Moscow insists the controversy over oil company Yukos is an internal affair. But western countries, including Germany, have vested interests in the matter.


More trojan programs showing up for the Symbian smartphones

In addition to the previously know Cabir, Skulls and a Skulls variant that incorporated Cabir, it is now known of a new threat industry experts are calling Cantimer.


Bits: Offshore Outsourcingâs Next Wave: How High?

Just how much back-office work can be sent abroad, and how quickly, is a matter of some debate. But everyone thinks it will grow explosively as earlier waves of outsourcing did.


Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck injured his right elbow in a 37-14 loss to the New York Jets but the extent of the injury was unknown.


BURLINGTON - Forget R2D2. The next frontier in robotics is a miniature tank that borrows some of the technology behind military bomb-defusing robots - to eject rotting foliage from your gutters.


Johnson Matthey was in demand on Wednesday amid talk that it could be a takeover target for Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW).


By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Sep. 23--For 30 years, it's been Neil Rucker's job to determine whether someone is telling the truth.


Spitzer Suit on Insurance Names Broker in California

The New York attorney general's investigation into abuses in the insurance industry escalated yesterday with a lawsuit accusing a California broker of fraudulent practices that led to higher


Sport: Top teams clash at home of English football as US game seeks a global audience.


A minister says fingerprinting of all visa applicants is the first of 10 changes in 2008 to make UK borders "stronger".


Wizards Win Third Straight, Second on Road

The Wizards play from behind for most the game but turn up the intensity late to notch a 113-98 win over the 76ers for the team's third consecutive win.


'L'impegno militare non e' per noi l'unica risposta'


The United States demanded an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Thursday over a letter in which Sudan's government said it would view any troop commitments to a future force in Darfur as a "hostile act" and a "prelude to an invasion."


Londra, 11:23 - CALCIO, DROGBA: SOGNO COPPIA CON ETO'O AL BARCELLONA

L'ivoriano Didier Drogba, dato in partenza dal Chelsea a fine stagione, sogna di andare a costituire...


An estimated 18.6 million people in the US tuned in to watch the debut episode of Joey - the spin-off of Friends. Television channel NBC said it was their best-rated comedy premiere in that evening slot in 14 years.


Now might be a great time to load up on cutting-edge drugmakers.


The bloggers covering the presidential race are maverick, funny, mostly partisan and always hypercaffeinated. Are they ruining political journalism or recharging it?


Rumsfeld Defends U.S. Missile Shield as Triumph

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Wednesday called a fledgling U.S. ballistic missile defense system in Alaska a triumph for the Bush administration "over pessimism and skepticism."


Karzai ahead after first million votes counted in Afghan election

KABUL, Afghanistan: Afghanistan's interim leader, Hamid Karzai, held a 45 percentage point lead Monday in preliminary results from the country's first presidential election, though a chief rival said the validity of the vote was in doubt.


Torino, 18:13 - CALCIO, JUVE: STOP DI UN MESE PER GIANNICHEDDA

Del Piero e Trezeguet verso il recupero. Questa la buona notizia per Deschamps. I due attaccanti pot...


A fatal crash involving a petrol tanker closes part of the M25, causing chaos for many drivers.


Georgia urges Russia to halt navy drills

Georgia on Tuesday urged Russia to stop naval exercises near the countries' sea border, calling them a threat to regional peace and a violation of the United Nations charter.


By Malcolm Rosario  ASIASPACE DotCom Sdn Bhd, a company led by businessman Datuk Abdul Ghani Abdullah (picture), has entered into a landmark agreement with Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB), enabling it to provide broadband services by using the latter's fibre optic network.


TD Bank to buy New England retail bank Banknorth for $3.8 billion ...

TORONTO (CP) - TD Bank confirmed Thursday it will buy mid-sized New England retail bank Banknorth for $3.8 billion US in a cash-and-shares deal.


Titanic Finder Laments Damage by Visitors

The man who found the remains of the ocean liner Titanic nearly two decades ago has returned to the site and is lamenting the damage done by visitors and souvenir hunters.


Cho Yoon-jeong of South Korea upset sixth-seeded Maria Vento-Kabchi of Venezuela 7-5, 6-1 Tuesday in the first round of the Wismilak International.


MICHAEL Clarke's chances of making a Test debut skyrocketed when Simon Katich padded up to bat at No.3 for Australia in the tour match against Mumbai at the Cricket Club of India's Brabourne Stadium today.


Why MSN Search is good for the consumer?

Microsoft launched the second beta release of MSN Search with little fanfare. There is no doubt it is good, but few consider it as a threat to Google for sometime to come.


Empoli, 17:35 - CALCIO, EMPOLI KO IN CASA CON IL FROSINONE

L'Empoli è stato battuto 1-0 in casa dal Frosinone in un'amichevole giocata al Castellani. De...


Dozens Killed in Multiple Bombings in Baghdad

Three car bombs were set off near an American military convoy in western Baghdad today, killing at least 35 people and wounding dozens.


The Philadelphia Daily News named Mark Frisby as its publisher on Wednesday.


The International Monetary Fund revises up its global growth forecast because of growth in China, India and Russia.


Russia says has not "slammed the door" on arms pact

Russia has not "slammed the door" on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty, even though it has pulled out of the pact, Russian media quoted the country's foreign minister as saying on Friday.


Ex-WorldCom CEO Ebbers to report to prison Tuesday

(InfoWorld) - Former WorldCom Inc. chief executive Bernard Ebbers is scheduled to report to a federal prison Tuesday to begin a 25-year sentence related to his role in the accounting misstatements that led to the telecommunications giant's bankruptcy. Ebbers was convicted in March 2005 of one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, one count of securities fraud and seven counts of false filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In July, an appeals court upheld his conviction and sentence. Ebbers has been ordered to report to prison by 2 p.m. EST Tuesday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. An inmate's federal prison assignment is not public information until after he's jailed, said a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Prisons. The indictment against Ebbers charged that in 2000 he took part in a scheme to falsely inflate revenue and the price of WorldCom's stock. Ebbers said he didn't know of the financial irregularities. WorldCom, which later changed its name to MCI Inc., filed for bankruptcy in July 2002 after disclosing that employees falsified records to inflate revenue. In April 2004, MCI agreed to a $750 million settlement for accounting irregularities with the SEC. Verizon Communications Inc. purchased MCI in a deal worth $8.5 billion in cash and stock that closed in January.


Founder member of sixties band Traffic Jim Capaldi has died of stomach cancer, his family announce.


Africa must be 'top priority' for new EU crisis force

Tony Blair, the British prime minister, wants Africa to be the "top priority" for a new European Union military force that could be deployed in crisis areas at short notice.


Jerry Seinfeld continues to pollinate the public about "Bee Movie," his first major project since "Seinfeld."


Kerry, Dodging Charges Over Vietnam, Returns Fire

A veteran who has disputed  Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's Vietnam war  record admitted on Sunday he did not have "a single document"  to prove Kerry fabricated reports of enemy fire that won him  two medals.


West Nile Virus Suspected in Fairfax Man's Death

Fairfax County health officials said an elderly man has died of a suspected case of West Nile virus. If additional tests confirm the diagnosis, his death will be the first reported fatality from the virus in Virginia this year.


ASIA/HONG KONG - Oltre 2.200 fedeli hanno partecipato alla Festa promossa dalla diocesi di Hong Kong per rilanciare il valore della famiglia e del matrimonio cristiano alla luce della ÂSpe salviÂ Hong Kong  (Agenzia Fides) - ÂCercare la speranza dal Signore per affrontare le difficoltÃ  della vitaÂ: cosÃ¬ i sacerdoti della diocesi di Hong Kong hanno esortato i loro fedeli in occasione della ÂFesta matrimoniale 2007Â promossa dalla diocesi. Seco...


China on Thursday announced it would hike interest rates for most deposits and loans by 0.27 percentage points, the first rise in nine years.


Lavrov, a giorni negoziati con Nato su scudo spaziale


Drug prevents malaria complications in pregnancy

A drug given to pregnant African women in malaria-endemic regions remains effective at preventing malaria's harm to developing babies even as it loses its ability to treat children with the disease, experts said.


Security Council members, plus Germany, agree Tuesday on the outline of a third UN resolution.


The crux of U.S. budget battle: How to pay?

The federal budget is on an unsustainable path, according to a new report by the Congressional Budget Office.


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Reporter for Times, Silent Over Sources, Is Facing Jail Time

A federal judge held a reporter for The New York Times in contempt of court for refusing to name her sources to prosecutors investigating the leak of the identity of a covert C.I.A. agent.


"Racing Stripes" is unlikely to ascend to the pantheon of perennially watchable children's films, but what it lacks in skill, it makes up for in heart.


Rich countries need to honour their promises and deliver cash pledged for tsunami-hit countries, Oxfam says.


Historically Black College Struggles Financially

NASHVILLE, Dec. 27 -- Despite two years of trying, Fisk University has not been able to turn any of the valuable art donated by painter Georgia O'Keeffe into cash.


Australian soprano Dame Joan Sutherland is among six entertainers honoured for their contributions to American culture. Sir Elton John, Warren Beatty, composer and conductor John Williams, and husband-and-wife


At least seven US soldiers are killed in roadside explosions and attacks in Iraq, officials say.


Vietnam flight historic, helpful for some Minnesotans

Vietnamese-Americans living in St. Cloud are heralding the flight of the first US passenger jet to land in their homeland since the Vietnam War ended almost 30 years ago.


Tropical Storm Gaston Closes in on Carolina Coast

Tropical Storm Gaston neared the South  Carolina coast on Saturday and forecasters put the U.S. east  coast under a storm alert from northern Florida to North  Carolina.


The Saudi oil minister inaugurated a new production plant on Sunday and renewed the largest oil exporter's support for stable prices by noting that Saudi Arabia was maintaining about two million barrels in spare output capacity.


Most of the cocaine that enters the US has passed through the hands of Colombia's Farc rebels, a US official says.


Intel crams 500 million transistors onto one chip

A tiny, fully functional, 70-megabit static random access memory computer chip crammed with more than 500 million transistors has been developed by researchers at Intel Corp.


Microsoft's efforts to loosen up access to closely held music owned by record labels has an unintended consequence: It punishes artists who want to share. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk.


Report: Video Shows Explosives Went Missing After War

ABC News on Thursday showed video  that appeared to confirm that explosives that went missing in  Iraq did not disappear until after the United States had taken  control of the facility where they were stored.


