(InfoWorld) - Taiwan's Via TechnologiesÂ has a knack for making motherboards smaller, and its latest design pushes the boundary of what's possible further than ever before. Called Mobile ITX, the new motherboard measures 7.5 centimeters by 4.5 cm -- roughly the same size as a namecard -- and includes all of the components required by a computer, including a Via C7 processor, a chip set with integrated graphics and video capabilities, and memory. The new motherboard design, which should hit markets next year, will make possible a range of small, powerful computers, such as "super smartphones," said Richard Brown, Via's president of corporate marketing, in an interview. Key to the motherboard's success is theÂ C7 processor. Brown didn't specify which version the board will use, but said the chip consumes 0.25 watts of power or less when running. "And that's not when the system is idling," he said. Via CEO Wenchi Chen plans to announce the new motherboard design on Wednesday at the Computex exhibition in Taipei. While Via is much smaller than Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, the company has a proven ability to spot where industry trends are headed before larger companies catch on. For example, Via was pushing the idea of low-power computing, and performance per watt as an important measure, at a time when Intel and AMD were still focused on clock speeds. In the motherboard space, Via was the developer ofÂ Mini-ITX, a small form factor that measures 17 cm by 17 cm. In recent years, Mini-ITX has become an informal standard. Boards based on the same dimensions are now used with chips from AMD and Intel.


For Microsoft-Novell lab, eight is enough

Cementing a peculiar partnership among rivals, Microsoft and Novell are opening an eight-employee lab to make products interoperable.


Obama faces Super Tuesday challenge with Hispanics

The perception that Hispanics won't vote for Barack Obama because he is black is a myth, and Obama trails Hillary Clinton among Latinos because she has long courted their vote and he was late to reach out, experts say.


Disagi aerei: oggi cancellati 56 voli a Linate e 53 a Malpensa

MILANO - I misteriosi black out che da ieri hanno bloccato per quattro volte i sistemi radar dell'aeroporto di Linate stanno provocando tuttora disagi e ritardi in diversi scali italiani. Fino alle 18 di oggi


Australia reviewing security at embassies around the world

A review of security at Australia's diplomatic missions around the world is under way following the bombing of its Jakarta embassy on September 9, the government said.


It would have been made in a fraction of a second, but a never-taken photograph of acting's Baldwin brothers became a decade-long legal dispute.


Don Ho was released from a hospital Thursday following a two-week stay after having a new pacemaker installed.


ElBaradei to go to shore up N.Korea atom halt pact

The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief leaves  for North Korea on Sunday to broker a return of inspectors to  the secretive Stalinist state under a precarious six-party pact  to dismantle its atomic bomb program.


Deewaar might not have fared well at the box-office but that does not deter director Milan Luthria's spirits.


Microsoft to showcase business technology

Microsoft Corp.'s best-known business software is for creating spreadsheets, documents and presentations, but the company is hoping to convince corporations that it also can be the one-stop shop for sophisticated communications technology.


Brazilian music producer Tom Capone, who was nominated for five Latin Grammy awards this year, was killed in a motorcycle crash in Los Angeles early today (Sept.


Voters in two small New Hampshire villages prepared to cast the initial ballots after the stroke of midnight Tuesday in the nation's first presidential primary.


The boss of private equity firm Blackstone is to receive about $450m by selling off some of his stake, it emerges.


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Gerrard made captain as Capello lays down the law

Fabio Capello has made Steven Gerrard his captain for his first match in charge of England and set out his plans to instil a "winning mentality" in his under-achieving squad.


A heart attack at night is more deadly for hospital patients than during daylight hours, a new study shows.


Rebels Routed in Falluja; Fighting Spreads Elsewhere in Iraq

American forces overran the last center of rebel resistance in Falluja on Sunday after a weeklong invasion that smashed what they called the principal base for the Iraqi insurgency.


Passengers could soon be using their mobile phones on planes flying through European airspace.


Frances Weakens, Continues to Hammer Florida

Storm-weary Floridians emerged from east coast hurricane shelters on Sunday as a weakened Tropical Storm Frances moved to the state's west coast after whipping off roofs, washing sailboats ashore and cutting power to nearly 6 million people.


Rumsfeld Makes Surprise Visit to Troops in Iraq

Description: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld pays a surprise visit to troops in Iraq, landing first at the US base near Mosul where an insurgent attack three days ago killed 22 people.


Denver Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer must remove the No. 40 decal he's worn on the back of his helmet since training camp that honors former Arizona Cardinals teammate Pat Tillman.


Pentagon appeals against Guantanamo ruling

The Pentagon has decided to ask U.S. military judges to reconsider their decision to dismiss charges against two terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, a spokesman said on Friday.


Study finds spinach, eggs ward off cause of blindness

Two nutrients found in eggs, spinach and other leafy green vegetables offer some protection against the most common cause of blindness among the elderly, researchers said on Monday.


The Bahamian immigration minister resigns over claims he abused his position to help Anna Nicole Smith


Thailand gets post-coup PM, constitution

Thailand's military rulers announced a stop-gap prime minister and constitution on Sunday, fulfilling a promise to step back in favor of civilians within two weeks of their coup against Thaksin Shinawatra.


Next on the Worry List: Shaky Insurers of Bonds

The notion that the failure of even one big bond insurer might touch off a chain reaction of losses across the financial world has unnerved Wall Street.


Huskies fail to make Division 1-A Navy blue

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- In recent years, Division 1-AA teams that have lost close games to lower-echelon 1-A programs have scoffed at talk of moral victories. Therefore, it wasn't surprising yesterday to see Northeastern players disappointed after losing to Navy, 28-24.


Thousands of Nepal's former Maoist rebels briefly left their United Nations-monitored camps for a protest Friday, drawing strong condemnation from the world body.


Irish firm seeks Trainee Assistant Banana Ripener

'A good knowledge of Excel' a must, naturally The Irish readers among you pondering a radical change of career could do worse than consider this vacancy down at Dublin-based Global Fruit Co. Ltd, which is currently a bit short-handed in its banana-ripening department:â¦


Hospital bosses apologise to new mothers after maggots from a dead seagull fell into their ward.


Glenn challenges Bush to condemn Swift Boat Veterans' anti-Kerry ...

COLUMBUS - Former astronaut and US Sen. John Glenn yesterday called on President Bush to "condemn" ads from a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that has attacked John Kerry's military service in the Vietnam War.


Lithuanian soprano to highlight Polish festival

The music of Grieg, Mozart and J.S. Bach is enough to attract most classical music lovers.


Kirk Rueter picthes 7 strong innings, and the Giants trim their ...

Bee Staff Writer. LOS ANGELES - One down, two or three to go - that's the Giants' mantra after they successfully took their first step of a weekend mission at Dodger Stadium.


Independent candidate Ralph Nader conceded on Thursday that he won't win a single state in the presidential election.


A huge explosion has reportedly occurred in North Korea, but South Korean and US officials maintain it was not a nuclear test. The explosion, which produced a mushroom


German police battled thousands of anti-globalisation protesters with water cannons to stop them getting close to the annual summit of the world's rich nations.


A woman who ripped off her ex-boyfriend's testicle with her bare hands is sent to prison.


Sistani Returns to Iraq, Calls for March on Najaf

Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, returned to the country on Wednesday and urged Iraqis to march on the "burning city" of Najaf, where fighting is creeping ever closer to its sacred shrine.


It's always nice to finish important business early and the Eagles were able to do just that with Sunday's win at the Meadowlands.


Hamm's disputed gold medal awaits September hearing

Lausanne, Switzerland (Sports Network) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport has set a September 27 date for a hearing on the disputed gold medal won by United States gymnast Paul Hamm at the Athens Olympics.


Bismillah, Abdul! It looks just the same as out the window Reporters trawling un-indexed FTP servers have recently been able to download large amounts of secret US military data, it has been revealed.â¦


HSBC's anti-phishing dept takes 44-year holiday

'I will be out of the office starting...' Ta very much to the anonymous reader who reported a suspicious email to HSBC's anti-phishing department and then forwarded us the result. Although he or she got a fairly comprehensive rundown on what to keep an eye out for in those dodgy "HSBC security alert" emails, the automated reply makes it clear that any personal feedback is unlikely for the next 44 years or so:â¦


Explosion strikes outside UK embassy in Chile

An explosion struck on Monday outside the British embassy in the Chilean capital of Santiago, causing minor damage to the building, a Foreign Office spokesman said.


Hewlett-Packard Co. unveiled two new cell phones Wednesday, pushing deeper into the lucrative cell phone arena and broadening the array of equipment it can sell to large companies.


Palestinian unity government won't bring peace: Peres

Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres said on Wednesday a Palestinian unity government would be a facade aimed at easing Western economic sanctions rather than a new framework for seeking peace with Israel.


Newcastle advanced to the knockout stage of the UEFA Cup with an impressive 4-0 win on Thursday. Down 2-0 after a goal by Shola Ameobi just a minute into the second half, Sochaux missed


In time of economic crisis, rates of obesity, diabetes, stroke and coronary heart disease drop, a new study finds.


Wall Street Beat: Tumult marks start of year for IT

Despite financial market volatility, U.S. technology companies had a strong 2007. The rising cost of energy, fears of recession, and forecasts of a slowdown in IT spending, however, point to a rocky 2008.


Doctors Say Avoid Pfizer's Bextra -Medical Journal

Doctors writing in a prominent medical  journal on Friday recommended that physicians stop prescribing  Pfizer Inc.'s Bextra painkiller, just as a large study found  the drug maker's sister drug, Celebrex, doubled risk of heart  attacks.


Online safety needs to go beyond "Don't talk to strangers"

Blog: A new study shows that online safety advice needs to go beyond "don't talk to strangers" to address the specific risky behaviors that make youth ages 10-17 vulnerable to online victimization.


Hedge Fund Is Censured and Ordered to Pay Taxes

federal judge ruled yesterday against Long-Term Capital Management, the mammoth hedge fund whose collapse in 1998 roiled world markets, finding that the fund acted


A judge who sparked outrage when he sentenced a repeat sex offender to two months in jail said Friday he will retire.


Blockbuster takes on Netflix with mail-only plans

Blockbuster Inc. introduced on  Tuesday an Internet-only DVD rental service priced below a  similar Netflix plan, sending Netflix shares down 9 percent as  the online movie rental war heated up again.


