CHICAGO -- Look for Jason Varitek , the Red Sox' hottest hitter this month, to drop his appeal of the four-game suspension he received for the July 24 brawl with the Yankees within the next couple of days. The appeal is scheduled to be heard Thursday and Varitek wants to avoid missing any action the following week, when the Red ...


NASA starts countdown for space shuttle launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The countdown clock began ticking on Tuesday for the planned launch this week of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis, which will return the beleaguered shuttle program to space after a six-month hiatus.


President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow will acquire new nuclear weapon systems which other nuclear powers do not yet have and are unlikely to develop.


Key Camera Aboard Hubble Telescope Fails for 3rd Time: Scientists Say $86 Million System Will Not Be Restored to Full Capacity

By Dennis O'Brien, The Baltimore Sun  Jan. 30--A workhorse deep space camera on the Hubble Space Telescope has shut down for the third time in less than a year, and NASA scientists say that only a fraction of its capability will be restored.


Romney Supports  'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R), who once advocated allowing gays to serve openly in the military, said yesterday that he does not think the Pentagon should change its "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the midst of the Iraq war.


Biologists say grouse not a species in peril

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has recommended against listing the greater sage grouse as a threatened or endangered species, the agency announced Friday.


Processo Parmalat: Adusbef, "Valutare il ruolo della Consob

MILANO - Antonio Tanza, vicepresidente dell'associazione dei consumatori Adusbef e avvocato della stessa associazione nel processo Parmalat, ha dichiarato che sono 4300 i risparmiatori che si sono rivolti alla sua associazione per far valere i loro diritti


Convocata dal Tesoro, all'ordine del giorno crisi e mercati


A view from the trenches The money made from malware is eclipsing the revenue of anti-virus vendors, a leading net security vendor claims. Raimund Genes, CTO of anti-malware at Trend Micro, cites FBI figures that IT security problems cost the economy $62bn last year against IDC estimates that the anti-malware market was worth $26bn in 2005.â¦


UK's Brown to Provide $180 Mln for Debt Relief

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown pledged to spend 100 million pounds ($180 million) a year relieving the debts of 30 of the world's poorest nations, challenging the US to chip in as well.


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Mauritius sugar mill expands, despite European cuts

SAVANNAH, Mauritius  - Boiler-suited builders scramble along girders as a heavy crane lifts equipment for new construction at a sugar mill in Mauritius, even as the Indian Ocean island grapples with a sharp fall in sugar prices.


Palm to Sell Device That Wonât Fit in the Palm

The company reversed itself and said that it would begin selling a two-handed laptop-size machine called the Foleo.


Wildfire sweeps through wealthy enclave of Malibu

Powerful winds fanned a wildfire burning through the canyons of the seaside celebrity enclave of Malibu on Sunday, forcing hundreds of people to flee and destroying a handful of multimillion-dollar homes.


Train operator First Great Western comes bottom of a passenger satisfaction league table.


Update 2: European Central Bank Keeps Rates Steady

The European Central Bank left interest rates untouched Thursday, with bank president Jean-Claude Trichet saying Europe's modest recovery remains on track but will slow next year due to high oil prices.


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The politics behind Prashant's 'Indian Idol' win

When he decided to try his luck at the "Indian Idol" reality show, winner Prashant Tamang probably did not dream that he would make it to the top.


Emilio Ottolenghi cooptato nel consiglio d'amministrazione


ENCAMPMENT, Wyo. - Around 60 rotting wild game and domestic livestock carcasses were removed from an abandoned meat-processing plant and buried in the Saratoga landfill.


U.S. Military Prefers Indonesian Aid to Iraq War

U.S. military  crews are launching more than 100 helicopter flights a day from  the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln ferrying food, water  and medicine to tsunami victims, a task they say is far more  satisfactory than the Iraq war that seems only to


NEW YORK -- Back home in St. Petersburg (the cold version), her name is pronounced Kooz-NET-so-vuh. Tournament chairman Alan Schwartz didn't quite get all of it last night, but as long as the name is spelled correctly on the $1 million check, Svetlana Kuznetsova won't quibble.


American, Frenchman Share $1M Kluge Prize

An 80-year-old American historian, Jaroslav Pelikan, and a 91-year-old French philosopher, Paul Ricoeur, will share the $1 million Kluge prize, created last year to honor achievement in fields not covered by the Nobel prizes.


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.


Await results of probe into slaying of Lebanese PM before blaming Syria: EU

BRUSSELS, Belgium  - European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Tuesday he sees no immediate need to change EU relations with Syria over the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.


Clinton says would cede some presidential powers

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton accused President George W. Bush in an interview published on Tuesday of a "power grab" and said she would cede some executive powers if elected.


OpenWorld: Oracle to deliver VMware-ready software

SAN FRANCISCO - Oracle and VMwareÂ  are developing an easier way to install and configure Oracle's software, executives from the two companies said at the Oracle OpenWorld conference Thursday.ADVERTISEMENTSolaris 10(TM) OS: Position your business ten moves ahead.Solaris 10 OS has arrived and provides even more reasons for the world's most demanding businesses to operate on this, the leading UNIX platform. Like the fact you can run Linux and Solaris applications side-by-side and run the same OS on SPARC(R), AMD Opteron(TM), and Intel processor-based systems. Discover more reasons and how Solaris 10 OS can move your business ahead today.


Bush cites bin Laden tape as reason to push ahead with elections

CRAWFORD, Texas President Bush is pointing to Osama bin Laden's words as a reason to push ahead with elections next month in Iraq.


Canadians Buying More Liquor, Especially Foreign-Made Beer

Canadians are buying more alcohol, including wine and beer, though less and less of the beer is being sold by domestic producers such as Molson Inc.


President Bashar Assad won another seven years in office, getting 97 percent of the vote in a nationwide referendum on his leadership in which he was the only candidate, according to results announced Tuesday.


Bosnian FM resigns after criticism over war crimes

Bosnia's Foreign Minister Mladen Ivanic, a Serb, stepped down after international sanctions against the Bosnian Serbs for their alleged lack of cooperation in solving war crimes.


Nicky Anosike scores a career-high 20 points and second-ranked Tennessee physically dominates No. 22 Auburn in an 85-52 win.


US hopes to import 5.2 million flu shots

The US will import 5.2 million flu vaccine doses from Canada and Germany if plants there pass inspection, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson announced Thursday.


Three men have been cleared of blackmailing football agent Paul Stretford after it emerged he had misled the court. John Highland, Christopher Bacon and Anthony Bacon were on trial at Warrington Crown Court


Apple rolled out on Tuesday a new iPod that allows users to view and share photos, a dramatic expansion that takes the most popular digital music player squarely into the multimedia realm, while spurring its rivalry with Microsoft and others.


EU praises Coke offer to change contracts

BRUSSELS The European Commission said Monday that it would consult with retailers and other beverage companies over Coca-Cola's latest offer to change its sales practices, a move that brings the EU and the US soft drink maker a step closer to resolving a


'Nucleare Teheran? legittimo solo se per fini pacifici'


The bad news of Sunday at California will turn into good news Monday when the university announces that Golden Bear coach Jeff Tedford has agreed to a new five-year contract, a Pacific-10 Conference source said.


Londra, 13:38 - CALCIO, PORTAVOCE UE: PROGETTO FIFA '6+5' VIOLA DIRITTO COMUNITARIO

Il progetto di Joseph Blatter di limitare il numero di stranieri nei club potrebbe trovare un ostaco...


Partita l'operazione per la liberazione di tre ostaggi prigionieri della FarcIl presidente venezuelano garante. Ok dei ribelli senza richieste per i prigionieri politici                                          Colombia, al via il piano Emmanuel Chavez prova a liberare gli ostaggi                                                                                Il piano: aiuti umanitari in cambio di Clara Rojas, il suo bimbo e Consuelo GonzalesIl n.1 venezuelano punta alla leadership regionale. E chiama Oliver Stone per filmare l'evento


Two Portuguese families are moved from their homes in Armagh after an early morning attack.


Incontri con il clan e cocaina negli uffici del comando


She played her way into the US Open finals with a lollipop, side-armed serve. Three top-10 players -- Vera Zvonareva, Amelie Mauresmo and Jennifer Capriati -- couldn't take that club-level slicing


Panasonic raises the HD wireless connectivity issue

The big theme that's developing this year is high-definition connectivity. How will everything fit together in such a way that it's both convenient to the consumer and perpetually profitable for the various companies involved?


Sen. Barack Obama is expected to be endorsed Friday by the Service Employees International Union, one of the nation's most powerful, union officials have told The Associated Press


Newspaper polls in 10 countries show world opinion of United ...

The United States' reputation around the world is hurting, a series of co-ordinated polls published Friday from 10 countries, including Canada, indicated.


President Bush is pushing Congress to give him more authority to slice and dice the budget, an idea that's popular with conservatives who think the White House needs more muscle to restrict federal spending.


NEW ORLEANS -- Thousands of federal lawsuits claiming the drug Vioxx caused heart attacks and other conditions that killed or injured people cannot be pooled into one national class action, a judge ruled Wednesday.


French Court Confirms Diana Paparazzi Acquittal

Three photographers who took pictures of Britain's Princess Diana and her friend Dodi al Fayed on the night of their fatal 1997 car crash did not break French privacy laws, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.


BBC poll: Jinnah most influential leader in Asia

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's founder and a strong advocate of the two nation theory, Muhammad Ali Jinnah has been regarded as the most important and influential leader in South Asia, says a poll.


Progress Seen in Animal-To-Human Organ Transplants

Animal-to-human organ transplants could be at the dawn of a new era thanks to progress in overcoming rejection and the creation of transgenic pigs, an expert said Tuesday.


Possessed: Art and Life, Steeping in a Teapot

Fritz Haeg is selling his geodesic dome, but he's holding onto his teapot.


Defence chiefs will consider the case of an injured Sheffield soldier as they review compensation payouts.


Steve Wellman replaced Michael Galea in Horst Heese's 18-man squad for Bulgaria after the Birkirkara striker pulled out of the group with a knee injury.


Hewlett-Packard Co. could soon turn mobile phones into shopping advisors with a color-matching prototype technology it demonstrated on Wednesday.


Small-Scale Businesses Forestall a Green India

FARIDABAD, India -- Ashok Gupta's modest plastic-packaging factory is the oldest in town, and its age shows. The root of all his problems is electricity.


