MINNEAPOLIS - Gary Sheffield insists George Steinbrenner is the only person who could tell him to rest his ailing left shoulder, but you can be sure that wasn't on The Boss' mind last night. Not after Sheffield once again injected life ...


Iraqi families start 'abuse' probe campaign in Britain

A group of Iraqi families launched a legal campaign Friday to force an inquiry into claims that British soldiers abused their relatives.


Rose accurately predicted the news from last January's Macworld and also called the iPod Nano, so we're willing to listen. From CNET's new gadgets blog, Crave.


NTT DoCoMo, Japan's biggest mobile communications carrier, achieved a 1Gbps packet transmission speed using 4G) mobile communication equipment in August, the company has said.


ASIA/BAHRAIN - Prima Conferenza sulle emergenze sanitarie e alimentari dei bambini e degli adolescenti del Golfo Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Si terrÃ  a novembre, in Bahrain, la prima Conferenza sullÂalimentazione dei bambini e degli adolescenti del Golfo (Gulf Children and Adolescents Nutrition Conference). Secondo una nota dellÂOrganizzazione per la Cooperazione M...


Cracker writer Jimmy McGovern accuses the BBC of being a "racist institution" during a live BBC radio interview.


Drogba the destroyer as Chelsea fire early

JOSE MOURINHO began his latest campaign as he finished the last one - a winner - as his new club Chelsea thrashed French strugglers Paris Saint Germain 3-0 in Paris in their opening match of the tournament on Tuesday.


Principal killed in week's second school shooting

MADISON, Wisconsin  - A 15-year-old student shot his school's principal in southwestern Wisconsin on Friday after telling another student "you better run," in the second fatal U.S. school shooting this week, authorities said.


International Business Machines Corp. said Monday it will provide voice and data services to British financial-services company Lloyds TSB Group PLC for seven years in a deal worth $971.6 million.


The sky was mercifully clear over much of Texas on Saturday after three weeks of drenching rain, as search teams combed the swollen Trinity River for a missing rafter.


See, this is what happens when you win it all under the simple guise of just being the best team, absent the melodrama. You sweep the Rockies and neither Jimmy Fallon nor Drew Barrymore is anywhere in sight.


The new war movie "Gunner Palace" synthesizes the contradictions of a war that is at once Vietnam redux and the un-Vietnam.


La quota acquistata dai francesi vale 68 mln di sterline


Obama wins South Carolina Democratic primary

COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Barack Obama won a vital contest in South Carolina on Saturday in his quest for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination, showing strength among southern blacks who make up half the state's Democratic voters.


Peterson mistress takes stand for cross-examination

As Scott Peterson's former mistress Amber Frey took the witness stand Monday for her much anticipated cross-examination, there was a hush in the courtroom.


Hyperic HQ - open source systems management, apache management, tomcat management, LAMP management, WebLogic management, virtualization management, VMware management, WebSphere management, Xen management, JBoss management, WAMP management   Hyperic HQ 3.2 is now officially available, download it here:  http://www.hyperic.com/downloads/  This exciting new release is designed to provide a more powerful "single pane of glass" to monitor, diagnose and manage today's complex, custom, web-based IT environments. In addition, significant infrastructure enhancements to the core Hyperic HQ platform were added to deliver the most scalable and manageable enterprise monitoring software available in open source.  New Features and Enhancements in HQ 3.2 New Diagnostics and Visibility  Today's IT administrators deal with an increasing burden of disparate technologies, and changing resources to monitor and maintain. Typically, they rely on a variety of utilities and diagnostic tools to ensure and restore availability to their systems. Hyperic HQ 3.2 introduces three new capabilities that provide both new and existing users of HQ a single console to manage all layers of their infrastructure:      * Live Exec Data - This feature allows HQ users to view - in real time - performance data for a single platform or across a number of platforms, in a rich, centralized user interface. The Live Exec Data framework is built OS-independent, which means that commands can be executed on both Windows and *nix systems. Executable commands include:           o Cpuinfo           o Cpuperc           o Df           o Ifconfig           o Netstat           o Top           o Who     * Currently Down Resources - This quick look screen gives users the ability to view all down resources and their length of down time at a glance in one page. The view can be more narrowly filtered by generic or specific resource type, and can also be sorted by resource name, type, exact down time, and length of down time.     * Nagios Import Utility - This new utility automatically imports Nagios hosts, commands and service object. This utility provides administrators currently using Nagios easy access to all the custom checks and configuration currently supported in their Nagios environment, while extending all the additional benefits and features of the Hyperic HQ platform to these users with the click of a button.     * Improved Nagios Integration - The Hyperic HQ 3.2 Nagios plugin has been extended significantly to provide Nagios administrators the ability to run Nagios plugins natively and view Nagios Services, Hosts, and Statuses in a way that is identical to the Nagios Service Details interface.  More Scalable, Manageable Infrastructure  Hyperic HQ users power some of the largest website and web applications in the world. Providing monitoring and management capablities at this scale can be a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be. Hyperic HQ 3.2 introduces powerful infrastructure enhancements to ensure maximum visibility with minimum overhead:      * Scalability Improvements - Hyperic aims to provide the most scalable systems monitoring and management software available in open source with Hyperic HQ 3.2. Significant investment in powering more concurrent checks, collecting more log data, and increasing the database performance for both queries and data insertion will demonstrate immediate results for large scale enterprises. Significant benchmark testing will be conducted in parallel with this Beta, and results will be shared.     * MySQL Database Support - Full support for MySQL database to be used as backend data store for Hyperic HQ 3.2, leveraging the proliferation of MySQL in the enterprise and existing DBA expertise.  The performance of MySQL is expected to be on par with the other backend databases we currently support: Oracle, and Postgres.     * HQ Health Check - The Hyperic HQ Server now supports self-diagnostics on the performance of the server itself, providing users and Hyperic Support a better way to be assured their monitoring system is always available.     * Global Alert Disable  - For scheduled maintenance or planned outages, the HQ administrator can globally disable all alerts on-demand in HQ 3.2, thereby preventing unwanted alerts from being generated during these times.  Download Hyperic HQ 3.2:  http://www.hyperic.com/downloads/


LONDON, England -- Investigators on Sunday were searching the wreckage of a train crash that killed six people and seriously injured 11 others at a level crossing west of London.


Tech Execs More Optimistic About Spending-Study

U.S. technology executives are  increasingly optimistic about the business climate, although  plans for increased technology spending remain modest,  according to a study released on Monday.


The UN says Bangladeshi children and women face acute malnutrition after the worst floods for years.


Greek athlete Fani Halkia finished in 52.82 to win the gold medal in the women's 400m hurdles final on Wednesday. She is the third Greek athlete to win Olympic gold in an athletics event, after Voula Patoulidou and Costas Kenteris.


The risk of divorce increases if one  partner suffers from testicular or cervical cancer, but other  types have no effect on whether a couple stays together,  Norwegian researchers said on Thursday.


Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 20 points, Derrick Rose added 19 points and top-ranked Memphis beat pesky Tulsa 56-41 Wednesday night to avoid the fate that befell the Tigers their only other time with the No. 1 ranking 25 years earlier.


Police arrest 2 after London, Glasgow incidents

British police said on Sunday they had  arrested two people in northern England in connection with an  attempted car bombing in London and an incident at Glasgow  airport when a car was rammed into the airport building.


Oil, China Push U.S. Trade Gap Near Record

The U.S. trade deficit widened in  August to its second-highest level on record, fueled by the  highest oil import prices in 23 years and record imports from  China, the U.S. government said on Thursday.


HK Gov't to Probe Election Vote Count Discrepancies

Hong Kong's government has ordered a  probe into vote counting discrepancies from Sunday's  legislative election, the latest in a string of blunders that  have embarrassed the local China-backed administration.


Two shot dead in Thai south, school bomb injures 17

A bomb blast at a school in southern Thailand on Sunday wounded 17 young Muslim men, police said, while a teacher and a villager were shot dead in separate incidents.


Although it began shipping Creative Suite 3 in mid-April, only on Monday did Adobe officially complete the suite, shipping the pricey Production Premium and Master Collection packages. Adobe Premiere and AfterEffects took longer to finish than the company's other CS3 applications.


Last Harry Potter book sets online pre-sale record

The seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series has become online retailer Amazon's most pre-ordered product, with almost 1.6 million copies bought globally ahead of the book's release on July 21.


EBay at a Crossroads: Can `Buy Now' Share Space With `Bid Now'?

Many sellers and a few longtime analysts of eBay say the company is generating fewer of the bidding frenzies that once translated into profits.


Roma, 20:55 - CALCIO, MILAN; SEEDORF: TROPPA PRESSIONE SU PATO

Clarence Seedorf è pronto a scomettere sulle qualità di Pato ma ha un timore: ''Si &eg...


Marc Almond is in a serious but "stable" condition today after his motorcycle accident. The 45-year-old singer and songwriter, best known for the Eighties' Soft Cell hit Tainted Love, had been fighting for


Devanei Hampton scored 15 points, and No. 16 California used its stellar defense to defeat Belmont 69-52 Friday in the Vanderbilt Thanksgiving tournament.


Hamas inflicts first Israeli combat death this year

Israel lost its first soldier in combat in nine months on Thursday in a confrontation with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, where the Islamist group seized control over rival Palestinian factions a month ago.


Plenty of Blame to Go Around in Monday Night Meltdown

Sometimes you have to wonder what the geniuses at the major network sports divisions are imbibing or inhaling when they make critical decisions about what we watch.


Romania and Bulgaria were given a firm date yesterday to join the European Union in January 2007, despite endemic corruption and widespread human rights abuses.


Being overweight is bad for kids' health, but a new study finds it's also bad for their education


Newcastle United Football Club has sacked Sir Bobby Robson, the oldest manager in the English Premier League. "After a disappointing start to the Premier League season, the directors of Newcastle United have


Rooney must take stock and make right choice

Wayne Rooney is a distrait young man who risks making the wrong professional move because of the tornado sweeping through his personal life.


France tightened security around its embassies Friday after a bomb outside the Indonesian Embassy slightly injured nine people in a pre-dawn explosion that shattered neighborhood windows and puzzled police.


Burundi: President Ndayizeye Sacks His Deputy

Burundian President Domitien Ndayizeye dismissed Vice-President Alphonse Marie Kadege on Wednesday for failing in his main mission of assisting the head of state.


Blue Jackets' Leclaire zeroes in on Sabres

Pascal Leclaire made 21 saves for his third shutout of the season and Rick Nash had a goal and an assist to help the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the host Buffalo Sabres, 3-0, last night.


