Una mazzata e una carezza. Si puÃ² sintetizzare cosÃ¬ la sentenza del processo Juve, conclusosi ieri a Torino. Il medico della societÃ , Riccardo Agricola Ã¨ stato infatti condannato a un anno e dieci mesi


Jones Leads Cowboys to Stunning Win Over Seahawks

Julius Jones scored on a 17-yard touchdown run with 37 seconds left as the Dallas Cowboys scored two touchdowns in the last two minutes to stun the Seattle Seahawks 43-39 in the National Football League Monday.


Industry group will offer a free program to help users find and eliminate illegal files. The Motion Picture Association of America this week announced that it has begun filing lawsuits against people who use


Tucsonans worry about alternatives for Vioxx

Merck & Co. pulls the drug when a study finds it doubles the risk of heart attack and strokes. Tucsonan Carolyn White feels the pain of rheumatoid arthritis in just about every major joint in her body - shoulders


Election 2008: Edwards Dominates Both McCain and Romney

Rasmussen Reports - Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards continues to chalk up impressive margins over GOP presidential candidates in Rasmussen Reports surveys of potential Election 2008 match-ups. In the latest poll Edwards leads Senator John McCain (R) by 13 percentage points, 49% to 36%.


Bryce Taylor scores 21 points to lead No. 22 Oregon to a 92-64 victory over Bethune-Cookman on Monday night.


South Africa's top prosecutor believes there is enough evidence to bring renewed graft charges against Jacob Zuma, newly elected head of the ruling ANC, a local radio station reported on Thursday.


Il ministro Gentiloni, "grazie alla polizia postale"


Up to 30% of girls in some tourist resorts in Kenya are involved in the sex industry, a UN report says.


Microsoft accuses IBM of an 'ulterior' standards agenda

Chicken hawk Microsoft is crying foul against IBM in its campaign for fast-track approval of XML Office file formats as an international standard.â¦


First malicious virus invades cellphones

A virus has struck Nokia smartphone users. Once downloaded, the virus, called Skulls, replaces all phone desktop icons with images of a skull.


Chief British Scientist Says Act Now on CO2

The world faces a surge in extreme weather events because of global warming and governments must act immediately to avert disaster, Britain's chief scientist said on Tuesday.


A US soldier dies after a shooting inside inside a military base in western Afghanistan.


Race to bury Asia's dead as toll soars near 60,000

Stricken Indian Ocean nations worked swiftly on Wednesday to bury thousands of bodies as experts warned disease could kill as many people as the 60,000 already dead from the violent crush of Sunday's tsunami.


MapQuest : Maps, Directions & Cheap Gas Prices

Just in time for a 1,500 mile road trip tomorrow, AOL owned MapQuest has announced the launch of their new MapQuest Gas Price Finder which allows MapQuest users search for the cheapest prices for gas, diesel or alternative fuels. Features include (from MapQuest PR department): *  Convenience and integration of MapQuest’s directions feature allows consumers to [...]


ARE, Sweden  - Heavy snow forced organizers to postpone the women's super-G at the Alpine skiing world championships on Sunday to complete a miserable opening weekend for racers and spectators.


Republican McCain Thanks Evangelicals for Support

Bloomberg - Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain today publicly thanked two prominent conservative Christian leaders who have rallied to his defense in recent days.


An eruption this morning at Mount St. Helens released more steam and ash into the air. Today's eruption has been described as much larger than yesterday's.


Branson unveils aviation overhaul to curb global warming

British tycoon Richard Branson urged the aviation industry to join his Virgin Atlantic airline in an ambitious plan to combat the potential "catastrophe" of global warming.


Britain winning its way in Brussels, says EU's Patten

EU external affairs chief Chris Patten said in an interview published that things were going Britain's way in Brussels and that the notoriously eurosceptic nation would be mad to vote against the EU constitution.


London, England (Sports Network) - Chelsea has told Adrian Mutu his services are no longer needed at the club after testing positive for cocaine use.


Sides press for advantage in airwaves auction

Telecommunications giants and entrepreneurs are squaring off over a valuable chunk of airwaves often touted as the last beachfront property in the wireless world.


DHAKA: An angry mob set fire to a passenger train in central Bangladesh Sunday, injuring at least 20 people after a grenade attack on an opposition rally that killed 18 people and wounded hundreds, police said.


Snow Warns Obesity, Smoking Boost Health Costs

LANCASTER, Pa.  - Excessive eating, smoking and  drinking by Americans was partially responsible for rising  health care costs causing a drag on the U.S. economy, Treasury  Secretary John Snow said on Tuesday.


U.S. blue chips were higher on Tuesday  after a brokerage upgraded Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N and crude  prices fell for a third session, easing investor fears that  costly oil would squeeze company profits and slow growth.


Britain has plutonium for 17,000 Nagasaki bombs

Britain has amassed a stockpile of more than 100 metric tons of plutonium -- enough for 17,000 bombs of the size that flattened Japan's Nagasaki in 1945, a report from the country's top science institution said on Friday.


McNabb Leads Eagles to Second Win as Vikings Fall

Donovan McNabb threw for 245 yards and two touchdowns as the Philadelphia Eagles made it two wins from two games this season with a 27-16 victory over the Minnesota Vikings Monday.


CNET Senior Editor for MP3, Donald Bell, comes clean on why he raised the rating for the iPod Touch to an 8.7.


EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey  - The New England Patriots earned a place in NFL history by completing a perfect 16-0 regular season with a 38-35 victory over the battling New York Giants on Saturday.


A New York court frees the chairman of UK-based gambling website Sportingbet on $50,000 bail.


Brescia, 11:28 - CICLISMO, SOLER KO: LA MIA STAGIONE FINISCE QUI

Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) chiude qui la stagione. Il vincitore della maglia a pois di miglior scal...


'Incontro deludente', dicono dopo confronto con i vertici


World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer Dies at 64

Bobby Fischer, the chess genius who careened during his life from Cold War hero to eccentric international exile, died Thursday in Iceland, where he has lived since 2005. He was 64.


New research raises concern on biofuel safety

Even as some states are mandating ethanol as part of the fuel mix, new research suggests that some biofuels are less ecofriendly than they seem.


JP Morgan would pay Â£100 million (R1.2 billion) in cash and lend an additional Â£300 million to acquire half of Cazenove Group, the Sunday Telegraph reported, citing an unidentified banker.


Nobody enjoys being hit by a pitch. But the way the Red Sox have hit -- or not hit -- against Devil Rays left-hander Scott Kazmir, it probably wasn't the worst


Alltel Seeks Shop To Help Battle The Big Boys

The business is growing, and the numbers are strong. So why is wireless-telecommunications provider Alltel talking to shops after just 18 months with Omnicom Group's DDB in Chicago?


Travellers will brave road and rail delays as they head for the coast this Bank Holiday weekend.


China Launches Mapping and Surveying Satellite

China Sunday launched a satellite that will carry out land surveys and mapping for several days before returning to earth, the Xinhua news agency said.


Indian kidney racket fugitive held in Nepal

Nepal's police have arrested an Indian man suspected of being the mastermind of an illegal kidney transplant racket in India that may have duped or forced at gunpoint hundreds of poor laborers into donating their organs.


This year's "Black Friday" could be the strongest opening to the holiday shopping season in years if the droves of Americans eager to exploit early-bird specials are any guide.


Study children and cell phones, experts advise

Researchers should study more  children and pregnant women in trying to figure out if cell  phones or other wireless devices could damage health, the U.S.  National Research Council advised on Thursday.


Livorno, 18:48 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: KNEZEVIC IN GRUPPO ALLA RIPRESA

Allenamento pomeridiano del Livorno in vista della gara di domenica prossima a Udine: il tecnico Arr...


Volevano studiare gli sciamani,erano attesi per il 19 agosto


Lovers turn to text message to say it's over

U R dumped -- one in seven say they have  suffered the same fate as Britney Spears' ex-husband and been  told it's all over via text message or email, a survey said on  Friday.


Obama says he would withdraw from Iraq by end-2008

Democrat Barack Obama on Wednesday called for completing a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq by the end of 2008 and said if elected president he would start an effort to help Iraqis bridge sectarian differences.


Jimenez wins 10th stage of Tour of Spain

Spaniard Eladio Jimenez has won the 10th stage of the Tour of Spain after a lone breakaway on the final decisive climb. The Spaniard won the stage


A new species of tree that is not thought to grow anywhere else is found on an island off the west coast of Scotland.


Obama: No warrantless wiretaps if you elect me

The front-running Democrat in the New Hampshire primary makes the promise in one last stump speech on at an election day rally with the Facebook generation.


ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday welcomed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singhâs remarks in his visit to the occupied Kashmir that India wants to live in peace with Pakistan.


N. Korea Pulls Kim Images From Buildings

North Korean officials have removed portraits of leader Kim Jong Il from some public buildings, a dramatic change in a reclusive nation that has clung to totalitarian rule for more than half a century.


Northrop Grumman To Co-Design Jupiter Moons Explorer For NASA

PASADENA, Calif. -- Northrop Grumman Space Technology has been selected to help NASA design a nuclear-powered spacecraft to orbit and explore three moons of Jupiter that may have oceans beneath their icy surfaces.


US warships positioning for satellite shoot down

A US warship is moving into position to try to shoot down a defunct US spy satellite as early as Wednesday before it tumbles into the Earth's atmosphere, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.


Benigni: "Con le Simone dall'incubo al sogno"

ROMA - "Simona, Simona, Simona", canta allegro Benigni muovendosi ritmicamente in piedi su un tavolo. Poi, seduto, si tira la giacca sulla faccia, si copre e si scopre evocando a suo modo "quel gesto meraviglioso


Media gives Chirac's UK visit a Gallic shrug

PARIS: Franco-British relations have moved closer to what they were before the falling out over the Iraq war, judging from a London summit between French President Jacques Chirac and British Prime Minister Tony ...


France's Nathalie Dechy returns a shot to Spain's Maria Sanchez Lorenzo during their semi-final Fed Cup tennis match in Moscow, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2004.


Sasha Cohen is changing coaches again, this time going back to John Nicks. The 2004 world and U.S. silver medalist said Wednesday she has returned to California to train with Nicks through next month's U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Portland, Ore.


Saddam Hussein's cousin, widely known as "Chemical Ali", was sentenced on Sunday to hang for masterminding a genocidal military campaign that used poison gas against Iraq's Kurds in the 1980s.


