Kerry: Bush Out of Touch, Out of Ideas, Out of Time

Democratic challenger John Kerry, pumped up by polls showing he won all three debates with President Bush, dismissed the Republican incumbent on Thursday as out of touch, out of ideas and out of time.


IBM and Microsoft in the driving seat Myths and legends It seems there is a disquieting trend in IT: concepts are getting steadily vaguer, and claims harder to verify.â¦


A team of Harvard researchers has stumbled upon the answer to one of the great mysteries of life - why hair turns gray. The culprit, it turns out, is not holiday shopping, the Knicks or even the infuriating G train.


Nyon, 16:26 - CALCIO, COPPA UEFA: ARBITRO SPAGNOLO PER LIVORNO-RANGERS

Livorno-Rangers Glasgow, gara valida per la prima giornata della seconda fase di Coppa Uefa in progr...


Il generale successore di Speciale, ci sara' Padoa-Schioppa


NEW YORK - Oil prices jumped nearly two dollars on Thursday after the US government said crude stocks fell to a fresh five-month low last week and distillate fuel inventories barely grew ahead of winter.


Dato calcolato a fine seduta su andamento paneuropeo


Quake May Have Permanently Shifted Islands

The tsunami triggered by a massive undersea earthquake Dec. 26 not only washed away thousands of people living on India's coastlines, it may have also permanently altered its geography.


Ottawa rejects premiers' demand for $36.5 billion in new health cash

OTTAWA (CP) - First the premiers snubbed Paul Martin's breakfast invitation. Then the prime minister reacted in kind to their demand for $36.5 billion in new health-care funding.


FORT WORTH -- Airline meteorologist Mark Mabey stares at four computer screens on his desk. They are filled with data, charts and radar images. All seem to suggest a different potential for thunderstorms -- the airlines' enemy during the hectic summer travel season.


Cesc Fabregas equalises Steven Gerrard's first-half strike as Arsenal draw with Liverpool to move back to the top of the Premier League.


By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle performed a back-flip Monday so crew on the international space station could photograph any signs of damage on the belly of Atlantis, which carried the first new addition to the space lab in 3 1/2 years.


The crowded field for the Republican  nomination for the 2008 U.S. presidential election shrank by  one on Saturday when former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore announced  he was withdrawing.


Murray stays perfect against Henman in British ATP rivalry

Andy Murray contined the changing of the guard in British tennis, defeating compatriot Tim Henman 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 to reach the second round of the ATP Cincinnati Masters.


Newcastle, England (Sports Network) - Patrick Kluivert scored twice for new coach Graeme Souness as Newcastle defeated Israeli club Bnei Sachnin 2-0 Thursday in the first leg of its UEFA cup opener.


State Issues $2M Contract to Repave I-40: Section Involves 421 Interchange

By Jim Sparks, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 5--Motorists using Interstate 40 in western Winston-Salem should get ready to see construction barrels this spring and summer.   The N.C.


The two offshore quakes on Sunday- the first with a magnitude of 6.9 followed by a 7.3-magnitude temblor five hours later - were felt most strongly in sparsely populated areas in south-western Wakayama prefecture, about 450km west of Tokyo.


Pakistan to close four Afghan refugee camps

Pakistan will close down four Afghan refugee camps this year as part of its bid to stop Taliban militants launching cross-border attacks in Afghanistan, according to officials.


Indo-ASEAN to have 200 pc increase by 2007:

[India News]: New Delhi, Nov.29 : India's wealth and clout in the international community is growing, and nothing reflects this better than the fact that New Delhi's trade with the members of the Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) will register an


Super Bowl Advertisers Still in the Game After Scandal

Advertisers may have been bitten once by an indecency scandal at the 2004 Super Bowl, but they are not shy about getting back into the game for the next U.S. football championship.


Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and Renee Zellweger will all be in Leicester Square to tread the red carpet. "I think I'ma little bit more of a realist, but very much like her in the fact that I'ma hopeless romantic.


Shaquille O'Neal has some advice for former teammate Kobe Bryant when the rivals play against each other for the first time -- stay out of the lane.


CAPE TOWN, South Africa Aug. 25, 2004 - The son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, an ex-race car driver whose business career has been dogged by accusations of questionable arms deals and


One phrase kept coming out of Lew Ford's mouth as he watched Justin Morneau's home run ball slam off the folded seats over the big baggie in right field.


Iraq's parliament voted on Saturday to let thousands of members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party return to government jobs, winning praise from Washington for achieving a benchmark step toward reconciling warring sects.


Bonds set to resign with San Francisco Giants

Controversial slugger Barry Bonds will continue his pursuit of Major League Baseball's all-time home run record with the San Francisco Giants after agreeing to a one-year, $16 million deal on Thursday.


About a dozen senior campaign staffers for Rudy Giuliani are forgoing their January paychecks, a sign of possible money trouble for the Republican presidential candidate and last year's national front-runner.


PC companies roll out Intel's vPro chips

Business PC customers have a new brand to get used to with the launch of Intel's vPro technology.


The study involved light to moderate drinkers, so it was not clear whether the results had a bearing on alcohol abuse. But as lead researcher Valerie Duffy explained, "Some of the differences in oral sensation


How you allocate and spend down your nest egg will have a significant impact on your golden years.


A Interlagos terzo tempo per Raikkonen, quarto per Alonso"Il pilota McLaren non ha rallentato all'uscita dalla pit-lane"                                          In Brasile Massa in pole davanti a Hamilton La Ferrari contesta: "L'inglese scorretto"


"Racing Stripes" is unlikely to ascend to the pantheon of perennially watchable children's films, but what it lacks in skill, it makes up for in heart.


Goteborg, 21:56 - CALCIO, EUROPEI 2008: SVEZIA-LIECHTENSTEIN 3-1

La Svezia ha battuto il Liechtenstein 3-1 (1-1) in un incontro valido per le qualificazioni agli Eur...


Toshiba joins IBM's 32 nm pact, but may not bring Cell along

Already a partner with IBM and Sony in the development and production of the Cell BE processor that powers the PS3, Toshiba this morning stated it's joining IBM and its partners on HK+MG. But IBM says this is a different track.


U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera finished birdie-eagle to close with a 2-under 68 and force a playoff with British Open champion Padraig Harrington.


Biological Collections: the Basis of Evolutionary Theory

By Rettenmeyer, Carl W  BIOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS: THE BASIS OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY All Creatures: Naturalists, Collectors, and Biodiversity, 1850-1950. Robert E. Kohler. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. 380 pp., illus. $35.00 (ISBN 978069] 125398 cloth).


Insurers Object to a Major Part of Medicare Law

Private insurers have told the Bush administration that they will not expand their role in Medicare if they have to serve large multistate regions.


Grief-Stricken Russian Town Ends Mourning

Wailing and pounding their hands on dirt graves, hundreds of people dressed in black on Tuesday marked the end of the traditional 40-day mourning period for the children and adults killed after terrorists seized a school on the first day of classes.


Microsoft is stopping people getting hold of a key security update via net-based file- sharing systems.


Midshipman Faces New Charges in Sexual Assault Case

COLLEGE PARK, Md.ÃÂ -- A U.S. Naval Academy football player could face new charges in the sexual assault case against him, academy officials said Monday, even as his original case was dropped a day before it was to go to trial.


Naughty Little Red Book: The Peopleâs Republic of Sex Kittens and Metrosexuals

Chinaâs latest revolution is sexual: soft-core, online and the girls-next-door gone wild.


Press embargoes may have served a useful purpose at some point, but now they are mostly PR tools. So let the information flow. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg.


Bush's Proposals Could Lead to Overhaul in State Medicaid

Gov. George Pataki's advisers are arguing over whether he should embrace efforts to limit the federal Medicaid program, which could help alter New York's costly program.


Crime drops when Moss moves into a neighbourhood

A study by Britain's Camden New Journal has found that crime rates drop considerably in neighbourhoods when supermodel Kate Moss moves there.


Charities fight the tide of do-gooder fatigue

Among the top 50 metro areas, Minneapolis had the highest volunteer rate at 40 percent, while Las Vegas was at the bottom with 14 percent, says a new study.


Can Food From Cloned Animals Be Called Organic?

There's nothing like a tender steak from a free-range, grass-fed, hormone-free, antibiotic-free, organic and -- oh, yes -- cloned cow.


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British leader defends war amid sinking ratings

Prime Minister Tony Blair, skirting a direct apology, acknowledged to his Labor Party Tuesday that intelligence used to justify the invasion of Iraq was wrong, but insisted


Wildfires blown by fierce desert winds Monday reduced hundreds of Southern California homes to ashes, forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee and laid a hellish, spidery pattern of luminous orange over the drought-stricken region


Russia's Kudrin quits Putin tour as media abuzz

SOCHI, Russia  - Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, widely respected by foreign investors for his prudent stewardship of Russia's huge oil wealth, could be dropped in a reshuffle, expected on Monday, media speculated.


Vatican rules on nourishment for vegetative patients

The Vatican, ruling on a debate that has divided Catholic hospitals, said on Friday it was wrong to stop administering food and water to patients in a vegetative state even if they would never regain consciousness.


Morocco jails two for disrupting U.S. computers

A Moroccan court on Tuesday jailed two   men for one and two years for unleashing computer worms that   disrupted networks across the United States, court officials   and lawyers said.


Report: Dynamite blast kills 30 in Mexico

A truck carrying more than 25 tons of dynamite exploded Monday in northern Mexico, killing at least 30 people and injuring more than 100, according to Notimex, Mexico's official news agency.


Incremento mensile di 108 euro della retribuzione media


Police arrest three people in connection with the November 2000 murder of 10-year-old Damilola Taylor.


Istat, una crescita rispetto al 2005 del 4,1%


New fund brings German film industry back to life

It was more than just the historic  settings in Berlin that drew Tom Cruise to Germany last summer  to film his $80 million epic "Valkyrie," about a failed 1944  attempt to assassinate Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.


Brian De Palma: I Love Bulgaria ... |read|

Lifestyle: 9 November 2004, Tuesday. Legendary US director Brian de Palma arrived in Sofia, where he is set to shoot his newest movie.


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Put some power in your portfolio with these potent power plays.


