Congress passes military protection bill

Servicemen and women would be shielded from people pushing inferior or overpriced financial service and insurance packages under legislation ready for President Bush's signature.


Jazz singer and author George Melly dies at his London home at the age of 80


Prezzi produzione industriale in calo a novembre


Per il si' alla preferenza, partecipano quasi tutti partiti


CNET Car Tech posts photos of the Fisker Karma from the 2008 Detroit Auto Show.


Transmeta Begins Production of 90-Nanometer Efficeon Processor

"Our achievement of limited production status for our 90-nm Efficeon TM8800 is a key milestone for Transmeta. We set aggressive goals for our 90-nm program, and we have realized impressive


Up to 1,000 killed in Kenya crisis: Odinga

Riots and post-election violence in Kenya may have killed up to 1,000 people, the opposition said on Monday as it halted protests and President Mwai Kibaki invited his main rival to talks.


The European Union on Friday condemned the "violent" seizure of power by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which Britain labelled a "coup d'etat" against beleaguered Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.


Just a tiny amount of dark chocolate seems to lower blood pressure, a small study suggests.


Il presidente della Repubblica Ã¨ a capo della delegazionedel governo in visita nel Paese asiatico per la Fiera nella capitale                                                  Ciampi: "L'India grande occasione da cogliere senza piÃ¹ indugiare"


Public radio and television to be established in Ukraine

Prospects and mechanisms of establishment of a public radio and television in Ukraine were discussed today at a meeting between Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn and Jeoffrey Hirshberg, a board member of ...


Flawed Software Upgrade Caused BlackBerry Malfunction

Research In Motion blamed a flawed software upgrade for shutting down wireless e-mail messages to millions of its North American subscribers on Monday.


The Radical Party acting leader Nikolic got 39 percent of the vote in presidential polls Sunday. He and pro-European moderate Tadic will square off in Round 2 of voting on Feb. 3.


The European Commission is to warn Greece about publishing false information about its public finances.


Hamas Islamist fighters and looters ransacked the blood-spattered Palestinian presidential compound in Gaza on Friday, rejoicing at the rout of their well-armed, secular rivals from the president's Fatah faction.


U.S. Core Inflation Hotter Than Expected

U.S. consumer prices rose an as-expected 0.2 percent last month, a government report showed on Tuesday, but a sharp jump in lodging costs helped push core inflation up at its fastest pace in five months.


Car Bomb Kills 40 at Pakistan Religious Rally

MULTAN, Pakistan  - At least 40 people were killed  and more than 100 wounded in Pakistan on Thursday when a car  bomb exploded at a rally to commemorate an assassinated  militant religious leader, police said.


Martinez mum about meeting his `daddy' tonight

Pedro Martinez will pay his "daddy" a visit tonight. It won't take place at some bowling alley or a miniature golf course but at Yankee Stadium in Game 2 of the ALCS.


History condemns Italy's World War II dictator Benito Mussolini for his crimes, but a new book by his son depicts Il Duce as a caring father, who loved music and cried at the wedding of his beloved first-born daughter.


Thompson would wait on economic stimulus

Republican White House hopeful Fred Thompson made light of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's call for a quick economic stimulus Thursday and said it might be best to leave the economy alone for now.


FBI Launches Manhunt Amid Boston Threat Report

The FBI is seeking to question four  Chinese nationals amid unconfirmed reports that they are headed  to Boston as part of a possible "dirty bomb" plot, authorities  said on Wednesday.


NEW YORK - Ramon Ortiz was lights out at Yankee Stadium. With the main scoreboards blackened by a power problem, Ortiz pitched four-hit ball for eight stellar innings and led the Anaheim Angels over the New York Yankees 5-0 Friday night...


Now that the preliminaries are over, Team USA appears ready for the World Cup of Hockey.


Harrah's says gets $15 billion buyout offer

Harrah's Entertainment Inc. , the world's biggest casino operator, on Monday said it has received a $15 billion buyout offer from private equity firms Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group. .


Syria accuses Israel of bomb attack on Hamas official

By Inigo Gilmore in Herzliya and Anton La Guardia, Diplomatic Editor. Syria accused Israel last night of planting a bomb in Damascus in an attempt to kill a member of the Hamas militant group.


Inflation expectations key to policy: Fed

Federal Reserve officials stressed  on Friday the importance of keeping close watch on inflation  expectations as a way to keep inflation in check and keep track  of trends in the economy.


Florida school kids put on, what else, South Beach Diet

KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Lunch these days for about 2,700 grade schoolers is low-fat and low-carb - a la South Beach Diet. The menu switch is part of a children's health study by Miami Beach cardiologist Arthur Agatston


Randolph guaranteed $1,875,000 in Mets contract

Willie Randolph is guaranteed $1,875,000 under his three-year contract with the New York Mets, one of the richest deals for a first-year manager.


BAGHDAD: US troops killed 32 guerrillas in fierce clashes in Mosul and 32 people were killed, including six police, when Iraqi security forces were lured into searching a home of suspected foreign fighters in Baghdad that was rigged with explosives


British recording company EMI Group PLC said Wednesday it signed an agreement with SpiralFrog, an ad-supported music downloading Web site, to provide U.S. Internet users with free access to the world's largest music catalog.


Sudanese Official Asserts African Peacekeepers Aren't Needed

A top Sudanese official said Wednesday that his country did not need African Union peacekeepers to protect civilians in its troubled western Darfur region but


Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is set to receive a huge compensation package after his exit from Chelsea.


Segretario Mpa chiede alleanza per vincere presidenza


Israeli Drone Kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza Strike

An Israeli drone fired a missile early Friday morning, killing two Palestinian militants a day after Israeli troops killed nine Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip, witnesses said.


Colombia Accuses Cos. of Illegal Imports

The Colombian government has filed a lawsuit accusing Pernod Ricard SA, Diageo PLC and Seagram Export Sales Co. of illegally importing spirits via Colombian companies that launder drug money.


Images from Milan, where the eyes of the fashion world are on the city's fashion week.


Thousands of U.S. troops swept into the northern and southern beltlands of Baghdad on Wednesday in simultaneous operations against militants that the military said was the start of a "summer of hard fighting" in Iraq.


E-mail worms, not long ago the scourge of the Internet, have declined sharply in 2007, a security company has revealed.


Ethics Panel Finds No Rules Violations in Foley Case

House leaders Ã¢ÂÂ namely Speaker J. Dennis Hastert Ã¢ÂÂ did not violate the rules of the House earlier this year in the handling of reports that ex-Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., had sent suggestive e-mails to a former page, according to the ethics committee, which concluded a nine-week investigation Friday.


Roma, 22:36 - CALCIO, CATANIA-INTER: FARINA SALTA IL TERZO TEMPO

Al termine di Catania-Inter, l'arbitro Farina non ha partecipato al terzo tempo. Il direttore di gar...


Macy's in Deal on Racial-Profiling Case -- WSJ

Department store chain Macy's is  expected to agree on Friday to adopt measures that ensure its  security officers comply with storewide policy by not using  racial or ethnic profiling to combat shoplifting, the Wall  Street reported, citing a spokeswoman.


New team name coming Monday; Guillen acquired from Angels

WASHINGTON - On the day the Montreal Expos got a new name, they also bolstered the offense with the acquisition of outfielder Jose Guillen from the Angels.


Roma, 14:21 - CALCIO, ITALIA-UCRAINA: LA 10 A DE ROSSI, FORFAIT SHEVA

Olimpico quasi esaurito per Italia-Ucraina di questa sera, terzo impegno della nazionale nelle quali...


European probe SMART-1 crashes onto Moon

Europe's first probe to the Moon, SMART-1, crashed onto the lunar surface as scheduled at 7.42 am (0542 GMT) Sunday, ending a successful 16-month mission, the European Space Agency announced.


An outbreak of E. coli infections linked to last month's state fair may be larger than previously thought, with more than 100 additional cases under review, according to health officials.


Pound gets stronger as retail sales in US tumble

British holidaymakers visiting the United States this summer were last night contemplating a surge in their spending power.


Canada Acts to Reopen Reactor Producing Medical Isotope

The Canadian government is rushing through legislation to reopen a nuclear reactor that produces most of the worldâs supply of a medically important diagnostic isotope.


Brazil and India sign multi-million dollar trade deals, as leaders of the two emerging giants meet in Brasilia.


Tsunami warning issued after quake hits Sumatra

A powerful earthquake measuring 8.2 struck Indonesia's Sumatra region on Wednesday, triggering tsunami warnings in the Indian Ocean and sparking panic in coastal areas across Southeast Asia and at least one death.


Malaysia's Anwar Seeks to Clear Name, Remove Ban

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia  - Malaysian rebel politician  Anwar Ibrahim, freed from jail last week, sought on Monday to  clear the way for his return to active politics when his  lawyers moved to have his criminal record wiped clean.


Maker of banned video game calls "Manhunt 2" art

A video game banned in Britain  and Ireland and facing restricted sales in the United States  due to its violent content was a fine piece of art, the game's  publisher said on Wednesday.


Latest to turn up in the Metâs shuffling and reshuffling of its stars is Roberto Alagna, who stepped in on Tuesday for an unwell Marco Berti as Radames in Verdiâs âAida.â


"This is another opportunity for people to try to put another nail in the coffin.". Maybe so. You just wish Zook would not provide the hammer.


U.S. says AP photog linked to insurgents

The Pentagon defended its months-long detention of an Associated Press photographer in Iraq, asserting that it has authority to imprison him indefinitely without charges because it believes he had improper ties to insurgents.


Army Historian Cites  Lack of Postwar Plan

Historian says the high-level failure continues to undercut what has been a "mediocre" Army effort in Iraq.


Iraqi Cleric's Militia Promises to Hand Over Heavy Weapons

The handover is part of a deal to disband the insurgent force and end weeks of fighting with American forces.


Circuit City Stores Inc., the nation's No. 2 consumer electronics retailer, said Thursday it plans to close seven domestic Superstores, a Kentucky distribution center and 62 company-owned stores in Canada to cut costs and improve its financial performance.


Bergman Reveals Secret Daughter in Painful Memoirs

Film director Ingmar Bergman revealed  in a book published Monday he had a secret love-child in an  extra-marital affair in 1959 with a Swedish countess.


IN ORDER to fully appreciate how well Michael Clarke played on debut for Australia yesterday, you had to be here and trembling in your seat when he walked to the wicket.


With Color and Panache, Afghans Fight a Different Kind of War

A much wider audience will be introduced to Afghan kite culture with the American release of the film âThe Kite Runnerâ on Friday.


Armchair Traveler: âThe Hazards of Space Travel: A Touristâs Guideâ

Part fictional spaceship log, part nuts-and-bolts survival manual, a book by the astrophysicist Neil F. Comins warns of mundane dangers in space travel.


