Most oil-rich countries are burdened by corruption and oil companies contribute to the problem by not publishing information on payments made to governments and state-owned oil companies, according to a study by Berlin-based Transparency International (TI


Economists Say Movie Violence Might Temper the Real Thing

A new study challenges conventional wisdom,  suggesting that violent films prevent violent crime by attracting and keeping would-be assailants occupied.


Audizione alla Camera del numero uno di via Nazionale"Aumentare gradualmente l'etÃ  in cui si smette di lavorare"                                            Bankitalia, il monito di Draghi "Ridurre il debito e riformare le pensioni"                                                                                Il numero uno di via Nazionale: "Con questo disavanzo parlare di tesoretto Ã¨ improprio"


Top Seed Davenport Marches Into Open Quarter-Finals

Top seed Lindsay Davenport marched  into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open with a 6-2, 6-2  victory over 13th seed Karolina Sprem of Croatia on Monday.


Prosegue dialogo con istituzioni, due societa' giu' in Borsa


Standards body the Web Services Interoperability Organization, or WS-I, on Tuesday published updated standards compliance guidelines for applications that use file attachments.


U.S. Steel Reports Profit on Sales Surge

United States Steel Corp. X.N, the  largest U.S. integrated steelmaker, on Monday reported a  fourth-quarter profit after a loss a year earlier, citing  robust worldwide steel prices and tight supplies.


Avvocato: per fortuna, altrimenti e' espulsione


BA flight makes emergency landing in London

A British Airways plane on a flight from China made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport on Thursday, officials said.


Public Health Agency of Canada warns of health defect in Manitoba ...

OTTAWA (CP) - The Public Health Agency of Canada is warning Canadians in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario who have purchased a dwarf/pigmy or regular hamster in the past three months of a potential health concern.


A second search operation continues for the skipper of a fishing vessel, missing off the Dorset coast.


AFRICA/GABON - LÂaumento dei prezzi e la ÂSindrome olandeseÂ: il Gabon sconta la Âmaledizione del petrolioÂ Librevilla (Agenzia Fides)- Il governo del Gabon ha emesso unÂordinanza per calmierare i prezzi dei prodotti di prima necessitÃ  per i prossimi sei mesi. Tra i prodotti vi sono lÂolio di palma, il latte concentrato zuccherato, il latte in polvere e al...


Oil giant Yukos says it is halting two-thirds of its 150,000 barrel a day exports to China because of its financial troubles.


Bank of America to buy Countrywide for $4 billion

Bank of America Corp said on Friday it agreed to acquire battered mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp in a $4 billion transaction that could help avert one of the biggest collapses from the U.S. housing crisis.


IMF says situation in Russia right for further reforms

MOSCOW. Sept 13 (Interfax) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes the situation is right for Russia to consolidate its achievements and to continue with economic reforms, IMF First Deputy Managing


$1.5 million fine in cruise ship sinking

The owners, operator and captain of a cruise ship that hit the rocks off the island Santorini and sank were fined a total of $1.57 million Monday for polluting the Aegean Sea.


L'isola caraibica verso l'indipendenza energetica


Disney Had Good Reason to Fire Ovitz, Witness Says

GEORGETOWN, Del.  - Walt Disney Co. should have  fired Michael Ovitz rather than paying him $140 million in  severance, a legal expert testified on Thursday in support of  shareholders suing the Disney board.


Private Canadian Spacecraft Launch on Hold

A Canadian team's bid to launch the country's first manned spaceship is on hold, although the aspiring astronauts have not given up their attempt to win a $10 million prize.


Advertising: Newspaper Readers of a Different Kind

A new branding campaign by The Wall Street Journal hopes to attract women and younger consumers.


(1010 WINS) SPRINGFIELD, NJ Nearly three-thousand people in New Jersey are proving hard to find by the IRS -- and it's not because they owe money.


A blind engineering student in the US develops software that turns colour into musical notes.


Israel, Egypt Sign US-Backed Trade Agreement

In the latest sign of a thaw in Israeli-Egyptian relations, Israel and Egypt on Tuesday signed a US-backed economic pact hailed as the most important agreement between the two countries in two decades.


Viewers in Washington, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco, among other big cities, moved a step closer on Wednesday to watching the simulcast of the Don Imus morning radio show on RFD-TV, a cable channel. Patrick Gottsch, the founder and president of RFD, which primarily chronicles life in rural America, said that he had signed an affiliation agreement with Comcast. With the agreement RFD-TV is authorized to begin negotiations with individual Comcast cable systems. Comcast is available in more than 24 million households. While RFD-TV is available in 30 million homes, many are in towns and small cities outside the Northeast; the exception are those that receive the channel via satellite. Jenni Moyer, a Comcast spokeswoman, confirmed the deal. In signing Mr. Imus last year after his firing by CBS Radio and MSNBC over a racial remark, Mr. Gottsch was hoping that Mr. Imus would become a lure for big-city cable operators. RFD is seeking a similar agreement with Time Warner Cable, which has systems in New York City and Los Angeles.


Stocks to Open Higher Despite Weak Dollar

US stock futures were headed higher Wednesday as traders dive into a new month looking for an upbeat December market despite lingering questions about oil prices and a weaker dollar.


Temple, Mizzou Beat Razorbacks in Cotton Bowl

Tony Temple breaks longstanding Cotton Bowl records with 281 yards and four touchdowns as Missouri caps the season with a 38-7 win over Arkansas.


US softball team enjoys dominant Olympic run

When Australia scored a token run in the fifth inning of the gold medal game Monday at the Olympic Softball Stadium, it was the first scored here against the US - in the ninth and final game


Actor Daniel Baldwin detained by LA police

Actor Daniel Baldwin could face reckless driving charges after he drove a rented Ford Thunderbird at speeds of more than 80 mph through traffic and crashed into two parked cars, police said.


By Derek Fernandez  VERY little has been learnt from the Highland Towers tragedy on Nov 12, 1993. Since then, there have been at least 12 major landslides, killing people and destroying property.


To cope with rising health care costs, companies are asking current retirees to pay more for health insurance and some are telling future retirees to do without, according to a study released yesterday.


IBM (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , Sony Corp. (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and Toshiba Corp. (6502.T: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday unveilled plans for a powerful new "Cell


Speculation begins on other exits and who Bush might tap

President Bush's expected Cabinet shake-up began in earnest Tuesday with the resignation of controversial US Attorney General John Ashcroft and longtime Texas friend Don Evans, the commerce secretary.


Twins swept away; Yankees' dominance deceptive yet telling

The Minnesota Twins might have moved two steps back toward a return to Yankee Stadium next week for the first round of the playoffs when they got swept by the New York Yankees in a rain


Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards will launch their second war games in a month on Monday, just days ahead of a U.N. deadline regarding Iran's nuclear program.


US sailor jailed for 10 years over his role in the death of an Iraqi civilian, who he says was murdered by marines.


Intel orders software makers to obey Moore's Law

Get with our 2014 program IDF Once in multi-core processor denial, Intel has well and truly moved past the anxiety that follows abandoning the "boost GHz at all costs" mentality that served the company well for so long. So firm is Intel's new multi-core embrace, that it now even accepts the idea that non-Intel architecture products may soon find a place on its own chips â at least in theory.â¦


Iran says will do all it can to help Iraq

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran would do whatever it could to help provide security to Iraq amid warnings the country was on the brink of civil war.


'Costante e forte vigilanza', sottolinea Jean-Claude Trichet


Experts reduce forecasts for hurricanes this year

Hurricane forecasting experts said the number of named Atlantic storms this year will be lower than initially predicted, following a slow start of the season in which only one hurricane formed so far.


Gentiloni: "non c'e' alcuno scandalo in revoca di Petroni"


Ofsted's annual report also praises the schools that are doing particularly well.


Washington, D.C., remains the No. 1 choice to become the new home for the Montreal Expos, but issues remain, according to two people with knowledge of the relocation process.Major League Baseball's relocation committee met with representatives from the nation's capital for 11 1/2 hours Wednesday to discuss the city's proposal, but the committee isn't ready to make a recommendation to Commissioner Bud Selig.Bob DuPuy, MLB president and chief operating officer, said the Tuesday victory by ex-Washington mayor Marion Barry in the Democratic primary for City Council should not affect the city's proposal to build a stadium for the Expos. Barry opposes taxpayer funds for it.Selig has vowed the team, now owned and operated by the other 29 owners, will have a new home for the 2005 season. He hopes to have an announcement before the postseason begins Oct. 5."We have no reason to believe the elections have changed the proposal unless we're told otherwise," said DuPuy, who also believes a suit by former limited partners of the Expos will not delay moving the team.Lawyers for the partners said Wednesday they plan to ask a judge to block MLB from moving the team.In their lawsuit, 14 limited partners claim former Expos owner Jeffrey Loria and stepson David Samson conspired with baseball officials to dilute the partners' share of the team from 76% to 6%-7% and had no intention of keeping the franchise in Montreal."In my view, the lawsuit is irrelevant," DuPuy said.The relocation committee also met this week with would-be owners from Northern Virginia, who hope to put the Expos in the Washington suburbs.


Russia secured its third Fed Cup title Sunday after Svetlana Kuznetsova rallied to beat Francesca Schiavone 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5 in the first reverse singles and gave the hosts an insurmountable 3-0 lead over Italy.


Udc per legge voto alla tedesca, no a governo con sinistra


Ohio residents removed piles of waterlogged carpet, couches and upended refrigerators from their homes Sunday as they began the cleanup from recent flooding that Gov. Ted Strickland called "devastating."


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ISTANBUL -- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to meet Pope Benedict XVI in Turkey today, a change of plans that appears to signal openness to a visit that has angered many Turks.


At least 15 people have been killed in explosions in an upscale district of the Afghan capital Kabul and at a school in a southeastern province where nine children died, officials say.


Palestinian gunmen attack school in Gaza

Palestinian gunmen stormed the American International School in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Saturday, smashing windows, seizing computers and torching buses but causing no injuries, security sources said.


Complete collapse of law and order imminent Further proof, were it needed, that Britain has degenerated from a fun-loving democratic paradise to a yob-ravaged land in which decorated war veterans collect their pensions in armoured vehicles for fear they might fall prey to alcopop-crazed happyslapping hoodies comes today from Fulham, where "sick yobs" found a novel way to apply their motto "if it stands still, graffiti it".â¦


A Southern ground-hornbill sits on her nest, left, at Tracy Aviary in Salt Lake City Friday. Right, Rusty Rusin holds a hornbill egg to a light, called "candling," to assess the unhatched chick's health.  (c) 2006 Deseret News (Salt Lake City). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.


