Ubuntu founder: Microsoft is our patent pal

Microsoft is not the realÂ patent threatÂ Linux and open source developers should be worried about, said Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth. In fact, the software giant will itself be fighting against the software patents system within a few years, Shuttleworth predicted.


Capolavoro della natura l'Alaska secondo Sean Penn

La natura di 'Into the Wild', nelle terre selvagge, diretto dall'attore e regista americano. Un'occasione per scoprire l'Alaska, dove l'ambiente è grandioso e spettacolare


Dollar Inches Up, Market Eyes Fed, Tankan

The dollar edged up on Friday as  investors took advantage of the currency's recent weakness to  take profits, and as the market took on more neutral positions  in the final stretch before the year-end.


Lawyer: Clarett struck after cooperating

Former Ohio State football star Maurice Clarett was sprayed with pepper spray and struck after he surrendered following an early morning chase last week, his lawyer said Sunday.


MRI best way to detect breast cancer in high-risk women: study

TORONTO - Magnetic resonance imaging may be better at finding breast cancer in women who are genetically predisposed to the disease than other screening methods, Canadian researchers say.


Baseball-Ichiro Breaks Hits Record, Adds Single

The Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki registered three singles to equal, break and then add to the Major League hits record with his 259th of the season in a game against the Texas Rangers Friday.


Fiji military commander to see president ahead of coup deadline

Fiji's rebellious military commander was due to meet the country's president as a deadline neared for the government to meet a list of demands or face its fourth coup in two decades.


New Campus Edifice: LDS Philanthropies to Get a 3-Story Building

By Jeremy Twitchell Deseret Morning News  PROVO -- A fund-raising arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that supports higher education and humanitarian aid is getting new digs in Provo.


U.S., G7 Allies Agree on Iraq Debt Relief

The United States, Germany and other G7  nations agreed on Saturday to write off up to 80 percent of  Iraq's $120 billion foreign debt in a move that could pave the  way for a wider international accord, officials said.


Cabinet of Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri resigns

The office said Hariri would not form the next government. The outgoing prime minister has led Lebanon for most of the time since the end of the civil war in 1990.


Vi ricorrono soprattutto Campania, Sicilia e Lazio


For 25 years, Mohammed Akbar Salam painted the style that he and his colleagues knew — realism. Under the ultra-restrictive Taliban regime, depictions of the human figure were forbidden, and their work shriveled to an austere repertoire of calligraphy and still life.


Fans who railed against the prospect of Glazer taking a controlling interest in United were lifted on Thursday when it emerged his plans for an outright takeover had collapsed as Manchester United`s majority shareholders John Magnier and JP McManus opted


At least 17 people including children died in two explosions within 24 hours in Kabul and at a religious school in a southeastern province of Afghanistan.


MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions signed a deal to form a unity government on Thursday, hoping to end bloodshed between their followers and to win back Western aid halted because of the hostility of Hamas to Israel.


Suicide bomb rocks Somali govt seat, kills 7

A suicide car bomb killed at least seven people near the Somali government seat of Baidoa on Thursday in an attack the administration blamed on rival Islamists amid rising fears of war in the chaotic nation.


Army fans out across Bangladesh ahead of election

Troops took up positions around the  Bangladeshi capital and in all major cities and towns on Sunday  after the government ordered the deployment to ensure a  peaceful run-up to elections next month.


The family of a woman killed in a car crash involving R&B star Brandy sue the performer for $50m (Â£26m).


More than 100 Russian children hospitalized with food poisoning

More than 100 children have been hospitalized with food poisoning in Russia's southern republic of North Ossetia, health officials said.


Biologists Hunt for Snakehead in Chicago

Biologists plan to use large nets and traps this week in Chicago's Burnham Harbor to search for the northern snakehead — a type of fish known for its voracious appetite and ability to wreak havoc on freshwater ecosystems.


California takes lead in global-warming fight

But proposed caps on greenhouse-gas emissions are largely symbolic, without much impact on climate.


Russia slashes $9 billion from Iraq debt

Russia will slash at least $9.5 billion of Iraq's debt to Moscow, Interfax news agency reported Monday. Iraq's debt to Russia will be reduced to $700 million to $1 billion


Dead zone off Ore. needs storms to break

The dead zone of oxygen-depleted water that has been killing crabs and fish along the central Oregon Coast is showing the first signs of breaking up, but will likely remain in place until fall storms move in next month.


Cleveland pitcher Paul Byrd bought nearly $25,000 worth of human growth hormone and syringes from 2002 to 2005, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Sunday.


Japan treatment angers Fischer companion

Bobby Fischer is still living the quiet life in Iceland, the home he adopted after being held in Japanese custody for nearly a year.


Singer Cat Stevens urges Iraqi group to free Briton

Yusuf Islam, the singer and song-writer formerly known as Cat Stevens, has urged Islamic militants in Iraq to free British hostage Kenneth Bigley, seized 10 days ago and threatened with death.


Actelion says trial drug significantly improves sleep

Swiss biotech firm Actelion's  experimental sleep drug, the first of a new class of potential  medicines, significantly improved sleep for insomniacs in  mid-stage clinical trials, the company said on Sunday.


"Cypriot justice minister granted permission for the plane to land in Larnaca and mobilised bomb squads, bomb detectors and local civil aviation officials...". (BBC NEWS) - Israeli jet fighters have prevented


ROME â Prime Minister Romano Prodi of Italy vowed to preserve his staggering government on Tuesday, defending his record in an address to Parliament and calling a confidence vote to be held on Wednesday.


Cisco Systems aimed straight for datacentres yesterday at its annual worldwide analyst conference, with company executives claiming many communications functions in servers would be better moved into the network.


The Get 1, Give 1 promotion for the $100 laptop is very tempting.


The journalist who revealed prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib says US special forces are operating inside Iran.


Bode Miller's three-race winning streak ended yesterday in Beaver Creek, Colo., but the American still added to his commanding lead in the World Cup skiing overall standings by finishing second to Austria's Stephan Goergl in a Super G.


China Embassy in Iraq Says 8 Chinese Hostages Freed

Eight Chinese workers taken hostage by  guerrillas in Iraq earlier this month have been freed, and  located by Chinese embassy staff in Baghdad, the embassy said  Sunday.


Arab-American writer is ambassador for Middle East

Arab-American poet, playwright and scholar Nathalie Handal is a sort of Renaissance woman for the 21st century.


News: EU biometric RFID scheme unworkable

European plans for biometric passports and visas have been derailed by, er, European plans for biometric passports and visas.


Richieste sussidio disoccupazione -13 mila unita'


When it comes to signing players, age discrimination is not a federal offense. So general manager Theo Epstein, confirming what Curt Schilling announced earlier yesterday on his weekly radio appearance, said the Red Sox are not going to offer Schilling a contract extension before Opening Day, citing his age (he'll be 41 in 2008) as the ...


Kodak said Thursday that it had created a new extension in conjunction with Mozilla that would make it easier for users of the popular alternative browser Firefox to upload and share their digital photos.


Colin Montgomerie saw several Ryder Cup runs come to an end Saturday morning. When he and partner Padraig Harrington fell behind Davis Love and


His is a thankless job, but he handles it with great humility. He is the vice president of calculations and possibilities for the NFL and each year at this time he runs through a "worst-case scenario" exercise. Never before has he had to deliver devastating news to his superiors -- until this week, that is.


Yangon - 19 Ottobre 2004 -- Khin Nyunt Ã¨ stato deposto dall'incarico di primo ministro della giunta militare che governa Myanmar (la vecchia Birmania) ed Ã¨ agli arresti domiciliari con l'accusa di corruzione.


How the global satellite launch market is shaping up after a rocky few years.


The world of professional basketball was in uproar yesterday after nine players were suspended for joining in the most riotous brawl since the sport became a fixture on US television.


Former KGB spy's Italy contact in UK custody

An Italian academic who met former Russian  spy Alexander Litvinenko the day he became ill from radiation  poisoning is under protective custody in London and undergoing  medical tests, a legal source said on Tuesday.


The Wizards, who have been among the losingest franchises in American pro sports for 16 years, are off to their best start in three decades.


Indicted: Romanian hacked U.S. computers

A Romanian national was indicted on charges of hacking into more than 150 U.S. government computers, causing disruptions that cost NASA, the Energy Department and the Navy nearly $1.5 million.


Witness faces new questions in poisoning

British detectives investigating the poisoning death of a former KGB agent have ended their work in Moscow, as a key witness in the case faced a second round of questioning Monday, Russian news agencies reported.


And good luck with the portal, guys... Orange UK disclosed the details of its Christmas range of handsets last week - giving the bum's rush to two of the biggest phone manufacturers.â¦


Washington - Nasa administrator Sean O'Keefe is expected to resign his job at the helm of the US space agency this week, according to news reports on Sunday.


Vice President Dick Cheney said Thursday night that a too-soon withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq could send victorious militants spreading out, with some flocking to Afghanistan to fight alongside a regrouping Taliban. He demanded that the Democratic-controlled Congress support President Bush's military buildup "on time and in full."


Britain's charity watchdog said Saturday it was examining claims that several suspects in the alleged plot to bring down trans-Atlantic jets were linked by their involvement with an aid group that raised money for victims of last year's devastating earthquake in Pakistan.


TENS of thousands of people joined in a torchlit procession through the Italian capital overnight to call for the release of two women aid workers held hostage in Iraq.


Despite Drop in Earnings, Motorola Shows Improvement

Motorolaâs third-quarter earnings fell 94 percent, but the company beat expectations and forecast stronger sales in the fourth-quarter as new products start hitting the market.


Miss your chance to buy some water from a cup once used by Elvis Presley? Don't be disappointed — now you can bid on a chance to see, but not own, the cup that held the water.


Using Data Auditing & Data Encryption to Achieve PCI Compliance

(Source: Tizor)  With the severity of recent data breaches affecting brand name merchants, anxiety in the security and compliance community has reached a new high. Questions are being raised about what it means to be PCI compliant, particularly in the context of protecting sensitive data from data breaches.


PDF peril Adobe Reader may be subject to a security hole that creates a means for hackers to take over vulnerable Windows boxes simply by opening a maliciously constructed PDF document.â¦


A Phone Alternative That Offers Something for Nothing

Skype, the once-obscure software program, has blossomed into an alternative to the plain old phone on the wall.


Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's top  cellphone maker, said on Tuesday it plans to close its plant in  Bochum, Germany, by mid-2008 and may cut up to 2,300 staff as  it moves production to lower-cost regions.


