Prime Minister Tony Blair faced angry protests as he urged his party to set aside its differences over Iraq and seize the chance of an historic third term in power.


Bush, Congress discuss $150 billion lift to economy

President George W. Bush told lawmakers on Thursday he wants tax rebates for families and breaks for businesses in a rescue plan for the struggling U.S. economy that could total up to $150 billion.


Yasser Arafat's health has improved enough for him to undergo tests he couldn't have stood before, and the Palestinian leader was following the US presidential


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States with limits, legislation on robos

States with restrictions or bans on recorded political phone calls:


If Fidel Castro is larger than life, his brother seems almost smaller than it.


Lebanese mark Rafik Hariri assassination

Thousands of Lebanese gathered Wednesday at the grave of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri to mark the second anniversary of his assassination as the government deployed hundreds of troops a day after bus bombings killed three people.


Safe syringes could avert 1.3 million deaths a year: WHO

Safer syringes could avert 1.3 million deaths a year, especially in poorer countries where 40 percent of all injections involve unsterilized reused needles, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday.


English Cricket coach Duncan Fletcher claimed that enigmatic batsman Kevin Pietersen's success is down to attention to detail rather than pure flair.


EU: Commission approves â¬188m to fight animal diseases in 2005

The European Commission has approved a financial package of â¬188m (US$233.1m) to fight animal diseases in the EU in 2005. The EU budget for 2005 will tackle transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE


CBS Television & TiVo Make History With First-Ever Exclusive Debut of New Fall Show on TiVo Before Its Network Premiere

ALVISO, Calif. and NEW YORK, Sept. 5  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CBS Television today announced plans to make TV history by partnering with TiVo Inc.


Video: Inside Microsoft's Top Secret Computer

(160 sec.) The company's flat surface machine is the first in its category.


NASA Chief Sees Mandate for Bush Space Program

The budget increase Congress just voted for NASA is a clear endorsement of President Bush's plan to send astronauts back to the moon and later Mars, the head of the space agency said Tuesday.


Summary: Whistleblower Ruling for Doctors

FIRED DOCTOR: Dr. Jonathan Fishbein, a National Institutes of Health specialist, believes he was fired because he raised concerns about sloppy research practices. The NIH says he was fired for poor performance.


North Korea could miss nuclear deadline: Seoul

North Korea could miss a year-end deadline to fully account for its nuclear arms program, South Korea said on Thursday, while a separate report cited the North's unhappiness at the pace of energy aid.


Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert urged the Palestinians on Sunday to rein in militants after an attack killed two Israelis, calling it a condition for Israel relaxing its grip on the West Bank.


The following is a summary of recent campaign fundraising activity by the six major national party committees, comparing their efforts in the current 2005-06 election cycle with those in other recent cycles. The data was prepared by the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at Brigham Young University, and were presented Tuesday by a panel of experts on campaign finance.


Russia denies Iran deal on nuclear plant

Iran said on Thursday it had agreed a timetable with Russia for the start-up of the Islamic state's first nuclear power plant, but an official in Moscow said negotiations with Tehran were still under way.


Despite growing doubts, most Americans still support keeping U.S. military troops in Iraq until the country is stabilized, according to polls released Monday.


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Un gruppo di una ventina di hooligans ha completamente distrutto ad Atene la sede dell'Ilisiakos (se...


By Jake Thompson, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Mar. 7--WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers won't release extra water into the Missouri River this spring to try to help the ancient pallid sturgeon because water levels in reservoirs upriver are too low.


Experts urge big effort to make pandemic vaccines

Top virologists called on Monday for a greater effort in developing effective vaccines against a potential flu pandemic and warned that all contingency plans would be in vain without them.


All Urban Meyer really wanted to talk about during the week was San Diego State, the next opponent for his ninth-ranked Utah Utes.


The Colorado Supreme Court decided Monday not to intervene in a federal lawsuit that claims an agreement between state and federal authorities leaves too little water in the Gunnison River to support fish and other wildlife.


India lost two wickets on the third day of the second Test against South Africa at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata today. South Africa bounced back from a miserable day on the field yesterday to remove the dangerous


AMD's tier one partners sing homage to Barcelona

It's history, perched on a fence Analysis Vendors, vendors everywhere: Yep, all the major players turned up in Barcelona at the EMEA launch of AMD's so-called "native" quad-core Opteron processor chip. Well okay, nearly all.â¦


Small explosion near U.S. base in Japan: Pentagon

A small explosion detonated near the  Camp Zama U.S. military base in Japan but there were no  injuries, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday.


Viacom Inc. on Thursday posted a quarterly loss on charges from spinning off the Blockbuster Inc. video rental chain, but its shares rose on a larger-than-expected stock repurchase and higher cable network advertising sales.


Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O on Thursday  posted higher quarterly earnings as revenue rose 12 percent,  but its shares fell after the world's largest software maker  said current quarter sales would fall below Wall Street  expectations.


Moscow-based students from the West African state of Guinea Bissau take their country's ambassador hostage.


Political turmoil engulfs U.S. as September 11 nears

President George W. Bush scheduled a   prime-time speech on the fifth anniversary of September 11 on   Monday amid acrimonious election-year debate over whether   America is safer and who is to blame for the attacks.


Police too hasty in making McCanns suspects: Portuguese chief

Portuguese police admitted Sunday they had been hasty in making the parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann official suspects in the case.


Syria backs Arab League efforts on Lebanon: envoy

The Arab League won vital Syrian support on Monday for its efforts to end a standoff between Lebanon's government and a Hezbollah-led opposition, but the opposing parties said a deal still looked elusive.


Intel, AMD Don't See Demand Falling Off Cliff

Despite fluctuating stock prices, AMD and Intel assure investors that microprocessor market remains strong; analysts agree.


France is proceeding with an experiment in free admission at 18 national museums in an effort to entice more French to visit them, Reuters reported.


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Canucks' Bertuzzi traded to the Panthers

The Florida Panthers acquired forward Todd Bertuzzi in exchange for goaltender Roberto Luongo as part of a five-player trade with the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night.


American International Group AIG.N,  the world's largest insurer by market value, said on Thursday  third-quarter profits rose 8 percent and said a federal grand  jury probe into products it sold that companies might have used  to massage earnings.


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Stocks Flat as Jobs Number Offsets Intel

U.S. stocks were little changed on  Friday as a disappointing jobs report was offset by strength in  tech stocks, after bellwether Intel Corp. INTC.O shot 6  percent higher after raising its sales forecast.


Japanese carmaker Toyota has joined with Guangzhou Automobile Group to manufacture its Camry saloon car in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.


Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:


Agent of Man Utd's Rooney has blackmail case thrown out

The agent of Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has been accused of misleading a court as charges were dropped against three men accused of blackmailing him.


France's president offers help, criticism

In visit to Britain, Chirac says he will help to rebuild Iraq -- but also panned war. LONDON -- President Jacques Chirac of France crossed the English Channel on Thursday to say his country was ready to cooperate


CASHIERS, N.C. - The remnants of Hurricane Ivan made a violent mark across the Southeast and the Appalachians, where several people were killed by falling trees and floods that washed away scores of roads...


The number of reported traffic accidents in the second quarter of this year reached 4,211 figures released on Monday by the National Office of Statistics indicate.


Caterpillar earns down on weak U.S. sales

Caterpillar Inc. , a maker of earthmoving equipment, on Friday said quarterly earnings fell more than expected due to lower sales of diesel truck engines, weakness in North American construction markets, and higher production costs.


Jeremy Warner's Outlook: Any Sainsbury suitor would need to bid ...

Shares in J Sainsbury, the supermarkets group, have been surging all week on renewed bid speculation. Yet I think the company has to be believed when it insists that there have been no approaches, nor would


Forest Service Aims to Close Child 'Nature-Deficit'

By Matthew Daly  WASHINGTON - Students from New York to Alaska will be exploring forests and wetlands as part of an effort by the U.S. Forest Service to get kids out of the classroom and into the woods.


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American trained by al Qaeda gets 10-year sentence

A U.S. citizen was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison, the maximum sentence possible, for training with al Qaeda militants in Somalia in 2006.


easyJet plans 'greener' aircraft by 2015

No-frills carrier easyJet on Thursday launched plans for eco-friendly aircraft which it hopes either Airbus or Boeing will develop by 2015 as the aviation sector tilts towards greener air travel.


Falluja Battle Erupts, Clashes in Baghdad

A battle erupted near a mosque in northwest Falluja on Friday just hours after US Marines said insurgents were now trapped in the south of the city.


A HOTEL security worker has been ordered to stand trial over the death of former Australian test cricketer David Hookes. Zdravko Micevic, 22, has pleaded innocent to charges of manslaughter and assault.


No fame, no domain gain Only famous people who trade on their name have any chance of winning control of internet addresses containing their name, according to a decision by the World Intellectual Property Center (WIPO).â¦


Thomas Urges Congress on Social Security

Congress should consider more sweeping changes in Social Security than President Bush's call for personal accounts, a prominent House committee chairman said Tuesday, possibly including different benefits for men and women.


Lebanon's future at stake after killing: Bolton

Lebanon's future is at stake in a battle between "democracy and terrorism" following the killing of Christian politician Pierre Gemayel, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said on Saturday.


ATLANTA San Diego led 17-to-7 in the fourth quarter when Michael Vick, whose rights were traded by the Chargers to Atlanta in 2001, got rolling.


Earnings alert: Seagate turns in mixed earnings report

Plus: IBM targets well above expectations...AMD has wider loss due to charge on ATI purchase...Sony Ericsson exceeds expectations...Intel remains optimistic.


Shuttle astronauts go out for second spacewalk

Two astronauts ventured out of the   International Space Station on Wednesday for the second   spacewalk of a shuttle mission critical to completion of the   half-finished orbital outpost.


Putting feelings into words makes sadness and anger less intense, U.S. brain researchers said on Wednesday, in a finding that explains why talking to a therapist -- or even a sympathetic bartender -- often makes people feel better.


Computer Associates on Wednesday announced a restructuring plan that will lay off 800 employees, or about 5 percent of its workforce, with 550 of the 800 reductions to take place in North America.


Three killed in Kenya clashes with opposition defiant

Attackers hacked three people to death with machetes in a slum in Kenya's capital on Sunday in ethnic clashes triggered by President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election last month, witnesses said.


