As of Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006, at least 2,643 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,102 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


Patients with drug resistant TB at large

South African authorities have threatened to use police in door-to-door searches to compel 23 patients with highly infectious, drug resistant tuberculosis to return to the hospital they escaped from last week.


Pakistan stresses support for Kashmir cause

Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said the country will continue to provide support for Kashmiri people to achieve the right of self-determination.


U.S. teens work late, long and in danger - study

U.S. youngsters aged 14 to 18 who work at retail and service jobs during the school year put in an average of 16 hours a week, often at jobs that are dangerous and unsupervised, a study said on Monday.


Bruce McDonald of Zimbabwe shot a 6-under 66 Thursday to take a one-shot lead over South Africa's Ernie Els at the PGA European Tour's season-opening Dunhill Championship.


Islam's hajj a difficult spiritual quest

For days I have tried my best to perform the rituals of the annual Muslim hajj that are supposed to bring me close to God.


France Telecom posts a drop in full-year profits, blaming the cost of launching new internet services and price pressures.


A Chill for Program That Helps Needy Stay Warm

By Rhoda Amon, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Feb. 4--Never mind the groundhogs.   It's still winter, and it's cold inside for families and the elderly who have no heat.


Attorneys for John Walker Lindh, who pleaded guilty in July 2002 to a charge of aiding the Taliban, are asking President Bush to reduce his 20-year prison sentence.


Super uomini e mortali tutte le facce di oggi

Da Ben Affleck nei panni dell'Uomo d'acciaio a Kofi Annan, i protagonisti della giornata. Tra cinema, politica, spettacolo e gossip


Firenze, 15:27 - CALCIO, AZZURRI; ZAMBROTTA: IO TRADITO DALLA JUVE

Gianluca Zambrotta parla del suo addio alla Juventus, dopo sette anni di militanza bianconera, prima...


MyNetworkTV has ditched  its low-rated English-language telenovelas in favor of a  reality-heavy lineup.


By Times Union, Albany, N.Y.  Dec. 14--Here's one more item for that long list of promises for the  early days of the Spitzer administration. It's better enforcement of the land  use regulations that make the Adirondacks the pristine treasure they should be  for, yes, forever.


US Forces Attack Target in Iraq Rebel City

US forces launched a "precision strike" on Thursday on a building in Falluja said to be used by fighters loyal to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and Iraqi doctors said at least three people were killed.


(InfoWorld) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed securities fraud charges against two Texas men who allegedly hijacked computers nationwide to send millions of spam e-mails and cheat investors out of more than $4.6 million. The men used networks of compromised computers, often called botnets, to send out spam about at least 13 penny stock companies, the SEC said Monday. The SEC began to investigate the operation after one of its enforcement attorneys received one of the e-mail messages at work. Darrel Uselton and his uncle, Jack Uselton, both repeat securities law violators, illegally profited during a 20-month scalping scam, the SEC said. The two obtained shares from 13 or more penny stock companies and sold those shares after pumping up the market through manipulative trading, spam e-mail campaigns, direct mailers and Internet-based promotions, the SEC said. The SEC defines scalping as recommending that other people purchase a security while secretly selling the same stock. In related actions, the Attorney General's Office for Texas and the Harris County District Attorney's Office indicted the Useltons for engaging in organized criminal activity and money laundering. The Texas authorities have seized more than $4.2 million from bank accounts controlled by the Useltons, the SEC said. The SEC's action is "intended to protect investors from fraud artists who would treat the investing public as their personal ATM machines," SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said in a statement. The scheme, by combining get-rich-quick promises, computer intrusions and spam, was a "virulent threat to ordinary investors," he added. The SEC's complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Houston, alleges that the Useltons used an array of computer botnets to anonymously flood the inboxes of American investors with millions of spam e-mails touting near-worthless penny stocks. Each campaign, which featured a single company, lasted from several days to several weeks. Between May 2005 and December 2006, the Useltons obtained more than $4.6 million through their fraudulent scheme, the SEC alleged. The Useltons and the companies they controlled typically received unrestricted shares from penny stock companies for little or no money, in return for purported financing or promotional activities, the SEC said. Darrel Uselton was disciplined by the National Association of Securities Dealers in 2004 and 2005. Jack Uselton was permanently barred from violating the SEC's antifraud provision in a 2002 settled action, the SEC said. The SEC in March 2007 suspended trading in the securities of three of the companies involved as part of its antispam initiative. The SEC revoked the registration of a fourth company in December 2005.


Resistance Rages to Lift Pressure Off Fallujah

BAGHDAD, November 12 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - As the US military continued Friday, November 12, their massive sweep of Fallujah, resistance attacks were remarkably intensified across the war-torn country, in an effort to alleviate the


Having daddy around when they are growing up is good for little girls Â even if they are little baboon girls. While that's well known for people, it's a bit of a surprise for non-human primates.


Voters in the Gulf state of Bahrain go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new parliament.


Survey Reflects Rise of Women Execs: The Results of the Second Annual Survey of Florida's Women Directors and Executive Officers Are Very Encouraging. But Other Areas of Gender Diversity Still

By Cindy Krischer Goodman, The Miami Herald  Feb. 10--Some of the biggest names in Florida's corporate world gathered Friday morning in Hollywood to salute businesses with women directors and get inspired to make more change.


Charlie Villanueva had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 19 Connecticut closed the game with a 9-1 run for a 74-66 victory over No. 8 Syracuse last night, ending the Orange's 16-game home winning streak.


A supervisor at BP Plc's giant Texas refinery died on Monday after a lid blew off a unit being worked on at the recovering Texas City plant, sources familiar with refinery operations said on Tuesday.


The FTSE 100 shed 60 points by mid-session trade on Wednesday due to renewed concerns of a global sell-off after a move by China to cool its overheated stock market.


Director Rajkumar Hirani is confident his new film is one to be proud of.


Ad Ascoli Satriano, l'uomo aveva un arma con matrice abrasaFaceva il guardiano abusivo: tra i due c'erano antichi screzi                                          Foggia, minacciato con una pistola vigilante spara: ucciso pregiudicato


Nissan, Toyota Shares Rise on US Sales Gains

Nissan Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. stocks rose as Asian automakers grabbed a record share of the US auto market last month, the world's largest, after gaining on General Motors Corp.


Gamers have been able to get a taste of the technology behind the widely anticipated Half-Life 2.


Some of the fizz has escaped from the proposed merger between Molson Inc. and Golden-based Adolph Coors Co. Molson has had trouble convincing institutional shareholders that the Coors deal is the best the


Rivera, Fridamaniaâs Other Half, Gets His Due

On the 50th anniversary of Diego Rivera's death, Mexico City is in the midst of a series of exhibitions celebrating his work.


PALERMO - Una morte assurda e inspiegabile. Simone La Mantia di 37 anni, Ã¨ stato aggredito in via Maurolico, nel quartiere Zisa, a Palermo, in seguito a un incedente stradale. Secondo una prima ricostruzione


The Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) will pump an estimated Â£1 billion-plus into the company in exchange for a majority share, if the Chinese Government gives the go-ahead in the New Year.


Genevieve Gauthier and Katherine Lambden are racing solo this week, but they got together yesterday to make something happen in the Wachusett Mountain Road Race.


Silver fillings used to patch cavities aren't dangerous even though they expose dental patients to the toxic metal mercury, federal health researchers said Friday.


world business BRIEFING | EUROPE: Britain: ITV Rejects Branson-Backed Bid

ITV, BritainÂs biggest commercial broadcaster, rebuffed a Â£4.73 billion ($8.98 billion) offer from the cable television operator NTL, saying the bid was too low and there was no advantage in a merger. The rejection is the second blow to NTL and its biggest shareholder, Richard Branson. British Sky Broadcasting Group, led by Rupert and James Murdoch, bought a 17.9 percent stake in the London-based ITV on Friday, eight days after NTL expressed interest in a takeover. Mr. Branson called on regulators to block British Sky BroadcastingÂs purchase of ITV shares, while BSkyB said Mr. Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group, Âseems to believe he and NTL have the unique right to acquire ITV.Â.


Looking back on a year of advertising innovation


Indian drums, electro beats give English National Opera a new groove

Opera is revolutionary. It thrills the elite and masses alike, bops to Indian drums and grooves to glass-shattering Wagnerian arias in a mosh pit filled with British rockers.


Bill Hall and the Milwaukee Brewers agreed Monday to a $24 million, four-year contract.


ELEANOR HALL: To the United States now, and former president Bill Clinton today turned on a vintage performance, launching the Democrat challenger Senator John Kerry's final week of election campaigning.


One year after Mac hack contest, Linux and Vista may be tested

InfoWorld - One year after launching a controversial Macintosh hacking contest, the promoters of the CanSecWest security research conference are thinking about giving hackers another shot at cracking the Mac. Only this time, they're looking to broaden the field.


U.S. GIs Step Up Pressure on Najaf Rebels

NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. tanks and snipers took up positions near the revered Imam Ali Shrine and engaged in fierce battles with militants Monday as the U.S...


House Approves $142 Billion Spending Bill

With the new budget year only weeks away, the House has passed a $142.5 billion spending bill that funds some 500 education, health and job training programs.


Even though its appeal is ongoing, the software giant hopes to make a deal.


The wedding between Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida and her longtime Spanish boyfriend has been called off, news reports in Italy and Spain said Wednesday.


The brains behind the Red Sox spent long winter nights calculating what it might take to end the franchise's 86-year championship famine.


The IRA looks set to be blamed for the Â£22m bank raid in Belfast by Chief Constable Hugh Orde.


IBM releases Informix beta, preps Linux bundle

The final version of the Informix upgrade is due out sometime later this year and will offer new features for application developers, better support for hierarchical data structures and improved query capabilities across multiple instances of the database, IBM said.


Survey Finds 43.6 Million Uninsured in U.S.

About 14.8 percent of the American population had no health insurance in 2006, according to a survey.


Saddam lawyers boycott closing stage of trial

Saddam Hussein's lawyers said on Monday   they would boycott the toppled leader's trial until a sweeping   series of demands were met, following the killing of a third   member of the defense team last month.


The besieged dollar turned firmer after US Treasury Secretary John Snow reiterated Washington's preference for a strong US currency and a European Central Bank official voiced concern about recent sharp gains by the euro.


Mexico's Fox Says U.S. Migration Deal a Priority

Mexican President Vicente Fox said  on Monday he hoped President Bush's re-election meant a  bilateral accord on migration would be reached before his own  term runs out at the end of 2006.