Chavez likely to win end to term limits: pollsters

Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez is likely to win a referendum this year on scrapping term limits that would help clear a path for him to rule for decades, pollsters say.


Public schools in the United States are becoming more racially segregated and the trend is likely to accelerate because of a Supreme Court decision in June, according to report published on Wednesday.


Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson said Thursday his use of a Spanish word that some contend is a slur against homosexuals was meant to be playful but apologized to anyone who was offended.


By DAVID BAUDER  NEW YORK - At Showtime, the bosses are accustomed to having a very narrow window of opportunity.


With the race for dominance in processor clock speed over, or at least waning, the pursuit for overall performance gains through architectural enhancements is officially beginning.


Family and friends attend the funeral in France of murdered student Amelie Delagrange.


QAQORTOQ, Greenland -- The biggest island in the world is a wind-raked place, gripped by ice over four-fifths of its land, prowled by polar bears, its coastlines choked by drifting icebergs and sea ice. Many of its 56,000 people, who live on the fringes of its giant ice cap, see the effects of gl...


More people might start lining up for flu shots

Clark County health officials will meet Monday to consider loosening their guidelines for flu vaccine. The local decision will follow Friday's announcement from federal


Suicide bomber kills 13 Iraqi volunteers

A suicide bomber exploded a belt packed with explosives at a recruiting station for neighborhood patrols in Iraq's restive Diyala province on Thursday, killing 13 volunteers and wounding 10, police said.


Milano, 12:07 - CALCIO, UNDER 21 B: MARTEDI' AMICHEVOLE CON CAPO VERDE

Una partita michevole tra la Rappresentativa Under 21 di serie B e la Nazionale di Capo Verde &egrav...


Border funds highlight Bush security budget

The Bush administration proposed new spending of more than $600 million to tighten U.S. borders with fencing along the frontier with Mexico and add patrol agents and more beds for detained illegal immigrants.


Chinese Firm To Buy IBM's PC Business For $1.75 Billion

BEIJING -- China's biggest computer maker said it has acquired a majority stake in IBM's personal computer business for $1.75 billion dollars in one of the biggest Chinese overseas acquisitions ever.


Mexico leftists halt Fox speech to Congress

Mexican President Vicente Fox   abandoned his state of the nation speech on Friday after   leftist lawmakers claiming fraud at elections in July seized   the podium of Congress.


Polish MPs are to vote shortly on a motion whether to dissolve parliament and hold elections two years early.


Kosovo's legislators were sworn in Friday at the first session of a new parliament that is widely expected to declare independence from Serbia early this year.


Sean Penn earned a nomination Tuesday as best filmmaker from the Directors Guild of America for his tragic road tale "Into the Wild," along with Joel and Ethan Coen for their bloody crime saga "No Country for Old Men."


PC Magazine - Opinion: CPUs, like software, have always had bugs. The security implications of this are a relatively new problem, and open-source users may be at a disadvantage.


Reggio Calabria, 11:33 - CALCIO, ARBITRATO; FOTI: SENTENZA INGIUSTA

Pasquale Foti, presidente della Reggina, commenta all'Adnkronos la sentenza dell'Arbitrato del Coni ...


Singer Amy Winehouse is "on the road to recovery" from her drug addiction her mother Janis tells GMTV.


Attack on police highlights French suburb fears

A policeman was in hospital with serious  head injuries on Wednesday after youths attacked him and a  colleague in an assault that renewed fears about violence and  crime in France's tinderbox suburbs.


California city mulls bid to ban foie gras from restaurants

Animal rights campaigners urged lawmakers in the southern California city of San Diego to introduce a ban on foie gras, in the latest US challenge to the beloved delicacy of gourmands.


Greggio perde lo 0,6% per evoluzione crisi in Turchia


Samsung Electronics' new LCD line to begin production ahead of ...

LONDON, December 27  - Electronics equipment manufacturer Samsung Electronics (SSUN.FSE) announced today that production at its second production line for the new generation Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) units may begin six months ahead


Locked in the laboratories of the Virginia Tech building where 31 people died are the keys to its future — for its graduate students and for the engineering program itself.


Russian agent claims hired by Britain through Litvinenko

A former Russian secret service agent claimed that he was recruited by British intelligence through Alexander Litvinenko, the agent murdered last year, in a Russian television interview aired on Friday.


Web Site Killings Raise Dilemmas for Media

A terrified-looking man, rocking back and  forth in his chair with his hands tied behind his back, appeals  to the United States to leave Iraq and spare him death. Then a  hand with a knife appears to slice off his head.


Players' Union Appealing NBA Suspensions

Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O'Neal now have the backing of their union. The NBA Players' Association is appealing the suspensions handed to the three Indiana Pacers for their actions in a brawl with Detroit Pistons fans Friday night.


E poi ghette da biker, t-shirt hardcore e mail jacket


Golf: Els rues missed putts at Dunhill Championship

ST ANDREWS, Scotland, Oct 9 : Ernie Els admitted to having a few slip-ups on his third round at the Dunhill Championship which left him with a small mountain to climb in Sunday's final round.


In a bloody day in Iraq, eight American Marines were killed in fighting west of Baghdad on Saturday, and a car bomb killed at least seven people in attack on an Arab television bureau in the capital.


Longer Drug Regimen Found to Help Babies Avoid H.I.V.

Researchers have found for the first time that the incidence of the virus among breast-fed infants can be significantly reduced by using antiretroviral drugs for up to six months.


Tehran denies Russian claims it is late on payments for work on a nuclear reactor in southern Iran.


Pass Coverage: The Long and the Short of It

One of the most anticipated matchups in football, a wide receiver against a cornerback, is often decided by who is taller - and increasingly thatâs the receiver.


prostoalex writes "The patent dispute between Eastman Kodak and Sun Microsystems in regards to three patents that EK claimed Sun was violating with Java, came to an end.


Half of country's 14,500 post offices must be closed

Faced with growing losses, the Royal Mail has told the government officials that half of the country's 14,500 post offices should be closed.


Roma, 11:59 - CALCIO, AZZURRI: A SIENA L'AMICHEVOLE CON IL SUDAFRICA

Genova e Siena ospiteranno i prossimi impegni della nazionale. Allo stadio di Marassi di Genova, com...


Estoril, 16:40 - GP PORTOGALLO; MOTOGP: STONER PRIMO DOPO SECONDE PROVE LIBERE

Lo statunitense Casey Stoner ha stabilito il miglior tempo al termine della seconda sessione di prov...


A former FBI agent and an internet stock picker are guilty of using confidential US government information to manipulate stock prices.


At least eight people are killed by flooding in the Dominican Republic after it is lashed by a tropical storm.


Report: U.S., Europe Seek Incentives for Iran

The Bush administration is holding talks with European allies on a possible package of economic incentives for Iran as part of efforts to persuade Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment, The New York Times reported Tuesday.


Fecal DNA test useful for cancer detection

BEIJING, Dec. 24 -- The test that detects mutated tumor DNA in feces may be a promising method of finding colorectal. A non-invasive test that detects mutated tumor DNA in feces may be a useful method of screening for colorectal cancer.


Iraq Dogs Blair as Party Conference Starts

Iraq overshadowed the start of Tony Blair's Labour Party conference on Sunday despite the prime minister's efforts to turn attention to the domestic agenda ahead of a general election expected next year.


Spanish FA fined for fans' racist conduct

Zurich, Switzerland (Sports Network) - FIFA, world soccer's governing body, has fined the Spanish Football Association $87,000 for its fans' racial conduct during a friendly against England on November 17.


Ukrainian Official Suspends Privatization

President Leonid Kuchma suspended the privatization of communications giant Ukrtelekom and the country's second-largest state-owned ammonia producer, officials said Friday.


Mobile phone use does not raise the risk of any of the most common brain tumours, a Japanese study suggests.


With as well as No. 18 Purdue is playing right now, it appears there is only one thing that can slow down these Boilermakers — the bye.


Ford says '06 inventory to be lower than '05

Ford Motor Co.  on Tuesday said  its inventory at the end of July was lower than a month before,  and inventory at the end of 2006 should be lower than a year  earlier.


Vincono Arezzo, Catanzaro, Cesena, Empoli, Perugia, Piacenza ...

L'Empoli torna solitario in vetta alla classifica. Non tiene il passo il Torino fermato sull'1-1 dal Venezia. Tavano permette all'Empoli di restare in vetta alla classifica e mantenere il distacco dal Genoa vittorioso nell'anticipo (3-1) a Catania.


WASHINGTON - President Bush blistered Sen. John Kerry on Wednesday as an apostle of "retreat in Iraq" and tax-and-spend liberalism at home...


Best-selling French novelist Francoise Sagan dies at the age of 69 after suffering a pulmonary embolism.


Boeing profit up, cuts 2008 revenue forecast

Boeing Co  said on Wednesday third-quarter profit rose more than expected, helped by higher deliveries of commercial planes, but it scaled back its revenue forecast for next year due to delays on its 787 Dreamliner.


In Italia 'per realizzarsi', lo scopre un sondaggio


The Federal Reserve left its interest rates untouched today for the fourth straight time, holding that a slowing economy will subdue inflation.


Francis spurns offer to join Hurricanes' front office

RALEIGH, NC - Ron Francis apparently won't join the front office of the Carolina Hurricanes, the team he led to the Stanley Cup finals two years ago.


Sudan remains defiant as time starts to run out

BRITAIN has warned Sudan that it still has a lot of work to do to satisfy the international community that it is tackling what the United Nations has described as the worldâs worst humanitarian crisis.


Arriva l'inflazione per i poveri: l'Istat cambia marcia

L'istituto nazionale auspica l'arrivo di un nuovo indice dei prezzi al consumo per famiglie di pensionati e con bassi redditi. Ma arriva tardi: l'Eurispes presenta infatti il suo paniere alternativo dove sono messi al bando i beni di lusso. Milano.


Wine, Spirits Meeting to Focus on Regulations

DOVER-FOXCROFT - A Maine Highland Farmers meeting on wine and spirit regulations involving farm production has been rescheduled.  Originally planned for this Wednesday, the meeting has been changed to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28, at the Piscataquis County Extension Office.


European shares tracked sideways near recent highs early on Thursday, but Swiss Re rallied after reassuring investors that its likely payout for Sunday's tsunami tragedy in Asia will be less than 100 million Swiss francs ($88.3 million).


AU to continue to try to bring Darfur rebels back to table

ABUJA, Dec 14  -- African Union (AU) mediators said they would continue efforts to bring Sudanese rebels back to negotiating table on the Darfur crisis.


Coughlinâs Not Quite Mr. Nice Guy, but Nicer

Something has changed about the Giantsâ coach. It is difficult to explain exactly what it is, but it basically comes to this: Tom Coughlin wants to be liked.