Gayatri Joshi as `Geeta` in `Swades` has stamped her presence in the world of Bollywood.


Community News: Forage - A Search Abstraction Layer

A different sort of abstraction layer project has been started up and has already seen a few releases - Forage. As mentioned on Rob Young's blog:    Recently I've been working on a search abstraction library for PHP called Forage. The idea is to bring to search what we've had for relational databases for quite a while, abstraction.    On Friday I put up a preview release with three backends; Solr, Xapian and Zend Search Lucene. At the moment it has the bare minimum of features but there will be more soon. In this post I'm going to talk a little about the motivation for the project and then walk through a short example.    He talks about the need for search abstraction (integration and resilience to change) before getting into an example of some code that grabs the data from an RSS feed, passes it in to the Xapian search engine and stores it before looking it over for thier search terms ("yahoo microsoft").   You can download the library if you'd like to try it out for yourself.


The Marlins and Mets traded three two-run home runs in the span of 1 1/2 innings on Monday, but it was Damion Easley's blast off of rookie Heath Bell that provided the decisive blow.


The United States emphatically reasserted its dominance over Puerto Rico. Coming soon: a chance to reclaim its old spot on top of the basketball world.


Addvantage Profit Falls, but Revenue Sets Record

By Staff Reports  The cable TV equipment company ends fiscal '06 with a tough quarter.   Profits fell in fiscal 2006 at Addvantage Technologies Group Inc. as income totaled $4.8 million, down from $5.8 million the previous year despite strong revenue.


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Microsoft Plans To Give Away  Security Program

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15 -- Stepping up its fight against computer threats at the risk of alienating security businesses, Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday it will give away a program to combat privacy-stealing and PC-clogging spyware and other virtual pests.


Israeli Forces Won't Evacuate Gaza `Under Fire,' Sharon Says

Israeli military forces must act to prevent terrorism in the Gaza Strip so a withdrawal from the Palestinian territory doesn't take place ``under fire,'' Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said.


We take a look at the latest team news ahead of tonight's Champions League game at Anfield. Xabi Alonso is expected to return to the side after missing Saturday's game with West Brom with Steve Finnan making way for him.


Iraqis Consider Extending Election Amid Violence

Iraq may modify plans for its first  free election to give people more time to vote next month,  officials said Wednesday as suicide bombers and gunmen again  struck Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital.


European Union Criticized for Action Against Microsoft

Some EU Parliament members fear Europe won't get Vista OS on time.


Citigroup Profit Rises, Cautious on 2005

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


Cellist-conductor Mstislav Rostropovich has been hospitalized for an unspecified reason, and his manager said Tuesday "it does not look good."


AC Milan set new title record with Club World Cup win

In beating Boca Juniors 4-2 in the Club World Cup final in Toyko on Sunday, AC Milan set a new record of international titles.


No-raise offer irks "Criminal Intent" stars

"Law & Order: Criminal  Intent" producers' intent to bring back the cast of the series  with no raises next season is not sitting well with the show's  stars, sources said.


Government using blood from anthrax-vaccinated soldiers to create ...

They can do it for love of God and country - or for the $60. Either way, soldiers vaccinated against anthrax have the opportunity to help future anthrax victims by donating their blood.


UPDATE 1-US budget gap narrows in August -Treasury Dept

The flow of US government red ink slowed in August but remained on track for a second straight annual record, a Treasury Department report on Monday showed.


Share prices closed higher across the board in Tokyo this morning, as investors were cheered by last night's gains on Wall Street.


Ai prossimi Mondiali di nuoto indossera' solo quei capi


The RSPB launches a project to halt the decline of the lapwing, a bird traditionally known as the "farmer's friend".


A Greek privacy watchdog has fined mobile phone operator Vodafone Â£51m over its failure to guard its network against phone snoopers.


Electronics Arts Brings Back Its Ex-President as Chief

John Riccitiello, who was Electronic Artsâ president until he left in 2004, will succeed Lawrence F. Probst III when he steps down in April.


White House on defensive over Iraq memos

While President Bush acknowledges the need for major changes in Iraq, he will not use this week's Iraq Study Group report as political cover for bringing troops home, his national security adviser said Sunday.


$29 billion hostile bid for Japanese bank

TOKYO The biggest takeover battle in Japanese history got even bigger on Tuesday, as Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group sought to disrupt a rival's expansion plans with a $29 billion hostile bid for UFJ Holdings.


Court Rejects Tax Shelter Once Sold by KPMG

A federal judge ruled that a widely used aggressive tax shelter was based on fake bank loans and is therefore not legitimate.


Velluto e sciarpe in seta per uno stile attillato e sensuale


Afghan Kidnappers Demand Release of 26 Comrades

Afghan militants who have threatened to  kill three kidnapped U.N. workers have agreed to give the  government until Tuesday to find and release 26 Taliban  prisoners, a spokesman for the militants said on Sunday.


Bank of America threatens Parmalat with legal action

Bank of America is prepared to take legal action against failed Italian food group Parmalat in the United States and Italy if its rights as a creditor are not respected, the bank's vice president Jaap Dutry ...


Panel to Revisit Law Protecting Small Gasoline Marketers

By Dave Anderton Deseret Morning News  When gasoline prices soar, consumers have little choice but to pay.  Yet when prices begin to fall, an obscure Utah law makes sure they don't go too low.


At least 25 bodies at Sadr's religious court

NAJAF, Iraq : At least 25 charred and bloated bodies were discovered in the basement of a religious court set up by rebel cleric Moqtada Sadr in Najaf's Old City, police said.


Card.Poletto nell'omelia: mai piu' morti come queste


Brain scans reveal how the brain gets "tired and over-emotional" when someone is deprived of sleep.


Contro di noi evidente campagna di aggressione


Scientists say malaria fuels AIDS spread in Africa

Malaria may be helping spread the AIDS virus across Africa, the continent hardest hit by the incurable disease, scientists said on Thursday.


L'anno scorso la modella fotografata mentre si drogava


Packers Lead Giants in the Second Quarter

Real-time commentary and discussion of the Giants and Packers on the Fifth Down blog.


Shilpa to be awarded doctorate by Leeds varsity

Shilpa Shetty, easily the most popular Indian in Britain thanks to her performance on reality show Celebrity ...


People continue to ignore warnings about spam and are being lured into buying goods, a report suggests.


American-led forces kill 26 militants in a series of raids in a Shia stronghold in Baghdad, the US military says.


Gunmen kill three Chinese in Pakistan, police say

PESHAWAR, Pakistan  - Unidentified gunmen killed three Chinese workers and wounded one in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Sunday, Pakistani police and officials said.


For more than two decades he was Pope John Paul II's confidant and the Vatican's public face. A usually unflappable Spaniard, Joaquin Navarro-Valls struggled to hold back tears as the Polish pontiff lay on his deathbed.


Greg Beaver's Blog: PHP_LexerGenerator 0.2.2 released at pear.php.net

Greg Beaver has posted a quick note about the latest release of his PHP_LexerGenerator package through the main PEAR website - version 0.2.2.   I just released version 0.2.2 of PHP_LexerGenerator.  This release fixes two bugs, one where / characters were erroneously being replaced by  characters in regular expressions, and another where lexers with no %statename processing instruction were outputting "const 1=1;" which is invalid PHP.   You can grab this latest release directly from the package's homepage.


US defence chief to tour Asia next month: report

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is to visit Japan next month, a report said Saturday, as Washington seeks to persuade Tokyo to maintain its support for forces in Afghanistan.


Fairchild, Himax purchase Taiwanese chip makers

Fairchild Semiconductor and Himax TechnologiesÂ both completed steps this week that finalize, or nearly finish, their bids to buy Taiwanese chip makers.


A failed drug test taints cyclist Floyd Landis' heroic victory. Is he flawed, or is the testing?


London presents its bid for the 2012 Olympics at a press conference with four rival cities in Athens


Leader Hamas a Gaza telefona a giornalista


Mediator Hopes French Iraq Hostages Free This Week

Two French hostages in Iraq could be  freed by the end of the week if U.S. forces open a "security  corridor" to allow their captors to free them, an adviser to a  self-appointed French negotiator said on Wednesday.


Firing a missile to destroy a stricken space vehicle averts potential risk to people  -  and eliminates any danger of its falling into the wrong hands


Former Haitian Prime Minister Yvon Neptune was released from jail Thursday, more than two years after his arrest on charges of orchestrating the killing of political opponents at the start of a rebellion that engulfed the country.


China set to confront climate change, defend growth

China's first plan for climate change  will seek to fortify the country against damage from global  warming but also against international pressure to cut  greenhouse gas pollution that Beijing calls the cost of growth.


First book on Austrian kidnap woman hits shelves

LONDON/VIENNA  - A British publisher has ignored the wishes of Austrian former kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch and released the first account of her harrowing ordeal living as a captive for eight years in a windowless cell.


Protests take place for a second day at Airbus plants after it said it wanted to cut 10,000 jobs.


ATHENS, Greece - The Greek National Tourism Organization announced Friday that it will take legal action against an advertising firm because it "defamed the country" by continuing an Olympic-related campaign abroad even after the Athens Games were over.


Sarkozy to assert French influence in address to ambassadors

President Nicolas Sarkozy is to outline a more assertive role for France on the world stage when he delivers on Monday his first major address on foreign policy since taking office.


BOLOGNA (30 set. 2004) - La notizia dell'acquisizione di "Cirio-De Rica" da parte della cooperativa bolognese "Conserve Italia" Ã¨ stata accolta con grande soddisfazione dalla presidente Beatrice Draghetti.


Pope Benedict arrives at the Catholic shrine of Loreto in Italy for an ecologically friendly youth festival.


'Transformers', rises to the number 1 spot across the world with gross sales of $43.6M. Directed by Michael Bay, the movie is on 3,503 screens in 29 territories. Internationally, 'Transformers' is ranked #1 in Spain, Sweden, Turkey,  the ...


CRAWFORD, Texas As President Bush sees it, "the only good deal is one that's verifiable.". He's applauding the efforts of some European countries to get Iran to honor its commitment to refrain from developing nuclear weapons.


A non-nicotine drug specifically designed to help smokers quit is now available in the UK.


Israeli parliament set for historic vote on Gaza pullout

JERUSALEM : The Israeli parliament is set for an historic vote on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's hotly contested plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip after 37 years of occupation.


Reversal Gives Peirsol Gold; Phelps Wins 200 IM

THENS, Aug. 29  Swimming's technique critic came in for some criticism of his own tonight in the shark tank disguised as the Olympic pool. But all's well that ends well on the medal stand and, despite being disqualified shortly ...


