Afghan forces battle insurgents, NATO attacked

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - Afghan security forces   killed 25 insurgents in a clash in the southern province of   Helmand on Wednesday while NATO troops again came under attack   from bombers.


A NARROW victory for either candidate in Tuesday's American presidential election would be the worst outcome for stock markets, according to Wall Street experts.


Nike beats Street, futures orders rise 12 percent

Nike Inc.'s  fourth-quarter profit rose nearly a third on surprisingly strong U.S. and foreign demand for its shoes and apparel, beating Wall Street estimates and sending its shares up 4 percent.


Labour still needs to smash the glass ceiling of opportunity, says Alan Milburn.


Milano, 13:42 - CALCIO, INTER; MORATTI: AVREMO ALTRE OCCASIONI PER BATTERE JUVE

"Avremo altre occasioni per battere la Juventus". Massimo Moratti, presidente dell'Inter, commenta c...


Kidnappers again extend deadline for UN hostages in Afghanistan

Islamic militants holding three United Nations workers hostage in Afghanistan have set a new, fifth deadline for their execution, a spokesman for the group said.


CANADIAN doctors behind a major global study today said it should be possible to prevent most premature heart attacks after they found risk factors transcended ethnic and racial divides.


Iraq leaders failing to meet key goals: White House

A day after President George W. Bush cited enough progress in Iraq to justify U.S. troop reductions, the White House told Congress on Friday that Iraqi leaders had failed to meet half of their key goals.


Britain says still trying for extradition of alleged heist mastermind

Morocco has not ruled out extraditing a man alleged to have masterminded the largest robbery in British history, a British embassy spokesman said, contradicting a statement by his lawyer.


Hawaii's Sen. Akaka wins Democratic primary election

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept 24 -  - Veteran U.S. Sen.   Daniel Akaka, an 82-year-old Democrat from Hawaii, defeated   upstart challenger and fellow Democrat, U.S. Rep. Ed Case in   the state's primary election.


Beef from Safeway may have had salmonella: USDA

The Agriculture Department said fresh ground beef products contaminated with multi-drug resistant Salmonella may have been ground and later sold at Safeway Inc stores in five states.


Argentina international forward Carlos Tevez has revealed that he is set for a move to West Ham along with national team colleague Javier Mascherano.


Gordon Brown is told previous governments are to blame for neglecting Northern Ireland's economy.


The number of women in England opting for sterilisation has dropped sharply in recent years, figures show.


Tyson Foods cuts 2007 earnings view and shares fall

Tyson Foods Inc  cut its 2007 earnings outlook on Wednesday primarily because of higher-than-expected live cattle and hog costs and a decline in beef revenue due to a disruption in South Korean beef trade.


U.N. Says Darfur Foes Back Vaccine Truce

The United Nations said Friday that Sudan's government and rebels have have responded positively to a cease-fire plea in the western Darfur region to allow a polio vaccination campaign, but Sudan warned of imminent guerrilla attacks.


Five Teenagers Charged With Rape of Girl

A teenager was lured from a bus stop and raped by several attackers in a housing development basement, authorities said.


com. Just when the Blue Jays seemed to be making it a game on Saturday, the Yankees sprinted away with a three-homer barrage. New York scored nine times in the ninth inning, cashing in an 18-6 win over Toronto.


Calcio: Sissoko alla Juve le novità del mercato

Il centrocampista franco-maliano del Liverpool esce allo scoperto: ''Non ho ancora firmato ma siamo vicinissimi''. Si blocca la trattativa tra Inter e Atletico per l'arrivo in nerazzurro di Maniche


Nader links Bush to attacks on Kerry's war record

NEW ORLEANS Ralph Nader today charged that President Bush is using a group of Vietnam War veterans as "proxies" to smear Democrat John Kerry's war record.


They may not make âem like they used to in Hollywood, but sometimes in India they still do.


Bollywood festival rolls on with thriller premiere

A film awards festival known as the Bollywood Oscars gets into full swing in Britain Thursday with the world premiere of "The Train," starring pinup actor Emraan Hashmi and former Miss India Sayali Bhagat.


La Procura di Potenza decide a favore del principe indagato


Riscuote successo l'iniziativa di una parrocchia di Barletta"In poche ore tante chiamate. Non confessiamo, ma ascoltiamo"                                            Vuoi pregare? Telefona al parroco Un cellulare attivo 24 ore su 24                                                                                di GIULIANO FOSCHINI


U.S. Open Notebook: A World of Reasons American Men Donât Rule the Tennis Stage Anymore

Statistics do not show, conclusively, why the United States no longer dominates menâs professional tennis, but there is some tantalizing evidence to consider.


Tech CEOs chat about new products, globalization

The economic rebound might be sluggish, but technology investments matter more than ever. That's what three of the industry's biggest CEOs told 6,500 attendees last week at the Gartner Symposium and Information Technology Expo, one of the biggest annual gatherings of tech professionals. Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers, Intel CEO Craig Barrett and Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy also met with USA TODAY reporter Michelle Kessler to sound off on new technologies, stock options and globalization. Here's what they had to say, edited for clarity and space.


WARWICKSHIRE College is working with local and regional employers to develop a new apprenticeship programme for people wishing to pursue a career in environmental conservation.


Getting the Most Out of Exchange-Traded Funds

Exchange-traded funds have become something like the Whole Foods of the financial marketplace, the trendy option for those who like to try the newest offerings.


Ping Zhang had 25 points yesterday as China came from two sets down to beat Russia for the gold medal in Olympic women's volleyball.


Iraqi PM's relatives kidnapped and threatened with death

An unknown Islamic group said it had abducted three relatives of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Wednesday and warned it would behead them within 48 hours if he did not stop the assault on Fallujah.


With eye on 2008, Iowans watch Iraq war debate

AMES, Iowa  - For Iowa Democrats, the 2008 presidential campaign is starting where the 2004 race ended -- with a search for plain talk and realistic plans on how to end the war in Iraq.


Indian captain Anil Kumble hailed one of the greatest wins of his career after his side again halted a record Australian winning streak with a famous 72-run victory in the third Test at the WACA Ground here.


EIGHT people were killed and 54 injured today, 12 of them critically, in a pre-dawn pile-up of five vehicles on a motorway in southwest France, authorities said.


Police and customs officials search for seized items missing from a secure depot in Coventry.


The European Parliament is to vote on whether to approve the new executive commission team on Thursday. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Wednesday urged parliament to back his revised choice.


Study: Learning to Run Propelled Evolution

SALT LAKE CITY Nov 18, 2004 - New research suggests that developing the ability to run long thought to be a byproduct of walking for early man was actually an instrumental step in the evolution of people from ape-like creatures into what we know today


Italian authorities are bringing charges in a scam involving fraudulent e-mail to bank customers.


India-Pakistan train blasts labeled "act of terror"

Twin blasts aboard a train bound from India to Pakistan that killed at least 64 people were probably "an act of terror", the spokesman for India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday.


Device will capture high-resolution still images and video--and it still makes phone calls. Samsung Electronics will begin selling a cell phone that includes a 5-megapixel digital camera, the company says.


Shawn Green can sit out today knowing he was already a huge help to the Los Angeles Dodgers during their crucial series against San Francisco.


Call them mutton mowers. University researchers are training sheep to clean up vineyard weeds but stay off the grapes. Enthusiastic and unpicky eaters, sheep are already being used in some vineyards as a green alternative to tractors. They don't use gasoline and keep down weeds — a necessary task to deter pests and keep vines healthy — sans herbicides.


Google Earth's raises hell with Mount Hitler name slip

Technical accident enrages local mayor The mayor of the German town of Bad Toelz, Germany, is angry with Google Earth for its reference to a nearby "Mount Hitler".â¦


Japan, Argentina, Denmark, Greece and Tanzania were on Friday elected by the UN General Assembly as non-permanent members of the Security Council or a two-year term beginning on January 1 next.


Take-Two Suspends 'Manhunt 2' Distribution Plans

Manhunt 2 had originally been slated for a July 10 release, company now reviewing its options.


Bush, Kerry spar over missing weapons cache

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- For the third consecutive day, John Kerry took President Bush to task over the apparent disappearance of hundreds of tons of explosives in Iraq last year.


A European project aims to change how people receive their digital entertainment in the future.


ATI shows Dell XPS 700 with X1950 XTX CrossFire

Dell XPS gets CrossFire treatment IFA 06 Reg Hardware spotted a Dell XPS 700 powered by an ATI X1950 XTX CrossFire setup on ATIâs stand at IFA. Rather interestingly this configuration is not as yet available from Dell and indicates the use of a different motherboard than the Nvidia one in the current XPS 700 systems.â¦


Richieste sussidio disoccupazione salgono di 10 mila unita'


Il lido stregato da Travolta: 'Vorrei fare un film con Tornatore'

VENEZIA, 2 SETTEMBRE 2004 - John Travolta ama il cinema italiano, di cui conosce e parrezza i mostri sacri, da 'La strada' di Fellini, a 'Ultimo tango a Parigi' di Bertolucci, a 'Cinema Paradiso' di Tornatore.


Court strips former dictator Pinochet of immunity from prosecution

SANTIAGO, Chile Chile's Supreme Court has stripped General Augusto Pinochet (pee-noh-CHET') of immunity from prosecution -- paving the way for a possible trial on human rights abuses.


Celebrex Trial Stopped After Heart Attacks

Pfizer Inc. on Friday said a government-sponsored cancer-prevention trial of its blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex was halted after patients taking it had more than


New ID Tag Could Prevent Surgical Errors

WASHINGTON - A radio frequency tag that patients can affix like a bandage to ensure doctors perform the right surgery on the right person won government approval Friday.


Iraqis Brave Bombs to Vote in Their Millions

Some came on crutches, others walked  for miles then struggled to read the ballot, but across Iraq,  millions turned out to vote Sunday, defying insurgents who  threatened a bloodbath.


Moscow Rail Station Evacuated on Bomb Threat, Interfax Says

Moscow police are conducting a partial evacuation at the Kursk railway station in central Moscow as they search for explosives after receiving an anonymous phone call from a man threatening


Nortel Networks Corp. NT.TO, one of  the world's largest makers of telecoms equipment, said on  Wednesday it would miss by about two weeks its end of October  deadline to release long-awaited restated financial results.


Several Killed in Dubai Airport Collapse

A wall has collapsed at Dubai's airport construction site, killing at least five workers and injuring many more. Workers said they saw up to 40 casualties being taken away on Monday, but the toll could not be confirmed.


