And here's the kicker -- Jags have faith in rookie Scobee

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Jacksonville Jaguars are in first place in the AFC South because they're not afraid to gamble. Long before they took a chance on a key fourth down in Sunday's 27-24 defeat of Indianapolis


The soaring cost of the 2004 Olympic Games looks set to drive Greece deep into debt, its prime minister warns.


GlaxoSmithKline's  experimental  platelet-boosting drug eltrombopag has produced further  positive results in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenia  purpura (ITP), researchers said on Saturday.


Democrat Urges Better Reservist Benefits

National Guard and Reserve soldiers deserve better health care and other benefits from the federal government, said North Dakota Democrat Rep. Earl Pomeroy.


HPV vaccine could prevent cervical cancer

LEBANON, NH - Nov. 13, 2004 â- vaccination against the most common cancer-causing strains of human papillomavirus prevented 100 percent of the recurring infections that can cause cervical cancer, researchers report in the Nov.


U.S. Rolls Into Softball Gold-Medal Game

ATHENS, Greece - Right now, the Americans aren't just a Dream Team - they're more like the Perfect Team. Lisa Fernandez pitched a three-hitter Sunday and Crystl Bustos drove in two runs as the Americans rolled to their eighth shutout in eight days, 5-0 over Australia, putting them into the gold-medal game against the Aussies...


Groceries Grow Elusive For Many in New York City

NEW YORK -- Alicia Rivera has no good supermarket within walking distance of her Brooklyn home. A leg injury keeps her from taking the bus, so every three weeks a friend picks her up and drives her to a different neighborhood to stock up on green peppers, milk, chicken wings, ground beef -- as mu...


After a T-shirt malfunction at the NFC playoffs, CBS sports is redoubling its efforts to make sure the fans are G-rated


A 15-year-old boy is treated in hospital for burns to his legs after a firework  placed in his pocket  explodes.


Young Jams for Votes, Readies 'Greatest Hits'

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Although not an announced part of  the lineup, Neil Young spent the weekend making appearances at  Vote for Change tour stops in Toledo, Ohio and Detroit.


Rescuers battled to reach survivors in stranded villages, restore basic services and prevent the outbreak of deadly diseases across South Asia on Tuesday in the aftermath of a massive undersea earthquake and subsequent tsunami that ravaged the region.


Google under pressure over desktop search

Analyst firm Gartner has put out a statement warning businesses to steer clear of Google's desktop search tool until a more robust, enterprise-ready version is released.


While President Bush and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe talked trade and the war on drugs Sunday, first lady Laura Bush read in English to a group of underprivileged Colombian children.


Jakarta cleans up after flood, thousands ill

Garbage trucks were out in force on Jakarta's streets on Monday for a huge clean-up of the city after a devastating flood, while nearly 200,000 people were suffering from flood-related illnesses.


Russian President Vladimir Putin wins backing from Greece and Bulgaria to push ahead with a key oil pipeline.


UN warns of Aids tipping point in China, Russia and India

China, India and Russia are on the brink of an Africa-style Aids epidemic that could devastate the global economy and international security, the head of the UN Aids project has warned.


Day and night, Dave Sisler is tracking every hit by Ichiro Suzuki. The former big league pitcher tunes in the radio each evening, his wife checks the boxscores in the morning.


Spammers target companies looking for stock boost

Also: Huge numbers of dinosaurs lie in wait. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


U.N. decision on Kosovo nears after Russia talks

The United States and Germany made one last appeal to Russia on the future status of Kosovo before deciding on Friday whether to shelve a U.N. Security Council resolution Moscow has threatened to veto.


A top economic development aide to Governor Deval Patrick waited six weeks before notifying the governor that he had talked to the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council about becoming its president, a period during which he continued to advance the administration's life science initiatives, according to e-mails and telephone records obtained by the Globe.


Groningen, 22:45 - CALCIO, EUROPEI U21: OLANDA IN SEMIFINALE E ALLE OLIMPIADI

L'olanda ha battuto il Portogallo 2-1 (1-0) nella seconda giornata degli Europei under 21 qualifican...


BAGHDAD - A US soldier was sentenced to three years in jail for the murder of a wounded Iraqi teenager in Baghdad in August, the US military said on Saturday.


In a Sept. 28 story about the interception of drugs purportedly sent from Canada, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the medications had been ordered by Americans from the Web site www.CanadaRx.com. The drugs were ordered through www.CanadaRx.net.


Republican presidential candidate and self-described "recovering foodaholic" Mike Huckabee told Southern governors Saturday that an obesity epidemic could cause serious problems for the American economy, and even for national security.


Drug Stents Outperform Angioplasty in German Trial

Johnson & Johnson's drug-coated stent slightly outperformed Boston Scientific's version in reopening arteries that had been clogged by lesions following the earlier insertion of bare-metal stents, a study said on Tuesday.


The British Consulate General in Istanbul reopened on Monday some one year after the suicide bombing attack that caused massive damage to the building, Anatolia News Agency reported.


The Washington Wizards added power to their frontcourt on Wednesday, signing free agent forward Darius Songaila of Lithuania.


Manny Ramírez, watching from the visitors' dugout, threw his hands into the air, signaling the start of Julio Lugo's stroll into Red Sox lore.