Exelon says Public Service deal in peril

Exelon Corp.  on Wednesday cast  doubt on its ability to complete its planned $18.5 billion  takeover of Public Service Enterprise Group  due to the  companies' struggles to receive approval from New Jersey  regulators.


Modern Ills Burden Mexico's Aging Health System

Pleading with doctors at a Mexican  hospital to treat his 26-year-old daughter as she bled from her  nose, mouth and vagina, Jesus Domingo Trasvina was told to stop  exaggerating, that she had a sinus infection.


Hamas challenges Egypt's bid to close Gaza border

RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Egypt started to close its breached border with the Gaza Strip on Friday but Palestinian militants bulldozed a new opening in a challenge to Cairo and Israel's blockade of the Hamas-run territory.


Senate panel backs $157 billion stimulus plan

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday approved a $157 billion economic stimulus package that offers smaller tax rebates to more people than a plan passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.


Herceptin could cut the need for mastectomies in breast cancer patients, research suggests.


"Ho trascorso gli ultimi sette anni allenandomi dalla mattina alla sera"

Giornata storica alle Olimpiadi di Atene: gli Emirati Arabi Uniti hanno conquistato il primo oro olimpico della loro storia. Lo sceicco del Dubai, Ahmed Al-Maktoum, ha vinto la prova del double-trap (tiro a volo), sbaragliando la concorrenza con 189 ...


Driving One Means Life in the Right Lane

TULSA -- My late brother-in-law, William McDonald Reed Jr., once lectured me on the Theory of Farm Life as Related to Highway Driving. His talk was occasioned by my hubris.


Afghanistan: The Taliban's Book of Rules

A nine-page pamphlet offers some chilling--and revealing--insights about Afghanistan's former rulers


Study: Bigger Babies Get No Break Later On

Bigger babies are not guaranteed to  grow into healthier adults when it comes to cholesterol levels  and related heart disease problems, a study said on Tuesday.


'American Gangster' Rakes in $46.3M at Box Office

Crime may pay almost as well for Hollywood as it did for Frank Lucas.  "American Gangster," featuring Denzel Washington playing the infamous 1960s-'70s Harlem druglord, exploded into theaters this weekend with a take of $46.3 million - the hig...


Shake the rice out of your hair and get ready to learn.


E per la sindrome di Klinefelter l'aborto sara' proibito


Danish Opposition Demands Apology From PM

The Social Democratic-led opposition demanded Thursday that Denmark's prime minister apologize for backing the U.S.-led war in Iraq and for contributing Danish troops.


Lead poisoning in pets is decreasing as lead paint grows more rare. But if your pet shows symptoms of lead poisoning, you should be tested as well.


Television sweetheart Katie Couric  debuted on Tuesday as "CBS Evening News" anchor and the first  woman to solo host a newscast on one of the country's three  major broadcast networks.


A solar-powered factory for green drywall maker

The Serious Materials drywall will cure itself, so the factory it plans to build will only require a 100-kilowatt solar system, enough to power about 33 homes.


It stood for 350 years, bearing fruit for a dozen generations, but strong winds finally brought down what is believed to be the oldest pear tree in Scandinavia.


Rialzo anche annuali, +5% rispetto a precedente emissione


Tax Scheme Is Blamed for Damage to Artifacts

Recent raids on museums in Southern California have stirred questions about why three federal agencies would devote four years to investigating what seems to be low-level smuggling and penny-ante tax fraud.


A nephew of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat left for Paris on Friday to obtain a copy of his uncle's medical file, a Palestinian official said.


Steel group sees continued strength in China demand

LONDON (CBS.MW) -- European markets saw a moderate advance in early trade Monday, carrying over some of the late-session rally on Wall Street and helped by steel group Arcelor's view of Chinese demand.


Avaya in talks to be sold: Wall St Journal

Telecommunications equipment maker  Avaya Inc.  is in talks with private equity and strategic  bidders about selling all or part of the company, according to  a report by The Wall Street Journal.


E. coli infects 31 in NC; other tests pending

RALEIGH -- Health investigators on Saturday identified more cases of E. coli in North Carolina, most of them linked to visits to the State Fair in Raleigh last month.


Groups mark World AIDS Day with call for women's empowerment

The international community on Wednesday turned the spotlight on the devastating and increasing impact of AIDS on women and girls to mark World AIDS Day.


Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised $32 million in the single month of January, a whopping figure that has permitted the campaign to boost staff and extend advertising to states beyond the sweeping Feb. 5 contests


Simple Steps in Youth Boost Bones in Old Age

TUESDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDayNews) -- Experts are warning Americans that it's time to bone up on bone health, with a recent U.S. Surgeon General's report estimating that at least half of those over age 50 will suffer osteoporotic fractures by the year 2020.


Sir Paul McCartney breaks his silence over people who criticise his wife, Heather Mills McCartney.


New Risk: Bogus MSN Messenger Video Invites

You could be vulnerable to attack if you click a link to a malicious video conversation invitation.


The supermarket chain Morrisons is suing the Office of Fair Trading over milk cartel allegations.


Four more bomb threats forced evacuations at stores in northeast Ohio early Friday, adding to a series of similar threats across the country this week, the FBI said.


Cornerback Tyrone Poole is done for the season after the New England Patriots put him on injured reserve with a knee injury.


Mac OS X Tip of the Week: A Handy Folder for Your Dock

Here’s a great idea for a folder to add your dock that you may not have thought of yet.


VATICANO - ÂAnche una visita turistica ben guidata alle opere dÂarte e ai luoghi storici della memoria puÃ² essere una naturale catechesiÂ: documento finale della Riunione dei Direttori Nazionali per la Pastorale del Turismo in Europa promosso dal Pontificio Consiglio per i Migranti CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - EÂ stato pubblicato il Documento finale della Riunione dei Direttori nazionali per la pastorale del turismo in Europa, svoltasi il 6 e 7 novembre, organizzata dal Pontificio Consiglio della Pastorale per i Migrant...


Al telefono racconta: "Stiamo bene, ma le autoritÃ  hannobloccato la liberazione". Niamey: Ã¨ Roma che non collabora                                                  "Ostaggi per colpa del Niger" Parla Chiodi, uno degli italiani rapiti                                                                                "Ci ripariamo dentro delle grotte di notte. C'Ã¨ ancheuna fonte di acqua dolce, faccio il bagno tutti i giorni"di PAOLA COPPOLA


The furniture maker reports a solid Q1, but warns for Q2.


Americans' Views on Illegal Immigrants Are Complex and Conflicted, Poll Shows

Jason Woodward, 31, a financial analyst in Clarksville, Tenn., says that putting illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship would be issuing a "free pass for lawbreakers" but that an attempt to deport 12 million of them would be "wasting millions of taxpayer dollars."


Hole story? No. 18's is quite interesting

When the leaders walk up the 18th fairway today at the $5 million Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston, they will be faced with decisions that have repercussions.


Montenegro seizes a former Serbian security chief indicted by the Hague tribunal for war crimes in Kosovo.


Mediterranean diet extends life in Alzheimer's

Add yet another health benefit  to eating the Mediterranean way -- the veggie-rich, meat-poor  diet may slow the progress of Alzheimer's disease, a study  hints.


One Pakistani soldier is sentenced to death and another given 10 years in jail for trying to kill the president.


US regulators found "deviations" from good manufacturing standards at Chiron Corp.'s British flu-vaccine plant in June 2003, a newspaper reported Monday.


British rocker Pete Doherty said he will always love model Kate Moss, but acknowledged their relationship was "up and down" in comments released Wednesday.


Roma, 19:27 - CALCIO, ROMA: CONTRO GARA A PORTE CHIUSE RICORSO ALLA CAF

Nonostante lo sconto ottenuto oggi dalla Disciplinare, che ha confermato la gara con la Fiorentina a...


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


World's biggest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, flies 471 travellers from Singapore to Sydney.


ADV: $200,000 Mortgage for $645 per Month!

Compare up to four lenders and lower your mortgage payment or get a new home mortgage. Find the lowest rate! Interest-only programs available. Home refinance and purchases. 1.096% APR.


Parigi, 14:10 - CALCIO, PRESIDENTE PSG: NON SIAMO UN CLUB FASCISTA

Dopo i gravi episodi di razzismo avvenuti durante il match di Coppa Uefa tra PSG e Tel Aviv, parla i...


World oil prices rose on Thursday as  Hurricane Ivan reached the U.S. Gulf Coast, shutting more than  1 million barrels daily of output in the Gulf of Mexico and 13  percent of U.S. refining capacity.


Chip Supplierâs Profit Fell 75% in 2nd Quarter

Despite the plunge, Texas Instruments, the largest supplier of chips used in mobile phones, met analystsâ expectations.


Organ Transplant Centers Face Federal Scrutiny

Several long-established heart transplant centers serving the Washington region are under scrutiny by federal officials because they have done too few operations in recent years, repeatedly performing less than half of the minimum considered necessary to maintain surgical skills and patient care.


South African suppliers of compressed audio players (MP3) are still trying to predict local demand, while the international market is expected to be worth $58 billion (R645 billion) by 2008.


Doppia rilevazione nel sondaggio Ipr Marketing per Repubblica.itConseguenze negative dopo le dimissioni del Guardasigilli                                          Ciclone Mastella sul governo Calo di fiducia per Prodi                                                                                Bene il Pd, scende il Popolo della LibertÃ . Bersani il ministro piÃ¹ amato di MATTEO TONELLI


Insurance firm Royal & Sun Alliance says it is cutting 1,100 jobs in the UK and moving the posts to India.


Director Herzog always has a ball with confusion

LOS ANGELES  - Most directors strive for control. Werner Herzog thrives on chaos.


Singh on course of winning his fifth title of the season

World number one Vijay Singh remained on track for his fifth win in six starts when he shot a four-under-par 68 in the second round of the 4.2 million US dollars Pennsylvania Classic at Farmington on Friday.


The player . . . the apprentice . . . the workers

Donald Trump is about to become a player in the Phoenix real estate market. Now Valley residents can play in The Donald's world. Well, sort of.


Government Lags Cybercrime Fight, Says Report

Report outlines challenges governments face and the actions they can take to counter cybercrime.


Cambodia is celebrating the arrival of its first new monarch in 60 years, as King Norodom Sihamoni returns home to assume the throne abdicated by his ailing father.


Merrill posts $2.3 billion loss on massive write-down

Merrill Lynch & Co Inc  on  Wednesday reported $7.9 billion in write-downs for the  third-quarter -- triggering its first loss in six years -- as  the company was burned by lax risk management and bad bets on  mortgages and leveraged loans for corporate takeovers.


