The quartet, of course, represents the four hurricanes that raked across Florida in late August and the first half of September -- storms blamed for death, destruction and a dampening of retail sales as well.


Mediterranean diet wards off asthma, allergy: study

Children of women who eat a Mediterranean diet rich in fruits and vegetables while pregnant are far less likely to develop asthma or allergies later in life, Greek researchers said on Tuesday.


THE US Government has moved for the first time to block unsolicited circulation on the Internet of spyware, a type of software that can inundate web users with pop-up ads, secretly take control of their computers and spy on their online activities.


Major powers urge 'constructive' Kosovo talks: Miliband

Major powers urged Serbia and Kosovo Albanian separatists to show "a constructive spirit" in their upcoming direct talks here on the Serbian breakaway province's future status, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said late Thursday.


LUXEMBOURG Oct 31, 2004 - Alicia Molik of Australia won her second straight title Sunday, defeating Dinara Safina of Russia 6-3, 6-4 in the SEAT Open final.


Straffan, 20:07 - GOLF, RYDER CUP: EUROPA-STATI UNITI 5-3

L'Europa è in vantaggio 5-3 sugli Stati Uniti al termine della prima giornata della Ryder Cup...


One-Third of Children in Poverty, Report Says

One in three children in the District continues to live in poverty, and there has been a slight increase in the city's overall poverty rate, according to the D.C. Kids Count Collaborative, whose leaders warned of tragic consequences unless parents get help in coping with stress.


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Walt Disney Quarterly Profit Rises 24 Pct

Walt Disney Co.  quarterly profit rose 24 percent on Thursday as stronger cable television results and a tax benefit more than made up for a sharp slowdown at Disney's movie studio.


Talks to revive powersharing in Northern Ireland have entered a final 24-hour push as Britain and Ireland prepared to publish their painstakingly negotiated peace plans.


Head injury drugs 'may have killed 10,000'

Anti-inflammatory drugs routinely given to patients with serious head injuries may have killed 10,000 people over the past few decades, according to research.


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The advertising services company said fourth-quarter profit rose 13 percent to $313.9 million, slightly ahead of expectations, with revenue increases in the United States and internationally.


Dominant Federer says he's ready to win the Slam

Dominant and inspirational in equal   measure, Swiss maestro Roger Federer snapped up another three   grand slam titles in a glittering 2006.


Only one in seven Indonesians realise that bird flu can actually kill them, a senior official admits.


DALLAS, Dec. 19  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Members of BLOCKBUSTER Total Access(TM), the new online/in-store DVD rental program from Blockbuster Inc. , can now try out up to 12 new games a year free.


Shaq helps Heat to best start in franchise history

Shaquille O'Neal promised to bring a championship to Miami. And although it's way too early to be thinking about titles, he can't wait to show off his new team to his old Western Conference rivals.


Jim Broadbent signs for 'Indiana Jones 4'

British Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent is the latest star to have signed up for the fourth adventure film featuring swashbuckling archaeologist Indiana Jones, a statement said Wednesday.


The New England Patriots' best play was an illegal forward pass. It was that kind of day for Tom Brady and his offense.


The US Federal Reserve continues to sees inflation as the "predominant concern" for the economy, minutes show.


Explanation of 'strong force' wins Nobel Prize in physics

Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in physics yesterday for revealing three decades ago how forces in the atomic nucleus keep it from flying apart -- a discovery that has given scientists


Several airlines are aggressively cutting fares in hopes of beating back tough competition for holiday passengers.


Senators propose to track sex offenders online

Two U.S. senators said on Thursday  they would introduce legislation that would potentially protect  users of popular social networking sites like News Corp's   MySpace from registered sex offenders.


Chris Coleman believes Fulham must take a leaf out of Charltonâs book if they are to steer clear of relegation trouble. After bringing their three-match losing streak to a halt


The last time Detroit Red Wings star Steve Yzerman played in an NHL game, during the 2004 playoffs, he had to be helped off the ice when a puck broke bones near his left eye. Yzerman vowed to return, with a visor, but didn't get the chance.


Smelling Citrus Oils Prevents Asthma in Rats

NEW YORK  - A key ingredient in the aroma  from citrus fruits such as oranges and lemons appears to  protect rats from the symptoms of asthma, new research shows.


IBM throws weight behind OpenOffice.org project

InfoWorld - After years of holding out, IBM has joined the OpenOffice.org open-source community and will contribute code to the office suite that serves as an alternative to Microsoft's Office software.


At a news conference to unveil a bill to keep sexual predators away from social-networking Web sites, Assemblyman Joseph R. Lentol confused the names of MySpace and Facebook.


Locked and loaded PC supplier Packard Bell are to jointly marketâ¦


ARSENAL defender Sol Campbell, who has missed the past two games with an Achilles injury, has now been ruled out for a further three weeks.


Israeli troops end two-day raid on Palestinian camp

Israeli troops moved out of a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Gaza on Saturday night, the army said, ending a two-day raid that killed 11 Palestinians and wounded


Darfur nearing 'moment of truth': UN envoy

The special United Nations envoy to Sudan Jan Eliasson said on Sunday that the "moment of truth" for the country's war-torn western region of Darfur is imminent.


The UN is to consider a resolution setting up a court to try the suspected killers of ex-Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.


N.C. Names Saturday Fantasia Barrino Day

Gov. Mike Easley has proclaimed Saturday as Fantasia Barrino Day in North Carolina to mark the day she makes her first major singing appearance in her home state since winning the "American Idol" title in May.


Brazilian striker in charge of negotiations for mom's return

Santos striker Robinho, reportedly destined for Real Madrid, denied Tuesday that extortion or revenge was behind the abduction of his mother and said the family was negotiating for her return.


US envoy Christopher Hill is reportedly travelling to North Korea to discuss its nuclear programme.


Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has made a fundamental and strategic change that is almost unexplainable and therefore very difficult to understand and to believe.


RLX Technologies exits blade server hardware business

Faced with intense competition from IBM, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and others, blade server vendor RLX Technologies is dropping its hardware lineup and will focus on developing and marketing its RLX Control Tower 6G blade server management software suite.


Euro creation fails to spark growth due to rigid labor market: Almunia

The creation of the euro has brought economic stability to Europe but has yet to spark growth, as eurozone governments have failed to implement reforms, EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said.


NASA officials have said they have completed improvements that will prevent the falling debris problem that destroyed space shuttle Columbia.


SINGAPORE: Asian business circles reacted with relief Wednesday to the apparent re-election of President George W Bush, which eased fears of US protectionism, but some were concerned about his impact on the regionâs political stability.


Napoli, 20:05 - Calcio, incidenti al San Paolo: 14 contusi tra poliziotti

E' salito a 14 contusi tra le forze dell'ordine il bilancio dei tafferugli scoppiati nel secondo


Teenagers who watch a lot of television  with sexual content are twice as likely to engage in  intercourse than those who watch few such programs, according  to a study published on Tuesday.


Late goals secure Rangers 3-0 win over Graz

Rangers went top of Group F in the UEFA Cup with a hard-fought 3-0 win at home over Austrian champions Grazer AK.


Update 1: Asset Writedown Leads to $3.4B MCI Loss

MCI Inc., one of the nation's biggest long-distance operators, lost $3.4 billion in the third quarter of 2004 due to a previously announced asset writedown of $3.


Muslim 12 deny terror charges in Australia

Twelve Muslim men accused of preparing to launch attacks in Australia pleaded not guilty to a string of terrorism-related charges amid tight security in the Supreme Court here Wednesday.


Chrysler says aims for 1,000 salaried cuts by June

Chrysler Group plans to cut 1,000 salaried jobs by the end of June, the first action under a previously announced turnaround plan that targets a total of 13,000 job cuts, the automaker said on Friday.


BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.  - "Sideways," a critically  acclaimed tale of two men looking for love in California's wine  country, led Golden Globe nominations on Monday with seven, one  more than closest rival, "The Aviator," a biography of young  Howard Hughes conquering Hollywood.


U.S. Senate to Weigh Bill Targeting Web Song Swaps

After weeks of negotiations, the  U.S. Senate could take action this week on a bill that would  make it easier to sue "peer-to-peer" networks like Kazaa and  LimeWire that allow users to copy music and movies over the  Internet.


UK rejects Russian offer to try Litvinenko suspect

Russia said on Friday it would consider trying the chief suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko in its own courts but Britain rejected the offer, saying the trial should take place on British soil.


Rahul Dholakia is disappointed to learn that his directorial venture


Epson has announced that the world's first digital rangefinder camera, the R-D1 is to begin shipping in the US on November 1 and is expected to cost around $2,999.


Privacy experts shun black boxes in cars

Plus: Is Microsoft search engine crawling Google? [News.com Extra]


United Airlines formally raised the  possibility of throwing out union contracts on Friday, asking a  bankruptcy judge for permission to discuss the matter at an  upcoming court hearing.


Kerry expresses certainty that vote outcome will be known quickly

Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry expressed confidence in an interview broadcast that results of the November 2 balloting will be known quickly and without the charges of fraud and protracted wrangling that marred the vote four years ago.


Veteran Lewis seizes slender lead in Las Vegas

PGA Tour veteran JL Lewis reeled off seven birdies and an eagle to race into a one-shot lead after the second round of the $4 million Las Vegas Invitational on Friday.


UN marks World AIDS Day, calling for equal rights for women, girls

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot and other officials joined more than 2000 people in a gather in New York City's Cathedral of St.


South African unions and government officials meet to try and thrash out a pay deal, as more strikes loom next week.


London shares close lower as Wall St drops

Leading shares have closed sharply lower, having extended losses in afternoon trade in line with Wall Street's decline, with Anglo American the main casualty on disappointing earnings and buyback news, although Alliance & Leicester soared on pleasing numbers and buyback details.


Here's a small-cap investing plan to help you get it done.


The executive who led Microsoft Corp.'s Web search division is leaving the his post with the software maker to start his own business, Microsoft people aware of the situation said Wednesday.


A woman is elected to the board of a major Saudi bank, becoming the first female in the kingdom to occupy such a position.


A Fight for Life Consumes Both Mother and Son

The writer Susan Sontagâs death, as set out in a short and immensely disturbing account by her son, David Rieff, must rank as one of the worst ever described.


CLEVELAND -- The Seattle Mariners have named former Cleveland Indians manager Mike Hargrove as their new manager. NewsChannel5 reported.


Ukraine Opposition Flexes Muscles After Victory

Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, fresh  from securing a re-run of Ukraine's disputed election, tore up  a deal on Saturday to reduce the president's powers and told  his supporters to keep up pressure on the streets.


