she was due to divorce him.


ARSENAL'S Fredrik Ljungberg belives Sunday's clash at Manchester United will be great fun for the high-flying Gunners. Arsenal can not only reach a half-century in unbeaten league games if they avoid defeat


Outsourcing the Outrage Creates More: ; Corporate America Isnt Listening to the Public

By Kathleen Parker  LINVILLE, N.C.  Globalization seems like a nice idea  if it didnt make people insane.


JK Rowling magic tales fetch 1.95 million pounds

A hand-written, illustrated book of wizardry by Harry Potter author JK Rowling fetched a record 1.95 million pounds ($3.98 million) at auction in London on Thursday, nearly 40 times its expected price.


Milano, 17:20 - CALCIO, DIRITTI TV: RIUNIONE IN LEGA CON CONSIGLIERI SERIE B

Alla presenza dei consiglieri della serie B e dei rappresentanti dell'emittente SportItalia, oggi in...


Departing NASA chief faces faculty questions at LSU over possible ...

Sean O'Keefe stepped down from leading NASA this week and into the pole position for Louisiana's top academic job, chancellor of LSU, where he met Wednesday with


Nel programma "Italian job" da stasera su La7, attore travestito da magnate russo: in cambio dell'ok a casinÃ², politici chiedono soldi                                          Senatore chiede tangenti "incastrato" dalla televisione                                                                                di SILVIA FUMAROLA


Excessive drinking worse among girls, says research

Excessive drinking is worse among teenage girls than boys, says new research by the European School Survey Project. A survey of 2,000 15 and 16 year-olds found 26 per cent of boys and 29 per cent of girls


Second-Quarter Dough Fell at Krispy Kreme

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc., an investor favorite whose fortunes have soured in recent months, reported disappointing second-quarter earnings yesterday and saw its stock price drop by 10 percent.


Germans seek savings through Linux in tough economic times

Tough economic times in Germany have made Linux and other open source software products appear tantalizing to local businesses.


Russia, Israel Agree on Anti-Terror Union

Russia's foreign minister welcomed Israel's offer of help in combating militant groups on Monday, saying Russia needs to be more effective in fighting terror after last week's deadly hostage school standoff.


Stock index futures pointed to modest gains on Monday after the previous session's sell-off as a major buyout deal looked set to advance.


Fed sees growth risks "more balanced": FOMC minutes

Federal Reserve decision-makers said  downside risks to U.S. economic growth posed by a housing  market slowdown were "more balanced" at its June meeting than  in May, according to minutes of the meeting released on  Thursday.


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Lawmakers Scrutinize Fees for 401(k) Plans

Workers are being overcharged tens of billions of dollars a year in unnecessary and often hidden fees imposed on popular, company-sponsored retirement savings plans known as 401(k)s, financial experts told a congressional committee yesterday.


MANAGER Jose Mourinho got the better of his former club and Chelseaâs Champions League ambitions remained firmly on track following last nightâs comfortable win over Porto.


Advisers to Refco may be sued for professional negligence for their alleged role in its collapse, a legal expert says.


IKEA Takes Design from Bauhaus to Your House

ALMHULT, Sweden  - The design chief of home  furnishing giant IKEA was recently asked in China, now home to  two of the blue and yellow warehouses selling the Scandinavian  lifestyle, if he was worried about being a "design  imperialist."


ANKARA: At least 19 miners were killed when a fire broke out in a copper mine in northwestern Turkey and as many as 20 more people were believed to be trapped in the mine's tunnel.


China: U.S. exaggerating military threat

China lashed out at the United States on Sunday, rejecting a Pentagon report about Beijing's defense buildup as exaggerated and misleading, and saying that such rhetoric threatened attempts to improve military and trade links.


Super Bowl dreams bid to muscle out off-season woes

After an off-season filled with turmoil and controversy, the NFL bids to put the spotlight back on the field when the Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts kick off the new season against the New Orleans Saints on Thursday.


Not so fast, Sen. McCain. John McCain's campaign issued a statement last week claiming the Arizona senator had surpassed the number of delegates needed to secure the GOP nomination for president, after Mitt Romney endorsed him.


Jeffrey Greenberg, chairman and chief  executive of embattled insurance broker Marsh & McLennan Cos.  MMC.N, is expected to step down within hours, the Financial  Times reported on Friday.


A COUNCIL'S drive to get more people composting has been hailed a great success.   Sandwell residents have bagged almost 30,000 compost bins at a special low price from the council since the start of the year.


Madrid, 16:14 - CALCIO, REAL MADRID: PER RONALDO PRIMO ALLENAMENTO CON IL PALLONE

Primo allenamento con il pallone per Ronaldo, che tramontata definitivamente l'ipotesi di un trasfer...


With just one week to go before production kicks off on the   final eight-episode run of The Sopranos, four of the show's stars   have been spared a fate of sleeping with the fishes.


Disparities: Rural Residents Less Likely to Get Organ Transplants

Add patients living in small towns and rural areas to the list of people who stand a lower chance of getting an organ transplant if they need one.


Roma, 18:56 - BASKET, AZZURRI FUORI ANCHE DALLE OLIMPIADI DI PECHINO

La sconfitta con la Germania costa moltissimo all'Italia anche in proiezione futura. Oltre a perdere...


Mitt Romney and John McCain are in an increasingly bitter and personal struggle to control the campaign conversation before Florida's primary on Tuesday Â and the Republican presidential nomination itself may go to the one who succeeds.


An Iranian woman at the centre of in a notorious murder case is pardoned by her victim's family.


Wal-Mart's (WMT:NYSE - news - research) third-quarter earnings rose 13% from a year ago, boosted by double-digit revenue gains in its international segment and tight cost controls.


St. Louis Cardinals Team Report - September 7

(Sports Network) - The Cardinals will try to get back on the winning track this evening, when they battle the San Diego Padres in the middle test of a three-game set at PETCO Park.


World Business Briefing | Europe: France: Sanofi-Aventisâs Profit Falls 4.6%.

The drug maker Sanofi-Aventis said its fourth-quarter profit fell 4.6 percent under pressure from European health care reforms and generic competition for its blockbuster medicines. It said earnings would be flat this year. The company, which is based in Paris, declined to comment on reports that it had discussed a merger with Bristol-Myers Squibb. Net profit at Sanofi-Aventis fell to 1.38 billion euros ($1.79 billion) in the fourth quarter from 1.44 billion euros a year earlier. Sales increased 5 percent, to 7.36 billion euros ($9.53 billion) from 7.01 billion euros.


It's official: Microsoft acquires equity stake in Facebook

As CNET News.com reported earlier today, the Redmond tech giant has taken a $240 million stake in the red-hot social network.


The African Union and the United Nations will chair talks in Libya to seek a "road map" for peace in Darfur.


The Science Museum opens its vast west London storerooms to public view - 170,000 objects that include Stone Age tools and even freeze-dried GM mice.


26 Hostages Released at Russian School, but Standoff Goes On

Before the hostages were released, the fighters inside rebuffed several offers, including safe passage out of the city.


New York, NY (Sports Network) - United States men's national team captain and former San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Landon Donovan announced Tuesday he will return to Europe to continue his soccer career and development as a player.


Toyota tops GM in 2006 global sales: Automotive News

Toyota Motor Corp. edged past General Motors Corp. to become the world's biggest automaker by sales volume in 2006, leading industry paper Automotive News said.


Del Piero out per 2 settimane Niente Italia, solo fisioterapia

TORINO, 30 settembre 2004 - Il 'futuro prossimo' di Alessandro Del Piero Ã¨ nero: nessuna trasferta per Udine, nessun minuto in campo con la Nazionale. Ma due settimane di riposo obbligato. Alessandro Del


Per le stock options truccate tra 1998 e 2003


Possible error in case against mosque leaders

ALBANY - Federal prosecutors have admitted a possible error in a key piece of evidence used to arrest and detain two Albany mosque leaders accused of supporting terrorism.


Su scia calo petroliferi e in attesa dati congiunturali Usa


France's President Nicolas Sarkozy calls for a strong Europe to rebuild a more harmonious world order.


Old-fashioned hygiene is advised in the war on drug-resistant staph.


The owners of a nightclub in South Yorkshire which collapsed in a massive fire say they are determined to rebuild it.


Digital Music Sales Grow, but at Slower Rate

Digital music, distributed online or by mobile networks, accounted for $2.9 billion in sales worldwide, up from $2.1 billion a year earlier, the industryâs international trade group said.


SEOUL, South Korea Oct. 3, 2004 - The UN nuclear chief, acknowledging that South Korea's nuclear experiments appear to have been small, said Sunday that his agency nonetheless needs to ensure they are not repeated.


President George W Bush says his re-election by the American people vindicates his policy on Iraq.


Fraud and Florida's multimillion-dollar wheelchair

One Miami-area medical equipment supplier  managed to bill the U.S. government so often for a wheelchair  it ended up costing $5 million.


Diana did not want Charles as King, court told

Princess Diana thought her husband, Prince Charles, should not become king and that the crown ought to skip a generation, one of her lawyers told the inquest into her death on Tuesday.


Tesco aims for iTunes with song-shop launch

Supermarket giant Tesco is hoping to take a slice of Apple's pie with the launch of a new music download service. The service will launch as part of Tesco.


George W Bush fails to attend morning sessions at G8 talks because of a stomach upset, aides say.


China's first IPv6 network enters operation

China's first network based on IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) formally entered operation on Saturday, according to the China Education and Research Network Information Center (CERNIC).


Ikea Witt scored a career-high 29 points as Hartford retained a share of the top spot with Maine in the America East Conference with a 65-60 victory over Boston University yesterday at Case Gym. Witt hit 11 of 16 shots from the floor and 7 of 8 from the free throw line as the Hawks improved to 14-5 overall and ...


A financial deal is reportedly reached in the case of foreign medics on death row for infecting Libyan children with HIV,


Le minacce gli sarebbero giunte attraverso la moglie


F1, al via preparativi per mondiale alternativo dal 2008

La possibilitÃ  di un Mondiale alternativo a quello della Formula Uno a partire dal 2008 comincia a farsi piÃ¹ concreta. Il gruppo GPWC, consorzio che riunisce le maggiori case automobilistiche che partecipano


"Hot Jupiters" Could Give Rise to Earthlike Worlds, Study Says

Gas giants that orbit close to their stars likely migrated inward, shaking up debris that could coalesce into Earthlike worlds, new computer models predict.


Britain warns travellers of Indonesia terrorism risk

Britons travelling to Indonesia over Christmas and the New Year face a "heightened risk" of terrorist attacks, the Foreign Office in London has warned.


SKorean business groups seek pardons for top corporate criminals

South Korea's main business groups have appealed to President Roh Moo-hyun to pardon top corporate criminals, including Daewoo Group founder Kim Woo-Choong, for the sake of the economy.