Vice President Dick Cheney turned Sen. John Kerry's own words against him Tuesday while criticizing the Democrat for calling the war in Iraq "the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time."


Europa Press, conferma tempi e fiducia che si andra' avanti


BYU doesn't renew contracts of men's, women's athletic directors

PROVO, Utah - Brigham Young University revamped its athletic department Wednesday, but said the move was made after a months-long internal review rather than as a reaction to the recent sexual abuse allegations that have rocked the steadfast Mormon


Hollywood is ready for its big day -- the Oscars

The limousines have been charged up, the hairdressers and stylists have worked their magic and the stars are ready to stroll down the red carpet in dresses that have been begged, borrowed or -- perish the thought -- bought.


The pace of new home sales fell to a seven-year low in August, according to a government report Thursday that showed the battered housing and home building markets even worse than forecasts.


A New Clue to the Hypothesis of Life on Mars

PFS observed that, at 10-15 kilometres above the surface, water vapour is well mixed and uniform in the atmosphere. However, it found that, close to the surface, water vapour is more concentrated in three


Barrot, commissione Ue esamina misure sicurezza da adottare


State of the Art: A New Generation of Digital Picture Frames

A new line of digital picture frames features lower prices, more pixels and the inevitable glitches.


Global Server Revenue Jumps in Second Quarter

IBM held tight to its top ranking for server revenue, laying claim to a 30.7 percent market share in the quarter. HP -- which topped the charts in terms of units shipped -- remained in second place on the revenue list with 27.


Human Rights Group Calls for More African Union Troops to Protect ...

The largest human rights monitoring group in the United States, Human Rights Watch, is calling on the African Union to accelerate its efforts to protect citizens in Darfur and to expand its troops.


With One Swing, Edmonds Redeems Himself and Cards

Jim Edmonds attacked an 0-1 pitch in the bottom of the 12th inning and sent a majestic drive to right field that beat the Houston Astros, 6-4.


New Shuttle Team Ready for Walk After Dayâs Delay

NASA officials said that everything was ready for astronauts to prepare the European Columbus science module to be attached to the International Space Station.


A New Hampshire paperâs anti-endorsement called the candidate a âphony.â


Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden, recognized as the world's oldest person, died Monday in a nursing home, the home's administrator said. She was 116.


Suicides Rose as Prescription Use Declined

Warnings from federal regulators four years ago that antidepressants were increasing the risk of suicidal behavior among young people led to a precipitous drop in the use of the drugs. Now a new study has found that the drop coincides with an unprecedented increase in the number of suicides among...


Charging workersâ out-of-pocket costs for medicines may be more than offset by reduced productivity, study finds.


Hewlett-Packard has agreed to a financial settlement with The New York Times and three Business Week magazine journalists in connection with the companyâs spying scandal.


China is urging Hong Kong to resume the sale of three brands of Chinese toothpaste containing a chemical found in antifreeze, saying the small amounts involved were harmless to people.


Officials in Saudi Arabia say a policeman has been killed and three wounded in the latest clash with militants.


Broadcasting Ministry has requested the producer Nazim Rizvi for a special screening of his movie Undertrial.


Israel Says West Bank Troop Pullback Possible Soon

Israeli troops could pull back from  several West Bank cities within days, pending the outcome of  further talks with the new Palestinian leadership, Defense  Minister Shaul Mofaz said Sunday.


Terrell Owens doesn't plan on sending any get-well wishes to his ex-teammate, Donovan McNabb, who suffered a season-ending surgery on Sunday.


Udine, 20:11 - CALCIO, UDINESE: DIFFERENZIATO PER OBODO, MUNTARI E ZENONI

Lavoro pomeridiano per l'Udinese in vista della gara di sabato prossimo contro il Cagliari. Differen...


Filling the doughnut hole in Medicare drug plans would cost older people and the disabled about $40 a month more.


A clam dredged off the coast of Iceland appears to be the longest-living creature known to man.


Alzheimerâs seems to strike suddenly in old age, but scientists believe it begins long before symptoms occur.


Olympic Wrap: Crawford Wins the 200m Amid Jeers

Shawn Crawford led an American sweep of  Olympic medals in the 200 meters in Athens Thursday, ignoring  the jeers of a hostile crowd livid that their local hero was  not on the starting line after missing a doping test.


U.S. Open: Roddick Advances Easily; Blake Falls in Marathon

James Blake endured four grueling matches, finally succumbing in the fourth round in a five-set duel with Tommy Haas, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (4).


A rocket carrying an Israeli spy satellite intended to boost the Jewish state's surveillance over arch-enemy Iran crashed into the sea shortly after liftoff on Monday, officials and defense sources said.


Devices made of heart tissue could screen drugs and power implantable robots.


Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez comes home before the race's big names on stage nine in the Tour de France.


Google: Attack code more likely on Microsoft IIS

InfoWorld - Web sites running Microsoft's Web server software are twice as likely to be hosting malicious code as other Web sites, according to research from Google.


The Macon Telegraph, Ga., Michael A. Lough Column: Lough: NFL Takes on New Kind of Opponent

By The Macon Telegraph, Ga.  Feb. 3--When those in charge remind us that it's just a game, remember this story. The NFL is all over churches that had planned to show the Super Bowl as part of an event.   Copyright laws, you know.


Senators seek jump in TB control spending

A group of U.S. senators on Tuesday sought $300 million in U.S. spending to combat tuberculosis while new tests confirmed that the U.S. man at the center of an international TB alarm is not highly infectious.


A car bomb damaged a U.S. diplomatic vehicle in Beirut on Tuesday, killing at least three people and wounding 16, but the U.S. State Department said no Americans were hurt by the blast.


Diabetes-related kidney disease deadly: study

NEW YORK  - Results of a study confirm that the outlook is poor for type 1 diabetic patients who develop end-stage renal disease (ESRD) -- the most advanced form of kidney disease.


Roma, 16:34 - CALCIO, PANCALLI A ZAMPARINI: SIAMO DUE TONI SOPRA LE RIGHE

Luca Pancalli bacchetta Maurizio Zamparini dopo le proteste del presidente del Palermo contro l'arbi...


Abbas plans Palestinian elections after Hamas "coup"

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he will order early parliamentary and presidential elections in response to what he called last month's "coup" by Hamas Islamists in the Gaza Strip.


Week in Photos: Chinese New Year, Egyptian Tomb, Presidents' Day, More

This week: 4,000-year-old tombs opened, stilt walkers perform for Lunar New Year, fatal fire engulfs Jakarta ship, and more.


Coping with Contamination in the Search for Life

Drilling is a messy business. Drilling fluid is anything but sterile. For most drilling applications, that's no problem. But when astronauts drill for life on Mars, they need to be sure that the bacteria they find really do come from underground.


Defrocked priest Paul Shanley, one of the most recognizable figures in the Boston Archdiocese sex scandal, faces the possibility of life in prison for his conviction on child rape charges. Shanley is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday.


The games industry could benefit from scientific "mood profiling" to develop hit games, researchers say.


Calif. Air Board Prepares to Vote on Car Emissions

The California Air Resources Board on Thursday reviewed a proposal to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and prepared to vote on the plan on Friday.


Missiles could reach Europe if Kremlin wanted: general

Russia's military is capable of firing  missiles at Poland and the Czech Republic if they agreed to  host a U.S. missile shield, Russia's Strategic Forces commander  said, but added it was for the Kremlin to decide.


Trouble in the commercial real estate market squeezes a Manhattan developer.


U.S. stocks jumped on Monday, with the   Standard & Poor's 500 Index closing at a five-year-high as   investors snapped up technology shares, including Apple   Computer Inc. AAPL.O, on hopes that the recent slide in crude   oil prices will help corporate profits.


Iran says it won't halt nuclear technology drive

Iran on Sunday rejected European demands it halt its pursuit of nuclear technology but reiterated its readiness to provide assurances it would not use that technology to build atomic weapons.


U.S. black women have lower breast cancer survival

Black women with early-stage breast cancer have lower survival rates than their white counterparts even after taking into account variables such as tumor size and socioeconomic differences, researchers said.


Ernie Els holds a two-shot lead at the WGC Championship at Mount Juliet.


Doctors, Democrats scrutinize September 11 dust

Pilar Albarado spent five months after September 11, 2001, cleaning pulverized building material from apartment buildings and offices near the site of the World Trade Center. A chronic cough came two years later, and she is also battling asthma, memory loss and acid reflux.


RIMINI - Un lunghissimo applauso della platea del Meeting ha provocato un momento di commozione a Francesca Mambro, sei condanne all'ergastolo, che aveva appena finito di raccontare il rapporto nato con alcuni dei familiari delle persone che lei e il


Sharapova's title defense ended by Radwanska

Maria Sharapova's U.S. Open title defense ended in tatters on Saturday when she was stunned 6-4 1-6 6-2 by Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska in the third round.


Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but expanding waistlines increase the risk for at least nine types of cancer, too. And with the obesity epidemic showing no signs of waning, specialists say they need to better understand how fat cells fuels cancer growth so they might fight back.


Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell reshuffles his frontbench team.


Palestinians in Gaza appeal for more aid

Children raced to help parents collect food from U.N. aid distribution centers in the Gaza Strip as women sat in the shade near trucks, waiting for their names to be called to receive their food rations.


Two summers ago, I returned from a visit to Eastern Europe convinced that Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic were on the fast track to prosperity. It seemed to me -- and virtually every one of the Western business executives I spoke with -- that these countries had tasted enough of...


Lo ha detto ministro Lavrov ricevendo capo Hamas, Meshaal


The legacy of the Patriots â of the players, that is â is secure. But there is a legitimate debate about the regular-season legacy of their coach, Bill Belichick.


The New Jersey Republican delegation unanimously passed a resolution Monday saying Gov. James McGreevey should resign immediately so a special election can be held in November and asking Democratic Sen. Jon Corzine to use his influence and call on the governor to step down now.


Given a scare by pesky Cincinnati in the first half, No. 11 Virginia Tech turned to its hallmarks yesterday -- Beamerball and smash-mouth football.


Lawyers retrying the fraud case of former Tyco International Ltd. chief executive L. Dennis Kozlowski and ex-finance chief Mark Swartz considered about 225 prospective jurors on the first day of trial.


Al Senato si sfilaccia la maggioranza che vota con Cdl


Consiglio di amministrazione approva progetto di bilancio


Nokia Launches Wireless Content Solution

Finnish mobile giant Nokia has described its new Preminet solution, which it launched Monday (Oct. 25), as a "major worldwide initiative.


