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Spain terror suspect says he is a victim

A Moroccan who ran the shop where most of the cell phone cards used to set off the bombs in the 2004 Madrid train attacks were sold said Monday he was implicated in the case as punishment for refusing to be a police informant.


Russia to acquire new nuclear weapons systems: Putin

MOSCOW : President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will in the coming years acquire new nuclear weapon systems which other nuclear powers do not yet have and are unlikely to develop in the near future, news agencies reported.


IBM Debuts Upgraded WebSphere App Server

Placing greater emphasis on availability than in any previous release of its software, IBM (Quote, Chart) released detailed enhancements to its core WebSphere Application Server (WAS).


German chipmaker Infineon plans overhaul of fibre-optic operations

BERLIN  - German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG said Tuesday it would cut jobs and undertake a large overhaul of its money-losing fibre-optic operations following a failed attempt to sell the unit.


The ball Barry Bonds hit for his record-breaking 756th home run will be branded with an asterisk and sent to the Baseball Hall of Fame, its owner said Wednesday.


Allan Ray scored 27 points and Jason Fraser added a career-high 25 points and 13 rebounds as Villanova hung on for an 83-78 overtime victory at Providence last night.


Parties clash over possible Turkish membership

GÃ¼nter Verheugen, the German who has been the European Union's commissioner for enlargement since 1999, was in an optimistic mood last April.


Under fire to shape up his presidential campaign, Democratic challenger John F. Kerry on Sunday tapped two veteran party strategists from Boston to assume


Briefs: Rebels rule out peace with present leadership

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers on Thursday doused hopes of putting a speedy end to two decades of civil war, saying a final peace deal was impossible under the current government.


Opera minimalista sull'incontro tra Mao e il presidente Usa


Bali talks try to end impasse on climate goals

Negotiators at climate  talks in Bali tried to break a deadlock on Friday over  emissions goals after the European Union accused the United  States of blocking progress at the 190-nation meeting.


A look at Michigan, which is holding its presidential primaries Tuesday:


Country music outcasts The Dixie  Chicks, who jeopardized their career by criticizing President  Bush, won all five Grammy Awards for which they were nominated  on Sunday, including the coveted album of the year.


Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. on Tuesday  said it would restate financial statements for its 2004 fiscal  year due to errors in how it accounted for the repurchase of  franchises, which could reduce earnings more than the company  had previously forecast.


RI asks clarification over Australia's new cruise missile plan

Indonesia expressed on Thursday its concern over neighboring Australia's plan to beef up its offensive capability by acquiring long-range cruise missiles able to hit targets up to 400 kilometers away.


History or Hoax? Either Way, It'Ll Cost You $100,000: Lakeville Man Puts WWII Message on eBay, but Experts Doubt It's Real

By Aron Kahn, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Sep. 18--Germany was done. American and British bombs had devastated its cities, and the revenge-minded Russian infantry was heading eagerly into Berlin.   It was spring 1945.


A soldier testified Tuesday that his sergeant gave him orders to kill three Iraqi detainees, then cut him with a knife to make it appear there had been a struggle.


iCopy - Simple photocopier: 1.41 released!

iCopy lets you combine your scanner and printer into a powerful, but easy to use photocopier by only pressing a button. Its simple user interface lets you manage scanner and printer options, like brightness, contrast, number of copies with a few clicks.   This version fixes a bunch of issues with previous versions (see changelog).  Please note that you can use 1.4 language files.  Changes: Ã¯Â»Â¿== 1.41 == - FIX: Possible ThreadStateException on startup - FIX: Comboboxes are now not editable - FIX: Low quality printed images and/or incorrect scaling - FIX: Now only available resolutions are shown in Quality combo box - FIX: ArgumentException when making a copy - FIX: Max resolution cropped at 2000 DPI to prevent various problems (higher resolutions are useless for iCopy purpose) - FIX: Other code optimizations and bugfixes  == 1.4 == * ADD: Option to Buffer multiple images before printing (under Other modes > Scan multiple pages) * ADD: Quality can be set in DPI, and only available resolutions are enabled * ADD: Remember default printer * ADD: Paper size selection * ADD: Shortcuts to Copy (CTRL+C), Multiple pages (CTRL+M), Scan to File (CTRL+F), Image settings (CTRL+I) - FIX: Various fixes in image settings palette - FIX: Unhandled Exception when opening image settings palette - FIX: Unhandled ThreadStateException on form load - FIX: Preview can now be used with Scan to File - FIX: Preview now doesn't ask which scanner to use - FIX: Various code optimizations and bugfixes


Beginning later this year, Intel will no longer include any lead in its processors and chipsets - meaning it will have eliminated all of the toxic substance in just three years.


Japanese shares reversed opening gains to  fall 0.69 percent by midsession on Wednesday after early buying  of exporters, inspired by a rise on Wall Street after an  increase in U.S. interest rates, ran out of steam.


Konami to sell skincare software for Nintendo DS

A Japanese software maker plans to launch  a skincare guide for use on Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s hot-selling  portable game gear DS, giving beauty tips based on users' basal  body temperature and hormone balance.


Trigenix Buy Gives Qualcomm European In-road

Qualcomm Inc. figures to expand is presence in the European wireless arena with the $36 million purchase of Trigenix. Founded in 2000, United Kingdom-based Trigenix develops


Even with the bat on his shoulder, Bonds helps the Giants win

SAN FRANCISCO -- The whole idea behind beating the Giants is to keep the guy with the big, black bat and the pocketful of MVPs from going historic on you.


1 dead, 19 hurt in Calif. air base crash

A 7-ton truck overturned during a training exercise at Miramar air base early Saturday, killing one Marine and injuring 19 others, authorities said.


CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA postponed the   launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on Friday after a fuel   sensor failed, only the latest delay of its mission to restart   construction of the International Space Station.


David Beckham has escaped a Football Association (FA) charge for deliberately getting himself booked against Wales. The England captain faced being suspended from international duty for his foul on Ben Thatcher.


Vallettopoli, il racconto fatto in Procura ad aprileChiusa l'inchiesta, ora rinvio a giudizio. E lui sfila a Milano                                          Corona ai giudici: "Su Lapo ho sbagliato mi sentivo il direttore di tutti i giornali"                                                                                di LAURA ASNAGHI e ORIANA LISO


Electronic Arts has announced that the anticipated next installment of the Bond series, GoldenEye: Rogue Agent, has gone gold. The game will put players in the role of an aspiring 00 agent dismissed from MI6


Fifty-six miners are dead and another 92 are still stranded underground after a gas blast at the Daping coal mine in Central China's Henan Province, safety officials said Thursday.


No. 11 UConn Women Beat St. John's 60-32

Mel Thomas led No. 11 Connecticut with 12 points, snapping St. John's 11 game-winning streak with a 60-32 victory on Sunday.


Tiger Woods pays tribute to Darren Clarke after his heroic performance at the Ryder Cup.


Tibetan terrier Willy wins U.K. dog show

A Tibetan terrier called Willy triumphed Sunday in Britain's most prestigious dog show, beating 25,000 rival canines.


Dallas Mavericks guard Michael Finley was placed on the injured list Thursday with a sprained right ankle. The two-time All-Star was injured in the third quarter of the 94-84 loss at Orlando on Tuesday.


Estefan takes tropical plunge on new album

MIAMI (Billboard) - Gloria Estefan left her native Cuba when she was just a year old. Her family was allowed to take nothing with them, except the clothes they were wearing and a small bag.


Man Utd's Ferguson warns players over discipline

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has warned that he will not hesitate to sell any player who breaches club discipline.


Brazilian Fred arrived in February with a reputation for dramatic flair, but after enduring a rough couple of months, has hit his stride for D.C. United.


One of the key developers of Bluetooth is shutting down the division that helped foster the personal area networking technology. Ericsson has already started to shut down its 125-worker Technology Licensing


Big Spenders Looking to Cash in During Playoffs

A season that began with the New York  Yankees and Boston Red Sox fighting over Alex Rodriguez and his  $250 million contract ended the same way with the Major  League's two richest teams leading a parade of big spenders  into the playoffs.


Bruce Pask, menâs fashion director, reporting on Rag & Bone from Cipriani on 42nd Street.


Mugabe says ties with Britain could improve after Blair exit

Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe said Harare's diplomatic impasse with former colonial ruler Britain could end after his pet hate, Prime Minister Tony Blair, steps down, a daily newspaper has reported.


Toy-Train Titans Near End of Long Dispute

There's still some smoke, but the clash between the country's two largest makers of toy trains is nearly over.


In his final debate with Sen. John Kerry on Wednesday night, President Bush reiterated his pledge to cut the nation's record budget deficit in half by the end of one more term in office.


Net income in the fiscal first-quarter rose to $509 million, from $440 million a year earlier, while revenue rose seven percent to $2.


Google shivs server crowd with PeakStream buy

Keeps performance gains to itself Exclusive Google has stunned the server world by acquiring superstar start-up PeakStream, The Register can confirm.â¦


Turkey debates reviving criminal law on adultery

Chicago Tribune - A proposal to again criminalize adultery, inserted at the last minute in a reform package designed to bring Turkish law in line with European Union standards, may wind up hurting Turkey's chances of joining the EU.


U.S. Forces Storm Falluja, Bombs Rock Baghdad

FALLUJA, Iraq  - Thousands of U.S. and Iraqi  troops backed by heavy air support and armor have stormed into  the Sunni Muslim city of Falluja in the second major offensive  in seven months to try to recapture the insurgent stronghold.


FRIDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- The way vitamin C functions in the body may help explain its possible role in prevention of heart disease and cancer, according to an Oregon State University study.


A college student celebrating the Red Sox come-from-behind victory over the New York Yankees was killed after a police officer called in to control the rowdy crowd shot her in the eye with what was designed to be a non-lethal projectile.


UN chief hesitant over EU Kosovo mission

U.N. Secretary-General Ban-Ki moon said Friday he could not yet give his blessing to a planned 1,800-strong European Union mission for Kosovo because of the international dispute over the future of the breakaway Serbian province.


South African Retief Goosen, the US Open champion, shot a final-round 69 to win the US$4.06 million (euro3.05 million) Nedbank Golf Challenge on the 7,162-meter (7,835 yard) par-72 Gary Player Country Club course.


Nintendo Wii widens sales gap with Sony PS3

5:1 sales ratio Sony's PlayStation 3 is falling further behind Nintendo's Wii in the Japanese sales stakes, the latest figures from local market watcher Enterbrain have revealed.â¦


Apoorva wants Chak De girl for Mission Istanbul

Director of Shootout at Lokhandwala, Apoorva Lakhia is in talks with Sagarika Ghatge (Preeti Sabarwal of   Chak De India) for his next film, Mission Istanbul which is co- produced by Suniel Shetty and Ekta Kapoor.


