Acker-Macosko Shoots 11-Under 60 at Longs

Anna Acker-Macosko shot an 11-under 60 on Sunday at the Longs Drugs Challenge, one stroke off Annika Sorenstam's tour record.


Kansas authorities say a small plane crashed near Wichita, killing one person.


Movie Gallery Offers to Buy Hollywood Video Chain

Movie Gallery Inc. on Friday said it has offered to buy rival movie rental chain Hollywood Entertainment Corp. for an undisclosed sum, one week after Blockbuster Inc. bid about $700 million for Hollywood.


Director impressed with Thackeray's heroine

Indian filmmaker Mira Nair was a 16-year-old in a Catholic boarding school in the Himalayas when she read William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 masterpiece "Vanity Fair.


Serbian president unhurt in apparent assassination attempt

Boris Tadic's (TAH'-dihj-ihz) press office says a car repeatedly tried to crash into his motorcade. The incident occurred late yesterday in downtown Belgrade when a black Audi "tried several times to crash


FCC receives $4.7B bid for open-access block in spectrum auction

The winner of the C block license in the 700-MHz auction must provide open wireless access to all devices and applications.


The Boston Red Sox arrived at Fenway Park at 4:20 am EST Thursday, but that didn't deter a number of elated fans from demonstrating their undying passion by meeting the team's bus on Yawkey Way.


Energy Dept. Might Drop Support for FutureGen Power Plant

Energy Secretary Samuel P. Bodman told lawmakers yesterday that the Bush administration might drop its support for a $1.5 billion coal-fired power plant designed to store greenhouse gases underground, citing mounting cost estimates and other possible technologies.


New Google Webmaster Tools and Tools for those new Tools

There has been some debate whether to use Google Sitemaps, which is part of Googleâs new Webmaster Central portal. I do agree with the opinions that state that the upload of a sitemap to Google might be a good option for you, but it might not be a good thing for everybody. There are valid points [...]


US charges six GuantÃ¡namo detainees over 9/11

Six GuantÃ¡namo Bay detainees accused of murder and war crimes


"Cannibal" Dinosaur Wrongly Accused, Study Says

New analysis of bones from an infamous dinosaur long believed to have eaten its own young show that the animal may have been given an undeserved reputation.


EBay profit tops forecasts as auctions accelerate

EBay Inc.  on Wednesday posted a 50 percent rise in net profit on strength in its auction and PayPal units but left its 2007 outlook little changed, even though investors had hoped for more.


The trial begins of former French foreign minister Roland Dumas, accused of corruption over art sales.


AMD slashes prices and launches X2 5200+

Cheap as chips Yesterday, on the 6th September, AMD announced the launch of the latest member of its dual-core Athlon 64 X2 family however information about the 5200+ was limited to the tray price â US$403 per 1,000 â with no mention of the clock speed, TDP, cache, Socket and so on.â¦


Saturn's lightning "1m times stronger" than on Earth

New data obtained from the Cassini spacecraft revealed that lightning on Saturn is a million times stronger than on Earth. New data from the Cassini spacecraft shows that lightning


With third straight win, things aligned for Alinghi

Alinghi is getting used to winning the hard way. Fortunately for the Swiss team, it only has to do it one more time.


NCAA Game Summary - Northwestern at Wisconsin

Madison, WI (Sports Network) - Anthony Davis ran for 122 yards and two touchdowns to lead No. 6 Wisconsin over Northwestern, 24-12, to celebrate Homecoming weekend at Camp Randall Stadium.


Roma, 13:25 - CALCIO, UNDER 21: CONVOCATI PER AMICHEVOLE CON OLANDA

Il ct della nazionale under 21, Pierluigi Casiraghi, ha convocato 20 giocatori per l'amichevole con ...


Chinese man gets death for ant-breeding scam

A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for conning people out of 3 billion yuan ($387 million) in a giant scam to breed ants, local media said on Thursday.


Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:    ------    Average Cost of U.S. Nursing Home is $70K Annually: Survey      The average cost of a private room in a nursing home in the United States is $70,080 a year, or $192 a day, according to a survey released Monday by the MetLife Mature Market Institute...


Intel test chip design with 80-core processor

InfoWorld - Following their march from standard processors to dual-core and quad-core designs in 2006, Intel researchers have built an 80-core chip that performs more than a teraflops (trillions of floating point operations per second) while using less electricity than a modern desktop PC chip.


Powell Says Genocidal Acts Continuing in Darfur

NAIROBI, Kenya  - The violence that prompted  Washington to declare last year that genocide was occurring in  Sudan's Darfur region continues, Secretary of State Colin  Powell said Sunday.


Confindustria, sindacati, governo possono fare ottime cose


More than two decades after his death, John Lennon is apparently still a threat to national security--or so the FBI still contends.


BBC journalist Alan Johnston freed: Hamas

BBC journalist Alan Johnston was freed early Wednesday in Gaza City, the Islamist movement Hamas said.


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Packages taken to airline ticket counters for shipment on passenger planes will have to go through the same security screening as checked baggage, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced Thursday.


Justice Department Cracks Down On Spammers

It disrupted a network allegedly used to illegally share copyrighted files and is making a series of arrests against purveyors of spam.


Defending champions England aim to seal a miraculous recovery with victory over favourites South Africa in Saturday's World Cup final.


Tony Blair has pledged to end the "digital divide" by 2008 - if the Labour Party wins the next election. Speaking at his party's conference in Brighton, the Prime Minister delivered ten things a "future Labour


Per 10,6 miliardi di euro acquisita la quota di Bertarelli


Body Resembling Japanese Hostage Found in Iraq

A body resembling a Japanese hostage has  been found in Iraq and is being shipped to Qatar for  identification, Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hatsuhisa  Takashima told a news conference early on Saturday.


Baghdad bomb kills 14, wounds 75: police

At least 14 people were killed and 75 wounded in a car bomb attack in central Baghdad on Wednesday which targeted the convoy of Industry Minister Fawzi al-Hariri, Interior Ministry sources said.


What's in a Name ? ; KB Home and Menaul School Disagree on What the Builder Calls the Condos

By RICHARD METCALF Journal Staff Writer  The name of KB Home's first condo project in the Albuquerque metro area, the Villas at Menaul School, has ruffled the feathers of its neighor.  "The name does not reflect our (sales) agreement," said Lindsey Gilbert, head of the Menaul School.


Colpito in maniera non grave da colpi di pistola alle gambe


Authentic or not, Bush memos no big deal to retired guardsmen

ALBANY, Ga. - Retired National Guard members and even an Army Reservist home on leave from Iraq say they aren't bothered by memos indicating President Bush was suspended from flying because he skipped a medical


Starting Grand Slam tournaments is usually not a problem for Amelie Mauresmo of France. Finishing on top is.


Romania Presidential Race Too Close to Call

Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and centrist opposition leader Traian Basescu emerged neck-and-neck from the second round of presidential elections on Sunday, exit polls showed.


For Aborigine Michael Long the blisters on his feet were a small price to pay for putting indigenous issues back onto Australia's political agenda during a meeting with Prime Minister John Howard on Friday.


Juve, spazio alla panchina Roma con Cassano

TORINO, 18 NOVEMBRE 2004 - Largo alle seconde linee: era scontata la decisione di Fabio Capello di fare giocare domani sera a Bergamo contro l'Atalanta in Coppa Italia, la Juventus B. ''Sara' un test molto


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Oil falls sharply as OPEC keeps output steady

Oil prices dropped by more than $1 on   Monday after OPEC agreed to keep pumping at high rates to   ensure world consumers were well-supplied despite a 20 percent   fall in prices since mid-July.


China Proposes Preparatory N.Korea Talks -- Sources

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


Pay less for the very best HP wants to give the poor, huddled masses of telecommunications companies in developing countries a chance to buy its very best gear. So, the vendor today rolled out the NonStop NS3000AC server - a more moderately priced, always on system.â¦


Tiger Woods has been chasing Jack Nicklaus in golf record books since he was a kid. When it comes to the Ryder Cup, though, Tiger doesn't mean Jack.


A video posted on an Islamist website purportedly shows a British hostage in Iraq pleading for his life. Militants have threatened to kill Kenneth Bigley unless the US and UK release all Iraqi women held in the country's prisons.


Intel's entertainment-oriented line of computers begs the question: Who needs a PC tethered to a television? By Dan Goodin.


Doctors and AIDS activists in Africa are worried governments may halt use of an AIDS drug that has protected thousands of babies from HIV infection in reaction to new concerns about the drug's testing and effect on pregnant women.


Sports Briefing | Pro Football: Cowboys Are Most Valuable

The Dallas Cowboys wrested the title of the N.F.L.âs most valuable franchise from the Redskins, knocking Washington off the top of the list for the first time in eight years, according to Forbes magazineâs survey. Thanks to a new $1 billion stadium set to open in 2009, the Cowboysâ value increased by 28 percent to $1.5 billion. With their climb from third , Dallas passed the Redskins ($1.467 billion) and New England ($1.199 billion).Both New York teams had big jumps because of a planned stadium that they will share. The Giants moved to 8th from 15th with a 9 percent increase to $974 million. The Jets went to 10th from 19th with a 10 percent increase to $967 million.


Ammonta a 1.053 miliardi rispetto a 1.106 del 2006


Rumsfeld: nessuna prova formale legami tra al Qaeda e Saddam

Non ci sono "prove formali" di un legame tra il leader di al Qaida, Osama bin Laden, al quale gli Stati Uniti hanno attribuito gli attacchi dell'11 settembre 2001, e Saddam Hussein, l'ex dittatore iracheno.


Judge bounces ex-Brocade chief's appeal bid

Storage fraudster must face the music A federal judge has denied a bid by Greg Reyes, the former CEO of storage switch maker Brocade, to launch an appeal against his conviction for stock options fiddling.â¦


Video game sales rose 35 percent in  the United States in October, analysts said on Friday, as the  blockbuster criminal adventure "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas"  sold more than 2 million units in just five days of release.


Segretario Rinaldini, si apre problema rappresentanza Cgil


Boise St. Vs. Wyoming Still Wait-and-See TV: Cable Company Negotiating to Add Mtn. Network to Premium Sports Digital Tier

By Brian Murphy, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 14--Sit tight, Bronco fans.   This week's TV fiasco isn't over yet.   Boise State's football game at Wyoming on Saturday is still not scheduled to be broadcast locally.


Singapore's High Court clears Deutsche Bank of conspiracy over the sale of shares in an Indonesian coal miner.


