For Jones, a Year Characterized by Problems Comes to a Jarring ...

Marion Jones was out of breath and had nothing left at the end of her seventh sprint Friday night. She could not catch up to Lauryn Williams, missed her outstretched hand with


A new German law that allows the government to have hijacked airliners shot down as a last resort may be unconstitutional, the country's president said.


From the Lips of Children, Tips to the Ears of Investors

Many technology venture capitalists are taking investment tips from their children, summer interns and twentysomething receptionists.


Berlusconi to stay in hospital until Wednesday

MILAN - Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who fainted on Sunday while addressing a rally, will stay in hospital until at least Wednesday for further checks, his doctor said on Monday.Opposition ...Comment


Il piccolo, trovato da un pendolare, Ã¨ in buone condizioniIndagini in corso per scoprire l'identitÃ  della madre                                                  Mugello, abbandonato un neonato in stazione


Japanese whaling ship afire in Antarctic

A Japanese whaling ship left crippled by fire could turn into an environmental disaster as the vessel drifts near one of the world's largest penguin breeding grounds on the Antarctic coast, officials warned Thursday.


Auto contro un muro alla periferia di Torino: perdono la vita una ragazza di 17 anni e un giovane di 22. Gravemente ferito un 23enne. Roma, 27 nov. (Adnkronos) - Tre persone sono morte e undici sono rimaste


Although quarterback Kyle Orton was less than perfect Saturday, he did enough to help Purdue defeat Penn State and climb five more spots to No.


G7 sees robust growth this year, issues fresh appeal to China

Finance officials from the Group of Seven issued a fresh appeal to China to revalue its currency and said the United States and Europe had a shared duty to promote balanced global growth.


Il Professore: "La lista unitaria si fa solo se c'Ã¨ convinzioneAltrimenti, da uniti per unire finiremo divisi per dividere"                                          Prodi, messaggio agli alleati "Basta ipocrisie, ora le primarie"                                                                                "Entro maggio si scelgano leader e programma"


U.S. military says killed 49 in Baghdad clashes

The U.S. military said it had killed 49 "criminals" in clashes in the Baghdad district of Sadr City on Sunday in a raid to capture a militant suspected of involvement in the kidnapping of U.S. soldiers in Iraq.


Hamas pressure on Fatah mounts in Gaza battles

Hamas Islamist fighters and forces loyal to Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas battled on Wednesday for control of the Gaza Strip in an escalating Palestinian supremacy struggle he described as "madness".


NASA will attempt to break the aircraft speed record next week by flying a jet plane at 7,000 mph, or nearly 10 times the speed of sound, say planners for the agency's experimental X-43A project.


Indy-car boss speeds to Japan as merger talk grows

Indy Racing League chairman Tony George will fly to Japan on Saturday for talks that could set the stage for a reunification with Champ-car, whose officials say talks are at a standstill.


Online DVD rental company Netflix Inc. raised its subscriber and revenue forecasts for the fourth quarter, saying a price cut had helped draw new customers.


NEW YORK -- In these partisan times, it's a delightful novelty to have a Swiss atop the tennis world. Roger Federer is perfectly neutral. He'll play anywhere on the planet on any surface and he'll beat anyone from anyplace -- Spaniards, Cypriots, Frenchmen, Americans, Australians. No biases -- and no mercy.


Guida e parla al cellulare,polizia lo ferma e lui si ribella


ALLIED Domeq, the worldâs second-biggest spirits maker, today toasted an "excellent year" with news of a six per cent rise in annual profit.


Iraq Sets Election Date But Unrest Threatens Poll

Iraq chose Jan. 30 for its first  democratic election in decades on Sunday, but violence in Sunni  Muslim areas underlined the challenge of holding polls on time.


A former MP and democracy campaigner Riad Seif is arrested in Syria, local human rights groups say.


Trying to recoup its losses as a result of placing anti-piracy software on its music CDs, Sony BMG sued the company responsible for the technology, it said on Thursday.


In dueling announcements, Intel Corp. and IBM separately say they have solved a puzzle perplexing the semiconductor industry about how to reduce energy loss in microchip transistors


Police arrest alleged shooter in Statehouse slaying

Police arrested the prime suspect this morning in Monday's fatal shooting of a statehouse security guard. At 7:04 am, Springfield police officers arrested Derek W. Potts, 24, a


South Africa's biggest gold and platinum mining firms suspend production because of recent power cuts.


Al Qaeda plans attacks on Germany: report

Radical Islamist group al Qaeda plans to  carry out attacks in Germany, a senior German intelligence  official was quoted as saying on Friday.


Even a report that showed sales of existing homes had been nudged up in November failed to lift the market as traders closed their books on the year.


UNCASVILLE, Conn. - Celtics coach Doc Rivers pleaded with Sixers guard Willie Green to give Celtics guard Tony Allen a knee pep talk when the teams crossed paths yesterday morning.


BusinessWeek Online - Salesforce.com's  shares gained on Dec. 12, after the software services provider hiked its forecasts on sales for 2008.


Royals remember Princess Diana 10 years after death

Royals and celebrities joined Princes William and Harry to honor their mother Princess Diana on Friday, the 10th anniversary of her death in a high-speed limousine crash in Paris.


UK Music Charts Set for Shake-Up as Downloads Rise

Britons may soon be buying more music  singles over the Internet than the counter, forcing the UK  chart into its biggest shake-up in more than 50 years of  tracking and ranking sales.


One-third of Americans abuse alcohol: survey

Nearly one in three Americans abuse or become dependent on alcohol over the course of their lives, and most never seek treatment, according to a study published on Monday.


Amazon.com Inc posted a decline in profit margins on Wednesday as the cost of discounting overshadowed a robust rise in quarterly earnings and a bullish 2008 sales view above Wall Street targets.


Whacky Version of Polo Produces Jumbo Fun

BANGKOK, Thailand - With a clash of mallets and the stomping of jumbo feet that shook the earth, the game was under way. Tense commands were shouted by pith helmeted players tied firmly to their two-ton mounts...


Koubek hammers Henman to give Austria 1-0 Davis Cup lead

Stefan Koubek moved Austria one step closer to a place in the top division of the Davis Cup, winning the opening rubber of the world group play-off tie against Great Britain.


World economy sound but China must move on yuan-G7

The world economy is sound, although financial markets may remain ragged for some time, and China must let its currency rise faster to rebalance global growth, finance officials from rich nations said on Friday.


Is the US Food & Drug Administration failing? That was the testimony of one senior FDA official last week concerning Merck's withdrawal of the Vioxx anti-pain drug.


British troops are likely to be deployed outside southern Iraq for the first time in support of US troops in some of the worst trouble spots in the country, including Baghdad, it emerged last night.


Overturning a 32-year-old ban, the Federal Communications Commission will allow broadcasters in the nationâs 20 largest media markets to also own a newspaper.


Legal Suicide for Web 2.0 startups: A beginner's guide

Nine traps you can easily fall into when you're starting a Web 2.0 company


Mets Notebook: Mets Try to Cope With Rash of Injuries

The Mets have been dealing with injuries for much of the season. So far nothing has slowed them down, as reserves have played an integral role in maintaining the teamâs momentum.


Search on for five believed trapped beneath avalanche


WHO shines a light on 'invisible epidemic'

Nairobi - Every minute, a woman in a poor country dies in childbirth, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday at a conference on maternal health in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.


Gunmen kill Philippine journalist on Christmas Eve

Two gunmen riding motorcycles shot dead a radio journalist in the southern Philippines on Monday, the fifth reporter to be killed this year in the country.


La Congregazione ha scelto il teologo spagnolo per "doti di governo ed esperienza in Asia"il religioso succede al missionario Peter Kolvenbach. Domenica la prima messa a Roma                                          Gesuiti, eletto padre Adolfo Nicolas Il Papa nero venuto dal Giappone                                                                                Benedetto XVI ha invitato la Compagnia di GesÃ¹a "promuovere la vera e sana dottrina cattolica"


The swimming judge who disqualified gold medal winner Aaron Peirsol at the Athens Olympics is standing by his claim that the American backstroker broke the rules.


National polls split, but Kerry makes headway in states

National polls were split over who was leading the US presidential race, but Democrat John Kerry showed signs of making headway against President George W. Bush in the decisive state-by-state battle.


TrendNet ClearSky Bluetooth 2.0 Skype handset

Cordless VoIP calls Review The time will surely come when someone ships a really sexy Skype-friendly handset. Until then we'll have to make do with gadgets like TrendNet's ClearSky. But what this device lacks in looks it makes up for in functionality: not only good integration with the Skype service itself but also a Bluetooth wireless connection for cordless calls...â¦


US tanks advance toward Najaf shrine: Arabiya TV

US military tanks advanced to a few hundred meters away from Imam Ali shrine for the first time during Najaf crisis, al-Arabiya TV channel reported on Sunday.


WASHINGTON - Flush with political capital, President Bush has begun making out his second-term shopping list. All of his priorities aren't yet clear, but many he talked about in broad terms on the campaign


Rally held for Puerto Rican independence

Several hundred Puerto Ricans rallied Saturday to celebrate the U.S. territory's independence movement — a day that took on greater meaning this year since it also marked the first anniversary of the killing of one of their leaders.


An Aboriginal town threatened to ban tourists from scaling giant Ayers Rock in central Australia to protest a heavy-handed government crackdown on child abuse in Aboriginal areas, a local leader said Tuesday.


San Antonio withstand a late charge by Cleveland for a 103-92 victory on Sunday and a 2-0 NBA finals lead.


Questions Linger Over Russia School Seige

Russian soldiers fled as shooting broke out in the spasm of violence that ended the school siege here, and unprepared special forces were forced to borrow bullets from armed locals who had rushed to the scene.


Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda arrested on graft charge

Security forces arrested former Bangladesh prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia for corruption on Monday, underlining the interim government's drive to root out graft under an emergency rule imposed eight months ago.


Dynamo Kiev have been awarded a 3-0 win over Roma after the abandonment of last week's Champions League match when the referee was hit by an object thrown from the crowd.


US actor Brad Renfro, who appeared in films including The Client, Sleepers and Bully, is found dead aged 25.


Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Monday he was troubled that private security guards working in Iraq for his top counterterrorism adviser have been accused of killing civilians.


US Study Says a Nuclear Iran Would Aid More Terror

Iran could acquire a nuclear bomb in the next one to four years and would become more willing to aid terrorist groups once it has an atomic


Guillermo Canas booked his third finals appearance of the season with a 6-1, 6-2 victory Saturday over Jiri Novak at the Shanghai Open.


Apple quarterly profit rises on Mac strength

Apple Inc.  on Wednesday  said its quarterly profit rose 73 percent from a year earlier,  zooming past expectations on strong Macintosh computer sales  and helping to send its shares up nearly 10 percent.


