Bush announces new U.S. sanctions on Myanmar

President George W. Bush announced new U.S. sanctions against Myanmar's military rulers on Tuesday and urged other countries to follow suit amid Myanmar's biggest anti-government protests in 20 years.


McDonald's Same-Store Sales Rose 3.9 Pct

McDonald's Corp. MCD.N on Wednesday  said worldwide sales at its namesake restaurants open more than  a year rose 3.9 percent in August, helped by strong sales of  new menu items like fried chicken strips.


After days of rising protests from students and professors, Pope Benedict XVI has pulled out of a visit to La Sapienza University


Suspected left-wing rebels in Colombia kill 17 peasants at a New Year's Eve party, police say.


Soldier's bold query gets quick attention

Inadequate armored protection for military vehicles in Iraq is a festering problem that has contributed to many US deaths and casualties.


A coalition of Israeli human rights groups condemned the government's decision this week to cut back fuel and electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip, saying it violated international law.


Scotland manager Walter Smith says his players must raise their game if they are to beat France.


The FBI is investigating allegations veteran NBA referee Tim Donaghy influenced the outcome of games he and associates bet on, multiple league sources and law enforcement officials said yesterday.


Typhoon Wipha flooded streets and prompted mass evacuations as it swept through eastern China on Wednesday, but the storm eventually weakened and caused little damage in the financial center of Shanghai. One man was electrocuted.


Patch in for Microsoft server spoofing flaw

A flaw in Microsoft's security server software could allow an attacker to fool business users into thinking that malicious content can be trusted, the software giant warned on Tuesday.


Fisk University Strikes Deal on Paintings

The tentative agreement will likely end litigation over a plan by Fisk President Hazel R. OâLeary to sell two Georgia OâKeeffe paintings.


Northern Rock shares slump again on speculation that the stricken lender will be sold off at a discount.


Report: HP to Stop Using Intel Itanium Chip

Printer and PC maker Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) will stop offering desktop workstations based on Intel Corp.


Anti-whaling activists hunted a Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean on Tuesday, intent on ramming its flagship, as pro-whaling nations met in Tokyo to push for a return to commercial fishing of the giant creatures.


Mickelson charge aborted at tough Oakmont

OAKMONT, Pennsylvania  - Phil Mickelson, battling to stay in U.S. Open contention despite an injured wrist, revived briefly before falling victim to toughening conditions at Oakmont in the second round on Friday.


Pedro Martinez closed in on a four-year deal with the New York Mets, and the Boston Red Sox resigned themselves Monday to losing the three-time Cy Young Award winner.


Record executive tricked Winehouse into rehab

A record label executive used fear tactics to convince troubled singer Amy Winehouse, who is currently under psychiatric surveillance in a London hospital after she checked into rehab, that she had a drug problem.


North Korean media drop Kim Jong Il's glorifying title

Pyongyang (AsiaNews/Ap) - North Korea's state-run media dropped the title of "Dear Leader" to glorify the communist nation's leader Kim Jong Il in recent stories, a Japanese agency that monitors the regime's media reported on Thursday.


After again posting record earnings for the third quarter, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) expects to see its first sequential drop in fourth-quarter revenues, coupled with a sharp drop in capacity utilization rates.


Theater Review | 'The Vertical Hour': Battle Zones in Hare Country

Without Bill Nighy, David Hare's soggy consideration of the Anglo-American culture divide would be heavy sledding.


The U.S. and Europe headed toward a compromise solution Friday at the U.N. climate conference, breaking a deadlock over how ambitious the goal should be in negotiating future cutbacks in global warming gases, the German environment minister said.


Actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Tuesday, possibly of a drug overdose, New York City police said.


UPDATE 2-Rugby-Robinson names Robinson as England captain

Jason Robinson will captain world champions England when they play Canada on Saturday with a team containing just four of the players who started the World Cup final 12 months ago.


Walesa, who was the first president of Communist-free Poland, is the guest speaker during the celebration, which also includes Polish Ambassador Przemyslaw Grudzinski and members of the Polish American ...


Suicide bomber kills 30 at Baghdad funeral

A suicide bomber killed 30 people and wounded 38 at a funeral in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, shattering a New Year's day that had begun with hopeful celebrations of a kind unseen in years.


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Israel's Sharon Confronts Party Rebels Before Vote

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon confronted Likud party rebels with a pledge to put the good of Israel first Wednesday as he battled to avoid an embarrassing defeat over his Gaza pullout plan.


Creator wins Ig Nobel for karaoke's 'new way to tolerate'

NEW YORK (Kyodo) Karaoke inventor Daisuke Inoue was awarded the humorous Ig Nobel peace prize in a Thursday ceremony at Harvard University for "providing an entirely new way for people to learn to tolerate each other.


Boeing prepares to unveil its long-awaited 787 Dreamliner which it has so far received 642 orders for.


TUESDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- Adolescents from poorer families are more likely to suffer from migraines than their better-off peers, a new study finds.


Fiat says Cinquecento will become the iPod of cars

It was the small car you could park in  the narrowest space on the piazza, as Italian as Prosciutto and  espresso. On its 50th birthday the Cinquecento is back, and  Fiat says it will become the iPod of cars.


JavaScript, .Net developers aided in separate projects

The open-source jQuery project provides developers with a JavaScript library to improve the quality of Web applications, while Microsoft project enables managed class library developers worldwide to develop documentation with a common look and feel that resembles Microsoft Development Network documents.


ARAFAT: VA A TROVARLO IL PREMIER ABU ALA, STA BENE

(AGI/AFP) - Ramallah (Cisgiordania), 28 ott. - Il premier palestinese Abu Ala (nome di battaglia di Ahmed Qorei) ha visitato per circa mezz'ora al capezzale Yasser Arafat e ha detto di averlo trovato bene.


WASHINGTON -- Nearly four in five young people arrested for juvenile crimes are involved with alcohol or drugs, and few are getting treatment, a study of the juvenile justice system finds.


Wall Street futures were flat on Tuesday, as a lack of economic news led investors to focus on the falling price of oil and the falling dollar. Investors were also assessing the merits of IBM's planned sale of its personal computer division to Lenovo, the Chinese computer group, for $1.75bn.


A report about high mercury levels in some sushi in Manhattan prompted concern among some residents but others shrugged.


Blair appeals to Labour to stop infighting

British Prime Minister Tony Blair   urged his Labour Party on Sunday to stop squabbling over who   will succeed him and focus on policy as Labour began its last   annual conference with Blair in charge.


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Rockers unite for global climate change concerts

More than 100 rock stars play nine concerts across the globe on Saturday in the hope of persuading millions of fans to go green and pressure governments to do the same.


Kremlin-backed career police officer Alu Alkhanov looks set to be crowned leader of Chechnya after a vote in the breakaway Caucasus republic.


Timmy Chang capped his record-setting career in style. Chang became the first college quarterback to pass for 17,000 yards, throwing for four touchdowns and running for another to lead Hawaii past Alabama-Birmingham, 59-40, in the Hawaii Bowl last night in Honolulu.


President says Iran ready to talk on nuclear issues

The Iranian President says discussion and negotiation are the only way to resolve his country's dispute with the international community over its nuclear program.


Putin Doubts Iraqi Elections Under Foreign âOccupationâ at ...

President Vladimir Putin, meeting on Tuesday with Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has called the US-led military campaign in Iraq a foreign occupation and said its activities there go far beyond fighting terrorism.


Jacques Chirac, admired and scorned during 12 years as president of France, announced his retirement from politics yesterday.Comment


Castro not well enough for birthday gala

Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Tuesday that he was not well enough to attend a gala kicking off five days of celebrations of his 80 years.


Ghanaian President John Kufuor will visit Kenya next week in an attempt to break the country's political deadlock and end its explosion of ethnic violence, his foreign minister said on Saturday.


Australia backs Annan against calls for his resignation as UN ...

Australia on Thursday backed UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan against calls for his resignation over the world body's scandal-plagued oil-for-food program for Iraq.


Workers responding to neighbors' complaints of a bad smell coming from an apartment in western England discovered a body that lay decomposing on a couch for years while another resident lived there, officials said Friday.


McCain, Romney duke it out in key Florida primary

Republican presidential hopefuls John McCain and Mitt Romney dug in for a fierce race in Florida Tuesday, as ex-New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani's battled the odds in his high-stakes bid for the state's primary.


Manchester United broke off talks Monday with American businessman Malcolm Glazer over a possible takeover of the soccer club, saying his bid relied too heavily on borrowed money.


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Blackberry maker Research In Motion  and Motorola sue each other over patent infringements.


La societa' londinese possiede 300 stores in 23 Paesi


Iraqi-Americans frustrated with war report card

DEARBORN, Michigan  - Iraqi-Americans, who overwhelmingly supported the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, reacted with frustration to a White House report on Thursday that said the Iraqi government had failed to meet its goals.


ICC accused of 'grossly insulting' cricket greats

The International Cricket Council's assertion that greats such as Sir Richard Hadlee, Dennis Lillee and Imran Khan threw the ball is "grossly insulting and degrading to the history of cricket", former New Zealand wicketkeeper Ian Smith charged.


West should not miss chance to end atomic row: Iran

Iran is testing Western intentions by working with the U.N. atomic watchdog to resolve a nuclear row but the opportunity for such cooperation may not be repeated, a senior Iranian official said on Thursday.


The European Union wants firms to stop advertising junk food to children and improve the labelling of products, the FT says.


Giovedi' Prodi convoca i sindacati, 'Siamo a sprint finale'


BRAMBLES' decision to overhaul its troubled Chep pallet business has paid off in spades by doubling second-half profit. Brambles posted an after-tax result of $168 million for the June half, up from $82 million for the same period last year.


[NSFW] M&S flogs lingerie model with 'durable hardwood feet'

'Frame exceeds the British Standards set for heavy domestic use' NSFW We know how much you lot enjoy a good e-commerce website gaffe, so we're obliged to the three readers* who forwarded us this nice example from Marks and Spencer:â¦


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ADB Provides More Loan for Water Supply Project in Sri Lanka

ADB provides more loan for water supply project in Sri Lanka    MANILA, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is lending an additional 60 million U.S.


Oracle gets Europe's approval to buy PeopleSoft

The European Commission on Tuesday cleared Oracle's (ORCL) hostile $7.7 billion bid for rival business-software maker PeopleSoft (PSFT), lowering the last antitrust hurdle to the contested deal.


Hundreds of sexual abuse claims targeting the Roman Catholic Church in California have converged into one of the most complex civil litigation cases the state's judicial system has ever faced.


