President George W. Bush offered praise and prayers yesterday for US troops fighting in Fallujah, as he and first lady Laura Bush visited an Army hospital to meet with soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.


British actress Imelda Staunton wins best actress for the gritty Vera Drake at the European Film Awards.


Google Inc.  on Thursday  will launch a long-awaited service called Google Checkout,  which some analysts said could help online merchants boost  sales and convince them to commit more advertising money to the  Web search leader.


Sarajevo, 13:49 - CALCIO, BOSNIA: SLISKOVIC RITIRA DIMISSIONI E RESTA CT

Blaz Sliskovic ha ritirato le dimissioni da ct della Bosnia e ha deciso di restare alla guida della ...


Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in New York to protests Sunday and said in a television interview that Iran was neither building a nuclear bomb nor headed to war with the United States.


Crescita del 57,1% rispetto allo stesso periodo 2006


Hawaii voters are known for their loyalty to incumbents, including Sen. Daniel K. Akaka, who won the Democratic primary on Saturday. Who was the last member of Hawaii's congressional delegation to lose a re-election bid?  Thomas Gill Neil Abercrombie Pat Saiki Patsy Mink


Chicago Firm Acquires Rouse for $7.2 Billion

Rouse Co., the real estate developer that transformed America's suburban landscape by creating the indoor shopping mall and self-contained communities far from city centers


By Jessica L. De Vault, Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, S.C.  Feb. 19--A group of Hunting Country residents are exploring a number of  options to assure that their spacious, rural region is left unscathed from  high-density development.


Unknown Modigliani painting surfaces in Serbia

A previously unknown painting by the early 20th century Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani will be displayed in November in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, experts said on Tuesday.


Miami rhapsody: VMAs focus spotlight on city

MTV has always been an all-or-nothing operation. They're either defining the moment, or not in the game. Battling for face-time with Republicans (or anyone) in New York during what


Gordon Brown will beat his rivals to succeed Tony Blair as prime minister, predicts ex-Labour leader Neil Kinnock.


The printer maker also predicted better-than-expected first quarter earnings, sending shares up.


Siena, nasconde neonato morto in valigia

Una studentessa universitaria di 19 anni che studia a Siena, ma residente in un paese della provincia di Avellino, ha ucciso il figlio, appena partorito, e lo ha tenuto rinchiuso in una valigia di tela per circa 15 giorni.


U.S. needs $100 mln more on food relief: aid groups

The Bush administration is more than $400 million short in its plan to send emergency food aid to developing countries, leaving 9 million people at risk of going hungry, a coalition of aid groups said on Friday.


Philips creates wellness group, launches 80-million-euro ad blitz

Dutch electronics giant Philips has launched a healthcare business group to support a 80-million-euro (980.9-million-dollar) global marketing campaign focused on simplicity, Philips chairman Gerard Kleisterlee said Monday.


The Twins took home another AL Central championship yesterday and Joe Mauer became the first catcher to win an American League batting title by getting two hits in Minnesota's 5-1 victory over the visiting Chicago White Sox.


Suspected armed Islamist militants kill 16 in Algeria

Sixteen people have been killed in an attack by an armed group of suspected Islamist militants in southern Algeria, state television said.


The Supreme Court hears arguments this week in a case that could determine whether the Bush administration must change course in how it deals with the threat of global warming.


Bloggers' Top-Cited Wikipedia 2006 Entries: "Web 2.0,""Steve Irwin" and "Mark Foley Scandal," Says Nielsen BuzzMetrics

Did somebody say Wikipedia? Yes, and then some, according to word-of-mouth measurement firm Nielsen BuzzMetrics, which identified Wikipedia -- the online encyclopedia anyone can edit -- as one of popular words and resources of 2007.


Management and unions at German auto maker Volkswagen reached an agreement on Wednesday that will bring an end to their long-running wage dispute, a union official said.


Disease Brings Drastic Changes to Patients, and Stress to Family Members

Many cannot help wondering if Alzheimerâs disease has peeled back inhibitions to expose an ugly side that the patient was repressing all along.


NASA packs bucket and spade for new Mars mission

Going digging for ice NASA is packing its things and getting ready for an ice-hunting trip to Mars. The space agency says it is preparing for the August 3 launch of the Phoenix lander, the first NASA mission specifically designed to touch and analyse water on the dwarf planet. The aim is to discover whether or not there are areas on the Martian surface that could, even now, harbour Martian microbes.â¦


Iran Reaches Preliminary Agreement With EU on Nuclear Programs

Iran says it has reached a tentative deal with several key European Union countries on its disputed nuclear program. Iran's negotiator, Hossein Mousavian, at talks in Paris says terms of the deal


Prediction: Miami-Florida 38, North Carolina 15

GAME NOTES: The fourth-ranked Miami Hurricanes head to the Tar Heel State for the second straight week, as they invade Chapel Hill on Saturday, where they will meet up with the North Carolina Tar Heels in ACC action from Kenan Stadium.


London's four rivals to host the 2012 Olympics tell BBC Sport why they deserve to win.


2 passenger trains collide head-on in northern India, killing at ...

Two passenger trains collided head-on on a stretch of rural track in northern India on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and injuring dozens of others, officials said.


Firenze, 17:24 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; PRANDELLI: VOGLIAMO PASSARE IL TURNO

Cesare Prandelli non fa sconti e presenta cosÃ¬ la partita tra la sua Fiorentina e la Lazio in progra...


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen kidnapped two Americans and a Briton Thursday from a house in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood where many foreign companies are based, the Interior Ministry and witnesses said.    The three were employed by Gulf Services Company, a Middle East-based construction firm, and were seized from a two-story house surrounded by a wall in the al-Mansour neighborhood, said Col...


BUDAPEST-Prime Minister Paul Martin has won international support in his push to convince other nations to respond faster to avert humanitarian crises.


L'esponente di destra spiega: "Credo che questa non sia piÃ¹ la mia casa politica"E assicura: "ContinuerÃ² a fare il mio dovere in Parlamento, auspicando il ritorno di Berlusconi"                                            Storace lascia Alleanza Nazionale L'annuncio sul suo sito Internet


Social networking Web sites like MySpace and Facebook would have access to a database of sex offenders for checking names and addresses against public profiles under a bill introduced Tuesday in Congress.


The Congress on Friday passed legislation reinstituting a ban on state and local taxation of Internet access for another three years following a vote by the House of Representatives.


'Sara' difficile ottenere bozza entro conferenza novembre'


US chess legend Bobby Fischer is the latest in a string of problem migrants for Japan.


U.S. Returns More Than 400 Pre-Columbian Relics to Peru

MIAMI, June 13 -- More than 400 pre-Columbian artifacts believed to have been taken from ancient graves in Peru were given back to that country here today in what was described by officials as the largest such recovery since the 1970s, when Peru and the United States agreed to import restrictions...


Recession or no, Japan carmakers to keep rolling

Forecasts for the U.S. auto market are  downsizing as consumers reel but Japanese carmakers are  confident of another year of record sales in their most  important market in 2008, buoyed by strong fuel efficiency


If behaviour therapists, designer outfits and gourmet food aren't enough to keep pampered pooches happy, owners can now try swimming lessons.


Citigroup fined for claiming hedge funds customers were 'disabled'

Banking giant Citigroup has been fined 1.1 million dollars after dozens of its brokers gained waivers on mutual fund sales charges by falsely claiming their customers were disabled, the NASD securities regulator said.


Advertising executive Philip B. Dusenberry, who oversaw the Pepsi television commercial in which Michael Jackson's hair caught fire and who helped coin some of the industry's best-known slogans, has died.


Of the Americans who most need a flu shot, fewer than half actually get one, federal health officials warned Thursday as they called for special attention to babies, toddlers and the elderly as vaccinations begin next month.


About 3 1/2 years after the wife of  tough guy actor Robert Blake was murdered, prosecutors finally  make their case on Monday to show he killed her out of hatred,  while his lawyers vow to prove Blake innocent by showing that  Bonny Lee Bakley had many enemies.


The growing elderly jail population is being neglected, the chief inspector of English and Welsh prisons says.


Can a âFertility Dietâ Get You Pregnant?

A new book suggests that among other things, eating ice cream and cutting back on meat may help raise your fertility.


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Shaquille O'Neal outscored Vince Carter by a whopping 29 points yet his hometown Miami Heat fell 94-92 to the Toronto Raptors at American Airlines Arena.


Among the happy orange protesters, Ukrainian paramilitaries say they...

Among the orange ribbons, rabbit ears and dyed hair of the Ukrainian students who have become the happy face of the Orange Revolution, a darker color has become more prominent: the green camouflage uniforms of ...


Investors like Oracle's latest word on profit

SAN FRANCISCO Shares of Oracle, the software maker, were up more than 7 percent in late trading Wednesday, a day after the company said its first-quarter earnings rose 16 percent on strong demand for its flagship database programs.


''Strategic partnership'' to be formalised at summit: PM

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said that the European Commissions proposal to bestow ''strategic partnership'' to India will be formalised at the coming India-European Union Summit hosted by the Netherlands Prime Minister Jan Belkende.


OPEC Lifts Oil Output Quotas One Mln Bpd

OPEC on Wednesday lifted oil supply  quotas by one million barrels a day, four percent, in a renewed  bid to force down stubbornly high world crude prices.


L'omicida, 23 anni, ha confessato dopo interrogatorio


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Here are today's Battleground Dispatches Ã¢ÂÂ a roundup of what is going on right now in the year's hottest races, based on reports from local and national media.


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Pakistan's election is "likely" to be delayed for some weeks after Benazir Bhutto's death, a ruling party official says.


David Leveauxâs disarming revival, starring Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner, is sweet but surprisingly potent.


Solana says atom talks with Iran envoy constructive

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said his talks on Saturday with Iran's nuclear chief were constructive and he hoped for another round in three weeks.


Presentati i dati dell'Eurobarometro durante il convegno ''I giovani el'alcool'' presso la "Fondazione Santa Lucia a Roma. Uno scenario che conferma paure ed attenzioni sul rapporto tra i giovani e le sostanze


Oldest Profession Is Still One of the Oldest Lures for Young Nigerian Women

For nearly 20 years, the women of Benin City, Nigeria, have been going to Italy to work in the sex trade.