Jaguars on offense: David Garrard is such an intriguing quarterback based on the fact he's got mobility to go with size (6 feet 2 inches, 240 pounds), and that he makes very few mistakes (18 TDs and just three INTs in 325 pass attempts). But he doesn't get enough credit for succeeding without a go-to receiver, unlike the other top-rated ...


School support staff in England could get their own pay structure - ending years of ad hoc arrangements.


Youth, Age and Love Now in a Songful Fix

"Harold & Maude: The Musical" strains and sputters trying to recapture both the movie's uplifting message and its subversive comic streak.


France warned rival banks on Tuesday not to try to grab control of Societe Generale as it reels from losses blamed on a rogue trader, but shares in the bank spiked higher on takeover speculation.


Trendspotter: On TV, a more nuanced portrayal of torture

At the instigation of a human rights group, television shows are rethinking interrogation scenes. Even Jack Bauer is on board.


FDA seeks more detailed sunscreen labels

WASHINGTON -- Sun lotions should be required to carry new ratings letting consumers compare for the first time how well the products guard against a form of skin-damaging ultraviolet rays, US regulators said.


Millions of South Korean voters are heading for polling stations to choose a president to succeed Roh Moo-hyun.


Selanne rejoins Ducks for Stanley Cup tilt

Teemu Selanne has shelved his retirement plans and rejoined the Anaheim Ducks on a one-year deal on Monday, adding another key player to the team roster as they bid to defend their Stanley Cup title.


Update 1: Ovitz Says He Was Mistaken Over Bonus

Michael Ovitz, Walt Disney Co.'s former president, said Friday he was mistaken in his previous testimony that his annual bonus was tied to Disney chief executive Michael Eisner's bonus.


About 30 dead in Haiti after storm Jeanne

PORT-AU-PRINCE : About 30 people have lost their lives in Haiti as tropical storm Jeanne swept across the island of Hispaniola that Haiti shares with the Dominican Republic, authorities said on Sunday.


Electronics retailer RadioShack Corp. announced a three-year growth plan Wednesday that it said should increase earnings per share up to 21 percent and includes a stock repurchase program up to $250 million.


Van Gogh killer linked to Islamic terrorists, say Dutch ...

Dutch authorities have informed that the suspect in the heinous murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh is linked to a network of Islamic terrorists.


Darren Fletcher has set his sights on completing a second cup demolition job on Arsenal next month. The Scotland international was one of the key figures at Villa Park last April when


Hotels, Union End Talks, Prepare for Strike

Negotiators for 14 major District hotels walked out of contract talks with the union that represents 3,800 employees yesterday afternoon, raising the prospect of a work stoppage as early as today at the city's largest hotels.


This week, heirs of J. R. R. Tolkien, author of the âLord of the Ringsâ trilogy and âThe Hobbit,â and a group of publishers filed a lawsuit demanding at least $150 million from New Line Cinema.


eEye site, launched Tuesday, tracks publicly released unpatched security bugs and offers suggestions for protecting against them.


Siemens warns of ear damage from mobile phone tunes

After last year's reports of exploding batteries in Nokia Corp. phones and amid growing concern about electromagnetic radiation from wireless devices in general, Siemens AG warned


Gone are Oaxaca's familiar nighttime sounds of tinkling marimba music and vendors hawking chocolate or traditional fried grasshoppers, replaced by gunfire, the roar of burning tires and shouts from bands of men armed with clubs.


One woman's idea spreads --teaching others, saving lives

In the 1980s, when HIV/AIDS was being discussed as a new disease affecting gay white men, Chicagoan Betty Smith was a respiratory therapist at a community-based hospital on the South Side.


PSV Eindhoven beat Vitesse Arnhem 2-0 to maintain a five-point lead atop the Dutch First Division on Sunday, earning its 10th straight shutout in a game that was suspended 15 minutes for unruly fan behaviour.


The first birth control pill designed to stop monthly periods has been approved for use in the US.


SteelSeries, Icemat Products for Gamers Move Into Fry's Electronics

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Sept. 6  /PRNewswire/ -- SteelSeries products and Icemat gaming accessories will now be available to consumers and professional gamers through Fry's Electronics' growing chain of stores.


Ice Skater Scott Hamilton and His Wife Have a Boy

Olympic champion ice skater Scott Hamilton and his wife, Tracie, celebrated the birth of their second son on Monday at a Tennessee hospital, the couple confirmed exclusively to PEOPLE. "Mom and son are doing just fine," Hamilton said in a text message....


Shawn Marion grabbed a personal season-high 36 points and 14 rebounds as the Phoenix Suns eased past the Washington Wizards 110-96 Saturday to secure their status as the NBA's leading team.


The United States and the European  Union took their fight over billions of dollars in subsidies  for Airbus and Boeing to the World Trade Organization on  Wednesday.


com. The Padres made a move Monday, acquiring left-hander Darrell May and right-hander Ryan Bukvich from the Royals in exchange for outfielder Terrence Long and right-hander Dennis Tankersley.


Shrugging off mutiny, Sharon rejects Gaza referendum

JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel rejected calls from within his Cabinet yesterday for a referendum on leaving Gaza after winning parliament's support to uproot settlements from land claimed by Palestinians.


The United Nations warned in a special report released today of an impending humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, saying nearly 70% of Palestinians are living in poverty as a result of Israeli policies and military operations.


Avaya says in $8.2 bln deal with TPG, Silver Lake

Avaya Inc.  said on Monday it  agreed to be acquired by private equity firms TPG Capital and  Silver Lake for $8.2 billion, the latest in a string of deals  in the telecommunications-equipment industry.


Samsung to invest 24 billion dollars in semiconductor production

Seoul (dpa) - South Korean electronics giant Samsung said Monday it plans to invest 25 trillion won (24 billion dollars) in the production of semiconductors over the next six years.


An American film industry official said Thursday that China should lift barriers that block most movie imports, warning that they are fueling its thriving market for pirated titles and hurting Chinese studios.


Conte lifts lid on the tawdry world of drug use

MARION JONES, the greatest female athlete of her generation, won three gold medals and two bronze at the Sydney Olympics four years ago on a cocktail of drugs including insulin, growth hormone, EPO and THG.


European Agreement Will Fail To Stop Iran From Getting WMDs ...

This week's nuclear deal between Iran and three European countries has triggered a wave of criticism from Israeli and Jewish communal officials, who warn that the pact will fail to halt Tehran's pursuit of nuclear weapons.


WTO Probes U.S. Response to Lumber Ruling

The World Trade Organization (WTO)  agreed on Friday to investigate whether U.S. anti-dumping  duties on Canada's multi-billion dollar lumber exports have  been brought into line with trade rules, trade officials said.


SAN FRANCISCO -- If you want to hit the books online, you can point your Internet browser to hit the online search engine Google. The site invited publishers to include entire books in its index, which will


BAGHDAD - Insurgent attacks spread Monday to another Sunni Muslim city, Baqubah, and a nearby village where bands of armed men attacked two police stations simultaneously, the US military said.


Messina, 19:11 - CALCIO, LIVORNO; ARRIGONI: FARO' ANCORA IL TURNOVER

Turnover anche dopo la sosta. Lo assicura Daniele Arrigoni, allenatore del Livorno vittorioso a Mess...


Conservative leader Michael Howard explains his plans for an overhaul of Britain's asylum system.


Greater protection to great white sharks and other big fish are among successes to emerge from the world species summit.


Japan Central Bank Chief Hints That Rates Wonât Be Rising Soon

The benchmark interest rate remained unchanged at 0.5 percent and the central bankâs governor hinted that a rate increase might come later than July.


Britain backs bond plan to aid N.Rock rescue: source

SHANGHAI/LONDON  - Britain will back a plan to covert its lending to Northern Rock into bonds, a source familiar with the matter said, potentially tying itself to the bank for years but avoiding full-scale nationalization.


Led Zeppelin Awarded Lifetime Achievement Grammy

Led Zeppelin got a "whole lotta"  belated love from the music industry on Saturday, earning a  lifetime achievement Grammy in recognition of a career that  changed the face of rock 'n' roll.


Merck info line swamped over Vioxx recall

Hundreds of patients and physicians have contacted a special information line set up by Merck-Israel in the last few days after the international pharmaceutical company voluntarily withdrew Vioxx - one of the world's most popular arthritis and acute


Bombs ravage Baghdad markets, killing 88

Bombs laid waste to crowded markets in central Baghdad on Monday killing 88 people as Iraqis marked the first anniversary of a Shi'ite shrine bombing that pushed the country to the brink of civil war.


Lisbona, 14:09 - CALCIO, PORTOGALLO: BENFICA NEI GUAI PER INTERCETTAZIONI

Le intercettazioni telefoniche pubblicate del quotidiano portogehse 'Publico' potrebbero far scoppai...


Scambiato a 1,3013 dollari e a 133,48 yen


Security beefed up for Oakland-Rangers game

Security was beefed up at the Oakland Coliseum for the second game between the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers, a day after a fracas between players and fans led to the arrest of a Rangers pitcher and left an Oakland


Dollar's fall worries Japanese officials

Masatsugu Asakawa has one of the busiest jobs in Tokyo these days: monitoring the US dollar's fluctuation against the Japanese yen.


France says report of bin Laden 'death' unconfirmed

France said a report that Osama bin Laden died this month of typhoid was unconfirmed, and launched an inquiry into how a preliminary intelligence brief detailing the assertion was leaked.


Online photo service Shutterfly Inc. said Monday it plans to open a manufacturing facility in Charlotte, N.C., that will cut down on the time it takes to ship prints and photo gifts to the East Coast.


ADB approves $213-million loan for RPâs health sector

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a total of $213 million in program and project loans for the Philippine governmentâs health sector development program.


Hungary says there is no evidence a UK bird flu outbreak was caused by poultry from the country.


Wall Street sees Kerry winning debate battle, still pulls for Bush

Wall Street gave Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry the edge in the first presidential debate, but many in the financial community are still pulling for President George W. Bush to prevail in the November 2 election.


ROMA, 3 SETTEBRE 2004 - I buoni risultati ottenuti dall'Italia alle ultime Olimpiadi non saranno ignorati e proprio per supportare lo sport il governo si farÃ  carico delle esigenze del Coni garantendo cosÃ¬ ''certezze per gestire la preparazione degli


Paris Fetes 1944 Liberation from Nazi Occupation

World War II tanks rumbled through Paris on Wednesday and thousands of Parisians danced in the streets to re-enact the arrival of French and U.S. forces 60 years ago to liberate the city from four years of Nazi occupation.