Australian rower threatened by team mates

The Australian women's eight have been reprimanded for a breach of team protocol over an ugly war of words between crew members after one quit rowing three quarters of the way through the Olympic final.


Borse Dubai wins top OMX shareholder accord: sources

Borse Dubai  won agreement from  Sweden's Investor AB (INVEb.ST) and other shareholders in  Nordic stock exchange OMX  to sell their stakes, a  person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.


Cingular Closes $41 Bln ATT Wireless Deal

Cingular Wireless on Tuesday closed its $41 billion cash purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. (AWE), creating the biggest US mobile service with more than 46 million customers.


Samsung Electronics will begin selling a mobile phone equipped with a 5-megapixel figital camera to Korean customers. The multi-function phone stores almost 100 minutes of video, works as


BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops pounded the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah with airstrikes and tank fire Sunday, and the Iraqi government appealed to residents of the city to expel "foreign terrorists" and "murderers" to prevent an all-out attack...


North Korea wants Russia support, offers uranium: paper

North Korea has offered Russia exclusive rights to its natural uranium deposits in exchange for open support at the six-way talks on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons, a Japanese daily said on Sunday.


FDA whistle-blower David Graham says Crestor is the only cholesterol-lowering medication, or statin, that causes acute kidney failure, and that it carries a higher risk of rhabdomyolysis, a potentially life-threatening muscle disorder, than other statins.


Do Artificial Intelligence Chatbots look like their programmers?

It's Reg vs Rollo Do pets eventually resemble their owners? Or do owners get to look like their pets? It's heck of a conundrum - but one we might now be a little closer to solving. For the past fortnight it's been hard to escape the animated faces of "Joan", or "George" the graphical representations of what we're told is a new breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence. TV and newspapers, both highbrow and lowbrow, have flocked to report on the chatterbot. You can talk to Joan (or George) - the output of the British software project Jabberwacky - and think it's human!â¦


Brewers announce sale of team to LA investor Attanasio

The Milwaukee Brewers announced that its ownership group has entered into a letter of intent to sell the team to Los Angeles investor Mark Attanasio Monday for a reported price of more than $220 million.


Peter Hain is set for more questions after failing to register Â£103,000 of donations to his Labour deputy leadership campaign.


The Men in Black had no attack. The Calgary Stampeders -- sporting their black jerseys for the first time in two years -- sputtered on offence from the opening kickoff to the final gun as the Edmonton Eskimos


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Madrid, 20:51 - BASKET, EUROPEI: FRANCIA-TURCHIA 82-64

La Francia ha battuto la Turchia 82-64 in un incontro valido per l'ultima giornata della seconda fas...


Shi'ite militia may have kidnapped Britons in Iraq

Iraq's foreign minister said on Wednesday he suspected Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia was behind the abduction of five Britons from a government building in Baghdad.


Kazmir handcuffs BoSox as D-Rays win 3-0

With first-place Boston in town and more fans than usual in the seats at Tropicana Field, Scott Kazmir responded the way the Tampa Bay Devil Rays thought he would &#151; like an All-Star.


The word "ugly" was tossed around rather freely last night -- and with good reason. The 13,078 hostages, er, fans who sat through the Celtics' torpid, 84-83 victory over the Golden State Warriors had to have one thought in mind when they got home: Take a shower.


AUGUSTA, Maine -- A Maine company has acquired a Massachusetts boat builder and plans to relocate the business to Maine.


Eindhoven, 22:45 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: PSV-ARSENAL 1-0

Il Psv ha battuto l'Arsenal 1-0 (0-0) nell'andata degli ottavi di finale di Champions League. Gol pa...


General peanut butter woes helped boost Smucker's recent results.


Blog: Seawater is in your future. So get used to it.


Roma, 19:03 - CALCIO, ROMA; PANUCCI IN CAMPO, CICINHO IN PANCHINA

Sette assenze alla prima di campionato. E' questo il verdetto confermato dalla lista dei convocati d...


Submarine cable cut torpedoes Middle East access

Web slowdown hits India, Pakistan too A submarine cable in the Mediterranean was cut earlier today, resulting in a dramatic slowdown in internet access for people in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and much of the Middle East.â¦


Astronomers Untangle Black Hole Radiation

Astronomers sifting through  the radiation signals emanating from a distant black hole have separated the  emission into its two component parts, a key step in understanding how such  massive objects work.


Millions of Americans have done just that. Thanks to them, a class of pain relievers called COX-2 inhibitors - Pfizer's Celebrex and Bextra, and Merck's Vioxx - have become blockbusters.


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LobbyCon 2.0 predicts the Newsroom of the Future

The lobby of the Palace Hotel was a hub of activity after lunch yesterday. The picture to the right hardly does it justice. A constant stream of friends, a wide variety of ages and backgrounds, flowed through.  It was unlike anything I had seen before, likely because this conference was held in downtown SF, and not San Diego or Phoenix, and a facet of what we'll have when the Newsroom of the Future is up and running. Every city will have one, but San Francisco will probably be first.  Here's a video I took last week at CUNY that gives another perspective. Lots of tables, video screens, a stage, radio and TV equipment. What you can't see is that the room was saturated with wifi, and while it didn't have a huge presence on the Internet, it could have.


AT&T to invest $750 mln in Internet business

AT&T Inc.  said on Tuesday it  will invest more than $750 million in 2007 to accelerate the  delivery of global Internet Protocol services and solutions to  businesses and multinational companies in key markets  worldwide.


Giuliani fights for survival as Florida votes

TAMPA, Florida  - A front-runner could emerge in the Republican race for the presidency in Florida where voters on Tuesday cast ballots that could also sink one-time favorite Rudy Giuliani's White House bid.


Demand for ethanol has been a boon for corn farmers and small production plants, but DuPont wants to bring in a billion bucks from improving ethanol efficiency. Plus: Car buyers still vote  SUVs most popular. In Autopia.


The United States turned up the defense and turned away Canada. The Americans held the Canadians to just two field goals in a dominant second quarter, pulling away for a 113-63 victory Saturday to remain unbeaten in the FIBA Americas tournament.


University of Massachusetts police arrested 35 people early Wednesday morning after the Red Sox tied the Yankees in the sixth game of the American League Championship Series.


BURLINGTON, Vt. The Health Department is aiming its latest anti-smoking campaign at 18- to 25-year-old Vermonters. About 30 percent of the people in that age group smoke.


Gold Fields to Shrug Off Harmony's Voting Bid

HARMONY has voted its 10,8% of Gold Fields shares against a planned reverse-listing of Gold Fields assets outside southern Africa into IAMGOLD of Canada, Harmony director Ferdi Dippenaar said yesterday.


The dollar recovered from all-time  lows against the euro on Thursday when traders took profits in  the euro zone currency ahead of a G20 finance ministers'  meeting in Berlin this weekend.


Sharman Networks, the company behind the Kazaa peer-to-peer file sharing software, began its defence in a Sydney court room on Tuesday against charges by members of the music industry that the company aided music piracy and copyright infringement.


Under pressure from the federal government, the District and its suburbs are developing their most extensive evacuation plans since the Cold War -- mapping escape routes, stockpiling bedding for shelters and designating pickup points for people who don't have cars.


By Zane Wilson, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Sep. 17--Volunteers picking up litter in Saturday's Beach Sweep/River Sweep again found cigarette butts to be the largest component of beach trash.


Traces of radiation at Berezovsky's office as Britain seeks to quell fears

Police had found radioactive traces at two more locations following the death of a Russian ex-spy as British authorities sought to quell fears among the public, after a handful of people were sent for tests.


QANA, Lebanon  - An Israeli air strike killed at   least 40 Lebanese civilians, including 23 children, on Sunday,   prompting Lebanon to tell U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza   Rice she was unwelcome in Beirut before a ceasefire.


Did bloodletting have benefits? Practice may have fought infection

The ancient practice of bleeding patients might actually have helped fight some infections, University of Chicago scientists have found.


MySpace adopts system to block pirated video

MySpace this week is testing a system that uses fingerprinting tech from Audible Magic to spot and prevent uploading of unauthorized video under copyright protection.


With soaring insurance costs squeezing workers and employers, votersâ choices this November may well be swayed by an issue that has great personal significance to Americans and their pocketbooks: health care.


Kidnappers threaten to slay hostages in Iraq; bombing kills 19

Kidnappers with links to al-Qaida threatened in a videotape Saturday to slit the throats of two Americans and a British hostage unless authorities released female prisoners from two US-run prisons in Iraq.


A US dictionary publisher declares "blog" as one of the words of the year.


Despite its suitor's announcement that shareholders had tendered more than 60 percent of outstanding shares of PeopleSoft Inc.


Tribals help Pakistan arrest 10 Taliban suspects

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan  - Tribal elders in Pakistan's   troubled North Waziristan region helped security forces arrest   10 suspected Taliban fighters believed to have been returning   from Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday.


China is accused of pressuring the World Bank into not publishing research about fatal Chinese pollution.


Seagate Technology (STX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday raised its quarterly revenue and profit forecasts for the December quarter on strong seasonal demand for newer products, surpassing analysts' forecasts and sending its


LLEYTON HEWITT and Kim Clijsters have split up and will not be married next February, according to her Belgian website. Clijsters, 21, said last month she would marry Hewitt, 23, in Australia in February and


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St. Helens won't blow its stack, experts say

Scientists have ruled out the possibility of a big eruption at Mount St. Helens soon, based on air samples collected Monday from above the 8,363-foot peak.


A causa di un'agitazione dei controllori di volo


LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. - Even though he's facing double hip replacement surgery, Bill Smith is more than happy to struggle out the door each morning, limp past his brand new P.T...


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Spanish Dream Team Is a Basketball Power

With five NBA players on the roster, the Spanish national team is the dominant story at the European basketball championship.


Bertelsmann settles Napster case with Vivendi

German media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG   said on Wednesday it had settled litigation related  to file-sharing service Napster.


Bipasha gets intimate with Cristiano Ronaldo

One of Bipasha Basu's dreams came true at Lisbon, Portugal when she got to meet her favourite ...


The British actor Ian McShane opens next week as the patriarch Max in Harold Pinterâs âHomecoming,â a man-monster of diminishing powers and, of course, many vulgarities.


Erika Jonietz writes for Technology Review, âIronically, playing around with Vista for more than a month has done what years of experience and exhortations from Mac-loving friends could not: it has converted me into a Mac fan.â


San Jose Earthquakes coach Dominic Kinnear had just finished watching as two of his players, Brian Ching and Landon Donovan, scored for the


MotoGp: Qatar, Checa in pole position, poi Barros e Gibernau

ROMA - Carlos Checa ha conquistato la pole position del GP del Qatar classe MotoGP. Lo spagnolo della Yamaha ha preceduto le Honda di Alex Barros e Sete Gibernau. Quarto Nicky Hayden. Il primo italiano e' Loris Capirossi, sesto con la Ducati.


