Photographic equipment manufacturer Kodak said it was axing 600 jobs in the UK and closing a factory in Nottingham. The group plans to shut its photo film finishing plant at Annesley with the loss of 350 jobs.


Cal throws scare into USC Almost a special victory>

"It looked like (Makonnen) was held or bumped or something," Rodgers said. "I'm pretty frustrated. We dominated the game.


Accidental drug-poisoning deaths on the rise

NEW YORK  - Unintentional deaths due to drug poisoning -- primarily with prescription drugs -- increased by 68 percent between 1999 and 2004, and is second only to motor vehicle crashes as a cause of death from unintentional injury in the US, investigators at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.


Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates called on the U.S. Congress to raise the cap on skilled-worker visas, saying the county's economic future was at stake.


As Congress prepares to debate Iraq, a disagreement between two leading Democrats resurrects some of the toughest questions facing the nation.


Microsoft is taking Money back to the "essentials". The software giant is banking on having successfully met customers' requests for a simple financial solution that is powerful enough to address their three primary areas of concern: account balances, monitoring spending and paying bills.


L'effetto 500 spinge il titolo del Lingotto


A soldier who is again absent without leave said his lawyer has repeatedly tried to speak with the Army about his status but the military is ignoring the subject.


If the US is ever going to defeat Europe, these changes need to be ...

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- America is sick of losing these Ryder Cups. Sick, sicker, sickest. The Euros have whupped the bejesus out of us now four of the last five times and, as American player Kenny Perry


U.S. arrests about 195 in immigration crackdown

U.S. agents arrested about 195 people in more than a dozen states in a crackdown on illegal immigrants involving a maintenance business for theme restaurants like Hard Rock Cafe, officials said on Thursday.


Scientists Say Fossil Fuel Emissions Warming Arctic Faster Than ...

An international team of scientists says the Arctic is warming much more rapidly than previously known because of the burning of fossil fuels around the world.


Will Moscow's Man Be Elected Chechnya's New Leader

On 29 August, Chechen voters will go to the polls for the second time within 11 months to endorse or reject the candidate perceived by the Kremlin as most capable of imposing some semblance of normality in the war-torn region.


While spending on health has tripled over the last 20 years, poor countries are not reaping the benefits, experts warn. BY MICHAEL O BOYLE/The Herald Mexico.


Sept. 30, 2004âReacting to calls from pharmaceutical retailers, distributors and manufacturers, EPCglobal has added a new action group to specifically study the pharmaceutical industry


Chelsea needed late goals from Dutchman Arjen Robben and England's Joe Cole to earn a 2-0 win at Portsmouth and extend their lead in the Premier League to eight points on Tuesday.


When Thrashers captain Bobby Holik hooked down Milan Lucic at center ice with less than five minutes to play in a 3-3 game, the Bruins rookie didn't quit on the play.


Iraq Violence Delays Rebuilding Key Farm Sector

Failure by the United States to stop postwar violence in Iraq has crippled efforts to rebuild an essential part of the Iraqi economy -- agriculture, according to U.S. government officials.


Ebay says its Paypal system is slowly getting back to normal after breaking down six days ago.


An explosion struck a NATO patrol vehicle outside a former Taliban town in southern Afghanistan, killing one British soldier and wounding five others, officials said Monday.


Cattle sales dropped but held their prices Friday as the beef industry waited to learn whether the nation had its second case ever of mad cow disease.


L'imbarazzante richiesta della commissione tecnica del concorso"Dobbiamo considerare il lato A e il lato B". Perplessi i conduttori                                            Miss Italia, l'appello dei giurati "Fateci vedere il fondoschiena"


The phrase "preaching to the converted" has never had more impact in Hollywood than with Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ.


Sharon's Party Rebels, Imperils Gaza Pullout Plan

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  rebellious Likud party has dealt a severe setback to his plan  to withdraw from occupied Gaza by voting to bar him from  forging a coalition with the Labour opposition.


UPDATE: Sons Of Gwalia In Administration On Hedging Debt

PERTH (Dow Jones)--Sons of Gwalia Ltd. (SGW.AU), Australia's second-biggest gold producer, has fallen into administration over aA$348 million hedge book liability.


AIDS group: Women suffer disproportionately

More African women than men contract HIV, and, worldwide, women reportedly account for one-half of the infections. The International Center for Research on Women


Federer, Roddick, Hewitt pull out of Madrid Masters

Roger Federer, Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt -- the world's top three ranked players -- pulled out of next week's Madrid Masters in another wave of withdrawals from the hard-court tournament.


Update: Accenture walks away from $3.7B contract

Accenture has walked away from two contracts to deliver regional IT systems and services to the U.K. National Health Service (NHS). An alliance led by Computer Sciences Corp. will take over the contracts, the companies announced Thursday. CSC already has a contract to deliver services in another region.


Singh Stays on Track for Fifth Win in Six Starts

World number one Vijay Singh remained on course for his fifth win in six starts when he shot a four-under-par 68 in the second round of the $4.


Country singer-songwriter Willie   Nelson and several fellow musicians were charged with   misdemeanor drug possession by Louisiana police after a search   of their tour bus on Monday turned up marijuana and psychedelic   mushrooms.


Online Ads - the Lovers' New Lost and Found

Ever locked eyes with a stranger on a train, become quickly intrigued, and later regretted not saying hello?  In a fast-paced world growing ever faster online, the Web is replacing the newspaper personal ad as a place where people can act belatedly on that moment of magical chemistry.


Traces of Radiation Found on British Airways Jets

The shocking discovery only deepens the mystery (and creeping anxiety) over the fatal radiation poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko


A gas explosion at a coal mine in the northern Shanxi Province killed 28 miners and 5 rescuers, the government said on Friday. In the latest in a series of such


Deep splits emerge in Zimbabwe's ruling party amidst jockeying for position to succeed President Mugabe.


GM-Renault-Nissan talks make little progress: WSJ

Two months of talks between General   Motors Corp. GM.N, Renault SA RENA.PA and Nissan Motor Co.   7201.T have resulted in little progress toward a possible   alliance, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday in its   online edition, citing people familiar with the matter.


Only in the game's final seconds was Bayern Munich able to secure its place at the top of the Bundesliga table. The Bavarians tied 2-2 at home against Stuttgart in the last game before the winter break.


Bacteria species may help ethanol output

Scientists say a new bacteria species discovered in Yellowstone's thermal pools could improve the use of bacteria to produce ethanol.


Orlando Magic's Tony Battie, left, defends Milwaukee Bucks' Zaza Puchulia, right, of Georgia under the basket during the third quarter in Orlando, Fla.


England: Bolton too strong for Newcastle

BOLTON, Oct 31 (SW) - Bolton Wanderers keep on impressing in the English Premier League, giving Newcastle United their third defeat of the season on Sunday.


L'annuncio dal palco della manifestazione di Milano


Saudi Arabia eases rules for women in hotels

Saudi authorities, breaking with religious codes that require women to be accompanied by a male guardian, have decided to allow women to stay in hotels on their own, a newspaper reported on Monday.


In his first start since breaking his non-pitching hand Sept. 3, Brown got just two outs Sunday. He allowed four runs and six hits and put the Yankees in a deep hole in their final regular-season game against Boston.


The sight of star quarterback Tom Brady wearing a protective boot over his right foot Monday had New York tabloids buzzing and Patriots followers fearing the worst, but the injury is not serious.


The health of former Indonesian dictator Suharto deteriorated Wednesday, with a potentially lethal infection spreading through his body


It was another year of smart people saying stupid things. You help us pick the year's lamest quotes from the tech world. In Furthermore.


MPs are to debate a bill that give legal force to "living wills".  Should "living wills" be allowed?


Sharon Battles to Save Government from Collapse

Reeling from a parliamentary defeat, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon prepared on Thursday to open coalition talks to save his shattered government and avoid early elections that could stall his Gaza withdrawal plan.


Italy mayor to print photos to deter prostitution

An Italian town's mayor hopes to shame men into not using prostitutes by photographing cars that pick them up and publishing the details in local newspapers.


Bets against Microsoft-Yahoo deal may be waning

Skepticism about Microsoft Corp's   prospects of buying Yahoo Inc  may be waning,  as short sellers appear to have backed away in the last few  days from bets against Yahoo's stock rising.


Dow Chemical Third-Quarter Profit Surges

Dow Chemical Co.'s DOW.N  third-quarter profit surged 86 percent on increased plastics  sales, but demand remains vulnerable to soaring energy costs,  the No. 1 U.S. chemicals maker said on Thursday.


Liverpool sign Luis Garcia from Barcelona for Â£6m subject to a medical.


Document on CPC governance capability issued

The Communist Party of China (CPC) Sunday published a major policy document on enhancing the Party's governance capability, stressing it is "a major strategic subject with a bearing on the success of China's socialist cause, the future and destiny of the


Baghdad Car Bombs Kill 34 Children Receiving Sweets

Insurgents detonated three car bombs near a US military convoy in Baghdad Thursday, killing 41 people, 34 of them children who were rushing to collect sweets from American troops.


Singapore's new Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced an easing of restrictions on free speech in the tightly controlled island nation on Sunday.


CHEMICAL Ali, the man accused of ordering the gassing of thousands of Kurdish civilians during the 1980s, will be the first senior member of Saddam Husseinâs regime to face trial, Iraqâs defence minister said yesterday.


SAP AG, the world's largest maker of business-software applications, said Thursday its third-quarter profit rose 10 percent thanks to increased license sales.


Abbas: Talks with Hamas hit a 'dead end'

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared Thursday that months of coalition talks with the ruling Hamas have hit a "dead end" — and his aides said he's done negotiating with the Islamic militants.


Former US President Bill Clinton has voiced concern at slow progress rehousing those left homeless by the 2004 tsunami.


Belarus Leader Vows Tight Control on KGB

President Alexander Lukashenko vowed Tuesday to retain tight control over the KGB in Belarus, saying the security agency should do more to monitor political dissent. Human rights activists said the move signaled a further crackdown of opposition groups in the former Soviet republic.


Rupert Everett unveils AIDS awareness campaign

1st December 2006 saw the launch of a week-long AIDS Awareness campaign, initiated by MTV.


What's responsible for this welcome news? Longer life expectancies, better driving -- and hurricanes.


Tough issues looming for Social Security

Politicians are starting to weigh changes to the federal retirement program. Reforms carry risk and can't be separated from nation's overall fiscal health.


Next President Could Get to Reshape High Court

The winner of the presidential election could reshape the Supreme Court and could have a long-lasting impact on important issues such as abortion, gay marriages and church-state separation.


Church of England threatens Sony over virtual cathedral shootout

The Church of England on Saturday threatened legal action against Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. for using a cathedral as a backdrop in a violent computer game.