Sun takes page from Linux playbook with Solaris 10

SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- Executives from Sun Microsystems Inc. outlined their response to the growing popularity of Linux, speaking at the launch on Monday of the most significant update of the Solaris operating system in over two years. Key to the effort is a plan to release Solaris under an open source license with a new subscription pricing model, as well as a software updating system similar to those used by Linux vendors Red Hat Inc. and Novell Inc.ADVERTISEMENTSolaris 10(TM) OS: Position your business ten moves ahead.Solaris 10 OS has arrived and provides even more reasons for the world's most demanding businesses to operate on this, the leading UNIX platform. Like the fact you can run Linux and Solaris applications side-by-side and run the same OS on SPARC(R), AMD Opteron(TM), and Intel processor-based systems. Discover more reasons and how Solaris 10 OS can move your business ahead today.


Daniel Webster appointed the first Senate page in 1829 when he was a senator. Since then thousands of young men, and later women, have worked in the halls of the Capitol, in daily contact with the people that make the nation's laws and the events that shape its history.


Hard to tell whether the happenings of the European Tour are stranger on the course or off it. There has been Seve Ballesteros getting into mischief with a tour official at a


Adult magazine publisher Penthouse  International Inc. PHSL.PK defrauded investors in a 2003  quarterly financial report, U.S. regulators charged on Monday  in a legal action.


Body matching NBC executive's son found in crash wreckage in ...

Digging through the charred, twisted wreckage of a crashed corporate jet, investigators found what they believe to be the body of NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol's 14-year-old son.


Manila's chief negotiator with Muslim rebels quits

The Philippines' chief negotiator with Muslim separatists has resigned and a new man has been chosen for the post, the government said on Saturday, raising doubts about the resumption of talks in Malaysia next month.


Science minister Lord Sainsbury says the UK will remain key to the Aurora programme and will head back to Mars.


Singer Liza Minnelli's ex-bodyguard accuses her of forcing him to have sex with her to keep his job.


US phone giant Verizon sees its profits fall 38% due to the cost of building a new fibre-optic network.


Portugal begins school year with schools shut after computer glitch

Thousands of students in Portugal were forced to stay home on what should have been the first day of the new academic year because the education ministry failed to assign some 50,000 teachers to their schools on time due to a computer glitch.


After loss, Agassi ponders what may lie ahead

If this was Andre Agassi's last shot at another US Open title, it was like a lot of his shots in the fifth set against Roger Federer -- blowing in the wind.


1st test-firing of new India missile fails

India's first test-firing of a new nuclear-capable missile was unsuccessful, the defense minister said Monday.


Hamas leader in Cairo to discuss prisoner exchange

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal arrived in Cairo on Thursday to discuss Egyptian mediation efforts for a prisoner exchange between the Palestinian movement and Israel, a high-level Hamas member said on Thursday.


Chinese investigators pinpoint cause of mine explosion that killed ...

BEIJING Chinese authorities say a major oversight by operators caused a massive coal mine blast last month that killed 148 people.


Smartphone maker Palm Inc. will sell a 25 percent stake to private equity firm Elevation Partners for $325 million and name the former technical guru behind the iPod to be chairman, the company said Monday.


Vioxx Unseats Porn in List of Top '04 Junk Email

Porn ads slipped down the list of top  junk e-mails in 2004, replaced by those hawking online Vioxx  prescriptions, ID theft scams and stock pick information,  America Online said.


Carlos Moya and Anastasia Myskina both  slumped out of the Sydney International Tuesday, jolting their  preparations for next week's Australian Open.


The RB1, the Red Bull Racing teamâs challenger for the 2005 FIA Formula One World Championship, will be officially unveiled in Spain next February, it has been announced.


Making your first million really isn't as hard as it seems.


Parliament urged not to boycott contact plan

Plenipotentiary Minister in The Hague Paul Comenencia has urged the Antillean Parliament not to boycott the Kingdom contact plan meetings to be held in Aruba from January 9. PAR faction leader Pedro Atacho ...


Doctors have been issued with new guidance on the prescribing of antidepressants.


The whole presidential campaign can be summed up by the battleground state of Ohio this year. "If you drive from Youngstown to Cincinnati, you've basically traversed


A POLICE sergeant is suspected of having fatally shot two British tourists after a quarrel early today in western Thailand, police said.


A group in Iraq released a videotape that describes the attack on the US army base in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The group posted the video on its Web site on Sunday.


WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- In his 33 years of coaching, Wisconsin's Barry Alvarez was not sure he had seen such a frantic finish as the one his Badgers and Purdue took part in during Saturday's battle for first place in the Big Ten.


Iran won an important court ruling Friday in its bid to force an international art dealer in London to return 18 ancient artifacts that allegedly were stolen from the country's tombs.


A Younger India Is Flexing Its Industrial Brawn

For decades, India focused on its domestic economy and grew more slowly. But all that is starting to change.


Former NBA star Dennis Rodman said he has resolved a dispute with an industry group that accused him of using copyrighted music without permission at his California restaurant.


Moyesâ bargain buys confound city rivals

IN THE land of the football derby, only the result counts. The past five years and the attendant misery have reminded Everton fans of that point, and they turned up at Goodison Park yesterday seeking nothing except the right result.


A public inquiry will be held into the Stockline factory explosion in Glasgow, BBC Scotland learns.


Rivals in Ukraine's scandal-ridden  presidential polls traded barbs Monday in a live television  debate in what is likely to be the climax of campaigning ahead  of Sunday's decisive rerun vote.


Next-generation RF tags touted as a way to boost network security.


Nigeria's ruling party picks Yar'Adua as 2007 presidential candidate

Nigeria's ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has chosen Umaru Yar'Adua, governor of the northern Katsina State, as its candidate for the April 2007 presidential election.


Osama bin Laden has been back in touch, this time with an hourlong audiotape. By one count, this was his 17th such communication; the last one, in October, featured some pre-election death threats.


Intel preparing for next 20 years of chip making

Intel drew the curtain Friday on some of its future research projects to continue making transistors smaller, faster, and less power-hungry out as far as 2020.


The "northern lights" will be visible this week in the Long Island area, with best chance of seeing them over the next few nights, astronomers said.


Shi'ite Bloc Wins Iraq Polls, Sunnis Marginalized

A Shi'ite Islamist bloc won Iraq's  first election since Saddam Hussein's overthrow, sealing the  political resurgence of the nation's long-oppressed majority.


'Potential Development' in Peterson Case

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - In a surprise move Wednesday, the judge in Scott Peterson's murder trial postponed the cross-examination of Peterson's former mistress and sent the jury home for the rest of the week because of an undisclosed "potential development."   Judge Alfred A...


Hamas urges Egypt to open Gaza border to pilgrims

Hamas Islamists called on Egypt on  Saturday to open its shuttered border crossing with the Gaza  Strip to let more than 2,000 Palestinians return to their Gaza  homes from the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca.


Eli Lilly and Co. said Friday it added a warning to the label of its attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder medicine, advising patients with jaundice or a liver injury to stop taking the treatment.


After a bright start, holiday sales fade over Thanksgiving weekend

NEW YORK - The first holiday-shopping weekend of the year may have started with a bang, but it ended with a whimper, according to evidence yesterday from two groups that track sales.


9:22 am: Missing explosives have experts wondering what else is ...

Revelations that nearly 400 tons of conventional explosives have gone missing in Iraq have experts wondering what other weapons might be in jeopardy of falling into insurgent or terrorist hands.


'Ultrasound for Stars' Reveals Stellar Embryos

A telescope that works like "ultrasound for stars" has found a hatchery filled with massive stellar embryos in a dark cloud of cosmic dust, astronomers reported on Wednesday.


Baghdad bomb kills 14 as blasts reach peak

At least 14 people were killed and 75 wounded in a car bomb attack on the convoy of Iraq's industry minister on Wednesday, Interior Ministry sources said.


Banderas shows age directing first Spanish film

It is hard to picture Hollywood's  favorite Latin hunk as the director behind "El Camino de los  Ingleses" ("The English Path"), which opens in Spain this week.


Taj Mahal closed to tourists after India riots

LUCKNOW, India  - Police closed the Taj Mahal and placed parts of Agra city under curfew on Wednesday after Indian Muslims burned trucks and battled police to protest the deaths of four community members hit by a lorry.


London celebrates return to fashion's top table

London celebrated the opening weekend of its fashion week with greater fanfare and more international influence than ever filling its runways with spectacle and its front rows with stars.


Brett Favre is leaning toward returning for another season with the Green Bay Packers, according to comments he made to his hometown newspaper.


PeopleSoft, IBM tie up, thumb nose at Oracle

SAN FRANCISCO, SEPTEMBER 22: Peoplesoft Inc will push ahead with a new marketing alliance and other initiatives in the face of a court ruling that raises the chance that Oracle Corpâs $7.


Millions of UK homes face higher gas and electricity bills from Monday as the latest price rises from British Gas come into effect.


Canadian court hands rare Internet hate crime conviction

A Canadian court handed down a rare conviction to a white supremacist for posting hate material on the Internet, police here said Tuesday.


AFRICA - Colera e malaria continuano ad imperversare nellÂAfrica australe a causa delle inondazioni Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Le piogge torrenziali che dallo scorso gennaio stanno colpendo Angola, Zambia, Mozambico e Malawi lasciano dietro di sÃ¨ distruzione e malattie. Secondo lÂUfficio di Coordinamento degli Affari Umanitari delle Nazioni Unite (OCHA...


The FBI has evidence that a person who has been working at high levels in the Pentagon may be a spy for Israel, senior US officials have confirmed.


Lucent Technologies Inc. , among the world's largest makers of telecommunications equipment, on Wednesday said quarterly earnings rose, helped by improvement in its wireless networks business, which makes base stations and other products.


Operazione nel Foggiano, nel Lazio e in Abruzzo


It took a while for sophomore quarterback John Stocco to get comfortable running the offense and just as long for wide receiver Brandon Williams to recover from a leg injury. Now that both are in top shape, the fourth-ranked Wisconsin Badgers have more than just a stout defense and punishing ground game for opponents to worry about.


More than 150 items from Damien Hirst popular restaurant, including-styled bar stools, towering medical cabinets, DNA-themed sculptures and molecule-inspired ashtrays, have been successfully sold to collectors of modern art.


Dr. Shires was a leading surgeon and expert on trauma who carried out path-breaking research, helped create the largest burn center in New York City and trained two generations of surgical leaders.


SOAs help improve dialogue between IT, business users

Users are hoping that new SOA tools unveiled at BEA's user conference can further improve the often-thorny relationship between IT and business users.


