V. Klitschko punishes Williams in title defense

LAS VEGAS -- Vitali Klitschko made one statement with his fists, and another with his words. Both came through loud and clear in a dominating title defense that elevated him to the top of a crowded list of heavyweight champions.


Lleyton Hewitt reached the final of TD Waterhouse Cup when Russia's Dimitry Tursanov quit with a back injury after the opening game of the second set Saturday.


Israel Ties Cut Will Overshadow Abbas Inauguration

Mahmoud Abbas's inauguration to succeed Yasser Arafat on Saturday will be overshadowed by Israel's decision to cut ties with the new Palestinian president after a militant attack that killed six Israelis.


(HealthDay News) -- While bath time can be fun and relaxing for your newborn, you should be more concerned with keeping her safe in the tub. Here are a few suggestions, courtesy of the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University:   Newborns don't need a bath every day. Every other day is fine, as long as your baby is properly cleaned up after feedings and diaper changes. Your newborn will need a sponge bath at first -- don't submerge her in water until the umbilical cord has fallen off. Use a bath thermometer to be sure the water is about 90 degrees Fahrenheit. ...


Shanghai to be built into aviation hub for Asia

Shanghai, a financial and economic center of China, pledged to build itself into an air transport hub for Asia and Pacific region and a key link in the world's aviation network


Alcatel to buy Nortel UMTS unit for $320 mln

Alcatel has signed a preliminary   agreement to buy Nortel's third generation UMTS cell phone   network unit for $320 million, aiming to achieve greater scale   amid cut-throat price competition.


Verona, 22:45 - CALCIO, VERONA: GIOVANNI GALLI NUOVO DG

Giovanni Galli è il nuovo direttore generale del Verona (C1/A). Lo ha annunciato l'amministra...


Seahawks Notebook: Smith wins battle of greatests

TEMPE, Ariz. -- In the game within the game yesterday, Emmitt Smith had it all over Jerry Rice. For the first time since 1984, the NFL's all-time leading rusher and receiver were on the field at the same time


Il giorno dopo la caduta del governo il vicepremier attaccaSir: "Referendum elettorale Ã¨ il convitato di pietra"                                          Crisi di governo, l'ira di Rutelli "Al Senato ci hanno pugnalato"                                                                                Il ministro Ferrero: "Colpa dei poteri forti, di Dini e di Mastella"


Microsoft To Enter Music-Download Market

Microsoft will jump into the music-downloading market this week, with the rollout of a new MSN online-music service that will compete with Apple's iTunes and RealNetworks' Rhapsody.


Militants threaten to expand Lebanon camp war

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Al Qaeda-inspired militants in north Lebanon threatened on Wednesday to take their fight to other parts of the country and beyond if the Lebanese army did not stop attacking a Palestinian refugee camp.


ZARIT, Israel  - Israel's army pulled out of south Lebanon early on Sunday to complete a handover to the Lebanese army and international peacekeepers under a U.N. resolution to end a bloody war with Hizbollah guerrillas.


A real estate company majority-owned by billionaire Carl Icahn offered on Monday to acquire Reckson Associates Realty Corp.  and an affiliate company for $49 per share, or a total of $4.3 billion in cash and stock.


Rich Reward for Singh After Arduous Journey

The journey has been long and often  arduous but the rewards in 2004 have been priceless for world  golf number one Vijay Singh.


Musharraf seeks 'change of status' for Kashmir

President Pervaiz Musharraf of Pakistan has called for a radical new approach to the 57-year dispute with India over Kashmir, boosting hopes for permanent peace between the two nuclear neighbours.


Cuba this week freed five of 75 of the independent journalists, opposition party members and rights activists sentenced to long terms in April 2003 after a crackdown on dissent.


Kerry hoping Americans aren't paying attention

Sen. John Kerry - the Republican? In order to win votes, Kerry's latest shift has been to claim Republican positions. A few weeks ago, Kerry's position on Iraq was a time frame for getting the troops out, now


Indonesian police close to identifying Australian embassy bomber

The Indonesian police were close to identify the body parts resulted from the deadly explosion in front of the Australian Embassy by the DNA test, Police chief General Da'i Bachtiar said on Wednesday.


Energy firm Npower is to increase gas and electricity bill prices for its domestic customers for the third time this year.


Scientist Who Cited Drug's Risks Is Barred From F.D.A. Panel

The Food and Drug Administration has told a researcher that he cannot be part of an advisory panel that will review the safety of a class of drugs used to treat arthritis and pain.


Given the impact and growing inter-connectedness of the world media, it is not surprising that Trinidadians, more than ever, are aware of the state of our world.


Madrid, 13:07 - CALCIO, MERCATO; REAL MADRID: L'OBIETTIVO PER LA DIFESA E' AYALA

Il Real Madrid sta trattando con il Valencia per l'acquisto del difensore centrale argentino Roberto...


UK police treating Litvinenko poisoning as murder

British police said on Wednesday they were now treating the case of poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko as murder.


Here you go, grandad, get your laughing gear round this phal US researchers have isolated a compound in turmeric - commonly used in the UK's national dish chicken tikka masala and other more deadly curry concoctions - which "may help stimulate immune system cells that gobble up the brain-clogging proteins that mark Alzheimer's disease", Reuters reports.â¦


Serena, Sharapova advance to China Open semis

Serena Williams breezed into the China Open semifinals Friday when Russia's Nadia Petrova retired with an injury during the second set of their quarterfinals match.


The over-embellished fashion on the runway for fall 2008 is a reflection of the old mentality.


SafeNet Launches MediaSentry Business Intelligence Service for Audience Measurement and Piracy Monitoring on Global Peer-to-Peer Networks

SafeNet Inc., a global leader in information security, today announced  that its MediaSentry Business Intelligence (BI) services portfolio will  now feature the world's first direct  measurement of user activity across the most heavily trafficked  peer-to-peer (P2P) networks globally.


Forecasters predicted a slight rise in temperatures in the East and continued warmth in the West on Friday, and rain was expected in the South.


Spiraling costs and a missing long-term strategy bedevil the US-VISIT program, which screens incoming travelers to the United States for terrorist links. Luke O'Brien reports from Washington.


Ascoli Piceno, 15:17 - CALCIO, TREVISO: CEDUTO SAVERINO ALL'ASCOLI

L'Ascoli prende in prestito con diritto di riscatto il centrocampista del Treviso, Davide Saverino. ...


Deliberations start in Coast Guard trial

Jurors started deliberations Tuesday at the court-martial of a Coast Guard Academy cadet accused of raping his sometimes girlfriend and assaulting three other women at the school.


Facendo ormai parte integrante della vita quotidiana di milioni di persone nel mondo, anche i cellulari sottostanno da tempo alle regole del fashion e della moda oltre che ai dettami della tecnologia. A confermare


Actor Tom Hanks comes to a snowy  West End for the premiere of his movie Polar Express.


A boy who suffered life-threatening head injuries in a road accident three months ago goes back to school.


No one is giving him much of a chance, but the former Senator with the populist message insists he can outlast his more prominent rivals


Archaeologists digging in western Japan have excavated what they believe to be the oldest remains of a melon ever found, an official said Friday.


Tony Blair speaks of his 'absolute horror' at the tsunami, as donations from the British public reach Â£50m.


Wachovia to buy A.G. Edwards for $6.8 billion

U.S. bank Wachovia Corp.  on Thursday said it would buy A.G. Edwards Inc.  for about $6.8 billion in cash and stock to create the second-largest retail brokerage in the United States.


In the past three weeks, shares of Apple Computer Inc. have flirted with all-time highs after a wave of reports from investment houses like Piper Jaffray, Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan issued glowing projections about the Cupertino firm's future.


A suicide car bomb hit a bus carrying  Iraqi National Guards on Sunday, killing 22 people in the  deadliest attack of its kind in nearly four months on Iraqis  cooperating with U.S. forces to secure a Jan. 30 election.


Carpi (Modena), 15:35 - ATLETICA, MARATONA D'ITALIA: VINCONO SEREM E KALOVICS

Successo keniano alla 20/a edizione della Maratona d'Italia memorial Enzo Ferrari, a Carpi. La vitto...


French bank SocGen says hit by 4.9 bln euro fraud

French bank Societe Generale disclosed one of the biggest alleged frauds in financial history on Thursday, adding to a wave of gloom surrounding world markets battered by credit market losses.


Palmsource has introduced a new version of Cobalt, its software platform for smartphones. The new smartphone OS includes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support and an enhanced Web browser.


A man who grabbed the steering wheel of a bus causing it to crash, killing a fellow passenger, is jailed.


A laboratory perched on a windswept ridge in the Arctic should reveal vital clues about our changing planet.


Alan Shearer scored a hat trick and Patrick Kluivert bagged another two as Newcastle United beat Bnei Sakhnin 5-1 Thursday night, and 7-1 on aggregate, to complete miserable night for Israeli soccer.


A record Afghan opium poppy crop means more will die of heroin overdoses in European cities, the UN warns.


Marine Shot Dead West of Baghdad -- U.S. Military

Unknown gunmen have shot and killed a  Marine west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.


Computer security giant Symantec Corp. is buying storage and backup program maker Veritas Software Corp. in a $13.5 billion deal that will create the world's fourth largest software company.


Third baseman Chris Truby agreed Thursday to a one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals.


Prosecutors: Peterson Sought Bachelor Life

With just a day to summarize their case against Scott Peterson, prosecutors painted a picture of a man so desperate for freedom from domestic drudgery that he turned to murder as his only way out.


The Sudan is moving to prime position once again at the United Nations where ambassadors are desperately seeking ways of resolving the country's political crises.


Help the Aged warns Welsh assembly election candidates not to ignore the voting muscle of the over-55s.


Scotland's Colin Montgomerie fired a 4-under-par 67 to grab a two-stroke lead after the third round of the $US7 million World Challenge golf tournament at Thousand Oaks in California.


SAN SALVADOR -- Juan Nerio, a 44-year-old mason's assistant, was sick of living in a mud hut on the side of a volcano. When he heard that an American company was offering six times his $200 monthly wage, he signed up. Six weeks later he found himself holding an AK-47 assault rifle and guarding a US diplomatic complex in Iraq.


US: N.Korea Blast Not Likely to Be Nuclear

The United States does not believe North Korea has conducted nuclear tests, but it is unclear whether a reported blast there three days ago showed


'The Future of Healthcare Technology' Next in Perot Systems' Healthcare Tech and the World Podcast Series

PLANO, Texas, Sept. 19  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In the fifth of its podcast series, "Healthcare Tech and the World," Perot Systems  examines the evolution of technology in the healthcare industry, and its impact on people and processes.