"Chuck and Larry" overtakes "Potter" at box office

Adam Sandler's faux gay comedy, "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry," charmed moviegoers, who spent $34.8 million at weekend movie box offices, sweeping "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" from the No. 1 spot, according to studio estimates on Sunday.


Cynthia Gustafson doesn't really think the work she does is particularly special - that's part of what makes her spectacular, according to her colleagues in the Carroll College Nursing Department.


Aussie cops deploy Lethal Weapon email server

'This is a real badge, I'm a real cop...' Unlikely as it may seem, we have just acquired evidence that the cops in Western Australia have gone and got themselves a sense of humour. For proof, check out this search which reveals the mail server used by Australia's finest, viz: riggs.police.wa.gov.au.â¦


Retailers get back-to-school boost in August

Major retailers, led by discounters  Wal-Mart Stores and Target Corp, turned in better-than-expected  August sales on Thursday, as consumers went back-to-school  shopping despite higher gas prices and the nation's housing  meltdown.


The British government embellished intelligence used to justify the decision to invade Iraq in 2003, the former U.N. chief weapons inspector said in an interview broadcast Monday.


Top-seeded Agassi falls in Legg Mason semis

Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Gilles Muller upset top-seeded Andre Agassi in straight sets in semifinal action Saturday at the $500,000 Legg Mason Tennis Classic.


Per democrazia e sviluppo del Paese, cordoglio per Pezzulo


Heather Mills McCartney tells the BBC she has received 'death threats' since splitting with Sir Paul McCartney.


Iran will not give up right to uranium enrichment: Khatami

TEHRAN : President Mohammad Khatami asserted that Iran would not give up its plan to enrich uranium, despite international pressure for it to abandon the sensitive nuclear activity.


Roma, 14:19 - BADMINTON, INTERNAZIONALI: DOMINIO DANESE, RUSSO E SVEDESE

Gli Internazionali d'Italia di badminton hanno decretato ancora una volta la superiorità degl...


ending a four-year battle. Officials said they were Pakistani economic migrants and not, as they had claimed, Afghans fleeing persecution.


What a new venture fund says about the future of the industry.


Immobiliarista romano e' anche azionista di Mediobanca


Partiranno dal Carnevale d'Europa della citta' romagnola


Nigeria's Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie won Britain's Orange Prize for fiction by women, becoming the first African to take the award in its 12-year history, organizers said Wednesday.


Baseball 101: How to watch the World Series

So you're a casual baseball viewer who watches the game only when the playoffs roll around. Now, with the World Series about to begin Saturday, you realize you have no idea who's playing, how they got there and how they play this game.


Scattate prime verifiche i 5 regioni, Campania al top


Miner outduels Liriano as Tigers win 9-3

Zach Miner won a matchup of impressive rookies and the Detroit Tigers roughed up Francisco Liriano again in a 9-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night.


At Iraq Hearing, Protest Shushed But Not Halted

Pink-clad war protesters applauded, chimed in repeatedly and stood for hours in the back row holding up peace signs -- but were only mildly chastised yesterday by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) at a hearing with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates.


The parents of missing  four-year-old Madeleine McCann are leaving Portugal to attend an audience with the Pope in Rome.


Gatlin to challenge four-year suspension

SALVO, North Carolina  - Olympic 100 meters champion Justin Gatlin will challenge a four-year suspension for a 2006 positive doping test, his attorney said on Wednesday.


'Chinatown' Makers Recall How Classic Made

Thirty years after a broken Jack  Nicholson was escorted off a blood-soaked street with the  warning "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown," the movie's  portrayal of dark, capitalist evil corrupting sunny Los Angeles  remains as vivid as ever.


Many travelers are chasing what may be a modern-day version of an old human impulse â to behold an untrammeled frontier.


Rappers Are Raising Their Churches' Roofs

Reflecting a change in both, hip-hop music and churches seem to be inching closer together.


Why would the proven leader in the "mail me" renting business pick on a company doing all it could to stay afloat? Check out this and other original content from CNET's Blog network.


A few shortcomings were left unsaid, while one was simply phrased poorly.


Abbas faces rough road to win over Palestinians

The straw poll at Ibrahim Amin's coffeehouse was nearly unanimous, and it did not bode well for the longtime deputy of Yasser Arafat who would now become his successor.


The Atlanta Thrashers acquired four-time All-Star Keith Tkachuk from the St. Louis Blues on Sunday in a bid to reinforce their faltering playoff position.


Court Finds Airline at Fault in Woman's Death

An airline that forced an elderly  woman to check her bag with her medical devices bears  responsibility for her subsequent death after losing the bag, a  U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday.


Russia Ships Join NATO Anti-Terror Patrol

Two Russian navy ships will join NATO's anti-terrorist patrols in the Mediterranean later this week, but that doesn't make the defensive alliance an ally, Russia's defense minister said on Tuesday.


Conference on Iraq to back the government's war on insurgents

World leaders gathered in Egypt for an international conference on Iraq focused on another Mideast issue early Tuesday the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.


Bolton's El-Hadji Diouf has been charged by the Football Association for spitting at Portsmouth's Arjan de Zeeuw in Saturday's 1-0 win for Pompey.


SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 12, 2004 - Intel Corporation today announced third-quarter revenue of $8.5 billion, up 5 percent sequentially and up 8 percent year-over-year.


Doris Lessing says IRA campaigns in UK were much worse, and tells how she hates Bush, Blair and Iran.


A contraceptive that blocks male fertility has come closer with a study showing that it is possible to inoculate monkeys against their own sperm.


Worst tsunamis go out to sea after quakes

PADANG, Indonesia - The ground shook so hard that Yulinar had to grab a table to steady herself. Minutes later, she heard a warning crackling over the speakers of the neighborhood mosque - a tsunami could crash into her fishing village on Indonesia's Sumatra island at any minute.


Bucs' season continues its spiral in Black Hole

The end zone must be a very scary place, with skeletons and spikes, where dark, shadowy figures with painted faces lurk. It has been a black hole, all right


Hoping to build on the momentum sparked by a private rocket plane's dash into space, supporters of opening the heavens to civilians are turning the


IPhone to ignite smartphone use, ARM chief says

(InfoWorld) - TheÂ iPhoneÂ is about to do for smartphones what the iPod did for digital music players: put one in everyone's pocket. That's the message Warren East, CEO of ARM Holdings, brought to Computex Wednesday in a talk about the future of mobile computing. The idea of putting computing power into a small device has been around for years. AppleÂ put out the Newton personal digital assistant (PDA) in the early 1990s, followed by U.S. Robotics with its Pilot (which later became the Palm). Adding computing functions to mobile phones, to create smartphones, happened soon after. Now, demand for Internet access while on the move is making small computing devices even more popular. Even the computer industry has taken up the challenge, with itsÂ ultramobile PC. "This has been an emerging market for a long time," East said in an interview. And the hype surrounding the iPhone will put smartphones in the lead as demand for Internet access at all times takes off, he said. In fact, he believes that smartphone sales could double this year if the iPhone proves to be the hit that some people expect. Sales will end up close to 200 million units, or double last year's figure, if the iPhone is a hit, East said, because smartphone demand overall will take off. "Within the next few years, smartphones will make up half the mobile phone market," he said. East stands to gain from such a prediction, of course. ARM processing cores are in around 95 percent of all smartphones, so his company will be a direct beneficiary of the growing market. They are also in certain iPods, leading to speculation that several of its chip designs will end up in iPhones. East declined to comment on the matter, saying Apple prefers to keep such details secret. Another key to the success of smartphones and other small devices is software. A lot of computing software that works well on a PC has trouble on portable gadgets because of the smaller screen size. Mobile web browsers, for example, don't shrink all Web sites very well. ARM is working with software makers on rewriting their applications to better fit smaller devices, East said. The ultramobile PC is also an area that East doesn't mind competition from, since ARM processing cores go into them, too. The new product category is also boosting interest in devices such as smartphones, he said. Besides, the mobile industry has an advantage over the computer industry's ultramobile PC: its expertise in power consumption. Mobile phone makers have worked for years to ensure users have plenty of battery power on their handsets. Companies focused on the ultramobile PC come from a far different background, where power consumption has not been a big issue until recently. That gives the mobile phone industry an advantage, East said. It won't take long to see if East's predictions are correct. The iPhone will be out in the U.S. around the end of this month. It may end up creating a smartphone craze, as the iPod did for digital music players. At the very least, the much hyped product should spur interest in small computing devices. "Apple's iPhone ... is clearly the most widely anticipated product the industry has seen for years, potentially ever," said Michael Ounjian, a research analyst at Credit Suisse, in a recent report. Â


Costa d'Avorio, esplosioni e incendi nella capitale

Esplosioni, salve di artiglieria e incendi sono segnalati a Yamoussoukro, la capitale della Costa d'Avorio, dove la crisi fra il governo del presidente Laurent Gbagbo ed i ribelli che controllano il nord del paese si Ã¨ improvvisamente aggravata nelle


New Delhi, Dec. 29: If the Indian government has its way, tsunami-hit Thai and Indonesian hotels and tourism firms are likely to take another hit, this time round from Indian tour operators trying to lure away their clients.


We plan to go ahead with Telstra sale, Australian PM confirms

Prime Minister John Howard confirmed that his government plans to pass laws allowing the full sale of Australian communications giant Telstra next year, but said changes to media ownership laws are not a priority.


SABMiller in $215 mln deal for two drinks brands

Miller Brewing Co. said on Monday that  parent company SABMiller Plc  reached an agreement with  The McKenzie River Corp. to acquire two alcoholic drink brands  for $215 million.


New tech puts online ad measures to test

At Yahoo's finance site, stock quotes update automatically and continually, the numbers flashing green and red as prices rise and fall. Wall Street investors can easily leave a single Web page up all day.


Report of Cancer Hurts Maker of Chip Implants

Shares of Applied Digital Solutions and its publicly traded subsidiary, VeriChip, fell as investors reacted to a report over the weekend linking the tiny radio device to cancer.


Slovakia needs no border agreement with Czech Rep. - Gasparovic

BRATISLAVA- Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic said that he did not believe there was a need for any new agreements between Slovakia and the Czech Republic on the rules for crossing the joint border, he said at a ...


A 37-year-old woman suffering from an inoperable brain tumor wants to donate a kidney before she dies and will choose the recipient from among three contestants on Dutch national television, a TV network said Tuesday, claiming it wants to highlight a crisis in organ donations.


