Senior Hamas commander shot dead in Gaza: residents

Unidentified gunmen shot dead a senior commander from the Hamas armed wing in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, residents said.


Arsenal's next generation sweep Newcastle aside

Arsenal's young Gunners gave manager Arsene Wenger plenty of cause for optimism as they advanced to the League Cup fourth round with a 2-0 win over Newcastle on Tuesday.


Ornella Vanoni e Gino Paoli in tour con Costanzo

A distanza di vent'anni, Gino Paoli ed Ornella Vanoni tornano a cantare insieme in tour con la regia di Maurizio Costanzo, ora piÃ¹ libero dopo la chiusura dello spazio serale dello show che prendeva il suo nome... Il disco 'Ti ricordi?


In the latest incarnation of traffic reporting, information is being sent using personalized text or voice messages to usersâ cellphones or BlackBerrys, often at no charge.


ATI loses ground in graphics after AMD purchase

The acquisition by Advanced Micro Devices put ATI directly in competition with one of its major partners, Intel Corp., analysts say, which is the main reason ATI's market share dropped.


First up: admit you have a problem A Pennsylvania "executive coach" is offering hopeless email addicts a 12-step detox programme "designed to tackle their obsession", Reuters reports.â¦


Britain's resurgent tennis hope wins first-round tie


RIM seeks patent for angled Blackberry keyboard

Blackberry nation might get turned on its side if RIM ever brings the angled keyboard described in a recent patent application to the market.


FBR Capital Markets, the Arlington investment bank, said yesterday it would lay off 10 percent of its workforce "in response to adverse market conditions."


A Silicon Valley startup hoping to become "the Google of audio and video" introduced software this week that trolls the Internet for podcasts, music and videos, then sorts the clips into categories such as "fashionista," "hip hop" and "gossip snoop."


'Passion' Source Named New Roman Catholic Saint

Description: NPR's John Ydstie talks with John Allen, Vatican correspondent for The National Catholic Reporter, about Sunday's beatification ceremony for five new Catholic saints.


Iran says it will continue talks with Britain, Frances and Germany over their proposed package of incentives, but will not agree to an indefinite suspension of its nuclear enrichment activities.


Christina Quaye scored 20 points and Krystal Ellis added 19 to lead No. 21 Marquette to a 65-54 win over No. 20 Louisville on Saturday.


Guerrero wins AL MVP in first year with Angels

Guerrero, the right fielder for the Anaheim Angels, received 21 of 28 first-place votes and 354 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.


Nino D'Angelo canta il quartiere napoletano e la sua genteLe riprese nel rione della guerra tra Di Lauro e gli scissionisti                                          ScampÃ¬a in un videoclip "Qui non Ã¨ solo camorra"                                                                                di GINO CASTALDO


Mourinho is shaping up to deliver telling blow

IN THE ordinary course of events, the final fixture in a Champions League group that a team have won might have little meaning for staff or players.


President Bush praised a diverse assembly of college sports champions on Monday, from the University of Florida men's basketball team to the UCLA women's water polo team.


Tribunal Charges Suspected Al Qaeda Accountant

U.S. NAVAL BASE, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba  - A  Sudanese man described as an al Qaeda paymaster was formally  charged on Friday with conspiring to commit terrorism.


Charles Schwab Corp., the biggest U.S.  discount brokerage, said on Thursday it plans to sell its three  seats on the New York Stock Exchange, citing the recent sale of  its capital markets and trading business to Swiss banking giant  UBS .


US prosecutors charge nine people with plotting a coup in Laos, including a prominent former Laotian general.


Chileâs former President General Augusto Pinochet has been stripped of his legal immunity following a ruling by the countryâs Supreme Court.


It's magic: digital TV whilst on the move... Review Digital TV isn't that easy to pick up on the go, but Hauppauge's Nova-TD has a trick up its sleeve to improve reception. It bundles two tuners into its USB casing and can draw on the inputs from both to create a better signal.â¦


Jim Belushi is being sued by the 78-year-old father of his former driver, who accuses him of selling a used 2001 Land Rover that turned out to be a lemon.


Philippines Rushes Relief to Flooded Areas

GENERAL NAKAR, Philippines  - Philippine soldiers  rushed food, drinking water and other supplies by foot and  helicopters on Sunday to provinces cut off by four storms in  two weeks that left more than 1,300 people dead or missing.


Troy Murphy had his fourth straight double-double with a career-high 30 points and 15 rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors won consecutive games for the first time this season with a 110-106 victory over the Boston Celtics on Monday night.


Militants hold up to 250 Pakistani children

Gunmen took hostage up to 250 Pakistani schoolchildren in the northwestern town of Bannu on Monday after taking refuge in the school following a clash with police, officials said.


China's Great Wall? "Just a pile of earth"

Three people have been detained for digging up part of the Great Wall just days before strict new penalties are introduced to protect China's most famous tourist attraction, Xinhua news agency said.


America's Sweetheart Julia Roberts has confirmed she's expecting a boy AND a girl early next year following IVF treatment.


US seeks Sunni role in post-election Iraq government: report

WASHINGTON  - The United States is talking to Iraqi leaders about ways to guarantee minority Sunni Muslims a minimum level of top posts in Iraq 's future government, The New York Times reported.


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Tech CEOs Issue Cyber-Security Recommendations

A group representing technology industry chief executives on Tuesday warned that the Bush administration has failed to follow through on its two-year-old strategy for protecting the nation's


Blue Chips End Down, Merck Recall Weighs

The U.S. Dow Jones Industrial average  declined on Thursday after drug maker Merck & Co.MRK.N  recalled its widely sold Vioxx painkiller and its stock sunk 27  percent.


Ministro, doppio controllo sulle esportazioni verso l'Unione


CA Tries to Avoid Fallout After Kumar's Indictment

SEPTEMBER 27, 2004  - Last week's federal grand jury indictment of former Computer Associates International Inc.


The three-person spacecraft flew higher than 62 miles for the second time in a week and captured the X-Prize, an award offered to promote private-sector development of spaceships.


Working When Ill 'Increases Heart Disease'

Staff who struggle from their sick bed to the office may be helping their bosses - but they are pushing themselves towards an early grave, new research claimed today.


A not so-funny thing will happen Saturday. Giant fans will see Ben Roethlisberger, the quarterback that got away when the Pittsburgh Steelers visit the Meadowlands.


Storms, fuel costs to take toll on JetBlue

JetBlue Airways Corp. , a low-fare carrier flying mainly on the East Coast, said third-quarter profit will be lower than it expected because of hurricanes that forced flight cancellations in Florida and high fuel costs.


David Beckham broke his rib moments after scoring England's second goal in Saturday's 2-0 win over Wales in a World Cup qualifying game.


West must step up Afghan aid effort: NATO general

Western nations must do more to crack down on the drug trade and corruption in Afghanistan, NATO's commander said on Wednesday as the alliance prepared to assume security duties for the whole country.


SexSearch.com gets off on user's underage romp

Her profile said she was 18, your honor! Age is just a number, right?â¦


In his first game back in Washinton, Jerry Stackhouse made the Wizards pay with his clutch long-range shooting. The former Wizard scored 28 points, including three 3-pointers


The FTSE 100 gave up some of the previous day's gains as dealers looked ahead to the US interest rate decision later on Wednesday.


The emotions of two teenage suspects in a gruesome murder are apparently chronicled on their MySpace pages


Presidente Mestrallet, e' zona di sviluppo privilegiato


'Fockers,' Thriller Make 'Noise' at Box Office

"Meet the Fockers" ruled the North American box office for a third consecutive weekend, speeding past the $200 million mark, while the first wide release of 2005 opened strongly at No. 2.


WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Thursday that the credit crisis has created "significant market stress" and offered fresh assurances that regulators would take steps to curb fallout related to the mortgage mess.


HP settles with California in spy scandal

State says it has made a deal with PC maker over civil charges related to methods used in an HP leak investigation.


The mother of a 24-year-old Ohio man has filed a lawsuit in a U.S. court against a unit of Germany's Bayer, alleging that its contrast agent Magnevist caused her son's death in 2004, her lawyers said.


Muslims must confront extremist children: Britain's Reid

British Muslims who fear their children are adopting extremist views must confront them and help root out extremism in the country, Home Secretary John Reid said.


Next flu pandemic could kill up to 7 million people, WHO expert ...

The world is closer to the next flu pandemic "than we have ever been before" and it may kill two million to seven million people, a World Health Organization expert said Thursday.


Intermedia tra la normale del 19,6% e la ridotta del 5,5%


O'Sullivan bloods new faces after historic win

Following Ireland's impressive 17-12 victory over South Africa last weekend, manager Eddie O'Sullivan has not hesitated introducing further players to his panel for the upcoming game against the American Eagles ...


Genzyme has agreed to pay at least $325 million to win the hotly contested rights to a potentially powerful cholesterol-lowering drug.


Tony Blair's decision to move troops deeper into Iraq to support U.S. forces proves his determination to stick to the course he took over the war despite mammoth political risks.


Russian craft docks to ISS after near mishap

A rookie crew of two Russians and an American had a few scary moments as their craft approached too quickly to the International Space Station for docking before they put on the brakes in time to avoid a potential crash.


The PeopleSoft Board concluded that PeopleSoft is worth much more than the $24 per share price offered by Oracle. They reiterated that they will not sell the company for less than it is worth.


Al-Qaida is bleeding US to bankruptcy, Bin Laden claims

Al-Qaida is "bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy", Osama bin Laden claims, in a section of his latest videotape which has just come to light.


Ford Motor Co., Time Warner Inc. and Home Depot Inc. are among the big corporations donating funds for President Bush's reinauguration ceremonies, according to a list released Friday.


Forecasters predicted a system stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the East Coast would bring cooler temperatures to the eastern part of the country on Sunday.


Free agent right-hander Jason Jennings agreed to a one-year deal worth $4 million to join the Texas Rangers rotation.


Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.67 percent at the opening on Monday after crude oil dropped back from record highs above $49 a barrel, encouraging some investors to return to the Tokyo stock market in search of bargains.


Israeli troops kill three men from the Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas, in a raid into the Gaza Strip.


Goodrich Corp.  on Monday said quarterly profit rose 61 percent, as the recovery in commercial aerospace helped boost sales of its brakes and landing gear to Boeing Co.  and Airbus .


Between 500 and 600 people die every year in state custody in England and Wales, a report will say.


Amnesty calls on Indonesia's president-elect Yudhoyono to investigate human rights abuses in Aceh province.


Sempre piÃ¹ vessati dal caro-vita, gli italiani si confermano un popolo di risparmiatori incalliti. A nulla Ã¨ servito rinviare la chiusura dei negozi, tenendo le serrande alzate in media 1,4 giorni in piu'.