Israel Says It Will Release 170 Palestinians to Please Egypt

Israel agreed Sunday to release 170 Palestinian prisoners in what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon described as a good-will offering to President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.


Catania, 22:57 - CALCIO, CATANIA-INTER; BALDINI: BISOGNA ACCETTARE ERRORI

L'allenatore del catania, Silvio Baldini, accoglie con fair play l'errore del guardalinee che ha con...


HONOLULU - Federal scientists want permission to kill Galapagos sharks in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in an effort to save the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.


For Baseball, a New Policy on Steroid Use

Major league baseball players agreed to a stricter policy for steroids and other drugs that will include more tests and tougher penalties.


Yahoo Deal Is Big, but Is It the Next Big Thing?

In Silicon Valley, buying rather than building is regarded as counter to the reinvention culture.


Liberal Democrats plan 'minimum policing guarantees' so communities know how many officers they will have.


Microsoft details Vista SP1 search changes

(InfoWorld) - Microsoft released documents on Wednesday that detail changes it will make to its desktop search and indexing feature in Windows Vista that will be included as part of the Vista SP1 (Service Pack 1) update. The changes are a response toÂ charges from rival Google that Microsoft built the feature in such a way that it slowed down competitive offerings from rivals. Microsoft agreed to make the changes as part of its ongoing antitrust proceedings with U.S. and state officials, and they were detailed as part of a status report filed in the case in June. To provide more information to the general public, the company posted documents online Wednesday that detail how third parties can help modify desktop search applications to work with the changes being made in SP1. Microsoft has said it will release SP1, a roll-up of updates to the Vista OS, in the first quarter of 2008. Microsoft said it made the changes so that a customer who uses a third-party desktop search product instead of Vista's built-in feature can have "easy and direct access" to those offerings through the Windows user interface. "That means that in addition to the numerous ways a user could access a third-party search solution in Windows Vista, they can now get to their preferred search results from additional entry points in the Start Menu and Explorer Windows in Windows Vista SP1," the company said. These features were at the heart of Google's claims, which appeared in a white paper to U.S. and state antitrust officials in April. Google said the desktop search feature in Vista discouraged users from installing third-party products because Vista's search boxes and bars -- available in several places in the OS, including the Start menu and in the Windows Explorer file manager -- work only with Microsoft's search and indexing tool. The company also said it is nearly impossible to turn off Vista's indexing, which means a competitor must add a second indexer that slows down a PC. To let their products use Vista options they don't have access to now, third-party vendors can register their search applications using the new search protocol in Windows Vista SP1, which is detailed online. An article explaining the search changes can be found in Microsoft's Knowledge Base.


Usher led the field with four nominations when nominees were announced in Los Angeles Tuesday for the 32nd annual American Music Awards.


BBC Click investigates claims of the internet collapsing under pressure from the YouTube generation.


Bergamo, 17:51 - CALCIO, ATALANTA; DEL NERI: CHIEDO GENTE CON VOGLIA DI SUDARE

Primo giorno da tecnico dell'Atalanta per Gigi Del Neri. ''Chiedo solo giocatori che abbiano tanta v...


The Sri Lankan military say they have captured  the last Tamil Tiger rebel stronghold in the east of the country.


HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A woman who told authorities she was fed up with tailgaters pulled out a gun and shot at the tires of a pickup that got too close, police said. Officials believe the bullet missed the pickup, and no one was hurt.


A French mercenary fails to attend a trial over his suspended sentence for a coup attempt in the Comoros.


Kenya's opposition to protest as U.S. envoy on way

Kenya's opposition vowed to defy police for a second day running on Friday and try to hold a mass rally while the top U.S. diplomat for Africa was flying in amid turmoil in which more than 300 people have been killed.


Blair arrives in Israel on maiden Quartet voyage

Tony Blair arrived Monday in Israel on the second leg of his maiden voyage to the Middle East as special envoy for the peace Quartet, an AFP photographer said.


CA sales head to pay $29.7M in restitution

A federal court ordered Stephen Richards, head of worldwide sales at CA Inc.,  to pay $29.7 million in restitution to stockholders for his part in a major fraud scheme at the software company.


Online R.S.V.P.Âs: A Simple No Just WonÂt Do

ÂI see you are having a party. How do I decline your invitation? Let me count the ways.Â


Mao's home province puts sex on the Internet

A school in Mao Zedong's home province,  slower than most to adopt reforms that have now swept the  country, has launched its first sex education Web site to stop  children feeling embarrassed by the subject.


Protests from seven safety groups  prompted General Motors Corp. to pull a television ad that  shows a young boy driving a Corvette sports car so recklessly  that it goes airborne, officials of the automaker said on  Wednesday.


Worst Oil Spill in Five Years Off S. China Coast

Two container ships collided and spilled some 450 tons of fuel oil off China's southern coast, the country's worst oil spill in five years, a maritime official said on Thursday.


Top bankers must judge risk: Citigroup chairman

Managing risk within a bank is not just a matter of relying on internal processes but also requires taking the right decisions at the top of the company, Citigroup  Chairman Win Bischoff said on Tuesday.


Don't give in to the desperation V-Day gift. Here's a plan that will make you a winner tonight.


NFL training camps begin this week and there are no shortage of hot story lines -- and significant questions -- across the league:


London shares close lower with Northern Rock, banking sector down

UK blue chips closed lower as Wall Street remained weaker with the banking sector heavily hit, as Northern Rock dropped sharply again.


British recording company EMI Group PLC said Wednesday it signed an agreement with SpiralFrog, an ad-supported music downloading Web site, to provide U.S. Internet users with free access to the world's largest music catalog.


In the end, we have another public company, one of 6,000 or so. For all of the yammering about the meaning, strength, and success or failure of the Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) IPO, at the end of the day we have


On ice hockey game days, trams rolling out of smart central Berlin fill up with more and more fans in team jerseys the farther east they go.


Indie Film Set to Make Space Missions Sexy

Get a behind-the-scenes peek at Postcards from the Future, a short film FX whiz Alan Chan created to boost public support for expanded space missions.


Bernanke to say economy sound, inflation a risk

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke looks set to tell Congress this week that the U.S. economy is sound, but that the central bank is still concerned that inflation, while moderating, may not fully come to heel.


Falluja advance encounters sporadic resistance

US and Iraqi forces have faced less resistance than expected and suffered minimal casualties, a commander said Tuesday, as the troops continue their second day of assaults on militant-controlled Falluja.


Turkey moved closer to opening membership talks with the European Union after the country's prime minister assured the bloc Thursday that Ankara would pass legal reforms and end efforts to criminalize adultery.


The UN refugee chief calls on all sides in Darfur to "sort things out", amid reports of militia movements in the area.


Obama wants to aid many who feel ignored

Democrat Barack Obama said Thursday night he is running for president to help those who are working harder for less but don't think anyone is listening to them. Fresh from a presidential debate in Des Moines, Obama joked of his performance: "I thought I was perfect."


Maryland Court Rejects E-Voting Challenge

A Maryland judge has dismissed a challenge to the state's electronic voting system and ruled that elections officials have made a reasonable effort to ensure that votes will be counted properly in November.


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Dutt to spend brief 'free' period on his case

Actor Sanjay Dutt, who was released from Pune's Yerawada Jail after the Supreme Court granted him interim bail, said he would use this period of freedom to work on his case with his lawyers.`


The test-prep service turns in a disappointing quarter.


DURHAM, North Carolina (Sports Network) - Alvin Pearman ran for 223 yards and a touchdown on 38 carries and Wali Lundy added two touchdown runs to lead 14th-ranked Virginia to a 37-16 win over Duke in the Atlantic Coast Conference at Wallace Wade Stadium.


International Agreement Calls On Member States To Curb Military Sonar And Other Noise Technology

In the third recent international government action calling for limits on the use of high intensity military sonar, the 16 member states of the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, ...


MTV's Video Music Awards Sunday night had a glut of glitz, endless celebrity cameos and a non-partisan stance in favor of voting. What they lacked was outrage.


CBS has committed to  shoot a comedy pilot called "Genius Bar," written by two former  producers of "That '70s Show."


Northern ice cap is warming at twice the global rate and that will lead to serious consequences for the planet, according to the eight-nationâs scientific report.


A US army sniper is sentenced to 10 years in jail for murdering an Iraqi civilian and planting a gun on him.


Over two dozen rebels killed in Afghan battle: U.S

U.S.-led troops killed more than two dozen insurgents in a battle in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, without any civilian casualties, the U.S. military said on Monday.


Sir Alex Ferguson is "ecstatic" as Man Utd reach the Champions League knockout stage by beating Lyon.


Eco-tax to be introduced on 1st September

Discussions between constituted bodies and Government continued today following the Prime Minister's announcement during a radio interview last Saturday that Government is planning the introduction of the ...


It is one of the world's oldest questions: Why did the chicken cross the road? It might seem like a 'poultry' subject to weigh on the minds of hundreds of scientists, but research published yesterday has brought us a little closer to the answer.


Putin hopes for deal on U.S. missile plan

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he still hoped to reach a compromise with the United States over its plans to deploy a missile shield in Eastern Europe.


Congolese no longer kiss as Ebola seems to spread

Villagers don't kiss anymore in a corner of Democratic Republic of Congo hit by the deadly and highly contagious Ebola virus.


Former Patriots linebacker Andre Tippett was part of the final group under consideration for the Pro Football Hall of Fame last year, but he didn't make the cut. Will this year be different?


Polish Prime Minister Wins Second Confidence Vote in Parliament

Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka won a second vote of confidence in parliament, giving his four-month- old government time to reduce next year's budget deficit and prepare the country for adopting the euro this decade.


U.S. Air Strike Kills 11 in Iraq's Falluja

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


Kofa Refuge to Launch Video That Provides Live Wildlife Viewing

By Darin Fenger, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Feb. 19--Desert wildlife plan to start visiting some local homes.   Animals including mountain lions and big horn sheep will be eating,  drinking, hanging out -- and safely appearing on people's computer screens.


Chips such as the Athlon 64 FX and Intel's Pentium 4 Extreme Edition populate the very top of the desktop market, appearing mainly in game machines fitted with the latest graphics cards and high-performance storage systems to render games with the


Sharon says will seek coalition with Labour

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he will seek a governing coalition with Shimon Peres's Labour Party and pledged to press ahead with a planned Gaza pullout.