On Their Way: Hirono Gets Back Into Hawaii DemocratsÃ¢ÂÂ Good Graces

Just four years ago, Hawaii Democrat Mazie K. Hirono was seen by some in her party as a has-been: The incumbent lieutenant governor had lost the governorÃ¢ÂÂs race to Republican Linda Lingle Ã¢ÂÂ ending a Democratic gubernatorial winning streak in the state that extended back to 1962.


Army helicopter school uses Iraq lessons

At a sprawling base set amid the wiregrass pastures of southern Alabama, the Army is teaching its next class of helicopter pilots how to avoid getting shot down when it's their turn to go to Iraq.


Firenze, 16:28 - CALCIO, PRANDELLI: MILAN E' ANCORA UNA GRANDE SQUADRA

Cesare Prandelli non vede un Milan in crisi: ''Forse hanno avuto un leggero calo fisico - ha detto i...


By David Koenig  A new class-action lawsuit claims that computer maker Dell Inc. inflated profits with secret payments of about $1 billion a year from chip maker Intel Corp.  The lawsuit was filed Wednesday, the same day the company announced that founder Michael S.


ST. LOUIS -- How do you beat the Greatest Show On Turf with two rookie cornerbacks, one of whom just arrived from the practice squad?


KABUL, Afghanistan -- Human Rights Watch said Monday it has discovered two more US detainee deaths in Afghanistan, including an apparent murder more than two years ago, and said slow-paced investigations had "spawned a culture of impunity" that may have


As more and more retailers try to cash in on the online music scene, things are becoming increasingly befuddling for consumers -- especially for consumers who stray from the Apple iPod fold.


Shaun-Wright Phillips scores the winner as England beat Switzerland in Fabio Capello's first game as boss.


Hamas, Fatah fight in Gaza before Quartet meeting

Fighting between Palestinian factions escalated across Gaza on Friday, killing at least 14 people as Hamas overran compounds used by President Mahmoud Abbas's forces and two major universities were set ablaze.


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If US forces prevail in taking the city, keeping it stable afterward may be the biggest task - and influence what happens elsewhere.


"The Village," a creepy tale about an  isolated town in 19th century Pennsylvania, has knocked "The  Bourne Conspiracy" off the UK box office number one spot.  Directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Joaquin Phoenix,  "The Village" earned $5.29 million (2.94 million pounds) over  the weekend, according to Screen International on Tuesday.


Pakistan's Musharraf leaves for Europe as tensions soar

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday left on a four-nation tour aimed at bolstering European support, as police were on high alert for the Muslim festival of Ashura.


BAGHDAD, Iraq--Of the four car bombs that exploded in Iraq on Monday, it was the concussive detonation on Baghdad's crowded Saadoun Street that left Muhammed


Germany's Deutsche Post AG said losses at its US express and logistics business will be 200 million euros ($246.1 million) greater than expected this year, sending its shares down over 4 percent.


UN shrugs off US demands to boost Iraq presence

BAGHDAD  - The United States failed win a promise from the United Nations to increase its staff in Iraq ahead of elections as Washington stepped up its charges that Damascus was sheltering insurgent leaders.


Fashion Diary: Beautiful Models, Hairy Legs and All

In more than one sense, Westminster bears a resemblance to the New York fashion shows that folded up tents just days before the dog show rolled into town.


Campaigners protest outside Belmarsh Prison at the detention of foreign nationals under UK terror laws.


Zowie! Stan Lee, the creator of such comic-book superheroes as Spider-Man and X-Men, has signed an exclusive content deal with Walt Disney Studios, it was announced Wednesday.


Friends say Franklin Raines overcame race and class barriers only to plummet into an American nightmare. â¢ Experience: Chairman and CEO, Fannie Mae, 1999-2004; director, Office of Management and Budget, 1996


Spielberg, Hanks Fire Up French Film Fest

It took a whistle-stop tour Saturday by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks to add some fizz to the Deauville Festival of American Cinema's 30th birthday party, a day after its low-key bow with a French film, Claude Lelouch's "Les Parisiens."


Ashamâs Goal Sends Devils Past the Penguins

Arron Ashamâs tie-breaking goal with 9 minutes 22 seconds left gave the visiting Devils a 5-4 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins last night.


Microsoft's big fix: Security patch now on the market

For the past few years, viruses have attacked Microsoft's operating system, Web browser or e-mail programs seemingly on a weekly basis.


Cisco Systems wants to turn the enterprise data network into an electricity meter.


English town fearful as hunt begins for prostitute murderer

The slaying of five prostitutes cast a shadow over this provincial English town on Wednesday, as police hunted for a suspected serial killer and the town's women feared they could be next.Comment


Debate on Iraq healthy, Bush tells Democrats

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia  - President Bush, speaking to House of Representatives Democrats he has battled for six years, said on Saturday he welcomed a vigorous debate on his plan to increase U.S. combat troops in Iraq and he did not question the patriotism of critics.


'04 leaves Biogen Idec with no merger regrets

Biogen Idec Inc., of Cambridge, had a remarkable 2004. Biogen had just finalized its $6.4 billion merger with Idec Corp., of San Diego, when it got word the Food and Drug Administration would consider its new multiple sclerosis drug on the basis of interim trial data, accelerating the approval timetable by a year. The company scrambled, applied on May 25, ...


The United States team is in the familiar role of pursuer after the morning four-ball matches were concluded today at the K Club course in County Kildare.


After Finding the Right Fit, Moss Is Proving Critics Wrong

After two difficult years in Oakland, where injuries and attitude slowed him, Randy Moss has reset himself on the path to the Hall of Fame.


A car bomb exploded in the heart of Baghdad Thursday, killing 17 people and wounding at least eight in a crowded commercial area, police said.


Pakistan's Supreme Court rules that President Pervez Musharraf can stand in next week's leadership election.


EU cites progress in bid to free Bulgarian nurses

The European Union said on Tuesday it  made "substantial progress" in talks with Libya this week to  secure the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian  doctor held in Libya, but more talks were needed.


New China News Agency reported that the satellite was set into orbit by a 'Long Walking- 2C' rocket. The satellite was launched at 15:50 local time (10:50 in Turkey) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launching Center in Gansu province in northwestern China.


T-Mobile CEO: VOIP will have No Major Impact

Don't expect new mobile phone services based on the Internet Protocol to become nearly as prevalent as those running over PCs. That's the view of Hamid Akhavan, CEO of T-Mobile International AG & Co. KG, one of Europe's largest mobile phone operators.


A guitar played by George Harrison and John Lennon is expected to fetch up to Â£270,000 at auction.


Area Gladly Ushers in Fall: Seasonal Change Slips in Quietly, Raising Hopes of Autumn Foliage, Rain

By Michael E. Young, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 23--Nature whispers its seasonal shifts around here.   Summer gave way to autumn late Friday -- 11:03 p.m. Dallas time -- with barely a hint of change. But some signs sneak through.


Erano uscite per fare compere poi il caso le ha spinte lontano dalla palazzina"Quella tragedia si poteva evitare. Era tempo che dovevano controllare l'impianto"                                          Filippa e Pinella salve per miracolo "LassÃ¹ c'Ã¨ qualcuno che ci ha salvato"


Department store operator J.C. Penney  Co. Inc. JCP.N on Tuesday said third-quarter profit rose 86.3  percent, helped by stronger sales and fewer markdowns.


Google wins key ruling in patent dispute

Online search leader Google Inc. has won a key court ruling in a patent dispute over its popular three-dimensional software that provides Internet tours of the Earth.


Lawmakers Friday agreed that the nation's current vaccine supply system is broken; the possible fixes, however, appear to be difficult, uncertain and many years into the future.


Don Huse, chief executive of Auckland International Airport Ltd., speaks on a teleconference from Auckland about the company's fiscal full-year profit reported today.


UN ties HIV, TB care to longevity in Africa

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Up to half a million HIV-positive Africans die each year because health chiefs have failed to coordinate the fight against HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, the UN said yesterday.


Oil prices rose on Wednesday as  Hurricane Ivan -- one of the fiercest storms on record --  churned toward the southeastern United States, while the dollar  struggled with worrying economic data.


Free Music Site Attracts Wrath of Industry

The cofounder of a Web site that offers free streamed music from top artists said he's determined to operate his service legally despite menacing overtures from Universal Music Group.


The future of wireless looks to be a showdown in wireless 1Gbps (1 gigabit per second) technologyâjust weeks after Siemens announced it was working on technology to transmit 1Gbps wirelessly, NTT DoCoMo announces the same thing.


OIL prices tumbled yesterday as the market took fright at signals that the cost of energy may be choking back the rate of growth in the economy.


Vietnam war veterans defended Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry from charges he lied to get his medals and scolded prominent Republican Bob Dole for joining the critics.


Cougar Energy Ltd to Develop 400 MW UCG Power Station, Houston Conference to Discuss This Development and Others

Cougar Energy Ltd announced yesterday that it will develop a 400 MW UCG power station in Pakistan following receipt of a letter of offer from the regional government of Sindh.


Pension Funds Angle for ''Proxy Access''

(Board members: Please take a moment to participate in a special survey, sponsored by CFO magazine and the National Association of Corporate Directors, that examines the evolving relationship between board members and the corporationâs chief financial


High Times Imagined From Hempstead Shirt

ATLANTA - The town of Hempstead, N.Y., has a message for Gwinnett County school administrators: Before you target a student wearing a Hempstead shirt, look at a map.    Terrell Jones, a student in Gwinnett County's Grayson High School, was weeded out of a classroom by a school administrator because he wore a shirt that read: "Hempstead, NY 516," a reference to the Long Island town and its telephone area code...


Minivans Are Dead. Long Live the Tall Wagons

HOLLISTER, Calif. The minivan is living on borrowed time.


Undercover American agent sparks false alarm about Afghan suicide ...

KABUL, Afghanistan In Kabul, a US agent wearing an Afghan burqa fled police who tried to search her on Sunday, sparking fears of a suicide attack in the capital city.


TOP seed and defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium suffered a major shock as she was knocked out of the US Open by Russiaâs Nadia Petrova.


Symptoms of mental retardation and autism have been reversed for the first time in laboratory mice.


By Brian J. Pedersen, Arizona Daily Star


Jan Murray, one of the fabled generation of comics who rose from the Catskills to prime time TV, tickling fans of the 1950s game show "Treasure Hunt," has died. He was 89.


Monza, 16:31 - CALCIO, JUVENTUS; BRIATORE: ERRORE STRATEGICO

Anche Flavio Briatore vuole dire la sua sulla Juventus in B. Lo fa da tifoso e da Monza dichiara che...


A1C test not accurate for diabetics on dialysis

NEW YORK  - The A1C test, the usual way of measuring long-range diabetes control, is not reliable for people who are undergoing hemodialysis, a new study shows.


Boston Streets Jammed for Red Sox Parade

Fans surround vehicles carrying members of the Boston Red Sox during the Red Sox World Series Championship parade through the streets of Boston, Saturday Oct. 30, 2004.