Bush Administration Breaks Silence to Back Annan

The Bush administration expressed confidence in UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday and said he should stay in office, in a belated rebuff to demands from Republicans in Congress for his resignation.


A major rescue operation is launched off the west of Scotland to assist the crew of a German cargo ship.


Guardiano di un palazzo sgozzato mentre pregava


Yankees' Pavano Is Sued by Man Hurt in Crash

A Florida man involved last year in an accident with a Porsche driven by Carl Pavano has sued the New York Yankees pitcher for injuries allegedly suffered in the crash.


Media Figures May Be Reluctant Defense Witnesses in Libby Case

Defense Exhibit 1972, a tape-recorded interview from the "Imus in the Morning" radio show, is another of those revealing  moments in the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.


Three men are arrested on suspicion of helping to traffic hundreds of people into the UK.


Chinese refusal to recognise the authority of the Vatican is an "act of war", Hong Kong's cardinal tells the BBC.


Women opting for a Caesarean should be warned there is a small chance that it will jeopardise later natural births, say experts.


Images of a 'valuable' witness sought by police hunting the killer of Amelie Delagrange are released.


E' accaduto nel Padovano, ci sono anche tre feriti


Carnival Crowds Expected to Top A Million

The festival spirit of revellers at the Notting Hill carnival was praised by police today as the colourful summer spectacular entered its second day.


Moving to address growing concerns about childhood obesity and unhealthful eating habits, Kraft Foods Inc. will announce Wednesday that it is going to curb its advertising of many popular snack food items to children under 12.


Try this sparkling melon cocktail. Do you long for the cool blue waters near the Isle of Capri? The Blue Grotto Cocktail will entice you to dive into its colors and flavors.


Alex Yemenidjian, chairman of MGM and Kirk Kerkorian's right-hand man, ponders life after MGM, which was recently sold for $5 billion.


A woman dies following a car crash involving a single vehicle at Warrenpoint in County Down.


Megawati kicks off 36th ASEAN economic meeting

JAKARTA (Agencies): President Megawati Soekarnoputri opened high-level economic talks between members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Friday with a warning to ASEAN leaders that they must stay the course on their agreed


Iraq report hits bookstores with high expectations

The Iraq Study Group Report hit U.S. bookstores on Wednesday with expectations of becoming a bestseller but little immediate evidence it could match sales of the official September 11 inquiry.


Ad agosto +0,8% rispetto allo stesso mese dell'anno scorso


A US study compares the news agenda of the mainstream media with that of three user-driven news sources.


Oslo Police Focus on 'Scream' Theft Motive

Norway's police sought to nail down the  motive behind the theft of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" on  Monday amid criticism that Oslo's museum security was too lax  after gunmen stole the picture in a dramatic daylight raid.


In the days when United Airlines was flying high, Patrick Downey exulted in being paid to live his passion. When the former Navy pilot went to work for United in 1999, he felt he landed his dream job, one that would provide a comfortable salary to make a happy life in McLean with his wife and two daughters.


Japan PM Abe quits after year of scandal and crisis

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe abruptly announced his resignation on Wednesday after a year in power dogged by scandals, an election rout and a crisis over Japan's support for U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan.


Patient protection laws donât favor health providers

Despite critics who say patientsâ bills of rights laws are actually designed to protect health care providers, new research published in the current issue of the American Journal of Medicine found just the opposite.


Iraq Likely To Become Bigger Campaign Issue As Deaths Hit 1,000

A grim statistic from Iraq dominated headlines on Wednesday: the 1,000th American death since the US invasion of that country began in March 2003.


Kobe Bryant scored 35 points in his first game since Shaquille O'Neal left Los Angeles, but the Seattle SuperSonics erased a 14-point third-quarter deficit and beat the revamped Lakers 87-80 Tuesday night in the preseason opener for both teams.


Authorities have seized nearly 5 million pirated discs and arrested 870 people in a two-month anti-piracy operation in about a dozen Asia-Pacific nations.


The Navy said Friday it has filed assault and other criminal charges against three more of its elite SEAL commandos in connection with probes of prisoner abuse in Iraq.


WADA chief wants hearing into Jones doping

CBC SPORTS ONLINE - World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound thinks allegations that Olympic sprint champion Marion Jones used steroids are serious enough to warrant a hearing.


Thousands of people are expected to turn out at 300 hunts in the UK at the start of this year's season.


Anche riflessioni sul rapporto tra imprese e politica


The government on Thursday extradited a suspect in the Madrid train bombings to Spain after the man lost his legal challenge for removal, police in London said.


There's danger aplenty on Oregon's tallest peak — including avalanches and crevasses. Some say a small electronic device can improve the odds of survival.


I've been called many things in the (nearly) 30 years I've spent on this planet, much of which probably couldn't be repeated here.


Shares of the Web search giant leapt 15.43 percent yesterday, on the heels of a 6.33 percent spurt the previous day, even as the broader financial markets continued to retreat.


While its neighbors, software infrastructure and hardware upgrades, switched places this month, security held its spot at number three.


Iraq Says Open to UN Inspectors Amid Nuclear Alarm

If U.N. nuclear inspectors want to  return to Iraq to check for missing equipment and materials,  they are welcome, a government minister said on Tuesday.


The quest to find traces of life on Mars looks gloomy after Nasa says the Red Planet was 'too salty'.


BALKANS:  Music Brings Political Harmony

BELGRADE, Jul 16 (IPS) - The northern Serbian city Novi Sad and capital  Belgrade have become multi-ethnic centres of the Balkans over the  past five days with the hosting of the EXIT festival and the  Saturday concert of the Rolling Stones.


For the first time in the 36-year history of the Booker prize, the award has gone to a book with a strong gay theme, The Line of Beauty.


E-Biz sites hit with targeted attacks, extortion threats

IT security vendors and analysts reported an increase in the number of cyberattacks being targeted at specific companies doing business online. An ongoing denial-of-service attack against payment processor Authorize.Net is a prime example.


Sony reveals its new social networking feature called Home, at the Game Developers Conference.


Confidence among US consumers falls in January as shoppers worry about the job market, new figures show.


Art thieves seem to be unable to keep their hands off Edvard Munch's iconic masterpiece, The Scream, despite the fact that it's one of the world's most recognizable paintings.


Battuto in finale l'americano Roddick in quattro set


Jimmy Connors was back at the U.S. Open, back in the limelight, back in his element.


The pop star is joining a group of some 2,000 other students of Kabbalah from 22 countries, according to the Kabbalah Centre. Designer Donna Karan and Marla Maples, an ex-wife of Donald Trump, are among the


Palestinian gunmen free CNN producer kidnapped in Gaza strip

Palestinian gunmen have released an Israeli Arab producer working for the CNN television network who was kidnapped yesterday in the Gaza Strip.


Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was released from the hospital Friday and is recovering from treatment for thyroid cancer.


The major U.S. indices ended the week up, chipping away at last week's losses.


Soccer: Mourinho silent over Mutu affair

LONDON : Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho said he would not get involved in a public slanging match over striker Adrian Mutu's drugs shame but insisted the club are doing their best to keep players in order.


The Malawi welfare official overseeing Madonna's efforts to adopt an African toddler said Wednesday that he will make a long-awaited trip to the singer's London home next week to assess her suitability as an adoptive parent.


Hart wonder save denies Liverpool victory

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart produced an 86th minute wonder save to deny Dirk Kuyt a late winner for Liverpool as the two challengers for Champions League qualification fought out a tense 0-0 draw at Eastlands here on Sunday.


Square Feet: For Sale: Big Middle-Class Enclave With Lots of Potential

Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village are at the center of a red-hot auction that will allow the winner to claim 110 buildings and 11,200 apartments.


We're back to bow to three more cash-flow rulers of Fooldom.


Source code standoff in breathalyzer case

Minnesota officials haven't met a court-imposed deadline for turning over the source code to a breath-test device, which could lead to dropped DUI charges.


Iraq makes slow progress on meeting U.S. targets

"Slow as a turtle" was how one Iraqi lawmaker on Tuesday described Iraq's faltering progress in meeting political benchmarks set by Washington to encourage national reconciliation and end sectarian violence.


Pop stars rock climate change gigs around the world

Dozens of pop stars rocked big crowds at Live Earth concerts around the world on Saturday to persuade fans and governments to go green.


KDDI Loses Data of 224,000 People Who Canceled Cellphone Contracts

By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Feb. 8--TOKYO -- Japanese telecommunications carrier KDDI Corp. said  Thursday it has lost a magnetic optical disk carrying private information on  224,183 of its consumers that nullified "au" mobile phone service contracts  between January 2006 and Jan.


WASHINGTON -- The black eye that goalkeeper Matt Reis was sporting as he stared down the next DC United penalty kick taker told the story.


After setbacks, Jim Carrey fires talent agent

Jim Carrey has left the  talent agency that nurtured his career for the past 15 years,  setting off a frenzy among rival firms Wednesday to land the  comic actor.


SENIOR Football Association figures were said to be "stunned" last night at FIFAâs decision to let the Spanish authorities escape with a fine and a final warning for the racist abuse of England players at a Madrid friendly.


Three teenagers are arrested after the vehicle they were travelling in struck a police car injuring two officers.


The singer once known as Cat Stevens visited Indonesia's tsunami-devastated Aceh province, handing out money to orphaned children and praying at a mosque.


More than a million new jobs are being lost every year to HIV/Aids, the International Labour Organization reveals.


It's the end of the year and what better way for stargazers to close it out than by viewing the best meteor shower of 2004? The Geminid meteor shower occurs mid-December every year.


New Technique Stirs a Debate in Cardiology

A new method of diagnosing heart disease takes only seconds to conduct, but critics say the technique is ripe for overuse.


SUNDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- Watching a loved one slowly succumb to the memory-robbing illness known as Alzheimer's disease can be devastating.


Kidnappings Dog Kabul 3 Years After Taliban Defeat

Three UN workers remained hostages of a Taliban faction despite hopes they would be freed by the Muslim festival of Eid which began on Saturday, the third anniversary of the Taliban's flight from the Afghan capital.


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Existing home sales off in 40 states, slide nationwide

Weakness in the U.S. housing market  showed no signs of abating through the end of 2006 as sales  slid in 40 states and prices dropped in metro regions with  major price gains in recent years, a real estate trade  association said on Thursday.


Smith 'has open mind' on reclassifying cannabis

The home secretary still has an open mind about whether cannabis should be reclassified, the head of the government's drug advisers said today


Marsh & McLennan, the US insurance broker being sued for alleged price fixing, ditches half its board of directors.


Alloy Holds Out Promise of Speedier Memory Chip

Scientists have developed an alloy they say can be used to create memory chips more than 500 times as fast as todayÂs flash chips.


