Oracle CEO says he was spurned in bid to buy 49ers

Billionaire software executive Larry Ellison said Friday that he inquired about buying the San Francisco 49ers only to be told by the current owners that the team isn't for sale.


Government Ignored Flu Warnings, Democrats Say

A flu vaccination shortage that caused lines of anxious elderly people outside drug stores and clinics across America prompted a fierce pre-election exchange of accusations between Democrats and Republicans on Monday.


Taliban has 4,000 ready to fight NATO, militant commander says

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A top Taliban commander said yesterday the group has 4,000 fighters bracing to rebuff NATO's largest-ever offensive in southern Afghanistan, now in its second day.


Dodgy affiliates use malware to flog Symantec and Check Point

Malvertisement break Unscrupulous affiliates are using malware to advertise security software from legitimate firms. The practice is the brainchild of people who make a commission for every sale they generate - and not security vendors themselves. The practice raises serious concerns about the integrity and policing of affiliate programs from big names in security including Symantec and Check Point.â¦


Music Review | Live Earth: A Global Chorus on Climate Change

In an era when pop is spectacularly self-absorbed, from the bragging of hip-hop to the whining of emo, Live Earth was perfectly pitched as an appeal to self-preservation.


Venezuela moves bank accounts after Exxon embargo

Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has moved its export payment accounts to UBS  bank in Switzerland, traders said on Monday, after Exxon Mobil Corp secured an embargo of up to $12 billion of PDVSA's global assets.


Messina Stays 3rd in Italy; Barcelona Leads in Spain

Messina missed the chance to join Juventus on 10 points at the top of Italian soccer's Serie A after drawing 0-0 at home with Chievo.


LONDON -- Roger Federer got a bye into Wimbledon's quarterfinals when his fourth-round opponent, Tommy Haas, withdrew from the tournament yesterday with a torn abdominal muscle.


Routine operation but more evidence of heart trouble

Tony Blair will undergo a catheter ablation operation which will correct his heart's abnormal rhythm - a condition the Prime Minister has suffered from in the past.


A freight train carrying chlorine gas struck a parked train early Thursday, killing eight people and injuring at least 200 others, most of them sickened by a toxic cloud that persisted over this small textile town at nightfall.


Two British soldiers killed in a firefight with the Taleban in southern Afghanistan have been named.


President Bush's final State of the Union address will tell Americans to be confident about their economic future.


Bits : Ribbit Takes the Telephone Into the Cloud

Ribbit, based in Mountain View, Calif., will announce a telephone Web service intended to make it possible for programmers to add telephone features to any Web page.


The price of crude reaches a new high in the US,  driven up by official data showing a decline in heating oil stocks.


Judge: Refugees in U.K. not owed clothes

The British government is not required to provide warm clothing to thousands of immigrants and their children who remain in Britain while appealing failed asylum cases, a judge ruled Wednesday.


MS, Cisco to Collaborate on Security Solution

Microsoft and Cisco Systems have announced that the two companies have entered into a pact to share security and network health technologies, to better stop, isolate and eliminate viruses and other malicious codes on Windows-based networks.


Legal Challenges Put Brakes on Executions

The number of executions in the United States hit a 13-year low in 2007, mostly because of a de facto moratorium on the death penalty prompted by challenges against the use of lethal injection, according to a report by a group that opposes capital punishment.


Shoppers Back in Force After Halt for Holiday

The gifts have been unwrapped and thank you notes are forthcoming. Stockings have been removed from fireplace mantels and tucked back into the attic. Santa has come and gone and left for a vacation in Bermuda.


Treasuries Edge Ahead on Inflation Relief

Treasury debt prices firmed on Tuesday  after a key reading of U.S. inflation proved  softer-than-expected, a relief to investors in fixed-income  debt.


Fans plan to protest at a tribute to Johnny Cash at next week's Republican convention in New York.


An FBI agent testified Thursday in the trial of suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla that members of an alleged Islamic extremist support network talked in code, substituting words like "tourism" and "football" for "jihad."


China to Shift $20 Billion as Capital for Policy Bank

The move by the countryâs $200 billion wealth fund comes as the government nears the end of a decade-long reorganization of the banking industry.


Will Your Next Cell Phone Have a Hard Drive?

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and Intel are pushing the development of an interface technology that they hope will smooth the adoption of compact hard drives into mobile phones, PDAs, and digital music players, the companies say.


Hungary's Malev Airlines sold to Russian-backed consortium

Airbridge, a Hungarian consortium backed by Russia's KrasAir, has bought the Hungarian state's 99.95-percent stake in debt-ridden Malev Airlines for 200 million forint (793,650 euros, 1.04 million dollars), officials said Friday.


I am Legend hints at Batman-Superman movie

Release date 15 May 2010? We're obliged to Michael Moran over at the Times for alerting us to a good piece of work by Ainât It Cool who spotted this provocative movie poster in the background of Will Smith vehicle I am Legend:â¦


Three Minutes With eBay Innovator Max Mancini

The auction site's new senior director of platform and innovation tells about developer plans the Disruptive Innovation team.


The Queen sends her "heartfelt thanks" to everyone helping relieve the effects of the flooding in England.


"Miracle" Microbes Thrive at Earth's Extremes

For the past 30 years scientists have scoured the most inhospitable environments or life. Just about everywhere they look, they find it thriving in microscopic form.


LONDON (Billboard) - Never mind the hugely anticipated new  releases from U2 and Eminem, the real contest on the U.K. pop  charts during the upcoming holiday season will be among a  multitude of hits packages.


Police order parishioners to end vigil after suburban Boston ...

A protest vigil at a parish slated for closure by the Boston Archdiocese ended Sunday when police sealed off the 114-year-old church following its final Mass and ordered parishioners to leave.


On the road with the Cornell basketball team, we find that a team shootaround provides a good excuse for coaches to get the players out of bed.


RealNetworks has stepped up its music 'war' on Apple Computer--with results it clearly didn't expect.


Top officials work to free five British hostages in Iraq

The government's top-secret crisis unit is expected to meet for a second straight day Wednesday as London scrambles to secure the release of five Britons kidnapped in Baghdad in broad daylight.


ADV: $175,000 Mortgage for Under $730/Month

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Many professionals of the Jewish, Muslim and Hindu faiths regularly have to balance their religion and their jobs.


Il premier chiede fiducia per realizzare riforme e slancio


Severed heads and bodies found in Iraq field: police

Police found nine bodies and 10 severed heads in an abandoned field north of Baghdad on Tuesday, in a region where U.S. and Iraqi forces were pressing ahead with offensives against al Qaeda forces.


UNITED NATIONS - The United States predicted Thursday that the Security Council will adopt its resolution on Sudan, buoyed by strong backing from Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who called for urgent UN action to stop attacks against civilians in western


Il missionario annuncia di voler tornare a Payao


Strike at Ford Russia plant halts output

A strike halted production on  Wednesday at U.S. car maker Ford's  plant near St  Petersburg, one of the biggest in Russia owned by a foreign  auto maker, after a months-long dispute over pay and  conditions.


U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, driving the Dow to its first close over the 14,000 mark, after forecast-topping results from the technology and industrial sectors shifted the market's focus back to earnings optimism, even as Fed Chief Ben Bernanke fanned concerns about the subprime market.


A series of X-Prizes for breakthroughs in science or technology that solve the world's greatest challenges are planned.


Presidente Bce a Madrid: rischio salari sui prezzi


Gaza fighting escalates but truce efforts renewed

Fighting between rival Palestinian factions escalated across Gaza on Friday, killing at least 17 people, as Hamas overran compounds used by President Mahmoud Abbas's forces and two major universities were set ablaze.


Mario Matt of Austria won a men's slalom Sunday for his seventh World Cup victory. Matt led after the first run by more than half a second and protected his margin in the second heat to beat Felix Neureuther of Germany. Matt had a combined time of 1 minute, 35.66 seconds.


A landlady accused of starting a fire at her pub in which her two sons died is cleared by a jury at the Old Bailey.


Dozens killed in Iraq violence as Egypt, Britain seek to free ...

FALLUJAH, Iraq : US airstrikes on rebel-held Fallujah left 15 dead while an insurgent attack in another troubled Sunni Arab town killed 10 more, as Britain and Egypt stepped up efforts to secure the release of hostages in Iraq.


Why Ion Iliescu never received any threats?

Radu Timofte dropped the bomb, and the entire nation is now trying to defuse it.


Ever notice that when politicians talk about this conflict they canât get out of a sentence without uttering the phrase âblood and treasureâ? What it really means.


European Union leaders gather in Lisbon to sign a reform treaty designed to replace the ill-fated EU constitution.


The body of a San Francisco man who had walked into the Oregon wilderness to find help for his stranded family was found Wednesday. James Kim, 35, walked into the snowy Oregon mountains Saturday leaving his wife and two young daughters in the family car. They were rescued by searchers on Monday, but he never returned to their car.


Swift Boat Writer Lied on Cambodia Claim

The chief critic of John Kerry's military record told President Nixon in 1971 that he had been in Cambodia in a swift boat during the Vietnam War — a claim at odds with his recent statements that he was not.


Zimbabwe rescinds journalists' ban to save England cricket tour

Zimbabwe today reversed its decision not to allow 13 foreign journalists into the country in a bid to save England's stalled cricket tour.


John Abraham  is  just not bothered with all the  talk  about his differences with Salman Khan.


UK thwarts terrorism kidnap plot: source

Police in central England arrested nine people in a major security swoop on Wednesday which a defense source said involved a plot to kidnap and possibly kill a Muslim British soldier.


Dell recalls nearly a million defective adapters

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a voluntary recall of 990,000 AC adapters distributed by Round Rock-based Dell Inc.


Inquiries at Investor-Owned Nursing Homes

Congress said it would investigate business practices at nursing homes owned by private investment groups, after staffing at many of the homes was shown to have been cut severely.


Security advances not keeping pace with technology

Despite vendor claims to the contrary, security scanners and source-code analysis tools are generally speaking not up to the job of protecting your company's network, says one McAfee VP.


A Tory MP describes the party stance on grammar schools as "badly thought-out" and "absurd".


Moscow nightclub for the rich and hip burns down

MOSCOW (Reuters Life!) - One of the most popular clubs for Moscow's "golden youth" burnt down on Thursday in a fire which hurt two people, emergency services said.


(HealthDayNews) -- Your kids probably sample holiday cookies and candy frequently, so make sure they brush their teeth.


Palestinian security officials say two people have been killed in an Israeli missile strike in northern Gaza.


