Frank Lampard emerges as a doubt for England's vital Euro 2008 qualifiers against Israel and Russia.


Police in this western Massachusetts town say they have seized a digital camera with images of celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in Africa for an investigation by Los Angeles authorities.


E-retail seen as bright spot for holiday shopping

Retailers will have to work hard to achieve sales growth this holiday season because of the slow economy and rising prices, but online shopping should keep clicking, a retail trade association will announce today.


Investigations are continuing into a bombing near the Australian embassy in Baghdad which injured three Australian soldiers and left two Iraqi civilians dead.


Britain Rejects Troop Redeployment Claim

Prime Minister Tony Blair's government on Monday rejected claims from opposition lawmakers that a redeployment of British troops in Iraq would be a political show of support for the Bush administration before U.S. presidential elections.


The IRA looks set to be blamed for the Â£22m bank raid in Belfast by Chief Constable Hugh Orde.


Atterraggio di emergenza dopo avaria vicino Ronciglione


European countries are urged to face up to the challenges of tackling a cancer "timebomb" among the elderly.


Pendleton Powell Bowen, Justice's Daughter, Dies

By Jeremy Slayton, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  Mar. 6--Pendleton Powell Bowen was at home in nature.   The former Richmond educator was active in many environmental groups  throughout her life and was captivated by the outside world.   Mrs.


Hungary will withdraw its 300 non-combat troops from Iraq by March 31, the country's new prime minister said Wednesday, because staying longer would be an "impossibility.


A 4 anni e 4 mesi, abuso' di due minori nel Viterbese


Oracle readies content management 'Tsunami'

Oracle later this year plans a major entrance to the content management space with a new product tied to its Collaboration Suite  offering.


Gli ispettori accusano le toghe nella relazione a Mastella


France warned rival banks on Tuesday not to try to grab control of Societe Generale as it reels from losses blamed on a rogue trader, but shares in the bank spiked higher on takeover speculation.


Clark: Weekend fights prove need for division of sports fans ...

For some reason, noon just comes way too early, and making it to campus is a struggle. I thought one of my professors was going to be a stickler about it and dock me some points, but I had a talk with him to calm him down.


The father of a boy killed on the M56 in Cheshire says he warned his son about the dangers of going near the motorway.


Actor Nicolas Cage sues actress Kathleen Turner over allegations made in her autobiography.


President Bush urges North Korea to give up nuclear ambitions at a summit rocked by  protests.


The government announces a review of UK postal services to look at the impact on Royal Mail of full competition.


Former ICI boss and TV 'troubleshooter' Sir John Harvey-Jones dies in his sleep following a long illness.


People who use public or workplace computers for e-mail, instant messaging and Web searching have a new privacy risk to worry about: Google's free new tool that indexes a PC's contents for quickly locating data.


With a recount of the Nov. 2 election results almost complete in Ohio, officials said Tuesday their electronic voting systems worked as promised, despite alleged problems with some machines.


Stocks Close Higher on Brokerage Earnings

NEW YORK - Stocks dashed higher Tuesday as investors welcomed strong earnings from financial services companies, upbeat economic data and some reassuring news from the Federal Reserve.    The Fed's decision to raise short-term interest rates by another quarter-percentage point to 1.75 percent did not come as a surprise to the market...


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Russia Rejects U.S. Criticism of Planned Reforms

Russia on Wednesday curtly rejected U.S.  criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President  Vladimir Putin, telling Washington to stay out of its business.


DealBook Blog: DealBook: Carlyle to Sell Stake to Abu Dhabi

The Carlyle Group has agreed to sell a minority stake to the Abu Dhabi government in a transaction that values the Washington-based private equity giant at nearly $20 billion. The deal will expand Carlyle’s capital base and its ties to a region that is raising its financial profile around the world. It could also [...].


Turkey seeks allies in EU newcomers to unfreeze accession talks

Turkey's chief EU negotiator tried to rally the bloc's Baltic newcomers to Ankara's side after the European Union moved to freeze its accession talks because of its stance over Cyprus.


Sei immigrati che si spartivano droga, prostituzione e immigrazione clandestinaFermi anche a Torino e Caserta. Ricercate altre 3 persone. Spedizioni punitive contro bande rivali                                          Brescia, manette alla cupola nigeriana "Gli affiliati dovevano bere sangue umano"


Police charge a 20-year-old man over the murder of north London schoolboy Martin Dinnegan.


Citigroup to Buy Electronic Stock Trader

The $680 million acquisition of Automated Trading Desk would expand Citigroupâs electronic stock trading capabilities.


Events in Ukraine continue to dominate the European papers. A Budapest daily takes everyone to task over the invalidated referendum on citizenship for ethnic Hungarians abroad. Two German dailies comment on Mr Schroeder's visit to China. And in France a sniffer dog forgets to sniff!


Larijani, Solana meeting in Berlin Wednesday: Iran

European Union foreign policy chief   Javier Solana and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator were due to   meet in Berlin on Wednesday for talks aimed at resolving the   dispute over Iran's nuclear program, the Iranian embassy said.


The NBA will scrap its new microfiber composite ball and bring back the old leather one beginning Jan. 1, an official told The Associated Press on Monday.


The Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks were the last NBA teams to play before the All-Star break.


Jobs of British Airways Directors Under Threat, Telegraph Says

Three senior directors at British Airways Plc face pressure as Chief Executive Rod Eddington starts an investigation into last week's flight delays, the Sunday Telegraph said, citing an unidentified executive at the airline.


Letters circulating among MPs calling for Blair's resignation: media

Some MPs in the governing Labour Party are reportedly drafting at least one letter calling for British Prime Minister Tony Blair to resign.


Which search engines do searchers prefer and why? How do users use search engines to find the information they want? And how do searchers perceive paid versus free listings? New research offers insights into the workings of the searcher's mind.


"Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria and NBA champion Tony Parker are set to marry this Saturday. Details have mainly been kept a secret, however the wedding is said to be held at a privately owned chateau near the French village of Maincy. Its 8 m...


The new epicenter of the global AIDS pandemic is Asia, and its new faces are Asia's young girls and women. This was highlighted by a recent United Nations report on HIV/AIDS and the theme


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Red Sox pitcher Pedro Astacio and Yankees pitcher Brad Halsey were each suspended Tuesday for three games and fined an undisclosed amount.


Facebook links up with Vodafone on mobile platform

InfoWorld - Facebook took a new step into the mobile realm on Thursday, launching a platform for operators designed to make its social networking application work better on portable devices.


Blog: Apple will set the iPhone free at 6 p.m. in each time zone across the U.S., company representatives have confirmed.


American football-Flynn leads LSU to national title

Louisiana State University's Tigers roared to a 38-24 victory over top-ranked Ohio State University to claim the U.S. college football championship on Monday.


Britain is facing winter blackouts because of a "looming crisis" in electricity generating capacity, a union warns.


Although the Southern California desert is a long way — and drastically different — from her native South Korea, Grace Park feels at home among the sand and the cacti.


In Florida, Early Voting Means an Early Return to Problems

Presidential voting in Florida began two weeks early on Monday, in an effort to avoid many of the problems that plagued Election Day 2000.


A chemical used to abort pregnancy could fight breast and ovarian cancer, say scientists.


The Democratic National Committee formed a 40-member panel Friday to study whether to shake up the dominance that Iowa and New Hampshire wield in presidential elections.


Nearly half of the foreign detainees held in Iraq are Saudi citizens, and lists of their names were given to Saudi officials during a recent visit by an Iraqi delegation, national security adviser Mouwaffak al-Rubaie said in remarks aired Monday.


Microsoft Investigates Windows Bug Warnings

Microsoft Corp. on Monday chided a private research outfit for releasing proof-of-concept code for three potentially serious flaws in the Windows operating system, warning that irresponsible disclosure was not in the best interest of consumers.


BBC Click looks at the technologies helping us to store digital music, photos and video on our computers.


SIR Richard Branson has said one of the next projects he wants to undertake is building a Virgin hotel in space. The multi-millionaire entrepreneur is working on plans for Virgin Galactic Airways and has designers


Fears were growing tonight for the safety of Briton Kenneth Bigley as unconfirmed reports stated a fellow hostage in Iraq had been executed.


YUKOS Slides Towards Collapse After Main Unit Sold

Russia's top oil exporter, YUKOS, slid closer to collapse after it lost its main production unit to a mystery buyer in a forced auction and acknowledged on Monday that its crude shipments were slowing.


Heinz Kerry: Bush deficit 'fiscally irresponsible'

Teresa Heinz Kerry came to an Allentown rally Wednesday to energize supporters of her husband, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, with six days to go until the election.


3 Arrested for Trying to Extort NBA Player

Three men were arrested Tuesday night for trying to extort $3 million from Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony.


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A woman pleaded guilty Monday to her role in the nation's deadliest human smuggling case — the deaths of 19 illegal immigrants crammed into a sweltering trailer.


The removal men arrive at No 10 Downing St to pack away Tony Blair's possessions ahead of his departure.


Students who download and exchange movies illegally over the Internet may soon face lawsuits and subpoenas similar to those faced by music filesharers.


Ubisoft Entertainment SA said Tuesday it regards the purchase of 19.9 percent of its shares by Electronic Arts Inc. as hostile, but held out the possibility of talks with its US rival.


Five bodies were found in a car submerged in a northern Kentucky creek, near a sharp curve on a rural road, police said.


A man campaigning for the rights of fathers in separation and divorce cases was arrested on Friday after he handcuffed himself to Britain's minister for children's affairs, police said.


Actress Rachel Weisz defends new film The Fountain after it was booed at Venice Film Festival.


Myanmar Extends Suu Kyi House Arrest, Opposition Says

YANGON, Myanmar  - Myanmar police have told  democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi she is being held under house  arrest under a law which allows for such detention for up to a  year, an opposition spokesman said Monday.


Arsenal still out front as Chelsea makes a promise

London: Champion Arsenal retained its two-point lead at the top of English Premier League with a 1-0 win at Manchester City as title rival Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 1-0 yesterday.


A teenager accused of robbing a student of two new Playstation 3s on the day the popular game consoles were introduced was killed by police who had been sent to arrest him.


Launch Date Set for AMD's Four-Core 'Barcelona'

Finally ending rumors of delays, AMD announced that its quad-core Opteron server processors, known also by the codename of "Barcelona," will be shipping later this summer. The chips, the company's first quad-cores, might help AMD regain its financial footing and help it compete with archrival Intel.


