Ariel Sharon Calls for Expansion of Army's Gaza Raid

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Saturday that Israel should expand its massive raid of northern Gaza, the army's biggest and deadliest offensive in more than four years of conflict with the Palestinians.


In this article I've selected what I consider to be some of the past year's outstanding achievements in the world of Linux music and sound software. It's not really a "Best Of 2007", it's just my personal choices for what I found most interesting and significant in the past year.  read more


A scheme aimed to show UK farm food is sustainably produced could mislead consumers, advisers say.


Washington has said it will join Baghdad in a full investigation into missing machinery from Iraq's nuclear facilities, and Iraq's science minister has invited UN inspectors to the country.


Countrywide August mortgage fundings slide 17 percent

Countrywide Financial Corp , the largest U.S. mortgage lender, said on Thursday its mortgage fundings slid 17 percent in August from a year earlier to $34 billion on the housing slowdown and "credit tightening in the mortgage market."


Precisazione dopo polemiche su risultati politiche


Roma, 13:25 - CALCIO, ZAMPARINI: 420 MILA EURO PER RACITI E LICURSI

''Ogni società della Lega verserà 10 mila euro per un totale di 420 mila euro da desti...


Heavy snow causes major disruption to schools and transport and forecasters warn of icy roads.


What Brussels Really Thinks About Turkey

In public, discussions by journalists and politicians over Turkey's possible membership in the EU are matter of fact and objective.


Bonanni ottimista: 'Convinto che tutti vogliano accordo'


Rod Pampling leads by a stroke at Australian Open golf tournament

Australia's Rod Pampling got off to a rough start Saturday and finished with a 3-over-par 74, leaving him one stroke ahead of countryman Richard Green entering the last round of the centennial Australian Open.


Olmert: Israel has stamina for long fight

Israel has the stamina for a long fight and is determined to defeat Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told a group of new immigrants from France on Tuesday.


Talks on Darfur hybrid force open in Addis Ababa

The African Union, the United Nations and the Sudanese government opened talks here Monday on the deployment of a hybrid AU-UN force of up to 20,000 peacekeepers to Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur.


Parrots, war vets team up in L.A. healing program

A dog may be a man's best friend. But for some traumatized war veterans, parrots are proving even more of a help.


Animal "Speech" Project Aims to Decode Critter Communication

Using modified voice-recognition software, researchers from several universities and Disney's Animal Kingdom are trying to learn how to "talk" like animals.


The Sinn FÃ©in leader, Gerry Adams, has appealed for direct talks with the DUP leader, the Reverend Ian Paisley. Mr Adams was speaking at a news conference following yesterday's assessments given by the Taoiseach


UK childcare workers may remove obese boy from home

British social workers will meet an  eight-year-old boy who weighs almost 200 pounds (91 kg) on  Tuesday to decide whether he should be taken away from his  mother after she refused to stop feeding him junk food.


Reporters Without Borders check media freedom

Paris - The United States ranked 22nd alongside Belgium and behind countries including Bosnia, France and Trinidad and Tobago on a media freedom index released this week by Reporters Without Borders.


Myanmar's detained Suu Kyi taken to state guesthouse

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken to a government guesthouse on Friday where she is believed to have met a senior junta official, witnesses said.


The state retirement age will not be raised beyond 65 but people should be free to work longer, the work and pensions minister says.


NEW YORK  - A small pilot study shows that gene therapy might help men with erectile dysfunction.


Secondo l'avvertimento della GdF contiene un virus


Londra, 17:24 - CALCIO, LIVERPOOL: RISSA IN PORTOGALLO, MULTA PER 15 GIOCATORI

Il Liverpool avrebbe multato 15 suoi giocatori dopo la rissa in un pub in Portogallo, dove la squadr...


AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti confirms Arsenal striker Thierry Henry is among his transfer targets this summer.


Blast near Pakistan president's home, no one killed

An explosion occurred in a park next to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's army residence in the city of Rawalpindi on Wednesday but no one was killed, police said.


Death toll in Pakistan mosque explosion reaches 30, dozens injured

SIALKOT, Pakistan : At least 30 people were killed and dozens injured in a powerful bomb explosion at a crowded Shiite mosque in Pakistan's eastern border city of Sialkot, police said.


Pope to tread sensitive ground in Turkey

No moment of Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming trip may be as closely watched as his walk through the majestic Haghia Sophia, a domed complex whose history spans Istanbul's stormy evolution from Christianity to Islam.


At least two people have been killed and several are reported missing after a powerful tropical storm struck south-western Japan. Tens of thousands of others were forced to flee their homes as Typhoon Meari's


Announcement Seen Wednesday on Expos' Move

The D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission will apparently announce that the Montreal Expos will be moving to Washington, an executive said.


Researching things on the web is an essential part of everyday business - but too often books and other printed sources get left behind.


US Soldier Jailed After Admitting Iraq Prison Abuse

Washington, Oct. 22 (NNN) : A US army reservist who pleaded guilty to five charges of abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib jail near Baghdad has been sentenced to eight years in prison.


Maliki orders security forces to crush foes

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki told his security forces on Tuesday to show no mercy toward insurgents in a security crackdown in Baghdad.


De Niro: no a cittadinanza italiana per non danneggiare Kerry

MILANO - Robert De Niro ha detto no all'Ambrogino d'oro milanese e non si e' presentato oggi al pranzo organizzato in suo onore dalla Provincia di Roma, rinunciando in pratica alla cittadinanza onoraria italiana, per non danneggiare John Kerry, impegnato


Specially designed products benefit breast-cancer research

"Think pink" is a familiar cry come October's Breast Cancer Awareness month. And the feminine shade is definitely something to keep in mind while shopping.


A Milano invece la partecipazione e' stata ridotta


President Viktor Yushchenko appointed a liberal Russian politician and former lawmaker as his adviser, his office said Monday.


Study suggests Chernobyl resulted in 800 cancer cases among Swedes

STOCKHOLM, Sweden More than 800 people in northern Sweden may have cancer as a result of the fallout that spewed over the region after the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986.


In assenza interventi aumento su spesa di 445 euro l'anno


Lithuania eyes 2010 for euro adoption, EU warns tough criteria to remain

European Union newcomer Lithuania has said it was unlikely to enter the eurozone before 2010 as the European Commission warned new member states not to expect the criteria for adopting the euro to be relaxed.


L'ennesimo atto di vandalismo non e' stato rivendicato


Study: Chicken Genome Fills Crucial Knowledge Gap

"The chicken genome fills a crucial gap in our scientific knowledge," says Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute.


Egypt has agreed to host a funeral in  Cairo for Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, who is in a  Paris hospital where he suffered a brain hemorrhage, Egyptian  and Palestinian officials said.


EILAT, Israel -- Rescue workers yesterday searched the wreckage of an Egyptian hotel for more than three dozen people still missing after three coordinated bomb attacks that killed about 30 Israeli tourists and Egyptians at two vacation resorts on the Red Sea.


Tokyo, Chicago bourses to begin tie-up talks: paper

The Tokyo Stock Exchange  and the  Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)  will begin talks on a  possible business tie-up, the Nikkei business daily reported in  its evening edition on Thursday.


Stock index futures fell on Wednesday  as news that deep losses on subprime mortgage bonds have left  two Bear Stearns hedge funds almost worthless further worried  investors already edgy after lackluster results from Intel  Corp.  and Yahoo Inc.


"Bomb, bomb," a man shouts, as a group of Iraqis dives for cover. It's all a drill — part of six-week course to train new guards who will oversee thousands of prisoners taken into custody in the ongoing Baghdad security crackdown.


Three Sunni Muslim mosques were attacked and burned south of Baghdad on Thursday, Iraqi police said, in apparent reprisal attacks after suspected al Qaeda militants blew up the minarets of a revered Shi'ite shrine.


Private clinics in Spain, which perform most of the countryâs abortions, began a five-day strike on Tuesday to protest what they said was persecution by anti-choice activists and government inspectors.


Cassini Evidence Shows Saturn Moon Alive

The Cassini spacecraft is sending back evidence that Saturn's planet-size moon Titan is geologically alive, possibly with liquids moving on its surface, scientists said Thursday.


NYC mayor names new deputy mayor to fill "big shoes"

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday announced his choice for a successor to Dan Doctoroff, his longtime deputy mayor for economic development, to serve during his final two years in office.


Dissension Bubbling Up Over Program: Some Emmaus Residents Say Sewer Inspections Are Too Intrusive.

By Randy Kraft, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  May 30--Controversy already has splashed an Emmaus inspection program aimed at stopping storm water from getting into sanitary sewer lines.


Mibtel sale dello 0,31%, SP a +0,24%, AllStars +0,40%


Eavesdropping can continue pending appeal: court

The U.S. government can continue to eavesdrop on Americans' overseas phone calls and e-mails until its appeal of a judge's ruling outlawing the surveillance is decided, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday.


An Israeli security source tells the BBC that Israel was involved in the killing of a Hamas activist on Sunday.


'We own all your code - pay us all your money'


Confermati gli obiettivi del 2008, soddisfatto Montezemolo


Iraq to spend $1 billion to expand oil production

Iraq is planning to spend more than $1 billion in 2005 to boost its oil production capacity by about 15 percent to 3.25 million barrels a day, an Iraqi official said.


Entro il 18 giugno vanno raccolte le firme per depositare la Risoluzioneall'assemblea generale dell'Onu che scade a luglio. Serve la maggioranza dei 192 paesi                                            Pena di morte: i Radicali occupano la Rai "Giorni decisivi, serve informazione"                                                                                I parlamentari "barricati" al piano terra da 72 ore. Dormono sui divanettiVietato il contatto con i dipendenti Rai. Chiuso l'ingresso principaledi CLAUDIA FUSANI


Malaria vaccine breakthrough, may protect children from infection ...

For the first time ever it seems that a new malaria vaccine can protect children from infection and death from malaria, say scientists who are conducting a large scale malaria vaccine trial in Mozambique.


NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. tanks and troops rolled back into the center of Najaf and battled with Shiite militants Sunday, reigniting violence in the holy city just as delegates in Baghdad opened a conference meant to be a landmark in the country's movement toward democracy...


Al Gore Promotes Warming Movie in Cannes

The United States is emerging from a "bubble of unreality" about the problem of global warming, former Vice President Al Gore said Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival.


Catania, 16:40 - CALCIO, CATANIA; BALDINI: SODDISFATTO PER GARA CON INTER

Il tecnico del Catania Silvio Baldini è sereno dopo la sconfitta della squadra contro l'Inter...


Backing for man who made the country feel it counted

There, Mr Bush is preferred by 31 per cent, the GlobeScan polls finds, compared with 26 per cent who opted for his Democrat rival, John Kerry.