The Toast of MySpace Tries the Music Business

Tila Tequila became famous for having the most friends on MySpace.com. Now sheâs hoping to translate her fame into a music career.


Al Leiter took the high road. The pitcher, who signed a one-year deal yesterday to return to the Florida Marlins, had nothing but good things to say about the seven seasons he spent with the Mets.


The US captures a senior member of the Zarqawi network in a raid on Falluja, the military says.


The Mount St Helens volcano in the US state of Washington has erupted its largest steam and ash cloud since its resurgence in activity last month.


Speciale in onda su RaiUno con Maddalena Corvaglia


After nearly a decade as a pianist at Lincoln Center, Eric Lewis is off to find a spotlight of his own, with the help of some high-profile admirers.


At Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, students can't just randomly stroll out to their cars to fetch a textbook or some other forgotten item. They need a pass because authorities worry about what might be stashed in the parking lot.


Study children and cell phones, experts advise

Researchers should study more  children and pregnant women in trying to figure out if cell  phones or other wireless devices could damage health, the U.S.  National Research Council advised on Thursday.


Gartner: Global Chip Sales Up 23 Percent

Worldwide semiconductor sales grew 23.4 percent to $218.5 billion in 2004 despite a significant slowdown in the second half of the year, according to preliminary results released Tuesday by the research firm Gartner Inc.


Five lessons Dan Wolf has learned about being a CEO: 1. "Humility is very important. The two H's get you through the day: Humility and humor."


Japan quake victims take shelter, mudslides feared

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan  - More than 12,000 people huddled in evacuation centers in northwest Japan on Tuesday after an earthquake flattened homes, killing nine elderly people, injuring around 1,000 and triggering a leak of contaminated water from a nuclear plant.


Supreme Court to decide photo ID voting law

The Supreme Court said on Tuesday it would decide whether voters can be required to show photo identification, a move that can limit participation of the elderly and poor in elections.


Personal computer maker Gateway  Inc. GTW.N on Thursday swung to a quarterly profit from a  year-ago loss as revenue rose 18 percent on  better-than-expected retail performance and the company retired  its preferred stock.


Ferdinand: Brilliant to be back for Man Utd

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand admits "it's brilliant" to be back after last night's 2-1 win over Liverpool.


Connecticut Issues 35 Subpoenas in Insurance Probe

Connecticut has issued 35 subpoenas in  recent days to insurance companies and brokers doing business  in the state, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said on  Thursday.


Ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co. HNZ.N on   Thursday posted a greater-than-expected 23 percent increase in   quarterly profit, lifted by sales of new products and increased   prices.


Are weak employment figures here to stay?

There was a time when adding slightly fewer than 150,000 jobs a month in the United States, three years into an economic recovery, would have been considered a disaster.


Milano, 20:58 - CALCIO, LEGA; MATARRESE: PRESIDENTE MAI PIU' DIRIGENTE CLUB

''Un dirigente di società non potrà fare il presidente della Lega''. Questa una delle ...


Some people in Eastern Iowa are still waiting to get a flu shot. But a flu fighting alternative is at their fingertips. More, but not enough people are getting the flu mist vaccine.


BAGHDAD, 13 September 2004 - Fifty-two people, including three Polish soldiers, were killed and scores wounded in a fresh surge of violence in Iraq yesterday.


The parents of the British girl who went missing in Portugal are now under suspicion, but much about the case remains a baffling mystery. A look at the chief unanswered questions


EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Giants quarterback Eli Manning was at practice Wednesday, taking snaps and handing off as he tested his bruised right shoulder.


Lebanon army, militants fight on at refugee camp

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Heavy fighting raged on Tuesday between Lebanese troops and al Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp, the battleground for Lebanon's bloodiest internal violence since the civil war.


Supporters of Benazir Bhutto gathered at her Dubai home today to offer their condolences to her 19-year-old son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari


Microsoft Seals 'Windows' in Server 2003

Microsoft (Quote, Chart) has issued significant security enhancements to its operating system software, making the Windows Server 2003 SP1 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) available for download.


John Edwards predicts his financial disadvantage against Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama would be quickly overcome if he were to pull off a victory in the Iowa presidential caucuses Thursday.


Tax Break Bringing Businesses, and Fraud, to the Virgin Islands

The I.R.S. is worried that a Virgin Islands program that confers a special tax rate that amounts effectively to just 3.5 percent of income may be encouraging fraud.


US NBA stars now look to Beijing - if they can get there

It will be the Beijing Olympics before US National Basketball Association stars have another chance to reclaim global supremacy after losing Friday to Greece at the World Basketball Championship.


The number of viruses, worms and other security threats to PCs has now passed the 100,000 mark.


Scientists at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital found people with the highest level of lead in their bones were most likely to develop a cataract.


No profound entries in 'The Nanny Diaries'

A first-time nanny peeks into the lifestyles of the rich and facile.


The Symbian operating system grew 50 percent over 2007, and is well placed to grow in future, according its chief executive officer.


Saddam Told Interrogators of Iran Fixation

WASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein was obsessed with his status in the Arab world, dreaming of weapons of mass destruction to pump up his prestige. And even as the United States fixated on him, he was fixated on his neighboring enemy, Iran...