Source: Diamondbacks letting Gonzalez go

The Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday told left fielder Luis Gonzalez they will not bring him back next season, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.


Liberal evangelicals, weary of a Republican-centric image, launched a campaign Monday to promote Christian values beyond the issues of abortion and same-sex marriage.


Reggio Calabria, 18:52 - CALCIO, REGGINA: MISSIROLI UNICO INFORTUNATO

In casa Reggina Simone Missiroli è l'unico infortunato. Per lui distorsione alla caviglia. Le...


Alitalia, il vero problema e' il numero di sindacati


The European Commission is likely to take Britain to court over its treatment of cross-Channel shoppers.


Morgan Stanley  on Wednesday said its second-quarter profit rose 40 percent, trouncing expectations as most of its trading and investment-banking businesses achieved record results.


Flooding in Carlisle leaves schools and roads closed and the city's court and hospital running skeleton services.


Turkey comes a step closer to fulfilling European dream

Turkey came a step closer to fulfilling a 40-year-old dream when the European Commission recommended that the EU should begin membership talks with Ankara.


Bangladesh protesters set fire to election offices

Political activists set fire to two election commission offices in Bangladesh on Tuesday, as a 14-party alliance began a new campaign to force the ouster of top election officials.


Death demanded for South African 'mercenary' in E Guinea coup bid

MALABO : The prosecutor in the case of South African alleged mercenary leader Nick du Toit, who has admitted a limited role in a coup bid in Equatorial Guinea, called for him to be sentenced to death.


Before yesterday's testimony from Gen. David H. Petraeus, Sen. Olympia J. Snowe thought the future was inevitable: The U.S. mission in Iraq would change, and the troops would come home. All the general could do with his long-awaited progress report on the war was affect the timing, because "change...


The government is set to announce that more British troops are to be sent to Afghanistan, the BBC learns.


YouTubeâs Payoff: Hundreds of Millions for the Founders

The biggest windfalls went to YouTubeâs three founders and its principal financial backer, Sequoia Capital.


Pakistan's election commission is to meet to decide when polls originally scheduled for 8 January will take place.


Judge Has Vick on Curfew After Drug Test

RICHMOND, Va. -- Michael Vick is now likely one misstep from jail. The disgraced Atlanta Falcons quarterback tested positive for marijuana earlier this month, a violation of the conditions of his release as he awaits sentencing in federal court on a dogfighting charge that already jeopardizes his...


Mark Lawrenson's verdict on the New Year's Day Premiership games.


Last Month saw IBM launch a range of very high performance, very cost effective Unix servers with the release of its latest pSeries machines.


Auto travolta al passaggio a livello, un morto

TREVISO, 13 DICembre 2004 - Un giovane imprenditore e' morto travolto da un treno passeggeri. Illeso un amico che si trovava in auto con la vittima. L'incidente e' avvenuto poco dopo le 5 di oggi ad un passaggio a livello di Paese (Treviso).


Nicole Richie serves 1 hour in jail for DUI

Nicole Richie surrendered to authorities on Thursday to begin serving a four-day sentence for driving under the influence of drugs, but spent a little more than one hour in jail, an official said.


South Africa beat West Indies by four wickets in the second and last Twenty20 international.


In the van, a woman sat in the driver's seat while two other women and four men sat in rows behind her. The windows were sealed on the inside with tape and four charcoal stoves were found in the vehicle.


Toshiba Files Suit Against German DVD Maker

Toshiba says that EDD Bizz has been using its technology to manufacture DVDs in Germany without a licensing agreement.


A member of the Doom9 Forum known only as "Divine Tao" claims to have defeated Microsoft's Digital Rights Management (DRM) platform for securing the distribution of digital media files over the Internet. According to other Forum members who have already downloaded it, the new utility program for PCs running Windows XP and Vista not only works wonderfully but can even run on Microsoft's Zune player.


Pope says Christians, Muslims must reject violence

CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy  - Pope Benedict said on   Monday that Christians and Muslims must reject violence, in an   unprecedented meeting with Islamic envoys to defuse anger at   his use of quotes saying their faith was spread by the sword.


On the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a survivor recalls her experiences at the camp.


Edwards Hints at Future in Farewell Speech

Greeted by an enthusiastic crowd, John Edwards kicked off a farewell tour as U.S. senator Monday but left little doubt he wasn't saying goodbye to politics.


UPDATE 3-Guidant net profit up as defibrillator sales rise

Cardiovascular device maker Guidant Corp. (GDT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said quarterly net profit rose 19 percent, helped by cost-cutting and


Bangladeshi opposition calls for today strike

Bangladeshâs main opposition party has called for a fourth strike day in a week today to protest against a deadly grenade attack.


Same Old Electronics Show, With Some Intriguing New Ideas

This yearâs Consumer Electronics Show looked and felt much the same as last yearâs.


The Wizards opened training camp confident they have a better feel for the complicated Princeton offense installed by Eddie Jordan.


Nigerian Corruption Official Faces Removal

JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 3 -- The government of Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has pressured its most prominent anti-corruption official to step down, weeks after the arrest of a powerful former governor from the ruling party on corruption charges.


Woman Charged With Having Sex With Boy, 8

A woman faces charges of having sex with an 8-year-old boy whom investigators said she considered her boyfriend.


Stocks creep up as investors weigh oil against M&A news

NEW YORK Stocks extended their rally with modest gains yesterday, as Wall Street overlooked climbing oil prices to focus on strong profit results from Lehman Brothers and Sprint's $35 billion deal to acquire Nextel Communications.


Canadian sub likely will not be towed before Friday: navy

A Canadian submarine with 57 sailors on board which has been adrift in the North Atlantic since a fire caused a loss of power cannot be towed to Scotland before early Friday, when seas are expected to be calmer, Canadian naval commander Tyrone Pyle said.


NFL The Atlanta Falcons released four-time Pro Bowl tight end Alge Crumpler and quarterback Byron Leftwich and five other players yesterday in the first step of a major rebuilding job in the post- Michael Vick era. "This is a difficult day for the entire organization," said Thomas Dimitroff , the Falcons' new general manager. The Falcons are retooling their roster ...


Slim-Fast writedown will leave Unilever up to 700m lighter

Unilever will this Thursday admit that its $2.6bn ( 1.4bn) acquisition of Slim-Fast in 2000 was a failure by writing off nearly half the value of the diet foods business.


Voice From the Past Becomes an Obsession

Cecilia Bartoli is giving a short-lived 19th-century star a second chance.


Figuring out which way the winds are blowing in the chip sector just got harder. Recent news suggests the all-encompassing rally off the September lows has ended and the sector's investors will have to be much more selective going forward.


Favorevole Tiziana Maiolo, contrario Vittorio Sgarbi


Episode 40 Infamy, infamy, they've all got it...


Anna Nicole Smith Leaves Behind Legal Battles

The legal entanglements for former Playboy Playmate and diet diva Anna Nicole Smith did not end with her death on Thursday.


Heavy infants run high risk of being obese later on

Babies who are born heavy and grow  fast have a 150 percent chance of being overweight or obese by  the time they are seven years old, a survey of more than 8,000  children in Hong Kong has shown.


Amy Winehouse's father-in law says fans should stop buying her records to force the singer to seek help for what he called a drug addiction.


Report: Japan to drop humpback whale hunt

Japan is dropping its much-criticized plan to kill protected humpback whales in the seas off Antarctica, a media report said Friday.


In un sito di stoccaggio di rifiuti vicino a Benevento


A tale of evil from the early days of the internet Book review OK, I'm going to let you in on some of the secrets of how the internet was built.â¦


Rove Says Bush Victory May Mark Republican Dominance

President George W. Bush's election victory may begin decades of Republican dominance in US politics, Karl Rove, the president's chief political adviser, said.


Movie Review | 'The Boy Who Cried Bitch: The Adolescent Years': The Life of a Trust Fund Punk

There may be a point to âThe Boy Who Cried Bitch: The Adolescent Years,â but the film is so clumsily written and directed that any potential for enlightenment is suffocated.


Russia Agrees to Write Off Iraqi Debt to Paris Club

Russia agreed on Sunday to forgive up to 80 percent of Iraqâs debts to the Paris Club (about $33 billion). A US Treasury official quoted by Reuters said they received this information from Russia.


LONDON, July 11 -- Four men who tried to bomb the London public transit system on July 21, 2005, were sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.


Publisher confident over blockbusters in the pipeline

BLOOMSBURY, the publishing house behind the phenomenally successful Harry Potter novels, has hinted that it could have more blockbusters in its pipeline.


A turbulent situation at Notre Dame became even more stormy yesterday when outgoing president Rev. Edward Malloy, speaking at a panel discussion in New York, criticized the school's decision to fire football coach Tyrone Willingham last week.


China Force's HK IPO Retail Tranche 29.6 Times Covered

HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--China Force Oil & Grains Industrial Holdings Ltd. (1194.HK) said Monday the retail tranche of its initial public offering was 29.


More Kids at Risk for Future Heart Trouble

THURSDAY, Dec. 30 (HealthDayNews) --  More kids are heading toward heart trouble, the American Heart Association reported Thursday in its annual assessment of cardiovascular disease, the top killer in the United States.


Just before the start of the sixth round of his fight with Ricardo Mayorga Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, Felix "Tito" Trinidad nodded, pounded his chest and smiled.


The trial of Emilio Botin - accused  of misusing Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano's funds - begins in Madrid.


By WOOD, Alan  Video email specialist Springdoo has been sold by its Christchurch parent to a British-listed firm that caters to upmarket students and youth culture.


Asia: Japan: Oil Pushes Up Wholesale Prices

Japanese wholesale prices rose 3.4 percent in August from a year earlier, matching JulyÂs rise, which was the fastest pace of growth in more than 25 years, and signaling that inflationary pressure is gradually building on high oil prices. But the data is unlikely to heighten expectations of an early interest rate increase by the Bank of Japan because consumer price growth remains subdued, with companies still reluctant to fully pass on rising raw material costs to consumers. The 3.4 percent rise in the corporate goods price index matched economistsÂ consensus forecast as well as the year-to-year rise in July, which was the largest since March 1981, the Bank of Japan said.


Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has shown no remorse for corrupting the legal system and deserves to spend 2 1/2 to 3 years in prison for obstructing the CIA leak investigation, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said Friday


Airbus completes A380 world test, certification in sight

Airbus has completed a globe-spanning test flight for the A380 and expected to obtain airworthiness certification for the world's biggest commercial airliner in mid-December.


Fla. Election Supervisors Propose Reforms

Florida's elections supervisors have proposed dramatic reforms to expand early voting statewide and do away with voting precincts.


Arafat's Condition Critical, Leaders Urge Unity

Yasser Arafat was in a critical condition in a French hospital on Saturday and Hamas militants in Gaza said there was an urgent need for unity among Palestinian leaders.


Blast in Kandahar Wounds at Least Three Afghans

A huge explosion rocked the southern  Afghanistan city of Kandahar on Wednesday and at least three  Afghan soldiers were wounded, the city's police chief said.


ALBANIA:  Environment and Tourism Can Hold Hands

BERAT, Albania, Jun 22 (IPS) - A pleasant hilly town of narrow, winding streets,  Berat has survived the chaotic urban development of central  Albania and hopes to grasp a unique opportunity in tourism. But  it is also threatened by the unavoidable environmental and urban  perils of a transition economy.


Israel's Knesset Approves Gaza Withdrawal

After two days of discussion, the Knesset approved Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's withdrawal plan yesterday. The plan envisages the Israeli army's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and four settlements in the West Bank.


Computerized babies cry, burp at Mexican teens

High school students in the Mexican state of Chihuahua are being made to care for screaming, hiccuping baby dolls that run on computer chips to try to bring down the state's soaring teenage pregnancy rate.


Union prez threatens nationwide strike against 26 airlines

Flight attendants union president Patricia Friend has threatened a nationwide strike against 26 airlines if US Airways ditches its union contracts while in bankruptcy.


Young Gozitan author wins Literary Award

Young Gozitan author Pierre J. Mejlak won the second prize at the Malta National Literary Awards for his adaptation of Pat Alexander's The Lion's First Bible, published in Maltese as Stejjer mill-Bibbja. The ...


The motorcade of Iraq's prime minister was pelted with stones on Sunday by fellow Shi'ites in a Baghdad slum when he paid respects to some of the 200 who died there last week in the deadliest attack since the U.S. invasion.


London - Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was on Monday placed under house arrest on human rights charges after a judge in Santiago ruled he was mentally fit to stand trial.


Two little-known firms will join Russia gas monopoly Gazprom in the auction for the key unit of stricken oil giant Yukos, federal authorities say.


Internet crackdown leads to over 100 arrests

In what is being called the largest global crackdown ever conducted, the US Department of Justice's "Operation Web Snare" has led to over 100 arrests.


By Sammy Fretwell and John O'Connor, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Feb. 2--A lawsuit challenging a $150 million Lake Marion bridge project has prompted state road builders to indefinitely delay pursuit of an environmental permit they need to build the bridge.


JBoss aims high with Enterprise Middleware System

DECEMBER 10, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Open-source vendor JBoss Inc. on Monday plans to formally announce a stack of middleware software designed to make it more competitive with the sophisticated products sold by companies like IBM, BEA Systems Inc.


Bulgaria Thinks of Reducing Troops in Iraq

The Sofia-based Darik Radio quoted Parvanov as making his remarks at a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the allied headquarters in Brussels.


Plan to Close Prisons Stirs Anxiety in Rural Towns

Proposed prison closings are creating a gnawing uncertainty for residents of several communities in the remote, challenging region of New York where the correction industry is big business.


U.N. expert faults U.S. on human rights in terror laws

The United States apparently violated international law in its military tribunals by using coercion to extract confessions and writing counter-terrorism laws that restrict immigration on questionable grounds, a U.N. investigator said on Friday.


Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry pledged Friday "to hunt down and destroy" Osama bin Laden as a new videotape of the terrorist leader surfaced four days before the election.


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U.S. troops battled al-Qaida in west Baghdad on Thursday after Sunni Arab residents challenged the militants and called for American help to end furious gunfire that kept students from final exams and forced people in the neighborhood to huddle indoors.


US administration visits anger Democrats

Top members of President George W. Bush's administration are frequent visitors to key swing states ahead of the November 2 US election bringing accusations from Democrats that the taxpayer is subsidising the Bush campaign.


Iraq prosecutors request death sentence for Saddam

Iraqi prosecutors asked a judge on   Monday to sentence Saddam Hussein to death for his role in the   killings of 148 villagers after a 1982 assassination attempt in   the village of Dujail.


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Israeli futurologist predicts terror horror

Run for the hills Western nations have less than 20 years to prepare for the next generation of terror threats, according to Dr Yair Sharan, director of Tel Aviv University's Interdisciplinary Centre for Technology Analysis and Forecasting.â¦


Whole Foods CEO sorry for anonymous Web posts

The chief executive of Whole Foods Market Inc.  apologized to shareholders on Tuesday for anonymously posting comments about his company on the Internet as the organic and natural foods grocer said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had launched a probe into the matter.


David Crosby ill, Crosby-Nash tour postponed

David Crosby and Graham Nash, members of one of the top rock groups of the 1960s and 1970s, have postponed a U.S. tour due to Crosby's ill health, a representative said.


Rebels Set Off Land mine in Indian Kashmir; 11 Dead

Separatist militants set off a powerful land mine in Indian Kashmir killing eleven people, including nine soldiers in one of the biggest guerrilla attacks in weeks, police said on Sunday.


Movie Review | 'Half Moon': Harsh Realities and Mystical Power

For his poetic fourth feature, âHalf Moon,â Bahman Ghobadi returns to the desolation of the Kurdish borderlands and the enduring optimism of his people.


Woman found with fetus cut from her womb

A woman in police custody being questioned after a woman was found killed and a fetus cut from her womb, officials said Friday.


CEOs more cautious in economic view: survey

U.S. chief executives' outlook on the economy dimmed in the second quarter, although they still expect growth, according to a quarterly survey by the Business Roundtable released on Tuesday.


Slow Pace of Pentagon's Courts Set Off Friction at White House

A year after hundreds of prisoners arrived at GuantÃ¡namo Bay, Cuba, with no trials in sight, some high-level Bush administration officials began venting their frustration.


Stocks Boosted by Retail Data, Cyclicals

U.S. stocks rose on Friday as  better-than-expected September retail sales data boosted  investor sentiment and outweighed a sharp decline in insurance  company shares and a lackluster consumer confidence report.


Arts & entertainment: Developers incorporating one of street artist's most famous murals into multimillion pound office and shop development.


The chemical con trick used by Alcon blue butterfly larvae to get ants to take care of them is detailed by scientists.


Home foreclosures drop in June but spike likely

U.S. home foreclosures fell in June after jumping to a 30-month peak in May, but default rates will escalate as a horde of mortgages resets at higher loan rates, real estate data firm RealtyTrac said on Thursday.


British Olympians and Paralympians will take part in a parade through London on 18 October.


Ballmer charts future of online togetherness

Microsoft buys in, kinda WPC Steve Ballmer has promised Microsoft will take the lead in online software and services through a middle-of-the-road approach, while talking swipes at technology luddites and evangelical extremists.â¦


Changing Your Mind About a Job Offer You Declined

Q&A: When is it OK to recontact an employer and say you're reconsidering? If so, what approach should you use?


Russia's Mikhail Youzhny and Slovakia's Karol Beck won three-set semifinals Saturday and will play for the St. Petersburg Open title.


G7 drive to boost IMF econ policy role loses speed

Grand plans for the IMF to broker solutions to global economic imbalances have slowed to a crawl because the United States seems to have lost interest, European officials say.


Ariz. takes aim at migrant 'drop houses'

State officials are picking new targets in their efforts to stop illegal immigration in Arizona: the "drop houses" where human smugglers hold customers until they pay up.


National Cybersecurity Chief Amit Yoran Resigns

Amit Yoran has abruptly resigned his position with the Homeland Security Department. Olga Grkavac, senior vice president of the Information Technology Association of America, confirmed that


Ukrainian presidential challenger alleges fraud

Ukraine's prime minister has a slight lead in a hard-fought presidential run-off, but his Western-leaning challenger is alleging fraud.


Gerrard says criticism will spur England win

Where there is Steven Gerrard, there is hope. England's warrior of a midfielder flew into this unglamorous Silesian conurbation last night promising to turn all the headlines of


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His new film promises a kind of rueful elegance, says Richard Schickel. But it's summertime, and the living is vulgar


A Fool peers in through Wall Street's out door.


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In Haiti, Abductions Hold Nation Hostage

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Kidnappers came for Petit-FrÃÂ¨re Desilus in the early afternoon, as he was driving away from his office.


Congress to take last stab at remapping US intelligence

WASHINGTON  - Congressional efforts to pass intelligence reform will mark a major test of President George W. Bush's clout with his Republican Party to push his ambitious second-term agenda, supporters of the bill said.


They're not bluffing: Tax collectors will start requiring poker tournaments to report the winners' take.


Pakistan Says 'Important' Al Qaeda Men Arrested

Pakistani security forces have  arrested two "important" al Qaeda operatives, including an  Egyptian, a senior official said on Wednesday.


NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- For all its flaws, faults and flops, one reassuring characteristic of the American press is that it tends to learn from its ethical lapses and major factual mistakes.


Beer Offered for Return of Nativity Statue

ADELAIDE, Australia - An Australian brewing company is offering six cases of beer to anyone who returns a statue of the baby Jesus stolen from a nativity scene earlier this week, brewery officials said Thursday.


A TV search is being launched to find a replacement for Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes who died in a car crash in 2002.


Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 takes on iPhone, HTC Touch

On the first official day of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Sony Ericsson showed off its forthcoming touchscreen phone, the Xperia X1, its first Windows Mobile device.


Bald eagle expected to be off U.S. endangered list

The bald eagle, the U.S. national bird whose numbers dwindled in the 1960s, is expected to be removed on Thursday from the list of creatures classified as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.


Dwyane Wade's fourth quarter heroics  inspired the Miami Heat to an 89-78 win over the Detroit  Pistons and a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference final series  on Monday.


Directors of Dow Jones, publisher of the Wall Street Journal, will lead talks over the $5bn bid from News Corp.


Two air stewards were prevented from boarding a BA flight from Helsinki after allegedly failing a breath test.


Country singer Sara Evans, who abruptly dropped out of "Dancing With the Stars" in October, will join the ABC reality show's road tour, promoters said Thursday.