Coach's Daughter Arrested on Possession Complaint

The 19-year-old daughter of Hornets coach Byron Scott was arrested on a misdemeanor complaint of marijuana possession.


TICHIT, Mauritania  - Caught between an encroaching sea of sand and a towering rocky plateau, Tichit has been a staging post for more than nine centuries for camel caravans snaking across the Sahara.


NEW YORK -- Scientists say they have created a stem cell line from a human embryo that had stopped developing naturally, and so was considered dead. Using such embryos might ease ethical concerns about creating such cells, they suggested.


The new US secretary of state says Russia must do more to show it is committed to democracy.


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UNICEF Seeks Help With HIV Infected Kids

The United Nations called on Romanian authorities to help the thousands of HIV infected children here attend school with other children, in a statement released Tuesday.


Sport: Jose Mourinho will build the England team around Frank Lampard if he is offered job.


Bush begins day at church; later to attend Kennedy Center honors

WASHINGTON Tonight, President Bush will attend a star-studded event at the Kennedy Center. He began his day by attending church, before heading out on his mountain bike.


Sports: Lewis lawyers reportedly in plea talks

ATLANTA Lawyers for Jamal Lewis reportedly are trying to work out a plea agreement for the Baltimore Ravens running back. The Atlanta Journal Constitution says the attorneys are in plea negotiations with federal prosecutors in Lewis' drug conspiracy case.


RED BANK Tenn. - Police are investigating after a man wrote about launching a "feline jihad" to rid his Chattanooga suburb of stray cats. Max Gerskin wrote a two-part series in the Chattanooga Pulse weekly publication, the first of which was published Aug.


Seldom has an NBA regular-season game drawn the attention of Saturday's Heat-Lakers matchup. And when it was over, most agreed that Shaq-Kobe I had lived up to expectations.


The inquest on a soldier killed by friendly fire in Iraq rules he died from 'inexcusable" kit supply delays.


Tim Hudson pitched a five-hitter to earn his first victory since June 11, and Scott Hatteberg's second grand slam of the season highlighted a four-homer attack that carried the Oakland Athletics past the Baltimore Orioles 11-0 Tuesday night.


RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina State Bar on Thursday issued a formal order disbarring former district attorney Mike Nifong for his handling of the now-discredited Duke lacrosse rape case.


Due autobomba in altre citta' a nord e a sud della capitale


Ohio State tries to derail Michigan's Rose Bowl plans

Ohio State cornerback Dustin Fox watched the video of the Buckeyes' lopsided loss to Michigan last season about 10 times. "No, that's way above normal," the senior said.


Briefly: HD-DVD group forms promotion unit

roundup Plus: Avici extends AT&T contract...IronPort spam shield gets steelier...Via brings PCI Express to AMD PCs...Rice lab makes nano parts less toxic.


(InfoWorld) - Hewlett-Packard's HP Labs research center has developed a new approach to cooling datacenters by adjusting air conditioning systems to changing server loads more precisely than what's available now. HP says its Dynamic Smart Cooling (DSC) technology, which the company claims can deliver 20 percent to 45 percent savings in cooling energy costs, depending on the size of the datacenter, will be available in mid-2007. DSC involves placing several heat sensors on racks of servers throughout the datacenter, which send information on changes in temperature to a central monitoring system. As the sensors detect an increase in a server's temperature, a signal is sent to the nearest of several air conditioning units to throttle up to cool that server. When the server cools down because it's not doing as much computing, the air conditioner throttles down. HP, which firstÂ introduced the concept of Dynamic Smart CoolingÂ in 2003, revealed a number of additional program details Tuesday. It announced creation of a Data Center Solution Builder program with design partners that will work with HP to implement a DSC solution, which can be retrofitted into an existing datacenter. HP has already started trials of the technology is going to implement DSC in new datacenters for its own operations at six U.S. locations. Also, Pacific Gas & Electric, the power utility serving Northern California, will make rebates available to datacenters that deploy DSC, said Mark Bramfitt, of PG&E. DSC is a way of addressing an energy consumption problem datacenters didn't have just five years ago, said Chandrakant Patel, an HP Fellow and one of the system designers. "Five years ago, no one got fired for wasting energy but they did get fired if the server went down," Patel said. But today, energy consumption is an issue and Dynamic Smart Cooling technology addresses datacenter management concerns about the operating expense of powering and cooling, said Paul Perez, vice president of HP's Technology Solutions Group. At a demonstration of the technology for media Tuesday at HP Labs in Palo Alto, California, journalists could see that the datacenter in a nearby room was using 117 kilowatts of electricity to stay cool. But when the DSC system kicked in, consumption dropped to 72 kilowatts. Power consumption is, on average, 40 percent of the operating expense of running a datacenter, Perez said, citing industry research. And 60 percent to 70 percent of that energy expense goes to cooling the servers, he said. Other technology companies areÂ working on ways to keep datacenters cool, said Jonathan Eunice, founder and principal advisor at Illuminata, an IT research firm. Chip makers like Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are developingÂ processors that run coolerÂ than they have in the past, Eunice said. HP's chief competitor, IBM, is trying toÂ address thermal issuesÂ on a system level. "IBM does have its services arm with the ability to send out heating experts to map the datacenter hot spots and advise about efficiencies," said Eunice. IBM also offers a product called Power Executive that measures and modulates power consumption on a wide basis. Â ADVERTISEMENTNEW IT SERVICES FROM IBM: EASIER TO BUY AND IMPLEMENTDiscover a simpler, more cost-effective way to get the solutions your company needs to grow more flexible and efficient.


Sofia, 15:08 - CALCIO, BULGARIA: MAGNATE INDIANO COMPRA CSKA SOFIA

Il miliardario indiano Pramod Mittal è il nuovo proprietario del Cska Sofia. Mittal, magnate ...


News that al-Qaeda used Iraq as a base, says Robert Baer, is just another sign that the Administration is up to its old tricks


(CBS) The United States didn't have enough troops in Iraq immediately following the ouster of Saddam Hussein and "paid a big price" for it, the former head of the US occupation there said Monday.


Heavy snow leaves at least 16 people dead and causes transport chaos in central and eastern China.


Yahoo's new social job network: Kickstart

Yahoo is conducting research for a new social job network called Kickstart.


Blair to Have Heart Procedure, Will Serve 3rd Term

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said  he would go into hospital Friday for a procedure to correct  heart palpitations but vowed he will serve a full third term in  office if he wins an election expected next year.


Wal-Mart speeds up spread of generics program

ORLANDO, Florida  - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will expand a program offering generic drugs for $4 per prescription throughout Florida on Friday, and may bring the deal to other U.S. states before the end of the year, the retailer said on Thursday.


Corrected: Nonprofit group hikes price of "$100 laptop"

A nonprofit group that plans to produce  low-cost computers for poor children has raised the laptops'  price, a spokesman for the foundation said on Friday.


Ten thinkers and scientists that could change the world.


Useful Twitter feeds for people in Southern California. And useful lessons for the next disaster.


Bomb Explosion in Nepali Capital Wounds 38

A bomb tore through a government  building under construction in the Nepali capital on Tuesday,  wounding at least 38 people in an attack police suspect was  carried out by Maoist rebels.


Un'italiana all'Eliseo Carla Bruni e Sarkozy sposi

Lieto fine per la telenovela presidenziale. Con una cerimonia alla presenza di pochi testimoni il presidente francese e la modella italiana concludono la storia che ha fatto il giro del mondo


U.S. should merge anemia drug, dialysis costs, report says

Medicare, the U.S. insurance program  for elderly and disabled Americans, should lump the price of  anemia drugs with overall payments for kidney dialysis services  to improve efficiency and contain costs, according to a  government report released on Tuesday.


A former captain of the New York Rangers skating cheerleading squad sued the owner of Madison Square Garden on Monday, saying she was fired after she told fellow cheerleaders she was sexually harassed by an MSG staff member.


Roma, 20:35 - BASKET, A1 FEMMINILE: FAENZA SENZA PROBLEMI

Risultati della sesta giornata di ritorno del campionato di serie A1 femminile di basket.


It's a matter on the minds of many Americans and arguably the top domestic issue in the presidential election. With medical costs and premiums rising, health insurance is influencing how people


Startup urges item registry for recovery

An e-commerce startup that sells property seized by police is asking college students to register their iPods, bikes and laptops just in case those items get stolen and later show up.


Belarusian prime minister visits Vietnam to boost ties? (updated PM 1:30)

The Belarusian prime minister met his Vietnamese counterpart in Hanoi on Monday during a visit aimed at boosting ties between the two countries.


Najaf militants given hours to surrender or face lesson

BAGHDAD, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Iraqi Defence Minister Hazem al-Shaalan on Wednesday demanded Shiite militants in the holy city of Najaf surrender within hours, or the Iraqi troops would launch a large-scale attack on them.


The Senate moved closer on Monday to a showdown over an economic stimulus plan, with Democrats looking to offer a bigger package providing more benefits to more people than White House-backed legislation passed by the House of Representatives.


Are the two Koreas ready to shake hands. | Politics | Wise Monkey News | Be Wise

Korea is the only country that is divided into two different governments, economic systems, cultures, and militaries.


Bolivia's Morales suggests U.N. move HQ from U.S.

The United Nations should consider moving its headquarters outside the United States, Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Wednesday, complaining that U.S. authorities did not make him welcome.


Louisiana appears to be rebounding from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, gaining 50,000 residents in the year ending July 1, according to the Census Bureau


The Malawi government  promises to make a statement about the fate of a key witness in two trials.


Windows Server 2008 test release due next week

The first candidate for the final version of Microsoft's next server operating system is imminent, including a test version of the 'Viridian' virtualization software.


A former director of the secret police under President Alvaro Uribe was arrested Thursday on charges of murder and collaborating with the country's illegal far-right militias, his lawyer said.


Several people are hurt in a shooting at a college in the Canadian city of Montreal, Canadian media report.


Tsunami News, Search Engines and Blogs Lead Traffic to Humanitarian Sites  With relief coming in from all over the world, U.S. citizens are embracing the Internet to support relief efforts for victims of the Asian Tsunami disaster. According to Hitwise, the world’s leading online competitive intelligence service, the market share of ...


