MPs express concern about the "tone and timing" of the Afghan president's comments about the UK.


Gymnastics: Champion sticking to the rules

Olympic all-round gymnastics champion Paul Hamm said yesterday that he would return his gold medal if the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that a judging error denied South Korea's Yang Tae-young the title.


Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, center, is escorted from a Jordanian military helicopter to a French hospital plane at the Jordanian military airbase in Amman, Jordan, Friday Oct. 29.


A Semiretired Martin Still Makes His Moves

Even though he has not participated in 3 of the 13 races that have been run this season, Mark Martin has put himself in position to qualify for one of the 12 spots in the Chase for the Nextel Cup.


A house in County Londonderry occupied by a family of five is attacked with petrol bombs.


General Motors posts global 2007 sales of 9,369,524 vehicles - putting it in a near dead heat with Toyota.


Gunmen seized two Egyptians from their Baghdad office, the third in a new series of audacious operations to kidnap foreigners in the Iraqi capital this month.


DAVIE, Fla. -- Bill Parcells led Super Bowl winners from the sideline. The Miami Dolphins hope he'll do the same from the front office.


Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, a political science professor whose support for Ronald Reagan conservatism catapulted her into the post of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has died at 80. She was the first woman to hold the post.


Turks vote in election clouded by Islamist row

Millions of Turks flocked to vote on Sunday in a parliamentary election seen as crucial to the future direction of this large Muslim but secular democracy straddling Europe and the Middle East.


After reading a book this year about serious flaws in Japan's pension system, retired deliveryman Yoshikazu Hirano thought he'd check his own records just to be safe.


No red roses for Saudi sweethearts on Valentines Day

Saudi Arabia's religious police have banned red roses ahead of Valentine's Day, forcing couples in the conservative Muslim nation to think of new ways to show their love.


Sport: Premier League: United moved to within a point of Arsenal with a hard-earned 2-1 win against Everton


Russia School Siege Stokes Ethnic Tensions

Raya Archakova says she's afraid to send her 17-year-old daughter to English lessons after last week's school siege, but not because she's worried about another terrorist attack.


There is growing pressure for increases to teachers' pay as inflation rises to higher than expected levels.


EU squeals over US pre-flight personal data grab

Invasive DHS system just like the one we're building, apparently EU officials are crying foul over Department of Homeland Security attempts to impose draconian and invasive data requirements on passengers travelling to the US. The US demands, however, are remarkably similar to the ones the EU itself proposes to make of passengers travelling to Europe, making the officials shouting "blackmail" and "troublesome" somewhat unlikely guardians of the citizenry's freedoms.â¦


Heavy metal group Motley Crue announced yesterday that they are to reunite for a world tour to begin in February. The original members of the band last played together six years ago.


The Democratic-led House of Representatives votes to pass an expanded child health bill, despite a renewed veto threat.


OGGI SU INTERNET/ITALIA - Il fondamentalismo Ã¨ il vero nemico della religione Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Il Venerabile Prayom Konlayano - Monaco Buddista  (Tailandia): ÂI terroristi fondamentalisti sono degli infedeli, dicono di avere una fede ma sono senza una fede reale, gente che di per se non ha religione e mette se stessa la ...


The PGA Tour expects to formulate an anti-doping policy by the end of this year following lengthy consultation with its counterparts around the world.


Plotter arrested in NYC bomb plot, Lebanon says

U.S. authorities thwarted a plot to   bomb New York's mass transit system, leading to the arrest of a   suspected plotter in Lebanon, the FBI and Department of   Homeland Security said on Friday.


SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Israeli and    Palestinian leaders declared a cease-fire on Tuesday at a  summit in Egypt aimed at ending more than four years of  bloodshed and reviving stalled peace talks.


Blame shoppers, not supermarkets I don't think Shaw's Supermarkets' ''10 for $10" program ranks very high on the consumer-outrage scale, and I see nothing to criticize supermarkets for (''Supermarket promo is for real, more or less," Dec. 19).


"Difficile mantenere gli attuali standard di efficienza"


As Democrats continue to search heaven and Earth for a moral values issue they can call their own, I have just the prescription: Why not start with the immoral behavior of giant drug companies such as Merck that continue to sacrifice the health of the


Porn marketer settles spam charges with FTC

(InfoWorld) - An Internet-based provider of sexually explicit entertainment has agreed to pay a $465,000 civil penalty for sending unwanted e-mail, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday. The settlement with TJ Web Productions is the fifth after the FTC announced a crackdown on sexually explicit e-mail spam in July 2005, when the agency charged seven companies with violating a U.S. law requiring warning labels on sexually explicit e-mail. Sexually explicit e-mails sent by TJ Web affiliates have been "widely distributed" since May 2004, according to an FTC complaint. Including the TJ Web settlement, the FTC has collected more than $1.6 million in civil penalties from the five companies, the FTC said. The FTCâs Adult Labeling Rule and the CAN-SPAM Act, passed by Congress in late 2003, require commercial e-mailers of sexually explicit material to use the phrase, "sexually explicit," in the subject line, and to ensure that the initially viewable area of the message does not contain graphic sexual images. The rule and the law also require that unsolicited commercial e-mail give recipients a way to opt out of receiving future e-mail and provide a postal address. Under the proposed settlement, TJ Web is permanently prohibited from violating the FTCâs Adult Labeling Rule. The company also is permanently prohibited from violating the CAN-SPAM Act by initiating commercial e-mail without clearly and conspicuously displaying a physical postal address and also without including an opt-out mechanism. TJ Web, based in Henderson, Nevada, did not send e-mail directly to consumers, but it operated an affiliate marketing program and paid others to send e-mail on its behalf, the FTC said. TJ Web operates "dozens" of adult Web sites containing sexually explicit photographs and videos, according to the FTC complaint. The proposed settlement, which requires court approval, also forces TJ Web to obtain agreement from affiliates that they will comply with the terms of the court order. Although TJ Web has a Web site, there is no contact information listed, nor does the company have a published telephone number, so no one there could be reached for comment.


A Greek policeman is held after a soldier is shot dead providing security at the Athens Games.


France plans an operation to rescue about 400 nationals trapped in southern Lebanon, its defence minister says.


U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris led early primary election tabulations Tuesday in her bid to claim the GOP nomination for the Senate, and Rep. Jim Davis led in the race for the Democratic nomination to succeed popular Gov. Jeb Bush.


Sequestrati 40 kg stupefacenti in arrivo da Albania e Olanda


Economix: Worthy Goal of Flawed Bill: Aiding Unions

It can be tempting to think of labor unions as an antagonistic relic of an industrial economy and to forget about their lingering impact.


ORCHARD PARK, NY Willis McGahee (muh-GAY'-hee) will start at running back Sunday for the Buffalo Bills in hopes of igniting a sputtering offense.


Bold reintroduction generates huff and puff A study released today by the Royal Society proposes the reintroduction of wolves into the Scottish Highlands - 240 years after they were hunted to extinction.â¦


Paterson police, mayor say 911 investigation still open

PATERSON, NJ -- Authorities said Friday they were still investigating a mysterious 911 call from a child who said her mother had been hurt as a legitimate matter and not a hoax, despite their inability to authenticate any of the information the caller


JPMorgan's going stag, but it will see some familiar faces when it arrives.


Weekend All But 'Forgotten'; Boxoffice Hits New Low

LOS ANGELES  - While Sony's "The  Forgotten" took top honors with a weekend debut of a solid $21  million, higher than the mid-to-high teens that had been  projected heading into the frame, it was the only memorable  point during a mostly forgettable session.


Three Top Aer Lingus Execs Quitting Early

Three outgoing senior executives of Ireland's state-owned airline, Aer Lingus, said Wednesday they will leave the company earlier than planned, but denied government accusations they had conflicts of interest.


G.M. Will Pay $2 Billion to Sever Ties to Fiat

General Motors said that it would pay Fiat $2 billion so that it would not be forced to take over Fiat's ailing auto business.


SPANISH singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz dominated the fifth Latin Grammy awards at the Shrine Auditorium on Wednesday in a musically diverse telecast sprinkled with edgy political commentary.


Dopo la pubblicazione del piano dell'esecutivo la reazione dei sindacati"Speriamo che non siano programmi che si fanno e si disfano in poche ore"                                          Meno tasse, la Cgil avverte il governo "Bene le parole, ma vogliamo i fatti"


Gotta-Have-It IPhone May Mean You're Gonna Get It. Hacked, That Is

Researchers find that Apple's wildly popular phone is vulnerable to hacking, a weakness that could put your iPhone in somebody else's hands.


Military Launches Probe Into Mosul Blast

The US military deployed armored vehicles in Mosul as infantrymen swept through the northern city a day after an insurgent strike on a nearby base that killed 22 people


Eritrea denies kidnapped Europeans in its country

Eritrea denied on Friday that a group  of five Europeans kidnapped in neighboring Ethiopia had been  taken to its country by Afar separatist rebels.


Provvedimento riguarda azienda, immobili, quote sociali


Iraqi forces to guard elections in January with US troops backing them up, general says. At least 1,325 members of the US military have died in the Iraq war, according to an Associated Press count.


It is a pity that violence during and after Chelseaâs 1-0 Carling Cup third-round victory over West Ham at Stamford Bridge overshadowed yet another outstanding performance from Joe Cole.


As the seasons change, these tips will help you deal with wind

After a season of near misses in golf's major championships, Ernie Els fired back Sunday to tame the difficult Ireland conditions at the American Express World Golf Championship and quiet the critics.


His Sweet Spot Gone Sour, Sosa Takes a Dose of Boos

While Mark McGwire avoids the spotlight and Barry Bonds closes in on 700 career home runs, Sammy Sosa struggles to remain the forceful player around whom the Cubs revolve.


Alleged US Army Deserter Reports For Duty at Japan Base After 40 ...

An alleged US Army deserter, who spent almost 40 years in communist North Korea, voluntarily surrendered on Saturday at an American base in Japan.


Oil Creeps Towards $47 on Supply Concerns

Oil prices climbed toward $47 a  barrel on Thursday after bullish fuel stocks data in the United  States and a series of production hitches across the globe  rekindled worries of a major supply disruption.


U.S. urges Kazakhstan to act on democracy pledge

The United States said on Monday it was closely watching pledges by Kazakhstan to liberalize its political system as it prepares to take over the chairmanship of Europe's top democracy watchdog.


For Giants, Redemption Is as Good as It Gets

The theme of redemption emerged throughout the playoffs for the Giants, and they will have another chance to undo a regular-season failure when they play the Patriots.


The Hampton men eliminate Howard in the MEAC tournament Tuesday, while the Bison women advance past South Carolina St.