ABUJA, Nigeria Aug. 23, 2004 - A senior Sudanese official on Monday rejected an immediate wider role for African Union troops in the troubled Darfur region, saying security there was the responsibility of Sudanese forces.


La versione dei fatti dei familiari parlava di un incidente

BRESCIA - Potrebbe trattarsi di un tragico delitto in ambito familiare. La squadra mobile della Questura di Brescia ha infatti fermato il padre di una bimba albanese di cinque mesi con l'accusa di omicidio volontario.


Captain Michael Vaughan salutes England's all-round strength after their 3-0 series win over the West Indies.


2 U.S. soldiers missing after Iraq attack

The U.S. troops searched Saturday for two soldiers who went missing after an attack that killed one of their comrades at a traffic checkpoint in the so-called "Triangle of Death" just south of Baghdad, the military said.


Supercomputers Improve Hurricane Prediction--But Still Imperfect

High confidence in computer models of the storms enables more effective evacuation planning.


Vibrant car colors take aim at dominant silver

Small and sporty cars in look-at-me   hues are leading a gradual color revolution in the automotive   world that is eroding classic silver's years of dominance,   albeit at a glacial pace.


Google has released a free search tool which sits on the PC desktop and can search its host computer for virtually anything. Launched on Thursday, it blends a search of hard-drive files, emails, recently visited


Pollution Study Shows Lung Damage In Children

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A new study says long-term exposure to pollution can cause irreversible lung damage in children. California air pollution experts are calling the study landmark news.


The Anaheim Ducks win their first-ever Stanley Cup with a 6-2 victory over Ottawa, taking the series 4-1.


Colonoscopy Can Miss a Few Bowel Cancers

While colonoscopy is the gold standard for screening for colon cancer, it's not 100-percent reliable for spotting cancers in the right side of the bowel, Canadian researchers report.


LONDON, Oct 19 (SW) - Chelsea misfit Adrian Mutu has admitted that he failed a routine drugs test after taking cocaine. The Romanian international is âdestroyedâ about being found out, but hopes that he


Shell and Total leading race to buy gas company First Calgary

European oil giants Royal Dutch/Shell and Total are leading the chase to buy the Canadian gas company First Calgary.


Kobe Bryant scored 32 points and Sasha Vujacic scored all of his 14 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 113-92 victory over the Clippers on Sunday night.


With Wii and DS, Nintendo Has 2 Hit Game Devices

While shoppers are still lining up to buy Nintendoâs Wii, its older portable sibling, the Nintendo DS, is the best-selling game machine in the United States.


Former WBA super-middleweight champion Anthony Mundine has become the first man in 11 years - and the first Australian - to stop tough New Zealander Sean Sullivan.


Ukraine votes for new leader as Russia and the West watch anxiously

Hundreds of thousands of pro-Western and pro-Russian activists mobilized across Ukraine as the former Soviet republic headed into a stormy weekend vote that Washington warned would spark unspecified "measures" if rigged by the state.


Seahawk Hopes Words Wonât Haunt Him Again

Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and his will play the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. And once again, he said âwe want the ball, and weâre going to score.â


Three years on, many Europeans still troubled by euro, mourn old currencies

BRUSSELS, Belgium  - Three years after the introduction of euro cash, almost half the citizens in the 12 countries that use the currency still struggle to replace francs, marks and lire in their hearts and minds, a survey released Thursday showed.


Loophole Lets Candidates Skirt Donation Limit

Real estate executive Jack Rosen has given Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton $8,800 since last November, nearly double the amount individuals can donate to any single presidential candidate this election.


Italian president leads crisis talks after Prodi tenders resignation

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano held crisis talks with political leaders after the shock resignation of Prime Minister Romano Prodi because of a foreign policy defeat in the Senate.


The Radio Broadcasting Industry Report Features 2007 Current and 2008 Forecast Estimates on the Size of the Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c51206)  has announced the addition of "2007 Worldwide  Radio Broadcasting Industry Report" to their  offering.


Church library buys queen's death warrant

The only existing copy of the execution warrant against Mary, Queen of Scots, signed by Queen Elizabeth I in 1587, has been acquired by a Church of England library, the library said Tuesday.


LONDON, Dec 7 (Reuters Life!) - The world's most famous pop stars are to be lampooned in a television cartoon after the success of a series of children's books mocking their celebrity lifestyles.


Padilla Thinks He Still Has Something Up His Sleeve

Pitcher Juan Padilla has dazzled his teammates this spring with his card tricks. Next, he will attempt to perform something even more impressive: win back his spot in the Metsâ bullpen.


LLU taking off, but lift off slower than hoped

Slap on the wrist for Openreach The UK now has 735,000 unbundled phone lines in BT's local exchanges, but "planned quality levels" have not been met for Business As Usual lines (individual lines rather than bulk migrations), according to the Office of the Telecoms Adjudicator's monthly report.â¦


A husband and wife become the first British couple to trek to the South Pole without motorised vehicles.


Courtney Love's Legal Saga Comes to a Close

Rock singer Courtney Love on  Thursday admitted to reduced charges in two outstanding assault  and drug possession cases, bringing to a close a lengthy legal  saga.


Defense can only bail a team out for so long. Then you need to find a way to score. The University of Connecticut womenâs basketball team was unable


When Dale Earnhardt Jr. needed career advice, he turned to Rick Hendrick. When his grandfather suffered a stroke, it was Hendrick who made arrangements at the hospital. When his sister had a cancer scare, Hendrick stepped in to find a specialist. And when Earnhardt needed to find a new team, it was a no-brainer. He landed with Hendrick, announcing a five-year deal Wednesday to join the elite team in 2008.


The European Commission proposes a cut of 18% in CO2 produced by the average new car within five years.


Dozens of flood warnings are in place across England and Wales, with more rain due for the rest of the week.


Anti-Bush documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" available on Satellite TV ...

The controversial anti-war documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" was available Monday on a Satellite TV and on the Internet on the eve of the US presidential elections.


The number of students able to study the Welsh Baccalaureate will rise to 18,000 from September.


Diabetes: a growing problem in newly-rich Asia

A cheese burger one day, lasagna the next and chicken nuggets instead of a bowl of noodles.


U.S. stocks rose on Monday as mergers and takeover proposals totaling more than $77 billion gave investors confidence that stock prices have room to rise even as the Dow industrials ascended to another record high.


The powerful agent has a place picked out for any young baseball player who thinks he should have been drafted higher, treated better, offered more.


One Game Forces the Chiefs to Change Their Approach

The first week of the season went disastrously awry for the Kansas City Chiefs after losing starting quarterback Trent Green in week one.


Government poised to win Latvian election

Latvia's 1.4 million voters, undaunted by bleak weather, continued streaming into voting booths across the tiny Baltic state on Saturday afternoon in an election expected to return the pro-EU centre-right government.


McNair shrugs off early pick in scrimmag

Facing another team for the first time as the new quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens, Steve McNair had his second pass intercepted and returned for a touchdown in a scrimmage Saturday against the Redskins in Landover, Md.


Still in the Limelight, on Her Own Terms

Eartha Kitt, who will turn 80 in January, had a very busy year Â she was featured in a musical, appeared at the CafÃ© Carlyle and released a new album. Next week sheÂs off to the White House.


Kodak to Buy Creo for About $980 Million

Eastman Kodak EK.N on Monday said it  would buy printing technology firm Creo Inc. CRE.TO for about  $980 million in cash, to bolster its strategy to push more  aggressively into the commercial printing business.


The word "weblog" is celebrating 10 years since it was first coined to describe online journals.


Nintendo bets on new hand-held console to leap ahead of Sony

Nintendo Co., the world's biggest maker of portable game consoles, begins selling its newest hand- held player today, accompanied by a $40 million advertising push aimed at taking customers away from Sony Corp.


Russia said Thursday that Britain had failed to provide sufficient protection from private legal claims for a major exhibition of paintings owned by Russian museums, and that it wouldn't loan the works until it received further guarantees.


[TS] Sports of The Times: A Mirror on the Sideline

Rutgers Coach Greg Schiano may be the savior, but in this business, sainthood is conferred on those who not only soar but also stay.


Iraqi Police Attacked, U.S. Forces Hit Back

Guerrillas attacked Iraqi and U.S.  forces in Baghdad in daylight Saturday, hours after a top U.S.  general conceded it was too early to say if a big Falluja  offensive had broken the backbone of the insurgency.


The turmoil in the airline industry intensified yesterday when leaders of the pilots union at US Airways rejected the company's latest plan to cut wages and benefits and a key member of


Tyson Gay Wins 200 Meters to Secure World Sprint Double

The American runner today became the third man in history to win the world championship sprint double.


Books of The Times: As the Tides Turned: Hollywood in 1967 Through the Lens of Five Films

With its huge cast, wealth of information and impressive gravitas, âPictures at a Revolutionâ is a particularly accomplished debut book by Mark Harris.


Warrant Issued For Young Buck In Vibe Awards Stabbing

SANTA MONICA, California - The Santa Monica Police Department issued a warrant for the arrest of G-Unit rapper Young Buck on Tuesday (November 16) in connection with the melee at Monday's Vibe Awards.


Mike Tyson pleads guilty to drug possession

MESA, Arizona  - Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson pleaded guilty to drug possession and driving under the influence in an Arizona court on Monday.


Telecomfused? Do Packages Save a Bundle?

By BARBARA CORREA\\ Staff Writer  Are your telecom bills making your head spin? They should be.  Just the basics -- local phone service, long distance, cell phones, Internet and television channels -- make up a dizzying five bills every month.


Apple's IPod Shows No Signs Of Slowing Down

Credit Suisse First Boston raised estimates on Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) and raised the target price. CSFB said the company's latest fiscal fourth-quarter results were the strongest since


The search site still lacks the right stuff.


Working women spend about twice as much time as working men on household chores and the care of children, a Labor Department study showed.


Attacks on Iraqi oil facilities decreasing: Bolton

Attacks on Iraq's oil industry   and other critical public facilities have decreased but are   still crimping the country's revenues and power generation,   U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said on Thursday.


Analysis: Amos Harel on an embarrassment for Damascus

The most interesting thing in the conversations Sunday with various sources in the defense establishment was how little effort they spent denying Israeli responsibility for the assassination of Iz a-Din al Sheikh Khalil, in Damascus.


Microsoft will not appeal a court ruling that requires the company to sell in Europe a version of its Windows operating system without its media-playing software.


Contracting | Shifting From Tanks to Technology

For government contractors, 2007 wasn't pretty: They had to contend with tighter budgets and increased oversight from a new Democratic Congress, as well as polarizing controversies surrounding the conduct of contractors in Iraq.