Iran fuel rations spark anger, pump stations burn

Angry Iranian motorists queued for gasoline for hours on Wednesday after the world's fourth-largest oil exporter imposed fuel rationing, sparking chaotic scenes and the torching of at least two pump stations.


The unrest in Thailand's south took another grisly turn yesterday with the beheading of a Buddhist village leader in a revenge killing for last week's deaths of 87 Muslims in the region, police said.


Sleepy Docs a Liability for Hospitals -Researcher

PROVIDENCE, R.I.  - Overworked, sleepy  doctors-in-training who hit the road after work are as much a  hazard as drunk drivers, a finding that could unleash a wave of  lawsuits against U.S. hospitals, a researcher warned on  Wednesday.


Anche per tempo libero, lo afferma la Cgia di Mestre


Cruise movie uses Berlin memorial after ban lifted

Preparations for filming in a movie about a plot to kill Adolf Hitler began on Friday at a memorial site in Berlin after the German government reversed its decision to bar Tom Cruise.


Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday declined to say whether Sudan was still carrying out ethnic genocide in Darfur, but warned that the government could face U.N. penalties if the violence in the region continues.


Elezioni presidenziali, il sondaggio Ifop dÃ  in rimonta la candidata socialista che al ballottaggio raggiungerebbe quota 49,5% contro il 50,5% del rivale                                            Francia, Segolene Royal in recupero Adesso Ã¨ a un solo punto da Sarkozy                                                                                Al primo turno, i due sarebbero alla pari col 28%. Cresce il "terzo incomodo" Bayrou


Indonesian police capture 'explosives courier' in embassy blast probe

Indonesian police said they had made their first arrest directly linked to last week's deadly embassy bombing in Jakarta, detaining a man who delivered explosives to extremists blamed for the attack.


Black lawmakers are likely to lead key committees in the new, Democrat-led House, and that means issues such as Hurricane Katrina relief, hate crimes and voting problems are likely to get much more attention.


Pochi giorni avviata procedura dal premier Zapatero


Palestinian Leaders to Visit Arafat Despite Wife's Objections

Palestinian leaders say they will go ahead with their trip to Paris to consult with French doctors about Yasser Arafat's health, despite vehement objections by Mr.


eBay-Google spat hints at larger tension

A spat that erupted this week between eBay Inc. and Google Inc. after Google tried to siphon attention from the online auctioneer's grand user celebration might presage more tension in one of the Internet's most interesting new rivalries.


Judge Explains Tossing Out Suit Against N.Y. Times

A series of New York Times columns that explored whether a former Army scientist was responsible for the 2001 anthrax attacks were "cautiously worded" and asserted that the scientist could be innocent, a federal judge wrote in explaining why he decided to dismiss a lawsuit against the paper.


Mets won't have Cameron for season's start

New York Mets logo center fielder Mike Cameron will miss the start of the baseball season. He's had surgery to repair damaged cartilage in his left wrist, and the Mets said he might be out until May.


Yesterday China Herald tipped me that the Yahoo.com website (the English version) didn’t resolve. I checked, saw that it was true and thought I would check back the next day if the situation had changed.  At times these things happen here in China and it could have been a technical problem instead of a block. [...]


Combinazione: 5-27-43-50-75-90, Jolly 54, Superstar 59


Student Wins China Plastic-Surgery Pageant

BEIJING - A 22-year-old student who has had cosmetic surgery on her eyelids and cheeks was crowned the winner Saturday of China's first pageant for such "manmade beauties." Feng Qian received a $6,000 country club membership after being picked from among 20 finalists, who ranged in age from 18 to 62.


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Community News: Latest PEAR Releases for 12.04.2006

Latest PEAR Releases:PEAR 1.5.0RC1Structures_LinkedList 0.1.1XML_Parser 1.2.8XML_Util 1.1.2XML_RPC2 0.0.8Pager 2.4.3Text_LanguageDetect 0.2.1


Vikings coach Mike Tice acknowledged Thursday that the University of Washington is interested in him as a candidate for their head-coaching post.


Ten British football clubs are featured in the latest list of the world's 20 richest football club's complied by Deloitte.


GoDaddy tells client its servers don't need DST fix

(InfoWorld) - A GoDaddy.com customer is seriously concerned that this domain registrar and hosting company may not be ready for the switch to DST (Daylight Saving Time) on Sunday. In a series of e-mail exchanges and phone calls, George Baltzell was told by GoDaddy.com's tech support team that the company is exempt from patching its servers because it is based in Arizona, which doesn't observe DST. "That's a silly response," Baltzell said. Baltzell, who lives in St. Louis, contacted GoDaddy.com's tech support after he crafted a short script using the PHP language to verify that the company's servers had been tuned for the DST switch, which comes earlier this year. His test showed that the GoDaddy.com servers are still acting according to the old DST rules, he said. "Thank you for contacting Online Support. As Daylight Savings [sic] does not apply to our servers, since we are on Arizona Time and our time zone does not change, our servers wouldn't update," reads one of the replies he received, and which he provided to IDG News Service. He wrote back to GoDaddy, saying that despite being in Arizona, their servers needed to be patched, otherwise timestamps would be wrong when communicating with computers in other areas. He even provided them with the code he used for his test, but didn't hear back. When informed of this situation by IDG News Service, GoDaddy sent a statement from Chief Information Security Officer Neil Warner. It said GoDaddy has conducted risk analysis on all its systems in preparation for the DST switch as well as contacted its vendors and received recommended patches. "Further, over the weekend, Go Daddy developers and quality assurance teams will be monitoring the transition process closely. As for our corporate headquarters being located in Scottsdale, Arizona, while the fact that we do not participate in DST minimizes potential impact, we are taking all precautionary steps to ensure our customers, located all over the world, are not impacted," the statement read. Told of GoDaddy's response, Baltzell was puzzled about the different message he got from the technical support team. At press time, his test continues to indicate the GoDaddy.com servers haven't been patched, he said. The main site he hosts with GoDaddy.com is St. Louis Places to See. He is particularly concerned for a page in which he tracks power outages in the St. Louis metro area because timestamps are an important part of it. Whatever ends up happening, Baltzell's opinion of GoDaddy.com has been soured by the experience. "Their tech support response is such a non sequitur, it has me wondering whether I should switch to another company," he said. In 2005, President Bush signed into law the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Among other things, it orders that, beginning in 2007, the start of DST be moved from the first Sunday in April to the second Sunday in March. It also shifts the return of standard time from the last Sunday in October to the first Sunday in November. On Sunday, people in zones impacted by DST must advance their clocks one hour. They must set clocks back one hour when DST ends this year on Nov. 4. The new DST dates have had a significant impact on the IT industry as vendors have had to issue patches for their systems and users, both consumers and enterprise IT professionals, have had to adjust their computers.


Bochum, 18:29 - CALCIO, GERMANIA: EVASIONE FISCALE, BOCHUM SOTTO INDAGINE

Il Bochum è indagato per evasione fiscale: il club avrebbe versato 'in nero' ad alcuni giocat...


'Don't poke your audience, stroke them!'

Mahesh Dattani reveals his trade secret, for his new film Morning Raga.


Mortar Attack, Kidnapping Heighten Iraq Tensions

Description: A mortar attack on an Iraqi National Guard headquarters north of Baghdad kills four guardsmen and wounds dozens of other Iraqis.


Aria di crisi nel centrodestra, ma con elementi grotteschi

Altra giornata di scontro sulle aliquote fiscali. An attacca Berlusconi, che poi invita a cena Fini e Casini. Roma. Ieri sera Silvio Berlusconi ostentava tranquillitÃ  e, prima di andare a cena con Gianfranco


A fresh attempt by the sharply divided parliament to elect a Lebanese president was likely to be postponed for the ninth time Monday amid a political impasse that continues to hold up the army chief's election for the post.


Williams, Jeter hits 2 HR each for Yanks

Bernie Williams homered twice and drove in six runs, and Derek Jeter also hit two home runs Sunday as the New York Yankees ended their longest road trip of the season with an 11-8 win over the Los Angeles Angels.


Erano a bordo di un Tir sbarcato da un traghetto da Zara


Five Million Smokers Died Worldwide in 2000 - Study

Smoking killed nearly 5 million people  worldwide in 2000, with men more than three times as likely as  women to go to an early grave, according to a study published  on Wednesday in the journal Tobacco Control.


China for the first time introduces laws specifically targeting the spread of Aids, state media says.


U.S. home prices, consumer confidence fall sharply

U.S. consumer confidence fell more sharply than expected in September while the pace of existing home sales slowed in August, according to reports on Tuesday, supporting the view the Federal Reserve would soon cut benchmark interest rates again.


Arctic Monkeys shiver at Live Earth 'hypocrisy'

Rock group Arctic Monkeys have become the latest music industry stars to question whether the performers taking part in Live Earth on Saturday are suitable climate change activists.


The public has little faith the government is adequately screening visitors to the country or could cope with an outbreak of an infectious disease, according to an AP-Ipsos poll.


Bush Nominates Rice to Be Secretary of State

President Bush announced today he has nominated Condoleezza Rice, his national security adviser and one of his closest counselors, to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state.


Con l'eccezione della Liguria, Trieste e Treviso, aderiscono quasi tutti i centri urbaniOrari del blocco e deroghe particolari dell'iniziativa sono state stabilite localmente                                            Domenica senza auto in tutto il Nord "Dobbiamo vincere la sfida dello smog"                                                                                Nei capoluoghi del Piemonte divieto anche per le euro 4 dalle 9.30 alle 19.30In Lombardia stop dalle 8 alle 20, ma via libera alle macchine meno inquinanti


An Oscarcast first: the  award show host (or in this case hostess) running a vacuum  cleaner in the audience. As amusing as it was, DeGenerously  speaking, it did take the glamour of the Oscars down a notch or  two.


Da affitti, a Ici, a zone franche le novita' sulle tasse


Esce in Francia il film dedicato alla sorella autistica


Minnesota Twins center fielder Torii Hunter left Sunday's game with a bruised left hand against the Milwaukee Brewers after a pitch from Jeff Suppan hit him in the first inning.


Emerging markets sqeeze Ericsson profits

Wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB reported a sharp drop in fourth-quarter net profits and said Friday it would lay off around 1,000 employees in Sweden because of costs cuts.


Goodyear, American Axle beat estimates, others lag

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co , the largest U.S. tire maker, and three U.S. auto parts makers posted profits on Tuesday, and shares of all but one rose.