Roma, 16:26 - CALCIO, FIGC: NOMINATI 3 VICE COMMISSIONE DISCIPLINARE

Il presidente della Commissione Disciplinare Nazionale della Figc, Sergio Artico, ha nominato questa...


Bernanke Is Said to Support Stimulus Measures

The chairman of the Federal Reserve told members of Congress he would back tax cuts or spending measures, so long as they are temporary.


Per 35 islamici imputati molte assoluzioni e prescrizioni


Avon sees restructuring rewards, slow margin growth

Avon Products Inc.  on Thursday said its restructuring savings should exceed $700 million, rather than $300 million, due to additional benefits from its plan to sell fewer, more profitable products and a move toward global purchasing.


Dec 24, 2004 - Shoppers some holding out for the best bargains, others delayed by winter storms in the Midwest hit the nation's malls and stores, looking for last-minute gifts on Friday, the day before Christmas.


Outrage follows police axe in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland chief of police Hugh Orde outraged senior officers by axing more than half his reserve force following a report's recommendation to disband reservists in the British province.


U.S. Orders Airlines to Release Fliers' Data

TSA will collect domestic passenger records for June 2004; data will be used to test program aiming to hunt for terrorists. -The Washington Post


Health ; Acid-Suppressing Drugs May Raise Pneumonia Risk

In the study, Dr. Robert JF Laheij from the University Medical Center St. Radboud in Nijmegen, the Netherlands and colleagues used information in a national primary care database to analyze pneumonia rates


Hakim Warrick had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Syracuse's pressing defense forced 17 turnovers in the second half to lead the seventh-ranked Orange (10-1) past Cornell, 82-69, last night in Syracuse, N.Y.


Putin turns tables on Bush with new missile plan

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Russian President Vladimir Putin turned the tables on Washington on Thursday by suggesting the United States use a Russian-controlled radar instead of U.S. anti-missile hardware in central Europe.


Gang to face trial for brutal murder of French Jew

Twenty-one suspected members of a  self-styled "gang of barbarians" will be tried in France for  the kidnapping and murder of a young Jewish man in 2006, a  legal source said on Tuesday.


Valencia, Spain (Sports Network) - Villarreal acquired Argentine defender Juan Pablo Sorin from Brazilian club Cruzeiro. Sorin, 28, will be replacing Javier Calleja, who has a serious knee injury.


Ford Motor Co. F.N on Tuesday  reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as strength in  its finance arm once again offset a loss in its automotive  business.


Michigan-Ohio State Is a Commercial Deal

The tired old refrain of the sporting times has become: Is nothing sacred? Well, apparently not the Ohio State-Michigan football game.


Japanese Isle May Be Home for Accused U.S. Deserter

MANO, SADO ISLAND, Japan  - The shop where  19-year-old Hitomi Soga bought groceries one August evening  still stands on the lonely road where she and her mother were  kidnapped 26 years ago by North Korean agents.


Greek Drugs Embarrassment Overshadows Phelps

Greece was rocked by the threat of being  stripped of an Athens Games medal and the host nation's team  manager offered to quit on Friday, as doping overshadowed  Michael Phelps' drive to be Olympic swimming's top medal  winner.


W3C's openness hypocrisy: Public barred from 'public' conference

Blog: The World Wide Web Consortium held a conference in DC on Monday that it described as: "Conversations and results are public." Which is why it's a bit hypocritical to bar reporters from covering the event.


The group of 20, G20, finance leaders of the richest, most powerful and emerging economies have begun discussions on a range of financial issues, with the weak dollar officially off the agenda but expected to dominate the meeting.


La divisione gestite asset per circa 11 miliardi di dollari


There are great national anthems - now we need an international one

Comment is free: Timothy Garton Ash: Spain struggles to find new words while Kosovo seeks a song of its own. La Marseillaise shows us how it's really done


Australia Stockland Pays A$825M For Foster's Lensworth-2-

SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Stockland (SGP.AU) said Thursday it will pay A$825 million, plus working capital of A$21 million, for Lensworth, the property development business of Foster's Group Ltd.


French police arrest suspected Qaeda support group

French police said on Thursday they had arrested eight men they suspect of providing logistical support to al Qaeda's North African wing in Algeria, confirming a report in French newspaper Le Figaro.


Federer Beats Gaudio in Masters Cup Open

Roger Federer, of Switzerland, reaches to return a shot against Gaston Gaudio, of Argentina, during the first set of their Tennis Masters Cup match Monday, Nov. 15, 2004 in Houston.


[NSFW] LoveHoney in toothbrush vibrator trademark rumpus

Oral-B sex shocker NSFW Online sex toy outfit LoveHoney has got itself into hot water over the promotion of its Brush Bunny Electric Toothbrush Rabbit Vibrator after deciding the best way to punt the product was to picture it beside the pleasure delivery platform of choice - an Oral-B electric toothbrush.â¦


US missile defence radar hits stormy seas

$815m behemoth flounders The future of the US's much-hyped, $815m Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) platform is in serious doubt after a raft of sceptics expressed doubts that the sea monster could ever effectively operate in its intended final mooring off Alaska's Aleutian Islands.â¦


"I got a cracked rib, so I'm not jogging right now. No jumping jacks." — George Clooney, on recovering from his recent motorcycle accident.


Maybe there's some technical justification for why Paul Hamm was forced to defend his gymnastics gold medal Monday before a sports court in Switzerland.


Sprinters Withdraw from Olympics Amid Swirling Controversies

Two of Greeks most adored athletes have pulled themselves out of their host country's Olympics. Sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou missed an International Olympic Committee mandatory drug test last week. Thanou and Kenteris were then involved ...


AT&T reports initial iPhone subscriber numbers

Blog: AT&T said it signed up 146,000 iPhone subscribers in the first two days of selling the iPhone, but the true promise of the iPhone won't likely kick in until next year.


CUBA: FIDEL CASTRO CADE DI FRONTE A MIGLIAIA DI PERSONE

L'Avana, 21 ott. (Adnkronos) - Fidel Castro e' caduto di fronte a migliaia di persone, mentre scendeva dal palco da cui aveva appena pronunciato un discorso a Santa Clara, di fronte al mausoleo del Che. Il


GOLD RIVER, British Columbia - A "playful" killer whale who likes to frolic alongside fishermen has damaged three boats in separate incidents in recent weeks.    Luna, described by fishermen as a friendly 5-year-old whale, has made frequent contact with people and boats in waters off Vancouver Island, about 125 miles north of the U.S...


Parigi, 10:54 - CALCIO, ZIDANE: PALLONE D'ORO? AVREI SCELTO ZIDANE

Zinedine Zidane avrebbe assegnato il Pallone d'Oro a Samuel Eto'o. ''Io sono arrivato quinto, lui di...


Armed UN troops backed by armoured personnel carriers enforced a nationwide disarmament deadline in Liberia on Sunday, days after a fresh burst of violence showed illicit weapons still at large in the war-battered West African


A mob torched a Kenyan church on Tuesday, killing about 30 villagers cowering inside, as the death toll from ethnic riots triggered by President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election approached 250.


French President Nicolas Sarkozy is due to unveil a host of new measures to regenerate poor suburbs.


U.S. cruise missile defense said possible in 14 months

The United States could deploy a system to protect an area ranging from Washington to Boston from sea-based cruise-missile attacks within 14 months at a cost of "several billion dollars," a top Lockheed Martin Corp. executive said on Monday.


Nine Dead in Storm-Linked Oklahoma Car Wrecks

Four children and their mother  were among nine highway fatalities from a storm that struck  part of Oklahoma this week, authorities said on Thursday.


Bomb Kills One Near Australian Embassy in Iraq

A suicide car bomb exploded on  Wednesday close to the Australian embassy in central Baghdad,  killing at least one Iraqi and wounding seven, police and  witnesses said.


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Astronomers Confident: Planet Beyond Solar System Has Been Photographed

SAN DIEGO -- Astronomers are highly confident that they've taken the first photograph of a planet outside our solar system.


At Least Five Dead in Another India Train Accident

An express train ran into a jeep in  southern India on Wednesday, killing five people, a day after  two passenger trains collided head-on in the north of the  country.


New Delhi, Sept. 8: India and Pakistan have agreed to start the next round of the composite dialogue from December, indicating that they would remain engaged in talks at least till March 2005, irrespective of their differences on Kashmir.


Animation powerhouse Vinton Studios has acquired the film rights to Neil Gaiman's Hugo Award-winning, best-selling children's book "Coraline."


Microsoft to Launch New Small Business Software

Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O is planning to  release a new version of its Office program for small  businesses that handles accounting and customer management  tasks, the world's largest software maker said on Friday.


Enterprise network managers are implementing VoIP, but how are they managing these installations? Here are four tools to simplify the task.


With true grit and steady grips, softball players join the elite

The team's second baseman, Damon Isles, was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, a rare neurological disorder caused by inflammation of the spinal cord, in 2002.


ASUS MyPal A730, nuovo palmare con fotocamera integrata

ASUSTeK COMPUTER ha presentato ASUS MyPal A730, il primo palmare di processore IntelXscale PXA270 con velocitÃ  di clock a 520MHz, che permette di fornire una potenza di calcolo necessaria alle applicazioni piÃ¹ gravose ed ai giochi 3D, una riproduzione


Nasce nuovo marchio Alv, 'andare lontano viaggiando'


October 21, 2004 -- In 12 days, Americans will go to the polls to render a verdict on George W. Bush's presidency. But Nov. 2 will not simply be a re ferendum on President Bush's leader ship.


Svetlana Kuznetsova, fresh off her championship at the US Open, defeated Australian qualifier Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-4 Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Wismilak International.


French hostage release held up, cleric calls for freedom

Unexpected difficulties appeared to have stalled the hoped-for release of two French journalists in Iraq, with a girlfriend of one of the hostages blaming the precarious security situation for the delay.


Adam Gilchrist's final Test ends in a draw as Australia secure a 2-1 series victory over India.


GM dealers hold off on new vehicle orders as sales cool

DETROIT, Michigan : General Motors Corp. dealers are scaling back their orders for new 2005 model year cars and trucks amid slow sales of older models, the Wall Street Journal revealed.


All seven foreign hostages seized by gunmen from an offshore Nigerian oil field were released on Monday after two days in captivity, a state government spokesman said.


Afghan Government Removes a Powerful Regional Leader

The Afghan government on Saturday announced the removal of the powerful governor of Herat, in western Afghanistan, one of the country's longest standing warlords.


Man Utd's Wayne Rooney is a doubt for England's friendly against Spain, while Jermaine Jenas pulls out through injury.


LONDON: Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal's 3-0 win over Birmingham represents a priceless tonic as his side head into the biggest week of their season so far.


European shares were flat in light trade in the truncated session before Christmas, but exporters in the automotive sector weakened after the euro hit a new all-time high above $1.35.


