Serious problems in state death penalty systems compromise fairness and accuracy in capital punishment cases and justify a nationwide freeze on executions, the American Bar Association says.


Suicide Bombers Kill 20 Iraqis in Surge of Violence

Suicide bombers killed 20 members of Iraq's fledgling security forces near a US marine base west of Baghdad and at a checkpoint to the north on Saturday amid a spate of insurgent attacks across the country.


Andre Iguodala scored 25 points to help the Philadelphia 76ers beat the injury-depleted Seattle SuperSonics 98-90 on Monday night.


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Zoe's Ark six to appear in French court January 14

Six French charity workers convicted of child kidnapping in Chad will appear January 14 before a court outside Paris to have their sentences adjusted, a prosecutor said Saturday.


Michael Bradley , son of United States coach Bob Bradley , stopped the Americans' longest losing streak in 13 years and gave the US a rare victory in Europe.


Mark Vrvilo has not been able to work as a Portland firefighter since 2001 because of a back injury. But the pain hasn't kept him from serving as an Oregon Army National Guard medic in Iraq.


M&T Bank Corp , the first large U.S. bank to report fourth-quarter results, said on Monday that profit fell, hurt by turmoil in residential real estate markets.


E' successo a Civitavecchia, denunciato un quindicenne


Bodies found as U.S. vows to secure Baghdad

Baghdad police collected dozens more   corpses in the city streets on Saturday and U.S. and Iraqi   officials vowed to secure the capital with a new cordon of   checkpoints, earth walls and ditches.


David Letterman's longtime sidekick, Paul Shaffer, is stepping into the spotlight with a memoir about his show business career.


A 3-month-old infant fell off a bed into a bucket of her teenage mother's vomit and died, said police, who charged the woman with negligent homicide on Thursday.


Candidates Face Off in Abkhazia Elections

Five candidates squared off Sunday for the presidency of breakaway Abkhazia, all vowing to keep the separatist Black Sea resort area independent of Georgia, which dismissed the election as illegal.


Pakistan Election Office Blast Kills 37, Wounds 90

Lenders hunting for delinquent homeowners are resorting to creative methods to track them down.


Procura Roma su vicenda archivio segreto intelligence


Helmet PC aims to score with football fans

Start-up TouchDown Industries thinks a slew of rabid football fans will help its novelty PC succeed where others have failed.


Deamonte Driver, the 12-year-old Prince George's County boy who died in February of an infection caused by an abscessed tooth, was one of more than 10,780 Medicaid-eligible Maryland children who had not seen a dentist in at least four years, a congressional analysis has concluded.


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Bee Staff Writer. With a key maker of flu vaccine forced to dump half the nation's supply Tuesday, the federal government is asking healthy adults to skip or delay their flu shot this year so people at greatest risk can be immunized.


The Boeing Co. is welcoming a decision by its European rival to build a plane that can compete with the Chicago company's 7E7.


'Father Christmas' Cuffs Himself to Gate

LONDON - A British man dressed as Santa Claus scaled the main gate of Buckingham Palace and chained himself to the top of a pillar Tuesday before police pulled him down, the latest such costumed protest by a group campaigning for more rights for divorced or separated fathers.


India, Pakistan and Iran are close to signing an agreement on transporting natural gas from Iran to the two South Asian countries via a land pipeline by 2011, Indian officials said Friday.


Border officers will no longer have the discretion to ignore directives barring someone from entering the country after a man crossed the border with a rare form of tuberculosis last month, a Department of Homeland Security official said.


CRUSADING New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is turning his attention to pension consultants as part of his attack on the insurance industry.


BAGHDAD - The US military announced the deaths of seven more American troops in combat yesterday, including four in Anbar province, the Sunni stronghold where US officials have said a tribal revolt against Al Qaeda in Iraq has brought dramatic improvements in security.


Man Who Plotted to Kidnap, Kill British Soldier Pleads Guilty

LONDON, Jan. 29 -- An unemployed man pleaded guilty to a plot to kidnap a Muslim British soldier in Birmingham and behead him "like a pig," prosecutors told a court Tuesday.


Microsoft to launch RSS aggregator  MSN is expected to begin quietly testing RSS aggregation and blog search Tuesday evening US Pacific Time.   Reports indicate that the new service has been developed in partnership with Moreover Technologies, a will include aggregation and search to MyMSN.  âRSS is getting a lot of traction and ...


Time Warner Plans to Split Off AOLâs Dial-Up Service

Seeking to cut costs and streamline operations, Time Warner will separate AOLâs Internet access business from its Web site and online advertising business and cut 100 jobs at its corporate unit.


Report Says Hussein Was Open To Exile Before 2003 Invasion

Less than a month before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein signaled that he was willing to go into exile as long as he could take with him $1 billion and information on weapons of mass destruction, according to a report of a Feb. 22, 2003, meeting between President Bush and his Spanish...


The Scottish Cabinet is to meet amid signs  it will opt to introduce a ban on smoking in public places.


The parents of Charlotte Wyatt are returning to court to fight for their daughter's right to be resuscitated.


Upcoming smart phone will feature a mobile version of F-Secure's antivirus software.


Giuliani's police chief could be problem

The criminal investigation of New York's former police chief is on track to crash headlong into the GOP presidential race Â and Rudy Giuliani's final push for the nomination.


More than two months after Brazilâs worst plane accident, the countryâs air-traffic control system remains in a shambles.


JFK assassination 'game' stirs up controversy

A PC game produced by Scottish firm Traffic Games has come under fire from the family of former US president John F Kennedy for allowing gamers to play through his assassination as sniper Lee Harvey Oswald.


Hamas, Fatah fight in Gaza before Quartet meeting

Fighting between Palestinian factions escalated across Gaza on Friday, killing at least 14 people as Hamas overran compounds used by President Mahmoud Abbas's forces and two major universities were set ablaze.


Evitare che mercati guardino a banche centrali e viceversa


Starburst snap holds clues to galactic evolution

Hubble's still got it In a galaxy far, far away, a period of unusually intense star formation is underway. Thousands upon thousands of new stars are blazing into life, as a starburst rips through the galaxy NGC 4449.â¦


Oil falls 3 percent, healthy inventories weigh

Oil fell 3 percent to $61 a barrel on Monday as healthy fuel inventories in top consumer the United States countered plans by OPEC members Nigeria and Venezuela to trim output.


Roddick reaches third round at Paris Masters

Andy Roddick surged into the third round of the Paris Masters with a 6-2, 6-2 rout of Armenia's Sargis Sargsian on Wednesday in his first match since late September.


Bonnie Ross-Stefanie hasn't put up a Christmas tree in the three years since her online chocolate candy business took off. Instead, she fills her home with poinsettias and works 18 hours every day in December.


10 Commandments of Intelligent Link Buying

John Scott gives a rundown on the history of link buying and then 10 rules on buying links intelligently. (Yes, I do realize this is a post made in May, but I’m playing a little bit of blog catch-up this week and feel that the post is of good value.) Google is still running link based [...]


La Stolder ha 26 anni, Ã¨ ricopre la carica di consigliere comunaleVestita da sposa per gli studenti: "Vorrei diventare un modello"                                            Nunzia, figlia di un boss della camorra in passerella per salvare Napoli                                                                                La sfilata in piazza del Plebiscito per uno stage scolastico


Ammissione responsabilita' e scuse pubbliche a Ferrari e Fia


Disappointed over its Thanksgiving weekend showing, retail giant Wal-Mart is overhauling its sales strategy for the coming holidays.


Reynolds tries to determine her TV future

Now that the smoke is clearing from her abrupt departure from "The View," Star Jones Reynolds is trying to see if she has a future in television.


Oil hits record near $80 on tight supply

Crude oil prices vaulted to a record high near $80 a barrel on Wednesday as dealers focused on tight inventories in top consumer the United States ahead of peak winter demand.


Bilancio chiuso con fatturato in crescita e utili in calo


Lewinsky denies report of China book tour

Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky flatly denied a report that she was planning a promotional tour in China for her 1999 book, "Monica's Story" and demanding huge sums for media interviews.


Nelson all business after he puts on show

Don't let the act fool you. Two-time Olympic shot put silver medalist Adam Nelson, who warms up for each throw by clapping his hands, stomping around the landing area, yelling, and ripping off his warmup shirt, isn't the wild man he appears to be.


Both Gartner and Meta Group are headquartered in Stamford so costs related to combining operations should be minimized. Gartner is known to have the largest segment of the research market, a leader in information technology research.


Thin clients catch VDI for VMware access

Remote PCs are challenging Citrix and WTS, claims IGEL Server-based computing schemes such as Citrix and Windows Terminal Server now have a serious rival in the shape of VDI, claimed German thin client developer IGEL Technology, as it added VDI support to its desktop devices.â¦


Ma esponente Al Fatah le rispedisce al mittente


Steelcase Inc. , the world's largest furniture maker, reported a 72 percent increase in quarterly profit on Monday, topping Wall Street forecasts, helped by strength in its international segment.


Romania's Elections Heading for A Runoff

Exit polls show Romaniaâs ruling party leading in parliamentary elections, but forced into a runoff in the race for president. But the governing Social Democratic Party was falling short of gaining a parliamentary


Congo has arrested and turned over for trial an army colonel and former rebel leader accused of leading a deadly 2003 attack on a village in the country's lawless east, the International Criminal Court announced Thursday.


Israel agreed to allow diesel fuel and medicine into Gaza on a one-time basis, easing the blockade imposed because of a surge in Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israel.


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N.Y. Police Seize 40,000 Discs in Raid on Bootlegging Operation

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  NEW YORK - Police confiscated about 40,000 bootlegged discs and scores of CD and DVD burners in raids that industry leaders called a significant blow to the nation's piracy market.


Apple Inc. cut the price of its top-of-the-line iPhone by $200 on Wednesday and unveiled new iPods, including a model with an iPhone-style touch screen and wireless Internet connectivity.


âI often say Iâm the only person who ever went to business school to be a poet.â


Robert Pires scored twice and Thierry Henry once as Arsenal hit back to beat Aston Villa 3-1 at Highbury, taking their unbeaten league run to one short of a half-century.


India and Myanmar today signed three accords including one on enhancing cooperation in fighting terrorism and other crimes as Myanmar's military ruler Than Shwe assured New Delhi that insurgent groups would not be allowed to operate from his country to


Palestinian PM pushes 1967 borders proposal

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday set the tone for his first foreign tour since taking office by promoting a Palestinian initiative based on an independent state on land outside Israel's 1967 borders.