Rangers pitcher hits fans with chair during loss

Eric Chavez singled in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning, leading the Oakland Athletics to a wild 7-6 win against the Rangers on Monday night in a game that was


Google Stock Falls as Share Total Doubles

Shares of Google Inc.  fell 6.67 percent on Tuesday, as selling restrictions were lifted on 39 million shares held by employees and early investors in the newly public Web search company.


Roundup: Final competitions include twists and triumph for US

The triumphant included light heavyweight boxer Andre Ward and the first United States medal in the men's marathon since 1976, a silver by Meb Keflezighi.


Firefighters backed by aircraft dropped water and foam on the birthplace of the ancient Olympics yesterday to stop wildfires from burning the 2,800-year-old ruins, one of the most revered sites of antiquity.


Addenda: U.S. Arm of Hyundai Places Account in Review

Hyundai has parted ways with the Richards Group in Dallas, and placed the account in review.


A man is being detained on suspicion of murder after a policeman died investigating a "domestic incident" in north-west London.


Hostage death raises stakes in Nigerian oil crisis

The death of a British hostage in Nigeria's oil-producing south in a shootout between kidnappers and troops raises the stakes for oil workers but is unlikely to change much for the industry, security experts said on Thursday.


Locked in a four-way race for re-election, Republican Gov. Rick Perry is walking a 1,200-mile political tightrope — the Texas-Mexico border.


Turkey hunts PKK rebels after Iraqi talks fail

SENOBA, Turkey  - Turkish military planes scoured the Iraqi border for Kurdish rebel camps on Saturday, army sources said, after diplomatic talks in Ankara to avert a major cross-border operation into northern Iraq failed.


Londra, 17:57 - RUGBY, 6 NAZIONI: INGHILTERRA, IL XV PER SFIDA CON GALLES

Per la prima partita casalinga del 6 Nazioni 2008, sabato prossimo a Twickenham contro il Galles, il...


SEVERAL dozen white women were raped in Ivory Coast in riots that have shaken the west African state since late last week, but no foreign nationals were killed, a French military source said today.


SPRING GREEN, Wis. Sept. 29, 2004 - Democratic Sen. John Kerry said Wednesday the $50 per barrel price of oil reflects a broken promise of President Bush that will hurt average Americans.


Singapore hospitals begin HIV testing on pregnant mothers

Singapore hospitals have begun testing pregnant women for HIV following a directive from the government concerned about the rising number of AIDS cases, the Ministry of Health said.


Mortgage industry reloads as subprime misery lingers

NEW YORK - Angelo Mozilo, the butcher's son who built Countrywide Financial Corp. into the largest mortgage lender in the United States, was in no mood for soul-searching over the subprime home crisis.


Roma, 16:55 - CALCIO, PROCURATORE JIMENEZ: MAI PIU' ALLA TERNANA

''Valuteremo il da farsi, insieme all'assocalciatori ed alla federazione cilena. Quel che è c...


TOKYO (CBS.MW) - Yahoo Japan said Wednesday its second-quarter net profit rose 46.2 percent from a year earlier, helped by advertising sales and growth of its online auction services.


Jan 15, 09:59 Tyhypko back in town and revving up for his party convention

Labor Ukraine, Serhy Tyhypko's party, is to hold a convention in mid-February, Yaroslav Sukhy, one of LU heavyweights, told the Public Radio.


Wall Street to get single watchdog in merger

A single cop will police all brokerage firms in the United States starting in mid-2007 under a merger unveiled on Tuesday between overlapping regulators, saving Wall Street tens of millions of dollars a year.


Moody's cuts SBC, BellSouth, and Cingular ratings

Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday cut the debt ratings for SBC Communications Inc. (SBC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and BellSouth Corp.


Doctor fights odds to ease AIDS epidemic

In a country plagued by AIDS, a doctor in this remote industrial area of Taung, South Africa, is quietly providing life-prolonging drugs and hope for people who are HIV-positive.


We won't Give into Kidnappers' Demands, Vows Iraq

Iraq today ruled out concessions to kidnappers threatening to murder British hostage Kenneth Bigley and two American colleagues within 24 hours.


Amazon to sell Sony BMG songs free of copy curbs

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc   said on Thursday its digital music store will now  offer songs from Sony BMG Music Entertainment without  copy-protection technology, or digital rights management.


Sony Corp. on Sunday said it is introducing to the U.S. market a high-quality organic LED television only as thick as three stacked credit cards.


Ukraine's Opposition Confident Ahead of New Vote

A key figure in Ukraine's opposition movement said Sunday there was little the Moscow-backed authorities could do to stop Viktor Yushchenko sweeping to power in a re-run of the ex-Soviet state's rigged election.


MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican government announced a plan Sunday to reduce inflation in 2005 by lowering duties on imports from countries without trade agreements and restructuring electricity rates.


A fifth animal has been found to have contracted the bluetongue disease in Suffolk, officials say.


Appeals court rubber stamps FCC's DSL (de)regulation

Hangs up on small ISPs Living in America? If you get your access to the internet through an independent ISP over DSL, your service might become more expensive soon. Or slow. Or disappear entirely.â¦


Things are never simple where Tim Henman is concerned, especially when there are qualifying places for the Masters Cup at stake. A place in the final of the Davidoff Swiss Indoors would have secured his place


The Florida Marlins' new togetherness is leading to wins.


Livorno, 18:22 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: ROSSINI DECIDE TEST IN FAMILIA

Allenamento con partitella in famiglia per il Livorno in vista della gara con la Lazio. EÂ´ rientrato...


ChaCha: More a fact finder than a Magic 8-ball

Service that answers questions via text messages comes in handy when you're sans the Internet, but don't ask it about the meaning of life.


The head of the Child Support Agency has resigned amid widespread criticism of the body's work.


Millions of Americans considered at high risk for getting the flu - but put off by shortages, long lines or simply unaware they were eligible - failed to get a flu shot by the end of November, a new government survey indicates.


Staff in the Australian prime minister's office are accused of editing potentially damaging Wikipedia entries.


Suns struggle past Heat for 12th straight victory

Miami Heat coach Pat Riley has nothing but high praise for Steve Nash, the NBA's two-time reigning MVP.


A Tyrant With a Focus on Loveâs Uncertainty

Otto Preminger became one of Hollywoodâs first and most successful producer-directors.  A retrospective at Film Forum celebrates his work.


NBC will make episodes of  its programs available for download on its Web site for one  week after their original broadcast, the network said  Wednesday.


BRUSSELS, Dec 13 (IPS) - AIDS has become a "forgotten disease" in  the European Union, according to the man in charge of the  bloc's public health policies.


Technology Fueling Wave of Phishing Scams

Phishing "toolkits" and underground Internet chat rooms are making the economics of online fraud so much in favor of criminals that a continued increase in phishing activity is all but certain. -washingtonpost.com


British police end Litvinenko probe in Moscow: Ifax

British detectives probing the murder of  former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko have wound up their  investigation in Moscow and are preparing to leave for home,  the Russian news agency Interfax said on Monday.


Yukos chief sees little hope for oil giant

The American chief executive of Russia's embattled oil giant Yukos yesterday held out little hope of saving the company from dismemberment by the Putin government this month.


Southampton Football Club deny Hoddle link

Glenn Hoddle will not be returning to Southampton Football Club, according to chairman Rupert Lowe. It had been suggested that the former England coach was set to make a controversial return to the Saints


Work longer, save more, pay higher taxes or accept poverty in old age. That is the blunt message delivered by the long-awaited report of the Pensions Commission into Britainâs yawning pensions crisis.


David Groh, the handsome, hardworking character actor who was best known to television viewers as the easygoing man Rhoda Morgenstern married and divorced during the run of Valerie Harper's hit 1970s sitcom "Rhoda," has died. He was 68.


At Bear, a Tale of Risk, Profit and Disaster

The blog of a Bear Stearns executive offers insights into the investment bankâs response to the near collapse of two hedge funds.


AL Wrap: Punchless Yankees Continue to Struggle

Sidney Ponson pitched a complete-game  two-hitter as the Baltimore Orioles stunned the New York  Yankees 7-0 in American League play at Yankee Stadium on  Saturday.


A square in front of Hungary's parliament overflowed Saturday with demonstrators demanding the prime minister quit in the largest protest yet since a recording was leaked on which he admitted lying to the people.


Traffic Pollution Hurts Asthmatic Kids' Lungs

FRIDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Children with asthma who are exposed to traffic pollution are at increased risk for respiratory problems and reduced lung volumes, says a study that looked at children in  the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez, a crossing point into the United States.


2 UN peacekeepers wounded in Haiti shootouts

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Two UN peacekeepers were wounded in shootouts with supporters of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Port-au-Prince and civilians believed to be Aristide opponents in flood-ravaged Gonaives - the first casualties of the


Londra, 11:43 - CALCIO, TOTTENHAM: ACQUISTATO 17ENNE BALE PER 7 MLN

Il Tottenham ha ingaggiato dal Southampton l'esterno sinistro Gareth Bale, 17 anni. Gli Spurs lo han...


Spain's BBVA Acquires Laredo National Bancshares for $850 Million

Spanish banking giant Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) said in a filing with securities regulators Tuesday it was acquiring US-based Laredo National Bancshares (LNB) for $850 million.


Researchers say they have created a "virtual" model of all the biochemical reactions that occur in human cells.


Ripresa sotto l'albero? Ecco come spenderemo

Tredicesime piÃ¹ pesanti, piÃ¹ regali di Natale. E' arrivata la ripresa? In diretta su RepubblicaTV


Naseerudin Shah in an Indo-Brazilian film

Naseerudin Shah has signed a first Indo-Brazilian film tentatively titled Tamarindo. This will be the first Indo-Brazilian


Deanna Favre expected to make full recovery

The wife of Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has been diagnosed with breast cancer, according to The Biloxi (Miss.) Sun Herald.


The prime minister voiced support Thursday for a U.S. missile defense base on Polish soil — as long as Warsaw can negotiate a good agreement with Washington.


PeopleSoft Shareholders Have Opposing Views on Oracle Bid

PeopleSoftÂs top shareholder, Capital Guardian Trust, has decided to support OracleÂs $8.8 billion hostile takeover, but the No. 2 holder, Private Capital Management, has decided against it.


Report links urban sprawl to health problems

A report to be released Monday found that people who live in areas with a high degree of sprawl are more likely to report chronic health problems such as high blood pressure, arthritis, headaches and breathing difficulties compared to residents in less


European Court decides in Czech favour in dispute with nobleman

PARIS/STRASBOURG- The European Human Rights Court today decided in favour of the Czech Republic in its dispute with Nicolaus Bluecher, a nobleman claiming property in north Moravia, who complains about the ...


The Flyers and John Stevens agreed to a one-year contract extension Friday that will take the second-year coach through the 2008-09 season.