Parmalat Announces Settlement Agreements

The agreements with Merrill Lynch, ING Bank and Banca Monte Parma of Italy are related to the dairy groupâs 2003 failure.


“The new G5 iMac is the finest personal computer I’ve ever used, hands down,” writes Mike Wendland for the Detroit Free Press. “Nothing comes close. If you have ever thought of switching from a Windows-based PC to a Mac, this is the deal-clincher. It is simply a stunning machine both to look at and to use.” [Oct 05]


A Palestinian resistance leader has been killed and six other people have been wounded in an Israeli helicopter strike on a car in Gaza City.


Martedi' a Palazzo Chigi si partira' dall'agenda


Life in double-wide trailer suits real estate baron fine

Multimillionaire Graham Weston has such a golden touch that he could be the next Donald Trump of San Antonio.


New iMac Makes Debut a Bit Later Than Apple Hoped

Apple Computer introduced an updated version of its iMac home computer with a minimalist all-in-one system that hides the computer's internal components inside a flat-panel L.C.D. display.


Marine Who Was Missing in Iraq Is Charged With Deserting Post

The marine who disappeared in Iraq in June and later turned up in his native Lebanon was charged with desertion yesterday by the United States Marine Corps, according to a statement from officials at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.


ENVIRONMENT-SLOVAKIA:  More Devastation Looms After the Storm

BRATISLAVA, Dec 1 (IPS) - Environmentalists have attacked the government over  plans for redevelopment of the country's largest national  park after one of the biggest ecological catastrophes in the area  in the last hundred years.


Letters reveal Mother Teresa's doubt about faith

A book of letters written by Mother Teresa of Calcutta reveals for the first time that she was deeply tormented about her faith and suffered periods of doubt about God.


Tracy McGrady had 27 points and nine rebounds and Yao Ming added 15 points and a season-high 17 rebounds as the Houston Rockets defeated the Golden State Warriors 100-83 Friday night.


Web Development Blog: Dynamic thumbnails from websites

The Web Development Blog has a quick new tutorial on using the Girafa.com web service to create a thumbnail of your website.   Since Alexa stopped offering their free thumbnail service last year a lot of thumbnail services are available now. Some of them offering limited free services and others only a paid premium version. On of the bigger and better services is Girafa, a thumbnail service with a free service and also premium services for users with more then 2000 image requests a month.   He includes the simple code needed to make the request (inside of a thumbnail() function) and shows an example of how to fetch and store the resulting image.


China Sighs in Relief as Yao Scores High

China breathed a measured sigh of  relief after the skills of its basketball giant Yao Ming  dwarfed New Zealand to sweep his team nearer to their goal of  reaching the Athens Olympics semi-finals.


Two ungainly, cranky -- but heavily armored -- warships clash off the Virginia coast and naval warfare is changed forever. Compiled by Tony Long.


Despite getting a verbal pasting from Queen of tantrums, Elton John, the Queen of Pop, Madonna, hasn't struck him off her Christmas card list yet.


LUXEMBOURG -- Microsoft Corp. told a European Union court yesterday that it would suffer irreparable harm if forced to reveal more of its software code to rivals, while the EU said such information was crucial to keep competitors alive.


Trapani: 12 arresti per traffico di droga

TRAPANI - Importavano la cocaina in Sicilia dall'Olanda e dal Marocco. I carabinieri di Trapani hanno sgominato la scorsa notte un'organizzazione criminale specializzata nello spaccio di droga, eseguendo 12 ordinanze di custodia cautelare.


After a Monday off-day, investors will get a slew of reports next week, including a key U.S. inflation reading.


Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai offers to help end clashes in an arid part of Kenya.


Hundreds of nurses, social workers, custodians and other union workers will picket virtually all Group Health Cooperative clinics in Western Washington this morning to begin a five-day strike, the first significant labor disruption at the Seattle co-op in


Gettito si e' attestato a 278,4 miliardi di euro


Federal health experts declared a small victory against a fatal and untreatable virus on Friday, saying canine rabies has disappeared from the United States.


Bite me! The underwater animated fish story Shark Tale is swimming in today. Loaded with celebrity voices, and gurgling with movie/pop culture references, Shark Tale is DreamWorks' answer to Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo.


AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Analysts say 10,000 hourly workers probably will lose their jobs as part of DaimlerChrysler's effort to cut costs at its Chrysler Group by more than $2 billion, or $1,000 for every car sold in the United States.


Ten new genetic clues for prostate cancer

Gene sleuths on Sunday announced they had identified more than 10 new genetic links to prostate cancer, two of which would be included in a new diagnostic test aimed at spotting men at risk from this disease.


Although the economy as a whole is in its best shape in three decades, improved growth is threatened by disparities between wealthy nations and the developing world as well as rising oil prices.


Even in an ever-widening pool of stock options irregularities, this one stands out: Cablevision admits that it granted options to one of its executives -- after he had already died.


23 killed in attacks on Iraqi security forces

BAGHDAD Insurgents continued their relentless assault on Iraq's fledgling security forces on Tuesday, killing at least 23 Iraqi police and national guard officers in multiple attacks across the Sunni-dominated zone to the north of Baghdad.


Israeli security forces and demonstrators clash near Hebron during a protest against the West Bank barrier.


Iraq's average oil output rose again in December, marking a roughly 30 percent increase since the start of 2007, the country's oil ministry said Saturday.


FBI agents searched a Las Vegas, Nevada, warehouse owned by illusionist David Copperfield, according to an FBI spokesman, adding that the Wednesday night raid was related to a case based in Seattle.


Con chiusura di Decameron ora sei un 'classico della satira'


Brema, 14:41 - CALCIO, DIEGO VUOLE ANDARE AI GIOCHI OLIMPICI CON IL BRASILE

Il brasiliano Diego, stella del Werder Brema, vuole giocare le Olimpiadi di Pechino 2008 con la magl...


As of Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, at least 3,943 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,209 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


Yahoo! to launch desktop search in the New Year

Internet portal Yahoo! says it will release a desktop search in the New Year some three months after Google. Desktop search is the latest battleground between the major search engines as they seek to gain


Londra, 15:28 - CALCIO, MANCHESTER UNITED ANNUNCIA RECORD DI FATTURATO

Il Manchester United annuncerà questa settimana una cifra record di fatturato pari a 245 mili...


Jenson Button is still planning a return to Williams despite being told yesterday he cannot drive for them in 2005. Button had wanted to return to Williams, where he started his Formula One


World leaders gather in Poland to mark 60 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp.


'My body just has nothing left to give' says Pinsent

MATTHEW Pinsent yesterday announced his expected retirement from rowing, calling time on a 15-year career which brought him four Olympic gold medals and ten world titles.


Rolls Royce hot seat to be filled by BMW SA chief

A BMW executive currently in charge of the company's extensive South African operations is to become the third chairman and chief executive of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars within a year.


A revolutionary who fought for spontaneity over correctness JULIA CHILD, 1912-2004


Gunman opens fire at university near Chicago

At least 18 people were shot when a gunman opened fire at Northern Illinois University outside Chicago on Thursday, CNN said, quoting its local affiliate.


Suspected extremist jailed in Dutch murder

A suspected Muslim extremist with alleged terrorist ties was under arrest Wednesday in the death of a Dutch filmmaker who criticized the treatment of women under Islam.


Pop star Britney Spears won the  first Grammy Award of her brief but colorful career on Sunday,  taking the prize in the best dance recording category.


Yahoo unifies ad sales as key sales exec leaves

Yahoo Inc.  is merging  the two main parts of its U.S. advertising business after  veteran sales executive Wenda Harris Millard resigned, the  latest in a string of executive departures.


Lycos has officially pulled their controversial anti-spam screensaver from their website. Lycos Europeâs website was, until early this morning, distributing an âanti-spam screensaverâ as part of its âMake Love Not Spamâ campaign.


Advantage, Rangers in sweep of Islanders

Petr Prucha's power-play goal, during Chris Simon's major penalty late in the third period, lifted the New York Rangers to a 2-1 victory last night and a sweep of a home-and-home series with the Islanders last night at Uniondale, N.Y.


Kerry Ad Says Bush Lost Debate, Then Lied

WASHINGTON - John Kerry on Saturday looked to frame the next presidential debate in a specriticizing President Bush's economic record, but also tried to get in a final word about their last face-off by declaring himself the winner and Bush a liar. "George Bush lost the debate," an announcer says in a television ad Kerry's campaign unveiled Saturday...


Man Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Celtic and Rangers hear who they will face in the Champions League.


Traces of chemicals were found at the home of a former BNP candidate accused of plotting an explosion, a court hears.


Wal-Mart says to cut supplier packaging by 5 pct

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N, fresh   from cutting the prices on generic prescription drugs, is   taking on the packaging industry.


Plus: CNet, Netflix report; Apple's downloads hit 150 mln

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- In its bid to displace Microsoft in controlling the desktop, Google on Thursday unveiled its long-awaited desktop search toolbar.


The government will allocate more seats in parliament and guarantee places in its administration to representatives of southern Nepal, the prime minister said Wednesday as he agreed to protesters' demands following clashes that have killed 21 people.


Messina, 14:50 - CALCIO, MESSINA; CAVASIN: GRANDE RESPONSABILITA'

"Il Messina ha un organico di valore e lo ha dimostrato sul campo, anche se la classifica non &egrav...


Iraq says abductees used in car bombings

Iraqi insurgents are no longer using just volunteers as suicide car bombers but are instead kidnapping drivers, rigging their vehicles with explosives and blowing them up, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.


Cuba Stops Circulating U.S. Dollar After a Decade

Cuba ended circulation of the dollar on  Monday to reduce its vulnerability to U.S. sanctions, and  shops, restaurants, gas stations, hotels and other businesses  began accepting only Cuban convertible pesos.


Its plan may be flawed, but at least Europe is taking action. What is the US willing to do?


America Finds Creative Ways to Aid Victims

A Kentucky widow, moved by the cries of grief she heard in reports about the tsunami disaster in south Asia, invited her entire town to a New Year's Eve bash to raise money for the victims. In California, a college offered free basketball tickets, with a gift for relief efforts the only price of admission.


The genocide trial of a Rwandan Roman Catholic priest accused of ordering the massacre of thousands of his Tutsi parishioners during Rwanda's 1994 genocide opens in Arusha, Tanzania Monday.


Harvard Hires 'Fun Czar' to Spice Up Student Life

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.  - Harvard University students:  overachieving, bookish bores or repressed party animals? A  little of both, it seems.


Gyms worldwide were dark in anticipation of the Olympic gymnastics competition, NBC's Al Trautwig said this week in a dramatic introduction — then the cameras pulled back to reveal row after row of empty seats in Athens.


Study Says Mesh Stocking Can Help Weak Hearts Pump Blood

A mesh stocking pulled up over the wide bottom of a weak heart can help it pump better and even shrink back to a more normal size, according to a study described


Arab viewers, many suspicious of U.S. intentions in their region, watched the U.S. presidential debate with wariness — some dismissing it as a trivial "American show" and others expressing dismay that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was nearly ignored.