Il rilevamento di Ipr marketing conferma l'andamento degli ultimi mesiIl premier scende ancora e tocca quota 36%, l'esecutivo nel complesso risale al 44%                                            Sondaggio, il governo recupera fiducia ma Prodi continua a perdere colpi                                                                                La rimonta trainata dai ministri protagonisti dei provvedimenti piÃ¹ discussi come Dico e TfrBene Bersani, Bindi e Pollastrini, D'Alema resta primo per popolaritÃ di VALERIO GUALERZI


Authorities on Thursday formally charged a billionaire businessman who ran in this month's presidential election with plotting to overthrow the government.


Oracle Isn't Trying to Bury Rival, Executive Testifies

The co-president of Oracle testified that her company was serious about its takeover offer for PeopleSoft and was not trying to scare off its customers.


Six die, trapped in underground shaft on Tenerife

Six people have died and 23 survivors rescued after becoming trapped in an underground shaft on the Spanish island of Tenerife, local officials said.


The Philippines and Laos have signed an agreement hoping to boost the minuscule trade between them and encourage their first investment links, a statement said Saturday.


Barbra Streisand likes Democrat hopefuls

Barbra Streisand likes what she sees in the Democratic race for the presidency, so much so that she's giving money to three candidates.


US gives up on getting Iran to UN Security Council in September ...

VIENNA : The United States now realizes that it does not have the majority it needs at the UN nuclear watchdog to bring Iran before the UN Security Council over Tehran's alleged atomic weapons program, a US official told AFP.


The dollar seesawed sharply against the yen on Friday as the market struggled to digest comments by a Chinese official that the time was ripe for China to move gradually toward a more flexible exchange rate regime.


Survivors leave ghost Indian island to dogs, pigs

It was once home to a venerated tribal people who were renowned carpenters, but today the Indian island of Chawra is deserted, left only to pigs and dogs howling in the wake of last week's tsunami.


Global stock markets battered, as yen rises

European shares fell sharply in early trade on Monday as a sell-off in global equities snowballed, and the yen hit three-month highs against the dollar and the euro.


TUUSULA, Finland  - Seven children and a head teacher were killed when a pupil opened fire at a school in southern Finland on Wednesday, hours after he posted a video on YouTube foreshadowing a massacre there.


Sweden's military reports a security breach as an employee leaves a memory stick with secrets on a public computer.


A Dutch court blocks the extradition to Turkey of a Kurdish woman said to be a top militant leader.


Friday is the 20th anniversary of the October 1987 stock market crash, the largest ever one-day fall in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Analysts continue to argue over the causes, and programme trading was accused of turning a decline into a rout. Some blamed the great hurricane that stopped London's traders getting to work the previous Friday - they had to wait until the Monday to react to continuing sharp falls in the markets.


State rejects bridge bid Bay span to be rebid or redesigned

Sacramento -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, betting that new bids or a different design for the new Bay Bridge will save hundreds of millions of dollars and won't cause further delays, rejected on Thursday what


U.N. Secretary General Kofi  Annan criticized on Thursday what he called inflammatory  remarks by the Ivory Coast's ruling party chief and asked the  African nation's leaders to exercise "utmost restraint."


Skywalk to Hang  Above  Grand Canyon ; But Tribe's Lofty Plan Upsets Some

By CHRIS KAHN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  HUALAPAI INDIAN RESERVATION, Ariz.  A struggling Indian tribe is hoping to change its fortunes by luring tourists out over the edge of the Grand Canyon on a glass-bottom observation deck 4,000 feet above the Colorado River.


Annan Urges Prompt Action on Sudan Draft

Intervening in a Security Council debate, Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the panel on Thursday to act quickly on a new resolution to curb the violence in Darfur


Health Insurance Stocks Climb in Trading

Health insurance stocks spiked in trading Tuesday after California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi withdrew his opposition to the merger between WellPoint Health Networks Inc.


Forty-four years after starting work at a children's psychiatric ward in Wisconsin, Dr. Darold Treffert still struggles to explain how the human brain is capable of producing the remarkable feats he witnessed there.


Dismay and anger as Pope declares Protestants cannot have churches

Â· Text quotes 'absence of sacramental priesthood'Â· Declaration criticised as huge step backwards


Hanging out with Tracy Morgan, who's new film, âFirst Sunday,â opens Friday.


Soaring oil prices redistributing world's wealth

WASHINGTON -- While North Americans wince as they fill up their vehicles with fuel, market forces are smiling on the Saudi Arabias and Exxon Mobils of the world.


California teen offers GPS challenge to speeding rap

Radar gun mistaken, log shows A California teenager is contesting a speeding ticket which claims he was doing 62mph in a 45mph zone, since a GPS system fitted to his Toyota Celica appears to show he was actually within the limit.â¦


Shoaib ruled out as Pakistan-Sri Lanka 2nd Test begins today

KARACHI: Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq on Wednesday said strike bowler Shoaib Akhtar had been ruled out of the second and final Test against Sri Lanka, starting at the National Stadium Karachi (NSK) here on Thursday (today).


Tens of thousands protest Bangladesh election plans

Tens and thousands of Bangladesh opposition supporters have packed the centre of the capital Dhaka to demand that next month's elections be delayed because of allegations of vote rigging.


Militants Threaten to Kill US, UK Hostages in Iraq

Insurgents threatened to kill two Americans and a Briton unless the United States freed Iraqi women prisoners, Al Jazeera said Saturday, and a suicide car bomb killed


US oil company is looking to buy up to 25% stake in the Russian oil giant, source says. MOSCOW  - US oil major ConocoPhillips is seeking to buy up to 25 percent in Russian oil giant Lukoil, booking


Per inquirenti non fu comunque lui a vendere spinello killer


Standards watchdog reports Labour leader to the procurator fiscal for failing to publicly declare donations.


After nearly two years, the alternate reality game Perplex City is won by a 38 year old man from the UK.


Duke Energy Corp. reports third-quarter net income of $389 million, or 41 cents per diluted share, sharply above earnings of $49 million, or 5 cents per diluted share, in the same period last year.


Deng Xiaopingâs legacy comes in for praise and criticism

The celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the birth of the âGreat Architectâ are a backdrop for judging the Communist Partyâs policies.


Thousands of fans gather in Trafalgar Square for the opening ceremony of the 2007 Tour de France.


Birth Rate for Young Teens Lowest Since 1946

The birth rate among adolescent and  young teen girls in the United States fell sharply in the  1990s, hitting a 58-year-low in 2002, the Centers for Disease  Control and Prevention reported on Monday.


Crotone, 14:30 - CALCIO, CROTONE-JUVE: MAXI SCHERMO IN PIAZZA CI SARA'

Il comune di Crotone ha confermato che i tifosi potranno seguire la partita di questa sera tra Croto...


Palestinian Cabinet minister Saeb Erekat confirmed to The Associated Press that Arafat had died.


PLO chairman Mahmud Abbas has voiced optimism that armed Palestinian groups will respond to his call to lay down weapons. "There has been progress in the negotiations with Palestinian factions about ending


Rare Elvis Presley Recordings Go Up for Auction

Some of Elvis Presley's first RCA recordings from nearly 50 years ago, including never-before-heard takes of "All Shook Up" and "Jailhouse Rock," will be put up for bid on Sunday at an auction of show business memorabilia.


Voters consider changing Alcatraz to peace center

San Francisco voters will decide on Tuesday whether to remove the famous Alcatraz Prison visited by thousands of tourists a day and instead create a "global peace center."


'Il leader sono io: non conta l'eta' ma le idee'


Google launches fee-based hosted site search for businesses

Blog: Custom Search Business Edition offers ad free, fee-based site search to organizations.


Live from the San Francisco Web 2.0 Summit, Rafe Needleman and company.


Sophos, an anti-virus and anti-spam security company, released a report on Friday of the top twelve spam-producing countries in the world.


Big Shift Seen in Voting Methods With Turn Back to a Paper Trail

New federal guidelines and legislation will probably combine to make the paperless voting machines obsolete, the officials say.


Eduardo adds menace to Wenger's young guns during Champions League

Arsene Wenger believes Eduardo has brought a new dimension to Arsenal that will help his side challenge for the Champions League.


AdWatch: Kerry responds to latest Bush ad

"One thousand US casualties. Two Americans beheaded just this week. The Pentagon admits terrorists are pouring into Iraq. In the face of the Iraq quagmire, George Bush's answer is to run a juvenile and tasteless attack ad.


Democrat John Kerry joked on "The Late Show with David Letterman" about changes under President Bush's tax plan, including that Vice President Dick Cheney can claim the president as a dependent.


Stocks rose on Wednesday, led by gains in energy and semi-conductor shares.


Barack Obama learned campaign humility the hard way Â in a failed congressional effort during which his opponent portrayed him as an "educated fool," more at home on a college campus than a city street.


Former ICI boss and TV 'troubleshooter' Sir John Harvey-Jones dies in his sleep following a long illness.


For Southie, it'll be Andrew McIneaney -- hailing from County Monaghan, Ireland -- among his chums in the ring.


Hitachi, NEC launch networking equipment joint venture

Alaxala Networks Corp., the backbone-network router and switch joint venture announced by Hitachi Ltd. and NEC Corp. earlier this year, began operations on Friday, it said in a statement.


Syria on Thursday rejected Iraqi accusations that it and Iran were supporting al-Qaida-linked insurgents in Iraq. Iraqi Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan said Wednesday that Iranian and Syrian intelligence agents


Open-source software is carving a larger niche in the mobile realm, with electronics firms NEC (Nasdaq: NIPNY) and Panasonic rolling out Linux-based handhelds for Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM).


Paul Konerko hit a game-winning RBI single in the ninth to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 7-to-6 victory over Minnesota. Joe Roa takes the loss for the Twins to fall to 2-and-3.


The Brains Behind the Petraeus Iraq Report

Some of the military's finest minds helped craft the strategy that has produced some signs of good news out of Iraq. But even they don't know if it will work.


Japan's trade surplus shrank 20% in December as exports fell and high oil prices increased the value of imports.


United Nations officials report security breaches in internally displaced people and refugee camps in Sudan's embattled Darfur region and neighboring Chad.


Hawaii's Timmy Chang started playing organized football in middle school as a cornerback. Now he's on the verge of becoming the most prolific passer in college history.


3Com drops after lowering revenue target

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. - 3Com Corp. said today its quarterly revenue will come in around 10 per cent below its previous expectation, an announcement that sent shares of the communications network supplier down nearly 10 per cent.