Sony delays 'Home' virtual world for PS3

In yet another embarrassing delay for Sony, the company is putting off the start of its "Home" virtual world services for the PlayStation 3, initially planned for later this year, until next spring.


60 anni, palermitano, era procuratore di Caltanissetta


IAEA chief arrives in S.Korea for 4-day visit

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei arrived in Seoul on Sunday for a four-day visite here.


A North Pole expedition meant to bring attention to global warming was called off after one of the explorers got frostbite. The explorers, Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, on Saturday called off what was intended to be a 530-mile trek across the Arctic Ocean after Arnesen suffered frostbite in three of her toes, and extreme cold temperatures drained the batteries in some of their electronic equipment.


Fujitsu unveils palm-reading security mouse

Vein pattern scanned for authentication Fujitsu has introduced what it claims is the world's first mouse capable of scanning the pattern of veins in the user's hand. The reason? To use the pattern to authenticate the user for access to the host computer.â¦


Doping: imponente operazione dei Carabinieri in tutta Italia. 12 ...

18/11/2004 - Farmaci, pillole di ogni genere, sostanze proibite nelle palestre di body building. Per questo motivo sono finiti in manette 12 insospettabili in tutta Italia. La brillante operazione antidoping


Leader Idv aveva chiesto passo indietro su vicenda Speciale


Actor Brad Pitt becomes a special ambassador in Nelson Mandela's fight against HIV and Aids in Africa.


Hungry for updates from Athens? Click here for coverage.


This popular investment may not give you the returns you need.


Soddisfazione Cina e Indonesia, tiepida la stampa russa


Global overview: Investors take heart from Bush, Bernanke

World stock markets ended the week on a strong note as investors took heart from speeches by US President George Bush and Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman.


Chiuso l'accordo, ritenuto non strategico, con Meliorbanca


Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos  was eliminated in the first round of a presidential election on  Sunday, sending two candidates who want talks on reuniting the  island to a run-off.


The EU's top court upholds the right of Commonwealth citizens in Gibraltar to vote in European elections.


A judge said Wednesday that he was leaning toward allowing Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit over his being fired by CBS to proceed.


Global music companies in fresh China piracy suit

Three of the world's most influential music labels launched fresh legal action against China's top Internet search engine Baidu for pirating music files, according to the recording industry's trade body.


At least five people are killed in a suicide attack at the funeral of an assassinated Afghan governor, police say.


Gunfire Erupts Near Interim Palestinian Leader

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- There's word that one security guard is dead after gunfire erupted at a tent set up in the Gaza Strip for mourners to gather in memory of Yasser Arafat.


British-Designed Landmark Bridge Opens in France

The latest grandiose monument to Anglo-Franco co-operation was opened today in a fanfare of fireworks and music above the River Tarn in the Massif Central mountains of France.


Poco mosso il titolo a Piazza Affari dopo l'uscita di Cimoli


The suicide bombings in Sinai have triggered a wave of conspiracy theories in Egypt, where many believe Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Jews were behind the attacks.


Trying to Avoid 2nd Caesarean, Many Find Choice Isn't Theirs

More and more hospitals that once allowed vaginal birth after Caesarean are now insisting on repeat Caesareans.


David Gest, the reality TV show  contestant and former husband of actress Liza Minnelli, was  admitted to a London hospital with severe chest pains on  Wednesday, his spokesman said.


Drugs Better Than Shots for Anthrax, Study Finds

Mass vaccination programs aimed at protecting most or all Americans against anthrax are impractical and would save fewer lives than a speedy, localized response in the event of an attack, a new report concludes.


"Messengers" puts horror at top of box office

The horror movie "The Messengers" opened at No. 1 at the weekend box office in North America as Sony Pictures scored again in its Super Bowl counterprogramming strategy, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.


Llanelli Scarlets' chief executive warns delays to plans for Stradey Park put the rugby club at risk.


The publishers of Photoshop whip up another impossible looking earnings score.


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The City of Light wants to be the city that bikes.


Fresenius Medical Care subpoenaed by US Justice Department

Fresenius Medical Care, the world's leading supplier of dialysis products and services, said that it had been subpoenaed by the US Justice Deparment in New York to provide a "broad range of documents" relating to its operations.


NAHANT, Mass. - Joseph Ayers was crouched over a laptop computer in a cool cinder-block shed barely big enough to house a riding lawn mower, watching a black lobster through a rectangular acrylic window.


Kobe Bryant Accuser's Name to Be Disclosed -Judge

The young woman who accused basketball  star Kobe Bryant of rape must disclose her identity in her  civil case against him, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.


Connecticut Governor Has Surgery for Breast Cancer

Gov. M. Jodi Rell of Connecticut underwent surgery for breast cancer today, her office announced. A spokeswoman for her office said the operation, involving a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery


Pulte Posts Profit in Line with Forecast

Pulte Homes Inc. PHM.N on Monday  posted a 61 percent rise in third-quarter profit, in line with  a forecast it lowered earlier this month.


Former Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards intends to enter the 2008 race for the White House, two Democratic officials said Saturday.


President Bush declared Friday that charges of voter fraud have cast doubt on the Ukrainian election, and warned that any European-negotiated pact on Iran's nuclear program


St. Louis Rams defensive end Anthony Hargrove missed his second straight day of practice on Friday after failing to show up for a meeting with coach Scott Linehan a day earlier, and will not play in Sunday's game at Arizona.


SocGen reveals how it was duped in trading scam

French bank Societe Generale defended its handling of the world's biggest trading scandal on Sunday, but admitted its risk systems had failed to detect a 50-billion-euro ($73.3 billion) market bet by a lone trader.


Love really is blind, at least when it comes to looking at others, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.


Battle Concussions Tied to Stress Disorder

The study is the militaryâs first large-scale effort to gauge the effect of mild head injuries that some experts worry may be causing a host of undiagnosed neurological deficiencies.


McCaffery: As usual, Hopkins wins fight his way

Bernard Hopkins entered the MGM ring Saturday night in Las Vegas not to any march-to-war instrumental or jumpstart-the-heart thumping rock ballad, but to the one tune best capturing what he has done and, more, what he was about to do.


OAKLAND, California  - The Oakland Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 8-3 on Friday to sweep their three-game division series and book a place in the American League Championship Series.


MELBOURNE, Fla. - Hurricane Frances crawled toward the Florida coast Saturday, bringing a potential for 20 inches of rain and heavy flooding and prompting tens of thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate during the Labor Day weekend...


Jaguar will pull out of Formula One at the end of 2004, with parent company Ford's engine maker Cosworth also up for sale. Ford's bombshell announcement on Friday has huge


With a chance to make a statement, the Cincinnati Bengals backed down and went for a field goal. Their demur decision said it all.


New Flu Strain Picked for Flu Vaccine Mix

BETHESDA, Maryland  - A new strain of flu virus  called "A California" will be added to the mix used in the U.S.  vaccine for next season, which is already causing anxiety after  a shortage in the current season.


Iraq: cadavere asiatico, per polizia non e' ostaggio giapponese

TIKRIT (Iraq) - Secondo la polizia irachena, e' improbabile che il cadavere, ritrovato questa mattina nei pressi di Tikrit, in Iraq, sia quello dell'ostaggio giapponese Shosei Koda, rapito quattro giorni fa dai guerriglieri.


NFL Wrap: Manning Tosses Three TDs as Colts Win

Peyton Manning threw three touchdown passes to move closer to the all-time season record as the Indianapolis Colts routed the visiting Tennessee Titans 51-24 Sunday.


Germans Say Plot Against Allawi Foiled; 3 Arrested

German authorities said they disrupted a possible plot to attack Iraq's interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, during his visit here Friday, arresting three Iraqi men and


Judge: Jackson's Accuser Faces Open Court

Michael Jackson's young accuser will have to testify against the pop star in open court when he takes the stand in the singer's child molestation trial.


FOOTBALL: BORO JOY AT LANDING GLAMOUR EURO TIES

MIDDLESBROUGH have been landed with some of the most glamorous - and difficult - ties of the UEFA Cup group phase. Lazio and Partizan Belgrade will be the visitors to the Riverside, while Steve McClaren's


Company launched the biggest electronic auction of stock in Wall Street history Friday but warned that it could face legal liability from a Playboy magazine interview in which some aspects of the Internet search engine's performance were overstated. -The Washington Post


Plans to close maternity units at four Greater Manchester hospitals are backed by the health secretary.


Blake out of Las Vegas Open after ATP confusion

The ATP has reversed its decision to award James Blake a quarter-final berth at the Las Vegas Open, after bending a rule to allow the American through.


Office Depot plans call centre closures, job cuts

NEW YORK, November 1  - Office Depot Inc (ODP.NYS) has announced its plans to consolidate its call centre and account management operations, leading to about 900 job cuts and a charge of about $12.


Man Utd, Arsenal and Chelsea are all in action, while Kevin Keegan leads Newcastle out in the late game against Bolton.


Woods in a class of his own despite difficult year

Tiger Woods, who has made a habit of achieving the remarkable, was golf's dominant figure in 2006 despite the death of his father in early May.


Japan refuses to withdraw troops after kidnapping in Iraq

Japan insisted it would not bow to the demands of Islamic militants in Iraq who have threatened to behead a Japanese man unless Tokyo orders its forces out of the country within 48 hours.


Firenze, 17:59 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: PRESENTATO PAPA WAIGO

La Fiorentina ha presentato l'attaccante senegalese Papa Waigo. Il giocatore ha dichiarato la propri...


Pakistan, Sri Lanka clash in tri-nation series Final today

LAHORE: Pakistan and Sri Lanka will clash in the last one day league match of the tri-nation series under lights here Thursday to warm up for their final showdown on Saturday.


Pizza Hut rolls out nationwide mobile ordering

Pizza Hut has deployed a mobile  ordering system that ratchets up the competition in the  industry's battle to sell more pizzas using the latest  technology.


Woods surges into third spot at damp East Lake

Tiger Woods reeled off three birdies in four holes to charge into a share of third spot in the weather-delayed first round of the Tour Championship on Friday.


PRESIDENT BUSH used an economic summit in Washington last week to promote his plans to reform the crumbling Social Security system.


Dutch voters have gone to the polls with surveys predicting yet another coalition government, with the centre-right party of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende holding the most seats.