San Giovanni Valdarno, 16:47 - CALCIO, SERIE C1: SALTA LA PANCHINA DELLA SANGIOVANNESE

Salta subito una panchina in C1. Dopo la sconfitta di domenica scorsa contro il Monza (4-1), la Sang...


States vs. U.S.: Who Will Police Insurance Firms?

The question confronting state insurance regulators is whether they can be effective overseers or whether their job should be turned over to Washington.


Sales of new US homes fell at the fastest pace since records began in 2007, government figures show.


FOXBORO, Mass. -- In a fresh slant on the standard light-bulb joke, instead of asking how many Seahawks it takes to screw in a light bulb, one wonders how many light bulbs it takes before the Seahawks can screw one in without dropping it.


The US is playing down the significance of a UN letter saying almost 350 metric tons of high explosives went missing from an Iraqi base after the war.


Reviving moderate religious ties seen as key to tackling Asia's ...

JAKARTA : Reviving violence-weakened bonds between moderate clerics and followers of different faiths holds the key to crushing Asia's formidable network of extremist militants, regional leaders said Monday.


There's an adage in politics: Only underdogs acknowledge their opponents. Joe Biden not only mentions all his rivals, he lists their Internet sites on his own campaign Web page.


NTT DoCoMo Inc. , Japan's top mobile phone operator, said on Wednesday its operating profit fell 2.4 percent in the nine months to December after it lost subscribers to rivals but maintained its annual forecast.


Young Sydney elephant's pregnancy sparks protests

Sydney's premier zoo is celebrating the  news that its 9-year-old Asian elephant is pregnant, but animal  rights groups are shocked that the zoo has let a juvenile  elephant fall pregnant.


The chasm grows even wider between the filmmaking duo who gained worldwide success with movies about the connections among disparate locations and characters — and people are taking sides.


Three Linked to DeLay Indicted in Texas Scandal

AUSTIN, Texas  - Three men with close ties to U.S.  House Majority Leader Tom DeLay were indicted on Tuesday along  with eight companies for illegal fund-raising activities in a  political action committee formed by the powerful Texan.


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


How do you store your hydrogen? Researchers at Bath University have developed a new hydrogen storage technique they think could pave the way for greener cars.â¦


Ganguly urges teammates to worry about matches, not records

Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly has asked his team to concentrate on the game rather than look for personal records during a two-Test series against Bangladesh.


Motorola's Zander: Future is in emerging markets

The future of the mobile communications industry lies inÂ emerging high-growth markets, like China and India, and companies ignore the opportunities in these countries at their own peril, Motorola's top executive said.


The United States and the European Union faced off on Wednesday over billions of dollars in subsidies for top aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing, by filing competing cases at the World Trade Organization.


'Expert Centers' Give More Cost-Effective Cancer Care

MONDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- Expert centers with extensive experience in managing cancer are more costly, but they are also more cost-effective in managing ovarian cancer in the long-term, U.S. researchers report.


With nearly six months until Hollywood's biggest party, everyone already is thinking about the Academy Awards. Not many will admit that the thought of winning an Oscar crosses their mind, though.


Boeing's new heavy-lift Delta 4 rocket finally lifts off from Cape Canaveral in Florida after several delays.


Parents fight medics over right to let baby die

THE parents of a desperately ill baby girl yesterday challenged at a High Court hearing the view by doctors caring for her that, should her condition worsen, she should be left to die.


Amnesty International said Tuesday that Iran planned to execute a mentally disabled 19-year-old woman for "acts contrary to chastity," referring to alleged crimes stemming from her having been forced into prostitution as a child.


Iran insisted yesterday it has gone as far as it could to meet the demands of Europe and the rest of the international community over its nuclear activities, and said the ball was now in their court.


Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, 50, is seen during a news conference in Minsk, Monday, Oct. 18, 2004. According to the Central Elections Commission a preliminary tally of ballots from Sunday's election


BOSTON -- Mariano Rivera retired David Ortiz on a popup with the bases loaded for the final out, and Derek Jeter broke an eighth-inning tie with a three-run homer that sent the New York Yankees to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night.


Guinea-Bissau's army chief of staff killed in military revolt

Guinea-Bissau's army chief of staff and former interim president, General Verissimo Correia Seabra, was killed Wednesday during unrest by mutinous soldiers in the former Portuguese


Sap, Sappe e Sapaf, 'sfileremo in 50.000 per le vie di Roma'


SocGen was warned about rogue trader last year

Exchange officials warned Societe Generale about Jerome Kerviel's deals late last year, a Paris prosecutor said, piling pressure on the French bank to explain how his rogue trades were not uncovered earlier.


McCain stresses international experience

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain tried to engage voters Saturday in the faraway turmoil in Pakistan, arguing the United States needs a president with his experience to deal with international crises.


Sailing's America's Cup challenge unites South Africans

VALENCIA, Spain  - Deep in the days of apartheid, Italian yacht captain Salvatore Sarno started teaching a small group of black children to sail off the coast of South Africa and was laughed at for trying to cross the race barrier.


Tra le vittime ci sono tre vigili del fuoco


Authorities set up emergency shelters and shut down schools, government offices and the airport Tuesday as an "extremely dangerous" Hurricane Olaf zeroed in on American Samoa.


Developer at Ground Zero Has Twice the Capital, and Extra Clout

Five months after the granite cornerstone was laid for the Freedom Tower, the financial cornerstone for a second new World Trade Center tower was fashioned on Monday by the federal jury


'Chemical Ali' to Be First on Trial ahead of Landmark Vote

Iraq announced Wednesday that a feared aide to Saddam Hussein nicknamed "Chemical Ali" will be the first of the toppled dictator's henchmen to be tried as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi


Armstrong Sends a Message, Seeking 7th Straight Tour Title

After mulling the decision for more than six months, Lance Armstrong announced on Wednesday that he would compete in this year's Tour de France.


ECB head bemoans state of French finances

European Central Bank head Jean-Claude Trichet said Sunday that France's public finances were in "very great difficulty" with the worst public spending to output ratio in the European Union.


Sbarco record a Lampedusa. A bordo di una carretta del mare circa 480 immigrati sono arrivati nella notte sulle coste dell'isola siciliana. L'imbarcazione, lunga 25 metri, era stata avvistata gia' dal primo pomeriggio di ieri dalla Guardia di Finanza.


Facebook in talks to sell itself to Yahoo: WSJ

Social-networking site Facebook is in   serious talks to sell itself to Yahoo YHOO.O for an amount   that could approach $1 billion, The Wall Street Journal   reported on Thursday.


Riunione della Gad per fissare i criteri della consultazioneIn mattinata via libera dai vertici dei due partiti maggiori                                          Primarie, ok da Ds e Margherita oggi la scelta delle regole


Giving elderly people supplements of a hormone that tends to decrease as people age may help prevent weight gain and the increased risk of diabetes that often accompanies aging, according to a preliminary study.


The trial of the man accused of the World's End murders in Edinburgh 30 years ago collapses.


Iran president makes first visit to Sudan

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his first visit to Khartoum on Wednesday, for talks with his Sudanese opposite number Omar al-Beshir, two leaders who have been increasingly defiant in the face of Western pressure.


Dominican President-Elect Faces Challenge

Four years after stepping down as the Dominican Republic's president, Leonel Fernandez returns Monday, promising improvements as the Caribbean nation suffers its worst economic crisis in decades.


Alla mezzanotte di ieri l'ingresso delle nove nuove nazioniNotte di musica a Gorizia e a Nova Gorica. La Merkel al confine ceco-polacco                                          Schengen, giÃ¹ le sbarre in Europa Festa al confine tra Italia e Slovenia


Music is becoming the dominant entertainment on mobile phones, reports BBC Click.


Russian businesses are reportedly likely to get better access if Viktor Yushchenko wins the Ukrainian presidential election. Russian President Vladimir Putin openly favors


Iran prepared to negotiate on nuclear issue: Annan

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told U.N.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday that Iran wanted to find   a negotiated solution to its nuclear dispute with the West but   would not freeze uranium enrichment before talks.


Buenos Aires, 07:32 - CALCIO, ARGENTINA: SAN LORENZO VINCE TORNEO CHIUSURA

Il San Lorenzo de Almagro, guidato da Ramon Diaz, ha vinto con una giornata di anticipo il Torneo Ch...


Monitors blame Sri Lanka forces for aid massacre

International ceasefire monitors blamed   Sri Lankan troops on Wednesday for the killing of 17 aid   workers during fighting with Tamil tiger rebels earlier in the   month.


Faith-Based Groups Oppose Immigration Bill

Several faith-based groups oppose a Republican-sponsored immigration and border security bill that could move quickly through the House with a spending package for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.


iPhone to feature special YouTube player

Apple's made it official: the iPhone will have full-blown YouTube integration. from Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


J.Lo in Spotlight With Grammy Performance

Jennifer Lopez is returning to the spotlight. The singer-actress had all but disappeared after calling off her wedding to Ben Affleck, which brought an end to the media circus known as "Bennifer."


British telephone users now have a new code prefix - 056 - for VoIP numbers with cyberspace locations. The United Kingdom's media and telecommunications regulator, Ofcom, has released plans to help the take


High Court orders Manhunt 2 release to be re-evaluated

Gory game to hit the shelves at last? The controversial âslasherâ videogame Manhunt 2 is to be re-assessed by the UK's Video Appeals Committee (VAC) after the High Court this week judged its decision that the game should be released was legally flawed.â¦


CHARLOTTE, NC -- A leader for an initiative to bring peace in the Middle East visited Charlotte Friday -- the same day Yasser Arafat was buried.


Former President Clinton Undergoes Heart Surgery

Doctors began heart bypass surgery on  former U.S. President Bill Clinton at a top New York hospital  early on Monday morning, CNN reported.


The consumer electronics arm of the Virgin Group is introducing a new five-gigabyte hard-disk portable music player, bringing a powerful brand name in music to the increasingly crowded product space.


Boot camp doesn't spare the rod for China's spoiled boys

HANGZHOU, China -- Asked whether anyone has ever been beaten by his teacher, all the boys point to Chen Chen. The 12-year-old lifts up his shirt. Sure enough, there are four faint scars on his back from the feared whip.


Casino operator Melco PBL raises $1.14 billion in IPO

Casino operator Melco PBL  Entertainment (Macau) Ltd. on Monday raked in more than $1.14  billion with an initial public offering that was priced above  range in a sizzling U.S. market for brand-new equities.


Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said Thursday it has agreed to cooperate with China's state-sanctioned labor group in creating unions at its 60 Chinese outlets.


Google Lets Users Overlay Data on Personalized Maps

Google will introduce a new feature that lets users create personalized maps which plot the locations of everything from cheap gas locally to the latest earthquakes worldwide.


