Widening subprime fallout scares Asian investors

Asian stock markets were  slammed on Wednesday by the widening damage caused by the U.S.  subprime mortgage sector meltdown, with investors fearing more  negative surprises will emerge in the region.


N.Korea eyes 2nd test if dispute not resolved

North Korea will feel compelled to announce plans for another nuclear test if a financial row with Washington is not settled, a source said on Wednesday as the latest talks wound up with no signs of a breakthrough.


Shuttle repair to delay European space lab launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Repairing an electrical connection in a U.S. space shuttle's fuel tank will push the already delayed launch of Europe's first permanent space laboratory beyond the current target date of January 10, NASA said on Thursday.


SIOUX CITY, Iowa  - Fred Thompson's new role as a presidential candidate means separating fact from fiction for those Americans accustomed to seeing him in dramatic TV and movie roles.


Investor Wants Flyi to Resume Regional Role

The largest shareholder of Flyi Inc., parent of Independence Air, has demanded that the struggling Dulles-based airline abandon its plan to continue as a low-fare carrier and "aggressively" pursue an opportunity to return to its roots as a regional feeder for United Airlines.


Montage Technology Adds New Executive Vice President

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 29 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Montage Technology Group, a key supplier of critical silicon solutions, and leading provider of digital TV and memory interface logic solutions, today announced that Mr. Desi Rhoden has joined the company as Executive Vice President.


India calls for dialogue to resolve Kashmir issue

India has called on Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue through talks between the two countries. Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna made the remark Tuesday in


Russian and US spacemen have landed safely back on Earth after completing their mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Russians Yuri Shargin and Gennady Padalka and American Michael Fincke touched


Scanning In Your Memories? Go to the Source

Scanners can convert slides and negatives to digital files which can then be cropped, color-corrected and e-mailed to friends. Which model is right for you?


Intel vs AMD - integrated graphics shoot-out

Who's best for games - and Windows Vista? Head-to-Head Make no mistake about it, the AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor struggles to compete with Intel's Core 2 Duo, and the upcoming four-core Core 2 Quad will move the goalposts even further away. Which gives AMD a major problem until it starts to roll out Athlon 64 X4 mid-2007. Meanwhile, it canât rely on sales of mobile processors as that sector is owned by Centrino and it must surely be worried about Opteronâs position as Intel spreads its Core technology into servers.â¦


Two US soldiers killed by small arms fire in Baghdad, car bomb in Mosul targeting US military convoy kills another. BAGHDAD - Two US soldiers were killed by small arms fire at a traffic control checkpoint


This month's Golden Globe Awards are in jeopardy after actors joined striking writers in boycotting the ceremony.


Colombia Extradites Marxist Rebel Leader to U.S.

BOGOTA, Colombia  - The most important commanderof Colombia's largest rebel army ever captured was handed toU.S. authorities at a Bogota airport to be extradited to theUnited States Friday to face cocaine smuggling and kidnappingcharges.


Investor confidence in the U.S. economy surged to its highest level in 10 months, buoyed by a stock market rally and fading worries over energy prices, a survey showed on Monday.


Pope Flies to Istanbul, Landing in a Political Cloud

While the four-day trip is aimed at reaching out to the Orthodox, expectations are high for the pope to also reach out to Muslims.


A bright symbol of the holiday burst to life in Rockefeller Center Tuesday night as Mayor Michael Bloomberg and three Olympians turned on the 30,000 lights decorating the center's famed Christmas tree.


Gasoline falls for seventh week: government

The average U.S. retail gasoline  price fell to $2.38 a gallon, dropping for the seventh week in  a row, and could decline another 23 cents by mid-October, the  government said on Monday.


Emmy's Rush Angels and Sopranos Through The Show

Throughout the rushed telecast of the 56th Annual Emmy Awards, host Garry Shandling repeatedly poked fun at 'reality' programs, joking that 'It's to the point now when a commercial comes on I go, `Thank God, professional actors in a story.


Gunners go to Liverpool stung by more negative headlines

Arsenal gained a 1-1 tie with nine men against a Champions League group winner yet still came home to negative headlines. Thierry Henry scored a quality goal for an equalizer at PSV Eindhoven


Staged cyber attack exposes vulnerability

Researchers who launched an experimental cyber attack caused a generator to self-destruct, alarming the federal government and electrical industry about what might happen if such an attack were carried out on a larger scale, CNN has learned.


Congo's former Ninja rebel leader does not return to  Brazzaville, after helicopters swoop down on his men.


The Norwell Clippers dropped anchor in Charlestown yesterday, not to dock ship, but to defeat the Townies, 36-8, in nonleague action.


Tech wonders on homeland security horizon

Americans are facing a brave new  world of post-September 11 technology marvels that could soon  find their way into billions of dollars of projected homeland  security spending.


Three Fed banks sought deeper Dec discount rate cut

Three regional Federal Reserve banks sought a half-percentage-point cut in the discount rate ahead of December's Fed policy meeting, minutes of the Fed Board's discount rate meetings showed on Tuesday.


Packed chamber told alliance is strong in French PM's speech to congress.


Sony PSP Flying Off Shelves - 200,000 First-Day Sales

Sony's handheld gaming device, the PlayStation Portable, reportedly sold more than 200,000 units on its first day of availability in Japan.


Cleveland Browns running back Lee Suggs may be ready to play his first game of the season Sunday. Suggs, who had been expected to start at running back this season, missed the first three games because of a neck injury.


Italy's new faces emerge from shadows - slowly

Her Italian is nearly perfect. Her demeanor is quietly polite. But the sommelier at Il Pagliaccio, a tony restaurant in Rome's historic center, isn't your average Chianti expert.


BAGHDAD, 18 September 2004 - US warplanes bombed the central Iraqi city of Fallujah yesterday, killing 44 people, many of them women and children.


'Due anni fa una tragedia, oggi giornata molto importante'


BHP Wins Extra $3.2 Bln of Chinese Iron Ore Sales

BHP Billiton, the world's biggest mining company, agreed to sell an extra $3.2 billion of iron ore to four Chinese steelmakers, helping underpin expansion of its mines in Western Australia.


Former Gov. Jesse Ventura now supports John Kerry for president. You'll just have to take Angus King's word for it.


Blocking a specific enzyme may be enough to check the spread of cancer in the body, researchers believe.


President George W. Bush, hardening his tone towards Israel on Thursday, urged an end to "the occupation" of the West Bank and pushed for a peace treaty to be signed within a year to create a Palestinian state.


RE the letter from an ex- Scottish Gas customer, I have the same problem.  I pay my son's electricity bill on the internet, and had a message that his payment was to rise by pounds 14 per month, despite the fact that I opted for the capped bill until 2010.


In a China flush with fortune, many now want theirs told

In a culture increasingly focused on personal wealth, many Chinese look to traditional fortunetelling tools to enrich them.


Its legal battles over, the software vendor will focus on sales until the market ripens.


Former Vice President Al Gore will take his campaign against global warming to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. next week, speaking at Wal-Mart headquarters to executives seeking to make the world's largest retailer more environmentally friendly, a company spokesman said Friday.


Huge crowd gathers in Beirut for opposition rally

Tens of thousands of flag-waving Lebanese poured into central Beirut on Friday for a Hezbollah-led protest aimed at bringing down the Western-backed government, which has vowed it will not yield to the pressure.


Finucane Family Hit Out at Private Inquiry

A Government-sanctioned inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane was criticised tonight by the solicitorâs family after it emerged it would mostly be held in private.


Forze leali al re si sono impadronite del potere


British firms set to pour more into online advertising

British firms are planning to invest more in online advertising as households increasingly use the Internet for routine purchases, a new survey said.


Thrashers owner fined for lockout comment: report

CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The NHL has slapped Atlanta Thrashers owner Steve Belkin with a $250,000 US fine for comments he made about replacement players, according to the Associated Press.


Fujitsu Siemens Computers (Holding) BV, Europe's largest remaining computer manufacturer, posted a 60 percent leap in profit for the first half of its fiscal year on higher sales of laptops and servers to business customers, the company said Wednesday.


Liberia's Taylor boycotts war crimes trial

Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor boycotted the opening of his trial in The Hague for war crimes in Sierra Leone on Monday, saying he had lost faith in the U.N.-backed court and upstaging the proceedings.


A Big Deal, Even in Manhattan: A Tower Goes for $1.8 Billion

The Kushners, a New Jersey real estate family, are paying three times what the seller paid for the building six years ago.


Roma, 16:19 - CALCIO, ROMA: JUAN SI FERMA PER PROBLEMI ALLA CAVIGLIA

Luciano Spalletti dovrà rinuciare a Juan probabilmente per alcune settimane. Il giocatore bra...


Disagi anche a Fiumicino, protesta il Codacons


Second seed Justine Henin-Hardenne   hammered out a warning to her rivals for the U.S. Open title   when she crushed Israeli Shahar Peer 6-1 6-0 to reach the   quarter-finals.


Pope Benedict's comments about Islam   could hurt religious harmony, government and religious leaders   in the world's most populous Muslim countries, Indonesia and   Pakistan, said on Friday.


Larry Hughes scores 10 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Wizards over the woeful Nets, 97-86, on Saturday night.


Modena, 18:28 - CALCIO, MODENA: TEST CON LA PRIMAVERA

Test infrasettimanale per il Modena, che ha affrontato la squadra Primavera. Hanno svolto allenament...


US suffers deadliest attack in Iraq since May; captured man not ...

A massive car bomb exploded Monday on the outskirts of Fallujah, killing seven US marines and wounding several others in the deadliest attack on Americans since May.


A bacterium closely related to bugs that cause gangrene, tetanus and food poisoning could help to beat cancer.


FDA adding hearing loss risk impotence drugs

U.S. regulators on Thursday said  warnings about the risk of sudden hearing loss linked to  popular drugs for impotence, including Viagra, Cialis and  Levitra, would be added to the drugs' labels.


UK official calls for international privacy standards

After a spate of disputes between the U.S. and the European Union over privacy safeguards, the U.K.'s information commissioner is calling for international harmonization of data-protection rules.


Japan PM Says Won't Pull Troops Out of Iraq -Media

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has said Japan will not pull its troops out of Iraq despite threats by a group led by an al Qaeda ally to behead a Japanese hostage, Japanese media reported on Wednesday.


Chief executive David Taylor claims he saved the Scottish Football Association a six-figure sum by refusing to heed calls to sack Berti Vogts.


The Metsâ pitcher Jorge Sosa endured one of the more bizarre and roundabout paths to the major leagues.