Russian Teen Stays With Sister Amid Terror

There was a moment when Vika Kallagova could have fled the hellish maelstrom of bullets, screams and explosions that School No. 1 had become on the first day of September.


Lufthansa orders 20 Boeing 747s, seven Airbus A340s

German flag carrier Lufthansa said it had begun to modernize its long-haul fleet by ordering 20 Boeing 747-8 aircraft and seven A340s, manufactured by Boeing's European rival Airbus.


CLEVELAND -- One season after a league-worst 4-12 mark, the San Diego Chargers won their eighth straight and captured the AFC West title, which earned them a postseason berth for the first time since 1995.


US stocks gain on Bush win, off highs as oil jumps

US stocks advanced on Wednesday as President George W. Bush won re-election, but slipped off the day's highs after a surge in the price of oil.


Symbol launches new Pocket PC with wireless LAN

Symbol Technologies, Inc. has introduced the first in a new family of what they call durable enterprise digital assistant (EDA) products specifically designed for business essential applications within the enterprise environment.


Five people escape through an upstairs window after petrol is poured through a letterbox and set alight.


EU agriculture ministers are to discuss urgent reforms to Europe's heavily subsidised sugar industry.


BorgWarner Makes $759 Million Takeover Offer for Beru

BorgWarner Inc., the biggest US maker of automatic-transmission parts for cars, said it plans to take over Beru AG, valuing the German maker of diesel-engine starting systems at $795 million.


Authorities kept a main oil pipeline in southern Iraq shut on Sunday rather than risk it being attacked, restricting the country's exports to half normal levels, a South Oil Official said.


MOSCOW - Russian police investigating the deadly Beslan school siege are looking inside their own squad house: One of the attack organizers was allegedly a former cop who disappeared six years ago.    He wouldn't be the first to turn traitor...


U.S. intelligence paints gloomy picture of Iraq

U.S. intelligence experts painted a gloomy picture of Iraq, saying in a report seen on Friday sectarian bloodshed had surpassed the threat from al Qaeda and warning of the consequences of a rapid U.S. withdrawal.


Former iRobot engineer says he might have been framed

The former iRobot Corp. engineer accused of stealing company secrets said yesterday that iRobot operatives may have planted a key piece of technology in an effort to frame him.


Magnetic sharks add bite to compass theory

Marine biologists say they have obtained the first proof that sharks can spot changes in magnetic fields, boosting evidence that the fish have an internal compass to guide them as well as a phenomenal sense of smell.


Executives say the company's stake in the wireless provider caused losses, but they're confident in the venture's promise.


Jordanian Mission Possible Target of Deadly Fuel Tanker Explosion ...

Eyewitnesses who saw a fuel tanker explode in a Baghdad neighborhood late Friday night, say the vehicle was wired with explosives, and headed for the Jordanian mission when it blew up.


The Federal Aviation Administration hiring plan was designed as part of an effort to replace nearly three-quarters of the agency's workforce that will be eligible for retirement.


Rajpal Yadav discusses his reasons for doing Undertrial.


Why you should stay invested for the long term.


Florida woman pursues mystery of father's Nazi camp album

BAD AROLSEN, Germany - Deep in Shari Klages's memory is an image of herself as a girl in New Jersey, going into her parents' bedroom, pulling a thick leather-bound album from the top shelf of a closet, and sitting down on the bed to leaf through it.


Report Faults Orchestra Officials on Deal for Rare Instruments

While ultimately condoning the New Jersey Symphony's $18 million purchase of rare string instruments, an internal report criticized some aspects of the deal as deceptive.


Americans are woefully ignorant about credit scores, a consumer group found, even though these measures of credit risk affect everything from the interest people pay on mortgages to whether they qualify for insurance.


ATHENS -- Bronze is the best the American men can do in basketball and the reason is simple: A hastily assembled assortment of NBA stars couldn't beat a better team -- Argentina.


As Hong Kong wraps up a hotly contested legislative campaign, China's presence looms large amid charges it marred the contest with dirty tricks while at the same time trying to woo voters with a charm offensive.


Congress blocks taxation of Internet connections

Congress acted Friday to block state and local governments from taxing connections that link consumers to the Internet for the next three years.


Modena, 19:08 - CALCIO, MODENA: LOMBARDI SALTA TEST IN FAMIGLIA

Test in famiglia per il Modena, una partita a ranghi contrapposti integrati dai ragazzi della Primav...


Even though the United States has a guaranteed spot in the regional finals, forward Eddie Johnson says there are still high stakes in Wednesday's World Cup qualifying match against Jamaica.


Israeli Forces Seize Control of Parts of North Gaza

Israeli forces seized control of parts of  the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a day after soldiers  killed 14 Hamas fighters in the deadliest strike against the  leading Palestinian militant group.


Diplomatic Shuffle Begins to Kickstart NKorea Talks

China will try to nudge North Korea to  resume stalled talks on ending its nuclear programs when  Pyongyang's No. 2 leader visits on Monday, but economic issues  will also be high on the agenda.


Vodafone, Nokia Team Up for Simpler Mobile Software

Mobile phone giants Vodafone and Nokia teamed up on Thursday to simplify software for cell phones written with the Java computer language that promises to bring cheaper, smarter handsets.


Documents belonging to Bing Crosby's business associates can be released in a row over royalties, a court rules.


In a recent interview with foreign reporters, Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat was asked who would succeed him in the case of his demise.


After Hurricane Ivan pummeled a wide swath of land along the Gulf of Mexico Thursday, some U.S. insurers swamped by the third major hurricane of 2004 might find their profits gone with the wind.


Millions spent, but the Indian capital's river still stinks

From a boat on the Yamuna River that flows past India's capital, it's easy to spot bubbles of fetid gas sent up to the water's surface by rotting sewage -- and that's after at least 350 million dollars has been spent on cleaning it up.


Drug companies rushing to fill the vacuum left by Merck & Co.'s withdrawal of its best-selling arthritis drug Vioxx are flooding the airwaves with competing


Blog: In an acquisition announcement-heavy day, the auction giant announces that it has coughed up $75 million for the 'discovery' service.


Lo ha detto il numero uno della banca olandese, Groenink


Dutch Raid Kurdish Training Camp, Arrest 38

Dutch authorities on Friday raided a  camp suspected of training Kurdish guerrillas for "terrorist  attacks" in Turkey and arrested 38 people, prosecutors said.


MALIBU, Calif. -- Lindsey Pluimer scored 22 points and Noelle Quinn poured in 20 to lead No. 25 UCLA past Pepperdine 74-61 on Thursday.


Pedofilia, foto a bimbi est europeo: arrestato regista

Un regista cinematografico di 38 anni, GC, Ã¨ stato arrestato in provincia di Monza per ordine della procura di Siracusa perchÃ© sospettato di avere prodotto e divulgato materiale pornografico minorile. L' indagine


Total ban on GM crops not possible: EU Commission

A total freeze on commercial genetically modified crops, such as France may be considering, is not allowed under EU rules, the European Commission said Friday.


Economic growth slowed a bit in the final stretch of 2004, expanding at a still respectable 3.1 percent pace. For all of last year, though, the economy clocked in at its fastest clip since 1999, a compelling sign that the recovery is more deeply rooted.


Two dead, six wounded in bomb blast in restive Thai south

BANGKOK - Two people were killed and at least six others were injured on Friday when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded next to a bank in insurgency-hit southern Thailand, police said.


Presidential hopeful Tom Tancredo said Tuesday he will work against fellow Republicans — among them rival John McCain — who support an immigration bill he considers a sellout.


Roma, 21:57 - CALCIO, LAZIO; ROCCHI: VORREI CAMBIARE IL CONTRATTO

L'attaccante della Lazio Tommaso Rocchi attraverso il suo sito ufficiale, fa capire che non è...


Chris Paul has 19 points and 11 assists and hits four free throws in the final 15 seconds to lift the Hornets to an 87-82 victory in Houston on Sunday.


A government health watchdog says some NHS Trusts are not reporting superbug outbreaks.


Sanremo, 15:36 - CALCIO, SANREMESE-IMPERIA E' DERBY BLINDATO: 84 AGENTI

Sanremese-Imperia (Serie D, Girone A) è un derby ligure blindato. Sul posto è presente...


From Eclectic to Electric: High-Tech Wizardry Tricks Out 1964 Vw

By Matt Nauman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 16--The hippie van has gone high-tech.


Two Anglican congregations in the US vote to split from the Episcopal Church amid a row over homosexuality.


PNA lauds diplomatic reconciliation with Kuwait

A Palestinian National Authority(PNA) senior official said Monday that the PNA welcomed a diplomatic reconciliation with Kuwait in a sign that the relations between the two sides were improving.


US Senator Says Deal Near to Up TV Indecency Fines

U.S. lawmakers are near a compromise on legislation that would significantly raise the penalties for television and radio broadcasters that violate decency standards, Sen. Sam Brownback said on Thursday.


EADS board to meet on costs, superjumbo delay

The board of Airbus parent EADS   is expected on Tuesday to decide on a cost-cutting program and  assess the impact of the latest delay in its A380 superjumbo  plane, which one newspaper report said could now slow 2007  deliveries to just two aircraft.


His ambitious social programs are built on Venezuela's petroleum wealth, but President Hugo Chavez is increasingly talking up environmental causes and urging the world to cut back on oil use to fight global warming.


Opposition still 'under grave threat' in Zim

Opposition leaders and human rights campaigners have dismissed suggestions that the acquittal of Morgan Tsvangirai on treason charges is the start of a new dawn of independence for Zimbabwe's judiciary.


Stock futures flat, Starbucks set to rise

U.S. stock futures were little changed on Thursday, indicating a flat start on Wall Street after two days of record closes on the Dow.


Four weeks of battles between Kuwaiti police and militants have killed 12; one ringleader died in custody.


The Police Federation agrees a severance deal for its members in the PSNI full-time police reserve.


Sure, most of it reads like filthy gibberish. But the authors of this dreck are not semi-literate perverts. They're cool, rational business folk who have found a sleazy but effective way to make a buck.


Two people are reported to have died, with at least 14 injured, in a train crash in the Latvian capital, Riga.


Tension Grows Between Arafat's Wife and Political Heirs

In a drama that had some elements of a Greek tragedy and some of a French farce, a confrontation was brewing Monday night over the comatose figure


iPhone sparks counter measures from Verizon, RealNetworks and MTV

Handset-to-handset fighting Whenever a single monolithic company has launched against the globe spanning iTunes, Apple has been able to move the goalposts and push further and further towards a monopolistic market share of online music, but this week a genuine challenge has emerged, one that we are certain will dent the success of Apple, and we suspect that it will be reflected in the companyâs share price before too long.â¦


World powers and neighbours back Iraqi elections

SHARM EL SHEIKH: The worldâs main powers and the Middle East countries put on a rare show of unity on Tuesday to support January elections in Iraq that UN chief Kofi Annan termed âcriticalâ to quell rampant violence.