NY unveils park plan for Governors Island

New York officials on Wednesday unveiled a plan to transform half of Governors Island, the largely abandoned former military base located just 800 yards south of Manhattan, into a "park at the center of the world."


EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Animal control officers found more than 80 birds inside a home filled with bird droppings and have ordered the owner to find new homes for them...


An Alaska National Guard helicopter reached a frozen Arctic village on Tuesday with technicians who hoped to repair its electrical generator, which failed Sunday during a blizzard that sent the temperature to 20 below zero.


Citigroup posts $9.83 billion quarterly loss

Citigroup Inc on Tuesday posted its first quarterly loss since its creation in 1998, hurt by write-downs for exposure to subprime mortgages and other risky debt.


Overseas Snack Sales Help PepsiCo Meet Expectations

The company said it was able to raise prices and improve productivity, which helped offset soaring costs for commodities like grains and cooking oils.


Embattled insurance broker Marsh & McLennan Cos. said yesterday that five members of its board of directors -- all of them executives of the company -- are leaving the board.


WILMINGTON, Del. -- DuPont Co. reported a third-quarter profit Tuesday, saying higher sales volumes and local selling prices offset a sharp increase in the cost of energy and raw materials.


Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho hails a "special win" against Everton.


Best Buy Co Inc  cut its fiscal  2008 profit outlook on Friday, blaming in part  lower-than-expected sales growth in January.


A "dangerous" sex offender is being sought by police after he escaped from a hospital in Lanarkshire.


ICE urges CBOT members to vote against CME deal

IntercontinentalExchange Inc.   on Thursday urged CBOT Holdings Inc.  shareholders and  members to reject the proposed sale of the company to Chicago  Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. .


Leaders from Sudan and four regional states concluded a meeting here early today with a statement rejecting any "foreign intervention" in the Darfur region of Sudan.


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The Granite State may now be the plastic state -- a place where wallets bulge with credit cards, and Visa and American Express are more common than politicians running for president.


A Russian court throws out a case against a headteacher accused of using pirated Microsoft software.


(CBS/AP) Ten policemen were killed in two separate attacks south of Baghdad on Tuesday, and two car bombs exploded in the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi, killing four Iraqis and prompting clashes between US troops and gunmen.


Saturn's Titan about to surrender shrouded secrets

For the first time in the history of astronomy, scientists are about to glimpse the mysterious surface of Titan, Saturn's haze-shrouded moon.


Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani addressed his Democratic past on Monday and offered one reason for his political conversion — the economy and taxes.


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Submariner remembered for his dedication at memorial service held ...

The heartbroken crew of HMCS Chicoutimi couldn't muster the strength Wednesday to deliver a eulogy at a memorial service in this picturesque Scottish village for a fallen comrade.


Job creation improved in August, but employment is below 50-year average, giving fodder to Kerry and Bush.


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Turkey must lift headscarf ban for EU: formin

Turkey must lift a ban on headscarves at  university as part of democratic reforms aimed at European  Union accession, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said on Saturday.


Yahoo Senior Counsel to Be Grilled by Congress Over China Disclosure

The chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee has issued requests for Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and senior vice president and general counsel Michael Callahan to appear before Congress on November 6. Their purpose there will be to answer allegations that Callahan made false statements to Congress in February 2006, regarding whether Yahoo turned over private customer data about a Chinese journalist to Chinese government authorities.


Dillard's misses estimates, shares plunge

NEW YORK, Aug 18  - Dillard's Inc. (DDS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday reported a narrower quarterly loss even after it cut costs, but a drop in same-store sales caused the latest results to miss Wall Street's estimates by a wide ...


Health Care Spending Highest in Northeast

WASHINGTON -- Staying healthy is a costly business in the United States, particularly in the Northeast, government statistics show.


Il ricorso di Ron Dennis fa indispettire il mondo della F1. Montezemolo e Todt sottolineanol'unitÃ  della propria squadra che vince anche contro le furbizie dei regolamenti                                          Le polemiche allungano la festa Schumacher: "Peccato non essere lÃ¬"                                                                                di VINCENZO BORGOMEO


IPC President âUpbeatâ About Athens Paralympics

Phil Craven, head of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) told a press conference he was âvery upbeat about the Gamesâ.


Millions Hunt Food as Tsunami Toll Passes 87,000

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Millions of people on  Indian Ocean shores scrambled for food and clean water on  Thursday, with disease and hunger now the main threats stalking  survivors of the most devastating tsunami on record.


Rising oil prices have stocks falling in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 44 points. Losing issues on the New York Stock Exchange hold a 5-2 lead over gainers.


Bob Phillips, president of Rockville-based food chain California Tortilla Group, breezes into his third restaurant of the day to ensure the goofy, fun-loving "Cal-Tort" culture is in full blossom.


A top US commander says the assault on Falluja has "broken the back of the insurgency" across Iraq.


AOL reorganizes to focus on online advertising

(InfoWorld) - Less than two years after its last major reorganization, AOLÂ  is again redrawing its internal business architecture to better align it with its new strategy toÂ focus on online advertisingÂ and retreat from the Internet access market. In an e-mail message to employees Wednesday, AOL Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Miller said AOL's four business units -- Access, Audience, Digital Services and Europe -- will be replaced by "smaller, nimbler product groups with more authority and greater accountability." AOL must become a global business led fully by its products, he wrote. "We made progress breaking down the matrix, but we did not, in my opinion, go far enough. Now we will go further," reads the e-mail, a copy of which was obtained by IDG News Service. While product leaders will become general managers with wide-ranging authority over product development, the ad sales operation will remain centralized, as will the legal, human resources, finance and public relations operations. Having companywide oversight and services is important, he wrote. "The recent Search data debacle is a prime example of why, even with the best of intentions, without proper oversight, costly mistakes can be made," Miller wrote, referring to the scandal that erupted last month from AOL's release of search engine records. Although the reorganization is in flux, Miller has defined several roles. Randy Boe has been entrusted with a unit dedicated to AOL's protection of consumers, and he will soon appoint AOL's first chief privacy officer. Boe's replacement as general counsel will be announced next week. There is no mention in the e-mail about what role, if any, Tatiana Platt, AOL's senior vice president of integrity assurance and chief trust officer, will play in this unit led by Boe. Boe will report to Ted Leonsis. A high-ranking AOL veteran of 13 years, Leonsis willÂ give up his day-to-day management dutiesÂ as president of the Audience business in January, while retaining his role of vice chairman, AOL announced last week. Joe Redling will be in charge of AOL's international, mobile and customer relations businesses. AOL needs to boost its international business and will announce a new international structure "soon", Miller wrote. Mobile efforts also need strengthening, because it's an area where the company hasn't had enough focus and investment, Miller wrote. Jim Bankoff will continue in charge of AOL's programming and the AIM instant messaging service, while Kevin Conroy will oversee AOL-branded products such as the AOL.com portal, Web mail service and video offerings. Mike Kelly will continue to run the ad sales operation. These four executives will provide further organizational details about their teams in coming weeks. Last month, AOL announced its intention toÂ slash as many as 5,000 jobs worldwide, or just over a quarter of its workforce, anticipating the shrinkage of its access business.


European Commission deals blow to Turkey's EU ambitions

The European Commission dealt a blow to Turkey's EU membership ambitions, recommending a partial freezing of the talks process over Ankara's hardline stance on Cyprus.


A more aggressive approach by local and state agencies to remedying pollution from duck farms is the latest challenge for the local industry, which is also facing high utility, feed and land costs.


French ECB suggestions 'waste of time: Dutch minister

Suggestions made by the two main French presidential candidates that the European Central Bank should take instructions from national politicians are a "waste of time", Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm said in an interview published in the Financial Times.


U.S. Stretches Out S. Korea Troop Cut Until 2008

The United States, under pressure  from South Korea, has agreed to stretch over an additional  three years until 2008 the withdrawal of 12,500 American  troops, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.


A gunman dressed in black walked into a lecture hall on the campus of Northern Illinois University and shot 18 students from a stage before killing himself, according to witnesses and the authorities.


Two departments at the Royal Marsden Hospital could reopen within days of a serious fire.


A metal pad that can recharge devices placed on top of it has come to market.


Iran and EU both hopeful of nuclear agreement

Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi and Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, whose country holds the European Union's (EU) rotating presidency, each said they were hopeful Iran-EU talks would lead to an agreement on Tehran's contested nuclear program.


Britain Hopes and Prays for Hostage in Iraq

Anxious Britons awaited news on Wednesday of hostage Kenneth Bigley after his captors in Iraq said they beheaded the second of two Americans being held with him.


No official prize money for Kenneth Ferrie after Sony withdrawal

Kenneth Ferrie's withdrawal from the Sony Open because of a stomach virus has cost the burly Briton official prize money in the second PGA Tour event of the season.


Four men shouting Islamic slogans   tried to blow up the U.S. embassy in Damascus on Tuesday but   their car bomb failed to explode and Syrian security guards   killed three of them in a shootout. No U.S. diplomats were   hurt.


Two years before Benazir Bhutto was assassinated while leading her Pakistan People's Party in its campaign against the rule of President Pervez Musharraf, the Bush administration devoted this much new aid money to strengthen political parties in Pakistan: $0.


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The Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi starts building what it says is the world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste car-free city.


DEOTHANG, Bhutan  - Bhutanese voted on Monday to elect members to a new upper house of parliament for the first time, a step towards democracy after a century of absolute monarchy.


Intel having a hard time competing with AMD

Recent months have seen AMD taking an upper hand over Intel in the chip market. And the latest news is another new indication that Intel is struggling to keep up with the pace they once spearheaded.


Strong Earth tides can trigger earthquakes

Earthquakes can be triggered by the Earthâs tides, UCLA scientists confirmed Oct. 21 in Science Express, the online journal of Science.


Microsoft was dealt a heavy blow yesterday when a senior European judge upheld the anti-trust sanctions imposed on it earlier this year by the European Commission.


Full time for Chelsea tycoon Abramovich's marriage

Russian tycoon and Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has divorced his second wife Irina, but insisted his businesses will not be hit despite reports Wednesday that the split could cost him a fortune.


UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says he has no plans to resign, and will concentrate on reforming the international body in the last two years of his term.


