Hamas, Fatah truce collapses in bloodshed, 10 dead

Palestinian gunmen battled inside a hospital and fired on the prime minister's office during factional fighting on Monday that killed 10 people and cast fresh doubt over the future of the unity coalition.


Cali Cartel Boss Sent to U.S. on Drug Charges

BOGOTA, Colombia  - The former boss of the Cali  drug cartel, who once controlled most of the world's cocaine  trade, was sent to the United States on Friday to face  trafficking and money laundering charges.


Sadoff Investment Has a Change of Heart About Technology: Cheaper Prices Have Made Industry a Good Investment Again, Company Says

By Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Jun. 25--Sadoff Investment Management LLC never really hated technology stocks, its portfolio managers say.   The Milwaukee money management firm during the last decade did develop a reputation for staying away from them.


US Consumer Confidence Tumbles in August

US consumer confidence fell sharply in August, breaking four straight months of gains, as a slowdown in job growth creation and rising oil prices weighed on sentiment.


Magari non ci sono margini politici, dice ministro Economia


Airline chiefs press Congress on USAir merger bid

Chief executives of Delta Air Lines Inc.  and US Airways Group Inc.  pressed Congress on Wednesday on their opposing views on merging their companies, congressional officials said.


PM expected to approve further operations in Gaza

Following consultation with senior security officials Thursday afternoon, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz decided to widen the IDF's operation in the northern Gaza Strip in response the increasing attacks generating from the area.


Microsoft Delivers Strong Growth and Includes a Sunny Forecast

The companyâs strong quarterly results and optimistic outlook suggest that a weakening economy will not slow it down.


Lindsay Lohan briefly falls off sobriety wagon

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan fell  off the sobriety wagon on New Year's Eve, her lawyer said on  Thursday, ending a year that saw the star check into rehab  several times and land in jail for drunken driving and cocaine  possession.


President George W. Bush sought on Wednesday to rally support for the war in Iraq, appealing to Americans on Independence Day for "more patience, more courage and more sacrifice".


Plaxo, an early social networking site that helps people keep their address books updated is up for auction, seeking as much as $100 million.


Peer groups can be useful, but don't lose the trees for the forest.


Car on fire crashes into Glasgow Airport terminal

A blazing car crashed into the terminal building at Glasgow Airport in Scotland on Saturday, police said.


Police detained 21 suspects, including an ETA leader, and seized a large arms cache on Sunday in a sweep against the Basque guerrilla group in France and Spain, officials said.


A federal court agreed yesterday to rehear a case that aims to get terminally ill patients early access to experimental drugs unlikely to be approved before they die.


Wall Street plunged at the opening of trading Tuesday, propelling the Dow Jones industrials down about 400 points after an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve


A former cabinet minister joins the Tories in accusing ministers of selling Tanzania a "useless" radar system.


EU, U.S. strike compensation deal in gambling row

The European Commission, in a blow to European online gaming companies, on Monday struck a deal for compensation from the United States over a U.S. decision to close its gambling markets to foreign operators.


Arab Commentators Examine Terrorism, Islam Link

The violent hostage-taking at a school in Russia last week blamed on Chechen terrorists has sparked condemnation from the Arab media in the Middle East.


An economic and political integration in Asia based on the European Union model is unlikely at this stage because the region is too diverse, the president of the Asian Development Bank said.


European stocks drop amid Nasdaq takeover of OMX

European share prices weakened on Friday after an overnight pullback on Wall Street, while investors focused on a takeover bid for Scandinavian stock exchange operator OMX by the US Nasdaq market.


I felt like the cowpoke pinned down behind the watering trough as bullets flew all around me: caught in the crossfire again. In this case, however, the Crossfire was a good way to get out of Dodge.


NCAA Rules Okla. Must Forfeit '05 Season

The Oklahoma football program must forfeit its wins from the 2005 season and will lose two scholarships for the next two school years.


By The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Dec. 9--After more than a week of blue skies, the Central Coast's weather turned Friday and rain is expected to continue through the weekend.


Lord Coe says it is unclear what the final cost of staging the 2012 Olympics will be.


Wal-Mart shipping Web orders to stores for free

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said on Tuesday that it is offering free shipping on thousands of items purchased on its Web site for pick-up in more than 750 of its U.S. stores.


The government has pledged to "eradicate discrimination" its response to a damning inquiry into the death of a black patient in mental health care.


Blair issues list of demands on "terrible" situation in Darfur

KHARTOUM, Oct 6  -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair said here Wednesday he handed the Sudanese leadership a list of demands to deal with the "terrible" situation in the war-torn western region of Darfur.


President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom says he believes the Maldives will be a multi-party democracy in a year.


Voyager Probes Send Surprises From Solar System's Edge

In the mysterious outer reaches of our solar system, NASA's Voyager probes are finding magnetic "potholes," sluggish solar wind, and unusual cosmic rays.


The evil Dr. Diabetes leaps from a hospital window, crashing through the glass, determined to infect anyone in his path with the chronic, debilitating disease from which he takes his name.


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Spanish police arrested 131 suspected Islamic terrorists in 2004, the Interior Ministry said Thursday.


Manning and James Lead Colts to Another Rout

CHICAGO (Sports Network) - Peyton Manning threw four  touchdown passes and Edgerrin James ran for 204 yards with a  score, as the Indianapolis Colts rolled to a 41-10 victory over  the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field.


Sen. Ted Kennedy, the archetypal liberal Democrat from Massachusetts, is often called names by Republicans. But until this year he had never been viewed as a threat to U.S. air travel.


Microsoft delays Office business software

Citing "product performance" issues, Microsoft Corp. on Thursday postponed the release of the next version of its Office business software suite.


AP Enterprise: DOD extended Halliburton contract despite warnings

WASHINGTON The Pentagon extended a Halliburton contract for eleven months beyond its expiration despite warnings that the company was "out of control" in its work providing troop support in the Balkans.


Warner plans to leave the Giants after this season

Two-time MVP quarterback Kurt Warner plans to leave the New York Giants after this season rather than remain a backup to Eli Manning.


NEW YORK - Andre Agassi and Venus Williams highlight today's schedule at the U.S. Open, with top-seeded Roger Federer and Justine Henin-Hardenne in action tonight...


Fat switch may offer new obesity approach: study

Helping switch on an energy-burning type of fat called brown fat may offer a way to prevent obesity, researchers reported on Tuesday.


Russians see careful planning in terror siege

BESLAN, Russia Inside the charred, bullet-pocked wreckage of Middle School No. 1 lies evidence of the terror Russia faces: two parts of the library's wooden floor had been pried up, evidently by the heavily


Pentagon shuts down systems after cyberattack

(InfoWorld) - The U.S. Department of Defense took an estimated 1,500 computers offline Wednesday after a security breach within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). "Elements of the OSD unclassified e-mail system were taken offline yesterday afternoon due to a detected penetration," Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said, according to the transcript of a Thursday press conference. "A variety of precautionary measures are being taken. We expect the system to be online again very soon." Department of Defense officials had little more to say about the attack, Thursday and would not confirm the number of systems that had been taken offline. The Pentagon is exposed to "perhaps hundreds of attacks a day," and the department has back up systems in place, Gates said. "There is no anticipated adverse impact on ongoing operations," he added. "There will be some administrative disruptions and personal inconveniences." However, it looks like the secretary himself will not be inconvenienced. "I don't do e-mail," he said in response to a question. "I'm a very low-tech person."


Doctors on a turbulence-free flight performed surgery 19,000 feet above the jungles of Colombia on the inaugural outing of the military's "Air Hospital," the country's new effort to save the lives of troops wounded in its war against Marxist insurgents.


Tribune's Rules: A Quirky Rush to Good Judgment

Media giant Tribune Co., which last month passed from public to private, employee ownership under the direction of real estate mogul Sam Zell, gave its nearly 20,000 employees a handbook yesterday outlining appropriate workplace policies and behavior and the new company's values.


Tens of thousands of opposition supporters have braved sub-zero temperatures to protest against the declaration of victory for Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine's presidential elections.


Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr said he was delighted with the 3-0 win over Cyprus after so many players had pulled out of his squad.


'Lights' shines on gritty reality of football

Anyone who grew up in a football town will find Friday Night Lights dead on, as actor-turned-director Peter Berg portrays the subculture of the Texas high school gridiron.


BELGRADE, Aug 30 (IPS) - The ways of Serbian media have come into focus  again after the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in  Europe (OSCE) declared earlier this week that Serbian media must  practise professionalism and respect human dignity.


Marsh and McLennan aims to collect past incentive fees

Marsh and McLennan is looking to collect about $230 million in incentive fees at the heart of a bid-rigging probe. The company says it will put the fees into a separate account to be used as


Too much testosterone kills brain cells: study

Too much testosterone can kill brain   cells, researchers said on Tuesday in a finding that may help   explain why steroid abuse can cause behavior changes like   aggressiveness and suicidal tendencies.


Nepalese rebels set off bombs in capital

Kathmandu - Nepalese rebels shot a policeman and set off two bombs in Kathmandu on Friday while keeping up a blockade that has isolated the capital since midweek to press demands for the release of rebels held by the government.


North Korea Denounces US for Acting as Human Rights Judge

North Korea accused the US of acting as the international judge for human rights and trying to use the issue to bring down the regime in the communist country.


New York -- Midway through the second half Thursday night against St. Mary's, John Calipari, the coach of 24th-ranked Memphis, turned to an assistant and said, "These guys won't go away.


Manchester United confirm Owen Hargreaves will join them from Bayern Munich on 1 July.


SOUTHAMPTON, England  - Harry Redknapp's hopes of a dream start to his time in charge of Southampton were shattered by a stirring late fightback which earned Middlesbrough a deserved point in a thrilling 2-2 draw at St Mary's.


Reading in dim light won't damage your eyes, you don't need eight glasses of water a day to stay healthy and shaving your legs won't make the hair grow back faster.


Wes Brown could leave Manchester United in January after rejecting a new deal.


Airline British Airways reveals pre-tax profits more than doubled to Â£220m in the July to September period.


The Americans are ahead again Poll Results The Americans are ahead again. This time it's in their negative attitudes towards the "green imperative". We asked for your feedback in December and followed up with a quick poll in January. Our thanks to the 3,000 or so folk who responded. But what a stark contrast between North American respondents and the rest of the English-speaking world.â¦


The "cheap chic" retailer's results are hit-or-miss.