Republican senators seek Iraq withdrawal plan

Two of President George W. Bush's fellow Republicans in the Senate who seek a change of course in the war in Iraq urged him on Friday to draft plans to begin a possible troop withdrawal by the end of the year.


Haitians rebuilding lives after ravages of Jeanne

GONAIVES, Haiti : Thousands of Haitians emerged from shelters in the city of Gonaives to pick through debris, their flooded homes and wrecked streets after Tropical Storm Jeanne took nearly 2,000 lives.


European Union foreign policy chief says attacking Iran would be mistake

LONDON  - A military attack on Iran's nuclear facilities would be a mistake, the European Union's foreign policy chief said in an interview for broadcast Sunday.


A febbraio diventa manifestazione autonoma in settimana moda


Chief Justice Argues for a 'Long Overdue' Pay Raise for Federal Judges

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. urged Congress to raise the pay of federal judges in a year-end report that emphasized improving communications with Capitol Hill and the White House.


By Veletsos, Alexander I  Orlando Regional Healthcare Implements a Wireless CIS  With the challenge of the electronic health initiative looming, the time had come for Orlando Regional Healthcare to get up to speed, technologically speaking.


Girlâs Death Raises Toll in Bronx Fire to 10

The deadly fire claimed another young victim, when a 7-year-old girl who had been hospitalized since Wednesday died.


Palestinians cheer Hamas-Fatah agreement

Gazans danced in the streets, honked car horns and set off fireworks to celebrate a Hamas-Fatah power-sharing deal they hope will avert civil war.


By Chicago Tribune  Jun. 8--Did you hear the one about the Death Row inmate who wanted to tell a joke at his execution? It's not funny.   Patrick Knight, Texas inmate No. 999072, is scheduled to die June 26 for killing his neighbors, Walter and Mary Werner, in 1991.


The Screen Actors Guild Awards provided a warmup bout for "The Aviator" and "Million Dollar Baby," before they duke it out for best-picture title at the Academy Awards. The Howard Hughes biography and the boxing drama were among nominees for best performance by a movie's cast, considered the guild's equivalent of a best-picture prize, going into SAG's awards presentations Saturday night.


Why? God alone knows Long-term readers may recall the strange case of Microsoft's "rock-in-a-box" anti-piracy campaign, apparently exhorting honest citizens to stone to death those involved in disseminating illicit copies of Redmond apps.â¦


Turkey to open port, airport to Cyprus traffic: EU

Turkey has offered to open a port and an airport to traffic from Cyprus in a last-minute bid to avert a partial suspension of its European Union membership talks, EU President Finland said on Thursday.


Esce "Il mattino ha l'oro in bocca" di Patierno, dal libro autobiografico "Il giocatore"Protagonista Elio Germano, nel cast Corrado Fortuna, Laura Chiatti e Martina Stella                                          Le scommesse, le donne, Fiorello La vita di Marco Baldini Ã¨ un film                                                                                La storia di una doppia passione: per il gioco, e per la mitica Radio DeejayIl regista: "Rosario ha visto il trailer, Ã¨ entusiasta". Gli interpreti: "Nessuna imitazione"di CLAUDIA MORGOGLIONE


Pakistan against IAEA quizzing A.Q. Khan

Pakistan's government on Wednesday rejected a former premier's proposal to let the United Nations question A.Q. Khan, the disgraced nuclear expert who headed a smuggling racket that sold nuclear secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya.


GORDON Brown's reputation for prudence suffered a fresh blow today from news that the public finances plunged deeper into the red last month than in any other September on record.


CIOs plan bigger IT budgets, and roles, for '05

Chief information officers (CIOs) are being given a little bit of wiggle room from the intense cost-cutting pressures that have tethered them over the past few years, and expect to increase their IT budgets by an average 2.5 percent this year, according to Gartner.


Notre Dame wins National Championship on penalty kicks

Cary, NC (Sports Network) - Notre Dame won its second women's soccer title Sunday as it edged UCLA, 4-3 on penalty kicks. The two teams were tied at one after 110 minutes of regulation and two "golden goal" overtime periods.


The great Moroccan reveals hidden depths to fit the final piece into a reign that was lacking just one achievement, reports Len Johnson.


People lined up for food and water while others searched in vain for generators in the sweltering heat as Florida residents began cleaning up all over again, demoralised by the fourth hurricane in six weeks to batter the state.


Was it an eleventh-hour tide of sympathetic women, people reluctant to say they weren't backing a black candidate or problems with the polls themselves? For whatever reason, late public opinion surveys showed Barack Obama cruising to a triumph in the New Hampshire Democratic primary.


No. 20 Florida will play either Miami or Virginia Tech in the Peach Bowl on Dec. 31 in the Georgia Dome.


Trying to win over her party's liberal activists, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday accused President Bush of disregarding the Constitution and promised to bring a new progressive vision to the White House.


The biggest individual winners are the top three executives, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt as each make $41 million.-The Washington Post


UK economy set for steady 2.5-2.75 percent growth: OECD

The British economy will pursue growth of 2.5-2.75 percent until the end of 2008, according to the OECD.


