A canal ruptured early Saturday after heavy rainfall, pouring 3 feet of near-freezing water into about 800 homes and stranding about 3,500 people, authorities said.


Widow paid $14,000 renting ancient phone

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Government buildings in Nepal hit by bomb blasts

Two powerful bomb explosions have ripped through separate government buildings in Nepal, wounding at least 40 people. Authorities have blamed Maoist rebels for the attacks.


Blackstone not planning to break up Hilton

Blackstone Group  said on Monday  it plans to invest in recently acquired Hilton Hotels Corp and  has no plans to sell any of the company's brands or major  assets.


Sudan Peace Talks Resume for South as Tensions Brew

KHARTOUM/NAIROBI  - Sudan's government resumed  talks with rebels in the oil-producing south on Thursday while  the United Nations set up a panel to investigate charges of  genocide in the west of Africa's largest country.


The French financial trader at the centre of a massive fraud case gambled around 50bn euros, his employer says.


Unseeded Croatians Mario Ancic and Ivan Ljubicic won the Olympic Games men's tennis doubles bronze medal with a marathon victory against fifth-seeded Indians Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi.


Britons' favourite drink could hold back Alzheimer's, scientists ...

LONDON  - A steaming cup of tea, the relaxing drink of choice for millions in countries such as Britain and China, could help ward off the effects of Alzheimer's disease (news - web sites), scientists said.


More than half the survivors still living in refugee camps since last year's killer South Asian earthquake can't go home because they don't have land to return to, according to a new U.N.-backed survey that underlines one of the last hurdles facing recovery efforts.


TBILISI, Georgia, Jan. 6 -- Georgia's former president Mikheil Saakashvili has apparently won a second term as president by a thin margin, election officials said late Sunday night.


Nasdaq to Buy Operator of Nordic Exchanges

Nasdaq, the largest electronic stock market in America, agreed Friday to buy OMX, the operator of seven Nordic and Baltic exchanges, for $3.7 billion.


Former Pantera Guitarist, 4 Others Killed in Nightclub Shooting

Former Pantera guitarist ``Dimebag'' Darrell Abbott and three other people died when a gunman charged on stage during a performance by Abbott's new band Damageplan at an Ohio nightclub, officials said.


Surprise, surprise, the clash of the egos between rappers R KELLY and JAY-Z is headed to court. There was discord in their two man tour for weeks.


Euthanasia campaigner Lesley Martin is released from prison, after serving just half of her sentence for attempted murder.


Forecasters said as many as 10 inches of snow could fall in the Boston area while the accumulation in New York City was likely to be 2 to 4 inches.


Ferrero Gets Davis Cup Doubles Spot Vs. U.S.

SEVILLE, Spain  - Former world number one Juan  Carlos Ferrero has been drafted into Spain's doubles team for  Saturday's rubber in the Davis Cup final against the United  States.


Procura di Roma vaglia prima informativa Consob


Italian women held in Iraq believed still alive: King Abdullah II

Two young Italian women taken hostage in Iraq are believed to be still alive, King Abdullah II of Jordan said the day before he is due to visit Italy.


Led by Michael Phelps, the United States is eager to confirm its place as swimming's superpower at the world championships in Melbourne and ride the wave of domination onto the Beijing Olympics.


Three Malaysians who became ill after an outbreak of deadly (H5N1) bird flu hit their northern village do not have the disease. The three were hospitalized as a precautionary measure after they came down with flu symptoms.


Incremento dello 0,6% a 62,53 dollari il barile


The good news is that Nassau Health Care Corp. will remain in the geriatric care business. The board Monday voted to move on plans to seek New York State approval of a brand new facility that would be smaller


The first train between India and Bangladesh in more than four decades makes its way from Calcutta to Dhaka.


Hard work, toughness and good defensive skills allowed former second-round pick to play 543 consecutive games until Lenny Wilkens DNPed him in his hometown of Atlanta in January.


Greenspan Gets Honorary Degree in Scotland

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Monday that as an economic detective he has long found inspiration in the wisdom of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.


California - The pilot and designer of a private rocket plane say they are confident it could return to the sky next week in a quest to claim a multimillion-dollar prize.


"Sono i governi che si dimettono non i parlamentari"


Along with a good roadmap, presidential candidates in the nation's first primary state have got to have the New Hampshire Manual for the General Court.


Lightning destroys evidence in Swedish file sharing case

Divine verdict on P2P? Swedish authorities have dropped the charges they brought against the Karlskrona (Sweden) municipality head of culture, who last year openly admitted to file sharing and encouraged others to follow.â¦


Firenze, 18:50 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: 19 CONVOCATI PER CAGLIARI

Il tecnico della Fiorentina, Cesare Prandelli, ha convocato 19 giocatori per la gara di domani contr...


THREE major recording companies have agreed to make their music available to be shared and sold over a new online file-swapping service.


Six found guilty in Pitcairn sex offences trial

Six descendants of the original mutineers on the Bounty were found guilty yesterday of 32 sexual assault offences in one of the last and remotest outposts of the British empire.


Pak says abduction of two Chinese engineers a serious incident :

World News > Islamabad, Oct 11 : Pakistan today described the abduction of two Chinese engineers by Al Qaeda-linked militants in the tribal South Waziristan agency bordering Afghanistan as a "serious incident" and said it was taking all measures for their


ABECHE, Chad -- With gunfire sounding in the distance, workers took stock yesterday of looted UN warehouses and government offices in this town in eastern Chad, the latest site of unrest that started in Sudan's Darfur region and has spread across a swath of Africa.


Ue: 'conformita' a regole o prenderemo misure del caso'


Third-seeded Maria Kirilenko of Russia was ousted from the Japan Open on Monday, losing to Akiko Morigami of Japan 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3).


Ukraine President Sworn In Promising to Promote Unity

Viktor A. Yushchenko vowed to unite a poor and deeply divided Ukraine and lead it into the mainstream of Europe.


Iranian firms feel the heat as sanctions bite

When a Western bank suddenly suspended the account of her family freight firm, Nazila Noebashari revived a financial practice she thought long gone: she sent staff to the Afghan border to collect $50,000 by hand.


Group Finds Ancient Ships Off Italy Coast

Archaeologists exploring the bottom of the sea off the island of Capri have found the wrecks of three ancient ships that once plied the Mediterranean between Rome and northern African colonies.


Amid Strike, 2 NBC Hosts Will Return To the Air

NBC announced that Jay Leno and Conan OâBrien will return to the air on Jan. 2, even if the writersâ strike has not been resolved.


Cock-up not conspiracy Argos has admitted breaking the official release date for Halo 3. The UK high street retailer coughed to the goof after lucky gamers reported getting their mitts on copies of the game before the scheduled release date next week.â¦


Starbucks President and Chief Executive Orin Smith, one of the triumvirate under which Starbucks came of age, will retire in the spring.


ISLAMABAD, Dec 25 (SANA): An army soldier has been sentenced to death and another given 10 years imprisonment after they were convicted in an attempt to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf, an army spokesman said on Saturday.


India Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile

India on Sunday tested a nuclear-capable ship-launched missile off its eastern coast, an official said.


Billy Traber pitches on short notice but the Nationals commit three errors, and a baserunning blunder stifles a late rally as Washington falls, 3-1, to the Rockies on Friday.


Pilgrims flee Iraqi city as clashes kill 52

KERBALA, Iraq  - Police ordered hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to leave the Iraqi city of Kerbala on Tuesday after fierce gunbattles erupted between security forces and gunmen near two of Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrines.


Yahoo Answers Opens in UK Yahoo has expanded its incredibly popular and successful social media reference offering, Yahoo Answers, into the UK today. Unlike traditional search, Yahoo Answers is based upon human generated answers to queries by its registered members. Stephen Taylor, head of search and search marketing at Yahoo! Europe, told The Guardian: “We do see [...]


Oprah Winfrey is expanding her empire into reality TV with two shows based on money.


When you're part of a team that has just captured its first World Series title in 86 years, it's easy to get a little too caught up in the moment.


Portugal is holding a day of national mourning for Sister Lucia, the last of three shepherd children who claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary appear.


US allege Guantanamo Bay Briton is would-be suicide bomber: report

One of four British men held at the US prison for terrorism suspects in Guantanamo Bay is accused by US officials of being a trained Al-Qaeda terrorist, damaging British hopes for his release, a report said.


Thailand Exhumes Dead to Identify Missing

PHANG NGA, Thailand  - Thailand is to exhume  hundreds buried after the Indian Ocean tsunami, restarting the  task of putting names to thousands of unidentified bodies,  including those of many foreign tourists.


NY judge tosses suit of Florida man on Atkins diet

A New York federal judge on Monday tossed out a lawsuit by a Florida man against the company behind the Atkins low-carb diet that alleged it caused his cholesterol to skyrocket and necessitated an angioplasty.


Procura Los Angeles irritata per scarcerazione


David Beckham has a personal fortune of Â£87m - Â£50m more than British football's next biggest earner.


Rebuked Lawmaker Withstands Calls to Step Aside

House of Representatives Majority  Leader Tom DeLay, admonished twice in six days by his chamber's  ethics committee, withstood calls on Thursday by rival  Democrats and citizen groups that he step aside.


Ascoli, 19:31 - CALCIO, PARMA; GHIRARDI: BUDAN GOL REGOLARE, PROTESTEREMO

Il neoproprietario del Parma Tommaso Ghirardi ha protestato dopo la partita con l'Ascoli e ha lancia...


The Philippines began a massive cleanup Friday from a pair of devastating storms that have left hundreds dead and thousands homeless.


com. It was Willie Randolph's pedigree and his willingness to form a partnership with Omar Minaya that led the Mets general manager to choose him as the club's new manager late Wednesday night.


Russia helps solve a North Korea banking dispute, which had hindered a nuclear deal, US officials say.


Pakistan successfully test-fired a new version of its short-range, nuclear-capable missile Monday, officials said, in the latest round of tit-for-tat launches with neighboring India despite recent peace overtures.