Centro citta' blindato, protestano giovani comunisti


Haiti PM asks Mbeki not to protect Aristide

Haitian Prime Minister Gerard Latortue has accused former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of inciting violence back home country while living in exile in South Africa.


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


Clashes erupt in Kerbala and Falluja bombed

KERBALA, Iraq  - Police killed three people on Monday night in clashes with pilgrims in Iraq's holy city of Kerbala, where tens of thousands of Shi'ites have gathered for one of the holiest days on the Shi'ite calendar.


U.S. retailer Sears Holdings Corp  said its chief executive Aylwin Lewis will leave the company, effective Feb 2, the latest in a shake-up of the firm that operates the Sears and Kmart chain of stores.


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- After a week of auditing shocks, Fannie Mae investors face the prospect of shakeups at the mortgage giant's top levels.


Miss. AG sues State Farm, alleges breach of Katrina accord

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. yesterday, claiming the company failed to honor an agreement for a mass settlement of claims over Hurricane Katrina damage.


British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Sunday said the world should restore contacts with the Palestinians if the ruling Hamas group agrees to form a unity government that renounces violence and recognizes Israel.


News.com Extra: Nobel laureate disses manned spaceflight

Also: Google Shared Stuff plays well with others. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Hero, Zhang Yimou's Chinese martial arts epic, kept its hold on the top slot at the US box office after a slow Labor Day weekend.


Earnings season is in full swing, and results this week from bellwethers like Google, Intel, and Nokia are fueling hopes for a strong fourth quarter while confirming the investor confidence that has led to a rebound in share prices of technology vendors.


Riunione il 21 dicembre in attesa raccomandazioni advisor


Azioni acquistate sul mercato tra il 4 e il 9 gennaio


Talladega, AL (Sports Network) - Veteran Joe Nemechek circled the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway in 50.202 seconds (190.749 mph) to win the pole for Sunday's EA Sports 500 Nextel Cup event.


Before likely second blow, Clinton plots next battles

Braced for a second painful rejection Tuesday in the White House race, Hillary Clinton is seeking fresh  battlefields on which to blunt Barack Obama's surge.


Tesco offers to pay for repairs to cars damaged by contaminated petrol sold at some of its stores.


Fiorello sostiuisce Linus colpo di scena a Deejay

Lo showman siciliano annuncia stamani il suo ritorno alla radio. Il saluto in diretta di Baldini. Ma è tutto uno scherzo


Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is to hold talks with President Bush in New York on the war against terror.


Market Values: Now on Sale: The Discards of Investors

One less festive sign of the holiday season is the magnification of losses in some of the worst-performing stocks.


Russian tennis star Anna Kournikova has secretly married singer boyfriend Enrique Iglesias, Us Weekly magazine has reported. It claims Kournikova, 23, was spotted wearing a wedding band on her ring finger at a charity tennis event in Florida.


More than 20 closure-threatened schools and nurseries in Edinburgh are given a stay of execution.


SwissRe sells London 'gherkin' for 600 million pounds

The reinsurer SwissRe has said it is selling its London office block, known to millions of Londoners as the "gherkin," to a German real estate firm for 600 million pounds.


Roma, 13:06 - CALCIO, MERCATO: CONCEICAO IN KUWAIT

Sergio Conceicao giocherà nella prossima stagione in Kuwait, per il club Al-Qadissya. Il 32en...


Militants in Iraq produce a video apparently showing the ID cards of two missing US soldiers, reports say.


Sony warns that it does not expect profits at its home electronics business to recover  in the normally busy Christmas season.


Called AT&T U-verse, company's Internet Protocol TV rolls out in Houston; other launches due by end of year.


Proposta domani in cdm, protestano i proprietari


Drivers who spend a lot of time behind the wheel increase their risk of skin cancer, work suggests.


Wayne Simien had his third double-double in as many games and No. 2 Kansas routed Nevada 85-52 on Monday night, avenging an embarrassing loss of a year ago.


RA Drugs Linked to Slight Skin Cancer Risk

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- People taking rheumatoid arthritis drugs such as etanercept (Enbrel) or infliximab (Remicade) may be at a slightly increased risk for skin cancer, researchers report.


Having angered Queen Elizabeth and the public, Britain's BBC is set to shed staff with sweeping job cuts this week in the biggest crisis to hit the world-renowned broadcaster since a government clash over Iraq.


British Wiggins wins men's individual pursuit at Athens Olympics

New Olympic record holder British cyclist Bradley Wiggins won the men's individual pursuit at the Athens Olympics with a time of 4:16.


South Africa rugby star Burger has ban reduced after appeal

South African flanker Schalk Burger has had his four match ban for an illegal tackle cut in half on appeal.


Clinton May Revisit Donors Whose Funds Were Returned

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) left open the possibility yesterday that her presidential campaign may get new donations from the 260 people whose contributions are being returned because they were raised by Norman Hsu, the political donor whose business dealings are being examined by law en...


Raiders beat Eagles in sloppy exhibition

At least the placekickers were in good form. Sebastian Janikowski made field goals of 50, 51 and 24 yards Sunday night, lifting the Oakland Raiders past the Philadelphia Eagles 16-10 in the Hall of Fame game to open the NFL preseason.


French investigators have questioned several executives at Societe Generale as part of a probe into the futures trader that the bank has blamed for billions of euros (dollars) in losses, a judicial official said Sunday.


Woman pleads not guilty to snatching baby Abby

Shaking and fighting tears, Shannon Torrez pleaded not guilty today to charges she slashed a young mother's throat and stole her newborn daughter. With wrists shackled, Torrez brushed back tears and spoke just above a whisper during the brief hearing. In court papers, authorities said the suspect was drawn to the home of the newborn's mother, by a lawn sign that said "It's a girl!"


A review of NHS hospitals charging for car parking is expected to be announced by the Scottish Government.


Man acquitted of deadliest N.Ireland bombing

An electrician was acquitted on Thursday of murdering 29 people in Northern Ireland's deadliest single bombing, meaning no one has been convicted nearly a decade after the attack.


Bucarest, 17:45 - CALCIO, ROMANIA; PITURCA: POSSIAMO FARE GRANDI COSE

Victor Piturca, ct della Romania avversaria dell'Italia agli Europei, è sicuro delle potenzia...


Universal to upload lawsuits to YouTube, MySpace?

Royalties, please The chief of the world's biggest record label, Universal Music Group, has hinted that the company will sue the video sharing site YouTube for copyright infringement.â¦


Celine Dion to unveil new song at Oscars

Celine Dion will unveil her new song, "I Knew I Loved You," during a tribute to Italian composer Ennio Morricone at this year's Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Wednesday.


The banks are considering injecting capital into the Ambac Financial Group and assuming some of the risks associated with guarantees written by the company.


Arts & entertainment: Half the photographers up for the Deutsche BÃ¶rse prize have a moral point to make. But it's the ones who don't, says Adrian Searle that are the most interesting


Indian outsourcing companies have to move beyond low-cost services on an hourly-rate basis to offering complete services, according to an outsourcing consultancy.


Paper:US Airways Loses Loans for 100 Jets

U.S. Airways lost the financing for  nearly 100 regional jets that were to be a key part of the  bankrupt airline's restructuring plan, The Washington Post  reported on Saturday.


Aeon Q1 profit falls 16 pct on weak Talbots sales

Aeon Co., Japan's second-biggest retail group, on Tuesday said quarterly operating profit fell 16 percent due to poor sales at its U.S. apparel unit Talbots Inc. and some goodwill charges.


Will the Revolution in Mobile Search be Televised?

CBS Mobile is teaming up with Medio Systems to add mobile search capabilities and search advertising opportunities to CBS Mobile sites. Is this ÃÂÃ¯Â¿Â½ÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂ¯ÃÂÃÂ¿ÃÂÃÂ½ÃÂÃÂ¯ÃÂÃÂ¿ÃÂÃÂ½the shot heard round the worldÃÂÃ¯Â¿Â½ÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂ¯ÃÂÃÂ¿ÃÂÃÂ½ÃÂÃÂ¯ÃÂÃÂ¿ÃÂÃÂ½ of mobile search?


Sylvain Wiltord scored one goal and made another as he returned to lead Olympique Lyon to a 2-1 victory over AJ Auxerre in a Ligue 1 game on Saturday.


The percentage of Americans using Web browsers Mozilla and Firefox is on the up as Internet users turn away from Microsoft's Internet Explorer due to perceived risks with that application.


Tokyo stocks fell on Thursday, hit by  losses in exporters such as Canon Inc. after the dollar tumbled  against the yen to its lowest in over a month, dragged down by  a record U.S. trade deficit.


Fergie may rest Ruud until European campaign

Alex Ferguson is willing to write Ruud van Nistelrooy out of Manchester Unitedâs Premiership title push for the next two months to ensure he is ready for their assault on Europe.


2 sections of Globe are set for relaunch

The Boston Globe said yesterday it would relaunch its Sunday Business & Money and Thursday Calendar sections with new features, columns, and graphics.


Kerry Should Admit His Mistake, RNC Says

Maybe it's time for John Kerry to admit some mistakes of his own, the Republican National Committee suggested in a daily memo to broadcasters.


After delays, Intel points to chip-making advance

Intel Corp is on track to introduce the worldâs most advanced chip production technology in its products next year, the largest semiconductor maker said on Sunday.


Wales chase their first win of this year's Six Nations as they take on Italy in Rome.


Unsafe Abortions Kill 70,000 Women a Year -Report

Nearly 70,000 women, almost half of them in Asia, die from unsafe abortions each year despite government pledges made a decade ago to improve human rights and reproductive health, researchers said Wednesday.


Conti pubblici, Ue: ''In Italia deficit/pil a rischio anche nel ...

L'Italia rischia di sforare il tetto del 3% nel rapporto deficit/pil, non solo quest'anno ma anche nel 2005. Lo ha lasciato intendere il guardiano del Patto di stabilitÃ , il commissario spagnolo Joaquin Almunia


We're World Cup dark horses, says Vaughan

England skipper Michael Vaughan believes England can be a force to be reckoned with at the World Cup after their recent one-day renaissance.


Gartner gives Oracle increased edge over IBM in database market

Oracle increased its lead over IBM in the relational database market last year, while third-place Microsoft gained ground on IBM, according to sales totals compiled by Gartner analysts.


Chechen envoy urges Putin to hold peace talks

Chechen envoy Akhmed Zakaev on Tuesday urged Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, to hold peace talks or risk provoking further atrocities following the Beslan massacre.


15 guards, several Taliban killed in Afghanistan: officials

Fifteen Afghan security guards were killed in a Taliban ambush in western Afghanistan Tuesday, police said, as two police and several Taliban rebels died in other clashes across the country.


Russia begins burying hostage-crisis victims

BESLAN, Russia -- The sound of weeping floated out of open windows and doors across this town Sunday as relatives began to bury more than 330 victims of a three-day hostage ordeal that ended in chaos and bloodshed.