Abu Hamza accused of inciting hate and murder

ABU HAMZA AL-MASRI, the radical Muslim cleric, was charged yesterday with 16 offences of encouraging murder, stirring up race hatred and possessing a terrorist document.


Lilly gets FDA nod on new osteoporosis drug use

Eli Lilly & Co  said on Friday that it had won approval to market its blockbuster osteoporosis drug to post-menopausal women who are at high risk for invasive breast cancer.


A Russian Web site is offering a tool that simulates chatroom conversation and solicits personal information from victims.


Una tirata di capelli di troppo Pagliuca salta un turno

MILANO, 23 DICEMBRE 2004 - Il portiere del Bologna, Gianluca Pagliuca, e' stato squalificato dal Giudice sportivo per una giornata in seguito all'esame della prova tv che ha evidenziato una 'tirata di capelli' al giocatore della Reggina, Giandomenico Mesto


Toshiba to buy 77 pct of Westinghouse for $4.2 bln

Japan's Toshiba Corp.  said on Wednesday it would take a 77 percent stake in Westinghouse, British Nuclear Fuels' U.S. power plant unit, for $4.16 billion, buying a much bigger chunk of the firm than it had initially planned.


Yahoo Messenger offers free group conference calls

Yahoo Inc.  is offering free  group conference calling services from Vapps Inc. to the  roughly 80 million users of Yahoo's instant-message and Web  telephone-calling service, the companies said on Monday.


Cheeky crook called cab to make getaway, British court told

A British burglary victim voiced disbelief Monday at a thief's "unbelievable" cheek in calling a taxi from her ransacked home to make his getaway.


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A long, suspicious delay in the study of Merck and Schering's $5 billion drug was reported by Forbes in November.


Microsoft's Raikes planning deals, not exit

Microsoft issues a media alert saying Microsoft to make Business Division announcement, then kills the release. A source says unit head Raikes is busy on the mergers and acquisitions front, not sending out his resume.


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Cost Benefits of New Schizophrenia Drugs Doubted

Treating schizophrenia with an older, cheaper drug, rather than with heavily promoted newer medications, reduces the cost by as much as 30 percent with no apparent difference in safety and effectiveness, according to the first study to examine the economic implications of  antipsychotic drug...


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The British Army's head tells the BBC the attacks which killed dozens in Iraq will not derail January's elections.


Ebersol in Hospital After Crash; Son Presumed Dead

Dick Ebersol, the chairman of NBC Universal Sports, was in a hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., along with his older son today after surviving the crash of a charter jet Sunday.


Clem Labine, All-Star Reliever for Brooklyn Dodgers, Is Dead at 80

He helped bring the Brooklyn Dodgers four pennants and their only World Series championship.


Stepping into a polling booth and pulling a lever or pushing a button is too easy for Iowans.


Who is the heir apparent to Intel CEO Paul Otellini?

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The watch is on at Intel Corp., as observers are now wondering: Who is the heir apparent to Paul Otellini? As reported, Intel (Santa Clara, Calif.


Australia will consider sending Darren Lehmann home after he hobbled off the VCA Ground with a torn hamstring and uncertain future.


Telecom Italia workers strike over restructuring plan

Employees of Telecom Italia staged a strike and protest to oppose the company's plan to hive off its mobile phone unit.


Russia ready to back some Iran sanctions: Lavrov

DEAD SEA, Jordan  - Russia is ready to back sanctions against Iran aimed at preventing it from building military nuclear potential, Interfax news agency quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Friday.


Arthritis drug may ease dementia: case-report

NEW YORK  - In a new report, U.S. researchers describe the improvement in brain function that occurred in a patient with Alzheimer's disease just minutes after receiving an injection in the spine of the arthritis drug Enbrel (also known as etanercept).


Chips Are Here, But Wireless HDMI Still Out of Sight

A chipset promising to allow users to send high definition (HD) video wirelessly throughout the home faces hurdles in the market due to competing technology standards, market researcher Gartner Inc. said Monday.


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Hamilton keeps his medal amid continuing questions

The International Olympic Committee said US cyclist Tyler Hamilton can keep his gold medal from the Athens Olympics. Hamilton tested positive for signs of blood doping in his initial test last month in Athens


LONDON, England -- Many European Union companies are being denied access to a market in public contracts worth $1.8 billion because governments are still favoring home-based firms, according to a British report into fair competition released on Monday.


With a long list of credits for blockbuster movies and hit TV shows under his belt, Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer is branching into video games.


Project Passes a Rezoning Hurdle: City Still to Vote on North Hills East

By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 13--RALEIGH -- Developer John Kane got the go-ahead from Raleigh planners Tuesday to extend his popular North Hills across Six Forks Road.


Two Iraqi Ministers Survive Bomb Attacks, 5 Killed

Insurgents tried to assassinate Iraq's environment and education ministers in separate bombings on Tuesday that killed five of their bodyguards and wounded more than a dozen people, officials said.


Marathon Oil managed to lose all but a tiny smidgen of its downstream earnings.


Two guys named Chuck and Larry edged out a teenager named Harry at the weekend box office.


Taliban-linked group threatens to execute UN election workers

A militant group claiming responsibility for kidnapping three foreign UN workers said Saturday it will execute them unless Britain withdraws its troops from Afghanistan and two other governments stop supporting US policy here.


The Titans release Travis Henry on Saturday after negotiations fail to rework a contract that contained an $8.3 million bonus due Monday.


roundup Plus: PeopleSoft-Oracle trial delayed...IBM, Boeing team up for defense work...TI touts combo chip with VoIP, Wi-Fi...ContextWeb nabs $3 million.


England rugby star Jonny Wilkinson could miss the autumn international tests after being told he will be sidelined for up to eight weeks with a torn medial ligament in his right knee.


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SPARKS, Nev. - Some 300,000 people are expected to pig out on about 130,000 pounds of pork ribs...


GOP Delegate's Friend Plants Kerry Sticker

Jon Peterson of Delaware, Ohio, arrived at the Republican convention with something perhaps no other delegate had — a John Kerry bumper sticker on his car.


Explosion in Chinese coal mine kills at least 60 people

BEIJING: Rescue workers in central China searched Thursday for 88 coal miners who were missing after a gas explosion ripped through a shaft, killing at least 60 others in the country's deadliest mine disaster this year.


Football teams would have to include a minimum number of 'homegrown' players under new proposals announced by the Uefa chief executive today.


It's a good multiple when you're buying a business.


All eyes were on the Braintree and host Burlington boys' gymnastics teams last night at the State Championship Meet, as the teams fought for every routine and every tenth of a point, trying to win the title.


One of the most horrifying medical treatments of the 20th century was carried out not clandestinely, but with the approval of the medical establishment, the media and the public. Known as the transorbital or "ice pick" lobotomy, the crude and destructive brain-scrambling operation performed on th...


By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Caught in a scheduling squeeze, NASA decided to try to launch space shuttle Atlantis on Friday without replacing a troublesome electrical component.Friday had been the last launch day available before the U.S.


Police said Saturday they believe a felon wanted for domestic violence wrestled away the pistol of a detective trying to arrest him and fatally wounded the 22-year police veteran and his partner in a gun battle on a quiet street.


UK takes lead role in stem cell research

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


Aramis and Designer Fragrances, a division of high-end cosmetics firm Estee Lauder Cos., said Thursday it signed a multi-year deal naming real estate mogul and reality television star Donald Trump as the spokesperson for a new men's fragrance called Donald Trump, The Fragrance.


Gunmen abduct 2 Italian aid workers in Gaza

Gunmen abducted two Italians working for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza on Tuesday and freed them eight hours later in the latest in a spate of kidnappings of foreigners in the Palestinian territory.


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It is believed that with the help of his sister, Jessica DeGroot, 28, who was fined US$7,500, Jeremy Jaynes pedalled non-existent products via email such as a "FedEx refund processor" that supposedly


A US teenage girl has survivied full-blown rabies she contracted from a bat - the first human ever to do so without vaccination, TechNewsWorld reports.


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


Pakistan's intelligence agency helped to plan the Mumbai train attacks which killed 186 people, Indian police say.


Two police officers who set up a detective agency are convicted of hacking into e-mails on behalf of clients.


Physicist shows how steroids can fuel home runs

Steroids can help batters hit 50 percent more home runs by boosting their muscle mass by just 10 percent, a U.S. physicist said on Thursday.


BT Group buys out its partners in loss-making Italian telecoms firm Albacom, as it continues its expansion into business services.


AT&T expands wireless coverage with Dobson buy

The iPhone won't be just for customers living in the big cities. On the day it is introducing the hugely hyped cell phone, AT&T announced it will acquire wireless provider Dobson Communications for $2.8 billion in cash.


Reaction To The PeopleSoft/Oracle Merger

When Internet-based companies, especially ones the size of Oracle and PeopleSoft, announce fundamental changes, responses are usually swift.


American Eagle posts 40 pct rise in Q4 net profit

American Eagle Outfitters Inc  said on  Wednesday earnings for the crucial holiday quarter rose 40  percent as it benifitted from an additional week, strong  comparable stores sales and good margins.


Session Over, Corzine Vows Not to Back Down on Benefits

Gov. Jon S. Corzine said that he was prepared to embark on âserious restructuringâ efforts because soaring costs would make it impossible for the state to keep pace over the next decade.


'CSI: Miami,' Football Kick Off TV Season

CBS finished the official first night of the new TV season as the most watched network in prime time, led by a robust return of crime hit "CSI: Miami," while ABC won the key ratings race for young adult viewers with "Monday Night Football."


Sheriff: Witness saw dad, kids on bridge

A witness reported seeing four children in their father's vehicle on the bridge from which investigators say he tossed them, and another witness later saw the father leave the area without the children, a sheriff said Friday.


Germany's trade surplus hit a surprise record in October, underpinning optimism about the pace of economic recovery.


If H.G. Wells had envisioned a set of speakers that could take over the planet, they would have looked like these.


Dell and Intel Sued, Possibly Over Business As Usual

Dell Inc and Intel Corp have been hit by a class-action lawsuit that claims Dell improperly accounted for allegedly secret kickbacks from Intel worth as much as $1bn a year.