A multi-billion pound auction of  airwaves for a new wave of digital services is announced by Ofcom.


JERUSALEM -- Leaders of the Hamas and Fatah parties began operating parallel Palestinian governments yesterday after days of intense factional fighting that have sharply defined the political and geographic divisions undermining the Palestinian drive for statehood.


The chief war crimes prosecutor tells the UN that Serbia is refusing to arrest at least 12 wanted fugitives.


West Virginia investigates missing files

COLLEGE FOOTBALL West Virginia is investigating the disappearance of records associated with the school's football program. Citing anonymous sources, The Charleston Gazette reported that files kept in the private office of former coach Rich Rodriguez disappeared between Dec. 16 and Jan. 3, along with strength and conditioning records from the weight room. Assistant athletic director Mike Fragale told the Associated ...


A Hollywood actor jailed two years ago in Pakistan for possessing opium has been released.


AMD favours Socket F for 4x4 Athlon FXs?

Roadmap said to show trio of gamer-friendly CPUs on the way AMD is set to launch three Athlon 64 FX processors for its upcoming 4x4 gaming platform, sources who claim to have seen the chip maker's roadmap claim. All three CPUs will use AMD's 1207-pin Socket F interconnect, they add.â¦


Truce monitors banished, world frets over Sri Lanka

Nordic ceasefire monitors began wrapping up their six-year mission to Sri Lanka on Friday after the government scrapped a truce with the Tamil Tigers, and their mandate, amid a chorus of international concern.


GREEN BAY, Wis. - Chris Brown had touchdown runs of 37 and 29 yards as the Tennessee Titans beat the stumbling Green Bay Packers 48-27 on Monday night.


In the early 1970s, as Vietnam War-era protests swirled around the Washington area, local police borrowed riot equipment and received intelligence training from an unusual source: the CIA.


Pre-Poll Attacks Kill 15 Iraqis, U.S. Marine

Insurgents waging a bloody campaign to  sabotage Sunday's election killed 15 Iraqis and a U.S. Marine  on Thursday and bombed polling stations north of Baghdad.


Carter traded to New Jersey for Mourning, picks, two others

Vince Carter wanted out of Toronto and got his wish Friday, getting traded to the Nets for three players and two No. 1 picks in a deal that immediately raised the question: Will Jason Kidd still want out of New Jersey?


Court acquits Green MP on cannabis charge - prosecutor may appeal

The Helsinki District Court has rejected charges of illegal drug use raised against Finnish Member of Parliament Rosa Merilainen (Green). According to the court, Merilainen - s admissions in interviews with the ...


NEW YORK - Eddie Adams, a photojournalist whose half-century of arresting work was defined by a single frame - a Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photo of a communist guerrilla being executed in a Saigon street during the Vietnam War - died Sunday. He was 71...


Verizon Wireless files suit over FCC auction rules

Verizon Wireless has asked a federal  court to overturn open-access rules that the U.S. Federal  Communications Commission is imposing on the winner of valuable  wireless airwaves to be auctioned this winter.


Suicide bomb kills 17 Afghan civilians: police

A suicide car bomber killed 17 civilians in an attack on NATO forces in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the provincial police chief said.


Idaho senator pleads guilty to disorderly conduct

A Republican senator confirmed on  Monday that he pleaded guilty earlier this month to a charge of  disorderly conduct after he was arrested at a Minnesota  airport.


African summit shuns Darfur interference

A five-way African summit rejected non-African interference in Sudan's war-torn province of Darfur, opting for a strictly African solution.


Roma, 16:29 - F1, MASSA: HO CARTE IN REGOLA PER PUNTARE AL MONDIALE

Felipe Massa sogna il Mondiale con la Ferrari: "Non lo posso di certo promettere, ma so di avere le ...


Facebook moves into TV with Comcast's Ziddio

Facebook.com, the social networking  Web site, said on Tuesday it is moving into television by  teaming up with cable operator Comcast's online video site  Ziddio to produce a new series from users' clips called  'Facebook Diaries'.


A profile of new Foreign Secretary David Miliband, one of the youngest people ever to hold that position.


Hijackers forced a plane carrying about 70 people believed to be Eritreans to land in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Friday before surrendering to security forces, according to a U.N. refugee agency official.


Roma, 15:41 - CALCIO, PALERMO; ZAMPARINI: CRUZ? ASPETTO MORATTI

"Cruz? Noi gli daremmo lo stesso ingaggio che percepisce ora all'Inter per i prossimi due anni. Se a...


Harvard Chief Says His Remarks on Women Were Wrong

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.  - Harvard University President  Lawrence Summers has written a lengthy apology, admitting he  was wrong to suggest women do not have the same natural ability  in math and sciences as men.


BRISTOL, Conn. (Ticker) -- After winning two games that lasted 10 hours and 51 minutes to stay alive, the Boston Red Sox will hand the ball to Curt Schilling Tuesday in Game Six of the American League Championship Series.


After Shortage, Vaccine for Flu Goes Unused

An abundant supply of flu shots may still not reach everyone who needs them because of distribution delays.


China Urges Canada to Hand Over N.Koreans in Embassy

China urged Canada on Thursday to hand over 44 North Korean asylum seekers who broke into the Canadian embassy in Beijing, promising to deal with the men, women and children in a humanitarian way.


For Kerry, the region looked all but impregnable. But next time the right Democrat could make electoral inroads.


Warner Bros to remake Clash of the Titans

New ideas? We've heard of 'em Further evidence, were it needed, that Hollywood is increasingly incapable, or unwilling, to invest in original material comes with the announcement that Warner Bros is to remake 1981 adventure Clash of the Titans.â¦


Measuring Search Marketers' Job Performance

A new study finds that more search marketers are able to measure ROI than could two years ago, and more search marketers' jobs are being measured against both search metrics and overall business results.


3 Palestinian Activists Face U.S. Charges

WASHINGTON - A senior political leader of the Hamas militant group and two others were indicted on racketeering conspiracy charges, accused of laundering money used to pay for attacks against Israel over 15 years, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Friday.    Authorities accused the three of using bank accounts in Ohio, Mississippi, Virginia, Wisconsin and elsewhere to launder millions of dollars to support Hamas, which the U.S...


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.  -- A man whose genitals were bitten off by a pit bull remained in serious condition Tuesday, and the dog remained on the loose...


L'ipotesi di reato sarebbe quella di istigazione a delinquereIl ministro Melandri: "I violenti non si isolano in pochi giorni"                                            Fischi all'Olimpico, verso l'inchiesta Petrucci: "Troppo parole inutili"


Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai in hospital as outrage grows

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was detained in hospital with a deep head wound on Tuesday as world outrage grew over the government's violent crackdown on political protests.


Fuzzy PDF menace Spammers have turned a widely-used anti-spam trick - fuzzy text that computers cannot recognise - to their own advantage, according to the head of an anti-spam software developer.â¦


Scattered snow showers persisted across parts of the Midwest and East on Monday after a weekend storm that pounded the region.


Food From Cloned Animals Seems Safe, a Panel Finds

Meat and milk from cloned animals seem to pose no special health risks, said a report released by the European Food Safety Agency. It was a first step toward the eventual sale of such products within the European Union.


Security in Sudan's Darfur a 'Farce' -Rights Group

Security in Sudan's Darfur region is a "farce" with the government engaged in ethnic cleansing and rebel groups looting and abducting civilians despite an April cease-fire, a rights group said on Monday.


The High Court has ruled a woman in a persistent vegetative state given an experimental treatment against her family's wishes can be allowed to die.


Dell Suit Reveals Lucrative Domain-Name Trade

A civil suit filed by Dell sheds light on typosquatting, creating ad-filled Web pages with URLs that are similar to brand-name sites.


HIV-positive man pleads guilty to unprotected sex charges

An HIV-positive man this morning pleaded guilty at the Auckland District Court to charges of having unprotected sex with four women.


Guardsmen rescue more than 100 stranded on I-64

After rescuing more than 100 stranded travelers from a snowbound stretch of Interstate 64, authorities today turned their attention to figuring out how to clear and reopen the highway.


Roma, 17:33 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: TRE GIORNATE A KUFFOUR CON LA PROVA TV

Il giudice sportivo ha squalificato per tre giornate il difensore del Livorno, Samuel Kuffour, che d...


Evan Paul, a Lynnfield teenager with a yen for all the latest digital games, is the kind of customer who has made videogaming a multibillion-dollar industry. Now Paul hopes that it is his turn to get rich, as he builds an Internet business that lets gaming buffs swap games, instead of buying them.


Ex-leader of Liberia accused of stealing

The former president has been charged with stealing more than $1 million from Liberia's coffers while in office, government officials said Wednesday.


Right click â> save-as this story. You've got the room Seagate is releasing a big fish into its Barracuda product stream, with the company's first foray into the 1TB disk drive market.â¦


A Paris court convicts French oil company Total of maritime pollution over the 1999 sinking of the tanker Erika.


The US Defence Secretary urges Europe to put aside differences with the US on Iraq to aid the war on terror.


Manager Jerry Narron was fired Sunday night by the Cincinnati Reds, who raised their payroll and their expectations in the offseason only to find themselves with the worst record in the major leagues.


Europe tries to sharpen antiterror efforts

European countries are adopting tougher tactics to combat terrorism, but cooperation remains a challenge.


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Secondo i conti ufficiali di Bankitalia ad aprile 2007


Yukos asks JPMorgan Case for second assement ahead of auction ...

MOSCOW : The Russian oil giant Yukos oil giant has asked US investment bank JPMorgan Chase to issue a second valuation of its top producer ahead of its expected auction by the state, the Interfax news agency quoted unnamed sources as saying.


Britain's teenage boxing sensation Amir Khan tonight won his semi-final fight in Athens and guaranteed himself at least a silver Olympic medal.


A Pep Talk and Skittles Rally a Troubled Team

WE talk about Olympic moments: the torch, the record-setting performances. But some of the great moments are unrecorded ones, the inspiration shared between the athletes themselves.


Golden Globes news conference plan draws fire

An NBC News plan to exclusively produce, televise and profit from a news conference announcing Golden Globe winners drew fire from media experts who said on Thursday it further blurred a fuzzy line between TV journalism and entertainment.