Who needs the Kwik-E-Mart? 7-Eleven does

Over the weekend, 7-Eleven Inc. turned a dozen stores into Kwik-E-Marts, the fictional convenience stores of "The Simpsons" fame, in the latest example of marketers making life imitate art.


La moneta unica passa di mano a 163,92 yen


Wildfires swept through Greece on Thursday, killing two people and destroying homes after days of record temperatures of more than 100 degrees that led to at least nine heatstroke deaths and extensive power cuts.


New group will study genetic link to drug risks

An effort that joins major drugmakers, regulators and academics will be launched on Thursday to study the genetics of people who develop serious side effects from prescription drugs.


Milano, 11:10 - CALCIO, INTER: GIORNATA DI RIPOSO

Giornata di riposo oggi per l'Inter. La formazione nerazzurra è rientrata nella notte da Vale...


Iraq Rebels Vent Frustrations at 'Peace Conference'

When dozens of suspected insurgents showed up for a "peace conference" in troubled Baquba on Tuesday, they told the governor sponsoring it why they would not lay down their weapons ahead of elections.


Third vote to decide country's political direction

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Ukraine's contested presidential election began anew Sunday with Viktor Yuschenko and Viktor Yanukovych competing for the third time in two months amid voter fraud and historic protests in the capital of Kiev.


Key US army official slams Bush over Halliburton Iraq contracts

One of the US Army's top procurement officers yesterday called the Bush administration's grant of multibillion-dollar contracts to oil services giant Halliburton "the worst case of contracting abuse she has ever seen".


Very cold temperatures were expected to linger in the northern Plains and Midwest on Friday, with the coldest weather shifting eastward.


Roma, 20:28 - CALCIO, SERIE D: CASALE VINCE PLAY OFF, SIBILLA CUMA KO AI RIGORI

Il Casale ha battuto la Sibilla Cuma 4-3 ai rigori (0-0 al 90') nella finale dei play off del campio...


Biella, 19:11 - CALCIO, C2: LA BIELLESE ESONERA CACCIA

La Biellese (C2/A) ha esonerato il tecnico Nicola Caccia. L'ex attaccante del Genoa ha pagato a caro...


Newcastle United Football Club boss gets touchline ban

The Newcastle boss was angry at referee Howard Webb for his decisions in the 4-1 home defeat by Fulham early in November. Souness believed that Alan Shearer was denied at least one clear penalty in the game


Gunmen Seize 2 Americans, Briton in Baghdad

Gunmen snatched two Americans and a Briton from a house in central Baghdad on Thursday, the latest in a wave of abductions of foreigners in Iraq.


Parte del 23,3% delle azioni controllate in vendita a Edf


Trail of an 'Enemy Combatant': From Desert to U.S. Heartland

PEORIA, Ill. -- The 37-year-old computer science student was racing against a deadline. Just one day after picking up his visa from the U.S. Embassy in Qatar, he boarded a plane with his wife and five small children. The family flew to Chicago, caught a night's sleep at an airport hotel, then...


KYOTO, Japan -- His fingers muscled from almost a century of weaving, Yasujiro Yamaguchi worked the humming loom in his private workshop. Patiently lacing golden threads through a warp of auburn silk, he fashioned a bolt of kimono fabric blooming with an autumn garden in shades of tea green, ginger, and plum.


Japanese stocks climb; dollar up vs. yen

Japanese stocks rose Friday as exporters rallied on the yen's weakness against the dollar and banks climbed on news that the U.S. government was working on a policy to ease subprime woes.


The Symfony project has released the latest version of their framework - Symfony 1.0.5 - largely a security fix release to help head off some issues that came up with the phpmailer utility.   I've just released symfony 1.0.5. If you use the symfony built-in phpmailer (and you do if you use the ->sendMail() method in your actions), you must upgrade to this release or apply the following patch: http://trac.symfony-project.com/trac/changeset/4380?format=diff&new=4380. PHPMailer has a remote command execution vulnerability if you have configured it to use sendmail. You can find more information about this issue here: http://larholm.com/2007/06/11/phpmailer-0day-remote-execution/    The easiest way to correct the issue is to just apply the patch to your current installation, but since there are other fixes included in the new version, you might opt for the update anyway.


The Russian government's choice for president of war-ravaged Chechnya appeared to be the victor Sunday in an election tainted by charges of fraud and shadowed by last week's terrorist destruction of two airliners.


Small-Scale Businesses Forestall a Green India

FARIDABAD, India -- Ashok Gupta's modest plastic-packaging factory is the oldest in town, and its age shows. The root of all his problems is electricity.


Gordon Brown creates a new department to deal with science, higher education and skills.


Despite promises to freeze its nuclear programs, Iran has continued to convert uranium for enrichment, diplomats in Washington and Vienna said yesterday, a situation that they said signals


Crotone, 14:23 - CALCIO, C1/B; MALTEMPO: RINVIATA CROTONE-LUCCHESE

Crotone-Lucchese, gara valida per la prima giornata di ritorno del campionato di C1/B, è stat...


Oil prices fell below $45 on Wednesday  dragged down by heavy losses on U.S. gasoline as summer driving  demand failed to meet expectations.


Boingo gets mobile gadgets hooked on Wi-Fi

Dual-mode handsets will be able to connect to the company's worldwide Wi-Fi network on the cheap.


When it comes to funding the search for a cure for breast cancer, there's no shortage of Londoners willing to stand up and be counted.


Laying the Groundwork for a 'Cabinet Reshuffle' in Iraq

Analysis: A flurry of meetings in Baghdad and Washington suggests Iraq may be about to see another regime change. But will it do any good?


Publication of Colombian Gabriel Garcia Marquez's new book is brought forward to see off pirate copies.


[TS] Sports of The Times: Respect Remains A World Away For U.S. Women

The current members of the American womenâs soccer team seem preoccupied with receiving the same attention their hallowed ancestors did eight years ago.


North Korea to start nuclear rollback soon: South

North Korea will soon start disabling its Soviet-era nuclear facility that makes arms-grade plutonium as called for in a deal the secretive state struck with regional powers, the South's foreign minister said on Wednesday.


It's been a while since it was fun at the ol' ballpark

This fortress that Randy Johnson constructed, the one that keeps fans at arm's length and teammates at a respectful distance, is also the reason the man can make a grown bat cry.


Up to 17 people are killed in clashes between police and demonstrators in eastern Sudan.


Roger Federer, in search of a third straight Australian Open title, will face Novak Djokovic, one of three Serbs in the menâs and womenâs semifinals in Melbourne.


Police surround a bus in Athens on which about two dozen people are being held by at least one gunman.


Blair tried to bully BBC over Iraq coverage

London: Former BBC chief has accused British Prime Minister Tony Blair of attempting to force the corporation to change its tone of coverage of the Iraq war and the issue of weapons of mass destruction.


Gregorio Bellocco era ricercato da una decina d'anni


Rice exporting countries agree to a 10-year delay before the South Korean market is opened fully in return for a rise in import quotas.


Blog: Sun says its new blade servers are more energy efficient, and contain no plastic


African leaders meet in an effort to end a decade of wars that have killed millions in the Great Lakes region.


President Bush told the American people last night that his strategy to stabilize Iraq is achieving results "few of us could have imagined just one year ago," even as he sought to reassure the public that his new stimulus plan will stave off a recession that threatens to hobble the nation's econo...


A Malawian official is given leave to visit London and assess Madonna's suitability to adopt a child.


A cadre of unknown designers shapes everyday human-machine interactions. By Andrew Blum from Wired magazine.


NATIONAL Australia Bank shares rose sharply yesterday despite a 19.7 per cent fall in annual net profit to $3.2 billion. Investors took comfort in chief executive John Stewart's


Fulham have appointed Roy Hodgson as their new manager, the Premier League club announced on Friday.


The blueprint for a tiny, ultra-rugged mechanical computer has been inspired by ideas put forward 200 years ago.


Mexico president-elect begins transition

Newly named President-elect Felipe Calderon started building his administration Wednesday, appealing to the middle-class voters who fueled his slim victory and working to win over poor Mexicans who believe he stole the election.


Boston Globe suspends reporter for plagiarism

A veteran Boston Globe reporter has been suspended for plagiarizing parts of a football column from another publication, the newspaper said on Tuesday in the latest incident to embarrass the U.S. media.


O.J. Simpson held without bail in Las Vegas robbery

Former football star O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted in 1995 of murdering his ex-wife, was arrested and held without bail on Sunday in connection with a suspected armed robbery in a Las Vegas hotel room last week.


Yankees and Johnson Agree to $32 Million Deal

The Yankees and Randy Johnson agreed to a two-year, $32 million contract that will run through the 2007 season, when Johnson turns 44 years old.


Debris in Low Earth Orbit Adds to Hazards of Space Exploration

By SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press writer  HOUSTON  It's a junkyard out there in space and sometimes astronauts accidentally contribute to the litter.   In 1965, the first American spacewalker, Ed White, lost a spare glove when he went outside for the first time.


Government ethics an issue at all levels

Anyone who thinks Washington is an ethical quagmire should talk to a cross-section of government employees, who say the problem is worse at the state and local levels.


S.Korea's Ex-Spies Protest, Demand More Recognition

About 100 former South Korean commandos  trained to infiltrate North Korea staged a protest  demonstration near the presidential Blue House on Friday,  demanding more recognition for their work.


Sprint to Buy Nextel in $36 Billion Deal

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK  - Sprint Corp. FON.N on  Wednesday said it will buy mobile telephone company Nextel  Communications Inc. NXTL.O for about $36 billion creating a  U.S. wireless carrier with nearly 40 million subscribers.


Pres. Clinton may curtail Yucaipa ties: WSJ

Former president Bill Clinton may reduce his business relationship with Ron Burkle's Yucaipa private investment firm if his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, wins the Democratic nomination for president, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.


Business & money: Motorists set to face higher prices at petrol pumps after cost of oil surges above $79 a barrel.


ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani military plane left for China yesterday carrying the body of a Chinese engineer who was kidnapped by Al Qaeda-linked militants and then killed during an attempt to rescue him and another hostage.


Wal-Mart fires worker over eavesdropping

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday that it has fired a Wal-Mart systems technician for recording phone conversations between the company's PR office and a newspaper reporter and for intercepting text messages without authorization.


He's Got Tiger And Rest Of The Field By The Tail

PALM HARBOR - Seldom does a golfer make it so big so late in his career without having just joined the senior tour. Of course, Vijay Singh - No.


The Moment: New York Fashion Week | Thom Browne

Bruce Pask, T's men's fashion director, reports from Thom Browne's circus.