Cybercrime committed 'every 10 seconds' in Britain: report

A cybercrime is committed every 10 seconds in Britain, criminals abusing the anonymity of the online world to carry out offences from unwanted sexual approaches to online fraud, according to a study published Thursday.


Blinkx Signs Up RealPlayer As Battle for Online Video Heats Up ; BUSINESS

By Nic Fildes  Blinkx, the internet video search engine, has signed a contract to provide search functionality for the new version of RealPlayer, a deal that will drive the number of searches it conducts every day well past its current four million.


Microsoft wraps up MOM 2005 management tool

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said it has finished work on Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005, a major update to its MOM 2000 performance management software.


City leaders have apologized after a program on Tempe's cable channel showed a white police officer telling two black men they could get out of a littering ticket by performing a rap.


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"Pulp Fiction" writer charged after fatal crash

Oscar-winning "Pulp Fiction" screenwriter Roger Avary was arrested on Sunday after a fatal car crash northwest of Los Angeles, officials said.


AOL pushed updates to several of its products for the Macintosh platform on Monday, including added functionality that would help its applications work more smoothly with native Mac OS X programs. A new AIM client for Mac is coming soon.


Iran has rejected UN demands that it freeze its uranium enrichment programme, and threatened to bar access for nuclear inspectors and renege on its international nuclear commitments if the issue is raised in the UN Security Council, report agencies.


With his victory in Sunday's Daytona 500, Kevin Harvick took the next step in emerging from the shadow of Dale Earnhardt, who Harvick succeeded in the GM Goodwrench Chevrolet.


Young people should be given free condoms to reduce high teenage pregnancy rates, an MP says.


FONTANA, CA.âCalifornia native Casey Mears was glad to be home. So glad in fact, he put his No. 41 Dodge on the Busch Series pole position for Saturday's Target House 300 run on the two-mile California Speedway.


Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan is set to recite his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan's poems at a literary and


British army orders under microscope at Iraqi abuse trial

Britain's military chain of command in Iraq comes under scrutiny as lawyers question an officer whose orders may have led three soldiers to believe they could mistreat civilians.


British Terror Suspects Make First Court Appearance

British terror suspects charged in a plot linked to security alerts at financial targets in New York, New Jersey and Washington made their first court appearance Wednesday inside a high security prison.


Chronology of Intel's delays and cancellations

Intel, the world's largest chip maker, scrapped a plan Thursday to enter the digital television chip business, marking a major retreat from its push into consumer electronics.


Bears' Rivera Interviews For Chargers' Coaching Job

Ron Rivera, the Bears' defensive coordinator, is the fourth candidate the Chargers have interviewed for head coach.


Vijay Singh returns to Kapalua, Hawaii to defend his Mercedes-Benz Championship in the first golf event of 2008, which gets underway on Thursday.


Thousand of nurses leaving the NHS, leaving it 'fragile'

UK - The NHS is facing a "fragile future" as the number of nurses choosing to leave the profession and the cost of employing agency staff increases, a new report warns.


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If the load of application relies on incoming events, you may eventually face the happy curse of popularity: too much work to do with your available resources. If you set a limit on how many events you can process within a time period, you can avoid the flood. Vladi Belperchinov-Shabanski explains the algorithm and demonstrates working code.


Anti-impotence pill could boost high flying pilots

A drug used to treat impotence could  help Israeli fighter pilots operate at high altitude, the  Israeli military's official magazine reported in its latest  issue.


Online advertising marketplace lets marketers buy premium ad space on Web sites six months in advance.


Texas Charges Flu Vaccine Distributors with Gouging

Texas charged two distributors of the  scarce influenza vaccine on Thursday with price gouging, saying  they hiked the price of the medicine by more than 1,000  percent.


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Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock have tied the knot again, this time at a fabled Nashville honky-tonk.


Building products maker  Louisiana-Pacific Corp. LPX.N on Monday posted sharply lower  fourth-quarter profit, hurt by higher raw materials costs, a  strong Canadian dollar and a higher-than-expected tax rate.


Wimbledon: Love is in the aire at center court

If I were a betting woman, I'd put my money on Peter Colt to win Wimbledon. And I'd give great odds for this latest entry in the genre of sports-world romantic comedy to score at the box office.


West Nile Symptoms Can Last a Year or More

NEW YORK  - Convalescence after West Nile virus infection can be protracted, particularly for older adults, researchers in New York have found. Physical, cognitive and functional impairments often last more than 18 months after the initial ...


Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) is getting out of the chip-making business. The Palo Alto, California, company on Thursday announced that it reached an agreement with Intel Corp.


Genta (GNTA:Nasdaq - news - research) is never boring! Monday night, the company announced that its phase III Genasense study in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) met its primary endpoint, which was tumor shrinkage.


The US and others countries back a call for early elections to end violence between Palestinian rivals.


Colombia rebels could free mother and child hostages

Former Colombian vice presidential candidate Clara Rojas could be freed along with her young son as early as Thursday, almost six years after she was captured by Marxist rebels and held in jungle camps.


Tens of thousands of revellers are at the Reading, Leeds and Creamfields music festivals at the weekend.


Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to find quick success on a historic Mideast tour that saw the leader of energy-rich Russia forging oil diplomacy in Saudi Arabia and backing a natural gas cartel Monday with neighboring Qatar.


The suspect in the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey called the 6-year-old girl "my love, my life" and prayed that the little beauty queen could hear his voice "calling out" from the darkness separating them, according to e-mails he sent to a Colorado professor.


NEW YORK - For the second year in a row, the US may face a profound shortage of flu vaccine. As a result of manufacturing problems, the biotech company that makes half of the flu shots needed in the US said it could not deliver any vaccine at all.


Five Lebanese soldiers killed in refugee camp battles

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Five Lebanese soldiers were killed on Saturday in heavy fighting against al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp, a military source said.


As far as the Red Sox are concerned, there are no hard feelings for Pedro Martinez. Team president/CEO Larry Lucchino says he, principal owner John Henry


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DEPOSED UDA leader Andre Shoukri has had his bail applications and trial delayed because of damaging leaks by state agencies, it was alleged in the High Court yesterday.


A man who tried to hijack a Chinese airliner, threatening to commit suicide if the pilot did not divert the flight to Taiwan, has been subdued and the plane landed safely, state media report.


NASA Rolls Out Improved Rocket Fuel Tank

WASHINGTON Dec 28, 2004 - In a major step toward resuming launches of the space shuttle, NASA officials said Tuesday they have completed improvements that will prevent the falling debris problem that destroyed space shuttle Columbia and killed seven


Scotland's religious leaders will attend next week's Old Firm clash as part of their efforts to stamp out bigotry in the game.


The chief executive of Ryanair, the brash-talking budget airline expanding across Europe, said Thursday he won't pay a single cent of a 4 million euro ($4.8 million) fine imposed by European Union competition authorities.


WASHINGTON -- The White House on Wednesday lowered its forecast for economic growth this year even as it slightly upgraded its outlook for unemployment.


(InfoWorld) - A hacking attempt against the U.S. Department of Defense unclassified e-mail system earlier in the year caused minor administrative disruptions and personal inconveniences, but no adverse impact, a military spokesman said Tuesday. The Financial Times, quoting unnamed officials on Monday, attributed the attacks to China's People's Liberation Army. Defense Department spokesman Major Patrick Ryder said he could not confirm the report. China is believed to aggressively probe U.S. networks to gain intelligence. In June, Defense Secretary Robert Gates confirmed during a briefing that 1,500 e-mail users were taken offline after the intrusion. The department said pinpointing the origin of the attacks is difficult since hackers often use other computers they've hacked to launch attacks. The department's Global Information Grid, which encompasses warfighting and civilian systems, is constantly scanned for weaknesses. Those hackers are looking for exploits in commercial software and operating systems, the department said. "We know that a number of nations and groups are actively developing these capabilities," according to a statement. "We have seen attempts by a variety of state and non-state sponsored organizations to gain unauthorized access to, or otherwise degrade, [Defense Department] information systems. Â


Eastwood film wins first award in Oscar season

The Clint Eastwood film "Letters from  Iwo Jima" was named best film of 2006 by the National Board of  Review on Wednesday in the first major award of the Oscar  season.


NL Wrap: Ramirez Shines in Cubs Victory Over Reds

Aramis Ramirez homered three times and  drove in all of Chicago's runs as the Cubs edged the Cincinnati  Reds 5-4 in National League play at the Great American Ballpark  on Thursday.


Feb. Launch Now Set for Windows Vista SP1

Microsoft schedules a Feb. 27 launch event for SP1 and Windows Server 2008 in Los Angeles.


Pfizer Announces Major Trial for Celebrex

Pfizer said today that it would sponsor a major clinical trial of Celebrex, its prescription arthritis pain medication, to further assess the cardiovascular safety of the drug.


US mulling Darfur no-fly zone at urging of Blair

The US and Britain are considering enforcing a no-fly zone over Sudan's war-torn Darfur region if the Khartoum government does not allow a UN-led peacekeeping force in, the State Department said.


Analyst reverses stance on Red Hat threat

Reports of death greatly exaggerated Comment The Wall Street analyst whose inaccurate forecasts sparked prophecies of doom for Red Hat is back, but this time she's making a much more upbeat assessment of the company.â¦


U.S. stocks to watch on Friday: AON  CORP. AOC.N: The second-largest insurance broker said its  quarterly earnings fell because of "softening market  conditions" that, along with the halt of contingent  commissions, led it to withdraw its earnings per share outlook  for the full year.


Oil prices fell from two-week highs on  Thursday, as traders took profits from dramatic gains on  Wednesday driven by renewed fears over fuel supplies for the  northern winter.


Switzerland hails signing of Europol accord

Switzerland says it has strengthened its crime-fighting arsenal by signing a cooperation agreement with the European Union's criminal intelligence agency, Europol.


Tesco raises stake in Chinese joint venture

The supermarket group Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, said it has paid about 350 million dollars (264 million euros) to raise its stake in its Chinese joint venture with Ting Hsin to 90 percent from 50.


Anderson inspires thoughts of Test matches gone by

Sport: England have a healthy lead after a five-wicket haul for James Anderson on a day dominated by swing.


By Kristofer Noceda, STAFF WRITER  SAN RAMON -- Rachel Hurd breathes education involvement.   From the moment she set foot in the city about a decade ago, Hurd, 42, has built an extensive resume focused on public education.


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U.S. regulators have opened an  investigation into General Motors Corp.'s Hummer H2 after three  consumers said a wheel came off the large sport utility vehicle  after a steering part cracked.