PARIS, Oct. 17 -- As ideas go, they don't come much bigger: Digitize the accumulated wisdom of humankind, catalogue it, and offer it for free on the Internet in seven languages.


FA Cup 3rd Round Draw: Glamour Ties For Minnows

The draw for the Third Round of the FA Cup has created a number of potential giant-killings - or more probably some bumper pay-days for several minnows of English football.


UK minister Bob Ainsworth says  security in Basra is "far from ideal" but says the "final story isn't written yet".


Dash for gas gives Myanmar the bus stop blues

To cut down on costly imports of petroleum, of which  Myanmar does not have much, its ruling generals want every  vehicle in the country to run on natural gas, of which it has  plenty.


A surprise move by central banks to inject huge amounts of cash into money markets has had an immediate effect.


A familiar face directing things on Phillies bench

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Jimy Williams was here yesterday, in his new role as Charlie Manuel's bench coach with the Phillies.


HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Kurt Busch has been doing everything right in his bid for his first Nextel Cup championship. He now has one big hurdle to clear entering today's Ford 400.


Parma, 22:23 - CALCIO, SERIE A: PARMA-CAGLIARI 1-1 NEL POSTICIPO

Nel posticipo della terza giornata di serie A, Parma e Cagliari hanno pareggiato 1-1 (0-1). Sardi in...


The Group of 10, a forum for finance   officials from industrialized nations to discuss the world   economy, may have held its last meeting.


By Faith Ford, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.  Sep. 20--PANAMA CITY BEACH -- Harold Dean Bruner Jr., of Southport, was in stable condition Tuesday after a motorcycle accident Monday in Panama City Beach, police said.


Prospects Dim on Spy Agencies Overhaul Bill

US lawmakers said on Friday it was increasingly unlikely they could deliver a measure to overhaul US spy agencies to President Bush by the Nov. 2 elections, a delay some supporters said could imperil the post Sept.


EDITORIAL: Winter: The Season's First Snow Job

By The Philadelphia Inquirer  Feb. 16--This is a plow. And this is frozen slush. Any questions?   In the first winter storm of any consequence, this city failed the street-clearing test badly.


Lei sfida il sistema e racconta tutto, i clan 'deve pagare'


Security Worries in Baghdad, U.S. Debates Vote

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


German security forces arrested three Islamic men reportedly in the act of mixing chemicals for bombing Frankfurt airport and a U.S. military base. via Imedinews


Main reasons conservatives oppose McCain

While Republican John McCain is urging his conservative critics to rally around his presidential campaign, there is a lot of water under that bridge.


With little more than the standard $100 in his pocket, Ernest Willis walked out of prison a free man Wednesday after 17 years on death row for a crime that may have never even occurred.


HP, Microsoft Announce Enterprise Technology Deal

Companies provide details of plan to invest $300 million to challenge IBM's dominance in the market.


Two independent directors have been elected to the restaurant's board.


Ratings Provider Arbitron Gets Top Client's Renewal

Arbitron Inc., the dominant provider of radio ratings, held onto its largest client yesterday by renewing its deal with radio giant Clear Channel Communications Inc., which had criticized the rater's methodology and hinted it might abandon the service.


Deal to End Hollywood Writersâ Strike May Be Near

The major roadblocks to a new contract between writers and production companies have been eliminated, people briefed on the situation said.


E' inaccettabile, Mosca pronta a usare potere di veto


Library of Congress Picks Level 3 for Networking

Level 3 Communications is providing the Library of Congress with fiber optic links to support its National Audio Visual Conservation Center.


L'aria del Sud nella collezione maschile 2008


U.S. says "still waiting" for N.Korea nuclear report

North Korea has not provided a full account of its nuclear program despite Pyongyang's statement asserting it already made a declaration required under a disarmament deal, U.S. officials said on Friday.


'Brown should rethink EU proposal on VAT'

Could be open season for fraudsters Gordon Brown has been warned that plans to simplify VAT rules will severely impair the European Union's ongoing battle against tax fraud.â¦


Swede with UK betting licence held in Amsterdam for 'breaking' ancient French law

It's not every day you can say that France found itself embroiled in the middle of yet another internet gambling controversy Tuesday, after Dutch authorities arrested the CEO of Unibet - a Swedish online gambling provider with a history of run-ins with French authorities - on an outstanding French warrant.â¦


Andy Pettitte Says He Used Growth Hormone Twice

The Yankees pitcher, who was named in a report on drugs in baseball, said he used the substance after an injury.


RIM officially announces Wi-Fi-enabled BlackBerry 8820

Blog: Research in Motion unveils the BlackBerry 8820 with integrated Wi-Fi.


Movie Review | 'Severance': Dead-End Jobs

âSeveranceâ turns a corporate retreat in a Hungarian forest into a bloody game of whack-a-mole.


Man Burns Marine Van, Self After Son's Iraq Death

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- His wife says a Florida father "went crazy" Wednesday when he was told that his Marine son was killed in combat in Iraq.


Annual Flu Shot Cuts All-Cause Deaths in Elderly

NEW YORK  - Compared with a first vaccination, yearly re-vaccination against influenza is associated with a reduction in the annual risk of dying from any cause among individuals 70 years of age or older, Dutch investigators report.