Andrea Bargnani is starting to show why the Toronto Raptors took a chance on the soft-shooting Italian forward with the top pick in the draft. Chris Bosh had 17 points and 11 rebounds and four other Raptors reached double figures in scoring, and Toronto held on for a 92-83 victory over the slow-starting Indiana Pacers on Sunday.


The England cricket team physio is robbed at knifepoint after a gang of thieves burst into the team hotel.


US Airways and its pilots' union failed to announce a tentative labor agreement on Friday, but both sides said they remained optimistic that a bargain would be struck soon.


The United States warned yesterday that Nigerian militants may be planning to expand their activities beyond the country's restive oil-producing southern regions. Light, sweet crude prices rose more than $1, to settle above $59 a barrel, in part because of worries over the warning. The warning by the United States, which receives more than 10 percent of ...


Iraqi authorities say they have arrested the second-in-command of al-Qaeda in Iraq.


Indianapolis, 20:39 - F1, GP USA; TRIONFO MCLAREN: VINCE HAMILTON SU ALONSO

Ancora un trionfo McLaren: l'inglese Lewis Hamilton ha vinto anche il Gran Premio degli Usa battendo...


Two Italian female aid workers held hostage in Iraq for three weeks are released in good health, officials say.


It's money well spent. But could it be better spent elsewhere?


Wenger salutes Arsenal spirit as Gunners go top

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger praised his players' character after they returned to the top of the Premier League table following a 4-1 victory over Everton here at Goodison Park.


An Embarrassment of Riches for Lieberman's Challenger

Only a day after Ned Lamont criticized Wal-Mart for its wages and  benefits, the Connecticut Senate Democratic hopeful explains his ownership of stock in the retail giant


Frustrated by furious winds, mountainous seas and a mere five-hour window of December daylight, rescuers searched Thursday for six people lost in the Bering Sea after the


Hedo Turkoglu scored 22 points, Dwight Howard added 21 and the short-handed Orlando Magic rallied to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 115-111 on Saturday night.


LONDON  --  The Royal Opera House bought its own DVD recording and distribution company, purchasing Opus Arte for $11.3 million in an agreement announced Wednesday.  Covent Garden said the deal marked the first time an opera company acquired its own DVD recording business.


The police warn women in the north Belfast area to take extra care after a young woman is raped.


Bethlehem Residents Gloomy About Israel's Security Wall

The security wall Israel is building aims to protect its citizens from Palestinian suicide bombers and other terrorists coming from the West Bank and Gaza.


Erekat denies comprehensive deal to end conflict

A senior Palestinian official denied Wednesday that there is any new agreement reached with Israel on a comprehensive settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.


Iran wants a negotiated solution to its nuclear standoff with world powers but this must recognize an Iranian right to a peaceful nuclear program, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Thursday.


German police detain 110 people at a march to mark the death of Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess.


New York Law on Stranded Passengersâ Rights Is Upheld

A federal judge in Albany upheld a state law that would penalize airlines failing to provide adequate services to passengers trapped on the tarmac for more than three hours.


Bangladesh to seize assets of graft suspects

Bangladesh authorities are ready to start seizing the assets of 15 high-profile corruption suspects who failed to meet a deadline to account for their wealth, a report said Wednesday.


Uganda's president tells the BBC that he will campaign to introduce multi-party politics.


Jagger throat problem forces Stones to cancel gig

The Rolling Stones canceled their  concert in Valladolid, Spain, on Monday after lead singer Mick  Jagger developed laryngitis.


Hezbollah shoots down Israeli helicopter

Nineteen Israeli soldiers were killed Saturday during an expanded offensive in Lebanon, the army said, making it the highest one-day toll for the Jewish state since the war against Hezbollah erupted.


Google starts a service to aid online book sales

FRANKFURT Google has introduced a search technology to help publishers sell books online, a fast-growing market dominated by Amazon.


Viacom 4th-qtr profit rises on Dreamworks purchase

Viacom Inc. , owner of the Paramount film studio and MTV cable television networks, said on Thursday quarterly profit nearly quadrupled, helped by its purchase of the DreamWorks movie studio and hefty year-ago charges.


NBA Wrap: James Leads Cleveland Past Orlando

CLEVELAND (Sports Network) - LeBron James poured in a  game-high 30 points, dished out nine assists, and grabbed six  rebounds as all five starters scored in double figures to lead  Cleveland past Orlando, 101-92, at Gund Arena.


Roma, 16:13 - CALCIO, PALERMO; ZAMPARINI: PER SCUDETTO ROMA PIU' DI INTER

Ai microfoni della radio romana Teleradiostereo il presidente del Palermo Maurizio Zamparini ha lanc...


Israel tells Powell: 'We back Palestinian elections'

Israel leaders today assured Colin Powell that they will do their utmost to ensure that Palestinian elections to choose a successor to Yassir Arafat go smoothly, including easing


Castro Says He Stayed in Charge After Fall

Taking pains to demonstrate that he retains firm control over Cuba after fracturing his knee and arm in a fall at a public event, President Fidel Castro says


Cancer survivors, families celebrate life

With sharply-dressed visitors dancing in the aisles to classic tunes, this year's Breast Cancer Awareness Sunday was more church musical than somber memorial.


Blair's Roy Keane tells of the little things that got on top of the boss

Alistair Campbell's diaries reveal the edgy relationship at the heart of New Labour.


Indonesian police have made their first arrest in connection with last week's bombing at the Australian embassy in Jakarta. Police chief Da'i Bachtiar said a man had been arrested for carrying explosives for


China readies for "no car" day ahead of Olympics

China is holding a "no-car day" in 108 cities on Saturday as it tries to clean up its notoriously smoggy skies, a task made more urgent by the approach of the 2008 Summer Olympics.


Census shows more people living below poverty level

The number of Americans living in poverty increased last year, with nearly 36 million people below the poverty line, 1.3 million more than last year, the US Census Bureau reported yesterday.


Two Koreas to hold military talks on Monday: Seoul

Military officials from North and South Korea are to meet on Monday at Pyongyang's suggestion, the first bilateral military talks since the North test-fired seven missiles in July, Seoul's Defense Ministry said on Sunday.


Franz Ferdinand reportedly have turned down an offer to play a gang of witches called the Wyrd Sisters in the forthcoming "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" movie. Sources close to the Scottish quartet cite tensions amongst the bandmat...


Analysis: Afghan Leader Awaits Official Declaration Of ...

With over 90 percent of the vote counted by late last week, it appeared likely that Afghan Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai would become the country's first directly elected president.


Scientists believe that some cases of infertility might be treated by injections of a hormone.


Serena, Henin, Nadal to headline action on day one

Women's champion Serena Williams, world number one Justine Henin and men's number two Rafael Nadal will headline the action on day one of the Australian Open on Monday.


9,32% della controllata Usa per 4,9 mln dollari


NMB Unveils Revitalization Plan: Project Would Include Library, Boat Ramp, Museum

By Josh Hoke, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Jan. 30--NORTH MYRTLE BEACH -- If a proposed master plan takes shape, the area surrounding City Hall could become a hub for business, the arts and recreation in North Myrtle Beach, according to city officials.


BOGOTA -- Four hundred Colombian Indians, carrying only sticks, plan to confront heavily armed Marxist rebels to demand that they release community leaders kidnapped in August, an Indian official said yesterday.


Terrorism blamed in at least 1 of 2 airliner crashes in Russia

One of two Russian airlines that crashed nearly simultaneously was brought down by a terrorist act, officials said Friday, after finding traces of explosives in the plane's wreckage.


MGM Mirage on Wednesday unveiled its largest building project ever, a multibillion-dollar plan to create a high-rise neighborhood on the Las Vegas Strip that keeps up with the city's growing population and tourist trade.


UK probes Danish bid for Aussie tugboat firm

Shares in Australian tugboat firm  Adsteam dropped as much as 19 percent on Friday after Britain  launched a competition probe into a US$513 million Danish  takeover plan for the business.


(Nov. 22, 2004) -- If you go back to September before the season started and looked at the Monday Night Football schedule, this game between New England and Kansas City stood out as one of the premiere matchups.


Seon Hwa Lee spoiled Ai Miyazato's latest bid for her first LPGA Tour title, beating the Japanese star, 2 and 1, yesterday in the final of the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship in New Rochelle, N.Y.


Hunt continues for  missing Europeans, Ethiopians

A team of British officials arrived in Ethiopia on Saturday to help in the hunt for at least five Europeans and 13 Ethiopians feared kidnapped in the remote northeast of the country.


Wenger extends Arsenal contract until 2008

Manager Arsene Wenger has extended his contract at Arsenal until May 2008, the English champions said on Wednesday. Wenger, 55, arrived at Highbury in 1996 and has led the London


President Bush's "Vision for Space Exploration" got a skeptical reception in January and was left for dead in midsummer, but it made a stunning last-minute comeback when the House majority leader delivered NASA's $16.2 billion budget request as part of the omnibus $388 billion spending bill passed Nov. 20.


Shiite party leader escapes car bomb as Sunni party defects

In a double blow to plans for a January 30 parliamentary election, a suicide car bomb aimed at the head of Iraq's strongest Shiite party killed 15 people yesterday and the largest Sunni Muslim political grouping announced its


Barack Obama told a Texas crowd on Sunday that he wants the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainee facility closed — a step the Bush administration is considering.


Aon says restructuring to cut 3,600 employees

Aon Corp.  said on Tuesday that a previously announced restructuring would likely reduce head count by about 3,600 employees.


Russia youth group raids outdoor markets

A pro-government youth group said Monday that it had raided outdoor markets in the Moscow region to help authorities find illegal migrants, and that police detained several dozen people after fighting broke out.


Venezuelans, fleeing Chavez, seek U.S. safety net

A surge in the number of Venezuelans seeking asylum in the United States has some drawing parallels with Communist Cuba in the early 1960s.


Caribbean Casts Wary Eye on Hurricane Frances

The small tourist islands of the northern  Caribbean were on alert on Monday for a close encounter with  powerful Hurricane Frances, while the remnants of Tropical  Storm Gaston limped through North Carolina.