The String That Has Science Tied Up in Knots

By HARRY RITCHIE  The Trouble With Physics by Lee Smolin Allen Lane/Penguin Pounds 25 Pounds 22.50 (0870 165 0870)    The most amazing aspect of science is the speed at which it advances.


Pictures of the harrowing search for news of loved ones after the Indian Ocean sea surge disaster.


Bone Marrow Cells Regenerate Heart in Brazil Test

Infusing patients with bone marrow cells can reinvigorate their dying hearts and grow tiny new arteries and heart muscle tissue, a treatment that may one


eBay executive jailed over obscene listing

The recent arrest of Avnish Bajaj, the CEO of eBay Inc's Indian shopping portal site Baazee.com, has industry and business leaders worried about the impact on India's booming technology sector.


Evolution Trial Lawyers Make Final Pleas

Lawyers fighting a court challenge of evolution disclaimers on textbooks defended the warning stickers in final arguments Friday as a show of tolerance, not religious activism as some parents claimed.


Geneva prosecutors acted within the law when they froze funds belonging to the Russian central bank at the behest of a Swiss firm, the country's supreme court said Thursday.


Comair flight schedule remains uncertain

GREENVILLE - At least two Comair flights between the Outagamie County Regional Airport and Cincinnati were canceled Sunday as the airline continued to struggle with computer-related scheduling problems.


BRITAINâS biotech industry yesterday attacked government plans to cut the price of medicines by 7 per cent next year. The Bioindustry Association said talks between the Government and âBig


Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older Women -Study

Women who enjoy a drink of beer or wine  daily have sharper minds into old age than women who abstain,  U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.


3 Inmates Questioned on Alleged Spain Plot

Three Algerians who are considered close to a suspected ringleader of the Madrid train bombings are being questioned about an alleged plot to kill judges investigating Islamic terrorists, officials said Thursday.


Horror of Abidjan violence revealed as African leaders aim for ...

ABIDJAN, Nov 12  - Details of rapes and other violence began to emerge Friday after a week of unrest in Abidjan, as thousands of expatriates continued their exodus from Ivory Coast and African leaders moved to stem a crisis that could destabilize


Music lovers hit Paris streets for techno parade

Hundreds of thousands of people danced through central Paris under brilliant sunshine to the pumping sound of techno music as the city held its seventh annual techno parade.


Houston is one of 95 cities where a 'landmark' study looked for a ...

After reviewing more than a decade of air quality reports and medical records, a team of scientists says it has linked ozone to premature death.


Tennis: Acasuso in 'Iraq' jibe at Hewitt

Jose Acasuso criticises Lleyton Hewitt's decision to employ two minders for the Davis Cup semi-final in Buenos Aires.


Russian minister against Gazprom buying Yukos unit: reports

MOSCOW  - Russia's economy minister German Gref is trying to halt plans for the Gazprom monopoly to bid for the main production unit of embattled Yukos, but is unlikely to succeed, analysts said.


Bush Says Kerry 'Wrong Man' for Wartime Presidency

President Bush said on Thursday John Kerry lacked the conviction to lead during a war and borrowed his Democratic rival's own words to call him "the wrong man for the wrong job at the wrong time."


Bush takes Kerry's words, turns them against him in new ad

Announcer: "First, Kerry said defeating terrorism was really more about law enforcement and intelligence than a strong military operation.


The dollar sank to a record low against the euro and a 7-month low against the yen Thursday, pressured by expectations that nothing will be done at an upcoming G20 meeting to arrest its fall.


Russia wants "unprecedented" curbs on observers at parliament elections, the OSCE watchdog says.


McCain takes early lead in South Carolina: poll

Republican John McCain holds a 6-point lead over rival Mike Huckabee in South Carolina three days before the state's crucial presidential nominating contest, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.


Patients infected with the lethal C. difficile bacterium routinely share common rooms with uninfected patients at the Montreal General and Royal Victoria hospitals, The Gazette has learned.


Apple Making Deals for Web Video Rentals

Appleâs sputtering efforts to be a major purveyor of video downloads may get a boost in 2008 from an agreement with 20th Century Fox for digital movie rentals.


Israel: Palestinian State Shelved with U.S. Blessing

Israel's plan to withdraw from some  occupied territory aims to rule out a Palestinian state  indefinitely, with full U.S. approval, Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon's chief of staff said on Wednesday.


Moon base will not be a squat NASA has confirmed its moon base will not illegally occupy other people's land.â¦


Health Care Gap Between Rich, Poor Countries Persists

An "ever-widening" gap between the quality of health care in the world's richest and poorest countries is happening in part because technological advances made by the pharmaceutical industry need to be applied more to delivery of care, according to a


The Lakers are aggressively pursuing trades — and their main target reportedly is Kevin Garnett in what would be a clear attempt to placate a disgruntled Kobe Bryant.


South Korea says U.S. troops to stay after peace deal

U.S. troops will remain on the Korean peninsula even if the North and South reach a peace deal to replace the armistice that ended their 1950-1953 war, South Korea's foreign minister said on Friday.


NFL Extends CBS, Fox Broadcast Rights for $8 Bln

The National Football League on Monday said it will extend broadcast rights for television networks CBS and FOX to air Sunday afternoon football games through 2011 in deals worth a combined $8 billion.


Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's position on a selection of issues:


F.D.A. Finds Increase in Suicide Symptoms for Patients Using Seizure Medications

The increased risks are small, but doctors said that the increased risk did not outweigh the benefits of the drugs.


United States District Judge Kenneth M. Karas said he was not bound by the plea agreement in which prosecutors suggested a maximum of six months in prison for former Olympic athlete Marion Jones.


Sunday's quake and floods kill at least 150 people in Indonesia, the country closest to the  earthquake's epicentre.


Brokerage giant Charles Schwab Corp. agreed yesterday to pay $350,000 to end a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into allegations that its brokers improperly allowed some


The tiny island nation of Kiribati, the former Gilbert Islands, declared the worldâs largest marine protected area, a 164,200-square-mile ocean wilderness.


Addio all'ammiraglio Straulino Olimpionico a Helsinky

Roma, 14 dicembre 2004 -E' morto questa mattina presso l'ospedale militare del Celio l'ammiraglio Agostino Straulino. Straulino Ã¨ stato una figura storica della marineria e dello sport velico italiano e internazionale, medaglia d'oro olimpica nel 1952 .


Esordio vincente per Pietro Carmignani. Il suo nuovo Parma vince 3-2 col Besiktas e grazie al roboante risultato di Liegi, dove l'Athletic Bilbao ha piegato 7-1 lo Standard approda ai sedicesimi di finale di Coppa Uefa.


Suspect in Teen's Death Has Previous Record of Violence

By JOHN MILBURN  By John Milburn  The Associated Press  TOPEKA, Kan.  A man accused of kidnapping and killing a suburban Kansas City teenager pleaded no contest as a 15-year-old to threatening his sister at knifepoint, according to court records.   Edwin R.


Serve un esame approfondito, anche in prossimo Cdm


ROMA - Italia ancora nella morsa del maltempo con neve, pioggia, vento forte e violente mareggiate che hanno causato l'interruzione dei collegamenti marittimi con le isole. Un peschereccio ormeggiato nel porto


US website offers Caller ID falsification service

Overdue debtors beware: You may not be able to rely on Caller ID to screen out those annoying bill collectors much longer. A California entrepreneur has a plan to bring the hacker technique of Caller ID spoofing


Iraq's top Shiite cleric tells followers to end fighting

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called today for his followers across Iraq to end fighting against US and Iraqi forces, an al-Sadr aide said.


Target faces backlash for banning Salvation Army bell ringers

The head of the American Family Association calls Target "this year's Ebeneezer Scrooge" because it will no longer allow Salvation Army bell ringers outside its stores.


bomb explosion at a rally for an assassinated militant religious leader in central Pakistan, police say. first anniversary of the shooting of extremist Sunni religious leader Azam Tariq.


Government soldiers and Shiite rebels are fighting again in northern Yemen, breaking a 6-month-old cease-fire with clashes that have killed more than 30 people, government officials and rebels said Thursday.


Ordigno bellico e' stato ormai messo in sicurezza


Tunisi, 15:40 - CALCIO, TUNISIA: CHIKHAOUI PALLONE D'ORO NAZIONALE

Yassine Chikhaoui, giocatore dell'Etoile du Sahel, è stato eletto pallone d'oro tunisino del ...


Eighteen months after it began, the bitter and bizarre takeover battle is over. The new challenge: Make this $10.3 billion deal work.


Breaking down the NHL and NHLPA's labour proposals

The NHLPA says that it made a lot of concessions in their proposal - which included a 24 per cent salary rollback â-nd it will save the league over $1 billion US over the next six years.


Glasgow, 19:45 - CALCIO, CELTIC: NAKAMURA RISCHIA DI SALTARE MILAN

Il Celtic rischia di perdere Shunsuke Nakamura per il ritorno degli ottavi di finale di Champions Le...


England striker Michael Owen says he is  looking forward to a "nerve-racking" new challenge after  leaving his comfortable life at Liverpool to join Real Madrid.


Where Some See Just a Shock Jock, Sirius Sees a Top Pitchman

Howard Stern has had great success at getting his listeners behind his crusades. Can he get them behind satellite radio?


Microsoft Bids for Yahoo: Do Two Losers Make a Winner?

The key to Microsoft's proposed $44.6 billion acquisition of Yahoo is both companies' desire to build an advertising platform that can compete with Google's AdWords.


Pop goes your waistline: Soda ups risk of diabetes, weight gain

Things don't go better with Coke. Or Pepsi. Or any sugar-sweetened soft drink. That's according to a new study that links significant weight gain and higher risk of type 2 diabetes in women who drink soda daily.


Trieste, 20:09 - CALCIO, TRIESTINA-TREVISO: CONFERMATO ROCCO A PORTE CHIUSE

La gara tra Triestina-Treviso, in programma domani pomeriggio allo stadio 'Nereo Rocco' di Trieste, ...


Heavyweights pressure Iran over nuclear program

VIENNA  - Officials from Europe's three heavyweight countries started talks with their Iranian counterparts, offering Tehran a last chance to reassure the world it is not secretly developing atomic weapons.


"National Treasure" debuts atop N. America box office

Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage's new adventure movie "National Treasure" unseated the animation hit "The Incredibles" over the weekend as the No.


Colts Get New Playing Surface at RCA Dome

The worst playing surface in the NFL will be replaced by a new synthetic turf for the 2005 season.


Rockers Mix Music, Politics at Pro-Kerry Concerts

Bruce Springsteen rocked concert-goers while trying to rock the vote Friday night, leading a band of top musicians in a rollicking show to help elect Democrat John Kerry to the White House.