Nations Lobby to Expand Security Council

Four countries that want permanent membership on an expanded U.N. Security Council — Brazil, Germany, India and Japan — vowed on Tuesday to support each other's bids and pledged to reform the United Nations.


Stuck in France's orbit: a depressingly circular history

Amid continuing turmoil in Ivory Coast, France firmly denied yesterday that its forces were seeking to depose President Laurent Gbagbo.


Parigi, 13:07 - TENNIS, ROLAND GARROS: LA GARBIN SUPERA 3/O TURNO

Tathiana Garbin ha superato anche il terzo turno degli Internazionali di Francia al Roland Garros. L...


Gunmen Kill Israeli in Gaza Ambush, Jolting Abbas

Palestinian militants ambushed an Israeli army jeep in Gaza on Wednesday, killing a Jewish settler, wounding three soldiers and jolting new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's hope to revive peacemaking with Israel.


Firenze, 16:45 - CALCIO, GIUDICE SERIE C: 21 SQUALIFICATI IN C2

Il giudice sportivo Pasquale Marino ha squalificato 21 giocatori in C2. Per due turni saranno out...


The company hopes new chassis and blades will increase market share.


Brocade's Backbone wants control of the data center

Big switch has got some nerve Brocade has released the first product in its new data center platform aimed at extending the company's reach beyond the traditional SAN (storage area network) market.â¦


Cold and Misty, British Open Off to a Competitive Start

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland, July 19 â Tiger Woods greeted the cold and misty morning of the 136th British Open in a two-tone rain jacket and a white baseball cap pulled low.


Two graffiti artists jailed for spray-painting trains have their sentences cut to conditional discharges.


Publishers Look to Up-Size Fading Market

Slow sales and an aging market have the publishing industry thinking about upsizing — at least when it comes to paperbacks.


Chanelâs Visionary, Holding Forth From His Designer Throne

Those seeking career advice about how to become an emperor of fashion will find little if any useful information in âLagerfeld Confidential.â


Bush Campaign Trail Stops at White House

Enmeshed in his re-election campaign, President Bush rarely spends a full day at the White House. But even when he does, presidential politics and campaign pitches remain close at hand.


Dali Paintings at Finland Exhibition Fake

Hundreds of paintings confiscated from a Salvador Dali exhibition in Finland were forgeries, officials said Monday.


Mental Deficits Common After Very Preterm Birth

More than three-quarters of children who were born before the 26th week of pregnancy are affected by cognitive and neurologic impairments by the time they reach school age, British researchers report.


One of the most successful businesses in the Washington area isn't technically a business at all -- it's a not-for-profit named Inova Health System. Over the past 40 years, what started out as a loose affiliation of three community hospitals in Fairfax County has transformed itself into the dominant...


Lycos Europe denies attack on zombie army

Internet portal Lycos Europe has denied that its "Make love not spam" Web site was hacked into and defaced last night. The company said that an e-mail that contained an apparent mirror image of the Web site being hacked was a hoax generated by spammers.


A multi-billion fraud hits the country's second-biggest bank, leading to questions about how such insider schemes can be prevented


Brazilian Ruling Party Makes Gains in Local Elections

Brazil's ruling party has made gains in Sunday's local elections seen as mid-term referendum on the government of left-leaning President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.


West Virginia called snowplow drivers out of retirement Wednesday as snowstorms and arctic cold blamed for at least 16 deaths hung over much of the Midwest and East.


Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives in Sudan to demand its government end fighting that has cost 50,000 lives in Darfur.


Anbar streets illustrate Petraeus's testimony

Marines say the strategy in Iraq's Sunni province works, but sheikhs say US support has an expiration date.


One of Turkey's leading authors was acquitted Thursday of "insulting Turkishness" in a novel that touched on the mass killings of Armenians during the final years of the Ottoman Empire.


Movie Review | 'In the Valley of Elah': Seeking Clues to a Sonâs Death and a Warâs Meaning

Underneath the deceptively quiet surface of âIn the Valley of Elahâ is a raw, angry, earnest attempt to grasp the moral consequences of the war in Iraq.


By Tatroe, Marcia  Planting  Flowers Scatter seeds of hardy annuals and biennials just before a snowstorm is forecast. Among those that prefer cool weather for germination are bachelor's button, California poppy, catchfly (Silene armeriaj.


Medicare premiums for doctor visits are going up a record $11.60 a month next year. The Bush administration says the increase reflects a strengthened Medicare, while Democrats complain that seniors are being unfairly socked.


NY area Democrats applaud Kerik nomination, but warily

NEW YORK New York area Democrats say they're pleased the city's former police commissioner has been tapped to head the Department of Homeland Security.


Presidents, Dignitaries at Arafat Funeral in Cairo

Presidents and dignitaries from more than 50 countries say a last farewell on Friday to late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Egypt, his second home and one of his closest allies in years of struggle for a homeland.


DES MOINES, Iowa  - Democrat Hillary Clinton holds a slim lead in Iowa over Barack Obama and a rising John Edwards, who are tied for second place three days before the state opens the presidential nominating race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Monday.


Enabling business and IT integration: ITIL v3 and Compuware's IT Service Management Solution

(Source: Compuware)  IT enables businesses success, so integrating the two is a top priority. Industry best practices such as ITIL continue to evolve to address integration methods, improve communications and enhance the quality of IT services. Find out how Vantage automates and integrates key ITIL processes including Six Sigma techniques for continual service quality improvement.


A contract to design and build facilities for the National Physical Laboratory failed owing to "naivety", MPs say.


Logitech shares surge on talk of Microsoft bid

Shares in Swiss-based computer peripherals maker Logitech International SA  rose over 12 percent on Thursday amid speculation Microsoft Corp  would launch a takeover bid, traders said.


Packers' Favre Improves, Pederson Hurting

The Green Bay Packers are confident quarterback Brett Favre's first concussion in nine seasons was mild and won't prevent him from starting next Monday night against the Tennessee Titans.


While childhood cancers remain rare, the number of cases has been slowly but steadily increasing in Europe over the past 30 years, a new report claims.


The Miami Heat, led by Dwyane Wade, received double-digit efforts from five players to overcome a 45- point performance from Allen Iverson and claim a 103-91 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday.


Parma, 17:59 - CALCIO, PARMA; RANIERI: CREDEVO NELLA SALVEZZA

Il calcio è strano. Claudio Ranieri ha appena condotto il Parma a una salvezza quanto meno co...


High Court to Review Arthur Andersen Case

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider overturning the conviction of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm for destroying Enron Corp.-related documents before the energy giant's collapse.


Fourteen die in latest Chinese mine accidents

Fourteen coal miners died at the   weekend in two separate accidents, while the death toll at a   third pit climbed to nine, underscoring China's reputation as   the world's deadliest mining industry.


NASCAR showed again it won't tolerate any modifications to its Car of Tomorrow by levying stiff penalties against Hendrick Motorsports drivers Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and their crew chiefs Tuesday.


Iraq Says Senior Zarqawi Aide Captured in Baghdad

U.S.-led forces in Iraq have captured a  senior member of the al Qaeda-linked network led by Jordanian  militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in a raid in Baghdad, the Iraqi  government said on Thursday.


Taranto, 17:23 - CALCIO, TARANTO; ULTIMATUM QUESTURA AGLI ULTRA'

Un migliaio di tifosi che sfondano ed entrano gratis, agenti contusi. E' accaduto ieri a Taranto, st...


The Beatles' first four US albums for Capitol Records are to be released on CD for the first time, a report says.


Newton North grad has her best college game

Newton North High graduate Maegan Hoover, now a freshman at Connecticut College and a guard on the women's basketball team, scored a career-high nine points and had two steals in a recent victory over Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.


One third of Americans abuse alcohol: survey

Nearly one in three Americans abuse or become dependent on alcohol over the course of their lives, and most never seek treatment, according to a study published on Monday.


Bush Tough-Guy Scuffle Plays Poorly in Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile  - While President Bush may have  boosted his tough-guy image at home in a brief scuffle with  local police during a summit in Chile, orderly Chileans were  less impressed that he got physically involved and flouted  security rules.


Two blasts at Lao state facility raise security fears ahead of ...

Two blasts rocked an unused government facility overnight, damaging the compound's wall, witnesses said Friday, sparking security jitters ahead of a regional summit.


"Blade: Trinity" — The third and hopefully final installment in Wesley Snipes' franchise about a half-human, half-vampire hunter of the undead is a bloody mess.


W.R. Grace Accused of Hiding Cancer Risk

W.R. Grace and Co. and seven high-ranking employees knew a Montana mine was releasing cancer-causing asbestos into the air and tried to hide the danger to workers and townspeople, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday. More than 1,200 people became ill, and some of them died, prosecutors said.


A car bomb damaged a U.S. diplomatic car in Beirut on Tuesday, killing at least three people and wounding 16, and the U.S. State Department said no Americans died in the blast.


Merkel's party fails to shine as neo-Nazis march in eastern Germany

Voters dealt German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives a bitter blow in Berlin in regional elections which saw the neo-Nazis make a stunning breakthrough in her home state.


Firm's Checks to Annan's Son Went on for Years-UN

The son of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan got monthly payments more than four years longer than was previously known from a Swiss firm that won a lucrative contract under the scandal-ridden U.N. oil-for-food program, the United Nations said on Friday.


Panasonic, Sharp, and Toshiba launch tech recycling company

Top TV makers have formed a recycling company to handle tech waste and comply with changing state laws.


Police are bogged down in red tape and afraid to use their judgement, says the chief inspector of constabulary.


Olympics-Henin rust-free but Ferrero falters

ATHENS, Aug 17  - Any hint of rust after a 12-week lay-off was long gone by the time Justine Henin-Hardenne took to the Olympic tennis court on Tuesday, a fact drummed mercilessly home to Venezuela's Maria Vento-Kabchi.


AN Internet site has published a statement attributed to the group of Iraq's most-wanted man Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claiming a suicide bombing that killed three members of Britain's Black Watch regiment.


24 August 2004 -- Iraq's environment and education ministers were both unharmed in two separate attacks on their respective convoys in Baghdad today, as fighting continues in the holy city of Al-Najaf.


ONE MONTH ago, the UN Security Council demanded progress on the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Darfur. A resolution called on Sudan's government to allow aid workers unimpeded access to the province and


A steady growth in legal music downloads continues while illegal file sharing networks also flourish, analysts say.


Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been charged with 16 offences including soliciting to murder and possession of a terrorist document.


