BHP Billiton launches A$1.5 bn share buyback programme

NEW YORK, October 5  - BHP Billiton Limited (BHP.NYS), the world's largest mining company, has announced its plans to return up to A$1.


TORONTO, Sept. 1 -- When the radio crackled with news that two California murder suspects were racing toward the U.S. border in January, Canadian border guards quickly  cleared passenger cars from their posts and then fled.


Senate Budget Panel Head Pledges Fiscal Discipline

New Hampshire Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, who is set to take over in January as the chairman of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, on Wednesday promised to control spending and rein in the record U.S. budget deficit.


Six French aid workers jailed in Chad for child trafficking will fly home on Friday, a Chadian official says.


Gordon Brown appoints practising surgeon Professor Sir Ara Darzi as a minister, charged with improving patient care.


Marginalized Saudi city looks to U.N. for help

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - Saudi Arabia is hoping that the United Nations will step in to help save the historic old city of Jeddah, whose unique Red Sea architecture is in danger of disappearing.


Google Software Move Takes Aim at Microsoft Hybrid Products Will Work Offline, Too

By Miguel Helft  Millions of people enjoy free Web-based software programs, but they have a drawback in that they are available to users only when they are online.


46-year-old actress Sharon Stone is suing Beverly Hills Dr. Renato Calabria claiming that the doctor contacted magazines Us Weekly and In Touch to suggest that he performed a facelift on her.  Neither of the articles state that Calabria admitted to doi...


Now comes the hard part in North Korea talks

After securing the shutdown of a North Korean nuclear reactor, negotiators gathered in Beijing on Tuesday with the much harder task of coaxing Pyongyang to give up a trove of atomic secrets long guarded as vital for its survival.


Stocks Fall on Subprime, Profit Concerns

Stocks headed for a lower open today amid renewed concerns that soured subprime loans will wreak financial havoc and upend the recent run-up on Wall Street.


Film premieres are back and how! In fact, the multiplexes in Mumbai are vying with each other to obtain the premiere shows of forthcoming biggies.


With 8 million customers around the globe ordering business cards, letterhead and other printed materials from its online venue, VistaPrint executives understand the power of Web analytics for uncovering customer trends. Getting the most of out their data was a matter of measuring -- and acting on -- the right metrics.


The New York region is confronting an acute shortage of physician assistants and clerical workers at the entry level.


Aussie cricket blast ICC's 'chucking' changes

Sydney: Australian Test cricketers and former greats blasted moves by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to relax cricket's chucking laws.


The case against two men charged in a botched advertising scheme that created a bomb scare in the Boston area could be resolved by the end of the month, a prosecutor said Wednesday.


When the attacks came on Sept. 11, 2001, Tom O'Brien, if only for a moment, stopped being Boston College's coach. On that day, as the World Trade Center and Pentagon smoldered and the world stood still, O'Brien was a Navy man.


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


Verso mezzogiorno sfiorati i 55.000 MW di richiesta


Leader Idv, sottosegretario Drago giudicato per peculato


Japanese Bank Battle a Break From the Past

TOKYO - In the old days in Japan, a merger between two banks would have been quietly brokered behind closed doors. But the current clash between two major Japanese banks over competing bids for a smaller rival is turning into a boisterous public brawl.


Celtic captain Jackie McNamara will be sidelined for at least a month after sustaining ankle ligament damage in Tuesday's 3-1 Champions League defeat to Barcelona.


Microsoft Corp. said on Sunday that it would share the underlying software code for its Office program as part of its efforts to make governments more confident in the security and compatibility


With his poll numbers dropping and almost everything else going wrong, Rudy's campaign is in need of some good news


Jennifer Capriati beat fellow American Meghann Shaughnessy 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the Advanta Championships in Philadelphia to remain in the hunt for a spot in the WTA Tour Championship.


Milano, 14:55 - CALCIO, SCOMMESSE; ANCELOTTI: DIVERSO DA ANNI 80

Il tecnico del Milan, Carlo Ancelotti, commenta la notizia secondo la quale 21 giocatori, tra i qual...


Volkswagen to Seek Wage Freeze in Contract Talks

Volkswagen AG, Europe's largest carmaker, wants German workers to agree to a two-year wage freeze to cut costs amid a stagnating market in place of the 4 percent yearly raise unions are demanding.


LabCorp cuts forecast as Aetna ends contract

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings   on Thursday cut its 2007 earnings forecast after Aetna  Inc.  terminated its LabCorp contract, sending shares in  the diagnostic services company down by as much as 11 percent.


Bush Asks for $2 Bln for Florida, to Visit State

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo.  - The White House asked  Congress on Monday to approve $2 billion in emergency funding  for hurricane-battered Florida and said President Bush would  visit the election battleground state on Wednesday.


President Bush has signed a new law authorizing him to freeze Sudanese government assets to protest the violence in Sudan's troubled Darfur region.


Schwarzenegger unveils hydrogen Hummer, but not how he planned

The governor drove the shiny blue SUV to a hydrogen fueling spot at Los Angeles International Airport to tout his 100 (m) million dollar plan for a "hydrogen highway" of such stations.


Gabbana on Why D&G Pulled âFantasy Rapeâ Ad

Dolce & Gabbana are giving up on an ad campaign featuring a 'fantasy' rape. But they may have won the publicity war after all.


Previsti +476.000 occupati, boom per collaboratori domestici


Malaysia detains ethnic Indians under security law

Malaysia invoked a tough internal security law on Thursday to indefinitely detain five ethnic Indian activists from a group that had staged a mass anti-government protest last month.


Hurricane Frances Heads to Bahamas; Gaston Moves Off East Coast

Hurricane Frances brushed past several Caribbean islands on its way toward Florida while, further north, Tropical Storm Gaston was moving out to sea after leaving a trail of damage in Virginia and South Carolina.


Researchers find big batch of breast cancer genes

A genetic mutation that raises the risk of breast cancer is found in up to 60 percent of U.S. women, making it the first truly common breast cancer susceptibility gene, researchers reported on Sunday.


Survey reveals inequalities in European cancer care

Cancer care varies widely throughout Europe with large discrepancies in the number of specialists and facilities for patients, a survey by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) showed on Tuesday.


The government selected 18 cities and sprawling suburban regions Wednesday to study for clues on why homicides and other violent crimes are on the rise nationally.


NEW YORK - The curse is dead. Last night's 3-0 win by the Boston Red Sox ended 85 years of World Series futility. Fans celebrated into the early morning, as they no longer have to endure chants of "1918" (the year of their last World Series win).


Blair backs S.Africa's Mbeki on Zimbabwe

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Friday he fully supported South Africa's efforts to mediate in Zimbabwe's escalating political crisis, saying any solution to the stand-off must come from within Africa.


'Chemical Ali' Will Be First Saddam Aide Tried

Ali Hassan al-Majid, one of Saddam  Hussein's most feared deputies, better known as "Chemical Ali,"  will be the first leader of the former regime to be tried for  war crimes, Iraq's defense minister said on Wednesday.


Coming to a college near you: Services science?

SAN FRANCISCO - More thanÂ 40 years after Purdue University established the first department of computer science in the U.S., a whole new field of study is about to emerge in colleges and universities throughout the country, according to a researcher at IBM Corp.'s Almaden Research Center, who believes that students could begin to receive doctorate degrees in the field of "services sciences" in 10 years time.


Report: Al Qaeda striving to get inside U.S.

Al Qaeda is increasing its efforts to get operatives into the United States for an attack and has nearly all the resources it needs to carry out such a mission, a draft of a new U.S. government intelligence analysis says, according to two government officials familiar with it.


USDA Backs Production of Rice With Human Genes

The Agriculture Department has given a preliminary green light for the first commercial production of a food crop engineered to contain human genes, reigniting fears that biomedically potent substances in high-tech plants could escape and turn up in other foods.


Hurricane Frances Cuts Power to Millions in Florida

Hurricane Frances weakened as it moved slowly across Florida, causing massive power outages and flooding across the state. Frances is expected to move out into the Gulf of Mexico and then cross back into northern


Napster Creator Launches New Music Service

Napster founder Shawn Fanning is returning to the music downloading arena with a brand new offering that is receiving reasonable support - given their histories together â-rom the music industry.


Lo ha detto presidente Autorita', Catricala'


Ex-Brazil coach Wanderley Luxemburgo replaces Mariano Garcia Remon at Real.


Report: U.S. to probe Microsoft, Yahoo ad deals too

Blog: The Federal Trade Commission plans to expand its probe beyond Google-DoubleClick to also look at Microsoft and Yahoo deals, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday


By Liu Baijia  Top Chinese web search portal Baidu.com Inc yesterday reported 400 percent growth in net profit in the fourth quarter, which pushed the company's stock price on the NASDAQ market up by 1.5 percent to $115.


Servono regole.I diritti di veto ci portano fuori dai tempi


The Anaheim Angels won the World Series in 2002 after reaching the postseason via the wild card. Ditto the Florida Marlins last year.


Pa. Teen Shoots 2 Before Killing Himself

A 14-year-old boy fatally shot his caretaker and wounded her teenage daughter at their home before taking his own life, police said.


Government aircraft have bombed a rebel-controlled city in the west African nation of Ivory Coast. Government bombers carried out three raids on Bouake, injuring several people in the first attack.


Once there's something to join Come early next year, Intel will end its holdout and join the Green Grid consortium backed by rival AMD.â¦


Bush: Iraq 'straining psyche' of America

President Bush said Monday the Iraq war is "straining the psyche of our country" but leaving now would be a disaster.


IBM project aims to help blind use ODF applications

(InfoWorld) - When Massachusetts' government decided to use Open Document Format (ODF) as the default document file format throughout its agencies, a key concern was that ODF would not allow the visually impaired to use assistive computer technologies. On Wednesday, IBM Corp. said it has helped solve that problem by developing technology that will allow applications based on ODF to better communicate with products used by the blind to access visual information on computer screens. Through Project Missouri, IBM developed application programming interfaces, (APIs) collectively called iAccessible2. These APIs will make it easy for visuals in applications based on ODF and other Web technologies to be interpreted by screen readers that reproduce that information verbally, IBM said. IBM spokesman Ari Fishkind said that in the past it has been hard for screen-reading technology to keep up with the advent of cutting-edge development and file formats such as ODF, AJAX (asynchronous Javascript and XML) and DHTML (dynamic hypertext markup language). The latter two technologies allow increasingly complex visuals to be rendered in Web browsers, and those are difficult to translate for screen readers, he said. iAccessible2 not only will help ODF communicate better with screen readers that assist blind computer users, but it will also allow charts, pictures and other visuals based on AJAX and DHTML to be discerned by the visually impaired through those readers. "It's like a universal decoder ring," he said of iAccessible2. The technology is based on interfaces IBM originally developed with Sun Microsystems Inc. to make programs on Java and Linux platforms accessible to the blind. IBM has donated its work in Project Missouri -- so named because Missouri is called the "Show Me" state -- to the Free Standards Group, a nonprofit group that promotes open-source software. That organization will work on the technology and maintain it as an open standard so anyone can use it, IBM said. Other companies working on the development of iAccessible2 include Sun, Oracle Corp. and SAP AG. Mozilla Corp. also intends to integrate iAccessible2 into its open-source Firefox Web browser, Fishkind added. ODF has been approved as an international standard by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and is currently in competition with Microsoft's Open XML file format to become the industry's default file format for documents. Open XML is the basis of Microsoft's proprietary Office 2007 productivity suite that also recently was approved by the ISO as a standard. Companies such as IBM, Sun and others are promoting the use of ODF against Microsoft's technology, while others will support both ODF and Open XML just to be on the safe side, in case both are widely adopted. The rivalry between ODF and Open XML heated up last year when Massachusetts put forth a proposal to change its default file format to ODF for all of its state agencies, which would mean they would have to stop using Microsoft Office. This eventually led Microsoft to submit Open XML as a standard as ODF was already going through that process. Increasingly, government agencies are moving their IT platforms to technologies that are considered standard throughout the industry, forgoing some technologies that are seen as proprietary.