The Roanoke Times, Va., Mark Taylor Column: Overview

By Mark Taylor, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Sep. 21--Overview   Autumn officially begins Saturday, and the fall fishing frenzy seems to be getting rolling on cue.


PeopleSoft bets tide will turn for investors

Despite a clear-cut show of support among its shareholders to accept Oracle's hostile takeover bid, PeopleSoft's board is digging in for a fight.


La tempistica della privatizzazione e' nelle mani del Tesoro


A memorial service is to be held for the crew of the fishing boat Meridian which went down in the North Sea.


Genova, 19:08 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: INGAGGIATO IL DIFENSORE LUCCHINI

Primo colpo di mercato per la nuova Sampdoria di Walter Mazzarri, che ha ingaggiato a parametro zero...


Transsexual breaks new ground on womenâs tour

Denmark's Mianne Bagger yesterday made history by becoming the first transsexual woman to earn a place on the on next year's Robe di Kappa Ladies' European Tour.


Third Military Commission Interrupted by Yemeni Detainee Request

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Yemeni enemy combatant Ali Hamza Ahmed Sulayman al-Bahlul caused an abrupt interruption to his military commission hearing today by asking to provide his own defense.


L'aviazione Usa in Afghanistan ha condotto un'azione contro una scuola coranica"Usata come base dai guerriglieri". Tre soldati vittime di un attentato                                            Bombardamento anti talebani ma muoiono sette bambini


Russian Foreign Minister To Discuss In Prague Expansion Of Russian-Czech Economic Cooperation

Russia s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in the course of his visit to the Czech Republic on Wednesday, will discuss expansion of Russian-Czech trade and economic cooperation, Alexander Yakovenko, an official ...


Zurigo, 21:40 - TENNIS, WTA ZURIGO: SCHIAVONE AI QUARTI

Francesca Schiavone si è qualificata per i quarti di finale del torneo Wta di Zurigo (cemento...


Simplified Defense Is Exceeding All Expectations

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 17 -- This whole back-to-basics thing on defense remains a work in progress for the Washington Redskins. There are depth concerns along the defensive line and in the secondary, and presumably tougher tests ahead.


New York, 09:43 - BASEBALL, MAJOR LEAGUE: RISULTATI

Risultati delle gare della major league baseball (in maiuscolo le squadre in casa).


FORENSIC tests show that some of the terrorists who seized more than 1000 hostages in a school in the southern Russian town of Beslan last month were drug addicts, says senior prosecutor.


American tycoons George Gillett and Tom Hicks secure unconditional control of Liverpool.


Karzai Is Uninjured As Rockets Hit Nearby

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 10 -- The Taliban carried out an apparent attempt to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday, firing rockets that missed him by several hundred yards as he spoke to a group of elders.


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Arizona Diamondbacks, who made a big splash before and during baseball's winter meetings, soon could be facing life without the Big Unit.


Arts & entertainment: Peter Bradshaw: Michael Moore's new film is a superb attack on the Americans healthcare mess.


MoD calls up 900 reservists for tour of duty

Nine hundred reservists are to be drafted in to serve in Iraq, the defence minister Ivor Caplin announced yesterday. It will increase the total number of part-time servicemen and women in Iraq from 750 to 1,000 by next May.


Leptin Shots May Restore Menstruation - Study

A small experiment has concluded that  twice daily injections of the hormone leptin, best known to  regulate appetite and weight, can jump-start an idling  reproductive system.


Rescued from political free-fall, Hillary Rodham Clinton says she has finally found her voice.


BusinessWeek Online - For years, Pakistan's telecom sector has plodded along, seemingly stuck in the mid-20th century. From 2.1 phones per 100 Pakistanis in 1999, the number of fixed lines has crept up to just 2.9 per 100 today. And while cellular has been more dynamic, only about 5% of Pakistanis have cell phones.


Udine, 18:52 - CALCIO, UDINESE: 3-1 NEL TEST CON LA PRIMAVERA

Test infrasettimanale per l'Udinese, che in vista della gara di domenica a Catania ha affrotnato la ...


Berlusconi, Musharraf say no to increase in UN Security Council members

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf firmly opposed any expansion in the number of permanent members on the United Nations Security Council in talks.


Sara' curato da Tg1 e Rainet news, on line domani


Bush faces 60th birthday with wisecracks

The most powerful man in the world turns 60 on Thursday and he just can't seem to stop talking about it. Barely a week has gone by this year that President Bush has not brought up his advancing age at least once.


MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan  - Pakistan united in mourning on Sunday in memory of about 73,000 people killed in an earthquake exactly a year ago, while survivors vented frustration over the pace of reconstruction.


Daily Blog Tips has put together a list of 30 traffic generation ideas as compiled from 30 different bloggers.  Of course, you don’t actually have to be a blogger to take advantage of some of these ideas, such as participating in the comments of other blogs which are read within your industry, article distribution and [...]


Canadian High Commission in Sri Lanka shuts down after anthrax ...

A Buddhist monk with suspicious white powder on his passport sparked a security scare at Canada's embassy in Sri Lanka, prompting authorities to close the building and evacuate staff, officials and police said.


Arts & entertainment: Banned by the state, the Free Theatre of Belarus performs in secret locations and texts the venue to audiences. Mark Ravenhill reports


I Dico non sono spariti, la battaglia continua


Blog: Company inadvertently makes a version of Photoshop Lightroom 1.1 available for download for a brief period Monday night.


Firenze, 12:26 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: CHIARITO EQUIVOCO DO PRADO

Nessun caso Do Prado alla Fiorentina. Il giocatore, che ieri aveva detto di non sapere niente del su...


A three-hour election show from film-maker Michael Moore has been dropped by a US cable TV company.


Venezuela to chop 3 zeros off currency bills

President Hugo Chavez said he will chop three zeros off new bolivar currency bills to bolster Venezuelans' perception of a strong currency in a bid to curb inflation, which is now highest in Latin America.


Torre Is Looking Good in a New Shade of Blue

When the Dodgers contacted him, Joe Torre was stunned to find that he was intrigued.


China's Wen says country can beat the snow

CHENZHOU, China  - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said he was confident the country can clinch "final victory" against the coldest winter to hit central China in a century, an official Web site (www.china.com.cn) said.


Two Russian passenger planes crashed at nearly the same time Tuesday night, arousing suspicion of terror. By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.


Under pressure to show improvement in the U.S. economy, President Bush on Friday welcomed the news that 144,000 jobs were created in August as evidence his policies were working at the start of his post-convention drive to the Nov. 2 election.


Schlesinger seeks exposure in Conn. race

Alan Schlesinger sees himself as the Rodney Dangerfield candidate — a Republican looking for some respect in a race between two better-known Democrats.


Peace talks between Darfur rebels and the Sudan government have reached a stalemate with both sides insisting on Thursday that African Union mediators include their demands in a security blueprint.


Nineteen months after Hurricane Katrina sent evacuees from New Orleans streaming into Houston, more than 5,000 heads of households among them are still unemployed despite the city's booming economy, officials say.


JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has ordered the army to step up its war on Palestinian militants before a planned withdrawal from Gaza Strip.


What's at the end of the rainbow? The White House — at least on the eve of President Bush's inauguration.


Eriksson lavish in his praise of `classy' Rooney

Sport's four biggest television ratings hits over the last 12 months were England's Euro 2004 games and the main reason for the team's popularity, the dash of class called Wayne Rooney, inevitably


Former South African president Nelson Mandela reveals that his son Makgatho has died of Aids.


Bush Inauguration to Start Ambitious Second Term

President Bush takes the oath of  office on Thursday to begin a second term in which he plans to  push an aggressive domestic agenda while seeking an elusive  peace in Iraq and fighting the war on the terrorism.


Pet Ferret Hit by an Arrow? Hereâs a Book for You

The new Merck/Merial Manual for Pet Health: Home Edition is a 1,345-page book likely to find readership in an animal-crazed nation.


NBC has a flair for victory with "Talent"

NEW YORK  - NBC came away with an overwhelming victory in Tuesday's primetime thanks to another winning performance by "America's Got Talent."


Afghan Taliban say kill one German hostage

Afghanistan's Taliban movement said on Saturday it had killed one of the two German hostages it was holding after the end of its deadline, and would kill the other in less than an hour if its demands were not met.


Texas coach Rick Barnes suspended center Jason Klotz for Sunday's Big 12 season opener for throwing a punch during the Longhorns' recent win over Memphis.


In ospedale campo francese gli italiani feriti, due gravi


Cheney's Green Parka and Boots Stand Out

Vice President Dick Cheney's utilitarian hooded parka and boots stood out amid the solemn formality of a ceremony commemorating the liberation of Nazi death camps, raising eyebrows among the fashion-conscious.


Video shows CARE chief pleading for her life

Margaret Hassan, the kidnapped director of CARE International in Iraq, appeared on a videotape aired today, weeping and pleading with British Prime Minister Tony Blair to withdraw troops from Iraq "and not ...


Gates dismisses Putin remarks as blunt spy talk

MUNICH, Germany  - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sunday dismissed as the blunt talk of an old spy accusations by Russian President Vladimir Putin that the United States sought to force its will on the world.


The High Court rules against part of an appeal by a pub landlady who showed foreign feeds of live English football.


Newcastle boss Graeme Souness has admitted he and striker Craig Bellamy will fall out again - and he is not at all concerned. When Souness arrived on Tyneside in September, the received wisdom suggested he


OTTAWA -- A little too much West Coast sunshine? Too close to Disneyland? Heck, dude, maybe it's just that Canadian ways don't translate in California once the snow melts north of the border. Eh?


Australian Grand Prix chairman Ron Walker says if there is a rival Formula One series, it won't be racing in Melbourne in 2008.


Two bombs injure at least 13 people in southern Thailand, where tensions with Muslims are very high.


Roma, 17:02 - CALCIO, SERIE A: TRE GIORNATE A MASCARA, DUE A BUDAN

Mano pesante del giudice sportivo nei confronti di Giuseppe Mascara. L'attaccante del Catania, espul...


Germany's largest synagogue, featuring golden mosaic tiles and a star-spangled blue dome, reopened Friday after more than a year of renovations to restore its beauty following decades of neglect.


N.Y. Lawyer Stewart Convicted of Aiding Terrorism

A New York lawyer aided terrorism by  helping a client send messages to militant followers, a federal  jury found on Thursday in a case critics said stemmed from Bush  administration efforts to discourage the defense of accused  terrorists.


Tsunami Reverts Beaches to Natural State

Many believe the tsunami that devastated this tourist hotspot and killed thousands had one positive side: By washing away rampant development, it returned the beaches to nature.


Rangersâ European adventure has come to a disappointingly early conclusion after the Scottish giants crashed to a 2-0 defeat at home to Auxerre tonight.


