The group led by wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has said it has abducted a member of Japan's armed forces and is threatening to behead him if the Japanese government does not withdraw its troops from Iraq within 48 hours.


The Bush administration's new overtime rules went into effect on Monday, but the Kerry campaign has already begun attacking the regulations, saying they will hurt millions of American workers.


After a banner '04, forecasters see a slower '05

WASHINGTON -- Despite soaring oil prices and a slumping dollar, the United States enjoyed a banner year in terms of economic growth in 2004, but the new year is likely to see a significant slowdown, private economists say.


America's Cup experience reaches public domain

If the America's Cup is the Formula One of sailing, then Russell Coutts is giving enthusiasts the chance to sample being the equivalent of Lewis Hamilton or Fernando Alonso.


Yahoo Inc. appeared to move a step closer to challenging Google Inc. in searchable Web mail, acquiring the startup behind the powerful e-mail application Bloomba.


TIME theater critic Richard Zoglin and music critic Josh Tyrangiel debate Madonna and her new tour


Microsoft, Citrix renew ties for Longhorn

Citrix Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. this week announced an extension to their long-standing partnership that will allow Citrix to support the next version of the Windows Server -- code-named Longhorn -- in its popular access products.


Il Salone del Gusto a quota 90.000 visitatori

Sabato 23, infatti, circa 35.000 persone hanno varcato la soglia del Lingotto: sempre piÃ¹ numerosi i giovani ei visitatori stranieri, a dimostrazione della formula indovinata di un evento che riesce a mettere insieme gusto, cultura ed educazione.


Dell continued to outpace the rest of the IT industry during its third quarter, with strong growth in shipments, revenue and net income.


Arafat's death makes little impression on most students

Although Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died Wednesday, University student groups who are often no strangers to political activity have remained largely silent over his death.


Musharraf Can Be Pakistan President and Army Chief

Pakistan passed a law on Tuesday that  will allow President Pervez Musharraf to stay on as army chief  despite his pledge that he would quit his military post by the  end of the year.


Perry's Son Hired By Firm Consulting on Lottery: Exclusive: Correlation Denied, but Company Stands to Gain From Sale

By Christy Hoppe, The Dallas Morning News  Feb. 13--AUSTIN -- UBS, one of two large financial firms consulting with the governor's office over the possible sale of the Texas lottery, hired Gov. Rick Perry's son to work in its Dallas office about two weeks ago.


Schools should be given cash incentives to take underperforming children, says Lib Dem education chief Sarah Teather.


The fastest knee in the world has jerked, and given a reaction. In a predictable retort to BALCO, steroid distributor Victor Conteâs statement that Marion Jones used dope even before the Sydney Olympics


Salesforce bolts on Google ad management utility

So what was all the fuss about? Salesforce.com and Google have announced an online ads and CRM alliance that'll have some in Silicon Valley feeling deflated this morning.â¦


Edwards' nonprofit kept his profile high

After losing the race for the White House in 2004, John Edwards needed a way to stay in the spotlight.


Bill Clinton was gearing up for his first run at the White House. Magic Johnson and Larry Bird were in their last years in the NBA. And the Toronto Blue Jays won the first of back-to-back World Series titles.


Omicidio ad Ercolano, vittima forse affiliata a clan Birra


Rio drug traffickers take exception to Santa's chopper

Open fire on flying Saint Nick A Brazilian Santa en route to a kids' party in a Rio de Janeiro favela (slum) was forced to seek an alternative means of transport after drug traffickers opened fire on his helicopter, the Telegraph reports.â¦


Three men found guilty of plotting to rape a girl via an internet chat room are jailed.


Referees had to separate German and Argentine players who scuffled for several minutes after the hosts' quarterfinal victory.


Once again, rivalry between Fiji's ethnic Indian community and indigenous islanders leads to a coup in the South Pacific nation


Today on the presidential campaign trail

IN THE HEADLINES ... All eyes on the Iowa turnout ... Giuliani skips Iowa to campaign in Florida .... Will anyone notice Wyoming caucuses?


U.S. attack helicopters killed four suspects and wounded three in operations south of Baghdad, the military said Sunday.


The FA is to investigate allegations of "bungs" within the game uncovered by BBC Panorama.


IMF Lowers Korea's 2004 Economic Growth Forecast

The International Monetary Fund has lowered its 2004 economic growth forecast for Korea to 4.6 percent, citing weak domestic consumer spending amid rising household and corporate debt.


Description: Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition film critic Kenneth Turan reviews Ray, a new film about the life of Ray Charles.


Shares Decline on Larger Loss at Circuit City

Shares of the electronics retailer Circuit City Stores fell sharply after the company reported a wider-than-expected loss.


Fioroni, tolleranza zero per comportamenti cosi' gravi


A European Union court ruled that Microsoft must immediately divulge some trade secrets to competitors and produce a version of its flagship Windows operating system stripped of the program that plays music and video.


Cuba has erected several huge billboards near the US mission with pictures of abused Iraqi prisoners and American soldiers pointing a rifle at children.


Brit Tim Henman has kept alive his chances of reaching the Masters Cup semi-finals in Houston with a 6-2 6-2 victory over Argentine Guillermo Coria.


The Terrorist Statesman Took Peace Nowhere

Yasser Arafat's last days on earth, a subject of intense interest throughout much of the world, have evoked mixed emotions in the country that was his life's obsession: Israel.


Amazon.com and Microsoft Corp., the twin peaks of the Seattle area's technology community, are joining forces to attack the tide of spam and fraudulent e-mail messages that clog in-boxes


Giudice pace dovra' decidere se deve rimanere


EUROPA/ITALIA - EÂ in corso a Roma lÂIncontro europeo dei docenti universitari. Alla Cattolica tre convegni su cellule staminali e nuove tecnologie biomediche, futuro della bioetica, lÂuomo e lÂecosistema Roma (Agenzia Fides) - ÂUn nuovo umanesimo per l'Europa. Il ruolo delle UniversitÃ Â Ã¨ il titolo dellÂIncontro europeo dei docenti universitari, in corso a Roma dal 21 al 24 giugno 2007 promosso dallÂUfficio per la pastorale universitaria del Vicariat...


Air Canada to Buy 45 Aircraft From Embraer

Scheduled to fly out of bankruptcy-court shelter this week, Air Canada announced a deal Wednesday to buy 45 Embraer aircraft in a deal worth at least $1.


Hospital nets $2.5m profit from operations

Tufts-New England Medical Center posted a $2.5 million operating profit in its fiscal first quarter, reflecting what executives called improved performance at a hospital that is trying to overcome serious financial and operating difficulties.


China Terminates Dumping Probes on Octanol Imports From Japan

Beijing, Jan. 31 (Jiji Press)--The Chinese Ministry of Commerce said Wednesday that it has terminated its dumping investigations into imports of octanol from Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and European Union nations.


NEW DELHI: India has virtually pricked Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's latest trial balloon on Kashmir. Musharraf had on Monday suggested that India and Pakistan could consider the option of identifying


Michael Moore plans 'Fahrenheit 9/11' sequel

Director Michael Moore is planning a sequel to "Fahrenheit 9/11", his polemic against the Bush administration, to be released about the time of the next presidential campaign, a spokeswoman for his distributor said on Thursday.


With the most dramatic gesture of a largely undistinguished final, Ernie Els holed a 20ft birdie putt on the 35th green of the HSBC World Match Play Championship to win the event for a record sixth time.


France becomes the latest European country to  introduce a ban on smoking in  workplaces.


13th century Koran sets two world auction records

A 13th century Koran was sold for 1.14 million pounds ($2.33 million) on Tuesday, setting two world auction records, auctioneers Christie's said.


Open-Xchange plans to expand from Europe to the United States--and move many operations too. Also, more components are becoming open-source software.


Patrick Lalime stopped 34 shots in his season debut to earn his first shutout in almost three years as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-0 Wednesday night.


I suppose there's only room for one winning team in New England at a time. Maybe the Patriots will win another Super Bowl in 86 years or so.


Libby Gets 30 Months in Prison in C.I.A. Leak Case

A federal judge today sentenced I. Lewis Libby Jr., the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, for perjury and obstructing an inquiry into the leak of a C.I.A. operativeâs identity.


CHALLENGES 2006-2007:  The Climate Change Tipping Point?

BROOKLIN, Canada, Dec 18 (IPS) - This was the year that most people in the U.S. and  Canada began to take climate change seriously and express hope  that their governments would take action to reduce emissions --  but it is unclear if they will take action themselves.


Kasey Keller plays only in World Cup qualifiers these days. After starting nearly every game for Tottenham Hotspur for two years, he's hasn't appeared once this season. Yet, he's been in goal for all three World Cup qualifiers for the United States, which plays El Salvador on Saturday at Foxboro, Mass., then goes to Panama for a Wednesday game in a pair of semifinal-round matchups.


. The Government confirmed Australia had turned down an approach by the United Nations to send troops to help protect UN officials in Iraq.


T-Mobile internet biz buys a slice of VoIP action

Jajah completes big name backer roster Jajah, the Austro-Californian VoIP outfit we profiled last week, has announced that the mystery second investor in its third funding round is Deutsche Telekom (DT).â¦


Scientists know so little about a disorder that links a strep infection with obsessive-compulsive disorder in children that some question whether it even exists.


On a recent campaign stop, President Bush dropped in to visit the Cleveland Browns before one of their training camp practices.


PeopleSoft, Oracle User Groups Have Their Own Merger Issues

Oracle's president may have added fuel to a simmering dispute among PeopleSoft and JD Edwards user groups when he made contact.


South Korea wrested from Japan the status of the world's leading shipbuilding nation, but China has embarked on a path toward becoming the largest shipbuilder by 2015.


Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon has criticised the seven-month ban handed out to Adrian Mutu, claiming the FA had shown themselves to be 'weak over the issue of drugs'.


Unocal Corp. UCL.N has agreed to  settle two closely watched lawsuits accusing the U.S. oil giant  of turning a blind eye to human rights abuses that occurred  during the construction of a pipeline in Myanmar, the company  said on Monday.


FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Andre Woodson and Kentucky have the comeback down pat.


LONDON -- Prince Charles announced Thursday that he will marry longtime lover Camilla Parker Bowles, putting an official seal on a three-decade romance that Princess Diana blamed for the breakdown of her tempestuous marriage to the heir to the throne.


Envoy urges patience on North Korea deadline

North Korea's failure to meet a deadline to declare its nuclear activities needs to be confronted with patience and perseverance, a senior U.S. envoy said on Monday.


