New Agency To Protect British Jewish Heritage

LONDON, ENGLAND.- For the first time in 350 years of Jewish life in Britain, the Jewish community has a dedicated agency to care for its cultural heritage.


U.S. to Allow Some Telemarketing 'Robo Calls'

Telemarketers will be able to use  prerecorded "robo calls" to stay in touch with established  customers starting next week -- at least for the short term,  U.S. regulators said Friday.


Senate Majority Leader-elect Harry Reid said Tuesday he's doing away with the "do-nothing Congress" that Democrats campaigned against and plans to keep senators working long hours — focusing first on ethics, the minimum wage and stem cell research.


Giuliani Hits a Rocky Stretch as Voting Approaches

Rudolph W. Giulianiâs presidential campaign has been hurt by acknowledged missteps, sharp shifts in strategy and reports about his personal life.


Russia Sets YUKOS Sale, Ignores U.S. Court

Russia said on Friday it would go ahead  and sell Yuganskneftegaz, the main oil production unit of  YUKOS, despite a U.S. bankruptcy court order which seeks to  halt Sunday's auction for at least 10 days.


Michael Moore's attorney said Monday that the filmmaker's criticism of the Bush administration may have prompted a federal investigation into his trip to Cuba for the upcoming health-care documentary, "Sicko."


Nowitzki Rises Late As Mavs Edge Grizzlies

Dirk Nowitzki overcomes a tough shooting night with 26 points, including 16 in the fourth quarter, to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 95-94 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.


Asked to investigate Sen. Larry Craig's conduct in an airport men's room and the aftermath, the Senate's ethics committee must judge him on an intentionally vague standard


FIFA could ban World Cup champion Italy and all Italian clubs from international competition if Juventus challenges in state court the sanctions it received in the country's match-fixing scandal.


FOX Poll: Bush Maintains Advantage Over Kerry

With less than a week to go, a FOX News poll shows George W. Bush (search) continues to hold the lead over Democrat John Kerry (search) in the race for the presidency.


Bush to deliver major speech as he seeks to recapture campaign momentum

US President George W. Bush will head for Pennsylvania to deliver a major speech on terrorism and other crucial issues in a bid to bolster his reelection campaign after a heated debate between Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic rival John Edwards.


Alan Curbishley has warned his Charlton squad that reputation and past achievements play no part in his team selection. One of Curbishley's highest-profile signings - Denmark winger Dennis Rommedahl - stepped


Peru vows to take Japan to court over Fujimori extradition

Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo said his country would take Japan to an international tribunal if it does not answer a request to extradite former Peruvian leader Alberto Fujimori.


Pakistan Court Again Delays Pearl Case Hearing

A Pakistani court on Thursday again adjourned an appeal hearing for four Islamic militants convicted of the abduction and murder of U.S. reporter Daniel Pearl because a key defense lawyer failed to show up.


Katie and Demi eyeing roles in a musical

Katie Holmes and Demi Moore are eyeing roles in "Chicago" director Rob Marshall's new movie "Nine".


ASIA/CINA - I neo battezzati protagonisti a Pechino della celebrazione di Pentecoste; festa di beneficenza nel parco di Tai Pei per festeggiare la Pentecoste Pechino (Agenzia Fides) - I neo battezzati, che hanno ricevuto i sacramenti dellÂiniziazione cristiana nella scorsa Veglia Pasquale, sono stati i protagonisti della celebrazione della domenica di Pentecoste in Cina continentale, soprattutto a Pechino...


Student demonstrators clash with police in cities across Nepal a day after an increase in fuel prices.


Is Russia sliding back into czar-like autocracy, after a brief liberation from Soviet dictatorship? The leaders who ushered in democracy fear so, as President Vladimir Putin pushes to centralize yet more power in his own busy hands.


Aberdeen, 16:55 - CALCIO, SCOZIA: CELTIC SUPERA ABDERDEEN

Il Celtic Glasgow ha battuto l'Aberdeen 1-0 nella sesta giornata del campionato scozzese. Gol partit...


EDITORIAL: Texas Water Woes: Report Predicts Shortfall, but Fails to Take Global Warming into Account.

By Houston Chronicle  Feb. 21--The Texas Water Development Board, the body charged with meeting the state's water needs through 2060, approved its 2007 State Water Plan late last year.


An American researcher claimed Sunday to have discovered the remains of the legendary lost city of Atlantis on the bottom of the east Mediterranean Sea, but Cyprus' chief government archaeologist was skeptical.


Will you sail through the holidays this year at optimal performance with energy to spare? Or will you struggle through feeling tired, stressed, cranky and burdened by extra pounds?


Il ministro, "stiamo preparando un futuro costruttivo"


(Sports Network) - The Orlando Magic will aim for their third consecutive victory this evening when they host the Memphis Grizzlies at the TD Waterhouse Centre.


Vicenza, 20:30 - CALCIO, VICENZA: PRESO MASIELLO

Il Vicenza ha ingaggiato in prestito dall'Udinese il centrocampista Salvatore Masiello, 25 anni, seg...


Mexico asks Bush to veto border fence bill

Mexico asked President Bush on Monday to veto a Senate plan to build a border fence to keep illegal immigrants out, but acknowledged that its plea was likely to fall on deaf ears.


Botox shots may help kids with cerebral palsy

As a treatment for muscle  stiffness in children with cerebral palsy, shots of botulinum  toxin A, best known by the brand name Botox, are safe and  produce measurable improvements in function, according to a new  study. However, patients and their families may not perceive  the improvements as very meaningful.


Insurgents Continue Attacks, Killing at Least 13 Iraqis

A suicide bombing at a Tikrit checkpoint killed six policemen and a roadside bomb killed seven civilians south of Baghdad.


AOL Spam Down 75 Percent, Net Spam Trends Reverse

You've got less spam, according to  America Online, the world's largest online service.


Lebanese troops today resumed attacks on militants in a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon.


Government plans to allow the enforced treatment of potentially dangerous mental health patients are likely to be watered-down.


Activists and Leader Are Freed in Zimbabwe

Fifty Zimbabwean anti-government activists were free today after neither police nor prosecutors showed up at a court hearing where the activists were to be charged.


The Boston Red Sox's principal owner  will buy half of the top team on the NASCAR racing circuit,  Roush Racing, in the first investment by a major league  baseball team in the country's fastest-growing sport.


Officials have found an 11th victim of a rapist on the Fort Apache Reservation who poses as a police officer before he attacks girls and young women.


TRIO EXPRESS INTEREST IN WORLD CUP HOSTING

The International Rugby Board today confirmed that three countries have expressed an interest in hosting the 2011 World Cup. New Zealand, South Africa and Japan are leading the race to host rugby union's global spectacular in seven years' time.


Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul skittled three big West Indies wickets off ten balls to leave the tourists struggling in the third and final Test.


Directors Guild, studios reach contract deal

The Hollywood directors' union reached a contract deal with major film and television studios on Thursday -- a move likely to turn up pressure to settle a 10-week-old strike by screenwriters.


AnnTaylor Stores Corp  reported better-than-expected earnings on Friday due to a lower share count from buybacks, and reaffirmed its full-year profit outlook, sending shares up 7 percent.


Rusty Sharapova advances under menacing skies

World number two Maria Sharapova made a tentative start to her French Open campaign, beating France's Emilie Loit 6-3 7-6 on a grey morning on Wednesday.


Pakistan Test-Fires Nuke-Capable Missile

Pakistan on Tuesday successfully test-fired a medium-range, nuclear-capable missile that would be able to hit most cities in neighboring India, but defense officials said the test was not intended as a message to its South Asian rival.


TiVo Inc.TIVO.O, maker of digital  television video recorders, will next year add ways for viewers  to see advertising and corporate logos even as they try to skip  commercials, the company said on Wednesday.


Stocks Gain; Techs Ahead But Volume Thin

A rise in technology stocks helped boost the market on Friday, but volume was extremely thin before next week's Republican convention in New York City.


Alan Smith comes off the bench to rescue a point for a below-par Man Utd side against Boro.


Iran defiant ahead of nuclear talks with Russia

Iran will not back down in a nuclear dispute with the West and is not interested in talks with the United States, its president said on Tuesday ahead of a previously unannounced visit by Russia's foreign minister.


The following is the full text of Resolution 1564 (2004) adopted by the United Nations Security Council which threatens sanctions against Sudan if violence continues in the western region of Darfur.


Secondo alcuni testimoni il giovane si Ã¨ accasciato a terradopo esser finito contro un palo del campo da gioco                                          Ragazzo di 14 anni muore durante una partita di calcio


A Foolish roundup of new-issue hits, misses, and no-shows.


Beltran wields not just plate power, but market power

Not that either needs a whole lot of advice about their specialties at the moment, but they could find a credo for the next few months in a speech given last year at the University of Texas


Pakistan dismisses US claim about Al-Qaeda as "absurd"

Pakistan dismissed as "absurd" US claims that Al-Qaeda has set up new training camps in a remote tribal area, saying that if Washington has any evidence it should share it with Islamabad.


A quota 1,9%, tasso invariato anche in Ue-27 al 2,1%


Saranno intensificate le ricerche della piccola


Allen, Okur replace Iverson, Nash in All-Stars team

Ray Allen of the Seattle SuperSonics and Mehmet Okur of the Utah Jazz were named on Tuesday as replacements for injured West Conference All-Star guards Allen Iverson and Steve Nash, the NBA said.


Money offers a buffer of sorts in an uncertain world. And con artists are only too happy to wear the guise of the market sage or guardian angel.


Compromise Plan May End Political Stalemate in Zimbabwe

JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 17 -- South African President Thabo Mbeki traveled to neighboring Zimbabwe on Thursday to pressure leaders to complete negotiations that have brought the government and the opposition to the brink of a deal after years of political stalemate, officials from both countries said.


Defying U.S. Plan, Prison Expands in Afghanistan

Efforts to scale back the U.S. detention center at the Bagram military base are failing, and its conditions have drawn a strong complaint from the Red Cross.


PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A once-powerful state senator at the center of a corruption scandal was sentenced Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for taking payoffs from the health care industry.


Brazil Coach More Worried About Venezuela Than Germany

Brazil coach Carlos Alberto  Parreira is more worried about playing rank outsiders Venezuela  than the likes of Germany or Argentina.


Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger agrees a new deal until May 2008.


Facing growing competition from open source software providers, Microsoft has decided to allow governments and international organizations access to source code for its Office 2003 productivity suite.