Missouri-based Sporlan purchased by Parker Hannifin

WASHINGTON, Mo. - Parker Hannifin Corp. has completed its acquisition of Washington, Mo.-based Sporlan Valve Co., a leading maker of refrigeration and air conditioning components and systems.


Vallourec will pay $706 million for the 45% stake in its largest business held by Salzgitter.


FLOWERY BRANCH --- Patrick Kerney is a man of sudden impressions, like when the defensive end stuck out like a road runner among slower birds when the Falcons first practiced last spring.


NEW YORK - Stocks edged higher Friday as a dip in oil prices and a satisfactory report on durable goods orders cheered investors at the end of a losing week.    In late morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 27.14, or 0.3 percent, to 10,066.04...


Vibe Magazine Addresses Awards-Night Melee

Vibe magazine president Kenard Gibbs says the violent altercation at the publication's awards show this year won't prevent it from holding the event in 2005.


Kevin Costner marries girlfriend at ranch

Dances with Wolves star Kevin Costner has wed his girlfriend of five years, Christine Baumgartner, at his Colorado mountain ranch.


SonicWALL Deploys Protection Against MySpace Worm

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 7  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SonicWALL, Inc.


WRAPUP1-Juventus and Lyon qualify for knockout phase

Juventus and Olympique Lyon joined Chelsea and Inter Milan in the last 16 of the Champions League after both scored late goals to seal their places on Wednesday.


Merck Makes Deal to Develop Schizophrenia Drug

Merck agreed to pay a Swiss company, Addex Pharmaceuticals, as much as $702 million to help develop a new schizophrenia drug.


The UN sought on Tuesday a doubling of aid to Sudan to $1.5 billion as the United States called for more troops and diplomatic pressure to secure peace and alleviate a humanitarian crisis in the strife-torn country.


There is a military alert in Japan after an unidentified submarine is detected inside the country's waters.


Medicare payments for US elderly to rise 17 pct

Older Americans will have to pay about 17 percent more next year for their government-run health insurance, US officials announced on Friday.


EMC said it has purchased backup software vendor Dantz Development Corp. for less than $50 million in a deal that it hopes will put it in a better position to sell data backup technology in the small-to-medium-size-business market.


"The shootout lasted for eight hours" - Apoorva Lakhia

Currently Sanjay Dutt is busy shooting what Apoorva Lakhia's "realistic action" for Shoot-out at Lokhandwala on five replica buildings representing the Lokhandwala buildings where the actual eight -hour shoot-out between the hit-men and the cops had happened.


Researcher: Bin Laden's beard is real, the video is not

Digital evidence supports the theory that Al-Qaida is recycling old footage to create new messages.


A congressional subcommittee wants to subpoena criminal investigators at the Food and Drug Administration about their own probe concerning the antibiotic Ketek, which has been linked to liver failure.


Spa, Free Practice 1 + 2: F1 ducks the shower

With heavy skies weighing over the Ardennes forest, action was the order of the day on track, with Davidson then Raikkonen going fastest. Renault is also optimistic.


Australian company to release stem cell line for free

An Australian biotech company announced Monday that it is to release the embryonic stem cell line it has developed to world researchers for free.


Raising money and thinking about a running mate are two of the big challenges facing likely Republican presidential nominee John McCain.


Ghana gives UK drugs teenagers one year jail terms

A court in Ghana on Wednesday sentenced  two British teenage girls to one year in jail each for  smuggling cocaine in the West African country, officials said.


The NHS in Scotland fails to meet its target for cutting waiting times for cancer patients.


Adelaide Tambo, widow of South African anti-apartheid hero Oliver Tambo and a stalwart in the struggle against racial segregation, died Wednesday, officials said. She was 77.


The England cricket team will fly out to Zimbabwe today for the start of their controversial tour of the south African country. Thirteen British journalists had been banned from covering the tour but, following


Addison Cochran, 5, gets a hug from Santa as she and more than 270 other Make-A-Wish children take a "Polar Express" ride to the "North Pole" (Soldier Hollow) Wednesday, courtesy of the Marines, KBER 101 and Heber Valley Historic Railroad.  (c) 2006 Deseret News (Salt Lake City).


Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho, who announced on Saturday that he would resign, may still fight for his seat.


A terror suspect accused of a bomb plot tells a jury he is stopping giving evidence over fears for his family.


Debutant Hauritz, Gillespie skittle out India for 104

Off spinner Nathan Hauritz grabbed three wickets on his debut after Jason Gillespie had ripped the heart out of the top order as Australia skittled out India for


Foundation Awards Annual 'Genius Grants'

When Rueben Martinez became a barber in the Los Angeles area, his love of literature inspired him to lend out books for customers. He noticed that few books made their way back to him...


U.S. medical researchers say human skin -- the largest organ in the body -- is a kind of zoo, and some of the inhabitants are quite novel.


Tweaking the nose of retirement, former Major League Baseball player Warren Cromartie instead picked a fight with a blood-thirsty Tiger.


Ireland is taking "extraordinary" measures to protect Internet users from rogue auto-dialer programs that hijack their modems and run up long-distance phone charges, the country's telecom regulator says.


Sony says Grouper site not afoul of copyright law

Grouper.com, the online video-sharing  company owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, has denied  charges in a Universal Music Group lawsuit that accuses the  company of allowing users to swap pirated music videos.


Goalkeeping legend Bert Trautmann, the former German prisoner-of-war...

Goalkeeping legend Bert Trautmann, the former German prisoner-of-war who played on after breaking his neck in an FA Cup Final, is to be honoured by the the Queen, it was announced today.


RUSSELL SPRINGS, Ky. - Engineers may have to further lower a lake if some repairs to a leaky dam don't work, which could cause a crunch at lakeside power plants and threaten drinking water supplies, officials said Wednesday.


Empoli, 14:45 - CALCIO, EMPOLI: BIGLIETTI SCONTATI PER GARA CON INTER

Gli abbonati dell'Empoli potranno acquistare un biglietto per la sfida del 10 dicembre con l'Inter c...


Movie Review | 'Step Up 2 the Streets': Social Equality Comes With a Beat, Again

âStep Up 2 the Streetsâ posits a universe where racial and class differences are minor obstacles to fun and pretends its clichÃ©s arenât clichÃ©s.


Contracts given to private clinics for NHS work mean they are paid even if they are little used, critics say.


Billboard album reviews: Ciara, Jarvis Cocker

With "The Evolution," Ciara aims to  take the success of her 2005 debut, "Goodies," to a new level  musically and creatively.


Di Pietro, chiesto ritiro deleghe e lo abbiamo ottenuto


A bomb struck a predominantly Kurdish city in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday, killing seven people and wounding 17, the local governor's office said.


French panel wants to end public smoking

French lawmakers are trying to make France's smoky cafes a thing of the past. A parliamentary panel called Tuesday for a government ban on smoking in enclosed public areas within a year — and floated the idea of "hermetically sealed" smoking rooms for those who want to light up.


2-for-1 Tickets! ; Fantastic Offer for Our Family Day at Drayton Manor THEME PARK

THE Birmingham Mail Family Day at Drayton Manor will be held on Sunday October 1.   Readers who buy the paper in advance can take advantage of a fantastic two for the price of one entry offer.


Umaru Yar'Adua Sworn In as Nigerian President

JOHANNESBURG, May 29 -- New Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua vowed in his inaugural address Tuesday to work urgently to quell rising violence in the volatile Niger Delta, a major source of oil exports to the United States.


A parade of stars could be called as defence witnesses in Michael Jackson's child abuse trial, his lawyers say.


Tatiana Totmianina, a Russian figure skater who was knocked unconscience when she fell onto her head from a lift by her partner during pairs competition at Skate America on Saturday, makes a joke during a news conference before being released from Mercy


Tra misure equita' e compatibilita',nuovo scambio emissioni


Popular heartburn and ulcer drugs can make people more susceptible to pneumonia because they reduce germ-killing stomach acid, Dutch researchers say.


Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher finished ahead of the pack in practice for this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix. Ferrari is preparing to keep the pair in front through 2005 despite rule changes by the sport's governing body.


Tavola rotonda con Trichet, Almunia e Strauss-Khan


Judge Replaces State Overseer of Health Care for Prisoners

A federal judge who ruled in 2005 that Californiaâs broken prison medical care system amounted to cruel and unusual punishment dismissed the receiver who had been appointed to repair the system.


Failure and lies on black Wednesday for the BBC

The BBC uncovers a 'hornet's nest of deception' involving some of its biggest programmes.


Pakistan's President Musharraf says Benazir Bhutto may have been shot dead, contradicting official accounts.


Attacks go on as Sudan flirts with sanctions

AFRICAN Union monitors are investigating claims that Sudanese helicopter gunships bombed a village just days before the expiry of the United Nationsâ deadline for the Khartoum government to end the violence in Darfur.


U.S. bans some cellphone imports in Qualcomm case

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK  - A U.S. trade agency on Thursday banned imports of future advanced cellphone models using Qualcomm Inc.  chips, potentially hurting the country's biggest wireless services.


Putin warns west against isolating Russia as Ukraine run-off looms

President Vladimir Putin of Russia criticised the United States unusually sharply yesterday, suggesting that its stand on the Ukrainian election crisis could be intended to destabilise his country.


Ritrovati a Baghdad 26 cadaveri, nove a Mossul


The glitz and glamor of the Louisiana Superdome's reopening on Monday could be the weekend tourism boost the city has been waiting for since Hurricane Katrina devastated its top industry more than a year ago.


Palm to bring latest Palm OS smartphone to UK

Centro due this month Palm is to bring its Palm OS-based Centro smartphone to Europe, the company announced today.â¦


Obiettivo riduzione costi di circa un mld entro il 2010


Barack Obama may find that for black voters in South Carolina, being black isn't everything. If there is a single state where being black holds the potential to boost Obama's chances to win the Democratic presidential nomination, South Carolina fits the bill.


A Hollywood-style brawl with the campaign of rival Barack Obama is the latest in a series of speed bumps tripping up Hillary Rodham Clinton's early presidential moves.


Americans Give Up on Flu Vaccine, Survey Shows

Millions of Americans, frightened  off by news reports of long lines or discouraged by their own  failed attempts, have given up on getting flu shots this year,  U.S. health officials said on Thursday.


Baseball Facing Crisis as Steroids Scandal Deepens

Major League Baseball (MLB) was facing  one of the biggest crises in its long history on Friday, after  the name of Barry Bonds was added to a growing list of Most  Valuable Players (MVP) linked with steroid use.


An ex-minister in India's Andhra Pradesh state,  P Ramasubba Reddy, is given life for killing two rival party workers.


Russian Coal Mine Blast Kills 13, Rescue Efforts Over

Rescue efforts at a Siberian mine after an explosion Thursday morning are over, and the bodies of all the 13 dead have been recovered.


New York Police Arrest 264 Cyclists Amid Tight Security Ahead of ...