Express tops CVS with $26 bln offer for Caremark

U.S. pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Inc.  said on Monday it was offering to buy rival Caremark RX  for about $26 billion, threatening to break up a deal struck last month with drugstore chain CVS Corp. .


In Florida, reading, writing, and recovery

After two hurricanes and weeks of cleaning up, Ginger Featherstone isn't the only one finding solace in the sleepy


President Katzav calls on govât to resume talks with Syria

Says, âSince â48, we always said any Arab leader who would come to Israel to hold talks was welcome. Same response should be given to Assadâ.


Major regional indexes close in the red on early hike in crude prices and Coca-Cola profit warning. PARIS  - European shares fell on Wednesday as an early session rise in oil prices stoked concern


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Decision comes in Oracle vs. DOJ, Oracle prevails

Oracle Corp. prevailed Thursday in an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Justice Department attempting to block the Redwood Shores company's $7.


U.S. says will not extradite CIA agents to Italy

BRUSSELS - The United States will reject any request by Italy to extradite CIA agents for the first criminal trial over controversial U.S. "renditions" of terror suspects, a U.S. government lawyer ...Comment


ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India are likely to announce the schedule for expert-level talks to follow up on six subjects on their talksâ agenda for Tuesday, the second day of the foreign secretary-level talks that started today morning, officials said.


the occupied Gaza Strip and political sources say he had not ruled out the idea completely. parts of the West Bank in order to "disengage" from conflict with the Palestinians.


Stopping statins after stroke raises risk of death, dependency

"This study clearly shows the benefits of continuing statin use"  Submitted by harminka on Tue, 2007-08-28 09:27. People who stopped taking cholesterol-lowering drugs after being hospitalized for a stroke are at greater risk of death or dependency within three months of the ... via Huliq.com


French food group Danone   said on Monday it plans to pay 12.3 billion euros ($16.77  billion) for Dutch rival Numico (NUMCc.AS), in a widely  expected move after Danone agreed to sell its biscuits unit  last week.


Dovizioso wins 125cc in Japan Grand Prix

Andrea Dovizioso of Italy rode his Honda to win the 125cc race of the Japanese Grand Prix at the TwinRing Motegi Circuit on Sunday.


Cesc Fabregas equalises Steven Gerrard's first-half strike as Arsenal draw with Liverpool to move back to the top of the Premier League.


Braves Clinch 13th Straight Division Title

ATLANTA - The Atlanta Braves clinched their 13th consecutive division title Friday night, winning the NL East with an 8-7 victory over the Florida Marlins.    Marcus Giles' go-ahead single capped Atlanta's three-run rally in the eighth inning, and John Smoltz fittingly closed it out...


New Food Formula: Tastes Fine, Kills Worms

Kraft Foods is working on a new and unusual product line â food that is not only tasty, but kills intestinal worms.


A woman who authorities say slit the throat of a young mother and stole her baby was charged Wednesday with kidnapping and assault as authorities cast doubt on her claims that she had recently lost her own baby.


A decade ago, when Hadijat Gatayeva risked her life to pluck orphaned children out of the blackened ruins of her native Chechnya, she never imagined that the small, personal rescue operation would have no end.


Lenovo, Toshiba reveal new UMPCs at Intel booth

Intel is displaying four new ultramobile PCs designed around its Menlow chips at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), including highly anticipated devices from Lenovo and Toshiba.The Lenovo device runs a Linux OS from Chinese developer Red Flag Software and boasts a 4.8-inch touch screen, an onboard camera and other features. It also has what appears to be a phone dialing pad on the right side, but there were no Lenovo personnel around at Intel's CES booth to talk about the product, nor any spec sheets detailing features of the device.Intel personnel at a booth detailing its Menlow chips called the Lenovo device and two others "Mobile Internet Devices," saying that their smaller screen sizes and use of the Linux OS make them different from ultramobile PCs, a category created by Microsoft. However, many companies have come up with new terms for small, mobile PC designs these days, and the new names given to them are becoming confusing.The devices all work with a wireless broadband Internet protocol called WiMax.Toshiba and Clarion, both Japanese companies, also showed off small handheld PCs with touch screens. The Clarion device runs a Red Flag Linux OS, while Toshiba's handheld has Microsoft Windows Vista.A portable PC designed by Taiwan's Gigabyte Technology was also displayed at the booth.Earlier this year, Intel launched the Mobile Internet Device Innovation Alliance in an attempt to solve engineering troubles associated with creating small devices able to connect to the Internet. A number of companies joined the alliance, and several are expected to launch handheld PCs using Menlow microprocessors in the first half of 2008.In October, Intel offered a glimpse of six other devices designed by alliance members and based on Menlow. Five of them were designed by Taiwanese companies: Asustek Computer, BenQ, Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, and Inventec. The final device shown was from Finland's Elektrobit.Menlow is the code name given to a set of chips that Intel is developing for ultramobile PCs and mobile Internet devices (MIDs), due out next year. Menlow will include a new low-power microprocessor, code-named Silverthorne, and a chip set code-named Poulsbo.One of the key aims of the chip package is to extend battery life in the small PCs now coming out. Many of the ultramobile PCs, Mobile Internet Devices, and other handheld PCs that have launched so far boast hefty price tags of as much as $1000, yet offer little to users that a laptop can't do better. Relatively short battery life on most of the initial devices and the lack of widespread wireless broadband Internet have also contributed to disappointing sales of the much-hyped gadgets.Companies developing ultramobile PCs and similar small handheld PCs hope longer battery life of six to eight hours, the ability to connect to the Internet wirelessly from just about anywhere, and features found on smartphones such as digital cameras and music players will entice more people to try them out.


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Continental Airlines offers free Wi-Fi service

Business travelers will have wireless Internet access in 29 U.S. airport lounges.


Neo-Nazis in Paris Vandalize and Burn a Jewish Community Center

Fire swept through a Jewish community center in eastern Paris in the early morning hours on Sunday after arsonists broke into the building and scrawled swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans inside.


Noted DRM hacker Jon Johansen, known more commonly by the nickname "DVD Jon," has now figured out a way to reverse engineer Apple's FairPlay digital rights management technology, and plans to license it to other companies.


Novartis Says FDA OKs Treatment for Active Bladder

Drug maker Novartis AG on Wednesday  said U.S. regulators approved its drug for the treatment of an  overactive bladder.


Swiss Company to Buy Canadian Drug Maker

The Swiss health care company Galenica said it agreed to buy Aspreva of Canada for $915 million to expand its drug portfolio and distribution.


Ali Mann scores 20 points and 20th-ranked Bowling Green earns a third straight trip to the NCAA tournament with a 67-53 victory over Ball State.


NEW YORK - Optimism that the embattled technology sector was due for a recovery sent stocks modestly higher Monday despite a new revenue warning from semiconductor company Broadcom Inc.    While Broadcom, which makes chips for television set-top boxes and other electronics, said high inventories resulted in delayed shipments, investors were encouraged as it said future quarters looked brighter...


French FM in Amman after Qatar talks, heartened by calls for freeing hostages

French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier arrived in Amman for the second time in 24 hours after a visit to Doha, where he said he hoped the captors of two French newsmen in Iraq would heed widespread calls to free the pair, a diplomatic source said.


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Israel clashed with Hamas militants inside the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing eight in a fierce gunbattle that drew in Israeli aircraft, tanks and bulldozers.


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U.S. will not tolerate nuclear N.Korea: Hill

The United States will not live with a nuclear-armed North Korea, assistant secretary of State Chris Hill said on Wednesday.


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Europe's Huygens probe successfully separated from NASA's Cassini spacecraft Friday night, on its way to a mid-January rendezvous with Saturn's mysterious moon Titan.


Expos president Tony Tavares told reporters of the move after the Expos' final home game. That news was later confirmed to Washington mayor Anthony Williams by MLB officials.


A slam dunk, right? That sure seems what Sunday's game against the Browns ought to be after a week of turmoil in Cleveland. Coach Butch Davis resigned Tuesday after the Browns allowed 58 points in a loss last Sunday to Cincinnati, the team's fifth straight defeat. Yesterday, the team said rookie and third-string quarterback Luke McCown may have ...


Evolutionary get-out for Barcadi Breezer drinkers AAAS Geneticists are shedding light on why some people can't handle their beer, or rather may eschew a noble chalice of foaming chestnut ale in favour of a less challenging sweeter beverage.â¦


By DAVID BAUDER  NEW YORK - Assuming military criminal investigators should do such a thing, they're popping champagne corks over at "NCIS." The CBS series topped the television ratings last week for the first time in its four-year history.


Back and forth. Back. And forth. No, this isn't baseline tennis. It's the Dow Jones industrial average, which has generally been stuck in a trading range--9000 to 10,500--for the past five years. "While the Fed is as accommodative as it's been since the late 1970s," says Brian Wesbury, chief economist at Griffin, Kubik, Stephens & Thompson, "potential inflation could really knock earnings growth down to single digits." The market might get stuck in a trading range for a few years more.


Carl Pavano decides he wants to pitch for the Yankees, and his agent and New York close in on a four-year contract worth about $39 million.


IndyMac Bancorp, one of Americaâs largest independent mortgage lenders, posted a $509.1 million fourth-quarter loss and suspended its dividend indefinitely.


Elkhart County man was one of three people in the state diagnosed with the virus this year. A person from Elkhart County has died after being diagnosed with the West Nile virus, state health officials said today.


north Gaza for the third time in as many months to quell Palestinian rocket fire into Israel. Jabalya refugee camp and the adjacent town of Beit Hanoun, bastions of the rocket squads.


Interlink Global Corp. Expands Metro IP in Colombia, South America

Interlink Global Corp. (OTC:ILKG) today announced that it is moving  forward with its expansion plans for Metro IP, its recently purchased  subsidiary headquartered in Baranquilla, Colombia.


Gateway surprises, posts operating profit

Shares of Gateway rose more than 11 percent in after-market trading yesterday after the computer company said it posted its first operating profit in three years.


Libya says death sentences on five Bulgarian nurses convicted of spreading HIV could be re-examined.


J&J beats forecasts, with strong overseas demand

Johnson & Johnson  on Tuesday said second-quarter profit rose on higher sales of medical devices and prescription drugs, beating Wall Street expectations on especially strong demand in overseas markets.


Sri Lanka donors voice concern as war toll climbs

Sri Lanka's main foreign donors voiced concern on Saturday at the island's escalating civil war, calling on the government and Tamil Tiger rebels to respect human rights as the death toll steadily climbs.