Intel's next Classmate PC based on Silverthorne

Intel is working on an updated version of its Classmate PC designed for schoolchildren in developing countries, part of a wider effort to spur demand for low-cost laptops.Based on the company's upcoming Silverthorne processor, the new Classmate PC will likely be sleeker and have longer battery life than the current version, according to Navin Shenoy, general manager of Intel's Asia-Pacific operations."It's fair to say that there is a Silverthorne-based Classmate design in the works that would likely come out coincidentally with the microprocessor," Shenoy said, adding that Intel has not determined pricing for the new laptop design.Silverthorne, which is billed as being easy on both power and the pocketbook, is part of Intel's Menlow platform that also includes the upcoming Poulsbo chip set. The dual-core chip is scheduled for release during the middle of this year and is central to Intel's plans for small, handheld computers that Intel calls MIDs, or Mobile Internet Devices, and low-cost laptops, like the Classmate and Asustek's Eee PC.The current Classmate PC is a big-boned, 1.4 kilogram machine with a 900MHz Celeron M processor and a 7-inch screen. The laptop runs Windows XP and comes with Wi-Fi, 256MB of RAM and 2GB of flash memory in lieu of a hard disk. These specifications won't send a gamer's heart racing, but they are enough to get the intended job done.Priced at around $285, the Classmate PC is roughly $100 more expensive than the One Laptop Per Child Project's XO laptop, the Classmate's main competitor. Intel has said volume production would bring down the Classmate's cost to about $200, but the low-cost laptops have so far grabbed more headlines than sales.Even so, Intel's Classmate PC development efforts have had a wide impact, largely thanks to the Eee PC, which uses many of the same components but has a thinner, more stylish design.Consumer enthusiasm for the Eee PC largely caught Intel off guard. When the low-cost laptop, which also uses a 900MHz Celeron M processor, was announced at the Computex trade show last year, Intel expected Asustek to announce a $199 laptop for education customers. But the Taiwanese computer maker had other ideas and declared -- to the surprise of Intel executives -- that the Eee PC would instead be marketed to consumers in markets around the world.While the Eee PC's price tag climbed substantially from the original announced price, at $400 or so the small laptops remain a relative bargain and users have been snapping them up as fast as Asustek can make them.As other computer makers show interest in following Asustek's lead, Intel has embraced the low-cost laptop as an important product segment for the consumer market, as well as the education market."We think that there's going to be a wide variety of multinationals and local OEMs [original equipment manufacturers] who decide to go after this segment," Shenoy said.


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Pakistan military says 150 al Qaeda militants killed since last ...

Pakistan's military says it has killed some 150 foreign fighters during its 11-month battle against militants in the country's tribal belt.


In calo dopo diffusione dei dati su pil Usa


Maya Bimbam Media's Inimey Nangathaan is a 3 D animation film full of fun.


The ICC considers forensic tests on the ball used in the controversial Oval Test between England and Pakistan.


FDA Saw Problems at Vaccine Plant in 2003

Centers for Disease Control Director Dr. Julie Gerberding and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, are sworn-in before the House Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Nov.


Nine killed in Myanmar protest crackdown

Soldiers and police fired into crowds of demonstrators in Myanmar's largest city and gave them 10 minutes to clear the streets or be shot on Thursday, with nine people killed in the second day of a crackdown on the largest uprising in 20 years.


CARSON, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Galaxy signed forward Alan Gordon on loan from the Portland Timbers of the A-League on Friday. A Galaxy selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft, the club will have the option


Embattled Sharon Vows to Save Govt., Gaza Pullout

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, his government in ruins, vowed Thursday to rebuild it by recruiting the Labor Party to stave off snap elections and carry out his Gaza withdrawal plan on schedule in 2005.


Imagine a drive-in movie screen that floats 1,000 feet in the air &#151; and travels 15 mph. An Orlando-based blimp company called The Lightship Group has effectively made one, and it could be coming to a night sky near you.


Sales of music downloads in the final week of 2007 are twice the total recorded in the same period last year.


Companies make their best product pitches to journalists, venture capitalists, and merger and acquisition wonks.


Thatcher son posts bail in Equatorial Guinea coup case

Mark Thatcher paid two million rand (250,000 euros/ 300,000 dollars) in bail to end a nine-day house arrest imposed after he was charged with bankrolling a coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, his lawyer said.


Kerry Widens Lead in California, Poll Finds

Democratic challenger John Kerry has a commanding lead over President Bush in California of 54 percent to 38 percent among likely voters, a poll released on Tuesday found.


Stolen credit cards traded through online stores

RSA reports that fraudsters are buying and selling stolen credit-card info in an online store that's apparently better-maintained than many legit e-commerce venues.


Iraq says won't disband police despite U.S. report

Iraq's Interior Ministry said on Thursday it would not disband the national police despite a report by an independent U.S. panel that will recommend scrapping and reorganizing the force.


Opposition seen winning Swedish election: exit polls

Sweden's centre-right opposition, headed by 41-year-old Fredrik Reinfeldt, was seen ousting Prime Minister Goeran Persson's Social Democrats from power after elections, according to two exit polls.


Good news for dinosaur fans: There are probably a lot more of them waiting to be discovered. At least, their fossils are.


FASHION models will replace volunteer ball boys and girls at the Madrid Masters tennis tournament starting this weekend. Tournament organisers today confirmed a report in the sports daily newspaper As, but declined to give details.


'EastEnders' Producer Quits After Just 4 Months

Kathleen Hutchison, Executive Producer of troubled soap "EastEnders," quit on Friday just four months into the job, the BBC said.


Wal-Mart Sales Slump Keeps Stocks Muddled

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s disappointing sales forecast sent stocks fluctuating Monday as investors' concerns about a slowing economy eclipsed their relief over a drop in oil prices.


Caffeine ups blood sugar level in diabetics: study

Cutting down on caffeine could help people with the most common form of diabetes better control their blood sugar levels, researchers said on Monday.


US July home sales, durable goods orders fall

Sales of new U.S. homes and orders  for durable goods both fell more than expected in July,  providing further evidence of slowing U.S. economic growth.


With the regular season under way this week, standout tackle Walter Jones signed a one-year deal and joined the Seattle Seahawks for practice Monday.


Militants Fire More Rocket at Israel Town

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Despite a massive Israeli offensive aimed at preventing rocket attacks on Israel, Palestinian militants fired off two more rockets early Monday at the Israeli town of Sderot, lightly wounding one person, according to rescue workers.    Ongoing violence in Gaza on Monday killed at least six Palestinians, according to the army and local officials, bringing the number of Palestinians killed during the nearly weeklong operation to 64...


Stocks edged lower on Monday as investors worried that weakness in housing threatened to slow the economy and corporate profit growth.


Putin arrives in Germany for talks with Schroeder

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the northern German city of Hamburg Monday for informal meetings with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.


The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a dispute involving Elizabeth Taylor over ownership of a Vincent van Gogh painting. The painting is claimed by descendants of a Jewish woman who fled Nazi Germany.


Moyes keen to retain tight grip on reality

THERE was one empty seat in the directorsâ box at Anfield when Steven Gerrard struck the goal of a lifetime on Wednesday night. David Moyes had taken his leave about ten minutes earlier, with


NBC Universal says to launch iVillage TV show

NBC Universal said on Monday it plans  to launch a new television show based on its iVillage Internet  community for women over its Bravo cable network and its 10  network-owned TV stations.


Iran resumes gas supplies to Turkey: report

Iran began pumping natural gas to Turkey on Sunday after cutting supplies for three weeks, but the flow was far less than normal, the Anatolia news agency reported.


The Digital Convergence Transformation and Analog Hanging in There

Have you ever seen a $25,000 PC Card that hooks to a scanner to produce clean content used for forms? Some professional groups pay those kind of dollars so they can use EDI to speed up their collections. Call the filer a service provider and call the paper billing company a payer. So why does the payer make a provider kill trees to get paid? read more


Fischer Backers Seek His Release in Japan

American chess champion Bobby Fischer should be freed immediately and allowed to leave Japan for Iceland rather than face deportation to the United States, his supporters said in a court filing Wednesday.


Take-Two delays plans to distribute "Manhunt 2"

Video game publisher Take-Two  Interactive Software Inc.  said on Thursday it has  suspended plans to sell "Manhunt 2" after the title was slapped  with restrictive ratings for its extreme violence.


At least five loud explosions have been heard near holy sites in the Iraqi city of Najaf. Sniper fire could also he heard coming from the area.


SYDNEY - President Bush vigorously defended his troop buildup in Iraq today, and got a boost when Prime Minister John Howard of Australia said his country's forces there won't change for the foreseeable future.


As drug makers are increasingly scrutinized for their relationships to researchers, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation's chief academic officer is finding himself under the spotlight.


Una dieta senza carne per piccoli vegetariani

Il pediatra sfata un tabÃ¹. Anche un'alimentazione priva di proteine animali puÃ² assicurare ai bambini una crescita sana


SPX chief executive John Blystone resigns

CHARLOTTE, NC -- SPX Corp. said it has named a new chairman and a chief executive officer to replace the current chairman, president and chief executive, who has resigned after nine years in those positions.


Jacques Villeneuve will return to Formula One with Renault for the final three races of the 2004 season, the French outfit confirmed on Friday.


Litvinenko e Mitrokhin è la Russia dei misteri

Dall'allarme contaminazione a Londra al dossier sui leader del centrosinistra. A Repubblica Tv ospite il senatore Paolo Guzzanti


Jeter, Wells each pick up first career fielding awards

com. American League winners of the 2004 Rawlings Gold Glove Award were announced Tuesday evening. Detroit catcher Ivan Rodriguez won his 11th Gold Glove, while Toronto's Vernon Wells and


Huckabee pushes national sales tax in NH

Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said eliminating federal income taxes in favor of a national sales tax would help save Social Security Â an odd pitch in a state where residents pay no state income or sales taxes.


This CIA Mission  --  Better Contract-Workforce Management  --  Isn't Classified

The CIA is taking on a project that many federal agencies avoid: sorting out which jobs must be performed by government employees and which jobs are appropriate for contract workers.


The key security update for Windows XP looks set to cause trouble for thousands of firms reveals a survey.


Iraq Prison Probe Faults Intelligence Unit

Release of two in-depth investigative reports this week on the Abu Ghraib prison scandal appears to have put to rest suspicions that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld ordered or encouraged the use of abusive tactics against Iraqi detainees.


Dancers in fishnet stockings, an aerial acrobat and band members wearing elaborate costumes surprised Tom Green as he broadcast the 112th episode of his live, late-night call-in show on ManiaTV.com.


Big set of Microsoft security patches coming Tuesday

(InfoWorld) - Microsoft plans to release 13 sets of security patches next Tuesday fixing critical vulnerabilities in a number of its products, including the company's new security software. The bulk of the patches will fix flaws in the Windows operating system and Office, Microsoft said in a statement published Thursday on its Web site. Five of the updates will be for Windows, and two of them will be for Office. Microsoft also plans to release one less-critical update that addresses flaws in both Windows and Office. The patches will be released as part of Microsoft's monthly cycle of security updates. There will also be patches for Microsoft's Step-by-Step Interactive Training andÂ Microsoft Data Access Components and an update that covers both Windows and Visual Studio. Finally, Microsoft will also publish an update that patches critical flaws in its Windows Live OneCare, Antigen, Windows Defender, and ForeFront security software. The Office patches have been anticipated as online criminals have been exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities in Word and Excel for several months now. These attacks, which are occurring on a limited scale according to Microsoft, try to trick the victim into opening a maliciously coded Office attachment in order to compromise the PC.