Tokyo, 10:52 - CALCIO, MERCATO: NEDVED NEL MIRINO DEI GIAPPONESI DELL'FC TOKYO

Pavel Nedved è nel mirino dei giapponesi dell'FC Tokyo. A rivelarlo è stato il dirigen...


Lufthansa Cancels Flights After Computer Fault

Lufthansa had to cancel 33 European flights, and services across its global network were delayed, following a computer fault in its check-in system on Thursday, the airline said.


At Parature, a software company in Vienna, employees are usually too busy to socialize much.


O2 wins exclusive contract to distribute iPhone in Britain

Apple chief Steve Jobs said Tuesday that Britain would be the first European country to get its much vaunted iPhone and they would be launched on November 9.


Movie Review | 'Lagerfeld Confidential': Chanelâs Visionary, Holding Forth From His Designer Throne

Those seeking career advice about how to become an emperor of fashion will find little if any useful information in âLagerfeld Confidential.â


The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will take up the constitutionality of Ten Commandments displays on government land and buildings, a surprise announcement that puts justices in the middle of a politically sensitive issue.


A 43-year-old man extradited from Hong Kong in connection with the murder of a chinese woman denies strangling her a Belfast court has heard.


Preoccupati dallo scontento per le scelte di questo governo


Sudan accepts hybrid force for Darfur: AU

Sudan has agreed to the deployment, mandate and structure of a combined United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force for its troubled Darfur region, a senior AU official said on Tuesday.


Iran Wants to Amend Nuke Freeze, EU Says No

Iran has requested that it be permitted to continue conducting "research and development" with centrifuges, machines that can be used to develop material for nuclear weapons, diplomats said on Wednesday.


Global stocks fall as U.S. recession fears grip

Shares from Sydney to London sank for a second day on Tuesday, dragging commodity prices with them and promising a woeful start for Wall Street as investors dumped assets exposed to the risk of a global economic slowdown.


Singer Russell Watson is critically ill in hospital with a brain tumour.


Ready or Not, Electronic Voting Goes National

Whether or not the machines are ready for the election - or the electorate ready for the machines - there is no turning back.


Situazione Bassora diversa da Baghdad, contingente fino 2008


Daly-Donofrio in hunt for LPGA title at tournament in Mobile

The Mississippi Press. MOBILE -- On a cool, overcast day, Heather Daly-Donofrio played the best round of her professional career on Saturday.


The condition of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has improved markedly as he entered a fourth day of emergency treatment in France, Palestinian officials have said Monday.


Presidenza Rai Sat a Freccero, Del Bufalo a Rai Parlamento


Putin's hint at gas OPEC likely to rattle Europe

Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired a shot across Europe's bow by saying Russia could form a natural gas equivalent of the oil producers' OPEC cartel, even while insisting that Moscow would become a more reliable energy supplier.


Expected restatement comes as a result of its internal investigation into stock options practices.


The NASA turbojet notoriously known as the "vomit comet" for its use in training astronauts for weightlessness made its final flight Friday. Few among the two dozen seasoned passengers aboard got sick.


About 200,000 families could lose their tax credits because they have not renewed their claims, the government says.


White House: no rift with military on Iraq troops

President Bush is considering a short-term increase of U.S. troop strength in Iraq, a spokesman said on Tuesday as he denied reports of a rift between White House officials pushing the option and resistant Pentagon chiefs.


Floridians on Hurricanes' Political Impact

Florida voters and analysts on the political impact of the hurricanes.


Cubs Spank Marlins 11-2 to Split Twinbill

Eleven months after winning two straight at Wrigley Field to take the NL pennant, the Florida Marlins returned Friday and split a doubleheader with Chicago. Moises Alou and Aramis Ramirez hit back-to-back homers, and the struggling Cubs routed the Florida Marlins 11-2 Friday to gain the split. Carl Pavano allowed seven hits as Florida won the opener 7-0.


Also: Treo troubles trigger Palm plunge. Read these stories and more from around the Web at News.com Extra.


Police questioning suspects as Bangalore raid yields 'radical' CDs

Police officers in Britain were questioning five suspects in connection with failed car bombings a week ago as detectives in Bangalore revealed they had discovered CDs containing extremist material in the homes of two detainees.


Shares jumped nearly 4 percent after the low-cost carrier reported its first third-quarter profit in two years on higher occupancy rates and capacity.


Europe's proposed multibillion-dollar Galileo satellite navigation project could be salvaged with the help of unspent EU funds and without additional taxpayer money, the European Commission said Wednesday.


Wash. Homes Evacuated Due to Fire Threat

A wind-blown wildfire that had forced hundreds to flee their homes grew to more than 11,000 acres early Wednesday as it moved into dry brush and grass in central Washington.


Two key US figures in Iraq face a second day of testimony in Congress about the war strategy.


The Asian "brown cloud" of pollution is affecting weather systems globally, according to research.


Tv, oltre 10 milioni per 'Striscia la notizia'

Esordio boom per la nuova edizione di 'Striscia la notizia' che ieri, nella fascia preserale, ha battuto 'Affari tuoi'. Il programma di Antonio Ricci, condotto da Ezio Greggio e Michelle Hunziker, e' stato


Calcio, Italia sotto di un gol nella sfida decisiva col Paraguay

La storia si ripete. L'Italia di Gentile va subito sotto di un gol nella terza e ultima partita del girone di qualificazione contro il Paraguay. E adesso rischia l'eliminazione. 0-1 il risultato alla fine del primo tempo. Un primo tempo che gli azzurri ...


Glasgow, 21:51 - CALCIO, SCOZIA: INFORTUNIO A GIOCATORE, GARA INTERROTTA

Una gara del campionato scozzese di seconda divisione è stata interrotta dopo un infortunio a...


Aston Villa midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger admits his call up to the German national side is a dream come true and shows he was right to turn his back on German powerhouse Bayern Munich.


The producer price index, which measures the wholesale prices that businesses charge one another, rose just 0.1 percent overall.


A Muslim cleric named by the British government as a key influence on one of four men who carried out the deadly London transport bombings in 2005 was deported to Jamaica Friday after being released from prison.


Nokia welcomes Motorola back to Symbian camp

OULU, Finland  - Nokia  welcomed on  Tuesday Motorola's  decision to return to the Symbian  phone operating software venture by buying half of rival  handset maker Sony Ericsson's   UIQ venture  last week.


Germany's economy expands just 0.1% in the third quarter as weak exports offset a growth in domestic demand.


Adobe releases Acrobat 8, updates Creative Suite

(InfoWorld) - Adobe SystemsÂ on Monday released Acrobat 8, a new version of its popular document authoring and reading software, and integrated it with its upgraded Creative Suite 2.3 Premium. Acrobat 8 now offers Acrobat Connect, which allows online users to discuss and edit documents or other material in a real-time conference. The service is available for a monthly fee. Also available is Acrobat Connect Professional, for larger meetings and with more features, including to chat using VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol). Acrobat Connect will be available from early next year in English for $39 per month, or $395 per year, per user. Connect Professional will be available from December of this year in English, German, French, Japanese, and Korean. Adobe did not announce pricing for the professional version. The company said Acrobat 8 Professional will be available for Windows and Macintosh, with Acrobat 8 Standard for Windows, from November, in English, French, German, and Japanese. Suggested retail price for Acrobat 8 Professional is $449, with upgrades for $159. Suggested retail for Acrobat 8 Standard is $299, with upgrades for $99. Bundled into the latest Creative Suite release is the Dreamweaver 8 Web development software. It also includes Acrobat 8 Professional, which supports the PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3 files, PDF/X-4, and PDF/A formats. Creative Suite will be available during the fourth quarter of this year for Windows and Macintosh, in English, French, German, and Japanese. Suggested retail prices are $1199 for the full version of Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Premium, $159 for an upgrade from Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium, and $549 for an upgrade from Creative Suite 1.x Premium and Standard.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.


Foreign medics sentenced to die in Libya HIV case

A Libyan court sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death on Tuesday for deliberately infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus that causes AIDS.


Cathy Andruzzi, the womenâs basketball coach at Fordham is using every tactic she can to eliminate negative energy, including yoga, meditation and visualization.


National Guard Faces Call-Ups for 2008, '09

The Pentagon this week plans to alert at least seven National Guard units to be ready for deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008 and 2009 as the military's reserve forces are increasingly called upon to relieve the strain on active-duty troops, officials said yesterday.


AXA Asia Pacific shares dropped 44 cents or 10 per cent in early trading this morning following an announcement the group had terminated talks with its French parent AXA SA over a proposed minority buyout deal.


Con Ahmadinejad colloquio interlocutorio


Mai annunciato una manifestazione se ne non andasse al voto


Justices Tighten Rules on Shareholder Suits

The Supreme Court set a higher standard for lawsuits from investors to go forward.


Oakville, ON (Sports Network) - Canada's own Mike Weir fired a six-under 65 on Friday to take the lead during round two of the Canadian Open.


How does a computer designed for kids in poor countries connect to us?


The chief justice of the state Supreme Court refused Wednesday to remove himself from a case challenging the results of the presidential election.


PeopleSoft founder David Duffield, who tried to keep the company from being acquired by Oracle, returned as CEO after Craig Conway was fired in October.


Dell ties up with Gome to  sell PCs in China

Dell Inc  said on Monday it  would sell its latest range of personal computers through  China's largest electronics retailer, Gome Group .


NEW YORK Sept. 16, 2004 - In a bid to "reclaim my good life" and rid her company of a cloud of scandal, Martha Stewart plans to surrender within weeks to begin serving her five-month prison sentence.


The struggle over the fate of two aging elephants at the Detroit Zoo might move to a new battleground, the zoo director said Friday.


Astronomers scan sky for birth of supernova

Astronomers are closely watching three sections of the sky after detecting three short but powerful X-ray bursts that may be harbingers of supernovas that could happen in the next few days.


Oracle Tech Network: PHP 5, Oracle, and the Future

Zend has pointer to a new article today from the Oracle Technology Network - PHP 5, Oracle, and the Future.


Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft sends back images of a huge dust plume erupting from a volcano on Jupiter's moon Io.


If Iraqi elections are allowed to take place as scheduled on Jan. 30, it is all too easy to imagine the nightmare that might ensue.


Un accordo con il generale Musharraf consente all'ex premier di rientrare nel PaeseAd accoglierla una folla di sostenitori e 20.000 agenti schierati contro la minaccia di attentati                                          Benazir Bhutto Ã¨ arrivata in Pakistan  "Viaggio storico, cambierÃ  le sorti del Paese"


Space ships and castles clog Rio as Carnival rolls

Space ships, galleons and castles on wheels clogged Rio de Janeiro's streets on Sunday as the city prepared for Carnival's climax.