Consider anti-reconnaissance tools Hurwitz & Associates has been running an IT security campaign: "AVID: Anti-Virus Is Dead" for some time. The argument is based on the principle that blacklists of signaturesâsmall files that contain a unique string of bits, or the binary pattern, that identifies all or part of a virusâdo not, and cannot, provide adequate protection against viruses. This is because the signature files can only be written once a virus or other form of malicious software program has been identified. When a new malware program is discovered, the race is on to write a signature file for protecting against that virus. It's like putting a plaster on an open wound, rather than taking care not to get cut in the first place.â¦


WASHINGTON -- Consumer inflation slowed sharply last month as energy prices moderated, brightening prospects for future economic growth.


Move by US hurts odds for 'open skies' treaty

WASHINGTON -- The United States scuttled a plan to give foreign investors more control over domestic airlines, dimming prospects for an "open skies" treaty with the European Union to increase trans-Atlantic competition.


Palestinian Unity Government Complicates Rice's Mideast Trip

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that the formation of a Palestinian unity government that includes the Hamas militant group complicates her high-profile peace mission this weekend, strongly suggesting that the new government falls short of standards that would allow a resumption...


Chase Daniel threw for 171 yards and a touchdown, and Missouri returned two interceptions for scores as the 23rd-ranked Tigers beat Texas Tech 38-21 on Saturday to start 6-0 for the first time in 33 years.


41 killed by car bomb at Sunni Muslim prayer

MULTAN, Pakistan A car bomb ripped through a prayer gathering of Sunni Muslim radicals in central Pakistan on Thursday, killing 41 people and wounding more than 100 as the country grappled with a new surge of sectarian violence.


More than 1.7 million in the UK will have dementia by 2051, costing billions of pounds each year, experts forecast.


Terry Francona left the telling to bench coach Brad Mills. The Red Sox manager didn't feel the need to relay the news - that Jacoby Ellsbury would be starting Game 6 of the American League Championship Series - to the rookie. He didn't expect Ellsbury to be nervous ("I don't see hives or anything down there," he joked), and he ...


U.N. rules to contain health emergencies take hold

New rules to help the United Nations contain public health emergencies took effect on Friday, requiring countries to disclose potential threats from disease, chemical agents, radioactive materials and contaminated food.


Liverpool, 12:09 - CALCIO, LIVERPOOL OFFRE SOLDI E XABI ALONSO PER ETO'O

Il Liverpool vuole Eto'o. I nuovi presidenti del club inglese, George Gillett e Tom Hicks, hanno mes...


Putin Agrees to Respect Ukraine Election Result

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he will respect the result of the rerun second round of the Ukrainian presidential election on Dec. 26.


Germany poised to deport Islamic group leader

German authorities detained TuesdayMetin Kaplan, the leader of an Islamic fundamentalist group, and took him to Dusseldorf airport, a move apparently for deportation to his native Turkey.


Redknapp hoping to bring Smith to Southampton

New Southampton manager Harry Redknapp hopes to bring his former Portsmouth assistant Jim Smith to St Mary's before this weekend's Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur.


U.S. should merge anemia drug, dialysis costs: report

Medicare, the U.S. insurance program for elderly and disabled Americans, should lump the price of anemia drugs with overall payments for kidney dialysis services to improve efficiency and contain costs, according to a government report released on Tuesday.


Travis Outlaw sinks a long jumper with one second left in overtime to lift the Trail Blazers past the Hawks, 111-109, on Monday, the team's sixth-straight win in Atlanta.


Chinook helicopters dropped Capt. Don Canterna's company of soldiers on the dusty outskirts of Musa Qala as evening fell. Loaded down with weapons, food, and water, his men walked through the night.


Villeneuve back to haunt BAR by joining Renault

LONDON - Jacques Villeneuve is back, and he wants revenge on the team that almost ruined his career. The Canadian has a two-year deal with Sauber from next season, but he will drive for Renault in place of


Pregnant teenagers smoke to try to reduce the size of their babies, and make delivery less painful, a minister claims.


Bulgarian Prosecutor Lashes Back at U.S. Ambassador

A prosecutor on Monday lashed back at the United States ambassador, who recently chastised Bulgaria's prosecution office for allegedly failing to fight organised crime and corruption and trying to intimidate ...


Though they lost their bid to bring the Montreal Expos to northern Virginia, the Virginia Baseball Stadium Authority plans to continue operations for the near future.


Bomb Alert Prompts Greek Plane to Land in London

A bomb threat prompted a Greek Olympic Airlines passenger plane to make an emergency landing, escorted by British Tornado jets, at London's Stansted Airport on Sunday.


Search giant Google and US Space agency Nasa sign an agreement to make space data available on the web


Lecce, 19:43 - CALCIO, LECCE; ZEMAN: TELECAMERE UTILI SOLO PER MALAFEDE

Zdenek Zeman, allenatore del Lecce che domani sera il posticipo affronta col Brescia, s'è int...


Blair makes maiden Mideast tour for Quartet

Tony Blair makes his maiden voyage to the Middle East as special envoy for the peace Quartet this week amid a flurry of   diplomatic activity aimed at reviving the moribund peace process.


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.


HP runs off big fat cheques for 'Print 2.0' ad jamboree

Beyond the paper dome Hewlett-Packard (HP) is bigging up its web-based printer offerings in a pricey $300m marketing campaign.â¦


Kirin Posts Record Operating Profit in 2006

By Takuya Karube, Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Feb. 7--TOKYO -- Kirin Brewery Co.


States eye stricter curbs on Great Lakes water

Lake levels reached record lows last year, and the region worries that fast-growing states and communities will try to grab its water.


TRIPOLI: President Jacques Chirac, who arrived in Libya yesterday on the first visit by a French head of state, expressed the desire for a "true partnership" with Tripoli after years of "heavy turbulence".


Theme park operator says it will not extend current contract beyond Thursday deadline for pact vote. LOS ANGELES  - Disney World unions will vote Thursday on a slightly modified contract proposal, and Walt Disney Co.


To become Afghanistan's first elected President, he has to placate warlords, pacify the Taliban -- and survive


"Death of a President" slick, ethically dubious

Amid a slew of real  documentaries and richly detailed nonfiction books illuminating  the ways in which America's current leadership has used deceit  and misinformation to advance its political agenda and engineer  greater repression comes a fake documentary trying to do the  same thing.


CBS's U-turn over 'Jericho is a sign that networks are reassessing niche shows and how to retain loyal viewers.


Bomb blasts in Pakistani city kill 24, wound 66

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan  - Two bombs exploded in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, killing 24 people and wounding 66, and at least one of the blasts was caused by a suicide attacker, officials said.


Sun Microsystems Inc. today is expected to unveil the much-awaited âfreeâ version of its Operating System, Solaris 10, which the company is betting on to help neutralize the open-source threat and increase profitability.


Israel Says It Will Scale Back Gaza Offensive

Israel said Friday it was easing a  crushing offensive that has killed more than 100 Palestinians  since tanks rumbled into northern Gaza 16 days ago to stop  militants from launching cross-border rocket attacks.


Mel Gibson's Mayan action flick is about as true to human history as Lord of the Rings is -- only without the orcs. In Table of Malcontents.


Germany struggles with 'why?' of home-grown militants

They grew up as middle-class Germans  with the ordinary names Fritz and Daniel. They had by and large  sound family backgrounds and attended good schools. They even  once played American football and basketball.


With Democrats in Control, Yucca Project May Be Doomed

WASHINGTON _ A few years ago, the plan to store the nation's nuclear waste in Nevada seemed all but certain.  Congress decided that highly radioactive waste from commercial nuclear-power plants, which takes centuries to decay, needed to be stored underground.


The market doesn't always give you prime companies for 30% of the normal asking price.


The Davids of the stock market are  beating the Goliaths again.


The managing general partner of Edward D. Jones & Co. LP plans to step down, nearly a week after the brokerage firm agreed to pay $75 million to settle allegations of improper disclosure


Music Review | 'Die Meistersigner von NÃ¼rnberg': A Humane Warhorse From Wagner

There should always be room at the Met for wonderfully old-fashioned productions like this production of Wagnerâs âMeistersinger von NÃ¼rnberg.â


Joan Rivers, the fashion critic who has openly joked about her own cosmetic surgery, will guest star as herself on the season finale of the FX drama series "Nip/Tuck."


China warns of holes in anti-hepatitis fight

Too many people in China are still not being inoculated against hepatitis B and the disease is having a devastating economic impact, the Health Ministry said on Friday.


Arts & entertainment: Ex-Beatle takes to the roof of St George's Hall to launch city's year as capital of culture


Michele Fusaro, in carcere per il rapimento e la morte della donnaproclama al legale la sua innocenza. E intanto le indagini continuano                                          Sequestro e omicidio Tassitani Il falegname: "Non sono stato io"


Per 1,57 mld, obiettivo cooperazione con la svedese Scania


Three North refugees enter mission in China

October 26, 2004 ã¡ Three North Koreans from a group of 18 would-be defectors succeeded yesterday in forcing their way into the South Korean consulate in Beijing.


Upgrades to the net's core address books will start the move to a new way of finding websites.


In a debate Edwards assails Clinton over Iraq

Democratic presidential  candidate John Edwards on Thursday criticized rival Hillary  Clinton's position on ending the Iraq war at a debate as he  sought to undercut Clinton's status as the campaign  front-runner.


Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says US wants to move forward on the nuclear deal with India.


Politica. Berlusconi incontra Bossi: " Escludo un rimpasto. Anche ...

"Escludo assolutamente un Berlusconi-bis, ci sarÃ  soltanto qualche miglioramento della squadra di governo". Lo ha detto il presidente del Consiglio Silvio Berlusconi dopo aver incontrato il segretario federale


Receding permafrost is a bone-hunters' bounty

CHERSKY, Russia  - One day, climate change could cost the earth. For now, it is a nice little earner for Russian hunter Alexander Vatagin.


The update uses stronger encryption and does a better job of letting only authorised users join wireless nets. The improvements have been made to re-assure businesses that wi-fi networks can be made safe enough to be really useful and widely deployed.


Italy Wonât Block Spanish Bid for a Stake in Telecom Italia

Italyâs infrastructure minister indicated Monday that he would not block Spanish acquisition of a large stake in Telecom Italia.


ACCUSED Australian Taliban fighter David Hicks was charged with war crimes by a US military tribunal today after meeting his father for the first time in five years.


An US ex-astronaut accused of attempted kidnap asks a court to remove a tracking device from her ankle.


Leonardo DiCaprio's neighbors will have to show more proof if they want to sue him for building a basketball court they claim destabilized their property, a judge ruled Thursday.


The sale by the to institutional investors leaves the group without a dominant shareholder and better able to take part in the consolidation of the fragmented domestic defence market as well as the wider ...


JJB Sports is offering a free football shirt to any customers who can prove they were the victim of illegal price fixing.


Actress Farrah Fawcett finishes chemotherapy treatment following her cancer diagnoses.