Survival of the NATO alliance, a cornerstone of American security policy for decades, is at stake in the debate over how the United States and Europe should share the burden of fighting Islamic extremism in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday.


Australia Reduces NZ to 36-4 After Setting 464 to Win Test

Australia reduced New Zealand to 36-4 at tea on day four of the second cricket Test in Adelaide, moving within six wickets of a 2-0 series win after setting the tourists 464 to win.


Allen quits as head of British TV network ITV

ITV, the biggest British commercial television network, said that its under-fire chief executive Charles Allen was quitting after two and a half years in the post.


Boeing and Northrop Grumman may work together on a spacecraft that can take humans to the Moon, Mars and possibly beyond.


Next year isn't likely to be its best, as ad spending slows down.


Take-Two Improperly Dated Options Starting in 1997

Take-Two Interactive Software said Monday it improperly dated stock options for as long as nine years and would report undetermined expenses to correct compensation costs.


Forbes magazine has again ranked Bill Gates as the richest person in the US, worth to $48 billion, but investor Warren Buffett has edged closer.


Pacers' O'Neal may miss rest of preseason

Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Indiana Pacers forward Jermaine O'Neal is expected to miss the remainder of the preseason with a sore right foot, head coach Rick Carlisle said Thursday.


Pitcairn men linked with 'a culture of sex abuse' are named

His name is Steve Christian, and he is the mayor of Pitcairn Island and a descendant of Fletcher Christian, the Bounty's first mate.


J&J May End Stent Shortcomings With Guidant Buy

Credit Suisse First Boston maintained "neutral" ratings on Guidant (nyse: GDT - news - people ) and Johnson & Johnson (nyse: JNJ - news - people ), saying a near-term acquisition of the former by the latter values Guidant at $76.


In scuttling major intelligence legislation that he, the president and most lawmakers supported, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert last week enunciated a policy in which Congress will pass bills only if most House Republicans back them, regardless of how many Democrats favor them.


For China's Censors, Electronic Offenders Are the New Frontier

DANZHOU, China -- Li Hua was outraged. The public high school where he had been teaching civics for six years was about to be swallowed up by a fancy private institution. The merger had been ordered by local officials, Li suspected, because they had a financial stake in the big new school and wanted...


Mother Of Michael Jackson's Accuser Testifies

Michael Jackson returned to court on Friday to face the mother of the child who has accused him of molestation, and to address reports that he paid a settlement to another alleged victim more than 10 years ago.


Australia's cricket team has defeated New Zealand by seven wickets in the International Cricket Council's Champions Trophy tournament at the Oval in London.


French industrial group Bouygues posts a rise in profits after its construction unit counters losses at its telecom arm.


Signs of shaky economies in France and Germany have sharpened worries about Europe's less-than-robust recovery — and underscored the struggle to shake up regulation-clogged economies in countries that use the euro.


Premier, 'riforma non mette in discussione i conti pubblici'


Google Tests Video Ads on Search Results Pages

On Thursday, Google started testing ads that also include video clips. It is looking at graphic ads and those with interactive maps as well.


Baton Rouge police say a young woman killed two female students in a classroom at Louisiana Technical College, then killed herself.


FACTBOX-US Fed policymakers' recent comments

The Federal Reserve raised official interest rates last month for the third time this year despite a mixed economic outlook. The rate increase took the benchmark federal funds rate to 1.75 percent from 1.50 percent.


Scientific research shows stress increases heart-attack risks

WORKING in a high-pressure environment to tight deadlines can cause a six-fold increase in the risk of having a heart attack. The research, published today, found that short-term intense pressures have a greater


With calls of "never again," the U.N. General Assembly commemorated the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camps with a special session Monday, a stark change for a body that has been reluctant to address the extermination of the Jews during World War II.


Nepal's Sherpa community was plunged into mourning Friday over the death of Sir Edmund Hillary, a "second father" to a people whose sacred peak Everest he became the first man to conquer in 1953.


eHarmony sued in California for excluding gays

The popular online dating service  eHarmony was sued on Thursday for refusing to offer its  services to gays, lesbians and bisexuals.


Private Canadian Spacecraft Launch on Hold

A Canadian team's bid to launch the country's first manned spaceship is on hold, although the aspiring astronauts have not given up their attempt to win a $10 million prize.


James Carter of Baltimore finished fourth in the finals of the 400-meter hurdles today, missing out on a medal. Felix Sanchez, of the Dominican Republic, won the gold medal.


Uno spot per trovare Denise Le tv pronte a trasmetterlo

TRAPANI, 14 SETTEMBRE 2004 - Uno spot per trovare Denise Pipitone , la bambina rapita il primo di settembre a Mazara del Vallo. Alcune fotografie, forse anche un filmato con la bimba ripresa nei momenti felici


Houston, TX (Sports Network) - JD Drew singled home Rafael Furcal with the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth and John Smoltz pitched out of a jam in the bottom of the inning, as the Atlanta Braves forced a decisive fifth game of the National League


Karzai aborts trip to Afghan city after rocket hits near landing ...

A rocket slammed into the ground near where Afghan President Hamid Karzai's helicopter was approaching to land in an eastern city Thursday, forcing him to return to Kabul, officials said.


UK's highest court rules against holding terror suspects without ...

Britain's highest court ruled Thursday that the government cannot detain terror suspects indefinitely without trial. Nine Law Lords ruled in favor of a group of men jailed without charge for


Dollar Advances on Outlook for Federal Reserve Rate Increases

The dollar rose against the yen and the euro in London on expectations the Federal Reserve will lift interest rates tomorrow and signal it plans further increases.


Major economic powers agreed in principle to write off billions of dollars of debt for Iraq, officials said Sunday, with France in particular agreeing to compromise as it seeks improved ties with the United States.


Director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer have settled on a familiar face to play the lead role in his film adaptation of author Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code.


Prato, stanziati 200mila euro per i programmi di inserimentoLa dispersione scolastica colpisce il 55% dei giovani extracomunitari                                                  I "fantasmi" della scuola italiana giovani immigrati obbligati al lavoro


Upset that her roommate had accused her of theft, a University of Arizona freshman bought a knife, returned to their dorm room and stabbed the woman as she slept, according to court papers filed Thursday.


Milano, 13:21 - CICLISMO, GIRO LOMBARDIA TORNA A PARTIRE DA VARESE

Partirà da Varese l'edizione numero 101 del Giro di Lombardia. Dopo tre anni, in cui il via ...


Utile netto salito a 154 mln (+20%), ben oltre le attese


Detained former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea allegedly ordered the murder of civilians when his group ruled Cambodia, a U.N-backed tribunal said.


Dates and times for announcements of 2006 Nobel Prizes (all times EDT):


Resistance Rages to Lift Pressure Off Fallujah

BAGHDAD, November 12 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - As the US military continued Friday, November 12, their massive sweep of Fallujah, resistance attacks were remarkably intensified across the war-torn country, in an effort to alleviate the


No. 22 Virginia Tech 34, Georgia Tech 20

Bryan Randall threw for 304 yards and two long touchdowns in the fourth quarter as No. 22 Virginia Tech, stifled much of the night, rallied for a 34-20 victory over Georgia Tech on Thursday.


PJ Brown sat slumped in his chair Tuesday night, still convinced he had knocked the ball away from Emeka Okafor. Yet with 5.7 seconds remaining in overtime and the Hornets holding


Setting the stage for another round of midnight bookstore parties and marathon readings into the morning, the penultimate novel in JK Rowling's mega-selling series, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," will go on sale 12:01 am on July 16 in the


Business & money: Stuart Jeffries and  Stephen Moss look at who stands to gain from an economic slump


Pharmaceutical industry to detail drug trial data

NEW YORK -- The pharmaceutical industry yesterday said it plans to publish more data about clinical drug trials, despite skepticism about whether the initiative will increase transparency and improve drug safety.


LONDON (Ticker) - American gold medal-winning sprinter Marion Jones has denied new allegations she has used performance-enhancing drugs.


DHAKA: Bangladeshâs prime minister and her main rival are under pressure to set aside years of bitter feuding after a grenade attack on an opposition rally killed 20 people and triggered a week of violent protests nationwide.


An American T-shirt company has a solution for fellow citizens who want to vacation in Europe without having to answer questions about US politics: pose as Canadians.


The way to high returns is not to sell after a relatively large decline, but to hang on.


Witness: Actor Blake Thought Wife an Unfit Mother

Ten months before his wife was killed, actor Robert Blake complained that she was an unfit mother and worked behind the scenes to get custody of the their daughter, a prosecution witness testified on Friday.


Ranks of uninsured grow to highest since '98

A stagnant economy and rising health care costs helped push the percentage of people in the USA without health insurance last year to 15.


Some residents began returning to their homes Monday in this city where Hurricane Frances slammed into Florida's eastern coastline, and the storm, which had moved into the Gulf of Mexico, hit the state a second time when it crossed into Florida's panhandle about 2 p.m.


Blige, Dixie Chicks score Grammy nominations

R&B singer Mary J. Blige led the nominees for the Grammy Awards on Thursday, while country outcasts the Dixie Chicks picked up key nods for a defiant tune stemming from critical comments they made about President George W. Bush.


RadioShack Layoff Notices Are Sent by E-Mail

The electronics retailer has been put on the defensive because of its decision to notify about 400 laid-off employees by e-mail.


Florida Court Strikes Down Law in Right-To-Die Case

The husband of a severely brain-damaged  woman won a Florida Supreme Court ruling on Thursday that could  allow him to remove his wife's feeding tube and let her die,  against her parents' wishes.


Nadal wins Spanish battle on eve of birthday

Holder Rafael Nadal reached the last 16 of the French Open with a 6-1 6-3 6-2 demolition of fellow Spaniard Albert Montanes on Saturday.


How low can they go? Fidelity  Investments recently slashed fees on several of its index  funds, knocking their annual expense ratio from 0.19 to 0.10  percent. E-Trade Financial countered by dropping the annual  charges on two of its funds to 0.09 percent.


Brand-new Trail Blazers center Greg Oden quickly got a feel for life in Portland — it rained.


REM contribute to charity download album for Oxfam

LONDON - Oxfam is launching its first downloadable music album with songs from REM, Ash, David Gray and Faithless to raise money for refugees in Sudan's Darfur region.


Plum Creek Timber Co. on Monday posted a 71 percent surge in third-quarter profit, helped by higher prices for lumber products during the quarter.


The streets of the Dutch capital were jammed as more than 200,000 protesters turned up to vent their anger over the biggest cutbacks in public spending the country has ever seen.