Anyone who works at an airport or aboard a cruise ship will have his identity checked against government watch lists, just like commercial airline passengers.


The European Commission plans to delay Turkish accession talks until Ankara adopts a new penal code.


If Lou Dobbsâs arguments were really so good, donât you think he would be able to stick to the facts?


It doesn't take large wads of cash to make large wads of cash investing in stocks.


Both under the hood and above it, the Apple iPod from HP looks just like the Apple iPod from Apple. It has the same Click Wheel, backlit black and white LCD screen and chrome and white case design.


The chief of North Wales Police says he believes it is "inevitable" that all drugs will be legalised within a decade.


Packers face Vikings for NFC North Title

Green Bay and Minnesota square off in a battle today that will decide the NFC North Title. For the 9th time in the last 11 years, one of the two teams will win the division.


A Chinese company making products for the Beijing Olympics admits using child workers, despite initial denials.


First Americans may have crossed Atlantic 50,000 years ago

A new archaeological discovery suggests humans migrated to the hemisphere far earlier than previously thought.


Manual Helps to Unlock Secrets of Womanhood

Men are being given extra help understanding the opposite sex with a car manual-style guide to women. The Haynes Practical Guide to Womenâs Health for Men takes


MPAA: 'College Kids Not the Thieves We Said They Were'

The Motion Picture Association of America admits that "human error" caused it to report, incorrectly, that 44 percent of its domestic losses came from illegal downloading by college students. It's more like 15 percent, the MPAA says.


Source: Microsoft wins Facebook bid battle

The deal is expected to include an expansion of the software maker's advertising deal with Facebook, which only covers the U.S.


Three men are arrested in connection with the death of a 24-year-old in Fife at the weekend.


The dizzying rise in crude oil prices will hit home in US households this winter as fuel bills are set to rise sharply.


A US TV network promises to be more "upfront" about a survival series starring Bear Grylls, reports say.


Movie and TV Writers Authorize a Call to Strike

Screenwriters by a sizable majority authorized their leaders to call a strike against Hollywoodâs producers as early as Nov. 1.


United, Continental in early talks: source

United Airlines  and  Continental Airlines Corp  are in the "very initial  stages" of merger talks, a source familiar with the matter said  on Thursday.


U.S. Reacts Calmly to N. Korea Nuke Claim

The Bush administration responded calmly Tuesday to North Korean claims it has turned the plutonium from 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods into nuclear weapons.


Inventors across the country are being asked to find a way to lighten the load U.S. soldiers carry on their backs -- largely due to the high-tech gear that uses batteries -- and the solution will be decided in a $1 million contest.


Almost 350 calls are made with information about missing toddler Madeleine McCann after a TV broadcast.


HIV, AIDS Cases Rise Among U.S. Gay, Bisexual Men

A rise in new cases of AIDS and HIV  infection among gay and bisexual men in many U.S. states,  reported in a federal study on Wednesday, has given support for  concerns the disease is resurgent in the country.


The Supreme Court limited abortion rights, restricted school integration programs and gave freer rein to political advertising in a 2006-07 term that saw the emergence of a solid conservative majority.


Labour accuses the Scottish Government of leaving the country open to the risk of serious flooding.


We can't tell you how badly we want to stop talking about the Kobe situation. We are so ready to just talk hoop. That said, it just doesn't stop does it?


Millions Hunt for Food as Tsunami Toll Nears 80,000

Millions of people around the Indian Ocean scrambled for food and clean water on Thursday, with the threat of disease now stalking survivors of the most devastating tsunami on record.


Commentary: Obama has power to unite us all

You may find a bunch of political operatives who will suggest that they always believed a black man named Barack Obama would blow away his competitors in Iowa and would destroy the inevitability of a former first lady who is a member of the U.S. Senate.


Trapeze Networks says it is releasing a provisioning tool that can manage as many as 10,000 visitors on a wireless network.


Five appear in British court over drowning deaths of Chinese workers

Five people, three of them ethnic Chinese, appeared in court charged in connection with the drowning deaths of at least 21 Chinese migrant workers in northwest England, last February.


A stalker is banned from being alone with any woman without permission for five years, BBC Scotland learns.


Kate Hudson starred in "Le Divorce" Â twice. The film version was released in 2003. The real-life version debuted Thursday, when her divorce from rocker Chris Robinson was finalized in Los Angeles Superior Court.


Union says prison cutbacks could put Martha Stewart at risk

Homemaking guru Martha Stewart arrived Friday at the federal minimum security prison in Alderson, W. Va., to begin serving a five-month sentence for lying to investigators looking into her stock market trades.


President Bush sharply challenged critics of his stalled immigration-overhaul efforts on Thursday, suggesting that failure to pass a guest-worker program could trigger a labor shortage in the United States.


VIENNA, Austria -- Olympic champion Nicolas Massu of Chile was beaten 6-4 6-3 by Italian Davide Sanguinetti in the quarter-finals of the CA Trophy.


World champion Sebastien Loeb wins his third successive Monte Carlo Rally.


Gasoline demand slumps after holidays: MasterCard

U.S. retail gasoline demand fell last week for the second consecutive week as consumption continued to dwindle after the holiday season, MasterCard Advisors said Tuesday.


Free legal music downloads in time for Christmas

Advert-powered 'iTunes killer' takes to the stage It had to happen. A new legal music download service will be launched in December which will offer MP3s free at the point of delivery. New York-based Spiralfrog says its site will be fully funded by advertising.â¦


Roush Racing driver Matt Kenseth, the defending NASCAR Nextel Cup champion, will share his views with Free Press readers through the final race in the Chase for the Championship, which ends Nov. 21 at Homestead, Fla.


The Chinese city of Beijing has cancelled an order for Microsoft software, apparently bowing to protectionist sentiment. The deal has come under fire in China, which is trying to build a domestic software industry.


The Israeli company that provides fuel to the Gaza Strip today restored supplies amid fears cutbacks would hurt ordinary Palestinians.


U.S. Says W.T.O. Backs Claim on Chinese Barriers

The United States has won a preliminary ruling in a World Trade Organization case over Chinese tax policies that restrict imports of foreign auto parts, a U.S. trade official said.


"IÂ´m John Kerry and IÂ´m reporting for duty," saluted the freshly minted Democratic nominee during his acceptance speech at his partyÂ´s conclave in Boston.


A controversial campaign by Lycos Europe to attack websites run by spammers has been shut down.


Chris Morris meets Tayyip Erdogan, the reformed Islamic radical behind Turkey's bid to join the European Union.


Yachting blogger plagued by wind, power issues

But at least the kit is cool Blog One of the things that makes it very easy to spot Americans who are cruising around the Med on sailing boats is the Iridium phones they seem to imagine they need. You only get two or three days to detect them, because they quickly discover that they can buy a Greek SIM card for less than the price of their next ten minutes, and then pretend the Iridium was a toy phone they brought for their children to play with.â¦


Steady but unspectacular growth might leave investors wanting a bit more kick.


Bush, Kerry Seem Bound for a Photo Finish as Voting Begins

State by state and poll by poll, surveys of US voters suggest today's election between President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry will be a repeat of 2000, one of the closest in US history.


How the Web Hosting Industry Revolutionized E-Commerce

The Web hosting industry is a virtual battlefield populated by a number of disparate groups, some in allegiance, some actively at war, but each ultimately fighting to maintain or gain on its own piece of the field. Surrounded on all sides are the customers who attempt to choose their  alliances wisely. By Ben R. Neumann. 0913


Philip Morris Hid Link to Research Facility -Study

Philip Morris, one of the world's leading tobacco manufacturers, was involved in research into the health effects of smoking 30 years ago but did not reveal data on the


Unions Continued to Decline in 2004 - U.S.

One in eight U.S. workers belonged  to a labor union in 2004 as union membership continued its  decades-long slide, according to U.S. government figures  released on Thursday.


Manager vorrebbero evitare inimicizie con governo italiano


Burma punishes 43 officials for recruiting child soldiers, state media say, as the UN urges sanctions on the issue.


Firenze, 19:19 - CALCIO, AZZURRI; DONADONI: TROPPE CRITICHE ALLA NAZIONALE

Donadoni si lamenta della volontà di "cercare sempre complicazioni e negatività" attor...


Prospective Man City owner Thaksin Shinawatra confirms he has held talks with Sven-Goran Eriksson about City's vacant manager's job.


PITTSBURGH (Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Pirates and  shortstop Jack Wilson agreed to terms on a two-year contract  Friday. Financial terms were not released, but reports have the  deal worth $8 million.


Asia lagging behind Europe between the sheets: survey

Asians are having far less sex than their European counterparts, according to a global survey which also revealed trends towards younger and riskier sex.


At their annual summit, European Union leaders also said they wanted to strengthen the 25-nation bloc's relationship with the newly re-elected President Bush, which was deeply strained by the Iraq war.


Student shoots self at Philadelphia high school

A student at a high school in suburban Philadelphia shot himself at school with a rifle on Tuesday, school authorities said.


Nokia Falters, and the Finns Take Stock of Their Future

After the runaway success of Nokia in the late 1990's, Finland seems to be pondering whether it has lost its competitive inventive edge.


Stock futures extend decline as yen strengthens

U.S. stock index futures extended declines on Thursday as the yen strengthened, raising worries that it may force an unwinding of the carry trade, popular among hedge funds.


September was supposed to be the decisive month, when either antiwar sentiment pushed Republicans to back Democratic calls for troop withdrawals, or progress in Baghdad won President Bush time to pursue his counterinsurgency strategy. It would all be clearer, lawmakers on both sides of the debate...


Dow falls as oil prices rise; Nasdaq gains

NEW YORK - Uneasy investors sold stocks mostly lower Tuesday as oil prices climbed above $51 per barrel, creating new worries that rising energy costs would curb consumer spending and corporate profits.


Mortgage Security Bondholders Facing a Cutoff of Interest Payments

The cutoff of interest payments, which is expected to accelerate, would be the latest blow to the markets as investors try to anticipate the next problem that might shake confidence.


Illinois Seeks to Buy Vaccine From Europe

Citing "an urgent need" at a time of flu vaccine shortages, Illinois asked for federal permission Monday to buy at least 30,000 vaccine doses from Europe for the state's nursing home residents.


Yao Ming scored 28 points, Tracy McGrady added 19 points and matched a career high with 13 assists, and the Houston Rockets beat the Memphis Grizzlies 85-76 on Saturday night.