Palestinians play down Abbas shooting incident

Palestinian officials are downplaying a shooting incident at an event attended by interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. On Sunday evening, militants firing assault rifles burst into a mourning tent for


Kashmiri Separatists to Consider Indian Offer of Peace Talks

Kashmir's leading separatist political group said it would meet Thursday to discuss plans to resume peace talks with the Indian government, a day after Prime Minister


Palestinian Militants in Egypt for Israel Truce Talks

Leaders of Palestinian Islamic militant  factions are in Cairo for cease-fire talks with the Egyptians,  days before Egypt is to host an Israeli-Palestinian summit,  officials from the groups said in Gaza on Wednesday.


Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry has accused US President George Bush of not telling Americans the truth about how serious conditions are in Iraq.


Germany sees no quick fix to hedge fund oversight

German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck reiterated his wish to see greater oversight of the hedge fund industry ahead of a key summit, but said he did not expect consensus on the matter to be reached quickly.


Bush: Economic stimulus package to be "robust"

U.S. President George W. Bush insisted on Wednesday that the economic stimulus package he is working on with Congress will be robust enough to help the U.S. economy.


Genova, 18:22 - CALCIO, MODENA; MUTTI: PARTITA STRANA, ARBITRO HA ESAGERATO

Bortolo Mutti, neoallenatore del Modena, è duro con l'arbitro ma soddisfatto della partita de...


Pitcher Clemens denies doping allegations

Seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens has "vehemently" denied ever using performance-enhancing drugs, his attorney said on Thursday in response to a bombshell baseball report.


Ukrainian-Canadian reaction to election low-key despite Yuschchenko victory

EDMONTON (CP) - Members of the Ukrainian-Canadian community were taking Viktor Yushchenko's apparent victory in the Ukrainian presidential election in stride Monday, simply content to see that democracy had prevailed.


Iran's Larijani plans talks with West in Germany

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator said on  Wednesday he planned to hold talks with Western officials in  Germany, in the first such contacts since the United Nations  imposed sanctions on Iran in December.


Microsoft releases final test version of Vista

Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O released on   Friday the final test version of its upcoming Windows operating   system and said the launch for the highly-anticipated upgrade   is running on schedule.


The FIFA disciplinary committee recommended Wednesday that no action be taken against vice president Jack Warner over allegations that he illegally sold thousands of tickets during the World Cup.


Dutch Raid Kurdish Training Camp, Arrest 38

Dutch authorities on Friday raided a  camp suspected of training Kurdish guerrillas for "terrorist  attacks" in Turkey and arrested 38 people, prosecutors said.


Why does Asia get all the cool stuff first?

Also: Congress OKs private spaceflight bill. [News.com Extra]


UN's Ban lands in Sudan with Darfur in focus

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sudan on Monday to lay the groundwork for a solution to the Darfur conflict through talks and deployment of thousands of peacekeepers.


Generali defends U.S. interest after fund criticism

Italy's biggest insurer Generali  has defended its interest in acquisitions in the United States after criticism from another shareholder fund over its policy and governance.


Goldman Sachs Fourth-Quarter Profit Rises

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Thursday said fourth-quarter profit rose as its fixed-income, currency and commodities business soared while a rebounding stock market boosted investment banking.


Roma, 17:28 - CALCIO, LAZIO; STENDARDO: A TORINO PER TROVARE CONTINUITA'

Guglielmo Stendardo, difensore della Lazio, in vista dell'anticipo in casa del Torino: "Contro i gra...


U.S. immigration officials have told their agents not to sedate deportees without a court order, according to a memo obtained Friday by The Associated Press.


Moneta unica a 1,3533 dollari e 164,24 yen


Procuratore Messineo, e' un fatto molto preoccupante


US newspaper discloses how White House embraced disputed Iraq arms

A leading US newspaper carried areport on Sunday describing in details how the White House embraced suspect intelligence on Iraq's alleged illicit weapons inthe run-up to the Iraq war in March 2003.


A court on Monday jailed a same-sex couple for three years for perjury  -  prompting the defendants to ask the president for help.


THE HAGUE -- Kosovo's former prime minister has "blood on his hands," the UN chief prosecutor said yesterday at the start of a war crimes trial on charges stemming from the war against Serb forces in 1998-99.


Croatians overwhelmingly gave pro-Western President Stjepan Mesic a second term in an election runoff, bolstering efforts to bring the former Yugoslav republic to European Union membership, results showed ...


The International Monetary Fund warns that rising interest rates in some of the world's biggest economies may slow global house price growth.


Agency Sued Over Kern Water Plan Watchdog Group Seeks to Block Acquisition for 11,000 New Homes

By ALEX DOBUZINSKIS\\ Staff Writer  SANTA CLARITA -- A watchdog group has sued the Castaic Lake Water Agency over a plan to buy water from the Kern River.


La Cina si appresta a licenziare un documento per contrastare il riscaldamento globale"Hu Jintao Ã¨ consapevole che non si tratta solo di un problema ambientale, ma di sviluppo"                                            Clima, anche Pechino accetta la sfida "Presto il nostro piano sui cambiamenti"                                                                                Ancora ignoti i dettagli, ma conterrÃ  misure per ridurre le emissioni di gas serraLa mossa rischia di lasciare ancora piÃ¹ isolata l'amministrazione Bush


Civil servants have drastically stepped up the shredding of documents, figures compiled by the Conservatives suggest.