Stocks fell yesterday as heavy withdrawals from the British bank Northern Rock reignited concern over the cost of credit and sent the Standard & Poorâs 500-stock index down for the first time in five days.


Childhood obesity in the USA needs urgent action, says Institute ...

Reversing the rapid rise in obesity among American children and youth will require a multipronged approach by schools, families, communities, industry, and government that would be as comprehensive and ambitious as national anti-smoking efforts, according


Nineteen newly freed South Korean hostages were expected to fly out of the Afghan capital on Friday after a six-week kidnap drama, sources close to the arrangements said, after a deal critics fear could spur more abductions.


Chanting "Try Rove for treason," Cindy Sheehan and more than 50 other war protesters disrupted a reception before President Bush's top adviser Karl Rove spoke at a fundraiser Saturday.


Fresh tracks from Beyoncé and Audioslave round out this week's new offerings.


Rio Fights Rampant Street Crime as Tourists Fly In

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Police armed with rifles  and wearing flak jackets manned checkpoints across Rio de  Janeiro on Thursday to prevent muggings and other violence as  tourists flocked to the ocean city for the holiday season.


Cavour hosts sister city representatives

Thirty Cavour residents hosted a pair of representatives from their sister city in Italy at the St.


Riscone di Brunico, 16:08 - CALCIO, INTER; MATERAZZI: OBIETTIVO CHAMPIONS

''La Champions? Manca e penso che sia uno degli obiettivi. Io me la auguro, cosÃ¬ potrei eguagliare i...


BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - A fire tore through a  Buenos Aires nightclub packed with young New Year's revelers  and killed at least 175 people as a stampeding crowd was  trapped by locked exit doors, officials said Friday.


Iraq soccer success brings rare moment of joy, unity

When the referee blows the opening whistle, Iraqis divided by sectarian violence put their differences aside to cheer on their team for 90 minutes.


Breach, a movie about Robert Hanssen's betrayal, isn't just a good and subtle thriller, but one of the great studies of abnormal psychology


Bank of America Corp. yesterday laid off hundreds of workers at Fleet bank branches across the Northeast as the North Carolina bank began to implement its brand of ...


Rice Seeks to Enlist Europe in U.S. Democracy Drive

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice seeks to enlist a wary Europe for a U.S. campaign to spread democracy worldwide in a speech on Tuesday in Paris, a strong critic of the Iraq war.


Sun exposure apparently has a protective effect against the development of the blood cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). A team led by Dr Anne Kricker, of the University of Sydney, has investigated the possibility


Personal Investing in Greentech Stocks - Where to Begin?

Blog: List of websites and indices to get an individual investor started investing in greentech stocks.


EU ministers express sharp differences over how to deal with an influx of illegal immigrants to Europe.


Va. Tech's Beamer to coach despite mother's death

The mother of Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer died early Thursday morning, but Beamer said he will be on the sidelines for tonight's game with Maryland, according to the school.


U.N. Warns Syria Against Interfering in Lebanon

A U.S.-drafted resolution  telling Syria to withdraw its forces from Lebanon and warning  against foreign interference in Beirut's presidential election  squeaked through the U.N. Security Council on Thursday.


Afghan elections seen as setback for Taliban

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban movement suffered a serious psychological and military setback after failing to disrupt Afghanistan's presidential election last month, but the radical Islamic militia still poses a formidable military threat and one faction has begun carrying out daring, Al Qaeda-style urban terrorist attacks, say Afghan and foreign analysts.


Jonathan Charles returns to Beslan to find out how people are coming to terms with the school siege which left more than 300 people.


Aliquota al 43% per redditi sopra i 70mila euro


An Israeli anthropologist is using modern forensics and an obscure biblical passage to challenge accepted wisdom about mysterious human remains found at Masada, the desert fortress famous as the scene of a mass suicide nearly 2,000 years ago.


British steam car aims for landspeed record

Record attempt ready to go A British steam car is in the final stages of preparation for an attempt on the land speed record, or at least the steam-powered version of it.â¦


Iran says test fired more accurate Shihab-3

Iran said on Wednesday it had conducted tests on a more accurate version of the Shihab-3 missile, which is capable of reaching Israel.


CRAWFORD, Texas  - President George W. Bush condemned the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Thursday, an act of violence that shredded U.S. hopes for democratic elections in the country that is a key ally in Bush's war on terrorism.


H&R Block Inc.'s HRB.N financial  advisers unit misrepresented the risks of $16.4 million in  bonds from Enron Corp ENRNQ.PK before the energy trader sank  into bankruptcy, the NASD said in a civil fraud complaint  seeking restitution for more than 800 investors.


ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- After winning three straight National League Championship Series games at Minute Maid Park, the Houston Astros will attempt to advance to the World Series for the first time in their 43-year history when they battle the St.


Elderly rockers shuffle into singles charts

The Zimmers, a group of 40 elderly rockers with a combined age of more than 3,000 years, were celebrating Monday after their song broke into the top 30 of the singles chart.


The dollar rebounded on Wednesday as  investors focused on relative interest rates, which  increasingly were expected to favor the dollar, and reversed  some bets against the currency.


Textron's Cessna workers accept labor contract

Workers at the Cessna corporate jet unit of Textron Inc  voted on Saturday to approve a new three-year contract, a union spokesman told Reuters.


Need for Information Is Creating a Bracket

The only bracket that truly matters is that of the NCAA tournament selection committee, but that has not stopped mock brackets from becoming a big deal.


New Google map view helps SF drivers avoid parking tickets

Blog: Google street-level view on maps can help San Franciscans avoid parking tickets by remotely monitoring street signs


U.S. Approves Novartis Hypertension Drug

Tekturna, the first new type of blood pressure medicine in more than a decade, is a potential blockbuster for the Swiss pharmaceutical maker Novartis.


Italian soccer back under tough new regime

SOCCER matches in Italy will resume this weekend after the government approved a tough set of measures to fight hooliganism, despite resistance by clubs.Comment


John Howard becomes Australia's second-longest serving leader, overtaking Labor strongman Bob Hawke.


UN warns Africa of bleak future, telling it to brace for AIDS time bomb

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia  - Africa must brace itself for an AIDS time bomb as 8,000 people are infected with HIV a day in the region worst hit by the pandemic, the United Nations warned Thursday.


Mom's dieting habits can have a bad influence on the children. Some research indicates youngsters learn attitudes about dieting through observation. For some youngsters, that might mean an unhealthy fixation on body image, experts warn.


Princess Diana's driver Henri Paul taunted photographers on the night she died, an inquest jury hears.


Health Canada to require cosmetics ingredient listings within two ...

Canadian cosmetic manufacturers will be required to list cosmetic ingredients on product labels within two years, Health Canada will soon announce... Canadian cosmetic manufacturers will be required to list


For most Israelis, Yasser Arafat's death opens up new hope for an end to the violence.


EC Consumer Protection Plan May Target iTunes

On the eve of the announcement of a new Europe-wide consumer protection program, whose stated aim is to ensure consumers' ability to return products purchased online for refunds if they're not satisfied - regardless of what country they were purchased from - the lead architect of that program, EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva, hinted to the German newsweekly Focus that Apple's iTunes service could be directly impacted.


Paris Journal: Smoking No Longer TrÃ¨s Chic in France

Something about smoking seems very French, but a parliamentary committee approved a proposal to ban it in public areas.


Claire Danes has joined the  cast of Richard Linklater's "Me and Orson Welles," an  adaptation of the period coming-of-age novel by Robert Kaplow.


The Big Ten's experiment with instant replay went so well the conference is asking the NCAA to approve its use on a permanent basis for all Division I-A games.


The Monty Python Sketch "How Not to Be Seen" gets the machinima


Romney facing challenges in presidential bid

In a topsy-turvy Republican race for the 2008 presidential nomination, conservative favorite Mitt Romney suddenly found himself under threat in the key states of Iowa and New Hampshire on Monday, less than two weeks before voting begins.


Also: Start-up offers messages that self destruct. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Chip designer ARM Holdings yesterday made its biggest ever acquisition, buying US rival Artisan Components for $913m (Â£502m). But investors balked at the high price and sent its shares crashing more than 18%.


O.J. Simpson freed from jail, leaves Las Vegas

O.J. Simpson was freed from a Las Vegas jail on Wednesday and quickly left town after a judge granted the former American football star $125,000 bail on charges he took part in a bizarre armed robbery of his own sports memorabilia.


Salmonella found at peanut butter plant: FDA

Bacteria linked to contaminated peanut butter that has sickened hundreds of people has been traced to a plant owned by ConAgra Foods Inc. where it was made, U.S. health regulators said on Thursday.


Bush's Veterans Affairs Secretary Resigns, White House Says

US Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony Principi resigned today, becoming the ninth member of President George W. Bush's Cabinet to leave since the November election.


Solo a dicembre deflussi superiori a 5,5 miliardi di euro


California importer Frank Lettieri is being sued for not warning his customers that his balsamic vinegar contains lead. True enough, he says. But you would have to drink more than a pint of the vinegar every day to reach the government limit for safe exposure to lead. Most people just sprinkle a few drops onto salads or bread.


Rackspace Goes Shopping for New Data Center Space

Rackspace, a managed hosting services provider, is converting an abandoned shopping mall near San Antonio into an office and data center complex that will emphasize energy conservation and offer worker-friendly features.


Decoded chicken genome reveals common ancestors for birds and ...

[Health India]: Washington, Dec 9 : In a breakthrough revelation, scientists have succeeded in unveiling the genomic sequence of the chicken, thus bridging the gap between the genomes already obtained from mammals and other organisms which may help them


Kumar pleads not guilty to CA fraud charge

Former Computer Associates International Inc CEO Sanjay Kumar yesterday pleaded not guilty to charges that he was involved in CA's multibillion accounting fraud and then tried to cover up the scam from federal investigators.


Roma, 15:40 - CALCIO, CHIEVO: DEFENDI IN PRESTITO DALL'ATALANTA

Il Chievo ha acquistato in prestito dall'Atalanta l'attaccante Marino Defendi, 23 anni. Cresciuto ne...


Oscar-winning Australian actress Nicole Kidman is pregnant and has pulled out of shooting her next film "The Reader", her publicist said on Tuesday.


Judge Limits Protections Allowed to Federal Whistle-Blowers

Some federal doctors and medical researchers do not enjoy the same protections to disclose wrongdoing as other government employees, the judge ruled.


Theo van Gogh, the Dutch artist's great grand-nephew and a provocative filmmaker, was shot dead in a street in Amsterdam yesterday, police said, apparently because of a film he made about Islamic violence against women.


Alitalia secures labour deals with unions

Shares in Alitalia soared in early trading in Milan today after a deal between management and flight attendants over the weekend as part of rescue cutbacks.


