Customer relationship management software provider Siebel Systems Inc. said Monday that it expects third-quarter revenue to range between $315 million and $317 million, above analyst consensus estimates of $306.


SBC Gives Microsoft $400 Mln Internet TV Deal

SBC Communications  will pay Microsoft Corp.  at least $400 million over 10 years for technology to help SBC sell video services over its upgraded broadband lines, the companies said Wednesday.


The BBC's Everywoman programme examines new laws to curb domestic violence in Spain.


A union with ties to Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton failed in court Thursday to prevent casino workers from caucusing at special precincts in Nevada.


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


WASHINGTON - Un rapporto della Cia, i servizi segreti americani, non ha trovato nessuna prova definitiva che l'ex presidente iracheno Saddam Hussein abbia ospitato il terrorista Abu Musab al Zarqawi, considerato il principale alleato di Al Qaida in Iraq.


Investors in Germany's Bayer will get one share in chemicals and polymers spin-off Lanxess for every 10 Bayer shares held, a German newspaper said, valuing Lanxess at nearly 1.6 billion euros ($1.97 billion). ...


Moscow's choice appears to win in Chechnya

The Russian government's choice for president of Chechnya appeared to win in an election that unfolded yesterday in ghostly emptiness in


Per oltre un mese ha subito abusi, in manette una famiglia


After Siege, Russians' Grief Turns to Anger

More than five weeks after hundreds perished in the seizure of School No. 1 by Chechen separatists, Beslan remains a town reeling from grief, shock, rage and disbelief, a town whose suffering seems only compounded by the day.


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Bagdad, 23 settembre 2004 - L'uccisione delle due giovani italiane rapite in Iraq viene annunciata stanotte su un sito internet sovente utilizzato dai miliziani islamici. Firmato da Organizzazione Jihad, l


Put up or shut up, Reds board tells Glazer

UNITED'S plc board have told Malcolm Glazer to put his money where his mouth is. Representatives of the American tycoon are understood to have mooted an offer of 300p per share to the United board which now wants to know how he is going to pay for it.


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Turkish militant deported from Germany after legal battle

German authorities extradited a leading Islamic extremist known as the Caliph of Cologne to Turkey, ending a protracted legal battle over his case.


Under Glare of Scrutiny, a Game Is Toned Down

The redacted version of Manhunt 2 coming to market this week with a rating of M for Mature seems to retain at least 99 percent of the original content.


Gunmen ambushed and killed two German journalists traveling in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, Afghan officials said.


Torino, 20:19 - CALCIO, TORINO: 9-0 NEL TEST CON IL BORGARO

Test infrasettimanale per il Torino, che in vista della trasferta di Palermo ha affrontato i diletta...


For coffee drinkers, grind of rising prices

Java lovers, hold onto your nickels and dimes. Months after retail coffee-shop chains such as Starbucks raised the cost of their caffeine concoctions, the price of coffee is still on the rise.


Alaska Gov. unveils new oil-field watchdog agency

Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski  announced on Friday the creation of a new state agency to  oversee oil and gas infrastructure as a response to the  widespread pipeline corrosion that partially shut the giant  Prudhoe Bay oil field in August.


Report finds Diana's death wasn't murder

A sweeping police inquiry on Thursday ruled out a murder conspiracy in Princess Diana's death, saying the chauffeur in the 1997 car crash was drunk and driving at a high speed to elude pursuing photographers.


Department stores step back to electronic future

Some of the biggest fashion trends at department stores this holiday season have more to do with MP3 players than cashmere ponchos or fur-trimmed sweaters.


Some newer birth control pills need ban: U.S. group

Some newer birth control pills, which carry twice the risk of dangerous blood clots as older contraceptives, should be banned, an advocacy group said in a petition filed with U.S. regulators on Tuesday.


The U.S. current account deficit  shrank more than expected in the fourth quarter of 2006 to  $195.8 billion, as lower oil prices took a bite out of imports  and U.S. exports continued to rise, a Commerce Department  report showed on Wednesday.


CSX Intermodal using CRM software with handhelds

CSX Intermodal has about 500 independent truckers using RIM BlackBerry devices to report their progress in deliveries, get notices of changes in routes and more.


At Least Nine Killed in Attack on U.S. Mission in Saudi

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - Militants stormed the  heavily fortified U.S. consulate in Jeddah in a brazen raid on  Monday and at least nine people died in gunbattles before  security forces regained control.


US warplanes target insurgents in Baghdad

BAGHDAD - US jets pounded suspected Shiite militant positions in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City today, killing at least five people and wounding 46, as insurgents detonated a car bomb and fired rockets in separate attacks across the country targeting


Army deserter who fled to N. Korea is freed

CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- US Army deserter Charles Jenkins was released from military jail today after serving 25 days for abandoning his squadron in 1965 and defecting to North Korea, where he lived for nearly four decades.


Longer tours, Afghan solution bring peace: U.S. troops

ZORMAT, Afghanistan  - U.S. troops in east Afghanistan might be eager for their 15-month tour to end but even as they wait they say would have achieved little had they stayed only six months like NATO troops elsewhere.


Cubs Defeat Marlins, 5-1, in NL Showdown

MIAMI - Mark Prior allowed five hits in 7 2-3 innings to out-pitch Carl Pavano, and the Chicago Cubs moved one percentage point ahead of San Francisco atop the NL wild-card standings by beating the Florida Marlins 5-1 in the first game of a doubleheader Monday.    Corey Patterson's two-run double in the second inning put the Cubs ahead to stay...


Yen Holds Near 1-Week Peak Versus Dollar

The yen hit a seven-week high against  the euro and held near a one-week peak versus the dollar after  this week's comments by the European Central Bank's chief  economist urging Asia to share the burden of the dollar  weakness.


Londra, 15:48 - CALCIO, PREMIER LEAGUE: ARSENAL-TOTTENHAM 3-0

L'Arsenal ha battuto il Tottenham 3-0 nel match che ha aperto la 16/a giornata di Premier League. In...


Israel Expands Raid with Air Strike Near Gaza City

Israel expanded its military offensive in northern Gaza with an air strike early on Monday on a militant stronghold that seriously wounded a senior Hamas leader and another activist, witnesses and medics said.


DRESDEN, Germany  - The government of the eastern German state of Saxony on Sunday decided to sell its stricken lender SachsenLB to Stuttgart-based LBBW  for what sources said was 300 million euros in a move that speed further bank consolidation.


Green tech: At $3B last year, funders' new darling

Also: Hollywood hints at digital film system. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Ford Swings to 3Q Profit, Beats Estimates

Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday that third-quarter results swung to a profit on strong financial services revenue and automotive sales to beat Wall Street expectations.


McDowell charts Tiger's course on way to record 62

GRAEME McDowell took a leaf out of Tiger Woodsâ guide to the Old Course yesterday and made sure not a single grain of sand smudged the face of his clubs.


90% morti per malattia dipendendono da abitudini scorrette


Universal has confirmed earlier reports that it was seeking to end its long term agreement with Apple's iTunes.


Guy Roux, the veteran coach of Auxerre, last night issued a scornful verdict on the inaugural group stage of the UEFA Cup ahead of his side's decisive match at Ibrox.


THE health ministry yesterday dismissed as misleading, exaggerated and unacceptable, last week's report by the United States-based Human Rights Watch accusing the ministry of facilitating abuse against homosexuals and persons living with AIDS.


VIENTIANE, Laos Southeast Asian and Chinese officials put the final touches Friday on agreements for next week's regional summit meeting to create a free-trade area covering nearly two billion people by 2010.


Counted out after losing Donovan McNabb for the season, the Philadelphia Eagles are making a strong playoff push behind Jeff Garcia.


Incoming Christian Coalition Leader Resigns

For the second time in little more than a year, the Christian Coalition of America has named a new leader and then removed him before he ever fully took the reins of the conservative political advocacy group.


La sua intenzione era stata gia' anticipata da Cossiga


Rioting in China Town Kills Seven People

Violent clashes in a village in central China killed seven people and injured 42, the government said Monday, as police imposed martial law on the area after the fighting


Steven Gerrard scores a stunning late goal to book Liverpool's progress in the Champions League.


'Crash tested' e-voting machines spread doubt on Super Tuesday

Six states at 'high risk' In the Democratic and Republican primaries being held today, voters from 24 states will cast ballots for presidential candidates, making it the biggest "Super Tuesday" in US history.â¦


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Roma, 14:31 - CALCIO, LAZIO; ROSSI: MI SAREI ASPETTATO RINFORZI PER CHAMPIONS

Tornare sul mercato per rinforzare la Lazio? Per Delio Rossi è troppo tardi. "Mi sarei aspet...


US consulate attack draws Saudi criticism

JIDDA, Saudi Arabia -- The five men who attacked the US consulate are being vilified by some Saudis as criminals, not lauded as heroes, even though they targeted the offices of a country that remains unpopular among many Arabs.


Former Hampton schoolboy Paul Casey played a crucial role in Europe's biggest ever Ryder Cup win last weekend even though he lost one of his two matches, writes Tony Flood.


President Bush took the last bus tour of his campaign on Tuesday through rural stretches of Wisconsin, urging Democrats to split with their party and rely on him to save their farms and keep the country secure.


Microsoft has sued eight US computer resellers who it says bought or sold counterfeit Certificate of Authenticity labels or genuine labels that had been separated from their related software, all in breach of copyright and trade mark laws.


Tom Lehman and Briny Baird top the leaderboard heading into the final round of the Funai Golf Classic in Orlando. They are both at 17-under par, one shot ahead of Scott Verplank.


BAGHDAD : Forty-seven people died in a massive car bombing outside Baghdad's main police headquarters, leaving a trail of mayhem in the most lethal attack on Iraq's fledging security services in two months.


Shares in London began trading to the upside on Tuesday with Marks & Spencer leading gainers after cheering investors with an upbeat trading statement.


US October Personal Spending Rises 0.7%; Incomes Up 0.6%

US consumer spending rose in October as a surge in hiring led to the biggest rise in incomes in five months, a government report showed.


Salesforce.com, Google release first joint product

Salesforce.com Inc. and Google Inc. announced a strategic global partnership Tuesday, but it wasn't theÂ widely expected tight integrationÂ between Google Apps and Salesforce.com's hosted CRM (customer relationship management) software. Instead, the two vendors brought out their first jointly developed and co-marketed product combining Google AdWords with Salesforce on-demand CRM.ADVERTISEMENTIBM Information On Demand 2006Industrial Industry Leaders, please join us at IBM's premier information management global event, IBM Information On Demand 2006, October 15-20, Anaheim, CA. More IBM business and technical solutions content in one place than ever before! Select from  over 800 sessions. Register today!


