Ministering to Chaos Abroad, Echoing at Home

If you are an Army doctor caring for patients, you do your duty, complete your mission.


Catricala', se si confermassero interverrebbe l'Authority


NASA-SGI Supercomputer Tops in Speed and Research

"It's one hell of a system," said Columbia project manager Bill Thigpen, who told TechNewsWorld the system is being submitted for a top spot on the upcoming Top500 Supercomputer list due next month.


Lopez owes millions to limousine company

Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez's former husband Cris Judd says he is happy that his ex-wife is pregnant with her first child.


Revenue up 8 per cent Kingston Communications PLC has seen profits soar with revenue up eight per cent in the first half of the year.â¦


Oscar-winning screenwriter Roger Avary is charged with manslaughter after a car crash which killed a passenger.


Ã di almeno tre palestinesi uccisi il bilancio dell'ultimo attacco aereo israeliano sul campo profughi di Jabalya, nel nord della striscia di Gaza. Un attacco che si va ad aggiungere a quelli dei giorni scorsi


Intel Pushes Dual-Core Tech to Mainstream

Intel is on track to introduce work-sharing dual-core processors across all its product lines by the end of next year. The technology is part of a strategy shift at Intel away from processor speed and toward performance.


Tropical Storm Jeanne battered the Dominican Republic before heading to the Bahamas island chain where the tempest began to churn seas and stir deadly storm surges.


LOS ANGELES - Legendary music producer Phil Spector pleaded not guilty yesterday to murdering a B-movie queen â-hen blasted prosecutors for being unjust and demanded the same treatment as Kobe Bryant.


Roma, 13:47 - CALCIO, SERIE A: FARINA ARBITRA CATANIA-PALERMO

Stefano Farina di Novi Ligure è stato designato per dirigere il derby siciliano tra Catania e...


Stars including Bono, Travis and Jamelia are supporting the year-long Make Poverty History campaign.


US arms inspector: no evidence Saddam made WMDs after '91 ...

(Washington-AP) Oct. 6, 2004 - The nation's top weapons inspector has pulled the rug out from under the Bush administration's main reason for going to war in Iraq.


Top Gear's Richard Hammond continues to recover, with friend Jeremy Clarkson saying he has taken his first steps.


Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels bombed a civilian bus in north-east Sri Lanka on Monday, killing at least 12 people, the military said.


The machinery of Iraqi elections churned smoothly on Monday: Over and over, a plexiglass tumbler spun effortlessly on its axle, then eased to a graceful stop as a smiling young


Dwight Schrute gets a 'Second Life,' still needs a first one

Two characters in Thursday night's episode of 'The Office' banter about the Linden Labs virtual world.


EU Questions US 'Win' in Food Names Case

The European Union on Wednesday challenged Washington's assertion that it had won a World Trade Organization (WTO) case in which the bloc was accused of discriminating against famous foods and wines from elsewhere.


Quarterly figures show that house prices have fallen in Scotland for the first time in seven years.


Per hardware e software si e' speso oltre 1 miliardo


If last year was any indication, the best Super Bowl Saturday could be at Worcester State.


The task in front of the St. Louis Cardinals is simple really, simply stated at least. They have to do everything better if they are going to beat the Boston Red Sox.


HP is dropping its line of Intel Itanium-powered workstations to concentrate on chips capable of running both 32-bit and 64-bit software.


Major software upgrade available for iPod touch

With the installation of this major software upgrade, the best iPod becomes even more: the worldâs best Wi-Fi mobile device. The upgradeâavailable from iTunes for just $19.99âadds five more great mobile applications to iPod touch: Mail, Maps, Stocks, Weather, and Notes. It also includes such new features as Web Clips, a customizable home screen, and the ability to watch iTunes Movie Rentals on iPod touch.


D'Angelo, Wendt make an "Impefect Union"

LOS ANGELES  - Beverly D'Angelo, George Wendt and Paula Cale have joined the cast of the TBS romantic comedy pilot "Imperfect Union."


With five computer data centers in Northern Virginia, DuPont Fabros Technologies is a major local player in a growing industry responsible for safeguarding vast repositories of information stored online.


Yao Ming led China to one of the biggest upsets in men's Olympic basketball on Tuesday, netting 27 points as his team beat Serbia and Montenegro 67-66 to knock the world champions out of the tournament.


Report faults Virginia Tech response in shootings

Virginia Tech University officials should have been quicker to notify students and faculty about two killings on campus hours before the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, according to a state report on Thursday.


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


Italy village touted as Sarkozy honeymoon venue

He might not even be married yet, but the  Italian media was already speculating on Tuesday that French  President Nicolas Sarkozy had booked into a Italian country  hotel for a honeymoon with former model Carla Bruni.


The Wizards have eight potential free agents on the roster, including projected starters Larry Hughes, Brendan Haywood and Kwame Brown.


Ford chairman pleased with plans to return to profit

Ford Motor Co's  Chairman Bill Ford on Sunday said the automaker's plan to return its North American operations to profitability in 2009 is "progressing very well."


President defiant as Iran faces new sanctions

Iran's president voiced defiance on Wednesday as world powers hoped to put the finishing touches on a draft text imposing new sanctions against the Islamic Republic, saying the country would not surrender.


Macromedia announced a new kit that simplifies the way professional developers add video to their Web sites.


Las Vegas, 08:39 - BASKET, PRE OLIMPICO: VINCONO GLI STATI UNITI

Gli Stati Uniti hanno vinto il torneo delle Americhe di basket disputato a Las Vegas e valido come q...


CNBC reports "unusual trading" in own contest

U.S. financial news network CNBC may  not have to look far for its next insider trading feature.


NEW YORK -- JetBlue called off almost a quarter of its flights for today but hoped that would be the last round of cancellations as it struggles to recover from the snowstorm that saw some travelers sitting on grounded planes for hours.


Roma, 22:17 - BASKET, EUROLEGA: ROMA KO IN CASA CON FENERBAHCE

La Lottomatica Roma è stata battuta in casa 84-63 dal Fenerbahce in un incontro valido per la...


Bush: "Better days" ahead two years after Katrina

President George W. Bush on Wednesday declared "better days" ahead for New Orleans despite complaints over slow rebuilding and amid lingering political fallout two years after Hurricane Katrina's destruction.


Study: $90 wine tastes better than the same wine at $10

CalTech and Stanford researchers have seen direct evidence that increasing the price of the same wine significantly increases the pleasure we get from it.


M. Montezemolo: 'Operazione in linea con attese di mercato'


Milano, 14:42 - CALCIO, MILAN; PATO: UN SOGNO GIOCARE CON RONALDO E KAKA'

Un debutto con i fiocchi, quello di Alexandre Pato. All'esordio in campionato con la maglia del Mila...


Radical UK Cleric 'Urged Killing of Non-Believers'

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri  was charged by British police Tuesday with 16 offences  including encouraging the murder of non-believers, meaning a  U.S. attempt to extradite him has been put on hold.


Carlson Hotels Opens 87 Locations in 2004

Carlson Hotels Worldwide announced that 87 hotels and resorts were added to its global, multi-brand network of locations in 2004, including 45 hotels in the U.S. The company ended the year with 890 hotels ...


Three militant groups warned Iraqis against voting in Jan. 30 elections, saying Thursday that people participating in the ``dirty farce'' risked attack.


Tribune Chief to Step Down as Newspaper Chain Goes Private

CEO FitzSimonsâ decision comes on the eve of an $8.2 billion privatization deal and clears the way for real estate billionaire Samuel Zell to assume control.


Under fire from troops who complain they are being sent to war in Iraq with inadequate gear, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld promised Thursday that more would be done to protect forces.


Police appealed for public help in solving the BTK serial killings case again Thursday after tracking down another communication that may have come from the killer.


The Anglo-Dutch oil firm sets out to woo investors by explaining how it will boost its oil reserves at an analysts' briefing on Wednesday.


Iraqi female detainees not to be released immediately

Two Iraqi female scientists detained by US authorities will not be released immediately, the US embassy said Wednesday. The two women "are in the legal and physical custody


'Take it or leave it' letter doesn't sit well with Ecclestone

LONDON -- Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone rejected an offer to save the British Grand Prix, leaving the country without F1 racing for the first time in 54 years.


Asia sounds alert for early warning system

TECHNOLOGY:A regional system offering more timely and accurate warnings about quakes and tsunamis could have saved many lives, experts say.


Soccer: Lokomotiv win Russian league title

MOSCOW : Lokomotiv Moscow clinched their second Russian Premier League title with a well-deserved 2-0 away win at Yaroslavl on the final day of the championship.


The Campaign in Ukraine If you think the US election is nasty ...

The US version of negative campaigning sounds like shrill sandbox shouting compared with the ongoing presidential campaign in Ukraine, the most important European country that's on no one's geopolitical map.


Singapore prime minister to meet Indonesia's Yudhoyono

Singapore's prime minister is making his second visit in three weeks to Indonesia for talks with new President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expected to focus on boosting ties between the two Southeast Asian countries.


Glasgow, 20:26 - CALCIO, CELTIC: STRACHAN AVVERTE IL MILAN

Il tecnico del Celtic, Gordon Strachan, carica i suoi in vista della gara con il Milan: "Abbiamo gra...


BEIRUT: A Lebanese minister who resigned in a dispute over Syriaâs domination of the country was wounded in a Beirut car bombing Friday, as a UN report blasted Syria for failing to meet demands for the respect of Lebanonâs sovereignty.


Oil prices up toward $45 a barrel are likely to mar sentiment on Wall Street on Wednesday, but solid earnings from software giant Oracle  looks set to support the technology sector.


La Cisl si rivolgera' al ministro Amato, atto gravissimo


AIR New Zealand's future is uncertain after the country's High Court yesterday ended the long awaited nuptials with Qantas.


The Utah Jazz will retire John Stockton's No. 12 in November, honoring the point guard that spent his entire 19-year career with the team.


China comes under G7 fire for holding down yuan

China came under pressure on Saturday  to let its currency rise faster to ease imbalances in trade and  capital flows that pose one of the biggest risks to global  growth.


Election-Related Lawsuits Pile Up in Fla.

A lawsuit demanding touch-screen voting machines be made to produce paper records will not be heard until Oct. 18, a judge ruled Friday, raising doubts that any significant changes to the system used by about half of Florida's voters will happen before the election.


Grammys great for CBS in weeklong ratings

Sunday's Grammy Awards  helped CBS win the weeklong ratings race among total viewers,  while Fox led the field in the key adults 18-49 demographic.


The government needs to ensure greater protection for people's personal information, a think-tank  warns.


Indians decline option on long-time shortstop Vizquel

CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians declined to pick up Omar Vizquel's $5 million contract option for next season, making him eligible to become a free agent when the World Series ends.


Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev claims responsibility for the Beslan siege in which more than 320 hostages died.


There have been signs of danger he has read about, warnings of trouble told to him.


Stocks opened sharply lower on Wall Street after overseas markets fell over the last two days.


Two subpoenaed in attorneys firings probe

Subpoenas are being issued to two former White House officials, the first to be subpoenaed in the fired U.S. attorneys investigation. The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee today issued a subpoena to Sara Taylor, former White House political director. About the same time, it was announced that the House Judiciary Committee will issue a subpoena in the same case to former White House counsel Harriet Miers.


Brutal, Painful Death, Just a Mouse Click Away

Morally duplicitous torture porn: how else to describe âUntraceable,â a bleak, rain-washed horror thriller.


Three Iraq Cabinet Members to Resign on Saturday

BAGHDAD, Aug. 24 -- Escalating a political crisis that has paralyzed the Iraqi government, three secular cabinet members will formally resign Saturday, according to a senior member of the group.


Apple Computer may be facing greater difficulties than previously thought in getting hold of chips to power its high-end personal computers.


Poisoning Suspect Accuses British in Death of Litvinenko

MOSCOW, May 31 -- The former KGB agent whom British prosecutors have accused of poisoning another former agent in London said Thursday that the British intelligence service MI6 was a likely suspect in the killing.


Green Bay Packers Pro Bowl center Mike Flanagan will undergo surgery on his left knee and miss the rest of the season. Coach Mike Sherman made the announcement after practice Friday, meaning for the second


Novell Inc. shares slid Friday after the Linux software vendor swung to a fourth-quarter profit but still didn't meet analyst expectations during a period one Wall Street bank called disappointing.


Inflation, Jobs Numbers Due This Morning

The Labor Department will release the August Consumer Price Index this morning at 8:30 a.m. EDT. In July, the CPI fell slightly due to falling gasoline prices. Also due this morning are jobless claims, which economists expect to increase by 26,000 to 345,000.


Afghanistan, bomba contro il vice di Karzai

Attaccato il convoglio del candidato alla vicepresidenza, Ahmed Zia Massoud, rimasto illeso. Nell'esplosione morta una persona. KABUL - Ahmed Zia Massoud, il numero due nella campagna elettorale dell'attuale


For Cancer Patients, Empathy Goes a Long Way

At a scary time for patients, too few doctors ask about feelings, a new study finds.


It was early September when Northeastern women's hockey coach Laura Schuler climbed the steep staircase in Matthews Arena to her new office for the first time.


Londra, 16:28 - CALCIO, INGHILTERRA: BENT AL POSTO DI JOHNSON

Darren Bent (Charlton) prenderà il posto di Andrew Johnson (Everton) nell'Inghilterra che aff...


Better health care and fraud protection may sound good, but are they worth the potential privacy trade-offs?


Scafati, 14:29 - BASKET, SERIE A: ALIBEGOVIC NUOVO ALLENATORE DI SCAFATI

Teo Alibegovic è il nuovo allenatore della Legea Scafati (serie A). L'ex tecnico della Snaide...


After decades in prison, freedom for man

For more than two decades, Ken Richey insisted he didn't set a fire that killed a toddler. He maintained his innocence from behind bars, even though it cost him his freedom.


O.B. To Ponder Sewer Bill Averaging -- Residents Upset Over Doubling of Bills This Autumn

By Toni Lepeska lepeska@desotoappealcom  Olive Branch leaders, faced with complaints from residents about high sewer bills, may attempt to use an averaging formula and other methods to help alleviate homeowner costs.


Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart will be back for his senior season at Southern California and try to lead the Trojans to an unprecedented third straight national championship.


MONTREAL -- A man who mounted a deadly shooting rampage at a Montreal college had posted pictures of himself on the Internet with a rifle and said he was feeling ``crazy" and ``postal" and was drinking whiskey hours before the attack.


State drops charges against HP spying defendant

Judge Jerome Nadler has dismissed four state felony counts against Bryan Wagner in the  HP boardroom spying case because Wagner already pleaded guilty to similar charges on the federal level.


Americans Suspicious of Terror Plans, Survey Shows

Most Americans would not cooperate  as officials expect during a terror incident such as a smallpox  or dirty bomb attack, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.


North Korea slams U.S. ahead of nuclear deadline

North Korea, facing a looming deadline in a nuclear disarmament deal, blamed the United States on Monday for hurting the prospects for peace on the Korean peninsula with plans to attack the reclusive state.


Stringer Is Seeking Disconnect From Imus

The coach of the Rutgers womenâs basketball program says she is tired of having her team live in the shadow of out-of-work shock jock Don Imus.


US President George W Bush says he will not be rushed into deciding how to change his Iraq policy.


In scuttling major intelligence legislation that he, the president and most lawmakers supported, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert last week enunciated a policy in which Congress will pass bills


E' un ragazzo di 20 anni, la vittima ne aveva 21


Quotazioni +0,5% per chiusura terminal importazioni in Usa


The economy may be PM's main weapon, but it is also his achilles heel, Lib Dem conference told.


Congress votes to expand stem cell research

The Democratic-led U.S. Congress defied President George W. Bush on Thursday and gave final approval to legislation to roll back his restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell research.


A convicted killer whose execution was botched last year was never in any pain, and appeared to be straining to see a clock, not grimacing as some witnesses claimed, the warden told a panel reviewing Florida's lethal injection procedures Monday.


Rock star Bono urges Labour to "get real" and end world poverty in a speech to the party's conference.


Chief of Whole Foods Extolled His Stock Online

The legality of online postings made using a pseudonym by Whole Foods chief John P. Mackey is being questioned.


Uh-oh, your lab results are back and your cholesterol's in the danger zone. Your doctor has given you an ultimatum: Start exercising and watch your diet or you'll have to start taking a cholesterol-busting statin drug.


Some of the greatest matches in tennis history have taken place on the grass courts of the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, once home to the United States Open.


Palermo, 15:33 - CALCIO, BARZAGLI: TERZO TEMPO? SI', MA CALCIO NON E' RUGBY

Andrea Barzagli commenta cosÃ¬ l'introduzione del "terzo tempo" nel calcio: "Sono favorevole, anche s...


Sorry Charles, Shawn Green is a role model

Charles Barkley will always be remembered for his infamous television commercial, in which he defiantly proclaimed: "I am not a role model.


The Incredibles lived up to their name, taking the top slot at the weekend box office with a massive estimated $70.7 million in ticket sales, the Associated Press reported.


The Spice Girls ditch four shows from their world tour, blaming "family and personal commitments".


There may not be anything as exciting as the iPhone at next week's Macworld, but Apple should once again own the January trade show season.


George Lucas Brings New "Star Wars" to Theaters

He said "Revenge of the Sith" would be his final "Star Wars" film, but creator George Lucas is taking another shot at silver screens with the animated "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" in movie theaters in August.  Lucasfilm Ltd. and the Warner Bros. film ...


China's Quirky Stock Market Finally Matters

SHANGHAI -- Looking at the facts, the past year seems to have been disastrous for Worldbest Pharmaceutical.  First, there were reports of accounting irregularities and exaggerated profit. Half the managers were fired. Then, in the summer, six people died and at least 80 fell ill after receiving an...


Thousands of anti-war campaigners have taken to the streets of London calling for an end to the "illegal occupation" of Iraq by US-led coalition troops.


In few other sports could three players across such a broad spectrum be in contention for a title. But such is the case after the first round of the Dunhill Championship, where only six of the world's top 200 golfers are playing.


LOS ANGELES  - "Saturday Night Live" has gone mobile.


Namibia's white farmers were braced for a Zimbabwe-style land grab after polls opened following the retirement of President Sam Nujoma.


The U.S. manufacturing economy unexpectedly contracted in December, ending a streak of 10 consecutive months of growth, a private research group said Wednesday. The decline suggests that the overall economy may be weakening faster than some economists predicted.


Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono sees "beautiful" future for Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia: President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday promised stronger economic growth and more legal certainty, and predicted a "beautiful period'' for Indonesia if the government and business leaders could work together.


McCain: U.S. troops' lives 'sacrificed' not 'wasted'

Republican Sen. John McCain on Thursday became the second presidential contender to back away from saying the war in Iraq had "wasted" the lives of U.S. troops.


Sets 'carbon footprint challenge' for employees Hewlett-Packard announced Tuesday that it would be setting a "carbon footprint challenge" for its 4,000 employees in Ireland to help make the company greener.â¦


Two Palestinian bombers and at least two Israelis die in an attack at a crossing between Israel and Gaza.


Eriksson May Carpet Beckham After Booking

Although not noted as a disciplinarian, England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson could yet take action against David Beckham after the captain revelation that he deliberately got himself booked against Wales.


House price appreciation slowest since '97: OFHEO

U.S. house prices rose 3.2 percent in  the second quarter from a year ago, representing the slowest  appreciation in a decade, the Office of Federal Housing  Enterprise Oversight said on Thursday.


NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 7 -- Public housing officials decided Thursday to proceed with the demolition of more than 4,500 government apartments here, brushing aside an outcry from residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina who said the move was intended to reduce the ability of poor black people to...


Republican Romney calls for "innovation"

DEARBORN, Michigan  - Republican Mitt Romney, a conservative former governor of Massachusetts, launched his 2008 White House run on Tuesday with a call for "innovation and transformation" that could rejuvenate the U.S. economy and restore faith in government.


In an action likely to increase trade tensions with China, the Bush administration reaffirmed its policy of imposing duties on certain imports, paving the way for possible tariff increases.


Commissione europea ha sbloccato un frequenza radio dedicata


NEW YORK After being stymied by Boston starter Derek Lowe for six innings, the New York Yankees struck for two runs against Pedro Martinez in a rare relief appearance.


The climax of the Cannes Film Festival looms, with the jury set to annouce this year's winner of the Palme d'Or.


Coming soon: Access your Gmail from an IMAP client


Relaxed Dodgers confident they can advance

The last time the Los Angeles Dodgers faced the St. Louis Cardinals, the outlook for the Dodgers was a little rosier. With an 83-60 record and leading the National League


U.S. law enforcers move to deport offenders

SANTA ANA, California  - The inmate in the Orange County jail had been arrested before, but this time was different. After the first interview, he was led to a second, where he was told that if convicted he could be deported.


Scientists Discover New Ring and Other Features at Saturn

Saturn sports a new ring in an image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sunday, Sept. 17, during a one-of-a-kind observation.


Michael Owen has taken part in his first full training session with Spanish giants Real Madrid. Nearly a thousand fans turned out to see the former Liverpool star link up with his new team-mates at Madrid's Las Rozas training ground on Thursday.