Diya Mirza has super-blast in her first comedy

Diya Mirza is all set to change her prim image, She is acting in a comedy.


Kosovo president: independence days away

Kosovo's president declared Wednesday the province would become independent of Serbia within days, but he did not specify a date.


Trieste, 18:13 - CALCIO, TRIESTINA: ALLEGRETTI IN DUBBIO PER IL CATANIA

Lo slovacco Martin Petras ha firmato un contratto biennale con la Triestina, ma per motivi di tesser...


Bank of America latest to tap Japan for funds

Bank of America  sold 230 billion yen ($2 billion) of global bonds on Friday, sources said, joining a handful of major banks that have sought to raise cash in Japan's stable credit markets.


Carson Refuge Nestles Quietly Near Growth ; The U.S. Wildlife Preserve Headquartered in Wells is One of Only Four Named After a Woman.

By ANNE GLEASON Staff Writer  The Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge extends for miles up the coast of rapidly developing southern Maine, a fitting tribute to an ecologist who wrote frequently about the importance of understanding and preserving nature.


President George W. Bush blasted   political opponents on Tuesday for selectively leaking from a   secret intelligence assessment on global terrorism and then   made public the report's main conclusion that the Iraq war had   become a "cause celebre" for Islamic extremists.


Roma, 21:10 - CALCIO, GRAGNANO E QUARTO PROMOSSE IN D

Gragnano e Quarto sono le ultime due squadre promosse in serie D. Il Gragnano ha superato i sicilian...


Astronaut's Mom Dies in Car Wreck While He's in Space

The mother of an astronaut stuck aboard the International Space Station by shuttle delays was killed this week when a freight train struck her car in Chicago.


IBM claims title to worldâs fastest supercomputer

IBM Corp. has announced it has built a supercomputer that surpasses the performance of the Earth Simulator in Yokohama, Japan, the computer widely regarded as the worldâs most powerful.


UK High Street sales dipped in November as higher interest rates hit shoppers' finances, the British Retail Consortium says.


Wall St Set to Dip, Bank Results Dominate

U.S. shares were seen opening a touch weaker on Wednesday as markets mull the Federal Reserve's cautious assessment of the economy and await third-quarter results Morgan Stanley  and Bear Stearns .


SL: Seagate Technology has announced that it will begin shipping the world's highest capacity PC hard drive to retail stores and resellers.


Since we launched at Web2  last week there has been a log of great feedback about Rojo .    First off is this *great* new Austin Power logo from Constantin Basturea   Smashing Baby!  On the subject of eye candy check out the CafePress store  that Chris  put together.  Very hip indeed!  I might get this for my girlfriend:  ... and this for my backpack:  We've been getting a lot of great feedback.  Thanks to everyone  for helping us out during our beta trial!  We even have our first Rojo external plugin :  "My room mate, Dylan Parker, has just released a plugin for FireFox named JustBlogIt. JustBlogIt is a Mozilla / Firefox extension that allows easy right-click posting to a weblog. It a ...


Dozens are to be punished over workplace deaths in China, as claims persist 10 Olympic workers died.


By By Nick Wilson, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Sep. 24--Candidates in the race for two seats on the board of trustees in the Templeton school district say they expect to face declining enrollment and reductions in state funding.


2:31 pm: Russian investigators still Probing twin crashes--no ...

MOSCOW _ Russian investigators said they found no evidence Wednesday that terrorists brought down two passenger jets that crashed almost simultaneously, killing all 90 people aboard, suggesting that the twin tragedies could be a horrific coincidence of


For Gardner, the shoe fits in last match

It was only fitting that it ended there, in the place where Rulon Gardner had spent so many hours and years toiling, the place that had brought him to the world.


Studies Add to 'Fat-but-Fit' Debate for Women

Obese women can ward off heart disease if they exercise. But they place themselves at a higher risk of diabetes if they don't lose weight.


Pakistani train crashes; 58 dead, many hurt

MEHRABPUR, Pakistan  - A Pakistani express train packed with holiday travelers derailed on Wednesday killing 58 people and injuring more than 120, officials said.


US: Samarra-style raids can stop rebels in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Oct 5  - At least 22 people died in Baghdad and Mosul car bombings, which targeted the fledgling Iraqi army, Westerners and the US military, as US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned Monday of more offensives like one just ended in


Judge: Yale Can Block Military Recruiters

A federal judge has ruled that Yale Law School can block military recruiters from campus without fear of losing federal funding.


Election 2008: Edwards (D) Trails Giuliani (R), McCain (R)

Rasmussen Reports - John Edwards (D), the Democrats' Vice Presidential nominee in 2004, is one of four Democrats currently reaching double digits of voter support for the party's top slot in 2008. The one-term Senator from North Carolina trails Republican front-runners Rudy Giuliani and John McCain, but leads other GOP contenders-Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee. Giuliani currently leads the pack in polls for the GOP nomination.


Killer great white shark to be destroyed

A great white shark that killed a teenage surfer off the southern Australian city of Adelaide and has been seen stalking city beaches since the attack will be hunted down and destroyed, authorities said on Friday.


The new head coach of Tottenham Hotspur has been described by a former colleague as a "football animal". Martin Jol, 48, takes over from the departed Jacques Santini and is a man who "eats, thinks and sleeps football".


Chinese mine disaster kills 25, traps more than 140

BEIJING - At least 25 miners have been killed and about 140 are trapped after a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China. The official Xinhua news agency says there were 293 miners working underground


Clinical trial links Celebrex to heart risk

In an announcement that many doctors were waiting for, Pfizer Inc. said its top-selling painkiller Celebrex -- which is similar to Vioxx -- caused an increased risk of heart attacks when used in high doses during a clinical trial.


National Perspectives: When the Desert Calls

More buyers are turning Palm Springs, Calif., which has long been considered a second-home haven, into a primary residence.


Iraq. Al Jazeera: liberati i 18 militari iracheni. Uccisi due ...

Sono stati liberati i 18 soldati della Guardia nazionale irachena rapiti ieri e mostrati in un video diffuso dai loro sequestratori. La notizia annunciata dalla tv araba al Jazeera Ã¨ stata poi confermata


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Director of charity group kidnapped in Baghdad

The director of the humanitarian group CARE International has been kidnapped in Iraq, and appeared in a video aired on Arab television network Al-Jazeera.


Some lawmakers balk at bill on patent drugs

Some U.S. Senate Republicans voiced  reservations on Thursday about a bill designed to stop drug  makers from striking deals to restrict the introduction of  cheaper generic drugs.


ACLU offers legal aid in interviews by FBI

The state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in Seattle is offering free legal help to anyone facing FBI questioning.


Multistate Medicare regions worry private insurers

A major obstacle to the success of the new Medicare law has emerged in recent weeks: Private insurers have told the Bush administration they will not expand their Medicare role


Los Alamos crackdown imperils US, lab physicist warns

A Los Alamos National Laboratory physicist charged Friday that "national security has suffered demonstrably" and the nuclear weapons lab's reputation has been unjustly maligned because of director George "Pete" Nanos' decision in July to suspend work at


Description: Russian President Vladimir Putin responds to the school massacre in Beslan by saying he'll restructure parliament and eliminate the direct election of governors.


US tones down aid appeals to NATO allies

Shifting tactics, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that the Bush administration has decided to tone down its appeals to NATO allies for more troops and other aid in the fight against the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan.


One of the two brothers convicted of killing schoolboy Damilola Taylor has been refused leave to appeal against his conviction.


'Britain's Guantanamo' prisoners begin appeal for release

Nine foreign terror suspects who have been held in British prisons without charge for nearly three years began an appeal for their release in a direct challenge to the Government's emergency anti-terrorism legislation.


Blind Japanese runner wins Paralympic marathon

Japanese blind runner Yuichi Takahashi won the Paralympic marathon Sunday, unsure of his victory until well after he finished his race along the ancient course.


The Federal Trade Commission won an important victory last week in its fight to protect consumers from spyware, the software that tracks unsuspecting Web surfers, bombards them with advertisements and sometimes even steal login information and passwords.


Bolivia's polished VP steps from shadows

While President Evo Morales has caught the world's attention waving a coca leaf at the United Nations and rushing to the bedside of an ailing Fidel Castro, the tougher assignments for his administration fall to his vice president, a gray-haired academic whose world view has changed little from his days as a Marxist guerrilla.


Children fight back against RIAA, take over Mensa

While Blighty faces new Armada Comments Science, smarts and children seem to dominate this week. We hope you all had the smarts to avoid the following occupations. Noted science red-top Popular Science has published a list of the ten worst jobs in science. "Microsoft Security Grunt" made number five, but you had your own suggestions:â¦


Tokyo, 16:43 - CALCIO, GIAPPONE: MIGLIORANO CONDIZIONI EX CT OSIM

Primo passo verso la guarigione per Ivica Osim. Ricoverato in ospedale da metà novembre in se...


HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka  - Politics got in the way  of tsunami relief efforts on Saturday with Sri Lanka stopping  U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan from visiting disaster areas  controlled by its rebel foes.


Chronology of Intel's delays and cancellations

Intel, the world's largest chip maker, scrapped a plan Thursday to enter the digital television chip business, marking a major retreat from its push into consumer electronics.


Looking Back at the Flurry on the Far Side

The New Museum's incomplete but remarkable exhibition showcases the roiling, polymorphous East Village art scene of the 1980's.


Ratings lowest-ever for US Open men's final

Roger Federer's dominant win over Lleyton Hewitt was the lowest-rated US Open men's final ever. Federer's 6-0, 7-6 (3), 6-0 win over Hewitt on Sunday drew a preliminary national rating of 2.5 for CBS.


Nixon, Hoover Bashed Justices in '71 Phone Call

President Richard Nixon described the Supreme Court's June 1971 Pentagon Papers decision as "unbelievable" and "stinking," and vowed "to change that court," during an unusually frank telephone conversation on July 1, 1971, with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.


Wreckage of Afghan plane found with all 104 on board feared dead: official

The wreckage of a missing Afghan jet was found in mountains east of the capital Kabul with all 104 people on board feared dead, an interior ministry spokesman said.


Bomb destroys Palestinian foreign ministry

A bomb dropped by an Israeli warplane destroyed the Palestinian Foreign Ministry building in Gaza City early Thursday.


Mosques, Green Zone attacked despite Iraq curfew

Three Sunni Muslim mosques were torched and mortar bombs hit Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Thursday, police said, despite curfews imposed after suspected al Qaeda militants hit a revered Shi'ite shrine.


Home Secretary John Reid says he has no ambition to be prime minister, saying he can "take it or leave it".