Il governo prepara il ricorso al Consiglio di Stato contro la decisione del TarResta il timore che il nuovo caso possa innescare altre tensioni nella maggioranza                                          E il premier rassicurÃ² il ministro "Hai la mia fiducia, vai tranquillo"                                                                                Il Professore: "Sono allenato ad affrontare tutto. L'importante Ã¨ non farsi schiacciare da quello di cui gli altri ti vogliono convincere" di MARCO MAROZZI


Early Holiday Sales Are Strong at Department Stores

Consumers flocked to department stores but largely shopped right past specialty clothing retailers.


Thunderstorms will continue to pass through the Plains on Tuesday and will be concentrated in the morning over eastern Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas.


Slayer of 9-year-old faces death penalty

The same jury that last week found a sex offender guilty of abducting, raping and murdering 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford must now decide whether he should be executed for the crime.


When Hospitals Kept Children From Parents

From the 1960s onward, advances in hospital architecture have radically changed accommodations for family members.


PENSACOLA, FLA. - US President George W. Bush toured parts of Florida and Alabama on Sunday to see for himself the damage caused by Hurricane Ivan.


US retail sales down 0.3 percent in August

US retail sales fell 0.3 percent in August, marking the third decline in the past five months, according to an estimate from the Commerce Department.


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L'austriaca Marlies Schild ha vinto lo slalom di Spindleruv Mlyn, in Repubblica Ceca, valido per la ...


Gisele vista da vicino ritratto di una star carioca

Dal lavoro al cibo, dagli stilisti alla felicità, la top model si racconta a Velvet sul set della campagna Stefanel. Sulla spiaggia di Santa Monica


European insurance stocks fall on the back of subprime bond claim worries.


UK economy to feel the ripple effect of slow boat from China

FOR the past two years, Asian stock markets have been high on the favoured list for Britainâs pension and life assurance funds. Asia, particularly China, has offered the double attraction of strong current


SNS to buy AXA Dutch operations for $2.35 bln

Dutch financial group SNS Reaal  said on Monday it will acquire the Dutch insurance operations of France's AXA  for 1.75 billion euros ($2.35 billion), which will be partly funded by an equity issue.


With no major economic crises  brewing, the head of the International Monetary Fund on  Saturday urged world financial leaders to seize the period of  calm as a time to tackle weak spots in their economies.


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Barroso warns Poland on treaty, Warsaw talks tough

The European Commission warned Poland  on Tuesday it could lose money and support if it blocks a deal  to reform European Union institutions at a summit this week,  but Warsaw vowed to fight on ruthlessly.


Manchester United have announced a fall in pre-tax profits to Â£27.9million for the financial year ending July 31. Profits were down from Â£39.


(FindLaw) -- Recently, the Supreme Court made a saddening announcement: Chief Justice William Rehnquist is battling thyroid cancer.


Arts & entertainment: Robbie Williams has reportedly become friends with the former BBC sports presenter David Icke


Bye, bye blades Egenera - the blade server company created by Wall Street for Wall Street - has tapped a new CEO after chief Bob Dutkowsky ran off to run Tech Data.â¦


Skipping Diabetes Meds Ups Risk of Hospitalization

Type 2 diabetic patients who take their oral medications only part of the time have an increased risk of being hospitalized within a one-year period, the results of a new study indicate.


General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co.  on Tuesday capped 2004 with another month of weaker sales, but  a stronger performance by top foreign automakers pushed results  to their highest levels since the record month of October 2001.


The foreign secretary welcomes the life sentences given to seven men for the 2003 Istanbul bombings.


Many busy Americans may be stumped by how exactly to manage the new dietary guidelines for Americans released last week.


Gamer's expo draws players from all over and a mix of vendor exhibitors.


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Palestinian rocket kills 2 children in Israeli town

SDEROT, Israel - A Palestinian rocket exploded yesterday in a street in this southern Israeli town, killing two preschool children playing in a yard as Israelis ushered in the harvest festival of Sukkot.


U.S. Navy medic admits role in Iraqi murder case

CAMP PENDLETON, California  - A U.S. Navy medic admitted on Friday to participating in the kidnapping of an Iraqi civilian but avoided murder charges in a plea deal in which he agreed to testify about his own role and that of seven Marines in the Iraqi's death.


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BAGHDAD, 14 SETTEMBRE 2004 - Una forte esplosione, una nuova autobomba, decine di vittime. Il risveglio di Baghdad giorno dopo giorno Ã¨ piÃ¹ cruento. L'obiettivo, forse doveva essere la vicina stazione della


Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi held talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday and was expected to meet Italian troops serving with the NATO force in the country.


The party is headed for the most wide-open nomination fight since Wendell Willkie. You remember him


Pettitte signs one-year deal to return to New York

Starting pitcher Andy Pettitte agreed  a one-year deal with the New York Yankees on Friday, the  veteran returning to team where he started his career after  spending the last three seasons with the Houston Astros.


NEW YORK  - Children with  attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) seem to have  iron deficiency, according to the results of a small study. The  researchers suggest that such kids may benefit from iron  supplements.


Australia's NAB considering selling troubled Irish operations

National Australia Bank is looking at selling its scandal-hit Irish operations after receiving several offers for the businesses, just a day after the bank's chief executive said such a move was unlikely.


Apple sponsorizza Radio DJ con iTunes Music Store. Dopo le pubblicitÃ  sui giornali un altro segnale dell'aggressivitÃ  con cui la filiale nazionale di Cupertino intende imporre all'attenzione del pubblico italiano il negozio di musica digitale.


French hostage mediator denies dangerous meddling

The French parliamentarian whose attempts to free two French hostages held in Iraq have provoked widespread official and media criticism hit back at attacks on his failed initiative.


iPhone to Deliver up to Eight Hours of Talk Time

When it ships on June 29, iPhone will deliver significantly longer battery life  than originally estimated: up to 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback or 24 hours of audio playback. It will also feature up to 250 hours (more than 10 days) of standby time. Apple also announced that it has upgraded the entire top surface of iPhone, including its stunning 3.5-inch display, from plastic to optical-quality glass to achieve a superior level of scratch resistance and optical clarity.


Effort Under Way to Weaken U.S. Endangered Species Law

For the first time in three decades,  critics of the Endangered Species Act are building momentum to  rewrite the law implemented to save America's threatened flora  and fauna, from the star cactus to the grizzly bear.


Reminder - Newmont Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End Earnings Call

DENVER, Feb. 22  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Newmont Mining Corporation  announced it will report 2006 fourth quarter and year-end earnings, as well as 2006 reserves, on February 22, 2007.  A conference call will be held that day at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (2:00 p.m.


Georgians bid farewell Sunday to late Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania, who died three days earlier in a friend's apartment, amid worries for the future of their struggling country and doubts about the official explanation of his death.


Russia says it will pay $10m for information leading to the arrest of two senior Chechen rebel leaders following the Beslan siege.


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Britain's senior law enforcement official said Sunday an inquiry into the death of a former KGB agent had expanded overseas, and a U.S.-based friend of the former agent said he told police the name of the person he believes orchestrated the poisoning.


Terminally ill cannot postpone their deaths

Many of us think that the terminally ill can postpone their deaths so that they can see a relative, experience their last birthday or enjoy a special holiday - sadly, this is a myth, according to a new study.


GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Sept. 7, 2004 - Israeli helicopters fired missiles at a Hamas training field in Gaza City early Tuesday, killing at least 13 militants and wounding 25 other Palestinians, witnesses


Mexico Police Arrest Dozens for Cop Lynching

Mexican police arrested dozens of people in a raid on a town where a frenzied mob beat and burned two federal police officers to death in an attack that shocked even this crime-hardened nation.


Google Inc. will try to cash in on the Internet's latest craze by distributing ads within "widgets" — the interactive capsules designed to bring more pizzaz to Web pages.


By Mark Carreau Houston Chronicle  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's long wait to resume construction of the international space station neared an end as the space agency made final preparations to launch the shuttle Atlantis today.


The Indy Racing League may be about to become a two-horse Japanese marque race, following the surprise announcement that third engine supplier Chevrolet intends to quit the series at the end of next season.


Warriors' coach Montgomery to leave team

Coach Mike Montgomery was dismissed by the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, and Don Nelson was ready to step in.


Toshiba will stop making its HD DVDs, ending a battle with rival format Blu-ray over which would be the standard.


Racetracks Sue Calif. Over Compacts Deal

California racetrack officials who want the right to add slot machines to their gambling offerings sued the state over gambling compacts with five American Indian tribes.


Israel brushes off Iraq report, no to Syria talks

Israel's prime minister on Thursday said it was wrong to link the Arab-Israeli conflict with woes in the Middle East and ruled out any immediate talks with Syria despite a U.S. report urging negotiations.


Genova, 19:02 - CALCIO: SAMPDORIA, I CONVOCATI PER IL MILAN

Sono 20 i giocatori convocati dal tecnico della Sampdoria, Walter Novellino, per la gara di domani s...


Harvard seemed to be a sure bet in the first round of the women's Beanpot last night, skating into Walter Brown Arena as the top-ranked team in the nation with a 19-1-0 record. Northeastern, meanwhile, was stacking up losses through January as its young team slogged through a difficult Hockey East schedule.


People are forced to leave their homes after a fire breaks out at a petrol station in Saintfield, County Down.


A film depicting the assassination of President Bush secures a US distributor despite protests.


Prostate Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in a Trial

An experimental treatment tripled the survival rate of men with advanced prostate cancer in a clinical trial, doctors said yesterday, a result they said represents perhaps the first significant success for therapies known as cancer vaccines.


The European Commission issued a preliminary opinion accusing Rambus of antitrust violations over its DRAM monopoly.


Sen. John Kerry and running mate John Edwards rarely campaign together, but they talk daily, swapping ideas on everything from policy to strategy to staffing. Kerry insists on it, aides say, even if it puts his campaign behind schedule.


Parte male l'avventura di Delio Rossi sulla panchina dell'Atalanta. I friulani sbancano anche Bergamo. Decisivo il gol di Iaquinta nel primo tempo. BERGAMO, 11 dicembre 2004 - Spietata e cinica la terza forza del campionato.


Yankees right fielder Bobby Abreu is expected to miss at least two weeks after straining his right oblique during batting practice Monday, an injury general manager Brian Cashman and manager Joe Torre said won't cause the team to make a new push for Bernie Williams to report.