Science & environment: Biotechnology checks for bipolar depression and schizophrenia will soon be sold over the web


Crude Oil Prices Fall Below $44 a Barrel

Crude futures sold off sharply for a second day in row Thursday, falling below $44 a barrel, as traders focused on rising fuel supplies and the lack of cold weather. The drop to two-month lows triggered an additional wave of technical and speculative selling, traders said.


Photos, evidence shown at Lunsford trial

Prosecutors on Friday showed jurors photographs of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford's body after it was unearthed and a blood-stained mattress as the trial of the convicted sex offender accused of killing her began.


A sea battle breaks out between government patrol boats and Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka's northern sea.


Doctors' watchdog the General Medical Council must do more to protect patients, the latest Shipman Inquiry report says.


Campaigning is stepped up for the Palestinian presidential elections, due to take place on 9 January.


Teacher Dave Barclay flew thousands of miles across the Atlantic to Wales to attend his friend's wedding, only to discover he was a year early.


Cause of Arafat's death uncertain, nephew says

PARIS Yasser Arafat's death remained a mystery Monday when his nephew said he could not rule out that the Palestinian leader had been poisoned.


Se Ri Pak, seeking a second consecutive major victory and sixth overall, shot 2 under Friday to tie for the lead midway through the fog-delayed first round of the U.S. Women's Open on Friday.


Dal "sorangium cellulosium" una nuova famiglia di molecole a basso costoi primi test saranno presentati in questi giorni al congresso dell'Asco                                            Tumori, da un batterio nuovi farmaci a Chigaco si fa il punto sulla ricerca


Gunmen Seize Director of Aid Organization in Iraq

The woman who heads the relief effort in Iraq for CARE is kidnapped in Baghdad and four Iraqi guardsmen are killed in a mortar attack.


Keira Naughton settles into the role of a transient New Yorker in the play âHunting and Gathering.â


Pescara, 19:26 - CALCIO, PESCARA: PROBLEMA MUSCOLARE PER GONNELLA

Doppio allenamento per il Pescara in vista della gara di venerdÃ¬ prossimo a Crotone: il tecnico Amma...


Rights activist, environmentalist wins peace prize

Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan woman who started an environmental movement that has planted 30 million trees in Africa and who has campaigned for women's rights and greater democracy in her home country, won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize yesterday.


Microsoft ruling emboldens an increasingly activist EU

The European Union's second-highest court affirmed the EU's nine-year pursuit of Microsoft Corp. , rejecting the software maker's appeal and strengthening the bloc's hand as it pushes ahead with cases against other major technology companies.


Roma, 16:10 - CALCIO, TOMMASI: DOPO L'OPERAZIONE VOGLIO TORNARE A GIOCARE

L'ex centrocampista della Roma e della Nazionale, Damiano Tommasi, ora in forza agli spagnoli del Le...


BAGHDAD, Iraq - France said it had received word that two French reporters seized in Iraq were alive, and one of their employers claimed the kidnappers had handed them over to an Iraqi opposition group, raising hopes the hostages could soon be released.    Separately, two U.S...


Il via il 26 da Verona, poi Siena, Palermo e Catania


Disney linking top execs' pay to performance

The Walt Disney Co. said that changes will be made to some of its executives' compensation plans, switching to a performance-based model that the company hopes will assuage


Deadlocked Bush and Kerry Hit Swing States Hard

President Bush and Sen. John Kerry begin a frantic sprint to the presidential campaign's finish on Sunday as polls showed the race for the White House remained too close to call.


Unidentified gunmen killed a police official in this northern Iraqi city, provincial authorities said.


Â£500k Smackdown Staffordshire police are after a hijacking gang who turned over a Â£500,000 lorryload of Xbox 360 consoles and games in the early hours of Monday morning.â¦


In a Democratic primary sure to attract a large number of black voters, race remained a persistent subtext as Barack Obama found himself going up against two Clintons.


Afghan President Hamid Karzai will next week address the UN General Assembly on developments six years after the fall of Taliban and separately meet world leaders on international cooperation here.


Russia Counts the Dead After Biggest Hostage-Taking Attack Ends

Russia is counting the dead and wounded after the biggest hostage-taking assault the country has faced left at least 150 people dead at a school, many of them children.


Val d'Isere, 15:10 - SCI, CDM DONNE: FIS ANNULLA GARE IN VAL D'ISERE

La Fis ha annunciato l'annullamento del super-g e della discesa in programma in Val d'Isere il 16 e ...


TUCSON, Ariz. -- Aaron Rodgers threw three first-half touchdowns and J.J. Arrington topped 100 yards rushing for the sixth consecutive game to lead No. 7 California (5-1, 3-1 Pac-10) to a 38-0 rout of Arizona (1-6, 0-4) yesterday.


E al governo: lotta evasione non finanzi aumento spesa


Boise State coach Dan Hawkins signed a five-year, $2.6 million contract extension on Tuesday that could keep him with the Broncos through the 2009 season.


The ambassadors of Italy and the US are slightly injured as they are caught up in a  mortar attack in eastern Sri Lanka.


Dell to Offer SuSE Linux-Based PowerEdge Servers

Dell Inc. and Novell Inc. announced Wednesday an agreement between the two companies to distribute Novell's SuSE Linux distribution preinstalled on single- and dual-processor Dell PowerEdge servers.


Better margins yield much-improved earnings.


Russia's oil company Surgutneftegaz may bid for Yukos assets

MOSCOW  - Cash-flush Surgutneftegaz, Russia's fourth-largest oil company by production and reserves, might consider buying the core production unit of embattled oil giant Yukos, the company's deputy chief said Tuesday.


Geoffrey Boycott says England no longer have a chance of retaining the Ashes after their pitiful second-Test defeat.


"Racing Stripes" is unlikely to ascend to the pantheon of perennially watchable children's films, but what it lacks in skill, it makes up for in heart.


Several suspects detained in Britain's terror plot have connections to its health care service, but one suspect's family says he's no extremist


A man known for breaching security at sports events in Spain ran on the court during the Davis Cup final match between Andy Roddick and Carlos Moya on Sunday.


A man accused of murdering his US wife and baby is expected to fight a request for a DNA sample.


Gene Network Sciences and UCSD Researchers Discover Connection Between Metabolic Pathways and Cancer

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 15  /PRNewswire/ -- The most recent edition of Molecular Systems Biology (a Nature publication), released this week, contains the results of a study discovering a "missing link" between metabolic pathways and cell reproduction.


The Globe earned eight awards in the Associated Press Sports Editors' annual contest held this week in Long Beach, Calif.


The father of one of the Virginia Tech shooting victims asked state lawmakers Monday to pass better gun laws and close the legal loopholes that allowed a student gunman to skirt Virginia's mental health system.


In the last 30 years, Marco Antonio Solis has sold millions of albums as a leading Mexican grupero artist.


Sturgeon Deaths Baffle Fisheries Officials

By Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Sep. 24--Minnesota fisheries officials have a sturgeon mystery on their hands.   Several lake sturgeon have turned up dead in the St.


Su welfare Prodi dica un chiaro 'no' a ministri in Piazza


Bush Back in Florida to See Hurricane Damage

President Bush got a look at damage from Hurricane Frances on Wednesday and doled out food and water to Florida residents in his fourth visit in a month to a state vital to his re-election hopes.


Verdict in Conrad Black case to be announced

The verdict in the criminal fraud trial against former media mogul Conrad Black and three co-defendants will be announced shortly, a U.S. jury said on Friday.


Sudan says it will decide next week whether to charge Islamist leader Hassan Turabi over an alleged coup attempt.


British animal rights radicals in Anglo-French contamination plot

British animal rights radicals claim to have contaminated dozens of vials of contact lense solution in France and antiseptic cream in Britain to protest against animal testing, Paris prosecutors said Friday.


Tuareg-led rebels in northern Niger kidnap a Chinese national in 'warning' to mining companies


Remains of Genghis Khan Palace Unearthed

Archaeologists have unearthed the site of Genghis Khan's palace and believe the long-sought grave of the 13th century Mongolian warrior is somewhere nearby, the head of the excavation team said Wednesday.


Belgium royals slapped over choice of godfather

Iran's Islamic regime hit out at the Belgium royal family for choosing the son of its ousted shah to be a godfather of one of its latest additions.


Grizzlies Rally to Nip Timberwolves 104-95

Pau Gasol scored 23 points and Earl Watson added 20 to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 104-95 come-from-behind victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.


Influenza among U.K. Pilgrims to Hajj, 2003,

To the Editor: Each year, approximately 2 million Muslims travel from all over the world to participate in hajj.


Bene General Motors, mercato convito che Fed tagliera' tassi


The Beckhams are to sue the News of the World over claims their marriage was in trouble, their lawyer says.


Salt Lake City Is Finding a Payoff in Conservation

Sound environmental policy has emerged as a central organizing principle of the cityâs economic growth.


I am really disappointed in myself: Mischa

Mischa Barton, best known for her role in the TV series The OC, is disappointed with herself.


U.S. says al Qaeda will "lash out" in Iraq

The U.S. military expects al Qaeda in Iraq to strike back with "spectacular attacks" after major U.S.-led offensives that have disrupted its activities, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.


Roma, 19:57 - CALCIO, FISIOTERAPISTA RONALDO: TORNERA' IN PIEDI QUANTO PRIMA

Bruno Mazziotti, fisioterapista di Ronaldo, parla del futuro dell'attaccante brasiliano. "Il sogno d...


Once, during Tom Coughlin's last few months at Boston College, he was asked what he liked about coaching college football. He listed a few things. He then was asked what he didn't like about coaching college football. Five minutes later he stopped.


Sudan rejects US Secretary of State Colin Powell's statement that genocide has been taking place in the Darfur region.


OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - ÂCatholic OutlookÂ, mensile della diocesi di Parramatta, pubblica il 100Â° numero e si rinnova nella grafica e nei contenuti Parramatta (Agenzia Fides) - EÂ ormai un punto di riferimento per lÂinformazione nella comunitÃ  ecclesiale di Parramatta: ÂCatholic OutlookÂ (ÂPunto di vista cattolicoÂ), mensile diocesano, ha celebrato la pubblicazione del 100Â° numero con un globale...


Int'l community pledges more relief efforts for tsunami victims

The international community pledged more relief efforts for tsunami-devastated South and Southeast Asian countries Thursday as the death toll from the worst earthquake and tsunamis climbed to over 115,000.


Mal funzionanti 10.000 unita' nei computer Toshiba


New Hampshire Democrats have given the Republicans a potent issue that's ready to burst into the open just before the leadoff presidential primary: gay civil unions.


Growth in U.S. consumer electronics  sales is likely to slow in 2008 but still come in at 6.1  percent, fueled by strong demand for products like televisions  and personal audio devices, an industry trade group said on  Monday.