New York city police have arrested 264 cyclists who blocked midtown streets Friday, as thousands of delegates began arriving for next week's four-day Republican National Convention.


For Sigma, Business Success Trumps Bad Accounting

By Scott Duke Harris, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Dec. 17--Sigma Designs was sitting pretty in early June, racking up  strong revenue while analysts raved about how the little chip maker's  cutting-edge media processor was beating rivals in three niche markets.


UPDATE 2-Reuters Summit-NY AG wants federal insurance oversight

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who last month launched a probe into bid rigging in the insurance industry, said on Friday he would prefer to see the industry's


More than 300 people died after flash floods and landslides devastated three coastal towns and left swathes of the northern Philippines under water on Tuesday.


Get your blue golf shirt on. The Intel Developer Forum is back. Servers a central focus.


Udine, 15:33 - CALCIO, UDINESE: DOMANI CONTROLLO PER BARRETO

L'attaccante dell'Udinese Paulo Barreto sosterrà domani una visita di controllo a Verona per ...


If Fashion Is Infectious, Paris Has a Chill

Because of the fashion virus, the richly diverse commercial Paris of former times is fast disappearing.


L'ad di Bpi: siamo a favore della fusione,da smussare angoli


Bangladesh Military on High Alert After Political Violence

In Bangladesh, security forces are on high alert after several days of apparent political violence. More protests are expected after Saturday's grenade attack on an opposition rally killed 19 people and injured more than a hundred.


Sir Alex Ferguson's worst fears have been realised as the "witch-hunt" against Wayne Rooney for his attack on Tal Ben Haim left the teenager striker facing a violent conduct charge and the likelihood of a three-match ban.


Microsoft cultures creativity in unique lab

SEATTLE  - Two dozen designers, engineers and strategists toil in an unusual research lab on the Microsoft campus. Awkwardly dubbed the Mobile and Embedded Devices Experience design center, or MEDX, it is where Microsoft plots strategies to sell souped-up cellphones that act a lot like PCs.


Imagine turning on your mobile phone to watch breaking news or an entertainment program. The idea could soon become reality following an announcement last week that five of the world's largest mobile phone


After years of price hikes, premiums for Medicare HMOs are ...

With the exception of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, most of the state's large health insurers will not raise premiums in 2005 for senior citizens enrolled in Medicare HMOs.


Volkswagen says it may need to slash 30,000 jobs if unions refuse to agree to pay freezes at next week's talks.


Symantec (SYMC:Nasdaq - news - research) Thursday said it will acquire rival software company Veritas Software (VRTS:Nasdaq - news - research)in an all-stock deal.


Pirates hijack a ship off the coast of Somalia, in the latest of a series of similar incidents in the area.


Blinkx Extends Its Lead in Video Search; Index Reaches 12 Million Hours of Content

blinkx (AIM:BLNX), the world's largest video  search engine, today announced that it has reached a new milestone by  indexing over 12,000,000 hours of audio, video, viral and TV content,  and making it fully searchable for free to users on the Web.


U.S. launches criminal probe of CIA tapes

The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it had launched a criminal investigation into the CIA's destruction of videotapes depicting the harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects.


Crime drama "Hearts" beats in theaters next month

NEW YORK  - The true crime thriller "Lonely Hearts," starring John Travolta, James Gandolfini and Salma Hayek, has been picked up for U.S. theatrical distribution by Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films.


8 Giant Petrochemical Projects to Be Set Up

Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi said on Monday that there is a national plan to set up 8 giant petrochemical projects at a total investments of $6 billion including $ 3.5 million from foreign partners.


In serie B Napoli-Arezzo posticipo di domenica alle 15


Le prime parole dopo 10 mesi: "mai piu' in quella casa"


LOS ANGELES, CA Monday Oct.11.2004 /netmusiccountdown.com/ -- In a statement released Friday, October 8, it was announced that Melissa Etheridge has cancer.


Russian oil producer Yukos is cutting back its production and slashing its expenditure, as the company battles for survival.


Lego, Carrefour in French Price-Fix Probe

French competition authorities are investigating Danish toy maker Lego Systems AS and supermarket retailer Carrefour SA as part of a probe into alleged price fixing in the French toy market in 2002 and early 2003.


Ugandan condemns massacre of Congolese refugees in Burundi

KAMPALA, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- The Ugandan government has condemned the recent massacre of some 160 Congolese refugees in Gatumba camp in Burundi.


A 14-year-old boy is stabbed in the back after being chased by a gang of up to eight youths.


SESSO * Uomini in pena per il pene? E' una cazzata

Maschi italiani non piÃ¹ latin lover ma con il 'complesso di pollicino'. Anche se le Â«misure medieÂ» dimostrano che Ã¨ infondato. Il 23% degli uomini della penisola si ritiene insoddisfatto delle dimensioni


Ivorian 'Elephants' trample Guinea into Nations Cup dust

Ivory Coast overwhelmed Guinea in the closing stages to triumph 5-0 in an African Nations Cup quarter-final Sunday and equal the record winning margin for the tournament.


Roma, 15:19 - CALCIO, EX ARBITRO MAZZOLENI DEFERITO ALLA CAF

L'ex arbitro Mario Mazzoleni è stato deferito alla commissione d'appello federale della Figc ...


US President George W. Bush has vowed to seek more funding for a sweeping plan to battle cocaine production and defeat heavily armed rebels in Colombia.


Alitalia Tells Unions of Plan to Lay Off 5,000 Workers

Alitalia, the Italian government-run airline and a partner with Delta and Air France in the SkyTeam alliance, told its unions on Monday that it planned to lay off about 5,000


Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Monday said he would welcome Republican rival Fred Thompson to the race, but also took some jabs at Thompson's long delay in formally announcing his candidacy.


New research challenges the notion that young Americans are the most self-absorbed.


WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The University of Massachusetts stood on the brink of a meltdown early in the fourth quarter yesterday. The Minutemen had twice shown signs of pulling away in their Colonial Athletic Association game against William & Mary but fumbled on two straight possessions to turn a 10-point lead into what was about to become a 4-point deficit in ...


Australia's Ponting Relieved Not to Face New Zealand Nemesis

Australia cricket captain Ricky Ponting expressed relief he won't be facing New Zealand bowler Shane Bond, who has dismissed him six times, in tomorrow's match to decide one of the Champions Trophy's semifinal berths.


Nigerian oil rebels ask for Clooney's help

Rebels in Nigeria's oil producing Niger  Delta on Saturday invited the United Nations' new "messenger of  peace," actor George Clooney, to step into its conflict with  the government over oil wealth.


Earl Boykins scored 22 points to help the Denver Nuggets overcome the absence of Carmelo Anthony and defeat the New Orleans Hornets 76-67 on Monday night.


New HP Tool Tracks Open-Source, Free Apps at Work

Hewlett-Packard has launched the FOSSology Project, a tool for tracking and monitoring the use of free and open-source software within an IT environment.


The latest acquisition is another sign of the importance of the software development tools business.


U.S. says threat against airlines remains high

DAVOS, Switzerland  - The United States is likely to keep a high threat designation for the airline industry because militants still see air travel as a target, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said.


Starting in October, the company will begin selling higher-speed cards that transfer data at rates of up to 80mbps.


WTWH Media, a B2B media company which runs Design World magazine, has bought MCAD Central, a design engineering community site focused on helping 3D mechanical CAD software users. In June 2007 WTWH acquired the online assets of 3DCADTips. More here.


Bobcats Point Guard Knight Is Still Ailing

Charlotte Bobcats starting point guard Brevin Knight will miss at least one more game because of a strained groin.


Six potentially explosive parcels are sent to addresses in Luton, and four more are found in sorting offices.


For extremist group in Iraq, rise and rapid descent

BIYARA, Iraq -- During the two years that Ansar al-Islam ruled this mountain redoubt, its secular Kurdish population had to learn to live under a brutal Islamic code modeled on the Taliban.


Krenzel gets in full practice, ready to go

Craig Krenzel practiced Thursday and is set to play Sunday against Tennessee despite bruised ribs. "As I said yesterday, I felt like he would be OK," Bears coach Lovie Smith said.


$39 Million Stolen in N. Ireland Bank Heist

BELFAST, Dec. 21 -- Thieves took hostage the families of two top bankers and forced the officials to help them steal more than $39 million from the vaults of a Belfast bank's main office, authorities said Tuesday.


Comando americano, l'obiettivo erano rapitori soldati


FISHER & Paykel Appliance Holdings will further expand in the United States, after today announcing the acquisition of US stove and BBQ maker Dynamic Cooking Systems Inc (DCS) for a total of $NZ83.


Transmeta Exits Engineering Business to Concentrate on Licensing

One-time low-power chip manufacturer Transmeta will lay off up to 68% of its current workforce by the end of the third calendar quarter, concentrating the remainder of its resources on the licensing of its existing designs to AMD and others, as well as to pursue the final resolution of its courtroom battle against Intel.


'American Taliban' Seeks Commuted Sentence

John Walker Lindh asked President Bush on Tuesday to commute his 20-year prison sentence for aiding the Taliban.


Hurricane Frances Heads to Florida; Millions Evacuate

Hurricane Frances, which may become the costliest storm to hit the US in a dozen years, headed toward Florida, forcing about 2.5 million people to flee their homes.


We've all seen them. The "No Blood for Oil" bumper stickers on the Grand Cherokees, "Save the Whales" pasted on the back of an old, smoke-belching '77 Volvo.


Peter Hain says Plaid Cymru's power sharing in Wales has not "dented their separatist aspirations".


Major banks and mortgage companies yesterday sharply accelerated an industry consolidation that is set to change the landscape of American lending, while a convergence of events exposed fresh worries about the U.S. economy.


Tests are expected back on a couple at a smallholding where a mild form of bird flu has been confirmed.


Calcutta, Sept. 27: Much as we want sport and politics to be as far apart as one-day cricket is from Tests, the lead-up to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) elections in its platinum jubilee


Music Review: Star Soprano Coaxes a Puccini Role From the Vault

There was basically one reason the Metropolitan Opera dusted off its drearily realistic, unbecoming old production of Pucciniâs âManon Lescautâ and brought it back to the house for the first time in 18 years on Tuesday night: the soprano Karita Mattila.


New Salt Storehouse Will Minimize Need for Cinders

By Greg Miller, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Sep. 9--There's a pillar of salt coming to Columbia, and it's not a message from an angry deity.   The city of Columbia will pay Michigan-based Dome Corp.


Plan promises downloads of up to 3mbps to lure in gamers and other high-bandwidth users.


A Orte mobilitazione per i 350 licenziamenti annunciati"Stanno smantellando le acciaierie un pezzo dopo l'altro"                                          Terni, la protesta degli operai ferme per due ore A1 e stazione


Judge Rejects Bush Argument on Detainees

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that terror suspects held in Cuba must be allowed to meet with lawyers, and that the government cannot monitor their conversations.