Foreign aid flooding into tsunami-hit Sri Lanka

Foreign aid started to pour in with 16 countries pledging assistance to the stricken victims in the coastal areas of Sri Lanka, local media reported Wednesday.


Juventus maintained their five-point lead at the top of Serie A when they beat Chievo Verona 3-0 to extend their unbeaten start to the season.


Drinking red wine could help prevent lung cancer

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


Companies have 60 days to stop selling unapproved prescription drugs made with quinine and dispensed by the millions each year.


Proseguire su strada sanzioni economiche e dialogo


Singer Barry Manilow has cancelled three concerts in the US this weekend because of illness. Plus other entertainment news in brief.


Recuperato corpo dall'equipaggio di un rimorchiatore maltese


E. Leroy Tolles, Law Firm Founder, Is Dead at 85

Mr. Tolles was a co-founder of the Los Angeles law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson, which grew from seven lawyers into a nationally prominent firm with about 200 lawyers.


Torino, 12:57 - CALCIO, BUFFON PAPA': E' NATO LOUIS THOMAS

Lieto evento in casa Juve. E' nato Louis Thomas, il figlio di Gianluigi Buffon e Alena Seredova. Ad ...


Overall iPod sales surge, iPod photo demand mediocre

Sales of Apple's flagship iPods are booming in recent weeks, though sources claim the company's recently introduced iPod photo is not such a hot ticket.


Rumors are swirling that the next massive wireless merger is in the works.


"I never think about a home run, I just try to hit it hard," he said, looking down at his massive forearms and flexing them slightly.


Lucio Moro e Luciano Passarin presi su una barca


The battle against Internet piracy could shift in earnest to Capitol Hill and further into the homes of individual consumers as the recording industry


Pakistan resolves to eradicate terrorism

The Pakistani government Thursday expressed the resolution to eradicate terrorism from the country and decided to take measures to avoid attacks on innocent people following


Government hits back at Silverstone slur

The Government have hit back at claims they should have done more to protect the British Grand Prix. The race was dropped from the provisional 2005 calendar after Silverstone's owners, the British Racing Drivers


Book reveals French politicians' sex conquests

Challenging one of the great taboos of French politics, a new book has laid bare the love life of the country's amorous leaders.


Enac precisa, nessuna avaria ma scarsa visibilita'


Attempting to break a contract impasse with screenwriters, Hollywood producers withdrew a proposal that would have retooled the fees known as residuals.


Searching for His First Victory, Kahne Wins the Pole at Bristol

Kasey Kahne edges rival Dodge driver Juan Pablo Montoya at Bristol Motor Speedway to take the top starting spot prior to Saturday's race.


Dylan's 'Rolling Stone' tops greatest songs chart greatest song

With Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone" at No 1, and the Stones' "Satisfaction" at No 2, it might seem a little enlightened self-interest is at work in Rolling Stone magazine's chart of the 500 Greatest Rock'n'Roll Songs.


Kerry to Bush: Take immediate steps for peace in Iraq

NEW YORK - Sen. John Kerry said Monday that President Bush's invasion of Iraq has created a crisis that could lead to unending war and raises questions about whether Bush's judgment is up to presidential standards.


Di Pietro contesta. D'Alema e Rutelli,partecipo' a decisione


Mexicoâs Court Limits Reach of Big Media

In a a blow to the countryâs two main broadcasters, the Mexican Supreme Court overwhelmingly voted Thursday to declare parts of a new media law unconstitutional.


A little red wine may help to ward off cancer

A GLASS of red wine a day could keep tumours at bay, according to a new study of lung cancer sufferers. Research published in the specialist medical magazine Thorax today


Formula One supremo Ecclestone faces legal challenge

A legal dispute which is expected to be a decisive factor in whether rights holder Bernie Ecclestone continues to dominate Formula One racing began.


What did Lord Nelson, Princess Diana and Madonna all have in common apart from popularity?


Marshall coach won't be reprimanded after apologizing for using ...

Marshall coach Bob Pruett will not be reprimanded for calling the Ohio State football team "a bunch of Mandingos," a comment some thought could be offensive to blacks.


Sophomore Katura Harvey's two victories allow Richard Montgomery to pull out a surprisingly easy victory over Sherwood, 100-71.


Ask people living in the Irish Republic what they know about Savannah, and it doesn't add up to much for business interests.


Magnets may offer a way to boost mental performance, research suggests.


Britain Could Send More Troops to Iraq-Minister

Britain is prepared to send more troops to Iraq if necessary to safeguard elections planned for next year, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said on Friday.


South Korea and the US are in the final round of free trade talks, trying to reach a deal before a looming deadline.


Report faults response in Virginia Tech shootings

Virginia Tech University officials should have been quicker to notify students and faculty about two killings on campus hours before the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, according to a state report obtained by The New York Times on Wednesday.


Southern Illinois Moves Winning Streak to 12

Jamaal Tatum and Matt Shaw score 19 points apiece and No. 11 Southern Illinois wins its 12th in a row, 71-59, over Drake on Friday.


A suicide car bomber kills at least six people and injures nearly 30 others in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say.


Il divieto di fumo negli ambienti chiusi, destinati a utenti e al pubblico, ha Â«la massima estensione possibileÂ». Dunque, dal 10 gennaio (il decreto legge 266/04 con la mini-proroga Ã¨ stato approvato ieri


Giants center Shaun O'Hara remained hospitalized Friday afternoon with an infection in his left leg, making his chances of playing Sunday against the Vikings remote.


Scientists in Manchester develop new technology to "print out" human skin and bones.


Super Bowl coaches Dungy and Smith have much in common

Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith, who have  broken the NFL mold by being the first minority head coaches in  the Super Bowl, have a lot in common.


The House majority leader faces yet another ethics investigation


A&E plays mob rule for "Sopranos" reruns

A&E wants to score points  with an innovative online game aimed at attracting viewers to  "The Sopranos," which begins its syndicated run on the cable  channel January 10.


Catania, 23:36 - CALCIO, CATANIA: DA BOCA JUNIORS ARRIVA ARGENTINO SILVESTRE

Il Catania ha ingaggiato il difensore argentino Matias Silvestre, 24 anni, proveniente dal Boca Juni...


The story of Wal-Mart's rise from a $21.5 million capitalization.


The no-nonsense approach to rehoming mutts Those among you who remember when it was all fields round here may also recall the famous January 1973 cover of National Lampoon which carried a pic of someone holding a gun to the head of a rather worried looking mutt and the headline "If You Don't Buy This Magazine, We'll Kill This Dog".â¦


Riunione pubblica di artisti al Teatro Vittoria di Roma


Virus Writer Hides Job Ad in MyDoom Net Worm

Times must be getting tough for computer virus writers.


Ask Jeeves launches desktop search application

Like the desktop search tools from Microsoft and Google, the Ask Jeeves product enables users to search for information stored in the desktop, such as Microsoft Office documents, Outlook e-mail messages, and picture, music and video files.


Movie Review | 'BabâAziz': Family Legends

âBabâAzizâ is a structurally audacious fairy tale that imparts moral lessons and shows how narratives reflect and shape life.


Police in Baghdad find 47 bodies in locations around the city, most tortured or killed by gunshot.


Formula One champ wins Monaco Grand Prix

Two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso won the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday, holding off McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa of Ferrari.


Microsoft takes third shot at buggy security patch

Perhaps the third time will be the charm for Microsoft's troubled MS06-042 update, which the company was forced to re-re-release on Tuesday.


Ryanair Holdings PLC, Europe's largest discount airline, launched a surprise takeover bid Thursday for Irish rival Aer Lingus Group PLC in a deal that would value the formerly state-owned carrier at 1.48 ...Comment


By Craig Cunningham  Workers for General Restoration Corp. of Columbus, Ohio, paint windows at Charleston City Hall as part of an overall redo. After the windows are completed, crews will wash down the limestone with chemicals and apply a sealer to the exterior.


Jet skids off Indonesia runway in smoky haze

A passenger jet skidded off the runway upon landing in thick haze in Indonesia on Tuesday as forest fires in the country spread a pall of smoke around the region.


Brazil will appeal against the result of the Olympic marathon, after it was disrupted by a spectator.


China Mobile reportedly rebuffs Apple's iPhone

China Mobile Communications has, for now, broken off talks about serving as Apple's iPhone partner in launching the popular smart phone in China later this year.


Taipei may rethink China policy due to ASE offer

Taipei may have to rethink its China investment policies in the wake of an offer by a foreign group to buy the world's largest chip assembly company, Taiwan's Advanced Semiconductor EngineeringÂ (ASE).


Canadian woman missing for 2 weeks rescued in northern Iraq by U.S. forces

TORONTO (CP) - A Chicago-based National Guard unit ferried a Canadian woman to freedom Tuesday after she said she was missing for 16 days in northern Iraq, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Wednesday.


Produrra' memorie flash con Intel e Francisco Partners


Kumble, Kartik check Australia after Indian batting collapse:

[Sports India, Cricket]: Mumbai, Nov 4 : Spinners Anil Kumble and Murli Kartik Thursday bowled well to restrict Australia's first innings to 203, a lead of 99, and make up for another Indian batting collapse on the second day of the fourth and final


Dato resta comunque inferiore ad aspettative del governo


Sport: Formula one: Fernando Alonso pips Felipe Massa to the chequered flag on a puddle-strewn Nurburgring in Germany.


Roma, 14:35 - RUGBY, MONDIALI: IL XV DELLA NUOVA ZELANDA PER L'ITALIA

Graham Henry, ct della Nuova Zelanda, ha annunciato la formazione che sabato alle 13.45 affronter&ag...


Thousands of new products will be unveiled over the next few days in Las Vegas.