How is Windows Vista Service Pack 1 running?

Microsoft on Friday made available to the public a pre-release version of Windows Vista SP1. We want to know what you think.


U.S. Soldier Wants Abuse Trial Moved from Baghdad

MANNHEIM, Germany  - A U.S. soldier at the center  of the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal wants his pending court  martial to be moved from Baghdad as he believes he has no  chance of a fair trial there, his lawyers said on Monday.


Royal family to join Britons in moment of silence for tsunami victims

The royal family will join millions of Britons for three minutes of silence held throughout Europe for the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster.


Manchester United new-signing Wayne Rooney believes that they will not become Premiership champions this season. The 18-year-old, who signed from Everton for Â£27million on Tuesday, is looking forward to joining


Milano, 14:40 - CALCIO, INTER: ADRIANO SALTA LA GARA CON IL SIENA

Non c'è Adriano (problema alla schiena) tra i 19 giocatori convocati da Mancini per la gara ...


They grew up listening to '70s soul, learning to break dance, wearing Nikes, watching the "Star Wars" trilogy again and again. For the French rap group IAM, the fascination with American culture started when they were kids.


QUETTA, Pakistan -- This nation launched a huge relief operation for an estimated 20,000 people affected by torrential rains in the southwest, as floods and avalanches pushed the death toll to 260 nationwide, officials said yesterday.


Resource stocks drop but gold and oil off lows

Resource stocks such as BHP Billiton   BHP.AX slid on Tuesday, hit by weak commodity prices, raising   the risk for similar declines in European peers but oil and   gold eked out a small rebound after recent steep falls.


Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insisted Tuesday that he has full confidence in his young Gunners to deliver the goods in their midweek FA Cup fifth-round replay at Blackburn.


U.S. halts imaginary Cubans in security drill

Two thousand imaginary Cuban migrants set sail toward Florida during a massive two-day U.S. training exercise but were intercepted by federal, state and local agents armed with teamwork and acronyms.


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If President Bush wins re-election, he'll owe it to voters who regularly go to the polls. If Sen. John Kerry prevails, he'll have new voters to thank.


Concerns are growing that high-precision equipment in Iraq that could be used to make nuclear weapons has been "systematically" disappearing


Senior Palestinian officials aspiring to succeed Yasser Arafat might have thought that their main obstacle would be Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon or his closest ally, the United States.


U.S. History Sites Will be Flooded by Rising Oceans, Scientists Say

Rising seas, an inevitable result of global warming, will almost certainly inundate those important historical sites located along coastlines. And at this point, there's very little to be done about it.


More than 10,000 British Airways staff will be balloted by their unions this week over a last-ditch pay deal that has lifted the threat of bank holiday travel chaos at Heathrow.


The US Senate late Thursday passed a wide-ranging energy bill, a key priority of majority Democrats, which raised average auto fuel efficiency standards by 10 miles per gallon over 10 years.


Tenn. official enters plea in sting case

A county official pleaded to guilty to bribery Monday in a public corruption investigation that has also led to the arrests of several state lawmakers.


Still time left for donations to cut '04 tax

The iPod mini digital music players are now unwrapped -- and wrapped around biceps. The new designer jeans are hanging in closets -- or fitting snugly on the bodies of lucky recipients. But for many, the season of giving and receiving isn't over yet.


Australia's Coles Myer to cut payroll jobs in 2005

MELBOURNE: Coles Myer Ltd, Australia's biggest retailer, said yesterday it would hand over its payroll and human resources administration to EDS Australia late next year, affecting 120 jobs.


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After the fake wedding with high-school sweetheart Jason Alexander in January, Britney Spears got married again, for the second time this year, to fiancÃ© Kevin Federline on Saturday.


Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt is found guilty of involvement in the 1993 bombings in the Indian city of Mumbai.


VATICANO - ÂQuando Ã¨ autentica la fede cristiana non mortifica la libertÃ  e la ragione umanaÂ ricorda Papa Benedetto XVI allÂAngelus; Appello per la pace in Libano e nella striscia di Gaza CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - LÂattualitÃ  del pensiero di San Tommaso dÂAquino, un appello per la pace in Libano e nella striscia di Gaza, la giornata dei lebbrosi e il mese della Pace celebrato dallÂAzione Cattolica, sono stati i diversi temi...


Sarkozy's poll win tempered by left's revival

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's allies won a large majority in parliamentary elections on Sunday but fell short of the predicted landslide after talk of a sales tax hike appeared to cost them votes.


Mexico protesters vow to stop Fox address

Riot police, steel barriers, and water cannons surrounded Mexico's Congress as protesters vowed to stop President Vicente Fox from delivering his final state-of-the-nation address Friday, fueling fears the country's electoral crisis could turn violent.


TCL & Alcatel Mobile Phones introduce Alcatel One Touch 355

TCL & Alcatel Mobile Phones lancia Alcatel One Touch 355. Dotato di un display a 65.000 colori, questo nuovo modello della gamma regalerÃ  al cliente una flessibilitÃ  senza precedenti nellâinvio e nella ricezione di messaggi.


US space shuttle Atlantis touches down in California, after bad weather prevents a Florida landing.


President Bush on Wednesday called embattled Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas a "man of courage" for trying to revive Mideast peace talks despite a continued political stalemate with Hamas militants.


20-minute test 'to reveal heart disease'

A simple blood test could help dramatically cut the number of people dying from heart disease and strokes. The 20-minute test would allow doctors to treat


(BCN) -- Two Northern California women will take their bid for the right to use medical marijuana to the US Supreme Court on Monday.


Knife attack in China kills eight people at high school

BEIJING - A man armed with a knife killed eight people today at a high school in central China and wounded four others, a government news agency reported.


Judge issue appealed in Katrina shooting

A prosecutor has appealed a decision to keep the judge in the case of seven police officers accused of a fatal post-Katrina shooting, further delaying the trial, a defense lawyer said.


Northwest Airlines Recalls 600 Attendants

The Professional Flight Attendants Association said in a message to union members Friday that the flight attendants would "fill vacancies" in the Detroit and Twin Cities bases.


Fujitsu unveils palm-reading security mouse

Vein pattern scanned for authentication Fujitsu has introduced what it claims is the world's first mouse capable of scanning the pattern of veins in the user's hand. The reason? To use the pattern to authenticate the user for access to the host computer.â¦


Gilberto Sago remembers the time, before the collapse of the Soviet Union thrust Cuba's economy into crisis, when a pound of pork cost just four Cuban pesos, or about 15 cents.


People selling three-bedroom homes in England and Wales must use Home Information Packs from today.


Tellabs Inc., a maker of fiber-optic network equipment, on Tuesday lowered the terms of a deal to buy Advanced Fibre Communications Inc.


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IT skills shortage costing Europe 'billions'

European Commission calls upon member states to tackle "digital illiteracy" and shortfall in qualified tech staff.


Beer bellies might take a toll on men below the belt, not just around it. Men who weigh too much are more likely to have poor sperm quality, research on nearly 1,600 young Danish men has found.


Ticket scalping comes out of the shadows

The days of seeking out ticket-scalpers in the shadows, ducking into alleys and dodging police for that elusive Yankees-Red Sox seat are fading fast.


Nov 1st 2004 06:30. In a press release, Capcom announced that the latest entry in the Resident Evil series, Resident Evil 4, will be ported to the Playstation 2. Thought to be an exclusive game


Michael Dell returns to CEO role at Dell

Dell Inc., battered by battery recalls and disappointing earnings, said Wednesday that Chairman Michael Dell will return to run the company he had built into one of the world's largest makers of personal computers.


By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Sep. 15--TOKYO -- Major online brokerage kabu.com Securities Co. launched  a nighttime market place Friday in an attempt to secure a new source of  revenues amid burgeoning industry competition.


Australia Fires Destroy Homes, Ski Lodge

HOBART, Australia - Dozens of wildfires burning Tuesday across southern Australia destroyed more than a dozen homes and a popular ski lodge, while residents in a suburb of the western city of Perth were urged to flee an approaching blaze.


FRANCE: Gucci Reveals Strategy Plans For Its Brands

Fashion house Gucci Group doesnât expect its Yves Saint Laurent label to break even in the next three years, but said it is keeping to its promise not to axe any of its smaller brands.


Gandhi heir urges Palestinians to adopt non-violence tactic

The grandson of the Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi has urged Palestinians to rise up peacefully to demand an end to Israeli occupation, and said freedom was close.


Some of the best rink builders and icemakers in North America have been working around the clock to stage the N.H.L.âs first outdoor game in the United States, which will take place on New Yearâs Day.


JUDITH Murray, 91, was oldest in computer class at Tiverton, Devon, until sister Joyce, 93, joined.  (c) 2007 People, The; London. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.


Dow Jones & Company, publisher of the Wall Street Journal, yesterday agreed to pay $519m (Â£281m) for CBS MarketWatch, underscoring its belief in online advertising.


Roma, 22:40 - VOLLEY, A1 FEMMINILE: SUCCESSI DI JESI E PERUGIA

Doppio anticipo nella seconda giornata di ritorno del campionato di serie A1 femminile di pallavolo....


Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says he warned President Bush before U.S. troops invaded Iraq that the United States would sustain casualties but that Bush responded, "Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties."


Govt announces plans to detain terror suspects for 42 days

The government on Thursday unveiled controversial plans to extend the length of time terrorism suspects can be held by police and questioned without charge from 28 to 42 days.


Soft Serve News | Pillows, American Collectibles, Kanyeâs Bike Â

Soft Serve is a news feed of light reading. We scan newspapers, magazines and Web sites for âsoft newsâ â coverage of products, trends and matters of style. Just the fluff, maâam.


Miami On List Of Nation's Most Dangerous Cities

MIAMI -- Bad news for residents Miami. Your city is among the 25 most dangerous in the country. Morgan Quitno Corporation released its annual city crime rankings today.


Wireless technology firm Qualcomm Inc.   said on Monday it was buying two micro-chip businesses  to boost its core wireless technology product offerings.


At a renovated textile warehouse near Boston's Fort Point Channel, where 50 employees of Ember Corp. are moving this month from cramped quarters next door, young engineers are busy lining the walls with 600 wireless sensor nodes -- each containing a low-powered radio frequency microchip mounted on a printed circuit board.


California sends first trade mission to Cuba

California, the top U.S. food producing state, has sent its first official agricultural trade mission to communist Cuba, looking to tap a potential $180 million food market.