BT Vision targets Xbox gamers for growth

Philips ditched for next gen set-top boxes BT is hoping to put a rocket up its slow-starting broadband TV service Vision, by making its movie and TV rentals available on demand to the UK's Xbox 360 owners.â¦


Matsuzaka: Toast instead of toast of the town

For the better part of the night, it appeared they'd be toasting Daisuke Matsuzaka in Keene and Kyoto, Yarmouth and Yokohama, Farmington and Fukuoka, a celebration of a playoff berth by a Sox fandom that had broadened its borders to embrace Matsuzaka's native Japan.


Venus Williams will face Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova in the Zurich quarter-finals after surviving a testing encounter with Ana Ivanovic.


Oggi la cerimonia ad Algeri, 183 ore di immagini


Katie Couric qualifies as 'Blue Ribbon' working mom

On Katie Couric's busy schedule, the phone interview about her new children's book was set for 4:30 p.m., about 12 hours after she had left for work as co-host of NBC's Today. When she called at 5, she was apologetic and explained she had forgotten that one of her daughters had a volleyball game. So while rushing to the game on the Upper East Side, Couric called by cell phone. She laughed and said, "I'm trying to multitask."


No. 1 Buckeyes have questions on defense

In a brief respite from another scorching August workout, Jim Tressel hesitated when asked to look back on his first five years as Ohio State's coach.


Female bomber kills 2 Israeli border guards

JERUSALEMâAs soft targets go, the bus stop servicing the bland and boxy apartment blocks of French Hill is the down pillow of Israeli vulnerabilities.


Rimonabant ( Acomplia ) results in sustained weight loss for study ...

They lost weight, yes, but not in any way that's very impressive. According to early results, obese study participants lost 19 pounds over two years.


Israel's security services foiled a plot by Palestinian militants to assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert before a summit with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli media reported on Sunday.


N.Korea reactor closure date needs 6-way talks: IAEA

The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog has clarified how to monitor the shutdown of North Korea's nuclear facility and it is now up to Pyongyang and its five negotiating partners to decide on a date, an official said on Saturday.


The African Union denounces the appointment of a son of Togo's President Eyadema to succeed his late father.


Congress began clearing the way for passage of legislation that would make it harder for consumers to wipe out debt through bankruptcy.


Floods from Tropical Storm Jeanne Kill 90 in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - Floods and mudslides from  Tropical Storm Jeanne killed about 90 people in Haiti and more  were missing in the Caribbean nation on Sunday as the storm  swirled in the Atlantic east of the Bahamas, a civil protection  official said.


Firefighters are dealing with a chemical fire at Immingham docks.


More than 100 men claiming to be Palestinians have landed on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, officials say.


Former public servant backs overboard claims

Former Defence Department bureaucrat Jenny McKenry has come forward to back the claims of a former ministerial adviser in the children overboard affair.


Argentina's president pledged on Wednesday to deepen ties with Venezuela, snubbing a U.S. diplomatic effort to counter the influence of leftist President Hugo Chavez in South America.


E-mail service for basic mobile phones unveiled

A start-up founded by a group of  successful European entrepreneurs is set to bring e-mail,  instant messaging and other communications services to low-cost  mobile phones, its chief executive said on Tuesday.


Unions express concern at government plans to track every teenager from the age of 14


Ich liebe Liebert Doing its best to imitate The Fonz, Dell has formed an exclusive partnership with data center cooling specialist Liebert to put your boxes on ice.â¦


Thousands Uprooted by Clashes in East Congo - UN

Thousands of civilians have fled their homes after clashes in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said on Friday, although it was unclear who was behind the violence.


European roads brace for onslaught of smaller SUVs

Already, big American-style four-by-fours are here. Soon, the roads of Europe will be dotted with smaller and medium-sized versions of the sports utility vehicle (SUV), one of the fastest-growing car segments.


Spanish royals mourn princesss sister, 31

THE SPANISH king and queen have cut short official visits after the sister of Princess Letizia, their daughter-in-law, was found dead in her apartment.Comment


Pirated goods are costing the global economy billions of dollars and putting human health at risk, the UN warns.


M.T.A. Makes Deal for Cellphone Service in Stations

All 277 underground stations in the New York subway system are to be wired for cellphone use.


Sudan says AU can stay in Darfur but not under UN

Sudan will allow African Union troops   to remain in its turbulent Darfur region but only if their AU   mandate was extended beyond September 30 and not as part of a   U.N. force, a presidential adviser said on Monday.


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CVC to acquire Samsonite for $1.7 billion

Luggage maker Samsonite Corp.  said on Thursday it agreed to be bought by private equity firm CVC Capital Partners  in an all-cash deal of about $1.7 billion, including assumption of debt.


Prime Minister Tony Blair has been urged to mount a solid defence of the European Union's constitution in 2005.


WINSTON-SALEM -- Everybody associated with the Wake Forest men's basketball team seemed in a better mood after its latest game.


Violence Against Troops in Iraq Takes Toll

While those numbers don't tell the full story of the conflict in Iraq, they suggest insurgents are growing more proficient, even as the size of the U.S. force increases and U.S. commanders succeed in soliciting more help from ordinary Iraqis.


Chart: A Microsoft-Yahoo combo by the numbers

What would Microsoft gain by swallowing Yahoo for a proposed $44.6 billion? CNET News.com contrasts combined stats with Google's.


Â«Sono tornato piÃ¹ bambino che potevoÂ»

S'Ã¨ fatto grande anche Kim Rossi Stuart, un tempo principe delle adolescenti nella serie televisiva Â«FantaghirÃ²Â», oggi interprete attento di Â«Le chiavi di casaÂ» di Amelio dove fa il padre ultra-trentenne di un quindicenne disabile.


Mike Huckabee, who has joked about his lack of foreign policy experience, is criticizing the Bush administration's efforts, denouncing a go-it-alone "arrogant bunker mentality" and questioning decisions on Iraq.


Tim Henman is confident he can succeed in the Tennis Masters Cup despite facing the cream of world tennis in Houston. The British number one begins his bid against home nation favourite Andy Roddick in the


OAKLAND, Calif. LaDainian Tomlinson and Antonio Gates scored touchdowns in San Diego's 23-to-17 win at Oakland. Tomlinson's six-yard run gave the Chargers a 23-to-14 lead in the fourth quarter.


President Bush is toning down his administration's criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin's steps to restrict political and economic freedoms as Russia prepares to host an annual summit of economic powers.


Petraeus hints at U.S. troop cuts in Iraq

The U.S. military commander in Iraq has suggested he will recommend a cut in U.S. troop numbers around March when he delivers long-awaited testimony to Congress next week.


Britain could help on Kashmir: Musharraf

LONDON: Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf was quoted on Monday as saying he would welcome British help in his country's negotiations with India over the Kashmir issue.


Chiefs' skid ends with all-around effort in the nick of time

BALTIMORE -- The Kansas City Chiefs have three words for all us know-it-alls out there who have spent the past three weeks questioning their mettle, their offseason decision-making and everything short of their manhood: Not so fast.


Urgent: NASA Decides to Return Atlantis to Launch Pad

Urgent: NASA decides to return Atlantis to launch pad    WASHINGTON, Aug.


Three are killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip as Palestinian factions challenge the authority of Hamas.


Red Sox Cruise Into 2-0 Lead Over Angels

ANAHEIM, Calif.  - Dennis Martinez pitched seven  innings and Manny Ramirez drove in the go-ahead run with a  sacrifice fly to power the Boston Red Sox to an 8-3 win over  the Anaheim Angels in the American League Divisional Series  (ALDS) Wednesday.


Argentine debt swap 'needs 50% acceptance for success'

His comments, which followed the formal presentation of Argentina's offer to restructure a record $100bn ( 75bn, 53bn) in defaulted sovereign debt, mark the first time the government has stated what ...


Extremists in Algeria may be plotting to attack a commercial airliner carrying Western workers, the U.S. Embassy in the North African country said.


The Security Council signaled Wednesday that it would not be able to resolve the status of Kosovo, the breakaway Serbian province seeking independence.


Il nuovo taglio dei tassi della Fed ha sparso l'ottimismo nei mercati asiaticiMentre ieri Wall Street aveva invece chiuso in lieve flessione                                          Borse, rimbalza Tokyo +1,85% Apertura contrastata in Europa


Few W.House hopefuls have online vote registration

In the race for the White House money and voters are key, yet a new study found few of those running in the 2008 presidential race are using their Web sites to provide ready information on how to register to vote.


Alisher Saipov, an Uzbek journalist critical of President Karimov, is shot dead in the Kyrgyz town of Osh.


Parigi, 17:51 - TENNIS, ROLAND GARROS: DI MAURO ELIMINATO AL PRIMO TURNO

Alessio Di Mauro è stato eliminato al primo turno del Roland Garros (terra rossa, 6.711.040 e...


Medical-History Chip Can Be Implanted In Body

WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved an implantable computer chip that can be inserted in patients to pass along their medical history to doctors.


American Andre Agassi defeated hard-serving Max Mirnyi of Belarus 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Tuesday to reach the third round at the $3-million US Madrid Masters tennis tournament.


Companies are taking several paths to overcome user- and vendor-created hurdles to the implementation of virtualization technologies.


Taglio di 135mila unita' nel secondo trimestre dell'anno


Nation's manufacturing segment shows continued growth

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector grew in October for the 17th consecutive month, albeit at a slower rate than in September, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported Monday.


[TS] Sports of The Times: Poor Decisions? Knicks Deserve a Mulligan

The N.B.A. should forgive the Knickâs debt to save the team -- and the league -- from a dismal future at Madison Square Garden.


A Dutch television show is criticised for offering a terminally ill woman's kidneys as a prize.


Plethora of electronic devices creates a strong consulting market for the digital home.


Man Accused of Beating Grandma With Hammer

JANESVILLE, Wis. - A man was accused of beating his 79-year-old grandmother with a claw hammer because she said she wouldn't write him a check for $500.  Delores L.


Blair Plans Mideast Summit; Israel Will Not Attend

The visiting British prime minister, Tony Blair, said today that it was an opportune moment to restart Mideast peace efforts, but he warned that the Palestinians needed to act against terrorism.


Menâs Basketball Roundup: Nebraska Overcomes Oregonâs 3-Point Shooting

Aleks Maric scored 23 points Saturday, including a putback that broke open the game in overtime, and Nebraska beat No. 16 Oregon, 88-79, in Omaha.


Those caught for 'serious offenses' could now face life imprisonment while less serious cases could result in compulsory surveillance, detainment, taking into custody by the police.