Study Raises Doubts About Lung Cancer Screening

Lung cancer screening with CT scans does not appear to save lives, and it exposes people to risks, researchers say.


Downer dismisses 'sexed up' Iraq warning claims

SYDNEY : Foreign Minister Alexander Downer dismissed newspaper claims the Australian government was repeatedly warned its support for the Iraq war would impede the fight against terrorism.


Palestinian massacre survivors still live in despair in Lebanon

BEIRUT - Mahmoud Khalifa has tried five times to sneak into Europe. Each time, he was caught and sent back to Lebanon, the country where he was born but is denied some of the most basic rights because he is a Palestinian refugee.


But fashion models turned as many heads as the tennis by replacing the traditional ball boys and girls on the main court. Costa, ranked 50th, claimed a 6-2 5-7 7-5 victory to advance to a second meeting with top-seeded Tim Henman.


TES BRAMBLE scored twice for Stockport in a seven-goal thriller.   The visitors took the lead through Martin Smith, but Stockport levelled when Bramble hammered home and went ahead via Adam Proudlock.


NKorea says may slow down nuclear disablement: reports

North Korea has said it may slow down work to disable its nuclear plants because of what it called a delay in promised energy aid, Japanese media reported Thursday.


Anil reiterates opposition to share buy-back scheme

MUMBAI, Dec. 27. - Mr Anil Ambaniâs opposition to the buy-back proposal was reiterated at the RIL board meeting here today. Before entering the board room he quoted a Chinese philosopher: âObjective


Beattie - looks set to leave Southampton.

Southampton manager Harry Redknapp hopes to sign five players with the money he will get from selling England striker James Beattie.


Meyer won't say who will get the call at running back

Coach Urban Meyer said he and his staff still have not decided which running back will be the starter when the Utah Utes take the field for the season-opener against Texas A&M at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Thursday night.


With a 4-inch gap in the space shuttle Atlantis' heat-protecting blanket not appearing to be an urgent problem on Saturday, the crew readied themselves for what NASA called a delicate ballet with the international space station.


Japan moved a step closer to partially lifting a ban on U.S. beef imports after a government panel on Tuesday accepted U.S. assurances that a specific grade of U.S. beef would be free of mad cow disease.


Milano, 12:52 - CALCIO, ROMA; SENSI: SCUDETTO? PRESTO PER DIRE LOTTA A DUE

Rosella Sensi è soddisfatta di come la Roma ha reagito dopo il ko nel derby: ''Col Palermo ab...


Washington - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on forecast Wednesday a substantial jump in economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa this year and next, saying the outlook for the region was better than in years.


Cciss, bollino rosso da oggi a lunedi' mattina


Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson calls on Tesco to ensure its fruit suppliers abroad follow working laws.


RSA panel addresses Net threats to children

Panel discusses the depth of the problem and roots of sexual predation in online communities and ways to protect children.


Margaret Hassan, said to be a British-born Iraqi national, the director of CARE International's operation in Iraq is seen in this image made from video footage made on May 20, 2003.


Parole manipolate, aspetto solidarieta' da mondo musulmano


New figures suggest the number of abusive and violent attacks on Britain's Jewish community reached record levels in 2004.


Ex-Teacher: Prince Harry Cheated at Eton

A former teacher who claims she was unfairly dismissed from Eton College after being ordered to help Prince Harry cheat on an exam played a secretly recorded tape of conversations she said prove her allegations.


Japan and North Korea begin their first formal bilateral talks in more than a year, aimed at normalising ties.


Respite Housewives ; Women Taking a Break From Morning Television

By MATEA GOLD, LOS ANGELES TIMES  When her children were young, Jenny Lauck flipped on "Today" or "Good Morning America" as she brewed her morning coffee and tended her babies.  But several years ago, the 34-year-old mother of three stopped watching the morning shows.


Liberal Democrats decide to try to resurrect a Welsh assembly alliance with Plaid Cymru and Conservatives.


InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems and several other vendors on Wednesday will release an early draft of a specification intended to ease integration of Java-based systems, but IBM and BEA Systems have dropped out of participation in the effort.


Members of a far-right German party boycotted a moment of silence at a state parliament held in honor of Nazi victims Wednesday, the 75th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's elevation to German chancellor.


UN leaning against tough Sudan sanctions

The United Nations Security Council is unlikely to impose heavy sanctions on Sudan even if Khartoum fails to meet the body's demands to rein in marauding militiamen in Darfur, a senior British official has said.


EU leaders warn on euro, euro zone growth forecast

VALLETTA/ST. JULIAN'S, Malta  - The euro zone economy could slow more than previously forecast, a policymaker said on Saturday, as other EU leaders voiced worries about the weak U.S. economy and the strong euro currency.


Defending champion Dominik Hrbaty reached the second round of the Heineken Tennis Open when Rafael Nadal withdrew from their first round match Tuesday with chest pains.


Nintendo investigating Wii strap problem

The maker of the new Wii video game consoles said Thursday it is investigating reports of problems with a strap that secures the machines' wandlike remote-controller to the player's wrist.


Travis Moen helped shut down Ottawa's big three, then scored a goal that trio would have been proud of. Moen, part of Anaheim's primary checking unit, took a pass in the slot from Rob Niedermayer and snapped the puck past Ray Emery with 2:51 left, giving the Ducks a 3-2 victory over the Senators in the Stanley Cup finals opener Monday night.


Si lamentano Riccardo Fogli, Mino Reitano, i Ricchi e poveriTony Renis: "A Sanremo contano le canzoni, non gli artisti"                                                  La delusione degli esclusi "E' una festa a casa Bonolis"


Kerry: Bush's Iraq Choices Costing Americans at Home

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry on Wednesday challenged President Bush's decisions before and after the Iraq war and linked the $200 billion cost of the war to economic woes in the United States.


Reform Needed in Arab World to Defeat Terror-US

Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday said Middle Eastern economic and political reform would help defeat terrorism but many Arabs dismissed


Sudan committed to peace in south and pursuing solution to Darfur crisis

Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir reiterated his commitment to implementing peace accords with southern rebels and to pursuing a settlement to the Darfur conflict.


Militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi reportedly warns that unrest in Iraq could last for years.


LIKE the high street sales, the mid-season transfer window, which opens tomorrow until January 31, has become a bit of a non-event. Most of us spent all our money before Christmas, while going shopping just for ...


An Adriatic fishing zone off Croatia prompts EU warnings of negative consequences.


If you're going to tell a wildly implausible tale of fortune hunting and unlikely heroes, you could do worse than "National Treasure.


Most polls are closed now; with a tight race, it could be a long night; why  Giuliani didnât catch fire.


Lake Louise, 19:53 - SCI, CDM DONNE: ALLA GOETSCHL IL SUPERG, AZZURRE FLOP

L'austriaca Renate Goetschl ha vinto il supergigante di coppa del mondo di Lake Louise. Con il tempo...


Two passenger trains collided near the central train station in the Latvian capital on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring 24 others, officials said.


North Texas Floods Kill  Five, Strand Many Others

GAINESVILLE, Tex., June 18 -- Torrential overnight rainfall flooded a handful of North Texas towns on Monday, killing at least five people and stranding residents and their pets on the roofs of their houses.


Un'ipotesi avanzata dalla Banca centrale cinese


Alcatel Ups U.S. Business with Acquisitions

Alcatel has expanded its foothold in the  key North American market with the acquisition of a mobile  software provider and a conference technology business for $277  million.


Yushchenko claims triumph in Ukraine: "Now we are free," he declares

Pro-West opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko claimed victory in Ukraine's historic presidential election rerun, telling supporters the vote was a triumph for the country and proclaiming that "now we are free" from dominance by neighboring Russia.


Per impatto proiettile - rete metallica che divide corsie


Zimbabwe Bans S.Africa Labor Chiefs' Visit

Zimbabwe authorities ordered a delegation from South Africa's main labor organization to leave the country on the first day of a scheduled four-day visit, labor officials said.


Protests from seven safety groups  prompted General Motors Corp. to pull a television ad that  shows a young boy driving a Corvette sports car so recklessly  that it goes airborne, officials of the automaker said on  Wednesday.


Moves are launched in Brazil to remove the senate leader, a key ally of President Lula, amid a corruption scandal.


Teens often skip condoms, regardless of partner

NEW YORK  - Many teenagers and young adults   fail to use condoms consistently, regardless of whether they   have sex with a serious or a "casual" partner, a new study   suggests.


Leader: Has Lycos empowered the spammers?

Even in the fleeting and transitory world of technology, Lycos' spam-busting screensaver was the most short-lived of initiatives.


Signs of a fairly competitive job market are everywhere, unless you're looking for a big raise.


IBM is recalling power adapters that shipped with certain models of its ThinkPad notebooks sold between January 1999 and August 2000.


The US presents a new draft UN resolution to pressure Sudan to resolve the conflict in the Darfur region.


Pakistan PM-designate heading for victory amid rigging claims

Shaukat Aziz, the man chosen by President Pervez Musharraf to be Pakistan's next prime minister, was heading for victory in by-elections here, paving the way for him to take office next week.


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Torino, 19:36 - CALCIOPOLI, IL 15 MAGGIO TAR DISCUTE RICORSO AZIONISTI JUVE

Il 15 maggio il Tar del Lazio discuterà il ricorso presentato da un'associazione di piccoli a...


Gordon Brown is set to become prime minister, bringing to an end Tony Blair's 10 years in power.


Defense Attacks Mistress in Calif. Murder Case

A lawyer for accused double murderer Scott Peterson on Monday tried to portray Peterson's ex-mistress as a desperate single mom who turned police informant to punish Peterson for lying to her.


Linebacker Junior Seau , who had one of his homes damaged by the wildfires that are ravaging parts of Southern California, acknowledged his mind is focused on more than just preparations for Sunday's game against the Washington Redskins.


Team to head to N. Korea for reactor shutdown talks

A U.N. nuclear watchdog team prepared to leave for North Korea on Tuesday to negotiate terms for inspectors to confirm the shutdown of Pyongyang's nuclear reactor and source of bomb-grade plutonium.


Barack Obama triumphs over arch rival Hillary Clinton in the crucial state of South Carolina


Italian design triumphs again in this combination mirror, radiator and digital clock. From CNET's new gadget blog, Crave.


Kuala Lumpur: Former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said a few elements among Umno leaders and the media are deliberately raising issues and making vicious allegations to create disharmony.


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Allstate Profit Drops 37% on Storm Losses

CHICAGO  â The Allstate Corporation, the property and casualty insurer, reported a 37 percent decline in fourth-quarter profit Tuesday on higher catastrophe losses and increased costs.