Fly-half Jonny Wilkinson is named as England's new rugby union captain.


Chechens have voted for a new president in a tense election, but many doubt the Moscow-backed police officer who is set to win will manage to stamp out rebellion in the turbulent region.


Guinea-Bissau troops on streets in pay mutiny

Guinea-Bissau's armed forces and seized key buildings in the capital of the former Portuguese colony. Officials said the unit involved had spent nine months in Liberia and had not been paid for five.


Milano, 16:34 - CALCIO, GIUDICE SPORTIVO: GLI SQUALIFICATI IN SERIE B

Il giudice sportivo ha inflitto in Serie B due giornate di squalifica a Esposito del Bari. Un turno ...


NEW YORK - Oil and corporate earnings reports dominated the week. Oil bobbled around $55 a barrel for much of the week. US Federal Reserve Gov.


The chief songwriter and founder of the band Boston has more than a feeling that he's being ripped off by Mike Huckabee. In a letter to the Republican presidential hopeful, Tom Scholz complains that Huckabee is using his 1970s smash hit song "More Than a Feeling" without his permission.


Fox Broadcasting Co. and 155 Fox televisions stations on Friday urged U.S. communications regulators to rescind their proposed $1.18 million fine for airing allegedly indecent content on the "Married by America" show.


Musharraf tells mosque militants "surrender or die"

President Pervez Musharraf told Islamist militants barricaded in a mosque on Saturday to surrender or die, while concern grew for hundreds of women and children inside the beseiged compound in the Pakistani capital.


Some animal movement limits set after the foot-and-mouth outbreak are eased, despite a seventh case being confirmed.


Armed gunmen seize four aid workers in Iraq

Armed men in olive green uniforms stormed the Baghdad office of an Italian aid group yesterday and seized two Italian women and two Iraqis, witnesses said.


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


"National Treasure" tops N. America box office

"The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" soaked up much of the US box office cash over the weekend, but "National Treasure" earned the most gold, according to final studio figures released Monday.


French Trial Watches Bomb Plot Surveillance Tape

A Paris court watched on Friday a  surveillance video shot by Islamic militants plotting to bomb a  Strasbourg market, in which a commentator brands the French  city a modern-day Babylon whose residents would go to hell.


U.S. to Increase Troop Strength in Iraq by 12,000

The military will extend the combat tours of about 10,400 troops already in Iraq and send an additional 1,500 soldiers.


European shares tracked sideways near  recent highs early on Thursday, but Swiss Re rallied after  reassuring investors that its likely payout for Sunday's  tsunami tragedy in Asia will be less than 100 million Swiss  francs ($88.3 million).


US and Iraqi forces conduct mopping up operations in Samarra

Iraqi security forces patrolled the streets, and US troops went door to door searching for weapons and fighters Sunday after the military claimed success in wresting control of Samarra from Sunni insurgents in fierce fighting.


Now-extinct tribe could have been first Americans: scientist

A now-extinct tribe could have been the first settlers of the Americas, a university researcher told a science conference in Britain.


Martyn, Lehmann flay injury-hit India in third Test

Damien Martyn and Darren Lehmann scored a quickfire century partnership to lead Australia's recovery in the third cricket Test against a severely depleted India here.


Two Silicon Valley companies that have already become household names in tech savvy homes are working together to bring movies to the home digitally.


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- A large explosion hit Gaza City on Tuesday night near Palestinian security headquarters, according to a report by the Associated Press.


Ict, Montezemolo: ''L'Europa deve guardarsi da Cina e India''

''L'information tecnology a livello europeo e' inferiore a quella Usa e oltrettutto ora abbiamo due potenziali concorrenti: la Cina el'India''. A sostenerlo e' il presidente della Fiat Luca Cordero di Montezemolo


Remon: Athletic know how to use best weapons

The coach of Real Madrid, Mariano Garcia Remon, said on Saturday after his team lost to Athletic Bilbao 2-1 in an away league match that the rival "knew how to useits best weapons.


There is anger and frustration in Iran after a surprise government move to ration petrol for motorists.


Rescuers called off their search Friday after pulling 32 bodies from a Mexican passenger bus buried when a rain-soaked mountainside gave way.


UK companies are among 30 firms fined by the European Commission for operating a copper fittings cartel.


La mancanza di fondi portera' programmi di bassa qualita'


Toshiba says to quit HD DVD, ending format war

Japan's Toshiba Corp  waved the  white flag in the home movie war, giving up on its HD DVD  format after losing the support of key studios and retailers to  the Blu-ray technology backed by Sony Corp .


Felix Leads Three U.S. Women in 200-Meter

ATHENS, Greece - Allyson Felix led three American women into the second round of the 200-meter on Monday, posting the fastest time of 22.39 seconds in the qualifying heats.    Joining the 18-year-old Felix in the quarterfinals later Monday were U.S...


A prototype artificial skin which can be used to heal wounds has been developed by British researchers.


Bush May Raise Taxes for Social Security

President Bush is not ruling out raising taxes on people who earn more than $90,000 as a way to help fix Social Security's finances.


Roma, 11:10 - CALCIO, ANTICIPO C2/A: BARACANI PER TORRES-NUORESE

Sara l'arbitro Leonardo Baracani di Firenze a dirigere domani Torres-Nuorese, anticipo della quarta ...


Our position is: NBA commissioner sent a necessary message to the players that their behavior was unacceptable. NBA Commissioner David Stern has handed the Indiana Pacers a severe but warranted penalty for


One in four U.S. women ages 14 to 59 is infected with the sexually transmitted virus that in some forms can cause cervical cancer, according to the first broad national estimate.


"La lotta continua, giornata e' speranza per lavoratori"


Tris dei biancocelesti con Ledesma Oddo e Mutarelli


A Bush administration report on Iraq shows satisfactory progress on eight benchmarks, unsatisfactory progress on another eight and mixed results on the other two


The pound made gains against most major currencies on Friday, as the dollar stayed steady above 15-year lows against a basket of currencies.


Judge orders accused stalker of actress Zeta-Jones to stand trial

LOS ANGELES A Los Angeles judge has ordered a woman accused of stalking actress Catherine Zeta-Jones to stand trial. Dawnette Knight has pleaded not guilty to a count of stalking and 24 counts of making criminal threats.


Vice-direttore Agenzia aerospaziale, era un razzo sonda


Bill Mueller singled home the tying run off Rivera in the ninth inning and David Ortiz homered against Paul Quantrill in the 12th, leading Boston to a 6-4 victory over the Yankees on Sunday night that avoided a four-game sweep in the AL championship series


Their Season in an Ebb, the Mets Show No Panic

The most worrisome aspect of the Metsâ June swoon is the chaotic state of the bullpen. But throughout their struggles, Manager Willie Randolph has remained unflappable.


TOYKO, Japan -- North Korea has warned Japan that it would treat economic sanctions against the nation as a "declaration of war" as a row brews over the remains of abductees.


Poland hints it might drop EU treaty threat

Poland hinted on Friday it could drop its threat to veto talks on a new European Union treaty while Germany piled on more pressure for agreement at next week's summit.


Japan's PM Yasuo Fukuda fails to get opposition agreement to continue a support mission for Afghanistan.


Sen. arrested, reportedly after restroom incident

A Republican senator pleaded guilty earlier this month to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge stemming from his arrest at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, according to state criminal records.


NEW YORK  - About 38 percent of U.S.  consumers are watching TV shows online, 36 percent use their  cell phones as entertainment devices and 45 percent are  creating online content like Web sites, music, videos and blogs  for others, according to a new-media survey from Deloitte &  Touche.


Virgin Atlantic pilot arrested before take-off

A Virgin Atlantic co-pilot has been arrested at Heathrow airport on suspicion of being over the legal alcohol limit, police said Monday.


The BBC's Roland Buerk describes escaping from the tsunami that smashed into Sri Lanka's south coast.


Three people getting on with life in Thailand after the tsunami talk to BBC News.


Magic Center DeClercq May Miss 3-4 Weeks

Orlando Magic center Andrew DeClercq will likely miss 3-to-4 weeks while he recovers from his second knee surgery of the year.


One security firm says Vista is vulnerable to current threats; another isn't so sure.


We asked the 'Big Day' actress what she's watching, reading, and listening to.


China's Xiang Liu equals Colin Jackson's  world record to win the Olympic men's 110m hurdles.


Tra i temi all'ordine del giorno del consiglio comunale


Strides Made in  Male Contraceptive Vaccine

THURSDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDayNews) -- A vaccine against a sperm-related protein made male monkeys temporarily infertile, an approach that might lead to a contraceptive for men, researchers report.


F*ck! me! Microsoft has made a $44.6bn takeover bid for Yahoo!.â¦


Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is often inadequately performed, two studies of resuscitation efforts during cardiac arrest have found.


I Am Legend paints an appropriately gloomy picture of postapocalyptic New York, says Richard Corliss -- but it's an odd locale for one of Hollywood's most winning actors


FBI widens probe of 2001 anthrax attack: paper

The FBI is convinced that anthrax   mailed to the U.S. Senate five years ago was not weapons-grade   level and authorities have widened their investigation, The   Washington Post reported on Monday.


Update 3: EU Probes Microsoft-Time Warner Deal

Risking another trans-Atlantic tussle over Microsoft Corp., European Union antitrust regulators said Wednesday they were investigating whether the software giant's deal with media conglomerate Time Warner Inc.


EU, U.S., Canada escalate China row at WTO

BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON  - The EU, the United States   and Canada will launch the first ever litigation against China   at the World Trade Organization (WTO) by seeking on Friday to   convene a panel to resolve an auto parts dispute.


GlaxoSmithKline settles with NY, will disclose drug study info

A lawsuit filed by New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer against GlaxoSmithKline over charges that the pharmaceutical company withheld information about the safety and effectiveness of Paxil has been settled.


QUEST FOR BETTER BIOFUELS ; Corn Stalks, Husks May Help Power the Future

By Frank J. Dinan  Two critically important energy problems face us at this early point in the 21st century, and our best approach to dealing with each of them is likely to involve technology that resembles a lawn mower much more than it does an oil well.


WADA Chief Calls for Hearing Into Jones Doping

World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound has called for a hearing into allegations former Olympic sprint champion Marion Jones used steroids.


Savona, 15:49 - CICLISMO, TROFEO LAIGUEGLIA: VITTORIA DI IGNATIEV

Battendo in volata Mirco Lorenzetto e Filippo Pozzato, il russo Mikhail Ignatiev ha vinto la quarant...


Jury reaches verdict in Peterson penalty phase

The jury in Scott Peterson's murder trial has reached a verdict in the penalty phase of the case. The verdict will be read at 1:30 PM.


Family Owners of Julius Baer, a Swiss Bank, Cede Control

Compare before you buy. ZURICH, Jan. 17 (Bloomberg News) - The Baer family of Switzerland will give up control of Julius Baer Holding, the private bank it founded 115 years ago.