NICE CHEESE -- NEED WINE, TOO?: Small Grocer's New Checkout System Posts Ads for Neighboring Stores.

By John Welbes, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Sep. 13--If you buy ice cream at Tim & Tom's Speedy Market on St. Paul's Como Avenue, a display screen near the cash register will flash a sign that you forgot the cones.


City, players' union get behind cheeky Barton

England's Football Association is facing a multi-pronged attack in the wake of their announcement of possible sanctions against Manchester City's Joey Barton.


Microsoft Puts the Moves on NetWare Customers

Microsoft announced today that they were rolling out a new set of tools under the âMid-Market Netware Migration Programâ banner, aimed at convincing existing NetWare clients to move to Windows Server 2003 instead of Linux.


Whatâs Offline: The Cost of Living With Debt

Though hardly groundbreaking, spending less and paying off debt sooner is sound advice.


Court backs NYC's ban on dancing in bars

Come and meet those dancing feet, up on 42nd Street — but only in nightspots with special licenses.


Hamas, Fatah head for unity talks in Mecca

MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian leaders headed to the Islamic holy city of Mecca on Tuesday for what officials depicted as a last-ditch effort to end factional fighting and a crippling Western embargo.


The Arctic is warming almost twice as fast as the rest of the planet due to global warming, according to an eight-nation report compiled by 250 scientists.


P2P uploader hoaxes leading BitTorrent blog

2 + 2 = 10 for Torrentfreak A German record label has been forced to deny it wants people to pirate its music after a blogger cooked up a story that it had uploaded its entire repertoire to Pirate Bay.â¦


No security changes yet in wake of suspected suicide bombing

The US military didn't immediately tighten security across Iraq on Thursday in the aftermath of an apparent suicide bombing, but security


Doctors are threatening an all-out attack on the government's NHS reforms, labelling it 'not fit for purpose'.


Turkey prepares to amend free speech law

Turkey is preparing to amend a controversial law on freedom of speech that has been criticized repeatedly by the European Union and could slow EU accession talks with Brussels.


Eagles Finally Make It Back to Super Bowl

Yo, Philly. Lose those jitters and relax. Your Eagles made it to the Super Bowl. Donovan McNabb & Co. ignored the burden of three straight losses in the NFC championship game and warmed a frozen city's heart, stuffing Michael Vick and the Atlanta Falcons 27-10 on Sunday.


Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee will attend the Martin Luther King Day memorial service in Atlanta on Monday.


In its fourth week in release âThe Bucket Listâ ascended to the top of the list of the weekendâs biggest-grossing films.


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InterDigital claims Nokia infringed its wireless patents

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to launch an investigation into patent infringement claims against Nokia, whichÂ filed its own complaintÂ with the commission in August.


Shi'ite militia may have kidnapped Britons in Iraq

U.S. and Iraqi soldiers searched Baghdad on Wednesday for five kidnapped Britons who Iraq's foreign minister said had probably been taken by a Shi'ite militia.


The UN calls an emergency meeting as Africa fails to make progress on its Millennium Development Goals.


A very public battle over effects of Botox

LOS ANGELES TIMES. LOS ANGELES - EVEN before "Mr. Botox" returned from Europe to take the stand and Vanna White showed up, the judge braced the jury for something special.


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Cracks on climate as G8 leaders meet in Germany

Leaders from the world's major industrialized nations will try to paper over deep divisions on global warming and a range of foreign policy issues when they meet on the Baltic coast this week for a G8 summit.


Riggs National Corp.'s $766 million merger with PNC Financial Services Group Inc. fell apart over the weekend as the two sides could not come to terms on a new, lower price for Riggs. Riggs filed suit against PNC this morning in an effort to enforce the deal.


On a dusty river bed in the shadow of the Potala Palace, home of Tibet's exiled Dalai Lama, a bridge is rising that China says will bring prosperity to the Roof of the World.


Cold Winter Seen Boosting Heating Demand

The U.S. winter will be longer and  slightly colder than the last, private forecasters say,  spelling a spike in heating oil and natural gas demand even as  high oil prices drive up the cost of heating.


Reuters Poll: Kerry Trims Bush Lead to 2 Points

Democratic challenger John Kerry cut President Bush's lead to 2 points with just over two weeks to go before the Nov. 2 election, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released Sunday.


Countrywide's debt protection costs surge

Countrywide Financial Corp.'s   debt protection costs jumped on Tuesday amid rumors about more  financial problems at the largest U.S. mortgage lender.


Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Gaza Buyout Plan

Israel's Security Cabinet has approved the payment of cash advances of up to $500,000 per family for Jewish settlers ordered to leave the Gaza Strip under a controversial settler evacuation plan.


Blog: Company is apparently expanding its Austin presence, with plans to construct an 80,000-square-foot building in the Texas capital.


The former Pentagon policy chief launches a website to rebut critics who say he pushed the U.S. into war


Forget Mom and Apple Pie, It's All You-Know-Who

This dispassionate British documentary contemplates how evangelical Christianity has moved steadily from the margins of politics into Congress and the White House.


Hong Kong subway operator joins bid for British rail franchise

Hong Kong's subway system has joined a British rail operator to bid for a commuter and high-speed train franchise in southeast England, it was announced.


NO other country today affects the world the way America does. Americans have a full appreciation of their nation's immense power but, in general, they tend to have a retarded view of the great responsibility that comes with this power.


Stakes, uncertainty high as voting nears

A deeply unsettled nation takes the first step this week in choosing a president to confront a world of challenges that have flummoxed the current administration and undermined Americans' confidence in government.


Justin Morneau hit a three-run homer, Torii Hunter also connected, and the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees, 6-1, yesterday in a game called during the eighth inning because of rain.


Chelsea score four second-half goals to cement their place at the Premiership summit.


Despite Wal-Mart's Edict, Radio Tags Will Take Time

Although Wal-Mart was expecting its top suppliers to use radio tagging technology to ship goods by Jan. 1, 2005, the technology is not yet ready.


About 35,000 fewer nursing home residents are kept in restraints on a daily basis — down 23 percent from two years ago — according to a federal report released Wednesday that also found fewer patients in pain.


A federal judge ordered Barry Bonds 's personal trainer released from prison yesterday, blaming a legal "snafu."


The highs and lows of the Entente Cordiale

When Britain and France signed the Entente Cordiale 100 years ago they hoped it would bring to an end centuries of conflict, from the territorial battles of the Middle Ages to colonial disputes of the nineteenth century.


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China said sports and politics should be kept separate, after filmmaker Steven Spielberg criticized Beijing for not using its influence to end the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.


Evidence May Back Human Sacrifice Claims

It has long been a matter of contention: Was the Aztec and Mayan practice of human sacrifice as widespread and horrifying as the history books say? Or did the Spanish conquerors overstate it to make the Indians look primitive? In recent years archaeologists have been uncovering mounting physical evidence that corroborates the Spanish accounts in substance, if not number.


No ETA yet on Yahoo Messenger for Vista public beta, which is three months late.


Israeli forces kill 12 Palestinians in Gaza raid

Israeli forces killed at least 12 Palestinians, mostly gunmen but also a 12-year-old boy and other civilians, on Wednesday in the deadliest raid in the Gaza Strip since Hamas seized the territory, medical workers said.


Walter Salles's stirring and warm-hearted film reconstructs a journey across South America taken by Ernesto Guevara before his career as a revolutionary.


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''SarÃ  una partita molto delicata e per noi Ã¨ importante cominciare l'anno con una vittoria''. Il ce...


Whatever the reasons John Kerry and the Democrats lost the race for the White House, lack of money wasn't one.


The United States has signed an accord with Jordan aimed at supporting the peaceful development of the kingdom's nascent nuclear program, the U.S. Embassy said Sunday.


Enlisting ScienceÂs Lessons to Entice More Shoppers to Spend More

More and more retailers are employing rigorous scientific techniques to improve their bottom line.


1916 — The Boston Red Sox won the World Series in five games with a 4-1 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers. Ernie Shore pitched a three-hitter for Boston.


Iraq hostages hopes rise after diplomat freed

An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in Iraq last month has been released by his captors but the fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including Briton Kenneth Bigley threatened with beheading, remains unclear.


For the first time in four years, the donor nations that sustain the Palestinian economy have reason for optimism. For now, however, that optimism won't mean more money for the Palestinians.


âThe Kite Runnerâ Film Outlawed in Afghanistan

The Culture Ministry has quietly banned the import of the film based on the best-selling novel about childhood betrayal, ethnic tension and sexual predation in Afghanistan.


TIGER WOODS is ready to return to golf after enjoying his honeymoon during a month away from the US PGA Tour. Third-ranked Woods will compete with world No.


SAN FRANCISCO -- Online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Inc. is lowering the price of its two most popular subscription plans by a $1 per month, relinquishing millions of dollars in revenue in an attempt to regain the upper hand in a cutthroat battle with Blockbuster Inc.


British Iraq pull-out fuels strains with US

Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended Monday the withdrawal of troops from Basra city in Iraq, but the move will do little to ease mounting signs of tension between London and Washington.


Ask.com Brings New Dimension to Web Search

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE  OAKLAND, Calif. - Internet search engine Ask.com has been chasing market leader Google Inc. for years without making much headway, but that hasn't deterred its engineers from trying to set the pace for innovation.


For the first time since the presidential contest became a two-man race this spring, it seems to have a clear leader: President Bush.


Bangladesh on alert after 19 die at rally

Bangladeshi police were on high alert Monday as opposition politicians planned more protests after 19 people were killed Saturday during their rally in Dhaka.


Militant Chief Wounded in Israeli Strike in Gaza

A militant leader survived an Israeli missile strike on his car in Gaza on Thursday in Israel's first apparent assassination attempt in the Palestinian territories since Yasser Arafat died in a Paris hospital.


Qatar Airways sees profit by 2010, eyes share sale

State-owned Qatar Airways expects to make  its first profit by 2010 and could sell shares to local and  foreign investors three years after that, the company's chief  executive said on Sunday.


Iraq security plan starts - with glitches

Frictions between US diplomats and military officials add to on-the-ground woes as surge begins.


The U.S. cable network A&E has slapped together a special about the recent arrest of Duane Chapman, star of its series, Dog the Bounty Hunter.   U.S.


After Second Suicide Try, Husband Convicted of Killing Nevada Official

RENO, Nev., June 29 -- The husband of  Nevada state controller Kathy Augustine was convicted Friday of first-degree murder in her death.


Palestinians in the Gaza Strip woke Monday to a fifth day of a huge Israeli offensive with army commanders talking of a weeks-long operation.