Car Bomb Explodes Near US Convoy in Mosul

MOSUL, Iraq, Aug 27 - A car bomb exploded near a US military convoy in the Iraqi city of Mosul on Friday, wounding at least 10 civilians, police and hospital officials said.


Chip tariff catches up with recent launches


Worries over the political situation have sparked a run on Ukraine's banks, the country's central bank admits.


Commuting can pose a health hazard: study

A new study by a team of German researchers suggests that commuting could be hazardous to your health. The study found an increased risk in having a heart attack, within two hours of being in traffic.


Yang, Yang, left, of China takes an outside turn against Alison Baver (47) of Reading, Penn., during the 1,500-meter finals at the World Cup Short Track Speed Skating competition in Madison, Wis.


ANGELA CELENTANO, NOMADE FERMATA NON SAREBBE LEI

(AGI) - Napoli 5 ott. - La piccola nomade trovata ieri mentre mendicava presso una stazione della Circumvesuviana di S. Giorgio a Cremano (Na) non sarebbe Angela Celentano, la bambina scomparsa otto anni fa


New Casio cameras sport YouTube capture mode

Two new models can record H.264 movies and feature "YouTube Shooting Mode," which records movies at the optimum size, quality and other settings for uploading to YouTube.


Congregation Prays for Vandals That Ravaged Church

By Jeff Hansel, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun. 4--FOUNTAIN -- To the vandals who ravaged the Root Prairie Lutheran Church, the parishioners have a message for you.   They want you to know that they'll forgive you.  "You can break into a church.


The Nationwide building society has stopped offering the same mortgage deals to new and current borrowers


The Senate cleared the way Monday for legislation that would open 8.3 million protected acres in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling.


Hacked MySpace page serves up fake Windows update

There's now one more reason to be security-conscious while using MySpace.com: fake Microsoft updates.Using a hacked MySpace profile, online criminals are trying to trick victims into downloading a malicious Trojan Horse program by disguising it as a Microsoft update, according to researchers at security vendor McAfee.The attack is certainly not widespread -- McAfee has seen it used on only one MySpace profile -- but it does show how sites like MySpace can be abused by criminals.Web surfers are presented with what appears to be a popup window advising them to download the latest version of Microsoft's Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool, which was just released this Tuesday. This software is distributed by Microsoft to help Windows users rid their systems of malware.In reality, the popup window is just part of a larger image that takes up most of the computer screen. If the user clicks anywhere on this image, his computer will then begin to download the Trojan program.The Trojan, known as TFactory, is a well-known piece of code that has been used by criminals for well over a year, according to Dave Marcus, a security research manager with McAfee.Hackers were able to launch this attack because they either discovered a flaw in the MySpace code or found a way of taking over user accounts, Marcus said. "Our best guess is [the owner of the one MySpace profile] just got their password and user name phished," he said.Social networking sites allow their members to use an array of powerful Web programming tools that are increasingly coming under the scrutiny of hackers looking for ways to misuse them.In November, hackers found a way to serve up Web-based attack code from the MySpace profiles of Alicia Keys and a number of other musical artists.


EU Not Yet Ready to Lift China Arms Embargo

The European Union says it is not yet ready to lift a 15-year-old ban on selling arms to China, but is working toward that goal. The arms embargo dominated a one-day EU-China summit in the


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The New York Jets cut former Edmonton Eskimos quarterback Ricky Ray on Sunday as the NFL team finalized its 53-man season-opening roster.


U.N. says Iraqi deaths hit new high, many flee

Iraqi deaths hit a new high in October and 100,000 people are fleeing abroad every month to escape worsening violence that is segregating the country on sectarian lines, a U.N. report said on Wednesday.


European shares fell on Friday as weakness for banks followed results from Swedbank and news of a US acquisition by Spain's BBVA.


Tracking a controversial debate over electronic surveillance; why text messages are the rage in the Philippines; and Saudi Arabia loves YouTube.


The new Soderbergh movie is unspectacular but quite a ride.


Governors face realties of Globalization

Governors are facing up to some harsh realities: Their states' school children aren't ready for the 21st century, their workers aren't trained for the new jobs created every day, and their businesses aren't competing as strongly as they must to keep ahead.


Bandleader and clarinetist Artie  Shaw, famed for his recording of "Begin the Beguine" and one of  the giants of the swing era of jazz, died on Thursday at age  94, his manager Will Curtis said.


Former Westar CEO sentenced in bank fraud case

KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - A federal judge resentenced David Wittig, the former chief executive of Westar Energy Inc. , to 24 months in prison for bank fraud on Monday.


ASEAN nations urged to work together against bird flu threat

Global health experts have warned Southeast Asia it must unite to combat the spread of bird flu. The World health Organisation says the virus has the potential to become the next human influenza pandemic.


Oil prices rise on re-election of Bush as US President

NEW YORK, November 3  - World crude oil prices witnessed significant volatility today on news of John Kerry conceding the US presidential elections, rising above the $50 per barrel mark.


Political polling outfits exclude cell phone users from this year's presidential surveys. But a new survey indicates that mobile phone users are a distinct voting group whose ballot preferences might not be reflected in traditional polls. By Elisa Batista.


Indonesia's President Megawati Sukarnoputri, facing defeat after elections this week, has apologised for the shortcomings of her government.


Skilling won't have to report to prison: WSJ

A U.S. appeals court will allow ex-Enron Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling to stay out of prison while it considers granting him bail, according to a report published on the Wall Street Journal's Web site on Monday.


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Iraqi forces battle cult gunmen, 14 killed

BASRA, Iraq  - Iraqi soldiers and police fought running battles with gunmen from a Shi'ite cult in two southern cities on Friday in which at least 14 people were killed and scores wounded, officials said.


Bomber kills 26 including police chief in Iraq city

A suicide bomber killed 26 people including the police chief of the Iraqi city of Baquba on Monday in a mosque compound where local Shi'ite and Sunni Arab leaders were holding reconciliation talks.


Studios never quite got the filmmaker John Cassavetes. Most critics hated him. A new DVD set proves them wrong all over again.


Northwest Airlines Corp. posted a third-quarter loss on Wednesday, compared with profits a year ago, due to rising fuel costs and low-fare competition.


SYDNEY -- Iraqi militants who kidnapped an Australian reporter in Baghdad and threatened to kill him Googled his name on the Internet to investigate his work before deciding to release him unharmed, the journalist's executive producer said yesterday.


A search is launched for someone to write a sequel to bring children's classic Peter Pan up to date.


Frenchman shot dead in Saudi Arabia in latest attack on foreigners

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia  - A French national was shot and killed in the Saudi Arabian city Jiddah early Sunday, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.


Bitter Malpractice Fight Going to Voters

Rivaling Bush vs. Kerry for bitterness, doctors and trial lawyers are squaring off this fall in an unprecedented four-state struggle over limiting malpractice awards. The volatile issue is in voters' hands and each side is desperate to win, spending millions of dollars to make their cases and portray the other side as greedy.


Masked robbers stormed into an art museum in Norway and stole Edvard Munch's famous paintings "The Scream" and "Madonna" at gunpoint before the eyes of stunned museum-goers.


Hurricane Ivan spared the critical Gulf Coast refining belt, but oil prices rose anyway Thursday on fears a new storm brewing in the Caribbean will delay tankers carrying imported crude to US ports.


I consiglieri: 'Ma non sarÃ  piÃ¹ lo stesso'

Parigi, 1 novembre 2004 - Le condizioni di salute di Yasser Arafat sono in miglioramento, ma il raÃ¬s "non sarÃ  piÃ¹ lo stesso". Imad Shakur, consigliere del leader palestinese, ha raffreddato oggi gli entusiasmi


Ellis says contract extension ``very, very close''

Defensive end Shaun Ellis and the New York Jets are "real, real close" to an agreement on a contract extension. Ellis said Sunday that as far as he knew, there was no final agreement.


Panthers' Delhomme Again in Must-Win Game

It's not exactly a repeat performance for Jake Delhomme, but it's about as close as he can get.


Musicians plan new version of Band Aid charity song

British pop and rock stars are planning a new version of charity song "Do They Know It's Christmas?", which raised huge sums for African famine relief 20 years ago.


Oracle sex suit winner seeks $679,000, apology

IT sales account manager in England seeks compensation after winning her sex discrimination case.


TELCOS Optus and Vodafone Australia will combine to create a national 3G mobile network, just three weeks after rival Telstra Corp entered a similar deal.


Lavish Xmas Bash for 'Real UK Royals' the Beckhams

Britain's "alternative royal family" -- Victoria and David Beckham -- hosted a lavish but much-derided Christmas party on Thursday to christen their sons in the grounds of their "Beckingham Palace" home.


Japan may lift ban on data communications via power lines

Japan plans to launch a debate on lifting a ban on using power lines for data communications, enabling people get access to the Internet at high speed, an official said.


Taiwan's Lee visits Tokyo's Yasukuni war shrine

Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui, despised by Beijing for asserting the self-ruled island's sovereignty, paid his respects at Tokyo's Yasukuni war shrine on Thursday, prompting a terse complaint from China.


US video game sales soar to record 17.9 billion dollars

US video game industry sales rocketed to a record high 17.9 billion dollars in 2007, with Nintendo reigning as champion of the console battle with Microsoft and Sony, according to research group NPD.


US vice president hails as 'historic' inauguration of Afghan ...

United States Vice President, Dick Cheney, has hailed the inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai as an historic day and has praised the US role in bringing democracy to the country.


Germany's two major political parties are bracing for heavy losses in Sunday's legislative elections in two former communist states.


World ; Singapore may test couples for HIV before marriage

"I think we are more likely to succeed if we treat this as a purely public health problem, so let's take away the morality and religion from all this," he said.


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San Miguel may bid for 40% stake in Del Monte Pacific

SINGAPORE : The Philippines' largest food and beverage group, San Miguel Corp, says it may bid for a 40 percent stake in Singapore-listed Del Monte Pacific.


TOKYO -- Nine bodies were found in two parked cars yesterday with charcoal stoves at their feet and the windows sealed from inside in what is believed to be Japan's largest group suicide.


AMERICA/HAITI - XVI Congresso Latinoamericano e Caraibico della Caritas e III Incontro Continentale di Pastorale Sociale-Caritas: rafforzare i vincoli e crescere nell'articolazione delle azioni solidali Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Dal 19 al 23 marzo si realizzerÃ  a Port au Prince (Haiti) il XVI Congresso Latinoamericano e Caraibico della Caritas ed il III Incontro Continentale di Pastorale Sociale-Caritas sul tema "Discepoli e discepole di GesÃ¹...