Russia stays Yukos execution for three months

Yukos won a stay of execution when a Russian official said its main production unit will have three months to scrape up cash to cover a crushing tax bill that could otherwise bury the wounded oil giant.


Yankees beat Jays but Rodriguez courts controversy

The New York Yankees pounded the  Toronto Blue Jays 10-5 in a controversial road win on Wednesday  that snapped the Yankees' five-game losing streak .


Promo controversy has overshadowed the fact that 'Monday Night Football' isn't grabbing the ratings. By Chris Isidore, CNN/Money senior writer.


Global body has misused tens of millions in its peacekeeping mission over the past 3 years.


Nigeria's ruling party presidential contender is flown abroad for a medical check-up.


The latest dogfight in the highly competitive airline industry is for bragging rights to the best nightâs sleep in the sky.


Pacchetto di maggioranza gia' acquisito per 3,1 mld euro


Export Support for German Recovery Slips

German exports fell slightly in August, the government's statistics agency said Friday, in a sign that the strong support from exports for the country's budding recovery is beginning to ease.


Iraqi politician calls for elections delay

Iraqi politician Adnan Pachachi has called for a six-month delay before elections originally scheduled for 30 January. Citing the tense security situation and the need to ensure thet greatest number of Iraqis


Pressioni interne e internazionali per revoca blocco


WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration's new emphasis on old-fashioned diplomacy appears to be bearing fruit.


US stocks closed lower last night as investors grappled with a number of conflicting economic reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended its session down 47.88 points, at 10,428.02.


Hospital struggles with deadly S.Africa TB

TUGELA FERRY, South Africa  - In a country where AIDS kills 900 people each day, full hospitals and beleaguered doctors are nothing new.


A "pupil passport" scheme in Sweden is proving popular with parents, as BBC education correspondent Mike Baker reports.


PM denies foreign policy stirs terrorism

Prime Minister Tony Blair has denied that his government's foreign policy, including the war in Iraq, was to blame for terrorism.


Chicago approves $1.8 billion Skyway lease

Facing a budget shortfall, the Chicago City Council has unanimously approved leasing the 7.8-mile Chicago Skyway toll road to a Spanish-Australian consortium.


Oracle Sets Deadline for BEA to Accept Its Takeover Bid

With no other suitors stepping forward, Oracle has threatening to abandon its $6.7 billion bid for BEA Systems unless its smaller rival accepts the offer by Sunday.


Pope John Paul says he has fears about Iraq, Sudan and other hotspots, though he hopes that what he calls timid peace-building efforts will eventually bear fruit.


Renata Tebaldi, one of the leading operatic sopranos of the 20th century, died today at her home in San Marino, the Associated Press reports.


Huge Car Bomb Kills Lebanon's Ex-PM Hariri

A huge car bomb on Monday killed  Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, a billionaire  who masterminded the country's reconstruction from its 1975-90  civil war.


Uomo di 82 anni trovato senza vita dai vigili del fuoco


Russia must focus on inflation, not growth: IMF

Russia's economy threatens to overheat and monetary policymakers should shift their focus from producing dramatic growth figures to implementing anti-inflation measures, IMF director general Rodrigo Rato said on arrival to Moscow.


The US president is to announce troop reductions in Iraq in a speech later this week, the White House says.


Saturday Interview: The Future for XM, With or Without a Sirius Merger

Nate Davis, president and interim chief executive of XM Satellite Radio, and Gary Parsons, the companyâs chairman, recently discussed the merger and the future of the company if the merger petition is not successful.


US Postal wins opening stage of Spanish Vuelta

US Postal Service easily won a team time trial Saturday in the opening stage of the Spanish Vuelta, the third and last major tour of the European cycling season.


(InfoWorld) - Security researchers Monday disclosed critical vulnerabilities in two popular Windows instant messaging clients, Yahoo Messenger and Trillian. The Yahoo Messenger bug, which was posted to the Full Disclosure mailing list Monday by Rajesh Sethumadhavan, is a buffer overflow flaw that can be exploited with a specially crafted address book entry. Messenger immediately crashes when it encounters the malformed entry, Sethumadhavan said, but it may also be susceptible to code execution, meaning an attacker might be able to inject his own malicious code -- a keystroke stealer or a spam bot, for instance -- into a compromised PC. Yahoo Inc. has not posted a patch for the vulnerability; the company did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation and comment. Trillian, a multiservice client, also sports two bad bugs, said other researchers. A trio made up of Nate Mcfeters, Billy "BK" Rios, and Raghav "The Pope" Dube identified two vulnerabilities in Trillian's handling of the AIM URI (uniform resource identifier). According to Mcfeters, Rios, and Dube, the Trillian flaws are similar to the Internet Explorer/Firefox vulnerability that raised a ruckus last week. "The first example shows the dangers of passing unfiltered arguments to programs that have registered URIs (much like the firefoxurl: vulnerability)," the three wrote in their advisory. "The second example shows that even if arguments are sanitized [emphasis in original] by the browser, many programs can be remotely pwnd via registered URIs and poor development practices." US-CERT posted its own warning Monday as well. The bugs have been confirmed in Trillian 3.1.6.0, added Copenhagen-based vulnerability tracker Secunia APS, which pegged the problems as "highly critical," its second most dire rating. The Web site of Trillian developer Cerulean Studios did not offer an indication that a patch for the Trillian flaw would be forthcoming.


Circuit City Posts Loss, but Beats Estimate

Circuit City Stores, the consumer electronics chain, reported a smaller-than-expected loss in the second quarter Friday because of higher sales and fewer


After Getting His Way, Bryant Loses His Way

Kobe Bryant got everything he wanted. Isn't that what everyone said last summer? Wasn't that the premise when the Los Angeles Lakers gave Bryant, their star guard, a $136 million contract and


Store Wants ID for All Cigarettes, Alcohol

Betty Ann Fischer has been old enough to buy liquor for more than 50 years. So the 71-year-old was a little surprised when a grocery store clerk asked her for ID before selling her a bottle of wine.


High oil price will last until March: OPEC president

The high price of oil will continue until the end of March 2008, the president of OPEC said Saturday.


Breast cancer study will analyze sisters

A new national clinical trial will probe genetic and environmental causes of breast cancer by studying 50,000 sisters of women already diagnosed with the disease that is the second-leading cancer killer of women.


An Airman stationed at Sembach Annex, Germany, was named one of the 2004 Ten Outstanding Young Americans by U.S. Junior Chamber officials here.


Pharmaceutical wholesaler McKesson Corp  reported on Thursday that its quarterly profit fell 17 percent as results were hurt by lower profit margins on certain generic drugs and charges taken.


Sirius Satellite Radio: "Broadway: The American Musical" Director ...

Special guest Oct. 11-24 on "Radio Playbill" is Michael Kantor, who has spent much of the last decade on an epic project, the six-part TV miniseries, "Broadway: The American Musical," debuting Oct. 19-21 on PBS.


Doctors have prescribed less Celebrex, Vioxx and Bextra since ...

When Dr. Sherwin Siff got the news three months ago that the popular painkiller Vioxx was being pulled from the market, he had a good idea its cousins, Celebrex and Bextra, would face problems, too.


Disney Parks eyes stand-alone hotels, niche parks

The Walt Disney Co.  is  considering "blue sky concepts" of creating smaller theme parks  and stand-alone hotels, retail, dining and entertainment  centers, Jay Rasulo, chairman of Disney's Parks and Resorts  told analysts at a conference on Wednesday.


UPDATE 3-Gambro sells US kidney clinics unit to DaVita

Swedish kidney-care company Gambro AB (GAMBa.ST: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday it signed a $3.05 billion deal to sell its US clinics


Auckland, New Zealand (Sports Network) - Two-time Grand Slam title winner Mary Pierce withdrew from next week's season-opening ASB Classic tournament for undisclosed medical reasons.


Ivo was downgraded from a tropical storm to a depression early Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said.


Eccesso di potere sulla fecondazione medicalmente assistita


Russia to Hold YUKOS Auction Despite US Court

Russia will forge ahead with an auction on Sunday to sell the key asset of stricken oil company YUKOS despite an order from a US bankruptcy court blocking the sale for 10 days, an official said on Friday.


Oil falls sharply on healthy fuel stocks

Oil fell sharply on Thursday to its  lowest price in nearly two months after ample U.S. fuel  stockpiles eased investor fears of supply shortages as the U.S.  summer driving season drawing to a close.


US missile attack kills 13 civilians in Iraq

"I am a journalist. I'm dying, I'm dying," screamed Mazen al-Tumeizi, a correspondent for the Arabic television channel al-Arabiya, after shrapnel from a rocket fired by an American helicopter slammed into his back.


London Stock Exchange (LSE) directors are confident that the firm's investors will approve its takeover of Borsa Italiana.


Actress Lindsay Lohan is to serve 24 hours in jail after pleading guilty to drink driving and drug charges.


Big celebration in France over the release of the two kidnapped journalists

The two French journalists Christian Shino and George Malbrono on Wednesday arrived in their country amid large celebrations after a detention crisis in Iraq lasted for 4 months.


Londra, 11:58 - CALCIO, CHELSEA E LAMPARD VERSO LA ROTTURA

Secondo il domenicale inglese 'News of the World', Frank Lampard sarebbe vicino all'addio al Chelsea...


Area engineer was in at the start of the space race

Maxime "Max" Faget, an intuitive engineer who became the chief architect of NASA's Mercury capsule and a key contributor to the design of three other manned spacecraft, has died.


Thousands give Arafat emotional farewell

asser Arafat was buried Friday to gunfire and mob devotion as his people stormed buildings and overran his walled compound in a frenzied send-off the guerrilla warrior wouldn't have had any other way.


Reliance Industries approves share buyback, shares stage rally ...

[Business India]: Mumbai, Dec 27 : Corporate behemoth Reliance Industries Monday approved one of corporate India's largest share buyback programmes with a view to curbing volatility in company stocks that have been badly hit by an ownership slugfest.


Update 1: Bankrupt Horizon Sells for $786 Million

The new owners of Horizon Natural Resources - once the nation's fourth-largest coal company - will divide the company into two entities: International Coal Group and Old Ben Coal Co.


NFL clubs may no longer serve alcohol at team functions or on buses or flights, extending a ban that until now applied only in locker rooms.


Radke, Twins stop Tigers' winning streak

Brad Radke won for the seventh time in eighth decisions, lifting the Minnesota Twins over Detroit 4-2 Tuesday night and stopping the Tigers' four-game winning streak.