OGGI SU INTERNET/ITALIA - Prima della GMG di Sydney una esperienza missionaria nelle Filippine Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Sono aperte le iscrizioni allÂesperienza di formazione missionaria organizzata dal Movimento Giovanile Missionario. (C.E.) (Agenzia Fides 4/2/2008)...


Art Review | 'Biedermeier': Crisp, Clean and Modern, Before Its Time

The Milwaukee Art MuseumÂs show, with its display of early-19th-century art and design, confirms BiedermeierÂs status as a harbinger of many things modern.


Sprint Nextel has appointed former Embarq leader Dan Hesse as president and CEO.


State of emergency declared in Iraq as police officers massacred

BAGHDAD, Nov 7  - Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Sunday declared a state of emergency in Iraq to combat spiralling violence as 21 police officers were shot dead execution-style in a dawn ambush on their stations.


Dowser is a research assistant for the web. It clusters results from major search engines, associates words that appear in previous searches, and keeps a local cache of all the results you click on in a searchable database. Version 0.26 brings editable search filters such as "no shopping" and "no blogs". This version adds Teoma to the search engine list; there is also a working German translation. Added options to allow remote clients.   You can find this release here: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=104361&package_id=126113


Auction Nears for Valuable Wireless Spectrum

Within weeks, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is expected to set conditions for the auction of the most valuable wireless spectrum still available in the U.S.


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FOR many people, more so those who believe that unfettered-capitalism is the way forward for the world, the latest listing of billionaires (millionaires excluded, and we speak here in US dollars


PDA phone with slide-out keyboard and GPS, anyone?


Tokyo's subway authority will allow a station advertisement featuring a nude and pregnant Britney Spears, officials said Thursday, dropping an earlier plan to censor the photo.


Iraq's top Shi'ite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish political leaders announced on Sunday they had reached consensus on some key measures seen as vital to fostering national reconciliation.


Long After Kinsey, Only the Brave Study Sex

Scientists say one thing has remained constant since Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey's work: Americans' ambivalence about the study of sexuality.


Ziff Davis - Ex-president Bill Clinton last week delivered the keynote address at the launch of a new business-focused search engine.


Democratic presidential   hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are locked in a unique fight to secure their place in history, says the BBC's Jamie Coomarasamy.


Wal-Mart Sees Sluggish Start to Holiday Season

Description: Wal-Mart says sales for November are up by just a small fraction this year, a lackluster start to the holiday season that may be attributable to a difference in the retail chain's pricing strategy.


Europe and Iran to meet again on nuclear issue

Europe's three key states are to meet again with Iran in Vienna to hear Tehran's response to their offer for it to avoid possible UN sanctions and receive nuclear technology by indefinitely suspending uranium enrichment.


Unwelcome news out of Iraq for Bush campaign

President Bush sought to enter the campaign's final week with voter attention focused on the war on terrorism - but the news out of Iraq in recent days was not what he had in mind.


Nepali gov't officially invites insurgents for talks

The High-level Peace Committee (HPC) headed by Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, in its first meeting held in Kathmandu, has officially invited the anti-government insurgents for peace talks.


A truck plunged 70 feet off an overpass and landed upside-down, trapping the injured driver for more than 30 minutes.


Lebanese minister assassinated in attack on convoy

Lebanese Christian cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel, an outspoken critic of Syria, was assassinated near Beirut on Tuesday, security sources said.


Bus accident in eastern Germany kills 13

A bus veered off a highway and fell into a roadside ditch in eastern Germany on Monday, killing 13 people and injuring about 30, police said.


US presidential rivals George W Bush and John Kerry reach out to voters in states set to be crucial in the poll.


Shareholders accept Â£2.3bn tender offer

Shareholders in Marks & Spencer yesterday voted overwhelmingly to accept the board's proposal for the largest tender offer made in Britain by a company for its own shares.


Dozens of French soldiers arrived Sunday to help the Lebanese army rebuild bridges that were destroyed or damaged by Israeli airstrikes during the 34-day fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah guerrillas.


Arts & entertainment: In Mexico they can't get enough of telenovelas, in China it's the weather forecast, but around the globe the biggest audiences tune in to reality TV and football. Our correspondents report.


High levels of resistant TB in Russia, China

NEW YORK  - Information gathered by the World Health Organization and other groups between 2000 and 2002 indicates the presence of strains of tuberculosis (TB) that are resistant to one or more standard drugs in virtually all of the countries surveyed, with particularly high levels in areas of the former Soviet Union and China.


Icos agrees to raised Lilly takeover offer

Icos Corp.'s  board said on Monday it had agreed to a sweetened takeover offer from Eli Lilly and Co.  of $34 per share in cash, up from a previous offer of $32 per share.


Male Circumcision No Aid to Women in Study

Expectations that circumcision among men would reduce the risk of their female sexual partners becoming infected with AIDS were refuted by a new study.


India are already in massive trouble, losing two wickets straight after lunch as they chase an unlikely 543 for victory against Australia in the third Test in Nagpur.


Volkswagen to Cut Investment, Shuffle Board

German automaker Volkswagen AG said Friday it will cut investment in auto operations by 6 percent over the next two years and reshuffle its management board as part of an overall reorganization process meant to trim costs.


U.S. legislators seek to engage Raul Castro

Leading advocates of easing sanctions against Cuba in the U.S. Congress will fly to Havana on Friday to assess the situation since ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro ceded power to his brother Raul in July.


Google: Attack code more likely on Microsoft IIS

(InfoWorld) - Web sites running Microsoft's Web server software are twice as likely to be hosting malicious code as other Web sites, according to research from Google. Last month, Google's Anti-Malware team looked at 70,000 domains that were either distributing malware or hosting attack code and made the finding. "Compared to our sample of servers across the Internet, Microsoft IIS features twice as often as a malware-distributing server," wrote Google's Nagendra Modadugu, in a Tuesday blog posting. Together, IIS (Internet Information Services) and Apache servers host about 89 percent of all Web sites, but collectively, they're responsible for 98 percent of all Web-based malware. Google actually found an equal number of Apache and IIS Web sites hosting malicious software, but because there are so many more sites hosted by Apache servers (66 percent versus Microsoft's 23 percent) malicious sites make up a much larger percentage of all IIS servers. Modadugu didn't draw any conclusions about whether this means that Microsoft servers are more likely to be hacked. "It is important to note that while many servers serve malware as a result of a server compromise ... some servers are configured to serve up exploits by their administrators," Modadugu wrote. Google also found that the malware server of choice varied from region to region. In China and South Korea, for example, the majority of malicious Web sites are running IIS. In the U.S., Russia, and Germany, however, Apache is the predominant malware server. Modadugu speculated that the servers in China and South Korea may be running pirated software and thus unable to get Microsoft's latest security updates. According to one security researcher, the fact that IIS is so easy to use may account for Google's findings. It's easier to operate an ISS Web server than an Apache Web server, said Cesar Cerrudo, CEO of security research firm Argeniss. "People who are not too skilled will install Windows and set up a Web server with weak configuration." But Cerrudo said that more information would be required to draw any solid conclusions about the security of IIS. "The report says that 70,000 domains were examined, but what about if 5,000 domains are in the same Web server in China?" he asked. "It's pretty easy playing with numbers and concluding. A lot of more data is needed to get the right conclusions." Microsoft and Apache did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.


The New York Yankees felt a renewed sense of confidence after romping past the Boston Red Sox for the second game in a row. "We just feel like we're the best team in baseball," outfielder Gary Sheffield said.


Hundreds of veterans march over a landmark Dutch bridge to mark the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem.


Stelios reaps windfall from tanker disposal

EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou and his family are likely to receive a windfall of about Â£100m from the sale of a New York-quoted shipping business which he established 12 years ago.


Sri Lanka says 12 Tiger boats sunk in naval clash

Sri Lanka's navy sank 12 Tamil Tiger   craft overnight in a fierce naval battle off the island's   northern tip, the military said on Saturday, adding it believed   it had killed dozens of rebel fighters.


Torino, 20:53 - CALCIO, TORINO: IN RITIRO DAL 12 LUGLIO A MALLES

Il Torino ha annunciato le date del ritiro pre campionato. La squadra granata inizierà la pre...


Greenpeace offer of help declined Japanese whaling vessel the Nisshin Maru - partially evacuated yesterday following an engine-room fire - is still wallowing powerless in Antarctica's stormy Ross Sea, the Daily Telegraph reports.â¦


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Utah Caps Unbeaten Season With Rout of BYU

Utah beat rival Brigham Young 52-21 Saturday, completing its first unbeaten season since 1930 and putting the Utes one step closer to the first appearance in the Bowl Championship Series for a team from a mid-major conference.


After spending time at a treatment center for an eating disorder, Mary-Kate Olsen is under heavy scrutiny during her freshman year at New York University.


Search resumes for hundreds missing in Nepal bridge collapse: official

A huge search operation was underway Wednesday after hundreds of people went missing and at least 15 died when a crowded bridge collapsed in Nepal, officials said.


A rift has surfaced between the United States and the European Union over how to deal with Iran over its suspected nuclear weapons programme.


'Non mettere i pantaloni, indossa gonne possibilmente nere'


European, US stocks recover, but Asia stuck in mire

European shares staged a modest recovery Thursday following an overnight fightback by Wall Street, but jitters remained across Asian stock markets in the wake of the recent global rout.


's-Hertogenbosch, 14:44 - TENNIS, WTA 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH: LA VINCI AL SECONDO TURNO

Battendo la russa Elena Bovina 6-0, 6-4, Roberta Vinci ha superato il primo turno del torneo Wta di ...


Disgruntled British soldiers leaving in droves, fed up with repeated tours on the front line, MPs warn.


Milano, 18:43 - CALCIO, INTER: CHIESTO RITIRO NUMERO 3 PER ONORARE FACCHETTI

L'Inter ha chiesto alla Lega di ritirare la maglia numero 3, quest'anno assegnata al giocatore Burdi...


Sharapova makes Paris last four for first time

World number two Maria Sharapova advanced to the semi-finals of the French Open for the first time by brushing aside fellow 20-year-old Russian Anna Chakvetadze 6-3 6-4 on Tuesday.


British-born top aid worker kidnapped in Iraq

The British-born head of Iraq operations for leading charity CARE International was kidnapped in Baghdad, further fueling fears that aid workers were vulnerable targets for insurgents.