Controversial Overtime Rules Take Effect

he Bush administration's new overtime rules go into effect today, but the Kerry campaign has already begun attacking the overhauled regulations, saying they will hurt millions of American workers.


Global warming pact set for 2009 after US backs down

"United States does have serious concerns about other aspects of the decision as we begin the negotiations"  World climate negotiators set a 2009 deadline Saturday for a landmark treaty to fight global warming after two weeks of intense haggling led to a climbdown by an isolated United States. via New Straits Times


Update 4: Honeywell Offers $1.7 Billion for Novar

Honeywell International Inc., the aerospace and high-tech manufacturer, is offering about 900 million pounds ($1.7 billion) to buy British industrial holding company Novar PLC and Novar's board is backing the offer, the two companies said Monday.


Insomnia and old age is driving me nuts: Drew Barrymore

Hollywood beauty Drew Barrymore has revealed that her sleep disorder combined with getting older is proving to be a dangerous mix for her, as she feels like she is just losing control.


Italy angry over rejection of nominee for EC

ROME - A diplomatic row has erupted between Italy and the European Parliament after the latter rejected an anti-gay Italian minister as a European commissioner.


Strike action keeps two Belgian airports closed over the weekend

Security workers have decided to extend over the weekend the strike action which shut down two Belgian airports on Friday, a trade union official said.


Why did the large television company take such a controversial political stance?


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Sony Video Chief Admits Strategic Mistakes

Sony missed out on potential sales from MP3 players and other gadgets because it was overly proprietary about music and entertainment content, the head of Sony Corp.'s video-game unit acknowledged Thursday.


Former Ethiopian Dictator Convicted of Genocide After 12-Year Trial

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia  -- An Ethiopian dictator known as "the butcher of Addis Ababa" was convicted Tuesday of genocide in a rare case of an African strongman being held to account by his own country.


The collapse of an Antarctic ice shelf two years ago has accelerated the flow of glaciers into the nearby Weddell Sea.


JaJuan Smith's steal and layup with 11 seconds left gives No. 7 Tennessee a 47-45 victory over LSU on Saturday, in the Tigers' first game since firing coach John Brady.


An independent inquiry has concluded that Gulf War syndrome probably does exist.


Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti dies at 71

MODENA, Italy  - Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, died early on Thursday after a long battle with cancer, his manager Terri Robson said.


A mother who feared she might lose custody of her obese 8-year-old son unless he lost weight was allowed to keep the boy after striking a deal Tuesday with social workers to safeguard his welfare.


Portavoce della casa di Stoccarda smentisce le voci


Russian state oil firm Rosneft installed new management at stricken oil major YUKOS's key production unit, said an official from YUKOS, which is challenging the government auction of the asset in US courts.


TIGER WOODS moved closer to his first victory on the Japan tour by hitting a five-under-par 65 to stretch his lead to 10 strokes at the Dunlop Phoenix golf tournament in Miyazaki.


Shocked Australians were on Wednesday mourning the death of actor Heath Ledger in a New York apartment possibly from a drug overdose, but his family said the death was a tragic accident.


Even as antismoking campaigns have sharply reduced tobacco use, a recent study suggested that more than half of poor, black young adults smoke cigarettes.


Mills to pay GM unit $1 bln for stakes in 9 malls

NEW YORK, Aug 17  - Mills Corp. (MLS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , a real estate investment trust, on Tuesday said it agreed to buy a 50 percent managing stake in nine regional malls from General Motors Corp.'s (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) ...


Psychological scars run deep one year after Bam earthquake in Iran

Domestic violence and drug addiction mar the Iranian city of Bam as residents suffer psychological problems one year after a massive earthquake killed more than 26,000 of their relatives, friends and neighbours, the Red Cross federation said.


Fonti ministeriali, presto direttiva in Gazzetta Ufficiale


A Montrose couple grieving the loss of their son said Thursday they have had no second thoughts on their decision to donate his organs, even as allegations flew this week


"The purpose of the BCS is to match the nation's top two college football teams in an end-of-season bowl game for the National Championship.


BlackBerry maker Research In Motion  (RIM)   won a second victory in a key UK patent  lawsuit on Wednesday that had threatened the future of  BlackBerry's e-mail service in Britain.


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Hearing Over Brawl Suspensions to Proceed

The NBA informed the players' union Sunday it will not seek a temporary restraining order in federal court, clearing the way for a grievance hearing over suspensions for the Pacers-Pistons brawl.


French employers' group chief hails 'revolutionary' deal

A deal struck last week on labour market reform between French employers and trade unions was "revolutionary", the head of the country's MEDEF employers' group said in an interview published Tuesday.


Opposition protest accuses Spain of ETA surrender

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators protested at an opposition rally in Madrid on Saturday to vent their rage at what they say is the Spanish government's "surrender" to Basque separatists ETA.


E' accaduto in Calabria, la vittima e' una romena di 17 anni


Non e' ancora resa nota data e luogo dei funerali del boss


She wasn't an icon. She wasn't an artist. Her life was a mess. She was a celebrity.


Calcutta, India - The Indian cricket board made a surprise move on Thursday by granting television production and distribution rights for the upcoming Test series against Australia, even as the Supreme Court was hearing a petition by another network


To those of you saying that Star Jones Reynolds' marriage is a   sham, beware.


26 killed in Iraq cafe; U.S. soldier dies

A suicide bomber detonated explosives Sunday inside a cafe packed with Shiites in northern Iraq, killing 26 people and injuring 22, an Iraqi general said. Gunmen seized a top Oil Ministry official, the second major kidnapping in as many days.


Iraq promises Turkey it will curb Kurdish rebels

Iraq promised on Tuesday to close the offices of Kurdish rebels and work to prevent them launching attacks on Turkey, hoping to head off a threatened invasion to crush them by Turkish troops massed on the border.


Sliding into the rain-swollen Los Angeles River and being washed downstream was "kind of scary," a 14-year-old boy acknowledged after his televised rescue by firefighters.


WORK will begin on one of Australia's biggest industrial projects within weeks, after Canadian giant Alcan today approved a $2 billion expansion of its alumina refinery in the Northern Territory.


Bergamo, 17:13 - CALCIO, ATALANTA: CON LA LAZIO MODULO AD UNA PUNTA

Toccherà probabilmente a Loria, al rientro dopo 5 mesi di assenza per l'infortunio al ginocch...


Senior Fatah Official Shot Dead in Nablus

Gunmen shot and killed a senior official from the mainstream Palestinian Fatah party Tuesday in the Balata refugee camp, party officials said.


A man almost killed a shop manager after being released from a jail term for murder against probation advice, the BBC finds.


Audits of high-income taxpayers rose 40% in fiscal year 2004, while audits of large corporations rose 34%, the IRS said Thursday. IRS officials said the numbers show the agency is


'All you UK fags are like that' FoTW There are times we at Vulture Central feel like laying down our quill pens, extinguishing the gas lamps and exiting the gloom of Vultre Central, never to return.â¦


Charity's Ouster Puts Retailer in Bull's-Eye

For decades, Salvation Army volunteers, ringing bells as they stand beside bright red kettles, have been a holiday fixture outside stores nationwide.


Sweetly offensive "Silverman" off to promising start

Sarah Silverman is  hardly a new, undiscovered talent, but until now she has never  shown what she could do with a series crafted around her style  of humor. Comedy Central, on which she appears frequently, is  giving her that shot, and the results are promising.


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

Mortgage rates are at record lows. Save $1000s on your mortgage payment. Free quotes.


Safin Beats Agassi to Reach Madrid Final

Marat Safin played his best tennis in quite some time, beating Andre Agassi 6-3, 7-6 (4) Saturday to advance to the final of the Madrid Masters. The third-seeded Russian will face Argentina's David Nalbandian, who defeated Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia 6-4, 6-4 in the other semifinal.


Populist Labor Party leads Lithuania vote

Lithuanians casting ballots in parliamentary elections Sunday rejected the current ruling coalition for the opposition Labor Party, a sign that many voters liked its promises of lower taxes and higher pay.


ACTOR Johnny Depp's new film about the creator of Peter Pan is the early frontrunner to win the Best Film Oscar. Finding Neverland has been named Film Of The Year by the prestigious


Engineers Use Hurricanes to Study Houses

When a hurricane makes landfall in the continental United States, Dave Prevatt and his colleagues in the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program are out evaluating which construction methods best protect homes from the tremendous wind forces the storms deliver.


Bush picks Zoellick to be next World Bank chief

U.S. President George W. Bush has chosen Robert Zoellick, a former U.S. Trade Representative, as the new president for the World Bank to replace Paul Wolfowitz, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.


New this week is a restored version of âBattleship Potemkinâ and an upgraded edition of âBreathless.â


AT&T Inc. and Psion Teklogix Inc.  will jointly market the first ruggedized wireless handheld for 3G networks in North America.


JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel asked the Labor Party yesterday to join his ruling coalition, a move that would bolster his chances of carrying out a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip next year.


In some of the heaviest fighting since the elections in January, Hamas and Fatah battled in Gaza today, as Hamas forces tried to disrupt Fatah-organized protests over unpaid government salaries.


Palms, pills, and pennies will have starring roles in next week's Wall Street epic.


Dangerfield's Wife Says He Is in Coma in L.A.

Comedian Rodney Dangerfield slipped  into a coma while recovering from heart surgery in recent weeks  but "is starting to show signs of awareness," his wife Joan  said on Monday.


U.S. newspapers' online audiences grew about 6 percent last year, an industry group reported Thursday, a rare bit of good news for an industry struggling to adapt as readers and advertising dollars continue to migrate online.


Four U.S. soldiers killed in Baghdad blast

A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers on Monday evening as they were patrolling in northern Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement on Tuesday.


WASHINGTON - Drafts of a report from the top U.S. inspector in Iraq conclude there were no stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, but say there are signs the fallen Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had dormant programs he hoped to revive at a later time, according to people familiar with the findings...


Start transmission... Opinion Consumers and webcasters are outraged at the license fees that the Copyright Royalty Board (the CRB) has determined will be charged under the webcasting statutory license in the United States. Everyone except spokespeople for the record labels expect that these fees will drive nearly all independent webcasters out of business.â¦


May 23, 1985: Selling Stealth Secrets to the Reds Comes at a High Price

A Northrup engineer thinks he's cutting a deal with Russian agents for stealth aircraft secrets. He's wrong. They're Yanks.