When Talk Is Sexier Than a ClichÃ©d Clinch

In spite of the teasing promise of its title, Mike Nichols's deft drama does everything it can to push you away.


At least six have been killed after a huge explosion outside Australia's embassy in the Indonesian capital.


Hornets owner George Shinn has reached a deal to regain full control of the team he founded in 1987, The Times-Picayune reported Tuesday.


A majority of people believe complementary medicine is as valid as conventional treatment, a UK poll says.


Oracle Implements Xserve RAID Internally; Endorses Apple

Oracle today endorsed Apple's Xserve RAID as one of a handful of storage solutions supported and recommended for its Resilient Low-Cost Storage initiative (RLCS).


Australia says job is done for soldiers in Iraq

Australia's top military commander said on Wednesday the job of the country's combat soldiers in southern Iraq was done, bolstering a government decision to bring them home mid-year.


French voters are electing a new parliament, with President Sarkozy's UMP party expected to make gains.


Blue Jays manager confronted Hillenbrand

After Shea Hillenbrand wrote on the clubhouse bulletin board that the "ship was sinking," Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons challenged him to a fight.


YUKOS Awaits Russia's Next Move After Mystery Sale

YUKOS and its investors were left  guessing as to Russia's next move Monday after its main oil  production unit was sold off to Baikal Finance Group, a mystery  firm registered in a provincial city.


Fresh Violence Erupts in Southern Thailand

Fresh violence erupted Thursday with the bombing of a bar in Thailand's mostly Muslim south, while villagers held a mass burial for some of the 78 protesters who suffocated while in army custody this week.


Computer Use Detailed / Investigator Unable to Say Who Accessed Pornographic Sites

By OLYMPIA MEA; MICHAEL MARTZ  An investigation found 1,632 pornographic acts, 508 pornographic images and 44 pornographic videos had been accessed on Henrico County School Board member Jim Fiorelli's school system-issued laptop computer over six months.


Pennsylvania town mulls recommending guns for all

A tiny town in western Pennsylvania could ask all of its residents to own guns, if a proposal under consideration on Wednesday wins approval from local officials.


U.S. Air Attacks in Falluja Kill 15 in 24 Hours

FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. aircraft blasted the rebel  stronghold of Falluja for a third time in 24 hours in a  concerted effort to hit militants loyal to guerrilla chief Abu  Musab al-Zarqawi, Washington's number one enemy in Iraq.


British hostage Margaret Hassan, believed slain, remembered at mass

Some 2,000 people crammed into London's Westminister Cathedral for a mass in memory of British aid worker Margaret Hassan, who was taken hostage and is believed slain by her abductors.


Yahoo Goes Mobile with Search and Images  Yahoo yesterday unveiled their latest weapon in the search engine wars with Google and Microsoft - their mobile phone Yahoo. Nevermind desktop search or free email accounts, Yahoo is now bringing their search, local listings, and even images to mobile phones and portable devices. ...


Microsoft makes a more concerted move into the living room with a freshened version of its entertainment-oriented operating system.


Stephen Fleming and Daniel Vettori come close to centuries as New Zealand pile the pressure on Bangladesh in Wellington.


Senators take on cell phone contract fees

A new bill in Congress would give cell phone subscribers greater freedom to leave their contracts.


New Senators Resist Overhaul of Immigration

Three moderate Democratic freshmen are complicating efforts to pass the proposed immigration overhaul.


A court rules that Zambia's ex-President Frederick Chiluba is not too ill to stand trial for corruption in Zambia.


The president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) could halt all league football in the country after a weekend of violence.


A sport utility vehicle crammed with suspected illegal immigrants rolled over in an attempt to outrun Border Patrol agents, killing nine people and injuring at least 12 others, officials said.


John Thompson was barking calls at his Georgetown players, a dominant big man was leading the way and, just like the old days, the Hoyas were on top of the Big East. Roy Hibbert scored 14 of his 18 points in the ninth-ranked Hoyas' big first half and Georgetown cruised past No. 13 Pittsburgh 65-42 to win the Big East tournament Saturday night.


Diana Fountain Reopens, But Not for Bathing

London's new landmark Princess Diana memorial fountain is open again at last, but before leaping in, watch out for the "paddle patrol."


Putting the Net in Neutral: The Communications, Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act

By Koprowski, Gene  The concept of "net neutrality" sounds quite reasonable in theory, but the policy proposals coming from federal legislators and bureaucrats may in reality be quite discriminatory.


Inheriting Some Frustrations at Medical Device Maker

Many Medtronic shareholders may be happy to see Arthur D. Collins Jr. step down as chief executive.


Beckinsale signs for "Whiteout" adventure

LOS ANGELES  - British actress Kate Beckinsale has signed to star in the action thriller "Whiteout."


Quirky questions, voices from the typically unheard emerge online during Spanish elections.


UAW has tentative GM deal, production to resume

The United Auto Workers union said on Wednesday it had reached a tentative deal in contract talks with General Motors Corp and recessed a nationwide strike by 73,000 workers that began on Monday.


A group hunting for banned weapons in Iraq is set to report that it has found no evidence of weapons of mass destruction, Sky News reports.


People who live in chic neighborhoods with high property values are less likely to be obese than those who live in under-privileged areas, a study published Wednesday showed.


Kevin Brown had surgery on his broken left hand yesterday and vowed to pitch again this season for the New York Yankees. The righthander is expected to miss at least three weeks after breaking two bones in his non-pitching hand when he punched a wall in the clubhouse Friday night. Brown had two pins placed in his hand at Columbia ...


Rumsfeld Faces Questions by US Troops on Humvee Armor, Tours

US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was questioned by troops during a visit to Kuwait about lack of vehicle armor, extended combat tours and the overall aims of the war in Iraq.


Malaysian PM Abdullah says he is prepared to meet freed Anwar

KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysian prosecutors have said they will not appeal Anwar Ibrahim's acquittal by the Federal Court on Thursday.


Powell Clashes With Russians Over Western Role in Ukraine

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell dived into an unusually rancorous rhetorical battle with Russian leaders over Ukraine and regional politics today, denying Russian suggestions that the United States and other ...


West, some Muslims share radicalism blame: writers

UBUD, Indonesia  - Western foreign policy and a tendency among some Muslims to impose their idea of truth have been key factors in the  rise of radical Islam, Muslim writers say.


Polls suggest whites are more likely than blacks to say America is ready for a black president, which may be part of why much of the African-American community is cool to the presidential candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama.


A FORMER British National Party election candid


When the World Series shifts to Denver, the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies will not use a designated hitter, and the Red Sox must decide who to bench.


U.S. Base Attacked as Afghans Prepare to Vote

Taliban guerrillas fired rockets in parts  of Afghanistan on Friday, the eve of the first presidential  election in the rugged, war-torn land, underlining the threat  of sabotage by the Islamic fundamentalist insurgents.


The new stadium sparkled, the stands were nearly filled and Stanford's players were fired up to be playing in their new digs.


It Takes Time to Judge the True Impact of New Technology

About this time last year, I wrote a column following up on some pieces I'd written earlier to see what if anything new had happened to those topics.


SWISS food giant Nestle refused to rule out a sale of its flagging Perrier unit yesterday in an apparent attempt to pressure unions to give their blessing to a restructuring programme.


MARCHE: MEDICI DELL'ARES IN AIUTO IN THAILANDIA

L'Ares Marche allestirÃ  un posto medico avanzato, nella zona dell'Asia colpita dal terremoto, in particolare a Phuket, in Thailandia. ANCONA - Tre medici e tre infermieri dell'Ares Marche, l'Associazione


Blog: MySQL is relentlessly pushing its way toward an IPO, as BusinessWeek reports, which makes the entire open source ecosystem that much more valuable.


Congress ended its session trying to specify how to treat terror detainees - and opted to give Bush leeway in interrogations.


Sostenere la ricerca e la diagnosi precoce in Italia Ã¨ tutt'altro che un gioco: iniziativa dellÂOspedale Pediatrico Bambino GesÃ¹ di Roma Roma (Agenzia Fides) - LÂOspedale Pediatrico Bambino GesÃ¹ di Roma, insieme allÂAmministrazione Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato, e Gratta e Vinci, si sono uniti nella ricerca e nella diagnosi delle patologie piÃ¹ complesse che colpiscono i bambini anche...


Yahoo Buys E-Mail Search Firm Stata Labs

Yahoo is eager to improve its Web-based Yahoo Mail, which competes most directly with market-leader Hotmail from Microsoft. Though many of the users of those services do not pay for them, the


Big game hunters may be off the hook in the latest twist of a prehistoric whodunit that tries to explain why bison populations sharply crashed thousands of years ago.


Flu-like virus sickens military recruits

Four military recruits died in the past year and thousands others were sickened by a flu-like virus that the military once had a vaccine program for but abandoned to save money.


The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant today announced a year-long pilot program to start shipping the Windows XP Starter Edition to India in early 2005.


The Penguin is missing, while Apple's gone to Hollywood Comment For all but three of the past 17 years, Microsoft has been involved in antitrust litigation with government agencies. That's enough to wear anyone down. But as Europe's highest appeals court delivered its judgement on Monday, I did notice some ennui - not from dogged old hacks, but from a new generation of pundits.â¦


Ending a six-week impasse, the Senate yesterday approved a $286 billion farm bill that would authorize significant new spending for farm programs, food stamps and conservation but would make only modest changes in the nation's traditional agricultural subsidy system.


Â«Tagliare i prezzi per rilanciare i consumiÂ»

ROMA. Bisogna cercare di abbassare i prezzi dei generi piÃ¹ popolari. E' questa, secondo Carlo Azeglio Ciampi la strada da seguire per rilanciare i consumi privati. Â«La ripresa dei consumi delle famiglie


Valencia, 21:39 - ATLETICA, 60M INDOOR: COLLIO EGUAGLIA RECORD PAVONI

Simone Collio ha eguagliato questa sera a Valencia il record italiano indoor dei 60 metri. Lo sprint...


In His Own Magazine, an Editor Puts Himself Into an Elite Group

Talk about prestigious bylines: one new publication includes Thucydides, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Osama bin Laden, Pope Urban II, Lenin ... and Lewis H. Lapham.


Disney is revamping one of its California theme parks by melding classic carnival games with virtual reality.


Marlins' Cabrera awarded $7.4m in arbitration

Miguel Cabrera became the first player to win in salary arbitration this year when the Florida Marlins' All-Star third baseman was awarded a $7.4 million salary yesterday instead of the team's offer of $6.7 million.


$150 rebate offer for that old fridge is a well-kept secret

NStar Corp. offers a $150 rebate to customers who replace an old energy-hog refrigerator with a new one, but the conservation initiative doesn't get much publicity.