A Mystery Tour More Menacing Than Magical

One of the most surreal moments in Julie Taymorâs passionate â60s fantasia, âAcross the Universe,â is a sequence at an Army induction center in New York City.


Singapore Zoo's most famous icon, orangutan Ah Meng, dies

Singapore Zoo's most famous icon, an orangutan who once hobnobbed with Britain's Prince Philip, popstar Michael Jackson and actress Elizabeth Taylor, has died, zoo staff said Saturday.


Elaine Youngs and three-time Olympian Holly McPeak entered the semifinal of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament with a 0-13 record against compatriots Misty May and Kerri Walsh dating back to Sept.


FOOTBALL: I ASKED MUTU: ARE YOU TAKING COCAINE? HE JUST LAUGHED IN ...

JOSE MOURINHO revealed last night that he accused Adrian Mutu of being a coke-head the very first time he met the Romanian striker.


We are standing by for Wimbledon with skyscrapers. Tim Henman is likely to hear the familiar patter of rain here today, and forecasters say things may get wetter.


Neoconservatives Gain Strength in New Bush Team

Neoconservatives, seen as the  ideological architects of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, appear to  be gaining strength in President Bush's second administration,  foreign policy analysts said on Wednesday.


Passion Erupts in a Burst of African Colors

In the the African Cup of Nations, which began Sunday, there is no such thing as an easy game for any team.


Real Madrid midfielder David Beckham dismisses any chance of him being at the Bernabeu after this season.


Many Bills, and Scant Time to Study Them

Lawmakers converging on Annapolis this week for a special session face a daunting task.


Microsoft files new lawsuits against spam while AOL battles 'spim'- unsolicited messages sent to users of its instant messaging service.


Nel pomeriggio esame dei circa 110 odg sul provvedimento


LONDON  - Arsenal defender Ashley Cole is ready to begin talks on a new contract with the English champions despite Real Madrid showing an interest in the England left-back, the player's agent said.


BALCO Defendants Seek to Have Steroid Case Dropped

Defendants at the center of the BALCO steroid scandal asked a court to drop charges against them on Friday, claiming misconduct by prosecutors in a case that has tarnished some of the top names in sport.


Former Philippine presidential candidate in deteriorating ...

The former presidential candidate and movie actor Fernando Poe Jr.'s condition has deteriorated after he suffered a stroke, doctors said Monday.


Study Reveals Doubt on Drug for Cholesterol

A clinical trial of Zetia, a widely used cholesterol drug, has raised questions about its effectiveness and the behavior of pharmaceutical companies that conducted the study.


Toronto, 09:10 - CALCIO, MONDIALE U20: SPAGNA ELIMINA BRASILE

Risultati degli ottavi di finale del mondiale under 20 in corso di svolgimento in Canada.


Motorola to Sell Cell Phones Via Machine

CHICAGO - Shoppers craving the latest Motorola Inc. cell phones and accessories will be able to buy them at automated sales machines being installed in nearly two dozen malls and airports nationwide.


Microsoft's Pay-for-Play Music Site Could Be a Competitor

The MSN Music site, now in public preview and set for its full-featured debut in mid-October, instantly makes Microsoft a major player in the field, although the store has a decidedly me-too feel about it right now.


Grandi numeri ma non e' vittoria per la prima serata


Shared history Non-Jews are helping rediscover Poland's Jewish heritage

Medieval Krakow is the spiritual home of Poland's Jewish revival. Today the city is home to only a tiny number of Jews, but it is rich in historical relics, including six synagogues and two Jewish cemeteries.


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Compensation paid to Libyan HIV families

Compensation payments have been  completed to the families of Libyan children with HIV, a  spokesman for the families said on Tuesday, under a deal that  could free six foreign medics condemned to death on charges of  infecting them.


British wholesale prices up 0.3 percent in September

British wholesale prices, or the cost of goods at the factory gate, rose by 0.3 percent in September from August, driven up by record high crude oil prices.


New York City's former first lady has had a lot of experience in the ways of love: Donna Hanover was divorced from Rudolph Giuliani after he cheated on her following 20 years of marriage, and later she rekindled love with a high school sweetheart and married him.


At 0-17, N.J.I.T. Has Hit Bottom, and Things Arenât Looking Up

The New Jersey Institute of Technology menâs basketball team has not been able to overcome substantial obstacles and has lost more games than all but two N.C.A.A. Division I teams.


The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday ordered all sleep disorder drugs to carry stronger warnings about their risks, including severe allergic reactions.


UK ad giant makes $1.5 billion US buyout offer

LONDONâWPP Group PLC, the London-based advertising giant, said yesterday it was buying US-based Grey Global Group Inc. in a $1.52 billion (US) cash and stock deal.


Iraq watchdog agency under investigation: report

The U.S. agency charged with investigating allegations of waste and fraud by contractors involved in rebuilding Iraq is itself the subject of four government probes, The Washington Post reported on Friday.


Hi-tech is helping narrow the digital divide though a gulf between rich and poor remains, says a UN report.


The dollar barely moved on Tuesday,  struggling to sustain a modest bounce from multi-week lows  against the euro made on bigger-than-expected capital inflows  to the United States.


13 More Killed In On-going Gaza Violence

Dubai, Oct. 4 (NNN): At least 13 Palestinians were killed as Israel continued its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, with an air strike in the north, during the past 24 hours.


Public Broadcasters Prepare to Fight Federal Budget Cuts

The magnitude of the proposed cuts in federal funds for public broadcasting put forth this week  sent public broadcasters scrambling.


An independent investigator who will study claims that Home Secretary David Blunkett abused his position is to be named.


Bubonic plague has killed one person  and made another sick in China, the Health Ministry said,  appealing for efforts nationwide to prevent further outbreaks.


Spacewalking astronauts inspect solar panel glitch

A pair of space-walking astronauts ventured out of the International Space Station Tuesday to look for the cause of electrical problems in the orbiting laboratory, NASA said.


Google absolved of 'crimes against humanity'

$5bn lawsuit meets its maker Shuka-shuka-shuka-shuka-shuka.â¦


Old motels evoke past glory of "Mother Road:

EL RENO, Okla  - Anna Boevers remembers when the Motel Reno did a brisk trade on Route 66, America's first roadway linking the broad interior to the West Coast.


Egyptians enraged at Israel's mistaken killing of three border policemen protested after Friday prayers at Cairo's main mosque under a banner that read: "The pigs' apology doesn't quench our rage."


Blaine Baggett, executive manager of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's office of communications and education, addresses the media during a news conference at JPL in Pasadena, Calif.


High noon in Texas: the agriculture chief is making a stand against junk food. Can she win?


CarMax profit up 44 percent, boosts outlook

CarMax Inc. , the largest U.S.  retailer of used cars, on Wednesday posted a 44 percent  increase in quarterly profit and boosted its full-year profit  outlook.


With casualties in Iraq hitting a record two-month high, the question is how long Americans' patience will last


Violence erupts over Paraguay fire verdict

ASUNCION, Paraguay  - Rioters set cars alight, looted and blocked streets in Paraguay's capital on Tuesday as anger flared over a court verdict relating to a fire in a supermarket that killed 350 people.


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Passenger Cat Stevens Gets Plane Diverted

WASHINGTON - A London-to-Washington flight was diverted to Maine when it was discovered that passenger Yusuf Islam - formerly known as singer Cat Stevens - was on a government watch list and barred from entering the country.    United Airlines Flight 919 was en route to Dulles International Airport when the match was made Tuesday between a passenger and a name on the watch list, said Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration...


Evocative, and Steamy, Marathon Goes to Japanese Woman

The marathon was inspired by suffering, and on the day an event that is as much a test of character as a test of endurance returned to its Olympic roots, the suffering returned, too.


Fedâs Action Stems Sell-Off in World Markets

Confronting panic about a possible recession, the Federal Reserve announced the biggest one-day reduction of interest rates on record.


Letters remain the holy grail to code-breakers

For 250 years it defied all code-breakers. Darwin had a go; Dickens, and Wedgwood too. But the 10-letter inscription - DOUOSVAVVM - carved into a monument on the Shugborough Estate in Staffordshire thumbed its nose at the curious.


Frankie Dettori rides favourite Authorized to an emphatic win in the Epsom Derby.


The announcement by India on Thursday that it will unilaterally reduce its troop deployments in the disputed territory of Kashmir this winter was greeted as a "great leap forward" by Pakistani officials and Kashmiri separatists, reports Agence France


Roma, 20:39 - BASKET, LEGADUE: FERRARA OK, CASERTA CADE IN CASA

Risultati della 5/a giornata di ritorno del campionato di Legadue di basket.


Mourners vow revenge as Sunni leader buried

BAGHDAD - The Sunni insurgent group Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility yesterday for planting the bomb that killed a prominent tribal leader Thursday, calling the assassination a "holy operation" that targeted Abdul Sattar Abu Risha for his alliance with US forces.


The latest Iowa Hawkeye poll shows a tight Democratic race and a Romney blowout on the GOP side


Roma, 18:31 - CALCIO, DIRITTI TV: IL 20 OTTOBRE ESAME LEGGE DELEGA

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Judge strikes down several FEC rules interpreting campaign finance ...

A judge has struck down several government rules on campaign fund raising, ordering tougher restrictions on big political money in the long term while creating uncertainty about how candidates, parties and interest groups should proceed in the current


NYMEX crude oil futures jumped to a  record $46.85 a barrel on Monday on concerns about supply  disruption from oil exporter Venezuela, which is voting in a  referendum on whether to recall President Hugo Chavez.


It looks like a medieval alchemist's den, this tumbledown shack where young Africans use bubbling blue acid to turn dust into gold.


Berlin - A German teenager accused of creating the Sasser worm that infected millions of computers around the world is being taught to become a security software programmer, the company that hired him said on Friday.


An elderly pedestrian's body was undiscovered for hours after he was hit by a runaway van and ended up dead inside a house.


Rains kill over 220 in Pakistani city: minister

Over 220 people have been killed in accidents caused by heavy wind and rain in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi, a provincial minister said on Sunday.


US Airways reports quarterly profit on higher fares

US Airways Group Inc.  on Thursday reported a third-quarter profit compared with a year-earlier loss, topping expectations on strong demand and higher fares.