Wells signs $126 million contract with Blue Jays

Vernon Wells signed a seven-year $126 million contract extension with the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday, the sixth richest deal in major league baseball history.


Rossoneri in gol con punizione Seedorf e rigore di Kaka'


Youâve bought the magazines, youâve joined her book club, and youâve drooled over her âfavorite thingsâ â and now, you can watch all things Oprah Winfrey all the time.  The talk-show queen announced Tuesday the launch of her very own cable network â ...


Vice President asks Congress to extend law beyond Feb. 1, and to give immunity to telecom firms.


Climate change is affecting Europe faster than the rest of the world and rising temperatures could transform the Mediterranean into a salty and stagnant sea


Ukraine's electoral commission formally declares Viktor Yushchenko president after December's re-run poll.


SANTIAGO, Chile  - Ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet, who ruled Chile from 1973-1990 and spent his old age fighting human rights, fraud and corruption charges, died on Sunday, a week after suffering a heart attack, a military doctor said.


Musharraf's opponents arrested in Pakistan

Pakistani police have arrested more than a dozen opposition activists in a bid to scupper protests against President Pervez Musharraf's plans for re-election on October 6, officials said.


U.S. lawyers call accused Laos coup leaders "heroes"

SACRAMENTO, California  - A Hmong leader and others charged with attempting to overthrow the Communist government in Laos are heroes with high integrity who oppose violence, their attorneys said on Tuesday.


Kerry: Bush failed to level with the U.N. about Iraq

Democrat John Kerry said Tuesday that President Bush "didn't talk reality at the United Nations" and pressed him to answer question about policies that Kerry said have made Iraq a violent mess.


Pregnant women face high rate of serious injury

NEW YORK  - Pregnant women suffer injuries requiring hospitalization more often than previously thought, a new nationwide study shows.


Image Gallery: 10 great free downloads for your network

Whether you've got a home network, small network, enterprise network or anything in between, these 10 freebies can make it more secure, run better and easier to manage. They're useful, easy to learn ... and they don't cost a thing.


GUWAHATI: In stepped up violence, six people, including two BSF men, were killed and 51 others injured in three blasts triggered by the Ulfa in three districts of Assam since Wednesday night.


LSU's Randall Leads South to Gridiron Win

LSU quarterback Marcus Randall completed seven of 11 passes for 88 yards to earn MVP honors at the Gridiron Classic, and lead the South to a 24-21 victory over the North on Saturday.


Some services restored while others closed in Day 4 of Parks Canada strike

(CP) - Boaters along waterways in Ontario were able to cruise again through the locks Monday as a strike by Parks Canada employees entered its fourth day.


Nuclear materials 'dangerously vulnerable'

Despite progress on security, tons of nuclear material are "dangerously vulnerable" to theft by terrorists across the globe, a private group contends.


Berkshire Unit Starts $3.75 Bln Debt Sale

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp., a  unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRKa.N, on  Tuesday launched a $3.75 billion debt sale, $750 million more  than originally planned, a market source said.


Marchionne, evoluzione con Gm non influenzera' il gruppo


Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she's the last remaining presidential candidate Â from either party Â who is advocating universal health care coverage.


Palestinian press incensed at Gaza attack

The killing of 14 Hamas militants in an Israeli attack on Monday night draws fierce condemnation in Palestinian papers. Some assess the attack as revenge for the bus bombings in Beersheba at the end of August


Australia is to sell uranium to Russia as long as the substance, used to generate nuclear power, is not resold to Iran.


3 former Fannie Mae executives facing suit

Federal regulators sued three former Fannie Mae executives yesterday, including former chairman and chief executive Franklin Raines, to recoup more than $115 million in compensation they received while the company's earnings were misstated.


Bombing That Injures Australian Soldiers Not Suicide, Army Says

An attack that injured Australian soldiers near the nation's embassy in Baghdad yesterday wasn'ta suicide bomber, an army commander said.


Mohammad Zahir Shah, Former Afghan King, Dies at 92

Mohammad Zahir Shah returned to Kabul from exile in 2002. He had been deposed in 1973 after a 40-year reign.


Oil hovered near $89 a barrel on Wednesday, attempting to consolidate a nervous recovery after the U.S. interest rate cut.


Australian golfers John Senden and Greg Chalmers are two strokes off the pace heading into the final round of the PGA tournament in Madison, Mississippi.


Congress yesterday began investigating whether the US Food and Drug Administration overlooked problems at a British plant that led to the withdrawal of half the US flu vaccine supply.


Romney Calls for Resignation Over Big Dig

Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney called on the state turnpike chairman to resign Friday, days after it was revealed that hundreds of leaks were found in the $14.6 billion highway tunnel project known as the Big Dig.


Stocks bounded higher yesterday as investors shrugged off a fresh indicator of rising inflation and welcomed an $11 billion deal that combines retailers Kmart Holding Corp.


Freight Trains Collide in Fla.; One Dead

Two CSX freight trains collided head-on Monday, killing one crew member, authorities said.


That was the answer to the first question about how things might be different in his first tournament as a married man. But the biggest change was more subtle - Woods began his Pro-Am round at the Tour Championship on the 10th tee.


Merck delays filing for combo cholesterol drug

Merck & Co.  said on Friday it would delay seeking approval for a combination pill designed to lower "bad" cholesterol, increase "good" cholesterol and avoid a common side effect of one of the ingredients.


Cathedral Suicide: Do We Care Enough at Christmas?

They say that this time of year is not good for the depressed. I donât know what the stats are on that one, but over the years thatâs what I have heard.


Genova, 18:18 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: PER L'INTER RECUPERA TERLIZZI

In vista della gara di domani sera al Meazza contro l'Inter, il tecnico della Sampdoria Walter Novel...


Gap breaks negative sales trend; ups outlook

Struggling apparel retailer Gap Inc.  said on Thursday that for the first time in a year its monthly sales did not decline, and nudged up its outlook, sparking the stock to jump as much as 4.4 percent.


Ministro, 'Autostrade-Abertis? ora e' possibile'


Reggio Calabria, 19:17 - VOLLEY DONNE, WORLD GRAND PRIX: RUSSIA-GIAPPONE 3-0

La Russia, sconfitta ieri dal Brasile, ha battuto il Giappone 3-0 (25-15, 25-22, 29-27) in un incont...


TV recap: Meredith in crisis on `Grey's'

Fans of "Grey's Anatomy" should be careful what they wish for.


Leaders of Iraq panel defend their call for diplomatic push

WASHINGTON -- Leaders of a bipartisan panel on Iraq sought to deflect criticism yesterday that their new war strategy endorses defeat, saying the Bush administration must push Mideast diplomacy or face "major-league problems."


Calif AG says no evidence to link HP CEO to crime

California Attorney General Bill   Lockyer said on Friday he does not yet have evidence linking   Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N Chief Executive Mark Hurd to crime   in the state's investigation of the computer maker.


Concerts stand out at festival in Scotland

The Cleveland Orchestra gave a mere three performances this week in Usher Hall at the three-week International, but they certainly didn't go unnoticed.


Survival is cold comfort in AIDS-stricken rural China

LENG VILLAGE, China  - With the familiarity of a long-married couple, Leng Zhijin lifts his wife Wang Xiangying's ragged blouse to show raw rashes and she grasps his shoulder, gaunt after 20 days of diarrhea.


Nasdaq, Dubai win OMX shareholder agreement -source

Nasdaq  and Borse Dubai  won agreement from Investor AB , OMX's  biggest shareholder, and other investors to sell their shares at 265 Swedish crowns ($40.57) each, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.


After being slowed by a sore hamstring at the start of camp, rookie receiver Jerricho Cotchery has started to come into his own.


Doghouse Boxing's Hopkins-v-De La Hoya fight predictions

Well kids, it's only two more sleeps until the much anticipated middleweight showdown between undisputed champion Bernard Hopkins and Oscar De La Hoya takes place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.


We've all heard Confucius's aphorism about the journey of a thousand miles. What I want to know is: Did he actually ever try taking that first step?


Alan Johnston rassicura su sequestratori Esercito dell'Islam


No need to watch the out-of-town scoreboard anymore. What the Yankees and White Sox and Twins and everybody else in sanitary hose are doing will be irrelevant if the town team keeps losing life-and-death games with last-place ball clubs.


Japanese electronics giant NEC Corp said on Monday it is seeking to build third-generation (3G) mobile phone infrastructure in China in a bid to gain a foothold in the world's biggest mobile phone market.


Because there's no discernible point to this film about one man's plan to "incinerate Dick Nixon," it has only craft and technique to recommend it.


Berlino, 16:59 - CALCIO, GERMANIA: 250 MILA EURO IN CASO DI VITTORIA AI MONDIALI

250 mila euro a testa. E' quanto intascherÃ  ogni giocatore della Germania in caso di vittoria ai Mon...


Iraq war blogs are as varied as the soldiers who write them. Some sites feature practical news, war pictures and advice. Some are overtly political, with more slanting to the right than to the left. Some question the war, some cheer it.


_ Rapper ODB was remembered by family and friends today as a "sweet, quiet kid" who died too young. The 35-year-old collapsed and died Saturday in a Manhattan recording studio.


Grieving golfer Clarke returns to course

Darren Clarke choked back tears as he spoke about his return to golf a month after his wife's death.


US, Iraqi Forces Claim Control of Most of Fallujah

The Pentagon's top general says US-led forces in Fallujah now control about 70 percent of the city and have captured or killed hundreds of insurgents even as tough street battles continue.


Enterprise Resistance May Limit Firefox Growth

Upstart open-source Web browser Firefox has captured 5 percent of the browser market, according to Web analytics firm WebSideStory. At the same time,  Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Internet Explorer has seen its market share drop to just over 90 percent.


Ex-Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy rejects a Tory offer to forge a "progressive alliance" against Labour.


Tenn. Teens Charged With Killing Student

Six teenagers were charged with homicide Thursday in the beating death of an eighth-grader whose head was rammed into a high school bathroom wall during a gang-related attack, authorities said.


Joe Klein on how Bush quietly put together the most diverse Cabinet in American history


Ulster breakthrough within reach after talks on IRA arms

Three days of intensive Anglo-Irish talks ended without full agreement yesterday, but with the prospect of a significant move by the IRA on the issue of its arsenal.


Per Teheran e' 'un argomento che non va piu' discusso'


Fireworks, cheers ring in Ethiopia Millennium

Fireworks burst over Addis Ababa and couples kissed as crowds cheered the "end of the dark ages" in Millennium celebrations, seven years after the rest of the world according to their ancient calendar.