Tropical Storm Jeanne has pummeled the north coast of Haiti, killing 54 people and leaving another 150 unaccounted, a UN spokesman said Sunday.


BEIJING Sept. 20, 2004 - President Hu Jintao's new status as commander of China's military should strengthen efforts to fight corruption and control a surging economy, forcing resistant lower-level officials


Judge orders chief operating officer Radler, 2 more, off Hollinger ...

TORONTO (CP) - An Ontario judge has ordered three directors removed from the board of Hollinger Inc., including Conrad Black's wife, Barbara Amiel-Black, company co-chief operating officer David Radler and vice-president Jack Boultbee.


Shares in India's largest power producer, National Thermal Power Corp, rise 13% on their stock market debut.


Aaron Baddeley will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the US Open but the chasing pack is led by Tiger Woods.


Mystery Martian âcarwashâ helps space buggy

An unexplained phenomenon akin to a space-borne car wash has boosted the performance of one of the two US rovers probing the surface of Mars, New Scientist magazine said on Tuesday.


Palestinian officials: Arafat era is over

Palestinian officials close to Yasser Arafat, who is being treated for illness in Paris, told CNN Saturday they have reached the conclusion that the era of Arafat as Palestinian leader is over.


Ronaldo double keeps Man Utd on Arsenal's tail

Cristiano Ronaldo's double ensured Manchester United overcame a spirited Everton to move back to within one point of leaders Arsenal at the head of Premier League table.


Sharp rise of the euro stirs worry in Europe

FRANKFURT European leaders sparred over currency policy on Friday as the euro rose to a record against the dollar, a development that could undermine the exports driving the region's fragile economic recovery.


Military trucks at Myanmar's Shwedagon Pagoda

Several military trucks were stationed outside Yangon's Shwedagon Pagoda on Tuesday, the assembly point for tens of thousands of Buddhist monks marching against Myanmar's ruling generals, a Reuters witness said.


Lawsuits Besiege Fannie Mae on Accounting

Fannie Mae FNM.N, under fire from  regulators, is facing a groundswell of lawsuits from  class-action specialists for billions of dollars in stock  losses stemming from the company's faulty accounting.


Ayad Allawi, Iraq's prime minister, backed out yesterday from plans for a reconciliation conference in Jordan with Iraq's exiled opposition, setting back hopes of a government accommodation


Wiesbaden, 12:11 - Calcio, Iffhs: Valencia miglior club del mondo

E' il Valencia il miglior club del mondo nell'anno solare 2004, secondo quanto ha stabilito la feder...


San Diego has acquired outfielder Milton Bradley from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for pitcher Andrew Brown, the Padres said on Friday.


NATO's plans to send more soldiers to Afghanistan to quell a resurgent Taliban would simply give the rebels more targets, a guerrilla commander said on Thursday.


Ex-natgas traders guilty of price manipulation

Three former El Paso Corp natural gas traders were convicted on Thursday of reporting false deals to manipulate gas prices from 2000 to 2002.


Russia wants shipping tycoon extradited from Britain: report

Moscow wants a Russian shipping tycoon currently living in Britain to be extradited back to Russia, The Guardian reported on Friday.


Alcoa and Chinese Rival Buy 12% Stake in Rio Tinto

The move underscored the strategic significance of mining in a resource-stretched age as well as Chinaâs formidable and still largely untapped economic might.


Sweden uses tradition, technology to banish dark

On Wednesday, girls across Sweden took part in an age-old celebration of light. They donned white robes tied with red sashes, settled crowns of candles on their heads, and served their families coffee.


The UK's electricity supply must be carbon-neutral by 2050 to defeat global warming, the Lib Dems say.


THE TOUR de France announces that any rider refusing to sign a no-doping pledge before next week's start will be banned from the race. Jason Giambi agrees to meet with baseball's steroid investigator George Mitchell. Barry Bonds closes in on Hank Aaron's home run record, but fans greet him with signs marked simply with an asterisk. After numerous Yankees come ...


Polio cases rose by more than half worldwide last year after a vaccine boycott in Nigeria led to a resurgence of the disease across Africa, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.


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A motorist admits the murder of a teenage skateboarder in a road rage attack in north Wales.


Pakistan 387-5 v Sri Lanka at lunch on third day

â¢ Cricket-Newspapers praise 'ruthless' Australians October 29, 2004 00:47:02 MELBOURNE, Oct 30  - Australia's first series victory in India for 35 years was a ruthless performance, the country's newspapers said on Saturday.


By FRANZEN  Three years ago, when the Bush administration announced plans to send a manned mission to Mars, a base on the moon was a part of those plans.


American Air Loss Widens, Sees Tough 2005

High fuel prices and stiff fare  competition pushed American Airlines parent AMR Corp. AMR.N  on Wednesday to report a wider quarterly loss from a year ago  and it warned that 2005 was shaping up to be another tough  year.


Telling consumers where their meat, fruit and vegetables came from seemed such a good idea to U.S. ranchers and farmers in competition with imports that Congress two years ago ordered the food industry to do it. But meatpackers and food processors fought the law from the start, and newly emboldened Republicans now plan to repeal it before Thanksgiving.


Official racism and cultural insensitivity contributed to the 1995 killing of a Canadian native protester, a report says.


Israeli troops kill two Hamas militants in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials say.


XM-Sirius Merger Hinges on FCC Ownership Rule

Winning approval for a proposed merger of the nation's two satellite radio companies turns on whether regulators buy their argument that iPods, Internet radio and other new technologies have expanded so dramatically that a monopoly would not harm consumers' choices or purses.


President Bush said for the first time on Thursday he made a "miscalculation of what the conditions would be" after U.S. troops went to Iraq, The New York Times reported. The insurgency, he maintained, was the unintended result of a "swift victory" that led to Iraqi troops disappearing into the cities and mounting a rebellion.


Premier ha espresso la sua solidarieta' ai due politici


Southern California holds off a late rally from No. 9 Oregon for a 71-68 victory Saturday to give the Trojans a season sweep of the Ducks for the first time in six years.


Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told his Pakistani counterpart Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday that India was willing to discuss all outstanding issues, including Kashmir.


Bush wants end to Hizbollah "state within state"

CRAWFORD, Texas  - President George W. Bush told   Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora on Saturday that he hopes   a new U.N. resolution will dismantle what he called Hizbollah's   "state within a state" in southern Lebanon.


IBM may need to do some creative deal making in order to sell PC business to China's Lenovo. By Robert Cyran, Breakingviews. LONDON (Breakingviews) - It's no surprise IBM is in talks to sell its PC business


Major events in Afghanistan since December 2001 election of Karzai

KABUL, Oct 9  - Afghanistan holds its first ever presidential election Saturday. Following is a list of major events since the current President Hamid Karzai took office in 2001.


Midnight Mass was celebrated at the Vatican. People there waited in line for hours to get inside St. Peter's Basilica for the Christmas service.


The UK must do more to help support the health systems in developing countries, the former chief of the NHS says.


New-Look Search Sites Aim to Close Google Gap

Microsoft is launching a new look for some of itâs Live Search results in an attempt to win more of the search business from Google.


Roster of big names spices up Los Angeles mayoral race

Term-limited state politicians and presidential campaign consultants bring high-level intensity to a city race.


AURORA, Ill. -- When Planned Parenthood wanted to open an abortion clinic in this Chicago suburb, its construction contractor opted not to disclose the purpose of the building when applying for city building permits.


Jordan's Abdullah: Iraq not ready for Jan. election

King Abdullah of Jordan, one of the United States key allies in the Middle East, has come out strongly against holding elections in Iraq in January.


Sports leagues and their television partners will take big ratings wherever and whenever they can find them. But it's not exactly in the Christmas spirit that the NBA presents Pistons vs.


A Greyhound bus traveling from New York City to Montreal crashed through a guard rail and landed upside down in an embankment Monday, killing up to five people and injuring many others, state police said.


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Privacy questioned Google has faced down one European probe into what it does with people's personal information, only to be challenged with another.â¦


Byron Leftwich, Fred Taylor and the Jacksonville Jaguars looked right at home at frigid Lambeau Field. Leftwich threw two touchdown passes, Taylor rushed for 165 yards and a touchdown and Rashean Mathis picked


Daniel Snyder has kept his distance perhaps more than any time in the five years he has owned the Redskins, entrusting Joe Gibbs with the development of the team.


Daniel Horton's three-point play with 20.7 seconds to go lifted Michigan to a 61-60 win over No. 20 Notre Dame on Saturday.


Slovakia condemned Wales to their heaviest home defeat since 1908 with a 5-1 Euro 2008 qualifying win in Cardiff.


Toyota Ousts Ford From No. 2 Spot in U.S. Sales

Fordâs sales fell 12 percent in 2007, allowing Toyota to replace it as the countryâs second largest seller of vehicles. It was the first year that Ford was not No. 2, behind General Motors, since 1931.


NHL Needs Deal by Weekend to Save Season

The long-awaited deadline is set. If the league and the union can't hammer out a new collective bargaining agreement in this last round of talks that started secretly in Toronto on Wednesday, commissioner Gary Bettman will pull the plug.


Microsoft plots next Office release for '05 or '06

A Microsoft vice president confirmed this week that the company intends to ship a new version of Office, referred to internally as Office 12, in the next 12 to 24 months.


Red Bull is an Austrian company, based at Fuschl am See near Salzburg, close to the German border.


Now, of course, the question jumps right off the page: Is it possible for a player to continue to excel while plying his trade directly in front of a sign that compares him with the immortals of his industry?


PeopleSoft Product Exec Follows CEO Out the Door

OCTOBER 18, 2004  - Just two weeks after PeopleSoft Inc. ousted former CEO Craig Conway, the business applications vendor said that another top executive -- Ram Gupta, who had been executive


US Loses Trade Cases and Faces Penalties

The World Trade Organization on Tuesday authorized the European Union and seven other leading American trading partners to impose more than $150 million


STEVEN GERRARD scored one of the finest - and most dramatic â-oals Anfield's famous Kop has ever witnessed today. And it was enough to fire Liverpool into the knockout stages of the tournament with a gut-wrenching victory.


Reports operating loss of $1.91bn Sony has confirmed it intends to cut jobs at its Computer Entertainment Unit in the US, just two months after it announced plans to slash eight per cent of its European workforce.â¦


Heikki Kovalainen, World Series by Nissan Champion and RDD member, was named Racing Driver of the Year in Finland last week.