Bloggers say company tried to entrap movie downloaders on behalf of MPAA

Blogs that monitor file-sharing and antipiracy developments online find themselves this week in a kerfuffle with a company that sells antipiracy services to major studios and recording firms. The bloggers say the firm attempted to entrap potential downloaders; the head of Media Defender denies it.


KANSAS CITY -- President George W. Bush says John Kerry's latest attacks over Iraq have taken on the angry tone of his primary foe Howard Dean.


Blog: Despite sales and earnings climb, the numbers fall short of analyst expectations. Stock pounded in after hours trading.


U.S. House repudiates Bush troop buildup

The U.S. House of Representatives  denounced President George W. Bush's Iraq troop buildup on  Friday in a symbolic challenge to his unpopular war strategy  that is expected to lead to a mighty struggle over financing  the extra troops.


Babies whose mothers use a type of anti-depressant during pregnancy may be born with withdrawal symptoms, research suggests.


Multicar pileup as snowstorm hits Plains

A strong snowstorm that cut visibility nearly to zero in some places as it rolled across the Plains on Saturday caused numerous vehicle pileups and forced authorities to close portions of several major highways.


Another 35 companies close operations in Nepal after Maoist rebels issue new threats.


Barbra Streisand gives $10,000 to school

Barbra Streisand53rd Annual Emmy Awards - 11/4/2001Photo: Michael Caulfield/Wireimage.com" border="0" /> Barbra Streisand has donated $10,000 to a performing arts high school, which says her record label plans to contribute an additional $10,000 worth of audio-visual gear.


Notebook: Daly still smarting from Tiger's exit

A day after Tiger Woods inexplicably withdrew from this week's 84 Lumber Classic of Pennsylvania, Maggie Hardy Magerko, president of 84 Lumber Classic and Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, admitted a great deal of disappointment.


Kosovo parliament endorses coalition government

Kosovo's parliament endorsed a  coalition government on Wednesday headed by ex-guerrilla Hashim  Thaci on a promise to lead the Albanian majority province to  independence from Serbia early this year.


At least 556 people died after floodwaters raged through Haiti in the wake of tropical storm Jeanne, a UN spokesman says. Aid agencies counted some 500 bodies in the northern coastal city of Gonaives, the


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NetManage Looks to SOAs with Librados Buy

NetManage (Quote, Chart) agreed to acquire privately held Librados for an undisclosed sum. The deal would give NetManage application adapters to help its Host Services Platform server applications via service


Elton Brand had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Bobby Simmons and Corey Maggette each added 22 points and the Los Angeles Clippers beat Utah 101-90 Wednesday night, sending the Jazz to their third straight defeat.


Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday strongly defended the takeover by state oil firm Rosneft of stricken oil major YUKOS's key production unit, Yuganskneftegaz, saying it was a legitimate business deal.


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LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday urged a new international dialogue with the United States on climate change, weeks before Britain takes over the presidency of the G8 group of industrialized nations. "The most important thing is to try to get a dialogue with America on how we recognize both the scale of the problem on greenhouse gas emissions ...


With its labor negotiations faltering, US Airways Group Inc. has begun consultations with bankruptcy advisers in anticipation of a filing, a source familiar with the talks said Tuesday.


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Buchanan, Jennings Will Face Off to Succeed Harris in Fla. 13

A $2 million personal investment in his campaign treasury did not quite enable wealthy car dealer Vern Buchanan to dominate TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs Republican primary in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs open 13th Congressional District, but it was fuel enough to boost him to a plurality victory over four other GOP contenders.


Bob Evans, IBM scientist who helped popularize computers, dies

SAN FRANCISCO Computer scientist Bob Evans, who helped popularize personal computing, has died. He was 77. His son Doug said Evans died Thursday of heart failure at his home in the San Francisco of Hillsborough.


The nationâs largest homebuilder posted a first-quarter loss of $128.8 million on charges to write off inventory and land values amid the continuing housing slump.


Access to Drugs May Be Limited by Medicare Law

The new law has touched off a battle between insurance companies and drug companies that could determine how many medicines will be readily available to Medicare beneficiaries.


Concorde fans dropped a 20,000-name petition at the doorstep of British Prime Minister Tony Blair in London, urging his government to help get the supersonic airliner back in the skies again.


Multiple fiber cuts to undersea cables show the fragility of the Internet at its choke points.


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Il presidente della Lega Calcio, Antonio Matarrese, è intervenuto su tutte le polemiche roven...


Czechs May Keep Its 100 MPs in Iraq Longer

The Czech government wants to extend the mandate of its 100-strong contingent of military police in Iraq, an official said Sunday.


Egypt to Host Military Funeral for Arafat

Egypt, where Yasser Arafat began his  political life and where biographers say he was born, on  Thursday prepared a funeral for the Palestinian president, who  was declared dead in Paris in the early morning.


No miscarriage of justice in Colombia: Harney

The TÃ¡naiste, Mary Harney, has said she has no reason to believe that a miscarriage of justice was involved in the case of the three Irishmen in Colombia given lengthy jail sentences for training left wing guerrillas.


Carrier From Western Provinces Ends Bell Canada Bid

Telus, the Western Canadian telephone company, unexpectedly withdrew its bid for its larger rival, Bell Canada.


INDONESIAN officials have expressed anger and confusion over warnings of possible terrorist attacks on upmarket hotels. A spokesman for the Indonesian embassy in Canberra said the Australian Government had


Animal-Rich Limestone Towers Face Rocky Future in Asia

Unique and endangered wildlife living on spectacular limestone outcrops in Southeast Asia face the threat of extinction due to mining and other human impacts, according to a new study.


Oil retreats from $100 record on economic worry

Oil retreated further from the $100 a barrel mark on Friday as gloomy U.S. jobs data heightened concern over the health of the U.S. economy.


Kerry's foes hung up on '70s anti-war remarks

During the run-up to the GOP convention in New York City, Republicans have been busy running down John Kerry, his Vietnam service and his subsequent anti-war work particularly.


World Business Briefing: China: Strong Rate of Growth Persists

Chinaâs government reported industrial production growth unexpectedly accelerated in May, hours after Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, left, said further steps were needed to cool the countryâs economy. Output rose 18.1 percent in May from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said, after gaining 17.4 percent in April. Mr. Wen said Wednesday that monetary policy needed âmoderate tightening,â underscoring the failure of two interest rate increases this year to slow the economy. Record trade surpluses have pumped money into the financial system, stoking investment, inflation and a stock market boom. For the first five months, industrial production climbed 18.1 percent from the period last year, up from 16.6 percent growth for all of 2006.


Five Die as Suicide Bomber Attacks Pakistan Mosque

LAHORE, Pakistan  - A suicide bomber killed four  people as he shot his way into a Shi'ite Muslim mosque and blew  himself up in the Pakistani city of Lahore Sunday, emergency  workers said.


Edwards calls S.C. primary unpredictable

Presidential candidate John Edwards said Friday he feels "at peace" campaigning in his native South Carolina, though he acknowledges that how Democratic primary voters will receive his populist message remains anyone's guess.


DaimlerChrysler, GM in ioint hybrid plan

BEIJING, Dec. 14 -- General Motors and DaimlerChrysler will jointly develop a gasoline-electric powered car to match Toyota and Honda in so-called hybrid vehicles that save fuel and cut emissions.


YUKOS Top Managers Leave Russia Fearing Arrest

The top management of oil major YUKOS has left Russia fearing arrest under a Kremlin drive to "decapitate" the country's largest oil exporting company, a YUKOS source said on Thursday.


Air traffic controllers see looming shortages

The retirement of hundreds of air traffic controllers in the next decade could leave too few people to direct planes over New England, the controllers union warned yesterday.


Scotland's ski centres report the "best snow for years" as a result of the country's recent wintry weather.


Nasdaq may link with Borse Dubai in OMX bid: paper

Nasdaq  may sell its stake in  the London Stock Exchange  to Borse Dubai and make a  joint bid with the Gulf exchange for Nordic exchange owner OMX  , The Daily Telegraph said on Monday.


Mac Skeptic: Are Hackers Now Gunning for the Mac?

Macs still have fewer bugs than Windows PCs, but Apple moves to plug security holes before problems crop up.


Microsoft names US Xbox 360 HD DVD drive debut date

And Peter Jackson planning more Halo games Microsoft will ship the eagerly awaited external HD DVD drive for its Xbox 360 console into the US mid-November, the software giant has announced. The drive will set console owners back $200 and bundle the 2005 King Kong remake.â¦


OIL prices extended record-setting highs near $52 for US crude yesterday, fuelled by the impact of Hurricane Ivan on US winter inventories.


Even in a year when college football's No. 1- and 2-ranked teams remained that way from start to finish and will the play in the national championship, the Bowl Championship Series can't escape scrutiny and controversy.


Asian stock markets inched higher on  Wednesday on growing expectations of an extended pause in U.S.  interest rate rises, but gains were limited by worries of  flagging consumer confidence in the world's biggest economy.


Republican Fred Thompson said Friday that terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden is "more symbolism than anything else" as the presidential hopeful warned of possible greater al-Qaida threats within the United States.


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Online giant teams up with RSA Security to keep users' account info safe.


Injuries update: McNair won't play again this season

Tennessee quarterback Steve McNair will not play the final three games of the season and will have surgery to strengthen the bruised sternum that has plagued him most of the year.


The federal government appears poised to remove the bald eagle from its list of threatened and endangered species, a change in status that would cap a 40-year comeback for the national icon.


Integration key to successful immigration: Blair

Immigrants have a duty to integrate into British society, Prime Minister Tony Blair said as he warned that those who propound intolerance and extremism would not be made welcome.


Defensive end Ty Warren , who played behind veteran Bobby Hamilton as a rookie last year and had 33 tackles, has eclipsed that total with 48 stops this season in 12 starts. Throw in a pass deflection, a couple of forced fumbles, and 4 1/2 sacks, and it's been a promising turnaround for the 13th overall pick in ...


Facebook May Be Violating the Law, Professor Says

Facebook's Beacon service, which shares information about users' purchases and video rentals, may violate the Video Privacy Protection Act, a law professor claims.


French president: Iraq war incited terrorism

The US-led invasion of Iraq mobilized Muslim extremists and made the world more dangerous, French President Jacques Chirac said Wednesday, keeping up his vocal opposition to the war on the eve of a visit to London.


