Greece wants Turkey to become a full-fledged European democracy and member of the European Union but insists Ankara must first recognize a reunified Cyprus, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis said.


A VIDEO posted on an Islamist website today shows Jack Hensley, the second US hostage to be slaughtered by an al-Qaeda linked group in Iraq, being decapitated.


Knicks prepare to move ahead minus Houston

GREENBURGH, NY - There is no simple way to replace one of the most prodigious three-point shooters in NBA history, but starting next week, barring a miraculous turn in Allan Houston's health, the Knicks will try.


Dean on Blogs, Politics and the Internet

My boy Howard Dean talks  about the next generation of politics:  "The destination of the Democratic Party means making it a party that can communicate with its supporters and with all Americans. Politics is at its best when we create and inspire a sense of community. The tools that were pioneered in my campaign -- like blogs, and meetups, and streaming video -- are just a start. We must use all of the power and potential of technology as part of an aggressive outreach to meet and include voters, to work with the state parties, and to influence media coverage."  The Internet will fundamentally change every aspect of society.  It started in how we developed software.  Open Source is starting  ...


British Daily Warns Against 'Hasty Sanctions' on Sudan

CAIRO, August 27 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - A leading British newspaper warned Friday, August 27, the United Nations against moving fast to impose sanctions or allow a military intervention against Sudan as the first UN deadline for the African


Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide but not nearly enough is being done to educate people about how they can lessen their vulnerability, experts said Tuesday.


Rick Ankielâs back story, which includes a new report that he received eight shipments of human growth hormone in 2004, is off limits for most interviews.


Baseball: Guerrero collects AL MVP award

The Dominican Republic may have a population of just under nine million, but it is larger, by baseball talent, than almost anywhere else on the planet.


The son of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is held as part of Dhaka's anti-corruption drive.


Sir Mark Thatcher's sister Carol says she is relieved the  "shenanigans" in Equatorial Guinea are over.


CALIMESA, Calif. -- A couple who provide funerals for dead abandoned babies and helped inspire a law to save unwanted newborns have won a $27 million jackpot in the California lottery.


Rubens Barrichello clinched second place in Formula One on Sunday when he won the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix by edging Jenson Button by about a second.


No one in the Republican presidential race talks more about middle-class tax relief than Mitt Romney. The twist: His view of who fits into the middle class is more expansive than most.


North Korea plans to shut reactor in July: report

North Korea plans to seal its nuclear reactor, the source of weapons-grade plutonium, in the second half of July, Russia's Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing an unidentified North Korean diplomatic source.


The company has earned its nosebleed valuation.


EDINBURG, Texas - Firefighters who spent half an hour fighting a blaze in which 2,000 pounds of marijuana went up in smoke breathed so much of it that they would have failed a drug test, a fire chief said.


Letter: Setting the record straight on network location awareness and Vista Group Policy.


US publisher sues a distributor and online store for shipping copies of the final book too early.


Protagonista '24' in manette per guida in stato ebbrezza


South Korea's LG Electronics Inc  said it aims to boost North American sales by 13 percent in 2008 and targets an increase of more than 70 percent in global flat-screen TV sales compared to last year.


SEOUL (Yonhap) - Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak on Thursday issued a statement, welcoming the Constitutional Courtâs decision to invalidate a special law on the construction of a new administrative capital away from Seoul.


Two suicide bombers detonated their explosives in a crowded market Thursday evening in Hilla, Iraq, killing 61 people and wounding 150, police said. Police said officers began to stop one of the bombers, suspecting him of wearing an explosives vest. But the bomber detonated before police reached him, and the other detonated soon after.


China describes North Korea's failure to meet a deadline on declaring its nuclear programme as "normal".


Same-Sex Partners Can Have N.Y. Benefits

Same-sex partners of New York state government workers who get married in Canada qualify for the same pension benefits as heterosexuals, state Comptroller Alan Hevesi has determined.


SocGen mulling merger or bid for BNP: paper

The head of French bank Societe Generale  has hired investment banks to advise on the possibility of a merger with larger domestic rival BNP Paribas , Les Echos newspaper reported on Friday.


A battle royal shaping up between Barry Diller and John C. Malone over IAC/Interactive is not about their personal differences, despite the juicy material this provides.


Napoli, 17:25 - CALCIO, REGGINA; FOTI: DE LAURENTiIS VUOLE BIANCHI

Se il Napoli andrà a fondo, per la prossima stagione Rolando Bianchi potrà indossare l...


Dry Falls lives up to its name. Not a drop of water cascades down the 500-foot cliffs at this arid, rocky place near Grand Coulee Dam.


Study identifies key aspect of immune response against HIV

Results illuminate evolutionary interaction between virus and human immune system - An international research team has identified immune-system genes that appear to play a key role in the body's defense against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.


Studenti sfilano per la sedicenne morta all'ospedale di Vibo


Hungarian scientists are working on computer software analysing dog barks that could allow people to better recognise dogs' basic emotions, Hungarian ethologist Csaba Molnar said.


Macao Bank Allowed to Transfer $25 Million to North Korea

It has taken four months and complex negotiations to transfer the money, contained in accounts frozen at the bank.


ExxonMobil Chemical Upgrades LaGrange Oriented Polypropylene (OPP) Film Manufacturing Facility

The Films Business of ExxonMobil Chemical (NYSE:XOM) today announced  plans to significantly increase production of specialty oriented  polypropylene (OPP) films in LaGrange, Georgia.


Zwick throws on sideline, Smith gets most of action at OSU ...

Injured Ohio State quarterback Justin Zwick threw on the side, but did not take any snaps during practice Wednesday. Coach Jim Tressel said Zwick is making progress but still had some pain from a shoulder


An escalator malfunction injured seven people at Giants Stadium on Saturday night, shortly after the New England Patriots beat the New York Giants, 38-35, for a perfect 16-0 regular season.


Al Aqsa members are skeptical that the disarmament deal will yield concrete results.


Some moms and dads might want to take a lesson from their kids: Just say no. The government reported Thursday that 4.4 percent of baby boomers ages 50 to 59 indicated that they had used illicit drugs in the past month. It marks the third consecutive yearly increase recorded for that age group by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.


The European Union's head office decided Wednesday to take Germany to court to try to force changes in a German law protecting Volkswagen AG from hostile takeovers, according to an EU source.


UNITED NATIONS -- To head off the worst of climate change, governments must pour tens of billions of dollars more than they are into clean-energy research and enforce sharp rollbacks in fossil-fuel emissions, an expert scientific panel reported to the United Nations on Tuesday.The U.N.


Osaka, 08:31 - ATLETICA, MONDIALI; ALTO DONNE: DI MARTINO IN FINALE

Antonietta Di Martino si è qualificata per la finale del salto in alto ai Mondiali di atletic...


Guilty plea in ID theft of cancer patient

A former employee of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance pleaded guilty yesterday to running up credit-card bills using the identity of a patient, the first conviction under a 2003 federal law protecting patient privacy, according to the US Attorney's Office


Anna  Nicole Smith, a postmodern pinup for a tabloid age, died of unknown causes yesterday after being rushed to a Florida hospital, her sudden death at 39 delivering the same shock and uproar as the celebrity life she cultivated from the hardscrabble dust of small-town Texas.


Tim, TV and Turkey: a New Holiday Tradition

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Thanksgiving week is turning into a  tradition of sorts for Tim McGraw concert specials.


Negroponte says Iran cannot go unchallenged in Iraq

Iran's support for anti-U.S. extremists in Iraq should not go unchallenged, despite U.S. hopes of avoiding confrontation with Tehran, President George W. Bush's pick for deputy secretary of state said on Tuesday.


Dual-layer disc to smooth hi-def format adoption


Osaka, 09:24 - ATLETICA, MONDIALI: OBRIST SUPERA TURNO IN 1500 UOMINI

L'altoatesino Christian Obrist ha superato il primo turno dei 1500 maschili ai Mondiali di atletica ...


Dante Hall, Kansas City's All-Pro kick returner, could only stand on the sideline at practice on Thursday, icing his painfully infected lower lip.


News.com's John Borland lays out the issues with shelving Microsoft's insecure Internet Explorer with a non-MS brower, such as Firefox... The problem is that many Web developers create their sites so they


Last Chance: Buy Your Tickets for Tomorrow's 2007 10th Annual Dottie Awards and After Party

There's only one day left to buy tickets to  the networking and awards gala tomorrow, Thursday, March 8 at the Towe  Auto Museum in Old Sacramento.


Mo Collins, Michael  Boatman and Garrett Morris have been hired to co-star in Fox's  female buddy comedy pilot "Frangela."


Verizon Wireless this week said its 3G service will be available in 14 US markets and 20 airports on September 27. Next Monday, it will also be offered in Atlanta; Austin, Texas; Baltimore; Kansas City, Missouri


A black congressman who claims he was racially profiled by Chicago police last month pushed for legislation Thursday that would ban the practice.


Science & environment: Â· New treatment reverses damage to the organÂ· Cirrhosis common among people in 20s and 30s


Real Madrid wingback Roberto Carlos has refuted Spanish reports that he has asked the Galacticos to offload him when the winter transfer window opens.


Clinton touts Kerrry as candidate of hope

Former Democratic President Bill Clinton praised Sen. John Kerry as a fighter with a better plan for the United States. "In the closing days of this election ... the other side is trying to scare the undecided


The price of oil rebounds despite data showing that US crude oil stocks have risen.


Council sets up school admissions lottery for 11-year-olds

A local council will use a lottery to allocate secondary school places for 11-year-olds as it tries to stop middle-class families dominating the best schools, it said Wednesday.


Edward C. Baig: Personal Tech - DemoMobile provide advance look at gadgets on the go

Sitting at the airport, you pull out a laptop or personal digital assistant and watch TV, delivered through Wi-Fi. Perhaps you'll grab an MP3 player instead, but rather than listen to downloaded tunes, you check out Internet radio. Or maybe you'll just make a call but thanks to the headset into which you are speaking, the person at the other end can make out your voice and not the blur of jet engines taking off at the same time.


OâNeill has no doubts over new strike force

Celtic will put Henri Camara and John Hartson together up front on Tuesday to face the might of Barcelona and Martin OâNeill has no doubts about the partnership after seeing them destroy Dundee on Saturday.


BAGHDAD -- Insurgents killed four foreigners yesterday in Mosul, a northern city that became a stronghold after Fallujah fell to US and Iraqi forces. Militants also set ablaze a pipeline near the capital -- a rare attack on oil infrastructure in a populated area.