Tata Motors' Kadle Says NYSE Listing Will Help Raise Capital

Tata Motors Ltd.'s new listing on the New York Stock Exchange will help India's biggest maker of trucks and buses add investors, raise capital for acquisitions and improve its corporate


Already missing Pedro Martinez, the New York Mets suddenly might have to replace pitcher Orlando Hernandez in Game 1 of the playoffs because of a calf injury, too.


Alkermes Inc. said the Securities and Exchange Commission has asked for information on accounting for its marketing partnership for a treatment for alcoholism.


Iraqi fire-fighters battle a blaze at a major oil refinery outside the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, after a mortar attack.


Several organisations will celebrate Saturday's International Software Freedom Day by hosting open source events around the country.


BEIJING -- When Wang Xiaoyu set out to buy some sleek Lincoln automobiles for the small company he owns, the problem was how to pay. No dealer in China takes personal checks. Credit card limits are too low. Car loans barely exist.


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Big Makeovers for Office Buildings Outside of Midtown

Extreme makeovers provide many of the plotlines for reality television. The same could also be said for some recent Manhattan real estate deals


In the end, the winner was a man behind the wheels of a Ferrari, just not the Ferrari driver whom tens of thousands of Chinese had come to see.


Inspired by 'Lage Raho...', don offers flowers to cops

Lucknow: Inspired by Sajay Dutt's Lage Raho Munna Bhai, jailed mafia don Babloo Srivastava, who


A 50-year-old man who beat his partner to death with an iron bar in her Belfast flat is jailed for 13 years.


Texas Instruments Trims Revenue Estimates

Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the largest maker of chips for cell phones, trimmed its third-quarter revenue outlook on Wednesday as customers


Australia coach John Buchanan backs his team to come good in time for the World Cup.


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Anti-spam crusaders slapped with $11.7m judgement

Spamhaus unfazed by 'unenforceable' ruling A US court has ordered anti-spam organisation Spamhaus to pay $11.7m in damages for "illegally" listing email marketing firm e360insight as an affiliate of a known spammer, an entry that meant users of Spamhaus's mail filtering advisory system would not have received email from e360insight. The Illinois court also imposed an injunction on Spamhaus against interfering with e360insight's email marketing activities without sufficient evidence in future.â¦


Senators seek vote soon on China tariff bill

Two leading U.S. Senate critics of  China's currency policy pressed on Thursday for action on a  bill that would threaten steep tariffs, in a show of  frustration days before Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is to  make his first official visit to China.


History, geography and the imperatives of the regional conflict in ...

President Bashar Assad passed from the defensive to the offensive at a conference of emigrants in Damascus, explaining his countryâs stands on Resolution 1559, the report of Kofi Annan and the American-French pressures to withdraw its troops from


Top 2 Candidates in Ukraine Presidential Vote Face Runoff

Ukraine's presidential election ended virtually in a dead heat, according to official results, after a campaign that international election observers criticized


Graham Poll attracted controversy by allowing the quick free-kick with which Arsenal's Thierry Henry caught Chelsea unawares for his second goal in today's drawn London derby.


People genetically prone to arthritis who also smoke are storing up trouble for the future, researchers warn.


Study: Navigation Systems Could Cause Accidents

Software errors in satellite navigation devices are putting lives at risk in the Netherlands by sending vehicles through residential areas not intended for heavy traffic, according to Dutch researchers.


Israel Approves Release of 170 Prisoners

A Palestinian woman reacts as she is sits amidst the destruction left by Israeli troops after they withdrew from this section of the Khan Younis refugee camp in the Southern Gaza Strip Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004.


Terrell Owens was spitting mad, and he made the Atlanta Falcons pay in a big way.


Madrid, 23:35 - CALCIO, LIGA: SEGNA RONALDO, VINCE IL REAL MADRID

Sofferta vittoria del Real Madrid, che nella 13/a giornata della Liga, batte l'Athletic Bilbao 2-1 g...


Sportsview: Do Colts Have What It Takes?

Peyton Manning knows his NFL history. He sees his name among the great quarterbacks who have won league MVP honors: Joe Montana, John Unitas, John Elway, Steve Young, Terry Bradshaw. He also knows something is missing.


To Reach New Heights, Calcavecchia Climbs

Mark Calcavecchia is not known for a strict workout routine, but Calcavecchia decided to prepare for the rugged terrain of West Maui by climbing the South Mountain in Phoenix.


Iraq war forces Gates to pick new top officer

The top U.S. military officer, Gen. Peter Pace, will retire because any attempt to renominate him would have been a "divisive ordeal" focused on Iraq, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.


China executes the former head of its food and drug watchdog for corruption, state media says.


Island Records names Dupri head of urban music

Janet Jackson's boyfriend, record  producer Jermaine Dupri, has been appointed president of urban  music at Island Records, sources said on Tuesday. A formal  announcement from Universal Music Group is expected Wednesday.


Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena has been named artist of the year by Britain's Gramophone magazine.


India Says U.S. Lifts Nuclear, Space Export Curbs

India said on Saturday the United  States had lifted export restrictions on equipment for India's  commercial space program and nuclear power facilities, opening  the way for greater cooperation in the two sectors.


Norfolk Island's first murder trial in 150 yrs starts

The first murder  trial in 150 years on Norfolk Island started on Wednesday with  the prosecutor saying a New Zealand man hit a pedestrian with  his car, then stabbed her several times "to make sure she was  dead."


Franchitti wins Pikes Peak after pit mishap

FOUNTAIN, Colo. Dario Franchitti won his second IRL race of the year by winning the Honda Indy 225 at Pikes Peak International Raceway.


This year's meeting on the UN Climate Change Convention is deadlocked over a proposal to start informal discussions over the next year about the future of the climate-change regime.


Mariners edge Yankees to end losing streak

Ichiro Suzuki touched off Seattle's go-ahead rally in the eighth inning with his third hit of the afternoon and the Mariners snapped a four-game losing streak, defeating the New York Yankees 3-2 Wednesday.


Nintendo Wii Japan sales hit 3 mln units: survey

Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS) has sold more  than 3 million units of its Wii game console in Japan, three  times the sales of Sony Corp.'s (6758.T) PlayStation 3, game  magazine publisher Enterbrain said.


First-round pick Michael Huff signed a $22.5 million, five-year contract with the Oakland Raiders on Tuesday that guarantees the safety $15 million.


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Reinforcements Sent to Quell Militant Uprising

The Iraqi government sent reinforcements to the countryâs third-largest city, Mosul, today, seeking to quell a deadly militant uprising that US officials suspected may be in support of the resistance in Fallujah - now said to be under 80% US control.


They arrived as they do every December: brightly wrapped gifts destined for children at a kindergarten in rural northern France.


Landmark study prompts rethink of genetic code

The most detailed probe yet into the workings of the human genome has led scientists to conclude that a cornerstone concept about the chemical code for life is badly flawed.


Rights Case Against Pinochet Can Proceed - Court

SANTIAGO, Chile  - Murder charges against former  Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in a major human rights case  can proceed, an appeals court said on Monday in an  unprecedented ruling immediately appealed to the Supreme Court.


The death toll from a fire that ripped through a warehouse under construction outside of Seoul has risen to 40, officials said on Tuesday, with most of the victims overcome by toxic fumes.


HOMESTEAD, Fla. Sept. 23, 2004 - Firefighters had trouble getting into a burning home Thursday because the windows were covered by burglar bars and plywood storm shutters, and five family members died.


Business Objects steps up midmarket BI focus

(InfoWorld) - Business Objects has released the second of three planned versions of its Crystal Decisions business intelligence software suiteÂ aimed at midmarket users. Rather than viewing other BI pure-plays as its main competitors, the vendor increasingly sees Microsoft as its rival for midmarket customers' loyalty and is trying to differentiate its offerings accordingly. Crystal Decisions Professional Edition, which debuted Tuesday, follows the February release of a Standard version of the suite aimed at users with no previous experience with BI software. The Professional version builds on the Standard Edition, adding data integration so that users can extract information from a variety of databases, including Microsoft's SQL Server, IBM's DB2, and databases from Oracle, Sybase, and Ingres. Still to come is the third member of the family, Crystal Decisions Premium Edition, due out in the fourth quarter. The Premium release will also include performance management functions such as score cards, metrics, and goals, according to Todd Rowe, vice president of worldwide midmarket business at Business Objects. "We took a stair-step approach in adding functionality" when designing midmarket versions of the company's enterprise BI software, Rowe said. All offerings share the same code set so thatÂ a midmarket user has the ability to upgrade to the enterprise software. The midmarket offerings are focused on simplicity, integration, and aggressive price points, he added. Business Objects has added wizards, prebuilt templates, reports, and data marts for users who are migrating to their first BI software from simple spreadsheet applications. The vendor has also spent time creating integrated suites since, unlike enterprise users, midmarket customers don't tend to have employees who work on tying together individual BI modules. The midmarket products sell from theÂ low tens of thousands of U.S. dollars compared to $100,000 to $150,000 for enterprise versions. Business Objects defines midmarket companies as those reporting less than $1 billion in revenue or with less than 1,000 staff. With perhaps only 10 to 15 percent of those customers currently using BI software, Rowe said the primary competitor for Business Objects in the midmarket is market awareness. The market is also highly fragmented, with analysts estimating that 18 software vendors divide up 80 percent of the market. "Microsoft is our primary competitor for midmarket for the medium to longer term," Rowe said. "We're no longer focusing as much on CognosÂ or other BI pure-plays." Business Objects is trying to differentiate itself from Microsoft by offering Crystal Decisions not only on Windows but on two flavors of Linux: Red Hat and Suse. The company also believes it's ahead of the game in providing the Professional version that includes BI and data integration in a single product. Business Objects has made a number of acquisitions in performance management, including the recent purchase of Cartesis for around $300 million. The vendor is currently integrating the planning and budgeting capabilities it has bought but will look to offer that functionality for the midmarket in 2008, Rowe said. Business Objects has yet to determine what that midmarket budgeting and planning product will look like. It could be the fourth member of the Crystal Decisions family, or itÂ could be a separate offering, he added. Pricing for Crystal Decisions Professional Edition starts from $35,000 in North America for five concurrent users on a single Windows or Linux server. Pricing elsewhere in the world will vary according to local market conditions. The software is available in 12 languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.


3D scans of faces are set to speed up the diagnosis of rare genetic conditions, scientists say.


Infant skeleton in suitcase to be tested

An infant's skeleton found in a dead woman's suitcase was born at 35 weeks gestation, but authorities don't know its gender or how long it had been there.


Yankees Close To Acquiring Johnson...Again

Randy Johnson is close to becoming a New York Yankee after all. The Yanks and Arizona Diamondbacks reached a tentative agreement on a deal that would send Johnson to the Bronx for pitchers


Poll organisers in Afghanistan set a deadline for allegations of voter fraud before the ballot count may begin.