Soccer: FIFA to Test Ball Device Amid Video Replay Dispute

FIFA is planning to test a special  device involving a micro-chip sensor inside the ball next month  as a possible solution to goal-line disputes during matches.


Rock godfathers The Who headline at Glastonbury on Sunday with persistent rain turning the rural English meadows which host the world's biggest greenfield music and arts festival into a high-spirited mudbath.


Analyst: Outsourcing can save costs in health care

BALTIMORE - Health care organizations not considering offshore outsourcing are missing out on significant cost savings, but administrators need to be aware of potential risks, including lax handling of data security by some vendors and the effect on employee morale, a health care IT analyst said Tuesday.


Two former soldiers from County Antrim are jailed for a total of 26 years on sex abuse charges.


Gellman: âPan's Labyrinthâ Is a Spiritually Important Movie

'Pan's Labyrinth' is a transcendent film celebrating the imagination's power to triumph over cruelty and evil.


Thierry Henry signs for Barcelona from Arsenal after passing his medical for the Spanish club.


Desperate but unanswered pleas to release a British hostage threatened with death in Iraq have taken their toll on his family and put pressure on UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.


Search teams digging through tons of snow Sunday found the body of one of five people feared buried by a powerful avalanche in an area that skiers had been warned to avoid.


T-Online returns to Deutsche Telekom mothership

German incumbent telco Deutsche Telekom announced over the weekend it is to begin taking its internet division, T-Online, back entirely within the mother corporation.


The Detroit Tigers lost second baseman Placido Polanco to a shoulder injury that caused Ivan Rodriguez to play second base, then beat the Boston Red Sox 3-2 Tuesday night on Craig Monroe's ninth-inning pop single.


President Bush on Thursday declined to endorse a Republican senator's call for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to resign but did not offer Annan any words of support.


NATO forces say 23 rebels killed in new clashes

The NATO-led force in Afghanistan has said it has killed 23 insurgents in new clashes and had wound down an anti-Taliban mission in the west of the country after meeting little resistance.


Traders, analysts, managers tired all day as marathon Red Sox, Yankee games keep fans up all night. NEW YORK  - If some traders on Wall Street have seemed a bit groggy lately, it's simple enough to explain: the Red Sox and the Yankees.


Kapor: 3D Internet is on the brink of mainstream

Blog: Linden Labs chairman and PC industry pioneer Mitch Kapor sees virtual worlds, or the 3D Internet, as a disruptive technology, like the PC once was.


MEXICO CITY - Warning: If a co-worker or stranger suddenly jumps up and starts singing a patriotic song in Spanish on Wednesday, don't be alarmed.    They aren't crazy...


Old age is "an illness for which there is no cure" for many employers, according to new research.


Conservative Students Target Liberal Profs

Traditionally, clashes over academic freedom have pitted politicians or administrators against instructors who wanted to express their opinions and teach as they saw fit. But increasingly, it is students who are invoking academic freedom, claiming biased professors are violating their right to a classroom free from indoctrination.


Chinese Law Expert Xiao Weiyun Dies at 81

Prominent Chinese law expert Xiao Weiyun, an opponent of full democracy who helped draft Hong Kong's mini-constitution, has died. He was 81.


Erano sotto effetto cocaina. Lui: ho dovuto, era il diavolo


Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is eyeing a move into the video games market, the Financial Times says.


Army mascot who acted the goat reinstated

A six-year-old mascot for a British army battalion demoted for bad behaviour has been reinstated with full honours after three months in the army's bad books.


Dawn Taubin, the head of domestic marketing at Warner Brothers for six years, has been ousted in a shake-up that the movie studio did little to conceal.


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ATHENS, Greece -- American Michael Phelps won the gold medal Friday in the 100-meter butterfly with an Olympic-record time of 51.25 seconds.


A Canada-set thriller written by an agoraphobic British novelist who had never visited the country was named winner Wednesday of the lucrative Costa Book of the Year Award.


Capriati Struggles Through After Lightning Start

Jennifer Capriati held off rising Russian Vera Douchevina to book her place in the fourth round of the US Open on Friday. The 28-year-old former world number one started like an express


Musharraf catches India off guard over Kashmir

President Pervaiz Musharraf of Pakistan is a bluff but cunning soldier-politician. His latest pronouncement on solving the Kashmir conflict has burnished his credentials in the West and caught the Indians off guard.


Clemens Accepts Astros' Arbitration Offer

Roger Clemens accepted the Astros' offer of salary arbitration Saturday, meaning he will either pitch for Houston next season or retire.


Milano, 15:47 - CALCIO, MILAN; AMBROSINI: NORMALE CHE GILARDINO ABBIA DUBBI

Massimo Ambrosini, centrocampista del Milan ora in ritiro con la Nazionale, commenta le ultime dichi...


U.S. cable channel The Weather Channel  is to be put up for sale and could fetch more than $5 billion,  The New York Times said in an online report on Thursday,  quoting people briefed on the auction.


Â· PM steps up pressure ahead of EU/Africa summit Â· Portugal scrambles to salvage key meetings


Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Sunday defended his relentless assault on corporations and special interests, dismissing criticism that his pointed populist message is too divisive.


Penguins win again despite misfiring Crosby

The Pittsburgh Penguins won their sixth straight game to continue their most successful points streak in 14 years on Sunday after edging the Washington Capitals 3-2.


Roma, 22:27 - CALCIO A 5, SERIE A: L'ORGANICO DELLA PROSSIMA STAGIONE

Ufficializzato a Roma l'organico della serie A di calcio a cinque per la stagione 2007/2008. Queste ...


CEOs: Emerging markets will pave the way

(InfoWorld) - Some mobile phone companies are looking to emerging markets to find early adopters and for a glimpse at services of the future, CEOs said during the opening day keynote of theÂ 3GSM conferenceÂ in Barcelona on Tuesday. In Senegal, for example, customers eagerly use a mobile Internet TV service that includes a DVR (digital video recorder) feature. "It's more advanced than in many other places," said Sanjiv Ahuja, CEO of operator Orange. The keynote focused on the importance of emerging markets to the future of the mobile industry. That compares with last year's opening keynote, which focused largely on the potential of wireless content services. Vodafone Group's CEO Arun Sarin pointed to South Africa, where HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) users make up 30 percent of the entire broadband market. That number is expected to increase to 50 percent by 2010, he said. Users in emerging markets are taking up such new technologies as mobile broadband because they don't have quality fixed-line networks, he said. The lack of quality landline networks may also be driving people in developing markets to exclusively use wireless, he said. In Europe, on average, 35 percent of phone usage is on mobile networks while in developing markets more than 50 percent of minutes are on mobile networks, he said. Naquib Sawaris, chairman and CEO of Orascom Telecom Holding, an operator offering services in Pakistan, Egypt, Algeria, and Iraq, put it most succinctly. "You have two Indians and an Egyptian on this stage: It's our time," he said. Sarin also commented onÂ Vodafone's recent winÂ of a controlling interest in Indian operator Hutchison Essar. Mobile phone penetration in India is around 13 percent and Sarin expects that to grow to 40 percent, or 500 million subscribers, in a few years. Indians like to talk too, with an average of 400 minutes of use per subscriber per month, he said. That compares to 150 minutes in Europe.


Unlaunched TotalMusic prompts price fixing concern Two major labels have been served notice of a fresh antitrust investigation, a music business newsletter reports today. MusicAlly's daily Bulletin suggests that the as-yet-unlaunched TotalMusic service, currently backed by Universal and Somy BMG, has prompted notices from the US Department of Justice. The report suggests all four major labels have been contacted.â¦


BAGHDAD -- An arrest warrant was issued against Iraq's Sunni culture minister, and police raided his home on Tuesday after he was accused of ordering a 2005 assassination attempt against a secular Sunni politician that killed his two sons, officials said.


Hungarian director Istvan Szabo claims it was Canada's premier film producer Robert Lantos who ''challenged me, seduced me'' into helming the first comedy of his long and illustrious career.


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


Senate Intelligence Committee to begin hearings Tues. on Goss for ...

(Washington-AP) Sept. 14, 2004 - The Senate Intelligence Committee opens hearings Tuesday morning into the nomination of Porter Goss as CIA chief, succeeding George Tenet, who resigned.


It's time for credit card companies to pay you back.


South Africa's ANC prepares to decide Mbeki's fate

POLOKWANE, South Africa  - The African National Congress (ANC) holds a hotly contested election on Monday that could clear the way for the controversial Jacob Zuma to assume South Africa's presidency.


More modest underwear is beginning to muscle out the thong panty, that racy totem of female sexuality once flashed by celebrities and rapped about on the radio.


Smoking mothers lead to fat children: Japan study

Children whose mothers smoked even in early stages of pregnancy are at nearly three times greater risk of obesity later in life, according to a Japanese study.


Scottish government drafts Cat Welfare Code

Click here for feline wellbeing enlightenment The Scottish government has tackled the thorny issue of cat welfare by issuing a Draft Cat Welfare Code of Practice aimed at providing "basic information and guidance to those responsible for cats on how to care for them".â¦


The transformation of a popular beauty spot is being celebrated tomorrow.   Over the past year a series of improvements have been carried out at Fairy Dell at Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough.   A wildlife fun day is being held tomorrow from 11am to 3pm at the park.


Ford Motor Co.  plans to increase its advertising spending by about 15 percent this year to promote its flagship Ford-brand vehicles, including the new mid-size Fusion sedan that will be in dealerships in the fall.


German Satellite Put into Near Earth Orbit

MOSCOW. June 15 (Interfax-AVN) - A Russian-Ukrainian Dnepr launch vehicle, which is a converted RS-20B heavy strategic missile, has placed Germany's TerraSar-X radar satellite into its near Earth orbit, a Kosmotras company spokesman told Interfax-AVN.


Unions call off a strike at Volkswagen's largest plant in Brazil, after the German firm suspends job cut plans.


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Microsoft Challenges Rivals With New Online Music Service

icrosoft started selling music tracks yesterday on its MSN online service, taking on Apple Computer and a host of others in the fast-growing market for digital music.


PADRES 5, GIANTS 1 In Defeat, Bonds Adds Another

Barry Bonds wasted no time getting to career home run No. 701. He added another homer to his impressive total a day after hitting No.


Japanese carmaker Toyota is to restart production at some of its production lines closed by the recent earthquake.


British soldier killed in Afghanistan was from Fiji

A British soldier killed while serving with NATO forces in southern Afghanistan came from Fiji, according to the Ministry of Defence (MoD).