Citi to keep research firm FRC after buying Bisys

Citigroup Inc.  will keep Bisys  Group Inc.'s  unit, Financial Research Corp. (FRC), when  it buys the financial services provider, a Citi official said  on Friday.


UK retail sales rose at their weakest pace in more than a year in December, according to an industry survey.


Lewis Libby, a top former White House aide, is given 30 months in jail for perjury and obstruction of justice.


Australia's poll race enters final and crucial lap

THE fiercely-fought national election campaign in Australian has reached a turning point. This week the 13 million voters in the country are being presented with the final appeals by conservative


Rival teams love to hate Chelsea: Boulahrouz

Chelsea's recently signed Dutch defender Khalid Boulahrouz says he has been stunned by how rival players, and their cheeky fans, will behave to show their hatred of the London club.


A Swiss banker declares neutrality on media -- except for Disney.


Palermo, 11:22 - CALCIO, PALERMO: CEDUTI QUATTRO PRIMAVERA

Il Palermo ha ceduto a titolo temporaneo quattro giovani della Primavera. Il centrocampista Noel Cas...


Taliban's Gains Forestall U.S. Troop Reductions in Afghanistan

The U.S. military plans no troop cuts in Afghanistan before March, as fighting intensifies against Taliban forces that have gained influence in a political and security "vacuum" in the southern part of the country, according to a senior U.S. commander.


At least 25 Iraqi police officers died when a house they were searching exploded in western Baghdad Tuesday night, Baghdad police said.


LOS ANGELES - On Tuesday, Bill Gates launched a new version of the Media Centre PC, a personal computer that Microsoft wants to be the hub of everyone's home entertainment system.


Kerry, Bush Escalate Battle Over Vietnam Ads

FORT MYERS, Fla./CRAWFORD, Texas  - Democrat John  Kerry asked the Federal Election Commission on Friday to force  Republican critics to withdraw ads challenging his military  service and accused the Bush campaign of illegally helping  coordinate the attacks as the presidential race took a  decidedly bitter turn.


More than Â£1m worth of property belonging to a brother of an alleged IRA leader are frozen.


Bone Loss a Serious Threat to Older Americans

Half of Americans older than 50 will be at risk of fractures from too-thin bones by 2020, the surgeon general warned Thursday, urging people to get more calcium, vitamin D and exercise to avoid crippling osteoporosis.    The bone-thinning disease is on the rise as the population grays - but weak bones aren't a natural consequence of aging, Surgeon General Richard Carmona stressed...


An Iraqi Kurd man killed in Swansea city centre thought he was safe after escaping torture in Iraq, his friend says.


The two governments are preparing to put their proposals aimed at breaking the political stalemate in Northern Ireland to the DUP and Sinn Fein.


Gore climate change Oscar entry has Cuba's vote

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore  doesn't know if his climate change documentary will win an  Oscar on Sunday night -- but he has Cuba's vote.


Amnesty seeks to end Internet repression

Amnesty International marked its 45th  anniversary on Sunday by launching a global campaign to stamp  out state censorship of the Internet.


Iraq had no WMDs, says UN weapons inspector

After a year and a half in Iraq the United States has found no weapons of mass destruction; its chief argument for overthrowing the regime.


The British Medical Council in Wales asks GPs to lobby for a ban on smoking by writing to their MPs.


Schalke 04 and VfB Stuttgart moved closer to to the Bundesliga summit with impressive wins in Sunday's league programme. Ralf Rangnick's Schalke made it six wins out of six in beating Thomas Doll's Hamburger SV 2-1 at the AOL Arena.


The Italian government approved $8.6 billion in tax cuts for 2005 Saturday, state radio reported, ending partisan debate that at one point had prompted Premier Silvio Berlusconi to threaten to resign.


By Mike Gorrell, The Salt Lake Tribune  Jun. 7--Over a 15-year period, carbon monoxide poisoning at hotels,  motels and resorts claimed 27 lives nationwide, according to a study by the  medical director of LDS Hospital's Hyperbaric Medicine Center.


Jewelers nervous about Blood Diamond film

The U.S. jewelry  industry is gearing up to counter any negative effects from the  upcoming film "The Blood Diamond" which shows how illicit gem  trade fueled bloody civil wars, a trade group said.


Heidi Klum and her husband Seal, currently expecting their second child together, might not be done.


Gunmen seized four Egyptian engineers  in Baghdad on Sunday, underlining Iraq's dangers despite its  recent election and steps toward democracy.


Yemen Jails 5 Over Limburg, U.S. Envoy Murder Plot

A Yemeni court jailed five al Qaeda  supporters for 10 years Saturday for bombing the French  supertanker Limburg and sentenced to death another militant who  plotted with them to kill the U.S. ambassador to Sanaa.


Bush wraps up Middle East visit on peace, Iran, oil

President George W. Bush ends a Middle East trip on Wednesday in which he told regional allies that Iran is a threat, Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts need support, and high oil prices are in no one's interest.


Tight Glucose Control Needed for Diabetics

A new analysis of studies strongly suggests that people with diabetes keep tight reins on their blood sugar levels if they want to ward off heart disease.


Victims' Commission members had no concerns over the term "IRA volunteer", a commissioner says.


Lo afferma l'autopsia su vittime di Tempio Pausania


The tragic period romance "Atonement" dominated the race for the British Academy Film Awards, with nominations in 14 categories, including best picture, actor, actress and director.


To write about Arsenal's problems in Europe is to sound like a broken record. The mystery about the Gunners' inexplicable failures in the Champions League is increasingly becoming one of the most oversubscribed areas of football analysis.


Capture of Iraq's Most Wanted is Questionable

Conflicting reports Sunday night, that the most wanted man from Saddam H ussein's regime in Iraq has been captured. Iraqi officials said all day they had the man, now they're backing off from that claim.


Chester Taylor scored on a 4-yard touchdown run, giving the Minnesota Vikings a 6-3 lead over the Washington Redskins after the first quarter Monday night.


Capital One Financial, the nation's largest independent credit card company, said yesterday that its 2007 profit would be significantly less than its earlier forecasts, new evidence that problems shaking the mortgage industry have spread to other kinds of lending.


Duke's Krzyzewski Earns 700th Career Win

On a court that bears his moniker, Mike Krzyzewski became the sixth active coach to reach 700 career victories, watching as Shelden Williams finished with 18 points and 15 rebounds to help No. 9 Duke beat Toledo 82-54 on Sunday night.


NUSA DUA, Indonesia  -- Lindsay Davenport defeated second-seed Daniela Hantuchova at the Bali Open on Sunday to claim her first singles title after an absence of almost one year.


Jobs in forefront as Kerry, Bush court voters in battleground Ohio

Republican President George W. Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry both eagerly courted voters in the potential battleground state of Ohio Saturday as Bush jumped to an 11-point lead over Kerry in a new poll.


US transfers 35 Guantanamo detainees to Pakistan

The United States transferred 35 detainees from the US naval base prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,to Pakistan on Saturday, bringing to 191 the number of detainees having departed Guantanamo, the Pentagon announced.


The head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday his agency will start removing federal protections from gray wolves in Montana and Idaho by January, regardless of whether Wyoming has submitted an acceptable plan to manage its own wolves by then.


Annan Calls Devastation in Sumatra Worst He Has Ever Seen

The U.N. secretary general toured the tsunami-battered Indonesian island, where 4,000 more bodies were pulled from the rubble.


New Jersey will become the first state in four decades to abolish the death penalty under a measure lawmakers approved Thursday and the governor intends to sign within days


UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- New York Islanders forward Chris Simon was banned for 30 games Wednesday, drawing the longest suspension in NHL history again.


Viacom in $1 bln copyright suit vs Google, YouTube

Media conglomerate Viacom Inc.   sued Google Inc.  and its Internet  video-sharing site YouTube for more than $1 billion on Tuesday  in the biggest challenge yet to the Web search leader's  strategy to dominate the online video market.


DEATH PENALTY:  Vote on U.N. Moratorium Slated for Success

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 28 (IPS) - Persistence, passion and an inspired last-minute  political push from Italy's Transnational Radical Party and  Hands Off Cain has put the human rights alliance one step closer  to establishing its ultimate goal of a universal moratorium on  the death penalty.


Veracode hunts for backdoors in outsourced code

Sniffing out malicious code On-demand application security testing firm Veracode has added detection for backdoors and malicious code to its services. The addition aims to tap into concerns about the integrity of code developed by outsourced contractors.â¦


Travelers jam airports for holiday getaway

YREKA - The Thanksgiving turkey is not the only thing being stuffed this year, an estimated 37 million Americans are stuffing airports and roads today, getting an early start on a Thanksgiving holiday exodus that many in the travel industry expect will be


QPR footballer and England youth international  Ray Jones is killed in a car accident in east London.


The FTSE 100 slumped more than 100 points on Monday morning amid continued gloom about the prospects for the global economy.


SHANGHAI Â Morgan Stanley, the investment bank, and the Chinese government said Monday that the bank had determined the range of prices to be used when Chinaâs international investment fund converts $5 billion in securities into Morgan Stanley stock.


Thousands killed by huge waves from world's worst quake in 40 ...

LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia (CP) - Rescue workers battled to reach isolated coastal towns Tuesday on the Indonesian island Sumatra, nearest the epicentre of the monstrous earthquake that sent tsunami waves surging through the region, killing at least 23,700.


Allies at IAEA Meeting Reject US Stand on Iran

The Bush administration failed on Friday to persuade its closest allies and other members of the International Atomic Energy Agency to increase diplomatic pressure on Iran


England pick Monty Panesar and Sajid Mahmood for the third Ashes Test but Australia win the toss and bat.


GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban insurgents freed three South Korean women hostages on Wednesday, the first of 19 Christian volunteers the Taliban agreed to release after South Korea said it would pull its troops out of Afghanistan.


Six Iraqi guardsmen die in suicide car bombing, land mine near ...

In one incident, a suicide bomber attacked a National Guard checkpoint south of Samarra. Four Guardsmen were killed and six hurt. In the second attack, two Guardsmen were killed and another six injured when


Ivory Coast expats lash out at government

BEIRUT: Lebanese expatriates in Ivory Coast accused their government of neglecting them and overlooking their needs as anti-French rebellions wrack the country.


Florida to resend tens of thousands of missing ballots

Electoral authorities in Florida say they will resend tens of thousands of absentee ballots on Friday, after failing to determine the fate of 58,000 ballots that were sent out but not received by voters.


Democrats need to do something dramatic, even histrionic, to dispel the perception they are powerless to stop the Iraq War.


Owen trains for England, James sidelined

England striker Michael Owen took part in a full training session on Thursday, but keeper David James missed out as they prepared to face Wales.


Iran's foreign minister said Monday his country would be open to holding further talks with the U.S. over Iraq's security, while also criticizing the U.S. for not having a "plan to overcome the current crisis," state-run media reported Monday.