O.J. Simpson's ill-fated "If I Did It" book and TV project was not a confession to the murders of his ex-wife and her friend, and that the title wasn't his idea, he said in a radio interview Wednesday.


Emulex acquires Sierra Logic for $180 million

(InfoWorld) - Emulex will buy Sierra LogicÂ to build a bigger enterprise storage portfolio. Emulex said Tuesday it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Sierra Logic for $180 million to expand its position in the embedded storage components market. The acquisition will combine two suppliers of network storage components and may improve the reliability of storage networks that enterprise customers depend on. Sierra's line of embedded bridges and routers will join Emulex's portfolio of embedded switches and multiple protocol input/output controllers. The combination will make Emulex more competitive in selling to storage system makers, said Mike Smith, Emulex's executive vice president for worldwide marketing. Emulex's current customers include Sun Microsystems, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, and Network Appliance. "There is always a trend toward integration, and you can offer more integrated solutions the more pieces you provide. It makes you more of a single, trusted supplier," Smith said. The deal gives Emulex access to key technology developed by Sierra Logic to make SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) storage systems more reliable, said storage industry analyst Arun Taneja, founder of The Taneja Group, in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Fibre Channel disk drives are used in high-end storage environments, while SATA drives are a lower cost alternative. But SATA drives are less reliable than Fibre Channel. Sierra Logic's technology makes SATA more reliable, Taneja said. "Sierra makes a SATA drive look like a Fibre Channel drive but maintains the price advantage of SATA," said Taneja. "Emulex looked at the technology and said 'It's too important to this industry. I want to own it.'" Consistent with its integration strategy, Emulex also acquired Arohi Communications, a maker of data center networking and intelligent storage platforms, in May for $39 million. The Sierra Logic deal is expected to be completed by Sept. 30 and to contribute an incremental $8 million to $10 million in revenues to Emulex in the fourth quarter. Emulex, based in Costa Mesa, California, has about 600 employees worldwide, while Sierra Logic, based in Roseville, California, has 70 employees. Smith expects most of them to come to Emulex, including Sierra Logic Chief Executive Officer Bob Whitson.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.


MO, soldati israeliani uccidono due bambini palestinesi

Due bambini palestinesi di sette e otto anni sono rimasti uccisi questa mattina nel campo profughi di Khan Yunis, nel sud della Striscia di Gaza. Fonti palestinesi affermano che ad ucciderli Ã¨ stato un obice


Saudi detains 139 suspected militants: Arabiya

Saudi Arabia has detained 139 suspected members of Islamist militant cells including one who was plotting to carry out a suicide bombing, Arabiya television said on Saturday.


The Spanish Football Association has opened a disciplinary file against Luis Aragones - but anti-racism campaigners expect the Spain coach to be let off with a warning.


An ingredient found in cocoa beans was nearly a third more effective than cough medicine in stopping persistent coughs, researchers at Imperial College London found.


Libby Judge Shows Doubt on Defense Scapegoat Argument

A federal judge presiding over the perjury trial of Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff expressed doubt this morning about defense arguments that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was scapegoated by the White House in 2003 as the furor grew over the leak of a CIA officer's identity to the media.


Lawmakers in Washington want to make it easier for mutual funds and pension plans to sell stocks in companies doing business in Sudan and Iran, targeting institutions like Fidelity Investments and the state boards that manage public retirement money.


L'annuncio del sindaco non ha placato le tensioniE cosÃ¬ un concerto si Ã¨ trasformato in guerriglia                                            Padova, il Muro sarÃ  abbattuto ieri scontri No global-polizia: feriti                                                                                di FILIPPO TOSATTO


Tech Stocks Open Lower on Cisco; Dow Flat

U.S. tech stocks opened lower on  Wednesday, as results from technology bellwether Cisco Systems  Inc. CSCO.O disappointed Wall Street, while investors await  an expected hike in interest rates from the Fed later in the  day.


Tech and energy sectors lift Wall Street

U.S. stocks jumped on Tuesday on an optimistic outlook for technology shares and gains in oil prices that lifted energy shares.


FA dismisses report that Eriksson will be replaced by part-time ...

The English Football Association on Thursday dismissed a report that Sven-Goran Eriksson's eventual successor will be a part-time coach.


Coffee Break - Law Firm Donates to U of M

By The Commercial Appeal  butler Snow law firm donated $100,000 to the University of Memphis Law School last night during a reception to honor Dr. Shirley Raines' tenure as chair of the Memphis Regional Chamber board.


US Sen. Trent Lott doesn't believe Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should resign immediately, but he does think Rumsfeld should be replaced sometime in the next year.


China's Yi selected for NBA Rookie Challenge

Chinese forward Yi Jianlian of the Milwaukee Bucks was among four international newcomers chosen for the rookie team in next month's Rookie Challenge at the National Basketball Association All-Star Game.


At Country Clubs, Gay Members Want All Privileges for Partners

The hot topic at many golf clubs is one few members could have dreamed of talking about a decade ago.


Prachi Desai talks about her Bollywood plans, and quitting Kasamh Se.


Time Warner in Talks on Sprint Phone Deal

Time Warner Inc. TWX.N is in talks  to offer cell-phone service over Sprint Corp.'s FON.N network  on a trial basis early in 2005, a source familiar with the  matter said on Wednesday.


Roma, 18:19 - CALCIO, SERIE C1 E C2: GLI SQUALIFICATI

In merito alle gare del primo turno del campionato di serie C, il giudice sportivo Pasquale Marino, ...


Serial killer probe focuses on mystery man in car

British police hunting a feared serial killer have confirmed a fourth murder victim, as attention turned to a mystery man in a blue BMW who may provide a key to the shocking deaths.


A Polish author is jailed for murdering a businessman, four years after publishing a novel detailing a similar crime.


Black to Quit Hollinger Inc., Stock Soars

Former press baron Conrad Black will  quit as chairman and chief executive of his Canadian holding  company, Hollinger Inc. HLGc.TO, to facilitate his offer to  take it private.


Nepali capital peaceful after lifting of curfew

The streets of Nepal's capital were crowded and shops opened early on Monday after authorities lifted a curfew imposed last week after mobs protesting against the killing of 12 Nepalis in Iraq ransacked a mosque.


Baghdad Car Bombs Kill at Least 26 as Election Nears

Insurgents detonated a suicide truck  bomb outside Australia's embassy in Baghdad Wednesday and hit  Iraqi security targets with at least three car bombs, killing  26 less than two weeks before Jan. 30 elections.


ATHENS: The Netherlands and Australia flew through to the Olympic menâs hockey finals on Wednesday, setting up the chance for the Dutch to win a third gold in a row and for the Aussies to win their first ever title.


'Bride and Prejudice' Makes Dazzling London Premiere

Exotic fairy light garlands and Indian drummers in traditional tunics brought Bollywood to Britain with the world premiere of "Bride and Prejudice," an adaptation of Jane Austen's classic tale.


Albuquerque May Be Bastion of Coffee Shops

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - No wonder they're losing sleep in Seattle...


Sono coerenti con l'obiettivo di promuovere passaggio a DTT


Residents Return to Darfur After Fleeing Attack

"Only God saved us when the Janjaweed attacked. We had to walk to safety and 12 men were killed," said Khultoum Eissa Abdallah, now back in her hometown in Sudan's troubled Darfur region.


Lugano, 20:25 - CALCIO, GENOA: 4-0 IN AMICHEVOLE AL LUGANO

Il Genoa ha battuto 4-0 in amichevole gli svizzeri del Lugano. In gol Figueroa, Di Vaio (2) e Sculll...


Barclays raises offer for ABN AMRO to $93 bln

British bank Barclays has raised its offer for ABN AMRO to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) and included some cash, helped by major investment from state authorities in China and Singapore.


The German car maker BMW announces Â£100m in fresh investment to boost production at its Mini factory in Oxford.


Trailer Bridge CEO John D. McCown to Be Luncheon Speaker at Marine Environmental Conference

Trailer Bridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRBR) today announced that the Company's Chairman & CEO, John D. McCown, will be the luncheon speaker today at the commencement of Global Greenship 2006, a two-day conference in Washington, D.C.


Relazione del presidente della Corte d'Appello di Milano al ministro della GiustiziaIl gip Forleo non Ã¨ colpevole della fuga di notizie. Informata la Procura generale                                          Intercettazioni: "Le trascrizioni trafugate prima del deposito"                                                                                D'Alema aveva detto: "La divulgazione di quelle conversazioni Ã¨ dannosa per l'immagine della magistratura"


Art Blakey has been honored with a historical marker that will be placed at his boyhood home in the city's Hill District.


When he signed with the Chicago Cubs in the offseason, hometown guy Cliff Floyd envisioned joining a high-powered offense on the North Side. The last two games at Wrigley Field were what Floyd had in mind.


Iraq's interim prime minister warned yesterday that insurgents were trying to foment a sectarian war in the country, as 50 people were arrested over Sunday's twin car bomb attacks in Najaf and Kerbala which left 67 dead.


Yahoo joins the search with Stata purchase

Yahoo has snapped up privately-held e-mail software company Stata Labs, which develops technology that allows users to quickly search through mail and attachments. The move, announced Thursday, generated speculation that the Internet powerhouse is gearing up to take on Google Inc.'s Gmail Webmail service, which features broad capabilities to search e-mail messages.


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Witnesses said Sunday that clashes between coalition troops and Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan left at least 18 civilians dead. NATO officials, however, said no noncombatants were killed.


Nayan in Palace, describes 26 days in captivity

Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. THE RETURN to the Philippines on Thursday night of diplomat Angelito Nayan, whom


Eurostar Sets New London-Brussels Speed Record

Eurostar has set another record for train travel with its inaugural service between Brussels and the new London St Pancras terminal. It broke the two-hour barrier, travelling at speeds of more than 186mph through Kent into London. The 232-mile journey from Brussels Midi station to St Pancras took one hour, 43 minutes, shaving 20 minutes off the time it currently takes to Waterloo. A new record for the Paris to London St Pancras route was set on 4 September.


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BA Reignites Iberia Takeover Talk with Qantas Cash

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


Microsoft Download Centre Demanding OS Validation

The Microsoft Download Centre has been updated with some graphical improvements on both the search, listings and item pages. Crucially in the new look download centre many application downloads are now being


The Italian Senate today gave final approval to the government - s...