(InfoWorld) - Developers and other supporters of the Kerberos authentication platform gathered at MIT's Stata Center on Thursday to unveil a new industry effort aimed at furthering the technology. Already in use by an estimated 100 million people through its longtime inclusion in other technologies, including popular products made by Apple, Microsoft, Red Hat, and Sun, backers of the new MIT Kerberos Consortium said that the group should help the platform -- invented at MIT 20 years ago -- remain relevant and accommodate new trends around shared infrastructure and mobile computing. The new Kerberos association, whose members include Centrify, Financial Services Technology Consortium, Google, Stanford University, Sun, TeamF1, and the University of Michigan, will provide some of the funding, technological expertise, and development resources needed to help achieve those goals, organizers said at the event. Sam Hartmann, chief technologist of the consortium and one of the five full-time developers of Kerberos, said the technology remains one of the IT industry's best-kept secrets but that the group is hoping to change that via its new efforts. "Kerberos has grown incrementally until today, but it's a technology where people who are using it don't know how much they've used it. When a computer security program works, you shouldn't notice it. You should be able to get your job done, and it shouldn't get in the way," Hartmann said. "Anyone using Microsoft's Active Directory or Apple Mac Server has used [Kerberos] without even knowing it, and that's the level of success we're striving for," he said. "Our job now is to expand the envelope to bring Kerberos to new developers and uses." With the backing of the group, Hartmann said that developers will attempt to modify Kerberos to work within the smaller footprint of mobile devices and applications to offer expanded authentication capabilities to areas like wireless e-commerce. The current iteration of Kerberos designed for use across multiple organizations remains "a pain to set-up" he admitted, while pledging that the assembled team will push to improve the technology's functionality to that end. The MIT Kerberos Consortium will also seek new opportunities to align the authentication system with industry standards, including SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language), as well as with standards bodies like the Information Assurance Task Force (IATF) and the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards. Bruce Vincent, the chief technology strategist at Stanford, said that Kerberos has proven critical in allowing commercial authentication systems to communicate and provide access management across multi-vendor IT systems. "Without Kerberos as part of the fabric of our existing infrastructure for ID management and a number of other uses, there's no way we could manage authentication across thousands of systems today," Vincent said, while adding that Stanford was committed to the platform for the "long haul." Officials from Centrify, which has built its own software business around Kerberos, an open-source project, said that the platform is as relevant today as it has ever been, particularly inside large corporate IT shops. As a result, his company has been able to recruit $36 million in venture funding from Silicon Valley capitalists, including Sigma Partners, and sold products to roughly 25 percent of companies ranking in the Fortune 50. "A lot of large enterprises are dealing with compliance problems, and this is forcing customers to take a hard look at how they manage their internal systems and access technologies," Kemp said. "The reality of the situation is that computing environments and infrastructure will be heterogeneous and that the people who wrote Sarbanes-Oxley weren't thinking about this situation. Most vendors' technologies don't talk to each other." Contrary to some rumors, consortium representatives reported that the Kerberos community has not had a falling-out with Microsoft and said that the platform's presence in Active Directory remains crucial based on the product's popularity among businesses. "MIT wants to make sure that everyone plays nicely together," said Stephen Buckley, executive director of the Kerberos Consortium. "Bad things only happen because people do nothing. If MIT and these visionary companies did nothing, the world's ability for authentication would fracture."


Big Easy poised for big win at World Championship

Instead of sulking over his four close calls in the majors, Els put himself on the verge of his first World Golf Championship title Saturday by ignoring early charges behind him and posting a tidy round of 4-under 68, giving him a two-shot lead over


Australia's conservatives handed historic free rein to impose agenda

Prime Minister John Howard looks set to hold the most powerful mandate of any Australian leader in a generation after weekend elections handed him effective control of both houses of parliament and free rein to impose his conservative agenda.


End of ETA truce deals blow to Spanish PM

The photos said it all. Eyes downcast, his face puffy, Spain's prime minister looked shattered by news that Basque rebels ETA were ending their truce, a move that dooms a key policy with elections looming next year.


Marion Jones is cleared of doping allegations after her 'B' sample tests negative.


Cuba Breaks Off Diplomatic Relations With Panama, AFP Reports

Cuba broke off diplomatic relations with Panama after Panama's President Mireya Moscoso pardoned four Cubans convicted over a plot to kill Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Agence France-Presse reported.


Iraq's Kurdish leader refuses to meet the US secretary of state over Washington's stance on raids by Turkey.


Trump said to strike deal to save casinos-NYTimes

Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts Inc. (DJTC.OB: Quote, Profile, Research) , struggling to stave off a bankruptcy filing, has reached a preliminary agreement with investors to restructure


MOSUL - Iraqi commandos backed by US troops prepared on Friday to storm rebel strongholds in the northern city of Mosul as fighting wound down in Fallujah.


Jude Law, star of "Alfie" and "I (Heart) Huckabees," has been named this year's "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine.


Thousands of people fled low-lying areas as the strongest cyclone to threaten the Arabian Peninsula in 60 years blasted Oman's eastern coast early Wednesday with strong winds and waves, Civil Defense officials said. Southern Iran and the oil-rich Persian Gulf was next in its path.


Modena, 19:06 - CALCIO, MODENA: NEL TEST CON GLI ALLIEVI RIENTRATO TROIANO

Il Modena ha svolto un test contro la Formazione Allievi. Troiano è rientrato in gruppo mentr...


Annual tables showing the test results of thousands of England's primary schools have been published.


The Scottish government is to announce plans to increase the age for purchasing tobacco from 16 to 18.


Microsoft checks out new IE security flaw reports

Â Microsoft is investigating reports of a serious security flaw in Internet Explorer (IE), but has not yet seen malicious code that exploits the reported flaw, the company said Thursday.


Death Toll Hits 150 After Tsunami Floods Sri Lanka

At last 150 people were killed after a tsunami triggered by an earthquake off the Andaman islands in the Indian Ocean struck Sri Lanka on Sunday, district officials said.


Anti-American cleric flees Iraq for Iran

Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr fled Iraq for Iran ahead of a security crackdown in Baghdad and the arrival of 21,500 U.S. troops sent by President Bush to quell sectarian violence, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday.


London bar launches index-linked cocktails

A London bar is launching a series of index-linked vodka cocktails in a bid to promote Russian business in Britain.


PFIZER, the drugs group best known for producing Viagra, has suffered a collapse in US sales of its blockbuster Celebrex painkiller on the back of clinical trials showing a heightened risk of heart attacks.


KOLKATA, NOVEMBER 14: The past caught up with Sourav Ganguly as the Indian skipperâs return to international cricket was shortlived.


Cricket-Lillee a victim of generational change, says spin guru

MELBOURNE, Australia  - Cricket Australia said it was better off hiring full-time coaches than employing bowling great Dennis Lillee, who has abruptly ended his long coaching involvement with the body.


Anonymous Hackers Track Saboteur, Find and Punish the Wrong Guy

An online mob attacking Scientology thought they had tracked down a hacker who had busted into their lair. Instead, they bombarded a 59-year-old PG&E worker and his wife with threatening phone calls.


A man who had been quarantined with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis for nearly a year was being transferred Thursday to a hospital in Colorado.


Two veteran French journalists have gone missing in Iraq as concern mounts over the fate of an Italian reporter. George Malbrunot of Le Figaro newspaper and Christian Chesnot of French radio have not been


Office 2007, OpenOffice.org Work Together

Novell will support Microsoft Office's Open XML file format in its version of OpenOffice by the end of January.


Bernanke cautions on raising GSE loan limit

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Congress on Thursday that increasing the size of loans mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can buy could be problematic and would help only if done swiftly.


NATO ministers to focus on Afghan mission

NATO defense ministers will hold talks with their Afghan counterpart on Friday as the United States urges allies to devote more resources to support the government in Kabul.


David Mayhew, chairman of brokerage Cazenove, is a dealmaking legend in the City's financial circles, but he faced the biggest challenge of his career in deciding the future of his firm, bankers say.


Andamento azioni segmento sara' rappresentato dall'All Stars


The purchase of privately held General Interface puts middleware specialist Tibco in the software development tool market.


Nepal tour operators say tourists cancelled millions of  dollars of bookings due to the rebel blockade of Kathmandu.


NEW YORK - Earnings at News Corp., the media conglomerate run by Rupert Murdoch, rose 27 percent in the latest quarter on stronger results from broadcast television, cable networks and newspapers, the company reported Wednesday.


Odalis Perez won for only the second time in 10 starts and the Kansas City Royals took advantage of mistakes by Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright in a 5-3 victory over St. Louis on Monday night.


Argentines win World Tango Championships

An Argentine couple captured the stage category at the World Tango Championships on Saturday, followed by Chilean and Japanese pairs.


Afghan Election Hopeful Survives Assassination Attempt

A convoy carrying Afghan President Hamid Karzaiâs vice presidential running-mate came under attack today in north-eastern Afghanistan, the presidential palace said.


Pedro Martinez can go a long way toward putting a dismal September behind him and give the Boston Red Sox a commanding lead in the AL division series when he faces the Anaheim Angels in Game 2. After watching


A judicial panel flip-flops, finding that workers have constitutional rights when it comes to government searches of their employer-provided computers. In 27B Stroke 6.


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


Chicago, 23:16 - CALCIO, STATI UNITI VINCONO LA GOLD CUP

Gli Stati Uniti hanno vinto la Gold Cup battendo in finale il Messico 2-1 (0-1). In gol Guardado al ...


Why MSN Search is good for the consumer?

Microsoft launched the second beta release of MSN Search with little fanfare. There is no doubt it is good, but few consider it as a threat to Google for sometime to come.


Il Pontefice, con Islam e ortodossi dialogo produca frutti


Nuance buys T9 text-input tool for mobile phones

Nuance Communications has agreed to buy the developer of the T9 predictive text input software for mobile phones from current owner AOL.


Is this money mistake costing you millions?


College Basketball: Kansas, Oklahoma State Win

LAWRENCE, Kan. (Sports Network) - Wayne Simien scored 14  points with 10 rebounds to lead No. 2 Kansas over Nevada,  85-52, at Allen Fieldhouse.