More bullet points from the Montshington Natpos brouhaha, while my crack headline-writing team runs out to buy a jumbo box of Youppi!


Cheaper chips for PS3 Sony and IBM have renewed their processor development partnership and agreed to co-operate on work to take the PS3's Cell chip into the 45nm era.â¦


Residents of Kenya's Mathare slum continue to abandon the area after a violent police crackdown.


MTV's Video Music Awards take over Vegas

Not much ever gets in the way of the gambling in Las Vegas, but MTV and its Video Music Awards elbowed it aside for a while Sunday night at the Palms Casino.


Newsview: Bush Draws Kerry Into Iraq Fray

With fighting flaring in an increasingly unpopular war in Iraq, President Bush hopes to draw Democratic Sen. John Kerry into a different kind of battle and destroy his claim as a veteran qualified for command in an age of terrorism.


According to Martin Scorsese's long and reverential biopic The Aviator, Howard Hughes was a classic megalomaniac-as-visionary: he was the Citizen Kane of the skies, with ambitions and flaws the size of Xanadu.


Londra, un uomo travestito da Batman si arrampica su Buckingham ...

LONDRA - Un uomo aderente al gruppo Â«Fathers 4 JusticeÂ» (Â«Padri per la giustiziaÂ») Ã¨ riuscito a violare i sistemi di sicurezza di Buckingham Palace e, vestito da Batman, si Ã¨ arrampicato fino a un balcone e poi si Ã¨ spostato su un cornicione della


Judge Rebuffs Google's Request To Extend Oversight of Microsoft

A U.S. District Court judge yesterday declined to address a petition by Google that asked the government to extend its antitrust oversight of Microsoft.


Double Car Bombing Kills at Least 54 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Dec. 12 -- Two car bombs exploded within seconds of each other Tuesday on a main square in central Baghdad, killing at least 54 people and wounding 146, police said.


House Votes to 'Protect' Pledge of Allegiance

Federal courts would be barred from striking the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag under a bill passed on Thursday by a House of Representatives split largely along party lines.


Roma, 16:02 - CALCIO, COPPA UEFA: GLI ARBITRI DELLE ITALIANE

L'Uefa ha reso noti i nomi degli arbitri che dirigeranno le gare di andata del primo turno di Coppa ...


Kenya's opposition said on Friday it would restart nationwide protests against President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election after African Union (AU) mediation failed to end the country's political crisis.


Via libera all'acquisto da parte di Pessina e fondi Kkr


When does a 26-point win become a cry for help? Not to mention a chance for the head coach to yell? When the nation's top-ranked team needs a late


Businessman Lee elected as South Korean president: TV

South Koreans on Wednesday elected Lee Myung-bak, a conservative former CEO vowing to back business and stand up to the North, as president of the world's 13th largest economy, TV exit polls showed.


NASA delays shuttle's spring 2005 launch date

HOUSTON NASA has put off the first shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster because hurricanes postponed work on new safety measures.


French Leaders Discuss Hostage Crisis in Iraq

French leaders began high-level meetings on Sunday on the fate of two French hostages in Iraq after Foreign Minister Michel Barnier returned to Paris empty-handed from a Middle East rescue mission.


ORLANDO, Florida  - Severe thunderstorms and at least one tornado killed 19 people on Friday when they ripped through Florida in the dead of night, tearing homes to shreds, toppling heavy trucks and leaving a trail of rubble.


Lycos Europe Aims To Thwart Spammers with DDoS Attacks

"It's not going to work," said Laura Atkins, President of the SpamCon Foundation. "Spammers will start putting in garbage URLs, and most of those will belong to innocent bystanders.


With polls showing nearly equal numbers of Florida voters for President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, the election's outcome may again hinge on a Florida recount. And the more that Floridians learn about how voting machines work, the more they question whether the 15 counties with paperless voting systems can accurately count and recount votes.


A More 'Peaceful' Tone for College Republicans

In 2005, the last time the College Republican National Committee gathered for its biennial national convention, the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington was, by all accounts, transformed into a battleground.


Nobel Literature Prize to be announced Thursday

The 2006 Nobel Literature Prize laureate will be announced on Thursday, the Swedish Academy has said, with Stockholm's literary circles speculating over a slew of names for this year's winner including Amos Oz, Philip Roth, Adonis and Mario Vargas Llosa.


Erano arrivati tra sabato e domenica a Roccella Jonica


Clinton holds narrow Nevada lead on Obama: poll

Democrat Hillary Clinton holds a narrow 5-point lead on rival Barack Obama in Nevada on the eve of the state's presidential nominating contest, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Friday.


U.S. denies killing al Qaeda leader in Iraq

The U.S. military denied on Thursday reports it had killed the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, and Iraqi officials said they were awaiting the results of DNA tests on several suspects killed in a raid.


US private equity group Blackstone is buying the Hilton Hotels chain for $26bn (Â£13bn) in an all-cash deal.


Ford CEO says company needs new business model: report

Ford Motor Co  needs a new business  model and may turn to outside executives and alliances with  other carmakers, according to a Financial Times report on  Sunday citing a memo it said was sent to staff by chairman and  chief executive Bill Ford.


Blair promises to help threatened Jaguar workers: unions

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has agreed to intervene to try to prevent Ford Motor Company from shutting down the spiritual home of Jaguar cars in central England, trade union sources said.


Wachovia Corp  on Friday posted a 10 percent decline in quarterly profit, missing forecasts, as the fourth-largest U.S. bank suffered $1.3 billion of write-downs at its investment banking unit.


For the first  time in a U.S. airport, Phoenix tests new X-ray technology that can see through people's clothes and show the body's contours with blush-inducing clarity. By Associated Press.


Radiation found at a dozen locations in Russian spy probe

Home Secretary John Reid has said that traces of radioactivity had been found at "around 12" locations in the investigation into former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko's mysterious death.


Sudan Govt, Rebels to Sign Permanent Truce

Sudan's government and southern rebels will agree a permanent cease-fire on Friday at talks aimed at ending Africa's longest-running civil war, delegates said.


OCEANIA/ISOLE SALOMONE - La comunitÃ  cattolica ricorda e rende onore a Mons. Gerard Francis Loft, missionario e Vescovo nelle Salomone, a un mese dalla morte Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - ÂGesÃ¹ disse a Simone: Non temere, dÂora in poi sarai pescatore di uominiÂ (Lc 5, 11). Questo passo del Vangelo, a conclusione della Âpesca miracolosaÂ, Ã¨ stato uno dei piÃ¹ importanti nella vita di Mons. Gerard Francis Loft (...


Hizbollah rockets Haifa and Israel bombs Beirut

Rockets fired by Hizbollah guerrillas   killed eight people in the Israeli city of Haifa on Sunday and   bombs shook Beirut as Israel pursued a five-day-old assault in   Lebanon aimed at crippling the Shi'ite Muslim group.


The US stock exchange operator Nasdaq has said that it has failed to win control of the London Stock Exchange after LSE shareholders decided against backing a hostile takeover worth 2.9 billion pounds.


Stocks Set to Open Flat; Oil Prices Weigh

U.S. stocks were set to open flat on  Wednesday as high crude oil prices and profit warnings weighed  on the market on the eve of a new earnings reporting season.


World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Inflation Slowed as Spending Climbed

The minister of economic and fiscal policy, Hiroko Ota, said there had been little change in price trends in January, after a report showed inflation slowed to zero percent for the first time since May. âPrices continue to be flat,â Ms. Ota said. Core consumer prices, which exclude fresh food, were unchanged from a year earlier, matching the median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. Household spending climbed 0.6 percent in January, the statistics bureau said, the first increase since December 2005. Economists expected a 0.3 percent drop. The jobless rate was 4 percent, unchanged after the previous monthâs figure was revised from 4.1 percent, the agency said.


For more than a year, Apple Computers Inc. enjoyed singular success selling songs exclusively to users of its iPod portable music player. Now, it's got rival RealNetworks Inc. trying to lure iTunes customers away.


La Campbell avrebbe una liason con il leader venezuelano"Mi piacciono gli uomini forti e sinceri, e lui Ã¨ un toro"                                          Basta con Sarkozy e Carla Bruni ora tocca a Naomi e Hugo Chavez


Oregon State, baseball power. After completing an unlikely run to a second consecutive national championship, the Beavers now qualify as a college baseball dynasty.


InfoWorld - Chinese businessmen will soon be able to get their hands on Research In Motion's BlackBerry handset, following long months of delays getting approval to bring the devices to China.


Almost a quarter of a century after Tito's death, the economic meltdown, which has sent standards of living tumbling across the former Yugoslavia, is affecting even its most famous dead.


Quebec to step up fight against C. difficile

Quebec's provincial government has announced measures to step up the fight against a deadly strain of the Clostridium difficile bacterium plaguing hospitals in the province.


Giving steroids to head-injury patients not only fails to improve their chances of survival but actually appears to increase their risk of dying, a large international study has found.


Aiutante di campo dell'ex comandante generale Speciale


Garantito il controllo pubblico sulla nuova compagnia

ROMA - Nuovo passo in avanti verso la soluzione della crisi Alitalia. I sindacati di rappresentanza dei lavoratori di Alitalia hanno infatti firmato l'accordo sulla ristrutturazione societaria ed approvato quindi il piano industriale della compagnia.


Rescuers reach bodies of some of 54 coal miners killed in India

The Indian government has announced relief for families of 54 miners feared dead after a massive explosion in a coal mine, as officials said there was "little hope" of their survival.


Blair sees "moment of opportunity" in Middle East

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Tony Blair spoke of a "moment of opportunity" after he met Palestinian and Israeli leaders on Tuesday on his first visit to the region as an international envoy.


Chinese Seized; Iraq to Tighten Poll Security

Insurgents in Iraq threatened on  Tuesday to kill eight Chinese hostages as Baghdad officials  said they would close land borders and restrict traffic across  the country in a bid to thwart attacks during next week's  election.


A patch program fixing more than 20 flaws in OS X has been released by Apple.


Remembering and Defending Subway Graffiti

As New York celebrates the subway's centennial, graffiti has not only been erased from cars, it has also been buffed from the official record.


Firenze, 15:17 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; PRANDELLI: IL GRONINGEN MI STA BENE

Il tecnico della Fiorentina Cesare Prandelli è soddisfatto del sorteggio Uefa che vedr&agrave...


'3:10 to Yuma' is a fine start to Hollywood's fresh batch of Westerns.


Sony's smaller PS2 takes aim at Nintendo

In what's shaping up to be an all-out war with Nintendo, Sony went on the offensive for the holiday-shopping season Tuesday, announcing that it will release a smaller version of its PlayStation 2 console in the United States on Nov. 1.


Free-agent running back Dominic Rhodes went from the NFL's best team to the worst on Friday, leaving the Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts to join the Oakland Raiders.