Il sindaco Vincenzi, 'La sua arte e' una sorta di grazia'


Audubon: Habitat Losses Lower Bird Count

The feathered creatures winging across North America have an obvious gift that land-bound humans lack, but their survival is threatened by earthly concerns.


G7 finance ministers say China should allow its currency, the yuan, to rise more quickly to ease inflation pressures.


Fear of what the symptoms of prostate cancer may mean stops men seeking medical help, a study suggests.


Al-Qaida uses women as suicide attackers

Three female suicide bombers blew themselves up within a few weeks late last year in Iraq, killing or wounding dozens Â a tactic that goes against religious taboos on involving women in fighting and could indicate insurgents are growing increasingly desperate.


Shares in Unilever fall after the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant issues a surprise profits warning.


Reggio Calabria, 19:49 - CALCIO, REGGINA: CIRILLO POTREBBE GIOCARE CONTRO L'EMPOLI

Allenamento a porte chiuse per la Reggina in vista della gara con l'Empoli: il tecnico Ulivieri hafa...


A police officer accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend admitted to his high school classmate and co-defendant that he killed her and told authorities where they could find her body, prosecutors said.


Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty wins Booker Prize

Alan Hollinghurst's novel, The Line of Beauty, a tale of a young gay man dazzled by drugs, power and money in Margaret Thatcher's London, won Britain's most prestigious literary award - the Booker Prize.


Tariq Ali: Even those of us critical of Bhutto's policies are stunned and angered by her death


South Korea's troubled export: babies for adoption

An Olympic hero reminds South Korea of the pain of exporting its children, while an actress expounds the joys of parenthood and the government the rewards. But South Koreans still don't like adopting other people's children.


Martynâs 114 gives Aussies early impetus

Nagpur: Barely a few minutes after stumps were drawn on the opening day, John Buchanan and Adam Gilchrist walked up to have a first-hand look at the wicket.


Potential jurors in the murder trial of actor Robert Blake are asked if they can handle the attention a high-profile case brings.


SIX people died Friday when hurricane-strength winds lashed Paris and large areas of northern and eastern France, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of homes and disrupting air, rail and road traffic.


Microsoft's Passport to be tossed by eBay

Online auction giant eBay Inc. will stop letting members sign in to its site using Microsoft Corp.'s Passport service, another sign of the scaling back of the Redmond company's once-sweeping vision for its user authentication system.


Conferenza capigruppo, poi Prodi in aula alla Camera


TechWeb - The networking company reaches an agreement to acquire Five Across, maker of white-label social networking software.


Two Rockets Hit Downtown Baghdad Sheraton

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Militants fired rockets at a hotel housing foreigners in the heart of Baghdad on Thursday night, causing minor damage, while U.S. officials said two American soldiers were killed by roadside bombs outside the capital and authorities arrested 20 Iraqis suspected of planting homemade explosives...


Silverstone owners the British Racing Driversâ Club and Bernie Ecclestone's FOA announced Thursday that they have signed a contractual and financial agreement to secure the British Grand Prix at Silverstone for the next five years.


Cancer patients are facing unfair dismissal and discrimination at work, a BBC investigation has revealed.


Fifa president Sepp Blatter wants Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi to meet to reconcile their World Cup final differences.


Diabetes Testing Strips May Give Bad Readings

A unit of Bayer AG recalled diabetes test strips used with its Contour TS Blood Glucose Meter because they may result in 5 percent to 17 percent higher blood glucose readings, the Food and Drug Administration said. Bayer Diabetes Care said that the strips were produced on new equipment and that the company had fixed the problem. Fifty-three production lots were affected by the recall, totaling 230,000 bottles of strips, a Bayer spokeswoman said. Details about the stripsâ product code and lot numbers were posted on the Food and Drug Administrationâs Web site, www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/bayer12_07.html.


The leaders of the European Union's 25 member states gathered in Rome Friday to sign the new EU constitution. Later in the day the heads of state planned to return home to try


Stocks end flat as investors cautious before Fed

Stocks barely moved on Monday as   investors avoided taking big positions ahead of inflation data   and a Federal Reserve decision on interest rates this week.


IPhone Likely Uses Arm Processors, Analysts Say

The guessing game continues over which processors Apple's iPhone will use.


Club used live turkeys for shooting contest

A Pennsylvania  sportsmen's club was fined $400 on Friday for cruelty to  animals after using live turkeys as targets, prosecutors said.


Renee Zellweger isn't the only actress packing on the pounds for plum roles these days. Sarah Steele, the 16-year-old actress who plays the overweight daughter of Adam Sandler and Tea Leoni in the comedy-drama "Spanglish," had to gain between 15 and 17 pounds for the role.


MOSCOW -- A key witness in the poisoning death of a former Russian security agent was questioned yesterday by British investigators at the Moscow hospital where he was undergoing tests for radiation contamination.


Microsoft defends position in EU antitrust case

Microsoft Corp. said in court Thursday that it had been prepared during settlement talks to share more software code with its rivals than the European Union demanded.


Crude advances on drop in gas, heating oil supplies

NEW YORK -- Oil climbed to settle near $61 a barrel yesterday, the highest closing price this year, after the US government reported surprisingly large drops in gasoline and heating oil inventories.


ENVIRONMENT-SRI LANKA:   Tsunami Alert Systems Working - Too Well

COLOMBO, Sep 19 (IPS) - A tsunami alert, last week, sent thousands of Sri  Lankans living along the coasts of this island nation fleeing  inland, but authorities were exultant that the early warning  systems installed after the disastrous Dec. 26, 2004 Indian Ocean  tsunami were working.


Iraq Group Says Kills Two Italian Women Hostages

An Islamist group in Iraq said it had killed two female Italian hostages in a statement posted on an Internet site, but the women's employers in Italy said on Thursday they had not given up hope.


The Foreign Affairs Ministry has strengthened travel warnings to Indonesia but has been criticised for reacting too slowly to Thursday's bomb blast in Jakarta.


Siena, 22:35 - BASKET, FINALE SCUDETTO: SIENA VINCE GARA 1 CON BOLOGNA

La Montepaschi Siena ha vinto gara 1 della finale scudetto del campionato di basket battendo la Vidi...


How real Ion Iliescu's commitment was to a genuine government of national unity has been shown by his decision to amnesty Miron Cozma.


Filter Corporate Email Through Gmail  Shawn Hogan from DigitalPoint actually started filtering his various corporate email accounts through the gmail mail server. Shawn used many types of spam detection and filtering systems, including Spam Assassin, which I am happy with, to block unwanted email. But for some reason 2,000 spam emails ...


Blair sets out vision for 'opportunity society' in Britain

Prime Minister Tony Blair set out his vision for Britain, saying he wanted to build "an opportunity society" if his Labour Party won a third term in power at the next general election.


Ashado, ridden by John Velazquez, won the $2 million Distaff Race at Lone Star Park Saturday, the first event on the $14 million eight-race Breeders' Cup card.


Ericsson returns to quarterly profit as world markets show growth

Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson reported a return to net profit in the third quarter, lifted by healthy growth in its international markets.


Monster Worldwide Inc.  said  on Wednesday it overstated profit from 1997 to 2005 by a total  of $271.9 million, a result of its investigation into  historical stock option grants and accounting.


Call  it a billionaire's luck, or maybe his wizardry: Not five minutes after George Soros warned ominously at the National Press Club yesterday of an impending Republican smear campaign against him, it materialized.


Russian Parliament to Probe Beslan Siege

The Russian parliament plans to form a commission to investigate the Beslan school siege that ended a week ago with the death of more than 330 hostages.


By Steve Lyttle, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 13--Officials say a fire at a vacant house in northeast Charlotte early this morning caused about $25,000 damage.   The fire was reported about 4:30 a.m. in the 5300 block of Kildare Drive, south of The Plaza and off Milton Drive.


The dollar was mostly firmer on Monday  as a drop in oil prices gave added impetus to dealers paring  positions after the dollar's recent brush with historic lows.


CALIFORNIAN Catholic leaders have struck what could be a record deal to settle claims of sex abuse. The Catholic diocese of Orange reached an out-of-court settlement in Los Angeles on Friday with 87 alleged


Detectives investigate a knife attack on a prisoner in the cells below the High Court in Glasgow.


Prince Charles should not become defender of all faiths when he is King, the Archbishop of Canterbury says.


DAVOS, Switzerland  - The U.S. economic slowdown is typically short and shallow and Washington's monetary and fiscal rescue packages will lift the economy, former U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow told Reuters.


They’re an opinion piece from the Marc and Angel Blog which compares Yahoo & Google and appears to be making it to the Digg homepage quite shortly. Google handles all of my daily web searching, email, chat, RSS feeds, blog monetization, etc. In my opinion, it blows Yahoo (and most other Internet companies) clear out of [...]


Police target IRA in bank heist investigation

Police in Northern Ireland investigating this week's $50 million bank robbery have searched the properties of several IRA members.


AgassiÂs Career Comes to a Close With a Loss

ÂI will take you and the memory of you with me for the rest of my life,Â Andre Agassi told the fans at Arthur Ashe Stadium after his loss to Benjamin Becker.


Michael Jackson Sued by Former Business Associate

A former business associate of  Michael Jackson filed a breach-of-contract suit against the pop  star on Tuesday, seeking $3 million he says the performer owes  him for unpaid loans, cash advances and producing fees.


Negligent US forces to blame for massacre of recruits, says Allawi

Iyad Allawi, Iraq's interim Prime Minister, said yesterday that the gross negligence of American forces had led to the massacre of 49 Iraqi army recruits by insurgents on Sunday.


Prosecutors say that Pirate Bay, a file-sharing Web site, helps others violate copyright laws by linking providers of pirated songs and films with people searching for the same material.


If as some have suggested religions are viruses of the mind, then it might make sense to separate the components of any given religion into two parts. The first part being those things which are necessary to maintain viral infection and which assist in the infection of new hosts. The second part is the payload: Those instructions which the virus writer wishes those who have been infected to carry out or execute.     My hope is that this method of analysis will assist others in understanding the structure of existing religions as well as those who aim to write one from scratch


Iraq's Allawi Says Some Areas Unsafe for Poll

BAGHDAD, Iraq  - Prime Minister Iyad Allawi  acknowledged Tuesday there were what he called pockets of Iraq  that would be too unsafe for voting in a Jan. 30 election, as  guerrillas killed 20 people in attacks.


IBM Corp. will spend more than $1 million to help fund a Linux technology center in Brazil. The center, created in conjunction with the Brazilian government


Hollywood FX Pro Hypes Space Travel With Indie Film

Veteran visual-effects artist Alan Chan has spiced up such films as Titanic, Polar Express. Now, his own indie space film Postcards From the Future, is meant to rally Americans to support manned space missions.