The maverick Republican hopes candor and cash can take his latest New Hampshire upset further than his last one


Sears puts customers' buying histories on the Web

Privacy advocates are criticizing Sears for making the purchase history of its customers publicly available on the Web.


Bad News for Free Wi-Fi: Earthlink's Muni Wi-Fi Chief Is Out

Among the 900 layoffs announced by Earthlink is John Berryman, the vice president in charge of Earthlink's municipal Wi-Fi projects. Under his wing was a high-profile project to blanket San Francisco with wireless connectivity.


management of the agency at a time when it is fighting terrorism and supporting US operations in Iraq. covert officer will take charge of the Directorate of Operations, CIA Director Porter Goss said in a statement on Monday.


No patch for Microsoft Word in next round

(InfoWorld) - Microsoft Corp. plans to patch its Windows and Visual Studio products next week, but it does not have a fix in the works for aÂ widely publicized flaw in Word, which hackers are reportedly exploiting in targeted attacks. The company's security team is readying five sets of patches for Windows, and will also issue a single critical security update for Visual Studio, Microsoft said in an alert published Thursday. Microsoft rates the most serious of its Windows updates as "critical," meaning an attacker could exploit the underlying flaw to run malware on a victim's PC with no user action, the company said. These security patches are usually released on the second Tuesday of each month, and the company strives to publish a small number of updates in December, because IT operations are often short-staffed during the holiday season. On Tuesday, Microsoft warned of a vulnerability in its Word software that had been reportedly used in online attacks. Security researchers rated this flaw critical, because an attacker could exploit it to run malicious software on a victim's PC. For such an attack to work, however, the victim would first have to be tricked into opening a maliciously encoded Word file. The Word flaw is not scheduled to be patched next Tuesday, said a spokesman for Microsoft's public relations firm. There is, however, one critical Visual Studio flaw that may be addressed in the updates. That bug is in Visual Studio 2005's WMI Object Broker ActiveX object. It was first reported in late October.


We'll improve for the World Cup says Strauss

England captain Andrew Strauss is confident his team will improve in time for next year's cricket World Cup after yet another one-day defeat against Pakistan.


Select Comfort's recently sleepy slump may turn into a welcome awakening.


Time Warner hopes that separating the Internet access business will make it easier to sell, spin out, or form partnerships with the rest of AOL. But it may have to go it alone.


Colombia extradited a top leftist rebel to the United States on Friday to face drug and terror charges, an unprecedented move that followed his group's refusal to free dozens of hostages, including three Americans and a German.


Survey on doctor-patient sex prompts warning

There is no excuse for doctors having sexual relationships with their patients, an Australian medical ethics expert said yesterday.


The European Union is "open to consider" new sanctions on Sudan, the bloc's foreign policy chief said Tuesday after President Bush called for more pressure Sudan's government to halt bloodshed in the Darfur region.


Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday night the American economy is "clearly on the edge" of a recession, and he pointed to the depressed housing market as a primary culprit.


Defence minister Adam Ingram today told MPs that three members of the Black Watch regiment had been killed in central Iraq. Mr Ingram was unable to give details of the incident in his Commons statement but


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A sense of urgency, not panic, exists among players and on campus at Georgia Tech, as the Yellow Jackets visit Byrd Stadium on Saturday coming off two straight ACC losses.


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Wild Salmon Under Threat of Extinction, Study Shows

Intensive farming of salmon for American dinner plates is threatening some wild salmon populations with imminent extinction, according to the most detailed study ever done of the contentious issue. The study comes as the federal government and aquaculture industry are pushing hard for a major...


Ban aims to lay ground for Darfur peace in tour

U.N. Secretary-General Ban  Ki-moon set ambitious goals on Tuesday for a tour he will make  next week of Sudan, Chad and Libya, saying he aimed to lay the  foundations of lasting peace in violence-racked Darfur.


JUST three games into the Primera Liga season and Real Madrid have a new coach with little experience at the top level, a squad of under-achieving players and the problem of what to do with Jose Antonio Camacho.


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UK Filmmaker Tries New Position on Sex at Festival

Forget the violins and the soft fade to waves on a beach as the sweethearts embrace.


Doubts Raised on Magazineâs âBaghdad Diaristâ

Many people are asking The New Republic about the identity of the author of a number of articles attributed to an American soldier in Baghdad.


Global Warming Effects Faster Than Feared - Experts

Recent storms, droughts and heat waves are probably being caused by global warming, which means the effects of climate change are coming


Economia del Paese vulnerabile per elevato debito pubblico


Brazil's government got a big boost Friday when the new head of the International Monetary Fund praised its economic policy and economists raised their growth forecast for the continent's largest economy.


US lawmakers Thursday voted to cut 20 million dollars from US funding for the UN Development Program, over claims Stalinist North Korea plundered money from the organization.


WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Aspirin can reduce the risk of a common form of colon cancer but not all forms of the disease, new research suggests.


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Palestinians blow up border wall and flood into Egypt

RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Tens of thousands of Palestinians poured into Egypt from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday through a border wall blown up by militants and stocked up on food and fuel in short supply due to an Israeli blockade.


If Major League Baseball can negotiate a settlement with Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos, it could announce next week the Montreal Expos' new home is Washington, D.C.


Church massacre pushes Kenya death toll near 250

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.


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Vietnam's communist leaders remove dozens of companies from the control of the armed forces and the ruling party.


Shares for Google slip for the first time since its public offering.  Also: FDA under fire for its slow Vioxx reaction & hellip;. Yahoo and SBC stay friends through new deal & hellip;. and more.


Two months after hacker HD Moore publicly disclosed 22 bugs, only two have been fixed.


PageSix - THE original "Star Wars" trilogy finally makes its long-awaited arrival on DVD Tuesday - with the debate over George Lucas' proclivity for endlessly revising his seminal sci-fi epics reaching warp speed.


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Craig Button, the former general manager of the Calgary Flames, has joined the Toronto Maple Leafs' scouting staff.


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California economy seen overcoming housing slump

The worst part of the housing market downturn may be over in California and how long it will weigh on the state's economy may be shorter than expected, according to a report released on Monday.


China Pushes for Direct Flights to Taiwan

China appealed to Taiwan on Wednesday to allow direct flights to the mainland for the Lunar New Year, pushing for expanded travel ties that the self-ruled island worries would jeopardize its security.


Gene Therapy for Erectile Dysfunction on Horizon

The first three patients participating in an early test of a "revolutionary" human gene therapy for erectile dysfunction have not developed any treatment-related side effects, according to preliminary results released here this week at a meeting of the International Society for Sexual and Impotence Research.


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AP Poll: Stable Iraq Tops Voter Priorities

As President Bush mulls what to do after winning re-election, voters say his first priority should be resolving the situation in Iraq, where the fighting is growing more intense. They also want Bush to cut the deficit, which ballooned under his watch, rather than pushing for more tax cuts, according to an Associated Press poll taken right after the election.


One British tourist killed in Amman shooting

One British tourist was killed and five   Western tourists and their Jordanian guide were wounded in a   shooting in downtown Amman on Monday, a Jordanian government   spokesman said.


Firenze, 13:26 - CALCIO, MATARRESE AGLI ARBITRI: DIRIGETE COL SORRISO

Il presidente della Lega di serie A e B Antonio Matarrese  ha lanciato un messaggio agli arbitri che...


Red Hat to acquire Netscape network security software

Red Hat has announced plans to acquire network security software from Netscape's Enterprise Suite, adding it to its Open Source Architecture, The company says they will distribute it as open-source software, according to statements from company executives


Italian and Lebanese authorities have arrested 10 alleged terrorists, thwarting plans to blow up the Italian Embassy in Beirut in a car bomb attack, the Italian news agency ANSA said Tuesday.


Samsung Electronics Begins World's First DRAM Mass Production Using 60nm-Class Technology

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory  technology, announced today that it has begun mass producing the industry's  first 1Gigabit (Gb) DDR2 DRAM (dynamic random access memory) using 60  nanometer (nm)--class process technology.


New home sales plunge record 26 percent in '07

Sales of new single-family homes plummeted a record 26 percent in 2007 and builders slashed prices by the most since 1970 in a struggle to cope with a housing bust, a government report showed on Monday.


U.S. economic growth picked up in the fourth quarter, according to a government report Wednesday that showed an economy stronger than expected for the last three months of hte year.


Jitters before assault wearing on soldiers

NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq -- The hulks of the 69-ton M1A1 Abrams tanks were barely visible on the dark desert plain, but the rumble of their engines filled the night.


Oil prices slipped on Thursday,  holding most of the previous day's gains after car bombs in  Riyadh rekindled fears over Middle East supply security, one  factor behind a rally that pushed the average U.S. crude price  34 percent higher this year.


Rimini, 18:59 - CALCIO, JUVE; DESCHAMPS: LA STRADA E' DIFFICILE

Deschamps non puÃ² sorridere. All'esordio in B la Juve ha raccolto solo un pari a Rimini: ''La strada...


China's Guo Jingjing easily won the women's 3-meter springboard last night, and Wu Minxia made it a 1-2 finish for the world's diving superpower, taking the silver.