Broadband Regulation Needed to Improve Access

Competition alone can't fix problems with broadband speed and cost in the U.S


Travel: 3am Girl Jessica Callan explains why swapping her dream job for a round-the-world ticket was the best thing she ever did.


Prior to Kobe-Shaq I, there were as many expectations as to what would transpire as there were interested spectators. Would the Corvette get mashed by the Brick Wall?


One has been called Da Worst, the other is Da Man. Rex Grossman of the Bears vs Peyton Manning of the Colts in the biggest Super Bowl mismatch ever. Not close to being true, of course, but it's perception that counts.


Group Says Records Show U.S. Detainee Abuse Cover-Up

American commanders in Iraq prevented an autopsy on a detainee who died in U.S. custody with multiple wounds, an Army document made public on Tuesday showed, in a case that rights activists said suggested a prisoner abuse cover-up.


Somalia inaugurated a transitional parliament Sunday, taking an important first step toward forming a new government for the devastated country even as rivalries continue


Subprime loan woes trigger stocks' slide

U.S. stocks fell sharply on Tuesday, pushing all three major indexes down 1 percent, as mounting losses in the subprime mortgage sector caused investors to sell riskier assets.


Calcio, processo Juve su doping: udienza aggiornata al 7 ottobre

E' stato aggiornato al prossimo 7 ottobre il processo in corso a Torino per la somministrazione di farmaci ai giocatori della Juventus. Oggi, nella prima udienza dopo la pausa estiva, il giudice ha rigettato


Foreign investment levels decline in 2003, a UN report reveals, but there are signs of recovery - especially among developing nations.


Didier Drogba gets the goals as Chelsea extend their lead at the top of the Premiership to seven points.


Brazilian driver Rubens Barrichello powers his Ferrari on the first turn as he leads the pack in the first ever Chinese F1 Grand Prix at Shanghai International Circuit Sunday Sept.


Sepolta nel Cimitero degli Allori nella tomba di famiglia


Premier a riunione su Dpef, 'rivedere anche costi politica'


A quarter of bird species in danger of extinction, study warns

By the end of the century one in 10 species of birds in the world will be extinct and a further 15 per cent will be on the brink of extinction according to one of the largest studies of avian biodiversity.


Spending Belfast Haul Could Be Difficult

Although they've committed the world's biggest all-cash robbery in peacetime, the audacious raiders of a Belfast bank face an uphill struggle to use most of their $42 million haul — because their Northern Ireland-produced bills are easy to track and hard to spend.


Nuclear North Korea still no match for South: Roh

North Korea armed with nuclear weapons is  still no match for the South, and Pyongyang knows better than  to attack its neighbor because it cannot win, South Korean  President Roh Moo-hyun was quoted as saying on Thursday.


Scientists find the fossil of a giant penguin which lived 36 million years ago in the tropics of what is now Peru.


A 5-year-old girl saved her infant sister from a possible attack by an Australian dingo in a hotel room on an island where the wild dogs killed a boy three years ago.


Monaco? Togo? A new ranking says tiny countries may have the edge in devising websites to deliver information and services.


Palestinians Topple Gaza Wall and Cross to Egypt

Thousands of Palestinians streamed over the border crossing and went on a spree of buying fuel and other supplies that have been cut off from their territory by Israel.


Noguchi Wins Olympic Marathon as Radcliffe Drops Out

Mizuki Noguchi won the women's marathon at the Athens Games, holding off world champion Catherine Ndereba of Kenya to earn Japan the title for the second straight Olympics.


Waiting almost over in Pakistan's Bhutto heartland

GARHI KHUDA BAKSH, Pakistan  - The waiting is almost over for Ghulam Nabi, a 70-year-old Pakistani villager who regards Benazir Bhutto as a daughter.


Platinum concentrations high for women with breast implants

Researchers have found high concentrations of platinum in women who got silicone breast implants and in the children they bore and breast-fed afterward.


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Microsoft (Quote, Chart) officials have announced two patches as part of its monthly releases for September -- one rated critical, one important.


Sheriff says Marine disappearance staged

Authorities who spent five days searching for a Marine after a friend reported him lost in a hiking accident have arrested the friend and said Thursday they believe the disappearance was staged, so the serviceman could avoid returning to duty.


Advertising: Subaru Turns to the Land of Forbidden Secrets

The company will promote the 2008 Impreza WRX by invoking the history, heritage and popular culture of its home country, Japan.


'The Honeymooners' Gets a Black Cast for a New Film

In a filmed version of "The Honeymooners," scheduled to be in theaters next year, Cedric the Entertainer plays Ralph Kramden, a role created by Jackie Gleason.


Bergamo, 17:41 - CALCIO, ATALANTA: CAPELLI ALL'AREZZO

L'Atalanta ha ufficializzato le cessioni di Daniele Capelli all'Arezzo (prestito) e di Duccio Innoce...


Planes, trains and automobiles apparently aren't enough anymore. In straining to wring every imaginable last laugh, the road trip comedy "Are We There Yet?" also trots out a horse, a blinged-out sport utility vehicle and an armada of 18-wheelers driven by misinformed, overzealous truckers.


CANBERRA Australia's government wants to sell its 51 percent stake in Telstra in a single public offering, Finance Minister Nick Minchin said.


Earthlink on Tuesday said it now distributes software that lets people make free unlimited calls over a broadband connection. EarthLink Free Online Calling is anything but revolutionary.


Emessa da gip Torino, immobiliarista indagato per Ipi


After letting investors down for several quarters, Yahoo reported better than expected earnings boosted by a years-long project to improve its search advertising system.


Terna, martedi' 27 toccato il record storico


Getting Started with Silverlight: Part 3

In this third and final installment, we look at interacting with the Silverlight control programmatically. Topics covered include: the settings property, the content property and other members. By Adam Nathan. 1217


Security high for Diana concert after attacks

Police tightened security at London's Wembley stadium Sunday as music fans flocked to a star-studded concert in memory of Princess Diana, a day after Britain went on maximum terror alert.


Britain Faulted Over McDonald's Libel Case

Two anti-McDonald's activists convicted of libel did not get a fair trial and should be compensated by the British government, a European court said.


Xsan offers Scientists Ideal Research Environment

The research scientists at Columbia Universityâs International Research Institute for Climate and Society keep way ahead of the global warming curve. Thanks, that is, to the Xsan that hosts their data library. A powerful and freely accessible online tool, the data library lets researcher âview, manipulate, and download more than 400 climate-related data sets. At least 60,000 users from more than 120 countries use the library each year, and they can depend on Appleâs solution to help them quickly locate and download the data they need.â


Canada, Italy Share Women's World Cup Lead

Lorie Kane made seven birdies and Dawn-Coe Jones pitched in with some momentum-saving pars Friday as Canada shot 7-under 66 in the better-ball format and shared the lead with Italy after the first round of the Women's World Cup.


Children exposed to passive smoking are likely to do worse at school than their peers, research suggests.


The mayor of Malawi's commercial capital, Blantyre, is arrested on charges of theft by a public servant.


Study: Tibetan Antelope Slowly Recovering

A U.S. Wildlife Conservation Society biologist says the Tibetan antelope -- once subject to rampant poaching -- might be increasing in number.


Flood waters receded in parts of Indonesia's capital on Tuesday, but huge areas remained submerged and officials were on guard for outbreaks of disease among the estimated 340,000 people displaced.


Microsoft Aims to Wow Consumers With Vista Marketing Campaign

By Benjamin J. Romano, The Seattle Times  Jan. 29--NEW YORK -- Microsoft is calling for the world's attention today  as it launches Windows Vista and Office 2007, new versions of the two products  used by millions and responsible for most of the company's profits.


U.S. Job Gains Strongest in Seven Months

New U.S. jobs soared at the sharpest rate in seven months in October, the government reported on Friday, helped by a surge in construction activity as hurricane-battered areas in the Southeast were rebuilt.


Iraq's Main Paris Club Creditors Agree Debt Waiver

Iraq's main creditors at the Paris Club have reached an agreement to cancel 80 percent of the debt owed to them by Baghdad, a Paris Club source said Saturday.


Israeli soldiers killed nine Palestinian gunmen yesterday as tanks, troops and armoured vehicles continued with the biggest reoccupation in the Gaza strip since the Palestinian uprising began almost exactly four years ago.


Wednesday's Mailbag: Insurance, dope and say it ain't so, Tyler

The Mail Bag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.


Al via pacchetto aiuti, circa 145 mld a sostegno crescita


A woman and her two young sons are in a serious condition in hospital after being hit by a car as they crossed the road.


Vesa Toskala made 26 saves while starting for the 17th time in 18 games as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 on Tuesday night.


Bahrain's King Hamad has pardoned an activist sentenced to one year in jail for inciting hatred against the government, the BBC reported Sunday.


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Lovers Swap Valentines at U.S.-Mexico Border Gap

MEXICALI, Mexico  - Star-crossed lovers clasped  hands, kissed and exchanged forbidden Valentine's Day cards on  Monday through a gap in a fence on the heavily guarded  U.S.-Mexico border.


State's billion-dollar biotech question: Who gets how much?

Six weeks after Governor Deval L. Patrick captured national attention with a proposal to spend $1 billion on biomedical research, one sticky question still hangs over the plan: Who will actually get the money?


Federal drug officials say they've arrested 124 people and busted 56 labs in the largest illegal steroid investigation in U.S. history.


David Livingstone says the idea behind the economic boycott he's organizing is simple: If people don't show up at work or buy things, companies lose money. As he sees it, that's money the Bush administration can't tax, and can't use to run the war in Iraq, protect polluters or chip away at the Constitution.


Anchorage, AK (Sports Network) - New Jersey Devils center Scott Gomez has signed with an East Coast Hockey League team in his hometown of Anchorage.


ATM makers see ties to cell phones, PDAs

Diebold Inc. and NCR Corp., long key players and staunch competitors in the automated teller machines market, are both firming up strategies for communicating with an ATM by cell phone or personal digital assistant.


Jobs says 'stay tuned' Mix one hint from Google's Eric Schmidt with a two-word non-denial from Apple's Steve Jobs, and what do you get? A prediction from Wired blogger Fred Vogelstein that Jobs will announce a partnership between the two companies at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco next week.â¦


The strongest tropical storm to hit the Gulf for decades lashes Oman and heads towards southern Iran.


Compulsory Home Information Packs detailing surveys and reports become law.


Taiwan invited China to send envoys to the island to discuss direct charter flights on Monday, a day after Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian called for peace talks between the rivals.