At least six persons were injured in two blasts -- in Jalna and Parbhani -- in Marathwada region of Maharashtra on Friday. The blasts took place in mosques.


Friday's papers focus on the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature to a controversial Austrian writer


An international team of scientists isolates antibodies that could protect against bird flu in humans.


Study finds IT worker confidence slipping

Survey shows workers less optimistic about job market, with fewer saying personal finances are getting better.


Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed Ruud van Nistelrooy could be out of action for between four to six weeks.


L'aereo esce da hangar siberiano, primo volo entro fine anno


Four dead in Colombia mine explosion - reports

Four Colombian coal miners were killed and 28 more were trapped and feared dead after explosions in two coal mines in the northern province of Norte de Santander on Saturday, local media reported.


Nadal and Djokovic survive three-day marathons

The omens were looking good for Rafael Nadal on Wednesday after the Spaniard finally scrambled into the fourth round of a rain-drenched Wimbledon.


UPDATE: Australia's Sonic Targets More Europe Expansion

SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Citing a lack of growth opportunities in its home market, Australian pathology and radiology company Sonic Healthcare Ltd.


New 8GB pink iPod was "much requested," Apple says.


OGGI SU INTERNET/PERU - Rete peruviana contro la pornografia infantile. Lima (Agenzia Fides)  - EÂ unÂassociazione senza fini di lucro che persegue lo sradicamento delle reti di produttori, distributori e consumatori di pornografia infantile nel PerÃ¹ e in tutta lÂAmerica Latina. Promuove le campagne contro il traffico di...


Summary Box: Fla. 3-Strike Malpractice Law

LAYING DOWN THE LAW: Florida voters this month approved a first-in-the-nation law to revoke the licenses of doctors who have three malpractice judgments against them.


International Paper Co. IP.N, the  world's largest forest products company, on Thursday said its  quarterly profit rose on solid volumes higher paper prices.


Carey, Peppers, Peas lead American Music nominees

A year after she was snubbed at the   American Music Awards, pop singer Mariah Carey will get another   shot at glory when the next event takes place in Los Angeles on   November 21, organizers said on Tuesday.


The SkinnyCorp guys lay out their simple plan for a successful business at the CommunityNext conference -- it takes a village. In Monkey Bites.


Indian police killed the country's most wanted bandit, Veerappan, in a jungle shootout in Tamil Nadu Monday night, ending a thirty-year hunt.


A proposal to hit oil companies with $29 billion in new taxes advanced in the Senate on Tuesday, targeting the money to energy conservation, wind turbines, electric hybrid cars and clean coal technology.


As they wait to nab an iPhone, early risers across the country are seeking to share their experience in real time.


Police investigating the murder of five prostitutes in Suffolk question rail passengers.


With credit comes a credit history, and Russia's booming consumer lending sector saw the first high-profile arrival of a Western credit agency on Tuesday.


Bad omen casts pall over king's future in Nepal

Nepal's embattled king was sidelined Tuesday from a centuries-old festival where a child "goddess" traditionally blesses his rule, in yet another bad omen for the endangered monarchy.


'Aviator,' 'Million Dollar Baby' Top Golden Globes

The Howard Hughes drama "The  Aviator" and female boxing film "Million Dollar Baby" were  among nominees for Golden Globe awards on Monday, positioning  them to compete for the U.S. movie industry's highest honors,  the Oscars.


Icahn: Mylan Says Takeover Bid Neutralized As Perry Becomes Top ...

Check--or checkmate? Carl Icahn, attempting to block Mylan Laboratories (nyse: MYL - news - people ) in its buyup of King Pharmaceuticals (nyse: KG - news - people ), made his move: Earlier this month, the


Three Finns have been detained by Iran while fishing in the Gulf, Finnish diplomats say.


Lebanon army, militants fight on at refugee camp

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Heavy fighting raged on Tuesday between Lebanese troops and al Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp, the battleground for Lebanon's bloodiest internal violence since the civil war.


Arafat expulsion has never been closer: Israeli FM

JERUSALEM - Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Thursday that Israel had never been closer to expelling veteran Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat from his West Bank headquarters.


ATHENS - Klete Keller has been seen at the top of the Olympic medal stand for the last time in 2004. Michael Phelps and Amanda Beard probably haven't. Even Ian Thorpe might make another appearance.


US stresses the need to get Sunnis involved

Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that it will be up to Iraq's newly elected government to reach out to minority Sunni Muslims if they fail to win much representation in nationwide elections Jan. 30.


Around 80 small to medium-sized enterprises from across Ireland, north and south, are aiming to generate business in Belfast today.


More than a record unbeaten streak is at stake when Arsenal plays at Manchester United on Sunday: The result could go a long way to determining who wins the Premier League championship.


UAL Corp. Seeks Bankruptcy Exit Financing

United Airlines  has begun reaching out to potential lenders for financing to leave bankruptcy, the company said on Friday.


IRVING, TEXAS: Top US executives are pessimistic about next yearâs economy, citing high oil prices, geopolitical threats and stuttering consumer confidence, according to a survey released on Wednesday.


Fashion Wire Daily - Though we live far from a minimalist age, the concept seemed more than relevant and highly contemporary Monday night in Milan when designer Raf Simons presented a sublimely tailored, even if too archly staged, fall 2008 collection for Jil Sander, the German fashion label most synonymous with low key chic.


A U.N. investigator accused the United States on Friday of human rights violations in its fight against terrorism, criticizing the use of military commissions to try civilians and interrogation practices.


GOP, Democrats Seek to Pull Campaign Ads

When a Republican-funded group of Vietnam veterans sought to run a blistering television ad accusing John Kerry of lying about his decorated war record, Democrats quickly fired off a letter to broadcasters imploring them not to air the "inflammatory, outrageous lie."


To the perceptive nose, the honey-colored soap in the square plastic bottle is the scent of geraniums and lavender with a touch of vanilla. To 14-year-old Emma Liu, it is also the scent of hope and possibility.


Ribbit's new Amphibian service makes phone-like voice features accessible via PC or online.


A female survivor of Islamabad's Red Mosque siege says she was prepared to die to defend the mosque.


Princeton Cracks Down on Grade Inflation

For students at Princeton University, final exams are even more stressful this year: The Ivy League school decided to make it harder to earn an A.


Four new models get the green light Four HTC Windows Mobile 5.0 handsets were unveiled today, following months of speculation and various leaks.â¦


Granny Basketball: Bringing Back the Six-on-Six Game

The Granny Basketball League in Iowa, for women 50 and older, is growing in popularity. It involves teams of six players, a style that was an Iowa staple for girls for most of the 20th century.


French Health Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy says there is no indication Yasser Arafat was poisoned, although he has not had access to medical files on the death of the Palestinian leader.


In his harshest criticism of the Kremlin to date, jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky accused the Russian government of stealing his Yukos oil empire and warned in a letter published Tuesday that an ongoing crackdown on post-Soviet freedoms will ruin the country.


Shares of Amazon.com  fell more than 16 percent on Thursday after the online retailer reported earnings that fell short of analysts estimates and raised concerns the company was focusing more on sales than profits.


Teen Sniper to Admit Guilt in 2nd Slaying

McLEAN, Va. - Teenage sniper Lee Boyd Malvo plans to drop all appeals of his conviction and life sentence for one of 10 killings in October 2002, and will admit guilt in a second slaying, his lawyer said Friday...


Ducks tame Senators to claim first Stanley Cup success

ANAHEIM, California  - The Anaheim Ducks beat the Ottawa Senators 6-2 on Wednesday to clinch their first Stanley Cup.


Louis Rukeyser Says Farewell to 'Wall Street'

Nearly one year after Louis Rukeyser last appeared on the Friday night financial show that bears his name, cable network CNBC said yesterday that he has told them he will not return and asked them to shut down the program.


Belgium's Interbrew won approval from  shareholders on Friday to buy Brazil's AmBev in a deal valued  at about 8 billion euros ($9.7 billion), surpassing  Anheuser-Busch as the world's biggest brewer.


Dow Jones -0,45%, Nasdaq -1,16%.Euro in calo, a 1,3006 usd


Dell's profits and sales miss analyst's targets and the computer firm warns earnings will remain under pressure.


Global finance chiefs sought on Friday to put pressure on China to let its currency rise in value to ease global trade imbalances and also aimed to craft a message to soothe turbulent financial markets.


Research In Motion  may bring out a touchscreen version of its popular BlackBerry e-mail device if customers want it, according to co-chief executive Jim Balsillie, who expects to deliver new high-speed devices soon.


Talk about a great day for Oracle Corp. founder Larry Ellison.


Tense Christmas in Iraq's 'Triangle of Death'

ISKANDARIYA, Iraq  - The first stroke of Christmas  found U.S. Marines blasting down doors in a hunt for an  insurgent leader in one of Iraq's most hostile towns, hoping to  serve him up to their commanding officer as a Yuletide gift.


The U.S. military is unlikely to reduce forces in Iraq before next spring because the current contingent of more than 140,000 troops is battling sectarian violence that could prove "fatal" to the country if not arrested, the top American commander in the Middle East said yesterday.


Tamil Tigers warn of revived âfreedom struggleâ unless peace ...

COLOMBO - The top Tamil Tiger leader has warned he will launch a âfreedom struggleâ unless peace talks resume soon, in what an analyst said was a veiled threat to revive Sri Lankaâs civil war.


Microsoft Adds Research Lab in East as Others Cut Back

As other high-tech companies cut back on their research labs, Microsoft continues to increase its ranks of free-rein thinkers.


Verizon, Vodafone work toward common platform

Verizon Communications Inc  and  Vodafone Group Plc  aim to develop a common technology  for their future mobile networks that would allow their cell  phone users to roam on each others' services.


WESTLAKE VILLAGE -- JD Power & Associates, the research firm best known for its surveys of cars and other consumer products, has hired a firm to explore options that could include selling the privately held company, according to newspaper reports.


"Civilian deaths of all categories, less natural causes, have . . . declined considerably, by over 45 percent Iraq-wide since the height of the sectarian violence in December. . . . The level of civilian deaths is clearly still too high and continues to be of serious concern. . . . The overall...


Spariscono le piu' piccole, aumenta il fatturato totale


China's Wu meets Bush, Congress on trade concerns

Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi on Thursday failed to ease President George W. Bush's disappointment over at least one sticking point in U.S.-China relations and faced more complaints from the U.S. Congress about Washington's huge trade deficit with Beijing.


Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith ran for 145 yards, Ted Ginn Jr. set school and Big Ten records with his fourth punt return touchdown of the season and the Buckeyes upset No. 7 Michigan 37-21 on Saturday.