Sony's Smaller PS2 to Debut in U.S., Europe on Nov 1

Japan's Sony Corp. said on Tuesday it would launch a new version of its popular PlayStation 2 game console in the United States and Europe on Nov. 1 at a price of $149 and 149 euros ($181) respectively.


After Microsoft announced a flaw (nicknamed the JPEG of Death) in Windows' handling of JPEG images, a Trojan horse that exploits this flaw, has been found looming around pornographic sites.


With a home in the woods, wild animals for neighbors and a recreational vehicle to take on quickie vacations, Tony Hill and his wife are enjoying a comfortable, if not luxurious, retirement.


Israel Kills 11 Palestinians in Gaza Raid

Eleven Palestinians have been killed and more than 20 others injured in Israeli air strikes in the Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip.


Microsoft's Yahoo bid helps market overcome weak jobs data

US stocks powered higher Friday as a blockbuster Microsoft bid for Yahoo helped Wall Street shake off a shock report showing the first decline in jobs for the US economy in over four years.


HEALTH-RUSSIA:  Mandatory Drugs Testing May Not Work

MOSCOW, Jul 16 (IPS) - Russian authorities plan to enforce mandatory  testing to detect drugs use among students joining academic  institutions this year. It will be a tough task ahead.


Evidence of ties to the JFK terror plot is thin. But it's not hard to believe, says Robert Baer, that Iran is eyeing American targets


Work on pandemic flu vaccine urgently needed; money's the problem ...

TORONTO (CP) - The World Health Organization, key countries and major flu vaccine makers agreed Friday there is an urgent need to push forward with production and licensing of trial batches of pandemic influenza vaccine.


With help from software giant Microsoft Corp., officials tracked down two brothers who authorities say sold bogus college degrees over the Internet, including an MBA that was issued to a housecat.


Tra queste anche Ali il chimico,2 ergastoli e un'assoluzione


Security Worries in Baghdad, US Debates Polls

The ability of Iraqi insurgents to snatch foreigners from their guarded Baghdad offices highlighted the country's poor security as US officials argued whether elections could be held in towns under rebel control.


Diplomats from eight countries go to the site in North Korea where a massive blast was reported last week.


Contest seeks the most diminutive XSS worm

Let the hacking begin Think you have a gift for writing compact code that replicates using one of the web's most vexing classes of security vulnerabilities? Then Security researcher RSnake (aka Robert Hansen) would like to hear from you. He has set up a contest to see who can write a self-propagating cross-site scripting (XSS) worm using the fewest number of characters.â¦


Doubts over UK terror plot to blow up airline flights

It was big news in August this year. British police uncovered a massive plot by terrorists to blow up planes over the Atlantic.Comment


Colombian Drug Kingpin in Miami Prison Cell

The former boss of Colombia's Cali  cocaine cartel was in a U.S. prison cell on Saturday after an  extradition that capped a 14-year investigation into his  multibillion dollar drug business.


A U.S. bankruptcy court on Thursday  stepped into the battle between YUKOS and the Russian  government, issuing an order to block Sunday's auction of the  company's main oil-producing arm for 10 days.


The head of the U.S. drug safety  agency on Tuesday said the United States was keeping "all  regulatory options open" as it studied data showing increased  heart risks from some painkillers.


Community News: patTemplate 3.1.0 stable released

The PAT group has released the latest version of their popular templating library - patTemplate 3.1.0 stable.   After two years of development we finally released patTemplate 3.1.0 as a stable version. The changes since the last beta release are minimal. You can read about all changes since the last stable release in the changelog. patTemplate can be downloaded from our PEAR channel server or easily installed via the PEAR installer.   The patTemplate system helps developers separate out the business logic from the layout and content of their site to make maintenance easier for both the designer and the developer.


'Atlantis' Cleared to Return to Earth This Week ; SHUTTLE

'Atlantis' was cleared yesterday to return to Earth on Thursday, with the shuttle's heat shield judged capable of surviving re- entry. This will be the longest single spaceflight by a woman - Sunita WIlliams has already broken the record for the longest space walk by a woman.


Imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti decided Friday not to run against Fatah candidate Mahmoud Abbas in the election for Palestinian Authority chairman, and instead urged Fatah members to support Abbas.


BUCHAREST, Jan 29 (IPS) - With the European Union becoming ever more  uncomfortable over its energy dependency on Russia, Romania,  which joined the bloc along with Bulgaria Jan. 1, is paving the  way for a pipeline project considered crucial for Europe's  energy safety.


Mercato dellâauto: atteso un rallentamento nel 2005

Nel 2004 verranno immatricolate sul mercato italiano 2.250.000 autovetture. Si tratta di un volume sostanzialmente analogo a quello registrato nel 2003, che conferma l'Italia al quinto posto tra i maggiori mercati mondiali.


Merchants say sales arm of popular auction site hasn't drawn expected online crowds.


CHICAGO - Prosecutors dropped all charges Wednesday against a man who claimed an airport security guard misheard him when she thought he'd said a sexual device in his backpack actually was a bomb.


SAP AG, the world's largest maker of business-software applications, said Thursday its third-quarter profit rose 10 percent thanks to increased license sales.


Fine plonk and hugs turn gun-waving robber into party guest.


The two were quiet loners who gravitated toward each other at school. They both became teenage mothers. Years later with two children of her own, according to media reports, Hall baby-sat Tunstall's three kids.


Rapper Megaman of So Solid Crew is charged with murder over the shooting of a man in south London.


Phillip Fulmer kept his cool when starting center Jason Respert drove off in the coach's golf cart at practice.


Bank of New York to buy Mellon Financial

Bank of New York Co. Inc.  on  Monday announced plans to buy Mellon Financial Corp.   for about $16.5 billion, creating a powerhouse in securities  servicing and asset management.


The US dollar is dragged down further to a new low against the euro after US economic data.


MIAA is unsure of its authority on mascot debate

Members of a Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association committee said yesterday they're not sure the association has the authority to force schools to stop using Indian-themed team names, logos, and mascots.


Lee and Young suspended for five games after brawl

Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee and San Diego Padres right-hander Chris Young were suspended for five games on Monday for their roles in a bench-clearing brawl.


Fox Sports Networks will carry Arena League regular-season games on 11 of its regional networks in a deal announced Thursday.


Pledge not to sue over Web services patents reflects the spread of the collaborative development model--as far as Microsoft, even.


Tracing angels' footsteps in ancient Ethiopia

As a stranger draws near,  priest Mesganaw Tarkgn whips on an embroidered cape and raises  an ancient cross in a picture-perfect pose. He is used to the  demands of visitors to one of Ethiopia's holiest sites.


Verdict Expected Friday in Equatorial Guinea Coup Trial

The verdict in the trial of 14 foreign mercenaries accused of plotting to overthrow the president of Equatorial Guinea is expected Friday.


Bush and Kerry at war over Iraq, Al-Qaeda

US President George W. Bush has slammed rival John Kerry for questioning Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's upbeat forecasts for his country.


ATLANTA -- A stunning six-hole stretch that Tiger Woods played in 7 under par gave him control of the Tour Championship on Friday. He followed that with nine holes of mediocrity, which gave everyone else a chance.


UN seeks Afghan backing from key ministers

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sought increased backing on Sunday for efforts to impose peace and order in Afghanistan from representatives of key countries involved there.


Red noses appear on posters of Portugal's political leaders ahead of next month's general election.


SEC targets options timing guidelines in summer

The U.S. Securities and  Exchange Commission aims to issue guidelines on the appropriate  timing for companies to issue stock options this summer when it  proposes new rules dealing with executive compensation, SEC  Chairman Christopher Cox said on Monday.


Yukos could declare bankruptcy before the new year following fresh claims that could leave the embattled gas giant facing a tax bill for $17 billion.


Gold Fields Bosses' Bright Idea May Prove to Be Their Undoing

GOLD Fields management may have only themselves to blame for yesterday's bid by Harmony to take over their company, a move which, if successful, is likely to cost them their jobs.


Letters: Blame Navy in oil-for-food scandal

The Bush Administration (with the help of the Fox News Channel) is engaged in an assault on Kofi Annan and the entire United Nations.


U.S. Soldier Wants Abuse Trial Moved from Baghdad

MANNHEIM, Germany  - A U.S. soldier at the center  of the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal asked at a hearing on  Monday that his pending court martial be moved away from  Baghdad, saying he had no chance of a fair trial there.


Soldier, reporter teamed up for question asked Rumsfeld

A US soldier who generated front-page headlines by asking Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about a shortage of armored vehicles in Iraq got advice from a reporter before posing the question.


Shiite militia leader orders ceasefire across Iraq

BAGHDAD : Shiite radical leader Moqtada Sadr ordered a nationwide ceasefire and announced his militant movement would join the political mainstream after months of violent rebellion, one of his aides said.


IBM next month will begin shipping high-end servers in their pSeries and iSeries lines running on its Power5 processor. The Armonk, NY, company will launch the 32-way p590, the 64-way p595 and the 64-way i595, IBM officials will announce Friday.


India aims to stabilise new HIV infections by 2007

NEW DELHI - India, home to the second largest number of people living with HIV /AIDS, expects its growth rate in new infections to stabilise by 2007, the country's top official dealing with the deadly disease said on Thursday.


NASA is preparing to launch a nimble spacecraft to detect the most violent explosions in the cosmos and study their afterglow for hints of their origin.


Kansas coach Bill Self knew what he was doing when he put together his team's schedule.


Duke slowed the pace and made North Carolina play a halfcourt game. Under those circumstances, nobody plays better defense than the Blue Devils.


Ex-MI6 officer defies UK government on blog. Sacked spy Richard Tomlinson has defied the UK's secret services by posting the first chapter of his spy novel online.â¦


Classic Ghost Story Keeps Viewers Guessing

What better time than the run-up to Halloween to revive Henry Jamesâs classic ghost story, âThe Turn of the Screw,â and let the shivers fall where they may?


Wild new flavours spice up German sausages

Hoping to spice up their summer business, German butchers have introduced a new line of exotic-tasting sausages with flavours ranging from kiwi, maraschino cherry, lemon and even aloe vera.


From Wales, a box to make biofuel from car fumes

The world's richest corporations and finest minds spend billions trying to solve the problem of carbon emissions, but three fishing buddies in North Wales believe they have cracked it.


House Gets First Crack At XM-Sirius Proposal

Congress and federal regulators need to get with the times.


U.N. Expert Seeks Afghan Inmates' Release

A U.N. human rights expert called for the immediate release of an estimated 725 Taliban fighters taken prisoner in Afghanistan in 2001 and access to hundreds of other detainees held by U.S. forces.


The chief of the world's largest insurance broker resigns 11 days after the firm was sued in an alleged price-fixing case.