Hurricane Frances Could Hit Turks & Caicos, Bahamas Today

MIAMI, FL., Weds. Sept. 1: Hurricane Frances could hit the Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos today, according to forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami last night.


Empoli, 17:43 - CALCIO, EMPOLI; CAGNI: A PARMA VOGLIO SQUADRA DETERMINATA

Nonostante l'Uefa in cassaforte, Gigi Cagni vuole un Empoli concentrato a Parma: ''Voglio vedere un ...


Offshore Outsourcingâs Next Wave: How High?

Just how much back-office work can be sent abroad, and how quickly, is a matter of some debate. But everyone thinks it will grow explosively as earlier waves of outsourcing did.


US President George W. Bush's ability to stick to a scripted defence of his policies on Iraq and terrorism should give him an edge over Democratic rival Senator John


As expected, Ubisoft today announced its plans to launch a new Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six title on PS2, Xbox and PC. Rainbow Six 4 will introduce a new single player experience with a personal darker storyline


Ottawa scores three goals in the second period, giving the Senators a 5-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night.


NEW YORK -- How does Daddy tell his kids why he's crying? ``Well, my first goal is to explain it to them," Andre Agassi is saying after the fall that landed him among the unemployed. ``It was pretty upsetting to them to see me cry because, I suppose, they don't realize that dads do that."


US President George W Bush says he is committed to reviving talks with North Korea over its nuclear programme.


Volkswagen AG is considering building its new "baby Bentley" model in the Dresden, Germany, factory where it assembles its luxury VW Phaeton sedan, the company said Monday.


Israel gets letter from missing navigator

JERUSALEM - Israel obtained a two-decade-old letter written in captivity by its most famous missing soldier as part of a recent exchange with the Hezbollah guerrilla group, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said yesterday.


Kidd headed out in revised, 9-player NBA deal

The New Jersey Nets have reached agreement on their long-discussed trade of Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks, SI.com has confirmed from league sources.


Samsung, Toshiba join SanDisk in US antitrust probe

NAND flash market goes under the scope The US Justice Department is busy handing out more RSVPs to NAND flash memory makers, cordially inviting them to a new market-wide price fixing investigation.â¦


Ferrari 612 Scaglietti: For two boys, a ride to heaven

I know just enough Italian to ask the question and understand the answer, but not much more.


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Sony BMG to drop copy protection for downloads

Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the world's second largest music company, will this month become the last of the big four majors to drop copy protection software on music downloads, also known as digital rights management (DRM).


Australia 'confident' Indonesia will nab fugitive Malaysian bomb experts

Australia said it was confident Indonesian police would be able to arrest two Malaysian explosives experts accused of masterminding the Australian embassy bombing in Jakarta in September.


"I focused on everything about me that's seen death and feels old and is a mom and feels drained and disappointed by life. And he focused on everything that's hopeful and young about him. And, somehow, we met in the middle." — Angelina Jolie, via AP Television News, who plays Colin Farrell's mother in the new Oliver Stone movie, "Alexander." Jolie is just a year older than Farrell.


A collective of gamers is hoping to purchase the online game Ryzom to save it from bankruptcy.


Officials: Bedouin sold explosives before blasts

Taba, Egypt -- A Bedouin tribesman has confessed to selling explosives that might have been used in the three deadly car bombings targeting Israeli tourists Thursday night, and investigators were looking into possible Palestinian militant involvement


Countrywide Chief Forgoes $37.5 Million in Exit Pay

Angelo R. Mozilo will voluntarily give up $37.5 million in severance and consulting pay in connection with the proposed takeover by the Bank of America Corporation.


A charity pop concert in honour of Princess Diana is being planned for next year, according to a newspaper.


FRANKFURT/BOSTON  - SAP AG  will unveil  on Wednesday a line of business management programs to be  delivered over the Web, becoming the first major software  company to make a big bet on software as a service.


Sushmita becomes Pantene brand ambassador

Former Miss Universe and Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen becomes the brand ambassador for Procter &


Lee Scott, chief executive of retail giant Wal-Mart, tells the BBC that his firm's many critics have got it wrong.


Arafat, Palestinian Uprising, and US Role in Israeli-Palestinian ...

This article suggests that, the only single possible way to end the impasse in order to find hopefully, a truce and ultimately, peaceful settlement based on the UNâs framework of the well-known


HK scientists seek effective cures to avian flu

Hong Kong scientists have been researching a vaccine for the avian flu epidemic, commonly known as bird flu. Doctor John Nichols, a pathologist at Hong Kong University, says


Keep an eye on your credit card issuers -- they may be about to raise your rates.


Iraqi PM Allawi's Family Targeted by Kidnappers

Three members of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's family have been kidnapped by gunmen, a spokesman for the Iraqi interim government said on Wednesday.


Secretary of State Colin Powell is scheduled to arrive here Monday for a summit he hopes will spur more international support for the interim Iraqi government and elections planned for Jan. 30.


American forces in Iraq launched a fresh offensive today against the terrorists responsible for the murder of British hostage Ken Bigley and two US captives.


Under a New Watch, Miramax Still Homes in on Awards

Miramax may be a smaller and calmer organization under Daniel Battsek, but the studio has nonetheless remained in the thick of the awards race.


British Airways' carbon offset scheme has saved the equivalent of just four flights to New York, MPs are told.


Singer-actress Barbara McNair dies at 72

Barbara McNair, the pioneering black singer-actress who hosted her own TV variety show and starred with Sidney Poitier in the early 1970s, has died. She was 72. McNair died Sunday in Los Angeles after a battle with throat cancer, her sister, Jacqueline Gaither, said.


Sunni cleric shot in Nigeria, mob attacks Shi'ites

SOKOTO, Nigeria  - An unknown gunman shot a Sunni cleric at a mosque in the far northwestern Nigerian city of Sokoto on Wednesday and a Sunni mob attacked Shi'ite headquarters in the city in retaliation, witnesses said.


A German court jails Andrea Klump a suspected ex-urban guerrilla, for a 1991 bomb attack on Soviet Jews.


Per 30 ore chiuso nel bagagliaio sul traghetto dalla Tunisia

GENOVA - Il miraggio dell'Italia Ã¨ costato la vita al tunisino Amor Knis. L'extracomunitario Ã¨ morto dopo essere rimasto chiuso per 30 ore nel bagagliaio dell'auto della fidanzata italiana sul traghetto Â«VictoryÂ», che collega Tunisi con Genova.


La Gad perde pezzi, lâUlivo batta un colpo

Mastella decide di correre da solo alle regionali. Nappi: Roma lavori per ricomporre la crisi. Lâattesa câera tutta, dâaltronde lâappuntamento con il congresso nazionale del partito era stato costruito


An ill-timed Vonage database e-mail solicitation

Blog: A database shoots out an e-mail solicitation using the name of a friend in the hospital.


Community News: FirePHP Firefox PHP Extension

As mentioned on dzone.com, there's an extension for Firefox, FirePHP, that allows you to get a bit more info on what your PHP scripts are up to.    FirePHP allows you to take a deeper look at all the work your PHP code does to generate that page you are currently looking at in your Firefox browser.   Just install the FirePHP Firefox extension, PHP PEAR package and add a few lines of code to your PHP application to get started. You will see a "FirePHP" tab in your Firebug extension to bring your PHP backend logic to your fingertips!    You can check out screenshots of it in action, a demo of its use, and of course, download the latest version all from their site. It works either as a separate window or attached in your browser and, based on an XML capabilities file, works with your application to provide details about your scripts.


ABINGTON -- After 28 years, Tricia Ford has finally convinced her husband to scrap a Christmas tradition: a real tree.


Strage di Bologna: 30 anni per Ciavardini

La corte di Appello ha confermato la pena di primo grado per l'ex militante dei Nar. Il 19 dicembre scorso la Cassazione aveva annullato la condanna formulata nel 2002. I familiari delle vittime: "Ora cominci a parlare".


UN peacekeepers wounded in Haiti violence

GONAIVES, Haiti - Two United Nations peacekeepers were wounded in shootouts with supporters of Haiti's ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide in the capital and storm survivors in flood-ravaged Gonaives, officials said today.


Bush: International Coalition to Coordinate Relief for Ravaged ...

President Bush says the United States will stand by the victims of the Indian Ocean earthquake and resulting tsunami, calling the tragedy one of the major natural disasters in world history.


Londra, 12:54 - CALCIO, LEGALI HENRY: SI E' SEPARATO

Thierry Henry si è separato. La notizia del divorzio dalla moglie Claire, sposata quattro ann...


Wal-Mart shareholders to pack Ark. arena

Thousands of Wal-Mart investors and employees will pack a northwest Arkansas sports arena Friday for the giant retailer's annual shareholder meeting, a mix of music celebrity flash and serious business with a pinch of criticism from dissident shareholders.


N. Ireland polls close as self-rule comes to the crunch

President of Sinn Fein, Gerry Adams emerges from a polling station in West Belfast after casting his vote.Comment


Microsoft Builds Custom 'Skin' for New T-Mobile Phone

Microsoft built a custom Windows Mobile user interface for a new phone that T-Mobile USA expects to announce on Monday, evidence that Microsoft may be getting more serious about pursuing the consumer mobile market.


Mercury's Taurasi Wins WNBA Rookie of Year

Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury was a runaway selection Monday as the WNBA's rookie of the year.


Cameron marks yr. as Conservative leader

He is young, charismatic, and has a knack for publicity stunts like cutting through Arctic snow on a dog sled to promote green issues or addressing voters in a video blog from his kitchen.


At the time, it didn't seem like a big deal. On the Miami Hurricanes' first offensive possession Saturday against the Virginia Tech Hokies, running back Frank Gore ripped off a 9-yard run, seemingly giving


Israel fights Fatah militants in West Bank city

NABLUS, West Bank  - An Israeli raid into a West Bank city dominated by Fatah gunmen drew accusations from Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad that Israel was trying to undermine his new government shorn of Hamas Islamists.


Endless wait for houses for Andaman tsunami victims

BAMBOOFLAT, India  - Thousands of tsunami victims on India's remote Andaman and Nicobar archipelago are still living in temporary shelters almost three years after the devastating December 2004 tsunami washed away their homes.


Sfilate dal 6 all'8 luglio nella capitale


NEW YORK - Microsoft's new offensive in the digital music industry will seek to significantly alter the competitive landscape in a new market that until now has largely been dominated by Apple Computer and its powerful combination of the iPod portable


Barghouthi to Run for Palestinian President

Jailed popular leader Marwan Barghouthi decided on Wednesday to run in a Palestinian presidential election and Hamas militants vowed to boycott it, throwing the campaign into turmoil after Yasser Arafat's death.


Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko receives interview after casting his vote at a polling station during a rerun presidential run-off between him and Prime Minister and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych in Kiev, Dec. 26, 2004.


The private equity firm plans to acquire 80% of the common stock in the home appliance and consumer electronics retail chain for $307 million.


White-painted bride honors Bulgarian Muslim rite

Fikrie Sabrieva, 17, will  marry with her eyes closed and her face painted white, dotted  with bright sequins. She lives 'at the end of the world',  tending a hardy Muslim culture in largely Christian Bulgaria.


Wall Street was expected to open lower  on Monday weighed down by worries that Americans will feel the  pinch of steeper energy costs, and Boston Scientific Corp  BSX.N may dip on news of a product recall.


Kenya parties to work with African panel: AU

Kenya's president and opposition leader agreed on Thursday to work together with an African panel headed by former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to end turmoil that has killed 500 people, the African Union said.


Mercury-Containing Vaccines May Help Not Harm Kids

NEW YORK  - There have been widespread  concerns that mercury-based preservatives used in vaccines  might impair the neurological development of children, but the  opposite seems to be true.


Aided by one man who survived his own attempt, a campaign to build a barrier to prevent suicides on the landmark bridge is causing a stir in San Francisco


Description: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow tells the story of a reporter and a hotshot pilot trying to save the world. The film's digitally created universe is both a nostalgic nod to the sci-fi serials


City Room: Shadowing New Yorkâs Commuters

Next Stop: A different commute every weekday for the next month.


Blair Gives Us Control Over British Troops Tony Blair faces a growing ...

Tony Blair faces a growing political row over Iraq after it emerged that hundreds of British troops may soon be sent to the Baghdad region in order to fight under American command.


Torino, 19:45 - SCHERMA, MONDIALI; FIORETTO DONNE: ORO ALLA GRANBASSI

Margherita Granbassi è la nuova campionessa mondiale di fioretto. Nella rassegna iridata di T...


Blair Battles Own Political Party on UK Iraq Policy

Description: NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Colin Brown, deputy political editor for the United Kingdom's Independent newspaper, currently covering the British Labour Party Conference.


Courtney Love Pleads Innocent to Assault

LOS ANGELES - Courtney Love pleaded innocent Friday to a felony assault charge for allegedly attacking a woman with a liquor bottle at her ex-boyfriend's home in April.    The mercurial rocker, wearing a long black dress, was composed in court, responding to Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Dennis Mulcahy's questions with "yes" or "no." Outside, she appeared shaken while talking with reporters...


Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL.N, the No.  3 U.S. carrier, said on Sunday it will cut 2,000  aircraft-maintenance jobs, up to 3,100 customer-service jobs,  and between 1,600 and 1,800 supervisory and administrative  personnel as part of a previously announced plan to cut total  staffing by 7,000.


El Museo del Barrio's eye-opening survey of Latin American portraiture covers an exhausting tract of cultural ground.


Mexico court will name Calderon president: sources

Mexico's electoral court will name   ruling party conservative Felipe Calderon president-elect on   Tuesday, rejecting claims the fiercely disputed July 2 vote was   unfair, sources said.


Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp., the world's largest developer of smartphones that use Microsoft software, plans to launch more than ten mobile phones and PDAs (personal digital assistants) armed with Qualcomm Inc. chips by the end of this year, the companies said Wednesday.


IRS: File your tax return or no stimulus check

Americans eligible for tax rebates of $300 to $1,200 under the new fiscal stimulus act will not receive their payments until they file a 2007 income tax return, even if they make too little to owe any taxes, the Internal Revenue Service said on Wednesday.


Da inizio settimana +10,7%, indice Shangai a +3,1%


illary Rodham Clinton's deputy campaign manager wrote a memo this week making the case for the Democratic presidential candidate to bypass the Iowa caucuses and focus on later contests in nomination fight


Britain may withhold World Bank donation

The British government threatened Thursday to withhold a $94 million contribution to the World Bank to protest the conditions the bank places on aid to poor countries.


WASHINGTON  - NASA has modified the first huge external space shuttle tank, a fix meant to avoid repeating a 2003 tragedy that killed seven astronauts and has grounded the shuttles since, the agency said Tuesday.


Roddick powers through Capriati stuns Serena in controversial ...

NEW YORK: Andy Roddick ripped through Spainâs Tommy Robredo in a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 rout while Serena Williams copped the sharp end of several controversial line calls to exit the quarter-finals against Jennifer Capriati on Tuesday night at the US$17.


France's Chirac Gives Spielberg Top Award

President Jacques Chirac made U.S. film director Steven Spielberg a knight in the French Legion of Honor on Sunday, hailing him as a great filmmaker committed to fighting hatred and intolerance.


Buffett's new bond insurer invited to Rhode Island

In a sign that Warren Buffett's new bond insurer may find eager customers, Rhode Island has asked the billionaire investor to bring the new venture to the state to help maintain and increase value of its bonds.


Once Viewed As An Unsound Luxury, Wi-Fi Gaining Steam In Workplaces (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Offices still lag homes when it comes to wireless networking, or Wi-Fi. But they're catching up.


Carter Book Stirs Furor With Its View of Israelisâ âApartheidâ

Jimmy Carterâs new book, âPalestine Peace Not Apartheid,â has drawn outrage for its apparent equation of the plight of todayâs Palestinians to the former victims of racial separation in South Africa.


The Mayo Group of Roxbury is expected to purchase 51 Sleeper St. in South Boston, a vacant eight-story building owned by Frank H. McCourt Jr. McCourt, who owns the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, defaulted on a $22.5 million loan on the property this year. A group of investors sold the loan to Mayo Group for about $17 million, and ...


The Football Associationâs board today insisted Sven-Goran Eriksson retains their âfull supportâ as they dismissed the idea of his eventual successor being a part-time coach.


Do-it-yourself phishing kits are being made available for download free of charge from the Internet, according to anti-virus firm Sophos.


US, NKorea start nuclear talks in Geneva

The United States and North Korea began face-to-face talks in Geneva on Saturday aimed at reaching an agreement on how to proceed with Pyongyang's denuclearisation pledge.


The Navy task force overseeing John Kerry's swift boat squadron in Vietnam reported that his group of boats came under enemy fire during a March 13, 1969, incident that three decades later is being challenged by the Democratic presidential nominee's critics.


Israel defense minister favors war probe

Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Friday that he would support a sweeping, independent inquiry into Israel's war in Lebanon, a new sign of division in a government facing harsh public criticism for its handling of the conflict.


Blast in Marriott Hotel's lobby leaves one killed, over 10 injured

ISLAMABAD: A blast that occurred in the Marriott hotel killed one and left at over ten people injured including four foreigners at 9:35 pm at the entrance to the hotel on Thursday, sources said.


Presidential campaign gathers steam in final stretch to November 2

President George W. Bush and challenger John Kerry traded blows over Iraq and taxes as they scrambled for votes in the final week of their presidential race.


Cassini team spies moonlets in Saturn's A ring

You can tell by the propellers Many years ago, a comet strike or a wandering asteroid passing through Saturn's moon system, crashed into one of the orbiting bodies, shattering it and sending fragments the size of sports stadia whirling along its orbital path.â¦


Army investigating why 19 failed to report for fueling convoy in ...

LSA ANACONDA, Iraq - Army investigators are trying to determine why 19 soldiers from a fuel platoon failed to appear for a convoy mission Wednesday at Tallil Air Base in southern Iraq.


School Janitor Is Convicted In British Letter-Bomb Case

LONDON, Sept. 27 -- An elementary school janitor was found guilty Thursday of a series of letter-bomb attacks this year, which he testified he carried out to protest Britain's being "an overbearing and over-intrusive surveillance society."


Norway's embassy in Latvia closed for fear of terrorist attack

The Norwegian Embassy in Latvia's capital Riga was closed on Monday for fear of a possible terrorist attack, said the Norwegian foreign ministry.


Crippled Canadian submarine expected back in Halifax on Tuesday morning

HALIFAX (CP) - The Canadian submarine HMCS Chicoutimi, ravaged by a deadly fire off the coast of Ireland almost four months ago, was expected to arrive at its home port in Halifax early Tuesday morning.


A woman charged with assaulting and robbing Foxy Brown was released from jail after the rapper failed to appear before a grand jury to testify against her.


"The Little Mermaid" could struggle to find legs in the transition from screen to stage after critics on Friday panned the latest musical offering from the Walt Disney Co. a day after its debut on Broadway.


By the time Prime Minister Paul Martin addresses the United Nations fall session next week, 1,000 more people will have perished in Sudan's Darfur region, because the Security Council failed to save them.


Microsoft May Reopen Talks With EU After Court Ruling

Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, may restart settlement talks with European Union regulators after the EU's second-highest court rules on whether penalties should be suspended.


Venus Williams has survived a third-set tie-breaker to reach the quarter-finals of the WTA Tour event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


Wrist Splints Helpful for Inflammatory Arthritis

NEW YORK  - For people with inflammatory  arthritis affecting the wrist, using a wrist splint can reduce  pain and improve strength, Canadian researchers have shown.


Baghdad - At least 29 people were killed and 18 others injured in powerful explosion in west Baghdad, police said on Wednesday. Police patrols were en route to a raid in Baghdad's Ghazaliya neighbourhood late


Promising Young Pitchers Are Treated With Kid Gloves

One of the continuing trends in the major leagues is how diligent teams have become about safeguarding young pitchers like the Yankeesâ Joba Chamberlain and Bostonâs Clay Buchholz.