Share sale to fund 'world's biggest fab' expansion plan


Holmes and LaBelle set early second round pace in Phoenix

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona  - J.B Holmes and Doug LaBelle set the early pace in the second round of the Phoenix Open, both ending their rounds tied on nine under par 133.


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Napoli, 13:36 - CALCIO, MOGGI: FARO' DI TUTTO PER TORNARE

Luciano Moggi vuole tornare nel mondo del calcio. Lo ha ribadito in un'intervista a RadioGoal su Kis...


An American Primitive, Forged in a Crucible of Blood and Oil

âThere Will Be Blood,â Paul Thomas Andersonâs epic American nightmare, arrives belching fire and brimstone and damnation to Hell.


Bulgarian Violinist Steals Heart of Loren's Son

Lifestyle: 17 September 2004, Friday. Sofia Loren's son is to get married to a Bulgarian girl on Saturday in Budapest, according to reports.


EU to give green light for Romania, Bulgaria to join in 2007

The European Commission was to invite Bulgaria and Romania to join the European Union in January, amid warnings the bloc must tackle institutional reforms before further expansion.


Manila Warns of Plot as Poe Funeral Packs Streets

Filipinos buried movie legend turned politician Fernando Poe Jr with sorrow and spectacle on Wednesday as warnings and rumors of plots failed to materialize among the large, peaceful crowd for the funeral.


Having received more than he wanted for Christmas, Celtic manager Martin O'Neill must now hope that he is just as lucky in the January sales.


Australia faces new pressure to join Kyoto as pact comes into force

The government is resisting renewed pressure to ratify and implement the Kyoto Protocol as it came into effect amid claims Australia's refusal to join will damage its international reputation.


At least 20 endangered sea turtles have washed up dead along the southern Bangladesh coast over the last week.


July 2005 London bombing links still murky

British security services have yet to  find a direct link between four suicide bombers who hit  London's transport network in July 2005 and a group of  Islamists jailed this week for a failed copycat attack two  weeks later.


A pupil is excluded in Aberdeen after children were shot with a ball bearing gun, BBC Scotland learns.


British actor Orlando Bloom has admitted to not being able to deal with new technology and added that he has no e-mail address and has never been on Myspace.


US Furious at Proposal That Hamm Return His Gold

US Olympic chiefs reacted furiously Friday to a suggestion gold medallist Paul Hamm should give his medal to a South Korean rival under a plan floated by world gymnastics officials.


British authorities for the first time charged a soldier with murder in the death of a civilian in Iraq, indicting the man Tuesday in a civilian court after his commanding officer blocked a court martial.


Russia urges Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment programme in order to avoid sanctions from the UN Security Council.


Despite Primary Loss, Big Sugar Still a Player in Governor's Race

By David Fleshler, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Sep. 10--The sugar industry lost a huge bet on the governor's race last week, spending almost $5 million to back the loser in the Democratic primary.   United States Sugar Corp. and Flo-Sun Inc.


Europe's crisis over with treaty deal: EU presidency

Europe has emerged from its two-year institutional crisis by endorsing a new reform treaty, Portuguese prime minister Jose Socrates said Friday.


Norwegian energy giants Statoil and Norsk Hydro unveil plans to merge their offshore oil and natural gas operations.


Airlines criticise Tory plans for green taxes on flights aimed at tackling climate change.


The parents of Rhys Jones are to make a new appeal to catch his killer, on the eve of what would have been his 12th birthday.


Enel: rete Sicilia danneggiata, 800 tecnici al lavoro


ItÂs a book called Talking Songs written by Nasreen Munni Kabeer.


ENTERPRISE, Alabama  - President George W. Bush on Saturday got a first-hand look at the damage from deadly tornadoes in the southern United States and said while buildings could be rebuilt the biggest impact was on shattered lives.


By MATT WEISER McClatchy News Service  The push behind its likely removal as an endangered species has some worried.   SACRAMENTO, Calif.


The pug in the corner of the Saints-Eagles football telecast on Fox looked familiar to Tracey Gaughran-Perez.


Bologna, 13:35 - MORTO POLIZIOTTO; PRODI: GENTE DEVE CAPIRE CHE E' ORA SVOLTA

Romano Prodi definisce lo stop del mondo del calcio dopo la morte dell'agente a Catania ''un doveros...


Causa il raffreddamento della congiuntura internazionale


Nasdaq launches $5.3 bln hostile bid for LSE

LONDON/NEW YORK  - Nasdaq  launched its 2.7 billion pound ($5.3 billion) hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange  on Tuesday, needing just over a fifth of LSE shareholders to accept for it to take control.


Joint Chiefs Advise Change In War Strategy

The nation's top uniformed leaders are recommending that the United States change its main military mission in Iraq from combating insurgents to supporting Iraqi troops and hunting terrorists, said sources familiar with the White House's ongoing Iraq policy review.


Presidente della commissione Ue domani a Malta vedra' Prodi


As a British spymaster, Stella Rimington helped keep the world safe. Now she's keeping readers on edge


NASA Sees Rising Odds of Delay in Shuttle Launch

Weather concerns are growing as NASA nears its scheduled launch of the shuttle Discovery.


New York, 11:21 - Football, play off NFL: avanzano Rams e Jets

I Saint Louis Rams e i New York Jets hanno vinto i wild card game che hanno aperto i playoff della N...


Putin questions viability of planned Iraq elections

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he "cannot imagine" how genuinely free and fair elections could be held as planned in Iraq next month given the fact that the country is under "total occupation" by foreign forces.


Pro Bowl cornerback Chris McAlister signed a seven-year contract with the Ravens on Saturday.


Licking their wounds after stiff losses, jittery investors will be looking for relief this week in the form of reassurance that the U.S. economy will keep growing at a moderate pace.


Blog: Yahoo Go for Mobile 2.0 features reduced loading time for Web pages and the ability to read more types of attachments and view traffic conditions.


Reports that Ian Paisley's health will prevent him from attending talks to break the political deadlock are denied.


Terrelle Pryor's decision - or, actually, non-decision - gives Penn State coach Joe Paterno and Oregon coach Mike Bellotti a second chance. Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez gets a reprieve, if only a temporary one.


Treaty Curbs Trade in More Dangerous Chemicals

The United Nations on Monday added 14 pesticides and chemicals, including lead additive for petrol, to a growing list of toxic substances in which trade is restricted.


Karzai Rival Lacks Charisma, but Mujahedeen Back Him

He is short, bespectacled and lacks charisma, yet Yunus Qanooni, 47, until July the education minister, is the most formidable rival to President Hamid Karzai


Blackhawks' shootout win halts eight-game slide

The Chicago Blackhawks brought a miserable eight-game losing streak to an end on Sunday with a 3-2 shootout road victory over the Nashville Predators.


Companies Approve New High-Capacity Disc Format

A group of consumer electronics makers said on Wednesday they approved the format for a new generation of discs that can store five times the data of DVDs at the same cost -- enough to put a full season of "The Sopranos" on one disc.


Carlyle group bids $5.5 bln for Taiwan's ASE

A private equity consortium led  by The Carlyle Group plans a $5.5 billion bid for the world's  top chip packaging firm, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering  Inc. (ASE), Taiwan-based ASE said on Friday.


Nobel laureate defends her suggestion that AIDS stems from plot

NAIROBI -- Wangari Maathai made a typically combative start to her first full day as a Nobel laureate yesterday, defending a recent suggestion that the HIV virus might have been made in a laboratory as a plot against Africans.


Outsourcing overruns cost UK taxpayers Â£9bn

No surprise, there A think tank has called for 'root and branch change' in public services, following its damning report on ICT outsourcingâ¦


Group sues illegal file-swappers in Europe

The Federation of the Phonographic Industry said it filed 459 lawsuits against illegal music file-sharers in Europe. The suits were filed on behalf of Warner Music Group.


US legal challenge against cigarette firms to start today

In 1953, the chief executives of the country's leading cigarette companies and officials from a major public relations firm gathered at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan.


Dopo la polemica nel centrosinistra, il Professore fa il punto"Il paese ha bisogno di un respiro nuovo e grande"                                                  Prodi: "Sono ancora il leader Serve onestÃ  davanti al paese"


A SCOTS video game company has walked off with the top prize at a prestigious US awards ceremony. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, developed by Edinburgh-based Rockstar North, netted Game of the Year at the Spike TV Video Game Awards.


"I had no training or experience ... ."  Anita Roddick, founder of the international Body Shop cosmetics chain, died Monday night after suffering a major brain hemorrhage, her family said. She was 64.Roddick, who died at a hospital in Chichester, had revealed in February that she contracted hepatitis C through a blood transfusion while giving birth to a daughter in 1971. She made the announcement after being named head of the British charity Hepatitis C Trust.The business woman was lauded as the 'Queen of Green' for trailblazing business practices that sought to be environmentally friendly and won her renown in her native England and around the world. Read more


RICKY laughed when I suggested going to tonight's game with him and the AC Milan supporters group he leads - Commandos Tigre - the club's and arguably Italian football's most famous ultras.


Hollywood directors have reached a tentative contract deal with studios after five days of negotiations, the directors union said Thursday


UK Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives in Israel after meeting British soldiers in Basra.


$10 Million Prize Offered for Genome Sequencing

The terms of the prize require competitors to sequence 100 human genomes of their choice within 10 days, and, within six months, those of a further 100 individuals chosen by the foundation.


Obama Raised $32.5 Million in Second Quarter

The campaign of Senator Barack Obama of Illinois said it had attracted 154,000 new contributors from April through June.


Contracting and development executives with a financial stake in a $400 million commuter rail system pushed by New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson have contributed thousands of dollars to his presidential campaign and provided him the use of corporate planes.


Michael Golden, publisher of The International Herald Tribune, said he was leaving the position to focus on his position as vice chairman of The New York Times Company.


Ieri il macchinario era arrivato nell'ospedale di Sassari


Forse dopo litigio per relazione con figlia assassino


Hundreds of file-sharing lawsuits filed against Kazaa, Gnutella ...

The very lawsuits that swept through US cyberspace have reportedly made their way across the Atlantic. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry said Thursday that it filed 459 criminal and


Even with iPhone added, iPod growth is slowing

Pundits have noted that Apple showed only 5% iPod unit growth over last year's Q1, but the real comparison has to include the iPhone, which replaces any potential iPod sale. Even then, growth is slowing.


Home sales and rates may extend Santa rally

Investors have only a sprinkling of  economic data on their plates in the last full week of 2007,  but if the numbers come through as expected, stocks may extend  Friday's early Santa Claus rally.