US Lawmakers Press Bush Administration to Do More for ...

US lawmakers Wednesday criticized the Bush administration for not doing enough to move forward on reconstruction projects in Iraq.


PayPal, the online payments arm of eBay Inc. , on Friday said it will soon fine people up to $500 for uses related to gambling, adult content or services, and buying or selling prescription drugs from noncertified sellers.


Stocks little changed after economic data

U.S. stocks were largely flat on   Friday after data that boosted optimism about corporate profits   and consumer spending offset declines in Texas Instruments   TXN.N following a downgrade of the stock.


Jeremy Deller admits he cannot draw or paint and does not have art O-level, but he is celebrating today after winning the Turner Prize.


Rulon Gardner defeated Iran's Sajad Barzi, 3-0, in overtime in the 264-pound division of Greco-Roman wrestling at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall.


Sulla scia della chiusura positiva delle borse asiatiche


New York, 21:47 - TENNIS, US OPEN: FERRER IN SEMIFINALE

Lo spagnolo David Ferrer, testa di serie numero 15, si è qualificato per le semifinali dell'U...


Couple Pleads Not Guilty in 1969 Killing

A Wisconsin woman whose 3-year-old daughter disappeared in 1969 pleaded not guilty Thursday along with her former boyfriend to murdering the girl.


'La sua composizione e' frutto di un equilibrio delicato'


EU Ends Libya Sanctions Despite Bulgaria Worries

EU foreign ministers agreed to lift  an arms embargo on Libya on Monday, despite fears for Bulgarian  and Palestinian medical workers sentenced to death there, but  imposed a visa ban on senior officials from Myanmar.


Apple did the right thing from an economic standpoint with its iPhone pricing this year, if not from a PR view of the world.


For Lohan, a Cocktail of Sympathy and Scorn

Like Britney Spears before her, the spectacle of Lindsay Lohanâs self-destruction seemed to demand expressions of sympathy along with the requisite scorn.


Actor James Earl Jones Remembers His Silent Days

James Earl Jones gazed silently over  empty seats at the Kennedy Center, where in just a few hours he  would end a lengthy hiatus from the theater.


Angels Ascend to First-Place Tie With A's

For the first time in over three months, the Angels are back in first place.


AOL, RSA, VeriSign push authentication services

SEPTEMBER 21, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Responding to a scourge of online fraud and identity theft that threatens to undermine public confidence in Internet commerce, major companies are rolling out new services to encourage the adoption of better


Daily pain from sickle cell disease may be far more common - and severe - than previously thought, research suggests.


Van Nistelrooy on FA charge as United cry foul over flying food

Sir Alex Ferguson's shirt may have been laundered, and the dressing-room corridor swept clean of rotting sandwiches, but it will take more than a washing machine and a broom to dispel the bad odour which accompanied Manchester United's curtailing of


Nuovo servizio sara' lanciato entro 2006 nel Regno Unito


Apple's iPhone battery replacement requires 85 bucks, data backup

Blog: Just like with an iPod, iPhone customers will have to return the whole unit to Apple in order to replace the battery.


The first findings from a massive collection of health data at Ground Zero were made public yesterday, showing that residents and emergency workers have more psychological


Everton beats Liverpool 1-0 in Merseyside Derby

Lee Carsley scored early in the second half to bring Everton a 1-0 victory on Saturday over Liverpool in the Merseyside Derby, the Toffies' first victory in 10 tries in the fierce, cross-town rivalry.


Three soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland are arrested in Kent on suspicion of stealing munitions.


SAN ANTONIO (Ticker) -- Ray Allen and the Seattle SuperSonics played as if they had something to prove. Allen scored 29 points as the SuperSonics sent a serious message to the San Antonio Spurs and the rest


A.J. Abrams hit a 3-pointer with 1:03 left in overtime and Texas beat No. 9 LSU 76-75 on Sunday night in a thrilling rematch of last year's NCAA regional final that also went to overtime.


Ang Lee tackles forbidden love in steamy new film

Oscar winner Ang Lee, director of gay  cowboy classic "Brokeback Mountain," returns to the theme of  forbidden love with a sexually explicit thriller set in the  teeming streets of 1940s Shanghai.


D ANVERS - It was around 7:30 p.m. in Aachen, Germany (several hours earlier in the United States), and Elizabeth Fagan needed to call long distance.


Do Artificial Intelligence Chatbots look like their programmers?

It's Reg vs Rollo Do pets eventually resemble their owners? Or do owners get to look like their pets? It's heck of a conundrum - but one we might now be a little closer to solving. For the past fortnight it's been hard to escape the animated faces of "Joan", or "George" the graphical representations of what we're told is a new breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence. TV and newspapers, both highbrow and lowbrow, have flocked to report on the chatterbot. You can talk to Joan (or George) - the output of the British software project Jabberwacky - and think it's human!â¦


NASCAR gets its drama, but cost might be high

Itâs been a dozen years since the final race of the NASCAR season could promise this kind of suspense. When the checkered flag drops Sunday with the Nextel Cup Chase championship on the line, three of the


The trial of a man accused of the murders of 29 people in the Omagh bombing is expected to resume later.


Retailers expect the day after Boxing Day to be busier as bargain hunters continue the chase for cut-price items.


Lo ha disposto il Consiglio di Stato dopo il ricorso Airone


Lenovo to sell notebooks in Circuit City stores

(InfoWorld) - Just two weeks after expanding its relationship with Best Buy, Lenovo GroupÂ said Wednesday it will try to win even more U.S. small business customers by selling its notebook PCs at Circuit City's retail shops. In both deals, customers will be able to buy Lenovo's ThinkPad T60 widescreen and Lenovo N100 notebook PCs. Circuit City will also sell extra variations of those models in its stores, and the C200 notebook over its Web site and the phone. The move makes Lenovo notebooks available to shoppers at Circuit City's 700 U.S. stores and Best Buy's 300 "Best Buy for Business" stores. The deal could reach even more consumers in 2008, when Best Buy plans to build 95 new stores in the U.S. Lenovo made the move because it sees a trend of more small business users purchasing their PCs at retail outlets instead of channels or online, according to a statement from Steve Mungall, Lenovo's vice president for worldwide and Americas channels. If it succeeds, the plan could help Lenovo return to profit after several weak quarters. The company relies strongly on revenue from China and Europe, while sales in the Americas have declined with a slump in enterprise demand. The company was also shaken earlier this month byÂ the sale of 300 million Lenovo shares by IBM, its second-biggest shareholder and the original owner of Lenovo's ThinkPad PC line. However, while Lenovo is making a wise move in using retail stores to reach small business buyers, it will face new challenges, one analyst said. Because retail stores attract a full spectrum of buyers, Lenovo must improve its marketing and product features to succeed. "Retail is a blunt sword to capture those customers as opposed to the sharp edge they are normally used to. Being in stores like Best Buy, Circuit City, and Office Depot means they need to be priced competitively against the more consumer-focused offerings on the shelf," said Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis for the NPD Group. To succeed with this strategy, Lenovo will have to sell PCs designed for both consumers and small businesses instead of the business-focused notebooks they have now. "Bottom line is they are entering a very tough segment with products that are trying to focus narrowly in a wide atmosphere. I suspect that they will be severely challenged to profitably expand their business to the customers they are interested in with this channel strategy," Baker said. In the meantime, Lenovo is sticking with its business focus. The company advertises the T60, with a weight of 5.1 pounds (2.3 kilograms),Â as the lightest 15.4-inch widescreen notebook available from the top five vendors. And Lenovo pitches the N100 to small business customers who want improved Wi-Fi for greater range and faster speeds in wireless connectivity. For Circuit City sales, both models come preloaded with Microsoft's Windows Vista Home Basic or Premium OS, while the online version of the T60 uses Vista Business. Â


Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez shot a 4-under-par 66 Sunday to win the Hong Kong Open by one stroke over defending champion Padraig Harrington of Ireland and South African James Kingston.


A global economic slow-down is looking more likely because of higher oil prices and a US housing dip, the IMF warns.


Debating the design dilemmas of Apple's iPhone

Blog: What if I'm right about some things, and you're right about some things? Will the universe collapse?


After just four months on the job, the Italian airline's latest boss succeeded this weekend where his many predecessors had failed: getting unions to agree to sweeping job and wage cuts.


Secondo due ricerche sono sufficienti tre o quattro gradi in meno sul termostatoper aiutare soprattutto i bambini. Ma dieta e moto rimangono fondamentali                                            Il freddo aiuta a bruciare i grassi Meno gradi in casa per stare in forma                                                                                Saverio Cinti, autore di uno degli studi: C'Ã¨ la tendenza a tenerei piccoli troppo coperti in ambienti eccessivamente riscaldati


Back at the start of the year the stock market's big players had the October employment report circled in red.


Britain has signaled its opposition to EADS-Thales merger

The British government has signaled its opposition to the creation of a European defence industry giant by the merger of the European aerospace group EADS and the French-British defence electronics group Thales, the Observer reported Sunday.


The co-founder of Atlantic Records, Ahmet Ertegun, is laid to rest in Turkey following his death last week.


Israeli troops killed a son of Gaza's most powerful leader along with 18 other Palestinians on Tuesday in the bloodiest day of fighting in the coastal area since Hamas militants seized control last summer.


US officer gets three years jail for killing unarmed Iraqi

BAGHDAD, Dec 11  - A US soldier was sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of shooting dead an unarmed and wounded Iraqi civilian in Baghdad's Sadr City, the US army said Saturday.


Qualcomm sets cat among Wi-Fi pigeons with Airgo purchase

Political pawn or technology asset? This week Qualcomm announced two acquisitions in the non-cellular wireless arena, at least one of them bringing it significant intellectual property rights in WLans.â¦


Web Site: American Hostage Killed in Iraq

CAIRO, Egypt - An Islamic Web site posting Tuesday claimed an al-Qaida related group slaughtered a second American hostage in Iraq, an announcement that came as the group's 24-hour deadline for meeting its demands ran out...


Malgrado Acciona voglia acquistare quota societa' spagnola


A Return to Fallujah to See What Remains

Nearly all of  Fallujah's 250,000 residents emptied the city  in advance of the military operation. The city partially reopened to residents on Dec. 23, and U.S. military officials now estimate that 60,000 people have come back, but not everyone who has returned has opted to stay.


Barcelona striker Henrik Larsson is unlikely to play again this year because of a knee injury. The Sweden international had to be carried from the Nou Camp pitch during the second half of Saturday night's


Blog: Powerset CEO Barney Pell will demonstrate the technology called Powerlabs next week while speaking at the Singularity Summit on artificial intelligence and the "future of humanity."