For the fourth time in history, the UN Security Council met away from its New York headquarters. Gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, it again attempted to find a way to bring peace to one of Africa's longest-running conflicts and humanitarian disasters.


Hamas seizes Gaza. What's to be done--and more importantly, who's going to do it? A lame duck president with the lowest approval ratings in two generations, and an Israeli prime minister whose government is on life supports?


Wachovia may face new mortgage write-downs

As more banks report write-downs tied to the global credit crunch, analysts say Wachovia Corp  may have losses lurking in an area that has garnered less investor attention.


Mainland Sends Eight Suspects Back to Taiwan

Mainland sends eight suspects back to Taiwan    FUZHOU, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Eight criminal suspects were returned to Taiwan by the Fujian Provincial Red Cross Society here Wednesday.


Militants kill 14 in attack on Iraq town: police

Suspected al Qaeda militants killed 14 people in a predominantly Sunni Arab town north of Baghdad on Sunday, Iraqi police said.


La propone l'Udc: Volonte', "siamo un paese vergogna"


Young women athletes who suffer tearing of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) -- the ligament in the knee that provides stability -- face a serious risk of potentially


U.S. Doctors Lack Whistleblower Protection

Thousands of federal doctors and medical researchers who receive some of the highest salaries in government don't enjoy the same protections to blow the whistle on wrongdoing as other civil servants, a judge has ruled.


Crude oil vaulted through a longstanding psychological barrier amid persistent concern about whether production can keep up with rising global demand.


Shin-Etsu to Spend 120 Bil. Yen on Silicon Wafer Output Expansion

By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Sep. 20--TOKYO -- Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., the world's largest silicon  wafer maker, said Wednesday it will spend 120 billion yen to substantially  expand its group's 300-millimeter wafer production capacity to meet growing  demand.


Senate Panel to Question Spellings Views

White House domestic policy chief Margaret Spellings, who helped set the national agenda for schools, now begins the task of defining how she would lead them.


The Marsh & McLennan Companies, the worldÂs largest insurance brokerage, will solicit bids for its Putnam Investments mutual fund unit.


CARLINVILLE - Edward Mullins, who joined Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. in 1980 in retail dairy sales, has been named executive vice president and chief executive officer of the Carlinville-based dairy cooperative.  Mullins becomes the fourth CEO in the 68-year history of the company.


"Dreamgirls" among group's top award picks

"Dreamgirls" and three other films scored seven nominations each on Tuesday for the Broadcast Film Critics Association awards, putting the highly touted musical among the favorites vying for Oscars.


The head of DHL express delivery in Asia is applauding efforts by Thailand and Singapore to speed up economic reforms in Southeast Asia, but he warns that if the region doesn't work better as a group, less developed nations will lag farther behind.


Campaign Spotlight: Serena and Roger on the Bus, Not the Court

A new campaign by Arnold Worldwide features tennis stars traveling on a tour bus.


Barack Obama sneaked down to North Carolina Sunday and met with former rival John Edwards, who has yet to make an endorsement in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.


Memory of Yankee ghosts can't halt new stadium

As work begins on the new Yankee   Stadium, critics see the project as symbolically burying more   than just the old ballpark, the baseball shrine known as "The   House that Ruth Built" across the street.


Mexico President Vicente Fox said Wednesday he will meet with US President George W. Bush in Chile during the economic summit of Pacific Rim nations.


NBA Wrap: Kidd Returns, Lifts Nets to Victory

Jason Kidd returned to the New Jersey lineup and assisted on Richard Jefferson's game winning basket with 7.1 seconds left as the Nets beat the Toronto Raptors 88-86 in NBA play Monday in East Rutherford.


Bonds' record-breaking ball to be branded with asterisk

The ball Barry Bonds hit for his record-breaking 756th home run will be permanently branded with an asterisk and shipped to the Hall of Fame.


Roma, 13:37 - CALCIO, ROMA; TEMPESTILLI: POSSIAMO BATTERE MANCHESTER

Roma fiduciosa per il passaggio alle semifinali di Champions: ''Sono fiducioso per il passaggio del ...


Twins who were separated at birth have married without knowing they were brother and sister, a peer says.


ACS Says Internal Probe Caused It to Miss Filing Deadline

By Crayton Harrison, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 14--Affiliated Computer Services Inc. didn't turn in its annual regulatory filing on time because it's still working on an internal investigation of its stock option practices, it said Thursday.


BLACKSBURG, Va.  -- Virginia Tech will be without No. 2 quarterback Ike Whitaker and three other players when the Hokies face Georgia in the Chick-fil-A Bowl Dec. 30 in Atlanta.


(InfoWorld) - GoogleÂ launched versions of its video sharing service YouTube in French and other languages on Tuesday. Localized versions now exist for Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, the U.K., and the U.S. TheÂ French siteÂ features titles and help pages in French, and the top video is a welcome message from French rapper Kamini, who began promoting his brand of rural rap through YouTube's English-language site last November with a video clip entitled "Marly-Gomont". For now, the international sites draw on the same database of videos and rankings as the U.S. site, but in time Google plans to add country-specific video rankings and comments, it said Tuesday. Today, the French site displays French-language content and rankings previously posted to the main site. "The big thing for YouTube in 2007 is access," YouTube founder Chad Hurley said at a Google news conference in Paris on Tuesday. Hurley and his co-foundersÂ sold YouTube to GoogleÂ last October for $1.65 billion. "We have a goal to put YouTube on every screen, and we mean on mobile devices and in the living room. Right now it's restricted to your browser, to your PC, and we want you to be able to take that same content and bring it to your mobile phone and be able to watch it in your living room," Hurley said. Plans to reach those other screens are already under way: on May 30, Apple announced it will put YouTube in the living room by building support for it into a future software update for itsÂ AppleTV set-top box, while on Saturday YouTube launched a version of its site for mobile phones. However, it will require partnerships with mobile phone operators, and months or even years of work, before YouTube Mobile offers the same experience as the Web site offers PC users today, Hurley said. Over half of YouTube's traffic today comes from outside the U.S., Hurley said, and delivering localized versions of YouTube is a way for the company to capitalize on that. However, expanding internationally may expose YouTube to the kinds of censorship issues that Google has been experiencing in China. "I think a platform such as YouTube has to respect local laws and customs," YouTube founder Chad Hurley, adding that the company is developing ways to enable the fine-grained control of content required to do that. In preparation for the launch of the new sites, YouTube has already signed content partnerships with the British Broadcasting Corp.; French 24-hour news channel France 24; Spain's Antena 3 and Cuatro TV; RÃ¡dio e TelevisÃ£o de Portugal; the Dutch VPRO and NPO; European football clubs such as Chelsea FC, AC Milan, Barcelona FC, and Real Madrid, and nonprofit organizations such as Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and MÃ©dÃ©cins du Monde, said Google. In the past, Google's cultural initiatives such asÂ Google Book SearchÂ have faced criticism -- from the head of the French National Library, Jean-NoÃ«l Jeanneney, among others -- for the way in which they encourage the dominance of U.S. values by making it easier to find cultural resources in English than in other languages. Linking with producers of local cultural content and making it easier to search that material may improve Google's image in some countries. That said, YouTube has proved popular in Europe despite only having an English-language interface until now. In France in April, its U.S. site had almost as many visitors as the French-language pages of local video sharing service DailyMotion, according to market researcher comScore,Â (DailyMotion also offers services in a number of other languages, including English, German, Russian, and Japanese.) One European language notably missing from the new crop of YouTube sites is German. YouTube is already the No. 1 video sharing site in Germany, according to Comscore, narrowly ahead of the German-language service MyVideo operated by MyVideo Broadband SRL of Bucharest, Romania. In Germany, it's more important to understand the German viewer's mind-set than their language, according to Anca-Alina Seghedi, CEO of MyVideo. "Most of the German users of video communities already speak English, at least sufficiently to navigate on an international web site. That means the language barrier is not the main decisive point for users to choose their favorite web sites," she said Friday. MyVideo may be better placed to understand Germans than YouTube, said Seghedi. "It is questionable whether they will be able to adapt to the German consumer tastes, which has been quite an important aspect of MyVideo's success in Germany." At Google's news conference on Tuesday, YouTube international manager Sakina Arsiwala said: "We have to talk to more people on the ground. We were not ready for Germany yet, from the product side or partnership side. We would love to be in Germany." (James Niccolai in Paris contributed to this report.) Â


New corruption charges are announced against detained former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.


Standards of human rights in the Palestinian territories fall to intolerable new levels, the UN hears.


Secondo fonti Usa sono 94 i guerriglieri uccisi e oltre 100 i feriti negli scontri di questa notte avvenuti a Samarra, nellâIrak centrale, dove le forze militari americane e irachene hanno sferrato una poderosa offensiva per riconquistare i centri


Calcio: Mussi, vergognosa espulsione di un raccattapalle down

Cartellino rosso perche' troppo troppo lento nel restituire il pallone ai giocatori. E' accaduto domenica scorsa, nel campionato di calcio di serie D. Sembra una storia ordinaria di calcio minore. Pero', stavolta


Invasive Breast Cancer Is Diagnosed in Elizabeth Edwards

Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of John Edwards, the former Democratic vice-presidential candidate, received a diagnosis of breast cancer on the day his


Prisoner-rights group Amnesty International said Taser's (TASR:Nasdaq - news - research) stun guns are needlessly deadly and urged police departments to stop using them until more rigorous testing can be done.


Yahoo, Adobe Team Up for New Web Services

Stepping up the heated battle of online search and services, Yahoo Inc. and Adobe Systems Inc. have joined forces to tap each others' customers and put Web search features into Adobe's popular Acrobat Reader software.


Google launches open APIs for social networks

Borrowing a page from Sun's Java playbook, Google is announcing a way for programmers to build social applications for multiple Web sites at once.


Intel Corp  Chief Executive  Paul Otellini unveiled new microchips for portable gadgets and  home electronics on Monday, saying advances in chip technology  were making such devices more powerful than ever.


Woe is Wie: Teen withdraws with wrist injury

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. -- With every errant drive and each missed green, the misery mounted. Finally, Michelle Wie had had enough. Her score running higher than the temperature, the 17-year-old from Hawaii cited a sore left wrist for her decision yesterday to withdraw from the 62d US Women's Open at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club.


UK scientists are attempting to restore vision in people with a leading cause of blindness using stem cells.


Plans are to be put forward by the Scottish Executive to ban the serving of junk food in school canteens.


Taquan Dean scored 30 points and No. 12 Louisville beat Stanford 82-67 Wednesday in the fifth-place game of the Maui Invitational, the Cardinals' first win this season over a Division I team.