Google Earth Outreach Targets Nonprofits

Program offers mapping software, services free to nonprofit organizations for promotions.


The new Mets stadium, Citi Field, more than a year away from opening, has taken shape in Flushing and can easily be envisioned complete.


SYDNEY, Australia  -- Pacific Rim leaders agreed Saturday to tackle global warming by improving energy use and managing forests better, as thousands of demonstrators rallied to demand the governments do more and act faster.


By BEN EVANS WASHINGTON - Four lucky states were slated to share billions in potential royalties courtesy of an offshore drilling expansion signed into law last year, money that could help reverse decades of environmental damage from coastal industry.


Baghdad and Kabul approved for WTO talks

The World Trade Organisation gave approval on Monday for Iraq and Afghanistan to begin negotiations to join the 148-member body - but the US again blocked the opening of accession talks with Iran.


Brown, Jeter Hand Yankees Series Lead Over Twins

Kevin Brown pitched six innings and Derek Jeter notched three hits and drove in three runs to lead the New York Yankees to an 8-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins in the American League Divisional Series Friday.


Analysis: India differentiates itself from China by allowing its currency to appreciate against the dollar


Blog: Adobe Systems issues three critical security updates designed to address vulnerabilities in its Flash Player.


Three Westerners abducted in Iraq; 8 U.S. troops die

Gunmen in police uniforms kidnapped at least three Western lecturers in Baghdad on Tuesday, a witness told Reuters, as eight more U.S. soldiers were reported killed in the deadliest month this year.


Tower Automotive expects larger third-quarter loss

NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) -- Shares of Tower Automotive Inc. slid Tuesday, after the company said it now expects an even larger loss for the third quarter.


The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering whether to abandon an unpopular proposal that was designed in part to curtail improper mutual fund trading, according to a published report Thursday.


Palestinians on strike over Israel's killing of 18

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip observed a general strike on Wednesday, in a rare show of unity after Israel killed 18 people in fighting a day earlier.


Argentine Protesters on Streets Over Fatal Fire

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Thousands of Argentines  mourning almost 200 young victims of a rock club fire took to  the streets of Buenos Aires on Monday to protest the  government's safety standards, as the city mayor resisted  pressure to resign.


On China's airwaves, a discourse on sex ed

BEIJING -- In the studios of Capital Life Radio's number one rated show, ``Tonight's Whisperings," the co-host leaned in close to the microphone. ``Tonight we're going to talk about love and sex," Sun Yan said in a deep voice, launching into a text message sent in by a student.


Collecting of Details on Travelers Documented

The U.S. government is collecting electronic records on the travel habits of millions of Americans who fly, drive or take cruises abroad, retaining data on the persons with whom they travel or plan to stay, the personal items they carry during their journeys, and even the books that travelers have...


Nitkowski OKs Minor League Deal With Twins

Left-hander C.J. Nitkowski and the Minnesota Twins agreed Tuesday to a minor league contract.


Sette collegi saranno contesi tra il centrosinistra e il ...

PARMA (23 ott. 2004) - Domani 24 ottobre e lunedÃ¬ 25 si vota per le elezioni suppletive della Camera dei Deputati per riassegnare i seggi che si sono resi vacante dopo le elezioni europee. Gli elettori interessati


Ukraine opposition rally draws hundreds of thousands

Tens of thousands of supporters of opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko took to the streets of Kiev, a week before the poll, to demand free and fair elections in this former Soviet state after a tense campaign marred by incidents.


Kimberly-Clark, which makes Huggies diapers and Scott towels, said profit rose more than expected and raised its outlook in light of higher international sales and a weaker dollar.


Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf will give up his post of army chief soon after he is re-elected president and he will be sworn in for a new term as a civilian, his lawyer told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.


Burma's ruling junta says it is releasing 5,070 prisoners who were arrested "inappropriately".


Barber Shops, Salons in HIV/Aids Crossfire

UNLESS you're a die-hard Rastafarian who dreads and eludes the barber's razor at all costs, you most certainly relish a walk to the barber shop whenever chance allows.


Study: Age Big Factor in Assisted Reproduction

A woman's ability to have a child  using assisted technologies such as test-tube fertilization  plummets to a 4 percent success rate after she turns 42,  according to a U.S. government study published on Friday.


Recording companies filed copyright infringement lawsuits against 754 computer users Thursday, the latest round of legal action in the industry's effort to squelch unauthorized swapping of music online.


'EXECUTION' MARINE WAS WOUNDED & UNDER STRESS

WASHINGTON - A US Marine being investigated for allegedly killing an unarmed, wounded Iraqi was acting under extreme combat stress, comrades said yesterday.


Il maltempo e' stata la causa dei danni alle forniture


Weak German Growth Prompts Euro Zone Forecast Cuts

High oil prices dealt Germany's economy an unexpectedly severe blow in the third quarter, data showed on Thursday, leading economists to trim their growth forecasts for the 12-nation euro zone.


Vodafone launches new 3G phones, services

Vodafone Wednesday formally rolled out its 3G mobile communication products and services in 12 European countries and Japan. The company expects 3G to begin gaining mass market acceptance next year, and forecasts


Bush plan renames, alters anti-hunger program

The Bush administration proposed changing the name of food stamps, the premiere U.S. anti-hunger program, and some of the rules for qualifying for federal help for buying food on Wednesday.


Wi-Fi, WiMAX dead and gone, fibre pundits say

IT'S BEEN a heck of an interesting two days here in Iceland. I've seen some interesting technology, heard some inventive speeches and met some people with different ideas.


GIs Who Refused Job Had Unarmored Trucks

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. Army Reserve soldiers who refused orders to drive a dangerous route were members of one of a few supply units whose trucks are still unarmored, their commanding general said Sunday...


'Non ha nulla da nascondere e rientrera' in Italia'


Rose Bampton, a soprano who was a New York Metropolitan Opera mainstay during the 1930s and 1940s, has died. She was 99.


'SpongeBob' Squeezed Out Of Top Spot By 'National Treasure'

The positions of the two new films in this week's box-office top 10 were easy to predict: #1 if by land, #2 if by sea. New releases "National Treasure" and "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" took spots one and two, respectively.


Over 160 people from a single town in northern Jordan were hospitalized on Saturday for poisoning, which health officials attributed to either bad food or contaminated water. It was the third such case in four months.


Rumsfeld: Troop Reductions Not Likely Until Iraqis Stronger

There likely won't be a reduction in US troop strength in Iraq until after the country's national elections in January, Defense Secretary Donald


"Babe" farmer James Cromwell filed to divorce his actress-wife Julie Cobb after more than 18 years of marriage. Cromwell, 64, filed a dissolution of marriage petition in Superior Court on Tuesday citing unspecified irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. They married May 29, 1986, and separated Oct. 31, 2004, according to the petition.


Presenting the inaugural Vulture Central Hall of Lameâ¢

2007: Year of the dingbat Quotations It was the Greek dramatist Sophocles who once wrote: "A short saying often contains much wisdom."â¦


Should it be a surprise that Rhode Island would choose to use a $48 million bond to develop the "Gateway to Peoria," as The Journal so aptly described the Quonset Gateway plan in a Jan.


TACOMA, Wash. - A Pierce County woman apparently tied a record for the amount of alcohol in her blood when the Washington State Patrol toxicology lab measured a blood-alcohol content of 0.50 two hours after she was arrested for investigation of drunken driving.


The Boston Red Sox have paraded on the streets and in the water in front of legions of fans who have been waiting 86 years for their team to break a supposed curse and win baseball's World Series.


Israeli Helicopter Fires 2 Missiles at Gaza Camp

An Israeli helicopter fired two missiles on Thursday at a target in a Gaza refugee camp, shortly after an attack near an Israeli army base in the central Gaza Strip that killed five people, witnesses said.


Roma, 21:43 - CALCIO, LAZIO; MAURI: PER ME PERIODO NERO

La diagnosi per Mauri è negativa: stiramento. Questo l'esito dei controlli di oggi che eviden...


Everton host Manchester United in Saturday's early kick-off as the Premier League returns to action.


HK Disneyland Theme Park to Open in September

Hong Kong's Disneyland theme park will open on Sept. 12, 2005 and become the driving force for growth in the city's tourism industry, Hong Kong's government and Walt Disney Co.


The government faces calls to overhaul the way banks are monitored after a report into the  Northern Rock crisis.


Protein could be potential target for new flu drug

Scientists said on Wednesday they have identified a weakness in a protein in influenza viruses which could be targeted by new drugs to halt the spread of infection.


Apatow, Cody, Penn among WGA script nods

While the Writers Guild of America continues its strike, throwing much of awards season into question, it still has some awards of its own to hand out.


U.N. urges cooperation with rights panel

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pleaded Monday for all nations to cooperate with the Human Rights Council, which began its first session of 2007 after being created a year ago to replace a commission whose critics complained was highly politicized.


Calm replaces sick SAP Open Andy Murray almost threw up last year at the SAP Open on his way to defeating Andy Roddick. This year he thumped Roddick with a stomach full of calm.â¦


England captain David Beckham clipped the crossbar with a trademark free-kick but that was as close as Real Madrid came to scoring in a goalless draw at Villarreal that saw them fall nine points behind Barcelona.


Pop star Darren Hayes is given a caution by police following his arrest on suspicion of racial abuse.


Drug wholesaler Cardinal Health Inc.  said on Monday it would cut 4,200 jobs, or 7 percent of its work force, and close 25 facilities around the world as part of a plan to reduce costs.


LONDON: A leading business group cut its 2005 forecast for British economic growth yesterday, blaming a combination of high oil and commodity prices, slowing global growth and domestic interest rate rises.


Kashmir policeman killed, four injured in rebel aattacks

A policeman was killed and four people injured, one a civilian, in two separate ambushes by Islamic militants in Indian Kashmir, police said.


The (Possible) Perils of Being Thirsty While Being Green

I have the usual New Yearâs resolutions â exercise more, lose weight, be a nicer person. I also hope to find out if I am inadvertently poisoning my children.


Ethiopian Opposition Figures Get Life Terms in Widely Faulted Case

KIGALI, Rwanda, July 16 -- An Ethiopian judge handed life sentences  instead of the death penalty to 30 of the country's top political opposition leaders Monday in a trial  the prisoners have called a sham.