It's a trend that counts Leonardo DiCaprio, London cabs and Al Gore among its followers: Making life "carbon neutral" through tree-planting and other environmentally friendly efforts to curb emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide. The theme is a hot one as scientists in Paris this week prepare to issue a major report on global warming — but critics say the movement is counterproductive, even a scam.


China welcomes U.S. opposition to Taiwan U.N. bid

China welcomed U.S. pressure on Taiwan to drop its plan for a referendum on membership of the United Nations, saying the island's attempts to assert nationhood were doomed to failure.


Brescia, 18:11 - CALCIO, CONDANNA PREZIOSI; COSMI: VINCEMMO SUL CAMPO

Enrico Preziosi, patron del Genoa, è stato condannato a 4 mesi per frode sportiva per Genoa-V...


Founders of successful companies like Facebook say it's a complex decision whether to build the biz and harvest the revenue or to sell while it's hot. By the Associated Press.


Airstrike said to kill 50 at suspected Qaeda site

PAKISTAN WANA -- Pakistani warplanes pummeled a suspected Al Qaeda training facility near the border with Afghanistan yesterday, flattening a vast mud-brick compound and killing at least 50 fighters, the military said. The assault was among the fiercest in months of fighting in the border region, considered a possible hideout for Osama bin Laden and his deputy, who are still ...


Manningâs troubles amplified by Big Ben comparison

As if things werenât going bad enough for Eli Manning, he got to hear all last week about how well fellow rookie Ben Roethlisberger was faring for the Steelers.


Opec 'is losing power to control oil prices'

DUBAI: The continuing surge in oil prices is proving Opec's limited influence on the market despite the organisation committing to increasing its production ceiling, analysts said.


"Spam is a major security problem," acknowledges Microsoft founder Bill Gates, but he maintains that progress has been made in the fight against unsolicited e-mail.


White House: Deficit Will Hit Record $427B

The White House says its drive to halve federal deficits by 2009 remains on track, though it projects that the cost of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will help drive this year's shortfall to a record $427 billion.


Schools will still face a teaching shortfall when new figures are announced, a teachers' group says.


A top Palestinian security leader who is a relative of Yasser Arafat escaped unharmed when a car bomb exploded near his convoy in Gaza City, the latest sign of growing chaos as Israelâs planned Gaza pullout nears.


Thirteen Africans die in bid to reach Spain

Rescuers said they found 13 dead aboard a drifting immigrant boat carrying 43 Africans on a desperate attempt to reach Spanish territory.


U.S. Aircraft Make New Attack on Rebels in Najaf

NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. aircraft launched a fresh  assault on Shi'ite rebels in the embattled Iraqi city of Najaf  early Sunday after talks on transferring control of the mosque  at the center of a two-week siege ran into trouble.


On the fourth day of the rebel blockade of Nepal's ancient capital, the Ram Shreshtra band rocked the crowd at the Red Onion Bar here with jumpy covers of "Mustang Sally" and


Sports: Weightlifter loses medal for drug use

ATHENS, Greece A Greek weightlifter has been stripped of his bronze medal. Leonidas Sampanis also has been expelled from the Olympics for a doping offense.


G.I. Tells of Ordering Execution of Unarmed Iraqi

A top Army sniper testified that he had ordered the execution of an unarmed Iraqi man and then planted a rifle near the body to support his false report about the killing.


A suicide bomb hits a convoy of foreign troops in the Afghan capital, Kabul, reportedly killing four people.


Defending champion Kuznetsova pulls out of China Open

Defending champion and top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova pulled out of the China Open on Wednesday because of an abdominal injury.


Jay Kay Fined and Suspended for Speeding

(andPOP) - Jay Kay loves his cars, but he won't be getting his fix for months. The Jamiroquai singer was caught speeding at 169 km/h (105 mph) on a highway near Perth, Scotland.


Tel Aviv 'Child Bombing' Highlights Conflict's Growing Inhumanity

The cycle of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict rages on. Yesterday, a 16-year-old Palestinian boy blew himself up in an open-air market in Tel Aviv, killing three Israelis and wounding many others.


Stocks drop; mortgage default woes hit bank stocks

Stocks fell for a third straight session on Friday as concern over rising defaults in the subprime mortgage industry sent financial services shares for their worst drop in a month.


Israel said before a visit by  Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday that it would  consider calls to pull its troops away from West Bank cities to  facilitate a Palestinian presidential election.


Tainted Vaccine Is Unsalvageable, F.D.A. Says

Confirming their worst fears, public health officials said that none of the flu vaccines made at a plant in England were safe to use.


20th Century Fox, Sun, Time Warner boost Blu-ray

Film studio Twentieth Century Fox   announced the first eight movie titles it will publish on the   new DVD format called Blu-ray, which also got support from Sun   Microsystems and Time Warner.


A military deadline threatening a coup in Fiji passes without incident, but tensions remain high.


You're Not Mobile: Dell Replacement Laptop Batteries to Take Weeks to Arrive

Fastest replacement option is the recall process, says Dell, but be prepared to plug in for a while.


Unique Kenyan game park under human threat

KITENGELA, Kenya  - A short distance from the slums and skyscrapers of Nairobi, Naanyu Ntirrisa pulls thorn bushes around her Maasai village to keep out marauding lions that have killed a cow and two sheep.


The U.S. current account deficit  shrank in the fourth quarter of 2006 to its smallest in more  than a year as lower oil prices took a bite out of imports and  U.S. exports continued to rise, a Commerce Department report  showed on Wednesday.


In the Fatosphere, Big Is In, or at Least Accepted

Rebels in a get-thin world are blogging away at the mainstream.


Il numero piu' alto registrato al Sud, Campania piu' colpita


Prime minister Gordon Brown announces an initiative to encourage children to do more sport in school.


Workers worry that merger may eliminate their jobs

Most adopt wait-and-see attitude as they await more details of historic retailing deal. By Francis X. Donnelly / The Detroit News.


Microsoft, Swatch Offer New Wireless Watches

Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O and watch  maker Swatch UHR.VX  are offering wireless data watches with  faster information updates at lower prices than earlier models,  the companies said on Wednesday.


Russian Chorus Help Mark Papal Anniversary

Pope John Paul II marked the 26th anniversary of his papacy, feted Friday evening by a military chorus and orchestra from Russia — a country the globe-trotting pope has been unable to visit.


In the span of a week, Michigan played three games against NCAA Tournament-hopeful teams on national television. In that span, it has struggled to prove that it is a tournament-worthy team itself.


'Speriamo che tutto si svolga tranquillamente'


ASIA/CINA - La comunitÃ  cattolica offre il suo sostegno agli studenti che affrontano gli esami Pechino (Agenzia Fides) - Senza slogan nÃ¨ striscioni nÃ¨ volantini, ma solo con una piccola indicazione scritta - ÂLa comunitÃ  cattolica offre lÂacqua minerale gratuita a tutti gli studenti. Buon esame!Â - messa in diversi punti delle sedi degli esami...


British terror suspects in alleged airline plot to appear in court

Eight suspects in the foiled alleged terror plot to blow up US-bound passenger jets from Britain are due to appear in court.


Memo to Vikings owner Red McCombs : Thanks for asking Fox to remove Joe Buck from his play-by-play duties for your team's NFC divisional playoff game at Philadelphia Sunday (Channel 25, 1 p.m.).


THE DIAGNOSIS: Two U.S. doctors — one an Army Reserve captain, the other a retired Army colonel — realize Iraq's medical libraries are badly outdated, and decide to do something about it.


Will Carriers Deliver on Pledge of Open Access?

The cellular services have promised to open their networks, but progress must be monitored, an FCC commissioner says.


U.N. pulls out non-essential staff from Darfur town

The United Nations said on Wednesday it had flown 134 of its own and other agencies' non-essential staff out of the main town in Sudan's Darfur region because of the increased presence of militias.


Raise Your Voice: Drama Starring Hilary Duff, Oliver James, Jason Ritter, John Corbett and David Keith. Directed by Sean McNamara.


U.N. to help Lebanon investigate Gemayel murder

The Security Council on Wednesday quickly approved a request from Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora for U.N. help in investigating the assassination of Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel.


Barrichello delights home crowd in practice

Brazilian Formula One driver Rubens Barrichello of Ferrari talks to the public after unveiling the new Ferrari 612 Scaglietti at the 23rd International Auto Show in Sao Paulo, Brazil.


The National League Championship Series boils down to one simple fact: The Cardinals must win today and Thursday, while the Astros need win only once, to advance to the World Series.


Fannie Mae Agrees to Forfeit $7.5 Million

WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae has agreed to forfeit some $7.5 million in an accord with the Justice Department, which had accused the mortgage giant of accepting money it knew had been lost by a federal agency in a fraud scheme.


Titan's complex and strange world revealed

Two days after Cassini's close encounter with Titan captured the first ever close-up images, it is becoming clear that Saturn's giant moon is a complex and strange world.


Lindsay Davenport's world number one ranking is in doubt after she failed to make the finals of the WTA Tour Championships in Los Angeles.


Bush tries to deliver on arms deal to Saudis

President George W. Bush, trying to counter Iran's growing military clout, made clear his commitment on Monday to go ahead with a major arms sale to Saudi Arabia as he began his first visit to the Islamic kingdom.


Siemens manager hands himself over to police in corruption probe

A top manager at Siemens has turned himself in to police and has made detailed statements with on an unfolding bribery scandal at the German engineering giant, prosecutors said.


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S. Africa Slides to 219-7 as England Closes in on Cricket Win

England reduced South Africa to 219-7 at tea on the final day of the second cricket Test at Durban as the tourists pressed for a record-extending ninth straight victory and a 2-0 lead in the series.


Bush envoy: Bin Laden capture can be soon

Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden may be nabbed anytime soon, if the claims made by the US Coordinator on counter-terrorism, Ambassador J. Cofer Black, are to be believed.


US consumer prices increase 0.6 percent in October

Consumer prices in the United States increased by 0.6 percent in October, the biggest gain in five months, the US Labor Department reported on Wednesday.


Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Friday more intense methods of CIA interrogation are acceptable in dealing with terrorism and he praised the broad powers granted law enforcement under the USA Patriot Act.


At least 16 South Koreans have been abducted by Taleban insurgents in Afghanistan, officials say.


Pentagon Planning Cuts to Fighter Jet Program -- NYT

The Pentagon is planning sharp cuts in  the Air Force's program for its new F/A-22 fighter jet in a  move budget analysts said was intended to offset mounting U.S.  deficits and the growing costs of the Iraq war, Wednesday's New  York Times reported.