The Newest Hope ; Marriage of Necessity Just Might Work Out

NEW YORK - The TV lights were on, the cameras rolled and the symphony of cameras flashing in his face blinded Pedro Martinez - but not for long.


Add Fantasy Football to List of top Online Time-Wasters

Fantasy football presents a challenge for workplace productivity, as employers will lose time to workers going online to check on their teams, but blocking access could hit morale.


The investor Carl C. Icahn has gone shopping again, this time acquiring shares in the retailer J. C. Penney, people briefed on the matter said Friday.


At Cellphone Trade Show, the Spotlight Chases Google

Googleâs efforts to promote Android, an open and free platform for cellphones, is provoking rivals.


Guerrillas have killed 17 Iraqis and wounded 13 in an attack on buses that were taking them to work at a weapons dump near the town of Tikrit north of Baghdad, the US army say.


Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday it will spend $875 million to take full ownership of its money-losing Japanese subsidiary, Seiyu Ltd., as the U.S. retailer struggles to speed up management changes and reverse slumping performance in the world's second largest economy.


A Russian man who said he wanted to record a killing for each of the 64 squares on a chessboard was found guilty Wednesday of murdering 48 people in Moscow


BP said the start of production at its Thunder Horse platform in the Gulf of Mexico would be delayed after tests showed safety problems.


FDA Wants Tougher Warning Labels on Some Pain Relievers

Federal health officials  yesterday proposed sterner warning labels for acetaminophen, aspirin and ibuprofen, again cautioning millions of Americans who take the nonprescription pain relievers regularly of potentially serious side effects.


Syrian troops are about to redeployed in Lebanon, three weeks after a UN motion urged their withdrawal.


At least 60 people are now known to have died in an explosion in Lagos when thieves tried to siphon fuel.


Dow Jones +0,21%, Nasdaq -0,21%.Euro in calo a 1,4697 dlr


Four NI banks face investigation by the Competition Commission over claims they rip off customers.


The X-Prize Foundation offers "the largest medical prize in history" for the first team to decode 100 human genomes in 10 days.


Goodell wants the world passionate about American football

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has exported the United States's most popular sport to Europe in the hope of getting the world excited about American football.


CARSON, California  - David Beckham's hotly anticipated debut for Los Angeles Galaxy was put on hold when he was left out of his new team's starting line-up for Saturday's exhibition match against Chelsea.


Indonesia province on alert after attack warnings

Security forces are on highest alert in Indonesia's restive Central Sulawesi province following warnings that militants may be planning attacks, the region's police chief said on Friday.


A 70-million-year-old fossil of a giant frog has been unearthed in Madagascar by a team of UK and US scientists.


Ministry defends changes made to Aids guide

The health ministry has acknowledged that it asked for references to the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and gays to be removed from a series of Aids guides.


The global economy is set for another   year of strong growth, the International Monetary Fund said on   Thursday, but it warned that rising inflationary pressures and   a U.S. economic downturn posed growing dangers.


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


Yahoo Profit Surges on Sales of Ads, Google Stock

Yahoo Inc. reported yesterday that its profit more than tripled in the third quarter as the Internet service recorded substantial increases in advertising and a giant gain from the sale of part of its stake in rival Google Inc.


Will Ferrell's NASCAR spoof "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" enjoyed life in the fast lane with a No. 1 finish in the weekend box office race, taking in $47 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.


LOS ANGELES - Janet Leigh's most famous scene was so terrifying it put her off showers for the rest of her life.    Leigh, who died Sunday, insisted she always took baths after seeing the finished cut of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," in which her character was slashed to death in a motel shower in what may be the silver screen's most memorable murder...


Working for Top Bosses on Wall St. Has Its Perks

The role of the executive assistant has drawn scrutiny after the disclosure that the former New York Stock Exchange chairman's assistant was paid $240,000 a year.


Ex-Refco executive Maggio pleads guilty to fraud

A former senior Refco Inc executive pleaded guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges for his role in an alleged fraud that led to the collapse of the futures and commodities broker.


Africa's economy will grow faster this year, but changes are still needed for it to catch up with the rest of the world.


Dedicate a Donatella Dini, Nicoletta Fiorucci, Samuela Sardo


Iraq Forces Find Falluja 'Hostage Slaughterhouses'

Iraq's military said on Wednesday it had found houses in northern Falluja where hostages had been held and killed by their militant kidnappers, and records of those abducted.


After decades of scouring images of Mars for signs of water, scientists believe they have found stunning evidence that water may even now be flowing through the Red Planet's frigid surface.


Vaccine makes war on sperm-making protein

A contraceptive vaccine for men that temporarily blocks male fertility has come a step closer with a study showing it is possible to inoculate monkeys against their own sperm.


N.J. gov., lawmakers huddle over shutdown

Hundreds of casino workers and state employees rallied outside New Jersey's capitol Thursday to protest a state government shutdown that is keeping more than 80,000 people out of work.


Possibile utilizzo risorse per crescita in Mediobanca


I rossoneri annientano la Lazio con un secco 3-0 grazie a una splendida tripletta del bomber ucraino e si aggiudicano per la quinta volta il trofeo. MILANO, 21 agosto 2004 - Il Milan mette in bacheca il primo


Israel's Foreign Ministry Director General Ron Prushor said Sunday Egypt might return its ambassador to Israel in the near future.


Old Firm postpone clash in memory of O'Donnell

Wednesday's Old Firm clash between Celtic and Rangers has been postponed as a mark of respect following the death last weekend of Motherwell captain Phil O'Donnell, the Scottish Premier League (SPL) announced here on Monday.


Greenspan Cautions on Baby Boomer Benefits

JACKSON, Wyo. - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Friday the country will face "abrupt and painful" choices unless Congress acts quickly to trim Social Security and Medicare benefits for the baby boom generation...


In two Houston-area elections last year, school officials are accused of blatantly trying to manipulate polling locations to get the outcome they wanted.


Bosnian Serb cleared of genocide, still jailed

The U.N. tribunal sentenced Bosnian   Serb politician Momcilo Krajisnik on Wednesday to 27 years in   prison for crimes against humanity committed during the 1992-95   Bosnian war.


Troops cut Gaza into three parts and shut the Egypt border after Palestinian militants fire rockets.


Google and Yahoo say iPhones are accounting for a disproportionate amount of Web traffic to their sites from mobile devices.


IRS: Rose Owes Nearly $1M in Unpaid Taxes

MIAMI - Pete Rose is back in trouble with the Internal Revenue Service, which says the baseball great owes nearly $1 million in unpaid taxes. The IRS filed a federal tax lien in Broward County on Tuesday alleging that baseball's all-time hits king owes $973,693.28 in back taxes from 1997 to 2002...


Be careful out there people Symantec is backing a scheme run by the UK government and police to get small and medium sized businesses to take online security and safety more seriously.â¦


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

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


Promoting Hurd is not a fitting punishment for HP

A spanking only investors can be proud of Opinion Miss Manners tells us that when caught with your pants down, you're meant to pull them back up all the way. Under no circumstances should one allow gaudy, suggestive bits to remain dangling out for public consumption.â¦


US Citizen, Five Others Kidnapped in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 2 November 2004 - One US citizen and five other employees of a Saudi trading company were kidnapped in Baghdad yesterday, plunging the country further into crisis on the eve of the US presidential elections.


Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  said he was very satisfied with efforts by Palestinian  President Mahmoud Abbas to restore calm and pledged in an  interview published on Thursday to pursue peace with him.


DENVER (Sports Network) - The Denver Nuggets have fired  head coach Jeff Bzdelik after two-plus seasons at the helm.  Denver has struggled to a 13-15 start and is in the midst of a  six-game slide.


Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton Â welcome to New Hampshire, where you each face the biggest test of your political lives.


PARIS - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are getting supersized in France.    The 18-year-old actresses are promoting McDonald's Happy Meals in the 1,035 McDonald's outlets in the country...


Australia announces cruise missile plan, raising tensions with ...

SYDNEY : Australia announced a cruise missile programme to give it the region's "most lethal" air combat capacity, a move that further strained awkward relations with Indonesia.


A much-postponed launch of a spacecraft meant to explore two of the solar system's largest asteroids has been delayed again, this time until September.


Hewlett-Packard is spending $300 million on an ad campaign to 'make printing relevant and meaningful.'


Work goes on for Polish miners after worst accident in 27 years

In mourning after the death of 23 colleagues in Poland's worst mining accident in three decades, the hard-bitten miners of the Silesian coalbelt remain deeply tied to their tough livelihood.


Per i nerazzurri 17 vittorie di fila, Roma batte la Reggina


SEC drops accounting probe targeting ex-Shell chairman

HOUSTON -- The Securities and Exchange Commission has decided to take no action against the former Royal Dutch Shell PLC chief executive over the 2004 oil reserves overbooking scandal, his lawyer said yesterday.


China hijacks Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! traffic?

'You will use Baidu' It looks like China is hijacking web traffic from Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo!.â¦


Sir Richard Branson plans to start a company which will let families store stem cells from their child's umbilical cord.


The group-messaging application, Twitter, still hasnât broken into the mainstream or become a to-die-for tool for the youngest early adopters.


Paris Tourists Search for Key to 'Da Vinci Code'

A funny thing happened on the way to the  Mona Lisa. Visitors to the Louvre museum in Paris, home of the  world's most famous painting, started quizzing tour guides  about Dan Brown's best-selling novel "The Da Vinci Code."


NAJAF, Iraq - Firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his fighters to lay down their arms and leave Najaf and neighboring Kufa Friday after agreeing to a peace deal brokered by Iraq's top spiritual leader to end three weeks of bloody fighting.    Al-Sadr issued the order in a statement to his Mahdi Army militia that also was broadcast through loudspeakers at the revered Imam Ali Shrine, which militants have used as a stronghold and refuge throughout their standoff with a combined U.S.-Iraqi force...


Two Palestinian militants storm Israeli army post in Rafah

Two Palestinian militants stormed on Sunday night an Israeli army post on the borders between southern Gaza town of Rafah and Egypt and clashed with Israeli soldiers,Palestinian witnesses said.


A search for missing US adventurer Steve Fossett is to resume in the Nevada desert shortly, officials say.