New Zealand Court Rejects Air NZ-Qantas Alliance

Qantas Airways Ltd.'s proposed alliance with Air New Zealand Ltd. was rejected by New Zealand's High Court, the latest blow in the carriers' two-year attempt to team up to cut costs


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Chinese state media on Sunday blasted a  Pentagon report on Beijing's defense plans as distorted and  insulting, and said the gap between wealthy countries' military  might and China's is growing, not shrinking.


Organizers of the biggest Fourth of July celebration outside the United States said they have canceled this year's ceremonies because of a shortfall of funding from American and Swiss sponsors.


Australia says it will not be cowed by terrorism, after a bomb at its embassy in Indonesia kills nine people.


Harry Potter fans eagerly await the midnight launch of the seventh and final book in the wizard series.


Lawmakers unveil election financing bill

As the cost of presidential campaigns moves toward the $1 billion mark, leading congressional advocates of tougher campaign finance laws want to reduce the influence of special interests by pumping more taxpayer money into the system.


Unfortunately, when we're talking about flu vaccinations and not Cabbage Patch dolls, the bottom line is very different for those most vulnerable to illness - the elderly and the very young.


Benedetto XVI, 'il mondo ne ha urgentemente bisogno'


Singapore's Non-Oil Exports Rise 17 Pct.

Singapore's key non-oil domestic exports rose by a surprisingly strong 16.9 percent in September from a year earlier, allaying fears of a slowdown that may hurt economic growth.


Russia's No. 2 cell phone provider slows down, but just a bit.


Antarctic ozone hole close to 2000 and 2003 records

The seasonal ozone hole over Antarctica is reaching a record size previously seen in 2000 and 2003, the World Meteorological Organisation has said.


The torrent of bullets that killed Benazir Bhutto cut short an epic life, one bathed in blood and awash with controversy.


Chinese people fitter, but youth getting fatter

Chinese people are slightly fitter than   they were five years ago, but the nation's youth are also   noticeably fatter and their eyesight is deteriorating, Chinese   officials said on Monday.


U.S. Health Insurance Costs Soar, Workers Hit

Health insurance premiums rose five  times faster than U.S. workers' salaries this year, according  to a survey released on Thursday that also showed slippage in  the percentage of American workers covered by employer health  plans.


Hitting the road was the perfect remedy for the Detroit Pistons. They are rediscovering their swagger with the playoffs a little more than a month away, and Chris Webber is rapidly developing into an offensive threat again.


Rats Can Tell Human Languages Apart, Study Shows

Rats can use the rhythm of human language to tell the difference between Dutch and Japanese, researchers in Spain reported Sunday.


Immigration Overhaul Bill Stalls in Senate

A tenuous compromise to overhaul the nation's immigration laws collapsed tonight when senators from both parties refused to cut off debate and move to a final vote, handing the unlikely alliance of Democratic leaders and President Bush a setback on a major domestic priority.


Fits, Starts and Painful Bumps for Carnival Center in Miami

Now beginning its second year, the $461 million complex, known as the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts, is in administrative upheaval and struggling financially.


There will be no unnecessary increases in the Northern Ireland rates, Finance Minister Ian Pearson says.


Still holding for UWB The Bluetooth special interest group (SIG) is prepared to embrace Wi-Fi as a high-speed connection option while it waits for Ultra Wide Band (UWB) to become available on phone handsets, according to presentations by SIG chair John Barr.â¦


The man accused of killing British tourist Peter Falconio is to stand trial for his murder, an Australian court has ruled.


A lawyer is to meet two of four Britons held in Guantanamo Bay - but will not be able to say anything about the visit.


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A long-awaited final report from the Food and Drug Administration concludes that foods from healthy cloned animals and their offspring are as safe as those from ordinary animals, effectively removing the last U.S. regulatory barrier to the marketing of meat and milk from cloned cattle, pigs and g...


WASHINGTON - Federal health officials are urging doctors to restrict flu shots to those patients at highest risk from influenza, an appeal for voluntary rationing after the nation's vaccine supply was abruptly cut in half.    British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, citing manufacturing problems at the Chiron Corp...


Crane accident injures 7 at NY skyscraper site

A crane dropped a container of debris from the 53rd floor of a signature skyscraper under construction a block from Times Square on Wednesday, injuring seven people, authorities said.


PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Golf finally joined other major sports Thursday when its leading organizations announced an anti-doping policy that will begin in 2008.


Britain calls for return to talks in troubled Lebanon

Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has expressed her support for Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora and called on Lebanon's feuding factions to return to dialogue.


Dona il fegato al padre per salvargli la vita

Palermo, 24 novembre 2004 - Dona metÃ  del fegato al padre malato per salvargli la vita. Ã la scelta coraggiosa fatta da un giovane palermitano, Vincenzo, 25 anni, studente all'ultimo anno di Medicina. L'operazione


Chicago manager Ozzie Guillen couldn't believe Javier Vazquez made it to the seventh inning. He even told him he was shocked.


Roma, 12:59 - CALCIO, ARBITRI DI B: LECCE-ASCOLI A RIZZOLI

Questi sono gli arbitri che dirigeranno le gare della quarta giornata del campionato di serie B in p...


Memory makers expect DDR3 demand to rise by year's end

Taiwanese DRAM makers forecast DDR3 will take a 30 percent share of the DRAM market by the fourth quarter of 2008.


A pedestrian dies after being knocked down by a car in the Shankill Road area of west Belfast.


LONDONâ OIL prices rebounded yesterday after falling sharply last week on receding supply worries, buoyed by jitters over this weekâs OPEC meeting and last weekendâs seizure of four flow stations in Rivers State, Nigeria by militant youths.


If Yasser Arafat had died at birth, a Palestinian state would today likely be living side by side with a Jewish state, in peace. The Palestinian state would be called Jordan, which claimed and governed the


New Drug Danger Revelations Point to Need for Reform, Critics Say

With yet more already-marketed medicines raising the ire of consumer advocates and regulators alike, momentum is building for reform of the governmentâs drug approval and monitoring procedures.


Cisco, Microsoft step up small-business push

Cisco Systems and Microsoft's partnership in the small and midsize business market is bearing fruit. On Monday, Cisco announced a new software product that will link its voice over Internet protocol products


Technology Links Lawmakers, Voters: ; Telephone Service Puts Thousands Together on a Call

By Sam Hananel  WASHINGTON - On a recent weeknight, Kansas Rep. Jerry Moran spoke to nearly 10,000 of his constituents at once - from the comfort of his Capitol Hill office.


Sun shines on interoperability progress with Microsoft

Microsoft and Sun have declared some progress in their efforts to achieve interoperability citing co-operation on web services standardisation and deployment of Windows on Sun systems.


Hollinger Shares Soar on Buyout Proposal

TORONTO - Shares of Hollinger Inc. soared Friday after embattled press baron Conrad Black announced plans to buy out other shareholders of the publicly traded Canadian company at the center of his business empire.


Officials find E. coli concerns in inspections

U.S. officials searching for the   source of an E. coli outbreak that may have killed three people   said on Friday they had found "situations of concern" at farms   and food processing plants in California but cleared spinach   grown elsewhere in the country.


Russia could quickly resume missile output: general

Russia is capable of quickly resuming  production of short and medium-range nuclear missiles, the  commander of Russia's rocket forces said on Friday.


ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - President Bush on Monday accused Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry of "shameless scare tactics" by suggesting that the president would jeopardize Social Security for older Americans and bring back the military draft for young people...


Stubborn Storm Hangs On in Busy Hurricane Season

Two storms have revived, with Hurricane Ivan lashing Louisiana again and Hurricane Jeanne appearing to head for, yes, Florida.


Selenium supplements linked to diabetes in U.S. study

People who take selenium supplements in the hope of preventing diabetes may actually worsen their odds, U.S. researchers said on Monday.


Dale Earnhardt Jr. pulled away from Jeff Gordon in a pair of overtime laps to win the NASCAR Nextel Cup race yesterday at Phoenix International Raceway, tightening the championship chase with two races to go.


China's wave of commodity buying fuelling cargo shipping prices

World freight shipping prices, particularly the cost of transporting dry raw materials, are steaming ahead at record levels, powered mainly by China's insatiable demand for bulk levels of imported commodities.


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Al termine di Juve-Cagliari il tecnico sardo Ballardini giustamente soddisfatto e orgoglioso: "Abbia...


South Africa: Thousands Set to Benefit From US Aids Initiative

The US embassy has revealed that more than US $72 million was spent on HIV/AIDS programmes in South Africa over the past five months.


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Turning off a gene that has been associated with Alzheimer's disease made mice smarter in the lab, researchers said on Sunday in a finding that lends new insight on learning and may lead to new drugs for memory problems.


Football Stiff-Arms 'Housewives' on Sunday

Even ABC's "Desperate Housewives" took a back seat Sunday to CBS' coverage of the AFC Championship bout that saw the New England Patriots clinch a slot in the Super Bowl after beating the Pittsburgh Steelers.


Dwain Chambers should not be allowed to represent Great Britain, says double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes.


Waging 'inner jihad' on an empty stomach

In the final days of Ramadan, a Muslim reporter grapples with the double standard for female pilgrims.


"Ocean's Thirteen" steals No. 1 spot at box office

The all-star caper film "Ocean's Thirteen" made off with $37.1 million in ticket sales during its opening weekend to steal the No. 1 spot at the North American box office, according to studio estimates on Sunday.


Soldier gets death for bid on Musharraf life

ISLAMABAD, DECEMBER 24: A military court had sentenced a soldier to death and sentenced another to 10 years in prison, for masterminding an assassination attempt on Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf last year, an Army spokesman said today.


U.S. Soldier Set to Plead Guilty in Abu Ghraib Case

A U.S. soldier said on Monday he  planned to plead guilty to some military charges brought  against him stemming from the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at the  Abu Ghraib jail.


RESIDENTS of a small Jewish settlement said yesterday they had reached a deal to move together to a village inside Israel. They are the first community to agree to be evacuated under the Government's Gaza withdrawal plan.


Las Vegas Adapts to Reap Chinese New Year Bounty

The 15-day celebration has become one of the cityâs most profitable events, drawing thousands of Asian and Asian-American visitors.


'The Aviator' Takes 11 Oscar Nominations

"The Aviator," Martin Scorsese's  film biography of Howard Hughes, received 11 Oscar nominations  on Tuesday, beating out Clint Eastwood's boxing tale "Million  Dollar Baby" and drama "Finding Neverland," which received  seven nominations each for the 77th annual Academy awards.