Deutsche Bank and Thomas Weisel settle securities case for $100M

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. has agreed to pay $87.5 million to settle allegations of conflict of interest between investment banking and research analysts, the California Department of Corporations announced Thursday.


Red Sox fans fill streets with victory celebration

Red Sox fans poured into the streets to celebrate their team's victory over the New York Yankees, at times causing headaches for police when some of the jubilation turned destructive.


Domani a Coimbra i funerali solenni della religiosaIl cardinale Bertone: "Mi confessÃ² altre apparizioni"                                                  Lutto nazionale per suor Lucia Il Papa: "Mi ha aiutato nel dolore"


Democrat Christine Gregoire's improbable rally in the marathon Washington governor's race picked up steam on two fronts: in a hand recount that nudged her 10 votes into the lead, and in a court ruling likely to land even more ballots in her column.


Within G.O.P., Months of Stumping Fail to Impress

Many candidates have made either no impression or a negative one with Republicans, interviews have found.


Web site to carry new bin Laden tape on Iraq

An Islamist Web site said on Friday it would carry a new recording from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden about "foiling plots" in Iraq.


U.S. Jets Pound Militant Positions in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two car bombs killed seven Iraqi national guardsmen and a rocket barrage hit a police academy Monday as insurgents kept up their offensive to subdue Iraq's beleaguered security forces. U.S...


Shuttles Were on Endless Trip to Nowhere

By Charles Krauthammer  WASHINGTON -- You might not have noticed, but we broke another space record last month when astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria logged 67 hours of spacewalking.


Yahoo is in talks to buy social networking website Facebook for $1bn, reports claim.


Matthew Pinsent today insisted he felt neither sadness nor regret as he brought the curtain down on one of the most illustrious sporting careers British sport has witnessed.


Damien Duff grabs the winner as Chelsea beat Man Utd in their Carling Cup semi-final.


Decision Awaited on Trial for Pfc. England

An Army investigating officer will now decide whether Pfc. Lynndie R. England should face a full-blown military trial on as many as 20 charges of abusing detainees


For low-volume users who don't plan to rely on their scanner to do extensive photo restoration work, Visioneer's Xerox 6400 has lots of appeal.


A mass rally is planned for central Beirut to mark two years since the assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri.


Dhaka Test keenly poised after Taibu's maiden century

Nafis Iqbal hit an unbeaten half-century as Bangladesh sustained their hopes of chasing a challenging 374-run target against a Tatenda Taibu-inspired Zimbabwe in the second and final Test here.


The EU iTunes Music Store retains the same features and per-song price of 99 euro cents, established in June for customers in UK, Germany and France.


FCC approves much-needed increased China-U.S. bandwidth

As it stands, there's almost twice as much bandwidth across the Atlantic as there is across the Pacific. But with new U.S. FCC approval for the first ever China-U.S. fiber link, this is all about to change.


Junior doctors who want to become a surgeon will be fast-tracked through the NHS under a new curriculum.


More questions than answers in Symantec/Veritas deal

DECEMBER 16, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Security company Symantec Corp.'s acquisition of Veritas Software Corp. could benefit customers and shareholders of both companies, but details of the $13.5 billion deal


BEDFORD -- Progress Software Corp. said late yesterday that it no longer considers its financial statements from the past decade to be reliable and plans to restate them to correct errors in accounting for stock-based compensation.


Quake, flash flood kill nine in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Nine people died in a flash flood following a strong earthquake that shook the north of Indonesia's Sumatra island today, a radio station reported.


Demand, Canada Supply Concern Cut US Flu Shot Trips

A cruise operator ferrying US residents to Canada for flu shots said on Friday it has cut back on its popular service due to overwhelming demand and concerns about diminishing supplies north of the border.


EU Judge in Microsoft Appeal Calls Meeting

The judge deciding whether to suspend the European Union's antitrust order against software giant Microsoft Corp. has called a meeting for this week after two key backers of the EU's decision pulled out of the case, officials said Tuesday.


Death and Sorrow Stalk Sudanese Across Border

Hundreds of new refugees from Sudan have poured into overwhelmed camps in Chad. This latest influx is an alarming barometer of the violence inside Darfur.


AN experimental bird flu vaccine had failed to protect chickens against the deadly virus, its Australian makers said today. Only a small percentage of the chickens inoculated in the first Australian trial


The mastermind behind an armed gang who terrified pub and restaurant customers in 30 raids is jailed for life.


Pakistan considers ban on processions after attack

Pakistani authorities are considering banning political processions in the run-up to a general election after a bomb attack on former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed 139 people.


Dow Jones +0,63% e Nasdaq +1,37%, euro a 1,2687 sul dollaro


Utah gunman scarred by war as child in Bosnia, family says

TALOVICI, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Relatives of the Bosnian teen who shot and killed five people in a Salt Lake City mall said the boy's early life was marked by war and upheaval: The family fled Serb forces on foot when he was 4 and his grandfather was killed in the war.


Sakhalin Energy and Shell conclude contract on liquefied gas.

MOSCOW, October 15 (Itar-Tass) - Iain Craig, the chief executive officer of the Russian Sakhalin Energy Company, said at a televised conference on Thursday that Russia would start delivering liquefied gas to North Americaâs west coast late in 2007.


Sheikh Maktoum to serve as interim UAE president

Following the death on Monday of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al Maktoum will serve as interim leader of the country that has become an international innovator


Banking group HBoS has been given access to Abbey National's books it emerged yesterday as the owner of the Halifax said it would complain to the European Commission about Banco Santander's bid for Abbey.


Sports of The Times: Politicians Turn Steroid Hearing Into a Partisan Squabble

Was the greater divide between camps of Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee or of the Democrats and Republicans?


GEOFFREY OWEN always said he'd find the time one day to take up golf. As it turned out the London-born Welshman didn't get started on the greens and fairways until he turned 45, but it didn't do him any harm.


Two drug firms announced Monday they will collaborate on the first all-in-one, one-a-day pill to treat HIV -- which would make it much easier for patients to stick with their medication.


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Heavy rain and floods kill at least 45 people in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.


US forces tried unsuccessfully twice to rescue an Englishman and two US citizens being held hostage, CNN reported Tuesday. Both efforts were guided by intelligence and led US forces to separate sites in Baghdad, officials said.


Celebrity Big Brother 'rested' after racism row

Â· Reality shows axed in C4's 'creative renewal' Â· Network promises ambitious projects


Robert Chambers Jr., who strangled a young woman in Central Park in the 1980s, was arrested last night on charges of selling cocaine, the police said.


Indonesia police to probe sinking of scorched ferry

Indonesian police are to investigate how a fire-damaged ferry capsized as officials and journalists inspected the charred hulk, officials said on Monday.


Unit That Refused Iraq Duty Said Released

The grandfather of an Army Reserve soldier whose platoon refused to deliver supplies in Iraq said his grandson told him Saturday that he and other soldiers had been detained by military authorities but were later released. Meanwhile, military officials said commanders reassigned five members of the unit.


Campbell, Redskins Flop in Loss to Falcons

LANDOVER, Md.  -- The Atlanta Falcons faced a big first-half deficit and were headed toward their fifth straight loss. Then came a 24-point rally, highlighted by a pair of big plays in the open field.


Hour of daily exercise cuts bowel cancer risk

Whether is it jogging around the park,  pumping iron or swimming, an hour of vigorous exercise a day  can lower the risk of bowel cancer, a study said on Monday.


Smelly co-workers most annoying to Germans

Germans find smelly co-workers to be the most annoying aspect of their jobs, according to a survey by the German business magazine Junge Karriere.


Sudan rejects Darfur genocide accusation

KHARTOUM, Sept 10  -- Sudan said Friday it "categorically rejects" US accusations that it carried out genocide in the Darfur, scene of what the United Nations calls the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the world today.


The No. 22 Maryland women's basketball team faces its first big test of the season Friday when the Terrapins play No. 2 Louisiana State at 7 p.m. in the Coors Classic.


U.S. lawmaker berates BP for Alaska pipeline gaffe

The head of the House Energy and  Commerce Committee chided BP Plc. executives on Thursday for  overlooking corrosion that threatened to shut down the giant  Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska, calling the UK-based energy  giant's policies "as rusty as its pipelines."


Somali militia leader wants Islamic gov't

An Islamic cleric accused by Washington of collaborating with al-Qaida said Monday he will only support a government based on Islam in his new role as head of a militia that controls Somalia's capital and much of the country's south.


Israel lifted its eight-week sea   blockade of Lebanon on Friday, handing control of the Lebanese   coastline to an international naval task force.


Powwow's drumbeat draws American Indians to doctor

SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - As Wendy Friar put the final touches on a health screening and powwow for Maryland's American Indian community, she had doubts about how the combination would be received.


LA judge orders Paris Hilton back to court

Paris Hilton was ordered to appear in a Los Angeles court on Friday for a hearing that could result in the celebrity heiress being sent back to jail to serve out a three-week sentence.


Chinese drink maker Wahaha says it will not accept French firm Danone's choice as the new boss of their joint venture.


Authorities and pet owners are beginning to raise serious questions about the safety and effectiveness of animal medicines, mirroring worries over human drugs like the painkiller Vioxx.


Residents of a Dorset village vote in favour of a national referendum on the proposed European treaty.


Sun City - South African golf enthusiasts face a tough choice on Friday - who to support - Ernie Els or Retief Goosen? They are the joint leaders after the first round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge being played at the Gary Player country club.


GENEVA, Ill. - A flier distributed in this western suburb of Chicago calls a real estate agent a sex offender when the man actually has no criminal record, authorities said.


Firenze, 15:51 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: BOJINOV RIPENSA AI VIOLA

Valeri Bojinov vuole tornare alla Fiorentina. L'attaccante bulgaro, che quest'anno è stato pr...


General Plays Down Value Of Capturing Bin Laden

FORT WORTH, Feb. 23 -- The Army's highest-ranking officer said Friday that he was unsure whether the U.S. military would capture or kill Osama bin Laden, adding, "I don't know that it's all that important, frankly."


A rail boss admits he does not know why specialist workers failed to turn up to the West Coast Mainline over New Year.


Health of Indonesia's Suharto improving, doctor says

The health of former Indonesian  president Suharto, rushed to hospital in critical condition  last week, continues to improve, a senior doctor of the  presidential medical team said on Monday.


Brian Mazone bounced around from the independent leagues to the minor leagues, waiting and hoping for an opportunity to pitch in the majors.


BEA To Unwrap New Products, 'Liquid Computing' Vision

BEA Systems is readying the release of new software that will combine an enterprise service bus (ESB) and Web services management software into one product, a company executive said Friday.


