Little Pakistan-India Headway Ahead of Kashmir Talks

Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan appeared to make little headway in pressing ahead with their slow-moving peace process Monday and remained far apart on ways to resolve their most contentious dispute over Kashmir.


Libero grazie allâindulto il killer di Gelsomina

NAPOLI - Ecco che lâindultino dÃ  i primi frutti: Pietro Esposito, fermato dai carabinieri del comando provinciale di Napoli su ordinanza emessa dal sostituto procuratore della Dda Giovanni Corona, perchÃ© ritenuto uno degli organizzatori e degli


Stars Jostle for Space at Ocean's 12 Premiere

Steven Soderberghâs Oceanâs 12, which opens in cinemas in the United States tomorrow, was given nearly Oscar-calibre treatment at its premiere in Los Angeles.


UK Conservatives Set Out Strategy Amid Poll Blues

BOURNEMOUTH, England  - Britain's struggling  Conservative Party began to showcase its strategy for unseating  Tony Blair on Monday, just days after the prime minister shook  up the political landscape by setting a date for his exit.


There's no doubt the Internet will continue to make its mark in the world of business and technology. Its maintained is position for the past year.


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For retailers and manufacturers, rebates are a quick and easy way to adjust prices in a cost-conscious market.-The Washington Post


DYERSVILLE, Iowa, July 5 -- Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) is not the first candidate to visit the eastern Iowa spot where the legendary movie "Field of Dreams" was filmed. But as he tossed a baseball around with his wife and two young daughters here on Thursday, Dodd seemed to embrace the...


Israeli troops arrest a second Hamas member of the Palestinian cabinet, as air strikes continue on Gaza.


India successfully launches an Israeli spy satellite, officials at Sriharikota space station in southern India say.


A federal judge struck down parts of the revised USA Patriot Act on Thursday, saying investigators must have a court's approval before they can order Internet providers to turn over records without telling customers.


Imaging firms: Medicare cuts hurt patients

Makers of medical imaging equipment are lobbying to overturn Medicare cutbacks after weathering some of the worst sales numbers in recent memory.


Californians Ask Feds to Return Their Marijuana

A group of 38 California medical marijuana patients filed legal motions on Tuesday asking the federal government to give them back their pot worth nearly a million dollars.


BAGHDAD: A suicide car bomber blasted an American convoy north of Baghdad as US troops battled insurgents west of the capital yesterday in a wave of violence that killed at least 27 people.


Few experts who tried to predict how Google's much-antipated IPO would perform managed to get it right, and no firms have opted to follow its auction approach. By Joanna Glasner.


A Nazi Past Casts a Pall on Name of a Disease

A movement to discredit the name of Dr. Friedrich Wegener, who discovered a rare blood vessel inflammation in 1936, is beginning to gather momentum.


Amnesty Int'l issues call against torture

Amnesty International has urged both US presidential candidates to publicly commit to ending torture and inhuman treatment of detainees in US custody.


Insurgents attack an Iraqi police station in Saddam Hussein's home town of Tikrit, reportedly killing 12 officers.


The US says a strike on the Iraqi city of Falluja targeted militants, but locals say a wedding party was hit.


BEIJING: The world marked Aids Day yesterday, promising to eradicate ignorance and prejudice about a disease that was at first dismissed by many as a Western evil confined to drug users, homosexuals and prostitutes.


First chips 'on track' for 2005 debut, apparently


Targeted attacks on the rise, Microsoft report says

Trojans, malware and phishing scams are all on the rise in the last six months, according to the company's Security Intelligence Report.


I remember it as clearly as yesterday -- June 4, 1986, Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Pirates vs. Braves, fifth inning. Against the Braves' Craig McMurtry, Barry Bonds hit his first major league homer in just his sixth game.


EU Takes Over Bosnia Peacekeeping from NATO

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and NATO head Jaap de Hoop Scheffer oversaw the transfer of power ceremony Thursday at Sarajevo's Camp Butmir.


Siena, 17:20 - CALCIO, SIENA: MACCARONE IN ATTACCO CON CHIESA

Il Siena ha effettuato nel corso della mattinata la rifinitura nel ritiro della Borghesiana a Roma i...


Investment bank HSBC has revised   downward its forecast for 2007 economic growth and cautioned   that the risk of an outright recession is growing as a retreat   in housing threatens household balance sheets.


Nokia unveils new media phones, music service

Finland's Nokia (NOK1V.HE),  the world's top cell phone maker, on Tuesday unveiled a pair of  media phones and a music service in a bid to increase revenue  and win back popularity lost to rivals.


Its splitsville for Salma Hayek and Josh Lucas

It's all over between Hollywood beauty Salma Hayek and her boyfriend Josh Lucas.


INTERVIEW: Sony Chases Rivals in Image Chip Race

Sony Corp., the world leader in video  equipment, finds itself in the unusual position of playing  catch-up in the next battleground for technology used in  cameras, video recorders and phones.


Nepal's former communist rebels agreed Sunday to rejoin the government, officials said, signaling an end to a political crisis that led to the indefinite postponement of elections. The pact will also abolish Nepal's monarchy.


(HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:


Harry Potter author gets honorary degree

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling received an honorary doctorate on Thursday in recognition of the help she has given researchers into multiple sclerosis.


Differences on N. Korea overhang Bush-Roh talks

President Bush meets South Korean   President Roh Moo-hyun on Thursday with differences over how to   deal with North Korea overhanging their summit and testing   relations between the two allies.


Il gip di Roma ordina un supplemento d'istruttoria sul viceministroAl centro dell'inchiesta, le presunte pressioni per sostituire alcuni ufficiali della Finanza                                          Caso Speciale, niente archiviazione "Su Visco bisogna indagare ancora"


Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona doesn't let himself get dreamy-eyed over the potential of his starting pitchers to rack up wins if they all start clicking at once.


Edu "devastated" as Arsenal future in doubt

The Brazilian midfielder, 26, broke a bone during Tuesday's League Cup victory over Everton - his comeback match after a calf injury.


An Eduardo double helps put Arsenal top of the Premier League as they come from behind to beat Everton.


UK house prices are still rising strongly, the country's biggest mortgage lender, the Halifax, says.


Britain would be safer from a terrorist attack under Labour than any other party, Peter Hain says.


Geoff Blum singled in the go-ahead run with two outs in the eighth for the San Diego Padres, who nearly wasted a brilliant performance by Greg Maddux before rallying to beat the New York Mets 5-4 on Wednesday night.


New Century CEO ousted "without cause," due payout

New Century Financial Corp.  said on Tuesday it dismissed Chief Executive Brad Morrice "without cause," leaving the bankrupt subprime mortgage lender owing him more than three years' salary as a payout.


Pro-Choice Senator Must Back Bush -Senate Leader

A Republican senator who has  questioned whether an abortion opponent could win approval to  the U.S. Supreme Court must agree to back President Bush's  nominees if he is to head the committee acting on those  nominations, the Senate's Republican leader said.


Relations with the Muslim community are made "more difficult" when women wear veils, Jack Straw says.


British military begins deployment north to Hillah base

The British military said Wednesday that some 800 of its Black Watch troops have begun their deployment north toward Baghdad from their base in southern Iraq.


Final arguments under way at Conrad Black trial

Conrad Black and his associates systematically stole $60 million from the publishing empire they once ran and then tried to hide what they did, prosecutors told jurors in final arguments at the former media baron's criminal fraud trial on Monday.


Studies have shown that suburbanites use more energy and produce more carbon dioxide than city-dwellers.


Albert Einstein, the man who will help shape the course of the 20th century, is born in Germany. Compiled by Tony Long.


Iraqi health officials confirmed the first cases of cholera in Baghdad today, in a sign that an epidemic that has infected approximately 7,000 people in northern Iraq is spreading south.


Samsung Chairmanâs Office Raided in Inquiry

Special prosecutors are investigating accusations that the companyâs chairman, Lee Kun Hee, had amassed slush funds to bribe politicians, prosecutors and government officials.


Chips will consume about 30 percent less energy than the same chips produced on the 90-nanometer process when running at the same speed.


A US soldier was killed and another wounded Monday night when a roadside bomb exploded as their military convoy passed by on a road near Baghdad, according to the US military.


Frazzled Spaniards are paying 40 euros (28 pounds) to vent their frustrations with modern life by taking sledgehammers to old cars, computers, television sets and mobile phones while listening to heavy metal rock.


IN MICHIGAN: Democratic presidential candidate US Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., reacts to the crowd at a rally Monday at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.


The Risk of Innovation: Will Anyone Embrace It?

Whether humans will embrace or resist an innovation is the billion-dollar question facing designers of novel products and services.


Hammer Films bites back with new horror movie

Hammer Films -- the producer of horror movies like "The Curse Of Frankenstein" and "The Mummy" -- on Thursday unveiled its first film in over 30 years which will be screened online.


Braves Acquire Hudson; Beltre and Mariners Agree

It had become obvious for several weeks that the Oakland Athletics would trade Tim Hudson, but when and where remained a mystery until yesterday.


Despite a rise in terror attacks, Algerians seem more concerned about getting mugged.


U.S. warplanes pound southern Baghdad outskirts

U.S. warplanes launched their biggest air strike in Iraq since at least 2006 on Thursday, bombarding date palm groves on Baghdad's southern outskirts with more than 40,000 pounds of bombs in a matter of minutes.


A Brazilian court fines Preisdent Lula da Silva for an impromptu, illegal election speech in Sao Paulo.


Accra, 13:52 - CALCIO, CAMERUN: PFISTER RESTA CT ANCHE DOPO FINALE PERSA

Nonostante la sconfitta di ieri nella finale di Coppa d'Africa contro l'Egitto, il tedesco Otto Pfis...


Director Bryan Singer has announced the new Superman!


Bell Microproducts Partners With D-Link for End-to-End Networking Solutions

SAN JOSE, Calif. and FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 12  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bell Microproducts Inc.  and D-Link(R) today announced they have signed a distribution agreement.


SCI Spearheads Victory for CITES Lion Management

Proposal could have ended lion trophy hunting and removed sportsmen from sustainable-use management of the species. TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 12, 2004 - Thanks to Safari Club International's six-person delegation


Hughes salutes McCarthy as penalty double clinches Premiership win

Blackburn manager Mark Hughes praised Benni McCarthy's courage after the South African striker's penalty double clinched a 2-1 win at Bolton.


[TS] Talking Business: A Contract Is a Contract, Right?

So what you would do if you ran State Farmâs Mississippi operation?


ISRAEL'S plan to withdraw from Gaza was designed to put the peace process on hold and block the creation of a Palestinian state, a top aide to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in an interview yesterday.