UConn Women Return to No. 1 in AP Top 25

-- After nearly a four-year absence, Connecticut is back at No. 1. The Huskies received 49 of the 50 first-place votes Monday in The Associated Press poll after being ranked second all season. Tennessee had been No. 1 since the preseason poll, but lost to Stanford 73-69 in overtime Saturday night.


A TAPED conversation allegedly proving Prince Harry cheated in his AS art exam will not lead to his mark being reviewed. Edexcel, the exam board which graded his paper, said it had listened to the tape made by Eton art teacher Sarah Forsyth.


Internet users are traveling across the world from their living rooms: A new study finds that 45 percent of adult American online users have taken advantage of features that permit virtual tours of another location.


Candid princess Diana video to air on US television

Videotape of the late Princess Diana talking frankly about her sex life with Prince Charles and suggesting that a lover on her royal staff was "bumped off" will be broadcast on US television Monday.


Telecom equipment maker Agere to cut 500 employees, 7.6% of ...

Telecommunications equipment maker Agere Systems Inc. said Wednesday it will lay off 500 employees, or 7.6 per cent of its workforce, as part of a corporate restructuring.


Documents offer new details of HP's leak hunt, including info Patricia Dunn shared with private investigators.


Ryan Spilborghs homers twice and drives in a career-high six runs as the Colorado Rockies defeat the Orioles, 6-1, on Sunday afternoon.


NY lifeguard rescues shark from swimmers

When a Coney Island lifeguard spied a shark near an upset group of swimmers, he did what he thought was right: He rescued the fish.


Snow to Remain as U.S. Treasury Secretary

President Bush asked Treasury  Secretary John Snow to stay in his job on Wednesday and Snow  agreed to do so, ending a frenzy of speculation that the  65-year-old former railroad executive was about to be replaced.


Summer Box Office Hits a High, Despite Lows

In a summer when many of the studios' biggest bets failed to pay off, it was familiarity in the form of sequels and low-budget comedies that resonated with movie audiences.


Heroin and cocaine addicts on a government scheme who stay "clean" are given drugs as a reward, the BBC learns.


Romanians Hope for New Era as Basescu Wins Vote

Romanian centrist Traian Basescu  scored an upset presidential win on Monday and vowed to replace  the ruling ex-communists with a reformist team in the run-up to  European Union entry in 2007.


South Africa's security minister says cases of serious and violent crime in the country are unacceptably high.


PeopleSoft flap may be hurting Oracle's image

Public opinion of the database giant sinks to 12-year low, a new report indicates.


Rescue workers comb storm-hit Cornish village after flash flood horror

Rescue workers combed a coastal village in north Cornwall for missing persons after a flash flood sent a wall of water tearing through the picturesque tourist spot the day before.


Jaguar e Land Rover nel mirino della societa' indiana


Update 1: Fannie Mae Board Meets to Talk Shake-Up

The board of Fannie Mae has been discussing a possible executive shake-up as the embattled mortgage giant responds to regulators' allegations of accounting violations and faces a likely restatement of $9 billion or more in earnings.


The follow-up to last year's hit game, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, offers more proof that sequels often pale next to the originals. While it boasts addictive gameplay and rich character development, the sequel suffers from numerous technical glitches. Game review by Suneel Ratan.


Columbia Football Trying to Raise Average

Columbia University finished over .500 only once since 1971, and its 5-5 record last year was widely regarded as a huge step forward. Coach Norries Wilson thinks the Lions are capable of improving.


Challenges to file-swapping sites seem to be spurring the creation of new networks harder to shut down.


Spam Doubles, Finding New Ways to Deliver Itself

The surge has left the antispam industry scrambling to develop new techniques to keep up.


Google Shares Rise as Profit, Sales More Than Double

Google Inc.'s shares surged to more than twice its initial public offering price after third-quarter profit and sales more the doubled and the company said the market for Web advertising shows no signs of slowing.


Retail sales, housing woes boost rate cut talk

Retail sales rose a sluggish 0.1 percent in February amid unusually cold weather, and late mortgage payments and home foreclosures rose at the end of last year, according to reports that raised concerns about the economic outlook.


Phone company cuts off FBI wiretap for unpaid bill

A telephone company cut off an FBI international wiretap after the agency failed to pay its bill on time, according to a U.S. government audit released on Thursday.


LG.Philips shares slide to record low on probe

Shares of South Korean flat screen maker LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd. hit a record low on Tuesday, a day after it said it was being investigated by South Korean, Japanese and U.S. fair trade watchdogs.


You can find foreign hot spots by yourself

U.S. stocks have returned 6.47   percent to investors so far this year. But the rest of the   world has doubled that performance, chalking up 13.4 percent in   total returns, as measured by the Standard & Poor's/Citigroup   market indexes.


Senate clears the way for choosing new king

PHNOM PENH The final hurdles were cleared Monday for Cambodia to select a new monarch to replace King Norodom Sihanouk, with Senate approval of a law to appoint his heir the acting head of state.


Idea del ministro Santagata, 'la proporro' al governo'


Spanish IPO Cintra readies for big debut

Cintra is selling 38 percent of its share capital in an effort to raise between 1.53 billion euros and 1.64 billion euros ($1.96 billion to 2 billion), according to media reports.


Moya Lifts Spain to Deliver His Davis Cup Dream

It was not quite what Carlos Moya missed the first time. The setting was not his country's tennis capital and his former home, Barcelona, but the capital of the Spanish region Andalusia.


Seagate Ships Super-Secure Hard Disk Drive

ASI Computer Technologies will use the automatically encrypted Momentus in a laptop.


Amazon.com launches digital download service

Amazon.com  on Thursday  unveiled a widely anticipated Internet service offering movies  and television shows that can be downloaded onto consumers'  personal computers.


CHICAGO - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Monday said it still expects a 2 percent to 4 percent increase in September sales at its US stores open at least a year, and back-to-school demand picked up after a sluggish start.


Subprime mortgage bond index drops to record low

Bids for the main index of subprime mortgage bonds dropped to a record low on Tuesday as concerns of losses at a hedge fund and weak housing suggest a deeper downturn for the debt.


Manchester United moved back into first place in the English Premier League, beating Newcastle 2-0 Sunday with both goals coming from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.


Pierre Salinger, JFK Press Secretary, Dead at 79

Pierre Salinger, press secretary to the  late U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson and a  distinguished journalist, died of a heart attack on Saturday,  his family said Sunday. He was 79.


Ascension Health Awards Computer Sciences 10-Year IT Support ...

Under the $1.35 billion deal, CSC will provide help-desk, network, security, and telecommunications services at more than 80 Ascension facilities across the country.


There are hundreds of wannabe Hollywood star names who could attest to it. That is, inheriting a famous name does not always mean that the path to global acclaim will be easy.


IBM Plans Web Meeting Service, Takes Aim at WebEx

IBM  plans to offer Web-conferencing as a hosted Internet service, seeking to reach small and medium-sized business customers while taking on more established rivals in the market, the company said on Tuesday.


Columbia U. professor has nose for Nobel

Columbia University professor Richard Axel will share the 2004 Nobel Prize in physiology/medicine with Linda Buck of Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center for their work on smell.


Netherlands Buys Gas Pipes From Exxon, Shell Venture

The Netherlands, Europe's third-largest gas producer, agreed to pay 2.78 billion euros ($3.55 billion) to buy the natural gas pipeline stakes of Royal/Dutch Shell Group and Exxon Mobil Corp.


Number of foreign evacuations from Ivory Coast top 5,000: French ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (CP) - With final calls for boarding, France on Monday was shutting down one of the largest evacuations in post-independence Africa, an airlift that flew 5,000-plus westerners and others from violence pitting France against its former


Parigi, 13:49 - CALCIO, FRANCIA: METZ ESONERA DE TADDEO

Il Metz, ultimo nella Ligue 1, il massimo campionato francese, ha esonerato il tecnico Francis De Ta...


Ukrainian candidate's aide claims poisoning

A Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate sought treatment a week ago at a hospital in Vienna, Austria, after what his supporters said yesterday appeared to be an attempt on his life by political ...


Alessandra Facchinetti, Mr. Ford's successor, sent out a polished if predictable collection that combined African exoticism with disco fever in Milan on Thursday.


Berlin blues Authorities alarmed by Russian-Germans' integration woes

The so-called "Russian-Germans" are descendents of immigrants invited to Russia by Catherine the Great in the 18th Century.


Transonic's goal: A car engine that gets 100 miles per gallon

Here's a good rhyme to remember Transonic by: high compression fuel injection.


Pop star Britney Spears parts company with the manager she has been with since she was 13.


The US army said Tuesday it killed a senior aide of Abu Musab Zarqawi in an air strike at dawn on Fallujah, west of Baghdad. But witnesses said the rockets hit an empty building


Russians Rally as Putin Rules Out Chechen Talks

Russians massed in their hundreds of  thousands Tuesday to denounce terrorism, as President Vladimir  Putin rejected talks with Chechen separatists, blamed for at  least 335 deaths in last week's school hostage siege.


UCLA Ends No. 12 Washington's Win Streak

Dijon Thompson scored 29 points and UCLA rallied from a 21-point first-half deficit to upset No. 12 Washington 95-86 Saturday night, snapping the Huskies' nine-game winning streak.


ConocoPhillips Buys Lukoil Stake for $1.99 Billion

ConocoPhillips will buy 7.6 percent of OAO Lukoil from Russia for $1.99 billion and may raise that stake, expanding its access to the world's largest oil- and gas- producing country as energy prices surge.


When a legal battle pitting Hillary Rodham Clinton's supporters against Barack Obama's erupted in Nevada this week, Sen. Harry Reid, the most powerful Democrat in the state, took heat for declining to play referee.


Japan's economy has marked its longest economic expansion since World War II, according to a government report Wednesday.


Ohio State Upends Michigan by 16 points, 37-21

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Troy Smith completed 13-of-23 passes for 241 yards and added 145 yards on 18 carries, while Ted Ginn Jr. tied the NCAA record with his fourth punt return for a touchdown in a season, an 82


JERUSALEM -- President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt yesterday condemned the recent Hamas takeover of Gaza as a coup that threatens the future of a single Palestinian state.


Aamir Khan is known to go all out to get into the skin of his character.


U.S. House backs more contraceptive donations abroad

The U.S. House of Representatives  ignored a White House veto threat and voted on Thursday to  allow government donations of contraceptives to family planning  groups outside the United States even though they engage in  abortion activities.


LONDON Amid the wars, terror threats and other tremors rattling political capitals, the global economy and financial markets seem strikingly placid - at first glance, at least.


Mobile phone giant Vodafone  doubles its dividend to shareholders after the "successful" launch of its 3G services.