First US cargo planes arrive in Indonesian town

The first American military cargo planes brought supplies to this devastated town Friday, and a US carrier battle group was heading for Indonesia's Sumatra island to spearhead an unprecedented multinational military effort


Sweden's Soderling clinches first ATP Tour title

Swede Robin Soderling clinched the first ATP Tour title of his career when he tamed Belgium's Xavier Malisse 6-2 3-6 6-4 in the final of the Lyon Grand Prix on Sunday.


War-Torn Chechnya Prepares For Presidential Vote

Voters in Russia's breakaway region of Chechnya vote Sunday for a regional president to replace Akhmad Kadyrov, who was assassinated in a bomb attack last May.


The federal government's refusal to sign a non-aggression pact with Australia's Asian neighbours is causing tension ahead of Prime Minister John Howard's visit to the ASEAN leaders' summit in Laos, a newspaper report says.


Yahoo sends letter to shareholders over Microsoft bid

Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang cited the growing online advertising market and his company's position to take advantage of that growth as reasons for shareholders to reject Microsoft's acquisition bid, he said in a letter to shareholders Wednesday.The letter, the contents of which Yahoo made public Wednesday, stated that Microsoft's February 1, $44.5 billion unsolicited takeover offer was too low. Yang said that Yahoo is the most visited site in the United States, held the top position in online display advertising, and counted almost one out of two of the world's Internet users as its members. He also said Yahoo is the top mobile destination in the U.S.Yang did not cite sources for most of his claims. However, comScore Networks research from November 2007 confirmed Yahoo's online display advertising leadership, with almost 19 percent of the market.The online ad market is expected to grow from $45 billion last year to $75 billion in 2010, Yang said, and that Yahoo wanted "to take advantage of what we see as a unique window of time in the growth -- and evolution -- of this market to build market share and to create value for stockholders."The company plans to grow visits to its properties "by 15 percent per year over the next several years," although did not specify how. He also said that Yahoo's own search marketing system, Panama, along with two 2007 acquisitions -- Right Media and Blue Lithium -- would "complement and enhance Yahoo!'s existing capabilities and will make it easier for advertisers and online publishers to buy and sell advertising online."Both Yahoo and Microsoft have struggled to compete with Google's success in online advertising, specifically its paid search and Adwords programs. Based on the same comScore data, Microsoft captured only 6.7 percent of online display ads. That poor performance is seen as the main impetus behind its move for Yahoo.The letter made no mention of talks with News Corp. for some sort of share swap, intended either to offset Microsoft's interest or force the software company to boost its bid for Yahoo, as reported late Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal.


China's Hu visits Sudan, presses on Darfur

President Hu Jintao pledged a new  level of cooperation between Beijing and its third-largest  African trading partner at the start of the Chinese leader's  first visit to Sudan on Friday.


Tech Companies Join to Promote Green PCs

Intel and Google are heading a group comprised of both technology and environmental groups aimed at promoting energy efficient computing.


LINFEN, China _ Here in one of the world's most polluted cities, where coal dust blackens apples still on the branch, something new is in the air.  It's not the brown smoke chugging out of coke plants and iron smelters day and night. The stranger is talk of an ultimatum.


Forest Fires Damage Three Syrian Villages

Forest fires destroyed most of three villages near the Syrian-Turkish border, officials said, forcing 3,000 people to evacuate as Syrian and Turkish firefighters extinguished the blazes on Wednesday.


Efforts are continuing to secure the release of a County Armagh woman kidnapped in Afghanistan.


Intense clashes at Pakistani siege mosque

Heavy exchanges of fire erupted on Friday between Islamist militants holed up in a Pakistani mosque and security forces after the militants' leader said he and his hundreds of followers would rather die than surrender.


"Juno" unseats Keys from top of album chart

The soundtrack to "Juno" moves up  from No. 2 to No. 1, becoming the Rhino label's first  chart-topper on the Billboard 200.


Followers of Muqtada al Sadr, the radical cleric, began handing their weapons into police stations in the Iraqi capital yesterday and US forces suspended operations against their strongholds in Sadr City.


HP desktops will use vPro business bundle

A computer running the vPro bundle uses software and hardware -- including Intel's new "Conroe" Core 2 Duo processor -- to automate some aspects of IT management and network security.


Mentana lascia il Tg5. Arriva Carlo Rossella

Cambio al vertice del Tg5. Il direttore Enrico Mentana lascia il suo posto, che sarÃ  occupato da Carlo Rossella. Â«Questa sera termino il mio lavoro al Tg5, non l'ho detto a nessuno. Era giusto dirlo per


Residents of Samaritan House didn't know what to expect when the bearded, middle-aged man parked his sport utility vehicle in front of the downtown homeless shelter Christmas Eve.


Appellate Panel Rejects E.P.A. Emission Limits

By ruling against limits on mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants, the panel agreed with those who said the law required tighter, more expensive controls.


Lo share della fascia pomeridiana aumentato del 50%


Russia's top oil exporter YUKOS cut its crude output forecast for 2004 on Monday due to a tax dispute with the state, in a move analysts said was a sign that Russia's prolific oil growth was set to slow down.


Darfur Combatants Still Ignore Sudan Peace Pacts

Fighting is spreading in Sudan's Darfur region and may intensify in the short-run despite a landmark peace agreement between Khartoum and rebels in the south, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday.


After all the sound and fury about the initial public offering of on-line search kingpin Google Inc. - a decidedly bumpy process filled with gaffes, and accompanied by oceans of commentary â-nvestors are left with two major questions.


BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thai security officials say they are hunting a police officer suspected of shooting dead a British couple near the site made famous by the war movie "The Bridge on the River Kwai.


Lack of database trip-wires gives crooks an easy run

No alarm. No idea Leaked information from databases is becoming an increasingly serious concern, yet when it comes to plugging the wholes many organisations are running so many databases they hardly know where to start.â¦


Firefox-Google marriage on shaky ground?

AdBlock tryst threatens web browser wedlock Comment Yes, Firefox reached a major milestone this week, surpassing 400 million downloads worldwide. But that's just the good news. There's another story swirling around the famously open source web browser - and it's a little less sunny.â¦


Terrorist Networks Lure Young Moroccans to War in Far-Off Iraq

TETOUAN, Morocco -- In the Arab world, this hilly North African city is about as far as you can get from Iraq. But for many young men here, the call to join what they view as a holy war resonates loudly across the 3,000-mile divide.


British Airways, moving to avert a strike, sweetened its last offer to union leaders by promising a $1,831 lump sum Tuesday for not missing work.


Iraqi insurgents launch multiple attacks on police

BAGHDAD - Militants launched multiple attacks on Iraqi police north of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 19 officers and five others. In the most deadly assault, gunmen stormed a police station about 20 kilometres


Figuring out who's an ally in this complicated war on terror is tough. The Pentagon wants software that can make the call. In Danger Room.


The Conference Board's Index of Leading Economic Indicators ...

RISMedia, Oct. 22, 2004âThe Conference Board reports today that the Composite Index of Leading Economic Indicators declined 0.1% in September, following a 0.3% decline in August, and a 0.3% decline in July.


Osaka, 14:13 - ATLETICA, MONDIALI: MARTINEZ SESTA NELLA FINALE DEL TRIPLO

Sesto posto, con 14,71, per l'azzurra Magdalin Martinez nella finale del salto triplo femminile ai m...


Yahoo on Thursday plans to let visitors test-drive its new home page and My Yahoo personalization site in preparation for a full relaunch this fall.


Un centro di formazione per arginare concorrenza Asia


Shares of Shopping.com  jumped as much as 52 percent in their market debut on Tuesday after the company's initial public offering priced at the top of its expected range.


Brescia, 17:00 - CALCIO, BRESCIA; COSMI: LA JUVE SI FERMA CON ARMI IMPROPRIE

Scherza Serse Cosmi, allenatore del Brescia e prossimo avversario della Juventus. "Come si fermano D...


UK Poll Raises Question Mark Over Charles' Role

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


Three U.S. Marines Killed in Action South of Baghdad

Three U.S. Marines were killed in  action Monday south of Baghdad in the lawless area known as the  "triangle of death," the U.S. military said.


No Savior of League Lockout, Says 'Great One'

Wayne Gretzky is an ice hockey god to millions of Canadians but even the "Great One" is unable to offer a solution to the labor dispute now threatening to wipe out the entire NHL season.


Dutch debate a 'values' divide after slaying

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS The murder of a controversial Dutch filmmaker has reenergized an uncomfortable debate over Europe's relationship with its growing Muslim minority.


Protesters Denounce APEC Summit in Chile

A cloud of tear gas surrounds a demonstrator during clashes with Chilean police as protesters stage a rally against the upcoming APEC summit in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Nov. 19, 2004.


For a trio of a new reality shows obsessed with money--The Rebel   Billionaire, $25 Million Dollar Hoax [sic] and Life of   Luxury--the results were pretty chintzy.


Man Utd's Van Nistelrooy: Injury just a knock

Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy has played down the injury he received playing for Holland on Wednesday night. Van Nistelrooy hobbled off with a hip problem as the Dutch beat Andorra 3-0.


NEW YORK (Billboard) - A summer tour reuniting Van Halen with the band's former lead singer, David Lee Roth, has been confirmed by the band's publicist.


Giants Edge Cowboys, Break Losing Streak

Tiki Barber became the New York Giants' all-time leading rusher and capped his achievement with a winning flair. Barber capped a record-setting Sunday night by scoring on a 3-yard run with 11 seconds to play, leading the Giants to a 28-24 victory over the Dallas Cowboys in a wild finale to the NFL regular season.


Barcelona beat Levski Sofia to keep alive their hopes of progress.


TV Review: When a Legal Superstar Changes Sides

ÂShark,Â a new drama on CBS, doesnÂt follow the usual stern and self-righteous prosecutor model. Sebastian Stark, played be James Woods, is ruthless, glib and sleazy.


Loyalist Michael Stone claims his incursion on Stormont was performance art and his weapons were not viable.


Citibank eyes stake in Kuwait's Gulf Bank: paper

Citibank  has made offers to shareholders in Gulf Bank  to buy a significant stake in the Kuwaiti lender, a newspaper said on Saturday.


Although virtually unknown in the U.S., Lenovo - in talks to buy I.B.M.'s personal computer business - is China's largest PC maker and the world's fastest growing one.


Living Amid Suburban Sprawl Could be Bad for Your Health

SANTA MONICA - People who live in suburbia tend to have more chronic health problems than urbanites, according to a study issued today by a Santa Monica-based think tank.