Iran said on Saturday turnout was high in elections for local councils and a powerful clerical body, with some initial reports suggesting allies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad might not have won resounding backing.


A Massachusetts man has combined his passions - thoroughbred horse racing and the Boston Red Sox â-y naming his 1-year-old colt Curse Reversed.


Militia of Rebel Iraqi Shi'ite Cleric Offers Truce

A rebel Shi'ite Muslim militia led by  Moqtada al-Sadr pledged on Thursday to disarm in what could be  a major advance for U.S.-Iraqi efforts to calm violence in Iraq  ahead of elections due in January.


Buffon, Gattuso, Inzaghi, Maldini, Pirlo, Totti e Toninella lista dei 50 pubblicata da France Football                                           Pallone d'oro, candidati otto italiani il nostro calcio Ã¨ il piÃ¹ rappresentato


The American Episcopal church is given till September to comply with demands on its attitude to homosexuality.


Minacce al giornalista Lirio Abbate dopo l'inchiesta sulla mafia. "Ho fatto solo il mio lavoro"Prima le lettere di avvertimento, poi una bomba incendiaria sotto la macchina                                          Vita sotto assedio di un cronista a Palermo "Sotto scorta in una Sicilia senza onore"                                                                                di GIUSEPPE D'AVANZO


Sir Alex Ferguson has defended Wayne Rooney after his teenage striker clashed with Bolton's Tal Ben Haim in today's 2-0 win for Manchester United.


New York, 10:25 - HOCKEY SU GHIACCIO: RISULTATI NHL

Questi i risultati delle partite dellla NHL giocate nella notte:


British firms set to pour more into online advertising

British firms are planning to invest more in online advertising as households increasingly use the Internet for routine purchases, a new survey said.


The dollar was weaker across the board  early in New York on Thursday, forging new lows on a growing  sense that the United States is struggling to fund its record  external deficits.


Al via il progetto di alternanza 2005 con Unioncamere


There Was Something in the Air in Colorado

A persistent morning storm blanketed Coors Field in snow Sunday, but by 1 p.m., the snow had melted, supplying more evidence of the regionâs famously irregular weather patterns.


Tutto il cast del celebre telefilm ancora insieme


Matsuzaka may wind up lacking Star appeal

In the aftermath of his 2-0 loss to Oakland Tuesday night, Daisuke Matsuzaka was asked about his chances of being selected an All-Star. It's a topic of some interest in the Bay Area, given that the All-Star Game will be played in AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants.


For job seekers, economic gloom persists

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Francine Geosits can audit and review an expense report in her sleep but does not need those skills in her current job serving hamburgers and whiskey sours at a local bar and grill.


"Do you think I am going to leave my country with no air defence?" Gbagbo said in an interview on. siding with the rebels in drafting the council text.


When computer users hunt for information on the Internet, they typically turn to Google or Yahoo. When analysts working for U.S. intelligence look for documents and data stored on computers inside their own agencies, they often turn to software made by a little-known firm from Northern Virginia.


AT&T to Cut 7,400 More Jobs, Take $11.4 Bln Writedown

AT&T Corp. said it will cut 7,400 more jobs this year and write down $11.4 billion of assets as the phone company retreats from the residential business it once dominated.


The 34-year-old won his fourth gold medal in Athens. Pinsent joined forces with Steve Redgrave at the age of 19 and spent much of his career in Redgrave's shadow.


The leader in online DVD rentals expects its profit to sag the rest of this year as it absorbs the cost of lowering its subscription plan to ward off a threat from Blockbuster.


Consultant pathologist David Bee is cleared of misconduct after admitting failings in a post-mortem examination.


Alastair Campbell "momentarily" considered suicide during the Hutton inquiry, he reveals in his diary.


O2 changes Ts&Cs to allow call data sharing

And T-Mobile releases movement tracking report O2 has changed its terms and conditions to allow it to share "...the date, duration, time and cost of such communications and the location of your mobile phone".â¦


Ford offers $78 million for Romania carmaker

U.S. giant Ford Motor Co  has  offered 57 million euros ($78 million) for the Romanian  government's majority stake in troubled carmaker Automobile  Craiova SA (AUCSxm.BRQ), officials said on Friday.


Tv: Celentano, resta incerto solo il giorno di messa in onda

Resta ancora incerto il giorno di messa in onda dello show di Adriano Celentano su Raiuno. Tra la Rai e il Molleggiato, infatti, raggiunta l'intesa sul programma, resta il disaccordo su quale debba essere


"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" will resume production on Jan. 7 without their striking writers, the Comedy Central network announced Thursday.


Lindsey Harding scored 21 points and No. 1 Duke kept rolling toward a showdown with No. 2 North Carolina next week by withstanding a challenge from Virginia in the second half of a 76-61 victory Friday night.


Seahawks Notebook: Hasselbeck takes day off because of sore arm

KIRKLAND -- Matt Hasselbeck did not throw in practice yesterday, but the Seahawks' tender-armed quarterback is expected to start tomorrow against the Arizona Cardinals at Qwest Field.


Study: Sex crimes in prisons underreported

Fewer than three prisoners in every 1,000 report they were sexually abused or harassed, but that probably is not the whole story, a government study says.


Hollywood steps up battles to squash web piracy

Hollywood movie studios on Tuesday stepped up their fight against internet piracy by pursuing lawsuits against people in the US and Europe who operate servers that relay


Hamlin Wins by a Hair for First Season Victory

A shrewd move by Denny Hamlinâs crew chief gave him a chance to steal a race Sunday, and the driver did so, beating out Jeff Gordon by less than a car length.


A neighbor in a suburban Austin neighborhood appeared to be the perfect babysitter for Eryn Baugh's infant son and his 2-year-old sister.


Il nostro consolato appalta le pratiche a una ditta di BombaySpecializzata nel trattamento dei dati personali, lavora anche per Usa e Gb                                            Cina, i visti per l'Italia ora sono "Made in India"                                                                                dal nostro corrispondente FEDERICO RAMPINI


A 25-year veteran of the Chicago Fire Department was charged Thursday with setting four fires in the city over the past week, and suburban police said they suspect him in 10 more dating back to 1998.


Plane crash kills members of prominent NASCAR family

One of the most important racing groups in NASCAR is reeling from a devastating loss. A plane owned by Hendricks Motorsports crashed on its way to a NASCAR in Virginia Sunday, killing all ten people on board.


Valentino e Cavalli, due modi di essere 'Bon Vivant'


Il crollo a Shangai si fa sentire anche a New York


Indonesian hacker touches souls by bringing down police website

Transmigration of the SQL The path to enlightenment got a little shorter for the citizens of Tucson, Arizona and they have a hacker half-way around the world to thank.â¦


Era definito il 'terrore dei cassieri' dei supermarket


Kaunas (Lituania), 19:36 - CALCIO, AZZURRI; ALLENAMENTO: TEST CON DE ROSSI E PIRLO

Alla vigilia di Lituania-Italia Donadoni ha fatto sostenere agli azzurri l'ultimo allenamento con es...


LOS ANGELES - Michael Moore says he won't submit "Fahrenheit 9/11" for consideration as best documentary at this year's Academy Awards. Instead, he's going for the bigger prize of best picture...


Chirac Visits Senegal as U.S. Raises Military Profile

President Jacques Chirac visits Senegal on Wednesday for the first time in a decade, hoping to boost ties with a former West African colony at a time when the United States is raising its military profile in the region.


General Motors says its decision to stop sponsoring Survivor is not connected to the show's racial "tribes" plan.


In a push to expand its international business, InChord Communications Inc. is expanding operations in the United Kingdom and Sweden with two strategic investments.


California fires rage on but some progress seen

Firefighters made headway against 18 wildfires blazing across Southern California on Wednesday as hot winds abated for the first time in four days, but they were still battling to save entire neighborhoods from hopscotching flames.


Report: Number of Overweight Americans Holds Steady

The number of overweight Americans  is holding steady as U.S. consumers are becoming more aware of  what they eat, an annual report by market research firm The NPD  Group said.


Chargers 14, Bears 3: Forget the Statistics, Tomlinson Comes Through When It Counts

LaDainian Tomlinson did not have a good game statistically, but he threw a touchdown pass and ran for another as the Chargers beat the defending N.F.C. champions.


British police charged eight terrorist suspects Tuesday with conspiring to commit murder and use radioactive materials, toxic gases, chemicals or explosives to cause "fear or injury" in a case involving an alleged top al-Qaida operative at the center of a ...


The Justice Department has been asked to review documents related to a proposed Boeing Co. tanker deal, including communications from Air Force Secretary James G. Roche, to address questions of potential conflict of interest, according to a source familiar with the case.


Ministers launch a Â£372m anti-obesity strategy to "transform the environment" in which people live.


BusinessWeek Online - Ten years ago, I was living on the road -- way more than was healthy. We expect to see 25-year-old management consultants living out of suitcases, but when you're in your 30s and have small children at home, a heavy business travel schedule is a major encumbrance.


Police suspect chair-tossing fan is Pistonsâ season-ticket ...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Police believe they know the identity of the man who threw a chair in a brawl between players and fans during the Indiana-Detroit game Nov. 19.


Charitable couple win SuperLotto Plus jackpot

A couple who provide funerals for abandoned infants and helped inspire a California law to save unwanted newborns won a $27 million lottery jackpot -- and plan to use the money for their advocacy work.


Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday he would meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert next week, keeping alive a U.S.-backed dialogue despite Hamas rocket attacks on Israel and Israeli air raids in Gaza.


US Marines of the 1st Division train in a former Iraqi army barrack outside Fallujah, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control


Motorola taking $101M 2Q charge for cuts

Motorola Inc., the world's No. 2 cell-phone maker behind Nokia Corp., said it will take a pretax charge of $101 million in its second quarter after cutting 2,100 jobs.


Iraqi leader says government in final phase to resolve Fallujah

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's interim prime minister said Sunday that efforts to peacefully resolve the conflict in Fallujah have entered their final phase and warned that "our patience is running thin," vowing to clear the city of militants who have carried out


Philip Morris USA cut wholesale discounts on its best-selling Marlboro cigarettes and three other brands, a spokeswoman said on Friday, effectively raising prices for the first time in more than two-and-a-half years.


Wal-Mart May same-store sales up 1.1 pct

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on  Thursday reported a 1.1 percent rise in sales at U.S. stores  open at least a year in May, excluding fuel.


Israel Court Allows Some Suits by Palestinians

Palestinians in the occupied areas who suffer harm by the army in noncombat operations may seek compensation from the government, the court ruled.