In his first interview following the decision by Ukraine's Supreme Court to invalidate the Nov. 21 run-off vote, opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko spoke exclusively to NBC's Jim Maceda Saturday.


Intel intros new Pentium 4 for desktop replacements

A new version of the Pentium 4 aimed at the 'desktop replacement' market has been introduced by Intel. The snappily named Mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor 548 supporting HT Technology runs at 3.33GHz and is


Chirac Seeks Unity Over French Iraq Hostages

President Jacques Chirac called for  national unity on Tuesday over France's hostage crisis in Iraq,  after a bid by self-appointed mediators failed to free two  journalists held by Islamist militants.


Mantova, 17:39 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: ALLENAMENTO TATTICO

Lavoro prevalentemente tattico per il Mantova in vista della gara di domenica a Rimini. Il tecnico D...


Six authors are shortlisted for the Booker prize, including  favourite David Mitchell for Cloud Atlas.


Booming orders for new military  aircraft boosted overall orders to U.S. factories by 0.5  percent to a seasonally adjusted $371.51 billion in October,  the government reported on Thursday, though demand was flat  when defense was excluded.


Israeli missiles hit the Lebanese capital shortly after sunrise Monday, as three loud explosions rocked the southern suburbs while another strike sparked a large fire in Beirut's port, witnesses said.


(InfoWorld) - In the wake of a recent landmark Supreme Court ruling, patent reform is bubbling toward a boil on Capitol Hill, where advocates in both parties and both chambers are urging timely action on pending legislation and contending with well-financed interest groups on both sides of the issue. "This is a big fight about winners and losers," said Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., adding that he is not entirely satisfied with the pending Patent Reform Act of 2007, which was introduced in the Senate in April. "The question is how do we strike the balance." The Patent Reform Act legislation would make the requirements for obtaining a new patent more stringent, make it easier for rivals to challenge patents, and reduce the penalties for patent violations. Committee chairman Patrick Leahy of Vermont said that he, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and a number of other colleagues have been working on the nonpartisan bill for several years and that the existing patent system was designed for a bygone era. A decision by the Supreme Court in April in the case of KSR International vs. Teleflex marked a major clarification of the court's thinking about the granting of patents for new inventions and set a higher bar for what qualifies as an original invention. The ruling has already prompted legal wrangling between VoIP vendor Vonage in its ongoing dispute with Verizon over Internet telephony patents, and legal experts say that the ruling was a direct rebuke to lower courts that have tended to favor patent owners over those challenging the legality of patents that have been issued. Despite strong support from Democratic and Republican leaders in both chambers for change in the patent system, however, passage of the bill into law is not assured.Â  IT behemoths, including Cisco, Apple, Dell, HP, Microsoft, and Oracle, have aligned as the Coalition for Patent Fairness to press for the sweeping changes envisioned in the bill. They maintain that reforms are necessary to reduce costly, sometimes frivolous litigation. However, other technology companies, including InterDigital Communications and Qualcomm, have banded together as the Innovation Alliance and joined the biotechnology and manufacturing sectors to limit changes to the system. They argue that the bill would give patent infringers an advantage. The high stakes involved in the patent issue were illustrated June 6 at a hearing of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, which was briefly delayed as committee aides tried to locate an extra room for the overflowing crowd. "What we're trying to do here is move the process forward," Sen. Orrin Hatch said in an appeal to lobbyists for compromise once the hearing got started. "There are a number of organizations who could stop this bill." The bill's two main sticking points are a provision that would give the public a new opportunity to review patents after they've been granted, and a provision granting the right for an immediate appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit after a district court has made a pre-trial ruling on the framework that will be used to determine infringement (known as a "claim construction"). Large IT companies and the financial industry support the "post-grant review" of patents, which would allow for a reevaluation of suspect patent claims before companies are forced to go through lengthy, costly litigation, John Squires, chief intellectual property counsel at Goldman, Sachs & Co., told the committee. Opponents countered that the proposed post-grant review process would create an essentially limitless opportunity for rivals to challenge patents. "If a patent can be easily challenged at any time under a low standard of proof, (then) patents will have much less value, and investment predicated upon them will inevitably be diminished," Kathryn Biberstein, senior vice president of Alkermes, a biotechnology company, told the committee in her testimony. "This, in turn, will likely result in fewer cures for diseases and other breakthrough biotechnology products." The biotech industry and the Innovation Alliance also oppose the right for an immediate appeal after a claim construction ruling, arguing that it would encourage appeals, further prolonging cases. But advocates, including Palm senior vice president Mary Doyle, said it would reduce the chance of conducting unnecessary trials and cut down litigation costs. The witnesses were eager to raise two other controversial provisions in the legislation, regarding how damages in patent cases are determined and the expansion of the Patent and Trademark Office's authority to make rules. Doyle and Squires, supporting the bill's "mandatory apportionment" of damages provision, told the committee that damages today can be unreasonably high because the calculation is based on the value of an entire product, not just the patented feature at issue. Countering that argument, Biberstein and Bruce Bernstein, chief intellectual property and licensing officer at InterDigital, said that the provision would replace today's market-oriented valuation of inventions with subjective jury findings. Debate on expanding the PTO's rulemaking authority mirrored the rest of the patent debate with representatives from the financial sector and the Coalition for Patent Reform joining forces in support, while witnesses from the biotechnology sector and the Innovation Alliance cautioned against the change. An identical House version of the Patent Reform Act is pending, having recently won approval by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property. Leahy said he is eager to prepare the legislation for a vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee, but he did not indicate when that vote might occur.ADVERTISEMENTIBM Information On Demand 2006Industrial Industry Leaders, please join us at IBM's premier information management global event, IBM Information On Demand 2006, October 15-20, Anaheim, CA. More IBM business and technical solutions content in one place than ever before! Select from  over 800 sessions. Register today!


Kerry: Bush Policies Full of Bad Choices

DETROIT - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry attacked the Bush administration as the "excuse presidency" on Wednesday, charging that the president stood by while jobs disappeared and the middle class lost ground.   "This president has created more excuses than jobs...


U.S. court rejects Kerkorian appeal: Daimler

A U.S. federal court has upheld a lower court ruling that investor Kirk Kerkorian is not entitled to damages over the merger of Daimler-Benz and Chrysler nine years ago, DaimlerChrysler said on Wednesday.


Secondo Gartner, a fine anno si sfiorera' il miliardo


The last four British men held as terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay are due to arrive back in the UK.


Iraq. La Commissione elettorale sfida Osama bin Laden

La Commissione Elettorale irachena ha risposto con una sfida al nuovo messaggio di Osama bin Laden, che invita a boicottare le elezioni irachene del 30 gennaio prossimo e chiama gli islamici ad uccidere quanti partecipino alle elezioni "blasfeme".


The approval of a new vaccine against smallpox was announced Saturday by the Food and Drug Administration, which says the shots could be made quickly if the virtually extinct virus reappears.


Parigi, 19:29 - CALCIO, FRANCIA: TOLOSA-MONACO 1-1

Tolosa e Monaco hanno pareggiato 1-1 nell'anticipo della 28/a giornata del campionato francese. Il T...


Brian Ashton warns England not to expect an easy ride against Italy in their second Six Nations match next Saturday.


Apple on Friday provided the most in-depth look at the iPhone, one week before the device debuts at AT&T and Apple stores across the United States. A 20-minute tour posted to the company's Web site showcases the various features the iPhone and explains how to use the touch screen.


"American Idol" fans will be able to download their favorite performances thanks to a new agreement between the Fox talent show and Apple Inc.


Asserting that tobacco companies purposely misled consumers, plaintiffs are asking for $20 billion to $200 billion in damages.


Nintendo returns to profit on forex gains, rising software sales

Nintendo, the world's largest maker of portable game consoles, said it returned to profitability in the first half after booking large foreign exchange gains.


Accenture: More staff in India than U.S. by August

IT services company Accenture will have more staff in India than in any other country by the end of August.


Shares of Google Inc.  hit a new high on Monday as traders who had shorted the stock scrambled to buy back scarce shares after the Web search leader's better-than-expected quarterly results last week.


Fed watchers say benchmark rate to rise to 1.75%

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- The Federal Reserve will continue its baby-step approach to raising its overnight lending rate when the central bank's policymakers meet next Tuesday, Fed watchers agree.


UK firm Tullow Oil announces the discovery of 600 million barrels of oil offshore from Ghana.


MANCHESTER, England -- The Glazer family will not sell Manchester United, despite reports of potential billion-dollar takeover bids from China and United Arab Emirates.


A deal to unload its gates at Chicago Midway Airport and two other cities for $87.5 million gives ATA Holdings Corp. a big advantage going into bankruptcy reorganization, experts say, both in negotiating better


Firenze, 14:36 - CALCIO, ZOLA: TIFO PER NAPOLI E GENOA PROMOSSE IN A

Gianfranco Zola ha vestito la maglia del Napoli, conosce l'importanza di una piazza che ama e spera ...


The drugmaker posted third-quarter net income of $1.53 billion as revenues increased by double digits, while lower  costs offset more spending on research and development.


Viewpoint: Can security be increased without turning schools into armed camps? An expert on disaster preparedness tells how it can be done


Oil and Natural Gas Prices Jump on Forecasts of More Cold

Oil prices settled just below $57 a barrel â a gain of almost $3 â and the price of natural gas soared more than 11 percent on expectations of more arctic weather in the United States.


International truce monitors say they are "convinced" Sri Lanka's military killed 17 aid workers earlier this month.


Digital Agenda: 10 facts you should know about outsourcing

The shipment of jobs overseas is one of the most pressing economic issues of the presidential campaign. Here are 10 key facts of the matter.


Ailing Arafat Examined in French Hospital

Seriously ill and perhaps fighting for his life, Yasser Arafat was rushed Friday to a military hospital near Paris that specializes in blood disorders.


Series of Insurgent Attacks Leaves 4 Iraqi Policemen Dead

Four Iraqi police officers were killed and eight American soldiers were wounded in a string of insurgent attacks across central and northern Iraq on Saturday, military officials said.


A leading human genome scientist says he has taken a major step towards creating life from scratch in the lab.


Three New Jersey women drowned early yesterday when their SUV plummeted into the Passaic River - and instead of phoning 911 for help, one called a friend, police said.