Capital and GWR today announced their Â£711m merger, creating the country's biggest radio group in a deal that changes the shape of the British radio industry.


Stealth bombers to get bunker-nobbling weapons

As new Iranian nuke bunker appears on Google Earth American stealth bombers will soon be equipped to drop the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), the gigantic deep-bunker-blasting bomb currently being developed by the Yanks.â¦


Election Losses Further Erode Once Mighty Democratic Base

In the new Congress, only 4 of the 22 senators from the 11 states of the old Confederacy will be Democrats.


The Panasonic 42-inch plasma high-definition television sold for an average of $1,762 at Circuit City in September. By October, it was $1,687. And the day after Thanksgiving, the price hit a temporary low of $1,199.


AMERICA/VENEZUELA - ÂQuesta situazione Ã¨ una chiamata ad evangelizzare tutti i settori della societÃ Â Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "Davanti alla situazione che si Ã¨ verificata nell'UniversitÃ  La Sapienza di Roma, che ha portato alla sospensione della visita che Papa Benedetto XVI aveva programmato di realizzare nellÂadempimento del suo lavoro, dalle Pon...


Violence Sweeps Baghdad; U.S. Gunship Fires on Crowd

A U.S. helicopter gunship fired at  Iraqis milling around a burning U.S. vehicle in a Baghdad  street Sunday during fierce battles in which witnesses and  officials said 13 people had been killed and 61 wounded.


Boeing CEO says market slower than Airbus suggests

BERLIN: Boeing Co. Chief Executive Harry Stonecipher has said the US aircraft makerâs archrival Airbus was exaggerating the speed of recovery in the commercial airplane market.


Microsoft better at patching XP than Vista

(InfoWorld) - A Microsoft security executive released data Thursday showing that, six months after shipping Windows Vista, his company has left more publicly disclosed Vista bugs unpatched than it did with Windows XP. In total, Microsoft has patched 12 out of 27 disclosedÂ Vista vulnerabilitiesÂ in the six months after it first shipped last November. During XP's first six months, Microsoft's security team patched 36 out of 39 known bugs. The data was published by Jeff Jones, a Microsoft security strategy director, who said that overall, Vista was doing better than XP. "Windows Vista continues to show a trend of fewer total and fewer high-severity vulnerabilities at the six month mark compared to its predecessor product, Windows XP," he wrote. Jones didn't address the larger number of unpatched vulnerabilities, but he did note most of the unpatched Vista bugs were not critical. Microsoft had left only one high-severity Vista vulnerability unpatched during the period. At the end of XP's first six months, there were two high-severity bugs that were unpatched. Microsoft patched 23 high-severity XP bugs during its first six months, compared with only one high-severity Vista flaw. Jones argued that Vista had a lower number of vulnerabilities than competitive operating system products such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Mac OS X. He published the data in an effort to show how Microsoft's software development methodology, called the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) is yielding dividends. But his method of comparing Windows to Linux and Mac OS X is problematic, according to some. "This is an apples-to-oranges comparison," said HD Moore, one of the hackers behind the popular Metasploit penetration testing toolkit. "If you want a more accurate view, try comparing the number of flaws between Microsoft-developed software and vendor-X-developed software. Most Linux vendors don't actually write the majority of the packages they include," he said via e-mail. "Alternatively, force Microsoft to include all vulnerabilities in common third-party software," he added. "For example, the thousands of exploitable ActiveX controls that... vendors include with a Windows system." According to Randy Abrams, director of technical education with antivirus vendor Eset, it will be more interesting to look at vulnerability statistics once Vista becomes more popular than XP, and the target of more hackers. But Microsoft has stepped up its security practices, he added. "I think their Security Development Lifecycle initiative has improved the quality of the code," he said. Â


Merry Chrismukkah: Cards Combine Holidays

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Every December, Zack Rudman and his wife send out cards with winterscapes and generic holiday greetings.


A presidential commission has modified its proposal for a trust fund that would use up to $4 billion in annual offshore oil and gas royalties to safeguard oceans and coastal areas. The change was to answer governors' fears the idea might spur more drilling off their coasts.


US to allow limited cattle imports from Canada

WASHINGTON For the first time in more than 19 months, you'll soon be able to get a Canadian burger in the US. The Agriculture Department says it'll allow limited imports of Canadian cattle beginning March seventh.


Reid declares net safe as Paris's bits are hidden away

And Vint Cerf drops us a line Letters We at El Reg are used to hobnobbing with the cream of internet high society [er, we are? - Ed], so we were not surprised at all when one of the Founding Fathers dropped us a note in response to an article we'd written about the threat of botnets, as highighted to the World Economic Forum. So used to it, in fact, that we thought we'd run it as our headline letter on Letters this fine Tuesday.â¦


A University of Oklahoma professor has helped invent a device that measures the likelihood that lightning will strike.


Return to Flight on Track Despite Setbacks

NASA (news - web sites) is making progress in its return to flight efforts, despite suffering setbacks from a recent rash of hurricanes that have pummeled the nation's space coast, according to the task force overseeing the agency's work.


Struggling cell-phone maker Motorola Inc. said Thursday it is considering separating the handset unit from its other businesses in an effort to snap a deep slump that has followed its meteoric success with the Razr.


Russian film The Return wins the BBC Four World Cinema Award, presented at a ceremony in London.


Bluegill on Guard in Region's Water Supply

The bluegill is a freshwater fish of many talents, able to elude predators by hiding in submerged tree stumps and to survive for weeks without food.


Vincono i 'si'' al referendum, ok a nuove norme immigrazione


THE prosecution on terrorism charges of extremist Islamic cleric and accused Jemaah Islamiah leader Abu Bakar Bashir will rely heavily on the potentially tainted testimony of at least two convicted Bali bombers, his lawyers have said.


Nel Savonese,aggredita anche un'altra persona ora ricoverata


Demand from Eastern Europe for trucks helped MAN achieve record earnings.


Open format document bills in states derailed

Blog: A report reviewing a handful of state bills endorsing open document formats finds that none has survived.


Fiat will meet car giant GM on Tuesday in an attempt to reach agreement over the future of the Italian firm's loss-making auto group.


'Lemony Snicket' proves fortunate for Paramount

The whole film industry bemoans the lack of a "Lord of the Rings" episode to do for the current week what the trilogy did for the week leading into Christmas the past three years.


US forces trade fire with insurgents in Ramadi

US forces traded fire with insurgents in the Sunni stronghold of Ramadi following a series of raids, residents said Thursday, and at least eight people were reported killed.


Three British soldiers have died of their injuries after separate attacks in Afghanistan.


Russian agent murder suspect set to reveal 'sensation'

The chief suspect in the London murder of Russian ex-agent Alexander Litvinenko was set to make revelations about the case on Friday that he has already flagged as "a sensation."


The Celtics placed veteran forward Tom Gugliotta on the injured list Wednesday and activated second-round draft pick Justin Reed. Gugliotta, averaging 1.5 points and 2.3 rebounds in 11.5 minutes per game, has a mild right ankle strain, the team said.


France's leading daily argues that fiddling the books is no way to uphold the euro's credibility.


Veniva da Santo Domingo, aveva ingoiato 77 ovuli cocaina


The Tigers snared the last remaining premiere free agent of the offseason, agreeing to a $75 million, five-year contract with outfielder Magglio Ordonez, a source said Saturday.


Sirtris Pharmaceuticals Inc. , a young Cambridge biotechnology company trying to parlay life-extension research into drugs for diabetes and other metabolic problems, said yesterday it hopes to raise up to $60 million in an initial public offering.


Kildow Continues US Domination in Downhill Skiing

Lindsey Kildow of the United States won a women's downhill Friday to celebrate the first World Cup victory of her career. With compatriots Bode Miller and


Iran said on Friday that a nuclear   standoff with the West could only be settled through   negotiation while Russia called imposing punitive sanctions on   Tehran for not ending sensitive atomic work a dead end.


India News > Turmoil as Uma Bharati prepares for arrest:

Madhya Pradesh plunged into a political crisis Sunday as a Karnataka police team left for Bhopal to serve an arrest warrant on Chief Minister Uma Bharati in a 10-year-old case.


Life, the Universe and Everything: How Astronomy Addresses the Big Questions

There are some questions    that have curdled the brains of hominids ever since they developed the power    to ponder. Questions like "what is the nature of evil?" or "what    caused the Cambrian explosion?" not to mention Freud's famous stumper,    "what does a woman want?"


AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Il Vescovo di Zamora invita a vivere l'Anno Giubilare Diocesano con spirito di conversione, accrescendo la partecipazione alla vita sacramentale, diffondendo la Parola di Dio e rafforzando la fede e l'unitÃ  del popolo di Dio Lomas de Zamora (Agenzia Fides) - Il Vescovo di Lomas de Zamora, Mons. AgustÃn Radrizzani, ha scritto una lettera pastorale invitando i suoi fedeli a vivere Âcon convinzione, profonditÃ  ed entusiasmoÂ l'Anno Guibilare Diocesano, indetto per il 50Âº an...


He once was considered the Bruins' for-years-to-come No. 1 puckstopper, the 6-foot-2-inch, 197-pound Finn with the right blend of athleticism, technical consistency, Gumby-like flexibility, and confidence.


Courtney Love pleads guilty to New York disorderly conduct charge

Courtney Love (news | CDs) has negotiated another stop on her docket of court cases, pleading guilty to a disorderly conduct charge Wednesday (10/20) in New York.


Sir Mark Thatcher is to be tried in absentia over an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, a lawyer says.


Chang, McCormack, Scott elected to Hall of Fame

Michael Chang, the youngest man to claim a grand slam singles title when he won the 1989 French Open, has been elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, officials announced on Wednesday.


There was a measure of relief for the banking sector on Tuesday after the Treasury extended its guarantee beyond Northern Rock's customer deposits to its wholesale banking products.


Dopo il gala' di Capodanno condurra' un nuovo format


People's Choice Awards Adds New Categories

The People's Choice Awards have added new categories to the upcoming ceremony, including favorite movies, favorite smile and favorite cartoon star.


Dumbledore brave, brilliant; why not gay: Rowling

J.K. Rowling, whose Harry Potter series made her the first billionaire author, said on Tuesday she was surprised at the fuss surrounding her announcement the boy wizard's head teacher, Albus Dumbledore, was gay.


Italy celebrates release of hostages in Iraq

Italians celebrated Wednesday the release of two female aid workers who had been held hostage in Iraq with the country's two leading newspapers expressing the relief felt nationwide with the headline "They're Home" alongside pictures of the two smiling


NEW YORK (Billboard) - Pop band Maroon 5's first album in four years opened at No. 1 on the U.S. charts Wednesday, while veteran rocker Ozzy Osbourne scored a personal best with his first release in six years.