The Italian Senate today gave final approval to the government - s 2005 budget, including spending cuts and revenue-raising measures worth 30 billion euros ( 21.2 billion), and designed to keep Italy - s ...


TechWeb - OpenSuse 10.2 includes the OpenOffice.org office productivity suite, the Firefox 2.0 Web browser, Beagle desktop search, GAIM instant messaging client, multimedia tools, and graphical software.


Moore fears film seizure after Cuba trip

Filmmaker Michael Moore has stashed a copy of his latest documentary in Canada because he fears the U.S. government will try to confiscate it after part of it was filmed during an unauthorized trip to Cuba.


Stocks rally on M&A frenzy, factory growth

Stocks rallied on Monday, the first day of the third quarter, boosted by a fresh round of takeover activity and data showing a pickup in manufacturing in June.


Amazon MP3 looks to expand outside of US

The online retailer said over the weekend that it would begin to roll out its music store worldwide during this year in an effort to more broadly compete with market-leader iTunes.


A man is arrested in connection with the death of a four-year-old girl in a road crash in Edinburgh.


Futures fall on recession worries and Apple

Stock index futures fell on Wednesday as recession worries persisted and a weak profit outlook from iPod maker Apple Inc hurt technology companies, with the Nasdaq on the doorstep of a bear market.


"Beauty and Beast" star charged with sex crimes

Stage actor James Barbour, who starred  as the beast in the hit Broadway musical "Beauty and the  Beast," pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges he sexually  abused a 15-year-old girl.


Austria investigates a video which appeared on the web, apparently showing soldiers exchanging Hitler salutes.


ATLANTA The Houston Astros battered their postseason nemesis, the Atlanta Braves, to win the opening game of their National League division series.


For beef lovers, 2007 will go down as another year of eating dangerously.


Jolie could complete Vietnam adoption in April

Vietnamese authorities have speeded up  Angelina Jolie's adoption of a Vietnamese boy and the Hollywood  star could be able to take him home by next month, the  country's top adoption official said on Wednesday.


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Pasquale Marino, giudice sportivo di serie C, ha squalificato 29 giocatori in serie C2. Ben 4 giorna...


NEW YORK - They gathered on Oct. 19 for a ritual known to thousands of New York co-op owners, the annual meeting. The board president, Richard Cohen, and his wife, newscaster Paula Zahn, threw open their second


Fed's Pianalto sees little consumer hit from housing

A slowdown in the United States' housing market may have knocked as much as one percentage point off annual growth, but does not seem to have affected consumer demand much, a top Federal Reserve official said on Monday.


Q&A: NYSE CTO promises nimbler response with move to hybrid system

The New York Stock Exchange took another step today toward a hybrid trading system. But that doesn't mean the exchange will be losing its floor traders anytime soon, says  NYSE CTO Steve Rubinow.


Wind-stoked wildfires rage in southern California

A dozen wildfires stoked by gusting winds burned out of control in southern California on Sunday, killing one person in San Diego and forcing thousands to evacuate homes from the celebrity enclave of Malibu down to the Mexican border.


Honduras Blames Street Gangs for Bus Massacre

Honduras blamed youth gangs on Friday for a gun attack on a public bus that killed 28 people returning from work or Christmas shopping in the latest violent outrage to hit the poor Central American nation.


Browns' Winslow Buys Dad's Jersey Number

Kellen Winslow Jr. already had his Hall of Fame father's soft hands. Now he's got his number, too.


Choking risk for babies prompts Gerber recall

U.S.-based babyfood company Gerber is recalling around half a million packs of organic rice and oatmeal cereal because of a risk babies might choke on the product, a spokesman said on Monday.


A homemade necklace proclaiming "Daddy Rocks" has replaced the thick gold chain and dangling earring Andre Agassi sported when he won Wimbledon in 1992. A shaved head glistens where tresses once flowed underneath a sponsor-touting ballcap.


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Tokyo's Nikkei rose 0.3 percent by midday  on Tuesday as another jump in U.S. technology shares fueled  buying of local peers such as Tokyo Electron Ltd. and earnings  optimism again buoyed some miners.


TV - Ascolti, un'Isola record con 11 mln di spettatori

Isola dei Famosi asso pigliatutto con quasi 11 mln di spettatori (46,02% di share) che hanno seguito su Raidue la puntata finale del programma. condotto da Simona Ventura che ha coronato vincitore lo spagnolo Sergio Muniz.


Stepney 'Astonished' During Formula One Three-Hour Espionage Interrogation

"Ferrari reviewed the evidence and consulted London lawyers towards the end of last week"  An 'astonished' Nigel Stepney was interrogated for more than three hours by Italian police upon returning from a holiday in the Philippines on Thursday. via Paddock Talk


Gamers are getting their hands on encrypted copies of the eagerly awaited Half-Life 2 game.


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IronPort X1050 security appliance smacks down spam

The newest IronPort e-mail security appliance is capable of scanning more than 2.5 million messages per hour, according to company-released statistics on the X1050.


Londra, 13:24 - CALCIO, I GALAXY A BECKHAM: TORNA PRIMA DALLE VACANZE

I Los Angeles Galaxy, la nuova squadra di David Beckham, avrebbero chiesto al fuoriclasse inglese di...


Yahoo IM hit with critical security flaws

Blog: A number of highly critical security flaws have been found in the latest version of Yahoo Messenger, which could allow attackers to gain remote access to users systems.


Sweden's next PM gets down to work after election victory

Sweden's next prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt was getting down to work to form a centre-right government after 12 years in the opposition, with only minor changes expected to be made to the Swedes' cherished welfare state.


This is not what the Detroit Lions or Charles Rogers had in mind when the wide receiver was drafted second overall three years ago.


Microsoft releases new virtual machine management software

The management software is available for $860 per host server -- which means the actual server that hosts any instances of virtual software.


Take a close look, and you might like what you see.


Fla. storm victims attend wrecked church

Gospel singing and shouts of "Hallelujah!" competed with the sounds of hammers, chain saws and dump trucks Sunday as parishioners of a church obliterated by a tornado gathered around the rubble to remember the dead and pray for the strength to rebuild.


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Afghanistan's Karzai Eludes Assassination

Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped an assassination bid on Thursday when a rocket was fired at his U.S. military helicopter as it was landing in the southeastern town of Gardez.


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Sri Lanka says sinks 11 rebel boats in naval clash

Sri Lanka's navy sank 11 Tamil Tiger   vessels and killed dozens of rebels in a fierce five-hour   battle overnight, the military said on Monday, a fortnight   after the foes agreed to resume peace talks to halt renewed   civil war.


The Italian airline Alitalia is to reveal proposals to stave off bankruptcy.


South Africa set tough target of 325 after Trescothick's 180

Marcus Trescothick flayed the South African bowlers, hitting 180, as England set South Africa an improbable target of 325 in 68 overs on the fifth and final day of the fourth Test at the Wanderers Stadium.


EBay Reports 3rd-Quarter Growth, With Some Blemishes

The e-commerce company said it continued to grow quickly, but analysts have been closely watching the companyâs auction business for signs of slowing.


EU Med states call for Mideast peace conference

The foreign ministers of France, Italy,  Spain and seven other European states called on Monday for an  international conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict  and said Israel should make more concessions for peace.


Police: 3 shot dead on Louisiana Tech campus

A female student shot two other women and herself Friday morning inside a classroom on the campus of Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge, authorities said.


A member of the Senate said that a diabetes expert tipped GlaxoSmithKline to the publication of safety questions about Avandia.


War squeezes businesses owned by reservists

Having served in Iraq, Dave Krasner is now back home in Boston, struggling to keep alive the small computer consulting company he left behind.


India yet to decide to buy French subs: defence minister

India has not decided whether to buy six Scorpene submarines from France, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said after the naval chief suggested the deal would be sealed soon.


Women's Groups Pressure FDA on 'Morning-After' Pill

Women's rights groups seeking easier  access to emergency contraception are pressuring U.S.  regulators as they try to decide whether to approve a  non-prescription "morning-after" pill.


Economy - Thursday      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - The 30-year fixed rate averaged 5.48% for the week ended Jan. 24, down from 5.69% last week, as the Federal Reserve slashed key lending rates and the housing market weakened further, Freddie Mac said. It was the lowest rate since March 2004. The 15-year fixed rate dived 26 ticks to 4.95%. The 1-year Treasury-tied adjustable rate plunged 27 ticks to 4.99%.


Large pension schemes fail to say how they manage the environmental and social impact of investments, a pressure group says.


Thaksin vows to return to Thailand, urges reconciliation

Deposed Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra said Tuesday he wanted to return to Thailand in February, as he called for reconciliation with the military following weekend elections.


1 Dead 5 Injured at Arafat Mourning Tent in Gaza

A shooting at a tent set up for mourners of Yasser Arafat in Gaza City has left at least one security guard dead and five others injured.


Doctors worry nevirapine use may be halted

Doctors and AIDS activists in Africa are worried governments may halt use of an HIV antiretroviral drug that has protected thousands of babies from HIV infection in reaction to new concerns about the drug's testing and effect on pregnant women.


IBM Takes on Microsoft With OpenOffice Suite

IBM Corp. is to offer the world a free word processor, spreadsheet and presentation program in yet another bid to upset the dominance of Microsoft's Office suite.


An expert rules out reducing corporation tax in Northern Ireland, saying it would hurt the rest of the UK.


Cameron Diaz wins damages over "clinch" report

Actress Cameron Diaz won a public apology and "substantial" libel damages at London's High Court on Friday over claims she had been caught in a "passionate clinch" with a television producer.


Chipper Jones homered twice and matched his career high with five RBIs, leading the surging Atlanta Braves past the Colorado Rockies 8-1 Wednesday night for their 19th win in 27 games.


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Clannish Bollywood readies the kids to take over

At least half a dozen children from top Indian film families are debuting this year in Bollywood, a clannish industry that has for generations shoehorned its sons and daughters into instant stardom.


A powerful blast shook western Baghdad  on Friday, lighting up the night sky, witnesses said.


Ask Jeeves Introduces Yet Another Desktop Search Tool

Ask Jeeves yesterday joined Microsoft in introducing a beta desktop search application. Ask Jeeves states that its Desktop Search makes it easy for people to find information on their computers or the Internet.


U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told President Bush on Friday that "I need your strong support" to resolve global problems.