A concert to mark the 40th anniversary of Johnny Cash's famous gig at Folsom Prison is cancelled.


Lunedi mattina sono state emesse le sentenze dalla commissione disciplinare dalla Lega di Serie C sul processo scommesse che riguardava giocatori e club di terza serie. Salvatore Ambrosino il centrocampista


Il bimbo aveva ancora il cordone ombelicale attaccatoA segnalarne la presenza due donne, forse di nazionalitÃ  romena                                          Un neonato appena partorito trovato in un palazzo a Genova


Movie Review: On the Barstool Again, With One for His Muse, in ÂFactotumÂ

Matt Dillon inhabits the role of Henry Chinanski, the alter ego of the writer Charles Bukowski, in Bent Hamer's adaptation of Bukowski's 1975 novel of the same name.


Rajiv Laroia was handed a dream assignment at Lucent's Bell Labs in 1997: Invent a way to put a broadband Internet in the sky. Don't worry about existing cell phone systems, just do it right.


President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pardoned her ousted predecessor Thursday, paving the way for Joseph Estrada's release a month after he was sentenced to life in prison for corruption


Madrid, 12:36 - CALCIO, COPPA DEL RE: IN SEMIFINALE BARCELLONA CONTRO VALENCIA

E' stato effettuato oggi a Madrid il sorteggio per le semifinali di Coppa del Re. Le due partite sar...


At its best escapist summer reading isnât really a matter of geography. It takes you anywhere it wants to go.


UAL Pilots, Flight Attendants Approve Wage Cuts

The pilots and flight attendants at bankrupt UAL Corp. on Monday ratified wage-cut deals worth $311 million annually to United Airlines, possibly moving the carrier closer to a Chapter 11 exit.


Bangkok, 11:51 - CALCIO, IRAQ: BRASILIANO VIERA NUOVO CT

Jorvan Viera è stato nominato coach della nazionale irachena di calcio che parteciperà...


Euro Roaming Tariff into law by the weekend?

Ruled not to be uncompetitive The much-awaited Euro Tariff cap for mobile phone roaming took one more step towards becoming law today, with approval from the EU ministers in charge of competitiveness.â¦


Daryl Murphy and Rade Prica get the goals as Sunderland see off fellow strugglers Birmingham at the Stadium of Light.


Eliot Spitzer's run at insurance broker Marsh & McLennan (MMC ) looks increasingly as if it could be just the opening battle in a wide-ranging war against abuses in the insurance industry.


Obama leads in South Carolina; McCain up in Florida: poll

COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Barack Obama expanded his lead on rival Hillary Clinton to 15 points heading into South Carolina's bitterly contested presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Saturday.


Seville will host US-Spain Davis Cup final

Seville will host the Davis Cup final between Spain and the United States in December, with the matches played on a clay court. The best-of-five series on Dec. 3-5 will be held at 22,000-seat Olympic Stadium


Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou are given provisional bans for missing drugs tests.


Newspaper Endorsements for 2004 Campaign

Newspaper endorsements in the 2004 presidential campaign between President Bush, a Republican, and Sen. John Kerry, a Democrat.


A teenage girl has become the first known person to survive rabies without a vaccination, say doctors. A team at the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin used an experimental treatment on 15-year-old Jeanna Giese.


A challenging program for skaters at Agganis

Three Olympic medalists and a world champion will be at Boston University's Agganis Arena today for the US Figure Skating Challenge.


Hamas leader detained in raid: witnesses

Israeli forces have detained a senior leader of Hamas's military wing in the West Bank on during a night-time raid on his hideout, witnesses say.


Tension mounts after Gaza missile attack

Two Palestinians are confirmed dead and four injured after an Israeli aircraft launched two missiles at a group of Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunus.


Obama urges Kenyans to oppose corruption

Sen. Barack Obama urged Kenyans to take control of their country's destiny by opposing corruption and ethnic divisions in government during a policy speech Monday at the main university in his father's homeland.


Study finds flame retardants in breast milk

Health officials are looking closely at some worrisome research on flame retardants. A new study has found high levels of chemicals called PBDEs in mothers' breast milk.


Arrivano Cochi e Renato, 'Donne' e ancora serie dagli Usa


Reese Witherspoon tops list of most-liked celebs

Her latest movie "Rendition" flopped at box offices, but fans still love Reese Witherspoon.


A French Muslim delegation in Iraq says they have proof that two French hostages held by Islamic militants are alive, even though France


BAGHDAD, Iraq - American and Iraqi troops clashed with insurgents north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing two militants and injuring three Iraqi National Guards, the US military said.


Florida State and Miami were originally scheduled to play Monday. Instead, they spent the day trying to recover from Hurricane Frances.


Bank of America agrees to buy the troubled mortgage lender for 'bargain-basement' price of around $4 billion.


Brando Ex-Business Manager Files Lawsuit

Marlon Brando's former business manager filed a $3.5 million claim against his estate, alleging the Oscar winner sexually harassed her and breached their contract by removing her as a co-executor of his will days before his death.


Vick Shows His Spark, but a Fire Needs More

This N.F.C. championship game was about whether the Falcons' Michael Vick, with his scrambling ways, could tie the Eagles in knots. He could not.


More than 50 people killed in Sudanese flooding

More than 50 people were killed and 20 injured in Sudan's worst floods in living memory which have partially or completely destroyed 18,000 homes, the head of civil defense said on Thursday.


U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as  retailers Kmart Holding Corp. KMRT.O and Sears, Roebuck & Co.  S.N announced an $11.5 billion deal, while computer maker  Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N posted solid earnings.


Microsoft posts rise in profit, lifts outlook

Microsoft  reported a rise in  quarterly profit on Thursday, boosted by strong sales of its  Windows operating system, and the company raised its full-year  profit outlook, sending its shares up 4 percent.


As the British and Irish Governments waited to see if Democratic Unionist leader the Rev Ian Paisley will sign up to an historic deal to revive power sharing, Sinn Fein chairman Mitchel McLaughlin insisted that there was a huge prize on offer to all


Play of Some Linemen Carries a Lot of Weight

Some massive defensive linemen are the antithesis of the slimmer, more mobile linemen made famous by the Tampa Bay defense and personified by Warren Sapp.


Top-ranked Lindsay Davenport advanced to the Australian Open semifinals, overcoming local hope Alicia Molik, 6-4, 4-6, 9-7, in the quarterfinals today.


Destined for servers not PS3, at least not at the start... IBM has beguin punching out a 65nm version of the Cell processor used in Sony's PlayStation 3. Gamers should not get too excited: Big Blue's Broadband Engine - to give Cell its full name - is aimed not at consoles but slimline servers.â¦


Il regista italiano e una sceneggiatura iniziata nel 1999"Quando andammo in Argentina a trovare una nave..."                                                  Crialese, rivelazione a Venezia "Questo film Ã¨ nato a Ellis Island"                                                                                "Le facce degli emigrati in America non mi facevano dormireCosÃ¬, a poco a poco, ho fatto Nuovomondo. Ma che fatica..."dal nostro inviato CLAUDIA MORGOGLIONE


Oregon 39, Michigan 7: After One Embarrassing Loss Comes Yet Another

One week after suffering the most embarrassing loss in the universityâs history, the Wolverines were humbled again with nowhere to hide before 109,733 at Michigan Stadium.


Ebola said depleting gorilla populations

The most common type of gorilla is now "critically endangered," one step away from global extinction, according to the 2007 Red List of Threatened Species released Wednesday by the World Conservation Union.


Circuitous route to launch Comment IBM has announced its first computing solution based on the Cell Broadband Engine (Cell BE), namely the IBM BladeCenter QS20. This solution targets computationally intense workloads such as 3D animation rendering, compression, encryption, and seismic and medical imaging, to help companies create and operate highly visual, immersive, realtime applications.â¦


Most Gay Men with HIV Practice Safer Sex -US Study

Most gay and bisexual men infected with  HIV in the United States are taking steps to reduce the chances  of passing on the deadly virus to their sex partners, according  to a federal study released on Thursday.


Feds: Dog fights staged on Vick property

A property owned by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was used as the "main staging area for housing and training the pit bulls involved" in an alleged dogfighting operation, according to court documents.


Google Bets Big on Bringing Libraries to Web

Google Inc. said on Tuesday it would digitize some of the world's most important libraries in a bold effort that could profit the company by attracting more viewers to its site -- and its ads.


Colombia to Negotiate with Rebels Via E-Mail

BOGOTA, Colombia  - E-mail may be the fastest way  to negotiate a prisoner exchange with the Colombian rebel group  holding 72 hostages, the government said on Wednesday,  declining to explain why it wanted to avoid face-to-face talks.


Microsoft buys 3D company for Virtual Earth

Caligari's signature tool, called trueSpace, has a user interface that makes it easy to build complex 3D animations, Microsoft says.


Epilepsy Drug Linked to Developmental Delays in Offspring

THURSDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- The epilepsy drug sodium valproate has been linked to children born with developmental delays and lower IQs, says research published in the current issue of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.


Tigers Edge Royals, Stay in Playoff Race

The Tigers keep their distant sight on the playoff chases, edging Kansas City in Pudge Rodriguez's 2,056th game as a catcher, third most all-time.


NEW YORK Despite voluble skepticism among investors, Google's stock jumped about 18 percent to $100.01 a share when it debuted Thursday on the Nasdaq stock market.


Gordon Brown is accused of running scared over a diary clash that will mean he misses the EU treaty's official signing.


Indians pull away from Tigers with 10th inning rally

The Cleveland Indians scored three runs in the 10th inning to beat the Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Thursday and increase their lead in the American League Central.


Novell spiffs up its desktop Linux software

This fourth priority's main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half. Novell plans to release in early November a new version of its open-source operating system for desktops.


Clintons sub for Sopranos in campaign spoof

In a stylish spoof of the mystery ending of hit mob show "The Sopranos," Hillary Clinton on Tuesday unveiled her new 2008 presidential campaign song -- "You and I" by Canadian diva, Celine Dion.


Researchers Seek Truth in the Secret Life of the Battery

A new Âgas gaugeÂ chip for laptop batteries provide much more accurate readouts of time left.


PETERSBURG, Ky. -- At the Creation Museum, a fanciful Eden rises from the void. Adam appears, bearded and handsome, if slightly waxen. Eve emerges from his rib with luxuriant hair and a kindly expression. Trees blossom and creatures frolic, evidence that all started well in God's perfect world.


At least four foreign oil workers have been kidnapped in southern Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region, officials say.