Sadhana's daughter & Anjana's son together

Remember Sadhana Singh who created a storm in Bihar and UP as the leading lady in the Rajshri Production Nadiya Ke Paar?


Cervical cancer, which may cause the death of a quarter million women worldwide each year, could be prevented through inexpensive and effective methods, WHO said.


UK envoy to Iraq seeks release of Bigley body

Britain's Ambassador to Iraq appealed for Iraqis to come forward with information on the body of murdered British hostage Ken Bigley so he can "finally be laid to rest in peace.


Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt, working to mute criticism of the state's failure to save its employees' e-mails, has authorized spending $2 million to plan and run an e-mail archive.


Lo sciopero generale del 15/2 rinviato al prossimo governo


Not using them efficiently A National Audit Office report says central government is not using consultants efficientlyâ¦


Business & money: Shares in the supermarket group soared by almost 5% after the State of Qatar announced it now owned 25% of the supermarket giant's shares.


Miami condos are "for sale" for foreign buyers

Canadian retiree Sheldon Kovensky felt the lure that attracts so many foreign buyers to sunny Florida these days -- falling prices for luxurious oceanfront condos that can be bought with weak U.S. dollars.


Vacancies with big employers of graduates are expected to be 16% higher than last year, a poll suggests.


Sony Ericsson to Make Windows Mobile Phones

Under the deal with Microsoft, Sony Ericsson will produce the âX1,â a slider phone with a typwriter-style qwerty keyboard and touch screen.


MySpace.com Passing Yahoo in Page Views?

Ok, we’ve heard it before from Hitwise, MySpace.com is gathering more page views than Yahoo, but last time the report was centered around the home page. This newest data from ComScore, as reported by GigaOm’s Liz Gannes, is a little different. Here’s the breakdown: * November Yahoo Page Views Down 9% * comScore says MySpace #1 in Page [...]


European shares eased from fresh 2-1/2  year highs on Friday after drugmaker AstraZeneca said clinical  studies found its Iressa lung cancer drug did not help patients  survive, sending its shares sliding.


TV, radio look for record ad money in election

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK  - The presidential election is 14 months away and with as many as 17 candidates now running, U.S. television and radio broadcasters are elated at the prospect of billions more in advertising dollars.


Jonathan Snook's Blog: Easier Static Pages for CakePHP 1.2

Jonathan Snook has posted about a method he's using to make the creation/use of static pages in a CakePHP application (or website) simpler.   Traditionally in a CakePHP application, to do static pages you have two options: use the built-in Pages controller or set up an empty action in a controller.   Feeling that neither of these two options met how he wanted things to work, Jonathan (and Nate Abele) developed a class that extends the error handler in the CakePHP framework to handle "missing" actions and controllers. This means that, if an unknown controller/action combo is called, this script will check in its correct location (in the structure of the site) and try to find it to render it.


High doses of the antioxidant vitamin E could increase the risk of death, Johns Hopkins researchers have found. By re-analyzing the data from 19 vitamin E studies over


NEW YORK  - A daily dose of vitamin E may help delay the onset of type 2 diabetes in people at high risk of the disease, preliminary research suggests.


Sun try to avoid becoming latest Storm victim

Jackson and the Seattle Storm hope to move within one victory of the franchise's first championship when they visit the Connecticut Sun in the opener of the WNBA finals.


New York, 23:45 - FOOTBALL, PLAY OFF NFL: SAN DIEGO IN SEMIFINALE

I San Diego Chargers si sono qualificati per la semifinale della American football conference di NFL...


The heavy equipment maker bulldozes over widespread worry about the economy.


PHILADELPHIA -- When the biggest man in the NHL falls in an arena, does it make a sound?


Tony Blair launches bid to be fully-fledged president by describing left- and right-wing politics as redundant


Iraq's parliament passed a law on Saturday to let members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party return to public life, winning Washington's swift praise for meeting a benchmark aimed at reconciling warring sects.


A court in Malta has sentenced a 50-year-old Algerian national to three years in jail for smuggling illegal immigrants from Malta to Italy.


At approximately 12:05 yesterday morning, history was made in perhaps the most remarkable way imaginable. Amid the shouts of euphoria from transplanted Bostonians in rainy Collegetown, one singular theme could


Brazil Launches First Test Rocket Since Accident

Brazil has successfully launched a test rocket, 14 months after a more powerful one exploded before lift-off killing 21 people, Brazilian space officials said on Sunday.


Seagate preserves Maxtor brand in sales channel

Maxtor brand is for low-end hard drives, while Seagate will be for high end.


Can this teeth whitener live in the shadow of giants?


Management at Belfast's Odyssey apologise for traffic problems before a High School Musical on Ice show.


Bush, Kerry Are Near Even in Newsweek, Zogby Polls

US President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry are statistically tied in a Newsweek poll, which last week showed Bush leading by 6 percentage points, and in a Reuters/Zogby tracking poll.


AirMagnet to offer analyzer for Cisco APs

(InfoWorld) - On Tuesday, AirMagnet launched Enterprise Analyzer for Cisco, a troubleshooting and analysis software tool for Cisco's line of switch or controller-based, lightweight APs. The software works with Cisco lightweight APs currently available and will collect and analyze a 130 different wireless network conditions, including data traffic congestion, signal noise, and interference.Â Â  Using the Enterprise Analyzer interface, a network manager will be able to prompt the AP to switch to sniffer mode in order to collect traffic data on local and remote networks and AP stations. Once the data is collected, the software returns it to the Analyzer for both analysis and alarm generation along with best practice solutions for maximizing the operation of the wireless network. An Interference Analysis Page tool was added to the AirMagnet suite, which can track unique sources of interference, including bandwidth competition from other devices, hidden stations, and RF noise. The Analyzer will change the way network operations center managers and call centers respond to problems when a user issue comes in, according to Wade Williamson, director of product management at AirMagnet. "This allows them to change the game. They connect to the location where there is a problem, and the Analyzer will tell them what is wrong without having to send someone out to the site," said Williamson. The Cisco APs in essence become two separate devices, either one dedicated to listening to the environment in sniffer mode or as an AP to handle data traffic. The Analyzer can also be used to monitor for regulatory issues, such as HIPAA [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act]. The AirMagnet system can, for example, apply HIPAA policy for authentication and encryption and audit the environment for all devices that are in or out of compliance. AirMagnet Enterprise Analyzer for Cisco 3.0 is available now. Pricing starts at $9,995 and includes three controllers and one company license.


Presidential contender Mike Huckabee says his party took a beating in the 2006 election because too many of its candidates didn't act like Republicans.


US Marks Sept. 11 Anniversary With Services

NEW YORK -- Parents and grandparents of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York will lead the ceremony Saturday at Ground Zero to mark the third anniversary of the attacks.


President Bush on Saturday ridiculed what he called the "Kerry doctrine" as a dangerous outsourcing of America's security, seeking to poke a hole in Sen. John Kerry's debate performance with what advisers see as his rival's biggest miscue.


Voice Chat Can Really Kill the Mood on WoW

Does it matter when you discover that your level-50 guild leader has the voice of an 11-year-old girl?


Roma, 19:40 - CALCIO, ROMA: PERROTTA RECUPERA PER IL TORINO

Previsti possibili recuperi eccellenti per il tecnico della Roma Luciano Spalletti in vista della ga...


Paris police were under orders by President Jacque Chirac Monday to hunt down neo-Nazis who torched a Jewish community center, the New York Times reported.


War Costing $720 Million Each Day, Group Says

CHICAGO, Sept. 21 -- The money spent on one day of the Iraq war could buy homes for almost 6,500 families or health care for 423,529 children, or could outfit 1.27 million homes with renewable electricity, according to the American Friends Service Committee, which displayed those statistics on la...


The Nikkei average rose 1.17 percent on  Wednesday, recovering from a one-month closing low the previous  day as heavyweight stocks such as Fanuc Ltd. (6954.T) led the  market higher following a rally in U.S. shares.


Printer ink makers, vendors settle with Epson

(InfoWorld) - Seiko Epson has won assurances from a number of manufacturers and importers of ink cartridges that the companies will end their business with Epson-compatible cartridges, it said Tuesday. In February this yearÂ Epson filed a complaintÂ with the U.S. International Trade Commission against 24 companies that manufacture, import, or distribute after-market ink cartridges for sale in the U.S. The complaint sought to ban the companies from importing or selling the cartridges in the U.S. At the same time Epson filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Portland against the same companies seeking damages for the alleged intellectual property infringement. Of the 24 companies, five have agreed to settle with Epson at both the ITC and district court. A further three companies have agreed with the ITC to stop importing cartridges, but will have their cases heard at the district court. Another eight companies have had default judgements filed against them at the ITC because they failed to respond to the complaint with the time allowed, said Epson. Trials against the remaining companies at the ITC will begin in January. The settlements and judgments are the latest in a line of legal victories by Epson against third-party ink-cartridge makers, distributors, and vendors. In June this yearÂ a court in Taiwan barredÂ a local manufacturer of continuous ink supply systems from producing models for Seiko Epson printers after receiving a petition from the Japanese company. A month Epson earlier succeeded in gettingÂ four German online retailersÂ of printer ink cartridges to stop selling a number of third-party ink cartridges designed for use in Epson printers. Printer makers like Epson typically rely on a business model that sees them selling printers at little or no profit, then making money down the line on ink cartridges and other consumable items. Epson sells its own replacement cartridges and licenses a number of companies to make and sell Epson-compatible products. The third-party vendors targeted by Epson have no relationship with the printer-maker and so it doesn't directly gain from any of their business.


Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's endorsement of John McCain for president is a boon for McCain Â as long as the state's budget crisis is resolved peacefully.


Royal Bank of Scotland , the British bank trying to lead a takeover of Dutch rival ABN AMRO, said it expects its UK bad debts to fall in the first half of this year to help it beat forecasts for underlying earnings.


Tsunami Toll Tops 175,000, New Threat Warning

GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Asia's tsunami death toll  soared past 175,000 Monday as Sri Lanka confirmed thousands  more dead, while fears re-emerged over the safety of aid  workers in Indonesia's shattered Aceh province.


Sudan rejects Rice demands on Darfur force

DEAD SEA, Jordan  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice strongly urged Sudan on Friday to accept a "hybrid" international force for Darfur but was told the African Union could do the job, a senior Sudanese official said.


Buenos Aires, 10:14 - CALCIO, ARGENTINA: RIQUELME RINUNCIA ALLA NAZIONALE

Juan Roman Riquelme rinuncia alla nazionale argentina. La notizia è stata anticipata dall'edi...