The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it auctioned $20 billion in a special operation to thaw credit markets at an interest rate of 4.65 percent, a higher-than-expected rate that suggested banks were eager to pad their cash reserves.


Google Shares Rise as Profit, Sales More Than Double

Google Inc.'s shares surged to more than twice its initial public offering price after third-quarter profit and sales more the doubled and the company said the market for Web advertising shows no signs of slowing.


Poles ready 'to die' over EU voting rights: PM

Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski stepped up the rhetoric over European Union voting rights Wednesday, saying Poles were ready to "die" to get their way on the issue.


php|architect: php|works 2007 Conference Announcement

Just announced from php|architect is their latest conference (coming in September) - php|works 2007 happening in Atlanta, Georgia this year.    php|architect invites you to Harness the Power of PHP, at this year's php|works conference.   This year's edition of php|works will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, home of the Braves and of the Atlanta PHP user group, on September 13th and 14th, with an extra tutorial day on September 12th.    Potential speakers can check out the Call for Papers and everyone can check out the full site for all of the details. Registration is also open to grab your spot today for this great community event.


A Philippine government campaign sharply cuts firecracker injuries over the holidays, an official says.


Shortcuts: Back Talk on Pretending to Be Busy, or Infallible

Readers respond with wit, wisdom, and sometimes some venom, to Shortcuts columns.


Treasuries Rally, Yields Hit 6-Week Lows

U.S. Treasury yields touched their lowest levels in over a month on Wednesday, driven by largely technical factors in an illiquid year-end market.


Two more Palestinians die in the continuing Israeli offensive in northern Gaza, witnesses say.


Vanessa Hudgens net smut: your children are at risk

Can no one stem the tide of filth? Pity if you will poor old Vanessa Hudgens, star of Disney's High School Musical, who recently got some unwanted exposure when a snap of her striking a birthday-suit strumpet pose for the tittilation of squeeze Zac Efron spilled onto the internet, with predictable results.â¦


Indonesian troops murdered five Western journalists during the invasion of East Timor in 1975, an Australian inquiry hears.


Patrick Ramsey's last chance to win the starting quarterback job may be Friday in St. Louis, but head coach Joe Gibbs is not tipping his hand.


After many years in the Hollywood pipeline, Arthur Golden's best-selling novel Memoirs of a Geisha is set for a big screen adaptation.


Rights Watchman Uses Satellite Photography to Monitor Abuse in Crisis Zones

Lars Bromley, a 32-year-old geo-information specialist, is using satellite photography to help NGOs document atrocities in isolated crisis zones like Darfur and Zimbabwe.


Parents are encouraged to challenge their children's science teachers over the origins of life.


An Israeli soldier was killed and four others wounded in an ambush in eastern Gaza on early Tuesday, local sources said. Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said in a leaflet


Charges have been dropped against a captain who was accused of failing to investigate the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha, the Marine Corps said Tuesday.


Imponevano e riscuotevano il pizzo a commercianti Palermo


Bill O'Reilly, Fox News Channel commentator, settled his much publicized lawsuit out of court today.  Both O'Reilly and a female co-worker, who accused him of sexual harassment, agreed to drop all allegations against each other. The settlement details ...


At Least 6 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Raid on Gaza

At least 6 Palestinians were killed and 24 were wounded today in an Israeli army raid near Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. The raid was designed to end days of mortar


New file system constrains Treo 650 storage capacity

The change to flash memory from DRAM (dynamic RAM) for PalmOne's new Treo 650 smart phone appears to have had the unintended consequence of reducing the amount of memory that is actually available to users. As a result, PalmOne plans to offer a free 128MB expansion card to Treo 650 purchasers to get around the problem, the company said Monday.


Ricerca Adusbef, famiglia spende da 60 a 250 a giornata


Canadian Bonds Gain; Rising Oil Prices May Curb Economic Growth

Canadian bonds gained on concern that the North American economy may slow as higher prices of oil translate into greater transportation and production costs.


Private rocket grabs a 2d slice of space

A privately funded spacecraft appeared to rocket past its target altitude more than 60 miles above California's high desert yesterday


A major service outage afflicted users of the popular BlackBerry smartphones across the United States and Canada on Monday, wireless carriers said.


TOKYO, Japan -- Japanese baseball players have gone on strike for the first time in the 70 year history of the game after last minute talks ended without an agreement.


Appuntamento il 9 gennaio al Salone di Detroit


Vioxx. Celebrex. Now Aleve. What's a Patient to Think?

Many Americans who have relied on pain pills say their faith in the system intended to protect them has been eroded.


Male Circumcision No Aid to Women in Study

Expectations that circumcision among men would reduce the risk of their female sexual partners becoming infected with AIDS were refuted by a new study.


NY Times: Guantanamo Workers Say Detainees Abused

A US newspaper says detainees at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba were regularly subjected to abuse, including sleep deprivation and exposure to loud noise and extreme temperatures.


If left to their own devices, one imagines that both England and Pakistan - two of the three teams still remaining in the Champions Trophy â-ould quite happily pack up their bags and walk away now.


Over 550 Dead in Haiti After Hurricane Spawns Floods

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - More than 550 people are  dead in Haiti from flooding and mudslides triggered by Tropical  Storm Jeanne and aid workers said half of the northern coastal  city of Gonaives was still underwater on Monday.


ASIA/CINA - Il grande impegno per lÂevangelizzazione della diocesi di Wei Nan, che si sta mobilitando per vivere il mese della Missione e la Giornata Missionaria Wei Nan (Agenzia Fides) - Catechismo, evangelizzazione specifica per fasce di etÃ  (bambini, studenti universitari, adulti), formazione cristiana (dei laici, dei catechisti, dei sacerdoti, delle religioseÂ), scambio dellÂesperienza di fede con i catto...


Life bans, jail for match-fixers at Australian Open

Australian Open organizers have introduced anti-corruption measures including fines, bans and jail terms for any players found to be involved in match-fixing at next year's opening grand slam.


Fidelity sued over retirement plan management fees

Fidelity Investments is being sued by workers at Deere & Co.  who claim the world's largest mutual fund company charged them "unreasonable" fees and expenses to manage their retirement savings.


EBay to replace China site with partnership: source

EBay Inc.  will roll its  China site into a joint venture run by a Chinese partner, a  source said, in the latest example of a Western media firm  ceding control of its China operation in the face of a tough  market.


JJB Sports will refund more than Â£20,000 to football fans who bought replica shirts from it in 2000 and 2001.


Tokyo shares gained on a key corporate spending survey that boosted optimism Japanese growth figures would be revised upwards, but most other Asian stock markets were under pressure on Monday after a US tech sector sell off.


Prosecutors tell a jury that producer Phil Spector is guilty of murder, in their closing statement.


Marine faces lesser charges in Haditha killings

The U.S. Marine accused of leading his unit in killing 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha, Iraq, in 2005 will face voluntary manslaughter and other charges but not more serious murder charges, officials said on Monday.


Des Kelly: D-Day looms for embattled Fergie

He knows there is silverware inside somewhere, but the combination to the lock eludes him. Sir Alex Ferguson has been tinkering with different permutations for so long that nobody can now predict how Manchester


Baseball Eluded Va. Despite Tax Giveaway Proposal

After a decade of lobbying, promise making and plan changing, the executives and officials trying to bring a Major League Baseball team to Virginia believed they had one last chance.


Adelphia Offers $300 Mln to Resolve US Probe, Suit

Adelphia Communications Corp., the fifth-largest US cable-television operator, said it offered $300 million to settle federal fraud investigations as it tries to exit bankruptcy.


More hands not weather aid fight against wine counrty fire

An infusion of fresh firefighters allowed officials to get the upper hand early Tuesday on a wildfire that has burned more than 12,500 acres of land in Northern California's wine country.


Prosecutors said Wednesday they will not file charges against Paris Hilton stemming from a scrape at a newsstand in which she allegedly pocketed a copy of her homemade sex video without paying.


Jamaican police are expected to say Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was not murdered as they stated earlier.


Greg Owen grabbed the early lead at the British Open with a 5-under 67 in the opening round Thursday, though it was far too soon to be thinking about the claret jug that goes to the winner.


Si riunisce cda dopo addio di Roberto Faenza


MISHAWAKA, Ind. -- People most vulnerable to contracting the flu should not be standing in long lines for the vaccine because there should be enough for all who need it, federal officials said today.


India, Pakistan say need more talks on Kashmir bus

India and Pakistan were unable to agree on starting a bus service between the capitals of divided Kashmir in two days of talks which ended in New Delhi on Wednesday and said they would need more discussions.


E' il settimo omicidio in citta' in due anni


Andriy Shevchenko scored his first World Cup goal Monday to lead Ukraine to a 4-0 win over Saudi Arabia in Group H.


Gene combo may hike prostate cancer risk

Scientists have taken a key step toward revealing the causes of prostate cancer, finding that a combination of five gene variants dramatically raises the risk of the disease. Added to family history, they accounted for nearly half of all cases in a study of Swedish men.


Pescara, 23:09 - CALCIO, AMICHEVOLE: ROMA-JUVENTUS 1-0

In  una gara amichevole giocata allo stadio Adriatico di Pescara, la Roma ha battuto la Juventus 1-0...


In Aula 331 voti a favore e 231 contrari. Dopo che il provvedimentosarÃ  licenziato da Montecitorio, la settimana prossima passerÃ  al Senato                                          Finanziaria, il governo ottiene la fiducia Domani il voto sul maxiemendamento


Big screen outing for 1954 classic Film buffs across the UK will next week be able to enjoy a big-screen outing for a digitally restored version of classic 1954 movie The Dam Busters.â¦


Harvard University on Sunday named historian Drew Gilpin Faust as its first female president, ending a lengthy and secretive search to find a successor to Lawrence Summers and his tumultuous five-year tenure.


Flessione per le separazioni, divorzi continuano a crescere


Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani on Sunday blasted Hillary Rodham Clinton for talking about what she would do on the diplomatic front between her possible election and inauguration.


Hostage's brother accuses US over freedom moves

The brother of British hostage Kenneth Bigley today accused the American government of "sabotaging" moves to free his brother.


Le Lab, an internal Web site at Altadis, Europeâs tobacco giant, is meant to be part social networking site, part data resource, part virtual pep rally.


Google launches an add-on to its 3D mapping tool which allows star gazers to explore images of millions of stars.


World losing hunger fight it could easily win: UN food agency report

Hunger and malnutrition are killing more than five million children a year, with Africa bearing the brunt in human lives, and costing developing nations billions of dollars in lost productivity, according to the UN food agency's annual hunger report.