IRA says it will disarm, but won't allow photographic proof

BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- The Irish Republican Army declared Thursday it's willing to get rid of all its weapons -- but only if Protestants drop their demands for photographic proof.


L.A. mayor's girlfriend demoted by TV station

The television anchor who covered stories on the mayor of Los Angeles -- without publicly revealing that she was the mayor's girlfriend -- has been reassigned to a distant outpost after being suspended for two months without pay, the Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday.


Television Review | 'Jail': The Trip to the Rugged Zone Between Arrest and Trial

âJail,â the new documentary series tonight on My Network TV and the creation of John Langley, who invented Foxâs âCops,â is off to a confident start.


Sony Joins Other Labels on Amazon MP3 Store

Sony BMG announced that it would become the fourth and final major music label to sell digital music on Amazon.com.


Wall Street stocks were set for a rebound on Wednesday, as some traders were on the look-out for bargains following sharp falls in the leading indices on Tuesday.


In Europe, a Push by Phone Companies Into TV

Several European phone companies plan to announce significant expansions of Internet protocol television, or IPTV, this week.


Workers mount show of force in S.Africa strike

Thousands of South African workers marched on Wednesday in sympathy with striking civil servants in a show of force that highlighted the divide between the ruling African National Congress and its trade union allies.


India's Hindu nationalists halt protests for New Year

India's Hindu nationalists opposing plans for industrial parks in Goa delayed planned protests to allow New Year parties to go ahead in this popular tourist coastal resort.


The ABC and NBC television networks each plan to turn the 9/11 Commission Report into a mini-series.


Mrs Merkel and Mr Chirac are co-ordinating positions on Turkey German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Jacques Chirac have rejected the idea of setting a deadline for Turkey to comply with EU ...Comment


By The Associated Press. With just four days to go before a game that will determine their postseason fate, the St. Louis Rams are confronted with a significant distraction - the disclosure


Update 1: Ovitz Says He Was Mistaken Over Bonus

Michael Ovitz, Walt Disney Co.'s former president, said Friday he was mistaken in his previous testimony that his annual bonus was tied to Disney chief executive Michael Eisner's bonus.


After a tumultuous year of experimentation, a new, and so far internal, definition of what Wal-Mart stands for will soon become a very public strategy.


Torino, 16:03 - CALCIO, TORINO; NOVELLINO: ARBITRI IN GRANDE DIFFICOLTA'

Walter Novellino include anche gli arbitri tra le cause della stagione finora del Torino. ''Gli arbi...


Auto parts supplier Delphi Corp. (DPH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday it plans to cut 8,500 jobs, or up to 5 percent of its work force, in 2005 because of vehicle


House's Author of Drug Benefit Joins Lobbyists

Representative Billy Tauzin will become president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the chief lobby for brand-name drug companies.


Cruz, Kingsley play lovers in new film "Elegy"

Penelope Cruz and Ben Kingsley team up in a movie based on Philip Roth's short novel "The Dying Animal", about a charismatic and selfish professor who loses his composure when he falls in love with a student half his age.


Il primo concorso ippico del Belpaese nasce il 30 maggio 1948. Ed Ã¨ subito amoreIn 60 anni ha fatto vincere 984 milioni di euro, ma gli appassionati calano                                          Ultima galoppata il Totip va in pensione                                                                                In crisi anche Totocalcio e Lotto. Gli italiani preferiscono bingo e slot di VLADIMIRO POLCHI


Ford says 38,000 of its hourly unionised staff have accepted voluntary redundancy and will leave the firm next year.


Canale 5 batte Rai Uno Morandi Ã¨ stato il piÃ¹ visto

Roma, 6 dicembre 2004 - 'Stasera Morandi', il concerto di Gianni Morandi da Rimini, Ã¨ stato il programma piÃ¹ visto su Canale 5 in tv superando anche la prima puntata dell'attesa fiction 'Le cinque giornate di Milano' in onda su Raiuno.


CHIBA, Japan  - Thousands of Japanese rocked to the rhythm of a virtual techno beat act on Saturday in the second of nine concerts worldwide aimed at persuading the globe to go green.


Pre-order âThe Complete Led Zeppelinâ today on iTunes

Available for pre-order exclusively on the iTunes Store, âThe Complete Led Zeppelin,â a special digital box set, delivers the bandâs entire discography for just $99. The 165-track collection includes the new career-spanning âMothership,â a 24-track retrospective of the groupâs best-known songs thatâs also available separately. Pre-ordering either âThe Complete Led Zeppelinâ or âMothershipâ automatically enters fans to win the chance to see the bandâs reunion performance at Londonâs O2 Arena on November 26. Winners will receive 2 tickets to the show, round-trip airfare, and hotel accommodations.


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Classe 250cc, l`argentino precede De Puniet e Pedrosa

Sebastian Porto ha vinto il Gran Premio di Motomondiale di Repubblica Ceca, classe 250cc. Al termine di una gara costellata di incidenti, l`argentino ha preceduto il compagno di squadra della Aprilia, il francese


A Woman, Her Men and Finding Out Who's Really Crazy

Late in his new film, the wildly gifted French director Arnaud Desplechin yanks the rug from under his characters and sends both them and us reeling.


Arafat's wife, Suha, flew from Paris as scores of officials descended on the sand-bagged compound in Ramallah. Medical sources say Arafat, 75, suffered spells of unconsciousness and appeared disorientated.


Dan Bartlett, one of President Bush's longest-serving aides, resigns citing family reasons.


David Byrne and Thom Yorke on the Real Value of Music

"We're going to give the album away." That's how Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke explains the decision to offer his band's new record as a name-your-price digital download. Is this the future of music? Wired sends David Byrne to Oxford to learn more.


Scientists have long believed that the planet is surrounded by a radiation belt. Now it's a confirmed fact. Compiled by Tony Long.


Del Ponte to step down from U.N. tribunal

Carla del Ponte, chief prosecutor for the U.N. tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, will not extend her mandate that ends in September but hand over to somebody else to complete the work of the court by 2010.


Letting cable TV subscribers pay for only the channels they want won't reduce the cost for most, federal regulators told Congress in a report released Friday. Consumer groups immediately attacked the study as flawed.


Gordon Brown has never reconciled himself to Tony Blair leading Labour instead of him, says Peter Mandelson.


The scene from Dan Mundy's living room window is worlds away from the normal urban views of New York City.


Career Couch: Turning Down the Volume in the Next Cubicle

Loud talkers were among the biggest pet peeves in the workplace in a survey conducted last March.


Have you been trudging through the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center? Or have you been obsessively following the gadget blogs all week?


Spain's foreign minister defends his claim that the former government supported the 2002 Venezuela coup.


Ukraine's opposition, whose insistence  that it was cheated out of victory in a presidential election  has brought thousands onto the streets, on Tuesday rejected  talks in favor of "people power."


Japan Halts Plan to Kill Humpback Whales

Japan is dropping its plan to kill humpback whales in the seas off Antarctica, the countryâs top government spokesman said.


Injured A's fan, husband defend heckling of Rangers

â The woman whose nose was broken when Texas reliever Frank Francisco threw a chair into the stands said Wednesday she will not decide whether to sue the Rangers until after prosecutors


Democratic  presidential hopeful Barack Obama tops fundraising efforts as candidates file their latest campaign figures.


Bulger Leads Rams to Wildcard Win Over Seahawks

Marc Bulger threw two touchdown passes to lead the St. Louis Rams to a 27-20 NFC wildcard victory over the Seattle Seahawks Saturday, becoming the first team to capture a playoff game without a winning record.


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Muslim Militant Sentenced for Jakarta Hotel Bombing

An Indonesian court has sentenced a Muslim militant to 10 years in prison for his role in last year's bombing of a Jakarta luxury hotel.


Trade Secretary Alistair is calling for tighter restrictions on the Freedom of Information Act, the BBC learns.


Linebacker Napoleon Harris, who went from Oakland to Minnesota in the Randy Moss trade, signed a six-year contract Tuesday with the Kansas City Chiefs.


Microsoft Sues Spammers over Porn E-Mails

Laws require that sexually oriented solicitations be marked with a label warning users of the content in both the subject line and the initially viewable area of the message.


Palestinians: Israeli strike kills 3 in Gaza

An Israeli drone fired three rockets into Khan Yunis in southern Gaza early Thursday, killing two field commanders from the militant group Hamas and another person, Palestinian security forces said.


NASA administrator meeting with LSU committee

WASHINGTON NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe will meet Thursday with a committee searching for Louisiana State University's next chancellor.


California turns to prisoners to fight huge fires

SANTA YSABEL, California  - As California struggles to extinguish some of the state's most devastating forest fires, it has turned to a record number of prisoners for some of the most demanding work.


Scientists Make Case for Ancient Gliding Reptile / Fossils of Two Creatures Have Been Discovered at a Quarry Near Danville

By AJ HOSTETLER  About 220 million years ago, two reptiles gliding among the trees were apparently blown off course, falling and drowning in a nearby lake that is now the site of a quarry in southern Virginia.


Firenze, 17:49 - CALCIO, LAZIO: SCARCERATI TRE TIFOSI

Tre tifosi della Lazio sono stati processati per direttissima questa mattina dopo gli incidenti di i...


Arguably Affordable, Unmistakably Luxurious

SARATOGA, Calif. Time changes meaning. Consider the notion of "luxury." Here in 1912 in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, James Duval Phelan, a three-term mayor of San Francisco and the first popularly elected U.S. senator from California, built the Villa Montalvo.


Birds and bats have a powerful advocate in the new Congress, and he is making the wind energy industry nervous.


Mavs take 10th straight NBA win rolling over Miami

Dirk Nowitzki scored 31 points and Dallas completed a season sweep of Miami with their 10th straight victory 112-100 on Thursday in a rematch of last season's finals.


Tropical Storm Karen nears hurricane strength

Tropical Storm Karen gained strength on  Wednesday and could soon become a hurricane in the open  Atlantic while a new tropical storm was expected to form in the  Gulf of Mexico, U.S forecasters said.


Republicans Nominate Bush for Second Term

The Republican Party nominated  President Bush for a second four-year term in the White House  on Tuesday with a ringing call for his re-election and a  torrent of praise for his strength and "compassionate"  leadership.


Drug Study Registries Raise Competitive Concerns

Drug makers are worried that calls for greater disclosure of early-stage clinical trials might lead to the release of scientific information that could help competitors, an industry lobbyist said on Monday.


William Baldwin is auctioning a day on the campaign trail with presidential hopeful John Edwards and a private falconry lesson with Robert Kennedy Jr. to raise funds for his mother's foundation.


Suspected Taliban militants have launched a string of attacks on security posts in southern Afghanistan, killing nine soldiers, an official said.


