Clear Channel Radio Launches On-Demand Lifestyle Programming

Clear Channel Radio's (NYSE:CCU) online  division today announced the latest addition to its repertoire of  exclusive and on-demand content: lifestyle programs aggregating a wide  range of related content elements, all available on demand.


The dollar gained ground after a better-than-expected US retail sales report for November eased concerns that the housing market slowdown was affecting consumption.


Secret Service Operative Moonlights as Identity Thief

Brett Shannon Johnson is a credit-card and identity thief. In five years of crime, the 37-year-old estimates he's stolen about $2 million -- some of it while working as a paid informant for the U.S. Secret Service.


Some see easy access to emergency contraception as a way to drastically reduce teen pregnancy, already on the decline since the early 1990s. Others worry that its long-term effects on young women are unknown or argue that the drug, also known as the "morning after pill," encourages teens to have sex. Ultimately, it will be up to Food and Drug Administration officials to decide: Should older teens be able to buy emergency contraception over the counter?


U.S., Iran hold rare talks on Iraq violence

U.S. and Iranian officials began their most high-profile talks in almost three decades on Monday to discuss Iraq's spiraling violence, which Washington says is fuelled by Iran.


Massive Stellar Black Hole Smashes Record

The heaviest "small"   black hole ever has been discovered, and its mass of   24 to 33 times that of our sun defies current theories   to explain its formation, scientists say.


Argentina launches a nationwide search after an elderly man testifying in a "Dirty War" trial disappears.


Roddick Has No Trouble with Henman at Masters Cup

Andy Roddick squeezed past Britain's Tim Henman, 7-5, 7-6, at the Masters Cup on Tuesday, giving his fellow Texans the win they came to see.


Kim Clijsters's comeback trail came to  an agonising halt Saturday when the former world number one had  to retire with a left wrist injury in the semi-finals of the  Belgian Open.


Australia's wheat crop is set to double as heavy rains offset a record drought, official forecasts show.


Digital Agenda: Homeland security--A global assault on anonymity

Cutting-edge data mining and other intelligence tools could redefine privacy as we know it. A News.com special report.


British minister and Blair ally Blunkett resigns

LONDON - A Cabinet minister embroiled in the messy fallout of an affair with a married woman resigned on Wednesday, his department said.


US supplying Turkey with intelligence on Kurdish rebels, official says

WASHINGTON - The United States acknowledged yesterday it has undertaken military moves against Kurdish rebels in Iraq after asserting for weeks that their strikes in Turkey were a diplomatic matter.


Two retired executives from Delta Air Lines' glory days endorsed current management's turnaround plans as the carrier tries this week to win deep concessions from pilots and creditors.


Incontro con ministro Damiano, "smussati molti angoli"


Health and Human Services Secretary  Tommy Thompson has resigned, a government official said on  Friday.


Men who take Avodart (dutasteride) to treat an enlarged prostate apparently have a reduced risk for developing prostate cancer, a new study indicates.


Rickshaw Rally: A Riotous Ride Into India's Soul

MUMBAI -- The auto-rickshaw driver had never laughed so hard. Or been so confused. Or so worried, he confessed, as his eyes widened at what he saw.


Better to be fit & fat than toned & trim: study

Being fit but fat isn't good enough. Excess weight, all by itself, can take years off your life, even if you get plenty of exercise, a study found.


Packers RB Green leaves game with rib injury

Green Bay Packers running back Ahman Green left in the first quarter of Sunday night's game against the Houston Texans with a rib injury.


Khin Nyuntâs downfall spells new woes for Suu Kyi

BANGKOKâThe demise of Myanmar premier Khin Nyunt spells fresh misfortune for detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her prospects for freedom and the country


Man invades dorm and kills at least eight boys

A man with a knife broke into a high school dormitory and killed at least eight boys as they slept - the deadliest of a series of knife attacks at Chinese schools in recent months, the government said Friday.


Television Review | 'Unbeatable Banzuke': Set Your Tasers on Slo-Mo Wipeout

âBanzukeâ presents a variety of challenges: fiendishly difficult obstacle courses that must be navigated by bicycle or on stilts.


Delayed Darfur Peace Talks Set to Start in Nigeria

Sudan's government and two rebel groups  fighting in Darfur start a fresh round of peace talks on Monday  to try to end a conflict that has sparked international outcry  and triggered one of the world's humanitarian crises.


There might not be many Missouri fans who think the school made the right decision six years ago when it hired Quin Snyder over Bill Self.


Arab envoys visit Israel, push for statehood talks

Two Arab envoys on a landmark visit to Israel presented its leaders with a regional land-for-peace plan on Wednesday and called for a rapid timetable for talks with the Palestinians over statehood.


Athens Games: Best of Greek Past, Present

ATHENS, Greece - Little things meant a lot in Athens: a tear from Mia Hamm's eye, or a smile across Jennie Finch's mouth, was as good as gold. A pair of abandoned wrestling shoes, size 13, signaled goodbye for Rulon Gardner...


Northern Rock, one of Europeâs biggest casualties of the credit crisis, sold some of its mortgage portfolio to JPMorgan Chase.


Maranello, 13:45 - F1, FERRARI; MONTEZEMOLO: PUNTIAMO AL TITOLO MONDIALE

"L'obiettivo è uno solo: vincere l'ottavo titolo mondiale in dieci anni. Tra l'altro suona me...


Roma, 19:07 - CALCIO, TORNEO VIAREGGIO; DONDARINI ARBITRO FINALE INTER-EMPOLI

Sarà Paolo Dondarini, della sezione Aia di Finale Emilia, a dirigere Inter-Empoli, finale del...


As he had done many times in the past, Christopher Reeve traveled to Chicago last week to talk to Northwestern University neuroscientists about their research using stem cells to repair spinal cord injuries.


Soyuz craft docks to ISS with space tourist, crew

A Russian Soyuz craft carrying millionaire space tourist Anousheh Ansari and two astronauts docked with the International Space Station, live footage shown at ground control at Korolev outside Moscow showed.


Excerpts from the citation awarding the 2004 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences to Finn E. Kydland of Norway and Edward C. Prescott of the United States for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics and the time consistency of economic policy


Working Long Hours? Take a Massage Break, Courtesy of Your Boss

Companies across the country are offering yoga and meditation classes to help employees relax, reduce stress and recharge.


Orlando Cabrera agreed Monday to a $32 million, four-year contract with the Anaheim Angels, who made room by cutting spunky shortstop David Eckstein.


Asia Stocks Up as Oil Eases, Eyes on Fed

Oil prices slipped to seven-week lows  on Wednesday, lifting Asian shares, while the dollar gained on  fresh warnings over the euro's strength ahead of an expected  U.S. interest rate rise later in the day.


N.F.L. Roundup: The Billsâ Everett Will Head Home to Houston to Start His Rehabilitation

The Billsâ tight end has continued to defy doctorsâ early predictions as he recovers from a collision during a game that left him paralyzed from the shoulders down.


The West Coast continues to grow at a fast rate; Mountain View Estate provides an opportunity to be part of that growth.   Westport's latest subdivision offers prime sections from approximately 800sq m to 1200sq m in stage one.


Schroeder, on first trip to Libya, invites Kadhafi to Germany

TRIPOLI  - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder met Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi at the start of a trip here seen as further confirmation of the north African state's return to the international fold, officials said.


Carolina Herrera showed a spring collection on Monday that went back to her roots, full of the rich colors and feminine touches of her native South America, with just enough spice to make it sexy.


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Microsoft is also preparing to begin construction of a second building on the campus, spokeswoman Tami Begasse said yesterday. But the company hasn't yet decided whether it will proceed with the third and final building on the 42-acre Hyderabad site.


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South Africa's Mbeki Meets Ivory Coast Leader

South African President Thabo Mbeki  tried to defuse a crisis in Ivory Coast on Tuesday which has  triggered days of rioting, put French troops on the streets and  paralyzed cocoa exports in the world's top grower.


Israeli Prime Minister Has Prostate Cancer

Ehud Olmert said that the early stage cancer was not life-threatening and would not distract from his work.


Steroid Therapy for Allergies Doesn't Slow Growth

BOSTON  - Children with persistent stuffy  nose due to allergy, or "allergic rhinitis," who receive  intranasal treatment with the steroid triamcinolone acetonide  for one year do not appear to have slower than normal rates of  growth, researchers reported here this week at the annual  scientific meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma,  and Immunology. However, they say, longer follow-up is needed  to completely rule out an effect on adult height.


Natural Gas Project Planned in Australia

The Queensland Gas Company, an Australian producer of natural gas from coal seams, and the BG Group of Britain plan to invest about 8 billion Australian dollars ($7.2 billion) in an export project in northeastern Australia to tap rising demand for the fuel.


Polish PM Pledges Iraq Troop Cuts, Strong Economy

Prime Minister Marek Belka promised to reduce Poland's military presence in Iraq from early 2005 and maintain buoyant economic growth if he wins a confidence vote in his minority cabinet Friday.


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Sony, Nvidia Codeveloping Graphics Processor for New Game Console

Tokyo, Dec. 7 (Jiji Press)--Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. said Tuesday it is developing a graphics processor with Nvidia Corp. of the United States for its planned new video game console.


Tour leader Fabian Cancellara takes an an amazing sprint victory in the third stage.


With the Columbus lab now secured to the international space station, the 10 orbiting astronauts rolled up their sleeves on Tuesday for their next big job: getting the lab running.


Rumsfeld Says US Faces Test of Wills in Iraq

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Sunday the United States and its allies were locked in a test of wills with insurgents in Iraq and must overcome the "pain and ugliness" of the conflict.


Marsh's Cherkasky, Mr. Monitor, Failed Up

NEW YORK - Michael Cherkasky, the new CEO of Marsh & McLennan, was, until recently, known for three things: He tried John Gotti; he "investigated mobsters," he "participated" in the trial of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers, he was a prosecutor in the


Persistently high oil prices may force the European Union's head office to lower its forecast of 2.2 percent economic growth in the euro zone next year, EU Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said Wednesday.


British police say blast killed Pakistan's Bhutto

British police investigating the murder of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto concluded she was killed by a head injury caused by the impact of a bomb blast, not by a bullet, they said in a report released on Friday.


A U.S. military contractor was killed Monday and three others injured in an accident that may have involved unexploded ordnance at the largest American military base in Kuwait, the U.S. military said.


Computer and server maker Dell Inc. said Thursday it is delaying the filing of its full third-quarter results as the company and regulators continue to investigate some of its accounting practices.