Documento unitario di nove sigle imprenditoriali


Kathleen Turner talks about directing, acting and falling in love with Edward Albeeâs Martha.


Two brothers are convicted over the death of a 79-year-old man after a row over a parking space.


Soldiers in Guinea Secure Capital After Coup Talk

CONAKRY, Guinea  - Heavily armed soldiers secured  the presidential palace in Guinea's capital Wednesday after  unconfirmed reports of an attack on ailing President Lansana  Conte, witnesses and diplomats said.


Fiat ha immatricolato 73.094 nuove auto (-6,57%)


Marc Almond, former lead singer of electro-pop group Soft Cell, is critically ill after a motorcycle accident. The 48-year-old, best known for his number one hit Tainted Love, a cover of the Gloria Jones Northern


ETA Sets Off 7 Bombs Across Spain; at Least 5 Hurt

The Basque separatist group ETA set off bombs in cities across Spain Monday, slightly wounding five people and escalating their renewed fight for independence on the day Spaniards celebrate unity.


"Heroism isn't just beating up the bad guy" Â Abhay Deol

Neha Dhupia and Abhay Deol recently shot for a promotional music video for Ek Chalis Ki Last Local at the Kamalistan Studios.


Tampa, FL (Sports Network) - Tampa Bay running back Charlie Garner will miss the rest of the season due to a torn patellar tendon in his right knee.


Orlistat Cuts Pounds, Cholesterol Levels: Study

NEW YORK  - The prescription weight-loss  drug orlistat helps obese adults shed pounds and lower their  cholesterol levels -- including those with diabetes or other  risk factors for heart disease, according to a research review.


Telecom Italia Trials IPTV Services With Microsoft

Telecom Italia will begin testing the Microsoft IPTV platform. The Microsoft TV IPTV platform enables broadband network operators to deliver high-quality video content and services using existing and next-generation networks.


And the Black Friday winners are...HP, Sony

Heavy discounts helped HP and Sony take large chunks of the retail PC market during the frenzied Thanksgiving shopping week.


A grandmother is found guilty of possessing and growing cannabis at her Northumberland home.


A quota 201.950, effetto della crisi del credito subprime


Some CDs come with bells and whistles; be sure you understand how they work.


Abbas, Olmert to meet in Egypt for talks on Gaza

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The Palestinian and Israeli leaders agreed on Thursday to meet for the first time in two months after the violent Islamist takeover of the Gaza Strip prompted each side to adopt a common approach to the enclave.


United Airlines Cutting Domestic Service

United Airlines plans to slash the number of its domestic flights and increase its more profitable international schedule, while at the same reducing the size of its fleet.


The Bush administration has made a "significant" shift on global warming, but still falls short on the "much more aggressive" policies needed to head off its damaging impact, the U.N. climate chief said Saturday.


Roma, 14:36 - CALCIO, LO MONACO: A SIENA SPETTACOLO DEGNO DI MOGGIOPOLI

''Ho visto troppe 'stranezze' che devono essere dovutamente vagliate''. CosÃ¬ Pietro Lo Monaco ai mic...


Former rebels in Ivory Coast say they are recalling their ministers, after arms are found in former rebel territory.


Recent "phishing" episodes are still often overlooked by tech-savvy users, but a lesson in history shows how entire nations have been fooled.


ADOBE Systems, maker of the world-renowned Photoshop picture-editing software, has announced two new products for digital video and still-photography hobbyists.


Govt ready to give "hundreds of millions" in tsunami aid

The government will probably end up giving hundreds of millions of pounds in aid to victims of the Asian tsunamis, Prime Minister Tony Blair says.


BA Reignites Iberia Takeover Talk with Qantas Cash

British Airways is in prime position for Europe's most attractive potential airlines merger but analysts say strict ownership laws bar any speedy deal with Spain's Iberia.


Police continue to question a 63-year-old man over the stabbing of a police community support officer.


Ministers are reportedly rethinking their decision to make language study in England optional from age 14.


Da valutare un possibile peggioramento del clima di fiducia


What is all the fuss about regional tier?

LUBAGA South MP Ken Lukyamuzi's article, 'Bad faith evident in the White Paper' published on Thursday is quite fascinating and provocative.


EdF entro il 2005, ministro economia stila calendario Ipo


Remembering Cino: Friends and Colleagues Reminisce About Vincent Sardi, Jr.

Playbill - Vincent Sardi Jr. had something that every stage actor craves: name recognition.


Messina, 19:25 - CALCIO, MESSINA: DE VEZZE E ALVAREZ ANCORA IN DUBBIO

Dopo il secondo giorno di riposo il Messina tornerà ad allenarsi domani pomeriggio. Da valuta...


2 American soldiers killed in Afghan fire-fight

KABUL, Afghanistan - Two US soldiers died Monday in a fire-fight with insurgents in a troubled southeastern Afghan province, the American military said.


A man accused of killing a 10-year-old girl and nearly severing her head as part of a cannibalistic plot was arraigned Wednesday on a first-degree murder charge.


Well, it looks like things are getting a bit more interesting regarding the Sprint/Nextel deal. It seems that Vodafone, which owns 45% of Verizon Wireless in the US, is supporting a move by Verizon to potentially buy Sprint PCS.


Turkey's new president to approve reform cabinet

Abdullah Gul's first task as Turkish president will be to approve the new cabinet of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, hoping to push ahead with stalled reforms needed to join the EU.


The conflict in Iraq is changing from a fight against U.S.-led coalition forces to an internal struggle for political and economic power, the top U.S. general in Iraq told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday.


Canada, US skate to 1-1 draw at Four Nations Cup

When it comes to international womenâs hockey, Canada and the United States are about as even as two teams can get. Why should the Four Nations Cup be any different?


GURGAON, India, Jan. 29 -- Three weeks ago, Mohammad Saleem, 33, agreed to work at a construction site in this bustling city near New Delhi. A house painter with an extended family of eight, he was drawn here by the promise of an extra dollar in his daily wage. After a few days of waiting in a bl...


HSBC closes accounts held by the British National Party, three months after Barclays froze the party's accounts.


A worthy final act for a theatrical giant

Director Kenny Leon permits the top-tier cast of 'Radio Golf' enough natural spontaneity to share the characters' life-changing realization.


A TV search show will look for a person to play the lead in Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.


Photos: For seafaring students, it's tech ahoy

The floating campus of Semester at Sea takes a new tack with cell phones and wireless Net access.


Conseguenza dell'ondata di piogge e inondazioni nel continente sudamericanoGiÃ  4 morti. Il virus ha colpito decine di migliaia di persone e si diffonde con le zanzare                                            Allarme in Bolivia e Paraguay epidemia di "febbre spacca-ossa"


When Motherhood Becomes a Creepy Quest for the Truth

As a Brooklyn mother in mourning, Julianne Moore delivers a performance that has all the emotional commitment of a bored kid playing with a light switch.


Sun Never Sets on English Premier League

The owners who invest and the coaches who maneuver are fueling the great Premier League insurgence.


Brazil accepts an offer from Abbott Laboratories to cut the price of an anti-Aids drug by 30%.


Allies of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown continue the debate about the prime minister's future in the Sunday papers.


Representative Porter J. Goss of Florida said on Tuesday that rebuilding the Central Intelligence Agency would take more than five years and that American spies needed to be encouraged to take more risks.


Celebrities such as Denise Van Outen and Lisa Snowdon were out en masse at Pink Ribbon magazine's A Night of Fashion in aid of Breast Cancer Awareness.


House fails to overturn Bush on kids' health

The House of Representatives on Thursday failed to overturn President George W. Bush's veto of a plan to expand a popular children's health care program and pay for it by raising tobacco taxes.


Israel blocks Palestinian PM from returning to Gaza

Israel prevented Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh returning to Gaza from a trip abroad on Thursday to stop him bringing in money donated by Iran.


Retail clinics grow, and some physicians aren't happy.


Colombian rebels free hostages: Venezuela's Chavez

Marxist rebels freed two women politicians held for years in Colombian jungle camps on Thursday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said.


Baltimore Finds Subprime Crisis Snags Women

In Baltimore and elsewhere around the country, subprime mortgages, which are driving the foreclosure rate, have gone disproportionately to women.


Freezing cold notwithstanding, Rajasthan is currently the hot spot for two big film units from Mumbai - Dilli 6 and Victory.


Il sistema operativo del âPinguinoâ favorisce la pirateria ai danni del colosso informatico Microsoft e del suo Os Windows. A lanciare lâaccusa, tramite il risultato di una ricerca di mercato, Ã¨ stato


Hillary Clinton seeks to warm up her image

Democratic presidential candidate  Hillary Clinton, looking to turn the page on a rough stretch in  her campaign, launched an effort to warm up her image on Monday  and break free from her rivals in Iowa.


Completing acquisition, Netgear will ship Infrant's desktop and rackmount network-attached system.


Prince vs. YouTube: Rock Star Threatens to Sue

Alleging that the video site's operators filter content with insufficient rigor, the funk master threatens to sue the company. Other targets for the rock star's ire include eBay and The Pirate Bay.


U.S urges China to let companies choose own standards for telecoms technology

BEIJING  - China should let its companies choose the technology standards they use, a U.S. official said Thursday, renewing Washington's campaign against moves by the Chinese government to set its own national telecommunications standards.


Top U.S. consumer electronics retailer  Best Buy Co. Inc.  said on Tuesday its quarterly profit  fell, dragged down by sales of lower margin products.


The Tour de France route for 2005 has one less time-trial and just three mountain finishes.


An artifact stolen from an Egyptian temple in 1990 and held by Christie's auction house in New York for the last two years arrived in Egypt on Friday, an airport official said.


Oil surged beyond $90 to a new peak on Friday as tight fuel stocks ahead of winter and a softening dollar spurred investor buying.


Familiarity Breeds Gloom Among Financial Experts

Pessimism is greatest among those closest to the financial system, so while some take a working financial system for granted, others see a system in crisis.


Although she appeared in over 60 movies in her career, Janet Leigh will always be remembered for her part in Alfred Hitchcockâs Psycho.


SF health officials blast Scientology's anti-drug program

SAN FRANCISCO Health officials have blasted an anti-drug program sponsored by the Church of Scientology and taught in San Francisco public schools.


Not even an economic collapse has kept these companies from sending you money.


Latest spam blast invites recipients to see themselves in a video, but 'YouTube' link leads to malware.


With a comprehensive immigration overhaul now perhaps years away, Latin American governments concerned with the well-being of their nationals living in this country are taking on an equally thorny issue: the U.S. health-care system.