Can Wi-Fi signals make you ill? Newshounds pore over the available literature, but miss something interesting about the claims


Former champion Lindsay Davenport  shrugged off an eight-and-a-half hour rain delay to breeze into  the semi-finals of the U.S. Open with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over  unseeded Japanese Shinobu Asagoe Wednesday.


U.S. incomes and spending rose in October, providing the means for consumers to keep spending as the holiday shopping season approached, while core consumer prices rose modestly, the government reported on Thursday.


Mike Potter's Blog: Adobe Gold Sponsor of Zend / PHP Conference

Mike Potter is happy to announce that Adobe is officially a "Gold Sponsor" of the upcoming Zend/PHP Conference & Expo as well as a mention of his involvement at the conference.   I'm happy to announce that Adobe will be sponsoring the Zend / PHP Conference and Expo in San Jose in late October.  I have a speaking session there on Rich Internet Applications, and we'll have a booth where we'll be showing off integrating Adobe Flex with PHP, using open source tools such as AMFPHP or WebORB from the Midnight Coders.   He also reminds potential conference-goers that the Early Bird discount is still in effect (until September 15th - just two more days!) to get the dicsounted price. Head over and register today!


Suspected militants bombed a polling station in northwest Pakistan two days before parliamentary elections.


Protection row as Batman drops in to see Queen

THIS was not Gotham City and painter and decorator Jason Hatch is no superhero. But with nothing more than a pair of grey tights, a cape, a mask with pointed ears and a 10ft extendable ladder, the 32-year-old


Bill Clinton, Bette Midler and Nicole Kidman battled their bulges with the South Beach Diet, but can the same rules they followed teach a white-bread-loving 10-year-old to eat healthier?


U.K. police see progress in murder cases

Police investigating the murders of five prostitutes in a town in eastern England said Saturday they have no formal suspects but are focusing on 50 to 100 people they want to question.


French President Sarkozy moves to prevent friction over Turkey's EU membership bid.


Israeli Missile Kills Palestinian in Gaza Strip

An Israeli aircraft fired a missile at a  house in Gaza's Jabalya refugee camp Sunday, killing one  Palestinian and wounding four others, witnesses said.


Four people test positive for bird flu in Wales

Four people have tested positive for bird flu linked to a low-risk strain found in chickens which died on a farm in north Wales, as samples were being taken Saturday from another farm in the area.


High-flying oil prices held firm on Monday as a blizzard enveloping the U.S. Northeast strained tight heating oil stocks.


David and Victoria Beckham host a star-studded christening for their sons Brooklyn and Romeo.


In forma di prestiti e garanzie per 620 progetti


Lettera da istituti ai titolari, poi 6 mesi per riattivarli


WASHINGTON: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan threw the diplomatic world into a tizzy on Wednesday by bluntly declaring that the US decision to invade Iraq in March 2003 was illegal.


Mezzi aerei in azione anche vicino a Salerno e a Caserta


Via libera da commissione Finanze Camera, effetti da 2008


Royal Mail postal workers are ready to go on strike for the first time since 1996 in a row over pay increases.


Lending conditions, borrowers' habits and regional economics make these areas more vulnerable to market downturns than others.


JBoss takes on business process management

JBoss Inc. has added business process management (BPM) to its growing roster of open source software.


A judge on Tuesday dismissed charges against two Rider University officials in a case involving the drinking death of a fraternity pledge.


Primo concerto della popstar in Italia il 19 giugno a Padova


Short on Labor, Farmers in U.S. Shift to Mexico

Concerned about a crackdown on immigrant labor, more farmers have been moving across the border to Mexico.


Competing boxing TV shows fight in court

LOS ANGELES -- A judge's ruling Wednesday in a dispute between Fox's "The Next Great Champ" and a rival boxing show favored Fox. But round two is set for next month.


In an interview on WTOP radio, Mayor Anthony A. Williams said a deal to bring baseball to D.C. is "close to dying" but can still be realized with more hard work.


Militare scampato a Nassiriya muore in un frontale a Medicina

BOLOGNA 28 AGOSTO 2004 - Era uscito dall'inferno iracheno, scampando al terribile attentato di Nassiriya, ma il destino lo aspettava sull'asfalto a pochi chilometri dalla loro caserma di Budrio. E' morto cosÃ¬


Scientists to Study Effects of Cruise Ship Waste

JUNEAU, Alaska  -- A team of scientists is traveling a 600-mile stretch of the Inside Passage this month to study the effects of cruise ship waste and other contaminants in Southeast Alaska waters.    The $450,000 project is part of a nationwide look at the environmental health of coastal waters...


Peltz plans to nominate Wendy's board candidates

Nelson Peltz's Trian Partners has sent a letter to Wendy's International Inc , saying it intends to nominate candidates for the restaurant chain's board at its upcoming annual shareholders' meeting.


More than 60 firefighters are tackling a blaze at a engineering works in County Londonderry.


Livorno, 20:28 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: DOGA E VIGIANI TORNANO A DISPOSIZIONE

Tutti a disposizione del tecnicio Donadoni nella seduta pomeridiana di allenamento per il Livorno ch...


President Bush denounced Tuesday's assassination of a Lebanese leader as "the vicious face of those who oppose freedom" and said that Syria and Iran are trying to undermine the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Fuad Saniora.


Austriaâs Morgenstern Continues to Dominate Ski Jump

Thomas Morgenstern of Austria turned in the best overall performance Sunday to win the first stop of the prestigious Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Oberstdorf, Germany.


School Playing Fields Now Have Their Price

School districts are following the lead of the rapid escalation of commercialism at college and professional arenas and stadiums.


Tony Blair left Sudan yesterday after securing promises from Khartoum to heed a list of five demands to alleviate suffering in the war-ravaged region of Darfur.


Dall'una di stamattina i Vigili del Fuoco sono al lavoro nella zona Nord della capitaleMessi in salvo anche alcuni senza-tetto accampati sotto il ponte Nomentano                                          Roma, traffico impazzito per un incendio Tangenziale chiusa per ore nelle due direzioni


Eco-Safe Systems USA and CapNet Partner on Green Financing

Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ESFS) is partnering with CapNet to finance the sale of Eco-Safe ozone water disinfection systems.


It's the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival. So why is this year's lineup so uninspiring?


In miglioramento o stabili le condizioni dei ricoverati


China says the EU's decision to apply a two-year tariff on shoe exports was flawed and warns it may respond in kind.


Microsoft to Pay $536 Million to Novell in Antitrust Case

Microsoft hailed the agreement as the culmination of a multibillion-dollar campaign to settle antitrust conflicts with its major antagonists.


Cile, Pinochet: chiesta revoca immunitÃ  per fondi esteri

Gli avvocati che hanno denunciato Augusto Pinochet per i suoi depositi nella banca Usa Briggs - almeno 8 milioni di dollari - hanno chiesto oggi formalmente al giudice Sergio Munoz, che si occupa del caso, di presentare alla Corte d'Appello una richiesta


GMail Fighting Spam with Oomph!  GMail is already the seventh largest (1 month back) email service with roughly a million users. As and when it goes public, signups will increase exponentially. It will probably relegate Yahoo! Mail to the third spot and occupy the second spot by November next year (with ...


Texas Instruments Inc., the  largest maker of chips for cellular phones, on Thursday said it  plans to buy back $1 billion in stock and boost its quarterly  dividend by more than 17 percent, becoming the latest  technology company to return extra cash to investors.


Hitting President Bush on the issues of jobs and the war in Iraq, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is moving aggressively in the face of polls showing his candidacy lagging.    Campaigning in North Carolina, a state hurt by job losses, Kerry says he would end tax breaks for companies that outsource overseas...


Gonzales Torture Memo Controversy Builds

Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales' confirmation hearing this week may become more contentious because the White House has refused to provide copies of his memos on the questioning of terror suspects.


LONDON: Unprecedented pictures of the purple atmospheric haze on Titan have been captured by the Cassini spacecraft during its closest approach yet to Saturn's largest moon.


Bush Freedom Speech Not Sign of Policy Shift - Aide

President Bush's inaugural vow to  spread freedom and stand with the oppressed against tyranny was  not meant to signal a shift in U.S. foreign policy but to  elaborate on a long-term goal, a senior U.S. official said on  Saturday.


Saudi Al Qaeda calls for attacks on oil sites â Web Site

A Web site statement purportedly from the Saudi arm of Al Qaeda has called on fighters to strike oil sites in the worldâs largest oil exporter.


A US team develops software to help deaf people use video to chat via sign language over mobile networks.


Sony ends a Hollywood era with pact to buy MGM studios

LOS ANGELES : A group led by Japan's Sony Corp. has struck a tentative deal to acquire Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studios for nearly five billion dollars, ending an era in Hollywood history.


Olympics: Goodbye girls help close Athens swim show

ATHENS : Inge de Bruijn and Jenny Thompson take a last Olympic plunge as the swimming competition concludes without an appearance by the twin kings of the Athens pool, Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe.


Prince Charles to visit Turkey for consulate reopening

Prince Charles, heir to the throne, is to make a two day visit to Turkey during which he will be present at the reopening of the British consulate in Istanbul, target of a deadly bomb attack last year.


NBA suspends Artest for season; eight others punished for brawl

The fallout was swift from one of the worst brawls in US sports history that brought the Indiana Pacers-Detroit Pistons basketball game to an ugly end Friday night.


Chavez Revitalized by Poll Win, Foes Lick Wounds

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has gained fresh energy for his left-wing populist "revolution" and new democratic credentials with his resounding win in Sunday's referendum.


Palestinian government backs ceasefire plan

The Hamas-led Palestinian government endorsed on Monday President Mahmoud Abbas's proposal for a ceasefire between militants and Israel, a cabinet spokesman said.


Moyesâ bargain buys confound city rivals

IN THE land of the football derby, only the result counts. The past five years and the attendant misery have reminded Everton fans of that point, and they turned up at Goodison Park yesterday seeking nothing except the right result.


Maturin, 08:53 - CALCIO, COPPA AMERICA: VINCE BRASILE, MESSICO AI QUARTI

Con una tripletta di Robinho il Brasile ha battuto 3-0 il Cile in una gara valida per la seconda gio...


NEW YORK - Former President Bill Clinton was in the operating room Monday for heart bypass surgery, a hospital source told The Associated Press.    Preparations for the surgery began at about 6:45 a.m...


"Mexican wave" stars back together for new movie

With bearhugs, wisecracks and  peals of laughter, the dream team of "Mexican Wave" film stars  is back together working on its first joint celluloid  production in six years.


Putin Signs Bill to Ratify Kyoto Protocol

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


Shares of Cambridge-based Genzyme were up slightly today on news that the drug maker won approval for a drug to treat childhood leukemia.