A global survey of consumer confidence released Wednesday shows that European consumers are generally pessimistic about the economic outlook for the next 12 months, people in the Asia-Pacific are optimistic and Americans lie somewhere in between.


Shell-shocked Americans Andy Roddick and  Venus Williams joined men's top seed Roger Federer in the  favorites' exodus from the Olympic tennis tournament on  Wednesday.


Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia (middle) delivers a speech to journalists in front of part of Israel's West Bank barrier, near Qalqiliya, 11 January 2004.


Hungarians test eastern Europe's gay taboo

"I am Gabor Szetey. A faithful Hungarian-European. Citizen, public official, member of the government. And gay."


Nokia's latest smartphone gives a widescreen view

Nokia's latest smartphone, the 7710, takes a widescreen approach to helping users be productive on the move. The device was launched at the mobile phone maker's Mobility Conference in Monaco in Tuesday.


By NASSER KARIMI TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian rocket launched over the weekend that soared to the edge of space was intended for research, an Iranian space official said, in comments that appeared intended to show that the program is aimed at launching satellites, not missiles.


Big builder Hovnanian appears to be saying that things could get worse before they improve.


Dreams of bombs, bad guys haunt Baghdad's children

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


Red Sox, Athletics to Open 2008 in Japan

The Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics are lined up to meet in a Tokyo Dome opener next season.


IOC opens probe of Jones doping allegations

The IOC opened an investigation yesterday into doping allegations against Marion Jones, who could eventually be stripped of her five medals from the 2000 Olympics.


Dairy farmers are to protest at Tesco stores about the amount of the money they receive from the sale of milk.


GM says could take $1 billion charge on Delphi

General Motors Corp. could take a  $1 billion charge in the second quarter in relation to its  financial exposure to Delphi Corp , GM spokeswoman  Renee Rashid-Merem said on Thursday.


Users: Integration key to real world DLP

If security industry sources prove correct and Symantec is busy putting the finishing touches on a deal to acquire data leakage prevention specialist Vontu, the acquisition will undoubtedly lead to further integration of DLP technology with many other forms of IT security agents.


Caffe Nero agrees to a Â£225m management buyout led by the coffee chain's founder and chairman Gerry Ford.


A NASCAR race car, sponsored by the U.S. Border Patrol. Billboards hundreds of miles from the Rio Grande, promoting a career as a border agent. TV commercials for the federal agency, aired during Dallas Cowboys games.


Ailing Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic on Friday withdrew from next week's ATP tournament here because of flu, organisers said.


Iranians find heater caused fatal mosque fire

TEHRAN -- A mosque fire that killed 59 people and injured 350 was blamed on a kerosene heater that was too close to a thick cloth covering the ceiling of the two-story mosque, Iran's official news agency reported yesterday.


CEO forgoes salary; deal reached to recall retired pilots

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Delta Air Lines CEO Gerald Grinstein will forgo his salary for the rest of year as part of a cost savings plan that will cut executive salaries by 10 percent, the floundering airline said Tuesday.


Feeling Misled on Home Price, Buyers Are Suing Their Agent

Many regretful or resentful buyers may seek redress from the agents who found them a home and arranged its purchase.


The Moth storytelling tour helps erase the line between writers and their readers.


Rebel and government militia in Ivory Coast are due to start disarming formally, five years on from the civil war.


Japan, Brazil, India and Germany seek more influence over global ...

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (left) Japanese Premier Junichiro Koizumi (second from left), Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (second from right) and German Vice Chancellor Joschka Fischer shake hands Tuesday Sept.


Arts & entertainment: As artistic head of the Southbank Centre, Jude Kelly has confounded her critics - and there were many. She tells Lyn Gardner how they had her all wrong.


The Pope has revised a section of the old Latin liturgy that castigated the Jews. But it still calls for their conversion. Jewish leaders are up in arms


US-led forces swept hotspots in a "triangle of death" on Wednesday in a push to reclaim rebel enclaves ahead of key January polls, as more than 200 political groups threw their hat in the electoral ring.


UN forces setting up buffer zone between warring groups in eastern Congo

BUKAVU, Congo  - The United Nations said it will send troops to separate warring Congo army factions, warning the UN force will repulse any attempt to cross the new buffer zone.


Il tribunale del riesame di Roma ha annullato l'ordinanza di custodia cautelare nei confronti del marocchino per il reato di sequestro di persona. Ma il giovane resta in carcere per detenzione di droga. Il suo legale: "Moderatamente soddisfatto".


Prevista una detrazione anche per le giovani coppie


Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe looks set to face a challenge from within his own party, the BBC can confirm.


Do germs communicate? Many scientists think so and are betting the chatter may hold the key to developing the next generation of drugs to fight killer superbugs.


New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram says the team must maintain their focus as they strive to save the second and final Test with Australia in Adelaide.


Hamdi Expected to Be Freed by End of Week

A U.S. citizen held since late 2001 as an enemy combatant is to be sent to Saudi Arabia by Thursday under an agreement to release him that was made public Monday.


Gyorgy Faludy, a poet and translator considered one of Hungary's greatest literary figures of the past century, has died.


Egypt's Mubarak hails Irish backing for Mideast peace

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has held a series of meetings with Irish leaders, on the first visit to the country by an Egyptian head of state, a foreign ministry spokesman said.


Pupils will have to master their times tables by the age of eight, the government says.


The computer printer maker cited disappointing revenue from inkjet printers and cartridges, and its shares fell as much as 12 percent.


Apple Intros 802.11n Wi-Fi Base Station and Unlock Patch

As if a slew of new iPod Shuffles wasn't enough, Apple has updated its wireless line with a new AirPort Extreme Base Station and an enabler patch for unlocking 802.11n capabilities on certain Macs.


All presidents claim credit for economic success - and are tarred for failure. But most economists say the Federal Reserve has the greater influence.


By Boat or Horse, Uruguayans Go to Elect President

Uruguayan emigrants caught the ferry from Argentina and cowboys from vast cattle ranches galloped their horses to town to vote in elections on Sunday that could give Uruguay its first leftist leader.


Dollar dents euro after German business confidence poll

The dollar rose against its main rivals, as the euro took a knock from a poll showing surging oil prices were weighing on business sentiment in Germany, analysts said.


Russia against referral of Iran to UN Security Council

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here Sunday that Moscow was opposed to seeing Iran referred to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme.


Blair undergoes successful heart operation

British Prime Minister Tony Blair underwent a successful heart operation on Friday and is expected to stay in hospital overnight after treatment, Sky News reported.


Air France-Klm e compagnia bandiera perdono in borsa


After playing nice with one another earlier this week when they announced a $536 million legal settlement, Novell and Microsoft on Friday were back attacking one another again.


Specialist financial investigators are to be appointed to every police district in Northern Ireland.


Greek police investigating the murder of five men on a hunting trip believe a lone gunman was responsible.


THE Ministry of Manpower has taken the unprecedented step of outsourcing its entire IT applications, hardware, software and services.


The US public will decide the winner of a new national book awards this year in an online vote.


Only one candidate has agreed to the next Univision Spanish- language debate. Have they given up on the Latino vote?


In a speech this afternoon, Senator Barack Obama is expected to call for a complete withdrawal of American troops from Iraq by the end of next year.


Positive Identity Emerges for Giants' Offense

Most of the credit offensively went to Kurt Warner, the man who delivered the ball and created team chemistry by the way he did it.


Oil prices resume their upward path, lifted by reports of pipeline sabotage in Iraq and fears that Russian firm Yukos may cease production.


Oracle Ships 'Low Cost' Content Management Software

TechWeb - Oracle has launched software that the company says is designed to provide "low-cost" management of Office documents, PDF and image files, and other unstructured data.


Obama widens lead over Clinton in New Hampshire

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Democrat Barack Obama expanded his lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire to 13 points as voting began in the state's critical presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.


Economists are still sorting out the implications of the  broad health-care proposals President Bush unveiled this week, but already some clear winners and losers are emerging.


President Mwai Kibaki dissolved Kenya's parliament Monday, starting the countdown to elections in December that promise to be the most closely contested in the country's history.


Israel-Palestinian final status talks start Monday

Senior Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will open talks on Monday on the most sensitive issues such as the future of Jerusalem as part of a U.S.-led push for a peace deal this year, officials said.


Last year one of worst ever for refugees: UNHCR chief

Last year was one of the worst on record for refugees and the crisis is deepening in 2007 thanks to conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Sudan's Darfur region, the United Nation's refugee chief said.


Tycoon loses appeal against record divorce award

An insurance tycoon lost his appeal Thursday against a court ruling that ordered him to pay his ex-wife a record divorce settlement of 48 million pounds.


Pitcher Adam Eaton and the Philadelphia Phillies finalized a $24.5 million, three-year contract on Thursday. A first-round pick by the Phillies in 1996, Eaton is 54-45 with a 4.40 ERA in seven major league seasons. He has been on the disabled list six times in his career, but the Phillies are banking on the right-hander to fill out their rotation.


Latest SP2 Flaw Bypasses IE Security Zone

Security researchers have discovered another vulnerability in Windows XP Service Pack 2, but it doesn't appear to be an immediate threat.


RAIN showers disrupted the ATP Masters Cup for the third day in a row yesterday in Texas, US. Spain's Carlos Moya and Argentina's Gaston Gaudio were the latest to have a round-robin match delayed by storms.


On the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, anger over the stalled rebuilding was palpable throughout a city where the mourning for the dead and feeling of loss for flooded homes, schools, snowball stands, old-time hairstylists and hardware stores doesn't seem to subside.


America is riveted by the story emerging in court of how former Disney president Michael Ovitz, now being sued over his Â£74 million pay-off, shocked even Hollywood with his grandiose behaviour.


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The Recording Industry Association of America has filed new lawsuits against 761 people who allegedly use peer-to-peer software to trade music files without permission, the trade group announced this week.


Eliot Spitzer's run at insurance broker Marsh & McLennan (MMC ) looks increasingly as if it could be just the opening battle in a wide-ranging war against abuses in the insurance industry.


Historians say Taj Mahal's 350th anniversary up to a decade too late

As India prepares to launch celebrations marking the 350th anniversary of the Taj Mahal, the country's famed monument to love, historians say the festivities are up to a decade too late.