Why hasn't Senator John Kerry's newly formulated Iraq policy gained traction among voters? Even in the wake of a relatively strong performance in the first debate, and more than a week after


Medio Oriente. Strage all'Hilton di Taba. Due italiane disperse

Tre esplosioni a catena hanno devastato nella notte la parte occidentale della penisola del Sinai in Egitto. L'esplosione piÃ¹ grave ha devastato l'Hotel Hilton di Taba e fatto crollare diversi piani dell'edificio


Japan minister hints at extension of Iraq mission

Japan's defence chief has signalled that the country's troops could extend their humanitarian mission to Iraq beyond an initial December 14 deadline, possibly for another year.


The Cassini probe will not pass as close to the moon Iapetus as originally planned because of fears that the flyby will disturb the path of the $3.


New patent application filed by satellite radio leader details plans for recording and other capabilities.


SINGAPORE -- Philippine authorities said yesterday that they were seeking four members of Abu Sayyaf, an Islamic gang with long-standing ties to Al Qaeda, in the February sinking of a ferry that left at least 118 people dead.


Fans as much to blame as players for brawl

You heard it on the broadcast over and over again: âWhereâs the security? Whereâs the security?â. It was a great question.


Bush Ups Pressure on Congress to Pass Intel Reform

President Bush stepped up pressure on Congress on Saturday to approve an overhaul of the nation's intelligence operations, just two days before lawmakers return to try again to approve the reforms.


Auction for German broadband Wimax licences raises 56 mln euros

The German auction for 28 broadband wireless access (BWA) or Wimax licences raised a total 56 million euros (74 million dollars), the regulatory authority Bundesnetzagentur has announced.


US rock singer Melissa Etheridge revealed that she is suffering from breast cancer and has scrapped a North American concert tour to undergo surgery.


Nepal says that a Nepalese worker kidnapped in Iraq on Monday has been freed.


Oscars to get their own museum in Hollywood

French architect Christian de  Portzamparc has been named to design the world's largest and  most ambitious museum dedicated to the history of film and the  Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on  Thursday.


A deadline on private bids for Northern Rock, the bank almost ruined by the squeeze on global credit, was to expire on Monday amid speculation that three proposals will be made to the board.


1-800-PACK-RAT plans to open a new franchise in Salt Lake City in mid-September.  The company delivers waterproof, steel units at curbs or driveway for customers to load and lock. The company then returns to take the container to a storage facility or to another site for unloading.


US officials detained singer Cat Stevens on Tuesday and will return him to Great Britain today, because he is now listed on an official terrorist "watch list.


Bush nominee: New actions needed in Iraq

Stabilizing Iraq will require "new and different actions" to improve security and promote political reconciliation, the Navy admiral poised to lead American forces in the Middle East said Tuesday.


New England's streak goes through Pittsburgh

When Bill Belichick and Bill Cowher were young defensive co-ordinators, they spent 14 hours together one day in New York, comparing notes in hopes of someday getting head coaching jobs.


Fiber Internet Center Provides High Speed Fiber Connection to Creative Video Services in Newark, California

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 13  /PRNewswire/ -- The Fiber Internet Center has completed installing a new high-speed fiber optic Internet connection to Creative Video Services, a leading-edge provider of video production and delivery services in the Bay Area.


A car bomb explodes in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing 10 people and wounding at least seven.


Group Calls on Settlers to Resist Sharon's Plan to Evacuate Them

Israel's main grouping of settlers called Monday for civil disobedience to resist the government's plans to dismantle all Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip and four small ones in the West Bank.


Kyrgyzstan s government has been rattled by recent events in Ukraine, where mass protests by the opposition forced a re-run of a presidential election they said was rigged.


al-Qaida-linked group for the massive explosion outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta that has killed at least seven and left more than 160 people injured.


India Puts Its Coastal States, Islands on Repeat Tsunami Alert

India put coastal states and islands on alert against a ``possible'' repeat tsunami and asked people in low-lying areas to move to safer ground, after giant waves on Dec. 26 left more than 7,300 residents dead.


Fans crowd for tickets to Irwin memorial

Some 3,000 grieving fans, hundreds of whom camped on the street overnight, were rewarded Friday with tickets to next week's public memorial service for "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin.


PRIME Minister John Howard has backed curfews and alcohol bans for Aboriginal communities where leaders want to put them in place.


Atlantis' astronauts aimed for a morning touchdown Wednesday to conclude a two-week mission that expanded the international space station with the addition of a new European lab


The STUC claims worker safety is being eroded by a lack of employer organised visits by the HSE.


Blockbuster, Netflix settle patent dispute

Video rental chain Blockbuster Inc.  said on Wednesday it had settled a patent dispute with rival  Netflix Inc. that had challenged Blockbuster's entry into the  online DVD rental business.


Gaza Smuggling Tunnel Collapses, Trapping 5

A smuggling tunnel being dug by  Palestinians on the Gaza-Egypt border collapsed on Friday and  at least five people were trapped inside, witnesses in the Gaza  frontier town of Rafah said.


IN A major strategic reversal, Sony plans to add support for MP3 music files to some of its portable music players. The shift to support the widely used MP3 music format would end Sony's long-standing insistence on its proprietary Atrac format.


Suspended QB Marcus Vick Rejoins Va. Tech

Virginia Tech quarterback Marcus Vick was cleared Monday to rejoin the team after being suspended this season because of a night of drinking with underage girls.


Foreign aid agencies  urge the authorities in the devastated Andaman islands to let them join the relief effort.


Daniel Sedin and Matt Cooke each scored, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the struggling Anaheim Ducks 2-1 on Sunday night.


A statement purportedly by terror suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group declares allegiance to Osama Bin Laden.


Tehran denies Russian claims it is late on payments for work on a nuclear reactor in southern Iran.


Augusta, 09:24 - GOLF, TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP: WOODS IPOTECA VITTORIA

Tiger Woods è al comando del Tour Championship, quarta e ultima gara dei Playoff che assegne...


A dicembre inaspettatamente tocca quota 88,6


Cairn Energy makes progress over major Indian pipeline build

Oil firm Cairn Energy said Tuesday that the Indian government had granted it access to land where it hopes to build a major pipeline.


Israeli faults rabbis' urgings on settlements

JERUSALEM -- Israel's army chief of staff yesterday condemned a call from scores of rabbis on observant soldiers to refuse to obey orders to evacuate Jewish settlements under next year's planned Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip.


Pakistan kills 19 militants in North Waziristan

Pakistani security forces  killed six pro-Taliban militants in fighting in North  Waziristan on Sunday, the military said, after overnight  battles left 13 rebels dead.


Dhaka: If the Bangabandhu Stadium track for the opening Test match had something in it for the seam bowlers; the MA Aziz Stadium strip-the venue for the second Test was a big


E-Mails Provide A Glimpse Into 'Iron Triangle'

"Everyone's nervous," Acting Undersecretary of Defense Michael W. Wynne warned in a confidential e-mail to Air Force Secretary James G. Roche on July 8, 2003.


Community leaders in Australia protest over government plans to curb child abuse in Aboriginal areas.


By Rohaizan Ramli  RIBAR Management Sdn Bhd, the maintenance company of Taman Batu Permai flats in Jalan Ipoh, clarified that they had to disconnect the water supply to some units after residents failed to pay the maintenance fee of RM35 a month.


Roma, 18:52 - CALCIO, LAZIO: IRRIDUCIBILI: AL DERBY NIENTE CORI PROVOCATORI

Gli Irriducibili Lazio, tramite un comunicato, rendono noto che "in occasione del derby Lazio - Roma...


Everex CloudBook release delayed to make software 'tweaks'

The highly anticipated ultramobile CloudBook PC won't make it into U.S. consumers' hands for another month or so, as the Taiwanese vendor makes last-minute changes to its Linux-based software.


VIJAY SINGH last night broke the PGA Tour record for earnings in a single year when he won the 84th Lumber Classic. His Â£420,000 cheque in Pennsylvania took his winnings for the season to Â£5,237,000 - beating Tiger Woods' high of 2000.


Dal 2 agosto a Verona 'Shakespeare in jazz' con Albertazzi


Putin insists on paying compensations for lost housing, property

SOCHI, August 22 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the Chechen leadership to pay unflagging attention to paying compensations for lost housing.


RPT - Crude closes at a one-month high above $46 a barrel -

Crude for October delivery closed at $46.35 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, up 76 cents for the session. It hasn't closed above $46 since Aug. 20.


US retail sales slide in June by the biggest amount in almost two years, sparking fears about growth.


Fugitive Nigerian ex-governor turns himself in

A Nigerian former state governor has turned himself in to police after more than a year on the run, vowing to defend himself in court against allegations of corruption, local newspapers reported on Saturday.


Priscilla Presley, Kristi Yamaguchi and Adam Carolla are catching dance fever.


The government is to  tighten the rules on the sale of England's school playing fields.


Despite Heart Association guidelines saying vitamin E does not work, as well as recent research suggesting it can interfere with statin drugs, many Americans continue to take the supplement.


Early Bee Gees albums expanded for reissue

NEW YORK (Billboard) - The first three Bee Gees albums to   enjoy international release have been expanded and grouped for   the upcoming six-disc boxed set "The Studio Albums 1967-1968."


Thirteen per cent of men aged 20 to 24 are infected with chlamydia, early data from a screening programme has shown.


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Environmental groups poured thousands of dollars and worked the phones to help get Democrat Martin O'Malley elected governor. Now they're looking for Maryland's next governor to steer changes in how the state approaches growth, Chesapeake Bay restoration and other environmental concerns.


Reds Hall welcomes Rose in exhibits only

Ask any baseball fan to list the greatest players in Cincinnati Reds history, and the name Pete Rose usually will come up. But Rose didn't take part in the unveiling of a new Reds museum.


That Little Voice Telling You To Skip I-95? It's Your Car

It's cold, it's dark, you're tired, and the last thing you want to face is one more backup on Interstate 66. Imagine if your cellphone or vehicle navigation system knew about one and directed you to Route 50 because it would shave 11 minutes off your ride.


Vivendi Universal Games will release Half-Life 2, sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed PC game titles, on November 16 this year.


Bacon triptych set to sizzle British art world: auctioneers

A three-canvas painting by the figurative artist Francis Bacon is to be auctioned in London next month, where experts estimate it will break the record for the sale of any British or Irish work.