A fossil of a new crab species reveals the itsy-bitsy crustaceans inhabited towering sponge reefs during the Jurassic Period, where they made tasty snacks for ichthyosaurs and other ancient reptiles.


Controversy dogs 40th anniversary of Monterey Pop

Some bands that played Monterey Pop 40 years ago will return in July to the site of the first great rock festival, but the original promoter and others say the spirit of the Summer of Love is a long time gone.


This is, in my opinion, one of the biggest games Manchester United have played for years. It may sound strange ahead of what is only the second game of the season, but don't think this is one they can afford to lose.


Afghan women in New York have had to strike a balance growing up in a comparatively freewheeling society with parents who have held tight to their Afghan conventions.


Ukraine opposition kicks off general strike

KIEV - Opposition leaders in Ukraine Thursday started a nation-wide strike to protest against the results of the presidential election.


Republican, drug firm executive back imports

Going against their party and industry, a Republican governor and a drug company executive urged Congress yesterday to allow Americans to import prescription drugs from other countries.


Economists Expect Fed to Keep Increasing Interest Rates

Federal Reserve policy-makers are likely to keep bumping up short-term interest rates this year, a defense against an inflation flare-up now that the economic expansion is on firm footing.


US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made a surprising visit to US soldiers deployed in the Iraqi city of Musul (Mosul). Rumsfeld arrived in Mosul early in the morning and visited a military hospital located


Iran hints it may suspend some nuclear activities

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran indicated Monday it may suspend some unspecified nuclear activities after European powers offered a package of incentives in return for Tehran's agreement to permanently give up uranium enrichment.


US employment glass is either half-empty or half-full

One, an 80-page tract from the conservative Employment Policy Foundation, paints a Horatio Alger portrait of a nation becoming more competitive globally, thanks in part to small-business growth and a surge in self-employment.


Romanians and Bulgarians may face work restrictions in the UK if their countries join the EU, the home secretary hints.


Sudan's government and rebel leaders sign 'landmark' accords aimed at ending the Darfur crisis.


(InfoWorld) - After smoke was spotted billowing from a San Francisco subway tunnel on June 5, the city government swung into action, alerting citizens via SMS to not panic and to expect public transport delays. The alert was from AlertSF, the city government's text-based emergency notification system for e-mail accounts and mobile devices, including cell phones and pagers. Originally designed to deliver tsunami alerts and other post-disaster information, AlertSF subscribers can receive alerts about flooding, power outages, and traffic disruptions. San Francisco's biggest risk is from an earthquake, said Laura Adleman, a spokeswoman for the city's Department of Emergency Management. "People would want to know where they could go for assistance," she said, adding that AlertSF is "one tool" that helps the city provide that information. Alerting users about future earthquakes is not the system's intent, Adleman said. Predicting an earthquake is difficult, and the service's primary intent is to deliver post-disaster information. The service delivers U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)Â alerts of Northern California earthquakes measuring 5.0 or above. Launched in October last year, the free service now has 8,840 subscribers, Adleman said. Users can sign up for it on the AlertSF Web site. Registration took me less than two minutes; it offered the option to receive alerts in English or Spanish, via SMS (Short Message Service) or e-mail. Alerts are sent based on ZIP codes or areas selected, and depending on the importance, some alerts are sent to all areas. Users can opt in and out of nationwide Amber Alerts about missing or kidnapped children, California weather alerts issued by U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration and USGS earthquake alerts. Noemi Margaret, a San Francisco resident and community emergency volunteer, appreciates the alerts, even though none has affected her yet. "I'm happy in having the alerts come to my cell phone" as accessing e-mail takes time, Margaret said. AlertSF not only could save lives, it also serves as a security blanket, wrote Brent Schulkin, a San Francisco resident, in an e-mail interview. "Every month or two you get a little text reminder that someone is closely watching these potential threats to your community," he said. Technology-savvy residents of San Francisco are also witnessing the service's growing pains. Margaret receives about two alerts every month, which is not enough, she said. "More alerts would not be harmful. Information should not be shared among the elite few," she said, referring to first responders, "it should be shared with everybody." First responders are usually first on scene in emergencies. Recently a city subway line stopped operating and an alert about it was not sent, she said. An alert could have let people know to find an alternative route, she said. Also, providing just an SMS alert is not enough, Margaret said. It should be followed up with a detailed e-mail about how citizens can act in other emergencies they were alerted about, she said. E-mail alerts include a link to 72hours.org, a Web site set up by the city that provides information on what to do in emergencies, Adleman said. A size limit prevents inclusion of the link in cell-phone alerts. In some circumstances, instructions will be sent as part of an alert,Â such asÂ asking citizens to get to higher ground in case of a tsunami. Some users complained about not receiving alerts, though that's a minor issue, Adleman said. The government is still evaluating AlertSF, Adleman said. "There's going to be other ways we communicate with people, like the emergency alert system and press," Adleman said, though AlertSF will be an immediate messaging system when the city is in response mode. AlertSF uses Roam Secure's RSAN CWS (Citizen's Warning System) software to send text alerts. As San Francisco is one of the most densely populated cities in the United States, the city needed speed and reliability to transmit emergency information, said Bart Spencer, western regional manager at Roam Secure and an emergency service industry veteran. Text messaging is quicker and more reliable than voice as it transmits information in short bursts and uses less bandwidth. Users have found timely text alerts useful, especially regarding traffic disruptions, Adleman said. However, after a disaster, cell phone networks, electricity, and communication systems may not work. AlertSF is an Internet-based service, and San Francisco has a server outside the Bay Area to keep the alert operation running, Adleman said. When the cell phone network is operational, users will instantly receive the text alert and remain informed, Spencer said. "It's better to inform people than not to inform them," Spencer said. Informed people react better in emergencies, said Margaret, a self-professed emergency preparation geek. "It's important that people sign up" for the service, she said. However, the sign-up comes with a caveat, she said. "I wouldn't want people to depend on that [AlertSF] over common sense."


Linux outpaces Windows on servers - report

Linux continues to strengthen its position in the server market with revenue growth of almost 43 percent in the third quarter of this year, while Windows-based


Palestinians to Vote in Litmus Test Local Poll

Palestinians hold municipal elections in parts of the West Bank on Thursday, seen as a dress rehearsal for a presidential vote to choose Yasser Arafat's successor next month.


Ancelotti claims moral victory as Juve survive mauling

AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti insisted he was satisfied after drawing 0-0 away to Juventus overnight, despite dominating the match against the far-from-convincing Italian league leaders.


Roma, 22:28 - CALCIO, LAZIO; PERUZZI: NESSUNA POLEMICA, AL CLUB NON SERVO

Rescisso il contratto con la Lazio, Angelo Peruzzi non ha avuto alcuna offerta per restare in bianco...


Vladimir Putin comes out for dual citizenship between Russia and ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin asked State Duma and Federation Council Speakers Boris Gryzlov and Sergei Mironov to begin consultations with Ukrainian parliamentarians on the introduction of dual citizenship between Russia and Ukraine.


Japan Court: Bobby Fischer Can Be Deported

A Tokyo court on Friday rejected a request by former world chess champion Bobby Fischer to have the Japanese authorities halt procedures to deport him, his lawyer said.


A study of four-year-old twin girls has identified a rogue cell which is the root cause of childhood leukaemia.


An Israeli army officer is charged with illegal use of his weapon when he allegedly shot a dead Palestinian girl.


A 16-year-old high school junior has been charged with making bombs in a plan to target classmates in his school, a plot uncovered after a video was discovered on the Internet, police said.


Trees take on greenhouse gases at Super Bowl

It's red mangrove trees versus greenhouse gases at the Super Bowl in Miami on Sunday.


Peeking at your gifts? You're not alone-survey

Can't resist a quick shake and peep at that present under the Christmas tree? You're not alone, with a U.S. survey finding one in five adults are present peekers.


Frustrated that the state legislature failed to ban smoking in bars and restaurants, Alexandria officials have come up with a maverick plan of their own that would prohibit smoking in all new eateries and make it more difficult for existing establishments to allow people to light up.


'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' will probably reap a fresh fortune. And as summer franchise superhero flicks go, it's mostly tolerable.


Stocks rose on Thursday as a gain of more than $1 a barrel in oil prices boosted shares of energy companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp. , offsetting disappointment over profit reports from Bear Stearns  and Goldman Sachs .


Earth-like planets orbiting other stars may be far more common than had once been thought, a study suggests.


Crude, Heating Oil Set Records on Storage Draw

November light, sweet crude oil futures rose as much as 96 cents on the New York Mercantile Exchange to US$54.60 a barrel, the highest price in 21 years of trading.


Actor Fernando Poe Jr in coma at hospital

MOVIE star and former presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr. was admitted to hospital late Saturday evening and is in a coma after suffering a stroke, former campaign spokesman Representative Francis Escudero said Sunday.


Retailers expect slower sales growth for the holidays

NEW YORK -- Holiday sales are expected to rise 5 percent this year, less than the 6.1 percent in the year-ago period, as consumers face still high energy costs, rising interest rates and a cooling housing market, the National Retail Federation said .


Blog: In an Internet interview, a programmer says increased media attention may force the MPack project to shut down.


Italian FM calls for united front to free hostages in Iraq

Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, warning against "parallel initiatives" to free two Italian aid workers who have been held hostage in Iraq for more than a week, appealed for reliance on the government's high-profile diplomatic campaign on their behalf.


Wall St set for steady start, Yahoo in focus

Stock index futures indicated a positive  open on Wall Street on Monday in a thin day for earnings, while  technology shares might grab attention as Yahoo  was  set to rebuff a takeover bid from Microsoft.


Bewildered infants await fate in Chad orphanage

Toys were scattered on the floor  and dozens of drawings stuck to the walls of a compound where  Chadian officials say nine French citizens kept dozens of  children they intended to smuggle to Europe.


Toshiba ramping down Plasma for SED Televisions

Surface conduction Electron emitter Display (SED) television sets make sense and Toshiba is definitely progressing in the right direction by shifting their focus away from LCD Plasma technology.


Aided by Iraqis, US Seizes Part of Rebel Town

American and Iraqi forces battled their way into the center of this insurgent-ridden city on Friday, claiming that they had taken control of more than


Nantes, 17:53 - RUGBY, MONDIALI: INGHILTERRA-SAMOA 44-22

L'Inghilterra ha battuto le Samoa 44-22 (23-12) in un incontro valido per il gruppo A dei Mondiali d...


Exemplified by the Guardian's 'pen pal' campaign, Europeans are seeking a voice in the presidential election.