Bacall Balks After Kidman Called 'Legend'

LONDON - How old is a movie legend? Definitely older than 37-year-old Nicole Kidman, according to screen veteran Lauren Bacall.    Bacall became irritated during an interview with Britain's GMTV Wednesday when the younger actress was described as "a legend."  "She's not a legend," Bacall said, cutting off interviewer Jenni Falconer in mid-sentence...


Economic growth could reach 2.5 percent this year, a German minister said in remarks published Sunday, among the most optimistic forecasts yet for Europe's largest economy.


British GP: Good news for Silverstone, bad news for Goodwood

In his infinite wisdom, Bernie Ecclestone has rescheduled the 2005 British Grand Prix in order that it does not clash with the Men's Final at Wimbledon.


Crowd dwindles in Hungary as fears of anti-government riots subside

Anti-government protests outside the Hungarian parliament in Budapest started to fizzle out, reducing the likelihood of a fourth night of rioting.


1991 Gulf War vets may face higher cancer risk: report

WASHINGTON  - Lung cancers among US veterans of the 1991 Gulf War (news - web sites) could be linked to exposure to damaging substances from oil well fires or missile propellents, according to a report.


Moda, pallino da star Sarah è trendy, Victoria glam

Dopo Madonna e Kate Moss, anche S. Jessica Parker diventa stilista ma con il motto 'La moda non è un lusso'. La piÃ¹ glamour? E' la signora Beckham


Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton's professional cycling team has fired him after he failed doping tests. Phonak was refused a racing license by the UCI, prohibiting them from competing in the Tour de France and other elite events.


Movie Review | 'Because I Said So': Mother, Please, Iâd Rather Do It Myself

âBecause I Said Soâ is an exercise in deliberate mediocrity, with chuckles and heartwarming moments distributed as carefully as nuts in a factory-made brownie.


For all its excess -- of celebrity, money and media attention -- the Kobe Bryant case at its core was fairly typical of rape cases, legal sources said Thursday, and its clouded ending underscored the barriers to successfully prosecuting one of the most


It's another black eye for Sony. After closing its online music store in August, news comes that the entertainment giant is delaying the opening of its online community for  the PlayStation 3.


VMware questions rivals' virtualization strategies

InfoWorld - The president of virtualization software leader VMware Wednesday questioned the strategy of rivals that are integrating virtualization functionality into their operating systems.


U.S. Urges New Sanctions as Iran Stands Firm on Nuclear Policy

President Bush said yesterday that the administration will press the United Nations to adopt new, expanded sanctions against Iran, as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran would "never retreat even one step" from its nuclear enrichment program.


FRIDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- Black men in Florida with oral and pharyngeal cancer don't live as long as white men with the same kind of cancer and are less likely to have surgery necessary for optimal treatment of the disease.


SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26  Â The business software maker BEA Systems signaled its intent to let Oracleâs $6.7 billion takeover bid expire Sunday, setting the stage for a showdown with its largest shareholder, the billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn.


Maryland's soccer team loses another star player when goalkeeper Chris Seitz announces he is leaving school two years early to pursue a pro career.


Sudan welcomes U.N. support for AU Darfur force

Sudanese President Omar Hassan  al-Bashir welcomes U.N. support for an African Union force  monitoring a widely ignored truce in Sudan's violent Darfur  region, state media reported on Thursday.


Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday made her closing argument to female voters in a message that could be reduced to three words.


December 31, 2004 -- 'LAW & Order" star Jerry Orbach will be laid to rest today following a private funeral service in New York open only to close friends and family members.


Australia's wheat monopoly to split after bribery findings

Disgraced Australian wheat exporter AWB is to be split up and its export wing spun off in a bid to save its monopoly after it was found to have paid bribes to Saddam Hussein.


Entomologists are debating the origin and rarity of a sprawling spider web that blankets several trees, shrubs and the ground along a 200-yard stretch of trail in a North Texas park.


Ceridian resolves proxy fight with Pershing Square

Ceridian Corp  said Saturday it has resolved a proxy battle with its largest shareholder, clearing the way for the payroll processing company to be acquired by Thomas H. Lee Partners LP  and Fidelity National Financial Inc  for about $5.2 billion.


Beenie Man banned over âhomophobic lyricsâ

BEENIE MAN has been banned from a performing at a MTV concert in MIAMI after gay rights activists planned to protest over the singerâs homophobic lyrics.


Stocks Gain on Sears Deal, But Trim Gains

U.S. stocks advanced on Wednesday  after Kmart's plan to buy Sears in an $11.5 billion  deal was  announced and computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N posted  solid earnings, but higher oil prices prompted some investors  to sell equities.


Bug is discovered at UN offices in Geneva

The United Nations has found a sophisticated listening device planted in Geneva offices used by leaders for confidential meetings in September last year, before the war in Iraq.


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Astros place playoff tickets on sale today

The Astros will put individual game tickets for the Division Series on sale today at 8 am on astros.com and over the phone toll free at 877-927-8767.


U.S. Approves New Device to Treat Uterine Fibroids

A new device to treat uterine  fibroids, fibrous clumps that can cause miscarriages, painful  menstruation and other related problems in women won U.S.  regulatory approval on Friday.


Insurgents Kill Bulgarian Soldier in Iraq

An explosive-laden truck cut into a coalition convoy in central southern Iraq on Sunday killing one and wounding three Bulgarian soldiers, an official said.


The Daytona 500 was supposed to be a celebration of all that's right with NASCAR — the debut of Toyota and much-heralded rookie Juan Pablo Montoya, and a new format that emphasizes winning.


Still saddled with city's reputation of its gritty industrial past, civic leaders boast of changes.


US Bans Spare Lithium Batteries from Checked Bags

Starting Jan. 1 air passengers in the U.S. are prohibited from carrying spare lithium batteries in checked baggage.


LG Elec sees LCD TV prices down 30% plus in 2007

LG Electronics (066570.KS) said on  Thursday it expected prices of flat LCD and plasma television  sets to drop by 30 percent or more in 2007, continuing big  price falls amid overproduction and cost reductions.


US Initial Jobless Claims Rise 10,000 to 343,000

US initial jobless claims rose for the first time in four weeks, boosted by more filings related to Hurricane Charley, a government report showed.


Israeli Hard-Liners Denounce Gaza Disengagement Plan

A large number of prominent Israeli hard-liners are describing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to dismantle Jewish settlements in Gaza and a small portion of the West Bank as a "crime against humanity.


Congress panel wants to grill subprime CEOs on pay

Current and former CEOs of three major U.S. financial institutions deeply involved in the widening subprime mortgage crisis were asked on Monday by a Congressional committee to testify at a hearing next month on their massive pay and severance packages.


It is liberal narcissism to say that they are all the same

Comment is free: Martin Kettle: The progressive heresy that there is little difference between our candidates is a leitmotif of all modern politics.


Five Strategies for Cutting Data Center Energy Costs Through Enhanced Cooling Efficiency

(Source: Liebert)  Cooling accounts for 35% of data center energy consumption. Discover strategies that can reduce cooling energy costs by as much as 40%, including simple steps you can take to get more from your existing cooling system and emerging technologies that can increase cooling capacity and data center density.


Sun Launches Free Solaris 10 With Tiered Subscriptions

Sun Microsystems formally launched its Solaris 10 operating-system upgrade on Monday as a free, more advanced, multiplatform OS alternative to Red Hat Linux, with backing from new partners such as eGenera and SAP.


ASIA/NEPAL - I cristiani preoccupati per le sorti del paese: lÂinstabilitÃ  mette in pericolo la pace e il cammino verso la democrazia Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - CÂÃ¨ preoccupazione nella Chiesa nepalese dopo le ultime concitate fasi della vita politica in Nepal. LÂuscita dal governo dei maoisti rischia infatti di far piombare nuovamente il paese nellÂinstabilitÃ  e nel caos, riporta...


At least 16 people have been killed in four car bomb blasts in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, police say.


Iran defies deadline to halt atom work: U.N. watchdog

The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said on Thursday Iran had failed to meet a February 21 deadline to suspend uranium enrichment, exposing Tehran to possible new sanctions over fears it hopes to produce an atomic bomb.


JAKARTA, Indonesia  -- A powerful earthquake hit Indonesia on Wednesday, causing buildings to sway strongly in the capital, and authorities issued a tsunami warning for much of the Indian Ocean region.


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


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New Ivory Coast Army Chief Says Ready to Negotiate

Ivory Coast's new army chief said on  Friday he was ready to negotiate to achieve peace in the West  African country, two weeks after commanding an assault on the  rebel-held north which shattered an 18-month cease-fire.


U.S. reviews security after Algeria bombing

The United States embassy urged Americans in Algeria to check their personal security on Monday after a bus carrying foreign oil workers was bombed in the first attack on Western expatriates in many years.


STOCKHOLM Ericsson, the world's biggest producer of mobile phone networks, reported a sharp rise in third-quarter profit on Friday but said market growth next year would be slower than in 2004.


The UK watchdog upheld complaints about a magazine advert which claimed that the open-source operating system Linux was more expensive than Windows.


Eastman Chemical Sees Profit Off Forecast

Eastman Chemical Co. EMN.N on  Tuesday warned that fourth-quarter profit would fall short of  expectations due to higher raw material costs, sending its  shares down nearly 7 percent.


Frenchman Francis Joyon breaks Ellen MacArthur's solo round-the-world record by 14 days.


The Sicilian Mafia faces a revolt by local businessmen who refuse to pay the protection money.


NBA MVP Nash returns as Suns try to snap losing skid

Phoenix guard Steve Nash, Most Valuable Player in the past two NBA seasons, will return after missing the Suns' past four games because of a sore right shoulder.


Dodd struggles for support in N.H., Iowa

Democrat Chris Dodd is touching all the right bases in New Hampshire and Iowa. The problem is he hasn't yet scored big with voters.


Apple beats forecasts as iPod, Macintosh sales jump

Apple Computer beat third-quarter profit expectations, crediting the continued popularity of its iPod music players and growing interest in Macintosh computers.


The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously threw out the state law that allowed Gov. Jeb Bush to order Terri Schiavo's feeding tube re-inserted, saying legislators overstepped their authority.


The bodies of two dozen people washed ashore Friday in southern Mexico, a state official said, after a boat believed to be carrying Central American migrants capsized in the Pacific Ocean.


Mugabe Says Bush and Blair Think They're God

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe accused President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday of acting like God in riding roughshod over international law in Iraq and elsewhere.


CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - A Marine testified yesterday that he saw a roomful of frightened women and children moments before they were killed in Haditha, Iraq, but said he did not see who killed them.


Police treat a woman's death as suspicious after her body is found in a back lane in Cardiff early on Saturday.


U.S. captures two over Iraq soldier abduction

Iraqi police and U.S. forces have captured two militants suspected of involvement in the abduction of three U.S. soldiers south of Baghdad earlier this year, the U.S. military said on Thursday.


Schroeder Gains Capital to Push Russian Trade

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder could emerge from the Ukraine election crisis with a stronger hand to pursue one of his key foreign policy objectives -- forging closer economic ties with eastern partner ...


Police investigate deadly mauling by zoo tiger

The mother of a 17-year-old boy killed by a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo said the attack has forever ruined Christmas for her, while police are investigating whether someone helped the tiger escape. The area of the zoo in which the Siberian tiger killed Carlos Sousa has been deemed a crime scene.


Beginning Monday, a section of Interstate 80 near 7200 West in Salt Lake County will be restricted to one lane during the daytime for construction work. At night, westbound I-80 will be closed to all traffic.


Man arrested in NY woman's disappearance

Detectives on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of killing a New York woman who was last seen more than seven months ago, authorities said.


News.com Extra: Gamers' maximum geekery at Penny Arcade

Also: Technology and the Bill of Rights. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


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APPIANO GENTILE (Milano), 16 ottobre 2004 - Si blocca anche Alvaro Recoba. L'attaccante uruguaiano dell'Inter non sarÃ  a disposizione di Mancini per la gara di domani contro l'Udinese, gli unici attaccanti


'Scared' Courtney Love Pleads Not Guilty

Courtney Love, one of the most recognized, yet troubled, rock stars, was in court Friday facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon.


A suburban police officer is accused of leaving a police dog in a patrol car for more than 12 hours on a 109-degree day, killing the animal.


Scientists have found the remains of a creature that may be the last common ancestor of modern great apes and humans.


Shares in Europe edged up on Tuesday as  oil slipped further toward $54 a barrel, but the dollar was  pummeled as worries that high oil prices will hurt the U.S.  economy refused to go away.


Flood-Hit Guyana Appeals for International Help

GEORGETOWN, Guyana  - Guyana appealed to the  international community on Thursday to send food, boats, power  generators and water pumps to help thousands of its inhabitants  forced from their homes by the worst floods in more than a  century.


Delta faces tricky task in restructuring debt

NEW YORK, Aug 19  - Delta Air Lines (DAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is taking steps toward restructuring at least some of its roughly $20 billion of total debt in a bid to avoid bankruptcy, but it will face an uphill battle, ...


EU says MasterCard may have broken antitrust rules

International credit card company  MasterCard Inc  may have violated European Union  antitrust rules by restricting competition between banks, the  EU's top competition authority said on Friday.


Notre Dame Upsets Ninth-Ranked Tennessee

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (Sports Network) - Mike Goolsby's interception return for a touchdown gave Notre Dame the lead and the Fighting Irish held on for a 17-13 win over ninth-ranked Tennessee at Neyland Stadium.


Nasa says it will start building a permanent base on the Moon after astronauts return there in 2020.


Larsson under the knife for knee surgery

HENRIK LARSSON will undergo surgery today on the knee injury that has ruled him out of action for at least six weeks. Surgeons will then assess the full extent of the injury sustained when he made one of his


UN Panel Rejects Bush Stance on Military Action

An influential UN-appointed panel challenged the Bush administration's right to use military force against an enemy that does not pose an imminent military threat.


Indian, Chinese troops hold mountain exercise

Chinese and Indian border troops have held their first-ever joint mountaineering exercise as part of a programme to improve understanding along the historically tense border between the world's two most populous countries.


The National Hockey League canceled  its season on Wednesday unable to reach a new collective  bargaining agreement with locked out players, becoming the  first North American professional sports league to lose an  entire schedule due to a labor dispute.


Chirac arrives in Libya for first ever visit by French head of state

President Jacques Chirac arrived in Libya in the first ever visit by a French head of state, confirming maverick leader Moamer Kadhafi's gradual return to international respectability.


Germany appoints new head of 'Five Wise Men' economic panel

BERLIN : The German government appointed a new chief for its so-called "Five Wise Men" panel of economic advisers in a move aimed at defusing a highly public spat that observers say is damaging the body's ...


Wind blows away competition among renewable energy investors

Blog: A U.N. report says wind is No. 1 among alternative energy investments.


Comic actor Charles Nelson Reilly, a lauded Broadway performer and campy game show guest in the 1970s and 1980s, has died in Los Angeles, a representative for the actor said on Monday.


Premiers appear divided on strategy but agree more money is the ...

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (CP) - The country's premiers arrived for a key meeting Wednesday unsure on whether to try to force Ottawa to set up a national pharmacare program, but firmly convinced that more federal money for health is essential.


Pakistan Test Fires Nuclear Capable Missile

A military statement said the surface-to-surface Ghaznavi missile of the Hatf series has a range of 290 kilometers. It said the test-firing was a part of a planned series of tests designed to further refine Pakistan's missile systems.


Ukrainian President Calls for Gradual Withdrawal of Troops from Iraq

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma says his country should gradually reduce its contingent in Iraq.


Putin denies case against Yukos founder political

Russian President Vladimir Putin denied charges that the widely publicized trial of Yukos founder and the nation's richest man Mikhail Khodorkovsky was political.


'Small setback' for navy escalates into human tragedy, political ...

OTTAWA (CP) - What began with word of a minor fire aboard a Canadian submarine in the North Atlantic has grown into an ongoing high seas drama carrying devastating personal consequences and a potentially high political cost.


Germans Investigate Russian in Poisoning

HAMBURG, Dec. 10 -- German prosecutors said Sunday that they are investigating a Russian businessman for the illegal handling of a radioactive substance in the days after he flew to Germany from Russia and before he left to meet a former Russian internal security agent in London. The development is...


Getting ranked in news search engines, and now in universal search engines, is about to get a whole lot harder with the influx of more savvy PR professionals and offline media companies.


Trinidad and Tobago and Portsmouth goalkeeper Shaka Hislop has supported compatriot and Birmingham City striker Dwight Yorke's response to alleged taunts by racist fans on Sunday in an English Premier League match at Blackburn Rovers.


Collier replaces Lamb as England chief executive

David Collier has been named as the England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB) chief executive, replacing Tim Lamb. Lamb, who had been in the job since the ECB's inception in 1997, resigned in May but stepped down last month.


At an indoor field in Tokyo, dozens of robots played soccer while others danced to samba music.


Central bank joins with counterparts in other countries to get funds into the financial system.


Galateri, governance duale dipende dagli uomini


Study: Superbugs emerge among urban poor

Drug-resistant staph infections have spread to the urban poor, rising almost seven-fold in recent years in some Chicago neighborhoods, a new study finds.


George Lucas announces Star Wars TV spin-off

No Darth Vaders, however George Lucas announced yesterday he'd "just begun work" on a live action TV spin-off set in the Star Wars universe, but warned fans not to expect a cathode ray tube outing for Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader.â¦


Negative changes include a shorter season for oil and gas development due to soggy tundra and rising seas due to the melting of ice sheets.


World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that an outbreak of bird flu mixed with a human influenza virus could kill millions of people across the globe that had the potential to be worse than the SARS virus.


Torino, 19:44 - CALCIO, JUVE; PALLADINO: HO RICAMBIATO ASSIST A CAMORANESI

Raffaele Palladino scatenato nel successo della Juve sul Verona e autore dell'assist gol a Camoranes...


Dispute Over Bid to Shore Up Tibet's Cultural Heritage

LHASA, China  - In the dusty bowels of the Tibet  capital's huge Potala Palace, a handful of laborers slowly chip  away at ancient plaster holding together the 13-story  building's crumbling foundations.


Britain working toward international clean energy project

Britain wants to launch a major international clean energy project with other European countries, Japan and the United States in a drive to combat climate change, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Tuesday.


Marsh woes deepen after credit lines are threatened

Marsh & McLennan, the US insurance broker accused of rigging the market to win bogus fees from customers, yesterday warned lines of credit from lenders


Premier ha espresso la sua solidarieta' ai due politici


Ukraine Opposition Aide Issues Ultimatum to Kuchma

An aide to Ukraine's liberal presidential hopeful Viktor Yushchenko on Sunday demanded outgoing President Leonid Kuchma sack the prime minister and called for the formation of a coalition government.


Mystery Buyer Sells YUKOS's Unit to State Firm

A Russian state oil firm has bought  YUKOS's core unit, effectively nationalizing 11 percent of the  country's crude output and dealing a heavy blow to YUKOS's  attempts to halt its own dismemberment.


News: McAfee app raids Mac users' inboxes

Apple has stopped offering the latest version of McAfee's anti-virus package to Mac users following reports of widespread problems with the software.


Rumsfeld gets flak for comments to troops

President George W. Bush said Thursday that concerns expressed by US soldiers in Kuwait a day earlier about having inadequately armored vehicles for their missions in Iraq "are being addressed.


Si tratta di madre e figlia, in abitazione Sant'Anastasia


Al-Qaida Magazine Appeals to Iraq Fighters

An online al-Qaida magazine is urging Sunni Muslim fighters in Iraq to join hands with Osama bin Laden to defeat its enemies.


John McCain and Mitt Romney looked ahead on Wednesday to the next sprawling battles in a heated Republican presidential race that is about to have one less combatant -- former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.


Peter Morgan is a writer interested in rivalry, ambition and the dynamics of political power.


Appello rivolto anche ad eventuali testimoni


Top Concert Promoter Sets Up a Challenge to Ticketmaster

Concert giant Live Nation is aiming to ramp up its ticket-selling operation, potentially positioning itself to compete with its longtime contractor, Ticketmaster.


Sull'attesa della rivalutazione dei tassi della Fed


Sony has seemingly changed its mind on the MP3 music format, deciding that all new players will be able to play MP3s. Before this decision all music players made by Sony used only the company's proprietary ATRAC format, limiting users' choices somewhat.


California files a lawsuit against the US government, in a dispute over greenhouse gas regulations.


Iraqi PM: Elections to Go Ahead as Planned

Elections will go ahead in Iraq next  January as planned, despite the violence ravaging the country,  interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Thursday.