Johnson Came Out Strong, Worked Tarver for Decision Win

Ringside. 12/19 - LOS ANGELES - With nine losses, many people didnât quite know what to make of Glen Johnson coming into his fight with Antonio Tarver.


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MS downplays voice recognition attack Microsoft has played down the possibility that the speech recognition system in Windows Vista might be hijacked to delete files or perform other unauthorised actions.â¦


Iraqi insurgents from Fallujah are in intense negotiations with the country's interim government to hand over control of the city to Iraqi troops, in hopes of averting a bloody


President Bush promoted medical savings accounts while Senator John Kerry focused on a plan to expand health coverage to children.


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Canada's national police chief publicly apologises to a man who was deported on false terrorism charges.


RAMSEY, N.J. - Some wild turkeys, it appears, were trying to get out of New Jersey before Thanksgiving Day.


Vail Resorts' loss widens to US$31.5 million, real estate revenue ...

Vail Resorts said Friday that a drop in real estate revenue contributed to a wider loss in the first quarter, one of the company's slowest times.


Gli arrestati, di 43 e 56 anni, accusati dell'omicidio di un connazionale 23enneDopo il delitto avrebbero simulato un sequestro e chiesto 5mila euro alla madre                                          Uccidono amico e ne fingono il rapimento Due romeni fermati a Roma dai carabinieri


1,500 People Vaccinated At Drive-Up Flu Clinic

Charlotte -- Nearly 1,000 people lined up before the sun rose Sunday morning for a drive-up flu clinic. The Mecklenburg County Health Department sponsored the event at the Charlotte Coliseum.


Real Madrid said that Spanish international forward Fernando Morientes has agreed terms on a three-and-a-half year contract with English Premiership giants Liverpool.


Attorney: Benoitâs Doctor Charged in Federal Probe

The personal doctor of a pro wrestler who killed his wife and son before committing suicide was charged Monday with improperly dispensing painkillers and other drugs to other patients.


Danish toy maker Lego Co. said Thursday it has yet to recover from a financial crisis and expects to record a loss for 2004 despite an elaborate recovery plan which included increased focus on its classic products.


The IRA has changed radically with some of its important structures dismantled, a monitoring body says.


Four days of rest in between US Open matches might have been just what Roger Federer needs, as he takes the court on Wednesday for a quarterfinal encounter against Andre Agassi.


SAP unveils Web software, new business model

SAP AG  unveiled a  long-awaited line of Web-delivered software on Wednesday that  will radically change the company's business model and may  shake up the Internet software arena.


U.S. stocks fell on Friday as oil  prices touched another record high and Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O  dragged on the major indexes after the software maker's revenue  forecast lagged analysts' expectations.


A man has enjoyed his first real dinner in nine years after a pioneering operation to rebuild his jaw using an artifical bone grown in one of the muscles of his back.


Government & External Affairs Program Information Now Online

By Anonymous  NEHA's Web site now features several pages dedicated to the organization's Government & External Affairs (G&EA) Program. The G&EA pages have also been highlighted on NEHA's home page.


Thirty Ethiopian opposition leaders sentenced to life in prison over election protests are pardoned.


Prima giornata della fiera mondiale della telefonia a BarcellonaI big del settore presentano i loro nuovi "terminali mobili"                                          GPhone, NSeries e convergenza cosÃ¬ il cellulare ridisegna il web                                                                                E adesso l'attenzione si sposta sul "social networking"dal nostro inviato ERNESTO ASSANTE


Blair threatens direct rule if next week's North talks fail

The British Government is demanding closure at next week's Leeds Castle talks and threatening a return to direct rule if the DUP and Sinn F in cannot agree the basis for a resumption of power-sharing devolution ...


In their 14-year relationship, Patricia Spado and Olive Watson spent only five nights apart. They lived in New York, spent summers in Maine, and shared the more practical pieces of a life together — a home, a joint bank account.


When the season started, coach Doc Rivers could not have imagined a major injury for rookie Al Jefferson would constitute a major loss for the Celtics. Jefferson will miss four weeks or more with a high right ankle sprain, an awfully long time to do without his services.


Sexy R&B sensation Usher was the king of the American Music Awards Sunday night-- taking home four awards including Favorite Male Artist in the Pop/rock and Soul/R&B categories, as well as Best Album in both the Pop/rock and Soul/R&B categories.


Il segretario generale chiede impegno per pace nel mondo


Compagnia frena acquisizioni e spinge su crescita interna


As much as Â£20m may have been stolen in a raid at a bank's headquarters in Belfast, police say.


Filipino and British wildlife researchers say they've stumbled upon what appears to be a new species of flightless bird found only on the tiny forested island of Calayan in the northern Philippines.


Milano, 13:52 - BASKET, SERIE A: ARMANI MILANO-BENETTON TREVISO 85-65

L'Armani Milano ha battuto la Benetton Treviso 85-65 (18-16, 39-36; 64-50) nell'anticipo del mezzogi...


White House budget director Rob Portman is resigning and will be replaced by former Iowa Rep. Jim Nussle, Bush administration officials said Tuesday.


Canyon Ranch Abandons Plan For Md. Condos

The on-again, off-again effort to bring a luxury Canyon Ranch condominium community to North Bethesda is now officially off, making the high-profile development the region's latest victim of a slumbering condo market that has claimed dozens of projects.


'The Forgotten' Tops North American Box Office

Supernatural thriller "The  Forgotten" soared to the top of the U.S. box office over the  weekend with better-than-expected ticket sales during a  worse-than-usual seasonal slump.


President Bush, resuming his campaign here Saturday, extolled his second debate performance and declared that Democrat John Kerry "can run, but he cannot hide" from his record in office.


The Rev. Harold Hamon said he was probably addressing Christmas cards when his pregnant neighbor, Bobbie Jo Stinnett, was strangled and the infant ripped from her womb.


A young man is jailed for killing a 10-year-old girl at a family Christmas party.


Riunione delConsiglio nazionale dell'associazione dei comuni


TIME talks with John Kerry about the upcoming presidential election


MPack malware exposes cheapskate web hosts

Apache and the Domino Effect Poor configuration of Apache servers allowed multiple websites hosted on the same physical server to become infected in last month's Mpack compromise.â¦


Michael Moore plans to enter Fahrenheit 9/11 as best picture, rather than best documentary, at the Oscars.


India's cellphone market set to grow 20 percent each year: official

India's booming cellphone market is adding 1.7 million customers every month and will grow between 15 percent and 20 percent annually, a senior industry official said.


Estonia's biggest software developer Helmes triples profits

Estonian software developer Helmes has said that its net profit more than tripled in the first half of 2006 compared with the same period last year, to reach 11 million kroons (0.7 million euros, 0.9 million dollars).


Google News to host wire service stories

Google Inc. took another step Friday in its continued attempts to improve its relationships with wire services,...


9am update: Eckoh, the operator of Richard & Judy's You Say We Pay phone quiz, has been fined a record Â£150,000 by regulator Icstis. By John Plunkett.


Madrid, 14:25 - CALCIO, STAMPA SPAGNOLA: RONALDINHO A LONDRA PER NON PAGARE TASSE

Un eventuale trasferimento di Ronaldhino al Chelsea farebbe risparmiare al brasiliano circa 10 milio...


TUCSON, Ariz. - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson filed for bankruptcy Monday, becoming the second U.S...


Reagan Shooter Hinckley Seeks More Freedom

John Hinckley Jr.'s lawyer Barry Levine, left, leads the parents of John Hinckley, Jr., Jack Hinckley, right, and Jo Ann Hinckley, into court on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004 in Washington.


Iraq needs its own forces to nail down security: deputy PM

Security cannot be truly established in Iraq until the country's own police, armed forces and other security organisations are firmly in place, Iraqi deputy prime minister Barham Salih said.


Cuban President Fidel Castro appears on TV in his first interview since undergoing surgery 10 months ago.


Beckett Halts Red Sox Skid With 20th Win

Josh Beckett pitched six strong innings to become the first 20-game winner in the majors since 2005, and first Red Sox winner in nearly a week.


Police: Man Tried to Rob Bank Being Built

KENNESAW, Ga. - There is little money to be gained from attempting to rob a bank that is still under construction, police say a Marietta man learned on Wednesday.


Olmert sees no big breakthrough at Mideast conference

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday a U.S.-sponsored conference on Palestinian statehood would not yield a peace breakthrough, seeking to head off a revolt by rightist coalition partners.


Jerez, 17:43 - F1, TEST JEREZ: ALONSO IL PIU' VELOCE, RAIKKONEN TERZO

A Jerez de la Frontera, in Spagna, dove sono in corso i test dei team di Formula Uno in vista del Mo...


Business conditions deteriorate, outlook dims, NABE

Business activity, capital spending  and hiring slowed in the third quarter in response to  tightening credit conditions and a rapidly deteriorating  housing market, an industry survey showed on Monday.


Immatricolazioni registrano flessione del 3,7%


Senator Barack Obama's first Los Angeles trip as a presidential candidate was long on style, short on substance and as sunny as the California skies


British police said on Friday they had defused a bomb in central London.


Britain throws out Russian diplomats in murder row

Britain said on Monday it was expelling four Russian diplomats over Moscow's refusal to extradite the main suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.


Oklahoma State head coach designate Sean Sutton leaned back against the wall in a corridor of the Thomas & Mack Center. He praised his team after beating UNLV but cautioned that the


Some people call the only road from the airport to Baghdad's Green Zone the most dangerous highway in Iraq. To the Army, it's just Route Irish.


OUR VIEW: ; Internet; Keep It Democratic

By gZEDIT  TODAY, visibility on the vast Internet is equal for every person, group, corporation or government agency creating a Web site. Regular people and small businesses are treated the same as multimillionaires and huge corporations. All are equally reachable.


Lockheed Wins Job of Building Next Spaceship

The NASA decision is likely to change the dynamics of the space business, setting Lockheed up to be the dominant player in space exploration.


Norwegian envoy leaves Sri Lanka, peace deadlock continues

Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Petersen left Sri Lanka Thursday night after meeting with the country's president and the leadership of the rebel Tamil Tigers, but he failed


Barry Zito wins for the first time in seven starts and the Giants snap a five-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs.


The Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to accept an offer from Los Angeles investor Mark L. Attanasio to buy the team from the family of baseball commissioner Bud Selig.