Torino, 17:47 - CALCIO, JUVE; BUFFON: THOMAS COME MIO IDOLO N'KONO

Nel corso della conferenza stampa che ha aperto il 2008 della Juve, Gigi Buffon ha parlato anche del...


U.S. illegal immigrants 'self deport' as woes mount

Mexican illegal immigrant Lindi sat down with her husband Marco Antonio in the weeks before Christmas to decide when to go back to Mexico.


Nokia to add Twango platform to key software

The world's top cell phone maker Nokia  (NOK1V.HE) plans to build social networking technology acquired  with U.S. firm Twango into its key S60 software, a company  official said on Wednesday.


A Look at Two Rival Ideas About How to Compose

The Manhattan Sinfonietta, a flexible new-music ensemble led by Jeffrey Milarsky , took over Merkin Concert Hall last weekend for two concerts that explored competing notions of contemporary musical language.


A 1,3667 in progresso rispetto a 1,3562 di ieri


Iran turns down european nuclear proposal

Iran has turned down a European proposal that it stop enriching uranium in return for nuclear technology. Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hamid Reza Asefi says that the EU


UEFA Cup: Villarreal downs Middlesbrough 2-0

Antonio ``Guayre'' Betancor and Javi Venta scored in each half to earn Villarreal a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough in UEFA Cup Group E on Thursday.


BSA hands out the fines Three US financial services firms have paid large fines for using unlicensed software in their offices.â¦


Intel Sets Competition Aside, Joins $100 Laptop Project

Once its fiercest rival, Intel makes peace with the nonprofit running the One Laptop Per Child project, and even joins the board.


Puerto La Cruz, 09:16 - CALCIO, COPPA AMERICA: BRASILE RISCHIA DI PERDERE FRED

Il Brasile rischia di perdere Fred per tutta la Coppa America. L'attaccante del Lione si è fa...


Judge: Man can't be forced to divulge crypto passphrase

In what could potentially be a landmark Vermont case, judge says thanks to the Fifth Amendment, a child pornography defendant doesn't need to turn over his laptop's PGP passphrase.


Drug Maker Stops Work on Lung Disease Medicine

Patients with a potentially fatal lung condition have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on a drug that was not approved for their disease but was promoted for that use.


Critical Shopper : ChloÃ© Is Back, in an Angry-Funny Mood

The ChloÃ© store on Madison Avenue has reopened and it seems this season, all hippies have been fire-hosed away.


SEC cracks down on spam-driven small stocks

The Securities and Exchange Commission suspended trading on Thursday in the stocks of 35 small companies linked to spam e-mail campaigns urging small investors to buy shares.


NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) touched down at NASA Ames Research Center to an emotional welcome. Dr. Eric Becklin, SOFIA's Observatory Director and Chief Scientist, said, "It brought tears to my eyes to see this beautiful observatory arrive." Scientists, engineers, technologists and educators who have worked long and hard on this observatory surrounded Becklin. They were delighted to witness SOFIA make two fly-bys over Moffett Federal Airfield, and touch down to cheers.


Hollywood's glitter and staunch support fails to ignite Kerry campaign

Even the mega-wattage of Hollywood's brightest stars from "Titanic" icon Leonardo DiCaprio to rock "Boss" Bruce Springsteen wasn't enough to illuminate US presidential candidate John Kerry's campaign.


Kevin Bookout scores all 12 of his points in the second half to lead Oklahoma to a 66-48 victory over Purdue.


'Missing link' stem cells may shorten path to therapies

The discovery of a mouse embryonic stem cell startlingly similar to its human counterpart will likely speed progress toward the regeneration of healthy cells and organ tissue in people, two studies reported Wednesday.


Warning on Strattera narrower than reported

The warning that Eli Lilly & Co. issued last week about its attention-deficit disorder drug Strattera is much narrower than was reported in Saturday's editions of The Times-Dispatch.


Manchester United's hopes of finally capturing Carlos Tevez suffered another deley on Tuesday when they failed to secure permission from West Ham to carry out a medical on the Argentinian striker.


GREEN BAY, Wis. -- With subzero temperatures descending and a hated division rival playing in the Super Bowl, Green Bay Packers fans received an unexpected jolt of good news Friday. Brett Favre is back.


Lioubov Galkina sets an Olympic record as she wins the women's 50m rifle three positions.


A Movie Star for All Eras, Even the Present

Such a deep streak of nostalgia runs through George Clooneyâs career that he seems to be working his way through every decade of the 20th century.


Ireland's major pharmaceutical firm, Elan Corp. PLC, said Tuesday it plans to pay $55 million to resolve a U.S. class-action lawsuit and a related investigation by American federal regulators into alleged accounting malpractice.


Starting from this morning, the day after the closing ceremonies of the Athens Olympics, the countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympics begins.


Readers opine on the twits in tights and taking a bite out of Apple's iPod. Plus: Links to our most commented-upon blog posts.


A bordo 233 passeggeri. L'allerta intorno alle sei e trenta ...

LONDRA - Allarme bomba stamattina su un aereo passeggeri della Virgin che ha costretto il pilota a compiere un atterraggio d'emergenza all'aeroporto londinese di Stansted, invece di raggiungere quello di Heathrow dove era originariamente diretto.


NTP files patent suits against AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon

After winning a $612.5 million settlement from RIM last year, NTP is back with patent claims against the largest U.S. wireless carriers over patents for wireless e-mail.


Pacheco vs. Darchinyan: Finally, A Hidden Gem

by Paul Upham: It was a fight that was to receive national exposure in the USA on ESPN2's'Friday Night Fights on September 3, until the arrival of Hurricane Frances and it's devastating impact on Florida caused the cancellation of the entire Warrior's


About 700 people were evacuated as a volcano erupted Wednesday in southern Chile, rocking the area with explosions and spewing lava and ash.


Alltel Is Said to Be Suitor for Carrier in Northwest

Alltel, the nation's sixth-largest wireless carrier, is in advanced negotiations to buy Western Wireless for roughly $4 billion.


"Quando ex compagni aggrediscono Rai o Gdf si tira fuori"


Honduras Blames Street Gangs for Bus Massacre

Honduras blamed youth gangs on Friday for a gun attack on a public bus that killed 28 people returning from work or Christmas shopping in the latest violent outrage to hit the poor Central American nation.


Groups Hope Black Voter Turnout Rises in Election

Black leaders are claiming success in their efforts to register new voters after the 2000 election debacle in Florida and are focusing now on getting them to the polls in next month's presidential election.


Bush Acknowledges Tough Fight on Social Security

GREAT FALLS, Mont.  - President Bush warned on  Thursday that retirement benefits for younger workers were at  risk and conceded he faced a battle in Congress to win over  skeptics of his plan to remake the 70-year-old Social Security  system.


SAMARRA, Iraq Oct. 2, 2004 - Sporadic gunfire echoed through this Sunni Muslim stronghold Saturday as US and Iraqi forces battled pockets of resistance a day after launching what appeared to be the first


A Donegal priest threatens to break the law and tear down a new speed sign to ensure schoolchildren's safety.


The body regulating wildlife trade told China on Wednesday it should stop breeding tigers for traditional medicine, but failed to reach an agreement on whether to loosen a global ban on ivory sales.


VATICANO - Papa Benedetto XVI ai Vescovi della Repubblica Centroafricana: ÂAuspico vivamente che l'Africa non venga piÃ¹ dimenticata in questo mondo in profondo cambiamento, e che un'autentica speranza nasca per i popoli di questo continenteÂ CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - ÂÃ in un contesto difficile che dovete svolgere la vostra missione al servizio del popolo che il Signore vi ha affidatoÂ Fra le sfide piÃ¹ urgenti a cui la Chiesa nel vostro Paese deve rispondere, vi sono la pace e...


UK Poll Raises Question Mark Over Charles' Role

British heir to the throne Prince Charles may have won public support for his engagement to lover Camilla Parker Bowles but he faces a struggle to convince the nation he should one day be king, a poll showed on Friday.


The Justice Ministry said Tuesday that it planned to sell the core petroleum subsidiary of Yukos, the embattled Russian oil giant, at what appears to be a steep discount to settle billions of dollars in tax debts.


Evidence of more prisoner abuse in Iraq comes to light after the US military is forced to release it by the courts.


Ukraine's opposition agrees to lift siege of government buildings in Kyiv

KYIV, Ukraine  - Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko agreed Wednesday to call off a blockade of government buildings by thousands of supporters, but urged them to stay in the streets until the government agrees to repeat the disputed run-off in the presidential election.


S.E.C. Asks Money Managers to Post Full Details on Web

The proposal would require advisers to supply plainly written brochures to supplement bare-bones information now available online.


DULLES, Va.  -- America Online announced the launch of an online shopping site it says will provide an easy and fast way to compare products from thousands of online merchants...


Law lords rule anti-war campaigners' rights were violated at a protest at an RAF base.


Does Kerry-blue Illinois actually bleed Bush red?

At first glance, John Kerryâs strong showing in Illinois and Barack Obamaâs overwhelming win suggest continued tough times for state Republicans.


The first raw data on Internet usage yesterday indicate shoppers rode heavy on the net. But there's one important question outstanding: Were those shoppers also purchasers?


San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Michele Chandler Column: Jewelry, Flower Sales Rise Around Super Bowl

By Michele Chandler, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb. 3--Sales of flat-screen TVs, beer, dip and chips are brisk in advance of this weekend's Super Bowl.


California Senate Panel Rejects Health Coverage Proposal

The vote rejecting Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggerâs proposal was a blow to universal health care coverage in California and possibly to its prospects nationwide.


Nigeria kidnappers demand ransom, fighting subsides

Seven expatriate oil workers abducted in Nigeria are in good health and their kidnappers have demanded a ransom, a diplomat said on Thursday.


People in Pakistan are struggling to cope with a sudden severe shortage of affordable flour.


GMP Securities pulls out of Stelco effort to restructure and ...

TORONTO (CP) - A Bay Street investment dealer has dropped out of the battle to refinance Stelco Inc., saying it can't compete in a sales process that favours the Hamilton steelmaker being taken over by an industry player.


Londra, 10:27 - CALCIO, STAMPA INGLESE: IN ESTATE RONALDINHO AL CHELSEA PER 20 MLN

Ronaldinho è sempre  al Chelsea che conta di strappare il brasiliano al Barcellona a prezzi d...


South Korea will take control of its military from 2012 under a handover deal with the US, ending a 50-year pact.


Spanish police have arrested a fourth terror suspect believed to be linked with a gang trying to buy explosives for an attack.


The military government banned assemblies of more than five people and imposed curfews in Myanmar's two largest cities on Tuesday


And what will it take to keep this Chinese growth story alive?