Nearly 60 countries signed a treaty on Tuesday that bans governments from holding people in secret detention, but the United States and some of its key European allies were not among them.


Colts trio at receiver nears NFL milestone

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning isn't staging a one-man assault on Dan Marino's single-season touchdown record.


Telekom Austria Buys Rights for Mobiltel

Telekom Austria AG said Monday it has agreed to purchase call rights to acquire Mobiltel AD of Bulgaria for about 1.6 billion euros ($2.09 billion).


Bush may name World Bank chief this week: WHouse

BRUNSWICK, Georgia  - President George W. Bush is likely to announce this week a candidate to replace World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, who resigned after a storm of criticism over a salary increase for his companion, White House spokesman Tony Snow said on Tuesday.


Plenty to Drink Despite Heat: Pierce County Water Supplies Doing Well in Face of Record Dry Summer

By Rob Tucker, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Sep. 16--Most drinking water supplies in Pierce County are holding up despite the driest summer in half a century.   There is an exception: Water supplies from City of Milton wells are low.


Flu-shot worries spur debate over federal role

Some see reliance on just two companies as flawed, but other experts say talk of a crisis should be softened.


As its Olympic Games approach, the plight of  many of the country's retired sports stars, uneducated and impoverished, is drawing attention


Differences Over North Korea Are Exaggerated, US Govt Says

Differences between the US and South Korea and China over nuclear talks with North Korea are exaggerated, the US State Department said.


(InfoWorld) - Microsoft on Tuesday issued six security updates for Windows, Office, and .Net Framework, patching a total of 11 vulnerabilities -- five of them rated critical. The most serious of the batch is MS07-039, said security analysts who, unlike lastÂ  month, had no trouble naming that critical update as the one which should beÂ  patched first. "By far, this is the top of the list this month," said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Network Security Inc. MS07-039 patches a pair of bugs in Active Directory in Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003, the two supported server editions of Microsoft's operating system. The most dangerous of the two is a vulnerability in the way Active Directory validates an LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) request.Â  According to Microsoft's write-up, "an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system." "Definitely at the top of today's list," agreed David Dewey, a researcher with IBM Internet Security Systems' X-Force team. "It's definitely exploitable." Dewey should know, since it was a colleague at ISS, Neel Mehta, who discovered the flaw last summer. "Neel's created proof-of-concept code in-house during the time we worked on this with Microsoft," said Dewey. "It would certainly be worth the effort" to exploit this, added Storms. "Active Directory is in the center of every Windows network. There's a lot in there, including the group policy objects that set security -- and everything about every user." Unlike most vulnerabilities, the Active Directory bug can be exploited without any user interaction, and on Windows 2000 Server, the older of the two operating systems, it can be attacked by an anonymous user. Although Windows Server 2003 may look safer at first glance -- an attacker must have valid credentials to exploit the bug on that edition -- looks can be deceiving, said Tom Cross, another X-Force researcher. "In this case, the authentication requirements become less important," said Cross. "Anyone on the network -- an employee, for example -- would by definition have credentials." Worse, said Cross, is that outside attackers could exploit this without a lot of trouble by bundling an MS07-039 exploit with a multi-strike attack that figures on compromising some fraction of enterprise laptops while they're outside the network. Once back inside the enterprise's perimeter, the Active Directory exploit could fire up -- using the credentials of the hijacked notebook -- to grab systems running the supposedly more secure Windows Server 2003. Two of the remaining five bulletins were pegged "critical" by Microsoft, while another two were marked "important." The final update was tagged as "moderate." MS07-036, which patches three vulnerabilities, two of them judged critical and oneÂ  of them a zero-day flaw already out in public, repairs bugs in Excel 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2007. Similar vulnerabilities in other Microsoft Office document formats, including those in Word and PowerPoint, have been used by attackers to slip malicious code into corporations. Some of these attacks have been so narrowly targeted that they're launched against just one user at one company. What's interesting about this update, said a Symantec researcher in an e-mail, is that Microsoft got it wrong back in February when it downplayed the initial report of the Excel threat. Then, Symantec's DeepSight threat network analysts reported Excel 2003 was susceptible to a denial-of-service bug which, if exploited, could crash the program. Four months ago, Microsoft denied that the bugs were actually vulnerabilities. "Microsoft has completed its investigation of new public reports of possibleÂ  vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Excel 2003 [and] hasÂ  confirmed that these are not product vulnerabilities," a spokeswoman toldÂ  Computerworld at the time. "They are issues that can cause the application to become unresponsive. Users can restart the application," she said. "[Today's] bulletin includes a fix for a previously disclosed denial-of-service issue from February 2007 which is now billed as having the potential for remote code execution," noted Oliver Friedrichs, director of Symantec's security response group. As Friedrichs pointed out, Microsoft characterized all three bugs patched by MS07-036 as having a "remote code execution" impact, meaning that hackers couldÂ  inject their own malware into a PC after exploiting the Excel flaws. The third critical update, MS07-040, plugs three holes in the .Net Framework, the primary Windows runtime environment called on by developers. Notably, all three vulnerabilities were previewed during a sneak peek at the Syscan'07 security conference last week in Singapore. But the patches may be a ton of trouble to corporate IT managers, said Storms, because the .Net Framework is so widely used by corporate developers of in-house software. "Not only will [companies] have to run QA on the patches, they'll have to run QA on the code that runs on .Net," said Storms. The fixes in MS07-040 apply to all but Version 3.x of .Net Framework, adding additional complexity to in-enterprise application testing. Of the remaining security updates, one fixes a flaw in Publisher 2007, another patches Internet Information Services 5.1 on Windows XP Professional SP2, and the thirdÂ  quashes a bug in Windows Vista's bundled firewall. That last, although rated "moderate," second-from-the-bottom in Microsoft's four-step severity rating system, is worth some reflection, said Symantec's Friedrichs. "Microsoft's decision to rewrite the Windows network stack and its accompanying firewall [for Vista] continues to have long-term security implications," Friedrichs said. "A network stack can take decades of heavy scrutiny in order to become battle hardened. As an operating system's first line of defense, its quality is directly related to its ability to withstand attack." On its own, added Friedrichs, the firewall bug isn't a big deal; the result of an exploit is that the attacker can "see" the system when it should actually be completely invisible to outside probes. "[But] if this logic flaw were combined with a vulnerability in one of the exposed services, this could have more serious, widespread implications." As usual, Microsoft's monthly updates have been posted to Microsoft Update and Windows Update services, and they can also be retrieved through Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).


Microsoft has revealed that its patent deal with Linspire doesn't cover the new version of the GNU General Public License (GPL), the company's latest effort to distance itself from the GPLv3.


'Beat' Generation Catalyst Lucien Carr Dies

Lucien Carr, a muse and catalyst of  the "beat generation" who brought Jack Kerouac together with  other writers to spark a counterculture revolution, died on  Friday in Washington.


The question has dogged him for two weeks now in four different interviews at the National Tennis Center. How does Lleyton Hewitt's US Open run compare to the title surge he made three years ago?


Calcio, il Mondiale Â«dimezzatoÂ» della Rai

ROMA - Le partite degli azzurri sono assicurate. Per le altre squadre, dal Brasile di Adriano e Ronaldo all'Inghilterra di Owen e Rooney, c'Ã¨ una selezione. In ogni caso il Mondiale di calcio 2006 della Rai


Weak Sales Prompt Pfizer to Cancel Diabetes Drug

The discontinuation of Exubera, an inhaled insulin, is another black eye for Pfizer, the worldâs biggest drug company, which has recently sustained a series of reversals.


Zoellick must restore confidence in W.Bank: France

Robert Zoellick, slated to  replace Paul Wolfowitz as president of the World Bank, must  move swiftly to restore confidence in the poverty-fighting  institution, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday.


Scottish Labour MPs are primed to expect a "major defence statement" in the House of Commons.


Why America is still fighting the battles of Mekong Delta

John Kerry's tour of duty in Vietnam has defined his bid for the White House. He is the warrior candidate who heroically led men into battle but who came home to almost as bravely question the very war for which his comrades gave so much blood.


Travel- and financial-services giant American Express Co. sued Visa and MasterCard yesterday as well as eight banks for damages stemming from anti-competitive practices that prevented American Express from issuing cards through US banks.


Giantsâ Main Attraction Becomes Mere Sideshow

In a season that is becoming overwhelmed by subplots, the San Francisco Giants are falling out of contention for the pennant race.


Cosmetic breast augmentation should be restricted to women aged 18 and older, says a new policy adopted by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).


ABB said it was âawareâ of the ruling, but remained confident that a settlement would be reached. âABB is naturally surprised and disappointed at todayâs decision, but remains confident that it can resolve.


Lawyer: Reid's sons may settle for pleas

The two adult sons of Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid are involved in negotiations that could preclude trials on drug, assault and traffic charges.


For a Devotee of Solar Energy, a Shot at Earning Respect

Richard Thompson, who began powering his home with solar power in 2001, has found that power is the easy part. Generating interest takes work.


France cautious over report on Iraq hostages

The French government reacted coolly on Wednesday to a claim by a self-styled mediator that two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq could be released soon.


Seven rare albino alligators disappeared from a Brazilian university zoo and authorities suspect animal smugglers stole them, officials said Friday.


Qualcomm says Broadcom ruling to hurt in short term

Wireless chipmaker Qualcomm Inc.   said on Wednesday an unfavorable ruling in a patent  dispute with Broadcom Corp  would hurt its business in  the short term, sending its shares lower.


Emendamento finanziaria per usare parte gettito da evasione


The top pre-K's will set you back more than 25 grand a year. That's if junior can get in.


When a mayor of New York leaves office, little goes out the door but memories Â unless he's Rudy Giuliani.


NBC Exec: "Apple Has Destroyed the Music Business"

In a recent public appearance, NBC Universal president Jeff Zucker laid the blame for the music industry's recent difficulties squarely at the doorstep of Apple.


Britney Spears, shaved bald, gets a new tattoo

Pop star Britney Spears sported a newly shaved head when she dropped by a Los Angeles tattoo parlor and quickly drew a crowd.


Marxist Rebels Kill 17 Colombian Soldiers

BOGOTA, Colombia  - Marxist rebels killed 17  Colombian soldiers in a battle in the jungles of northern  Colombia on Wednesday in the deadliest attack on the armed  forces in years, the army said.


Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - The New York Yankees will start righthander Kevin Brown in Game 3 of the American League Division Series on Friday at Minnesota.


State Street Research, which isn't related to State Street Corp., was founded in 1924 by investor and former Harvard University treasurer Paul Cabot in Boston.