As US swimmer Kaitlin Sandeno walked behind the stands at the Olympic Aquatic Center, passing the cameras, microphones, and notepads of the assembled world media, she smiled and said, "I can't talk now, I've got to go to drug testing. I'll be right back."


Troops from Prince Harry's army regiment will be deployed to Afghanistan in October, the defense minister said Thursday, without confirming whether the youngest son of Princess Diana will be among them.


California sues carmakers over global warming

California sued six of the   world's largest automakers over global warming on Wednesday,   charging that greenhouse gases from their vehicles have caused   billions of dollars in damages.


Library Wades Through Hepburn Memorabilia

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The stuff of one remarkable life was spread out on 10 large library tables. There were letters, telegrams, scrapbooks, movie scripts, scores of photographs and other memorabilia — all meticulously collected by Katharine Hepburn during her classic 65-year career.


Lawmaker plans airline passenger bill of rights

The stranding of hundreds of passengers aboard JetBlue Airways Corp. planes for up to 10 hours on Wednesday has revived calls to enact an airline customer rights law.


McCain, Romney in tight race as Michigan votes

Republican voters in Michigan make their choices in the U.S. presidential race on Tuesday, with native son Mitt Romney battling for political survival in a primary that could either revive or sink his campaign.


Kuwait Charges Two Soldiers Over Anti-U.S. Plot

Kuwait said on Wednesday two soldiers  would stand trial in a military court on charges of plotting  attacks against U.S. forces in the pro-Western Gulf Arab state.


BAGHDAD -- Two nearly simultaneous car bombs rocked the district containing Baghdad's most revered Shi'ite Muslim shrine yesterday in an apparent attempt to escalate sectarian bloodshed and derail the latest security plan.


Australian 'Sex Toy' Alert Shuts Airport

A report from Reuters News Agency demonstrates just how seriously airport security is being taken in Australia. It seems a "humming sex toy," discreetly described by the Australian Security Services as an


Bush Rejects Kerry on Terror War, Economy

MASON CITY, Iowa  - President Bush charged on  Wednesday that Democrat John Kerry has a "fundamental  misunderstanding" of the war on terrorism because he does not  see Iraq as a theater of that conflict.


Jets scorch Dolphins' defense with 34 unanswered points in 41-14 ...

They made a perfect combination. The running back duo helped the Jets embarrass the hapless Dolphins, sending their defense to a new low in a 41-14 rout Monday night.


The Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall is a key part of the global network that keeps us talking to each other.


Stunned Russians Observe Day of Mourning

BESLAN, Russia - Funeral processions filled the rainy streets of this southern Russian city Monday, carrying coffins large and small, as townspeople buried scores of victims of a carefully planned school siege that prosecutors linked to a Chechen rebel leader.    Desperate families searched for those still missing from the siege at School No...


Martha Stewart to Host Homemaking Show After Prison Release

Martha Stewart will host an hour-long, daily syndicated show with a live audience when she gets out of prison, her company said today.


President Bush has a long list of promises to keep, and even with an expanded Republican majority in Congress, it's unlikely he can have them all.


SINDELFINGEN, Germany  - DaimlerChrysler reported  fourth-quarter results which fell far short of expectations on  Thursday, hit by a collapse in profits at the Mercedes Car  Group luxury division.


Ace Ltd., a property and casualty insurer led by Evan Greenberg, fired two employees and suspended three others during an internal probe into bid rigging prompted by charges from state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.


Mind those IMs--your cubicle's walls have eyes

As more firms install software to keep tabs on workers, start-ups and heavy hitters alike spy an opportunity in surveillance products.


Unbeatable Roloson lifts Oilers to 4-0 win over Canucks

Dwayne Roloson made 36 saves to earn the shutout and Raffi Torres had a goal and set up another to help the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 on Monday.


Prigioniero turco in mani Eln morto in blitz per liberazione


Ford Russia plant restarts; but strike may recur

ST PETERSBURG, Russia  - Production resumed at U.S. carmaker Ford's  plant in Russia on Thursday after a one-day strike over pay and conditions, but workers threatened to down tools again if pay talks stall.


By Mary Milliken BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - A fire tore through aBuenos Aires nightclub packed with young New Year's revelersand killed at least 175 people as a stampeding crowd wastrapped by locked exit doors, officials said on Friday.


The sale, for $1.76 billion in cash, is the final step in American Standardâs plan to split into three companies.


MONTROSE, N.Y. - Sixteen members of a high school senior class who taped ticking alarm clocks to the walls of their school were charged Tuesday with a fake-bomb felony, state police said.


U.S. captain Claudio Reyna will miss next month's World Cup qualifier at Trinidad and Tobago due to a leg injury that has sidelined him since November.


A 23-year-old man found unconscious in a yard in Londonderry is in a critical condition in hospital.


Disporra' del gigante dell'Airbus nell'aprile 2007


Across Northeast, Out Come Shovels and Sleds

The storm, officially a blizzard in some parts, buried roads and railways and halted travel for thousands.


Poultry farms around Moscow were under  tight control on Saturday when two cases of bird flu near the  capital were confirmed as being the deadly H5N1 strain.


Actor Christopher Reeve died of heart failure at age 52. According to broadcast network reports, the actor lapsed into a coma after going into cardiac arrest at his home in New York.


Gov. Ed Rendell attacked challenger Lynn Swann's lack of experience in government and condemned his property-tax overhaul plan as "a disaster" as they squared off in the first of two debates in Pennsylvania's gubernatorial campaign.


Internal Revenue Service launches website

Accra, Nov. 17, GNA - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has improved its services to the nation through the establishment of a customer oriented Internet website to enhance voluntary tax compliance and lower cost of collection.


BEIJING -- An explosion tore through a coal mine in central China yesterday, sending smoke billowing from air vents and trapping at least 166 miners in tunnels and shafts below without a method of communication, the government said.


Elizabeth Edwards diagnosed with breast cancer

Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, was diagnosed with breast cancer the day her husband and Sen. John Kerry conceded the presidential race.


Baghdad exploded in violence Saturday, as insurgents attacked a US patrol and a police station, assassinated four government employees and detonated several bombs.


Record produzione in Toscana, in coda la Basilicata


Adelphia Restates Results, Says 2003 Loss Narrowed

Adelphia Communications Corp., which filed for bankruptcy court protection in June 2002, restated financial results for three years and said its loss narrowed last year to $832.6 million.


Microsoft prepares for the worst in Europe case

LUXEMBOURG Facing the prospect of its most serious legal setback ever, Microsoft is quietly making plans to radically alter the way it does business in Europe, including sharing confidential software code with competitors and selling Windows without its


La proposta di legge arriva dal partito del presidente MusharrafSi prevede anche il diritto ad ereditare beni di famiglia                                            Pakistan, no ai matrimoni forzati In Parlamento i diritti delle donne


Palermo, la 19enne, sanguinante, Ã¨ riuscita a chiamare il 112Arrestati per sequestro e maltrattamenti il genitore e suo cugino                                                  Ragazza tunisina segregata in casa i carabinieri arrestano il padre


Sadr Militia Still Controls Iraq Shrine -- Witnesses

NAJAF, Iraq  - Shi'ite fighters appeared to be in  control of a holy shrine in Najaf Friday hours after Iraq's  interim government said it had overcome a bloody uprising by  seizing the Imam Ali mosque without a shot being fired.


Sony Denies PS3 Price Drop Rumors of $299

Despite online reports suggesting otherwise, SCEA says a $299 PS3 is just wishful thinking.


N. Korea Calls US Exercises 'War Action'

N. Korea Calls US Naval Exercises 'War Action'; Powell Blames Nation for Delay in Nuclear Talks. A Chinese man repairs a damaged fence around the South Korean consulate in Beijing, China, Monday, Oct 25, 2004.


The co-pilot of an airliner which crashed in New York in November 2001 made a fatal error, an inquiry finds.


La transizione non ostacola l'effettiva concorrenza


Detectives looking for a man who butchered a Manhattan psychologist expanded their investigation to Pennsylvania on Thursday, interviewing a man who spoke to the victim in the days before the killing about his personal problems.


Geek chic of years gone by isn't so cool today, as technology races on.


Diageo to launch 600 million pound share buyback

British drinks giant Diageo said that it planned to return 600 million pounds (863 million euros, 1.09 billion dollars) to investors through a share buy-back.


A Chinese journalist for the New York Times is freed after spending almost three years in jail in China.


A reporter for a weekly investigative crime magazine was toppled from his motorcycle and run over Tuesday by unidentified assailants who then shot him at close range, state authorities said.


Preparations for Jews genocide day begin in Lithuania

Preparations for the Day of Memory of the Jewish People's Genocide have begun in Lithuania.


Three of Malaysia's largest palm oil producers are to merge, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister said Thursday, a fusion that could potentially create the world's biggest biofuels company and its largest publicly-traded palm oil entity.


Roma, 12:41 - CALCIO, SERIE B: GENOA-JUVE A FARINA

Genoa-Juventus, big match della 14/a giornata di serie B in programma domani sera alle 20:45, sar&ag...


Blog, Blug. To the Writer Doris Lessing, Itâs Whatever.

Some literary-minded bloggers seemed a little piqued at comments on their hobby made by Doris Lessing in her Nobel lecture this month.


Clemson, South Carolina Players Suspended

Six Clemson players and six South Carolina players were suspended one game by their conferences Monday for brawling during a game between the in-state rivals Nov. 20.


com Staff | October 14, 2004. Not since Steve Garvey has a question of fatherhood been so prevalent in a baseball environment. âWhoâs Your Daddy?


Morocco will present an autonomy plan for Western Sahara to the United Nations next month in hopes of ending a three-decade conflict that has stranded 160,000 refugees in the Sahara, a top Moroccan official said Friday.


Friends, Relatives Console Chicago Bus Owner Whose Wife, Brother Are Among Dead in Ark. Crash. Michelle Chambers, left, hugs an unidentified woman outside the home of Roosevelt Walters Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004 in Chicago.


Forbes magazine names Tate & Lyle chief Iain Ferguson European Businessman of the year for turning around the sugar firm's fortunes.


Mohammad Kaif scores 80 in India's 245-8 against Bangladesh in Chittagong.


The striker is currently at the centre of a bidding war between Manchester United and Newcastle, after scoring four goals for England in Euro 2004.


Stallone charged in Australia over growth drugs

Hollywood muscleman Sylvester Stallone was charged in an Australian court Tuesday with carrying banned body-building drugs used to disguise the ravages of age.


The Yankees, who want a toe in the Chinese sports market, have made a commitment to help train and develop young talent there.