Meth adds scourge to troubled Native American lands

HOGBACK, New Mexico  - A brutal triple slaying in this remote corner of the vast Navajo reservation brought home what experts have seen coming for years: an explosion in crime on tribal lands linked to the cheap, potent and highly addictive stimulant methamphetamine.


BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Angry crowds gathered around a hospital Thursday in the Iraqi city of Fallujah and chanted anti-US slogans after an airstrike on an alleged militant safe house.


Just days before hosting a Group of Eight summit that has already drawn violent protests, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday described President Bush's new initiative on global warming as "very welcome," but insisted it must fall within the framework of United Nations treaty negotiations.


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Sardegna, Puglia e Toscana le destinazioni preferite


Oilers 3, Rangers 2: Rangers Rally Late, but Lose in Shootout

After tying the score at 2-2 with 6.2 seconds left in regulation, the Rangers fell to the Oilers in a shootout, the teamâs third loss in a row.


Two desktop models too Asus has named the upcoming additions to its Eee PC family of low-cost computers, soon to be augmented with a small form-factor desktop machine, an all-in-one system and a TV.â¦


Apple and Fox plan movie rental deal: reports

Apple Inc  and Twentieth  Century Fox are set to announce a deal that will allow  consumers to rent Fox movies through Apple's digital iTunes  Store, according to media reports on Thursday.


Greece hailed a new sporting diva on  Wednesday when Fani Halkia surged from relative obscurity a few  days ago to be crowned the women's 400 meters hurdles Olympic  champion.


Churches Attacked as Religious Tensions Mount in Netherlands

Two churches in the Netherlands were nearly burned down in the latest series attacks following the murder of a controversial Dutch filmmaker, police said Thursday.


Glasgow, 15:07 - CALCIO, SCOZIA: MCLEISH CHIEDE RINVIO DUE GARE

Manca poco meno di un mese ma in Scozia la febbre Italia è già alta. Alex McLeish, il ...


US industrial production jumped the most in three months in October, housing starts surged and consumer prices rose, suggesting the Federal Reserve may keep raising its benchmark interest rate.


APEC leaders agree climate change pact at summit

Asia-Pacific leaders agreed on Saturday to a "long-term aspirational goal" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but no binding targets, and are expected to end their summit on Sunday urging a conclusion to world trade talks.


For the past three years, Weymouth quarterback Mike Magnell left the Thanksgiving Day game disappointed for the seniors who lost to Walpole.


Bono, center, and The Edge, right, of the band U-2, join Apple Computers Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs as they unveil Apple's new U-2 branded iPods in San Jose, Calif.


The Modesto Bee, Calif., Business Beat Column: Appetez-Ing Changes Made Inside and Out

By David W. Hill, The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Feb. 14--Modesto restaurateur Tom Arnold, who owns Appetez in Roseburg Square, has refocused his efforts there following the closure of his movie-theme restaurant in Riverbank.


In Indonesia, Rebels Express Thanks for Aid

Rebels in Indonesia's Aceh Province said that the group's top leadership had issued orders not to harm any aid workers.


The UN Security Council is again urging Syria to withdraw its remaining troops from neighboring Lebanon. The panel of 15 Tuesday also asked UN Secretary-General


Quentin Tarantino attends a screening for a film at the opening of the Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 12, 2004. Tarantino told a British magazine that he's planning a kung-fu film with the


Designer Tom Ford: Goodbye Catwalk, Hello Hollywood

For designer Tom Ford, it is goodbye to  catwalks in Paris and hello to casting calls in Los Angeles as  he looks to a new career as a film director.


The Global Forum for Health Research brings together hundreds of researchers and policy makers in Mexico City to address needs of the poor.


'Harry Potter' and 'HairSpray' appear at Google Video.

Blog: Watchdog group notes a big week for YouTube's siter site: three high-profile movies, including one that has yet to debut in theaters, all appeared at Google Video on Monday.


The main separatist alliance in Indian Kashmir has insisted on holding talks with Pakistan before reviving a dialogue with New Delhi, a demand which could stall a peace process in the disputed region.


Open-Garcia three clear despite Stricker's 64

Sergio Garcia repelled a spectacular charge from American Steve Stricker to accelerate into a three-stroke lead after the British Open third round on Saturday.


Montana Senate: Tester (D) 52%; Burns (R) 43%

Rasmussen Reports - The latest Rasmussen Reports election survey in Montana shows Democrat Jon Tester leading incumbent Republican Sen.


A teenage boy threw an egg at the prime minister of Ukraine during a working trip, the Moscow Times reported this weekend.


Conte vows to air "truth about performance enhancing drugs in ...

SAN FRANCISCO  - An accused synthetic-steroid peddler at the heart of an international sports scandal strode from a federal courtroom and announced he will tell his side of the story on a television news program on Friday.


The Environment Agency is to report on whether the Cornish village of Boscastle could see a repeat of last year's floods.


Gene therapy using "naked DNA" might one day help prevent impotence, scientists now report.


Update 2: Air New Zealand-Qantas Alliance Rejected

New Zealand's High Court on Monday rejected as uncompetitive a proposed alliance between the country's flag carrier and Australian rival Qantas in a deal that Air New Zealand had claimed was critical to its long-term survival.


UK police have been given more time to question Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, who is being held on suspicion of committing terrorist offences.


Military to probe fatal Fallujah shooting

The US military Tuesday said it had launched an investigation into the fatal shooting of a wounded man in a Fallujah mosque by a US Marine.


The History Man: Remembering the Moors of Spain -Ihsan Aslam

History smells if it doesn't exactly stink. In recent days, as the family is away in Pakistan, I have been amassing old books.


Supported by a larger Republican majority in Congress, President Bush is likely to forge ahead in his second term with efforts to cut taxes on investment, allow


Clinton wins first 2008 union endorsement

Democratic presidential front-runner  Hillary Clinton picked up the first national labor endorsement  of the 2008 White House race on Tuesday, winning the support of  the 125,000-member United Transportation Union.


L'inchiesta, prima parte: 250mila quelli censiti, ne vengonochiusi a centinaia ma risorgono in continuazione                                          Pedofilia, ecco la Rete degli orchi Su Internet i siti dell'orrore                                                                                di PAOLO BERIZZI


A ceremony is held at a French airport as the body of Yasser Arafat heads to the Middle East.


No-show Britney Spears loses in court again

Britney Spears failed on Wednesday in her latest bid to regain the right to see her two young sons after again ducking a court hearing on the issue, Los Angeles court officials said.


Aging Japan struggles to rein in health costs

At 83, Saburo Iwata shows no sign of taking things easy.


DUP leader Ian Paisley meets General de Chastelain on the issue of putting IRA weapons beyond use.


Beach Volleyball: US Unbeaten, Brazil Chase Double

Americans Misty May and Kerri Walsh continued their unbeaten streak to win their Olympics women's beach volleyball semi-final on Monday and will face an experienced Brazilian team in the gold medal match.


China and Southeast Asian nations sign trade pact

VIENTIANE, LAOS - China and 10 Southeast Asian countries signed a deal to create one of the world's largest free-trade areas by the end of the decade.


WHO Urges No Hasty Victory Claims on Bird Flu

World Health Organization experts helping  Vietnam to battle a recurrence of bird flu said governments  should be cautious about prematurely announcing they had beaten  the disease, which has killed 27 people this year.


Iran has no immediate uranium enrichment plans

Iran has assured the world again that it has no immediate plans to resume uranium enrichment, a process that can be used to develop nuclear weapons.


Malware arrives in German spam that claims to contain an update from Microsoft.


Online Retailer IBuyDigital.com Seeking IPO

Online electronics retailer IBuyDigital.com Inc., which sells digital cameras and plasma televisions, said on Thursday that it is planning to float 4 million common shares in an initial public offering.


E' stato colpito alla testa con una spranga di metallo


China, Taiwan lauded for canceling exercises

WASHINGTON -- The State Department welcomed yesterday steps by China and Taiwan to ease tensions by curtailing long-planned military exercises. Taiwan canceled a major live-fire military exercise shortly after Beijing reportedly called off massive war games near Taiwan. "We welcome and encourage all these steps that are being taken by Taiwan and the People's Republic of China to reduce tensions," ...


Su trading compiuto alla vigilia collasso del titolo


Kidnapped aid chief is shown on video, distressed and bound

British, American and Iraqi authorities were trying last night to secure the freedom of Margaret Hassan, the Irish-born aid worker kidnapped in Baghdad early yesterday.


Bush Says Kerry Is Pushing Nationalized Health Care

President Bush attacked John Kerry's health care proposal, saying "it's a plan that is massive and it's big, and it puts the government in control of health care."


McCain wins South Carolina Republican primary: US media

John McCain, a US Senator and Vietnam war veteran, on Saturday won a tight race in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary over rival Mike Huckabee.


Singer Pete Doherty has cancelled the rest of a British tour with his band Babyshambles to give himself more time to recover from his drug addiction treatment, his spokesman said on Saturday.Comment


Vietnam has released one of its best-known dissidents from prison, two weeks before its president is to make a historic visit to the United States, an official said Sunday.


Thai tennis ace Paradorn Srichaphan lined up a high-profile career-first clash with formidable Roger Federer as he hammered home a 6-2, 7-5 defeat of Dutchman Dennis van Scheppingen at the Thailand Open in Bangkok on Friday.


American tycoon Malcolm Glazer is reportedly poised to make a takeover bid for Manchester United.


U.S. lawmakers opened their own  investigation on Thursday of the cybersex scandal involving a  Republican congressman who sent lewd messages to young aides,  and will interview dozens of officials just weeks before the  November 7 elections, imperiling Republican control of  Congress.


Races close as Iowa kicks off White House campaign

DES MOINES, Iowa  - Voters in Iowa begin the process of choosing the next U.S. president on Thursday with two close nominating races, as a new poll showed Barack Obama leading John Edwards among Democrats -- with Hillary Clinton falling to a potentially damaging third.


Heiress transferred back to all-woman facility to complete sentence for violating probation.


Not being able to give up the Chase, Zoey Brooks returned to Pacific Coast Academy for another semester.   The fourth season of Jamie Lynn Spears' sitcom, Zoey 101, quietly premiered on Nickelodeon Sunday, putting to rest speculation that the family-...


Wells Fargo names Stumpf CEO; Kovacevich stays chair

Wells Fargo & Co. , the fifth-largest U.S. bank, on Wednesday named John Stumpf chief executive, replacing Richard Kovacevich, who will remain chairman.


Iran defiant on nuclear plans before Rome talks

Iran will not retreat "one iota" from its nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, hours before his new chief negotiator was to meet Western diplomats for the first time.


To Protect Seat, G.O.P. Bolsters Its Most Liberal

The Republican Party has lined up to beat back a conservative primary challenge to the most liberal Republican in the Senate, Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island.