Complexity Theory Takes Evolution to Another Level

A group of scientists wants to revise Darwin's theory of evolution to better explain jumps in biological complexity, like that from single-celled to multicellular organisms.


The Sudanese government has made progress in meeting UN demands to end the Darfur crisis, Britain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Tuesday during a trip to the Abu Shouk refugee camp in northern Darfur.


NetServices reconnects V21 punters for free

Ofcom in wait and see mode (again) Broadband wholesaler NetServices has agreed to provide a connection free of charge to former customers of V21, the retail ISP it cut-off as part of a financial dispute.â¦


Smiths Group to Buy Medex for $625 Million in Cash

Smiths Group Plc, which makes insulin pumps and anthrax-detection systems for the US Postal Service, agreed to buy Medex Inc. for $625 million in cash to expand its medical-equipment division.


Objections to proposed open-access rules on parts of the 700MHz spectrum are of less concern.


Six people are killed by a suicide bomb attack on a police station in northwest Pakistan.


Liberal Poised to Win in Re-Run Ukraine Vote

KIEV, Ukraine  - Liberal Viktor Yushchenko  predicted victory in the re-run of Ukraine's rigged  presidential election Sunday, a result that could well push the  country closer to Europe after a decade of post-Soviet drift.


Now that the Buffalo Bills are playing their best, they're left with one lament: Is it too late for the playoffs?


A TIME investigation reveals how militants in Iraq are devising innovative ways to make the war deadlier than ever for U.S. troops


Residents of this small community are adjusting to having celebrity homemaker Martha Stewart as their neighbor in the federal prison camp outside town, where the maven of good taste says "everyone is nice."


Messina, 10:56 - BASKET, SERIE A: CAPO D'ORLANDO PRENDE LITUANO MAZEIKA

L'Upea Pierrel Capo d'Orlando (serie A) ha ingaggiato il play-guardia lituano Martynas Mazeika, 22 a...


Israelis, Palestinians seem to be digging in

Israeli aircraft struck more targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday as the army massed an armored force in apparent preparation for a major military operation


U.S. launches big operation south of Baghdad: military

Around 8,000 U.S. forces launched a fresh operation on Monday targeting Islamist al Qaeda militants in farmland south of Baghdad, the military said.


President George W. Bush on Monday spared former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby from prison, enraging Democrats who accused Bush of abusing power in a case that has fueled debate over the Iraq war.


Divers Find Clues to Pinochet Crimes on Sea Bottom

QUINTERO, Chile  - Scuba divers off Chile's  Pacific Coast found sections of railway track on the ocean  floor on Wednesday believed to have been used to sink the  bodies of people killed under Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.


PNA delegation to investigate Arafat's death

The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) established a committee Wednesday to investigate reasons behind the death of late Yasser Arafat.


The man accused of kidnapping and assaulting Elizabeth Smart was determined by 3rd District Judge Judith Atherton Tuesday to be competent to stand trial.


Toy industry could face 2006 sales decline

U.S. toy makers may have trotted out a laughing Elmo, a life-sized miniature pony and a digital camera for 3-year-olds this year, but the new products may not be enough to pull the industry out of a slump.


Widows of September 11, angered at President George W. Bush, endorsed his challenger in the November 2 vote.


Time Warner Inc. has withdrawn its all-cash bid for movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, saying it could not agree on a price.


Giants' Bonds Is Getting His 'Second Wind'

Barry Bonds stood at home plate, admiring the ball as it soared over the center field wall in Atlanta before he broke into a slow trot around the bases, accompanied by lusty boos and a smattering of applause.


Oracle may be breathing fire down its neck with an ongoing hostile takeover effort, but PeopleSoft is trying to withstand the siege by striking a deal with IBM. -washingtonpost.com


Archie Norman asked to lead bid for Sainsbury's

ARCHIE NORMAN, the former chief executive of Asda, has been approached to lead a bid for J Sainsbury, the troubled supermarket chain.


Vuole offrire sicurezza ed un nuovo piacere di guidare


Premier socialdemocratico Persson ammette sconfitta


Band Aid co-founder Bob Geldof will be given a lifetime achievement honour at the 2005 Brit Awards.


Chances of Voting Rights Act renewal dim

A conservative backlash to the massive street demonstrations over immigration is aggravating Republican leaders' carefully orchestrated plans to renew the landmark Voting Rights Act before the fall elections.


Nyon, 21:38 - CALCIO, UEFA: STADIO CHIUSO PER 4 MATCH PER DANIMARCA

La Commissione d'Appello dell'Uefa ha ridotto da sei a quattro le gare di squalifica alla Danimarca ...


ORLANDO, Florida  - A U.S. space shuttle astronaut was accused on Tuesday of trying to kidnap and kill a rival for the affections of a male astronaut after she drove 950 miles wearing diapers to confront the woman.


CVS boosts Caremark bid with sweeter dividend plan

CVS Corp.  sweetened its bid for Caremark Rx Inc.  on Tuesday by tripling a proposed special cash dividend for the pharmacy benefit manager's stockholders to $6 per share, after proxy advisory firms urged rejection of the previous offer.


An Iowa voter who at first was teased by Democrat Barack Obama ended up in a tearful embrace with the Illinois senator and presidential candidate during a campaign stop Wednesday.


The FBI wants to question four Chinese nationals amid fears of a plot to explode 'dirty bomb' in Boston.


Chief Is Ousted at Fannie Mae Under Pressure

Fannie Mae, the mortgage finance giant, forced out its chairman and chief executive, days after the company was found to have violated accounting rules.


Congo's top court throws out Bemba poll challenge

Congo's Supreme Court on Monday  rejected a challenge filed by former rebel chief Jean-Pierre  Bemba against results showing President Joseph Kabila had won  last month's presidential election, witnesses in court said.


Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned with TCDD, the most harmful known dioxin and one contained in Agent Orange, a scientist who analyzed his blood said Friday.


LOS ANGELES  Fast National ratings for Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004. ABC dominated the late evening with new dramas, but CBS was able to hold off the resurgent network thanks to early evening strength.


Bari, 12:36 - CALCIO, BARI: MATARRESE OFFRE CLUB AD ABRAMOVICH

Secondo quanto scrivono questa mattina alcuni quotidiano baresi, la famiglia Matarrese, proprietaria...


Marlies Schild led an Austrian sweep of the top four places in a World Cup super-combination race Friday, her third victory of the season.


A new online service developed by three nonprofit environmental groups is facilitating attempts to unsubscribe to unwanted mail catalogs.


Crude Oil Futures Rise Above $50 on Threat to Nigerian Supply

Crude oil futures rose above $50 a barrel in New York on concern rebel attacks in Nigeria may reduce production while US inventories are near a 29-year low because of disruptions caused by Hurricane Ivan.


Cleric Suspect Misses Hearing Due to Long Toe Nails

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri failed to appear before a British court Tuesday, complaining his toe nails were too long and he could not walk.


The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader is set to unveil proposals to offer free playgroup places to every two-year-old.


Obama, McCain Win Endorsement of Spanish-Language Newspaper

Bloomberg - Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The largest Spanish-language newspaper in the U.S. endorsed Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, who are seeking their parties' 2008 presidential nominations.


'Factotum,' starring Matt Dillon, is based on the book by Charles Bukowski.


Still Called by Faith To the Phone Booth

Off the side of a dirt road in Southern Maryland stands an odd answer to the swiftly changing telecommunications industry.


It took years for Andrzej Solyga to muster the courage to invest in mutual funds.


Chrysler Deal in Question as Several Locals Vote No

Workers at all four big assembly plants where voting has taken place have rejected the contract, but the agreement still has a good chance of ratification.


Greyhound bus trip provides snapshot of U.S. poor

Every morning at 7.30 a Greyhound bus loads up with passengers in New Orleans, climbs a ramp to Interstate 10 and slips into the rush hour traffic to start its journey to Atlanta.


La Banca centrale nel Bollettino di ottobre: ''Molti paesi dovrebbero registrare disavanzi prossimi o superiori al 3%. Inflazione sotto il 2% nel 2004-2005''. Roma, 14 ott. (Adnkronos) - La Bce lancia l'allarme


Yukos, the Russian oil giant, could be forced to halt production because of a new court order, the company says.


For Guidant, J&J's resources sealed the deal

After lengthy talks and stiff negotiations over price, the decision by Guidant executives to sell the company for $25.4 billion came down to the attractiveness of Johnson & Johnson's deep resources.


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Novell is putting open source and identity management centre stage at its European user conference this week. The networking firm announced that Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES), which includes Novell's


WINNIPEG, Manitoba  - Results from final  laboratory tests on a Canadian dairy cow suspected of having  mad cow disease are not yet available, an agriculture  department official said on Saturday.


More people might start lining up for flu shots

Clark County health officials will meet Monday to consider loosening their guidelines for flu vaccine. The local decision will follow Friday's announcement from federal


Intermet Files for Ch. 11 Reorganization

Intermet Corp. (INMT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday it has filed for voluntary Chapter 11 reorganization, citing the record rise in raw material costs, especially for scrap steel, in North America and Europe.


Zarqawi criticizes Muslim clerics of "betrayal"

Notorious Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi appears to be increasingly desperate, accusing Muslim clerics of betrayal in an audio recording released Wednesday.


A murder inquiry is launched after a 20-year-old man dies from stab wounds in South Lanarkshire.


24mila vittime, allarme epidemie Tredici italiani morti, 100 ...

Roma, 27 dicembre 2004 - E' il momento della solidarietÃ  internazionale, ma anche di affrontare una realtÃ  ancora piÃ¹ terribile del previsto, mentre il rischio delle epidemie comincia a preoccupare seriamente i soccorritori.


The smallest player in the NBA did something no one — big, small or medium — had ever done. Earl Boykins broke the league record for points in an overtime period, scoring 15 of Denver's 21 points as the Nuggets, without two key players, beat the Seattle SuperSonics 116-110 on Tuesday night.


Leader Says Rebels Responsible for Siege

MOSCOW - Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev purportedly took responsibility Friday for a bloody school siege and other recent terrorist attacks that have killed more than 430 people, but put ultimate blame on Russian President Vladimir Putin.    In an e-mail posted Friday on the Kavkaz-Center Web site, Basayev defended the Sept...


Google Inc. reported Thursday that sales and profit more than doubled in third quarter, despite an expense of more than $200 million, as the company issued its first quarterly financial report since going public.


Diverted Greek Bomb Threat Plane Lands in Ireland

A Greek plane heading for New York from Athens made an emergency landing in Ireland on Tuesday after a bomb alert, a spokeswoman for the Irish airport authority said, the second such incident in three days.


The EU's anti-fraud squad reports an increase in serious abuses of its international aid project.


Taranto, 17:42 - CALCIO, TARANTO-GALLIPOLI: SEQUESTRATA SCATOLA CON PETARDI

Una scatola contenente petardi è stata sequestrata dagli agenti della Digos di Taranto sugli ...