Music Review | John Pizzarelli: Wrestling With Sinatra, but Itâs a Very Friendly Fight

On Saturday at the Allen Room, the gifted singer performed Sinatra standards with an excellent band that kicked out with a brawling, Count Basie-like exuberance.


Anti-war Republican loses primary in Md.

A longtime congressman who voted for the Iraq war but later said he regretted the decision was defeated Tuesday by a well-funded Republican state senator.


No al tunnel di Venaus, si' a utilizzo linea storica


Berlusconi, dopo il malore notte in ospedale

Collasso per il Cavaliere durante un convegno di FI a Montecatini. Si è ripreso ma è al San Raffaele di Milano per accertamenti


Nepalese Prime Minister, Girija Prasad Koirala, meets top Maoist leader, Prachanda, after talks between the two sides are postponed.


The Flugleidir Icelandair Group said Wednesday that it would order 10 Boeing Co. 737-800s as part of the Iceland-based airline holding company's efforts to establish an aircraft leasing operation.


Pakistani authorities arrest 'very important' suspects in hunt for the killers of opposition leader


How to Research Keywords for Search Engine Marketing  The core element of any type of marketing utilizing the search engines is the keyword. Why is it so important? In terms of general marketing principles keyword search is equivalent to targeting a niche. It can help you focus your advertisements on certain ...


Singer Liza Minnelli is to return to the stage after collapsing during a performance in Sweden last month.


The Israeli prime minister's Likud Party  reaches a deal with the opposition Labour Party to form a coalition.


Viewers complain as Jonathan Ross jokes people on council estates should not have children.


The head of the visiting German parliamentary delegation said that Berlin attaches great importance to political and economic relations with Tehran, stressing that the two countries can work together in all key ...


WebCheatSheet.com: Two New Tutorials - Database Export & Sending Email

WebCheatSheet.com has two new tutorials posted today - one dealing with the export of a database schema in an XML format and the other about sending emails from PHP.   Here's a link to the first article.   Sometimes it can be useful to have a dump of the current database schema. This script reads the schema from a MySQL database and outputs XML that describes the schema.   And a link to article number two.   So, you want to send automated email messages from your PHP application. This can be in direct response to a user's action, such as signing up for your site, or a recurring event at a set time, such as a monthly newsletter. Sometimes email contains file attachments, both plain text and HTML portions, and so on. To understand how to send each variation that may exist on an email, we will start with the simple example and move to the more complicated.


Patterson has Magic seeing 'Redd' in win

Ruben Patterson thinks he's more of a young guy than a veteran leader. But with his best friend, Michael Redd, still watching from the sideline, Patterson scored 14 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Orlando Magic 116-111 on Tuesday night to snap a four-game losing streak.


Frances hits Florida Panhandle as state begin recovery from initial strike

ST. MARKS, Fla.  - Frances hammered the Florida Panhandle on Monday, taking a second swing at a storm-weary state where it already had knocked out power to six million people, torn up roofs and boats and been blamed for at least five deaths.


'Collaborare con Islam per pace, rispetto e solidarieta''


Two ex-Yankees to get partial probation in bullpen brawl

BOSTON Ex-Yankees Jeff Nelson and Karim Garcia will have assault charges against them dropped from the bullpen brawl in last year's American League Championship Series.


Some Hits, but More Misses for Fox Network

Fox missed a great tantrum opportunity by not showing Tom Coughlinâs reaction to the holding penalty on his son-in-law, offensive guard Chris Snee, that nullified a touchdown.


Two Egyptians working for a telecoms company in Baghdad were abducted from their offices overnight by a group of armed men, Iraq's Interior Ministry said on Friday.


Scientist: FDA Incapable of Protecting Safety

Nov. 18, 2004 -- An FDA scientist who says he was pressured by superiors not to warn the public about the cardiovascular risk of Vioxx urged lawmakers Thursday to create an independent safety office free of


German business chiefs under fire in tax dodging scandal

Germany's fat cat tax dodgers were under fire Saturday from government ministers after it was revealed that possibly billions of euros had been channeled into accounts in Lichtenstein.


(InfoWorld) - SAP plans to significantly increase its own use of CA's Introscope application performance management software as well as its customers' access to the technology through an expanded relationship with the systems management and security vendor. The companies announced the first phase of that extended agreement Monday. Users of SAP's Solution Manager 4.0 software will now be able to view the same Introscope monitoring metrics already used by SAP's Active Global Support staff to help remotely diagnose performance and availability issues with their NetWeaver-based applications. NetWeaver is SAP's integration platform and lies at the center of SAP's newer mySAP ERP (enterprise resource planning) applications. SAP customers will receive an SAP-specific license so that they can access read-only Introscope features tailored for SAP dashboards within Solution Manager. Customers who would like to customize or add in additional Introscope functionality to manage other non-SAP applications can license those capabilities directly from CA's Wily Technology division. "It's a tremendous opportunity for us," Paul Melmon, vice president of CA's Wily. "Every single customer who goes live with NetWeaver has our solution with it." SAP first began licensing Introscope in January 2005 for use by its own engineers to both handle customers' application performance management issues as well as troubleshoot the vendor's internal deployments such as its corporate portal. CA acquired Introscope when itÂ bought Wily TechnologyÂ for $375 million in cash earlier this year. Since the purchase, most of Wily's 260-strong staff joined CA including its executive management team, Melmon said. CA is running Wily as a separate business unit and has committed to keeping in place the vendor's strong relationships with not only SAP, but also BEA Systems, IBM, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems. Melmon didn't have any information regarding the future of the other, non-SAP, agreements. Introscope supports Microsoft's .Net and Sun Microsystems' Java. As well as reconfiguring Introscope for use with SAP NetWeaver-based applications, SAP and CA have been working on a tailored version of the management software for Duet, Marc Thier, vice president, technology support at SAP, said. Formerly known as Project Mendocino, Duet is software jointly developed by Microsoft and SAP to enable users to access data and processes from SAP's back-end business applications via Microsoft's front-end desktop Office software suite. "We will expand the use of Wily for the performance management of all our non-ABAP products," Thier said. ABAP, or advanced business application programming, is SAP's proprietary programming language, and is what the vendor's older products like its R/3 ERP applications are written in. At present, SAP has ABAP performance management data from R/3 and non-ABAP, Java-based performance management data from mySAP applications sitting "side by side" in customers' IT systems, Their said. Come December, SAP hopes to integrate the two kinds of management data into a single user interface using its business intelligence module within Solution Manager to have "end-to-end dashboards," he added. As for how SAP might work with CA as a whole in future, Thier said, "We're very much at the beginning of a relationship with CA; we've nothing to announce at this time."


Report Shows Home Sales Rising, but Skeptics Abound

Economists warned that underneath the rising numbers, signs of a weakening housing market were more prevalent than ever.


Japanese players trash car during drunken binge

Four Japanese professional footballers smashed up a parked car during a night of drinking, local newspapers reported on Wednesday.


Sony keeps PSP production low, focuses on PS2

Low initial shipment figures for Sony's forthcoming PlayStation Portable are down to a decision to focus on manufacturing the profitable PlayStation 2 hardware, according to a spokesperson for the Japanese giant.


Saddam's top aides end food protest: US Army

The US Army said that eight of toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's jailed lieutenants who were earlier refusing food had now given up their protest.


Asian, European Leaders Gather in Vietnam for Annual Summit

Leaders from 38 Asian and European nations are gathering in Vietnam for a summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting, know as ASEM. One thousand delegates are to discuss global trade and regional politics during the two-day forum.


Entertainment giant Viacom is to provide  TV programmes and films to much-hyped online video service Joost.


Underground Plumbing System Discovered on Mars

A Mars-orbiting spacecraft has spotted a subterranean natural plumbing system that might have  ferried water beneath the surface of the red planet in the distant past.


Afghan militants extend hostage deadline

Militants claiming to hold three UN workers in Afghanistan have extended a deadline until tonight to allow the government in Kabul and the UN to negotiate with them.


Powell Meets With Haiti Political Leaders

With bursts of Aristide in what is likely his last visit as the United States' top diplomat. The gunfire erupted shortly after Powell entered the National Palace


After same-sex marriage and fast-track divorce, Spain's social revolution has hit a roadblock Â abortion.


Minister handcuffed to fathers protester

Margaret Hodge, the children's minister, was handcuffed to a Fathers 4 Justice protester yesterday as she gave the keynote speech at a Law Society conference.


LONDON, England -- England defender John Terry scored twice as Chelsea crushed Charlton Athletic 4-0 to go five points clear at the top of the English Premier League.


A Hamas official was killed yesterday when his sport-utility vehicle exploded in a neighborhood of Damascus seconds after he started the engine


MADISON, Wis. - A fraternity member has been busted for apparently finding a unique way to supplement his college income - fake parking tickets...


Catania, 14:31 - CALCIO, CATANIA; PULVIRENTI: HO RESPINTO DIMISSIONI LO MONACO

Il presidente del Catania, Antonino Pulvirenti, ha respinto le dimissioni presentate oggi dall'ammin...


Report Cites Factory Cuts in Slowdown of Economy

Manufacturing in the United States expanded less last month than forecast as factories cut payrolls and reduced inventories, contributing to a slowdown in the economy, according to a report released Monday.


Really? : The Claim: Never Drink Hot Water From the Tap

The claim has the ring of a myth. But environmental scientists say it is real.


Kerry Rejects Bush 'Fear,' Talks Values, Faith

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  - Democratic challenger  John Kerry mixed the political and the spiritual on Sunday by  accusing President Bush of trying to scare America and offering  voters a glimpse into his own faith.


LA LETTERA                                          Ma quale semplificazione! Il racconto di una lettrice


A judge on Friday ordered Detroit Public Schools teachers back to work after the district and the teachers union could not reach a tentative labor agreement despite nearly continuous negotiations.


Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is to ask voters to allow him to stand for a third term in 2006.


Koizumi to reshuffle cabinet, LDP leadership on Monday

TOKYO - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Friday he will reshuffle the cabinet and the Liberal Democratic Party leadership on Monday to further promote his postal and other reform initiatives.


La giornalista sara' inumata nel cimitero degli Allori


U.S. Furious at Proposal That Hamm Return His Gold

U.S. Olympic chiefs reacted furiously  Friday to a suggestion gold medallist Paul Hamm should give his  medal to a South Korean rival under a plan floated by world  gymnastics officials.


Jobs and Gates Face to Face -- Live From D: All Things Digital

Get real-time coverage of events at The Wall Street Journal's conference.


Group at strongest since before 2001 attacks on US, according to American counter-terrorism analysts.


US job growth revived last month, the government reported yesterday, as employers added 144,000 jobs to their nonfarm payrolls in August, seasonally adjusted â-arely enough


Kerry Promises to Refocus U.S. on Terror War

John Kerry escalated his critique of President Bush, saying the Iraq invasion was a diversion from the war against Al Qaeda.