Wimbledon tennis champion Maria Sharapova outclassed Poland's Marta Domachowska 6-1, 6-1 to win the inaugural Korea Open yesterday.


Stadio pieno per il concerto-evento. Dopo 17 anni, il ritorno della storica band nella capitaleOltre 40.000 persone presenti: due ore di spettacolo, con i grandi classici e le novitÃ                                             I Rolling Stones infiammano l'Olimpico Roma in festa per i signori del rock


A bomb outside a bank in southern Thailand has killed two people and wounded several others. Police say the bomb went off at a Siam Commercial Bank branch in Sungai Kolok, a town in Narathiwat province on the border with Malaysia.


Election Day Dawns With Unpredictability

After the longest and costliest campaign on record, President Bush and challenger John F. Kerry remained deadlocked nationally and in key battleground states yesterday, with


Scotland's eight fire services join forces in a bid to create stronger ties with young people and communities.


British film Atonement, starring Keira Knightley, is to raise the curtain on the Venice Film Festival.


Zarqawi group claims beheading of 11 Iraqi police, guardsmen ...

DUBAI, Oct 16  - A statement attributed to the group of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, Iraq's most-wanted man, claimed on Saturday that it had beheaded 11 members of the Iraqi police and national guard.


Mount St. Helens Releases More Steam As New Images Show Magma Continues to Rise Inside Volcano. A steam plume colored by the rising sun rises above the crater of Mount St.


June was the wettest the UK has seen since detailed records began in 1914, the Met office confirms.


Island Def Jam Talks With Jay-Z Near End

Jay-Z is in final negotiations to become president of Universal Music Group's Island Def Jam label, a source familiar with the negotiations said Tuesday.


Investors cheered President George W. Bush's re-election yesterday, but analysts caution that when the cheering stops, investors might refocus on real problems that could still hold back the economy and stocks.


The US softball team won its third straight gold medal with an unprecedented and almost unblemished romp through the Olympics, capped by a 5-1 title victory on Monday over an Australian team that never had a chance.


Animation thriller "The Incredibles" debuts atop N. America box ...

US animation studio Pixar played its magic again as its latest action spoof "The Incredibles " racked up about US$70.6 million in its weekend debut at North America box office, according to preliminary figures released Sunday.


Rangers Grab a Lead Over Devils and Hold It

Playing bitter division rivals on back-to-back nights, the Rangers may have given their up-and-down season a major jolt Friday night with a 3-1 victory over the Devils at Prudential Center.


Calcio, pace fatta tra Del Neri e Panucci

Tutto chiarito tra Luigi Del Neri, allenatore della Roma, e Christian Panucci. Il difensore, attualmente fermo per problemi fisici, circa due settimane fa era stato protagonista di uno screzio con il tecnico giallorosso.


Valore dell'operazione per 1,7 miliardi di dollari


Firefox - Ready To Take On Internet Explorer?

The open-source Firefox browser is chipping away at Internet Explorer's market dominance, and analysts are saying that Internet sites should add it to their test list.


African Union head meets Kenya's feuding parties

African Union chief John Kufuor met Kenya's president and opposition leader on Wednesday to try to break a political impasse behind post-election turmoil that has killed about 500 people.


Italian politicians ease discord, seek to free pair

ROME -- Italian politicians pledged yesterday to put aside their differences over the Iraq war and work together to free two female aid workers abducted in Baghdad, the third time Italian citizens have been taken hostage in Iraq over the past six months.


TUNCELI, Turkey -- At least eight Turkish paramilitary police were killed when Kurdish militants attacked their headquarters in eastern Turkey yesterday , security sources said, in the worst attack of its kind in a year.


Bomber Kills 32 Police Recruits North of Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Oct. 29 -- A suicide bomber riding a bicycle killed 32 people and wounded 18 when he exploded Monday amidst a group of Iraqi police recruits, officials said.


Chirac rival takes over the French ruling party

French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has taken one step closer to a bid for the presidency, taking the helm of President Jacques Chirac's party.


Climate Change Testimony Was Edited by White House

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the changes were part of a normal review process and not aimed at minimizing the impact of global warming.


A great company doesn't necessarily translate into a great stock to own.


In Medio Oriente, alternativa a governo e' guerra civile


Russia Offers $10 Million for Chechen Rebels -Agencies

Russia offered a $10 million reward on  Wednesday for information to help it hunt down Chechen rebel  leaders Shamil Basayev and Aslan Maskhadov, whom it accuses of  being behind last week's deadly school siege.


Job Exposure to Pesticide Linked to Lung Cancer

NEW YORK  - Workers exposed to the  pesticide chlorpyrifos may have an elevated risk of lung  cancer, U.S. government researchers reported Tuesday.


The Tour de France is still wide open as it heads toward the Alps in the final week. American rider Floyd Landis is in the driver's seat, but his lead is thin. Three contenders trail the Phonak team leader by less than 2 minutes, a margin that could vanish in a single bold mountain push. And more race favorites could still emerge.


Health Tip: Some Medications May Aggravate Asthma

(HealthDay News) - People with asthma should be aware that some medications may actually worsen symptoms.


In May, Troy Glaus was hibernating in Arizona, rehabilitating his right shoulder and wondering if he'd ever play for the Angels again.


Genova, 18:28 - CALCIO, SAMP; NOVELLINO: VITTORIA STRAMERITATA

La Sampdoria torna a vincere dopo 17 giornate e fa sorridere Novellino: ''Credo che abbiamo fatto un...


Pfizer Increases Warning on Bextra Skin Risk

Pfizer Inc. on Friday said two clinical trials showed patients taking its anti-inflammatory drug Bextra had a higher risk of cardiovascular events during high-risk coronary bypass surgery.


Nigeria military orders halt to delta patrols

The Nigerian military on Friday ordered a halt to patrols around the Niger Delta to underscore the government's commitment to a truce agreed with militants, a senior oil industry source said.


Proximic signs ad deals with Yahoo Shopping, Shopping.com

Content-delivery network delivers contextually relevant ads to blogs and publisher sites.


Jets Again Miss Chance to Break Free of Doubts

The Jets left the game the same way they entered it: needing a victory to assure themselves a wild-card playoff berth.


A Palestinian envoy said doctors have ruled out leukemia for the time being. In a brief statement to reporters, the diplomat also said Arafat's condition has improved since Friday.


Andrew Brecher, a three-sport athlete at Needham High School, is now a sophomore at Harvard University, where he is a backup offensive tackle on the varsity football team.


Surefire Google Adwords Formula  Success with Google Adwords isn't quite as easy as some would have you believe. Still just about anyone who is persistent can succeed if they'll but implement a consistent testing program. Since testing can produce a nearly constant improvement in your click through rate (CTR).  Hereâs the surefire ...


Venezuela's president reportedly recalls his Buenos Aires envoy after a complaint by Argentina's leader.


People born in May carry an increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis later in life, a British study has revealed. Those born in November carry the lowest risk of going on to develop the disease, Oxford


Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and "millions" of civilians take part in defence exercises in Cuba.


New Nigerian leader faces catalogue of crises

Umaru Yar'Adua takes office as president of Nigeria on Tuesday, inheriting a catalogue of crises compounded by doubts over his own legitimacy after a flawed election.


Two Five shows discontinued Five has been hit with a Â£300,000 fine by regulator Ofcom in what is the biggest payout by a public service broadcaster to the regulator. It was found to have faked winners in live call-in competitions.â¦


A group of Windows enthusiasts that wanted to attempt to bring back features cut out of Vista through a modified version of Longhorn code circa 2004 found out Microsoft didn't take too kindly to it.


Flaming squirrel nicked for blatant forgeries

While plods drop trousers, fine barmaid for breast extravaganza Comments A suicide squirrel, possibly trained by the sciurine arm of Al-Qaeda, dove into and destroyed a Toyota Camry. The critter bit through a powerline and was set alight, causing it to plummet onto the car. It then slid into the engine compartment and caused an explosion that did for the vehicle. In anticipation of Halloween, the house happened to have a tiny gravestone on the lawn, which the owners are considering dedicating to the tiny terrorist.â¦


Dem rivals rap Clinton on terror comment

Democratic rivals criticized Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday for her comment that a terror attack before the election would help the Republicans.


China goes on offensive after food safety scares

China hit back on Friday at accusations its products are unsafe, pointing out that a quarter of imported children's milk bottles and teats failed a recent random quality test in a southeastern province.


British Sailor Rescued After Yacht Founders

Alex Thomson was rescued by a fellow competitor today after his yacht foundered in a near gale of wind, sleet and snow in the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean.


Limoncello offers authentic taste of Italy

From its dramatic perch high on the cliffs above the azure waters of the Gulf of Napoli, the southern Italian city of Sorrento is famous for the breathtaking beauty of its natural vistas.


Romans Fear for Colosseum as Backdrop for MTV Gig

Rome's mighty Colosseum risks being  damaged and diminished by a major MTV rock concert,  traditionalists and conservationists warned on Thursday.


Two premature infants died after receiving adult doses of a blood thinner, a hospital said Sunday, blaming the incident on human error.


The public is urged to help bring those responsible for burning illegal materials on bonfires before the courts.


Disaster Workers Have High Rate of Stress Disorders

NEW YORK  - Firefighters and other  first-responders to disasters often face both immediate and  long-term psychological effects, researchers report, but early  symptoms may help identify those at greatest risk of lasting  problems.


Heart attack risk forces arthritis drug withdrawal

An anti-arthritis drug used by 84 million patients worldwide, 400,000 of them in Britain, was withdrawn from the market yesterday after trials suggested it might nearly double the risk of heart attacks and strokes.


Match the performers with the presidential candidates they played for or otherwise supported. Hint: Some candidates here are associated with more than one performer or group.


27 September 2004 -- US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said the insurgency in Iraq is getting worse. Speaking in Washington, Powell said yesterday that militants want to disrupt elections in January, but


Adobe Systems to introduce new format for digital photos

SAN JOSE, Calif. Adobe Systems is introducing a new format today for digital photos it hopes will create a standard in the industry.


Ethiopia Ally Is Somali President, Appeals for Help

Ethiopian-backed warlord Abdullahi  Yusuf was elected president of lawless Somalia on Sunday and  immediately called for outside help to stabilize his broken  country, widely seen as a terrorist haven.


Yang (A), Ohno win golds in short track speedskating

Yang Yang (A) from China and American Apolo Anton Ohno took 1,500-meter women and men's titles in a World Cup short-track speedskating USA stop held in Madison, Wisconsin on Friday.


U.S. Court Rules Afghan Woman Should Get Asylum

An Afghan woman who lived for  nearly 20 years in Germany should be granted asylum in the  United States because of hostility toward foreigners in  Germany, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday.