Update 1: Gaymard to Become French Finance Chief

French Agriculture Minister Herve Gaymard is to succeed Nicolas Sarkozy as finance minister, a government official said Monday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also said Budget Minister


He also said that the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council, led by Nobel peace laureate and anti-landmines campaigner Jody Williams, would not be allowed to travel to Darfur because its members were biased.Comment


U.S. court grants evidence to Guantanamo lawyers

A federal appeals court on Friday ruled lawyers for Guantanamo prisoners should have access to nearly all government evidence so they can challenge detainees' designation as "unlawful enemy combatants."


Britain considering expulsion of Russian diplomats

Britain is considering expelling Russian diplomats from London over Russia's refusal to extradite a man suspected of killing Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London last year, British newspapers said on Thursday.


An audiotape attributed to Ayman Zawahiri emerged Friday, stoking fears among some intelligence officials that the terrorist network is preparing a significant strike before the Nov. 2 election.


Mass mausoleum for paying customers A German consortium has announced its plan to build the world's largest structure - a 578m-high "Giant Pyramid", designed to offer paying customers the chance to "outlast personal physical existence", as the group's website puts it.â¦


Fire Ravages Caracas's Parque Central, Region's Tallest Tower

Fire destroyed the top third of the east tower of Venezuela's Parque Central, South America's tallest skyscraper. The Caracas landmark was empty, and the cause of the fire isn't known.


Ravens defensive back Deion Sanders strained a hamstring muscle in the second quarter of Baltimore's game against Pittsburgh on Sunday.


British girls' Ghana drug sentence delayed: diplomat

The sentencing of the two British girls found guilty in November of cocaine smuggling in Ghana has been postponed to January 23, a diplomat said Wednesday.


B2Digital Announces Unveiling of New Corporate Website: Highlights Recent Milestones and Refined Corporate Focus

PHOENIX, March 6, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- B2 Digital, Inc. (OTCBB:BTOD), an innovator in the digital content delivery business, announced today the unveiling of its revamped corporate website at www.b2digital.net.


Helmet Design Absorbs Shock in a New Way

A former Harvard quarterback has developed a promising  technology to protect football players from concussions.


EC accuses Rambus of DRAM 'patent ambush'

(InfoWorld) - Six months afterÂ U.S. regulators capped royalties that vendors must pay to Rambus, the European Union (EU) is taking a close look at the company's monopoly on the DRAM (dynamic RAM) chip market. On July 30, the European Commission (EC) issued a preliminary "Statement of Objections" finding that the Los Altos, Calif., company violated EU competition law by not disclosing that it owned relevant patents during the development of the DRAM standard. DRAM chips provide the memory in computers. The existence of this Statement of Objections was disclosed Thursday in a Commission press release. "Rambus engaged in intentional deceptive conduct in the context of the standard-setting process, for example by not disclosing the existence of the patents which it later claimed were relevant to the adopted standard," the statement said. "This type of behavior is known as a 'patent ambush.'" Against this background, the Commission provisionally considers that Rambus breached the EC Treaty's rules on abuse of a dominant market position." "Without its 'patent ambush,' Rambus would not have been able to charge the royalty rates it currently does," the statement said. Rambus now has nine weeks to respond before the Commission will decide whether or not the company is in violation of European law. Earlier this year, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission ordered Rambus to license its DRAM technology to other vendors and put a cap on the royalties it can charge. Rambus's patent claims have also been the subject of numerous lawsuits between Rambus and chip makers who reject the company's patent claims. "These are largely the same issues examined by a number of US courts, the Federal Trade Commission, and currently before the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit," said Thomas Lavelle, Rambus's senior vice president and general counsel, in a statement. "We are studying the Statement of Objections and plan to respond in due course."


It's Time to Bid Farewell to Airlines' Paper Tickets

By David Wethe, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 6--If you're one of the dwindling number of travelers using a paper ticket to get on an airplane, the airline industry has a message for you: The paper ticket's almost gone.


Social networking sites are called 'better than print' for recruiting IT staff.


Americaâs Pastime Is Only a Blip in Soccer-Crazed Brazil

Brazilâs national amateur team hopes that a strong performance in the Pan American Games can help put baseball on the map in a country where the most popular sport by far is soccer.


Brutishness Begets Brutishness on the Road

âA Bloody Aria,â by the Korean director Won Shin-yun, is a sort of Asian âDeliverance.â


Wi-Fi successor is called high-speed hype -- for now

SAN FRANCISCO -- At virtually every turn, Intel Corp. executives are heaping praise on an emerging long-range wireless technology known as WiMAX, which can blanket entire cities with high-speed Internet access.


Bacteria designed for new 'decaff' source

11/10/2004 - US chemists are working to develop bacteria that could ultimately lead to improved production of naturally-derived decaffeinated coffee.


Ukraine opposition leader urges investigation after poison report

Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko said he was not yet ready to blame the ruling elite with trying to poison him after doctors confirmed he was disfigured by ingesting a massive dose of a deadly toxin.


Race and civil rights issues fuel the latest row between US Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.


Office Live Workspace Is Microsoft's Most Promising Web App Yet, But It's Tied to the Desktop

Microsoft's newly-released Office Live Workspace is a web app that lets you share documents and edit them right in the browser. It would be a revolutionary release if it didn't require Microsoft Office to be installed on your computer as well.


The countryâs rival political parties have agreed on a few minor issues, but the big problems that were supposed to be solved by now seem as nettlesome as ever.


Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. on Friday said it plans to cut about 340 jobs over the next year, and will take rationalization charges during the third quarter in an effort to reduce costs in its engineered products and chemical divisions.


Commessa da 1,2 miliardi di euro per 51 elicotteri A129


Scientists have figured out how so-called Jesus lizards are able to scurry across the surfaces of ponds and streams.


UE - Vertice, si profila Frattini commissario italiano

Fonti diplomatiche a Bruxelles riferiscono che si sta profilando la designazione di Franco Frattini come commissario italiano. Il presidente designato della commissione Jose Barroso sarebbe pronto a presentare la nuova commisione gia' oggi.


For SGI supercomputer, a record-setting day

With new rankings due soon, SGI, IBM and others jostle for bragging rights. Also: Speedy Mac system gets speedier.


Jerez, 12:44 - F1, TEST JEREZ: ALONSO IN PISTA CON RENAULT

Fernando Alonso è sceso in pista questa mattina a Jerez, dove è in programma la second...


This user has been known to install software that crashes workstations and delete shared network directories -- and he's been blasted by IT support people. But this pilot fish wants to change that.


Gianfranco Ferre, the Italian designer known as the "architect of fashion" for his structured, sculpted shapes and for his groundbreaking tenure at Christian Dior, died Sunday, a hospital said. He was 62.


Putin turns tables on Bush with new missile plan

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Russian President Vladimir Putin turned the tables on Washington on Thursday by suggesting the United States use a Russian-controlled radar instead of U.S. anti-missile hardware in central Europe.


Senior Chinese Leader to Visit N.Korea Next Week

Senior Chinese leader Li Changchun is to visit North Korea next week, the Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday as China tries to coax Pyongyang into fresh talks on the crisis over its nuclear ambitions.


Polls open in Croatia's presidential election, after a campaign dominated by the prospect of joining the European Union.


Bush considering $800 tax rebate to boost US economy: report

President George W. Bush's administration is considering an individual tax rebate of up to 800 dollars as a short term measure to help boost the sagging US economy, a media report said Friday.


Rumsfeld: Armor Addressed, Required Troops Provided

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld indicated Wednesday that the armored Humvee issue is near resolution and that military leaders are being provided with all of their requests.


The UK's largest mortgage lender HBOS says profits will "comfortably exceed" expectations and announces plans to buy back up to Â£750m of shares.


Former Enron Executive Will Pay $1.49 Million

Enron Corp.'s former director of investor relations has agreed to pay $1.49 million to settle fraud charges related to the bankrupt energy company, US securities regulators said on Wednesday.


Delaware judge rejects settlement: Oracle moves to replace ...

Delaware judge Leo Strine refused to remove PeopleSoftâs poison pill and alter the shareholder rights plan in a hearing Wednesday.


Since the US Supreme Court decided to stay mum on the Massachusetts high court ruling that permits same-sex marriage, attorneys pushing San Francisco's anti-discrimination case said Monday they hope a similar hands-off attitude will prevail if they are


U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Thursday that the United States is "ready, able and willing" to send troops to Pakistan if the government of the South Asian nation is interested.


Singer Liza Minnelli passes out on stage during a performance in Sweden and heads back to the US.


Warning that film piracy represents the greatest economic threat to the movie industry in its 100 year-plus history, the Motion Picture Association of America announced Thursday that it plans


FBI cracks down on Napster-like P2P network

WASHINGTON - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized computers, software and equipment as part of a probe into the illegal sharing of copyrighted movies, music and games over an Internet 'peer-to-peer' (P2P) network, Attorney-General John


Former King Mohammad Zahir Shah, whose 40-year reign until his exile in 1973 coincided with one of the most peaceful periods in Afghanistan's recent history, died on Monday, aged 92.


Prosecutors at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal have appealed the sentences for two Serbs convicted in the 1991 massacre of more than 190 Croats, calling them "manifestly inadequate."


AMD Teams up with Virtual Desktop Pioneer

Hosted desktop pioneer Nivio has taken an undisclosed investment from AMD to help it work on its ambition of making virtual Windows XP desktops and software accessible from any connected device-- even a Linux PC or a smartphone.


Four members of a US special operations unit in Iraq are disciplined for using electric stun guns on prisoners.


Russia bombers to test-fire missiles in Atlantic

Russia on Tuesday sent two long-range bombers to the Bay of Biscay, off the French and Spanish Atlantic coasts, to test-fire missiles in what it billed as its biggest navy exercise in the area since Soviet times.


England and Wales' top judge, Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf, is to unveil controversial new sentencing guidelines.


NAUDERO, Pakistan  - Thousands of mourners began the funeral on Friday of Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, whose assassination plunged the nuclear-armed country into one of the worst crises in its 60-year history.


The Jets, who awoke in their own homes yesterday with a chance to control their own destiny, will be facing the same situation but with no safety net when they awake in St.


Several people have been killed in armed clashes in Sudan's western region of Darfur, the area gripped by four years of civil war.


An experimental vaccine may help cocaine addicts break the cycle of dependency. Other addiction vaccines could follow


Hamas leaders in Gaza turned off their cell phones, avoided public appearances and were sleeping in safe houses after Israel threatened Monday to assassinate those responsible for Palestinian rocket attacks on border towns.


Handset design is evolving as more features are added to phones, but one crucial element seems to be left behind -- the user. By Elizabeth Biddlecombe.