Chancellor Gordon Brown is to visit BMW's Cowley factory to launch production of the firm's latest Mini model.


Two of the biggest rivals in music are putting their differences behind them for the Band Aid charity record. Blur's Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher from Oasis don't really get on that well but have agreed


EveryScape's 3-D Maps Take You Inside Landmark Buildings

EveryScape's 3-D maps go one step further than Google: They let you explore the insides of buildings, too. The service, launching next week, will give virtual explorers views of restaurants, hotels and landmarks in San Francisco, Boston, New York and Seattle.


Roma, 19:57 - CALCIO, LAZIO; LEGALE LOTITO: PER CARRIZO E' QUASI FATTA

L'avvocato del presidente della Lazio Claudio Lotito, Gian Michele Gentile, ai microfoni di 'Radiose...


Thriller "Hide and Seek," starring Robert De Niro, lead the North American box office this weekend with $22 million. De Niro was also recently at the top for three weeks with "Meet The Fockers," which is number five this week. Dropping to second place ...


Chemicals Chief Praises NW's Centre of Excellence ; Call to Stand Up for Industry's Reputation

By BILL GLEESON Daily Post  STEVE ELLIOTT, chief executive of the Chemical Industries Association (CIA), has paid tribute to the achievements of chemical businesses in the region and called on industry to "stand up for science".


How I Got That Schwag: A Boldfaced Online Spree

IS there anyone more stylish in New York than GIMMÃ MUR SCHWÃG, the chain-smoking fashion editor of Boldface Names?.


Barry Bonds may have unknowingly used creams and oils containing steroids, according to a lawyer representing the American baseball superstar.


A British high court judge has sided with three German banks in a dispute with Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone. Justice Andrew Park said on Monday he accepted the contentions of the three banks and he would make a ruling which reflects their requests.


Torino, 19:28 - CALCIO, TORINO: DIFESA A QUATTRO, ABBRUSCATO UNICA PUNTA

Il Torino è arrivato nel primo pomeriggio a Coverciano, sede del ritiro prima dell'incontro c...


Steve Wright was in the red light area of Ipswich around the time five women vanished, a court hears.


Combinazione: 28-29-33-35-65-80 Jolly 69, Superstar 7


'The girl in the dugout' doing just fine

Kelly Calabrese took a break from treating the aches and pains of major leaguers to jog out to the first-base line to take her place among the San Diego Padres players and staff.


ASHLEY COLE has promised it would be an 'extra special'' achievement for Arsenal to haul in Chelsea and retain the Premiership.


Needing a win to keep pace in the AL Central, the Detroit Tigers ran into a familiar nemesis: the Kansas City Royals.


Students Thrilled By Glenn's Tale of Orbit

Nearly 300 students were spellbound at an Ohio theater when astronaut and former U.S. Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, described his 1962 space flight.  Glenn, 85, was the first American to orbit Earth on Feb. 20, 1962.


Sweden's next PM gets down to work after election victory

Sweden's next prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt was to get down to work to form a centre-right government after winning weekend elections, with only minor changes expected to be made to the Swedes' cherished welfare state.


L'EDITORIALE                                          Antipolitica, per chi suona la campana                                                                                EZIO MAURO


Black Watch Death Family Speak of 'Devastation'

Relatives of the Black Watch soldier killed during the controversial military deployment from Basra have spoken of their devastation at his death.


McCain cements GOP front-runner status with projected wins coast-to-coastDems evenly split between Clinton and ObamaDisappointing night for Romney; Huckabee surprises pundits


Moscow has asked the United States for a clarification following remarks in which U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates suggested that Russia's future course is uncertain and lumped the nation together with Iran and North Korea, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.


Faith Leaders Debate Effects Of Limits on Emissions

As President Bush resisted mandatory limits on carbon emissions at a G-8 summit in Germany yesterday, several U.S. religious leaders urged Congress to speedily enact such limits to avoid a catastrophic rise in global temperatures that would particularly hurt the poor.


In W.Va., Police Hold Six In Case of Alleged Torture

BIG CREEK, W.Va., Sept. 12 -- The curtains on the trailer home were closed, a shopping cart of empty beer cans was dumped by the porch and rats scurried across the trash-strewn yard. The yellow police tape attached to the porch rail gave the only hint of the brutal and bizarre crime that authorit...


Air rather than oxygen should be used to resuscitate newborn babies and may even save lives, research suggests.


A European Union judge is due to  decide this week if antitrust sanctions imposed on Microsoft  should be suspended -- a move the software giant hopes would  lead to new settlement talks.


Lieberman weighs campaign as independent

One-time Democratic stalwart Sen. Joe Lieberman, facing a stronger primary challenge than expected, said he will collect signatures for an independent campaign if he loses next month's primary.


Brent Guy was hired to coach Utah State on Friday after spending the last four seasons as an assistant with Arizona State.


Rediff Reader Chitra Sridhar clicked a photograph with the actress.


Greggio con consegna agosto al rialzo su parole Ahmadinejad


Jason Richardson scored 26 points and dunked during a key fourth-quarter run as the Golden State Warriors stopped San Antonio's franchise-best road start at seven wins with a 111-102 victory last night in Oakland, Calif.


Board members reinstated UK registry owner Nominet has dismissed requests for a re-election of two of its Board members, announcing that the two incumbents, Gordon Dick and Fay Howard, would return to their positions.â¦


Google goes up against Amazon with book search facility

LONDON - With little fanfare Google has launched a new book search service at the Frankfurt Book Fair, which will allow surfers to find book extracts displayed alongside their normal searches.


Sen. Trent Lott said Wednesday he would try to convince Russian lawmakers that a planned missile defense system for Europe poses no threat to their country and that concerns about the project were "a relic of Cold War thinking."


Dave Matthews brings female fans to Farm Aid

CAMDEN, New Jersey (Billboard) - While Farm Aid may belong more to co-founders Willie Nelson or Neil Young, it was Dave Matthews alone who filled hundreds of seats at the event's 21st annual show, held Saturday near Philadelphia.


Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay.


Digital platform called Olive is just part of a fictional caper played out in the reality of a Florida city.Images: Mixed-reality art theft


Paulson says U.S. wants fully floating China currency

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Wednesday that he was pushing China to speed up its move toward greater currency flexibility, but said he wants to achieve more than that in the next two years.


Buddhist nationalism behind Sri Lanka's violent surge

The island nation's government is receiving new support from an unusual political group.


Roma, 18:50 - CALCIO, SERIE D: RISULTATI ANTICIPI

Risultati degli anticipi della 13/a giornata di andata del campionato di serie D.


Netherlands Panel Suggests Turkey-EU Talks

An influential Dutch advisory body said Wednesday that Islam was not a bar to membership in the European Union and recommended the organization open talks with Turkey, while insisting Ankara do more to meet EU ...


The one-eyed Taliban leader Mullah Omar, who heads the religious militia fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, is living in Pakistan, though not in the same area where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is thought to be, according to a U.S. intelligence source.


Due voli dall'Europa con destinazione Los Angeles e New York


Phelps makes winning return at world championships

INDIANAPOLIS: Michael Phelps made a winning return to the pool at the world short course championships today, capturing the 200m freestyle title and the first of a possible six gold medals.


BHP Billiton not currently eyeing Alcoa: sources

SYDNEY/LONDON  - Mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd.   is not currently working on a bid for U.S. aluminum producer Alcoa Inc , sources close to the matter said on Tuesday, playing down a newspaper report.


Rex Bowen, Who Scouted Baseball, Dies at 93

Rex Bowen was the baseball scout who signed Bill Mazeroski, Maury Wills and Dick Groat.


Alaskan man pleads guilty to sale of seal penises

An Alaska man has pleaded guilty to selling more than 100 fur seal "oosiks" -- or penises -- to a local gift shop that intended to sell the items as an aphrodisiac.


Salesforce.com Creates Google Ad Channel

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE  SAN FRANCISCO - Online software pioneer Salesforce.com Inc. will help Internet search leader Google Inc. sell ads as part of a partnership that falls short of Wall Street's anticipation since word of the alliance leaked last month.


Cruise's United Artists debut film to open LA fest

Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise's first movie under his new United Artists (UA)   moniker, "Lions For Lambs", has been selected to open the upcoming AFI Los Angeles International Film   Festival.


SIDS risk linked to lack of experience with tummy-sleeping

Babies who never sleep on their stomachs donât learn behaviors that may lessen their risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St.


Katherine Heigl named "most desirable woman"

Superlatives keep piling up for  actress Katherine Heigl who on Thursday was named the "most  desirable woman of 2008" by lifestyle Web site, AskMen.com.


Signs of Consumer Pullback Weigh on Shares

The Dow industrials and the Nasdaq slipped Friday on concerns about retail spending after an index of consumer sentiment fell to a 16-year low.


Iranian Nobel Peace prize laureate Shirin Ebadi is summoned before  a Revolutionary Court in Tehran.


HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Jan. 4 - Some players seem destined to make a statement in big games, and some seem to shy from the moment.


By Constance Loizos, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 22--Facebook, the social-networking start-up popular with high  school and college students, is on the verge of being purchased by Yahoo,  according to two sources with knowledge of the deal.


UPDATE: NZ Fisher & Paykel To Begin Manufacturing In US

WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--Home appliance maker Fisher & Paykel Appliances Holdings Ltd. (FPA.NZ) said Monday it has established its first manufacturing base in the US by buying an existing maker of premium indoor and outdoor cooking appliances.


Prospects for a malaria vaccine have been boosted by âtantalisingâ results from a trial in 2000 children in Mozambique. Although the vaccine reduced the risk of infection by only 30% compared with a control


Labour and the Conservatives owe more than Â£62m in loans, new figures from the Electoral Commission reveal.


Nikkei +0,10. Euro rafforzato su dollaro e yen


Fisco. Montezemolo: siamo impaludati in una tattica elettorale

"Siamo impaludati in una tattica elettorale di breve periodo che non affronta i pochi ma prioritari problemi per il futuro del Paese". Lo ha affermato il presidente di Confindustria Luca Cordero di Montezemolo


BBC survey finds support for veil ban in public

One in three people in Britain would support a total ban on the wearing of the Muslim full-face veil in public, according to a survey by the BBC.


Star Trek and X-Men actor Patrick Stewart has had an angioplasty to widen an artery and improve blood flow. The actor had the procedure - where a small balloon is inflated inside a narrowed blood vessel - to prevent future problems, his publicist said.


Ministero e mister Prezzi valuteranno dato Ue di venerdi'


HBOS has yet to enter the bidding for Abbey National, yet it is already fighting its corner as if in the full intensity of battle.