Four-month prison sentence for couple who crammed 34 cats and seven dogs into caravan


U.N. Cites Gains for Women Worldwide, but Health Issues Linger

The number of girls in school and women in parliaments has risen, and their overall access to contraception has improved in the past decade.


Kuznetsova struggles to advance to quarters in China Open

US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova overcame a strong effort by Chinese qualifier Li Na and an opposing crowd to reach the quarterfinals of the China Open with a 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-3) victory on Thursday.


Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg was re-elected to a second term amid growing concern about a possible actors' strike next year.


Take That singer Howard Donald is in hospital after receiving a chest injury during the group's tour of Europe.


US employers probably added 175,000 workers to payrolls in October, the most in five months, while the unemployment rate held at a three-year low of 5.4 percent, the median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey of economists shows.


Opposition steps up pressure on Blunkett

Opposition politicians are increasing the pressure on David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, over the fallout from his affair with married publisher Kimberly Quinn.


(December 23, 2004) - After quietly building a successful career in banking and real estate, Rochester executive Stephen B. Ashley finds himself in the middle of one of the financial world's highest-profile trouble spots.


Jurors may hear Libby grand jury testimony

Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald appears to be saving NBC newsman Tim Russert as his last witness in the perjury trial of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.


Seoul May Broaden Participation in Iss Project - Official

MOSCOW. Dec 7 (Interfax-AVN) - Seoul will consider broader participation in the International Space Station (ISS) project when the first South Korean astronaut visits the station, said Horg-yul Park, president of the Korean Aerospace Institute.


Difficolta' settore immobiliare peseranno ancora su economia


Cost and Privacy Concerns Cited In New Rules for Driver's Licenses

A law enacted after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to secure U.S. driver's licenses will cost $23.1 billion over 10 years, require motorists born after 1935 to present birth certificates or passports, and add $28 to the cost of issuing each license, officials said yesterday.


Google Maps Is Changing the Way We See the World

Led by John Hanke, Google Earth and Google Maps are delivering cartography tools to the masses.


The Piratesâ McClatchy Resigns Amid Losing Year

PITTSBURGH, July 6  â Kevin McClatchy not only preserved baseball in Pittsburgh as the Piratesâ owner, but he also accomplished what was once seen as the impossible by getting a new stadium, PNC Park, built.


Not until 2010, though, and David Tennant doubtful The BBC has announced there will be a fifith series of Doctor Who, although it won't be until 2010 and David Tennant is doubtful to reprise his role as the Time Lord.â¦


Bergamo, 20:01 - TENNIS, TORNEO BERGAMO: SANTORO KO, SEPPI IN FINALE

Andrea Seppi ha raggiunto la finale del "Trofeo Baci & Abbracci" di Bergamo, primo appuntamento chal...


HOUSTON -- Andrew Fastow, one of the key figures in Enron Corp.'s collapse, was sentenced to six years in prison Tuesday.


Arctic Monkeys bag pair of prizes at NME awards

Rock foursome the Arctic Monkeys walked away with two prizes at the NME Awards Thursday evening in London on another night of awards disappointment for pop singer Lily Allen.


The first thing to make clear is that Paul Hamm, as he staged an amazing late comeback to win the men's all-around gymnastics gold medal last Wednesday, did absolutely everything right and nothing wrong.


Roger Clemens got his 345th win, allowing one run in six innings to lead Houston over the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 Thursday night and complete a three-game sweep for the Astros.


A roadside bomb kills two Canadian soldiers of the Nato-led forces in Afghanistan and an interpreter, officials say.


U.S. tries to temper expectations on Iraq progress

A September progress report on the U.S. troop increase in Iraq that President George W. Bush called an important moment for his war strategy is unlikely to be a "pivotal" assessment, officials now say.


Spain's Banco Santander Central Hispano is expected to announce today that it will cut up to 3,000 jobs at Abbey National if it succeeds with its agreed bid for the UK bank, the Financial Times reported.


Palestinian tensions flare despite appeals for calm

Gunmen from rival Palestinian factions killed one person and wounded 10 others in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank on Monday as Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas appealed for an end to the internal fighting.


Buenos Aires, 10:00 - CALCIO, ARGENTINA: SPAREGGIO PER ASSEGNARE APERTURA

Servirà lo spareggio per assegnare il titolo del Torneo argentino di Apertura. Nella 19/a e u...


In its ongoing battle with rival Intel, AMD announced the latest round of desktop CPU price cuts today. Check out this and other original content on CNET's blog network.


HP, EMC slug it out for storage number 1

'Where shall we store the cash?' EMC and HP were near-tied for number one in storage last quarter, with around 20 per cent of the market a piece, according to figures from IDC. It's HP that's making the running though, with double-digit factory revenue growth compared to EMC's 3 per cent.â¦


Czech economist Svejnar launches presidential bid

Economist Jan Svejnar launched his campaign on Friday to become Czech president, challenging incumbent right-winger Vaclav Klaus in the vote due in February.


The CBI says the UK's complex corporate tax regime hurts its reputation as a business location.


Toyota has vowed to have rechargeable hybrids ready in three years.


The fund to compensate families who lost savings in the Farepak Christmas fund collapse is to close.


Dutch government says no referendum on new EU treaty

The Dutch government on Friday refused to order a referendum on a new EU constitutional treaty which risks opening up new divisions over Europe.


Per il vice di Visco ci sono "troppi privilegi accumulati dal clero""Riaprire la discussione su questi temi dalla prossima finanziaria"                                          Fisco, Cento dopo il richiamo di Bertone "Anche la Chiesa paghi giuste tasse"


Blackstone partners may avoid tax on IPO gains

Partners of private equity firm Blackstone Group LP  may have devised a way to avoid paying tax on $3.7 billion raised largely in the firm's initial public offering last month, a regulatory filing shows.


2 Giants to Introduce Enhanced Data Sharing Services on Net

Google and Microsoft separately plan to introduce on Thursday enhanced information sharing services for Internet users. Microsoft plans for the first time to offer a


With Gates's shift on drawdowns, little reprieve ahead for U.S. Army in Iraq

In agreeing to stop the post-'surge' drawdown in Iraq, Defense secretary keeps pressure on the service.


Pro Photographer Charged With Having Child Pornography ; Specialized in Shooting Kids' Parties

By DOUGLASS CROUSE, STAFF WRITER  CLIFTON  A professional photographer specializing in children's parties was charged this week with possession of child pornography, police said Wednesday.


The Phantom of the Opera is not the first beast who had a crush on 18-year-old Emmy Rossum. When she was 7, a camping trip in Alaska found another hairy creature after her.


Israel makes small cut in Gaza's electricity supply

Israel said on Friday it had cut electricity supplies to Gaza as part of a campaign against militant attacks but stressed the reduction was minimal, amid international criticism.


Advanced Micro Devices said Wednesday that it planned to take a material write-down of the value of its 2006 acquisition of ATI Technologies.


For makers of food packages, seconds count

Spoons are so old school. And so slow. Harried Americans searching for ways to shave precious seconds have seized on new foods designed to keep them on the go -- no utensils needed. There's soup in heat-and-sip cups. Yogurt in squeeze tubes. Mini cookies in little cans that fit in car cup holders. Even frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches ...


Top nuclear negotiator Hussein Mousavian tells the BBC Iran has ruled out a long-term suspension of uranium enrichment.


Hewitt cruises through to Washington last eight

Lleyton Hewitt has progressed to the quarter-finals of the Washington ATP event after an easy second round victory overnight.


Govt in talks with Ford over "Jaguar sale"

The British government has contacted Ford following a report the US automaker is to sell luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover, an official spokesman said Tuesday amid concern for the fate of British jobs.


Laying the Foundation for Paid Search Success in Large Organizations

In most large organizations, a unified, integrated approach to paid search marketing will have a stronger financial impact if centrally managed.


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


Alcan shares surge after it rejects Alcoa bid

Alcan Inc.  shares rose 6 percent on Wednesday on speculation a counter offer could emerge to Alcoa Inc.'s  $28.4 billion hostile bid for the big Canadian aluminum maker.


Le molestie avvenivano da mesi tra le mura di casa


Opposition Predicted to Win in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indoesia Sept. 19, 2004 - Indonesian voters hungry for change are expected on Monday to do something that was unthinkable during the country's three decades of authoritarian rule toss out an incumbent


Angry Florida Democrats Weigh Primary Penalty

The Democratic National Committeeâs decision to punish the state for moving up its presidential primary has provoked local party members.


Yahoo's Zimbra e-mail server gets an update, at least for now

Yahoo has updated its open source collaboration server software, Zimbra, now including Blackberry support and Yahoo Maps and search integration. However, if Microsoft acquires Yahoo, will this be the last update we see for Zimbra?


Profile: King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia

Sihamoni, who was chosen as Cambodia's monarch by the nine-member Royal Council on Oct. 14 following his father king Norodom Sihanouk announced abdication a week earlier, is the second king for the Cambodian nation in over 60 years.


Tiny VaxGen Inc. hit a home run Thursday when it won an $877 million contract to supply the US government with an anthrax vaccine for civilian defense.


Ortiz, Schilling Help BoSox Sweep ChiSox

Josh Beckett and Curt Schilling are both backed by strong offensive outputs as the Red Sox sweep a doubleheader over Chicago, 11-3 and 10-1 on Friday.


UK economic growth may be 1% lower in 2008 and 2009 because of the credit crunch, a report says.


Colombia's hardline government said Friday it is willing to meet with members of the country's main leftist rebel group in an unprecedented offer aimed at freeing dozens of rebel-held hostages, including three Americans.


Though it isn't certain, it appeared Wednesday a major party member of Brazil's ruling alliance would leave to pursue 2006 presidential aspirations.


Prim Sulu has become a barbarian. With flowing hair and leather clothes, George Takei agreed to age 30 years for an Internet download episode of "Star Trek." The 50-minute production by Trekkie enthusiasts is being filmed at an old car dealership in the Adirondacks.


By ANTHONY MITCHELL NAIROBI, Kenya - Deep in the dusty, unlit corridors of Kenya's national museum, locked away in a plain-looking cabinet, is one of mankind's oldest relics: Turkana Boy, as he is known, the most complete skeleton of a prehistoric human ever found.


John Lackey and the Los Angeles Angels gave their fans another reason to wave those rally monkeys. The Angels clinched their third AL West title in four years Sunday, with Lackey leading them to a 7-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners.


NEW YORK  — MTV reality shows like "The Osbournes" and "Newlyweds" receive a ton of publicity. "PoweR Girls," MTV's next reality show, is all about publicity.