Global Warming Has Doubled Risk of Fatal Heat Waves, Study Says

Global warming caused by human activity has more than doubled the risk of summers as hot as in 2003, when thousands of people in Europe died of heat-related causes, according to a UK study published in the journal Nature.


Bruxelles, 17:34 - CICLISMO, PROBLEMI AL GINOCCHIO PER VANDENBROUCKE

Problemi al ginocchio per l’atleta Frank Vandenbroucke, questa mattina infatti, all’atle...


Indonesia plane crash kills 22, airline says

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia  - Twenty-two people died but scores escaped after an Indonesian passenger jet overshot the runway and burst into flames on landing in the cultural capital of Yogyakarta on Wednesday.


Agreement will allow the public to track the space shuttles and space station and more.


Dell Will Sell Linux on PCs Outside of U.S.

Dell plans to sell computers with preinstalled Linux outside the U.S. as well as offer the Ubuntu Linux distribution to small business customers.


NEW YORK -- US government prosecutors filed charges in one of the biggest insider-trading cases on Wall Street since the 1980s, claiming employees at UBS AG , Morgan Stanley , and Bear Stearns Cos. profited from advance knowledge of mergers and stock picks.


Vioxx Woes Put FDA Process Under Scrutiny

Americans should feel reasonably safe taking government-approved prescription drugs — with a few caveats — even after a popular arthritis medication was pulled from the market, medical experts say.


The government's strategy for tackling child poverty discriminates against two-parent families, a report claims.


U.S. Says Drinking Water on Some Planes Contaminated

A surprising number of drinking  water systems on domestic and foreign commercial aircraft  tested this summer by the government did not meet federal  standards because they were contaminated with potentially  harmful bacteria, regulators said on Monday.


Microsoft Word Hole Could Allow DoS Attacks

Computer security firm Secunia has reported what it terms a "highly critical" vulnerability in the popular Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Word desktop computer application. The firm has confirmed the existence of the hole in versions of Word as recent as Word 2000.


Justiceâs Role With YES Shifts From Studio Analyst

David Justice, who was cited in the Mitchell report, will no longer be a studio analyst for the YES Network but will contribute to the channelâs Web site.


Reckless or repeated breaches of data security should become a criminal offence, a committee of MPs says.


San Paolo, 19:26 - F1, HAMILTON: NIENTE POLE MA E' ANDATA BENE

La pole position non è arrivata ma Lewis Hamilton ha buoni motivi per sorridere al termine de...


Pubs and bars should be forced to start selling smaller glasses of wine again, an MP says.


The Mozilla Foundation has unveiled at least part of what lies ahead for its popular browser, Firefox, as it moves into its second iteration.


California man imprisoned for cross-burning

A U.S. district court judge sentenced a 21-year-old man on Friday to two years in prison for burning a wooden cross outside a Catholic Church in northern California to threaten a priest from Rwanda.


Oz barmaid fined for crushing beer cans between jubs

Cops unimpressed by crowd-pleasing stunt An Oz barmaid who splendidly "entertained customers" in a Western Australia hotel by "crushing beer cans between her bare breasts" has been fined A$1,000 dollars (Â£439) for a breach of the Liquor Control Act.â¦


Milano, suicida il primario arrestato per corruzione

Milano, 4 ott. (Adnkronos) - E' morto Francesco Mercuriali, l'ex primario dell'ospedale milanese di Niguarda arrestato nei giorni scorsi con l'accusa di corruzione e turbativa d'asta. Il medico, agli arresti


Looking ahead to the new year we would like to know what you are hoping for. Send us your comments.


Malaysia Court Clears Way for Anwar Appeal

Malaysia's highest court cleared the way Tuesday for an appeal that could allow newly freed former deputy leader Anwar Ibrahim back into politics.


Centro-sud in fiamme, Calabria la regione piu' colpita


GONAIVES, Haiti Sept. 20, 2004 - Rescuers pulled bodies from floodwaters that raged through parts of Haiti's third-largest city, sweeping people from their homes and forcing survivors to spend the night


At least 66 killed in India-Pakistan train blast

DEEWANA, India  - Two bombs exploded on board a train bound from India to Pakistan, sparking a fire that killed at least 66 passengers on Monday, in an apparent attempt to sabotage a peace process between the nuclear-armed rivals.


Delivering aid to Sri Lanka's tsunami-struck disaster areas is being hampered by poor transport, aid officials have told CNN. "Aid is trickling through, not flowing through," the


Women in a Nepal mountain village have been mailing condoms to their husbands working overseas to protect them from sexually transmitted diseases, a news report said Tuesday.


IMF Chief Urges Argentina to Finish Debt Restructuring Plan

The head of the International Monetary Fund has urged Argentina to agree soon to pay private lenders at least part of the $100 billion in debt the country stopped paying in January 2002.


La Spezia, 16:39 - CALCIO, SPEZIA: MANZONI FRATTURATO: DUE MESI DI STOP

Alessio Manzoni, centrocampista dello Spezia, si ferma èer almeno due mesi. Gli esami radiogr...


Designer of laptop for poor kids starts company

The scientist who designed a notebook  computer for poor children that is being produced and sold by a  nonprofit foundation has set up a company to commercialize the  technology with a goal of producing a $75 laptop computer.


Toshiba cuts HD player prices in Blu-ray fight

Consumer electronics maker Toshiba  Corp  said on Monday it is slashing prices of its HD  DVD format players by between 40 to 50 percent as major  Hollywood studios move to embrace Sony Corp's  Blu-ray  format high definition DVDs.


Widespread growth likely in global ICT sector

OECD report predicts heady times ahead Heady days of 20 and 30 per cent growth in the 1990s remains unlikely, but the worldwide ICT sector is expected to grow a vigorous six per cent in 2006, according to a new report.â¦


Roma, 9 novembre 2004 - Subito dopo la sconfitta della Finanziaria presentata dal Polo alla Camera, si sono scatenati i commenti e le interpetazioni del voto. L'opposizione esulta, mentre la CdL minimizza. Vediamo le reazioni.


Club gets two runs off Smoltz, but falls to Atlanta

Mike Hampton didn't get the memo describing Citizens Bank Park as a great place to be a hitter. The Atlanta lefty, who wasn't having the best August, must have been


COLUMBUS, Ohio (Sports Network) - Troy Smith threw for 241  yards and two touchdowns and ran for 145 yards and a score to  lead the Ohio State Buckeyes to a 37-21 victory over No. 7  Michigan in the final game of the regular season for both  teams.


Roma, 16:20 - CALCIO VIOLENTO; RUGGERI: IO NON GIOCHEREI A PORTE CHIUSE

Il presidente dell'Atalanta, Ivan Ruggeri, a Fiumicino in occasione del Consiglio Straordinario dell...


Google faces another trademark suit in Germany

A German court is set to hear oral arguments in a trademark suit against Google Inc. next week, as the search giant faces yet another legal challenge to its AdWords keyword advertising program.ADVERTISEMENTIntroducing IBM eServer p5 systems.Powered by IBMâs most advanced 64-bit microprocessor (POWER5(tm)), p5 systems can run UNIX and Linux simultaneously. Learn more about eServer p5 systems.


Bolzano, 11:03 - SCI, COPPA DEL MONDO: MAIER CAMBIA SCI E SCARPONI

Hermann Maier, il piÃ¹ famoso sciatore in attività, è probabilmente all'ultima stagione...


An outed CIA officer will not drop her lawsuit against Bush officials despite a new revelation in the Washington mystery.


Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be the best screening tool for breast cancer in women who carry the genetic mutation that makes them susceptible to the disease, according to new research.


The giant announced Project CityCenter, an "urban metropolis" spanning 66 acres of the Las Vegas Strip.


CJD Fears Over Possible Transmission VIA Surgical Instruments

More than 1000 people who underwent brain or spinal surgery at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, in Australia, over the past 18 months have been warned by hospital officials that they may have been exposed to the brain wasting disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease


A tornado rips through New Orleans, damaging trailers housing people left homeless by Hurricane Katrina.


Eight die as inmates fight with troops at Afghan jail

A bloody prison uprising ended with Afghan soldiers gunning down four suspected al-Qa'ida fighters after a 10-hour battle inside Kabul's most notorious jail.


Saudi prince denies receiving BAE 'backhanders'

Saudi Arabia's Prince Bandar bin Sultan on Thursday reportedly denied receiving improper payments from British defence firm BAE in connection with Britain's biggest arms contract.


A 5-year-old panda who last year became the first to be released into the wild after being bred in captivity has died, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency said Thursday.


"Simpsons" filmmakers at odds on Homer's stupidity

So this is what Hollywood has come  to -- two producers of one of the summer's most keenly  anticipated films are at odds over how dumb their star is.  D'oh! It must be "The Simpsons Movie."


Microsoft to integrate Windows Live tools into Visual Studio

Microsoft is planning to include the ability for developers to add Windows Live services to applications in the next version of Visual Studio.


Electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. plans to open 75 new stores in the United States and Canada under its Best Buy and Future Shop brands during its next fiscal year.


TORONTO  - A matter-of-fact but pointedly critical commentary on the Iraq War, "Body of War" focuses on how soldiers got sent to Iraq and the shape in which they're coming back, leaving the rest to the nightly news.


(Detroit-AP, Dec. 24, 2004) _ UConn seniors flew first class in their charter jet to Detroit for the program's first bowl game.


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European stock markets rose on Monday and some hit multi-month highs as the dollar steadied and U.S. crude oil prices held below $50 a barrel.


Schaffel and Cuccioli Sing Aznavour Songs in Reading of New Musical 'Happy Anniversary!'

Playbill - Ed Dixon, the actor-writer-composer not afraid to juggle multiple projects, has conceived a new four-person musical, Happy Anniversary!, drawing on the music of Charles Aznavour.


Jamie Foxx and Hilary Swank are named best male and female actors in the US Screen Actors Guild Awards.


Despite having spent the morning inching along an icy sidewalk, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton insisted Saturday that she knows when to dig in her heels and when to compromise.


World number one Justine Henin eased into the quarter-finals of the Zurich Open on Thursday with a 6-3 6-1 win over Russia's Vera Zvonareva.


A Capalbio, italiano e romena probabilmente folgorati


Expected to become director of baseball operations

Omar Minaya reportedly will leave as general manager of the Montreal Expos and join the New York Mets as head of baseball operations, according to The Associated Press.


This story was reported by freelance writer Brian Boyd and staff writers Wil Cruz, Robert Kahn, Erik Holm and Dan Janison. At the Newsroom bar on Gerard Street in the Bronx, one block from Yankee Stadium, owner


Firenze, 15:08 - CALCIO, SERIE C1: MANFREDONIA-TARANTO ANTICIPATA AL SABATO

La Lega di serie C, per ragioni di ordine pubblico e sicurezza, ha deciso di anticipare a sabato pro...