The race for the American League East title could either be finished or just getting started after this weekend at Yankee Stadium.


VMware, reporting its first financial results since its I.P.O., said third-quarter profit more than tripled on demand for software that makes computers more efficient.


Football Legend Maradona Returns to Cuba for Drug Rehab

Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has arrived in Cuba to resume his rehabilitation for cocaine addiction. Tuesday's move follows a relapse that left him confined to a psychiatric hospital in Buenos Aires.


J.D. Edwards users still aren't sold on PeopleSoft's takeover

Based on interviews with J.D. Edwards users and an informal poll conducted by Computerworld, PeopleSoft has yet to win over the new customer base it inherited after buying its former competitor one year ago.


2-year-old Idaho boy dies after eating spinach

BOISE, Idaho  - A 2-year-old boy who drank a   spinach shake died from a suspected E. coli infection in a case   that is possibly related to the nationwide health scare around   spinach, a state health official said on Friday.


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Puntare sul carbone pulito, serva azione dell'Ue


U.S. working toward accord to end Korean War: WSJ

U.S. strategists are exploring how to implement a peace accord to officially end the 1950-53 Korean War and hope to start discussions with North Korea as soon as year end, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.


LoÃ¯c Duval: âI did not handle the pressureâ

Last weekend, Frenchman Duval did not finish a race in Zandvoort. He now stands 11th in the championship and hopes for a good result in Brno in two weeks.


Gerrard's injury forces new shape on England

The shape of Sven-Goran Eriksson's England midfield faces another change next month with the confirmation yesterday that Steven Gerrard - who broke the fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot


Hands on: The 24-inch iMac -- talk about a wow factor

Apple's newest -- and biggest -- iMac wins kudos for its massive screen. Oh, and it's pretty darn fast, too.


The Fed chief said today that the central bank âstands ready to take additional actions as neededâ to limit the effect of the financial market disorder on the economy.


Holiday shoppers may worry if the toys they buy contain lead, but some scientists are urging consumers to focus on the thousands of chemicals in everyday household items.


TEHRAN, Iran Sept. 12, 2004 - Iran said Sunday it would not abandon uranium enrichment, rejecting a key demand by three European powers that have threatened to intensify pressure if Tehran does not curb its nuclear program.


Khara Smith had 18 points and 16 rebounds to lead No. 19 DePaul over Valparaiso 75-49 Wednesday in the opening game of Dartmouth's holiday tournament.


Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in Sunday as president of Ukraine, completing his "Orange Revolution" after weeks of political turmoil in which he defeated the Kremlin-backed candidate at the polls and survived ...


Native Americans Celebrate New U.S. Indian Museum

Thousands of native Americans -- some in buckskin and feathers, others in T-shirts and jeans -- joined a ceremonial procession on Tuesday to celebrate the opening of the Museum of the American Indian.


Travelers from emerging economies like India, China and Latin America are required to have visas to come to the U.S., and many complain that the process deters them from traveling here.


RIGHTS:  Italian Intelligence Battle over Abducted Cleric

ROME, Feb 13 (IPS) - Abu Omar apparently never knew he had been tailed,  so he did not notice that the Italian  political crime  investigation unit, DIGOS, had stopped following him. But the  head of the  Central Intelligence Agency in Milan Robert Seldon  Lady knew that DIGOS had aborted the  chase, and that facilitated  the abduction of the Egyptian cleric.


Ottawa still awaiting confirmation of Canadian killed in Chechyna

VANCOUVER (CP) - The Foreign Affairs Department is still awaiting confirmation of the identity of a Canadian reported killed last week in war-torn Chechnya.


In battle of unbeatens, New England prevails 13-7

The New England Patriots withstood one of the strongest tests to their year-plus winning streak on Sunday, but were able to make 13 points stand up in a 13-7 triumph over their AFC East archrival New York Jets.


Pope John Paul II is eating regularly and his health is improving after being struck by flu, says the Vatican.


Three Visions Compete for European Bank's New Home

Choosing a German city to be the home of the European Central Bank and its new currency, the euro, was a diplomatic challenge worthy of Talleyrand.


Mobile Beachside Cafe Rolls In Weight-Loss Season 2007 With South Beach Diet(R) From Kraft

NORTHFIELD, Ill., Dec. 11  /PRNewswire/ -- Let the countdown to your winter shape up begin! As the New Year approaches, many Americans resolve to get in shape and lose weight.


Letter on Corpse Threatens Dutch Official

The killers of an outspoken Dutch filmmaker threatened his scriptwriter — a politician who renounced Islam and has criticized its customs — in a letter that was pinned to the victim's body with a knife.


Women who live in red states helped deliver the 2004 election, but their blue-state sisters are besting them when the measure is economic, political and health equity.


Yahoo stockholders vote against anticensorship proposal

(InfoWorld) - Yahoo Inc. shareholders voted down a proposal that would have forced management to adopt stronger policies regarding government attempts to limit Internet access and to curtail freedom of speech in countries where Yahoo operates. Shareholders voted only 15.2 percent of Yahoo shares in favor of this proposal at the company's annual shareholders' meeting on Tuesday. Yahoo's management had recommended that shareholders vote against this anticensorship proposal, which was presented by the New York City Comptroller's Office on behalf of the New York City Pension Funds. The organization, which owned about $124 million in Yahoo shares as of last Friday, also saw a similar proposal defeated last month at Google Inc.'s shareholders meeting. Yahoo, Google and other Internet companies are under pressure by shareholders and human rights groups to resist demands from governments to censor search-engine results that these governments find politically objectionable. Critics also want Internet companies to refuse governments' requests to turn over members' information when the intention behind those requests is to persecute otherwise law-abiding journalists and dissidents. The defeated proposal would have required Yahoo to implement a series of policies, such as not hosting individuals' data in countries where political dissent is considered a crime. The proposal also called for Yahoo to not engage in self-censorship and to use all legal means to resist censorship demands, complying with them only if legally bound to do so. In recommending shareholders vote "no," Yahoo said in the meeting's proxy statement that the proposal would give the company "insufficient flexibility" to respond to legal requirements in the countries where it operates. Yahoo also said it shares many of the proposals' concerns and objectives, but that its presence is a positive force toward reform in countries where speech and press freedom is limited. The company believes that there is only so much pressure that the private sector can apply to foreign governments, and that it's more powerful to establish bilateral and multilateral dialogues about political and human rights issues to bring about change. Yahoo also listed in the proxy statement a series of steps it is taking to address Internet freedom problems, including participating in policy discussions with private sector peers, governments, universities and other organizations. Yahoo has also created a team made up of Yahoo employees to coordinate and support Yahoo's efforts at addressing privacy and free expression issues.


Device offers new twist on thin-client PCs

The Pano device, which will be available next month for subscription, is said to be more secure and reduce electricity costs over traditional PCs.


Home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg says he would "probably" stand for the Lib Dem leadership in the future.


Living conditions for Palestinians in Gaza have reached breaking point, a senior UN official warns.


Study Backs Link between Father's Age, Schizophrenia

Children born to older fathers have a higher than normal risk of developing schizophrenia later in life, Swedish scientists said on Friday.


Blog: B Corporation to grade sustainable companies.


The death of Beverly Sills was deeply felt throughout the institutions that make up Lincoln Center.


Videos hint at public discontent in Cuba

In a rare public expression of discontent, a video obtained by CNN shows Cuban students grilling a top official about low wages and why Cubans are barred from tourist hotels and from traveling abroad.


Israel says it will not restrict access to the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, that begins on Friday.


WASHINGTON - Researchers have deciphered for the first time the genetic code of a tree, which could lead to new varieties better at producing wood, paper and fuel.


(InfoWorld) - A Swedish company will launch an Internet search technology next month that uses 3D modeling to find photos of people based on their facial features. Millions of photos are added to Web sites such as Flickr.com and others daily, but only the text metadata is searchable, which is often misleading, said Nikolaj Nyholm, chief executive officer of Polar Rose . The MalmÃ¶, Sweden, company, founded in November 2004, was working with Western European governments who were interested in the technology for law enforcement. But Nikolaj said the company decided in March to end that work and make the technology widely available. Polar Rose uses software spiders to mine the Internet for photos of faces as well as accompanying text. When a face is found, 90 different measurements are taken, based on 3D data and texture characteristics, Nikolaj said. A 90-character alphanumeric string is then created. Faces with as few as 100 pixels can be recognized. Polar Rose uses Amazon.com Inc.'s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) data-processing service, Nikolaj said. The data is then sent to Polar Rose's databases in Denmark and Sweden. The company is currently building up a larger database of photos across the Internet. Polar Rose is also creating a plugin for the Firefox and Internet Explorer Web browsers. The plugin, which the company expects to release by February, pops up a small symbol when the browser opens a Web page containing a photo of a face. When a user clicks on the symbol, the Polar Rose service looks for matching photos in its database, Nikolaj said. Users also can tag existing photos in the database to help train Polar Rose's matching engine. Photos marked as private -- for example, in photo-sharing services -- can't be searched. The accuracy of the application is between 92 percent to 95 percent in controlled environments with image sets of no larger than 10,000, Nikolaj said. The accuracy declines with larger sets because people start to look alike, he said. But then the search engine uses metadata associated with that person's face to come up with a ranking of selections, which are then displayed in a browser window, Nikolaj said. "We really see this as harnessing our users' collective intelligence," Nikolaj said. Polar Rose will license its APIs (application programming interfaces) royalty-free to its partners, Nikolaj said. Its first partner, a European photo-sharing site, will be announced in January, he said. "Flickr is probably a good model for who we want to reach," Nikolaj said. "We'd love to work with them, obviously." The plugin will work independently of whether a Web site has implemented the Polar Rose technology. But Polar Rose sees partner arrangements as a way to eventually incorporate contextual ads, Nikolaj said. For example, if a person is searching for a photo of Bono from the band U2, links to an MP3 seller could appear, he said. In mid-January, Polar Rose will release a preview program, called Limelight, that uses the same technology as its forthcoming plugin. After a person has uploaded two photos of themselves to Polar Rose's database and supplied their Flickr ID, Limelight will find photos of that person in the person's Flickr friends. Limelight can then e-mail the results or supply them via an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed, Nikolaj said. Â


Squashed, fast and cool Scientists have taken the first ever pictures of the surface of an alien Sol-like sun.â¦


Moments after his team's 59-49 victory over Boston University last Sunday, Albany coach Will Brown announced his team couldn't wait to go to Burlington, Vt., to play Vermont in today's America East tournament final.