The 12-step program has become a fixture of American life. In fact, there are now so many recognized addictions â with 12-step programs to match â that youâd think weâd run out of new ones to treat.


Vicenda Endesa, Acciona aperta anche ad altre offerte


Notte di terrore a Lecce, polizia avvia indagini


A Spanish university professor with a long beard and dark complexion said Thursday he was briefly forced off an airliner during a layover on the Spanish island of Mallorca by passengers who feared he was an Islamic terrorist.


Lawmakers working to ban hacked RFID door cards

InfoWorld - There's already an RFID security brouhaha brewing in Washington, and if some people have their way, it won't be the last legal fight waged in the nation's capital over use of the wireless technology.


Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton has picked up the endorsement of Dick Gephardt, the former House Democratic leader who twice ran unsuccessfully for president.


Intel Chief Begs Forgiveness, Says Company Became `Too Relaxed'

Craig Barrett, Intel Corp.'s 6-foot-3- inch chief executive, walked onto a stage during a industry conference in Florida last week, got down on his knees in front of more than 6,000 technology managers, and begged forgiveness.


UBS Settles With New York State Over Brokerage Fees

UBS agreed to the payments to resolve accusations it steered inappropriate customers into fee-based accounts, the state Attorney Generalâs office said.


Five days after making the putt that won the Ryder Cup, Colin Montgomerie looked set to miss the cut at a European PGA tour event.


Marsh & McLennan Downgraded On News Of Charges

Insurance brokerage firm Marsh & McLennan (nyse: MMC - news - people ) was charged with fraud and antitrust violations in connection with allegations of bid steering and lucrative payoffs from major insurance firms, alleged New York State Attorney General


Coppie ideali, pance sospette la rassegna del gossip

Costantino incontra Moira Orfei. Il gossip pre-sanremese vuole la Tatangelo incinta. Loredana Lecciso annuncia il suo ritorno in tv. Il meglio e il peggio della settimana


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Dai ritratti ai racconti di viaggio, alla cronaca. Il mondo visto coi vostri occhi da guardare, votare e commentare. Invia il tuo filmato


Pakistan. Bomba in una moschea di Sialkot. Almeno 18 le vittime ...

Sono almeno diciotto le vittime e una quarantina i ferti dell'esplosione di una bomba, avvenuta questa mattina, in una moschea di Sialkot, che dista circa 170 chilometri a sudest di Islamabad, nel Pakistan orientale. Una quarantina i feriti.


Durable Goods Orders Up; Homes Sales Down

Orders for US durable goods posted a larger-than-expected rise in July, but new home sales showed signs of buckling under the weight of higher interest rates, two government reports showed on Wednesday.


Will Smith, Renee Zellweger, and Robert DeNiiro lent their voices and their clout to help set a box office record. The animated movie "Shark Tale" had the biggest October opening ever, earning $49 million, reports


F5 Networks bests consensus on strong revenue growth

Seattle-based F5 Networks Inc. said net profit in its fiscal fourth quarter was $15.8 million, or 43 per diluted share, compared with $1.


Microsoft's New Search Engine Exits Beta Status

Software giant is eager to gain traction in competitive search engine arena.


Facebook, Google in a social-networking PR scramble?

Facebook has scheduled a high-profile advertising announcement for Nov. 6. Google has reportedly changed its social-networking announcement from Nov. 5 to later in the week. Coincidence?


The IAAF charges Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou with doping violations.


EU transport chief hails Alitalia accord

EU transport and energy commissioner Loyola de Palacio on Sunday hailed the accord reached between Alitalia management and staff on a major restructuring plan aimed at keeping the struggling airline in the air.


After more than two centuries as a broadsheet newspaper, The Times of London has gone strictly tabloid. On Monday, The Times moved to a totally compact format after almost a year of dual publication.


House Panel Seeks Iraq Oil-For-Food Papers

The chairman of a congressional committee contended Monday that U.N. officials "encouraged, or at least tacitly condoned," President Saddam Hussein's widespread abuse of Iraq's oil-for-food relief program.


Athens: New Zealand doubled its Olympic medal tally in sensational style yesterday as Hamish Carter and Bevan Docherty blitzed the men's triathlon to plunder gold and silver on the Athens waterfront.


Britain's most senior officer in Gibraltar, recalled to the UK pending a police probe, is found dead in his swimming pool.


Saga, the holidays and financial services group for the over-50s, has put an end to the near year-long saga over its future by agreeing a Â£1.


Carl Krauser scored all but two of his 17 points at the free throw line to lead No. 11 Pittsburgh to a 70-51 victory over Memphis on Tuesday night in the Jimmy V Classic.


Microsoft and Cisco Announce Security Partnership

Microsoft and Cisco will announce a partnership today to make the security features of their respective range of products compatible.


SNOHOMISH, Wash. - A mural of pink pigs painted on the side of a barbecue restaurant is apparently too spicy for officials in this city's historic district.


Bruce wants 'ex-wife' back in 'Die Hard 5'

Veteran Hollywood actor Bruce Willis wants to reunite with his on screen 'ex-wife' in the next "Die Hard" sequel.