ATENE - Il Patriarca di Alessandria e di tutta l'Africa, Petros VII, Ã¨ morto insieme ad altre 16 persone quando l'elicottero su cui si trovavano Ã¨ precipitato questa mattina nel Mar Egeo, di fronte al monte Athos.


The remains of Tropical Storm Barry rode up the Southeast coast Sunday bringing areas of gusty winds and heavy rain to much of the East.


Bush and Blair present united front on new chance for Mideast ...

WASHINGTON (CP) - President George W. Bush and his staunch Iraq ally, Britain's Tony Blair, presented a united front Friday on enlisting Europe's help for a new push to establish a peaceful Palestinian state.


Sony reportedly seeks to exit plasma display market

MANHASSET, NY - Sony Corp. is considering leaving the plasma display market to focus on flat-panel liquid crystal (LCD) displays, according to several online reports.


Fini: 'Termineremo la legislatura con il premier'

''Abbiamo cominciato insieme questa legislatura e la finiremo insieme: con la speranza di governare anche la prossima''. Lo ha detto il vice premier Gianfranco Fini nel corso della trasmissione televisiva


Sebastian Janikowski finalized a $10.5 million, five-year contract extension with the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday that makes him the highest paid placekicker in the NFL.


Critics try to sway debate on U.S.-India nuclear deal

Critics of the U.S.-India civil nuclear agreement on Wednesday urged two international groups whose approval is vital to the deal to take steps to ensure it does not undermine global nonproliferation efforts.


Blunkett, a 57-year-old divorcee who is Britain's most high-profile blind person, hoped to defuse criticism by setting up an inquiry to be led by former civil servant Alan Budd.


Coke Says 2nd-Half Profit Will Miss Target

he Coca-Cola Company warned yesterday that its earnings for the second half of the year would fall short of forecasts, citing competitive pressures in North America and unseasonably cool and rainy weather in Europe.


Rendell lauds federal Medicaid help, warns of looming problems

PHILADELPHIA - The state averted disaster by winning federal approval of more than $1 billion in Medicaid funding over the next four years, but there could be more problems in the future, Gov.


Sienna Miller, who stars with boyfriend Jude Law in the upcoming "Alfie" remake, is in discussions to play Edie Sedgwick, a '60s icon and one of Andy Warhol's muses, in the indie feature "Factory Girl."


A Conservative MP uses parliamentary privilege to name a man wanted over the 1998 Omagh bombing.


Former St. Louis Brown Rollie Stiles, believed to be the oldest former major leaguer, has died. He was 100.


Gov. Chris Gregoire declared a statewide wildfire emergency as several large fires burned in Washington state and forecasters predicted more storms with high winds.


Yahoo is adding local traffic information to its maps service, including roadwork and accident reports as well as the approximate speed at which traffic is proceeding along specific roads.


Bush, Iraq PM to discuss ending violence

Halting violent sectarian strife in Iraq, especially in Baghdad, will dominate President Bush's summit with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki next week in the Middle East.


SAN ANTONIO -- The millions of women who quit taking menopause hormones after a big federal study found that the pills raised the risk of breast cancer now have more reason to be glad they stopped.


E-voting sceptics use Web to monitor election

For technology experts concerned about how electronic voting systems will perform on election day, what better tools to use to monitor the situation than those of their trade: the Web and open source development.


NATO says 'so far so good' on Olympic security

BRUSSELS : NATO remains on alert to protect the Olympics from extremists, even if no incidents have occurred and the perceived threat remains low as the Games move into their last few days, an official said.


A National Kidney Foundation panel will assess whether hundreds of thousands of patients with kidney disease are being dangerously overtreated with anemia drugs.


Under a New Watch, Miramax Still Homes in on Awards

Miramax may be a smaller and calmer organization under Daniel Battsek, but the studio has nonetheless remained in the thick of the awards race.


An ancient gold mask and a ring featuring what is believed to be an Olympic rower have been discovered by a Bulgarian archaeologist.


Indonesia on alert after warnings of terrorist attack

Indonesia was on high alert after British and Australian warnings of a terrorist attack before Christmas amid fears that Islamic militants wanted for the Bali bombings are poised to strike again.


In Najaf, women and tribal leaders work the streets, promising progress and getting out the vote.


Sony, Bertelsmann appeal EU court annulment of JV

Japanese electronics giant Sony  and Germany's Bertelsmann  have appealed against an annulment of their joint venture that created the world's No.2 music company, Europe's top court said on Thursday.


Detectives are given more time to question a man over the death of a woman whose body was found in a lay-by.


Chris Bourque scored 14:10 into overtime to give Boston University a 3-2 victory over Northeastern in the Beanpot championship Monday night.


Greenhouse gases hit new high, rise accelerates

Greenhouse gases have hit a new record in the atmosphere and the build-up is accelerating, apparently because of industrial growth in Asia, a researcher said on Friday.


Prodi non indietreggia: "Scuse a Forza Italia? Non facciamo dell' ...

"Scuse a Forza Italia? Non facciamo dell'umorismo". Con questa secca battuta il leader del centrosinistra Romano Prodi ha commentato la bagarre scoppiata dopo il suo intervento di sabato scorso a Montecatini


About a dozen senior campaign staffers for Rudy Giuliani are forgoing their January paychecks, aides said Friday, a sign of possible money trouble for the Republican presidential candidate


Ma Pechino dia piu' garanzie su contraffazione e pirateria


Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with a senior U.S. envoy on Saturday, at a time of concern in Washington over Abbas' support for a coalition between the Islamic militant group Hamas and his pragmatic Fatah movement.


French journalists released after 124 days in captivity

Four months of quiet negotiations by France and several Arab countries paid off yesterday with the release of two French journalists kidnapped by an Iraqi extremist group in August.


Perhaps the sight of Maria Sharapova opposite her tonight will jog Serena Williams' memory. Wimbledon. The final. You and Maria.


Microsoft blames spammers for Hotmail charges

In a move which Microsoft claims will help fight spammers, MSN Hotmail users are facing charges if they want to access the email service via the Outlook email client.


NASHVILLE (Billboard) - John Fogerty's new album,  appropriately titled "Deja Vu All Over Again," projects an air  of familiarity, typified by Fogerty's distinctive voice, guitar  and melodic instincts.


As supermarkets clear pumps of contaminated petrol, an industry group says prices could rise by   2p a litre.


Yukos shares rise after Russia's leading energy groups said they would not bid for its main production subsidiary.


Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry accused President Bush on Sunday of planning a surprise second-term attempt to privatize Social Security, and forecast a "disaster for America's middle


Rocky Mountain vacation resorts said their advance ski season sales are up from a year ago, while Texas retailers reported a recent run on high-definition televisions.


Tutta la sua famiglia sotto la minaccia delle armiSono scappati dopo aver preso soldi e un collier di diamanti                                            Roma, rapina nella villa  dell'attrice Eva Henger


Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf lifted emergency rule on Saturday in a move Western nations hope will stabilize the nuclear-armed state as Islamic militant violence spirals.


Blair denies he led Britain to war with false justification

Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday denied leading Britain into war on a false prospectus, despite intelligence on the threat posed by Iraq being wrong.


Kmart-Sears merger packs retailing punch

(November 18, 2004) - Amid talk of store closings, staff layoffs and name changes, shoppers and others are watching to see how the announced merger of Kmart and Sears will affect Rochester retailing.


Two Dreams (One Big, One Tiny) Come True

This season, the Jaguarsâ David Garrad has been reborn as a franchise quarterback and as a new father.


IL COMMENTO                                          La scarcerazione di Abu Omar un passo avanti verso la veritÃ                                                                                di GIUSEPPE D'AVANZO


A strong earthquake struck northwestern Japan on Monday, destroying hundreds of homes, buckling roads and bridges and causing a fire at a nuclear power plant. At least six people were killed and hundreds were injured.


SEATTLE  - Microsoft Corp.  filed sevenlawsuits against senders of spam, or unsolicited e-mail, fortransmitting messages without labeling them as sexuallyexplicit content, the world's largest software maker said onThursday.


Chiesta ad Ue etichettatura d'origine su prodotti importati


China Agonizes as Hope Vanishes for Missing Miners

Investigators have determined that back-to-back coal-dust and gas blasts ripped through a mine in northern China killing at least 50 workers and leaving more than 110 trapped and feared dead, said reports on Tuesday.


Blasts rock Baghdad before reconciliation talks

Bomb blasts killed 15 people in Baghdad on Wednesday and suicide bombers attacked an Iraqi army base, overshadowing preparations for a conference intended to promote national reconciliation.


June is iPhone month, is September iPhone 2 month?

Blog: Two Taiwanese newspapers have reported that Quanta has secured a contract to make a second-generation iPhone, as speculation continues about the launch date for the first one.


Optware finds funding for holographic storage

Optware Corp. has received funding that will enable it to complete development of its holographic storage technology, and is on course to release commercial samples of read/write drives in the final three months of 2005, the company said Tuesday.


Fiji military stages coup, fourth in 20 years

Fiji's military took over running the country in a bloodless overthrow on Tuesday after confining the elected prime minister to his home in the South Pacific island nation's fourth coup in 20 years.


Il retroscena, l'Udeur fa propri gli emendamenti degli autonomistiper dare alla Regione una quota delle accise petrolifere                                           E Mastella lancia il Progetto Sicilia per portare nell'Unione due senatori


Jazz Family Patriarch Marsalis Dies in New Orleans

Ellis Marsalis Sr., patriarch of  the family of jazz greats that includes his grandsons Wynton  and Branford, died over the weekend at the age of 96, a New  Orleans funeral home said on Wednesday.


PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O on  Thursday returned to profit in the third quarter from a year  earlier with a 12 percent rise in sales that upended market  fears that Oracle Corp.'s takeover bid had damaged PeopleSoft's  business in the quarter.


Around 3,200 VW staff take buyout packages so far

Around 3,200 workers at Volkswagen's   VOWG.DE core VW business in Germany have accepted voluntary   redundancy packages that Europe's biggest carmaker is offering   to prune labor costs, the company said on Wednesday.


The way people interact with PCs will change dramatically in the next five years, Microsoft chief Bill Gates says.


Hip-hop duo OutKast and rapper Jay-Z are among the main winners at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards.


House and Senate negotiators hope to wrap up work on a major rewrite of corporate tax law that would end a nasty trade dispute with Europe while showering more than $130 billion in tax breaks on a wide variety of businesses from ethanol producers to movie makers.


U.S. Forces Bomb Rebels in Iraq; Jordan King Has Doubts

U.S. warplanes struck a suspected  insurgent hideout in rebel-held Falluja on Tuesday and U.S.  tanks and aircraft bombarded areas of northeastern Baghdad,  stepping up military operations against guerrillas.