49ers Alone in Last Place With 1-10 Record

The day after the San Francisco 49ers' sixth straight loss left them alone at the bottom of the NFL standings, linebacker Jeff Ulbrich covered defensive tackle Anthony Adams' clothes with shaving cream.


Daisuke Matsuzaka, his agent and Red Sox executives boarded a private plane Wednesday in Souther California and were headed to Boston, principal team owner John Henry said, signaling a deal for the Japanese ace may be near.


"Surviving Christmas," a dark comedy that co-stars James Gandolfini of "The Sopranos," could not survive the critics' wrath and drew few moviegoers in its opening weekend.


Colombo: Sri Lankan police is probing the grenade attack on a concert of Bollywood mega star Shahrukh Khan in Colombo on Saturday, which killed two people and injured 19, including the wife of former cricketer Ravi Shastri, as the actor and his troupe


Latina, 20:22 - CALCIO, SERIE C2/B: NELL'ANTICIPO CISCO ROMA-GUBBIO 1-1

Nell'anticipo della 26esima giornata del girone B della C2, la Cisco Roma e il Gubbio hanno pareggia...


BEIT LAHIYA (Gaza Strip) - Palestinians lobbed mortar shells at an Israeli settlement in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, hours after Israeli troops ended a raid of the area meant to stop such attacks.


Microsoft launches new version of Windows XP Media Center

NEW YORK, October 12  - Microsoft Corporation (MSFT.NAS) has launched its new version of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, along with the launch of a wide range of home digital entertainment products and services in collaboration


US dismisses North Korea's personal attacks on Bush as " ...

The United States on Monday dismissed as inappropriate North Korea's unusually strong personal attacks on President George W. Bush, but remained confident Pyongyang would attend talks to resolve the nuclear crisis in the Korean peninsula.


KPMG (KPMG.UL: Quote, Profile, Research) will pay $10 million -- the largest payment ever by an accounting firm in a US Securities and Exchange Commission action -- to settle charges of improper conduct while auditing Gemstar-TV


Second British general slams U.S. policy in postwar Iraq

U.S. plans for handling Iraq after the 2003 invasion were "fatally flawed," a retired British general said, adding that the U.S. administration had refused to listen to British concerns about postwar planning.


The Sauber Petronas team will be launching its new C24 chassis in Kuala Lumpur on January 11 2005, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Petronas's involvement in Formula 1. The Malaysian oil and gas corporation began its association with Sauber in 1995


'Housewives' Prompts NBC to Cook Up a Copy

With ABC's new dark comedy series "Desperate Housewives" scoring big numbers for a second consecutive week, it's only a matter of time before the other broadcast networks put out APBs seeking


Storm rallies around Jackson in first playoff win

MINNEAPOLIS - Black strips of electrical tape adorned players' wrists, forearms and jerseys. Lauren Jackson wore hers around her left biceps.


BP to sell Essex refinery to Petroplus for 1.4 billion dollars

Energy giant BP has announced the sale of its refinery in Coryton, Essex, to Swiss petroleum company Petroplus for 700 million pounds.


Workers of Germany's VW hold major protests ahead of wage talks

Thousands of workers of German car giant Volkswagen on Wednesday held demonstrations ahead of a crucial round of wage talks. The company's works council said Wednesday that about


Jared Kushner, 26, bought a trophy newspaper. Now heâs learning how to run it.


Japan revs up Britain's struggling car industry

"It's a bit of a feather in the cap," said Nissan's head of European operations, Trevor Mann, of the export of Nissan's British-made cars to Japan for the first time in more than a decade.


Sir Peter Hall, la gente fa fatica a capirli


WinFS Removal Opens Window of Opportunity

Microsoft's decision to axe WinFS from Longhorn provides the company with an opportunity to expand the technology to work with multiple systems.


Modena, 18:06 - CALCIO, MODENA: TERMINATO IL RITIRO DI PESCHIERA

Ultima seduta per il Modena nel ritiro di Peschiera prima della partenza per Ascoli, con un lavoro p...


Seven year old Palestinian girl shot by Isreali sholdiers

Israeli soldiers killed a seven-year-old Palestinian girl yesterday when they fired at Palestinians in the Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza.


Ex-MCA Records flop advances on "American Idol"

The integrity of "American Idol" as a contest for raw, undiscovered talent was called into question again after an Irish singer who once had a major-label deal, and solo album that flopped, advanced to the top rung of the competition this week.


BETHESDA, Maryland  - Local hero Fred Funk fired a 3-under-par 67 to grab part of a four-way share of the clubhouse lead during first-round play at the AT&T National on Thursday.


Price Increases Lift Profit at General Mills

The food maker General Mills reported a slightly higher profit in its latest quarter on Wednesday, as stronger sales offset rising costs for ingredients and price increases did not faze consumers.


A consortium led by Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group agreed Thursday to pay 1.27 billion British pounds (US$2.5 billion; euro1.8 billion) for NTL Inc.


Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O has  agreed to recall about 28,000 batteries used in its 15-inch  PowerBook G4 laptop computers, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety  Commission said on Thursday.


Web offers a marketplace for budding Hemingways

The marketplace for bad poetry,  purple prose and the occasional artistic treasure has never  been so vibrant, thanks to Web sites that let budding  Hemingways, Plaths and Steichens reach their tiny yet adoring  publics.


Australia detains Indian terror suspect freed on bail

The Australian government ordered an Indian doctor locked up in immigration detention just hours after a court granted him bail on a charge connected to the failed British car bomb attacks.


SEOUL: Global banking giant HSBC has agreed to buy Korea First Bank in a deal which will put the British bank in competition with its US rival Citigroup in the world's 11th largest economy, a source said yesterday.


Arsenal keeper Jens Lehmann was left red-faced in Athens as two costly mistakes ensured that a Champions League victory slipped through his side's fingers again.


At Least 7 Afghan Children Killed in U.S. Airstrike

American-led coalition forces were attacking a compound that officials said was a safe house for Al Qaeda fighters.


Alexander Pichushkin marked his 48 victims off on squares of a chessboard.


Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry will consider company's open-source desktop suite for future bids.


Facebook is to be quizzed about its data protection policies by the Information Commissioner's Office.


By HYWEL TREWYN  NORTH Wales Police have nailed a sophisticated scam in which computer hackers obtained pay-for-view television free.   A house in Anglesey was the centre of an international operation which took several months to carry out.


Discovery could lead to sleep treatments

A newly discovered clue to the workings of a protein that helps regulate sleep could point scientists to better treatments for sleep-related illnesses.


China has confirmed reports that the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found in its pig population. Agriculture ministry officials said two infected pigs had been discovered, one in 2002 and one in 2003.


Competition in the market for voice services is prompting telecom providers to find new ways to attract and keep customers. RNKVoIP, a division of RNK Telecom, unveiled on Monday a plan to offer


Abbas Gets Hero's Welcome in Gaza Tinderbox Rafah

RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Gunmen hoisted Mahmoud Abbas  on their shoulders as thousands of Palestinians gave the  presidential election frontrunner a hero's welcome Saturday in  a Gaza refugee camp shattered by fighting with Israel.


Belarus tightens security on the border with Poland as scores of Chechens seek to head west, reports say.


Calif. Voters to Consider Ballot Measures

SAN FRANCISCO Sept. 17, 2004 - Even in California, the land of direct democracy, the list of major ballot initiatives facing voters this November is staggering: 16 in all.


Chris Read out for a duck as England bat first in one-day tour match against an Australian Chairman's XI.


Police in Switzerland have recovered artworks stolen earlier this month in a daring heist at a Zurich museum, Geneva police said Tuesday.


Sun to add JFluid profiling tool to Java Studio

SAN FRANCISCO - Sun Microsystems Inc. last week took an important step toward commercializing an experimental Java performance measurement tool called JFluid, moving the two-year-old project from the Sun Labs research and development group into the company's software division. Sun now expects to ship the software as part of an April 2005 release of its Java Studio integrated development environment (IDE), the company said.


Ana Ivanovic will play Daniela Hantuchova in the semi-finals of the Australian Open after a thrilling win over Venus Williams.


Coming to America: US living may increase immigrants' obesity ...

A new study found that obesity is relatively rare in the foreign-born until they have lived in the United States - the land of drive-thrus, remote controls and double cheeseburgers - for more than 10 years.


Hungary's debt-ridden national airline Malev is privatised.


Russian Parliament Speaker Gryzlov Predicts Imminent Bloodshed in ...

Russian State Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov said on Tuesday Ukraine was heading towards a breakup or bloodshed over its deadlocked presidential election, with Kiev practically paralyzed by opposition protesters for a second week.


Phillies' Utley extends hit streak to 34

Chase Utley extended his hitting streak to 34 games when the official scorer changed his call on an eighth-inning grounder, then added a single in the ninth to help the Philadelphia Phillies rout the St. Louis Cardinals 16-8 Wednesday night.


Citgo Petroleum Corp. has reached an $8.5 million settlement with the US Environmental Protection Agency and four states over charges that it violated clean air laws at its Corpus Christi refineries


Annette Bening, Cate Blanchett, Sofia Coppola and Sally Field received Premiere magazine's Icon Award for their achievements in the entertainment industry at its 13th annual Women in Hollywood event.


Encryption appliances: The new way to automate security

Some companies find the new devices decrease risk and free up resources.


Mobile giant Ericsson tracks bootlegged Asian wine

The Swedish mobile equipment maker Ericsson has set its lawyers on the tracks of bootleggers who are selling wine across Asia stamped with its brand name, the company said.


IRAN is defying the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) while engaging in an "unrelenting push toward nuclear weapons capability", the US said today.


A federal appeals court decided Wednesday that marine mammals have no standing to sue to stop the U.S. Navy from using sonar.


English-derived neologism bids for world domination God alone knows what Cervantes would have made of it, but the English term "blogosphere" has slithered onto the growing list of neologisms shoehorned into the noble Castillian language, joining chatear, chip, formatear, Internet and mÃ³dem in a burgeoning list of tech and net-based foreign vocab.â¦Learn & Contribute, Live & Online - The Register Debates Green Computing


UK airlines cancel flights to Florida and the Caribbean as the region prepares for Hurricane Frances.


Force alone can't beat terror, Rumsfeld says

Nearly three years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, US officials are uncertain whether efforts to combat terrorism are reducing the pool of


It's official: Polish post is slow as snails

It's official. Postal delivery is as  slow as snails, at least in Poland.


Bob Barker takes final bow on "The Price Is Right"

Giving away one more car to an ecstatic contestant, TV host Bob Barker taped his last round of "The Price Is Right" on Wednesday, ending 35 years as host of America's longest-running game show and five decades on network television.