Foreign Secretary David Miliband and his wife have adopted a second child, the Foreign Office announced Monday.


Italian dairy giant Parmalat SPA owes nearly $26 billion to creditors including many big international banks, a judge ruled Friday in a decision that will affect who will become a shareholder in the reorganized company.


Former Fleet, BankBoston chief to exit in January

NEW YORK -- Chad Gifford, the executive who built BankBoston and eventually sold its successor, FleetBoston Financial, in a landmark deal, will step down as chairman of Bank of America at the end of January.


SAN FRANCISCO - What Babe Ruth was to the first half of the 20th century and Hank Aaron was to the second, Barry Bonds has become for the home run generation.


A botched handoff between TB Travis Minor and QB AJ Feeley resulted in a fumble that was returned 46 yards for a touchdown by 49ers LB Derek Smith on the second play of the fourth quarter.


If last night's Seahawks-Broncos exhibition game was a Super Bowl preview, as some have predicted, the Seahawks are in trouble.


Appiano Gentile, 17:33 - CALCIO, INTER: LAVORO LEGGERO PER REDUCI DA EINDHOVEN

Rientrata all'ora di pranzo dalla vittoriosa trasferta olandese di Champions contro il Psv Eindhoven...


Canada leaning towards $20-million contribution to military effort in Sudan

KELOWNA, B.C. (CP) - Canada is preparing to contribute $20 million to a peacekeeping effort in violence-ravaged Sudan and will make a final decision on the move within days, The Canadian Press has learned.


KidBASIC is an easy to use version of BASIC designed to teach young children the basics of computer programming.  It has a built-in graphics mode which lets them draw pictures on screen in minutes, and a set of detailed, easy-to-follow tutorials that introduce programming concepts through fun exercises.   Version 0.3 eliminates the line-numbering syntax of previous versions, replacing it with labels.  Performance has also been increased slightly.  Linux source tarballs are now available.  Help and comments are always welcome.  Check out our web site at http://kidbasic.sourceforge.net for more information.


Nei volantini con la spiegazione del gesto un duro attacco alla Festa del Cinema:"15 milioni di euro scialacquati, 2,5 milioni di euro solo per pagare il conto degli alberghi"                                          Roma, acqua rossa nella fontana di Trevi Il gesto rivendicato da "Azione futurista"                                                                                Alle 21 finisce l'allarme. Timore per la porositÃ  dei marmi ma "non ci sono danni permanenti"Rutelli: "Atto di intollerabile vandalismo, serve una legge severa". Veltroni: "Un'offesa a Roma"


Ireland pays 15,000 soldiers for eardrum damage from weapons training

DUBLIN, Ireland  - Ireland has paid the equivalent of $442 million to more than 15,000 soldiers who claim they suffered hearing damage from weapons training, the government announced Friday.


Efforts continue to deliver aid to large parts of Africa after heavy rains and flooding in at least 14 countries.


Putting Very Little Weight in Calorie Counting Methods

Exercise physiologists say there is little in the world of exercise as wildly exaggerated as peopleâs estimates of the number of calories they burn.


Web campaign secures Iranian teen's release

Online donations do the trick for Nazanin Fatehi Well done to all those Reg readers who donated cash to the campaign to release Iranian teenager Nazanin Fatehi, who secured her freedom on Wednesday.â¦


Increasing numbers of National Guard and Reserve troops who have returned from war in Iraq and Afghanistan are encountering new battles with their civilian employers at home. Jobs were eliminated, benefits reduced and promotions forgotten.


Dance Review | Chunky Move: Crossing the Border From Light to Human

In âGlow,â as seen on Wednesday at The Kitchen, the troupe uses mixed media to blend the ethereal with the corporeal.


A report published by two right leaning think tanks attacks the number and cost of Britain's quangos.


The US Geological Survey has issued a Level 3 Volcano Alert, indicating a Mount St. Helens eruption is imminent. Tom Pierson, of the Geological Survey, explained the level warning


Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher is to donate $10 million to help the victims of the South Asian tsunami, his manager Willi Weber said on Tuesday.


CBS, Washington Post in online news deal

CBS News and The Washington Post have forged an alliance to share news resources for their online outlets — CBSNews.com and WashingtonPost.com — during the 2008 presidential campaign.


Indian phone companies and users welcome moves to curb unsolicited calls from tele-marketing firms.


Six convicted French aid workers fly home from Chad

Six French aid workers sentenced to eight years hard labor in Chad for trying to kidnap 103 children arrived on Friday in France where they are due to serve their sentences in jail.


Navy Coach    Paul Johnson , who led the Midshipmen's football team to its best season in 99 years, won the Bobby Dodd coach of the year award yesterday. The announcement was made during halftime of last night's Peach Bowl in Atlanta.


Conservatives lose latest Darwin battle in Kansas

TOPEKA, Kansas  - The Kansas Board of Education on Tuesday threw out science standards deemed hostile to evolution, undoing the work of Christian conservatives in the ongoing battle over what to teach U.S. public school students about the origins of life.


Microsoft feels the heat from small competitors

Also: Space station spreads its solar wings. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Indian president Kalam to visit Tanzania, South Africa

Indian President Abdul Kalam is expected to visit Tanzania and South Africa on a week-long trip next month, African and Indian sources said.


Many still await MSN, Yahoo e-mail upgrades

Microsoft's Hotmail and Yahoo have promised to boost storage limits for their free e-mail services, but for many users, the upgrades haven't been delivered.


Microsoft announces an updated version of its Xbox 360 for Europe, designed to display high definition video.


Robust demand for cheaper phones lifted third-quarter earnings and the better than expected results sent the companyâs shares sharply higher.


Opponents lose their fight against a major opencast scheme in Merthyr which will extract 10m tonnes of coal.


Amato, rimpatri volontari contro 'girone dei dannati'


Comparing the Administration's war rationale to the facts on the ground


PlumChoice Expands Remote Service Offering With New Personal Electronics, Home Theater and Network Solutions

PlumChoice (www.plumchoice.com), the nation's leader in remote PC services for the home, home office and small business, introduced today an expanded array of remote service offerings with simple, no-surprises, flat-rate pricing.


A 24-year-old man appears in court charged with murdering Tyrone Gilbert, who was shot at his friend's wake.


Intel has launched an effort to make it easier for the company's Chinese and Indian customers to build and buy desktop computers that run Linux rather than Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows software.


Prince Charles Hits Back at 'Out of Touch' Jibe

Prince Charles will hit back on Monday at government accusations that he is old-fashioned and out of touch in his views on ordinary people's aspirations.


A top Muslim Brotherhood leader in Egypt is arrested along with scores of the group's supporters.


Rell released from hospital, goes home to rest

DANBURY, Conn. Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell said she's tired but feeling well as she left the hospital three days after undergoing breast cancer surgery.


French government decides mobiles 'may not be safe'

As France Air trials in-flight mobile use The French health ministry has issued a statement saying that mobile phones might not be safe, and recommending the use of a hands-free kit at all times to keep the phone away from the body.â¦


Defense rests case at Conrad Black trial

Defense lawyers at Conrad Black's criminal fraud trial wrapped up their case on Tuesday after the one-time media baron and three co-defendants turned down a last chance to take the stand in their own defense.


American League Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana and the Minnesota Twins agreed to a $40 million, four-year contract yesterday. The 25-year-old lefthander had been scheduled for a salary arbitration hearing today. He went 20-6 and led the league with a 2.61 ERA and 265 strikeouts last season . . . Baseball's new steroid testing policy won't be ready when ...


EU claims 'victory' as Russian cabinet approves Kyoto treaty

The European Commission welcomed the approval by Russia's cabinet of the Kyoto Protocol Thursday, claiming it was a "victory" for the European Union which has pushed Moscow hard on the issue.


EMC Corp. EMC.N, the top maker of  corporate data storage equipment, on Tuesday reported quarterly  profit rose 37 percent amid strong sales of low- and mid-priced  systems and market-share gains from rivals.


Canada's parliament votes against renewing anti-terror measures brought in after the 9/11 attacks.


The ID card scheme will be a "great British institution" like the railways in the 19th Century, a minister predicts.


After years of talk about the close ties between religious conservatives and the Republican Party coalition, an opposite factor is gaining wider notice: the Democrats' reliance upon non-religious voters.


Parmalat administrator accepts Deutsche claim

The move is a reversal of fortune that could open the door for other banks to recoup losses.


Seahawks-Broncos Moved to Night of Dec. 3

The NFL moved the Dec. 3 game between the Seahawks and Broncos in Denver to Sunday night as part of its flexible scheduling for the last half of the season.


Country music star Kenny Chesney  talks about his brief marriage to Hollywood actress Renee Zellweger.


Oil Falls as Government Considers Tapping Strategic Reserve

Crude oil in New York fell from a one-month high after a White House spokesman said the US may loan oil to refineries from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to make up for supply disruptions caused by Hurricane Ivan.


Vertenza riguarda aumento organici e salari


Former Scotland manager Craig Brown has tipped Walter Smith to cause a sensational upset in his first competitive game if he accepts the job as successor to Berti Vogts.


The killing of a Lebanon minister could be the first step in a coup, a top US diplomat tells the BBC.


Analyst Report: Enterprise Strategy Group: EMC Documentum Archive Services Product Portfolio

(Source: EMC)  EMC offers a portfolio of solutions based on "Integrated Content Archiving," a unified archiving software platform built on a common data repository and a consistent set of shared services, such as policies and access tools. Discover the benefits, including IT cost savings, risk mitigation and more effective utilization of information assets for new products, services and business processes in EMC Documentum Archive Services Product Portfolio by analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group.


Greek sprinter Kostas Kenteris insists he is not a drug cheat as he leaves hospital.


Defense Lawyers Seek Berlusconi's Acquittal At Close Of Four-Year Corruption Trial

Italy s first criminal trial of a sitting prime minister drew toward a close on Friday, with defense lawyers making their final arguments aimed at trying to prevent Silvio Berlusconi from becoming the first ...


Somali authorities impose curfew as killings mount

Somali authorities have announced plans to impose a curfew on the capital, where at least five people were killed on Thursday in the latest violence to undermine government attempts to restore law.


Italy's head of state, President Giorgio Napolitano, will today wrap up crisis talks on the political impasse brought on by the collapse of Romano Prodi's centre-left government, but last night there were few ...Comment


The US-led coalition has "no easy options left" for withdrawing troops from Iraq, a report states.