Patent fracas blurs focus for Nokia, Qualcomm

(InfoWorld) - Ongoing legal disputes over mobile phone patents between Nokia and Qualcomm are consuming much executive management time, generating substantial lawyer fees, and, if they escalate, could affect handset development and prices, experts warn. Defending IP (intellectual-property) rights through litigation "is the nature of the business," said Chris Jones, senior analyst with Canalys.com in Reading, England. "But in the case of Nokia and Qualcomm, unfortunately, it's been taking up too much management time." On Monday, Nokia responded to a patent lawsuit filed by Qualcomm in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas by filing a counterclaim against the U.S. company. Over the past two years, Qualcomm has filed 11 lawsuits against Nokia, according to a Nokia spokeswoman. The initial Qualcomm lawsuit filed in Texas deals with three patents related to the downloading of applications and other digital content over GPRSÂ or EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) networks, two technologies for speeding the transmission of packet data in GSM networks. Nokia contends that Qualcomm's patents are invalid and, in addition, has asked the Texas court to stop Qualcomm from using six Nokia implementation patents used in Qualcomm's MediaFlow and Brew technologies. Standards bodies divide patents touching the technologies they define into two categories: Those essential to a standards-compliant product, and those that only cover a particular implementation of the standard. This is the second counterclaim filed by the Finnish manufacturer. On April 2, Nokia filed a counterclaim in the U.S. Western District of Wisconsin, accusing Qualcomm of infringing on six of its patents relating primarily to multiband and multimode technologies that reduce handset and chipset size, cost, and power consumption. The counterclaim came in response to Qualcomm's initial lawsuit filed in the same court over two patents covering speech encoders used in certain GSM phones to digitize audio signals for transmission. So far, the patent infringement lawsuits against Nokia "haven't taken the vendor's eye off the ball when it comes to developing and bringing handsets to market," Jones said but warned of "too much management time being focused on these litigation cases." Nokia is in "close discussions" with its partners and customers to keep them informed of how the company is dealing with litigation, the spokeswoman said. "Our view is that they respect our right to protect our patents and our business, and to take the action we need to take," she said. Andrew Gilbert, president of Qualcomm Europe, argues that the company's licensing model has created greater competition in the market by allowing vendors without GSM patents to enter the market and compete more easily. The model, known as "pass through rights," lets manufacturers obtain the rights to use numerous GSM patents already licensed by Qualcomm -- in addition to the company's own CDMA patents -- instead of having to strike separate royalty deals with each GSM patent holder. "We think our model drives down prices of royalties and thus the price of handsets," he said. But Gilbert conceded that the current litigation is a cost factor. "Clearly, we'd rather be spending the couple of hundred million dollars on innovation," he said. That sum could easily rise as the chronology of the legal battles between Qualcomm and Nokia suggests: On Oct. 28, 2005, Nokia and five other companies, including Broadcom and Telefonaktiebolaget Ericsson, filed a complaint to the European Commission over Qualcomm's high royalty rates, among other issues. The Commission has yet to make a decision. On Nov. 4, 2005,Â Qualcomm filed a lawsuit against NokiaÂ in the federal court of San Diego, California, over GSM patents. The court put the case on hold, pending further information. On May 24, 2006,Â Qualcomm filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Nokia in the U.K.Â over two GSM patents. The trial is expected later this year. On June 9, 2006, Qualcomm filed a complaint against Nokia with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) over six GSM patents. The company later withdrew three, and the ITC has meanwhile put the case on hold. On Aug. 9, 2006, Qualcomm filed a GSM patent infringement lawsuit against Nokia in Germany. The trial is set for September. On the same day,Â Nokia filed a case in Delaware, claiming that Qualcomm breached its written contractual obligations to license essential GSM and 3G (third-generation) patents on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. On Oct. 4, 2006, Qualcomm filed a patent infringement lawsuits against Nokia in France and on Oct. 16 in Italy over GSM technologies. On Feb. 2, 2007, Qualcomm filed three complaints in China over GSM patents. On March 19, Nokia filed complaints against Qualcomm patents in Germany and the Netherlands. On April 2, Qualcomm filed the two cases against Nokia in Wisconsin an Texas. And on May 24,Â Nokia filed a counter-claim against QualcommÂ in response to the lawsuit filed in Wisconsin.


A couple who physically abused their four-year-old daughter have been jailed for a total of 22 years.


Donald Trump is usually in high-rise buildings. Right now, he's on the fence. On Thursday, the real estate mogul will choose one of his final two candidates on the second season of NBC's "The Apprentice" in a live broadcast from Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.


Dollar Rally Kept Intact After U.S. Data

The dollar hovered near a two-month high  versus the euro on Thursday after upbeat economic data  reaffirmed the view that likely future U.S. interest rate rises  would lure more funds to the United States.


Movie Review | 'The Unknown Soldier': Disturbing the Guilty Archives of the Wehrmacht

âThe Unknown Soldierâ takes on the idea that ordinary German soldiers were for the most part unaware of and uninvolved in the worst crimes of the Nazi regime.


Microsoft launches MSN Music online store

Microsoft's online music store, known as MSN Music store, is being hailed as the most capable competitor to the iTunes Music Store of California's Apple.


While celebrating unprecedented success at the Athens Olympics, China has its sights firmly set on the Beijing Games in four years when they hope to present the country's new face to the world.


This morning, MGM Mirage (NYSE: MGG) announced its latest plan for the Las Vegas Strip: a multibillion-dollar "urban metropolis" spanning 66 acres between Bellagio and the Monte Carlo on the Strip.


Images are released of the last moments of a Scottish woman found murdered in a New Zealand street.


Alonso wins in Monaco with Hamilton second

Double world champion Fernando Alonso won the Monaco Grand Prix for the second year in a row on Sunday, with team mate Lewis Hamilton completing a dominant McLaren one-two.


Intel Corp. has received approval to build a $2.5 billion chip plant in China amid booming Chinese demand for chips used in personal computers and mobile phones, the government said Tuesday.


Consultant pathologist David Bee is cleared of misconduct after admitting failings in a post-mortem examination.


Sanofi tops forecasts but Acomplia delay weighs

Sanofi-Aventis posted higher than  expected fourth-quarter profits on Tuesday and predicted more  growth for 2007, but a further delay in its key new  anti-obesity drug Acomplia hit the shares.


Egypt begins closing Gaza border, fueling tensions

RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Egypt began closing its breached border with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Friday, using barbed wire and water cannons to keep Palestinians from crossing into Egypt in defiance of an Israeli blockade.


Police receive new information following allegations of racist abuse in Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brother.


British Hostage's Mom Pleads for His Life

The 86-year-old mother of a Briton held hostage in Iraq pleaded with his captors to free him Thursday, days after they beheaded two Americans kidnapped along with him.


Notre Dame 89, Syracuse 83: Under the Radar Irish Bounce Syracuse

The No. 4 seeded Irish put forth a strong statement with a 89-83 victory over No. 5 seeded Syracuse.


Afghanistan bans the film The Kite Runner on the grounds that it could incite violence.


In Tense Indian State, A Man for All Hindus

AHMADABAD, India -- Past the leafy Hindu neighborhoods of high-rises, children's amusement parks and glitzy shopping malls sprawls one of Asia's largest Muslim ghettos. It's a maze of half a million people, with rutted, unpaved roads, barefoot children flying kites amid smoldering garbage, and an...


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan The foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan are holding their first formal dialogue on Kashmir since a peace process began last year.


Tokyo stocks finished lower Thursday on losses by select technology and banking shares. The U.S. dollar was higher against the Japanese yen.


GAZA CITY, 12 November 2004 - The world will bid farewell to Abu Ammar, Yasser Arafat, as one of the towering figures of Arab politics embarks on his final journey with a state funeral in Cairo today followed by a solemn burial ceremony in Ramallah.


A deal committing Iran to suspend activities that Washington says are part of a nuclear arms program was close to collapse Friday, with diplomats suggesting that Tehran had


Nigeria's new President Umaru Yar'Adua publicly declares his assets, in an effort to combat corruption.


The failure to reveal how thin pre-war intelligence was on Iraq later "came home to roost", Lord Butler says.


Reveling in the first 16-0 regular season in NFL history is passé for the Patriots, so 2007. It's a new year and a new season.


Lenovo is recalling approximately 205,000 lithium-ion batteries used worldwide in ThinkPad laptops, however this time Sony isn't the culprit. The batteries in this recall were produced by Sanyo.


Fallujah strikes kill eight, military says four Maries killed

US warplanes, tanks and artillery units struck the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Saturday, killing at least eight people and wounding


A.J. Abrams scores 25 points, D.J. Augustin adds 17 and Texas rallies from a 13-point deficit to beat Iowa State, 71-65, in overtime Saturday, its sixth win in seven games.


Saragozza, 17:02 - CALCIO, SPAGNA: GARITANO NUOVO ALLENATORE SARAGOZZA

Ander Garitano è il nuovo allenatore del Saragozza. Prende il posto di Victor Fernandez, che ...


Bombs Kill 19 in Kirkuk and Wound 3 in Baghdad

A suicide car bomb exploded Saturday in the northern oil city of Kirkuk after the car plowed into a crowd of men seeking jobs with the Iraqi National Guard, killing


British teenagers are damaging their  health by not getting enough sleep because they are distracted  by electronic gadgets in their bedrooms, according to a survey  on Tuesday.


Sami Wylie made an NCAA all-division record 21 3-pointers and finished with 69 points to help Lincoln University set a Division III scoring record in a 201-78 victory over Ohio State-Marion on Saturday.


GARHI KHUDA BAKHSH, Pakistan  - Benazir Bhutto was laid to rest next to her father in the family mausoleum on Friday after the opposition leader's assassination plunged Pakistan into crisis and triggered violent protests.


Swiss Re posts 16 percent rise in half-year profit

Re-insurance group Swiss Re reported a 16 percent rise in first-half profit to 1.6 billion Swiss francs (1.0 billion euros, 1.3 billion dollars).


'Nel 2008 pace e tranquillita' a comunita' internazionale'


President Bush, admitting that "it's bad in Iraq," acknowledged Thursday that the United States needs a new approach in the unpopular war and promised to unveil details in an upcoming speech.


Sitemaps (used for mapping your site), are now being used by search engines to index Web sites, which can improve your site's listings. To quickly generate a sitemap, you need a script or a program. One of these is the A1 Sitemap Generator, the subject of this review. By Lee Underwood. 0213


Point guard Dez Willingham won't be back for his sophomore season at Kansas State, coach Jim Wooldridge said Monday. Willingham, who started 11 games last season, was not around for the start of classes last Wednesday.


Ceremonies are held across Europe to mark 60 years since the liberation of Auschwitz.


Detroit carmakers to seek big union concessions: report

The three big Detroit automakers will seek unprecedented concessions from the United Auto Workers union (UAW) in contract negotiations, The Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Thursday, citing auto executives.


Study: Firms should help unhappy workers

Investing in depressed employees — quickly getting them treatment and even offering telephone psychotherapy — can cut absenteeism while improving workers' health, a study suggests.


Russian babe's item number will open Musafir

Know Tatsiana? She's the sexy Russian babe who was selected from the Item Bomb hunt for an item number in Sanjay Gupta's Musafir.


People with high blood pressure seem to be more vulnerable to heart attacks when the temperature drops, new research shows. The findings, presented last week at a conference


Per i nostri 007 i rapitori delle due ragazze sono ex baathisti ...

Conoscevano lâOng. Non avevano foto, ma un foglio coi nomi. Frattini chiama Teheran. Il risveglio della Lega araba. Roma. Simona Torretta, Simona Pari ei due iracheni sono stati rapiti da terroristi che hanno