Stewart's 'America' offers textbook laughs

As Jon Stewart tells it, he and his staff of 13 writers at The Daily Show  were looking for a project."Life was too balanced," he says with a straight face. "It was too good for us."They considered a "roads project, a civic improvement," but when they looked around their offices in Manhattan, "we mostly had computers."So they wrote a book.America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction (Warner, $24.95) will be published Monday after nine months of checking a few facts and making up a lot more. (Related story: Daily Show is a no-stump zone)Just as his TV show on Comedy Central is a parody of a news show, the book is a graphic-heavy parody of a textbook. Chapters include "Congress: Quagmire of Freedom," "The Media: Democracy's Valiant Vulgarians" and "The Rest of the World: International House of Horrors."The foreword is by Thomas "TJ" Jefferson, who inquires in a postscript: "Is it true Halle Berry is once again single?"Stewart's favorite part?"I like the ending," which offers a Certificate of Completion, qualifying readers to "practice, participate in, or found a democracy."Too often, he says, "you finish a book and ask, 'What's in it for me beyond self-improvement?' Our book gives you a certificate in nation-building. ... If you just smash together the basic ideas, you're bound to wind up with something better than North Korea."Stewart wants to be known as a comedian, even though The Daily Show was voted best news show by TV critics this summer. He dismisses praise from journalists such as Eric Alterman, media critic for The Nation, who recently wrote that Daily Show offers "a truer picture than ... the Sunday-morning gabfests and cable food fights."Stewart, 41, says, "It's more a sign of frustration with the information people are receiving than a sign of our entrepreneurial spirit of journalism. ... It's a '(expletive) you' to real news, not a 'hallelujah' for our fake news."The book mocks both President Bush, "hurdling the lowered bar," and Democrat John Kerry, "monogrammed for greatness." But Stewart acknowledges that The Daily Show delivers more jokes at the expense of Republicans."They're in power," he says. "Comedians in biblical times did more Goliath jokes. The David stuff didn't fly."He says he worries less about being partisan than being boring, strident or redundant, "the death of comedy."Stewart's appearance at a booksellers' convention in June, which featured former president Bill Clinton, won rave reviews. Publishers Weekly said Stewart "out-Clintoned that other guy," prompting his publisher to boost the first printing of America from 500,000 copies to 700,000.


By ASSOCIATED PRESS  Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer declared a state disaster emergency Thursday for Oswego County -- battered by five straight days of lake- effect squalls that have buried some areas in nearly 7 feet of snow.


Tourists shun Thai south town after serial blasts

HAT YAI, Thailand  - Busloads of tourists left the   southern Thai town of Hat Yi on Sunday and many others canceled   their trip after a series of bombs on a busy street killed four   people and injured more than 60.


'Merger of Equals' Will Strengthen Sprint, Nextel

On 15 December 2004, Sprint and Nextel announced a definitive agreement to merge. The combined companies will operate under the name Sprint Nextel.


Release of Microbe Study Spurs Bioterror Worries

Researchers in Germany reported yesterday that they had altered the DNA of a disease-causing bacterium to enable it to infect a species it cannot normally sicken -- a double-edged advance that experts said could deepen scientists' understanding of human diseases but could also speed the development...


Art Review: Power, Injustice, Death, Loss: At Sea in the Here and Now

A relatively rousing close to MoMAÂs sterile display of contemporary works — touching on desolation, waste, abuse of power, injustice, loss and death — makes a trip to the current exhibition worthwhile.


Medicare Set to Rule on Expanding ICD Market

A key Medicare coverage decision, expected as early as Wednesday afternoon, could vastly expand the $4.8 billion market for devices used to resuscitate patients whose hearts are beating out of control, doctors and device maker Medtronic Inc. said on Tuesday.


A sharp rise in poaching is placing some rhino populations at risk of extinction, a report says.


State sues Fort Lauderdale wholesaler for gouging price of flu ...

The Florida Attorney General's Office filed a price-gouging lawsuit Wednesday against a Fort Lauderdale pharmaceutical wholesaler accused of capitalizing on the recent flu vaccine shortage by selling vials of it at an exorbitant price.


Agent: Grant Hill Leaving Magic for Suns

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Grant Hill made seven NBA All-Star teams and won two college championships. He also has never been past the first round of the NBA playoffs. Hungry for a title, Hill is leaving the Orlando Magic after seven injury-plagued years to join a perennial contender in the Phoenix Suns, his...


Oreskes Named Times Deputy Managing Editor

The New York Times has appointed Michael Oreskes, who directed much of the newspaper's coverage of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, to deputy managing editor.


Bankrupt US Airways Group. Inc.  said on Monday it would eliminate hundreds of management and nonunion jobs and impose wage and other cuts to save more than $45 million annually as it tries to overhaul its business and survive.


In caso di una nuova risoluzione Consiglio sicurezza Onu


Dan Dickau made six 3-pointers and scored a career-high 25 points, leading the New Orleans Hornets to a 112-106 win over Portland tonight.


Sugababes star Amelle Berrabah is arrested after an alleged attack on a car in Aldershot, Hampshire.


Asian Stocks Rise After Oil Drops From Record; Toyota Gains

Asian stocks advanced after oil prices fell from a record Friday in New York, easing concern higher energy costs will damp consumer spending and corporate profits.


Bush hopes for diplomatic solution to nuclear tensions with Iran

US President George W. Bush expressed hope in an interview broadcast that Iran can be persuaded through diplomatic means to abandon its nuclear ambitions.


Kansas town hit with oil spill, flooding

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas  - Kansas officials said on Monday they were working to clean up a significant oil spill from a refinery after raging floodwaters wreaked havoc in several southeastern communities over the weekend.


Philip Morris Hid Link to Research Facility -Study

Philip Morris, one of the world's leading tobacco manufacturers, was involved in research into the health effects of smoking 30 years ago but did not reveal data on the


Mal Young, the BBC's head of continuing drama series, is leaving to join 19 TV where he will be director of drama.


Woman who tried to kill President Ford released

Sara Jane Moore, one of two women who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in a three-week span in 1975, was freed on parole on Monday after almost 32 years in prison, a government spokesman said.


At least one person shot at Illinois Capitol

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A security guard was shot inside the state Capitol on Monday afternoon by someone who then fled in a vehicle, authorities said.


Gupta planning unusual premiere for Shootout.


Proposed law suggests fines, jail sentences for guilty parties.


British Police Work to Piece Together Plotâs Details

As police today worked to untangle the connections among the suspects in last weekâs failed car bombings, four other Muslims were convicted of terrorist offenses in two trials.


JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed on Sunday to expand a huge offensive into Gaza that has killed 50 Palestinians until militants stop firing rockets into Israel.


Square Feet | Ventures: A Defensive Strategy for REIT Investors

For many investors, advice to use a more defensive tack when choosing real estate investment trusts may take some getting used to.


Without Fanfare, Bush Signs Corporate Tax Cut Bill

Without fanfare, President Bush  signed into law on Friday a nearly $140 billion corporate tax  cut bill derided by both Democratic presidential rival John  Kerry and Republican Sen. John McCain as a giveaway to special  interests.


Retiring Rep. Boehlert takes job in D.C.

U.S. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, who is retiring after 24 years in Congress, doesn't plan to settle down in his central New York district. He's selling his home near Utica and taking a part-time job at a think tank in Washington, D.C.


Escono due titoli col divo protagonista: l'inquietante "ComplicitÃ  e sospetti", una sortadi "attrazione fatale" con la Binoche; e il brillante "L'amore non va in vacanza" con Cameron Diaz                                            Lo preferite torbido o romantico? Al cinema il doppio volto di Jude Law                                                                                L'attore con fama di sciupafemmine (anche nella vita) ha appena finito di girare un filmcon la sua fan Norah Jones: "Da lui ho imparato molto, Ã¨ una persona semplice"di CLAUDIA MORGOGLIONE


Casini: daremo battaglia.Bonino: un impegno dovuto


The government says a ban on smoking in public places will be in force in Scotland by spring 2006.


Iraq Tries to Clear Confusion on Saddam Aide

Iraq was scrambling to confirm on Monday whether the most wanted Saddam Hussein aide still on the run had been captured, after a day of government confusion with top officials making contradictory statements.


Rock band U2 is honoured at France's NRJ Music Awards, but is beaten to a prize by boy band Blue.


Diamondbacks to Negotiate Green Extension

The Arizona Diamondbacks were given another 48-hour window to negotiate a contract extension with Shawn Green that would persuade the Los Angeles slugger to waive his no-trade clause.


Despite a zesty cast and a first-class production from Lincoln Center Theater, "The Rivals" is one of those classics that require reserves of patience and fortitude.


It was an emotional reunion. Heck, it nearly brought Zach Johnson to tears. That's the degree of attachment between Johnson and the clubs he used to win the Masters.


Low-Carb Diet May Cut Heart Risks in Severely Obese

A low-carbohydrate diet can help severely obese people improve their cholesterol levels, and it may curb markers of inflammation better than a reduced-fat diet, preliminary research suggests.


Intel quad-core Core 2 Extreme to ship mid-November?

Regular desktop CPUs to be Core 2 Quadros, apparently Intel's quad-core desktop processors will be branded Core 2 Quadro and Core 2 Extreme, Taiwanese motherboard maker moles have alleged. The chip giant's roadmaps have, in the past, indicated that the first quad-core desktop will be an Extreme-branded part.â¦


Bertelsmann, the world's  fourth-largest media group, almost tripled operating earnings  in the six months to June, helped by cost cuts and higher sales  mainly at its music and television units.


Colleges fear XP update will jam networks

By Brian Krebs, Special To The Washington Post | August 30, 2004. Microsoft Corp.'s decision to release a major upgrade for its flagship operating system in the same month that hundreds of thousands of students


US Secretary of State Colin Powell said that in his discussions with Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom there was no talk of striking Iran but rather of using diplomacy to make Iran allay international concerns about its nuclear program.


Empoli, 14:11 - CALCIO, EMPOLI; MALESANI: RUI COSTA MI VUOLE? ORGOGLIOSO

"Rui Costa mi vuole al Benfica? Siete sicuri? Se è vero non posso che esserne orgoglioso". Al...


Prepara vista 'con nuova strategia economica e politica'


I say somehow because Sunday was a virtual wipeout, between trick-or-treating and a Steelers game that started at 4:15 pm and plowed into the start of the moviegoing evening.


The Detroit Pistons got the Los Angeles Clippers at the right time, and they knew it.


Hariri to meet Chirac ahead of UN report on Lebanon

Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri will meet French President Jacques Chirac this week ahead of UN chief Kofi Annan's report on Syria's dominant role in Lebanon.


Vicenza, 19:19 - CALCIO, VICENZA: SFORZINI VA IN PRESTITO AL RAVENNA

Il Vicenza ha ceduto Sforzini al Ravenna. L'attaccante, arrivato la scorsa estate dall'Udinese con l...


A bomb has exploded at a market packed with Christmas shoppers in the southern Philippines, killing at least six people and wounding several others, a local security official told CNN.


The Dow Jones index closes at a record high of 12,741 after Fed chairman Ben Bernanke eases inflation fears.


A Russian television network showed footage from inside the school raided by militants last week depicting hooded attackers in a gymnasium crowded with hostages and strung up with explosives attached to wires.