I have no way of knowing if CBS was duped when it recently aired memos questioning George W. Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard three decades ago.


The German man who found the remains of a 5,300-year-old frozen mummy in 1991 has gone missing in the Alps.


Web pornmonger demands unpaid commission


Vanity Fair show captures a century in pictures

As a magazine Vanity Fair captured the changing moods of two distinct periods of the 20th century in prose and pictures -- from the pre-War Jazz Age to the post Pop Modern.


SOTOGRANDE, Spain -- Alastair Forsyth shot a 4-under 67 to open a three-stroke lead over Ian Poulter and Sergio Garcia after three rounds at the Volvo Masters.


Elmer Bernstein, Film Composer, Dead at 82

Film composer Elmer Bernstein, who created a brawny, big-sky theme for "The Magnificent Seven," nerve-jangling jazz for "The Man With The Golden Arm" and heart-rending grace notes for "To Kill a Mockingbird," has died.


Hussein: 'questa e' una giustizia miserabile'


Stars turn out for Valentino's anniversary show

Valentino reminded a crowd of movie A-listers and top designers why he's dressed the stars for nearly half a century on Saturday with an haute couture show conceived as a crescendo to his anniversary extravaganza.


Getty Images could fetch more than $1.5 billion: report

Getty Images Inc , the world's biggest supplier of pictures and video to media and advertising companies, has put itself on the auction block and could fetch more than $1.5 billion, The New York Times reported on Monday.


Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has returned serve to his opposite number at Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson, over his assertion that the Blues don't travel well.


Troops Move to Quell Azerbaijani Inmates

Shooting and an explosion broke out overnight as troops moved into a prison in the Azerbaijani capital where more than 200 inmates had broken onto the roof to demand the ouster of the prison chief and seek better conditions, eyewitnesses and local media reported Wednesday.


White Sox Manager Released From Hospital

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was back at the ballpark Wednesday after spending one night in a hospital because of a kidney stone.


(Sports Network) - Roger Clemens will pitch on three days' rest today, hoping to make history for the Houston Astros, as they host Atlanta in Game 4 of their National League Division Series.


Blacks helped Barack Obama against Hillary Rodham Clinton in Louisiana's racially polarized Democratic primary Saturday, while John McCain made little headway among the most conservative, highly religious voters as he battled Mike Huckabee in their first head-to-head Republican matchup, exit polls found.


Blog: IBM and SEC reach settlement in stock options expensing disclosure case. No fines or monetary penalties for company.


In direzione sud, soccorsi ad automobilisti, otto assiderati


Jerel McNeal scored 17 points and Ousmane Barrow scored 14 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Marquette to a 72-54 win against No. 22 Pittsburgh on Friday night.


Merck and Co  on Wednesday reported a fourth-quarter loss due to a number of charges, including for a costly settlement related to its withdrawn Vioxx arthritis drug.


Kerry dismisses criticism of 'global test' remark as 'pathetic'

Sen. John Kerry on Monday lambasted as "pathetic" scaremongering, Republican criticism of his comments during last Thursday's debate in which he said the president's decision


Four people are reported injured after a US helicopter on an aid mission crashes near Indonesia's Banda Aceh airport.


The worldwide recall of Vioxx is not causing the same stir in the sports world as it is among geriatric circles. But, as expected, team trainers and doctors are removing the drug from locker rooms.


BRISBANE, Australia -- Lawyers representing the major record labels will name the secretive owners of Sharman Networks, the makers of the Kazaa peer-to-peer software, during a trial in Australia's federal court that began this week.


The engines of a jet that crash-landed at Heathrow Airport had no mechanical defects, investigators say.


State gets $2m grant for wind technology

Massachusetts and Texas won $2 million grants from the US Department of Energy yesterday to help fund centers that will test the next generation of giant turbine blades, setting up a competition between the two states for leadership in the emerging field of wind technology.


Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto is expected to announce the date of her return to Pakistan.


LSU Coach Nick Saban said Wednesday he had met with officials of the Miami Dolphins to discuss that team's head coaching job. There was no indication whether an offer had been made or accepted.


U.S. names Boeing as "logical" missile defense choice

Boeing Co would be a logical choice to lead the interceptor part of a planned U.S. defense missile shield in eastern Europe, the head of the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said on Thursday.


AL Wrap: Crosby Blast Ends Rogers' Run in Oakland

Bobby Crosby hit a three-run double in  the fifth inning as the Athletics ended Kenny Rogers dominance  in Oakland, downing the Texas Rangers 5-4 in American League  play on Thursday.


A 5-year-old girl riding in the back seat of a car was killed by a stray bullet and police said she may have been caught in the crossfire of a moving gun battle.


AT LEAST 21 people were killed in the latest in a renewed spree of attacks to hit Iraq, as a top UN official issued a stark warning that elections could not be held in the current climate of violence.


Chilean Judge Charges Pinochet in Rights Case

A Chilean judge on Monday formally charged former dictator Augusto Pinochet with homicide and kidnapping in one of many pending cases related to human rights abuses committed during his 17-year rule.


Doctor Urges AMA to Recognize Game Addiction as Disorder

A new report says families need education about "appropriate use of video games," and prescribes some common-sense guidelines.


Bringing Home the Bacon, and Keeping Off the Weight

Whether their workplaces are superhealthy or stocked with candy at every turn, employees who are struggling to lose weight must deal with challenges at the office.


Does the Wal-Mart eavesdropping debale have the potential to be this year's HP scandal? A former IT security staffer for the retailer evaluates what might have happened.


Rock band The White Stripes play an exclusive concert for a group of Chelsea Pensioners.


In a year voters say they crave fundamental political change, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton is taking a gamble: arguing that her years of experience working within the political system make her the best candidate to change the system.


Iraq, N.Korea on agenda as Cheney arrives in Japan

Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Japan on Tuesday on a visit to reassure America's close ally that a troop build-up will help quell violence in Iraq, just weeks after Japan's defense minister said starting the war was a mistake.


The opposition vows to keep up the pressure on PM Viktor Yanukovych after he survived a parliamentary no-confidence motion.


A departing U.N. prosecutor appealed Thursday for the U.N. Yugoslav war crimes tribunal to keep its doors open until its chief fugitives are arrested and put on trial.


HP to tempt holiday shoppers with sights and sounds

PC giant unveils consumer electronics strategy, including iPod music player, high-definition TVs and PCs that record TV shows.


A police force is to put more officers on the streets during full moons because they believe the lunar cycle may be linked to violent behaviour, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.


Stocks fell on Thursday, on a handful of disappointing earnings reports, including results from cable TV operator Comcast Corp , and on uncertainty over how badly the financial sector will be affected by the credit crisis.


Security Hole Found in Windows Media Player

Microsoft is investigating a new vulnerability in Windows Media Player that could be used to run malicious code on a user's PC.


Vatican wants China ties but will stick by Taiwan

The Vatican will move to resume relations with China after more than half a century if religious freedom is allowed but it will not abandon China's diplomatic rival Taiwan, an official said on Tuesday.


China's surprise interest rate rise weighed down Asian stocks on Friday as investors sold shares of miners, shippers and other firms whose fortunes have been closely linked to the country's rapid growth.


Tournament officials of the 84 Lumber Classic confirmed on Tuesday that Woods has withdrawn from the event, which is scheduled to begin Thursday.


Rep. Cynthia McKinney, known for her conspiracy theories about the Sept. 11 attacks and a scuffle with a U.S. Capitol police officer, conceded the Democratic primary runoff early Wednesday in a speech that blamed the media for her loss and included a song criticizing President Bush.


To: National Desk and Environment Reporter

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 /US Newswire/ -- The scientific findings announced today by the Arctic Climate Impacts Assessment depict an Arctic already in crisis due to human-induced global warming with worldwide ramifications, according to World Wildlife Fund.


VeriSign Taps WS to Help in Global Branding Efforts

By Altus, Celeste  MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA: VeriSign has moved its PR account to Weber Shandwick, already putting the agency to work on various projects, including for the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.


Drug company Pfizer is assuring patients there will be plenty of information about the possible side effects of a contraceptive. The injectable drug Depo-Provera has the potential to decrease women's bone mineral density, which may lead to osteoporosis.


Overspending isn't the point of the baseball meetings, it just seems that way.


Yes, the Hollywood star will answer your questions!


Moneta unica scambiata a 1,3850 dollari e 159,09 yen


SINGAPORE: Australia's Qantas Airways said its Singapore-based budget carrier Jetstar Asia will start operating from the city-state by the end of the year.


A fast-thinking pilot, with the help of passengers, fooled a gunman who had hijacked a jetliner flying from Africa to the Canary Islands, braking hard upon landing then quickly accelerating to knock the man ...Comment


A young burglar accused of burning down the St. Paul United Methodist Church 13 years ago was ordered to make $2.4 million in restitution. It was, at best, wishful thinking on the part of the court.


Two journalists working for CBS News have gone missing in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, the company said in a statement.


Far more veteran air traffic controllers than the government expected have retired since the Bush administration imposed a contract on their union on Labor Day 2006, new data shows.


Buckeyes capture Alamo; Houston goes to Buffaloes

NO. 24 OHIO STATE 33, OKLAHOMA STATE 7: At San Antonio - Ted Ginn Jr. and Lydell Ross each ran for a touchdown and Justin Zwick threw for a score as Ohio State beat Oklahoma State in the Alamo Bowl at the Alamodome.


Per impedire marchio 'Made in Italy' su latte importato


Windows Server 2008 test release due next week

The first candidate for the final version of Microsoft's next server operating system is imminent, including a test version of the 'Viridian' virtualization software.


Ford plans to build transmissions plant in Slovakia

Getrag Ford Transmissions announced on Thursday that it planned to invest 300 million euros (400 million dollars) to build a factory for new technology transmissions in eastern Slovakia.


Nearly one-third of US TV stations affiliated to the ABC network dropped Oscar-winning film Saving Private Ryan for fear of facing indecency fines.


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


Rutto Wins 2nd Straight Chicago Marathon

Evans Rutto of Kenya won his second straight Chicago Marathon on Sunday, finishing in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 16 seconds, and making him 3-for-3 at the 26.2-mile distance.


ANKARA - Guenter Verheugen, the European Union (EU) Commissioner, Enlargement, said that the decision that would be taken about Turkey in December could not be delayed, stressing that the Progress Report (of the EU Commission) on Turkey that would be made


Prefetto Serra, "giu' i toni, Olimpico sicuro, non blindato"


Black boxer biographer wins top sports award

A biography of Jack Johnson, the world's first black heavyweight boxing champion, was named as Sports Book of the Year on Monday.