Ex-Playboy model Anna Nicole nears Bahamas burial

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - Former Playboy centerfold Anna Nicole Smith will be buried in the Bahamas after most of the parties feuding over her corpse reached a deal on Thursday to lay her to rest next to her dead son.


As President Bush embarked on his second term last week, it was hard to escape the sense that his longtime honeymoon with the Federal Reserve may be ending.


Yao Ming had 25 points and 14 rebounds, Tracy McGrady added 13 points and 12 boards, and the Houston Rockets survived another fourth-quarter meltdown to beat the Washington Wizards 86-82 on Wednesday night.


No goals but everyone happy as Valencia hold Inter

Inter Milan were held to a goalless draw by Valencia on Wednesday but the result, earned by "an almost perfect performance", was enough to send the Italians through to knockout stage of the Champions League.


Democrats vow to continue probe into Ohio voting

Democrats have vowed to spend âwhatever it takesâ to complete a rigorous investigation into voting irregularities in Ohio, the state which ultimately decided this year's US


TB patient fled ahead of health authorities: CDC

A man infected with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis fled across Europe to avoid detention, taking flight after flight to stay ahead of public health officials, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.


SunTrust Banks Inc. (STI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 7 US bank, fired its chief credit officer and two other finance executives after finding numerous errors


Australian Dollar Rises Before Central Bank Governor's Speech

The Australian dollar rose to its highest in 8 1/2 months against the US currency on speculation Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Ian Macfarlane will signal the bank intends to raise its key rate of interest.


Nike Profit Up 25 Pct. on Converse Boost

Nike Inc. NKE.N on Monday  reported a 25 percent rise in quarterly profit, topping Wall  Street estimates, on strong sales of Converse sneakers and  high-priced athletic and basketball shoes such as the Air Zoom  and Street Miler.


Air New Zealand will increase services to Western Australia, operating daily direct services between Auckland and Perth during the Australian summer.


SPARTANS 49, BADGERS 14: Complete coverage

The Badgers' march to their fourth Rose Bowl in 15 years under coach Barry Alvarez may have ended at the Michigan State 1-yard at the end of the first half on Saturday.


Half of Army recruits have the literacy or numeracy skills of children leaving primary school.


Microsoft Q4 profit rises despite Xbox charge

Microsoft Corp.  said on  Thursday it eked out a gain in net profit despite taking a $1  billion charge to pay for repairs to its Xbox 360 game  consoles.


Iran Says Iraqi Government Risks Losing Support

Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said on Monday Iraq's interim government risked losing popular support because of its backing for military operations against Shi'ite Muslim rebels in the holy city of Najaf.


New York, 09:16 - FOOTBALL, NFL: COLTS VINCONO MONDAY NIGHT E RESTANO IMBATTUTI

Nel monday night del campionato americano di football gli Indianapolis Colts hanno conquistato la se...


When the former coach of the Oakland Raiders traveled to Miami Monday to spend nearly five hours being interviewed for an opening that was, for all intents and purposes, already closed, Shell understood the situation.


: Yasser Arafat telephoned his Palestinian colleagues, read telegrams from well-wishing world leaders, ate cereal and sipped tea - signs that his health may be on the upswing following three


WASHINGTON Sept. 10, 2004 - Questions are being raised about the authenticity of newly unearthed memos which asserted that George W. Bush ignored a direct order from a superior officer in the Texas Air National


Werder Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf was all aglow in the after aftermath of a 2-0 Mestalla win that secured a place in the final 16 of the Champions League.


Sewage overflow undermines River Thames claim to cleanliness

The River Thames, which bisects the centre of London, is said by some to be among the world's cleaner urban waterways, but that claim to fame is undermined by frequent spillage from the capital's sewage system.


Registrata una crescita tra le piu' alte d'Europa


Actress Lindsay Lohan is due back in court over claims she was drunk at the wheel during a 2005 car accident.


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Sources: Blackwater guards offered immunity

State Department investigators promised Blackwater guards immunity from prosecution for last month's deadly shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad, according to officials familiar with the matter.


A British plane was to fly to Colombo with tents and plastic sheets for Sri Lankans who lost homes when giant tidal waves swept over their coastline and other parts of Asia, an official said.


How TiVo and Amazon are working to eradicate disc media

It has been my theory for a little while that sometime in the near future, we are going to see the downfall of physical discs for watching movies. Check out this and other original content on CNET's blog network.


Aare, 22:16 - SCI, MONDIALI; KARBON: BELLA RICOMPENSA DOPO ANNI DIFFICILI

E' grande la felicità di Denise Karbon dopo la vittoria della medaglia di bronzo nel gigante ...


Midlake, Otis Taylor, and Lucinda Williams round out this week's reviews of new albums.


People who survived the Asian tsunami face yet another risk - a potentially fatal fungal infection.


A dramatic decline in breast-cancer rates may be linked to a decrease in the number of women using hormone therapy. What women need to know about the new findings.


A record number of readers visited  U.S. online newspaper sites last year, according to figures  released on Thursday, confirming the Web as one of the few  bright spots for the struggling newspaper industry.


Matt Frank had been dead for eight hours when the first goodbye message was posted on his MySpace page.


Gonzales resigns as attorney general: official

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has resigned from office, an official confirmed on Monday.


Gunmen Kill 23 in Attack on Bus in Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras  - At least 23 people were  killed in the northern industrial city of San Pedro Sula on  Thursday when gunmen sprayed a public bus with bullets and left  a menacing message for crime-busting politicians, police said.


Second doctor questioned over UK bombings freed

A second foreign doctor quizzed by Australian police over the failed British car bombings has been released after questioning and will not face further action, police said Wednesday.


The Golden Globes film and television awards are reduced to a press conference amid a writers' strike.


Physician, daughter poisoned during trip to Moscow

LOS ANGELES -- A physician well-known in this city's Russian community and her adult daughter were poisoned during a trip to Moscow last month, US Embassy officials confirmed yesterday, the latest in a string of Russian poisoning cases that have sparked international intrigue.


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Five sentenced for helping failed London bombers

Five men found guilty of helping an  al-Qaeda-inspired gang after botched suicide bombings on  London's transport system were jailed for prison terms ranging  from seven to 17 years on Monday.


"Due to market changes and increasing requirements for cost-effectiveness, production of mobile devices in Germany is no longer feasible for Nokia"  Finnish phone maker Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it will close a manufacturing plant and automotive supply unit in Bochum, Germany, and was in talks to sell a research and development unit in Bochum to Sasken ... via SanLuisObispo.com


The Boston Red Sox crush the Colorado Rockies 13-1 in game one of the World Series.


HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam -- Northerners are rude, they talk funny, they are lousy drivers and have bad taste.


Mibtel a -0,15%, SP/Mib a -0,23%, All Stars +0,16%


Motorola is warning that second quarter sales and earnings will be lower than expected.


Nokia dials up Express Music phone family?

Yoof-friendly design Nokia is gearing up to launch a pair of music-centric mobile phones, according to a Russian handset retailer's website. The site's pictures of the products certainly tally with blurry photos of the devices that popped up on the web last month.â¦


Crude oil prices fall on expectation of milder weather

Crude oil prices fell sharply Monday as traders speculated that temperatures in the eastern half of the United States would limit heating oil needs.


Hundreds of people in central China are expelled from the Communist Party for violating the one-child policy.


The Kyoto protocol on climate change will become a legally-binding treaty on 16 February, the UN annnounces.


Crude futures in New York settled 1.4 percent lower Monday, as Iraq's resumption of some oil exports gave cause for mild profit-taking.


There is a security alert floating around (PHP Magazine, php|architect) about a new hole found in the code of PostNuke.


Debate grows in Cuba six months after hand-over

Six months after Cuba's sick leader Fidel Castro handed over power provisionally to his brother Raul, signs of an opening in public debate are emerging in the communist-run country.


White House gates shut to "Kazakh reporter" comic

Borat, the fictional TV reporter   from Kazakhstan, may have gotten under the skin of Kazakh   officials but on Thursday he couldn't get past the gates of the   White House.


Fabrizio Gatti, domani in chat su L'espresso

L'autore del reportage sullo sfruttamento degli immigrati per la raccolta dei pomodori in Puglia incontra i lettori online alle 15


Pacino's Lost Seat Tops Venice Festival Shambles

A string of embarrassing blunders, including one which left Al Pacino with no seat at the premiere of his latest movie, have plagued this year's Venice Film Festival.


Despite Wal-Mart's Edict, Radio Tags Will Take Time

Although Wal-Mart was expecting its top suppliers to use radio tagging technology to ship goods by Jan. 1, the technology is not yet ready.


Strong Quake, Aftershocks Hit Japan; 4 Dead

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 and several powerful aftershocks rocked northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least four people and injuring more than 400 while knocking out power and phone services, media said.


Vote count begins after East Timor elections

Vote counting began on Sunday after the people of East Timor voted to choose a parliament that could help the young, poor nation get back on track after the euphoria of independence was shaken by communal bloodshed last year.


Ikea is to make a number of its UK staff redundant due to "challenging" trading conditions in the furnishings sector.


Incidente nei pressi di Varese, la vittima aveva 67 anni


Kazakhstan sends a team of prosecutors to Vienna to try and arrest the son-in-law of the Kazakh president.


Southern California gets twister, more rain; new storm nears ...

A slow-rolling series of storms that battered parts of the West this week had more precipitation in store for California, where weather


Sharon Vows to Save Government from Collapse

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  vowed on Thursday to forge a coalition with the opposition  Labour party to save his ruined government and stave off snap  elections that could stymie his Gaza withdrawal plan.


The pound kept its recent buoyancy intact after data out this morning revealed continued tightness in the UK labour market, leaving open speculation that the Bank of England may be forced into one more rate hike.


Deal Reached on New York Workersâ Compensation

The deal would increase the benefits for injured workers while cracking down on employers who cheat the system.


DYNAMO Kiev were awarded a 3-0 win over AS Roma yesterday after their Champions League match last week was abandoned when the referee was hit by an object thrown from the crowd in Rome.


Hamas sees blockade end after deal, Fatah worried

MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian Islamist group Hamas urged the West on Friday to accept a new Palestinian unity government which it said was the only way to ensure stability in the Middle East.


Retail drugstore chain CVS Corp. said it remains confident it will buy the pharmacy-benefit manager Caremark Rx Inc. , despite a higher, unsolicited offer for Caremark submitted yesterday by Express Scripts Inc.


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Canadian MPs reject a proposal by the governing Conservative party to overturn a law allowing gay marriage.


Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has been admitted to hospital, his spokesman tells the BBC.


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My British school days were a kindergarten Battle of the Bulge. I grew up, half German, a generation after the Second World War and my school friends fought the Hun in the playground every lunchtime.