Iraqis aligned with the Medhi Army have started trickling into police stations in Baghdad to exchange their weapons for coupons they can later use to get cash from the Iraqi government.


Osservatorio europeo razzismo, giro d'affari di 200 mln


Remains Found in Search for Hacking Body

SALT LAKE CITY Oct. 1, 2004 - Police found what appeared to be human remains Friday at a landfill where investigators have been searching for the body of Lori Hacking, the Utah woman allegedly murdered by her husband.


San Jose's Kim has breakthrough First career LPGA victory is ...

At 20 years old -- "still young and fertile," she says, laughing - - Christina Kim has blazed through her two years on the LPGA Tour as a hyper- active, hyper-aware kid who oozes life, flittering hither and thither with a chatty swagger innate to the


Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is "very concerned" about the fatal shooting by a US Marine of a wounded and apparently unarmed man in a Fallujah mosque, his office said today.


Peru appeals for more tents for the 200,000 people made homeless by an earthquake two weeks ago.


Hall unexpected hero with the bat for SA

Andrew Hall's unbeaten knock of 78 helped South Africa make a fine start in their two-Test series against India at the Green Park Stadium.


Tv * Le sorelle Lecciso strisciano al posto delle veline

La bionda Loredana e la mora Raffaella sostituiscono per una settimana Vera e Lucia. Una tattica per aumentare l'audience di Striscia? Loredana e Raffaella Lecciso al posto delle veline. Lâimbarazzante coppia


Al Senato poche modifiche ma su sicurezza si fara' qualcosa


Afghan government and Taliban strike rare deal on health

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan  - Afghan health officials said on Friday they had brokered a deal with Taliban leaders to allow the immunization of children in rebel-held areas in a rare sign of cooperation between the warring sides.


Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts clinches a deal to release his album in 15 countries.


More cocaine is taken in the UK than in almost every other European Union country, a study finds.


Ending 12 turbulent years of trying to resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict, UN mediator Terje Roed-Larsen said Wednesday the solution remains simple: Israel and Palestine living side by side.


Athletes who won China its highest-ever Olympics gold medal tally were greeted like heroes when they returned Tuesday, with flag-waving fans cheering wildly at the airport.


Yushchenko crosses final hurdle to presidency

Ukraine's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Western-leaning Viktor Yushchenko's victory in last month's presidential election re-run, clearing the way for his inauguration.


IL COMMENTO                                          La fiducia vuota della sinistra radicale                                                                                di EZIO MAURO


Adam Lasnik of Google on Paid Links & NoFollow

Andy Beal had the priviledge of a sit down chat with Google’s Adam Lasnik at the Australian Search Summit early this morning. Beal and Lasnik discussed Google’s stance on paid links and the use of NoFollow (more information on NoFollow). Andy reviews the discussion in his post; Google’s Lasnik Wishes “NoFollow Didn’t Exist”; and here are [...]


Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has been rushed into the intensive care unit of a Paris hospital. Mr Arafat's health has deteriorated but aides said the implications were not serious.


Fasthosts admits email destruction fiasco

Human error Ã no backup = whoops Fasthosts, "the UK's number 1 web host", has admitted to a botched update to its mail server that permanently deleted customer emails.â¦


Missing out on sleep may cause the brain to stop producing new cells, a study suggests.


Kournikova, 23, was seen with a wedding band on her finger at a Florida charity tennis event on Sunday. When asked about her relationship with Iglesias, she was heard telling onlookers: "Enrique is great.


After 8 Years in Jail, Husband of Bhutto Is Free

Asif Ali Zardari, the husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, was released Monday on $16,900 bail on the last of numerous corruption charges that have kept him in prison since 1996.


A little-known actor has been cast as the new Superman, for a new adventure to be released in 2006. Brandon Routh, who has appeared in Will & Grace and Cold Case has won the role after a massive search for a new actor to play the Man of Steel.


"I have retired," the former No. 1 player said in yesterday's Independent newspaper. "But I have not officially announced it yet.


Gulf Coast natives 3 Doors Down have been trying to give Hurricane Katrina victims in Mississippi a "better life" for the past two years.


Inaugural journey into St Pancras takes two hours, three minutes and 39 seconds.


Former President Bill Clinton was in good spirits Saturday, walking around his hospital room in street clothes and buoyed by thousands of get-well messages as he awaited heart bypass surgery early this coming week, people close to the family said.


Hacker steals crucial data from French Prez candidate

Le Pen, Le Cracked A cyber crook has stolen sensitive data from Jean-Marie Le Pen, a far-right contender for president of France. The breach may kill his chances of being able to run for the office.â¦


3D scans of faces are set to speed up the diagnosis of rare genetic conditions, scientists say.


If you're just getting started with PHP, some things can be a bit confusing. For a lot of developers, sessions seem to hold a bit of mystery and can be difficult to use. To help combat this, PHP F1 has posted this new tutorial to demystify this super-handy PHP functionality.   In this tutorial I will show you how to work with sessions in PHP. You will learn how to transfer information between pages. [...] Using sessions you can transfer data between various pages. If you are using sessions then each of your visitors will got a unique id. This id will identify various visitors and with the help of this id are the user data stored on the server.   They introduce what sessions are (the concept behind them), some of the php.ini settings that can be used to change how they work and code to work with assigning values to a session, checking for values in them and removing/destroying the session and its information.


Diversification is usually a road to mediocrity for small companies. The truly great ones stay focused.


Russia introduced a draft resolution Monday calling for a new list of suspects who would be subject to extradition in a stepped-up global campaign against terrorism. China welcomed the proposal but Pakistan and other Security Council members eyed it with caution.


Schwab profit from continuing operations up 36 pct

Discount stockbroker Charles Schwab  Corp  reported on Wednesday a 36 percent rise in  earnings from continuing operations as revenue increased  despite heightened market volatility and economic uncertainty.


Milano, 16:51 - CALCIO, INTER; MANCINI: VIEIRA? DOMENECH HA SBAGLIATO

E' il ritorno di Adriano tra i convocati la novità dell'Inter per la sfida con il Catania. La...


Information security breaches quadrupled in 2007

Slippy fingers and leaky servers Personal information leaks reached unprecedented levels last year, according to a brace of studies out last week.â¦


Inter crushes Anderlecht, leads group by three points

Inter Milan beat Anderlecht 3-1 away to open a three-point lead in Champions League Group G on Wednesday. Obafemi Martins put Inter ahead in the ninth minute when he turned in a low left cross from fellow striker Adriano.


Madrid, 13:09 - CALCIO, CALDERON: KAKA' SARA' SEMPRE IL BENVENUTO AL REAL

Ramon Calderon non ha perso la speranza di acquistare Kakà. ''Kakà sarà sempre ...


Greek PM Costas Karamanlis has been asked to form a new government after his victory in Sunday's poll.


Spam on the menu at annual virus conference

BOSTON - Computer viruses and worms will have to share the stage with a new challenger for the attention of attendees at a conference of antivirus researchers: spam e-mail.


Oil prices plunge as US energy stockpiles grow

NEW YORK  - World crude oil prices plummeted on news of a surprise gain in US commercial petroleum inventories in the early days of the northern hemisphere winter.


Maker of Palm Software to Unveil Operating System for Smart Phones

PalmSource is set to announce its first operat- ing system for smart phones, with applications typically found on desktop computers.


News Analysis: Afghan Bombing Sends a Danger Signal to U.S.

Al Qaeda and the Taliban appear stronger in the region than at any time since the U.S. invasion.


A "Welcome to Medicare" physical, diabetes screening and cholesterol screening aimed at catching common problems early are new benefits that will kick in this week.


By Alistair Osborne, Associate City Editor (Filed: 17/12/2004). United Technologies Corporation clinched the acquisition of Kidde yesterday after sweetening its 165p-a-share offer for the fire protection group with a final dividend of 2p per share.


An aboriginal man who died in police custody is buried amid local anger in northern Australia.


Federal Reserve policy-makers were  expected to raise U.S. interest rates on Tuesday for a third  time this year, continuing to lift borrowing costs from  rock-bottom levels despite some signs of economic softness.


Wal-Mart Sees December Sales at Mid-Range

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Discount retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Monday pegged its December same-store sales growth at the midpoint of current estimates and said sales on the Sunday after Christmas exceeded expectations.


No room at the inn, the shop or cafÃ© in stranded Bethlehem

SHAME is writ large on Sameh Yateemâs face. The Palestinian Christian from a wealthy family that ran one of Bethlehemâs most popular restaurants is reduced to filling grocery bags at a supermarket checkout.


James Doesn't Practice, May Play Tomorrow

LeBron James was fitted with a mask to protect his broken left cheek and might play in the Cleveland Cavaliers' next game even though he only shot during practice Sunday.


New Ambassador to Greece introduced by Christopher On July 8, Philip Christopher, on behalf of the organization PSEKA vited at the Vraka restaurant in Astoria the Greek American media as well as the heads of ...


Boston Scientific misses view as stent sales slide

Boston Scientific Corp.  posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday as sales of its flagship drug-eluting heart stent fell by 32 percent.


Tim Henman beats teenager Juan Martin del Potro in straight sets at the Japan Open.


Green Fortune believes that going vertical with foliage can prevent cities from becoming utterly artificial.


Aveva contanti, appartamenti e auto di lussoLe Fiamme gialle: "L'attivitÃ  deve essere tassata"                                          Prostituta evade il fisco "Deve un milione di euro"


Internet still a den of thieves For the seventh year in a row, identity theft is the number one complaint reported to the US Federal Trade Commission.â¦


In the three years since the attacks on America, has the world become less safe? Send us your views.


Abbas Fails to Win Palestinian Militant Truce Pledge

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas failed at  talks with militants on Wednesday to win a commitment to end  attacks on Israelis in the run-up to Jan. 9 elections for a  replacement to Yasser Arafat, political sources said.


Friends and curious turn out for goodbye to alleged Montreal Mob boss

MONTREAL (CP) - At least 200 people paid their final respects Saturday to Frank Cotroni, the reputed head of the Montreal Mafia who died of cancer at the age of 72.


Computer Associates International (CA) will announce Monday that it has integrated an anti-spyware product from its purchase of PestPatrol with its own eTrust Security Management portfolio.


A Spectator Disrupts the Marathon With a Shove

It took 108 years for the men's Olympic marathon to return to its origins, and just a moment for a defrocked Irish priest to affect the legitimacy of the result.