Norway Postal Service Tries to Woo Teens

With young Norwegians more likely to send a mobile phone text message than a post card, the postal service Tuesday revealed text message theme stamps in a bid to draw them back to letter writing.


Artest suspended for remainder of NBA season in record ban

Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest was banned for the remainder of the National Basketball Association season, the longest non-drug suspension in league history, NBA commissioner David Stern said.


A Silicon Valley start-up called Azul Systems plans to start selling hardware next year designed to make it faster and more efficient to run Java programs.


Users: Outage no reason to abandon Skype

When the Internet phone company Skype went offline for nearly two days last week, Tim Legrand was frustrated and inconvenienced. But he has no plans to switch back to a traditional telephone line.


At least 11 killed in Mogadishu attack: residents

Insurgents trying to attack African Union peacekeepers hit a restaurant in Somalia's capital Mogadishu with a rocket-propelled grenade, killing at least nine people in the building, residents said on Thursday.


Studies of children indicate that people may be inherently prejudiced against those less fortunate. Bah, humbug, indeed.


Hospitals hit back at claims of poor hygiene standards highlighted in a TV documentary.


The justice department is set to overturn the convictions of three men after it emerged mistakes were made in the case.


Bailout plan shelved for Donald Trump's casinos

A proposed bailout of Donald J. Trump's casino company has been shelved, and Trump now says he may take the company private. The company's shares fell 10 percent.


Mosca, 12:27 - VOLLEY, EUROPEI: IL CALENDARIO DELLA SECONDA FASE

Nella seconda fase degli Europei di pallavolo in corso in Russia, l'Italia affronterà Belgio,...


Novell files additional lawsuit against Microsoft

Less than a week after collecting a $536 million settlement from Microsoft, Novell filed another lawsuit, as expected, accusing the software giant of violating antitrust laws.


Airline Ends Use of Turboprops After 3rd Crash Landing

Scandinavian Airlines took the unusual step of abandoning a fleet of 27 Bombardier-built commuter airplanes after a third crash-landing by one of the aircraft.


Polio has re-emerged in Guinea and Mali, countries that had previously freed themselves of the disease. The finding raises fears that a major polio epidemic could hit west and central Africa.


Tim Henman is once again blown away by defending champion Roger Federer in the second round of the US Open.


Nokia's Mosh marries mobile with social networking

When George Linardos was ordered to  clear his diary to help dream up new business for Nokia  , he imagined six weeks brainstorming on the terrace  of a five-star hotel in the Caribbean.


Ailing Farrakhan calls for religious harmony

Ailing Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan delivered Sunday what was billed as his last public address, calling for Christian-Muslim unity ahead of what he predicted will be apocalyptic times.


Update 2: Interbrew Shareholders Back Ambev Move

Shareholders of Belgian brewer Interbrew SA on Friday backed the planned $11.4 billion combination of their family company with Brazil's Ambev in a deal that would form the world's largest brewer by volume.


Fulham have appointed former Inter Milan and Blackburn boss Roy Hodgson as their new manager, the Premier League club announced on Friday.


Children's Minister Kevin Brennan denies that councils are taking babies into care in order to meet adoption targets


Alleged Killer Drawn for Grand Jury Duty

THIBODAUX, La. - A man charged with nine murders - and suspected in many more - was listed among potential members of a state grand jury to be seated next month.


Canadian former world champion Jacques Villeneuve will test for Renault at Silverstone on Wednesday and Thursday, the Formula One team said.


US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warns the Pentagon could running out of money for Iraq and Afghanistan.


Parts suppliers rise as Cooper Tire deals

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Shares in auto-parts suppliers got a boost Friday from a billion-dollar deal in which two private-equity firms are carving off the parts business of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.


enKoo adds higher-end device for securing e-mail and applications

Network appliance vendor enKoo has introduced a new remote-access device designed for midsize businesses.


Panel Allows Bloomberg Wider Investment Options

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, seeking to bolster his charitable giving, has reached a new agreement with the City Conflicts of Interest Board that will allow him to move his money into more aggressive investments.


China in civet cat crackdown to prevent SARS

Chinese health authorities have launched a crackdown on restaurants offering civet cats for consumption, state media said on Wednesday, to prevent an outbreak of SARS linked with the cats.


Milano, 14:54 - CALCIO, DERBY: CURVE IN SILENZIO CONTRO REPRESSIONE

Con un volantino distribuito all'esterno dello stadio Meazza, il tifo organizzato delle curve di Int...


Young blood ruled at the Paris menswear shows on Sunday as Belgian designer Kris Van Assche made his hotly anticipated debut at Christian Dior, while other new faces prepared to revamp Cerruti and Francesco Smalto.


Grazie ad aumento vendite e riorganizzazione del gruppo


Due uomini lo aspettavano fuori dalla Casa di cura del PoliclinicoE' uscito con l'auto ed Ã¨ stato raggiunto da sei proiettili                                          Milano, il professor Austoni ferito a colpi d'arma da fuoco                                                                                Il medico Ã¨ un noto primario di urologia e andrologia e docente universitarioSubito soccorso, con una forte emorragia, non Ã¨ in pericolo di vita


The driver of the train which crashed in Cumbria tells of his sadness at the death of an elderly passenger.


Six horses die after Polish truck crashes

Six horses had to be put down Wednesday after a horrific truck crash on a highway in Slovakia, The Markiza Television network reported.


Romanians vote for new president to succeed Iliescu

Nearly 18 million Romanians are eligible to vote Sunday in the first round of a presidential election to replace Ion Iliescu and lead the former communist state into the European Union.


Peace talks for Sudan's Darfur halted again as deadlock continues

African Union-brokered peace talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebel leaders bogged down again, barely 10 minutes after delegates resumed negotiations following a three-day pause.


A trial of three hydrogen-powered pollution-free buses on routes in central London proves to be a "success".


Tiger Woods marries Swedish fiancÃ©e in Barbados resort

SANDY LANE BEACH, Barbados - Tiger Woods is back ashore in Barbados, with the Swedish model who is apparently his new wife. Witnesses say the golf star married Elin Nordegren in a spectacular sunset ceremony


p>Semiconductor design firm ARM (Quote, Chart) is took a major leap into the embedded microprocessor space by acquiring Artisan Components (Quote, Chart), producer of embedded memory, standard cell, input/output, analog and mixed-signal components.


Thousands Flee Clashes in East Congo - U.N.

Thousands of civilians have fled their homes after clashes in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations' humanitarian arm said on Friday.


Angelos Floats Idea Of Joint Nats-O's Store

Orioles owner Peter AngelosÃÂ will speakÃÂ with Nationals ownership about opening a joint store when the Orioles' fan store in Farragut Square closes at the end of the year.


Hungarian protesters call again on PM to quit

Anti-government demonstrators streamed   into Budapest on Saturday for what was expected to be the   biggest protest yet against Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc   Gyurcsany over his admission that he lied to the electorate.


1 Mickelson's tee shot - All square with Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood on the 18th tee in the Friday foursomes, Mickelson sliced his tee-shot way off target and up against a fence, forcing partner Tiger Woods to take a penalty drop before he could play


A man who jumped into a quarry in Snowdonia with two girls, one his daughter, is jailed for eight years.


On the brink of the biggest collapse in postseason history, the New York Yankees have one more chance to pull themselves together and finish off Boston.


Boston's Beckett adds to his post-season resume

A big Texan with a blistering fastball,  Boston Red Sox's Josh Beckett hurled himself into an elite  group on Wednesday when he became only the third pitcher to  strike out at least four batters to start a World Series.


Here's an addition on the ever-growing endorsement list of Amitabh Bachchan.


Johnny Depp reckons he's no great movie pinup — he just has a "weird job." Arriving Sunday for the premiere of his latest movie, "Finding Neverland," at London's Leicester Square, Depp played down his movie-star image as fans lining the red carpet screamed his name.


R. Kelly Is Suing Jay-Z Over Cancelled Tour

After a shambolic end to R. Kellyâs participation in âThe Best Of Both Worldsâ tour, he is now suing Jay-Z for a sum in excess of $70million.


Apple Computer Inc. said on   Tuesday its iTunes online music store would begin selling   movies from Disney, Pixar, and Touchstone as the company makes   its most aggressive move yet into the digital home.


Tiger Woods was waiting on the edge of the 10th green yesterday when an approach shot from Charley Hoffman whizzed by his head and missed him by about a yard. Woods was about the only one who dodged illness or injury in the first round of the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio.


President Bush's religious faith is "mainstream America" and no different from previous presidents, the director of his Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives said Friday.


ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday said that there should be no artificial deadlines in time frame for Jammu and Kashmir solution as both sides have a high history of engagements announcing that foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India will meet today (Tuesday


New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the only Hispanic in the Democratic presidential race, has changed his view of immigration legislation, saying Friday he opposes it unless significant changes are made.


Kerry Links Iraq War, U.S. Economic Woes

WASHINGTON - Democrat John Kerry sought to link the Iraq war to U.S. economic woes on Wednesday, calling President Bush's move against Baghdad a "catastrophic choice" that so far has drained $200 billion in needed resources at home...


Never in his wildest dreams did Tiger Woods guess he would have 13 major championship titles at the age of 32, the world number one said on Wednesday.


Consumer prices rose the most in more than two years in November as energy costs surged and a host of other prices marched higher, damping prospects of further interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve.


A suicide attacker sped up to a US military convoy near Fallujah and detonated an explosives-packed vehicle yesterday, killing seven Marines and three Iraqi soldiers, US military officials said.


Regulators fine CBS $550,000 for Janet Jackson Super Bowl show

Federal regulators on Wednesday fined CBS a record $550,000 for Janet Jacksonâs âwardrobe malfunction,â which exposed the singerâs breast during this yearâs Super Bowl halftime show.


Thanks to Vijay Singh winning nine times, foreign-born players established a PGA Tour record by winning more than half of the year's tournaments.


Game invites users to play the role of JFK's assassin, causing some observers to wonder whether video games have gone too far.


Suspicion of a Mad Cow Case Proves Unfounded, Tests Find

A cow that tested positive last week on preliminary tests for mad cow disease has tested negative on the follow-up, the Agriculture Department announced.


Osbournes on Best Behavior for Charity Event

There was no ham-tossing or obscenity-spewing in the Osbournes' backyard in Beverly Hills on Thursday night.


In a subtle and goofily educational way, the hosts of ÂMythbustersÂ commit mayhem for scienceÂs sake.


Rangers 2, Blackhawks 1: Rangers Find Inspiration in a Surprise Visit From Shanahan

The Rangers were lucky they did not have much time to reel over how they would play indefinitely without Brendan Shanahan as they chase a playoff spot.