LOS ANGELES  - A documentary that will  examine the cultural, political and social impact of the  various foreign versions of "Sesame Street" is getting ready to  begin a yearlong shoot across several continents.


A Brazilian judge has canceled Saturday's Live Earth concert in Rio because police said they do not have enough officers to guarantee crowd safety.


Britain seen moving Iraq troops further into harm's way

Defence Minister Geoff Hoon is due to address the British parliament on his country's troop deployment in Iraq, amid widespread reports that some forces are to be moved from the relative calm of southern Iraq into areas around Baghdad, thereby freeing up US forces for attacks on cities like Fallujah.


Khatami touts progress in Iran, both past, present

CAMBRIDGE -- Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami said yesterday that he was satisfied with the progress he made toward expanding freedom in Iran during his eight years at the helm --and he asserted that Iran is still heading toward democracy.


Presidential Vote Under Way in Chechnya Amid Fears of Violence

Voting is under way in Russia's breakaway region of Chechnya to select a replacement for a president who was killed in a bomb attack.


When Romanians pick a president Sunday, their main choice is between the forces of the past — flawed but comfortingly familiar — and an inexperienced challenger promising a dynamic, Western-leaning future.


Delaying Chemo After Breast Cancer Surgery Can Be Safe

TUESDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Women with early-stage breast cancer may safely wait up to 12 weeks after cancer surgery before they begin chemotherapy, a new study shows.


With an emphasis on the  visual over the audio, MTV from its inception has never been  "about the music." But after seeing interest in its signature  trophy show wane in recent years, the network put the spotlight  where it belongs for a music awards show: on the concert stage.


Dutch bank ING, which paid Â£1 for Baring, the British investment bank brought to the brink by Nick Leeson, is to sell its remaining Baring division.


Owen wants Charlton's England scoring record

The legendary Bobby Charlton played his last international for England 34 years ago but, despite the efforts of many men since then, his record of 49 goals for his country still remains intact.


Talks between the EU and Turkey over Cyprus break down without agreement, EU officials say.


No decision made at special Sunday meeting held to discuss spying scandal.


Hurricane Frances strengthens as it nears northeastern Caribbean

Hurricane Frances strengthened yesterday as it churned near islands of the northeastern Caribbean with ferocious winds capable of snapping trees and tearing homes apart.


Taliban Threaten to Attack Karzai Inauguration

The Taliban threatened Monday to launch  attacks during the swearing in of Afghan President Hamid Karzai  while the U.S. military said every precaution was being taken  to protect a ceremony to be attended by top U.S. officials.


Karzai Tells Blair He Fully Committed to Drugs Fight

Afghan President Hamid Karzai told British Prime Minister Tony Blair Tuesday he remained fully committed to ridding Afghanistan of the menace of illicit drugs.


Efforts to set up benefits talks sputter

Back-channel efforts by the White House and Capitol Hill Democrats to begin trying to negotiate a solution to the fiscal problems of Social Security and other federal benefit programs appeared to collapse Wednesday.


Prince Harry hurt in scuffle with paparazzi

Prince Harry has run into another bout of bad publicity, this time caught on camera in a violent outburst after a night of partying.


Major Creditors Agree to Cancel 80% of Iraq Debt

The world's leading industrial nations agreed Sunday to cancel 80 percent of the nearly $39 billion debt owed them by Iraq, a critical step in rebuilding the country's devastated


The upper house of Pakistan's parliament approves a bill amending an Islamic law on rape and adultery.


Nigeria's main oil workers union threatened to join a nationwide strike and shut down the nation's oil industry as a court rejected a government attempt Wednesday to halt the work stoppage.


FCC Raises $2.25 Bln in Sale of Airwaves

The U.S. government raised $2.25  billion in an auction of wireless airwaves that ended on  Tuesday, with Verizon Wireless and a partner collectively  winning 63 licenses with almost $697.4 million in bids.


Juventus star Pavel Nedved has told the Czech Republic football federation he has retired at the age of 32 from international soccer after winning 83 caps.


Calling their dad "a really good guy," President Bush's twin daughters are urging young people to vote, saying that schoolwork, parties and extracurricular activities often keep students away from campaigns and voting booths.


"More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird. It's a plane..." You know the rest. Though that passage is from the television show "The Adventures


U.S. Promises on Darfur Don't Match Actions

In April 2006, a small group of Darfur activists -- including evangelical Christians, the representative of a Jewish group and a former Sudanese slave -- was ushered into the Roosevelt Room at the White House for a private meeting with President Bush. It was the eve of a major rally on the Nation...


Clemens sues ex-trainer over steroid allegations

Pitching star Roger Clemens has sued his former trainer for making false and defamatory statements about his steroid use that was chronicled by Major League Baseball's Mitchell Report.


Putin Signs Bill to Ratify Kyoto Protocol

President Vladimir Putin makes a speech as he hosts Russia's Olympic athletes at a Kremlin banquet in Moscow, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004.


Il ministro dei Beni culturali attacca dopo il riufiuto di restituire una parte delle sculture che, nel tempo sono state trafugate e sono finite negli Usa                                            Rutelli contro il Paul Getty Museum "Non possono esporre opere rubate"                                                                                "Il confronto Ã¨ sospeso. L'hanno interrotto loro. Noi siamo aperti. Ma tutti i musei del mondo devono sapere che non possono tenere oggetti acquisiti illegalmente"


While many foreign investors are going for the high-priced clubs, John G. Berylson and Demos Kouvaris have become involved at a lower level; they invested $2 million in Millwall FC, a London-based club that finished in 10th place in League One (third division), giving their Chestnut Hill Ventures of Wellesley Hills the option to acquire more than 30 percent of ...


'Ambizione e coraggio per riforme strutturali a 360 gradi'


Australian Jews reject claims Muslim immigration is dangerous

Australia's Jewish community has moved quickly to distance itself from comments made by a visiting Israeli academic that larger Muslim populations led to increased violence.


Investor Kirk Kerkorian says he is to cut his stake in troubled General Motors sending shares in the carmaker lower.


Switzerland's leading telecommunications firm has officially launched its third-generation (3G) mobile phone services, which will include video and television.


Astronaut tosses junk from space station

A spacewalking astronaut did some massive housecleaning at the international space station Monday, tossing out a camera mounting and an ammonia tank weighing more than half a ton.


Anna Nicole Smith's next husband better like her for her TrimSpa'd body, because that's about all she has going for her right now.


Sekondi, 20:21 - CALCIO, COPPA D'AFRICA: COSTA D'AVORIO-BENIN 4-1

In una gara valida per la seconda giornata del gruppo B della Coppa d'Africa, la Costa d'Avorio ha b...


Special Drugs Could Save Children with HIV/AIDS

A lack of drugs adapted to the needs of children with HIV/AIDS means that many of them are dying needlessly, says the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders.


Researchers have developed an electrical generator mounted on the knee that turns walks into watts.


Signs N.Korea Preparing a Missile Test a Worry-U.S.

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan  - Signs that North Korea  is preparing to test a ballistic missile are of great concern,  a U.S. commander said on Sunday, adding that the North could be  on the verge of big missile technology breakthroughs.


For a Fill-In Aida, a Triumph Long in Coming

For Angela M. Brown, who's made a splash replacing a sick colleague in "Aida" this week, it was a long way from Indianapolis to the Metropolitan Opera.


Investigators combed the tangled wreckage of an express train in southern England on Sunday, a day after it slammed into a car at a level crossing, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 100.


Greece declares nationwide emergency after fires kill 46

ZACHARO, Greece  - The Greek government declared a nationwide state of emergency on Saturday after raging forest fires killed at least 46 people and trapped many more in villages surrounded by flames.


North Korea seems to meet U.S. criteria on terror listing

North Korea appears to have met the legal criteria to be taken off the U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list although its removal depends on progress on denuclearization agreements, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.


Deraglia treno a Savona, acqua alta a Venezia


Vikes, Packers Clash Christmas Eve Treat

The NFC North title will be at stake in Minnesota on Christmas Eve, when the Vikings and Packers face off at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.


CORRECTED: Diabetes Drug Doesn't Increase Weight

NEW YORK  - Insulin, Glucotrol, and drugs like Avandia and Actos are all effective treatments for diabetes, but they can produce weight gain.


Goergl ends Miller's winning streak at World Cup Super-G

Austrian Stephan Goergl of Austria won a World Cup Super-G race, ending American Bode Miller's three-race winning streak Thurday in the Colorado Rockies.


Tony Blair says he feels "fine" after hospital treatment for an irregular heartbeat, and plans to return to work on Monday.


Stolen Art on Display in a Search for Owners

In a remarkable feat of cooperation between France and Israel, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem has opened an exhibition of important art looted by the Nazis from France and then returned after the war.


McCartney joins Liverpool's culture year

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will pay tribute to their native city when Liverpool becomes European Capital of Culture next year.


Palestinian officials scheduled presidential elections for Jan. 9, 2005, pushing forward with steps to a secure a new leader following the death of Yasser Arafat.


Germany wants the US to include its Nato allies in talks on a missile defence shield in Europe.


Oil surges, stocks, dollar gain as dealers bet on Bush victory

Oil prices rose back above 50 dollars and stocks and the dollar gained as markets bet on an election victory by President George W. Bush, while remaining nervous about possible legal wrangling as Democrat John Kerry refused to concede.


Grand Jury Indicts Phil Spector On Murder Charges

A grand jury has indicted Phil Spector on charges of murdering actress Lana Clarkson in February 2003. The producer, who was charged in November (see "Producer Phil Spector Charged With Murder"), again pleaded


Computer giant Microsoft loses its legal appeal to delay a fine and anti-competitive penalties set by the European Commission.


WASHINGTON -- Drivers who talk on cellphones drive as if they were elderly, with slower reaction times and a tendency to miss what is in front of them, US researchers said yesterday.


Torino, 19:47 - CALCIO, TORINO: DIFFERENZIATO PER BREVI A ARDITO

Prosegue la preparazione del Torino in vista della trasferta a San Siro con il Milan. Migliorano Bre...


Oklahoma Comes Back in Final Minutes to Upend No. 18 Gonzaga

Courtney Paris recorded her 71st consecutive double-double and Oklahoma tied its single-game scoring record in a rout of visiting Central Arkansas.


Wow. That's what New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan had to say after seeing the names in the Mitchell Report on doping in baseball.


Well, he would say that wouldn't he? !!!!! Microsoft's offer for Yahoo! is fair, it's not going up and the company should take a long, hard look at it, Bill Gates reckons.â¦


BASRA, Iraq -- Residents of this southern city of 1.8 million have learned over the past two years not to criticize the Shi'ite Islamic parties that have controlled its government -- at least, not out loud.