Rain, rain, here to stay? A drenched California copes

A rare convergence of weather patterns has drenched the west and blanketed much of the country with snow.


Government says to splash out on culture for farmers

China plans to spend close to 4 billion yuan (262.5 million pounds) over the next three years to ensure that all of its villages has a cultural centre where residents can learn, play and be entertained, state media said.


Tony Young scores 13 of his 15 points in the second half  to help No. 13 Southern Illinois beat Indiana State, 58-50, and clinch the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title.


The officials were charged with taking thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for promising municipal business to undercover officers posing as insurance brokers.


Microsoft aims at VMware's virtualization lead

Microsoft Corp. , seeking to  preserve the dominance of its Windows franchise, launched a new  software application that takes aim at VMware Inc. , the  leader in "virtualization" technology that allows a single  computer server to operate like many machines.


G7 leaders vow cooperation as global econ worries rise

Finance leaders from the world's richest nations pledged on Saturday to work together to stabilize world financial markets shaken by the U.S. housing debacle that is puncturing global economic growth.


Sony-Led Consortium Agrees to Purchase MGM

A consortium led by Sony Corp. that includes cable television giant Comcast Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire venerable film studio Metro-Goldyn-Mayer, the parties said Thursday.


North Korea says 437,000 affected by floods: WFP

Floods in North Korea in recent weeks have affected 437,000 people and damaged more than one-fifth of the country's rice crop, according to official North Korean estimates, the UN's food relief agency said Friday.


Bomb threat forces Athens-New York flight to land in London

LONDON  - A bomb threat that mentioned Iraq forced a New York-bound Greek airliner to make an emergency landing Sunday at London's Stansted Airport escorted by military jets, authorities said.


Philippine health official says meningitis-like disease not an ...

A health official in the Philippines said Monday a meningitis-like disease that killed eight people is not an outbreak, despite 18 new cases recorded in November.


Wall Street Journal to rename Saturday section: report

The Wall Street Journal will rename  its Saturday leisure section, the first significant step taken  since Rupert Murdoch's News Corp agreed to buy the Journal's  parent, Dow Jones & Co., the New York Times reported in its  online edition.


The mother of a Ballston Spa soldier injured Friday in Iraq flew from Washington, D.C., late Tuesday afternoon to be with her son as he recovers.


Books of the Times: Sin in the Second City

Karen Abbott writes with frankness about the particulars of prostitution in Chicago back in 1900, in a book that is assiduously researched and well put together.


JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian police have announced the arrest of four terror suspects wanted over the September 9 suicide blast outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, which killed 10 people.


The UN appeals for extra international aid to battle swarms of locusts that are spreading across west Africa.


La calendarizzazione spetta ai presidenti del Parlamento


France Bans Lebanese Hezbollah TV for Anti-Semitic Broadcasts

France's highest administrative court banned the Lebanese Shiite Muslim Hezbollah militia's Al- Manar television channel from broadcasting because of anti-Semitic content, the court said on its Web site.


Australian police seek more time to investigate an Indian doctor over the suspected UK bomb attempts.


Ernie Els overcame a bout of food poisoning to shoot a 2-under-par 69 Saturday to share a three-stroke lead with defending Singapore Open champion Adam Scott after the third round.


The Associated Press, CNN and NBC projected Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as the winner with about half of the caucuses reporting.


A retired judge refused Monday to intervene in the city's mayoral election, where Mayor Dick Murphy has claimed victory over a maverick city councilwoman who mounted a surprising write-in bid.


Blair, Brown to meet world Muslim leaders

Prime Minister Tony Blair and his successor Gordon Brown will meet international Muslim leaders Monday at a conference aimed at developing understanding between religions.


US FDA official defends agency's handling of drug safety issues

A US Food and Drug Administration official said Friday "we categorically reject" accusations the agency has failed to protect the public against dangerous drugs.


A number of films have left the recently concluded Sundance Film Festival with distribution deals. For most movies, the fight continues.


Vola Merrill dopo indiscrezioni ingresso fondo Singapore


Block meets file 3PAR and Network Appliance have signed an agreement to consolidate their block and file storage services into a single SAN/NAS pool.â¦


The dollar slipped on Tuesday as  investors bought euros on the back of strong German confidence  figures and foreign exchange traders resumed their view that  the implicit U.S. policy toward the dollar was one of benign  neglect.


Sudan accuses world powers of supporting Darfur rebels

Sudan's president has accused world powers of turning a blind eye to those rebels in the war-torn western region of Darfur who did not sign a peace deal earlier this year.


NBA unveils huge two-on-two event in China

The NBA will embark on its biggest promotional event in China when it rolls out a "two-on-two" competition in 112 cities involving up to 35,000 players, league officials said here Wednesday.


Thirty-three people were missing after a ship heading from Madagascar to the Comoros Islands sank in the Indian Ocean this weekend in bad weather, an official said Monday.


Fighting Rages in Iraq's Falluja After Night Lull

FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes launched air  strikes in the Iraqi city of Falluja on Wednesday amid fierce  fighting between U.S.-led forces and rebels.


Troy Glaus drove in three runs to back a strong outing by John Lackey, and the Angels beat Oakland, 6-2, last night in Anaheim, Calif., to pull within one game of the West-leading A's with a week to play.


Norbrook Laboratories in Newry announcs an Â£83m investment which could create almost 300 jobs.


France need win in first qualifier post-Zidane

France start their World Cup qualifying campaign against Israel in Paris on Saturday badly needing victory to put their ignominious Euro 2004 exit behind them.


Jones Apparel to Buy Barneys for $400 Mln

Mid-priced clothing retailer and maker  Jones Apparel Group Inc. JNY.N said on Thursday it was buying  Barneys New York Inc. BNNY.OB in a $400 million deal to boost  its retail business and move into luxury apparel.


Rapper a Scampia per sfuggire all'inferno

Lo scrittore Roberto Saviano incontra i Co'Sang. Vita e morte nell'hinterland napoletano avvelenato dalla camorra


French insurer AGF plans 1,500-2,000 layoffs: report

French insurance firm AGF, part of Germany's Allianz , is planning to cut between 1,500 and 2,000 jobs, a newspaper reported on Saturday, and the company said it was consulting with staff on boosting competitiveness.


MOSCOW (Ticker) - Tuesday was a successful day for seeded Russians at the $2.3 million Kremlin Cup tennis tournament. All five Russian seeded players - three women and two men - were victorious Tuesday in the first round of the dual-sex indoor event.


An Australian coroner berates police for an Aboriginal man's death which prompted riots on Palm Island in 2004.


Investor groups unite on bond protections: report

About 50 large bond investors,  including pension funds, insurance companies, mutual funds and  other managers, have banded together to lobby companies for  better investment-grade bond contracts, The Wall Street Journal  reported on Monday.


Panel Endorses First Vaccine for Avian Flu

The endorsement of the vaccine against the avian flu was called a stopgap measure until better vaccines are developed.


U.S. chain store retail sales rose in  the latest week, a report said on Tuesday.


Defending champion Ernie Els beat Padraig Harrington 5 and 4 yesterday to move into the final of the World Match Play Championship.


Russia shot putter indignant about result of doping tests

ATHENS, August 23 (Itar-Tass) - Russian shot putter Irina Korzhanenko said she was extremely indignant about her disqualification at the Olympic Games in Athens, the director of the Russian anti-doping laboratory, Professor Nikolai Durmanov, said.


Tony Blair is set to fly to Washington to become the first foreign leader to meet George Bush since his re-election.


Russia's lower house of parliament ratified the long-stalled Kyoto climate change treaty on Friday, clearing the last major hurdle for the global pact to take force seven years after it was drafted.


US Congresswoman says she was denied Vietnam visa

A US Congresswoman who has criticised Vietnam's human rights record has been denied a visa to visit the communist country for the second time, she said.


The business of channel surfing is as good as ever.


During the Bruins' lopsided loss to Montreal at the Bell Centre Monday night, coach Claude Julien decided to switch his line combinations, dropping right wing Chuck Kobasew off the line of left wing Peter Schaefer and center Marc Savard in favor of Glen Murray.


Indonesian Police Detain Seven People on Terror Links

Indonesian police have detained seven  people linked to terrorism since last week's bombing outside  the Australian embassy in Jakarta that killed nine people and  wounded 182, officers said on Friday.


Hurry up, Howard The chairman and chief executive of Sony, Sir Howard Stringer, has said the company was attempting to "refine" how much it could afford to reduce the price of the PS3 console by, and has been quoted as saying there was "no question" consumers wanted the price to be lower. Duh.â¦


This might be remembered as the year the Love Boat docked at the Super Bowl. The NFL took a risk by bringing the NFL title game to Jacksonville, a city of 1.2 million that doesn't have enough hotel rooms to cram in all the fans who flock to the game.


'Visionary' Artists Bring Personal Struggle to Work

Matt Sesow has taken a winding path toward becoming an artist.


Rudy Giuliani says that as president he plans to kill both the "marriage penalty" and "death tax."


Safety debate casts shadow on booming stent market

The booming market for drug-coated   stents faces an uncertain future as some heart experts question   the long-term safety record of the devices.


Hungary passes a law to severely restrict the planting of genetically modified crops (GMOs).


Lawyers' words are kerosene on the flaming H-1B bonfire

Blog: Pittsburgh lawyers advise on how not to have to hire an American worker.


It comes as no surprise to anyone that the number of organic farms is booming to meet consumer demand for healthy food. In Washington, a state known more for its apples than any other crop, there are 45 organic dairies. Five years ago, there were just two.


Official figures show that Hamid Karzai is on the way to winning Afghanistan's first presidential elections.


Newspaper says Merck tried to protect Vioxx sales

Merck & Co.'s shares (MRK) fell 9.7 percent to the lowest price in almost nine years after the Wall Street Journal said yesterday the drugmaker tried for years to stop safety concerns from hurting sales of its Vioxx painkiller.


Roma, 20:04 - BASKET, SERIE A: AVELLINO BATTE PESARO, VARESE AFFONDA A SCAFATI

Risultati della 17/a giornata, ultima di andata, del campionato di serie A di basket: Upim Bologna-A...


OCTOBER 25, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - PalmOne Inc.'s long-awaited update to the Treo 600 will come with a new processor, sharper display and flash memory, as the company continues to improve its flagship product.


The US says the decision to grant political asylum to Chechen separatist Ilyas Akhmadov was not a policy change.


To say Daunte Culpepper was a little frustrated watching the Dallas Cowboys run more than 10 minutes off the clock on a single first-half drive Sunday afternoon is an understatement.


Outlook for Dairying Only Steady, Report Says

LOWER payouts and rising on-farm expenses have left dairy farmers predicting minimal growth for the current season, according to an Agriculture Ministry report.