"On a less encouraging note, none of us earlier this year appreciated the extent of Iranian involvement in Iraq, something about which we and Iraq's leaders all now have greater concern. . . . It is increasingly apparent to both coalition and Iraqi leaders that Iran, through the use of this Quds...


Democrat Obama raises $32 million in January

Barack Obama raised $32 million for his Democratic presidential nominating campaign in January, a huge haul that aides said will give him the ability to compete in a potentially long and costly race.


Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme says cycling needs a "revolution" to solve its problems after the latest drugs scandal.


Shareholders Approve Mercâs Buyout of CBOT

The Chicago Board of Trade got the final approval from shareholders to merge with the Merc in an $11.9 billion deal.


Federal records suggest that China is not the only country that has problems with its exports.


US real estate investors are heading south of the border, putting their money in an array of projects and properties they believe will generate attractive returns from Mexico's growing economy.


Militants block 90,000 bpd oil in Nigeria

PORT HARCOURT - Hundreds of unarmed Nigerian villagers, including women and children, seized three oil platforms operated by multinational oil companies yesterday, shutting 90,000 barrels per day of production in a dispute over jobs.


Supreme Court term gets off to fast start

The justices are set to hear a number of big cases, and their docket may also include any election disputes.


US State Government Agency Chooses Software AG's Event Replicator for Adabas

DARMSTADT, Germany, June 18  /PRNewswire/ -- Software AG, a global leader in business infrastructure software, today announced that the Washington State Department of Information Systems has chosen Software AG's Event Replicator for Adabas in support of the Labor and Industries agency (L&I).


Blair calls for long-term effort to overcome 'global catastrophe'

British Prime Minister Tony Blair called for a long-term effort from the international community to help overcome the tsunami tragedy in Asia which he said was a "global catastrophe".


EU threatens new fines against Microsoft

The European Union threatened Microsoft Corp. with new fines on Thursday, claiming the software giant had failed to live up to legal promises to provide competitors with updated, complete and reasonably priced information on work group servers.


An Alliance for the Scale to Battle a Common Foe

The fact that neither Kmart or Sears has faired well against Wal-Mart may leave some people wondering if the combined company can do any better.


At least 13 people are killed and scores more missing in landslides on the Indonesian island of Flores, officials say.


WASHINGTON -- The country's health czar resigned yesterday, warning of a potential global outbreak of the flu and health-related terror attacks.


CHAMONIX, France  - Bode Miller, beaten in the last two World Cup downhills he entered, assuaged his disappointment by winning the Chamonix super-combined on Sunday.


Ventura, Dodgers simply too tough for D-Backs

LOS ANGELES - The 98-pound weakling tried to kick a little sand in the face of the muscle-bound bullies atop the National League West here on Tuesday night.


A Hedge Fund Master Receives Unwanted Attention

na tough year on Wall Street, Israel A. Englander should be riding high. His $3.5 billion in hedge funds are up more than 8 percent - at a time when the stock market is barely up for the year.


Causes of Death Differ in Blacks and Whites in U.S.

In 2002, three of the ten leading causes of death differed between blacks and whites in the US, reflecting disparities in health care, according researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.


The Iraqi government, according to its spokesman this weekend, has a vested interest in a peaceful settlement in Najaf. The spokesman might easily have added that among those with a similar interest may now


Lo rende noto comunicato Commissione energia spagnola


Applied Industrial Technologies Inc. said it expects to report second-quarter profit within the middle of its previous guidance, and reaffirmed its earnings outlook for fiscal 2005.


NFL Wrap: Patriots Win Record 19th Straight

Tom Brady threw a pair of touchdown passes as the New England Patriots set a National Football League record for consecutive wins by downing the winless Miami Dolphins 24-10 in Foxboro on Sunday.


Blast Kills 15 Policemen in Northern Iraq

A suicide attacker detonated explosives packed into a vehicle in front of a police academy in northern Iraq Saturday as scores of recruits were leaving the compound


Financial News Web Site Remains Unruffled by Murdochâs Foray on Its Turf

After weathering the dot-com bubble and an attempt to sell the company, TheStreet.comâs slow success has recently jump-started efforts to expand its content and ambitions.


Rags to Riches Loses in Return to Belmont Park

Learâs Princess overtook the Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches and pulled off an upset Saturday in the Gazelle Stakes at Belmont Park in New York.


PM says health talks merit three days, three weeks; Klein hints at no-show

OTTAWA (CP) - A scheduled three-day first ministers conference next month designed to reform the health system should continue "as long as it takes" to get a deal, Prime Minister Paul Martin said Thursday, even as one of the key premiers said he'll limit his participation to a single day.


Withdrawal of Vioxx leads to surge in suits

A month after Merck quit selling Vioxx in the face of new evidence that its blockbuster painkiller caused heart attacks, strokes and other serious ailments, the company and plaintiffsâ lawyers are scrambling to adjust to a surge in related lawsuits.


Olmert rejects appeal to stop Jerusalem excavation

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has rejected an appeal by his defense minister to halt excavation work near Jerusalem's most important holy site, the Haaretz daily newspaper reported on Thursday.


Occidental Reorganizes Oil/Gas Operations

Occidental Petroleum Corp. OXY.N on  Monday said it is dividing its oil and gas operations around  two regions -- the Western and Eastern hemispheres.


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For Boston Scientific, a potential threat

Boston Scientific Corp. could face tougher competition in markets for cardiac products if talks between two of its largest competitors lead to a merger, analysts and investors said.


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Bankrupt US Airways Group filed a court motion Friday evening seeking permission to make pay cuts totaling $38 million per month, saying that the move is necessary to preserve about 34,000 jobs.


Games-Two Koreas march as one in Doha opening ceremony

Athletes from North and South Korea marched as one into the dazzling opening ceremony of the 15th Asian Games on Friday, delivering another message of hope for the divided peninsula.


Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton labored to revitalize her restructured political operation Wednesday, testing a new line of criticism against presidential rival Sen. Barack Obama and voicing confidence in the face of challenging weeks ahead.


LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair has seen his ruling Labour Party slip to third place in a newspaper poll on the eve of its annual conference.


Nintendo's new portable DS a big change from Game Boy

Nintendo believes that when it comes to video games, your fingers want to touch as much as twitch and that two really is better than one.


The only surviving pair of endangered pygmy rabbits released as part of a program to increase their numbers in the wild have dodged coyotes, badgers, hawks and owls and found time for love.


Reggie Bush ran for 61 yards in his  NFL debut and John Carney booted four field goals as the New  Orleans Saints beat the Cleveland Browns 19-14 on Sunday.


NEW DELHI -- India chose its first female president yesterday in an election hailed as a victory for women in a country where gender discrimination is deep-rooted and widespread.


U.S. Forces Bomb Rebels in Iraq; Jordan King Has Doubts

U.S. warplanes struck a suspected  insurgent hideout in rebel-held Falluja on Tuesday and U.S.  tanks and aircraft bombarded areas of northeastern Baghdad,  stepping up military operations against guerrillas.


NEW YORK, October 27  - Analyst Jay H Gelb of Prudential Financial maintains his "underweight" rating on Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC.


Bush Tells Mubarak Will Work for Palestinian State

President Bush called Egypt's president  on Tuesday to underline his commitment in his second term to  working toward a Palestinian state, Egyptian state media said.


Heating-oil prices to stay hot for winter

Some suppliers are already charging 35 cents a gallon higher than 2003.


Volvo trucks third quarter profit up after Nissan Diesel takeover

Volvo, the world's number two heavy duty truck manufacturer, said Wednesday its third quarter profits had been boosted by a strong performance in Asia following its acquisition of Nissan Diesel.


Fort Worth, Texas-based, American Airlines says it will defer 54 of 56 Boeing aircraft scheduled for delivery between 2006 and 2010, American said Monday.


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In una gara valida per le qualificazioni ai Mondiali 2010, il BahraÃ¯n ha battuto l'Oman 1 a 0. La re...


Managerial Search Starts, Ever So Slowly

The Yankees began the process of replacing Joe Torre yesterday by contacting three candidates for the job.


As he prepared to announce his campaign  for the White House, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama took care of  some unfinished business at Harvard University -- paying about  $400 in parking fines dating back to his days as a law student.


Keep off the streets, British prostitutes urged

Police hunting a serial killer who is  murdering women at a rate unprecedented in British criminal  history urged prostitutes on Wednesday to stay off the streets.


Intelligence Bill Clears Senate as White House Reaches Out

An overwhelming majority of the Senate voted to pass the intelligence-overhaul bill late this afternoon, and the White House said President Bush was willing to work with


Roma, 22:19 - SOFTBALL, ITALIA VINCE EUROPEO

L'Italia ha battuto 9-3 l'Olanda nella finale di Amsterdam e ha conquistato il suo ottavo titolo eur...


"The allegations made by Mr Conte are extremely serious and the IOC is fully committed to bringing to light any elements that will help the truth prevail," the IOC said on its website on Tuesday.


CHELSEA striker Adrian Mutu has owned up to taking cocaine in an apparent attempt to escape a lengthy ban. The Romanian accepted a positive test for cocaine and declined a follow-up test, the head of the English


F1's Contract Recognition Board says Jenson Button must stay with BAR in 2005.


InfoWorld - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (Panasonic) is refreshing its Toughbook rugged laptop PC line and aiming for a big jump in international sales of the computers over the next three years.


New York (dpa) - Buoyed by a five-month high in consumer confidence, stocks rose Tuesday on Wall Street amid new signs of spreading optimism heading into the new year.


Apple's new iMac G5 desktop computer was clearly designed to send a message to the world's iPod fans: "If you think our music player is great, you should check out our computers."


China Bank to Buy $1 Billion Stake in Bear Stearns

Bear Stearns would also invest in the state-run Chinese investment bank, and the two would pool their Asian businesses outside China.


'Fockers' Beats Horror Flick at Box Office

The horror of meeting the in-laws beat out the fright flick at theaters this weekend. "Meet the Fockers" took in $28.5 million to remain the top movie for the third straight weekend, holding off the horror newcomer "White Noise," which debuted a strong No. 2 with $24 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.


Advanced camera shall survey no more Hubble's main camera, the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACFS), has shut down following an electrical failure.â¦


A candlelit service is to be held for family and friends of the murdered prostitutes in Suffolk.