The modern world wouldn't be what it is if it weren't for a little piece of technology that emerged from Bell Labs in 1947.Photos: Sixty years of transistors


Slain teacher's parents make emotional plea for help in Tokyo

The parents of a slain British teacher whose body was found in a bathtub in Japan Friday made an emotional plea for help in catching her killer as police announced a reward for information.


Subprime hits auto sector as financing tightens

Fallout from a crisis in the U.S.  subprime mortgage market rattled the auto sector on Tuesday  after the debt package for a General Motors asset sale was  postponed and borrowing costs on automakers' debt surged.


BAR's Anthony Davidson is quickest in Friday practice at the Chinese Grand Prix.


Tokyo Stocks Climb, U.S. Dollar Up Again

TOKYO - Tokyo stocks climbed Monday as investors took confidence from Wall Street's rally and a retreat in surging oil prices. The U.S...


US novelist Sidney Sheldon dies aged 89 of complications from pneumonia.


FDA doubts Chiron flu vaccine salvageable

It is unlikely that any of the nearly 50 million doses of influenza vaccine being held at a plant in England will be found safe and released to the United States, the head of the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.


UPDATE 1-Chelsea's Babayaro moves to Newcastle

Chelsea's Nigerian defender Celestine Babayaro is to join struggling Newcastle United when the January transfer window opens on Saturday, the two Premier League clubs said on Thursday.


After a long flirtation with the glamorous job of being a New York rapper, Cam'ron has reinvented himself as one of hip-hop's most appealing surrealists.


US forces entered the Sunni stronghold of Fallujah Monday, launching a long-anticipated urban offensive that is widely seen as the most significant and controversial battle since the US invasion of Iraq 19 months ago.


Sounds like David Letterman is as big a "Pops" fan as most everyone else.


Stars including Kanye West, Alicia Keys and Usher gear up to do battle at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.


A US soldier was killed yesterday in a roadside bomb attack on a military vehicle north of Baghdad while two marines were killed Thursday in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah, the US military said.


Christmas comes early this year ... send it back

that is more unnatural than ketchup on eggs. And I don't care what you say; that is just disgusting. The jolly people at DreamWorks thought that Ben Affleck and Surviving


Internet Grants to Schools Halted as the F.C.C. Tightens the Rules

The nations's public libraries and schools have suddenly stopped receiving federal grants for high-speed Internet service.


Study contends high cost of housing hurting state

THE REGION Avon has the most homeowners over age 65 (37 percent of the population); Middleton had the fastest population growth from 2000 to 2004 (15 percent); Weston had the highest median house price ($1.2 million) , and Boxford has the fewest low-income residents (10.7 percent), according to The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2005-2006, released yesterday by the Boston ...


Montana private eye pleads not guilty to wire fraud

A Montana-based private detective who allegedly tried to double deal parties involved in two high profile corporate litigation cases pleaded not guilty on Thursday to four counts of wire fraud.


Enjoy Being a Girl? De la Renta's Your Guy

Oscar de la Renta's show was an unequivocal statement about femininity. Diane Von Furstenberg's collection was about a woman "daring to explore and travel."


U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Iraq was in the grip of civil war as U.S. and Iraqi forces attacked insurgent bases in a bid to shore up the authority of a government itself riven by factional rivalries.


Arafat refuses to sign anti-corruption legislation

Ramallah (AsiaNews/Agencies) - Yasser Arafat refused to sign anti-corruption legislation as demanded by Palestinian law-makers. In a long and tense speech to the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), the


On Tuesday, Microsoft warned its customers that several of its products are vulnerable to a flaw in the way they handle JPEG graphics images.


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America increases pressure on Annan over UN scandals

There is growing fear among United Nations officials that Secretary-General Kofi Annan may have lost the confidence of the organisation's most powerful constituent, the United States.


Rockets and rubble: Sri Lanka troops press campaign

KANKASANTURAI, Sri Lanka  - Firing artillery   shells toward Tamil Tiger positions as fighting flares despite   peace talk pledges, Sri Lankan gunner Herath Rajaratne longs   for the day he can return to his family and civilian life.


China censors "Pirates" for "vilifying Chinese"

China has censored part of the latest instalment of hit Hollywood movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" for "vilifying and defacing the Chinese", the official Xinhua news agency said on Friday.


Update 5: Report: Rosneft Buys Yukos Production Unit

Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft has bought the mysterious buyer of Yukos' most important production unit, Russian news agencies reported late Wednesday, in a deal that appeared to move the unit one step closer to ownership by state-controlled gas


OutKast, Usher Get Top Prizes at MTV Europe Awards

Hip-hop duo OutKast and R&B sensation Usher shared top honors Thursday, scooping a combined five prizes at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Rome.


President Bush is to announce sanctions on Burma's military junta, as tensions rise on the streets of Rangoon.


California police now say the man killed by a tiger on Tuesday may have been trying to save his friend.


Hundreds hoping to be lucky in love poured into Las Vegas wedding chapels on Saturday to tie the knot on 7-7-07, a date with auspicious associations.


Let's pretend for a moment there is no election and that last week's meeting between President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry was just an elevated chat, akin to the question-and-answer sessions British


Government has copy of new bin Laden tape: CNN

The U.S. government has obtained a copy of a purported new videotape of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, CNN said on Friday. It had no details of what the tape said.


Tbilisi denies existence of Chechen groups in Georgia

Georgian Defense Minister Georgy Baramidze Friday denied the Russian reports that there are Chechen bases and groups on the territory of Georgia, the Itar-Tass reported.


Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Wednesday hinted at a possible assassination of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat.


Partial Page Rendering Using Hidden IFrame

Partial page rendering removes the need for the entire Web page to be refreshed as the result of a postback. Instead, only regions that have changed are updated, speeding up user interaction with the Web site. By Madhusudan Pagadala. 0720


U.N. Security Council OKs Somalia forces

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to authorize a regional force to protect Somalia's government which is under increasing pressure from Islamic militants.


Beirut car bomb kills police intelligence officer

A car bomb killed a Lebanese police intelligence officer and three other people when it tore through morning traffic in a Christian suburb of Beirut on Friday, police said.


3 pharmaceutical giants lose ruling on pricing

US District Judge Patti B. Saris ruled against pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca PLC , Schering-Plough Corp. , and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. in Boston yesterday, finding them guilty of engaging in unfair and deceptive trade practices for their medication prices, according to the law firm of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.


The technology world is split over whether Apple's foray into movie downloads will be a success.


Haas takes two-stroke lead into the weekend

Jay Haas has done plenty to merit mention in newspapers across the country this year. He posted seven top-10 finishes on the PGA TOUR, earned more than $1.


Denmark Charges 5 Soldiers with Iraqi Prisoner Abuse

A Danish intelligence officer and four military policemen have been charged with abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Danish headquarters in southern Iraq, the Danish army said on Friday.


Germany Will Step Up Training of Iraqis, Schroeder Says

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said his government will expand training of Iraqi military staff and civilian personnel, stepping up its efforts to help restore stability in the war-torn country.


Iraq Plans to Suspend Checkpoints at Syria, Iran Borders

BAGHDAD, Feb. 13 -- Iraqi officials on Tuesday announced the temporary closure of checkpoints at the Syrian and Iranian borders, as well as an expanded nighttime curfew in the capital, as part of the new Baghdad security plan.


Points: A Big East doubleheader bookends Thanksgiving Day. The Huskies look to make themselves more attractive to bowl scouts, and Rutgers hopes to end a once-promising campaign on a high note.


Springsteen, Bon Jovi Play Kerry Rallies

Rocker Bruce Springsteen is joining Sen. John Kerry in the final days of his bid to become the nation's boss.


Lakers star Kobe Bryant wants to apologize to former teammate Shaquille O'Neal for mentioning his name during a police interview last year.


Ethiopia awaits verdict in ex-dictator Mengistu's genocide trial

Ethiopians are awaiting a verdict in the marathon genocide trial of former dictator Mengistu Haile Miriam, who is accused of a plethora of brutal atrocities during his 17-year regime.


By Andi Atwater, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Feb. 8--With significant economic development hopes riding on the frontier veneer of Wild West World, owner Thomas Etheredge excitedly announced this week he's 95 percent done with construction.


EU Forces Turkey to Backtrack on Adultery

Amid protests from womenâs groups and warnings from the EU, Turkeyâs government agreed to measures that would appear to scuttle its plans to introduce legislation making adultery a crime.


A Greater Manchester man claims the highest ever score in the vintage video game Galaxian.


Japan to get Xbox HD DVD drive on 17 November

Console to get 1080p support with software update Microsoft will ship the Xbox 360's eagerly anticipated external HD DVD drive to Japanese consumers on 17 November, the software giant revealed today at the Tokyo Games Show. The announcement paves the way for similar declarations concerning the peripheral's launch in the US and Europe.â¦


SableVM is a robust, extremely portable, efficient, and specifications-compliant Java Virtual Machine that aims to be easy to maintain and to extend. It features a state-of-the-art and efficient interpreter engine. Its source code is very accessible and easy to understand. It also has many robustness features that have been the object of careful design.     SableVM is a clean-room implementation of the publicly available specifications.    In this version, we added an experimental generational garbage collector, we imported a new GNU Classpath snapshot, we added handling of Jar/Zip files on boot classpath, we added user-friendly failure messages for bootstrap problems, we added added a profiling switch, we made sablevm-classpath install its files in standard locations, we made jikes and gcc be less verbose by default, and we made several important bugfixes and improvements.  You can download the SableVM from: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5523&release_id=281502


A few more details emerge about the three energy-efficient Turion-powered notebooks.


Australia equine flu spreads, more racing banned

Australian authorities cancelled  thoroughbred racing in a second state on Tuesday, including the  iconic outback Birdsville races, as the nation's first outbreak  of equine flu spread.


Cincinnati, OH (Sports Network) - The Cincinnati Reds exercised the 2006 contract option for first baseman Sean Casey. Casey, who is a three-time All-Star, signed a three-year contract extension in February 2002 with a club option for the coming season.


Fly-eating robot takes first slow steps towards danger zone

A PREDATORY robot devised by British scientists could generate its own energy by catching and digesting flies. Called EcoBot II, the creation is part of a drive to make "forget and release" robots that could


Why do women get plastered at fancy dress parties?

No idea, admit US researchers US researchers have admitted they cannot explain why women are more likely than men to get legless at sexually-themed fancy dress parties - a shock finding which is the only known exception to the rule that chaps will invariably sink more alcohol at social gatherings than the ladies.â¦


Iraq panel to recommend U.S. pull back from combat

The Iraq Study Group has decided to recommend the U.S. military transition from a combat to a support role in Iraq roughly over the next year, a source familiar with the panel's deliberations said.