Backup volumes in many organizations have grown so large that they are causing business disruption by tying up systems, storage, and network capacity and hogging valuable IT resources, according to a recent survey commissioned by storage management software vendor BridgeHead Software.More than half (59 percent) of IT executives said that the volume of data they are forced to backup is disrupting business operations or will do so eventually, according to a survey of 472 IT executives in the U.K. and North America. And the problem is not going away, with 93 percent saying that their routine backup volumes are continuing to increase.The problem is consuming IT resources for long periods with 37 percent admitting that daily backups of primary data now take them more than nine hours, while 19 percent said it took them more than 12 hours.More than two-thirds (84 percent) of those polled felt they could benefit by reducing the volume of data they routinely back up. Among the chief advantages highlighted were:* Less IT time devoted to backup and other business continuity processes (69 percent) * A reduction in the impact of backup and replication on network utilization and capacity (60 percent) * A reduction in disk resources devoted to data snapshotting, replication, and mirroring (58 percent) * Reduced disruption to the live application environment (45 percent)One of the most effective ways of reducing the pressure on backups is to take information that is static or seldom accessed and archive it off primary storage systems according to BridgeHead Software CEO Tony Cotterill."Sixty-one percent of organizations in our survey admit that between 30 to 50 percent of data on their primary disk is unlikely to be accessed ever again, yet they are squandering time and resources on backing up and replicating this big chunk of static data. It's a very poor use of resources," said Cotterill.BridgeHead said its research reveals that many organizations are starting to use archiving for specific types of data, such as e-mails, motivated by compliance and disaster recovery. According to the company, a lot of archiving activity is currently championed by finance and other business departments outside of IT's control.But to have a major impact on backup volumes, BridgeHead reckoned that there needs to be an IT-driven move away from point solutions or isolated archive appliances towards taking an organization-wide approach to archiving, allowing IT to retrieve control by archiving all data types across the organization from a single point."If you can take an organization-wide approach to archiving, then the volume of data you're taking off the primary store will start to reach a critical mass that will help call a halt to increasing backup volumes," said Cotterill.The survey was part of BridgeHead Software's Annual Information Lifecycle Management Audit, conducted by eMedia on behalf of BridgeHead Software during August 2007. eMedia surveyed 324 senior level executives, IT managers, system and network administrators and engineers from North America and 148 from the U.K.Techworld is an InfoWorld affiliate


Newscasts Flock to 9 P.M. Slot ; KOAA Follows Trend of Earlier Broadcasts

By ANDREW WINEKE Gazette TV columnist  Is 9 p.m. the new black? Adding a 9 p.m. newscast is certainly in fashion at local television stations.   On Monday, KOAA/Channels 5&30 announced it would add a new 9 p.m.


The controversial music download site allofmp3.com closes down but appears to reopen under a new name.


Singer Kelly Clarkson makes amends with her record label boss, calling him "one of the great record men of all time".


Stocks drop as more home loans go bad; Micron warns

U.S. stocks fell on Friday after Countrywide Financial Corp. became the latest mortgage lender to warn of rising defaults, while chip maker Micron Technology Inc.'s poor forecasts shook the tech sector.


Apple and SecureWorks begin working together

After months of bantering about wireless security issues, Apple and security research firm SecureWorks are now working together, the companies confirmed on Friday.


Survey: AT&T network may hinder iPhone success

Consumer Reports rates AT&T's cellular network poorly, which it says could slow the success of Apple's iPhone.


Agriculture minister says no scientific basis for universal testing of cattle

EDMONTON (CP) - Testing every cow in Canada for BSE has no scientific basis and isn't necessary to reassure international markets, federal Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell said Friday.


Gadhafi Takes Some Credit for Bush's Win

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi says his decision to abandon nuclear weapons helped President Bush get re-elected.


The House defeated a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage yesterday in a vote on an election-year wedge issue that had already failed to pass the Senate.


Michael Jackson Arrives for Court Showdown

SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - Surrounded by members of  his famous family and dressed Michael Jackson arrived in court  on Friday for a key face to face encounter with the mother of  the boy he is accused of molesting.


Execution Deadline Passes for US, UK Hostages

An execution deadline for two Americans  and a Briton kidnapped by militants expired Monday with no word  on their fate, but an Islamist group released 18 Iraqi soldiers  it had threatened to kill.


Castro Breaks Knee in Dramatic Public Fall

By Anthony Boadle HAVANA  - Cuban President Fidel Castro tripped andshattered a kneecap in a tumble captured on live televisionthat raised new questions about the political future of thecommunist-run country he has led for 45 years.


Iran Not Seen Accepting Nuclear Incentives

Iran is unlikely to accept European incentives aimed at getting it to suspend uranium enrichment, diplomats said Thursday, raising the prospect of a showdown next


Brokerage announces large Q4 loss and turns to China for capital.


Britain is confronting Europe's biggest outbreak of bird flu with a massive slaughter of turkeys _ and worried consumers are asking whether the disease will hit humans next.Comment


Check Point's new product will create a sandbox around your browser, and also provide antispyware and antiphishing protection.


But these apparently insignificant arguments provide a key insight into the different streams of opinion in the Czech Republic, a country whose attitude to EU membership is complex and sometimes contradictory.


Plunging Lake Could Bring Water Cutbacks

By Curtis Morgan, The Miami Herald Mar. 7--With Lake Okeechobee rapidly receding and no rain on the radar, regional water managers said Tuesday they were being forced to install pumps to keep water flowing -- to farms for now and possibly to South Florida's suburbs in the near future.


Russia rejects US court freeze on Yukos auction

MOSCOW: Russia forged ahead yesterday with the weekend auction of the core asset of crippled oil giant Yukos despite a US court order barring the sale, as the state-controlled gas monolith Gazprom entered the bidding.


In the opening days of the week-old assault on Fallujah, the Hadra Mohamadiya mosque was a major battleground. The rocket


Universal AIDS tests will pay off, experts say

Routine, universal testing for the AIDS virus as recommended by a federal agency will likely cost the United States $900 million, but will pay off in terms of lives and money, experts said on Wednesday.


Bill Would Impose Prison Time for Spyware

The House on Thursday passed the second bill in three days that would outlaw "spyware," irritating software that quietly monitors the activities of Internet users.


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


Facebook, the Place People Go to Meet Other Scrabble Players

Scrabulous, a Scrabble-like application which lets Facebook members to play one another online, has been experiencing booming popularity.


Despite strong profit growth, shares in Google are down sharply as investors reacted badly to its latest results.


L'uomo approfittava della disabilita' della moglie


An explosive device detonated outside a studio owned by "The Sopranos" star Michael Imperioli early Tuesday, damaging a van but causing no serious injuries, police said.


A economista del Bangladesh Yunus e alla Grameen Bank


Spitzer Accuses Major Insurance Broker of Rigging Bids

Attorney General Eliot Spitzer yesterday sued insurance brokerage Marsh & McLennan, accusing the company of rigging bids and steering business to insurance companies that paid fees for special treatment.


President of State BOE to attend local groundbreaking

The Taylor County Board of Education is pleased to announce that Barbara N. Fish, President of the State Board of Education, will be among the many guests attending the groundbreaking event for the new West ...


Car bomb kills 26 in Baghdad book district

A car bomb ripped through Baghdad's booksellers' district on Monday, killing 26 people and setting shops and cars ablaze on the street and sending out choking black smoke that hampered rescue efforts.


Trading in shares of Swedish health care company Gambro AB were halted Monday by the Stockholm Stock Exchange amid a report that the U.S. dialysis company DaVita Inc. was poised to buy Gambro's dialysis operations.


An inner-city hospital struggled to survive Wednesday amid a new report of breakdowns in patient care, the replacement of its chief medical officer and an ultimatum to correct long-running problems or close.


Justice aide resigns over prosecutor firings

A top aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned over the firing of U.S. prosecutors and Gonzales pledged on Tuesday to get to the bottom of a growing flap that has embarrassed the White House and prompted calls for him to step down.


Tidal Waves Kill More Than 2,200 in Asia

JAKARTA, Indonesia Dec 26, 2004 - The world's most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into villages and seaside resorts across Asia on Sunday, killing more than 2,200 people in five countries.


Tax Service Raises 2001 Yukos Bill to $4.1Bln

The Federal Tax Service slapped Yukos with a $4.1 billion back-tax bill for 2001 on Friday, $700 million more than its original claim, which was announced July 1. The amended bill, the


Jury Rules Sept. 11 Attacks Were 2 Events

A jury decided Monday that the attacks on the World Trade Center were two separate events for insurance purposes, meaning leaseholder Larry Silverstein can collect up to $4.6 billion for rebuilding efforts.


And the richest fictional character is...

Move over Santa. The red-clad philanthropist has lost the top slot on Forbes magazines' list of the 15 richest fictional characters to defence contractor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks.


A federal judge denied a request by Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ) to halt competitors' sales of gabapentin, a generic form of Pfizer's Neurontin epilepsy drug.


By Carol Eisenberg, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Jun. 13--WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff   yesterday urged operators of water and waste treatment plants to secure chemicals such as chlorine from terrorists, although they're not required to do so.


A former farmer from Ecuador went from battling oil companies in the Amazon to rubbing elbows Saturday with the world's musical elite, a journey he hopes will bring attention to his environmental lawsuit.


Next task for stunned hurricane victims: Trying to move on

Jim Hegman's entire fortune and future were tied up in his home: a 37-foot sailboat he restored with his own hands and lived in off the shores of Pensacola.


Study Supports Expanded Blood Pressure Treatment

Some high blood pressure in persons  over the age of 60 should be treated more aggressively,  according to a study published on Tuesday.


Settlement in abuse case of Foley priest

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami has settled a lawsuit in which a former altar boy claimed he was sexually abused by the same priest accused by former Congressman Mark Foley.


The perfect shop for children who like to toy with money

AMERICAâS Thanksgiving Day brought good news for the child who has everything. Almost a year after it went bankrupt and closed down, FAO Schwarz, the worldâs most renowned toy shop, yesterday reopened its store on New Yorkâs Fifth Avenue.


Parigi, 11:14 - CALCIO, NOUZARET NUOVO CT GUINEA

Il francese Robert Nouzaret, 63 anni, è il nuovo tecnico della Guinea. Prende il posto del co...


Sfilera' la campionessa del mondo di pattinaggio


Acquisito stabilimento per 19,5 milioni di dollari


California's movie star governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says he wants to be able to run for president and approves of moves to raise the constitutional ban on foreign-born US citizens holding the highest office.


Assen, 16:31 - MOTO, GP D'OLANDA: LORENZO PRIMO NELLE LIBERE DELLA 250

Jorge Lorenzo ha realizzato il giro migliore (1'39"958) nelle prime prove libere del Gp d'Olanda, cl...