The United States circulated a draft resolution Wednesday supporting a larger monitoring force for Sudan's Darfur region and threatening action against the country's oil exports if the government doesn't stop militias from attacking villagers.


EPA Smog Plan Doesn't Satisfy Industry or Activists

By Traci Watson  Environmental groups and industry groups reacted coolly Thursday, though for different reasons, to a proposal to cut the level of smog allowed in the USA's air.    The Environmental Protection Agency announced a plan to reduce the smog limit by 11% to 17%.


Canadian paedophile suspect denies Thai charges

Canadian pedophile suspect Christopher Neil, focus of a global hunt that ended in rural Thailand on Friday, will be charged with molesting underage children after being tracked down through his boyfriend's phone.


Nepal police step up searches after bomb blasts

Nepali police searched pedestrians and vehicles in Kathmandu on Monday, looking for clues after two people were killed and 26 wounded in a series of bomb blasts in the capital.


UN team hails Sudan okay for Darfur force deployment

A UN Security Council delegation said it had secured the unconditional agreement of the Sudanese government Sunday for the deployment of a beefed up peacekeeping force to Darfur.


A militant group has claimed responsibility for killing a Turkish and an Iraqi hostage, Arab TV networks reported today. A video showing the killings of two men, who identified themselves as an Italian of Iraqi origin and a Turk, was released.


Nokia says joint 3G phone project on track

A joint project to develop a blueprint   of a smartphone for fast 3G networks by Symbian, Freescale   FSL.N, Nokia NOK1V.HE and Elektrobit EBG1V.HE is on   schedule, a senior official at Nokia said.


Huckabee tied with Giuliani in Illinois: poll

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who  has surged in support in other early-voting states, is tied  with Rudy Giuliani for the lead among U.S. Republican  presidential candidates in Illinois, a poll showed on Saturday.


Roma, 13:07 - CALCIO, AGENTE JIMENEZ: A GENNAIO TROVERA' UNA SQUADRA

''L'obiettivo è quello di restituire Jimenez al calcio, la situazione è fluida, c'&egr...


Social-media pros: We're just getting started

Social-media sites like Digg, StumbeUpon and NetVibes  represent the future of news distribution, say company founders.


Applebee's says Breeden refuses board seats offer

Applebee's International Inc.  said on Friday negotiations with hedge fund Breeden Capital have failed to produce an agreement after Breeden rejected the company's offer of two board seats.


Cardiff University research shows a link between mould in homes and the symptoms of asthma sufferers.


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.


Two lifeguards are suspended after a nine-year-old girl is caught in a rescue boat's propeller off the Merseyside coast.


Investigators will this morning continue trying to find what made Queensland's high-speed Tilt Train derail, injuring scores of passengers as carriages ploughed through trees and gouged the surrounding countryside.


BBC education correspondent Mike Baker unravels the trends in university applications.


Opposition tipped to win close Kenya election

Two heavyweights of Kenya's post-independence politics square off in a presidential vote on Thursday whose run-up has seen the opposition hold a small lead in opinion polls over President Mwai Kibaki.


NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA  - Toys R Us Inc. TOY.N  has opened its financial records to more than a dozen  prospective suitors, including a consortium being led by the  retailer's former chairman and chief executive Michael  Goldstein, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday.


Bulgaria's President Suggests Reduction of Iraq's Debt

Bulgaria's President suggested Sunday Bulgaria could write off some of a $1.7-billion debt that Iraq owes it, days after the government ruled out any such reductions.


Music Review: Meeting of Jazz Minds Is a Four-Hand Conversation in Harmony

Fred Hersch qualifies as one of jazzâs most agile conversationalists, and this week he serves as a kind of pianistic Charlie Rose, performing at Jazz Standard with a sharp succession of guests.


State Dept. Official Blocked Inquiries, Congressman Says

A top House Democrat said that the State Department inspector general interfered with investigations into fraud and abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan.


Blair Flies to Sudan to Press for Darfur Peace

Britain's Tony Blair flew to Khartoum on Wednesday as the most senior yet in a parade of Western government figures seeking to pressure Sudanese officials over violence in Darfur province.


The always provocative David Wells pulled few punches in describing his two seasons in Boston while sitting at his corner locker in the San Diego Padres spring training clubhouse last week in Peoria, Ariz.


Former Deputy at Justice Dept. Would Limit Legal Disclosure

The official who drafted guidelines used after the Enron collapse to combat corporate wrongdoing said prosecutors should only rarely ask companies to disclose legal communications.


Roger Federer wins record 13th final in a row

Federer defends Masters Cup: Top-seeded Roger Federer won a record 13th consecutive final yesterday, beating Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 6-2 in the title match of the ATP Masters Cup in Houston.


KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP-CP) - Sudan said today that the UN chief didn't give it enough credit for its efforts to restore calm in Darfur and get help to the region's people, and said it hoped the Security Council would take greater notice.


Everyone, it seems, is turning against Nicolas Sarkozy. The candidate for the Elysee has seen his popularity plummet along his colleagues - both on the right and the left.


LA POLEMICA/ Amato attacca i neomelodici, l'Unione i VanzinaChi avrebbe mai detto che Merola e Boldi sarebbero diventati "maledetti"?                                          Canzoni e un film per nemici Ã¨ il mito dello spettacolo educativo


Venivano da Salerno. Pesanti ritardi al traffico


Madrid, 10:47 - CALCIO, BARCELLONA: NEL MIRINO ANCHE TOURE' E ABIDAL

Il Barcellona ufficializzerà lunedÃ¬ l'acquisto di Thierry Henry. L'attaccante si sottoporr&ag...


Fingers crossed, no handshake yet, for North Korea

Six-party talks on the fate of North Korea's nuclear weapons program resume in Beijing on Thursday with the U.S. envoy denying a report of a prior deal but holding out hopes Pyongyang will offer steps to disarm.


Second-seeded Patty Schnyder of Switzerland won her ninth WTA Tour title Saturday, beating local favorite Samantha Stosur 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the Australian women's hardcourt final.


Home-builder sentiment improved  unexpectedly in February as prospective buyers showed more  interest, but the gauge remained near historic lows, the  National Association of Home Builders said on Tuesday.


British troops getting ready to head to an area near Baghdad are "relieved" a decision has now been made.


The U.S. Navy's oldest ship in full active service embarks on its last major maneuvers


Rescuers in Thailand hope for 'individual miracles'

Rescuers were praying for "individual miracles" of survival as they combed the beaches and islands of southern Thailand on Wednesday for thousands of missing tourists and locals swept away by tidal waves.


By KEN MAGUIRE BOSTON - More than 10 blinking electronic devices planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city Wednesday in what turned out to be a publicity campaign for a late-night cable cartoon.


The movie that could be the most important of Mel Gibson's career is one the actor likely will fight to never have released.


A British soldier has been killed by insurgents in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence announces.


'Riforma contrasta assetti monopolistici'


LADWP Commission Approves the Fast Tracking of ``Green'' Buildings and Construction Projects

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Board of  Commissioners took action today to expedite services for building  development projects that have less impact on the environment by using  fewer natural resources.


Australia lifts ban on cloning human embryos for stem cell research

CANBERRA, Australia  - Australia's parliament lifted a ban Wednesday on cloning human embryos for stem cell research despite opposition from the prime minister and other party leaders.


AMERICA/BRASILE - V Conferenza Generale di Aparecida - ÂPartiamo da questo luogo santo con un grande compito missionario: Andare ad annunciare il Vangelo a tutti i popoli, a tutti gli ambiti della societÃ , a tutte le culture" Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - La V conferenza Generale Ã¨ arrivata il 31 maggio alla sua ultima tappa con la sessione di chiusura nella quale i Vescovi hanno approvato il Documento Finale di Aparecida. Il Documento Finale, di oltre 100 pagine ed il cui ...


Poll: Americans Wary of Politics in Church

Most Americans oppose political parties obtaining church rosters, says a new poll that found bipartisan opposition to a step the Republicans have taken to identify voters.


Ukrainians Choose New President in Landmark Poll

Ukrainians on Sunday choose a new president in a landmark poll offering a choice between the ex-Soviet state's prime minister, backed by Russia, and a liberal rival seeking gradual integration with the West.


EC Investigates Microsoft, Time Warner Deal

Time Warner and Microsoft see the acquisition of ContentGuard as a way of obtaining a stronger foothold in the increasingly important digital-rights management market.


US airlines agree to cut flights at Chicago's O'Hare

CHICAGO, Aug 18  - US airlines have agreed to limit flights into Chicago's O'Hare International Airport at peak periods to stem record delays that have slowed aviation nationwide, federal officials said on Wednesday.


Herbie Hancock, Nancy Wilson and others paid tribute to the jazz piano virtuoso Oscar Peterson at a free concert in Toronto.


Indonesian village blames tumors on US firm

Rafli Paputunang emerged from the shadows inside the wooden shack and, by the faint glow of a kerosene lamp, exposed a lump the size of a tennis ball behind his left knee.


Kidnappings by Muslim militants have driven non-Iraqis and those working with them into hiding to a degree not experienced since the nationwide uprising in April kept most foreigners locked inside their ...


Foreign secretary Jack Straw is today beginning two days of talks in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Mr Straw will meet Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon before travelling on to the West Bank for


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


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


PHPBuilder.com: Simulating Graphical Charts with XHTML/CSS

PHPBuilder has another excerpt posted from the book "PHP 5 in Practice" from Sams Publishing. It takes a quick look at a method to simulate graphical charts with some XHTML and CSS tricks (and PHP's help).   When you need to present data in a chart on a web page, it is often worthwhile to generate graphical charts. This method is covered later in Section 18.4, "Creating a Graph/Chart Library"; however, sometimes for a quick chart CSS can suffice. Listing 9.4.1 presents a function that creates a visual chart of data using CSS and XHTML only.   You can find the code they're talking about for "Listing 9.4.1". They explain it briefly, but it's a quick "here's what it looks like" and less of a "here's the logic behind it" kind of post. Never the less, it's still quite useful.


Hurricane Emergency Aid Set Up in Florida

More than 76,000 meals and snacks have been served to hurricane-ravaged counties in Florida, with thousands more available from federal, local and private agencies, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Monday.


First Job Losses in 4 Years Raise Recession Fears

Employers cut 17,000 jobs in January, the first decline in the work force in more than four years.


Chinese power transfer complete as Hu takes over as military chief

A DAMAGING power struggle between Chinaâs old and new guards was decisively settled yesterday with the resignation of the former president Jiang Zemin as head of Chinaâs armed forces.