Captain Marvel keeps United in title hunt

Roy Keane's long wait for his 50th goal for Manchester United finally came to an end as the Red Devils overcame Birmingham at Old Trafford to maintain their pursuit of Premiership leaders Chelsea.


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IAEA Agrees Plan to Inspect Brazil Uranium Plant

By Louis Charbonneau VIENNA  - The U.N. nuclear watchdog has approved aBrazilian inspection plan that allows it to ensure nothing isdiverted from a uranium enrichment plant in Brazil to an atombomb program, the agency said Thursday.


In Tentative Deal, Directors Send Message

Hollywoodâs movie and TV directors have agreed to a new contract with production companies in a settlement that also sends a message to striking screenwriters.


The UN chief says Syria has not complied with a Security Council resolution by withdrawing troops from its neighbour, Lebanon.


Speculation rife over EADS reorganisation ahead of Franco-German summit

Speculation is rife in the French press about the future shape of the management at aerospace giant EADS, ahead of a possible decision at a July 16 Franco-German summit to simplify its structure.


Romanians to Elect President Between Premier, Bucharest Mayor

Romanians began going to the polls today to elect their third post-communist president, who will complete the Balkan nation's drive to join the European Union by 2007.


MS customers get 'cold feet' on software assurance

One in four corporates plan to ditch maintenance contracts - Forrester Microsoft has hit back at criticism that its Software Assurance maintenance contracts offer poor value for money and may be dropped by many enterprise customers.â¦


Sports Minister Richard Caborn today categorically ruled out the Government stepping in to provide the cash to save the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.


Epson plans Windows Rally wireless products

(InfoWorld) - Japan's Seiko Epson is planning to develop a range of products based on a Microsoft's Windows Rally technology for wireless networked devices. Windows Rally is one of a number of new technologies in the Vista operating system and is meant to simplify setup, security, and management of networked devices. Within the Rally family of technologies is Windows Connect Now for easy Wi-Fi setup; Plug and Play Extensions (PnP-x) for easy installation of networked-connected devices; and the Link Layer Topology Discovery protocol for easy discovery of networked devices. Products making use of the technology will be able to detect devices on the network and then automatically install drivers and configure ports so they are ready for use. Control of devices on the network like printers and scanners will also be possible. Epson, which is one of the world's largest makers of computer printers, said on Thursday that is has licensed the technology from Microsoft and joined a Microsoft program that will see engineers from the two companies work together on products from the initial design stage. The company didn't provide any details of products that will include Windows Rally but printers are a likely candidate. At the WinHEC engineering conference in the U.S. Epson demonstrated a multifunction printer with the Rally technology, it said.


Restrained by a worse-than-expected slump in housing, the economy will grow at the slowest pace in five years in 2007, leading economic forecasters say. They predict consumers will get a break on inflation from falling energy prices.


How Porn and Family-Friendly Photos Coexist on Flickr

Yahoo balances family-friendly and adult-oriented photos on the same photo-sharing site, with little overlap between the two.


Esther Rhodes often finds herself explaining charges or procedures to defendants during court proceedings.


AOL backs away from Microsoft antispam plan

SAN FRANCISCO - America Online Inc. (AOL) has decided not to fully support Microsoft Corp.'s Sender ID spam-fighting plan after the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the open- source community expressed intellectual property concerns.


Romania's president presented a report Monday denouncing the former Communist regime as 'criminal and illegitimate' and guilty of committing crimes against humanity -- the country's first such official ...Comment


Cisco banks on 'quad play' for sustained growth

(InfoWorld) - Cisco Systems Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Chambers Wednesday stoked the networking vendor's love affair with IT investors by pointing to the company's unified communications strategy and broad product portfolio as a way to sustain growth over the long term. At the company'sÂ annual financial analyst conference in New York, executives said Cisco will sustain double-digit growth through the rest of the decade by incorporating data, voice, video and mobile capabilities -- what it calls its "quad play" -- across product lines, while addressing the service provider, enterprise, commercial and consumer markets. "Now if youâre the innovator and the leader it protects you from the startups and the advanced players," Chambers said. Cisco expects to sustain a 10 percent to 15 percent compound annual revenue growth rate through the rest of the decade. The company will be able to take advantage of the breakdown of barriers among vertical-market product lines, as consumers and professionals increasingly expect to get both corporate data and home and family information anytime, anywhere, Chambers said. "The network becomes the platform," noted Chambers, in a frequently repeated phrase during the event. At the corporate level, product integration is fueled by a trend in businesses to move from a "command control" style of management to a more collaborative model, he said. "If you asked me a few years ago I would have said collaboration could account for maybe 10 percent to 20 percent productivity efficiency but now I would say that's closer to 30 percent to 40 percent," he said. The company is banking on business uptake of video collaboration tools to boost network traffic and the need for new infrastructure. The quad play equipment and services Cisco offers will be taken up broadly, by smaller commercial companies as well as Fortune 500 businesses, Chambers said. As an example, he pointed out that a 12-store Subway food chain in Texas has already implemented a quad-play Cisco-based system, which uses video to reduce theft. Cisco can also help companies innovate and transition to new technologies, noted Charlie Giancarlo, Cisco's chief development officer. Giancarlo said Cisco "reinvented the TDM PBX [time division multiplex public branch exchange] industry ... bringing it into the unified communications era" through VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) gateways and other products and services. The big question for attendees was whether Cisco can sustain growth and product leadership. The company has had 21 straight quarters where it met or exceeded Thomson Financial analyst consensus expectations, noted Chief Financial Officer Dennis Powell. The company's share price has benefited, surging by about 25 percent over the last year, compared to about 5 percent growth for the Nasdaq exchange. Powell forecast 19 percent to 21 percent growth for the quarter ending this October (including revenue from recent acquisitions), about even with Thomson Financial expectations for the first fiscal quarter, of 20.4 percent revenue growth. Conference attendees noted that so far the company has been able to deliver on its promise to expand into new markets from its traditional corporate switching and router base. One institutional investor who declined to be named noted the company has placed its Carrier Routing System-1 carrier-class product into some 60 companies. While attendees said they would like more specifics about upcoming products, several agreed that certain specifics about the business appear to position the company for further growth. For example, Powell indicated that the company would offer a dividend to investors, one sign that the company is confident of its growth predictions, noted Mark Sue, an analyst with brokerage RBC Capital Markets. "Of course we'd like to know when, but that is a positive sign," Sue said.


Canadian Regulators Give Nod to Cannabis-Based Drug

Canadian regulators have given initial approval to a cannabis-based drug to treat patients suffering from multiple sclerosis, Reuters reported Dec. 21.


Everton manager David Moyes has been told he could have 10 million pounds to spend on new players in the January transfer window despite the English premiership club revealing record losses in the last financial year.


NOAA chief calls for global ocean sensing

In the wake of the deadly Indian Ocean tsunamis last week, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief Conrad Lautenbacher has renewed his call for a Global Ocean Observing System that could patch together many governmentsâ stovepiped sensors.


Jan. 15, 2001: Enter Wikipedia, for Better and Worse

The "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" goes online. Doing research becomes easier but community editing means the information may be less credible.


Thousands of shell-shocked Volkswagen workers were meeting in the car park of their Brussels factory, the day after hearing that 4,000 of the 5,300 jobs at the plant will be lost, to plan their next moves.


Apple's new software for shared calendars has much to recommend it. We give you an in-depth look, and some tips and tricks for implementation.


Clint Dempsey returns Tuesday night to the stadium where he began his pro career before emerging on the world soccer stage.


Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods posted a moderate increase in April, helped by a continued rebound in business investment.


Adobe confirms plans to release AIR Web environment in 2008

The publisher plans to follow up the best revenue year in its history with a major push for its Web services development environment, in an effort to shore up Flash's chances against Silverlight.


A French diplomat with the European Union in Ivory Coast was shot to death in his home overnight, a spokesman for the French embassy said Wednesday.


Shares in LG Electronics and LG Chem fall on reports of an exploding laptop, which had an LG Chem battery.


Roma, 12:28 - CALCIO, SERIE A: FIORENTINA-INTER A ROSETTI

Sarà Roberto Rosetti a dirigere domani sera Fiorentina-Inter, match clou della prima giornata...


Ipotesi stop vendita alcol a minori, 'forchetta' 60-15 mld


Urgent action to tackle a rise in anti-Semitism in the UK is being called for by a cross-party group of MPs.


Manufacturing up, consumer spending strong

U.S. consumers spent more than expected in January and manufacturing unexpectedly rose in February, according to reports on Thursday that suggested the economy was poised to grow even as inflation remained a risk.


Kevin Keegan starts his job as Newcastle manager on Thursday with fans still celebrating his shock return to St James' Park.


UPDATE 2-Rugby-Australia edge out England in Twickenham thriller

Australia showed all their famed resilience to withstand a fierce fightback by England and beat the world champions 21-19 in a thunderous World Cup final repeat on Saturday.


A dissident Congolese army officer says there is a state of war between the government and his forces


Anil Kumble reached 400 Test wickets in his home town of Bangalore yesterday - but he could not stop Australia gaining the upper hand on the opening day of the first Test.


Argentine smuggles cocaine in chocolate cookies

Chilean police arrested an Argentine woman allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine to Spain hidden in chocolate-coated alfajores -- cookies popular in the southern nations of South America.


Pussyamazing, da Mestre a YouTube con furore

Sul sito de La Nuova di Venezia e Mestre la storia di Manuela. Commessa mestrina, aspirante cantante, canta e si spoglia su internet: 'La mia via al successo'


EFF sides with TorrentSpy in MPAA lawsuit

Blog: Advocacy group intends to file court papers in support of TorrentSpy, accused by the movie industry of encouraging illegal file sharing.


Nigerian Strike to Continue But Oil Exports Flow

Unions vowed to extend a general strike over fuel prices in Nigeria to a second day on Tuesday, helping drive world oil prices to record highs even though shipments from Africa's top producer were unaffected.


Proposte del ministro dei Trasporti per ridurre inquinamento


Imperial to buy U.S.-based CBHC for $1.9 bln

Britain's Imperial Tobacco  said on Thursday it had agreed to buy Commonwealth Brands, the fourth-biggest cigarette maker in the United States, for 974 million pounds ($1.9 billion) in cash.


Pilgrims carry out one of the Hajj's final rituals, as a top Saudi cleric warns them to shun militant forms of Islam.


Ahmet Ertegun, a Turkish immigrant  whose obsession with America's black music inspired him to  launch Atlantic Records and the careers of acts ranging from  Ray Charles to Aretha Franklin, died in New York on Thursday,  the record label said. He was 83.