A suicide attacker yesterday detonated a car bomb outside an Iraqi police academy, killing 20 people and wounding 36 in the latest attack designed to thwart US-backed efforts


Crude oil up for 2nd day on colder US weather

BEIJING, Dec. 30 -- Crude oil rose for a second day after forecasters said weather next week in the US Northeast, where 80 per cent of the country's home heating oil is used, may be colder than predicted.


Venezuela to help in release of Colombia hostages

Colombia agreed on Wednesday to allow Venezuelan aircraft to land in the country and pick up three hostages held by Marxist rebels, a breakthrough that could lead to the captives' quick release.


Chechen vote puts spotlight on Kremlin problem

As voters went to the polls Sunday in Chechnya, there was little doubt about who would be anointed president of the embattled Russian


The General Medical Council is more concerned with "looking after its own" than the well being of patients according to the latest inquiry into serial killer Harold Shipman.


Il triplice omicidio avvenuto ieri sera in un sobborgo della cittÃ  ingleseLa polizia sulle tracce dell'assassino. Le morti non collegate alla criminalitÃ                                             Manchester, uccisa giovane pop star Trovata morta con la madre e  il fratello


Firenze, 13:14 - F1, FERRARI: TRE GIORNI DI TEST AL MUGELLO CON TORO ROSSO

La Ferrari torna al Mugello per tre giorni di test assieme alla Toro Rosso. Da domani a giovedÃ¬ le d...


Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael D. Eisner announced plans Friday to retire in 2006, ending more than two decades atop what may be the world's best-known entertainment company.


Cuban President Fidel Castro falls leaving stage after TV speech

President Fidel Castro fell leaving the stage after a televised speech Wednesday night, hurting his knee and arm but quickly recovering his composure to tell Cubans he was otherwise "all in one piece.


Drilling Down: The Scent of a Man, Bought by a Woman

It is an industry rule of thumb that womenâs perfumes account for two-thirds of annual sales of âprestigeâ fragrances â that is, high-end fragrances sold in department stores or boutiques, rather than drugstores.


Diffusi i dati dell'Arma sulla tutela del patrimonio culturaleIn un anno sottratti al mercato illegale piÃ¹ di 20mila falsi                                            Nel 2006 ritrovati 2392 quadri rubati Arrestati dai carabinieri 46 "ladri d'arte"                                                                                L'ultima operazione ieri: una tela di Tiepolo trovata al mercatino


Milton girls fry Gloucester in first round

Eleventh-ranked Milton's constant pressure dominated Gloucester yesterday as the Wildcats beat the Fishermen, 8-0, in the first round of the MIAA girls' hockey tournament.


The Cassini probe finds evidence for seas, probably filled with liquid hydrocarbons, on Saturn's moon Titan.


Police Arrest Man in Stem-Cell Lab Blast Case

Police on Wednesday arrested a man in  connection with last week's pipe bomb explosion at a  Boston-area laboratory specializing in stem-cell research.


Wreck Spills Hazardous Material, Closes 1 Lane of I-64

By The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Sep. 18--One lane of eastbound Interstate 64 will remain closed most of the day as a crew cleans up a hazardous material spilled during a tractor-trailer crash, Kentucky State Police said.


The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week by 20,000, the largest jump in a month, the Labor Department reported Thursday.


Bush Says New Pick for Commerce Post Committed to Free and Fair ...

President Bush on Monday named Carlos Gutierrez, CEO of Kellogg, to be his next Commerce secretary, succeeding Bushâs friend Don Evans.


(InfoWorld) - Google's PC search software is vulnerable to a variation on a little-known Web-based attack called anti-DNSÂ pinning that could give an attacker access to any data indexed by Google Desktop, security researchers said this week. This is the second security problem reported this week for the software. On Wednesday, researchers at Watchfire saidÂ they'd found a flaw that could allow attackers to read files or run unauthorized softwareÂ on systems running Google Desktop. As with Watchfire's bug, attackers would first need to exploit a cross-site scripting flaw in the Google.com Web site for this latest attack to work, but the consequences could be serious, according to Robert Hansen, the independent security researcher who first reported the attack. "All of the data on a Google desktop can now be siphoned off to an attacker's machine," he said. Cross-site scripting flaws are common Web server vulnerabilities that can be exploited to run unauthorized code within the victim's browser. Hansen, who is CEO of Sectheory.com, did not post proof of concept code for his attack, but he said that he has "tested every component of it, and it works." He has posted some details of how Google Desktop data could be compromised on his blog. Google said it was investigating Hansen's findings. "In addition, we recently added another layer of security checks to the latest version of Google Desktop to protect users from vulnerabilities related to Web search integration in the future," the company said in a prepared statement. Anti-DNS pinning is an emerging area of security research, understood by just a handful of researchers, said Jeremiah Grossman, CTO at WhiteHat Security. The variation of this attack described by Hansen manipulates the way the browser works with the Internet's DNS in order to trick the browser into sending information to an attacker's computer. "Once you can re-point Google to another IP address, instead of Google getting the traffic, the bad guy does," he said. Because this type of attack is so difficult to pull off and is poorly understood, it is unlikely to be used by the criminals any time soon, Grossman said. But anti-DNS pinning shouldn't be ignored, he added. "We should keep our eyes on it in case the bad guys shift gears." News of the attack comes as Google is trying to enter the desktop productivity market. On Thursday, Google launched a suite of Web-based collaboration software, called the Google Apps Premier Edition, that analysts sayÂ could become a competitor to Microsoft Office. The troubling thing about the attack Hanson identified, which he calls anti-anti-anti-DNS pinning, is that there is very little that can be done to avoid it short of eliminating cross-site scripting vulnerabilities on the Web. "This is really just fundamentally about how browsers work," he said. "If you allow a Web site to have access to your drive -- to modify, to change things, to integrate, or whatever -- you're relying on that Web site to be secure." Hansen and Grossman say that Google is not the only company vulnerable to a growing category of Web-based attacks. For instance, MySpace.com was hit when a fast-moving worm spread through the MySpace community in early December, stealing MySpace log-in credentials and promoting adware Web sites. "A lot of these new attack techniques are going to require the browsers to improve," Grossman said. "The users really have very little ability to protect themselves against these attacks" he said. "It's very bad. Even the experts are afraid to click on each other's links anymore." Â


NFL agrees to extensions with CBS and FOX

New York, NY (Sports Network) - The National Football League agreed to six- year contract extensions with CBS and FOX to televise afternoon games on Sunday.


Ingram Micro Inc., the world's largest distributor of computer products, said Monday that is agreed to purchase Australian technology distributor Tech Pacific for about $493 million in cash, including assumed debt.


The greenhouse gas methane is bubbling from Siberian lakes in greater volume that scientists had believed.


A Ostuni, relazione scoperta grazie a diario


Child's trauma may affect parents' health

NEW YORK  - The stress of having a child go through a life-threatening event may have long-term health consequences for parents, a new study suggests.


No Thanks Given in Bronx for a Smelly Turkey Plant

The smell of smoked turkey from the LSK Smoked Turkey Products plant is a nuisance to some residents of the Bronx.


DES MOINES, Iowa -- As the November election draws closer, the candidates are pulling off the gloves to win the battleground states.


Here's a rundown of the agencies investigating HP's methods of tracking down a "leaker" on its board.


Fiorina's tenure: A timeline of milestone moments

The story of Carly Fiorina's rise and fall at Hewlett-Packard centers around the company's 2002 acquisition of Compaq. Along the way, HP marked milestones including the introduction of Itanium systems; the spin-off of consulting and services company Agilent Technologies and the creation of a new HP services organization; and a new focus on the consumer market.


Un dipendente arabo israeliano della Cnn e' stato rapito oggi a Gaza. Lo ha confermato la stessa emittente americana, specificando che Riad Abu Ali, questo il suo nome, che lavora come producer nei territori


Commozione e cordoglio per l'ispettore Filippo Raciti


A Movie That Scrutinizes Your Popcorn and Soda

A new film takes the position that corn, Americaâs most valuable crop, is overproduced and looks at the toll it takes on the environment, public health and family farms.


Palermo, 13:29 - CALCIO, PALERMO; MATUSIAK: VOGLIO FARE TANTI GOL

Il Palermo ha presentato questa mattina il polacco Radoslaw Matusiak, acquistato dal Gks Belchatow. ...


Winter Storm Freshens Ski Terrain in West

An unrelenting storm brought more rain and snow to Southern California on Friday, while residents in the Sierra Nevada dug out from as much as 8 feet of snow. More wet weather was expected through the New Year's weekend for most of the state, giving skiers mountains of fresh snow — but dangerous driving conditions to get there.


Star Wars actress Natalie Portman says she has no qualms about filming nude scenes - if they are absolutely necessary. The 23-year-old has shied away from overtly sexual roles since playing a precocious 13-year-old in 1994's Leon.


Aides to Iraqi Cleric say Insurgents Free 18 Iraqi Soldiers

Aides to a top Shi'ite cleric in Iraq say 18 captive Iraqi soldiers have been freed by kidnappers who had threatened to kill them.


Roma, 13:53 - CICLISMO, BALLAN: CON PROCURA ANTIDOPING MI SONO CHIARITO

"E' andata bene, mi sono chiarito con il procuratore capo Ettore Torri e sono tranquillo". Alessandr...


Ryanair, Europe's biggest low-cost airline, reports a 26% drop in quarterly profit after it cut fares and the price of fuel jumped.


Pakistani police hunt escaped British bomb suspect

Pakistani authorities have detained  two relatives of a Pakistani-British man suspected of  involvement in an al Qaeda plot to blow up U.S.-bound  airliners, after he escaped from police custody, the man's  lawyer said.


WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Tuesday that Iran's confrontation with the U.S. Navy ships in the Persian Gulf was a "provocative act."


Algerian '9/11' accused should be given damages: British court

An Algerian airline pilot wrongly accused of training the September 11, 2001 hijackers should be allowed to claim compensation, a British court ruled Thursday.


Palestinians blow up border wall, flood into Egypt

RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Tens of thousands of Palestinians poured into Egypt from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday through a border wall destroyed by militants, and stocked up on food and fuel in short supply because of an Israeli blockade.


The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Cape Canaveral into the Florida twilight Friday after more than two months of delays.  The Atlantis crew is scheduled to spend 11 days in space.


Il leader radicale: "Entro il 10 febbraio la nostra scelta"Ma poi fa capire che il centrosinistra Ã¨ in vantaggio                                          Pannella: "Chi mi ospita vince quattro regioni in piÃ¹"                                                                                di CLAUDIO TITO


Open XML Recovers From Brief Setback to ISO Approval

Microsoft quest to have Open XML approved by the ISO as a global technology standard seems to have recovered from a setback it suffered last week.