Officials Say No One Missing in California Mudslide

LA CONCHITA, Calif.  - Fire officials said on  Thursday they no longer believe anyone is missing in the  mudslide that struck the California seaside town of La Conchita  this week, killing 10 people.


Business is good at Fox Business Network

Mission accomplished! So far, anyhow. Fox Business Network, which signed on last week, has swiftly gotten down to business with a wide-angle vision of business as more than just playing the market.


IBM inks Â£500M voice, data deal with Lloyds

IBM said Monday that it won a Â£500 million (AUD$1.25 billion), seven-year services contract to help move UK bank Lloyds TBS from its traditional voice infrastructure to a converged voice and data network.


15 years in an African jail lies in wait for Thatcher

SIR Mark Thatcher is facing a possible 15-year jail term for his alleged role in a mercenary plot to topple the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.


US, EU, India recall envoys from Nepal to protest King's power grab

Nepal came under international pressure after the United States, European Union and India recalled their ambassadors from the Himalayan outpost to protest King Gyanendra's seizure of absolute power.


Study: Low-Carb Diets Work Better on Men

Low-carb diets like the Atkins and South Beach plans appear to work better on men than women, University of Connecticut researchers concluded from a new study.


Russian Inflation in 2004 Exceeds Target

Russian inflation was 11.7 percent in 2004, slower than the 12 percent rate for 2003 but still above government's target, according to Russia's Federal Statistics Service.


âAmerican Talibanâ wants sentence reduced

The attorney for American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh wants his clientâs 20-year prison sentence commuted, citing the nationâs heightened anxiety when the plea deal was made in 2002 and the fact that another US citizen


LOS ANGELES  - Peter Berg, the director of "The Kingdom," is in talks to shoot "Edwin A. Salt," a spy thriller starring Tom Cruise. The story centers on a CIA officer who is fingered as a Russian sleeper spy.


Preparato per il 2008 dal Ministero solidarieta' sociale


INTERNET fraud has reached record levels and is escalating rapidly despite attempts to crack down on online crime, according to a major survey of internet users.


Belgium's Justine Henin-Hardenne will  not play tennis for the rest of the year in a bid to recover  from exhaustion.


Bush signs nuclear deal with India into law

President George W. Bush on Monday signed into law a nuclear deal with India in a major step toward allowing New Delhi to buy U.S. reactors and fuel for the first time in 30 years.


Ethnic Chinese Immigrants Throng Tibetan Streets

Zhang Jun says his two-story frosted glass and chrome beauty salon near the Tibetan capital's imposing Potala Palace is the biggest in town.


Nikkei up 1 pct, tankan shows strong business mood

The Nikkei average rose 1.06 percent on Monday and was on track to record its highest close in nearly a month, as Canon Inc.  and others with strong profit prospects rose after a Bank of Japan survey showed improved Japanese business sentiment.


6 Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes

Israel launched three air strikes in the Gaza Strip yesterday, killing at least six Palestinians, including three senior Islamic Jihad militants it had long sought for firing rockets and orchestrating other attacks. Two of the attacks occurred at the Maghazi refugee camp, including the bombing of a metalwork facility . The strikes were aimed at tightening Israel's ...


Internet Safety Course for Parents Scheduled

By Kat Zeman Daily Herald Staff Writer  What you don't know about computers can hurt your child.  Roughly 45 percent of the children who have fallen victim to a predator in recent years had a personal profile on the Internet.


Critics Assail NASA's Refusal to Release Air Safety Survey

Members of Congress and aviation safety experts yesterday criticized NASA's refusal to release the results from an extensive survey of pilots that may help pinpoint potential safety lapses in the country's aviation network.


For Peru's Indians, Lawsuit Against Big Oil Reflects a New Era

NUEVO JERUSALEM, Peru -- TomÃÂ¡s Maynas Carijano strolled through his tiny jungle farm, pinching leaves, shaking his head. The rain forest spread lushly in all directions -- covering what oil maps call Block 1AB.


No. 18 Alabama Holds Off Alabama St. 72-54

Kennedy Winston scored 21 points and Chuck Davis had 18 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 18 Alabama to a 72-54 victory over Alabama State on Tuesday night.


Temperatures headed back toward triple digits Monday, the seventh day of a heat wave that has contributed to blackouts leaving thousands without air conditioning.


Tyler Hansbrough scored 18 points, Deon Thompson added a career-high 17 and No. 4 North Carolina routed Boston College 91-69 on Thursday night.


The Catalina Marketing Corporation agreed to be acquired by ValueAct Capital, in a deal that values the company at nearly $1.6 billion.


Color-blocking has moved from summer into winter in a bolder, brighter way.


Â· Decision taken after killing of Iraqi civilians Â· Rice tries to overturn ban on Blackwater guards


Palermo, 19:17 - CALCIO, PALERMO: GUANA SALTA PARTITELLA

Doppio allenamento per il Palermo. I giocatori hanno effettuato una fase tattica undici contro zero,...


Hamas posts Israeli soldier tape before summit

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Hamas militants in Gaza posted an audio tape of a captive Israeli soldier on the Internet on Monday, just hours before their rivals for power among the Palestinians were to hold a summit with Israel.


Open-source silver lining in Microsoft's $44.6 billion wedding vow to Yahoo?

What are the open-source implications, if the software giant is successful in acquiring Yahoo? Matt Asay offers his opinion.


The Daily News said Wednesday that it would become the first major newspaper in the country capable of printing full color on every page.


In Sweden, don't mess with a drunk moose on the loose

A drunk moose staggering through your backyard and nibbling on apples fallen from your tree may sound like an amusing anecdote to tell your friends, but for those Swedes who each autumn come face to face with ...


The British government announced emergency legislation Monday to temporarily nationalize Northern Rock PLC amid strident criticism of the move from opposition lawmakers and shareholders in the stricken mortgage lender.


Police receive more than 2,000 calls after the murder of three prostitutes and the discovery of two other bodies.


Studies: Radiation Not for All With Cancer

Many older women with early breast cancer can safely skip radiation after having a lump removed, two studies suggest. Most women should still undergo radiation, because it helps prevent


Alpharma Inc. ALO.N on Friday began  selling a cheaper generic version of Pfizer Inc.'s PFE.N $3  billion a year epilepsy drug Neurontin without waiting for a  court ruling on Pfizer's request to block the copycat medicine.


NYSE suspends Interstate Bakeries stock trading

The New York Stock Exchange has suspended trading in the common stock of Interstate Bakeries Corp. (IBC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) due to bankruptcy filing by the maker of Twinkies


Attorney General defends decision to end BAE probe

The British Attorney General has defended the controversial decision to end a corruption inquiry into defence manufacturer BAE Systems, saying Saudi Arabia's "particular constitutional position" was one of the main reasons behind the choice.


Feds use robots.txt files to stay invisible online. Lame.

Blog: Some federal government Web sites, including the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, are trying to remain hidden online by blocking search engines from indexing them. Not only is this lame, but it's a good reason to ignore their robots.txt fi


His father's leg had long since healed by the time the photo was taken. He sits proudly on the steps, a coach surrounded by his players, the 1946 champions of the Southern Christian Athletic Conference basketball league.


Italy organises concerts and exhibitions to commemorate the memory of opera singer Luciano Pavarotti


Rivers Is Still Talking and Plans to Do More

Despite not being able to practice Wednesday, Philip Rivers said he remained confident that he would be in the lineup Sunday when the Chargers play the Patriots.


No. 1 video rental chain says price would be $11.50 cash for each share of Hollywood, possibly more. NEW YORK  - Blockbuster Inc.


Sun Microsystems Inc. on Tuesday was set to announce its UltraSparc IV+ microprocessor, the last significant upgrade to the company's processor line before it begins shipping the redesigned chips it calls "throughput computing" processors, and hands over the task of building chips for the bulk of its systems to Fujitsu Ltd.


Arafat to leave compound for treatment in Paris

Ailing Palestinian President Yasser Arafat prepared to fly to a Paris hospital yesterday for treatment of a serious blood disorder, leaving a compound where he has


An avalanche killed a backcountry skier in the mountains west of Big Sky, the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center said.


France's new first lady said in an interview published Tuesday that despite her whirlwind romance with President Nicolas Sarkozy, she expects the marriage to last a lifetime.


Tar Heels Pull Away From Duke in Game and A.C.C.

After a 93-76 victory over Duke, coupled with a double-overtime victory against Maryland last month, the Tar Heels are the only undefeated team in the conference.


Just five weeks before Election Day, a federal appeals court Monday revived a lawsuit demanding that all Florida voters who use touchscreen machines receive a paper receipt, in case a recount becomes necessary.


It's that spooky time of year when movies with even the mildest of scares have a great chance of breaking out at the box office.


Newcastle United manager Graeme Souness says striker Craig Bellamy needs to "sort himself out" after swearing at the team chief for taking him off in Sunday's 1-1 draw with Charlton.


Geoff Hoon today faces a bruising Commons showdown over plans to send British soldiers into the American-controlled sector of Iraq.


Cases : A Womanâs Despair, a Young Doctorâs Bewilderment

In the 1950s, medical school taught little about depression, and never emphasized that suicide was a common result.


Thousands of abortion-rights activists marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, the latest in a growing procession of protests leading up to the Republican National Convention.


Divided Turkey faces long road to EU membership

Turkey has always shown two faces: One, confidently pointing toward Europe, is wealthy, urban, and secular; another, gazing eastward, is poor, rural, and devoutly Muslim.


Cisco jumps into 802.11n wireless market with new switch

Cisco Systems today took the wraps off a new switch, the Aironet 1250, the first 802.11n-based ethernet switch to be offer by the company.


By Mike Schneider  ORLANDO, Fla. - An astronaut drove from Houston to Florida, donned a disguise and confronted a woman she believed was romantically involved with a space shuttle pilot she was in love with, police said. She was charged with attempted kidnapping and other counts.


Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein has had a hernia operation at a Baghdad hospital, officials reveal.


Christina Aguilera has given birth to a boy, the pop singer announced on her Web site Sunday.


The Government has said that all restaurants, pubs and bars in England which prepare and serve food will be smoke-free from 2006. The Health Secretary, Dr John Reid, said that from the same date all enclosed


McCartney, Mills to lock horns in divorce court

Paul McCartney and former model Heather  Mills lock horns in a British divorce court on Monday in their  battle over how big a slice she will take of the former  Beatle's fortune.


Figure in U.S. Options Case Is Granted Bail in Namibia

A local magistrate granted bail of $1.3 billion after ruling that the Namibian government had failed to prove that the former chief executive of Comverse Technology was a flight risk.