The South African nation of Botswana hopes to gain a share of the BPO (business process outsourcing) market by making a pitch for niche areas.


This candy and card seller has two strikes against it.


Researchers in Vietnam announced Friday they have caught one of the world's most endangered turtles in the wild, a development which could bolster efforts to protect the species from hunters and collectors.


Travel group widens horizons to compete online

Coming out of the lift on the 37th floor of Cendant's New York office, visitors are greeted with a breathtaking view of Central Park and the Manhattan skyline.


A review of cancer services in Wales says patient care needs better planning and managers must work together.


It may not be the Tour de France, but Houston Dr. Ted Yang hopes to garner just as much attention this week as he pedals with a team from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, to raise awareness for cancer research.


Microsoft, Siemens to develop in-car infotainment

Microsoft  and Siemens  (SIEGn.DE) will join forces to develop in-car entertainment and  navigation products that should make it easier for consumers to  connect devices such mobile phones and music players.


Dechamps lascia la Juve Lippi forse è il successore

Il tecnico ha deciso di lasciare dopo l'ultimo scontro con i vertici bianconeri. Oggi sarà in panchina contro il Mantova


Growing Online, BBC Is to Join With MySpace

The commercial arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation on Thursday is expected to announce that it will make some of its content available on MySpace.


New health scheme launched to help world's poor

Seven developing countries in Africa and Asia will be the first to take part in a new global health campaign aimed at directing aid more effectively at the basic needs of poor countries, Britain said on Wednesday.


Yawar Warns Iran Against Meddling in Iraq

Iraq's interim president warned today against Iranian meddling in Iraqi politics ahead of elections next month and said his countrymen must reject religious government.


Italian president reviews new Prodi coalition pact

ROME - Italy's president began a new round of talks on Friday to see whether Romano Prodi can stay on as prime minister and guarantee a stable center-left government to end the country's ...Comment


Japan's Nintendo has struck the first blow in what is set to be an all-out war with Sony for the lucrative handheld game console market, aggressively pricing its new dual


Protesters twice disrupt Blair's speech at Labor's conference

Protesters have twice disrupted British Prime Minister Tony Blair's speech at his ruling Labor's annual conference in Brighton, southern England, as thousands of pro-hunt campaigners


Chiusa garanzia, in testa audience anche per intera giornata


Woburn's boys' soccer team lost a tough game to Middlesex League rival Lexington last month, 3-1. Yesterday, the Tanners got revenge, and in a big way.


The document, aimed not at doctors, but at national health ministers, was the W.H.O.âs first guide to planning end-of-life care.


China c.bank to control money, credit growth: paper

China's central bank has pledged to strengthen efforts to effectively manage the amount of cash in the financial system, according to the summary of a meeting held earlier this week that was published on Wednesday.


Kenneth Cole Productions Inc. KCP.N  on Thursday said fourth-quarter and full-year earnings would  fall well below Wall Street analysts' expectations because of a  "challenging December" and the cost of complying with  accounting regulations.


Dublino, 19:52 - GOLF, RYDER CUP: EUROPA-STATI UNITI 10-6

L'Europa è in vantaggio sugli Stati Uniti 10-6 al termine della seconda giornata della 36/a R...


A member of a punk clique surrendered Wednesday for scalping another member, apparently as punishment for her disrespectful behavior toward women, police said.


Catania, 16:58 - CALCIO, CATANIA; BALDINI: INTER, SQUADRA DI MAESTRI

Aspettando Catania-Inter, posticipo serale di domani sera, i tifosi rossoblu rispolverano il celebre...


Little progress in N Korea talks: Downer

North Korea was reluctant to accept a United States plan to give up its nuclear program but would probably attend the next round of talks on the impasse, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said after a brief visit to Pyongyang.


KARACHI (Pakistan) - Paramilitary police have killed a suspected top Al-Qaeda operative wanted for his alleged role in the slaying of a Wall Street Journal reporter and two assassination attempts against President Pervez Musharraf, the Information


Leading shares ended the day lower as interest rate worries and uncertainty in the high street after Alliance Boots rebuffed an 1,000 pence per share approach added to a cautious early session on Wall Street.


Nel Torinese, forte trauma cranico e' in prognosi riservata


China wakes up to global clout of its small firms

Xing Houyuan's advice to investors who seek her out is patient and practical: do due diligence on any potential partner, clarify its ties to the government, and make sure you control any joint venture.


BlueGene Wins the Supercomputer Speed Race

In September, IBM announced that the Blue Gene/L prototype had sustained speeds of 36 trillion calculations per second. Blue Gene/L recently achieved a sustained performance of 70.


The Cardinals had been waiting for someone to step up and deliver the finishing blow, to squash the Dodgers' upset dreams and return them to St.


The California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC) is pushing the U.S. government to test the argument that international trade laws can be used to end Chinese censorship of the Internet.


Costco shares fall on profit forecast cut

Costco Wholesale Corp.  on  Wednesday warned of lower-than-expected quarterly profit  because of disappointing gross margins and a tax reserve,  sending its shares down 5 percent in premarket trading.


Cat owner protests against privacy-invading Google

Tabby 'wants to be alone' Google has raised fresh privacy concerns in the US, thanks to its new Street View service on its maps. It is apparently not enough that the advertising broker would like to find your next job for you, or tell you what you might want to do at the weekend, now it wants to peer into your living rooms.â¦


The Face That Launched a Thousand Emotions Turns 25

When a university professor suggested using :-) as a way of denoting a lighthearted comment, he wasn't trying to change the world of communications. But he did.


Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir say a senior police officer has been killed in fighting with militants.


Update 3: Holiday Outlook Brightens for Retailers

The outlook for the holiday season brightened Thursday as many of the nation's retailers reported an improvement in sales in October.


A baseball rechristening in Washington: Expos to become Nationals

The 73-year-old former Washington Senators public address announcer was not about to let a protester ruin another big baseball day in the nation's capital.


Pentagon Worker Under Investigation for Spying for Israel

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is reported to be checking the possibility that a Pentagon employee has been passing secret information to Israel.


Rehnquist Back at Supreme Court Part Time

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist is back at work at the Supreme Court, though only part time.


Laksamana.Net - The battle for the leadership of Golkar Party appears to have narrowed to a two-horse race between incumbent party chairman Akbar Tanjung and Vice President Jusuf Kalla, while a last minute change in voting rules has increased the number


The Hague - Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic condemned his war crimes trial as a "pure farce" on Wednesday in a defiant finish to his opening defence statement against charges of ethnic cleansing in the Balkans.


(Sports Network) - The Boston Celtics visit Atlantic Division-rival New York tonight at Madison Square Garden. Tonight is Boston's first road game of the season, The Celtics were just 17-24 on the road last season.


LONDON A man with a history of mental illness was arrested Thursday after a stabbing rampage in north London in which one man was killed and five other people were wounded.


Lebanese group Hezbollah says senior commander Imad  Mughniyeh died  in a bombing in Damascus.


One of the oldest artifacts of America's first experiments with nuclear power, a 70-year-old atom-busting machine, will be junked, Columbia University said on Thursday.


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Wall Street Faces 2 Elections, Not Just 1

The waiting game for the U.S.  presidential election ends two weeks from Tuesday -- but then  investors can turn over the timer and start again.


Military working hard to upgrade Iraq vehicles' armor, officials ...

Military officials said Thursday they were working hard to upgrade the armor on Army vehicles in Iraq, a day after a soldier had pressed


Gov't Targets Drugged Driving Among Teens

Many teen drivers believe it's less dangerous to drive after smoking marijuana than after drinking alcohol, a perception the government wants to change.


Former British cabinet member says he is HIV-positive

Britain's former culture minister Chris Smith, a Labour Party lawmaker, has publicly admitted to being HIV-positive.


Seven Ukrainian soldiers serving in the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq were killed in an explosion, the Defense Ministry said Sunday.


Fired Argentine Envoy Says Cuba Won't Let Neurosurgeon Go

Argentina will get nowhere pressing Cuba  to allow a dissident neurosurgeon to travel to see her son and  grandchildren in Buenos Aires, the country's former ambassador  in Havana, Raul Taleb, said on Friday.


New Video Game Recreates Kennedy Assassination

A new video game to be released on  Monday allows players to simulate the assassination of U.S.  President John F. Kennedy.


Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms kidnapped a senior Iranian diplomat in Baghdad, Iraqi and Iranian officials said on Tuesday, and Tehran blamed the U.S. military and demanded his immediate release.


Kendrick Jones quickly learned how new Illinois football coach Ron Zook likes to act around his players. Though pressed for time prior to his introductory


British telecom regulator Ofcom said its approach to VoIP and release of new telephone numbering for it was aimed at encouraging the services through reduced costs and increased competition.


The Phantom of the Opera Hits the Big Screen

The Phantom of the Opera, a rare big screen adaptation of a musical, opens this weekend. With the musical grossing $3.2 billion worldwide with stints in New York, London, and Toronto, it was worth the gamble to producers.


The US Food and Drug Administration yesterday ordered strengthened boxed labels for Pfizer's Bextra, warning of possible heart and blood clotting problems.


Il presidente di Confindustria approva l'uscita dello Stato dal capitale"Ma poi si tratta di vedere se esiste un piano industriale serio"                                          Alitalia, Montezemolo prudente "Imprenditori non sono kamikaze"                                                                                Ottimista Rutelli: "Importante la decisione del governo, le prospettive finanziarie ci sono"


Get an upconverting DVD player for $34.99 shipped

Forget the high-def DVD format war; the Coby upconverting DVD player, available from Buy.com for $34.99 shipped, will make your movies look a lot better on your HDTV.


Republicans fight over conservative credentials

It's not enough for U.S. Republican presidential candidates to be conservatives. They've got to be bigger and better conservatives to win the hearts of right-wing America.


Medio Oriente. La leadership palestinese e' in viaggio per Parigi

Il premier palestinese, Abu Ala, e il suo predecessore e numero due dell'Olp, Abu Mazen, sono partiti in auto da Ramallah, in Cisgiordania per raggiungere Amman da dove con un aereo privato decolleranno alla volta della capitale francese.


Citigroup's Thomson, Krawcheck Swap Posts

Citigroup Inc. C.N on Monday said  Todd Thomson, its chief financial officer and head of strategy,  will swap posts with Sallie Krawcheck, Smith Barney's chairman  and chief executive officer.