Australia funeral firm offers recycled coffins

Environment lovers can now take their passion to the grave.


La popstar in testa alla lista del magazine Usa "In Touch"suo il piÃ¹ bel fondoschiena dello show-business, ultima la Alba                                            Fattore C, BeyoncÃ© la piÃ¹ dotata prima in classifica, spodesta la Lopez


A police inquiry into the car crash which killed Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed finds no evidence they were murdered.


Microsoft investigates leak of "Office" videos

Software giant Microsoft Corp. said on  Tuesday it was investigating how two in-house training videos  made by British comedian Ricky Gervais, creator of "The Office"  television series, appeared on two Web sites.


Unsuspecting residents are lured in by shiny, foreign objects that unleash a self-replicating worm and bring the virtual world to a grinding halt. In Game|Life.


Lebanon says to break blockade in 48 hours

Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh   said on Wednesday his country would break Israel's blockade by   force if it is not lifted in a 48-hour timeframe indicated by   U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.


Schilling ready to dominate again in playoffs

(Sports Network) - Curt Schilling's career postseason record is 5-1, and when you consider his ERA of 1.66 in those 11 games he is one of the most dominating starters in the playoffs.


Pakistan could let U.N. watchdog question Khan - paper

The United Nations nuclear watchdog has agreed terms with Pakistan for putting questions to Abdul Qadeer Khan, the disgraced Pakistani scientist who ran a nuclear black market, the Financial Times said on Friday.


Roadside Bomb Targets Baghdad Governor, 1 Killed

Guerrillas detonated a roadside bomb in Baghdad on Tuesday as the convoy of the Baghdad governor was passing, killing one bystander, witnesses and police at the scene said.


Japan PM's agenda, job at risk in July 29 election

Japan's ruling camp looks likely to lose a July 29 upper house election, newspaper surveys showed on Monday, an outcome that threatens to stall Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's conservative agenda and could cost him his job.


Actor Russell Crowe denies reports he is to play the late Australian naturalist Steve Irwin in a film biopic.


US may require European visitors to register online

InfoWorld - Europeans who visit the U.S. will be required to fill out an online questionnaire two days before they enter the country under a proposal being studied by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.


Taking a form of HRT can sharply increase the risk of developing a blood clot for some women, research suggests. Researchers found taking HRT containing the hormones oestrogen and progestin doubled the risk of venous thrombosis for all women.


Vaccine Promising for Certain Lung Cancer Patients

A cancer vaccine for non-small-cell lung cancer (the most common type) appears to be effective for patients whose cancer has not spread to other parts of the body


Roma, 13:17 - CALCIO, INGHILTERRA: INCE NUOVO TECNICO DEL MILTON KEYNES DONS

Paul Ince, ex centrocampista dell'Inter e capitano della Nazionale inglese, ha firmato per il Milton...


Freddo, venti forti, precipitazioni intense e neve anche a quote basse. Queste le previsioni meteo per le prossime ore. Non dÃ  tregua, dunque, l'ondata di maltempo che da alcuni giorni sferza l'Italia anche


Intervista al presidente del Sanpaolo-Imi che rivelacome si Ã¨ arrivati all'accordo con la milanese Intesa                                          Salza: "Torino non Ã¨ stata svenduta adesso siamo tutti piÃ¹ forti"                                                                                Il Monte dei Paschi non ci ha voluto: prima ha preso tempo sino a settembre, poi ha rifiutato di trattare in esclusiva con noi di SALVATORE TROPEA


FALLUJAH, Iraq -- US forces yesterday pummeled what commanders said were the last insurgent strongholds here, two narrow patches of territory on the southern edge of Fallujah, fortified by bunker and tunnel complexes.


After proposing lifting the ban on use of mobile phones during commercial flights, the Federal Communications Commission is flooded with hundreds of e-mails from travelers who want to keep the ban in place and preserve their peace and quiet.


Rock and roll accepts hip hop into Hall of Fame

Rap crossed musical genres and broke cultural barriers on Monday when the first hip-hop artists were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.


Couric's CBS News debut draws strong early ratings

Katie Couric posted a strong start  as anchor of the CBS Evening News in the ratings, with more  than twice as many viewers as usual tuning into Tuesday's  debut, early Nielsen Media Research figures showed.


Tim McGraw, having charmed Nashville, has his sights set on another ambitious town, Washington


FOOTBALL: DO THE MATHS, THIS IS A TITMUSS-T WIN GAME FOR US, BOSS

WHEN Berti Vogts hands Abi Titmuss her morning muesli, I hope the old terrier has a grin from ear to ear. But I'd rather the Scotland boss racked up points on the table than notches on the headboard.


A plan by Indonesia's president to extend a ban on polygamy by civil servants sparks an angry response.


On Fla. Menus, a Favorite Fish Experiences Identity Theft

MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. -- What the undercover agents ordered, over and over, was the grouper.


An information mobile text service is being launched in Kenya to help tackle the HIV/Aids pandemic.


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Thai PM to Address Nation as More Bombs Rock South

PATTANI, Thailand  - Bomb blasts rocked southern  Thailand Friday as Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra told  southern Muslim leaders the deaths of 85 protesters in military  custody should have never happened.


Human spaceflight the key for new NASA boss

NASA's next leader must wholeheartedly back the US president's space plan - which focuses on human space flight - says departing boss Sean O'Keefe.


Former NHL Players' Association president Trevor Linden still supports Ted Saskin, the union's embattled leader.


President George W. Bush on Monday spared former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby a prison term, enraging Democrats who accused Bush of abusing power in a case that has fueled debate over the Iraq war.


Using an iPod to listen to podcasts is so yesterday. Soon, many companies hope, you'll get your fix straight to your cell phone. Or will you? Steve Friess reports from Ontario, California.


Zambians describe their voting experiences as they go to the polls in their country's fourth multi-party presidential and general elections.


Companies with growing yields can make you rich in more ways than the obvious.


Palermo, 14:43 - CALCIO, PALERMO; CARACCIOLO: LA ROMA? NE PARLIAMO A GENNAIO

Andrea Caracciolo, attaccante del Palermo, spiega ai microfoni di Sport Time il difficile momento ro...


Cameron Diaz is one step closer to seeing a shutterbug from her   past put on trial.


Spacewalkers hook up new station addition

Two astronauts slipped outside the   International Space Station on Tuesday for a high-flying   construction job to double the power available aboard the   orbital outpost.


Midfielder Owen Hargreaves is in a race against time to be fit enough to be selected for England matches against Brazil and then Estonia.


Calm reigned in Najaf Friday, as Shi'ite militants abandoned the holy Imam Ali shrine in accordance with a peace deal brokered by Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.


Collins lined up to succeed Sanchez at Fulham

John Collins has emerged as the front runner to take over at Fulham after the struggling Premier League club sacked Lawrie Sanchez.


Q&A: Red Hat exec talks of challenges to open-source

OCTOBER 18, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - The biggest challenge for the open-source community is that there are too few open-source developers, according to Michael Tiemann, vice president of open-source affairs at Red Hat Inc.


The City Ground side are languishing in 22nd place in the league and coach Mick Harford has taken temporary charge. "I feel it is in the best interests of the club that I resign and give my successor the chance to turn things around," said Kinnear.


U-Conn. Tops Pittsburgh to Ensure Share of Big East Title

Connecticut beats visiting Pittsburgh, 82-68, Saturday to secure at least a share of its first Big East regular season championship in three years.


Iraqi PM Extends Emergency Laws for 30 Days

Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad  Allawi said on Thursday he had extended for 30 days emergency  laws that give his government special powers to crack down on  insurgents trying to derail Jan. 30 elections.


Tanga Village Picked for Protecting Rare Fish in Tanzania

Tanga village picked for protecting rare fish in Tanzania    DAR ES SALAAM, June 14 (Xinhua) -- A small village in the Tanga Region in northeastern Tanzania has been picked as a proposed nature reserve area for the rare fish of coelacanth.


âOur Nukes Good, Our Alliesâ Nukes Pretty Good, Othersâ Very ...

Top officials in Washington are now promoting jitters about Iranâs nuclear activities, while media outlets amplify the message. A confrontation with Tehran is on the second-term Bush agenda.


KABUL, Afghanistan -- Vote counting in Afghanistan's historic elections is almost finished, with incumbent President Hamid Karzai on course to win a simple majority.


A Sestriere attore comico cade sulla neve mentre gira gag


UAW strikes GM as talks fail to produce a deal

United Auto Workers union-represented  employees walked off the job and organized pickets outside  General Motors Corp  plants as the union called a  national strike against the top U.S. automaker after marathon  contract talks failed to produce a deal.


Fossil feathers add weight to evolution theory

Chinese palaeontologists say they have found feathers on the fossilised legs of a primitive bird, which back controversial theories that birds descended from four-limbed dinosaurs.


U.S., North Korea to meet in New York March 5-6

The United States and North Korea will hold working group talks in New York on March 5-6 on the normalization of relations, the State Department said on Wednesday but played down expectations of any breakthrough.


IRS Expands Free Electronic Filing Program

The IRS took some of the sting out of an annual tax chore Tuesday and made free tax preparation programs available to virtually every taxpayer through a partnership with software companies.


Iraqi minister says Iran is source of 'terrorism'

BAGHDAD  - Iraq's Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan accused Iran of orchestrating terrorist attacks in Iraq, saying its neighbor country was the "most dangerous enemy of Iraq".


Moscow says Kosovo will never be accepted as a state by the UN if it declares independence.


Business & money: Northern Rock's share price is expected to suffer a further slide as the prospect of a bid ebbed away.


Kerry blasts Iraq invasion as 'historic' failure

Democratic presidential contender John Kerry accused President George W. Bush of creating a "crisis of historic proportions" as infighting over Iraq dominated the US election campaign.


Mike Napoli hit a two-run homer, Joe Saunders pitched well in an emergency start for the ailing Bartolo Colon, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-4 on Saturday night.


Manifestazioni per il rilascio in molte cittÃ  italiane

Lo ha dichiarato il viceministro degli esteri iracheno, Hamid Al-Bayati. Le volontarie si troverebbero a Falluja. ROMA - Nel giorno delle manifestazioni in Italia a favore del rilascio di Simona Pari e Simona


We all pay a price for keeping mum about touchy financial issues.


Nintendo Co Ltd zipped past Sony Corp. in market value on Monday and became one of Japan's top 10 issues for the first time ever as it elbowed the PlayStation maker out of its decade-long dominance in the game industry.


Don't think Microsoft is down for the count

Also: Digital cameras are the hottest gift for 2004. [News.com Extra]


In Florida, President Bush is banking on his base.


African governments are failing to act to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Kenya's Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai says.