RICHMOND, Virginia - A university student appears to be responsible for an advertising class assignment that went awry when the teacher's pug was threatened to be killed online, the school said.


About 30 Iraqis died in car bomb attacks on Saturday and at least 20 US soldiers were wounded during the action in Ramadi, the restive Iraqi town north of Baghdad.


US Health Secretary Thompson Announces Resignation

US Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson, who distributed the first federal funds for stem-cell research and expanded the Medicare health-insurance plan, resigned today.


There are some Indications that statins arenât all theyâre cracked up to be.


TV presenters Ant and Dec are in talks to host a celebrity golf tournament for ITV later this year.


Cecilia says Sarkozys 'tried everything' to avoid divorce

Cecilia Sarkozy said in an interview published Friday that she and French President Nicolas Sarkozy "tried everything" to avoid their divorce but found it impossible to live together any more.


The Zionist armyâs attacks on residential areas in Gaza reached a peak over the past week. So far, at least 63 defenseless people from Gaza have been martyred in Israelâs military operation, codenamed Days of Penitence.


Plot by German Cell Detailed on Internet

BERLIN, Sept. 11 -- A terrorist cell broken up in Germany last week was planning to attack the huge Ramstein Air Base, a U.S. and NATO facility, and a U.S. consulate by the end of the year, German authorities reported Tuesday, citing an assertion of responsibility posted by a Central Asian milita...


Kevin Federline wants Britney Spears to pay some of his expenses in their divorce case, documents show.


In a tape said to be from Osama Bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader appeals for unity among Iraqi insurgents.


Pentagon Official Who Criticized Detainee Lawyers Quits

A senior Pentagon official resigned yesterday, the Defense Department announced, three weeks after criticizing lawyers who represent terrorism suspects.


Hundreds flee site of Kenya police crackdown on gang

Hundreds of people carrying their possessions in makeshift carts fled on Friday from Kenya's Mathare slum, where at least 33 people have died in a police crackdown on Kenya's deadly Mungiki gang.


Police are "absolutely furious" that teachers are to get a pay rise above the 2% limit set for public workers, a union says.


Campaigning in Pennsylvania, Bush Says Security Trumps Other Issues

President Bush said today the race boils down to who can keep American homes safer from terrorists and contended his opponent was not up to the task during wartime.


U.N. Troops Fight Way Into Gang-Held Haitian Slum

By Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - U.N. troops, backed byarmored vehicles and helicopters, fought their way into alawless slum in the Haitian capital on Tuesday in their firstattempt to end a killing spree by warring street gangs.


European shares lower as leisure stocks fall

European stock markets drifted lower on Wednesday as losses among leisure, oil and financial stocks were unmatched by gains which came mainly from London-listed equities playing catch-up after two days holiday.


Govt pressed to learn lessons of sailors' seizure by Iran

The government faced pressure Tuesday to learn lessons from its handling of the seizure of 15 sailors by Iran, which sparked a major diplomatic crisis and an embarrassing row after their release.


Actor Wesley Snipes is arrested in Orlando after surrendering himself on tax fraud charges.


Many travelers are chasing what may be a modern-day version of an old human impulse â to behold an untrammeled frontier.


Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he feels 25 years younger thanks to a hair transplant and a face lift and has advised Italians to follow his example.


Istat: a gennaio +1,3%, rispetto a dicembre -1,4%


The annual Forbes ranking of the top tech deal makers.


Paulson says fiscal stimulus needed urgently

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Friday said that there was an urgent need for a fiscal stimulus program to give the slowing economy a boost but said it was not in danger of stalling.


Following the lead of President Bush's political team, John Kerry's presidential campaign will launch a new television ad Saturday that broadly refers to his party's agenda and gives him access to as much Democratic National Committee money as he wants.


New claims about the safety of RAF Kinloss Nimrods are to be raised in the House of Commons.


Rapper Jay-Z stepping down as Def Jam president

Universal Music Group said on Monday  that Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter is stepping down as president of its  Def Jam Records unit, effective by the end of the year.


The Live Earth concert in Rio de Janeiro is threatened after a judge cancelled Saturday's concert over safety concerns.


NY designers making fur a must-have item

It used to be that fur was an almost unattainable luxury, reserved for the wealthiest women, who would then cherish their mink coats for many, many years.


Bomb blasts and ambushes across Baghdad left seven people dead, including three members of security patrols that were trying to rout insurgents.


Buttiglione says victim of "hate campaign"

Rocco Buttiglione, disputed candidate for European justice and security commissioner, says he is the victim of a hate campaign and a wider anti-Christian "Inquisition" among EU institutions.


Ofcom fails to prevent release of cell locations

But operators might not play ball Ofcom has failed in its appeal against last September's ruling that information on cellphone base stations must be available to the public, in database form, though it remains to be seen if up-to-date information does become available.â¦


Lilly Considers $1 Billion Fine to Settle Case

The fine would settle a civil and criminal investigation into the companyâs marketing of an antipsychotic drug.


Berlusconi lancia la rincorsa "Alle politiche vinceremo noi"

ROMA - "Vinceremo le prossime elezioni ricordando tutte le promesse mantenute. Dobbiamo sfondare e superare il risultato del 2001 e puntare, per Forza Italia, al 40% e avere cosÃ¬ un terzo dei voti di tutti gli italiani.


DEVELOPMENT-EU:  Domination Tied Into Aid Package

THE HAGUE, Sep 29  (IPS) - The EU aid package is a large one, but packed also  with paternalism and claims to  domination, development experts  said at the end of an aid conference.


12 Nepalese hostages reported killed in Iraq, uncertainty over French ...

A group calling itself the Army of Ansar al-Sunna claimed to have killed 12 Nepalese workers in a statement posted on an Islamist website overnight.


Microsoft's Virtual Earth gets new dimension

(InfoWorld) - Microsoft will work with 3D design and visualization software developer Dassault SystÃ¨mes, to add a new dimension to its Virtual Earth mapping and satellite imagery service, the companies announced Tuesday. Through this partnership, Microsoft will be able to invite users of Virtual Earth to contribute their own 3D models of buildings featured on the maps, much as Google already does with the "3D Warehouse" layer in its Google Earth software and the free modeling tool Google SketchUp, now at version 6. To encourage development of models for inclusion in Virtual Earth, Dassault SystÃ¨mes has built an online community, 3dvia.com, around consumer uses of its and other companies' 3D modeling tools. The community began life as Teapotters.com, a creative project set up by a group of Dassault employees, but opened its doors as 3Dvia.com As a demonstration of what's possible, Dassault SystÃ¨mes is offering a free 3D model of a much sought-after electronic gadget -- not partner Microsoft's Zune music player, but the iPhone to be launched by Apple on Friday. The iPhone model can be viewed using the 3D Life Player browser plug-in from VirtoolsÂ of Paris and, if you catch the angle just right, offers an unexpected view of the inside of the gadget. Dassault SystÃ¨mes also announced partnerships with two French companies, RealvizÂ of Sophia Antipolis and Allegorithmic of Clermont Ferrand, to make their technology available to members of the 3dvia.com community. Allegorithmic will allow community members to use its procedural textures to decorate their models. Procedural textures are patterns of shading created according to a series of rules or algorithms to resemble real-world surfaces such as rock, foliage or sheet metal. They are often used to render more realistic scenery in video games without the need for storing voluminous image files. Realviz makes software used by film makers and game developers to create photorealistic 3D images. One of its applications, VTour, can be used to construct three-dimensional models of scenes from a single photograph. Dassault SystÃ¨mes will integrate VTour with 3dvia, allowing users to combine their 3D models with 3D backdrops created from photographs. Dassault SystÃ¨mes also plans a business side to the 3dvia community, called SupplierSource, to help designers find manufacturers for their products. The SupplierSource site, which the company said will appear at http://www.suppliersource.3dvia.com/, is not yet live.


IBM has signed a $969-million deal to provide DSL-based Internet telephony and data services to Lloyds TSB, one of the largest banks in the UK.


Pop star Prince hires a firm to remove unauthorised copies of his music, merchandise and videos from the internet.


Two weeks before their opener in Houston, the Chargers haven't decided who will be their starting quarterback.


Multi-millionaire Malcolm Glazer is known as a shrewd investor whose love of sport is eclipsed by his canny business sense. Described by Forbes magazine as having an âeye for value


November 22, 2004 -- BIRCHWOOD, Wis. - A gunfight among deer hunters in Wisconsin yesterday left five people dead and three others injured.


Magazine group Emap says it will deliver earnings in line with forecast, despite weak sales for consumer titles.


Ankara, 14:01 - CALCIO, TRABZONSPOR: ESONERATO LAZARONI

Il Trabzonspor, società della serie A turca, ha licenziato il tecnico Sebastiano Lazaroni. Il...


BAGHDAD: A series of car bomb blasts tore through Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul yesterday, killing at least 26 people and wounding more than 100.


Calendari, nude tra le vigne le casalinghe del 2005

Hanno vissuto tutte insieme per una ventina di giorni insieme a una troupe fotografica nei vigneti di Codroipo, in provincia di Udine, per farsi immortalare nude fra le viti o in cantina. Sono le casalinghe


America West Airlines is in talks to buy all or part of ATA Holdings Corp., parent of ATA Airlines, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday night on its Web site.


The Stern reality -- 7 players suspended

Carmelo Anthony found out yesterday the price of a sucker punch. His coach, George Karl, found out yesterday the price for rubbing it in to someone who was mean to his friend. The cost? Let's just say the NBA can dramatically upgrade the hors d'oeuvres at the office holiday party thanks to the impending (and mandatory) donations from the Denver ...


The veteran NHL player was playing hockey in his home city of Riga when he became ill near the end of a game. Zholtok was drafted by Boston in 1992, 55th overall, and played 588 NHL games with the Bruins, Ottawa


Blue-chip stocks were flat on Friday  after third-quarter gross domestic product data showed the U.S.  economy grew at a slower-than-expected pace, but another report  showed Midwestern business activity expanding in October.


Barcellona, 14:52 - CALCIO, BARCELLONA; SAVIOLA: RESTO PER CONQUISTARE UNA MAGLIA

Javier Saviola ha deciso di restare al Barcellona nonstante le molte offerte ricevute. ''Ho deciso d...


Details have begun to emerge about Britons killed, or missing presumed dead, as a result of the Indian Ocean tsunami. A total of 26 Britons have been confirmed dead, but this figure is set to rise.


A fossil tour doesn't have to mean an aging rock band's reunion concerts. The State Department gave final approval Wednesday for one of the world's most famous fossils — the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy skeleton unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974 — to tour the U.S. on exhibit for the first time.