A second Buddhist man is beheaded in Thailand's south in apparent revenge for the deaths of Muslim protesters.


In a report to be released today, a panel of experts assembled by the U.S. Institute of Peace calls for a 50 percent reduction in U.S. forces in Iraq within three years and a total withdrawal and handover of security to the Iraqi military in five years.


Wall St. jumps with tax-rebate deal, Qualcomm

Stocks rose on Thursday, after government leaders agreed on a plan for tax rebates to stimulate the U.S. economy and a healthy outlook from cell- phone chip maker Qualcomm helped drive the Nasdaq up sharply.


Talent between US, Europe is close, but Americans will win Ryder ...

The dynamics of the Ryder Cup in the 21st century have changed. The presumption by most Americans that the United States has the better team, and therefore should win the Ryder Cup, has long since evaporated.


PC shipments rise in Q2 for all vendors but Dell

Hewlett-Packard again reported huge gains, mostly because of its flexibility in being able to focus on geographic regions that show the biggest strength, analysts say.


David Bentley gets the winner as Blackburn come from behind to beat struggling Derby.


Spy, Tycoon, LUKoil Stir Up Polish Politics

Poland's security service has published notes about a secret meeting between the country's richest man, Jan Kulczyk, and a former Russian spy, in which Kulczyk suggested he had the support of President ...


Futures rise as profits top estimates, IBM up

Stock index futures signaled a higher market open on Thursday as companies reported earnings that beat forecasts, shifting investors' focus back to corporate profits and away from subprime credit worries.


U.S. Lowers Terror Threat Level for Financial Sector

The U.S. government has lowered the  terror threat level for the financial services sector in New  York City, northern New Jersey and Washington, the Department  of Homeland Security said on Wednesday.


Iraq Forces Arrest Top al-Qaida Lieutenant

An al-Qaida lieutenant in custody in Iraq has confessed to masterminding most of the car bombings in Baghdad, including the bloody 2003 assault on the U.N. headquarters in the capital, authorities said Monday.


A former Abu Ghraib guard pleaded guilty Tuesday to battery and two other charges in the Iraqi prison abuse scandal as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.


There's no faking a team effort like this

ST. LOUIS -- Look for the drop-kick next week. And while they're at it, don't forget the Statue of Liberty play, the fumblerooskie, and the time-tested "everybody go long" that's worked so well in schoolyard playgrounds during recess through the years.


First rabbis ordained in Germany since Holocaust

Three rabbis have been ordained in Dresden in eastern Germany in the first such ceremony in the country since the mass murder of Jews in the Holocaust.


A verdict is due in the case of eight Swiss air traffic controllers accused over a 2002 crash which killed 71.


A scheme which allows motorists to drive along the hard shoulder of the M42 is to be rolled out to other areas.


Studies find steroid use in pregnancy mostly safe

Two new studies are offering mixed  signals about the long-term safety of repeatedly giving  pregnant women steroid drugs intended to prevent complications  once a premature delivery seems likely.


A's Ship Mulder to Cardinals for Prospects

The Oakland Athletics traded their second top starter in three days, sending left-hander Mark Mulder to the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday for a package of prospects.


Fans and friends turned out to celebrate Carol Burnett at the premiere of her "American Masters" documentary profile.


Battered by slow revenue growth and the popularity of social networking Web sites, Yahoo! Inc. is poised to lay off hundreds of workers, according to published reports


Cimiteri, arriva il guardiano multimediale

Il visitatore, inserendo il cognome del caro estinto sulla tastiera, potrÃ  ottenere una mappa stampata. a colori con l' indicazione del percorso fino alla sepoltura. Arriva le tecnologia anche nei camposanti.


Iraqi insurgents, using a suicide bomber to explode a fuel tanker, launched one of their biggest assaults in months on a joint U.S. and Iraqi outpost on Monday, killing two U.S. soldiers and wounding 17 others.


Ask Microsoft Analysis My friends in the financial industry keep lobbing the same question - how long can VMware keep up its growth? The answer to that query revolves around Microsoft and how competent it decides to be.â¦


By JACQUES BILLEAUD PHOENIX - The body of a man who apparently tried to break into an elementary school was discovered Friday in an air conditioning duct on the school's roof, police said.


Military contractors Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics posted higher third-quarter profit and raised their financial forecasts due to strong Pentagon spending.


On Sept. 3, you could have purchased Tricky Surf for $6,250 -- the claiming price of the race she won at Bay Meadows. Today, she runs in the $100, 000 Work the Crowd Handicap for California-bred fillies and mares at Golden Gate Fields.


Activity seen at North Korea missile bases

of striking most of Asia and parts of the United States, a Japanese newspaper says. Rodong missiles are capable of reaching any part of Japan, the paper said.


A simple device for detecting carbon monoxide in the blood may help doctors get an honest answer out of patients who smoke, U.S. researchers said on Monday.


Uruguay's Left Celebrates First Presidential Win

Uruguay's left celebrated its first presidential victory into the wee hours Monday while partial election returns indicated Tabare Vazquez would win and his main challengers conceded on exit poll results.


BRUSSELS Outokumpu, IMI and five other companies were fined a total of E222.3 million on Friday by the European Commission for fixing the prices of copper tubing used in household plumbing.


2007 marked one of the worst years for financial stocks in recent memory.


Vodafone enters 3G battle against Hutchison

Vodafone finally launched its long awaited third-generation (3G) mobile phone services yesterday, prompting rival 3 to immediately dismiss them as a threat.


The Way It Was: Gullahs of Hilton Head Island Try to Hold on to Their Culture

By Janice Gaston, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 11--HILTON HEAD, S.C.   Late on a misty day, when the wind sighs through trees lining a deserted road and sets their beards of Spanish moss to fluttering, nature takes center stage here.


Formula One Racing: Barrichello Wins Pole of Chinese Grand Prix

Rubens Barrichello of Brazil has grabbed the pole position for Sunday's Formula One Chinese Grand Prix auto race in Shanghai. He averaged 208.


US economy weighs heavily in White House race

The troubled US economy is increasingly shaping the presidential race, with candidates promising fresh initiatives on Friday four days before a Republican nominating contest in hard-hit Michigan.


New York, 10:15 - BASKET, NBA: MALE BARGNANI, TORONTO KO CON SEATTLE

Risultati delle gare del campionato Nba disputate nella nott: Boston Celtics-Chicago Bulls 107-82;


Udine, 19:18 - CALCIO, UDINESE; NATALI: ABBIAMO EQUILIBRIO TATTICO

Prima sosta del campionato, e primo bilancio sull'andamento della stagione da parte del difensore de...


Lawyer: There's no Federline-Spears tape

There is no Kevin Federline-Britney Spears sex tape, Federline's lawyer said Tuesday. Attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan issued the statement in response to "reports rampant in the press and media regarding rumors of alleged attempts by Kevin Federline" to sell a purported sex video.


Coldplay, Travis, The Darkness and Keane get behind a new version of charity single Do They Know It's Christmas?


Il presidente designato della Commissione europea JosÃ¨ Manuel Barroso ha suggerito che un gruppo di quattro commissari, da lui presieduto, sia incaricato di convalidare le iniziative sulla discriminazione, diritti e libertÃ .


Judge Restricts New York Police Surveillance

A federal judge ruled that the police must stop the routine videotaping of people at public gatherings.


British soldiers cleared on Kenya rape claims

There is no reliable evidence  incriminating British soldiers in the rape of hundreds of women  in Kenya, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday in a report  dismissed by an advocate for the women as "a joke."


Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards are the finalists for a crucial endorsement from the Service Employees International Union, one of organized labor's most powerful unions.


Diner's Journal Blog: Dinerâs Journal: A Banquet of Food Books in 2007

The ever-growing number of information-hungry gastronomes in this country, which the writer David Kamp rather cunningly named âThe United States of Arugulaâ in a 2006 book, is evident in the detailed descriptions of dishes on restaurant menus, in the popularity of food-oriented shows on television. But itâs also reflected in the proliferation of books like Mr. [...].


Bush Says Troops Were on Mission of Peace

A somber President Bush said on  Tuesday U.S. troops killed in a deadly attack in northern Iraq  were on a mission of peace as the heavy death toll presented  him with a fresh challenge amid dwindling U.S. support for the  war.


Bavarians turned out in their Sunday finest for the open-air mass conducted by favorite son Pope Benedict XVI.


By Mark Bradley, PA Sport Chief Football Writer, and Paul Giblin, PA International. Sven-Goran Eriksson is facing one of the biggest tests of his loyalty to his key England players as Michael Owenâs place comes under increasing pressure this week.


Vittima un uomo di 77 anni ad Alpignano, Torino


Cities Take Lead On Environment As Debate Drags At Federal Level

NEW YORK -- To the long list of evils being blamed on global warming -- hurricanes, heat waves, melting ice caps -- tack on the smaller interior of Steve Benesoczky's cab. Inside, his passengers can already feel the squeeze of climate change in their knees.


With political fund raising, campaign advertising and organizing taking place in full swing over the Internet, it may just be a matter of time before the Federal Election Commission joins the action.


"Hill Street Blues" star in NY stage debut

Emmy winner Daniel J.  Travanti ("Hill Street Blues") is making his New York stage  debut in a new play called "The Last Word . . .," and fans may  wonder what took him so long.


Milano, 16:03 - CALCIO, ASSEMBLEA DI LEGA: RESPINTO STATUTO DELLO FIGC

L'assemblea generale della Lega calcio, oltre ad approvare il regolamento, ha invece respinto  la bo...


Former President Vaclav Havel today warned Czechs that failure to...

Former President Vaclav Havel today warned Czechs that failure to ratify the European Union constitution would result in them losing their influence over the process of European integration.


DaimlerChrysler and General Motors  will jointly develop new hybrid motors to compete against  Japanese rivals on the fuel-saving technology that reduces  harmful emissions, the companies said on Monday.


A judge on Wednesday ordered Spain's top banker to stand trial on charges of tax fraud.


Stores Capitalize on Desire to Buy Latest and Greatest Television Set

By Mark Albright, St. Petersburg Times, Fla.  Sep. 15--Prices of flashy, high-tech TV gear may be plummeting, but  Americans are spending more on digital sets than ever.


There has been a huge rise in demand for fertility treatment among women in their forties, figures show.


L'operazione risale al 6 settembre, lo rende noto Consob


Rocket attack on US mess hall in northern Iraq kills 22, wounds 66

A 122mm rocket slammed into a mess tent Tuesday at a US military base near the northern Iraqi city Mosul, ripping through the ceiling and spraying shrapnel as soldiers sat down to lunch.