Tony Kanaan found himself in the middle of a leading three-wide pack going more than 200 mph through the turns. A few laps later, he drove the left


NFL's Vick faces media outrage in dog-fight case

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick faced condemnation in the media on Wednesday and an uncertain future following his federal indictment on Tuesday over alleged involvement in a dog-fighting operation.


Carson Daly expands domain with Net projects

LOS ANGELES  - Carson Daly made his mark in television, but he is ready to prove himself all over again on the Internet.


AmberPoint Flex-ing SOA management muscles

(InfoWorld) - AmberPoint will add an Adobe Flex-based interface to its SOA management platform, with the goal of giving users a bird's eye view of their SOA networks The company on Monday is announcing the release of Version 6 of AmberPoint SOA Management System and AmberPoint SOA Validation System. As part of Management System, AmberPoint will feature SOA Explorer, which provides a graphical, interactive view of SOA networks. SOA leverages Adobe's Flex and Flash technologies as well as AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML).Â  With SOA Explorer, users can monitor operational status and drill down on areas of interest. Filtering of information gives users a more manageable amount of information to digest. Without this capability, "you can see so much information that it's overwhelming," said Ed Horst, AmberPoint vice president of marketing. Capabilities in the new product release reflect the growth in SOA that AmberPoint is experiencing, Horst said. "This release is kind of an outgrowth of the kind of apps we're seeing in our installed base," he said. "We now have some customers with well over 1,000 components," in their SOA, Horst said. Some customers are processing millions of transactions per day, he added. "With that comes effectively a pretty complex environment to govern at run time. That's our business," Horst said. AmberPoint focuses on visibility into an SOA as well as control and validation, Horst said. He described validation as keeping things in order after changes are made. Also featured in the new AmberPoint platform is automatic throttling, to set limits on service usage, Horst said. The computer machine interface in AmberPoint, meanwhile, now supports scripting for capabilities such as performing automatic backups. Scripting technologies such as Ant and Perl are supported. An analyst weighed AmberPoint against rival Actional. AmberPoint has an edge over Actional in the area of visual effects, although Actional covers more messaging protocols, said analyst Anne Thomas Manes, vice president of Burton Group. "The thing that I think AmberPoint does really [well] is the visualization particularly from the business perspective and I think that's the edge that AmberPoint has over Actional at this point," Manes said. SOA Validation System, meanwhile, now validates business applications using transactions that span multiple services. Potential runtime anomalies are detected. Pricing for either SOA Management System or SOA Validation System starts at $25,000. AmberPoint 6 ships in 60 days.


Il presidente russo visiterÃ  il Paese recandosi a Bari per un summit commercialeBenedetto XVI e il capo del Cremlino non si sono mai visti                                            Putin sbarca in Italia, incontrerÃ  il Papa In vista accordi su petrolio e banche


A top Hamas leader accused Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah of starting a war after his security forces opened fire on Friday on a Hamas rally in the West Bank and firefights broke out in Gaza.


Tycho: It's available almost everywhere, actually, but we have it on our own store now if you do not already posess it. I've seen a few out there in The Retail Book Fortresses, so should you desire a copy of Epic Legends Of The Magic Sword Kings, the process will be very straightforward. I think it turned out really well, but I wrote all of it, and I get paid when you buy it. So I might not be the person to ask.  Trivia: The third book is called The Warsun Prophecies, which we already announced. The fourth book is called "Birds Are Weird."(CW)TB


Romanian Election Ends With Likelihood of Runoff

BUCHAREST, Romania, Nov. 28 -- Exit polls showed no clear winner in the election Sunday to replace President Ion Iliescu, raising the likelihood of a runoff next month between a former ship's captain with a populist message and a political veteran.


England striker Michael Owen did not have long to wait to get his first taste of Spanish league action, coming on midway through the first half for Real Madrid colleague Raul at Real Mallorca on Sunday.


Former presidential candidate Howard Dean is considering a bid to become chairman of the national Democratic Party.


Six More Dead in Violence in Thai Muslim South

Six more people have been killed in Muslim-majority southern Thailand in the last 24 hours, police said on Thursday, amid outrage over the death last week of 85 Muslims, most of them in military custody.


New Napoli club to play in third division

A new Naples football club, formed to replace the bankrupt team of the Italian city, has been handed a place in the country's third division.


US record producer blames district attorney for bypassing hearing

US record producer Phil Spector, indicted on a murder charge, on Monday blamed a "Hitler-like district attorney" for bypassing a hearing in which a judge would have decided if a trial was warranted.


Mohammed likely to top British boys' names list by year-end

Mohammed will likely become the most popular name for baby boys in Britain by the end of the year, The Times reported on Wednesday, citing government data.


Italian hostages possibly sold to Zarqawi group

ROME - Iraqi kidnappers may have sold two Italian women hostages to militants tied to al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Deputy Iraqi Foreign Minister Hamid al-Bayati has been quoted as saying.


Valore sceso di 1/3, inferiore a gruppi di medie dimensioni


Game off, NHL votes to lock out players saying economics have to ...

(CP) - The NHL pulled the plug on hockey Wednesday, with an emotional Gary Bettman painting a bleak picture of a Grand Canyon-sized divide between owners and the Players' Association.


Possible New Case of Mad Cow Disease Found

Cattle peer through a fence at a ranch near Mabton, Wash., Jan. 12, 2004, after a Canadian cow living at this ranch became the first cow in the US to have a confirmed case of mad cow disease in Dec. 2003.


Ahern favored to retain power in Ireland

Voters began casting their ballots Thursday in an election that analysts say is likely to return Prime Minister Bertie Ahern to power, but with new, left-wing partners in government.


Home Office Minister Tony McNulty says the government made mistakes in its reaction to the 7 July bombings.


Syria Redeploys Some Security Forces in Lebanon

Syria, under intense pressure to quit  Lebanon, pulled out its security forces from three key  positions in Beirut and north Lebanon on Saturday and  redeployed them in eastern Lebanon.


MOSCOW, October 22 (Itar-Tass) -- Russiaâs State Duma has approved of a bill on the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change.


N.Korea invites in atom bomb shutdown monitors: IAE

North Korea on Tuesday invited in International Atomic Energy Agency monitors to verify a promised shutdown of its atomic bomb program and they will travel to the country within the next few days, the IAEA said.


A series of earthquakes, the  largest registering magnitude 5.9, shook central California on  Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. There were no  immediate reports of injury or damage.


Calcio, dimissioni Prandelli: i giallorossi si guardano intorno

La Roma, dopo che il tecnico Cesare Prandelli ha presentato le dimissioni nella serata di ieri per poter affrontare al meglio le note vicende che ne hanno coinvolto la famiglia, ha invitato il suo allenatore a prendere il tempo necessario per valutare


Peru names a date for the retrial of Abimael Guzman, imprisoned leader of the Shining Path rebel group.


The accused include a Morgan Stanley compliance official, a UBS research executive and traders for hedge funds and brokerage firms.


IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights in all media to the Iranian-Iraqi feature "Turtles Can Fly," which won the Golden Shell at this year's San Sebastian Film Festival and has been selected as the Iranian entry for the Academy Awards.


OLPC parts shortage manageable, says maker

InfoWorld - The company manufacturing the One Laptop Per Child notebook played down the impact of component shortages in the industry, rebutting local reports that the shortages will affect supplies of the computer when it ships in October.


British troops still have "an important job to do" in Iraq, Prime minister Gordon Brown says.


San Diego Padres southpaw David Wells has been suspended for seven games for his tirade during a game last week, Major League Baseball said in a statement Thursday.


Parere favorevole alla richiesta della Forleo di utilizzare le telefonate sulla vicenda UnipolSi anche per Cicu (Fi). Il ministro degli Esteri all'epoca dei fatti era europarlamentare                                          Intercettazioni, sÃ¬ della Giunta per Fassino Atti rinviati al Gip di Milano per D'Alema                                                                                Il segretario Ds: "Condivido la decisione, certo della mia correttezza"


Senior judge on trial charged with exposing himself

A prominent judge went on trial Monday on charges that he exposed himself to a woman on two separate occasions last year while travelling on trains in the capital.


Journal Tells FDA Lilly Knew of Prozac Risk

The British Medical Journal said on  Friday it has sent documents to U.S. health regulators that  appear to suggest a link between the antidepressant Prozac and  suicidal behavior.


Authorities intend to file charges in NBA brawl

Prosecutors expect to file charges against Indiana Pacers players and Detroit Pistons supporters in the wake of a brawl last Friday that led to record suspensions and at least nine people injured.


Filibuster Threatened over Corporate Tax Changes

Description: The Senate on Friday scrambled to finish work on the biggest revision of corporate tax codes Congress has considered since 1986.


People who find it difficult to clear nicotine from their body may be more vulnerable to getting hooked on smoking, research suggests.


Il ciclista kazako "beccato" dopo la cronometro di sabato scorsoIn base al Codice etico, si ritira tutta la sua squadra, l'Astana                                            Doping, ancora uno scandalo al Tour Vinokourov positivo a un controllo


Iran freezes bank accounts of a former Afghan warlord with links to the Taleban and al-Qaeda, the UN says.


Thunderstorms threaten to disrupt the 91st running of the Indianapolis 500 motor race on Sunday, American weather forecasters say.


Some dour CAPS investors actually see a silver lining here.


Kidnappers threaten to turn over CARE chief to Zarqawi's group

Baghdad, Nov 03 - The kidnappers of aid worker Margaret Hassan threatened to turn her over to al-Qaida-linked militants notorious for beheading hostages unless Britain agreed within 48 hours to pull its troops from Iraq, Al-Jazeera television reported.


Aston Martin owners plan to build luxury brand

Aston Martin could co-operate with Daimler AG's Mercedes on ventures ranging from engines to new models, the British luxury carmaker's majority shareholder, Kuwait's Investment Dar, said on Tuesday.


Up to 12,000 "terrified" refugees from Sudan's Darfur region have fled across the border to neighboring Chad after the latest air strikes by the Sudanese military and thousands more may be on their way, the U.N. refugee agency said Sunday.


Beckham red-faced over yellow, says he is sorry

Faced with public and media fury, and the prospecft of an FA inquiry, David Beckham finally apologised on Wednesday for his ââdeliberateââ yellow-card offence on Saturday.


Olsson, Williams-Darling share million-dollar Golden League ...

Christian Olsson of Sweden and Tonique Williams-Darling of the Bahamas split the $1 million-US Golden League bonus by winning their events at the ISTAF athletics meet Sunday.