Cars had enough left in the tank to win the weekend   box-office race, despite a big road bump named Jack Black and three   other new releases.


Microsoft: Fast start for Vista  in businesses

When it arrives, the much-delayed Windows update will have double XP's rate of adoption, Redmond says. Not everyone's so sure.


Bosnian Serb police detain eight war crimes suspects

Bosnian Serb police detained eight suspects wanted by the UN war crimes court, the first such arrests since the end of the 1992-95 conflict, police and court sources said.


Lunar Eclipse won't happen again for four years

If you didn't get a chance to see it Wednesday night, you'll have to wait another four years. People all over world had a chance to see a lunar eclipse Wednesday night.


It has taken a few years but yesterday James Franklin became only the second New Zealander to register a Test hat-trick as the team moved into a strong position on the second day of the opening Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka.


Rumsfeld Draws "Friendly Fire" From 278th Soldier

Donald Rumsfeld travels to visit with Tennesseeâs 278th Regimental Combat Team in Kuwait, but ends up coming under friendly fire during a grilling question and answer session.


His No. 3 is retired, engraved on a banner hanging in the Garden. Dennis Johnson helped the Celtics win their last two championships and was working his way back to the NBA when he died of a heart attack in February at the age of 52. He played for Seattle and won an NBA Finals MVP. He played for Phoenix ...


Stocks rose soundly yesterday after word that General Motors had a tentative contract agreement with the United Automobile Workers and that Bear Stearns might sell a share in the company.


Inmates who keep up family ties are six times less likely to reoffend, an Edinburgh conference will be told.


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Russia says 11 missing in Taba explosion

Russia said Saturday 11 of its nationals who were staying at a hotel in Egypt that was bombed Thursday are missing. Russia's Itar-Tass news agency quoted a Russian embassy diplomat


N. Korea, Syria May Be at Work on Nuclear Facility

North Korea may be cooperating with Syria on some sort of nuclear facility in Syria, according to new intelligence the United States has gathered over the past six months, sources said. The evidence, said to come primarily from Israel, includes dramatic satellite imagery that led some U.S. officials...


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Ahold, Three Former Execs Settle Charges

Global grocery retailer Ahold NV has agreed to a settlement of civil fraud charges over an alleged $1 billion overstatement of earnings in a deal with U.S. regulators that does not fine the company.


NEW YORK  Â The Oprah touch doesn't just work for traditional books. More than 1 million copies of Suze Orman's "Women & Money" have been downloaded since the announcement last week on Winfrey's television show that the e-book edition would be available for free on her Web site, http://www.oprah.com.


Israelis, Palestinians connect in U.S. arts

A new film about a meeting between two  mothers over the deaths of their daughters in Jerusalem, a New  York play set in the West Bank and a ceramic art exhibit are  each being hailed for getting Israelis and Palestinians to talk  to each other.


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NOT OUT OF the Woods ; Acid Rain Isn't the Urgent Concern It Was in the 1980s, but It Still Threatens More Than a Third of Maine's Forests.

By JOHN RICHARDSON Staff Writer  Acid rain is still a threat to more than one-third of Maine's forestland, according to a new study presented Tuesday in Portland.


Because getting married in 2006 promised good fortune, the brideâs mother suggested cramming in the wedding before yearâs end.


Rob Allen's Blog: New Zend Framework Blog/Website

As a part of the release of the new book from Manning Publishing, Zend Framework in Action, Rob Allen has created a new site to act as a companion and to host new Zend Framework-related articles - ZendFrameworkBook.com.   The intention is to highlight interesting things that I see on the Zend Framework mailing lists and also to talk about book stuff periodically as well.   A good bit of the content will be summarized from the Framework's mailing lists but will also include other articles/tutorials/updates on proposals/etc that are happening in that community.


'Joey' retains most of his charm in 'Friends' spin-off

Not just because "Friends" star Matt LeBlanc has been spun off of one of TV's biggest comedies, leaving New York and landing in Los Angeles.


All visitors to Britain requiring visas will have to be fingerprinted starting Monday, the government said.


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HP desktops will use vPro business bundle

(InfoWorld) - Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) is using streamlined IT management as a sales pitch for its latest line of PCs, including the first desktops to use Intel Corp.'s vPro technology bundle. A computer running the vPro bundle uses software and hardware -- including Intel's new "Conroe" Core 2 Duo processor -- to automate some aspects of IT management and network security. Intel plans to formally announce the platform Thursday, as Gateway Inc. and Lenovo Group Ltd. also start sellingÂ vPro-enabled desktops. HP got a jump on its competition, particularly arch-rival Dell Inc., by unveiling its new business line first. HP announced three new desktops, a workstation and six notebooks during a press conference Wednesday in New York City. Only the desktops offer the vPro option, while the other new PCs take advantage of the flurry of chips launched in recent months, including Intel's "Merom" Core 2 Duo for the notebooks and a choice of Intel's "Woodcrest" Xeon 5100 or Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s (AMD's) "Rev. F" Next-Generation Opteron for the workstation. HP promised to make life easier for the IT managers who maintain these machines by pre-loading its OpenView Configuration Management agent on all commercial notebooks, desktops and workstations. That product has been an option in the past. OpenView will bolster Intel's Active Management Technology, an ingredient of vPro, allowing IT managers to make fewer time-consuming "desk-side" visits by booting and repairing PCs remotely, said John Snaider, HP's vice president for desktop PCs. Other business-friendly enhancements on the desktops include Trusted Platform Model (TPM) 1.2 security chips, a second hard drive for real-time data backup, and a virtual partition on the hard drive for encrypting sensitive data, said Brian Schmitz, director of desktop product marketing for HP. In contrast to its concentration on Intel-powered desktops, HP is selling the new xw9400 workstation as the AMD-powered peer of its xw8400 model. AMD-based PCs account for about one-third of HP's high-end workstation sales, since they are able to run certain Nvidia graphics cards that Intel cannot handle, said Jeff Wood, HP's director of product marketing for workstations. HP is selling the dc7700 desktop for US$643, plus a premium for the vPro option. The company will launch the dc5700 and dc5750, which will be available with either Intel or AMD chips, in the fourth quarter. The xw9400 workstation will ship later in September for $1,800. The notebooks include the HP Compaq 9400 for $1,299; 8400 for $1,449; nx7400 for $849; nc6400 for $1,199; 6300 for $799; and 4400 for $1,479. DetailedÂ information about the new systems can be found at Hewlett-Packard's Web site. Â


McCain Campaigns in Iowa, Energized by New Hampshire

Senator John McCain is hoping to translate his ascendancy in recent polls in New Hampshire into some momentum in a state where he has struggled.


Spitzer Telescope Finds Planet Forming Messy

The business of building planets is messier and more chaotic than scientists realized, according to new observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.


The Road May Be Rough, but It Yields Material

âWhat? And Give Up Show Biz?â is an alternately hilarious and tedious revue by the neo-swing vaudevillians of the Asylum Street Spankers.


Roma, 16:56 - CALCIO, REGGINA; MESTO: ROMA O LAZIO? E' LO STESSO

Giandomenico Mesto non ha preferenze tra Roma e Lazio, le due società romane che avrebbero mo...


Polanski sex scandal film shakes up Sundance

PARK CITY, Utah  - Thirty years after director Roman Polanski fled the United States and a conviction for unlawful sex with a minor, a U.S. filmmaker has reopened the sensational case in a documentary that is shaking up the Sundance Film Festival.


Israeli Coalition on Verge of Collapse Over Budget

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  coalition reeled toward collapse on Wednesday over a budget  vote likely to force him to remake his government or call  elections that would imperil his Gaza withdrawal plan.


Air board adopts tough emissions standards

The California Air Resources Board on Friday approved a regulation to require that automakers sell vehicles with reduced emissions of heat-trapping gases by 2009, a move opposed by car companies that could eventually add more than $1,000 to the price of a


In 12 romeni violentarono due donne, catturato dopo tre anni


Observations from a man in a foreign land

Is Japan the most tired country on earth? You certainly get that idea by riding the great Tokyo subway system.


Fresh arrests over British bomb plot, seven held

Police arrested two more suspects in a  widening hunt for members of a suspected al Qaeda cell which  rammed a fuel-packed jeep into a Scottish airport and left two  car bombs in London, police said on Monday.


President Bush is not contemplating withdrawing forces from Iraq now despite an erosion of support among Republicans for his war policy, the White House said Monday.


Gordon Brown insists that victory in the war on terror will require winning a 'battle of ideas'.


CSM off after planning to sell sugar unit for 850m euro

LONDON (CBS.MW) -- CSM (NL:33426) eased 0.8 percent after saying it expects to sell its sugar confectionary unit for 850 million euros to private equity investor CVC Capital Partners.


Toronto Raptors Team Report - December 23

(Sports Network) - Donyell Marshall came off the bench to post 22 points and eight rebounds as the Toronto Raptors held on for a 98-86 victory over the Utah Jazz at Air Canada Centre.


Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co , a struggling subprime mortgage lender, on Tuesday posted a $260.2 million quarterly loss and said it remained unsure it would survive the fallout from a slumping U.S. housing market.


S.Korea Did Plutonium Test in 1980s, Official Says

South Korea carried out an experiment using plutonium in the early 1980s and the UN nuclear watchdog is investigating, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday, quoting a Foreign Ministry official.


Atlantis Docks With International Space Station; NASA... [Derived Headline]

Atlantis docks with international space station; NASA to examine shuttle before doors open  AP Photo NY115, NY112  By JUAN A.


Garth Brooks on fire for five-concert benefit

Country music star Garth Brooks  knows he has his work cut out for him as he prepares to play  five concerts in two days, starting on Friday, to benefit  California firefighters and wildfire victims.


Wal-Mart says to slow supercenter growth

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas  - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  said on Friday that it will moderate the growth of its supercenter stores as it tries to improve sales at its U.S. stores, sending shares of the world's largest retailer up 4 percent.


Turkey sends troops to border, Iraq pushes diplomacy

Turkish helicopters and fighter jets pounded Kurdish rebel positions on Friday as diplomatic efforts began in Ankara to avert a major offensive against the guerrillas based in northern Iraq.


Motor Cycling: Angry Rossi hits out at demotion

LOSAIL, Qatar : World champion Valentino Rossi angrily hit out at race organisers here after he was demoted to the back of the grid for the Qatar Grand Prix.


A play that led to violent protests among the Sikh community is dropped by a Birmingham theatre.