Sony Launches MP3 Walkmans to Counter IPod

Sony Corp 6758.T launched its first  MP3-compatible flash memory digital music players under the  Walkman name on Monday in the latest bid to reclaim the lead in  a market it has lost to Apple Computer's iPod.


An Appreciation: Italian Operatic Artistry at Its Finest

Even experts could confuse one great artist with another, but no one ever mistook the voice of Luciano Pavarotti.


One episode into its  fourth season, HBO's gritty cop drama "The Wire" has been  picked up for a fifth and final round.


Alitalia Signs Agreement With Government

Italian airline Alitalia signed an agreement Wednesday with the government and labor unions over layoffs at the carrier, the final hurdle in long negotiations for ensuring the company's immediate survival.


Corruption at center of upheaval in Ukraine

KALAMAZOO--A power struggle between pro-western candidate Viktor Yushchenko and his pro-eastern counterpart, Viktor Yanukovich, is cited most often as the underlying cause for the election crisis in Ukraine.


Georgetown's Roy Hibbert and Memphis's Joey Dorsey became fast friends playing for USA Basketball at the Pan Am Games. Today, they'll battle against each other in a Top-5 showdown.


College Basketball: Georgia Tech, Wake Forest Win

ATLANTA (Sports Network) - Isma'il Muhammad scored a  team-high 14 points, Jarrett Jack added 13 and third-ranked  Georgia Tech rolled over James Madison, 72-47, in a non-league  tilt at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Guerrillas bombed a Baghdad shopping street full of police recruits and fired on a police van north of the capital Tuesday in attacks that killed at least 59 people and struck at the heart of the U.S. strategy for fighting Iraq's escalating insurgency...


Fanfare: Fans take dangerous steps toward being more involved

In looking at the brawl that broke out during Friday's Detroit-Indiana game, it's important to not be so quick to blame "crazy Ron Artest.


Companies with growing yields can make you rich in more ways than the obvious.


Ricerca italiana, andatura 'sciogli-grassi' e' a 4 km/h


Rice's first gambit: fix frayed ties to Europe

The US Secretary of State offers Europe an olive branch of dialogue after three years of troubled relations.


Federal agents yesterday took their first steps to go after individuals who illegally trade copyrighted music and videos over the Internet, seizing computers, software and related equipment at five homes around the country.


AP Exclusive: Data brokers get by subpoenas

Federal and local police across the country &#151; as well as some of the nation's best-known companies &#151; have been gathering Americans' phone records from private data brokers without subpoenas or warrants.


Dozens were injured in the suicide attack on a building crowded with Shiite Muslims in eastern Pakistan. SIALKOT, PAKISTAN -- A suicide attacker detonated a bomb inside a crowded Shiite Muslim mosque in eastern


Former Major League Baseball player Jim Leyritz was arrested Friday on charges of driving under the influence and killing another driver after his vehicle crashed into hers.


Stamattina messa a Nassiriya e gli onori militari


Clima da campagna elettorale. Domattina le consultazioni al Quirinaledi Lega, An, Udc e Rifondazione. Forse giovedÃ¬ la decisione di Napolitano                                          Fi: "Al voto o la gente in piazza" Veltroni: "Cambiare regole del gioco"                                                                                Il Cavaliere smentisce il nome di Letta premier di un governo per le riformeIl ruolo dell'Udc: "Tutto il possibile per un governo ponte ma non perdere tempo"


Communities would have more say in how local police forces are run, under Conservative plans set to be unveiled.


A 12-year-old US girl survives a plane crash in Panama which killed a US man, his daughter and the local pilot.


Il difensore chiede scarcerazione con perizia di diabetologo


Some material has been found still intact inside the crashed Genesis space capsule, say Nasa scientists.


Doctors in France start giving chemical treatment to 48 repeat sex offenders to see if it will stop them attacking again.


Paris, France, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft has detected two tiny, previously-unknown moons orbiting Saturn between Mimas and Enceladus, mission scientists said Tuesday.


Bill Would Raise Taxes on Public Equity Firms

New legislation could increase taxes on publicly traded private equity firms and hedge funds, a move that could dampen interest in the Blackstone Group.


Ales Kotalik has a goal and assist, Ryan Miller makes 28 saves and the Sabres score three goals in the second period to beat the Islanders, 5-3.


The EU and US take a large step towards a deal that will open the airline industry to greater competition.


Eminem's 'Encore' Enjoys Another Week at No. 1

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Eminem extended his curtain call  to a second straight week Wednesday as his latest album,  "Encore," topped the Billboard 200 charts.


Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell reports record annual profits for a UK company, making Â£13.9bn.


Stocks Turn Higher As Oil Hits Record High

NEW YORK - Stocks enjoyed a late-day rally Wednesday, finishing higher despite a new record price for oil and gloomy third-quarter outlooks from several companies. Volume was relatively light as investors awaited the government's jobs creation report at the end of the week...


Putin Sends Greeting to War Crimes Convict

Russian President Vladimir Putin issued New Year's greetings Saturday to a former pro-Soviet partisan convicted in Latvia of killing civilians during World War II.


Mosque ultimatum: Get out or be wiped out

Iraq's Defense Minister Tuesday issued an ultimatum to followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr holding the Imam Ali Mosque -- get out or be wiped out.


Microsoft shares source code with government

Microsoft Corp., a worldwide leader in operating systems, announced its decision to share Office 2003 source code with governments from over 30 countries.


Procuratore Borraccetti smentisce avvocati dell'ingegnere


Pyongyang will participate in six-party talks aimed at resolving the nuclear stand-off on the Korean peninsula, a Foreign Office Minister said on Monday.


Pope says anti-Islam quotes not his own views

Pope Benedict said on Wednesday   that his use of medieval quotes portraying a violent Islam did   not reflect his views and were misunderstood, but he did not   give the clear apology still demanded by many Muslims.


Bond Insurerâs Stock Plunges on Exposure

MBIA said it has exposure to $30.6 billion of collateralized debt obligations it insures, including a large exposure to risky bonds, sending its stocks plummeting 22 percent in early trading.


Taormina stumbles on her road to Olympic history

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - American Sheila Taormina's bid for Olympic glory stalled at the Panamerican Games on Monday with an 11th place finish in the modern pentathlon.


Adventure and intrigue in Golden Compass

Golden Compass is no Harry Potter; but the film is an interesting watch.


Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has been suspended for two Test matches due to India's slow over rate in the one-day international against Pakistan in Calcutta on Saturday.


PeopleSoft dips after rejecting Oracle's latest bid

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - PeopleSoft shares fell in premarket trade Thursday after the company rejected Oracle's latest takeover offer of $24 a share, worth at least $8.


Nadal breezes into into Wimbledon semi-finals

Rafael Nadal destroyed Tomas Berdych to move into the Wimbledon semi-finals on Friday and move a step closer to becoming just the third man to win the French Open and All England Club titles in the same year.


Bush Looks To Intensify Pressure  On Sudan

President Bush has decided to implement a plan to pressure Sudan's government into cooperating with international efforts to halt the violence in its troubled Darfur region, where his administration said almost three years ago that genocide was  taking place.


After two years as the face of the antiwar movement, she has announced she's ending her public protests. A photographic look back at the antiwar mom's two years in the spotlight


CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle   Atlantis returned safely to its Florida home port on Thursday,   capping a successful mission to resume International Space   Station construction after the 2003 Columbia accident.


Bollywood comes to Britain for "Boscars"

Bollywood's biggest stars are partying in northern England this weekend for the International Indian Film Awards (IIFA) -- the industry's equivalent of the Oscars.


Walgreen, the largest chemist in the US, is sued for allegedly discriminating against black workers.


IBM donates software to predict spread of diseases

International Business Machines Corp.   said on Friday it is releasing software that can  predict the spread of infectious diseases among countries.


com October 14, 2004, 9:00 PM PT. ZDNet's survey of IT professionals in October kept upgrading hardware at number two on the businesses radar throughout the year.


North Korea Not Yet a Nuclear Weapons State - Seoul

North Korea's declaration that it  possesses nuclear weapons does not make it a nuclear weapons  state, South Korea's unification minister said on Monday.


Alana Beard scored 20 points, 16 in the second half, to the lead the Washington Mystics to a 91-75 win over the Connecticut Sun last night in Uncasville, Conn.


Continuing in the thirty-first century, MechAssault 2 allows gamers to encounter entirely new experiences in the epic BattleTech world.


Milano, 19:11 - CALCIO, RANIERI; JUVENTUS: POSSIAMO E VOGLIAMO VINCERE

L'allenatore della Juventus, Claudio Ranieri, è sicuro che la sua squadra continuerà a...


Giving credit, Lane Hartwell, and the Richter Scales

I'm unsure what good will come out of this whole incident. The problem is that when emotions run high, as they did here, people tend to spend more time fortifying their own positions rather than exploring new ones.


The average U.S. retail price of  gasoline rose more than 5 cents in the past two weeks to more  than $2 a gallon, its highest level since June, a leading  industry analyst said on Sunday.


Security for the Labour Party conference is revised after a laptop containing top secret plans is stolen.


US Bombs Mosul Rebels, Guerrillas Kill Top Police

A US aircraft dropped a half-ton(500 lb) bomb on the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Saturday after guerrillas attacked a US patrol that was trying to capture an insurgent arms dump, a military spokesman said.


Red Hat adds to system monitoring service

InfoWorld - Red Hat said this week it had spruced up its Red Hat Command Center server- and application-monitoring service, eliminating the need for users to maintain a Red Hat-prescribed hardware appliance to collect monitoring data.


The dollar weakened to a 20-month low against the euro yesterday, as traders bet the gap between European and US interest rates will keep narrowing.


A deer hunter shot and killed five people and wounded three others after he was spotted on private land and was asked to leave, authorities said.


Chicago Steel-Making: Dead but Not Forgotten

The stretch of southeast Chicago along Lake Michigan was built on steel. In its heyday, about 200,000 people were employed here in the steel mills and other industries related to steel production and shipping.


A Second Mill Creek Firefighter Sentenced

By Jannette Pippin, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Feb. 7--BEAUFORT -- A second firefighter charged in November with setting fires in Carteret County's Mill Creek community has been sentenced in the arson case.


Nielsen//Netratings released their statistics on search engine market share and usage today which ranked the search engines by usage and growth. Google still dominates the American search engine market with almost half of all US searches taking place via Google.com and its partners. Google also enjoys more than double the amount of searches than Yahoo, [...]