Joey Harrington played on Thanksgiving in Detroit for the fifth time. He had his best game on the holiday, perhaps because he doesn't play for the Lions anymore.


Adams in historic talks with Northern Ireland police chief

The Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams and the chief of Northern Ireland's police will meet today for the first time as talks on a new peace agreement enter a critical phase.


Military reviews assertions that interrogators posed as FBI agents

WASHINGTON The Pentagon is looking into new allegations about the tactics used at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. The ACLU says military questioners have posed as friendlier FBI agents to get information from prisoners.


Censorship, naughty teens, biometrics and butt-plugs

Intriguing, no? Letters This one just isn't going away. To recap, for those who did not fingerprint themselves into earlier lessons: The information Comissioner's Office rules that schools can fingerprint pupils without parental consent. You are all outraged.â¦


A naval chief petty officer found guilty of raping a female colleague on a warship is jailed for five years.


La vittima, 53 anni, rimasta schiacciata tra due carrelli


Ron Artest scores 15 points against his former team, and the Kings beat the Pacers, 110-104, on Saturday night.


A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says new HIV and AIDS diagnoses rose 11 percent among homosexual and bisexual men from 2000 to 2003, increasing


Suspended judge taps support in Pakistani heartland

CHAKWAL, Pakistan  - Pakistan's suspended chief justice traveled into the Pakistani heartland on Saturday to a tumultuous welcome from opposition supporters now posing a growing challenge to President Pervez Musharraf.


GM, DaimlerChrysler to develop hybrid engines

General Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler AG are teaming up to develop fuel-saving hybrid engines in hopes of cashing in on an expanding market already dominated by hybrid leaders Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co.


Roma, 16:57 - VOLLEY, COPPA ITALIA A1 DONNE: PROGRAMMA SEMIFINALI

Questo il programma delle semifinali della Coppa Italia di serie A1 femminile di pallavolo in progra...


African governments are failing to act to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Kenya's Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai says.


Mission Atlantis: Shuttle Commander and Pilot Prepare to Fly

A former off-road racer-turned-spaceship commander and a U.S. Air Force test pilot are ready to guide NASA's shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station (ISS).


Eating Fruits, Vegetables Won't Reduce Cancer Risk

Eating fruits and vegetables won't reduce the risk of developing cancer, according to the findings of a study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.


Wallace, Fan of Clemens, Becomes His Questioner

Mike Wallace, 89, will interview Roger Clemens about his link to steroids and human growth hormone for a segment of CBSâs â60 Minutesâ that is scheduled to be broadcast Jan. 6.


Montreal, 21:57 - F1, GP CANADA: ALONSO IL PIU' VELOCE IN SECONDA SESSIONE LIBERE

La McLaren di Fernando Alonso è stata la piÃ¹ veloce anche nella seconda sessione di prove lib...


Backstory: The not-so-fine print on those discount fares

A fictional $99 fare to Paris comes with some, ahem, unexpected restrictions.


N.Korea agrees to nuclear disarmament steps

North Korea agreed to take steps toward nuclear disarmament under a groundbreaking deal struck on Tuesday that will bring the impoverished communist state some $300 million in aid.


UK researchers say they now have proof that breast cancer screening really does reduce mortality.


The parasitic dodder plant doesn't have a nose, but it knows how to sniff out its prey. The dodder attacks such plants as tomatoes, carrots, onions, citrus trees, cranberries, alfalfa and even flowers, and is a problem for farmers because chemicals that kill the pesky weed also damage the crops it feeds on.


E accusa giunta militare di brutale repressione


The theme of war dominates the list of winners as the Sundance Film Festival draws to a close.


A 47-year-old man is killed after being hit by a wave during stormy weather at a County Down harbour.


South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc. said fourth-quarter profit rose 35 percent to a record high, beating estimates, on strong sales of computer memory chips, but forecast steep falls in chip prices.


LOS ANGELES - The Lakers' Phil Jackson will pass late Celtics legend Red Auerbach on the all-time coaching wins list. But it didn't happen on the Celtics' watch.


Mochi Media, which tracks Web gaming traffic, has established the first advertising network to offer dynamically inserted ads in free online games.


A software company is to create more than 660 jobs in Belfast and the north-west region.


Retailers ring up worst Christmas for "decade"

British retailers have endured their worst Christmas for 10 years, as cautious shoppers failed to bring festive cheer to high street shops, a survey of the sector showed.


Michael Jackson's Lawyers Ask for Delay of Trial

Lawyers for pop star Michael  Jackson have "reluctantly" asked a judge to delay his trial on  child molestation charges saying that prosecutors have made it  impossible to prepare a defense in time.


Shares in Alliance & Leicester fall by more than 31% - much of the fall coming in the last half hour of trading.


Extremists planned mass Prague murders: paper

Islamic extremists planned to kidnap dozens of Jews in Prague and hold them hostage before murdering them, the daily Mlada Fronta Dnes reported on Friday.Comment


Volkswagen, Europe's biggest car maker, becomes the latest company to say it is not interested in buying Chrysler.


Jobless claims drop to lowest level since July

New claims for U.S. jobless aid fell  by a bigger-than-expected 17,000 last week to the lowest level  since mid-July, government data showed on Thursday, but the  four-week average of claims changed little.


Yahoo Messenger Hit with Ninth Zero-Day Exploit

Another version of attack code that targets Yahoo Messenger has been published on the Internet, a security researcher warned.


KABUL, Afghanistan Aug. 29, 2004 - An explosion tore through the office of an American defense contractor in the heart of the Afghan capital Sunday, killing as many as six people and seriously injuring several more, officials and residents said.


FDA to Pfizer: Pull Wild Thing Viagra Ad

Two television advertisements for  Pfizer Inc.'s PFE.N impotence drug Viagra should be withdrawn  for claiming a return of sexual desire and omitting  key  information, the Food and Drug Administration said in a letter  to the company released on Monday.


Palestinians get first full wages in 17 months

President Mahmoud Abbas's emergency government paid Palestinian Authority workers, excluding some 19,000 who report to Hamas, their first full wages in 17 months on Wednesday.


Reports from Iran say a person has been arrested over rumours that there was a plot to kill Vladimir Putin.


Ban on farm-to-farm movements in Norfolk and Suffolk after new case of bluetongue disease is found.


DaimlerChrysler refuses to rule out sale of loss-making Chrysler

German-US auto giant DaimlerChrysler has refused to rule out a possible sale of its loss-making US subsidiary Chrysler.


Mobile WiMax vs. 3G: Will faster and cheaper win?

Mobile WiMax supposedly will be faster and cheaper than 3G cellular data service.  So why are there so many skeptics?


Perrigo (PRGO:Nasdaq - news - research), a maker of nonprescription drugs and nutritional products, said Monday that it would acquire Agis Industries, the second largest drug company in Israel, for stock and cash worth $818 million.


Afghan hotel raid targeted Western civilians

A commando-style suicide raid on Afghanistan's top hotel, frequented by foreigners and diplomats, shows a new style of Taliban attack aimed at soft civilian targets, diplomats and analysts said on Tuesday.


By Grace E. Merritt, The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Mar. 9--STORRS -- The University of Connecticut wants to go green with all future building construction and renovation work on campus.


Blog: Longtime exec in Austin's chip industry is heading west to take the reins at the California chipmaker.


PRIME Minister John Howard has defiantly told terrorist groups that Australia will not be intimidated by their actions. A sombre Mr Howard described the Jakarta attack as an outrage, and offered Australia's


TOKYO - Tokyo stocks opened lower Monday due to economic uncertainties following powerful earthquakes that hit northern Japan over the weekend.


A freight train derails, ploughing through buffers into a transport company yard in Eastleigh, Hampshire.


San Francisco - PeopleSoft Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. will spend $1 billion in the next five years to develop and sell business software.


Australian inquest war crimes plea over journalists' Timor deaths

The killing of five journalists in East Timor in 1975 returned to haunt Indonesia and Australia Wednesday as an inquest into their deaths drew to a close with a call for war crimes charges to be laid.


Steve Wigley worries over his job after Southampton's 5-2 defeat to Watford.


Animal slaughter goes on as foot and mouth strikes again

The government was set to continue slaughtering animals near the site of a new outbreak of foot and mouth disease Thursday, just days after officials declared they squelched its spread and lifted restrictions.


Giants' Christiansen agrees to one-year deal

San Francisco, CA (Sports Network) - The San Francisco Giants re-signed reliever Jason Christiansen to a one-year contract Friday with an option for 2006.


Fast-growing chain stores are turning the UK into a series of  "clone towns", a report from a think tank has warned.


A South Dakota bill to ban most abortions in a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade appeared dead Wednesday after a state Senate committee rejected it.


The European Union on Tuesday approved a European visa data system which will store biometric information like fingerprints and photos on 70 million visa-holders who pass through the EU's borderless travel zone each year.


Social network firms reveal tools and technologies that aim to make the sites more than places to keep in touch.


Fitness: The Bicycling Paradox: Fit Doesnât Have to Mean Thin

On the whole, cycling is a lot more forgiving of body type and age than running is.


Fiat and General Motors run into the final hours of a long dispute on Tuesday with investors betting GM will pay Fiat to drop an option to sell its car division to its U.S. partner.


Study Links Bad Foods to Hyperactive Kids

A new study links artificial food dyes and preservatives to an increase in hyperactivity in kids--but donât empty the pantry yet. An expert tells us what parents can learn from the new research.


Some Sectors in Europe Face a Labor Shortage

The most dynamic, future-oriented industries are having trouble finding qualified employees.


Wildlife fund urges protection of corals found off Canada

Canada announced the discovery of three coral "hot spots," which the World Wildlife Federation urged Tuesday must be protected from commercial fishing.


Torino, 11:50 - CALCIO, JUVE; BLANC: ENTRO APRILE DECIDIAMO SU DELLE ALPI

Quale progetto adottare per lo stadio Delle Alpi? Il cda juventino prenderà una decisione ent...


College Basketball Roundup: Hoyas Erase a Decade of Frustration by Beating the Huskies

Roy Hibbert had 18 points and 12 rebounds as No. 9 Georgetown ended a decade of frustration against Connecticut and clinched a least a share of the Big East regular-season title on Saturday.


On the eve of the OpenÂs denouement this weekend, here are excerpts from ÂThe Art of Tennis,Â Michael KimmelmanÂs courtside blog.


Czech parliamentarian confers with Iranian MP...

Head of Foreign Relations Committee of Czech Republic Parliament Vladimir Laschtofka conferred on Monday with Head of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi.


"Sopranos" grab big piece of Emmy action

Mob saga "The Sopranos" led the field of Emmy Award contenders for best television series on Thursday in its much-ballyhooed last season on HBO, claiming a total of 15 nominations, including a bid for best drama.