Protesters seize oil platforms in Nigeria

Protesters seized oil platforms run by Royal Dutch/Shell Group Cos. and ChevronTexaco Corp for a second day Monday, shutting down 90,000 barrels a day in oil production, company officials said.


Russia tightens security for Chechnya election after killings

Maj. Gen. Ilya Shabalkin, speaking on behalf of the Russian forces in Chechnya has confirmed that there was an attack in the Chechen capital Grozny.


Pakistan indicated that it was willing to go beyond UN resolutions and take "all risks" but wanted India to show flexibility.


Mosca, 18:30 - CALCIO, CSKA MOSCA-AMBURGO: AGGREDITI TIFOSI TEDESCHI

Un gruppo di tifosi dell'Amburgo è stato aggredito a Mosca a poche ore dalla sfida di Champio...


Glasgow, 19:45 - CALCIO, CELTIC: NAKAMURA RISCHIA DI SALTARE MILAN

Il Celtic rischia di perdere Shunsuke Nakamura per il ritorno degli ottavi di finale di Champions Le...


It's Official: No Moss Again for Vikings

As expected, the Minnesota Vikings will play another game this week without All-Pro wide receiver Randy Moss.


Cheap Kids' Laptop: 'Ultimate Learning Tool'

The One Laptop Per Child Project, placing technology with developing nations, could revolutionize education.


Netflix reports first drop in subscriptions

Netflix Inc. , the largest online DVD rental company, on Monday reported its first-ever quarterly drop in subscriptions and cut forecasts for subscribers, revenue and profit for the year in the face of fierce competition from Blockbuster Inc.


E intanto a Napoli e' pronta la cinquina anti-Bossi


L.A.'s Water Quality Issues Addressed By National Experts After Propositions O and V, What Happens Next?

Proposition O, the $500 million bond measure for cleaning up L.A.'s runoff pollution passed in November 2004. The City of Santa Monica passed the similar Measure V to clean up their stormwater in November 2006.


Pants May Be Those of Man Missing in Ore.

MERLIN, Ore., Dec. 5 -- Searchers on Tuesday found a pair of pants matching the description of one of those worn by a missing man who struck out for help Saturday after his family's car got stuck in the snow.


Police nab 50 before England-Portugal game

Minor fan fights and brief standoffs with police led to 50 arrests overnight, authorities said Saturday as they worked to limit street violence ahead of the England-Portugal World Cup game.


'Home Alone Star Culkin Charged with Drug Offense

Oklahoma has charged Macaulay  Culkin with illegal possession of marijuana and a controlled  substance after the former child star was arrested during a  traffic stop last week, authorities said on Tuesday.


Top seed Justine Henin beats Olga Poutchkova 6-1 7-5 in the Australian Open second round, as Amelie Mauresmo also triumphs.


Plus, Toys "R" Us hopes for happy holidays, and Campbell could be better.


FBI Letter Details Guantanamo Prisoner Abuses

FBI agents saw military  interrogators use abusive tactics on prisoners at the naval  base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including a woman interrogator  who grabbed a detainee's genitals, officials said on Monday.


In Terrorism Fight, Wariness Tempers Optimism

Six years after the Sept. 11 attacks, public opinion on terrorism is delicately balanced between confidence and caution.


Company founder and former CEO Dave Duffield is now back aboard full time, replacing the ousted former CEO Craig Conway. Solution providers, while shocked at Conway's unexpected departure, were largely thrilled that Duffield is back full throttle.


A doctor and a nurse go on trial in southern France accused of poisoning a terminally ill cancer patient.


LONDON: Turmeric might quite literally be the very spice of life, helping the body ward off blood cancer and ensuring Indian children had a lower incidence of leukaemia than Western countries, scientists have said.


British team in Pakistan for Bhutto killing probe

A team of British police arrived in Pakistan on Friday to join an investigation into the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.


Milestone Marks What Phillies Fans Already Knew

The Philadelphia Phillies have lost more games than any professional franchise in any sport and are fast approaching their 10,000th loss.


Say what? Key quotes from HP's congressional hearing

A sampling of some of the best zingers--ranging from acerbic barbs to passing the buck--to come from HP testimony.


Cerberus to buy LNR Property for $3.8 bn

NEW YORK, August 30 (New Ratings) - LNR Property Corporation (LNR.NYS) has reportedly agreed to be acquired by Riley Property Holdings LLC for about $3.


Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to put Moscow's economic ties with India on a new high-tech footing in a weekend speech after backing its bid for a veto-wielding seat on an enlarged UN Security Council.


Cruise's Scientology stirs ire in Berlin

Two hot-button issues in Germany — the Nazi era and Scientology — are being pushed simultaneously by a new film in which Tom Cruise plays the country's most-famous anti-Hitler plotter, sparking controversy in Berlin.


EU opens arms to Turkey, but Cyprus clouds picture

BRUSSELS  - EU leaders were set to resume talks on the details of a landmark offer to launch membership talks with Turkey, with the vexed issue of Cyprus clouding the historic decision.


A judge in Belfast is expected to deliver his verdict in the trial of Omagh bomb accused Sean Hoey.


Precursor of Life Molecules Found Around Star

Astronomers have found the first signature of complex organic molecules in the dust cloud around a distant star, suggesting that these building blocks of life may be a common feature of planetary systems.


A meeting of the oil producers' group in Vienna will consider whether to boost output to rein in price rises, Saudi officials say.


Young doctors make far fewer mistakes when their hours are restricted to let them get enough sleep, according to the first study to directly examine the issue.


Alcoholics Anonymous may prevent murders: study

Alcoholics Anonymous, the worldwide   group that helps addicts stop drinking, may also help drive   down the number of murders in a community, Canadian researchers   reported on Sunday.


ARIEL SHARON, the Israeli Prime Minister, spoke last night of a unique chance for peace and said that he was ready to co-ordinate his Gaza withdrawal plan with the new Palestinian leadership that will succeed Yassir Arafat.


Cruise movie gets OK to film at key site

The German government will allow the makers of a movie starring Tom Cruise as the country's most famous anti-Hitler plotter to film at the site where the hero was executed.


A Taxing Choice: Sherwin Williams to Invest Millions in Restorations

By Steve Lackmeyer, The Daily Oklahoman  Dec. 17--John Panno, an attorney with Cleveland-based Sherwin Williams, recently visited Oklahoma City with a mission: find developments where the Fortune 500 company could potentially invest millions.


British researchers find a way to close a potential flaw in quantum communication systems.


Microsoft may end up having to raise the amount it is willing to pay for Yahoo if the software company's stock continues to drop while Yahoo's continues to rise.


C&W in talks to sell Japanese operations

Cable and Wireless, the UK based telecommunications group, is in talks with Softbank and MKS Partners, a private equity group, about selling its Japanese operations, in a move that would represent a retreat from the market.


Actress Phina Oruche becomes the fifth contestant to be voted out of ITV1's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!


Extra doses of flu vaccine made available in county

SAN DIEGO - San Diego County health authorities today received from the state an additional 24,000 doses of adult flu vaccine â-o be distributed to those considered at high risk for complications from the illness.


Senator wants Sun's federal contract cancelled

InfoWorld - A U.S. senator has called for the U.S. government to cancel an ongoing purchasing contract with Sun Microsystems Inc., but the company says Senator Chuck Grassley's request is based on bad information.


Stretta sui subprime. Bernanke: 'proteggere consumatori'


Much of the Welsh coastline is threatened by erosion and flooding in the near future,  the National Trust says.


New York Fashion Week is basking in the success of the dress. It's already been a strong item for fall fashion, but it has emerged as the key piece for spring.


Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert flew to Moscow on Thursday in a surprise visit to discuss Iran's nuclear program with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who just returned from talks with Iranian leaders in Tehran


BAGHDAD -- Iraq's interim president and defense minister said yesterday that withdrawing US troops from Iraq is out of the question for the time being, in a stark reminder of the danger posed by the Iraqi insurgency even after Sunday's election.


African Union boss headed to Kenya for crisis talks

Young men armed with machetes manned roadblocks in Kenya on Wednesday as world powers stepped up efforts to end a wave of tribal violence over a disputed presidential election that threatens to tear the country apart.


Coming into the season, the Detroit Lions were well-known for their futility in foreign stadiums. The unlucky number was 24, as the Lions hadn't won on the road since 2000.


RadioShack posts higher quarterly profit

Consumer electronics retailer RadioShack Corp.  on Tuesday reported higher fourth-quarter profit on improved inventory management, fewer markdowns and lower expenses.


At least 79 people have been killed and 74 are missing in some of the worst storms southwest China has seen in many years. Disaster relief officials said on Monday that at least 55 were killed and 47 were


World champion girls choir from Croatia to perform

Times Staff Report The Little Stars, a two-time world champion girls choir from Zagreb, Croatia, will perform a holiday concert Dec.


Big U.S. food, drink cos to limit child ads: reports

Some of America's largest food and drink companies, such as Coca-Cola Co. and General Mills Inc., will adopt stricter controls on advertising aimed at children under 12, according to media reports on Wednesday.


Property sales put China's SMIC into the black

(InfoWorld) - Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC), China's largest chip maker, reported a small profit for the final quarter of 2006 as the sale of property helped put the company back into the black afterÂ heavy third-quarter losses. SMIC executives were buoyed by the improved quarterly results and promised more to come this year. "For 2007, the entire year, our goal is try to be profitable," said Richard Chang, SMIC's CEO, during a conference call with investors. SMIC reported fourth-quarter net income of $1.2 million on sales of $384 million. By comparison, the company reported a loss of $14.8 million on sales of $333 million during the same period one year earlier. SMIC's results also showed improvement on a sequential basis: the company reported a loss of $31.3 million on sales of $367 million during the third quarter of 2006. SMIC's slim fourth-quarter profit was due to lower operating costs during the period, which fell from $46.2 million during the third quarter to $10.6 million in the fourth quarter -- a 77 percent decline. The drop in operating expenses was made possible by a $41.7 million gain recorded during the period from the sale of properties held by the company, SMIC said. The company did not detail what properties were sold. Excluding this gain, SMIC's operating expenses during the fourth quarter were $52.3 million, up 13.2 percent over the previous period. This marks the second time that SMIC was helped into the black during 2006 by a one-time gain. During the second quarter of 2006, a $18.9 million tax credit helped push the company to a $2.2 million profit. Looking ahead, SMIC expects its first-quarter revenue to be flat compared with the fourth quarter, Chang said. The company also aims to limit capital expenditures to $720 million in 2007 and 2008.


BNP Paribas profit up; concerns over French retail

French bank BNP Paribas  beat forecasts with a 28.8 percent rise in fourth-quarter net profit on Thursday, but some analysts expressed concerns over the performance of its French retail banking division.