Mumbai Journal: Human Rat Trap Knows His Enemy. Theyâre Winning.

An obsessive, fearsome rodent assassin in Mumbai, India, is a dying breed in a city whose dreams of being rat-free recede year by year.


IBM 'stirs up the field' with P5 servers

In a move which industry watchers predict will "stir up" the high-end computing market, IBM today introduced three servers based on its latest Power5 processor architecture: the eServer i5 595, p5 595 and p5 590.


Novara, 10:11 - BASKET, LEGADUE: RUSCONI A NOVARA

La Cimberio Novara (Legadue) ha ingaggiato il centro Stefano Rusconi, 38 anni, 208 cm, nella prima p...


Honour guard greets body of Lieut. Saunders

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


Biggest study yet backs Glaxo cervical cancer shot

GlaxoSmithKline Plc's experimental vaccine Cervarix has proved more than 90 percent effective in preventing precancerous lesions due to two types of a virus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer.


(InfoWorld) - A criminal case against some of the people implicated in theÂ Hewlett-Packard pretexting scandalÂ may wrap up Thursday in a courtroom in San Jose, California. A hearing is scheduled in Santa Clara County Superior Court in the cases against former HP legal counsel Kevin Hunsaker, private investigator Ronald DeLia, and research consultant Matthew DePante. At a hearing in March, a state judge said charges against the three defendants would be dismissed if they performed 96 hours of community service and paid restitution to the victims. At that same hearing, state charges against former HP chairman Patricia DunnÂ were dismissedÂ altogether. Dunn was chair of HP in 2006 when the board authorized an investigation to find out which directors had been leaking details of confidential board deliberations to news reporters. The private investigative firms hired by HP engaged in a practice known as pretexting, in which they pretended to be someone else to obtain phone records of other individuals. HP directors, employees, and several reporters had their private phone records revealed under those false pretenses. The scandalÂ resulted in the departureÂ of three directors, including Dunn, from the HP board. Dunn and the three men had beenÂ chargedÂ with fraudulent wire communications, wrongful use of computer data, identity theft, and conspiracy, in a case brought by the Attorney General of California in October 2006. The hearing Thursday had originally been scheduled for sometime in September, but may have been moved up because the defendants met the judge's requirements for dismissal, said Carl Schulhof, a spokesman for the Superior Court. State charges were dropped against a fifth defendant in the case, Bryan Wagner, after he pleaded guilty in January to one count of conspiracy and one count of aggravated identity theft. He was a contractor who engaged in pretexting to gain access to phone records. Wagner's sentencing on the federal charges was postponed to October, his attorney Stephen Naratil, said Tuesday.


Within a few days in February 2003, two deadly nightclub disasters in the United States had officials scrambling to step up safety measures across the country.


The president of Sudan agreed to release American journalist Paul Salopek on Saturday after meeting with New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a spokesman for the governor said.


Where they head this quarter is anyone's guess, however.


Serbia has intensified its search for Gen. Ratko Mladic and two other fugitives amid concern that a U.N. war crimes prosecutor might file a negative report on the country's cooperation in hunting suspects, an official said Wednesday.


Internet service provider EarthLink is drawing fire from customers after launching a test program in which it redirects nonexistent domains to a company-provided error page containing suggestions, a search box and advertisements.


Woman killed as 50 planes target PKK guerrilla bases while PM warns of further military action


Australia's Seven 1H05 EBIT To Be Down 20% On 1H04 -2-

MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Australa's Seven Network Ltd. (SEV.AU) said Friday that earnings before interest and tax for the six months ending Dec. 31 will be down around 20% from A$112.


LOS ANGELES -- Everywhere you looked before Monday night's game at Dodger Stadium, there he was. Paul Lo Duca, the thirtysomething mother of two. Paul Lo Duca, the dude with the thick beard and the backward Dodgers cap. Paul Lo Duca, the guy with the beer ...


Una spia segnalava incendio al motore. Decollato da Malpensa


Who Pays Scripps Bill?: Palm Beach Gardens Asks Others to Help

By Dianna Cahn, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Dec. 9--Even with more than $600 million spent to date on The Scripps Research Institute, the city of Palm Beach Gardens went back and forth with the county this week over who would foot a $210,000 bill for additional land costs.


Palestinians to Elect Arafat's Successor on Jan. 9

Palestinians set Jan. 9 as the date for presidential elections to replace Yasser Arafat on Sunday as the United States hinted it may be ready to resume Middle East peacemaking shelved since 2000.


They All Had the Best of Intentions. Why the Tears?

Bravo's spinoff of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" falls flat: Giving Oscar Madison a makeover makes comic sense. It's not quite as funny for the Madwoman of Chaillot.


Mr. Sulejman Tihic, President of Bosnia and Herzegovina will pay a state visit to Pakistan from 24-27 August 2004.


Seminoles will purchase Hard Rock Cafe business

MIAMI -- For Seminole Indian Tribe vice chairman Max Osceola, the tribe's ambitious purchase of the famed Hard Rock Cafe business for $965 million reminds him of another deal in Native American history.


To explore deeper into our solar system, maximum efficiencies may one day be extracted from sound waves. Los Alamos scientists have engine plans drawn up for making a big bang to push a pistonless drive forward.


IBM Opens Up Design of Its Blade Servers

International Business Machines Corp.  IBM.N said it is making the design of its "blade" computer  servers widely available, in a move designed to gain wider  acceptability in data centers and the telecommunications  industry.


Tsunami Almost Wipes Out Remote Indian Island

Rescuers began reaching India's remote Andaman and Nicobar islands on Tuesday, two days after passage of a devastating tsunami, to find barely a third of residents on one were still alive.


The US army said Tuesday it killed a senior aide of Abu Musab Zarqawi in an air strike at dawn on Fallujah, west of Baghdad. But witnesses said the rockets hit an empty building


Advanced Micro Devices Inc.  AMD.N on Thursday reported a $44 million third-quarter profit  from a loss a year earlier, and predicted sales growth in the  current quarter because of better-than-expected demand for its  personal computers processors.


South Africa announced Sunday that it will temporarily stop exporting power to its neighbors.


German police get their phoney US Highway Patrolman

German traffic police were shocked to see a California Highway Patrol car cruising along the motorway, driven by a man dressed as an authentic American cop, authorities said on Thursday.


There's still room for humor as debate nears

MIAMI - In the military it's called "psy-ops," for psychological operations. In team sports it's known as psyching the other side out.


Apple Adjusts iTunes Pricing Policy to Appease EU, Britain

Customers in Great Britain will now pay the same for music downloads as those in the European Union after Apple agrees to bring the prices into alignment.


The Department of Veterans Affairs knew for months that shower heads, handrails and other fixtures posed serious suicide risks to Seattle-area psychiatric patients, but refused to fix the problems, inspectors said in a report released Friday.


Kezman off the mark as Chelsea keep cool

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


Pierre Turgeon is expected to end his 19-season NHL career by announcing his retirement Wednesday.


L'operazione conclusa per 3,6 miliardi di euro


By ERIN McCLAM This is a story about love. About inscrutable complexity and remarkable simplicity, about the promise of forever. It is about obsession and devotion, and grand gestures and 4,000-word love letters.


Argentine dirty war figure gets U.S. sentence

A former Argentine military officer has been sentenced to six months in a U.S. prison for visa fraud and is likely to be returned home to face war-crimes charges, immigration officials said on Monday.


The "death" of Capt. Kara Thrace gets sci-fi fans buzzing about the horrible possibility of a Battlestar Galactica without the popular character. In Table of Malcontents.


The Bush administration will roll out its long-awaited statement accusing a Revolutionary Guard Corps division in Iran of supporting terrorism.


Iran, Syria and the Iraqi quagmire: rein in manipulation before ...

On Wednesday, Iraqi interim Defense Minister Hazim al-Shaalan accused Iran and Syria afresh of supporting the insurgency against both the interim government in Baghdad and US-led occupation forces.


In a surprise victory, veteran actor Alan Arkin, who plays an irascible grandfather in "Little Miss Sunshine," won the best supporting actor Oscar on Sunday at the world's top film awards.


Jordan condemns Israel's assassination of Hamas member in Damascus

Jordan condemned Israel's assassination of Hamas member Ezzedin Sheikh Khalil by blowing up his car in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Sunday, Jordanian TV reported.


US Military Faults Lack of Troops in Iraq -Poll

A majority of US troops serving in Iraq and their families said the Bush administration did not send enough forces to Iraq and relied too heavily on the National Guard and reserve troops, a poll showed on Saturday.


Report sheds light on secret CIA prisons in Europe

The CIA ran secret prisons in Poland and Romania from 2003 to 2005 to interrogate terror suspects under a programme authorized by the countries' presidents, a report said Friday.


Be afraid: There's no such thing as a secure network.


Government says it shut down 44,000 internet pornography websites last year


Iraq to Close Land Borders Over Jan. 30 Election

Iraq will close its land borders from Jan. 29 to 31 and impose a curfew banning all non-official vehicles from the roads over the same period to try to prevent attacks on election day, officials said on Tuesday.


Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner intends to run for the Senate next year, Democratic officials said Thursday, assuring his party a competitive race for a seat long in Republican hands.


Sri Lankan rebel leader threatens to launch freedom struggle

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader said Saturday the rebels would be compelled tolaunch the freedom struggle for the Tamil nation if peace talks were further delayed, the pro-rebel website TamilNet said.


Turkey's new president to approve reform cabinet

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


Doctors have expressed concerns about the government's plans for a flu pandemic.


Shwaas actor Arun Nalawade turns director

Marathi stage actor Arun Nalawade, who played the role of the sympathy-seeking grandfather in the


After much speculation that it would raise its bid yet again, Oracle Corp. Monday morning announced its latest offer for PeopleSoft Inc.


Constellation Brands profit up; pares forecast

Wine and spirits company Constellation Brands Inc  reported higher quarterly net profit on Tuesday, helped by its acquisition of Svedka vodka, but pared its 2008 earnings outlook in part due to acquisition-related costs.


Hair sample may provide breast cancer diagnosis

NEW YORK  - Hair from women with breast cancer can be distinguished from hair obtained from women without the disease, researchers in Australia report.


ARGUN, Russia -- Just before sunrise one morning this month, a dozen armed men in camouflage uniforms and black masks burst into the house of Zalpa Mintayeva, shouting, ''Do you have a man at home?"