NASA spacecraft design pioneer Faget dies

HOUSTON -- Maxime A. Faget, a pioneering NASA engineer who designed the original spacecraft for Project Mercury and whose work helped create every human spacecraft the agency has launched since, has died.


December 01, 2004 ã¡ Renault Group, a major French automaker, intends to invest 600 billion won ($572 million) in Korea over the next three years, Louis Schweitzer, the company's chairman, said in Seoul yesterday.


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SlingPlayer for Symbian cell phones now available

Previously available only in beta, the Symbian version of the SlingPlayer is now available for sale at the company's Web site.


Senator John Sununu Says He Won't Campaign With Bush in 2008

Bloomberg - July 20 (Bloomberg) -- New Hampshire Republican John Sununu said he won't campaign with George W. Bush next year ``in this climate'' because of the president's low job-approval ratings.


Screening: Co-Pays Seen as a Deterrent to Getting Mammograms

Twelve dollars may not seem like a high medical cost, but it is enough to deter many women from getting a mammogram, a new study finds.


SEATTLE - Bob Melvin was fired as manager of the Seattle Mariners on Monday, a day after the team ended the season with its 99th loss.    Melvin, who lasted two seasons, was told of the decision during a morning meeting at Safeco Field, and general manager Bill Bavasi called a news conference for later in the day...


A couple died after the temperature in their apartment climbed to 111 degrees. Their landlord and a utility company disagreed over whether a faulty furnace was to blame.


McDowell and Price share Heritage lead, as Monty and Poulter miss

WOBURN, England (PA) -- And so there were two. After the second round Friday, Padraig Harrington and David Howell are the only members of the European Ryder Cup team left in the Heritage Tournament at Woburn.


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Our atmosphere is home to many stunning optical phenomena; rainbows, lightning and fiery red sunsets to name but a few. For many, the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis


First Milosevic Trial Defense Witness Called

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic blasted a decision to impose defense lawyers on him as "legal fiction" Tuesday as his first witness testified at his war crimes trial.


Savings bonds aren't paying what they used to.


Don't bet on getting it back The FBI has frozen access to Neteller accounts as part of its ongoing investigation into the company.â¦


Chronic distress linked to higher dementia risk

NEW YORK  - Older adults who are prone to emotional distress may have an increased risk of developing dementia, a new study suggests.


More Evidence That Folic Acid Prevents Birth Defects

MONDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDayNews) -- Fortifying food with folic acid can greatly reduce the incidence of spina bifida and other birth defects, says a Canadian study in the latest issue of BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.


Shay Doron's 39 points are not enough to lift No. 15 Maryland as the Terps fall to Florida State, 95-91, in overtime on Sunday.


WASHINGTON -- The top US negotiator at North Korean nuclear talks said yesterday that the North's plutonium-producing reactor could be disabled by the end of the year. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, just back from a trip to North Korea, also said top ministers from the six nations involved in the talks could meet late next month if progress ...


Connecticut joins California in Spitzer probe

Connecticut is going to join California amid New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzerâs probe over the US insurance industry scandal.


'Il Parlamento punti ad un testo per un'ampia convergenza'


BAR's Anthony Davidson and Jenson Button set the pace at the first Chinese Grand Prix.


Con circa 160 milioni vuole acquistare 100% della societa'


Update 2: Japan's Cabinet OKs Draft Budget for '05

Japan's Cabinet on Monday endorsed a draft 82.18 trillion yen (US$788.7 billion; euro594.62 billion) national budget for fiscal 2005, increasing overall spending to care for an aging population but trimming general and defense outlays.


Actress Priscilla Presley is among celebrities taking part in US TV show Dancing with the Stars.


Iran rejects a new European bid to make it abandon nuclear work but insists it is not pursuing atomic weapons.


NASCAR.COM Offers Daytona 500 Video Downloads on the iTunes Store

ATLANTA, Feb. 16  /PRNewswire/ -- NASCAR.COM, the premier online destination for NASCAR fans, today announced that race fans will be able to download video highlights of the 2007 Daytona 500 from the iTunes(R) Store (http://www.itunes.com/).


General Motors Corp. said yesterday that it will shut its 70-year-old van factory in southeast Baltimore next year, confirming a closure that some 1,100 workers have long expected but that state officials had hoped to stave off.


Roma, 15:48 - CALCIO, LEGA: VIA ALL'ASSEMBLEA, CATANIA ASSENTE

E' inziata da poco a Fiumicino l'assemblea informale di Lega Calcio che dovrà individuare le ...


Terrell Owens apologized Thursday to anyone offended by his role in a steamy segment with actress Nicollette Sheridan for the intro to "Monday Night Football."


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Seattle Mariners Team Report - October 2

(Sports Network) - Ichiro Suzuki will try to add to his new single-season hits record, as he takes the field for the Seattle Mariners in the middle test of a season-ending three-game series against the visiting Texas Rangers.


ObjectiveLib is a library of containers and generic algorithms for Objective-C meant to provide the same benefits to Objective-C developers that the Standard Template Library provides for C++ developers. This release, version 0.8, is the first public release, and is kept below version 1.0 so that the API may be modified based on user feedback. All of the functionality that one finds in the STL from C++ is also in ObjectiveLib, including: vectors, lists, maps, sets, queues, a huge array of generic algorithms, memory allocators, function objects, and iterators. Additionally, the API has been kept as close to the STL API as possible so that those familiar with STL will have no trouble picking up with ObjectiveLib right away. If you find Apple's Cocoa framework woefully lacking in containers and algorithms, then ObjectiveLib is just the addition that you need for your toolkit.   You can download it here: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=120814&package_id=131686


Flessione del 27%, calo del 23% negli 11 mesi del 2004


Serena and Henin bow out at Australian Open

Reputations count for little in grand slam tennis as champion Serena Williams and world number one Justine Henin found on Tuesday, both put to the sword at the quarter-final stage of the Australian Open.


Google, Microsoft trade barbs over Yahoo bid

Google has made its first official comments on Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Yahoo saying that the deal raises "troubling questions" and that the underlying principles of the Internet stand to be tested by the proposed deal.


Cubs Rally As Giants Rest Slumping Bonds

Aramis Ramirez lines a go-ahead two-run double off the wall in left with two outs in the eighth inning, and the Cubs rally for a 3-2 victory over the Giants.


Steinbrenner Hits the Ceiling for Spending by the Yankees

Commissioner Bud Selig and other baseball owners should be thrilled. The luxury tax on payrolls has inhibited George Steinbrenner's spending.


Taping Movies in Theaters Could Become Federal Crime

Recording the movie at a movie theater using a video camera could be made into a federal case. The House of Representatives passed a bill to make using video camera to record movies in cinemas a federal crime with a punishment of up to six years in pri...


Hunter Slay Suspect's Daughter Speaks Out

The daughter of a Minnesota man accused of killing six hunters in northwestern Wisconsin said Sunday she was shocked to hear about her father's alleged crimes and called him a great person.


Kibaki declared winner of Kenya election

President Mwai Kibaki has beaten opposition rival Raila Odinga by a narrow margin to win re-election in Kenya's closest ever vote, the head of the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) said on Sunday.


Solar Eclipse to Start Thursday, End Wednesday!

A partial solar eclipse will take place next week, oddly ending the day before    it begins.


By staff writers and wires. THE track where a passenger train was derailed in Queensland today, injuring more than 100 people, was inspected just hours before the crash, it has emerged.


Nobel peace winner unveils bold vision for ending poverty

Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, December 09. Yunus of Bangladesh, founder of Grameen Bank, has unveiled a bold vision for ending global poverty as he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.Comment


HBO to let subscribers download TV shows, movies

Time Warner Inc pay TV channel HBO  will launch a service on Tuesday to let subscribers download  movies and television shows over the Web, joining a crowded  market for video on the Internet.


Barnes & Noble, the largest U.S. bookseller, said Thursday it lost money in the first quarter but that strong sales of new releases pushed sales upward.


Londra, 10:18 - TENNIS, WIMBLEDON: ASSEGNATE 6 WILD CARD MASCHILI

Gli organizzatori del torneo di Wimbledon, in programma dal 25 giugno, hanno assegnato 6 delle 8 wil...


A three-year-old Indonesian boy has tested positive for bird flu but his life in not in danger, a health ministry official said on Monday.


CBS Fined Over Janet Network is ordered to pay historical sum

The Federal Communications Commission has ordered CBS to pay a fine of $550,000 for its Super Bowl halftime show, a record penalty for indecency.


Taxi Driver Shoots Man in Bin Laden Mask

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Osama bin Laden take note: You wouldn't be safe in Costa Rica. A startled taxi driver shot and wounded a jokester wearing a plastic mask of the al-Qaida leader, police said Tuesday.


Embrace the future Intel has followed Sun Microsystems by releasing development tools to optimize the performance of applications running on multi-core, multi-threaded chips.â¦


Carlos GhosnÂs comments came hours after he met with General MotorsÂ chief executive, Rick Wagoner.


Atrocities daily in Sudan's Darfur: U.N. rights chief

Atrocities are occurring daily in Sudan's Darfur region and rape and pillage directed against civilians are at "a horrific level," United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said on Wednesday.


The mother of murdered Sarah Payne backs calls for Scots parents to know about  paedophiles in their area.


An Indian court dismisses claims that land  was acquired illegally for making the world's cheapest car, the Nano.


France signs deal to open Louvre in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi signed a deal with France on Tuesday to build a spinoff of its most famous museum, the Louvre, in the Gulf emirate better known for oil than art.


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Coming Soon to a Cellphone Near You: Isabella Rossellini Mounting a Housefly

Isabella Rossellini has directed a series of short films for cellphones and computers called Green Porno, a name specially tailored for search engines.


A rally meant to promote tolerance was scrapped, after rumours were spread that it was in fact a gay parade.


Analysis: When Fed Says Jump, Investors Ask 'How High?'

Ironic thing about the US Federal Reserve raising interest rates -- tighter money puts investors on edge about their financial assets, but


The International Red Cross has made an unprecedented appeal for an end to human rights abuses in Iraq, saying it is 'deeply concerned' at the impact of the fighting in the country and at apparent failures by all sides in the conflict to respect


Seoul, Tokyo to push for North Korea talks

South Korea and Japan agreed Saturday to try to restart stalled six-party talks concerning North Korea's nuclear ambitions. North Korea should return to the multilateral


Tens of thousands of US voters illegally registered in two states: paper

Tens of thousands of voters are illegally registered in Florida and another state, a daily reported, fueling concerns about possible irregularities in the state at the center of the 2000 electoral chaos.