Britain Confirms Plan for Major Smoking Ban

The British government plans to impose a sweeping public smoking ban across England and Wales and will consider curbs on television advertising of "junk food" aimed at children.


Scores of East End music enthusiasts flocked to Vermont for the farewell concerts of the rock band Phish  for many, the journey proved to be for naught, as nasty weather forced police to turn back thousands of pilgrims.


ATLANTA - If all goes according to plan, the Braves will clinch the division tonight, but that won't lessen the sudden unease they feel at John Smoltz's vulnerability.


Squinting into the noon sun, Col. Bob Newman nods across the road toward a lot where dozens of Iraqi commandos gather around a martial-arts instructor.


Oil that fries your burger can run your car

After a good meal, how about asking the head waiter if you can take the waste grease from the kitchen to fuel your car?


Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told a regional conference in Baghdad on Saturday that national reconciliation was crucial to saving his country and urged key players not to use Iraq to play out their differences.


U.S. stocks gained on Tuesday as oil   prices fell for a seventh day, helping to ease some inflation   worries, and as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS.N reported   stronger-than-expected results.


Chelsea secure a Carling Cup final meeting with Tottenham thanks to a Joe Cole strike that sees off the challenge of Everton.


Amazon.com Inc.'s  days as a hot-shot dot-com may be behind it as the Internet retailer's slowing growth makes its business suspiciously similar to that of its brick-and-mortar peers.


Novartis gets U.S. approval for Alzheimer patch

Pharmaceutical group Novartis on Monday  said it had received U.S. approval for Exelon Patch, which  delivers a treatment for Alzheimer's disease through a skin  patch instead of an oral capsule.


Biggest US insurance broker faces penalty 'far higher' than $500M ...

The price for settling state charges of collusion and bid-rigging by America's largest insurance broker could be "far higher" than $500 million, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Thursday.


Germans flock to MoMA masterpieces as clock ticks down to NY return

Germans are clamouring to see an exhibition of masterpieces from New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) before the smash-hit success of the summer closes its doors on Sunday.


Online Dating Losing Steam, But Not for Valentine's Day

While Internet dating services such as Match.com and Yahoo Personals represent the largest category of paid content online, the thrill may be waning for the once-torrid market. Have the online matchmakers done their job too well?


Apple introduces an iPod capable of storing and displaying photos in an effort to stay ahead in the market for digital music players.


Budget Analysts Cite Softening Economy in Deficit's First-Quarter Increase

The federal budget deficit inched up in the first quarter of the fiscal year, congressional budget estimators said yesterday, as the growth in tax revenue slowed along with the softening economy.


Methodists support Christians in Romania

Slovoaca Valeriu, left, and Butariu Matei show off some of the saplings they have planted in the fruit orchard that will support their church's orphanage in Draut, Romania.


Goal is to assist moms and dads in buying family-friendly entertainment for their kids. Video games are a popular item on the Christmas wish lists of kids, which


The Ugandan army tortured and unlawfully killed civilians while carrying out a disarmament program in the country's troubled Karamoja region, an international human rights group said Tuesday.


Indian police charge a man in connection with a killing of a schoolboy allegedly by two teenage boys.


Computers read news, and trade on it quickly

It takes a person about 10 minutes to  read a 2,500-word, front-page feature story in the Wall Street  Journal. Computer programs increasingly being used by investors  to parse news stories can process one in about three  one-hundredths of a second.


Kroger, Union Reach Tentative Cincinnati Pact

Grocery retailer Kroger Co. signed a  tentative three-year agreement with the United Food and  Commercial Workers Local 1099, the union said.


House Overwhelmingly Approves Broad Overhaul of Intelligence

The House voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve the sweeping intelligence-overhaul bill sought by President Bush and the independent Sept.


On Europe: Transatlantic gains point to strong year-end

Hopes are high that the gains that carried Wall Street and the European equity markets to multi-month highs this week could set the scene for a strong rally into the end of the year on both sides of the Atlantic.


Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most publicized, and controversial, childhood disorders in the United States.


US-Indonesian deal to stop illegal textile trade

The United States and Indonesia  signed an agreement on Tuesday to stop clothing from China,  Vietnam and potentially other suppliers from illegally entering  the U.S. market as Indonesian goods.


Henry scores two as Arsenal crushes Charlton 4-0

London, Oct 04 - Thierry Henry scored twice as arsenal easily beat Charlton 4-0 to extend its unbeaten premier league streak to 48 matches and bounce back from alleged team disunity.


Pope Loses Battle With Peace-Symbol Dove

Pope John Paul II shooed a dove — a symbol of peace — out his apartment window Sunday, chuckling with children who watched in delight as the bird flew back into his room overlooking St. Peter's Square.


Judge dismisses charges against detainee

A military judge on Monday dismissed terrorism-related charges against a prisoner charged with killing an American soldier in Afghanistan, in a stunning reversal for the Bush administration's attempts to try Guantanamo detainees in military court.


Britney Spears earns scorn for MTV performance

Britney Spears launched her highly anticipated comeback at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, drawing ridicule by dressing up as a stripper and miming her new single.


S. Koreans Detained in Sex Trade Crackdown

A crackdown on prostitution in South Korea has netted 4,365 people in the month since it was launched, police said Friday.


With protesters waiting, Powell cancels trip to Olympics

Secretary of State Colin Powell canceled his trip to Greece at the last minute partly because of concern his presence -- expected to be met with anti-war protests -- might have disrupted the closing ceremony at the Olympics, State Department officials


The dollar traded little changed  against the euro on Wednesday as investors were cautious ahead  of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's two-day testimony  to Congress.


Battered Wife Wins Suit Against Md. Matchmaker

Bethesda-based company didn't screen clients properly or help when she reported abuse, Ukrainian woman alleged.


Chinese capital spending in November barely slowed from record heights despite curbs on lending, showing that the central bank's task in keeping the economy from overheating remains formidable.


American Justin Gatlin shot to victory in the Olympic 100 meters final on Sunday in an atmosphere of fevered excitement. Gatlin flew across the line in 9.85 seconds, one


GM's plans to cut 12,000 jobs across Europe spark a walk out of a German car plant likely to be hit by the cuts.


The US State Department objects to a bill that would require it to set up an office on anti-Semitism.


Google promises mobile software platform to challenge Windows

Getting in to Gears Analysis The most critical battle in the wireless world is to take the reins of the mobile internet as it evolves, and that means all the majors are trying to create a software platform that will make the web even more usable on a small device than it is on a PC, and so drive new applications and revenue streams.â¦


âFalling Slowly,â a song from âOnce,â is ruled eligible for this yearâs Oscar for best song.


Gucci Names Bonnin as CEO of Sergio Rossi

Fashion Wire Daily - Gucci Group has appointed Didier Bonnin as the new CEO of Sergio Rossi, succeeding Isabelle Guichot, who was made CEO of Balenciaga two weeks ago.


Lessons from the Civil War and the Dalai Lama

The Go Point: When It’s Time to Decide — Knowing What to Do and When to Do It by Michael Useem Crown Business, 288 pages, $25.


Martha Stewart to Serve Time in West Virginia

artha Stewart's prison stay for lying about a stock sale will take her to West Virginia, farther from home for the holidays, she said today, than she had hoped.


Mantova, 22:55 - CALCIO, SERIE B: NEL POSTICIPO MANTOVA-TRIESTINA 1-1

Mantova-Triestina, posticipo della 26esima giornata del campionato di serie B è finita 1-1. A...


Bianchi: procedura di vendita Alitalia non si tocca


Exelon's proposed purchase of a New Jersey company for about $12 billion will make Chicago the headquarters of the nation's largest utility.


Vilma Espin, first lady of Cuban revolution, dies

Vilma Espin, sister-in-law of convalescing Cuban leader Fidel Castro and one of the most powerful women in Cuba's political leadership, died on Monday in Havana. She was 77.


Microsoft's Virtual Earth gets new dimension

InfoWorld - Microsoft will work with 3D design and visualization software developer Dassault Systèmes, to add a new dimension to its Virtual Earth mapping and satellite imagery service, the companies announced Tuesday.


As War Ravages Baghdad, Cityâs Ambulance Workers Must Pick Up the Pieces

As the city has disintegrated around them, ambulance workers are often overwhelmed, and have increasingly become targets themselves.


Israel OKs compensation for Gaza settlers

JERUSALEM -- The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday approved legislation to pay compensation to settlers uprooted by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan.


Google Slashes IPO, Gets Pricing Go-Ahead

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO  - Google Inc. GOOG.OQ on  Wednesday got the green light to go ahead with a downsized  version of its much-hyped initial public offering, meaning its  shares could trade on Nasdaq as early as Thursday.


Toscani ok in andata 1/o turno, in gol Piccolo e Antonini


News Corp. paid Rupert Murdoch $21 mln bonus

Media company News Corp. paid Chief  Executive Rupert Murdoch $25.7 million in the fiscal year ended  in June, including salary and a $21-million bonus, and in May  started paying $50,000 a month for his apartment.


Less Exposure to Pets, Dust May Not Cut Allergies

Kids who spend less time during their early years around pets and dust don't appear to have a lower risk of developing asthma or respiratory problems, new research reports.


Chirac Says France Will Cooperate on Iraq

President Jacques Chirac crossed the English Channel to say on Thursday that France was ready to cooperate with the United States and Britain to make the world more stable, just and prosperous.


Kharrazi: EU-Iran Negotiations in Final Phase

Iranian Foreign Minister Kemal Kharrazi announced that the negotiations between Iran and the European Union (EU) on Iran's nuclear programs are in their final phase.


Supreme Court sidesteps credit card dispute

MasterCard and Visa no longer can block banks from issuing credit cards from competitors after the Supreme Court declined to hear their appeal Monday.


Sport: Michael Owen may be the most noteworthy omission from Fabio Capello's first England line-up


Diana chauffeur "staggering like a clown": court

Princess Diana's chauffeur was drunk and  "staggering like a clown" just hours before the high-speed  crash that killed her and her lover Dodi al-Fayed, the inquest  into their deaths was told on Thursday.


The new iPod touch introduced today features built-in Wi-Fi networking and a revolutionary multi-touch user interfaceâfirst introduced on iPhoneâthat makes it easy to find all of your music, video, and other digital content and enjoy it on the gorgeous widescreen display on iPod touch. The multi-touch interface uses pioneering new software to present the perfect user interface for Safari, Appleâs YouTube application, and the new iTunes Wi-Fi Music Storeâall of which come with iPod touch. An unbelievable 8mm thin, iPod touch features up to 22 hours of audio playback and up to five hours of video playback. Available later this month, iPod touch comes in 8GB and 16GB models for $299 and $399, respectively.