NBA Steve Nash withdrew from Sunday's NBA All-Star Game because of lingering inflammation in his right shoulder. The league's two-time defending MVP has missed the last 3 1/2 games because of the injury. The Phoenix Suns said Nash won't play at Seattle tomorrow night, the club's last game before the All-Star break . . . Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Randy Foye ...


The association that represents the telemarketing industry announced this week that it is opening its first international chapters, in India.


Britain highlights NATO's training mission in Iraq

British Secretary of Defense Geoff Hoon said Wednesday that the training mission in Iraq being carried out by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is very important for both Iraq and the United States.


Prince Charles met the president of the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday on the latest leg of his tour of the Gulf, the official WAM news agency said.


Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. KKD.N on  Thursday said its quarterly profit tumbled by more than half  and slashed its sales growth outlook for the rest of the year,  wiping 17 percent off the value of its stock.


Construction company Jacobs Engineering said a subsidiary company has won an E240m contract from Pfizer to expand Pfizer's aseptic production facility in Ireland.


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Kentucky churches packed after jet crash

Shaken by tragedy, people packed Kentucky churches on Sunday, a week after the crash of Comair Flight 5191 killed 49 people in Lexington.


The Western Policy Center today announced that Marika Karayianni, an advisor on Black Sea energy issues to the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Dr.


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They're seeking to sway Bush's war policy when his request for $93.4 billion comes up next week.


In a coordinated assault on an American combat outpost north of Baghdad, suicide bombers killed two American soldiers and wounded at least 17 more.


Musharraf, Karzai agree to beef up antiterror cooperation

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and Afghanistan decided Monday to enhance their antiterrorism capabilities by forging greater cooperation between their intelligence agencies and antiterror forces deployed on both sides of their border.


TUESDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- Nearsightedness progresses more slowly in children who wear hard contact lenses than in those who were soft contact lenses, says an Ohio State University study in the December issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology.


Rumsfeld Visits Iraq as Violence Simmers

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld flew  into Iraq on Friday and warned it would take time to build  Iraqi security forces capable of crushing the country's bloody  insurgency.


(InfoWorld) - Virtual Iron and XenSource both are introducing new virtualization software to undercut on price the dominant player in the field, VMware. On Monday, Virtual Iron is set to start offering Version 3.1 of its enterprise-class virtualization platform for a license price of $499 per socket, which is less than 20 percent of the $2,875 per socket price for a comparable VMware license, according to Virtual Iron. Virtual Iron argues that VMware's pricing is a barrier to more widespread adoption of virtualization in data centers, citing IDC research that only 6 percent of data center operators deploy any type of virtualization. Also Monday, XenSource introduced new and upgraded virtualization products, also at sub-$1,000 prices. Both XenSource and Virtual Iron build their proprietary products on top of the open-source Xen platform for virtualization hypervisors. A hypervisor is technology that makes it possible for one computer to run multiple operating systems at the same time. VMware's products are not based on open source. Virtualization refers to software and other system management tools that are used to better utilize servers. Virtualization makes it possible for one physical server to run multiple applications simultaneously. Advanced virtualization features include tools to seamlessly move computing workloads from one physical server to another, set up infrastructure and test new software. Revenue at VMware, a wholly owned subsidiary of storage vendor EMC, grew 86 percent in EMC's fiscal third quarter to $188.5 million. If that pace keeps up, VMware's annualized revenue would be $750 million, VMware said. Virtual Iron and XenSource intend to slow that pace. "We are taking a very aggressive stand on pricing," said Mike Grandinetti, chief marketing officer for Virtual Iron. The Charlotte Observer newspaper in North Carolina uses Virtual Iron. It took 45 minutes to run a particular job on its legacy Unix-based servers, said Geoff Shorter, the Observer's IT infrastructure manager. VMware completed the same job in 11 to 13 minutes, but so did the less expensive Virtual Iron. The license for the high-end VMware product costs $5,750 to run on a dual-socket server, Shorter said. Virtual Iron's license is $499 per socket, so the total cost for a dual-socket machine license would be $998. Pricing for XenSource's XenEnterprise starts at for $488 for an annual subscription license for a dual-socket server or $750 for a perpetual license. XenServer for Windows, introduced Monday, sells for $99 per dual-socket server, per year. It has fewer features than XenEnterprise. "Our intention is to dramatically shift the landscape under VMware," said Simon Crosby, XenSource's chief technology officer. Virtualization is following a classic economic model of an early mover dominating a market and charging a premium, soon followed by challengers competing on price, said Gordon Haff, principal IT advisor at Illuminata Inc., a technology research company. Haff said enterprises that have deployed VMware are seeing a positive return on their investment despite the price and he doesn't think price alone is keeping enterprises from adopting virtualization. "Even if virtualization software were free, it wouldn't become ubiquitous because of the complexity of the implementation," he said.


The Conservative Party has promised to save Â£1.1bn a year by attacking "fat and bloated bureaucracy".


Size doesn't matter. That was the message as friends and colleagues of the late Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who discovered Pluto, gathered on the New Mexico State University campus to protest the International Astronomical Union's recent decision to strip Pluto of its status as a planet.


Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on Web

Several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their books, instead signing on with a nonprofit effort.


Afghan Militants Threaten to Kill Hostages

A militant group claiming to have kidnapped three foreign election workers in Afghanistan said Friday that it would execute the hostages if the authorities pursued their search for the kidnappers.


Mancano soldi e patrocinio.Sgarbi, si discuta delibera


One layer of the new disk is in standard DVD format, while the other layer will be in the HD DVD format. Such a combination lets film studios put a movie in DVD format on one side and, on the other, in HD DVD format.


Pier 1 Imports Inc.  posted its seventh consecutive quarterly loss on Thursday as the home furnishings retailer spent more on advertising and cut prices to try to attract more business.


Iraq Government Retracts Claim Top Saddam Aide Held

Iraq's government said on Monday it had  not captured the most wanted Saddam Hussein aide still on the  run, in an embarrassing climbdown a day after top officials  reported he had been seized in a raid by Iraqi forces.


Democrats tear each other apart in Calif.

Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is wounded and vulnerable, and yet the two Democrats vying to unseat him are tearing each other apart in the very nightmare scenario party leaders had feared.


Hamas Refuses to Join Palestinian Elections

The Islamic movement Hamas said today that it would not take part in Palestinian presidential elections set for January, a decision that could complicate efforts to hold a peaceful and orderly campaign.


U.S. working with Iraq over minister freed from jail

The United States said on Tuesday it was cooperating with Iraq to find out how a former Iraqi minister with dual U.S. citizenship was sprung from his Baghdad jail cell, reportedly by armed, plain-clothes Americans.


President George W Bush faces fresh pressure over his Iraq policy as the US Senate debates war funding.


Gene shields some from human version of mad cow disease: report

WASHINGTON : A gene may protect some people from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human brain wasting form of mad cow disease, researchers said on Thursday.


15-year study links fast food to obesity

Fast food is definitively bad for your health, a 15-year study of people's eating habits has confirmed. The research, published in this week's Lancet medical journal, should bolster the arguments against those


Actress Drew Barrymore has fuelled rumours that she is dating Justin Long after the   two were spotted kissing at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas.


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Capo dipartimento Sviluppo Economico proposto da Bersani


Georgia Dialysis Patients Infected with West Nile

Two people who contracted West Nile virus  in Georgia may have gotten the deadly infection while  undergoing dialysis treatment, U.S. health officials said on  Thursday.


UN envoy blames Darfur rebels for deaths of aid officials

The United Nations special envoy to Sudan blamed ethnic minority rebels in Darfur for the deaths earlier this month of two humanitarian aid workers in the war-torn region.


British military to get first Muslim chaplain: report

Britain's army forces are to get their first Muslim chaplain, a defense ministry source was quoted as saying.


Violations aplenty, alleges database giant Oracle has amended its theft lawsuit against SAP to include claims of infringed copyrights and breached contracts.â¦


New York, 19:12 - TENNIS, US OPEN: SCHNYDER E SAFINA AGLI OTTAVI

La svizzera Patty Schnyder e la russa Dinara Safina si sono qualificate per gli ottavi di finale deg...


(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:


British police arrest radical cleric Abu Hamza

British police Thursday arrested radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri under the Terrorism Actat a prison in southeast London where the cleric was already jailed under a US extradition warrant.


Oakland Raiders running back Tyrone Wheatley expects to miss 2-to-4 weeks with a shoulder injury.


Lindsay Lohan lost some luggage at Heathrow Airport Thursday, but she'll have to wait and see if police can track down the Hermes bag and the jewelry that was inside it.


Antawn Jamison leads a balanced scoring attack as the Wizards get off to a 2-0 start after spoiling the Charlotte Bobcats' NBA debut Thursday night with a 103-96 win.


Television Review | 'Orozco: Man of Fire ': Out of the Volcanic Ashes, a Muralist Is Born

If youâre not an âAmerican Mastersâ person, you might envision this venerable series â now nearly a quarter-century old â as a gilded slide show pedantically narrated by Alastair Cooke. You would be wrong, and for proof you might check out âOrozco: Man of Fireâ tonight on PBS.


Roma, 20:07 - CICLISMO, SQUALIFICA DOPING: DI LUCA SI APPELLA AL TAS

Danilo Di Luca ha presentato ricorso al Tas di Losanna contro la squalifica di tre mesi che gli &egr...


Melissa Etheridge Recovering After Surgery

Melissa Etheridge is recovering at her home in California from two surgeries to treat breast cancer.


Standing in a corner of the Philadelphia Eagles locker room, Correll Buckhalter flashed a wide smile as he spoke excitedly about playing in the NFL again.


Australian Dollar Gains; Fed Raises Rate, Says Inflation Eased

The Australian dollar rose after the Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by a quarter percentage point and said inflation has slowed.


Scientists develop technique to induce out-of-body experiences

Â· Breakthrough could be used in remote surgeryÂ· Virtual reality games may also be improved


Israeli forces kill 15 Palestinians in Gaza

Israel killed 15 Palestinians, nearly all of them militants, in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, dealing its deadliest blow to Hamas in more than a year in raids that followed a peace mission by U.S. President George W. Bush.


Arno Franzoni, fotografo di 57 anni, e' stato arrestato


Cablevision Systems Corp., a Long Island-based cable TV provider, said Tuesday it is suspending plans for a spinoff of its money-losing satellite broadcasting business and will put the unit on the market instead.