American spammers resurgent The US was top of the spam charts for the month of June, according to new e-mail security statistics from IE Internet.â¦


Rubens Barrichello has sealed second place in the 2004 world drivers championship with an all-the-way success in the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.


MIT Pranksters Give Harvard the Halo 3 Treatment

MIT students transformed the statue of John Harvard in Harvard Yard into the Master Chief character from Halo 3.


EMI, the world's third largest record label, has officially rejected a $4.1 billion takeover offer from the world's fourth largest label, Warner Music. EMI on Friday held a board meeting to discuss the "non-binding proposal" and decided it was not good for shareholders.


Embarq Corporation, the wireline spinoff from Sprint Nextel, posted a lower quarterly profit on Thursday as it lost phone line customers.


Press Secretary May Be Ready to Leave the Circus

White House press secretary Tony Snow sounds as if he's had about enough.


Bergamo, 19:14 - CALCIO: ARRESTATO TIFOSO ASCOLI, IN TRIBUNA NONOSTANTE DASPO

Un tifoso dell'Ascoli sottoposto al Daspo, l'interdizione ad assistere a eventi sportivi, è s...


Assessore di Pietrasanta mutua un'idea di Letizia Moratti


CEO Pay in U.S. Crimped as Oversight Grows

Increased oversight of chief executive compensation has placed a lid on big salary jumps for CEOs in very large U.S. organizations, according to a survey.


Nigerian police raid Kuti family 'Shrine' club

Nigerian police late Saturday raided the New Shrine nightclub in Lagos founded by two of the children of the late Fela Kuti, Nigeria's most reknowned musician, the Kuti family and police said Sunday.


Some of the best rink builders and icemakers in North America have been working around the clock to stage the N.H.L.âs first outdoor game in the United States, which will take place on New Yearâs Day.


Thousands of American marines and soldiers swarmed over a railroad embankment on the northern edge of Falluja on Monday night and early Tuesday


Cuban leader Fidel Castro is recovering after falling at a rally and possibly fracturing a knee and an arm.


George Strait led the nominees announced Monday for the Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nominations, including entertainer of the year and top male vocalist.


[World News]: Sanya, Dec 4 : Miss Peru Maria Julia Mantilla-Garcia was Saturday crowned Miss World 2004 in this scenic Chinese beach city.


The parents of Charlotte Wyatt are returning to court to fight for their daughter's right to be resuscitated.


Kuwait Backs Quota Hike if Prices Stay Up

Major Gulf oil producer Kuwait will  back a hike of 1 million barrels per day in OPEC's output  ceiling if crude prices remain at record levels, a move that  would bring the cartel's formal production limits in line with  actual supplies.


Authorities are investigating whether Tim Donaghy influenced the outcome of games he or associates bet on.


Symantec has released a patch for its Veritas NetBackup software, saying it had discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the application. The flaw exists in the web programming language PHP used within NetBackup.


Corrected: Fed's Pianalto sees little consumer hit from housing

(Corrects second paragraph to make clear that Pianalto is not currently a voting member of the Fed's FOMC but will vote in 2008)     By Paul Hoskins


The Wizards welcomed coach Eddie Jordan back last night with a 95-68 victory over the Nets, Jordan's former team. Gilbert Arenas had a season-high 30 points, seven rebounds and five assists for host Washington.


Appeals Court Finds Ugly Implications in City's Anti-Truck Law

CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Founded in the 1920s as a fantasyland of Mediterranean architecture, this affluent Miami suburb, one of the nation's first planned communities, has a long-standing reputation for zealous aesthetic policing, ruling over everything from hedge heights to what colors residents may...


CIA to release details on decades of secrets

The Central Intelligence Agency is declassifying hundreds of pages of documents on secret operations from over three decades ago, CIA Director Michael Hayden said.


In a new post to his blog, Rob Allen takes a look a a package inside of the Zend Framework - one that allows for much more flexibility with the way your site flows.   One of the new features to hit the Zend Framework since 0.7 is Zend_Controller_ModuleRouter and its sibling Zend_Controller_ModuleRewriteRouter. This allows for separating out sets of controlers, models and views into their own modules.   He gives both a directory structure and PHP code example of it in action, both in how it normally functions (looks for a controller with the same name as the request) and an example of how he thinks it should work - complete with code and a directory structure to compare to the previous example.


Eriksson prepared for qualification doubleheader

London, England (Sports Network) - English national team coach Sven-Goran Eriksson is under the usual pressure to perform as his side prepares for two road World Cup qualifiers.


A police officer dies in hospital after being stabbed during an incident in which two other people suffered knife wounds.


Violence flared across Sunni areas of Iraq on Saturday as insurgents attacked U.S.-backed forces near Baquba and fighting erupted in Ramadi. A U.S. soldier was killed in a roadside blast north of Baghdad and while 17 bodies were discovered in Mosul.


Pakistan vows to track down former Guantanamo inmate who leads group that kidnapped two Chinese engineers.


Democratic top gun John Sasso was not in Washington for George Bush's inauguration yesterday. But if he is still licking his wounds a bit, he is also hard at work on his next campaign -- and it has nothing to do with John Kerry's pipe dreams for another run in four years.


Giugliano, 11:15 - CALCIO, C2/C: GARGIULO LASCIA IL GIUGLIANO

Domenico Gargiulo si è dimesso dalla guida del Giugliano (C2/C) dopo la sconfitta casalinga d...


Astronauts go outside the  space station for the second day running to continue construction work on the platform.


Manchester United moves from fourth to second in Deloitte's list of wealthiest clubs, topped by Real Madrid.


View this product tour to learn more about the LifeBook T4200 Tablet PC. Check out how flexible and simple it can be to satisfy your computing needs wherever you go.


The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his cabinet officially resign, making way for a new government.


Pakistan Raid Frees 3 Hostages; Another Dies

Pakistani commandos stormed the hideout of Islamic militants in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, freeing one Chinese hostage and killing five of the kidnappers, government officials said.


Why you need to consider non-U.S.-listed companies.


Big Blue Absorbs Venetica in Move To Strengthen Information ...

CHARLOTTE - In a move it says will strengthen its bid to dominate information integration markets, IBM announced Thursday that it was acquiring Venetica, a Charlotte-based developer of database integration tools.


Disappointing news from SABMiller, the brewer, that it had lost a key contract with Heineken helped drag the FTSE lower on Tuesday.


By KRISTIN M. HALL NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Al Gore, a leading voice in the fight against global warming, is being called a hypocrite by a conservative group that claims his Nashville mansion uses too much electricity.


President Bush has chosen his campaign manager, Ken Mehlman, as Republican national chairman, the White House said Monday. The selection puts Mr.


President Bush Thursday chose two people to join his Cabinet, nominating Nebraska's governor to head the Department of Agriculture and a former New York City police commissioner for the Homeland Security post.


Con 1.300 euro netti al mese si paga piu' di prima


Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev has claimed responsibility for the Beslan school siege, in which more than 320 hostages were killed.


Disney gives first dividend rise for six years

Walt Disney, the US media and entertainment group, yesterday announced its first dividend increase in six years following sharply improved earnings.


Oil prices rose to another record Tuesday as a long supply disruption in the Gulf of Mexico from Hurricane Ivan caused concern about winter heating fuel supplies.


A study into the feasibility of a Â£20bn new Thames barrier is to report within weeks, it emerges.


Jim Carrey has made a straight-to-YouTube video. And it's not funny at all.


A number of people are reportedly trapped in a serious blaze at London's iconic Camden Market.


Barcellona, 20:46 - CALCIO, BARCELLONA: RONALDINHO ANCORA OUT

Ronaldinho è ancora alle prese con una tendinite al ginocchio sinistro. La stella del Barcell...


Bush Vietnam Service Records May Be Fake

Documents which suggest President George Bush lost his status as a National Guard pilot during the Vietnam war because he fell below Air Force standards and disobeyed an order may be fake, it emerged today.


Superenalotto, jakpot vinto con una schedina da un euro

E' bastata una semplice schedina da un euro per sbancare il Superenalotto di ieri. Tanto ha speso infatti l'anonimo fortunato che ieri si Ã¨ portato a casa i quasi 38 milioni di euro in palio dopo una giocata


Kobasew leads Bruins to sweep of Rangers

Chuck Kobasew had a goal and an assist, leading the Boston Bruins to a sleepy 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday and a sweep of the key home-and-home weekend series.


Blame it on the Red Sox. For only the second time in 112 years, the Stanley Cup -- the oldest trophy competed for by North American sports teams -- will not be awarded. And both times, the Red Sox were the defending World Series champions.


El Nino, a weather pattern that can wreak havoc in the Asia-Pacific region, will stay at least until spring 2007, the monthly report by the U.S. Climate Prediction Center said Thursday.


Arsene Wenger says he will always have unfinished business in the Champions League - even if Arsenal win it three times.


Diller won't rule out taking IAC private

NEW YORK - IAC/InterActiveCorp. Chief Executive Barry Diller said Tuesday he would not rule out taking the Internet conglomerate private, but has no immediate plans to do so.


Senators Assert Right to Block Bushâs Iraq Plan

Senator Arlen Specter joined Democrats on a Senate panel in saying that President Bush cannot simply ignore Congressional opposition to his Iraq plan.


Hurricane Jeanne weakened slightly early Friday but was expected to strengthen again as it approaches Florida for a weekend landfall, the National Hurricane Center said.


JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM.N, the No.  2 U.S. bank, said on Wednesday its fourth-quarter earnings fell  11 percent, hurt by charges related to its merger with Bank One  last year.


China's Hu Praises Macau Progress at Start of Anniversary Fete

Chinese President Hu Jintao praised Macau's economic success as he arrived to mark the fifth anniversary of the former Portuguese colony's return to China.


Link By Link: In the Blink of a Byte, Future Becomes Past

Coincidence or foresight? A mysteriously prescient note about a wrestlerâs wifeâs death highlights the predictive possibilities of the internet.


Yahoo is planning a more complete YouTube-like video portal, where users will be able to view and share videos, create playlists and interact with others.


Quirky comedy Sideways leads nominations at the Golden Globe awards, to be presented on Sunday.


Safeco Corp. on Monday said it suffered some $28 million in losses due to Hurricane Frances, and reduced earnings expectations during the period as a result.


Bin Laden says U.S. seeks to exploit Iraqi oil

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden accused Washington of plotting to take control of Iraq's oil and urged Iraqis to reject efforts to rebuild a U.S.-backed national unity government there.


Moore, a senior at UNLV who has already won the NCAA Division I, US Amateur Public Links and Western Amateur titles, will face Luke List, who beat Chris Nallen in 19 holes, in today's 36-hole final.