US envoy holds Libya talks on boosting economic links

US Middle East envoy David Welch held talks with Libyan officials on strengthening economic and financial ties between the two countries, officials said.


How rock stardom can take years off your life

Science & environment: Warning by scientists after study reveals toll from accidents, drugs and alcohol.


Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez, 40, was leading the German Open following Friday's second round as Europe's elite chased points to get in the Ryder Cup team.


Mostly Black Mardi Gras Event Shows A City in Pain

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 20 -- The Mardi Gras celebration that took place "under the bridge" today wasn't broadcast live on TV. It didn't appear on tourist brochures. Indeed, it hardly seemed to exist, to judge by the absence of attention.


The chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices posted its third consecutive quarterly loss after cutting prices to compete with Intel.


PARIS: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is gravely ill but alive and there is no question of switching off life-support equipment, Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath said on Tuesday, dismissing reports of his death.


Truckers to count cost as London becomes huge green zone

Drivers of high-polluting lorries face a 200-pound (266-euro, 295-dollar) daily charge to enter London from Monday, as Britain's first low emission zone comes into effect to cut air pollution.


A salonlike party space and a nonprofit art gallery are the latest attempts by the National Arts Club to pump some fresh blood into its aging ranks.


Rolling Stones sign Universal album deal

Veteran British rock band the Rolling Stones has signed an exclusive worldwide recording agreement to release its next album through Universal Music Group, prompting speculation that it could leave EMI.


Former Giants Shortstop Killed in Car Crash in Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic police are investigating the cause of a car crash that killed former San Francisco Giants shortstop Jose Uribe early Friday.


Onyx Disappointment Is Good News For Genentech

Credit Suisse First Boston said that an announcement from Onyx Pharmaceuticals (nasdaq: ONXX - news - people ) is "good news" for Genentech (nyse: DNA - news - people ) and its Avastin treatment.


Workers protest GM plan to cut European jobs

BOCHUM, Germany - Thousands of employees at General Motors Corp.'s European factories staged protests yesterday against the automaker's plan to slash 12,000 jobs across the continent, while a shortage of parts from a striking German plant forced two other


Hollywood Comeback Gives Dodgers NL West

LOS ANGELES - Steve Finley's grand slam capped a seven-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West title by beating the San Francisco Giants 7-3 Saturday. "We do it the Hollywood way, that's for sure," closer Eric Gagne said...


"Idol" contestant says racy photos were "personal"

Newly eliminated "American Idol" contestant Antonella Barba said on Friday the racy photographs that made her an Internet sensation were taken for personal use only and released without her consent.


The head of Burma's military junta Senior General Than Shwe is meeting India's prime minister during a rare visit to that country.


Environmentalists reject US claims that it is doing as much to curb global warming as Kyoto deal nations.


Television Review | 'Pioneers of Television': When Talk Show Hosts Worked Without a Net

Wednesday nightâs episode of this PBS mini-series has one sequence that could be particularly helpful, or perhaps just frustrating, for current late-night talk show hosts.


Segnalava la presenza di un cantiere tra Arenzano e Genova


The trial of eight people accused of involvement in the UK's biggest cash robbery begins at the Old Bailey.


Russia's parliament sets up a commission to investigate the attack on a school in Beslan two weeks ago.


Researchers have developed an electrical generator mounted on the knee that turns walks into watts.


John Paul II Mourns Death of Orthodox Patriarch Petros VII

VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 13, 2004 .- John Paul II fondly recalled his exchanges of letters and meetings with Orthodox Patriarch Petros VII of Alexandria, who died Saturday in a helicopter accident near Mount Athos.


Republican Mike Huckabee on Wednesday defended his handling of requests for clemency when he was Arkansas governor and in turn accused Mitt Romney of denying such requests to protect his political future.


The new version plugs more than 50 new memory leaks and also includes security, download, Linux and Mac theme changes.


Bush confronts Iran's 'murderous activities'

Iran accused of threatening to place Middle East under shadow of nuclear holocaust.


Reuters Group Plc  raised its  annual revenue growth outlook to between 5 percent and 6  percent on a constant currency basis from a previous forecast  of about 5 percent, after it posted a first-half gain of 9  percent.


After a school shooting, lawmakers in Bavaria and Lower Saxony consider banning violent video games. In Game|Life.


Filling Big Hiking Boots at an Early Age

Discovery Kids pins some hopes on a chip off the crocodile hunter.


Edimburgo, 12:10 - RUGBY, SEI NAZIONI: SCOZIA ANNUNCIA XV PER GALLES

Tornano Chris Paterson e Kelly Brown nella formazione titolare della Scozia, che sabato affronter&ag...


Many of the New Irish who arrived in New York in the 1980's and 90's are returning to Ireland.


China will intensify controls of the growing numbers of bloggers using the Internet to lay bare their thoughts, politics and even bodies, the country's chief censor has announced.


Genova, 20:28 - CALCIO, GENOA-BRESCIA: L'EMOZIONE UCCIDE UN TIFOSO

L'emozione è costata la vita a un tifoso del Genoa che ha avuto un malore mentre assisteva al...


Inter e Milan, archiviata la prima di campionato con due pareggi deludenti (2-2 rispettivamente contro Chievo e Livorno) sono pronte a rituffarsi in Champions League. Nel torneo europeo le due squadre milanesi


Economic growth in China and India has dramatically reduced the number of people in Asia subsisting below the poverty level of $1 a day, but the total remains in the hundreds of millions, the International Labor Organization said Tuesday.


Prefetto ha promesso di fare arbitro in incontro con sindaco


Fed slashes interest rates to buffer economy

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed U.S. interest rates by a hefty half-percentage point in a bold bid to shield the economy from a housing slump and financial turbulence, sparking a big rally on Wall Street.


Commonwealth ministers have set guidelines for rich nations recruiting teachers from poorer counterparts.


Afghan "Peace Convoy" tries to coax Taliban rebels

In a new effort to end the growing Taliban insurgency, a council of Afghan political and tribal leaders hopes to hold talks with elements of the Islamic group aimed at including them in the government.


All'1,8% ossia 0,2 punti percentuali in meno


Six convicted French aid workers fly home from Chad

Six French aid workers sentenced to eight years hard labor in Chad for trying to kidnap 103 children arrived on Friday in France where they are due to serve their sentences in jail.


Companies dropping health benefits for future retirees

Many companies are dropping their promise of health benefits for future retirees, who now might have to stay on the job longer and rely on government health care in their old age.


A seagoing glider that uses heat  energy from the ocean to propel itself is the first "green"  robot to explore the undersea environment, U.S. researchers  said on Thursday.


British Airways is to cancel almost 1,000 flights out of Heathrow airport in the next three months to ease the congestion that has led to travel disruptions.


Family-friendly 'Shark Tale' stays afloat

Shark Tale, the animated underwater comedy, continued to rule theaters this weekend, bringing in $31.7 million, according to box office tracking firm Nielsen EDI.


Despite the brouhaha the Senate has caused with its immigration bill, making English the "national language" of the United States will not change current laws, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Sunday.


Claimed ignorance foils Economist domain case

'I'd never heard of The Economist,' says economist Financial magazine The Economist has failed in its attempt to gain control of the internet address theeconomist.com.â¦


The Philadelphia Inquirer Gail Shister Column: Charlie Gibson, 'ABC World News' Wins Ratings Sweeps

By Gail Shister, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Mar. 1--Prepare to crown Prince Charles. At least for February.   Barring a major surprise, Charlie Gibson's ABC World News will win the February ratings sweeps, which concluded last night.


Burmese Military Leaders Hold Talks in India

One of Burma's principle military rulers, General Than Shwe, is in India to strengthen political and economic ties. It is the first visit by a Burmese leader to India in the last 24 years.


China Tries to Restart Korea Nuclear Talks

Authorities in Beijing say a senior Chinese Communist Party official will travel to North Korea during the coming week with a group of party and government officials.


Here's what a newly approved drug looks like.


Researchers plant a tracking beacon on a two-billion-tonne block of ice floating off the Canadian Arctic coast.


The long stretch of atolls and coral reefs northwest of the main Hawaiian islands is so precious humans generally aren't allowed to venture there.


More than 20 suspected Taliban drowned in a river in southern Afghanistan while fleeing a joint Afghan and NATO attack, an Afghan official said Tuesday.


US Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan has warned that the deficit in US trade with the rest of the world cannot be sustained indefinitely.


Indonesian's Memoir Takes Holy War Into Cyberspace

In a sign of new threats, a jailed militant's autobiography offers tips on Internet credit card fraud.


IOC Receives Bid Books From All Five 2012 Bid Cities

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Monday that it has received the bid books from all five Candidate Cities bidding to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.


E' 'Teatri Aperti' in programma il 29 e 30 settembre


Roma, 15:19 - CALCIO, SPALLETTI: NAZIONALE DOVREBBE ACCETTARE SCELTA TOTTI

Luciano Spalletti difende la scelta di Totti sul suo rapporto con la nazionale. ''Non conosco fino a...


Rice Urges New Chapter in US-Europe Relations

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  called on Tuesday for a new chapter in relations with Europe  after a rift over the Iraq war and began repairing ties with  France, one of the biggest critics of the conflict.


Mantova, 18:37 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: CONVOCATO IL PRIMAVERA ZUGNO

Allenamento tattico e partitella per il Mantova in vista della gara con il Pisa. Al termine il tecni...


After two years, American Lindsay Davenport is closer to returning to the top spot in women's tennis, reported China Radio International.


WEDNESDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Too many Americans aren't getting vaccinated for the flu, including those most at risk -- seniors, children and health-care workers -- U.S. health officials warned Wednesday.


The Dutch government is taking control of its country's gas transport network in a deal that analysts say will boost competition in the Netherlands and ease the way for the creation of a single European gas market.


Accessory manufacturer Mad Catz Interactive has decided to create a dance game to go along with their dance pads. MC Groovz Dance Craze will be the first dance game Nintendo GameCube and should hit stores in time for the holiday season.


Jeremy Hunt's hot shooting and a smothering defensive effort gave No. 8 Memphis a comfortable victory. Hunt scored a career-high 30 points, including 25 and some long 3-pointers before halftime, and the Tigers limited UAB to 31 percent shooting in a 70-56 victory Thursday night.


Up to 50 migrants were missing in seas south of the Canary Islands Thursday after their boat capsized, a Spanish Marine Rescue spokeswoman said.


The Singing Ambassadors, big hit on Sweden's diplomatic scene

Move over ABBA, Stockholm's best-kept musical secret and local hit is -- the diplomatic corps, a group of emissaries from around the globe who meet regularly to sing Swedish folk songs.