German party seeks to strip Hitler of citizenship

A regional branch of one of Germany's  main political parties is planning a legal bid to have Adolf  Hitler posthumously stripped of his German citizenship.


Protests greet Kenya leader's second term

Police battled protesters in blazing slums on Monday as President Mwai Kibaki began a second term after a disputed vote that has hurt Kenya's democratic credentials and brought a rising death-toll.


Equatorial Guinea Wants Thatcher Extradited --Lawyer

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea  - Equatorial Guinea  wants Mark Thatcher, son of former British Prime Minister  Margaret Thatcher, extradited from South Africa after his  arrest on suspicion of involvement in a coup attempt, one of  the country's lawyers said Thursday.


18 vittime nella provincia del Sind, una nel Punjab


Putin Defends Yugansk Sale to Russian Energy Players

MOSCOW/SCHLESWIG, Germany  - Russian President  Vladimir Putin threw his weight behind the controversial sale  of top oil firm YUKOS's core asset Yugansk on Tuesday despite a  threat from the stricken company to escalate its legal battle  in foreign courts.


A proposed $10 round-trip airfare increase that initially looked like it might stick fell apart over the weekend. The increase was proposed by American Airlines late last week and matched


Florida families get down to serious cleanup; Bush views hurricane ...

In storm-battered Florida, Rev. Russell Levenson of Christ Episcopal Church gave his congregation "permission slips" Sunday to grieve for their lost possessions.


A man arrested trying to leave Canada last week is a Russian spy, Canadian intelligence officials say.


Claudio Ranieri resigns as manager of Italian Serie A side Parma and is expected to take over at Man City.


A government panel has recommended that all college freshmen who live in dorms receive a new meningitis vaccine that lasts years longer than the old one and prevents people from being carriers of the bacteria.


Steve Jobs tops list of online music "Powergeeks"

Steve Jobs, the father of the iPod,  was crowned on Tuesday as the undisputed king of the online  music revolution by U.S. music magazine Blender, topping a list  of the 25 most influential people in Web music.


The winning entries in a Royal College of Art competition to "Design the best phone ever - now!"


Chinaâs sizzling economy grew 11.5 percent in the third quarter, surging ahead despite official efforts to cool the countryâs boom.


A influential committee of MPs says costs could be cut if decisions on asylum were taken more quickly.


Stars arrive for the European Film Awards, being held in eastern Europe for the first time.


Suspected N.Koreans Enter S.Korean China Mission

Twenty men, women and children claiming  to be North Koreans broke into the South Korean consulate in  Beijing Friday seeking asylum, a diplomatic source said.


A US federal court has ruled that voice calls over the internet (VoIP) cannot be regulated rules applied to conventional phone services.


Iran reformists speak out, Rice defends atom moves

Iranian reformists challenged President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hardline nuclear policy on Friday as the United States defended its imposition of tougher sanctions on Tehran for its disputed atomic work.


Red-hot Kuznetsova wins; Myskina bounced in Bali

Bali, Indonesia (Sports Network) - Newly-crowned US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova came up a winner on Thursday, but her fellow Russian, French Open champion Anastasia Myskina, was stunned in second-round action at the $225,000 Wismilak International


Experts warn of a link between jacuzzis and the bacterium that causes Legionnaires' disease.


Israel attacks Gaza; contacts new Abbas govt

Israel attacked Islamist fighters in Gaza on Wednesday for the first time since Hamas seized the territory, and ended an embargo of the Palestinian Authority by opening contacts with a new government in the occupied West Bank.


The US women's softball team has finished a dominating performance at the Olympics by capturing the gold medal. The Americans had little trouble with Australia in the final Monday, cruising to a 5-1 victory.


The DUP has not yet committed to power-sharing in Northern Ireland with Sinn Fein, says Gerry Adams.


China arrests 2 for links to slave labor

China has arrested two labor bureau officials for their alleged links to slave labor in brick kilns, amid reports Friday that kiln bosses were hiding child laborers and charging ransoms for their release.


French official urges tighter bank rules

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Societe Generale followed market rules when it unwound unauthorized transactions by a rogue trader in a move that cost the bank billions, but urged tighter controls on banks in France.


David Cameron is being urged to adopt tougher climate targets by his own policy group, the BBC has learned.


Madrid, 19:59 - CALCIO, REAL MADRID: RISSA SFIORATA TRA SALGADO E DIARRA

Tensione nel Real Madrid, dove Michel Salgado e Mahamadou Diarra sono venuti alle mani.  I due, racc...


Doctors in France treating the Palestinian leader, Yassar Arafat, have told him that it will be several days before they know exactly what is wrong with him.


Japan's Matsuzaka set to make World Series history

Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is on the verge of completing his championship dream in his first season with the Boston Red Sox, whose 103 million-dollar gamble on "Dice-K" has paid off well.


A third of dodgy emails are phishing attacks

Whatever happened to mass-mailing viruses? The lazy, hazy days of summer witnessed a continuation of the ongoing shift from large-scale virus outbreaks toward phishing and more targeted attacks, according to a study by net security firm MessageLabs.â¦


Milano, 17:19 - CALCIO, MILAN: 19 CONVOCATI PER IL CATANIA

Sono 19 i giocatori convocati dal tecnico del Milan, Carlo Ancelotti, per la gara di domani contro i...


FRIDAY, Dec. 10 (HealthDayNews) -- Asthma patients who don't stick to their inhaled steroid medication regimens probably account for the majority of asthma-related hospital admissions, a new study contends.


JD Wetherspoon, the pubs chain renowned for converting banks into boozers throughout the 90s, has posted its first profit decline since it floated 12 years ago, and warned that 2005 will be another "difficult year".


Japan's compromise whaling plan dismissed at talks

Japan offered a compromise on Monday to break an impasse over its controversial plan to lift a 20-year moratorium of commercial whale hunting but it was flatly rejected by the other key powers.


Princess Diana's death an accident: police probe

A British police inquiry, seeking to bury almost a decade of conspiracy theories, on Thursday ruled that Princess Diana was not the victim of a murder plot but had died in a tragic car accident.


Chinese policy-makers risk losing control of their economy unless they let the yuan rise in value and strengthen their financial system, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday.


Baghdad offensive set to begin - U.S. officers

A U.S.-Iraqi campaign to stabilize Baghdad will begin soon and the offensive against militants will be on a scale never seen during four years of war, American officers said on Sunday.


Will O's Switch to NL if D.C. Gets Expos?

Orioles manager Lee Mazzilli offered an interesting solution to the team's concern about losing revenue if the Montreal Expos move to Washington. "Switch leagues," he said Sunday, suggesting that Baltimore join the National League and that the Washington team move to the American League.


England to go full-strength against Wales

LONDON: Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney and Sol Campbell returned to the England fold as coach Sven-Goran Eriksson named his squad on Sunday for World Cup qualifiers against Wales and Azerbaijan.


Greenspan says didn't see subprime storm brewing

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said he was late to see the storm gathering around U.S. mortgage lending practices and commended his successor Ben Bernanke's handling of the crisis, saying he would likely be responding in a similar fashion.


After a Seven-Year Ban, Salmon Fishing Returns to Maine

With salmon slowly returning, Maine has opened its first wild salmon season in seven years.


Supreme Court ruling troubles GOP senators

Two Republican senators said Sunday that Congress must rein in the Supreme Court ruling that international law applies to the Bush administration's conduct in the war on terror.


Japan and North Korea will hold talks on establishing diplomatic relations next week in Ulan Bator, Japanese Foreign Ministry officials said on Tuesday. The two-day talks from September 5 will be held as part of a six-country deal to scrap Pyongyang's nuclear arms programmes in exchange for aid and diplomatic recognition.


Bristol Farms Introduces Low-Mercury Seafood

Bristol Farms, the industry-leading Southern California specialty and fresh grocery chain, has announced it will sell Safe Harbor certified seafood exclusively in all of its 15 Southern California stores and its San Francisco store beginning this week.


CBS Ousting Four Employees Over Faulty Bush Story

CBS News fired four employees on  Monday in the wake of an independent panel report that found a  "myopic zeal" led the network to disregard basic journalism  principles when it aired a faulty story about President Bush's  military service record.


Numero dipendenti pubblici provoca maggiori reazioni


Defiant Dixie Chicks fly high at Grammys

The Dixie Chicks, who stirred up a  hornet's nest with a jibe at President Bush, won all five  Grammys for which they were nominated on Sunday, including the  coveted album of the year.


ABC's Feels 'Housewives' Ratings Heat Sunday

LOS ANGELES  - ABC's red-hot "Desperate  Housewives" turned positively volcanic on Sunday, delivering  its highest ratings to date.


Blair to announce start of Iraq exit: media

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to announce on Wednesday that British troops will start to withdraw from Iraq within weeks, British media said.


The last bloody exercise in the "mosque-centered" Sunni-Shiite conflict in Pakistan occurred yesterday during Friday prayer.


NATO says urgent need to tackle cyber attack

NATO defense ministers agreed on  Thursday that fast action was needed to tackle the threat of  "cyber attacks" on key Internet sites after Estonia suffered a  wave of assaults on its computer networks last month.


What is Dalton McGuinty's real motive in advocating for a National Pharmacare program funded solely by the federal government? ...


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Recycling Program Starts Slowly: 22 Percent Sign Up; 40 Percent Was Goal

By Tom Troy, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Jun. 4--About 22 percent of Toledo households have pledged to join the city's curbside recycling program and save themselves $2.50 a month on the new trash collection fee, city officials say.


ROME Sept. 7, 2004 - An Italian aid organization said Tuesday that two Italian women were kidnapped from its office in Baghdad, Iraq.


Authorities Raid Head Office of Yukos Oil

Law enforcement agencies raided the head office of Russian oil giant OAO Yukos and the company's most important subsidiary, a Russian news agency reported Wednesday.


Iraq sees need for foreign troops for 10 years

Iraq will need foreign troops to help defend it for another 10 years, but will not accept U.S. bases indefinitely, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said.


Prima stretta 2007, costo denaro su livelli settembre 2001


Jurors are sworn in as three men go on trial for the murder of Kriss Donald in Glasgow two years ago.


Roma, 16:00 - CALCIO, ABETE: IL 2007 E' STATO ANNO POSITIVO

"Il 2007 puÃ² essere considerato un anno positivo per i successi della Nazionale e dei club italiani ...


Like TV cartoon characters pitching sugary children's cereal, the Food Dudes of Ireland pitch food, too. Only it's carrots and broccoli.


Nasa assesses damage to a newly unfurled solar panel at the International Space Station (ISS).