The San Diego Chargers' improbable rise garners Marty Schottenheimer the AP Coach of the Year award on Saturday.


Clinics That Offered Antifat Injections Close

A national chain of cosmetic medical clinics that popularized antifat injections denounced by medical groups shut its doors in the wake of dozens of complaints from consumers asking for their money back.


Vince Carter and the New Jersey Nets have the framework in place for a four-year contract that guarantees the All-Star more than $60 million, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. Word of the deal came yesterday, though the person spoke on condition of anonymity because under league rules the agreement cannot be announced until July 11, ...


MOSCOW -- Olympic silver medalist and 2002 world champion Irina Slutskaya presented an almost flawless program to take the lead after the short program at the Cup of Russia on Friday.


Bolton sign Spanish defender Cesar Martin until the end of the season.


Oil held above $61 on Tuesday after   rebounding from a six-month low as dealers focused on whether   OPEC might trim output should prices fall further.


CBS Corp. and Comcast  Corp. are snipping the price tag off their video-on-demand  (VOD) offering of primetime series.


N.Y. Company Recalls Chicken for Possible Listeria Contamination

A New York firm is recalling about 5,760 pounds of chicken products because of possible listeria contamination, the Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Monday.


The Islanders signed the All-Star forward Bill Guerin to a two-year contract and center Mike Comrie to a one-year deal.


Paulson says fiscal stimulus needed urgently

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Friday said that there was an urgent need for a fiscal stimulus program to give the slowing economy a boost but said it was not in danger of stalling.


AT&T Corp.  will cut about 7,000 jobs and reduce the value of its assets by $11.4 billion due to its retreat from traditional consumer telephone services, the company said on Thursday.


Ministers say services for dying children in England will be transformed by the first-ever palliative care strategy.


After multiple delays, Nasa is making a final bid to launch the shuttle Atlantis before the launch window closes.


Israel kills militant from Abbas's Fatah movement

NABLUS, West Bank  - Israeli troops killed a Palestinian militant from President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement on Friday on the second day of a large-scale military raid targeting armed loyalists of the Western-backed leader.


Electricity from bacteria, grape jelly in Ohio

These bugs chew up sugar in the wastewater and give you hydrogen.


He has the trust of his boss. But does Tarcisio Bertone have what it takes to be the second most powerful Catholic in the world?


Salvadoran Church asks forgiveness for sex abuse

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador  - The Catholic Church in El Salvador begged forgiveness on Wednesday for a priest who raped an altar boy and now faces charges he abused other children.


Oltre a Ministro, ci sara' il sindaco di Firenze Domenici


After visiting the army camps for NDTV's `Jai Jawan`, it was time for Sanjay Dutt to go back to his school.


Pilots stabbed, bomb threat at New Zealand airport

A woman stabbed two pilots and threatened to blow up a plane on a New Zealand domestic flight early Friday, Radio New Zealand reported.


A Â£30m online map is launched telling homeowners in England and Wales what risk of flooding they face.


A Console-based BitTorrent Client with built-in scheduler for handling multiple sessions. It is designed to manage sessions in queue easily without heavy-weight GUI. External module can search for new torrents in trackers and submit it automatically. BTQueue 0.0.15 is stable enough for long run. BTQueue. 0.0.16 has been modified to extend its functionality for maximum extensibility.   Now, you can limit global download rate (not accurate but  usable). In contrast, global upload rate limitting algorithm has  been changed to improve fairness.  Furthermore, crawler module now supports user-defined filter  so that new tracker sites can be added manually. This version  also fully handles cookie taken from new commands, wget and  wpost, and old commands, add and meta. For more convenience, scrape command has been added to help  testing given torrent.  For one who wants to know peers, ip2cc database has been  updated with routing policy provied by rddb. You will get its  description instead of just netname.  To increase comfortability, BTQueue now provides daemon  mode and remote control mode so that you do not need "screen" to run it on unix server anymore. Moreover, you  can define unlimited aliases to make your command shorter. It is possible to add run-time arguments to each alias.  You can download this latest version here:  https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=104734&package_id=112679


Russia does not murder spies any more: KGB veteran

The head of an organization of former Russian spies was quoted as saying on Thursday Stalin-era policies of Moscow assassinating enemies had ceased, and ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko was probably murdered by criminals.


On a day dominated by offense, it took a defensive back to settle things. Indianapolis star Peyton Manning had already thrown five touchdown passes when he lofted the


UK police press on with Litvinenko probe in Russia

British police met Russian justice officials in Moscow on Wednesday as part of their probe into the Litvinenko poisoning, but there was still no sign they had been able to contact star witness, ex-KGB agent Andrei Lugovoy.


Magistrati: uno sciopero per fermare la controriforma

La conferma dello sciopero dei magistrati mercoledÃ¬ 24 novembre. Una lettera che lunedÃ¬ verrÃ  recapitata ai presidenti delle Camere Pera e Casini, ma rivolta allâintero Parlamento, per esprimere Â«preoccupazione


For Pirates' Williams, Wait Ends Pirates 2, Brewers 0

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7 -- Dave Williams pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings for his first victory in nearly three seasons and Jason Bay homered, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0, on Tuesday night.


Non incitiamo a rivolta, ma la 194 sull'aborto e' cattiva


The Netherlands' biggest bank ABN AMRO says it is cutting more than 4,000 back office and information technology staff as it aims to bring its cost base in line with its competitors.


A spate of car bombings rocked Baghdad on Thursday, killing more than 20 people, including a US soldier and two Iraqi police officers, according to Iraqi and US officials.


Roma, 18:06 - CALCIO, LAZIO; ODDO: GIOCHIAMO BENE, MA ABBIAMO POCA FORTUNA

Massimo Oddo commenta la sconfitta subita ieri dalla Lazio all'Olimpico contro il Palermo. ''Purtrop...


Tall lefty was second-round pick of Cubs in 2002

Allard Baird would have liked to leave the 2004 Winter Meetings with a little more than the potential for trades in the rearview mirror.


Kevin Brown was picked over Orlando Hernandez to start for the New York Yankees in Friday's Game 3 of their first-round AL playoff series against Minnesota.


While the rest of the world remains fixated on the US elections, the Dutch were plunged into a drama of their own on Tuesday with what appeared to be the second politically-related murder to hit the Netherlands in two years.


MIT promises safer, more efficient nuclear plants

Tubular hells Researchers at MIT have developed technology they say will boost the power output of nuclear power plants by 50 per cent, and make them safer to run.â¦


As US Advances in Falluja, New Fighting Erupts in Northern Iraq

Insurgents opened a new front against American-led forces today, attacking several police stations in the northern city of Mosul and pushing that city to the brink of chaos


DOLPHINS herded four swimmers together then scared off a great white shark which had moved in for the kill. The 10ft predator circled as lifeguard Ron Howes, his daughter Niccy, 15, and two of her friends took a dip.


Twins' Mauer 'Frustrated' Over Lingering Injury

Twins catcher Joe Mauer's return from the disabled list is delayed after the reigning AL batting champion shows up sore for the second straight day.


Assets of a murdered loyalist paramilitary leader exceeding Â£1m are seized in the first action of its kind.


A woman said on Friday that a childhood drawing of her by John Lennon's son was the inspiration for the iconic Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."


Roadside bomb kills five, wounds 28 in Sri Lanka capital

Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a powerful roadside bomb in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Wednesday, killing five people and wounding 28 others, police and hospital officials said.


Israeli army kills two Palestinians in Gaza incursion

GAZA CITY - Prime Minister Ariel Sharonâs optimism for peace in 2005 was immediately dealt a blow Friday with the killing of two Palestinians Friday by Israeli troops during an incursion in the south of the Gaza Strip.


Protests leave Hungarian capital reeling

Violent clashes stem from broadcast of Prime Minister's shocking admission LONDON - As they strolled through central Budapest yesterday morning, many Hungarians saw things that brought them back to the bad days ...


TRW Automotive Holdings  is thinking about making a bid for the automotive engineering unit of Germany's Siemens, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing three people involved in the bidding process.


Christian Laettner wanted to play close to his home and for a winning team. The Miami Heat was an obvious choice, even before they traded for Shaquille O'Neal.


NEW YORK - A disappointing retail sales report and the threat of oil prices reaching $53 per barrel sent stocks lower Thursday in early trading.    A lack of consumer confidence and rising gasoline prices were blamed for slow retail sales in September, usually a robust month for shoppers...


Canadian journalist says "Knocked Up" a knock-off

A Canadian journalist is suing the director and the studio of the new hit comedy "Knocked Up," arguing that she's the rightful parent of the tale behind the movie.


On the cross rates it was at 60.1 euro cents, 81.29 Japanese yen, 42.17 pence sterling, and 1.105 New Zealand dollars. On Wall Street stocks have jumped on news of a merger between retailers Kmart and Sears


Iranians go to polls in test for Ahmadinejad

Iranians started voting on Friday for local councils and a powerful clerical body in the first electoral test for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his allies since he swept to office in 2005.


Surface computers: debunking Microsoft and Han

More on the 3D, tabletop UI Letters My recent article 'Why Microsoft innovation is only Surface deep' prompted a number of Reg readers to pick up their keyboards in anger. I had anticipated knee-jerk claims of gratuitous "MS bashing", but these aside, the feedback has mostly been supportive.â¦


Il legale dei Mattei chiede procedimento penale


People are warned to stay indoors after a large fire breaks out at a chemical works in Crewe.


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U.S. Panel to Investigate Samsung-Sharp Dispute

The U.S. International Trade Commission said it agreed to Samsungâs request to investigate Sharp for allegedly infringing liquid crystal display patents.


Fatah, Hamas say new deal reached to stop Gaza fight

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said a deal was reached between his Fatah faction and Hamas to halt fierce clashes in the Gaza Strip in which six fighters were killed on Tuesday.


The baseball Doug Mientkiewicz caught for the out that ended the Boston Red Sox 86-year championship drought is going back to the team — for one year, anyway.


NEW YORK  Â The striking writers union told member Jay Leno on Thursday that he violated its rules by penning and delivering punch lines in his first "Tonight Show" monologue in two months on NBC the night before.


Proposal would cut spotted owl's habitat

The Bush administration proposes cutting 1.5 million acres from Northwest forests considered critical to the survival of the northern spotted owl.


Police prepare to carry out a post-mortem on a man who died following a "disturbance" at a Butlins resort.


POLITICS:  U.S. Viewed as Turkey's "Greatest Threat"

WASHINGTON, Sep 7 (IPS) - Nearly two-thirds of the Turkish public named the  United States as their country's greatest future threat, a  recent Pew Global Attitudes Project survey has revealed -- the  highest percentage of any Middle Eastern or Islamic country  polled.