Islamabad, Dec 14 - Experts from Pakistan and India are meeting today and tomorrow in Islamabad to discuss nuclear and conventional confidence building measures (CBMs).


MAINE (4-5) vs. URI (4-5) When, where: Tomorrow, noon, at Kingston, R.I. Radio: WZON (620 AM, Bangor, Maine), WLOB (1310 AM, 96.3 FM, Portland). Last meeting: Maine won, 31-14, in 2002. Comments: Maine lost to Hofstra last week, 31-20. LB Jermaine Walker had a team-high 10 tackles, intercepted a pass, and recovered a fumble. Marcus Williams needs only 33 yards ...


Canada's opposition Liberals pick a surprise candidate for their new leader - ex-minister Stephane Dion.


A Russian man who killed a Swiss air traffic controller he blamed for a plane crash that killed his family was appointed to a high-level government post in southern Russia, state-run media reported.


There was a trifecta in tech earnings yesterday, with search engine king Google Inc., software giant Microsoft Corp. and online shopping leader Amazon.


Baseball Notes | Jail term begins for Atlanta's Furcal

Atlanta Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal turned himself in at the Cobb County Jail in Marietta, Ga., yesterday to serve a 21-day sentence on a probation violation.


England international Owen Hargreaves could face a lengthy spell out of the game with a suspected broken leg.


The superhero epic "X-Men: The Last Stand" proved magnetic over the Memorial Day weekend, taking in $120.1 million, the biggest opening ever for the holiday weekend.


Authorities searched mountain trails and the Provo River on Friday looking for a Brigham Young University student near where two people took a bicycle that may belong to her.


Dominant Wasps sit pretty for European rugby quarters berth

Reigning champions Wasps recorded a dominant 40-7 bonus-point win over Llanelli Scarlets to boost hopes of a European Cup quarter-final spot.


Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:    -----     Arizona Leads Nation in West Nile Cases      Thousands of abandoned swimming pools, along with irrigation canals and other prime breeding sites for mosquitoes in Phoenix, have made Arizona the state hardest hit by West Nile virus this year.      Arizona has accounted for at least 290 of more than 500 reported cases of West Nile virus in the United States so far in 2004...


Bush, Kerry Use Draft to Target Youth Vote

John Kerry says re-electing President Bush would create "the great potential of a draft." Not so, responds the incumbent: "The best way to avoid the draft is to vote for me."


Australia begin quest to conquer 'final frontier'

India and Australia go into Wednes-day's first Test here without their first-choice teams amid growing concern about both the incle-ment weather and how the wicket will play.


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Studies have shown that suburbanites use more energy and produce more carbon dioxide than city-dwellers.


Foto e manifesti epoca da archivio Museo Nazionale Cinema


Top-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero advanced to the third round of the Mexican Open with a straight set victory over Lukas Dlouhy on Wednesday.


Food labels simplified in anti-obesity fight

A promise to introduce a single, simple food labelling scheme this year, ending the contradictory and confusing systems, will form the centrepiece of the government's anti-obesity drive today.


Fed urges loan holders to avoid defaults

The Federal Reserve and other banking regulators issued special guidance Tuesday urging loan service companies to work with borrowers in danger of defaulting on their home mortgages.


Regis Philbin,78, announced Monday that he will be taking a temporary leave from the the show, Live with Regis and Kelly in order to have a triple bypass.  This isn't the first time he's had some heart surgery, 14 years ago he had an angioplasty...


Suicide bombing kills 12 at Sri Lanka train station

A suicide bomber attacked a train at Colombo's main railway station Sunday, killing at least 12 and injuring 100 others on the eve of Sri Lanka's independence day celebrations, officials said.


Europe's northern seaports are on an unprecedented bull run. Terminal operators are reporting record traffic for most cargoes, from containers and crude oil, to coal and iron ore and are confidently bracing for ...


Canadian flagbearer Gill bids hasty exit from Olympic judoka event

ATHENS (CP) - Montreal's Nicolas Gill will now play the role of spectator at the Summer Games.


The number of laid-off workers filing for unemployment benefits dropped sharply last week after having been driven higher the previous week by storm-related layoffs.


The federal judge handling lawsuits against the nation's telecoms rules the companies have to answer spying allegations. But the real point is to force the feds to show their cards. In 27B Stroke 6.


Two held by Hezbollah badly wounded: Israeli sources

Two Israeli soldiers were seriously wounded during their capture by Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas in July and at least one of them could now be dead, senior Israeli security sources said on Wednesday.


California Sues EPA Over Emissions Rules

NEW YORK, Jan. 2 -- California, joined by 15 other states led by New York, sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday over its refusal to allow the state to set its own, tougher vehicle-emissions standards to control greenhouse gases and combat global warming.


American casualties in Iraq are mounting as the US-led offensive in Fallujah unfolds. As of Tuesday evening there, 10 American troops had been killed in action and an undisclosed


An Economy That Turns American Values Upside Down

he Labor Department reported last week that 144,000 payroll jobs were created in August. Let's put that in perspective. The number was below market forecasts.


The last time Linda Bolster of Hanson talked on the phone with her mother in Port Charlotte, Fla., the sun was shining outside Alita Doherty's mobile home


Jim Mora withdraws his name from consideration to be the Redskins' head coach, a day after visiting with owner Daniel Snyder.


'Apprentice' Star Donald Trump Gets 'Roasted'

Donald Trump, you're roasted. The  tables were turned on Trump as the real estate mogul turned  reality TV star sat through a litany of jokes at his expense  during the Friars Club's 100th anniversary celebrity "roast" on  Friday.


Vikings' Moss Doubtful for Sunday's Game

Minnesota Vikings receiver Randy Moss stands on the sidelines with coach Mike Tice, right, in the second quarter of their game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004, in Green Bay, Wis.


LONDON: Europeâs top equity market, the London Stock Exchange, has rejected a Â£1.3bil cash bid from Deutsche Boerse to create a dominant European exchange, but held the door open to talks.


Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage was the source who revealed the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame to syndicated columnist Robert Novak back in 2003, touching off a federal investigation, two sources familiar with Armitage's role have told CNN.


Verbal attacks stoke Kenya crisis, despite talks

Kenyans faced more turmoil on Friday after both sides in the country's deadly political crisis accused each other of trying to sink mediation efforts.


Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, a thorn in his own party's side when it comes to Iraq, announced Monday he would retire from the Senate and not seek any elected office in 2008.


Study: Acupuncture Helps Relieve Arthritis Pain

The biggest clinical study of acupuncture to date shows the ancient Chinese therapy can help people with arthritis of the knee. The study led by a University of Maryland School of Medicine researcher concluded


Philanthropy Google’s Way: Not the Usual

Unlike most charities, GoogleÂs new philanthropy will be for-profit, greatly increasing its range and flexibility.


Hedge Funds, Once Daring, Trim Their Currency Bets

Hedge funds, once the last word in aggressive speculation, have become more timid as pensions and other more risk-averse investors have increasingly placed money with the funds.


Screen saver to go on offensive against spam web sites

Internet users fed up with spam can go on the offensive by downloading a screen saver aimed at hitting junkmailers in the pocket, according to Net portal Lycos.


Amidst Controversy, Lake Continues to Deteriorate

By Sean Boone, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  Jun. 2--It has been nearly two years since the environmental debate surrounding Eastern Lake began, and problems continue to exist.


Britain talking to U.S. about role in missile system

Britain is holding talks with the United States about participating in a U.S. plan for a missile defense shield, the government said on Friday.


Colin Farrell doesn't want to see a repeat of his latest   Tonight Show appearance.


Clark hopes Asean meeting will deliver more than trade talks

VIENTIANE: New Zealand's historic invitation to attend the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) summit will deliver more than trade negotiations, Prime Minister Helen Clark said today.


New York firm offers to buy Robert Mondavi Corporation

FAIRPORT, NY A New York firm has confirmed that it has offered to buy The Robert Mondavi Corporation. Constellation Brands says it has offered 970 (m) million dollars to buy the Napa-based winery.


Intel launches a new range of processors - known as Penryn - based on a new material to power PCs.


At least 120,000 Americans a year suffer strokes because of a common irregular heartbeat — one that's on the rise, hard to treat and can shoot deadly blood clots straight to the brain. Now doctors are experimenting with a new way to prevent those brain attacks: a tiny device that seals off a little section of the jiggling heart where the clots form.


YouTube expands its mobile site to make the experience of watching videos on the go more like it is on the PC.


Gay Men Not Alone Worrying About Body Image

by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff. (New York City) Gay men have long been accused of idolizing the body beautiful to the point of being hung up on their own bodies, but a new study shows it is not an exclusively gay phenomenon.


Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former chief of Yukos, once the largest petroleum exporter in Russia, told the Russian courts from jail that he did not have enough money to pay the company's tax debt.


A reported jump in the rate of Amazon deforestation is unproven despite a government crackdown on tree cutting, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in comments published Thursday.


Sinn Fein, political ally of the IRA, has accused British security forces in Northern Ireland of bugging the home of a peripheral member of party leader Gerry Adams' staff.


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At least Montgomery Burns won't end up in the poorhouse.


African countries have announced a continent-wide plan to slash ivory trading in their domestic markets.


Not Highfalutin, but Highly Satisfying Indulgences

Here, revealed for the first time, are some of the secret passions of the classical music critics of The New York Times â the music they listen to when they are not listening to timeless classics.


AMERICA/CANADA - Un approccio critico sulla sfida della globalizzazione per l'America Latina, nel cammino verso la V Conferenza Generale del CELAM Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Le edizioni Anne Sigier del QuÃ©bec (Canada) hanno appena pubblicato il volume "Globalizzazione e Umanesimo Cristiano. Prospettiva sull'America Latina", del prof. GuzmÃ¡n Carriquiry Lecour, Sotto-Segretario del Pontificio Consigl...


Delegates, Protesters Descend on New York

NEW YORK - Abortion-rights protesters and the first Republican delegates descended on President Bush's heavily fortified convention city Saturday as campaign officials said their boss would use the nomination spotlight to defend his hawkish foreign polices and offer a second-term agenda for health care, education and job training.   "He believes it's important for a candidate to talk about what he's done and, most important, where he wants to lead," said adviser Karen Hughes, aboard Bush's campaign bus in Ohio...


Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe spotted a new star in the sky on Nov. 11, 1572, and astronomers have been trying ever since to figure out exactly what happened. The case appeared to be solved last week.


Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke is the latest Labour figure to warn against party infighting.


Luxury car company Aston Martin is expected to be sold imminently, bringing the business back into British ownership.


Bringing classical tc Bringing classical  music to the young audience

Will today's MTV generation ever appreciate classical music? Maksim says yes. It is exactly for this purpose that the 29-year-old pianist has taken his performances out of recital halls and on to pop concert ...


Japanese snap up 200,000 PSP video-game consoles in two days

TOKYO  - Japanese video game fans have bought nearly all 200,000 PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld video-game machines launched on Sunday by Sony, the company said.


Indonesia's President Visits War-torn Aceh Province

Indonesia's recently-elected president has visited the country's war-torn province of Aceh, the scene of one of Asia's longest-running separatist rebellions.


EU gives Iran two more weeks in nuclear standoff

LAPPEENRANTA, Finland  - The European Union agreed   on Saturday to try to clarify Iran's stance on halting uranium   enrichment within two weeks and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan held talks in Tehran to try and settle the standoff.


Halo 3 Influx Affecting Xbox Live Performance

Various Xbox Live users have experienced inaccurate game stats, performance slowdown, and other problems.


Singer Robert Goulet in fight for his life

Singer Robert Goulet, who shot to  stardom by playing Sir Lancelot in the original Broadway  version of "Camelot," is fighting for his life at a Los Angeles  hospital, his wife, Vera, said on Tuesday.


America's Cup teams take it easy waiting for wind

VALENCIA, Spain  - Alinghi and Team New Zealand plan to take it easy on Monday, enjoying their last day off before they run into the final straight of the America's Cup.


Six of the seven people killed in a beach house blaze over the weekend were University of South Carolina students.


Corsi di lingue moderne alla FacoltÃ  di Lettere cristiane e classiche della UniversitÃ  Pontificia Salesiana Roma (Agenzia Fides) - La FacoltÃ  di Lettere cristiane e classiche (FLCC) della Pontificia UniversitÃ  Salesiana, anche questÂanno organizza dei corsi di lingua. I corsi (36 ore di 60 minuti) corrispondono a tre crediti (= 5 ECTS) e vengono offerti ag...


Chelsea stretched their lead to eight points at the top of the English Premier League table with a hard-fought 2-0 win over Portsmouth at Fratton Park yesterday.


Asif Zardari off the hook, gets bail from Pak SC

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Supreme Court today granted bail to husband of self-exiled former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in connection with several cases of corruption against him.


75% of firms predicted to be infected by malware Blogging is set to peak next year according to a new forecast which also predicts two-thirds of firms are likely to be infected by financially motivated malware.â¦


Investor concerns about sluggish housing and tight credit intensified their uneasiness over corporate profits, and rising oil prices only added to the marketâs malaise.


More than half of councils in England are unprepared for a terrorist attack, according to documents seen by the BBC.


Two NATO soldiers killed in south Afghan clashes

Two NATO soldiers were killed on Wednesday in separate clashes with insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said in a statement.


South Korea's trade surplus hits a record level in June, making an interest rate rise more likely at next week's policy meeting.


A delegation of Pakistani tribesmen has met the head of a group of al Qaeda-linked militants holding two Chinese engineers hostage, but failed to secure their release, a member of the delegation says.


Judge: Guantanamo Suspects Have Fair Hearing Rights

Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects  have the constitutional right to pursue lawsuits challenging  their imprisonment, a federal judge ruled on Monday in a defeat  for the Bush administration that struck down how the U.S.  military reviewed their cases.


A fan pays Â£1,534 to own one of Shakira's bras in an auction to raise money for her children's charity.


Officials from Iraq's new government were left embarrassed last night after mistakenly announcing the capture of Saddam Hussein's deputy, the most senior figure from the regime still on the run.


The price of a licence to operate a New York taxi cab hit a record $600,000 (303,000 pounds) in May, according to a lending company which financed the purchase.


Firefox Browser Turns 1.0 as Browser Wars Re-emerge

Mozilla released a Preview Release of version 1.0 of its new, lightweight browser, named Firefox, even as Web traffic metrics indicate that Microsoftâs Internet Explorer may be losing market share for the first time in many years.


More than 10,000 people are evacuated from Latin America's tallest building amid a bomb scare.


Chinese surgeons said Tuesday they successfully operated on a man with a massive 33-pound tumor that hung down from his face, obscuring his features and warping his backbone.


John Abraham vindicated by Pro Bowl pick

John Abraham still can't put much weight on his injured right leg, but his finger is working fine. Abraham, going back to the Pro Bowl after a disappointing 2003 season, pointed derisively to


Beck to headline MTV college music awards

Eclectic rocker Beck will headline  the 3rd annual Woodie Awards, an MTV-organized event where  college students vote for their favorite emerging acts.


An artful deal for Ovation cable channel

Ovation TV, which bills  itself as the only network devoted to art and art-related  programming, has signed a carriage deal with DirecTV that will  significantly boost the channel's distribution.


Stanford opened the football season full of optimism based on a renovated stadium, an offense that returned nearly intact and progress that was made in Walt Harris' first year as head coach.


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With the Price of Copper Up, the Plumbing Can Go Missing

The Pittsburgh police say thefts of copper tubing from abandoned homes or homes under construction have surged in the last year.


Young Parisians today think nothing of smoking hashish and marijuana at a sidewalk cafe. But although it's hardly cracking down, the government is not yet ready to legalize these drugs


Doesn't want your money You knew this was coming. Weeks after it paid $100 million for news-feed management company Feedburner, Google has removed all price tags from the company's services. That's right: Bloggers, podcasters, and other publishers can now use Feedburner's "PRO" tools - TotalStats and MyBrand - without paying a penny.â¦


Former soldier and rebel leader Remissainthe Ravix holds up a poster of photos of alleged criminals during an interview in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004.


Book: Gerald Ford called Clinton sex addict

Former President Gerald Ford suggested to a reporter in 2004 that Vice President Dick Cheney should be dumped from the Republican ticket, according to a new book to be published Tuesday.


Nine Chinese miners have been killed and 57 trapped underground after fire swept through a series of iron mines in the northern province of Hebei, Xinhua news agency has reported.


Shares of Google Inc. will make their  Nasdaq stock market debut on Thursday, with some market  participants expecting a steady start or slight rise after the  company's initial public offering priced far below original  estimates.


The risk is great for Oscar De La Hoya but the reward is greater. Or so he came to believe.


EU plans to fingerprint foreigners to beef up borders

The European Commission unveiled a border security plan on Wednesday to fingerprint all foreigners visiting Europe's 24-nation border-free area.


F.D.A. Plans to Post Inspectors Overseas

The F.D.A. intends to post inspectors to embassies and consulates in the developing world in hopes of improving the quality of imported food and medicines.


Erlana Larkins scored a career-high 23 points Friday night to help No. 9 North Carolina rally to beat North Carolina State 77-75.


In Second Trial, Avastin Is Found Effective in Treating Breast Cancer

The results from the new clinical trial could increase the chances that the Food and Drug Administration will approve the drug for that use.


SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Anti-bullying advocates are beating up on the name chosen for the new professional basketball team in Syracuse, N.Y. The Syracuse Bullies will play in the American Basketball Association beginning this fall.


Government to order airlines to turn over passenger data

The government on Tuesday asked airlines to turn over information they collected on passengers who traveled in June, the first step in a controversial plan to screen for terrorists.


Lampedusa, sbarcati ed espulsi. A catena

Â«I maghrebini sul pullman per l'aeroporto. Gli eritrei e gli etiopi su quelli per Caltanisetta e CrotoneÂ». Ã questo il criterio applicato in questi giorni al centro di prima accoglienza di Lampedusa. PerchÃ©


Web-based multimedia suite Aviary invites beta testers

Blog: Image editing community Worth1000 decides to move beyond Photoshop competitions and create direct competitors to the yet-to-launch Web-based Photoshop, video remix tools, and just about everything else out there.


Rice, No. 5 Texas will run right at each other

AUSTIN Texas coach Mack Brown has been looking for ways to keep his team focused on the present. UT will face Oklahoma on October ninth in Dallas.


Microsoft was close to a deal with the European Commission earlier this year which would have revealed more of its secrets than it has now been ordered to hand over, a court was told yesterday.


The targets included nine journalists who have covered Hewlett-Packard, including one from The Times.


Oil prices above $50 a barrel â-nd rising â - now starting to adversely affect the economy and consumers in ways that had not been happening only a few months ago.


When the NBA began sending its players to the Olympics in 1992, one of the league's goals was to spread basketball around the globe. Clearly, the idea worked.


Two Iraqis have been killed and at least four others wounded in a car bomb explosion north of the capital, Baghdad. The attack occurred in al-Khalis, a town just north of the volatile city of Baquba.


Religion Journal: The House That a Hope for Peace Built

The growing relationship between Jewish and Muslim students on the Douglass College campus of Rutgers University is the result of an idea of Danielle Josephs, a senior from Teaneck, N.J.


SÃBASTIEN LOEB, the new rallying world champion, will be the highest-profile casualty of a shock decision yesterday by two leading French manufacturers to pull out of the sport.


Security stocks jump after airline plot foiled

Stocks of companies that may benefit  from demand for new security measures jumped on Thursday after  news of a foiled plot to blow up commercial airliners.


FOXBOROUGH -- The Patriots pulled within one game of the NFL record for consecutive victories with a 23-12 win over the Cardinals Sunday, but coach Bill Belichick was not satisfied with the team's performance.


Indian bid to solve age-old seahorse aphrodisiac riddle

Indian scientists are hoping to discover once and for all if seahorses are an aphrodisiac, a myth that has made the creatures a major hunting target for centuries and an endangered species.


FCC mandates more stringent E911 compliance

Vote obligates wireless operators to test compliance with location-accuracy rules at local level instead of at statewide level.


Few Americans thought Libby should get off the hook. But Bush had little to lose in granting clemency


Janjaweed militias massing in Sudan: AU source

Janjaweed militias have been concentrating forces to the north of el-Geneina, the capital of Sudan's West Darfur state, an African Union military source said on Tuesday, corroborating a U.N. report.


People in Thailand take part in the first general election since last year's coup which ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra.


By Anonymous  Plum Brook research station in Sandusky has received a $63 million federal contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).


Leno Faces Writers Guild Action Over Monologues

A spokeswoman said Friday that the Writers Guild of America would definitely take some action against Jay Leno, who is a member.