Native Hawaiians should regain some of the self-governance powers lost when the islands' queen was overthrown more than a century ago, the House decided Wednesday


LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - No one is more surprised than  Christine McVie that she has a new album out.


Oil tycoon reinvents himself as dissident

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia's richest man, who is imprisoned on tax fraud charges, yesterday made an emotional attempt to recast himself as its leading political dissident, in a philosophical letter in which he blamed his wealth for his fate.


WASHINGTON Fueled by fierce fighting in Falluja and insurgents' counterattacks elsewhere in Iraq, the US military death toll for November approached the highest for any month of the war.


Former Ohio State coach is awarded $2.2M

Ohio State must pay former basketball coach Jim O'Brien about $2.2 million plus interest for firing him for giving a recruit $6,000.


Vivendi Revenue Down 26 Percent on Selloff

Vivendi Universal SA said Tuesday that revenue fell 26 percent in the fourth quarter after the communications giant accounted for the sale of U.S. entertainment assets.


A man is jailed for drunkenly blocking the path of an ambulance carrying a dying heart patient to hospital.


300 Mislabeled Bodies Exhumed in Thailand

Forensic experts have begun exhuming 300 tsunami victims in Thailand after discovering their bodies apparently were mislabeled in the rush to bury the dead before they decomposed in the tropical heat, officials said Monday.


Daytona 500: Smoke Clears at Daytona, but Cloud Remains

Questions linger after Nascar officials allowed the race to continue as one crash led to a chain reaction of wrecks behind the leaders during the last lap.


US Pushes for Prompt Adoption of Sudan Resolution at UN

The United States is pushing for prompt UN Security Council approval of a resolution threatening sanctions against Sudan for failing to protect civilians in Darfur.


Nearly three years after Enron Corp.'s dramatic collapse into bankruptcy, the first criminal trial against the disgraced energy company's former employees is set to kick off on Monday.


Police say they are not assuming that a car driver committing suicide caused Saturday's rail crash.


Mbeki in Ivory Coast Rebel Town on Peace Mission

BOUAKE, Ivory Coast  - South African President  Thabo Mbeki took his peace mission to Ivory Coast's rebel town  of Bouake on Sunday, where he was greeted by tens of thousands  of people demanding President Laurent Gbagbo quit.


D.C. United is in the process of selling 19-year-old midfielder Bryan Arguez to Hertha Berlin of the German Bundesliga, the second player this offseason to be transferred by the MLS club to Europe.


The Chinese local governments have closed 1600 Internet cafes and fined operators a total of 100m yuan ($12m) between February and August this year.


Tailback Stephen Davis becomes the 11th Carolina Panther to be placed on injured reserve this season.


AKRON, Ohio - President Bush and John Kerry battled over the economy and jobs in a small corner of the campaign's most fiercely contested state Saturday as polls showed a post-convention surge for the Republican in the White House.   "They promised to create 6 million jobs, and guess what? They're about 7 million short," said Kerry, who also criticized the administration's new 17 percent increase in Medicare premiums...


With Leopard's arrival later today, Apple's delivered five major upgrades to Mac OS X in six years, showing that small morsels can be more satisfying than biting off more than you can chew.


Economic Conference Focuses on Africa's Plight

The world's richest man, one of its most visible social activists and Britain's leader put a sharp focus on the horrors facing Africa's poor on Thursday, saying the planet's indifference to the suffering has been scandalous.


Seniors Need to Pay Attention to World AIDS Day, Dec. 1

"What I want to say to everyone, at any age: You do not know the sexual history of anybody else, only yourself.". Nov. 30, 2004 - Wednesday, December 1, is World AIDS Day, an annual global event dedicated to


The farm bill passed last month by the House doesn't go far enough in limiting which farmers should be eligible to receive government subsidies, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said.


Afghan Taliban says sending fighters to Iraq: TV

A senior Taliban commander said in remarks broadcast on Friday that the Afghan Islamist group was sending fighters to Iraq to support anti-U.S. insurgents.


MTV Kids pacts with Habbo for game distribution

MTV Networks Kids and  Family Group has announced an exclusive North American deal to  distribute its AddictingGames channel through the teen social  networking site Habbo.


Ticket requests pour in for NFL in London

The NFL's first regular-season game outside North America already looks like a big hit. More than 500,000 tickets were requested by about 160,000 fans in the three days following Friday's official announcement, the NFL said Wednesday.


Nikkei Closes Up 1 Pct; Canon, Sony Gain

Tokyo's Nikkei average closed over one  percent higher on Tuesday after positive U.S. retail sales data  eased concerns about demand in Japan's main export market and  spurred buying of blue chips such as Sony Corp.


At least nine people are killed by a suicide car bombing in Kirkuk , while clashes kill others in Mosul.


The Hamburg Sea Devils joined NFL Europe on Wednesday, meaning five of the league's six teams are in Germany.


Hugs and celebrations over, Boston Red Sox Manager Terry Francona announced his rotation on Thursday afternoon.


Luis Mendoza scattered four hits over five innings for his first major league win, and the Texas Rangers survived a shaky ninth to beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 on Friday night and snap a four-game losing streak.


Having returned to the New England Patriots on Tuesday after a three-week absence, running back Kevin Faulk acknowledged the obvious.


ROME - Leaders of the European Union's 25 member countries signed the organization's first constitution on Friday, a document aimed at creating more stability and improved governance.


Army secretary resigns in scandal's wake

Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey abruptly stepped down Friday as the Bush administration struggled to cope with the fallout from a scandal over substandard conditions for wounded Iraq soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.


EU: Microsoft finally to comply with antitrust move

Microsoft has agreed finally to take steps to comply with the European Commission's landmark 2004 antitrust decision against it, the EU's executive arm said on Monday.


There are Republicans convinced that John Kerry's idea of a war on terror is remonstrating sternly in French, and Democrats who see George Bush as the best recruiter Osama ever had.


John Kerry has a thoughtful, forward-looking theory about terrorism and how to fight it. But can it resonate with Americans in the post-9/11 world?


By STEPHEN SINGER  HARTFORD, Conn. - Sen. Barack Obama told a church convention Saturday that some right-wing evangelical leaders have exploited and politicized religious beliefs in an effort to sow division.


LucidBeast writes "Consumer appliances requiring more computing power Sony, IBM and Toshiba started 2001 developing "Cell"-processor that comprises of multiple processor cores and should give performance ten times of conventional processors.


Nasdaq sets January deadline for acceptance of LSE bid

US stock exchange operator Nasdaq has said that shareholders in the London Stock Exchange have until January 11 to accept its hostile takeover offer.


NEW YORK - Most of the top players advanced in straight sets to play Sunday in the U.S. Open, including Justine Henin-Hardenne, Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams, Roger Federer, Andre Agassi and Tim Henman...


Viacom: 'Daily Show' clips just the beginning

It's only now that Viacom's rethinking its strategy. In part, the about-face reflects a desire to blunt the impact of YouTube's stunning viral growth.


Update 4: Tokyo Stocks Lower at Late Morning

Tokyo stocks slipped Thursday morning as investors took profits from recent gains. The US dollar was up against the Japanese yen. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues was down 36.


Germans Use Nokia Phones in Wireless Ticket Trial

The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia said on Tuesday its phones would be used in a project to test wireless public transport fares in Hanau, near Frankfurt in Germany, beginning early next year.


Serbian President Boris Tadic and Serbian Patriarch Pavel arrived in...

Serbian President Boris Tadic and Serbian Patriarch Pavel arrived in Moscow on Sunday on a three-day visit, Tass learnt from Serbian and Montenegrin Ambassador to Russia Milan Rocen.


Japan's economy again outshines U.S., euro zone

Japan's economy outperformed both the United States and the euro zone in January-March for the second straight quarter, reinforcing expectations the Bank of Japan will raise rates in August.


Clairefontaine, 18:03 - CALCIO, FRANCIA: IN DUBBIO SAHA E GOVOU CONTRO LA SCOZIA

Problemi in attacco per il ct della Francia Raymond Domenech, che per la gara di qualificazione a Eu...


Consumer confidence rise bolsters markets

NEW YORK A sharp jump in US consumer confidence pushed stocks higher Tuesday, offsetting concerns about the weakening dollar overseas.


More and more people have literally  found life on the Internet as the estimated $3 billion  fertility industry moves increasingly online.


Dell said Tuesday that it would be eliminating rebates from its Dimension desktops and services in an effort to simplify pricing for consumers. The move means that the company would no longer use mail-in rebates on any of its products.


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


Former Northern Ireland and Wolves forward Derek Dougan dies at the age of 69.


Hassan Execution Make Relief Work Almost Impossible Says EU

The claimed execution of Anglo-Iraqi aid worker Margaret Hassan makes relief efforts âalmost impossibleâ to carry out in Iraq, the EU said today.


Spain opposes separation as EU countries are expected to formally recognise independent state


Paris Hilton shows best stripper moves on stage

Socialite Paris Hilton went beyond her duties as hostess at hotspot LAX in Las Vegas while counting down to 2008.


BULL BAY, Jamaica - Hurricane Ivan's monstrous waves and torrential rains smashed homes, uprooted trees and killed at least five people in Jamaica on Saturday, but a last-minute "wobble" spares the island the full force of the storm's 155-mph fury.    The course change could be good news for hurricane-fatigued Floridians, but people in the Cayman Islands and western Cuba braced for the worst as Ivan headed their way...


Congress Puts Insurance Sales to Military Under Scrutiny

Members of Congress are broadening efforts to address problems in the sale of life insurance and mutual funds to young soldiers and other service members.


KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - Two UN workers who were held hostage for nearly a month by Afghan kidnappers left Kabul on Sunday to fly home.


The Russian press offers a mixed reaction to the new Ukrainian president's fence-mending visit.


Nigerian Rebels to Widen Conflict, Target Agip

Nigerian rebels fighting troops in  Africa's top oil exporter declared on Sunday they would extend  their uprising across the whole of the country's oil-producing  southern delta.


The capsized USS Oklahoma sinks next to the USS Maryland after being bombed and straffed by Japanese war planes during a sneak attack on American warships at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941.


90 mins: And so the curtain comes down on a match of very fine margins. Not an epic by any stretch of the imagination but both teams worked extremely hard but never really showed enough craft to open the opposition defence.


Dell delays financial report amid US probe

DALLAS -- Dell Inc., the world's largest PC maker, has delayed filing its fiscal second-quarter financial report and suspended its share-repurchase program because of an ongoing federal accounting probe.


Agassi wins in straight sets again in Stockholm

Andre Agassi posted his second consecutive straight-set win, advancing to the quarterfinals of the euro643,750 (US$822,000) Stockholm Open on Thursday.