Palermo, 15:51 - CALCIO, BENVENUTI A MAFIOPOLI: SLOGAN ANTI WEST HAM A PALERMO

Due striscioni con le scritte "Benvenuti nella meravigliosa terra della mafia" e "Vinceremo senza l'...


A Milano per la sua collezione Seduzioni Diamonds


Microsoft sees room to challenge Apple's iPod

Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O said on Tuesday   it sees plenty of room for growth in the digital music player   market as the company tries to dislodge Apple Computer Inc.'s   AAPL.O dominant iPod with a device of its own.


Pentagon Scrubs Missile-Defense Flight Test

The first flight test in nearly two  years of a planned U.S. missile-defense shield has been  scrapped two days in a row this week because of bad weather,  the Pentagon said on Friday.


More Pregnancies, and False Alarms, in Winter

Sales of pregnancy tests typically soar in the first months of the year, as more women than usual tend to become pregnant -- or just think they are, according to Inverness Medical, the makers of the Clearblue Easy pregnancy tests.


Bravo goes from zero to hero as Windies win

In the twinkling of an eye, Dwayne Bravo was transformed from villain to hero, when he bowled Yuvraj Singh with the third last ball of the second One-day International at Sabina Park to hand West Indies a heart-stopping one-run victory.


Quan Prowell and Korvotney Barber each had 17 points to lead Auburn to an 86-77 victory over No. 25 Alabama on Saturday, the Crimson Tide's fourth loss in five games. The Tigers (16-14, 6-8 Southeastern Conference) led by as many as 18 points in the second half and hit 14-of-18 free throws over the final 1:39 to counter a Tide rally.


Soccorso e portato all'ospedale di Aosta, non e' grave


The board of Reliance Industries will on Monday confront for the first time divisions within the founding family that threaten to break up India's largest business group.


Cargo ship blasts off with food for international space station ...

MOSCOW - A Russian spacecraft blasted off Friday with vital food and water for the two men at the International Space Station. Russian Salizhan Sharipov and American Leroy Chiao have been rationing their food


US Treasuries up with oil prices near record highs

US Treasury debt prices rose on Monday as investors figured that oil prices near record highs could slow the economy and stall monetary tightening.


The music group EMI today said the music industry was bouncing back from the effects of internet piracy, with lawsuits against file traders having had an "educational and deterrent" effect.


Confidence sky-high for top-ranking South African cricketers

Veteran all-rounder Shaun Pollock has expressed confidence that South Africa could bring home the World Cup as the Proteas took over from Australia at the top of the one-day rankings.


Fondazione sostenuta da governo vuole fare delle ricerche


U.S. oil prices were steady on  Thursday, holding gains of nearly $2 from a day earlier after a  U.S. government report showed crude oil stocks falling to their  lowest level in five months.


Somewhere in the pine bluffs of Washington, a Microsoft (MSFT) exec or two had to have been chuckling. On Oct. 1, a Rochester (NY) jury found that computer giant Sun Microsystems (SUNW), the company that extracted


China and Southeast Asian nations sign trade pact

VIENTIANE, LAOS - China and 10 Southeast Asian countries signed a deal to create one of the world's largest free-trade areas by the end of the decade.


Experts Urge Action as US Lines Up for Flu Shots

Concerned health officials began investigating what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where half the US flu shots were made, while


Exchange-traded funds offer one more way to invest in stocks that pay you back.


Stevens Draws GOP Challenger for His Senate Seat

Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens received no holiday respite from potential 2008 election problems, drawing his first primary challenger even as an investigation continued into whether he had received favors from a politically-connected state oil services company.


A Canadian court has ruled against levies charged on iPods, blank media and other devices in that country. Canadian copyright law charges a levy on blank media, such as audio tapes and optical discs.


Bette Davis stars in 2008 postage stamps

A face that will tease you, and please you and perhaps unease you is coming to the post office next year, it's those Bette Davis eyes.


If catastrophe strikes tomorrow, are we ready?

Michael D. Gallagher and Larry Irving warn that emergency communications technology still dangerously lags behind.


Zagabria, 11:16 - CALCIO, CROAZIA: CALCIATORE 13ENNE MUORE IN ALLENAMENTO

Un ragazzo croato di 13 anni è morto a Varazdin, a 100 chilometri da Zagabria, durante un all...


Airline to charge $10 for buying tickets

NEW YORK To the long list of things that used to be free but that airlines now want you to pay for, add walking up to the counter to buy a ticket.


French President Jacques Chirac today meets Chancellor Angela Merkel for talks expected to centre on Franco-German tension over a major restructuring plan for European aircraft manufacturer Airbus.Comment


Cernobbio. Prodi: "Tagli delle tasse solo se non superiamo il 3% ...

"Non ho mai detto che i tagli delle tasse siano impossibili, ho detto che alla fine il bilancio deve quadrare; poi le scelte le fa il governo". Lo ha affermato il presidente della Commissione europea, Romano


Magglio Ordonez sat quietly at a table while his agent and Detroit Tigers president Dave Dombrowski fielded questions about the outfielder's knee.


A tiger lurked in the tall grass at a park in India as gamekeepers tried to shoot it with a dart gun and missed. The animal suddenly sprang from the grass, sailed through the air and took a swipe at a man sitting on an elephant's back.


Remains of Ex-FBI Agent's Daughter Found

Police have found the charred remains of a retired FBI agent's daughter who disappeared nearly a month ago, authorities said Saturday.


Adrian Fernandez got a late start to the Indy Racing League season when he decided to jump from the rival Champ Car circuit in mid-March.


China Netcom Raises $1.14 Bln in IPO for Expansion

China Netcom Group Corp. (Hong Kong) Ltd., China's second-biggest fixed-line phone company, raised $1.14 billion in an initial public offering to expand and upgrade its telecommunications systems and pay bank loans.


Netflix 3Q profit tops analyst estimates

Stung by the recent success of rival Blockbuster Inc., online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Inc. battled back in the third quarter with lower prices that revived subscriber growth and catapulted its profit well beyond analyst expectations.


A man who went to prison two decades ago for setting his 6-year-old son on fire in a custody dispute was found guilty Tuesday of illegally possessing a gun — a conviction that could send him to prison for life.


Brema, 16:54 - CALCIO, WERDER BREMA: SCHAAF PROLUNGA FINO AL 2010

L'allenatore del Werder Brema Thomas Schaaf ha prolungato il contratto di due anni e resterà ...


By request from the United States, British authorities shut down 20 independent media Web sites without explanation, The Guardian reported Monday.


com October 18, 2004, 4:37 PM PT. SAN FRANCISCO--Fasten your seatbelts--the next stop for the MP3 revolution is your car. That was the consensus of a group of mobile electronics executives


US retailer TJX, which owns TJ Maxx and TK Maxx, reaches an out-of-court deal over a credit card data breach.


An FDA review of AstraZeneca Plc's (AZN.L: Quote, Profile, Research) (AZN.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Exanta questioned the experimental drug's


NHL: Union interprets numbers differently

com. If the NHL season is lost due to the current owner's lockout sometime in the next few weeks, fans, players and owners alike can blame it on the unlucky No.


Woman Dies After Red Sox Celebrations Turn Violent

A college student died on Thursday after  being injured along with at least 15 other people in violence  that erupted after the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees  to advance to the World Series.


The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given Carnegie Mellon University $20 million toward construction of a new computer science building.


Boston College junior linebacker Jolonn Dunbar , who became the fourth player in NCAA history to return two fumbles for touchdowns in the same game in Saturday's 38-16 win over Maryland, was named Division 1-A Defensive Player of the Week yesterday by the Walter Camp Foundation and also received Atlantic Coast Conference Defensive Lineman of the Week honors following his ...


Forty Strangers in a Virtual Room Talk About Religion

For six weeks, 40 volunteers from across the United States meet in an online "Open Source Religion" forum discussing their deepest beliefs. Assignment Zero explores how their respectful curiosity defies the old warning never to talk about religion with strangers.


President Bashar Assad shuffled his Cabinet on Monday, just weeks after the United States and the United Nations challenged Syria over its military presence in Lebanon and the security situation along its border with Iraq.


Looking on the bright side of life can keep death in the shadows

Elderly people with an optimistic outlook had significantly lower death rates over a nine-year period than did those who were pessimistic.


Londra, 16:21 - CALCIO, UDINESE: MUNTARI CEDUTO AL PORTSMOUTH

Il centrocampista dell'Udinese, Sulley Muntari, è da oggi ufficialmente un giocatore del Port...


Nigerian kidnappers demand $78,600 for 3-year-old

Nigerian kidnappers have  demanded 10 million naira ($78,600) for a 3-year-old boy they  snatched on his way to school in the lawless Niger Delta,  relatives of the toddler said on Friday.


In cambio della liberazione dei due tedeschi rapiti


Mumbai, Oct. 15: GlaxoSmithkline (GSK) today announced a breakthrough in malaria vaccine development. This followed encouraging results from a paediatric safety and efficacy clinical trial of the vaccine in Africa.


Yukos Seeks US Court Protection to Foil Unit Sale

OAO Yukos Oil Co., Russia's second- largest oil producer, said it sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US and requested an emergency court hearing to stop the Russian government's auction of its biggest unit.


One hard rainfall won't even come close to solving the unprecedented drought withering much of Florida.


Fighting for Peace (and Art Films), Zhang Yimou on "Hero"

Not if you allow Emperor Qin to unify feudal societies, build the Great Wall of china, and rule all the Warring States, supposedly putting an end to bloodshed and suffering for their folks.


A police officer, accused of covering up for her husband after another officer was shot, says she is not a traitor to her badge and did not know about the shooting.


The Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq all closed in positive territory thanks to a late afternoon run-up.


Scientists Feel Miscast in Film on Lifeâs Origin

A group of scientists are upset about their inclusion in a film that makes the case for intelligent design.


Office Depot Ousts Chief, Citing Need for Growth

By Bloomberg News. Office Depot, which lost its place as the world's No. 1 office-supplies retailer to Staples three years ago, ousted its chairman and chief executive, Bruce Nelson, yesterday.


La Tribune, per prevista fusione Alena spazio-Alcatel space


Piscina Cozzi di Milano e' stata la location della sfilata


Manifestazione dell'area movimentista eversiva per l'abolizione del regime di carcere duroScanditi slogan contro Marco Biagi ucciso dalla brigatista detenuta nel penitenziario                                          Aquila, in 200 contro il 41 bis Corteo di solidarietÃ  per la Lioce


Eddie Gaven and Stefani Miglioranzi scored their first goals of the season and the Columbus Crew beat the Kansas City Wizards 2-1 Wednesday night.


IBM, Boeing join forces to seek government IT contracts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2004  - To better position themselves to win future US government IT contracts, IBM and The Boeing Co.


Students streamed back to their reopened high school on Thursday, a week after a gunman took six girls hostage in a classroom, sexually assaulted them and then killed one.