Astronauts placed the crown jewel of Europeâs contribution to the International Space Station into its permanent setting on Monday with the attachment of the Columbus science module.


Far Away, Super Bowlâs Losers Will Be Champs

After the Super Bowl ends, shirts and caps made for the losing team will be donated to a developing nation.


Oil producing cartel Opec will cut back on over-production early next year to prevent a further fall in prices, Kuwait's oil minister has said.


Crashes jet-powered dragster Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond is in intensive care today after crashing a jet-powered car while attempting to break the British land speed record.â¦


Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Sunday for their second summit in a month


Today on the presidential campaign trail

All eyes on the Iowa turnout ... Huckabee says people count, not money ... Giuliani skips Iowa to campaign in Florida .... Will anyone notice Wyoming caucuses?


Were 'Sopranos' fans whacked or blessed?

And so on the first day of Year One A.T. — After Tony, that is — the "Sopranos"-viewing world was split in two camps. One was muttering bitterly into its morning coffee at the open-ended conclusion of the epic series, a banal family moment over onion rings that would have delighted existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre, author of "Being and Nothingness."


The Food and Drug Administration should suspend plans to close as many as nine of 13 laboratories that test the safety and effectiveness of food, drugs, cosmetics and medical equipment, a bipartisan group of senators said this week.


Work by US scientists could lead to a non-invasive test to detect genetic abnormalities in the womb.


BBC apologizes to Queen Elizabeth over photo shoot

The BBC apologized to Queen Elizabeth on  Thursday for wrongly implying that she had stormed out of a  photo shoot with American celebrity photographer Annie  Leibovitz.


(InfoWorld) - SAP AG has brought in outside talent Uwe Herold as its chief information officer (CIO), filling a post vacant since the previous incumbent left the company earlier this year. The business applications vendor confirmed Thursday that Herold joins SAP Oct. 1. He will also hold a position on the company's board of directors in the area of human resources, processes and production and report to Claus Heinrich, one of SAP's executive board members. SAP operates a two-tier board system with a board of directors and an executive board. Herold will be based at SAP's headquarters in Walldorf, Germany. Most recently CIO at German automotive supplier Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co., Herold has 15 years of experience in business process engineering and IT management. While at Brose, he worked on SAP implementations and so can also bring an SAP user perspective to his new employer. Before joining Brose in 1999, Herold headed up process engineering and organizational development efforts at fluid technology company Hydac Filtertechnik GmbH. "Like any other enterprise that places value on developing and harnessing internal talent, SAP always considers internal applicants for vacant roles," an SAP spokeswoman in Germany wrote in response to an e-mail for comment on why the company chose an outsider as the CIO. "At the same time, it is also important for us to bring in fresh ideas and different expertise from time to time. In this case, Herold was the ideal candidate for this role and we are confident that with his wealth of experience he will be an asset to SAP." Herold replaces Carol Wilson who left the company after three years in the job earlier this year. Wilson joined Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. in April as its implementation director charged with the development and delivery of the Indian outsourcing and consulting firm's IT services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.


The National Health Service can play a major role in reducing the nation's carbon emissions, a report says.


New Valve Stops Running Toilets for Sure

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 13  /PRNewswire/ -- A new valve stops running toilets immediately. The valve measures the exact amount of water needed after each flush. Once the tank is full the valve shuts off any additional water.


Il ct azzurro: "Per me sono tutti uguali, la squadra viene prima ...

Francesco Totti arriverÃ  nel tardo pomeriggio nel ritiro azzurro. Il capitano della Roma si sottoporrÃ  ad alcuni controlli medici alla caviglia infortunata, poi lo staff della Nazionale deciderÃ  se Totti


Gastric-bypass surgery can leave people with pounds of sagging skin. For some, plastic surgery is a solution. See before-and-after photos of success stories.


A bomb blast Saturday in southern Thailand killed an elderly man and raised to more than 30 the number of injuries in the nation's growing religious conflict.


US forces pound Fallujah as Britain, Egypt seek to free hostages

FALLUJAH, Iraq - US aircraft pounded the insurgent enclave of Fallujah on Saturday, killing seven Iraqis in a raid the military said targeted a suspected hideout of a militant group.


US Supreme Court to review cable Internet case

The US Supreme Court has agreed to review an appeals court ruling that opens up cable networks to competing Internet service providers (ISPs).


Phony bids put insurance firm in real trouble

When Greenville County in South Carolina borrowed $800 million two years ago to expand its public schools, insurance broker Marsh & McLennan Cos.


Safeway Inc. SWY.N on Thursday  agreed to pay $245,000 and boost its efforts to curb under-age  cigarette sales to settle a California lawsuit charging the  grocer with selling tobacco products to minors.


Registrato superamento limiti polveri sottili


Romney Aims to Please the Right, Maintain Crossover Appeal in GOP White House Bid

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney announced his Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, making a smooth transition from the exploratory campaign effort he launched last month.


Britain has about 2,000 terror suspects, hundreds more than was previously thought, a top British official said Tuesday as she urged lawmakers to extend how long police can hold terror suspects before they are charged.


News on a committee to succeed Arafat denied, vagueness over his ...

News was contradictory over the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat formation of a tripartite committee as a precaution for any emergency because of his deteriorated health condition which is vague.


Web site: Militants kill 2nd US hostage in Iraq

A group linked to suspected Al-Qaeda operative Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi claimed Tuesday night to have beheaded a US hostage in Iraq, the second in two days, according to a statement attributed to it on an Islamist Web site.


E' Emanuele Biviera, sarebbe affiliato alla cosca Vottari


The New York Knicks will begin working out draft prospects on Monday, though it isn't clear what role &#151; if any_ Larry Brown will have.


Georgian President To Celebrate New Year With Ukraine's Opposition Leader

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, a staunch supporter of Ukraine's so-called Orange Revolution, said Friday that he will travel to Kiev for the New Year holiday to show his support for backers of ...


An injured Iraqi man in a mosque in Fallujah. The US military said on Tuesday that it was investigating a shooting incident in which a marine shot dead an Iraqi prisoner in the battlefield city of Fallujah.


GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Armored vehicles massed on Gaza's border Friday after Israel's security Cabinet approved a large-scale military operation - codenamed "Days of Penitence" - to stop Palestinian rocket fire.    Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz had ordered troops to "exact a price" from the militants, security officials said, after a Hamas rocket killed two children, ages 2 and 4, in an Israeli border town...


Strong aftershocks rattle Japan weeks after deadly earthquake

Two strong aftershocks rattled northern Japan Thursday, weeks after a powerful earthquake killed 39 people and injured thousands. The tremors sent residents dashing under tables and caused at least one injury.


Amazon.com plans to open an online music store offering only songs that are free of copy-protection technology and can be played on anything from PCs to portable gadgets such as Apple's iPod or Microsoft's Zune


Thierry Henry may need change of scenery

Thierry Henry keeps falling short — runner-up with Arsenal in the Champions League and with France at the World Cup, third in the European player of the year award.


U.S. private employers likely added 57,000 new jobs in February, about half of what economists had expected, according to a report released on Wednesday, indicating weakness in the labor market and a slowing economy.


The worldÂs oldest and most comprehensive library on films is the Library of the


VATICAN CITY - Bitter memories of Spain's Civil War were on center stage here yesterday as the Vatican put 498 slain Spanish priests and nuns from that divisive era on the path to sainthood.


TUI to axe 3,600 jobs in drive to cut costs, boost profits

TUI, Europe's leading travel and tourism group, has unveiled plans to axe thousands of jobs as part of a 250-million-euro (330-million-dollar) cost-cutting drive aimed at steering the group back to higher profits.


Barroso alla sbarra: a Strasburgo il âmetodo italianoâ non ...

âMa no, invece si Ã© dimostrato abbastanza â¦durao ma di comprendonio, e certo se non ha voluto tenere in conto le indicazioni del Parlamento Europeo, non puÃ³ lamentarsi se il suo cammino Ã© diventato piuttosto ..barroso!


Bulls Beat Pacers for Third Straight Win

Eddy Curry had season highs with 23 points and 13 rebounds Saturday night and the Chicago Bulls beat the Indiana Pacers 85-71 for their first three-game winning streak in two years.


WASHINGTON: Abu Musa al-Hindi, one of the principle terror suspects charged with plotting to attack US financial institutions, has been identified as India-born Dhiren Barot. British police on Tuesday charged Barot, 32, of gathering surveillance plans of ...


Croatian war crime threat to Turkey's EU bid

Some EU members, including Britain and several Nordic countries, have reservations about initiating talks with Croatia because of its failure to hand over wanted war criminals.


Congress sent President Bush a $388 billion legislative package Tuesday that covers the spending of every federal agency but the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.


Drink Tea To Improve Memory And Beat Alzheimer's Disease

A nice cup of tea might just be what the doctor ordered to improve your memory and protect against Alzheimer's disease, according to new research.


Alain de Botton's 'The Architecture of Happiness' shows how buildings can be beautiful and work well.


Cyber Security Specialist Named to Lead In-Q-Tel

In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the CIA and other intelligence agencies, has hired an Intel Corp. manager with a background in cyber security as its new chief executive.


Hurricane Frances is the storm that took forever to get here. And then once it was here, it took forever to leave. The massive


Militants Threaten to Kill US, UK Hostages in Iraq

Insurgents threatened to kill two  Americans and a Briton unless the United States freed Iraqi  women prisoners, Al Jazeera said Saturday, and a suicide car  bomb killed 23 people outside Iraqi National Guard offices.


The results of studies released today show a new blood test holds promise for improving the treatment of advanced breast cancer.


Andre Agassi made short work of longtime friend Sargis Sargsian on Monday, winning 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 to advance to a quarterfinal meeting with top seed Roger Federer.


A disappointed Svetlana Kuznetsova barely looked up during her post-match news conference after she was sensationally dumped out of the Australian Open third round 6-3 6-4 on Saturday by Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska.


Awkward Encounters in the Hollywood Trenches

During a strike, itâs enemies by day and friends by night.


A mass grave in Germany yields 51 bodies believed to be victims of the Nazi "euthanasia" programme.


President Bush said Saturday his newly enacted changes in the nation's intelligence community will "improve America's ability to find, track and stop dangerous terrorists," while Democratic critics said the election-season moves fall short of what is needed.


Condoleezza Rice going into hospital for uterine surgery

Condoleezza Rice, nominated to be US secretary of state, will have surgery at a Washington hospital Friday, a spokesman said. Sean McCormack said Rice would remain overnight at the hospital and return to work the next day or so.