CROSS LANES, W.Va. - Ruth Ferrell learned a valuable lesson when she donated one of her husband's shirts to Goodwill: Always check the pockets. Ferrell said she never liked the red-and-black checkered flannel shirt, which her husband Walter received as a gift.


Chelsea said today they will not fear Barcelona after drawing the Spanish league leaders in the last 16 of the Champions League. Jose Mourinho got his wish of landing


Scripted finales shaken by bin Laden tape

Osama bin Laden's sudden reappearance on videotape sent President Bush and Democrat John Kerry into a sharp final round of argument over which one can defeat terrorism and


Mass banning hits networking site Seventeen members of Ecademy - a business networking website - have had their accounts suspended following a row on the company's messageboard.â¦


Hollywood actor Ryan O'Neal is arrested in California for allegedly assaulting his son Griffin, police say.


Suicidal gunman reported at U. Wisconsin

Police searched areas of the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Tuesday evening for a suicidal man they said was trying to provoke a shootout with authorities.


French Finance Minister Takes Over Ruling Party Leadership

France's energetic and outspoken finance minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, today took over the leadership of the country's ruling party, giving him a vehicle and platform to


The pound reached five-week lows against the euro, following disappointing data on retail sales and housing prices this week.


Breast cancer genes can come from father

A deadly gene's path can hide in a family tree when a woman has few aunts and older sisters, making it appear that her breast cancer struck out of nowhere when it really came from Dad.


Michael Moore would love to see his movie air on television so he can influence voters. If you were to say Michael Moore is the most biased man in America, whether or not you agree with him or not, that might be true.


Italians Divided After Return of 'Simonas': Hostages' Criticism of War Stirs Anger

For three weeks, Italians across the country marched, held vigils and lit candles, and politicians united to promote freedom for a pair of humanitarian aid workers held captive in Iraq.


Australian PM to hold defense talks in Japan

Australia will seal a security relationship with Japan next week stronger than its defense ties with any country except the United States, but Prime Minister John Howard dismissed concerns it would harm ties with China.


Comments from groups and individual Internet users were filed with the FCC.


Protesters block roads in Bangladesh capital

Thousands of textile factory workers took to the streets blocking a major highway in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Saturday, demanding a pay rise and overtime payments.


P-Cube develops service control platforms, which help service providers identify subscribers, classify applications, improve service performance and charge for multiple services without costly infrastructure upgrades, Cisco said.


From baggy briefs to the ultimate hotpants: A British woman's underwear saved the day by doubling as an emergency fire blanket when her kitchen caught fire. John Marsey and his cousin Darren Lines were frying bread in Jenny Marsey's kitchen in Hartlepool, northeast England, on Sunday when their meal caught fire.


While the No. 4 Hurricanes' troubles have come of late and haven't stopped them from remaining unbeaten, the Tar Heels' defensive woes have been season long and make them among the worst in the nation.


AIDS medicine is rationed in Puerto Rico

The U.S. has halted payments to clinics that treat AIDS patients in Puerto Rico, forcing hundreds of poor people to go without free medicine in a U.S. territory with an AIDS rate nearly double that of the mainland.


Fighting flares in Mogadishu, at least 60 dead

New fighting erupted on Monday   between Somali fighters loyal to defeated warlords and the   country's Islamists militias, taking the death toll to at least   60 since Sunday, residents and a hospital official said.


In Bush's Words: 'Very Firm' on Iraqi Election Date

Following is a transcript of President Bush's remarks on Iraq today during an appearance with President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, as provided by e-Media.


Port-Au-Prince - Widespread flooding and mudslides have killed 1 105 people, officials said on Thursday, while 1 250 people remain missing after Haiti was lashed by Tropical Storm Jeanne.


Roma, 11:35 - Calcio, Inghilterra: Anelka lunedÃ¬ al Fenerbahce

Tutto fatto per Nicolas Anelka al Fenerbahce. Secondo il quotidiano francese 'L'Equipe' il giocatore...


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Arafat to be buried in Ramallah when he dies: Palestinian ...

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be buried at his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah when he dies, Palestinian officials said Wednesday.


Ryder Cup rookie Chris Riley sinks a six-foot putt on the final hole to avoid a European sweep of the four best-ball matches and provide a precious half-point for the U.S. side.


Briton indicted in US for aiding 'shoe-bomber' Reid

WASHINGTON : US authorities on Monday indicted a Briton accused of aiding "shoe-bomber" Richard Reid's attempt to blow up a Paris-Miami flight with explosives hidden in the soles of his shoes, officials said.


Martinez blasts Schilling, Red Sox, 'arrogant' Epstein

Pedro Martinez says he told Red Sox management he didn't want to be in the shadow of fellow ace Curt Schilling. He also hopes his new team, the New York Mets, will sign his former Boston battery-mate, Jason Varitek.


Sigma-Aldrich Launches ChemDose(TM) Compound Handling Technology

ST. LOUIS, June 19  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sigma-Aldrich  is pleased to launch ChemDose(TM), a novel compound handling technology designed to enable easy delivery of reagents and catalysts in tablet form.


Firenze, 17:23 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: DONADEL RINNOVA FINO AL 2011

Marco Donadel ha prolungato il contratto con la Fiorentina fino al 2011. ''E' un attestato di stima ...


Several people are injured in an explosion at a cafe in Turkey's third largest city, Izmir, police say.


By Bill Geroux, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Dec. 16--WALLOPS ISLAND A 69-foot Minotaur I rocket lifted off from Virginia's Eastern Shore at dawn today on a brilliant plume of white flame and delivered two satellites safely into orbit.


Taiwan's foreign minister ordered "extreme precautions" be taken Thursday to hold on to the island's allies in Latin America after Costa Rica switched diplomatic relations to political rival China, further isolating the Taipei government.


Olmert says Israeli attacks curb Gaza rockets

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday that Israel's attacks against militants in the Gaza Strip had led to a drop in rocket strikes from the territory and they would continue.


California Jury Recommends Death for Scott Peterson

A California jury recommended that Scott Peterson receive the death penalty for the murder of his 27- year-old pregnant wife, Laci, and for the murder of his unborn son, Conner.


Tangles in business partnerships can be avoided with a buy-sell agreement: a business prenup or a postnup, depending on when owners draft it.


Both Candidates Use McCain in Campaign Ads

NEW YORK Aug. 29, 2004 - Republican maverick John McCain campaigns with President Bush. He's good friends with Democrat John Kerry.


Time Warner moots billing based on bandwidth usage

Worth watching Time Warner Cable is experimenting with a high-speed internet service that would bill customers based on the amount of bandwidth they consume rather than by flat fee.â¦


Kezman off the mark as Chelsea keep cool

MATEJA KEZMAN finally scored his first goal for Chelsea but his thirteenth game for the club still proved unlucky as he was cut above the left eye by a missile apparently thrown from the West Ham United supportersâ enclosure.


Giuseppe Bonetto, 32 anni, trascinato via da uno straniero mentre era a MonegliaGli inquirenti seguono la pista di un debito non pagato con la criminalitÃ                                           Genova, rapito piccolo imprenditore Vendetta della malavita albanese?


Darfur Rebels Walk Out of Sudan Peace Talks

Sudan's two Darfur rebel groups walked  out of peace talks in Nigeria for 24 hours Saturday, accusing  the Sudanese government of violating a cease-fire and fueling  the humanitarian crisis in the region.


The promised White House soap opera never materialized in court, but the former White House aide is convicted on four of five counts for lying about his role in the Valerie Plame case


The Cleveland Indians avoided salary arbitration with reliever Bob Howry, signing the right-hander to a one-year contract on Friday.


at Tropicana Field Records: Boston is 90-63 (first in the American League East); Tampa Bay is 63-90 (last in the AL East, 27 games behind).


NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe plans to resign as head of the U.S. space agency, an official familiar with the decision said on Sunday.


Si tratta di 3 mld bot trimestrali e di 7 mld buoni annuali


California Plans to Hold Primary in June

California, the big prize in presidential politics, may be about to give up its eight-year quest for more clout in picking presidential nominees.


Nicole Richie wins delay in drunken driving trial

Reality TV star Nicole Richie on Tuesday won a more than two-week postponement of her trial on charges of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, but the judge in the case said he would grant no further delays.


Footballer Teddy Sheringham is questioned by police after allegedly giving false details about a speeding offence.


Survey: Charity Leaders Get Fat Pay Raises

Compensation increases in 2003 for the executives who run the largest nonprofit organizations nearly doubled the rate of inflation, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual survey.


Why would sane people save money when they could spend it?


Budget airline Ryanair launches a 1.48bn euros (Â£1bn) bid to buy Irish carrier Aer Lingus.


ARBIL, Iraq  - Kurdish separatist guerrillas in northern Iraq said on Monday they had suffered no casualties from Turkish airstrikes and cross-border incursions in December.


Precious photos and lyrics of the British rock band "The Beatles" were recently stolen in the United States. The items were stolen from a car belonging to George Harrison.


ESPN Star Sports challenge India cricket rights

Walt Disney Co. and News Corp. are to challenge in court the conditional award of Indian cricket TV rights to local media firm Zee Telefilms Ltd., their ESPN Star Sports joint venture said on Tuesday.


Jones faces ban and medal stripping after exposÃ©

MARION Jones, once regarded as the world's finest woman athlete, could be banned despite never having failed a drugs test and be stripped of her Olympic gold medals.


âThe Comebacksâ is one of those parody movies that presume that merely making reference to another film constitutes a joke.


Manmohan welcomes EU proposal for strategic partnership

NEW DELHI, NOV 7: India has welcomed the European Unionâs proposal for a strategic partnership, to be finalised at the fifth Indo-EU summit at the Hague.


TV talk-show hosts eye January return: report

Idled television talk-show hosts  Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien are likely to return to work in  early January, even if the Hollywood writers strike is not  settled by then, Daily Variety reported in its Friday edition.


Japanese Financial News Giant NIKKEI Selects Revenue Science for Behavioral Targeting; Revenue Science Extends Asian Market Leadership

Revenue Science, the leader in behavioral targeting for search and brand advertising, announced today that it has been selected to provide behavioral targeting capabilities to Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.


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Seventy men held in Zimbabwe accused of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea will not be extradited.


Donna ricoverata all' ospedale S. Chiara di Trento, e' grave


Chile's ex-military ruler, Augusto Pinochet, is put under house arrest after being ruled fit to stand trial.


EDMONTON - Alberta, the province most vehemently opposed to same-sex marriage, set the stage for more legal battles today following the Supreme Courtâs landmark ruling on the issue.


The brazen daylight murder of a filmmaker who criticized Islamic fundamentalism has shattered Holland's fabled tranquility.


Fouad Siniora says a civil war is unlikely in Lebanon, but blames the opposition for taking it to the brink.