Iran nuke negotiator to meet EU's Solana

Iran's top nuclear negotiator will meet EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana later Wednesday in a European capital, Iranian state television reported.


Japan's Mori wins troubled Miss Universe contest

A raven-haired Miss Japan, Riyo Mori, was crowned Miss Universe 2007 on Monday in a contest marked by protests, a banned dress and the withdrawal of one beauty queen on the ground the pageant degrades women.


A woman who swindled up to Â£100,000 from men she met through lonely-hearts adverts avoids jail.


Caption Only: A Banner Day for Bicycling

James Christensen, 15, of West Valley City, takes advantage of the warm weather on his bicycle outside Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City Friday. Temperatures are expected to cool a bit, with scattered valley rain and mountain snow through the weekend.


McLaren received a flow of information from a spy within rivals Ferrari for nearly three months this year, the FIA reveals.


Toxic Frogs, Birds May Get Their Poison From Beetles

The Colombian poison-dart frog and six South Pacific bird species use the same rare neurotoxin in their skin and feathers. Now researchers say the animals may eat beetles to obtain the poison.


WOOLWORTHS would walk away from its $1 billion deal to buy pubs owner Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group if it didn't get a happy-hour price, the retailer said yesterday.


Families of the 35 children who died in a string of bombings in Baghdad blamed American troops for the tragedy, accusing them of attracting insurgents to a ceremony where the attacks occurred.


Albert Pujols homered in his first three at-bats Sunday, helping the St. Louis Cardinals take a 5-0 lead over the Pittsburgh Pirates.


Israeli army arrests Hezbollah guerrilla

Israeli soldiers in Lebanon have arrested a Hezbollah guerrilla involved in the July 12 raid that captured two Israeli soldiers and sparked the devastating round of fighting between Israel and the militant group, the army said Sunday.


INTEREST rates went up and down regardless of which party was in government, Labor said today. Prime Minister John Howard yesterday said he could guarantee interest rates would be lower under the Coalition


By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 10--An emergency lease to state agencies by the Pueblo Board of Water Works will keep minimum flows in the Arkansas River through Pueblo and avoid a repeat of conditions that threatened fish in the winter of 2005.


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Owls have been observed using dung as bait to trap beetles for their food, US biologists report.


US had nothing to do with hostages - France

Paris - The operation to secure the liberation of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq was an exclusively French concern, ministers insisted on Thursday.


The Centocor unit of Johnson & Johnson received a subpoena in connection with an investigation into pricing of its drug Remicade.


Chicago Wolves Top Areos 5-4, In Overtime

ROSEMONT, Ill.- The Chicago Wolves went the extra session to get their first win of the season, besting the Houston Aeros, 5-4, in overtime Wednesday night at the Allstate Arena.


THE 10th summit of French-speaking countries which opens tomorrow is supposed to focus on sustainable development but the resurgent crisis in Ivory Coast, once Francophone west Africa's brightest light, is ...


The NFL champion New England Patriots escape with a season-opening victory, keeping their winning streak alive and again frustrating Peyton Manning.


The world premiere of "Three Days in the Life, a documentary about John Lennon, was canceled after lawyers for the slain Beatle's widow, Yoko Ono, warned that she had not authorized any public viewing of the film.


Another victim added to NY Sept 11 death toll

A New York woman has been added to the number of victims killed in the attack on the World Trade Center, in the first confirmed death from dust generated by the collapse of the twin towers.


An 18-year-old man is arrested in connection with the shooting of a couple at their seaside bungalow.


Hollywood Manager in Talks to Run Paramount

Hollywood dealmaker Brad Grey, an executive producer of the hit television show "The Sopranos" and manager of Brad Pitt, is in line to take over Paramount Pictures, a once-great studio that has fallen on tough times, news reports said on Sunday.


Fannie Mae Pays the Price of Cutting Corners to Look Safe

Two regulatory agencies have concluded that Fannie Mae cut corners when it came to its accounting, and that has severely damaged its image.


German gets higher fine in eagle's death

A German appellate court in Stuttgart proposed $19,500 fine Tuesday against a 70-year-old man who fatally beat an escaped golden eagle with his walking stick after it attacked his dachshund.


Women managers earn more than their male counterparts

Top-ranked women in Britain's corporate world finally cracked the glass ceiling with salaries this year that exceeded those of their male counterparts.


Court restores Neb. same-sex marriage ban

Supporters of banning gay marriage won two major court rulings Friday, with a federal appeals court reinstating Nebraska's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage and the Tennessee Supreme Court ruling that voters should have a say on the issue.


Amsterdam, 20:28 - CALCIO, OLANDA: VITTORIE LARGHE PER AJAX E ALKMAAR

Ajax e Alkmaar a valanga contro Tilburg (6-0) e Excelsior Rotterdam (5-0) nella 15/a giornata della...


Cases: A Heart That Needed Fixing, a Mind That Said No

A doctor knew that operating would bring about a cure of a patientÂs condition, but he was convinced of both her insanity and her utterly lucid desire to avoid surgery.


Active efforts taken to rescue kidnapped engineers

China has been going in for various substantial efforts to rescue the two engineers, who were kidnapped in Pakistan, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhang Qiyue tolda regular press conference here Tuesday.


Just when you start to think pro athletes have nothing in common anymore with the customers, along comes the brawl in Auburn Hills, Mich.


When the raging ocean waters subsided, 7-year-old Karl Nilsson from Sweden thought he had been transported to another city. He was still in the same place, but his parents


Sharon Says Will Seek Coalition with Labor

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  said Thursday he would seek a governing coalition with Shimon  Peres's Labor Party and pledged to press ahead with a planned  Gaza pullout.


Explosives found in wreckage of Russian plane

Traces of the explosive hexogen have been found in the wreckage of one of the two Russian passenger jets that crashed minutes apart on Tuesday, Russian security services have revealed.


The San Diego Chargers certainly were aware that Norv Turner was 24 games under .500 and made only one playoff appearance in his nine seasons as an NFL head coach. It didn't scare them off in the slightest.


Democrat John Kerry joked Monday on "The Late Show with David Letterman" about changes under President Bush's tax plan, including that Vice President Dick Cheney can claim the president as a dependent.


Plane Crash Kills at Least 8 in Missouri

Rescuers scoured a woods on Wednesday for five missing passengers from a commuter jet affiliated with American Airlines that crashed on approach to an airport in northeast Missouri, killing eight.


Virgin chauffeur to drive upper-crust passengers through check-in

Virgin Atlantic unveiled a project on Wednesday to create a drive-through check-in for upper class passengers, as it prepares to battle with British Airways for the wealthiest customers flying from London.


Two BA planes undergo more tests after traces of radiation are found in the probe into an ex-spy's death.


Race for White House Comes Down to Few Key States

Two weeks before the Nov. 2 election, the White House race between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry has come down to a fight for about 10 states -- with Florida and Ohio topping the battlegrounds.


8 terror suspects, including alleged al-Qaida figure, charged in Britain

Eight suspects, including a man identified in the United States as a senior al-Qaida figure, appeared in court under heavy guard Wednesday as police investigated an alleged plot to commit murder and cause mayhem with chemicals, radioactive ...


Defense Secretary Robert Gates, at a meeting of European defense ministers, won a commitment from Slovakia on Monday to increase its troop presence in Afghanistan.


Crocodile attacks two campers in northern Australia

CAIRNS, Australia A doctor says a pair of Australian campers are "pretty lucky" after tangling with a big crocodile. Authorities say the 14-foot croc grabbed a man as he slept in a tent at a campsite in Queensland.


Cardinals capture pennant in spectacular fashion

ST. LOUIS - Entering Game 7 of the National League Championship Series on Thursday night at Busch Stadium, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros had played six games about as evenly as two teams possibly could play.


Gol di Sullo da' la vittoria ai siciliani


La Protezione civile: previste nevicate in pianura e mareggiateIn Sicilia migliora la situazione delle strade. Bloccati i traghetti                                          Freddo, neve e vento sull'Italia il maltempo arriva dall'Atlantico


Series of bomb blasts rock Bhutan, one hurt

GUWAHATI, India  - Four bomb blasts rocked the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan on Sunday, including one in the capital Thimphu, and a woman was injured, a spokesman for the Royal Bhutan Police said.


Race Against Time to Prevent Nuclear Terror - IAEA

The world faces a "race against time" to  prevent nuclear terror, the United Nation's nuclear watchdog  chief said on Monday, citing an extensive illicit market in  nuclear and radioactive materials after the Sept. 11 attacks.


IL RAPPORTO                                            Gli italiani prigionieri della sfiducia                                                                                di ILVO DIAMANTI


Natural gas producer and pipeline company Williams Cos. Inc.  posted a higher fourth-quarter profit on Thursday that topped Wall Street expectations, as a tax settlement and higher margins for natural gas liquids offset weaker gas prices.


In May, British antiterrorism police arrested a Muslim cleric, Abu Hamza al-Masri, after the United States requested his extradition on charges of hostage-taking and providing


UN leader race heats up; U.S. wants quick decision

By Evelyn LeopoldUNITED NATIONS - U.S. Ambassador John Bolton pushed on Wednesday for a quick resolution to the race to succeed Kofi Annan as U.N. secretary-general, a move that could favor a South Korean ...Comment


Dirimente il metodo di definizione platea aventi diritto


When Marine Lance Cpl. David Battle learned he'd either have to sacrifice his ring finger or the wedding band he wore, he told doctors at a field hospital in Iraq to cut off the finger.


Microsoft to Help Users Prep for Patching

Microsoft will give customers advance notice of its monthly security updates in an effort to help them prepare to install related software patches, the company announced today.


Putin says Iraq shows need for strong Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised on Thursday new nuclear weapons as part of Moscow's military build-up, saying the experience of Iraq showed the need for resource-rich countries to keep strong defenses.


From Sparta to Nicaragua, disasters alter political history

History suggests that South Asia's tsunami tragedy could engender regional political fallout.


Two Italian soldiers missing in Afghanistan

Two Italian soldiers have gone missing while on patrol in western Afghanistan, Italian authorities said on Sunday.


Weekend in Review: Sooners, Tigers battle for position

This is how crazy it has become in the race for the BCS title game: Oklahoma might not go to Orange Bowl because of, well, oranges.