Oil prices held firm on Tuesday on concerns about another cold snap in the United States and possible supply disruption in the Middle East and Russia.


Spindleruv Mlyn, 10:30 - SCI, CDM DONNE: KARBON GUIDA GIGANTE SPINDLERUV MLYN

Denis Karbon è al comando del gigante di Spindleruv Mlyn, in Repubblica Ceca, valido per la c...


The loyalist convicted of murdering Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane is told he does not qualify for early release.


Viktor Yushchenko, to be sworn in as president Sunday, has pledged to steer Ukraine on a new course, fighting corruption and bringing the former Soviet republic closer to the European Union and NATO while maintaining good relations with Russia.


Napolitano blocchi Prodi sulle nomine non c'e' urgenza


Whose Ad Is This? Advertisers Play with Web Films

When the manager of a coin-operated laundry seduces a mother and daughter and convinces them to skip town, there's bound to be trouble, or perhaps a movie plot.


A tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean could be running by next year, a UN agency says.


By Alisha A. Pina; Journal Staff Writer  The development for Kettle Point envisions 280 residences, a marina, 15,000 square feet of commercial buildings and public trails on 40 acres near Squantum Woods.


Cairo Journal: In Arab Hub, Poor Left to Their Fate

Cairo is a ruralized metropolis where people live by their wits and devices, cut off from the authorities, the law and often each other.


David Beckham's free kick set up John Terry for the first international goal at the new Wembley stadium, but Diego scored in the second minute of injury time Friday night to give Brazil a 1-1 exhibition tie against England.


Iraq has met only three of 18 targets being used to measure its progress, a US watchdog is said to have concluded.


Red wine, but no other form of alcohol, appears protective against lung cancer in men. A team of researchers in Spain has been comparing the lifestyles of 132 patients with lung cancer and 187 patients requiring minor surgery at the same hospital.


Near-bankrupt Italian flagship carrier Alitalia won approval from flight attendants Saturday for a job-cutting plan — the last in a series of labor deals crucial to saving the airline from collapse.


The average manager puts in an extra 40 days a year to cope with their workload, a survey suggests.


Leak Probe Puts HP's Dunn Under Scrutiny

By RACHEL KONRAD SAN FRANCISCO - Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairwoman Patricia Dunn is under scrutiny from business and ethics experts after she oversaw an invasive and possibly illegal effort to snoop into the home phone calls of fellow HP board members.


Anfal survivor testifies in Saddam trial

A Kurdish woman described huddling with her children in a cave as warplanes bombarded her village with chemical weapons in testimony Wednesday at the genocide trial of Saddam Hussein.


Either love it or hate it -- fur is dividing the Paris fashion scene this season.


Bird flu claims 6th victim, Vietnam confirms

HANOI -- Vietnam yesterday confirmed the sixth human death from bird flu in three weeks, and Thailand recorded its first case among poultry this year as health specialists expressed concern about a possible repeat of last year's devastating outbreak.


By James Ashton, Daily Mail, London  Jan. 31--Alarm bells, not cash tills, are ringing loudly at Torex Retail  after the Serious Fraud Office launched a criminal probe into its affairs and  searched the homes of three directors.


More than bragging rights at stake for Michigan and Michigan State

Bragging rights are at best the second-most important thing on the line for No. 12 Michigan when it plays rival Michigan State on Saturday.


Zarqawi Group Threatens to Kill Hostages

The Arab television station Al-Jazeera has broadcast a videotape purportedly showing a British and two American hostages being held in Iraq by a militant group led by a suspected ally of the al-Qaida terror network, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.


Hershey Co.  on Thursday again cut its 2007 profit forecast as it spends more to try to jump-start flagging sales, while charges for a supply chain overhaul and higher dairy costs led to a drop in second-quarter profit.


LONDON - As many as 100,000 more people may have died throughout Iraq since the US-led invasion than would be expected based on the death rate before the war, a survey indicates.


Settle down, investors. Things are going just fine.


A high-tech train that floats on powerful magnetic fields smashed into a maintenance car on an elevated test track Friday, killing 23 people and injuring 10 _ the first fatalities on a maglev train.Comment


The Eco-patent Commons--starting with IBM, Sony, Nokia, and Pitney-Bowes--will share environmentally friendly technologies.


Pakistani officials have quietly begun consulting with other nations about the conduct of their investigation into opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's killing, despite a public insistence that they need no foreign help, U.S. officials say.


Annan regrets 10 years of U.N. stalemate on Cyprus

Kofi Annan expressed regret on Friday over his failure to end a decades-long dispute over divided Cyprus during his 10 years as U.N. secretary-general and blamed both sides for the impasse.


Baghdad Blast Kills 22 People, Including 4 Police

An explosion in Baghdad killed 22 people, including four Iraqi policemen, the US military said. The blast occurred in the northwest of the Iraqi capital at 10:30 pm yesterday and also injured 10 people, the military said.


Bush challenges state laws allowing marijuana use for medical ...

ELEANOR HALL: It's been found to help ameliorate some of the side-effects of chemotherapy, reduce spasms associated with multiple sclerosis and help patients with chronic pain.


Madrid, England (Sports Network) - Madrid fell behind Roma 2-0 in the first 21 minutes of its Champions League clash Tuesday, and it appeared the Spanish giants were headed for another shocking defeat.


A mother who feared she might lose custody of her obese 8-year-old son unless he lost weight was allowed to keep the boy after striking a deal Tuesday with social workers to safeguard his welfare.


Tiger Woods has informed the Buick Open that he will not be playing in the tournament this year, organizers announced Friday. On Monday, Woods' wife gave birth to the couple's first child.


They started arriving at 8:15 last night, and by mid-morning today, about 30 iPhone hunters had lined up outside the Apple store in Clarendon.


Cammie Dunaway will join Nintendo of America as executive vice president for sales and marketing.


Rookie goalie Fredrik Norrena stopped 25 shots and the Columbus Blue Jackets stretched their season-high winning streak to five games with a 3-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night.


Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has told Asian government leaders at a forum in Singapore that they could face patent lawsuits for using the Linux operating system instead of Windows software.


FairPoint Communications reached an agreement with the Vermont Public Service Department that would allow it to buy Verizon phone lines in the state.


New Orleans Residents Clear Out as Ivan Nears

Hurricane Ivan drove hundreds of  thousands of people out of New Orleans on Wednesday and the  mayor told stragglers to take refuge in tall buildings as the  storm threatened to swamp the historic jazz city.


Theater Review | Mrs. Warrenâs Profession: The Life of a Scullery Maid or Factory Slave? No Thanks

Anyone game for a venture into the mountain air will find great pleasure in the Berkshire Theater Festivalâs production of âMrs. Warrenâs Profession.â


If Writers Go on Strike, Viewers Can Expect More Shots of Reality

Viewers may want to brace themselves for a lot of jury-rigged entertainment if writers and producers do not come to an agreement on a new contract by the end of the month.


Bush Recants, Says Terror War Will Be Won

President Bush said repeatedly on Tuesday that the United States will win its war against terrorism, trying to contain political damage from the doubt he expressed a day earlier.


Ahead of Serbian vote, the pull of Russia is felt

"Russia is categorically against a unilateral declaration of independence"  Serbia's drift toward Russia continued ahead of the country's presidential election with the news that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been made an honorary citizen of its second-largest city. The criteria for becoming an honorary citizen of Novi Sad states that the nominee must have deep personal ties to the city and must have significantly contributed to its development. But Mr. Putin has not visited Novi Sad while in office - nor has he made any special contribution to the city. Analysts say that the honor - which has also been given by a number of other Serbian towns - was bestowed in an attempt to boost the prospects of the pro-Russian presidential candidate Tomislav Nikolic ahead of this weekend's election. Read more


Break in weather slows California wildfires

California wildfires that have destroyed 1,300 homes and forced the evacuation of 500,000 people raged into a fifth day on Thursday but firefighters seized on a break in the weather to largely halt the march of destruction.


Typhoon Songda Lashes North Japan, 30 Reported Dead

A weakening Typhoon Songda lashed northern Japan with high winds and heavy rain on Wednesday after carving a trail of destruction in wide areas, with media reports saying


Strike sends Palestinian youths to Islamic schools

HEBRON, West Bank  - With the al-Hussein public   high school shut down because of a teachers' strike,   Palestinian student Razi al-Juneidi, 17, idles away his free   time with other frustrated teens on the pavement outside.


There was a trifecta in tech earnings yesterday, with search engine king Google Inc., software giant Microsoft Corp. and online shopping leader Amazon.


Tube train set off the wrong way down tunnel

A London tube driver took a train in the wrong direction through a tunnel and nearly ran head-on into another one on the same line, it was revealed on Thursday.


Having a bad heart doesn't mean you can skip exercise, doctors said Wednesday. In fact, it may even help your heart to repair itself. Research presented at the European Society of Cardiology meeting showed that exercise sparks the creation of new heart vessels.


Publisher Sues Sean Combs for Not Delivering Book

Random House is suing rap impresario  Sean Combs, also known as P. Diddy, for $300,000 to recover an  advance payment for an autobiography that was never delivered,  the publisher said on Tuesday.


Sean Williams had career highs of 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Craig Smith had 18 points and 13 rebounds on Saturday night to help No. 25 Boston College extend its school-record start with a 69-60 victory over Providence.


Copa AmÃ©rica: Once Again, Itâs Argentina vs. Brazil

Argentina is 15-8-8 against Brazil in Copa AmÃ©rica matches, but it is Brazil that will be trying to defend the South American title when the teams take the field Sunday.


BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair will pull off a major diplomatic coup this week by flying to Washington for an Iraq war summit with US President George W. Bush.


Retailer agrees to pay compensation to customers in move to end long-running price-fixing saga


Video footage of the moment bombs exploded in a Madrid train station is released in Spain.


Pirates work around Vista's activation feature

(InfoWorld) - Hackers are distributing a file that they say lets users of the corporate version of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system get around the software's anti-piracy mechanisms. Windows Vista must be "activated," or authorized by Microsoft, before it will work on a particular machine. To simplify the task of activating many copies of Vista, Microsoft offers corporate users special tools, among them Key Management Service (KMS), which allows a company to run a Microsoft-supplied authorization server on its own network and activate Vista without contacting Microsoft for each copy. The software Microsoft.Windows.Vista.Local.Activation.Server-MelindaGates lets users spoof that KMS process, allowing them to activate copies of the enterprise editions of Vista, its creators say. The hacked download is available online on sites including The Pirate Bay and other file sharing sites. Microsoft's official KMS offering is available to customers with 25 or more computers running Vista. The machines activate the software by connecting to the KMS server, and must reactivate every six months. KMS is not the only option that enterprises have for volume activation of Vista: they can also call Microsoft by phone or connect over the Internet to activate the software. The MelindaGates hack allows users to download a VMware image of a KMS server which activates Windows Vista Business/Enterprise edition, its creators claim. Microsoft did not respond to requests for comment on the hack. Vista is the first Windows operating system that requires volume users to activate each product. The new activation processes are aimed at reducing piracy. While one security expert said he isn't surprised that KMS has been cracked, he said the MelindaGates hack offers some insight into piracy. "This also shows how piracy is not just about kids swapping games," said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer of F-Secure. "The only parties that would need a KMS crack would be corporations with volume licensing."