Olive oil: FDA makes qualified health claim

The US Food and Drug Administration made a qualified health claim Monday that monounsaturated fat from olive oil may reduce risk of heart disease.


Japanese consumers shun food made in China, but more Chinese exporters are going kosher to gain appeal in the United States.


Iraqi militant group has announced it is holding two missing French journalists, according to al-Jazeera.


Revealed: secret talks over Lib Dems in Brown cabinet

Gordon Brown and Sir Menzies Campbell plan for one or two senior Lib Dems to join cabinet.


India's Kashmir Govt to Fight Ban on Shahtoosh Wool

India's Jammu and Kashmir state plans to fight a global ban on the trade in super-fine shahtoosh wool, which environmentalists say is produced by killing a rare Tibetan antelope.


Saudi Arabia To Boost Output as Oil Tops $50

In New York the price of light sweet crude for November delivery climbed to an all-time peak of 50.47 dollars per barrel, the highest level since oil began trading on the New York market in 1983.


A buyer's agent can help. So can a few other smart moves.


Proposals to give the home secretary powers to remove juries from some inquests are "astonishing", MPs say.


PAKISTANI security agencies have arrested nearly a dozen al-Qaeda-linked terror suspects who allegedly plotted to attack key sites including military headquarters, the US embassy and parliament.


Man City midfielder Joey Barton wins his first England call-up for Wednesday's friendly against Spain.


Music Review | Steve Ross: Sondheim Sampler, Styled for Tuxedo

Steve Ross has built his career paying homage to the holy trinity of old-time super-sophisticates.


Blog: The International Trade Commission has denied a stay of a ban it imposed earlier this month on the import of new handsets using Qualcomm's 3G chips.


A plan to create fish refuges off the South Carolina coast sparked a clash between fishermen and conservationists.


cat/dev/DiBona/brain: LAMP to WAMP to XAMP to SOFT

New users are making their way to Linux and open source, one acronym at a time.


No Mideast peace deal yet: Palestinian official

JERUSALEM - A senior Palestinian official called reports of a Mideast peace agreement premature, but said Israelis and Palestinians have agreed on the logistics of the upcoming elections to replace Yasser Arafat.


Tech, Media, Telecoms Chiefs Brace for Slow 2005

Technology, media and telecoms chiefs are expected to be cautious about 2005 when they gather in Barcelona this week at Morgan Stanley's annual TMT investor conference.


Audizione di due ore davanti a gip Tivoli bimba 5 anni


General Motors Corp. GM.N on Thursday  posted disappointing quarterly earnings and cut its full-year  profit forecast amid slowing growth in China and European job  cuts, sending its shares down 4 percent.


Film Studios Win $24 Million Against Web Site

Hollywood's major movie studios said they won a $23.8 million judgment against a California company and its Malaysian owner for operating a Web site that charged customers to download illegally copied movies.


Three-Part Miniseries, 'The State Within' Looks at Questions of Trust Among Allies

By RITA SHERROW World Television Editor  Showtime, pay digital channel 350, celebrates Black History Month with "The Black Filmmaker's Showcase" at 4 p.m. Friday. The showcase features short films declared winners of the channel's annual competition.


IRAQ: SEQUESTRATI A BAGHDAD DUE INGEGNERI EGIZIANI

BAGHDAD - Due ingegneri egiziani specializzati in telecomunicazioni sono stati rapiti la notte scorsa a Baghdad da un gruppo armato che ha fatto irruzione nei loro uffici, secondo la stessa modalita' utilizzata dai terroristi negli ultimi sequestri.


The Unites States space agency NASA has unveiled the world's fastest supercomputer at its Ames Research Centre in California, where India-born astronaut Kalpana Chawla worked for years, in honour of the seven crew members of spacecraft Columbia which


Outkast and Jay-Z are big winners at MTV VMAs

Outkast and Jay-Z were the big winners at the MTV Video Music Awards in Miami last night (August 29), with each taking four gongs.


Napoli, 19:37 - CALCIO, NAPOLI-JUVENTUS: BIGLIETTI ESAURITI

Tutto esaurito per la gara di sabato al San Paolo tra Napoli-Juventus. Gli ultimi biglietti sono sta...


Michael Moore shifts attention to US health industry

Controversial documentary film-maker Michael Moore temporarily ceased his attention on US President George W. Bush. He would put his passion on American health industry with his new works entitled "Sicko".


Tammy Faye Messner, 65, Former Evangelist, Dies

As Tammy Faye Bakker, Ms. Messner helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then saw it collapse in disgrace.


Three Dead, Several Wounded in Lebanon Camp Clash

Three people were killed and several others wounded Sunday when unknown gunmen attacked members of a Palestinian faction in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp, witnesses said.


EDITORIAL: An Heirloom Landscape: Southern Forests Should Be Handed Down As Part of Our Inheritance

By The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 15--From Bob Bendick, director of the Southern Region of The Nature Conservancy:   I flew across the South from New Orleans to Charlotte. While the people around me read papers and stared into computer screens, I looked out the window.


Roma, 13:00 - CALCIO, CALUNNIA GERONZI: CHIESTO RINVIO A GIUDIZIO PER GAUCCI

Il pm Francesco Dall'Olio ha chiesto il rinvio a giudizio per l'ex patron del Perugia Luciano Gaucci...


Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was the victim of dioxin poisoning, a doctor in Vienna who has been examining him said on Saturday.


Writing on wall is in invisible ink to ailing Gannon

Rich Gannon knows what he ought to do. He knows what everybody says he must do. In fact, he sounds like a guy who knows exactly what he is going to do.


US President George W. Bush rewarded Tripoli for pledging to abandon its nuclear weapons quest by giving the green light to monies for promoting US exports to Libya.


Bologna, 13:51 - BASKET, SERIE A: ALLA VIRTUS IL DERBY DI BOLOGNA

Nell'anticipo del mezzogiorno della 22/a giornata del campionato di serie A di basket, la VidiVici B...


Health Minister Andy Kerr confirms the private sector will be enlisted to help cut NHS waiting lists in Scotland.


Fueled by fierce fighting in Fallujah and insurgents' counterattacks elsewhere in Iraq, the U.S. military death toll for November equalled the highest for any month of the war, according to casualty reports available Tuesday.


A key component of the new Medicare reform law calls for private insurers to expand their role in Medicare so they would serve large multistate regions.


Bush and Blair present united front on new chance for Mideast ...

WASHINGTON (CP) - President George W. Bush and his staunch Iraq ally, Britain's Tony Blair, presented a united front Friday on enlisting Europe's help for a new push to establish a peaceful Palestinian state.


Gators coach Zook fired but will finish season

Florida coach Ron Zook was fired Monday but will finish the season, a university source told The Associated Press on Monday. The move comes after Florida (4-3, 2-3 Southeastern Conference) lost 38-31 on Saturday


Lillehammer, 16:30 - COMBINATA NORDICA: CDM. MOAN VINCE LA GUNDERSEN IN NORVEGIA

Il norvegese Magnus Moan coglie il quinto successo in carriera nella Gundersen di Lillehammer che ha...


Similarities Abound in Orange Bowl Teams

It was difficult for Southern California's Pete Carroll and Oklahoma's Bob Stoops to keep from repeating each other when the two coaches met Thursday.


Following Robert David Lion Gardiner's death last week, reports described Gardiners Island as the largest under private ownership, which is charming but far from the case.


NEW YORK - A species of monkey previously unknown to science has been discovered in the forests of northeastern India. The Arunachal macaque has a dark face and is relatively large with a shorter tail than most macaques.


Former Rwandan youth organizer pleads guilty in genocide case

A former youth organizer accused in Rwanda's 1994 genocide has pleaded guilty to one count of murder before a UN war crimes court, becoming only the seventh defendant to admit his guilt.


Roma, 18:44 - CALCIO, LAZIO: FOGGIA PER MAURI, BALLOTTAGGIO A 3 IN DIFESA

Contro la Fiorentina, il tecnico della Lazio Delio Rossi dovrà rinunciare allo squalificato M...


Human rights activists and Nobel Prize winners appeal to Swiss bank UBS to end its role in PetroChina's listing in Shanghai.


LG Electronics said it aimed to recover some of its lost market share in the European mobile phone market through strong demand for its "chocolate" phone which had improved the strength of its brand.


AV Professionals Choose PRO AV Magazine 3-1

According to an independent study done by Pacific Media Associates, three times as many professionals in the AV industry choose PRO AV magazine over their competitors, when asked which periodical they read first.


Mommies dearest: 'Spanglish' plays havoc with our sympathies (**1 ...

Maybe it was just too much to hope that writer-director James L. Brooks could create a third Class A pill with high entertainment value.


SATURDAY, Feb. 17 (HealthDay News) -- The tainted-food scare widened Saturday with the recall of fresh cantaloupe and selected  jars of organic baby food.


FOR the City trader who has a bonus to spendbut already owns a full complement of overseas homes and fast cars there is a new must- have accessory a ticket into space.


Introduction of new members Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang, representing different backgrounds and tendencies, suggests future top leadership.


BANGKOK, Thailand Sept. 30, 2004 - Millions of volunteers led by emergency teams fanned out across Thailand on Thursday in a new drive to fight bird flu after the prime minister gave officials 30 days to eradicate the epidemic.


A fire service chief urges people to throw away their chip pans after a man dies in a blaze at his home.


Roma, 10:48 - CICLISMO, DOPING: RASMUSSEN ESCLUSO DALLA NAZIONALE

Il danese Michael Rasmussen, maglia gialla in carica al Tour de France, è stato escluso dalla...


If you're like us, you felt like you lost a friend Tuesday when Rodney Dangerfield died in Los Angeles. This is especially true if you and your college roommates ever set your alarm clocks for 3 o'clock on


Colombian Far-Right Leader Gunned Down-Police

BOGOTA, Colombia  - A far-right Colombian warlord  participating in peace talks with the government was shot dead  by his own men, police said on Monday, in another bloody  incident that could undermine the negotiations.


Microsoft extends SQL Server intelligence

Microsoft has extended the reach of its business data platform, demonstrating new business intelligence capabilities for SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005.


House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn said Tuesday the Democratic Party needs to move past a recent dustup involving Hillary Rodham Clinton's comments about civil rights and that he'll stick with his vow to not endorse a candidate in the primary.


Customers Trust MicroStrategy's Independence

Customers attending the MicroStrategy conference said they're pleased that the company is independent, even though its competitors have been bought by giants.


Lowe's Profit Up 15 Pct., Tops Estimates

Lowe's Cos. , the No. 2 home improvement retailer, on Monday reported a 15 percent rise in third-quarter profit, topping estimates, aided by its expansion into large U.S. markets.


Two German civilians taken hostage in Afghanistan this week have been killed, a Taleban spokesman says.