Report Suggests Laws Broken in Attorney Firings

House Democrats, preparing for a vote today on contempt citations against President Bush's chief of staff and former counsel, produced a report yesterday that for the first time alleges specific ways that several administration officials may have broken the law during the multiple firings of U.S....


BBC One's flagship soap EastEnders sees its ratings fall under competition from ITV1's Emmerdale.


WEIGHING OPTIONS: Politicians and pundits disagree over whether President Bush should pardon I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.


NEW YORK -- Members of the Republican Party's platform committee yesterday strengthened the party's official opposition to same-sex marriages, a day after Vice President Dick Cheney broke with the Bush administration by saying the matter of gay marriage


Villagers in Trinidad and Tobago Battle Alcoa's Plans

OTAHEITE, Trinidad _ When Ramos Ramdeo gazes at the water off this southern fishing village, he sees more than the crystal blue color, choppy waves and one of the world's richest shrimp spawning grounds. He sees his livelihood.


RALEIGH, N.C. -- When it came to wearing the goat's horns after Boston College's first loss of the season, a 17-15 setback against Atlantic Coast Conference foe North Carolina State Saturday night, there was no shortage of candidates in the Eagles' locker room.


Mittal Steel said Thursday that its profits soared in the fourth quarter, and in 2004, on skyrocketing global demand for building materials.


Police said Friday they have arrested a man who claimed he sent at least one of a spate of letter bombs at British companies linked to traffic enforcement.


Meeting the Everymen of Iraq, Courtesy of a Returning Poet

The documentary "About Baghdad" traces the return to Iraq of Sinan Antoon, a poet and journalist who left the country in 1991.


Retailer Woolworths sees its shares rise more than 20% after private equity group Apax says it is considering a takeover bid.


Vulnerability could have let Xbox owners run their own applications or operating systems like Linux on the console.


Sudan has eased access to its troubled Darfur region for relief workers and supplies but hasn't disbanded the marauding militia that caused 1.5 million people to flee their homes


News.com Extra: Rules set for $50 million space prize

Plus: Putting a face on technology could improve our interaction with hi-tech gadgets.


The chances of losing a second child to cot death have been overestimated, according to a new review of the evidence.


Nearly 200 dead as huge Indonesia earthquake wreaks havoc across Asia

A massive earthquake off northern Indonesia unleashed giant tidal waves and flash floods across western Asia, leaving at least 196 people dead and hundreds more missing.


Four Guantanamo detainees arrested on return to Britain

LONDON -- After enduring up to three years of imprisonment and interrogation at the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, four Britons returned to England yesterday and were immediately arrested by antiterrorist police.


The Philippines began a massive cleanup Friday from a pair of devastating storms that have left hundreds dead and thousands homeless.


Best Buy says testing cell phone only stores

Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy  Co. Inc.  said on Thursday it is partnering with U.K.  retailer Carphone Warehouse to test mobile phone-only stores at  nine locations in Manhattan.


Allowing dozens of casinos to be built in the UK would bring investment and thousands of jobs, Tony Blair says.


Rallying Red Sox on Verge of Historic Win

Boston Red Sox can make baseball history on Wednesday by becoming the first team to overturn a three-game deficit in a best-of-seven series.


Across a valley of fragrant cedars and orange trees, worshipers at the pristine Great Mosque of Granada look out at the Alhambra, the 700-year-old citadel and monument to the heyday of Islamic glory.


White House law chief linked to abuse culture

ALBERTO Gonzales, the White House legal adviser once embroiled in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, was named by President George Bush yesterday as US Attorney-General.


Si TV Premieres New Original Series 'Dating Factory' Featuring Host Mario Lopez

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11  /PRNewswire/ -- Si TV, the first English-language, Latino-themed network, announced today it will debut a new original series called Dating Factory, hosted by TV star Mario Lopez.  Premiering Sept. 18 at 4:30 p.m.


Tenn. Man's 5-Day Dive Sets World Record

HAMPTON, Tenn. - A Tennessee man beat his own record for staying underwater with scuba gear after five days in a lake - complete with recliner, a checkerboard, music and good friends to keep him company...


Nablus - The family of a Palestinian teenager who was said to have carried out a suicide attack at a Tel Aviv marketplace on Monday told AFP he was only 16 years old.


Tesoro conta su maggiori introiti per 1,1 mld nel 2005


At rail stations and shopping malls around the world, reports are popping up of people, particularly young children, getting their toes caught in escalators. The one common theme seems to be the clunky soft-soled clogs known by the name of the most popular brand, Crocs.


Ad-Supported Software Proves Popular With Small Businesses

TechWeb - Spiceworks is adding more IT management features to its free, ad-supported software, for which over 5,000 customers have signed up in about a month's time.


Al Viminale il ministro incontra segretari di Cgil-Cisl-Uil


HSBC Holdings PLC, one of the world's largest banks, said Tuesday that its underlying revenue growth slowed in the third quarter on a weaker performance in investment banking and an increase in bad loans.


EU phone firms aim to shield kids from porn, abuse

Skinheads, scantily-clad women, a  machinegun-toting robot and "Klaus," an impressionable  youngster, starred in a European Commission drive on Tuesday to  make the Internet and mobile phones safer for children.


UNITED States businessman Malcolm Glazer is poised to launch a Â£650 million takeover bid for Manchester United, according to reports.


The fast-food chain's sales results for 2004 are pretty solid. How will 2005 fare?


Tim Bulman said he planned on making a strong start his senior year. Voted by his Boston College football teammates as a tricaptain along with junior defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka and senior tight end Dave Kashetta, Bulman, a 6-foot-4-inch, 287-pound defensive tackle from Milton, wasted little time asserting his leadership in BC's 19-11 season-opening victory Sept. 2 at Ball State.


The Ottawa Senators clearly entered this season determined to avoid a letdown after losing the Stanley Cup final. So far, they've got an NHL record and a team one, too, to show for their effort.


Firenze, 17:30 - CALCIO, AZZURRI; LUCARELLI: MAI PENSATO DI RINUNCIARE A NAZIONALE

Cristiano Lucarelli non ha mai pensato di rinunciare alla Nazionale. ''Non ho mai pensato di dire no...


Sprint Corp. announced plans yesterday to buy Nextel Communications Inc. for about $35 billion in a deal that could give consumers better service but leave them with higher bills due to less competition.


AT&T Inc  on Thursday posted a higher quarterly profit as strength in its wireless business offset weakness in traditional consumer services.


Girls under the age of 16 should not model at London Fashion Week, an inquiry recommends.


UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH.N on  Monday said it would buy Definity Health Corp. for $300  million, as the No. 1 U.S. health insurer seeks to offer more  health savings accounts, which give consumers incentives to  rein in health costs.


Three serious Windows flaws lack patches

Users should stay away from untrusted Web sites and e-mails from unfamiliar sources to avoid becoming victims of an attack aided by three serious security holes in Windows, security firms warned over the weekend.


Europeans Meet in China, Where West Beats East

The Transnational Open Teams event at the world championships that ended last Saturday in Shanghai was for players who did not qualify for the knockout stages of the three main events and for anyone else who was willing to pay the $1,000-a-team entry fee.


Coliseum, Famed New York Book Seller, to Close

The curtain is apparently closing on a second and final act for Coliseum Books, a bastion of independent Manhattan book sellers.


The last major chip design that Mooly Eden convinced IntelÂ to adopt was a failure. As he prepared the design in the late 1990s that would become the Pentium M, he knew he couldn't afford to miss a second opportunity.


The EU Reform Treaty is effectively the same as the rejected constitution, an architect of the constitution says.


UK Net Entrepreneurs to Run Web Startup Soflow

Two British entrepreneurs who founded online dating service Udate.com and sold it last year to media mogul Barry Diller's InterActive Corp  for $150 million, have resurfaced to run a professionals-networking Web start-up.


Iraq's top Shia cleric begins a peace mission in the city of Najaf, hours after a deadly attack on nearby Kufa.


Once-hot Rockies fizzle in Series opener

When the embarrassment was over, the Colorado Rockies insisted they were still a good team and would bounce back from their dismal World Series debut.


Palestinian Militants Defy Abbas, 9 Dead in Gaza

Palestinian militants killed six Israelis  in a bombing and shooting attack at the main commercial  crossing into Gaza, mounting their strongest challenge yet to  President-elect Mahmoud Abbas and his call for non-violence.


Iraqi boy was country's third bird flu case: WHO

GENEVA, Sept 19 (Retuers) - A three-year-old Iraqi boy in   Baghdad has been confirmed as having survived a mild case of   bird flu last March, the first confirmed human infection in the   capital, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.


CKE Restaurants sues Jack in the Box over beef ads

CKE Restaurants Inc., parent of the Carl's Jr. and Hardee's fast-food chains, sued rival Jack In The Box Inc. on Friday over new television commercials it says misleads customers into confusing CKE's Angus hamburgers with meat from a cow's anus.


Thanks to the timing of the bye week, Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens might not miss any games because of his broken hand.


An arbitration ruling that ordered Ricky Williams to repay the Miami Dolphins $8.6 million was upheld Tuesday by a federal judge, who rejected arguments that the award disregarded Florida law and was excessive.


Notebook: Cup races feature 3 longshot winners

As 27-1 shot Better Talk Now barged down the Lone Star Park stretch, his body language bordered on brazen. But he survived two collisions


Rock band the Arctic Monkeys  confirm the name of their new album.


Fast bowler Nuwan Zoysa ripped through South Africa's top-order to guide Sri Lanka to a comfortable 37-run win in the second one-dayer at the Premdasa Stadium here.


An Indian cellular phone company plans to air a new Bollywood movie on mobile handsets for free and in full Thursday in a bid to promote its video-streaming service.


Gerusalemme, 13:04 - CALCIO, ISRAELE: CORRUZIONE, ARRESTATI 3 GIOCATORI HAPOEL

Tre giocatori dell'Hapoel Beersheva, club israeliano, sono stati arrestati venerdÃ¬ dalla polizia con...


Il pilota della Ducati precede Edwards, 4/o Valentino Rossi


San Paolo, 08:45 - F1, GIALLO BENZINA: MCLAREN PRESENTA RICORSO

La McLaren ha presentato ricorso contro la decisione della Fia di non sanzionare Bmw e Williams che ...


Update 4: FDA Wants More Safety Data on Merck Drug

The Food and Drug Administration told Merck & Co. that it requires further safety and efficacy data before it will approve its successor drug to now defunct pain reliever Vioxx, the pharmaceutical maker announced Friday.


ATA Airlines latest carrier in bankruptcy

ATA Airlines, the nation's 10th-largest, filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday, becoming the latest US carrier tripped up by rising fuel costs and fare wars.


Milano, 10:13 - CALCIO, RONALDO; VOLPI: POTRA' TORNARE A GIOCARE

Ronaldo sarà operato questa sera a Parigi. Lo ha reso noto il responsabile medico del Milan, ...