Vinatieri gets a kick out of playing in Super Bowl

Despite five Super Bowl appearances during an illustrious 11-year NFL career, Adam Vinatieri has not forgotten his modest roots.


In a June 27 obituary for veteran AP correspondent David Mason, The Associated Press erroneously referred to a 1970 AP story from Cambodia as having reported raping by U.S. troops during the allied incursion against North Vietnamese communist forces there.


SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - If the Patriots are to take a cue from coach Bill Belichick this week, look for the team to be loose and at ease. Belichick was just that upon arrival in Arizona last night, engaging reporters on several occasions as Super Bowl week officially kicked off.


Rangers Agree to One-Year Deal With Lundqvist

The Rangers avoided salary arbitration with Olympic gold-medal goalie Henrik Lundqvist, signing him for $4.25 million next season.


Onetime Star Investment Banker Is Facing U.S. Sentencing

Frank P. Quattrone, the banker whose deal making helped fuel the 1990Âs technology boom, is expected to receive a sentence of 16 months.


Look out Silicon Valley, OPTi's back with a vengeance

Last week OPTi announced a patent infringement lawsuit against a bevy of chip companies. At issue are two patents for "Compact ISA-Bus" technology. Check out this and other original content from CNET's Blog network.


Construction of the third laboratory building in Boston University's BioSquare life sciences research complex is underway, the first such building there to be designed for academic research and commercial businesses. To lure for-profit biotechnology companies, the $53 million, 160,000-square-foot building at 670 Albany St. has a sleek contemporary look, an energy-efficient interior, and a for-profit developer, Spaulding & Slye Colliers.


Giants rookie QB throws for two TDs, but Randle El steals show in Pittsburgh's 33-30 win. By Gary R. Blockus. EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ | Eli Manning finally produced the game everybody felt he could after being selected as the No.


Armed with their own songs and a handful of well-selected covers, Margo Timmins, her songwriting brother and their fellow bandmates gathered around a single microphone in a small Toronto church and pushed "record."


Il leader di An: ma Veltroni non si dimettera' il 14 ottobre


Would-be robbers took six people hostage in a bank south of Paris on Tuesday, but all were released unharmed during several hours of negotiations with authorities, and the gunmen surrendered, police said.


Alcoa deal talk, oil's rebound drive stocks' rally

Stocks jumped on Tuesday as talk that aluminum maker Alcoa Inc.  may be a takeover target bolstered optimism about deals and energy shares gained with a sharp rebound in oil prices.


When the Germans, and Rockets, Came to Town

After World War II, Huntsville, Ala., was transformed by Wernher von Braunâs rocket program. Now it has one of the countryâs highest concentrations of scientists and engineers.


Experts say U.S. nuke cargo scan rules "unworkable"

New rules that will require the scanning of all cargo containers imported to the United States, a move to stop nuclear weapons being shipped in, are expensive, unnecessary and misguided, industry and security experts said.


L'Inter in casa sfida il Basilea Juve, vietato fallire a Stoccolma

Milano, 24 agosto 2004 - Turno della verita' per Inter e Juventus in Champions League. Tra oggi e mercoledi' squadre in campo infatti per la disputa del ritorno del terzo turno preliminare. Si comincia questa


NJ to weigh $450M for stem cell research

New Jersey voters will decide this November whether to approve borrowing $450 million to pay for 10 years of stem cell research under legislation approved Thursday by the Legislature.


Laura Branigan, the Grammy-nominated singer who shot to fame with her 1982 anthem "Gloria," died of a brain aneurysm Thursday at her home in East Quogue, New York.


Sen. John McCain made it official on Wednesday that he is seeking the 2008 Republican presidential nomination and said he plans a formal announcement in April.


UN-backed climate change conference ends with package of new ...

18 December 2004 - The tenth-anniversary United Nations Conference on Climate Change concluded today in Argentina after adopting a package of measures aimed at helping countries to prepare for climate change.


U.S. stocks rose for a fourth day on   Wednesday as beaten-down energy shares such as Exxon Mobil   Corp. XOM.N rebounded and financial stocks gained after   stronger-than-expected earnings from Lehman Brothers Holdings   Inc. LEH.N


FORMER Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet had regained consciousness a day after a stroke sent him to hospital for emergency treatment, doctors said overnight.


Pentagon mulls cutbacks to include F-22 fighter, Navy carrier

The Navy would retire one of its 12 aircraft carriers and the Air Force would reduce its buy of F-22 stealth fighters under budget proposals being discussed in the Pentagon, officials said Thursday.


2 Coalition Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

The US military in Afghanistan says two soldiers from the US-led coalition were killed in a gunbattle with insurgents in the troubled southeastern Paktika province.


Dubai Ports participating in U.S. security plan

Dubai Ports World, the Arab-owned firm whose purchase of American port facilities caused a U.S. political uproar, will join a program aimed at stopping nuclear weapons being smuggled into the United States, sources familiar with the agreement said on Thursday.


Survival is cold comfort in AIDS-stricken rural China

LENG VILLAGE, China  - With the familiarity of a long-married couple, Leng Zhijin lifts his wife Wang Xiangying's ragged blouse to show raw rashes and she grasps his shoulder, gaunt after 20 days of diarrhea.


Child Vein Changes a Give-Away to Future Strokes

Minute changes in tiny blood vessels close to the surface of the skin in children as young as 11 can indicate the risk of future heart attacks or strokes, a leading scientist said on Monday.


Dopo una lunga trattativa i clandestini tornano in patria


U.N.: Iraqis Shipped Metal Out of Country

Less than three months after U.S.-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein, American-appointed Iraqi authorities began shipping thousands of tons of scrap metal out of the country, including at least 42 engines from banned missiles, according to a new report from U.N. weapons inspectors circulated Tuesday.


Centrodestra lo incoraggia.Palazzo Chigi 'rispetta sentenza'


Oil Slides Under $48, Fuel Supplies Build

Oil prices fell more than $1.50, off  three percent, on Wednesday after a larger-than-expected build  in U.S. heating and diesel stocks soothed worries about a  winter fuel deficit.


Qassam rockets hit western Negev community

Two Qassam rockets landed in the western Negev on Saturday morning, causing damage to a home. No casualties were reported. The rocket fire originated from the northern Gaza Strip.


Theatres in London's West End enjoyed record ticket sales in 2006, helped by hits including The Sound of Music.


Starting from this morning, the day after the closing ceremonies of the Athens Olympics, the countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympics begins.


Dell's third quarter results break company records

SAN FRANCISCO - Dell Inc. continued to outpace the rest of the IT industry in the company's third quarter with sizzling growth in shipments, revenue, and net income adding up to the best quarter yet for the hardware vendor, the company said Thursday.


Sunrise Senior Living Says It Is Under SEC Investigation

The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened a formal investigation into Sunrise Senior Living after previously requesting information from the McLean company about insider stock sales, the timing of stock-option grants and its accounting practices.


Benin priests battle bird flu with Voodoo

Sacrificing chickens in a spray of blood, Benin's traditional priests celebrated Voodoo Day on Thursday and declared their ancient religion would protect them from risk of infection by the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus.


First Female U.S. Poet Laureate Van Duyn Dies

America's first female poet laureate Mona Van Duyn, once described as a pioneer of the poetry of the suburbs, has died in St. Louis at the age of 83, her publisher Alfred A. Knopf said on Thursday.


Erie Times-News, Pa., Business Buzz Column

By Michael Regal, Erie Times-News, Pa.  Jun. 10--INC.COM, which bills itself as the daily resource for  entrepreneurs is out with its list of the best cities to do business in and  Erie is on it.


Russia's biggest political party is due to confirm Putin aide Dmitri Medvedev as its candidate for the presidency.


For all of the talk of him playing weird music, Peel played Status Quo's "Whatever you want" the other week. He played music as it actually is: an unholy mess, a mixture of old and new, some bands having sold


Powell, Taiwan Minister Had Brief Panama Encounter

Secretary of State Colin Powell  exchanged brief greetings with Taiwan's foreign minister when  the two attended the inauguration of Panama's President Martin  Torrijos this week, a gesture that might trouble China.


GAZA CITY -- Palestinian gunmen and Israeli troops fought pitched battles Thursday on the outskirts of the largest refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, with schoolchildren scampering through sandy alleyways just yards from the fighting.


Euro-Zone Inflation Takes Unexpected Dip

The euro zone's annual inflation rate eased unexpectedly to 2.3 percent in July from 2.4 percent in June, with lower prices for clothing during summer sales offsetting surging oil prices, the European Union's statistics agency reported Wednesday.


Senator Charles E. Schumer proposed on Monday that two government-sponsored mortgage giants be allowed to increase their role in the home loan market.


Apple Computer Inc. has settled a dispute that was keeping the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" off its iTunes music store in Britain.


Hamish Carter is a veteran of the ITU circuit known for a slew of second-place finishes in big races. However, in Athens at the 2004 Olympic Games Triathlon, the New Zealander took a long-awaited center stage.


Airbus will launch new aircraft program by early 2006: Forgeard

Airbus will launch a new commercial aircraft program by early 2006 at the latest, once development spending for the new A380 superjumbo passenger jet begins to decline, chief executive Noel Forgeard said.


Gulfport Energy Files Shelf Registration Statement

OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 19, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Gulfport Energy Corporation (Nasdaq:GPOR) announced today that it filed a shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).


Press watchdog calls for release of Bangladesh cartoonist

An international press freedom body on Wednesday called for the immediate release of a Bangladesh cartoonist detained for allegedly insulting Muslims with a reference to the prophet Mohammed.


easyJet buys GB Airways for 103.5 million pounds

No-frills airline easyJet on Thursday announced it has agreed to buy GB Airways for 103.5 million pounds in cash.


Dementieva pulls out of Paris Open with groin injury

Russia's Elena Dementieva has pulled out of the Paris Open which starts on Monday because of a groin strain, organizers said on Saturday.


BAGHDAD/FALLUJA, OCT 23: A suicide car bomb exploded near a US marine base in western Iraq on Saturday, killing 16 Iraqi policemen and wounding up to 40.


Apple's New iMac Computer Is All Display

Apple Computer unveiled, after a  two-month delay, its new iMac desktop computer on Tuesday which  integrates disk drives and processors into a flat display less  than two inches thick.


Increases in air and auto travel should push Thanksgiving travel volumes above pre-9/11 levels. It is estimated that 37.2 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this holiday, up 3.1 percent from last year's 36.1 million travelers.