Wie's wrist fuels spat with Sorenstam before LPGA Champs

A row between the world's two best known women golfers is raising the temperature for this week's LPGA Championship, with Annika Sorenstam saying Michelle Wie lacked class in dealing with a wrist injury.


The San Francisco Giants aren't worried about whether commissioner Bud Selig shows up if Barry Bonds breaks the home run record.


DreamWorks Animation IPO Raises $812 Mln

DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.'s initial public offering raised a more-than-expected $812 million on Wednesday in a deal that marked the first IPO by a major movie studio in seven years.


UK mobile handset manufacturer Sendo has ended a long legal wrangle with US software company Microsoft through an out-of-court settlement.


A US TB patient who triggered a health scare by boarding transatlantic flights says sorry to fellow passengers.


In corso il secondo interrogatorio di Fusaro


Dell says Nasdaq finds it out of listing compliance

Dell Inc.  said it was informed by Nasdaq that it was not in compliance with the exchange's stock-listing requirements after it delayed filing first-quarter financial results with regulators.


An express train crowded with holiday travellers has derailed killing at least 50 and injuring many more


Big cut in Afghan TB cases shows aid works: Canada

The number of Afghans dying from tuberculosis has fallen by half in recent months, a statistic that shows Canada's efforts to help fight the disease are working, officials said on Tuesday.


Seagate's native SATA interface technology with Native Command Queuing (NCQ) allows the Barracuda 7200.8 to match the performance of 10,000-rpm SATA drives without sacrificing capacity


Political acrimony taxes Bangladesh's economy

Weeks of street protests have shut down the capital and threatened the once-thriving textile-export industry.


Two Killed in Afghan Protests Over Ousted Governor

Two people were killed in clashes on Saturday between U.S. and Afghan forces and stone-throwing protesters angered by President Hamid Karzai effectively axing a regional governor, hospital officials and witnesses said.


Some of Britain's Olympic athletes were diagnosed with asthma just weeks before this summer's games, say experts.


For the first time in recent  memory, Germans spent less time in front of their TVs in 2007  than they did the year before, according to a new survey.


Sara' protagonista di 'Studio 60 on Sunset Strip'


The government considers banning reggae star Sizzla from the UK as police investigate "anti-gay" lyrics.


PARIS -- Yasser Arafat's confinement to a Paris hospital has given his wife Suha something she has never had in 14 years of marriage: power and influence.


Oral contraceptive reduces risk of heart disease: Study

Discounting fears that contraceptive pills adversely affect the health of women, a new research claims that the tablets, on the contrary, reduce chances of heart attacks.


Mourners gathered Tuesday for the cremation of a Dutch filmmaker allegedly slain by a Muslim extremist in an act that led to a string of retaliatory attacks against


The same computer systems that crashed on the space station are also incorporated into Europe's Columbus laboratory and its new cargo ship.


Prozac Pollutes Ohio Waterways, Menaces Mussels

By Mike Lafferty, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Sep. 12--The widely prescribed antidepressant Prozac is ending up in streams and rivers, endangering freshwater mussels, scientists said yesterday.


Motorola warns Q2 loss, sees no mobile profit in '07

Motorola Inc.  on Wednesday  warned of a second-quarter loss and said it no longer expected  its mobile phone business to be profitable this year, blaming  weak sales in Asia and Europe.


France to Spend 1 Billion Euros Persuading Companies to Stay

France announced plans Tuesday to spend over 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) on tax breaks and other incentives to encourage companies to keep jobs in the country rather than going abroad.


Consumer confidence edges up in Jan: Conf Board

U.S. consumers' mood brightened slightly in January on a more favorable view of the labor market, a survey showed on Tuesday.


Witness: Cops shot man in back as he ran

New Orleans police lined up "like at a firing range" and fatally shot an unarmed man in the back as he fled from them in the days after Hurricane Katrina swept ashore, a witness to the shooting told CNN.


A truck carrying soldiers and their families overturned in eastern Uganda, killing 72 people, the army spokesman said Monday.


Match Play king Stenson prepares for unexpected

Upsets are likely to dominate the agenda at this week's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana, Arizona where Henrik Stenson defends his title.


Nixon Secretary Rose Mary Woods, 87, Dies

Rose Mary Woods, the devoted secretary to President Nixon who admitted to inadvertently erasing part of a crucial Watergate tape, had died. She was 87.


Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry says President Bush's plan to redeploy up to 70,000 troops overseas will not help in the war on terror or relieve an overextended US military. Senator Kerry made the comments at the same veterans convention ...


U.S.-owned property developer AIG/Lincoln Hungary has sold Alkotas Point, a 24,000 square-meter office building in Budapest's District 12, to German investment fund operator SachsenFonds GmbH, the BBJ learned ...


Microsoft Office for Mac 2008.  Verdict?  It's exceptional

Microsoft did something right with its new Office for Mac 2008 suite.


Lawmaker Says He Has Cancer And Will Not Run for Reelection

Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), a Holocaust survivor who became the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced yesterday that he has cancer and will not run for reelection in November.


Defending champions Wasps get their Heineken Cup bid off to a winning start.


Germany probes lingering divisions on 15th anniversary of Wall's fall

Germany marks the 15th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with fond memories of that day's joyous celebrations and somber ceremonies in honor of those killed in a desperate dash for freedom.


At Least 15 Iraqis Die As Building Explodes

BAGHDAD, Jan. 23 -- A building rigged with explosives detonated Wednesday in Mosul, creating a thunderous blast that killed at least 15 people in the northern Iraqi city, which has become a gathering point and growing target for Sunni insurgents.


Genetics reveal 15 new N.American bird species

Genetic tests of North American birds show  what may be 15 new species including ravens and owls -- look  alikes that do not interbreed and have wrongly had the same  name for centuries, scientists said on Sunday.


Russian president says recognition of Kosovo's independence would be 'immoral and illegal'


It was a year of rampant uncertainty for the unsuspecting couch potato.


Flu cruise operator cuts back popular service to Canada

Cruise operator, Victoria Clipper, started offering flu shot cruises to Canada for Americans desperate to get their vaccine soon after it was announced that the USA had lost 48% of its flu vaccine doses.


L'Alitalia ritiene Â«possibile anche in tempi breviÂ» l'accordo con un partner nazionale. L'alleato Â«potrebbeÂ» essere Meridiana, ha detto ieri il presidente-amministratore delegato, Giancarlo Cimoli, uscendo


Power company Duke Energy Corp.  posted lower fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday due to higher settlement reserves and the impact of merger and restructuring activities.


Turkey's ruling AK Party won a resounding election victory on Sunday, giving the pro-business, Islamist-rooted party a mandate for reform but potentially setting the stage for renewed tensions with the secular elite.


The Tories reveal plans for a series of green taxes on flights aimed at tackling climate change.


An insurgent attack killed one British soldier and seriously wounded another Friday in the latest fighting to wrack southern Afghanistan, while suspected Taliban gunmen ambushed and shot dead a district chief, officials said.


The home secretary has said that a system of control orders will replace the holding of foreign terror suspects without trial. What is your reaction?


Microsoft Will Replace Fake Copies of XP

UK users will be able to replace pirated versions of Windows that they have purchased. Software pirates' increasing skill at creating counterfeit versions of Windows XP has prompted Microsoft to introduce


Most of Saddam's Illicit Money Smuggled -Volcker

Most of the money that Saddam Hussein illicitly obtained by cheating on U.N. sanctions on Iraq came from oil smuggling outside the U.N. oil-for-food program, the head of an independent inquiry said on Tuesday.


A tool that could help in the battle against spam and phishing attacks receives industry approval.


US jobless rate falls to a modest 5.4 per cent low

WASHINGTON: The US job market brightened modestly in August as employers added 144,000 workers to payrolls and weak job tallies for the two prior months were revised up, the Labour Department said yesterday.


Vatican says other Christian churches "wounded"

The Vatican said on Tuesday Christian denominations outside Roman Catholicism were not full churches of Jesus Christ.


Arafatâs medical records fail to halt rumors

Yasser Arafat's nephew, Mr. Naser al-Kidwa, said Saturday that his uncleâs medical file will not allay suspicions that he may have died an "unnatural" death, a statement expected to revive speculation among Palestinians and in the rest of the Arab world


Pakistan ex-PM leaves plane after 90-minute stand-off

Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif left his aircraft after a 90 minute standoff with authorities after returning home on Monday from seven years in exile.


US Army judge rules out Rumsfeld as Abu Ghraib witness

MANNHEIM - A US Army judge delivered two setbacks Tuesday to a soldier accused in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse case by rejecting defence motions, including one seeking Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld as a witness.


San Paolo, 15:48 - CALCIO, BRASILE: ANNULLATO GOL ADRIANO, E' POLEMICA ARBITRI

Polemica sugli arbitri anche in Brasile, dopo che ieri il direttore di gara Savio Spinola ha annulla...


MLB: McCain agrees to hold off on steroids

Ex-D'back Craig Counsell asks the senator not to draft legislation until the players have a chance to develop a drug policy. PHOENIX - Former Arizona Diamondbacks favorite Craig Counsell did some big-league lobbying, asking US Sen.


Michael Cuddyer went 4-for-4 with four RBIs, Joe Mauer had three hits and drove in four runs, and the Minnesota Twins cruised past the Baltimore Orioles 11-2 on Thursday night.


Beckham virus: affair pics infect the net

Virus writers are exploiting the publicity surrounding England football captain David Beckham, offering photos proving that he has been having an affair, to infect computer usersâ PCs with the malicious Hackarmy trojan virus.


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.


Don't bury the tube television quite yet

As consumers continue to scoop up CRTs, it appears the reports of the demise of the old-style sets have been greatly exaggerated.


York County Finds Land It Didn't Know It Had

By Matt Sabo, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 21--YORK -- Since 1973, Rev. Dorothy Moore and members of her congregation have planted flowers and trees and mowed the grounds of a historic tract of land home to the crumbled foundational remains of Old Charles Parish Church.


Canada's Liberals pick Dion as leader in upset win

Canada's opposition Liberals on Saturday unexpectedly chose former Environment Minister Stephane Dion as their new leader, overlooking his political shortcomings that could undermine the party in an election widely expected next year.


Police hunt for clues to who carried out bomb attacks that killed at least 42 people in the Indian city of Hyderabad.