8 marzo, essere donna tra impegno e mimose

Un giorno al femminile: eventi, iniziative, idee per riflettere sui traguardi raggiunti e porsi nuovi obiettivi. E un blog per dire la vostra


Britain and Russia on brink of diplomatic crisis

Â· Possibility of expulsions and tit-for-tat reprisals Â· Miliband weighs options in murder suspect row


1st Profit Forecast for Reynolds American

Reynolds American Inc. , parent of the No. 2 U.S. cigarette company, on Wednesday forecast 2004 profit of $5.75 to $6.05 a share, its first forecast since the company was formed at the end of July.


A loud blast shook central Baghdad on Thursday and black smoke rose near hotels used by foreign media and security companies.


Warped Satellites Prove Einstein Theory -Scientists

Einstein was right -- again. Satellites that have been pulled slightly off their orbits show that the Earth is indeed twisting the fabric


The first of 18 gold medals to be awarded Wednesday, on the 12th day of the summer Olympics in Athens goes to Kate Allen of Austria.


A Russian art exhibition will be one step closer to opening in London when a law to protect the works comes into force.


Faced with dwindling demand for its two oldest products and the urgent need to cut costs, General Motors Corp. will stop production of the Chevrolet Astro and GMC


Reclusive North Korea holds rare talks with foes

The prospects of a thaw between North Korea and its bitterest foes brightened further on Wednesday as it went into talks with Japan after a meeting in New York that the United States' envoy described as "very good".


As businessmen huddle over tea in a dessert shop across from the charred ruins of their stores, families stop to console them and lament the scar in the heart of the South Asian neighborhood on Devon Avenue, widely recognized as the largest on this side of the globe.


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UNITED NATIONS Oct. 8, 2004 - Facing a surge of attacks around the globe, the UN Security Council voted unanimously Friday to step up its campaign against terror but backed away from authorizing a new list


Roma, 13:25 - ATLETICA, MONDIALI: MARTINEZ IN FINALE NEL SALTO TRIPLO

L'azzurra Magdelin Martinez si è qualificata per la finale del salto triplo femminile ai Mond...


In calo dopo i dati su deficit commerciale Usa


Intelligence Chief Cites Qaeda Threat to U.S.

The director of national intelligence said Al Qaeda is gaining in strength from its refuge in Pakistan and is enhancing its ability to recruit operatives.


Sara' consegnata alla Presidenza Consiglio lettera-appello


AOL adopts Open ID, allowing people to use their AOL or AIM username and password to sign into non-AOL sites.


Carl Mydans, 97, Who Told His Stories With a Single Picture

arl Mydans, a photographer for Life whose career spanned all 36 years of the magazine's incarnation as a weekly, and whose most memorable pictures were taken under combat conditions during World War II, died on Monday at his home in ...


Chirac belittles Iran bomb threat, then retracts: IHT

PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac told reporters an Iran that possessed one or two nuclear weapons would not pose much of a danger and then retracted many of his comments, the International Herald Tribune ...Comment


Dutch Re-Open Some Farms After Dioxin Scare

The Dutch authorities on Friday  re-opened 96 livestock farms out of nearly 200 it had sealed  off as a precaution after discovering cancer-causing dioxin in  animal feed.


Afghan assembly grants immunity for war crimes

Afghanistan's parliament has granted immunity to all Afghans involved in the country's 25 years of conflict, lawmakers said on Thursday, despite calls by human rights groups for war crimes trials.


U.S. prison, probation, parole numbers hit record

The number of people in U.S. prisons and jails or on probation or parole reached a record 7 million at the end of last year, accounting for about 3 percent of the nation's adult population, the Justice Department reported on Thursday.


Some convenience food can be as healthy as home cooked meals, say food experts.


18 Dead in Lebanon as Army and Militants Clash

After days of relative quiet, Lebanese troops fought much of the day to seize positions that had been occupied by the Fatah al Islam militants.


The African Union agrees in principle to provide troops to allow the Somali government to be installed in Mogadishu.


Air pollution levels in the UK are too high to meet key objectives and may harm human health, an expert tells the BA science festival.


Rooney's return perfectly timed for United

Sir Alex Ferguson will let Wayne Rooney off the leash as Manchester United start their Champions League challenge at Sporting Lisbon on Wednesday.


Oil prices briefly climbed back to $50  on Tuesday on supply outages in the North Sea and fears about  winter heating fuel supplies.


Stocks were set to open flat on  Monday, with investors awaiting a flow of corporate earnings  results to give the market direction after starting the new  year down.


DENVER (Sports Network) - Colorado terminated the contract  of pitcher Denny Neagle on Monday, three days after he was  ticketed for soliciting a women for oral sex.


Storms continue to drench the US Midwest, which is already enduring record floods.


Martin Keown, told that he could leave after a row with former manager Micky Adams, is to return to Leicester's squad following the appointment of Howard Wilkinson as temporary first-team coach.


Turkish EU entry opposed by many French and Germans

Spain showed Spain was the only country with a large majority in favour of Turkey's accession. poll of 4,813 people conducted between November 25 and December 3 and published by Le Figaro newspaper on Monday.


The government says there are no plans to make it compulsory for all UK residents to be on the national DNA database.


LONDON -- US and European diplomats prepared yesterday to consider possible new sanctions in the standoff over Iran's nuclear program, even as Iran's top nuclear negotiator again signaled that Tehran would be willing to engage in "constructive and logical" negotiations with the United States.


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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- At least 22 people were killed in Honduras Thursday as the bus they were traveling in was fired upon, President Ricardo Maduro said.


Raging, Aging Sisters Prove It's Good to Be a Woman

BRYN MAWR, Pa. -- Class reunion! We straggle onto the lush campus of Gothic buildings and giant old trees. It's been 45 years since we graduated from this small women's college with its emphasis on academic success, the Quaker tradition of public service and the oft-repeated quote from the founding...


There are special rules for gifts of stock.


Chilean Judge Says Pinochet Is Fit for Trial

The Chilean judge also immediately charged the former dictator with nine counts of kidnapping and one of murder.


Jo Tatchell: Iraq: Soldiers. Brutality. War. Futility. Secrets. The images of the dusty, war-torn land are all too familiar.


The Attorney General has stopped the BBC from broadcasting a piece about the cash for honours inquiry


Minnesota gives new license technology a test drive

Minnesota next week will begin issuing a first-of-its-kind driver's license designed to thwart counterfeiters â-n issue that has taken on greater urgency since the Sept.


Young British mom-of-four is tipped to be future PM

While the resignation of interior minister David Blunkett is a blow for the British government, it has accelerated the meteoric political rise of young minister Ruth Kelly, widely tipped yesterday as a prime ...


Public sector workers walked off the job today to protest plans to eliminate special retirement privileges.


GREENSBORO, N.C. - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Tuesday's projection of a record budget deficit this election year and the continuing movement of U.S...


City Council to oppose Globe's jobs outsourcing

THE REGION The Boston City Council is expected to pass a resolution today calling the recent move to outsource about 50 jobs at The Boston Globe to India "deplorable." The resolution, by Council President Maureen E. Feeney of Dorchester and Councilor Felix Arroyo of Hyde Park, lends support to a protest by the Boston Newspaper Guild, which represents editorial, advertising, ...


McLean-based furniture maker Rowe Cos. filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday and announced plans to sell Storehouse, the company's home furnishings retail outlet, to focus on its manufacturing business.


With Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama now neck and neck in most New Hampshire polls, the former first lady goes door to door, campaigning on the frozen streets of Manchester. The Guardian's US correspondent Suzanne Goldenberg witnesses the new Hillary on display: personable and down to earth


PM asks whatâs the way out? General says I will get back

NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 24: At their first meeting here this morning, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh popped the question to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.


Israel's government weighs freeing funds to Abbas

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sought cabinet approval on Sunday to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars to Mahmoud Abbas's emergency government, a step designed to undercut Hamas Islamists controlling Gaza.


Astensione di 4 ore, per piano risanamento Alitalia


PRINCE Harry was flying back to Britain from Argentina last night after he was at the centre of a kidnap drama in which shots were fired.


The dollar rallied forcefully on  Wednesday as investors took a break from worrying about the  U.S. current account deficit and focused on relative interest  rate and growth differentials.


Panel Urges Stronger Antidepressant Warnings

A US advisory panel urged regulators on Tuesday to require a "black box" warning on antidepressant labels about the increased risk of suicidal behavior in youth who take the drugs.


Blackberry maker RIM says it has shipped the first of its wireless, e-mail smartphones to China.


Pakistan's Bhutto was warned of four suicide bomber squads: memoirs

Former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto, who was killed in a suicide attack last year, was informed of four suicide bomber squads who were targeting her, extracts from her soon-to-be-released memoirs revealed Sunday.


The Russian government expels four British diplomats, in the continuing Alexander Litvinenko murder row.


Rangers Exits UEFA Cup After Defeat; Middlesbrough Tops Group

Scottish club Rangers lost 2-0 against visiting Auxerre to exit European soccer's UEFA Cup, while Middlesbrough beat Partizan Belgrade 3-0 to top its group.


Sono Sistema Moda Italia e Associazione Tessile Italiana


Turkish mobile firm Turkcell could pull out of a $3bn deal in Iran after MPs there approve plans to slash its stake from 70% to 49%.


The amount consumers are charged for making mobile phone calls while abroad is to be investigated by EU regulators.


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Local election results in Germany's most populous state indicate another setback for Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder - but the decline has slowed.


EMI to Face Spitzer Music Industry Probe

LONDON/NEW YORK  - EMI Group PLC EMI.L, the  world's third-largest music company, on Friday said it and  other music companies faced a New York probe into how music  companies influence what songs are played on the radio.


Business & money: Pearson has decided against bidding for Dow Jones, the owner of the Wall Street Journal.


Private bid for Alliance Boots 'no way a done deal': report

A bid by US investment group KKR and the deputy chairman of Alliance Boots, Europe's biggest pharmacy chain, to takeover the group is far from set in stone, a business daily reported on Monday.


What the Internet has wrought: prez campaign money 2008

Blog: Small donors are having a significant impact on the amount of money that the Republican and Democratic candidates for president are raising.


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European equities trim gains after Bernanke speech

A results-laden Europe lost its early gains on Thursday after Ben Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, said he saw sluggish growth ahead and warned that banks would have to take further writedowns.