For Tony Parker, only French-made wedding cakes will do. The NBA champion, set to marry "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria next week, is staying coy about plans for the event.


More than a year after the first high-definition TiVo made its debut, customers of the original Series3 and new TiVo HD will in November receive access to the DVR's TiVoToGo and Multi-Room Viewing features. The capabilities had been disabled due to concerns about sharing copy-protected HD content.


ÂI bambini nel mondo, il mondo dei bambiniÂ: dal 28 al 30 settembre opere di artisti disabili in mostra Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Dopo il successo dello scorso anno, torna la mostra ÂAbbasso il grigio!Â. Non Ã¨ una mostra come tutte le altre. Ã il risultato artistico di un'amicizia che dura da piÃ¹ di trent'anni, con centinaia di disabili della ComunitÃ  di ...


Top lenders compete for your mortgage, refinance, home equity loan and home equity line of credit. Complete one simple form and within minutes receive up to four offers to choose from.


US musicians favour sharing - new survey

A new survey of US artists reveals that while most agree that downloading from file-sharing networks is illegal, yet they admit they themselves download media without paying and have little idea if it is legal or not.


MALAYSIA announced today its second outbreak of deadly bird flu in three weeks, near a northern village close to the border with Thailand where the disease was first detected.


Netflix Partners With LG to Bring Movies Straight to TV

Netflix, the DVD-by-mail company with more than 7 million customers, has a new strategy that may one day make those red envelopes obsolete.


Policies to help society adapt to climate change are badly needed, says the chief of Britain's science festival.


Google Inc. and NASA Ames Research Center said Monday that they have finalized an agreement to deliver more of the space agency's imagery and information through the Internet's leading search engine.


GM says concern for families the most important issue

The Devil Rays arrived in New York late for Monday's game, but safe and healthy after the effects of Hurricane Frances. For that, Tampa Bay general manager Chuck LaMar saw no reason to apologize.


James Crumpâs documentary is a potent exercise in art-world mythography that might be nicknamed âThe Prince and the Punk.â


Activists intent on disrupting Japan's whale hunt offer a $25,000 reward for details leading them to the fleet.


China's central bank on Thursday raised interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade in its boldest move yet to guide its heated economy to a path of slower growth.


Federal prosecutors on Thursday identified Broadcom Corp. co-founders Henry T. Nicholas III and Henry Samueli as "unindicted potential co-conspirators" in an investigation into the illegal backdating of stock options.


British experts smoke out hi-tech help for fire rescue

"That's the difference between living and dying," said Professor Deborah Withington, referring to innovative sound technology that moments earlier had helped an AFP reporter to escape a darkened, smoke-filled room.


Man arrested for threatening Bush near White House

A man on Monday was arrested and was being charged with making a verbal threat against U.S. President George W. Bush outside the fence at the White House, the Secret Service said.


Moderate drinking and a healthy active lifestyle may be the best recipe for a longer life, research suggests.


Iraq's acting speaker urges end to party boycotts

Iraq's acting parliamentary speaker urged political blocs on Thursday to end their boycott of the legislature to help push through vital laws designed to ease sectarian tension between Shi'ite and Sunni Arabs.


Afghanistan's interim leader Hamid Karzai is certain to win the country's landmark presidential election, his campaign spokesman said after early returns gave Karzai a commanding advantage.


GPs could not believe the terms they were offered when negotiating their new contract, a doctor says.


By Jeffrey Day, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Jun. 13--The Spoleto Festival USA has for 17 years been my college of classical music.   When I began attending in 1990, my job was to write about theater and art, but I also ended up doing big-picture stories about the festival.


Indonesia's Suharto ill, country prepares for his death

MATESEH, INDONESIA  - As Indonesia's former President Suharto lay critically ill in hospital on Saturday, the military and police rushed to prepare the Suharto family's mausoleum in central Java for his burial.


Preserving Katrina's Wrath in a Latex Skin

NEW ORLEANS -- Takashi  Horisaki is about the only person left in the Lower Ninth Ward trying to keep bulldozers at bay as the artist labors to create a carbon copy of one of the few homes left in this sad and crushed corner of New Orleans.


CNNâs Cooper Is Not Pushing an Airline, Just His Network

A Delta ad meant to promote an in-flight entertainment system shows a big picture of CNNâs Anderson Cooper, perhaps leading some to wonder: Is Mr. Cooper endorsing Delta?


ROME - AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti said going a goal a down brought out the best in his team in Saturday's last-gasp 2-1 victory at struggling Parma.


Appleby takes two-stroke lead at Congressional

BETHESDA, Maryland  - Australian Stuart Appleby took a major step toward capturing his first title of the year by shooting a two-under-par 68 to move two strokes clear of the field on a steamy Saturday at Congressional Country Club.


Manager Plans Funds Of ETFs For Retirement      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - A New Jersey asset manager is looking to build an income-generating fund of exchange traded funds as it attempts to get ETFs into the 401(k) market.


Zawahri Tape Urges Resistance to 'Crusaders'

An audio tape said to be from senior al  Qaeda official Ayman al-Zawahri called for organized resistance  against invading "crusaders" in the Muslim world and especially  attacks against Israel's ally the United States.


At this weekend's 50th Mac Tools US Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park, the NHRA POWERade extravaganza will be a homecoming of sorts for several familiar racers who have


Pakistan claims its security forces have killed a leading al-Qa'ida member who was a main suspect in the kidnap and murder of the journalist Daniel Pearl, and an assassination


Afghans check reports of heavy civilian casualties

Afghanistan's government said on Saturday it was checking reports of heavy civilian casualties caused by NATO and U.S. air strikes in two areas of the country.


Automakers deepened the discounts and  rebates on offer to U.S. consumers in June from a month  earlier, adding incentives to slow-selling minivans and trucks,  industry tracking service Edmunds.com said on Tuesday.


Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq have been passed to a group in favour of  freeing them, an editor says.


Hollywood actor Johnny Depp insists that he never called America "dumb" for going to war with Iraq.


Chiquita is sued by the relatives of people killed by a paramilitary group the banana firm paid for protection.


ConocoPhillips sees lower 3rd-quarter production

ConocoPhillips  expects third-quarter oil and gas production to be down about 5 percent from the second quarter, due in large part to problems at the Prudhoe Bay field in Alaska, the oil major said on Tuesday.


Four people who lost all or part of their company pensions win their High Court case against the government.


New Technology Could Yield Terabyte Optical Disks

British researchers have developed a scheme to store as much as a terabyte of data on a single video disk -- equivalent to 472 hours of video.


Gator Bowl | Texas Tech 31, Virginia 28: Late Field Goal Caps Texas Tech Rally

Alex Trlica kicked a 41-yard field goal with seven seconds left to give Texas Tech a come-from-behind victory over No. 21 Virginia in a wild Gator Bowl on Tuesday.


Dell makes it official, chooses NC for facility

WINSTON SALEM, NC - Dell announced today it is adding to its US manufacturing operations with a third location, to be placed in the Triad area of North Carolina.


As a freshly retired prime minister, Britain's Tony Blair should have plenty of interesting job offers. A look at some possible options.


Roma, 19:08 - CALCIO, PREMIER LEAGUE: 1-1 IL BIG MATCH CHELSEA-ARSENAL

Il big-match della 17a giornata di Premier League tra Chelsea ed Arsenal, è finito 1-1.


The family of John F Kennedy has blasted a video game that reconstructs the scene of his assassination. Monday is the 41st anniversary of the event.


Londra, 15:24 - CALCIO: GB; PRESIDENTE TORQUAY: TRE SIMULAZIONI E VI VENDO

Singolare iniziativa di un club inglese. Chris Roberts, presidente del Torquay United, ha avvertito ...


Three months to apocalypse Comment Does anyone else get the feeling that the relationship between VMware and EMC has some very rocky times ahead of it?â¦


DOVER, Del. -- Jeff Burton is tired of the tire controversy. Kevin Harvick would like to stay focused on his winning instead of others' whining.


Now for some real Apache code Column As I write this, I'm on the Eurostar train, just returning from O'Reilly's OSCon (Open Source Conference) in Brussels. Some fascinating insights there; and even my own talk generated some interesting discussion. Some of the delegates, including O'Reilly himself, are promoting opensource ideas going beyond software and into society more generally. I've touched on that in this very column before now, but a related argument that's new to me is that the open/closed debate in software could become largely sidelined, as the industry focuses on software as a service (such as Google's offerings) more than as a product.â¦


Angels Win First Division Title Since '86

OAKLAND, Calif. - Once they got their chance to go head-to-head, the Anaheim Angels showed Oakland which team was best in the AL West...


Banca svizzera, problemi derivanti da Usa non sono svaniti


British mobile phone maker Sendo has settled a David and Goliath-style lawsuit against Microsoft in which it accused the software firm of stealing its secrets and trying to force it out of business.


The Sri Lankan government formally withdraws from a ceasefire agreement with Tamil Tiger rebels.


Ten US troops are killed in Iraq, officials say, making May the deadliest month this year for the US military.


Otto donne e 6 bimbi, polizia irachena e fonti locali


L'INCHESTA                                          Bologna, divieti e affari Ma la politica resiste


Linux in Government: DHS Secretary Ridge Gives the Go Ahead to Linux

LAMP is at the heart of Emergency Response Network Systems and is saving lives.


Penguins beat Sabres to earn share of Atlantic Division lead

Evgeni Malkin and Petr Sykorahad had a goal and an assist each to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-1 road win over the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday.


Rescuers in Brazil clear way to jet wreckage

BRASILIA, Brazil  - Rescuers on Sunday cleared the thick jungle around the wreckage of a Brazilian passenger plane that crashed in the Amazon with 155 people on board, opening the way for teams to begin retrieving bodies.


According to anti-virus firm Sophos, there are quite a few messages posted about pictures of Beckham with a woman in an enticing position.


Tom Capone, a Brazilian music producer nominated for five Latin Grammys, was killed in a motorcycle crash hours after being shut out at the awards show. He was 38.


Yang Steps in as Yahoo CEO: Epicenter Tracks the Story

In a surprise move, Yahoo's board announces co-founder Jerry Yang will replace Terry Semel as CEO of the company. Semel will stay on as non-executive chairman, and former CFO Susan Decker will become president of the company.


Two Canadian tourists are attacked and robbed by a gang as they walk through west Belfast early on Sunday.


Specialists Take the Mystery Out of Online Business

By CINDY BELLINGER, PHOTO BY JANE PHILLIPS  Online:  Basic package is $3,000  You can't ignore the Internet anymore. It's out there. It's viable, and it's a part of our lives.