'Bravo e' la macchina di lancio del nuovo Gruppo'


Blog: One in five teens say they can't function without their cell phone, and if forced to choose, would give up TV for it, a new survey says.


Pick a Culture: There's Always a Blue Period

At various East Coast museums, blue just kept coming at me, and with it a sense of how thoroughly color shapes the way we see the world.


ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered the state to rewrite, reprint and redistribute all its ballots for the Nov. 2 election, saying the wording of a ballot initiative was inaccurate and biased...


A fire early Wednesday at a fraternity house near the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus, killing one man believed to be a student, officials said.


Intel opens plant, starts production of 45nm Penryn chip

Intel Thursday started mass producing its 45nm microprocessors - the Penryn line - which are slated to start shipping by mid-November.


I.B.M. Says It Will Beat Analystsâ Estimates

Investors responded by bidding I.B.M. shares above $106 in after-hours trading.


Afghans Trying to Coax Taliban in from the Cold

Afghanistan's defense minister said  Tuesday his government had contacts with the Taliban to try to  persuade them to lay down their arms and return to normal life,  but vowed no let-up in the military campaign against them.


Henin chases second title, piece of history

Justine Henin takes on Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final of the U.S. Open on Saturday, chasing a seventh grand-slam title and a little piece of history.


OKLAHOMA CITY - Former child star Macaulay Culkin was arrested on drug charges Friday, authorities said.    The 24-year-old actor, best known for his role in the movie, "Home Alone," was taken into custody on complaints of possession of a controlled dangerous substance without a valid prescription and possession of marijuana, according to the Oklahoma County Sheriff's office...


Washington DC is added to the list of cities staging Live Earth concerts on Saturday, bringing the total to nine.


Spanish police detain 76 in major Internet fraud probe

Police in Spain have detained 76 people acrosss the country as part of what they described Sunday as their biggest-ever probe into Internet fraud.


Wouldn't you think Mark Blount might accidentally collide with a rebound if he spends 22 minutes on the floor? He is 7 feet tall. He does defend around the basket. But last night, against the Chicago Bulls, the center, who re-upped for $38 million over the summer, managed a double bagel (0 points, 0 rebounds) in the Celtics' 92-83 victory.


Federal Reserve Raises Rates for 6th Time

The U.S. Federal Reserve on  Wednesday raised interest rates for a sixth straight time,  extending a policy of gradually lifting borrowing costs to  levels high enough to ward off inflation pressures.


A local hedge fund manager has been charged with defrauding scores of Maryland residents of millions of dollars after he solicited their money at free lunch seminars and hid losses with fake statements, the state attorney general's office said yesterday.


Mayor Richard M. Daley will be on course to eclipse his legendary father and become the city's longest-serving mayor if voters Tuesday give him a sixth term despite a City Hall corruption scandal.


By Julie Fishman-Lapin, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Feb. 2--Growing up in Florida, Rodney Adkins often spent free time dismantling his family's television or radio, or even his mother's vacuum cleaner.


11 Palestinians in Gaza Killed In Clashes With Israeli Forces

GAZA CITY, July 5 -- Israeli forces killed 11 Palestinian guerrillas Thursday in one of the deadliest days of combat since Hamas wrested control of Gaza last month, refocusing attention on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after months of Palestinian infighting.


Investigatori vagliano anche ammissioni del figlio


CEO Hurd responds to spy scandal with HP ad

Piling it on HP today released a message from CEO Mark Hurd that vaguely addresses the company's ongoing spy scandal. The missive serves more as an advertisement than a real confrontation with the issues affecting HP.â¦


Health group picks finalists for director

WASHINGTON -- The board overseeing the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria has narrowed the choice for its new executive director to three candidates -- two European global health specialists and an African physician who has quickly established a system of AIDS treatment centers in Uganda, officials confirmed yesterday.


Zidane faces possible sanctions from FIFA

FIFA's disciplinary committee met Thursday to consider punishments for Zinedine Zidane's head-butt in the World Cup final.


KIBBUTZ DEGANYA ALEPH, Israel -- Yoya Shapiro sat on the veranda of her house, gazing across the manicured lawn of Israel's first kibbutz, or collective farm, founded by her parents and 10 other pioneers in 1910.


Major Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast

Hurricane forecasters are calling for an above-average Atlantic hurricane season again next year after one of the most destructive seasons on record.


Iraq Rejects U.S. Talk of Adjusting Vote Result

Iraq's election body rejected a  suggestion in Washington it adjust the results of next month's  vote to benefit the Sunni minority if low turnout in Sunni  areas means Shi'ites win an exaggerated majority in the new  assembly.


After a year in development, The Mozilla Foundation has finally released the full 'official' version of its already popular open-source Web browser, Firefox.


Solana, Iran have weeks to agree on talks: France

PARIS - France said on Sunday that EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iran had weeks rather than months to agree an agenda for talks about Tehran's nuclear programme.Asked by LCI television how much time ...Comment


Senior figure and leader of Taliban in Helmand province dies of injuries in south-west Pakistan


NBC Hastily Gathers Stars for Tsunami Aid

Madonna, Elton John, Nelly, Kenny Chesney and other musicians converged on an NBC Universal studio Saturday for a hastily arranged TV benefit concert for tsunami victims.


Paul Hamm of the USA celebrates with his coach after scoring a 9.837 in the horizontal bar to claim victory in the men's artistic gymnastics individual competition on August 18, 2004, during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at the Olympic Sports ...


Update 3: AP: CNNfn Will Shut Down After 9 Years

CNN will shut down its struggling CNNfn financial news network in mid-December, giving up its attempt after nine years to compete in a market dominated by CNBC.


Mediante procedura competitiva a trattativa diretta


Dutch Islamic School Bombed in Anti-Muslim Violence in Netherlands

Dutch police suspect that an explosion overnight at an Islamic school in the city of Eindhoven could be linked to last week's murder of controversial filmmaker Theo van Gogh.


Flextronics to buy Solectron for $3.6 billion

Contract electronics maker Flextronics International Ltd.  said on Monday that it would acquire rival Solectron Corp.  for $3.6 billion in cash and stock.


Healthcare costs: big woe for small firms

Of 45 million US uninsured, 60 percent work in small businesses.


G.O.P. Faces Challenge in Efforts to Reclaim House

An exodus of senior Republican incumbents from the House is threatening to cripple Republican efforts to topple the Democratic majority in November.


U.S.: Senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader held

The U.S. military on Wednesday announced the arrest of a senior leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, an insurgent who, the military said, is casting himself as a "conduit" between the top leaders of al Qaeda and al Qaeda in Iraq.


Fujitsu eyes improved designs, consumer push

Company executive admits its PC designs could use a little work, but loves the profits that cell phones generate.


Los Angeles -- Hero, director Zhang Yimou's acclaimed martial-arts epic starring Jet Li, vanquished giant snakes, serial killers and superbabies to debut as the top weekend film, earning $17.


A FORMER speech writer for George W. Bush has claimed Yasser Arafat died of AIDS. Former presidential aide David Frum, famous for coining the phrase "axis of evil", says the world has shown


Take That reach out to Robbie Williams, with Mark Owen saying he is "so worried" about his former bandmate.


Cured lepers still live in "colonies" in China

PANYU, China  - The old men hunched over a board game looked like any other pensioners playing chess, until they lifted their heads to welcome medical staff approaching their table.


Vital Signs: Adolescence: Studying Compliance Checks in Tobacco Sales to Minors

Convenience stores with gas pumps are the most likely to violate laws banning the sale of tobacco to minors, a new study suggests.


Dollar Drops Further as Central Banks Reassess Reserves

The falling dollar reached new depths against the euro today as the dollar's status as the premier international reserve currency is growing more precarious.


Women with the disease endometriosis are prone to certain cancers, mounting evidence suggests.


The Mars rover Opportunity has discovered what scientists said was the first meteorite of any type ever identified on another planet.


Female circumcision a problem in Britain

Female genital mutilation, commonly associated with parts of Africa and the Middle East, is becoming a growing problem in Britain despite efforts to stamp it out. London's Metropolitan Police, Britain's largest police force, hopes a campaign beginning on Wednesday will highlight that the practice is a crime here.


Video Games: High Scores for the Games of 2007

Even with heavy hitters like Spore, G.T.A. IV and Super Smash Bros. on the horizon for 2008, it will be tough for next year to top the crop of 2007.


Report: Thousands wrongly on terror list

Thousands of people have been mistakenly linked to names on terror watch lists when they crossed the border, boarded commercial airliners or were stopped for traffic violations, a government report said Friday.


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Burma's military junta resumes prisoner releases, and says prominent inmate Win Tin is due for release.


The archive of Britain's leading writer and playwright, Harold Pinter, has been acquired by the British Library for Â£1.1m.


Late-Season Heroics Guide Astros Into Playoffs

The Houston Astros seemed as shocked as they were happy after beating the Colorado Rockies 5-3 on Sunday to clinch the National League wild card playoff berth and cap an improbable late-season comeback.


The cost of scrapping the world cruise of P&O's troubled ship Aurora rises to Â£26.25m.


Patriots 23, Jets 7 Tom Brady was back to his old self. So were his New England Patriots. Brady and the Patriots bounced back in a big way, blowing out the New


Best Buy 3rd-qtr profit below expectations

Best Buy Co. Inc.  reported lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday as the consumer electronics retailer cut prices on flat-panel televisions to try to spur holiday sales.


Britney Spears' father sought to fire her business manager because he circumvented court orders by providing the pop star with a car after she was released from a psychiatric ward, according to court documents released Monday.


US plan casts off protection for large areas of fish habitat

The Bush administration on Tuesday proposed a steep reduction in the miles of rivers and streams to come under federal protection for Pacific salmon, and offered exemptions for property owners and broad areas of the Northwest and California.


Dozens Injured In Chicago High-Rise Fire

Dozens of people have been injured in Chicago, including 12 firefighters, in a high-rise fire. Several people who were transported are in serious condition.


Solomons ex-militia may be behind peacekeeper killing: Australian FM

Foreign Minister Alexander Downer suggested former Solomon Island militia members facing trial for murder may have carried out the killing of an Australian peacekeeper.


Despite spending more than a year-and-a-half as a Knick, McDyess managed played only 18 games last season after sitting out the entire 2002-03 season with knee injuries.