Thalys promises gaming and video-on-demand too Thalys will introduce broadband internet access to passengers travelling between Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne by 2008, the company announced today. It will be the first international high-speed train to provide this service across European borders.â¦


Wall Street opened lower this morning as renewed signs of inflation and another down day on the Asian and European markets shook investors still wary after Tuesday's broad global sell-off of stocks.


Adolescent pregnancy isn't a modern invention, it occurred in dinosaurs millions of years ago. Medullary bone, a type of tissue present in modern birds when they are developing eggs, has been found in three dinosaur fossils, researchers report in Monday's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.


Doctors warn of poisoning from hand gels

At least two people have become intoxicated by drinking hand-sanitizing gels, a potentially deadly habit, doctors reported on Wednesday.


Dell says internal audit is nearly complete

(InfoWorld) - Dell is in the final phases of an internal audit of its finances, the company said Thursday as it told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission it will delay filing an audited earnings report for the fourth consecutive quarter. The company began the audit in an effort to comply with accounting investigations by the SEC and theÂ U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Although the investigations have not yet led to a conclusion, Dell has already felt the impact on its bottom line -- the company spent $46 million on the investigation during the latest quarter alone. Dell is also staving off a threat by the Nasdaq stock exchange to delist its stock as punishment for failing to file official quarterly reports, called Forms 10-Qs, for the second, third, and fourth quarters of fiscal 2007, and now the first quarter of fiscal 2008. At the same time,Â Dell has been struggling in the marketplace. On May 31, the company announced a plan toÂ lay off 10 percent of its 88,100 workers, in a continuing search for richer profits. The company earned $759 million for the first quarter compared to $762 million in the same quarter last year. However, those numbers are subject to change if Dell management decides to restate its earnings, the company warned in the SEC filing. The company's audit committee stated in March that it hadÂ found evidence of misconductÂ and accounting errors, and now says it is reviewing each of those errors and proposing corrections. The committee will then decide whether to restate earnings. Dell management will also determine whether there is "a material weakness in the company's internal controls over financal reporting" and whether its "disclosure controls and procedures are not effective," the filing said. A company spokeswoman declined to give further details on the audit committee's progress, saying that the latest SEC report is just a formal confirmation of Dell's warning in May that its first-quarter results were only preliminary.


Jack Kevorkian, the U.S. assisted suicide advocate dubbed "Dr. Death," stepped free from a Michigan prison on Friday with few words but plans for a media blitz to support his cause.


Carlyle affiliate begins trade at $20 per share

Carlyle Capital Corporation Ltd.  began trade on Amsterdam's stock exchange at $20 per share on Wednesday, after a trimmed initial public offering that raised $303.5 million for the affiliate of Carlyle Group


Windows Media Player (WMP) no longer feels like a freebie utility thrown in with the OS (think Notepad), but is an application you'll actually want to use.


Seventh official quits Justice Department

An assistant attorney general at the Justice Department announced her resignation on Friday, becoming the seventh official to quit the department since the Democratic-led Congress launched an investigation in March into the firing of nine federal prosecutors.


Teenager Jeffrey Trimble used to wolf down as many as six cheeseburgers in a day and wasn't worried about being overweight. But then his school sent home an obesity report card.


Telekom Austria Buys Rights for Mobiltel

Telekom Austria AG said Monday it has agreed to purchase call rights to acquire Mobiltel AD of Bulgaria for about 1.6 billion euros ($2.09 billion).


Experts say an "intelligent" hearing aid has the potential to help the many people who have hearing problems in both ears.


Gb: italiano di 16 anni condannato all'ergastolo

LONDRA - Un ragazzo italiano di 16 anni Ã¨ stato condannato all'ergastolo per aver assalito con un coltello, lo scorso anno, nel parco di Clissold, a nord di Londra, un'insegnante di 38 anni. Il giudice ha


KHARTOUM - British Prime Minister Tony Blair left Sudan Wednesday after securing promises from Khartoum to heed a list of demands to alleviate what he said was the "terrible" situation in the war-torn region of Darfur.


A Technology Recovery in Post-Exuberant Times

The profit report cards last week looked good both for the old-line stalwarts of the technology sector, but this is a technology recovery of seemingly diminished expectations.


Standard Chartered PLC said Monday its chief executive in Hong Kong has resigned, less than a week after the British-based bank said it was laying off 200 local employees.


A defense contractor was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison Tuesday for bribing former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham with cash, trips, the services of prostitutes and other gifts in exchange for nearly $90 million in Pentagon work.


An end to moderation: German employees demand their share of economic boom

The German economy, Europe's biggest, is currently running up one record after another.


WHEREAS: In the last few months the US government has intensified its economic war on the people of Cuba by dictating new measures aimed at systematically hindering the external financial flows of our country, thus causing serious damage and creating


HK democrats accuse China of dirty tricks in poll campaign

Hong Kong democrats have accused China of orchestrating a "dirty tricks" campaign to smear their candidates ahead of key autumn elections.


Report: Iran vows to halt uranium enrichment

Iran has given the United Nations a written promise to fully suspend uranium enrichment, diplomats said today, in an apparent bid to dispel suspicions that Tehran wants to build a nuclear bomb.


Up to 160,000 birds may be culled as experts try to identify which strain of bird flu killed 2,600 turkeys in Suffolk.


President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry are both on the campaign trail Thursday clashing over US policy in Iraq and looking for votes from America's military veterans.


Argentina and U.S hit six, Brazil hang on

Argentina and the United States both hit six goals, while Brazil hung on for a 3-2 win over South Korea in the Under-20 World Cup on Tuesday.


Microsoft keelhauls customers in WGA snafu

What hope then for Vista toughness? Some, or maybe many, Microsoft volume license customers were told on Monday and Tuesday that their PCs were running pirated software.â¦


Bush presses Congress to pass antiterrorism laws

President Bush pressed Congress on   Thursday to approve new military tribunals to try terrorism   suspects, a day after he admitted the CIA ran secret prisons   overseas where accused militants were detained.


Determinante Andreotti.Lega,Caselli: assemblea illegittima


Chad softens demands for a stake in the country's oil consortium, but says two of its firms owe $500m in tax.


In difficolta' famiglie numerose, anziani e giovani


Being infected with severe West Nile Virus can cause long-term health problems, a study has found.


The oxygen-depleted "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, long a subject of scrutiny by scientists, is only now becoming less of a mystery.


Bill Proposals Call for Cybersecurity Enhancements

As the 108th Congress scrambles in its final days to address homeland security issues, US Reps. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.


Management Shakeup May Lie Ahead for Fannie Mae

Sep-27-2004 - Days after Fannie Mae's federal regulator released a highly critical report on the mortgage giant's accounting practices, observers say top management may not survive the fallout.


Sul mercato di Tokio, moneta unica a 165,46 sullo yen


Linksys Brings Storage, Stackables to SMBs

Cisco Systems' Linksys division rolls out its first network-attached storage for businesses.


Small Israeli force enters Gaza after rocket strike

Israeli armored vehicles pushed into the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday a day after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants injured at least 35 Israeli soldiers at an army base, Gaza residents said.


Boss Martin Jol still believes he can turn around Tottenham's season, despite the loss at Newcastle leaving his side in the drop zone.


SunTrust Banks Inc. STI.N on Monday  put two senior finance executives on leave after uncovering  accounting problems that will result in the No. 7 U.S. bank  restating first-half profit higher.


Presidente Camera, a fine legislatura potrei lasciare


Chile's Pinochet fights for life after heart attack

SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet fought to survive on Monday after a heart attack put him in a Santiago military hospital, while teary-eyed supporters of all ages held vigil outside.


News.com Extra: Get into microlending online

Also: Chevy Volt: GM's 'moon shot'. See what people are saying on News.com Extra.


Wall Street stocks are poised to push  higher at the start of Wednesday trade, buoyed by a batch of  merger activity, as investors shake off cautionary comments  from the U.S. Federal Reserve.


CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Browns were 4-of-14 on third down in their 17-13 win over the Redskins Sunday, but when it counted the most - the fourth quarter of a tight game - the Browns converted two key third downs, both on nickel cornerback Walt Harris.


Taco Bell E. Coli tests clear most foods

Taco Bell announced Saturday tests have ruled out all its ingredients except one — scallions — as a possible source of a harsh strain of E. coli that has sickened more than 60 people in the Northeast.


Motorola has agreed to buy MeshNetworks, a developer of technology and products for rapidly deployed, self-creating wireless mobile networks.


Israel Begins Building New Barrier Section

Responding to a public outcry after a bloody Palestinian attack, Israeli bulldozers began flattening land for a security barrier in a part of the West Bank that has been ignored up to now.


Mediasurface to buy CMS vendor Immediacy

Mediasurface, a maker of content management software (CMS), will buy Immediacy, also a content management vendor, for Â£5.6 million ($11.1 million) the companies announced on Tuesday.


Prince Unveils Art by Danish-Icelandic Olafur Eliasson

BERLIN, GERMANY.- Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik and his Australian-born wife, Crown Princess Mary, toured Berlin's restored Alte Nationalgalerie on Monday on a one-day visit to the German capital.


President of Standard & Poorâs Steps Down

Kathleen Corbet, president of the credit rating company Standard & Poorâs, resigned after lawmakers and investors criticized the company for failing to judge the risks of securities backed by subprime mortgages.


Supreme Court to hear Commandments cases

WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court said Tuesday it will hear arguments in two cases that could determine whether government displays of the Ten Commandments are permissible.


WWF calls for supermarkets to boycott bluefin tuna

The environmental group WWF on Monday called on supermarket chains around the world to take bluefin tuna off their shelves, saying overfishing, driven by the craze for sushi, threatened to wipe out the species.


Chargers Safety Arrested on Drug Charges

SAN DIEGO -- Chargers strong safety Terrence Kiel admitted to shipping at least two parcels of prescription cough syrup to Texas, DEA officials said Wednesday, a day after the player was arrested at team headquarters.


Celebrities, politicians and thousands of fans will attend the funeral of Italian singer Luciano Pavarotti.


Symantec auditions for services residency

Will look after data for cash Symantec made another effort to drop its âoh the virus guysâ image today when it unveiled two services programmes pitched at enterprise customers.â¦


Motor Racing-Montoya Leaves Williams on a High

By Alan Baldwin SAO PAULO  - Juan Pablo Montoya left Williams as awinner in Brazil on Sunday, even if he had hoped for greaterthings before the season started.