For a brief moment Monday night, the celebration for Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire stopped following his team's division-clinching 8-2 victory over the White Sox and 21,991 at US Cellular Field.


Newly-Discovered Dinosaur May Have Been Stealth Hunter

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID     WASHINGTON  -- The strike would have come out of nowhere: One second the fish was swimming placidly, no danger in sight, a moment later it was lunch...


Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has won Sunday's presidential election after winning 94.48 percent of votes with all constituencies counted, preliminary official results said early Monday.


Ospiti della prima puntata l'arbitro De Santis e Materazzi


Alcatel-Lucent reports profits slump, ramps up job cuts to 12,500

Newly merged telecommunications equipment maker  Alcatel-Lucent has reported a slump in underlying profits last year and ramped up planned job cuts to 12,500 or 15.6 percent of the workforce.


A Deadline May Be Extended for Claims in Holocaust Case

An Italian insurance company has agreed to give heirs of Holocaust victims another 18 months to uncover documentation on unpaid life insurance policies at long-sealed Nazi archives.


European and Asian Markets Rally on News of U.S. Rate Cut

SHANGHAI, Jan. 23 -- Most stock exchanges in Asia closed up several percentage points on Wednesday after a turbulent day of trading, although they remained significantly off highs earlier this year.


By Victoria Cherrie, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 6--CONCORD -- The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night defeated a request by a local businessman to rezone 75 acres to allow a new headquarters and operations center in northwest Cabarrus County.


An Italian judge orders a US marine to face trial over the death of an Italian agent at a checkpoint in Baghdad.


Two days after reaching a plan with the Kenyan government to end violence that has wracked the country for more than a month, the opposition party on Sunday asked both the United Nations and the African Union to send in peacekeepers.


U.S. employers added a scant 51,000 jobs in September, far fewer than expected, but the job count for prior months was revised sharply higher and wage earnings rose, dimming hopes for interest rate cuts next year.


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Microsoft, Amazon File Lawsuits Against Spammers

Microsoft and Amazon.com have joined forces to take legal action against US and Canadian-based companies for allergy sending fraudulent e-mails to Amazon and Hotmail users, claiming to represent these companies.


IAEA Chief Says World Getting Impatient with N.Korea

North Korea's 2-year-old nuclear crisis has taxed the world's patience, the chief UN nuclear regulator said Wednesday, urging communist Pyongyang to return to its disarmament treaty obligations.


Tony Blair is accused by the Lib Dems of putting the UK "at odds" with much of the world with his foreign policy.


A quick silver it wasn't for Hamm on high bar

ATHENS, Greece - For 10 minutes, the crowd booed and whistled. Paul Hamm sat around and waited to start his routine. A week's worth of controversy in gymnastics boiled over into the crowd last night during


Unfazed by first injury, O'Brien gamely rolls on

Former Oliver Ames High School middle distance runner Katy O'Brien of Easton added another notch to her belt Feb. 17 when she won the 800-meter run at the New England Division 3 Indoor Track Championships at Southern Maine University in Gorham.


FOR THE SECOND time in a year, European foreign ministers are close to striking an interim deal with Iran over its nuclear program.


Rudy Giuliani loves to prove people wrong. He's trying to do it again in Florida.


Il numero uno di Ballmer, "previsioni troppo aggressive"


Chemical-weapons hysteria causes cholera

No chlorine to purify Iraqi water A senior Iraqi government official has said that water treatment plants are critically short of chlorine gas which they need to purify public water supplies. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that supplies of the gas are being held up due to fears it might be used as a chemical weapon, and adds that chlorine is vitally necessary to control an ongoing cholera outbreak in Iraq.â¦


Pesticides Float From Distant Farms to Protected Forests, Study Says

An unusual climate system is allowing high levels of pesticides from lowland fields to reach pristine mountain rain forests in Costa Rica, experts suggest.


While watching the Celtics go 11-0 at TD Banknorth Garden after beating the Sacramento Kings Wednesday night, ex-Celtics coach and guard K.C. Jones couldn't help but reminisce about those good old days when his teams always won a lot of home games at the old Boston Garden.


3 policemen sentenced in deportation death

Three German border policemen who caused the death by suffocation of a Sudanese asylum seeker whom they were trying to deport received nine-month suspended jail terms from a German court on Monday.


More than 600 striking public health workers in South Africa have been sacked, a government minister says.


Indexes fall on rate worries, HP sell-off

U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday as data showed higher-than-expected inflation in January and shares of Hewlett-Packard Co.  fell a day after the technology bellwether reported financial results.


Update 11: Delta Chief: Bankruptcy Still Possible

The chief executive of Delta Air Lines Inc. said Thursday a tentative pact the company has reached with its pilots for $1 billion in concessions doesn't mean the struggling carrier is out of the woods in terms of avoiding bankruptcy.


Markets celebrated the Fedâs action but analysts warned that the road ahead promises to be a long, hard slog as corporate profits are starting to slow.


- Kadyrov Against Renaming Chechen Republic; Rosprirodnadzor Files Suit Over Sakhalin-2 Environmental Study

MOSCOW. Sept 5 (Interfax) - Russia's environmental watchdog Rosprirodnadzor has filed a lawsuit with a Moscow court asking it to annul the Natural Resources Ministry's July 15, 2003 Decree No.