A Pilgrimage in India Timed by a Taxi Meter

The title characters in âThree Travelers,â a comedy by Richard Abrons, arenât lost, but the actors playing them seem to be.


Germany arrests 3 in alleged plot on U.S. sites

Germany has arrested three men it suspects of planning "massive bomb attacks" on U.S. installations and belonging to a domestic cell of the Islamic Jihad militant group, German officials said on Wednesday.


Colts owner Jim Irsay will do what it takes to keep coach Tony Dungy. He'll keep paying him the big bucks, help him get back to Tampa Bay more often, even give him additional time off if necessary. So will that be enough to keep Dungy on the sideline?


MP accuses BBC chief of illegally championing Microsoft

Blinded by novelty A House of Commons public spending watchdog has accused BBC chief Mark Thompson of illegally supporting Microsoft. In failing to ensure iPlayer on demand services are available to all licence fee payers he has been blinded by the novelty of the internet, it's charged.â¦


Second-seeded Jiri Novak reached the Shanghai Open quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1 victory Thursday over Melle Van Gemerden.


Moussa seeks to defuse crisis in Lebanon

The head of the Arab League said Wednesday there was progress in his efforts to bring rival Lebanese leaders to reach agreement on defusing political and sectarian tensions that threaten to tear the country apart.


New Jersey School Evacuated for Bomb Checks

Police evacuated about 300 people,  including 200 children, from a New Jersey grammar school on  Friday morning after discovering a suspicious object on a  baseball field, police said.


Steve Hassell: The Ultimate Computer Guy

By Imbs, Christine  YOU MIGHT CALL STEVE HASSELL A COMPUTER GEEK. "I've always been around computers," he says. "My dad worked all his life for IBM repairing them.


Volcanic ash spewed from simmering Mount Etna on Friday, forcing authorities to close a nearby airport, officials said.


The senior leadership of House Democrats, citing three rebukes of Rep. Tom DeLay by the House ethics committee in a week, called Thursday for him to be ousted as majority leader.


US forces discover a "torture complex" in an al-Qaeda safe haven in Iraq's Diyala province, the US military says.


The 13 people who will spend three months on an island in New Zealand for the BBC's Castaway are revealed.


The Brazilian team that won the 1970 World Cup in Mexico was voted the best team in soccer history in a poll conducted by World Soccer magazine, based in London.


Olympics: Athens opens Paralympics with ceremonial extravaganza

ATHENS : Some 70,000 spectators filled the Athens Olympic stadium to watch the densely choreographed and emotionally-charged opening ceremony of the 12th Paralympics, the world's premier competition for disabled athletes.


Ambitious Package to Raise Productivity (cnd Microsoft's Profit)

Microsoft Office, software for creating documents, spreadsheets and presentations, is seeing its growth slow. Microsoft isn't pleased.


Government approves first genetic lab test

WASHINGTON -- Doctors can check patients' DNA when choosing medication for them, using a test the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has approved.


CULVER CITY, California  - Sony Corp  will  launch a lighter, slimmer model of its PlayStation Portable  handheld video game console in September for about $170, the  company said on Wednesday.


Passwords alone won't be enough to get onto America Online under a new, optional log-on service that makes AOL the first major U.S. online business to offer customers a second layer of security.


In San Diego, a surfer-politician takes on pinstripe set

Maverick councilwoman Donna Frye roils mayor's race by becoming write-in candidate, adding drama to key election.


Ask Jeeves overhauls its website, results system and mascot, as search becomes increasingly competitive.


Come previsto, visti i risultati di sabato, l`Europa si aggiudica la Ryder Cup, dominando anche l`ultima giornata di sfide sui `green` sui campi di Bloomfield Hills (Michigan) ed infliggendo agli Stati Uniti la piÃ¹ pesante sconfitta nei 77 anni di storia


The dollar held near a two-month high against the euro on Friday, buoyed by expectations that U.S. interest rates will continue to rise steadily and attract funds to the United States.


MTV's "Unplugged" reborn with Police, Bon Jovi

NEW YORK (Billboard) - MTV's on-again, off-again "Unplugged" program will return in a big way this summer, with new episodes featuring the Police, Bon Jovi, Kenny Chesney, Mary J. Blige and John Mayer.


Genarlow Wilson had served two years of a 10 year sentence in prison for having consensual oral sex with another teenager.


A Sergio Garcia-inspired Spain swept past England on Saturday to take a one-shot lead at the WGC-World Cup. Garcia, playing with Miguel Angel Jimenez, fired two eagles and five birdies to take the hosts and favourites to 24 under for 54 holes.


At least 10 people die and many more are injured in a car bombing at a police academy south of Baghdad.


A colour test shows up unique chemical changes in the breath of people with lung cancer.


WHAT HAPPENED: Militants invade the US Consulate in the port city of Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. THE CASUALTIES: Nine people are killed.


"Grey's Anatomy" tops "CSI" in first matchup

ABC's upstart hospital hit "Grey's   Anatomy" performed a ratings transplant on the CBS powerhouse   crime show "CSI" on Thursday as two of television's hottest   dramas went head to head for the first time.


Parliament Visitors No Longer 'Strangers'

Visitors to Parliament are strangers no more. In a bid to modernize Britain's ancient Parliament, legislators voted Tuesday to scrap the 400-year-old tradition of referring to visitors as strangers. Instead, they will be "the public" or "members of the public."


Despite the unfavorable draw rule changes which ruled out any all-Chinese final in the doubles events, China clinched its first gold in the table tennis tournament of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games in women's doubles Friday.


Yahoo, Acer ink homepage, search engine pact

(InfoWorld) - YahooÂ reached a deal for prime real estate on all Acer PCs shipped globally, with a co-branded toolbar, homepage, and search engine, the companies said Wednesday. In a deal that extends the battle for the PC among Internet companies, Acer laptops and desktops shipped from Oct. 1 will direct users to an Acer-Yahoo homepage when they click on a Web browser, complete with Yahoo portal content such as the Yahoo search engine, news, music, sports and the Yahoo Personal Assistant. The pact mirrors anÂ agreement between Dell and GoogleÂ earlier this year, and ups the ante with MicrosoftÂ and other companies battling to drive PC users to their Internet-based services. The PC desktop has become a battleground for companies fighting to increase their brand awareness and Internet ad revenue. The comingÂ launch of Windows VistaÂ highlights the issue because Microsoft is moving toward putting more and more Internet capabilities, such as search, on its OS, which would make it the first item users see when they boot up their computer. In May, Dell agreed to install Google homepage and search tools on all desktops and notebooks shipped to consumers and small and medium-size businesses worldwide, effectively kicking Microsoft out of a position it has occupied for years. The Yahoo, Acer deal does essentially the same thing, and while Acer isn't nearly the size of Dell, it is the fastest growing PC vendor among the top 10, and is based in Asia, the fastest growing PC market in the world, according to market researcher IDC. Yahoo and Acer referred to the agreement as a multi-year deal, but did not specify how many years, nor whether it would involve any kind of revenue sharing. Acer will factory-install the co-branded toolbars and homepages on all of its desktops and laptops, the companies said. Once Microsoft launches Internet Explorer 7, Acer will set Yahoo as the default search engine for IE7 on all of its computers. Neither Yahoo nor Acer representatives were immediately available for comment.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.


Gunmen Kill Israeli in Gaza Ambush, Jolting Abbas

Palestinian militants ambushed an Israeli  army jeep in Gaza on Wednesday, killing a Jewish settler,  wounding three soldiers and jolting new Palestinian leader  Mahmoud Abbas's hope to revive peacemaking with Israel.


Adoptees Found in Africa Level New Charges

HOUSTON Aug. 19, 2004  Seven Texas children found abandoned at a Nigerian orphanage have leveled new accusations against the adoptive mother who left them there, claiming that she struck them with switches and a cane and had repeatedly threatened to ...


Almost a third of UK householders keep items like golf clubs in case intruders break in, a survey says.


Lead Exposure Linked To Cataracts: Study

Accumulated exposure to lead may increase the risk of developing cataracts, according to new research. Researchers from Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital examined 642 men, 60 years and older, to determine


Forget politics, lifting Curse of the Bambino is the Series ...

ASK a Democrat in Massachusetts whether he would rather see John Kerry win the presidency or the Boston Red Sox take their first World Series since 1918, and chances are the answer will be easy.


Palestinian rivals hold crisis talks in Mecca

MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began crisis talks with his Hamas rivals in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, vowing to hammer out a deal on a unity government that could end an international blockade.


Il tennista Usa Ã¨ stato battuto al terzo round degli Opendal tedesco Benjamin Becker. Incontro interminabile                                                  Agassi dÃ  l'addio con una sconfitta "Una carriera tutta da ricordare"                                                                                Alla fine del match, commosso, ha parlato al pubblico newyorkese


Ramat Hascharon, 14:15 - TENNIS, COPPA DAVIS: ISRAELE-SVEZIA 1-0

Israele si porta in vantaggio per 1-0 sulla Svezia nella sfida valida per il primo turno di Coppa Da...


U.N. expected to propose future W. Sahara talks

Ice-breaking talks over the  disputed Western Sahara were set to end on Tuesday with U.N.  mediators expected to propose further rounds in what the world  body said were "very difficult" negotiations.


Outback Steakhouse Inc. OSI.N said on  Thursday that sales at its namesake restaurants open at least  18 months fell 0.8 percent in the five weeks ended Dec. 25,  weighed down by Christmas being on a Saturday this year.


A union representing Washington, DC, hotel workers resumed formal talks with management Tuesday to avert a strike in three major cities.


Three British soldiers killed in Iraq as Fallujah braces for ...

BAGHDAD- Three newly redeployed British soldiers were killed in an attack south of Baghdad, as the Iraqi rebel city of Fallujah braced for an all-out assault after US President George W. Bushâs re-election.


Playboy U launches, but Playboy still has a long way to go before it graduates.


Philippine Shares End Down; Index Ends Below 1780 Support

MANILA (Dow Jones)--Philippine shares ended lower Tuesday, with the main index slipping below its 1780 support, as investors turned cautious ahead of the funeral of opposition standard bearer Fernando Poe Jr.


Study: Apple, Dell lead PC customer satisfaction index

Technical support improvements lead to better overall scores for PC industry.


Dancing penguins set to lead lackluster box office

The weekend after the  extended Thanksgiving holiday is typically dismal at the box  office because holiday shopping is usually on the minds of most  would-be moviegoers.


Tea Antioxidant Plus Celebrex May Fight Prostate Cancer

FRIDAY, March 2  (HealthDay News) -- A component of green tea, combined with low doses of the cox-2 inhibitor painkiller Celebrex, may be able to slow prostate cancer growth, according to a U.S. study.


OK, that's an exaggeration. But to say this has been a bad year for ancient Greek battle films would be an understatement. Still, those who thought the fortunes of sword-and-tunic epics would be salvaged by Oliver Stone's Alexander were sorely mistaken.