Russia court grants amnesty to Beslan siege police

A Russian court granted an  amnesty to three policemen who were charged with negligence for  failing to prevent the 2004 Beslan school massacre, in which  331 people died.


A computer program is created that can win or draw any game of draughts, scientists say.


A soldier who watched his twin brother die in Iraq on their birthday returns to his regiment in Basra.


Musharraf vows to stop ultras from disrupting Afghan polls

Islamabad, Aug. 24. (PTI): President Pervez Musharraf has pledged to prevent Taliban and al-Qaeda militants from using Pakistani territory to disrupt the landmark October polls in Afghanistan as armies of


Sudan Govt, Rebels to Sign Permanent Truce-Kenya

Sudan's government and southern rebels will agree a permanent cease-fire on Friday at peace talks aimed at ending Africa's longest-running civil war, said Kenya's government, which is hosting the negotiations.


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Partnership Alitalia: Air France o Lufthansa, basta che decidiamo

Air France sÃ¬, Air France no. Eâ il nuovo tormentone di fine estate di Alitalia. La nostra compagnia, forse uscita dalle secche di una crisi senza precedenti, discute anche del partner con cui proseguire il cammino.


2 Macedonian Hostages Said Killed in Iraq

Iraqis arrive at a destroyed car after a roadside bomb exploded on the highway leading to the airport of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct 18, 2004.


A retired custodian fatally shot his wife and two adult sons in their sleep, then turned the gun on himself, police said Thursday.


Global oil prices raced to fresh  highs on Friday with U.S. crude approaching $49, driven by  escalating violence in Iraq and unabated demand growth from  China and India.


Hurricane Frances churns up surf in New York area

Storm chasers from Toronto, Canada, measure the wind speed near a sign blown over by winds from Hurricane Frances in St. Lucie County, Florida, September 4, 2004.


Calls for end to violence at funeral of murdered film-maker

By Isabel Conway in Amsterdam and Stephen Castle in Brussels. The Dutch film-maker whose brutal murder sparked a spiral of racial violence in the Netherlands was cremated yesterday amid appeals for an end to


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Improved Opera Browser Competing with Explorer, Firefox

All Mozilla browsers, including Firefox, boasted a combined share of 7.35 percent, a five-percent increase since May. Jakob Snilsberg, Opera Software's manager of global distribution, gamely


Torino, 14:28 - CALCIO, JUVE; CORRADINI: IL DIFFICILE VIENE ADESSO

''L'anno zero per la Juventus è il prossimo. Il difficile viene adesso''. Queste le parole di...


News.com Extra: Apple's new star, the Mac computer

Plus: My GPS proves your radar gun is wrong. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Chicago - The family and friends of a pregnant woman murdered for her unborn baby prepared to bury the 23-year-old on Tuesday, a day after her infant was released from hospital.


You may be too "short" to ride this one, pal.


Donations from the British public for victims of last Sunday's Asian earthquake reach the Â£50m mark.


Brown holds Jays to one hit in five innings

Brown held Toronto to one hit through five sharp innings, though the Toronto Blue Jays beat New York 4-2 on Saturday behind Roy Halladay.


'Gloria' Singer Laura Branigan Dies at 47

NEW YORK - Laura Branigan, a Grammy-nominated pop singer best known for her 1982 platinum hit "Gloria," has died. She was 47...


U2 concert film debuts in 3D at Sundance

After a legendary career playing to sold-out stadiums, Bono and the Edge this weekend doing what their fans have done for years Â standing in line to see a U2 concert.


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Bachelor, Master and Post-Grad degrees online from accredited colleges and universities. Business, Education, IT, Healthcare, more. Browse by degree or program. Request info and get started today.


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South Americans Make Offer to EU on Trade

The South American trade bloc Mercosur has made a new offer in a bid to advance stalled trade talks with the European Union and clinch a trans-Atlantic free trade deal by an October deadline.


For Weapons Dealers, Ban Was 'Big Nothing'

Amid recent political maneuvering is a situation little noticed by the public: The 1994 federal arms ban did not prevent many assault weapons from reaching the streets.


New restrictions on property development come into force at George Best Belfast City Airport.


Astros Lead Braves 3-0 After Three Innings

Carlos Beltran belted a solo home run to right field, his second of the series off Atlanta starter Jaret Wright, to put the Houston Astros ahead of the Braves 3-0 after three innings in the decisive Game 5 of their NL Division Series on Monday night.


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Applications for U.S. home mortgages rose last week, as mortgage rates fell, an industry group said on Wednesday.


Hormones raise breast cancer risk quickly: study

Hormone replacement therapy can raise the risk of an uncommon type of breast cancer fourfold after just three years, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.


Trashing Central Park is not a protest statement

Some protesters-in-waiting seem to think that their right to free expression can't be separated from the right to trash New York City's Central Park.


Porterei avanti lavoro iniziato su omofobia e transgender


The bid for the Canadian telecom is the biggest to date, and could get bigger.


Blair's Commission for Africa demands swift international action

Prime Minister Tony Blair's personal organisation to spearhead development activities in Africa issued a call for massive international cooperation to assist the continent.


Universal Music Group has licensed songs from its stable of artists including U2 and Eminem to a company that has developed technology designed to prevent the unauthorized distribution of audio tracks over online file-sharing networks, a source familiar with the venture said.


Australian Prime Minister John Howard won his fourth consecutive election last night, increasing his majority in a contest that was on a knife edge until the last minute.


Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry called for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign Wednesday, saying that soldiers should not shoulder all of the blame for abuses in Iraqi prisons.


Suicide bomber strikes near Kabul airport

A suicide bomber blew up a car packed with explosives near an entrance to the Afghan capital's airport on Friday, killing two Afghan soldiers and wounding a dozen people, allied forces and witnesses said.


Thai rescuers retrieve bodies from plane wreck

PHUKET, Thailand  - Rescue teams hampered by monsoon rains pulled the last bodies on Monday from the charred wreckage of a budget airliner that crashed while trying to land on the Thai resort island of Phuket, killing 89 people.


Henman happy to grab hold of Masters lifeline

AND so the âgood-looking lad from Londonâ, as he is introduced here - Tim Henman smiles coyly â-ives to fight another day. The British No 1 made hay under the first peek of sunshine of the week and


Visco, stop a semplice dismissione del patrimonio pubblico


The US Food and Drug Administration has confirmed that none of the flu vaccine quarantined by British officials is safe for use. An FDA spokeswoman says agency personnel have inspected and rejected all 46


Presidente Repubblica risponde a imprenditore minacciato


Frozen North Korean funds released from Macau bank

An end to the deadlock stalling a nuclear disarmament deal with Pyongyang came into sight on Thursday after North Korean funds long frozen in a Macau bank were released.


Canas thrashes Novak to reach Heineken Open final

Argentina's Guillermo Canas devastated second-seeded Czech player Novak 6-1, 6-2 to reach the final of Heineken Open ATP tournament in Shanghai on Saturday.


American Express Profit Rises 14 Percent

American Express Co. said on Monday  its quarterly earnings rose 14 percent, matching analysts'  expectations, due to strength in the economy that spurred  record card holder spending, increased travel sales and lowered  loan losses.


King to Remain Head of British Central Bank

Bank of England Governor Mervyn King won a second term as head of Britainâs central bank.


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CHELSEA have qualified, Manchester United and Liverpool are well-placed but Arsenal face a tricky test in this week's Champions League matches.


Roma, 17:23 - CALCIO, SERIE A: SAMP-CAGLIARI UNICO ANTICIPO 28/a GTA

La Lega ha reso noto il nuovo programma delle gare della 28/a giornata di serie A. Sabato 10 marzo s...


SEC slaps Black, Radler with fraud charges

US securities officials charged the disgraced former press baron, Conrad Black and his former deputy, David Radler, with securities fraud in connection with alleged wrongdoing at Hollinger International.


Operators charging more than NASA for messaging VoIP provider Vyke has added text messaging to its mobile phone client, enabling its customers to text each other for free and charging just over a penny to text anyone else.â¦


Zimbabwe warns of floods from the aftermath of Cyclone Favio which injured at least 20 in central Mozambique.


Looking at war in Iraq: A view a from the rabbit hole

America's top arms inspector says there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and that Iraq lacked the ability to make them for years.


With a balky ankle and tight shoes, Curt Schilling took the mound on Friday, throwing batting practice speed in the bullpen during a steady rain.


Nissan plans to sell electric cars in 3 yrs: Nikkei

Nissan Motor Co. plans to develop and  start selling subcompact electric cars powered by  self-developed lithium-ion batteries in about three years, the  Nihon Keizai (Nikkei) business daily reported on Sunday.


Beijing - A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in north China's Shaanxi province on Sunday, trapping 166 miners in what threatens to be the worst disaster to hit the world's biggest coal producer in recent years.


Suicide bomber hits Western troop convoy in Kabul

A suicide bomber struck a convoy of Western troops on Saturday in Afghan capital, Kabul, but there was no immediate word of casualties, a police official said.


SAN ANTONIO -- He's been an NBA head coach for two franchises and P.J. Carlesimo is hoping to get a crack at No. 3. Right now, he's content to be Gregg Popovich's right-hand man with the Spurs, a position he's held for five years. As he put it last night before Game 2 of the NBA Finals, which was won ...


Cracks started to appear in the armor of the NHL Players Association, but they were quickly patched yesterday. NHLPA executive director Bob Goodenow and members of his staff addressed 75 union


Cazenove said it had agreed to hive off its investment banking business into a joint venture with JP Morgan Chase and Co, in effect ending the independence of the 181-year-old British bank.


EDITORIAL: 'Something Great' May Be in Store for Downtown Gulfport

By The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Dec. 10--What a difference face-to-face communication makes. Last week, an hour or so of conversation swept away months of uncertainty about the fate of public library services in Gulfport.


Dusty Cohl, a Toronto Film Festival Founder, Dies at 79

Mr. Cohl and two other friends, Henk van der Kolk and Bill Marshall, started what was first called the Festival of Festivals in 1976.


Venus wins Wimbledon final against Bartoli

Venus Williams won her fourth Wimbledon title on Saturday beating French 18th seed Marion Bartoli 6-4 6-1 with a commanding performance in the final.


Music Sites Ask, 'Why Buy If You Can Rent?'

ong before Sir Richard Branson dreamed of becoming the latest billionaire with a reality TV show, before he started his cellphone company, his airline and his record label, he sold music from