French President Jacques Chirac plays down the threat from a nuclear-armed Iran, but later retracts his comments.


Government minister Vernon Coaker arrives Thursday in Stockholm, where the number of street prostitutes has declined by one-third since 1999.


CORRECTION: News Corp lifts outlook, sees no ad slowdown

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp nudged up  its full-year outlook on Monday and said it has not seen any  weakness in the television advertising market, after posting a  moderate rise in quarterly profit.


Bill Gates sees spam "under control" in two years

MADRID, Nov 19  - Spam, the junk mail that clogs the in-box of hundreds of millions of e-mail users, could become a thing of the past in around two years time, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said on a visit to Madrid on Friday.


Liverpool outclass Derby at Anfield to move to the top of the Premier League table.


ROY LANG III: America thanks you, Paul Casey

The bad blood returns! And it may be exactly what the United States needed to turn the tide in the Ryder Cup. Thanks to Englishman -- by birth, really -- Paul Casey, the hugs and kisses the Americans and Europeans


Retailers are trying to nudge procrastinators into stores with reminders that it's the last full weekend for Christmas shopping. Only 46% of shoppers say they've finished buying gifts, vs. 52% this time last year, when there were severe snowstorms in many parts of the nation.


Brokerage Bear Stearns Companies  on Wednesday said quarterly profit fell 10 percent hurt by lower investment banking revenue and higher expenses.


Sesta fumata nera per elezione due nuovi giudici


Poland starts campaign to bring back plumbers

The Polish president has launched an advertising campaign to lure home an estimated 2 million young people who have emigrated abroad.


Stricker climbs to fifth in world rankings

American Steve Stricker leapt nine places to fifth in Monday's world rankings after his win at the Barclays Classic.


Heathrow Launches RFID Trial to Track Luggage

The U.K.âs busiest airport is starting to affix radio chips to the luggage of passengers as part of an experiment aimed at reducing lost bags.


Indonesia Court Says Newmont Detentions Illegal

JAKARTA - An Indonesian court said on Thursday the detention of five executives of a local unit of US gold miner Newmont Mining Corp.


Alexander Payne's Sideways notched up more Oscar hype yesterday when it was named best picture of 2004 by the influential New York film critics circle.


Ministers say they will legislate as soon as possible for "greener" school travel in England, including means-testing of fares.


In Diabetes Fight, Raising Cash and Keeping Trust

The American Diabetes Association is rethinking how it raises money from companies that sell foods that are high in calories.


Jury selection began Thursday in the fraud trial of a celebrity pathologist accused of using his public office and county staff to benefit his multimillion-dollar private practice.


Intel Capital to buy $218.5 million share of VMware

Intel said Monday it plans to buy a $218.5 million stake in the software firm VMware, bolstering the companies' existing agreement to run VMware's virtualization software on Intel's processors.


Apple, Ebay and Amazon receive failing grade from environmentalists

Big Blue is green, Apple is brown. Whodathunkit? Eco-lobby group Climate Counts has issued a green rating scorecard that lauds Canon and IBM as veritable Planeteers, but dumps on eBay, Amazon and Apple as planet-hating muckity-mucks.â¦


The companies are accused of paying bribes to secure lucrative contracts in Iraq while Saddam Hussein was in power.


Indian ship freed after internet cable fiasco

Colombo, Aug. 26 (PTI): Sri Lanka has released a seized Indian cargo ship after it found no evidence linking the vessel to the damage caused to the island's main submarine cable, the Navy said today.


The long wait for baseball in Washington will prove worthwhile as fans begin a rewarding relationship with the Nationals.


Up to 15 hazardous chemicals could have their global movement more strictly regulated at a conference in Geneva this week.


special coverage The hottest data services and entertainment products take the spotlight at the CTIA Wireless conference in Los Angeles.


JP Morgan: Next iPhone based on iPod Nano design

Blog: A financial analyst out of Taiwan is predicting that Apple will have a cheaper iPhone based on the iPod Nano design released by the end of the year.


Milano, 14:29 - CALCIO, INTER: MANICHE FIRMA, DOMANI PRESENTAZIONE

Il portoghese Nuno Maniche ha firmato il contratto che lo lega all'Inter fino a giugno. Questa matti...


Muslims Angry Over FBI Terrorism Sting in Albany

ALBANY, N.Y.  - Angry and saddened, members of a  Muslim community in New York state's capital have been staying  away from their mosque for fear of being labeled terrorists as  they await a bail hearing on Tuesday for two men accused of  supporting terrorism.


Lukoil's third-quarter profits double to US$1.4 billion

MOSCOW  - Russia's No. 2 oil producer OAO Lukoil saw its 2004 third-quarter net profit double on the back of high oil prices and rising output, the company said Tuesday.


U.N. chief in Afghanistan, focus on lack of law and order

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made a surprise visit to Kabul on Friday to hold talks with President Hamid Karzai ahead of a conference in Rome next week that will seek ways to improve law and order in Afghanistan.


The family of three Welsh soldiers killed in service - two of them in training - are set to attack what they say is the MoD's secrecy.


Romney, McCain focus firepower on New Hampshire

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Republican Mitt Romney, facing an unexpected battle against Sen. John McCain in his own backyard of New Hampshire, headed straight to the ski slopes of that state this week instead of flocking to Iowa with the other presidential contenders.


Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput drew only a handful of votes Monday, as the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops tapped Bishop William Skylstad, of Spokane, Wash.


A private space rocket launched from New Mexico malfunctions before it reaches space.


2004 Was Year of Netsky Worm, Web Firm Sophos Says

Netsky-P, an email computer worm allegedly written by a German teenager, was the hardest-hitting virus of 2004, disrupting tens of thousands of businesses and homes worldwide, Web security firm Sophos says.


U.S. President George W. Bush acknowledged on Thursday his Iraq strategy had made only limited progress but put off considering a change of course in the unpopular war until a crucial September report.


Hundreds of films showing children being abused are being traded online in NI, a US special agent says.


Young Palestinians, after rule of Arafat, hope for rule of law

RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - They fly his banner, wear his face on their T-shirts, and utter solemn prayers with upturned hands at his graveside.


Music fans are miffed about a court decision that says musicians must get permission to sample tunes even if the remix bears no resemblance to the original. An activist group is sponsoring a remix project based upon the clip in question. By Katie Dean.


Federal investigators urged new rules Tuesday that would bar bus drivers from using cell phones, blaming a driver's chat on a handsfree device for a 2004 crash that injured 11 students.


India tighten screws on hapless Bangladesh

India battered Bangladesh with both bat and ball to leave the hosts gasping for survival in the second and final cricket Test here on Saturday.


In Diversity Push, Top Universities  Enrolling More Black Immigrants

The nation's most elite colleges and universities are bolstering their black student populations by enrolling large numbers of immigrants from Africa, the West Indies and Latin America, according to a study published recently in the American Journal of Education.


Above the spillways of Bonneville Dam, Darrell Schmidt patroled with his shotgun, drawing a bead on furry brown California sea lion heads popping up from the Columbia River and blasting off a beanbag round.


The old adage that being overweight "is in the genes" may be true, at least partially, for some, say researchers.


Emmys salute "Sopranos" with best drama win

The U.S. television industry paid a final Emmy tribute on Sunday to "The Sopranos" and sent America's favorite mob family off with the prestigious award for best drama in a night otherwise filled with upsets.


Trex hopes to gain market share and deck the competition.


The Charlotte Bobcats struggle against most teams, and are making a habit of playing their best against the NBA's elite. Sean May scored 17 points, fellow reserve Matt Carroll added 16 and the Bobcats snapped Detroit's eight-game winning streak with a 97-89 victory Sunday night.


Cold weather puts chill on Feb retail sales

Retailers reported largely disappointing February sales results on Thursday, as cold temperatures and stormy weather hampered sales of spring merchandise.


Starting as Comedy but Ending as a Paranoid Thriller

The first feature film by Bilge Ebiri, a New York Magazine film critic, is an unusual hybrid, a surreal "cubicle comedy" that subtly morphs into a paranoid thriller.


That's what the Black Coaches Association said it is looking for in an effort to increase minority hirings in college football.


Michael Jackson toured the Smithsonian's National Air and Space and American Indian museums, arriving with his children before the buildings opened to the public.


Arsenal skipper Patrick Vieira has dismissed as "rubbish" the widespread reports that he and team-mate Lauren were involved in a fight on the team bus following Arsenalâs 1-1 Champions League draw in Rosenborg on Wednesday night.


Catania, 14:57 - CALCIO, CATANIA; FALSINI E PANTANELLI: MAI SCOMMESSO

Armando Pantanelli e Gianluca Falsini, rispettivamente portiere e difensore del Catania, smentiscono...


Milano, 19:01 - CALCIO, MILAN: DA OGGI RONALDO AL LAVORO IN BRASILE

Da oggi comincia la nuova stagione per Ronaldo. Il Milan ha, infatti, inviato in Brasile Daniele Tog...


Donors giving blood in Laci's name cheer husband's death sentence

MODESTO, Calif. In Modesto -- Laci Peterson's hometown -- the expectant mother became more widely known in death more so than in life.


Milano, 15:57 - CALCIO, MILAN; KALADZE: RESTO FINO AL 2011

Kakha Kaladze chiude la polemica circa lo scarso spazio avuto al Milan, ed annuncia ai microfoni di ...


Study finds newer breast cancer drugs save lives

Women who switch from the breast cancer pill tamoxifen to a newer class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors live longer, Italian researchers reported on Monday.


TOKYO Japan Airlines said Wednesday that it would buy as many as 50 of Boeing's 7E7 jets, a big order that will help the American company maintain a dominant position in the world's second-largest airplane market.


DreamWorks transforms Paramount into top studio

LOS ANGELES  - Paramount Pictures will end the year as the top Hollywood studio in terms of market share at the North American box office, thanks largely to its uneasy alliance with DreamWorks, which produced the year's No. 3 movie "Transformers."


Red Hot Beltran Looking to Carry Astros to Series Lead

Carlos Beltran and the Houston Astros have turned a potential sweep into a thrilling series. A day after evening the National League championship series at two games apiece, the Astros will


Britons Kelly Sotherton and Jessica Ennis continue their heptathlon fight while the men's 100m reaches its conclusion.


The major Hollywood movie studios today sued hundreds of people suspected of trading illegally copied movies on the Internet, a move closely modeled on the recording industry's aggressive legal campaign to stamp out music piracy.


Italian football will resume, a week after a policeman was killed, but many stadiums remain closed.


A convicted sex offender at the centre of a manhunt is detained by police in Londonderry.


Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor routed Leander Paes and David Rikl 6-3, 6-3 to win the menâs doubles title at the US Open on Friday.


Thanksgiving A Good Time To Review Health Histories, Surgeon ...

US Surgeon General Richard Carmona has declared Thanksgiving Day as the first National Family History Day, but heâs not interested in genealogy.


World Business Briefing: Canada: Loweâs Is Planning to Open Six Stores

The Loweâs Companies, the home-improvement retailer, will open up to six stores in Canada by the end of January 2008. At least four stores will be in southwestern Ontario, including Toronto, said Doug Robinson, Loweâs president of Canadian operations.


Huckabee stands by Christmas campaign ad

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee made no apologies Sunday for the religious tone of a recent holiday campaign commercial and said it is important to look for Jesus at this time of year.


Nations fail to agree Iran nuclear sanctions plan

Six world powers failed on Tuesday to agree a draft U.N. resolution to slap sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, and after months of haggling France said several key differences remain between the West and Russia.


France Inaugurates Worldâs Highest Bridge

French President Jacques Chirac has inaugurated a new bridge, hailed as the tallest in the world. The bridge, celebrated as a work of art and an object of French national pride, is 1,125 feet high, making it taller than the Eiffel Tower.


A Flight to Therapy for Babies Born Too Soon

Jessica Carman knows about small. She can do CPR on a baby's chest no bigger than a lemon, using only her fingers. She can insert a tube no wider than a strand of spaghetti into a premature infant's trachea.


Cable and Wireless to sell Japanese unit to Softbank

LONDON : Cable and Wireless, the British telecoms group, said it had agreed to sell its Japanese unit to Internet service provider Softbank Corp for about 133 million dollars (104 million euros) including debt.


Epidemic threatens as tsunami toll hits 85,000

With the death toll soaring to nearly 85,000 in the tsunami havoc, the World Health Organization Wednesday warned that disease in the aftermath of the disaster


If the problem with presents is that they reveal too much, that is also their value.


Sharon Stone smentisce chirurgo: 'Non mi ha fatto il lifting'

Sharon Stone ha citato in giudizio il chirurgo plastico Renato Calabria, dal quale pretende il risarcimento del danno provocato alla sua professione di attrice cinematografica per avere raccontato ai giornalisti di avere eseguito un'operazione di lifting


Pound makes gains, briefly reaches high against Swiss franc

The pound finished higher across the board, benefiting from merger and acquisition flows after news of Vodafone's 1.8 billion pound sale of its 25 percent stake in Swisscom Mobile.


French playmaker Youri Djorkaeff has joined struggling Blackburn Rovers on a short-term deal until January, the Premier League club has said.


At least 10 killed in kerosene explosions in southern Nigeria

At least 10 people were killed and dozens sustained burns in Nigeria's southern Delta state after adulterated kerosone they were using in their stoves exploded, police said Monday.


In Georgia, transformation isn't fast enough for some

TBILISI, Georgia -- The old white Zhiguli fairly flew down the highway, skimming precariously over the potholes as Garri Nersesov clutched the wheel and declared victory in the war on corruption.


Governo ritiene dati spoglio, al 75%, non ancora sufficienti


Insurance payments to the thousands hit by floods last month are taking place rapidly, the industry says.


Ameriquest closes, Citigroup buys mortgage assets

Ameriquest Mortgage Co, the largest U.S. subprime lender as recently as 2005, is closing, the latest home loan provider to shut down amid the nation's housing market slump.


Four Chinese injured in explosion outside Australian embassy in ...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said here Thursday that four Chinese company staff were injured in a car bomb explosion which happened outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta Thursday morning.


Lindsay Davenport continued her remarkable return to tennis by beating Greek Eleni Daniilidou 7-5 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the China Open on Thursday.


Microsoft spins standards defeat into victory

Fast track to nowhere Microsoft's PR machine is spinning a major setback into a minor victory for ratification of its proposed OOXML specification as an international standard.â¦


Steve Nash scores 15 of his season-high 37 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Phoenix Suns past the Milwaukee Bucks, 114-105.


Bush says troops will stay till task accomplished

President Bush said on Tuesday the hand of al Qaeda lay behind sectarian violence racking Iraq, and he would not pull troops out "before the mission is complete".


VANCOUVER, Wash. Earthquakes continue to rumble under Mount St. Helens and scientists still think there is a 70 percent chance of a small eruption.


Romance film "Atonement" tops Golden Globes

BEVERLY HILLS, California  - Two movies set against different wars, "Atonement" and "Charlie Wilson's War," dominated Golden Globe nominations on Thursday with "Atonement" earning seven nods, including one for best drama, to lead all film contenders.


Gov. James E. McGreevey returned to the Statehouse this week hoping to get back to work after his stunning resignation announcement. He met with cabinet members and his homeland security advisers and took steps to hand over the reins of his administration to the new governor.


Dean Foods Co. on Wednesday reported lower third-quarter earnings as higher costs and intense competition at the retails grocery level crimped results.


A Director Sounds Off, but Is Soon Reassured

Paramount said last Monday that it would exclusively support one of two technologies competing to replace standard DVDs. But the director of âTransformers,â had something else in mind.


Israeli PM Ariel Sharon says he will achieve his plans to disengage from Gaza, despite losing key support.


Voters in 44 states went to the polls Tuesday to choose roughly four-fifths of the nation's state legislators, with Republicans and Democrats nearly evenly divided and perhaps a dozen states


Melting glaciers caused by climate change are posing an urgent threat to Mount Everest's unique environment, activists said Wednesday, launching a campaign to protect the Himalayan mountain range and the world's highest peak.


The superintendent of Milwaukee schools halted a get-out-the-vote program involving students after complaints were raised about its link to a pro-Kerry organization.


No End in Sight for the North Coast View Debate: News Analysis

By Bob Cuddy, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Jun. 18--The rolling hills that help entice tourists to the North Coast may or may not end up with "starter castles" or other structures on their ridgelines.


Japan celebrates folklore's disaster warning systems

Japan has one of the world's most sophisticated systems to predict disasters, but there is always room for help from the animal kingdom.


Poll: Americans Skeptical About Election

President Bush speaks at a campaign rally at River Center The Great River Hall Monday, Oct. 25, 2004 in Davenport, Iowa. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais).


Excerpts of exchanges between New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards at the Democratic debate Monday in Myrtle Beach, S.C. CNN's Wolf Blitzer moderated.


Dallas QB Testaverde Returns to Practice

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Vinny Testaverde returned to practice Friday after missing a day because of an undisclosed illness.


Parigi, 11:28 - CALCIO, PSG: DHORASOO VERSO IL BOLTON

Sembra ormai vicina alla conclusione l'avventura di Vikash Dhorasoo al Paris Saint Germain. Dopo ave...


Shooting of Putin critic in U.S. raises questions

The shooting of a Russia expert near Washington days after he publicly criticized President Vladimir Putin has all the makings of a spy thriller, but police say it was most likely a random street crime.


Massive rescue operation in Sri Lanka as death toll hits 4,800

COLOMBO : Sri Lanka launched a massive humanitarian operation on Monday after tsunami waves devastated much of the island's coastline, leaving at least 4,857 people dead and 1,555 others reported missing.


Rio de Janeiro, 16:30 - OLIMPIADI 2016, RIO DE JANEIRO CI RIPROVA

Rio de Janeiro si candiderà all'organizzazione delle Olimpiadi del 2016. Lo ha annunciato il ...


The Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday withdrew their request for Arrowhead Stadium to host the 2015 Super Bowl, after yet another setback in plans for a rolling roof at the Truman Sports Complex.


Army senior Jarell Brown scores on a driving layup with 13 seconds left for the final points in Army's 69-67 victory in Annapolis, atoning for Navy's football rout last fall.


Still reeling from their election losses, Senate Democrats elected a new leadership team Tuesday, installing moderate Sen. Harry Reid as their new leader.


Internet search engine Google Inc. said Monday it was weighing a possible appeal after a Paris court ordered it to pay 200,000 euros ($260,000) plus costs to luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton for breach of trademark.


Nick Fazekas scored 21 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to help No. 11 Nevada beat Idaho 84-68 on Thursday night.


Officials in Ibiza say they have prevented oil from a sunken freighter reaching a nature reserve.


Kazan, 18:43 - BASKET, ULEB CUP; ANDATA QUARTI: SIENA TRAVOLTA IN RUSSIA

Pesantissimo ko per la Montepaschi Siena nell'andata dei quarti di finale di Uleb Cup. La capolista ...


Hard drive containing Ark. Democratic Party data sold on eBay

A laptop drive offered for sale as new on eBay turned out to have come from the laptop of an Arkansas Democratic Party official -- and still contained sensitive information when the buyer received it.


eBay to drop Support for Microsoft's Passport

eBay will soon drop support for Microsoft's Passport service, which was originally intended to make the world's biggest software maker the gatekeeper of Web identities.


'Money' Talks for Keener, Aniston and New Pals

Catherine Keener, Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand and Joan Cusack are negotiating to become best friends in a new movie from the director of indie hit "Lovely & Amazing."


The consumer electronics retailer continues to produce strong results.


Japan PM to visit China next week amid warming ties

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will  make his first visit to China next week in a bid to strengthen  ties, but with a breakthrough in a natural resources dispute  unlikely he could face further trouble back home.


Toronto FC salvages 1-1 tie with Wizards

Danny Dichio headed in a goal in the first minute of the second half to give Toronto FC a 1-1 tie with the Kansas City Wizards on Sunday night, that still left Toronto winless on the road.


8 U.S. troops die in Afghan copter crash

After radioing in an unexplained loss of power and engine failure, a military helicopter crashed early Sunday in southeastern Afghanistan, killing eight U.S. service members. Fourteen survived with injuries.


If you're lucky, you'll spend a lifetime in the D.C. area without ever going to Children's Hospital. It's only a few miles from the Washington Monument, but the tourists strolling the Mall seemed continents away on that spring day when my baby boy was admitted. Three years on, I've come to recogn...


Lewis Libby, a top former White House aide, is given 30 months in jail for perjury and obstruction of justice.


The Western look suits her and she has shot extensively in foreign locales.


There can have been few title deciders as early as September between the two most successful clubs of the Premiership era.


Europe, Africa points of film interest in '06

With more tax incentives  trying to lure production away from Hollywood, and with  globalization influencing filmmaking in terms of story and  talent, film production reached well beyond the backlot in  2006.


Attacks Kill Shi'ites; Rumsfeld Visits Iraq

A suicide car bomber killed 13 people  outside a Shi'ite mosque northeast of Baghdad Friday and gunmen  shot dead nine people in a bakery in the capital in the latest  sectarian attacks following the Jan. 30 election.