Clinton-Obama feud shows no sign of easing

The intense back-and-forth between the campaigns of Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama continued today, with an Obama supporter accusing Clinton's husband, former President Bill Clinton, of making comments meant to "suppress the vote, demoralize voters, and distort the record." Clinton, asked to comment, disputed the charge and lashed out at a reporter for asking the question.


Floods Kill Hundreds as Storm Ravages Haiti

Bloated bodies and weeping relatives filled mortuaries today as Tropical Storm Jeanne killed more than 570 Haitians with the toll expected to rise.


Islamists reach out to Somali ministers amid mass exodus

The supreme leader of Somalia's Islamists has invited ministers who have resigned from the transitional government to join his movement and lashed out at embattled Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi for failing to govern the shattered African nation.


Rising yen indicates carry trade no longer supporting prices.


Former Computer Associates  International Inc. CA.N Chief Executive Sanjay Kumar pleaded  not guilty on Thursday to charges of securities fraud and  obstruction of justice stemming from a two-year investigation  into accounting fraud at the software company.


Amazon and Microsoft team up to fight spammers

Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc., both influential companies, have joined hands in order to take legal action and persue spammers who are targetting these companies and their customers.


Wind-stoked wildfires rage in southern California

A dozen wildfires stoked by gusting winds burned out of control in southern California on Sunday, killing one person in San Diego and forcing thousands to evacuate homes from the celebrity enclave of Malibu down to the Mexican border.


Randy Moss trudged out to his truck in the subzero cold, with a huge, black hooded sweatshirt covering almost his entire face. All that was showing was a carefree smile.


US tech execs more optimistic about spending: Study

New York, August 31: US technology executives are increasingly optimistic about the business climate, although plans for increased technology spending remain modest, according to a study released on Monday.


BRAINERD, Minn. - A cook for the Brainerd School District spent more than two hours trapped inside a school walk-in freezer after its door latch malfunctioned, said Brainerd Superintendent Jerry Walseth. The cook, who was not identified, entered the freezer around 7:30 a.m.


Fashion Wire Daily - Mark Wahlberg had plenty of reasons to smile Thursday night at the premiere of "Shooter," his new action flick based on the popular Stephen Hunter novels that feature ex-Marine sharpshooter Bob Lee Swagger.


Russia rejects British extradition request: Interfax

Russia has sent Britain a letter officially turning down a request to extradite the main suspect in the murder of Russian emigre Alexander Litvinenko, Interfax news agency said on Thursday.


Un Antonov-2, disperso ieri, trovato stamani in Siberia


Cricket-Bangladesh set small target ahead of second India Test

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh  - Minnows Bangladesh are simply hoping to improve their performance when they face India in the second of two cricket Tests.


Paying $1.14 bln for 8,000-mile natural-gas line

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Loews Corp. said Monday it would buy Gulf South Pipeline for $1.14 billion, enhancing its natural-gas supply network across the southern and southeastern United States.


Roma, 16:40 - CALCIO, SERIE D; POULE SCUDETTO: TEMPIO PRIMA FINALISTA

Il Tempio è la prima finalista della poule scudetto di serie D. Nella semifinale di ritorno l...


Slide.com: Millions of widgets, widgets for me

The widget powerhouse has announced that there are over one million widgets being created every day across its network.


AH, CALIFORNIA. The land of warm sunshine. Plentiful beaches. Stunning scenery. Hollywood glitz.  Who wouldn't want to live there? Well, maybe not the inmates jammed into the Golden State's overcrowded prison system.


Omicidio-suicidio di un nordafricano alle porte di Trento


Sobbing Jenkins says he hopes to live in Sado for rest of his life

SADO - Charles Jenkins, a former US Army sergeant jailed by the US military last month in Japan for deserting to North Korea nearly 40 years ago, said Tuesday he hopes to live in Japan with his family for the rest of his life.


Berlino, 15:48 - CALCIO, GERMANIA: ALL'ASTA I BIGLIETTI PARA-RIGORI DI LEHMANN

Il portiere della nazionale tedesca, Jens Lehmann, metterà all'asta i famosi bigliettini nasc...


Rebels attacked an army base in Niger on Friday, killing 13 and wounding 30 soldiers, and taking at least 47 prisoners, according to a government statement.


Much like Muhammad Ali before him, heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko isn't afraid to take a political stance. By Joe Cavaretta, AP.


HHS: Foreign flu shots coming to US to ease shortage

The Food and Drug Administration has signed off on the safety of a portion of five (m) million doses that are available from plants in Canada and Germany.


A group of US musicians end their tour aimed at persuading voters to oust President George Bush.


INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana  - DeeDee Trotter ran the fastest women's 400 metres in the world this year and ended the 18-race winning streak of world silver medallist Sanya Richards at the U.S. championships on Saturday.


Automated trendmill rebuilds muscles after stroke

NEW YORK  - Treadmill training with assistance of robot-driven leg supports, a device called the Lokomat, helps build muscle mass in partially paralyzed stroke patients, German researchers report in the February issue of Stroke.


A lack of suitably trained staff poses a serious threat to the government's early years programme, MPs warn.


Colin L. Powell's Social Security number is out there. So is Troy Aikman's.


Police exhume the bodies of two pensioners in connection with their inquiry into a doctor charged with murder.


A US judge upholds a $300m fine against British Airways for trying to fix the price of fuel surcharges.


Blog: Decision means psychological-horror title cannot be legally supplied anywhere in country. The Take-Two division has six weeks to appeal.


Despite progress, many "stumbling stones" still stand in the way to greater harmony between the branches of Christianity, Pope John Paul II said Saturday.


Boise State Coach Hawkins Signs Extension

BOISE, Idaho - Boise State coach Dan Hawkins signed a five-year, $2.6 million contract extension on Tuesday that could keep him with the Broncos through the 2009 season.


Cosmologists may have to reassess their understanding of the evolution of the early Universe after surprising new data from the Hubble Space Telescope.


When Ken Barer says that Stacey Moragne is a special player, he means it. After all, Moragne, a 6-foot-4-inch, 215-pound junior forward from Evanston, Ill., was the first player Barer recruited when he took over as the head men's basketball coach at UMass-Lowell in 2001.


Microsoft releases open-source plug-ins for Office 2007 today, and Viacom wants its content off YouTube. Bill Gates tangles with Romania on piracy and Digg no longer lists top users. In Monkey Bites.


California executes a murderer in the first death sentence carried out under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.


A group of British lawmakers plan to invoke a parliamentary procedure last used more than 150 years ago to impeach Prime Minister Tony Blair over the war in Iraq, British newspapers said on Thursday.


UnitedHealth to buy Sierra Health for $2.4 bln

Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc.  said on Monday it will acquire Sierra Health Services Inc.  for more than $2.4 billion to expand in the fast-growing Las Vegas area and boost its Medicare business.


United Given New Deadline to Devise Plan

HICAGO, Aug. 20 - A federal bankruptcy court judge on Friday gave United Airlines another 30 days to come up with a restructuring plan, but he warned the airline and its warring unions to cooperate on a solution or he would consider ...


Ericsson Cutting 4,000 Jobs as Profit Plunges

The cellphone-network equipment maker said that it would cut up to 4,000 jobs, about 5.4 percent of its work force, after profit plunged 42 percent in the fourth quarter.


"Office" co-star Wilson to host Spirit Awards

Actor Rainn Wilson, who  plays tyrannical salesman Dwight Schrute in "The Office," will  host the Spirit Awards, the art-house world's version of the  Oscars, on February 23.


Brutal Kenyan Sect Aims to Provoke Strife

NAIROBI -- An unimposing man known as Joe, alias Robertson Buili, alias Ndegwa, appeared about 2 p.m. at the Maxland Restaurant here, took a seat and ordered a warm beer. At least five bodyguards followed, and tailing them a few minutes behind, the area police chief.


Medics aided Abu Ghraib torture: article

LONDON - An American bioethicist blasts military doctors for acting as accomplices to interrogators who abused Iraqi prisoners at an infamous Baghdad prison, in an article published in a British medical journal this week.


CAIRO, Egypt -- Egypt might copyright its pharaonic antiquities, from the pyramids to scarab beetles, in an attempt to get paid from the sale of replicas, an official said Thursday.


Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds rose by $14.38 billion in the latest week to $1.007 trillion, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.


Global mobile phone sales grew 35% to over 150 million in the second quarter, say industry analysts Gartner.


Pakistan kills 19 militants, denies Osama bin Laden claim

Pakistani troops killed 19 militants in clashes near the Afghan border, the army said Sunday, as Islamabad denied a US claim that Osama bin Laden was alive in the same lawless area.


No. 13 Louisville 85, N. Carolina A&T 51

Larry O'Bannon scored a season-high 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead No. 13 Louisville to an 85-51 victory over North Carolina A&T on Tuesday night.


Prisoners Break Out in Song -- Literally

Ten Kenyan prisoners broke out of a police cell by singing hymns and chanting prayers to drown the sound of their escape, a newspaper reported Friday.


New study shows dogs' cancer-sniffing ability

They already help the blind, sniff for drugs at the airport and can find survivors buried deep in rubble. Now it seems man's best friend can also smell cancer.


Survey: Not Enough Shelters for Nation's Homeless

An estimated 754,000 people -- most of them minorities -- are homeless on any given night in the United States, according to a government survey presented to Congress today.


Of course, for those same three years, Venus owned pretty much everybody else, too, save for sister Serena. But of late, with Lindsay aging a lot more than just gracefully in what was assumed


Presidente Minucci: no riunioni per operazione straordinaria


Partiti pensino a bene comune e non a fini di parte


Laksamana.Net - Outgoing President Megawati Sukarnoputri has urged the public to accept the result of the country's historic presidential election, although she herself has stopped short of formally conceding defeat to the undisputed winner, Susilo


For the sixth consecutive year, the Bush administration has decided to withhold funding from the U.N. Population Fund, saying the agency contributes to China's "coercive abortion" program.


Coffee helps Nestle to record 7.4-bln-dollar profit

Global food giant Nestle on Thursday reported a rise in 2006 net profits to more than seven billion dollars and said prospects for the year ahead looked good as it moves further into the health and wellbeing markets.


Chile Group Plans Bush Welcome with War Crime Suit

SANTIAGO, Chile  - Chileans opposed to the Iraqwar have accused President Bush of war crimes in a criminalcomplaint lodged on Tuesday, less than a month before he isscheduled to visit the country.


TAIPEI - Taiwan's pro-independence parties led by President Chen Shui-bian have suffered an upset defeat in parliamentary elections.