Saints Acquire Veteran Cornerback McKenzie

The New Orleans Saints Monday acquired cornerback Mike McKenzie and a future conditional draft choice from Green Bay. In exchange, the Packers received a second-round pick in 2005 and quarterback J.T. O'Sullivan.


Risk Factors for Alzheimer's, Heart Disease Similar

People who have high blood pressure,  cholesterol, diabetes or who smoke in midlife have a much  higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later on, U.S.  researchers reported on Monday.


Gospel Singer Wins 'Indonesian Idol' Title

A 24-year-old woman who sings in a Christian church is the first "Indonesian Idol," winning the hit reality television show in the world's most populous Muslim country.


MedImmune Has A Higher Loss In Third Quarter

MedImmune Inc. reported a third-quarter loss yesterday, despite $61 million in sales of its lead product, Synagis, a 25 percent increase over the same period a year ago.


When Kerry talks about the US situation in Iraq now, his major difference with Bush is that he maintains he would do better at winning the support and participation of the international community.


Environment secretary calls on US to agree to binding goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.


Candidates in the Palestinian presidential election hold a last day of campaigning ahead of Sunday's vote.


LAS VEGAS -- In any arena, and most definitely in the boxing arena, close only means not close enough.


Yankees 7, Devil Rays 3: As Second Half Starts, Abreu Gets Settled In

Bobby Abreu was one of three Yankees to homer in the fourth inning of Thursdayâs victory.


NEC plans to start selling desktop PCs equipped with HD-DVD drives at the end of 2005, the company announced. Slimmed-down versions of the drives will be added to laptops in 2006.


Massachusetts' roads and bridges are crumbling and the state's highway commissioner finds herself in the midst of a nasty dust-up over Boston Herald owner Pat Purcell's new billboard. Yes, a billboard.


Shhh! That's the forbidden fraud Cisco has denied wrongdoing in the tax fraud scandal that engulfed its Brazilian tentacle earlier this week.â¦


More drugs reviewed after recall of Vioxx

The Health Ministry is investigating an entire class of pain relief drugs after the global recall of Vioxx. Drug manufacturer Merck, Sharp & Dohme took Vioxx, an arthritis drug and painkiller


Il settimanale Usa: parla di corruzione con irriverenza


Celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had a small but noticeable falling out after the premiere of "A Mighty Heart" in Cannes.


Americans Bode Miller and Daron Rahlves took the top two spots in the marquee event of the Alpine world championships, the men's downhill.


The New York Yankees will make up an early-season rainout against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at home Sept. 23, under a schedule shuffle announced Wednesday.


U.S.-Backed Iraqi Troops Raid Mosul Mosque

MOSUL, Iraq  - Iraqi forces backed by U.S. troops  left a mosque they were raiding for suspected insurgents in  Mosul on Friday after coming under fire, witnesses said.


Indonesia Thursday welcomed a German plan to propose a debt moratorium for the tsunami-hit country when the Paris Club of sovereign lenders next meets on Jan. 20 and hoped it would free up more funds for reconstruction.


Castro Warns U.S. Not to Harm Venezuelan Leader

HAVANA, Feb. 12 -- Cuban President Fidel Castro warned the United States on Saturday against plotting to kill his most important ally, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.


“Apple once again was the star of the show at the annual MacUser awards,” reports MacUser, “taking away six Maxine statues including Product of the Year for the iTunes Music Store.” Other Apple award winners: Power Mac G5, AirPort Express, 20-inch Apple Cinema Display, GarageBand and DVD Studio Pro 3. [Nov 22]


Guerrero Edges Rios to Win Home Run Derby

With Barry Bonds sitting out, this derby was dry -- and Vladimir Guerrero was San Francisco's home run king for a day.


UKRAINE:  Yushchenko Set to Win Presidential Election

KIEV, Dec. 27 (IPS) - Western-sponsored exit polls are once again  confirming a comfortable victory for opposition candidate Viktor  Yushchenko in Ukraine's Dec. 26 presidential runoff.


Clinton holds lead as Romney slips in Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa  - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Mike Huckabee hold narrow leads on their top rivals two days before the state opens the presidential nominating race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.


Gelsomina Verde, 22 anni, Ã¨ la sesta vittima in due giorni della faida scatenatasi a Napoli all'interno del clan capeggiato da Paolo di Lauro, 53 anni, detto 'ciruzzo 'o milionario'. La 'guerra' vede da una


FORMER world No.1 Andy Roddick today leapt to the defence of Paris Masters no-shows Roger Federer and Andre Agassi. Officials are furious with Agassi's last minute withdrawal, arguing that the lucrative nine


Saudi Arabian authorities report detaining 11 alleged  militants linked to al-Qaeda in the past two days.


Australia says job is done for soldiers in Iraq

Australia's top military commander said on Wednesday the job of the country's combat soldiers in southern Iraq was done, bolstering a government decision to bring them home mid-year.


Cisco's Chambers Expects Slower 2nd-Qtr Sales Growth

Cisco Systems Inc. shares had their biggest decline in three months, dragging down other technology stocks, after Chief Executive John Chambers said sales growth will slow this quarter


Browns interim coach Terry Robiskie thinks he has done enough to keep the job on a permanent basis.


Lawmakers point fingers on intelligence mess

Intelligence agencies came under sharp attack today from lawmakers, as did Congress, where a bill to put in place recommendations from the Sept.


New Alloy Holds Hope for Better Memory Chip

By John Markoff  Scientists at IBM and two partner companies have developed a promising material that they believe will lead to a new kind of computer memory chip capable of meeting the world's growing appetite for storing digital music, pictures and video.


Debate round-up Thank you to all who took the time to comment on the recent article "Mobile email: Let's have a heated debate." Although there are some differences of opinion, nearly all our commentators felt that mobile email is a valuable tool.â¦


New Yorkâs attorney general is looking into whether insurers overcharged patients for out-of-network doctors.


Illusionist David Blaine begins spinning inside a gyroscope above the streets of New York.


ADRIAN, Mich. - A woman arrested after failing a sobriety test and telling police she drank three glasses of Listerine has pleaded guilty to drunken driving.  Police said Carol A. Ries, 50, of Adrian entered guilty pleas Jan. 20.


Chirac's China Visit Nets $5B in Business

French companies were counting some $5 billion in spoils Monday after President Jacques Chirac used an official visit to China to boost economic ties, in a bid to prevent France from being left behind in the emerging Asian superpower's markets.


Sluggish Davenport Survives Semifinal Scare

An out-of-sorts world number one  Lindsay Davenport overcame a bad start to beat 19th seed  Nathalie Dechy 2-6, 7-6, 6-4 Thursday and reach her second  Australian Open final.


US air strikes on the rebellious Iraqi city of Falluja kill at least seven people, hospital officials say.


Former Vice President Al Gore said the rapid expansion of information flow on the Internet could change the future of campaign finance, but that hunger for campaign cash will continue as long as political TV ads remain effective.


Democratic challenger John Kerry heads into tomorrow's first presidential debate trailing Republican President George W. Bush by six to eight points in most opinion polls.


U.S. Military Helicopter Crashes in Central Texas

A U.S. military Black Hawk helicopter  crashed in foggy weather in central Texas on Monday and there  was no information available about injuries or deaths for the  seven people on board, a military spokeswoman said.


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Israel's Bezeq buys back a 50% share in Pelephone Communications.


A section of the busy Houston Ship Channel remained closed Thursday after a chemical tanker struck a barge moored at a dock, causing several hundred gallons of fuel oil to spill into the water.


Stampa Usa, scade ultimatum per sblocco trattative


Val Ackerman reportedly set to step down as president

Reports: Ackerman on way out: Val Ackerman is stepping down as president of the WNBA, a position she has held since the league's inception in 1996, The Sports Business Daily and ESPN.


Unilever, which makes Lipton Tea, Dove Soap and Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, announced plans to restructure and get rid of one of its two chief executives after reporting weak sales growth and a net loss in the fourth quarter.


The number of Iraqis fleeing their homeland has declined in recent months, primarily because neighboring countries refuse to let them enter, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.


Iran official says allows UN cameras at atom site

A senior Iranian official said on Friday Iran had allowed the installation of surveillance cameras at a complex where it is set to begin expanding enrichment of nuclear fuel.


Parma, 17:54 - CALCIO, UEFA; PARMA-BRAGA: SOLO DOMANI BIGLIETTI A 5 EURO

Il Parma scontato: chi acquisterà domani un biglietto per la partita Parma-Sporting Braga (ri...


Juventus, Lyon qualify from group stage in Champions League

Juventus and Olympique Lyon became the third and fourth teams to reach the knockout stage of the European Champions League on Wednesday.


London hoping for Tour de France windfall

Organisers believe next year's Tour de France start in London could be worth up to 70 million pounds for the capital.


Lewis Hamilton admits he is stunned by his brilliant start in Formula One after victory at the US Grand Prix.


Having an always-on, fast net connection is changing the way Britons use the internet, research suggests.


Science that safeguards satellites and aircraft against solar flares could be wiped out in the UK, scientists warn.


Update 1: Judge Won't Approve PeopleSoft Settlement

A proposal to settle a lawsuit brought last year by shareholders of PeopleSoft Inc. failed to clear court Wednesday after a judge found it unfairly cut off their right to sue over the company's resistance to a takeover by Oracle Corp.


Wall-Eye May Have Helped Rembrandt's Vision

Rembrandt, the 17th-century Dutch master known for his skill in using light to carry perspective, may have been wall-eyed, a US researcher proposed on Wednesday.


Palm, one of the world's largest makers of PDAs and smartphones, released the Treo 680 on Wednesday.


The Dow industrials climbed to an all-time high on Friday after government data showed consumer prices held steady last month, reassuring investors that the economy is maintaining growth with inflation under control.


New York: Lleyton Hewitt is getting frustrated meeting Roger Federer in the major events. For the third time in four Grand Slams this year, the Swiss got the better of Hewitt.


British police arrest Nigerian state governor over money laundering

Joshua Dariye was suspended as governor of the central Nigerian state of Plateau in May of this year after failing to control ethnic and religious violence which left hundreds dead.


Experts: Russia Lacks Will to Fight AIDS

AIDS and the HIV virus are spreading at an alarming pace in Russia, but the government lacks the political will to combat the epidemic that may claim tens of thousands of lives within the next few years, leading experts warned Wednesday.


Infosys Forecasts Over 29 Percent Annual Revenue Growth

India's outsourcing industry continues to do well despite higher staff costs.


Bombardier shares drop to new lows after third Bombardier jet ...

MONTREAL (CP) - Shares in Bombardier Inc. fell to new lows Monday, partly due to the crash of another of its jets on Sunday, the third fatal crash of a Bombardier aircraft in two months.