LONDON: Teenagers and young men should keep their laptops off their laps because they could damage fertility, an expert says. Laptops, which reach high internal operating temperatures, can heat up the scrotum


The second Iraq war, between coalition forces and insurgents, is now under way in what has become the "crucible" of the global war on terrorism, Tony Blair declared yesterday


Judge denies Hinckley longer stays at home

A federal judge Wednesday denied a request from presidential assailant John Hinckley Jr. to spend several days at a time away from a mental hospital.


The Police Service of Northern Ireland warns of an "increased terrorist threat" from dissident republicans.


A Moscow court on Monday sentenced a man convicted of 48 murders, which he recorded on a chessboard, to life imprisonment, ending one of Russia's worst serial killing cases.


Flintoff named as England's Ashes captain

Andrew Flintoff will captain England for the defence of the Ashes in Australia, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced when naming the squad.


An affiliate of private equity giant KKR delays repayments on debt related to the ailing US housing market.


Toronto All-Star forward Vince Carter has food poisoning and sat out Saturday night's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, further limiting the bickering and road-weary Raptors.


Misfiring record signing Andriy Shevchenko will remain in Chelsea's first team whatever happens said their manager Jose Mourinho.


'Cats aren't great now, but just wait until spring

then watch them grow. (The Wildcat Chia pet would make a great holiday gift, too. Operators standing by!). They're not great right now.


Electronic Data Systems Corp. EDS.N,  the world's second-largest technology services provider, on  Monday posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit thanks to  cost cutting, but revenue fell and it forecast 2005 earnings  would fall short of Wall Street estimates.


U.S. HIV Cases Soaring Among Black Women

In 2003, the rate of new AIDS cases for black women was 20 times that of white women and five times greater than the infection rate for Latinas, according to a CDC report.


Ernie Els displaced Tiger Woods as world number two after negotiating atrocious conditions to seal a one-shot win at the WGC event In Ireland.


Stocks were little changed on Thursday as higher crude oil prices lifted shares of energy companies, while a drop in the dollar to record lows fanned worries about inflation.


Blast in Gaza Home of Hamas Man Kills 4 - Medics

An explosion tore through the home of a senior Hamas militant in Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least four people and wounding him and about a dozen other Palestinians, medics said.


Calif. Fire Burns Lookout, Prompts Flight

A wildfire fueled by dry brush grew to nearly 30,000 acres Tuesday and prompted the voluntary evacuation of a remote community near Lake Berryessa in northern California.


Putin arrives in Portugal ahead of EU-Russia summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Lisbon on Thursday to meet Portuguese leaders ahead of an EU-Russia summit on Friday that is likely to be dominated by disagreements on trade and energy.


Metropolitan Opera productions set for live broadcast

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Not long after former Sony Classical   chief Peter Gelb was named the general manager of New York's   Metropolitan Opera, he hinted that the house was pursuing ways   to expand its audience.


What to do when Dad rolls his eyes at your financial choices.


GE profit up 9.6 percent, to exit subprime

General Electric Co.  reported a 9.6 percent rise in profit on Friday, with strength in the infrastructure and commercial finance businesses offsetting a decline at its health care business and a loss in subprime lending.


Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o encountered apparent racial abuse from opposition fans during his side's 2-1 victory over Getafe in Madrid on Saturday.


Cant you see youre beaten? Give up and go home for Christs sake, the old man shouts at the sour-faced men on a snowy embankment in central Kiev as they watch Ukraines revolution unfold in front of their ...


Militants say they killed Israeli settler

A Palestinian militant group said early Thursday it killed an 18-year-old Israeli settler kidnapped earlier in the West Bank.


A dishwasher-sized spacecraft on Europe's first mission to the moon was set to enter lunar orbit, a key milestone in its 13-month trip into space, the European Space Agency said Monday.


Ask Jeeves Inc. ASKJ.O posted  sharply higher quarterly profit and revenue on Thursday but its  shares fell almost 5 percent as its Web search business grew  slower than some analysts expected.


Yushchenko Was Poisoned; Ukraine Assesses Turmoil

Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was  poisoned by dioxin during Ukraine's presidential election  campaign, his Austrian doctors said on Saturday as the country  counted the cost of the turmoil generated by the rigged poll.


Roma, 29 dicembre 2004 - Sono 14 le vittime italiane del maremoto che ha colpito il Sud-Est asiatico. Lo ha confermato il ministro degli Esteri, Gianfranco Fini, nella conferenza stampa alla Farnesina. 11


Still reeling from the fallout of authorizing the Iraq war five years ago, congressional Democrats are determined to put themselves early on record as opposing military action in Iran.


Iran to dominate G8 foreign ministers' meeting

Foreign ministers from the Group of  Eight industrialized nations meet in Moscow on Thursday to  decide how best to nudge Iran to give a clear answer to  proposals aimed at ending the standoff over its nuclear plans.


Milano, 15:05 - CALCIO, INTER; MANCINI: C'E' MALAFEDE SU SQUADRA E ME

Dopo la sconfitta di Istanbul e il pareggio di Livorno, Mancini si lamenta per le critiche che gli s...


AC Milan beat Liverpool 2-1 with two goals from Filippo Inzaghi to win the European Cup for the seventh time on Wednesday and avenge their defeat on penalties by the English team in the final two years ago.


Nave crociera da 565 mln che ospitera' 3.652 passeggeri


Many diabetics risk health by not taking meds

About 21 percent of individuals  with diabetes do not regularly take their blood-sugar lowering,  blood-pressure lowering or cholesterol-lowering pills,  researchers found in study of 11,532 diabetes patients.


Gates: Secure data remains key challenge

Keeping information secure in this age of laptop-lugging workers is the tech industry's most formidable challenge, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Tuesday.


Jansons becomes chief conductor of Dutch Royal Concertgebouworchestra

Latvian Mariss Jansons gave his inaugural concert as the new chief conductor of the Dutch Royal Concertgebouworchestra (RCO), following in the footsteps of Riccardo Chailly, who had led the RCO for 15 years.


A pardon was an "inadequate remedy" for a man wrongly hanged for murdering his baby daughter, the High Court is told.


Il direttore generale Lombardini: si' ma senza follie


Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign slogan is "Ready for Change, Ready to Lead" yet she has adopted the time-honored, front-runner strategy of dodging tough questions, contradicting the image of a strong leader.


Scientists refute a longstanding theory of how HIV slowly depletes the body's capacity to fight infection.


Barcelona trying to stop Eto'o playing for Cameroon

Spanish league giants Barcelona are trying to stop star striker Samuel Eto'o, currently out injured, playing for Cameroon in the African Nations Cup finals at the end of January 2008 in Ghana.


TRADE-EUROPE:    EPAs will destroy African economies -- German NGOs

BERLIN, Oct 29  (IPS) - The economic partnership agreements (EPAs),  proposed by the European Union (EU) to African, Caribbean and  Pacific (ACP) countries, constitute a ââneo-colonial instrumentââ  which will destroy the economic and social basis in African  states, according to some German non-governmental organisations.


McKenzie: I've got a news flash for both sides

We've heard from the NHL and the NHLPA, so now let's get a broader perspective. What we are going to see in the next little while is an increase in the rhetoric, which will get cranked up to an unbelieveable level.


Decline in Retail Prices Offers Grace Note to Fed

Consumer prices fell 0.1 percent in August as energy costs fell, keeping pace with the yearâs slowdown in inflation and offering some comfort to Fed officials after yesterdayâs half-point rate cut.


US Roman Catholic bishops elect a new president, whose diocese is mired in child abuse claims.


Conference USA officials said Sunday they were investigating what happened after top-ranked Memphis' 79-78 victory over UAB in Birmingham, where the Tigers were showered with debris after avoiding an upset.


Rugby-Dallaglio calls time on international career

"I have decided to announce my decision to retire from international rugby with England with immediate effect," he told a news conference at Twickenham on Tuesday.


Polishing Up Her Songs and a Few Good Lines

Part of the fun at Nellie McKay's show in the Delacorte Theater in Central Park was hearing her bump up against the limitations of her own act.


At least 10 killed in kerosene explosions in southern Nigeria

At least 10 people were killed and dozens sustained burns in Nigeria's southern Delta state after adulterated kerosone they were using in their stoves exploded, police said Monday.


A new convention to protect the rights of the world's 650m disabled people is agreed at the UN in New York.


An Internet phenomenon is exposed, and I'm not talking about Lonelygirl15.


UN troops free to leave, says Ivory Coast leader

United Nations troops are free to leave   Ivory Coast if they want to, President Laurent Gbagbo said in   an interview published on Tuesday, adding he was drafting an   alternative to a U.N. peace plan for his divided country.


Microsoft, Polycom team on collaboration products

Microsoft Corp. and Polycom Inc. have struck a multi-year agreement to link Microsoft's Office Live Communications Server with Polycom's conferencing products, the companies plan to announce Tuesday.


Zimbabwe debates nationalization, Mugabe future

Zimbabwe's parliament opens a new session this week to debate radical plans to nationalize foreign firms and a law empowering the house to name President Robert Mugabe's likely successor without a national vote.


As Paul Tracy drove across the light rail tracks on Market Street at 160 mph Friday, the only sound was the roar of his 750-horsepower Cosworth engine.


House Republicans pushed through legislation Tuesday aimed at reducing frivolous lawsuits.


Pm Spataro non condivide ma manifesta solidarieta'


Application delivery to define future IT The ability to deliver usable applications to employees anywhere they happen to be will define the future of IT says Mark Templeton, chief executive officer of infrastructure software specialist Citrix.â¦


Lower-fat diet cuts breast cancer recurrence: study

Breast cancer is less likely to return in patients who stick to a low-fat diet, according to a study released on Saturday.


BlackBerry squeezes MS on security, management, and control

The benefits of maturity? Poll results Mobile email is a hot topic on enterprise agendas at the moment, with many already investing in this area or planning to invest, as we have previously seen.â¦


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European stock markets cheer company results

European stock markets edged ahead in early deals, recovering some of the previous day's losses as strong company results on both sides of the Atlantic helped boost sentiment.


eBay to Drop Support for Microsoft's Passport

Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday that eBay Inc. will soon drop support for its Passport service, originally intended to make the world's biggest software maker the gatekeeper of Web identities.


Lleyton Hewitt has always been his own man. While the rest of the world has spent the summer glued to the Olympics, Australia's little firebrand has had but one thought in mind - the US Open.