Linux aims to divide and conquer the desktop

The "Art of War," the oldest military treatise in the world, tells aspiring generals to divide and conquer. For a certain open source operating system, this may be the approach needed to win the inevitable desktop battle.


The Giants on Thursday tried to fan away every possible wisp of a quarterback crisis. Even rookie Eli Manning tried to do his part.


No housing woes in booming Washington state

While California suffers in the housing crisis, the economy of nearby Washington state is flourishing with strong job growth and some of the highest appreciation in home prices in the nation.


A Roma, morte forse causata da choc anafilattico


Fitch: Hurricane Charley the third worst insurance loss in US history

Fitch Ratings believes that even if the damage caused by Hurricane Charley -- estimated as a $5 billion to $10 billion insurance loss -- comes in at the low end of the estimates, it will rank the storm as the third largest insured US hurricane loss in ...


A lawsuit in which UK mobile phones maker Sendo had accused Microsoft of stealing its technology and customers is settled.


Bets on a Bid War As ICI Rejects the Dutch Chemistry is Still Right

SHARES in ICI soared to an eight-year high today as the City today bet big on a takeover battle breaking out over the Dulux paints group.


Emilia Morrow is the first one to admit she is "not a naturally coordinated person," which fits, considering that on a recent June evening, the top and bottom of her karate uniform did not match.


Video games in Spain incite violence against women: Amnesty

The majority of video games available in Spain incite sexist violence and present stereotypical images of women, the Spanish branch of rights group Amnesty International said in a report published.


Investing: Democrats May Give Alternative Energy a New Push

The fortunes of alternative energy companies have been linked to two factors outside their control: oil prices and politics.


East Timor president serious but stable after attack

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was Tuesday in a serious but stable condition after surgery overnight for gunshot wounds from an assassination attempt that plunged the nation into a fresh crisis.


Palestinian Leader Tries to Win Militant Truce

The interim Palestine Liberation  Organization (PLO) leader hopes to persuade militants in talks  on Tuesday to halt attacks on Israel to allow a smooth election  for a successor to Yasser Arafat next year, officials said.


Years after laptops became a required tool of business, we learn the heat they generate can make men infertile if they put them on their laps.


Senior Hamas figure ready for cease-fire

Hebrew news service âItimâ quotes Sheikh Hassan Yousef, considered a senior Hamas leader in the West Bank, as saying that Hamas was ready for a ten-year hudna (truce).


A woman guilty of murdering her husband will "serve every day of her 20-year sentence," a judge says.


Windows Tip: Scheduled Tasks written by Greg Melton on Monday ...

If you always forget to scan for viruses, update virus protection, run Disk Defragmenter, or run any other system tool, look to the Task Scheduler for help.


Israel Kills 5 Palestinians in North Gaza -- Medics

Israeli soldiers shot dead five  Palestinians in north Gaza on Tuesday after mortar fire from  Palestinian militants wounded two people in a nearby Jewish  settlement, medics on both sides said.


Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Found Not Guilty

A Zimbabwean court ruled that leading opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was not guilty of treason on Friday, ending a legal ordeal that had clouded the troubled nation's politics since his arrest two years ago.


Temperatures set to drop on Pack, Giants

Baby, it's cold outside. So cold, one team has practiced with footballs straight out of the freezer. But not so frigid that many players say they will go sleeveless.


Consumer confidence at seven-month low in US

Washington - US consumers' confidence skidded for a third consecutive month in October as they fretted over jobs, a Conference Board survey showed yesterday.


U.S. Spending More Per Soldier Than Ever

With military costs since Sept. 11, 2001, now expected to exceed $300 billion, the Pentagon is spending more per soldier to fight in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere than it did during earlier conflicts.


NAJAF, Iraq  - US warplanes have pounded areas near a holy shrine where radical Shi'ite militia are holed up after their leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, defied a final demand from Iraq's interim prime minister to disarm.


ProWebDeveloper.info: Reducing Database Load with Secure Client-side Sessions

On prowebdeveloper.info, Marcel Esser has posted the first in a series of articles looking at functionality to reduce database load in applications, specifically those using secure client-side sessions.   Scaling web applications is easy. Generally, if a web application is designed to store all of its session information in a database, it can be easily scaled by adding more servers in a load-balanced setup. This is tried and true, and it works very well - until your database server runs out of capacity.   He lists the common ways most developers solve this problem (four of them) but notes that thay are more of a temporary solution rather than a long-term fix. Instead, he outlines what the requirements for a library to correctly handle the connections should be and explains how each of them would be implemented. He's been following this kind of mentality in the development of his own package - proWebComponents.


Microsoft, Talend Team on Data Integration

Talend's Open Studio product and Microsoft's business software will interoperate better, vendors say.


Senate cuts college student lender subsidies

The U.S. Senate voted on Friday to cut federal subsidies to college student loan firms, such as Sallie Mae, by $18.3 billion, redirect savings to student grants and ease some student loan repayment terms.


Mann faces 10 years jail over coup attempt linked to Mark Thatcher

Simon Mann, the leader of the failed Equatorial Guinea coup attempt that led to the arrest of Sir Mark Thatcher, was last night facing up to 10 years in jail after being found guilty of attempting to possess dangerous weapons by a court in Zimbabwe.


TOKYO, Dec. 16 -- Iceland has agreed to offer asylum to Bobby Fischer, the former chess champion who is being held in a Japanese jail while fighting extradition to the United States, Iceland's Ambassador to


CIVIL SOCIETY:  In Defence of the Defenders

GLASGOW, May 24 (IPS) - New defence is being considered for defenders of  civil society rights by the nearly 1,000 participants in the  Civicus world assembly under way in Glasgow this week.


Mitchell Baker has stepped down as the CEO of Mozilla Corporation, where she helped make the Firefox Web browser a potent rival to Microsoft's Internet Explorer.


House OKs Fines for Lawyers for Meritless Suits

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill to punish lawyers who file lawsuits deemed meritless by a judge, and bar them from shopping around for a sympathetic court.


Jury in Libby case in fifth day of deliberating

A smaller jury began deliberating for a fifth day on Tuesday in the perjury trial of former vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who is accused of obstructing an investigation tied to the Iraq war.


Michael Schumacher wins a record 13th race in a season at the Japanese Grand Prix.


Review: 'Trust the Man' a disappointment

The trust between storyteller and audience implies that the creator truly create, rather than merely fabricate.


Children living near  a Russian space launch station suffer higher rates of disease, a journal reports.


They have lived for 200 years between them, but Sweden's oldest pair of twins had never seen anything like this before. Holding up a birthday cake and two bouquets of flowers, Siri Ingvarsson and Gunhild Gaellstedt seemed bewildered by the number of photographers huddled around them in the living room of Gaellstedt's Stockholm apartment earlier this week.


Chipmaker's Isaiah processor architecture is expected to double performance but consume same amount of energy.Images: Isaiah architecture up close


Now might be a great time to load up on cutting-edge drug makers.


American and Norwegian Share Nobel Prize in Economics

Finn E. Kydland and Edward C. Prescott won the 2004 Nobel prize in economics today for their work in determining the driving force behind business cycles worldwide.


Stern Says NBA Will Not Tolerate Further Brawls

The National Basketball Association will show zero tolerance toward any further incidents such as the one that marred the game between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons on Friday, NBA commissioner David Stern has warned.


Of a Birthday and a Baby, on the Very Edge of Mime

Wednesdayâs performance of âWhat if Saori Had a Party?,â about dreams versus reality, is surprisingly intricate but more artful than engrossing.


President George W. Bush again holds the title of Time magazine's "Person of the Year" -- beating out Michael Moore, Mel Gibson and even his political adviser, Karl Rove.


Iraqi 'ghost detainees' could number 100

A US senate committee has been told that up to 100 "ghost detainees" could have been held at the notorious Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq because the CIA did not register all prisoners, it was reported today.


Country singer-songwriter Willie  Nelson and several fellow musicians were charged with  misdemeanor drug possession by Louisiana police after a search  of their tour bus on Monday turned up marijuana and psychedelic  mushrooms.


Miller: Better to fade away than burn out

If anybody knows about burnout, it's Johnny Miller. Now the straight-shooting color analyst for NBC's golf coverage, Miller had 18 PGA Tour titles before his 30th birthday, including two major championships


For a Country House, His Own Private London

Terence Conran, who popularized a bright and colorful Modernist agenda, was thrilled in the 1970's to find a stately home that was in complete disrepair.


The new DiamondMax 10 drives are designed to help people run multiple applications, such as games and music, without overwhelming their PC system.


If Forest Whitaker fails to win an Oscar on Sunday for his portrayal of Idi Amin, it would be only slightly less shocking than if the late dictator was seen walking the streets here again.


Space Station Spacewalk Termed Successful

NASA says the first of three spacewalks in nine days by the current International Space Station crew was a success.  The spacewalk ended at 6:09 p.m. EST Wednesday.  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Cmdr.


"Battlestar" finale in works for a while

LOS ANGELES  - The executive producers of Sci Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica," which will kick off its fourth and final season next year, said plans for the show's demise have been in the works for more than a year.


Washington has 'grave doubts' about propriety of referendum in Belarus

The government of Belarus' persistent violations of human rights and democracy have unfortunately isolated Belarus from the world community rather than leading it to the respected position Belarus should ...


Uganda's president says his soldiers being deployed to Somalia will play a supportive role but will not impose peace.


It didn't take long for New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to hit pay dirt. Just one month after he sent subpoenas to insurance companies asking a simple question - Had they participated in any bid-rigging schemes?


Reckless drivers who use legal loopholes to avoid conviction are being targeted in a new police initiative.


One of the marvels of the recent stretch of success for the Red Sox has been their ability to overcome a seemingly unrelenting wave of losses to key players. The latest series of blows struck last night as the Sox lost Bill Mueller (sore right ankle and foot) and Keith Foulke (back stiffness) before the game and Manny Ramirez (left ...


Wrestler Benoit dead in apparent murder-suicide

Professional wrestling superstar Chris Benoit was found dead along with his wife and 7-year-old son in what police believe was a murder-suicide, authorities said on Tuesday.


Yankees' Pettitte admits to using growth hormone

New York Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte said on Saturday that he used human growth hormone in 2002 but did so on only two occasions.


Owen Hargreaves faces an anxious wait to discover whether he will earn a rare England start in Azerbaijan, confident he is ready to finally grasp his opportunity in Sven-Goran Eriksson's line-up.


Australian police seize millions of ecstasy tablets from Poland

Police have arrested two men and seized three million ecstasy tablets that the pair is accused of importing from Poland hidden inside a bakery oven.


A Physician Caught Trying to Heal Himself

Rarely has a more conflicted or unpromising candidate entered the field of medicine, and this mismatch gives âInternâ its offbeat appeal.