This glass-walled mobile home is low-budget high living for modern nomads. From Wired magazine.


Vuitton-clad Venezuela minister spouts socialism

A video of a Gucci- and Louis Vuitton-clad politician attacking capitalism then struggling to explain how his luxurious clothes square with his socialist beliefs has become an instant YouTube hit in Venezuela.


A representative of the Cayman Islands has said that the island nation is getting back on its feet after the weekend onslaught of Hurricane Ivan.


China's communists end meeting amid questions about Jiang's future

China's communists wrap up a key leadership meeting Sunday amid speculation over whether former President Jiang Zemin is giving up his last major post, accelerating a handover of power to his successor, Hu Jintao.


Besides suffering a 5-4 loss to the A's on Thursday, the Rangers saw All-Star second baseman Alfonso Soriano suffer an injury to his left leg while stealing third base in the eighth inning.


Judge declares mistrial in murder case after key witness commits suicide

MONTREAL (CP) - A judge declared a mistrial in a first-degree murder case Wednesday after the recent suicide of a Montreal police officer who was the lead detective in the case.


Entertainment diva Liza Minnelli was hospitalized early Monday after falling out of bed and hitting her head at her New York home, People reports.


The Life Celestial: A Lot of Work, a Little Play, Plenty of E-Mail

Clayton Anderson has been living aboard the International Space Station since June, and will hitch a ride home on Discovery at the end of its mission.


US launches airstrike on militants in Sadr City

A US warplane launched an airstrike on militants loyal to rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr yesterday as American and Iraqi forces press attacks to crush militants hunkered down in the sprawling eastern Baghdad slum of Sadr City.


In Bushâs Legacy, Weak Economy Moves Up Front

President Bushâs final State of the Union address will focus on the economy, as Mr. Bush himself suggested Friday during a short preview of the speech at a Congressional Republican retreat.


By Don Hamilton, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Sep. 18--Ridgefield city Councilman Gary Adkins cast a vote this year that could make him millions of dollars.   It happened Jan.


Gallery: Beyond "Apocalypto" -- What Maya Empire Looked Like

Mel Gibson's movie puts a fictional face on the collapse of the Maya Empire. Now see what the civilization really looked like, according to National Geographic artists and ancient murals.


Singh bids to make it an elite PGA foursome

The list begins with Byron Nelson and ends with Sam Snead. Ben Hogan is right down the middle, just like when he played. No Arnold Palmer.


Understanding Search Engine Models  To understand search engines and search engine marketing, one must first understand the search engine model. There are two fundamentally different types of search engine back ends: site directories and spidering search engines. Site directory databases are built by a person manually inputting data about websites. Most ...


Pope urges racial reconciliation in Australia

Pope Benedict XVI has called on Australians to do more towards racial reconciliation between settlers and the country's Aborigines, many of whom live impoverished and marginalised lives.


Police appeal for keyholders to check premises at a Coleraine retail park after a  fire in a DIY store.


A 32-year-old woman dies after she is hit by a car being followed by a police patrol in Sunderland.


Agreement Reached on Greenhouse Gas Targets

Negotiators from 158 countries reached basic agreement on rough targets aimed at getting some of the worldâs biggest polluters to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.


Manchester United has warned that lower TV revenues will hit earnings this year, after posting a dip in annual profits. The world's richest soccer club and the subject of


High court asked to weigh assisted suicide

The Justice Department asked the US Supreme Court Tuesday to hear argument on whether federal anti-drug law can trump Oregon's assisted suicide law.


Sky One is to resurrect 1990s Saturday night action game show Gladiators, it announces.


Indonesia's president-elect has finally given his victory speech, almost three weeks after the country's first direct presidential poll.


Iran Allocates 233m Euros to Petrochemical Plant in West Azarbayjan

Text of report by Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran West Azarbayjan Provincial TV on 8 December  The Iranian Bank of Industry and Mining [BIM] has allocated 2,560bn rials [275 million dollars] to the completion of The Petrochemical Complex in Mahabad.


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Two private planes flying about a mile from an airport collided Sunday, killing at least four people and raining debris down on car dealerships below, authorities said.


Pentagon probes missing weapons and contract fraud

The Pentagon's independent watchdog has launched a probe into the military's inability to account for weapons in Iraq after reports that Kurdish militants were using U.S. arms to attack Turkey, the Defense Department said on Wednesday.


Jason White threw three touchdown passes to break Oklahoma's career mark and Adrian Peterson added 146 rushing yards and a touchdown run Saturday, leading the No. 2 Sooners past Texas Tech 28-13.


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Afghanistan: Where the enemy is a flower

KABUL In his inaugural address last week, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan laid out his priorities for the next five years. Chief among them was stopping the country's growing drug trade.


Montenegrins vote in the country's first post-independence poll, in a test for PM Milo Djukanovic.


Darfur Casts Shadow Over Sudan Peace Pact in South

Sudanese hailed a New Year accord  ending a north-south civil war, but celebrations were tempered  by fear the fledgling pact may unravel under pressure from the  separate Darfur conflict in the west.


Life & style: Gallery: Ease your conscience with these ethical summer skirts.


Norwegian Workers Ordered to Return to Job

The government ordered striking oil workers back on the job Monday night and the Norwegian Shipowners Association withdrew its threat to lock out more oil and gas rig workers, preventing any possible cutbacks in the country's oil production.


Trends & Innovations - Wednesday      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Robots are expected to save the oil drilling industry a lot of money. Researchers plan to have the first robot-worked oil field by 2015, according to Science Daily. The benefits stretch far beyond paying fewer salaries. With a robot-controlled field, the costs are lower because many safety precautions currently required to protect workers are not necessary. These savings then compound because the process will enable companies to profit from smaller reservoirs that are currently not cost-beneficial.


Audax Group, a private Boston investment firm, said it has acquired Ready Mixed Concrete Co. for $210 million in a buyout deal that also included Ready Mixed management. This is the sixth deal in the past four months for Audax, which invests in companies on behalf of college endowments and pension funds, said cochief executive Geoffrey Rehnert. Audax has 13 ...


The UN mediator on Myanmar on Friday held talks in Japan, which has slashed but not ended aid to the military regime over its bloody crackdown on demonstrations.


Delta Air Lines Quarterly Loss Mushrooms

Delta Air Lines  on Thursday said its fourth-quarter loss mushroomed as it struggled with high fuel prices and low fares, and analysts warned they see a wider loss in the first quarter of 2005.


Blog: Openads is open source ad player that will compete with Google


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With AT&T reportedly having activated over 600,000 iPhones as of Monday, it's no surprise that European carriers are eager to jump on Apple's bandwagon. Numerous reports have pointed to wireless carrier O2 being chosen as Apple's exclusive iPhone partner in the United Kingdom.


Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was sworn in as Turkey's president on Tuesday despite the objections of a powerful military that fears a creeping subversion of the country's secular order under the former Islamist.


Video Game Maker Acclaim Files for Bankruptcy

Video game publisher Acclaim  Entertainment Inc. AKLM.PK, which has been hampered by a lack  of hit titles, filed for bankruptcy liquidation on Thursday  after failing to line up new financing.


Turkey's political and military leaders are to meet to discuss details of a possible strike against PKK rebels.


Chips are being credited with keeping the Nasdaq and, by extension, our InformationWeek 100 above water at the close. But in reality, the Nasdaq passed most of Monday much higher than the mean sea level.


A survey of academics suggests many believe university standards have been 'dumbed down' due to funding shortages.


'Ugly' U.S. Mission Building To Get Roomier Replacement

The headquarters of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations  doesn't generate much respect among the world's diplomatic set, whose members have derided the gray 12-story structure as an architectural eyesore that is unfit to house the world's lone superpower.


Rebels threaten to kill kidnapped election workers

A militant group claiming to have kidnapped three foreign election workers in Afghanistan told news agencies Saturday that the hostages would be killed unless all Taliban


Liu wins hurdles gold, equals world record

Liu Xiang of China took the Olympic men's 110 metres hurdles gold medal in a world record-equalling time of 12.91 seconds on Friday.


TV personality Deborah Norville said on Friday she will end her MSNBC program next month after a year on the cable news channel but will stay on as host of the syndicated celebrity magazine show "Inside Edition."


Former Wimbledon and U.S. Open runner-up  Mark Philippoussis has withdrawn from next week's Australian  Open because of injury.


New Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processor will be available in a high-end PC from Dell. Intel is expected to release a faster version of its powerful but expensive Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processor this week


Violence cast a shadow over Rio's famed Carnival early Wednersay when gunmen killed a leader of one of the premiere samba band groups, police said.


Retail Sales Rise, but Data May Mask Troubles

The back-to-school shopping season was not a disaster, but the respectable, if lackluster performance of retailers may have been driven by discounts that obscure troubles ahead.


57 Year-Old, Aleta St. James, Becomes A Mother to "Miracle of God" ...

Just a few days before Aleta St. James' birthday, she gave birth for the first time in her life to twins. Yesterday, at Mount Sinai Medical Centre in New York, the Manhattan mother introduced her two children to the world.


CBS Can't Vouch for Bush Guard Documents

CBS admitted Monday that it cannot vouch for the authenticity of documents used to support a "60 Minutes" story that questioned President Bush's Vietnam War-era National Guard service, after several experts denounced them as fakes.


Non-league Chasetown host the biggest match in their history against Cardiff in the FA Cup third round.


Can cryptography prevent printer-ink piracy?

A San Francisco company is developing chips that use encryption to control which ink cartridges and printers work together.


Ukrainian PM Yanukovich Takes Early Lead in Presidential Race

Ukrainian prime minister Viktor Yanukovich held a slim lead in Ukraine âs presidential race as of 10:00 Monday morning, with 41 percent compared to Viktor Yuschenkoâs 38 percent, according to partial results.


A methane blast in a mineshaft in Russia's Siberia has killed 13 people and injured 23, a spokesman for the Emergencies Ministry says.


A massive earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of northern Sumatra this morning, 26 December 2004, at 7:59 local time.


The minimalist work of Dan Flavin and his use of light, as seen at the National Gallery in Washington, has lasted because he is a gifted formalist.


THE tournament result is almost a sideshow as Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh slug it out for the world's No.1 ranking in the final round of the $US5million ($7.


Kidnappers threaten to hand aid worker over to Zarqawi

A new film of the kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan shows her kidnappers threatening to turn her over to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group within 48 hours if British troops do not leave Iraq.


Biba hopes to woo new generation with retro mood

Revived sixties fashion label Biba, adored by stars like David Bowie and Mia Farrow, trumpeted its daring heritage on the catwalks at London Fashion Week with a mix of designs steeped in its groundbreaking history.


Hoffman, Thompson to team up in film on love later in life

Oscar-winners Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson will join forces in a film about later-in-life love, to be set in London, local media reported Wednesday.