Rival Palestinian factions agree to restore calm

Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have agreed to restore calm in the Gaza Strip following a day of violence between gunmen from both groups, a Hamas official said on Sunday.


In Florida, Mystery Surrounds 8 Skeletons

MIAMI -- For almost six months, Fort Myers police have puzzled over the eight skeletons discovered in the spring in a forested wetland.


Aftershock: Brown rips team's lack of effort

ATHENS, Greece -- Larry Brown was despondent, the head of the US selection committee was defensive and an irritated Allen Iverson was hanging up on callers who asked what went wrong.


Yahoo appears close to implementing OpenID, a Web authentication standard that relieves people of the need to remember multiple passwords to log into different Web sites.


Illinois Helps Residents Import Prescription Drugs

Illinois residents will soon gain access to lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping US regulators' objections to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday.


Potter author says 'never say never' to Harry's return

A campaign launched Monday to extend the globally popular Harry Potter series received a boost after author J.K. Rowling declared "never say never" about writing another book.


Libyan, Italian leaders inaugurate gas pipeline

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and visiting Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday inaugurated a natural gas pipeline linking their countries beneaththe Mediterranean, news from Tripoli reported.


Countdown starts for Atlantis launch    WASHINGTON, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The launch countdown for the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis officially began at 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday (0100 GMT Wednesday), according to NASA TV.


American Standard will sell its kitchen, bath unit to Bain

American Standard Cos., the maker of Trane air conditioners, has agreed to sell its bath-and-kitchen unit for $1.76 billion to Bain Capital Partners LLC, a Boston private equity firm, as part of a plan to break up the company.


Usher waved to fans from the bow of a long silver and blue luxury yacht as he and other celebrities pulled up to the back of the AmericanAirlines arena in sleek boats.


Opera House Hints at 'Idomeneo' Reversal By DAVID McHUGH The building of the 'Deutsche Oper Berlin' photographed Tuesday morning, Sept.Comment


US Airways Group Inc. will seek a court injunction to prohibit a strike by disaffected unions that have threatened a walkout if a bankruptcy judge grants the airline's request to cancel their labor contracts.


Thousands of workers at seven of  Britain's busiest airports have voted to strike in a dispute  over pensions, their union said on Friday.


Pfizer finds heart attack risk with Celebrex, plans to continue to ...

Celebrex, the nation's leading painkiller, raises the risk of heart attack when taken at very high doses, the drug's maker said Friday in the latest blow to a class of powerful and widely touted drugs.


The top Palestinian security commander promises swift action to stop militant attacks against Israel.


All the major incidents as Northern Ireland take on Poland and the Irish Republic host Cyprus.


Feds thwart PGP and Hushmail with black bag job

Blog: A recent court case provides a rare glimpse into how federal agents deal with encryption: By breaking into a suspect's home or office, implanting keystroke logging software, and watching what happens from afar.


With news that the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has knocked back a Â£1.35bn offer from its German rival Deutsche Boerse, the ordinary shareholder may be wondering what lies ahead.


The White House predicted the economy would escape a recession and unemployment would remain low this year, though it acknowledged growth had already slowed.


Dow Chemical earnings fall, but beat expectations

Dow Chemical Co  on Tuesday reported a drop in quarterly profit that was not as steep as analysts had expected as growth overseas helped offset weak U.S. housing and auto markets and spiraling energy and raw material costs.


Arsenal was held to a 1-1 tie by struggling West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, failing to pick up a Premier League victory when Rob Earnshaw scored with 11 minutes left.


L'Inter frena la Juventus recupera due gol e pareggia

MILANO - Un altro pareggio dell'Inter, l'undicesimo e un'occasione perduta incredibilmente dalla Juventus, senza Del Piero. Anche stavolta i nerazzurri hanno saputo rimontare: da 0-2 a 2-2, grazie a Vieri


Sircana: verifica disponibilita' a riprendere confronto


European Central Bank plays a waiting game

FRANKFURT At the end of a year that has seen a tepid European economic recovery shaken by high oil prices and a strong currency, the European Central Bank is facing a dilemma for which the best solution may simply be to wait.


"Appleseed," a new animated science-fiction spectacle from Japan, has a plot that frolics in the no-man's land between fiendish complexity and utter incomprehensibility.


The Japanese car maker and three former executives plead not guilty to charges of covering up a truck defect in an official report.


Volunteers Cruise Past Aggies for Cotton Bowl Victory

DALLAS (Sports Network) - Rick Clausen completed 18-of-27  passes for 222 yards with three scores, while Cedric Houston  and Gerald Riggs each ran for a touchdown, as No. 15 Tennessee  routed 22nd-ranked Texas A&M, 38-7, in the 69th annual Cotton  Bowl.


"I was a weird kid," says Brad Garrett, then adds, in a tone of rueful satisfaction, "It's easier to be a weird adult."


Even though patients are waiting longer for a kidney transplant, those who do get one live longer than those who remain on dialysis, according to data presented last


San Francisco's Green Festival is a cornucopia of environmentally conscious products and services, displaying everything from a corn-based disposable printer to hemp bars. Daniel Terdiman reports from San Francisco.


Serbs mark Kosovo battle under threat of secession

GRACANICA, Serbia  - Serbs in Kosovo on Thursday marked an epic medieval battle central to their claim to the province, testing the patience of the Albanian majority already angry at delays to its demand for independence.


Driver's license bill roils a melting pot

In California, illegal immigrants and US citizens alike debate tighter ID requirements.


The Montreal Expos have received legal notice from Major League Baseball that the team will move Nov. 30, TQS television reported yesterday.


Foul after foul, free throw after free throw, the San Antonio Spurs won Game 4 of the Western Conference finals the hard way.


Aboriginal group to retrieve remains from Sweden

An Aboriginal delegation will travel to Sweden this month to repatriate ancestral remains, that were taken from Australia by a Swedish explorer in the early 1900's. The retrieval team includes representatives ...


Flight Attendants Union Head Urges Strike

The president of the Association of Flight Attendants on Tuesday urged union leaders to authorize a nationwide strike and railed against US airlines for slashing flight attendants' pay and benefits.


Two Girls Accused of Serving Poisoned Cake

Two seventh-grade girls were arrested on charges that they served poisoned cake at their middle school cafeteria to about a dozen students who became ill and had to be taken to the hospital.


Israel Kills Top Hamas Militant Ahead of Gaza Vote

Israel killed a top Hamas commander in the  Gaza Strip and the Palestinian militant group vowed on Friday  to hit back hard, setting the scene for a key Israeli  parliamentary vote next week to quit the occupied territory.


HBoS quits Abbey race and clears the way for Santander

Banking group HBoS yesterday dropped out of contention to buy its historic rival Abbey National, leaving the way clear for the Â£8.


SocGen reels from record $7 billion rogue trader fraud

The biggest rogue trader scandal in history hit Societe Generale on Thursday as the French bank accused a junior employee of a fraud costing $7 billion.


Workers at a General Motors' plant in Germany vote to end a strike over job cuts which has hit production elsewhere.


U.S. Air Strike Kills One Iraqi in Falluja

U.S. warplanes launched air strikes in Falluja for the fourth straight day on Friday, attacking an area in the southeast of the rebel-held city and killing at least one Iraqi, witnesses and doctors said.


Ventana Medical Systems said Rocheâs hostile $3 billion takeover offer undervalues the diagnostics company and its prospects in the fast-growing cancer-testing market.


Apple celebrated yesterday when it announced that they have sold now more than 150 million songs via their iTunes Music Store. Despite some reports that overall traffic to online music stores has dropped, Apple's


South African cricket played a key role in behind-the-scenes negotiations to save the England tour of Zimbabwe. The tour went ahead this week when the Zimbabwean government allowed the entire media contingent


Nucleare: Bersani, ok nuova generazione; Pecoraro, no scorie


Toshiba said it will buy large liquid crystal displays from Sharp as part of an alliance likely to help spark a realignment of the flat panel TV industry.


Insurers could face their biggest-ever hurricane damages bill following a spate of storms in the Caribbean, an industry body says.


Hardliners Triumph in Saudi Local Elections

A baby step towards democracy, but liberal reformers lose


Pregnant soldier faces Abu Ghraib court-martial

The commander of the 18th Airborne Corps on Monday referred Pfc. Lynndie England to trial by general court-martial, the corps announced.


Three ex-bosses of Mitsubishi have been cleared for a fatal accident said to be caused by design faults being hid.


BAGHDAD, Sept. 19 -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki promised Wednesday that American security contractors would be held accountable for opening fire on Iraqis in downtown Baghdad last weekend.


The Phoenix Coyotes are not on shaky financial footing, team chairman Steve Ellman said Thursday.


A tax rise on alcohol to help tackle binge drinking is among proposals put forward by a Tory policy group.


In the investing world, there may be no question more basic than this: "What's a stock?"


Fragment of flag from Lord Nelson's ship sells at auction

LONDON  - A torn piece of the flag that flew on Lord Nelson's ship, the Victory, sold at auction for $86,600 US on Tuesday.


Plugged into the tubes and puffing ventilators of a life-support machine far from home, his vitality draining away, this was not the end that Yasser Arafat saw for himself.


More than 500 nurses and other public health care workers at the Alameda County Medical Center didn't report to work Monday to protest plans to cut up to 200 jobs and what union leaders allege are unfair labor practices.


In New Hampshire, Bill Clinton Is Finding Less Spark

Campaigning for his wife, Bill Clinton has been drawing sleepy crowds in the state that revived his 1992 presidential bid.


SPAM has been one of the major turn offs for most web users. Checking emails have become a hassle when you cannot be sure the mail you received is from the actual sender!


Trolling the Campuses for Swing-State Votes

A group of writers, including Anthony Swofford, Jim Shepard and Dave Eggers, are rolling out on a caravan to mobilize college voters in Ohio.


Hain resigns from cabinet over donations row

Peter Hain to resign as work and pensions secretary after donations are referred to police


Catania, 14:52 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA DENUNCIA AGGRESSIONE A STADIO CATANIA

Prepartita movimentato a Catania prima della sfida tra gli etnei e la Sampdoria. Il club ligure ha a...


Well: Germ Fighters May Lead to Hardier Germs

Old-fashioned hygiene is advised in the war on drug-resistant staph.


Senate Approves Measure to Curb Big Class Actions

The measure would prohibit state courts from hearing many kinds of cases they now consider, transferring them to federal courts.