OSHA Investigating Employee's Loss of Hand at Husqvarna

By The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S.C.  Dec. 14--The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation  office of Occupational Safety and Health Act is investigating an industrial  accident that occurred at the Husqvarna Outdoor Products' facility outside  Orangeburg.


Update 2: General Mills to Make Cereals Whole Grain

The Trix Rabbit and that Lucky Charms leprechaun are going on a whole-grain diet. General Mills announced Thursday that it will convert all of its breakfast cereals to whole grain.


House panel OKs FDA bill without drug ad ban

Legislation meant to improve the  government's drug safety oversight cleared a U.S. House of  Representatives subcommittee on Tuesday without a controversial  limit on television advertisements.


R&B singer Usher leads the race for the Billboard awards with nominations in 13 categories.


The man who created the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync agreed to be returned to the United States from Guam to face a federal bankruptcy charge, officials said Monday.


Sharpshot Smith targets Champions League

Alan Smith showed Manchester United fans his goalscoring ability with a stunning volley on his home debut and now has his sights set on Champions League success.


After igniting a media firestorm by flashing her apparent lack of underwear to the paparazzi, Britney Spears is finally talking. "It's been so long since I've been out on the town with friends," the singer writes in a posting Thursday on her Web site.


Prostate Cancer Treatment Poses Bone Risk -Study

PROVIDENCE, R.I.  - An increasingly popular  prostate cancer treatment also makes bones brittle and may be  responsible for over 3,000 fractures each year in the United  States, researchers reported on Wednesday.


Rabanne calls Galliano, McQueen "fashion hooligans"

Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne has criticized John Galliano and Alexander McQueen, calling them "fashion hooligans" whose provocative designs had chased people away from Paris fashion.


Should the Fat Lady Diet Before She Sings?

Vocal beauty has always mattered in opera. Now physical beauty matters, too.


Gaza Struggles as the West Presses Hamas

In the month since Hamas took over Gaza, the 1.5 million Palestinians there have become more cut off than ever.


The US remains the world's leading producer of junk e-mail, according to security firm Sophos. The US is the source of 42 percent of spam, easily outstripping South Korea, which, with 13 percent


At the last day of the Web 2.0 Summit, attendees learned that having their genome mapped will set them back US$300,000 and that Google Inc.'s founders really stress over the prevention and extermination of evil.


Never has he known the reward to be anywhere but beneath the surface, reachable only with a relentless commitment. Always has Benn Ferriero pushed forward with the simplest of beliefs.


Jokes in short supply as talk show hosts return

The storied rivalry between Jay Leno and David Letterman takes a new twist on Wednesday when the two stars of U.S. late-night television return to the air two months into a bitter strike by TV and film writers.


Arsenal sub Nicklas Bendtner heads the winner against derby rivals Spurs to keep them top of the Premier League.


***** WNBA Playoff Game Capsules - Friday, October 1st *****

Final Score: Connecticut 61, New York 51 New York, NY (Sports Network) - Nykesha Sales scored 15 points to lead Connecticut to a 61-51 win over New York in Game 1 of their best-of-three Eastern Conference Finals series at Madison Square Garden.


Indian Affairs minister tells skeptical native leaders better times are ahead

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. (CP) - Canada's latest Indian Affairs minister - the seventh in the past 15 years - got a rough reception Wednesday at a meeting of B.C. aboriginal leaders, despite his assertion that aboriginal people are high on the Liberal government's agenda.


afrol News, 9 September - US Secretary of State Colin Powell today made a statement saying his government had reached "the conclusion that genocide has occurred and may still be occurring in Darfur.


Alka Film Corporation's Saadhu MirandaÂ directed by Siddique is a surprisingly good crime thriller flick -- if you can ignore the slapstick.


Experts Call for Team Approach to Prostate Cancer

Doctors need to develop a more organized team approach to prostate cancer, with a clear outline on how to screen for the disease and to


Bush Taps Mehlman to Lead Republican Party

President Bush on Monday tapped the manager of his reelection campaign, Ken Mehlman, to head the Republican Party. Mehlman, a protege of chief White House strategist Karl Rove, is Bush's pick


By staff writers and wires. THE nationn's biggest telco, Telstra Corp, is offering shareholders up to $4.65 per share in a off-market buyback worth $750 million.


Sisters of Mercy launches $226 million technology upgrade

Sisters of Mercy Health System is putting money and people on a project to improve patient care through information technology. The St.


Urinary Incontinence Can Run in the Family

NEW YORK  - The risk of urinary  incontinence appears to be one of the things mothers can pass  on to their daughters, according to new findings released  Friday.


ALH at the vanguard of retail space race

Dominance of Australia's retail wine market, and the high margins on offer, is just one issue at the core of the battle for ALH.


In a Down Market, Head Toward Value Funds

There is little cause for celebration in the stock market these days, but investors in value-focused mutual funds have reason to feel a bit smug -- if only because they've lost less than the folks who stuck with growth.


Energy Star 4.0 badges for new launches Dell, the green movement's most recent recruit, is trumpeting yet another be-kind-to-the-environment initiative. This time it's mobile workstations and notebooks that have been greenwashed, with the firm's latest launches, the Dell D430 Notebook and the Dell Precision M4300 mobile workstation earning the Environmental Protection Agency's newest Energy Star 4.0 badge.â¦


X Prize Launch Set For Wednesday At Mojave; Canadians On Hold

Following its successful test flight in June, the American Mojave Aerospace team, led by Burt Rutan and backed by Paul Allen, plans to launch its first official flight in pursuit of the $10 million Ansari X Prize on Wednesday.


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Deadly Hurricane Ivan Pounds Jamaica, Could Strengthen

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, Sept 11  - Walls of waves crashed into seaside towns as deadly Hurricane Ivan lashed Jamaica with winds of 240 kilometers (150 miles) per hour Saturday and threatened to grow stronger, with millions more people in its projected


Analyst says new Air Canada a good short-term buy, but be careful

MONTREAL (CP) - Air Canada shares go back up on the board of the Toronto Stock Exchange on Monday, as investors wonder if the airline will do any better than during its first 16 tumultuous years as a private-sector corporation.


Rockets beat sloppy Cavs, but lose T-Mac

LeBron James watched another open shot clang off the rim, then screamed as he turned and trotted down the court. It was that kind of night for the Cleveland Cavaliers — so bad, it almost ended up in the record books.


Watch Strangers to relish the independent update on a revered classic.


Koenigssee, 13:19 - SLITTINO, CDM UOMINI: OBERSTOLZ-GRUBER TERZI IN GERMANIA

Christian Oberstolz e Patrick Gruber sono giunti terzi a Koenigssee, in Germania, nel quinto appunta...


Domenica prossima scontro diretto, Genoa-Napoli a Marassi


Dolphins' Bowens to Miss Opener Vs. Titans

Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Tim Bowens will miss Sunday's opener against Tennessee because of a back injury.


Mets 4, Giants 2: HernÃ¡ndez Fools Giants, but Mets Lose BeltrÃ¡n

Orlando HernÃ¡ndezâs curveball kept the Giants at bay, but Carlos BeltrÃ¡n left the game after the first inning with a bruised right knee.


New Delhi and Islamabad met Monday on a variety of issues including a proposed pipeline to transfer gas from Iran to India through Pakistan.


Milano, 17:16 - CALCIO, MILAN: DIDA A CASA, OTTIMISMO PER KALAC E TORNA PATO

Tra i convocati del Milan per la partita di Champions League con l'Arsenal non c'è Nelson Did...


Bob Dylan was awarded Spain's Prince of Asturias arts award, one of the country's most prestigious honors, Wednesday.


The number of people filing first-time claims for U.S. jobless insurance fell 37,000 last week despite continued elevated applications in Southeast states struck by a rash of hurricanes, the government said on Thursday.


Opera Intros New Version of Mini Web Browser

Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox might vie for dominion in desktop browsing, but Opera, makers of an eponymous browser that comes in desktop, smartphone, and cell phone versions, wants to control the mobile space.


Fuel truck blows up at Iraqi army base: police

A fuel truck blew up at an Iraqi army base in Miqdadiya, 90 km (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad, on Wednesday in what police said was a suspected suicide attack that may have caused many casualties.


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Bush: Â«In Iraq la violenza puÃ² aumentareÂ»

WASHINGTON - George W. Bush ha detto di aspettarsi Â«un aumento della violenza in Iraq in vista delle elezioni programmate per il gennaio del prossimo annoÂ». Il presidente degli Stati Uniti ha parlato nella


Private sector added 130,000 jobs in Jan: report

U.S. private employers added 130,000 jobs in January, about three times the number that economists had been expecting, a report by a private employment service said on Wednesday.


Computer processor maker Advanced  Micro Devices Inc.  on Thursday warned that  second-quarter sales would miss expectations as price cuts by  rival Intel Corp.  on chips to power desktop PCs  hampered demand.


TSA buys millimeter wave technology to scan passengers in volume.


Immigration arrests more than 160 in Ohio

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said more than 160 employees were arrested at a Koch Foods Inc. chicken plant in Fairfield, Ohio, on Tuesday as part of a criminal operation against illegal immigrants employed at the plant.


After several missed calls by the line judge and chair umpire in Tuesday's Jennifer Capriati-Serena Williams match that went against Williams, ESPN Research has compiled the top-10 controversies involving Serena and Venus Williams.


Japanâs most closely watched business sentiment barometer rose to its highest in 13 years in September but the outlook for the coming months dimmed, underscoring concern that the economic recovery is losing steam.


Study: The pill cuts risk of heart disease, cancer

PHILADELPHIA Remember that huge federal study that led (m) millions of post-menopausal women to stop using replacement hormone therapy?


Liza Minnelli in New York Hospital After Fall

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


Beijing - China said on Tuesday that North Korea maintains that six-nation talks on the dispute over its nuclear program are the best way to find a solution to the problem.


British police on Friday charged a first  suspect in connection with failed car bomb attacks in London  and Glasgow.


Oil giant BP reports increase in third-quarter production

LONDON  - BP PLC reported an 11 per cent increase in production for the third quarter Monday, which may help its profit results over the same period.


Opponent Calls for Musharraf to Quit at Once

Nawaz Sharif called for the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf amid strong indications that the government would postpone the elections set for Jan. 8.


U.S.: Korea Cloud Not From Nuclear Blast

SEOUL, South Korea - A huge mushroom cloud that reportedly billowed up from North Korea was not caused by a nuclear explosion, South Korean and U.S. officials said Sunday, but they said the cause was a mystery...