Bush Seeks $867 Million Budget for Forest Thinning

The Bush administration will ask Congress to increase funding to $867 million in fiscal year 2006 for a plan to help reduce the risk of wildfires in federal forests, a senior administration official said on Thursday.


Mulally exit seen hurting Boeing if many follow

Boeing Co. BA.N suffered a blow with   the exit of top executive Alan Mulally, and may face further   management departures, industry-watchers said on Wednesday, but   the planemaker is seen as staying on track as sales of its   planes boom.


Tesco jumps on to digital downloading bandwagon

TESCO, the UKâs largest supermarket, is to go head to head with iTunes and Napster by launching digital music downloads on its website.


A helicopter crashes into a field in Strathaven in South Lanarkshire injuring two people.


Vienna, 18:41 - CALCIO, EUROPEO; TIFOSI AUSTRIA: NOI TROPPO SCARSI PER GIOCARE

Singolare iniziativa di un gruppo di tifosi austriaci che, ritenendo troppo scarsa la loro nazionale...


Parents in Scotland are urged to live healthier lifestyles in a bid to address childhood obesity.


Cognizant quarterly net income rises 20 percent

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. , which provides software services, on Monday reported a 21 percent increase in quarterly profit as it won more deals in Europe and in the health care industry.


Two Dutch soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Two Dutch soldiers were killed in a clash with militants in Afghanistan, the Netherlands' Defense Ministry said on Sunday.


Jerry Orbach was mourned with music, memories and meditation Friday during a funeral where he was eulogized as the quintessential New Yorker on the long-running police drama "Law & Order."


There will be no more quarterback changes for the Giants this season. Barring injury, Eli Manning will sink or swim with the rest of the team's sputtering offense.


The Omaha Archdiocese has severed ties with a Jesuit university's family center after two researchers urged the church to allow unmarried couples to live together and have sex and children as long as they are engaged.


Key West, Suddenly Shy, Puts Pasties on Its Party

Long considered beyond the reach of mainland mores, the Florida city is trying to limit blatant displays of sexual behavior.


The finale of ITV1's I'm a Celebrity... attracts about four million fewer viewers than the previous series.


The time has come, and the answer is no. Mark McGwire may get into the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot, but it won't be unanimous. I know one vote he's not getting.


Oil price drops despite Opec's curb on output

OIL prices plunged to their lowest since August yesterday as traders shrugged off Opecâs decision to cut output and reacted instead to the reopening of a pipeline to help more Iraqi supplies reach the West.


News: Nobody Around Here Is Selling The Game

Tycho:  I don't know why I get my hopes up reading shit about "broken street dates" online, I'm perpetually disappointed by the results.  I got a game on the actual ship date five years ago, and it's made me into some kind of Goddamned optimist.  There are scattered reports that people have picked them up, and you may invest your time in this way if you are desperate, but I apologize for wasting your time.  (CW)TB


By Damon Darlin and Matt Richtel  John Markoff contributed reporting.  *  Pressure is mounting on the Hewlett-Packard chief executive, Mark Hurd, to explain what appears to have been a greater role in the company's spying operation than was initially indicated.


Il presidente di An replica cosÃ¬ alle affermazioni del leader centristaGiovanardi: "Nessuna decisione Ã¨ presa, ci vediamo al congresso"                                            Fini, schiaffo a Casini "Parliamo di cose serie"                                                                                L'ex presidente della Camera: "Rappresentare la minoranza non Ã¨ solo guidare l'opposizione"


US hostage is beheaded by Iraqi militants

An American hostage kidnapped by Iraqi militants was reported to have been beheaded last night as hopes faded for the release of a British man held by the extremists.


NATO ready for early takeover of Afghan peacekeeping

PORTOROZ, Slovenia  - NATO defense chiefs were set   on Thursday to agree to assume command of peacekeeping across   all of insurgency-hit Afghanistan next month despite some   allies' concerns over tactics and troop shortfalls.


Rice Leaves Hospital After One-Night Stay

Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, returned home on Saturday after a one-night hospital stay for treatment of noncancerous growths in her uterus.


Earnings Fall 32 Percent at Bank of America

The bank was badly hurt by a huge spike in consumer credit costs and the poor performance of its investment banking unit, which has clamored for Wall Streetâs respect.


Londra, 20:15 - CALCIO, PREMIER LEAGUE: MANCHESTER UNITED AGGANCIA ARSENAL

In un incontro della 22/a giornata, il Manchester United ha travolto per 6-0 il Newcastle United agg...


Williams in Pull-Out Threat Over Beard Inspection

British heavyweight fighter Danny Williams has threatened to pull out of Saturday's World Boxing Council title fight with champion Vitali Klitschko if he is forced to shave his beard, British media reported.


Roma, 15:48 - CALCIO, ITALIA: A VASSARAS LA SFIDA CON L'UCRAINA

Italia-Ucraina, match valido per le qualificazioni agli Europei del 2008 in programma sabato 7 ottob...


WASHINGTON Nov 1, 2004 - The State Department will ask the Chinese government about comments by a former senior Chinese official who accused President Bush of trying to "rule over the whole world.


Mortars rock Mogadishu as death toll rises to 19

Artillery and gun battles broke out in Mogadishu for a second day running on Friday as a Somali government official said Islamist rebels had joined forces with thousands of foreign jihadists.


GANO MANCHESTER UTD. CON DOS GOLES DE ROONEY

LONDRES, 14 (ANSA) - Dos goles del juvenil Wayne Rooney y uno del holandÃ©s Ruud Van Nilsterooy permitieron a Manchester United ganar 3-1 en campo de Newcastle y subir al sexto lugar de la Premier League, pero a nueve puntos del lÃder Chelsea, al


E' successo nel padovano. A salvare la giovane Ã¨ stato un conoscenteanch'egli ferito dai cani. I proprietari: "Verranno presto abbattuti"                                          Ragazza aggredita da due rottweiler Cento punti di sutura per le ferite


Microsoft has unveiled a series of handheld gadgets that can replay audio, movies and TV shows.


2 Britons jailed in drug dog smuggling plot; co-defendants acquitted

LONDON  - Two people were sentenced to prison Wednesday for plotting to smuggle nearly $300,000 Cdn worth of cocaine that had been surgically implanted in the abdomens of two dogs.


The world is full of lousy jobs, but Karen Franco just might have one of the lousiest. As a professional nitpicker, the 45-year-old Silver Spring woman spends a good part of her week searching for live lice in hair and their tiny eggs, called nits.


Woman in Candy Bar Arrest Appears in Court

WASHINGTON - A woman who was handcuffed and jailed for eating a candy bar on a subway station escalator got her day in court Thursday, but got little satisfaction.    Stephanie Willett, 45, was eating a Pay Day bar on a Metro Center station escalator July 16, and received a warning from Metro Transit Police Officer C...


Russian Duma to launch new school massacre probe

Russia will launch a second parliamentary inquiry into the Beslan school hostage massacre, Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov said on Thursday, marking a further climbdown by authorities who initially ruled out a probe.


Dan Grunfeld scored six straight points during a decisive second-half run and finished with a career-high 29, and Stanford snapped No. 13 Arizona's nine-game winning streak with a 87-76 victory Saturday.


Judge to Probe Competency of Conn. Serial Killer

HARTFORD, Conn.  - A federal judge Monday ordered  a hearing on the mental competence of serial killer Michael  Ross, a move that could delay his scheduled execution, which  would be the first in New England in 45 years.


Russia's Parliament has overwhelmingly approved President Vladimir Putin's plan to reinforce control over Russia by replacing popular elections of regional leaders with a central selection process.


Hurricane Jeanne Pelts Bahamas on Way to Florida

Deadly Hurricane Jeanne strengthened rapidly as it strafed the northern Bahamas on Saturday on its way to deliver a record fourth hurricane strike in one season to densely populated Florida.


Report: Hunger Vexed 12M Families in 2003

More than 12 million American families either didn't have enough food or worried about someone in the family going hungry last year, the Agriculture Department said Friday.


Cambodian PM urges quick move on royal succession issue

Prime Minister Hun Sen Sunday urged the members of the two-party coalition government, especially the Senate to work harder and quicker on the issue of the royal succession


People in the Cornish village of Boscastle are trying to protect their properties from flooding.


The pathos engulfing the death of Parveen Babi marked not just an individual's demise. It also symbolised the passing of a philosophy, a culture and a lifestyle that defined the late 60s and much of the 70s.


U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal, the son of Indian immigrants, won the Louisiana governor's race Saturday, carrying more than half the vote against 11 opponents to become the state's first non-white governor since Reconstruction.


Saint Remy, 16:50 - RUGBY, ITALIA: ALLENAMENTO DIFFERENZIATO PER BORTOLAMI

Buone notizie per il ct della nazionale italiana di rugby Pierre Berbizier. Il capitano Marco Bortol...


Sweden's centre-right bloc seeks to form a government after narrowly ousting the Social Democrats at the polls.


Tech Shares Pushed Lower, but Market Barely Budges

A downgrading of several semiconductor companies by a brokerage firm put technology shares under pressure on Thursday.


Space shuttle Atlantis docks at space station

The U.S. space shuttle  Atlantis docked at the International Space Station on Sunday to  resume construction of the outpost and deliver a new crew  member.


Public pressure may not help seal Murdoch Dow deal

Applying public pressure to persuade Dow  Jones & Co.'s  family owners to sell the media company to  Rupert Murdoch may do more harm than good, one institutional  shareholder said on Thursday.


The old-line enterprise software firm flaunts cutting-edge technologies.


Gunmen Seize 2 Americans, Briton in Baghdad

Gunmen snatched two Americans and a  Briton from a house in central Baghdad on Thursday, the latest  in a wave of abductions of foreigners in Iraq.


As Allies Turn Foe, Disillusion Rises in Some G.I.âs

In interviews with more than a dozen soldiers over a one-week period, most expressed disillusionment toward the situation in Iraq.


200 positions must be filled Down Under Durex Down Under is looking for Aussies over the age of 18 to fill 200 positions as condom testers, stuff.co.nz reports.â¦


U.S. stocks gained on Monday, getting  a boost from lower oil prices after news the Venezuelan  president survived a recall eased fears about the country's oil  exports.


Satisfied that his spaceplane is sound despite a series of unexpected rolls during Wednesday's flight, Burt Rutan will send SpaceShipOne aloft as scheduled to try to capture the $10 million X Prize. By Dan Brekke.


Rio's Carnival celebrates dance, music and flesh

Brazil's Carnival has always been a raucous affair and beauty queen Angela Bismarchi took it another step further on Monday night when her only item of clothing, a small patch of glitter, fell off mid-parade.


TROUBLED Aboriginal communities have been encouraged to introduce curfews and alcohol bans after John Howard supported the more radical initiatives as part of a new accord between the Prime Minister and senior indigenous leaders.