U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday after  the Federal Reserve reassured by indicating that further  interest-rate rises were likely to remain at a "measured" pace,  as it increased rates by a quarter point.


NY police shooting of unarmed groom sparks outrage

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, saying he was "deeply disturbed," sought to contain community outrage on Monday after New York police killed a black man on his wedding day by firing 50 bullets at three unarmed men.


A South African businessman is charged with trafficking nuclear material to Asian countries, in particular Pakistan.


Nvidia hit with patent infringement lawsuit

Whose Ball Grid Array is it anyway? Nvidia has been accused of patent infringement. Minneapolis-based Scanner Technologies claims it owns techniques that the GPU maker uses in the manufacture of ball grid array (BGA) chip-pin layouts without its permission. It said the alleged infringement was "willful and deliberate".â¦


HONG KONG - China is gearing up to fight possible outbreaks of bird flu this winter and is training scientists and health workers across the country to diagnose the deadly disease in humans and animals, a top scientist said.


Capacious but costly SanDisk yesterday dealt its most capacious SD memory card yet: a 32GB SDHC that it expects to see on store shelves in April priced at $350 (Â£176/â¬235).â¦


Sudan agrees to halt its military operations in Darfur immediately, a UK envoy in Khartoum says.


Call them the "almost ready for prime-time" Bears. Or maybe you can call them more than that after tomorrow. For the University of California, the time is now. Or, more specifically, tomorrow afternoon, when they take on top-ranked Southern Cal.


Italian films fall flat at Venice festival

When American film maker Quentin  Tarantino called today's Italian cinema "depressing," many in  the industry hoped the Venice film festival would prove him  wrong.


3 Doors Down, Macy Gray Among Inaugural Performers

WASHINGTON (Billboard) - With the Jan. 20 inauguration of  President Bush, visitors to the capital won't be able to swing  a cat next week without hitting a ball or party.


The European Union is set to impose new sanctions against Burma, according to the EU's Dutch presidency. The EU warned last month that it would take action against Burma unless human rights improved before


Actor Spacey Takes Risks with Bobby Darin Film

Even two-time Oscar winners like  Kevin Spacey sometimes need a career makeover.


Torino, 15:44 - CALCIO, JUVE; DESCHAMPS: FAREMO DI TUTTO PER TRATTENERE BUFFON

Buffon tra i punti fermi della Juve del futuro. E' questo il pensiero di Didier Deschamps alla vigil...


Looking for a way of reaching young voters, candidates have discovered the social networking sites.


Portsmouth claim all three points thanks to Yakubu

Aiyegbeni Yakubu earned Portsmouth a deserved 1-0 victory over Tottenham at Fratton Park with only the second away goal conceded this season by the White Hart Lane outfit.


Egg finalises deal to sell French ops to ING Direct

Egg, the Internet bank majority-owned by British insurer Prudential, said it had finalised a deal to sell its French savings and online broking business to Dutch financial services group ING.


NEW YORK, NY Monday Nov.1.2004 /netmusiccountdown.com/ -- The Best of Both Worlds broke down Friday night when R. Kelly left the stage at New York's Madison Square Garden.


Nine get bail in alleged celebrity steroid ring

ALBANY, New York  - Nine people pleaded innocent on Monday to charges related to a suspected steroid ring accused of distributing anti-aging treatments to celebrities and muscle-building drugs to pro athletes.


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A pair of lawsuits filed on behalf of state prison inmates alleged to have died of medical neglect opens a new front in an effort to force prison reforms, family members said Monday.


The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission said on Wednesday that it declared effective Google  Inc.'s GOOG.O registration statement for its initial public  offering.


Sun's JavaFX tools to interop with Adobe

Rich-media darrrlings Java mobile & embedded developer day Sun Microsystems is working on interoperability between design tools from Adobe Systems and its upcoming JavaFX tools for application developers building rich application interfaces and rich-internet applications (RIAs).â¦


Immigrants hit hard by U.S. slowdown and subprime crisis

As an economic slowdown and the subprime mortgage crisis deepen across the United States, Hispanic immigrants are increasingly in danger of losing their jobs and their homes.


Oro nero spinge quello giallo, che resta sopra 600 dollari


Suspected Israeli Agents Kill Militant in Syria

Syria accused Israel of terrorism after a bomb -- which Israeli security sources said Israel planted -- killed a Hamas official in Damascus on Sunday.


House Nears Approval of Domestic Spending Bill

The House last night moved toward approving a $515.7 billion domestic spending bill that shaves billions from the Democrats' hoped-for spending levels but uses emergency spending and other tactics to challenge President Bush on his budget demands.


India and Pakistan are set to hold a second day of talks in Delhi, with Kashmir the main theme.


Study: Dead Cicadas Boost Soil Nutrients

Even in death, the 17-year cicadas made their mark. Their decaying carcasses gave a super-size boost in nutrients to forest soil and stimulated seed and nitrogen production in a plant important to the forest ecosystem, researchers reported in Friday's issue of the journal Science.


Thinks PCs are a fatty, fatty 2x4 When is a thin client computer too thin?â¦


Queen Elizabeth has started a new channel on YouTube and plans to use it to broadcast her Christmas address.


Redskins place faith in Suisham after releasing Novak

The Washington Redskins on Tuesday  released kicker Nick Novak, ending his second stint with the  club.


Ryanair ad banned for slating Lastminute.com

Cartoon robber apprehended An advert for budget airline Ryanair has been banned by the UK's advertising watchdog after it made misleading and unfair comparisons with online travel agent Lastminute.com. The advert broke rules on truthfulness and comparative advertising.â¦


Iran Says It Is Now Running 3,000 Uranium Centrifuges

TEHRAN, Sept. 2 -- Iran's president said Sunday that his country is now running 3,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium for its nuclear program, reaching a goal that could spur efforts to impose new U.N. sanctions on the Islamic republic.


Protagonista un giovane straniero denunciato dalla polizia


United flight from San Francisco lands in Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam The first US passenger jet to fly to Vietnam in almost 30 years is on the ground in Ho Chi Minh City. United Airlines Flight 869 landed in Vietnam about 7:00 this morning after leaving San Francisco yesterday.


The second Test against South Africa is drawn as play ends early with England two wickets short of victory.


Qualcomm IPR gravy train hits the buffers

Biter bit Comment Qualcomm had yet another setback in the courtroom this week, as Broadcom was awarded $19.64m in damages for incorporating Broadcom technology in its baseband chips and software.â¦


Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon, visiting troops in Iraq, says he sees no reason to delay next month's election as preparations are on track.


A Hawaiian company specializing in streaming video claims to have developed a $50 software emulator that allows a Windows PC to run Apple Computer's Mac OS X. Maui X-Stream on Tuesday announced CherryOS, a virtual PC that mimics the hardware of a G4 Mac.


Kansas filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a pharmaceutical distributor accused of trying to gouge a pharmacy for flu vaccine at more than 1,000 percent the usual cost.


World number one Justine Henin eased into the quarter-finals of the Zurich Open on Thursday with a 6-3 6-1 win over Russia's Vera Zvonareva.


Reggae Star Killed in South Africa Carjacking

A team of gunmen shot and killed Lucky Dube in an apparent carjacking attempt that underscored the continuing peril of violent crime in South Africa.


Officially official Microsoft has extended its controversial partnership with Novell to make the Silverlight cross-platform, cross-browser media player run on Linux desktops.â¦


Google may not have monopoly power, but it certainly has monopoly mind share.


Ukraine's Parliament OKs Electoral Reforms

Supporters of Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, wear his orange campaign color as they parade outside the Ukrainian parliament, in Kiev, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004.


Donations from people in Scotland for the tsunami appeal are described as "amazing" by a disaster group.


Brown feels fortunate to have a hand in series

Thirty-two pitches. That's a couple innings for most pitchers -- or two lengthy Johnny Damon at-bats. It amounted to Kevin Brown's entire body of work against the Red Sox Sept. 26. It was not a pretty sight.


African Union tries to break Darfur talks deadlock

The Sudan government and Darfur rebels remained deadlocked at peace talks on Saturday, and African Union mediators were meeting both sides separately to try to end a row over security issues.


Canadian, Afghan troops kill at least 15 Taliban

SANGSAR, Afghanistan  - Canadian troops drove Taliban insurgents into an Afghan army ambush on Saturday and then called in air strikes to hit the fleeing militants, killing at least 15, the Canadian army commander said.


World's Fastest Human proves silence is golden

Greene was clocked talking a mile-a-minute after the 100-meter dash Sunday night, but Gatlin stopped the real clocks in 9.85 seconds.


Some 300 people have shaved their heads in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province to celebrate the victory of former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in this week's presidential election.


New strategic direction: Borland competes with itself Keeping up with Borlandâs corporate plans is a challenge. In early 2006, it said it would see its IDE tools business, including the Delphi and JBuilder products. Nine months later it formed CodeGear, but as a wholly-owned subsidiary, saying that nobody came up with a good enough offer. âIt was obvious that the positive cash flow from the IDE business was much more attractive for us,â Borlandâs Mike Hulme told Reg Dev here.â¦


The Road to Repair and Return is Likely to Be Long and Winding

By MICHAEL ARTZ  The water was rising in Battery Park, and no one was sure why.


Space tourist enjoying her stay, ISS astronaut says

The first female space tourist is   enjoying her stay on the International Space Station (ISS) and   is passing her time by taking photos of the view, a German   astronaut told a news conference in a live link-up on Friday.


Joel Madden says his newborn daughter with Nicole Richie has a healthy appetite.


ST. LOUIS -- The long-awaited sight of David Ortiz playing first base for the Red Sox finally arrived in Game 3 of the World Series on Tuesday night.


Serena Williams, Jennifer Capriati to Meet at Open

Two-time champion Serena Williams and fellow American Jennifer Capriati won in straight sets to advance to a quarterfinal matchup at the US Open, while men's defending champion Andy


A helicopter is not necessarily a match for an angry moose. Instead of lying down after being shot with a tranquilizer dart, a moose charged a hovering helicopter used by a wildlife biologist, damaging the aircraft's tail rotor and forcing it to the ground.


Mary Ellen Solt, who used letter and word arrangements to enhance the meaning of a poem and was a leader in the "concrete poetry" movement, has died. She was 86.


Mr. Obama has become the Pied Piper of the Democratic race, walking off with a larger chunk of young voters than any other recent presidential candidate.