The radioactive substance that doctors believe killed a Kremlin critic and former Soviet spy could have come from Russia, but nuclear experts said Saturday it would be difficult for investigators to pinpoint blame for the death even if the origin of the toxin is determined.


European shares nosed back toward 32-month highs on Thursday, boosted by bumper profits and cash returns to shareholders from French oil major Total and Credit Suisse.


A boy appears in court charged with the rape and sexual assault of a female teacher at a school.


Defending champion Amelie Mauresmo needed little more than an hour to move into the second round of Wimbledon on Tuesday.


1,000 evacuated after Sydney explosion: officials

A powerful explosion tore through a building in inner-city Sydney on Monday, injuring two men and forcing the evacuation of 1,000 others, Australian officials said.


'Attack' Web Site Could Enrich Munsil: Clean Elections Might Award Him What Foes' Slam Cost

By Dennis Welch, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Sep. 19--Len Munsil, who is challenging Gov. Janet Napolitano for the state's top office, might end up with more money for his campaign because of a new Web site attacking him in part for comments he made two decades ago.


The suspicion that the European members of the Ryder Cup team are in better current form than their American counterparts hardened into a certainty over the weekend.


Online criminals are thriving even in the face of new automated defenses.


Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. SIRI.O  said on Wednesday it plans to sell a video service beginning in  the second half of 2006 and will use software from Microsoft  Corp. MSFT.O for the service.


Microsoft unveils Xbox HD-DVD price, games partner

Microsoft Corp.  on  Wednesday announced U.S. and European pricing and availability  for its Xbox 360 HD-DVD player and a new video game partnership  with the Academy Award-winning husband-and-wife creative team  behind "The Lord of the Rings."


Democrats Question Bush's Service, Costs of War

Democrats raised new questions about President Bush's Vietnam-era National Guard service on Wednesday as White House hopeful John Kerry charged the Iraq war was draining resources from the US economy at home.


U.S. Slams Syria for Exporting Middle East Terror

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  strongly criticized Syria on Tuesday for what she said was its  policy of exporting terror and attempting to wreck a peace  process in the Middle East.


a progressive, chronic disorder of the central nervous system. Those made to exercise lost only six per cent of their dopamine, the


Arafat's Widow Retrieves Medical Records

Yasser Arafat's widow took possession of the late Palestinian leader's widely sought medical records Friday, and was deciding whether to make the file public to "stop all these false ideas" of what caused his death, her lawyer said.


Militants slaughter 11 Iraqi soldiers abducted south of Baghdad ...

Insurgents slaughtered 11 Iraqi soldiers, beheading one, then shooting the others execution-style, and declared on an Islamic militant Web


Torah kept hidden under Soviet communism is the star of a Brooklyn parade

NEW YORK _ Two New York police horses were on special duty Sunday, guarding a parade led by devout Jews who delivered a ritual scroll to a Brooklyn synagogue _ a Torah kept hidden for a half century under ...


Houghton Mifflin agreed to buy the Harcourt education and trade publishing units from the publisher Reed Elsevier for $4 billion in cash and stock.


Study: Stability control systems can reduce fatal accidents

WASHINGTON A study finds vehicles equipped with stability control systems are less likely to be involved in fatal crashes. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says the systems, which automatically apply


An Addict and a Widow With a Lot of Pain to Heal

âThings We Lost in the Fireâ bends over backward to prove that serious American movies can hold their own with the best films from overseas.


GM CEO cites progress in Delphi talks with union

General Motors Corp. GM.N Chief   Executive Rick Wagoner on Wednesday said the automaker had made   "progress with all the constituents" in talks involving its   bankrupt former subsidiary Delphi Corp. DPHIQ.PK and unions   representing its work force.


Beagle, a Breed Long Unsung, Wins Best in Show

Uno became the first beagle to win best in show in the 100 times the Westminster Kennel Club has picked a winner.


Floods Kill 55 in China, No Let-Up in Sight

Floods and landslides have killed 55  people in southwest China in the past four days, washing away  homes and roads, knocking down power lines and leaving at least  one city cut off, state media said on Monday.


Milano, 18:00 - CALCIO, MILAN; GATTUSO: KAKA' RESTA, SPERO TORNI SHEVCHENKO

Gennaro Gattuso in vacanza nella sua Corigliano ha commentato a Milan Channel le voci di mercato che...


Tsunami survivors on the isolated Andaman and Nicobar islands told harrowing tales Thursday of going without food after fleeing mammoth waves that smashed their villages


Government plans for tackling superbugs are not being based on scientific fact, say the Lancet.


Appello di Ban Ki Moon da Ginevra, evitare vittime civili


G8 must focus on energy, not just economy: Russia

The world should rethink its emphasis  on unfettered economic growth and boost efforts to create  environmentally-friendly sources of fuel, a draft statement by  oil and gas giant Russia ahead of a G8 summit says.


Labour MP Stephen Pound tells of his shock and joy at discovering he fathered a daughter during the 1960s.


Sindacati:'Resistenze azienda rinnovo contratto integrativo'


Goldman close to completing N. Rock financing: paper

Goldman Sachs is close to completing a  15 billion pound ($29.5 billion) financing package to be used  by suitors for UK lender Northern Rock , the Sunday  Times reported, adding details may be unveiled this week.


DVD+RW Alliance increases rewrite speed to 8x

The DVD+RW Alliance has announced the release of final draft specifications for 8x rewriting on DVD+RW media produced by Hewlett Packard, MKM, Philips, Ricoh, Sony and Yamaha.


Yahoo shareholders defeat exec pay/perform link

SANTA CLARA, California  - Yahoo Inc.  shareholders voted down proposals to tie executive pay to competitive performance and challenge the company's human rights policies in China at their annual meeting on Tuesday.


Senators Urge More Stringent Rules for Toy Safety

Robert A. Eckert told Congress that the toy industry would work to prevent unsafe toys from entering the U.S.


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American girl, 15, is first rabies patient to survive without ...

Little more than a month ago 15-year-old Jeanna Giese was critically ill with rabies after a bat bit her during a service at her local church.


Nobel, per la Medicina a Richard Axel e Linda Buck

Stoccolma, 4 ott. (Adnkronos) - Il premio Nobel per la Medicina 2004 Ã¨ stato assegnato dall'Assemblea Nobel dell'Istituto Karolinska di Stoccolma ai due scienziati americani Richard Axel e Linda B. Buck per


U.S. authorities Thursday released two Guantanamo Bay detainees and sent them back to their native Kuwait, where supporters planned to welcome them at the airport.


Britain wants UN to set Khartoum clear targets over Darfur

Britain wants the UN Security Council to set clear benchmarks for assessing Sudan's efforts to end the humanitarian crisis in its war-torn Darfur region, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.


The forced departure of Franklin D. Raines as chief executive of Fannie Mae hardly ends the turmoil at the nation's second-largest financial institution. Civil, criminal, and congressional investigations are underway as the mortgage giant begins what could be a long process of cleaning up the books and reestablishing credibility.


Election Loser Again Stalls Ukraine Inauguration

The loser of Ukraine's presidential election stalled his opponent's inauguration for yet another day on Wednesday by delaying a court appeal, prompting a furious response from the president-elect's increasingly ...


Cesare Prandelli has stepped down as coach of AS Roma without ever coaching an official match for the Italian club.


September Job Growth Weaker Than Expected

U.S. payrolls grew by just 96,000  workers in September, the government said on Friday in a  surprisingly weak report that will sharpen criticism of  President Bush in a looming debate and may hasten a pause in  U.S. interest-rate rises.


Inappropriate advertising contributes to many kids' ills, from obesity to anorexia, to drinking booze and having sex too soon, and Congress should crack down on it, the American Academy of Pediatrics says.


Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinian militants on Saturday, the second day of a raid in Khan Yunis, a refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, medics and witnesses said.


Anyone with a reputation as a braggart and a bully will have a hard time getting onlookers to come to his assistance. That will be true even if that bad reputation is not fully deserved, and even if the assistance is sorely needed.


Two children killed in one of the most disturbing episodes in the bloodletting in Kenya were buried on Thursday.


Alitalia, tocca ad assistenti di volo e personale di terra

Si profila una nuova maratona negoziale tra azienda e sindacati. Dopo l'accordo firmato ieri sera dai piloti, oggi e' atteso l'affondo finale per gli assistenti di volo e il personale di terra. Il confronto


Photos were 'grossly offensive' and not protected as free speech

High Court upholds Connolly conviction It is illegal to send indecent or grossly offensive material to cause distress or anxiety to the recipient, even when it is done for political or educational reasons, the High Court has said.â¦


Pro sports teams embrace HDTV, but are unsure about wireless

Among professional sports leagues, high definition video is a permanent fixture, both inside the new stadiums where fans congregate and on HDTVs that fans are watching. But there's confusion there today, it seems, over wireless technologies.


Sixth foot-and-mouth case confirmed in Surrey

Tests confirmed foot-and-mouth disease on a farm in southern England Friday, the sixth case since August, after cattle had showed symptoms of the virus and were ordered slaughtered, officials said.


South Korea's Ban informally wins U.N. leader race

South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon is likely to succeed Kofi Annan as U.N. secretary general after winning an informal poll on Monday with no opposition from the five veto-bearing nations, diplomats said.


Theater Review | 'Kosher Harry': Alter Egos With Different Languages

The approach of having a speaking cast and a signing cast on the stage simultaneously may not be best for Nick Grossoâs absurdist British comedy.


Suwon (Corea del Sud), 15:22 - CALCIO, MONDIALI UNDER 17: NIGERIA RAGGIUNGE SPAGNA IN FINALE

La Nigeria si è qualificata per la finale dei Mondiali Under 17 battendo in semifinale la Ger...


The Government has been urged to exploit the boost to Irish tourism generated by Ryanair's new Shannon base.


(InfoWorld) - Google beat Wall Street's expectations for its fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, 2006, as the company continues on a tear, selling search engine advertising much faster than its biggest rivals and than the industry average. Google generated revenue of $3.21 billion, an increase of 67 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2005. Subtracting the commissions it pays to its advertising partners, revenue came in at $2.23 billion, topping the consensus expectation of $2.195 billion from analysts polled by Thomson Financial. Net income was $1.03 billion, or $3.29 per share, compared with $372.2 million, or $1.22 per share, in 2005's fourth quarter. On a pro forma basis, which excludes certain items, net income was $997 million, or $3.18 per share, topping analysts' expectation of $2.92 per share.


Frankie Dettori wins his second Derby in two days as Lawman wins the Prix du Jockey Club in France.


Changchun, 11:21 - SCI DI FONDO, CDM: VITTORIA DELLA NEUMANNOVA NELLA 10KM

L'atleta ceka Katerina Neumannova ha vinto la 10 km tecnica libera di Changchun, in Cina, valida com...