US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, speaks during a press briefing at the State Department, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004, in Washington.


Bush backs Iraq PM, says no U.S. "graceful exit"

President Bush strongly backed Iraq's prime minister on Thursday, saying Iraqi forces would be prepared more quickly to take over security and that Washington was not looking for a "graceful exit".


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Clooney and Cheadle get peace award for Darfur

Actors George Clooney and Don Cheadle said world leaders must not be allowed to ignore the war in Darfur, as they received an award by Nobel peace laureates for their efforts to help civilians caught up in the conflict.


Sundance Begins with Kudrow's 'Happy Endings'

LOS ANGELES  - The comedy "Happy Endings" will have an auspicious beginning when it makes its world premiere to kick off the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.


Moore Tour Raising Eyebrows, Ticket Sales

Bush-bashing "Fahrenheit 9/11" director Michael Moore is bringing his 60-city Slacker Uprising Tour to Utah, a famously Republican state. Not only that, he's going to one of Utah's most conservative towns, Orem, where his scheduled Oct. 20 appearance has many so-called Happy Valley residents fuming.


Cosgrove wants Huskers to put loss behind them

One day after the most lopsided loss in the 115 years of Nebraska football, the coaching staff told the Cornhuskers to forget about it.


Roma, 16:47 - NUOTO, MONDIALI MILITARI: TURRINI ORO NEI 400 MISTI

L'italiano Federico Turrini, del Centro Sportivo Esercito, ha vinto la medaglia d'oro ai mondiali mi...


Wall Street strode higher Tuesday, rallying along with insurance stocks on Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.'s decision to fire its chief executive in the face of an ongoing probe. Blue chips added 138 points as relief that the investigation would not result in criminal charges against the company offset higher oil prices and weak economic data.


Truckers helped by driver crunch, hurt by fuel

DAVENPORT, Iowa  - Trucker Kevin Osbourn is   struggling to keep up.


KOHLER, Wisconsin  - Vijay Singh of Fiji won the  86th U.S. PGA Championship after a three-hole-playoff with  Justin Leonard and Chris Di Marco of the U.S. at Whistling  Straits on Sunday.


Retailers boosted by last minute shoppers

Retailers have hailed a "fantastic" last-minute Christmas shopping rush amid predictions of the day's sales have topped the Â£1 billion mark.


The British government's failure on domestic climate change policies is undermining international efforts, Friends of the Earth said Wednesday.


Could you vote for a man who abides by Moronish wisdom?

Comment is free: Timothy Garton Ash: The recent contortions of presidential hopeful Mitt Romney show why faith should not trump reason in the public square


From Murder to Pyaar Ke Side Effects, which is your favourite Mallika movie?


Middle East Countries Laud Iraqi Election

People across the Middle East voiced cautious optimism about Iraq's elections Sunday, saying they send a strong message that insurgents have been unsuccessful in scuttling the landmark poll, but also expressing concern that the chaos will not allow for a truly representative result.


China says climate policy must make room for growth

China promised on Monday to integrate climate change policy into its industrial and energy sectors, but said it would not sacrifice economic growth to satisfy international demands to help combat global warming.


Joy Over New Shuttle Eases Columbia Pain

Two years after Columbia's demise, excitement over the space shuttle fleet's return to the skies in just a few short months is finally overtaking the agony of the accident.


Will you be one of the millions forced to keep working for many more years?


Russian hostage crisis â a human tragedy

The Russian hostage crisis ended, but the number of casualties continued to mount as many bodies were still trapped in the rubble.


US helicopters start dropping food and medical supplies into parts of quake-ravaged western Aceh.


Whole Foods Chief Says He Bashed Rival on Web

John Mackey, the chief executive of Whole Foods, criticized Wild Oats Markets in anonymous messages on the Internet in the years before his company agreed to take over the smaller rival, Mackey revealed yesterday. The critical comments were posted on online financial chat boards hosted by Yahoo...


Five Days: A Verdict, a Deal and an Online Masquerade Exposed

This week Conrad Black was found guilty while stocks soared, Alcan agreed to a buyout, and Whole Foodsâ C.E.O. was revealed to have posted online under a pseudonym.


Japan Princess to Marry Municipal Official - Media

Princess Sayako, the 35-year-old only  daughter of the Japanese emperor, is set to marry a commoner  and leave the imperial family, Japanese media said on Sunday.


Asserting himself: Bulls center Eddy Curry came into his contract season in the best shape of his four-year career, and it looks as if the work is beginning to pay off.


The family of hostage Kenneth Bigley are appealing for his release in Iraq as the threat of execution hangs over him. Mr Bigley and two Americans were seized in Baghdad on Thursday and threatened with death unless their abductors' demands were met.


Despite getting less attention than the summit talks at the ongoing Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) here, officials of the Asia Europe Fund (ASEF) are busy carrying out their duties behind the scenes.


Child mortality rates a plague on the poor

ONE in 12 children worldwide died before their fifth birthday, with half of all such deaths in sub-Saharan Africa, the United Nations reported yesterday in its annual survey of infant mortality.


Cuban President, Fidel Castro, says he's "in one piece" after taking a tumble off a stage. Castro, who's 78 years old, had just finished a graduation speech yesterday in Santa Clara, Cuba when he walked away from the podium and tripped.


Pakistan army says Al-Qaeda-linked militants killed near Afghan border

Pakistani forces have killed "a few" militants in operations to flush out Al-Qaeda-linked rebels in the northwestern tribal region near the border with Afghanistan, the military said.


HTC to launch new PDAs with Qualcomm chips

Taiwan smartphone maker High Tech Computer (HTC) said on Wednesday it will launch 10 new PDAs and smartphones using chips from U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc by the end of the year.


Accused Zeta-Jones Stalker Is Mentally Competent

The woman accused of making death threats against actress Catherine Zeta-Jones on Wednesday was declared mentally competent to continue criminal proceedings.


Skywatchers eagerly awaiting Saturday's total lunar eclipse are hoping that the spectacle will be the "best in years".


Gunmen seize 3 foreigners from Nigerian oilfield

Gunmen in speedboats kidnapped three  foreign workers from an offshore oilfield in Nigeria which was  preparing to restart after being closed for 20 months due to an  earlier attack, security sources said on Sunday.


Iraq's president rejects a high-level US report calling for changes in American strategy in Iraq.


Broadcom hooks up with Trolltech for Linux VoIP

Riding the LiMo Days after Trolltech announced it had signed up with LiMo Foundation, after dropping out of the LiPS Forum last year, it has signed a deal with Broadcom to optimise its code for the chip vendor's VoIP hardware.â¦


Il giornalista e regista olandese Theo van Gogh e' stato ucciso per strada ad Amsterdam, mentre pedalava sulla sua bicicletta, secondo quanto rendono noto fonti di polizia. Il presunto assassino che gli avrebbe


Australian Defense Force (ADF) on Monday confirmed that three Australian soldiers were injured in a blast near the Australian embassy in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad earlier in the day.


Brian McNameeâs lawyers said the former personal trainer has traces of Roger Clemensâs blood on syringes and will produce the âcorroborative physical evidenceâ to congressional investigators.


UPDATE 1-Open-Serena marches into third round

Serena Williams marched into the third round of the US Open on Wednesday, beating fellow American Lindsay Lee-Waters 6-4 6-3. The third seed, who again walked on to court wearing


A medical scan can spot which young people risk sudden death because of a weak heart.


The EU is set to impose new sanctions against Burma, overshadowing a summit of Asian and European leaders.


MONDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDayNews) -- The self-esteem of children who become overweight or obese is likely to fall, claims a new study that confirms what many heavy children and their parents already know.


Finance minister explains Russia`s agreement to write off Iraq ...

As a result of talks the Paris Club has arrived at a consolidated decision to write off 80 per cent of Iraq's debt, Russian Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin told journalists on Sunday [21 November].


Police and conservation groups join forces to tackle wildlife crime along the Clyde coast.


In-Form Lehman Shooting for Another Ryder Cup Spot

U.S. Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman  launched his bid for a playing role with a first round  10-under-par 62 at the $4.5 million Buick Invitational.


US Says Controls Most of Falluja, Insurgents Trapped

FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces have gained  control of most of Falluja and insurgents are now trapped in  the southern part of the Iraqi city, U.S. officers said on  Friday.


Official: Linux buffs lay out more on marital aids than Mac users

NSFW And HPUX users way more randy than Xbox boys Hardware Widow Mac owners spend more money on sex toys than Windows users do, but Linux buffs outspend both of them, even though they visit less pages on purvey product producers' websites.â¦


Cebu Pacific orders 12 Airbus planes worth $670 M

In order to cut fuel costs and reach further into its targeted regional destinations, the countryâs second biggest carrier, Cebu Pacific (CEB), is totally overhauling its entire fleet


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


Wesley Snipes faces 3 years for tax conviction

OCALA, Florida  - Actor Wesley Snipes, star of the "Blade" movie series, was found guilty of three misdemeanors by a U.S. court on Friday for failing to file tax returns but was acquitted of more serious charges.


Stocks fell for a sixth day on Wednesday as disappointing profit forecasts from Apple Inc and Motorola added to recession worries, pushing the Nasdaq across the threshold that signals a bear market.


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Israel kills two Palestinians in north Gaza: medics

Israeli soldiers clashed with Palestinian gunmen in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing one militant, hospital officials said.


A celebrated red-tailed hawk evicted last week from his upscale New York digs can move back to the ritzy apartment building where his nest was perched following an agreement


Dow Jones director Li may face charges in U.S. probe

HONG KONG/WASHINGTON  - Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  board member David Li, a prominent Hong Kong banker, may face civil charges in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission insider trading investigation linked to News Corp.'s  $5 billion bid for the U.S. media company.


Roma, buona la prima di Del Neri: "Grande reazione". Inter ...

Il bello e il brutto della Roma, tutto nella stessa partita, quella dell'esordio di Del Neri sulla tormentatissima panchina giallorossa. Contro l'Inter di Adriano la squadra incassa tre goal mostrando le solite


Substitute teacher's conviction for porn popups set aside

'Erroneous' testimony to the rescue Julie Amero, the substitute teacher convicted of four felony counts when a computer in her classroom subjected seventh-graders to pornographic images, has been granted a new trial in light of fresh forensic information that came to light following her first trial.â¦


Federer enters record books with US Open win

Federer was close to perfection as he raced through the first set in 18 minutes, dropping only five points. Hewitt fought back winning a tie-break in the second, before Federer stormed through the third to


Lace, knits go subversive in New York exhibition

NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters Life!) - On the surface, it's an art exhibition that would make any grandmother proud, with a knitted christening blanket and miniature cardigans, but a closer look might make granny's hair curl.


Nigerian kidnappers release foreign oil hostages

Nigerian kidnappers have released six Indian and Polish hostages seized on October 26 from an offshore oil production facility operated by Saipem, the Italian firm's parent company Eni said on Tuesday.