EUROPA/REP.CECA - Costruiamo insieme il Âponte missionario della preghieraÂ: lÂiniziativa delle Pontificie Opere Missionarie della Repubblica Ceca per la Giornata Missionaria 2006 Praga (Agenzia Fides) - Esattamente 80 anni fa il Santo Padre Pio XI istituÃ¬, dietro richiesta del Consiglio superiore generale della Pontificia Opera della Propagazione della Fede riunito per lÂAssemblea plenaria, la Giornata Missionaria Mondiale, d...


Swiss Voters Accept Stem Cell Research Law

GENEVA - Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a law allowing stem cell research Sunday, rejecting a hard-line campaign that compared researchers to the Nazis' "angel of death," Dr.


Japan Hasn't Confirmed Report of Asian Body in Iraq

Japan hasn't confirmed a news report that a body, believed to be that of an Asian male, was found in Iraq, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told reporters in Tokyo.


Evidence in Hollywood Wiretapping Case Is Questioned

Lawyers for defendants in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping case argued that evidence seized from the Hollywood private detectiveâs offices had been improperly obtained.


Prerecorded Theater Music Plan Protested

Following in the footsteps of their Broadway counterparts, Orange County musicians are protesting the move to prerecorded music as a means of cutting costs.


Two video games developed with director Steven Spielberg are set to be shown off at the E3 conference.


Coppa Davis: Italia-Polonia 2-0 dopo la prima giornata

LIVORNO - L'Italia ha chiuso sul 2-0 a proprio favolre la prima giornata dello spareggio di Coppa Davis per l'accesso alla serie B contro la Polonia in corso a Livorno. Dopo il facile successo di Filippo Volandri


Benitez can breathe again after Liverpool late show

Rafa Benitez's Liverpool reign may not be over just yet after late goals from Dirk Kuyt and Steven Gerrard clinched a 2-0 win over 10-man Inter Milan in Tuesday's Champions League last 16 first leg.


Lifeguards 'Out in Full Force' on Holiday Weekend

By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  May 26--Visitors unfamiliar with the often-dangerous waters of the Gulf of Mexico should really use caution before going into the water this holiday weekend.


Palestinian PM urges quicker pace in peace talks

Israel and the Palestinians need to pick up the pace of peace negotiations if they hope to reach a deal this year, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said on Tuesday.


China fans give Zhang Ziyi earful over lip synch

BEIJING (Reuters Life!) - China rang in its new year with howls of public outrage when film star Zhang Ziyi was accused of lip-synching her way through a gala holiday performance.


Google to buy YouTube for $1.6bn - reports

Goo Goo Ga-Tube Google is close to buying YouTube for $1.6bn, according to reports. Props for the scoop, if the talks pan out, go to TechCrunch, the Red Herring of the Web 2.0 Generation, which today reported this "completely Unsubstantiated Google/YouTube Rumor". The WSJ today also says that Google and YouTube are negotiating and mention $1.6bn as the price. But this could merely mean that the two publications have the same source.â¦


Baghdad - The singer once known as Cat Stevens appealed Sunday to militants threatening to kill a British hostage in Iraq to release him immediately.


Disappointing holiday news hurts retail shares

Shares in a range of area retailers dipped Monday on disappointing Thanksgiving sales data from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. In addition, ShopperTrak, which tallies sales results from 30,000 stores nationwide, said


Wood tries to keep Cubs in wild-card race

PITTSBURGH - The Chicago Cubs continue their drive toward the postseason when they open a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday.


Appeals Court Rules VoIP Can't Be Regulated

The efforts of VoIP providers to keep individual states from regulating their services received another boost Tuesday, when an appeals court agreed with a lower court decision that ruled VoIP


Crude oil crosses the $47 per barrel mark

NEW YORK, August 18 (New Ratings)  Crude oil prices reached new record high levels today, following the US Energy Department report regarding the expanded operations by the US refineries and increased gasoline demand for this year.


Member of Historic Basketball Team Killed

A homeless man who played a pivotal role in the biggest upset in college basketball history was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds two days after being accused of sexual assault, officials said Tuesday.


Details are emerging daily about Britons killed, or missing presumed dead, as a result of the Indian Ocean tsunami.


Leader Udc, 'Berlusconi ha scelto di cacciare i centristi'


Skandia's 2004 Annual General Meeting resolved that the nominating committee shall consist of five members as follows.


W.House: Not U.S. policy to threaten Pakistan

The White House said on Friday it   was not U.S. policy to threaten Pakistan after the September 11   attacks despite Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's   complaint that Washington warned it would bomb his country.


Charles Clarke tried to call a truce in his extraordinary royal row as the Prince of Wales made an unprecedented protocol breach to defend his "old fashioned" views.


Attorneys general in Connecticut and Texas have filed suit against ASAP Meds Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for flu-vaccine price gouging.


Fra obiettivi comunicazione elettronica e carta dei servizi


RCM Technologies, Inc. Announces Conference Call

PENNSAUKEN, N.J., Feb. 23, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- RCM Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:RCMT) will hold a conference call on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time to discuss the financial results for the three months and year ended December 30, 2006.


La rilascera' mercoledÃ¬ sera, dopo aver lasciato il carcere


I suppose another book on Daniel O'Donnell was inevitable but few will have been prepared for the wonderful pictures and personal touches that run through 'My Pictures and Places'. Commissioned by Virgin Books ...


LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- PeopleSoft's revision this week to its customer rebate program has brought it much closer to meeting Oracle's concerns that the measure represents an unacceptable obstacle to its bid for its rival, a judge reportedly said Friday.


Return of the Rotund Guy (No, Not Santa)

The screen version of the animated television series "Fat Albert" opens with a glint of promise. From there, the movie, alas, just lies down and dies.


Jackson tells of wanting to trade Bryant

Phil Jackson called his relationship with Kobe Bryant at times a "psychological war" and sought to trade his star guard in January, according to a diary of the former Lakers coach.


No deal on dollar as US shrugs off European pressure

Europe and Japan failed yesterday to persuade the United States to address the decline in the dollar, despite talks at a fractious meeting of the Group of 20 industrialised and developing nations.


DEVELOPMENT-EU:    Trade Presented as the Best Way

THE HAGUE, Sep 28  (IPS) - The EU should introduce fair trade rules as the  best way to promote development,  experts said at a conference  here Tuesday.


Police Charge 5 Pacers, Fans for NBA Brawl in Detroit

Five Indiana Pacers players, including Ron Artest and Jermaine O'Neal, and five fans were charged with misdemeanor assault for fighting during a National Basketball Association game in suburban Detroit last month.


In less than a week, Iraq could be John Kerry's war. If the Democrats win on Nov. 2, the president-elect must immediately focus on what a US military withdrawal from Iraq would mean for the Middle East and for the United States.


Madrid, 19:34 - CALCIO, SPAGNA RIBADISCE FIDUCIA AD ARAGONES

La Federcalcio spagnola ha ribadito la piena fiducia in Luis Aragones, il ct finito nel mirino della...


St. Paul, Minn. - The woman who gave what she says are flu shots at Augsburg College in Minneapolis says the shots were genuine and safe.


A "barcode" gene that can be used to distinguish between plant species has been identified.


Gov. Bush Loses Appeal in Fla. Right-To-Die Case

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a  setback on Monday to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's efforts to keep a  severely brain-damaged woman on life support despite the wishes  of her husband.


President Bush meets with Iraqi interim President Ghazi al-Yawar, Monday, Dec. 6, 2004, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.


Idols Chopped Up by Taliban Back at Kabul Museum

KABUL, Afghanistan  - A collection of pre-Islamic  wooden idols chopped up by the Taliban in 2001 in their drive  for a pure Muslim state is back on display in Afghanistan after  painstaking repair in a project financed by the Austrian  government.


Shaq to make Suns debut against former team Lakers

Shaquille O'Neal will make his much-anticipated debut for the Phoenix Suns against his old team, the Los Angeles Lakers, in Phoenix on Wednesday.


Toddler who died may have eaten tainted spinach

A 2-year-old Idaho boy's death could be linked to the nationwide outbreak of spinach contaminated with E. coli bacteria, a state health official said. Kyle Allgood became sick September 15 after friends said his mother had blended spinach into a smoothie for him.


Ricerca, 23 impieghi per ogni milione investito


US, Iraqis storm city controlled by rebels

BAGHDAD -- American and Iraqi forces seized control of key sections of the northern city of Samarra yesterday, killing about 100 insurgents and capturing 37 in fierce street-to-street combat, an Iraqi minister and the US military said.


Narasimha Rao, India's ninth prime minister, who oversaw the country's first wave of economic liberalisation in 1991, died yesterday, aged 83, after suffering a heart attack a fortnight ago.


Dot Earth Blog: Dot Earth: A Green Global Transportation System

In a world headed toward billion-car gridlock, here's one vision of a green global transportation system.


Londra, 15:13 - CALCIO, GB: SQUALIFICATO GIOCATORE POSITIVO ALLA COCAINA

Nuovo caso di giocatore positivo per cocaina nella Premier League inglese. L'agenzia britannica anti...


Roma, 22:59 - VOLLEY, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: VINCE TREVISO, KO MACERATA E CUNEO

Nell'ultimo incontro della prima fase di Champions League, la Sisley Treviso ha battuto il Paris Vol...


VENICE, Italy - Robert De Niro dismissed accusations that his Mafia roles have smeared the image of Italian-Americans, arguing that he plays realistic characters including many who could not be construed as stereotypes.    De Niro's defense Friday came after the Order Sons of Italy in America, a fraternal organization of Americans of Italian heritage, wrote a letter to the Italian government, urging it to cancel its plan to award the actor honorary citizenship...


Madrid, 12:16 - CALCIO, REAL MADRID: CONTRATTO VITALIZIO PER RAUL

Il Real Madrid blinda il proprio capitano Raul. Il club iberico infatti offrirà al giocatore ...


Richardson wants to overhaul Patriot Act

Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson told a group of trial lawyers Sunday that his Justice Department would be free of White House influence when it prosecutes cases.


The World Health Organization confirmed on Thursday the first cholera case in Baghdad since 2003, raising fears the disease is spreading from the north of the country where it has struck more than 1,000 people


Roma, 11:17 - CALCIO, DINAMO KIEV CONTINUA PRESSING SU HOULLIER

La Dinamo Kiev continua ad inseguire GÃ©rard Houllier. Il club ucraino avrebbe presentato una maxi of...


Update 12: Putin Defends Yukos Oil Assets Purchase

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday strongly defended the purchase of Yukos oil assets by a state-owned company, saying the state was protecting its interests in moving to get control of the one of the biggest production facilities in Russia.


UK Decides on US Request to Redeploy Iraq Troops

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's cabinet made a decision on a US request to deploy British troops in Iraq into an area controlled by American forces.