UN panel must reconsider its role on world security

A panel set up last year by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, is looking to make changes that will help combat new security threats in the world and add strength to the United Nations.


Governments must actively oppose terror but must not let that fight reduce efforts to strengthen the global economic recovery and reduce poverty in the world's poorest countries, international finance officials said Sunday.


Putin moves to strengthen Kremlin's grip on power following terrorist attacks

MOSCOW  - Responding to a string of deadly terror attacks, President Vladimir Putin on Monday moved to significantly strengthen the Kremlin's grip on power with new measures that include the naming of regional governors and an overhaul of the electoral system.


President Bush is building his legacy, adding another unfortunate line of hollow bravado to his rhetorical repertoire. To "Mission accomplished," "Bring it on," "Wanted: Dead or alive," and of course, "I earned ... political capital, and now I intend to spend it," he has added "I'll see you at the bill signing," referring to his own ill-considered push for so-called comprehensive immigration reform legislation.


Rossoneri vincono a Brescia 2-1 con gol Oliveira e autorete


Fresno County prosecutors dropped assault charges Wednesday against a 15-year-old autistic boy accused of shoving his special-education teacher and throwing two chairs against a wall.


Scania CEO met shareholders over MAN bid

Scania SCVb.ST Chief Executive Leif   Ostling met institutional shareholders this week to discuss   MAN's MANG.DE 9.6 billion euro ($12.2 billion) bid, the   Swedish truckmaker said on Wednesday.


The Florida Supreme Court threw out a state law Thursday that saved the life of a Tampa woman who has been in a permanent vegetative state for 14 years.


France's foreign minister appeared Tuesday to soften his weekend warning of war with Iran if it develops nuclear weapons, emphasizing instead the need to "negotiate, negotiate, negotiate without respite."


Els tops Westwood to win his record sixth HSBC Match Play crown

WENTWORTH, England (PA) -- Ernie Els had a 35th birthday to remember forever on Sunday at the Wentworth Club. A 2 & 1 victory over an under-the-weather Lee Westwood completed with a 20-foot birdie putt on


HSBC to get $1.5 bln from Taiwan to take over bank

TAIPEI/HONG KONG  - HSBC  will receive T$47.5 billion (US$1.5 billion) in Taiwan government funds and make a major cash infusion to rescue the failed Chinese Bank, in the latest Taiwan acquisition by a major foreign bank.


SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Without a doubt, it was the biggest catch of his career.


Seventeen transfers and five Premier League clubs are named in Lord Stevens' probe into alleged transfer irregularities.


IRAN said today it was not obliged to allow UN atomic energy agency inspectors to visit military sites alleged to be involved in secret nuclear weapons work, but that it was willing to discuss the issue.


Movie monster Godzilla receives a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame to mark his 50th birthday and final film.


Interpol has joined Litvinenko poisoning inquiry

International police force Interpol is helping coordinate the investigation into the poisoning of Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko that now involves forces in Germany, Russia and Britain.


JERUSALEM, Nov. 15. - Israel on Monday offered its first indication that it was reassessing relations with the Palestinians after Yasser Arafatâs death, suggesting it might coordinate a planned withdrawal


China Plans Nuclear Talks with North Korea

TOKYO/WASHINGTON  - China, its diplomatic  credentials on the line, planned weekend talks with North Korea  over the nuclear crisis amid U.S. hopes that Beijing would  bring new pressure on Pyongyang to rejoin negotiations,  official sources said on Wednesday.


One Dead, Six Missing in Calif. Mudslide

LA CONCHITA, Calif.  - At least one person was  killed, nine others hurt and up to a dozen more missing on  Monday after a hillside saturated by days of heavy rain  collapsed onto a coastal Southern California neighborhood.


Mickelson Again Missing for Final Ryder Practice

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan  - U.S. Ryder Cup fans  were again denied the chance to see world number four Phil  Mickelson in practice Thursday, 24 hours before golf's most  intense team event gets under way at Oakland Hills.


Putin suggests plan to repair 'internal weakness'

Flags across Russia were lowered to half mast yesterday in preparation for the two days of national mourning decreed by President Vladimir Putin to commemorate the victims of the Beslan school siege.


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After the cancellation of a walking-horse championship, concerns are  being raised about how those high-stepping horses are treated


A service is to be held in memory of the murdered prostitutes in Suffolk as police continue their hunt.


Police hunting the killer of a 17-year-old youth release details of a teenager they want to question.


Jury gets weekend off but remains sequestered

Jurors deciding Scott Peterson's fate ended 2 1/2 days of deliberations late Friday afternoon, appearing tired and haggard. All 12 of them, as well as five alternates, filed onto a small white shuttle bus


One of three sailors injured in a fire that disabled a Canadian submarine off the coast of Ireland has died, Prime Minister Paul Martin said Wednesday.


Dollar Resumes Slide; Euro Hits New Highs

The dollar weakened across the board  in thin and technically driven trading on Monday, with the euro  hitting a new high as confidence grew that euro zone  policy-makers will not intervene just yet to halt the  currency's surge.


Dance Review | Noche Flamenca : The Stage Is Small, the Sweat Apparent, the Spirit Cathartic

In a limited engagement at Joeâs Pub, this excellent Madrid troupe accomplishes much in a fretfully short time.


Dopo la fiducia al Senato tocca a Montecitorio


Metropolitan Police officers use laser equipment at the tunnel where Princess Diana died to investigate the crash.


Thailand's former Prime Minister is back in the region on holiday?and he's making the generals nervous


From horrible contracts to hideous play, Isiah's Knicks are ...

Yes, the product is overpriced and the constant barrage of piped in sound effects is enough to drive Seinfeld's Lloyd Braun into another nervous breakdown (hearing Ric Flair's patented "Wooo!


N.H.L. Players Reject Latest Proposal to End Lockout

The leaders of the two sides will rejoin negotiations on Thursday, but their top aides expressed only limited optimism.


The latest FDA warning concerns the generic painkiller Naproxen, sold under the brand name Aleve. In a three-year study of potential benefits of Naproxen on Alzheimer's patients, government researchers found


Macedonian Prime Minister Hari Kostov quit today over disagreements with ethnic Albanian parties in the governing coalition, triggering a government crisis in the ethnically tense Balkan state.


Roger Clemens Hires Top Washington Lawyer

Roger Clemens has hired a powerhouse Washington lawyer, Lanny A. Breuer, who represented former President Clinton during his impeachment hearings.


Australian Loretta Harrop has fallen just short of winning Olympic gold in the women's triathlon on Day 12 in Athens. Harrop had a fantastic race, leading most of the way before Austrian Kate Allen came from


Funeral processions begin in Iraq for victims of Thursday's devastating car bomb attacks on Baghdad's main Shia area.


The wait for millions of Sims fans is over. Electronic Arts announced that The Sims 2, has shipped to retailers under the EA GAMES brand and is now available on store shelves.


US Envoy Says Kenyan Election Was Rigged

NAIROBI, Kenya -- The vote count from Kenya's election was rigged, but both parties could have been involved, the chief U.S. envoy for Africa said Monday, declining to blame either President Mwai Kibaki or the opposition leader who ran against him.


Zoe R. Cassavetes's Broken English' and John Dahl's hit-man comedy You Kill Me' both arrive in theaters this week.


"The Gates" are open — all 7,500 of 'em. The biggest art project in New York City's history debuted Saturday in Central Park with the unfurling of saffron-colored fabric banners suspended in 16-foot-high frames, providing a splash of sunrise 26 years in the making.


Threats Against Smart Cell Phones Are Mounting

A security firm lays out this year's attack timeline to demonstrate the quickening pace of exploits. By Gregg Keizer. Mobile phone security is bad now, but it is only going to get worse, a security firm said


Return of Relics to Rekindle Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue

VATICAN CITY, NOV. 25, 2004 .- Theological dialogue between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches is expected to resume after the relics of Sts.


Serena Williams from the United States receives treatment for a headache during her first round match at the Generali Ladies tennis tournament in Linz, Austria, against Russia's Alina Jidkova.


Former Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards, getting the 2008 campaign cycle off to an early start, said Saturday that poverty "is one of the great moral issues of our time" and he pledged to help fight it.


Music group Sanctuary agrees to takeover

Centenary Music Holdings Ltd, part of  the Universal Music Group, said on Friday it had agreed to buy  struggling British music company Sanctuary Group for around  44.5 million pounds ($87.7 million).


Excerpts from the letter found pinned with a knife to the body of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh. The letter was addressed to Dutch lawmaker Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who wrote the script for Van Gogh's film "Submission." The letter also referred to other Dutch politicians, including Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen, who is Jewish. It was written in Dutch and translated by The Associated Press.


Not-very-sexy Manitowoc rode growth in all its segments to a solid quarter and year.


At the Office of Information Technology computing cluster in Perkins Library, junior Alexandra Oliveira was among the many students browsing the Internet.


News Analysis: Many Voices, No Debate, as Senate Is Stifled on War

The Senate has tied itself up in procedural knots rather than engage in a debate on Iraq policy.


Boost for Frasers as losses fall to Â£2.5m

HOUSE of Fraser, the department store chain, today went some way to convincing investors that the company can continue to make progress as an independent group with the announcement of narrowing losses.


Wildfires: Making Progress in Sonoma, Calaveras, Amador

SAN FRANCISCO -- Firefighters are battling erratic winds and very low humidity, but making slow gains on a fire that had burned nearly 12,000 acres in the California wine country by Monday morning.


NATO's top commander renewed an appeal Friday for allies to urgently provide up to 2,500 troops for the battle with Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, but officials said it likely would take two weeks before governments reply.


German official's hijack plan criticized

Germany's defense minister said he might order the shooting down of hijacked airlines to avert a Sept. 11-style attack, drawing widespread criticism Monday after the country's highest court threw out a law permitting such action.


IT IS impossible to achieve greatness in sport without being measured against history. On Saturday, the last night of athletics in the 2004 Olympics, a man and a woman, a king and a queen of the track, ran into history.


Venus Williams and Marion Bartoli contest the women's final while Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal both win at Wimbledon.


Former Olympic skier Bloom signs with Eagles

Former Olympic skier Jeremy Bloom  signed a four-year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles on  Wednesday, according to local media reports.


Australian-Scottish Stem Cell Sciences Offers Researchers Free ...

Stem Cell Sciences, an Australian biotechnology company which recently moved its headquarters to Edinburgh, Scotland, is offering scientists worldwide, unconditional access to a new embryonic stem-cell line.


Toshiba Wins Support for HD DVD from 4 Film Studios

Toshiba Corp. said on Monday it had won support for the HD DVD optical disc standard from Warner Bros. Studios, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures and New Line Cinema, advancing its cause in the battle for the next-generation DVD.