Terremoti: Bertolaso, "Nessuna vittima italiana per il momento

ROMA - Non risultano vittime italiane per il momento nel Sudest asiatico, sconvolto da un violento terremoto e dai conseguenti maremoti. Lo riferisce il capo della Protezione Civile, Guido Bertolaso, che lancia


Major League Approves Baseball Channel for TV

Major League Baseball has approved  the creation of a national cable television channel devoted to  America's favorite pastime, but regular-season games may be  confined to the dugouts for the network's first year, a top  league official said on Friday.


Britney Spears should be allowed to see kids: poll

Despite Britney Spears' erratic behavior, most people think the troubled pop star should be allowed to see her two sons a few times a week under supervision while ex-husband Kevin Federline retains custody, according to an E-Poll/Reuters survey.


'Sixth Sense' star in hospital after crash

Actor Haley Joel Osment was hospitalized early Thursday after he apparently lost control of his car while heading to his Los Angeles area home, authorities said.


Tiger Woods cruises to a four-shot win at the Target World Challenge in California.


Japanese stocks opened lower on Friday following a tumble in U.S. shares and as cautious investors held back ahead of the release of key machinery orders data later in the day.


NASA Picks Science Team for Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission

BOULDER , Colo. -- NASA announced Wednesday the suite of US science investigators for its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) project, as well as a Russian scientist.


Looking to end the crisis in Darfur, France won agreement on Thursday from three involved African nations that they would not support armed rebel movements on each other's territories.


Britain Rocked by Pictures of Apparent Iraq Abuse

Britain's newspapers published pictures  on Wednesday of Iraqis apparently being abused by British  soldiers under "Shame" and "Shock" headlines, in echoes of the  Abu Ghraib scandal as a court martial rocked the country.


After topping off at $92.22 a barrel before the opening bell on bullish trading in the Asian and European markets, oil was at $91.28 in midday trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.


Fish during pregnancy may boost kids' IQ

Women who eat seafood while pregnant may be boosting their children's IQ in the process, according to new research published Friday in The Lancet. The results of the study were surprising, say the authors, and contradict American and British recommendations that pregnant women should limit seafood and fish consumption to avoid potentially high levels of mercury.


Microsoft Adversary Rises Instinctively at Yahoo Bid

Whatever the outcome of Microsoftâs bid for Yahoo, the move and Googleâs countermoves mark an escalation in the confrontation between the two companies.


Cile. Pinochet recupera dopo l'ictus: non e' in condizioni ...

Pinochet ha ripreso conoscenza a meno di 24 ore dall'ictus che ieri aveva imposto il suo ricovero d'urgenza. Lo stato di salute dell'ottantanovenne ex dittatore cileno, a quanto si apprende dall'Ospedale Militare


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Jonathan Zebina, al 36' del secondo tempo di Cagliari-Juve, si è reso protagonista di un brut...


Hispanic rights groups unite to fight voter discrimination

US civil rights groups expressed concern over alleged intimidation of Hispanic voters and said they will work to ensure their ballots are counted in the November 2 presidential election.


Apparently heeding to the Left parties' suggestion to wait for the outcome of the US presidential election which would have a sobering effect on international crude oil prices, petroleum minister Mani Shankar Aiyar told reporters in New Delhi "prices are


A mob torched a Kenyan church on Tuesday, killing about 30 villagers cowering inside, as the death toll from ethnic riots triggered by President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election approached 250.


It seems like only two months ago that Pamela Anderson was aglow with happiness over her quickie Las Vegas wedding to Rick Salomon.


SANGRADOURO INDIAN RESERVE, Brazil -- When the sun sinks behind the palm and mango trees, candlelight flickers throughout a tiny village of thatched huts where about 100 Xavante Indians live.


The vice chair of the Scottish Tories says some of his party's MSPs will back an independence referendum.


E' morto, all'etÃ  di 90 anni, il piÃ¹ famosto velista che l'Italia abbia mai avuto. Olimpionico classe Star a Helsinki 1952, comandÃ² anche l'Amerigo Vespucci. ROMA, 14 dicembre 2004 - Si Ã¨ spento martedÃ¬


The head of the Bush administration's global AIDS plan said he is taking steps that would permit the United States to give more money to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria this year than previously planned.


Bush, Kerry Spar Over Jobs, Health Care in Debate

In their third and final debate, President Bush attacked Democrat John Kerry as a "far left" senator who would raise taxes while Kerry took


Holiday largesse can help take sting out of estate taxes

The holiday season is a time of giving for love and friendship, but also because end-of-year tax planners encourage their clients to make deductible gifts to charities and personal gifts


Officials in Alsace have urged the French government to ban private neo-Nazi gatherings after a number of covertly organised skinhead celebrations were held in the region.


Variety - (Variety) — Veteran British screenwriter       Allan Scott has a beef about the credits for       Jean-Pierre Jeunet's WWI drama "A Very Long Engagement."


FBI warns of rise in phone-based 'vishing' attacks

With consumers finally getting wise to phishing attacks, scammers are hitting the phones.The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) warned Thursday that so-called "vishing" attacks are on the rise. These are scams where criminals send an e-mail or text message to a victim, saying there has been a security problem and the victim needs to call his or her bank to reactivate a credit or debit card."Upon calling the telephone number, the recipient is greeted with 'Welcome to the bank of ...' and then [is] requested to enter their card number in order to resolve a pending security issue," the IC3 said in its alert.In the past few years, inexpensive VoIP technology and open-source call-center software has made it inexpensive for scammers to set up phony call centers, paving the way for these new types of scams. Security experts say that vishing can be more effective than traditional phishing techniques -- which direct victims to fake Web sites -- because the voice-based attacks have not been as widely publicized.A new vishing scam involves sending text messages to cell phones, instructing victims to contact the fake online bank to renew their accounts, the IC3 said.Those who are unsure whether they have been targeted by this scam should look up the bank's phone number and call the bank directly, the IC3 advises.Operated in partnership with the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center, the IC3 is a clearing house for Internet crime complaints.


Santa Banned From Skydiving by Disneyland

Santa Claus can build toys, shimmy down a chimney and harness flying reindeer. But one thing he can't do any more is skydive near Disneyland.


A bunch of people think it's going to be a walkover, a blowout of mammoth proportions, a game during which the home team will be plucking students out of the stands to play by the third quarter.


The state's Animal Health Commissioner, George Teagarden, says the inconclusive test for Mad Cow Disease didn't come from Kansas.


Congressional leaders and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson are narrowing their differences in search of a bipartisan economic stimulus deal that could move swiftly through Congress.


Hoon declares "common approach" with Prague over EU

Britain and the Czech Republic share "a common approach" on how to proceed with the reform of the European Union, EU minister Geoff Hoon declared on Wednesday.


ome health issues are different when you see them up close. For Deb Hann, HIV/AIDS is one of them, and that prompted her to do something.


NAJAF, Iraq  - US marines and a radical Iraqi cleric are locked in a tense standoff after the firebrand leader refused to leave a holy shrine in Najaf despite earlier agreeing to disarm his militia and withdraw.


Grounded by bad weather, Hillary Rodham Clinton noshed on eggs at a diner and visited a Hispanic grocery Sunday while her advisers argued that Barack Obama had abandoned a commitment to accept public funding if he wins the Democratic presidential nomination.


Israel approves more Gaza operations, 4 killed

Israel's security cabinet on Wednesday agreed to press on with military raids and "targeted killings" in the Gaza Strip but had not ordered a large-scale assault in response to a wave of Palestinian rocket attacks.


Fujitsu to recall 287,000 Sony-made batteries

Japanese electronics maker Fujitsu Ltd.  (6702.T) said on Wednesday it would recall 287,000 notebook PC  batteries made by Sony Corp. (6758.T).


Chemo for leukemia doesn't harm brain development

NEW YORK  - Unlike cranial radiation,   chemotherapy for children with a certain type of leukemia does   not appear to have harmful long-term effects on intelligence,   even at high doses, a new study shows.


Sul Trattato, in serata, segnali di compromesso


Accepting the Liberty Medal for his humanitarian work in Africa, Bono exhorted Americans to keep working to solve the world's problems and spoke of those who are without freedom.


1. An arbitrator has ruled that Pacers forward Jermaine O'Neal's suspension should be cut from 25 games to 15, but upheld the bans on Ron Artest and two other Pacers.


Silence is golden for singer-songwriter Solis

MIAMI (Billboard) - It is hard to explain the measure of   Marco Antonio Solis' appeal.


Britain's former top Iraq expert at the United Nations said in previously secret testimony that most government officials did not believe Iraq posed a threat in the months leading to the U.S.-led invasion, according to a new report.


Australian current account deficit hits record

Australiaâs current account deficit widened to a record level in the third quarter, putting downward pressure on the nationâs fast-growing economy and sending the countryâs currency lower.


Monday night will mark the beginning of Europeâs space exploration, as a tiny spacecraft will start orbiting the moon. On Monday, SMART-1 (the acronym stands for Small Missions for Advanced Research and


U.N. agency pressures Ban on climate crisis summit

The U.N. environment agency pressed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday to call an emergency climate summit amid dire reports about the risks from global warming.


The Connecticut Huskies are making the most of an extended stay at home to start the season. A.J. Price scored 20 points, Hasheem Thabeet tied a Connecticut record with 10 blocked shots and the 20th-ranked Huskies blew out Texas Southern 106-55 Sunday to win their 26th straight home game.


A strong earthquake damages a nuclear power plant in Japan, reportedly causing a leak of radioactive material.


EUROPA/ITALIA - Dal 7 al 10 dicembre a Rimini 3.500 responsabili daranno vita alla 30a Conferenza degli Animatori del Rinnovamento nello Spirito (RnS) Rimini (Agenzia Fides) - Saranno oltre 3.500 i responsabili del Rinnovamento nello Spirito Santo(RnS) che si riuniranno alla Fiera di Rimini - da domani giovedÃ¬ 7 dicembre a domenica 10 - per la 30a Conferenza Animatori del movimento ecclesiale, sul ...


Officials investigate oyster virus outbreak

U.S. health regulators are investigating the illnesses of eight people from a virus linked to raw, frozen oysters imported from South Korea and served at an Oregon event, the Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday.


Iraqi Sadr Militia Maintain Control of Najaf Shrine, BBC Says

Supporters of Iraqi Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr remain in control of the Imam Ali mosque in the southern city of Najaf after 16 days of fighting with US-led forces, the British Broadcasting Corp.


[India News]: New Delhi, Oct 24 : Myanmar's military strongman Than Shwe arrived here Sunday on a six-day visit to India, a country that sees "strategic compulsions" in warming up to its eastern neighbour after years of alienation.