Hizbollah backers gather for Lebanon "victory" rally

Hizbollah supporters from across Lebanon   gather in the Shi'ite Muslim guerrilla group's Beirut   stronghold on Friday for a "divine victory" rally over Israel   declared by its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.


La decisione presa dopo un incontro tra i sindacati e il ministro dei TrasportiA Milano sospesa anche l'agitazione dei dipendenti Sea prevista per domani                                                  Trasporto aereo, rinviato lo sciopero Dopodomani voli regolari


Blair's Israel Visit Renews Hopes for Peace

Tony Blairâs visit to Israel comes amid renewed international hopes of lasting peace with Palestine. Mr Blair sees resolution of the conflict as the route to long-term stability in the wider Middle East.


Wagnerâs Kicker Has the N.F.L. Interested

With two 54-yard field goals on his rÃ©sumÃ©, Piotr Czech is optimistic about his chances to make it from a small college on Staten Island to the N.F.L.


Provisional Ballots Are Election Wild Card

Provisional ballots, a presidential wild card in battleground Ohio, are part of the national election reforms prompted by the election meltdown in Florida four years ago.


DoCoMo to Offer Overseas Roaming-Capable 3G Phones

Top Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo  9437.T said on Thursday it would launch a 3G phone equipped  for use overseas and including a video conferencing function,  getting a leg-up on its closest rival, KDDI Corp. 9433.T.


Sydney, 13:07 - CALCIO, AUSTRALIA: DEBUTTO CON GOL PER CARBONE

Debutto coi fiocchi per Benny Carbone in Australia. Il nuovo acquisto del Sydney Fc ha segnato un go...


Corte appello Parigi accoglie richiesta procura


Al teatro della Luna ad Assago Michelle Hunziker come Lisa


A 78-year-old man has became the latest to face sex abuse allegations on the remote British Pacific colony of Pitcairn Island, founded more than 200 years ago by mutineers.


A new free new tool lets people easily set up personal journals, often called blogs, on the World Wide Web. MSN Spaces, which debuts in test form Thursday, is aimed at home users who want to share things such


The UK is drawing up plans to deal with a possible outbreak of blu flu.


French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday married Italian former supermodel Carla Bruni after a whirlwind romance and less than four months after divorcing his second wife.


Day after battle, sparks continue to fly

LONDON, OCTOBER 25: The Football Association will review Arsene Wengerâs comments about the referee of Sundayâs 2-0 defeat by Manchester United and investigate reports that United manager Alex Ferguson was pelted with soup in the tunnel.


The government has exceeded its target for deporting foreign prisoners, ministers announce.


InfoWorld - Hewlett-Packard has launched the FOSSology Project, a tool for tracking and monitoring the use of free and open-source software within an IT environment.


U.S. and Iraqi forces detain deputy minister

U.S. and Iraqi forces detained the deputy health minister during a raid on the Health Ministry building in central Baghdad on Thursday, a ministry spokesman and witnesses said.


Embassy bombing girl to go home to Italy

A 5-year-old girl who was taken to Singapore for treatment after being critically wounded in the Australian Embassy bombing in Indonesia will be flown home to Italy.


Four witnesses from the original Lynette White murder investigation and trial are charged with perjury.


Scambi terminati a +2,57%, indice Nikkei sale a 16.569 punti


(InfoWorld) - After a seven-month search, Gateway has a new CEO. J. Edward Coleman was named head of the third-largest U.S. PC vendor on Thursday. He replaces Rick Snyder, who had been serving as interim CEO since February, when former President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Wayne InouyeÂ left the company. Coleman, who starts his new job on September 18, previously was a top executive with Arrow Electronics Inc., an electronic components distributor. The new CEO will have his work cut out for him. Gateway has been struggling of late, posting losses over the past several quarters as it struggles to compete with its larger competitors, Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. The 21-year-old companyÂ recently rejected a reported US$450 million buyout offer from Lap Shun "John" Hui, the founder of Gateway's eMachines line. Interim CEO Snyder remains chairman of Gateway's board of directors. Â


A 34-day war didn't work. Now Prime Minister Olmert must negotiate for the release of the two soldiers in Lebanon and a third in Gaza. The  price may be steep


Lunesta Wins FDA Approval as Long-Term Insomnia Treatment

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Sepracor Inc.'s (Nasdaq: SEPR) Lunesta brand eszopiclone, a prescription non-benzodiazepine, for the long-term treatment of insomnia.


Madrid, 19:34 - CALCIO, SPAGNA RIBADISCE FIDUCIA AD ARAGONES

La Federcalcio spagnola ha ribadito la piena fiducia in Luis Aragones, il ct finito nel mirino della...


Daschle Faces Tough Test in Tight South Dakota Race

South Dakota truck driver Mark Monahan says he's had enough of Tom Daschle. So do top Republicans who have made the U.S. Senate's No. 1 Democrat a bull's-eye target for removal from the national scene.


Google's new commitment to on-demand apps should terrify Salesforce.com.


KANPUR, India: Opener Andrew Hall hit a record 163 for his maiden Test century to put South Africa in command on the second day of the first Test against India yesterday.


Usher and Alicia Keys Triumph at Billboard Awards

Usher and Alicia Keys have something to celebrate besides the success of their collaboration on the single My Boo. The singers took home a cumulative 18 trophies from this weekâs Billboard awards, which were held at the glamorous MGM Grand in Las Vegas.


The coach told ESPN's Chris Mortenson that he had reconsidered after originially withdrawing his name from consideration last week and would return to his alma mater.


Sono stati dichiarati idonei, su altri due chiesta proroga


Many U.S. banks have made it harder for creditworthy borrowers to obtain a mortgage, according to a Federal Reserve survey released yesterday that underscored the spread of the credit crisis.


Gordon Brown fails to cool election fever

Prime Minister Gordon Brown failed to quash speculation on Monday about a snap election, as he set out a manifesto-like list of priorities in a long-awaited keynote speech.


At Va. Tech, Near Silence For a Student's Anguished Cry

A ll William Kim has left of his only son is a new kind of life after death: Daniel's electronic remains. A cellphone with its address book -- the father calls each number on the list, hoping to connect to someone who knows something. An instant-messaging account. Online game rooms, filled with...


U.S. Offers $968 Million for Disaster Technology

The grants would help state and local public safety agencies buy sophisticated radios and technology for communications during disasters.


The company Friday said it expected to post a profit in the third quarter, thanks to Improved pricing and product mix and higher unit volume, reversing a year-ago loss.


Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in physics yesterday for revealing how forces in the atomic nucleus keep it from flying apart -- a discovery that has brought science one step closer to a "grand unified theory" of how the universe operates at the


A breakthrough in contract talks has been reached between Hollywood studios and striking writers and could lead to a tentative deal as early as next week, a person close to the ongoing negotiations said Saturday.


Four days of rest in between US Open matches might have been just what Roger Federer needs, as he takes the court on Wednesday for a quarterfinal encounter against Andre Agassi.


PHILADELPHIA - A man said he got quite a surprise when he sat down to eat a side of green beans, only to find a snake head had come out of the can.


Australia welcomes Japan whaling U-turn but lodges protest

Australia welcomed Saturday Japan's backdown on plans to hunt humpbacks but said it had still lodged a formal protest with Tokyo calling for an end to all whaling.


Rescue workers find the data recorders of a plane which crashed in Brazil on Friday killing all 155 on board.


BALKANS:  Sink in Debt, the Developed Way

BELGRADE, Dec. 14 (IPS) - 'You cannot put off the coming holidays until  next spring, but you can put off your debts',  goes an ad  launched widely by a bank.


U.S scientists Richard Axel and Linda Buck have won the 2004 Nobel prize for medicine for research explaining how the human sense of smell works.


Bush due in Sydney for APEC amid anti-war protests

After a lightning visit to Iraq, U.S. President George W. Bush arrives in Australia on Tuesday where he can expect anti-Iraq war protests as he attends an Asia-Pacific leaders' summit in Sydney.


Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry has a message for any clubs hoping to lure away captain Steven Gerrard: He's not for sale.


Doctor May Testify if Bonds Goes to Trial

Federal prosecutors will probably call Dr. Arthur Ting, a former doctor of Barry Bonds, as a witness if Bondsâs perjury case goes to trial, according to court documents.


WASHINGTON - John Kerry said Friday there is a "great potential" for a new military draft to replace overextended U.S. troops in Iraq if President Bush wins a second term, despite Bush's repeated pledges to maintain the all-volunteer service...


The government announces concessions on its plans to cut funding from students taking a second degree.


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Heads of N.H.L. and Union Rejoin Labor Negotiations

The N.H.L. and its locked-out players union negotiated again on Thursday at a hotel in Manhattan to try to save a season on the brink of cancellation.


Three banks are on the verge of winning a High Court case that could have profound implications for the future of Formula One. The banks appear to have successfully challenged the right of


Gary Payton's downtime lasted predictably long -- one game. The Celtics point guard was back in his customary, starting position last night against the Golden State Warriors. A new consecutive games streak has begun.


Former British prime minister Tony Blair is expected on Thursday to join U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase & Co Inc as a senior adviser, according to a person familiar with the situation.


Suspected al-Qaida bombers stepped up attacks on key transportation arteries, striking a bridge north of the capital Monday a day after shutting the superhighway south of Baghdad with a huge explosion that collapsed an overpass and killed three U.S. soldiers.


Powell Says Genocidal Acts Continuing in Darfur

The violence that prompted Washington  to declare last year that genocide was occurring in Sudan's  Darfur region continues, Secretary of State Colin Powell said  on Sunday.


Safety: Nonstandard Work Shifts May Hinder Recovery

Working a nonstandard shift increases the chances that a worker will be injured on the job and how long it might take to recover, researchers say.


Resistant Israeli Settlers May Get Prison

JERUSALEM Sept. 26, 2004 - Armed settlers who resist evacuation could face five years in prison under a law proposed Sunday before next year's planned removal of all 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and four in the West Bank.


Two Nigerian ex-governors accused of corruption have been arrested, say anti-graft officials.


Death of Former Blue Jay Ault Ruled a Suicide

CLEARWATER, Fla. (Sports Network) - Former Toronto Blue Jay  first baseman Doug Ault died in his Florida home at the age of  54 and on Tuesday the medical examiner ruled the death as a  suicide.