A shocking expose hit the Street last week about one of the best-loved, most all-American companies out there: Fannie Mae, the mortgage and financial services giant.


Study stirs debate over full-body scans' cancer risk

A new study raises questions about the safety of healthy people undergoing full-body CT screenings to detect disease early on. USA TODAY's Liz Szabo talked to leading experts about the procedure and the study's findings.


Iran's Revolutionary Guards getting a bigger appetite

They are the shock troops of Iran's Islamic Revolution - the men who helped seize the US embassy a generation ago and bore the brunt of their country's eight-year war with Iraq.


WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush signed into law today legislation that will enact some of the most far-reaching changes to the US intelligence community in decades (see GSN, Dec. 9).


Many ABC Affiliates, Fearing Backlash, Shun 'Ryan'

Nearly a third of ABC's TV  affiliates, citing concerns over profanity, graphic violence  and a government crackdown on indecency, refused to show the  network's Veterans Day broadcast of the war film "Saving  Private Ryan."


BEHIND a barrage of tank and artillery fire, US troops last night stormed into southern Falluja, overrunning the final insurgent stronghold in the city after nearly a week of intense urban combat that has killed 24 Americans and more than 1,000 insurgents


Japan's Mitsui to Invest in Huge Saudi Arabian Petrochemical Project

Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo  Tokyo, Feb. 8 Kyodo - Mitsui and Co.


Miasole apparently going with layoffs after all

Solar-cell vendor has laid off 40 employees, according to a report. If true, it would cap off a tough year for the once-hot CIGS vendor.


Israel lets aid in as Lebanese flee north

Zeinab Haidar fled her bombed-out home in the back of a pickup truck without a single possession, weaving along mountain roads until she finally reached a pocket of safety Saturday. Tens of thousands had beaten her there, and the city was teetering under the weight of refugees.


Super Bowl SEO: Who Had the Best Organic Gameplan?

A look at Super Bowl advertisers' search engine optimization (SEO) efforts for terms related to their TV campaign.


China sees no deadline for North Korea talks

The next round of six-party talks could make concrete progress toward persuading North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons, China said on Tuesday, but no deadline has been set for negotiators.


No Sugar Coating for UK's Tough 'Apprentice'

If you thought Donald Trump was tough on  his reality TV show "The Apprentice," brace yourself for Alan  Sugar, Britain's answer to the U.S. property tycoon.


Potranno passare solo residenti dalle 21 alle 4 del mattino


Sindaco, preoccupati da presenza no global e centri sociali


House ethics panel investigates sex scandal

A committee responsible for enforcing ethics in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday began investigating a sex scandal that has enveloped Republicans struggling to keep control of Congress in the November 7 election.


News Analysis: Redone Deal Not Thought Contagious

As the credit markets tighten, some investors fret that the renegotiated deal for Home Depotâs wholesale supply unit may be an omen for other buyouts.


Plastic surgeons say any type of facial surgery can spark strong reactions, including silence, stares, gossip and confrontational remarks.


Just when we thought the kid couldn't do anything more to amaze us, he raised the bar Friday night and did it without putting a hand in the water.


Coinvolti in faida che negli anni '90 fece decine di morti


Afghan Polls Fair Despite Ink Fiasco -Monitors

Independent observers described Afghanistan's historic presidential election as mostly fair on Sunday despite turmoil over possible multiple voting that led most of the candidates to call for a general boycott.


In the battle of pre-election terror tapes, Osama bin Laden is still the one and only Elvis around here. Little "Azzam," whose red-blood rantings filled the TV airwaves Thursday night, was nothing but a one


Ghana meet Nigeria then Ivory Coast takes on Guinea in the first Africa Cup of Nations quarter finals.


Gold medal winner at the Athens 2004 Olympics, US athlete Paul Hamm, foreground, looks back prior to the opening of a hearing of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, Sept.


Security Vulnerabilities Discovered in WinXP SP2

SoTuA writes "Few months after SP2 hit windowsupdate.com, Finjan Software reports that security flaws have been found in WinXP SP2, including malicous code execution without user intervention.


Torino, 18:06 - CALCIO, TORINO; COMOTTO: DE BIASI? MI SPIACE MA MEGLIO ORA

Il terzino del Torino Gianluca Comotto commenta l'esonero di De Biasi: 'Spiace ma meglio subito'. Il...


Police arrested a man they said tracked his ex-girlfriend's whereabouts by attaching a global positioning system to her car.


Woman injured London-based outsourcing specialist Capita confirmed there was an explosion at its Victoria Street office this morning, injuring one female staff member.â¦


Advisers: Bush plan would cost taxpayers

President Bush's health insurance proposals would cost taxpayers $526 billion through 2017, according to a preliminary estimate from Congress' Joint Committee on Taxation.


The Golden Telecom acquisition would cost it $4.3 billion.


A federal court yesterday struck down as unconstitutional a path-breaking Pennsylvania law designed to prevent Internet users from seeing Web sites that contain child pornography.


Athletes stripped of medals for failing dope tests at Paralympics

A cyclist and two weightlifters were stripped of their medals at the Athens Paralympics because of failed drug tests, officials said Sunday.


Charley's Impact on Florida Isles Less Than Feared

SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla.  - Five days after Hurricane  Charley hammered southwest Florida, hundreds of residents  streamed back to the barrier islands on Wednesday as  authorities opened causeways for the first time to allow access  to homes left largely intact by the storm's ferocious winds.


Analysts' opinions on rates varied, altering

While economists widely expect Federal Reserve officials to raise interest rates when they meet Tuesday, opinions about what the Fed will do late this year and


Britney reported out of rehab after 24 hours

Britney Spears was reported to have left a Malibu rehabilitation center on Wednesday just 24 hours after checking herself in following weeks of troubling behavior culminating in shaving her own head.


LONDON - Police smashed a global Internet pedophile ring, rescuing 31 children and rounding up more than 700 suspects worldwide, authorities said Monday.  Some 200 suspects are based in Britain, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center said.


Vedova Langella, no a ritiro delle truppe italiane


Parton sings songwriters' praises in Nashville

"I'll never retire!"  exclaimed an effervescent Dolly Parton, sporting a new upswept  hairdo, as she presided at a Music Row event on Thursday  recognizing country music's most neglected talent -- the  songwriter.


INTERNET search firm Google is testing a new service in the US which allows people to use mobile phones to tap into its web search engine via text messages.


Jeremy Mayfield and Kasey Kahne, Evernham teammates who are just outside the top 10 in the NASCAR Nextel Cup points, qualified second and fifth for Sunday's Pop Secret 500 at Fontana, Calif.


An investigation into doping claims against Marion Jones has been opened by the International Olympic Committee. IOC president Jacques Rogge has set up a disciplinary body to look into claims by Victor Conte, of Balco Laboratories.


Bush, Kerry campaigns swamp Ohio in search of decisive votes

Nic Cochran is 16 years old, but he has already learned one of the basic truths of politics. Beyond the countless stump speeches and spin, elections are won or lost on Election Day.


Swati Verma parachuted into stardom soon after her maiden Bhojpuri film Sasurari Zindabad hit the marquee. Here she talks about her tryst with fame and why family support is important.


Derek Conway, the Tory MP facing 10-day  suspension, could be investigated over second allegation


Coppa Uefa: primi punti per il Parma, cade 2-0 la Lazio

I gialloblÃ¹ superano 1-0 i rumeni della Steaua allenati da Zenga. In campo le seconde linee, decide Budel. Contro la Lazio una doppietta di Zenden lancia il Middlesbrough in testa al girone. Biancocelesti


General Mills sells Snack Ventures Europe stake for $750 million

MINNEAPOLIS - General Mills announced Monday that it is selling its stake in a European snack operation to PepsiCo for $750 million.


US police say they still have no idea why a gunman shot and killed guitarist Darrell Abbott and three others at a rock concert.


Attorney to Stars Marvin Mitchelson Dies at 76

Marvin Mitchelson, the Hollywood  divorce lawyer who pioneered the concept of "palimony," died on  Saturday in Beverly Hills, a hospital spokeswoman said. He was  76.


The rise of the "good enough" technology economy

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


Man accused of killing dozens of people and keeping count of victims on chessboard goes on trial in Russia.


Dolby Labs files for IPO worth up to $460 million

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones/AP) -- Dolby Laboratories Inc., the developer of noise reduction systems for audio equipment, filed Friday to sell up to $460 million in stock in an initial public offering.


The entire police force of the Mexican city of Tijuana is under investigation for links with organised crime.


Terremoto: Berlusconi, "Italia primo paese a intervenire

ROMA - Il presidente del Consiglio Silvio Berlusconi ha aperto il suo messaggio di fine anno parlando del terremoto-maremoto che ha colpito il Sudest asiatico: "Ci saranno molto piu' di 100mila vittime. Si


New York City Opera in Talks to Build Its Own Home

The opera is in negotiations to build a new home on the site of the former American Red Cross New York headquarters near Lincoln Center.


Libya rejects criticism over death sentences passed on a group of foreign medics for infecting children with HIV.


Israeli outpost removals likely: Olmert deputy

Israel will likely begin a crackdown on Jewish settler outposts in the occupied West Bank when U.S. President George W. Bush visits the region next week, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's deputy said on Friday.


The number of people being treated for symptoms blamed on a toxic cloud in Ukraine doubles in a day to 140.


In contrast to some earlier reports, allergic conditions appear to increase, rather than decrease, the risk of leukemia and lymphoma, according to a Swedish study.


A malicious email purporting to offer a link to download Lycos' controversial spam busting screensaver is infecting users with a Trojan - proving that the fall out from the botched and now ditched service will continue to cause users pain.


Microsoft plugs 'critical' hole in Vista

'Secure Development Lifecycle' only goes so far Microsoft on Tuesday issued two security updates, one of them rated critical that fixes nasty bugs in Windows Vista that could allow an attacker to gain complete control over a user's machine.â¦


Surprise appeal in Canadian serial killer case

VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - Prosecutors asked for a new trial for Canadian serial killer Robert "Willie" Pickton on Monday, saying he should have faced all 26 murders counts and not just the six he was found guilty of last month.


Once an ACC outsider, Virginia Tech can cap conference debut with ...

If ACC commissioner John Swofford and six of his conference's school presidents had gotten their way, the league would be hosting its first official championship game this weekend.


An anti-Taliban general who fought alongside U.S. forces during the 2001 invasion predicted Thursday that a proposal for peace talks will be snubbed by the Islamic militia's hard-liners and foreign fighters but may entice some insurgent factions.


