Terrorism is likely cause of 2 crashes, a top Russian says

A top Russian official acknowledged yesterday what many citizens already suspected - that terrorism was the most likely cause of two jetliners crashing minutes apart, a feeling reflected in a newspaper headline that "Russia now has a Sept.


YORK -- This is the night we saw beyond the dollar signs, the night Alex Rodriguez morphed from simply stylish to sublimely substantive.


Patience Wheatcroft, editor of the  Sunday Telegraph newspaper, has resigned 18 months into her  role, the third change in editor at the UK title in two years.


Gates: Microsoft Launches MSN Music In Eight New Nations

Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) launched its MSN music download service in eight new European countries on Thursday. The software colossus made the move a mere week after iTunes, the category killer


Jumping on the design-and-simplicity bandwagon, Gateway unveils a desktop it touts as an alternative for those who don't want to shell out the bucks for, well, Apple.


Diciannove ardimentosi al 'Cimento invernale' di Torino


Sony says to delay Europe PS3 launch to March

Sony Corp. 6758.T said on Wednesday   that it would delay the launch in Europe of the latest version   of its blockbuster videogame console, PlayStation 3 (PS3), to   March of next year from its original target launch in November.


Nurses and Doctor Again Face Execution in H.I.V. Trial in Libya

The complex legal action is one of the final kinks left in LibyaÂs once-tangled relations with the West.


Bush Hits Kerry on U.S. Needing 'Global Test'

President Bush said on Saturday Democrat John Kerry's debate remark that U.S. preemptive military action should be subject to a "global test" would give other nations a veto over American national security decisions.


Racegoers showcase their most glamorous outfits on Royal Ascot's third day of racing.


US Vetoes UN Resolution Demanding Israel Halt Gaza Incursion

The US vetoed a resolution in the United Nations Security Council demanding that Israel end military operations in the northern Gaza Strip and withdraw its forces, saying the text failed


U.N. Security Council condemns bus bombing in Iran

The U.N. Security Council on Thursday condemned a deadly bus bombing in Iran, granting a request made by Tehran amid a dispute with the council over its nuclear program.


Embroidering the Fate of the First Man Who Thought He Was Napoleon

Antoine de Caunes's densely plotted costume drama suggests that Napoleon's demise might have been an elaborate hoax through which he escaped into anonymity.


It makes military sense for the UK to accept a US request  for troops south of Baghdad, says the top British soldier in Iraq.


Playwright and Novelist Jelinek Awarded Nobel Prize

Elfriede Jelinek, known best for her autobiographical novel turned movie, The Piano Teacher, won the Nobel Prize for Literature this Thursday for her in-depth plays and novels covering subjects on violence on women, sexuality and European politics.


Da enfant prodige del Partito comunista al Campidoglio Un cinquantenne sulla breccia da trentacinque anni                                          Veltroni, la politica in souplesse del buonista machiavellico                                                                                di EDMONDO BERSELLI


Reggie Sanders hit a pinch-hit RBI single off Giovanni Carrara (4-2) in the 11th inning and the St. Louis Cardinals completed a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 6-5 victory Sunday for their ninth straight victory.


They've bumped and grinded and sung their way


A cadre of buyout shops are expected to try to raise a total of $45 billion for new European funds in the next year and a half.


A colleague of an Italian journalist abducted in Iraq said she received a call from the cell phone of Giuliana Sgrena on Saturday — but heard no voices, only Arabic music in the background — as Italians hoped the strongly anti-war stance of Sgrena's paper could help win her release.


Rahman to perform at Indian & American Achiever Awards

Renowned film music composer A.R. Rahman will present the national anthem of India Thursday at the inaugural CineMaya Media Group Indian & American Achiever Awards at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington D.C.


British physicists have shared computer time with biologists around the world in an effort to combat malaria, which kills one million people annually.


Parliament held a special session Sunday to debate penal code reforms aimed at boosting Turkey's chances of starting membership talks with the European Union.


All that computer time on the road or at home may be taking more of a toll on some men than they realize. Reproductive experts warn in a new study that heat generated by laptop computers can have an adverse effect on male fertility.


Ford to offer buyouts to all UAW workers: WSJ

Ford Motor Co.  and the United  Auto Workers union are planning to offer buyouts to all the  company's U.S. workers, the Wall Street Journal reported on its  website on Thursday.


Just how much power does that new big-screen TV drain? Take a look at power consumption levels of some common high-tech appliances.


HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World leaders agreed on Friday a $60 billion pledge to fight AIDS and other killer diseases ravaging Africa.


Roma, 15:51 - CANOA, EUROPEI VELOCITA': JOSEFA IDEM OTTAVA NEL K1 500

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Ivory Coast Cease-Fire Ends With Airstrikes Against 2 Rebel Towns

Government planes in Ivory Coast conducted bombing raids against two rebel-held towns starting shortly after sunrise on Thursday, ending a tenuous yearlong cease


Dozens of activists are held in Punjab province ahead of a protest rally, Pakistan's opposition says.


West Nile confirmed in third county resident

A third Churchill County resident has tested positive for West Nile virus and three more "probable" cases have been reported, state health officials said Friday.


Cisco's Chambers adds collaboration to his name

Cisco Systems John Chambers touts collaboration technology at Salesforce.com's user conference, Dreamforce.


Apple and Fox planning movie rental deal: reports

Apple Inc and News Corp.'s Twentieth  Century Fox are set to announce a deal that will allow  consumers to rent movies through Apple's digital iTunes Store,  media reports said on Thursday.


Raymond Cunningham, the former chief executive of Invesco Funds Group, agreed to pay $500,000 to settle lawsuits over improper mutual fund trading, his lawyers said yesterday.


Inflation Spike, Oil Price Hike Temper Rise in Stocks

That enthusiasm was tempered somewhat today when the Labor Department reported that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.6 percent in October, the biggest increase since June and


PHP Magazine: Issue 01.2005 Article Preview

Indu Britto has a new blog posting today concerning the upcoming issue of PHP Magazine - the new year's edition.


Marchex unveils network of 100,000 local U.S. sites

Marchex Inc. said on  Wednesday it is looking to make a splash in the local U.S.  online advertising market by introducing 100,000 memorable Web  sites featuring local services such as denverautorepair.com.


Steven P. Jobs has succeeded in building expectations for what some have called âthe God machine.â


A new endangered species: Modern architecture

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library is at the center of a debate on whether such buildings are worth saving.


Sudan says it will decide next week whether to charge Islamist leader Hassan Turabi over an alleged coup attempt.


PITTSBORO, N.C. -- Until the late 1950s, the low-slung brick building in the center of this minuscule town was home to the Kayser-Roth hosiery mill. Some 400 workers tended to clattering looms, churning out pantyhose.


Allen Patrick ran for 163 yards and a touchdown to help No. 13 Oklahoma survive another Bedlam scare and win the Big 12 South title with a 27-21 win over Oklahoma State yesterday in Stillwater, Okla.


TB Set to Be Global Scourge Again, Models Predict

Super drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis are at the tipping point of a global epidemic, and only small changes are needed to help them spread quickly, U.S. researchers predicted Sunday.


Defending champs struggling for playoff berth

Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning  bristles at the thought of the defending NBA champions having  to sneak into the postseason.


Liverpool short of firepower for crucial encounter

RAFAEL Benitez must gamble with Liverpoolâs Champions League prospects tonight but lacks the ammunition to make it a fair fight.


Va. Judge to Decide Lesbian Custody Case

A Virginia judge on Tuesday claimed jurisdiction to decide a child custody case between two women who had entered into a civil union in Vermont, a move that could set a legal precedent for same-sex couples whose relationships are recognized in some states and not others.


"Buffy" creator Whedon exits "Wonder Woman" pic

LOS ANGELES  - Joss Whedon, who had been developing a big-screen adaptation of DC Comics superhero Wonder Woman for Warner Bros. Pictures and Silver Pictures, parted ways with the studio and production company on the project.


China releases first paper on universal pension plan

BEIJINGâChina says the next two decades will be critical for the development of a universal pension and welfare system, as the "cradle-to-grave" guarantees of the country's planned economy fade away.


Jakarta residents start clean-up after massive flood

Thousands of Indonesians were cleaning  up mud and debris from their flood-damaged homes on Saturday  after rains eased and waters that forced many into cramped  emergency shelters begin to subside.


Libya pays funds to HIV families in medics case

The families of Libyan children with HIV received a financial settlement on Tuesday, a spokesman for the family said, opening the door for a government panel to free six foreign medics condemned to death for infecting them.


SKorean firm to sell part of stake in Peru gas project

South Korea's biggest refiner SK Energy announced Wednesday it has reached a 100 million dollar deal to sell 10 percent of its stake in a Peruvian energy project.


Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been acquitted of corruption charges by a Milan court. A three-judge jury backed the billionaire's fight to clear his name.


Greece's top two athletes, facing a  state prosecutor's investigation over missed drug tests and a  motorbike crash, left hospital Tuesday declaring they were  innocent and should be allowed to compete in the Olympic Games.


Flips, scams blamed in California housing decline

CORONA, Calif  - Bhaviesh and Varsha Shah bought their dream home in a new development east of Los Angeles two years ago, planted flowers around an emerald lawn and picked out wicker furniture for sitting outside on cool afternoons.


Five Vietnamese men go on trial in Germany over the killing of seven people in a Chinese restaurant.


The first six months of 2007 will be remembered as the heyday of private equity.


Cambodian court sentences Hambali, five others to life in prison

PHNOM PENH : A Cambodian court Wednesday sentencedIndonesian terror suspect Hambali, in absentia, and five other Muslims to life in prison for plotting a terrorist attack in the country, while freeing one Egyptian suspect, the judge said.


ORLANDO, Fla. Oct. 8, 2004 - A former NASA safety inspector accused of falsifying examinations of crucial parts on the space shuttle Discovery pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court, and his attorney called him "meticulous in his work.


Top U.S. scientist gets 14 years for child sex abuse

A U.S. scientist known as the "father of gene therapy" was sentenced on Friday to 14 years in prison for molesting a girl to whom he taught karate.


Sanctions Planned for High-Fee Fund Seller

Securities regulators are planning sanctions against a company that sold high-fee mutual funds to military officers, sources familiar with the situation said Friday. Some big fund companies said they may reconsider the "contractual plan" funds.


Karzai Sidelines Rivals in New Afghan Cabinet

Afghan President Hamid Karzai sidelined leaders of powerful regional factions in his new cabinet line-up announced on Thursday. Karzai won Afghanistan's first democratic


Assofin e Abi, i finanziamenti sono entro limiti sostenibili


A gas explosion at a coal mine in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi killed 28 miners and five rescuers, the government said on Friday, in the latest in a grim series of similar disasters.


Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy is to explain to the Commons his decision to recognise the loyalist Ulster Defence Association's ceasefire.


Scissor Sisters seek slice of U.S. market

For the disco-influenced New York  band the Scissor Sisters, who have enjoyed major success in the  United Kingdom, the U.S. market remains a challenge.


AMERICA/CANADA - Appello dei membri del Consiglio canadese delle Chiese (CCC) ai governanti: "Ã giunto il momento per il Canada di raddoppiare gli sforzi nella lotta alla povertÃ Â Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) - ÂLanciamo un appello ai nostri governanti affinchÃ© prendano misure immediate per elaborare e mettere in atto una strategia di riduzione della povertÃ  nazionaleÂ. Ã quanto affermano i leader della Chiesa canadese e i membri de...


Belgian PM's car crash delays crisis talks

Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt suffered two broken ribs in a car crash but was expected to be released from hospital shortly and could return to work, doctors said Wednesday.


The final design for an Arctic "doomsday" seed vault, which will house all known varieties of crops, is unveiled.


Batanga, Elatinmusic join forces for Latin site

Latin music Web site Batanga.com and  digital music store Elatinmusic.com have joined forces in an  Internet operation that merges Batanga's considerable traffic  with Elatinmusic's solid digital-sales operation.


Il Cavaliere operato: dieci anni di interventi

Dieci anni fa il cancro, poi la chirurgia estetica. Ieri l'intervento al cuore. Le volte che Berlusconi finÃ¬ sotto i ferri


In Final, St. Josephâs Upsets No. 15 Auburn

Amy Wold scored 17 points, Sarah Acker had 16 and St. Josephâs upset No. 15 Auburn, 71-69, in the championship game of the Hilton Philadelphia Hawk Classic on Saturday.


Australia warns of attack in Indonesia's Sulawesi

Australia warned on Friday of a militant attack in the restive Indonesian province of Sulawesi, long the site of deadly Christian-Muslim rivalry.


Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's security forces fired on a Hamas rally in the West Bank and battles between the two factions erupted in Gaza on Friday, prompting a Hamas leader to accuse Abbas of starting a war.


Pakistan Kills Militant Wanted for Musharraf Plot

Pakistan's security forces on Sunday shot dead a militant said to have plotted an attempt to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf and to have had a hand in the killing of a U.S. journalist, the information minister said.


Alla penisola il 13% del totale dei prestiti


Amy Winehouse is named best female artist at both the Mobo Awards and the Vodafone Live Music Awards.


A woman and her boyfriend admitted to methodically gunning down her parents and four other family members in rural Washington on Christmas Eve, according to police affidavits filed in court Thursday.


Bank of America Corp. said Thursday it will cut about 4,500 jobs, or about 2.5 percent of its work force, beginning this month as a result of its merger with FleetBoston Financial Corp.


Prodi, ricordare e' importante per le nuove generazioni


LAS VEGAS  Â New charges of felony coercion were filed Wednesday against O.J. Simpson and three co-defendants in the alleged armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers.


Wired Wonderland No More: Couple's Move to Retirement Home Will End a 25-Year Ritual

By Tyrone Richardson, The Baltimore Sun  Dec. 10--The annual tradition at 6428 Deep Calm -- where the Colby family illuminated their corner property in Owen Brown with thousands of Christmas lights and eye-catching decorations -- has ceased.


For some New York designers, runway shows are passe

At New York's Soho House boutique hotel, female models show off psychedelic swirls on swinging dresses while milling about on rugs and cushions, tapping on guitars and swaying in a 1960s hippie-inspired set.


Seeds of victory are sprouting for Woods

Tiger Woods had an easy time advancing yesterday in the Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana, Ariz. And with Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson, and the other top seeds no longer around, his road to an eighth straight PGA Tour victory is looking easier, too.


Polls close in the New Hampshire primary, a key early contest in the race for the US presidency.


U.S. Sends Home 33 Detainees From Guantanamo Bay

Thirty-three detainees who had been held at the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were returned to their home countries over the past week, part of a government effort to reduce the facility's population to a core group of terrorism suspects who could be held indefinitely.


Freddie Mac posts $211 mln net loss in 1st quarter

Freddie Mac, the No. 2 U.S. mortgage finance company, on Thursday reported an unexpected net loss of $211 million for the first quarter, citing a souring outlook for mortgage credit risk that widened credit spreads.


Europe's aircraft companies strive for 'hijack-proof' plane

Leading European aerospace companies began working together on an airline security project in 2004 and are making progress with systems to help produce the first hijack-proof plane.


It's show-and-tell day at Camp Noah, and 8-year-old Emmily Woodward has something she wants the other kids to see.


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - If you've noticed that your Jack Daniel's is carrying a little less kick these days, you're probably right...


Three people are charged with smuggling 29 children to the United States for adoption, say police in Sierra Leone.


Iraqi Shi'ite Leader Escapes Bomb, 13 Die

A suicide car bomber hit one of Iraq's  biggest Shi'ite Muslim parties running in elections next month,  killing 13 people but missing its leader -- hours before the  most prominent Sunni party withdrew from the historic poll.


LONDON -- David Beckham left England on Thursday to start his new career in the United States. The England star, who helped Real Madrid win the Spanish title last month, flew to Los Angeles to join the Galaxy of the MLS.


Iran announced yesterday that it has frozen all uranium-enrichment programs, weakening a US effort to refer its suspect nuclear activities to the UN Security Council.


TOKYO - Tokyo stocks ended moderately higher Friday as investors bought high-technology blue chips following recent declines. The dollar inched up against the Japanese yen.


AOL Restructures Senior Executives Again

By ANICK JESDANUN  NEW YORK - AOL's chief executive announced yet another restructuring of the online company's corporate structure Monday, creating a senior position to market its brand while naming several executives who will report to a newly appointed deputy.


(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:


WASHINGTON - The Education Department has advised school leaders nationwide to watch for people spying on their buildings or buses to help detect any possibility of terrorism like the deadly school siege in Russia.    The warning follows an analysis by the FBI and the Homeland Security Department of the siege that killed nearly 340 people, many of them students, in the city of Beslan last month...


This girl is young and pretty & has a whopping 40 commercials in her kitty!


Honda Motor Co.  posted a smaller-than-expected rise in quarterly profit, helped by brisk sales in Europe and a weak yen that offset a dip in U.S. sales -- where Honda could not keep up with demand -- and nudged its full-year forecast higher.


PKK stages suicide attack in E Turkey: sources

TUNCELI, Turkey  - Two Kurdish militants rammed an oil-filled truck into a Turkish police station on Saturday in a suicide attack, army sources said, marking a sharp escalation of separatist violence.


Authorities in Finland have warned their citizen against using Microsoftâs Internet Explorer 6, citing a âseriousâ security flaw within the browser.


LONDON, England -- Britain's Prince Harry has apologized to his father, Prince Charles, over his scuffle with a paparazzi photographer outside a nightclub, a London newspaper reported.


Swedes Ponder Whether Killer Can Be a Doctor

A prestigious medical school was tipped off that one of its students had been a Nazi sympathizer, released on parole after being convicted in 2000 of a murder.


U.S. couple sets up bone marrow registry in India

Venture capitalist Tim Dutta spent a morning scraping the insides of employees' cheeks at one of India's biggest software firms as he tried to save other people from a disease that almost killed his wife.


Nightly curfews are planned and TV ads are now encouraging Iraqis to assert their rights on Sunday.


Aussie woman takes 500 time trial in the velodrome

ATHENS   Anna Meares of Australia won the gold medal Friday in the 500-meter time trial with a world-record time of 33.952 seconds.


Ciampi alle imprese: nessuna paura della Cina

SHANGAI - Lâascesa di una grande potenza economica come la Cina crea Â«aspettative e preoccupazioniÂ». Ma non bisogna temere lâapertura ai mercati e alla concorrenza: lo sviluppo del gigante asiatico Ã¨


Assuming Australia bat first at the Waca ground against Pakistan, you can be sure the blood will be pumping through my heart and veins faster than on most occasions that I face the first ball in a Test match.


Latham Announces Plan For Cheaper Medicines And Vaccines

Labor will deliver lower prices for the essential medicines that Australian families rely on says Mark Latham. For two years, the Howard Government claimed that Laborâs proposed savings in the Pharmaceutical


Festa della Famiglia nella diocesi di Roma a chiusura della Settimana della vita e della famiglia: domenica 11 febbraio al Santuario del Divino Amore Roma (Agenzia Fides) -  SarÃ  aperta dalla Concelebrazione Eucaristica presieduta dal Vicegerente di Roma, lÂArcivescovo Luigi Moretti, la Festa diocesana della famiglia in programma domenica 11 febbraio al Santuario della Madonna del Divino Amore, a ...


Jurors deliberating in Phil Spector murder trial

Jurors began deliberating on Monday  in Phil Spector's murder trial, going behind closed doors to  consider the fate of the pioneering rock producer after an  often bitter, five-month court fight over the shooting death of  an actress at his home.


This week's movie review with Phil & Tony: 'Lemony Snicket'

Portland, Ore. - If you're thinking of heading out to the movies this weekend, then you'll want to hear what KATU's Phil & Tony, The Movie Guys, have to say about the latest flick to hit the big screen - 'Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.


HEALTH:  Doctors from the Developing South Helping the North

LISBON, Aug 24  (IPS) - There are not enough doctors in Portugalâs public  health system, because too many have left to enter the private  sector. This has forced socialist Prime Minister JosÃ© SÃ³cratesâ  administration to seek rapid and drastic solutions, one of which  is to attract doctors from the developing world.


A judge rules that three UK bankers can be extradited to the US to face fraud charges related to a deal with Enron.


Romney wins Nevada Republican contest: Fox

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney  won the Republican presidential nominating contest in Nevada on  Saturday, Fox News projected.


ATLANTA -- The government has halted a national sickle-cell study because two children suffered strokes and more than a dozen others developed dangerous conditions that put them at high risk of having a stroke.


Ferdinand to repay Ferguson debt of honour

Rio Ferdinand plans to repay a debt of honour to Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson for standing by him when he returns from his eight month ban for missing a drugs test against Liverpool on Monday.


The lesson from foot fungus: sometimes your target market isn't really your target market.


Frances' Insured Losses to Near $4.4 Bln

Insurance payments to victims of Hurricane Frances are expected to reach $4.4 billion, making it the fourth most costly storm in U.S. history, an insurance industry group said on Thursday.