In a Feb. 13 story about the trial of a Russian teacher charged with using pirated Microsoft software in school computers, The Associated Press, based on a Russian TV report from the courtroom, erroneously reported that the defendant refused an out-of-court settlement from Microsoft. Microsoft said it made no such offer.


A sea-going robotic glider that harvests heat energy from the oceans is tested by US scientists.


IPod owners can download the Band Aid single after Apple reaches agreement with the charity.


Sayeed survives grenade attack, six injured:

[India News] Srinagar, Sep 22 : Separatist guerrillas Wednesday targeted Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in a grenade attack as he filed his papers for an assembly by-election, but he escaped unhurt, police said.


G.M. Forecasts a Decline in Its Earnings for 2005

General Motors said Thursday that its earnings would fall this year because of rising health care costs and slowing profits at its financing division.


Bitter Malpractice Fight Going to Voters

Rivaling Bush vs. Kerry for bitterness, doctors and trial lawyers are squaring off this fall in an unprecedented four-state struggle over limiting malpractice awards. The volatile issue is in voters' hands and each side is desperate to win, spending millions of dollars to make their cases and portray the other side as greedy.


Iraq, le opposizioni d'accordo: conferenza internazionale, via le ...

L'opposizione ritrova l'unitÃ  sul processo di pace in Iraq. Sembra una notizia da poco eppure dopo le polemiche dei mesi e dei giorni scorsi, merita i titoli di prima pagina. Lâintesa Ã¨ stata raggiunta


Jury deliberates in Verizon-Vonage patent case

A federal jury on  Wednesday began reviewing evidence in Verizon Communications  Inc's $197 million patent infringement case against Internet  phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp..


Ask iPod users what they like the most about the device, and most will probably mention the scroll wheel. MP3.com's Eliot Van Buskirk has the story behind it.


Dopo le anticipazioni apparse sul Sunday Times


Apple rolls out copy protection-free iTunes

Apple Inc.  said on Wednesday  it launched iTunes Plus, a new copy protection-free music  download service featuring artists with EMI Group   including Coldplay, The Rolling Stones and Joss Stone.


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The software maker creates a single business unit to handle its IP television, Media Center PC and HD-DVD efforts.


Bergamo, 20:01 - CALCIO, ATALANTA: MESSAGGI DEI TIFOSI AL PRESIDENTE RUGGERI

Numerose testimonianze di affetto giungono dai tifosi dell'Atalanta verso il loro presidente Ruggeri...


Hobbit-sized Humans Called Homo floresiensis Discovered by ...

Long live the real Bilbo Baggins, the first Little People of the World, Homo floresiensis and Homo sapien archeologists Michael Morwood, Peter Brown and Professor Soejono!


Up to 90,000 Afghans said displaced by war

Fighting between NATO-led forces and insurgents across southern Afghanistan has displaced an estimated 80,000 to 90,000 people over the past few months, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Wednesday.


Scotland's religious leaders are joining campaigners on a march for peace from Faslane naval base to the Scottish Parliament.


A blast hits the Marriott Hotel in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, with an unknown number of casualties.


Arts, Briefly: Museum Attendance Drops in Sweden

Visits to Swedenâs national museums dropped nearly 20 percent last year after they ended their free admissions policy, Agence France-Presse reported. The culture ministry said that Swedenâs 19 national museums, 16 of them in Stockholm, recorded some 6.5 million visits in 2007, down from around 8.0 million a year earlier. The decline came after Swedenâs government pushed through new admission fees to the museums starting on Jan. 1, 2007, two years after the previous government had removed the fees.


LOS ANGELES: US authorities have seized a long-lost Picasso worth about $US10million ($13.4million) that was looted by Nazis during World War II.


SoCal fire prompts voluntary evacuations

Fire crews set backfires to halt flames from reaching a remote community in northern Ventura County threatened by one of the largest and longest-burning wildfires in state history.


Indonesia has been staging landmark elections widely expected to see a former general unseat President Megawati Sukarnoputri. Megawati faces her former security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the presidential


Million Japanese brace for the 'Big One'

Nearly one million people across Japan have taken part in drills to prepare for a major earthquake, in an annual exercise joined for the first time by US and South Korean authorities.


Republicans pushed a bill supported   by President George W. Bush to set rules for interrogating and   trying terrorism suspects through the U.S. House of   Representatives on Wednesday and Senate Republicans were   expected to follow the next day.


XM Satellite Radio kicks off talk shows today featuring Bob Edwards, the husky-voiced National Public Radio star whose dismissal last spring caused an uproar from loyal listeners, and shock jocks Opie and Anthony, who were silenced two years ago after staging a stunt involving a couple having sex at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York.


Bits : Is Information Overload a $650 Billion Drag on the Economy?

A business research firm tries to estimate the âcost of unnecessary interruptionsâ in terms of lost productivity and innovation.


Giving Slum Children A New Sense of Class

NEW DELHI -- Neelamdevi Thakur lives in a working-class slum and earns a living washing dishes in middle-class homes twice a day. In the past year, two of her five children, who attend an affluent private school, have returned home speaking words that she had never heard from her other children, who...


Two pilots die in Polish air show collision

RADOM, Poland  - Two pilots were killed performing aerial acrobatics at an air show in Poland on Saturday when their aircraft collided head-on in front of thousands of spectators.


Da Vinci Code fans, get ready. The Vatican is about to release its official chronicle of the last years of the Crusader knights whose power has inflamed the imagination of conspiracy theorists for centuries


JAMAICA'S government has announced a $US5 million program to provide free internet access in poor communities across the island.


La crescita Ã¨ calcolata al netto delle 'una tantum'. Al lordo da gennaio Ã¨ del 6,2%Vola l'Ires, in aumento nello stesso periodo del 35,4% (+7,6 miliardi)                                          Fisco, in 10 mesi +22 miliardi di entrate Volano le tasse locali e le imprese


WORLD oil prices rose yesterday as Hurricane Ivan charged towards the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico, where energy companies evacuated thousands of offshore workers and halted some production.


Cardiac arrest: avoid nights, weekend, study says

People who have a cardiac arrest in the hospital at night or on the weekend are far less likely to survive than those who suffer one during the day, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.


Apple's iTunes music software is not fully compatible with Vista, Microsoft's newest operating system.


Lax Catheter Policies Seen at Many Hospitals

Despite the well-established danger from urinary catheters, a new study finds that hospitals are doing very little to reduce the risks of infection.


Parma, 15:59 - CALCIO, PARMA: INGAGGIATO FALCONE

Il Parma ha ufficializzato l'acquisto di Giulio Falcone, difensore, 33 anni, in scadenza di contratt...


U.S. Is Punishing 8 Chinese Firms for Aiding Iran

The move is part of a broader effort by the White House to identify and slow key elements of Iran's weapons programs.


Dato comunque superiore alle attese degli analisti


Atrocities daily in Sudan's Darfur: U.N. rights chief

Atrocities are occurring daily in Sudan's Darfur region and rape and pillage directed against civilians are at "a horrific level," United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said on Wednesday.


Radio Personalities Sued By Clear Channel

By George C. Ford, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa  Feb. 16--The former employer of three radio personalities hired by  KRNA-FM (94.1) is seeking an injunction to stop them from appearing on the  Cedar Rapids radio station.


Webcasters across the United States plan to participate in a Day of Silence Tuesday to protest higher music royalties for Internet radio.  Among the protesters is KCRW-FM in Santa Monica, Calif., National Public Radio's flagship station for Southern California.


South Africa's government warns striking nurses they will be fired unless they return to work by Monday.


PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- In 2002, Ibrar Hussein voted for an Islamic takeover.


Sweden Mourns Tsunami Victims on New Year's Day

Politics: 30 December 2004, Thursday. Sweden will fly flags at half-mast on New Year's Day amid reports that 54 Swedes had died and 1,500 were missing.


The Kuwaiti army says it has detained soldiers accused of involvement in a plot to attack "friendly forces".


Spesa 40 mln di euro, soluzione per evitare penali


Former President Bush on Wednesday defended the Iraq war and swiped at Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, saying most people are grateful that Saddam Hussein is out of power.


'Contestualmente risolto il rapporto di lavoro in essere'


Poll: Huckabee atop Iowa, Democrats tied

THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in Iowa


In scuola media Palermo, aveva dato del gay a un compagno


Wheat is steadily being replaced by corn as the crop of choice for American farmers.


Sharon pleased with drop in terror attacks

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is pleased with recent results in the fight against terror, but says the fight will continue uncompromisingly.


Woman Charged After Posting Craigslist Ad for a Killer

A Michigan woman has been charged with using the Craigslist classified-advertisement Web site to find a killer for a romantic rival.


The Genesis sample-return capsule hits the ground at high speed after its drogue parachute fails to open.


A curfew restores some calm in the Afghan city of Herat, after violent   protests at the sacking of its governor.


Novita' e' la nascita di una linea cerimonia


Uganda Opens Africa's Biggest AIDS Training Center

KAMPALA, Uganda  - The biggest HIV/AIDS training  center in sub-Saharan Africa opened in Uganda Wednesday with  officials hopeful it will significantly boost the continent's  ability to fight the deadly pandemic.


Stocks to watch on Tuesday: JOHNSON & JOHNSON , GUIDANT CORP.


The Spice Girls reunite, royalty rocks out in memory of Princess Diana and other celebrity news


Apple to Cut the Prices of iTunes in Britain

Apple said it would bring the prices on its iTunes digital music store in Britain in line with those on the Continent to settle an antitrust case.


Arsenal may be boosted by the return of captain Patrick Vieira against Man Utd.


Iraq's interim prime minister blamed US-led coalition forces Tuesday for "great negligence" in the ambush that killed about 50 American-trained soldiers, and a US airstrike in Fallujah killed an aide to Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al


US, NKorea to hold second round of meetings Wednesday

US and North Korean diplomats will hold their second round of meetings in two days Wednesday in an invigorated push to resume six-party negotiations aimed at unravelling Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, a senior US official said.


Sven-Goran Eriksson vowed to keep faith with his key players for Wednesdayâs World Cup qualifier in Poland as he rejected any concerns over the form or disciplinary record of David Beckham.


Sarkozy arrives in Egypt with ex-model girlfriend

French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Egypt on Tuesday for a private holiday accompanied by his new girlfriend, former supermodel Carla Bruni.


Europe, U.S. in Good-Cop, Bad-Cop Roles with Iran

Iran may be a source of transatlantic  tension for now but a shared commitment to curbing its nuclear  program could draw Washington and Europe closer in George W.  Bush's second term.


A Virgin Atlantic Airways passenger plane was diverted to Stansted airport near London and landed safely Thursday after a bomb threat, an airport spokeswoman said.


In a trade dispute that could spread to one of Washington state's biggest exports -- apples -- the World Trade Organization gave the go-ahead yesterday for punitive sanctions on US products.