Gunmen kidnap senior Iranian diplomat in Baghdad

Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms kidnapped a senior Iranian diplomat in Baghdad on Sunday, Iraqi and Iranian officials said on Tuesday, and Tehran said it held U.S. forces responsible for his safety.


A family meeting of Ambanis on the ownership issue is likely to take place tomorrow within hours of Mukesh Ambani's return from the US.


Microsoft offers goodies to lure Novell customers

Firm will pay some transition costs for companies that want to move from the NetWare OS onto servers running Windows.


The Kremlin said Putin signed a parliament bill late on Thursday confirming Russia's ratification of the protocol. Both chambers of Russia's parliament approved ratification of the pact last month after Putin pointed the way.


Fifty years ago, a paper appeared in the journal Physical Review with an answer to a physics puzzle: superconductivity.


Mark Kreidler: Discipline problem solved? No chance

Bee Sports Columnist. A truce? Come on. There hasn't been lasting peace between fans and jocks since before Ty Cobb's time, though it is Cobb's case that keeps coming up lately - strictly for conversational purposes, you understand.


The husband of former state Controller Kathy Augustine was convicted Friday of killing her by injecting her with a paralyzing drug that FBI experts detected in her system months after her death.


Casinos in Las Vegas have become much more aggressive in wooing Asians both domestically and abroad.


Start-Ups Try to Plot A Complete Picture

Sean Gorman can plot a map of New York bars located in neighborhoods where single, college-educated women live. He can see how bad traffic is on different parts of the Capital Beltway and, if he wanted to, he could find out if killer bees are known to swarm near his Georgetown office.


MPs blame lack of cash for failure of Beagle 2

Britain's ill-fated Beagle 2 mission to Mars failed partly because a lack of government funds left the project as an "amateurish gentlemen's agreement", a committee of MPs says in a report today.


E' un quarantenne della zona con vari precedenti penali


Stocks fell for a sixth session on Wednesday, led by the Nasdaq's drop of more than 2 percent as profit forecasts from Apple Inc and Motorola fanned worries about a recession and the outlook for tech.


Fed up with federal inaction and convinced of the dangers from global warming, five governors from Western states agreed Monday to work together to reduce greenhouse gases.


People with diabetes who are depressed are less likely to watch what they eat, to exercise, and to take their medications, researchers report.


Confermata decisione, Juve Stabia-Avellino senza tifosi


Sarkozy poised for landslide parliamentary win

French conservatives were headed for a parliamentary landslide after a first round legislative election on Sunday, bolstering President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to implement wide-ranging reforms.


Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher missed Sunday's game against the Philadelphia Eagles with a pulled hamstring, the second straight week he's been on the sidelines.


NEW YORK, December 30  - The National Association of Realtors reported yesterday that the sales of existing homes in the US had risen to an all-time monthly high in November, surpassing expectations.


A murder inquiry is opened following the discovery of three bodies at a house in Greater Manchester.


Colts.com. Such was the formula for the Colts throughout the first month of the season, and such was the formula Sunday afternoon.


Israeli PM Ariel Sharon gives the green light to 1,000 new homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank.


The Bank of England is widely tipped to keep interest rates on hold at 5.25% on Thursday.


TEHRAN, OCTOBER 31: To cries of ââDeath to Americaââ and ââGod is Greatestââ, Iranâs hardliner-dominated Parliament passed a Bill on Sunday obliging the government to press ahead with efforts to develop a nuclear energy programme.


Suspect in Britain bomb plots 'a Jordanian doctor'

One of the suspects arrested in Britain by police investigating three failed car bombings is a Jordanian doctor called Mohammed Jamil Abdelkader Asha, officials in Jordan said on Monday.


Google-Postini deal: More than meets the eye

Blog: The e-mail marriage makes sense:Postini adds vertical integration for Google's outsourced Gmail business.


AP Poll: Stable Iraq Tops Voter Priorities

As President Bush mulls what to do after winning re-election, voters say his first priority should be resolving the situation in Iraq, where the fighting is growing more intense. They also want Bush to cut the deficit, which ballooned under his watch, rather than pushing for more tax cuts, according to an Associated Press poll taken right after the election.


Brain scanning technology identifies when people lie, scientists ...

Because lying is more work for the brain than telling the truth, scanning the organ that holds our deepest, darkest secrets could be the ultimate way to separate fact from fiction, researchers said Monday.


"Law & Order" star Jerry Orbach has died of prostate cancer at age 69, a representative of the show said. Orbach announced last month he had been diagnosed with the disease.


Britain's Shire Plc  has agreed to buy U.S. partner New River Pharmaceuticals  for $2.6 billion to gain full control of the two firms' new drug for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Vyvanse.


U.S., Syria spar and Rice calls for sanctions

The United States and Syria   locked horns on Tuesday, with Washington urging others to join   it in imposing sanctions on Damascus and Syria telling America   to stop trying to impose its will on Arabs.


TORNADO jet fighters were scrambled yesterday to intercept a passenger plane after threats of a bomb on board, underlining the constant state of alert maintained by the UKâs security forces.


Verdone : la Tv nostrana ci ha portato al degrado

ROMA - "Le responsabilitÃ  della televisione nel degrado culturale del nostro paese sono pesantissime". Parola di Carlo Verdone, che in un'intervista al Giornale dello Spettacolo lancia un durissimo j'accuse


The National Hockey League pulled the plug on the start of training camp Wednesday, threatening the entire 2004-05 professional hockey season.


Motorsport.com. Reports this week suggest that Honda is aiming to either buy BAR or become co-owner of the team by purchasing a shareholding.


Economy has gained 'some traction,' Greenspan says

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress yesterday that the economy has "regained some traction" after a lull in late spring, reinforcing expectations of higher


A man is extradited from Hong Kong over the murder of a woman who was strangled in Belfast in 1998.


European music-sharers face legal attack

The entertainment industry took aim at law-breaking European internet file-sharers on Thursday, with the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) announcing plans to sue hundreds of copyright infringers.


Baghdad blast kills 6, slightly wounds v-president

A blast at an Iraqi ministry building killed six people and slightly wounded Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi during a ceremony on Monday, police and a senior political source said.


A 31-yard field goal by John Carney in overtime Sunday gave the New Orleans Saints a 28-25 win over St. Louis. Carney kicked five field goals in the game, including a 38-yarder


'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Star Served Divorce Papers

Laurie David, wife of Larry David, has filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences. David is the star of Curb Your Enthusiasm and was also the co-creator of Seinfeld. The couple has been married for fourteen years and have ...


Mexico orders evacuations as Hurricane John nears

LOS CABOS, Mexico  - Mexico ordered the evacuation   of at least 10,000 people in the Baja California peninsula on   Thursday as Hurricane John headed toward the peninsula and   tourists were told to hole up in hotels.


Investor Burkle joins Dow Jones union in bid try

Los Angeles billionaire Ron Burkle has joined a union representing Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  employees to try to formulate a counter-offer to a $5 billion bid for the company from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., a union official said on Tuesday.


Microsoft's chief operating officer says that Windows Server 2008--formerly code-named Longhorn Server--will be launched next February along with upgrades of SQL Server and Visual Studio.


Decapitated body found in Iraq is Japanese hostage

A decapitated body found in Iraq was identified Sunday as a Japanese backpacker taken hostage by Islamic militants, but Tokyo insisted it would not cut short its dispatch of troops there and vowed to combat terrorism.


Panasonic maker Matsushita Electric  Industrial Co Ltd (6752.T) posted a 3 percent gain in quarterly  operating profit on strong sales of digital cameras and flat  TVs, but kept unchanged an annual outlook that falls short of  market expectations.


A million people in Scotland are drinking alcohol at levels which could damage their health, campaigners claim.


A DAIRY beef integration seminar will be held at Wendonside this month focusing on increasing profits by using beef genetics over dairy herds.


By BATTEN, Yvette  THIS week's Americarna festival now has its own radio station.   Radio Americarna spokesman Phil Quinney said it would run on the FM frequency 100.4 from Thursday to Sunday, 9am-5pm.


Analysis: The company admits that most of its toy recalls were due to its own design flaws, not Chinese manufacturers. Lesson: Mattel needs China as much as China needs Mattel


Jay-Z and OutKast Dominate MTV Video Music Awards

Rappers Jay-Z and OutKast walked away with the most MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday with four "Moon men" each as the music television network took its annual awards show


French NGO slams Israel over access to Gaza wounded

JERUSALEM, Oct 4  - A French humanitarian group said Monday the Israeli army's huge ongoing offensive in northern Gaza was hampering access to wounded Palestinians and that basic supplies were running out.


President Bush on Wednesday assured the governors of states in the path of Hurricane Ivan of federal aid to deal with damage from the storm.


U.S. sending 3,200 Marines to Afghanistan

The United States will send an additional force of about 3,200 Marines to Afghanistan this spring to help NATO troops and Afghan security forces confront rising Taliban violence, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.


Esperimento riuscito al Mit di Boston: "Una rivoluzione nelle case"Corrente trasferita da un accoppiamento magnetico con spirali di rame                                            ElettricitÃ  senza piÃ¹ fili il futuro Ã¨ giÃ  wireless                                                                                di ARTURO ZAMPAGLIONE


I guerriglieri maoisti irrompono nell'impianto al termine di una partita di calcio tra vestiti da paramilitari indiani                                          India, una strage allo stadio ribelli uccidono 17 persone


The Countess of Wessex has given birth to a baby boy, Buckingham Palace announces.


The corruption that plagues Russia and its former Soviet neighbors will stifle investment and economic development unless more is done to combat it, the U.S. ambassador to Russia said Tuesday.


LONDON -- Antiwar protesters converged on London yesterday to call on Prime Minister Tony Blair to withdraw all United Kingdom troops from Iraq and to voice fears over a potential conflict with Iran.


Bulgarians surge back to claim ice dance gold

World champions Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski came from behind to win the ice dance gold after performing a clean free programme in the Grand Prix final on Saturday.


Russian jets torn apart in air before crashing, says official

A Russian official said Sunday that the two airliners that crashed almost simultaneously Tuesday had fallen apart in midair, Interfax news agency reported.


U.S. Basketball Men in Unfamiliar Territory

The U.S. men's basketball team is in the  unfamiliar position of trying to look forward after backing  into the quarter-finals of the Olympic basketball tournament.


US Secretary of State Colin Powell pledges America's full support for the tsunami aid effort, as he visits Thailand.