Sulla vicenda dell'interruzione terapeutica gravidanza a Napoli


The Formula 1 circus spent Saturday morning holed up in various hotels in the Suzuka area, a number of people nursing sore heads after a little too much time off on Friday night.


Global warming to devastate Europe first

European winters will disappear by 2080 and extreme weather will become more common unless global warming across the continent is slowed, warns a major new report.


Ispat, LNM, ISG merge to form world's largest steelmaker

Dutch steel groups Ispat International and LNM Holdings, both run by Indian businessman Lakshmi Mittal, said they had agreed to merge with US International Steel Group to form the world's largest steelmaker.


One of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's closest advisers said yesterday that he will  resign at the end of the year, depriving her a key sounding board at a time when she is still searching for a new deputy and faces difficult challenges in the Middle East.


Microsoft Unveils Its New Search Engine -- at Last!

After months of speculation and two "preview" releases, Microsoft unwraps its new MSN search engine, the first major competitor to join Web search major leagues in nearly a year.


NFL suspends Seahawksâ Robinson for four games

KIRKLAND - Seahawks wide receiver Koren Robinson was suspended for four games today for violating the NFLâs substance abuse policy.


Accordo raggiunto coi piloti E il titolo vola in Borsa

Roma, 14 settembre 2004 - L'accordo tecnico Ã¨ stato raggiunto dopo un tour de force di ventiquattro ore nella sede della magliana. E grazie all'intesa Alitalia conta di conseguire un risparmio di 52 milioni annui a regime.


IBM to buy Watchfire security software firm

IBM , the world's largest  technology services company, said on Wednesday it will buy  privately held security and compliance testing software company  Watchfire Corp. for an undisclosed amount.


Community News: PEAR Group Launches Blog - blog.pear.php.net

The PEAR group, with some of the new leadership in place, has decided to start something that probably should have been in place long ago - the PEAR blog.   Joshua Eichorn notes:   We will be using it to make announcements and to ask the community for feedback. I think this is a big step towards making PEAR a more transparent project.   So far, the most interesting post is the latest one mentioning PEAR's new installer - Pyrus - a (currently pre-devel) installer that will handle the PHP5+ PEAR packages to come.


Finocchiaro: 'andiamo avanti fino in fondo'


(CBS) Food and Drug Administration advisers are scheduled on Thursday to review Procter and Gamble's Intrinsa, which could be the first prescription medication to win approval for female sexual dysfunction.


Soccer star slapped with seven-month drug ban

CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Romanian striker Adrian Mutu, formerly of London-based club Chelsea, received a seven-month ban on Thursday after testing positive for a recreational drug.


Car Bomb West of Baghdad Kills One, Wounds 60

A suicide bomber killed one person and  wounded 60 on Thursday when he blew up his car in Abu Ghraib,  west of Baghdad, doctors and officials said.


Though Congress approved a $1.2 billion subsidy for Amtrak, the money-losing passenger railroad still is careening toward a major disruption in service.


Chewing tobacco not "safe" alternative to smoking

NEW YORK  - People who use chewing tobacco expose themselves to even higher levels of a particular cancer-causing compound than tobacco smokers do, according to a new study.


Former US figure skating champ arrested on gun charge

Former US figure skating champion Christopher Bowman was arrested on charges he pointed a loaded gun at a friend while drunk. Police were called to Bowman's apartment Wednesday night after a woman said he


A 14-year-old dies in hospital after being shot six times from a passing car on the way home from a fair.


Fortescue Metals capitalises on China's boom

HAMISH ROBERTSON: China's enormous appetite for raw materials to fuel its economic boom is continuing to have spin-offs for Australia, with a new mining deal announced between the two countries.


In a preliminary ruling, the government rejected Microsoft's 1996 patent on technology for saving files on computers using easy-to-remember names.


Bridge: A Trip to the Islands for a High-Stakes Deal

Zone 5 of the World Bridge Federation consists of Central America and the Caribbean. Its championship to select its teams for this yearâs Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup and Senior Cup world championships was held in CuraÃ§ao May 15 to 26.


Leave These Lame Kids' Games to the Children

Sometimes gamemakers produce interesting titles that prove just as amusing to cranky adults as to less-discerning youngsters. Other times they drop the ball, hard. Game reviews of The Golden Compass and EA Playground by Chris Kohler and Lore Sjöberg.


I'm in the Pacific! No, the PACIFIC! Sailors could soon be able to call home from the middle of the ocean on an ordinary GSM mobile phone, thanks to a tie-up between Blue Ocean Wireless (BOW) and Inmarsat-reseller Stratos Comms.â¦


Serbian coalition strained by EU mission

Serbia's coalition government was on the verge of collapse Tuesday over the European Union's plans to send a mission to Kosovo province, just days after the pro-Western Serbian president won re-election.


Website posting claims that American hostage has been killed

CAIRO, Egypt -- A video posted Monday on a website showed the gruesome beheading of a man identified as American construction contractor Eugene Armstrong, a killing purportedly carried out personally by key terror suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.


N.Y. Governor Moves to Limit Ethics Scandal

NEW YORK, July 24 -- Confronting his first significant political scandal since taking office, Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer of New York sought Tuesday to stem the fallout from a report by the state attorney general indicating that his aides had wrongly used police assistance to plant a damaging newspaper...


(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:


"Skinny" gene keeps mice lean, study finds

A gene that keeps mice and fruit flies lean might offer a way to prevent obesity and diabetes in people, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.


Zimbra customers spooked by Microsoft's Yahoo bid

Zimbra customers are deeply concerned about Microsoft's bid for Yahoo because they feel that the deal would mean the end of the Zimbra collaboration and communication suite.In October, Yahoo acquired Zimbra, whose suite competes with Exchange and has a heavy open-source component. For those reasons, it will not fit with the product strategy at Microsoft, which will likely pull the plug on its development and put it out to pasture, Zimbra customers are saying in interviews, blog postings and discussion forums."It's pretty terrifying for me," said Cedric Halbach, senior systems administrator at The Metropolitan Companies, which has used Zimbra successfully for companywide e-mail for about two years. "If Microsoft bought Yahoo today, and it was accepted and done, I'd immediately look to transition from Zimbra to another product."Previously, The Metropolitan Companies used Exchange, which the company found too expensive and unstable. With Zimbra, the cost for The Metropolitan Companies' 175 user licenses is about one-fourth of what it would be for Exchange, and the Zimbra software has been significantly more stable, Halbach said."We absolutely refuse to move back to Microsoft Exchange. We don't want to be forced to move back to it. We'd have to look elsewhere in the market for another competing program, and right now Zimbra is the best competitor," Halbach said.A spokeswoman for Microsoft said the vendor wouldn't comment on what plans it might have for Zimbra should its $44.6 billion offer for Yahoo be successful. Zimbra didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.At the time of Yahoo's acquisition of Zimbra for $350 million, many Zimbra customers declared themselves displeased about the deal, citing what they perceived as Yahoo's lack of expertise as a provider of enterprise software.However, Zimbra has apparently continued executing on its pre-acquisition plan and is operating as usual, which Zimbra customers have been grateful for. On Tuesday, Zimbra officially launched the suite's 5.0 version with enhancements including support for BlackBerry devices and Outlook 2007, as well as a new to-do application for tasks management, an instant-messaging application that allows group chats and the ability to work offline with Zimbra Desktop."I was a bit nervous at first about Yahoo buying Zimbra, but Yahoo has made good on its word not to disrupt Zimbra," said Andy Armagost, systems administrator at Brigham Oil & Gas in Austin, Texas.However, the Microsoft bid has him a lot more concerned about Zimbra's future. "We're all pretty much holding our breath right now," he said in an interview. "This latest news is quite more troublesome than the Yahoo news was.""Microsoft hasn't historically been the most friendly to open-source projects. I wouldn’t have the greatest faith for the future of Zimbra if they took over Yahoo," Armagost added.Moreover, Armagost and his boss, the company's IT manager, aren't big fans of Microsoft server software because they consider it clunky and unreliable."We don't have the greatest faith on Microsoft overall," said Armagost, adding that Brigham Oil & Gas is a big user of Sun servers and that it is currently transitioning to Linux machines.Word of Microsoft's bid for Yahoo also has Benson Wong concerned. As senior real estate technologist at Sutton Group Realty Services in Canada, Wong is overseeing the implementation of the Zimbra suite, scheduled to start in March. "Microsoft has Exchange, so the concern is that it might decide that it doesn't want Zimbra at all," Wong said in an interview.Like Armagost and Halbach, Wong isn't a fan of Exchange. At the other end of the spectrum, none of the three men would consider Web-hosted options like Google Apps because they want to have their e-mail server software installed on their companies' premises in order to have control over it.That's why none chose the Zimbra option to have the suite hosted externally by a third party in a software-as-a-service model. The three companies use the suite's commercial Network Edition -- there's also the free Open Source Edition -- but they like the flexibility that the open-source nature of the software gives them.In short, for them, Zimbra is the best option in the market for e-mail. The concerns from these three customers are echoed in hundreds of postings made by their peers in blogs and discussion forums, such as in this thread on a Zimbra board.Some analysts also share this view. In a note commenting on Microsoft's bid, The 451 Group analysts forecast that Microsoft will have little interest in keeping Zimbra going: "Microsoft will have to decide what to do with Zimbra; our guess is that it will let it wither and die rather than spin it off and leave it as a threat to Exchange," they wrote.In the meantime, The Metropolitan Companies, Sutton Group, and Brigham Oil & Gas are moving forward with their respective plans for the software while keeping an eye on the acquisition possibility.As Halbach put it, it's a "wait-and-see" attitude at The Metropolitan Companies. "We're making strategic plans in case we had to switch: What would we choose, and how would we go about doing it?" Halbach said. "That's a nightmare scenario for us because we're going to have to change everybody who is working for us across the country. It'd be a major transition."


Struggling Philippoussis falls in Shanghai

Shanghai, China (Sports Network) - Defending champion Mark Philippoussis was a first-round upset victim Tuesday at the $380,000 Heineken Open Shanghai.


Explosions, fire rock chemical plant in Kansas City

A chemical warehouse burst into flames on Wednesday, spewing a black cloud of smoke over Kansas City that rained down chunks of debris and forced hundreds to evacuate the area, authorities said.


Music Review | ZÃ©lindor : After 262 Years, a Sylph Kingâs Debut

The opera-ballet âZÃ©lindorâ was written for King Louis XV of France in 1745 and repeatedly revived over the next 20 years, but today it seems a slender pastel entertainment, lovely music held together by the thinnest of dramatic threads.


Reggie Miller scored 24 points and Jermaine O'Neal added 16 points and 11 rebounds, leading the Indiana Pacers to a 100-82 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Monday night.