Video Joins Long Line of Out-Dated Technology

The decision by high street electrical chain Dixons to no longer sell the machines could soon mean RIP for the VCR. But VHS (video home system) is just


Japan draws up guidelines to cut suicide rate

Japan set a target on Friday for cutting its suicide rate, one of the highest among industrial nations, by more than 20 percent over the next decade.


Democrat Barack Obama suggested Thursday that Hillary Rodham Clinton cannot be trusted to make good judgments on national security and military matters, citing her Iraq war vote.


In an image that would have been unthinkable two weeks ago, a U.S. admiral and an Indonesian general huddled together Monday on a tarmac making plans. Rear Adm. Doug Crowder was having trouble making out the words of his Indonesian counterpart over the roar of two U.S. Seahawk helicopters.


Nigerian unions begin 4-day strike against fuel price hike

LAGOS - Nigerian unions began a four-day general strike yesterday to protest against rising fuel prices, issuing their latest challenge to President Olusegun Obasanjo and his programme of economic reforms.


Colleges made minor progress last year leveling the hiring field for minority football coaches, but it may require a federal discrimination suit to widely improve access to ``the most segregated position in all of college sport," members of the Black Coaches Association said yesterday in releasing their annual hiring report card.


Cuba Rising from Post-Soviet Ashes - Castro

Cuba's communist state is rising from  the ashes of its post-Soviet economic crash with greater  control over its economy and help from China and Venezuela,  President Fidel Castro said on Saturday.


Stock futures flat to up before payrolls data

U.S. stock futures suggested a flat to slightly higher open on Friday, with investors cautious before a key employment report that should give clues on the U.S. economy's health and where interest rates are headed.


J&J Artificial Spinal Disc Wins U.S. Approval

Johnson & Johnson's artificial  spinal disc won U.S. approval for relieving severe low back  pain, the company said on Tuesday.


Cloning sperm could enable men with very low sperm counts to become fathers, say US scientists.


McCain holds steady lead in South Carolina: poll

Republican John McCain holds a steady 7-point lead over rival Mike Huckabee in South Carolina two days before the state casts votes in an unpredictable presidential nominating race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Thursday.


Problems Cited At Bank Building Before Fire

CHICAGO -- The LaSalle Bank building fire Monday night unfolded much like the deadly Cook County building fire in October 2003, but there was one big difference -- no one died.


SAN FRANCISCO - The crisis in the nation's flu vaccine supply has led to renewed calls to modernize a half-century-old manufacturing system that relies on millions of chicken eggs and a lot of educated guesswork.


In Italia oltre 200 mila, in crescita del 3,8%


Comincia oggi a Nanchino il viaggio ufficiale della delegazione italianaIl premier Ã¨ accompagnato da quattro ministri e dal presidente di Confindustria                                          Prodi inaugura la missione in Cina "Siamo in ritardo, e dobbiamo correre"


Sale la moneta unica dopo aumento riserve di banche centrali


Pollution kills 460,000 Chinese a year: World Bank

About 460,000 Chinese die prematurely each year from breathing polluted air and drinking dirty water, according to a World Bank study.


Hurricane Ivan spared Jamaica a direct hit Saturday, suddenly turning away from the island's shore, but the fierce rains and winds that it did deliver still


N.F.L. Roundup: After Years of Sharing Load, Jones Yearns to Carry It for Jets

The Jets said Tuesday that they thought the newly acquired Thomas Jones was capable of being the consistent runner they lacked last season without Curtis Martin, who is likely to retire.


North Korea process incremental, complex: IAEA

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday that moving forward to inspect and close facilities behind North Korea's nuclear weapons program would be complex as the two sides seek to rebuild severed ties.


Edinburgh, Scotland (Sports Network) - Hearts named former player John Robertson its new head coach Wednesday. Robertson, 40, takes over for Craig Levein who quit last week to become the coach at Leicester City.


England reach 281-1, a lead of 88 runs, as bad light halts play for the day against SA.


Casino Royale: Biggest Hollywood hit in India

The film has made record-breaking box office collections.


Palermo, deraglia metropolitana: la Procura apre una inchiesta

La Procura di Palermo ha aperto un'inchiesta sul treno della metropolitana, che collega il capoluogo siciliano all'aeroporto, deragliato intorno alle 12.20 all'altezza della stazione d'Orleans a piazza Indipendenza.


A third generation of Siberian tigers are the youngest to be tracked with transmitters by conservationists.


Survivors prayed at mass graves and mosques Wednesday to mark the third anniversary of the Asian tsunami, while warning sirens sent hundreds fleeing beaches during a drill to test an alert network established since the disaster.


MINNEAPOLIS -- Right fielder Michael Cuddyer and the Minnesota Twins agreed Friday to a $24 million, three-year contract.


Election Controversy Simmers in Expected Landslide

Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith is expected to be the runaway winner of the Heisman Trophy. But if his margin of victory is the largest ever, it could foster a debate over the merits of that distinction.


One of the United States' top judges said in an interview broadcast in Britain on Tuesday that interrogators can inflict pain to obtain critical information about an imminent terrorist threat.


Next Ubuntu, 'Hardy Heron,' to get full support

Ubuntu 8.04 will be the second version of Canonical's Linux to get long-term support, the first since 'Dapper Drake' from 2006.


Fernando pushing for third podium in a row

The Spaniard knows it will be a tough race, but is hoping to score his third consecutive podium at Spa-Francorchamps this weekend.


Study Raises Concern Over Safety of Pfizer Painkiller Celebrex

Pfizer said today that it had found an increased risk of heart troubles in some people taking higher dosages of Celebrex.


Russia Wins Permanent Military Base in Tajikistan

Tajikistan on Saturday formally granted Russian forces in the Central Asian state a permanent military base in a move Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed as a guarantee of regional security.


A US lobby groups accuses Zimbabwe of preventing aid for those left homeless by its land programme.


Fulfilling the worst nightmares of a British family, kidnappers Friday released a video showing their beheading of Kenneth Bigley, a contractor seized from his Baghdad


Sudan accuses UN of criticizing govt while ignoring rebel violence

A Sudanese Cabinet minister slammed the latest UN report on Darfur, accusing the world body Saturday of overlooking violence committed


Rates on 30-year and 15-year mortgages dipped this week, good news for prospective home buyers. Freddie Mac's weekly survey released Thursday showed that rates on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages declined to


US colon cancer risk blamed on English couple

Founder genetic mutation fingered US researchers have identified a married couple who sailed from England to the US in around 1630 as the bearers of a genetic mutation which puts their numerous descendants at higher risk of a hereditary form of colon cancer.â¦


Iran's foreign minister accused Israel and the United States of posing the main threats to the security of the Middle East. The U.S. and Israeli delegations walked out during the speech Tuesday.


A video game based on the "Law and Order" TV series has been pulled off British shelves after the mother of a murdered toddler spotted an image of her son in the game, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Wednesday.


CBS, seeking to fill programming  holes left by the writers' strike, said on Monday it will rerun  the entire first season of the crime drama "Dexter" from  Showtime, its sister cable channel, starting next month.


War Critics Paris, Berlin, Moscow Hail Iraq Vote

Iraq war opponents France, Germany and  Russia Monday hailed elections in the country as a success and,  in a sign of warming transatlantic ties, pledged to back U.S.  efforts to restore stability.


From costumed men on horseback riding rural roads to an "American Idol" and bead-throwing marchers, there are events in the weekend leading up to Mardi Gras to please almost anyone.


Paris - You didn't have to have a degree in people-watching to know which of the two managers - Raymond Domenech or Brian Kerr - was happier with the hard fought goalless draw between France and Ireland here on Saturday.


Struggling car giant Ford expects to post a 20% drop in January US sales, but insists its turnaround is still on track.


The term "blog" has been chosen as the top word of 2004 by a US dictionary publisher. Merriam-Webster said "blog" headed the list of most looked-up terms on its site during the last twelve months.


Iranian-born space tourist blasts off into orbit

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan  - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft   blasted off on Monday carrying a woman set to notch up three   space records: the first female tourist, first female Muslim,   and first Iranian in orbit.


A banker in Pakistan is charged with insider trading in the US involving information about the sale of energy firm TXU Corp.


Hostage makes new TV plea for British troop withdrawal

IRISH hostage Margaret Hassan has urged Britain to withdraw its troops from Iraq and free Iraqi women prisoners in a new videotaped plea.


Yankees Pin Their Hopes on Pitching and Patience

Joba Chamberlain, Alan Horne, Brett Smith, Ian Kennedy, Jeff Marquez and Jason Jones lead a Trenton staff that is the nexus of the Yankeesâ recent emphasis on developing pitching.


Toshiba Corporation, the leading manufacturer of electrical and electronic goods, said on Tuesday that it has produced an 80-Gbyte version of its 1.8-inch hard drive which will be used in a next-generation Apple iPod.


Guest Column Addressing Global Imbalances is Within the Realm of ...

THE global economy is slowly recovering, and with it hopes for a sustained period of economic growth in all regions. South Africa's economic future is tied to that of the rest of the world and for this reason


President Pervez Musharraf told British forensic experts Tuesday they would have a free hand in investigating the circumstances surrounding the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, a government official said.


WASHINGTON US House and Senate negotiators, moving swiftly to finish a bill that would create more than $100 billion in corporate tax breaks, have approved a $10 billion buyout for tobacco farmers and rejected a Senate provision that would have subjected


Chris Gardocki found himself flat on his back, the wind knocked out of him and Steelers linebacker Joey Porter hovering above him. His temper rising every second he was on the turf, the Browns' punter got up and flashed an angry gesture toward coach Bill Cowher and the Steelers' bench.


In un anno le aveva sottratto oltre un milione di euro


Els scoops the jackpot again with record win

As 35th birthdays go, Ernie Els had a pretty special one yesterday. There were the cards. "There were so many I thought it was Christmas," he said.


Five of the six Man Booker Prize nominees, left to right, Gerard Woodward, Colm Toibin, Achmat Dangor, Alan Hollinghurst, and Sarah Hall, pose in London, hours before the winner is announced Tuesday Oct. 19, 2004.


US Chip-Related Stocks Including Intel Decline in Europe

US chip-related stocks, including Intel Corp., declined after Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said third- quarter sales fell from the preceding period.


The top U.N. envoy to Sudan said Tuesday the Sudanese government has failed to improve security for the embattled people in Darfur or brought to justice the perpetrators of atrocities during the 19-month conflict.