Davenport rolls; Dementieva ousted in Filderstadt

Filderstadt, Germany (Sports Network) - Former world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport easily won her second-round match on Wednesday, but last week's Hasselt champion Elena Dementieva was among the first-round losers at the $650,000 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.


France's Royal says faces more attacks than a man

Socialist Segolene Royal, seeking to  revive her flagging campaign to become next French president,  said on Monday she was facing more attacks over her competence  than a man would have to.


New chairman at Augusta keeps traditions

For the last eight years, a corner coffee table in the chairman's office at Augusta National held a framed photograph that illustrated the powerful heritage at the home of the Masters.


Iran Marks Anniversary of 1979 US Embassy Seizure

Hard-line students burned US flags today and effigies of US President George Bush to mark the 25th anniversary of the takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran.


European spacecraft Smart 1 is at the Moon's gateway, the region beyond which the probe is tugged more strongly by lunar gravity than by the Earth's.


Floods triggered by nearly two weeks of heavy rain have washed away roads and bridges, wiped out crops and killed at least three people in western Haiti, the International Red Cross said Tuesday.


Hammer Thrower Asked to Return Gold Medal, Submit DNA Sample

Hungarian sports authorities urged hammer thrower Adrian Annus on Friday to give back his Olympic medal after he was stripped of the gold for refusing to take a follow-up drug test.


The Bills announced Wednesday that they would grant Drew Bledsoe's request to be cut and would waive the 12-year veteran on Tuesday.


ChÃ¡vezâs Move Against Critic Highlights Shift in Media

President Hugo ChÃ¡vezâs decision not to renew the license of RCTV, Venezuelaâs oldest broadcaster and a vocal critic, effectively shut it down.


A year after apologizing to the Mexican people for failing to meet his own expectations, President Vicente Fox will give an upbeat state-of-the-nation address focusing on his more popular moments, including a likely reference to Mexico's opposition of the Iraq war.


Actor and Neighbor Told to Stop Suing Each Other

A New York judge told Sean Connery and a neighbor to stop bickering over renovations at the Upper East Side house they share.


Merkel sees no breakthrough yet on new EU treaty

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that a solution to finding a new constitutional treaty for the European Union was proving elusive, one week ahead of a crucial EU summit in Brussels.


President George W. Bush said on Sunday  the United Nations should grant independence quickly to the  breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo, and if Russia continued  to block it the West would act.


Science & environment: Britain will lobby for a lower national target for renewable energy, John Hutton has indicated.


China press: EU to increase tariff on China flat-panel TVs

The European Union (EU) is likely to place tariffs of more than 20% on flat-panel TVs exported to Europe, according to Liu Hai Zhong (transliterated from Chinese), spokesperson for Sichuan Changhong Electronics, as quoted by the China-based web portal Sohu


Save the planet before it's too late, Pope urges

Pope Benedict, leading the  Catholic Church's first 'eco-friendly' youth rally, on Sunday  told up to half a million people that world leaders must make  courageous decisions to save the planet "before it is too  late."


Nigeria wants OPEC to raise its price band to be more in line with market reality, the country's top oil official, Edmund Daukoro, said following similar calls by Libya and the United Arab Emirates.


Israel razes home of teenage suicide bomber

NABLUS, WEST BANK - Israeli troops Tuesday destroyed the home of a 16-year-old Palestinian suicide bomber who blew himself up in a Tel Aviv market a day earlier.


Manchester United legend Denis Law has tipped Wayne Rooney to obliterate his Old Trafford scoring records. Law was the ultimate United marksman and is still widely acclaimed as âThe Kingâ for his amazing goalscoring feats.


Ullrich Could be Stripped of 2000 Gold Medal

IOC president Jacques Rogge would strip 2000 Olympic cycling champion Jan Ullrich of his gold medal if he is found guilty of doping allegations.


Arafat's succession turns into power struggle

ISN SECURITY WATCH (15/11/04) - The new head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Mahmoud Abbas, escaped unharmed Sunday when militants burst into a mourning tent for the late Yasser Arafat firing assault rifles, killing two security guards


When it comes to the price of oil, there is no shortage of ways to calculate the all-time record price.


Skype Technologies SA has launched the beta version of Skype for Mac OS X. The software can be downloaded for free and is available immediately.


Roma, 15:28 - CALCIO, MATARRESE-VIZZINI: PACE FATTA

Stretta di mano tra il presidente della Lega Calcio, Antonio Matarrese, e il senatore di Forza Itali...


Microsoft hires former Disney, GM exec as CIO

Tony Scott, who replaces the CIO fired in November, will run Microsoft's internal IT operations.


Wal-Mart Prices Aim for Younger Medicine User

Wal-Martâs expansion of itâs low-cost generic drug program indicates that the company is reaching out to a younger and broader clientÃ¨le.


Fake David Beckham Pictures Launch Trojan Horse Virus

Hackers have posted thousands of messages advertising pictures of David Beckham, supposedly in a compromising position. What inquisitive users actually get is the Hackarmy trojan horse -- a


Losing Brings Out the Frank Side of Coughlin

A day after the GiantsÂ 26-10 loss to Jacksonville, it was telling that Coach Tom Coughlin was thoughtful and measured in response to questions about his sinking team and struggling quarterback.


Zurigo, 17:43 - CALCIO, KAKA': CON MESSI E RONALDO APERTO NUOVO CICLO CALCIO

Sbarcando a Zurigo, dove stasera verrà incoronato Fifa World Player del 2007, Kakà acc...


Donkeys and satellite phones pave the way for Afghan elections

Organising the first presidential election in Afghanistan, a country largely without power, roads or literacy, has required a leap of imagination that has encompassed everything from donkeys to satellite phones.


Iran says documents show U.S. backing "terrorists"

Iran has access to evidence of U.S. support for terrorist groups in the Middle East, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying on Sunday.


China calls official's execution a warning siren

China on Wednesday hailed the swift execution of the nation's former drug safety chief as a warning to corrupt officials while detailing a web of graft that thrived for years without punishment.


HAVING led his country back into the international mainstream after renouncing ambitions to build weapons of mass destruction, Libyan leader Moamer Ghadhafi is now being immortalised by a leading British opera ...


Daniel Craig is named best actor by the London Evening Standard for his role in Casino Royale.


Shi'ite Fighters Begin Disarming in Baghdad

A Shi'ite militia disarmament plan that could end weeks of fighting in Baghdad got off to a slow start on Monday as Iraq's interim government pursued peace talks with the rebel-held Sunni Muslim city of Falluja.


Nelly Furtado's diva impressions ill-advised

LOS ANGELES  - Wearing a floor-length cocktail dress, her hair up, Nelly Furtado looked like the Audrey Hepburn of modern pop midway through her sold-out show Wednesday night at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.


WASHINGTON -- Senate majority leader Harry Reid said yesterday that he had lost confidence in Gen eral Peter Pace and was happy to learn the four-star general will not remain chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Reid also said he was concerned Gen eral David Petraeus might not be offering an honest assessment of the Iraq war.


Toy Magnet Swallowed? No Problem. Two? Call 911.

Swallowing a magnet the size of a watch battery is unlikely to cause health problems, but swallowing two can be fatal.


Pakistan's president has removed the Islamic nation's chief justice for "misuse of authority," state media reported yesterday. Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry has taken a tough line against government misdeeds and human rights abuses. Opposition groups, lawyers, and former judges expressed surprise over the dismissal, which underlined the power of President Pervez Musharraf over the judiciary.


Sequestrati in attacco a nave di supporto dell'Eni


Security experts warned on Wednesday that "exploit code" has been released for the critical flaw discovered in the way Windows and other Microsoft products handle JPEG images (see our previous coverage).


Mediazione in Parlamento, garantire il bipolarismo


Chief information security officers:  Good news and bad news

The good news is that companies are actually hiring security executives but the bad news is that many still consider them glorified firewall administrators buried in a organization.


Local Woman May Have Fallen Victim to Vioxx

An East Tennessee man claims the arthritis drug Vioxx killed his wife, seven weeks ago. The drug was pulled from store shelves this fall after a report proved Vioxx doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes in some patients.


In bank robbery, N. Ireland thieves steal $39m

BELFAST -- In one of the world's biggest robberies, thieves took the families of two top bankers hostage and forced the bosses to help them steal more than $39 million from the vaults of a Belfast bank's main office, authorities said yesterday.


Africa backs French troops in Ivory Coast

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: The African Union (AU) said yesterday it supports United Nations and French intervention in Ivory Coast as UN Security Council held talks last night on a French resolution to impose an arms embargo on Ivory Coast.


Barclays sues Bear Stearns over hedge funds

Barclays Bank Plc  on Wednesday accused Bear Stearns Co Inc  of using two hedge funds that collapsed last summer as places to unload troubled assets.


Denver Broncos wide receiver Ashley Lelie reaches to catch a 40-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter against the Houston Texans in Denver, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004.


How did Search Engine Strategies measure up against other technical conferences? SEO analyst John Parent shares his thoughts.


China May Be Offered Stake in Yukos Subsidiary

A senior Russian official said that China's state oil company could be offered 20 percent of a giant subsidiary of the oil company Yukos.


Ad aprire i pacchi ci saranno sette personaggi famosi


Having narrowly missed consecutive NCAA Division 3 national titles, Williams will face a new challenge this season.


OAKLAND, Calif. -- Prosecutors are expected to ask for a continuance in the case of Rangers relief pitcher Frank Francisco at a preliminary court hearing scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.


Defense contractor Raytheon Co.  RTN.N on Thursday said quarterly profit rose a  better-than-expected 20 percent, helped by higher spending on  its Patriot missile systems and other military products.


Al Jazeera, va in onda la preparazione dell'11/9

L'emittente araba trasmette un video con Osama bin Laden che segue da vicino l'addestramento per gli attentati agli Usa del 2001


The American Le Mans Series is known for its international flavor, with drivers, race teams and manufacturers from throughout the world participating in a series of North Americanprofessional sports car races.


Windows Mobile 6 Taps New Exchange Features

Microsoft's new Windows Mobile OS promises to take advantage of Exchange Server 2007 features that will provide a richer e-mail experience.


Nigeria: Militia Group Vows to Attack Oil Workers If Firms Stay in ...

An ethnic militia group in Nigeria's southeastern oil region vowed on Tuesday to attack oil workers there unless their companies shut down operations within three days.


Toys R Us has returned to profit in its second quarter only weeks after revealing that it could sell its core toy business.