Stretching flu vaccine may not work for elderly

New research suggests that giving flu vaccine in a novel way can stretch doses and protect more people, but it didnât work as well in those over 60 and is too experimental to be used to ease this yearâs shortage, experts say.


Red Wings re-sign Yzerman to one-year contract for 22nd season

Steve Yzerman has re-signed with Detroit for his 22nd NHL season, all with the Red Wings. The center has signed a one-year contract, GM Ken Holland said Tuesday.


PluggedIn: Digital Cameras All the Rage This Christmas

When families and friends get  together for the holidays this year, many more of them will use  a digital camera to record those memories.


Internet Regulations Would Harm Consumers

RESTON, Va., Sept. 14  /PRNewswire/ -- Debate over whether to regulate Internet Service Providers has raged during consideration of so-called "net neutrality" (NN) legislation now pending in Congress.


About 60 Bombardier Planes Grounded After Crash Landings

The aircraft maker recommended grounding the Q400 turboprop airplanes after two were involved in landing-gear failures this week.


Graphic Designer Fired After Heckling Bush

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A man who heckled President Bush at a political rally was fired from his job at an advertising and design company...


Housing Crisis Casts a Cloud Over Sun Belt

PHOENIX -- When residents of Maricopa, Ariz., south of Phoenix, vote in the presidential primaries Tuesday, it will be against a backdrop of vacant storefronts and sprawling, terra-cotta roofed subdivisions that are studded with for-sale signs as far as the eye can see.


Greek plane given all-clear after 6-hour search at London's ...

The Greek passenger plane diverted to London's Stansted airport by a bomb threat has been given the all-clear to continue its flight to New York, police said Monday.


Nordic nations ring in New Year in mourning as thousands feared dead

Four Nordic nations were set to ring in the New Year in shock and mourning, faced with their deadliest catastrophe in modern times as people sat glued to news reports from Asia where thousands of their loved ...


Police are questioning one man and seeking another over the death of an Australian peacekeeper in the Solomon Islands earlier this week.


Forward Thomas Vanek agreed to a three-year deal with the Buffalo Sabres on Friday, passing up his final two years of college eligibility at Minnesota.


Cleveland Indians Team Report - October 2

(Sports Network) - The Cleveland Indians will continue with the second test of a regular season-ending three-game set against the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome.


But many Wall Street traders went home Tuesday night feeling out of sorts, having hammered stocks 19 points into the red in the last two hours of trading, on early reports that John Kerry had taken the lead in the exit polls.


Worms Relieve Symptoms of Bowel Disorder - Study

It's not a treatment for the  faint-hearted or squeamish but scientists said on Tuesday that  worms could be a new treatment for a bowel disease.


One of the Timaru youths charged over the attack on an American tourist early on Saturday was granted bail in the Timaru District Court yesterday.


Mauritania became the latest African  country to benefit from third-generation (3G) mobile phone  services on Thursday as its newest provider Chinguitel went  live, officials said.


The auction for rights to a highly valuable swath of the nationâs airwaves will begin Thursday and is expected to include multibillion-dollar bids from the nationâs two biggest wireless phone companies.


Saddam-Masked Robber Convicted in London

LONDON - One of a trio of armed thieves who wore rubber Saddam Hussein masks while raiding corner stores was convicted Tuesday of robbery and weapons offenses.    Jamie Miell, 25, was convicted at Reading Crown Court of one count of conspiracy to rob and 18 counts of possessing a firearm whilst committing or attempting to commit a robbery...


Conditions at Scotland's only female prison, Cornton Vale, are heavily criticised in a new HMI report.


October 26, 2004 -- Walt Disney Co. said its board chose executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles to help it find a new chief executive officer when Disney CEO Michael Eisner steps down.


UK Wants Partial Smoking Ban, Limit on Junk Food Ads

Britain will announce plans on Tuesday for a ban on smoking in many public places and a crackdown on television advertising of "junk food" aimed at children.


Prudential Financial to Close Research Unit

About 420 people will be laid off, with most of the cuts coming in New York. International offices will also close.


Climate Change Linked With Mexican Plants

U.S. scientists have determined a link between climate change and the origins of maize and squash cultivation in Mexico.


A man who took one of his pet buffaloes for a ride at a ranch north of Phoenix on New Year's Eve ended up being bucked off the animal and trampled, authorities said.


ATHENS -- Allen Iverson says on his website that as a troubled teenager, he was sent to jail in 1993 after being convicted of an offence called "maiming by mob." ...


Veltroni, rompiano silenzio.Ingrid ostaggio da 5 anni


American Ballet Theater Trims Costs, Trying to Keep the Cuts Offstage

The troupe is freezing pay, cutting positions and canceling tours in a wave of measures that it says are putting the company back on the road to financial health.


Venezuelan president in Moscow discusses cooperation

MOSCOW, November 26 (Itar-Tass) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Moscow on Thursday, November 25 for a two-day visit to discuss cooperation with Russia.


Sprague hands Toyota its 1st Daytona win

Jack Sprague expected Toyota to win at Daytona. He never imagined he would be the one leading the charge to Victory Lane.


And eliminate the companies not worth owning in the process.


Taliban Commander Emerges As Pakistan's 'Biggest Problem'

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan. 9 -- Even as his reputation has grown more menacing and his militia more powerful, the Taliban commander accused of ordering the death of Benazir Bhutto has shrouded himself in mystery.


BAGHDAD - Two US army helicopters crashed in southwest Baghdad late Saturday, killing two soldiers and injuring two others, the US military said.


Milano, 14:44 - CALCIO, MILAN; GATTUSO: MODULO MIGLIORE QUELLO DI ANCELOTTI

In un'intervista a Sky 'Ringhio' Gattuso ha parlato dell'attuale sotuazione del Milan dopo lo 0-0 di...


String of urban suicide bombings signals a new strategy among Algeria's Islamist terrorists.


By Elise Ackerman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun. 1--Google announced today it has acquired FeedBurner, a Chicago-based company that distributes blog posts and digital advertising through a technology known as RSS, or Really Simple Syndication.


Two veteran police detectives were shot dead in an exchange of gunfire with a man who had been menacing his mother inside her home, police said.


Indianapolis, 11:38 - MOTO, USA: NEL 2008 SI CORRERA' ANCHE A INDIANAPOLIS

Le MotoGP correranno a Indianapolis nel 2008. Il Motomondiale farà infatti tappa anche sul tr...


Domani vertice Opec a Vienna, attesa produzione invariata


Sierra Club Gives Charlotte High Marks: Environmental Group Lauds Greenways, Light Rail, but Notes Sprawl

By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 16--The Sierra Club saluted Charlotte-Mecklenburg elected leaders and volunteers Friday for environmental accomplishments that were featured in the club's national magazine.


Japanese stocks rose Friday, led by electronics shares following Nasdaq's rally in the U.S. and a joint-venture agreement by Toshiba and Sharp in the liquid crystal display business.


Analysis: Bhutto's death shakes Pakistan

The assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto deals a stunning blow to liberal political forces trying to combat rising Islamic extremism in Pakistan.


Oggi si rivota in Ucraina : sfida bis tra Yushenko e Yanukovich

KIEV - Oggi in Ucraina si vota. Il duello Ã¨ tra il filo occidentale Yushenko e il premier filorusso Yanukovich. Una sfida che si ripropone dopo l'annullamento per brogli del del 21 novembre, deciso dalla


Serb nationalist wins first-round president vote

Hardliner Tomislav Nikolic won the first round of Serbia's presidential vote on Sunday, setting up a second-round contest that will shape Serbian ties with the West after the expected loss of Kosovo.


Nine Pakistanis receive life terms for an attack on the Macedonian consulate in which three people died.


Ben Broussard hit a two-run homer to lift the Cleveland Indians to a 5-2 victory over the Twins on a strange afternoon in Minneapolis, sending AL Central champion Minnesota to Yankee Stadium for the start of the playoffs.


Yukos Lawyer Summoned As Company Appeals

MOSCOW Sept. 6, 2004 - Prosecutors tightened the screws on Yukos on Monday, calling in the oil giant's top in-house lawyer for questioning after searching his office and apartment on the same day the company


Whether he emerges as victor or not, Obama has helped move society toward a colorblind ideal.


The Supreme Court found that Wall Street investment banks could not be sued under antitrust law over losses in the crash of technology stocks seven years ago.


Roger Federer will face American Michael Russell in the first round of the French Open, the only Grand Slam tournament he hasn't won. In the draw Friday, two-time defending champion Justine Henin of Belgium opens against Elena Vesnina of Russia, and No. 2 Maria Sharapova will play Emilie Loit of France.


Windows Mobile 6 SDK to Enable Synchronized Apps Development

In an interview with BetaNews, Microsoft product manager for Windows Mobile and embedded devices John Starkweather said that a key feature of the system developers' kit for Windows Mobile 6 will be a set of tools that expose the functionality of a new graphical desktop synchronization tool for Windows Vista called Windows Mobile Device Center.


Ogden Hospital Expands Youth Drug Treatment Program

An Ogden hospital is setting up a new treatment program to serve a rapidly rising number of young adults abusing prescription drugs.


Torino, 13:53 - CALCIO, TORINO: I CONVOCATI PER LA LAZIO

Questi i convocati del Torino per la gara contro la Lazio in programma domani alle 18.00: Sereni, Fo...


5 Scientists Recognized For Medical Advances

NEW YORK -- Pioneers in psychotherapy and cell biology and three scientists who discovered a crucial enzyme linked to cancer and aging are being awarded prestigious medical prizes.


Sudan summons Eritrean envoy on Darfur rebel attack

Sudan has summoned the Eritrean  ambassador to ask why Eritrea is playing host to a Darfur rebel  alliance that attacked a town, the Sudanese foreign minister  said on Wednesday.


US to move on missile plan in Eastern Europe

BRUSSELS -- The United States will proceed with its plans for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe whether or not agreement is reached on an alternative Russian proposal, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday.


Congress Sends Bush Tax Cut Bill, Victory

WASHINGTON Sept. 24, 2004 - Legislation extending three popular middle-class tax cuts for the rest of the decade sailed through Congress by lopsided votes in both the House and Senate, giving President Bush


Putin congratulates Sharapova on her WTA win :

Moscow, Nov 17 : Russian President Vladimir Putin called up teen tennis sensation Maria Sharapova to congratulate her on the spectacular win in WTA final over Serena Williams.


Soldini (Cgil), soluzione politica per vittime schiavismo


Archbishop Desmond Tutu warns that poverty in South Africa could explode into social unrest.


A sostegno della vertenza generale del comparto


Intrepid documentary film-maker Michael Moore is not stopping at the US President. In a new film, entitled 'Sicko', Moore will take on America's health industry.