Udine, 17:34 - CALCIO, UDINESE; MARINO: ARRIVARE PRIMA POSSIBILE A SALVEZZA

"Incontriamo una Reggina che si è rafforzata molto nel mercato di gennaio, una squadra che ce...


Taking the Frizz and Frazzle Out of Monsoon Hair Days

NEW DELHI It's the start of India's monsoon season, and those muggy rains can give a person a really bad hair day. So on a steamy Wednesday afternoon, in a country where big and long hair is a main symbol of beauty for both sexes, monsoon makeovers are the VIP treatment of the moment. It's the ti...


More Young South Koreans Opt to Learn Chinese

South Korean teen-ager Lee Jun-ho hopes  to talk himself into a job someday -- in Chinese.


Former President Bill Clinton's heart bypass, expected Monday, likely will be an ordinary replumbing of his ailing heart, not some new whiz-bang robotic or "keyhole" surgery, leading surgeons say. A source close to the former president who spoke on condition of anonymity said Clinton has told him the surgery was scheduled for Monday morning...


Sydney, 13:29 - CALCIO, AUSTRALIA: CONTRATTO A GETTONE PER COLLYMORE

A cinque anni dal ritiro, Stan Collymore, ex attaccante di Nottingham Forest, Liverpool e Aston Vill...


Travis Henry has arrived in Denver with some lofty ambitions in mind. But the newly signed Broncos tailback prefers to keep his rushing goals private, at least for now.


New cellphones deliver speedier HSDPA downloads

InfoWorld - South Korea's three big cellphone makers are speeding the path to higher speed data downloads over wireless networks.


Trial of record producer Phil Spector ends in a mistrial after the jury declared itself deadlocked.


Rumsfeld: No evidence to link Saddam with Al Qaeda

WASHINGTON - US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has confessed that he had seen no âstrong, hard evidenceâ linking former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein with Al Qaeda, backing away from a key justification for the US-led war on Iraq.


Infineon to cut stake in Qimonda to minority in medium term

Infineon, the German semi-conductors giant, has said that it still intended to reduce its shareholding in its memory chip subsidiary Qimonda to a minority stake in the medium term.


Royal Mail workers are to hold a 24-hour strike on Friday, 29 June, the main postal union confirms.


The British army in Iraq has suffered two non-combat related deaths over the weekend, it has emerged today. In the first incident, a Black Watch soldier was killed in a road accident as the battalion redeployed to southern Baghdad.


BEIJING - In what could be one of the worst coal mine disasters to hit China, at least 166 miners were trapped underground and feared dead after a gas explosion early yesterday in north-west China's Shaanxi province, state media said.


Gli inglesi vincono 2-0, segnano Kuyt e Gerrard nel finale


Lleyton Hewitt won his third title of the season, beating Gilles Muller on Sunday in the final of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.


Nvidia's PureVideo promises home theater video quality for the PC

Nvidia today announced the availability of PureVideo. The technology is designed to accelerate MPEG 2 and high-definition content on computer systems equipped


Iran Says No Reason to Halt Nuclear Program

Iran is determined to press ahead with  its nuclear program even if it results in a halt of U.N. checks  of the Islamic Republic's nuclear sites, President Mohammad  Khatami said on Tuesday.


2004âs top 10 best scientific achievements

Which do you think was the most significant discovery of the year 2004? The discovery of Hobbitâs fossil, a mere two meter tall human who shared planet earth with modern human for thousands of years or is it the landing of NASAâs two rovers on Mars?


Tiger Woods will lose money but gain a greater prize in his latest trip to a golf course. Richard Alleyne reports from Barbados. If you are the world's richest and most obsessive golfer, where better to get


National Archives and MS strike preservation deal

Shining light on the 'digital dark age' The National Archives (TNA) and Microsoft have come to an arrangement to support long term access to digital documents.â¦


Nuovo modello dedicato al gentleman metropolitano


Iraqi officials suspect that about 50 U.S.-trained Iraqi soldiers slain by insurgents - many of them execution-style - may have been set up by rebel infiltrators in their ranks.


Kim Clijsters will not play again this year and maybe longer after picking up another wrist injury.


Roll the tape forward to Jan. 3, 2008. What a time it will be around here.


Deaths from typhoon in Philippines rises

The death toll from a powerful typhoon that cut across the northern Philippines rose to at least 28 with dozens of people missing in floods and landslides as schools and offices in Manila remained closed for a second day Friday.


The parents of a toddler found dying in a stream near his family's holiday home have spoken of their sadness.


[Monaco | ITWeb, 3 November 2004] - Nokia unveiled several new products, including a Web-browsing, image-oriented wide-screen handset, at its mobility conference in Monaco, where the emphasis has been on smartphones and supporting technology.


VATICANO - AVE MARIA a cura di don Luciano Alimandi - ÂMaria, aiuto della nostra fedeÂ CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) -  ÂNel frattempo si sollevÃ² una gran tempesta di vento e gettava le onde nella barca, tanto che ormai era piena. Egli se ne stava a poppa, sul cuscino, e dormiva. Allora lo svegliarono e gli dissero: Maestro, non t...


Senate likely to pass China tariff bill: senator

The Senate is likely to pass a bill  aimed at forcing Beijing to change its currency policies by  threatening a 27.5 percent tariff on Chinese exports to the  United States, a top Republican senator said on Thursday.


The headless body of a Ukrainian poet, night-time raids on railway depots and the theft of priceless works of art. The ingredients of a Cold War thriller?


CINCINNATI - Like one of Derek Anderson's wind-blown passes, the chance to clinch a playoff spot slipped right through the Cleveland Browns' hands.


Jazztel Regrets E-Mail Urging Clients to Buy Stock

Spanish broadband operator Jazztel  expressed regret on Thursday after an executive sent an e-mail to clients urging them to buy stock ahead of a "highly innovative" package for corporate subscribers.


Rock star Eric Clapton is suspended from driving in France after being caught speeding at 134mph.


U.S. Hopes for New N.Korea Talks, Rebuffed on Taiwan

China agreed Monday to put pressure on  North Korea to return to six-party talks on its nuclear  programs but told Secretary of State Colin Powell that  Washington needed to be more flexible to resolve the crisis.


Era nato a Miami, ma viveva in Italia dagli anni SessantaScoperto da Arbore e Boncompagni fu due volte a Sanremo                                                  Addio a Rocky Roberts famoso con 'Stasera mi butto'


German robs church boxes of 250,000 euros in 9 years

A German woman has confessed to stealing  250,000 euros ($356,400) from church collection boxes over the  past nine years, police said on Thursday.


Investigators search Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch

SANTA BARBARA, CA. (Top40 Charts) - US Police and investigators in California have raided the famed 'Neverland Ranch' of Pop icon Michael Jackson.


With Expos' deal on brink of collapse, Council may reconsider

With the deal to bring the Montreal Expos to Washington on the brink of collapse, the head of the District of Columbia Council put the stadium financing legislation on the agenda for Tuesday's meeting.


Death Toll Reaches 10 in California Mudslide

LA CONCHITA, Calif.  - The death toll from a  mudslide in the oceanside California town of La Conchita rose  to 10 on Wednesday, as search teams found the bodies of a woman  and her three young children overnight, Ventura County Fire  Department officials said.


Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney cast himself as more businessman than politician Sunday, as the one-time venture capitalist tried to differentiate himself from his rivals during his first townhall meeting in California.


Bodies of 18 Iraqis Found Near Mosul - Iraqi Police

MOSUL, Iraq  - The bodies of 18 Iraqi Shi'ite men  killed last month on their way to work at a U.S. base in Mosul  have been found in farmland near the northern city, police  sources said on Thursday.


Iraqi prime minister to visit White House

President Bush sneaked over to Baghdad to meet him last month. Now he plans to welcome Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to the White House for the first time.


Grubb Suspended After Refusing Drug Test

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- NASCAR suspended Kevin Grubb indefinitely on Tuesday because he refused to submit to a random drug test following the Busch Series race at Richmond International Speedway.


Gibraltar delegation for constitutional talks.

Gibraltar Government has announced the composition of the nine-man Gibraltar delegation that will be involved in constitutional reform talks with the British Government beginning November 30.


Iraq may be facing a deadly civil war, but the Iraqi government is initiating major, costly repairs to its diplomatic building in Washington and expanding its real estate holdings here.


O'Brien to replace Leno on 'The Tonight Show'

Jay Leno will hand over the reins of NBC's "The Tonight Show" to "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien -- but not until 2009, the network announced Monday.


Killer motorists face new sentencing guidelines

Motorists who cause death by careless driving may escape a prison sentence under new proposals that will be published on Wednesday.


John McCain on Sunday assured Iowa supporters that he's doing fine and intends to seriously compete in the state's leadoff caucuses despite staff cuts and money problems.


Weakened but Persistent Storm Threatens Florida Panhandle

State officials today urged people to stay where they were because of the possibility of flooding, but not everyone heeded the warning.


MADRID, Spain - Snowy the terrier knows all about the hassle of airport security. The brown-and-white pooch spent 11 days in a sensitive outdoor area of Madrid's international airport - one of Europe's busiest air hubs - scurrying about with a dog's eye view of landing planes.


Deena Kastor's bronze medal in the women's Olympic marathon Sunday in Athens struck a chord with former Olympian Lynn Jennings, who won the bronze medal at 10,000 meters in the 1992 Games.


Richard Hamilton caught an inbounds pass under the basket and banked in a short shot with 1.3 seconds left, giving the Detroit Pistons an 78-77 win over Miami on Friday night as the Heat lost for the first time in nine games against Eastern Conference opponents.


The BBC has learnt of serious incidents at a major Welsh hospital, with worries about patient safety.


Bank of Canada pushes up base rate by quarter-point to 2.5 pct

OTTAWA : The Bank of Canada boosted its overnight rate by a quarter-point to 2.5 percent, and suggested more hikes are coming in the near future.


Former detainees allege torture in US custody

Four Britons who were held incommunicado at the US military prison in Cuba for more than two years as suspected al-Qaeda fighters filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging that they were tortured.


The number of children in England taking foreign languages at school has fallen, inspectors find.


Intel gets latest Itanium into "white box" systems. AMD, meanwhile, isn't willing to concede any ground.


Controversial Moss finds a home with the Patriots

Saddled with a history of legal  troubles and a questionable attitude, Randy Moss seemed like a  terrible fit for the New England Patriots.