A gene that helps to stave off the effects of multiple sclerosis has been discovered by scientists.


Torture charges mar Western Sahara talks

With each question she refused to answer, 14-year-old Zahra Bassiri said, Moroccan police grabbed her hair, yanked her head back and slammed her face against the wall.


Smith to start at quarterback for Ohio St.

With Justin Zwick hindered by a slightly separated shoulder, Troy Smith will start at quarterback for Ohio State on Saturday against Indiana.


Deputy seen dumping disabled man charged

A sheriff's deputy who was videotaped dumping a paralyzed man from a wheelchair onto a jailhouse floor has been charged with abuse of a disabled person, a sheriff's official said Friday.


Rescued crew talk of "exhausting and frightening" ordeal

A crew of five rescued off the coast of Cornwall after spending eight days adrift in a liferaft have spoken of their "exhausting and frightening" ordeal.


Qaeda urges attacks on Darfur force, talks questioned

Al Qaeda urged Sudanese Muslims on Thursday to fight African Union and United Nations peacekeeping troops in Darfur as rebels cast doubt on whether peace talks to pave the way for the force could succeed.


CORAL GABLES: Arguing over who can best lead the nation in war, Sen John Kerry charges that Americans have been left with âthis incredible mess in Iraqâ while President George W Bush says US troops look at the Democratic challenger and wonder, âHow


Ipotesi riforma, rimarrebbero attuali tre per quelli penali


As listings migrate to the Web, the broker's traditional fee is threatened.


Joost names former Cisco executive new CEO

Internet television service Joost  named former Cisco senior executive Mike Volpi as its new chief  executive on Tuesday, choosing a telecoms veteran to lead the  company as it courts big media to show programming on its site.


Washington Stateâs 78 delegates are highly coveted by the Democratic contenders; the state holds caucuses on Saturday.


Strike shuts 90 percent of Mexico mine units: union

Mexico's mine union said 90 percent of the country's mines and metals plants were shut on Monday as workers took part in a one-day national strike in memory of 65 men killed by coal shaft explosion a year ago.


Former Chevy pitchman Bob Seger prefers Porsche

Bob Seger, the Detroit rocker who   once did his bit for America's ailing auto industry by   contributing a song to a memorable ad campaign for Chevrolet   pickup trucks, actually favors rival car brands.


German railway gives go-ahead to holocaust exhibit

German National Railways said on Friday  it had agreed to stage an exhibition at railway stations on the  deportation of Jewish children to Auschwitz by train, dropping  its resistance after coming under government pressure.


Sprewell suspended for one game for vulgarity directed at female ...

Latrell Sprewell was suspended for one game by the NBA on Tuesday for yelling a sexual vulgarity at a female fan during a game. The Minnesota Timberwolves swingman's comment to a heckler was picked up by a


Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei and chairwoman Ingrid Holl from Canada, from left, wait for the start of the 35-nation board of governors meeting on Iran's nuclear program and South Korea's past secret


JERUSALEM - Egypt said yesterday it had brokered an understanding to halt Israeli-Palestinian violence and move toward a peace accord, hours after Hamas militants set off a bomb in Gaza that killed an Israeli soldier and triggered Israeli retaliation


Flight disaster phishing scam lands in Brazil

Conmen latch onto tragedy, again Pond-dwelling scammers are seeking to exploit interest in last weekend's Brazilian airline disaster to tempt potential victims onto a site hosting a Trojan downloader.â¦


Human mad cow disease, there are many different forms of it

Depending on your genetic makeup, vCJD (Varian Mad Cow Disease) will manifest itself differently, say researchers. This means vCJD may be present in some areas without being detected (vCJD means the human form of mad cow disease).


Who Will be the Next Polygamist Prophet?

Fugitive leader Warren Jeffs is arrested, but that doesn't necessarily mean the end of his sect


Telecoms standards group seeks developers


Oil holds over $52 as rally pauses, frets on outages

Oil prices took time out on Friday from this week's succession of record highs, but anxiety over outages in the US Gulf, Nigeria and Norway in the run-up to winter left little hope of relief for consumers.


NY Fashion Week: Fall fashions channel retro glamour

A U.S. recession may be ahead, but  fashionistas are being offered an escape from the gloom with a  glamorous fall look of lingerie-style designs, full skirts and  retro belts shown on New York catwalks this week.


Midway Games acquires Paradox Development in stock deal

CHICAGO - Interactive entertainment software provider Midway Games Inc. acquired closely held Paradox Development, which is developing Midway's upcoming "Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks" video game, for 333,334 common shares.


Republicans Hammer Texas Democrats with New Lines

Texas Democrats may have run, but they cannot hide from a White House-backed redistricting aimed at thinning their numbers in the U.S. House of Representatives in the Nov. 2 elections.


Tech-savvy voyeurs are cobbling together DIY infra-red scanners for less-than-noble uses. For every offense, however, there is economic opportunity. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


Kerry Rips Bush on 'Mission Accomplished' Remark

Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry ripped into President Bush on Sunday for saying he had no regrets over his "Mission Accomplished" speech on Iraq and would do it again.


Scottish rail union members are slammed for planning a strike which would coincide with the T in the Park music festival.


Ridge Resigns As Homeland Security Chief

Tom Ridge's successor as chief of the Homeland Security Department will have to unify a sprawling bureaucracy, a deadly serious job where failure could put the United States at risk of another terror attack.


Thune wants Daschle to release tax figures

Earlier this year, South Dakota's candidates for US Senate released their 2003 tax returns. Now, one has released his income information for the four previous years.


Don't rely on any one-size-fits all guideline.


IBM on Friday introduced high-end servers in its pSeries and iSeries lines that include virtualization features and raw power that some experts say put the products on par with offerings from rival Hewlett-Packard Co.


UNHERALDED Gilles Muller spoiled a star-studded finals scenario at the Washington Open today, muscling aside Andre Agassi 6-4, 7-5 to move into a match-up with Lleyton Hewitt.


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Caffeine an 'active drug'; withdrawal causes disorder

A study by the John Hopkins Medical Institute has claimed that caffeine is the "most behaviourally active drug" with even a single cup of coffee a day producing "caffeine addiction".


Three Cosmic Explosions Could Precede Supernovae

A trio of powerful explosions emanating from three different regions in space could mean astronomers might see stars blowing up within days, scientists said on Friday.


Two Chinese Engineers Kidnapped in Pakistan

Two Chinese engineers working at a hydro-electric project in Pakistan have been kidnapped in a region where security forces have been hunting militants linked to al Qaeda, officials said Saturday.


Noera Inferiore, 10:53 - CALCIO, C2/C: ESONERATO IL TECNICO DELLA NOCERINA

Dopo la quarta sconfitta consecutiva, ieri ad opera del Val di Sangro, la dirigenza della Nocerina h...


Bergamo, 16:16 - CALCIO, ATALANTA; VIERI: VOGLIO TORNARE A ESSERE CALCIATORE

Christian Vieri si è presentato per la prima volta oggi a Zingonia, dove si allena l'Atalanta...


Day one at Wimbledon, with Andy Murray having pulled out, is set to be hit by weather delays.


Per commenti a sua sentenza sui presunti terroristi


Medico uccide la figlia e si getta dalla finestra


Palermo, 21:08 - CALCIO, PALERMO: BARZAGLI E ZACCARDO VERSO IL FORFAIT

Il Palermo prosegue al campo militare "Tenente Onorato" di Boccadifalco la preparazione in vista de...


Israel agrees to release Palestinian prisoners

Israel's cabinet agreed on Sunday to release 250 Palestinian prisoners in the latest attempt to strengthen Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas's seizure of the Gaza Strip.


The parents of a teacher murdered in Tokyo appear on Japanese TV asking for help to catch her killer.


Combo Treatment Best for Elderly Lymphoma Patients

TUESDAY, Jan. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment that combines the monoclonal antibody rituximab with six cycles of chemotherapy improves survival in elderly patients with aggressive lymphoma, German doctors report.


Can Lack Of Sleep Lead To Overeating And Weight Gain?

Pittsburgh -- âI really found that the less sleep that I got, the more I wanted to eat. I was so hungry I wanted to eat my pillow,â says Matthew Tierney.


Latina, feriti la donna e il suo compagno


The government's GP leader is to go on a charm offensive after weeks of damaging stories about the profession.


Accounting giant KMPG LLP will pay $10 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges of improper conduct in the firm's audit of the financial statements of Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc.


Ukraine Hopes for Winner in New Presidential Vote

Ukrainians look poised to elect a  Western-leaning liberal as president on Sunday, overturning the  result of a rigged poll last month that pitched the ex-Soviet  state into turmoil.


United's easy win puts fear into the leaders

JOSE MOURINHO (Chelsea) and Arsene Wenger (Arsenal) might be acting calm about Manchester United's resurgence as a serious Premiership contender, but they are not fooling anyone.


By AUDRA ANG  BEIJING - Hundreds of people in northwestern China have been hospitalized with lead poisoning that was likely caused by pollution from a nearby smelter, state media and local officials said Wednesday.


Iraq's government shut down the capital with a one-day curfew on Saturday, ordering all cars and pedestrians off the streets and giving no reason for the measure.


Australian researchers are developing a process that could lead to self-cleaning wool sweaters and silk ties.


NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, center, gestures for photographers to wait for the late arrival of British Prime Minister Tony Blair to take the official photo of the NATO Heads of State at the ...Comment


Fridman sails on Israeli hopes en route to gold

GLYFADA, Greece - The singing was so loud, Gal Fridman said, he could not hear the music. He made an attempt at his national anthem, but the volume of live voices drowned out the soundtrack.


The body of New England Patriots player Marquise Hill was found Monday, a day after he was reported missing following a jet ski accident on Lake Pontchartrain.


AUSTRALIA have beaten New Zealand by 213 runs to win the second cricket Test just after lunch on the last day at Adelaide Oval. Australia mopped up the remaining five Kiwi wickets to claim a series clean sweep


AFRICA/COSTA DÂAVORIO - Collocata la prima pietra del nuovo Seminario orionino ad Anyama Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- Un giorno da ricordare quello di sabato 26 maggio per la famiglia orionina in Africa. Si Ã¨ tenuta in Costa D'Avorio, ad Anyama, la posa e la benedizione della prima pietra cui seguirÃ  la costruzione del nuovo seminario orioni...


Three arrested in Germany for planning terror attacks

Germany announced Wednesday the arrest of three people on suspicion of planning "imminent" terror attacks, with Frankfurt airport and the giant US military base in Ramstein among the reported targets.