Commencement Speeches: Iraq Is Backdrop for Many Graduation Speakers

For many if not most members of the class of 2007, the war in Iraq has been the constant background of their college years.


Blog: Open source is not up to each individual to define.  It's up to the community, and the community has traditionally delivered its verdict on licenses through the OSI.  CentricCRM has given no good reasons for this to change.


Google ties up with Japan's DoCoMo to grow abroad

Google Inc's  search engine will  feature on NTT DoCoMo Inc  handsets, giving it access  to 48 million new mobile Internet users in Japan in its push  for overseas growth.


La cerimonia si terra' a bordo dello yacht del cantante


MICHAEL Kasprowicz has put national selectors into a difficult situation with a five-wicket burst that has enhanced Australia's hopes of snatching a maiden Champions Trophy in London this month.


James Brown Undergoes Successful Surgery

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


Referendum confirmed, ChÃ¡vez looks ahead

CARACAS - Venezuelan leader Hugo ChÃ¡vez urged his foes to accept their defeat and move on yesterday, after an audit of last week's recall referendum confirmed the president's victory.


Carla Bruni, from catwalk to the Elysee Palace

Carla Bruni, the Italian singer and former supermodel, would bring a dose of glamour to the Elysee Palace if her surprising romance with President Nicolas Sarkozy ends in marriage.


Dell (Quote, Chart) officials announced Wednesday an agreement with Linux distributor Novell (Quote, Chart) to distribute and support SUSE Enterprise Server 9 on its single- and dual-processor line of servers.


The 82nd item on Mendeleevâs menu of the elements showed signs of trouble from early on.


Plenty of Holes Seen In a 'Virtual Fence'

The selection of Boeing Co. to erect a "virtual fence" along 6,000 miles of U.S. border marks a potential turning point in the government's long quest to stop illegal immigration, but its success hinges on overcoming obstacles that doomed past efforts, funding shortages and other problems with the...


Green captures Slam Dunk title with flying windmill

Gerald Green of the Boston Celtics flew over a table and sank a windmill jam to win the NBA's Slam Dunk title on Saturday.


A gunman has opened fire on foreign tourists in the centre of the Jordanian capital, Amman, reports say.


British literary rivals prepare for Booker Prize award

The Booker Prize, Britain's most prestigious literary award, was due to be handed out late, with a particular title emerging as one of the most overwhelming favourites in its 35-year history.


Lebanese troops bombard militants in refugee camp

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops bombarded a Palestinian refugee camp with tank and artillery shells on Wednesday, trying to force al Qaeda-inspired militants ensnared in the camp to surrender.


SunTrust Banks Inc. STI.N, which  fired three executives over its accounting for bad loans, on  Friday restated first-half profit higher by $25.1 million, more  than it had forecast, to fix the mistakes.


The US postal service hunts 58,000 postal ballot papers that have gone missing in the key marginal state of Florida.


Russia's foreign minister made clear ahead of high-level talks Friday on Iran's nuclear program that Moscow wants to see a U.N. agency report on Tehran's past suspicious nuclear work before considering new sanctions.


Weaker Dollar Causes Toyota's Profit to Slip

Profit at the Toyota Motor Corporation slipped 1.5 percent in the most recent quarter as damage from a falling dollar offset strong increases in sales around the world.


Rainforest Plant Yields Breast Cancer Fighter

THURSDAY, Feb 10 (HealthDay News) -- A compound derived from a rare South American plant shows promise as a treatment for breast cancer, according to a University of Virginia Health System study.


Genova, 19:24 - CALCIO, GENOA: CRISCITO OK, VERSO ESORDIO VANDEN BORREN

Il Genoa ha sostenuto nel pomeriggio la seduta di allenamento a Pegli in vista della gara interna co...


Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa gave Ferrari a sweep of the top two places at the French Grand Prix yesterday in Magny-Cours, ending McLarenâs winning streak at three Formula One races.Raikkonen, who also captured the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, won his second race this year â and the 11th of his career â after starting third on the grid. He finished the 2.74-mile circuit in 1 hour 30 minutes 54.200 seconds. Massa was nearly 2.5 seconds behind.The rookie Lewis Hamilton was third, 32 seconds behind Raikkonen.


Scientists say the northern snakehead fish seems to be expanding in the Potomac River, which runs along West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle.


A Pakistani man is accused of murdering his daughter, in what may be modern Italy's first case of "honour killing".


California Attorney General Bill Lockyer announced Tuesday that his office will join a pair of independent plaintiffs in a false claims lawsuit against Diebold Election Systems, the company supplying


Instead of the fireworks and all night partying that usually accompanies such an event, it was a scaled back closing ceremony for the Athens Paralympics in tribute to seven teenagers killed in a bus crash on their way to the Games.


Cancer Deaths Drop Among Asian Americans in California

FRIDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDayNews) -- Since 1988, the incidence of cancer among Asian Americans in California has declined 5.9 percent and cancer deaths have fallen 16.3 percent.


China Iron Mine Fire Death Toll Rises to 57

The death toll from a fire that swept  through an iron mine complex in the northern Chinese province  of Hebei rose to 57, with three miners still missing, Xinhua  news agency said on Monday.


U.S. boy band creator in detention in Guam

HAGATNA, Guam  - Louis Pearlman, the creator of boy bands like Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, was remanded on Monday to custody in Guam pending his transfer to Florida where he faces charges of fraud.


Gartner forecasts trouble with rootkits, ID theft

(InfoWorld) - Research analysts at Gartner are predicting a sticky web of security hazards for IT professionals over the next two years, ranging from targeted financial attacks to spyware to rootkits. Gartner released the list of threats on Monday during its IT Security Summit in London, part of the company's "hype cycle" reports that track technology trends. The threats, Gartner said, have a "potential to inflict significant damage" on businesses. The threats are: -- Cyberattacks with a financial motive: Criminals may try to steal customer data or information to hurt a company's reputation. Gartner suggests that corporations run more penetration tests to detect network holes and more aggressive intrusion detection systems, along with the usual signature-based antimalware software. -- Identity theft: While the number of victims has remained steady, Gartner said that defense is still poor against these attacks, which seek to assemble enough personal information to, for example, a open bank account in someone else's name. Companies can defend themselves with stronger authentication methods, encryption, better access control and database monitoring. -- Spyware: This insidious form of software often transparently infects computers, recording actions such as keystrokes. Over the next two years, 20 percent to 50 percent of companies will get infected with spyware, Gartner said. Include antivirus and antispam functions in antispyware software. -- Social engineering: Clever tricks by cybercriminals can dupe users into revealing sensitive network information. A user, for example, could be tricked into downloading a malicious software program if they think it came from a co-worker. Gartner recommends writing clear and consistent security policies to prevent users from making mistakes such as sending confidential information to a competitor. -- Viruses: This perennial problem remains. Companies should deploy security software that uses updated signatures, which detect new variations of malware, to stop infections. IT administrators should also improve patching and vulnerability detection techniques, Gartner said. -- Rootkits: Gartner predicts more trouble with rootkits over the next five to 10 years. These modified system files can bury themselves deeply within an OS and can be difficult to find. From there, rootkits could offer an attacker the same control as the computer's administrator.


A passenger train derailed and plunged into a ravine in the northern Philippines early Friday, killing at least six people and injuring 50 others, police said.


Indonesians Defy Damage to Pray on Muslim Feast

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Survivors in tsunami-hit  Aceh crowded battered mosques to pray during an Islamic  festival on Friday as aid workers found many toddlers in  Indonesia were likely among the 225,000 killed by the Indian  Ocean wave.


EU Clears Cargill to Buy Seara Alimentos

European Union regulators Friday cleared the purchase of Brazilian pork and poultry producer Seara Alimentos SA by Cargill Inc. of the United States.


Governments, aid agencies, insurers and travel firms are counting the cost of the massive earthquake and waves that hammered southern Asia.


N.Korea Says Kim Portrait Reports a 'U.S. Plot'

Reports that portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had been removed were a U.S. plot to overthrow the government and a "groundless fabrication," Xinhua news agency quoted a North Korean official on Friday as saying.


Bush nominates Johanns as agriculture secretary

President Bush on Thursday chose Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns as secretary of agriculture to oversee the nation's farm and food programs, an administration official said.


Letter to the Editor: âJuicedâ Ghostwriter: I Told You So

Whatever else its eventual impact, the Mitchell report last week immediately recasts the importance of the small library of books documenting baseballâs steroid era.


Judge Defers Decision in Oracle Takeover Bid

The judge presiding over Oracle's lawsuit to remove PeopleSoft's defense against a hostile takeover said on Wednesday that he would not rule until he had received more information on the case.


Police arrested Tulane running back Ray Boudreaux in connection with a stabbing in New Orleans that left five people hurt last weekend. Boudreaux was arrested early yesterday at his home in Metairie, La., on five counts of attempted murder, according to the police, who said the knife used in the stabbings was found in his house. Tulane suspended Boudreaux from the university and the team.


NEW Home Secretary Charles Clarke yesterday defied a devastating Law Lords ruling and vowed to keep Belmarsh terror suspects in jail.


India today successfully test-fired its longer-range missile Agni-II from the Integrated Test Range on the Wheelerâs Island in the Bay of Bengal off the Orissa coast, defence sources said.


Tornadoes swept across the southern United States and killed at least 20 people in three states, ripping up a hospital and high school where students huddled for shelter, authorities said on Friday.


A man dies hours after being attacked in the street by a Rottweiler-type dog, thought to be his own.


Colloquio con il presidente del Consiglio in missione economica in Cina"Indegno polverone. Ã solo una vicenda privata, il governo non sa nulla"                                          Prodi: cercano di tirarci in ballo per sottrarsi ai pasticci combinati                                                                                "Mi indigno solo a sentirne parlare. Queste cose non mi toccano neppure lontanamente" dal nostro inviato FEDERICO RAMPINI


The health of Russian ex-PM Yegor Gaidar - who has a mystery illness - has improved, a spokesman says.


Clashes as Pakistan rejects mosque surrender offer

New gunbattles and blasts rocked a besieged Pakistani mosque Thursday, as the government rejected a conditional surrender offer by a cleric it accused of using women and children as human shields.


At 67 Mr. Serra is still nudging the language of abstraction, constructing ever more awesome mazes of looming Cor-Ten steel.


Sun kills off much delayed UltraSPARC IIIi+ chip

Way past its prime Sun Microsystems has turned to half-truths where its UltraSPARC IIIi+ processor is concerned. The company has cancelled the product, once slated for 2005, in favor of concentrating on the UltraSPARC T1 - aka Niagara - processor line.â¦


Jason Richardson scores 34 points and grabs nine rebounds, as the Charlotte Bobcats stun the Boston Celtics, 95-83, for just their fourth loss of the season.