Romania Faces Hung Parliament Risk After Vote

Romania faced weeks of uncertainty on Monday after inconclusive general elections in the poor Balkan country, already struggling to stay on track to join the European Union.


The Milwaukee Bucks acquired Maurice "Mo" Williams after the Utah Jazz did not match the offer sheet the guard signed on Aug. 6.


SocGen was warned about rogue trader last year

Exchange officials warned Societe Generale about Jerome Kerviel's deals late last year, a Paris prosecutor said, piling pressure on the French bank to explain how his rogue trades were not uncovered earlier.


Education remains Labour's top priority, Tony Blair is expected to saying during a West Midlands visit.


In a move more reminiscent of the Cold War era, the US government believes the Chinese government hacked into Pentagon computers, a charge China denies.


Delphi, XM Unveil Handheld Satellite Radio Receiver

XM Satellite Radio and radio manufacturer Delphi yesterday introduced the Delphi XM MyFi, a portable, handheld satellite radio receiver the companies hope will lure more consumers to a medium currently limited to car and home units.


BP says to keep about half Alaska field online

BP  on Friday said it will  keep the western half of its Prudhoe Bay oil field online,  enabling the company to get the field up to half its prior  output despite pipeline corrosion.


More High-Tech Invitations to Take Your Mind Off Road

Safety experts say the influx of electronics is turning cars into sometimes chaotic â and distracting â moving family rooms.


A police officer is suspended while the use of CS spray in Londonderry is investigated, the PSNI says.


BOSTON - Manny Ramirez singled and scored before leaving with a bruised knee, and the streaking Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 5-3 Friday night for their 10th victory in 11 games.    Ricky Gutierrez singled three times and drove in two runs, and Mark Bellhorn had a pair of hits to help the Red Sox win for the 13th time in 16 games and improve to a season-high 21 games over .500...


Some readers gain new insight on Microsoft's music player from our resident Mac-o-philiac while others rant about Wi-Fi's potentially painful kiss. Plus: Links to our most popular blogs.


Four die and 18 are wounded in an oil refinery fire in the western Indian state of Gujarat, officials say.


Good Reefs Provide Good Coastal Protection

U.S. scientists say healthy coral reefs provide adjacent coastlines with more protection from tsunamis than do unhealthy or dead reefs.


Britain's Ascension Island has been without mail since October because the Royal Mail has been sending its mail to South America.


Robert De Niro rises to a formidable challenge in this sufficiently unsettling thriller: he holds his own against the scene-swiping 10-year-old actress Dakota Fanning.


South Sudan Peace Can Spur Darfur Solution: Powell

A deal to end Sudan's southern war that  is due to be signed on Sunday must boost efforts to solve  Darfur's "terrible conflict," Secretary of State Colin Powell  said on Saturday.


`Riches" for Eddie Izzard, Minnie Driver

"It's a hard thing to kind of present in a very simple, one-sentence way," says creator and executive producer Dmitry Lipkin of FX's wildly unconventional drama "The Riches."


Goldie Hawn says Aspen full of paparazzi

Goldie Hawn says she can't go into Aspen from her nearby ranch because of aggressive paparazzi who pursue her car and stake out her home. "They've come into our little town and they really have done their job: They've shooed us out," the 62-year-old actress told The Aspen Times in Thursday's editions.


The mayor of Naples appealed to angry residents Saturday to stay calm in the city's two-week-old garbage crisis, and the prime minister called it an emergency that must to be tackled quickly.


VALENCIA, OCTOBER 21: Inter Milan continued their perfect start to the Champions League campaign as they blitzed their way to an unstoppable 5-1 win over Valencia in a Group G match on Wednesday.


Internet Real Estate Group, LLC (www.internetrealestate.com)  announced the appointment of Susan White as CEO of its affiliate company  Jeans.com (www.jeans.com).


A Republican senator finds hundreds of scientists and studies questioning the consensus over dangerous global warming. Does it matter?.


Iraq Militants Leave Shrine in Peace Deal

NAJAF, Iraq - Militants filed out of the Imam Ali Shrine, closed the doors behind them and turned over the keys to Iraq's top Shiite cleric Friday, symbolizing their acceptance of a peace deal to end three weeks of devastating fighting in this holy city.    By Friday afternoon, dozens of Iraqi police and national guardsmen surrounded the shrine compound - many kissing its doors and weeping - as the government began to re-establish control over the Old City of Najaf...


No second miracle as trapped girl found dead in Japan quake rubble

TOKYO : Rescuers declared a three-year-old girl dead Thursday after an all-night battle to recover her from a crushed car where her brother miraculously survived after Japan's deadliest earthquake in a decade.


Wizards' Arenas is getting a little defensive

Gilbert Arenas knows the Washington Wizards porous defense needs to get better this season and the high-scoring guard plans to lead by example.


Food Industry Helps Americans Eat Faster

Spoons are so old school. And so slow. Harried Americans searching for ways to shave precious seconds from their dining routines have seized on a slew of new foods designed to keep them on the go - no utensils needed.


Hellraiser Courtney Love has pleaded not guilty to attacking a woman with a liquor bottle at her ex-boyfriend's house. In a previous court case, Love was sentenced to 18 months in drug rehab after a break-in at the same ex-boyfriend's home last year.


Extending a Hand, Hoping a Tentacle Might Shake It

James Cameron's newest film is a grandiose hybrid of undersea documentary and outer-space fantasy.


With Clinton, Obama and Edwards refusing to campaign in the Sunshine State, the primary was supposed to be an afterthought. But there's too much at stake for it to really be ignored


Pat Corley, 'Murphy Brown' barkeep, dies

Actor Pat Corley, who served sage advice along with drinks as Phil the barkeep on "Murphy Brown," has died. He was 76.


Formula One need not be afraid of a future without Bernie Ecclestone in complete commercial control, according to one of the banks battling for a say in how the sport is run.


Parigi, 12:27 - SCI FONDO: AZZURRO CATTANEO VINCE TRANSJURASSIENNE

L'italiano Marco Cattaneo ha vinto la Transjurassienne 2008, la prova di sci di fondo piÃ¹ popolare i...


Sen. John Kerry excoriated President Bush yesterday for saying he had no regrets about his declaration more than a year ago that the mission in Iraq was accomplished


Some of Iraq's high-profile detainees turning back meals, but ...

Some of Iraq's high-profile detainees have gone on hunger strike in protest of their detention, a lawyer said Sunday. A US military official


The proprietors of the P2P file-sharing program LimeWire, who were sued last August by a coalition of the major names in the recording industry, has filed a countersuit in the U.S. District Court in New York, claiming that the RIAA is using its copyrights over recorded works as a weapon.


WTC destruction was two occurrences: jury

World Trade Center leaseholder Silverstein Properties Inc. could collect $4.68 billion in insurance payments after the jury in the second phase of the WTC property insurance litigation decided that the Sept.


Thousands of tech faithful buy first iPhones

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Thousands of U.S. gadget fans flocked to stores on Friday to be the first buyers of Apple's iPhone, a music-playing and Web-browsing device expected to shake up the mobile industry.


Three Iraqi National Guards Killed in New Attacks

A car bomb killed three Iraqi National  Guards in Mosul and rebels mortared a police academy in Baghdad  Monday, underscoring a warning by Secretary of State Colin  Powell that Iraq's insurgency was worsening.


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 7 -- Positions hardened in the standoff at the Red Mosque on Saturday, as a peace effort collapsed amid a hail of gunfire and President Pervez Musharraf called on Islamic radicals hunkered down inside to surrender or face death.


New Test Stirs Fears Over Safety of Celebrex A Local Expert Says ...

Pfizer Inc. on Friday reported an increased risk of heart problems among patients taking high doses of its popular painkiller and arthritis drug Celebrex.


Black Watch moves to cut off insurgents' supply routes

British troops near the Iraqi city of Fallujah have launched a major operation to prevent Sunni insurgents from moving weapons and fighters around the area.


New EU Executive Chief Announces Revamped Team

The incoming head of the European Union's executive body has announced changes to his group of commissioners and says he is ready to go to the European Parliament to seek its approval of his team.


Researchers have discovered for the first time that the human brain can grow new nerve cells.


Sport: Football: Club pulls the plug on potential takeover deal with Hong Kong businessman


Obama accused of 'hit job' in toxic White House race

A poisonous new exchange erupted on the Democratic campaign trail Wednesday as former president Bill Clinton accused his wife's chief rival Barack Obama of a political "hit job."


You share a pepperoni pizza. You even share a Nobel Peace Prize. You do not share the NFL MVP Award.


Stile 'Maria Antonietta' di Coppola affascina,e' segno forza


Carefully tailored to  service the soccer mom crowd racing between work and kids and  shopping, "The Rachael Ray Show" is a syndicated daytime talk  show-cum-pep rally targeting viewers who are double-parked.


Steel makers' gain is steel users' loss.


Ancient Indian art to be showcased in Europe

Indian art over a period of 1,500 years will be displayed for the first time in Europe at a four-month "festival of India" to be held in Brussels in October.


Abbas asks Haniyeh to form unity government

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas formally asked Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on Thursday to form a new unity government and urged him to abide by peace accords signed with Israel.


Newcastle manager Graeme Souness has been handed a one-match touchline ban after being sent from the dugout during his side's defeat at Fulham last month.


Despite the goverment's promise to "break the back" of the AIDS epidemic by 2005, about 40,000 Americans test positive for the HIV infection every year — the same number as a decade ago.


'Quiet period' may no longer be quite so silent

WASHINGTON - Federal regulators proposed yesterday to loosen restrictions on executives' comments in the weeks before their company goes public in a stock sale.


Sarah Hughes, the 2002 Olympic figure skating gold medalist, will skate with the Stars on Ice tour this season.


GUWAHATI, Oct. 2. - At least 30 people were killed and over 50 injured as suspected extremists triggered twin explosions in Nagalandâs commercial hub of Dimapur this morning.


Afghanistan says no proof Iran govt arming Taliban

HERAT, Afghanistan  - Afghanistan said on Friday it had no evidence the government of Iran was behind a shipment of weapons to Taliban insurgents.


French Prime Minister Francois Fillon on Monday warned that the country's public finances were in a "critical" state and that drastic action is needed.


Producer J. Murli Manohar who plans to release Jagmohan Mundra's Provoked very shortly is very pleased


The Smart 1 lunar probe has entered into orbit around the Moon, the first ever European mission to do so.


Mets Name Willie Randolph as Manager, Replacing Howe

New York Yankees bench coach Willie Randolph was hired as the New York Mets' manager, replacing the fired Art Howe. Randolph, 50, received his first managerial job late last night and


Oscar statuettes are cheaper than they used to be.


NEW YORK: Wall Street has finally broken to the upside after hovering in a narrow range for most of the year, and many analysts are optimistic going into the traditionally strong year-end period.