Q&A: Storm brewing over Starbucks disc surprises Moore

NEW YORK (Billboard) - In an interview published recently in Pitchfork, Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore mentioned that the band needed to record a new song for a Starbucks compilation. Within minutes of his remarks hitting the Internet, chat rooms and the band's fan sites were awash in cries of "foul" and "sellouts."


Jailed Ex-Enron Exec: Merrill Deal Bogus

A former Enron executive currently  serving a prison term testified in the first Enron criminal  trial on Wednesday that he worked on a secret deal with Merrill  Lynch to fraudulently boost the disgraced energy giant's  profits.


Greece hopes autumn rains will end 10-day fires

Greece's first autumn rains on Sunday raised hopes of dousing forest fires that have killed 63 people while a grieving village buried a mother and her four children who perished in the flames.


A suspected car bomb has exploded outside the Education Ministry in central Baghdad killing at least five people, two of them women.


Video game buffs unite: The XBox game "Halo 2," a sequel to Microsoft's best-selling game ever, will be released in a show of local fanfare just after midnight Tuesday morning.


Gates Foundation gives $83 million to fight malaria

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday pledged $83.5 million to fight malaria by paying for better controls, vaccine research and prevention of a disease that kills more than a million people a year.


The Brain: False Assumptions and Cruel Operations

Two new books Â one about phrenology, the other a biography of a proponent of lobotomy Â examine discredited theories of the brain.


Buzz Tech Provides Update on "The Buzz Box," 11 Languages Online Language Translation Tool

Buzz Technologies, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: BZTG) is pleased to announce the pending release of The Buzz Box. The Buzz Box will allow users to send and receive emails in 11 foreign languages, including English, Chinese, Portuguese, Japanese, Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Korean and Dutch.


Car bomb explodes outside outside the gates of Abu Ghraib prison

A car bomb exploded outside the Abu Ghraib prison on Sunday, killing one militant, the military said. The attack occurred at 6:30 am when a vehicle tried to crash through the prison's protective gate, said Lt.


Into the Life of a Man Fighting for the Right to Die

The new movie "The Sea Inside" depicts the story of RamÃ³n Sampedro, a paraplegic whose fight to be euthanized galvanized Spain in the 1990's.


UPDATE 1-Open-Federer, Mauresmo launch US Open bids

Roger Federer launched his campaign for a third grand slam title of the year on Monday as the US Open began under cloudy skies at Flushing Meadows.


Google expands cell ad program to affiliated sites

Google Inc expanded its widely  used AdSense online advertising service on Monday to allow  affiliated Web site publishers to target ads at Internet users  on cellphones as well as computers.


In the first of a series of Pitcairn sex abuse trials, a British woman allegedly raped during her childhood on the remote Pacific island has told a court that men on the island were given free rein to treat young girls as sexual playthings.


'Apple copies Windows' claim launches desktop wars

Desktop search means a new battle for dominance between a wide field of competitors, and the warfare has begin. The technology promises users an incredibly fast way to search for data on their drives.


Five Killed in Hunting Incident in Wisconsin

A trespassing deer hunter in Wisconsin opened fire without warning on other hunters when they asked him to leave, killing five and wounding three, police said on Monday.


Russell Simmons Scores Small Victory In War Against Drug Laws

On Wednesday (August 18), a State Supreme Court judge agreed with the hip-hop mogul's argument that parts of New York's Lobbying Act are unconstitutional.


Gamers Get a Look at PlayStation Portable

Sony's upcoming gaming device earns mostly positive reviews from the crowd.


New Download.Ject Attack Hits IM Networks

The Download.Ject malware attack has resurfaced, using the popular AIM and ICQ (define) instant messaging networks to spread itself.


A woman tried to kill her husband and teenage son by serving them milkshakes laced with lethal doses of prescription medication, authorities said. Both were hospitalized but recovered.


Ministers have failed to get to grips with traffic congestion according to a report by the spending watchdog.


Iran, voluta fortemente dal presidente Ahmadinejad: una sessantinadi "esperti" antisemiti per dimostrare che le stragi naziste sarebbero un'invenzione                                            Si apre a Teheran la conferenza dei negazionisti dell'Olocausto


Business & money: Qatari-backed investment fund planning Â£12bn cash bid, with two-thirds of deal financed by debt.


Microsoft fixes three flaws with two patches; one is critical

The software giant addresses three vulnerabilities within the Windows operating system.


Hovnanian says subprime took toll on quarter

Luxury home builder Hovnanian Enterprises Inc.  said on Friday that the subprime mortgage meltdown tripped up the industry just as some markets were showing signs of recovery.


Roma, 12:05 - F1, MASSA: SARA' HAMILTON LA SORPRESA MONDIALE

Il pilota brasiliano della Ferrari, Felipe Massa, vede nel collega della McLaren, Lewis Hamilton, la...


The Lord Chancellor apologises after  a judge allegedly described a black witness using a racist term.


Study finds U.S. music awash in booze and drugs

They have lyrics such as "Tequila makes her clothes fall off" and "Breakin down the good weed, rollin' the blunt/Ghetto pimp tight girls say I'm the man."


Iraq shuts down Baghdad with one-day curfew

Iraq's government shut down the capital with a one-day curfew on Saturday, ordering all cars and pedestrians off the streets, but giving no reason for the measure.


Celebrities, politicians and thousands of fans will attend the funeral of Italian singer Luciano Pavarotti.


Iraq's Allawi Feels the Heat as Relatives Kidnapped

As if the pressure on Iraq's prime minister were not already enough, three of his close relatives have now been abducted and threatened with death.


E' avvenuto in un'azienda farmaceutica, c'e' anche un ferito


Two inmates returned Friday to the scene of their daring Hollywood-style escape last month, which also led to the suicide of one of their guards.


Blog: Microsoft says selling Linux coupons doesn't constitute acceptance of the new General Public License, and those coupons won't include support for GPL 3 software.


Bush forms coalition to coordinate relief efforts; promises long ...

President Bush assembled a four-nation coalition to organize humanitarian relief for Asia and made clear Wednesday the United States will help bankroll long-term rebuilding in the region leveled by a massive earthquake and tsunamis.


Microsoft quietly released a patch aimed at improving the performance of Internet Explorer 7's phishing filter ahead of the company's regular patching schedule.


Limited Use of Pfizer's Celebrex, Bextra Urged

U.S. health officials Thursday called on doctors to limit prescribing Pfizer Inc. painkillers Celebrex and Bextra in light of recent evidence that they may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.


Biodiesel Fuel Raises Hopes of Greening Cars

More drivers are turning to a fuel made from the chemical reaction of mixing animal fat or vegetable oil with methanol and lye.


Cell phone maker Motorola Inc. on Wednesday said net profits fell sharply in the fourth quarter, and it warned that the recovery in its struggling handset unit will take longer than expected.


Ahern seeks coalition partners after Irish election victory

Bertie Ahern was looking for coalition partners Sunday as he sat on the brink of a record third term as Ireland's prime minister after his party emerged as victors in a cliffhanger general election.


Drugs giants seek different treatments for their own ills

SOME of the biggest companies in the drug industry are shivering under an avalanche of bad news. Merck has already been hit hard by the withdrawal of Vioxx, its arthritis drug.


UN Refuses to Assist Iraqis With War Crimes Trials

The United Nations has refused a US request to assist Iraqi judges and prosecutors seeking to try former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and his top lieutenants for war


Iraq to Ask Iran, Turkey for Border Help

Iraq will ask Iran and Turkey for border security arrangements to keep foreign militants out, similar to measures already agreed with Syria, the Iraqi Foreign Minister said on Monday.


Former President Clinton stumps in Texas

Former President Clinton said Democratic voters who support Barack Obama over his wife are missing out on an opportunity to back a universal health care system for the nation.


It's probably tempting fate to say Ernie Els should win the Â£3.8million American Express World Golf Championship. Too often this year Els has been predicted to win only to come up painfully short.


American Bode Miller still held a commanding lead in the overall World Cup standings after Walchhofer won his first World Cup super-G race and led the first Austrian podium sweep this season -- and 68th overall.


US death toll in Iraq nears 1,000 as seven more die

A car bomb killed seven US Marines and three Iraqi soldiers outside the city of Fallujah yesterday, bringing the total number of American dead since the US invasion of Iraq in March last year close to 1,000.


Titan Corp. , which provides technology and translating services to the U.S. military, on Wednesday reported a slightly higher quarterly profit.


Fazekas stripped of gold medal for incomplete urine sample

Hungary's Robert Fazekas was stripped of his discus gold medal and a Belarusian high-jumper was banned, setting a record for the number of doping violations at an Olympics.


Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is interested in moving into Russia after strong growth in that giant country's retail spending, the world's largest retailer said Monday.


Everton Beats Liverpool in Premier League

LONDON Dec 11, 2004 - Everton beat Liverpool 1-0 Saturday on Lee Carsley's goal in the 68th minute to move into second place in the Premier League.


The European commission, which fined Microsoft a record â¬497m (Â£345) this year for abusing its dominant position, yesterday vowed to continue pursuing the US software group through the courts for anti-competitive behaviour.


Uden, Netherlands - The brazen daylight murder of a filmmaker who criticized Islamic fundamentalism has shattered Holland's fabled tranquility.


A woman who suffered "years of fearsome physical abuse" is cleared of murdering her long-term partner.


THE brain disorder Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is rare, and the risk of person-to-person infection is even rarer. But 1056 people who have had neurosurgery over the past 18 months at Royal Melbourne Hospital have cause to be very worried.


British Theater Reaches Out to Autistic Children

For children with autism, theater can rank among the worst of experiences.


Coach Andy Reid attended a pre-practice press conference attired in short pants yesterday, then walked through the snow to the Eagles' indoor training facility.


NY Times Journalist R.W. Apple Dies at 71

R.W. Apple Jr., 71 , a New York Times war correspondent who distinguished himself in Vietnam and became an influential political writer and roving epicure, died Oct. 4 at his home in Washington. He had thoracic cancer.


Rob Corddry is a really funny guy. With his gift for looking shrewd yet silly, with his balding head and that phantom forelock, he was the perfect pundit on Comedy Central's "Daily Show" fake newscast.


Open Source Fans Worry About Interoperability

A new study by the Open Solutions Alliance finds interoperability is a top concern for customers.


'Laici in politica ascoltino Magistero della Chiesa


Augsburg waits for answers in flu shot mystery

MINNEAPOLIS - Finals week may be on its way at Augsburg College, but the most pressing question on many minds was: What was in those syringes that a freelancing nurse jabbed into 38 students last week?