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The shampoo may damage your nervous system

The shampoo for your luscious locks may damage your nervous system as an antimicrobial agent found in many shampoos and hand lotions has been found to be severely harmful for the development of some particular neuron structures that are essential for


Citigroup to raise $14.5 billion after historic loss

Citigroup Inc on Tuesday said it is raising at least $14.5 billion and cutting its quarterly dividend 41 percent to help shore up a capital base depleted by losses on subprime mortgages and consumer credit.


India resists tsunami aid, reveals new identity

NAGAPATTINAM, India -- Sitting in his dark one-room cottage, Ganesh was adamant in voicing support for India's refusal to accept tsunami relief directly from foreign governments.


Iraq Insurgent Attacks Kill More Than 50

A car bomb detonated by remote control exploded Thursday in Baghdad, killing two Iraqis but missing a U.S. military convoy as insurgent violence claimed more than 50 lives. Clashes between Iraqi police and rebels erupted along a major highway southeast of the capital.


Mugabe allies charged in Zimbabwe spy case

Zimbabwean authorities have charged four men including senior figures from President Robert Mugabe's party with selling state secrets to foreign agents, the official Herald newspaper has reported.


Ex-MySpace chairman, Verisign to promote .tv sites

The former chairman of MySpace.com is  throwing his weight behind the ".tv" domain category, betting  that it will gain popularity as more users watch, create and  post videos online.


Israeli paraglider rescued from minefield

An Israeli man had to be rescued from the middle of a minefield on Saturday after crashing his paraglider near the border with Syria.


Iraq Accuses US Led Forces of Negligence in Saturday's Attack on ...

Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is accusing the United States and its coalition partners of being partly to blame for Saturday's deadly ambush of dozens of Iraqi soldiers.


Bid target Corus sees a sharp rise in third-quarter profits due to strong demand for steel in Europe.


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Pakistan and India agree to explore options

NEW YORK: Pakistan and India on Friday agreed to explore possible options for a peaceful and negotiated settlement of the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in a sincere spirit and purposeful manner.


Bush Pledges Immigration Reform at Asia-Pacific Summit

By Steve Holland SANTIAGO  - President Bush reached out to LatinAmerica on Sunday with a pledge to pursue immigration reformbut a security scuffle that he inserted himself into created alasting image for this year's summit of Asia-Pacific leaders.


Roma, 11:59 - CALCIO, PETRUCCI: FERMEZZA E OTTIMISMO

Gianni Petrucci manifesta ottimismo dopo la nomina di Pancalli alla guida della Figc: ''Dobbiamo ave...


Patience was something ArsÃ¨ne Wenger felt his Arsenal side lacked in the opening game of last season's Champions League campaign, when Inter Milan took advantage to romp home 3-0.


Bush Emphasizes Humanitarian Issues at UN

NEW YORK - President Bush, trying to soften his image overseas as a heavy-handed unilateralist, is using his annual address to the United Nations to offer up a brighter vision of a planet with less hunger, disease and oppression.    Exactly six weeks before Election Day, Bush is equally concerned about his audience at home...


People Names Jude Law 'Sexiest Man Alive'

British actor Jude Law, currently starring as the irresistible cad in the remake of "Alfie," was named this year's "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine on Wednesday.


Escano da Giunta Bassolino, convocato comitato regionale


A Pentagon review board investigating conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center heard testimony yesterday from injured soldiers and their families describing continued bureaucratic snafus and problems with patient treatment more than three weeks after such problems were disclosed in the media.


Iverson in command as 76ers ease past Pacers

NEW YORK - Allen Iverson scored 40 points one game after back-to-back 50 point efforts as the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Indiana Pacers 102-90 in Indianapolis on Wednesday.


Retailers expected Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod music player to be a hot item this holiday season but are still struggling to keep up with demand.


All pregnant women should officially register and get permission if they want an abortion, a minister says.


Jury Selection to Begin in Kobe Bryant Rape Trial

EAGLE, Colo.  - Jury selection begins in the Kobe  Bryant rape case on Friday when hundreds of potential jurors  fill out a questionnaire to help determine if they can sit in  judgment in a trial involving race, sex and celebrity.


Pakistani man who tried to sell children gets job

A desperately poor Pakistani man who  offered to sell his three children has been given a job on the  orders of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.


Edward McGaffigan, 58, Atomic Official, Dies

The longest-serving member in the history of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, he was an often feisty advocate of nuclear technology.


S. Korea, US to study satellite photos of N. Korea blast site

SEOUL, Sep 14, 2004 (Kyodo via COMTEX) -- The South Korean and US governments plan to study new satellite pictures to investigate the cause of last week's suspicious explosion in North Korea that caused a peculiar-shaped cloud, Yonhap News Agency reported


Sheringham denies 'driving scam' allegations

Former England footballer Teddy Sheringham "categorically denies" allegations that he gave police false details regarding an alleged speeding offence, his lawyer said Monday.


Finally, Ravens' Line Showing Some Holes

The RavensÃÂ¿ offensive line dominated throughout SundayÃÂ¿s game against the Falcons and helped Jamal  Lewis rush for 79 yards and three touchdowns in the second half.


Lucky Dube, a reggae star who launched his career with criticism of the former apartheid government, was shot to death in an apparent carjacking attempt as he was dropping off his children, police and his Web site said Friday.


That iPhone Has a Keyboard, but Itâs Not Mechanical

If there is a billion-dollar gamble underlying Appleâs iPhone, it lies in what this smart cellphone does not have: a mechanical keyboard.


U.S. stock futures edge down before inflation data

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a   slightly lower market open on Thursday before a key inflation   indicator that may shed light on the outlook for interest   rates.


"House" helps Fox to win in key ratings race

NEW YORK  - "House" overpowered primetime Tuesday, handing Fox a win for the night despite competition from ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" and NBC's "Law & Order: SVU."


Books: The Lure of Treatments Science Has Dismissed

Exploring the reasons people swear by treatments that have no scientific evidence backing them.


Michael Jackson Asks to Make a Statement

Michael Jackson has asked the judge in his child molestation case to allow him to make a public statement reacting to the California attorney general's conclusion that Jackson was not mistreated as he claimed when he surrendered to authorities last year.


U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as crude  oil prices climbed to another record and data on the services  sector showed growth at a slower-than-expected pace in  September.


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Leonardo DiCaprio to star in Enron flick

Film star Leonardo DiCaprio is slated to both star and produce a new film on the collapse of the energy giant Enron, Warner Bros. movie studio said Tuesday.


Real Madrid's Primera Liga match against Real Sociedad has been abandoned with the scores level at 1-1 after police received a warning that a bomb would explode at the stadium at 9 pm (8 pm British time).


The only Darfur rebel faction to commit to a peace deal for the war-torn region urged Sudan's ruling party on Monday to let U.N. peacekeepers replace the largely ineffective African Union force.


'Rinnovare in modo piu' maturo propria adesione alla fede'


Report: Symantec eyes $13B Veritas acquisition

Symantec's reported interest in purchasing Veritas for $13 billion is in keeping with the company's expansion plans, analysts say.


More Steam, Ash Likely at Mount St. Helens

Weeks or months of occasional steam blasts and possibly some eruptions of fresh volcanic rock and ash are the most likely scenario at Mount St. Helens, scientists say.


NASA readies Discovery launch amid weather worries

NASA readied for a rare night launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery as astronauts boarded amid signs that strong crosswinds were receding.


Supreme Court Declines to Hear Gay Marriage Appeal

The US Supreme Court on Monday chose not to hear a challenge on same-sex marriage from Massachusetts, the only state where it's legal.


Tempio sciita gravemente danneggiato da attentato nel 2006


Mauresmo out for revenge against Safarova

Home favorite Amelie Mauresmo will seek revenge over Lucie Safarova in the third round of the French Open on Saturday.


The building of a new 700-inmate "super-prison" for the north-east is  confirmed by Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill.


David Letterman doesn't even need writers to have fun with this one. The late-night comic's representatives met with striking writers on Friday in an attempt to reach a deal that will allow the "Late Show" to return to the air with its writing staff.


Blair to be treated for irregular heartbeat

The British Prime Minister Tony Blair is being admitted to hospital today for a procedure to correct an irregular heartbeat. The 51-year-old has had a recurrence of the heart flutter he suffered last October.


Google Works to Torpedo Microsoft Bid for Yahoo

In an unusually aggressive effort to block Microsoftâs $44.6 billion hostile bid for Yahoo, Google emerged over the weekend with plans to play the role of spoiler.


Flu viruses survive frozen in lakes, study finds

Influenza virus can live for decades and perhaps even longer in frozen lakes and might be picked up and carried by birds to reinfect animals and people, researchers reported on Tuesday.


Live Earth team tries to overturn ban on Rio show

Organizers of the Rio de Janeiro leg of the Live Earth global series of concerts said on Thursday they have obtained police approval for Saturday's show and hope to overturn a court injunction blocking it.


The crowds have been ecstatic, but Police drummer Stewart Copeland has been anything but impressed so far by the band's reunion concerts.


More than 75 per cent of the beleaguered Yukos oil companyâs 2000 tax debt has been recovered from the company, a Russian Justice Ministry official was quoted as saying today.


Australia's Commonwealth Bank says earnings set to increase

SYDNEY: The Commonwealth Bank of Australia said it expects increased earnings in the current financial year even though home lending had eased and margins are being squeezed in an increasingly competitive financial sector.


US services industry growth slows in February

Service industries in the United States grew last month at the slowest pace in almost four years, suggesting the economic slowdown may be spreading beyond housing and manufacturing.


Five of Australia's most powerful Islamic clerics are banned from talking to the media by Muslim leaders.


Morbo di Gehrig: Calciatori i piÃ¹ a rischio

Per i calciatori il rischio di ammalarsi di Sla, una malattia degenerativa dell' apparato muscolare cosÃ¬ grave da portare alla morte, Ã¨ di cinque volte superiore rispetto alla popolazione generale. E' quanto


The Geminid meteor shower, a reliable annual display, peaks tonight and into the pre-dawn. For skywatchers with dark, clear skies, this dazzling display should produce up to 120 meteors per hour.