The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 3.3 percent in the spring, the government reported Wednesday. That was significantly better than a previous estimate but still the weakest showing in more than a year.


Tiny Antennas to Keep Tabs on U.S. Drugs

The F.D.A. is expected to announce an agreement to put tiny radio antennas on the labels of medicine bottles to combat fraud.


Group signals a return to suicide bombing for the first time in more than three years inside Israel


Study: VoIP to proliferate in US households

The number of US households that use Net phone technology is expected to reach 12 million by 2009, a new study has shown. About 17 percent of all broadband homes in the United States will use Web telephony


United Airlines pilots would drop their opposition to the carrier's much-decried plan to eliminate traditional pensions under a tentative contract agreement approved by union leaders.


Blog: Federal regulators want the public's feedback on whether to waive a 1997 rule that would frown upon the proposed combo.


America Online, the country's leading Internet service, is preparing to lay off as many as 700 of its 13,000 employees in the United States, according to an executive knowledgeable about its plans.


Hackett Resigns; Jets Roll Out Replacement

Four hours after announcing Paul Hackett's resignation as offensive coordinator, the Jets hired Mike Heimerdinger to replace him.


Search giant purges thousands of malicious sites from its search results. Security researchers say more may be on the way.


Michael Schumacher has set the stage for what promises to be a thrilling fightback through the field by qualifying at the back of the grid for the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix, which starts at 0700.


TV Sports: A Mercenary Howls at Baseballâs Gate

For five minutes in the top of the eighth, Foxâs broadcast stopped being about the Red Sox and the Rockies and became the âWorld Series Presents A-Rod.â


Anastasia Myskina claimed her third title of the year with victory over Elena Dementieva at the Kremlin Cup. The Russian repeated her French Open final win over compatriot Dementieva, racing to a 7-5 6-0 victory after taking a tight first set.


Souness reserves judgment on Bellamy rant

WALES striker Craig Bellamy could be in hot water with Newcastle boss Graeme Souness after appearing to direct verbal insults towards his manager when substituted during yesterday's Premiership draw with Charlton.


Blair Re-Election Odds-On, Despite Blunkett Fall

The tearful resignation of a top British  minister entangled in a three-year love affair is a hammer blow  to Britain's Tony Blair, but few analysts expect it to derail  his drive for re-election next year.


Musharraf vows to catch Bhutto's killers

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday his government was committed to finding the truth behind the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and he vowed to punish her killers.


Paris - Iraq and the United States on Monday hailed an agreement by a group of creditor nations to write off billions of dollars of debt inherited from the former regime of Saddam Hussein as "historic".


A US man jailed for having consensual oral sex with a teenage girl has his sentence overturned.


England international defender Jonathan Woodgate passed his medical and will sign a four-year contract with Real Madrid on Saturday, the Spanish giants said.


EA, the world's biggest computer games firm, is setting up a studio in China to push online games.


Lahti, 15:31 - BIATHLON, CDM UOMINI: POIREE VINCE 12,5 KM LAHTI

Il francese Raphael Poiree ha vinto la 12,5 km maschile inseguimento disputata a Lahti, in Finlandia...


Iraqi civilian killed in Basra as US forces launch major attack ...

US and Iraqi forces sealed off roads to an area south of Baghdad on Wednesday and resistance fighters bombed two bridges in a bid to hinder troop movement.


Bush seeks to ease Americans' fears over economy

President George W. Bush sought to calm Americans' fears about the economy on Monday while charting a course he hopes will keep him relevant in his final year in office.


In 5 milioni la ascoltano fino alle tre del mattino


By Anonymous  Toronto, Ontario, Canada  The Composting Council of Canada issued a Call for Papers for its 17th Annual National Composting Conference in Moncton, New Brunswick, September 19-21, 2007.


Cheney wants Musharraf to hunt Taliban, al Qaeda

Vice President Dick Cheney made an unannounced visit to Pakistan on Monday to press President Pervez Musharraf for help in combating a new Taliban offensive in Afghanistan and a resurgent al Qaeda.


Allarmi Bomba Costa Smeralda: Per Inquirenti Opera Mitomani

(AGI) - Sassari, 20 ago. - Gli inquirenti non escludono alcuna pista ma, in base ai primi accertamenti, gli allarmi bomba di ieri a Porto Rotondo ea Olbia sono opera di mitomani.


South American states relax border controls

SANTIAGO, Chile  - The governments of 10 South American countries signed an agreement on Friday to allow their citizens to travel within the region without passports.


Thanks to heavy parent involvement and high test scores, Public School 321 in Park Slope, a yuppie neighborhood in Brooklyn, is considered a gem of New York City's public school system.


Car bomb kills 26 in Baghdad book district

A suicide car bomber devastated Baghdad's historic booksellers' district on Monday, killing up to 26 people and setting shops and cars ablaze in defiance of a U.S.-backed crackdown on violence in the Iraqi capital.


AOL has held talks with Yahoo about a possible deal to fend off an approach from Microsoft, a report says.


Foreign Secretary David Miliband will meet Angelina Jolie in New York this week to discuss global diplomacy, British officials said Tuesday.


Leader Lega, referendum per noi problema trovata alternativa


Rilevazione di Monster, in Europa -5% ad agosto


The deadly shooting of a widow, her brother and her mother during Thanksgiving dinner has shocked Eritrean immigrants in Northern California and beyond.


Death Toll Climbs to Near 50 As Gales Fuel Fires in Greece

ZAHARO, Greece, Aug. 25 -- Fires pushed by gale-force winds tore through more parched forests, swallowed villages and scorched the edges of Athens on Saturday, with ashes raining onto the Acropolis. The death toll rose to at least 49 as the government declared a nationwide state of emergency.


"Raines" an intriguing series for Jeff Goldblum

Detective Michael Raines  sees dead people, which, you're probably thinking, isn't that  much of a gimmick on TV these days. Dead people have been  ratting out criminals to Allison Dubois on "Medium" for a few  years, and Melinda Gordon of "Ghost Whisperer" also has weekly  conversations with spooks.


Gambian pouched rat menaces Keys US authorites have just begun the final phase of a two-year offensive to eliminate the non-native Gambian pouched rat from the Florida Keys, Reuters reports.â¦


Ukraine Commission to Meet, Yanukovich Out

Ukraine's outgoing President Leonid Kuchma accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich on Wednesday, but the country remains in political limbo during a drawn-out transition after last month's election.


Canada Agrees to Increase Spending on Its Health Care

Prime Minister Paul Martin gained a major victory for his flagging government early Thursday by reaching an agreement with provincial and territorial leaders that would


COLUMBIA, S.C. (Sports Network) - The "Fun 'N Gun" offense  is back in the SEC as Steve Spurrier was introduced Tuesday as  the 32nd head football coach at the University of South  Carolina. The announcement was made just one day after Lou  Holtz retired from the post.


Remarkable new images of Earth's highest clouds have been captured by a Nasa spacecraft.


Blokey stores in need of feminine touch With the dash for growth over, UK mobile operator 3 is settling into the business of consolidation. 3 has opened 200 new UK stores in the past year, but there's one slight problem - they're a bit blokey.â¦


In diecimila alla manifestazione dei centristi assenti a Roma"Rispetto a Forza Italia e An abbiamo un'idea diversa del futuro del paese"                                          Palermo, Casini sfida la Cdl "Contro Prodi non basta la piazza"


Directing Johnny Depp a "challenge," says India's Nair

NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - She has worked with Hollywood superstars like Denzel Washington and Reese Witherspoon but now Indian-born director Mira Nair is set to take on the "challenge" of directing Johnny Depp.


Who will be next? T-Mobile has won exclusive rights to sell the Apple iPhone in Germany. The Deutsche Telekom-owned subsidiary will launch the handset on 9 November, the same day that hordes of Brits are expected to flock to Carphone Warehouse, Apple or O2 UK stores for their Jesus phones.â¦


Dream comes true for new tournament host Woods

Tiger Woods will achieve a long-standing ambition this year by becoming a tournament host for the first time.


Presidential candidates prepare for final debate

SANTA FE, NM -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is in New Mexico, where he will spend the next two days prepping for Wednesday's debate.


China has announced new rules on religious groups aimed at ending discrimination on grounds of belief.


NATO Agrees to Expansion of Forces Training Soldiers in Iraq

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed Thursday to increase its forces training soldiers in Baghdad, but six member countries refused to take part, prompting expressions


President Bush insisted that al Qaeda and al Qaeda in Iraq are part of the same terrorist network, during a speech Tuesday at Charleston Air Force Base in South Carolina.


Fuel shortages to hit confidence in Iraq govt

US officials in Baghdad are fearing a fuel crisis, which is leaving Iraqi homes cold and dark and drivers waiting days for petrol, may inflame unrest before the election.


Disparities: Rural Residents Less Likely to Get Organ Transplants

Add patients living in small towns and rural areas to the list of people who stand a lower chance of getting an organ transplant if they need one.


New Exhibit Looks at Price of War and Freedom

Badly wounded in Iraq, Army Spec. Rosetta Floyd joined other US veterans at a dedication ceremony on Wednesday for a new Smithsonian exhibition tracking 250 years of American military conflicts.


Singer/actress/handbag designer/heiress Paris Hilton can now add another title to her resume: Defendant. Hilton was charged Tuesday with driving under the influence and scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 28 in Superior Court on charges of driving under the influence and driving with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent, said Nick Velasquez, a spokesman for city prosecutors.


Stress tests do not detect over 50% of early heart disease cases

More that 50% of early heart diseases cases are not detected by stress tests, according to a new study carried out in the USA.


Tycho:  It started with the rumor that a patch was en route for Rock Band on the PS3, one that would accomplish the unthinkable:  support for its rival's guitar controller.  We've been using Guitar Hero controllers on the 360 version for awhile, completely out of necessity, and if that path had been barred to us we might not have been able to play at all.


The best antidote for Cristie Kerr's head cold was a hot new putter. The nine-time LPGA Tour winner shot a 6-under 66 on Thursday in the first round of the Wegmans LPGA, giving her a one-stroke lead over Canada's Alena Sharp at the tricky, tree-lined Locust Hill course.


Russia formally ratified the Kyoto  Protocol on global warming on Thursday, clearing the way for  the environment pact to come into force in February 2005.


Matsui breaks out of slump as Yankees thrash Rays

NEW YORK - Hideki Matsui produced three hits with two RBIs Tuesday and snapped an 0-for-16 slump, helping the Yankees crush the Devil Rays 11-2.