Iraq's Sistani Returns, Bids to End Najaf Crisis

NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric made a  sudden return to the country Wednesday and said he had a plan  to end an uprising in the "burning city" of Najaf, where  fighting is creeping ever closer to its holiest shrine.


The US is attending Baghdad talks, along with Iran and Syria, to try to win regional support to stabilise Iraq.


Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo accuses France of supporting rebels in the country's renewed civil war.


Warrick Dunn rushed for 142 yards and  two touchdowns to help the Atlanta Falcons crush the St. Louis  Rams 47-17 in the divisional playoffs Saturday.


Baseball Fans Bonded to Slugger Barry Bonds

Description: NPR's Mike Pesca investigates why some fans maintain undying faith in Barry Bonds' innocence, despite growing evidence linking the San Francisco Giants baseball star and home run leader to steroid use.


Two Germans taken hostage near Kabul this week have been killed, a spokesman for the Taleban says.


Treviso, 20:39 - CALCIO, TREVISO: LE OPERAZIONI DELLA GIORNATA

Queste le operazioni portate a termine dal Treviso nella giornata odiernarisoluzione della compartec...


Mai piÃ¹ cani miopi: arrivano gli occhiali da vista per Fido

Londra, 7 novembre 2004 - Si chiamano 'Doggles' e risolveranno un problema che peggiora non poco la vita di Fido: la miopia. Una ditta americana ha infatti messo in commercio, presto anche sul mercato britannico


Open-source software group Mozilla is on a roll as the year ends. Its Firefox Web browser has been downloaded 13 million times since November, and the companion e-mail program was released in December.


President Bush has decided that an economic stimulus package is needed to help the sagging economy, the White House said Thursday


AP Poll: 3 in 10 in U.S. Gave Tsunami Aid

Three in 10 Americans say they have donated to the victims of the South Asia tsunami, an Associated Press poll found. The total of private donation is rapidly approaching the $350 million pledged by the government as private citizens made many of their donations online.


A man stands amid the debris Monday Dec. 20 2004, following a powerful explosion Sunday in the Shiite Holy city of Najaf. The Najaf car bomb which was detonated Sunday in central Maidan Square, where a large


Stock futures rose on Monday, pointing  to a solid start to the New Year, as oil prices tumbled more  than a dollar and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N brightened its  outlook for December sales.


Jockey Kieren Fallon is banned from racing for 18 months following his failed drugs test in France last year.


Ford says 38,000 union workers accept buyouts

Ford Motor Co.  on Wednesday said about 38,000 of its union workers have accepted its buyout offers, part of a broad restructuring effort at the second-largest U.S. automaker.


Far right wins seats in German state assembly

SCHWERIN, Germany  - A far-right party won seats   in a regional parliament in eastern Germany on Sunday,   profiting from a weak economy there and mounting anger toward   Chancellor Angela Merkel's government in Berlin.


The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on the presidential race is based on telephone interviews with 1,541 adults, including 1,273 registered voters and 944 likely voters, from all states except Alaska and Hawaii. The interviews were conducted Oct. 4-6 by Ipsos-Public Affairs.


Video shows recovering Castro with Chavez

A clearly recovering Cuban President   Fidel Castro was shown on television on Friday meeting with   Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and brother Raul Castro, to   whom he temporarily ceded power a month ago to have abdominal   surgery.


He admitted feeling tired from traveling from Wisconsin the previous day, but during yesterday's informal skate at Ristuccia Arena, Phil Kessel didn't let fatigue hinder his skating.


In Sri Lanka, aid workers combat wild rumors and lingering fear

An estimated 1.5 million displaced Sri Lankans are heading inland, creating new logistical problems.


By Patrick O'Driscoll  DENVER -- The Army, needing more room for combat practice with advanced battlefield technology, wants to expand its training areas by up to 70% in the next four years, says a Pentagon official who oversees training.


People who drank more than one diet soda each day developed the same risks for heart disease as those who downed sugary regular soda, a large but inconclusive study found.


Key is if voters see link between Iraq war, terror

WASHINGTON - The presidential debate Thursday night gives John Kerry a chance to turn national angst about the war in Iraq into a turning point in the campaign.


Ministers are advising the NHS to use the private sector to help tackle waiting lists for hearing aids.


Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl has reportedly cast herself in a lead role after she got the movie rights for her favourite book Lost and Found by Jacqueline Sheehan.


Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett was in Afghanistan Wednesday for talks amid tight security a day after a suicide blast during a visit by US Vice President Dick Cheney killed at least 14 people.


Actor Tom Cruise and the makers of his new movie are banned from filming at a Berlin memorial site.


Israel plans 530 new settler homes in West Bank, sources say

Israel plans to build more than 530 new settler homes in the West Bank and signalled it would accept growth in Jewish enclaves in the occupied territory, Israeli political sources said on Monday.


Russia, Israel Talk Anti-Terror Strategy

Russian and Israeli officials are planning joint training courses for anti-terror troops, Russian news agencies said Monday, as part of widening cooperation between the two countries in response to devastating terror attacks in Russia.


Seville, Spain (Sports Network) - Real Betis used a goal from Edu to earn a 1-1 draw with defending La Liga champion Valencia on Saturday.


Sesso, gli italiani lo 'fanno meglio' ma poco

Ginevra, 12 ott. - (Adnkronos) - Gli italiani 'lo fanno meglio'. Non brillano per numero di rapporti sessuali: 108 volte l'anno contro le 103 della media mondiale, piazzandosi cosi' al 18esimo posto della classifica.


HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla. - Jeanne, Florida's fourth hurricane in six weeks, piled on destruction in already ravaged areas Sunday, slicing across the state with howling wind that rocketed debris from earlier storms and torrents of rain that turned streets into rivers...


Author Rushdie and TV host Lakshmi to divorce

British author Salman Rushdie and his wife Padma Lakshmi, host of the television show "Top Chef," are getting divorced, just two weeks after he was awarded a British knighthood, his spokeswoman said on Monday.


World Business Briefing: Japan: Canon to Build an Ink Factory

Canon will invest about 80 billion yen ($709 million) to build a factory in northern Japan to make ink cartridges for printers and photocopiers. Canon, which is based in Tokyo, said construction of the factory in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, will start in November and production will begin in August next year.


NEW YORK  - A cream that blocks allergic substances from entering the nose seems to reduce symptoms in patients with hay fever, new research shows. The cream, known as Alergol, is applied inside the lower nose where it traps these ...


On the Friday when the late Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat was buried in the courtyard of the Muqata, the media reported that because of the fear of riots, the Israeli government had decided to close the Temple Mount mosques to residents of


Delta Pilots Tell Negotiators to Get Pact

Delta Air Lines Inc.'s pilots union on  Tuesday directed its negotiators to work out an agreement to  address the early retirement of a large number of pilots, which  threatens to push the No. 3 U.S. airline into a Chapter 11  bankruptcy filing.


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Airbus says its A380 super-jumbo has been cleared to take passengers by European and US authorities.


A new hypothesis could explain how the climate of early Mars became warm enough to support oceans.


With stock markets around the world falling last week, New Yorkers cut back on the essentials, like dry-cleaning their sheets.


With riveting cadence, the pastor quotes from the book of Acts — assurance from the apostle Paul that only through tribulation might disciples enter the kingdom of heaven.


Advanced Equities Financial Corp. Welcomes New Chief Technology Officer

Steve Krameisen has joined Advanced Equities Financial Corp. as the  Chief Technology Officer.  Mr. Krameisen is responsible for overseeing Information Technology for  all of AEFC's subsidiaries - First Allied  Securities Inc., FFP Securities, Inc., Greenbook Financial Services,  Inc.


People suffering mental health problems are being failed by poor access to key community services, a watchdog says.


Harmony Gold to Continue Gold Fields Bid

Harmony Gold Mining Ltd. said Monday it would continue its multibillion dollar (euro) takeover bid for Gold Fields Ltd. and will defend legal action brought against it by Gold Fields in a US court.


A little-known leftist rebel group in Mexico says it has carried out recent attacks on oil installations.


WASHINGTON, DC - Investors in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are feeling some pain in the wake of Fannie's recent accounting problems.


Bush Salutes Camp Pendleton Marines, Families

The nation's commander in chief traveled to Camp Pendleton, Calif., today the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force "for serving our country in a time when we need you.


Housebuilders were under pressure Wednesday following the publication of another gloomy industry survey.


The US Department of State says it may order diplomats to work in Iraq to fill vacancies at the Baghdad embassy.


Sen. McCain Threatens Baseball Over Steroids

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman  John McCain on Saturday threatened to introduce legislation  requiring more stringent drug testing if Major League Baseball  does not impose tougher rules on steroid use by January.


State to Hold Water Meeting at CSU: Water Use and Management to Be Discussed

By Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  May 28--The Georgia Water Council will hold a town hall meeting in Columbus Tuesday as part of a series of meetings across the state to discuss the statewide water planning effort and provide opportunity for the public to ask questions or comment on it.


Militia of Rebel Iraqi Shi'ite Cleric Offers Truce

A rebel Shi'ite Muslim militia led by Moqtada al-Sadr pledged on Thursday to disarm in what could be a major advance for US-Iraqi efforts to calm violence in Iraq ahead of elections due in January.


Mexico Police Arrest Dozens for Cop Lynching

Mexican police arrested dozens of people in a raid on a town where a frenzied mob beat and burned two federal police officers to death in an attack that shocked even this crime-hardened nation.


Authorities said Saturday they believe a hiker who disappeared from the northern Georgia woods on New Year's Day is dead, and they charged the man who was reportedly last seen with her with kidnapping.


Police Say Shooting Suspect Cited Anger in a Confession

Steven Boyd, 44, the homeless man accused of fatally shooting a highway worker on Wednesday in Queens, said he opened fire because "my anger took control of me," prosecutors said yesterday.


United won't begin defense of its MLS championship until April 2, but the club learned that its 2005 season will actually start almost a month earlier against a Jamaican team.


EU will go it alone on nuclear project if French site bid fails

BRUSSELS, Nov 9  - The European Union said Tuesday it was prepared to forge ahead with a revolutionary nuclear energy project if negotiations with Japan and other backers on where to locate it break down.