Flu Spray is Better Than Shot for Kids: Study Finds Product is More Effective in Children Under 5

By Dennis O'Brien, The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 15--A nasal spray marketed by Gaithersburg-based Med- Immune Inc. appears to be more effective than flu shots in protecting children under 5, according to a major study published today.  "It's good news.


Il nepalese Deepak Raj Rai si aggiudica la corsa battendo 130 avversariIn gara anche un irlandese non vedente e un quasi settantenne                                            Everest, la corsa sul tetto del mondo Un nepalese vince la maratona


InfoWorld - Imagine how different the tech industry might have been had Gary Kildall accepted IBM's offer, back in 1980, to license his computer operating system for a top-secret project. CP/M would have been the OS that shipped with the original IBM PC, and the world might never have heard the name of Kildall's competitor, who eventually accepted the contract: a Mr. Bill Gates.


Lennar Corp. LEN.N, the   third-largest U.S. home builder, on Tuesday said quarterly   profit fell 39 percent, citing a steeper than expected decline   in the U.S. housing market.


Description: BBC disc jockey John Peel, whose nightly Radio One program is credited with launching the careers of bands including New Order and Joy Division, suffered a fatal heart attack Monday.


Il capitano della Roma Francesco Totti dovrÃ  attendere il 9 ottobre per rivestire la maglia della Nazionale. Dopo il consulto medico lo staff azzurro ha deciso che il giocatore non Ã¨ utilizzabile. Totti


Microsoft monthly bulletin includes five new warnings

Microsoft released five security bulletins on Tuesday as part of its monthly update cycle, warning of vulnerabilities that put computers running Windows at risk of attack.


Bomb blast in southeast Iran: official news agency

A bomb exploded in southeastern Iran on Friday, the official IRNA news agency reported without giving details.


Explosion heard near Egypt-Israel-Gaza border

Egyptian security sources reported  hearing an explosion on Thursday near the Kerem Shalom border  crossing between Israel, Egypt and the Gaza Strip.


Beal Hits Last-Second Shot to Lift Vanderbilt

Jermaine Beal drives the length of the court and hits a fadeaway jumper with 0.6 seconds left to give No. 23 Vanderbilt a 66-65 win over South Carolina on Saturday.


A nationwide push to put portable defibrillators in every school, a response to several high-profile student deaths, may not be worth the cost, a new study concludes.


Karzai leads in Afghanistan's first-ever polls

The incumbent Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has led the country's first-ever polls by over 75 percent of the votes counted by Saturday noon, Afghan election commission website said.


Fire crews help 15 passengers and staff to safety after a train catches fire on its way into north Belfast.


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Skype Plugs Critical Cross-Zone Scripting Hole

Skype patches a critical vulnerability that forced it to dump features from its VoIP and chat software to prevent attackers from hijacking Windows PCs.


Milano, 20:22 - CALCIO, MILAN: LESIONE AL MENISCO PER JANKULOVSKI

E' meno grave del previsto l'infortunio del difensore del Milan Marek Jankulovski: lesione al corno ...


Singh on Top of Pile Again in Pennsylvania

World number one Vijay Singh fired an eight-under-par 64 to take a three-shot lead when the first round was suspended for the day at the $4.


Cost of living soars 66 percent in Zimbabwe

The cost of living for an average urban family in Zimbabwe rose by 66 percent last month, the country's consumer watchdog said in its latest report Wednesday.


Skiing Great Stenmark Escapes Tidal Wave

Skiing great Ingemar Stenmark was sunbathing on a beach in Thailand when he saw an immense wave roaring to shore. He began running for his life. "The water from the first wave disappeared, but then it came back with terrifying speed," Stenmark told Swedish media.


Pop star Sir Elton John criticises Australian Prime Minister John Howard's position on gay marriage.


Building products maker  Louisiana-Pacific Corp. LPX.N on Monday posted a sharply  lower quarterly profit, hurt by pricing pressures and higher  costs for fiber, resin and energy, and an unexpectedly high tax  rate.


Pamela: I had to explain the sex tape to my sons

Former "Baywatch" star Pamela Anderson says she had to explain her sex tape to her kids before they could


Va. Commonwealth ends George Mason's run

George Mason was right on schedule after three victories in three nights and hoping to make another run for glory in the NCAA tournament.


_ Atlanta is off to a 3-and-0 start for the first time since 1986 after a 6-to-3 win over Arizona. The Falcons forced Arizona quarterback Josh McCown into three fumbles and managed to win with


T-Mobile, AT&T Join Verizon on Unlimited Plans

Cellular service competitors followed Verizon with unlimited monthly voice plans for $99.


Bin Laden Guard May Be Moussaoui Witness

A Jordanian man who claims he was Osama bin Laden's bodyguard was questioned by U.S. officials who are considering having him testify at the Virginia trial of terror suspect Zacarias Moussaoui, the man's ...


Former MP takes up new role as Middle East envoy at meeting with US, UN, EU and Russia.


Two British journalists die and another is injured in an attack in Baghdad, hours after two soldiers were killed in Basra.


Ultracapacitors will prevent the need for jump starts in chilly weather. In Autopia.


NEW YORK -- Umpires are livid that Major League Baseball has sent investigators to their hometowns, asking neighbors a series of questions that include whether the ump belongs to the Ku Klux Klan.


In parole Napolitano nessun revanscismo o attacco a trattati


Oil is still king on Wall Street --  and if you don't believe it, just take a look at this year's  stock market charts.


Mark Delaney has joined Aston Villa's injury list after suffering a groin strain at Chelsea on Sunday. Liam Ridgewell and Mathieu Berson are set to keep their places, and the on-loan Carlton Cole is available after missing the game against Chelsea.


Spanish police arrest Islamist terror suspects

Spanish police arrested several suspected Islamist militants in anti-terrorist dawn raids across the northeast Catalonia region on Monday, a police spokesman said.


Fix problems, or we'll fix you, says Klein

CALGARY -- Heads will roll if shortcomings in a scathing auditor general's report aren't fixed, Premier Ralph Klein pledged yesterday.


Toto, 'Partner dopo ristrutturazione, pareggio nel 2009'


A vaccine that could cure Type 1 diabetes is to be tested on people for the first time. King's College London and Bristol University has recruited 72 diabetic patients for the trials in late Spring.


Western intelligence and security officials say the threat of a terror attack by Islamic militants over the Christmas and New Year's holiday travel season is extremely high, with the greatest concern focusing on a possible plot targeting Europe.


Manila says on verge of wiping out Abu Sayyaf

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal   Arroyo said on Tuesday that troops were on the verge of wiping   out the country's most violent Muslim rebel group as one   soldier was killed and 24 wounded in fresh clashes.


Iraqi men inspect the debris of a destroyed house after a US air strike overnight in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq, early morning Friday, Oct. 22, 2004.


Davenport and Schnyder reach quarter-finals in Bali

DENPASAR, Indonesia  - Lindsay Davenport continued   the march toward retaining her Bali International title on   Thursday, beating Akiko Morigami of Japan 6-2 6-3.


Greg Berlanti, the executive producer of "Everwood" and the new "Jack and Bobby," has a gift for a certain kind of storytelling.


Kung-fu monks can kick ass, but they can't reincarnate

While rappers lick standard-issue grapefruits Comments Monks at the Shaolin Temple in China were so incensed by an assertion by a Japanese internet user that a single ninja had once laid the smackdown on their greatest that they have deployed a feared warrior lawyer (presumably trained to an equally high standard in both law and arse-kicking). They have demanded that the internet user "apologise to the whole nation for the wrongs he or she did". We suggested a pay-per-view "Battle of the Titans" between the kung-fu monks and Japan's top ninjas. This is a match made in Heaven for the many thousands of you who daily debate the merits of the two sides, even if it does lack pirates.â¦


Lotteria, 5 milioni a Gorizia primi premi: i 20 estratti

Vinti due milioni di euro in provincia di Frosinone e a Modena. La lista dei premi di prima categoria con vincite fino a 75 mila euro. Oggi l'estrazione dei premi da 50 mila


Royal Ahold NV, the grocer which owns the Stop & Shop chain in the U.S., said Thursday its second-quarter profit soared on gains from asset sales including its U.S.-based food distribution arm.


Roman Catholic Church furious over Spain's gay marriage plan

Spain's cabinet proposed legislation Friday that would allow same-sex couples to marry and gays to adopt children, pressing ahead with its liberal agenda despite vociferous opposition from the influential Roman Catholic Church.


IBM said late Tuesday that it will sell its personal computer division, transferring an iconic brand to a Chinese rival that also will absorb about 2,000 local workers.


When New Jersey became the first state outside liberal New England to approve same-sex civil unions, Craig Ross and Richard Cash were among the hundreds of couples who  hurried to get their licenses. With Cash unemployed and his private health insurance costing $480 a month, the couple hoped the new...


Former Majority Leader Tom DeLay said Tuesday he is taking the necessary steps to remove his name from the November ballot, giving his party a chance to field a write-in candidate in hopes of holding the House seat.


Efforts made by provincial government to evacuate almost 1 million people before Typhoon Aere, the 18th of the year, landed in Fujian Province paid off.


Russia's foreign ministry rejects US claims that an arms shipment to Venezuela could be sold on to rebels.


Police and ambulance crews called to help a woman are attacked by a crowd in Londonderry.


Reform Plan Would Monitor Athlete's Grades

Members of the Coalition for Intercollegiate Athletics endorsed a wide-ranging reform proposal Friday that would protect time for classes by limiting sports seasons and fight academic fraud by monitoring student-athletes' courses and grades.


Breast Cancer Awareness Month promotes breast cancer screening every October by conducting breast cancer awareness activities. The most obvious activity is the wearing of pink ribbons.


The acquisition of Net Integration Technologies will help IBM challenge Microsoft in the market for small and midsize busineses.


(KAAL) -- Last week it was announced that IBM might be selling part of it's company, and now that appears to have happened. China's biggest computer maker says it's acquired a majority stake in IBM's personal


L'Oreal, the world's biggest cosmetic  group, reported a 6.3 percent rise in first-half earnings on  Wednesday helped by a contribution from drugmaker Sanofi, and  confirmed it was aiming for a 20th straight year of  double-digit profit growth.


In Italia in oltre 700 sale l'Ordine della Fenice


Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart said on Wednesday she wants to serve her prison sentence for lying over a suspicious stock sale as soon as possible, so she can put her "nightmare" behind her.


The body of a man shot in the head and found on a London estate had been there for over 24 hours.


Company Trademark Rights Limited by US High Court

The US Supreme Court limited the scope of federal trademark protection, saying rival companies in some cases can use proprietary terms even when customers might be confused.


An American nun was shot to death in northern Brazil on Saturday, less then a week after she accused loggers and ranchers of threatening to kill rural workers, authorities said.