RIM patent dispute referred back to lower court

A US appeal court has delivered a mixed ruling in a patent dispute between Research in Motion (RIM) and NTP. It upholding a decision that RIM had infringed on patents held by NTP, but cancelled an injunction


U.N. peacekeepers in armored vehicles and pickup trucks whizzed into this refugee camp. A dozen women came to meet them, bringing their donkeys, water rations and homemade axes.


Bush and Cheney subpoenaed for wiretapping

Snooping inquiry gets legal The US Senate has issued subpoenas demanding the White House hand over documents relating to its policy of snooping on US citizens without getting warrants or other legal clearance.â¦


As many as 19 members of a US Army reserve unit are being investigated for allegedly refusing to go on what they deemed to be a suicide mission.


editorial: I am proud of you, Five-Starred Red Flag

At the world-noticing 28th Olympic Games, Chinese good athletes, fearing no strong opponents and competing with all might, have achieved unprecedented, excellent results, making new historic breakthroughs at the Athens Olympics in China's sports and


Cambridgeshire villagers choose a Â£10,000 sculpture of dung to celebrate their mining heritage.


King Carl XVI Gustaf and his German-born wife Queen Silvia have hired the lawyer used by Princess Caroline of Monaco in her successful lawsuits against the German tabloid press.


NASA investigates space station power loss HOUSTON, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- NASA scientists were testing systems affected by a weekend power failure aboard the International Space Station.


Peirsol Breaks Own World Mark in 200 Back

INDIANAPOLIS - Aaron Peirsol of the United States lowered his own world record in the 200-meter backstroke at the Short Course World Championships on Monday night.


Il 20 febbraio inaugurazione con mille ospiti


The head of NASA drew criticism from scientists when he said he was not sure global warming was a problem and added that it would be "arrogant" to assume the world's climate should not change in the future.


Mexico court to name Calderon president: sources

Mexico's electoral court will name   ruling party conservative Felipe Calderon president-elect on   Tuesday and reject claims the fiercely disputed July 2   presidential vote was unfair, sources said.


CORRECTION: Kraft profit falls on dairy costs

Corrects third paragraph to say 100 million more shares outstanding


The Packers traded cornerback Mike McKenzie and a conditional draft choice to the Saints yesterday for reserve quarterback J.T. O'Sullivan and a second-round pick.


The radical Shi'ite cleric has ordered his militia to stand down for six months. But the move may be more about image repair than a real change in direction


U.S. judge upholds Bristol, Sanofi patent on Plavix

A U.S. judge on Tuesday ruled that the  patent on the multibillion-dollar blood clot-preventing drug  Plavix is valid, handing a major victory to Bristol-Myers  Squibb Co.  and Sanofi-Aventis .


Top Federal Reserve policy-makers  generally agreed on Thursday that U.S. economy was growing  nicely despite weak job growth and spiraling trade gaps.


Artest To Get 30-Day Suspension For Brawl, Station Reports

The National Basketball Association suspended four players involved in Friday night's fight at The Palace of Auburn Hills. The NBA is expected to formally announce the suspensions as early as today for their


Blockbuster wastes no time in undercutting Netflix.


Congress is poised to provide $70 billion more for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as it adopts a record $448 billion budget for the Pentagon.


Athletics: IOC Disciplinary Commission To Investigate Allegations ...

A disciplinary Commission has been set up to investigate recent allegations of doping against Marion Jones, Jacques Rogge, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), announced today.


Se sindacati punteranno i piedi si andra' a settembre


Yankees 10, Red Sox 7: Just a typical chapter in unique rivalry

Another game, another postseason classic. It will be news if the Red Sox and Yankees ever play a yawner. Last night certainly does not qualify.


Nigeria police said to detain labor exec

Plainclothes police detained a prominent Nigerian labor leader Saturday, bundling him into a car at an airport in an apparent effort to stop a threatened nationwide


Is the market due for a crash? Let's channel Benjamin Graham to find out.


Wall Street upbeat despite oil-price rise

Investors looked past a spike in oil prices yesterday, sending stocks higher on the strength of Ford's bullish profit outlook.


Motorola, Nortel in talks to combine units: paper

Motorola Inc  and Nortel  Networks Corp  are in talks to combine their wireless  infrastructure units, The Wall Street Journal reported, quoting  people familiar with the situation.


Group Frees US Journalist Hostage in Iraq-TV

US journalist Micah Garen was on Sunday freed by an Iraqi group who had held him hostage in the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya. "I am very grateful to everyone who worked to protect me


World Bank chief calls for new direction for lender

World Bank President Robert Zoellick on Sunday called on the bank's 185 member nations to back a new direction for the poverty-fighting institution and give the private sector a bigger role in helping poor nations.


Scramjet breaks own speed record on final flight

With a defiant streak across the sky, the fastest plane in the world broke its own speed record before plunging into the sea for the last time.


Consumer confidence snapped back after the election, and retail spending was strong for a second straight month - signs that shoppers, the stalwarts of the economy, are shrugging off high energy prices and moving on.


Automated treadmill rebuilds muscles after stroke

NEW YORK  - Treadmill training with assistance of robot-driven leg supports, a device called the Lokomat, helps build muscle mass in partially paralyzed stroke patients, German researchers report in the February issue of Stroke.


FORMER communications minister Richard Alston will take over as Australia's High Commissioner in London next month from Michael L'Estrange, who heads in the opposite direction back to Canberra.


A 21-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of causing an explosion at a Merseyside school.


GM, DaimlerChrysler join hands to tap hybrids market

NEW YORK, December 14  - Automakers General Motors Corp (XGM.NYS) and DaimlerChrysler announced their decision yesterday to jointly develop fuel-saving hybrid engines, with the aim of capitalizing on the growing global market for cars


W.House won't accept all Baker group proposals

The White House on Friday dismissed former Secretary of State James Baker's appeal that his Iraq recommendations be largely adopted as a whole and said President George W. Bush was considering various proposals for a change in course.


NBA players cautious over European expansion

New talk of adding European teams to the National Basketball Association within a decade has some appeal to the league's European stars, but they want to see the details.


A simple slant pattern to his favorite receiver gave Brett Favre yet another record in a milestone season.


Gold tempts children in Nicaragua to risk lives

Former Republic of China President Lee Teng-hui (æç»è¼) received Japanese visitors yesterday, including political commentator Ryoko Sakurai, at his hotel during a sightseeing trip to the central Japanese city of Nagoya.


Storms and torrential rain take their toll

Fears of an environmental crisis grew last night as gales continued to batter a cargo ship loaded with more than 300 tonnes of oil which sank in the Channel 26 miles south-east of Portland Bill, spilling its load of timber.


Tropical Storm Jeanne Floods Dominican Republic

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic  - Tropical  Storm Jeanne killed three people and flooded parts of the  Dominican Republic as it doused the Caribbean country with  torrential rains on a track that could take it toward the  United States next week, authorities said on Friday.


Hassan's Family, Officials, Respond To Apparent Killing

The husband of Iraqi aid worker Margaret Hassan has asked Islamic militants to return his wife's body to him so that she can, in his words, rest in peace.


Lewis Hamilton's F1 title bid could be under threat after his McLaren team are charged with breaking the sport's rules.


St. Louis defenders didn't know what hit them

It seems most everyone on the St. Louis sideline figured out the Patriots were up to something when they lined up for a field goal midway through the third quarter.


Meche Shuts Out Red Sox; Colon Wins 15th

The Boston Red Sox were beating up on pitchers — until they ran into Gil Meche.


Indian officials say they are to survey the contamination at the site of the world's worst industrial accident in Bhopal.


A University of Colorado study has embarked on demonstrating that new planets can be found with the help of an orbiting starshade. The method has been compared to building a giant pinhole camera in space.


Bush to Head to U.N. With Host of Issues

The spotlight returns to Iraq and other problem areas of the Middle East as President Bush heads to the United Nations to address a host of global issues facing his administration.


Critics aside, Romero Britto is Super Bowl-bound.


Cape Town - The Nelson Mandela Foundation threatened a coin company with court action this week over the use of Madiba's prison number.


CORRECTED: Sharapova to face Henin-Hardenne in final

Removes incorrect reference in para six to Sharapova moving   up to world number one if she beats Henin-Hardenne in the   final.


France Races Against Clock in Iraq Hostage Crisis

France scrambled to secure the release of  two French journalists kidnapped by Iraqi militants who gave  Paris until Monday evening to drop its controversial ban on  Muslim headscarves in schools.


Allergy Sufferers Keen to Try Alternative Therapy

In a survey of allergy and asthma patients seen at a private allergy practice in the US, 62 percent expressed an interest in also being treated with complementary


New Kerry Ad Says Bush Lied About Debate

WASHINGTON - John Kerry on Saturday looked to frame the next presidential debate in a specriticizing President Bush's economic record, but also tried to get in a final word about their last face-off by declaring himself the winner and Bush a liar. "George Bush lost the debate," an announcer says in a television ad Kerry's campaign unveiled Saturday...


New 'Daily Show' Site Launches with 13,000 Clips

Comedy Central has launched a new Web site in beta for The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, giving the program its own destination and making available 13,000 video clips. Although full-length episodes will not be viewable, users can search for and view specific segments free of charge.


Chino woman dies days after being diagnosed with West Nile

CHINO, Calif. A 76-year-old Chino woman has died days after being diagnosed with the West Nile virus -- but officials aren't sure whether the mosquito-borne illness caused her death.


A service is held in Ireland for Margaret Hassan, while the EU warns of implications for relief workers in Iraq.


A major earthquake shook western Indonesia Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on its Web site. The preliminary magnitude was listed at 7.6.


Torino, 17:54 - CALCIO, TORINO: OTTO RETI NEL TEST CON IL CASELLE

Otto reti al Caselle per il Torino nel consueto test infrasettimanale. Non hanno partecipato al test...


Le autoritÃ  hanno diffuso una foto del 28enne nato a Siderno (Calabria)e residente a Kaarst, in Nordreno-Vestfalia. Messa una taglia di 10mila euro                                            Strage Duisburg, la polizia tedesca accusa "Giovanni Strangio tra i responsabili"                                                                                E' imparentato con Maria Strangio, uccisa a San Luca il 25 dicembre del 2006"In concomitanza con il funerale della donna era stato trovato in possesso di un'arma"


Mauresmo defies critics and looks for No1

Unlike on the men's circuit where Roger Federer has been the dominant personality, winning three of the four grand slam titles, the women's year has been one of fragmentation and injury.


Swiss voters head to the polls to decide whether the country should impose more restrictive asylum laws.