Call to Arms: Marino and Young head HOF's nomination list

Canton, OH (Sports Network) - Former All-Pro quarterbacks Dan Marino and Steve Young, both first-year eligible candidates, head a list of 89 former players, coaches, and contributors who comprise a list of preliminary nominees for enshrinement to the Pro


Second baseman Freddy Sanchez and the Pittsburgh Pirates agreed Tuesday on an $11 million, two-year contract that includes an option for 2010 that could make the deal worth about $19 million.


A Mansion in Spain Where Mainly Evil Reigns

This would-be thriller shows no fearsome new way of presenting a haunted house and elicits not one palpitation from audiences paying for a few good jolts.


Accordo tra i due colossi dopo la vicenda Gucci


E' intorno a loro che le cose non funzionano


Hispanic Classics Flavor a New York Debut

The first New York appearance by the State Symphony Orchestra of Mexico had all the makings of an occasion.


Does the palmOne Treo 650 Replace Treo 600? Not Exactly.

palmOne gets a little upset when people call the Treo 650 just an "evolution" of the Treo 600. They insist that it is indeed a step up the ladder and not just a leg lift towards that next step.


US Flight Attendants Union To Begin Strike Vote

The Association of Flight Attendants said its union leaders unanimously authorized a strike vote on Tuesday that will begin immediately at bankrupt US carriers, including United Airlines and US Airways.


A fossil resembling the Loch Ness monster has been found on a remote Arctic island. The well-preserved bones belonged to a plesiosaur, a giant marine reptile with a long neck and tail, plump body and legs which evolved into flippers.


China's trade surplus rose a bigger-than-estimated 73 percent in May from a year earlier, increasing pressure on the government to allow faster currency gains.


S.D. is eyed for a huge refinery that would be the country's first in 31 years.


Quest loses UnitedHealth contract for 2007

Lab testing company Quest Diagnostics Inc.  on Tuesday said it will no longer be a contracted provider for insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. , an agreement that had accounted for 7 percent of Quest's annual revenue.


A 14-year-old boy who plays the role of Billy Elliot in the successful stage adaptation of the film has rejected the bright lights of London's West End.


Pr. George's Schools Pick Left N.J. Under Cloud

The Prince George's County Board of Education announced that it plans to hire a former New Jersey school superintendent who was once accused of poor performance to be its executive director.


Honour guard greets body of Lieut. Saunders

HALIFAX - Family members, politicians and military brass held a ceremony for Lieut. Chris Saunders in Halifax Sunday afternoon, after the submariner's body arrived from Ireland.


Another Setback for U.S. as Iverson Breaks His Thumb

Allen Iverson has a fractured thumb but will try to play in today's basketball game against Greece. He suffered the injury in a loss to Puerto Rico on Sunday.


Dal 24 dicembre, gli italiani hanno inviato 70 milioni di sms e di mms al giorno per augurare Buon Natale ad amici e congiunti. E' una prima stima di Telefono Blu che ritiene quest'anno quello del boom dei


Castro remains awake in surgery to repair shattered kneecap

His kneecap shattered and his arm broken after a nasty fall, Fidel Castro refused to let doctors put him to sleep during surgery, showing his determination not to lose control of his nation's affairs, if even for a moment.


Iran links probed in attack on U.S. soldiers

The Pentagon is investigating whether  a recent attack on a military compound in Karbala was carried out by Iranians or Iranian-trained operatives, two officials from separate U.S. government agencies said.


Su cessione 9,4% Mediobanca per ok a fusione con Capitalia


A hospital put three children, including Dennis Quaid's newborn twins, in danger by giving them overdoses of a blood thinner, California regulators said Wednesday.


Scientists: Can pull science out of Genesis pieces

NASA officials said today they were more optimistic about the possibilities for extricating some science from the battered Genesis space capsule.


Firenze, 14:39 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; BLASI: E' DURA GIOCARE A PORTE CHIUSE

Manuele Blasi, centrocampista della Fiorentina, in merito alle misure adottate dal governo in seguit...


Army: May Not Withhold Halliburton Money

The US Army on Tuesday appeared to reverse a decision to stop paying a portion of Halliburton Co.'s (HAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) bills in Iraq and gave the company more time to resolve a billing dispute.


The Vatican announces that the Pope will stay in hospital for a few more days while recovering from his illness.


"Star Trek" enlists Saldana in Uhura role

Filmmaker J.J. Abrams is  slowly bringing his crew together for the 11th film in the  "Star Trek" movie series.


Political parties in Iraq begin their first official day of campaigning ahead of the 30 January elections.


Hamas scores victory against Fatah in municipal elections

The radical Islamic Hamas movementdid well in the first round of the Palestinian municipal elections,official results which was announced in Ramallah on Sunday showed.


NFL unveils effort to manage concussions

The NFL's whistle-blower system of protecting players from being pressured to take the field with a concussion will begin when training camps open next month.


Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert confronted critics within his own party who fear he may concede too much to Palestinians and urged them on Thursday to seize an opportunity to make peace after 60 years of conflict.


Treebeard is a cross platform XSLT IDE written in Java; it's editor allows the loading and editing of an XML document and an XSLT document at the same time. It can apply the XSLT to the XML and display the output for further editing / saving in XML, HTML or PDF. Treebeard also has a plug-able XML and XSLT parser architecture, and comes bundled with Xalan, Xerces and Saxon8.1.   This latest version has a major UI over haul and also includes the BSH bean shell for your scripting pleasure  You can check out Treebeard at http://treebeard.sf.net  You can download it here: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=57438&package_id=52949


Court rejects RIAA request to identify song-swappers

A U.S. appeals court has rejected a tactic used by the music industry to identify alleged file-swappers in order to sue them, marking the second time a federal court has struck down subpoenas that seek names of Internet service provider (ISP) subscribers.


Internet Explorer keeps losing market share

Although Microsoft Corp. still dominates the Web browser space, its Internet Explorer continues to lose market share to open-source rival Mozilla.


French connect, oust Portugal to advance

Leave it to the French to give this World Cup a sense of deja vu. Zinedine Zidane had been there before, standing behind the penalty spot, with a chance to gain glory for himself and France. With sweat dripping off his bald pate, he faced Ricardo Pereira, 12 yards from the goal. And with the composure gained from so many tough games over the years, he kicked the ball just inside the post.


Intelligence Report Predicts Worsening Cycle of Violence

A much-anticipated assessment of Iraq forecasts that the sectarian strife will continue to fracture the country without bold actions by Iraqi politicians.


Sharp aims to ride LCD demand to higher profit

Japan's Sharp  said on Tuesday it  aims for 10 percent profit growth in the year starting in April  as it brings forward a planned capacity expansion at its  flagship LCD panel plant and drives LCD TV sales in China.


Clusty search optimizes sites for mobile

InfoWorld - A little-known search engine has optimized its offering for mobile devices, joining an increasingly crowded market of services targeting cell phone users.


Israel kills Islamic Jihad man behind foiled bombing

JENIN, West Bank  - Israeli undercover forces killed an Islamic Jihad commander on Wednesday, a day after a Palestinian suicide bomber he had sent to Israel was apprehended near Tel Aviv.


Atlanta running back Warrick Dunn was honored Friday as the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year for his "Homes For The Holiday" program, which helps single mothers become first-time homeowners.


Laden aide says US forces driven into trenches in Afghanistan ...

Osama bin Laden's aide, Ayman al-Zawahri, said Thursday in a videotape broadcast by al-Jazeera TV that mujahedeen (holy fighters) have taken control of much of Afghanistan and driven US forces into the "trenches".


Arts & entertainment: The loquacious, likeable Frank Dunphy explains how he came to manage the world's biggest living artist and diamond geezer, Damien Hirst.


Libby Loses Bid to Stay Out of Jail For Appeal

A federal judge ordered Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff to surrender  in six to eight weeks to begin serving his 30-month prison term, increasing the pressure for  President Bush to decide soon whether he will pardon the only administration official prosecuted in a White House leak ...


Bargain-hunting, Iraq deal push up US shares

NEW YORK : US share prices surged on Wednesday as bargain hunting and news of a peace deal in the Iraqi city of Najaf overcame all-time high oil prices and weak demand for the Google share float.


American Express Posts 12-Percent Rise in Profit

The nationâs third-largest credit card company said net income rose to $1.06 billion in the second quarter, fueled by record spending.


Risparmio da riduzione carico sarebbe pari a oltre 5 mld


La maison propone pantaloni ampi e calzari da guerriero


When the Corporate Executive Board throws its annual black-tie bash, staffers call it "the prom." At last month's company-wide yearly review meeting, bosses decked out in goofy get-ups did YouTube parodies. A recent staff meeting ended with an office bowling party, open bar included.


Drunken Korean attempts to cook landlady's Chihuahua

Result? Fire, cuffs, etc A South Korean man suffering from a bad case of the booze-fuelled munchies decided his landlady's Chihuahua would do nicely as a post-session snack, but ended up part-flambÃ©d and cuffed for his trouble.â¦


What the final polls are saying before a new president is elected

(November 2, 2004, 6:54 pm) There are so many things on this year's election ballot, all of them important, but the one result everyone is waiting to hear is who will lead this country over the next four years.


Air Force One decollato dall'aeroporto di Fiumicino


Roberts beats Romero at Sr. British Open

Loren Roberts squandered a five-stroke lead, then won a sudden death playoff over Eduardo Romero to capture the Senior British Open on Sunday.


BREAKING NEWS - Welcome to K5, the pay site

Reposted in the queue as it's impossible or at least very complicated to move it as I asked (although the post where aphrael said such thing disappeared so perhaps this is not the case after all - another minor K5 mystery).  The original discussion can be found here (read it as there are some clarifications by rusty). All right, here is the (adapted) diary. Rusty posted a comment in the diary entitled "Would you pay 10USD for K5 Life Membership?" saying that K5 will become a pay site once new user registrations will be reactivated: "I was thinking $5.00 (none / 0) (#18) by rusty on Thu Sep 06, 2007 at 04:42:15 PM CET But it would actually be charged. That plus a hash of the identifying CC info so you only get one account ever, and I think we'd either shrivel up to nothing and die, or solve the spamming and crapflooding issues. Funny that someone else is thinking about this right now. It'll probably happen before I turn new signups back on." This of course begs the question: HIBT? If so I'll bite (see some considerations under the fold).


Cuba's communist government freed two more dissidents on Tuesday including its most prominent jailed critic, poet and journalist Raul Rivero, after 18 months behind bars.


Motherwell midfielder Phil O'Donnell is taken to hospital after a seizure during an SPL game.


Governor: Four Republicans vied for the chance to challenge Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano, including Don Goldwater, nephew of the late Barry Goldwater, former senator and presidential candidate. Napolitano is unopposed in her primary.