The English countryside ain't as quaint as it used to be--just ask the Osbournes. Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne had quite the scare about 4 am Monday as a jewel heist unfolded at their Buckinghamshire mansion.


Egitto nel mirino del terrorismo islamico. Un gruppo che si presume legato a Al Qaeda ha compiuto un attentato allâhotel Hiltom di Taba, sul Mar Rosso, presso il confine con Israele. Decine i morti, si parla di almeno 35 vittime.


(InfoWorld) - China's largest chip maker is seeking damages in U.S. court from rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.Â (TSMC) for alleged breach of contract, widening a legal battle with TSMC that erupted last month. Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) accused its larger rival of seeking to discredit it and failing to act in good faith over the terms of an earlier lawsuit settled in 2005. "TSMC...has undertaken a concerted effort since the previous lawsuits to discredit SMIC by making unfair and misleading accusations," SMIC said in a filing to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on Wednesday. The chip maker says it has fully complied with the 2005 settlement. Last month, TSMCÂ revived a long running legal battleÂ with SMIC by suing the company for failing to uphold the 2005 agreement, which had ended withÂ SMIC agreeing to pay $175 million. TSMC contends that SMIC broke the agreement by continuing to use its trade secrets. The original suit accused SMIC of hiring former TSMC employees in order to gain access to its trade secrets and technology. TSMC is the world's largest contract chip maker, and has been in business for nearly 20 years. SMIC was established in 2000 by Richard Chang, a veteran of Taiwan's chip industry. TSMC spokesman J.H. Tzeng declined to comment, saying his company is currently reviewing SMIC's complaint.


L'iPod torna nella pubblicitÃ  stradale italiana, ma con iTMS

Riparte dalla metropolitana di Milano la pubblicitÃ  dell'iPod con le silhouette colorate ma contemporaneamente annuncia a tutti l'arrivo di iTunes Music Store. In febbraio esordivano le affissioni con la


Boeing predicts that demand for smaller aircraft over the next 20 years will increase its sales.


Iran president challenges Bush to debate

Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday challenged President Bush to a televised debate, a proposal the White House immediately dismissed as a "diversion."


Somerfield is set to take over the running of 114 Safeway stores and a distribution centre being sold by Morrisons for Â£260m.


OCTOBER 18, 2004  - NEW YORK -- IBM last week unveiled two new enterprise-class disk arrays. One is aimed at the high end and one at midrange environments, but both have compatible software


Sharon Seeks to Widen Coalition After Losing Parliamentary Vote

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will restart efforts to widen his coalition after parliament voted late yesterday against approving a speech supporting his Gaza Strip withdrawal plan, the government said.


Penelope Cruz proud of false bottom in new film

Penelope Cruz says that when she  finished six months of work on "Volver," the new movie directed  by Spain's Pedro Almodovar, she was so wrapped up in her  character that she faced an emotional crisis.


EU Drafts UN Nuclear Resolution on Iran-Diplomats

France, Britain and Germany are drafting a resolution on Iran for a key meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog next week and Washington is pushing the trio to include some tough language, diplomats said on Thursday.


World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: Chemical Makerâs Profit Up

BASF said its fourth-quarter profit rose 31 percent on growth in its chemicals division, helped by acquisitions like the Engelhard Corporation, a maker of catalysts. The results were better than expected, and the company said its sales would be significantly higher this year. BASF earned 732 million euros ($962 million) in the quarter, up from 560 million euros in the period a year earlier. Sales rose 23.5 percent, to 14.47 billion euros ($19.02 billion).


NICOLAS MASSU: Yeah, I think it's ââ I'm so happy and I cannot believe this. Is too much in two days to win two medals, gold medals.


Nuclear declaration submitted, says North Korea

North Korea said on Friday it had already given an account of its nuclear arms program as required under an international disarmament deal, while separately threatening to boost its "war deterrent".


Ferrari museum to acquire racing car form

The birthplace in northern Italy of Enzo Ferrari, the legendary former Formula 1 boss, is to be turned into a museum and its new lines will partly take the form of the red racing machines.


U.S., Europe reach deal on air passenger data

The United States and Europe clinched a deal on Friday giving U.S. law enforcement agencies easier access to personal data on transatlantic air passengers to fight terrorism, ending a legal limbo for airlines.


Taiwan Chen Plans National Day Speech on China

Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said on  Monday he will make an important policy statement in his  National Day address on Oct. 10 that aims to soothe tense  relations with arch-foe China.


Afghans Who Fled Conflict Face Cultural Divide in U.S.

Aman Feda, an Afghan-born mortgage broker, cringed at his 13-year-old niece's choice of music, the hip-hop blaring from the car radio, the lyrics grating on his nerves as they drove home after shopping at Tysons Corner.


John Major criticises Blair's 'long farewell'

Former prime minister Sir John Major said Tony Blair should have handed over to his successor, Gordon Brown, as soon as possible after announcing his resignation, in an interview published Saturday.


Soaring crude prices plus worries  about the economy and the outlook for earnings are expected to  hang over the stock market next week during the depth of the  summer doldrums.


John Carmack's Armadillo Lunar Lander Crashes, Burns

Game designer John Carmack's fourth and final shot at winning the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge ends in flames. After a loud explosion, his Armadillo lander is surrounded by a pool of fire, which spreads approximately 30 feet away from the rocket.


Insider Threats Remain IT's Biggest Nightmare

The big bucks companies are spending on security often don't cover the biggest threat, survey finds.


No School, and the Child Chooses What to Learn

Some parents are opting to ÂunschoolÂ their children, a philosophy broadly defined by its rejection of not only the schoolhouse but also classes, curriculums and textbooks.


Regione Puglia chiede lo stato di calamita' per il Gargano


In Suit, Ex-A.I.G. Chief Says Others Are Liable for Restatement

Maurice R. Greenberg sued 16 current and former executives and directors to hold them liable for a results restatement.


Paris Hilton Leaves Jail for Home Lockup

By ROBERT JABLON LOS ANGELES - After only three days behind bars, Paris Hilton traded a 12-by-8-foot cell for her 2,700-square-foot Hollywood Hills home on Thursday when she was released because of an unspecified medical condition.


Families of British dead in Iraq protest as nation remembers ...

The families of British troops killed during the Iraq war protested the deaths as the nation remembered Thursday those who died fighting for Britain during thetwo world wars.


Scientists believe they have identified a protein which could be the key to developing a new treatment for allergies.


Trouble in the commercial real estate market squeezes a Manhattan developer.


Catania, 21:24 - CALCIO, CATANIA A TEDESCO: VOLEVI GIOCARE CON NOI

Il Catania replica alle dichiarazioni di Giovanni Tedesco, che il giorno dopo la vittoria del Palerm...


Serbian Patriarch Pavel And President Boris Tadic To Come To Moscow

RIA Novosti s writer Olga Lipich. A high-profile Serbian delegation headed by Patriarch Pavel and President of the country Boris Tadic is coming to Moscow on Sunday for a three-day visit.


A woman who conned tens of thousands of pounds from men she met through dating sites is jailed for two years.


Spears' record company announced Friday that she would release a new album in November - her first   new album since 2003's "In The Zone".


Ailing Tiger Two Back at American Express

Tiger Woods hardly looked like himself until a painful first round at the American Express Championship was over and he signed for a 4-under 68, two shots out of the lead at a tournament he has won the last two years.


Merck will have a strong sales pitch for Cordaptive, even if it doesn't convince the skeptics.


Saxophonist Boots Randolph, best known for playing Benny Hill's signature theme tune Yakety Sax, dies aged 80.


NASCAR took its strongest stance against cheating Tuesday, suspending the crew chiefs for Matt Kenseth, Kasey Kahne, Scott Riggs and Elliott Sadler and docking all four drivers points before the season-opening Daytona 500 for failing inspections.


IOS glitch leaves some Cisco gear open to attack

A software vulnerability in some Cisco Systems Inc. routers and switches could allow an attacker to cause the devices to hang, the vendor warned this week.


BT tells staff to shape up in anti-cancer push

Fewer pies = fewer dies BT has launched a campaign to encourage its workers to eat less crap, get some exercise, quit smoking, and go easy on the sunbathing.â¦


Teenage girls and boys believe â Alcopops are COOLâ¦

are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the well packed and marketed beverages containing 5 percent to 7 percent alcohol and having names like Rick's Spiked Lemonade, Doc Otis' Hard Lemon Flavored Malt Beverage, Mike's Hard Lemonade, and Hooper's Hooch


Terror outrage could strengthen ties between Bhutto and Musharraf, reports Declan Walsh in Karachi.


Sun execs say they're telling it like it is: HP's Unix offering is on its last legs. HP says they're flat-out wrong.


UPDATE 2-Dynegy cuts 2004 profit view, shares slide

Electricity wholesaler Dynegy Inc. (DYN.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday slashed its 2004 profit forecast and said it expects a loss next year due to costs


THE Olympic movement has begun an investigation which could lead to Marion Jones being stripped of the five medals she won at the Sydney Olympics.


Security has improved in camps in Sudan's violence-torn Darfur region, but displaced villagers still face attacks and abuse when they leave their camps, a U.N. team said Saturday as it completed a mission that could determine whether Sudan is hit with international sanctions.


City Ad Firms Agree to Hire More Black Managers

Under the agreements, the agencies have agreed to submit to three years of monitoring by New York City.


The bloodiest city in the country in 2006, reeling from crime in its struggle to recover from Hurricane Katrina, got even worse in 2007.


Michael Jackson gestures as he enters the courthouse in a pretrial hearing in his child molestation case in Santa Maria, Calif., in a file photo from Aug. 16, 2004.


New video game recreates JFK assassination, angers Quad-Citians

Forty-one years ago today, President John F. Kennedy was gunned down during a motorcade in Dallas, Texas. Now, a British video game company recreates one of the darkest moments in recent US political history.


Anche lui sara' vittima e ostaggio della sinistra estrema


The investment bank Bear Stearns said yesterday that the Securities and Exchange Commission had closed an investigation into the investment bankâs municipal bond offering practices and did not plan to take any action.


Participants at a conference questioning whether the Holocaust took place praised Iran's hard-line president on Tuesday, saying the gathering gives them the chance to air theories casting doubt on the Nazi genocide that are banned in parts of Europe.


Il presidente della Repubblica scioglie le Camere"Una decisione obbligata". Ancora da stabilire l'election day                                          Italia al voto il 13 e 14 aprile Napolitano: "Continui il dialogo"                                                                                Prodi: "Non mi ricandido e sulle nomine da fare decideremo con la Cdl"


Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd on Saturday criticized rivals John Edwards and Hillary Rodham Clinton, who were overheard discussing among themselves their hope of limiting the number of Democrats in presidential debates.