Ricerca Ires Cgil: e il 35% guadagna meno di 1.000 euro


Roma, 11:09 - CALCIO, DIRITTI TV; MATARRESE: RISCHIAMO GRAVI DANNI

Il presidente della Lega calcio Antonio Matarrese nel corso del suo intervento al Senato davanti all...


Russian cosmonaut slaps golf ball into orbit

Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin smacked a golf  ball into orbit off the International Space Station on  Wednesday to raise money for the Russian space program during a  spacewalk cut short by a balky spacesuit.


Militant chief wounded in Israeli strike

GAZA: A militant leader survived an Israeli missile strike on his car in Gaza overnight in Israel's first assassination attempt in the Palestinian territories since Yasser Arafat died in a Paris hospital.


Burke back after missing 'Dancing' shows

Cheryl Burke is back on her feet after a bout of abdominal pain. Burke, 23, missed the opening night of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" tour Tuesday in Seattle and another show Thursday in Sacramento, Calif., her publicist, Susan Madore, told The Associated Press.


HOLLYWOOD, Fla.  — Hey, you got a problem with how "The Sopranos" wound up? Take it up with Christopher, if you dare.


A shaky cease-fire took effect on Monday between Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah after days of heavy fighting pushed the Gaza Strip to the brink of civil war.


Palermo, 16:31 - CALCIO, GUIDOLIN: GRANDE ROMA, MA AMAREZZA PER RISSA VALENCIA

Il tecnico del Palermo, Francesco Guidolin, ha commentato la rissa scoppiata ieri sera allo stadio '...


Microsoft's piracy fight gains momentum in China

SHANGHAI/SEATTLE  - In his first official visit to the United States in 2006, China President Hu Jintao arrived for dinner at Microsoft Corp.  Chairman Bill Gates' house with a gift for the host.


Trucking Industry Won't Fight Diesel Rules

After years of resistance, the US trucking industry says it will not try to impede or delay a new federal rule aimed at cutting diesel pollution.


The Philadelphia Eagles offense should be more efficient because they aren't facing a top-notch Vikings defense. I'm convinced the Eagles offense will be able to move the football after watching


By JIM BELSHAW Of the Journal  Given that I have just now decided to offer it to the world -- well, to Bill Richardson, anyway -- I would never presume to suggest that Belshaw's Day After Law would be the least bit comparable to a staple such as Godwin's Law or other similar principles.


The Philadelphia Inquirer Morning Bytes Column: Looking Back on Great City Stars of Past

By Frank Fitzpatrick, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Feb. 9--This Philadelphia February, filled with flops, failures, fraternal felonies and foot problems, possesses little to cheer the sporting soul.


Democrats look to shift a tax back to the rich

WASHINGTON -- Democrats in Congress are preparing a long-awaited plan that seeks to deliver a major tax break to millions of middle-class families -- paid for by raising taxes on upper-income earners.


EU Split on Reimposition of U.S. Sanctions in '06

The EU is sticking with its plan to  lift sanctions on $4 billion worth of U.S. goods on Jan. 1 but  is divided over whether to assert at this stage that they could  be reimposed at a lower level in 2006, diplomats said.


London shares close lower after mixed morning on Wall Street

The FTSE 100 closed just above its session lows as an uncertain morning by Wall Street and a turnaround in oil prices offset a largely positive batch of blue-chip results, dealers said.


Pinch-hitter Roger Cedeno's go-ahead, two-run double in the sixth inning helped the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 4-2 on Tuesday night for their 10th win in 11 games.


MacCentral - Apple Computer Inc. on Thursday released its December security update. The 12.7MB download consists of several updated components including Apache, AppKit, HIToolbox, Kerberos, Postfix, PSNormalizer, Safari and Terminal.


OCTOBER 27, 2004 -- AirTran Airways yesterday announced a deal to acquire assets at Chicago Midway, New York LaGuardia and Reagan Washington National airports from ATA Holdings Corp.


British athletics appoint psychologist for 2008 Olympics

British athletics chiefs have appointed sports psychologist David Collins as Performance Director to produce medal winners at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.


President says Russia could target missiles at neighbour if US missile shield deployed there


E-Commerce for All, Without Discrimination

By Rozana Sani  HERE we are again in the Ramadhan month.  Starting from today, all Malaysians, particularly those in the Klang Valley, should be prepared for daily traffic jams that will grow in magnitude as your fellow Muslims dash home to break fast.


Serbian poll result muddies waters for Kosovo

Re-election of Boris Tadic as president of Serbia muddies waters for Kosovo's quest for independence


Office 2007 bug delights Francophiles everywhere

Others less amused Much to the delight of Francophiles everywhere, Microsoft's Office 2007 switches Outlook Express spell-checkers to work only in French. Those disposed to communicate in other languages are being advised to use third-party programs.â¦


Republican presidential hopeful John McCain hopes to gather steam from his New Hampshire victory and begin picking off rivals with wins in Michigan, South Carolina and beyond.


Japan ruling party seeks new leader after PM quits

Japan's ruling party scrambled on Thursday to find a new leader and avoid a policy vacuum after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's shock resignation the previous day.


Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT.O Chief  Financial Officer John Connors said on Tuesday he would leave  the world's largest software maker after 16 years to become a  partner at a Seattle-area venture capital firm.


Authority contesta mancato adeguamento a delibera Cipe 2001


South Korea's Ban Ki-moon is sworn in as the next United Nations secretary general at a ceremony in New York.


A conglomerate of Japanese companies hopes to develop biochips.


Ricki Lake delivers childbirth documentary

NEW YORK  - After spending 36 hours in labor with her first child ten years ago, former talk show host Ricki Lake knows a little about childbirth.


HSDPA - and HSUPA - for the masses? Review It's shiny, white and looks like a bar of soap. But hook it up to your computer and you can surf the internet at speeds of up to 7.2Mb/s - in theory, at least. Yes, it's Vodafone's latest wireless modem, the Mobile Broadband USB Modem 7.2.â¦


A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb near a crowd of people waiting to apply for jobs with the Iraqi National Guard in Kirkuk today, officials said.


US Stocks Fall on Xilinx, Altera Forecasts, Rising Oil Prices

US stocks fell, led by semiconductor makers including Intel Corp. after Xilinx Inc. and Altera Corp., the largest makers of programmable computer chips, lowered their sales forecasts as some customers cut orders.


If you want a fat paycheck, get out of the kitchen and into the operating theater.


The senior quarterback rushed for 110 yards, threw for a touchdown and even punted a quick kick in the Mountaineers' 31-19 victory over Connecticut last night.


By AMANDA FEHD  MEYERS, Calif. - A wind-whipped forest fire in the popular resort area of Lake Tahoe destroyed 50 homes Sunday and threatened 500 others, a U.S. Forest Service official said. No injuries were reported.


Space shuttle diverted to California for landing

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA on Friday diverted space shuttle Atlantis to a backup landing site in California after thick clouds and rain scuttled plans for a Florida homecoming.


HEAVY rain delayed the start of the ATP Masters Cup final between Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt today. Forecasts suggest the last match of the men's tennis tour's 2004 season will not get started until this afternoon (AEDT).


Germany holds an Islam conference to tackle integration problems amid a row about self-censorship.


L'editore del Nobel cileno ha dovuto fare un comunicatola "bufala" gira da anni sul web, Mastella ci Ã¨ caduto                                          "Non Ã¨ di Neruda quella poesia e lui non avrebbe gradito la citazione"                                                                                di FULVIO TOTARO


New Opera Focuses on Libyan Leader Gadhafi

A new opera based on the life of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, featuring a rapper as Gadhafi and a chorus of all-female bodyguards, highlights the new season of the English National Opera.


Memory of Yankee ghosts can't halt new stadium

As work begins on the new Yankee   Stadium, critics see the project as symbolically burying more   than just the old ballpark, the baseball shrine known as "The   House that Ruth Built" across the street.


Iran holds its Black Church as symbol of tolerance

QARA KELISA, Iran  - The last priest left the Black Church more than half a century ago and now the picture on the wall of a former monk's cell is of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, not Jesus.


AOL Concentrates On Security Issues With New Software

America Online Inc. is releasing a new version of its software today that focuses on increasing online safety and security, which the company hopes will help it hold on to more subscribers.


Dow soars nearly 300 points as banks rally

Stocks snapped a five-day losing streak on Wednesday, with the Dow surging nearly 300 points on optimism that a government plan to rescue ailing bond insurers is taking shape and could prevent billions more in credit losses.


Giorgio Giorni non ha assistito a lettura sentenza


Roma, 17:12 - CALCIO, DONADONI: CONTRATTO, CHIAREZZA PRIMA DEGLI EUROPEI

Sul rinnovo del suo contratto da ct della Nazionale, Roberto Donadoni si aspetta chiarezza dalla Fgc...


A Lebanese student is on trial in Germany accused of taking part in a failed attempt to bomb two trains last year.


Amazon.com launches digital download service

Amazon.com on Thursday unveiled a   widely anticipated Internet service offering movies and TV   shows that can be downloaded to personal computers, solidly   moving the online retailer into the nascent market.


More than half of adults in European Union nations are obese or overweight and the young are increasingly making Europe a fat continent, the EU's top public health official said Wednesday.


Plane Crash Kills at Least 8 in Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo.  - Rescuers scoured a woods on  Wednesday for five missing passengers from a commuter jet  affiliated with American Airlines that crashed on approach to  an airport in northeast Missouri, killing eight.


Convicted French Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon asked to be buried wearing his Legion d'Honneur medal for services to France, his lawyer said on Sunday, causing fresh controversy after his death.Comment


CORRECTED: Two U.S. scientists win Nobel for "gene silencing"

Corrects location of Alnylam in paragraph 20 to Massachusetts from San Francisco


Pro-growth veteran tapped for key Japan party post

Japan's prime minister-in-waiting, Shinzo   Abe, picked a pro-growth party heavyweight and a hard-liner on   China to fill key ruling party posts, media said on Monday, in   the first clues to the personnel line up in his administration.


Simien, who missed five games his freshman season, 22 his sophomore year and one his junior campaign, will be out four to six weeks following surgery Monday to repair a ligament pulled away from the bone in his left thumb.


A New Page; Former Digital Employees Remember the Good Times

By WAYNE HEILMAN THE GAZETTE Ross Johnson has worked more than 30 years in the Rockrimmon computer data storage plant now owned by Hewlett-Packard Co., surviving two mergers and numerous layoffs.