Top Russian central banker killed in contract "hit"

A top Russian central banker who led an   aggressive drive to clean up Russia's murky banking system died   early on Thursday after being ambushed by gunmen in what law   enforcement officials said was a contract 'hit'.


GPS tracking Feds bust Cisco reseller 'fraud'

The network is the sting A GPS tracking sting has led to accusations that a reseller defrauded Cisco of millions of dollars in networking gear by fiddling its hardware maintainance program on a grand scale.â¦


Lawrence Tynes' field goal send Giants to Super Bowl

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin  - Lawrence Tynes booted a 47-yard field goal to give the New York Giants a shock 23-20 overtime win over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday to set up a Super Bowl clash with the unbeaten New England Patriots.


Ex bandiera bianconera via dopo 13 anni nella dirigenza


China should repeal restrictions imposed on lawyers that limit their ability to represent clients with grievances against the government, the group Human Rights Watch said Monday.


Democratic leader wants more candor on Iraq

The Senate's top Democrat, facing a mini-storm of Republican attacks over his reported criticism of military leaders, said on Thursday he had high regard for the U.S. commander in Iraq but wished Gen. David Petraeus would be "more candid" about the difficulties there.


Blacker than a black cat in a coal cellar US researchers announced yesterday they'd concocted the darkest material on the planet - a carbon nanotube substance so black it absorbs more than 99.9 per cent of light, Reuters reports.â¦


Unidentified gunmen shoot dead at least three election workers in an attack in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.


Alliance Data takeover by Blackstone in trouble

Alliance Data Systems Corp , a credit card transaction processor, became the latest leveraged buyout to encounter turmoil on Monday, as it said a $6.76 billion buyout by private equity firm Blackstone Group LP  was in jeopardy for regulatory reasons.


Premiers' national pharmacare pitch panned by experts as ...

It was billed as an easily saleable master stroke of public policy that would both improve the nation's health care and salve federal-provincial jurisdictional disputes.


4 Plead Not Guilty to Steroid Ring Charge

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Six people pleaded not guilty Monday to charges they operated a widespread Internet scheme that illegally sold steroids nationwide to clients that reportedly include professional athletes, celebrities and top bodybuilders.


Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton is recovering from radiation treatment for throat cancer and will skip the beginning of the band's upcoming tour, the band's publicist said.


Everybody thinks Americans can't beat the rest of the world at anything anymore because our athletes are too flush.


Colombian police have launched an international search for three Irishmen who were convicted of training Marxist rebels in the South American country, it was reported today.


Salazar can raise more funds thanks to Coors

Republican beer baron Pete Coors donated $500,000 to his Senate campaign, triggering a new law that allows his opponent, state Attorney General Ken Salazar, to raise larger donations to match Coors' personal wealth.


Ukrainian Promises No Revenge if He Is Elected President

The Ukrainian opposition leader, Viktor A. Yushchenko, renewed his campaign for president today by promising not to take revenge against his political rivals or punish


Home values and housing sales will take an even bigger hit than previously forecast and will not recover to their earlier levels throughout all of 2008, at least, according to the latest economic outlook from the National Association of Realtors released Tuesday.


Justice Names New Deputy Attorney General

The Justice Department today named career prosecutor Craig Morford as the next Deputy Attorney General, officials announced.


Military waging distinctly different battles with Shiite extremists, Sunni fighters, al-Qaeda in Iraq.


16-OTT-0413:24TV: ASCOLTI, PER 'L'ISOLA' OLTRE 29% DI SHARE

Roma, 16 ott. (Adnkronos) - Continua il dominio dell''Isola dei famosi 2' negli ascolti del venerdi' sera. Il programma di Raidue e' stato visto ieri da 6 milioni 730 mila spettatori con il 29,75% di share


Due cognati albanesi feriti a Sesto Fiorentino


Telecom rockets amid buyback, 600 job cuts

LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Cable & Wireless, the UK and Caribbean business telecoms group, unveiled a restructuring and management reshuffle on Wednesday that will see around 600 jobs cut.


Delta Air Lines Inc. on Tuesday rejected an $8.4 billion bid from US Airways Group Inc. and filed its own plan to emerge from bankruptcy as an independent airline.


Cars, not war, may finally topple Afghan minarets

HERAT, Afghanistan  - They survived three decades of war but risk being toppled by road traffic -- the last five mediaeval minarets of Herat are being slowly shaken to dust.


Meyer just says no to Notre Dame, will coach at Florida

Names Coaching Notre Dame is still Urban Meyer's dream job. It just isn't the one he's taking. Meyer said yesterday the professional and financial opportunity presented to him by Florida was too good to pass up. And by the time Notre Dame called, Meyer already knew he was heading for The Swamp, not the Golden Dome. Florida athletic director Jeremy ...


Signs of Discord Emerge as Indo-Pak Ministers Meet

Signs of discord emerged between  India and Pakistan as foreign ministers from the nuclear armed  rivals prepared to meet on Sunday to review and advance a peace  process that has faltered recently over Kashmir.


Opel workers vote to end wildcat strikes

BOCHUM, Germany  - Workers at the Bochum factory of German car maker Opel voted to return to work after paraylsing assembly lines for six days in protest at plans by Opel's US parent, General Motors, to slash 12,000 jobs in Europe.


Poll Shows Chechen Police Official in Lead

GROZNY, Russia - The Russian government's choice for president of war-ravaged Chechnya appeared to be the victor Sunday in an election tainted by charges of fraud and shadowed by last week's terrorist destruction of two airliners.    Little more than two hours after polls closed, acting Chechen president Sergei Abramov said preliminary results showed Maj...


US military officials say eight American marines were killed and nine others injured Saturday in al-Anbar, west of Baghdad. Also Saturday, seven people died and 16 others were


The new license adjusts to software industry changes but carries several new provisions.


The Charlestown football team certainly knows how to open a field in style. On the Townies' first play from scrimmage on their brand-new artificial turf field, senior quarterback Jonathan Turner threw a perfect pass to classmate Kareem Cutler on a flea-flicker, catching the West Roxbury defense off guard and netting Charlestown 50 yards.


Professor Ian Wilmut, the man who led the team which created the clone known as Dolly the sheep, is knighted.


Seven Afghan children killed in strike on 'Al-Qaeda hideout'

Seven children were killed in an air strike on an Afghan religious school and suspected Al-Qaeda safe house, the US-led coalition said Monday.


McGrady's NBA return ignites Rockets past Nets

Tracy McGrady returned from a right hip injury to score 14 points while Jimmy Jackson had a season-high 16 points against his former team as Houston beat New Jersey 80-69.


Casey hammers Monty in Wentworth Matchplay

Paul Casey sent Colin Montgomerie crashing out of the World Matchplay semi-finals here despatching the Scot with a six-and-five trouncing.


Senate votes to help strapped homeowners

The thousands of Americans facing foreclosure because of the ballooning interest rates on their subprime mortgages would get help from the federal government under legislation overwhelmingly approved by senators Friday.


The pop star's reported deal to leave Warner Music is part of a shakeup that is rewriting the rules of the music industry


Argentina Wins First Olympic Gold for 52 Years

As the Olympic Games headed into the home straight, Argentina won their first Olympic gold medal in more than half a century when their soccer team beat Paraguay Saturday.


Orton-Stubblefield connection lifts Purdue

Purdue offensive coordinator Jim Chaney doesn't care to coach football as an 11-on-11 sport. He wants the game boiled down to his guy against the other guy.


More than 300 people died in floods and mudslides in Haiti sparked by Tropical Storm Jeanne over the weekend, the United Nations and local officials said on Monday.


Roma, 12:46 - CALCIO, SERIE A: GLI ARBITRI DELLA 16/a GIORNATA

Questi gli arbitri designati per le gare della 16/a giornata di serie A in programma domenica alle 1...


A 13-foot boa constrictor wrapped itself around its owner's neck and killed the man in his home, authorities said.


Singapore - Crude oil futures slid further on Thursday, as concerns over heating oil supplies ahead of a cold Northern Hemisphere winter eased because of a rise in US crude stocks.


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Iraq's parliament passed a law on Saturday to let members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party return to public life, winning Washington's swift praise for meeting a benchmark aimed at reconciling warring sects.


Comcast CEO offers olive branch to Bells

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


Pesa aumento capitale da 800 mln per nuovo piano


Negotiators from General Motors Corp and the United Auto Workers union made progress toward a new contract before taking a break late Saturday, people familiar with the talks said.


The earliest stars may hold clues to the nature of the Universe's mysterious dark matter, simulations suggest.


ARVIN, Calif. -- This small farming community at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley has a distinction that often brings tears to the eyes of its residents. It is the smoggiest place in the United States.


Parla l'ex carabiniere coinvolto nella morte del manifestante durante il G8"Non l'ho ucciso io, ma i colleghi ridevano e mi dicevano 'benvenuto tra gli assassini'"                                            La confessione di Placanica "Non sparai a Carlo Giuliani"                                                                                "Troppi interrogativi non risolti, cerco la veritÃ "


A causa del dissenso espresso da alcuni Paesi


Annual house price inflation rose to 9.6% in November, according to the latest survey from the Halifax bank.


Guantanamo prisoner loses detention case

A Guantanamo prisoner who won a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June lost a legal challenge over his detention on Wednesday when a federal judge dismissed the case, citing an anti-terrorism law recently signed by President George W. Bush.


Political Tones to Problems of TV Maker in China

The tale of China's biggest exporter of televisions to the United States seemed to take a new turnwith the abrupt dismissal of the Communist Party boss of the company's hometown.


Ricerca Emf, i piu' indebitati in Europa sono gli svizzeri


Scientists in parlay on global warming crisis

More than 100 scientists from 30 countries have gathered in this southwestern English city to pool the latest knowledge about Earth's global warming problem.


UN sets up new mission to assist restive East Timor

The Security Council set up a new UN mission for restive East Timor, including up to 1,608 police personnel, for at least six months to help restore security and help steer the tiny Pacific territory toward next year's polls.


Gunmen shoot dead Hamas judge at Gaza courthouse

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza  - Unidentified gunmen dragged a judge from the Hamas Islamist movement out of a taxi and shot him dead in front of his courthouse in Gaza on Wednesday, increasing fears of a Palestinian civil war.