EU urged to 'get back to work' after three-week limbo

Incoming European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso on Wednesday urged the EU to "get back to work", ahead of a vote expected to end an unprecedented limbo and let him take office three weeks late.


Rebels Kills 17 Iraq Security in Bombing Spree

Insurgents killed 17 Iraqi police and  National Guards Monday in another bloody spree of ambushes,  bombings and suicide attacks aimed at wrecking Iraq's Jan. 30  national election.


German suspects had deadline for attacks: report

"Oh, they're on the federal police list"  By Erik KirschbaumBERLIN  - Three suspected Islamist militants who were planning to attack American targets in Germany had orders to act by September 15 and knew police were hot on their trail before their arrest, a magazine said on Saturday.The plan was foiled on Tuesday when police arrested two German converts to Islam and a Turk in the biggest German police investigation in the last 30 years.According to surveillance details published in Der Spiegel magazine, the men had been given a two-week deadline for their planned strikes in a late August call from northern Pakistan that was monitored by German police. Read more


The IRA agrees to allow a Protestant and a Catholic churchman to witness the decommissioning of  its weapons, the BBC learns.


Michael Jackson's lawyers want his accuser and family to have psychological tests ahead of his trial.


Oracle has put up its "best and final" offer for PeopleSoft at US$24 per share. The new price is up $3 from Oracle's last offer, and is in excess of PeopleSoft's 52-week closing price high.


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BEA Systems countered Oracle Corp.'s bid for acquiring the company, proposing a price of $21 a share, $4 more than Oracle's initial offer.


Hitting It Off, Thanks to Algorithms of Love

As online matchmakers compete for customers using algorithms in the search for love, the battle has intrigued academic researchers who study the mating game.


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Ivy Back-to-Backs: Basketball and Bonding, Checking Schoolwork and Scores

For players, any trip is a lesson in unintended consequences. Ivy League trips, with back-to-back games scheduled on Friday and Saturday so players donât miss as much class, are even more so.


EINSIEDELN, Switzerland - A librarian at this 10th-century monastery leads a visitor beneath the vaulted ceilings of the archive past the skulls of two former abbots.


Jennifer Aniston's empty ring finger seems to have fuelled rumours of her break-up with hubby Brad Pitt, so much so that they have become the bookies favourite.


Bertinotti: rispetto scelta Pd, sinistra sia unita


Motorola Broadens VoIP Cable Modem Offerings With SIP Protocol - Expanding Options for Cable Operators and Consumers

HORSHAM, Pa., Sept. 18  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc.  today expanded its family of voice-enabled cable modems with the introduction of the SBV5100 series.


Qualcomm Broaches A Red-Flag Subject: Accounting Changes (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Thanks to earlier reports of a strong cell phone market, it didn't surprise many analysts that Qualcomm, a leading cell phone company, on Friday boosted its earnings guidance.


Ukrainian Premier To Hold Washington Talks

Ukraine's Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych is due to arrive in Washington today.Comment


UTILITY company Severn Trent has reported a 6.5 per cent fall in first-half profits due to previously announced pension charges, which it described as a "satisfactory overall performance".


The House of Representatives approves a bill normalising trade relations with Vietnam for the first time.


US predicts NKorea to shut reactor in weeks

The top US negotiator predicted Saturday that North Korea will shut its nuclear reactor within three weeks and that foreign ministers will meet in July to discuss the next steps in disarming Pyongyang.


Hurricane Impact Drives Up Jobless Claims

The number of Americans lining up to  claim an initial week of jobless aid climbed more than expected  last week, primarily because of hurricanes that have battered  Florida, putting many people out of work, the government said  on Thursday.


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Stocks End Higher, Dow Back Above 10,000

U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday,  as investors shrugged off record crude oil prices and bought  beaten-down shares, pushing blue chips to close above 10,000  for the first time in 3 weeks.


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As Money Pours in, Hedge Funds Come to Look More Like the Markets

Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, has some tough questions on why hedge fund returns look so much like returns in the stock market.


Toshiba Sues Hynix for Patent Infringement

In the latest squabble over patents between Japanese and South Korean electronics giants, Toshiba has sued Hynix Semiconductor's Japan and US units, alleging patent infringement in flash-memory


Novelists season cookbooks with life stories

Best-selling authors Maya Angelou and Pat Conroy are known for prose and plot development, not pork chops and pasta. But they and other novelists are focusing on food in their newest offerings.


Scientists capture a beam of light and make it reappear elsewhere, potentially leading to advances in computing.


China officials say sorry in "paper tiger" saga

A Chinese forestry department has apologised for publishing photographs a farmer said were of a critically endangered South China tiger but which many people believe were faked.


Microsoft Offers Privacy Options for its Search Engine

Thereâs nothing like a little regulatory scrutiny to get Internet companies talking about privacy. Even if some of their words ring somewhat hollow.


Gangs hurled rocks at a camp housing refugees and torched buildings in East Timor's capital Wednesday, as fresh violence erupted between supporters and opponents of recently ousted Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri.


US soul legend Ike Turner, who died in December, was killed by a cocaine overdose, coroners say.


Robbers tie up members of a family and threaten to set them alight as part of a jewellery raid.


301 Passengers Evacuated from Diverted Greek Plane

All 301 passengers aboard an Olympic  Airlines plane diverted to London were evacuated safely, an  airport spokeswoman said on Sunday.


Testosterone May Counter HRT's Cancer Effects

When added to conventional hormone replacement therapy (HRT), testosterone may reduce the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, results of a small study suggest.


Venezuela, Colombia Floods Leave 86 Dead

Rivers of mud, rocks and uprooted trees scarred the landscape in a mountain valley where dozens of people were missing Monday after devastating floods and landslides, the latest victims from torrential rains across Venezuela and Colombia that have killed at least 86 people.


Foster's The Brave One, makes urban paranoia a form of nostalgia. But Richard Corliss doesn't recognize this New York


Chrysler workers approve contentious labor pact

Workers represented by the United Auto Workers ratified a four-year contract with automaker Chrysler LLC, the union said on Saturday, capping a close-fought battle that had threatened to scuttle the labor pact.


Ukraine Media Not Seen As Independent Yet

When protesters thronged the streets of Kiev to protest presidential election fraud, most Ukrainians barely saw the drama on TV. Most stations toed the line that the establishment candidate had won. The picture has changed markedly since then, but critics warn that TV channels might have merely switched sides, not mindsets.


Suicide bombers, not fighters main Afghan threat: U.S.

The United States sees suicide bombers in Afghanistan as a greater threat than any organized summer offensive by the Taliban, which has been weakened by the loss of key commanders, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.


Hamas Operative Killed in Syrian Capital

Israel's claim to have killed a Hamas leader in the Syrian capital on Sunday marked an escalation in the Jewish state's war against the violent group, embarrassed Syrian leaders and turned up pressure on Damascus to expel Palestinian militants.


Barack Obama says the country must do "whatever it takes" to eradicate gun violence but believes in the right to bear arms.


Mottram faces tall challenge in Wanamaker mile

Australia's world 5,000 meters bronze medalist Craig Mottram believes running smart will help him negotiate a tight track at New York's 100th Millrose Games on Friday.


Pakistan and India to start nuclear hotline, no deal on missile ...

ISLAMABAD  - Pakistan and India agreed to push forward plans for a nuclear hotline after two days of talks but failed to reach a deal on advance warning of ballistic missile tests, officials said.


Two brothers whose parents are missing after the tsunami in Thailand fly back to the UK and are said to be coping well.


Armitage: No Plans for Partial Iraq Election

Iraq's elections in January should  encompass the entire country, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State  Richard Armitage said on Friday, differing from comments by  Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that some violent areas may  be excluded.


Here are today's Battleground Dispatches Ã¢ÂÂ a roundup of what is going on right now in the year's hottest races, based on reports from local and national media.


American Air Tests Portable Entertainment Systems

A new option for air travelers in North America may soon be a $10-$12 portable entertainment system stocked with movies, music videos and online news.


Actress  Jane Seymour  from the TV series âDr. Quinn, Medicine Womanâ became a US citizen Friday at the down town  Los Angeles Convention Center.  Seymour had been living in the US almost 30 years, and realized after this past years elections wh...


Housing weakness woes drive stock indexes down

Stocks slid on Tuesday as the subprime mortgage crisis escalated, undermining banking shares, while Home Depot Inc.  and other housing-related companies lowered their outlooks.


Blair to Have Heart Procedure, Will Serve 3rd Term

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said  he would go into hospital Friday for a procedure to correct  heart palpitations but vowed he will serve a full third term in  office if he wins an election expected next year.


Online criminals are exploiting human hopes and fears to spread spam and viruses.


Microsoft CEO says Google complaint is "baseless"

Microsoft Corp.  Chief  Executive Steve Ballmer on Friday said a complaint lodged by  Google Inc.  was "baseless" as the software company was  complying with a 2002 antitrust settlement.


Bird flu "climate of fear" could hit Asia economies

Asia-Pacific health ministers said on Friday that a "climate of fear" that accompanies the outbreak of infectious diseases such as bird flu could have a devastating impact on Asia's economies.


They stood on their sidelines Monday, poked their heads toward the stands and slowly walked across turf on which the national championship will be decided.


U.S. Jailer in Iraq Avoids Life Sentence

A former U.S. commander at the jail that held Saddam Hussein was found not guilty Friday of aiding the enemy by loaning an unmonitored cell phone to an inmate, but a military judge convicted him on three lesser charges, including unauthorized possession of classified documents.


Michael Rosenblum launches new initiative for citizen journalism

Blog: CitizeNews will become a portal aggregating "the very best work of the very best video journalists in the world."


Dow Jones to Buy MarketWatch for $463 Mln

Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall  Street Journal, has agreed to buy online financial news  provider MarketWatch Inc. for about $463 million in a bid to  boost its revenue from the fast-growing Internet advertising  market.


Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off for space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis lifted off from its seaside launch pad on Friday and soared toward a Sunday rendezvous with the International Space Station.


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LEE Westwoodâs bid for a Â£650,000 payday came undone in the thick rough and tricky bunkers of Sun City yesterday as he carded a disastrous 80 to hand Retief Goosen the Nedbank Challenge title.


Justice Dept. Cracks Down Internet Crime

The FBI seized computers, software and equipment as part of an investigation into illegal sharing of copyrighted movies, music and games over an Internet "peer-to-peer" network, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced Wednesday.


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Negotiations broke off Thursday between the N.H.L. and its Players Association as hope dwindled for saving even a fragment of the season.