Study picks apart lung infection vaccine

A vaccine to prevent a dangerous infection that often strikes cystic fibrosis patients is feasible, but needs more development, German researchers report.


The Herat governor replaced by Afghan President Hamid Karzai refuses his appointment to the cabinet.


Palestinian prime minister sees hope of unity deal

Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas   said on Sunday talks on a Palestinian unity government could   still succeed, brushing aside President Mahmoud Abbas's comment   that they had reached "point zero" and must start from scratch.


Bowdoin College Arctic Experts Contribute Findings to Arctic ...

BRUNSWICK, Maine, Nov. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- A four-year study documenting accelerated climate changes in the Arctic released this week raised major concerns about global warming and its immediate effect on indigenous populations.


Now It's Beltran's Turn: Let the Bidding Games Begin

Starting Monday, most of Major League Baseball will turn its attention to Carlos Beltran, and to the big-market metropolis of New York.


With its leader in custody, can polygamous sect survive?

Cracks are already showing in the group led by Warren Jeffs, but many faithful followers remain.


Zend has announced a new service that will hosting service providers to seamlessly offer their customers the dramatic performance improvements of the Zend Performance Suite.


Robin Quivers, shock jock Howard Stern's longtime sidekick, is making a solo move toward television. Quivers has signed a deal with Sony Pictures Television to develop a syndicated talk show for daytime TV, the company announced Monday.


Bill Gates was wrong: Junk e-mail is clogging inboxes faster than ever. In Furthermore.


AT&T Lowers Price on Internet Calling Service

AT&T Corp (TN: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said it was lowering the price on its CallVantage Internet calling service by $5 per month, matching the price from several other suppliers.


Johnson & Johnson Profit Up on Drug Sales

Diversified health-care company Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said its quarterly profit rose on higher sales of prescription drugs and medical devices.


IBM reported a better-than-expected 24 percent rise in preliminary quarterly earnings on Monday on strong sales in overseas markets, driving its shares up 6 percent and spurring a broader tech rally.


By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY  DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - Leaders of the world's 77 million Anglicans spent Thursday locked in discussion about the church's American wing, whose leader is under increasing pressure to reconsider her support for ordaining gays and blessing same-sex couples.


Five Charged With Stealing Mechanical Deer

KINGWOOD, W.Va. - Five young men were charged with stealing a Division of Natural Resources' mechanical deer after one left identifying information at the scene, leading police to a pickup truck where the robot deer's head was in plain sight.


A helicopter with 24 people on board, including WWF conservationists, goes missing in Nepal.


San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan (21) shoots over Portland Trail Blazers' Darius Miles (23) and Shareef Abdur-Rahim, left, during the first half in Portland, Ore.


'Se disponibili, sono pronto ad incontrarli anche stasera'


New home sales slump; business activity up

Sales of new U.S. homes fell in November to the lowest rate since 1995, but business activity perked up this month, according to reports on Friday that showed pockets of strength in the economy despite a housing sector meltdown.


Former HP General Counsel Refuses to Testify

Baskins invokes the Fifth Amendment as House subcommittee lambastes HP executives.


British Envoy Assails Kenya Over 'Massive' Graft

The British ambassador to Kenya  launched a fresh attack on President Mwai Kibaki's government  on Wednesday, saying tentative anti-graft efforts failed to  stop the "massive looting" of public funds.


Mexico Opposition Fights to Hold Veracruz Bastion

Mexico's main opposition party fought to hold on to one of its oldest electoral bastions before 2006 presidential elections in a close governor's race on Sunday in Veracruz state.


President Promotes Alternative Energy With a Car Show of Sorts

President Bush turned to alternative fuels to argue that his goal for reining in gasoline consumption in the coming decade was realistic.


Jerry Lewis has reached a tentative settlement with two entertainment companies in his lawsuit over a proposed remake of his 1961 movie "The Errand Boy," court documents show.


Blake Case Witness Recalls Victim's Schemes

Bonnie Lee Bakley, the woman Robert  Blake is accused of murdering, took a test to make sure she was  ready to conceive a child before flying to Los Angeles to have  sex with the actor and force him into marriage, her daughter  testified on Thursday.


Five people ranging in age from 16 to 19 were killed in a street shooting early Saturday, the most violent crime reported in this slowly repopulating city since Hurricane Katrina hit last August.


Oil prices spiral upward despite rise in supplies

Oil futures prices rose more than $1 a barrel in a volatile trading session yesterday after a government report showed a sharp rise in US crude supplies and tightening inventories of heating oil.


Yesterday, Chileâs Court of Appeals upheld the decision, made last week by Santiago judge Juan GuzmÃ¡n, to indict former dictator Augusto Pinochet for allegedly ordering the kidnapping of nine people and the murder of another, between 1976 and 1977.


Republicans Say They More Accepted in Hollywood

President Bush is quick to  criticize Hollywood values and Hollywood is quick to bash the  president, but Republicans in the country's liberal filmmaking  capital say they no longer feel like an endangered species.


There's no 80 percent solution for retirement

Don't waste too much time mulling  over those retirement rules of thumb that seem to pop up  everywhere. They've never been very useful, but changes in the  way people live and work make them even less so.


Dementieva should outlast countrymate in women's final

com. There's a famous Russian proverb that offers a path to success: "He who doesn't risk never gets champagne." Both Dementieva and Kuznetsova, a pair of up-and-coming young Russian


Calls to make the BBC's iPlayer work on all types of computer are to get a fresh look by the BBC Trust.


Hepatitis Shot Tied to MS, Study Suggests

Fueling the continuing debate over the safety of the popular hepatitis B vaccine, a new study suggests that it contributes to a tiny increase in the number of multiple sclerosis cases.


New law to keep China's Wall looking great

Starting Friday, it will be a crime to damage China's ancient Great Wall.


Rock pioneer Bo Diddley suffers heart attack

Ailing rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo  Diddley suffered a heart attack while undergoing a medical  check-up, and is in stable condition in a Florida hospital, his  spokeswoman said on Tuesday.


Clear Channel Radio pursues Hispanic listeners

Over the next year and a half, Clear Channel Radio -- which owns six stations in the Austin market -- will convert 20 to 25 stations around the country to Hispanic formats.


Suspect in JFK airport plot surrenders in Trinidad

A suspect in what U.S. authorities said was a plot to blow up New York's JFK International Airport surrendered to police on Tuesday in Trinidad, authorities said.


Lawmaker Admits Living With Girlfriend, Ex

A state lawmaker who heads a committee on child welfare has acknowledged that he lives in separate homes with two women whose children he fathered.


Upper Deck launches hostile offer for Topps

The Upper Deck Co. said on Monday it would launch a hostile tender offer to acquire baseball trading card company Topps Co. Inc.  for about $425 million.


The rise of the "good enough" technology economy

Is good enough good enough?  If so (and, frankly, it should be for most every application), then our options expand dramatically as to how we resolve our needs.  If not, we're likely going to be forced into a system that requires that we live by its rules


Turkey's bid to join the EU will enter a new phase on Wednesday (6 October) when the European Commission will publish a report expected to play a decisive role in whether the country is given a starting date for accession talks.


Costco quarterly profit up nearly 11 percent

Costco Wholesale Corp  said on Thursday its quarterly profit rose almost 11 percent, meeting Wall Street targets, as bargain-hunting customers headed to its discount stores to buy cheaper gasoline and food.


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


Bush Wants $3.1 Billion for Hurricane Aid

President Bush asked Congress for an additional $3.1 billion Tuesday to help Florida and other states recover from the battering they endured from recent hurricanes.


Vanishing Venice: A City Swamped by a Sea of Tourists

Thousands of Venetians have left the sea-locked city to escape the swarms of tourists who have complicated their daily lives.


Prime Minister Tony Blair has been urged to mount a solid defence of the European Union's constitution in 2005.


Conservatore ottiene intorno al 50%, Chun Dong-Young al 26%


India's Tata Steel said Wednesday it outbid Brazilian rival CSN to take over European steelmaker Corus Group PLC, offering $11.3 billion for the biggest-ever acquisition by an Indian company.


Dati Federserd, dipendenza riconosciuta come disagio mentale


Turkmenbashi birthday marked with book-shaped school

Turkmen authorities opened a book-shaped school on Tuesday to mark the birthday of Saparmurat Niyazov, their late leader who cultivated a personality cult.


Challenger comes out swinging hard at Bush

he was on the ropes, sagging in polls and caught in what had become a web of his own confused verbiage. But by any measure, Kerry sailed over the bar.


Taiwan will hold two referendums next month on joining the UN, the island's election commission says.


Mercury continues product offensive with new mid-size car called ...

Ford Motor Co.'s Mercury brand, in the midst of launching six new vehicles over the next four years, will call its new entry-level sedan the Milan and try to use the car to attract a younger buyer.


Ziff Davis - Easily portable video becomes real; evaluating Microsoft's UI for portable media; what is thought?  • Video: Taking It with You • Gadget of the Month: The Portable Media Center • Thinking About Thinking


A group of international researchers at Michigan State University has decoded the genome of the chicken and found that the main ingredient of McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) Chicken McNuggets has a genetic


St Louis Rams owner Georgia Frontiere dies at 80

St. Louis Rams owner Georgia  Frontiere, a former nightclub entertainer who became one of the  few women to own a major U.S. sports franchise when she  inherited the National Football League team from her husband,  died on Friday.


Israeli officials expressed "shock and dismay" at an official Spanish statement following Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's death, which called him "one of the most relevant leaders of our time.


A Store Where Profit Comes Not in Dollars

A high-end childrenâs clothing and toy store in Manhattan helps support the Childrenâs Aid Society, not only with money but also with job-training.


An Iraqi Red Crescent aid convoy has entered Fallujah for the first time after five days of fighting between insurgents and US-led forces.


Federer into last four before beating Roddick

Roger Federer's place in the semi-finals of the season-ending Masters Cup was decided before he had even hit a ball in anger on Friday.


Michael Owen shrugged off the disappointment of not marking his Real Madrid debut with a goal by insisting he was pleased with his first game in the famous white shirt.


How do you protect a home network against a hackerÂs attack?