Majlis backs presidentâs nuclear policy: legislator

TEHRAN (MNA) â- Ebrahim Karkhanei, deputy chairman of the Majlis Education and Research Committee, said here Sunday that the Majlis fully backs a firm decision by President Mohammad Khatami to develop nuclear technology in the country.


JetBlue : Brand Reputation on Search Engines

Excellent observation by Michael Gray that when performing a search for JetBlue on Google’s Image Search, three or four images are served of the crash landing of a JetBlue plane, including the second image on the page. Results on Google Video Search are also full of JetBlue emergency landing footage.      Luckily for JetBlue, Google Universal Search has [...]


Iran vows to follow nuclear path despite sanctions

Iranian leaders vowed on Wednesday to press on with Tehran's disputed nuclear work regardless of any new U.N. sanctions, one day after world powers agreed the outline of a new resolution.


Spending: Taking a Vacation With Harry, Captain Jack or Frodo

Themed tours, often based on books, movies and historical events, are on the rise. You, too, can be a Caribbean pirate.


'Dinastia? Umberto II non indico Amedeo d'Aosta come erede'


Gumbel Is Precisely the Problem for the NFL Network

Bryant Gumbel is struggling to learn what he should be doing after the two seasons and 16 games for the NFL Network.


Prime minister loses third agriculture minister in four months.


Robin Williams zinged the Hollywood Foreign Press Association while accepting a career achievement award Sunday from the group known for throwing one of Hollywood's booziest bashes.


The yen briefly rose to a five-year high  against the dollar on Monday as investors bet next month's  meeting of Group of Seven industrialized nations would urge  Asian countries to let their currencies rise.


Bush's nominee for Defense Secretary gave senators some straight talk they've been desperate for. And the Armed Services committee rewarded him with a unanimous vote of approval


Children's Cold Remedies Raised Questions for Years

For years, Joshua Sharfstein shuddered whenever he walked down a drugstore aisle lined with cough and cold products for babies and toddlers.


Melandri firma con la Honda SarÃ  il compagno di Gibernau

ROMA, 10 NOVEMBRE 2004 - SarÃ  Marco Melandri il compagno di Sete Gibernau alla Honda MotoGp del team Gresini nella stagione 2005 del motomondiale. L'italiano, che ha cosÃ¬ lasciato dopo due anni la Yamaha


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Amnesty accuses US firms over China Web censorship

Microsoft Corp , Google Inc   and Yahoo Inc  have breached the Universal  Declaration on Human Rights in colluding with China to censor  the Internet, Amnesty International said on Thursday.


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"Nessuno stralcio, governo ha un accordo con parti sociali"


Britain asks Russia to extradite Litvinenko suspect

Britain on Monday made an official request to Russia to extradite the man suspected of killing ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium-210, deepening a rift between the former Cold War foes.


Shuttle Liftoff May Be Wednesday, Officials Say

Shuttle officials said there were no major technical issues facing the Atlantis and its six-member crew.


Viceministro all'Economia lo annuncia in lettera a Veltroni


Sober, smokefree, happy - and fat - in wedded bliss

Marriage keeps people healthy, even though it can make men fat, US Government researchers have discovered. Married people are less likely to smoke, drink heavily or be physically inactive, a report from the National Centre for Health Statistics shows.


EU, US to hit turbulence at Boeing-Airbus talks

The United States is to press the Europe to end subsidies to Airbus Industrie in talks Thursday, but the EU says any such cuts must be matched by pledges to slash government help for US plane maker Boeing.


Hip-hop star Chamillionaire, with a new album in hand, says good rap is not about clichÃ©s about guns, girls and money--it's about telling good stories.


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We all love Wi-Fi A survey of 253 Wi-Fi users by polling company YouGov has discovered that users would like more hotspots in more locations: half of them want Wi-Fi-equipped trains and a quarter want access on the tube, though with 86 per cent of them using laptops it's not clear how useful such connectivity would be during rush hour.â¦


Army Official Backs Ex-Abu Ghraib Officer

The Army's intelligence chief said that he has "great confidence" in the ability of Maj. Gen. Barbara Fast, the highest-ranking intelligence officer tied to the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, to lead the Army's intelligence school.


Stocks Little Changed After Economic Data

U.S. stocks were little changed in  fairly light trade on Wednesday after government reports for  July on durable goods orders and new home sales cast some doubt  on the strength of the economy.


Asia ; US may provide $15 million for tsunami aid

Powell said $100,000 had already been given to each of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, and the United States was in talks to contribute $4 million to the International Red Cross.


Random House to publish Iraq group report

Random House will publish the Iraq  Study Group Report in book form on Wednesday, in the hope that  the bipartisan policy recommendation can repeat the success of  an official report on the September 11 attacks.


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Spain's Abertis Buys UK Airport Firm TBI

Spanish toll road group Abertis agreed to buy British airports operator TBI for GBPÂ£551.3 million (USD$1 billion) in cash on Wednesday, giving it ownership of a key London airport.


Shuttle Safe to Launch Friday, NASA Says

NASA officials said that a problem seen in an electrical generator presents a Âminimum risk.Â


What's in a name? U.S. rebrands Iraq ex-insurgents

U.S. forces have rebranded one of the main insurgent groups in Iraq and now use the term "concerned local nationals" to refer to a group that once claimed responsibility for killing scores of Americans.


Allawi Warns of Low Patience on Fallujah

Iraq's interim prime minister on Sunday warned that efforts to resolve the standoff in Fallujah peacefully have entered their "final phase" and said he will not hesitate to


Ghanaian Information Minister Says Media Abusing Freedom

Text of report by Ghanaian GBC radio on 11 December  A conference on the media and national development is taking place in Accra. The participants from all over the country are deliberating on how the media can respond responsibly to the unlimited freedom they are enjoying.


European text messagers raise millions for Asian tsunami victims

Italian mobile phone users have donated more than 11 million euros (15 million dollars) for the victims of the Asian tsunamis through a text messaging arrangement that seemed to set a trend, it was reported.


Theater Review | 'Song for New York': An Affectionate Shout-Out to New York

What all New Yorkers desire in their heart of hearts is for other New Yorkers to admit the supremacy of their own boroughs.


The husband of the late State Controller Kathy Augustine was arrested in Virginia Friday and charged with murdering her after an FBI toxicology test found a paralyzing drug in her system.


No-frills airline easyJet has modestly increased its profits guidance after a stronger-than-expected revenue performance.


Microsoft Antitrust Settlement Dollars Going Largely Unclaimed

TechWeb - California companies and consumers who purchased Microsoft PC software may be leaving more than $1 billion on the table


New York Giants players are hit by a flu bug in the week before taking on the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.


CHARLESTON, SC -- Andy Roddick will play Vladimir Voltchkov on Friday to open the Davis Cup semifinal between the United States and Belarus.


Amsterdam, 14:57 - Calcio, Olanda: Van Gaal dalla prossima stagione all'AZ Alkmaar

Louis Van Gaal allenerÃ  dalla prossima stagione la formazione olandese dell'AZ Alkmaar. Van Gaal, ex...


Kerry: Clinton May Campaign on My Behalf

Democratic Sen. John Kerry said Tuesday that former President Clinton may be hitting the trail to campaign for him in the final two weeks before Election Day.


The government urges Kenya's political leaders to work together to avoid more post-election violence.


U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan tours  the tsunami's wreckage in Sri Lanka on Saturday, where lives  are still in ruins but where hard work and outside help have  started to make a difference.


According to the Microsoft site, the vulnerabilty in WordPad allows an attacker to âtake complete control of the affected systemâ.


Pakistan's Supreme Court will consider whether to reinstate the country's top judge, as violence continues.


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Bush Says Four Iraqi Areas Pose Voting Challenges

President Bush said on Friday the  U.S. military will do its best to give every Iraqi citizen the  chance to vote on Jan. 30 but acknowledged that guerrilla  action could disrupt voting in four provinces.


Kerry accuses Bush of silence on missing explosives, war cost

US Democratic candidate John Kerry on Tuesday accused President George W. Bush of not being straightforward with the American people with the reality of the Iraq war, saying the president was hiding bad decisions.


Hackers hit Scientology with online attack

A group of hackers calling itself "Anonymous" has hit the Church of Scientology's Web site with an online attack.The attack was launched Jan. 19 by Anonymous, which is seeking media attention to help "save people from Scientology by reversing the brainwashing," according to a Web page maintained by Anonymous.Anonymous claims to have knocked the Church's Web site offline with a distributed denial-of-service attack, in which many computers bombard the victim's server with requests, overwhelming it with data in the hope of ultimately knocking the system offline. True to its name, Anonymous does not disclose the true identities of its members.The attacks were spurred by the Church's efforts to remove video of movie star Tom Cruise professing his admiration for the religion, according to an Anonymous video manifesto posted to Youtube."For the good of your followers, for the good of mankind and for our own enjoyment, we shall proceed to expel you from the Internet and systematically dismantle the Church of Scientology in its present form," a creepy computerized voice states in the video. Anonymous followed up this dispatch with a second video blasting the media for failing to completely report the group's criticisms of the church. This video was taken down Friday by Youtube, citing a "terms of use violation."Anonymous has managed to generate a measurable attack against the Scientology.org Web site. Over the past few days, the site was hit with several DDOS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks, which flooded it with as much as 220Mbps of traffic, according to Jose Nazario, a senior security engineer with Arbor Networks, whose company compiles data on Internet attacks.The Anonymous campaign shows some level of organization. "220Mbps is probably about in the middle of attack sizes," Nazario said. "It's not just one or two guys hanging out in the university dorms doing this."On average, the attacks lasted about 30 minutes and used up 168Mbps of bandwidth. In the past year, Arbor has seen attacks on other sites hit 40Gbps, or 200 times the strength of the Anonymous event.Shortly after it was hit with the DDOS flood, the Scientology.org Web site was moved to a server hosted by Prolexic Technologies, according to data compiled by Netcraft, an Internet monitoring company. Prolexic specializes in protecting companies from DDOS attacks.A Prolexic spokeswoman confirmed that the Church of Scientology is one of the company's clients, but declined to offer more details on the matter. The Church of Scientology did not answer questions relating to the online attacks, but in a statement it said that the controversy over the Tom Cruise video had driven traffic to its Web site.The secretive Church of Scientology's practices, including its efforts to use copyright law to restrict the dissemination of information about the church, have engendered a lot of criticism within the Internet community. But one Web site set up to criticize Scientology -- called Operation Clambake -- called the DDOS attacks a bad idea. "Attacking Scientology like that will just make them play the religious persecution card," wrote Andreas Heldal-Lund, the Web site's owner. "They will use it to defend their own counter actions when they try to shatter criticism and crush critics without mercy."If publicity was Anonymous' ultimate goal, the group has had some success. Late in the day Friday, seven of the top 10 stories on the Digg.com news-linking site related to Scientology or to Anonymous' communiques.Although the group's Web page exhorts participants to "begin bumping Digg," Anonymous did not manipulate the news site's promotional algorithm system, which determines which stories get top billing, according to Digg CEO Jay Adelson."They must have done a very good job of bringing in a diverse set of interests," he said. "It just happened to hit a nerve that the Digg community was interested in."It is unusual for Digg's front page to be so dominated by a single topic, but not unprecedented, Adelson said. Last year's shootings at Virginia Tech and the 2005 terrorist bombings in London achieved a comparable level of coverage. "In the history of Digg, there's no question that the topic of Scientology has been of great interest to the community," he said. "I can't explain why."