Il giorno dopo la manifestazione per i Dico continuano le polemicheIl ministro della Giustizia: "Si Ã¨ creata una frattura nel centrosinistra"                                          Mastella: "Il futuro del governo a rischio" E la Cdl attacca: "E' una nave allo sbando"


Two-newspaper group retains union backing

Union members from Seattle's two feuding daily newspapers voted yesterday to retain their local's association with a citizens' group that is seeking to thwart moves by The Seattle Times that could lead to a shutdown of its rival, the Seattle Post


Global warming to hit poor worst, says U.N.'s Ban

The world's poor, who are the least responsible for global warming, will suffer the most from climate change, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told environment ministers from around the world on Monday.


Blue Day For Blu-ray: Movie Studios Back Toshiba's HD-DVD

A group of movie studios threw support Monday behind Toshiba Corp.'s high-definition HD-DVD format and, thereby, drew a line in the sand against Sony Corp.


The arthritis drug Vioxx, used by 2  million people around the world, is being pulled off the market  after a study confirmed longstanding concerns that it raises  the risk of heart attack and stroke, the manufacturer, Merck &  Co. MRK.N, said on Thursday.


Obama's flights of rhetoric are the stuff of legend. But Clinton simply knows more. What this nail biter of a Democratic primary may come down to


Soy, Fish Oil May Protect Against Alzheimer's-Study

Omega-3 fatty acids, found in soy, fish and other oils and known to provide a range of health benefits, may help protect against Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.


For the first time since the cultural and civic center burned in 1997, the always-popular travelogues, hosted by the Marion and Heartland Rotary clubs, will take center stage at the newly-built center.


Americans shopped hesitantly in May, giving retailers some relief from a dismal showing in April but still raising questions about how strong consumer spending will be in the months ahead.


Authorities in Guinea-Bissau arrest two Mauritanian men over the shooting of French tourists in Mauritania last month.


Some Buyers Grow Web-Weary, and Online Sales Lose Steam

Online commerce has enjoyed hypergrowth, but now that growth has slowed sharply in a trend analysts call a turning point.


Continua la protesta contro la discarica di Difesa Grande


A federal judge sentences one of the largest U.S. software pirates to pay $5.4 million and forfeit homes, cars and a boat that he bought with proceeds from his scheme -- and spend 87 months in the hoosegow.


EMusic to launch download service across Europe

Digital music download service eMusic is  launching across Europe on Tuesday in a bid to become the top  alternative to market leader iTunes, the same distinction it  holds in the United States.


US House passes controversial bill on terror suspects

The US House of Representatives passed a controversial bill setting out the rules for the detention, treatment and military prosecution of "war on terror" suspects, virtually assuring it will become law.


Roma, 22:26 - CALCIO, TECNICO ROMPE CONTRATTO: PER FIFA DEVE PAGARE 1,5 MLN

La Fifa ha condannato Jacobus Adriaanse, ex tecnico del Porto, a pagare 1,5 milioni di euro al club ...


Dutch kidney reality television show a hoax

A Dutch reality show in which a supposedly dying woman had to pick one of three contestants to receive her kidneys was revealed as a hoax on Friday.


Corporate directors seek tax break, say fees not 'employment ...

TORONTO (CP) - Members of corporate boards act as independent professionals, not employees, and this should be reflected in the taxation of their fees, a group representing directors says.


Iran Watchdog Says Women Can Run for Presidency

Iran's legislative watchdog said on  Saturday women could run in June's presidential election,  clearing up an ambiguous article of the constitution.


Britain complains to US over Cat Stevens deportation

Britain complained to the United States over the deportation of pop singer turned Islamic activist Cat Stevens, who was denied entry on national security grounds.


Children among 26 dead as Iraq's cycle of violence continues

Iraq's cycle of violence claimed at least another 26 lives yesterday when three car bombs detonated in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul.


Spitzer puts Wall Street's top insurers in his sights

Eliot Spitzer showed once again why he is Wall Street's worst nightmare yesterday when he launched a scathing attack on the insurance industry that could lead to criminal charges against leading executives.


Sleep Apnea May Have Contributed To NFL Legend's Death

Former Philadelphia Eagle and Green Bay Packer defensive end Reggie White died Sunday at the age of 43. A serious breathing disorder may have caused heart failure in the NFL legend.


Microsoft's Zune aims to be social butterfly

iPod challenger to let people share streamed music with others, according to FCC filing by Toshiba.


A suburban basement where The Beatles played some of their earliest gigs was given protected heritage status by the British government Friday.


A decline in the nation's inventory of heating oil catapulted crude futures prices toward $55 a barrel yesterday, providing the latest jolt to a market already


Per l'ex portavoce di Storace e altre ventuno persone


At the White House's request, confirmation hearings for Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state will not begin until Congress reconvenes in January, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday.


In the last three years, RenÃ©e Zellweger has lost all 25 pounds of her Bridget Jones weight, vamped her way through Chicago, chunked up again for Cold Mountain, waifed away for Down with Love, and -- finally -- put all that weight back on for her long


Body fat determines need for weight loss

NEW YORK  - Measuring body fat, rather than body mass index, appears to more accurately identify people who need lifestyle interventions to lose weight, study findings suggest.


For the Linux loather in you Intel and Sun Microsystems have found some telco-filled fruits to go with their labor. The former mortal enemies and now partners have revealed a pair of Intel-based boxes certified to run Sun's Solaris x86 operating system.â¦


For all its popularity gains, golf remains a game of subtleties difficult for those with no more than a cursory knowledge to appreciate fully.


Iraqis, U.S. dispute deadly raid in new friction

Iraqi and U.S. officials disputed each others' accounts of an overnight raid and air strike on Friday that killed up to 20 people in a new sign of friction over allegations of American troops killing civilians.


Mortar Rounds Explode in Baghdad, Killing 2 Iraqis

Mortar rounds exploded in five places in central Baghdad today, killing two Iraqis and wounding 14 in disparate attacks that underscored the capital's vulnerability as the January elections approach.


Windows XP validation programme launched in UK

Microsoft has begun a short-term validation programme aimed at tackling software piracy. Users are invited to have their copies of Windows XP analysed, with the promise that they will be replaced free of charge if found to be counterfeit.


Companies with growing yields can make you rich in more ways than the obvious.


Libya lifts death sentences on medics in HIV case

Libya on Tuesday commuted death sentences on five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of deliberately infecting children with HIV, raising hopes they would soon be freed after eight years in jail.


Need Ice? Cereal? The Bush Brothers Are on the Way!

From a distance, they looked like two well-dressed, middle-aged store clerks in a supermarket parking lot, helping a line of weary motorists load their cars and get on their way.


Space shuttle astronauts will fly next year without the ability to repair in orbit the type of damage that destroyed the Columbia vehicle in 2003.


A study into online music piracy suggests record sales in the US have fallen because of online piracy.


Two aid workers among four dead in Somalia blast

KISMAYU, Somalia  - A roadside bomb killed two Somalis and two foreign aid workers working for the Dutch arm of Medecins Sans Frontieres near the southern Somali port of Kismayu on Monday, witnesses said.


Once again the Kremlin-backed candidate will face the opposition leader who favors closer ties with the West. But little else will ever be the same for Ukraine, where a sea of protesters decked in opposition orange have reshaped the political landscape.


The EU is due to begin is largest peacekeeping operation, taking over from the Nato mission in Bosnia.


First female coach of a men's pro team was fired after dispute with co-owner.


Two months into Wal-MartÂs drug program, it is unclear whether offering $4 generic drugs is drawing new customers into the companyÂs stores.


The US Food and Drug Administration has ordered Pfizer, Inc., to pull new advertisements for Viagra that depicted users of the anti-impotence pill as mischievous playboys.


Back to a Bentley for 007 Author Sebastian Faulks has agreeably announced that James Bond will get back behind the wheel of a Bentley for next year's literary celebration of the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth - entitled Devil May Care.â¦


A female Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up this afternoon when confronted by an Israeli police officer at a busy intersection in the northern part of Jerusalem, killing


Univ. of Ariz. Gets Cancer Research Grant

TUCSON, Ariz. Aug. 24, 2004 - The University of Arizona's Cancer Center has been given a $19.5 million grant for continued research on skin cancer.


[TS] Those Who Deserve an Extra Helping of Pie

In an era when too many bad guys provoke too many headlines, here are Thanksgiving thank-you notes for some of the good guys in sportsÂ little corner of the world.


Williams is day-to-day after ankle injury

The team said that an ultrasound at Henry Ford Hospital revealed that Williams indeed had suffered a sprained ankle, but not the more severe high ankle sprain.


(InfoWorld) - The European Commission has expanded anÂ ongoing antitrust probeÂ of computer chip maker Intel to examine claims that the company has been pressuring the Continent's largest computer retail chain not to sell computers containing chips made by archrival Advanced Micro DevicesÂ (AMD), Commission spokesman Jonathan Todd confirmed Monday. "The Commission is concerned that Intel has been putting pressure on Media Markt not to stock computers that include AMD chips as opposed to Intel chips," Todd said. Media Markt is a German chain of over 360 stores spread across 11 countries in the European Union. In July AMD complained to Germanyâs antitrust office, the Bundeskartellampt, that it didnât have access to this vital sales outlet. The Commission decided to examine the claim because of the cross-border nature of the alleged antitrust abuse involving Media Markt and because, if true, Intel's links with the retailer would strengthen its ongoing antitrust case, which began in 2001.


European leaders to preside over unveiling of Airbus superjumbo

The world's biggest ever passenger plane is to be unveiled in an extravagant ceremony in southwest France attended by the leaders of France, Germany, Britain and Spain and 5,000 VIP guests.


Bush administration endorses eternal Net tax ban

The day before a preliminary Senate vote to extend a soon-to-expire prohibition on Internet access taxes, Commerce and Treasury chiefs urge something more lasting.


Scientists studying the things that make people nervous or scared are reporting breakthroughs they say will lead to more effective treatment of anxiety disorders.


More violence in Kenya as AU starts talks

President Mwai Kibaki's appointment of a partial cabinet sparked more violence in Kenya overnight as the African Union began talks on Wednesday to end post-election turmoil that has killed around 500 people.


WEST PALM BEACH, Florida  - Jennifer Rosales matched the best solo leader Annika Sorenstam could do yesterday to stay within sight of the title halfway through the $1 million ADT Championship.


Steve Lowery had gone more than seven years and 199 tournaments without winning, a drought that would have continued Sunday at Pebble Beach if not for a stunning collapse by Vijay Singh.


Two more doctors charged over bomb attacks on UK

Two more doctors were charged on Saturday with involvement in the failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow, one man in Britain and one in Australia, bringing the number accused to three.