Retief Goosen closed with a 6-under 64 to win by four shots and become only the third player to overtake Tiger Woods in the final round.


Blackburn Coach Souness Quits for Newcastle United

Graeme Souness, who won less than 40 percent of his matches in eight years as a coach in England, is quitting Blackburn Rovers to join Newcastle United, which last won the English soccer league title in 1927.


UK film Atonement, up for seven Golden Globes, is nominated for another seven prizes by London critics.


Top seed Justine Henin reaches the second week of Wimbledon with victory over Elena Vesnina.


Moore Campaigns for People's Choice Award

Michael Moore is back on the campaign trail, this time asking Americans for their vote in the People's Choice Awards.


Abstinence Programs Stretch the Facts -- Post

Youngsters participating in federally funded abstinence-only sex-education courses frequently receive inaccurate or misleading information, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.


A congressional panel moved toward seeking contempt charges against former the White House counsel Harriet Miers today after she refused to appear at a hearing.


Atroce ritrovamento a tarda nottein un garage di Bassano del Grappa                                          Iole Tassitani ritrovata uccisa Ã¨ stata rapita da una banda di italiani                                                                                dal nostro inviato PIERO COLAPRICO


U.N.: Youth Joblessness Could Boost Crime

The number of jobless young people worldwide has reached an all-time high of 88 million, fueling frustration and possibly boosting crime and even terrorism in hard-hit poor nations, the United Nations labor agency said Wednesday.


Separate Genes Responsible for Drinking, Alcoholism

By Randy Dotinga, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Some people can drink a lot of alcohol without becoming addicted, and specific genes may help explain why, researchers say.    In a new study of Australian twins, scientists found that separate genes appear to be responsible, to some degree, for dependence on alcohol -- addiction -- and how much people drink...


On Wednesday, Britney Spears made an odd apology for her actions back in February. Spears attacked a photographer's car with an umbrella just days after she shaved her head and was seen without panties. On her website, Spears said that she was "...


For more than a year they've been making campaign signs, phoning voters, knocking on doors and manning the many candidate rallies in Ohio and other battleground states.


Judge: White House visitor logs not private

The White House must release its visitor logs and cannot hide behind a shield of privilege, a federal judge ruled Monday. The Bush administration has resisted public disclosure while it fights a lawsuit over alleged political influence by conservative Christian leaders.


Looking to take on Adobe and Microsoft in the graphics arena, Corel has announced the purchase of Jasc Software, maker of the popular Paint Shop Pro image editing tool. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Corel said it plans to continue marketing Jasc software independently and bundled with Corel titles.


Bureaucratic bungling has blocked food and medicine from reaching 70 percent of Sri Lankans left destitute by the tsunami, a government official said Wednesday, while nine survivors of the disaster were found deep in a jungle on a remote Indian island.


Boston College had been given an early quarterfinal boot from the Big East tournament by the University of Connecticut three weeks ago, but thanks to sophomore back Sam Brill, whose family lives about a mile and a half from BC's home soccer field, it was the Eagles who prevailed by the same score of 1-0 yesterday afternoon in the second ...


Twenty-two die in flooded Chinese mine, 7 missing

A flood and gas leak in a colliery in northeastern China has killed 22 miners and 7 are missing, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.


Glen Johnson and Antonio Tarver were joking about a unification bout. Roy Jones, considered by some the world's best pound-for-pound fighter, was in the back of an ambulance.


Security men block big Cairo protest against Israel

Fights broke out at the gate of al-Azhar  mosque in Cairo on Friday when plainclothes security men  stopped demonstrators taking to the streets with a protest  against Israeli attacks on Lebanese and Palestinians.


After being the one to break hearts last year, the Terrapins are now recovering from Wake Forest's rally from a three-touchdown deficit to an overtime win.


Sudan "bombs" Darfur rebels as violence hampers aid

Sudanese government planes bombed  rebel positions in Darfur, rebels and international sources  said on Monday of the latest violence that has turned parts of  West Darfur into a "no go" zone for aid workers.


Outlooks mixed in talks about Northern Ireland

LEEDS CASTLE, England Northern Ireland's feuding parties reported some progress Friday toward a lasting peace solution for the British province but were pessimistic about striking a deal.


Milano, 15:28 - CALCIO, BALDINI: SQUALIFICATO UN MESE

Silvio Baldini, allenatore del Catania, è stato squalificato fino al 30 settembre 2007 dal gi...


Byrne HBO drama: Therapist, heal thyself

Gabriel Byrne spends much of his new drama planted in a chair, engaged in dialogue with whomever occupies the sofa facing him. He has plenty to say, but what distinguishes his performance is something else he must do: express the act of listening.


Fighting, looting hit East Timor capital

Fighting and looting erupted in East Timor's capital on Tuesday as its leaders held urgent meetings to find a way out of the worst crisis in the young nation's seven-year history.


The self-described "Happy Warrior" of the 2000 White House race has gone negative in 2008.


Milano, 20:23 - CALCIO, SAMUEL: MATERAZZI UOMO IN PIU' INTER MA NON LASCIO NIENTE

Walter Samuel avverte Marco Materazzi: ''Quando rientrerà Materazzi sono pronto a lasciargli ...


Some 34 people die in a fire at an illegal shoe factory in eastern China's Fujian province, state media reports.


There are plenty of safe, rewarding places to park your cash.


Toolmaker for Oilfields Buys a Rival for $7 Billion

The oilfield services provider National Oilwell Varco said on Monday that it had agreed to buy the drilling-products maker Grant Prideco Inc., further consolidating the drilling sector.


Celebrities across the globe were mobilizing to help relief efforts in countries affected by the deadly earthquake and tsunamis in southern Asia and eastern Africa.


Yahoo's $350 million purchase shows commitment to communications services as  company redefines its place in the market, says exec.


Estonia braced for its own school reform

A governmental plan to shift the main language of instruction in the nationa s Russian high schools to Estonian is being viewed with uncertainty and pessimism by principals and teachers, a recent survey by the ...


First-Pregnancy Factors Tied to Breast Cancer Risk

NEW YORK  - New research provides more  evidence that childbearing factors, especially those related to  a first pregnancy, influence a woman's risk of breast cancer.


Baseball steroid report raises fresh questions

The report exposing widespread use of steroids in Major League Baseball raised more questions about the depth of the problem in America's pastime and aroused concerns on Friday about the credibility of its evidence.


Tough wage talks likely at Volkswagen next month

Wage talks next month at German automaker Volkswagen appear off to a difficult start after the powerful IG Metall union demanded a four percent wage rise and job guarantees for its members.


Discount brokerage Charles Schwab Corp. suffered a $41 million loss during its fiscal third quarter as it absorbed costs from job cuts and other restructuring steps it hopes will reverse a protracted slump.


Roma, 18:17 - CALCIO, CAMPIONATO PRIMAVERA IN DIRETTA SU SKY

Torna su SKY Sport il Campionato Primavera TIM e la Primavera TIM Cup, di cui SKY ha rinnovato i dir...


Serena Williams has her sights set on  regaining the world number one ranking after staging a  miraculous comeback to beat Lindsay Davenport 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 in  the Australian Open final Saturday.


New generation of rock stars prepares to feed the world as Band ...

THE Darkness, Coldplay and Scots band Travis are being lined up to appear on a new version of Band Aidâs Do They Know Itâs Christmas?


Marine Corps Grounds V-22 Osprey Aircraft

The Marine Corps said yesterday it was temporarily grounding its fleet of V-22 Osprey tilt rotors after discovering a glitch in a computer chip that could cause the aircraft to lose control.


UPDATE 1-Northwest pilots ratify $265 mln concession deal

The pilots union at Northwest Airlines Corp. (NWAC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 4 US air carrier, ratified a $265 million concession package that includes 15 percent pay cuts, the union said on Friday.


China family-planning protests flare anew

Hundreds of Chinese peasants have protested over family-planning rules in an area hit by similar demonstrations earlier this month, state media said on Thursday, with some setting fire to government vehicles.


President Bush says his economic plans will expand opportunities for small businesses and regular people, while challenger John Kerry's proposals will only expand the government.


An investigation is launched into claims that seven English teenagers were abandoned in the NI countryside.


Australia says it wants to phase out free plastic bags by the end of 2008, after a similar move by China.


Leaders of the world's 70-plus million Anglicans called Monday on US Episcopalian Church officials to apologize for promoting homosexuality.


TWENTY years after China won their only women's volleyball gold, the team did it again today, winning a hard-fought battle with Russia today.


Second debate created easier decision for some

When Natasha Thomas tuned into the presidential debate Friday night, she was hoping the candidates would address issues important to her as a single mother: health care, day care, education.


Update 1: Ford Reports Sales Drop, Cuts Production

General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. reported disappointing US sales Wednesday, prompting the nation's two largest automakers to cut planned vehicle production in the fourth quarter, which could hurt profits.


An independent assessment concluding that Iraq has made little political progress in recent months despite an influx of U.S. troops drew fierce objections from the White House on Thursday and provided fresh ammunition for Democrats who want to bring troops home.


The African National Congress voted to oust South Africaâs president, Thabo Mbeki, as head of the party and award the job to Jacob G. Zuma.


The US and European space agencies signal their desire to co-operate on the biggest missions.


US television host Oprah Winfrey is picked to sit on the jury for a murder trial in her home city of Chicago.


A health body is using mobile phones to text reminders to young women to take the contraceptive pill.


Greece's Olympic 200 metres champion Kostadinos Kenteris, who faces expulsion from the Athens Olympics for failing to show up at a doping test, insisted Tuesday he is not a drugs cheat.


Heathrow constructs new terminal to handle air travel explosion

Two gigantic halls, 300 elevators and escalators, and a bill of six billion euros (7.9 billion dollars): future Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport, whose building site was opened Thursday in west London, must handle 100 million people every year.


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It's goodbye from him, and it's goodbye from me Sony plans to end sales of its 20GB and 60GB PlayStation 3 (PS3) models in Japan, within just two months.â¦


Ciampi alla Rai: Â«Conservare, rafforzare e migliorare il servizio ...

Mentre il governo torna a parlare di par condicio, sferrando un nuovo attacco al giÃ  debole pluralismo italiano, Ciampi rilancia la sua difesa allâinformazione. E se la prende con la Rai che sta perdendo il suo ruolo di servizio pubblico.