Bush, Kerry reach across party lines to attack on national ...

President Bush and Sen. John Kerry accused each other of lacking the hard-nosed resolve of Cold War presidents -- from Democrat Truman to Republican Reagan -- reaching across party lines


Steve Ralston has made the most of his 35 appearances with the United States national team, scoring a goal against Mexico to clinch a 2006 World Cup berth and playing for two successive Gold Cup champions.


Children with older fathers have a significantly increased risk of having autism, a study has concluded.


Despite 7,000 UK troops, Taliban-backed production up 48%.


Iranian nuke program: The issue of 20 centrifuges

Iran had sought to have 20 centrifuges exempted from its suspension of its nuclear program, arguing in talks at the Vienna-based UN nuclear watchdog agency that their use would be limited to research and development.


Hindu nationalists call for a general strike in India over the arrest of a Hindu cleric who faces murder charges.


Blue-on-blue: Israel fears probe fallout

JERUSALEM, AUGUST 29: Israel's image in the US may be tarnished and relations with its main ally suffer even if suspicions that a Pentagon analyst gave secrets to Israel prove false, Israeli officials said on Sunday.


The Russian gas giant Gazprom said its board of directors had given its go-ahead for the state-controlled firm to bid for the main production unit of embattled oil group Yukos.


Forget market share, Opteron is a market cap maker

Billions in emotion Analysis Even the most subjective Opteron advocates could not have predicted this. Over the past two years, AMD's flashy server chip has arguably affected the fortunes of five major technology companies in ways that extend far beyond market share and revenue swings. If so inclined, you could make a strong case that Opteron and its marketing inertia have turned losers into winner and vice versa at an unprecedented clip. At least, that's what the wisdom of Wall Street seems to be telling us.â¦


Little Sign of New Jobs Created in Europe

The euro zone continues to experience a jobless recovery, with no indication that new jobs are being created after more than a year of generally sluggish economic growth.


Scottish aid agencies join the international effort to bring help to the thousands affected by the tsunami across Asia.


Latham may be succeeding in his audacious bid to drag older voters away from the PM, writes Shaun Carney. You can often get a sense of how political parties view their own prospects at an election through their advertising in the final week of a campaign.


Go from zero to 80 grand by shifting a few financial gears.


Il 5 dicembre alla Pontificia UniversitÃ  Gregoriana: presentazione dellÂedizione integrale, tipica ed elettronica, degli scritti di San Pierre-Julien Eymard, apostolo dellÂEucaristia Roma (Agenzia Fides) - MartedÃ¬ 5 dicembre 2006, presso il Centro Convegni Matteo Ricci della Pontificia UniversitÃ  Gregoriana in Roma, a partire dalle ore 15,30, verrÃ  presentata lÂedizione integrale, tipica ed elettronica, degli scritti di San Pierr...


NY plot suspect associated with militants: expert

ALBANY, New York  - A Muslim accused of helping an   FBI informant in a fake plot to kill a diplomat has associated   with known Islamist militants and sympathized with their   violent causes, a terrorism expert testified at his trial on   Wednesday.


Eagles running back Bruce Perry will miss his rookie season after dislocating a shoulder in an exhibition game against the New England Patriots.


Germany's president says a new law allowing for hijacked airliners to be shot down may violate the constitution.


Infoporn: Unwrapping the Miraculous Logistics Behind Operation Christmas

Let's be honest: There is no jolly old elf with flying reindeer who slides down chimneys and leaves gifts for every good little Christian boy and girl on Earth. That's ridiculous. But then, where do the presents come from?


Fla. Bears Brunt of Ivan; 23 Dead in U.S.

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Hurricane Ivan was the deadliest hurricane to hit the United States since Floyd in 1999, but it could have been worse...


Recall Toolbar: Searches your visited websites

Recall Toolbar: Searches your Visited Websites  I have seen and tried a lot of toolbars for Internet Explorer. Most of them have nothing new to offer on the basic functionality front. Only the value added services made them different from the other toolbars in the market. Viewpoint Toolbar was a good ...


Indie labels cut through Shanghai red tape

It may no longer be "Red China," but  for the burgeoning indie label scene in the business heart of  the People's Republic, it's still the land of red tape.


The Tories are to announce plans to hand day-to-day control of the NHS to an independent board.


PeopleSoft denies action is related to Oracle, and some say it may be result of poor financial performance. By Rick Whiting. PeopleSoft Inc.


Technologies that let people record satellite and Internet radio broadcasts digitally are opening a new front in the recording industry's war on music piracy.


Calls to stop national exams sat by under-16s in England are rejected by the education secretary.


A much-anticipated deal between the White House and once-warring House leaders to speed tax rebate checks to workers starting in May has the Senate in a bind over whether to try to add to the measure.


Washington Redskins linebacker LaVar Arrington practiced Wednesday for the first time since his knee surgery in September.


Deepti wants Madhuri for her directorial debut

Avant-garde actress Deepti Naval has decided to take the plunge into directing movies and she wants none other than   Madhuri Dixit for her first film.


Mitchell Report may not have shut door on steroid use

Commissioner Bud Selig hoped to end Major League Baseball's steroids era by commissioning the Mitchell Report issued on Thursday, but may have opened the door to more questions about the U.S. game's troubled past.


Open specs add options for BladeCenter customers

In the three months since IBM and Intel opened design specifications for Big Blue's BladeCenter, more than 100 vendors have signed up to use the information, meaning that end users will soon have access to network switches, adapter cards and other


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A law restricting international adoptions to biological grandparents took effect Saturday, legislation that some American families trying to adopt Romanian children protested.


Could open source BI close out incumbents?

A threat to traditional markets? JasperSoft has just released version 2.0 of its software, which makes this a good time not just to consider JasperSoft's latest capabilities, but also open-source business intelligence (BI) more generally.â¦


Caprice Smith gets 17 points and nine rebounds as No. 17 DePaul wins its seventh in a row, defeating Northwestern 74-66 Wednesday.


G.I.'s in Talks With Rebels of Sadr Stronghold in Baghdad

The thorniest issue left unresolved by a settlement in Najaf is the disarmament of the Mahdi Army militia.


Scientists in Japan claim to be able to increase the size of a woman's breasts using fat and stem cells.


IRAQ Kidnappers Tighten Screw on U.S. Allies in Iraq

Militants piled more pressure on the  United States' military allies in Iraq on Thursday, seizing a  Polish woman and holding a Japanese man under death threat.


A rise in crude oil prices for a second day, a stalled recovery in the dollar and a crop of warnings in the chip sector were set to push Wall Street lower at Thursday's opening.


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Many hurdles ahead for Bonds to pass Aaron

Barry Bonds and the San Francisco Giants are apparently talking contract. Apparently this new contract will guarantee Bondsâ status as the uber Giant and one of baseballâs top wage earners through the 2006 season.


A gunbattle between rival Sunni and Shiite Muslims left at least 13 people dead and seven wounded in a remote tribal area of northwestern Pakistan, a government official said Friday.


L'America pacifista marcia contro la guerra in Iraq

Oltre 200 mila persone hanno concluso nella piazza di Manhattan il corteo che ha gridato 'no' alla guerra in Iraq e ad altri quattro anni di presidenza Bush alla vigilia della Convention repubblicana. In testa


A whistle-blower objected to the government's Halliburton deals--and says now she's paying for it


Afghan President Hamid Karzai dodged death three weeks ago when Taliban fighters fired a rocket at him in Gardez. Yesterday, his running mate in Saturday's national election, Ahmad Zia Masood, barely survived a Taliban bomb in Faizabad.


Israel Indicts 4 in 'Brother of Jesus' Hoax and Other Forgeries

The Israeli police filed criminal indictments on Wednesday against four antiquities collectors, accusing them of forging biblical artifacts, many so skillfully that they fooled experts.


Survivors in the Andaman Islands accuse officials of underplaying the disaster and failing to hand out aid.


Sharon Faces Netanyahu Threat to Resign Over Gaza

Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin  Netanyahu said on Tuesday he and three other cabinet members  from Ariel Sharon's Likud would quit unless the prime minister  agreed to hold a referendum on a pullout from Gaza.


Chile announced Thursday it will try to head off power rationing by cutting electrical voltage, distributing efficient light bulbs and extending daylight savings time.


Pakistan accuses al Qaeda of killing Bhutto

Pakistan accused al Qaeda of killing opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, whose assassination has plunged the nuclear-armed country into crisis and triggered bloody protests.


Fortunes rebound for Europe's last uranium mine

Everything from the faded blue overalls donned by the miners to the bone-jolting trains and primitive extraction methods seem to cry out for Europe's last operating uranium mine to be turned into a museum.


Brokaw Steps Down After 21 Years as NBC Anchor

Telling his audience "we've been  through a lot together," Tom Brokaw bid farewell as anchor of  the "NBC Nightly News" on Wednesday, becoming the first of the  big three stars of U.S. network news for the last 20 years to  retire.


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No Kidding: Miami Herald's Barry to Take Year Off

Miami Herald humor columnist Dave Barry, who has poked fun  at life's more bizarre aspects for 20 years, is giving up his  weekly column from next January for at least a year, the paper  said on Wednesday.


Because some antidepressant drugs have been shown to lead to suicidal thoughts among children and teens, the FDA decrees that all manufacturers must carry a warning on their labels.


Doubts Expressed About Potential for Free and Fair Presidential Election in Ukraine

October 4, 2004) Two election campaign observers who recently visited Ukraine expressed concern that a free and fair presidential election may not take place on October 31.