SEO Clinic : TechSmith Screen Capture & Recording Software

Last week Search Engine Journal announced the launch of SEO Clinic, a free service where businesses, individuals and organizations can submit their web sites for a review by our search marketing columnists, or our Resident Pimps. The reaction to the announcement was phenomenal with well over 100 different sites ranging from personal blogs to established  [...]


Iraqis Celebrate Olympic Soccer Quarterfinal Win

Iraqis are celebrating their soccer team's unexpected success at the Olympics. A 1-0 quarterfinal victory against Australia puts the team firmly in the running for a medal.


LDAP: Attributes and Keeping Them Simple

A consensus exists among many writers about jargon. Throw a bunch of undefined words at a reader and he or she will soon fall asleep. In fact, put one term in a paragraph that the reader doesn't understand and a page or two later sleep will start to creep and the reader will lose interest.


Blame it all on the Elizabethan adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh. Ever since he started cultivating potatoes on his Co Cork farm over 400 years ago the Irish have had a strong weakness for the tuber which ...


Secondo i vigili del fuoco, irregolari le misure antincendio


U.S. Planes Hit Iraq's Falluja, Guns Deal Expanded

U.S. warplanes hit the rebel- held  Iraqi city of Falluja overnight as part of a drive to thwart  expected attacks during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan and  ensure security for national polls due in January.


British troops withdraw from Basra Palace, handing control of base to Iraqi forces.


Senator Joe Biden, a foreign-policy expert in the US Senate, joins the race for the White House in 2008.


As an incentive to buy broadband from BT, the telco is offering free calls via the internet.


Scores of people including a key suspect are arrested in China over slave labour in illegal factories, police say.


The eminently resourceful Yankees played long ball and short ball last night, got six more-than-serviceable innings from Kevin Brown, and pushed the Twins to the


Britain may deploy troops to quell fighting in Darfur

Britain could be asked to contribute troops to a 10,000-strong UN peacekeeping force for Sudan under a draft resolution being discussed in the security council, government officials in London indicated yesterday.


Assaereo, cosi' inutili gli sforzi per ristrutturare settore


Iraqi militants reportedly wanted George W. Bush re-elected

That's according to an account by one of the French journalists held captive for four months in Iraq. In a newspaper account of his ordeal, the reporter says a captor from a group calling itself the Islamic


Baseball: After 34 years, baseball returns to Washington

Forget the mayhem in Iraq, the presidential elections, even last night's candidates' debate. A banner headline yesterday in The Washington Post proclaimed the only news in


Botnet hits CastleCops under the belt Castlecops, the volunteer security community that runs a well-known phishing website investigation service, has been hit by a denial of service attack.â¦


Police drummer rips band's "lame" concert

The singer in the Police jumps like  a "petulant pansy," the drummer is making a "complete hash,"  and who knows what the guitarist is doing?


Silent start-up readies to take on Intel in notebooks

Montalvo has some cash and a lot of execs with deep backgrounds in the chip industry. But will it have the staying power to survive against Intel?


The September 11 commission asked the CIA in 2003 and 2004 for information on the interrogation of al Qaeda suspects, only to be told the agency provided all that was requested, The New York Times reported on Saturday.


Italy's Prodi faces crunch budget vote in Senate

Prime Minister Romano Prodi faced a confidence vote in parliament on Friday over his efforts to push through an unpopular budget he described as bitter medicine that Italy has to swallow to get its finances in order.


Presidente Corte Costituzionale, serve divisione poteri


Citigroup to raise $14.5 billion after historic loss

Citigroup Inc on Tuesday said it is raising at least $14.5 billion and cutting its quarterly dividend 41 percent to help shore up a capital base depleted by losses on subprime mortgages and consumer credit.


Ohio State is investigating allegations that a booster provided free dental work to members of the women's basketball team, says Athletic Director Andy Geiger.


The number of people filing an  initial claim for U.S. jobless aid fell by a  larger-than-expected 25,000 in the holiday-shortened week ended  Oct. 16, the government said on Thursday.


Kirsten Dunst will be  honored as female star of the year at ShoWest, the annual film  industry convention that runs Monday-Friday at the Bally's and  Paris hotels in Las Vegas. The "Spider-Man 3" star will be  presented with the award March 15 during ShoWest's  closing-night ceremony.


Cable network Bravo has ordered ten one-hour episodes of "Being Bobby Brown," a reality series about Whitney Houston's troubled husband.


John McCain's forte is national security, not economics.


DEARBORN, Mich. Ford is recalling more than 262-thousand Ford Escape sport utility vehicles to repair a rear gate defect. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the recall covers 2001-through-2005 models.


Christopher Jones' Blog: PHP OCI8 Extension 1.2.4 is in PECL

Christopher Jones continues his previous update on the status of the new OCi8 functionality for PHP in a new post mentioning the bundling up of a recent version into a standalone package.   Antony Dovgal took a snapshot of the OCI8 extension that shipped with PHP 5.2.4 and bundled it up standalone in PECL as OCI8 1.2.4.  Windows binaries are here.    Fixes included in this packages DLL include:   statement caching LOB functionality error handling methods


Driver faces charges over Halberstam's fatal crash

The California student driving the car when Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam was killed in a crash will face a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge, a prosecutor said on Thursday.


Roddick stages great escape to win Queen's title

Andy Roddick staged a great escape to win his fourth Queen's Club trophy in five years with a dramatic 4-6 7-6 7-6 win over France's Nicolas Mahut on Sunday.


SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER -- and with temperatures hovering around 90 degrees this week, swimming is definitely a cool idea. But for many minority and low-income kids and families, there are too few opportunities to learn about safety in and near the water. The YMCA is trying to change that.


WASHINGTON - Dick Cheney and his wife say they are angry at John Kerry for invoking their lesbian daughter during the final presidential debate. Kerry says he was just trying to say something nice about how the Cheneys have dealt with the issue and meant no offense...


One sport that relies increasingly on GPS technology is horseback riding ("Space-age sport," Aug. 16). Horseback riders who practice trail riding for pleasure, or the more demanding cross country sports, are beginning to use GPS in large numbers.


Iran says ban on its uranium enrichment program 'illegal'

Iran said Sunday that demands from the UN atomic watchdog agency that it freeze all work on uranium enrichment â-echnology that can be used for nuclear weapons â -e "illegal.


Baghdad Power Plant Still Damaged, Report Says

After the U.S. government spent millions of dollars to restore parts of a major power station in Baghdad, the plant is still not fully operational because the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity has not properly operated and maintained it, according to a report released yesterday by an oversight agency.


For some investors, the misery of subprime loans, exploding adjustable rate mortgages and slumping sales mean one thing: opportunity.


Alcatel expands US presence with two acquisitions worth $277mn

NEW YORK, September 17  - Alcatel (ALA.NYS) has expanded its operations and presence in the core North American telecommunication market with two separate acquisitions for about $277 million.


Gitmo meeting nixed after report closure is near

A White House meeting planned for Friday about the future of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility has been canceled after The Associated Press reported the Bush administration was "nearing a decision" to close the center.


Simultaneous infection with both HIV and TB is spreading throughout sub-Saharan Africa, researchers say.


Moody's Investors Service on Friday said it may raise its ratings on global energy company AES Corp.(AES.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , citing lower debt and improved cash flow.


Updated plans to improve Redcar's flood defences are to be outlined by the Environment Agency.   Earlier this year, the EA outlined its main flood defence plans for the town. More than 150 people attended Redcar's Coatham Memorial Hall to see a display on an pounds 8m scheme.


Orb Unveils New Service for Digital Media

In a move sure to raise the eyebrows of Hollywood and its partners, a California startup will unveil a service Monday that allows subscribers to remotely access their digital media files — even watch live television — from any gadget with an Internet connection.


Milano, 11:58 - CALCIO, MORTO POLIZIOTTO: MARTEDI' CONSIGLIO DI LEGA

Si svolgerà martedÃ¬ alle 11 all'Hilton Airport di Roma un consiglio direttivo straordinario d...


'Heart Sock' Dealt Third Setback: FDA Vote Means Acorn Must Spend Millions on Studies

By Christopher Snowbeck, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Dec. 16--The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has for a third time socked a local company's plan to market a "heart sock" device for the treatment of congestive heart failure.


Most impoortant ministerial decision of year: introduction of 16 percent flat income tax

The most important ministerial decision of the year 2004 was the introduction of the flat income tax.


Speculation is mounting that Northern Ireland boss Lawrie Sanchez may resign.


The former president makes his first appearance on behalf of John Kerry since bypass surgery


Ivan may delay Southern Miss-California game

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Unless Hurricane Ivan drifts drastically to the east by Tuesday morning, the Southern Miss-California football game set for Thursday night will be postponed.


No-one should be prosecuted over a high-speed crash that nearly killed a presenter on BBC television's "Top Gear" programme despite failings in safety management, according to a report published Friday.


Ashley Cole says the Spanish coach should be axed after the racist chants in Madrid.


The UK's biggest charity concert since Live Aid for Asian tsunami victims starts at the Millennium Stadium.


Failure of leadership: New Abu Ghraib reports look up the ranks

The Bush administration has long insisted that a few "bad apples" were solely to blame for the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.


Sold a lot of iPhones in two days AT&T is celebrating after posting another strong quarter - bringing in $29.5bn in revenues and making reported net profit of $2.9bn, up from $1.8bn last year on revenue of $15.8bn.â¦


Israeli Airstrike in Gaza Kills Palestinian

An Israeli aircraft has fired a missile at a house in a northern Gaza Strip refugee camp, killing at least one person and wounding three others.


"Ocean's Twelve": Scene-stealing gang of thieves is back in action

Steven Soderbergh's so-breezy-it-could-blow-away caper "Ocean's Twelve" is not so much a movie as a riff on a movie, a game played by beautiful people in exotic locations who all seem to be having a fabulous time.


Turkeys are to be slaughtered and processed again at the Bernard Matthews farm where bird flu was discovered.


Still think the cola wars are about Coke vs. Pepsi? These days the carbonated beverage battleground is diet vs. regular, and it's looking increasingly as though the lightweight could flatten its full-calorie cousin.


Nine Saturdays ago, the answer was Maria Sharapova, the 6-foot Siberian who made the opposition at Wimbledon seem like seven female dwarfs.


Southeast Asian leaders and their dialogue partners from China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, and New Zealand converge today at the opening of


Just a few minutes of moderate daily exercise may stave off the signs of dementia in the elderly, a new study suggests


Idea di Bush su bagno sangue dopo ritiro, e' pura demagogia


Researcher from Columbia University in New York wins Nobel Prize

A Columbia University professor on Monday was awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Richard Axel, 58, and fellow researcher Linda Buck received the award for their studies on the sense of smell.