Toys R Us Converting One Manhattan Store

Toys R Us, the nation's second biggest toy retailer, plans to convert one of its two Manhattan stores into a Babies R Us, giving the company a prime location for its fast-growing division that sells baby furniture, apparel and accessories.


Janet Leigh, most notable in her role in Alfred Hitchcockâs classic horror film, âPsychoâ, died Sunday afternoon in her Beverly Hills home.


Stop alle previste 2.500 assunzioni, assemblaggio Ypsilon


Iraq, rapito un giovane giapponese. Koizumi: "Non ci ritireremo"

Nuovo sequestro in Iraq. Un giovane giapponese, Shosei Kyoda, 24 anni, Ã¨ da martedÃ¬ nelle mani del gruppo del terrorista giordano Abu Musab al Zarqawi. Quello che Ã¨ considerato il capo di Al Qaeda in Iraq


Researchers report that a new topical cream appears to stop female monkeys from getting an HIV-like virus. The treatment, which aims to protect cells in the vagina from


WASHINGTON  As Sen. John Kerry criticizes President Bush's sweeping redeployment plan for US troops - and surrogates for both campaigns trade increasingly harsh attacks over the ...


L'Italia centro-meridionale ancora stretta nella morsa del geloMolte le scuole chiuse in Umbria, Basilicata, Abruzzo e Marche                                                  Bufera di neve in Molise pendolari bloccati nei bus                                                                                Ancora all'Alto Adige il record del freddo: -30 in Val Venosta


Luke Donald shot a 4-under-par 68 yesterday for a two-stroke lead after three rounds of the Dunhill Links Championship in St. Andrews, Scotland.


ATA Airlines is laying off 156 employees. Company spokeswoman Erica Keane isn't commenting on reports that the Indianapolis-based ATA is trying to sell all or part of its holdings.


The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution on the two crises in Sudan, saying it would take "appropriate action" against any party failing to fulfil its commitments.


Nell'ultimo Angelus del 2007 Benedetto XVI si collega in diretta tvcon i manifestanti che a Madrid protestano contro le leggi di Zapatero                                          Il Papa: "La famiglia va difesa ne dipende il bene della societÃ "


A Lear jet crashed in the mountains near the Mexican border early Sunday, shortly after taking off from a small air field in San Diego, the Federal Aviation Administration reported.


Militants in Iraq have murdered kidnapped Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni, who disappeared last week, Pan-Arab television station Al-Jazeera reported tonight.


A second appeal on the BBC Crimewatch programme prompts a potential witness in the Rhys Jones murder case to come forward.


Australiaâs third-biggest bank said one-off factors, such as the loss of earnings from the sale of its London project finance business and measures to arrest NZ retail customer attrition, would on balance have a negative impact on fiscal 2005 earnings.


Sgro dismisses call to resign over campaign donation, stripper controversy

OTTAWA (CP) - Embattled Immigration Minister Judy Sgro says a questionable $5,000 donation to her election campaign was the result of a clerical error.


DaimlerChrysler's Dodge division has released the first official sketch of the upcoming Dodge Charger. The Charger is a four-door sedan planned for the 2006 model year.


British troops in US-zone in Iraq for a 'limited time': Blair

Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday that the redeployment of 850 crack British troops to a volatile area near Baghdad was "a limited operation for a limited period". "The key issue is the Iraq elections in ...


Torre is not comfortable without full rest

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Twins hesitated not a whit in sending Johan Santana to the mound yesterday on three days' rest. The Yankees refused to do the same with Mike Mussina and, as a result, it will be a well-rested Moose for Game 1 against the Red Sox in the American League Championship Series.


The editor of a UN survey of freedom and governance in Arab societies says the US has impeded its publication.


Is it appropriate to use the speakerphone in a cube?

Q: Is it appropriate for a midlevel manager to conduct several conference calls a day from his cube, disrupting everyone around him?


2014 Olympic bid cities on edge as vote draws near

Cities bidding to host the 2014 Winter Olympics are holding their breaths with the crucial vote that will pour fame and fortune on the winner less than 48 hours away.


Afghan "Peace Convoy" tries to coax Taliban rebels

In a new effort to end the growing Taliban insurgency, a council of Afghan political and tribal leaders hopes to hold talks with elements of the Islamic group aimed at including them in the government.


Could Software Translate Your Dog's Bark?

Scientists identify dogs' emotions and say technology could help them better communicate with humans.


Trend Micro Inc is planning to release antivirus software aimed at the mobile carrier and handset maker markets next June, an executive said as the firm launched a free antivirus-antispam package aimed at the end user.


The arrest of former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen in one of the most horrific crimes of the civil rights era was for some a satisfying culmination of a long-delayed hunt for justice. But others here would rather forget the crime, along with the stain of violent racism it left on the town.


Open-Venus, Serena cruise, pained Nadal through

Venus and Serena Williams served their way into the U.S. Open quarter-finals with impressive straight-sets victories on Sunday, setting up a possible clash between the American sisters in the final four.


Defrocked Priest Gets Suspended Sentence for Marathon Attack

A defrocked Irish priest who attacked the leader during yesterdayâs Olympic marathon was given a one year suspended sentence in Athens today.


Dopo l'assoluzione dei sei imputati la prima iniziativa di disobbedienza civile cui seguirÃ la restituzione dei soldi e delle medaglie d'oro conferite dall'allora presidente Ciampi                                            San Giuliano, protesta contro la sentenza Genitori bruciano schede elettorali                                                                                "Se Ã¨ stata colpa del terremoto e nostra che abbiamo mandato i bimbi a scuolaci sembra giusto restituire i soldi: i funerali dei nostri figli li paghiamo noi"


An employment tribunal awards over Â£17,000 to a waitress sexually harassed over her red hair.


Google net profit falls short of Wall St consensus

Web search leader Google Inc.   reported on Thursday a 28 percent rise in profits that  fell short of consensus expectations, as a recent jump in  operating expenses offset market share gains against rivals.


A man accused of raping a little girl after a videotape of the child being assaulted was found in the Nevada desert pleaded not guilty Wednesday, and a judge set a trial date for April.


By ALEX VEIGA LOS ANGELES - Carlos Gomez could be the recording industry's ideal mobile music customer. His phone is his music player of choice and he spends about $100 a month buying songs for it - often on impulse after hearing a tune on his car radio.


The week before Sunday's presidential rerun, Viktor Yushchenko held a 9-point lead over Viktor Yanukovich. KIEV, UKRAINE - Worries about violence and fraud persist, but many Ukrainians seem to have embraced


Chiusi in bagno padre, madre e tre bambini di 2, 4 e 6 anni


UN Declines to Train Iraqis for Saddam Trial

The United Nations has rejected  a request from Iraqi leaders to train some 30 judges and  prosecutors who would be trying former President Saddam  Hussein, in part because Baghdad has the death penalty, a U.N.  spokesman said on Friday.


Nfld. premier eases flag ban after judges' plea

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, NFLD. - Protests by Newfoundland and Labrador's judges have led Premier Danny Williams to rethink his all-out ban on Canadian flags at provincial buildings.


Israel Resumes Building West Bank Barrier Segment

Israel resumed building one of the  most controversial parts of its West Bank barrier, deep in  occupied land, in a move Palestinians said on Monday clouded  new President Mahmoud Abbas's efforts to revive peacemaking.


Sony is dusting off abridged versions of its hit shows for YouTube.


Avery Johnson, one of the smallest men in history to play 1,000 National Basketball Association games, signed a free agent contract to return to the Dallas Mavericks.


News Corp. in $6 Bln Deal for Rest of Fox

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.  NWS.NMonday said it would buy the remaining 18 percent of its  Fox Entertainment Group Inc. FOX.N  unit in a stock swap  worth roughly $6 billion, which analysts said would simplify  the media conglomerate's structure.


Forget Second Life. The real virtual world gold rush centers on the grammar-school set.


With new episodes of ABCâs âGreyâs Anatomyâ and CBSâs âCSIâ at 9 p.m. on Thursday, both networks surged to the top of the nightâs ratings. âCSIâ attracted the largest audience, 18.1 million, Nielsen estimated. But âGreyâs Anatomyâ (17.6 million) led among viewers ages 18 to 49, putting ABC on top in that demographic. CBSâs "Without a Trace" won at 10 p.m. in total viewers (13.8 million), while âERâ on NBC (9.1 million) ranked first in the hour among the 18-to-49 group. For the night, NBC ranked third in that age group, with âThe Celebrity Apprenticeâ at 9 (8.1 million), âMy Name is Earlâ (7.7 million) and â30 Rockâ (6 million).


Sports Briefing | Basketball: American Women Beat Cuba

Candace Parker scored 21 points and Katie Smith added two late 3-pointers to help the United States hold off Cuba, 85-79, in its opening game at the FIBA Americas tournament in Valdivia, Chile. With the score tied at 71-71 midway through the fourth quarter, Smith hit consecutive 3-pointers. After finishing third at the world championships, the United States was forced to play in the FIBA Americas tournament. Only the tournament winner earns an automatic bid to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.


EUROPA/SPAGNA - Riprende il programma di incontri della scuola per la Pastorale della Salute Palencia (Agenzia Fides) - La Scuola per la Pastorale della Salute di Palencia, Spagna, ha appena ripreso il programma di incontri del nuovo anno, nel corso dei quali verrÃ  affrontato il tema del dolore. Si tratta di una tematica di grande interesse ...


United Airlines' mechanics union announced Friday that its members rejected a tentative contract agreement, dealing the carrier a setback in its efforts to cut labor costs without alienating its workers.


Meth Adds Scourge to Troubled Native American Lands

HOGBACK, New Mexico  - A brutal triple slaying in this remote corner of the vast Navajo reservation brought home what experts have seen coming for years: an explosion in crime on tribal lands linked to the cheap, potent and highly addictive stimulant methamphetamine.


Serie A leader Juventus blew a two-goal, second-half lead and had to settle for a 2-2 tie with Inter Milan on Sunday, losing ground to defending champion AC Milan.


Accidental overdoses and side effects from attention deficit drugs likely send thousands of children and adults to emergency rooms, according to the first national estimates of the problem.


Cardiff, 19:59 - CALCIO, LIVERPOOL: BELLAMY ASSOLTO DA ACCUSE AGGRESSIONE

Il tribunale di Cardiff ha assolto dall'accusa di aggressione nei confronti di due ragazze l'attacca...


Shares of Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) stumbled out of the gate this morning, as the consumer products giant warned that rising costs of raw materials, coupled with increased


Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are peering into the atomic world with record clarity, developing an electron microscope image that can distinguish the individual, dumbbell-shaped atoms of a silicon crystal.


Iran poses 'strategic threat' clouding Middle East, says Blair

Iran poses a "significant strategic threat" which is overshadowing the whole Middle East region, Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.