Microsoft has improved its support for Windows NT 4.0 Server and has outlined how it will end support for e-mail system Exchange Server 5.5.


Video show man purported to be hostage Hensley being beheaded

A videotape appeared on an Islamic Web site Wednesday purportedly showing the beheading of American hostage Jack Hensley by al-Qaida-linked kidnappers.


Oprah's former school matron abuse case postponed

A South African court on Thursday postponed the case against a former dormitory matron charged with abusing students at U.S talk show host Oprah Winfrey's girls' academy.


Firenze, 15:13 - CALCIO, COLLINA: NON C'ERA RIGORE PER INTER

Durante la riunione con gli allenatori di A, B e C a Coverciano, il designatore arbitrale Pierluigi ...


Piu' di 4mila in Campania, i dipendenti sono oltre 55mila


UK lawmaker wins libel case against Daily Telegraph

A British Member of Parliament (MP) on Thursday won a libel action against Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper which alleged the MP had received money from Saddam Hussein prior to the US-led war on Iraq.


Safin honored to shake Maradona's Hand of God

Former tennis world number one Marat Safin said on Saturday he was honored to meet Diego Maradona, who is attending this weekend's Davis Cup final between Russia and Argentina.


Actress Lindsay Lohan has returned to rehab after a weekend drunken-driving arrest, her publicist said on Tuesday, raising questions about whether she can start shooting her latest film as planned.


Athens Throws a Party to Celebrate Games

ATHENS, Greece - If anyone deserved a party, it was the people of Athens.    The flame went out on the Olympics during a closing ceremony Sunday night that honored the birthplace of the games with an ebullient display of Greek pride and symbolism, a relief-filled celebration of the ancient and the new...


Astronauts wrestle with space station's solar panel

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station ran into a jam trying to fold up one of the space station's solar wing panels on Wednesday, a key step in the mission to rewire the outpost's electrical system.


Appello presidente Bce per evitare secondo giro inflazione


England win toss and bat against Pakistan

England stand-in captain Andrew Strauss has won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against Pakistan at Lord's.


TripAdvisor: Talk About Places You'Ve Been

By DONNA GOODISON  TripAdvisor has added a new social networking component to its Web site that's a MySpace of sorts for travelers.


Brushing aside criticism from the White House, Senate Democrats said Friday their next challenge to President Bush's Iraq war policy would require the gradual withdrawal of U.S. combat troops beginning within 120 days.


U.S. seizes tainted toothpaste from China

Consumers have been warned to avoid any toothpaste made in China after inspectors found a poisonous chemical in toothpaste seized at the border and sold at two stores, U.S. health officials said on Friday.


"Sostituzione Speciale legittima", domani s'insedia D'Arrigo


The Sri Lankan government plans victory celebrations after troops seized the last Tamil Tiger base in the east.


Il piccolo corpo Ã¨ stato scoperto da una addetta al nastrotrasportatore in un centro di riciclaggio carta a Santa Palomba                                          Roma, il cadavere di un neonato trovato in un magazzino di riciclo


Mikko Eloranta tipped a shot past Olaf Kolzig with 3:22 left, lifting Finland to a 2-1 win over Germany on Monday and into semifinals of the World Cup of Hockey.


Britney Spears taken to hospital by police: report

Pop star Britney Spears was removed  from her home by Los Angeles police and rushed to a hospital  early on Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reported.


Start-up Robotic FX, which just a few months ago had won a big Army contract, loses its legal fight and disbands entirely.


It usually comes down to one or two plays each Sunday, and for the last 13 months, the New England Patriots have made them all. Itâs an incredible feat, but one the Pittsburgh


By Greg Edwards, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  Dec. 13--Expect several bills in the 2007 General Assembly designed to  reel in government's use of eminent-domain powers, says Sen. Ken Cuccinelli,  R-Fairfax.   It will be a do-over for Virginia lawmakers.


Marijuana withdrawal rivals that of nicotine

NEW YORK  - Quitting marijuana can cause withdrawal symptoms as severe as those from quitting tobacco, a small study suggests.


An independent arbitrator ruled yesterday that Jermaine O'Neal, one of four Indiana Pacers suspended for their roles in a brawl during a game against the Detroit Pistons at the Palace at Auburn


Walt Disney Co. on Friday said it  would cut jobs in its animation unit as the media company  sought to be flexible in timing of its films.


By JENNIFER DOBNER  SALT LAKE CITY - For nine years, the question has echoed across the high desert of southeastern Utah, hard against the corner where four states meet.


LOS ANGELES  - Al Pacino, who's  demonstrated a flair for courtroom theatrics in movies like  "... And Justice for All" and "The Devil's Advocate," could be  stepping before the bar once again in a remake of the Billy  Wilder classic "Witness for the Prosecution."


Israel mulls suspending ties over Abbas-Hamas deal

Israel is considering suspending contacts with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas if his new unity government with Hamas does not meet international demands, Israeli officials said on Monday.


Almost half of care homes for the elderly and a third for children fall short of national standards, experts claim.


Gaza Gunmen Shoot Palestinian Intelligence Chief

Gunmen ambushed the commander of the  Palestinian intelligence service in the Gaza Strip on  Wednesday, wounding him, killing two bodyguards and fueling  fears of spreading chaos.


McAfee, the large maker of security software, appointed David DeWalt of the EMC Corporation as its chief executive.


The alliance between Google and Apple may make the prospect of outdueling MicrosoftÂs empire better than ever.


HP's Dunn, Fiorina to appear on '60 Minutes'

Two key figures in theÂ Hewlett-Packard spying scandalÂ will give their sides of the story in interviews on the CBS News program "60 Minutes" on Sunday.


(InfoWorld) - Lucent Technologies has averted a potentially embarrassing delay of its shareholder vote on a merger with Alcatel,Â settling two suits by shareholdersÂ who said the deal doesn't maximize shareholder value. Lucent and AlcatelÂ agreed in April to mergeÂ into a global communications vendor that would have about $25 billion in annual revenue. Both companies plan to hold shareholder votes to approve the deal on Thursday. Plaintiffs in Resnick vs. Lucent Technologies Inc. wanted to postpone Lucent's vote, and the company was due at a hearing Wednesday in the Superior Court of New Jersey in Union County to fight that move. Another group of shareholders pursuing a similar suit, Asa R. Maley Trust vs. Lucent, also would have joined the hearing. Now Lucent won't have to face the danger of a legal entanglement the day before its planned vote. Both suits were intended as class actions on behalf of owners of Lucent stock. Terms of the settlement Lucent reached with them will be disclosed later, the company said in a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. The Lucent-Alcatel deal would be one of the biggest shifts yet in the consolidation of both service providers and vendors in the telecommunications industry. Both the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the European Commission have approved the plan, but it still faces opposition from some investment firms and needs the blessing of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. Lucent is based in Murray Hill, New Jersey. The merged company, to be called Alcatel Lucent, would have its headquarters in Alcatel's base of Paris. Â ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.


Bologna, 22:15 - BASKET, EUROLEGA: VIDIVICI BOLOGNA BATTUTA DA OLYMPIACOS

La VidiVici Bologna è stata battuta in casa dall'Olympiacos 91-80 in una gara valida per la d...


Post the super success of Koi Mil Gaya, Krrish and Dhoom 2, Hrithik Roshan is being extra   conscious about the kind of projects he chooses. Though he has only one film currently on floor, Jodhaa   Akbar; there is still uncertainty about its release this year.


Internal romances and breakups, backbiting, drug-fueled excesses — Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham could write the book on what tears bands apart.


Joe Gibbs resigns as coach of Washington Redskins

Hall of Famer Joe Gibbs has resigned as head coach of the Washington Redskins, the National Football League club said on Tuesday.


Beavers hope revival continues vs. Cougars

After an early season schedule filled with pitfalls, there's an opportunity for the Oregon State football team to reach .500. The Beavers are coming off an inspired Pacific


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Nash enjoys emotional return to Dallas; Garnett gets best of Shaq

Back in Dallas, Steve Nash deftly ran the Phoenix offense and set up his new teammates with one smooth pass after another. Kevin Garnett kept the ball in his own hands, outclassing Shaquille O'Neal all night.


The UN mission in DR Congo has proof foreign troops entered the country after Rwanda threatened to do so.


Bush Signs Bill to Revamp U.S. Intelligence Community

The bill will put into effect the major recommendations of the panel that investigated the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.


You may not get it, but it may not matter.


Lycos Shuts Down Controversial Screensaver

Lycos Europe has shut down its screensaver, makelovenotspam, which delighted many Internet users with the opportunity to flood spammers' Web sites with junk e-mail.


Annan faces tough challenge reconciling Kenya foes

Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan will hold talks with Kenya's feuding parties on Wednesday in an effort to find a rapid solution to weeks of political crisis.


Australia stand on the brink of a series victory over Pakistan after Damien Martyn rescued them with a century before the hosts' formidable bowling attack ensured a commanding position going into the fourth day of the second Test.


Ailing Arafat Arrives in Paris for Medical Treatment

A French military jet believed to be carrying the Palestinian leader landed today at an airfield outside Paris, witnesses said.


Personal bio sensor connects to game on a mobile phone that is won by relaxing.


Expectations that U.S. Treasury  Secretary John Snow would survive President Bush's Cabinet  make-over for at least six months are rapidly yielding to a  belief he may make a hastier exit, people close to the Bush  administration said on Thursday.


Three dimensional images become significant tool

Three-dimensional images, which helped to show that double amputee Oscar Pistorius receives considerable advantages from carbon fiber blade attachments, have become a significant tool in the drive to improve athletic performances.


A relentless rise in the cost of employee health insurance has become a significant factor in the US employment slump, as the labor market adds only a trickle of new jobs each month despite nearly three years of uninterrupted economic growth.


G5 ministers fail to agree on âtransit campsâ

FLORENCE, Italy - Interior ministers from the five largest western European states remained deeply split, in talks here Sunday, over a controversial plan to create holding centres for Europe-bound migrants in Africa.


Former President Xanana Gusmao seeks to form a coalition government after last week's elections.


Take a cue from celebrities who learned their tax lessons the hard way.


Bernanke says policy predictability crucial

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke  said on Friday that being predictable was the cornerstone of  running a successful central bank policy.


Maybe Arnold Palmer said it best: these guys don't know what they're getting into. The U.S. Open began Thursday at Oakmont Country Club, with several apparent favorites — you've got Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk — but, really, it might be the most difficult major to handicap in years.


Bush Administration Warns Against Threats to U.S. Space Program

The White House warned Wednesday against threats by terrorist groups and other nations against U.S. commercial and military satellites


A police officer in President Bush's motorcade crashed his motorcycle and died Monday, less than a year after a crash in Hawaii killed another motorcycle officer accompanying the president.