21 Palestinians, 1 Israeli soldier killed

Palestinian militants armed with AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades battled Israeli helicopters and tanks Thursday in the bloodiest day since Israel invaded Gaza over a soldier's capture. At least 21 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier died.


The Web conferencing leader will release a product for sales calls that watches clients to see whether they pay attention.


Transmeta's future may not be in the chips

LAS VEGAS -- Later this month, Transmeta will announce the results of an internal evaluation of its business model that could signal the company's gradual exit from microprocessor sales.


Nuance and Resolve in Nomineeâs Judicial Rulings

A look at 18 years of Judge Michael B. Mukaseyâs opinions reveals a complex temperament and legal philosophy.


SANS unveils Top 20 security vulnerabilities

IT security and research organization The SANS Institute is set to release its annual Top 20 list of Internet security vulnerabilities on Friday, with the intention of offering organizations at least a starting point for addressing critical issues.


So much for Hollywood and the NFL being shocked -- shocked! -- over Janet Jackson's "accidental" breast nudity. Just when you thought it was safe to go back to watching football, now ABC has decided to cash in on the MTV sleazy-surprise formula.


Padraic Brady's Blog: The Zend Framework and Microformats: Zend_Microformat Proposed

Padraic Brady has officially proposed a new component for the Zend Framework - one to handle the various microformat methods that have been gaining in popularity.   I've proposed Zend_Microformat on the ZF Proposal Wiki at Zend_Microformat - Padraic Brady. I've also started a proposal page for Zend_Microformat_Xfn.   He briefly explains what they are ("a collection of data encodings") and an example of their use (like the XHTML Friends Network to link social network users). You can find out more about them here.


The MoD apologises to the mother of a dead soldier after she is sent a letter asking him to enlist.


NY can't offer adequate subway service for years: official

Any relief for New York City straphangers, who now endure overcrowded and often delayed trains, is several years away, even if the money is found to improve them, the president of New York City Transit said on Monday.


Indian Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram seeks to allay foreign investor fears over the influence of communist parties on his government.


Air Force Secretary James G. Roche asked a lobbyist for Boeing Co. to use the company's Washington contacts to "quash" a deputy undersecretary of defense and make him "pay an appropriate


Insurance experiment a costly lesson for town Gardena near ...

A little over a decade ago, the small working-class city of Gardena was having trouble getting liability insurance, like a lot of other California towns, and it decided to take the kind of entrepreneurial leap municipalities were being encouraged to


Nell'Avellinese in manette ragazza di 18 anni e il fidanzato


Nigeria's embattled parliament speaker agrees to step aside while MPs debate a $5m contracts scandal.


Michael Phelps came to the Missouri Grand Prix to prepare for next month's world championships in Australia. He'll leave with at least one world record.


Borislav Boskovic, the Associated Press correspondent in the former Yugoslavia at the height of the Cold War, has died of emphysema. He was 87.


Questi i principali punti dell'accordo finale raggiunto oggi tra l'Ue e la Turchia per l'adesione di Ankara all'Unione. DATA DI ADESIONE: non prima della scadenza dell'esercizio finanziario 2007-2013, quindi a partire dal 2014.


Also: New Zealand teen runs internet banking scam. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


'As negotiators in the capital of Argentina hammer out the next stage of the The Kyoto Protocol climate treaty, two important questions remain unanswered: whether the Kyoto signatories can find a compromise to bring the United States back into the


Iraqis protest after silence greets plea for hostage

Some of the 20,000 Iraqis who have benefited from projects set up by kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan are to demand her release in Baghdad tomorrow after televised pleas from her colleagues and husband drew no response last night from her still


Microsoft had agreed to sanctions, EU official says

European regulators testified in Luxembourg yesterday that before settlement talks with Microsoft broke down last spring, the company had agreed to antitrust sanctions it now


Mario, Ciara Still Rule U.S. Pop Singles Chart

R&B singer Mario held the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for a seventh consecutive week Thursday with "Let Me Love You," while Ciara's "1, 2 Step" featuring Missy Elliott was No. 2 for a sixth week.


Irelandâs relatively new emphasis on entrepreneurs is the culmination of four decades of policies that have lifted the economy from centuries of poverty to modern prosperity.


Separated by only a few feet, Roger Clemens and his accuser were never further apart.


Replica di Bersani, 'parole inaccettabili'


Lawmakers Agree on $388 Bln Spending Bill

U.S. lawmakers struck a deal late on  Friday on a $388 billion package of government funding for the  current fiscal year after days of battling over foreign aid,  nuclear waste, milk subsidies and overtime.


Typhoon strikes Vietnam, toll at 76 in Philippines

Typhoon Xangsane has barreled into central Vietnam, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee and cutting electricity and many telephone lines after killing scores of people in the Philippines.


Intel stock tumbles 7% after lowered outlook

SAN FRANCISCO - Intel Corp.'s shares fell more than 7 percent yesterday, a day after the computer chip giant's management lowered the company's financial projections after concluding businesses and consumers aren't in a spending mood.


The General Does Battle With . . . a Broken Mike

The best historical analogue for Gen. David Petraeus's appearance before Congress yesterday might be found in the days of the Roman Republic.


It's widely known that being stuck in traffic can stress drivers out, but a new study now suggests it also increases the risk of a heart attack in susceptible people.


For Running Couples, Marriage Has Its Trials

Shayne Culpepper and Sara Hall are just a few of the runners with Olympic aspirations whose elite-level spouses are competing in New York.


From Liver and Chianti to a Presidentâs Barbecue

With âJimmy Carter: Man From Plains,â Jonathan Demme points his camera at the tribulations of a former president.


Agency doctors say post-market studies can't be required

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- The US Food and Drug Administration could not force Merck to perform safety studies of arthritis drug Vioxx after it hit the market in 1999, but the agency successfully "negotiated" the long-term studies that uncovered Vioxx's heart


Manning, Addai power unbeaten Colts to seventh straight win

Peyton Manning threw two touchdown passes and Joseph Addai scored three times as the unbeaten Indianapolis Colts used 31 unanswered points to crush the Carolina Panthers 31-7 on Sunday.


Totti, Britney e bikini i piÃ¹ cliccati su Google

Valentino Rossi come Britney Spears: sono loro, il primo per l'Italia e la seconda a livello mondiale, in testa a una nuova classifica di popolaritÃ : quella dei nomi piÃ¹ cliccati del 2004 secondo Google, il piÃ¹ famoso motore di ricerca del globo.


Oscar nominations put ex-Soviet film on the map

Oscar nominations for a Russian and Kazakh film have put the ex-Soviet countries' film industry back on the map, directors and actors said.


Rebuilding of Sabino Uncertain, Forum Told

By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 24--The road into Sabino Canyon, now closed most of the way due to storm damage, could reopen for more than half of its length in a few weeks, Forest Service officials said Saturday.


CULTURE-FINLAND:  'Living Books' Help Fight Prejudice

HELSINKI, Jun 8 (IPS) - Books cannot talk back to a reader and answer all  of their questions. So if one is seeking concrete information on,  say, a gay person, the library is perhaps the wrong place to  visit.


Microsoft Delays Windows XP SP2 for Home Users

Microsoft has delayed the rollout of XP Service Pack Two (SP2) for home users, and some customers will not be able to download it until the end of the month. The new code was supposed to go out on Microsoft's Automatic Update service on ...


NEW YORK  Â World War II service shaped the lives and careers of authors Norman Mailer and Kurt Vonnegut, and in turn their works were profoundly influential in the Vietnam era.


Blowout adds to Illinois' non-conference resume

But this rotation of No. 1 teams, which had a host of them a year ago, might not be as fluid this season if Illinois keeps playing the way it did Wednesday night.


Sea Too Vast for Man, Machine: SEARCHERS GRASPING AT THEORIES AS DAYS PASS WITHOUT CLUES

By Patrick May and Brandon Bailey, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb. 2--They're running out of answers.   And they're running out of ocean.   While the U.S.


Yahoo has acquired Stata Labs, a company whose e-mail application Bloomba allows users to search messages and attachments. Engineers from Stata Labs are to join Yahoo.


Leading Chinese TV Exporter Has Huge Loss

China's biggest television exporter announced losses stemming in part from declining sales and a scandal involving its biggest U.S. customer.


A New York recording studio piano believed to have been played by John Lennon just hours before he was shot dead in 1980 is being sold for 375,000 dollars, the dealer handling the sale said Wednesday.


Three days after the tragedy of Beslan ended, we sat for over three and a half hours with Vladimir Putin. Between picking up the pieces of the worst Russian terror attack to date and planning


Oggi listino Dax di Francoforte vicino a 7.000 punti


Indian cows say cheese to check smuggling

Villagers in eastern India have been lining up to get their cattle photographed as part of a new scheme to stop smuggling of the animals into Bangladesh, officials said on Wednesday.


Stallone's jet, hotel searched in Sydney

Customs officials searched Sylvester Stallone's hotel room and private jet three days after seizing banned substances from the muscle-bound actor's entourage as he arrived for a promotional tour, a news report said.


Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - American middleweight Andre Dirrell lost his semifinal bout to Kazakhstan's Gennadiy Golovkin on Friday, missing an opportunity to advance to the gold medal match.


Vergnoux dives in with Edinburgh swimmers

FREDERIC Vergnoux has been appointed the new head coach at the City of Edinburgh Swimming club, the Frenchman replacing Englandâs Tim Jones.


Japan's players go on strike, weekend games called off

TOKYO Baseball players in Japan are going on strike for the first time in the sport's history there. Games this weekend are being called off after extended negotiations with team officials failed to bear fruit.


The UN Security Council yesterday gave wide support to a resolution that would impose sanctions against Ivory Coast if the government and rebels donât return to a peace process by the beginning of December, diplomats said.


Presero Provenzano e Lo Piccolo, da due anni aspettano il pagamento degli straordinariFallita ogni trattativa sindacale, hanno deciso di citare in giudizio lo Stato                                          I cacciatori di latitanti fanno ricorso al Tar                                                                                di SALVO PALAZZOLO


Fiji's prime minister says he will drop legislation opposed by the military chief threatening to overthrow him.


Fabricators descend on Maker Faire Austin

Leaders of the "personal fabrication" movement gather in Austin to discuss how to bring such tools to a wider audience of people.