Rovigo, ieri aveva avuto un incidente stradale


Update 2: Ex-Enron Treasurer to Testify at Trial

Merrill Lynch & Co. drafted a letter in mid-June 2000 instructing Enron Corp. to wire $7.5 million to a specified account by the end of that month to buy out the brokerage's $7 million investment in three barges.


Carlos Boozer of the Utah Jazz shoots against Shandon Anderson of the Miami Heat in Miami's 100-80 win Monday. Corey Maggette scored four of his 33 points in the second overtime and the Los Angeles Clippers


Troops patrol ETimor as president recovers from surgery

Troops and police enforced a state of emergency across East Timor on Tuesday as President Jose Ramos-Horta recuperated from an assassination bid that doctors said he was lucky to survive.


Oracle Corp. announced on Wednesday the end of an 18-month fight for the takeover of software maker PeopleSoft as 75% of the competitorâs shareholders have agreed to tender their shares to Oracle.


The U.N. refugee agency appealed Thursday to the European Union to do more to protect refugees fleeing Iraq, saying the war was the cause of the biggest displacement of people in the Middle East in recent history.


Relatives of Libya nurses await their return at Sofia airport

Relatives of the Bulgarian nurses given life sentences in Libya were waiting for them early Tuesday at Sofia airport hoping for their return, Bulgarian national radio reported.


The Food and Drug Administration says Xulong and other Chinese companies will be restricted from selling certain types of seafood in the United States.


It didn't take long for Melissa Brown, a Republican running for the U.S. House, to win over a gaggle of Democratic-leaning beauticians at the Beauty Worx Day Spa.


Major League Baseball to Buy Tickets.com for $66 Mln

The Internet unit of Major League Baseball on Tuesday said it has reached an agreement to buy online ticket seller Tickets.com Inc. in a deal valued at about $66 million.


An inquiry into allegations by Kenyan women of rape by British soldiers finds insufficient evidence for prosecution.


Microsoft buys into master data management

Blog: To build up the business intelligence tools in Office, Microsoft acquires privately held Stratature.


Briton jailed for 15 years in Cyprus hit-and-run killing

A British tourist who ran down two Cypriot teenagers on a moped, killing one of them in the beach resort of Protaras last summer, was jailed for 15 years by a Cyprus court on Friday.


Livorno, 21:19 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: SPINELLI PRENDE DHORASOO E VOLPE

Il Livorno ha preso il centrocampista della nazionale francese Dhorasoo e il giovane attaccante del ...


French police search the flat of Jerome Kerviel, the man said to be the rogue trader who lost 4.9bn euros.


Bari, 11:47 - CALCIO, BARI; MATARRESE: A FINE STAGIONE VENDO

Il presidente del Bari, Vincenzo Matarrese, dopo le dure contestazioni dei tifosi a seguito del manc...


(ANSA) -ATENE, 27 AGO- Gli atleti italiani impegnati negli sport di squadra (calcio, volley, basket, pallanuoto) alle Olimpiadi gareggeranno con il lutto al braccio. La decisione e' stata presa per onorare la memoria di Enzo Baldoni, ucciso in Iraq.


The former frontman of the groundbreaking British rock band the Kinks was presented with an Icon award on Tuesday for what organizers said was his enduring influence on generations of music makers.


New infrared observations of the disks of dust and rock around young stars reveal that many planets apparently form in an environment more violent and chaotic over a longer period of


Jeanne Plows North, Drenches Ga. and S.C.

MELBOURNE, Fla. - Hurricane Jeanne tore a fresh path of destruction as it marched up storm-ravaged Florida and moved into Georgia and South Carolina Monday, losing strength along the way...


Gaza's main power plant began shutting down on Sunday due to a fuel shortage caused by Israel's closure of the Hamas-controlled territory's borders in response to Palestinian rocket attacks.


Rupert Murdoch won shareholder approval on Tuesday to move the corporate headquarters of his $48 billion News Corp. Ltd. media empire to the United States and sever its Australian roots.


Yahoo Inc.'s financial malaise dragged on during the second quarter as the Internet icon's profit slipped slightly and revenue growth lagged behind the pace of the online advertising market that it once led.


Da venerdi' prossimo su Raiuno con Antonella Clerici


Hardee's September sales up 5% on new products

New products helped push Hardee's Food Systems Inc.'s sales up 5.1 percent in the four weeks ended Oct. 4, its parent company said Wednesday.


By MATTHEW DALY  WASHINGTON - It could be your new hardwood floor or coffee table, with a rich mahogany hue.


AdBrite Changes CPC Ad Targeting System AdBrite has made some changes to the order of the ads, or their ranking, in its ‘text’ advertising network (with over 20,000 publishers). Instead of showing the highest bid first, AdBrite is taking a more performance oriented approach to determining which ads are shown and the order of multi-link ad [...]


Hilton's parents visit, breeze past line

The parents of Paris Hilton didn't have to wait long to visit their daughter Tuesday, raising more questions of whether the hotel heiress was receiving special treatment. The Hiltons breezed past some waiting in line for hours to see loved ones.


Over 50% of P&G layoffs in year were at Gillette

THE REGION Procter & Gamble Co. has eliminated 2,800 positions over the past fiscal year, with more than half coming from Gillette, as a result of P&G's takeover of the Boston shaving firm. P&G's $54 billion acquisition of Gillette is expected to result in an estimated 5,000 job cuts from the combined workforce of about 140,000. Already, Boston has lost ...


New Injection Strengthens Immune System against AIDS

Medical researchers at the Israeli Hadassah University have reportedly developed a new injection that strengthens the body's immune system against HIV, the cause of AIDS.


Parigi, 22:50 - CALCIO, FRANCIA: TOLOSA AI PRELIMINARI DI CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Il Tolosa si è qualificato per i preliminari di Champions League grazie al 3-1 al Bordeaux ne...


Views of Titan hint at frozen volcanoes and methane lakes

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spotted what may be icy volcanic flows and a large lake of oily liquid on Saturn's mysterious moon Titan, scientists said Thursday.


Mosca, 16:41 - BASKET, CSKA MOSCA: STAGIONE FINITA PER SAVRASENKO

Stagione finita per Alexey Savrasenko. Il centro del Cska Mosca si è infortunato nuovamente a...


Producer prices up on energy rise in May

A big jump in energy costs sharply  pushed up prices that U.S. manufacturers and wholesalers paid  for goods last month, but outside of energy the inflation  picture looked tame.


China's Liu to skip Golden League to focus on Olympics

China's 110m hurdles world record holder Liu Xiang will skip next year's Golden League series in Europe to continue his preparations for the Beijing Olympics, local media reported on Thursday.


Lo afferma documento presentato oggi a sindacati


The N96, due out in September, features a slightly larger screen, as well as an upgraded mapping program.


Sun Trying Something New ... Like Giving Away An Operating System

Sun Microsystems is trying a new marketing strategy ... giving away its new Solaris 10 operating system for free! "Hewlett Packard sells a printer at a low price and makes a lot of money on printer cartridges.


Australia win toss and bat against India

Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat in the DLF Cup day/night one-day international against India at Kinrara Oval here.


HOME SECRETARY BROUGHT DOWN BY BITTER AFTERMATH OF AFFAIR ...

DAVID Blunkett's resignation was not inevitable. The Home Secretary dug his own political grave and then leapt into it. In the weeks since it was revealed he had a three


FBI agents in the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, witnessed abuses of prisoners that included being left in their own feces, chained in ice-cold or super-hot cells


Sony pre-announces Nvidia GeForce 7600 GTL

Media Center PC to incorporate Blu-ray, HDMI too Sony has extended its Vaio Digital Media Center line-up with a pair of new models pitched at European consumers keen to embrace HD content with Blu-ray Disc technology. Interestingly, the VGX-XL201 and VGX-XL202 machines both feature an as yet unannounced Nvidia graphics chip.â¦


Millionaire Socialist Gyurcsany elected Hungarian prime minister

Socialist Ferenc Gyurcsany, a former communist youth leader turned millionaire businessman, was elected prime minister of Hungary after parliament approved his nomination by a narrow margin.


A Firefighter Is Killed in a Brooklyn Blaze

A New York City fire lieutenant died and eight people were injured in a fire in a high-rise apartment building.


AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Il Card. Jorge Arturo Medina EstÃ©vez, Inviato speciale del Santo Padre, conclude dopo sei anni di lavoro il Concilio Plenario della Chiesa venezuelana Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - La Chiesa in Venezuela celebrerÃ  sabato 7 ottobre la solenne sessione di chiusura del Concilio Plenario del Venezuela (CPV) dopo sei anni di intenso lavoro (vedi Fides 10/7/2006). Il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI ha nominato il ...


President Bush commuted the sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby yesterday, sparing Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff 2 1/2  years in prison after a federal appeals court had refused to let Libby remain free while he appeals his conviction for lying to federal investigators.


Scott Heiferman is cited for founding Meetup.com, which aims to get people to "go online to go offline."


Black's Ravelston Offers $61 Mln for Hollinger Inc.

Ravelston Corp., the company owned by Conrad Black to control his newspaper publisher, offered about $61 million to buy Hollinger Inc.


President Bush and John Kerry have accepted $75 million each in government financing for their campaigns for the White House but tens of millions more will be spent by the parties and partisan interest groups to influence the race.


Nasrallah says no army can disarm Hizbollah

Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah   on Friday rejected international calls to disarm his Lebanese   guerrillas and told a huge "victory" rally they still had more   than 20,000 rockets after a month of war with Israel.


Despite his fourth-inning home run in the Orioles' 5-3 victory over Red Sox, Jason Dubois remains a long way from making the Opening Day roster.


Woman Finds Buckeye Trees Stripped of Nuts

AMANDA, Ohio - Sarah Young woke one morning to find her buckeye tree stripped bare of nuts. Was it the work of busy squirrels or a buckeye bandit? Young suspects the latter...


Four Infineon executives pled guilty for price fixing computer memory chips and will face a prison sentence of four to six months along with $250,000 in fines, reported the US Department of Justice on Thursday.


Dodgers' Bradley Ejected for Throwing Bottle

Milton Bradley became the latest Major League Baseball player to go after the people who pay to see him perform. In the same month that Texas pitcher Frank Francisco was


Private equity eyeing Ahold's U.S. unit: paper

Private equity and trade  buyers are lining up bids for Dutch retailer Ahold's   3 billion euro ($3.8 billion) U.S. Foodservice  division, British newspaper The Business reported on Sunday.


Google-funded firm launches DNA test in Europe

DAVOS, Switzerland  - A private firm funded by Google Inc launched its Web-based DNA test in Europe on Tuesday, hoping to build on a successful start in the United States, where the $999 service went on sale in November.