The magnitude and frequency of earthquakes at Mount St. Helens increased gradually on Friday, reaching levels "equal to or higher than" during the steam and ash eruption


LOS ANGELES  - VH1 said Wednesday that Courtney Love and Tommy Chong are among the subjects of five feature-length documentaries set to air as part of its "VH1 Rock Docs" series.


Google opens Gmail to all comers   WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) - - Google announced on Wednesday that from now on it opens up Gmail, its free e-mail service, to everyone worldwide, dropping the invitation-only restriction.


Maltacom's Branch Office at MIA closed for Refurbishment

Maltacom informs esteemed customers that its branch office in the Departures Lounge, Malta International Airport, Gudja will be closed for refurbishment as from Monday 27th September, 2004, until further ...


Nicaragua: VOA TV Now Available on Cable

From December 2006, VOA TV has been carried by cable television company Estesa in Nicaragua. Programmes are in English and Spanish. VOA TV contains a mix of news, current affairs, educational and social issues programming.


Patients will be put at risk by a new regulatory system for homeopathic medicine, experts say.


Redknapp has been linked with a move to replace caretaker manager Steve Wigley two weeks after leaving Southampton's south-coast rivals Portsmouth.


Italian FM to Middle East to seek release of aid workers in Iraq

Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini was to leave for the Middle East, as Rome pressed on with efforts to win the release of two Italian aid workers kidnapped in Iraq, his ministry said.


Apple stores hosting 'iPhone World Premiere' Friday night

Blog: Apple has announced that its retail stores will close from 2 to 6 p.m. on Friday ahead of the "iPhone World Premiere" from 6 p.m. to midnight.


Baghdad Governor Slain; 5 U.S. Troops Die

The governor of the Baghdad region, known for cooperating closely with American troops, was assassinated along with six bodyguards as he drove to work Tuesday in yet another bloody day of insurgent attacks that exposed grave security flaws in Iraq with elections less than a month away.


Dark forces end realm of the knight Robson

The Newcastle coach leaves a legacy designed for the ascent of Alan Shearer, writes Henry Winter. The madness of St James' was yesterday permeated with sadness.


RUSSIAâS business leaders are bracing themselves for a further assault from the Kremlin after the effective renationalisation last week of Yukos, the oil company formerly headed by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the jailed billionaire tycoon.


China Invokes Deng to Send Tough Taiwan Message

China invoked late leader Deng Xiaoping on Saturday in its campaign to recover Taiwan, lauding his proposal to recover the island by a "one country, two systems" formula but saying he never gave up the threat of force.


Reports: CA may escape charges in DOJ deal

Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) has reached a deal with the U.S. Department of Justice under which the company will pay compensation to shareholders and open its accounts to monitoring by an independent third party, in return for the DOJ deferring prosecution in its investigation of accounting fraud at the company, U.S. newspaper reports said Wednesday.


Yemen foiled two attempted attacks on oil   and gas facilities on Friday, the country's state news agency   said.


TanujaÂs films to premiere on the same day

'Zindaggi Rocks', starring Sushmita Sen and Shiney Ahuja, is premiering in Mumbai on the 6th of October.


Tribunal orders that Guantanamo detainee be freed

The US military admitted for the first time yesterday that one of the prisoners whom the Bush administration has held without charges for more


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Deadly Palestinian Mortar Fire Prompts Israel Raid

Israeli troops raided a Gaza refugee camp Friday in retaliation for a deadly Palestinian mortar fire, sparking fighting that killed at least six Palestinians and wounded 24 Palestinians and an Israeli soldier.


Oversight Is Lacking, F.D.A. Scientists Say

About two-thirds of Food and Drug Administration scientists are less than fully confident in the agency's monitoring of the safety of prescription drugs now being sold.


Industrial metals bounced back from several losing sessions Tuesday as inventories declined and stock markets rose around the globe. Another drop in the U.S. dollar also lifted prices.


Mired in a franchise-record 16-game losing streak, the Boston Celtics finally got some good news Friday night.


WASHINGTON - Mary Cheney typically works quietly behind the scenes on her father's vice presidential campaign, but she was dragged front-and-center after John Kerry noted that she is a lesbian during his debate with President Bush.    Her parents were furious at Kerry...


Father of Pakistan Al Qaeda Suspect Files Petition

The father of a computer engineer  detained in Pakistan last month for suspected links with al  Qaeda filed a petition Tuesday calling for his son to be  produced in court and urging authorities not to extradite him.


When she was born three months ago, Rumaisa Rahman was the size of a cellphone ... MAYWOOD, Ill. - The world's tiniest surviving baby made her public debut at a US hospital yesterday, a wrinkled, but perfectly


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Governor Doyle is expected to make an announcement Tuesday afternoon about the state's flu vaccine supply. Reports say the governor will make the flu vaccine available to more people.


N.F.C. 42, A.F.C. 30: Peterson and Owens Put on Show in Pro Bowl

Making up for early sloppiness, Terrell Owens caught two touchdowns passes, including a 6-yarder from Tampa Bayâs Jeff Garcia for the winning points in the N.F.C.âs victory.


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National Rifle Association Facts, Figures

Facts and figures on the National Rifle Association.


African Union head meets Kenya's feuding parties

African Union chief John Kufuor met Kenya's president and opposition leader on Wednesday to try to break a political impasse behind post-election turmoil that has killed about 500 people.


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Flaxseed, ginseng show benefit in cancer treatment

Flaxseed slowed the growth of prostate  tumors in men, while ginseng helped relieve the fatigue that  cancer patients often feel, U.S. researchers reported on  Saturday in two of the first scientifically rigorous looks at  alternative medicine.


Rhode Island has become what is believed to be the first state in the nation to approve regulations that allow its residents to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada.


Sprint Corp. is close to an agreement to buy Nextel Communications Inc. for about $35 billion in a mostly stock deal that would combine the No.


Cardinals keep on cruising despite average starting pitching

ST. LOUIS -- Good starting pitching, to the marauding Cardinals of St. Louis, is not much more than an afterthought these days. It's nice to have.


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Nikki Laff, a single mother and dental office manager in Chicago, thought a vacation home "was not in my life plan."


Viacom's MTV Networks and BET Networks Renew Carriage Agreement With Time Warner Cable

NEW YORK, Dec. 11  /PRNewswire/ -- MTV Networks and BET Networks, each a unit of Viacom , and Time Warner Cable today announced that they have renewed their agreement for all MTVN and BETN services carried by the cable operator.


FCC Chairman Powell Said to Be Resigning

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael K. Powell plans to step down, an agency official said Friday.


Chelsea kept pace with leaders Manchester United with a 3-0 win over Blackburn but their defensive resources were hit once more when Ashley Cole was stretchered off in agony with a knee injury.


Gerhard Schroeder, in the first visit to Libya by a German head of government, on Friday praised leader Moammar Gadhafi's ``remarkable'' change in the course of a country once shunned for its support of terrorism.


'Clean' clergyman named Warsaw archbishop

A new Roman Catholic archbishop has been named in Warsaw, Poland, to replace Stanislaw Wielgus, who resigned after admitting to ties with the secret police.Comment


The Count: A Shrinking Government? Not Just Yet

Surely, with a shrink-the-government Congress in control, Congress would tighten its own purse strings, wouldnÂt it? Well, no.


Terrore in azione a Giakarta E' strage all'ambasciata

GIAKARTA, 9 SETTEMBRE 2004 - Una potente esplosione all'esterno dell'ambasciata australiana di Giakarta, probabilmente provocata da una autobomba, ha fatto stamattina sei morti, nessuno dei quali fra il personale della sede diplomatica.


Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. was under pressure Wednesday to come up with a takeover offer for UFJ Holdings Inc. that would fend off an unexpectedly generous $29 billion rival bid by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.


Hebron's middle classes choose America rather than martyrdom

Tareq Natsha is fresh out of secondary school and about to join a growing exodus: young, middle-class Palestinians who are leaving their West Bank homes with their families' blessing


Sarkozy poised for landslide parliamentary win

French conservatives looked set to sweep parliamentary elections on Sunday and hand President Nicolas Sarkozy the strong mandate he had sought for the wide-ranging reforms he says are needed to revive the economy.


USC No. 1 From Start to Finish in AP Poll

Southern California went back-to-back and wire-to-wire.


Favre ties touchdown record as Packers top Chargers

Brett Favre tied the NFL's career record for touchdown passes with a 57-yard strike in the fourth quarter to help the Green Bay Packers stay unbeaten with a 31-24 victory over the San Diego Chargers on Sunday.


Sallie Mae Becomes Online Business With Help Of Complex Event Processing

TechWeb - The former government entity uses 35 fraud detection patterns to combat fraud and ensure student loans are processed correctly.


Fox Interactive Acquires Technology Ad Company

Fox Interactive Media, the unit that operates the MySpace, acquired the Strategic Data Corporation to help increase revenue from the popular social networking site.


Israel "would not dare attack Iran": Ahmadinejad

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that Israel "would not dare attack Iran", after Israel said it tested a missile and warned against Tehran's nuclear program.


Birth month may influence brain cancer risk

BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- New research shows the time of year in which a person is born may somehow sway the risk of developing brain cancer in adulthood, according to CRIENGLISH.COM on Monday.


Arts, Briefly : Strong Debut for Gladiators

NBCâs remake of âAmerican Gladiatorsâ muscled to a strong start on Sunday. The amateur athletic tournament, based on the early 1990s series, delivered the highest ratings among adults 18 to 49 of any new show this season on any network, matching the debut of âHeroesâ in September 2006, Nielsen estimated. In total viewers, however, âAmerican Gladiatorsâ was less impressive, drawing an average of 12 million from 9 to 11 p.m. ABCâs âCashmere Mafia,â by comparison, which made its debut on Sunday at 10 p.m., attracted 10.7 million viewers but markedly lower ratings in the 18-to-49 set. âCashmere Mafiaâ also benefited from a plum time slot following ABCâs âDesperate Housewivesâ (19.8 million), the only show to outpace âAmerican Gladiatorsâ on the night among adults 18 to 49. ABC, NBC and CBS finished in a virtual tie for first in that demographic over all on Sunday. CBS, buoyed by an overrun of its afternoon football coverage during the 7 p.m. hour that was followed by one of the highest rated editions of â60 Minutesâ in recent years (19 million), won the race in total viewers.


IMF team to visit Zimbabwe amid expulsion threat

An IMF team will visit Harare next month for an assessment mission that could lead to the expulsion of debt-ridden Zimbabwe from the global lending body.


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British soldier killed in Afghanistan: defence ministry

A British soldier has been killed and three injured in fighting in Afghanistan, a spokesman for Britain's ministry of defence (MoD) said.