Four More Years of Bush Makes the World Anxious

The rest of the world will be watching with anxiety when President Bush is inaugurated Thursday for a second time, fearing the most powerful man on the planet may do more harm than good.


Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry has accused US President George Bush of not telling Americans the truth about how serious conditions are in Iraq.


A restaurant in the capital is fined Â£18,000 after hygiene inspectors found mouse droppings on dishes.


Leaders Threatened by Terrorist Groups Large and Small

The vulnerability of world leaders to terrorist attack was starkly exposed again today by the discovery of a bomb near Tony Blair's holiday villa on Sardinia.


At least 90 people have been killed by floods and mudslides caused by tropical storm Jeanne in Haiti. Jeanne killed 11 people and destroyed hundreds of houses in the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti.


Cisco Agrees to Buy Call-Center Vendor Latigent

Cisco plans to integrate Latigent's products with its unified customer contact center systems.


Amazon's holiday season sales soared while profits plunged

Online retailer Amazon reported that its profits plummeted in the year-end quarter of 2006 despite record holiday-season sales.


A small private plane crashed while approaching the airport here, killing two of three people aboard and seriously injuring the survivor, officials said.


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The intelligence package that Congress approved this week includes a series of little-noticed measures that would broaden the government's power to conduct terrorism investigations, including provisions to loosen standards for FBI surveillance warrants and allow the Justice Department to more easily detain suspects without bail.


Approvato in via definitiva con 5 voti a favore e 4 contrari


Retail Gas Price Drops Below $2 a Gallon

U.S. retail gasoline prices fell below $2 for the first time in five weeks and the cost of diesel fuel dropped for a third week, the Energy Department said on Monday.


FOXBOROUGH -- They drew the curtain on another football winter at Gillette Stadium early last evening. There'll be no more tailgating in the parking lots of car dealerships along Route 1. No more ''Rock & Roll Part 2" booming over the PA when the Patriots put points on the board. No more monster traffic jams when 68,756 fans try to ...


No big premium surprises will hit Medicare plan members in Oregon next year, but sponsors have tinkered again with benefits, tacked on fees and generally added to the confusion surrounding older Americans' health care decisions.


Books of The Times: Campaign Song 2008? Strike Up the Broadband

In his lively new book, Garrett M. Graff asks how the technology that is transforming the global economy is going to affect the âfirst campaign of the new age.â


Japan Jolted by Aftershocks in Worst Earthquakes Since 1995

Northwestern Japan was jolted by aftershocks after a series of earthquakes killed 23 and injured more than 2,100, forcing thousands more to seek shelter in the deadliest temblor since 1995.


Tony Blair says no final decision has been taken on the future of Scotland's six regiments.


Rupert Alexander Grint, who plays Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter series, was born on August 24,1988 ...


The dollar rose on Monday, back-tracking  from record lows hit against the euro on disappointing U.S.  jobs data, but traders said it was just a matter of time before  the market sells the currency again.


Media & professional: TV firm gains access to online community of 15m.


Zurigo, 15:31 - BEACH SOCCER, SQUALIFICHE PER GIOCATORI E CT ARGENTINA

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Bulgarian Nurses Case on Polish PM Libyan Agenda

Politics: 5 January 2005, Wednesday. Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka arrived late on Tuesday in Libya on a two-day official visit.


Up to Â£50m of government funds set aside to help MG Rover workers has not been used, official figures show.


Josh Harding may be raising some eyebrows around the league, but not in the Minnesota locker room. The third-string rookie goalie made 35 saves, and Dominic Moore scored twice to lift the Wild to a 5-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.


Post-Election, Hollywood Seen as Liability to Left

Hollywood is licking its wounds after an election that saw voters not only reject the candidate it anointed -- Democrat John Kerry -- but repudiate the values that the liberal stronghold cherishes.


Udine, 21:19 - Calcio, Udinese: lesione muscolare per Alberto

Cattive notizie in casa Udinese. Durante l'allenamento pomeridiano, il brasiliano Alberto si Ã¨ procu...


Fed slashes interest rates to buffer economy

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed benchmark interest rates by a half-percentage point in a bold bid to buffer the economy from a housing slump and related financial market turbulence.


Tyco International Inc. TYC.N        on  Thursday raised its dividend for the first time in five years,  the latest indication of change at the once scandal-tarnished  diversified manufacturer.


The gap between US exports and imports hits an all-time high of $671.7bn (Â£484bn) last year, official figures show.


Zsa Zsa's Husband: I Might Be Baby's Dad

By NOAKI SCHWARTZ LOS ANGELES - The husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor said Friday that he had a decade-long affair with Anna Nicole Smith and may be her infant daughter's father.


CBS News Hires Ex-CNN Chief To Give a Boost To Katie Couric

No one at CBS News  was more intimately involved in helping Katie Couric shape her evening newscast and get it on the air each night than her executive producer, Rome Hartman.


Arsenal's classy youngsters show grit to march into the Carling Cup semi-finals after seeing off Blackburn with 10 men in extra time.


The hip-hop underwater animated flick "Shark Tale" has opened as the highest October box office draw in history, studio executives say.


Democrats in four states are casting ballots this weekend, and the Illinois senator is likely to increase his delegate lead


Warnings of a poor Christmas for High Street retailers in the UK are unduly pessimistic, according to accountants Deloitte &Touche.


Tim Burton, the king of macabre fairy tales like "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Corpse Bride" and "Edward Scissorhands", was honored with a career award at the Venice film festival on Wednesday.


Large-scale assaults like that in Samarra  could be the way forward in Iraq, the US defence secretary says.


Iowa Hispanic voters frustrated by U.S. campaign

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa  - The church basement was filled with families celebrating the festival of the Virgin of Guadalupe, but everyone around the table was talking about the U.S. election.


Emmys: 'Real People' Get Taste of World Stage

The reality is that an Emmy stunt likely to become one of the award show's golden moments came about entirely by serendipity.


Baghdad -- Saturday's bloody massacre of dozens of Iraqi army recruits heading home for leave after training at the Kirkush military base on the Iran-Iraq border has raised fears that Iraq's security forces have become deeply infiltrated by insurgents.


Allianz Renews $7mm Ip VPN Contract With Equant

The Allianz Group will continue entrusting its IP VPN to Equant (NYSE: ENT) (Euronext Paris: EQU). A new three-year contract worth $7 million underlines the two multinationals' successful cooperation, which ...


U.S. terrorism trials face court challenges

New military trial rules for terrorism suspects that President George W. Bush endorsed and Congress approved will draw vigorous court challenges and could be struck down for violating rights guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution, critics and legal experts said.


After a nearly three-week absence that sparked debate about his prospects in Ohio, President Bush plans to visit the must-win battleground state Friday in hopes of quieting the campaign stir.


A man accused of killing a model reacted angrily to a  suggestion he should go for DNA screening, a court hears.


A ventriloquist and exhibition football helped NBC snap Fox's 28-week winning streak among youthful viewers.


Profits warning at DSG Slow adoption of Microsoft Vista has hamstrung profits again at DSG, the retail group that owns PC World.â¦


Telestream Unveils Windows Media 9 Series Encoding Support For Mac

TechWeb - Telestream announced Friday support for exporting or importing files in the Microsoft Windows Media format on Mac OS X platforms.


Hollywood actor Will Ferrell is auctioning a cameo role in his new film to raise money for charity.


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British kids enjoy the highest average annual income in Europe - a Datamonitor report has found.


Many Labour MPs could vote against the government on plans to replace submarines carrying Trident missiles.


Acquisition called 'a blow for rule of law' in Russia

Speculation that the Russian government is using intermediaries to take over energy giant Yukos Corp. grew Wednesday when its largest subsidiary wound up in the hands of a state-owned natural gas company.


President Nicolas Sarkozy ordered talks with unions Tuesday to do away with coveted retirement privileges and proposed abolishing penalties against seniors who want to stay on the job, saying France's social system "discourages work."


Quotes from Wednesday's House debate on Iraq:


Israel Army Head Warns of Troop Expulsion

Responding to growing threats of insubordination, Israel's army chief announced Thursday he'll expel officers and soldiers who refuse to participate in a planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.


British Gas is increasing the cost of gas by 12.4% and electricity by 9.4% from 20 September, it announces.


The defense contractor said second-quarter earnings rose on higher sales across most of its businesses, including fighter jets, missile defense and information technology.


Users are finding lots of inventive ways to lose precious files, say data recovery experts.


Will County Officials Speak Out Against Proposed Development?

By Dori Berman  The Board of Public Works could decide today the fate of a large residential project proposed for Kent Island, but it remains to be seen whether Queen Anne's County officials will show up to voice their opinions.


IRVING, Texas (Ticker) -- The Dallas Cowboys looked to be out of the playoff race before receiving a jolt from rookie running back Julius Jones.


Midwest Snow, Southern Storms Slow Travelers

Thanksgiving Eve travelers were slowed by snow-covered highways in the Midwest and thunderstorms in the South on Wednesday, as millions of people took to cars, buses, trains and airlines.


Austria to charge 4 soldiers for Nazi salutes

Four Austrian soldiers face criminal charges for exchanging Hitler salutes in two videos that appeared on the Internet, Defence Minister Norbert Darabos said on Thursday.


Update 5: Fannie Mae Warns of Possible $9B Loss

Fannie Mae's accounting crisis has taken a turn with its outside auditor KPMG refusing to sign off on its third-quarter earnings report, causing the mortgage giant to miss a regulatory deadline for filing it.


Marines Face Tougher Recruiting Questions

On a recruiting visit to a school in this Chicago suburb, Marine Staff Sgt. Jody Van Doorenmaalen asked a sophomore what popped into his parents' heads when they thought about him joining the Marines.


Star Jones, co-host of ABC's "The View," married banker Al Reynolds in a star-studded Park Avenue bash. Notables ranging from Spike Lee to Sen. Hillary Clinton packed into St. Bartholomew's Church Saturday to watch Jones, 42, who wore a a designer strapless wedding dress with a 27-foot train, exchange vows with Reynolds.


Pixar Animation Studios: Speeding to the Finish Line with Cars

Join Pixar's Vice President of Technology, Greg Brandeau, as he brings his extensive knowledge of engineering, technology, and management from Pixar Animation Studios to your desktop. Greg and his group played a critical part in bridging all phases of the film production process for the animated film Cars. They provided the software tools, computers, and audio-visual equipment used by the studio's artists to translate their creative visions to the big screen.  Download this on demand Webcast now to learn more!