FLAMBOYANT Russian Marat Safin lived dangerously tonight, salvaging three break points to hang on for a 6-4 6-4 win over Peru's Luis Horna at the 2.425 million euro ($4.


Johnson receives a message with benching

Bethel Johnson remains in the dark on why Patriots coach Bill Belichick decided the second-year wide receiver out of Texas A&M should have been kept off the 45-man active roster for last Sunday's win over the Dolphins.


Hussein Will Face Trial Within Weeks, AP Says, Citing Minister

Saddam Hussein and other leaders of his ousted regime will face trial within a matter of weeks, the Associated Press said, citing Qassim Dawoud, minister of state in the interim Iraqi government.


German's Schlink finds time right to study guilt

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - More than 60 years after the end of World War Two, German author Bernhard Schlink found the time was right to explore the guilt and moral conflicts which were a legacy of his home country's Nazi past.


Mickey Mouse should be really worried about people like Shum Nai-ho.


Iran says will do all it can to help Iraq

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran would do whatever it could to help provide security to Iraq amid warnings the country was on the brink of civil war.


Size Matters When It Comes to Nostrils, Study Finds

Large nostrils count more than a big nose when it come to smelling power, said German scientists Wednesday after completing a three-year-long study aimed at treating smelling disorders.


Tiger Woods has put himself in some peculiar positions this year. He has struggled just to make the cut. Tee shots have ricocheted off corporate tents and small children.


A Nasa satellite records major changes to ice coverage in the Arctic Ocean between 2004 and 2005.


Security program to cost ports, freight firms

Port operators and freight companies   will have to pay up for tightened security checks that will   extend full background checks to all workers entering U.S.   maritime facilities and vessels by the end of the year,   industry sources said on Tuesday.


Holidays shine light on struggling U.S. retailers

The holiday season always turns the  spotlight on retailers and the glare could prove too much for  some merchants already under close scrutiny, industry analysts  said.


Things are pretty informal at this organization, and network security isn't exactly tight. So when the head finance guy needs a little work done on his network account, IT admin simply asks what his password is.


Farmer's Hog Tops Scales at 1,600-Pounds

HUBBARDSVILLE, N.Y. - Bob Peterson has one big pig on his hands. The hog named Norm, after the character on "Cheers," weighs an estimated 1,600-pounds, stands four feet high and measures seven feet from snout to tail.  Norm lives on Peterson's Madison County farm in central New York.


San Francisco police probe zoo after tiger attack

San Francisco police combed the city's zoo on Wednesday for clues as to how a tiger escaped from its enclosure on Christmas and killed one man and wounded two others.


Cattle culled from a second farm in Egham, Surrey, tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease, it is confirmed


Calls to improve US food safety gain urgency

The latest food-contamination case raises the stakes for growers and public officials.


PALESTINIANS fired mortar rounds into a Gaza Strip settlement today, wounding at least two Israelis, one of them a child, the army said.


Firms worried by terrorists, animal rights activists and hackers have spent Â£1m on extra security this year, says a survey.


Buoni risultati soprattutto nel Centro-sud e in Veneto


British troops say ready for any mission in Iraq despite extra risks

British soldiers in southern Iraq say they will rise to the challenge if moved to hotspots nearer Baghdad to support their US counterparts, but some question whether the extra risks would pay dividends.


Demian Turner's Blog: Seagull 0.6.4 Release

Demian Turner has posted about the latest version of the Seagull framework (0.6.3) and an update to correct a remote file disclosure issue (up to version 0.6.4).   Well it took a bit of time but after quite a few months a new release of Seagull is finally out, 0.6.3 (0.6.4). Things have been keeping pretty busy with the startup I'm working on, but it's been a great opportunity to refine some features of the framework and optimize the performance.  The early indications are good, after less than 10 weeks of going live Kindo users are creating up to 20k profiles/day and the server load is staying comfortably below 0.5.   The update is a different download that helps correct an issue with the framework allowing user-inputted values from the GET string. Be sure and update your version to keep this security issue under wraps.


Volkswagen Says It Will Not Increase Wages

Automaker Volkswagen said Monday there is "no room" for wage increases this year as it prepares for pay talks with Germany's largest industrial union.


NATO-led and Afghan troops clashed with Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan on Friday, leaving 10 suspected militants dead, an Afghan army officer said.


Japan's navy keeps pace with an unidentified submarine spotted inside the country's waters on Wednesday.


U.S. Horse Racing Rocked by Doping Scandal

U.S. horse racing faced a nationwide  scandal on Friday, after federal prosecutors charged 17 people  in connection with a doping scheme investigators suspect was  part of a $200 million illegal gambling ring.


WITH gale-force winds buffeting the fleet, Sydney to Hobart crews slipped from racing to survival mode last night with the frontrunners head-butting their way south to a possible finish today.


French Premier Skeptical of Ransom Demand

Experts on Islamic militant groups are skeptical about a Web posting demanding $5 million in ransom for two French journalists held hostage in Iraq, France's prime minister said Monday.


Investors shouldn't be writing off banks quite yet.


Boys who are short at birth have double the risk of suicide as adults, according to a study.


Fire forces Australian miners into shelters

A total of 54 miners were sheltering in emergency chambers underground after a fire broke out at an Australian gold mine on Wednesday.


Syria Sees Possible Thaw with Washington

Syria anticipates a possible easing in  its strained ties with the United States during President  Bush's second term, despite hostile language from U.S.  officials, a government minister said on Thursday.


ASPEN, Colo. - Cheech and Chong may have joked about marijuana in their movies, but the comedians say they didn't touch the stuff when the cameras were rolling.


Amazon, Microsoft file lawsuits against spammers

Seattle, September 29: Microsoft Corp and Amazon.com Inc jointly filed lawsuits against e-mail spammers and scams to get unsuspecting users to divulge credit card and account information, the two companies said on Tuesday.


Retailer Limited Brands Inc. will cut corporate jobs in Columbus and New York to reflect a smaller company that is moving away from apparel sales to concentrate on lingerie and beauty businesses, the company said Friday.


German consumer spending dented as retail sales fall in November

German retail sales took an unexpected tumble in November, denting hopes for a noticeable pick-up in consumer spending in the eurozone's biggest economy, where chronically weak domestic demand remains the main ...


A German historian on Thursday published a set of top-secret maps of Nazi Germany's arms industry that were seized from Hermann Goering, the chief of Adolf Hitler's air force, at the end of World War II.


Chancellor Gordon Brown is warned he has had an "easy time" over Iraq during the Labour leadership contest.


Verizon Sues FCC Over Open-Access Auction

Asks the U.S. Court of Appeals to review the FCC's decision to require so-called open-access rules.


China is leading the world in the number of subscribers to broadband through phone lines, says a report.


A substantial amount of money is stolen from a Northern Bank branch in the centre of Belfast.


Paperwork bores me. Usually I don't fill it out. But in jail, you don't have a choice.


Fox Broadcasting is  developing the sitcom "The Rules of Starting Over," about a  newly divorced 35-year-old man who finds himself in the  unfamiliar singles world.


The honorees for the Utah National Guard's 46th annual Minuteman Awards, to be held Friday in Salt Lake City, have been announced.  They are: Robert S. Pembroke; Kip Wadsworth; retired Brig. Gen. James G. Martin; retired Col. Paul M.


Tuberculosis Rise in Africa Linked to HIV/AIDS

The spread of HIV and AIDS across Africa is fueling the rise of another deadly disease that many thought was on the decline: tuberculosis.


Questa mattina Immacolata Iacone al II Policlinico di NapoliL'Ex capo della Nuova Camorra aveva giÃ  avuto un erede, ma fu ucciso nel '90                                          Cutolo sarÃ  padre di Denise in sala parto la moglie del boss                                                                                di PAOLO BERIZZI


Three UN hostages alive, but may be killed: abductors' spokesman

Three foreign United Nations employees kidnapped in Kabul are alive but may be killed if an attempt is made to rescue them, a spokesman for the group that has claimed responsibility told AFP by telephone.


Sharon to Avoid Charges in Funding Case -- Sources

Israel's attorney general is expected to drop a corruption case against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon but could still charge his son in connection with illegal campaign funding, judicial sources said on Thursday.


U.S. oil major ConocoPhillips is seeking to buy up to 25  percent in Russian oil giant LUKOIL LKOH.RTS, booking  billions of barrels of new reserves, an industry source  familiar with the matter said on Friday. ConocoPhillips shares  closed at $72.70 on the New York Stock Exchange.


WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a lower court decision holding that the recording industry can't force internet service providers to turn over the names of users trading music files online, effectively stopping one of the legal


Peterson prosecutors deliver blow to defense case

Prosecutors delivered a critical blow to Scott Peterson's defense Thursday, attacking the findings of an expert who testified Laci Peterson's fetus likely died on Dec. 29, 2002 at the earliest, five days after the pregnant schoolteacher vanished.


The Canadian Medical Association wants the federal government to stop Ontario from imposing a new deal. TORONTO -- The Canadian Medical Association is urging the federal government to stop Ontario from imposing


Q3 inventory corrections put pressure on vendors to perform in Q4


PC Mall Gov Acquires Products Business From GMRI

PC Mall Gov, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of PC Mall, Inc. (Nasdaq:MALL) announced today that it has acquired the products business from Government Micro Resources, Inc. (GMRI), a government reseller of high-technology products including Sun Microsystems, IBM, Saba, and Apple.


Palestinian leaders seek to visit Arafat

Abu Mazen, Abu Ala and Nabil Shaath to meet French president, ministers in bid to see their ailing leader despite Suha Arafatâs refusal.


U.S., Iran hold first formal talks in 27 years

The United States told Iran its support for militias fighting in Iraq needs to cease, said Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Iraq. Crocker spoke at a news conference today after a meeting with Iranian diplomats in Baghdad -- the first public and formal meeting between U.S. and Iranian representatives since the United States cut off diplomatic relations 27 years ago.


How the worldâs largest squid was caughtâand the bidding war for the exclusive footage slated to be shown this spring.


A United States man convicted of violating anti-spam laws by sending out tens of thousands of unsolicited emails using fake addresses faces nine years in prison in Virginia.


Lack of progress on labor results in frustration

OTTAWA (Ticker) -- While the dialogue at the latest NHL labor meeting Thursday resulted in little progress on a new collective bargaining agreement, it did generate harsh words from a league official.


Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin won a seat in French Senate elections Sunday, a post that could be a useful fallback if persistent murmurs prove true that his days as government chief are numbered.