Restoration Hardware to Present at the ThinkEquity 4th Annual Growth Conference

CORTE MADERA, Calif., Sept. 13  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Restoration Hardware, Inc.  announced today that its President, Chairman & CEO, Gary Friedman, will be presenting at the 4th Annual Growth ThinkEquity Conference.  The presentation is scheduled for Thursday, September 14th at 10:30 a.m.


Tech Competition Heats Up As Google Ramps Up Local Office and Hiring on Upswing

By Corilyn Shropshire, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Sep. 22--Competing for top software engineers against such giants as  Google and Microsoft has forced the guys at up-and-coming startup Netronome  Systems to be creative.


Finanziaria. Casini stralcia 17 norme indicate dai leghisti. Fini ...

Via dalla finanziaria numerose norme. Il Presidente della Camera Pier Ferdinando Casini le ha giudicate estranee al testo della manovra, secondo quanto previsto dai regolamenti. Escono dalla finanziaria, tra


Bayer forged an alliance for its struggling pharmaceuticals business with American drug manufacturer Schering-Plough yesterday, cutting costs and marking another step in the German company's transformation.


Nordic stock exchange operator OMX AB said Friday it has entered into a deal to merge with Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.


In this image taken from pool video provided to the Associated Press by NBC News, a US marine is seen, left, raising his rifle in the direction of Iraqi prisoners lying on the floor of a mosque in Fallujah, Iraq Saturday Nov. 13, 2004.


A high-tech train that floats on powerful magnetic fields smashed into a maintenance car on an elevated test track Friday, killing 23 people and injuring 10 — the first fatalities on a maglev train.


Peru Clearing Area Around Captured Police Post

LIMA, Peru  - The Peruvian government on Sunday  urged residents living near a captured police station to leave  their homes, saying it would give them temporary shelter.


A gambler is suing a bookmakers for over Â£2m after asking the company to not let him bet again.


Firenze, 16:25 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: 20 CONVOCATI PER REGGIO

L'allenatore della Fiorentina Cesare Prandelli ha convocato 20 giocatori per la partita di domani po...


The risks of HIV/Aids are being overstated, a former World Health Organization expert says.


Eco-conscious Sundance turns deeper shade of green

PARK CITY, Utah  - When former U.S. Vice President Al Gore premiered documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, he inspired not only greater awareness of global warming, but the general greening of this top movie event.


CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez appeared almost certain to have survived a referendum that sought to oust him, the head of the elections commission said Monday.    With 94 percent of the vote counted, 58 percent voted to keep Chavez in office, said Francisco Carrasquero, president of the election commission...


The Russian government will sell a majority stake in the main production unit of the embattled Yukos oil company at an auction scheduled for Dec. 19, the Interfax news agency reported Friday.


It's Official -- Deer Hunters Had Another Fantastic Year

By Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Feb. 1--OUTDOORS NOTES  Last year, about 500,000 Minnesota hunters registered nearly 270,000 deer, the second-highest total on record, the Department of Natural Resources announced Tuesday.


Tom Brady already has been photographed with Pope John Paul II, the Super Bowl trophy and Bridget Moynahan, his actress girlfriend. So he doesn't feel slighted to be spending a week in the shadows of Peyton Manning's great season.


President Bush combined his reputation for strong leadership in a time of war with a campaign about traditional values to win re-election despite voters' doubts about his job performance and policies.


In the Internet age, making telephone contact with a human for customer service is a daunting task. But some consumers have found ways around the blockade.


The families of stabbing victims are calling for a five-year minimum sentence for carrying a knife.


Rep. Don Sherwood, a Republican fighting for re-election in northeastern Pennsylvania, says in a TV ad that he is "truly sorry" for cheating on his wife but denies ever abusing the woman he had the affair with.


World champion Michael Schumacher will start the Japanese Grand Prix from pole position at 0630 after the sport's first ever Sunday morning qualifying session.


Dolly's Creator Granted Human Cloning License

The scientist who created Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, was granted a license Tuesday to clone human embryos for medical research.


The dollar hits yet another record low against the euro on speculation Russia may increase reserves of the single currency.


INTERVIEW: Telstra Rev Growth Similar To 2H04 -2-

SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Telstra Corp.'s (TLS) revenue so far this fiscal year has been growing at a similar pace to the second half of 2003-04, Chief Financial Officer John Stanhope said Monday.


Aid teams rush from Europe to stricken Asia after devastating tidal waves

ROME (CP) - Aid teams rushed from Europe to southern Asian countries devastated by tidal waves Sunday, warning that anything less than an urgent response would add many more deaths to a toll already in the thousands.


DaVanon hits for cycle as Angels rout Royals

Jeff DaVanon walked to the plate in the seventh inning, fully aware that he was a home run away from history. "I'd be lying if I said I didn't know," the Anaheim Angels outfielder said.


London eyes China's new forex investment agency

The City of London is lobbying China's 200-billion-dollar foreign exchange investment agency to set up a branch in the leading international financial centre, state media said Friday.


He was finally out of the wicked wind tunnel known as Arthur Ashe Stadium, out of the gale that combined with Roger Federer to blow him from the quarterfinals of the US Open.


By Jim Stafford, The Daily Oklahoman  Sep. 9--Static accompanied the sports talk pouring out of a radio on a recent weekday morning in Chris Baker's office at Citadel Communications Corp.'s broadcasting studios at 4045 NW 64.


NKorean nuclear talks envoys converge on Beijing

China is preparing for a potentially crucial week of diplomacy in trying to resolve the North Korean nuclear stand-off, with envoys from the United States, Japan and possibly Pyongyang to meet in Beijing.


Ukraine opposition leader urges investigation after poison report

Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko said he was not yet ready to blame the ruling elite with trying to poison him after doctors confirmed he was disfigured by ingesting a massive dose of a deadly toxin.


A former game programmer is running for the U.S. House of Representatives with a platform forcefully addressing tech industry issues like digital copyright protection. But he still lags far behind his opponent in the fund-raising department. By Jacob Ogles.


An explosion ripped apart a small bus in a separatist Moldovan region Thursday, killing eight people and injuring 46, state media said.


The San Diego Chargers were very close to beating the high- powered Colts on their home turf, but also nearly made Peyton Manning wait another week for his record-breaking day.


Equities pummeled by U.S. recession fears

World stocks took a beating on Monday and demand for safe-haven bonds and currencies rose as fears gripped investors that a troubled U.S. economy would drag others down with it.


Baltimore's Deion Sanders, recovered from his hamstring injury, made his first interception in four years in last night's 17-10 win over Washington.


Ciampi: "Aprire le universitÃ  a piÃ¹ studenti stranieri"

ROMA - "Dobbiamo internazionalizzare il nostro sistema universitario. Dobbiamo avere piÃ¹ studenti stranieri nelle aule dei nostri atenei in modo che possano studiare fianco a fianco con i nostri ragazzi".


Israeli troops kill three Palestinians in West Bank

NABLUS, West Bank  - Israeli troops killed three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, local residents and medical officials said.


Trojan-fuelled botnet menaces UK eBay users

Going, going, own3d Security researchers have discovered a sophisticated botnet attack targeting eBay customers, particularly those in the UK.â¦


How CIOs can win back the hearts and minds of users

Run Book Automation is the answer Run Book is what IT data centre managers understand as the Application Run Book. This is the IT department "to do" list of problems to fix and the projects to deliver. This is a long and complex list, and keeping everything in sync, well co-ordinated, and efficiently using IT resources is a nightmare.â¦


Cervical Cancer Vaccine Shows Early Promise -Report

A vaccine may work to protect women against a virus that causes most cases of cervical cancer, US researchers reported on Monday. So far


Amid Heated Debate, Knesset Passes Gaza Plan

The Knesset Tuesday evening approved Prime Minister Ariel SharonÌs Gaza disengagement plan in a 67-45 vote, with seven abstentions â-ainly by Arab MKs.


Iraq to review security firms after shooting

Iraq will review the status of all security companies working in the country after a shooting incident involving guards from the U.S. firm Blackwater, the government said on Tuesday.


Clinton Recuperating at Home After Bypass

CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. - A week after he checked himself into a hospital with chest pains, former President Bill Clinton returned home to begin his recuperation from heart bypass surgery...


Medicare Proposal Would Expand Coverage for Implantable Cardiac ...

CMS officials on Tuesday issued a proposed rule that would expand Medicare coverage for implantable cardioverter defibrillators, a move that would increase the number of eligible beneficiaries by one-third, to about 500,000, the New York Times reports.


Soldiers' remains found on remote Alaska island

ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - Japanese and U.S. officials have found four mass graves that they believe hold the remains of 500 World War II soldiers, nearly 65 years after a bloody battle on the remote Alaskan island of Attu.


Despite Poor Play, Ravens Know They're Still in It

The Ravens opened the season with Super Bowl aspirations and have a tough schedule ahead. Nonetheless, the team is still in the hunt for an AFC North title.


Solberg wins first WRC event in Sardinia.

Subaru team leader Petter Solberg has won the Rally Italia Sardinia today [Sunday], dominating the event from the outset, and eventually taking the honours by 2 minutes 7.9 seconds.


Google buys Internet telephone firm GrandCentral

Google has bought GrandCentral Communications, a fledgling Internet firm that gives people telephone numbers that essentially follow them where ever they go.


As a white-tuxed Jay-Z stood on stage at Radio City Music Hall, celebrating the 10th anniversary of his debut album "Reasonable Doubt" and planning a world tour, it seemed as if a wide chasm separated the hungry rapper who made that dazzling debut and the mogul on the mic.


NASA Postpones Launch of Super-Fast Jet to Tuesday

NASA officials on Monday postponed  for a day the launch of an unmanned experimental jet that would  have attempted to shoot out across the Pacific Ocean at a  record speed of more than 7,000 mph after an apparent glitch  with its electronics systems.


A tool to help doctors find the nearest hospital cot for critically ill newborn babies is launched.


Franz Ferdinand scooped this year's Mercury Prize, the most prestigious musical award in the United Kingdom.


Record industry target 28 music downloaders

the British Phonographic Industry is taking legal actionagainst 28 people in Britain for illegally swapping music over the internet.


NEW YORK - A New York woman who gave birth to twins just days before she turns 57 showed off her babies to the public today. The mom and the newborns are doing great the day after their delivery.


Turkish planes bomb Iraq Kurdish village: Iraqi Kurd

DAHUK, Iraq/CIZRE, Turkey  - Turkish warplanes attacked an Iraqi village on Wednesday, an Iraqi Kurdish security official said, but Turkey said it wanted to hold back from a major incursion to give diplomacy a chance.