Silicon Valley to make greener computers

A coalition of technology companies and environmental groups led by Google Inc. and Intel Corp. launched an initiative Tuesday to conserve electricity and curb global warming emissions by making the world's computers and servers more energy-efficient.


Boston beats Colorado 4-3 for Series sweep

The Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Sunday to win the World Series in their second four-game sweep of the Fall Classic in four years.


As Abortion Rights Turn 32, Rallies Endure

Activists on both sides of the abortion issue marched in demonstrations across the country Saturday to mark the 32nd anniversary of the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal.


NBA to go outdoors for first time in three decades

The Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns will square off here in the National Basketball Association's first outdoor game in 36 years, the league announced on Tuesday.


Hotmail to wean users from free export tool

As many as 18 million Hotmail subscribers will be weaned Monday from a free service that lets them export e-mail to another mail client, under Microsoft MSN's new spam-fighting plan.


Pataki Budget Is Said to Seek Medicaid Cuts

Seeking to close the state budget gap, Gov. George E. Pataki will propose at least $1 billion in spending cuts to Medicaid.


Though U2 is among the nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Irish rock band is still going strong. "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" will be released on Nov. 23, Interscope Records announced Tuesday.


Brazil recognized China as a market economy on Friday, a move that should make it easier for the two countries to do business. Brazilian oil giant Petrobras and China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. also agreed on a $1 billion deal to construct a natural gas pipeline.


Roddick, Serena serve notice: Aces aiming for another US Open ...

_ Serena Williams left her opponent swinging at shadows, then Andy Roddick finished off his work with a 135 mph fastball. Roddick and Williams easily aced their latest tests in the US Open on


THOMASTOWN, Ireland -- Ernie Els held off a strong challenge from playing partner Thomas Bjorn to win the American Express Championship by one shot Sunday.


Stuart Herbert's Blog: Using suphp To Secure A Shared Server

Stuart Herbert has posted about a very helpful method server admins can use out there to not only help secure their server but possibly make their web hosting users more happy in the long run - using suphp on a shared server (security).   The challenge with securing a shared hosting server is how to secure the website from attack both from the outside and from the inside. [...] This has created a gap that a number of third-party solutions have attempted to fill. One of the oldest of these is suphp, created by Sebastian Marsching.    He works through the whole process - the installation (this is all on a Gentoo linux system), configuring for your Apache install, changing Apache to make it work with suphp and finally some benchmarks and parting comments concerning its use.


By Steve Mayes, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Jun. 13--Despite repeated warnings from the state, a prominent Clackamas  County real estate developer allowed his herd of water buffalo to foul a creek  with fecal bacteria, stir up sediment and destroy streamside vegetation.


Calif. seeks advice on lethal injection changes

California penal officials are traveling nationwide to confer with experts to overcome a federal judge's objections to its execution procedure, the state's top prison official said on Thursday.


High & Low Finance: Stock Loans Are No Place for Secrecy

Creating greater transparency in the stock loan market, relied upon by those who borrow stock to sell short, would help people get fairer prices.


World's largest ferris wheel debuts in Singapore

The world's largest ferris wheel, the Singapore Flyer, made its first spin on Monday, offering passengers a bird's eye view of the city-state as well as parts of neighboring Malaysia and Indonesia.


EU Clears Takeover of Kotsovolos by Dixons

European Union regulators Thursday approved the takeover of Greek consumer electronics retailer Kotsovolos by the British chain Dixons PLC.


Google blows search into another universe

Already the search tool so popular its name has become a verb, Google has been quietly adding important features in the background since it became a public company.


The US says North Korea has failed to provide all the information about its nuclear programme as agreed.


Tigers catcher Rodriguez gets one-game suspension

Detroit Tigers catcher Ivan Rodriguez  has been suspended for one game and fined an undisclosed amount  for arguing with an umpire in Thursday's game against Seattle,  MLB said on Saturday.


Microsoft says it has revised its proposal to weed out spam email to win over sceptical internet engineers who have been reluctant to adopt technology owned by the dominant software company.


NATO chief urges greater engagement with Russia

The head of NATO urged Russian President  Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to engage more closely with the  alliance to bridge differences over Kosovo and U.S. plans for a  missile defense shield.


A Macedonian police commander was killed  and two officers wounded in a shootout in an ethnic Albanian  area on the country's northern border near Kosovo, police said  on Monday.


Italian Nurse Kills Six Patients to Boost Ego

A nurse has killed six patients in a provincial hospital in northern Italy because she wanted to "feel more important," prosecutors said on Wednesday.


Eddie Murphy box office heavyweight with "Norbit"

Eddie Murphy threw his weight  around at the box office in North America on Sunday with his  new comedy "Norbit," which led the weekend field despite a  critical battering.


Cowher to Steelers: Put aside negativity

If coach Bill Cowher has a message for the underachieving Pittsburgh Steelers over their final four games it's this: Think positive.


A group of mobile phone operators and handset vendors is developing a third-generation mobile phone platform that combines many standard hardware and software components.


Huckabee leads Republicans in South Carolina poll

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee took the lead for the Republican nomination in the early-voting state of South Carolina in a poll released on Friday that mirrored his rapid rise in national polls.


VIEWPOINT: Better Russian planning would prevent siege deaths

British-based Professor David Alexander is the head of the Disaster Management Subject Group at Coventry University's School of Science and the Environment.


The City watchdog, the Financial Services Authority, is next to be quizzed by MPs on Northern Rock's problems.


Spanish police embarrassed by porno film

Spanish police officers settling in for a video presentation on how to get promoted to sergeant were instead shown footage from a hard-core pornographic film, officials said Tuesday.


ARLINGTON, Texas  Mark Teixeira became the second player in Rangers history  and first in more than 19 years  to hit for the cycle, leading Texas to a 16-4 rout of the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night.


NFL says Falcons' Vick suspended indefinitely

The U.S. National Football League said on Friday it had suspended Atlanta Falcons' quarterback Michael Vick indefinitely without pay following his admission of guilt in a dog-fighting case.


Mitt Romney and John McCain both laid claim to the mantle of change Saturday in a prelude to a pivotal Republican presidential debate three days before New Hampshire's primary.


Senators Clinton and Obama made stops on the west coast before returning to Nevada for a final burst before Saturdayâs caucuses.


An investigation is launched after an elderly disabled woman who was being taken home was left forgotten and strapped inside a minibus for four hours.


Crude futures rise above $43 a barrel as markets look to OPEC ...

Crude oil futures prices rose above $43 a barrel Monday after an attack at the US consulate in Saudi Arabia and amid growing concerns that OPEC may try to firm-up oil prices after last week's sharp sell-off.


Ford Motor Co.  on Tuesday said  U.S. sales fell 8.1 percent in June, as a big decline in car  sales more than offset a slight rise in truck sales.


An Ofsted inspector says his chief's criticisms of independent Muslim schools were "personal views".


MILWAUKEE - This thief may want to rethink his approach. Police arrested a 49-year-old man for allegedly stealing several large pieces of equipment from a lumber yard after detectives followed drag marks to his house...


"Our system is based on freedom of speech," said Nathan Melton of Spanish Fork. Whether people agree with someone's opinions or not, each person has the right to be heard.


One Bethune-Cookman football player was killed and another was injured in a car accident as they returned to campus from a visit to Tallahassee, the school said.


No more audition silliness. It's time to get serious on "American Idol." The Fox talent show trimmed down the competition Wednesday night, leaving 24 semifinalists — 12 men and 12 women — to vie for the "Idol" title and a record contract. The decision-making finale will be held in May.


Alan Milburn says he is in charge of Labour election planning, as Tony Blair completes his reshuffle.


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan  -- Security forces clashed with militants Tuesday outside a radical mosque where students have carried out a string of kidnappings of police officers and alleged prostitutes, killing five people, officials said.


Cars set fire in Danish eviction protest

Protesters erected burning barricades and set at least four cars on fire early Saturday as a new round of violent street clashes hit Copenhagen, sparked by the eviction of squatters from a downtown building.


IT researcher Gartner to acquire Meta Group

DECEMBER 27, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - IT researcher Gartner Inc. will pay about $162 million to acquire Meta Group Inc., which also does IT research as well as consulting, Gartner announced today.


Starbucks : Rip Music While Drinking Coffee

Starbucks Coffee today announced the national launch of the Hear Music media bar. This new service, powered by HP technology, allows Starbucks customers to create personalized CD compilations and burn full


Adobe is currently trying to push a new image format standard to solve many of the problems associated with the plethora of camera hardware and the differing formats they use for storing images.


The U.S. team must win against Ghana on Thursday or go home. And even if the Americans beat the Africans, they might wind up with an early exit from the World Cup.


Cable and Wireless to cut 600 jobs, shut London headquarters

Cable and Wireless, the struggling British telecoms group, said it would cut 600 jobs across Europe, part company with a top executive and shut its London headquarters.


Researchers studying Swedish men say they have uncovered five genes responsible for nearly half of all cases of prostate cancer in that country and said their findings might lead to a better test for the disease.


Sears sees quarterly profit decline; shares down

Sears Holdings Corp.  on  Tuesday forecast lower quarterly profit and admitted that it  needed to become more relevant to consumers and control its  costs, sending its shares down as much as 7 percent in  premarket trading.


Nell'isola lo sciopero e' scattato con un giorno di anticipo


Britney oops her way to top viral videos

The public's appetite for those "Oops!  ... I Did It Again!" moments involving pop princess Britney  Spears shows no sign of waning as she scooped the number one  celebrity viral video this year.


China's Capital Installs SARS Early-Warning System

China's capital, Beijing, has imposed  an early-warning system for infectious diseases, anticipating a  possible return of the deadly SARS virus as winter sets in, the  Beijing Morning Post said on Friday.


Higher wine prices boost drinking pleasure: study

STANFORD, California  - The more wine costs, the more people enjoy it, regardless of how it tastes, a study by California researchers has found.


In un istituto a Lecco un innocente gioco tra ragazzi rischia di finire in tragediaL'agguato fuori dalla scuola. Il ferito colpito alla gola: ricoverato in prognosi riservata                                          Forbiciate tra studenti, arrestato 16enne "Mi ha strappato il giubbotto"


Military planes will drop an estimated one hundred million paper origami cranes on the country's Muslim south. The "peace bombing" of the paper birds has been scheduled to coincide with the


It's not something you speak out loud, actually. My daughter Katie, whose spent her semester abroad at the ancient University of Glasgow (founded 41 years before Columbus discovered America), informed me that ...