Hansbrough Powers Top-Ranked Tar Heels to 14-0

Tyler Hansbrough scores 25 points to lead No. 1 North Carolina to a 90-61 rout of Kent State on Wednesday night.


Lo rende noto l'Antitrust europeo, dal colosso Usa 5,3 mld


Excess weight hard on the heart, study confirms

NEW YORK  - People who are just moderately overweight have an increased risk developing heart disease, even if they are otherwise healthy, according to pooled data from published studies.


US Encountering Pockets of Resistance in Fallujah

US commanders in Iraq say they have almost complete control of the city of Fallujah, after several days of fighting in which 38 US troops, six Iraqi soldiers and an estimated 1,200 insurgents have been killed.


US troops shoot dead four Iraqis on a minibus in Baghdad's Sadr City district, security sources say.


State Council sends task force to Henan coal mine blast site

The State Council has sent a task force to the site of a coal mine gas blast that happened Wednesday night in the central Henan proivince and left at least 56 people dead.


Suddenly, the Paranoids Don't Seem So Paranoid Anymore

Americans used to guard their privacy. Now they give it up with nary a whimper. And along comes Google, to apply the coup de grace. Commentary by Tony Long.


Berlusconi, Fini e Letta lo hanno chiamato era in treno per comunicargli la decisioneDopo la rottura il leader centrista chiama il cardinale Ruini                                          Casini-Cdl, divorzio sull'Eurostar "La lista unica? Ã una vigliaccata"                                                                                Fini: "Pier, a questo punto ti conviene andare da solo alle elezioni"


GOVERNO: IN CORSO DA FINI RIUNIONE CON VERTICI AN

ROMA - E' in corso a Palazzo Chigi una riunione presieduta dal vicepremier Gianfranco Fini con lo stato maggiore di An. Vi partecipano i ministri, il coordinatore nazionale Ignazio La Russa ed altri esponenti di An.


Microsoft Corp. settled legal disputes yesterday with two of its largest remaining antagonists, ensuring that its antitrust deal with the Justice Department will not be appealed to the US


Iranian President Offers "Guarantees" on A-Bomb Development

President Khatami offered guarantees that the Islamic government was not pursuing a nuclear weapons program. In a press conference on Saturday in Tehran, he said the US would not succeed in Iraq and Afghanistan without help from Iran.


Jared Kushner, 26, bought a trophy newspaper. Now heâs learning how to run it.


Siena, 22:25 - BASKET, EUROLEGA: SIENA BATTE PROKOM

La Montepaschi Siena ha battuto 87-64 i polacchi del Prokom Trefl Sopot in un incontro valido per l...


IPod Music Player Winning Over Japan Fans

When Sony Corp. President Kunitake Ando showed off the new Walkman meant to counter the assault by Apple's iPod portable music player, he held the prized gadget at the gala event upside down.


Pollsters refuse to write off Australian PM despite lag in polls

SYDNEY : Opinion polls give Australia's opposition Labor Party a big lead over Prime Minister John Howard's conservative government as campaigning begins for October 9 elections, but analysts say the real race is still too close to call.


Decking the halls for Christmas can be dangerous

In its first study of seasonal spills, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about 58-hundred people end up in US emergency rooms each holiday season because of decorating injuries.


The drugstore company's clinic acquisition shows it's aggressively chasing current trends.


Paul raises $6 million in 24-hour effort

Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul's supporters raised over $6 million Sunday to boost the 10-term Texas congressman's campaign for the White House.


Enterprise security spending grows since Sept. 11

(InfoWorld) - For years, Roy Bordes has been attending corporate security conventions, at which exhibitors push video surveillance, alarm systems or bullet-resistant glass. But since the terrorist attacks against the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001, the American Society of Industrial Security's (ASIS) annual convention "has become a much more serious show,â said Bordes, a regional vice president for the trade group. The ASIS annual convention opens Sept. 25 in San Diego. Most of the 20,000 expected attendees, who make enterprise security buying decisions, are evaluating new applications to protect both their physical and virtual assets. There's a growing convergence of network, physical and building security functions, Bordes said. Enterprise spending on converged security projects in the U.S. and Europe is forecast to reach US$11.2 billion in 2008, from just $1.1 billion in 2005, according to Forrester Research Inc. Companies are deploying the fingerprint scanner technology that can admit employees into the building and allow them to log onto their computer, said Bordes, president of The Bordes Group Inc., a security consulting firm in Orlando. Converged network and physical security is getting C-level management attention, too, said Michael Corcoran, president of the California University of Protection and Intelligence Management, in San Jose, which confers degrees in intelligence management and management of personal protection. Some graduates become a company's chief security officer, guarding executives, protecting the building and, increasingly, also the computer network, Corcoran said. âThe CSO could be from the physical-security side or the network-security side. [Companies] want someone who is well-rounded in both areas,â he said.


An explosion rocks Iraq's holy city Karbala killing seven people as campaigning starts for January's election.


L'obiettivo e' vendere 10 milioni di telefoni multimediali


Americans observed a moment of silence at the very hour and place of the first Sept. 11 attack on Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of a day remembered with solemnity and ceremony.


A rebel leader who had threatened to attack multinational oil interests in Nigeria says he and President Olusegun Obasanjo have agreed that rebel and government troops will stop firing on each other immediately.


Parole di fiducia nell'articolo che il Times dedica al Paese


Los Angeles Lakers Team Report - December 1

(Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Lakers go for their third straight victory and seventh in nine games this evening, when they battle the listless Chicago Bulls at the United Center.


London tycoon forges world's top steelmaker

By Christopher Hope, Business Correspondent (Filed: 26/10/2004). Lakshmi Mittal, Britain's fifth-richest man and a prominent Labour donor, is now the boss of the world's biggest steel company, after a $21billion


Asian economy faces only mild slowdown, IMF official says

Asian economies have weathered the US subprime mortgage crisis well and will experience only a mild slowdown next year, a senior International Monetary Fund official said Thursday.


Parent of Washington State Utility Accepts $7.4 Billion Buyout Offer

SEATTLE, Oct. 26  Â Puget Energy, parent company of Puget Sound Energy, Washington Stateâs largest private utility, said Friday that it had agreed to be acquired and taken private by a consortium of investors for $30 a share in cash, a transaction that the company valued at $7.4 billion, including debt.


Amid the chrome and beech decor of the Henry J. Beans cocktail bar, a time-honored tradition is being played out over a lunchtime drink: Dozens of drinkers are buying rounds for friends and colleagues — a ritual deeply ingrained in the Scottish psyche.


Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk and Ernie Els all crash out in the first round of the World Match Play Championship at Wentworth.


Man sentenced for 10 years for underage sex ordered released

The Supreme Court of the US state of Georgia ordered Friday the release of Genarlow Wilson, who was sentenced to 10 years in jail for having oral sex with an underaged girl when he himself was a teenager.


Cardiff Chamber of Commerce, which represents 1,400 businesses in south Wales, goes into liquidation.


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La brigatista Cinzia Banelli ha ammesso oggi di aver fatto parte dei commandi che uccisero i giuslavoristi Massimo D'Antona e Marco Biagi, e che a sparare in entrambi i casi fu Mario Galesi, il brigatista morto in una sparatoria nel marzo 2003.


HUMAN beings are plundering the earth's resources at an alarming and unsustainable rate, and Australians are among the worst offenders.


Euronext investors overwhelmingly back NYSE merger

Euronext shareholders approved overwhelmingly on Tuesday a $14-billion plan to merge the multinational European exchange operator with the New York Stock Exchange and form the first transatlantic bourse.


Less than three minutes from a confidence-building win, Northeastern was left to lament a loss that made its climb in the Colonial Athletic Conference even tougher.


The Patriots have entered the NFL record books for the most dominant four-game road winning streak in history. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Patriots are the first team to win four straight road games by 22 points or more in the same season.


NE China Water Diversion Tunnel to Set New World Record

NE China water diversion tunnel to set new world record    SHENYANG, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- A water diversion tunnel under construction in northeast China is set to become the world's longest manmade tunnel, and is currently less than four kilometers short of the record.


Blue Chips Rise, Altria Higher on Upgrade

U.S. blue chips rose on Thursday, led  by Altria Group Inc. MO.N and other tobacco stocks, after a  federal appeals court expressed skepticism about whether the  government could force cigarette makers in a lawsuit to pay  billions of dollars.


GONAIVES, Haiti - The death toll across Haiti from the weekend deluges brought by Tropical Storm Jeanne rose to 691 Tuesday, with 600 of them in Gonaives, and officials said they expected to find more dead and estimated tens of thousands of people were homeless.    Waterlines up to 10 feet high on Gonaives' buildings marked the worst of the storm that sent water gushing down denuded hills, destroying homes and crops in the Artibonite region that is Haiti's breadbasket...


McDonald's Must Face Claim That Its Food Caused Obesity, Panel Rules

McDonald's Corp. must face a suit by New York teenagers who claim the company hid the health risks of Chicken McNuggets and other foods and made them obese, an appeals court ruled.


Stars come out for opening of US$200m Welsh concert hall

Welsh arts icons past and present took center stage Friday at the opening of a glittering new concert hall in the capital, Cardiff.


Romney, McCain vow to lift auto industry

Republican rivals Mitt Romney and John McCain both promised to revive recession-ravaged Michigan and the auto industry Monday as they campaigned in a presidential primary neither can afford to lose. "I will not rest until Michigan is back," said Romney, a native son who jabbed at his rival for saying many jobs among the thousands lost will never return.


Ukraine Parliament Backs Changes to End Poll Crisis

Ukraine's parliament approved on Wednesday a series of laws and constitutional changes aimed at resolving the post-election crisis which has pushed the ex-Soviet state into turmoil.


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The EU claims US subsidies for American aircraft maker Boeing have cost Europe's Airbus $27bn.


With all the executive shuffling going on, it can be hard to remember who's who at the center of Redmond. Beyond Binary tries to sort things out with a chart of notable hirings and departures.


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Germany's economy minister and a leading economic institute said Wednesday they expect 2008 growth to cool amid rising food and oil prices and fallout from the U.S. subprime mortgage loan crisis.


THE world will be living with volatile oil prices for years to come, US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said as crude oil futures touched $US55 a barrel for the first time ever.


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Thereâs a lot going on under the surface of âFeel the Noise,â far more than its indefensibly generic title suggests.


Microsoft Corp  geared up on  Monday to launch "Halo 3," the acclaimed science-fiction video  game that it hopes will widen its lead over rival Sony Corp   in the battle for industry dominance.