118 Chinese kids ill with food-poisioning

Almost 120 more Chinese children have been the victims of food-poisoning after eating school meals in two new cases to be reported by the media.


It's not growing like a tech stock, but it makes plenty of cash for dividends.


Dollar weaker against euro after retail sales data

The dollar was slightly weaker against the euro following retail sales data in the US, traders said.


"New" bin Laden video said to call for martyrdom

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden praises martyrdom as a weapon and a path to glory for Muslims in a video that CNN said on Saturday was intercepted before it was to appear on radical Islamist Web sites.


PENSACOLA, Fla. Sept. 29, 2004 - Many of Florida's beaches have taken on a different look after this year's parade of hurricanes finished shifting, eroding or completely relocating tons of sand.


E' l'aumento piu' basso degli ultimi quattro anni


'La Bamba' star charged in domestic spat

Prosecutors charged actor Lou Diamond Phillips on Thursday with domestic battery in connection with an incident last month involving his live-in girlfriend.


A bomb planted by the Muslim militant group Abu Sayyaf led to the sinking of a Philippine ferry and the loss of more than 100 lives in February, the government said yesterday.


Algeria's Sonatrach oil registers record 2005 profits

Algeria's national oil company Sonatrach posted a record eight-billion-dollar (six-billion-euro) profit in 2005, up 68 percent from 2004 thanks to higher oil prices, according to its annual report.


Israeli Army Kills 2 Palestinians -Medics

Israeli soldiers shot dead two Palestinian militants early on Wednesday in separate raids in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics and witnesses said.


A Sudanese diplomat will be expelled from Canada within days in response to Sudan's decision to kick out Canada's charge d'affaires, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.


Tropical Storm Barry formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday — the first day of hurricane season — and the National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning for a stretch of Florida's western coast.


(Article Central) At the Apple Expo in Paris this week, Apple Computer Inc. introduced the new iMac, the latest version of the popular consumer desktop computer.


Some 13,000 new marine species have been discovered in the past year by an international survey project.


Increasing state ownership is a "step back" for the Russian economy and threatens growth, the OECD warns.


Lebanon's PM Fouad Siniora says his government will not be brought down by protests planned by pro-Syrian groups.


Old reliables maintain United's momentum

The "been there, seen it, done it" T-shirts hang from their dressing-room pegs. Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and co know their way home from here.


Hillary Rodham Clinton's eyes welled up and her voice broke repeatedly Monday as she talked with voters in a restaurant about her campaign for the presidency.


Amazon shares are back in the stratosphere, propelled this time by improved profit margins and swelling revenues.


Developers have selected a design by an award-winning American architect for a bold new building nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower — and powered partly by the wind.


US takes first steps to shut down spyware peddler

The Federal Trade Commission has taken the first step to crack down on the wave of spyware that is being installed on user's machines without their knowledge.


Allagamenti al sud, neve al nord Ma Ã¨ previsto un miglioramento

NAPOLI, 16 OTTOBRE 2004 - Neve al nord, pioggia e vento al centro-sud: e' un week-end all'insegna del maltempo su quasi tutta la penisola quello iniziato oggi, con gravi disagi ed incidenti soprattutto in Campania.


Google is forming partnerships with hundreds of smaller media companies that see value in contributing to the site.


Call for warning system follows devastating waves

BANGKOK, Thailand -- A day after a tsunami killed at least 24,500 people in 10 countries, governments of nations along the Indian Ocean began to consider a comprehensive warning system Monday so that lives can be saved in future natural disasters.


"Survivor: Fiji" Has Two La. Competitors

By JUDY BERGERON  Louisiana fans of the CBS reality/survival show "Survivor" really have someone to root for this season.  The latest installment, "Survivor: Fiji," debuted Feb. 8 and has two Louisiana residents as competitors.


At least two people were killed and 15 wounded when a roadside bomb detonated in one of Baghdad's busiest streets. The sources said the bomb went off at around 9 am (6 am British time) on Saturday, close to


RUSSIA * GAZPROM * YUGANSKNEFTEGAZ * BID * LOAN

MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti) - The Gazprom natural gas giant has decided to loan money for its subsidiary Gazpromneft to be able to bid for Yuganskneftegaz, the main production unit of Yukos.


Revolution need final kick for playoff push

Rusty Pierce symbolized the Revolution's break with the past when he joined the team in 2000. The Revolution had qualified for the MLS playoffs once in their first four seasons, then advanced to the playoffs in three of the next four.


Gasoline prices plunged more than 21 cents a gallon over the past two weeks to a national average of $2.66 amid an abundant supply of fuel at service stations, a national survey said Sunday.


A federal judge has temporarily barred a producer from selling songs recorded by "American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks when he was still just a gray-haired bar crooner from Alabama.


Suppan fired up for friendly competition

If they didn't know better, the Cardinals might suspect that he's the embedded Town Teamer, as Tom Gordon sometimes appeared to be for the Yankees this month.


Roma, 15:34 - CALCIO, ROMA; SPALLETTI: NOSTRO VERO VOLTO NON E' QUESTO

Luciano Spalletti il momento non felice della Roma. ''C'è stata una piccola involuzione nelle...


Nokia to integrate satnav into N-series devices

Built in GPS in N-series phones Nokia last week kicked off its plan to bring GPS-based satellite navigation onto its N-series "multimedia computer" handsets with the acquisition of German route-planning software developer Gate5.â¦


Jelenia Gora, 17:31 - CICLISMO, GIRO DI POLONIA: POZZATO VINCE LA SESTA TAPPA

Vittoria con il brivido per Filippo Pozzato nella sesta tappa del Giro di Polonia, 181,2 km da Dzier...


Allungata di un'ora fascia in cui e' proibito mandarli in onda


Weinsteins, Miramax Take Oscar Spotlight Again

PARK CITY, Utah  - Poised to leave the studio they  founded, brothers Bob and Harvey Weinstein bathed in the Oscar  spotlight again on Tuesday as Miramax drew some of the year's  most coveted Academy Award nominations.


A charity is warning obesity could be the cause of 12,000 cases of cancer a year in the UK by 2010.


Danica Patrick is confident she'll get her first win on the IRL circuit — she's just not going to make a prediction about when it will happen.


Playing videos in popup windows is often a simple task, but when you end up with multiple pages for each individual video, things can quickly become complicated. We can clean that up with JavaScript, and still make it accessible to users who don't have JavaScript. By Jonathan Fenocchi. 0923


Rose accurately predicted the news from last January's Macworld and also called the iPod Nano, so we're willing to listen. From CNET's new gadgets blog, Crave.


Tiki Barber will work for NBC next year after spending most of the 2006 NFL season entertaining bids from various networks for jobs in both news and sports.


Famed Barnes Museum in Philadelphia Can Move-Judge

One of the world's leading  impressionist art collections can move from the Philadelphia  suburbs to a new downtown location where its financial future  may be more secure, a judge ruled on Monday.


LAKE TEXOMA, Oklahoma  - "GOD-BLESS-OUR-TROOPS" is spelled out in four big signs along a wooded stretch of highway in rural southern Oklahoma.


Iranians threatened U.S. ships in Hormuz: U.S. officials

Five Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats harassed and provoked three U.S. Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil shipping route off the Iranian coast, during the weekend, Pentagon officials said on Monday.


OTTAWA - Canadians were supposed to witness the so-called health-care fix for a generation unfold on live television but Prime Minister Paul Martin and the premiers retreated behind closed doors to settle on a six-year, $18-billion medicare package.


Trying to avert another round of flight disruptions, US Airways yesterday sought volunteers from its nonunion workforce to work without pay at its troubled Philadelphia operations over the New Year's weekend.


Fundraiser's legal woes dog Clinton camp

Norman Hsu was politician's dream who became a nightmare. He knew people, hosted fundraisers, solicited donations. And he was an unabashed fan of Hillary Rodham Clinton.


Montecarlo, 11:11 - CALCIO, MILAN; BERLUSCONI: E ORA INTERCONTINENTALE

''Abbiamo vinto la Supercoppa e ci prenotiamo per la vittoria nell'Intercontinentale. Penso che sar&...


Nearly 2,000 lawmakers and staffers have gotten flu shots by the Capitol's doctors, who urged them to be vaccinated--even those not in high-risk groups--because of their routine contact with children and older people.


Could Ricky Williams be rethinking his retirement from the NFL? According to a report in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel the ex-running back has "reached out" to Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt and is contemplating a return to the NFL.


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The FBI has expanded its investigation of Halliburton's work in Iraq to determine if the Pentagon improperly awarded no-bid contracts, according to reports published Thursday.


Health care in Canada, and around the world, is set to improve following an announcement that 11 leading medical journals are tightening their rules on publishing studies.


Mitchell Report may not have shut door on steroid use

Commissioner Bud Selig hoped to end Major League Baseball's steroids era by commissioning the Mitchell Report issued on Thursday, but may have opened the door to more questions about the U.S. game's troubled past.


With car bombs, assassinations and raids on police stations, Iraqi insurgents killed at least 25 people, including Iraqi policemen and a deputy governor, across volatile Sunni areas yesterday.


Creazioni in edizione limitata alla Triennale di Milano


Miglior regia a Paul T. Anderson per "Il petroliere", miglior attore l'iraniano Reza NajieMiglior attrice Sally Hawkins protagonista del film di Mike Leigh "Happy go lucky"                                          Berlino, il brasiliano "Tropa de elite" conquista da outsider l'Orso d'oro                                                                                Violenza e realismo nell'opera dell'esordiente JosÃ© PadilhaIl film di Michel Gondry chiude la 58esima edizione della Berlinale


US trade rep launches campaign against counterfeiting

The U.S. hopes to focus certain international trading partners on the piracy problem with a voluntary anticounterfeiting trade agreement.


Opposition MPs in Greece attack the government response to forest fires which have claimed at least 63 lives.


Asian death toll mounts to 22,000; costliest disaster ever

Bodies washed up on tropical beaches and piled up in hospitals Monday, raising fears of disease across a 10-nation arc of destruction left by a monster earthquake and walls of water that killed more than 22,000 people.


Formigoni, per la festa non c'e' posto migliore di Milano


White House race enters new national phase

The unpredictable  fight for the White House went national on Wednesday, as  candidates fanned out across the country and Democrat Barack  Obama bounced back from a surprise loss to Hillary Clinton to  grab a coveted union endorsement.