Avvertimento in video su web che minaccia Austria e Germania


La Bindi e gli ulivisti attaccano: "Quel documento non Ã¨ conciliabile con il sostegno a Prodi"Non convinto neppure il ministro Bersani: "Le proposte devono essere precise e gli orizzonti piÃ¹ lunghi"                                            Manifesto di Rutelli, si agita la maggioranza Veltroni: "Non indebolisca il governo"                                                                                Si moltiplicano intanto le sottoscrizioni. Tra gli altri Cacciari, Bassanini e Chiamparino


One Mega Millions Ticket Wins Mega-Jackpot Estimated at $163 Million! Ticket Sold In Georgia Matches All Six Numbers To Win

MEGA MILLIONS, Sept. 16  /PRNewswire/ -- One ticket has won it all. Somewhere there is a ticket worth an estimated $163 million.  That ticket, which was purchased in Bainbridge, Georgia, matched all six numbers in the September 15, 2006 Mega Millions drawing.


Rumsfeld honored for citizenship amid protests

Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was honored for citizenship by a patriotic organization on Friday as peace protesters outside criticized his role as one of the architects of the U.S.-led war in Iraq.


Although many Chileans celebrated the death of Augusto Pinochet, human rights activists lamented that he was never put on trial for his atrocities


The Los Angeles Angels overcame an early 5-0 deficit to beat Seattle 10-6 on Tuesday, stretching their lead over the Mariners in the American League West to four games.


US President George W. Bush told the United Nations its credibility hinged on getting a UN-led force to Darfur soon, even over Sudan's objections, to end "unspeakable violence" there.


U.S., South Korea Agree to Delay Troop Cut -Report

The United States and South Korea plan to announce on Wednesday a three-year delay in plans to cut the number of U.S. troops stationed on the Cold War frontline to protect the U.S. ally against reclusive communist North Korea.


Israel declares Gaza "enemy entity" as Rice visits

Israel declared the Gaza Strip an "enemy entity" on Wednesday and said it would reduce its fuel and power supplies to the Hamas-run territory in response to rocket attacks by Palestinian militants.


Microsoft's Piracy Replacement Offer: Trick Or Treat?

Microsoft UK is offering FREE licensed copies of Windows XP to anyone who is willing to give up their counterfeit copies in exchange.


WASHINGTON -- Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in auction yesterday, with three-month bills rising to the highest level in more than two months while six-month bills were unchanged.


British troops in Iraq are withdrawing from their base in Basra palace to the city's airport.


Will the real Valerie Steele please stand up?


Ukraine Faces Split, Bloodshed, Putin Ally Says

Russian parliamentary speaker Boris  Gryzlov said Tuesday Ukraine was headed for breakup or  bloodshed over its deadlocked presidential election.


Without Yasser Arafat, the individual who has dominated Palestinian politics for the past 36 years, the Middle East may be entering the political equivalent of the "perfect storm.


Bush Declares Kerry Can't Keep U.S. Safe

President Bush said Friday that the choice facing voters amounts to who can keep Americans safer from terrorists and that John Kerry does not measure up. Kerry's campaign accused the president of resorting to fearmongering out of desperation as the rivals exchanged accusations across battleground states.


The Federal Communications Commission came under sharp criticism in Congress over the suspension of a program that pays for Internet service at public schools and libraries.


Joubert Gains Psychological Edge Over Plushenko

TURIN, Italy  - Champion Brian Joubert set the  scene for an enthralling men's competition after he established  a slim lead over three-times former winner Yevgeny Plushenko in  the European championships on Wednesday.


Saddam Got $21 Billion from UN Oil Program -U.S. Panel

Saddam Hussein's regime reaped over  $21 billion from kickbacks and smuggling before and during the  now-defunct U.N. oil-for-food program, twice as much as  previous estimates, according to a U.S. Senate probe on Monday.


Microsoft, Air Force Seal $509M Software, Services Deal

The Air Force and Microsoft have entered two contracts. One consolidates 38 different software licenses throughout the Air Force, while the other consolidates seven service contracts.


NTT DoCoMo has developed a prototype methanol fuel cell recharger for demanding mobile phones. The charger relies on a replaceable methanol cartridge and hydrogen


Pedestrians at the nation's busiest border crossing are losing conveniences because of security measures that critics say amount to an unnecessary crackdown.


Vijay Singh of Fiji tees off on the sixth hole during the first round of the Chrysler Championship on Oct. 28 on the Copperhead Course at the Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Fla.


KDDI to tie with JR East on fibre-optic broadband

KDDI Corp. , Japan's second-biggest phone company, said on Monday it plans to offer fibre-optic broadband services via cables owned by East Japan Railway Co.  to challenge dominant operator Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. .


Israel's Sharon Confronts Party Rebels Before Vote

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon confronted Likud party rebels with a pledge to put the good of Israel first Wednesday as he battled to avoid an embarrassing defeat over his Gaza pullout plan.


You won't get great performance unless you invest in great companies.


Crashes: Did 'Black Widows' Bring Down the Planes?

Sept. 6 issue - Russian officials confirmed what the rest of the world suspected: that terrorism was a likely cause of two nearly simultaneous crashes of airliners that took off from the same Moscow airport one night last week.


Jordan's King Abdullah tells the US Congress that America must back an urgent drive for Middle East peace.


Iraqi Conference on Election Plan Sinks Into Chaos

The conference was thrown into disorder by delegates staging protests against the U.S.-led military operation in Najaf.


Vandals hit hard at Detroit's Osborn High School

Vandals stole about 50 computers and did extensive damage to a city high school over the weekend, police said. Detroit Public Schools spokeswoman Mattie Majors said the district didn't have


The "dark energy" speeding up cosmic expansion has been with us for at least nine billion years, astronomers say.


Cogliano Scores Late, Oilers Win in Shoot Out

Oilers rookie Andrew Cogliano scores a short-handed goal with 1:27 left in the third period and Edmonton beats Anaheim, 3-2, in a shootout Sunday night.


Bulls Squeeze Past Knicks for Sixth Win in a Row

Eddy Curry's lay-up with 2.4 seconds  left earned the Chicago Bulls their sixth straight victory, an  86-84 win over the New York Knicks Saturday.


Citrix Upgrade Untethers Mobile Users from Servers

As part of a software upgrade, Citrix Systems is adding application streaming capabilities designed to help companies cut the umbilical cord connecting mobile users to Citrix servers.


Auto parts maker Tower Automotive Inc.  TWR.N said on Tuesday its third-quarter loss would be twice  as deep as previously expected because of lower vehicle  production in North America and higher steel costs.


Politics as usual? Hasta la vista, baby. The radical center has flexed its muscle in California, short-circuiting the parties and going directly to the people. Now it could sweep the nation. By Jill Stewart from Wired magazine.


Anderson Hoping for Happier Times for Scotland

Russell Anderson claims he relishes every opportunity to pull on a Scotland jersey - even though he does not have too many happy memories to call upon.


It won't be immediately clear whether "Godzilla: Final Wars," which opened in Japan last week, has broken any box office records. But the giant radioactive reptile's 28th film already has set the bar higher in one way — its cost.


Per la mancata esecuzione di investimenti per circa 2 mld


Man tries to break into Buffett's Nebraska home

A man carrying a fake gun and wearing dark camouflage paint on his face was being sought on Thursday for attempting to break into billionaire Warren Buffett's home in Omaha, Nebraska, police said.


BEAVER CREEK - Most individuals wouldn't be able to turn a steering wheel 63 times in less than a minute. Try it on skis. Some racers in Sunday's Birds of Prey slalom didn't even make it through the first


Tech firms tangle with Tories on ID cards

Conservatives put big business in its place The IT industry has found itself in a handbagging spat with shadow home secretary David Davis over the Conservative party's plans to ditch ID cards should they win power from Labour.â¦


Devilsâ New Coach Expects the Door to Stop Revolving

Brent Sutter, the third youngest of seven brothers from one of hockeyâs most famous families, will be the seventh man to coach the Devils in nine years.


Thirteen people escape injury after shots are fired into a crowded house in County Armagh.


Daniel Radcliffe, who has captivated moviegoers as the bespectacled schoolboy wizard in the Harry Potter films, has donated the first pair of glasses he wore as a child to an exhibition marking the horrors of the Holocaust.


GM Recalls 1.5 Million Vehicles in North America

General Motors Corp. has recalled  nearly 1.5 million vehicles in North America, including 946,817  sport utility vehicles, to fix tail lights that could loosen  and flicker, the automaker said on Thursday.


France Joins Spain to Catch Pair Suspected of Terrorism

In a major joint operation by France and Spain, two of Spain's most wanted terrorist suspects were captured Sunday in southwestern France, French and Spanish officials said.


Vodafone's New Lineup Includes iPhone Rival

Vodafone has an exclusive agreement to offer Samsung's touch-screen F700 smart phone in Europe.


In a resounding, coast-to-coast rejection of gay marriage, voters in 11 states approved constitutional amendments Tuesday limiting marriage to one man and one woman.


There is a sort of swagger to Howard Dean's smile. Here he is, poised to take charge of the Democratic Party, a striking comeback after his flameout a year ago in the presidential race. He is savoring the moment, yet displaying a new sense of caution.


Citigroup stake sale may meet China opposition: report

NEW YORK/SHANGHAI  - Citigroup Inc's  plans to raise capital by selling a $2 billion stake to China Development Bank  may be in jeopardy due to Chinese government opposition, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.


Bangladesh at standstill in fourth opposition strike in a week

DHAKA : Bangladesh was brought to a standstill by the fourth general strike in a week called by the opposition, which has stepped up its campaign to oust the government since an assassination attempt on its leader.


Results in key Senate races: Reuters poll

Democrats must gain six seats in the November 7 election to recapture U.S. Senate control, and they lead in three of the seven most vulnerable Republican-held states, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Thursday.


Nervous broadcasters training for Beijing Olympics

Certain horrifying  prospects come to mind as the West gets ready to descend on  Beijing to cover the 2008 Olympic Games.


US Searches Computers, Trying to Disrupt Piracy

ederal authorities searched computers in six locations yesterday in an attempt to disrupt a network used to trade copies of movies, software, games and music.


High court rules against dot-com investors

Blog: Group of investors had accused ten leading investment banks of misconduct for their role in initial public stock offerings of several hundred high-tech companies during the late 1990s.


Robben the key to Chelsea title charge says Duff

Damien Duff believes the day fellow winger Arjen Robben made his Chelsea debut was the moment when the Londoners bid for a first top-flight title in 50 years truly took off.


Based on Che Guevara's early days, The Motorcycle Diaries is a tender tribute to the young man, not the myth


Make a stamp? Nope, no more, says the U.S. Postal Service. Though most used the service to create postage from images of their dogs, babies and weddings, some folks made legal postage out of images of not-so-nice people.


Aumentata parte in contanti per spiazzare Blackstone


Ethanol Undergoes Evolution as Political Issue

What's the closest thing in politics to a religious experience? The ethanol conversion.