Told to sit on the naughty stool A woman who admitted rifling through emails in AOL accounts maintained by her former employer, Nannies Inc, while working for a competitor agency, has been fined Â£500 plus Â£60 costs.â¦


PM: France Will Conform to Deficit Rules

France's public deficit will drop by about euro10 billion (US$12 billion) in 2005 to conform with European Union rules, the French prime minister said in an interview.


Late Crouch goal earns Liverpool draw against Villa

Substitute Peter Crouch scored two minutes from time after Marlon Harewood's over-head kick and an own goal from Fabio Aurelio cancelled out Yossi Benayoun's opener to earn Liverpool a 2-2 draw against Aston Villa.


The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution Saturday threatening oil sanctions against Sudan unless the government acts to rein in Arab militias accused of violence in the Darfur region that the United States has called genocide.


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Personal computer stocks were relatively quiet Friday as the sector focused more attention on China where Hewlett-Packard introduced a new, low-priced PC.


Lo ha reso noto il capogruppo del Pd alla Camera Soro


Qualcomm to Build National Wireless Media Network

Mobile multimedia content will get its own nationwide network in the United States by 2006 if an $800 million project by Qualcomm goes according to plan.


NASHVILLE, TN Thursday Nov.11.2004 /netmusiccountdown.com/ -- The 38th Annual CMA Awards were given out Tuesday night at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.


Official Renews Call to Dissolve Air Protection Group

By Jack Moran, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.  Dec. 10--SPRINGFIELD -- For the second time in less than two years,  Springfield City Councilor Dave Ralston is calling for the Lane Regional Air  Protection Agency to be disbanded.


The body of a blonde-haired woman with her legs and arms cut off and throat slit was found on Sunday lying on the street in Fallujah, a notorious enclave for hostage-takers, marines said.


Michael Jackson postpones Tokyo Christmas event

TOKYO, Dec 16 (Reuters Life!) - American superstar Michael Jackson has postponed a pricey Tokyo Christmas event to next year so he could add another date to his schedule to meet fans, organizers said.


Plug it in! You won't believe what we found when we went looking for more of the craziest USB devices on the market.


Combinazione: 2, 24, 51, 55, 62, 81 Jolly 53 Superstar 27


Yahoo acquires U.S. sports media site Rivals.com

Yahoo Inc.  said on  Wednesday it would acquire Rivals.com, a site for fans of  college and high school teams, bolstering the Internet media  company's place as the top U.S. sports site in audience terms.


Moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln   Chafee, a frequent foe of President George W. Bush's policies,   beat a conservative primary challenger on Tuesday in a race   crucial to Republican hopes of retaining Senate control in   November's election.


Labour At Brighton: Reid Scotches Howard Claim

HEALTH Secretary John Reid insisted yesterday that his Scottish background was not a barrier to him providing the best health care south of the Border.


BOJ's Iwata mum on monetary policy in speech

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Kazumasa  Iwata made no mention of monetary policy on Thursday in a  speech at a meeting of local financial experts in Okinawa  Prefecture in southern Japan, the text of his speech showed.


Google gives social networking another go

According to TechCrunch, Google plans to launch a new endeavor that seeks to take Facebook's open platform to a whole new level.


12 Ways To Drive More Traffic To Your Web Site

Building Web site traffic is one of the most important aspects of creating a successful online presence. An important key is learning how to maximize your visibility which you'll learn about in this article. By Kristina Mills. 0531


Bryan Adams introduced the new Audi TTS with a song on Sunday at the North American International Auto Show.


Pádraic Brady's Blog: Having a bad ViewRenderer day in your ZF app?

With the introduction of the ViewRenderer component into the Zend Framework has come all sorts of troubles for all sorts of developers. Thankfully, there's posts like this one from Pádraic Brady that helps out with some of the more common issues people are seeing (a problem/solution approach).   The ViewRenderer "action helper" is the class Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_ViewRenderer. It's primary purpose is to facilitate the automated rendering of View scripts (templates) based on the generally accepted Zend Framework conventions. It's these conventions which will cause a lot of people grief, since the previous reliance on programmers defining the template to render has likely led to inconsistent template names.   Included in the post is a list of some of the common issues developers have including "ViewRenderer is enabled by default", "Inconsistent location of template files" and "Reusing template files across Controller actions". For each, he's included a "quick hit" solution to get you back on the straight and narrow road to having a nicely working Zend Framework application.


Tiri di armi pesanti sono stati segnalati a N'Djamena, teatro da sabatodi violenti combattimenti tra le truppe governative del presidente Deby e forze ribelli                                          Ciad, ucciso il capo di stato maggiore Evacuati 400 stranieri dalla capitale


They help predict the path of weather halfway around the world or in space, shed light on the death of dinosaurs and train pilots to fly in Alaska. They're supercomputers, capable of high-speed calculations that would take people trillions of years to do.


Four Syrian members of a little-known radical group have confessed to carrying out the near simultaneous bombings on buses near Beirut that killed three people and wounded 20 last month, Lebanon's interior minister said Tuesday.


Portugal divided ahead of abortion referendum

Portugal holds a referendum on Sunday to decide whether to legalise abortion, an emotive issue in the overwhelmingly Catholic country where there are worries not enough people will vote to validate a decision.


The planned departure today of the ailing Yasser Arafat from his battered compound -- a decade after he arrived in the West Bank with the promise of Palestinian nationhood -- could mark the end of an era.


US House leaders agree to fund Iraq war without timetables

The House is expected to approve a measure Thursday that fully funds the president's $96 billion request but does not set a deadline for troop withdrawal.


Despite four major disappointments involving Lockheed Martin Space Systems projects in recent years, NASA is unlikely to deny the Jefferson County company future contracts, space analysts said.


ORACLE chief executive Larry Ellison has testified that the business software maker was leaning toward lowering its $US7.7 billion ($10.


Dublin college introduces video game degree

Play Xbox, get Masters Video game fans may now have a legitimate excuse to spend all day hooked up to their PlayStations and Xboxes - thanks to a new video game masters degree at Trinity College Dublin.â¦


LAS CRUCES, NM -- About 3,500 people heeded the warnings of a flu vaccine shortage and took advantage of a clinic at Memorial Medical Center Saturday.


Milwaukee Brewers Team Report - September 15

(Sports Network) - The Milwaukee Brewers continue a three-game series against Barry Bonds and the San Francisco Giants tonight at Miller Park.


global average projected by UN reports. Siberia and Alaska have already warmed by 2-3 C since the 1950s. outweighed by threats to indigenous peoples and the habitats of animals and plants.


A plane carrying some 20 people between tourist sites is thought to have crashed in Cambodia.


Appeals court ponders Microsoft patent case

WASHINGTON--A federal appeals court on Thursday wrestled with whether to overturn or uphold a lower court's $565 million judgment against Microsoft in the biggest patent dispute in Web history.


Malaysia's health minister called Monday for a ban on fast-food commercials during children's television programmes to control rising obesity.


Iran and Syria vow to form a common front to face challenges and threats, as both face US pressure.


Negroponte Wants More Funds for Iraqi Security-WSJ

The new U.S. ambassador to Iraq wants  to shift $3.37 billion in aid earmarked for water, sewage and  electricity projects in the country to efforts to improve  Iraq's security and oil output and create more jobs, the Wall  Street Journal reported Monday.


BT Sells Stake in Eutelsat for 363 Million Pounds

BT Group Plc, the UK's largest phone operator, agreed to sell its stake in Eutelsat SA for 363 million pounds ($685 million) in cash, marking the company's exit from the satellite operating business.


Silvio Berlusconi says his coalition will support Romano Prodi's government in a coming vote on Afghanistan.


The infection that threatens the life of University of Colorado Nobel laureate Eric Cornell is rare, aggressive and often the result of plain bad luck, doctors say.


Wal-Mart Sees Earnings Lifted by Tax Rate

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said third-quarter sales were weaker than it had planned but earnings will be at the high end of its estimated range because of improved margins and a better tax rate.


Terror attack foiled in Moscow: security agency

MOSCOW : Russian law enforcement agencies have foiled a terror attack in Moscow, the FSB security agency said Saturday, two weeks after a series of attacks killed more than 400 people within days in the country.


Water Ranking is All Wet, City Says: 3rd-Dirtiest in Nation? Men's Health Says Yes; Utility Staffer Says No

By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 16--Charlotte has the third-dirtiest drinking water in the country, Men's Health magazine says.  "Pure hogwash," retorts Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities spokesman Vic Simpson.


Phelps vs. Thorpe: The great buzz match of these Games

A rivalry in the Olympic pool that's straight out of Homeric central casting .


MADRID, DECEMBER 30: Real Madrid have named former Brazil manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo as new coach in a bid to reignite their fading league campaign.


Germany could be hit hardest by American plans for a major overhaul of the US military presence worldwide, marking the biggest drawdown since the end of the Cold War.


Amsterdam, 16:48 - CALCIO, OLANDA: AJAX AI PRELIMINARI DI CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

L'Ajax si è qualificato per i preliminari di Champions League battendo 3-0 (Heintinga, autore...


Jobs, Hope Abandon Eastern Germany: Fifteen Years After the Fall of...

An autumn wind is knifing through the cobbled alleyways of this picture-postcard town, and so Christiane Nimes pulls her blue denim jacket a little tighter around her shoulders.


Wall St climbs as financials, retailers help

Stocks jumped on Thursday as a global rebound in equity markets gave investment banks a lift and U.S. retailers' posted generally strong monthly sales, stemming some concerns about the health of the U.S. economy.


Staff in a north Belfast taxi depot escape injury after several shots are fired at the front of the building.


Hundreds mourn Atlantic Records' founder

Kid Rock joined Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul and hundreds of other mourners Monday at the funeral of Ahmet Ertegun, the co-founder of Atlantic Records.


Mrs. Kerry Would Focus on 'Gay Tolerance' As First Lady

If her husband is elected president, Teresa Heinz Kerry "pledges to make gay tolerance a centerpiece of her First Lady duties," an online media company reported.


Japan has a new nursing home for a swiftly graying population — dogs.


Sprint Agrees to Buy Nextel to Compete Against Cingular, Verizon

Dec. 15--NEW YORK -- Sprint Corp. announced Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire smaller mobile phone rival Nextel Communications Inc.


Edwards Criticizes Bush, Cheney With Smile

Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards has sharpened his criticism of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney over the past week, but his style has remained the same. He couches his criticism with charm.