REBEL BOMB AIMED AT COP RECRUITS KILLS 47 IN BAGHDAD

September 15, 2004 -- BAGHDAD - A car bomb yesterday ripped through a busy market near a Baghdad police headquarters where Iraqis were waiting to apply for jobs on the force, killing 47.


SAITAMA, Japan  - America's NBA All-Stars stepped   up and took charge, leading the U.S. to a 96-81 win over   Argentina in the bronze medal game at the world basketball   championship on Saturday.


Roundup: Retirement looms for Russia's Popov

Alexander Popov, twice a double-sprint freestyle Olympic gold medalist, said Thursday it was unlikely that he would compete again.


Hewlett-Packard next year will take a fresh approach to its utility computing initiative with a product designed to lower the cost of running corporate computing systems.


Dennis snatches last minute winner for Addicks

Charlton Athleticâs Dennis Rommedahl scored an extra-time winner for his side yesterday (Dec 5) in the south London derby against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.


Politics: 21 October 2004, Thursday. Bulgaria's Interior Minister Georgi Petkanov has confirmed that there will be a change of personal identity documents to include new data.


National Post columnist Diane Francis is in Kiev to report on Ukraine's post-election turmoil. Yesterday she was on hand as a fortnight of protest suddenly turned into celebration after the country's highest


(HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:


Democrat Gregoire Wins Wash. Governor Race

Democrat Christine Gregoire won the Washington governor's race by 130 votes out of 2.9 million ballots cast, according to final recount results announced Thursday from Seattle's King County, the last of the state's 39 counties to report.


Many hopefuls keep Bush ties under wraps

Since President Bush's approval rating sank to the lowest level of his presidency in May, nearly six in 10 of his appearances helping Republican candidates have been closed to all media coverage.


Nel quarto trimestre netta crescita nella raccolta


An explosion at a Pakistani base kills at least 15 soldiers, most of them officers from an elite counter-terror force.


SEATTLE -- The smallest man on the court always seems to make the biggest plays for the Washington Huskies. Dazzling guard Nate Robinson is one of the most exciting players in the country.


There is fresh hope of a breakthrough in Northern Ireland after Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams said the IRA would relinquish its arms if a new peace deal could be brokered.


White House officials have asked the  Justice Department to determine whether Air Force Secretary  James Roche engaged in possible misconduct over an initial  proposal to lease 100 Boeing Co. BA.N refueling tankers,  sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.


Lowell Quietly Puts Up Big Numbers for the Red Sox

As valuable as Mike Lowell has been in helping the Red Sox surge into the World Series, there is a chance he could be playing his final games with the team.


Rescuers pull 12 bodies from China coal mine

Rescuers have recovered the bodies of all 12 miners missing after a blast at a coal mine in central China, with no word on the fate of 181 miners trapped underground in the east for more than two weeks.


The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee sought to weaken support for a resolution opposing President Bush's Iraq war strategy, saying Sunday that supporters are intellectually dishonest.


As Mets Look Ahead, They Keep Looking Back

A handful of potential managers has emerged from the Mets' 1986 World Series-winning team.


Other than the obvious voids that must be filled in the coaching staff, the outlook for the 2005 Patriots is quite good in terms of retaining top players and still being able to add talent to a very talented team.


VFW Post #9097, Hurricane, now has an Internet


Magna Carta sells in NY auction for $21.3 million

A rare 710-year-old copy of the Magna Carta was sold at auction for $21.3 million by The Perot Foundation at Sotheby's in New York, the auction house said on Tuesday.


A suicide car bomber struck the police headquarters in Basra on Tuesday, killing at least three officers and wounding 20 people amid fears over the southern city's deteriorating security situation.


Ancora mistero sul nuovo tecnico Papadopulo in pole position

ROMA, 26 DICEMBRE 2004 - Solo domani la Lazio ufficializzera' il nome del nuovo tecnico. Esonerato Caso, anche se non c'e' nessuna conferma ufficiale, alla ripresa degli allenamenti dovrebbe essere Giuseppe Papadopulo a guidare la Lazio.


Fla. teen flies to live with mom in Cuba

A 14-year-old Florida boy who was having trouble in school used his father's credit card to fly to Havana, where he is now living with his mother, his father says.


North Korea's number two leader in China amid pessimism over ...

BEIJING  - A North Korean delegation headed by the Stalinist state's number two leader arrived in China amid faltering attempts to resolve the standoff over the North's nuclear weapons program.


B.C. poultry on the move: trade restrictions lifted after province stays clean

VANCOUVER (CP) - B.C. birds are on the move to dinner tables across Canada and the U.S. after the province managed to stay clean from avian flu for 60 days.


The smell of flowers is displacing the aroma of coffee as a driving force in the Ethiopian economy.


'Big Ben' on Verge of Yet Another Record

Ben Roethlisberger still hasn't lost an NFL game or played an entire NFL season, yet he's closing in on a feat only one other quarterback in Pittsburgh Steelers history has accomplished.


FOXBOROUGH -- The Revolution revived their playoff hopes again last night, the combination of a 2-0 victory over the Dallas Burn at Gillette Stadium and Chicago's tie with Columbus sets the stage for another dramatic finish to the regular season.


With all the hand-wringing about the economic perils of falling populations, there could be one beneficiary: the environment.


Raul Castro says Fidel ready for new bid

Raul Castro said Monday that Communist Party leaders support his brother Fidel's re-election to parliament, saying he is exercising two hours daily and gaining weight while keeping his mind healthy with reading and writing.


Ambrose Denies Retreating From International Co-Operation on Environment

By DENNIS BUECKERT  OTTAWA (CP) - Environment Minister Rona Ambrose is considering a UN invitation to host a major environmental conference in Montreal next year on the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol to protect the ozone layer.


An American student extradited from London to face charges that he provided al-Qaida fighters with equipment to attack U.S. soldiers is an activist, not a terrorist, his lawyer said Tuesday after the man pleaded not guilty in court.


Iraq to Widen Arms Amnesty, Bring Falluja to Heel

Iraq's interim government will declare a nationwide arms amnesty next week, but insists the city of Falluja must turn in foreign militants or face assault, National Security Adviser Kassim Daoud said Monday.


Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Milton Bradley was charged with disorderly conduct after interfering with a traffic stop near Akron.


The EU signs visa deals with five Balkan states, making it cheaper and easier for their nationals to travel in Europe.


Lavoro, tutte le offerte dai supermercati alla finanza

Si cercano capi reparto e business analyst ma anche direttori marketing e responsabili della logistica. Da Conad a San Carlo, da Yamaha a Vodafone, da Barclays Bank a Konica-Minolta, ecco le aziende che assumono


Departing Powell tips beer glass to Germany's Joschka

Outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell recalled a long-standing beery joke with Joschka Fischer Thursday, after receiving a few bottles of Germany's finest brew as a farewell present.


UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Mike Sillinger scored the winning goal with 26.8 seconds left, and the New York Islanders snapped the Pittsburgh Penguins' point streak at 16 games with a rousing, 6-5 comeback victory Monday.


FASLANE, Scotland - As HMCS Chicoutimi limped back to port yesterday, towed through still waters and under gloomy skies, the events leading to the fire on the submarine that claimed the life of a fit young sailor, remained shrouded in mystery.


Darren Collison scored all of his 18 points in the decisive second half and freshman Kevin Love added 16 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 5 UCLA to a rugged 67-59 victory over reeling No. 17 Washington State on Thursday night.


A US soldier has been sentenced to three years in prison for murdering a severely wounded Iraqi teenager earlier this year. Staff Sergeant Johnny Horne, 30, from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, had pleaded


Back From the Front, With Honor, a Warrior's Truth

In the wake of many deceptions, small and large, innocent and deadly, the author's ongoing silence eventually became its own burdensome lie - one that she simply could no longer bear.


Rights abuses unabated in Raul Castro's Cuba: group

Eleven months after Cuban leader Fidel Castro handed over power to his brother, Cuba continues to trample on civil liberties, though the number of political prisoners has fallen, a rights group said on Thursday.


Sta per scadere l'ultimatum. Gli amici di Baldoni: Â«Forse uno ...

Unp spiraglio, forse meno. Sicuramente qualcosa che non Ã¨ possibile rendere pubblico. La famiglia Baldoni, il giornalista freelance nelle mani dellâEsercito di Liberazione dellâIslam, fa capire perÃ²


UPDATE 3-Bausch & Lomb profit rises, shares fall

Bausch & Lomb Inc. (BOL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday reported a 34 percent jump in third-quarter earnings, helped by lower research and development


Following a lawsuit threat, a security researcher goes ahead with a presentation on vulnerabilities in RFID access cards-- but doesn't demonstrate problems with HID Global's system. By Kim Zetter.


EBay seeks to buy rest of its South Korean affiliate

SEOUL EBay on Wednesday offered to buy the remainder of Internet Auction, its South Korean affiliate, for about $530 million, in seeking to further expand its presence in Asia.


TRACK: Dwain Chambers, 29, put British officials in a bind when he won an automatic qualifying spot this past weekend for next month's world indoor championships in Valencia, Spain. UK Athletics had tried to bar Chambers, who served a two-year drug ban after testing positive for the designer ster...


Yahoo Cancels Limits on Small Biz Hosted Storage

The new monthly Web hosting service for small and medium sized businesses provides unlimited hosted storage capacity and bandwidth.


UAW, DaimlerChrysler subsidiary reach multi-plant labor agreement

The United Auto Workers and an automotive supplier have reached an agreement that covers current hourly workers and possibly those at yet-to-open factories, the first multi-plant pact negotiated by the UAW in 20 years.


Sul corpo ci sarebbero segni di piu' colpi d'arma da fuoco


Paisley conjures another barrier to power-sharing

The gnarled and bent figure of the Reverend Ian Paisley crept down the steps of Number 10 Downing St after meeting the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair.


Survey shows 17.5 percent of New Yorkers get HD broadcasts, above the 11.3 percent national average.


Iniziato in Giappone il vertice dei ministri finanziari e dei governatoridelle banche centrali dei Sette Grandi. Si cercano le soluzioni alla crisi                                           "La crescita globale rallenta ancora" Scenari difficili al G7 di Tokyo                                                                                "Gli Stati Uniti in fase di deterioramento". Parleranno Draghi e Padoa Schioppa


HAVING shown her indomitable spirit by winning the New York Marathon ten days ago, just 11 weeks after the trauma of Athens, Paula Radcliffe yesterday decided to turn her attention to scaling


The US Supreme Court yesterday agreed to decide whether cable television companies that also provide high-speed internet service must allow other Internet service


Pilots for US Airways are continuing to negotiate this weekend over the Arlington airline's demand for a 16.5 percent pay cut, despite a warning from management that negotiations should have concluded yesterday.


The Internet's key oversight agency is investigating suspicions that insider information is being used to snatch desired domain names before an individual or business can register them.