Arecibo Radio Telescope Is Back in Business After 6-Month Spruce-Up

After a fresh coat of paint, the most sensitive radio telescope on the planet should be good for 30 or 40 more years.


During a weeklong period in mid-November, security experts with Symantec observed roughly 65,000 new applications being downloaded onto the computers of customers participating in a new research project -- based on their analysis of the software, as many as 60 percent of the programs were malicious.The involved timeframe represented a relative high point for the percentage of unknown applications being downloaded by Symantec's project participants, and the basis for the company's assessment of the programs as malicious was predicated largely on the programs' use of obfuscated naming conventions.However, the numbers point to a disturbing trend that the researchers say may force the security company to change its fundamental approach for warding off threats -- that being that the number of malicious applications coming to life on the Web appears to be outpacing the volume of legitimate programs.With malware authors using fuzzing tools to find holes in popular applications such as Web browsers, and testing their work against commercial anti-virus (AV) products to ensure that the attacks evade detection by the tools, leading researchers at Symantec admit that defending against threats using traditional methods has become something of a losing battle."The reality is that most new malware is going undetected by commercial security products, and not just Symantec's, but we have to recognize that like all other AV products we are probably missing a sizeable amount of this malware," said Carey Nachenberg, a member of the company's Security Response team who also wears the title of Symantec Fellow."Eventually we write [virus] signatures and get those out to customers, but it appears that a sizeable proportion of this malware never gets detected," he said. "Instead of distributing one copy of each malware program to thousands of people, they're producing a copy for as few as two or three people and then re-writing it; so, if we get one version we can remove it from a few computers, but not all the variants. The problem with this is that there is the potential over time for almost everyone to have some form of infestation, maybe in only a few years time."The trend toward malware authors using small runs of attacks to evade detection and hook as many victims as possible, known as server-side polymorphism, is forcing Symantec to reassess how it goes about protecting its users.Since it can't hope to keep up with every flavor of threat that is being created, traditional countermeasures such as the use of malware signatures or behavioral heuristics will need to be augmented with new tactics, Nachenberg said.One such alternative is the use of the same distributed data collection capabilities that Symantec is using to track the proliferation of malware. By creating a system of file and Web site reputation by studying applications usage patterns among its customers, the researcher said, Symantec hopes to use a community approach to help people determine which programs they decide to use, or avoid.Much as many people turn to the reviews section on Amazon.com or the buyer feedback system on eBay to get a real-world take on products before they decide to buy, Nachenberg contends that by watching how people are using various applications the security vendor can use a process of elimination for weeding out malware from legitimate software.If only a few people among the millions of Symantec customers who could contribute usage data to such a program were utilizing some application in question, it would be prudent to recommend that people avoid the program until its nature has been better determined, he said.Using opt-out tools that provide anonymous feedback on applications that were built into Symantec's existing Norton AntiVirus and Internet Security 2008 products, the company is already gathering the type of data necessary to create such a system of recommendation."Right now this is just a long-term research project, but we hope that as we get more users involved in the system, we can truly get a better idea of what is on people's computers so that we can identify malicious software based on the demographics of who is using it, versus what it does," Nachenberg said. "We're hoping to get more clarity through the large base of users we have; by collecting this data we should be able to get the most comprehensive view of the usage patterns to derive reputation information for everything they use."Faced with questions over potential privacy issues driven by Symantec's ability to watch just who is using what applications and how, the researcher reiterated that users must be made aware of the data collection, allowed to opt-out, and guaranteed that all the information aggregation is done in an anonymous fashion.By offering users the ability to decide whether or not to use an application based on demographics, versus simply blocking programs based on its own observations, the company will also give people more freedom to determine what tools they feel are appropriate to use, he said."If we know that only five people are using a program, given the tens of millions of users we ultimately hope to have in the system, we can be totally objective and recommend that people wait until it is scrutinized further before using it," the researcher said. "We will need to have some manual process for white-listing programs as well, but we think that using this approach we can deliver a reasonable amount of quality with a low false positive rate."If the volume of new malware strains arriving on the Web continues to outpace the proliferation of legitimate programs, Nachenberg said that AV vendors including Symantec may need to move to a white-listing approach in general, and focus more attention on identifying good applications instead of trying to chase down all the bad."If there is less software to analyze that is good, it makes more sense to spend our time scanning for good programs and simply telling our users to avoid everything else," he said. "We're considering models where we can produce the world's largest up-to-date white list of software, but it's not something we can put together in a year; maybe in two-to-three years time."


John Prescott has not broken anti-corruption laws following his stay with a US tycoon, Scotland Yard says.


Powell hails new chance for Mideast peace

US Secretary of State Colin Powell says there is a new opportunity for peace, following Yasser Arafat's death, but says Palestinians and Israelis must follow the "road map.


The salon where Britney Spears shaved her hair off is seeking bids of more than $1m for the singer's locks.


Modern Love: The House of No Personal Pronouns

As my boyfriend and his wife await divorce, four of us share one roof.


Call it a Dream a Little Dream come true for fans of 1980s   teen cinema. Or connoisseurs of 21st century celebrity curios.


The Maloof brothers have ventured into professional sports and gambled on Las Vegas. They now hope to have success in Hollywood.


Pleasant Smell May Reduce Apnea in Preemies

Premature newborns have a heightened risk of sleep apnea -- brief periods when they stop breathing -- but pumping a pleasant odor into their incubators seems to reduce the frequency of such spells, a study from France suggests.


Big Tobacco Tried to Blur Cancer Link : Scientists

Tobacco companies tried to cast doubt on  the link between smoking and cancer by funding projects that  challenged the findings of a landmark study, scientists said on  Friday.


All'after hours di New York il greggio e' a 71,31 dollari


RIO DE JANEIRO, OCTOBER 10: Argentina and Brazil scored crushing victories in Saturdayâs World Cup qualifiers, the former beating Uruguay 4-2 in Buenos Aires and latter romping home 5-2 in Venezuela.


Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora  accuses the leader of the Hezbollah militant movement of plotting a coup.


Arts & entertainment: Jonathan Jones ponders the meaning of  Marcel Duchamp's Fountain


Google to Host Terabytes of Open-Source Scientific Data

Google is planning to launch a new product that will allow researchers to store open-source datasets for free, allowing anyone with an internet connection access to terabytes of scientific data.


Finding Neverland, the story of Peter Pan author JM Barrie starring Johnny Depp, was named best film of the year by the National Board of Review Wednesday.


Ferrara, 14:36 - CALCIO, SERIE C2: SPAL-PAGANESE ANTICIPATA A SABATO

Spal-Paganese, match valido per i playoff di serie C/2, verrà anticipato a sabato, alle ore 1...


The Fifth Down Blog: Eli Manning to Start

Giants quarterback Eli Manning will start today’s game against the Packers. Manning, a week after sustaining a sprained shoulder against the Cowboys, threw the ball with some velocity during pre-game warm-ups. It was apparently enough to give Manning and the Giants enough confidence that he can make all the necessary throws and not be at [...].


Downing Street denies that an e-mail about the cash-for-honours affair was leaked to the BBC by its staff.


The true story of RamÃ³n Sampedro, a quadriplegic activist fighting for the right to die, struggles to transcend the disease-of-the-week genre to which it belongs.


JERUSALEM Oct. 6, 2004 - A top adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in a published interview Wednesday that Israel's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is meant to delay the establishment of a


Arrest raises concerns on vulnerability of children

BATAPOLA, Sri Lanka -- Police have arrested a 63-year-old Sri Lankan man on charges of trying to sell his two young granddaughters after their home was destroyed and their mother killed by the Asian tsunami -- a case that highlights the vulnerability of children following the disaster.


Karzai attack underlines Afghan election fears

Thousands of kilometers away in Afghanistan itself, security experts, independent analysts and candidates are equally amazed that the polls will go ahead on October 9, in spite of insecurity and few guarantees that the vote will be free and fair.


California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi filed a lawsuit Thursday against brokerage Universal Life Resources and a number of major insurance companies as part of an effort "to break up a national industry-wide pattern of kickbacks and hidden fees


Clinton Library Officials Defensive on Impeachment

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.  - A day before the Clinton  presidential library opens, officials were on the defensive on  Wednesday about an impeachment exhibit that some have described  as tilted in favor of the former president.


Three goals in the first six minutes hands Man Utd victory over Reading in a remarkable FA Cup fifth-round replay.


AMD has wider loss due to charge on ATI purchase

Advanced Micro Devices , the world's second-largest maker of computer microprocessors, posted a wider quarterly net loss on Thursday due to a $1.68 billion charge related to its purchase of graphics chipmaker ATI.


No fast track renewal ominous signal for Doha: Lamy

WTO chief Pascal Lamy warned on Tuesday that failure to renew the White House's trade negotiating authority would signal the United States has lost faith in world trade talks.


Rivals cry foul as Georgia leader heads for win

Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili was heading for a landslide presidential election victory, early results showed on Sunday, but the opposition said the vote was rigged and vowed street protests.


The worm may have turned for Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL). After years -- decades really -- of instigating, exacerbating, or at least cheering every regulatory swipe at


: Crude futures fell again today, extending a decline over the past two weeks on the belief that rising US oil supplies will meet demand for the Northern Hemisphere winter.


Clutching American flags and signs that read "America was formed by immigrants," more than 300 protesters on Saturday denounced a city proposal that would prohibit landlords from leasing to illegal immigrants.


NASA delayed a test of its X-43 unmanned aircraft after its preflight checkout took longer than expected and pushed the takeoff bck until too late in the day.


From the pages of The Times, holiday gift suggestions from CDs to books to mail-order eats and more.


Uefa is investigating Real Madrid over racist chanting after Tuesday's Champions League clash with Bayer Leverkusen. Video footage from the match, which finished 1-1, appeared to show Real fans making Nazi


AFRICA/SUDAN - Incertezza sui negoziati per il Darfur dopo che sei gruppi ribelli hanno annunciato di non volervi partecipare Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- Situazione incerta in Sudan alla vigilia dei colloqui tra il governo di Khartoum e i ribelli del Darfur, che si terranno il 27 ottobre in Libia, sotto lÂegida delle Nazioni Unite e dellÂUnione Africana. Sei gruppi di ribelli...


Visto settles e-mail suit with Seven Networks

Blog: One of the many companies defending itself against a patent lawsuit filed by Visto has settled for an undisclosed amount.