ACQUISITION fever gripped markets on both sides of the Atlantic yesterday including a Â£1.3-billion-pound takeover approach for the mid-cap London Stock Exchange from its rival Deutsche BÃ¶erse.


MERKA, Somalia -- The handful of grain Abiye Omar clutches in her skinny hand has traveled a long way from the fertile fields of midwestern America to this desolate Somali seaside town.


Regulators have given scientists the green light to create human-animal embryos for research.


Business & money: Bush administration shies away from accusing Beijing of manipulating its currency, failing to satisfy increasingly bellicose Congress.


London 2012 Games Would Make Hundred Million Pound Profit

London 2012âs bid book was released to the public Friday and shows that if London hosts the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, it is expected to make a 100 million pound profit, 60 per cent of which would be spent on grassroots sport in the UK with the


NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO  - Top online video service  YouTube will soon test a new video identification technology  with two of the world's largest media companies, Time Warner  Inc.  and Walt Disney Co. .


Isabella Rossellini turns to directing insect sex

Isabella Rossellini treated audiences at the Berlin Film Festival to wild and crazy sex scenes in a series of short films she directs and stars in.


Bon Jovi, Ticketmaster bundle digital album, tickets

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - In what's being billed as a first,  Bon Jovi is bundling a digital iTunes copy of the band's  upcoming album, "Lost Highway," with advance tickets for  October concerts in Newark, New Jersey.


Progressi sulla bozza di sanzioni contro Teheran


Music Industry Sues 744 More for File Sharing

The trade group representing the U.S. music industry has filed a new round of lawsuits against 744 people it alleges used online file-sharing networks to illegally trade in copyrighted materials, it said on Wednesday.


Spammers may be about to get a taste of their own medicine. A British company is today launching software that it claims will allow computer users to hit back at the mass mailers who clog up our inboxes with


London seen higher but bourses unchanged

London is seen starting slightly higher on Tuesday after a late recovery on Wall Street, but the continentâs bourses are seen opening flat.


Abbas Orders Early Elections to End Deadlock

The Palestinian presidentâs declaration was both a challenge to the Hamas movement and a risky effort to break a political stalemate that could backfire.


A robot ornithologist has been installed in a wildlife refuge to look for the elusive ivory-billed woodpecker.


Crystal Erwin scored a career-high 24 points on 9-of-9 shooting and Jacqueline Batteast had 17 points and 10 rebounds, leading seventh-ranked Notre Dame to a 72-48 victory over Washington on Saturday.


Business & money: Plant officially reopens two years after it was shut following the collapse of MG Rover.


France: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is "not unconscious and not in a coma," his top aide Nabil Abu Rudeina told AFP on Thursday, amid swirling rumors about Arafat's precarious health.


Donne avvolte in lamiere contorte in "Future love"


Britain Rules Out Deploying Troops To Strife-torn Darfur

KHARTOUM, Aug 23  - British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw stressed here late Monday that his country had no plans to deploy troops to the troubled western region of Sudan, but said that Britain stood ready to support the African Union military


Scientists now have their first direct evidence of changing weather patterns on Titan, Saturn's largest moon.


Firefox 1.0, the long-awaited version of the popular Open Source browser, has been released. The Mozilla Foundation released the preview version of 1.0 in September, and it saw as much as 125,000 downloads


Abbas sees talks with Hamas at "dead end": official

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told Jordan that talks on a unity government with Hamas have hit a "dead end" and he will pursue other options, a senior Palestinian official said on Tuesday.


Army ants have devised a remarkable way to smooth a bumpy journey - by plugging potholes with their bodies.


Dell to sell PCs at Wal-Mart in retail drive

Dell Inc.  plans to start  selling personal computers at 3,500 Wal-Mart  stores in  the United States and Canada as of June 10, launching a major  drive to sell through retailers, the companies said on  Thursday.


David Price solidified his spot at the top of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays' wish list with each overpowering fastball. "We think this guy has all the ability to be a front of the rotation-type pitcher," scouting director R.J.


French defense minister Michelle Alliot-Marie addresses reporters on the steps on the defense ministry in Paris Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004, after eight French soldiers were killed and 23 wounded in Ivory Coast


Stocks bounce back from their mid-day slide

Stocks shuffled to a mixed finish yesterday, rebounding from mid-day declines as oil prices retreated after surging past $50 per barrel.


Russia Blames Terrorism for Downed Plane

MOSCOW Aug. 28, 2004 - The discovery of traces of explosives in the wreckage of one of two airliners that crashed almost simultaneously this week have confirmed a widely suspected terrorist connection and


A new study says the big social networking sites are splitting up along familiar lines.


Scope of TJX data breach doubles: 94M cards now said to be affected

The worst data breach made public so far -- the one that affected customers of TJX Companies -- is even worse than first thought. Court documents indicate that the number of accounts affected is 94 million, more than double initial estimates.


A man convicted of raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman was executed Thursday, becoming the first person in the United States to die in the electric chair in more than two years.


Democratic congressmen from Florida and Michigan asked national party chairman Howard Dean on Tuesday why he has been silent about punishing New Hampshire if it moves up its presidential primary while their states may lose all their delegates.


No. 5 Badgers Out to Retrieve Bunyan Axe

Minnesota coach Glen Mason will get a firsthand look Saturday at the guy who got away.


Household Products May be Linked to Asthma

A study England's University of Bristol researchers indicates exposure to common household cleaning products such as bleach, paint stripper and carpet cleaners may cause wheezing problems in children.


New FBI Documents Describe Abuse of Prisoners in Iraq, Guantanamo

There are fresh allegations that prisoners under US custody in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, suffered serious physical abuse from their interrogators.


Election officials finished the presidential recount in Ohio on Tuesday, with the final tally shaving a few hundred votes off President Bush's six-figure margin of victory in the state that gave him a second term.


Northern Ireland voters go to the polls to elect 108 members to a new Stormont assembly.


One man is sentenced to death and 28 jailed for involvement in a slave labour scandal in northern China.


WOOLWORTHS chief executive Roger Corbett has three great advantages over Coles Myer's John Fletcher. Unless Fletcher recognises and counters these advantages, then Corbett will win with devastating effects on the long-term Coles share price.


Bush condemns Iran's detention of Americans

U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday said he strongly condemned Iran's detention of American citizens and called for them to be freed "immediately and unconditionally."


The chairman of food giant Kellogg, Cuban-born Carlos Gutierrez, is named new US Commerce Secretary.


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.


US agency prods employers to plan for flu pandemic

The U.S. government urged employers on Tuesday to develop plans to cope with a possible flu pandemic, suggesting letting employees work from home and encouraging sick workers to stay home without reprisals.


Blog: How do you get rid of the appearance of cellulite? High-energy beams.


Dreams of bombs, bad guys haunt Baghdad's children

Iraqi children are haunted by dreams of bad guys wielding knives or kidnapping relatives. For some, like 13-year-old Zaman, the nightmares become reality. She was abducted, beaten and threatened with rape.


Prince rocks London catwalk with surprise gig

U.S. pop star Prince had fashionistas dancing in the aisles at London Fashion Week on Wednesday when he staged a surprise performance at Matthew Williamson's catwalk show.


MacyÂs Parade Gets Tighter Weather Control Than Ever

Strong wind gusts forecast for tomorrow could ground some or all of the 12 big balloons that are set to fly in the MacyÂs Thanksgiving Day Parade.


A real workplace challenge is making peace with the person in the next cubicle when theyâre someone you strongly, strongly, strongly dislike.


Referendum confirmed, ChÃ¡vez looks ahead

CARACAS - Venezuelan leader Hugo ChÃ¡vez urged his foes to accept their defeat and move on yesterday, after an audit of last week's recall referendum confirmed the president's victory.


Grade 2 winner Overbury shifts to Beechbrook Stud

Helshaw Grange Stud is relocating Grade 2 winner Overbury, runner-up in a pair of European classics, to Paddy Kinsella's Beechbrook Stud in County Wicklow, Ireland, where they will stand him in partnership in ...


BP Settles Charges and Agrees to Pay Fine

The oil company agreed to pay $373 million in fines and restitution to end investigations into whether it manipulated energy markets and violated environmental laws, the Justice Department said.


Source: Fifth man arrested in Maryland fires

Authorities on Monday arrested a fifth man suspected of being involved in a series of arson fires in suburban Washington, a law enforcement source said.


They are baseball's Delta House, the ragtag Pointer Brothers of Yawkey Way. Winning just about every game on their march to the playoffs, the 2004 Red Sox look like they're going on down to Yasgur's farm to join in a rock 'n' roll band.


The Elderly Always Sleep Worse, and Other Myths of Aging

Poor sleep among the elderly, it turns out, is not because of aging itself, but mostly because of illnesses or the medications used to treat them.


Obama, Clinton Each Win Two States in Early Voting

Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois Senator Barack Obama and New York Senator Hillary Clinton each claimed victories in two states, according to early network projections, on the biggest day of voting in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.


Swedish truck maker Volvo AB may stop expanding in Sweden and instead steer new investments in production capacity to the United States, the company's chief executive said Monday.


TRADING victories like heavyweight boxers swapping mighty punches, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United are locked in a championship race in which every lost point will be seized upon as a sign of frailty.


NBC ends contract on shows with Apple's iTunes: report

NBC Universal has decided against  renewing its contract to sell digital downloads of television  shows on Apple Inc's iTunes after failing to come to an  agreement on pricing, the New York Times reported in its online  edition on Friday.


Severe winter storm hammers Midwest, East Coast

A severe winter storm dumped snow and  freezing rain across the Midwest and mid-Atlantic United States  on Sunday, stranding air travelers from Boston to Chicago and  causing several traffic deaths.


The cabinet reshuffling foreshadows bigger changes as the Communist Party prepares for a gathering in October.


A Juicy Apple Ripens: iPhone Could Have a Ripple Effect

KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ The amazing Apple hype machine soon could help unaffiliated wireless carriers sell bunches of music-playing wireless phones.  The debut of the much-heralded iPhone is thought to be imminent, though Apple and AT&T Inc. executives remain mum on the exact timing.


Search Wars: Google, Snap, Amazon Arm for Battle

The Google book-search move may contain the most intrigue, both because of the company's place at the top of the search hierarchy and because it appears to be targeting the core business of


BA passengers face delays due to staff shortages

Thousands of British Airways passengers at London's Heathrow Airport faced serious delays after the airline was hit by a combination of staff shortages and technical problems, it said.