Millbrook Plans Proxy Contest for Seats on Brinkâs Board

The proxy contest would be Brinkâs latest run-in with shareholders, who have called for changes at the company for more than a year.


Roma, 22:57 - CALCIO, ROMA; TOTTI: 200 GOL, HO REALIZZATO UN SOGNO

Francesco Totti ha festeggiato la qualificazione della Roma ai quarti di Coppa Italia segnando il go...


Red Sox, Astros hope to ride wild-card wave

Curt Schilling and Pedro Martinez are revved up. Roger Clemens and Roy Oswalt are rarin' to go. Baseball fans are ready, too. The shadows are getting longer, the leaves are starting to turn and pumpkins are showing up.


Charlton headed into the Christmas period seventh in the Premiership table after a 2-1 win against London rivals Fulham at The Valley.


Pakistan's ex-top judge makes a thinly disguised attack on President Musharraf, in a speech to supporters.


French firms eye two UAE nuclear plants: report

French companies Areva (CEPFi.PA), Total   and Suez  are involved in plans to build two  third generation nuclear plants in the United Arab Emirates,  Jazeera Television said on Sunday.


Bush, Kerry trade charges in run-up to final debate

In a last-minute flurry of accusations before their final debate, President George W Bush told supporters that Democratic challenger John Kerry cannot pay for his proposed domestic programmes without a tax increase.


Apple seen revamping iPod line, shares up

Apple Inc  shares rose more  than 5 percent on Wednesday on growing expectations that the  company will announce a revamped line of iPods next week.


Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning opera composer Gian Carlo Menotti has died in hospital, aged 95.


This glass-walled mobile home is low-budget high living for modern nomads. From Wired magazine.


Gina Apcho, left, and Melissa Espinoza of the Kausachun dance company perform a Peruvian dance at the Sun Festival at Columbus Library in South Salt Lake Saturday night.  (c) 2007 Deseret News (Salt Lake City). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.


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Between a rock and a hard place: A lesbian daughter's dilemma

AT THE Republican National Convention this year, Ms Mary Cheney and her partner Heather Poe sat together to watch Mary's father, United States Vice- President Dick Cheney, deliver his acceptance speech.


Smoltz agrees to new two-year deal with Braves

John Smoltz was part of some talented starting rotations in Atlanta before becoming the team's closer. Now he's back as a starter, and with the addition of Tim Hudson on Thursday, the rebuilt


Amp'd Mobile Inc. said on Monday that  consumer electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. would  sell its mobile phones, as start-up wireless service Amp'd  expands its distribution.


Napoli, 19:05 - CALCIO, IEZZO: LA MIA NAZIONALE E' IL NAPOLI

Il Napoli ha ripreso la preparazione dopo i due giorni di riposo concessi dal tecnico Reja. Dopo il ...


Georgian businessman and opposition politician Badri Patarkatsishvili dies of a heart attack, aides say.


Anglicans Urge Ban on Gay Marriage, Gay Bishops

Anglican leaders, striving to stop their  loose association of churches falling apart, urged North  American Episcopalians on Monday to ban same-sex marriages and  the consecration of gay bishops.


U.S. Forces Step Up Pressure on Rebels in Najaf

U.S. tanks and snipers took up positions near the revered Imam Ali Shrine and engaged in fierce battles with militants.


Australia's Telstra CEO Search May Favor Outsiders

MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Even with solid internal candidates, the board of Australia's Telstra Corp. (TLS) could easily favor an outsider to replace Ziggy Switkowski.


'Rose Garden' Singer Anderson Arrested for DUI

Country music singer Lynn Anderson, best  known for her 1970s hit "Rose Garden," has been arrested in  Denton, north of Dallas, on suspicion of driving under the  influence, police said on Friday.


A charity found its good-luck charms in Jessica Alba and Dane Cook, who attended a screening of their new comedy, "Good Luck Chuck," at a Knoxville theater.


Admirers massed by the hundreds in Modena's main piazza Thursday night to pay their final respects to Luciano Pavarotti, the tenor cherished by many as "the last, great voice" of Italian opera.


A surge in the cost of gasoline and other energy products pushed consumer prices up by 3.3 percent in 2004, the biggest jump in four years, but relief may be on the way. Consumer prices actually dipped in December as energy costs moderated.


MIAMI, Aug. 24 -- A judge refused Friday to block the extradition of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France, where he is accused of laundering millions of dollars in drug proceeds through French banks.


Analysis: The dramatic shift of top-drawer Qaeda detainees to Guantanamo is designed to give a fresh rationale for the controversial prison camp. And, oh yes, there's an election coming


EU Signs Off on Abolition of Textile Quotas

The European Union on Monday took the final step toward abolishing textiles quotas on January 1, 2005, in compliance with World Trade Organization obligations.


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Health Insurance Industry Looks to Senior Lobbyists

If the rumor mill is correct, Karen M. Ignagni is about to notch a major victory for her employer, the nation's health insurance industry.


High-iron diets raise gallstone risk in men

NEW YORK  - Men who consume large amounts of "heme" iron in their diets have an increased risk of developing gallstone disease, according to findings published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.


U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday,  as investors shrugged off record crude oil prices and bought  beaten-down shares, pushing blue chips to close above 10,000  for the first time in 2 weeks.


Two French journalists are missing in Iraq and have not been heard from since Thursday, the Foreign Ministry in Paris says. George Malbrunot of Le Figaro and Christian Chesnot of Radio France


Funds run by the currency trader buy a 7% stake in the brokerage.


Europe's ATV space truck has been cleared for fuelling, to make it ready for launch towards the end of February.


Visa rolls out new payment application security mandates

Visa this week quietly rolled out an additional set of Payment Application Security Mandates for companies that handle credit and debit card transactions.


Hewlett-Packard will introduce a new device this fall meant to record and play back television as well as organize digital media.


Nevada Ponders Superfund Status for Mine

Pressured by a ranking senator from Nevada and the Environmental Protection Agency, Gov. Kenny Guinn says he might reconsider his opposition to a federal Superfund cleanup declaration for a huge abandoned mine contaminated with toxic waste and uranium.


Bush, Kerry Vow to Destroy Bin Laden After Tape

President Bush and his Democratic  White House rival John Kerry united on Friday in a promise to  hunt down Osama bin Laden after the al Qaeda leader released a  new videotape threatening fresh attacks on the United States.


Golf: Lehman and Baird share third-round lead at Funai Classic

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida: Tom Lehman and Briny Baird shared the third-round lead on Saturday at the 4.2 million-dollar PGA Funai Classic.


Abbas: Wall will not bring Israel security

Palestinian presidential-election favorite Mahmoud Abbas called Wednesday for the tearing down of Israel's West Bank barrier, warning that it would never deliver security.


After Vioxx's withdrawal, patients suffer aftershocks

Doctors were bombarded with phone calls from worried patients following the announcement last week that drug manufacturer Merck had pulled its popular arthritis drug, Vioxx, from the market because of safety concerns.


2 Dissidents Appear to Have Won Heinz Seats

Investor Nelson Peltz and Michael Weinstein, the former Snapple chief, learned they most likely won seats on the Heinz board.


Iraqi PM Says Sticking to January Election Plan

LONDON/BAGHDAD  - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi  said Sunday national elections will go ahead in January as  planned despite a countrywide surge in violence against U.S.  forces and Iraqi troops and police.


Bad side effects common in low-carb dieters, study says

Dieters on the popular high-fat, low-carb Atkins approach lose just as much body fat as those on low-fat diets, but the annoying low-carb side effects could mean problems down the road


Amazon to offer music from Sony BMG without copy curbs

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on  Thursday its digital music store will now offer songs by  artists on the roster of Sony BMG Music Entertainment without  copy-protection technology, known as digital rights management.


Quincy Carter being released by the Cowboys

NEW YORK -- Tim Henman's quarterfinal victory at the US Open was a microcosm of his career - long and brilliant in spurts, with an expected disappointment on the horizon.


Bush, Pope Benedict XVI Discuss War in Iraq

VATICAN CITY, June 9 -- President Bush on Saturday met for the first time with Pope Benedict XVI, who the Vatican said expressed concern about "the worrying situation in Iraq," especially the deteriorating plight of Christians there.


By Geri Parlin, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Jun. 27--In this part of the world, the celebration of Independence Day goes hand in hand with Riverfest in Riverside Park.


China asks Canadian embassy to turn over North Korean defectors

Astana - Xianggang (Hong Kong), September 30 KAZINFORM - China has called on Canada to turn over more than 40 North Korean defectors who are staying at the Canadian embassy in Beijing.


Eurozone economy awash with liquidity, M3 money supply data show

The eurozone economy is awash with excess liquidity and that could signal inflationary dangers ahead for the 12 countries that share the euro, official data showed.


Sports Briefing | Rugby: Argentina Tops France

Argentina upset the host nation France, 17-12, in the opening game of the World Cup. The French now face a talented Ireland squad and the possibility of being the first host nation to fail to make the quarterfinals.


Israel attacks Gaza; contacts new Abbas govt

Israel attacked Islamist fighters in Gaza on Wednesday for the first time since Hamas seized the territory, and ended an embargo of the Palestinian Authority by opening contacts with a new government in the West Bank.


United Air doubles fuel surcharge as oil rises

UAL Corp  said on Friday its United Airlines unit doubled its fuel surcharge on most domestic U.S. flights to $10 from $5, to counter a recent rise in oil prices.


Weekend nel pallone Palermo-Inter e le altre sfide

Domenica match tra le prime della classe e la Roma che affronta la Samp. All'estero da non perdere Manchester United-Chelsea, Real Madrid-Valencia e Amburgo-Bayern Monaco


Andy Murray tests world number two Rafael Nadal but loses 7-6 6-4 in the third round of the Madrid Masters.


Nitrogen-rich world near Saturn unveiled

Delta channels beneath an orange haze support a theory that this moon may be Earth's nearest kin in solar system.


In his second term, George W. Bush and his team need to pay more attention to Asia in general and Southeast Asia in particular, according to regional experts.


Ailing leader Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba's president from nearly a half-century early Tuesday, saying in a letter published in online official media that he would not accept a new term when the newly elected parliament meets on Sunday.


Roma, 15:33 - CICLISMO, DI LUCA DA FIORELLO: DOPING? SIAMO I PIU' CONTROLLATI

Ospite di Fiorello al programma radiofonico 'Viva Radio2', Danilo Di Luca, tra una battuta e l'altra...


Military Prosecutors Set to Open Major 9/11 Case

The first sweeping case against suspects in the 9/11 plot would bring new scrutiny to the military commission system at GuantÃ¡namo.


NBA Wrap: Rose Leads Raptors to Victory Over Pacers

Jalen Rose scored 22 points, including  a pair of clutch free throws with less than a second to play,  lifting the Toronto Raptors to 98-97 win over the slumping  Indiana Pacers Wednesday.