By San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun. 4--Literary   Susan Vreeland   at MLK Library   Music   Joshua Redman   at Kuumbwa Jazz   Literary   fos.


Central America's main children rights group fires its UK-born director, saying he paid for sex with a teenager.


Interbrew and AmBev combine to form InBev

30/08/2004 Interbrew and Companhia de Bebidas das AmÃ©ricas (AmBev) have closed the transaction announced on March 3, 2004 to combine Interbrew and AmBev, creating InBev, the worldâs premier brewer.


Oracle's Ellison: SOA migration a slow process

Scoffing at reports alleging the adoption of SOA is slowing, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said this week that moving to SOA is a slow process but one that presents an opportunity for Oracle.Speaking on Oracle's earnings conference call Wednesday, Ellison said he had read news articles about the slowing adoption of SOA. But he stressed that SOA requires a change in architecture, which takes time to implement."While I've read [these articles], people have to understand when you have a fundamentally new computer software architecture, SOA, it takes a long time for adoption," Ellison said. Moving to SOA is not as easy as flipping a switch, he said."It takes about 10 to 20 years before [you can] rewrite all of your applications," he said. But Oracle sees this process accelerating in its middleware business."We think it's a long-term growth story, it's a very rapid growth story," said Ellison. "It takes a long time for our customers to have a majority of their applications modernized and we think this is a growth story for a decade for us," he said.For the quarter ending November 30, Oracle reported revenues of $5.3 billion, a 28 percent increase over the $4.16 billion reported for the same quarter last year. Net income was $1.3 billion, a 35 percent increase over the $967 million reported for the same time period in 2006.


Former diplomats offer candidates advice

Foreign policy gurus, from Richard Holbrooke to Henry A. Kissinger, are providing advice to presidential candidates on a long hopeful march to the White House.


Democrats urge ABC to withdraw 9/11 movie

Amid an election-year debate over   who can best defend America, U.S. congressional Democrats urged   ABC on Thursday to cancel a TV miniseries about the September   11 attacks that is critical of former Democratic President Bill   Clinton and his top aides.


David Letterman says the birth of his son, Harry, has made a "huge difference" in his life — but the 3-year-old doesn't always get daddy's sense of humor.


New foot and mouth outbreak confirmed near London

A new case of foot and mouth disease has been officially confirmed close to the site of last month's outbreak, Britain's chief veterinary officer Debby Reynolds said Wednesday.


The Caucus Blog: Giulianiâs Day in London

Rudolph Giuliani is the first candidate to come to London for a fundraiser.


Britain's Princes William and Harry plan to stage a concert with performers including Elton John next year to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of their mother Princess Diana, a newspaper reported Sunday.


City Room: New Yorkers, You May Be Excused: A Pay Toilet Opens

The first of 20 pay toilets opened today in Manhattan's Madison Square Park. Costing only 25 cents, it will give a user 15 minutes of private time and automatically self-clean between uses.


The presumptive GOP nominee knows he must prevent a civil war within the party to have any chance in the fall


Now, of course, the question jumps right off the page: Is it possible for a player to continue to excel while plying his trade directly in front of a sign that compares him with the immortals of his industry?


Madrid, 12:41 - F1, MARCA: LEGALE ALONSO TRATTA RESCISSIONE CON MCLAREN

Il quotidiano spagnolo 'Marca' scrive oggi che l'avvocato di Fernando Alonso è andato a Wokin...


Britons feared kidnapped in bloody day for Iraq

"We are urgently looking into reports that a group of Westerners has been kidnapped."  SEVERAL Britons were feared kidnapped in Baghdad today on another bloody day for Iraq. via Edinburgh News


Village Considers Water and Sewer Fee Hike

By Amanda C. Tinnin, The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.  May 28--GLEN CARBON -- Village residents may be paying more for their water and sewer service. But it's hard to tell how much more that will be.


Japan's central bank plans to end its unprecedented policy of buying stocks from the nation's banks this month, a sign that its purchases over the past two years have helped restore stability to the financial system, Britain's Financial Times newspaper reported Wednesday.


Bush Acknowledges Mixed Signals on Economy

The president said the economic signs were âincreasingly mixed,â but suggested he would oppose Democratic initiatives to increase spending to head off a recession.


Coming to toy shelves: 'Halo 3' line by McFarlane

Creator of famed Spawn comic plans five action figures and three vehicles based on Microsoft's first-person shooter.


GAZA CITY -- Hamas militiamen's efforts to break up antigovernment protests sparked gun battles across the Gaza Strip yesterday that killed eight people in the worst internal Palestinian violence since Hamas took power.


Little Book author Jeffrey Gitomer sells sales to salespeople, again and again


The Coming Soon! Box Office Report has been updated with the studio estimates for the weekend. Be sure to stay tuned there for the final figures on Monday afternoon.


To his Palestinian followers he was Abu Ammar, the kaffiyeh-clad warrior king who had brought them from the wilderness to the brink of statehood.


Brown-Forman Corp. BFb.N, which  sells products ranging from Jack Daniels whiskey to Lenox  china, on Thursday posted a better-than-expected 67 percent  jump in earnings as aggressive marketing boosted sales of  premium spirits and new wines.


Kerry Tells Bush to 'Get Real' on Assault Weapons

ST. LOUIS  - Democratic candidate John Kerry on  Friday said President Bush's failure to fight for a renewal of  a ban on assault weapons will make it easier for terrorists to  get the lethal weapons.


By MATT SEDENSKY FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith appeared in court Tuesday in his quest to "carry out what Anna Nicole wanted" on her burial, closing his eyes as her embalming was discussed.


Gearing up for the holidays, Apple is coming up with new versions of its leading musical products. Its iTunes site with its online charging for downloaded music will become available in 10 new countries, including Canada and Belgium.


St Helens see off battling Catalans Dragons to win the Challenge Cup  at Wembley.


Australian man to go on trial over British backpacker murder

An Australian mechanic was ordered to stand trial over the outback murder three years ago of British backpacker Peter Falconio.


Joe Piscopo Running for New Jersey Governor, Seriously

Some people told Joe Piscopo that he should run for Governor of New Jersey and he took them seriously. This move is one of the first time people have laughed with or at Piscopo in years.


Delegates from the nations that emit the most pollutants worked Thursday to advance discussions on how the world can combat global climate change.


Unlike standard cough treatments, the cocoa compound theobromine caused no adverse effects on the cardiovascular or central nervous systems.


Airline asks court to void 3 labor pacts

US Airways Group Inc. yesterday asked a federal bankruptcy judge to void labor agreements with three unions to help it slash costs and avoid liquidation.


News Analysis: Departures Offer Chance for a Fresh Start as Term Ebbs

For President Bush, the back-to-back resignations of two longtime aides amount to a political housecleaning for his last months in office.


Baghdad, autobomba al Check-point. Nove morti e 19 feriti

Ad un anno esatto dalla cattura di Saddam Hussein, l'Iraq Ã¨ tutt'altro che pacificato: l'ultimo sanguinoso episodio, stamani quando un kamikaze si Ã¨ fatto esplodere di buon mattino a un check-point militare statunitense a ridosso della "Green Zone", la


They're squat and snub-nosed, slow but steadfast. The Fiat 500 — the tiny Italian car with the big personality — last rolled off assembly lines nearly 30 years ago, and today it is still fighting retirement.


A number of signs point to increasing demand for tech workers, but not all the clouds have been driven away.


Mantova, 15:04 - CALCIO, MANTOVA; DI CARLO: LA CLASSIFICA E' BUGIARDA

Il Mantova, domani in casa contro il Vicenza, si gioca una fetta di credililità. Lo sostiene ...


Disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley sought treatment for alcoholism and "other behavioral problems" as Republicans on Monday picked a new candidate to salvage the seat that Foley abandoned after exchanging lurid online messages with teenage boys.


Grand Theft Auto publisher tries to cool 'hot coffee' lawsuit

Better latte than never Take-Two Interactive, the publisher of the controversial Grand Theft Auto series of games may be close to settling a long running legal battle with a New York granny who attempted to sue the company after it emerged one of those games contained adult content.â¦


Video game re-creates slaying of Kennedy

A new video game to be released Monday allows players to simulate the assassination of President Kennedy. The release of JFK Reloaded is timed to coincide with the 41st anniversary


Milano, 19:35 - CALCIO, LAPO ELKANN: MI PIACEREBBE SCUDETTO AL PALERMO

Lapo Elkann ha parlato di campionato a SKY in occasione del Rally di Monza. ''Quando la Juve era in ...


Voters to get direct say on local spending

Radical plans unveiled today will let voters decide how tens of millions of pounds should be spent in their neighbourhood.


Israel approves release of Palestinian prisoners in goodwill ...

Israel on Sunday approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture toward Egypt and the new Palestinian leadership, officials said, but a Palestinian official dismissed the Israeli move as "cosmetic.


Average U.S. Child Consumes Too Many Calories

TUESDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) -- It's no secret that American kids eat too much. Now, a new study provides some specific numbers that could help fight the obesity epidemic.


Paul Jones, developer of the Solar Application Framework, has posted the latest version of said software. Details for the release can be found in this blog posting over on his site.    Last night, I released version 0.24.0 of Solar, the simple object library and application repository. Solar is a PHP 5 framework for rapid application development.   You can read the change notes for a full run-down, but there are a few changes in particular that I want to highlight.    He points out changes in the form of two major packages:  Solar_Request - a new class developed to handle the request information for a script (get/post/cookie/etc) Solar_Session - a new class to handle the sessions in an application, complete with read-once "flash" support  He also mentions a small change to the built-in Ajax support for the handling of the "edit" view.


Congress is preparing to get some juicy tax revenues from private equity.


Unlocking the iPhone could invite a lawsuit

The secret to unlocking the iPhone may be available, but the legal waters are murky, experts say.


Tra gli atenei mondiali primo posto per Harvard e Wharton


The No. 1 pick in the NFL was given the starting job Monday after coach Tom Coughlin benched two-time MVP Kurt Warner following losses in three of the last four games.


Non-aligned envoys tour Iran nuclear site

ISFAHAN, Iran  - Iran showed U.N. surveillance cameras to envoys from the Non-Aligned Movement of developing nations during a tour of a nuclear site on Saturday, in a bid to be open about its disputed atomic program.


Hinckley Dedicates Campus of New LDS Business College

By Sheena McFarland, The Salt Lake Tribune  Sep. 14--LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the new site of LDS  Business College on Wednesday afternoon before a crowd of more than 1,000  people.