Report Urges More Prostate Cancer Research

A new report calls for the urgent need to improve treatments and find a cure for prostate cancer, a disease that strikes one in six American men.


Ukraine presidential candidates face a TV debate as the electoral commission says it lacks funds for Sunday's poll.


Ryanair, Europe's biggest budget airline, reports a 33% rise in profits, lifted by higher ticket prices and charges.


China is stepping up enforcement against unlicensed food vendors and plans to upgrade quality standards on thousands of food and consumer products by year's end, officials said Tuesday.


Thailand warns of more "terrorist" attacks

Islamic separatists could stage more "terrorist" attacks, Thailand has warned, after nine people were killed in overnight strikes as many Thais began celebrating the Lunar New Year.


Rumsfeld backs off from media battles in last days

Donald Rumsfeld, once famous for his combative news conferences, has chosen to limit his media contacts to friendly audiences in his final days as defense secretary rather than do battle one last time.


Lighting Strikes High School Football Team, 40 Injured

GRAPELAND, Texas -- At least one player is badly injured and others are hospitalized after lightning struck an East Texas high school football team.


Liz Claiborne, Designer of Womenâs Clothes, Dies at 78

She defied the male-dominated ranks of the fashion industry and started her own hugely successful company.


Championship eludes Andrew Golota.....again!

Andrew Golota stood in the nuetral corner, referee Randy Neumann was counting over a stunned and hurt champion John Ruiz


la Cdl lascia l'Aula per protesta contro senatori a vita


China's Baidu starts Japanese search engine

Search engine Baidu.com, which has risen rapidly as Internet use expands in China, launched a Japanese-language site on Wednesday.


IT worker indicted in hacking scheme at health firm

Prosecutors say malicious code, if activated, would have wiped out databases of prescription information, potentially harming patients.


Proposal to break up CIA draws strong opposition

The new proposal by eight Republican senators to break up the CIA and the Pentagon's virtual lock on intelligence met with sharp opposition yesterday


Federer looks to Wimbledon to bury his French demons

Rafael Nadal rubber-stamped his status as the world's best claycourter by winning the French Open title on Sunday to once again ruin Roger Federer's bid to claim the only grand slam missing from his collection.


US stocks extended this week's sharp losses on Wednesday when a tentative rally fizzled out amid renewed concerns about the US economy sending the Nasdaq back into a bear market.


LeBron James had his second triple-double in three games, getting 28 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in the Cleveland Cavaliers' 105-87 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night.


China's fossil hunter -- a rock star of palaeontology

Xu Xing doesn't know how many new species of dinosaurs he has discovered, saying he has lost count.


Another New York-bound Olympic Airways jet is diverted after a bomb alert - this time to Ireland.


"Citizen Kane" still No.1 movie-"Godfather" 2nd

"Citizen Kane," Orson Welles' powerful portrait of an unscrupulous media baron, beat back an assault from "The Godfather," on Wednesday to retain its title as the greatest American film.


Ukraine PM Hits New Hurdles in Election Complaint

Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich's dogged bid to overturn his liberal rival's victory in Ukraine's presidential election faltered on Thursday after the Supreme Court said it had thrown out all but one of his complaints.


Yemen Sentences Two to Death for USS Cole Blast

A Yemeni court sentenced two al Qaeda  militants to death on Wednesday for the 2000 bombing of the  U.S. destroyer Cole which killed 17 sailors.


Richard Jewell, the former security guard who was erroneously linked to the 1996 Olympic bombing, died Wednesday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.


Sen. Clinton Pitches Ethanol Energy Plan

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will call for cutting U.S. dependence on foreign oil by 8 million barrels a day by the year 2025 &#151; a goal she says can be met with more ethanol-based fuel and a $50 billion fund for new energy research.


White House threatens House student loan bill veto

The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto a bill backed by U.S. House of Representatives Democrats that would slash subsidies paid to college student-loan companies such as Sallie Mae, Citigroup and Bank of America.


February retail sales barely grow, prompting concerns

WASHINGTON -- Sales at the nation's retailers barely budged in February as bad winter weather kept already cautious shoppers away from the malls.


Livorno, 19:13 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: ASSEDIO ULTRA' AMARANTO A SPOGLIATOI

Momentaccio per il Livorno: un centinaio di ultras amaranto ha assediato a lungo gli spogliatoi dell...


Indagato il padre di Samuele 'Ha falsificato tracce di sangue'

Cogne, 1 novembre 2004 - C'Ã¨ una svolta nel giallo di Cogne. Il marito di Anna Maria Franzoni, Stefano Lorenzi, Ã¨ stato iscritto nel registro degli indagati. Insieme a lui, i due consulenti nominati dalla


Rubens Barrichello put Ferrari on pole position for Sunday's race of the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix while his teammate Michael Schumacher has to start from the back of the grid after a spin-off in Saturday's qualifying.


Salma Hayek engaged, pregnant: spokeswoman

Mexican-born actress Salma Hayek is  pregnant and engaged to a French businessman whose firm owns  Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, her spokeswoman said on Friday.


Torino, 14:49 - CALCIO, JUVE; DESCHAMPS: C'E' SEMPRE STATA FIDUCIA IN ME

L'allenatore della Juventus, Didier Deschamps, alla vigilia del match con il Crotone, è certo...


Description: The Dreamworks studio has had recent success with films like Shark Tale, which took in almost $50 million this weekend.


_Has pledged to enact universal coverage as president, but has not yet offered details of a plan.


UN envoy to report on Sudan "atrocities" next week

KHARTOUM : UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's envoy Jan Pronk said he would report back to the Security Council next on the situation in Darfur, the region of western Sudan devastated by 19 months of conflict.


London 2012 Olympic bid leaders yesterday insisted that the capital has a realistic chance of winning the right to host the next but one summer games despite starting the campaign behind the clear favourites, Paris.


Gray whale numbers remain greatly reduced: study

The Pacific gray whale population,  thought by some experts to have rebounded fully from the  ravages of whaling, actually is back to a mere fraction of  historic levels, scientists said on Monday.


State and national Republicans will pay $135,000 to settle a suit involving a scheme to jam Democratic get-out-the-vote calls on Election Day 2002, officials said Saturday.


Does a new ticker presage a new business model?


China's food and drug safety agency has revoked the license of a company responsible for making tainted leukemia drugs blamed for causing leg pains and partial paralysis among dozens of patients.


Former NHL player Mike Danton sentenced to 7 1/2 years in murder ...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Former NHL tough guy Mike Danton was sentenced Monday to 7 1/2 years in prison for trying to have his agent killed.


Seattle Times Interface Column: Honor Legacies of Loved Ones Through Words, Photos, Music

By Seattle Times  May 28--What: Registry of Life, based in Seattle   Who: Wayne Dees, 53, owner and founder   What it does: Posts online memorials, allowing people to pay tribute to departed loved ones on the Internet.


Commissione Bilancio Senato, ripristinata legge Bassanini


Its memory-chip breakthrough could lead to new products.


Australians will vote on October 9 in a cliff-hanger election pitting the conservative government against centre-left Labor, with national security and the economy key issues.


Interest high in scope of Mitchell steroids report

The keenly anticipated Mitchell Report on steroids usage in Major League Baseball will be issued on Thursday, fueling hope the record will be set straight on a suspected doping era in the sport.


Justin Gatlin always wanted to make his mark on the world. But as a teenager the new Olympic 100 meters champion believed fame would come through art not sprinting.


The dollar fell to a new record low against the euro on Tuesday as investors, tiring of tough talk on exchange rates by European officials, dismissed new warnings from euro zone officials.


Mexican officials said Monday they have captured a man allegedly involved in shipping nearly half of the illegal drugs moved across the U.S.-Mexico border, the latest in a series of high-profile arrests.


Le autoritÃ  maltesi, che ieri avevano rifiutato di raccogliere i cadaveri di 21 clandestinihanno mandato una motovedetta per soccorrere gli immigrati                                            Ancora alla deriva barcone a largo di Malta Altra imbarcazione avvistata nel siracusano                                                                                Tredici extracomunitari sbarcati nella notte nel Ragusano


Hitachi's Newest Array Pools 32 Petabytes Of Virtual Storage

Hitachi Data Systems, Sun Microsystems, and Hewlett-Packard this week are trying to leapfrog EMC for enterprise-class storage leadership using pretty much the same product -- HDS's new TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform.


Risks of Glaxo diabetes drug still unclear: FDA

The potential heart risks of GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes drug Avandia are still not clear, the head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration told lawmakers who questioned the agency's oversight of the widely used pill on Wednesday.


Two Misplaced Souls Decide They Might as Well Live

Love doesn't just hurt in this jagged German romance about two strangers with suicidal tendencies; it cuts and bleeds and even kills.


BOSTON - The woman peeled the price sticker off her new Red Sox cap and made an announcement to set the record straight. "I earned this," she said, and you could hear the rasp in her voice.


Fox News chief Roger Ailes says former President Clinton's response to Chris Wallace's question about going after Osama bin Laden represents "an assault on all journalists."


To protest a plot to murder a cartoonist, Danish papers reprint caricatures of Mohammed -- then raise questions about the treatment of the alleged plotters


ROMA, 27 SETTEMBRE 2004 - Un addio, questa volta, definitivo. Il piÃ¹ grande ginnasta degli anelli se ne va, ma lo fa con il sorriso. Jury Chechi smette con la ginnastica agonistica, ed'ora in poi fara' solo il dirigente.


All Things Being Equal, Game One Doesn't Add Up

The Washington Redskins have too many talented players and too many creative coaches to lose to the building-from-scratch Minnesota Vikings. It shouldn't come down to a 48-yard John Hall field goal attempt to tie the game in the final 20 seconds, not at home in the season opener.


A US court  will rule on whether to block the forced auction of Yukos assets on Thursday,  the company says.


Makybe Diva Wins Melbourne Cup Horse Race

MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Makybe Diva is the winner of the 2004 Melbourne Cup horse race, gaining first place in the 3,200-meter race held at Flemington course.


Trust the computer. That's what Maryland told Linda Schade.