(HealthDay News) -- While it's important to get plenty of sleep during a pregnancy, that's often easier said than done. Difficulty getting comfortable, the need to urinate frequently, leg cramps and backaches often make it difficult for pregnant women to get a good night's rest.


Southern Sudan Peace Talks Resume in Kenya

Sudan's government and southern rebels resumed peace talks Friday as the clock ticks toward their agreed deadline of ending Africa's longest-running civil war by Dec. 31.


Negotiators from General Motors Corp and the United Auto Workers union made progress on Saturday toward a new contract but faced unresolved issues as both sides hunkered down for longer-running talks.


Ukraine's opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko says she fears September's elections will be rigged.


• Sen. Barack Obama sweeps Democratic contests, giving him considerable momentum  • Sen. Hillary Clinton unfazed, continues to present herself as the most viable candidate  • Sen. John McCain's camp says former Gov. Mike Huckabee threatens only to chip away at McCain's substantial lead


Missouri, Kansas will no longer call rivalry 'Border War'

Out of respect for US troops fighting overseas, Missouri and Kansas are changing the name of their sports rivalry from "Border War" to "Border Showdown.


The acting Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner on Monday disputed a published report that said agency officials knew before Oct. 5 that British health authorities might suspend


Microsoft sees billions in sales from VoIP shift

Microsoft Corp.  sees the shift  by business organizations to Web-based phone systems running on  its software to generate "billions" of dollars in revenue for  the company, a top executive said on Tuesday.


Nevada ranks in the top 10 in the nation for the number of female legislators it elected this year, according to a new study by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.


Mibtel perde lo 0,11%, SP/Mib -0,31%, Numtel -1,31%


Wall Street opened higher after a private employment reading eased some concerns about the economy a day before the Labor Departmentâs key report on employment.


Don't blow that found money. Some tricks to turning a profit.


Sudan accepts non-military UN support in Darfur

Sudan has agreed to accept non-military support from the United Nations for the African Union peacekeeping force in its war-torn Darfur region, a top AU official said after talks in Nigeria.


Pentagon Defends Missile Defense Program After Botched Test

While a Defense Department spokesman Wednesday called the botched $85 million test of the national missile defense system an "anomaly," a former Pentagon weapons tester told


Spain's right-winger Joaquin Sanchez will remain at Real Betis, said the club's president, quashing speculation the player will join Chelsea.


Remember the population bomb that was set to devour the world's food and pollute its air? Much of its detonation power has leaked out.


Cancer Free at Age 33, but Weighing a Mastectomy

More young women are learning early that they are genetically prone to breast cancer, setting off a new type of family drama.


Signs of ancient eruptions indicate a planet geologically active and may suggest presence of simple life forms. By Peter N. Spotts | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.


A Los Angeles court commissioner has extended the conservatorship of Britney Spears.


Udine, 19:01 - CALCIO, UDINESE: IAQUINTA E' TORNATO AD ALLENARSI

Allenamento pomeridiano di ripresa per l'Udinese. Pur svolgendo un lavoro piÃ¹ leggero rispetto ai co...


Russia abolishes a number of key public holidays including the Soviet holiday marking the Bolshevik revolution of 1917.


Milano, 20:08 - CALCIO, MILAN; BERLUSCONI: IN 20 ANNI MISSIONE COMPIUTA

Il Milan ha festeggiato a San Siro, dove alle 20:30 è in programma la gara con il Napoli, i 1...


Edmonton Oilers left winger Raffi Torres has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee ligament injury, the team said on Monday.


Ferrari on Their Own After Teams Shun F1 Meeting

The rift between Ferrari and the rest of  Formula One was laid bare on Friday when only the world  champions turned up for a meeting to discuss rule changes and  the sport's long-term future.


(InfoWorld) - Idea Cellular, a large mobile services company in India, has introduced a push e-mail service, called Easy Mail, for users of its GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) service. Easy Mail is a clientless service with which any individual or enterprise subscriber can access e-mail via MMS (multimedia messaging service) on their handsets, the company said Tuesday. Critical Path, a messaging software and services vendor in San Francisco, provided the new service's technology. India has been adding about 6 million mobile subscribers each month. But because of a decline in phone-call tariffs, the average revenue per user (ARPU) has been falling for service providers. Service providers are looking at services other than telephony, such as e-mail and music downloads, to boost revenue. E-mail on mobile phones is one of a number of value-added services Idea Cellular plans to offer, in an effort to give customers more options and raise ARPU, said Pradeep Shrivastava, chief marketing officer of Idea Cellular on Tuesday. Hutchison Essar, a mobile service provider in India, announced this month the availability of BlackBerry handsets from Research in Motion (RIM) in Waterloo, Ontario, and related push e-mail services. Another large Indian mobile services provider, Bharti Airtel of Delhi, has been offering BlackBerry handsets and push e-mail services for the last couple of years. Idea Cellular decided to go in for a software approach to push e-mail, as it has adopted a strategy that does not depend on the type of handset a user has, Shrivastava said. Any user with a GPRS handset can use the Easy Mail service, which is the not the case with the RIM technology, he added. With a customer base of over 12 million, Idea Cellular has operations in a number of states in India. Idea Cellular has been offering push e-mail services to corporate customers, using technology that required its service to be integrated with the corporate e-mail system, Shrivastava said. The new Easy Mail technology does not, however, require corporate e-mail system integration, and Idea Cellular can offer push e-mail service to any GPRS user, he added. E-mail on mobile phones is, however, still a nascent market in India, and Idea Cellular does not immediately expect large demand from its current user base. Only about one-third of its users currently have GPRS handsets, and not a lot of these users see e-mail service as a priority, Shrivastava said.


Biogen Idec in Cambridge is rumored to be in talks to buy or merge with Elan Corp. in Ireland, though the later company denies any such conversation is taking place, Bloomberg News is reporting.


China, Thailand to further expand trade, economic relations

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra pledged here on Monday to further expand bilateral trade and economic relations.


EU to finance over half of African mission in Darfur

The European Union will finance over half of the cost of the African Union's (AU) ceasefire monitoring and civilian protection force in Sudan's troubled region of Darfur, EU foreign affairs chief Javier Solana said on Saturday.


Shares in US phone giant AT&T leap after reports that one of its spin-offs is preparing to take it over.


Iranian president enjoyed university joust

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday his overall experience at Columbia University was a good one, even though he was introduced as a "petty and cruel dictator."


NEW YORK -- The Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks talked Wednesday for the third consecutive day about a trade that would bring Randy Johnson to New York for Javier Vazquez.


President George W. Bush said on Wednesday "I don't feel abandoned" by fellow Republicans in Congress who are working with Democrats to protest his Iraq policy with a congressional resolution.


FRANKFURT / DETROIT - DaimlerChrysler and General Motors Corp. will jointly develop new hybrid vehicle technology as they strive to catch up with Japanese rivals on the fuel-saving systems that reduce harmful emissions, the companies said on Monday.


If an increasingly overweight America's eyes are bigger than its stomach, then placing more nutritional information in plain sight could allow shoppers to see their way to more healthy choices while scanning food labels.


Nona pole position della stagione per la Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, la seconda ottenuta da Rubens Barrichello. Eâ la diciassettesima pole position della Scuderia nel Gran Premio dâItalia, la numero 175 in totale.


Buoyed by higher ratings this season, Versus has agreed to carry N.H.L. games through the 2010-11 season.


CHICAGO -- The Cubs plan to fine Sammy Sosa $87,400 for leaving Sunday's season finale against the Braves early, ESPN radio 1000 in Chicago is reporting.


Rhodes to nowhere: Internet error spells holiday surprise

A spelling mistake on the Internet led to a surprise trip to remote southern France for three Norwegian tourists who thought they were going to a Greek island, airport officials said Wednesday.


Depression is a serious mental illness that can significantly interfere with a person's ability to function. It affects up to 2.5 percent of children and about 8 percent of teens in the United States, according to one federal study.


Consumer Group Calls for Probe of 'Rip-Off' ITunes

Apple Computer Corp. is charging its British iTunes customers 17 percent more per download than its European customers, a consumer watchdog group said on Wednesday.


Police rubbish Lib Dem's claims that they are  investigating Labour donor's planning applications


Time to buy your favorite DVDs yet again

Several high-profile  movies will soon be getting the anniversary treatment on DVD as  home video marketers take advantage of one of the most obvious  promotional opportunities in the business.


Whole Foods Chain to Stop Use of Plastic Bags

The decision comes as plastic bags are increasingly being discouraged or banned by governments and retailers because of concerns about their environmental impact.


The Foreign Office said Friday it was urgently checking reports of a kidnapping in Ethiopia, after eleven French nationals and three Britons were reported missing.


Decidera' autonomamente su Iran nel rispetto decisioni Onu


E' un giovane calabrese che chiese 10 mila euro


By JOE BEL BRUNO  NEW YORK - Investors have been waiting impatiently for four years for the high-tech sector to lead Wall Street to new heights, and they're likely to be cooling their heels for quite some time to come.


The brawl has been over for four days, but there's still plenty to fight about. There was action on several fronts yesterday as the players, the teams, the fans, and law


Protest banner unfurled before Powell visit

Hours before Secretary of State Colin Powell was to arrive in Athens, Greece's communist party draped a large banner protesting his visit over a side of the ancient Acropolis hill near the Parthenon.


Sharapova repeats as Japan Open champion

CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova retained her Japan Open title with an easy victory over American Mashona Washington in Saturday's final.


Hamm's comeback America's Olympic moment

Because rarely is a rally so improbable, even the man who pulled it off didn't believe he could. On the same day he crash-landed on the vault and dropped to 12th place, Hamm nailed his final two routines Wednesday evening to claim ...


Lensbabies: Intuitive photography in an electronic world

These funky selective-focus lenses require coordination to use but can produce effective, attention-getting images.


The 13th patient to receive the world's first fully implantable artificial heart died Sunday night after an unexpected malfunction in the device made by Abiomed Inc. of Danvers, company officials said yesterday.


Rice backs Blair ahead of Mideast Quartet meeting

The United States will keep leading Middle East peace efforts with Tony Blair playing a complementary role as envoy to the Quartet of mediators, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday.


The new Lib Dem leader will be named, after a contest sparked by Sir Menzies Campbell's resignation.


Anger and tears at Spector trial, ex-lawyer told she must testify

An angry judge Thursday threatened a tearful lawyer with contempt of court for refusing to testify for the prosecution, at the murder trial of her ex-client and record producer Phil Spector.


Gay community critical of six-year sentence in beating death of gay man

VANCOUVER (CP) - A six-year sentence given to a man described as the ringleader in the beating death of a gay man drew criticism Tuesday from the man's family and the city's gay community, which wanted the case treated as a hate crime.