Swiss report possible threat against U.N. in Geneva

Swiss authorities have informed the United Nations of a "possible terrorist attack" against its European headquarters in Geneva, its biggest premises outside of New York, the world body said in a letter to staff on Thursday.


Cost of '12 Days of Christmas' now is $66,000

PNC Financial Services says the luxury cars and vintage watch would cost you just as much as all the gifts listed in the Christmas carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas.


N.Korea says US overture a "crafty trick"

North Korea has brushed aside Washington's suggestion that Pyongyang had much to gain from returning to talks on its nuclear programmes, saying the US approach was a "crafty trick" to win presidential election votes.


The arrest Saturday of Abu Dujana, who was implicated in the 2002 nightclub bombing in Bali, points to Indonesia's aggressive new police tactics.


Sox stay up late to create glimmer of hope at home

DAVID ORTIZ lofted a two-run home run in the bottom of the 12th inning as the Boston Red Sox fended off elimination in the American League championship series with a 6-4 win over the New York Yankees on Sunday in Boston.


Nyon, 18:25 - CALCIO, COPPA UEFA: PROGRAMMA PRIMO TURNO QUALIFICAZIONE

Questo il primo turno di qualificazione della Coppa Uefa 2007/2008, sorteggiato oggi a Nyon. Le part...


Dell calls on HP to investigate spying charges

Hewlett-Packard says it discussed allegations that employees spied on rival, but Dell wants more thorough investigation.


Canadian Muslim Remains on U.S. Watch List

TORONTO, Dec. 15 -- Maher Arar, the Canadian-Muslim who was whisked by U.S. agents from a New York airport to imprisonment and torture in Syria, remains on the U.S. "watch list" despite an exhaustive Canadian inquiry that found he is an innocent man, the U.S. ambassador to Canada said Friday.


An operation to begin separating 3-year-old twin girls joined at the head was halted because one girl's brain was swollen, a hospital official said Thursday.


China balks at proposed financial bans on Iran

China, backed by Russia, balked on Friday at financial sanctions against Iran during talks among six powers on a new U.N. Security Council resolution that would penalize Tehran for its nuclear program.


Doctor: Arafat May Have Died from Poison

One of the doctors that treated Yasser Arafat before his death is expressing frustration while discussing how the Palestinian leader died.


Climate change threatens Europe's ski trade: OECD

After a record warm November delaying snowfall in the Alps, an OECD report has warned that climate change poses "serious risks" to snow reliability in ski areas and to the economies that depend on it.


Rapporto Onu: la regia e' del governo del Sudan


'Bucket List' kicks off with $19.5M take

Score one for the geezers. "The Bucket List," the tale of two cancer patients who decide to travel the world before they die, bested movies about treasure hunting, bumbling crooks and pirates to top the weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.


The last time the Marshfield girls' soccer team traveled to the Division 1 state final, in 2000, it earned its ticket by defeating Newton North in the EMass final. The last time they won a state title, in 1994, the Rams beat Newton North on penalty kicks.


Andre Agassi reached the Stockholm Open final for the first time, edging Germany's Tommy Haas 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) and advancing to the title match against Thomas Johansson.


Thaksin party guilty of poll breach: court

Thai judges said on Wednesday ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's party was guilty of breaking election laws, a ruling which may bar its top officials from politics and push the country deeper into uncertainty.


German Stocks Decline; Munich Re, Allianz Pace Drop by Insurers

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer yesterday sued Marsh & McLennan Cos., alleging the world's largest insurance broker took payoffs to steer clients to some insurers.


EarthLink will expand to eight more cities Net phone service that requires no additional customer equipment.


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Fatdoor: Social Networking for Real Communities

Fatdoor social network mirrors the real world to let users connect with neighbors and local businesses.


To the growing evidence that some dinosaurs had feathers, add the family of tyrannosaurs, mighty predators in the age of reptiles.


The Federal Aviation Administration shut down all airline traffic within 250 miles of Memphis on Tuesday, grounding dozens of passenger and cargo flights around the country, because communications equipment had failed


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Jiri Novak rallied from a set down against Taylor Dent to win the Japan Open men's singles final 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 on Sunday.


Credit Suisse trimmed its full-year subprime writedowns to 2.0 billion Swiss francs ($1.82 billion) but its stock fell as investors took fright at the bankâs remaining exposure to the credit crisis.


U.S. Army and Marine units thrust into the heart of the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Tuesday, fighting fierce street battles and conducting house-to-house searches on the second day of a major assault to retake the city from Islamic militants.


Ucraina, regioni dell'est a rischio secessione

12:50 - Il presidente uscente ucraino Leonid Kuchma ha detto che qualsiasi divisione del paese Ã¨ ''inaccettabile''. 12:40 - Per l'Unione europea Ã¨ ''molto importante evitare una secessione in Ucraina''.


US assault on Fallujah turns south, repels insurgent push

American forces went on the offensive against concentrations of militants in southern Fallujah who tried to break out of a security cordon, as guerrillas launched attacks in one of Iraq's major cities in what could be a bid to


LOS ANGELES  - Donny Osmond has signed on to host ABC's upcoming unscripted series "The Great American Dream Vote."


The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) is to hold its fifth summit on Friday and Saturday, and state and government leaders of Asian and European countries will exchange views on international


Consumer products maker Jarden Corp.  JAH.N on Monday said it would buy American Household Inc. for  $745.6 million, including assumed debt, to add such product  lines as Coleman, Sunbeam, Mr. Coffee and Oster to its lineup.


Online ecommerce? No sweat Microsoft and Best Buy have announced a partnership to meet the needs of small business customers who would like to establish a web presence but are reluctant to create sites on their own.â¦


NEW YORK - A fresh surge in oil prices set a new trading record and threatened to push past $50 per barrel Monday, unnerving investors and sending stocks lower.    After setting a new all-time record settlement price of $48.88 on Friday, oil continued its march higher on Monday, creating new worries on Wall Street that the slowdown in profits and the economic recovery would extend through the end of the year due to high energy costs...


Rio Ferdinand has said he was ready to come off the field after Spanish fans hurled abuse at England's black players in Wednesday's match.


Gallaher, the maker of Silk Cut and Benson & Hedges cigarettes, says it has been approached by a buyer.


Police Kill Seven Militants Involved in Suicide Bombings in Riyadh

Police in Saudi Arabia have killed seven militants believed to be involved in two earlier suicide car bombings in Riyadh Wednesday.


Il premier a un convegno sui problemi del Po  organizzato dai parlamentari dell'Ulivo"Impossibile lavorare con progetti di lungo periodo senza dialogare"                                          Prodi attacca l'opposizione "Aria irrespirabile nel Paese"                                                                                Alla Lega: "Questa Ã¨ casa mia. Altri ci sono venuti. Io ci sono tornato"


Israel promises to hit Hamas leaders "wherever they are" as troops demolish the Beersheba bombers' homes.


While Republican Mike Huckabee wishes voters Merry Christmas in a television ad, a group organized by his supporters makes automated phone calls slipping the knife into his opponents.


British hostage Kenneth Bigley killed by captors in Iraq, his family confirms

BAGHDAD  - British hostage Kenneth Bigley, who pleaded tearfully last month for Prime Minister Tony Blair to meet his kidnappers' demands, was beheaded by his captors, his brother said Friday.


U.S. opposes fixing greenhouse gas cuts at G8

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - The United States said on Wednesday it opposed setting firm targets for greenhouse gas cuts at a G8 summit but offered reassurance that its plan for fighting climate change would not undermine U.N. efforts.


Johansson beats Agassi to win Stockholm Open

Local favorite Thomas Johansson upset top seed Andre Agassi 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 to win the Stockholm Open title on Sunday. Johansson, the Australian Open titlist in 2002, had lost


Dow Jones -0,08%, SP fermo, Nasdaq sale dello 0,08%


VIENNA, Austria Oct. 6, 2004 - Brazil has agreed in principle to let the UN atomic watchdog agency see parts of equipment to enrich uranium, diplomats said Wednesday.


I capi d'imputazione: falso, calunnia, abuso d'ufficio e lesioni ...

L'inchiesta Ã¨ quella relativa all'irruzione nella scuola Diaz. Tra gli indagati anche funzionari. Dal 2 ottobre via agli interrogatori. GENOVA - E' stata depositata lunedÃ¬ mattina la richiesta di rinvio a


Sudan says African force should stay in Darfur beyond month's end

Sudan has urged the African Union to extend the mandate of its truce monitors in Darfur, ahead of a crucial vote by the African body and amid mounting pressure on Khartoum to accept UN forces.


IBM Donates Software to Predict Spread of Diseases

IBM is releasing software that can predict the spread of infectious diseases among countries.


Singletary Sinks Duke In Last Second of OT

Sean Singletary hits the game-tying jumper in regulation and follows that with a difficult baseline floater for the game-winner in overtime as Virginia stuns No. 8 Duke, 68-66.


49ers notes: Rattay's forearm is sore again

Bee Staff Writer. SANTA CLARA - The 49ers were hoping to return from their week off with a roster full of healthy bodies. Instead, they went through Wednesday's practice with their most


Memory stick turns fingerprints into passwords

Lexar's JumpDrive TouchGuard uses a sensor that reads the ridges on a finger and unlocks encrypted data if there's a match.


the next big frontier for Internet search engines. But they're giving it a try. Yahoo rolled out a video search service


Molik Stuns Sharapova to Take Zurich Title

Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova saw  her hopes of a third consecutive WTA title dashed Sunday in a  surprise defeat by unseeded Australian Alicia Molik in the  final of the Zurich Challenge.


REM are joined by former drummer Bill Berry for their induction into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.


Ukrainians Prepare to Vote a Third Time for a New President

Millions of Ukrainians will head to the polls Sunday for the third time in as many months to elect a new president to replace outgoing President Leonid Kuchma.


Since the Federal Communications Commission's own reporting cannot determine whether CBS and its parent Viacom knew about the infamous Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super Bowl Halftime Show, the network should not be


Experts say that when it comes to voting machines, usability issues should be as much of a concern as security.


A French court convicted dozens of people on Friday in a baby-trafficking case involving the sale of nearly two dozen Bulgarian infants over two years.


We're being left behind, people If Europe wants to be at the forefront of a global "knowledge-based economy", it needs to seriously up its spending on R&D, according to a report published yesterday.â¦


VIERA, Fla., Feb. 14 -- On the day their spring training camp officially opened, the Washington Nationals Wednesday added two more low-risk bargains to the fold, signing veteran sluggers Dmitri Young and Tony Batista to minor-league contracts. Neither has been invited to the team's major league...


TV shows found to be cheating viewers could face criminal proceedings, the phoneline watchdog warns.