U.S. Stocks, Bonds Rise, Oil, Dollar Fall

U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday as  a dramatically raised price target for Apple Computer Inc.  shares spilled over to other technology stocks, and a rally in  crude oil stalled as traders took profits.


Club Says Zeta-Jones Should Be Flattered

Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones should be flattered her image was used for advertising and promotion on the Web site of a Nevada topless club, a spokesman for the club said Monday.


Cisco Systems warns that a slowdown in technology spending will dent future sales growth.


First-round playoff games will be shown only on cable starting next season as part of baseball's new seven-year television deal with Fox and TBS, a total package worth almost $3 billion.


O'Reilly Says He's Ready to Fight Charges

NEW YORK - Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly made a TV talk show appearance on what he said was "the worst day of my life" Thursday, vowing to fight sexual harassment charges by one of his producers.    Accuser Andrea Mackris spoke publicly for the first time, saying she felt threatened by her former boss, who filed a lawsuit charging the woman and her lawyer with extortion...


Very few organizations have as many feet on the street as the US Postal Service. To better get a handle on those feet, the Postal Service said Monday it's implementing SAP Human Capital


Monsanto Prods S. American Nations on Soy

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Monsanto Co. MON.N, a  company that has pioneered the development of bioengineered  crops, is pushing hard to recover millions of dollars in lost  revenue in three South American countries where farmers have  sown its wonder seeds without paying royalties.


U.S. Internet Specialist Working for Opposition Arrested by Belarus KGB

An American citizen specializing in the Internet was arrested by the Belarus KGB for allegedly mishandling funds, the Reuters news agency reported on Monday citing the country s authorities.


The dollar held on to recent gains on Thursday after rallying the previous day, when traders and investors rushed to cash in on bets against the U.S. currency before the year-end.


Independent assessments of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib should lay to rest White House attempts to limit blame to a few bad apples on the night shift.


Queenâs Berlin visit stirs World War II row

BERLIN: Britainâs Queen Elizabeth arrived in Germany on Tuesday hoping to cement reconciliation after World War Two but plans to hold her first state dinner in a palace used for Hitlerâs propaganda stirred up a row.


A soldier who said she was sexually harassed by other officers, prompting her to leave her post and refuse to return to Iraq, has agreed to plead guilty to going AWOL in exchange for a reduced punishment, the Army said Monday.


Singer Madonna arrives in Malawi to help orphaned children living with  HIV and AIDS.


"The Software Patent Directive has been withdrawn from the Agenda of the Agricultural Council. Poland's Minister of Information Society and Technology, Wlodzimierz Marcinski, made a powerful statement at the


Charges Dropped Against Anthony Anderson

A judge dismissed rape charges against "Barbershop" actor Anthony Anderson on Wednesday, saying testimony by his accuser was some of the most "suspicious" he has ever heard.


Lord British is back, only this  time he's wielding an energy cannon instead of a sword. Oh, and  you can call him General British now.


New Zealand has moved to 18th place in the Olympic medals table with a first and second placing in the men's triathlon in Athens.


NYC violated Constitution by jailing protesters

New York City violated the U.S. Constitution for more than two months in 2001 with a policy to detain arrested protesters overnight instead of giving them summonses to appear in court, a U.S. federal jury found on Monday.


Hoping to avoid a UN showdown, Iran and the EU's three big powers reached a preliminary agreement over Tehran's nuclear program, Iran's chief negotiator said.


H and M French workers end warehouse strike after accepting pay proposals

Workers at Swedish retail clothing chain Hennes and Mauritz's French warehouse in Le Bourget, outside Paris, voted to end a three-week-old strike after accepting management's salary hike proposals.


Blog: Another big social-networking deal, but we're talking about Web sites where a midget could hop over the barriers to entry with his eyes closed.


By Lindsay Schoon, Journal Star, Peoria, Ill.  Feb. 18--EAST PEORIA -- Flexible rubber tackle, full of glitter and  shining in its neon glory, looked ready to lure in a big fish.    Instead, it seemed, a crowd of boating and fishing fans were reeled in  Saturday.


Zarqawi Group Beheads U.S. Hostage Armstrong

A militant group in Iraq led by al  Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi beheaded American Eugene  Armstrong and posted a video of the killing on the Internet on  Monday.


Enrollments pass muster, but bad debt's on the rise.


The public must be alerted about the risk that not managing water properly could lead to shortages, MPs warn.


North Korean defector tells of being born a prisoner

One of North Korea's cruelest prisons is a place where beatings and executions are common, and so isolated that a child born behind its barbed wire may never hear of the state's leaders, an escapee said on Monday.


U.S. stocks surged on Thursday, with the Dow hitting a record on its biggest point gain since 2002, after healthy retail sales reassured investors about consumer spending and a $38 billion mining takeover fed expectations for more deals.


Prayers have been said for Princess Diana outside Kensington Palace on the seventh anniversary of her death in a Paris car crash. Father Frank Gelli led a short open-air service outside her former central


Stress tests may miss latent heart disease

LOS ANGELES (EMBARGOED UNTIL AUGUST 17, 2004 at 5:00 PM, EST)  Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have found that stress tests may not adequately screen for latent atherosclerosis  a hardening of the arteries due to plaque build-up  and ...


Crude oil prices near 49 dollars per barrel in New York

Crude oil prices neared 49 dollars per barrel Friday as Gulf of Mexico crude production rebounded at a slower pace than analysts had expected.


Turkish planes bomb Iraq village, no major incursion

DAHUK, Iraq/CIZRE, Turkey  - Turkish warplanes attacked a village in northern Iraq on Wednesday, an Iraqi Kurdish security official said, but Turkey said it wanted to hold back from a major incursion to give diplomacy a chance.


TOKYO, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Typhoon Megi has killed nine people after bringing heavy rains throughout western Japan and it may hitthe northern part of the country early Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Thursday.


U.S. consumers shrugged off record  oil prices to keep spending at the start of the fourth quarter,  data on Friday showed, in an upbeat sign for growth that may  presage another Federal Reserve rate hike in December.


Low-fat diets may help some dodge cancer

The first experiment ever to show that low-fat diets could help prevent a return of breast cancer now reveals, with longer follow-up, that the benefit was almost exclusively to women whose tumor growth was not driven by hormones.


Hiding Veggies In Food: Benefit Or Betrayal?

Parents rarely need to coax their kids to have ice cream. But they frequently cajole, plead, bargain, bribe and even threaten to get them to eat more vegetables, fruit and other nutritious fare.


Iraqi oil officials said yesterday that insurgents blew up a cluster of pipelines in southern Iraq, though they said they did not expect oil exports to be significantly reduced.


Company preps single chip WiMax compliant part for use in wireless broadband gear.


Howard homer powers Phillies past Braves

Ryan Howard slammed his NL-best 39th  homer of the season on Monday, guiding the Philadelphia  Phillies past the Atlanta Braves 9-6 at Turner Field.


Nella classifica Ue Londra e' al top, Italia sedicesima


Copper is the coin of the realm for the new Chile fund.


Prostitutes face short jail terms under a Bill which would "turn the clock back 25 years", a union claims.


Red Sox victory steals the power of the dour

Now that hell froze over in Boston, New England braces for its rarest season -- a winter of content. Red Sox fans are adrift from the familiar torture of the past.


The plan, at least, is that by the time the game between the Red Sox and A's starts this afternoon, Beau Mills will know his fate.


Google Inc.'s privacy practices are the worst among the Internet's top destinations, according to a watchdog group seeking to intensify the recent focus on how the online search leader handles personal information about its users.


Six former Enron and Merrill Lynch executives were accused Tuesday of disguising a $7 million loan as a sale of energy-producing barges to "help Enron out of a jam" and artificially boost its revenue.


DALLAS - A 21-year-old man bit off a co-worker's ear after an argument over money, police said.  Doctors were able to reattach Anthony Tran's ear, police said.


Nearly 200 inmates serving time for murder, rape and kidnapping will be eligible for immediate release following a ruling by the Delaware Supreme Court that some life sentences should be considered 45-year terms.


European shares kicked off 2005 by climbing to their highest in almost two and a half years on Monday after a small rebound by the dollar lifted exporters such as car giant DaimlerChrysler.


OPEC on Monday said the world oil market shows signs of weakening in 2007 as economic growth slows, a problem the exporter group seeks to address through its decision last week to cut supply.


A woman who disappeared while on a hunting trip in Oregon almost two weeks ago was found alive Thursday afternoon, just two days before a memorial service was to take place.


Security Council envoys seek Darfur confirmation

U.N. Security Council ambassadors will seek confirmation of a deal for a boosted Darfur peacekeeping force when they meet Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in Khartoum on Sunday.


The U.S. nuclear submarine USS San  Francisco, which ran aground off Guam in an accident that  killed one of its crewmen, arrived at the Pacific Ocean island  on Monday, the U.S. Navy said.


A sleaze watchdog is to be scaled back in a shake-up of the way local councillors' conduct is regulated.


Khatami: Iran Will Pursue Nuclear Program

TEHRAN, Iran Sept. 21, 2004 - President Mohammad Khatami said Tuesday that Iran will continue its suspect nuclear program even if that means an end to UN oversight.


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Trials on humans and rats show promise of a gene therapy cure for erectile dysfunction, scientists say.


The now 3-month-old Hollywood writers strike could enter its final chapter Saturday when guild members gather in Los Angeles and New York to consider a proposed contract.


Microsoft to Open Research Center in India

Microsoft Corp. is further expanding its presence in India with plans to open a research center in Bangalore.


Diabetes linked to lower prostate cancer risk

NEW YORK  - Men with long-term diabetes may have a reduced risk of prostate cancer, according to the results of a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.


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SCO not sure pro-SCO site is a good idea

Legal concerns of all things have caused The SCO Group to rethink it plans to launch a pro-SCO propaganda web site meant to counter the popular Groklaw site.


You may not get it, but it may not matter.


Several months before a fatal fire killed 10 people in a group home, state regulators had sought to take away the operator's license, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.


Thousands of Lebanese have been pouring into Beirut for a Hezbollah-led protest aimed at toppling the Western-backed government, which has vowed it will not buckle under the pressure.


Berlin Wall is back - as a tourist attraction

For years, tourists in unified Berlin have looked in vain for the Berlin Wall. Tall buildings of glass and steel now rise where it once stood.


Ordinance Targets Secondhand Businesses: Deputies Say Plan to Report Purchases Will Help Combat Thefts

By John Craig, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Jun. 16--Secondhand shops would have to join pawnbrokers in reporting transactions to the Spokane County Sheriff's Office under a proposed ordinance aimed at combating theft.