In gol Jorge al 6' e Wender su rigore nel recupero


U.S. firms fear Europe will snatch up foreign tech workers

New EU proposal to fast-track immigration process for highly skilled Asian, African and Latin American migrants is fueling more calls for additional green cards and H-1B visas at home.


EU leaders close in on climate change deal

European Union leaders were poised on Friday to endorse deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions while leaving each member country a degree of flexibility in how to achieve that goal.


New Windows-based computer doubles as a TV and a digital video recorder.


Terrorism ; Manmohan in Kashmir as troop pullout begins (THIRD ...

"We have shot dead the two and the operation is finally over," BSF officer K. Srinivasan told reporters. At least one BSF soldier and a civilian were wounded in the gun battle that lasted almost two hours.


Holder Senden happy to play second fiddle to Johnson

Australia's John Senden has no problem being overshadowed by Masters champion Zach Johnson at this week's John Deere Classic in Silvis, Illinois.


San Paolo, 16:45 - F1, ECCLESTONE: PECCATO HAMILTON NON SIA MUSULMANO

Bernie Ecclestone è felice che un pilota di colore come Hamilton abbia alzato l'audience dell...


Online Speed in U.S. Improves From a Decade Ago but Lags Other Nations

By Al Gibes  I can faintly recall the days when my only connection to the Internet was a dial-up modem. Brrrrrr. Brrrrrr. Click. Boing-boing. Shhhhhhhhhh. Shhhh. Boinnnggggg.


Walker eventually finds his way back to Boston

The bus was lost. The driver couldn't find the FleetCenter and traffic was a mess, a typical Friday night in Boston.


Officials of the RMT union are due to meet ferry giant P&O in view of a massive redundancy announcement.


DAVENPORT, Iowa  - White House hopefuls barnstormed across Iowa in a frenzied plea for support on Wednesday, with polls showing deadlocked races in both parties the day before the state's contest kicking off the process of choosing presidential candidates.


Boeing Said to Be Selected to Lead Border Program

The contract will be initially valued at $80 million instead of the $2 billion estimate given for the six-year deal, officials said.


South African Retief Goosen won the Nedbank Challenge by six strokes in his home country yesterday, closing with a 3-under-par 69 while third-round leader Lee Westwood was undone by a triple bogey on the eighth hole and finished with an 80.


Democrats Slam Rice, But Senate Approval Assured

A group of Senate Democrats opposing  the nomination of Condoleezza Rice as U.S. secretary of state  on Tuesday accused her of deceiving Congress and called her an  architect of blunders in the Iraq war.


Hungarian poultry 'most plausible' cause of bird flu outbreak

Poultry products from Hungary were the most likely cause of the outbreak of a potentially lethal H5N1 bird flu at a turkey farm in Suffolk, the government has said.


Democrats slam GOP over Walter Reed woes

An Arizona congressman said Saturday that mold-covered walls, rodent infestations and other problems uncovered recently at Walter Reed Army Medical Center reveal "a catastrophic failure of leadership" by the Bush administration.


PRINCETON, Idaho - Odds-defying triplet calves, a heifer and two bulls, that were born on a northcentral Idaho ranch are healthy and growing, said the rancher and Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine employee who found them in his pasture.


Riguarda personale turnista operativo e aeroportuale


PalmSource To Release Linux Version Of Palm OS

After completing their purchase of mobile phone company China MobileSoft, PalmSource indicated a Linux version of their software would soon be available.


CLAREMONT, N.H., July 14 -- It was back to basics for Republican presidential candidate John McCain here on Saturday, in a scene reminiscent of his first run for president eight years ago.


Soccer: Manchester United score with take-over suitor

LONDON : Manchester United, the world's richest football club, said it had received a preliminary take-over approach, following reports that American sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer was plotting to seize control.


CIA Report Finds No Conclusive Zarqawi-Saddam Link

A CIA report has found no conclusive  evidence that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein harbored  Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, which the Bush administration asserted  before the invasion of Iraq.


Fed and Regulators Shrugged as the Subprime Crisis Spread

As the mortgage crisis threatens to tip the economy into a recession, many are asking: where was Washington?


South Africa's Harmony Gold to bid for GFI to create world leader

JOHANNESBURG : South Africa's Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. said it would bid for control of Gold Fields Ltd, valuing it at 8.1 billion dollars (6.


TRADE-EU:  This Is the Way Some Agreements Should End

BRUSSELS, Sep 21 (IPS) - Elaborate funeral rituals were performed in central  Brussels over the past week to show how a planned free trade  accord between the European Union and the Korean government  should, in the view of anti-poverty campaigners, be buried.


Park Officials Whittle Plan to Regulate Driving on Hatteras Beach

By Catherine Kozak, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Mar. 5--It was during what some locals called "the summer of the piping plover." Two vehicles were parked on the beach on the south end of Hatteras Island. Nearby, on a pole shoved crookedly in the sand, was a sign: AREA CLOSED.


Oct. 26, 2004 - The US-European spacecraft Cassini-Huygens on Tuesday made a historic flyby of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, passing so low as to almost touch the fringes of its atmosphere.


Torino, 17:56 - CALCIO: ANCHE JUVE SMENTISCE INCONTRO COBOLLI GIGLI-PETRUCCI

Anche la Juventus smentisce il presunto incontro tra  suo presidente Giovanni Cobolli Gigli e il num...


Boulder, CO -- Spacecraft observations of the landing area for one of NASA's two Mars rovers now indicate there likely was an enormous sea or lake covering the region in the past, according to a new University of Colorado at Boulder study.     Research Associate Brian Hynek of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics said data from the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey spacecraft now show that the region surrounding the Opportunity rover's landing site probably had a body of water at least 330,000 square kilometers, or 127,000 square miles...


Court TV Reporter Denies Aiding Accuser In O'Reilly Sex Suit

A private investigator working for Bill O'Reilly said yesterday that Court TV anchor Lisa Bloom conveyed a settlement overture from the former Fox News producer suing O'Reilly for sexual harassment


Christopher Bowman, Skating Champion, Dies

Mr. Bowman was a former U.S. figure skating champion dubbed âBowman the Showmanâ for his flair on the ice.


Yanks' Wild Ride Leads to Familiar Destination

Alex Rodriguez seized a chance to bury Minnesota in the 11th inning on Saturday, lifting the Yankees to the A.L. Championship Series with a 6-5 victory.


Russian investigators laboured yesterday to determine whether terrorism caused the near-simultaneous crashes of two jetliners, killing all 89 people aboard and spreading anxieties


New Service to Securely Manage Online Access to Land Titles

By Anonymous  The Land Registry and IBM have signed a contract for IBM to deliver Land Registry's e-security solution for all of its web- based services.


Microsoft Tests VoIP in Communications Server 2007

With the introduction of new software to manage Internet-based calling systems in the enterprise, Microsoft has added a key component to its unified voice-data communications strategy.


U.S. Military Shifts Troops Into Advisory Roles in Iraq

In their latest attempt to bring sectarian violence under control, American commanders are shifting thousands of combat troops into advisory positions with Iraqi Army and police units.


Virginia Commonwealth University Awards $14 Million Services Contract to IBM for Digital Phone System

Virginia Commonwealth University has awarded a $14 million contract to IBM (NYSE: IBM) for a telephony system that improves performance and lowers costs for the university and its medical center.


Amputee to Line Up Against Top Sprinters

Oscar Pistorius, a 20-year-old double amputee who wants to race against the best able-bodied runners, will get his chance and then some.


Actress Jennifer Garner has been honored as the 2007 West Virginian of the Year by her hometown newspaper.


Pop star Britney Spears has married dancer Kevin Federline during a private ceremony in California. The pair's engagement was announced in June after two months together.


Polish Doctors Charged in Corpse Scandal

Prosecutors have charged two doctors and two ambulance workers with murder for letting patients die or killing them outright in order to collect kickbacks from funeral homes, officials said Wednesday.


Israel allows international observers for Palestinian elections

Israel's foreign minister, Silvan Shalom, said Wednesday that his country will allow international observers to monitor Palestineâs upcoming elections.


AT&T hires 2,000 extra workers for iPhone launch

AT&T Inc.  said on Thursday it  has hired 2,000 temporary store workers to handle its  much-hyped introduction of the iPhone, the first cell phone  from iPod music player maker Apple Inc. .


Gov. Ernie Fletcher, mired in a yearlong hiring probe, can create a fund to accept donations to help pay his legal fees from criminal charges that were dismissed, an ethics panel said Friday.


The licensing shake-up a year ago has not encouraged most people to go to pubs more, a survey suggests.


Greenland zinc mine warms to retreating ice

The economic benefits of global warming Pessimists convinced that global warming will eventually bring about the destruction of humanity should take note that there's one piece of cheering news to come from the inexorable retreat of the polar ice caps: we won't be short of top-quality zinc as we all go to hell in a handcart.â¦


Arafat says Palestinian state more likely with Netanyahu as PM

In interview with âFinancial Timesâ, PA chief says, âWith Sharon itâs much harderâ. Claims contacts with Sharon still held through his son MK Omri Sharon.


IBM Plans Q4 Release for DB2 Viper Upgrade

The final version of DB2 Viper 2, a major upgrade to DB2 9 database software, will be available by the end of this year.


A third man is charged under the Terrorism Act after the failed car bombs in London and Glasgow.


Adam Striegel, a 23-year-old senior at the University of Pittsburgh, went on a field trip this past spring to study rocks. This week, Striegel revels in the fame that comes with discovering the skull of a


Wireless Brits just want to do it in the garden

While stealing bandwidth An AOL survey of more than 2,000 UK internet users reveals the popularity of wireless surfing: more than a third have wireless access and 84 per cent of those use it at home.â¦


U.S. Delaying  Action on  Violators of Iraq Sanctions

The Bush administration does not plan to take immediate action or pressure foreign governments to act against individuals or companies that may have violated U.N. sanctions against Saddam Hussein.


The Cassini spacecraft successfully fired its engine for 51 minutes Monday to raise its orbit so it will not pass through Saturn's rings on its next close approach to the planet and to set itself on course for another flyby of the big moon Titan on Oct. 26, NASA said.


Hughes' first NBA triple-double leads Wizards

With eight-tenths of a second remaining and Washington needing Larry Hughes to nail both free throws to force overtime, the Wizards guard didn't even notice the 16,121 fans


SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Formula One will try to add suspense with a new qualifying system that determines pole position the day of the race, instead of the day before, the sport's governing body said yesterday.


Citigroup Profit Rises, Cautious on 2005

Citigroup Inc. on Thursday said  quarterly profit rose 12 percent as consumer and investment  banking grew, but said it sees 2005 profit at the low end of  Wall Street estimates due to rising interest rates and other  factors.


Secondo vigili del fuoco la casa era piena di cartoni


Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso breaks his ankle during the Premiership match with Chelsea.