Moscow cancels a London exhibition of paintings saying Britain had failed to guarantee the art would be returned.


Boeing (BA:NYSE - news - research) shares Wednesday touched a level last seen before the World Trade Center attacks, after it announced that Singapore Airlines had ordered $7.


Bali climate deal marks a geopolitical shift

Developing countries flexed their muscles in unprecedented ways at the climate talks, suggesting the old north-south power equation is changing.


Sony Ericsson president Miles Flint resigns

InfoWorld - Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB has selected Hideki Komiyama to succeed Miles Flint as CEO of the Japanese-Swedish joint venture, the company said Tuesday.


Oracle merger to result in few app improvements

Oracle Corp.'s newfound control of PeopleSoft won't result in vast improvements to the E-Business Suite, according to analysts, but it could result in long-term benefits for users of both application suites.


"Avevano prenotato per Sharm poi l'agenzia ha cambiato meta"

DRONERO - "Le ho sentite al telefono l'altra mattina, poco dopo mezzogiorno. Ridevano felici, mi hanno detto che si divertivano un mondo, che il giorno dopo sarebbero partite in aereo per un'escursione nella


Roma, 14:52 - CALCIO, AZZURRI: SEDUTA A PORTE CHIUSE, IL SALUTO DI PANCALLI

Seduta a porte chiuse per l'Italia, che a poche ore dalla sfida con l'Ucraina ha ricevuto la visita ...


Israel blocks Palestinian PM from returning to Gaza

Israel prevented Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh returning to Gaza from a trip abroad on Thursday to stop him bringing in money donated by Muslim states.


PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Lauren, 11, saunters nonchalantly past a Discovery Channel store and a Gymboree clothing store at the mall. Then suddenly, the girl's eyes light up and she pulls her mother into an Apple Computer Inc. retail shop.


Study finds newer breast cancer drugs save lives

Women who switch from the breast cancer pill tamoxifen to a newer class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors live longer, Italian researchers reported on Monday.


Germanyâs Ironman champion Kraft tests positive for EPO

FRANKFURT: Germany's Ironman Triathlon world champion Nina Kraft faces losing her title and being banned from competition after admitting using the banned blood booster EPO (erythropoietin).


Republican rivals Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney and John McCain sought on Friday to become the favorite of anxious social conservatives, each suggesting he offered the best chance of thwarting abortion rights supporter Rudy Giuliani.


Hugh Grant takes front row for Biba rebirth

British actor Hugh Grant took to the   front row of London Fashion Week on Tuesday for the hottest   ticket in town -- the revival of iconic Sixties label Biba.


The Vatican fails to quell Muslim anger after Pope Benedict XVI is accused of making anti-Islamic remarks.


US summer box office takings surpass $4bn for the first time as comedy Superbad tops the chart.


Nasscom, the premier IT trade body, released a statement last evening expressing its dismay at the news of the arrest. It said: "Nasscom is dismayed at the news of the arrest of the CEO of an IT company (Baazee


Purported Flash-killer supports audio and video streaming and playback, and will be ported to Linux.


New Wolves boss Glenn Hoddle watches from the directors' box as his side slumped to defeat against Millwall.


Jose Mourinho is amazed by the team spirit amongst his Chelsea stars and insists it is making them unbeatable. The Portuguese boss guided Porto to Champions League glory last season with a team that was better


EZIO GREGGIO ESULTA PER GLI ASCOLTI DI IERI SERA

"Sono contento per gli ascolti ma soprattutto per il gradimento del pubblico". Questo il commento "a caldo" di Ezio Greggio in seguito al boom di ascolti registrato ieri sera da "Striscia la notizia". "Da


GE Slow Cookers Sold at Wal-Mart Recalled

About 600,000 General Electric slow  cookers sold at Wal-Mart stores are being recalled because the  handles on the base could break and pose a burn hazard, the  U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday.


Merrill Lynch seizes Bear Stearns fund assets: report

Investment bank Merrill Lynch  has seized $400 million in assets of a troubled hedge fund at Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.  and plans to sell them off, The Wall Street Journal reported in its weekend edition.


Garaci, si e' fatto apprezzare da tutto il personale


For the UK lads behind the zombie farce Shaun of the Dead, nothing could be better than having to interrupt their interview with FilmStew to take a call from George Romero.


China cable thieves shafted in toxic mine

Two electric cable-stealing thieves in northeast China were rescued from a mine full of poisonous gas after spending 23 hours underground in a bid to evade police, state media reported on Tuesday.


A teenager is found guilty of manslaughter after starting a fire which killed his two younger sisters.


Sri Lanka minister killed by roadside bomb blast

Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed a Sri Lankan minister with a roadside bomb north of the capital on Tuesday, officials said, the second MP killed in a week as a protracted civil war escalates.


With timing as immaculate as the strike which earned Arsenal victory against a belligerent and energetic Newcastle team, Patrick Vieira prepares to enter 2005 as a player re-born.


Stamm Leads After Second Leg of Sailing Race

Swiss yachtsman Bernard Stamm arrived in Norfolk nearly 3,000 nautical miles ahead of the next-closest competitor.


Headwaters is making money with coal trash but also has a nanotech wildcard.


Brian Scalabrine Has Surgery on Left Knee

New Jersey Nets forward Brian Scalabrine had surgery on his left knee on Thursday.


Inspector general for Iraqi reconstruction says the company's record-keeping was so poor that auditors could not determine whether the firm had fulfilled its obligations to the U.S. government.


Family Of Hostage Margaret Hassan Says She's Probably Dead

Hassan, an aid worker, was kidnapped in Iraq last month. She was the director of CARE International in Iraq and had lived in Iraq for 30 years.


Non incide il taglio all'export di Nigeria e Venezuela


Holiday spirits are highest for stores that banked on weekend ...

If sales from the first weekend of the 2004 holiday shopping season taught retailers anything, it's that there is no such thing as too much promotion.


Reggio Calabria, 17:48 - CALCIO, REGGINA; FOTI:  SU BIANCHI TUTTI I GRANDI CLUB

"Stiamo ancora festeggiando con grande gioia l'obiettivo centrato, ci siamo presi 15 giorni di pausa...


'Il sistema attuale non ha dato i risultati sperati'


Billboard CD reviews: Mark Knopfler, the Donnas

Lush and lovely, Knopfler's fifth  solo record doesn't deviate from the formula set forth on his  earlier efforts, proving that he's taken the maxim "if it isn't  broken, don't fix it" to heart.


A Swindon man who spent six years in a Thai jail for a drugs conviction arrives home after the case was quashed.


Learn what percent of your income you're spending on things.


A Brazilian Boy, Alone in the Tumult of 1970

âThe Year My Parents Went on Vacationâ is most seductive when it focuses on the details of daily life in the lower-middle-class SÃ£o Paulo neighborhood Bom Retiro.


Novelties: What This Gadget Can Do Is Up to You

The creator of a new video recorder, has invited skilled users to customize or âhackâ its device and share the improvements with others.


OPEC consensus emerging to cut oil over-production

CAIRO  - OPEC oil producers appeared set to agree on a reduction in crude output by stepping up quota compliance to thwart a feared drop in prices as global energy demand slows next year.


Ivorian parties agree to peace proposals

Abidjan - President Thabo Mbeki on Monday said Ivorian groups embroiled in a bitter two-year civil upheaval have agreed to four proposals to put the troubled west African country back on the road to peace.


U.S. helicopter crash near Baghdad kills 7

All seven U.S. troops aboard a military helicopter were killed when it crashed near Baghdad on Wednesday, the fifth such aircraft to be lost in Iraq in less than three weeks, a U.S. defense official said.


Jason Robinson marks his first match as England captain with a dazzling hat-trick as Canada are put to the sword.


Bryan Robson has done the managerial equivalent of swimming the channel in landing a Premiership job after three years out of the top flight.


Removing clot aids heart attack recovery

New research suggests that more people survive major heart attacks with fewer problems if doctors use a mini-vacuum to clear out an artery blockage instead of pushing it aside to restore blood flow.


An antidote to through-the-roof pricing A tiny open source company is lining up to become the latest roadblock to database vendors happily charging enterprises fat software licenses.â¦


5 reporters held in contempt in Los Alamos case

WASHINGTON - A federal judge held five reporters in contempt yesterday for refusing to identify their sources for stories about Wen Ho Lee, a former nuclear weapons scientist once suspected of spying.


As gold nears a multiyear high, you can pan for some smaller stocks that are well off their highs.


Dozens of army recruits 'executed' in Iraq, US diplomat killed

BAQUBA, Iraq, Oct 24  - More than 40 unarmed Iraqi army recruits were gunned down execution-style in a remote area of eastern Iraq, officials said Sunday, while a US diplomat was killed in a mortar attack on a military base in Baghdad.


China's "Friends" highlights Web freedoms

SONGJIANG NEW TOWN, China  - "Soul Partners", a new comedy series described as China's version of the U.S. TV hit "Friends", features six people in their 20s who live together after being separately tricked into buying the same apartment.


Cell phone use in hospitals poses danger: study

Using cell phones near hospital beds or  important equipment is dangerous and could switch off  ventilators or disrupt pacemakers, Dutch researchers said on  Thursday.


The announces comes as Honda, who have a three year contract as the team's engine supplier, have increased their commitment in the team by becoming an equity partner holding a 45 percent share.


Iraqi Abuse Was Like Act of 'Cheerleaders' -Lawyer

FORT HOOD, Texas  - A lawyer for Charles Graner,  accused ringleader in the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal, on  Monday compared piling naked prisoners into pyramids to  cheerleader shows and said leashing inmates was also acceptable  prisoner control.


Darren Fletcher has set his sights on completing a second cup demolition job on Arsenal next month. The Scotland international was one of the key figures at Villa Park last April when


Pisa, 22:55 - CALCIO, PISA: VENTURA IN POLE PER LA PANCHINA

Giampiero Ventura è il piÃ¹ serio candidato alla panchina del Pisa. Già domani potrebbe...


John Edwards Is the Prize      (U.S. News & World Report)

U.S. News & World Report - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards announced a new "Demand and Be Heard" competition hoping to bring more of his supporters to the website Eventful.com.


The director of the National Hurricane Center went on leave Monday, government officials said, four days after many of the center's employees called for his removal because of his comments about an aging weather satellite.


Game Four pitchers offer portraits in perseverance

Game Four of the World Series on Sunday will be as much about perseverance as runs and hits with starting pitchers for both the Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies coming back from life-threatening illness.