As always this time of year, the buzz in LA is about college football. More specifically, the front-page news is about this city's `other' program, UCLA, and its new celebrity coach, Rick Neuheisel.


Finance Minister Peter Robinson gives Â£5m to help people across NI affected by this week's flooding.


A second man accused of running a gambling ring with former hockey star Rick Tocchet will plead guilty and agree to cooperate with authorities, according to a report published Thursday.


Conflict of interest tanks worker's case

For years, Braxton Berkley was exposed to chemicals while helping build top-secret military planes at Lockheed Martin's storied Skunk Works plant. He says those chemicals made him ill Â but his case reached a dead end at the state's highest court.


Bipasha sacrifices holiday for Rituparno Ghosh

Actress Bipasha Basu has sacrificed her annual holiday to complete shooting for her Bengali debut   film Sab Choritra Kalponik being directed by Rituparno Ghosh.


Yemeni Demands to Represent Himself at Guantanamo Tribunal

A man from Yemen has been formally charged with conspiracy to commit war crimes by a US military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.


AT&T, Viacom to Jointly Deploy Anti-piracy Technology

During a seminar at the Digital Hollywood conference in Los Angeles this morning, AT&T Senior Vice President James Cicconi disclosed that his company began meeting with Viacom last week to discuss the deployment of technology that somehow will combat the spread of piracy over its digital networks.


A haul of cocaine worth Â£135m is seized by police off the south-west coast of Ireland.


While many actresses fantasize about wearing Valentino or Zac Posen on the red carpet, Ellen Page has a completely different idea.


Berlusconi ready to replace controversial EU nominee

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi made it clear that he would probably name a new nominee for the post of EU justice chief in place of Rocco Buttiglione, whose views on women and gays have led to veto ...


The Czech Republic blocks a deal to reform alcohol duties in the EU, arguing that it unfairly helps wine producers.


Isolated TB patient arrives at Denver hospital

A U.S. man infected with a dangerous form of tuberculosis who sparked an international incident when he fled health authorities arrived at a specialist hospital in Denver for treatment on Thursday.


Briton admits plot to behead Muslim soldier

A man has pleaded guilty to a plot to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier, a court was told on Tuesday.


Dubai, 21:56 - CALCIO, INTER: SEDUTA SERALE, A PARTE FIGO E BOLZONI

Primo allenamento per l'Inter nel ritiro invernale di Dubai, negli Emirati Arabi. La seduta dei nera...


Professor researches hormone replacement

A University of Iowa researcher is investigating the benefits of hormone replacement in older men.


Parigi, 18:11 - PECHINO 2008, ROGGE: DIRITTI? CIO NON RISOLVE PROBLEMI MONDO

Il presidente del comitato olimpico internazionale, Jacques Rogge, risponde a quanti criticano il Ci...


Botnets linked to political hacking in Russia

Traceroute Security researcher Jose Nazario has uncovered circumstantial evidence of the use of botnets in politically-motivated denial of service attacks.â¦


Olympic 'business dating agency' goes live

Line up for the sub-contracts race The organisers of London's Olympic Games have launched an online "business dating agency" to attract bids for sub-contracts.â¦


Manila court finds U.S. Marine guilty of rape

A Philippine court found one of four U.S. Marines guilty of raping a Filipino woman inside a van at a former U.S. navy base last year, sentencing the 21-year-old sailor to life in prison for "bestial acts".


Tbilisi, 18:35 - CALCIO, 30 ANNI AD ASSASSINI FRATELLO KALADZE

Arrivano le prime condanne per il rapimento e l'omicidio di Levan Kaladze, fratello del giocatore de...


Ministers seek to "urgently" end the ex-head of the Rural Payments Agency's contract, eight months after he left.


People returning home after storms and flooding in eastern Australia find their properties have been looted.


Deal of the day: JBL Creature II 3-piece desktop speaker system for $34

Blog: This curvy, futuristic, Harman-made system used to be listed at three times the price.


What a way for No. 1 North Carolina to start the Atlantic Coast Conference season. Wayne Ellington's 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left in overtime lifted the top-ranked Tar Heels to a 90-88 victory over 19th-ranked Clemson on Sunday night.


U.N. chief urges Mladic, Karadzic to surrender

New U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon urged  Bosnian Serb genocide suspects Ratko Mladic and Radovan  Karadzic to surrender to the U.N. war crimes tribunal as the  court comes under pressure to wrap up its work by 2010.


Jewelers like Tiffany & Co , Zale Corp  and Finlay Enterprises  are set to release holiday sales data later this week -- and analysts are expecting less-than-sparkling results.


OCEANIA/ISOLE FIJI - Nuova Costituzione ed elezioni generali nel 2009, anche con il contributo della Chiesa Suva (Agenzia Fides) - La Chiesa cattolica nellÂarcipelago delle Fiji parteciperÃ  alla ricostruzione morale e civile del paese, che si avvia a una progressiva normalizzazione, dopo gli anni travagliati di guerra civile che ne hanno danneggiato il tes...


President George W. Bush on  Wednesday vetoed legislation to expand federally funded  embryonic stem cell research, triggering an uphill battle to  override him in the Democratic-led U.S. Congress and likely  pushing the issue onto the 2008 election agenda.


By Bonello, Deborah  The increase in broadband penetration has provided a wealth of digital marketing opportunities. By Deborah Bonello  Digital marketing can be intimidating.


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Heart risk factor control worse in diabetic women

NEW YORK  - Deaths from cardiovascular disease are declining among men with diabetes, but not women, and poorer control of blood pressure and cholesterol levels may be to blame, a new study suggests.


A new report says Britain is losing out on a massive pool of sporting talent.


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Kent's dramatic hit puts Astros in charge

HOUSTON So you think the Red Sox and Yankees staged high drama in their Game 5? Consider this: Twenty-three minutes after David Ortiz's single lifted the Red Sox past the Yankees in the 14th inning on Monday


Nearly 9,000 rural farmworkers and landless peasants marched in the nation's capital Thursday, seeking major land reform legislation, the official Agencia Brasil news agency said.


Aliens Among Us: Exhibit Asks What Life Might Be Like on Other

By Natasha Derrick, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Feb. 9--Phineous Palindrome swims along leisurely, his head bobbing up and down as his pursed lips feel around for food. His second head to the rear keeps watch for predators.


Nearly 200 years ago, a Mississippi River town experienced some of the most powerful earthquakes in U.S. history. Today, scientists say it's hard convincing people that major shakers can hit anywhere but the West Coast. Michelle Delio reports from New Madrid, Missouri.


The Nikkei share average edged up 0.20   percent on Wednesday as Advantest Corp. and other chip stocks   rose but consumer loan companies such as Credit Saison Co. fell   on a report of tighter accounting rules.


The dollar sank to a record low against the euro and fell to its lowest level since January 2000 on the yen on Thursday as the market tested how far Japan and Europe would tolerate yen and euro gains on dollar weakness.


The beignets at Cafe Du Monde tasted especially sweet. A French Market musician pounded out a peppy tune on his keyboard. Smiling — if somewhat weary — revelers strolled through the narrow streets of the French Quarter in their Reggie Bush jerseys and "Home Sweet Dome" T-shirts.


Australia's worst storm in 30 years has lashed the country's east coast, killing at least seven people and leaving a trail of destruction, writes Barbara McMahon in Sydney.


Robbie Fowler scores twice but Liverpool lose to Galatasaray in their final Champions League group game.


Genova, 17:35 - CALCIO, SAMP: CON LA LAZIO TUTTO SU CASSANO

La Sampdoria torna nella Capitale contro la Lazio con l'obiettivo dichiarato di fare punti e sfatare...


In late afternoon trading in New York, the euro was trading above $1.42 amid fresh evidence of losses in the mortgage industry.


No. 15 Va. Tech Demolishes Maryland 55-6

Bryan Randall Throws Two TD Passes, Runs for Third As No. 15 Virginia Tech Crushes Maryland 55-6. Virginia Tech quarterback Bryan Randall (3) twarts the tackle of Maryland's Dominique Foxworth (6) during first


Comedy Meet The Fockers remains top of the North American box office chart after taking another Â£23.7m.


Russia space chiefs point to superb work of Padalka, Fincke

KOROLYOV, Moscow Region, October 24 (Itar-Tass) - The crew of the ninth mission at the International Space Station (ISS) worked superbly in orbit.


Dow Jones -0,45%, Nasdaq -1,16%.Euro in calo, a 1,3006 usd


TOMORROW AUTO RACING 3 p.m. -- NASCAR Busch Series: Sam's Town 300, Ch. 5 6 p.m. -- NASCAR Nextel Cup: UAW- DaimlerChrysler 400 final practice (tape), Speed


NATO takes command across all of Afghanistan

NATO assumed responsibility for security across the whole of insurgency-hit Afghanistan on Thursday when it took command in the east of the country from a U.S.-led coalition force.


Tra i vincitori Jerry Lewis, Willis, Hoffmann, Turner


Swiss Re led European shares lower on  Friday, but Dutch conglomerate Philips helped limit market  losses as a chip sales warning was not as bad as feared.


How can the company win back the trust of shareholders?


Think Before You Click to Avoid Viruses and Scams

One phenomenon that has become quite obvious from the vast numbers of virus victims over the last year is that people click first and ask questions later.


Life As a Wired Judge: Reflections on the Use of Technology By Courts

By Arkfeld, Louraine C  With the use of technology on the rise, what should a judge do who wants to be part of the brave new world but also preserve the dignity of the court? This article examines the thoughts of a judge about embracing technology.


NUOVO MESSAGGIO SU UCCISIONE ITALIANE AL VAGLIO DEL GOVERNO

ROMA - 'Non abbiamo conferme, stiamo verificando l'attendibilita' della nuova rivendicazione'. Cosi' l'Unita' di crisi della Farnesina ha commentato la notizia di un nuovo drammatico annuncio contenuto in


Roma, 10:24 - CALCIO, MATARRESE: MOGGI? MEGLIO SE SI FERMA E SI PURIFICA

Antonio Materrese è intervenuto questa mattina a 'Radio anch'io -Sport' parlando dell'intervi...


Another senior Communist Party official is implicated in Shanghai's financial scandal, a city official says.


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A soldier's suicide: Did he have to die?

Pfc. Jason Scheuerman nailed a suicide note to his barracks closet in Iraq, stepped inside and shot himself.


Bosnian Serb war-crimes suspect surrenders

A Bosnian Serb war-crimes suspect accused of genocide in the 1995 massacre of up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys surrendered Saturday, the government said.


WEDNESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- Canadian scientists have found cancer stem cells that seem to fuel the uncontrolled growth of malignant brain tumors.