Huntsville Journal: When the Germans, and Rockets, Came to Town

After World War II, Huntsville, Ala., was transformed by Wernher von Braunâs rocket program. Now it has one of the countryâs highest concentrations of scientists and engineers.


Video game publisher THQ Inc.  posted better-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday due to strong sales of titles like "WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007," "Cars," and "SpongeBob SquarePants."


SAITAMA, Japan -- As the United States was rolling through play in the world championships, Dwyane Wade couldn't help but notice that something seemed missing.


White House: no rift with military on Iraq troops

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


Rep. Patrick Kennedy has decided not to follow in his father's footsteps and make a bid for the U.S. Senate — at least not yet.


British economy picks up in second quarter

Britain's economy has grown by 0.8 percent during the second quarter of 2006 compared with the previous three months.


Even in Defeat, Manning Brings Life and Hope to His Team

SOMETIMES home-team fans become so caught up in the crisis of the week that they lose track of the big picture of a game or season.


DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Bangladesh riot police clashed with protesters at the start of a two-day strike called after a deadly weekend bomb attack.


Food poisoning alert over salmonella in Spanish eggs

Thousands of Britons have got food poisoning from salmonella in imported Spanish eggs, health officials said yesterday as they demanded that Madrid and the European commission took firmer action on safety.


Partecipazione il 27 agosto calata sotto soglia del 2%


A Japanese spa is offering the perfect aphrodisiac for Valentine's Day -- chocolate baths.


Back from his fact-finding/Matsuzaka-signing mission in Japan, Red Sox CEO Larry Lucchino sat down at Fenway Park last night and discussed three pivotal team issues in the winter of 2006-07:


Harry Potter casts spell on location vacations

For tourism chiefs eager to entice "set-jetters" to Britain, Harry Potter offers the ideal location vacation -- and the latest book and film look certain to stoke renewed Pottermania.


Plant a tree at Easter urges Nobel laureate

world to plant trees at Easter as a symbol of renewal and to protect the planet. planted," Maathai told Reuters Television in Oslo, where she received the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize.


Google's empire expands into universities - taking over entire campus e-mail networks.


Oil Demand, the Climate and the Energy Ladder

Jeroen van der Veer, 60, Royal Dutch Shellâs chief executive, offers his views on the energy challenge facing the world and the challenge posed by global warming.


A Greek weightlifter who lost his bronze medal in the Athens Olympics after testing positive for unnaturally high testosterone levels was charged yesterday with use of the illegal performance-enhancing drug.


Notre Dame, IN - When Willingham was let go a week and a half ago, the word spread quickly across Notre Dame's campus. Now the news that a new coach is in place is all over campus too.


CBS Ousting Four Employees Over Faulty Bush Story

CBS News fired four employees on  Monday in the wake of an independent panel report that found a  "myopic zeal" led the network to disregard basic journalism  principles when it aired a faulty story about President Bush's  military service record.


Web sites try Microsoft video rival to Adobe

Microsoft Corp's   Silverlight Web video players will be rolled out on a number of  Web sites on Wednesday, including celebrity news destination  "Entertainment Tonight," in a sign of the growing rivalry  between the software giant and Adobe Systems Inc. .


Nephew Is Convicted in the Death of Trevor Berbick

A jury Thursday found Harold Berbick, 21, guilty of murder and Kenton Gordon, 19, guilty of manslaughter in the death of former heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick, 54.


Gunman kills girls at Pennsylvania Amish school

NICKEL MINES, Penn.  - A dairy truck driver with a grudge burst into a one-room Amish schoolhouse on Monday and killed three girls execution style before committing suicide in the third deadly U.S. school shooting in the past week, authorities said.


TwinMos Boom 1 2.1-channel iPod audio system

This could be the walrus Review The iPod. Yes, it's arguably the most successful portable music player of all time. Yes, it's easy enough for your granny to use. And yes, everyone on the planet has one - or so it seems. But therein lies the inherent problem for any iPod accessory manufacturer...â¦


Nine-Piece Band Animates a Six-Part Jazz Album

The album Marcus Roberts recreated from start to finish at the Allen Room is 18 years old, but its mannerisms donât come from any particular era.


Henrik Zetterberg scores twice, including a go-ahead goal early in the third period that is the 100th of his career, to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-2 win over the Phoenix Coyotes on Wednesday night.


Councils across the UK consider drastic measures to tackle increasing amounts of waste, such as fitting chips in bins.


The fate of Palestinian President Yasser  Arafat was mired in confusion on Tuesday as French medical  sources contradicted reports by senior Palestinian officials  that he had died at a Paris hospital.


Wall St Week Ahead: Stocks focus on earnings, inflation

U.S. stocks may rally next week if the  early stages of the earnings season yield positive results and  U.S. data shows price pressures are moderating enough to keep  interest rates steady.


Redd puts up 45 as Bucks surprise Lakers

Michael Redd scored 18 of his 45 points in the fourth quarter, Mo Williams added 22, and the Milwaukee Bucks snapped a streak of 10 consecutive losses to the Los Angeles Lakers with a 109-105 victory Tuesday night.


World oil demand will rise faster than expected to 2012 while production lags, leading to a supply crunch, the International Energy Agency said on Monday.


A Hindi film critic says Dhoom 2 is too Hollywood -- glossy, superficial and lacking Indian cinematic soulfulness. And lawyers are going after the stars for an obscene kiss. This flick is bound to make a mint. In Beyond the Beyond.


Karzai slams Afghan deaths after raid on U.S. force

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday condemned the deaths of 10 civilians shot by U.S. troops after an attack on their convoy over the weekend in the eastern city of Jalalabad.


Russian newspapers carried harrowing photos Saturday of the bloody climax of the school hostage-taking by militants demanding independence for Chechnya, but carefully avoided assigning blame.


GOLDEN, COLORADO -- Any high hopes of sustaining expeditions on the Moon, Mars or beyond will depend on getting "down and dirty" on those worlds -- in the form of using on-the-spot resources.


Japan's "team Abe" faces leadership test on reform

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made two things clear during his first week in office -- growth is the key to fiscal reform, and his office will be the center of decision-making.


THE Nokia E65, a slim slider, contains the mobile business capabilities of a Nokia ESeries device in one exquisite package.


Serious email threat against unwelcome 'incomer' Celebrity chefs Rick Stein and Jamie Oliver have received an email threat from the "Cornwall National Liberation Army" (CNLA) saying the separatist group will "strike at the heart" of their restaurants at Padstow and nearby Watergate Bay.â¦


The Pacific island nation of Samoa is looking to the internet as a way of developing its economy.


Doctors fly high for first ever operation in zero gravity

French doctors have carried out the world's first ever operation on a human in zero gravity, using a specially adapted aircraft to simulate conditions in space.


French bank SocGen says hit by 4.9 bln euro fraud

French bank Societe Generale disclosed one of the biggest alleged frauds in financial history on Thursday, adding to a wave of gloom surrounding world markets battered by credit market losses.


Palestinians Fete Israel's Return of Militant Remains

Thousands of Palestinians, some wearing  mock suicide-bomber belts, lined Gaza roads Monday to welcome  home the remains of 15 gunmen handed over by Israel in a  gesture to help President Mahmoud Abbas shore up a cease-fire.


Israeli government resists call to attack after rocket strike

JERUSALEM - The Israeli government resisted calls yesterday from hawkish lawmakers and angry citizens to begin a broad assault on the Gaza Strip after a predawn rocket strike on an army training base wounded 69 soldiers on their last day of boot camp.


9/11 rescue workers demand health benefits

Rescue workers who scoured the ruins   of the World Trade Center and angry local residents on   Wednesday demanded medical benefits and compensation for health   problems they suffered after the September 11 attacks.


The hunt to find the remains of a missing woman and her three-year-old son is set to begin in earnest.


Boy Who Dubbed Tumor 'Frank' Cancer-Free

A 9-year-old boy who nicknamed his brain tumor "Frank" and whose mother launched an online auction to help pay for his medical bills is now cancer-free, his mother said Tuesday.


WASHINGTON : US President George W. Bush removed most economic sanctions on Libya, clearing the way for the payment of another tranche of compensation to the victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.


US troops turn fire on insurgents in Mosul

US FORCES launched a large ground and air offensive against insurgents in Mosul yesterday in an effort to retake areas lost to the rebels in heavy fighting last week.


Michelle Rodriguez begins 6-month jail term

Actress Michelle Rodriguez began a 180-day jail term in Los Angeles on Sunday for probation violation, the second Hollywood celebrity after Kiefer Sutherland to face a Christmas incarceration.


Sudan playing "cat and mouse" diplomacy in Darfur: Rice

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday accused Sudan's government of playing a "cat and mouse" game in the planned deployment of a joint African Union-UN peacekeeping force for the troubled Darfur region.


A driver aimed his Cadillac at Rep. Katherine Harris in Sarasota to exercise his "political expression.". A Lake Worth man attacked his girlfriend after she told him she was leaving him - and voting for John Kerry.


How I Met Your Mother: A History Lesson in Love

âDefinitely, Maybe,â written and directed by Adam Brooks, is a nimble and winning little romance.


As generous as their employers have been in laying on New Year's treats, China's migrants just want to go home for the holidays


CA offers usage-based pricing for mainframe tools

Computer Associates said all of its products for use with IBM's zSeries mainframes and the zOS operating system are now available on a pay-as-you-go basis.


News Corp. reconsiders governance issues

SYDNEY Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. said Wednesday that it might strengthen corporate governance provisions after investors and shareholder groups said they would vote against the company's proposed move to


RPT-UPDATE 3-US Congress analysts see worse long-term deficit

The US budget deficit will balloon to a cumulative $2.29 trillion over the next decade, congressional analysts said on Tuesday, a worse outlook than previously


In year of pain and controversy, Sheffield becomes fan favorite

Gary Sheffield emerged from the trainer's room after games, his left shoulder wrapped in bandages that resembled football pads.


Wake Forest completed the finest road performance in Atlantic Coast Conference history against a team it had trouble beating anywhere.


Hewlett-Packard bolstered its security portfolio Tuesday, announcing availability of an identity management product for enterprises and a security management initiative for small and midsize businesses.


US military investigates alleged shooting of Iraqi prisoner

BAGHDAD - American military officials are investigating an alleged war crime, after the apparent killing of an unarmed Iraqi prisoner by a US marine was caught on videotape.