The girths of three red giants are measured - stars which are more than 1.5 billion km across.


(New York- WABC, December 28, 2004) - A health scare for Liza Minelli. She's hospitalized after falling out of her bed early Monday morning.


Also: DJ alert: Crack for music techies. See what people are saying on News.com Extra.


Doctors Pinpoint 10 Smells Lost Among Alzheimer's Patients

Of all the senses, Alzheimer's and dementia patients first lose the sense of smell, and some American scientists recently found 10 specific smells that people lose first.


Wireless operator aims to save 1.4 billion pounds

LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Vodafone Group, the British mobile phone operator, confirmed on Friday it expects to save over a billion pounds by 2008 by cutting spending.


News.com Extra: Nanoscanning: Now we can see atoms

Also: Dating faux-pas: Stealing other people's profiles. See what people are saying on News.com Extra.


Halliburtonâs chief executive said it is gearing up to handle more oil field service work in the Middle East, Asia and Latin America, but pricing declines in North America are still a concern.


Contestants in Big Brother decide to quit a sleep deprivation task, losing out on a luxury shopping budget.


Travel: Travelling to the UK's furthest flung islands can be expensive, but as Louise Tickle discovered, plan ahead and it can be done for less than you think.


The Mets spotted the Dodgers one Pedro and an El Duque, and still came away winning the first two games of their National League Division Series, abetted no end by the Dodgers' disturbing tendency to make mistakes at critical times.


Tiny open-source company tackles e-mail exchange

(InfoWorld) - A tiny provider of open-source e-mail exchange software is using a disruptive pricing model to compete against MicrosoftÂ and other large providers of proprietary e-mail service technology. As part of a deal announced Monday, Open-XchangeÂ will provide its open-source technology to 1&1 Internet, an international Web-hosting company that plans to offer a hosted e-mail service for â¬4.99 ($6.00) per user per month or â¬2.99 per user with the purchase of 100 accounts or more, said Open-Xchange Chairman Rafael Laguna. The service will launch this month in Germany and Austria, with France, the U.K., and the U.S. to follow in May. Under a flat-rate pricing plan, 1&1 Internet will be able to offer a basic version of the Open-Xchange software to all its 2.7 million customers without having to pay any additional fees, according to Laguna. In addition to open-source code and application programming interfaces, "disruptive pricing models like ours are another reason why companies choose open-source software," he said. A premium version, which links with Microsoft's Outlook application and provides other features, will be available for a fee. The 1&1 Internet e-mail offering, called MailXchange, will include calendar, contacts, and task management functions that are similar to those of Microsoft Outlook. In addition to Open-Xchange, 1&1 Internet will continue to offer Microsoft Exchange and its own e-mail service software. Open-Xchange, which is based in Tarrytown, New York, employs 54 people. It has product development and operational facilities in Nuremberg and Olpe, Germany.


DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 23 -- For the first time since a demonstration in 1990, a group of Saudi women is campaigning for the right to drive in this conservative kingdom, the only country in the world that prohibits female drivers.


Deal to Acquire Pacific Exchange Is Expected

Archipelago Holdings, the owner of ArcaEx, the largest electronic stock market, is expected to buy the Pacific Exchange for about $50 million.


CONCORD -- As retirement announcements go, it was as informal as it gets. Then again, Lee Trevino didn't ask for a forum and there's always the chance he'll change his mind. But as he signed autographs for a line of youngsters after yesterday's second round of the Bank of America Championship, the legendary Merry Mex said he could see the ...


It was Bud Brown's boss at Freddie's Casino in Everett who encouraged him to get a flu shot this year. Normally that would mean little more than driving to his doctor's office and rolling up his sleeve.


A powerful new body must drive climate change policy after a decade of failure by the government, MPs warn.


Embarrassing or Just Strange, Some Gifts Turn Out Not to Be

Sometimes, it's the donor who lets the school down rather than the other way around. Schools have chipped donors' names off buildings after a conviction or a scandal. This summer, Roger Williams University in Rhode Island renamed its law school, dropping a donor's name after he made a racist comm...


The top Linux seller continues its steady growth, but some see bumps in the JBoss server software road.


President Vladimir Putin named a new government Monday, tapping new economics and health ministers and retaining his current foreign and defense ministers as part of an expected shuffle before crucial parliamentary and presidential elections.


Having a bone to pick with a movie about a lovable pooch seems a bit inhumane. Joe Camp, writer, director, producer and creator of Benji: Off the Leash!, is a dog lover with good intentions: helping ...


President Bush and British Prime  Minister Tony Blair on Thursday were due to discuss Iraq, a day  after its prime minister said Iraqi forces could take over  security by the end of 2007.


Pakistani opposition decry Musharraf election bid

Several hundred Pakistan opposition activists gathered outside the Supreme Court on Friday to denounce President Pervez Musharraf's bid to win another term in an October 6 election.


Not since 1951 have the Wisconsin Badgers been this stingy.


EU seeks to avert split on Kosovo future

The European Union will try to avert a damaging split over Kosovo on Friday when foreign ministers debate how to respond to a possible unilateral declaration of independence by the breakaway Serbian province.


Well, this is what the significance of a tattoo is in today's times; hard-core and thoughtful. But, in   today's Bollywood, a tattoo means more than just a body-art.


Theater Review: Seduced and Abandoned by Promises of Freedom

The clarity of the writing, the urgency of the story being told and the fine performances give George Packerâs play a sharp dramatic impact and a plain-spoken beauty.


Tragedy still fresh, Gordon faces tough situation in Atlanta

In one sense, it would not be unprecedented for Gordon and the No. 24 team to rebound from the aftermath of Sunday's Hendrick Motorsports plane crash to finish well at Atlanta; Kevin Harvick won there in 2001


The Supreme Court on Monday appeared unlikely to shield medical marijuana users from federal drug laws, as justices expressed deep reservations about sanctioning even limited use of illegal drugs.


Half-Life 2 maker Valve has won a legal battle over who controls access to its games in cyber cafes.


An 84-year-old man and his 83-year-old wife plead guilty to a crime involving the sale of a fake Egyptian statue.


The Phoenix airport on Friday became the first in the United States to test new X-ray technology that can see through people's clothes


Sen. John McCain, trying to build momentum toward a reprise of his 2000 New Hampshire primary victory, is piling up high-profile endorsements, including one from another political maverick, Sen. Joseph Lieberman.


Gourmet meals, masseuses, 500-thread-count sheets and private rooms with a fireplace and a view of one of the city's most exclusive beaches. It sounds like a high-end resort and it is — for the rich and famous looking to kick an addiction.


Live Nation Finds a Buyer for Its Theater Business

Live Nation has sold most of its North American theater business to Key Brand Entertainment, a company owned by a British producer and run by an American entertainment executive.


Averyâs Return to Ice Lifts Spirits of Fans

It was hardly a Willis Reed moment, but the Rangers and the early-arriving crowd at Madison Square Garden got a lift Sunday night when forward Sean Avery hopped onto the ice for the first time in a month.


US Diocese 'Feels Anglicans' Pain' But Stands by Gay Bishop

The US diocese that appointed a gay bishop says it regrets the âpain and confusionâ it has caused the Anglican Church but will stand by its decision.


Risk-taking kiwis protest looming "party pill" ban

Skiing down active volcanoes is perfectly alright, so is bungy-jumping off canyons and "zorbing" down mountains in massive inflatable plastic balls.


Farecast.com, which last year began offering a service advising would-be travelers whether current airline fares are good deals or likely to fall or rise, is today launching a similar system for hotels in Boston and 29 other US destinations.


Angelina Williams finished one point shy of her career high, scoring 30 points as Illinois upset No. 16 UCLA 78-63 on Sunday.


To make it more palatable for independent software vendors (define) to adopt BEA Systems' (Quote, Chart) middleware software suite, the company released WebLogic Platform ISV Edition, an "SOA in a box" solution tailored to meet specific application


Oracle Corp. handed the software industry some positive earnings news after the bell on Tuesday, but investors pulled cash from the sector on concerns that information technology spending has become anemic.


A man who gained national media attention by claiming he was not allowed to adopt a baby because of his weight was awarded temporary custody of the child, but the judge chided him and his wife, saying they knew the primary reason the boy had been removed from their home had nothing to do with obesity.


ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals made two-out magic the neatest trick of their National League Championship Series opener Wednesday.


The Water's a Must, but the Bottle Could Be Trouble

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Catching his breath at a fitness club, Matt McHugh took a gulp of water from his trusty Nalgene plastic bottle and pondered the idea of switching to an alternative made of glass, stainless steel or another kind of plastic.


Pistons beat Pacers for seventh straight

Richard Hamilton had 23 points and nine assists, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Indiana Pacers 114-101 on Friday night for their seventh straight victory.


Washington Post business columnist Steven Pearlstein discusses what economic stimulus package makes the most economic and political sense.


Fewer Kids Use Ecstasy, LSD, Drug Report Finds

Fewer U.S. teens are using  marijuana, Ecstasy or LSD but more are bingeing on alcohol and  abusing prescription drugs, according to an annual government  survey released on Thursday.


Iconic children's programme Blue Peter is to be cut from three shows a week to two, the BBC confirms.


Gli immigrati dopo l'arrivo, 'alcuni di noi sono morti'


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Arsenal began the new year in the same ominous fashion as they finished the old one as they cruised to a 2-0 win over West Ham at the Emirates Stadium here on Tuesday.


London fireworks sparkle, crowd remembers tsunami victims

As Big Ben chimed in 2005 a spectacular firework display dazzled thousands lining the River Thames, but a two-minute silence reminded the crowd of the sombre backdrop to this year's festivities.


Over 1,000 Die Every Day from Congo War -- Report

Over 1,000 Congolese civilians a day  are dying, nearly all from disease and malnutrition, due to a  festering conflict that has killed 3.8 million people, an aid  agency said on Thursday.


Non-league Chasetown's dreams of further FA Cup glory ended on Saturday as Cardiff City won 3-1 in the third round at the Scholars ground.


A Brazilian cardinal who appeared to suggest the Vatican was open to revising its celibacy requirement for priests stressed Monday the question was not on the Holy See's agenda and contended that allowing them to marry wouldn't solve the clergy shortage.


On the Ground and in the Water, Tracing a Giant Waveâs Path

Dr. Harindra Joseph S. Fernando studies the human activities that make a natural disaster even more deadly.


Bruxelles, bocciatura Ue per legge su falso in bilancio

14.07: La nuova normativa italiana sul falso in bilancio incassa una bocciatura europa. E' stato l'avvocato generale della Corte di Giustizia dell'Unione Kokott a esprimersi per un no, davanti alla corte che ora dovrÃ  pronunciarsi.