Army Report Blames More US Personnel in Iraq Abuse

US military intelligence soldiers and civilian contractors were directly involved in the abuse of Iraqi prisoners to a greater extent than previously acknowledged, a senior Army official said on Wednesday.


Modena, 19:03 - CALCIO, MODENA: FREY LAVORA A PARTE

Doppio allenamento per il Modena in vista della gara con l'Avellino: in mattinata lavoro atletico, t...


Making first-time passport applicants have an interview is "vital" to beating identity fraud, officials say.


Critical Microsoft security bulletin revised to include Office for the Mac

Blog: Microsoft revises one of its critical security bulletins from patch Tuesday, now including a fix for Microsoft Office 2004 for the Mac.


A team of U.S. nuclear experts began a rare visit to North Korea on Tuesday to examine ways of disabling the country's main nuclear complex under an international accord.


Vijay Singh withdrew Monday from the American Express Championship, wanting to stay home with his family in Florida and cope with the damage left by Hurricane Jeanne.


Il pm: Â«Condannate Berlusconi, ha mentito al popolo italianoÂ»

LunedÃ¬ sera, a nove anni dallâinizio delle indagini, dovrebbe arrivare la sentenza per lâultima coda del processo Sme, quella in cui Ã¨ rimasto, come unico imputato, Silvio Berlusconi. Qualunque previsione


There's much confusion regarding Firoz Nadiadwala's next film Deewane Hue Pagal that was launched earlier this year amidst much fanfare.


Los Angeles County Coroner team members carry the body of a crash victim from the helicopter that lifted it out of a ravine after a van carrying 10 people plunged off Angeles Crest Highway in the Angeles National Forest Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004.


By SAMANTHA YOUNG  SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Water dammed for more than half a century will be returned to the San Joaquin River by 2009 in one of the West's largest river restoration projects, according to a settlement filed Wednesday.


Cuomo Subpoenas Intel Over Antitrust Accusations

The New York State attorney general issued a wide-ranging subpoena as part of an investigation into whether the Intel Corporation violated federal or state antitrust laws.


D.C. United felt it was carrying the torch for American soccer on Wednesday night playing Spanish power Real Madrid. United believed it proved itself and Madrid thought likewise. In a match filled with missed chances and strong defensive play, the best American squad, played the Spanish power an entertaining 1-1 draw Wednesday night.


Amazon adds Warner Music to download service

Amazon.com has signed on Warner Music Group to its music download service, which aims to compete with Apple's industry-dominating iTunes online store.


Canada's commitment slipping: U.N. rights aide

Canada's commitment to human rights is slipping and the country must work hard to regain the position it once held as an international honest broker, a top United Nations official said on Monday.


Microsoft Corp. on Friday said it has scaled back the next major release of the Windows operating system, code-named Longhorn, opting to drop the next-generation file system, so it can ship the OS in 2006.


Clinton gets letter carriers endorsement

The National Association of Letter Carriers endorsed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for president on Wednesday, saying the New York senator has the strength and experience to bring change to the White House.


European shares started little changed on Tuesday, weighed by the dollar's fall to a new record low against the euro, and a rise in oil prices, while French insurer Scor fell on worries over a WTC jury decision.


Holloway suspect denies taped 'confession'

An investigative judge said Sunday that sufficient reason exists to reopen the inquiry against Joran van der Sloot, a suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway from the island of Aruba.


US Plans Year-End Drive to Take Iraqi Rebel Areas

Faced with a growing insurgency and a January deadline for national elections, American commanders in Iraq say they are preparing operations to open up rebel-held


MICHAEL JACKSON has hit out over EMINEMâs new video, labelling it as "inappropriate and disrespectful". The rapper ridicules Jackson in the 'Just Lose It' video by poking fun at his reputed plastic surgery


Spirit and authenticity merge with mixed results

It is impossible to truly criticize films that celebrate the courage of our frail human frames and revel in the inherent goodness of the spirit within.


Funeral processions begin in Iraq for victims of Thursday's devastating car bomb attacks on Baghdad's main Shia area.


The death toll from the earthquake and tsunami that rocked the region around the Indian Ocean last week may be driven much higher by disease, American health experts say.


Weather Hinders Search for Ship's Crew as Oil Spill Widens

Huge waves and freezing rain hampered efforts on Friday to search for six missing crew members from a wrecked freighter that was spilling its oil into the Bering Sea.


A Russian seaman was killed in an accident on board a Russian nuclear submarine at a Pacific base, a navy spokesman said Friday.


Manning, Colts down Favre, Packers in shootout

Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Peyton Manning threw for 393 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Indianapolis Colts over the Green Bay Packers, 45-31, in a shootout at the RCA Dome.


Young Chinese idealists vie to join their 'peace corps' in Africa

The first of 300 volunteers arrive to teach Chinese, poultry technologies, and lessons in traditional Chinese medicine.


A funeral service for a mother and her two young daughters killed in a crash is due to be held.


Packaged foods giant ConAgra Foods Inc. reported a 10 percent drop in second-quarter profits on Wednesday, citing lost revenue from discontinued operations.


Appellate Panel Rejects E.P.A. Emission Limits

By ruling against limits on mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants, the panel agreed with those who said the law required tighter, more expensive controls.


Corina Morariu made it back to a Grand Slam doubles final four years after her last one. A lot has happened in between.


Fu il primo browser commerciale, non sara' piu' sviluppato


Australia's Gov't Targets Security in Election Bid

Australian Prime Minister John Howard officially launched his government's campaign on Sunday for an Oct. 9 election with billion-dollar promises to woo voters and a defiant stand against terror.


Discoveries about the "oldest light" in the Universe earn two scientists a Nobel Prize for physics.


Per ottenere che Teheran sospenda programma nucleare


Intelligence officials and Democrats yesterday sharply criticized the proposal to radically restructure US intelligence drafted by the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Pat Roberts, Kansas Republican.


OSLO, 22 ago - "L'urlo", il celebre dipinto di Edvard Munch, quadro-simbolo dell'espressionismo, Ã¨ stato rubato dal Museo Munch di Oslo verso le 11.10 davanti a visitatori attoniti. E oltre al celebre capolavoro


Muslim Council joins fight for hostage's life

Efforts to secure the release of Iraq hostage Ken Bigley are being stepped up as a delegation from the Muslim Council of Britain' heads to Baghdad for talks.


Measure Would Require Free Access To Results of NIH-Funded Research

It is barely a drop of ink in the gargantuan omnibus spending bill that Congress just passed. But a provision that would give the public free access to the results of federally funded biomedical research represents a sweet victory for a coalition of researchers and activists who lobbied for the l...


Street gangsters are holding up aid convoys, crashing food distributions, breaking into homes to steal food and shooting anyone who gets in their way, subjecting tens of thousands of weary storm survivors to life-threatening delays


Medtronic Wins FDA Approval on Insync Sentury ICD

Medtronic Inc. MDT.N on Monday said  U.S. regulators approved its Insync Sentry implantable  defibrillator (ICD) months earlier than it expected.


Friends, Former Colleagues Remember Reagan

Some of Ronald Reagan's closest friends and greatest admirers gathered on what would have been the former president's 94th birthday to mark one more for the Gipper.


Venus Williams fought off hard challenge from Serbian schoolgirl Ana Ivanovic on Thursday to reach the Zurich Challenge tennis quarter-finals.


White House chief says FDA doing `spectacular' job

WASHINGTON White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card says the Food and Drug Administration is doing a "spectacular job" of protecting the public.


COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton won heated presidential nominating battles in separate contests in South Carolina and Nevada on Saturday, gaining strength in an chaotic White House race where no candidate has been able to sustain momentum.


Loeb Partners weighs in against $2.8 billion Macrovision-Gemstar merger

Investment firm, which has a small stake in Macrovision, calls on other investors to scrutinize rationale for the deal.


Technology and business innovation go hand in hand.


Iran, EU have reached new accords: Moussavian

LONDON, Nov 27 (IranMania) - Iranian delegation chief to the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna, Hossein Moussavian said on Friday evening that Iran and Europe have reached a new agreement.


Ol' Dirty Bastard had begun spending more time with his family in Brooklyn in recent months after traveling much of the past decade with Staten Island's Wu-Tang Clan or as a solo artist.


Some Frito-Lay products to bear heart claim

Vegetable oils, salad dressings, crackers and other oil-containing foods made by PepsiCo Inc.'s Frito-Lay unit will now carry claims that products with unsaturated fat can curb the risk of heart disease, U.S. regulators said on Friday.


Ontario will ban junk food in elementary schools within a few weeks, Education Minister Gerard Kennedy said yesterday. The warning came as Kennedy said "dozens" of school boards have not complied with his


Firm Intros Text-Friendly Coat for 2-Sided Discs

NEW YORK (Billboard) - DualDisc and DVD(plus) discs have  until now been devoid of graphics, apart from limited text on  the inner ring. Because both sides of these CD/DVD hybrids  contain optical data, it has been impossible to apply graphics  to them.


The physical impact of Hurricane Charley, which slammed into Florida on Aug. 14, was immediately visible: downed trees, caved-in roofs, smashed windows. But in economic terms, the full brunt of the Category 4 storm has yet to be felt. Action Economics ...


Dollar gains after G7 meeting offers no surprises

The dollar rose sharply against the euro and yen after the weekend's meeting of Group of Seven finance ministers produced no surprises, analysts said.


Travel: Ethiopia will celebrate its millennium this month - seven years after the rest of the world. But following a different calendar is one of many ways in which this country is unique, writes Bob Maddams.


Free agent pitcher Esteban Loaiza joined the Washington Nationals yesterday, agreeing to a $2.9 million, one-year deal. Loaiza went 21-9 with a 2.90 ERA and a league-leading 207 strikeouts for the Chicago White Sox in 2003 and finished second in Cy Young Award voting. He struggled with his velocity last year, going 9-5 with a 4.86 ERA for the White ...


In un campo rom di Milano, aveva poco piu' di un mese


FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Atlanta Falcons quarterback Byron Leftwich underwent surgery on his right ankle Wednesday and will be out three to four weeks.


FBI Interviews Senior Defense Officials in Probe of Analyst

The FBI has interviewed several senior Pentagon officials in recent days in connection with an investigation of a Defense Department analyst who is suspected of providing classified


A judge lifts restraining orders against photographers accused of stalking actress Nicole Kidman.


Sorenstam Pads Lead at the ADT Championship

Shooting a four-under-par 68 Friday, Annika Sorenstam was at 10-under 134, three strokes ahead of Karrie Webb, Laura Diaz and Cristie Kerr.


An island of ice the size of Manhattan has drifted into a remote channel and is now jammed by pack ice.