I dati Istat mostrano un forte aumento della produzioneRispetto a settembre +0,6%. Dato tendenziale corretto +3,7%                                            Industria, +6,5% a ottobre +2% nei primi 10 mesi del 2006


A storage vendor lesson Comment There is really nothing much to backing up data - or there shouldn't be. The trouble is there is so much of it to back up these days and, with 24/7 working, no longer an opportunity just to shut down until the job is finished.â¦


If you knew the ending of 'Harry Potter' before the book came out, would you tell? It's not the burning ethical dilemma of our time, but it's the question of the hour.


Acupuncture for low back pain is cost-effective and works, say medical researchers.


Crowd size could be in the eye of beholder

But as soon as Mayor Thomas M. Menino's staff announced that the crowd at Saturday's Red Sox ''rolling rally" celebration totaled 3.2 million people


Georgian troops pull out from conflict zone after intense fighting

MOSCOW, Aug. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- All Georgian troops have withdrawn from the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict zone following a week-long battle between the two sides, Georgian Defense Minister Giorgi Baramidze said on Friday.


S.Ossetian rebels force down Georgia helicopter

Rebel forces from Georgia's breakaway   region of South Ossetia shot at a Georgian military helicopter   and forced it to make an emergency landing on Sunday, a   Georgian military commander said.


Pakistan's Mohammad Saqlain (centre) raises his arms to celebrate the first goal against India during the six-nation Champions Trophy Tournament match at the National Hockey Stadium in Lahore, on Wednesday.


Indonesian media reports said the man alleged to be the field coordinator behind the bombing of the Australian embassy in Jakarta has been arrested.


US banks on Blair after years of failed American diplomacy

The United States pushed hard for Tony Blair to be the diplomatic quartet's Middle East envoy, hoping the close friend of President George W. Bush can make peace inroads after years of failed US diplomacy, experts say.


Gov. Mitt Romney asked Massachusetts' highest court Friday to force a proposed anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment onto the state's 2008 ballot if the Legislature fails to vote on it.


OPEC in 'wait and see' mode as crude prices fall ahead of meeting

CAIRO  - The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is expected to take a "wait and see" stance on what action to take in the face of a fall in oil prices, several ministers said ahead of a cartel meeting.


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CANNES, France  - It is her children that keep Angelina Jolie's feet firmly on the ground while the paparazzi follow her every move, and motherhood helped the star prepare for her role as the pregnant wife of slain reporter Daniel Pearl.


Bangalore - India have called up batting great Sunil Gavaskar to assist their out-of-form batsmen ahead of the Test series against world champions Australia starting on Wednesday.


The Copa America, scheduled June 26-July 15 in Venezuela, began in 1910 and is the oldest and among the most prestigious international soccer tournaments. The United States will participate for the third time, but this could mean bringing several players who will have just performed in the Gold Cup, set to conclude June 24. Landon Donovan has decided to perform ...


Tony Blair is to address leaders at conference of centre-left leaders in Hungarian capital Budapest.


Injuries in 18-vehicle California pileup

Eighteen vehicles piled up in a chain-reaction accident in dense fog Tuesday, scattering mangled cars along a highway and sending 10 people to hospitals, the California Highway Patrol said.


A "number" of people were killed in a shooting at a one-room Amish schoolhouse Monday, state police said.


Compromise Reigns at Summit on Concussions

After months of contentious exchanges, the spirit of cooperation appears to emerge among a group of doctors at the NFL's concussion summit Tuesday.


George Clooney's beloved potbelly pig Max has died, Clooney's publicist said. He was 19.


Chargers, Bears lead way in Pro Bowl selections

The high-flying San Diego Chargers had nine players chosen for the AFC All-Star squad, while the Chicago Bears saw seven named by the NFC as the Pro Bowl conference selections were announced on Tuesday.


A Family Cursed by a Mother Headed for Sainthood

Marco Bellocchio's expansive, memorable film floats and plummets like a box kite in a storm on drafts of melodrama, mysticism and humor.


HAMILTON, Bermuda  - The sixth tropical storm of   the Atlantic hurricane season, Florence, strengthened into a   hurricane in the open Atlantic on Sunday, U.S. forecasters   said.


NEW YORK -- Whatever the result, Russia will celebrate a grand slam treble when Elena Dementieva faces compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in the US Open final at Flushing Meadows on Saturday.


Detained American-Iranian speaks on Iranian TV

An Iranian-American detained in Iran said on state television on Thursday she had concluded that a network of research centers and universities she had helped create had aims which would weaken the Iranian government.


Bush names Kerik homeland security chief

President Bush Friday formally named former New York Police Commissioner Bernard B. Kerik as his pick for secretary of Homeland Security.


"No one would have believed ... that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligence greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own."


Russia will take steps to ensure its security if Washington rebuffs its offer of cooperation on missile defense, local media quoted First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov as saying on Wednesday.


Six Shot Dead in New Northeast India Violence

Suspected tribal rebels stormed a remote village in India's northeast on Monday and shot dead six people, police said, raising to 62 the death toll in a new wave of violence that erupted in the region at the weekend.


Britney Spears is throwing 200,000 pound Halloween bash!

Pop star Britney Spears and her brand new husband Kevin Federline are reportedly throwing a lavish 200,000 pound Halloween party at their new Malibu home, and have reportedly invited 80 guests for the 'spooky' bash.


Climate change could have been the killer blow that finished off the Neanderthals, according to a study.


Takia Starks scored 16 points and top-seeded Texas A&M beat Colorado 62-45 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Conference women's tournament on Wednesday.


Ivan Floods Parts of Southeast as Jeanne, Karl Near

Heavy rains in the US in the wake of Hurricane Ivan caused floods from Alabama in the south to Pennsylvania in the northeast and left about 1 million homes and businesses without power.


The Cassini spacecraft is set to make a close pass of Saturn's moon Iapetus, a striking world of two halves.


The Iraq crisis and differences over Nato loom over the US Defence Secretary's meeting with his Russian counterpart.


Man Utd will sign Henrik Larsson on loan from Swedish club Helsinborg in January, say reports.


Surprise drop in inflation dims prospect of rate rise

Twelve-month inflation fell sharply to 2.7 percent in January after a record of 3.0 percent in December, according to new data which has dimmed prospects of a rate rise.


Engine problems blamed for Heathrow crash-landing

Investigators said on Friday that the engines of a British Airways Boeing 777 failed to respond to demands for more thrust shortly before it crash-landed at London's Heathrow Airport on Thursday.


Lucent Technologies Inc. and two labor unions agreed yesterday to give themselves one more day to avoid a possible strike. Both sides faced a midnight


Holidays disrupts launch plans for da Vinci rocket team

KINDERSLEY, SASK. - A team from Ontario has delayed the launch of its private rocket until at least January. The da Vinci Project had planned to use a gigantic balloon to lift a rocket to 24 kilometres.


Tiny motion sensors are attached to the walls, doorways and even the refrigerator of Elaine Bloomquist's home, tracking the seemingly healthy 86-year-old's daily activity.


Fired: Microsoft CIO Violated Company Policies

Without much explanation late yesterday, Microsoft notified the press that it had terminated the employment of its Chief Information Officer, Stuart Scott, for violation of its corporate policies. This after having appeared on stage just seven weeks ago to hold up Microsoft's IT department as a role model for, as he described it, stamping out "shadow IT" agents within corporations, so that they can do more with less.


TWENTY-ONE British soldiers were arrested after a Wild West-style brawl at a stag night in Germany.

The pitched battle turned into what one German newspaper branded "wedded blitz". It put the best man in hospital and left the groom - s parents battered and bruised.


ABC will use a time delay during  this year's live broadcast of the Oscars on Feb. 27 in an  effort to screen out any scandalous wardrobe malfunction or  foul language, a network spokeswoman said on Wednesday.


Sir Richard Branson plans to start a company which will let families store stem cells from their child's umbilical cord.


A sweating man wanders into a crowd and blows himself up, leaving a dozen bodies lifeless on the street. A few blocks away, a car bomb pulverizes an armored Humvee, killing two U.S. soldiers and 14 civilians. The kind of anonymous insurgent violence that is convulsing Iraq has migrated 1,500 miles east to plague Afghanistan five years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled the Taliban regime.


Supremes Pass On Hearing Gay Marriage Case

The Supreme Court refused to hear a case Monday that challenged a Massachusetts court decision that allows same sex marriage in that state.


Paychex Inc., one of the largest US payroll processors, said Monday founder Thomas Golisano has stepped down as president and chief executive and was replaced by Jonathan Judge, effective immediately.


Hopkins Shows Wright That He's Back, in Form

At 42 years of age, Bernard Hopkins ends Winky Wright's 7 1/2 -year unbeaten streak with a unanimous decision in their 170-pound matchup on Saturday night.


Solo Flight on Feathered Wings and Bare Back

It was evident, early on in this opening piece, that Nejla Y. Yatkin is after more than choreography.


RIOTAIR ; Mob Terrorise Irish Girl in Ryanair Ticket Stunt

By JIMMY CUNNINGHAM  A TERRIFIED Irish girl had to flee a Spanish mob after a Ryanair ticket promotion went disastrously wrong.   Airline executive Sinead Finn, 32, was escorted by police when she appeared to run out of free tickets for people who took part in a stunt.


The district attorney prosecuting Michael Jackson on child molestation charges can stay on the case. That ruling came down Thursday from Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville in Santa Barbara County, California.


Debate Finished, Candidates Race Back to Campaign Trail

President Bush and Senator John Kerry stumped on Saturday through four critical states, trying to capitalize on what they saw as each other's weak spots in a second


Higher raw material costs and lower ice cream sales in Europe ate into Nestle's first-half results, sending shares in the world's largest food company down more than 5 percent Wednesday amid concerns about its ...


John Danforth, US Ambassador to the United Nations, said that the United States is playing a leading role in helping bring peace to Sudan in Gaston Hall Monday.


Polls opened in Bosnia on Sunday for general elections in which voters will choose politicians to lead the nation after the planned end of international supervision next year.


China in Line as U.S. Rival for Canada Oil

Chinese energy companies are on the verge of striking deals in Canada in efforts to win access to some of the most prized oil reserves in North America.


U.S. forces raid govt ministry building in Iraq

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


Corel refutes Microsoft's file format 'insecurity' claims

Are Corel's file formats 'less secure' than those in Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007, as Microsoft told customers in a highly controversial support bulletin? Definitely not, according to Corel officials.


Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton's professional cycling team has fired him after he failed doping tests. Phonak was refused a racing license by the UCI, prohibiting them from competing in the Tour de France and other elite events.


Powell: Sudan Abuses Qualify As Genocide

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration for the first time on Thursday called attacks in Sudan's Darfur region by government-backed Arab militia against black Africans "genocide."   The designation by Secretary of State Colin Powell came as a U.S. proposal in the U.N...


Vigili del Fuoco sul posto, nessuna conseguenza per operai


Sfida all'idrogeno Rifkin: Sos per il Pianeta

L'economista americano spiega in cinque punti come si puÃ² aprire l'era del dopo-carbonio. E salvare la Terra


Delitto compiuto dopo una lite a Torre Annunziata


Keep off the streets, British prostitutes urged

Police hunting a serial killer who is murdering women at a rate unprecedented in British criminal history urged prostitutes on Wednesday to stay off the streets.


More than Â£1m of illegal medicines and veterinary drugs have been seized in a cross-border operation. The authorities said they have helped to smash a criminal ring involved in the manufacture and distribution of illegal antibiotics for use on farms.


Spitzer's beady eye of the law spooks insurers

Insurance salesmen are used to having a reputation for probity and trustworthiness roughly on a par with second-hand car dealers. That's beginning to look like the good old days, since America's leading brokers


Expatriate Iraqis to vote in London, Manchester, Glasgow

Iraqis in Britain will be able to cast their vote in London, Manchester and Glasgow in their country's general election next month, an official of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said.


Hobbyist hackers use Nintendo's motion-sensing controller to play Half-Life 2 and bang virtual drums. What's next? By Chris Kohler.


Finding the closest pizza parlor may now be as easy as typing the question into your mobile phone.


Tight oil supplies could leave the  global economy worryingly vulnerable for years to come, a  senior International Monetary Fund official said on Thursday.


A combined PC, telephone and television is being used in aid projects in India.


Everyone loves a winner. Does that mean everyone hates a loser?


US sees Afghanistan as test of NATO role

At this week's summit, the alliance's success against Taliban insurgents was seen as key to its long-term relevance.


Experts say security standards for power grid not enough

New cybersecurity standards proposed by the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) to protect the nation's power infrastructure are not broad enough and fail to cover a significant number of interdependent assets.The standards also give electric utility owners, operators and users too much discretion when it comes to implementing the prescribed controls, a group of experts told members of the House Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science, and Technology on Wednesday.James Langevin (D-R.I.), chairman of the committee, said the NERC's proposed standards require stakeholders in the power grid to establish plans, protocols, and controls for safeguarding physical and electronic access to the control systems that manage the national's electric infrastructure.The problem is the standards are focused purely on the reliability of "bulk power systems" and don't require electric sector owners and operators to secure their generation systems, distribution systems, or telecommunication equipment, Langevin said in prepared testimony."We know from countless real-world examples that these units are highly vulnerable to intentional and unintentional cyber-events. Knocking any of these units off could affect the power supply to our nation's critical infrastructure," he noted in his statement.The narrow focus of NERC's proposed cybersecurity standards is especially troubling, Langevin said, in light of a recent simulated attack against a power utility control system that was carried out by Department of Homeland Security researchers at the Idaho National Laboratory. The same methods that were used in that experiment could be used to carry out attacks against larger generators and other equipment and cause "widespread and long-term damage to the electric infrastructure," he warned."I'll be blunt: If this administration doesn't recognize and prioritize these problems soon, the future isn't going to be pretty," Langevin said.Joseph Weiss, managing partner of Applied Control Solutions, testified as an expert at the hearing. He said the growing interconnectedness of control systems with other networked computing systems is happening without a corresponding appreciation for the security risks resulting from such connectivity.For the most part, he stated in written testimony submitted to the committee, security issues have been the purview of the IT organizations within utility companies, whose control system groups manage grid and plant operations. As a result, it's often the case that some parts of the system are sensitized to security while others do not fully appreciate the risks, he said.Exacerbating this issue is the fact that many control system applications run in Windows and Unix environments and are therefore susceptible to the same security threats as other systems are. Traditional IT security controls, Weiss said, can help alleviate some of these issues, but they can also cause control system reliability problems.Against this backdrop, he said in his prepared remarks, the NERC's proposed standards are too narrowly focused on bulk power grid reliability, and not, for instance, on smaller substations that might support a major oil or gas pipeline in a remote locale. Similarly, there's not much priority given to securing the continuity of electricity to facilities such as municipal waterworks, manufacturing plants, refineries, hospitals and military installations.Experience has already shown the significant impact that an attack or a security incident against a control system can have on the electricity infrastructure, said Gregory Wilshusen, director of information security issues at the Government Accountability Office. Wilshusen provided written testimony to the committee.As examples, he cited a 2006 incident in which a foreign hacker planted malicious software capable of affecting a water treatment plant's operations, and another incident in which excessive traffic in a nuclear power plant's control system caused two circulation pumps to fail -- forcing the unit to be shut down manually.David Whiteley, executive vice president of the NERC, said that the security issues raised by the interconnectedness of the electric infrastructure and other infrastructures are important and need to be addressed. However, under its existing mandate, the NERC has the authority and responsibility for enforcing reliability standards on only the bulk power grid, not on the distribution system. Developing and enforcing standards on connected infrastructures is beyond the capability of a single body, he said.Whiteley said that in July of this year, the NERC sought comments from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on a proposal for approving eight CIP reliability standards. Those cybersecurity standards have been in development for several years and were developed with extensive input from industry experts.Computerworld is an InfoWorld affiliate


Rebels Again Say Rwanda Troops Enter Congo

Congo-based Rwandan rebels, under threat of imminent attack by Rwanda, repeated an allegation Tuesday that Rwandan troops had crossed the border in recent days to seize the vast country's mineral-rich east.


Jews Upset as Pope to Beatify Mel Gibson's 'Muse'

Never one to shrink from  criticism, Pope John Paul is again putting controversial  figures on the road to sainthood, including Austria's last  emperor and a mystic nun who inspired Mel Gibson's film on  Christ's passion.


In-depth look at U.S. struggle to defeat improvised explosive devices used by insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2002.


Cassini captures ice-capped sierra NASA's Cassini spacecraft has snapped a mile-high mountain range on Saturn's moon Titan, the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced yesterday.â¦


British couples desperate for a baby are travelling abroad for fertility treatment because of a shortage of egg donors in the UK.


Dollar Off Highs as Inflation Data Looms

The dollar backed off two-month highs  against the euro but held firm against the yen on Wednesday  after data showed the United States was attracting more than  enough foreign capital to fund its huge trade deficit.


Actress Janet Leigh, best known for her role in classic thriller Psycho, dies at the age of 77.


ABC is reshuffling its  Wednesday lineup, launching a two-hour comedy block and moving  the hit drama "Lost" to 10 p.m.


Lenovo to Take Its Transaction Model to Overseas Markets

By Liu Baijia  Chinese computer giant Lenovo will use its Chinese transaction model in other markets after successful pilot schemes in Germany and India.  So said Deepak Advani, senior vice-president and chief marketing officer of Lenovo.


Chinese company faces challenges in potential deal

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Its name certainly doesn't carry the recognition of Dell, Hewlett-Packard or Apple Computer, but China's Lenovo Group could climb up the personal-computer food chain if it ends up buying IBM's PC business.


Vicenza si prepara a un blocco totale per 7 giorni


Don't say the O word at PeopleSoft's conference, where the company tries to entice customers to stick around and upgrade.


Fresh Del Monte Cuts 2004 Profit Forecast

Fresh Del Monte Inc. (FDP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday cut its 2004 earnings forecast because of weak banana prices, high fuel costs and bad weather, among other factors.


IBM Adds Incentives to Boost Partners' Open-source Use

IBM to encourage its partners to use its open-source app server and low-end database with new incentives.


China Seeks Bids to Build Reactors, US Company May Take Part

China will seek bids from overseas nuclear-equipment makers to build reactors in the country, said Shen Lixin, an official at China National Nuclear Corp.


Drinking red wine could help prevent lung cancer

A glass of red wine a day could keep tumours at bay, according to a study of men with lung cancer. Research published in the medical journalThorax today suggests that a person drinking a glass


A plastic candy container exploded Wednesday in northeastern Italy as a group of middle school students walked by, raising fears that the "Italian Unabomber" had struck again, police said. There were no injuries.


CodeGear.com: Borland Announced Delphi for PHP

CodeGear (from Borland) has officially announced the release of Delphi for PHP, a new rapid application development environment for a more visual approach to PHP development.   Many web developers today use PHP to develop portal frameworks, forums, and web applications because PHP allows them to create dynamic web applications with solid database connectivity. However, PHP web development has been stymied by the lack of a powerful RAD visual development environment. The existence of an active and vital open source PHP ecosystem with myriad of open source components and options makes the need for an integrated RAD development environment even more critical.   You can check out this new software and all of its features on the CodeGear website.


Tyrone Moss rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns, Tavares Gooden recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for a score, and Baraka Atkins scored on a 58-yard fumble return to lead No. 4 Miami to a sluggish 38-13 victory over Houston last night.


Maggert wins St. Jude Classic by 3 strokes

Jeff Maggert thought he had been playing well. Now he wants to see how much better this year can be coming off his first victory since 1999. He became only the fourth player this year to come from behind in the final round and win, shooting a 5-under 65 on Sunday to overcome a three-stroke deficit and win by three over Tom Pernice Jr. at the St. Jude Classic.


Iraq, anxious to avert a Turkish military strike into its territory, pledged on Tuesday to rein in Kurdish separatists who are launching attacks on Turkey from northern Iraq.


Staffelli e il suo tapiro sono finiti in questura. L'inviato di 'Striscia la notizia' si era appostato con in braccio il tapiro d'oro davanti alla sala congressi della Fiera di Genova, dove si Ã¨ svolta l' inaugurazione


Sprint announces plans for palmOne Treo 650

Sprint announced plans to offer the Sprint PCS Vision Smart Device Treo 650 by palmOne, a CDMA version of the recently announced palmOne device.