More and more people have literally found life on the Internet as the estimated $3 billion fertility industry moves increasingly online.


Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. on Monday said it will record a fourth-quarter charge of $110 million, or 25 cents per share, related to a district court ruling concerning a dispute with the department of energy and the state of Idaho.


IBM claim to own 'fastest supercomputer'

"The fact that non-US vendor like NEC had the fastest computer was seen as a big challenge for US computer industry," said Horst Simon, director of the supercomputing centre at Lawrence Berkeley Labs in California.


NanoGram lands $32 million, bulks up solar business

Specialist in nanomaterial manufacturing will use its process to develop silicon cells.


Nepali gov't confirms 13 Nepalese abducted in Iraq

The Nepali Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday evening that 13 Nepalese workers have been taken hostage by an Iraqi militant group. The 13 Nepalese are purely working in Iraq


Palestinian rivals to start crisis talks in Mecca

MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Hamas rivals open crisis talks on Wednesday to end deadly factional fighting before a new bid to revive stalled peace negotiations with Israel.


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Almeno 13 morti e 75 feriti, battaglia al mercato di Bakara


Powerful storms raked Arkansas, spawning a tornado with winds over 158 mph that killed two people and was a factor in a fatal small plane crash, authorities said Thursday.


Pfizer Schizophrenia Drug Wins U.S. OK for Bipolar

Pfizer Inc. said on Monday the U.S.  Food and Drug Administration has approved use of its Geodon  schizophrenia drug to treat mania associated with bipolar  disorder.


EU, US brace for turbulence at Boeing-Airbus talks

BRUSSELS : The United States wants Europe to end all future government support for Boeing's arch-rival in commercial plane-making, Airbus Industrie, or face legal action, a senior official said.


China condemned a massive rally organized by Taiwan's president calling for the island's membership in the United Nations, warning Sunday that Beijing was now preparing for a "serious situation."


A Fort Lauderdale pharmaceutical wholesaler facing the nation's first price-gouging lawsuits related to the flu vaccine has a history of charging exorbitant prices for hard-to-find drugs, the


"I was always on the side of the villain when I was a child and went to the movies. I wanted Basil Rathbone to kill Errol Flynn."  George MacDonald Fraser, author of the 'Flashman' series of historical adventure yarns, died Wednesday, his publisher said. He was 82.Fraser died following a battle with cancer, said Nicholas Latimer, director of publicity for Knopf, which will release Fraser's latest work 'The Reavers' in the United States in April. Latimer was unable to provide details of where Fraser died. He lived on the Isle of Man, off the coast of northwest England.'Flashman,' published in 1969, introduced readers to an enduring literary antihero: the roguish, irrepressible Harry Flashman. Read more


Nvidia ships 'first' 80nm mobile graphics chip

GeForce Go 7700 to debut in Asus laptop Nvidia has introduced what it claims is the first notebook-oriented graphics chip fabbed at 80nm, the mid-range GeForce Go 7700. It will initially feature in Asus A8 laptop family.â¦


A leading group of Sunni clerics says any government elected after Sunday's poll will not reflect popular will.


Sony releases home server that stores 1 terrabyte

Sony's Vaio Type X, which is available only in Japan, is a new home server that contains four 250GB hard drives: two for PC files and the other ones for audiovisual materials such as stored TV programs and music.


UK companies lag behind their European counterparts in offering flexible working, a report suggests.


Lingotto torna a 15 euro (+1,3%), scambiato 7% capitale


Novell to defend open-source software with patents

OCTOBER 13, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Novell Inc. is prepared to use its portfolio of software patents to protect its open-source software products against lawsuits, the company said in a statement posted


The Senate appears to be nearing a final vote on a bill that would give President Bush one of his top second-term priorities by shifting many class action lawsuits from state to federal courts.


Microsoft math: Multicore licensed as one chip

Taking a stand on what has become a contentious issue, Microsoft on Tuesday said it will count new multicore processors as single units when they debut next year.


Scientists have found using a mobile phone for at least 10 years increased the risk of ear tumours.


Bradford Winters enters an office building off a rainy street in the West Village and waves at his boss down the hall. He sits down, turns on his green desk lamp and slips a laptop from out of its case.


Ten days ago, the European Commission made an extremely significant decision on the Stability and Growth Pact, which lays down the principles of economic policy for states belonging to the euro bloc.


Models eat away weight debate at London Fashion Week

Size zero went pear-shaped at London Fashion Week on Thursday as models strutted down the catwalk munching crisps and downing red wine.


'Sideways,' 'Aviator' Lead Golden Globes

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.  - Comedy "Sideways" topped  the list of Golden Globe nominees with seven nominations on  Monday followed by six for the Howard Hughes drama "The  Aviator," putting them in position to compete for the U.S. film  industry's highest honors, the Oscars.


250 Leaders, But Not US, Back UN Population Plan

More than 250 world figures --  but not the Bush administration -- have urged the United  Nations to promote a population agenda that seeks women's  education, health care and family planning.


A court case is filed in the US in a bid to stop the public sale of two Academy Awards given to the late film star Mary Pickford.


Prince Frederic von Anhalt said Monday he plans to file a paternity challenge to gain custody of Anna Nicole Smith's infant daughter, even if it costs him his marriage to Zsa Zsa Gabor. "If the court rules in my favor, I will go to the Bahamas and pick up the child," he said, noting that he would ask for a DNA test.


Bulldozers start knocking down a building at the centre of some of the worst rioting in Copenhagen for decades.


'Mr. DWI' Notches Another Arrest in S.D.

RAPID CITY, S.D. - Mr. DWI is in trouble again. Jerry R. Zeller, 64, who has been arrested multiple times for drunk driving, was arrested again on Tuesday. He's had so many arrests that law enforcement officials aren't sure of the total.


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Ashado wins Distaff in opening Breeders' Cup race

Ashado grabbed the lead in the stretch and got the Breeders' Cup off to a rousing start for trainer Todd Pletcher by winning the $2 million Distaff at Lone Star Park on Saturday.


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Wenger keeps Arsenalâs keepers, unsure about Ljungberg on Sunday

Arsenalâs manager Arsene Wenger assured of his faith in both keepers Jens Lehmann and Manuel Almunia two days before Sunday's match against Chelsea at Highbury.


Pistons Prevail Over Pacers 98-93 in Peace

Peace prevailed, as did the Pistons. In the first meeting between Indiana and Detroit since their brawl five weeks earlier, nobody charged into the stands, nobody tossed any beer and nobody threw any punches. Rasheed Wallace sank a 3-pointer with 90 seconds left to end the Pacers' final hopes in a 98-93 victory Saturday.


GOP-run Senate kills minimum wage increase

The Republican-controlled Senate smothered a proposed election-year increase in the minimum wage Wednesday, rejecting Democratic claims that it was past time to boost the $5.15 hourly pay floor that has been in effect for nearly a decade.


Scientists discover fossil of new, long-necked dinosaur

A newly discovered fossil might be the remains of one of the first stealth hunters, a swimming dinosaur that could use its long neck to sneak up on prey and strike without warning.


Lo ha sottolineato anche il presidente Napolitano


A British contractor is killed in a roadside bomb attack in Basra, southern Iraq, reports say.


Maladies: Hormone Levels and Chronic Fatigue

A new study finds that women who suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome wake up with lower levels of a hormone that helps people deal with stress.


Bush Takes 11-Point Election Lead Over Kerry -Poll

President Bush, winning strong support  for his handling of the war on terrorism, has taken a  double-digit lead over Democratic challenger John Kerry,  according to a Time poll released on Friday.


Ex-Worker Sentenced for Spitting on Burger

RIO RANCHO, N.M. - A former fast food restaurant worker has earned a 1 1/2-year jail sentence for spitting into a police officer's hamburger.  Marcus Calderon, 19, also received a 3-year sentence for conspiracy to commit an aggravated burglary in an unrelated case.


LOS ANGELES  - As the summer doldrums  continue in terms of high-profile video releases, the  family-friendly "The Last Mimzy" took the top spot on the  national DVD sales chart for the week ending July 15.


Computer Literacy Not Just for the Tech-Saavy

By Jennifer Schanaberger Daily Herald Correspondent  Have questions about computers?  Whether you're a technology whiz, or just have an interest in computers and not sure how they work, a local computer club right here in Lake County has the answers.


The ball soared toward its eventual resting place in the Houston Astros' bullpen, and suddenly all those white towels being waved inside Minute Maid Park might as well have been Homer Hankies.


Some Indianapolis area firefighters have something new to worry about beyond battling flames: the flu. Firefighters are one of a number of groups that don't quite fit the federal government's


The housing market took a sharp turn for the worse in September as prices tumbled and sales of previously owned homes fell to a record low, battered by rising foreclosures and tighter lending standards.


NewsÂ Corp. aims to increase ad revenue from its online division by completing the acquisition of Internet ad placement company Strategic Data Corp. on Thursday.


Terrorist Hunt Leads To Irish Immigrants

Former paramilitaries have been threatened with deportation from the United States since new anti-terrorism laws were introduced after Sept. 11, 2001.


Astronaut describes Mars trip as 'one-way' ticket

Blog: Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin says technology and life-support aren't enough to sustain a round-trip tour to Mars from a base on the moon.


Shawn Marion dropped in a baseline floater with 1.1 seconds left for his only field goal and the Phoenix Suns burned Cleveland with a season-high 17 3-pointers in a 110-108 win over the Cavaliers on Friday night.


L'australiano conquista una sesta posizione e riporta - dopo 33 anni - di nuovoin Italia il titolo mondiale: Rossi Ã¨ solo tredicesimo, attardato da problemi tecnici                                            Stoner e Ducati in vetta al mondo Doppia festa a Mototegi: vince Capirossi                                                                                di VINCENZO BORGOMEO


As the world scrambled to the rescue, survivors fought over packs of noodles in quake-stricken Indonesian streets Wednesday while relief supplies piled up at the airport for lack of cars, gas or passable roads to move them. The official death toll across 12 countries soared to near 77,000 and the Red Cross predicted it could pass 100,000.


Group Wants Water-Use Halt: Asks for Study on Lake CdA Withdrawals

By Erica Curless, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Mar. 1--A Rockford Bay neighborhood group wants Idaho to stop issuing new water withdrawals from Lake Coeur d'Alene until a study is done to see how Kootenai County's rapid growth is affecting the picturesque icon.


Blog: Policymakers like to boo-hoo statistics showing the nation trails many foreign counterparts in per capita Net subscribers. A Washington think tank calls for measuring the situation in a new way.


Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is due to hold talks with US President George W Bush on the second leg of his eight-day foreign trip.


Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N and  Intel Corp. INTC.O on Wednesday ended their 10-year  partnership to co-develop the Itanium chip for server  computers, following disappointing sales of the product.


Turner, ad firm to pay $2 mln for Boston scare

Turner Broadcasting and a New York  marketing firm agreed on Monday to pay $2 million in  compensation for a "guerrilla" advertising campaign that  sparked fears of terrorism in the Boston area last week.


Britain Considers U.S. Request for Iraq Troop Help

Britain said Monday it will respond soon  to a U.S. request to send troops to more dangerous areas of  Iraq, a politically charged issue that has revived anger over  Prime Minister Tony Blair's support for the war.


More samples from La. and Miss. being tested for soybean rust

BATON ROUGE, La. - Agriculture officials are testing plant samples from three Louisiana parishes and one Mississippi county for the fungus soybean rust, which damages crop production and forces farmers to use costly fungicide treatments.


Iran instals 328 nuclear centrifuges: diplomats

Iran has installed two cascades of 164 centrifuges each in its underground Natanz nuclear plant, laying a basis for "industrial-scale" enrichment of uranium for atomic fuel, European diplomatic sources said on Monday.


Brazil planes collide over Amazon, 155 missing

SAO PAULO, Brazil  - A Brazilian passenger plane with 155 people on board disappeared over the Amazon jungle on Friday after colliding with a small plane, the company and news reports said.


Live Earth's first green test: clean up own mess

Live Earth concerts on Saturday meant to spur action to fight global warming must first tackle another environmental hazard -- mountains of trash and thousands of tons of greenhouse gases caused by the events.


A Muslim Labour peer calls for an apology after Pope Benedict XVI's comments on holy war.


Iran Denounces U.N. Demands As 'Illegal'

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran on Sunday denounced as "illegal" demands from the U.N. atomic watchdog agency that it freeze all work on uranium enrichment - technology that can be used for nuclear weapons...


Two Police Arrested For Aiding Chechen Rebels

Two police officers were arrested Thursday in the Russian republic of Ingushetia on charges of aiding Chechen guerrilla leader Shamil Basayev, Russian officials announced.


Insurgents Kill 4 National Guards in Baghdad, Margaret Hassan ...

Iraqi officials say insurgents fired mortars at an Iraqi National Guard headquarters in al-Mushahida, north of Baghdad Tuesday. Iraq's Defense Ministry says four National Guard soldiers were killed and as


News Bits: AMD, Dell Record Sales, nVidia 6800, Samsung Q30, Half ...

AMD is looking to take market share in the server, corporate desktop and notebook space using its x86 architecture. "We're talking x86 chips down to a buck," said AMD CEO Hector Ruiz at a conference on Friday.


The command of the Polish-led multinational force in Iraq will move out of a camp that includes ancient Babylonian archaeological sites by year's end, Poland's defense minister said Sunday during a surprise ...


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Steelers Backups End Bills' Playoff Hopes

The Pittsburgh Steelers are so good that they ended Buffalo's playoff hopes with their backups. Fourth-string running back Willie Parker had 102 yards rushing and backup linebacker James Harrison returned a fumble 18 yards for a touchdown, helping seal the Steelers' 29-24 win over Buffalo on Sunday. The Steelers won their 14th straight to match the record set by Miami in 1972 and became just the fourth team in NFL history to finish 15-1.


OJ Simpson charged with kidnapping, armed robbery

O.J. Simpson, the former American football star acquitted of double murder in 1995, was charged on Tuesday with kidnapping, armed robbery and assault in a dispute over sports memorabilia at a Las Vegas hotel.


Bush rips government role in Kerry health plan

DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. - President Bush charged Thursday that Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry would wildly expand the size and cost of government to reform health care in the United States.


Travelers could soon report to work mid-flight

NEW YORK - Business travelers will be able to surf the Web securely on long-distance flights by combining services from Boeing Co.


Turkey warns US against killing civilians in Iraq

ANKARA: US troops hunting down extremists in Iraq should take care not to kill civilians, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned in a television interview.


By Levine, Art  Philip Perry and the politics of chemical security.  In March 2003, when the world's attention was focused on U.S.


'Fahrenheit 9/11' Set for Oct. 5 Release on DVD

"Fahrenheit 9/11," Michael Moore's  documentary lambasting President Bush and the war in Iraq will  be released on DVD on Oct. 5, its distributor said on Monday.


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DC judge presses $54 million suit for lost pants

A judge in the U.S. capital pressed a $54 million lawsuit on Tuesday against a dry cleaning shop which he said violated consumer-protection laws when it lost his pants.


Iowa Upsets Wisconsin; Mich. in Rose Bowl

Iowa sent Michigan to the Rose Bowl. Drew Tate threw three touchdown passes and Iowa's defense forced four turnovers to beat No. 9 Wisconsin 30-7 and claim a share of the Big Ten title on Saturday.


TiVo's Guru Guide to help viewers sift through shows

The TiVo will unveil the Guru Guide on Monday for many of its subscribers. TiVo enlisted a team of critics, editors and experts to pick as many as 10 of the best programs in their interest areas for each week and update their lists at least once a month.


Moscow - Russian newspapers lavished praise on Wednesday on 17-year-old Russian tennis sensation Maria Sharapova, saying her triumph over Serena Williams in the finals of the WTA Tour Championships was a victory for the history books and for her native


Witnesses to Confront Cali Cartel Kingpin

Thirteen years into their probe, U.S. investigators have assembled a team of smugglers, accountants and associates to testify against Colombian cartel kingpin Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela.


Prince Charles lends support to Turkey's EU bid

Prince Charles praised Turkey as an example of religious tolerance and lent support to its bid to join the European Union, at the reopening of the bombed British consulate in Istanbul.


Gene Mutation, Drug Identified for Lung Cancer

Scientists in Britain have identified a genetic mutation involved in certain types of lung cancer and said the breast cancer drug Herceptin might work in patients who have it.


Broadcasters continue fight against wireless Net

(InfoWorld) - The association of television broadcasters launched a campaign on Monday designed to persuade the Federal Communications Commission not to allow portable wireless Internet services in the so-called "white spaces" of TV spectrum. The move pits powerful broadcasters against some of the biggest names in technology, including Microsoft, Google, Intel, and Dell. The broadcasters said they began airing a television advertisement as well as print ads in several Capital Hill publications on Monday. They also planned to send a letter to the FCC arguing that enabling portable wireless Internet services in the white spaces will degrade TV service for consumers just as they spend billions of dollars buying new digital TV sets. "This investment should not be jeopardized by the introduction of unlicensed personal and portable devices that are sure to interfere with television reception," the letter reads. The campaign from the National Association of Broadcasters and the Association for Maximum Service Television comes in response to anÂ FCC report detailing its testing of prototype devices from the technology giants, which are working together as theÂ White Space Coalition. The companies, also including Hewlett-Packard, EarthLink, and Philips Electronics North America, had submitted prototypes of products that could operate in the portion of a spectrum band that a TV broadcaster doesn't use, known as white space. The devices were designed to look for broadcasts in the spectrum and then transmit only if the spectrum was free. But the FCC found that the devices didn't consistently detect the signals and could sometimes cause interference. The FCC has already approved transmission in the spectrum for fixed devices. The prototypes submitted by the technology companies were of portable products. However, two weeks after the FCC released its report,Â Microsoft filed a letter with the FCCÂ explaining that the device it submitted was badly damaged and that's why it failed to adequately detect broadcast signals. The broadcasters say that even if the devices work as designed, they won't protect digital TV sets from "devastating interference." That interference would cause an unacceptable hit on quality, they say. "While our friends at Intel, Google and Microsoft may find system errors, computer glitches and dropped calls tolerable, broadcasters do not," Alan Frank, NAB's chairman, said in a press release. Even though the FCC found that the prototype devices don't consistently work properly, the agency said it is open to the possibility that future devices could perform better.


Kylie Minogue not finished with pop stardom

Breast cancer sidelined her for two  years, but pop singer Kylie Minogue is back with a vengeance  with a new album, an upcoming tour and the belief that after 20  years at the top, she isn't finished yet.


Zagabria, 12:32 - CALCIO, CROAZIA: ADDIO ALLA LEGGENDA MATOSIC

La leggenda del calcio croato, Frane Matosic, è morto all'età di 89 anni.  Matosic, ch...


A police chief and a councilman were shot and killed Thursday in a Mexican border state where drug-fueled violence has increased and a string of law enforcement officers have been killed.


President Vladimir Putin said today that Russia could re-deploy weapons if its concerns were not heeded.


Whither the web? Geneva conference plots way ahead

The Internet's rapidly evolving impact on global politics, business and everyday life will be the focus of a conference in Geneva, as decision makers seek to map out future trends and address growing concerns about online security.


Nokia today announced it is joining forces with Good Technology to extend its GoodLink software to Nokia business-optimized mobile devices such as the Series 90


James Brown Undergoes Successful Surgery

James Brown underwent successful surgery Wednesday to treat his recently diagnosed prostate cancer.


Holiday Online Receipts Are Strong, but Reflect a Decline in Rate of Growth

Holiday e-commerce sales were robust, but, with sales growth of 19 percent, showed their slowest-ever growth, industry analysts projected.


National Basketball Association star Scottie Pippen has announced his retirement from the game, leaving the Chicago Bulls team he helped lead to six NBA titles.


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Fox strikes deal for free shows on iTunes

Trends come in threes, and now Fox is the latest network to offer free downloads of new shows, following the lead of NBC and ABC earlier this week.


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An 87-year-old man visiting a family member at a convalescent home allegedly shot a nurse in the face Friday after he became angry about the care the relative was receiving, authorities said.


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Brazilian officials investigate what caused a passenger jet to slide off a runway and crash, killing some 200.


Japanese PM says no need to revise constitution for UN seat

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Wednesday expressed his belief that it was possible for Japan to win a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council without rewriting its constitution.


Udine, 19:37 - CALCIO, UDINESE; IL COMUNE: LO STADIO LO SISTEMIAMO NOI

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The birth of twin pandas at a research center brought the number of the endangered species born in captivity this year in China to a record 25, a news report said Tuesday.


He was blown up in the caves of Tora Bora. He was on dialysis and dying of kidney disease. He was in the hands of Pakistani intelligence and about to be turned over to the United States. Rumors of Osama bin Laden's death or capture go back years, and they have always proved greatly exaggerated.