Experts try to establish what  caused the disappearance of a glacial lake in southern Chile over just a few weeks.


PLAYING as if the Target World Challenge was the US Open of 1994 rather than merely the last instalment of Americaâs "silly season," Colin Montgomerie pulled clear of a distinguished 16-man field at Sherwood Oaks near Los Angeles yesterday.


Lleyton Hewitt, the scrappy Australian, had his first break point of the match and Roger Federer looked vulnerable. And then, with a suave grace that belies his power, Federer summoned three consecutive aces -- all on the line.


Britain plans tougher laws to fight terror

LONDON: The British government announced yesterday a range of new measures to fight global terrorism and organised crime, as Queen Elizabeth set out its new lawmaking agenda.


US stocks mostly lower as Wal-Mart warning sparks worries

NEW YORK : US stocks ended mainly lower Monday as a lower sales outlook from retail giant Wal-Mart dented the impact of a drop in crude oil futures.


Afghan Militant Group Threatens Executions

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, talks with US Gen. James L. Jones, left, in the presence of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO senior civilian representative for Afghanistan, Hikmet Cetin, center


Kentucky's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected In 12th Annual National Awards Program

Glenn Means III, 17, of Mount Sterling and Rebecca Schwager, 13, of  Louisville today were named Kentucky's top two youth volunteers for 2007  by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program  honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism.


A New Order of Business for Chip Industry

When Morris Chang, the founder of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, speaks of the future of the chip business, he sounds somber.


Snoqualmie Falls viewscape preserved from development

SNOQUALMIE, Wash. -- The forested view from Snoqualmie Falls, one of the state's top tourist destinations and an area sacred to the Snoqualmie Indians, has been preserved in a complex deal.


IPCC to unveil climate crystal ball findings

Report published tomorrow The definitive report of the state of our climate is due to be published tomorrow. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (the IPCC) fourth Assesment Report, some six years in the making, will be released in Paris.â¦


Judge Bars Ky. State Senator From Serving

A Republican state senator may not take any official action or get paid because she was not a qualified resident of Kentucky before the election, a judge ruled Friday.


UN human rights official condemns Fallujah killings

The United Nations senior human rights official condemned the killing of civilians and wounded people in Fallujah, saying that violators of international humanitarian law should be brought to justice.


Israel's Labour holds runoff vote for new leader

Israel's Labour Party voted in a runoff leadership election on Tuesday pitting former prime minister Ehud Barak against ex-intelligence chief Ami Ayalon, a race that may help decide Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's future.


Brazil's President Lula says rich nations are not doing enough to fight global warming.


For many outside the state, Gujarat 2002 was her story. A nation followed Zaheera Sheikh ever since she addressed the sensational press conference in Mumbai on July 7, 2003, in which she alleged she was intimidated


Study: meager recovery for IT job market

The number of US information technology workers rose 2 percent to 10.5 million in the first quarter of this year, but demand for them is dropping, according to a new report.


Harare - A leading white Zimbabwean lawmaker on Thursday apologised to parliament for shoving a government minister during a parliamentary debate in May, as the house prepared to vote on whether or not to impose a prison sentence on him.


As Sadr City calms, sanitation projects loom

Residents of the Sadr City slum in western Baghdad on Tuesday said they hoped an unofficial truce between a Shiite Muslim militia and US and Iraqi government


Hajj Pilgrims Welcome Rain As Act of God

As rains lashed the Saudi desert, tens of thousands of drenched Muslim pilgrims welcomed the deluge Saturday as an act of God while they circled the cubic Kaaba shrine in this holy city's Grand Mosque, the final rite in the annual hajj pilgrimage.


"Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person."


Provvedimento Suprema Corte contro aspirante avvocatessa


LONDON: Amnesty International today asked the Indian government to prevent further damage to peoples' health in Bhopal as a sequel to the gas tragedy 20 years ago and ensure Dow Chemical cleans up the site and fully compensate the victims.


Police have a suspect in the bold, daylight robbery of two Edvard Munch masterpieces, but declined Thursday to say how close they are to finding the priceless missing paintings.


New Zealand signs emissions deal with Austria

The governments of New Zealand and Austria have signed a co-operation arrangement on the implementation of emission reduction projects and for the trading of Kyoto Protocol emissions units.


The mother of Ben Needham, who vanished abroad in 1991, is prompted by the McCann case to make new appeal.


The Pressure's on Outer Banks: New Jerseyization?

SHELL CASTLE  The sliver of ground is so narrow, it barely rates the title "island." Let alone, a newspaper dateline.


South Korea wants guard posts out of DMZ: report

South Korea will call for the removal of hundreds of guard posts in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that divides the two Koreas at a summit of their leaders next week, a leading daily reported on Thursday.


NEW YORK - Oil prices climbed close to $51 per barrel and kept stocks mixed Tuesday as investors worried that rising energy costs would dampen a widely expected fourth quarter rally.    Wall Street was uneasy but not panicky as a barrel of light crude was quoted at a record high $50.85, up 94 cents, on the New York Mercantile Exchange...


AFTER a rollercoaster of a ride today the share market ended in negative territory on a frenzy of profit taking in the afternoon. Retailers were hardest hit following disappointing sales figures released yesterday


Odinga poised to replace Kibaki by big majority as ministers lose seats in beating for ruling party


Microsoft has unveiled a series of handheld gadgets that can replay audio, movies and TV shows.


Da Forza Italia non arrivera' alcuna proposta di legge


Thompson, Obama get most positive coverage: study

A new study of campaign  2008 coverage finds that Illinois Democrat Barack Obama and  former "Law & Order" actor Fred Thompson, a Republican, have  enjoyed much more positive coverage than their rivals.


ASIA/CINA - La diocesi di Jing Xian (oggi Heng Shui) ha celebrato la Giornata Missionaria Diocesana: il forte desiderio di trasmettere lÂamore di Dio agli altri Pechino (Agenzia Fides) - ÂPenso, agisco ed evangelizzoÂÃ¨ il tema della seconda Giornata Missionaria Diocesana celebrata nella diocesi di Jing Xian (oggi Heng Shui), il 26 novembre scorso, solennitÃ  di Cristo Re dellÂuniverso. Sua Ecc. Mons. Feng Xin...


Presidente, 'prezzo del tutto inadeguato'


Doctors aim to loosen anemia drug limits

Cancer doctors seek to loosen federal restrictions on anemia drugs that carry potentially deadly side effects, saying the tight payment guidelines for treatments made by Amgen and Johnson and Johnson are ultimately bad for patients.


Italian designer Valentino, whose signature flaming red couture gowns have graced royalty, Hollywood stars and the international jet set for 45 years, announced Tuesday he was stepping down as head designer of the Valentino fashion house.  In a state...


Movie Review | 'Orthodox Stance': A Spiritual Fight

In the intriguingly layered documentary âOrthodox Stance,â a determined young boxer strives to prove that the laws of God and the laws of the ring need not be at odds.


Madrid, 23:05 - CALCIO, LIGA: BARCELLONA DI MISURA, DERBY AL REAL MADRID

Risultati degli incontri della ventesima giornata della Liga spagnola: Almeria-Deportivo La Coruna 1...


Iceland's top rock export the  Sugarcubes will reunite on November 17 to play their first show  in 14 years, according to a Web site posting from Bjork, the  group's most famous member.


Human rights groups use Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday to call for her release.


Boeing's huge Delta 4-Heavy rocket, set for lift-off on Saturday, may play a role in life after the space shuttle.


US legal regime at GuantÃ¡namo Bay in chaos as judge throws out all charges against detainee.


A car which killed four cyclists may have been travelling at between 60 and 70mph, an inquest hears.


Freed journalists, greeted in Paris, describe their ordeal

PARIS -- Two French journalists released by militants in Iraq returned to a jubilant France yesterday and described a four-month ordeal during which masked gunmen shuttled them among five hide-outs and interrogated them at length as combat thundered nearby.


VATICANO - Si apre il 3 giugno la XVIII Assemblea Generale della Caritas Internationalis CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Si terrÃ  dal 3 al 9 giugno la XVIII Assemblea Generale della Caritas Internationalis, che vedrÃ  riuniti in Vaticano oltre 385 delegati delle Caritas da tutto il mondo per un importante momento di confronto e di ve...


Explosion hits Damascus residential area

An explosion tore through a residential area in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Tuesday, but it was not immediately clear if it caused any casualties.


Texas Instruments Inc. said Wednesday that a Delaware court ruled a second time that the company did not materially breach an agreement with cell phone chipmaker Qualcomm Inc.


AjaxWindows: Most interesting Web OS experiment yet

Yet another Web Operating System launches. This one is from Michael Robertson, founder of MP3.com, Linspire, and SIPPhone.


A dl Marzano il viceministro aggiunge 5 punti e 100 milioni


The increasing use of laptop computers could produce a generation of men with fertility problems, a new study suggests. The study by US researchers in the journal Human Reproduction found laptops increased the temperature of the scrotum by almost 3Â°C.


PHOENIX - A Phoenix woman who kept a mountain lion and other wild animals in her home has been charged with child abuse and endangerment.  Michelle Carole Gierke, 32, admitted keeping a mountain lion, two bobcats and an African serval at her west Phoenix home.


Lewis out as Bruins coach after 1 season

Dave Lewis is out as the Boston Bruins' coach after just one season. General manager Peter Chiarelli announced Friday that Lewis will be relieved as head coach and reassigned to another position in the organization. Associate coach Marc Habscheid also will be reassigned.


New Orleans health care system falters post-Katrina

One year after Hurricane Katrina tore  into New Orleans, the region's hospitals and nursing homes  remain devastated and uncertain of their ability to cope with  another disaster.


Beckham hopes to make injury return later this month

LONDON English soccer star and pop icon David Beckham is hoping to return to the field later this month.


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Red Sox right fielder J.D. Drew was on his way to a marvelous game, hitting a home run and double in his first two at-bats last night, with seven innings still to be played.


Deputy PM Khoan urges Swedes to invest in VN

Deputy PM Vu Khoan has invited Swedish entrepreneurs to Viet Nam for trade and investment promising to pull out all the stops to make the country business-friendly. Speaking at a business forum in the Swedish ...


FBI's subprime crackdown may expand to more firms

The FBI's investigation of 14  corporations in a crackdown on improper subprime lending could  expand to other companies, but the complex probes may take some  time before any charges are brought, a federal law enforcement  official said on Wednesday.


The Huygens probe sends back the first pictures of Saturn's moon Titan.


Intel and Clearwire to work on WiMax together

Intel will work with Clearwire, a wireless internet service provider, on future networks based on WiMax wireless broadband technology.