Nokia yesterday demonstrated streaming video over mobile phones using IPv6, the slow-building successor to today's Internet addressing system. [Broadband Blog]


Cedric Jackson scores 14 points as Cleveland State stuns No. 12 Butler, 56-52, on Thursday night for the Vikings' first regular-season win over an AP Top 25 team.


Settlement Sought in O'Reilly Case, Sources Say

Lawyers for Fox News Channel  commentator Bill O'Reilly and a female co-worker who has  accused him of sexual harassment are in negotiations to settle  their dispute out of court, sources familiar with the case said  on Friday.


S.African Musician Masekela Tells of Drug Risks

TEMBISA, South Africa  - Exile, alcoholism, drug  addiction, discrimination, failed marriages -- South African  jazz icon Hugh Masekela has been through them all.


At least two companies are taking over management contracts for big properties in the Washington area as the real estate investment firm ING Clarion prepares to take itself out of the business next month.


The Russian government claimed on Monday that a nuclear waste dump in the Russian Arctic is safe, responding to a Norwegian environmental group's warning that the site may be in danger of exploding because of corrosion from salt water.


Roma, 14:28 - CALCIO, FIGC; ABETE: PER CONTRATTO-COLLINA NESSUN PROBLEMA

Il presidente della Figc Giancarlo Abete si è mostrato ottimista sull'arrivo di Pierluigi Col...


Strip Mall in Schuylerville Planned: Project Could Be New Home for Post Office and Historic Fire Apparatus

By Leigh Hornbeck, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  Feb. 22--STILLWATER -- The post office and the Fire Department's historic steamer may get new homes if a proposal for a strip mall on North Hudson Avenue is OK'd.


Frances Threatens the Virgin Islands, Prompting Hurricane Watch

The British and northern US Virgin Islands were put under a hurricane watch as the ``powerful'' storm Frances pushed westward in the Caribbean early today, according to US weather forecasters.


What's the secret to finding great companies?


Australian prisoner pleads not guilty to war crimes charges at ...

An Australian cowboy accused of fighting with the Taliban against US and coalition troops in Afghanistan pleaded not guilty to war crimes charges Wednesday before a US military commission.


Soham murderer Ian Huntley is taped admitting he lied in court, the Sun newspaper claims.


Eutanasia,'timore pressioni a malati perche' chiedano morte'


Partira' con 120 milioni di euro, dotazione massima prevista


Italy police defuse a  bomb  near Silvio Berlusconi's holiday villa, hours after a visit by the UK's Tony Blair.


Judge Michael Chertoff is unanimously confirmed by the US Senate as the new homeland security chief.


Jasmine Thomas and Monica Wright, the past two All-Met players of the year, are selected to the USA Basketball Under-19 Women's World Championship team Sunday.


Hurricane Helene nears peak power over Atlantic

Hurricane Helene neared what was expected   to be its peak intensity on Monday with winds of 125 miles per   hour (205 km per hour) as it churned over the open Atlantic on   a path toward Bermuda, U.S. forecasters said.


PA's Paris envoy: While Arafat fights for his life, we're fighting ...

PARIS - Leila Shaheed, the Palestinian Authority envoy in Paris, lashed out at what she called false reports by the Israeli government and some Israeli media outlets announcing the demise of PA Chairman Yasser Arafat, who is in a deep coma at a Paris


Shuttle Liftoff Likely to Be Delayed Again

NASA prepared Saturday for another attempt to launch the Space Shuttle Discovery from Florida, while predicting yet another delay.


Presidente Piaggio smentisce indiscrezioni di stampa


Sony Corp. said Monday that PlayStation 3 game machine sales totaled 1.2 million in North America during the key holiday season, boosting the strength of the company's Blu-ray video format because the PlayStation 3 also works as a Blu-ray player.


Pediatricians Say Dairy OK for Lactose-Intolerant Kids

TUESDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics has a new attitude about consumption of milk and milk products by children with lactose intolerance: Hey, give it a try.


Milano, 16:20 - CALCIO, INTER; MORATTI: MI SCUSO PER ARRABBIATURA A LIVORNO

Massimo Moratti si scusa per la reazione, immortalata dalle tv, avuta sabato scorso a Livorno in occ...


Immagini di virilita' per la collezione autunno-inverno


A magistrate granted bail on Monday for an Indian doctor accused of supporting the foiled car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow, saying prosecutors had not provided evidence he had a direct link to a terrorist group.


Dollar still undermined by worries over US growth prospects, deficits

The euro jumped to its highest level against the dollar since February as the US currency was undermined by concern over US growth prospects and Washington's gaping current account and budget deficits.


Ukrainian investigators suspect Transport Minister Heorhiy Kyrpa may have been driven to suicide.


Insurgents in Iraq carry out a series of bomb attacks to coincide with the start of the holy month of Ramadan.


India, Pakistan extend Kashmir ceasefire

India and Pakistan Monday agreed to extend the yearlong cease fire along the border of Kashmir and pledged to resolve all outstanding disputes.


Milano, 14:30 - CALCIO, MALDINI: PORTE CHIUSE E' LA MORTE DEL CALCIO

Paolo Maldini boccia l'idea di giocare a porte chiuse dopo i fatti tragici di Catania: ''Giocare a p...


US Solider Receives 8 Months for Abu Ghraib Torture

Spc. Armin Cruz received a sentence of eight months in prison, a demotion, and a bad conduct discharge form the Army for having tortured Iraqi detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Bagdat (Baghdad).


Israeli and Palestinian negotiators took on the most contentious issues in their bitter conflict on Monday under a US-backed effort to hammer out a final peace deal by the end of the year


By P. Kim Bui, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Feb. 8--A round of storms predicted for this week could help the county avoid a drought.


S.Korea says North will shut reactor once funds freed

South Korea's defense minister said  on Saturday he expects North Korea to begin to close its  nuclear reactor, the source of its weapons-grade plutonium,  once $25 million in frozen funds in a Macau bank are freed up.


ESA's Astrolab Mission: Making Space a Safer Place

On July 6th, 2006, European astronaut Thomas Reiter joined the International Space Station Expedition 13 crew. His mission: Astrolab, Europe's first long-duration mission to the ISS.


Health insurer Humana Inc  on Monday posted sharply higher quarterly profit, helped by its health plans for both Medicare recipients and employers.


Printing with Lightroom on Leopard...getting Photoshopped for Christmas...cell phones with 5x optical zoom...the optical triangle illusion


HM greets presidents of Germany and Korea

His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to Horst Koehler, president of the Federal Republic of Germany, on his country's National Day.


For the first two months of the season, the Phoenix Suns and Seattle SuperSonics were the toast of the National Basketball Association.


Highlands Cools Off As New Housing Hot Spot

By The Record, Hackensack, N.J.  Feb. 5--Finding a new home in the Highlands may get a bit harder.   Town houses and condominiums are going up and are for sale near major  highways.


Piove da due mesi, la strada Ã¨ un immenso pantanoMancano i viveri e di notte la temperatura Ã¨ sotto zero                                            Russia, maxi ingorgo in Yakuzia 500 auto in fila da piÃ¹ di 7 giorni


London - Angry Newcastle boss Graeme Souness on Tuesday told fiery Welsh striker Craig Bellamy to keep his mouth shut after the Geordies' coach found himself on the receiving end of a four-letter tirade at Charlton at the weekend.


Saban picks NFL at last, accepts Dolphins job

LSU coach Nick Saban finally turned pro Saturday, prompting a Christmas night celebration at the home of Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga.


Microsoft has lost its appeal to delay a fine and anti-competitive penalties set by the European Commission.


GSE housing fund must have many voices: top Democrat

An affordable housing fund envisioned as part of a reform measure for mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should have several contributors and be managed by a wide range of housing groups, a top congressional Democrat said on Thursday.


Villainy! Have politics hijacked 'toons?

The latest movies to spark political controversy are two animated family films, 'The Incredibles,' and 'Polar Express.'


An estimated 100,000 people participated in a rally near Ukrainian Central Election Commission (TsVK) headquarters in Kyiv on 23 October to back the presidential bid of opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko ...


Oil prices set a new record at $53 a  barrel on Thursday on concerns over tight winter heating fuel  supplies and news that a strike in Nigeria could put some crude  exports on hold.


McCain Takes Advantage Going Into Super Tuesday

Arizona Sen. John McCain takes control of the battle for the Republican presidential nomination -- a prospect that seemed almost unthinkable just a few months ago.


Dhaka: Daniel Vettori captured six wickets as New Zealand completed a hattrick of victories over Bangladesh after clinching the opening Test by an innings and 99 runs on Friday.


China introduces a new bankruptcy law that gives creditors precedence over workers at failed companies.


Nokia, NEC Test New IP Multimedia Subsystem

Two high-tech communications players have completed the first phase in a series of tests to show how a next-generation IP data and communications infrastructure works.


Measures to "rebalance" the justice system and protect witnesses in anti-social court cases are to be announced.


Fred F. Fielding took over as White House counsel in January, prompting the widespread expectation that he would help usher a new pragmatism into the West Wing, one that could defuse the inevitable tension between the White House and the newly empowered Democrats in Congress.


Tom Brady drew all but one vote Saturday in romping to The Associated Press 2007 N.F.L. M.V.P. award.


Spartan hen serves up a scientific golden egg

in fact, the first farm animal - to be genetically sequenced, researchers said Wednesday. That's important for humans because understanding chicken DNA can


Teenager Pleads Guilty to Madrid Bombing

The first trial stemming from the Madrid terror bombing ended after just 25 minutes Tuesday as a Spanish teenager pleaded guilty to charges he helped transport dynamite used in the attack.


Millions mark Christmas around the world

Christians around the world celebrated Christmas Saturday with Pope John Paul II leading prayers for peace and a more tranquil future, as pilgrims flocked to Bethlehem, and Iraqis


Howling polar bears and belly dancers liven up Amsterdam's Museum Night

In the cold November night visitors to the Dutch maritime museum were greeted by howling polar bears while the animals in Artis zoo were awoken by torchlight during the Amsterdam Museum Night.


A Madagascan army general behind a plot to overthrow President Ravalomanana is arrested, authorities say.


An apparently rash moment outside an establishment called the Pussycat Lounge in Scottsdale, Arizona, has put Mike Tyson back in trouble with the law.


Lorries are driving through Burma's main city, Rangoon, broadcasting warnings to protesters.


Student Entrepreneurs Awarded Scholarships

By Jennifer Rich, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jun. 1--As Stephen Motosko heads to college this fall, the Cardinal Mooney graduate knows business and computers will be a part of his future.


Oteri, 'Alias' Chief Join Forces for ABC Comedy

LOS ANGELES  - "Saturday Night Live"  alumna Cheri Oteri has teamed with "Alias" creator J.J. Abrams  to develop a comedy project for ABC.