Polio Vaccine Contamination Raises Cancer Concerns

A review into contaminated polio vaccine has been ordered by Australia's Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott, after an investigation showed at least two batches were released for use after testing positive for contamination, according to a report in The


Ga. crash victim says dog saved her life

A south Georgia woman bloodied in a car wreck says she owes her life to a German shepherd who — thankfully — just wouldn't stay in his yard.


Hawaii residents choose between liberal incumbent Sen. Daniel Akaka and nervy challenger Rep. Ed Case in Saturday's Democratic primary.


Green tech: At $3B last year, funders' new darling

Also: Hollywood hints at digital film system. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Consumers to put refunds toward debt, savings: survey

As tax day approaches, about 70 percent of U.S. consumers think Uncle Sam owes them - and they already have plans for their tax refunds, according to a retail industry survey.


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.


AU-sponsored peace talks on Darfur crisis set to resume

ABUJA, Dec 11  -- African Union-sponsored peace negotiations on the crisis in the western Sudanese region of Darfur were to resume Saturday, a spokesman for the continental body told AFP.


Actress Mischa Barton was arrested overnight for driving under the influence, possession of illegal narcotics and driving without a valid license, celebrity Web site TMZ reported on Thursday.


Album sales down, digital track sales up

Album sales have continued their downward slide this year but sales of digital tracks are up almost 50 percent over this time last year.


Russian President Vladimir Putin declares that the only acceptable outcome is the one he seeks to effect through a puppet government imposed on the dissident republic through rigged elections.


Navarrette: House GOP plan is 'for dummies'

In tackling the immigration issue, Republicans in Congress really outdid themselves. Call it: "Immigration Reform for Dummies."


Law and Order: Trial By Jury to Continue

Bosses of crime drama Law And Order: Trial By Jury have vowed to continue the hit show, despite the death of its star, Jerry Orbach.


At least three protesters are shot dead by police as  unrest spreads in southern Nepal, the authorities say.


Apple CEO Steve Jobs said teachers unions -- traditionally among Apple's most loyal customers -- are "what's wrong with our schools." The comments came at an education reform conference in Texas on Friday.


Pakistan's supreme court rejects a petition opposing the house arrest of disgraced nuclear scientist AQ Khan on health grounds.


By Stephen Speckman Deseret Morning News  Citing a worldwide threat to the security of the United States from hostile nations, the Army wants to renovate Dugway Proving Ground's old Baker Laboratory to increase defense testing against biological agents.


POLL: Kerry Keeps Slim One-Point Lead Over Bush

Democratic challenger John Kerry  held on to a slim one-point lead over President Bush after  Friday's second debate between the White House rivals,  according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Sunday.


Indonesia Police Make First Embassy Bombing Arrest

Indonesian police have made their first  arrest over a car bombing outside the Australian embassy last  week, detaining a man they said on Friday had helped their top  suspect prepare the attack.


Sweden's H and M in talks to buy Portugal's largest retail chain

Swedish fashion retailer Hennes and Mauritz is in talks to buy all 35 shops belonging to Macmoda, Portugal's largest clothing retail chain.


Dopo gli arresti avvenuti nell'ateneo di Messina


Business & money: UK's largest housebuilder Persimmon suffers due to low consumer confidence and tight credit markets


Federal Panel Advises Easing of Restrictions on Flu Vaccine

Two months after an unexpected vaccine shortage led government officials to restrict which groups should get influenza vaccinations, a federal advisory panel recommended yesterday that the restraints be eased.


Disappointing data come as credit crisis looms.


Nebbia ostacola taglio e trasporto dell'albero dalla Sila


Sconfitta del primo ministro al parlamento israeliano

GERUSALEMME - Netta sconfitta alla Knesset - il parlamento israeliano - per il primo ministro Ariel Sharon che, dopo aver ribadito il proprio impegno a realizzare a tappe forzate il ritiro da Gaza, ha ottenuto 44 voti favorevoli e 53 contrari.


China seeks to pave path for more N. Korea talks

TOKYO -- China has proposed holding working level talks to pave the way for a fourth round of six-party discussions on ending North Korea's nuclear arms programs, diplomatic sources said yesterday.


CHICAGO (CBS 2) From "The Passion of the Christ" to "Fahrenheit 9/11," this has been the most controversial year in the history of film.


The UK Government is unlikely to introduce a total ban on public smoking as health secretary John Reid attempts to encourage a more voluntary based approach.


Denmark holds a national day of mourning for victims of the Asian tsunami disaster a week ago.


Egyptian-Canadian Israel spy trial adjourned

The trial of an Egyptian-Canadian accused of spying for Israel opened on Saturday amid tight security and was swiftly adjourned until February 28, an AFP photographer reported.


Dot Earth Blog: Dot Earth: Compromise at the Bali Climate Talks?

Negotiators in Bali talks on climate change appear to have found a compromise, but to what end?.


Bomb Attacks Target UK, US Interests in Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey -- Four bombs went off in front of British and US interests in Turkey late Tuesday (28 September), causing damage but no casualties.


Oracle still in fight for PeopleSoft despite shareholder support

After 18 months of heated rhetoric, antitrust judgments and a few billion dollars more, Oracle Corp.'s hostile bid for smaller rival PeopleSoft Inc.


Classic games hit the spot in new-age dazzle

In an age when the latest video   games sport ultra-crisp graphics and cinema-like sound, there   is still plenty of love for the good old-fashioned games just   like Mom and Dad used to play.


Britain looked set on Tuesday to agree to a US request to send its troops into violence-plagued areas of Iraq, a move opponents argue is politically motivated and could see British casualties multiply.


Cheney Aide Explains Stance on Classified Material

Vice President Cheney's office offered its first public written explanation yesterday for its refusal to comply with an executive order regulating the handling of classified material, arguing that the order makes clear that the vice president is not subject to the oversight system it creates for...


Murdochâs Dealings in China: Itâs Business, and Itâs Personal

Many big companies have sought to break into the Chinese market, but few of them have been as ardent and unrelenting as Rupert Murdochâs News Corporation.


Big Farms Reap Two Harvests With Subsidies a Bumper Crop

As subsidies increase despite higher incomes for big farms, some say that the subsidy system has never made less sense.


Leader Uil 'avverte' Governo, necessario rinnovare contratto


Kerry Campaign Seeks Equal Time Over Film

Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign, contending that Sinclair Broadcast Group wants to help President Bush by airing an anti-Kerry documentary two weeks before the election, asked on Friday that each station carrying the program provide a similar amount of time to Kerry supporters.


Renata Tebaldi, an Italian soprano who was one of the biggest stars at New York's Metropolitan Opera and Italy's La Scala, died Sunday. She was 82.


Aid Workers Struggle to Feed Flooded Haitian Town

GONAIVES, Haiti  - More than a week after floods  devastated this impoverished Haitian city, aid workers were  struggling to bring food and clean water to thousands of  residents, some still perched on roofs.


Escaped tiger kills man at San Francisco zoo

An escaped tiger killed a visitor at San Francisco Zoo and mauled two other men on Tuesday, a year after the same animal attacked a park employee, officials said.


Japan Treatment Angers Fischer Companion

DOHA, Qatar -- Bobby Fischer is still living the quiet life in Iceland, the home he adopted after being held in Japanese custody for nearly a year.


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Kremlin preaches Putin's greatness at youth camp

LAKE SELIGER, Russia  - At a lakeside camp five hours drive north of Moscow, 10,000 young Russians are learning why President Vladimir Putin is such a brilliant leader and why his opponents are so evil.


Burundi peacekeepers deploy in Somali capital

A first contingent of 100 peacekeepers from Burundi deployed in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, hours after fighting between Islamist rebels and government forces killed at least four people.


Egypt's Mubarak Welcomes Rivals for Presidency

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who has been in power since 1981, said he did not mind others seeking nomination for this year's presidential referendum but that the top job was tough and offered no private life.


Nessun traccia dei clandestini che avevano lanciato l'sos


When Dr. Henry Jones decided that England, thus the world, should have something new called a tennis tournament, why in the name of Jupiter Pluvius did he select the only tropical rain forest in the Northern Hemisphere as the location?


Boeing hires Verizon Wireless CIO to replace retiring Scott Griffin

Insert your own wisecrack about using your cell phone on airplanes: Boeing has announced that their next CIO hails from Verizon Wireless. John Hinshaw will replace the retiring Scott Griffin.


FedEx profit jumps, sees 'moderate' growth

Package delivery company FedEx Corp.   FDX.N said on Thursday its quarterly profit jumped 40   percent, beating expectations, on strong growth in its   international, ground and freight segments.


Musharraf: Bhutto bears responsibility for death

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf conceded that a gunman may have shot Benazir Bhutto but said the opposition leader exposed herself to danger and bore responsibility for her death, CBS News said on Saturday.


AFTER hemming and hawing and bobbing and weaving, the board of directors of Fannie Mae finally jettisoned Franklin D. Raines, the mortgage finance giant's former chief executive, and Timothy Howard, its former chief financial officer, last week.


Turchia. Braccio di ferro Ankara-Bruxelles sul reato di adulterio. Erdogan: "Sono fatti nostri". Patten: "Valuteremo". E' di nuovo braccio di ferro tra la Turchia el' Unione Europea sul nuovo codice penale


Brando a Loner? Family and Friends Take Issue.

Three months after Marlon Brando died at age 80, some of the people closest to the actor have begun to speak publicly about his life.


Actor Blake appeals wrongful death award

The jurors who found Robert Blake liable for damages in his wife's death after he was acquitted of murder were out to get him even before the civil trial began, the actor's attorney said Tuesday as he appealed the case.


Elvis Scores 19th UK No. 1 with 'Jailhouse Rock'

Elvis Presley is No. 1 again in Britain  27 years after his death with his iconic hit "Jailhouse Rock,"  the Official UK Charts Company said Sunday.


Samsung to tempt developing world with $50 phones

if it works for Motorola... Samsung's war with Motorola to become the world's second most successful seller of mobile phones looks set to extend to another front after an executive at South Korean giant claimed it will soon begin offering handsets priced from $50.â¦


SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale said that the fraud had been committed by a trader in charge of hedging on European index futures.


Fuel, IAEA enter North Korea on nuclear arms deal

A team from the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency arrived in North Korea on Saturday ahead of a planned shutdown of its atomic reactor under a disarmament deal and just hours after delivery of a promised cargo of fuel oil.


The US Federal Trade Commission last week filed a legal complaint against two companies that allegedly infected computers with spyware and pop-up advertising, then tried to sell their owners spyware-blocking software.


Microsoft supports rival SWsoft by answering the phone

'Is that you, Serguei?' Microsoft continues to make nice with non-VMware entities in the server virtualization market. The software maker this week, for example, firmed up a support deal with SWsoft that will see its rival's customers gain access to Microsoft's own army of Windows Server experts.â¦


Steve Ballmer says the world needs a really cheap computer, but Mike Ricciuti warns that cheap doesn't come easy.