Riforme strutturali fondamentali per resistere agli shock


A man who admitted burning his father's body a decade ago so the family could continue to cash his Social Security disability checks was sentenced to five months in prison and ordered to pay $133,000 in restitution.


It's a very somber morning at the Hendrick Motorsports headquarters in Concord. News that 10 people died in a plane crash on their way to the NASCAR race Sunday has rocked this racing community.


A RADIO frequency tag that patients can affix like a bandage to ensure doctors perform the right surgery on the right person has won US government approval.


Former U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton, briefly a running mate of Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern until revelations of his treatment for depression forced him out of the race, died on Sunday at age 77, his family said.


The global economy faces a period of uncertainty, with risks to continued growth much higher than they were six months ago, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Monday.


At least 40 people are missing after a barge loaded with passengers and cargo overturns in DR Congo.


Japan to Protest to China Over Intruder Submarine

Japan will protest to China after  concluding that a nuclear-powered submarine that intruded into  its waters earlier this week belonged to the Chinese navy,  Japan's top government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda said on  Friday.


Shares of the specialty retailer, which recently posted  better-than-expected November sales, may be undervalued despite  their rise this year, financial weekly Barron's said, citing an  analyst.


New 1.8GHz Model Added to Power Mac G5 Line

Apple added to its 64-bit Power Mac G5 line a 1.8GHz single processor Power Mac G5 desktop priced at just $1,499, making the entry price even more affordable. [Oct 19]


Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is expected to meet militant factions in a bid to shore up a truce with Israel.


A coalition of organized labor and industrial groups yesterday asked the Bush administration to attack China's currency policy at the World Trade Organization.


Polizia sospetta overdose, pasticche vicino al corpo


Insieme a Boeing e Airbus, emettera' 50% di anidride in meno


The Spaniard has played in two victories in his first three starts - a 3-0 win over Birmingham and a 5-1 triumph over Rosenborg in the Champions League - after replacing Jens Lehmann.


Outspoken Putin critic shot dead in Moscow

Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot dead on Saturday at her apartment block in central Moscow, police said.


Letterman Makes Deal With Striking Writers

The deal will allow David Letterman to resume his show next Wednesday with his team of writers on board.


Concern at the distance 'green' produce travels.


Severe floods bring a mass invasion of mice, sparking fears of disease in central China, officials say.


We may be in a recession, but there's a lot of economic-development money out there. Go get it.


The Patriots have built a dynasty in this era of free agency and the salary cap by proving that it's not how much you spend on players, it's how well you spend.


UN chief Kofi Annan is to help mediate in negotiations to free two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah.


A summit of Latin American leaders in Guyana calls for more attention to be paid to poverty and social problems.


The fine art of pulling numbers from your nether regions After much waiting by end users, and a lot of hoping from interested Information Security watchers, Microsoft has finally added detection for the Storm Trojan (Nuwar, Zhelatin, etc) to its Malicious Software Removal Tool. The most recent update, released on September 11th, included detection for this malicious software, and the early results are not quite what most people were expecting.â¦


Oil Firms Entwined in Equatorial Guinea Deals

The SEC is investigating possible profiteering by U.S. companies operating in the developing country with a history of corruption.


Large parts of New Orleans are still at risk of floods nearly  two years after Katrina, a US Army report says.


Blair: 'No sovereignty doubts'; Tsunami Appeal; Canadian delegation to visit; No next of kin on the way.


PalmOne Inc. unveiled a new version of its popular Treo Monday that adds a removable battery and short-range wireless technology to the device, which combines a mobile phone and digital organizer.


Shi'ite pilgrims attacked in Iraq, 40 killed

Bombers and gunmen killed 40 people in attacks on Shi'ite worshippers marking the religious Ashura ritual on Tuesday, amid heightened tension between Iraq's majority Shi'ite Muslim community and once-dominant Sunni Arabs.


A Moroccan man is formally accused of taking part in the Madrid train bombings which killed 191 people in March.


There are Super Bowl favorites and Super Bowl contenders, and there's a pretty big distinction between the two. In the Patriots' 30-20 win yesterday, both the Patriots


Campaign Conflicts Are Not Over Core Goals, but How to Get There

There is more consensus than disagreement in the parties over tax, health and Iraq proposals, though the presidential candidates do disagree over means, priorities and each otherâs sincerity.


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Bombs kill 2, wound 26 in Nepal capital Kathmandu

Three near-simultaneous bomb blasts killed two women and wounded 26 people in Kathmandu on Sunday, police said, the first attacks in the Nepali capital since a Maoist revolt in the Himalayan nation ended last year.


Oil futures prices rose in Europe on Friday amid concerns about heating oil supplies at the beginning of the Northern Hemisphere winter.


Blog: Importer requests NHTSA to recall Chinese-manufactured tires after lawsuit investigation reveals defects.


Destinato al settore meno del 5% del pil, 6,2% la media Ocse


US scientists warn that Mount St Helens volcano in Washington state is likely to erupt again at any time.


US Army Deserter Jenkins Obtains Early Release from Detention in ...

A former US Army sergeant who defected to North Korea almost 40 years ago - has been released after serving 25 days in military detention in Japan.


Top London cancer hospital evacuated after fire

A fire tore through a leading cancer hospital in London on Wednesday, forcing a complete evacuation including some patients undergoing operations.


Children's clothing retailer  Children's Place Retail Stores Inc.  on Monday said it  received a September 15 letter from Nasdaq indicating that it  is out of compliance with listing requirements because the  company has delayed filing its quarterly report.


Familiar American Roster Adds New Wrinkles for the World Cup

When the United States plays Canada on Tuesday in the teams' first game of the World Cup of Hockey, the Americans' primary colors should be red, white, blue and gray.


Democrats Seek More Benefits for Iraq Reservists

Nearly half the U.S. soldiers in  Iraq are reservists and they deserve to have their health care  and education benefits increased, Democrats said on Saturday.


Presidente e la moglie trascorreranno notte a Villa Taverna


Two Black Watch soliders fighting for their lives in Iraq

United States troops have stormed key areas of Fallujah just hours after two soldiers of the Black Watch battle group were seriously injured in an attack by a suicide bomber.


An Intellectual Insider, Forever on the Outside

Introverted and combative, Alfred Kazin, who died in 1998 at 83, presents a wealth of contradictions for Richard M. Cook to put his arms around.


Film "shows two 9/11 pilots reading wills": British newspaper

A British newspaper claimed it had obtained a copy of a film showing two of the pilots in the September 11 2001 attacks reading martyrdom wills at Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden's headquarters.


Singer Michael Jackson lawyers request that his accuser is not referred to as a 'victim' during his forthcoming trial.


Office Depot Inc. said Friday it will cut staffing at its North American retail division, and its offices in Florida, California and elsewhere.


Former English cricket chief Tim Lamb finds Nasser Hussain's criticism of him in his book "rather sad."


A Conversation With Joel Berger: When Grizzlies Ruin Eden, Moose Take to the Road

Joel Bergerâs investigations into the behavior and habits of ungulates have been used to find ways to preserve them and their environments.


Francisco Liriano piled up 10 more strikeouts, while Jered Weaver won without his best stuff. Two of the top pitchers in the American League are rookies, and both have been nearly unhittable all season.


EU makes unconvincing pledge to economic goals

European Union leaders on Friday promised a fresh attempt at reviving a faltering strategy to raise the bloc's competitiveness by pledging renewed commitment to the 10-year plan, but failed to convince economists.


A former Palestinian security minister who could be key to keeping order among rival factions in Gaza after an Israeli pullout held a fence-mending meeting Monday with President Yasser Arafat, officials said.


Canada Tests Another Animal for Mad Cow Disease

One day after the U.S. Agriculture Department announced that concern over mad cow disease should no longer keep the border closed to live cattle from Canada, the Ottawa government revealed yesterday that it has detected another suspected case in a dairy cow.


Screenwriter awards go to "Juno," "No Country"

As Hollywood's screenwriters  gathered on Saturday to hear details of a contract to end their  three-month-old strike, they also gave their top film writing  awards to comedy "Juno" and drama "No Country for Old Men."


Another typhoon hits Philippines, more than a thousand dead or ...

Manila (AsiaNews/Agencies) - The preliminary toll from the last typhoon that hit the eastern Philippines was almost 500 dead and 350 missing.


Two days before the 2006 major league draft, Ryan Kalish knew exactly what he was going to do. And he knew exactly how much money it would take to sign him.


Doug Kalitta paced the Top Fuel qualifying Friday at the 50th annual Mac Tools US Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Gary Densham (Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock) and GT Tonglet (Pro Stock Bike) also


Zarqawi Group Says It Killed Five Iraqi National Guard

Militants from a group led by al Qaeda  ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said they had killed five men and  warned those who work with the U.S.-backed government they  faced the same fate.


Bill Bradley, a former presidential hopeful and senator, planned to endorse Barack Obama for president on Sunday, Obama's aides said.


Thailand, setting the standard for sex changes

American Robert Higgins was just a toddler when he first longed to be a woman. Fifty years later that dream has become a reality with the help of surgeons half a world away, in Thailand.


FACTBOX-New global steel giant emerges after Mittal deal

Ispat International (ISPA.AS: Quote, Profile, Research) (IST.N: Quote, Profile, Research) will merge with LNM Holdings and Ohio-based International Steel Group Inc.


Polish liberals vow break with Kaczynski era after poll rout

Poland on Monday looked headed for a new pro-business, Europe-friendly government after the opposition liberals trounced the Kaczynski twins' ruling conservative alliance in a snap election.


This isn't your typical, humdrum, slate-colored computer. Not only is the PC known as the hip-e almost all white, but its screen and keyboard are framed in fuzzy pink fur. Or a leopard skin design. Or a graffiti-themed pattern.


Likud and Labor officials will meet today to customize Shimon Peresâ new Disengagement portfolio. Peres will be the cabinet minister in charge of implementing the Gaza Disengagement process along with being a Deputy Prime Minister.


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HBO's 'The Wire' spotlights poor schools

In the opening episode of the new season of "The Wire," a middle school administrative aide can't get a dysfunctional buzzer to admit a frustrated visitor through the school's main entrance.


Aare, 10:35 - SCI, MONDIALI; GIGANTE: FUORI RAICH E BLARDONE

Il gigante maschile dei mondiali di Aare perde subito due protagonisti. Sono usciti nella prima manc...


Xterasys has become the second company to settle its GPL infringement lawsuit with programmers of the Busybox collection of utilities.