Italy's disputed candidate for EU justice and security commissioner, whose disapproval of homosexuality has created a storm, has hinted that he might be prepared to abandon his new job.


Yoga Is More Than Just Showing Up, but That Does Help

Enlightenment by the numbers, as in the numbers 30 days for $30.


Boys Will Be Boys, Girls Will Be Hounded by the Media

Some celebrities and their handlers are now claiming that the news media have a double standard.


Scoland take on a new-look France team in their opening Six Nations encounter.


Let the past put current conditions in perspective.


Defiant Hair facing uncertain future after Inzy verdict

Darrell Hair's career as a leading international umpire was left in the balance after the Australian official was withdrawn from next month's Champions Trophy in India because of security concerns.


ALTHOUGH the morning players yesterday awoke to a bit more breeze than their first day counterparts, conditions grew progressively tougher at Coolum in the second round of the PGA Championship, and the later starters found themselves battling a stiff wind


Germanyâs Commercial Ties With Iran Prove Hard to Cut

German companies are determined to preserve their ties to a country that has been one of their most durable trading partners.


U.S. women take two of the three medals in beach volleyball


David Coulthard would be feeling a bit relieved now. Red Bull Racing has expressed desire that they would prefer to have someone as experienced as the British Driver on their team in their first season in Formula-1.


At what decibel level does noise start to do irreparable hearing damage?


Inter Milan finally played up to preseason expectations Sunday, with Adriano netting two fantastic goals and Christian Vieri ending his long scoring drought in a 3-1 win against Udinese at San Siro.


U.S., Japan push for vote on North Korea

The United States and Japan on Friday insisted that the Security Council vote within one day on a proposed resolution condemning North Korea's missile tests, despite an apparent deadlock with China and Russia over the document.


U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as a 5.5 percent jump in oil prices to nearly $57 a barrel spurred a rally in the energy sector, while shares of Motorola Inc. gained after investor Carl Icahn said he will seek a seat on the board.


Georgia opens fire on an aircraft believed to be Russian after it violates its airspace, officials say.


Davis' Days Could Be Numbered With Browns

One more loss with the Browns and Butch Davis could be going back to college.


INSIDE TV & RADIO; Football Tackles Sept. 11 in Ratings

By TIM CUPRISIN  The top-rated television show Sunday night wasn't ABC's much- discussed dramatization of the events leading up to the Sept. 11 attacks.


Medical aid agency a life-saver for Kashmiri villagers

MACHIARA, Pakistan  - When the earthquake hit a year ago, the walls of the government dispensary in the remote mountain village of Machiara crumbled.


WFP pipelines 100 tons of food to storm-hit Haiti

The World Food Program (WFP) has flown 100 tons of cookies into Haiti for the victims of the devastating Tropical Storm Jeanne, a WFP official announced Thursday.


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âThe Linguists,â a film focused on studying the worldâs vanishing languages,  has its premiere this week at the Sundance Film Festival.


videoproiettore multimediale DLP da ViewSonic

Un nuovo videoproiettore multimediale DLP Ã¨ stato lanciato da ViewSonic. Ideale per l'ufficio, ma anche per i piÃ¹ esigenti amanti dello home entertainment. Un nuovo videoproiettore multimediale DLP Ã¨ stato lanciato da ViewSonic.


Management says it doesn't need backseat drivers trying to grab the wheel.


Podcast: Some truth behind identity theft

Robert Vamosi talks with data loss expert Dan Geer about identity theft.


Tokyo's Nikkei average closed down 0.17  percent on Tuesday as growing worries over the domestic  economic outlook hit banks and insurers, offsetting gains in  shipping firms and others with bright earnings prospects.


Hyperion harbours building blocks of life, says NASA

And a bunch of weirdo craters Hyperion, one of Saturn's many moons, is covered in the raw material necessary for life to form, according to new data from NASA's Cassini space craft.â¦


Blog: RoboCup's use of Wikipedia for results leave some wondering who the winners are


Glenn Close has joined the cast of FX's "The Shield."


The Dollar Crumbles, but Americans Still Flock to Europe

The steep decline of the dollar against the euro has made eye-popping prices a lamentable part of the travelerâs tale.


Firefighters try to stop a blaze spreading as three homes in one street are alight and four people are reported injured.


Economic Cooperation Issues To Dominate Russian-German Consultations' Agenda

Stepping up economic cooperation and prospects for bilateral projects will be central as usual at the Russian-German summit-level consultations in Hamburg on December 20-21. The two countries key cabinet ...


Constellation reports a strong quarter, with wine leading the way.


Martin Sheen playing dad in romantic comedy

Martin Sheen will play  Aaron Eckhart's father in "Traveling," a romantic comedy  starring Jennifer Aniston.


Wild winter storm dumps snow, ice on U.S. northeast

A winter storm roared into the northeastern United States on Wednesday, dumping a mixture of snow, ice, sleet and rain that forced widespread school closures and caused transportation havoc.


Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers yesterday ended their first round of talks over Kashmir on a positive note, resolving to take forward the peace process, an official said.


EU approves 2,000-strong Kosovo police mission

The European Union approved the launch of a 2,000-strong police and justice mission for Kosovo on Saturday, a day before the breakaway province is expected to make a Western-backed declaration of independence from Serbia.


Dati su novembre: in pole Germania e Francia, giu' Spagna


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Rebels worry over delays in talks with Philippines

Social and economic development of Muslim communities on the southern Philippines island of Mindanao are not enough to solve a decades-old insurgency there, a rebel leader said on Sunday.


South Africa says it will sign up to the OECD convention to clamp down on the bribery of foreign officials.


90-year-old U-boats discovered off British coast

The wrecks of two German U-boats from World War I have been found off the coast of the Orkney Islands, north of mainland Scotland, one of which carried the German commander who killed the then British secretary of war, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said.


Japanese war orphans abandoned in China in 1945 are entitled to compensation, a court rules.


LONDON: A judge threw out all charges yesterday against three men accused of blackmailing teenage soccer star Wayne Rooney's agent.


Profits double at American Greetings as new initiatives gain traction.


The latest generation of mobile phones is vulnerable to hackers, a security conference is told.


IAEA finds S Korea violated nuclear safeguards

ISN Security Watch (12/11/04) - The UNâs nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), charged South Korea on Thursday with violating international nuclear safeguards, while Seoul announced it was building the first of the three


Mormon church president Gordon Hinckley dead at 97: officials

Mormon Church president Gordon Hinckley died in Salt Lake City, Utah, late Saturday at the age of 97, church officials said.


For Newsweek Subscribers, a Question: Smoking or Nonsmoking?

Newsweek says it will provide tobacco-ad free copies of its magazine to any individual subscribers who request them.


SANTIAGO: US President George W Bush sought help yesterday from Chinese President Hu Jintao and other key allies at an Asia-Pacific summit on getting North Korea to return to stalled talks over its nuclear weapons programme.


Rest in peace, Netscape. Your story lives on.


Retired Politicians Spend Unused Campaign Funds

New Yorkâs campaign finance laws allow former candidates to keep spending unused contributions.


Peru Names Official to Clear Up Guzman Trial Mess

LIMA, Peru  - Peru on Monday appointed a top legal  official to bolster the government's side in terrorism cases  after Shining Path leader Abimael Guzman made a mockery of a  retrial last week in a publicity coup for the Marxist group.


Dell touts new blades' bang for the buck

Organizations are replacing aging servers with newer more-powerful boxes, often Linux--based, and theyâre also investing in storage.


The United Nations' food relief agency is gearing up for a "critical stage" in feeding refugees in western Sudan as more people flee ethnic violence there and the rainy season peaks, U.N. officials said Wednesday.


There's something about the U.S. Open Cup that brings out the best in the Chicago Fire.


EU Suspends Microsoft-ContentGuard Review

The European Commission has stopped the clock on its review of Microsoft and Time Warner's purchase of U.S. anti-piracy software maker ContentGuard, a spokesman for the EU executive said on Tuesday.


Musharraf orders firm action against rioters: state media

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf ordered security chiefs to take firm action against rioters following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, state media said.


Stalling Game Helps Indiana -- and the NCAA

The NCAA is accusing coach Kelvin Sampson and Indiana of five major violations, but the school won't respond to charges until May 8, so its punishment won't affect this season.


U.S. stocks dropped on Monday, led by financial shares, as a rush by savers to withdraw deposits at a large British mortgage lender fueled concerns that turmoil in the credit markets would spread.


London, England (Sports Network) - Blackburn named Welsh national team coach Mark Hughes its new boss Wednesday, effective immediately.


HP Gives New Life to Used Printer Cartridges

Hewlett-Packard introduced the âclosed loopâ process that manufactures new printer cartridges from recycled cartridges that are separated and rebuilt from scratch.


_Documents show the government's chief of AIDS research, Dr. Edmund Tramont, rewrote a safety report written by one of his own medical officers to change its conclusions and delete


Actor Reeve Shown in Calif. Stem Cell Campaign Ad

Less than two weeks after his  sudden death, actor Christopher Reeve on Friday began appearing  in a taped appeal to Californians to vote for a controversial  ballot measure that would fund a decade of stem cell research,


The most anticipated IPO in history has passed. After all the hype and garment rending, how'd it go?


Iran Expects to Be Acquitted in Next UN Nuclear Report

TEHRAN/VIENNA  - Iran said Wednesday it has  cleared up all major outstanding ambiguities over its nuclear  program to reassure the world it was not trying to make an  atomic bomb, but diplomats at the U.N. disagreed.


China is hosting its first Formula One Grand Prix on a gleaming new $240 million circuit in Shanghai.


She was the champion of the music industry. He was the voice of the people. It was a death match made in heaven -- but they found common ground. By Hilary Rosen and Lawrence Lessig from Wired magazine.


Florida notebook: Focus on defense after loss

After all, Florida is second in the Southeastern Conference and 17th nationally at 35.1 points per outing. And the Gators have put up 83 points in their last two games.