Mantenere distinte le riforme dall'azione di governo


Pacers players will be charged for fighting with fans during the Nov. 19 brawl at the end of a game against the Pistons, Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcyca told The Detroit News.


Prole class to follow suit TriaGnoSys and 3Way Networks have announced a collaboration on the world's first 3G service in the air - providing a 4Kg box which offers 3G connectivity for up to 10 passengers in their private jet.â¦


School fire races through Eskimo village

A school in a remote Eskimo village caught fire Thursday and the blaze quickly grew out of control, engulfing several homes and buildings and forcing 250 people to flee.


Update 2: Winn-Dixie Forces Out CEO Frank Lazaran

Supermarket giant Winn-Dixie Stores Inc., struggling against competition from Wal-Mart and other grocery chains, named a new president and chief executive officer Friday, forcing out its previous leader after less than 18 months on the job.


Il maltempo ha colpito in particolare Basilicata, Calabria, CampaniaSaltate alcune corse per le isole del Golfo di Napoli, Eolie isolate                                          Ondata di freddo sul Centro Sud vento e temperature sotto lo zero


A federal judge officially reduced the suspension of Indiana forward Jermaine O'Neal on Thursday. A ruling by US District Judge George B. Daniels was made final, thus eliminating


[Hollywood News]: Los Angeles, Nov 17 : At least one person was stabbed in a scuffle that broke out during the second annual Vibe Awards in Santa Monica, California.


Report faults Virginia Tech response in shootings

Virginia Tech University officials should have been quicker to notify students and faculty about two killings on campus hours before the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, according to a state report on Thursday.


Unweaving a Tangled Web With HTMLParser and Lucene

Ever wanted to write a Java program that crawls the Web, reads HTML-pages, retrieves the links, and gets the new pages with more links? Well, this month Keld Hansen shows you how.


Australia plans 'most lethal' cruise missiles

SYDNEY, Aug 26 : Australia announced plans Thursday to acquire long-range cruise missiles that will give its defence force the "most lethal capacity" for air combat in the region.


Manca il Sudan, appuntamento domani a Castel Gandolfo


Beverly Sills, America's Queen of Opera, dies at 78

Beverly Sills, the world-renowned soprano who became the most popular opera singer in America in modern times, died on Monday evening in New York from inoperable lung cancer, her manager said.


Productivity Growth Slows to 1.8 Percent

U.S. business productivity grew more slowly in the third quarter than first thought, climbing at a revised 1.8 percent annual rate, a government report showed on Tuesday, while growth in unit labor costs was nudged up to a 1.8 percent pace.


British troops quitting Basra city in Iraq

British troops were quitting the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Sunday night in another step towards handing over the province to Iraqi control and paving the way for an eventual withdrawal of British forces from Iraq.


Florida High Court Upholds Provisional Ballot Law

Florida voters whose status is questioned at the polls can only cast ballots at designated precincts, the state Supreme Court said on Monday in a ruling that could affect some residents displaced by hurricanes.


Police quiz Muslim soldier kidnap suspects

British detectives investigating a suspected plot to kidnap and kill a Muslim British soldier quizzed nine men and searched properties across Birmingham in central England on Thursday.


New York City Prepares for Republican Convention, Protests

Republicans are gathering in New York for their party's national convention, as demonstrators prepare to march through the city to protest the war in Iraq.


Calls to ban hi-tech locks that limit what people can do with digital media have been rejected.


Device Tested That Zaps Asthmatic Airways

In a radical experiment, doctors are snaking wires inside the lungs of asthma patients to essentially burn off some of the tissue that blocks their ability to breathe.


Needle-free FluMist protects kids better

A new version of the nasal spray vaccine  FluMist is better at preventing influenza than traditional flu  shots in older babies and children, according to a study  sponsored by its maker, MedImmune.


A Pakistani provincial government minister is shot dead as she prepares to address a political meeting.


Despite the lure of the barmaids, it is a passion for beer (and a desire for a no-fuss night out) that seems to be leading most people to the Verdugo Barâs door.


The Spanish government has reached an agreement with unions and employers to raise the minimum monthly wage by 4.5 percent to euro512.90 ($699) on Jan.


Des Kelly: D-Day looms for embattled Fergie

He knows there is silverware inside somewhere, but the combination to the lock eludes him. Sir Alex Ferguson has been tinkering with different permutations for so long that nobody can now predict how Manchester


Cedric Benson ran for 165 yards and a touchdown Friday to lead No. 6 Texas to their fifth straight win over their fiercest in-state rival.


Keychain Remote Control Turns Off Most TVs

A lot of people love television but apparently some people have had enough of it, too. A new keychain gadget that lets people turn off most TVs — anywhere from airports to restaurants — is selling at a faster clip than it would take most people to surf the channels on their boob tubes.


Agencies Earn D-Plus on Computer Security

The overall security of computer systems inside the largest U.S. government agencies improved marginally since last year but still merits only a D-plus on the latest progress report from Congress.


Un'autobomba e' esplosa in mezzo a una folla di operai


The injury-hit New York Mets ended the Arizona Diamondbacks' eight-game winning streak with a 7-1 victory behind surprise right-hander Jorge Sosa on Saturday.


Yankees Win Controversial Game Against Devil Rays

Alex Rodriguez drove in three runs and Orlando Hernandez pitched seven strong innings to guide the New York Yankees past the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7-4 in the American League Monday.


James Toney has learned at least one thing from reading the Bible. He doesn't hide his light under a basket.


'Il Governo ha ribadito che non aumentera' prelievo fiscale'


ROME -- Italy's Marco Materazzi said he insulted Zinedine Zidane's sister, revealing nearly two months after the World Cup final what provoked the French star to head-butt him in the chest.


Ground Zero becomes backdrop for fashion show

Fifty-two floors high in the Manhattan sky, Emina Cunmulaj sits backstage with other lanky young models looking out a wall of windows onto an empty black hole amid the dense downtown lights.


Government confirms plan for sweeping smoking ban

The government plans to impose a sweeping public smoking ban across England and Wales and will consider curbs on television advertising of "junk food" aimed at children.


Silvestre's double goals help Man. United beat Liverpool

Silvestre became Man. United's hero as he scored twice to lift a 2-1 victory over Liverpool for home side when all eyes were on Rio Ferdinand as he returned after an eight-match ban on Monday.


Two British Soldiers Killed in Iraq Ambush

Insurgents in Iraq ambushed a British military convoy in the southern city of Basra on Tuesday, killing two soldiers, a spokesman for the British army in Iraq said.


A car bomb detonated near a US military convoy on Sunday outside the northern city of Mosul, the military said. Two children were injured in the blast, said Dr.


Britain's Yngling crew Shirley Robertson (M), Sarah Webb (R) and Sarah Ayton celebrate at award ceremony after winning the first title at the Athens Olympic Games on August 21, 2004.


Trend Micro Soars on MSN Hotmail Security Deal

Trend Micro Inc.'s (TMIC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) shares rose as much as 14 percent on Monday after the security firm said it will supply antivirus scanning and cleaning protection for Microsoft Corp.


No sign of life where Brazilian jet crashed

BRASILIA, Brazil  - Military searchers parachuted down on Saturday to the wreckage of a Brazilian passenger plane that crashed a day earlier in remote Amazon jungle with 155 people on board.


Brad Bagdis has celebrated an Ivy League championship. He's savored a pair of victories over heated rival Yale. And he's earned distinction as the 134th captain in the storied history of Harvard football.


Turkey's Muslim Identity did not prevent Turkey's Intense ...

Turkey has reached this point through a nation-wide effort, which reflects the underlying philosophy of the Republic and the democratic aspirations of the Turkish people and their determination


German boxing legend Max Schmeling, one of the greatest heavyweight fighters of all time, has died at age 99.


Maria Sharapova beats Serena Williams 4-6 6-2 6-4 in the Tour Championships final.


Somalia's new prime minister may by reappointed, and then put to a vote of confidence, officials say.


Torino, 17:01 - NUOTO, STOP DI UN MESE PER LA MANAUDOU

Stop di un mese per Laure Manaudou. La francese, infortunatasi domenica scorsa a Roma nel corso dei ...


Deutsche Telekom management, unions edge closer to compromise

Management and unions at Deutsche Telekom appeared to be inching closer to a compromise Thursday in talks to resolve their dispute over a radical shake-up of the German telecom giant's services division.


E-mails show depth of Boeing tanker scandal

"Everyone's nervous," warned Michael Wynne, acting undersecretary of defense, in a confidential e-mail to Air Force Secretary James Roche on July 8, 2003.


U.S. Report Finds No Evidence of Iraq WMD

Contradicting the main argument for a war that has cost more than 1,000 American lives, the top U.S. arms inspector said Wednesday he found no evidence that Iraq produced any weapons of mass destruction after 1991. He also concluded that Saddam Hussein's capabilities to develop such weapon had dimmed — not grown — during a dozen years of sanctions before last year's U.S. invasion.


Darren Clarke insists he is emotionally ready for the forthcoming Ryder Cup despite losing his wife Heather to cancer last month.


Prince Harry takes a pop at a snapper: hurrah!

They killed his mother, now theyâre haunting Prince Harry to his witsâ end. Which, in Harryâs case, isnât very far. The younger of the two royal princes, the âspare to the throneâ, was emerging


Xmas tree growers deny price fixing charge

The Christmas spirit is in short supply in Denmark's Christmas tree sector, where growers are angrily denying charges of anti-competitive price fixing and say a shortage of trees is to blame for a 20 percent price jump.


BetaNews has learned that pricing of the Zune device was included in the orginal draft of the Friday announcement, but was pulled after Apple lowered the price of the iPod. An analyst has provided creedence to these reports.


DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Pole qualifications for the 50th running of the Daytona 500 provided a two-sided tale of a champion's determination and a sinner's redemption.


Several incidents highlight the dangers life online presents to preserving your privacy.


Aishwarya Rai looks incredible in the stills from JP Dutta's upcoming remake.


U.N. votes for court on murder of Lebanon's Hariri

In a challenge to Syria, the U.N. Security Council voted on Wednesday to set up a special court to prosecute the killing two years ago of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.


Kellogg appoints Jenness CEO after Gutierrez resigns to join ...

DETROIT - President Bush's choice of Kellogg chief executive Carlos Gutierrez as commerce secretary leaves the cereal and snack giant without the dynamic leader who has guided its remarkable turnaround.


Mars Rovers Planners Plot Crater 'Escape'

LOS ANGELES Oct. 7, 2004 - NASA's Mars rovers don't seem to be wearing out, so mission planners have begun to think more boldly including a plan to let one climb up a steep slope from a crater it has been exploring to set out across a plain.