Ferrari Superamerica Il tempo si Ã¨ fermato

Come ai vecchi tempi la Ferrari torna al concetto di "Superamerica". Non una macchina normale, neanche una vetture speciale: un mondo a sÃ©. Fatto di esclusivitÃ , prestazioni inarrivabili e quel pizzico di


What  CNN chief news executive Eason Jordan said, or didn't say, in Davos, Switzerland, last month has become a burgeoning controversy among bloggers and media critics.


New marketing and technical resources will bolster Red Hat's effort to promote JBoss in corporations.


UPDATE 4-Fiery Shoaib takes 3-56 to keep Pakistan on top

Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar kept Australia on the back foot with a fiery performance as the home side battled to reach 203 for five by the close of the second day of the second test on Monday.


State Of The Art: Breaking the Myth of Megapixels

âThe more megapixels a camera has, the better the pictures,â is a big fat lie.


Samsung enhances Q1 Ultra UMPC performance

Premium model gets longer battery life too CES Samsung has upgraded its Q1 Ultra UMPC, adding 'Premium' to the machine's moniker and boosting the handheld's processing power and its battery capacity.â¦


STOCKS & BONDS Oil Prices and Growth Data Drag Share Prices Down

Stocks closed mostly lower yesterday as record oil prices and economic data showing slower-than-expected growth last month weighed on the markets.


D.Telekom Sees 20 Million U.S. Customers

Europe's biggest telephone carrier, Deutsche Telekom, aims to reach 20 million mobile phone customers in the United States next year and is mulling a new brand for business clients, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.


No one could rightfully call âMeet the Fockersâ a work of genius, but this hilarious sequel to âMeet the Parentsâ does pull off a stroke of genius.


Chad PM dies in Paris from brain haemorrhage

N'DJAMENA  - Chad's Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji died from a brain haemorrhage in Paris on Friday after he was flown there for urgent treatment following a heart attack. He was 56.


An independent candidate is shot dead in Istanbul ahead of Sunday's election in Turkey.


Germany suggests EU launch talks on treaty without Polish assent

BRUSSELS -- Germany, which holds the EU presidency, proposed yesterday that negotiations be launched on a treaty to reform European Union institutions without Poland's assent unless Warsaw accepted a compromise deal.


Skype has launched a package for small businesses that bundles up the company's software with call credits and subscriptions for multiple users.


TiVo's Series 3 digital video recorder has become an almost required device for any high-definition aficionado, and it's far and away the best DVR on the market. But a $799 USD price tag has kept the S3 confined to a relative small number of homes. TiVo hopes to change that with the Series 3 "Lite," priced at $299 USD.


No charges for Barrymore over death in pool

Former TV entertainer Michael Barrymore will face no charges over the death of a man found dead in his swimming pool in 2001, the Essex Crown Prosecution Service said on Monday.


Roma, 17:11 - CALCIO, PANDEV: LAZIO PUNTO DI ARRIVO

Goran Pandev non intende lasciare la Lazio. "Rientrando a Roma mi hanno detto che avrei parlato di o...


60-dollar oil could hurt Asia's confidence: economists

As oil prices keep setting new record highs, there are growing concerns that Asia's energy-hungry economies can no longer continue absorbing the impact with crude creeping toward 60 dollars a barrel.


Pledging to "fight a smarter, more effective war on terror," Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry told a group of the nation's military veterans in Cincinnati today that the United States must begin shifting more of the ...


Powell Touring Stricken Region to Show Support

The international relief effort kicked into gear as the secretary of state arrived in Bangkok with Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida.


Cheney's Influence Lessens in Second Term

Mistrustful of North Korea and its willingness to keep promises, Vice President Cheney worked hard in President Bush's first term to prevent talks aimed at halting that country's push to develop a nuclear bomb. At one point three years ago, he even bypassed the State Department to intervene in...


Iraq's security forces will not be able to take over from US troops within the next 18 months, a new report finds.


Assessore Croci:nessuna congestione,traffico ridotto del 31%


Brokerage Bear Stearns Companies  BSC.N on Wednesday said quarterly profit fell 10 percent hurt  by lower investment banking revenue and higher expenses.


Losing ten players usually means a rebuilding year. Not at Murray State. Despite the loss, the Racers were picked as the pre-season favorite to win the Ohio Valley Conference.


Leopard Shark Poachers to Pay to Restore Habitat

By Megha Satyanarayana  MONTEREY -- To right the wrongs of one of the largest poaching stings in Northern California, the native habitat of   465 illegally sold leopard sharks will be restored by fines totaling nearly $1 million, federal prosecutors said Monday.


Pfizer Links Bextra, Some Heart Problems

Pfizer Inc. PFE.N on Friday said two  small clinical trials showed heart bypass surgery patients  taking Bextra, an anti-inflammatory in the same class as the  recently withdrawn drug Vioxx, had an increased risk of stroke  and heart attack.


AT&T Works to Fix iPhone Activation Woes

SAN FRANCISCO -- While blogs continue to simmer with complaints from people who waited months to buy an iPhone and now are experiencing problems activating it, AT&T Inc. said Sunday that the situation has improved.


Fujimori to be extradited to Peru to face charges

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori lost his fight on Friday to avoid extradition from Chile and was to be taken to Lima to face charges of human rights abuse and corruption dating from his 1990-2000 rule.


England's dream of glory ends in brave defeat as New Zealand claim a third successive Women's Rugby World Cup.


Clooney books two crime projects for 2008

LOS ANGELES  - George Clooney has signed on to two high-profile projects with Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Independent Pictures.


Nikkei rebounds, Softbank and small caps rise

The Nikkei rose 1.14 percent on Wednesday as Softbank Corp.  and Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.  rebounded after recent drops.


MBIA expects positive outcome of Moody's review

MBIA Inc Chief Financial Officer C. Edward Chaplin said on Thursday the bond insurer would continue to work with Moody's Investors Service to keep its credit rating at "triple A" and believes the outcome of a Moody's review will be "affirmative."


Four top tips I was talking with a fellow IT professional recently who was saying that you should "program simply" but "design with complexity". I do understand the point that he was trying to make - that is, during the design stage take into account the problems in your domain so that these have been worked out as much as possible before the coding starts.â¦


Japan's Fukuda Selected as Prime Minister

TOKYO, Sept. 23 -- Desperate for competence, Japan's troubled ruling party on Sunday chose as its leader an admittedly un-charismatic party elder known for his dovish foreign policy and quiet political know-how.


Labor Memo Suggests Bush to Win Election

Labor Department staff, analyzing statistics from private economists, report in an internal memo that President Bush is likely to do "much better" in Tuesday's election than the polls are predicting.


Judge Challenges EU Position on Microsoft

A top European Union judge  challenged the EU executive's reasoning in its antitrust court  battle with Microsoft Corp. Friday, questioning why it opposed  the U.S. software giant's setting industry standards.


Medico smascherato da 'Striscia', indagato

BOLOGNA, 19 OTTOBRE - 'Striscia la notizia' mette a segno un nuovo colpo. In seguito alla denuncia fatta dalla trasmissione televisiva di Canale 5, ieri i Nas di Bologna hanno perquisito l'abitazione e gli


How does Netflix feel about the competition?


Roland Thatcher closed with three straight birdies for a 4-under-par 68 Saturday and a one-stroke lead over fellow rookie Vaughn Taylor after three rounds of the Reno-Tahoe Open.


Indonesia police identify embassy attacker

Indonesian police on Friday identified the man they suspect was the suicide bomber in an attack on the Australian Embassy in Jakarta last month, and said the 30


Allergy sufferers bothered by more than allergens

NEW YORK  - Hayfever suffers seem to be highly sensitive not only to typical seasonal allergy triggers like grass and tree pollens, but also to things like cold air, perfumes, cigarette smoke, household cleaning products, and even exercise.


Online, the word "niche" has new meaning. You may be impressed that there's a site, for example, specializing in passive aggressive notes; (it's true: http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com). But how about a site devoted to pictures of cheese?


Livorno, 17:13 - CALCIO, LIVORNO; SPINELLI: TAVANO MERITA LA NAZIONALE

''Tavano merita la Nazionale''. Aldo Spinelli si coccola il suo bomber, rinato dopo l'esperienza neg...


First 'atlas' of key brain genes could speed research on cancer ...

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have compiled the first atlas showing the locations of crucial gene regulators, or switches that determine how different parts of the brain develop - and, in some cases, develop abnormally or malfunction.


'This Is a Once-in-a-Lifetime Thing,' GW Student Says

LONDONDERRY, N.H., Jan. 8 -- Three weeks. Washington, D.C., then Des Moines, then Londonderry. All for Sen. Barack Obama.


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The Defense Ministry ordered a massive search operation and strengthened security roadblocks Tuesday after a border patrol discovered signs of a North Korean infiltration across the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).


Peterson's death sentence reverberates in Modesto

The epicenter may have been in Redwood City, but the aftershocks of Scott Peterson's death sentence still shook the town where the double murders took place.


Electronic-Vote Critics Urge Changes to System

Voting activists on Wednesday enlisted computer experts, a trained monkey and a man on a hunger strike in a last-minute pitch to convince officials to improve the security of electronic vote-counting systems.


Liverpool's record 20 million pound signing Fernando Torres is set to make his debut for his new club in a pre-season friendly in Switzerland on Tuesday.


Striking South Africa unions reject pay offer

South African unions turned down a revised offer of a 7.5 percent pay rise on Friday, ensuring that the country's biggest strike since the end of apartheid will go into a fourth week.


As the U.S. lets in more Iraqi refugees, the widow of a murdered TIME staffer and their young son struggle to cope with their new lives in Arizona


Rio de Janeiro, 19:05 - CALCIO, COPPA AMERICA: STAMPA BRASILIANA CONTRO DONI E JUAN

Dopo il disastroso esordio in Coppa America con il Messico, la nazionale brasiliana è sotto i...


Hagel Says He Won't Seek Another Senate Term

Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, one of the most vocal Republican critics of the Bush administration's Iraq policy, announced his retirement yesterday -- bringing to three the number of GOP incumbents set to leave the Senate in 2008.


Lufthansa declines to comment on reported Iberia tie-up

German flag-carrier Lufthansa declined to comment Thursday on a French newspaper report which said that it was in discussions on a possible acquisition of "all or part" of Spanish airline Iberia.


Pope seeks Christian-Muslim dialogue in Turkey

Pope Benedict began a highly charged visit to mostly Muslim Turkey on Tuesday hoping his calls for understanding between religions would soothe anger over his recent comments seen here as insulting to Islam.