Motorsport.com. The banks that recently won a legal case against Bernie Ecclestone to have more influence on how Formula One is run are not likely to try and oust him from the organisation.


Shares risk with partners Analysis Two companies are driving coverage of on demand business applications this year. Unfortunately for Salesforce.com, it isn't one of them.â¦


"Alfie" duo faces off in disappointing "Sleuth"

VENICE, Italy  - Kenneth Branagh's new version of Anthony Shaffer's crime caper "Sleuth" looks smashing, and it features several great new lines by screenwriter Harold Pinter.


SKorea, US agree to wrap up free trade talks quickly

US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and South Korean Finance and Economy Minister Kwon O-Kyu agreed Wednesday to try to wrap up free trade negotiations smoothly and quickly, officials said.


A stressful life may make it tougher to fight the virus which causes most cervical cancer cases, say scientists.


A group of 24 Filipino seamen held hostage in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region are freed after weeks in captivity.


GM's future in balance at Detroit meeting of CEOs

The chief executives of General Motors  Corp  and Renault-Nissan are scheduled to meet on Friday  in Detroit, a formal first step in complex talks that could  change the face of the global auto industry.


China's Chery plans to make cars in Indonesia: paper

Chinese auto maker Chery Automobile is   planning to set up a production base in Indonesia for its Chery   QQ model aimed at the Southeast Asian market, an Indonesian   newspaper reported on Monday.


Shares of Sun Healthcare Group Inc. moved higher Monday after a UBS analyst upgraded the health care services provider and predicted the company will have a strong fourth quarter due to higher Medicare reimbursement rates.


The company's distribution deal will have a big impact on its competitive strength.


BEA to tempt developers with Essex server

WebLogic weight loss Next year will see BEA Systems' first implementation of a slimmed down application server. Codenamed 'Essex', WebLogic Server version 10.3 will launch by March 2008 - BEA said at BEAWorld this week - and marks the debut of an architecture that lets developers remove modules they don't want prior to installation.â¦


Market Values: Two Giants, but They Arenât Twins

Being a great technology company is still being learned â the easy way if you own Google and the hard way if your money is in Yahoo.


Murder charge being dropped in 1980 case

A murder charge filed this year based on DNA tests unavailable when the victim was strangled in 1980 is being dropped because more testing made the case difficult to prove, a prosecutor said Thursday.


A small earthquake centered in northeastern Arkansas rattled parts of several states Thursday but caused no major damage.


Singer-actress Lindsay Lohan is set to record her second album this summer and says it will have urban pop sound.


Catholics play vital role in helping migrants to U.S

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico  - At a Catholic-run shelter just across the border from Laredo, Texas, dozens of Latin American migrants say grace and tuck into a hearty meal of sausages, beans and rice, before trying to swim across the Rio Grande into the United States.


Possibly in response to the rapidly shrinking desktop PC market in the United States, Imation's Odyssey removable hard disk storage system line has expanded to include a portable USB interface.


Dog released by Calgary pound to new owners back with original family

CALGARY (CP) - Zack the dog was home with his original family Friday, but it's not a happy ending for everyone involved.


Bush says not satisfied with Iraq political progress

U.S. President George W. Bush said on Thursday he was not satisfied with political progress in Iraq but insisted the Iraqi government was making some advances.


President Gen. Pervez Musharraf tightened controls on Pakistan's media Monday, the latest move against dissent in a growing political crisis over his suspension of the chief justice.


US astronaut Robert Curbeam is heading for the record books.  Curbeam, of Baltimore, Maryland, will embark on his fourth space walk of the shuttle Discovery mission - to work on a stalled solar panel.


Moon Settlers May Be "Ski" Racers, Helium Miners, TV Stars

At NASA's planned lunar base, the first residents may mine the surface, build telescope arrays, and perform on TV. But first they'll have to learn how to walk.


At least 13 worshippers die in a car bombing at a Shia mosque in Iraq's capital, after threats of a long war from a militant leader.


Sorry. Some of those things you learned from your grandmother just are not true.


Pitcairn Women Back Their Men Ahead of Sex Trial

A group of women on Pitcairn Island in  the South Pacific are standing by their men, who face underage  sex charges, saying having sex at age 12 is a tradition dating  back to 18th century mutineers who settled on the island.


Genova, 16:21 - CALCIO, GENOA: GAZZOLI E SILVESTRI ALLA MASSESE

Il Genoa ha ceduto alla Massese (C1/A), a titolo definitivo, il portiere Gazzoli. Al club toscano va...


Just unveiled at Apple Expo Paris, the machine is indeed an all-in-one device that integrates the system into the display unit as per the original iMac but to an extent discarded with the second-generation, 'angle-poise' design.


Swiss send S. Korea packing with 2-0 win

Where have the Swiss been for the past 12 years? Absent from the World Cup since 1994, Switzerland reached the second round on its return with a 2-0 victory over South Korea on Friday, sending the 2002 semifinalist home.


Japan to Ease Weapons Export Ban, Revamps Military

Japan's government will ease a four- decade ban on weapons exports, opening up new markets for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.


For so long, linebacker Rosevelt Colvin couldn't do what he wanted, couldn't play football. Now, he feels he can do whatever his coach wants him to.


Udine, 17:36 - CALCIO, COPPA ITALIA; D'AGOSTINO: PER UDINESE E' IMPORTANTE

L'Udinese non dimentica la sconfitta di Catania e aspetta un'altra squadra siciliana per rimediare. ...


Eleven years after the box office success of "Mrs. Doubtfire," Robin Williams will be back in drag for the sequel to the 1993 hit. Williams has a slew of talented actors and actresses lined up to help in the project including his wife, Marsha Wi...


John McCain comes out of Super Tuesday a clear front-runner - but two other horses still remain in the race, the BBC's David Willis says.


OPINION: Dredging Columbia a Very Big Job

By Tom Koenninger, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Mar. 7--ABOARD ESSAYONS -- A winter mix of rain and snow slashed across the deck of this ponderous ship as she moved downstream on the Columbia River, barely a whisper faster than the current.


Scientists say they have produced embryos that are clones of two men, a potential step toward developing scientifically valuable stem cells.


A suicide bomber targeted an Afghan army bus in the centre of Kabul on Thursday, witnesses said, but there was no immediate word on casualties.


Kerry Accuses Bush of Cronyism in Gov't Contracts

Democrat John Kerry charged President Bush's administration on Friday with rewarding politically connected companies with huge defense contracts and then "turning


Yukos, Russia's largest privately owned oil company, will be broken up on Sunday. After stumbling under debilitating back-tax claims of over $28 billion, the company's most important


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Tennis: US Open champion Federer in Sampras record threat

NEW YORK : Roger Federer, who has just won his first US Open, is in many people's minds a threat to Pete Sampras' record of 14 Grand Slam titles.


NFL Game Summary - Philadelphia at St. Louis

St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) - Steven Jackson rushed for a career-high 148 yards with a touchdown to lead the St. Louis Rams to a 20-7 victory over Philadelphia at the Edward Jones Dome.


Wrong Pills Shipped to Online Drug Buyers

Consumers who thought they were purchasing sleep aids, antidepressants and other drugs over the Internet instead were shipped a powerful antipsychotic, sending some unwitting victims to the emergency room, federal health officials warned yesterday.


Sport: Exclusive: Roberto Carlos believes David Beckham will captain England under Fabio Capello


UPDATE 1-Hurricanes likely dented US job gain-Treasury Snow

Recent hurricanes that lashed the southeastern United States likely caused slower job growth last month than otherwise would have been the case, US Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Thursday.


Eddie Johnson scored his fifth goal in three games Wednesday and the US national soccer team eliminated Jamaica from 2006 World Cup contention with a 1-1 tie at Columbus, Ohio.


Valentine's Day Comes Under Fire in Iraq

For Adel Mousa, Valentine's Day is complicating an already delicate situation with his fiancee: He postponed their wedding planned for this month and has been looking for a safe way to make it up to her.


US consumer confidence slides for third month in October

WASHINGTON : US consumers' confidence skidded for the third straight month in October as they fretted over the outlook for jobs, a Conference Board survey showed Tuesday.


50,000 people gathered to follow the funeral of the great tenor in his home town of Modena.


Portuguese government resigns after snap vote call

Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes has announced that he and his centre-right cabinet had submitted their resignations, the day after the nation's socialist president announced he would dissolve parliament and call an early vote.


Next President Will Pick Scores of Judges

Few things a president does have the lasting impact of picking a member of the Supreme Court, an assignment that will probably come to either President Bush or Democrat John Kerry in the next four years.


The US voices "serious concern" at reports of arrests of opposition politicians in Pakistan.


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OPEC Sees No Harm in $50 Oil, Holds Output

OPEC producers agreed Sunday to keep  output limits on hold, convinced that oil prices near $50 a  barrel are not stifling world growth.


KEY WEST, Fla. - Streets, bars, hotels and shops in this normally bustling island resort town were mostly empty Sunday, even as officials in the Florida Keys said they were "cautiously optimistic" Hurricane Ivan might spare the island chain its worst punishment...


Government confirms plan for sweeping smoking ban

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


CBS News Names Panel to Review Tainted Bush Report

CBS News named former U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh and retired Associated Press chief Louis Boccardi on Wednesday to review its discredited report on President Bush's military record.


The Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health had a total of 105 diagnoses of the condition reported to them between July and September.


KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Islamic authorities in a Malaysian state believe they have found the secret of family love, women singing lullabies to their children and husbands.


ATHENS -- Andre Ward knows what he's going to be hearing this afternoon and he's looking forward to it. The light heavyweight will be the only boxer at Peristeri Boxing Hall booed for trying to win a gold medal. Anti-American sentiment has been on the rise at many of the Olympic venues, most noticeably track and field at Olympic Stadium ...


Vista Sales Estimates Indicate Dwindling Retail Channel

Though unit sales for Vista's launch week as estimated by NPD were 58.9% lower than Windows XP's in October 2001, the way NPD tabulates its launch week data indicates that retail unit sales of Vista may actually be 25% or less per day during Vista's launch week than for XP's.


Bright future for OLEDs, report predicts

Research firm expects market for OLEDs used in displays and lighting to reach $15.5 billion by 2014.


Import prices were flat in December, with petroleum costs decreasing for the first time in four months, while export prices rose by 0.4 percent, the Labor Department reported Friday.


Fresh violence has flared in mainly Muslim southern Thailand, only hours after the air force dropped an estimated 100 million origami peace birds in the area to quell unrest which has claimed nearly 500 lives.


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