Duncan Fletcher admitted that the controversy surrounding EnglandÂ¡Â¯s tour to Zimbabwe had affected their performance in their opening win Sunday.


Rising star Michael Clarke has been named in the Australian cricket squad for this month's Test series with New Zealand, replacing a luckless Simon Katich.


The family of a child who died in the south Wales E.coli outbreak feel let down no one will be prosecuted.


HBO Putting Shows Online, at No Additional Charge

HBO, cableâs most popular premium channel, is carefully entering the arena of Internet video.


The Republican National Convention's host city braced Sunday for tens of thousands of demonstrators in the largest scheduled protest of the week against the Bush administration.


OPEC leaves production targets unchanged

OPEC decided Monday to leave its current production targets unchanged, two key oil ministers said, opting not to tighten its taps despite crude prices that have fallen to five-month lows.


Iraq takes step closer to landmark oil law

Iraq's cabinet approved changes to a draft hydrocarbon law on Tuesday and sent it to parliament for immediate debate, taking a big step towards meeting a key political target set by the United States.


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Fool Video: Invest in Palm, Invest in the Next iPod?

Palm sells 25% of its business AND brings in the man behind the iPod. Should investors buy Palm?


England captain Michael Vaughan has admitted he cannot wait for the tour to Zimbabwe to be over.


The Polish president says a new US missile defence system will be based in Poland, despite Russian objections.


If a law criminalizing the mutilation gets pushed through by Iraqi Kurds, it will be the first of its kind in the Middle East


Controversial former world chess legend Bobby Fischer has died aged 64, Icelandic media report.


Rose, Cejka Share Lead On First Day of Texas Open

Europeans Justin Rose and Alex Cejka shoot 6-under-par 64s on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the Texas Open.


Smoking is to be banned in enclosed public places in Scotland, the Scottish Executive decides.


Sydney, 15:15 - CALCIO, SYDNEY FC VUOLE ROBERTO BAGGIO

Gli australiani del Sidney FC vogliono Roberto Baggio. L'ex-nazionale azzurro, che si è ritir...


Polls: Top Senate races very competitive

Democratic Rep. Harold Ford is running even with Republican Bob Corker in Tennessee, while Democrat Jon Tester has edged ahead of Sen. Conrad Burns in Montana, according to polls released Sunday for some of the most contested Senate races.


New literary twist added to laundry cycle

Doing the laundry has  taken on a new meaning for New Yorkers who can now watch their  wash and spin cycles while listening to poetry and prose.


Ten suspected terrorists, including a man prosecutors claim is a...

Ten suspected terrorists, including a man prosecutors claim is a lieutenant of Osama bin Laden, stand trial in Paris today for a foiled plot to bomb the famed Christmas market in the eastern French city of ...


The photos sent back from the international Cassini spacecraft were taken during a flyby that took it within 745 miles of Titan. Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory declared themselves


LOS ANGELES: Nasa delayed a planned flight of an unmanned hypersonic jet designed to reach a record speed of Mach 10, 11,263 kilometre per hour.


Roma, 14:56 - CALCIO, DOMANI GUSSONI PRESENTA DOSSIER ARBITRI

Il presidente dell'Aia, Cesare Gussoni, presenterà domani a Roma il dossier dell'associazione...


''Inflazione quest'anno e il prossimo sopra la media''


Roma, 18:22 - CALCIO, PALERMO; FOSCHI CAUTO: CON ROMA NON E' GARA SORPASSO

Il direttore sportivo del Palermo Rino Foschi sulla gara con la Roma: "Non è uno spareggio pe...


Opinion: Patent lawsuit a lose-lose for NetApp, Sun

When an investor asked Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz why NetApp was trying to kill off ZFS, his response was "Er... what?" He claims he was "totally stunned - it was the first I'd heard that Network Appliance was suing Sun.


NEW YORK - People who use public or workplace computers for e-mail, instant messaging and Web searching have a new privacy risk to worry about: Google's free new tool that indexes a PC's contents for quickly locating data.    If it's installed on computers at libraries and Internet cafes, users could unwittingly allow people who follow them on the PCs, for example, to see sensitive information in e-mails they've exchanged...


Reinhold Weber's Blog: From PHP to Ruby - 30 similarities and differences

Reinhold Weber has posted his lists of some of the similarities and differences between Ruby and PHP:   If you are a PHP developer chances are you have heard some of the buzz on Ruby on Rails, an open source web framework for rapid application development. [...] These are similarities and differences of Ruby compared to PHP. If you know PHP, this should give you a good and quick insight in what Ruby is all about and how it compares to PHP.   Some of the similarities include the dynamic typing, class scoping, heredoc abilities and current object references. Differences include syntax differences, method calling, naming conditions and Ruby's lack of interface/abstract classes.


Sun Looks to Wall Street in a Comeback Bid

Long given up for dead (or dying), Sun is turning its own business on its head by offering to integrate many different systems.


Irish voters play safe, Ahern heads for 3rd term

Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern was set to clinch a third term on Saturday after voters who have enjoyed the fruits of a thriving economy opted for stability over change.


President - Bulgarian Christmas - concert

A charity concert was held last night at the Ivan Vazov National Theatre within the framework of President Purvanov's Bulgarian Christmas initiative.


Ronny Thompson has told Ball State he will resign after one season as head coach. Thompson led the Cardinals to a 9-22 record last season and the school has said he and his staff broke NCAA rules by being at voluntary offseason team workouts.


Internet Capital Group To Announce Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results February 16th Before Market Opens

Internet Capital Group (NASDAQ:ICGE) will release the financial results  for its fourth quarter and financial year ended December 31, 2006 on  Friday, February 16, 2007, before the market opens.


U.S. incomes and spending rose in October, providing the means for consumers to keep spending as the holiday shopping season approached, while core consumer prices rose modestly, the government reported on Thursday.


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Steve Pate closed his 7-under 65 with two birdies Friday and shared the lead with Harrison Frazar after two rounds of the Southern Farm Bureau Classic.


Suicide attack heightens fears for Pakistan polls

Pakistani police said on Sunday they suspected Islamist militants based in the tribal areas on the Afghan border were behind a suicide attack that killed up to 20 people at an election rally in the northwest a day earlier.


Xinhua World News Summary at 0100 GMT, Feb. 23

Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, Feb. 23    WASHINGTON -- The United States on Thursday reiterated its call for the United Nations Security Council to take more measures to force Iran to give up its nuclear program.   The U.S.


NATO to boost Iraq military training mission

BRUSSELS - NATO said on Thursday it would boost its fledgling military training mission in Baghdad after several European countries responded to US appeals to send trainers to Iraq.


The Defense Intelligence Agency is becoming a government trend-setter in using Web 2.0 tools for its analysts, who have turned to wikis, blogs, RSS feeds and enterprise "mashups" to collaborate when sifting through data.


Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett will not continue in her frontbench post under new Prime Minister Gordon Brown.


The US Department of Homeland Security is buying an entire town for anti-terror  training, reports say.


The Oakland Raiders replaced offensive coordinator Tom Walsh on Tuesday, promoting tight ends coach John Shoop to take charge of the team's struggling offense.


EU officials table a compromise to cut cod catches by 25% but allow boats to spend longer at sea.


U.S.-led troops battling to take  control of Falluja ran into pockets of fierce resistance on  Friday as aid agencies pressed for access to the Iraqi city to  take food and water to civilians trapped inside.


UN Must Punish Groups Using Child Soldiers -- Annan

Governments and rebel groups  found to be forcing children into combat or sexual slavery  should be punished if they fail to stem the abuses, U.N.  Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Wednesday.


Collingwood double-century and early wicket put England on top

Paul Collingwood has become the first Englishman to score a Test double-century in Australia in 70 years as England struck late on the second day to take control of the second Ashes Test.


Palekar's film Maati Maay gets raves at the festival.


'Con i sindacati avevamo gia' fatto i passi piu' difficili'


Islamist Web Site Reports Beheading of Second American

The group led by the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said that it would release a video of the second killing soon.


Memphis Grizzlies coach Hubie Brown has retired and assistant Lionel Hollins has been named interim coach, ESPN.com has learned. Brown, who became the sixth head coach in franchise history on Nov. 12, 2002


Description: A Series of Unfortunate Events is likely to be a boon for the nation's movie theaters. The dark comedy is based on three of the popular Lemony Snicket books.


Henman Crushes Coria to Keep Masters Hopes Alive

By Steve Keating HOUSTON  - Britain's Tim Henman pounded ArgentineGuillermo Coria 6-2, 6-2 Thursday to keep alive his hopes ofreaching the Masters Cup semi-finals.


BRITISH military jets today escorted an Olympic Airlines aircraft en route from Athens to New York to Stansted airport near London after a bomb alert, defence ministry and airline officials said.


United Given New Deadline to Devise Plan

A judge gave United Airlines another 30 days to come up with a restructuring plan, but warned the airline and its warring unions to cooperate on a solution.


EMOTIONAL Glen Boss admitted he put too much pressure on himself talking up Makybe Diva's chances before the Melbourne Cup yesterday.


Iraqi head denounces critics in Congress

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki lashed out yesterday at US lawmakers who have called on him to step down, and accused American forces of committing "big mistakes" in killing and detaining Iraqi civilians in the hunt for insurgents.


Sooners surpass Miami in BCS rankings; Utah 6th

Oklahoma moved up to No. 2 in the Bowl Championship Series standings Monday and Utah is sixth, a position that would guarantee the Utes a spot in one of the four big-money bowl games if they can hold on to it.


UNITED NATIONS - Haiti's interim government must disarm illegal groups to extend its control throughout the country and prepare for elections next year, the UN Security Council said Friday.


Network computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc. Thursday said it agreed to pay $92 million to settle a long-running patent infringement lawsuit with Eastman Kodak Co.


SIXTEEN people were killed in an apparent gas explosion in an apartment block in Mulhouse, close to the frontier with Germany, fire officials said today.


America Online plans to begin a new ad campaign Thursday with a redesigned logo and a fresh slogan, posed as a question to consumers: "Want a better Internet?


World Cup cross country openers moved from Ostersund to Gallivare

Cross country skiing's World Cup season openers next weekend were moved to Gallivare, Sweden, north of the Arctic Circle, because of a snow shortage in Ostersund.


Fire the hurricane. Look Frances in the eye -- you'll be OK, it's calm there -- and tell him there's room for only one blowhard on this Earth, which revolves around The Boss' moods and storm surges.


The UK is expected to announce the withdrawal of 600 of its forces from Bosnia.


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Dems recommend election calendar changes

National Democrats recommended Saturday wedging Nevada between the traditional one-two punch of Iowa and New Hampshire in the leadoff nominating contests for president in 2008.