Firenze, 12:47 - CALCIO, ITALIA: SOLO PALESTRA PER DEL PIERO E CANNAVARO

Allenamento mattutino per la nazionale: lavoro atletico e poi prove di schemi con ruoli doppi: ovver...


Juan Pablo Montoya says new McLaren team-mate Kimi Raikkonen can expect a tough test in 2005.


With at least seven million people in the country infected with hepatitis C, increasing public awareness of the disease is one way to halt its transmission.


Paul McGinley's BMW International Open second round four-under-par 68 on Friday left him sharing 11th place four strokes away from leader Miguel Angel Jimenez and


Giant Atmospheric Waves Sighted Over Iowa

Last week, cameras in Iowa captured a giant atmospheric wave passing over Des Moines--see the movie in today's story.  Atmospheric scientists believe these waves, called undular bores, may be more common and important than previously thought.


Opposition urges Kenya leader to concede

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga called on Sunday for the government to concede defeat or allow a re-count of a presidential election, saying the government had lost "all legitimacy" due to fraud.


Danish ISP shuts access to file-sharing Pirate Bay

A Danish court has ordered  Denmark-based Internet service provider Tele2 to shut down its  customers' access to the popular file-sharing site Pirate Bay,  Danish IT magazine Computerworld reported on Monday.


PHNOM PENH - Cambodians were celebrating Friday as a 51-year-old former ballet dancer prepared to become the country's new king.


EFF sides with TorrentSpy in MPAA lawsuit

Blog: Advocacy group intends to argue against judge's decision to force companies to turn over RAM information. Group fears digital phone conversations may not longer be private.


Lessons Learned May Lower Cost of Weapons Destruction

By John Norton, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 28--Lessons learned from cost overruns at other chemical weapons sites could help hold down the price of work at the Pueblo Chemical Depot.


Empoli, 18:46 - CALCIO, EMPOLI: 6-0 NEL TEST CON IL BIENTINA

Test infrasettimanale per l'Empoli, che ha affrontato i dilettanti del Bientina. La compagine di Mal...


RANGERS ended a run of seven straight defeats against arch-rivals Celtic with a come-from-behind 2-1 extra-time win at Ibrox here Wednesday in a dramatic Scottish League Cup quarter-final.


A Polish magazine cover showing Germany's chancellor breast-feeding Poland's leaders fuels tensions.


Bill Goldsmith has converted  the upstairs floor of his two-story California home into a  radio studio that broadcasts his favorite rock, blues and folk  tunes over the Internet.


Glaxo says Advair shows edge over Spiriva in COPD

GlaxoSmithKline Plc  said on  Friday that clinical trial results showed its top-seller Advair  had an edge over Pfizer Inc's  rival product Spiriva in  treating patients with the lung disease COPD.


Acehnese stoked over a different kind of wave - for surfing

A new generation is taking to the waters off Aceh as the province recovers from its tsunami.


Russia signs Serbia, wins "pipeline war" with EU

"The U.S. side warned about the political influence Moscow would gain by controlling energy resources in Serbia and the region, and expressed a negative assessment about the economic justification of South Stream"  By Oleg ShchedrovMOSCOW  - Russia won the right on Friday to route a major gas supply route to Europe through its ally Serbia, a move analysts described as marking a Kremlin victory in a "pipeline war" with the European Union.The gas agreement, signed in the Kremlin before President Vladimir Putin and visiting Serbian leaders, alarmed the United States because it increased Moscow's control over energy supplies to Europe and could undermine a rival EU project.Strong Russian opposition to independence for the Serbian province of Kosovo was a key bargaining chip in the agreement for Serbia to join the South Stream gas pipeline. Belgrade also agreed to sell a majority stake in Serbia's oil monopoly NIS to Russian gas giant Gazprom at a favorable price. Read more


The nation's accidental death rate has been gradually creeping higher and is up 12 percent compared to the lowest rate on record, in 1992, according to a report released Thursday by the National Safety Council.


A 66-year-old Romanian woman thought to be the oldest recorded mother has dismissed concerns that she was too old and frail to bring up a child.


Afghanistan welcomes U.S. troop "mini-surge"

Afghanistan welcomed on Thursday U.S. plans to send an extra 3,000 troops to fight the Taliban insurgency, but Washington's move highlights divisions between Western allies over how much to commit to the country.


A gas explosion has torn through a coal mine in northern China, trapping as many as 166 miners in what could be the worst disaster to hit the world's most dangerous mining industry in four years.


Centuries-Old Makeup Reveals Roman Beauty Secrets

an ancient Roman beauty cream made of refined animal fat and tin-oxide -- have recreated the formula. They found that contains


Director Robert Altman, who revolutionized Hollywood filmmaking with an irreverent style that critics hailed as "American Art Cinema" has died at age 81, his production company said on Tuesday.


It's time to replace a wide-format scanner/printer that's been serving this city government office for many years, and the pilot fish in charge of the transition is making sure he answers all questions in advance.


Davenport wants other mothers to join her on tour

Lindsay Davenport hopes her remarkable return to tennis over the last two weeks will encourage other players to continue their careers after becoming mothers.


eBay security conspiracy catches on with readers

Backdoor man Letters Our story reporting the abundance of people who believe there is a secret backdoor in eBay's network appeared to touch a nerve.â¦


The Team America: World Police wooden puppets' sex scenes have been chipped down to an R rating. After what has been, reportedly, lengthy dickering and bickering Matt Stone and Trey Parker


Florida Gators Returning to Big-Play Ways

The way Florida's offense is playing, you'd think Steve Spurrier was coaching the Gators again.


Broadcasters of children's programming agree to $1.5 million ...

Viacom Inc. will pay $1 million and The Walt Disney Co. $500,000 to settle charges they violated rules for airing commercials during children's programs, federal regulators said Thursday.


Why airports should have a reading section, and how the world's tallest man saved my week


Myskina Beats Golovin to Keep Russia Hopes Alive

Anastasia Myskina kept Russia's Fed Cup hopes alive by beating Moscow-born Tatiana Golovin 6-4, 7-6, in the second singles of the competition final against holders France on Saturday, leveling the score at 1-1.


U.S. Services Sector Shows Growth in Dec

The U.S. services industry grew  further in December, rounding out a year of expansion in the  huge sector, although employment news was less favorable,  according to a survey published on Wednesday.


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Milano, 12:57 - CALCIO, MILAN: 22 CONVOCATI PER GENOVA

Sono 22 i giocatori convocati da Carlo Ancelotti, tecnico del Milan, per la gara di domani contro il...


Spurs defeat Cavaliers, move halfway to NBA crown

Tony Parker scored 30 points and the San Antonio Spurs seized a huge lead, squandered most of it, then hung on to beat Cleveland 103-92 Sunday in the National Basketball Association Finals.


Aisha Jefferson scored 17 points and pulled down 10 rebounds and Rene Haynes had 9 points and six steals as No. 20 Michigan State (7-1) used a 30-19 second half to pull away from Hartford for a 58-45 win yesterday at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan.


Iran says cooperation not threats needed over nuclear issue

A senior Iranian official said Monday that cooperation and not threats were needed in the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program as he started a European tour to try to head off US efforts to haul his government before the UN Security Council.


Genova, 18:05 - CALCIO, PAGLIUCA: SILENZIO? PER ME 45' DI INSULTI DA CURVA

"Una domenica da silenzio? Per me no, visto che sono stato insultato per 45' dalla curva Sampdoriana...


No Windows, No Heat, No Staff, No Rent. This Is a Gallery?

A gallery called Honey Space has sprung up in one of the last unused (and as yet undeveloped or demolished) old warehouses in the Chelsea art district.


Craig Biggio wins Roberto Clemente award

Craig Biggio capped his sweat-stained career with one more cherished honor. The longtime Houston Astros star won the 2007 Roberto Clemente Award, given annually to a major league player who combines community service with excellence on the field.


In Iraq Chaos, Uphill Struggle to Bring Power

There is increasing pressure on the Bush administration to show that the rebuilding effort is making progress.


Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has praised Ruud van Nistelrooy after the striker netted twice to earn his side a UEFA Champions League draw in Lyon.


Marks and Spencer says pre-tax profit up by half

Marks and Spencer, the British clothing-to-food retailer, confirmed its recovery under chief executive Stuart Rose with a 47.6-percent rise in annual pre-tax profits.


Wareham advanced to the Division 2A Super Bowl yesterday by defeating Hingham, 34-20, using what got them there: power running and a tough defense.


Discovery astronauts rewire part of space station

Two astronauts successfully wrapped up a complex second spacewalk in the shuttle Discovery's 12-day mission to refurbish the International Space Station, NASA said.


Hybrid Cars Could Mean an Easier Commute

If helping the environment isn't a good enough reason to buy a hybrid car, lawmakers are contemplating a powerful appeal to drivers' self-interest: an easier commute.


Virtual Iron offers Windows by the slice

Free taste, pay for the whole pie Virtual Iron has popped out a new release of its server virtualization software, adding support for Microsoft's Windows operating system.â¦


Wayans try again for Oakland film studio

The Wayans brothers could soon be headed back to the bargaining table to build a movie studio and theme park after an earlier agreement with the city ended with little progress on the project.


Birdflu study has U.S. students hiding faces

ANN ARBOR, Mich  - Heather Vogt has agreed not to show her face around campus these days.


Mutombo headed to Houston in four-player NBA deal

The Houston Rockets acquired Dikembe Mutombo from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for guards Eric Piatkowski and Mike Wilks and forward Adrian Griffin.


Il generale Sonthi: necessario per salvaguardia unita' Paese


New U.S. strategy working in east Afghanistan

SAKYAN, Afghanistan  - Afghan village elder Noor Mohammad stroked his white beard as he listened to a local government chief appeal for help to rebuild the economy of this snow-bound plateau shattered by war and the fight with the Taliban.


TechWeb - Sales of Sony's new disk format jumped up two weeks after the release of its PlayStation 3 videogame console.


It took a comedy to revive Gandhi's ideals in India

A Bollywood film is changing the flavor of traditional observances of the birthday of the Father of India.


For fans, it's the ecstasy and the... what?

That meant I spent my 40 years perfecting the art of suffering the most tragic and theatrical defeats the world had to offer, and doing it all without losing hope.


Microsoft on Thursday announced plans for its 2007 MVP Global Summit, its annual meeting of Microsoft enthusiasts and developers that the company has placed a "most valuable professional" tag on.