UPDATE 2-Citigroup hits back at Parmalat with court move

Citigroup (CN: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday launched a legal challenge against Parmalat's restructuring plan, hitting back after the bankrupt food group


Sometimes, Doctors Find Answers Far Off the Charts

Sometimes, it is only when the patient is halfway out the door that important information spills out.


The removal of the president of California's largest public pension fund has raised questions about whether pension funds, endowments and other big activist investors can keep wielding clout in corporate governance campaigns.


Cognos strengthens Spanish sales channel

Software giant Cognos Inc. continued to strengthen its sales channel in Europe on Tuesday with the acquisition of a small operation located in Madrid, Spain.


Campaign in 28th year of urging smokers to quit for a day

According to the American Cancer Society, smoking will cause about 30 percent of the 563,700 cancer deaths this year. The American Cancer Society also reports that


Bali climate deal paves way for hotter U.S. debate

A breakthrough deal forged by delegates from 190 countries has revived world efforts to fight global warming and may help push the debate to the front and center of the U.S. political debate.


French Police Make Arrests in Basque Hotel Attack

French police have carried out dawn raids to arrest 13 suspected Basque separatists for their involvement in an attack last year on a luxury hotel in southern France. Some 200 gendarmes took part in Monday's arrests, the French news agency AFP reported. Seven of the suspects are French and six are Spanish, officials said. Investigators suspect last year's attack was carried out by the Basque separatist group Eta or a French group sympathizing with Eta, a judicial source told Reuters news agency. Eta has waged a violent campaign since the 1960s for an independent state in north Spain and south-west France and called off a 15-month truce in June.


Want an autograph from Johnny Depp? Chances are, he'll sign something for you Â and not be a jerk about it.


Special Ops Forces Offered Hefty Bonuses

Senior members of U.S. special operations forces will receive bonuses of up to $150,000 for staying in the military, an increase designed to keep the commandos from bolting to the more lucrative private sector.


Four Britons detained on the war-torn Somalian-Kenyan border three weeks ago flew back to the UK and were held for nine hours under the Terrorism Act before being released.Comment


DevShed has a new tutorial today that's part two in a series looking at working with the combination of PHP and MySQL - "Working with PHP and MySQL".   You'll learn how to select the database, fetch and display data, and more. This article is excerpted from chapter 9 of Learning PHP and MySQL, written by Michele Davis and Jon Phillips.   They start by selecting the database before moving on to the query. With a select query, they grab the information from the books tablw and display it out to the page (fetching with both a mysql_fetch_row and mysql_fetch_array).


In Kenya, Death Toll From Violence Rises to at Least 85

Nairobi, Jan. 28-- The toll from five days of fighting between rival tribal gangs in western Kenya rose to at least 85 Monday, as the brutal, hand-to-hand clashes moved into the normally calm and scenic tourist town of Naivasha, about two hours from Nairobi.


Goal Blog: Soggy Victory Wins Group for the U.S.

Playing in a steady rain from an approaching typhoon, the U.S. Womenâs World Cup team defeated Nigeria, 1-0, and will play England in the quarterfinal on Saturday.


The white supremacist gang Public Enemy No. 1 began two decades ago as a group of teenage punk-rock fans from upper-middle class bedroom communities in Southern California.


The avuncular Johnny Grant traveled the world as Tinseltownâs No. 1 cheerleader for more than a half-century.


A judge tells Britney Spears is told she may not visit her two children until she complies with court orders.


Societa' non teme restare esclusa da integrazioni


Indagine del Sole 24 Ore: in Trentino le piu' brevi


Pride follows first-ball trauma for Okajima

For a player whose first pitch in Major League Baseball was smashed out of the ballpark, Boston's Hideki Okajima has a lot to smile about.


First female space tourist returns to Earth

NEAR ARKALYK, Kazakhstan  - The world's first   female space tourist, Iranian-born Anousheh Ansari, returned to   Earth on Friday, bumping down in a Russian Soyuz capsule at   dawn on the Kazakh steppe.


Is Universal Getting Ready To Go Blu-ray?

Following recent reports, later denied by company executives, that Paramount is ready to abandon HD DVD for Blu-ray, Universal Studios is now said to be ready to go Blu-ray as well.


Palestinian water projects held up by US sanctions

YATA, West Bank -- One slip, and Issa Abu Shakr's 5-year-old nephew plunged into the fetid stream of sewage that flows outside the family's West Bank home.


Firenze, 19:30 - CALCIO, ITALIA; PERROTTA: TOTTI-CASSANO E' LA COPPIA DEL FUTURO

Simone Perrotta è sicuro che il futuro della Nazionale italiana è la coppia Francesco ...


Age of Riches: A New Breed of Billionaire

The global wealth boom has created a new breed of billionaire in once-destitute countries, and a number of them are using their wealth to push for social changes.


Fatah to decide on unity government fate after clashes

Hamas gunmen stormed a Fatah security headquarters in Gaza City on Tuesday, moving Palestinians closer to civil war, minutes after a deadline from the Islamist group to its rival to quit key strongholds expired.


The bodies of 49 Iraqi army recruits have been found shot dead north-east of Baghdad.  Is the violence in Iraq out of control?


Study suggests depressed women may face heart ills

A child star, she lived under constant pressure. And when she finally opened up about the mental illness that had nearly destroyed her -- manic depression -- it seemed a logical step in her healing.


Six-time Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps apologized Monday for his arrest last week on charges of driving under the influence in Salisbury, Md.


Paris confirms two French journalists are missing in Iraq as concern grows for the safety of an Italian.


German entrepreneurs plan to build world's largest pyramid, include burial space for anyone willing to pay 700 euros.


Mobile giant Nokia begins a second assault on handheld gaming, with the launch of the N-Gage platform.


HALL of Fame boxer Jeff Fenech says Kostya Tszyu's old foe, Sharmba Mitchell, will again be knocked out by the undisputed junior-welterweight champion today because the American has "no heart".


Judge Reinstates 'Roadless Rule' in Forests

By Terence Chea THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge reinstated a ban Wednesday on road construction in nearly 50 million acres of pristine wilderness, overturning a Bush administration rule that could have cleared the way for more commercial activity in national forests.


The Slovak Republic will have to pay to CSOB bank SKK 24.7 billion. The Washington-based International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) upheld CSOB's complaint regarding the debt of Slovak ...


Overseas Surfers Barred From Bush Poll Site

Washington, Oct. 28 (NNN): Since Monday morning, surfers outside the US have been barred from visiting the official re-election site of President George Walker Bush.


Spurred by Carter, some Baptists meet to build bigger tent

Some 20,000 are expected in Atlanta this week to show that they can work together despite political and religious divisions.


Recordings missing from Jamaica archives

A massive collection of 1970s music including original recordings by reggae greats Bob Marley and Peter Tosh has disappeared from the archives of the former Jamaica Broadcasting Corp., authorities said Saturday.


Riforme, nuova bozza Calderoli: cosÃ¬ nasceranno le leggi

E' pronta la nuova bozza del ministro per le Riforme Roberto Calderoli nella quale si definisce, a modifica del testo del Senato, la disciplina della formazione delle leggi. Ecco che cosa prevede, secondo


Taking a leaf from Linux's book, Sun Microsystems will later today make its newly developed Solaris 10 operating system available for free, charging customers only for support.


CHARLOTTE, NC - Coca-Cola Bottling Co., the country's second-largest bottler of Coca-Cola drinks, said third-quarter earnings fell sharply as poor weather hurt results.


Branson pledges 3 billion dollars to global warming fight

British mogul Richard Branson pledged to spend three billion dollars in the next 10 years on a variety of projects to combat global warming and reduce dependence on fossil fuels.


China Communists plan expanded say in new leadership

Chinese President Hu Jintao will give a Communist Party council some say in electing the Party's new core leadership in a breakthrough that could play against unpopular officials linked to his predecessor.


Prosecutors have concluded that a reporter who died after falling out of a stairwell window of his apartment building committed suicide, a newspaper reported Wednesday.


Press freedom groups voice dismay at moves by China to increase restrictions on foreign news agencies.


Latest scandal puts spotlight back on boards

At first glance, it might seem as if software company Computer Associates International Inc. has cleaned up its act. Yes, its former CEO and another top executive were indicted last


Move sparks talk of a possible bid for Spain's flag carrier, Iberia LONDON British Airways said Wednesday that it would sell its stake in Qantas Airways and use the proceeds to strengthen its balance sheet for ...


Research says the next 50 years will see wild swings in the world's population, with India overtaking China.


Tim Duncan banked in a shot with 30.9 seconds remaining, Manu Ginobili hit four late free throws and the undermanned San Antonio Spurs rallied to beat the Phoenix Suns 84-81 on Thursday night and end a three-game losing streak.


IBM adds fuel to Information on Demand strategy

InfoWorld - IBM announced the first results of its recently closedÂ acquisition of business intelligence vendor Cognos, unveiling an array of product offerings and services that tie into its Information on Demand strategy.


Prince Video Depicts Terror, Sparks Outcry

MINNEAPOLIS - The musician Prince is drawing fire for a new video that portrays an Arab-American girl envisioning herself blowing up an airport.    The video for the song "Cinnamon Girl" shows the girl, played by 14-year-old Oscar nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes of the movie "Whale Rider," facing harassment from schoolmates and witnessing racism in the wake of an attack that mirrors 9/11...


EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Judgment Day is here for Deion Branch and the Patriots, and nothing that happened last night at Giants Stadium altered the reality that without him, New England's deep-passing game is, to be kind, impaired.


Infection, Not Vaccines, Raises Heart Attack Risk

People who are ill with respiratory or  urinary tract infections face a higher risk of heart attack or  stroke while they are sick, researchers said on Wednesday.


Dueling Political Film Festivals Head to Dallas

Like two gunfighters heading for a Texas  showdown, Dallas will host a cinematic shootout as conservative  and liberal films festivals do battle in the city over the  weekend.


India, Pakistan Agree to Seek Confidence-Building Measures

The leaders of India and Pakistan have launched a fresh effort to improve the troubled relationship between the two nuclear-armed rivals.


Hostages will die in 48 hours, say Iraqi kidnappers

Blindfolded and with a rifle pointed at their heads, a Briton and two Americans seized from their Baghdad home last week were paraded on a videotape yesterday by armed men claiming


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Internal pressure grows over route of Israeli barrier

A Supreme Court order and a rare admonition from the attorney general raised the heat on Israel to reassess its West Bank separation wall Friday, as a senior government official said the country would have to explain why it won't heed a World Court ruling


Canada Weighs Banning Internet Drug Sales

Internet sales of prescription drugs to U.S. consumers could be banned by Canada if a proposal being drafted by health officials is approved, changes that would essentially kill a $700 million industry that has become increasingly popular with underinsured patients in search of cheaper medicine.