Romania commemorates victims of 1941 Bucharest anti-Jewish pogrom

Romania on Thursday commemorated the victims of a 1941 Bucharest pogrom in which 121 Jews were killed by Romanian fascists.


Kiwi hits eight-year high against struggling greenback

The New Zealand dollar has hit its highest level this year, propelled by a dramatic dip in the US dollar. As the greenback slumped against most global currencies, the kiwi rose to 71.02USc, its highest level for eight years.


Surge of Baghdad Violence Leaves 59 Dead

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents hammered central Baghdad on Sunday with one of their most intense mortar and rocket barrages ever in the heart of the capital, heralding a day of violence that killed nearly 60 people nationwide as security appeared to spiral out of control.    At least 37 people were killed in Baghdad alone...


U.S. Accuses Europe of Overfishing Tuna in Atlantic

Europeans may claim leadership in fighting global warming, but they get black marks from environmentalists for their fishing policy.


War of words between SA unions, Zimbabwe

afrol News, 27 October - South Africa's trade union federation COSATU is threatening with a blockade of the Zimbabwean border after the deportation of its "fact-finding mission" to the northern neighbour.


The Catholic Church is to discuss the use of condoms to fight the spread of HIV, perhaps signalling a shift in policy.


Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maathai Answers Critics

Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari  Maathai dismissed critics on Thursday who say ecology has too  little to do with peace to merit the award. She said most wars  are fought over natural resources.


Baku, 20:01 - CALCIO, EUROPEI 2008: AZERBAIGIAN-POLONIA 1-3

La Polonia ha battuto 3-1 l'Azerbaijan in un incontro valido per il Gruppo A delle qualificazioni ag...


Music: Win X Factor Rocker Ben's Debut Album

By Paul Cole, Jack Daniels; David Brookes  WIN the debut album from gravel-voiced X Factor rocker Ben Mills!  That's the top pop prize offer from the Preview team today.   We have TEN copies of Ben's Picture Of You CD up for grabs.


After cutting trading commissions for bigger and moreactive customers in mid-June, Charles Schwab Corp. said Monday it will cut them for the rest of its customers effective Nov. 1. Schwab will reduce its standard online stock-trading commission from $29.


Stocks slip on interest-rate, growth worries

U.S. stocks fell on Friday after a manufacturing index showed its weakest reading in more than three years and a Federal Reserve official said more rate hikes may be required to control inflation.


Helton and Holliday Slug Rockies Past Nationals

Todd Helton breaks a seventh inning tie with a grand slam Sunday to propel the Rockies to a 13-9 victory and aÃÂ four-game sweep of the swooning Nats.


Williams went full circle before becoming a contender

When Danny Williams, who stunningly knocked out Mike Tyson last summer, steps into the ring to fight Vitali Klitschko for the heavyweight championship, he needs to thank someone in


Sport: Mark McGhee and George Burley given permission to speak to SFA about vacant Scotland job


Putin Finally Congratulates Ukraine's Yushchenko

Russian President Vladimir Putin  congratulated Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday on becoming leader  of Ukraine, nearly a month after a re-run presidential election  in Russia's ex-Soviet neighbor.


A raucous debate over the shortage of cheap housing and the demolition of 4,500 public units is sweeping the city and likely to become more intense.


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Travel: Antonia Windsor finds a summer paradise just an hour away from London in Jersey.


Amtrak Begins Random ID Checks on Trains

Amtrak conductors have begun random checks of passengers' IDs as a precaution against terrorist attacks. The onboard checks, which started at the beginning of November, are part of a broader program to improve security, Amtrak spokesman Cliff Black said.


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Cooler weather helps California firefighters

FALLBROOK, California  - Cool weather and light winds helped thousands of firefighters beat back Southern California wildfires on Saturday as residents ventured through charred landscapes to see if their homes were still standing.


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Vodafone Group, the world's largest mobile phone operator, fired the first salvo in the pre-Christmas marketing war today when it announced the full launch of third-generation wireless services.


IBM's RFID Clipped Tag Named in Wall Street Journal Innovation Awards

IBM's (NYSE: IBM) "Clipped Tag" technology for RFID was hailed in the Wall Street Journal Innovation Awards, announced today.


Lo stadio Massimino sara' posto sotto sequestro


U.S. stock futures pointed to a flat  to higher market open on Tuesday with Federated Department  Stores Inc. FD.N and May Department Stores Co. MAY.N in  focus following reports about merger talks between the two  retailers hitting a rough patch.


Makes a hash of it As TorrentSpy continues to fight a lawsuit by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), founders of the popular video download site have announced a new filtering system that allows content owners to remove pirated material from the siteâs search results.â¦


Blair views biotechnology as key to Britain's economic future

Biotechnology will play a key role in the British economy in the years to come, Prime Minister Tony Blair said as he met with some of the leading US players in the sector.


Scientists take step to making synthetic life

Scientists have taken a first step toward making synthetic life by transferring genetic material from one bacterium into another, transforming the second microbe into a copy of the first.


PeopleSoft Fires Craig Conway; Dave Duffield to Regain Top Spot

In a surprise move, PeopleSoft issued a press release this morning at 8:15 ET announcing that it had fired Craig Conway as president and CEO.


Gatlin wins sprint classic... by 0.01 seconds

It was only a hundredth of a second but Justin Gatlin said it felt like a hundred miles as he won the closest and possibly greatest 100 metres final in Olympic history on Sunday.


Saudi Arabia Recalls Ambassador to Libya Over Plot

Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador in  Tripoli on Wednesday over what it called an "atrocious" Libyan  plot to assassinate the kingdom's de facto ruler, Crown Prince  Abdullah.


U.S. stock investors, who were bracing  for a typically rocky third quarter, have been pleasantly  surprised by the big rebound in the major indexes from a  battering in the previous period.


Space watchers spot pulsar eating a star

Skeleton star gets gobbled Astronomers using NASA's Swift and Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellites have discovered a stellar skeleton, a remnant of a dying star that is being consumed by its pulsar companion. So little of the star's original material is left that it now barely masses more than Jupiter.â¦


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Thompson will ' campaign the way I want'

Defending his campaign work schedule, Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson said Monday his strategy is working and "I'm going to do it the way I want to do it."


Manitoba and New Brunswick smokers brace for provincewide bans

HEADINGLEY, Man. (CP) - For much of the last year, Jonathon Barkley has fled Winnipeg's municipal smoking bylaw by driving a few minutes west to a bar in Headingley to enjoy a cigarette with his lunch.


Kingfisher interim profit steady at 168.5 milllion pounds

Kingfisher, the biggest European home-improvements retailer, has said that its net profit stood at 168.5 million pounds during its first half, unchanged from a year earlier.


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Music Review | 'Princess Ida': That Gilbert and Sullivan Maiden With Mission and Erudition

The audience certainly enjoyed the Gilbert & Sullivan Players production of âPrincess Ida,â which opened its 2008 season.


HPV Vaccine Measure Is Sent to Full Council

The D.C. Council Committee on Health voted yesterday to send the full council a bill requiring pre-teen girls to be immunized against the virus that causes cervical cancer.


High-tech chiefs establish fund to buoy public education in state

A group of Massachusetts high-tech chief executives, concerned the United States is falling behind global competitors in producing scientists and engineers, has begun an effort to boost the state's K-12 public education system by raising corporate money to support pilot schools and advanced placement programs.


ATTACKERS made four Turkish security guards get out of cars they were travelling in through Iraq to Baghdad, machine-gunned them and decapitated one, an official in the Iraqi town of Mosul was quoted today as saying.


WHO Warns of Fresh Bird Flu Outbreaks in Vietnam

Vietnam may face fresh outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus next month as poultry is transported around the country ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations in February, the World Health Organization said.


Kobe Bryant has spent more time in Colorado than he would have liked the past two years, flying in and out dozens of times for hearings in the sexual assault case against him.


Guatemalan workers sue U.S. firm over exploitation

Twelve Guatemalan workers filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday that accuses a U.S. company of exploitation, fraud and forced labor in the United States.


To fend off increasing competition from other players, Apple Computer has retaliated with a secret weapon. It has introduced a new larger-capacity iPod with a colour display as well as a first-of-its-kind digital compendium of the rock band U2's songs.


If the European visitors to Texas for the Breeders' Cup this weekend had anticipated spending some time by the pool in the Southfork style, then the sight that greeted them at Lone Star Park here yesterday morning was probably not quite what they had in


Controversy mars EU constitution signing

Twenty-five leaders representing all of the members of the newly expanded European Union on Friday signed the bloc's first-ever constitution, a document that aims to create a more federal-type government in Europe.


U.S. Firms Look Ahead To Emissions Cuts Overseas

On Thursday, as news was leaking out that Russia was likely to ratify the Kyoto global warming treaty, a group of U.S. business executives was discussing climate policy as they lunched on chicken and avocado sandwiches in Washington's St. Regis hotel.


Red Wine Slows Lung Cancer, White Raises Risk-Study

Drinking red wine could protect against  lung cancer, but white wine may increase the risk, Spanish  scientists said on Thursday.


Chinese PM Redirects Blame for Currency Rates to Washington

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has rejected pressure for exchange rate reforms and criticized the United States for not doing its part to keep the dollar from weakening.


PacifiCare's American Medical merger worth $502M

PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. will pay $502 million to buy all outstanding shares of common stock of American Medical Security. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Cypress-based PacifiCare will pay $32.


Disillusioned by officials' failure to improve Bosnia's economy, many voters said they were staying away from the polls in Saturday's vote to choose municipal leaders.


Carbon trading is taking off, but what concrete results do these abstract markets achieve?


German industrial giant Siemens has signed aAÂ£1.86 billion contract to deliver technology services around the world to the BBC, a deal that will see it acquire the broadcaster's technology subsidiary.


The Smithsonian Institution said Monday it has received a $10 million donation to establish a new Center for Marine Science at the National Museum of Natural History.


Banaz Mahmod's father, uncle and family associate jailed over 'callous murder', during which she was tortured and raped.


Sanyo Elec now sees annual loss, unveils job cuts

Struggling Japanese electronics maker  Sanyo Electric Co. said on Friday it now expects to fall into  the red this business year as it unveiled more job cuts amid  weak sales of digital cameras and mobile phones.


Hacker exposes private data at UC Computer held personal files on ...

In a potentially huge computer security breach, a hacker broke into a computer at UC Berkeley containing Social Security numbers and other personal data for about 600,000 Californians, the university said Wednesday.


The golden girl of British athletes crumbled again as she relived her shocking failure to finish the Olympic marathon. But despite her fragile physical and mental state, she refused to rule out trying to make