US software company Microsoft has launched a beta version of its MSN Toolbar Suite, with desktop search functionality that can help users find documents, media files or e-mail messages on their PCs.


Swiffer vacuums recalled over fire hazard

Procter & Gamble Co. is recalling its battery-operated Sweep+Vac by Swiffer vacuum cleaners because of a possible fire hazard.


Roger Clemens's baseball career depends on whether or not the 45-year-old Yankees pitcher can bounce back from a sore elbow.


ASIA/TURCHIA - Il Card. Ruini a Trabzon nel primo anniversario della morte di don Andra Santoro: ÂSiamo venuti nello stesso spirito con cui Ã¨ venuto tra voi Don AndreaÂ Siamo venuti per dare un contributo alla pace tra i popoli e tra le religioni, nel rispetto della fede di ciascuno e nellÂamore per il fratello che Ã¨ presente in ogni persona umana, creata ad immagine di DioÂ Trabzon (Agenzia Fides) - ÂSiamo vnuti qui a Trabzon per celebrare la S. Messa per il nostro Don Andrea nel giorno del primo anniversario della sua morte, avvenuta in questa Chiesa di Santa Maria nella quale egli Ã¨ stato ucciso mentre pregavaÂ Siamo ...


New wonders of the world named after online poll

The Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan and Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer are among the modern day seven wonders of the world chosen in a poll of 100 million online voters, organizers said on Saturday.


The IEA says the UK should be less dependent on gas power, and develop nuclear and renewable energy sources.


BOSTON - A state judge upheld a 1913 law that prohibits out-of-state gay couples from marrying in Massachusetts, where same-sex marriage between residents has been legal since May.    The eight couples who filed the lawsuit - from Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine and New York - sought a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the statute, claiming it is inherently discriminatory...


Shares of Google Inc. will make their Nasdaq stock market debut on Thursday after the year's most anticipated initial public offering priced far below initial estimates, raising $1.67 billion.


Rocket Wins $10M Prize for Trip to Space

MOJAVE, Calif. - A stout, star-spangled rocket plane broke through the Earth's atmosphere to the edge of space Monday for the second time in five days, capturing a $10 million prize aimed at opening the final frontier to tourists...


Beeb blamed for Test cricket's satellite sale

The Government today rounded on the BBC and terrestrial broadcasters for turning their backs on English cricket. Although Five will show highlights as part of the Â£220million


Ancient Animal Could Be Human-Ape Ancestor

The last probable common ancestor to humans and great apes had a body like an ape, fingers like a chimp and the upright posture of humans, according to researchers who unearthed a fossil of the animal in Spain.


'Shrek the Third' settles for one too many clichés

The third installment in the hit comedy series makes leaps in animation, but not in plot.


The Motley Fool - Smoking, driving too fast while yakking on the cell phone, eating ice cream every night of the week ... we all have habits that we know aren't good for us. For some reason we persist anyway, even knowing that we may be setting ourselves up for real trouble.


Bush: Palestinian state possible in four years

George Bush said tonight he thought it was possible a "truly free" Palestinian state could evolve within the four years of his second term as US president.


Stima della Coldiretti: ma resiste la tradizione


Prosecutors: 2 priests stole from parish

Two Roman Catholic priests stole millions in offerings and gifts made to their parish as far back as 40 years ago, prosecutors said Thursday.


BAGHDAD, Sept. 8 -- A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed vehicle near a row of stores in the Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, police and hospital officials said.


Pescara, 19:23 - GIOCHI MEDITERRANEO, ARACU: NEL 2009 A PESCARA

La XVI edizione dei Giochi del Mediterraneo, in programma a Pescara nel 2009, "non corre rischi". Lo...


Myanmar's military leadership has admitted the ouster of the nation's premier was linked to corruption but denied it signalled an end to tentative democratic reforms, a diplomatic source said yesterday.


Three British residents held by the US at Guantanamo Bay are detained after arriving back in the UK.


Health system not yet ready for disaster: study

Half of all U.S. states would run out of hospital beds within the first two weeks of a moderate flu pandemic and 47 states would run out if a bad one hit, according to a report issued on Tuesday.


Friel steps in as Ferrell's "Lost" friend

"Land of the Lost" has  landed a female lead, Anna Friel, to star opposite Will Ferrell  in Brad Silberling's adventure fantasy for Universal Pictures.


Udine, 18:34 - CALCIO, UDINESE; IAQUINTA: PER DOMENICA SARO' ALL'80%

Dopo essere stato uomo di mercato, Vincenzo Iaquinta alla fine è rimasto all'Udinese ed appar...


The South Africans have consolidated in the post-tea session on the first day of the Kanpur Test against India. The Proteas are 230 for four at stumps on Day 1. Andrew Hall, opening the innings for the first


Israeli parliament set to approve Gaza pullout

Israel's divided parliament is widely expected to ratify Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan today, a crucial step towards the first evacuation of settlers from lands Palestinians want for a state.


Casey Kotchman and Chone Figgins homer, Vladimir Guerrero doubles twice and the Angels keep winning against the Yankees, battering them 10-6 Friday night.


Austria investigates a video which appeared on the web, apparently showing soldiers exchanging Hitler salutes.


A years-long legal battle over Web browser technology is over, but neither Microsoft or Eolas is talking about details.


No. 10 Men's Basketball Runs Past UW-Green Bay In 104-46 Victory

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Alan Anderson couldn't stop smiling, and his teammates couldn't stop scoring. Anderson led a balanced offense with 18 points and No.


Comic Jim Davidson leaves ITV's Hell's Kitchen show after making "unacceptable" remarks.


Andrew Morton, il biografo di Diana, scrive un libro sull'attore e la settaIl divo sarebbe il numero due, e il leader occulto, della chiesa                                          "Tom Cruise capo di Scientology Vuole anche convertire Beckham"                                                                                dal nostro corrispondente ENRICO FRANCESCHINI


Stoccolma, 21:17 - CALCIO, EURO2008: IBRAHIMOVIC DICE NO ALLA NAZIONALE SVEDESE

L'attacante svedese dell'Inter Zlatan Ibrahimovic ha annunciato che non risponderà alla convo...


U.S. seeks UN backing for Somalia peacekeeping force

The United States asked the U.N. Security Council on Friday to help prop up Somalia's shaky government with an African peacekeeping force that would exclude troops from bordering states such as Ethiopia.


'The Number 23' - a whodunit, but who cares?

Bleak and brackish, the film finds Jim Carrey sunk in yet another silly role.


Hospital Response to Cardiac Arrest Often Too Slow, Study Finds

When patients in the hospital suddenly go into cardiac arrest, the staff often takes too long to respond, increasing the risk of brain damage and death, a new study finds.


Kaunas, 21:20 - CALCIO, AZZURRI; DONADONI: ATTACCARE IN MANIERA INTELLIGENTE

Attaccare sÃ¬, ma senza andare all'assalto dell'avversario. Questa la ricetta del ct azzurro Donadoni...


Antibiotic Inhibits Important Tumor Gene

MONDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) -- An antibiotic called siomycin A shows early promise as an anti-cancer agent, say researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.


British troops wary of joining war on drugs in Afghanistan

Despite being urged to do so by Afghan and western counter-narcotics chiefs, British troops are wary of joining the offensive against the drugs trade in Afghanistan, The Daily Telegraph reported.


Milano, 23:20 - CALCIO, MILAN; ANCELOTTI: ABBIAMO ANCORA MOLTO DA RECUPERARE

''Abbiamo fatto il massimo: dall'inizio della stagione abbiamo sempre vinto, di piÃ¹ non potevamo far...


US President George W Bush nominates retired federal judge Michael Mukasey as his new attorney general.


The Kid Stays in His Home, Dressed in PJ's, With a Live Mike

Robert Evans, the fabled Hollywood producer and man about town, will be enjoying his latest gig, as a satellite radio talk-show host, from the comfort of his home.


EU ready to say âyesâ to Turkey, as well as âbutâ

BRUSSELS The European Union's 25 countries will agree by Friday to begin membership negotiations with Turkey, but the Netherlands, which holds the EU presidency, is seeking to give individual countries long-term powers to prevent Turkish immigrants from


Norway Agency OKs Statoil Production Plan

The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority on Monday approved Statoil ASA's plan to resume full production from its Snorre A field, which was shut down by a Nov. 28 natural gas leak.


Per il leader Udc, "nessuno ha il coraggio di farlo cadere"


RIGHTS-EU:  Crisis Deepens Over Justice Commissioner

BRUSSELS, Oct 21 (IPS) - The EU was plunged further into crisis Thursday  after the incoming European Commission president Jose Manuel  DurÃ£o Barroso failed to resolve a dispute over the next EU  executive team.


After a 28-Year Hiatus, Miss (er, Ms.) Subways Is Back

Miss Subways has returned, in a revival of a contest that wilted in 1976, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the New York City subway system. But please Â it's Ms. Subways now.


ANAHEIM, Calif., (Sports Network) - Roger Clemens let it be  known on Saturday that if he plays in 2005, he'll only pitch  for the Houston Astros.


IBM's new WebSphere release, Version 6, automatically troubleshoots systems and identifies network glitches that could lead to power outages.


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UPDATE 4-Court's cards ruling to aid MBNA, American Express

The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling that the Visa and MasterCard credit card associations violated US antitrust law by barring


Red Cross President Plans Visit to Washington on Question of ...

Officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross said Tuesday that the organization's president, M. Jakob Kellenberger, was hoping to visit Washington soon to


Anne-Sophie Pic is the first female chef to win the prestigious three Michelin stars in decades.


Ravens reward coach Billick with contract extension

BALTIMORE, Feb 21 Reuters) - The Baltimore Ravens rewarded coach Brian Billick for capturing the AFC North crown with a four-year contract extension, the team said on Wednesday.


Four bidders go through in Vin & Sprit auction: paper

Sweden's centre-right government has  chosen four bidders in its auction of Vin & Sprit that will be  allowed to perform due diligence of the Absolut vodka maker,  business daily Dagens Industri reported on Sunday.


Germans mark 60th anniversary of Dresden fire bombing

The German city of Dresden paid its respects to the tens of thousands of people killed in the Allied firebombing here 60 years ago.


Jason Kidd finally returned to the Nets lineup last night, playing 21 restricted minutes and giving his team 10 points, six boards and three dimes, including an assist on Richard Jefferson's game winner against the Toronto Raptors.


US mortgage lender Freddie Mac suffers a steep fall in second quarter profits, as record defaults on home loans take their toll.


We asked the 'Big Day' actress what she's watching, reading, and listening to.


Olympic Discus Champion Thrown Out of Games

Hungarian Olympic discus champion Robert Fazekas will lose his gold medal and be expelled from the Games after being caught trying to tamper with a urine sample, an International Olympic Committee source said Tuesday.