L'AutoritÃ  annuncia anche "una drastica riduzione" delle tariffe di roamingE avverte: "Possibili multe fino a 2,5 milioni di euro in caso di infrazione"                                            Tlc, nel mirino lo scatto alla risposta L'Agcom: "E' una anomalia, va abolito"


General Motors Corp. GM.N was warned  of another possible cut in its debt rating on Monday, a day  after the world's largest automaker said it would spend about  $2 billion (1.55 billion euros) to end its troubled alliance  with Fiat Spa FIA.MI.


Amburgo, 11:30 - CALCIO, BORUSSIA DORTMUND: POSSIBILE RITORNO DI HITZFELD

Il Borussia potrebbe esonerare nelle prossime ore il tecnico Bert van Marwijk e richiamare in panchi...


Pretexting ban signed into law in Calif.

Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into a law a bill that will ban the practice of pretexting in the state beginning on Jan. 1.


Samples of human bone can be turned into jewellery by growing them in the laboratory.


Amitabh to play Krishna in Robbie Grewal's next?

After an autobiographical take on his adolescence in "Mera Pehla Pehla Pyar" (MP3), director Robby Grewal wants to cast Amitabh Bachchan as Lord Krishna in a contemporary film.


EU defence chiefs agree to create rapid-reaction battle groups for deployment in international hot spots.


What does a woman's weight have to do with birth control? According to FDA experts, a recent rise in pregnancies among women on the pill may be linked to obesity.


'Screamers' Clamor for MTV Awards Tickets in Rome

Talent isn't required, but screams, cheers and lots of gyrations are.


The federal Health Minister admits there are a few gaps in the new first ministers health care deal. Ujjal Dosanjh admits the agreement doesn't spell out how the government will deal with provinces that violate


Two Palestinians killed in Israeli air raid

GAZA CITY - Two Islamic Jihad militants died in an Israeli air raid at Khan Younes in the Gaza Strip overnight, hospital officials said Sunday.


Autorizzato ingresso in Italia fino a 80 mila lavoratori


The veteran DJ John Peel has died aged 65. He suffered a heart attack shortly after being taken ill during a working holiday in the city of Cuzco, Peru, with his wife Sheila.


The transgender sportscaster wears a miniskirt, the porn is gay, lesbian and bisexual, and Wonder Woman will be on every night at seven.


KABUL, OCTOBER 25: President Hamid Karzai has won the majority of votes in the October 9 election, results posted Sunday on the election commissionâs website show, effectively securing his position as Afghanistanâs first popularly elected president.


A "distressed" gunman on a balcony at the New York-New York casino opened fire on gamblers below early Friday, wounding four people before he was tackled by off-duty military reservists. A fifth person was hurt in a crush of people fleeing the casino.


A 35-year-old man appears in court on drug charges following the discovery of cannabis plants worth Â£140,000.


Abbas' office gets $50M from Arab League

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' office on Tuesday received $50 million from the Arab League, officials said, the largest amount of international aid to reach the Palestinians since the Hamas militant group won legislative elections in January.


Mexico City considers legal prostitution

The leftist party that has already legalized gay unions and abortion in Mexico City said Wednesday it wants to make prostitution legal in the capital of this overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country.


Australian govt hikes travel alert for Britain

The Australian government issued an  upgraded travel alert for Britain on Sunday, advising visitors  to use a high degree of caution.


Marsiglia, 17:46 - CICLISMO, TOUR DE FRANCE: A VASSEUR LA DECIMA TAPPA

Il francese Cedric Vasseur ha vinto in volata la decima tappa del Tour de France, Tallard- Marsiglia...


Teemu Selanne scored a pair of goals and a stingy defense did the rest as the Anaheim Ducks downed the Calgary Flames 5-3 on Sunday.


The Navy says it won't comply with sonar training restrictions that aim to protect marine mammals off the California coast, arguing that the commission that imposed the rules does not have the jurisdiction to do so.


Singer Seal loses his appeal against a decision to award his former manager Â£500,000 from his first two albums.


Calcio: l'Inter pareggia ancora, l'Udinese batte il Lecce

L'Inter ha pareggiato la sua ottava partita su 10 oggi con un 1-1 contro la Fiorentina. L'attaccante brasiliano Adriano ha segnato la rete del pareggio all'81esimo minuto dopo che Dario


US shoppers fail to give thanks to Wal-Mart

WAL-MART, the worldâs largest retailer, has cut its sales forecast, in the run-up to Christmas, by more than half after suffering a fall in the number of shoppers passing through its doors


The prosecution will tell jurors Scott Peterson is a manipulative, selfish, callous man who murdered his wife and their unborn child and destroyed the lives of so many others.


When the Detroit Tigers visited Fenway Park last month, center fielder Curtis Granderson said his perception of how a knuckleball pitcher performs simply depends on the day.


Rescuers search for Sinai blasts survivors

TABA: Rescue workers sifted through the wreckage of an Egyptian Red Sea hotel yesterday, hoping to find survivors after a series of three bombs targeting Israeli tourists in the Sinai Peninsula killed at least 33 people.


Westpac Reports 16.3 Percent Profit Boost

Australia's fourth largest bank, Westpac Banking Corp., announced Monday a 16.3 percent rise in net profit in fiscal 2004 and said it was confident of strong performance next year despite intensifying competition.


Bush: Putin leader of consequence, but to what end?

President George W. Bush on Thursday said Russian President Vladimir Putin was chosen "Person of the Year" by a U.S. magazine for being a leader of consequence, but only time would judge "to what end."


Escano da Giunta Bassolino, convocato comitato regionale


A Marsciano dopo l'omicidio di Barbara Cicioni paura e accuse agli stranieri"Le badanti sanno cosa c'Ã¨ nelle case e lo dicono ai loro uomini"                                          Umbria, l'eden infranto "Difendiamoci con i fucili"                                                                                dal nostro inviato JENNER MELETTI


NASA Gives Rocketplane Kistler Termination Notice

WASHINGTON - NASA formally notified Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) Sept. 7 that it is 30 days away from having its Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) agreement terminated for failure to live up to the terms of the deal.


A serving soldier has been arrested at an army barracks in connection with the sale of ammunition.


Australia end day four of the first Test needing four wickets to beat India.


Braves authored improbable script to 2004 season

No one believed in the Braves when the season started, and John Smoltz is one of the first to admit that he had his doubts. Win the division for an unprecedented 13 straight seasons?


At least 22 people are killed in mudslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in the Bangladeshi port town of Chittagong.


Sheffield United and Aston Villa share the points in an entertaining draw.


SLR skins encase Sony Alpha, battery grips

Blog: Camera Armor is expanding its range of tight-fitting body suits for SLR cameras.


Wal-Mart report should give clues on fiscal year

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. investors will be focused on the retailer's forecast for its new fiscal year and indications as to when sales at its U.S. store base may finally strengthen when the world's largest retailer reports fourth-quarter results on Tuesday.


Ghana, "booms" behind it, seeks more prosperity

Born on the day Ghana became independent from Britain, Godson Dag-Sosu has seen coups, food shortages and power cuts during his 50 years of life.


Early Voting for President Begins with 'Hiccups'

Early voting for the U.S. presidential election began in Florida on Monday as activists urged people to opt for early ballots to avoid a repeat of the 2000 election fiasco, but computer problems and long lines soon emerged.


Roma, 17:24 - ATLETICA: NOAH NGENY ANNUNCIA IL RITIRO

Noah Ngeny, ventinovenne campione olimpico nei 1500 metri a Sydney 2000, ha annunciato oggi il suo r...


Today's biggest story: A new way to activate a cell phone

Blog: With all of the hoopla surrounding the iPhone, we have all forgotten about the most important development of today's release: a new way to activate a cell phone.  You can have your iPhone.  I'll take the home activation and enjoy it for much longer than y


DVD sales might have  slipped in 2007, but another key segment of the home  entertainment market had a banner year: video games.


`Fawlty Towers' hotel reopens in England

The Gleneagles Hotel staged a gala reopening Monday, boasting of its reputation as Fawlty Towers, England's most frightful hotel.


Pink outsells brown, and other Zune tales

Blog: Microsoft sent out an update on the device today: pink is selling, and the device is holding on to its No. 2 spot in the market for hard drive-based music players.


TV group calls probe of video releases chilling

A U.S. investigation of how video  news releases are used by television stations is cutting their  use and depriving viewers of key information, a group of news  directors said in comments made public on Friday.


U.S. Treasury prices drifted lower on Wednesday but trade was subdued as the market pondered the scale of interest rate hikes a day after the Federal Reserve delivered its third straight rate increase.


Out-of-Towner Bustin Stones Holds On to Win General George at Laurel

Trainer Bruce Levine admitted to having a couple of worries yesterday going into the Grade II $300,000 General George Breeders' Cup Handicap: His lightly raced but blazingly fast chestnut colt Bustin Stones likely would face pace pressure from horses starting to his outside, and the sprints earli...


Milano, 15:26 - CALCIO, SERIE B: DUE TURNI DI STOP A MARRUOCCO E STELLINI

In serie B, il giudice sportivo ha squalificato 13 giocatori dopo la seconda giornata di ritorno. Du...


Luna Rossa, quarta regata la sfida dell'orgoglio

Dopo il giorno di riposo, nessuna modifica sostanziale alla barca. Si riparte oggi dal 3-0 per New Zealand.  Segui la diretta dalle 14:50


Some of the most dramatic and heated moments in Wednesdayâs House Oversight Committee hearing centered on a nanny, a barbecue, and suggestions of witness tampering.


Roma, 14:19 - CALCIO, ROMA: CONVOCATI PER LA SAMPDORIA

Luciano Spalletti ha convocato 20 giocatori per Roma-Sampdoria di domani sera (ore 21), ritorno dei ...


Eight Drivers Are Jumbled Around The Cutoff Point

Jamie McMurray took one look at the assembled crowd -- about five dozen journalists, a bank of television cameras and a roaming gang of still photographers -- and reconsidered his wardrobe.


DÃ©jÃ  Vu: If It All Seems Familiar, There May Be a Reason

New research has opened a promising window on the phenomenon of dÃ©jÃ  vu, providing both possible explanations for the sensation and novel ways to create and measure it.


Teheran, 14:21 - CALCIO, IRAN: SI RITIRA ALI DAEI

Il calciatore-simbolo dell'Iran, Ali Daei, 38 anni, si ritira dall'attività agonistica. Il bo...


American Kresge moves two shots clear at Tampa Bay

American journeyman Cliff Kresge charged into an early two-shot lead in the Tampa Bay Championship first round at the Westin Innisbrook Resort on Thursday.


Second US airline targets Berlin-New York route

US airline Continental announced it would begin daily direct flights between Berlin and New York next year, becoming the second US company in less than a week to re-open the transatlantic route to and from the ...


Your favorite TV characters announce their candidacies for the 2008 presidential nomination.


Walter Salles's stirring and warm-hearted film reconstructs a journey across South America taken by Ernesto Guevara before his career as a revolutionary.