EBay targets auto sales growth with new service

Internet auctioneer eBay Inc.   on Monday rolled out a service for U.S. auto dealers  intended to drive a tenfold increase in the inventory of cars  available for purchase on its Web site.


French utility groups Suez and Gaz de France agree to merge, creating a global energy firm.


FEW global companies have managed to make themselves as unpopular as Microsoft. Its defence consists of variations on: "The reason nobody loves us is because weâre so successful.


Increased airlifts in Iraq don't overtax USAFE

Increased military cargo flights in Iraq have had little effect on airlift squadrons based at Europe's cargo-hauling hub, airmen and U.S. Air Forces in Europe officials said this week.


Twenty Consecutive Profitable Trades for Stock Alerts -- 100% Perfect in 2007

Ever since the founding of "Stock Alerts" as part of the BullTrade.com Special Membership, the service has recorded several impressive trading streaks.


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German IT agency sets record straight on IE

In response to the growing number of viruses infecting computers, a spokesman for Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has suggested that users consider alternatives to Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser. But the agency did not recommend that users steer clear of Microsoft products, the spokesman said, refuting a press release issued Tuesday by browser developer Opera Software ASA.


You see a tabloid shot of Mary-Kate Olsen and think, "Why does she look so depressed?" Well, there's a reason for that.  Mary-Kate Olsen generally doesn't look happy in photographs unless it's a red-carpet event or photo shoot.  "I don't want my...


The film has no story and poor acting. But excellent songs.


Tokyo's Nikkei fell 0.67 percent by mid-morning on Monday, extending losses into a seventh session as worries about higher oil prices hit airlines while banks and retailers wilted on concerns about the domestic economic outlook.


A 3ft tall 'hobbit' discovered on a remote Indonesian island has raised the extraordinary possibility that our human species might not be alone on Earth.


UN Troops Create Buffer Zone to Halt Congo Clashes

KILALO, Congo  - United Nations troops deployed  amid lush hills in eastern Congo on Wednesday to set up a  buffer zone to stop clashes between rival army factions that  have uprooted thousands and raised tensions with Rwanda.


Berlino, 19:21 - CALCIO, GERMANIA: PARI DELLO SCHALKE

Risultati e marcatori delle gare della terza giornata di Bundesliga.


The European Union said Friday it will prod Iran to clarify questions about its lukewarm response to a package of economic incentives designed to get the country to suspend uranium enrichment.


Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda, center, is surrounded by reporters as he speaks on a body found in Iraq at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004.


Japan races against clock to secure release of hostage in Iraq

Japan is racing against the clock to secure the release of a young Japanese man kidnapped by Islamic militants in Iraq, with less than 24 hours to go before a deadline for his execution.


As Dodgers Ponder Johnson Trade, Yankees Pursue Beltran

With the deal that would bring Randy Johnson to the Bronx on hold, the Yankees will move on to other matters, including Tuesday's meeting with Carlos Beltran.


BAGHDAD, Iraq Two US soldiers are being charged with murder in the death of an Iraqi civilian. A military statement identifies them as Staff Sergeants Johnny Horne and Cardenas Alban.


Roma, 09:35 - CALCIO, DIRITTI TV; MATARRESE: PER LA B NON CI SONO OFFERTE

Antonio Matarrese fa il punto sulla vendita dei diritti tv della B e svela che la vicenda è i...


Customers will have to wait to use its gift cards.


Troops on Alert in Tense Lebanon After Hariri Killing

Lebanese troops were on alert across the country on Tuesday as the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in a car bomb blast raised fears of a political crisis and rekindled raw memories of civil war.


Olympic medal winners fail doping control tests

(Athens, Greece-AP) Aug. 22, 2004 - The women's shot gold medal shot put winner from Russia, Irina Korzhanenko, is under investigation after failing a doping control test.


AT&T Beats Analysts' Expectations Despite $7.1 Billion Loss in ...

That's because the Bedminster-based telecommunications company warned of the impending trouble two weeks ago in light of its exit from marketing residential phone service.


Peterson's lack of emotion sealed his fate, some jurors say

Upon learning of his recommended death sentence, Scott Peterson sat defiantly still and tight-jawed, the same expression he wore throughout a murder trial in which he never spoke.


Cagliari, 13:10 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI: SONETTI VERSO IL RITORNO

E' sempre piÃ¹ probabile il ritorno di Nedo Sonetti sulla panchina del Cagliari. LunedÃ¬ notte le dimi...


Bob Evans, IBM scientist who helped popularize computers, dies

SAN FRANCISCO Computer scientist Bob Evans, who helped popularize personal computing, has died. He was 77. His son Doug said Evans died Thursday of heart failure at his home in the San Francisco of Hillsborough.


Can there be a nutritional or physical reason for the sudden onset of a whistling âSâ in an adultâs speech?


Treasuries Ease; Traders Square Positions

U.S. Treasury debt prices moved lower  on Wednesday, with traders chalking up the move to year-end  position-squaring and some concern about potential inflationary  pressures on interest rate policy.


EU ruling on Microsoft due in mid-December

The European Union's second-highest court will rule in mid-December on whether to suspend EU sanctions against Microsoft pending an appeal by the US software giant.


The Norwegian Embassy in Latvia closed on Nov. 1, days after Latvian law enforcement agencies warned that the Baltic state had received information from the United States, Norway, and Estonia about a possible terrorist attack.


Rangers manager Alex McLeish admitted his side had blown the perfect opportunity to reach the last 32 of the Uefa Cup last night. Rangers needed only a draw at home to Auxerre to qualify from


Dettol consumer group sees profits soar by 39 percent

Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser said on Wednesday that net profit surged last year by almost 40 percent, driven by successful product launches.


Iraqi Group Threatens to Kill Western Hostages, al-Jazeera Says

An Iraqi group linked to al-Qaeda has threatened to kill two American hostages and one British captive within 48 hours unless Iraqi women prisoners are freed, al-Jazeera said.


Federer and Myskina crowned 2004 ITF world champions

Switzerland's Roger Federer and Russian Anastasia Myskina were named 2004 International Tennis Federation World Champions on Monday.


Sony's 'Spidey 2' DVD Lures Corporate Muscle

Already having ensnared more than $370 million at the U.S. box office, "Spider-Man 2" is spinning a whole new $100 million marketing and promotional web to back the release of the film on DVD and VHS on Nov. 30.


European FMs in fresh bid to end Lebanon crisis

France, Italy and Spain's foreign ministers met on Saturday with Lebanon's feuding political leaders in a bid to break a long-running deadlock that is preventing the election of a president.


With Video Delivered by Web, the Desk Is a Hot Lunch Spot

For Web video, lunchtime has become the new prime time, and media companies have started responding in a meaningful way in terms of both content and advertising.


ECONOMY:  India's Billion Dollar Bids Mark Southward Shift

NEW DELHI, Feb 7 (IPS) - The acquisition of Anglo-Dutch steel manufacturer  Corus by India's Tata group signifies a âcoming of age'  of industrial corporations in developing countries. The fact that  the two final bidders for the European steelmaker were from  Brazil and India, indicates a discernible shift in the global  economic power balance.


City Council passes modified measure to create black business ...

DETROIT The Detroit City Council today passed a modified version of its controversial African Town plan. The plan would use public funds to create a black business district in the city.


Oct new home sales slip, but prices rise

Sales of new U.S. homes dipped in October and inventories rose, but builders boosted prices by over $30,000 per unit after a sharp decline in home prices a month earlier, a government report showed Wednesday.


A week after members of the Motion Picture Association of America filed 11 lawsuits against hundreds of people they accused of using file-sharing networks to share copies of movies, a US District Court judge found the process improper and ordered the


Dolansâ Bid to Take Cablevision Private Is Rejected by Shareholders

In the largest rejection of a buyout ever, shareholders blocked the Dolan familyâs two-year, $10.6 billion effort to take Cablevision private.


Plans afoot to improve firm's online empire Retail giant DSG has poached Tesco's operations development boss John Browett who is to join the firm as its new group chief executive.â¦


Rep. Chris Shays, who is facing a tough challenge from an anti-war Democrat, on Wednesday called for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to resign — a rare demand from a longtime Republican.


HAVANA Â· Cuba's most prominent political prisoner, poet and journalist, Raul Rivero, woke from a fitful sleep before dawn on Tuesday expecting to be transferred from a Havana military hospital back to his jail cell 260 miles away.


iAnywhere adds IM to mobile management suite

(InfoWorld) - IAnywhere SolutionsÂ is adding an instant messaging (IM) component to Information Anywhere Suite, a set of products for managing applications on PDAs and other wireless devices. The suite already has a mobile e-mail component for delivering e-mail wirelessly from Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, and other back-end systems. IAnywhere, a subsidiary of database vendor Sybase, is now adding an IM component that works with several chat applications including Lotus SameTime and Google Talk. Wireless IM is in its infancy today, at about the level wireless e-mail was just before Research In Motion's BlackBerry took off, said Senthil Krishnapillai, iAnywhere manager for product management. But wireless IM use is growing and businesses need to start thinking about how to use it efficiently and securely, he said. Like the e-mail component of Information Anywhere Suite, the IM software can encrypt messages while they are in transit as well as while stored on the device itself. It also provides a single interface for mobile workers, so they can chat with people using other IM applications without loading them all on one device. The software also provides presence information that shows when people are online. iAnywhere is making the presence information available to developers so they can embed it into other applications they build, Krishnapillai said. The IM component works with enterprise IM products including SameTime, Microsoft Live Communications Server, Jabber XCP, Jabber Wildfire, and Reuters Messaging. It also works with some public services, via the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, including Google Talk and Jabber. The product is not currently certified to work with AOL's popular AIM program, however. The IM component will be available as part of Information Anywhere Suite in the second quarter, perhaps as soon as April, Krishnapillai said. It will also be offered on a stand-alone basis for $69 per seat, he said. Â


Pipex retains personal data for escapees' own good

ISP expecting ex-customers to come back Pipex says it retains departed customers' bank details in case they ever change their minds.â¦


In India, new rat trap boosts low-caste tribe

The new device has enabled the Irula people to quadruple their daily catch. Once ridiculed, they're now called 'saviors' by farmers.