1991 Gulf War vets may face higher cancer risk: report

WASHINGTON  - Lung cancers among US veterans of the 1991 Gulf War (news - web sites) could be linked to exposure to damaging substances from oil well fires or missile propellents, according to a report.


Google considers launching YouTube in SKorea

The world's top Internet search engine Google is looking to launch YouTube in South Korea later this year to capitalise on the fast-growing user created content market here, a report said Friday.


Rice: U.S. eying ways to aid Palestinians

Providing more humanitarian relief and freer movement across borders are ways the U.S. may be able to help improve the lives of Palestinians, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.


Ralph Nader asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to place him on the general election ballot in Pennsylvania, a battleground state expected to be critical in the outcome of the Nov. 2 presidential election.


European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said Wednesday he remained open to negotiate an end to a trans-Atlantic standoff with the United States over subsidies for Airbus and Boeing.


Ohio county eyes switch to optical-scan e-voting

Cuyahoga county officials in Ohio are considering a switch away from touch-screen e-voting systems to optical scan devices -- a move that could mean scrapping a $17 million investment in Diebold Election Systems hardware.


JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (CNNfn) - The US government must not promise benefits to aging baby boomers that it cannot afford, because that could mean painful future adjustments to taxes and spending, according to Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan.


A pro-business opposition party that wants Poland's troops out of Iraq ousted Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski's government in parliamentary elections Sunday, as Poles opted for leadership offering a more cooperative approach to the European Union.


Former Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi hit the campaign trail Friday without waiting to find out if the country faces early elections as a result of Premier Romano Prodi's resignation, which followed a humiliating defeat in a Senate vote.


Thousands of Indonesians spend the night outdoors after a powerful earthquake which kills at least 70.


Palermo, 19:41 - CALCIO, DIRITTI TV: PALERMO AL 99% SU SKY

L'amministratore delegato del Palermo Rinaldo Sagramola fa chiarezza sulla cessione dei diritti Tv d...


The National Science Foundation on Tuesday chose South Dakota's closed Homestake Gold Mine as the site for a new underground physics lab to study the history and makeup of the universe.


UAW leaders say strike an option in national talks

United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger and Vice President Cal Rapson said on Friday that a strike is one possible option during the upcoming national negotiations with U.S.-based automakers.


VATICANO - Approvati dal Pontificio Consiglio per i Laici gli Statuti della ComunitÃ  ÂShalomÂ CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Circa 500 pellegrini sono arrivati a Roma per festeggiare il riconoscimento pontificio della ComunitÃ  Cattolica Shalom. Il decreto di approvazione degli Statuti della ComunitÃ  Ã¨ stato firmato e consegnato oggi, ma...


Gaza truce begins, raising peacemaking chances

A ceasefire between Palestinian militants in Gaza and Israel took effect on Sunday after five months of bloodshed in the coastal strip, raising the possibility of moribund Middle East peacemaking being revived.


Coca-Cola North America president resigns

Coca-Cola Co. KO.N on Wednesday said   the president of its North America division, Donald Knauss, was   resigning to accept a job as chairman and chief executive of   another company.


In esecuzione 9 ordinanze di custodia cautelare


A 1,4586 dollari dopo taglio tassi da parte della Fed


HP and Oracle hit IBM with four penny TPC-C stomp

2x the cores for a few more transactions HP and Oracle have fought back to unseat IBM as the TPC-C benchmark title holder.â¦


Grant Hill is finally free to concentrate on basketball.


Keyholders of large stores in Londonderry are asked to return to their shops after an incendiary device explodes.


Udine, 17:55 - CALCIO, UDINESE; MARINO: SODDISFATTO DAI MIEI GIOVANI

Il tecnico dell'Udinese, Pasquale Marino, è soddisfatto del pari senza reti con il Palermo ed...


Allen, Turkey's Okur named NBA All-Star replacements

Turkish forward Mehmet Okur of the Utah Jazz and Seattle SuperSonics guard Ray Allen were selected as injury replacements for Sunday's National Basketball Association All-Star Game.


His superstar pairing of Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods 2-down through six holes Friday morning, US captain Hal Sutton hardly seemed like the picture of concern.


Non Ã¨ Angela Celentano la ragazzina nomade

Negativo il test del Dna effettuato sulla saliva. I genitori: Â«L'Italia intera non si Ã¨ dimenticata della nostra bambinaÂ». NAPOLI - Non Ã¨ Angela Celentano la zingarella trovata ieri mattina da due vigili urbani a San Giorgio a Cremano, nel napoletano.


G7 wants appreciation in yuan vs euro: ECB member

The message of the recent Group of Seven meeting is for an appreciation of the yuan against the euro, following the Chinese currency's gains versus the dollar, a European Central Bank executive board member said.


PARIS Gucci Group, the Italian luxury goods company, said Wednesday that it had dismissed Giacomo Santucci as chief executive of its Gucci brand business.


Australian Opposition Leader Wins TV Debate Before Election

Australia's opposition Labor Party leader Mark Latham won the only public debate that he and Prime Minster John Howard will hold before an Oct. 9 general election, according to audience responses to the event.


Icahn Offers $5.4 Billion for Mylan, Drug Maker

The billionaire financier Carl Icahn offered to buy the generic drug maker Mylan Laboratories to force the company to drop its acquisition of King Pharmaceuticals.


Italian PM fights for survival in confidence votes

Italy's centre-left government struggled to stay afloat on Wednesday and even the president appeared to doubt that Prime Minister Romano Prodi, weakened by defections, could survive a confidence vote in the Senate.


While Marion Jones was the focus of attention this side of the Atlantic following Friday's explosive television appearance by Victor Conte, the man at the centre of the Balco


Author and activist Susan Sontag has died in New York. She was 71. News of her death today came from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan.


THREE local beaches recorded their worst bathing water results in five years, according to the Environment Agency.


Two car bombs injured 13 people in the capital of Chechnya, medical staff and officials have said. The first explosion hit a convoy of cars carrying pro-Moscow police at 0430 GMT.


Tequila's `Shot at Love' is toast of MTV

One man and one woman still have "A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila" Â and viewers are very interested. The zany reality show starring bisexual Internet celebrity Tila Tequila is among the top 15 cable shows and has become MTV's second most popular series, just behind Lauren Conrad and company on "The Hills," according to numbers from Nielsen Media Research.


Office software exec will retire in September Jeff Raikes, head of Microsoft's Office software business is stepping down after 26 years with the company.â¦


UK inflation slowed to 2.4% in June, official figures show, fanning fears that interest rates will rise later this year.


NEW YORK -- Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., trailing NYSE Euronext in the race to expand into Europe, may say as early as today that it is buying Sweden's OMX AB for more than $3 billion, two people familiar with the talks said.


To a quarterback, a Bill Belichick-designed defense can be like a computer virus. Once it gets into your system, it can cause long-term contamination.


NEW YORK -- Two wins in last season's NIT and five returning starters apparently get you just one thing in Big East Conference basketball.


Deal struck in Libya foreign medics case

A settlement has been reached to resolve the crisis over five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death in Libya for allegedly infecting more than 400 children with the AIDS virus, a foundation headed by the Libyan leader's son said Tuesday.


Soccer: Montella's late strike keeps Roma clinging to a dream

ROME : Vincenzo Montella scored in second-half injury-time to give Roma a 1-1 draw at home to Germany's Bayer Leverkusen in their behind closed doors Champions League tie at the Olympic stadium.


Mizuho, Sumitomo Mitsui Post Lower Profits

Mizuho and Sumitomo Mitsui, two of Japan's four biggest banking groups, reported Monday that their group net profits for the first fiscal half fell from the previous year, despite some progress in getting rid of bad debts.


Germany woke up to fears that the political tremors sparked by state elections in Saxony and Brandenburg on Sunday could lead to deeper division within their country and scare off investors.


Successful schools are urged to merge with weak schools - and the Duchy of Lancaster is to be a "trust" partner.


Valentino Rossi secured his fourth consecutive MotoGP world championship in style with a thrilling win in the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island.


The NHS is overburdened by inspections by at least 56 different bodies, a report has warned.


China's capital  is to install 1,000 new condom vending machines to fight the spread of HIV and Aids.


Report: Fannie Mae board considers changes

Fannie Mae's board has reached a decision on management changes in the wake of the accounting turmoil at the mortgage giant and will announce the changes later Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal says on its Web site, quoting an unnamed source.


Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson have begun casting Republican rival Mitt Romney as a scion of the upper class, contrasting him with their more humble roots in hopes of undermining the richest candidate in a well-off group.


BHP Billiton reports record first-half profit

Mining giant BHP Billiton reported a record first half-profit of 6.168 billion dollars, up from 4.364 billion in the same period the previous year.


Nicole Richie and her rocker boyfriend Joel Madden are the parents of a daughter, the couple's rep at Handprint Entertainment tells PEOPLE.   Harlow Winter Kate Madden was born Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and weighed 6 lbs., 7 oz.   "The ...


Microsoft oversight agreement to be extended

California asked the federal judge  overseeing Microsoft's  antitrust oversight agreement  to extend a section of it by three years to 2012.


For Chemical Pesticide Makers, A Fly in the (Organic) Ointment

The makers of such insecticides as Raid and Off are taking a swat at what they consider a new nuisance in the neighborhood: nontoxic, botanical pesticides that are ratcheting up competition in the war on bugs.


Residents hit by deadly California wildfires are warned of pollution levels three times higher than normal.


World's largest software maker is pursuing companies who register variations of its key brands.


L'Associazione dei comuni italiani propone l'iniziativala data Ã¨ da concordare ma verrÃ  stabilita entro due settimane                                                  Smog, i sindaci al governo "Stop al traffico in tutte le cittÃ "                                                                                Anci: "Combattere l'inquinamento Ã¨ un'emergenza nazionale"


November 08, 2004 - ATI today has announced its RADEON XPRESS 200 motherboard chipset. Targeted at AMD Athlon 64 and Sempron processors, the chipset features an integrated graphics core based on ATI's RADEON X300 chipset.


Cooder sings, plays on new "Buddy" album

Guitarist Ry Cooder will follow his  2005 album "Chavez Ravine" with "My Name Is Buddy," due March 6  via Nonesuch, sources told Billboard.com. On it, Cooder  narrates from the perspective of Buddy Red Cat, a fictional  feline who sees the world.


Regia di Ruiz, narra storia del controverso pittore viennese


Colombian President Alvaro Uribe says he is willing to reopen "direct contact" with left-wing Farc rebels.