Intel to Join in a Project to Extend Wireless Use

In an effort to create a global wireless alternative to cable and telephone Internet service, Intel said on Monday that it would collaborate with Clearwire, a wireless


Police stopped Egyptians voting on Monday in areas where the opposition Muslim Brotherhood is strong, in the first elections under an amended constitution designed to push the Islamists out of politics.


French court convicts group of plotting Christmas market bomb

A French court sentenced 10 people to prison terms of up to 10 years for taking part in a conspiracy to blow up a Christmas market in the eastern city of Strasbourg.


Still plenty, way too many, good seats available for Bonds

On a balmy September summer evening at Miller Park, Barry Bonds, arguably the best player there ever was, had a chance to go where only two men in baseball history had gone before.


Politically charged phrase disappearing as firms cook up new terms to describe sending work to cheaper labor markets.


U.S. Says Encouraged by China's Fx Stance

China understands the need for it to  move toward a system of flexible currency exchange rates and  has indicated it is doing so but without specifying a  timetable, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Friday.


The Washington Redskins will not raise general admission ticket prices for the 2007 season, the team announced yesterday.


Microsoft has released the June Community Technology Preview of Windows Server 2008, which serves as an interim release between Beta 3 and Release Candidate 1. The company says Beta 3 has already been downloaded over 200,000 times in the two months since its release.


For Kobe Bryant, David Stern and Tim Donaghy the off-season was endless. For Michael Grunwald, it foretells an even crazier regular season. Read his 10 Storylines to Watch


With public attention focused elsewhere, the Bush administration is letting Middle East peace hopes disappear. Israelis rightly complain that peace requires a partner, a role that Yasser Arafat has been pathetically incapable of filling so far.


JAMMU, IHK : Nov 19 (SADA) - In occupied Kashmir, security apparatus has been further beefed up in the winter capital Jammu with additional deployment of police and para military personnel ahead of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's arrival here


VIRGINIA TECH (5-2) vs. GEORGIA TECH (4-2) When and where: Tonight, 7:30, at Atlanta. TV: ESPN. Last meeting: Georgia Tech won, 6-3, in 1990. AP ranking: Virginia Tech is No. 22. At a glance: The Hokies will try to win their fourth straight game and second consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference contest when they take on the Yellow Jackets. Georgia Tech ...


Madrid, 17:08 - CALCIO, CAPELLO: NESSUN RIFIUTO DA PARTE DI EMERSON

Secondo l'allenatore del Real Madric, Fabio Capello, Emerson non si è rifiutato di entrare in...


20-20 Technologies to Hold Conference Call for Second Quarter of 2007 Fiscal Year

20-20 Technologies Inc. (TSX: TWT) today announced it will hold a conference call to discuss second quarter results for the 2007 fiscal year on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at 5 p.m. (ET).


The Nikkei share average was down 1  percent in early trading on Friday, with investors taking their  cue from the Dow Jones industrial average, which fell to its  lowest close in five weeks on concern about high oil prices.


Russia indicates could oppose U.N. Kosovo plan

Russia on Friday gave its strongest  indication yet that it will oppose a proposal by a U.N. envoy  to set the breakaway Serb province of Kosovo on a path to  independence.


Making Search Accessible to Visually Impaired Users

Until recently, the needs of visually impaired users wasn't a top priority for search engines. That's changed, but there are still issues that need to be resolved, according to people with vision challenges.


Taiwan vows to continue fight to join UN despite 12th failed bid

TAIPEI: Taiwan vowed to continue its fight to join the United Nations despite its 12th consecutive failure to gain a seat due to opposition from rival China.


AMD introduces Opteron chips that use less power

(InfoWorld) - Advanced Micro DevicesÂ (AMD) on Wednesday announced three dual-core additions to its Opteron processor lineup that use less power than standard versions of the chip. At the same time, the company added more dual-core Opteron chips to the high end of the line. Power consumption has become increasingly important in recent years, as companies look to wring the most computing performance from the power they consume, and reduce the heat generated by denser blade servers. The Opteron 1218 HE, 2218 HE and 8218 HE are 2.6GHz chips designed to require a maximum 68 watts of power, compared to 95 watts for the standard versions of the chips. The other new additions to the Opteron line, the 2220 and 8220, are 2.8GHz chips that designed for high-end servers and workstations and consume a maximum 95 watts of power, AMD said. All of the new chips are manufactured using a 90-nanometer production process and have 2MB of on-chip cache, according to AMD's Web site. The 1218 HE is priced at $432 in 1,000-unit quantities, a standard quotation method for processor sales. The 2218 HE and 8218 HE chips are priced at $611 and $1,340, respectively, in the same quantities. The 2220 and 8220 are priced at $698 and $1,514. AMD said server manufacturers such as Dell, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM, will offer systems based on the new chips. Details of these servers were not immediately available.


U.S., Iraqi troops hunt for Britons; militia blamed

U.S. and Iraqi soldiers searched Baghdad's Sadr City slum on Wednesday for five kidnapped Britons who Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said had probably been seized by a Shi'ite Muslim militia.


Madrid, 16:05 - CALCIO, REAL MADRID: RAUL E CASILLAS A VITA

Raul e Iker Casillas nel Real Madrid a vita. I due giocatori infatti hanno prolungato i loro contrat...


A U.S. Air Force major who went missing for three days arrived at a U.S. military hospital in Germany on Sunday, and a senior Kyrgyz police official said her departure "strongly complicates" the probe into her disappearance.


Dollar Off, But Climbs vs Canadian Dollar

The dollar edged lower on Tuesday,  although it rose against the Canadian dollar after Canada's  central bank signaled its strong currency would eventually  affect domestic demand and prevent rate hikes.


Bush Says Kerry Doesn't Understand Terror War

MASON CITY, Iowa  - President Bush charged on  Wednesday that Democrat John Kerry has a "fundamental  misunderstanding" of the war on terrorism because a leader in  the Iraqi insurgency, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has sworn  allegiance to Osama bin Laden.


Walt Disney Co. on Friday said it would cut jobs in its animation unit as the media company sought to be flexible in timing of its films.


Somali Islamists give Ethiopians week to exit

Somalia's Islamist movement threatened on Tuesday to wage war on more than 30,000 Ethiopian troops it said were in the Horn of Africa nation unless they left within seven days.


Former "Lost" star Michelle Rodriguez has found her way out of jail.


Media & professional: Footballer Steven Gerrard accepts libel damages from publisher of free weekly magazine.


VimpelCom Gets $157 Million Tax Claim; Stock Plunges

AO VimpelCom, Russia's second-largest mobile-phone company by subscribers, said it received a claim of 4.4 billion rubles ($157 million) for back taxes, penalties and fines from 2001.


Kenyan Rivals Agree on Measures to End Post-Election Violence

NAIROBI, Feb. 1 -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga agreed Friday on a plan to end weeks of post-election violence that has brought this East African country to the edge of disaster.


Esce il 29 settembre '...Le band si sciolgono'


The Cinequest Film Festival showcases the best way to use media technology to distribute movies.


ACCUSED Australian Taliban fighter David Hicks was charged with war crimes by a US military tribunal today after meeting his father for the first time in five years.


'Difendere impianto dell'accordo per impedire peggioramento'


Alla Chiesa di Sant'Agostino al Teatro della Tosse di Genova


NEW YORK, Nov. 28 -- The U.S. dollar fell to a 20-month low against the euro Tuesday, the latest development in a year-long currency readjustment that could make some imported goods more expensive, but could also help American workers by boosting exports.


Kidnappers threaten to kill Chinese engineers

PESHAWAR, Pakistan  - Militants holding two Chinese engineers in a rugged tribal area near the Afghan border have threatened to kill them unless Pakistan releases Al-Qaeda detainees, a security official said.


Dosbox is a full x86 emulator. It is written in C/C++ and supports sound and   dos. Main purpose of Dosbox is running old dos games on platforms which   don't have dos (i.e. win2k/XP/FreeBSD/Linux)    There were a lot of changes since the last version and here is a short list of the larger changes:   - Faster dynamic core for certain games. - Improve the cycle guessing code and make it default! - Foreign keyboard layout support   For more information visit: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net


Al-Zarqawi group claims responsibility for bloody Baghdad attacks

The network of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has claimed responsibility for bloody attacks in Baghdad on Thursday, according to a statement posted on a militant Web site.


A German computer security firm has defended its decision to hire the self-confessed teenage author of the Sasser and Netsky worms.


Maratona tv in onda su reti Rai il 14, 15 e 16 dicembre


Time and again, a North Carolina State player turned down an open shot, choosing instead to pass the ball to an open teammate. "I'm just really proud of them, because they did it the right way," Wolfpack coach Herb Sendek said.


Clinton insists momentum shifting to her in Iowa

Democratic presidential  hopeful Hillary Clinton insisted on Tuesday the momentum is  shifting to her in Iowa and rival Barack Obama fought back  against Clinton's claims that he lacks experience.


A retinal implant that could help restore the sight of millions of blind people could be available in two years.


PHILADELPHIA-November 28, 2004 - Divers found a six-foot gash in a cargo tank on the Greek-owned tanker that leaked 30,000 of crude oil into the Delaware River, spokesmen for the Coast Guard and the vessel's owner said Sunday.


Powell Scraps Plan to Attend Olympics Ceremony

Secretary of State Colin Powell abruptly  canceled plans to attend the Olympics closing ceremony in  Athens on Sunday, a visit which had triggered angry protests  from anti-war groups.


FIFA Announces New Dates for Kenya's Qualifying Matches

The International Football Federation has announced new dates for Kenya's three qualifying matches for the 2006 World Cup tournament in Germany.


There's a fake security alert targeting users of Red Hat's Fedora distribution, the company warned in an advisory. The Linux distributor posted a note on its security updates page to caution users against downloading security updates received via e-mail.


Cable Company Rolls Out on-Demand Advertising

By Schoettle, Anthony  People don't typically pay for on-demand cable so that they can look at advertisements, but Comcast thinks they will. It's trying to turn an old axiom-that people avoid advertising like the plague-on its ear.


Former Smithsonian secretary Lawrence M. Small took nearly 10 weeks of vacation a year during seven years running the vast museum complex and was absent from his job 550 workdays while earning $5.7 million on outside work, according to an independent commission report to be released today.


Roma, 22:16 - CALCIO, ROMA: TOTTI IN DUBBIO PER IL DERBY

Francesco Totti è ancora in dubbio per il derby di domenica con la Lazio. Il capitano della R...


Cheney criticizes China military buildup

Vice President Dick Cheney said Friday that China's recent anti-satellite weapons test and a rapid military buildup were "not consistent" with its stated aim of a peaceful rise as a global power.


'I bancomat devono indicare i costi aggiunti'