Homeland Security Cybersecurity Chief Abruptly Resigns

Yoran helped form US-CERT, the government's cybersecurity information clearing house, but was reportedly frustrated with his post's limited authority and budgets.


Guerrero Wins American League M.V.P. Award

Vladimir Guerrero of the Anaheim Angels won the A.L. Most Valuable Player award, easily beating the second-place finisher, Gary Sheffield of the Yankees.


FALLUJA, Iraq  - A suicide car bomber drove into a crowd of mourners at a funeral in Falluja on Thursday, killing at least 27 people and wounding dozens in a restive province west of Baghdad, police said.


Formula One races into Shanghai for the first time this week and drivers and teams alike are relishing the challenge of a country rapidly establishing itself as a sought after sporting venue.


Cagliari, 19:57 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI: CONTICCHIO SI ALLENA IN GRUPPO

Allenamento pomeridiano per il Cagliari in vista della gara di sabato sera contro la Sampdoria. Il t...


Bush Campaign Accuses AFL-CIO of Vandalism

The Bush-Cheney campaign on Monday accused the AFL-CIO of acts of vandalism at a handful of its offices around the country — an allegation the labor federation denied.


Katharine McPhee, who struggled with bulimia for five years, says she's not counting calories on the "American Idols Live" tour.


Police say members of soul band The Drifters are "lucky to be alive" after a serious car crash on the M1.


Forty people were killed in avalanches in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, police said.


Sequels and remakes are in! And the latest to join the bandwagon are Abbas-Mustan.


Aug. 31, 2004 - American astronomers say they have discovered the two smallest planets yet orbiting nearby stars, trumping a small planet discovery by European scientists five days ago and capping the latest


The latest work by million-selling novelist Michael Crichton is a futuristic thriller set in the present. "Next," to be released Nov. 28 by HarperCollins, has an announced first printing of 2 million and a storyline the publisher bills as "fast, furious and out of control."


New Delhi, Dec. 4: Bangladesh finance minister S. Saifur Rahman will arrive in India late tonight for a five-day visit and interaction with Indiaâs top political leadership.


Survivors testify to East Timor killings

Florindo de Jesus Brites described watching in horror as pro-Indonesian militias surrounded a houseful of refugees and opened fire, killing 12 — one of the first public testimonies about East Timor's bloody break for independence in 1999.


Iraqi police order hundreds of thousands of Shia pilgrims to leave Karbala after heavy gunfire breaks out.


Investors may pack up and leave town this week as the Republican National Convention begins in New York and many on Wall Street take vacation -- draining U.S. markets of volume and leaving stocks with little direction.


Nagin picks director for recovery office

More than 15 months after Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Ray Nagin is ready to open a city office to direct New Orleans' recovery, with a leading regional planner and disaster recovery expert in charge.


UAW, GM settle strike with health care trust deal

The United Auto Workers union and General Motors Corp reached a tentative contract on Wednesday to end a national strike by 73,000 workers with a deal that includes a groundbreaking health-care trust fund.


Milano, 16:49 - CALCIO, INTER; MORATTI: 2006 ANNO MOLTO POSITIVO

Festa di Natale dell'Inter a San Siro, dove 400 invitati hanno ascoltato il discorso del presidente ...


'An incentive for publicans to shut their kitchens'

THE response to publication of public health proposals yesterday suggests that Government policy may yet turn out to be as much about âsmoke and mirrorsâ as it is about smoking.


The jury in actor Wesley Snipes' tax fraud and conspiracy trial in Florida has retired to consider its verdict.


Chang Leads Hawaii to 59-40 Bowl Victory over UAB

Timmy Chang went out a winner in his final game by throwing four touchdown passes and running for another score in Hawaii's 59-40 rout of UAB in the Hawaii Bowl.


Commissione Bilancio Senato approva emendamento governo


Caroline Wyatt reports on France's care for the elderly - and the cost of providing for a comfortable old age.


Scientists say trained bees can sniff bombs

Scientists at a U.S. weapons laboratory say they have trained bees to sniff out explosives in a project they say could have far-reaching applications for U.S. homeland security and the Iraq war.


The South African startup is starting in earnest a push to make money off the free version of Ubuntu Linux.


The Fort Wayne International Airport reopened Wednesday afternoon after a suspicious, leaking piece of luggage triggered a twelve-hour lockdown. The leaking, abandoned package belonged to a doctor from Beirut, Lebanon.


Japan's Princess Kiko entered the operating room to deliver her third child early Wednesday, news reports said, as the nation anxiously awaited word on whether the imperial family will have its first male heir in four decades.


De Niro: 'Mio padre era il miglior pittore di tutti'

"Non sono un grande esperto di pittura, non giro neanche molto per musei. Ma sono convinto che mio padre era il migliore di tutti". Robert De Niro, parla con emozione di suo padre, Robert De Niro senior, pittore


The family of a pensioner left in a hospital casualty department  are believed to have gone back to Spain.


South Africa spoil Akhtar's return to win series

An inspired comeback by South Africa overshadowed Shoaib Akhtar's return to the Pakistan side as the tourists clinched the one-day series Monday, winning the final game by 14 runs.


Iraq ; Margaret Hassan calla upon Britain to quit Iraq

Iraq News, DUBAI - Iraqi-British hostage Margaret Hassan has again urged Britain to withdraw its troops from Iraq and also to free Iraqi women prisoners, Al Jazeera television reports.


UK far-right party leader arrested on charge of inciting racial

British police have arrested the leader of the far-right British National Party (BNP) Tuesday, accusing him of inciting racial hatred.


Kirk Hinrich scored 24 points to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 99-92 victory over Miami on Thursday night and send the Heat to their 24th loss in 25 games, despite solid outings by Dwyane Wade and Shawn Marion.


Five U.S. soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb attack on their patrol in Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Friday, bringing this month's death toll for American forces in Iraq close to 100.


The New Mission girls' basketball team suffered its first loss of the season Friday, a 67-55 on-the-road shortfall against Brighton. The loss snapped a 15-game winning streak for the defending Division 4 state champions, forcing the Titans (7-1, 3-1) to concede first place in the Boston City South standings to the Bengals (4-0).


The mayor of London on Tuesday announced the city's first comprehensive plan to cut carbon emissions, stressing that global warming must be tackled locally.


Top Shiite politicians failed to reach a consensus Wednesday on their nominee for prime minister, shifting the two-man race to a secret ballot and exposing divisions in the winning alliance. In a chilling reminder of challenges facing the winner, a videotape showed a sobbing Italian hostage pleading for her life.


U.S., Syria, Iran officials to meet in Baghdad

U.S. officials will sit down with their Iranian and Syrian counterparts on Saturday at a conference in Baghdad aimed at stopping sectarian fighting in Iraq before the conflict spreads throughout the oil-rich region.


Tractor does some hauling, but Cavs fall to Raptors

Robert "Tractor" Traylor played eight minutes and scored two points in the Cavaliers' preseason game in Pittsburgh on Thursday night.


Auspicato governo di unita' nazionale in Palestina


George Washington's birthday celebration will have a golden tinge this year. Millions of new gold-colored dollar coins bearing the first president's likeness are being introduced in time for the festivities.


The father of a chess prodigy says allegations that he raped his daughter were "absolutely outrageous".


Jobless claims fell 12,000 in latest week

The number of U.S. workers signing up for first-time jobless benefits fell to a seasonally adjusted 308,000 last week, slightly lower than expected, a government report on Thursday showed.


US plans to break up $13B Halliburton contract

New York (dpa) - The US army plans within months to break up a 13-billion-dollar contract awarded to US company Halliburton to service troops in Iraq into at least six smaller contracts, according to a report Tuesday in The Wall Street Journal's online


A man has agreed to plead guilty to trying to extort more than $1m (Â£494,000) from actor Tom Cruise.


The first drug to treat fibromyalgia has been approved, but some dispute the very existence of the condition.


No other options if Tevez move fails, says Ferguson

Sir Alex Ferguson has claimed that Manchester United have no other plans in place should they fail to sign West Ham striker Carlos Tevez.


Police tackle crime hotspots with scary warning poster

Denying lay-bys the use of law enforcement In a bizarre follow-up to its 'Denying Criminals the Use of the Roads' strategy, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has announced an initiative that might perhaps be called, 'Assigning Criminals the Leasehold of the Lay-bys.' Things have come to a pretty pass, as crusty old Tory MPs might once have complained, when there are no-go areas for Britain's law-abiding citizens, but that indeed seems to be the message of "Truckers Beware."â¦


Car Bombs Detonated Near Saudi Security Buildings

Suicide bombers tried to storm Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry and a security unit in the capital Riyadh on Wednesday in what appeared to be the latest brazen strike by al Qaeda in the world's top oil exporter.


Firenze, 20:14 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: VENDUTI 15 MILA ABBONAMENTI

La Fiorentina ha venduto finora 15 mila abbonamenti. Il dato è stato comunicato dal club viol...


THE cost of oil soared to a record $US49.64 a barrel today as unrest in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia alarmed traders. Oil futures jumped to their highest closing price on record on the New York Mercantile Exchange.


Tony Blair will address his party - and Britain - this week against a backdrop of war and barbarity. But his hopes for Labour's re-election rely on what his government has achieved on the home front.


A British Airways flight from London to New York was forced to turn back Wednesday after U.S. authorities refused to allow one of the passengers to land, the airline said.


Equipped with laptops and hand-held video cameras, off-air network reporters, or embeds, are catching every unplugged and unscripted moment on the campaign trail.


Billboard album reviews: Bennett, Scissor Sisters

Tony Bennett, one of America's great  voices surrounds himself with other singing superstars, mostly  to good effect, in the new album "Duets:


Bangladesh begins giving polio vaccines to 24 million children in a fresh effort to eradicate the disease.


Britain to renew nuclear arsenal despite revolt

Britain's parliament is expected to approve a new nuclear arsenal on Wednesday but British Prime Minister Tony Blair may have to rely on opposition votes to push his plans through.


Siena, 18:29 - CALCIO, SIENA; BERETTA: SALVEZZA DEL SIENA DEDICATA A DE LUCA

Quando per raggiungere un obiettivo si soffre maledettamente, la gioia per aver centrato il traguard...