Ask holiday shoppers what drives their choice of stores and you'll hear a variety of answers. But the subject of money is never far away.


For the Edmonton Sun. Okay, the good news is that the federal government and the provinces reached an agreement on health-care funding.


True or false: If a check "clears" within the typical one to five business days but later is discovered to be fake, the bank customer who deposited the check and subsequently spends the money cannot be held financially responsible for the fraud.


Microsoft beats Google to Facebook stake

Microsoft Corp beat out Google Inc on Wednesday in a battle to invest in socializing Web site Facebook, agreeing to pay $240 million for a 1.6 percent stake in the Web phenomenon.


XMPP as the basis for interop in TwitterLand?

Matt Terenzio: "Why we wouldn't use XMPP as the basis for a decentralized microblogging platform?" Good question. I'd like to play with some simple systems on XMPP. I tried to get started with some scripts connecting to Google's Jabber server over the weekend but wasn't able to get a conversation going. I'll try again soon.


House prices in the UK rose 1% in September, according to the Halifax, the UK's biggest mortgage lender.


Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is in Iraq, a Pentagon spokesman said Saturday.


A teenager who said he was part of a team of assassins sent to kill former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was arrested near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said Saturday.


Chen needs more sincerity to solve issues

The peace overture in Chen Shui-bian's "Double Ten National Day" speech turned out to be another sham. One of Chen's major announcements, which was considered to be something new in his speech, was his call


New type of memory chip may replace flash, HDD

(InfoWorld) - Flash memory and hard-disk drives could face a challenge from a new chip technology, dubbed phase-change memory, being developed by a group of companies led by IBM. The companies on Monday announced the results of their latest research into the technology, which they say will do a better job of storing songs, pictures, and other data on iPods and digital cameras than current flash memory, and could someday replace disk drives. Among the advances, the companies have built a prototype device that runs 500 times faster than today's flash memory while using half as much power to write data to a memory cell, they said. The circuits on the device are much smaller than those on today's flash chips, measuring just 3 by 20 nanometers, and show that, unlike flash, phase-change memory will be suitable for production on the advanced manufacturing techniques targeted for use in 2015, the companies said. A nanometer is a billionth of a meter. The progress came partly from the development of a new material to build the memory chips, a germanium alloy to which the researchers added other elements to enhance its properties. The companies have applied for a patent for the material, they said. Besides IBM, the developers include Qimonda, the DRAM spin-off from Infineon Technologies, and Taiwan's Macronix International Co. They plan to discuss their findings at the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineer's 2006 International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco later this week. It's the kind of breakthrough that people look forward to in the IT industry, although end users will have to be patient before it finds its way into products. It could take several more years for the technology to be developed sufficiently for use in finished products. Still, phase-change memory appears promising. The chips would be a new type of non-volatile memory, which is memory that can hold its electrical charge -- and its data -- after devices are turned off. Flash is also non-volatile, but phase-change memory can hold its electrical charge better than flash and use it more efficiently, its backers say. Flash also faces a roadblock in the future. As engineers make chip circuits more tiny, the circuits leak more power and ultimately lose their ability to store data after being turned off. The size limit appears to be around 45nm, although it will still be years before the flash industry starts using such tiny production technologies. Phase-change memory can be scaled down to 22nm, or far smaller than flash memory, the researchers developing it say. It also appears able to be more durable than flash, whose memory cells start to break down after 100,000 rewrites. While its prospects appear bright, the technology faces several hurdles. New chip designs must be relatively easy to manufacture, and they need to be cost-effective enough to attract device makers. RambusÂ faced this issue when its chips failed to overtake DRAM as the main memory type for PCs several years ago, despite having the backing of Intel. The problem, some companies said, is that the chips was were too costly to produce -- although Rambus vehemently disagrees with this. IBM has posted photos of the phase-change devices here, and some animation clips here.


Europe Compromises with U.S. on Iran Nuclear Deadline

France, Britain and Germany have met a  key U.S. demand by proposing a November deadline for Iran to  dispel concern that it has a covert atom bomb program,  according to a draft resolution seen by Reuters.


The two senior western diplomats expelled from Afghanistan after being accused of talking directly to the Taliban left Kabul early yesterday amid hopes that they could soon be readmitted


Sales in Europe were especially strong, rising 24 percent, the software maker says.


Prime Minister Gordon Brown says "now" is not the time for an election - but fails to fully rule out a snap election.


Eurotunnel's creditors vote in favour of its debt restructuring plan, averting the danger of the firm going into liquidation.


Russia's Putin allays fears of new tax probes

Russian President Vladimir Putin told tycoons not to worry about more rigorous tax probes after repeated investigations into Yukos brought the country's number one oil giant to its knees and sparked worries of a state re-nationalization campaign.


Rapper and actor DMX is arrested on three driving charges including speeding, US authorities say.


EU fails on Lisbon strategy, says report

BRUSSELS, 11/04 - The aim of the European Union (EU) to become the world`s most competitive economy by 2010 amounts to a series of "missed objectives", according to a high level report released on Wednesday.


German teen unplugs pensioner's 'noisy' life support machine

Can I have the machine that goes ZZZZ Police in Southern Germany are quizzing a 17-year-old car crash victim who turned off a fellow hospital patient's life-support machine because it was keeping him awake.â¦


General Motors Corp. GM.N said on  Wednesday it will offer buyout packages early next year to its  salaried employees in the United States to cut costs.


Defense Attorney Convicted in Terror Case

A veteran civil rights lawyer was convicted Thursday of crossing the line by smuggling messages of violence from one of her jailed clients -- a radical Egyptian sheik -- to his terrorist disciples on the outside.


Germany Says Italy's UN Stance Will Hurt Europe

Germany said on Saturday that Italy's opposition to its campaign for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council could mean Europe loses out.


Powell to Lead US Delegation on Tsunami Aid Mission

President Bush is sending a high-level delegation to Asia to assess needs in areas most affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami. Secretary of State Colin Powell and the president's brother, Jeb Bush, will lead the group.


Obama Wins Hawaii Caucuses After Wisconsin Victory

Bloomberg - Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama won the party's caucuses in Hawaii, his second victory of the day after Wisconsin.


The man accused of killing British tourist Peter Falconio is to stand trial for his murder, an Australian court has ruled.


Congress votes to expand stem cell research

The Democratic-led Congress defied President George W. Bush on Thursday and gave final approval to legislation to expand federally funded embryonic stem cell research.


Cate Blanchett evokes Hollywood era of old

Days after playing an alluring English art teacher, actress Cate Blanchett adopted a German accent to transform herself into an enigmatic Second World War prostitute in a performance some liken to Marlene Dietrich.


Time Inc to put 18 magazine titles up for sale

Time Warner Inc.'s  magazine  division Time Inc. said on Tuesday it would sell 18 of its  titles, including Parenting and Field & Stream and Outdoor  Life, as part of a move to focus on its biggest brands.


Italian towns will be allowed to tax tourists up to five euros per day in the 2007 budget put forward by Prime Minister Romano Prodi.


WASHINGTON -- Construction activity in October plunged by the largest amount since the recession in 2001 as home building fell for a record seventh consecutive month.


Retail, auto sales, job numbers suggest tougher times

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Grenada has switched diplomatic allegiance to China from Taiwan, signing a communique to establish diplomatic ties with Beijing.


Apple Inc. is preparing to announce next month the long-rumored launch of a movie rental service through its online iTunes Store, as well as a groundbreaking licensing deal of its anti-piracy technology Â moves that could dramatically boost the appeal of digital movie distribution.


Police investigating the murder of a 93-year-old widow in Glasgow intensify the search for her killer.


Swiss speeder blames Canada's lack of goats

A Swiss driver caught speeding in Canada explained that he had been taking advantage of the ability to drive fast without hitting a goat, police said on Wednesday.


A Labour backbencher puts pressure on the Health Minister Malcolm Chisholm by demanding a freeze on hospital cuts.


Torino 2006: la Finanza nella sede del Toroc

La polizia giudiziaria ha visitato i locali dell'ente per acquisire la documentazione relativa al bilancio. Nell'ambito delle indagini condotte dal pm Francesco Saluzzo, i finanzieri si sono recati anche negli uffici Coni a Roma.


Time is right for enlightening "The Question of God"

I used to live in Charlotte, NC, where a standard get-to-know greeting was, which church do you attend? Six years ago I moved to Seattle, and nobody's asked the question even once.


Copenhagen, 13:23 - CALCIO, DANIMARCA: CONVOCATI PER SVEZIA E LIECHTENSTEIN

Il ct della Danimarca, Morten Olsen, ha diramato la lista dei convocati per le due partite di qualif...


Christian conservatives, traditionally a reliable Republican constituency, aren't necessarily a GOP gimme this time around. There is an undercurrent of concern that some evangelicals, unhappy that the GOP-led Congress and President Bush haven't paid more attention to gay marriage and other "values" issues, may stay home on Election Day or even vote Democratic.


Nutritionists have cast doubt on a study which suggested avoiding "bad" carbohydrates leads to weight-loss.


Hollywood and glamour have always been friends. Now they are business partners too


Stop executions for a while and perhaps they can be stopped forever. That calculation has been part of the strategy of capital punishment opponents for decades.


Congress approved an economic stimulus package. The Treasury Department pressed lenders to reset mortgage rates for millions of troubled homeowners. And New York's insurance regulator is attempting to bail out a critical sector of the industry.


Britain's WPP Group Plc has offered to  pay more than $1.25 billion for advertising firm Gray Global  Group, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday, citing an  unidentified person familiar with the matter.


Israel Says Gaza Incursion Was a Success

JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip - Israel's military said Saturday that its 17-day incursion into the northern Gaza Strip struck a heavy blow against Palestinian militants routinely firing makeshift rockets into the country's southern region.    Palestinian residents, however, accused the army of wanton destruction, saying the broad military offensive targeted densely populated areas never used to launch rockets...


TV Review | 'The Wedding Bells': Through Tulle and Tears, Perfecting That Special Day

In David E. Kelleyâs newest series, âThe Wedding Bells,â which aires on Fox Tuesday, sisters in the wedding business try to manage their own love lives.


Lots of action in the Michael Jackson case--both in and out of the courtroom. The case took an unexpected detour to Canada over the weekend, when a man from Kitchener, Ontario, was arrested


Manning's 6 TD Passes Give Colts 41-9 Lead

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning set an NFL record by throwing at least four touchdown passes in a fifth straight game, getting four in the first half Thursday. Manning added two more TD passes in the third quarter to give the Colts a 41-9 lead over the Detroit Lions.


âThe Kite Runnerâ Film Outlawed in Afghanistan

The Culture Ministry has quietly banned the import of the film based on the best-selling novel about childhood betrayal, ethnic tension and sexual predation in Afghanistan.