Democrat John Edwards touted his ties to rural America on Thursday, on the stump and in a new campaign video, and promised anew to fight powerful special interests he says "are stealing your children's future."


Throngs of sick seek better times in La.

As a new governor prayed for strength to lead Louisiana through its recovery from Hurricane Katrina, the city's infirm gathered at a Mass to pray for their own healing from the man many call the saint of New Orleans.


Rescuers continue to search for survivors of bomb attacks at Egyptian resorts in which at least 29 people died.


Andy Murray will go into the season's final ranking tournament relaxed even though a Masters Cup place is at stake.


Yahoo wins exclusive ad deal for Bebo UK, Ireland

Yahoo Inc  announced on  Wednesday an exclusive partnership with Bebo to manage display  advertising on the social networking Web site in Britain and  Ireland, giving it access to more than 11 million sought-after  users.


Alan Shearer's late penalty earns Newcastle victory over Panionios in Athens.


Apple's '1984' Named Best Super Bowl Spot

Apple Inc.'s 1984 TV commercial was named the best Super Bowl spot in the game's 40-year history, a Florida communications company said Wednesday.  The Jan. 22, 1984, commercial aired in the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII, launching the Macintosh personal computer.


Three Britons and a German have drowned off the Algarve coast after reportedly trying to help children in difficulty.


For the first time, scientists have found rings of dust around planet-bearing stars - an important confirmation of theories about how planets form, NASA announced Thursday.


Rid Home Of Harmful Waste ; Site Offers Safe Chemical Disposal

By JUAN-CARLOS RODRIGUEZ Journal Staff Writer  They're in your garage, lurking in the dark corners under old rags, and they're under the sink, hiding behind the bags and sponges. Perhaps you've forgotten about them, but there they wait.   No, not black widows.


SERIE A. Inter di rimonta: contro la Juventus da 0 - 2 a 2 - 2

In avvio di secondo tempo la famosa impronta di Mancini continua a latitare, piuttosto si nota la mano del diabolico Capello su una Juventus lucida e razionale. Dopo Davids nel primo tempo, nella ripresa, al


Vertice italo-spagnolo a Ibiza: "Siamo entrambi decisi a stessa identica politicamanteniamo le truppe che abbiamo e il territorio di responsabilitÃ  che abbiamo"                                            Afghanistan, Prodi: "E' necessario uno sbocco politico, non solo militare"                                                                                E su Abertis e Telefonica il premier assicura: "Le imprese sono libere di fare un accordo se lo vogliono fare, il governo di Roma non ha niente da dire"


Ukraine PM Hits Hurdles in Election Complaint

Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich's dogged bid to overturn his liberal rival's victory in Ukraine's presidential election faltered on Thursday after the Supreme Court said it had thrown out all but one of his complaints.


UK researchers have collected the first hard evidence of monkeys using tools, Science magazine reports.


Some forest fires still burn in southern Greece but rain from the north is expected to bring some relief.


Bears battling the legacy of 1985 in run-up to Super Bowl

Mention the 1985 Chicago Bears to Lovie Smith and the reaction will be a mixture of reverence, bitterness and jealousy.


Enjoy Thanksgiving Meals, They Can Be Good for You

NEW YORK  - Here's another reason to give  thanks this holiday season: the succulent turkey, cranberry  sauce and sweet potatoes included in many Thanksgiving day  meals may not only look and taste good, but may also be good  for you.


Bush chooses Nebraska Governor as Agriculture Secretary :

Washington, Nov 7 : US President George W Bush today chose Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns as the next Secretary of Agriculture to oversee the nation's farm and food programmes.


Corruption case casts shadow on Mbeki 'heir'

The probity of the man tipped as South Africa's next leader was on trial yesterday when a businessman appeared in court accused of paying more than Â£110,000 in bribes.


Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan has angered Australia's cricketers with his claims that their pace bowlers Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie and Brett Lee are guilty of chucking.


Cittadini esasperati da accumulo immondizia accendono roghi


Milano, 23:19 - CALCIO, MILAN; ANCELOTTI: BRAVO PATO, RONALDO UN FENOMENO

Carlo Ancelotti si coccola i suoi campioni e si gode il 5-2 rifilato al Napoli, ma soprattutto la pr...


Tracy hopes club can take advantage of opportunities

Aside from Steve Finley, no Dodgers position starter had postseason experience before Tuesday. By comparison, every member of the Cardinals' starting lineup came into the series having played in October.


A Dim Market, Darkened by Inflation Fear

It was a dismal week for the stock market, despite an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.


Lawmaker Seeks Probe Into Bush Documents

Top Republicans on Wednesday tried to tie the Kerry campaign to disputed documents used by CBS News for a story examining President Bush's Vietnam-era service in the Texas National Guard and called for a congressional investigation.


Microsoft says end of HD DVD won't hurt Xbox 360

Microsoft Corp does not expect sales of its Xbox 360 game console to suffer if Toshiba Corp discontinues HD DVD technology, Microsoft said in a statement on Monday.


Deadline for Black Watch to assess risk of operation

BRITAINâS military forces have had less than ten days to assess the risks of sending The Black Watch battle group to fill in for US Marines south of Baghdad, it was confirmed yesterday.


Frustrated with Iraq's deadlocked central government, the Bush administration is pushing for more power to be given to Iraq's provincial councils, in the hope that local elected leaders will be more accountable to the people they serve.


Police investigating Pacers-Pistons brawl

CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Police in Auburn Hills, Michigan, are looking at videotapes of an ugly brawl involving fans and players at a Detroit Pistons-Indiana Pacers game Friday night.


Gunmen Abduct 3 Foreign Election Aides in Afghanistan

Gunmen abducted three foreign election workers here Thursday in daylight on a busy street. It was the first such kidnapping of foreigners in Kabul, the capital


Nippon Steel, Posco eye tie-up expansion

Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel and South Korea's Posco are reportedly considering expanding their capital and business partnership amid a global realignment in the steelmaking industry.


Angels crash to earth as Red Sox run riot

MANNY RAMIREZ's three-run home run capped a seven-run fourth inning as the Boston Red Sox registered a 9-3 win over the Angels at Anaheim in the opening game of their American League Division Series on Tuesday.


MPack developer on automated infection kit

'We are just a factory producing ammunition' Interview In June 2006, three Russian programmers started testing a collection of PHP scripts and exploit code to automate the compromise of computers that visit malicious websites.â¦


BMW's X5 includes a system that lets you download, play and record any content you would otherwise get on your TV or radio. In Autopia.


Woods Ends Season With Second Straight Title

Woods made a strong statement Sunday at the Target World Challenge, closing with a 5-under 66 for a two-shot victory over Padraig Harrington and heading into the short offseason with two straight stroke-play titles.


Uncertainty grips Uzbekistan as leader's term ends

If there is one common concern that people in Uzbekistan share it is their president's silence.


A day after Alonzo Mourning vowed he'd return for the start of the season, the Nets center was still unsure - even a little indignant â-hen asked about whether he'll play in tonight's final exhibition game.


Attracted by his breadth of interests, Columbia University has appointed Oliver Sacks, the neurologist and writer, as its first Columbia artist, a newly created designation.


Giuliani Tries to Avoid Florida `Epitaph' by Pitching Tax Cuts

Bloomberg - Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Rudy Giuliani, who rode his tough stance against Islamic terrorism to become the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, is now focusing more on Paula Goodrich's property-tax worries.


Scotland's pubs and clubs are to take legal advice to see if they can challenge plans to ban smoking in public places.


Palermo, 19:18 - Calcio, Palermo: Corini, Zauli e Grosso al rientro

In un colpo solo il Palermo ritrova tre big. Andranno in campo fin dall'inizio, infatti, Fabio Gross...


THE US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the recording industry seeking to force internet service providers to turn over the names of subscribers suspected of music piracy.


Germany now would welcome Cruise production

COLOGNE, Germany  - The German Defense Ministry is scrambling to qualify its stance on the Tom Cruise World War Two thriller "Valkyrie," saying Thursday that, despite reports to the contrary, it has no opposition to the film shooting in Germany.


A demonstration by about 50 people protesting Pope Benedict XVI's approaching visit to Turkey was broken up by police in Istanbul on Wednesday, CNN Turk reported.


Obesity surgery can cure diabetes, high blood pressure and other ...

CHICAGO Obese people who have stomach-reducing surgery may be shedding more than just pounds. A new report says the operations may also cure other ills, like diabetes and high-blood pressure.


Iraq Rejects U.S. Talk of Adjusting Vote Result

Iraq's election body rejected a  suggestion in Washington it adjust the results of next month's  vote to benefit the Sunni minority if low turnout in Sunni  areas means Shi'ites win an exaggerated majority in the new  assembly.


UK cod, daffodils and Scottish ski resorts could be no more by 2050 without action on global warming, says a new report.


A team of inspectors from the United States, China and Russia headed Wednesday to North Korea's main nuclear facilities to study how to permanently disable them so that the communist country can no longer produce atomic bombs.


Take-Two Interactive Software said Tuesday that it cut its quarterly net loss in half, but gave an outlook that fell short of Wall Streetâs expectations.


No. 14 Boston College 37, Army 17: Ryan and B.C. Handle Army and Remain Undefeated

With Massachusetts, Bowling Green and Notre Dame on the schedule the next three weeks, the Eagles appear to be headed to the top 10 for the first time since the 1992 season.


Beloved French actor Philippe Noiret dies at 76; starred in 'Cinema Paradiso '

Beloved French actor Philippe Noiret, whose neighbourly face was among the most familiar on the silver screen in France, died Thursday of cancer.Comment


Planman Life's campus caper Rok Sako To Rok Lo has received a very favorable response with the school and college going crowd.


Calif. Judge Admits Evidence in Jackson Case

SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - The judge in the Michael  Jackson child molestation case tentatively ruled on Monday that  dozens of items of evidence seized at the singer's Neverland  Valley Ranch and a private investigator's office could be  admitted at trial.


ADB Pledges $325 Million Lending for Tsunami Relief

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Friday it had made available up to $325 million in emergency lending for tsunami relief efforts in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Maldives. The Manila-based lending institution said about $175 million could be diverted from existing projects in the three countries, while up to $150 million in new low-cost loans could be drawn.


Michael Owen made his debut for Real Madrid on Sunday, setting up a second-half goal by Ronaldo in a 1-0 victory at Mallorca in a Spanish league opener.