Swiss bootleg valley braces itself as "green fairy" comes out of closet

Rebellious old habits die hard in the northwestern Swiss valley of Val-de-Travers, where the alcoholic drink absinthe, nicknamed the "green fairy", is about to become legal again.


An investigations starts into a blaze at an East Sussex fireworks depot which killed two fire crewmen.


At least 12 killed in blast at Pakistan mosque

At least 12 people were killed on Friday in a suspected suicide bombing at a mosque in northwest Pakistan, where a former interior minister was offering Muslim Eid festival prayers, police and officials said.


Buenos Aires, 17:50 - CALCIO, MARADONA: MIE UNICHE FIGLIE SONO DALMA E GIANINNA

Diego Armando Maradona ha smentito la presunta quarta paternità: ''Lo giuro sul mio sangue, l...


Mozilla issues fix for Firefox, SeaMonkey flaw

(InfoWorld) - The Mozilla Foundation has published a fix for a "critical" JavaScript vulnerability in the Firefox browser and the SeaMonkey application suite. The fix, released Monday, targets Firefox versions 2.0.0.2 and 1.5.0.10, as well as SeaMonkey versions 1.1.1 and 1.0.8. An earlier fix for a JavaScript problem allowed scripts from Web content to execute arbitrary code, the Mozilla Foundation said in a security update. The vulnerability allowed uniform resource identifiers in image tags to be executed even if JavaScript was disabled in the program preferences, Mozilla said. Disabling JavaScript does not protect against the flaw, so the foundation recommended that users upgrade the applications to new versions. Mozilla's Thunderbird e-mail client was not affected by the vulnerability, it said. The fix comes on the heels ofÂ criticism from independent security researcher Michael Zalewski regarding Firefox vulnerabilities, including spoofing and phising threats aimed at the newly released Firefox version 2.0.0.2. Mozilla CSO Window SnyderÂ saidÂ she is seeing more customer feedback regarding browser security and hopes thatÂ more independent researchers and customer feedback will help the company patch flaws more quickly. "The browser is one of most critical pieces of software on the computer in terms of something attackers are going after," Snyder said. "Attacks are constantly changing and every software developer needs to recognize new threats as they emerge, but that's nothing new, we've always considered security to be a top priority." Matt Hines, a senior writer at InfoWorld, contributed to this report


Sports Netcasters to call hockey at ice level

TORONTO  - In a first for the National Hockey League, sportscasters for the Sports Network, Canada's cable sports channel, will call the New York Rangers-Buffalo Sabres game at ice level.


Description: Pfizer will stop advertising the painkiller Celebrex after discussions with the Food and Drug Administration. A study linked Celebrex to an increased risk of heart problems, but the company plans to keep it on the market.


Surgery to separate year-old twin girls joined at the head resumed at 6 a.m. in Baltimore, four days after the operation had to be halted because the condition of one became unstable.


Afghanistan's election vote count is delayed until the shape of an inquiry into alleged flaws is announced.


Nearly 220,000 people are confirmed dead in the Asian tsunami after Indonesia raises its toll dramatically.


Cambodian king has his eye on the future

Cambodians were shocked and worried when revered King Norodom Sihanouk announced his decision last week to abdicate after six decades at the stormy center of his country's often brutal history.


Democratic Gov. Ted Kulongoski is "very happy" with the Democrats' takeover of the state Senate and their House gains, but said he is not taking the results as a signal to spend more money.


UK Government Calls For Stronger Ratings

According to the UK's trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt, laws banning the sale of 18-rated games to children need to be enforced more strongly and warnings on boxes should be clearer.


Sudan's Government, Rebels Agree on Peace Plan, US Envoy Says

Sudan's government and a rebel group will sign an agreement tomorrow committing them to end a 20-year civil war over the nation's oil by Dec. 31, the US envoy to the United Nations said.


George W. Bush and challenger John Kerry will battle in close combat for votes in Florida, where early presidential polling opens for the first time since the 2000 election debacle.


There are calls from the Conservatives to stop the removal of student funding for second degree courses.


Carnival leader slain in new Rio bloodshed

A leader of a top samba troupe was shot dead in Rio de Janeiro just days before its famed Carnival celebrations and heavily armed police occupied a slum on Wednesday after clashes with drug traffickers killed six people.


Australia urges East Timor rebels to surrender

Australia's top military commander on  Wednesday urged rebel East Timorese soldiers to surrender as  Australian commandos continue hunting them following an attack  last week on the country's leadership.


Lewis Hamilton seeks to extend his championship lead over Fernando Alonso at the Turkish Grand Prix.


By Kerry Duke  Burkesville Mayor Keith Riddle is confident his town will be ready if a major breach were to occur at Wolf Creek Dam.


Jacob Heilbrunn, Los Angeles Times, in a column: "With the departures of (Secretary of State Colin) Powell and his deputy, Richard Armitage, the State Department, long seen by the administration's hawks as an alien force that is pro-Arab and anti-Israel


The Metropolitan Police change entry codes to 73 police stations after a list is stolen from a contractor's car.


Sri Lanka hospital burglar breaks leg on the job

A Sri Lankan burglar who pretended to be a patient to steal cash from a hospital ended up in a ward himself after he jumped out of the window and broke his leg.


In Tehran, This Guys' Night Out Is About Getting Down to the Hard Line

TEHRAN The weekly gathering of those who still believe most in the Islamic Revolution was to start promptly at 5 p.m. The time was right there in the lower left-hand corner of Ya Lesarat al-Hussein, the hard-line weekly newspaper that sponsors the Sunday gathering.


McCain Wins Primary Trifecta But Huckabee Won't Quit

John McCain swept the "Potomac Primaries" of Maryland, Virginia and Washington on Tuesday, all but locking up the Republican presidential nomination.


Toms plans to build on his 3-1-1 Ryder Cup record

â Being a captain's pick was never an option. No way. Absolutely not. And if it had come to that, well, David Toms would have politely told Hal Sutton that wasn't what he wanted.


Hole in pyjamas reveals Internet plagiarism

Candidates for universities have been caught red-handed copying their applications from the Internet after hundreds mentioned "burning a hole in pyjamas at age eight" on their online entrance forms.


Classical Recordings: Ambient Haze, Romanticism and Deft Techniques

New releases by itsnotyouitsme, Jean-Yves Thibaudet ajd the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and Jon Manasse and Jon Nakamatsu.


South African unions and government officials meet to try and thrash out a pay deal, as more strikes loom next week.


Taiwanese people, who are proud of their elegant tea culture, are flocking to smart coffee bars in droves, boosting the profits of foreign chains who are seeking to expand in Asia, industry watchers say.


* Manmohan promises positive engagement if Pakistan âcontrols ...

NEW YORK: President Pervez Musharraf said on Sunday that he would meet the Indian prime minister with an open mind and that he looked forward to âdiscussion and some progress on main issues in the important meetingâ.


Care International charity says its chief of operations in Iraq has been kidnapped in Baghdad. A spokeswoman told Reuters on Tuesday that Margaret Hassan, who has been working


It's the first time these two sides have met in a major final. Follow all the action with Lawrence Booth.


Lo stilista: continuano voci infondate circolate un anno fa


Paralyzed man soldiers on in anti-war documentary

Sign up for the army, but know you  could come home in a wheelchair. That was the hard lesson for  Iraq war veteran Tomas Young, whose experience is detailed in  new film "Body of War."


A man who admitted beating his aunt and uncle to death after a family row is jailed for at least 25 years.


Iraqi authorities failed to stop worshippers from entering Kufa on the first Friday after a peace deal between the government and Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr as France waited for news on two of its kidnapped ...


Stocks Up Despite Consumer Confidence News

NEW YORK - A late-session buying spurt gave stocks a moderate lift Tuesday as investors managed to overcome their disappointment over troubling readings on consumer confidence and manufacturing. But with volume extremely light, analysts said it was difficult to place any real significance on the upturn...


Cards keep flying, clinch home field in NL playoffs

Milwaukee, WI (Sports Network) - Larry Walker belted a two-run homer, Woody Williams picked up his eighth win in nine decisions, and St.


Israel kills Islamic Jihad commanders in W.Bank

JENIN, West Bank  - Israeli forces killed two Islamic Jihad leaders and their driver in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, drawing vows of revenge for the ambush in Jenin.


Iraqi officials investigating infiltrators' role in ambush

Iraqi officials opened an investigation Monday into the role played by infiltrators in the ambush on Sunday that left 49 Iraqi National Guard trainees dead, in the face


The Ocala/Marion County area is widely known in thoroughbred racing circles as a top thoroughbred breeding and training center, but some of its farm owners apparently also like to race the horses produced here.


Bin Laden Tape Stirs Up White House Race

A taped threat from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden shook up a deadlocked White House race on Friday, with President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry vowing to win the war on terror but battling over who would do the best job.


It was back to the 1960s at Milan fashion  week on Tuesday as Pucci returned to its hippie roots and Dolce  & Gabbana got the catwalk all shook up with an Elvis-inspired  show.


Astronauts Inspect Shuttle One Last Time

By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Atlantis' astronauts gave the ship's wings and nose one last inspection Monday with a remotely operated TV camera and laser, and NASA said there appeared to be no damage that would prevent the shuttle from coming home.


French industrial output recovered more than expected in July, led by a big surge in car production.


Deutsche Telekom backing Web-calling rival Jajah

Deutsche Telekom AG said on  Monday the company is backing Web telephone-calling start-up  Jajah, embracing a technology that undercuts rates for the  German telecommunication giant's established long-distance and  mobile phone businesses.


Thanks to Brendan Harris and Jason Hammel, the Arizona Diamondbacks are still 0-for-Tampa Bay. Harris fell a double shy of the cycle and Hammel earned his first career win as Tampa Bay defeated Arizona 10-2 on Monday night, giving the Devil Rays a 7-0 record against their 1998 expansion partners.


Accused pedophile's family wants return to Canada

VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - The family of accused pedophile Christopher Neil is relieved he has been taken into custody, and his brother said on Friday he would like to see Neil returned home to Canada.


Lebanon army takes control of camp after battle

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops on Sunday seized control of a Palestinian refugee camp where they had been battling militants for more than three months, killing at least 31 fleeing fighters, security sources said.


5 TDs keep Manning on pace for NFL record

A dominant defensive performance and a 21-point lead left the Indianapolis Colts with precious little to fret about at halftime Sunday at the RCA Dome, save the inconsequential.


'Il sistema moda s'impegni a non usare ragazze giovanissime'


Confcommercio, emergenza per furti, rapine e racket