Dramatic appearance in Poland of kidnap victim

Teresa Borcz Khalifa, a Polish woman kidnapped last month in Iraq, dramatically appeared at a press conference in Warsaw yesterday, but gave few details of her captivity or how she had been freed.


She may have passed her American Idol title on to Taylor   Hicks, but Carrie Underwood is far from idle.


Wal-Mart Stores Inc.   said on Saturday said it still expects a 2 percent to 4 percent increase in January sales at its U.S. stores open at least a year, in line with its previous forecast.


With oil prices close to $50 a barrel, the Bush administration is set to allow oil refineries to borrow crude from the government's emergency petroleum stockpile to make up for supplies disrupted by Hurricane Ivan, a congressional source briefed on the pending decision told Reuters on Thursday.


Forty years on, Palestinians recall Israeli victory

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Marking 40 years of Israeli occupation, President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday internal fighting had brought Palestinians to the brink of civil war.


In developments Tuesday at the Supreme Court, the court:


Sharp develops world first triple-vision LCD panel

Japan's Sharp Corp. 6753.T said on   Wednesday it has developed the world's first liquid crystal   display (LCD) panel that allows the viewing of three different   images on one screen at the same time.


Conn. hedge fund says loss was heavier than reported

HARTFORD -- A Connecticut hedge fund that bet heavily on the natural gas market lost almost $6 billion over the past month, partly because it sold other assets at a loss to stay afloat while its gas investments plummeted, the fund told investors in a letter.


Westwood call center has phone outage for 4 hours

NStar , the Boston gas and electric utility, lost all ability to take incoming customer-service calls for four hours yesterday morning after an AT&T Inc. cable failure, the company said. NStar spokeswoman Caroline Allen estimated that based on normal Monday call volumes, 2,000 customers were probably unable to reach NStar. Allen said the problem began about 9 a.m. and wasn't ...


Dutch government presents upbeat budget with public surplus

The Dutch centre-right government presented an upbeat budget for 2007 with a small public surplus and a promise of more economic growth ahead of general elections due in November.


Barbados: Beaches, Surfing, Calypso and Beautiful Views

ST. JOHN, Barbados _ A cemetery and an Anglican church may seem like unusual tourist destinations.   But St. John's Church and its tiny cemetery offer views to die for on the rugged, wild and unspoiled East Coast of Barbados, the pretty and very British Caribbean island.


The software giant's much anticipated security-laden upgrade for the Windows XP operating system is finally available for installation.


China Mine Blast Kills 25, 141 Still Trapped

An explosion at a coal mine in northern China has killed at least 25 miners and left more than 100 others trapped. The official Xinhua news agency says 141 miners are still underground at the state-run Chenjiashan coal mine, while 127 escaped.


EU dispute as China arms ban stays in force

The European Union yesterday refused a Franco-German request to lift its arms embargo on China amid fierce disagreements over the country's human rights record and military ambitions.


Medio Oriente. Attacco suicida a Gerusalemme. Almeno 3 i morti

Nuovo attacco suicida a Gerusalemme. Una donna kamikaze si Ã¨ fatta esplodere questo pomeriggio nel quartiere ebraico di French Hill, al confine con la Cisgiordania, uccidendo almeno tre persone, secondo quanto


File photo taken on March 1, 2003 shows Izzat Ibrahim at the Arab Summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt. Ibrahim, the second most powerful man of the former Iraqi regime, was captured on Sept.


Iran will strike against US interests worldwide if attacked, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warns.


Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — As the nation's trial lawyers again funneled tens of millions of dollars to Democrats and their causes in the last election, Republicans were crafting a strategy to choke off that money for future campaigns.


SCIENTISTS in Brazil have tested Red Bull to see if claims that "it gives you wings" are true. They say it does not boost the buzz of alcohol.


Deathbed confession: Woman killed husband, hid body for years

SOMERVILLE, Mass. - A woman dying of cancer confessed to her daughter that she killed her husband years earlier and hid the body, authorities said this week after finding the remains inside a storage unit.


The Knesset passes a bill to compensate Jewish settlers, one of the last steps before the implementation of the pullout.


Obama, Visiting New Hampshire, Offers Flavor of a Campaign That Might Be

Senator Barack Obama visited the key campaign state selling a message of hope but proclaiming himself wary of the ÂhypeÂ surrounding him.


Nissan Motor reveals plans to launch greener cars and engines to compete with rivals Honda and Toyota.


Paulson: Don't want to rush economic stimulus

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Monday the Bush administration was considering how to give the economy a boost as it weathers a housing correction, but does not want to rush.


Senators Seek Compromise on Terror Cases

The Bush administration and three prominent Republican senators opposing its detainee proposal gave signs of seeking compromise today.


Late Start May Delay Toilet Training - Study

The average age when children are successfully toilet trained is going up, and new research has identified certain factors related to this trend.


Fernando Rielo, Founder of Idente Missionaries, Is Buried

MADRID, Spain, DEC. 15, 2004 ( Zenit.org ).- Fernando Rielo Pardo, founder of the Idente Missionaries, was remembered as "an apostle, a teacher, a humanist." Rielo died Dec.


U.S. warplanes pounded Falluja today after the city's leaders suspended peace talks and rejected the Iraqi government's demands to turn over Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.


Are technology CEOs overpaid? Does the corporate governance system work as it should? Let's find out.


Match your gadgets with the right software to really feel the burn. By Mathew Honan from Wired magazine.


Sony's video game unit said Wednesday it is talking with the Church of England about a complaint that a famous cathedral is the scene of a violent shooting game for the new PlayStation 3 console.


It seems apt that the last days of the US presidential campaign would feature an animated dispute over an unsettling Iraq development.


Pesano i tagli di Home Depot, bene invece il comparto auto


Shares in online gaming firms are expected to fall on Monday after the US Congress agreed laws to restrict their business.


Denise, avvocato famiglia annuncia silenzio stampa

"Da questo momento non rilasceremo piÃ¹ nessuna dichiarazione riguardo alla scomparsa di Denise": lo ha detto l'avvocato marsalese Giacomo Frazzitta che da poco meno di un mese Ã¨ il portavoce dei genitori della piccola di Mazara del Vallo, scomparsa nel


Art Review: Personal History, Captured in Plastic

Sex, death and religion, artâs old stand-bys, its holy trinity, are alive, weird and living, at âKeith Edmier 1991-2007â at Hessel Museum in Bard College.


Samsung sees higher global handset sales

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.  (005930.KS) sees global mobile phone sales growing faster than  expected this year, while its own handset sales will just meet  the target, its president for handset business said on  Thursday.


Americans use TV, other media 10 hrs a day: Census

Americans will spend nearly 10 hours a day watching television, surfing the Internet, reading books, newspapers and magazines and listening to music this year, the U.S. Census Bureau said on Friday.


Sony, Samsung bolster alliance, agree to share 24,000 patents

Sony Corp., the world's second-largest consumer electronics maker, and Samsung Electronics Co., the world's second-largest chip maker, said Tuesday they have agreed to share about 24,000 patents, fortifying an alliance between two of Asia's biggest


Lawyers for Democrats say they will fight to make every vote count

The Democratic Party announced plans to mobilize an army of attorneys, particularly in battleground states, to defend voters' rights and help deter any intimidation during the November 2 presidential vote.


The NASD on Monday permanently barred former star technology banker Frank Quattrone from the securities industry for refusing to testify about his possible role in destroying documents and obstructing justice.


Cheney flies to Saudi Arabia for Mideast talks

Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in  Saudi Arabia on Saturday for a day of talks with King Abdullah about what a Saudi adviser described as a  "broad new initiative for the Middle East."


Il presidente Bush apre i riti del 5/o anniversario


Afghan Taliban set new deadline for Korean hostages

Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousuf said patience was running out in talks over 23 South Korean hostages kidnapped by insurgents in Afghanistan and said rebel prisoners must be freed by 0930 GMT on Wednesday.


The ups and downs of Pebble Beach for the pros

PEBBLE BEACH, California  - The chance of rubbing shoulders with celebrities such as Kevin Costner and Bill Murray is a major attraction for fans at this week's Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.


Via libera del rettore, conclusa l'occupazione del rettorato


Charlotte, NC (Sports Network) - The Charlotte Bobcats Monday activated guard Keith Bogans and forward/center Jamal Sampson from the injured list.


Disney's ABC confident Oscar telecast will air

ABC is confident its Academy Awards telecast will air as planned on February 24 despite the Hollywood screenwriters strike and sees no need to offer Oscar advertisers contingencies for lower-than-expected ratings, the network said on Tuesday.


Wall Street was expected to rise on  Tuesday as easing crude oil prices soothed fears of a squeeze  on earnings and on a thin corporate menu investors will be able  to chew over results from food group H.J. Heinz Co HNZ.N.


U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops killed about 80 Taliban fighters in a six-hour battle following an ambush in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Sunday.


England and Serbia fined over racism row

Sport: Football Federation of Serbia handed Â£16,000 fine over 'racist chanting of supporters and improper conduct of players'.


Study Finds Rise in Choice of Double Mastectomies

More women with breast cancer are choosing to have their healthy breast surgically removed along with their affected breast.


Russia, Japan ban British poultry over bird flu

Russia and Japan banned British poultry imports as Britain neared the end of a cull of 160,000 turkeys after the nation's first outbreak of a deadly strain of bird flu in farmed poultry.


Oscar contender Harwood says latest script hardest

Oscar-winning screenwriter Ronald Harwood was close to giving up when asked to dramatize the story of a man totally paralyzed except for his left eye. Now he is glad he did not.


Improve the appearance and usability of your Excel worksheets with these simple format options.


China warns of new wave of coal mine disasters

China, home to the world's deadliest  mining industry, could be faced with a new wave of accidents as  collieries start operations again following severe winter  weather which forced many to close.


American astronomers say they have discovered the two smallest planets yet orbiting nearby stars, trumping a small planet discovery by European scientists five days ago and capping the latest round in a frenzied hunt for other worlds like Earth.    All three of these smaller planets belong to a new class of "exoplanets" - those that orbit stars other than our sun, the scientists said in a briefing Tuesday...


Lebanese laud troops' win over militants

Thousands of Lebanese on Tuesday lined roads and cheered troops triumphant after crushing al-Qaida-inspired Islamic militants in a three-month-long battle that became the country's worst internal fighting since the 1975-90 civil war.