Families holidaying in Asia describe the effect of the worst earthquake in the region for 40 years.


LA County Health Department to Give Free Flu Shots

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County health department today will give free flu shots to at-risk residents at 16 clinics across the county.


Parma, 14:19 - CALCIO, PARMA; DI CARLO: AVREI LASCIATO MANTOVA SE PROMOSSI

Il nuovo allenatore del Parma Domenico Di Carlo si è presentato al centro sportivo di Collecc...


Survey says retail losses hit record $41.6 billion

Retail theft and fraud cost U.S. retailers a record $41.6 billion last year, although the percent of sales the industry lost through activities like organized crime and employee theft remained almost flat, according to a survey released on Monday.


Channel Tries to Outfox CNBC By Saying It's 'Business-Friendly'

By David Bauder THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  NEW YORK -- News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch says the new Fox Business Channel will be "more business-friendly" than rival CNBC, making that point on the day he announced his network would launch at the end of the year.


Blog: AMD announces price cuts for its desktop processors


Shares of Intel Corp. INTC.O fell  1.35 percent before the bell on Monday following a ratings  downgrade by First Albany.


Why Fallujah won't be the last bloody battle in the race to pacify Iraq in time for its elections


Sorenstam ends the year with another trophy

Despite 33 victories in the last four years, Annika Sorenstam keeps saying that winning is not as easy as she makes it look. Not many could argue with her at the season-ending ADT Championship.


Ebola virus kills 5,000 gorillas, says study

An outbreak of Ebola virus in northwestern Republic of Congo has killed 5,000 gorillas, helping to push the threatened species even closer to extinction, a study says.


Israel confirms that it has started cutting fuel supplies to Gaza, an attempt to stop the firing of militants' rockets.


Iran Says Has Arrested Several Nuclear Spies

Iran has arrested dozens of spies,  including several who passed secrets about its nuclear program  to its enemies, Intelligence Minister Ali Yunesi said on  Tuesday.


WHITEHALL'S biggest computer services contractor, Electronic Data Systems, has postponed its earnings announcement after auditors forced it into considering an investment writedown for its loss-making $8bn (Â£4.


Bengals' Johnson Mum Before Broncos Game

No teasing with antacids, no take-it-to-the-bank boasts. Leading up to the Bengals' first Monday night game in a dozen years, Chad Johnson — the gifted receiver with an affinity for the spotlight — decided to keep it strictly low-watt.


Blasts in restive Indonesian town of Poso: police

Three explosions have hit the religiously divided Indonesian town of Poso in Central Sulawesi province, triggering tighter security but causing no casualties or damage, police said.


Yesterday's market is today's chalkboard.


Hoon Faces MPs over Iraq Troop Deployment

By Andrew Woodcock and James Lyons, Political Correspondents, PA News. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon is expected to tell MPs today that no decision has yet been made on whether to deploy British troops in the American-controlled sector of Iraq.


Congo factions vow peace after ceasefire violations

Congolese Tutsi rebels and a rival Mai Mai militia group pledged on Tuesday to respect a recently-signed peace accord, a day after clashes between their fighters broke the ceasefire.


Police continue to question Michael Barrymore and two others about Stuart Lubbock's death at the star's home.


New rootkit uses old trick to hide itself

Over the past month, a new type of malicious software has emerged, using a decades-old technique to hide itself from antivirus software.The malware, called Trojan.Mebroot by Symantec, installs itself on the first part of the computer's hard drive to be read on startup, then makes changes to the Windows kernel, making it hard for security software to detect it.Criminals have been installing Trojan.Mebroot, known as a master boot record rootkit, since mid-December, and were able to infect nearly 5,000 users in two separate attacks, staged on Dec. 12 and Dec. 19, according to Verisign's iDefense Intelligence Team. In order to install the software on a victim's computer, attackers first lure them to a compromised Web site, which then launches a variety of attacks against the victim's computer in hopes of finding a way to run the rootkit code on the PC.Once installed, the malware gives attackers control over the victim's machine.The group behind this latest rootkit is the same one responsible for the Torpig Trojan, and it is believed to have already installed more than 250,000 Trojan programs, iDefense said in a report on the rootkit published Monday.The interesting thing about Trojan.Mebroot is that it installs itself on the master boot record (MBR). This is the first sector of the computer's hard drive and it is the place the computer goes to first whenever it wants to boot up the operating system. "Basically, if you can control the MBR, you can control the operating system and therefore the computer it resides on," wrote Symantec researcher Elia Florio in a blog posting on Trojan.Mebroot.The criminals are using several different versions of this attack code, some of which are not currently being detected by some antivirus products, iDefense said."At the moment the AV detection is hit and miss across the board, however in the last day a number of vendors have added detection for it already," said Andrew Storms, director of security operations with nCircle Network Security. "As for penetration, so far many people are showing it as having a low overall distribution. The concern is that the group which may be preparing to distribute the rootkit is well-prepared."Malicious software that infected the master boot record was common during the MS-DOS era, but it has not been used much in attacks in recent years.In 2005, however, researchers at eEye Digital Security gave a talk at the Black Hat security conference, showing how a rootkit could hide itself on the MBR. This Trojan.Mebroot software is derived from that code, iDefense said.Getting this kind of malicious software to work reliably is a technical challenge, and there have generally been easier ways for the bad guys to take over PCs in recent years, said Marc Maiffret, an independent security researcher who was chief technology officer at eEye when the code was first developed.Attackers were given a hand last year, however, when researchers at NV Labs published a proof of concept MBR rootkit.Maiffret said that while we may soon see more of these MBR rootkits, "it won't take long for all the antivirus companies to react.""It's not some new attack vector that's going to be hard to prevent," he said. "It's just something that people haven't really paid attention to."


Two Fords take on three Chevrolets in Sunday's NASCAR Nextel Cup finale at Homestead-Miami speedway, and while Kurt Busch has it all to lose, having led the final 10-race âChase for the Nextel Cup' right from the start, fifth-placed Mark Martin is under


President Bush went fishing Thursday off the rocky coast of Maine where his great-grandfather built an oceanfront estate that has become entwined with American presidential history.


WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (MASNET & News Agencies) - A US Marine corporal who disappeared from a base in Iraq and later claimed he was held hostage by insurgents was charged with desertion following a five-month investigation, the Marines said.


The home secretary says she does not know when an inquiry into the bugging of an MP will be completed.


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Catania, 19:16 - CALCIO, CATANIA: SEDUTA SOTTO LA PIOGGIA

Vacanze finite per il Catania. La squadra ha lavoro sul campo di Massanunziata di Mascalucia. Una se...


The four British men freed from Guantanamo Bay are released without charge by police.


Almeno 7 societa' in lizza per l'appalto della concessione


US unit of the German company also pleads guilty of participating in a price-fixing conspiracy. WASHINGTON, DC  - The Pittsburgh-based subsidiary of Germany's Bayer AG has agreed to plead guilty and


Brazil has called for more UN troops to be sent to Haiti to curb a wave of unrest in which more than 40 people have been killed in a fortnight.


Donald dumbfounded after losing to Baddeley

MARANA, Arizona  - Britain's Luke Donald was at a loss for words after losing by a hole to Australia's Aaron Baddeley in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship second round on Thursday.


First Windows Vista Upgrade Available to Public

The latest beta release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is available to the general public as a free download. Microsoft decided to release the update publicly several weeks earlier than planned, easing Vista early adopters' year-long wait for enhancements to the desktop operating system.


Australia Rejects Request for Soldiers to Protect UN in Iraq

Australia rejected a request to provide soldiers to protect United Nations workers in Iraq, a spokesman for Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said.


Foreign investment into China up 18.8 percent in first eight months

China remained an attractive destination for foreign investors who poured in 43.6 billion dollars during the first eight months of the year, 18.8 percent more than the same period last year, the government said.


Suicide Bomb Attack on Iraq Shi'ite Party Kills 1

A suicide car bomber attacked a Baghdad  office used by a major Shi'ite party on Tuesday in the latest  insurgent attack aimed at stoking sectarian strife ahead of  Jan. 30 polls expected to be dominated by Shi'ites.


Highlights from the SEW Blog: Mar. 5, 2007

Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.


Elizabeth II in the Netherlands to honour English Church

Queen Elizabeth II has arrived in the Netherlands for a low key visit to mark the 400th anniversary of Amsterdam's English Reformed Church and a brief trip to the International Court of Justice in The Hague.


There is growing pressure for increases to teachers' pay as inflation rises to higher than expected levels.


Russian Government Backs U.N. Accord on Global Warming

Russia's decisive support to the long-delayed climate change treaty should allow it to come into force worldwide.


Beijing's latest white paper on defence includes its strongest warning yet to Taiwan separatist forces. It is a "very strong" warning to Taiwan independence forces, said leading experts


Khmer Rouge tribunal pact OKd in Cambodia

Cambodia's legislature on Monday approved a long-delayed agreement to put surviving Khmer Rouge leaders on trial for atrocities that claimed nearly two million


OPEC asks US to release emergency stocks

The president of the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) asked the United States to release some of its emergency oil stocks.


Hands off Amir, say British boxing chiefs

British boxing chiefs are facing one of their toughest ever bouts as they try to keep teenage sensation Amir Khan out of the big-money clutches of the professional ranks for the next four years.


At Least 19 Killed, Scores Injured in Iraq Bombing

A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb today near a crowd of people waiting to apply for jobs with the Iraqi National Guard in the northern city of Kirkuk.


Howard's Muslim comments spark race riot fear

Australian Prime Minister John Howard   has called on migrants, particularly Muslims, to integrate into   Australian society by quickly learning English -- sparking   warnings his comments may lead to race riots.


FAISALABAD, Pakistan  - Sri Lanka trounced Pakistan by 201 runs in the first Test here yesterday to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.


Milano, 14:24 - CALCIO, DONADONI: TOTTI E NESTA DUE BIMBI CON MAL DI PANCIA

"Totti e Nesta sono come due bambini che hanno il mal di pancia per saltare l'interrogazione". E' la...


New Afghan suicide blast kills 37: governor

A Taliban suicide car bomb aimed at Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan killed 37 civilians Monday, a day after another suicide blast left 100 dead in the country's deadliest such attack.


Il Nikkei e' sceso a 75,04 punti meno della chiusura di ieri


Classic Pictures Corporation presents a fully restored feature film of Luchino Visconti's 1963 historical drama THE LEOPARD, which will open exclusively at the Bridgeway Cinema, Queen St, Northcote Point, on ...