Britain's EU 'Wreckers' Target UK Election

One of their legislators was suspended for fraud. Another outraged women by saying only brainless businessmen would hire "a lady of child-bearing age."


Japan's PM Junichiro Koizumi takes a boat trip to view the Russian-held Kuril islands, which Tokyo lays claim to.


The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Dan Huntley Column: Restaurant's Tables Set With Keepsakes of Sigh-Worthy Courtship

By Dan Huntley, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 14--LAKE WYLIE, S.C. -- Donna McSwain bought an antique trunk at an auction in the late 1990s. In a false cardboard bottom, she found turn-of-the-century, lacy, hand-cut Valentines.


Probe continues of network attack at Naval War College

Three weeks after the U.S. Naval War College's networks were taken offline after a network intrusion was discovered,  there's  no word on when it will be restored.


Bowling alley to return Yasser Arafat's $1.3 million investment

The owner of a popular bowling alley in Greenwich Village said Thursday his company is was severing ties with a group tied to the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and is returning its $1.3 million investment.


15 killed in rocket attack on Tikrit hotel

Fifteen civilians were killed after a rocket slammed into a hotel Sunday night in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit. Eyewitnesses said the blast at the Sunubar Hotel sent frightened bloodstained guests running into the streets for help.


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Commuter plane crashes in northeastern Missouri, killing at least ...

Emergency crews searched woods and open fields early Wednesday for possible survivors of a commuter plane crash that killed at least eight people but left two others with only broken bones.


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Commercial Demand, Europe Drive PC Sales

Worldwide shipments of personal computers grew nearly 12 percent in the third quarter, driven by strong European sales and rising commercial demand, according to IDC, a research company that tracks shipments.


County Interests to Gain From State Budget

By RACHEL RICE; OF THE NEWS STAFF  PRESQUE ISLE - When the governor signed the state's biennial budget this month, there were many appropriations in it for northern Maine.  In fact, Rep.


Hitachi, Canon, Panasonic Join to Evolve Display Technology

Trio establishes far-reaching partnership to further future development and production of flat-panel displays.


At least 12 people were killed and 38 wounded when a bomb exploded outside an Iraqi army recruitment center in Hilla on Wednesday morning, police said.


Bologna, 19:33 - BASKET, DERBY BOLOGNA: VIRTUS IN CAMPO CON PRIMA SQUADRA

La Virtus La Fortezza Bologna scenderà in campo con la prima squadra nel derby di domani sera...


Nel 2005 era al 40,6%, migliora l'occupazione a +1,6%


KOUTS, Ind.  -- The quiet country life can turn into a pressure cooker of stress at harvest time as farmers push themselves to their limits, agricultural experts say...


Nine Militants Killed After Saudi Bombings

Nine militants in Riyadh were reportedly killed by Saudi security forces after two big explosions rocked the capital. Police say the first blast came when two militants set off a remote-controlled car bomb in a traffic tunnel near the Interior Ministry.


Daum Communications Corp. completed the purchase of all shares in Lycos Inc. from Spain s Terra Networks SA, Terra Networks said in a note to the Spanish stock market regulator yesterday.


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Three of the world's biggest spirit makers are interested in buying Absolut vodka, the Swedish government says.


Bodies found in Najaf may be victims of court set up by al-Sadr

In an open-air room at an abandoned religious court run by the followers of rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, 10 bloated, darkened bodies lay covered in bloodied blankets.


Malware arrives in an e-mail message, launches denial of service attack.


Ferguson admits heat is on ahead of Strachan showdown

Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted he cannot afford another Champions League failure as he prepared to renew hostilities with Celtic manager Gordon Strachan at Old Trafford on Wednesday.


The surge in oil prices over the summer was not enough to derail the U.S. economy and the central bank sees no reason to pause in its interest-rate rises just yet, top Fed officials said on Thursday.


Genghis Khan not only conquered the known world, but he fathered a good portion of it too.


The9 says hit game is still in its youth

Age is clearly a sensitive issue in  China's fast-paced world of online games, where a year or two  can mean the difference between the height of youth or a game  title being past its prime.


Study Says Mesh Stocking Can Help Weak Hearts Pump Blood

A mesh stocking pulled up over the wide bottom of a weak heart can help it pump better and even shrink back to a more normal size, according to a study described


World Business Briefing: Mexico: Pemex Oil Field Declining

Production at Mexicoâs giant Cantarell oil field will fall by 15 percent this year, JesÃºs Reyes HerÃ³les, left, the director general of PetrÃ³leos Mexicanos, Mexicoâs state-owned oil monopoly, said. Output dropped 13.1 percent last year. Mr. Reyes HerÃ³les, a former energy minister who took over at Pemex in December, said other projects would help make up for the shortfall at Cantarell, which last year accounted for about 55 percent of Pemexâs overall production of 3.26 million barrels a day. Mexico is a top supplier of imported oil to the United States. Mr. Reyes HerÃ³les said that the company needed additional investment of $8 billion to $10 billion a year to keep up production, develop new reserves, expand its refining capacity and modernize its storage and transport network. But Pemex is closed to private investment and cannot finance the investment itself. Last year, Pemex sales surpassed $100 billion but it paid $79 billion in taxes, which accounted for almost 40 percent of Mexicoâs federal budget.


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PRIME Minister John Howard should "shut up" and curb his public support for President George W Bush ahead of tomorrow's United States election, the federal Opposition said today.


Marcus Randall accepts coach Nick Saban's point of view — last year is gone, forget it. This season might as well be the first for LSU's new starting quarterback.


The playground legal principle "Finders keepers, losers weepers" is being put to the test in an international dispute over what could be the richest sunken treasure ever found: 17 tons of silver coins brought up from a centuries-old shipwreck.


A boat sailing to Italy sinks off Tunisia killing at least 17, as a row grows over Rome's moves to send migrants back.


Era ricoverata da due settimane ma non trovato il virus


U.S. sends ammunition to Lebanon amid militant threat

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - The United States sent more ammunition on Saturday to Lebanon, whose army is struggling to defeat a group of heavily armed Islamist militants holed up inside a Palestinian refugee camp.


By The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Dec. 18--Eight drivers suspected of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs were arrested during a "saturation patrol," the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office announced this morning.   The Sheriff's Office conducted the DUI patrol between 11 p.m.


Knight scolded for criticizing officials

Texas Tech coach Bob Knight was issued a public reprimand by the Big 12 Conference for his comments about officiating in a double-overtime loss at Oklahoma State.


Napoli, 22:23 - CALCIO, BRIGHI: C'E' STATO CONTATTO CON NAPOLI

Matteo Brighi ha confermato i contatti tra il Napoli e il suo procuratore. ''Fino a ieri non c'era n...


Delta Air Lines cuts 7,000 jobs, reduces wages

Delta Air Lines, the third-largest carrier in the United States, announced Wednesday it will cut 7,000 jobs -- 10 percent of its workforce -- during the next 18 months and will slash wages.


India, S.Africa series revived with fresh TV deal

India's one-day series against South Africa to be played in Britain and Ireland next month will go ahead after the Indian Cricket Board signed a fresh television deal on Thursday.


Conan Looks Forward to Earlier Time Slot

Conan O'Brien said he was looking forward to "being on at a time when people can see me" when he replaces Jay Leno as host of the "Tonight" show in five years.


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Macintosh owners are far more likely than PC owners to have recently paid for a music download.


Liza Minnelli in New York Hospital After Fall

Actress and singer Liza Minnelli was  taken to a hospital after falling out of bed and hitting her  head in the early hours of Monday morning, People Magazine  reported.


Pitbull marking his territory in hip-hop

Pitbull can bark with the best of them. Sitting in the back of a dark South Beach club, surrounded by some of Miami's biggest bouncers and bustiest booty shakers, the Miami rapper riffs on a myriad of issues as he promotes his second CD, "El Mariel."


On screen and in the Senate, he has looked the part. Now the Law & Order star has to decide whether he's typecast for President


ATHENS: China, the dominant force in world diving for the best part of 20 years, won six out of eight Olympic titles in Athens and prompted speculation about a clean sweep when they stage the Games in Beijing in 2008.


Wal-Mart Preliminary Same-Store Sales Up

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Saturday said US sales at stores open at least a year rose 2.8 percent in October with help from sales of bedding and children's clothing, according to its preliminary tally,.


He was too far away at the time, but Utah football coach Urban Meyer would have loved to hear senior middle linebacker Tommy Hackenbruck s answer to reporters seeking his thoughts on the


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She called it her blessing in disguise. Donna Neuner, âBosom Buddiesâ support group leader, found comfort in a Christmas-time tragedy.


Swayze joins celebs defending Mel Gibson

Patrick Swayze has joined several of Mel Gibson's celebrity friends in defending the actor, who in a drunken tirade blamed Jews for the world's wars.


Second-seeded Andy Roddick continued his roll through the Tennis Masters Cup field on Friday, setting up an intriguing semi-final encounter with Lleyton Hewitt.


Dems Spent Less, Got More in Last Days of House Campaign

The latest campaign finance reports filed late Thursday with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by the national partiesÃ¢ÂÂ House campaign committees show that both spent freely in the run-up and immediate aftermath to the Nov. 7 elections.


IBM donates pandemic modeling software to Eclipse

IBM said today it is offering software to the open-source community that could be used to plot the outbreak of an infectious disease worldwide.


Gillette posts $475M US profit in quarter on strong sales of ...

Gillette Co. said Thursday its third-quarter profit rose 14 per cent as customers traded up to its premium-line shaving and dental care products and it sold more Duracell batteries due to the recent hurricanes.


Neanderthals May Have Had Gene for Speech

The archaic human species possessed a critical gene known to underlie speech, according to DNA evidence.


A number of massive glaciers in the West Antarctic are sliding into the ocean at an accelerating rate and raising sea levels, according to new data released Thursday.


KRESTENA, Greece  - Desperate Greek villages encircled by flames appealed for help on Monday as strong winds continued to fan forest fires sweeping through the country, killing 63 people in three days.


Poles vote on Kaczynski twins in snap election

Poles voted on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election that could weaken the grip of the conservative Kaczynski twins and bring in a more EU-friendly government ready to speed up economic reforms.


Contro il clan 'Massaro', imponeva il pizzo in tre province


Federer overwhelms Hewitt in US Open final

_ Walking off the court after being overwhelmed by Roger Federer, Lleyton Hewitt gently tapped the Swiss star on the stomach. That was about the only way Hewitt could touch him.


Kimi Raikkonen is on pole and Lewis Hamilton is declared fit to race at the Nurburgring.