The US military has been ordered to suspend compulsory anthrax vaccination for troops by a federal judge. More than a million US soldiers have been forced to have the jab since 1998, with hundreds punished


Foreign ministers formally gave the go-ahead for the Union's biggest-ever peacekeeping force outside Europe


Van Zyl's Finish Creates Three-Way Tie for Lead at Melwood

MITCHELLVILLE, Md.  -- Jaco Van Zyl birdied the last three holes to shoot a 4-under-par 68 Saturday and maintain his share of the lead after three rounds of the Nationwide Tour's Melwood Prince George's County Open.


Favre has big game, but defense pitches in to beat Rams 45-17

The defense that couldnât seem to get a turnover finally got a couple on Monday night. First-round draft pick Ahmad Carroll, facing the stiffest test of his rookie season, scored a touchdown on a fumble


A Pennsylvania jury awarded $3 million to an Ohio woman who claimed a hormone replacement drug had caused her breast cancer.


Polls close in the Hartlepool by-election, with the main parties now awaiting the verdict of voters.


The Next Infamous James Bond Film Postponed

Fans of the infamous British spy James Bond may have to wait one more year for the 21st film of the franchise. The next mission for the debonair secret agent was originally supposed to be released in 2005 of November.


Italy to further ties with China: Ciampi

Italy will strengthen cooperation with China in such areas as energy sources and machine building asthe two countries can complement one another in various fields, Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi said ...


Il cda approva il bilancio consolidato dell'anno scorsoBuoni risultati nei primi mesi del 2007                                          Espresso, utile netto 2006 a 104 milioni


A parked car bomb struck a meat market in a predominantly Shiite town south of Baghdad, killing 15 people and wounding dozens on Thursday, Iraqi police said.


Zurich - Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo, returning after a one-week injury break, will attempt to regain her number one ranking when she competes as the top seed at the Swisscom Challenge in Zurich here this week.


Ethiopia has began giving free doses of life-prolonging drugs to about 14,000 HIV-infected Ethiopians in a U.S.-funded program, the government said Tuesday.


A gun battle with Israeli soldiers leaves five Palestinian militants dead in the West Bank town of Nablus.


Ministro dell'Istruzione non replica a proposta Tremonti


Retro sci-fi thriller Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow soars to the top of the US box office.


Insurgents Ambush 50-Strong Iraqi Police Convoy

Iraqi insurgents staged a major ambush  on a road near Baghdad Thursday, killing two policemen,  wounding 14 and leaving at least 16 missing on the worst day of  violence since last Sunday's election.


Playskool Voluntarily Recalls Toy Tool Benches After the Death of Two Toddlers

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22  /PRNewswire/ -- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Playskool, of Pawtucket, R.I., is voluntarily recalling about 255,000 Team Talkin' Tool Bench toys following the deaths of two young children.


The captivating Katrina Kaif launched a new range of shampoo brand Pantene in New Delhi. Dressed in a flimsy one-piece outfit, the lady was at her charming best.


An internet video reportedly shows the first pictures of the BBC's Alan Johnston since his abduction in Gaza.


Rigettata richiesta detenzione domiciliare per motivi salute


US and Europe diverge on economic outlook

The Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank painted contrasting pictures of the US and European economies on Thursday, with Ben Bernanke, Fed chairman, depicting a US economy that could continue to grow rapidly without generating inflation, while the ECB hinted that further interest rate rises were needed to stem inflationary pressure in the eurozone.


Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly and his former associate producer, Andrea Mackris, have agreed to settle their dispute over her allegations that the television personality harassed her sexually.


Protesters intensify their campaign against Sunday's election results.


TOKYO Top diplomats from Japan, South Korea and the United States said Friday that they were committed to resuming six-nation talks this month in hopes of persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program, officials said.


Oil shocks no excuse for inflation: Fed's Poole

St Louis Federal Reserve President  William Poole said on Friday that oil supply shocks need not  cause recessions and were no excuse for a central bank to allow  inflation to escape its control.


The Dutch master Rembrandt may have been walleyed, according to a new report. The condition, known by its medical term strabismus, is a deviation of the alignment of one eye in relation to the other.


Giuliani: Abortion not a test for judges

Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, a proponent of abortion rights, said Wednesday he would not use a judicial nominee's stand on the issue or the landmark Supreme Court decision as a litmus test.


CHICAGO -- A federal jury convicted fallen media tycoon Conrad Black and three of his former executives at Hollinger International Inc. Friday of illegally pocketing money that should have gone to stockholders.


400 relay disaster completes Jones' tumble from heights

A botched relay handoff followed her failure to medal in the long jump yesterday evening, making the Athens experience a wipeout for a woman who won five medals at the Games four years ago.


Four dead dolphins have washed ashore with fatal bullet wounds and fifth with lacerations on its pectoral fin, said authorities who have offered a reward for information on the slayings.


Apple's Jobs calls on music industry to drop DRM

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO  - Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs on Tuesday called on the four major record companies to start selling songs online without copy protection software to thwart piracy known as digital rights management (DRM).


Karzai Becomes Afghanistan's First Elected President

Afghanistan's transitional leader Hamid Karzai has won the war-shattered country's first-ever presidential election. the announcement came after a special panel endorsed the election results as free and fair.


Worldwide mobile phone market posts healthy gains

Worldwide mobile phone sales exceeded 156.4 million units in the second quarter of 2004, a 35 percent increase over the second quarter of 2003, according to a report released this week by Gartner Inc.


Experience-Based Ventures Help Fight the Frustrations of Fighting Breast Cancer

Many cancer survivors say they are committed to helping  others with the disease or to solve a particular problem that they encountered in their own treatment.


Nokia says ITC starts Qualcomm investigation

The world's top cellphone maker Nokia  said on Tuesday the U.S. International Trade Commission has decided to start investigating Qualcomm Inc's  trade practices and alleged patent infringement.


50 killed at suspected al-Qaida training camp

WANA, Pakistan -- Pakistani warplanes on Thursday pummeled a suspected al-Qaida training facility near the border with Afghanistan, flattening a mud-brick compound and killing at least 50 fighters, the military said.


Radiation Is Questioned in Breast Cancer Surgery After Age 70

Radiation treatments routinely given after surgery to remove small breast tumors may not be necessary for women over age 70 if they are taking the cancer drug tamoxifen.


Berlino, 12:33 - CALCIO, GERMANIA: A DIEGO PREMIO KICKER MIGLIOR GIOCATORE

Il brasiliano del Werder Brema, Diego, ha ottenuto il premio di miglior giocatore della Bundesliga a...


Blog: Some record companies are experimenting with distributing albums on the portable USB devices, but for now the releases are mostly expensive collectors' items.


E-Greetings Gain Ground at Businesses This Season

Once seen as the tacky, last-minute substitute for pen and paper, e-cards have become more acceptable this holiday season.


Bush: Iraqi Troops Not Ready to Take Over

President Bush pointedly acknowledged Monday that U.S.-trained Iraqi troops are not ready to take over their country's security, and cautioned that next month's elections there are only the beginning of a long process toward democracy.


Keith Axline, the photo editor for Wired News, presents his pics for Wired's top 10 galleries of the year.


EMC profit propelled by VMware's growth, IPO

Storage maker EMC's profit increased dramatically compared to last year's third quarter, lifted again by continued growth of its VMware subsidiary and EMC's recent sale of a slice of the company.Net income for the third quarter ending Sept. 30 was $492.9 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, which was 77 percent more over the same period a year ago, EMC said Thursday. Those figures included the sale of 6 million shares of VMware to Cisco Systems.Excluding the VMware gain, EMC's net income was $377.8 million, or $0.18 per diluted share. Analysts predicted $0.17.EMC, which acquired VMware in 2004 for $635 million, said in February it would sell off 10 percent of VMware in an IPO (initial public offering), which was completed in August. EMC said the money would go toward stock compensation for its employees as well as boost the stock price. Intel now also owns a stake in VMware.VMware maintains a huge, 85 percent market share for virtualization software, which allows multiple operating systems to run on one piece of hardware.The technology remains a hot area, since virtualization enables servers to perform at a higher level, reducing the need for more servers. EMC, which has retained a majority stake in VMware, said third quarter revenue came in at $354 million, 90 percent higher than for the same quarter a year ago.EMC said its Information Storage business reported 8 percent higher revenue, backed by sales of its Clariion and Celerra networked storage systems plus other backup and recovery products.RSA, EMC's security business, saw revenue grow 22 percent over a year prior. Those gains were attributed to RSA's authentication business, consumer applications, and event management business.


A year after experimenting with fresh flower decorations, the White House is returning to a more traditional Christmas look for its 24 holiday parties.


Remains of New Species of Hobbit-Sized Human Found

Scientists in Australia have found a new species of hobbit-sized humans who lived about 18,000 years ago on an Indonesian island in a discovery that adds another piece to the complex puzzle of human evolution.


Update 2: Reports: Alitalia Signs Deal With Italy

Struggling Italian flagship carrier Alitalia signed an agreement overnight with the government and labor unions on helping employees whose jobs will be slashed under a plan to save the airline, news reports said Wednesday.


Five Suspects Indicted in Md. Arson Spree

Five men accused of setting fire to homes under construction in an upscale development outside Washington have been indicted on federal charges, prosecutors said Monday.


Protesters angered by the German government's labor market reforms pelted Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder with eggs on Tuesday. Schroeder was visiting the eastern town of Wittenberge


Potential presidential candidate Barack Obama stood before one of the country's largest evangelical churches Friday for a frank discussion of sexuality and spirituality that included the declaration that condoms should be made more widely available to fight AIDS.


Alfonse M. DâAmato, the former senator and a poker aficionado, is lobbying to overturn a new federal ban on Internet gambling.


India's most wanted bandit has been killed by police in a gun battle while on his way to get treatment for an eye problem, ending a two-decade hunt for a


Ships and helicopters search for two fishermen missing after a collision with a Japanese destroyer.


Florida Rep. Porter Goss, the nominee to head the CIA, faced some tough questions, but an overall easy time in Senate oversight hearings Tuesday.


Unions hold emergency meetings with workers at Jaguar's doomed Browns Lane plant in Coventry to fight plans to end car production.


UK soldiers fighting in Afghanistan had to borrow rounds from allied forces, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.


News : Tiene banco l'episodio di Udinese-Brescia

I designatori Bergamo e Pairetto bocciano senza mezzi termini il giovane arbitro Dattilo per i fatti di Udinese-Brescia , ma un cartellino rosso arriva anche per Pieri, che in Bologna-Roma ne ha combinate di tutti i colori; assolto invece Bertini , reo di


NEW DELHI: It was former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao's fondness for soup that eventually led to his death on Thursday, according to his personal physician K. Srinath Reddy.


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