RIGHTS:  Serbia Held Not Guilty of Genocide

BELGRADE, Feb 26 (IPS) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled   Monday that Serbia was not guilty of genocide in neighbouring  Bosnia.


The Sox, who entered play Tuesday with 28 wins in their last 35 games, continued their gradual descent back to Earth by falling to the Devil Rays, 5-2, in front of another sellout crowd of 35,118 at Fenway Park.


Representatives of Iraq's ethnic and sectarian groups discussed ways to reconcile Tuesday and end the escalating sectarian violence threatening to break up the country.


Security company warning of vulnerabilities in Windows XP SP2

A US security company is warning that it has found ten 'serious' vulnerabilities in Windows XP systems with SP2 installed.


Analysis: A court decision requiring that all evidence on prisoners be disclosed in court was a blow to the Administration. But it could help at the Supreme Court


China's central bank has no timetable for more flexible exchange ...

WASHINGTON : China, invited to the table of the world's top financial powers for the first time, did not appear to buckle to pressure to speed up moves to adjust or end a currency peg that many say distorts global trade flows.


Baker Gets Seat on Water Resources Joint Committee

By Advocate staff report  WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Richard Baker, R-Baton Rouge, has been named to the House-Senate conference committee negotiating the Water Resources Development Act, or WRDA.


New England Patriots running back Corey Dillon was selected for his fourth Pro Bowl on Friday, making him the second member of the AFC champions to be added to the roster as an injury replacement.


For Many, Holiday Getaways Turned Tragic

The tsunami claimed the lives of hundreds of foreign tourists. Many families remain separated.


PartyGaming dismisses report on loan problems

PartyGaming Plc  dismissed a newspaper report on Wednesday that it must negotiate a new loan facility with its banks within 30 days of President Bush approving a bill to crack down on Internet gambling.


Legendary Memphis soul label Stax, home to Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes, is to be resurrected after 30 years.


At least 12 Turkish soldiers killed in Kurd ambush

TUNCELI, Turkey  - Kurdish rebels killed at least 12 Turkish soldiers and wounded 11 others on Sunday in an ambush in mountains near the Iraqi border, security sources said.


Barclays shares up after 'subprime' fear

Barclays' share price rose on Friday after Britain's third biggest bank denied it was facing liquidity problems amid a collapse of the US subprime mortgage market.


Incoming EU trade chief confident of position on Airbus subsidies

BRUSSELS, Belgium The incoming European Union trade commissioner is criticizing the United States for failing to work to resolve a dispute over government aid to Boeing and Airbus.


Motorola Inc  on Thursday posted a small third quarter profit from continuing operations and forecast another profit for the current quarter even as revenue fell from a year ago.


British troops leave the center of Basra, southern Iraq, Thursday, Oct 21, 2004. Britain said Thursday a battalion of British troops would be redeployed into volatile central Iraq, meeting a US request despite


Judge strikes down Noriega extradition plea

A U.S. federal judge on Friday refused to block the extradition of deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France after his long prison sentence in Florida ends on Sunday.


American International Group Inc., one of the world's largest insurance firms, said Monday that the Securities and Exchange Commission may bring a civil action against


âThe Comebacksâ is one of those parody movies that presume that merely making reference to another film constitutes a joke.


Here we go again. The Department of Veterans Affairs has disclosed that information on more than half a million individuals and about 1.3 million non-VA physicians -- both living and deceased -- is missing and may have been stolen. The information had been stored on a portable hard drive that was...


The South Korean government acknowledged Thursday that it extracted a small amount of plutonium during a 1982 research experiment, a declaration that came


US investment bank Morgan Stanley on Wednesday said quarterly profit dropped by a third on lower bond trading revenue, weak equities results and higher expenses, falling


Southern right whales are coming under increased attacks from an unlikely predator: seagulls hungry for the mammals' skin and blubber.


Kosovo is poised to become the world's newest state on Sunday amid growing excitement inside the province's ethnic Albanians but anxiety from Serbia and Russia.


Arts, Briefly: First Film Festival in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, where movie theaters are banned, has something new to look forward to, Agence France-Presse reported, citing the English-language newspaper Arab News: its first official film festival. On May 20 a five-day competition underwritten by the government will feature films from Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf and Arab states. Planned as an annual event and including the participation of film critics from the region for the first time, the festival will take place in the eastern city of Damman under the auspices of the Damman Literary Club and the Saudi Society of Arts and Culture. Films were exhibited in private clubs in Saudi Arabia until all public screenings were banned in the early 1980s on the ground that they contravened Islamic law. Nevertheless, cafes in main cities show films, sports and video clips on large-screen televisions.


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Samsung, Ericsson agree to cross-license mobile patents

(InfoWorld) - Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and Samsung ElectronicsÂ have reached a cross-license agreement for their mobile telephony patents, ending recentÂ lawsuits between the two companies, Ericsson said Monday. The worldwide agreement covers 2G (second-generation) and 3G (third-generation) mobile telephony standards, Ericsson said in a news release. The agreement allows the two companies to develop, manufacture and sell 2G and 3G subscriber and infrastructure equipment, Ericsson said. The firms will pay royalties to each other. In August 2006,Â Ericsson filed a fresh lawsuit against SamsungÂ in a court in Texas, charging Samsung with infringing Ericsson mobile phone patents. That action followed lawsuits filed in February 2006 in Germany, the Netherlands, the U.K. and the U.S. after the two companies failed to agree on terms for a renewal of patent licenses. Ericsson originally signed a licensing deal with Samsung in 2002 for patents related to several mobile phone technologies. That agreement expired in 2005, and it allowed Samsung to use patents from Ericsson for GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) and EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) technologies, according to Ericsson. Â


Autobiography triggers flood of memories for Bob Dylan

US rock and folk legend Bob Dylan says he surprised himself by how much he could remember from his 40-odd years on the road and in the studio when he sat down to write his memoirs.


Roma, 15:21 - CALCIO, ZAMPARINI: SOLO IN ITALIA SPEZZATINO CREA PROBLEMI

''In Inghilterra e in Germania gli stadi sono pieni. E anche lÃ¬ c'è lo 'spezzatino'. In quei ...


U.S. blue chips were lower on Tuesday,  as a drop in phone company Verizon Communications Inc. VZ.N  overshadowed a brokerage upgrade on Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N  and a three-session drop in oil prices.


AOL Aims to Lead Internet Travel Purchases

Aiming to put itself in the vanguard of the Internet travel business, America Online will invest an undisclosed amount in an upstart that threatens to lure customers away from the industry's most dominant players, such as Orbitz, Expedia and Travelocity.


Links to the week's topics from search engine forums across the web: Which Web Services Do You Use? - Mining the Tail? - AdSense On Home Page - Does It Cheapen The Look? - What are the Barriers to Using Search Analytics? - Digg Dealing With the Same Problems as Google? and more.


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A US reality TV show starring Victoria Beckham is slashed from six parts to a one-hour special, reports say.


Scientists discover a new group of giant apes in central Africa, which could be a new species of primate.


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Over 3,000 Bombs Processed at Russian Chemical Weapons Destruction Plant

Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS  Kirov, 22 September: Detoxification of 3,068 aerial bombs containing VX gas is under way at a chemical weapons destruction facility in the village of Maradykovo (Kirov Region). The first line of the facility was commissioned two weeks ago.


Boeing Willing to Negotiate on Tax Breaks

Boeing (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is prepared to discuss the elimination of billions of dollars in tax breaks it receives from Washington


JERUSALEM -- Tony Blair, starting his first visit to the Middle East as an international envoy, met yesterday with Israeli officials and heard them blame dysfunctional Palestinian leadership for blocking progress toward peace.


One of 12 bullets intercepted in the post was addressed to the home of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams.


MEXICO CITY -- Tony and Mariasun can't stop touching each other. They cuddle and smooch and giggle like teenagers and call each other mi amor . He lays his hand gently on her knee, and she strokes it as if she's been doing it forever, instead of just four months.


Cloud of doubt cast over Halkia's feel-good win

Wednesday night in the Olympic Stadium, a 25-year-old Greek woman named Fani Halkia won the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles as more than 60,000 fans, many of them flag-waving countrymen, went wild.


President Karzai closes in on victory in Afghan elections

Afghan President Hamid Karzai moved closer to winning his country's first presidential election, taking a substantial lead over his nearest rival with more than 60 percent of votes counted, according to official results.


So he wasn't elected president. Big deal. How many other presidential candidates have an Emmy and an Oscar to brag about?


Gift is largest for Mount Auburn Hospital

Mount Auburn Hospital of Cambridge said it received its largest donation ever, from a charity founded by Frank Stanton, the legendary CBS executive who died in December at 98.


Crude oil futures slipped yesterday as Norwegian officials ordered striking oil workers back on the job, preventing any more cuts in production from the third-largest global exporter of crude.


Call it ``Setup Weekend." After the first week, in which the top-ranked college football teams worked out their offseason kinks, things were a bit more normal last weekend.


Jude the Unobscure Leads 'Alfie' Premiere

Jude Law is to hit the red carpets of  Leicester Square Thursday for the premiere of "Alfie," a remake  of the 1960s classic about a philosophizing Cockney's life of  girls and graft.


Canadian singer's privacy case back in U.K. court

Canadian singer Loreena McKennitt's  action to prevent details of her life appearing in a book by a  former friend was challenged in court on Tuesday, the second  case this week that could influence English privacy law.


Arctic indigenous people urge the US to cut gas emissions to slow down  the thaw of the polar ice.


In the second major security breach in London this week, five fox hunting enthusiasts stormed onto the floor of the House of Commons Wednesday to disrupt a debate on banning the centuries-old sport.


Justin Timberlake and Emile Hirsch are teaming to star in the Nick Cassavetes-directed "Alpha Dog," whose cast includes Sharon Stone.


Japan may keep troops in Iraq for longer than planned, as it seeks support for a UN Security Council seat.


57 Believed Trapped in Flooded China Mine

A senior Chinese official charged Monday that illegal operations by a northern China coal mine led to an accident that has trapped as many as 57 miners, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday.


WASHINGTON - John Kerry's Vietnam War service records run to multiple medal commendations and a notation of "conspicuous gallantry" in combat. President Bush's file tracks the stateside career of a National Guard test pilot...


The U.S. economy grew at a weaker-than-expected rate in the final three months of last year, the government's latest estimate on Wednesday showed, as businesses built fewer inventories and consumers spent less.


Talks between Tehran and the EU on Iran's nuclear programme will take place on Saturday, the EU says.