Sequestro Baldoni: il padre, "Penso che Enzo tornera' vivo

VISSO (Macerata) - Sono fiduciose le parole di Antonio Baldoni, il padre 82enne del giornalista italiano Enzo, rapito in Iraq la settimana scorsa. "Enzo mio sei grande e penso che te la caverai" ha detto l


Over 100 insurgents killed in Afghan battle: U.S.

More than 100 suspected insurgents were killed in a battle with U.S.-led troops in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.


La prossima settimana la selezione definitiva dei 5 candidati per la migliore pellicola stranieraSulla premiazione, fissata per il 24 febbraio, incombe lo sciopero degli sceneggiatori                                          Oscar, "La Sconosciuta" di Tornatore tra i nove film della preselezione


Florida company offers trips simulating space travel

A company plans to offer airplane flights that simulate weightlessness in space. Zero Gravity Corp. starting Oct. 9 will offer twice-a-month, $2,950 flights on planes that carry 27 passengers


Former commander of the IRA, Thomas 'Slab' Murphy, due to appear in court on tax evasion charges.


With rent typically the second-largest expense for small businesses, a simple miscalculation can cost an entrepreneur their business.


Nell'area l'esercito combatte gli insorti fondamentalisti


Five for Edwards as England collapse against WIndies cricket team

Fidel Edwards took five for 45 as the West Indies bowled England out for 225 in the first innings of the first one-day international at Lord's on Sunday.


China and India launch anti-terrorism exercise

China and India, who fought a brief border war in 1962, have started a week-long anti-terrorism military drill to improve trust and cooperation as the two rising powers seek to put aside decades of frosty relations.


American Express will receive a payment of about $2.1bn from Visa after it sued the credit card giant.


Languages should become a standard part of the English primary school curriculum, a report is expected to say.


JPMorgan Chase & Co.  said on  Wednesday second-quarter net income rose 20 percent on strong  investment banking and asset management results.


As the runways of Paris are to the garment trade, so will the hallways of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas be this week to the world of digital gadgetry.


Rising designer Rachel Roy and veteran  song-and-dance man Ben Vereen won top honors on Saturday at a  colorful and lively presentation of the 2006 Bollywood Fashion  Awards.


Martha Stewart, the lifestyle guru convicted of lying about the sale of shares she owned, wants to begin her five month jail sentence as soon as possible.


100 million mice invade Bulgarian region

Bulgaria has declared a state of disaster around its Black Sea port of Bourgas because of an infestation of millions of mice.


Messina, 14:41 - CALCIO, MESSINA; CAVASIN: STRADA SALVEZZA LUNGA

Alberto Cavasin debutta sulla panchina del Messina e lo fa affrontando domani la Reggina in una sfid...


Japanese brewer Sapporo Holdings (2501.T)  is considering a management buyout to counter a possible  takeover attempt by U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners, Kyodo news  agency reported on Wednesday.


By Ryan Blitstein, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  May 30--News Corp. announced today it bought photo- and video-sharing site Photobucket and Web 2.0 tools site Flextor for undisclosed amounts.


U.S. Election Voted Top News Story of '04

The Iraq war and terrorism dominated the 2004 list of top stories in an annual Associated Press survey, but it was President Bush's election victory that editors and news directors chose as the biggest story of the year.


China says doping a concern at grassroots level

Chinese officials on Wednesday praised the country's anti-doping infrastructure as world-class, but conceded wiping out grassroots substance abuse remained a challenge before next year's Beijing Olympics.


Afghans say killed 33 Taliban after deadly blast

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - Afghan police killed 33 Taliban insurgents after a roadside bomb detonated by the militants killed eight policemen in the southern province of Kandahar, the provincial governor said on Tuesday.


One person is arrested after a man is stabbed to death on a housing estate in Newry, County Down.


Milano, 14:00 - CALCIO, INTER: CONFERMATI 3 TURNI STOP A VIEIRA

La Commissione disciplinare ha confermato le tre giornate di squalifica inflitte dal giudice sportiv...


Frank Thomas is returning to the Chicago White Sox, but Magglio Ordonez appears to be headed elsewhere. While Thomas exercised his $8 million option Thursday, Ordonez filed for free agency, and general manager


IRELAND is proud to share its expertise with Bahrain in establishing an international centre for medical education and training, Irish Premier Bertie Ahern said yesterday.


The makers of word game Scrabble have asked Facebook to remove its popular online version âScrabulous,â which they say infringes their copyright.


Japanese rider Makoto Tamada has claimed pole position for the season-ending MotoGP in Valenica, Spain. It was Tamada's third pole position of the season.


Middlesbrough manager Steve McClaren saw his teamâs first Continental defeat as a chastening experience tonight. Boro suffered a 2-0 UEFA Cup loss at the hands of Villarreal in Spain, with goals either side


Rod Smith Placed on Reserve/retired List

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The Denver Broncos placed star receiver Rod Smith on the reserve/retired list Friday.


ASIA/COREA DEL SUD - Messaggio dei Vescovi per la Giornata dellÂAmbiente 2007 Seul (Agenzia Fides) - Tutelare e custodire la Creazione, dono di Dio: con questo spirito la Commissione Giustizia e Pace , nella Conferenza Episcopale Coreana, ha diffuso un messaggio per la Giornata dellÂAmbiente 2007, che si celebra in Corea il 5 ...


Audit of KBR Iraq Contract Faults Records For Fuel, Food

KBR, the government contracting firm formerly under Halliburton, did not keep accurate records of gasoline distribution, put its employees in living spaces that may be larger than warranted and served meals that appeared to cost $4.5 million more than necessary under a contract to perform work in...


It is to resort to cliche to say that the death of Winston Churchill 40 years ago today represented the end of an era.


Palermo, 19:37 - CALCIO, PALERMO; GUIDOLIN: QUALCUNO HA BISOGNO DI RIFIATARE

Al termine della sconfitta interna con l'Empoli, il tecnico del Palermo Francesco Guidolin analizza ...


Writers Reach Tentative Deal With Producers

The strike remains in effect until the governing boards of the two writersâ guilds gauge the sense of their membership on both coasts.


Edwards, Jets' Assistant Spar on Sideline

Jets coach Herman Edwards got into a shouting match with running backs coach Bishop Harris during the third quarter of their 20-17 overtime victory over San Diego on Saturday night.


Jay-Z to Resume Tour Rapper will substitute "friends" for Kelly

Two days after he pulled the plug on the Best of Both Worlds Tour, Jay-Z has announced that it's back on, but without R. Kelly.


The US military says it plans to build a base near the Iraq-Iran border to curb the arms flow to militants.


BP says it expects to restart on Monday Alaskan oil production that has been halted due to a spill.


Europe claims UK botched one third of Data Protection Directive

Act 'doesn't implement European law properly' The UK's Data Protection Act (DPA) does not implement European law properly, according to the European Commission which is investigating problems in the UK's implementation of 11 of the Data Protection Directive's articles, almost a third of the entire directive.â¦


An OFT inquiry finds the NHS pays hundreds of millions of pounds too much for branded medicines, the BBC learns.


Eight killed as two trains collide near Rio

At least eight people were killed and some 70 injured when a train packed with homeward-bound commuters rammed into another train on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday.


British police said Thursday that interim post-mortem tests indicate that Georgian billionaire and political activist Badri Patarkatsishvili died from natural causes.


Bomb damages Indonesian embassy in Paris

Ten people are injured in the first such attack in Paris in years. The motive and group responsible are not known. PARIS - A bomb exploded outside the Indonesian Embassy in Paris yesterday, slightly injuring


Shaquille O'Neal wants to play in the Miami Heat's season opener tonight at New Jersey despite a strained left hamstring. O'Neal said after yesterday's practice the hamstring felt awkward when he ran.


When Verizon wanted visitors to its Verizon Experience store to have a wholly different encounter than they would at a typical cell phone retailer, it took cues from an unlikely source. The company entrusted its interactive agency, R/GA—better known for its work in cyberspace than anything consumers can actually touch—to incorporate the principles of e-commerce. The result was 70 touch-screen kiosks of production demonstrations in the store, which opened outside Dallas Oct. 31.


Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's own party handed him a stinging rebuke, banning him from adding the moderate Labor Party to his government to bolster a Gaza pullout plan — a move that endangered the proposed withdrawal.


UPDATE 1-Interstate Bakeries files for bankruptcy

Interstate Bakeries Corp. (IBC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday after struggling with more than $1.3 billion in debt and weak demand for bread products


Explain a Medical Error? Sure. Apologize Too?

Most doctors are afraid to take responsibility for medical errors but studies have shown that physiciansâ apologies may protect against litigation.


Apple has asked anyone who has a certain 15in PowerBook G4 models to return the battery, which could be faulty.


Steady growth Worldwide PC sales grew by 15.5 per cent in the third quarter of 2007 boosted by increased demand in Europe for laptops. Figures from IDC's Quarterly PC Tracker reveal US shipments of desktop machines continued to decline while laptop growth remained strong. HP was most improved of the big vendors, with growth of 17 per cent.â¦


Per agganciare laboratorio europeo a stazione Iss


Researchers cautioned that the dream of growing new human hearts, if it is ever realized, remains years away.


Bangladesh's largest mobile phone company plans IPO

Bangladesh's largest mobile phone operator, GrameenPhone, plans to list on the Dhaka stock exchange by June, a statement said Wednesday, after it holds what is expected to be the nation's biggest IPO.


Breast reconstruction often not discussed

NEW YORK  - Women with breast cancer faced with treatment decisions are often not told by their surgeons about the possibility of breast reconstruction after a mastectomy, a study confirms. When these conversations do occur, many more women choose mastectomy, researchers found.


Pitcairn trial hears a litany of child sex abuse

She was a young Pitcairner, a teenage girl tending watermelons in an isolated spot on the island where she grew up. Len Brown was old enough to be her father.


Cracks opened in the earth, then the waves came and people ...

It began as a deep rumble from the earth's core - loud as a jet aircraft - then the ground began to tear itself apart. Huge cracks swallowed cars, rickshaws and people without discrimination.


The company speaks of slow U.S. sales growth, but has its makeup really smeared?


I due leader oggi nel capoluogo pugliese. Previsti accordicon numerose aziende, dall'Enel alle Ferrovie                                            Oggi a Bari l'incontro Prodi-Putin Sul tavolo politica estera ed economia


The Goods: In Just 20 Seconds, a Guitar to Go

Tired of room service and cable television, an airline pilot developed a collapsible electric guitar that fits into a standard-size backpack.


Effect of epilepsy drugs may wane over time

NEW YORK  - Over time, a significant   minority of patients being treated for epilepsy show signs of   tolerance to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), according to a   critical review of published studies. Tolerance is the   reduction in response to a drug after repeated administration.