Kyrgyz and Russian special forces wrapped up joint anti-terrorism exercises in the poor Central Asian nation's volatile south Thursday, as Moscow seeks to regain influence in the strategic region marred by Islamic insurgency and political instability.


San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Dean Takahashi Column: Work in Poor Nations Inspired Telecom Cause

By Dean Takahashi, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb. 8--Nicholas Negroponte took some time recently for an e-mail interview with Mercury News Columnist Dean Takahashi about his low-cost laptop project.


TITAN, the most mysterious of Saturn's moons, might surrender many of its secrets when the Cassini space probe makes its closest approach yet this week.


UPDATE 1-Ronaldo strikes to give Real 1-1 draw at Betis

Ronaldo scored only his second league goal of the season to scrape a 1-1 draw for Real Madrid away to Real Betis on Saturday. Real, beaten in their two previous league games, fell


A man killed in a road accident in County Antrim  is the 16th motorcyclist to die on NI roads this year.


Washington Ignores Cyberattack Threats, Putting Us All at Peril

Web War I: A retired Army intelligence officer says the 21st-century-warfare version of laying siege to a city will be to deny entire states the ability to process, protect and communicate information.


Hundreds sick on world's largest cruise ship

Nearly 400 passengers and crew were sickened by a common stomach virus on a Caribbean cruise aboard Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, the company said on Sunday.


Poland softens tone on eve of EU treaty summit

Poland softened its public tone on the eve of a crucial European Union summit due to launch negotiations on a reform of the bloc's institutions but Britain angered its partners by trying to gut foreign policy provisions.


Ad un tasso del 4%, hanno partecipato 25 istituti


Three more people, including at least one volunteer firefighter, were arrested Saturday in connection with the largest residential arson in Maryland history, a collection of blazes that caused $10 million in damage to houses in an upscale development.


How to Stop Junk E-Mail: Charge for the Stamp

We can now glimpse what had once seemed unattainable: stopping the exorbitant flow of spam at its very source.


Attacked by Nigerian Arm Robbers The Lads from Lagos have apparently expanded their repertoire to incorporate hacking into Hotmail accounts.â¦


Under New Management: When English Is the Rule at Work

Insistence on an official language means complications for a diverse work force.


Analysts: use Open XML, and ODF only to make a statement

Research firm Burton Group predicts adoption of Microsoft's OOXML file format, regardless of results from ISO standardization bid.


Prevista commissione bicamerale e comitato ad hoc sull'acqua


Nokia says handset market to slow, share to rise

HELSINKI--The world's largest mobile phone maker, Nokia, expects slowing mobile phone growth in 2005 but plans to launch more handsets next year and take market share, the firm said on Thursday.


The Prince of Wales's household has been accused of being "hierarchical and elitist" by a former PA. Elaine Day, 45, made the claim at an employment tribunal where she is claiming sex discrimination and unfair dismissal.


Keeping spotty head above US$1 water The DRAM industry has seen DDR2 spot prices spike by 15-20 per cent in the past month, with eTT chips outpacing branded equivalents.â¦


Blog: Bad: AMD lost $600 million in the second quarter. Good: Chip shipments surged.


Deaths prompt Pfizer to halt development of cholesterol drug

NEW YORK -- Pfizer Inc. said yesterday it has halted all clinical trials and development for a cholesterol drug because of an unexpected number of deaths and cardiovascular problems in patients who used it.


Microsoft ordered to reveal trade secrets

The European Union (EU) Court of First Instance has upheld sanctions slapped by the European Commission against Microsoft Corporation, ordering the world's largest software company to change business practices and reveal some trade secrets.


ASIA/COREA DEL SUD - La decima edizione del Premio Letterario Cattolico premia due opere: sul rapporto genitori-figli e sulla forza del perdono Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Il Premio Letterario Cattolico, istituito dal ÂCatholic TimesÂ nel 1998 per opere letterarie o autori che sublimano lo spirito cattolico in letteratura, ha celebrato questÂanno la decima edizione. Il 7 giugno 2007, presso lÂAu...


Survey: Health Care Costs Continue to Rise

Employers are facing continued double-digit increases in health care costs in 2005 and likely will require their workers to pay an even greater share of the bill, according to a new survey of more than 900 firms.


Film director Robert Altman has died in a Los Angeles hospital, a spokesman for his production company said on Tuesday.


Apple unveils German winner of iPhone contract

US technology giant Apple picked mobile phone operator T-Mobile on Wednesday to launch its iPhone handset in Germany, with deals in more countries expected as the group prepares for the European roll-out of its latest gadget.


When Outside-the-Box Marketing Gets Out of Hand

By Teresa F. Lindeman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Feb. 2--Some ideas sound so good in the office. Like the one about  planting lighted signs showing alien life forms around major U.S. cities as a  way to generate buzz for an upcoming Cartoon Network movie.


Call to make Britain great again by being polite

Britain can be made great again if more people help old ladies across the road and television characters stop bed-hopping and killing each other, Prime Minister Tony Blair's "respect" chief said Saturday.


LONDON - Fox hunting supporters on Wednesday pledged to mount a swift legal challenge and a campaign of civil disobedience if Parliament bans the time-honored pursuit in the coming days.


I cittadini protestano contro discarica, traffico in tilt


Ukraine's Kuchma Proposes New Presidential Vote

Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma  proposed Monday holding a new presidential election, his press  service quoted him as saying.


Get 'em while they're hot (and underbought).


Winds of up to 70mph bring travel chaos to the north-east of England and Cumbria.


President George W. Bush made a   pilgrimage to New York's Ground Zero on Sunday on the eve of   the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, a milestone   that has sharpened an election-year debate over whether America   is safer.


The stock market has a backdoor to returns. Wanna know where it is?


London Tube strike causes commuter chaos

Millions of commuters in London endured travel chaos on Tuesday as a 72-hour strike by maintenance workers closed most of the city's underground rail network.


Trial of Saddam, Aides to Begin Within Weeks--Daoud

Iraq's toppled leader Saddam Hussein and  his top aides will go on trial within weeks, Iraqi Minister of  State Kasim Daoud said on Sunday.


Italy senate head asked to form interim government

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano asked Senate President Franco Marini on Wednesday to try to form an interim government to reform voting rules ahead of new elections, a senior presidential aide said.


Sport: Euro 2008 qualifier: England eased their qualification worries as they finally clicked at Wembley to win 3-0 against Israel.


Boxers take more hits as Dirrell gets bronze

Or maybe he simply is unfamiliar with the preferred code of behavior following a boxing match: you lose, you whine. Dirrell would be no good at it, however.


Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby sets up the go-ahead goal on a power play,  Alex Ovechkin is held without a point for the first time this season, and the Penguins beat the Capitals, 2-1.


Social networking sites are proving a good guide to socio-economic divisions in the US, reveals research.


The Canadian dollar crossed the 80-cents US threshold yesterday for the first time in more than a decade on news of better-than-expected employment figures for September combined with a poor job report in the United States.


At least six Afghan security personnel die in a roadside blast in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.


FBI Keeping Records on Pre-9/11 Travelers

If you're among the millions of Americans who took airline flights in the months before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the FBI probably knows about it — and possibly where you stayed, whom you traveled with, what credit card you used and even whether you ordered a kosher meal.


Stones, petrol bombs thrown in demo outside British embassy in Iran

Hundreds of members of Iran's hardline Basij militia rallied outside the British embassy in protest at Britain's military deployment in Iraq, throwing stones and petrol bombs at the already damaged compound in Tehran.


Reader Ashish Chandak gives us a glimpse of Tara Rum Pum!


NHL Players Reject Latest Offer as Talks Continue

Locked out players have rejected the  NHL's latest salary-cap proposal to end their bitter labor  dispute although they agreed to continue negotiations in a last  ditch effort to salvage the season.


China's 500 largest firms have seen their combined profits rise 23% to $80.4bn last year, researchers find.


A UK company is applying for permission to transplant stem cells made from human foetal tissue into the brains of stroke patients.


France's foreign minister says Turkey should acknowledge the 1915 genocide of Armenians before it joins the EU.


Europe's first mission to the moon is due to crash-land in a cloud of dust and rock Sunday, ending a three-year voyage that gathered data about the lunar surface and tested a new engine intended to propel future spacecraft to Mercury and other planets.


California Biotech Firm Sells First Cloned Kitten

A California firm that earlier this  year launched the world's first cat cloning service has  announced its first sale: a cloned, male kitten named "Little  Nicky."


He's a freckle-faced royal rascal who has led a life of privilege. But Britain's Prince Harry is also an army officer _ and he could soon be heading to Iraq to face the reality of combat.Comment


Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova was upset in three sets by wild card Mashona Washington Tuesday in the Pilot Pen tennis tournament. Sharapova had 12 double-faults in the match. Three of them occurred in the two games that Washington broke the fourth-seeded Russian in the deciding set of her 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 win.


Londra, 21:44 - CALCIO, BOLTON RESPINGE OFFERTA CHELSEA PER ANELKA

Il Bolton ha respinto l'offerta di 17 milioni di euro del Chelsea per Anelka ma ha comunque avviato ...


President Bush said Saturday he is open to the possibility of slowing or stopping plans to bring more U.S. troops home from Iraq, defying domestic demands to speed the withdrawals. Updated on war developments, Bush said the U.S. presence in Iraq will outlast his presidency.


Crowds Bless 'Da Vinci' With $77 Million

Moviegoers gave their blessing to the "The Da Vinci Code" over the weekend, spending an estimated $77 million to see the Tom Hanks religious thriller.


Retailers such as Ito-Yokado got a lift after government data showed activity in Japan's service sector rose in June as a wide range of businesses including retailers and restaurants enjoyed a recovery in customers.


A computer model that can predict the impact of a tsunami from the San Francisco Bay area to Alaska is helping scientists plot danger zones in coastal cities to guide emergency planning.


Ferreira looks to retirement after US Open loss

South Africa's Wayne Ferreira played the final ATP Tour singles match of his 15-year career on Wednesday, losing in the first-round of the US Open to former world No.


European, Asia shares tumble as yen surges

European shares opened sharply lower on Monday, adding to sell-off woes on Asian bourses, as the Japanese yen surged in an unravelling of the carry trade that has supported many recent investments.


Michigan has hired West Virginia's Rich Rodriguez as its next football coach following a search that featured two other top prospects deciding to stay put.


Nextel, Sprint reach tentative merger deal

WASHINGTON - Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint Corp. reached a tentative agreement to merge, a deal that would create the nationâs third-largest cellular company.


The family of a father of three found stabbed in Bristol say his death has "ripped the heart" out of their community.


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