Nigerians urged to stockpile food as general strike looms

Nigeria's main trade union movement has urged people to stockpile food ahead of a looming general strike, officials said Thursday, less than 10 days after President Umaru Yar'Adua took office.


The militant group behind a wave of attacks on Nigeria's oil industry claimed responsibility Monday for a weekend attack that officials said killed three soldiers.


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Only 62 percent of US voters trust their ballots will be counted

Just 62 percent of US registered voters trust that their ballots will be accurately counted in Tuesday's presidential election, according to a poll released.


Ukraine challenger predicts mass cheating in vote

Liberal challenger Viktor Yushchenko predicted on Friday that Ukrainian authorities would resort to mass fraud to ensure victory for the establishment candidate in an increasingly tense weekend presidential poll.


THE PETERSON TRIAL Parents: He wasn't fleeing country Testimony ...

Scott Peterson wasn't trying to flee the country when he was arrested holding nearly $15,000 in cash and his brother's driver's license while driving a Mercedes-Benz he had recently purchased in his mother's name, his parents testified Monday.


Esce il 10 dicembre "Closer", il film del regista Mike Nichols (Il laureato), con Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman e Clive Owen. Basato su un testo teatrale di Patrick Marber, sceneggiatore della pellicola


The election reveals a worrisome divide among the country's voters -- and a predeliction for show over substance in the winning party


Scottish Power gives its backing to a Â£11.6bn takeover offer from Spanish energy company Iberdrola.


Drugmaker Teams With Law Enforcement To Use RFID To Halt Thefts

Pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma LP is working closely with law-enforcement agencies to use radio-frequency identification technology to protect shipments of OxyContin, Purdue's painkiller drug that's a frequent target for theft.


After 'The Incredibles,' Pixar Can Afford to Play Hard-to-Get

With Pixar Animation Studios' joint venture with the Walt Disney Company set to expire next year, executives in Hollywood have been speculating for months about when


Parents may be left with only love and lots of liquid to give their sniffling babies and toddlers now that the government is declaring over-the-counter cough and cold medicines too risky for tots.


A charity pop concert in honour of Princess Diana is being planned for next year, according to a newspaper.


India, Malaysia free-trade deal set for March 2009

Malaysia and India have agreed to try to finalise a free-trade agreement by March 2009, Indian officials said Wednesday after the first round of talks.


Image Gallery: 5 Things You'll Love About Firefox 3

Firefox 3 Beta 2 is more stable and polished than Beta 1, but while it's not quite ready for prime time, it does show some of the nifty new tools we can expect when Mozilla's browser ships.


One of the latest additions to St. Louisâ power-filled lineup helped turn home plate into a launching pad Tuesday at Busch Stadium.


Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton rushed to Washington yesterday afternoon to join the Senate fracas over an Iraq war resolution after telling a New Hampshire audience hours earlier that she would rather lose support for her presidential bid than apologize for her vote in 2002 authorizing the military action....


It's a little Microsoft-centric, but we generally like the software giant's full-featured beta antispyware program.


One inning from another costly loss, the Detroit Tigers rallied against Bobby Jenks. Sean Casey and Placido Polanco hit run-scoring singles off the White Sox closer in the ninth inning, leading the Tigers over Chicago 3-2 Thursday in Gary Sheffield's return from the disabled list.


Lo comunica l'Istat sulla base della stima preliminare


Variety - MIAMI -- "El Premio de la Gente" announced nominees and honorees for the sixth annual Latin music fan awards, skedded for Oct. 21 at the Universal Amphitheater in Studio City.


Maroni,no a 'inciuci e ribaltoni','nessuna nostalgia per Dc'


The Finnish PM is to visit Turkey on Friday, in a fresh effort to rescue Ankara's troubled EU accession bid.


Fears of a broad retreat in car sales eased during September as key manufacturers such as General Motors Corp., DaimlerChrysler and Toyota and Nissan all posted double-digit sales increases.


Jeff Johnson was asked to resign after refusing to go along with cutbacks ordered by The Tribune Company. David Hiller has been named as a replacement.


Alex Rodriguez was in the starting lineup for the New York Yankees on Tuesday night, a day after straining his left hamstring.


Senior aides at the bodies generating private income for the Queen and Prince of Wales face questioning by MPs.


News: Terrorists grow fat on email scams

Organisations such as al-Qaeda, ETA en PKK are copying Nigerian scams to fund terrorism, two Dutch experts told Dutch daily De Telegraaf this week.


US Flight Attendants Union To Begin Strike Vote

The Association of Flight Attendants said its union leaders unanimously authorized a strike vote on Tuesday that will begin immediately at bankrupt US carriers, including United Airlines and US Airways.


Study: US Suburban Living May Lead to Chronic Health Problems

A new study has found that suburban sprawl may lead to chronic health problems such as high blood pressure, arthritis and breathing difficulties.


Yankees Holding Out Hope That HernÃ¡ndez Can Help

Orlando HernÃ¡ndez played catch for eight minutes yesterday, and his right arm was still attached to its socket. That was about all the Yankees needed to see to include HernÃ¡ndez on their postseason roster, at the expense of Jason Giambi.


World No. two, Amelie Mauresmo of France, had an easy win over Russian Vera Zvonareva at the three-million-US-dollar WTA Tour Championships.


Hillary Rodham Clinton told union members and their families Saturday that the country must spend more on manufacturing.


The apparel company said it would reorganize into two units and name Andrew Warren as its chief financial officer.


Airbus delays restructuring, blames A350 rift

Airbus parent EADS  on Monday postponed a major restructuring announcement planned for Tuesday, saying its European political backers could not agree on how to share out construction of its future A350 aircraft.


Groups call Italy to ease rules on banks

The campaign is expected to come to a head early next year when the introduction of new international accounting standards will require shareholders to inject fresh capital into many Italian banks.


Images: From pets to panoramas at TechFest

Microsoft's internal science fair shows off some projects that may turn into real products.


Burma's head of state begins a visit to India on Sunday, the first such trip in nearly 25 years. Senior General Than Shwe's rare journey out of Burma goes ahead despite his country's Prime Minister Khin Nyunt being ousted earlier this week.


Really?: The Claim: If Possible, Avoid Hospitals on Weekends

Many public services are less reliable on weekends. But does that apply to medicine as well?


Benson and Orioles Meet to Clear the Air

The first step in starter Kris Benson's rehabilitation program is to repair a potentially fraying relationship with the Orioles, which he did on Wednesday.


Chinese Film 'Hero' Tops North American Box Office

Two years after opening in China,  the martial arts thriller "Hero" set a record for an Asian film  in North America, kicking off at No. 1 with a  better-than-expected haul of $17.8 million, according to studio  estimates issued on Sunday.


Per uso musica nella programmazione, convenzione per 5 anni


Celebrated tenor Jerry Hadley remained hospitalized Thursday for a gunshot wound police said was self-inflicted.


Nev. Politician: Let Teachers Carry Guns

LAS VEGAS - A Nevada state senator and also-ran in this year's Republican primary for governor says the Legislature should consider letting teachers carry guns in classrooms to stem a rise in school violence.


Adobe, Symantec press EC to remove Vista tanks from their lawns

The feature creeps Symantec and Adobe have raised objections to the inclusion of security software and electronic document technology in Windows Vista. Adobe has asked the European Commission to prevent the bundling of PDF document creation and reading tools that compete with its software.â¦


US long-term mortgage rates increase sharply

Long-term mortgage rates in the United States increased sharply this week, mortgage wholesaler Freddie Mac reported Thursday in its weekly nationwide survey.


House OKs intelligence reform bill; critics bemoan lack of curbs ...

WASHINGTON - The House last night passed the first major reform of intelligence operations in half a century, clearing the way for Senate passage today and giving the White House a major political victory.


Brusca frenata a causa del crollo dei consumi interni


David Cameron's constituency party admits receiving Â£7,400 in invalid donations


PARSIPPANY, N.J., Dec. 9 -- The renegade Roman Catholic archbishop who was excommunicated by the Vatican after he installed married priests as bishops acknowledged Saturday that the Rev. Sun Myung Moon was supporting his crusade against mandatory celibacy.


Roma, 18:40 - CALCIO, DONADONI SI COMPLIMENTA CON BETTINI PER VITTORIA MONDIALE

Anche il ct dell'Italia Roberto Donadoni si è complimentato con Paolo Bettini per la vittoria...


Several strong quakes hit northwestern Japan; 3 dead, more than 300 injured

TOKYO  - Several powerful earthquakes rattled northwestern Japan over a two-hour span on Saturday, toppling homes, causing blackouts, cutting water and gas supplies and derailing two trains. At least three people died and more than 300 were injured, the Japanese news media reported.


Outlandish Gadgets in Short Supply at Show

The world's premier consumer electronics show wouldn't be complete without the fanciful and outlandish: A smart oven preserved and cooked meals based on remote commands, while a 102-inch plasma TV — taller than the 8-foot walls in many homes — inspired ooohs and aaahs from couch potatoes.


Bush Returns to Pa.; Kerry Stumps in Ohio

Bush Goes to Pa. Today to Talk About Health Care While John Kerry Heads to Ohio. President Bush speaks during a campaign stop at J & D Manufacturing Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004, in Eau Claire, Wis.


Modena, 18:33 - CALCIO, MODENA: NON SI ALLENANO PINARDI E CHIECCHI

Doppio allenamento per il Modena in vista della gara di sabato prossimo a Bari. In mattinata lavoro ...


Icahn boosts BEA stake, calls for sale of company

BOSTON/WASHINGTON  - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has increased his stake in BEA Systems Inc  to 8.5 percent and on Friday urged the company's board to put the business software maker up for sale.


Microsoft's Open XML standards vote brings politics and dismay

A major milestone approaches on Microsoft's document standards gambit but participants say that a final resolution won't happen any time soon.


AP Interview: Coker pained by a year in which Miami fell short

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer. take long for that to happen. And we want to keep it high. I don't have a. problem with that.


Autonomy challenges Google with enterprise desktop search tool

Information management company Autonomy is targeting the enterprise and small business market with a search tool to help users to find information on desktop PCs, corporate servers or the Internet.


Conference Urges Iraq To Involve Opposition

Representatives of two dozen nations and international organizations attending a conference on the future of Iraq pressed the country's interim government Tuesday to work harder to encourage opposition forces to participate in elections scheduled for January.


Ahead of State of the Union address, Bush urged to renounce torture, restore "moral authority."


The detention of a man with autism was a breach of his human rights, a court has ruled.