'E' bellissima'. A bordo Schumacher, Bersani, Montezemolo


Manager Rafael Benitez has hinted that both midfielders will start and with full-back Josemi fit again, Liverpool could field three Spanish players.


Immigration is time bomb says EU justice chief

Immigration is a time bomb for the European Union and members must work far more closely with each other if the bloc is to control the flood of refugees, the EU's incoming Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner ...


After cancer surgery, the chief executive hits meetings, with plans to return to full-time work later this month.


After early fireworks, Obama on learning curve

Democrat Barack Obama exploded into the 2008 White House race on a crusade to cleanse politics: nearly five months of campaign trail rough-and-tumble later, he is still in Hillary Clinton's shadow.


Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee would seem to be the answer to their prayers, yet for many Christian conservatives in Iowa, he has not closed the deal for the Republican caucuses.


Italy TV anchor removed, political pressure feared

The director and anchor of the main news program at Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Mediaset TV empire has been forced to step down, prompting fears of growing political pressure.


As it exits Basra, the Army deals with disillusionment, inside and out.


Sorry, I forgot to be scared Part 1 I shot Lennon; I shot the Pope. I shot the devil; now you got no hope. -- Suicidal Tendenciesâ¦


Rebranding Physics = Making Einstein Youth Friendly

Bicycle stunts, rap music and modern  dance -- all in the name of Einstein.


EU relaunch as leaders end two years of constitutional limbo

The European Union ended two years of limbo at the weekend by agreeing new guidelines for the 27-member club's future and throwing off the shackles of the failed constitution.


U.S. securities regulators on  Thursday charged brokerage Raymond James Financial Inc. RJF.N  with fraud over misconduct by a former broker charged with  misappropriating about $8.7 million in investor funds.


Julianne Moore makes horror hit home as mother who's lost her 8 ...

The Forgotten: Thriller. Starring Julianne Moore, Dominic West, Gary Sinise, Alfre Woodard. Directed by Joseph Ruben. Written by Gerald Di Pego.


CARACAS, Venezuela  - Anti-U.S. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez drove himself to a polling station in a shiny, red Volkswagen Beetle on Sunday, seeking six more years in office to broaden his promised socialist revolution.


Donât miss either 2006 Oscars or Winter Olympics

The 78th Academy Awards, Oscar 2006 will begin from March 5, a week after the 2006 Winter Olympics, said the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officials on Thursday.


Seven men are jailed for key roles in an al-Qaeda-linked plot to kill thousands of people in the UK and US.


China telecoms companies 'in Olympic pitch'

Huawei Technologies and ZTE, the leading Chinese telecommunications equipment makers, say they are in discussions to become sponsors of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.


Miami - US authorities combed through the rubble of shattered homes and toppled trees as remnants of what was deadly Hurricane Ivan - which killed at least 35 people in the United States and 70 in the Caribbean - on Saturday dumped heavy rain on much of


Director Ron Howard wants Tom Hanks to take the lead role in the film adaptation of The Da Vinci Code


Shannen Rossmiller isn't a terrorist. She just plays one on the Internet.


This year, for the first time, expatriate Democrats can cast their ballots on the Internet in a presidential primary for people living outside the United States.


Alonzo Mourning Helps Nets Win _ for Now

Alonzo Mourning knows he's running out of time in the NBA. He just wants to win, and he needs those victories to come quickly. Playing his second regular-season game following a kidney transplant, Mourning made consecutive shots in double overtime to help the visiting New Jersey Nets beat the Chicago Bulls 111-106 on Friday night.


KABUL -- Hundreds of villagers fled a southern Afghan town yesterday overrun by Taliban militants, fearful of a NATO attack on the insurgent fighters , residents said. General David Richards, NATO's outgoing commander, said "very surgical and deliberate" force would be used to evict the fighters from Musa Qala, where he said the alliance's strategy of avoiding military action has ...


At Photo Plus Expo in New York, Apple today invited photographers to participate in a free, 30-day Aperture Trial. Customers can download and install a fully-functional version of Aperture 1.5, import their own images, and experiment with the many new features of the worldâs leading post-production tool for serious photographers.


Blog: Mobiloscenti say devices are robust and networks ready, but carriers and content producers are gumming up the works.


Red Hat is warning all customers about an email scam which claims to be a Red Hat security update, when in fact its malicious software.


Steve Jobs reveals that iTunes will offer downloadable movies, and provided a sneak peek of a media box that will stream movies, music and TV shows from a nearby computer to the living room TV. Plus:


Wilkes-Barre - US President George W. Bush wooed voters in this key battleground state on Friday and unleashed a pack of wolves in a menacing new commercial branding Democrat John Kerry as weak on terrorism.


TUCSON, Ariz. Sept. 20, 2004 - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson filed for bankruptcy Monday, becoming the second US diocese to seek court protection because of the cost of clerical sex abuse cases.


"Saturday Night Live" has been gone for so long that you'll never know who its Mitt Romney impersonator was going to be.


Spanish singer and actress Rocio Jurado dies at the age of 61 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.


The culture secretary stands by plans to limit slot machines offering massive prize money in new gambling laws.


WHITEHORSE, Yukon Territory - An exuberant dog left in a truck while the owner watched Canada win the World Cup of Hockey managed to throw the vehicle into gear and coast down a city hill.    A man out for a walk called police after seeing the vehicle coast by with a black Labrador retriever behind the wheel...


SP Mib +0,14%, All Stars +0,13%, in lieve flessione Parigi


Yukos accounting division raided; Russian official warns of money drain

MOSCOW  - Russian prosecutors continued their onslaught against the country's largest oil producer on Thursday, raiding the accounting division of Yukos and seizing documents.


Volcanic ash spewed from simmering Mount Etna on Friday, forcing authorities to close a nearby airport, officials said.


Even before "Alien vs. Predator," the resurrection of two tired movie franchises, captured the top spot at the weekend box office, New Line Cinema began plotting a new face-off for its horror favorites, Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees, who had their own moment atop the box office last August with "Freddy vs. Jason."


Artificial Spinal Disk Gains Approval From the F.D.A.

Johnson & Johnson will be allowed to market an artificial spinal disk in the U.S. as a new form of treatment for people with severe lower back pain.


Leap Wireless Extends International Calling Reach

Leap Wireless International has added more than 60 new countries to its list of international long-distance call spots in an effort to better serve its Cricket Wireless customer base.


The U.S. government asked a federal judge Wednesday to extend its oversight of Microsoft by an additional two years, with the option to further extend it through 2012 if necessary. Both parties have come to an agreement that progress on portions of the deal has come too slowly.


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ISU Student Named In Downloading Lawsuit

LOS ANGELES -- At least one Indiana State University student has been named as a defendant in a new round of lawsuits against music downloaders.


Gesture Control: New Wave in CE Products?

First, it was the "clapper". Then came the Nintendo Wii. Now gesture control seems to be on the verge of being used in many more products.


German Chancellor Angela Merkel says there are still disagreements with Poland before new EU treaty talks.


Reuters Poll: Bush Grabs One-Point Lead on Kerry

President Bush opened a slight one-point lead on Democratic rival John Kerry in a tight race for the White House, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Thursday.


Sri Lanka rights probe on path to failure: Experts

A Sri Lankan probe into rights abuses blamed on security forces and Tamil Tiger rebels looks set to end in failure, international experts warned on Friday, as Amnesty International demanded an outside monitoring operation.


Academic turns up volume on CCTV Bill proposal

Dragging the cameras out of the data shadows Analysis While British bobbies and Blakeys have installed more CCTV cameras than any other country in the world, the people have been "sorely lacking" regulation that watches the watchers, according to an academic paper that proposes the outline of a CCTV bill.â¦


EU Official Plays Down Rising Oil Prices

A top European Union economic official Friday played down the impact of rising oil prices on the bloc's economic recovery.


Before Savannah St., S. Miss. Was Winless

Savannah State and Prairie View, you're not alone. Southern Mississippi once went through an entire season without a win, too.


TeliaSonera, reporting strong quarter, expects mobile phone struggle

Swedish-Finnish telecommunications operator TeliaSonera reported better-than-expected fourth quarter operating results and announced an ambitious cost-cutting plan to meet increased competition in the mobile phone sector.


Raúl Castro's public record, which has emerged during his interim presidency, suggests he would allow more political, economic latitude in Cuba.


Saying too much time had passed, a judge threw out the murder case against a Las Vegas limousine driver accused in a 1990 gangland slaying authorities say was aided by a corrupt FBI agent.


La mostra mercato si tiene alla Stazione Leopolda


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Islamist militants threaten attacks on Germany, Austria

Islamist militants threatened to attack Germany and Austria if they do not pull their troops out of Afghanistan, in a statement read out on Sunday by a masked man on an Al-Qaeda linked website.


LONDON: The driver of a high-speed train which rammed into a car in southern England last week, had just two or three seconds to brake before the crash, a report said yesterday.


With everyone cheering all around him, Houston Astros manager Phil Garner tried hard not to look at the scoreboard in left field. But as the crowd grew louder


VIEW: Will the EU keep faith with Turkey? âMartti Ahtisaari and ...

It is feared that Islamists may one day turn Turkey into a fundamentalist state. Unlikely as it may be in view of Turkeyâs deeply rooted secularism, such a risk cannot be totally excluded.


Members of the Sept. 11 commission urged Congress to impose strict deadlines on the Department of Homeland Security to close loopholes in the nation's transportation system.


Drama unfolds: uninvited to an Armani show.


Photos said to show Israeli target in Syria: paper

Independent experts have satellite imagery of what they believe to be a Syrian nuclear site targeted in an Israeli air strike last month, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.


Sharpshooters of Comedy Hit the Road (Duck!)

âVince Vaughnâs Wild West Comedy Showâ imagines itself a contemporary equivalent of rootinâ- tootinâ traveling entertainments like Buffalo Billâs Wild West Show. Thatâs a tall comparison to draw.


Fed chief: higher energy prices will have limited effect on ...

This year's oil price surge will not be a replay of the oil shocks of the 1970s and 1980s that sent the United States into a series of recessions, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Friday.


ATHENS, Greece - Carly Patterson wanted to be an Olympic champion for as long as she can remember, hoping she'd be "the next Mary Lou" someday. Now, little girls all over America want to be "the next Carly." Soaring high above the floor and strutting her stuff as if she owned the place, the 16-year-old dynamo became the first U.S...


The Cabinet is to discuss plans to send soldiers from the Black Watch to support American forces around Baghdad, amid reports that more British troops could soon be on their way to Iraq.


Indonesia to trade flu virus for vaccine

Indonesia agreed to resume sharing its bird flu virus with the World Health Organization Friday under condition that developing countries will have equal access to an affordable vaccine, officials from both sides said.