CL Live Wrap: Gunners Ahead, Barca Behind

The first part of Matchday 6 of the Champions League Group Stage kicked off at 19:45 GMT and within three minutes Arsenal were ahead in their crucial Group E game at home to Norwegian champions Rosenborg.


Oil prices hovered above $41 a barrel  on Tuesday, pausing after a fall of more than 10 percent in the  last five sessions amid rising U.S. stockpiles and  warmer-than-expected weather.


Diane von Furstenberg's Cut Price Method

Fashion Wire Daily - There is, evidently, a price to be paid for having a night job, as Diane von Furstenberg, the recently anointed president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, showed in her first ever show in New York's catwalk center in Bryant Park.


China calls for reason as food safety fears mount

Under pressure after a U.S. move against Chinese seafood and a huge recall of Chinese toothpaste in Japan, Beijing urged trade partners on Friday to accept its products unless they violate contract terms or local regulations.


County only likely to receive a fraction of flu

Thousands of Douglas County residents at high risk for influenza may be unable to get flu shots this year because of a shortage of vaccine.


New High-Tech Passports Raise Snooping Concerns

Privacy advocates say that new passports that carry information about the traveler in a computer chip will be vulnerable to electronic snooping.


Ajax cuts European soccer target for season after Munich defeat

AFC Ajax NV, which won three straight European Cups in the 1970s, lowered its ambitions for this season's European campaign after Tuesday's 4-0 defeat at Bayern Munich left the team bottom of its Champions League group.


Space tourism legislation makes comeback

After weathering the ups and downs of the lame-duck legislative process, legislation that would open the way for suborbital space tourism was cleared by the House and sent on to the Senate for final congressional approval.


Russia's Champion of Hopeless Cases Is Targeted for Disbarment

MOSCOW -- Karina Moskalenko spent a sleepless night in Strasbourg, France, last month writing and rewriting a petition to the European Court of Human Rights for Garry Kasparov, the chess champion and anti-Kremlin activist who was briefly arrested in connection with a demonstration here in April that...


From heroes to '00s: Crowded House and the members of Velvet Revolver try to reclaim the glories of their 1990s heydays.


Children who snore more likely to wet bed: study

Children who snore are about  four times more likely than those who don't to wet the bed, a  new study from Greece shows.


Toshack excited by new challenge with Wales

THE announcement that most Wales players expected, and several apparently dreaded, was finally made yesterday as John Toshack was named manager for the second time.


Russian state oil firm Rosneft has bought YUKOS's core unit, effectively nationalizing 11 percent of the country's crude output and dealing a heavy blow to YUKOS's attempts to halt its own dismemberment.


Italian tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano is slowly recovering from serious injuries he suffered in an attack at his family's villa in Kenya, hospital officials and news reports said Monday.


Verheugen says Turkey needs to improve Kurdish rights

Turkey has made a start on improving cultural rights for its Kurdish minority under EU-oriented reforms, but must go further, European Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said on Tuesday.


The main rebel group during the Democratic Republic of Congo's war withdraws from the transitional government.


AT&T: College kids don't care about service brand

Blog: Research into WiFi service found the fastest of the free wins


Israel struck Beirut airport again on   Friday and bombed Lebanese roads, power supplies and   communication networks in a widening campaign after Hizbollah   guerrillas seized two Israeli soldiers and killed eight.


Bollywood stars under house arrest during rains

Incessant rains disrupted normal life in Mumbai yet again last week and film stars weren't spared either. Many were


Liza Minnelli in New York Hospital After Fall

Actress and singer Liza Minnelli was  taken to a hospital after falling out of bed and hitting her  head in the early hours of Monday morning, People Magazine  reported.


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Princess Anne meets British troops in Afghanistan

The Princess Royal, Prince Charles's sister, has visited British troops in Afghanistan, the first trip to the country by a member of the Royal Famiy this year, the defence ministry said.


The mayor of Pitcairn Island was sentenced to three years imprisonment for the rape of young women on the remote and isolated home of descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers, British authorities in New Zealand said Friday.


Mexican leader vows "new era" for migrants in U.S.

In the most Mexican of the big U.S. cities, Mexican President Felipe Calderon told his compatriots in Los Angeles late on Wednesday he would give them more support in the United States while improving conditions back home to stem the flow of migrants to the north.


Republican Rudy Giuliani's White House quest could be in deep trouble as he lags far behind the leaders in a Florida presidential primary he counted on winning, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.


AL-TAJI CAMP, Iraq -- For American soldiers serving in the most dangerous place on earth, Thanksgiving brought gratitude for life's pleasures: an autumn leaf mailed from home, a love note in an e-mail inbox, and the taste of pumpkin pie.


Israeli, Palestinian Killed in Gaza Clash

Islamic militants set off explosives in a booby-trapped chicken coop Tuesday as Israeli troops approached, killing one soldier and wounding four, the army and militants said.


Yahoo services to run on Google-based phones

Yahoo  will create versions  of its mobile Internet services to run on various phone  platforms, potentially including Google's phone software and  the Apple iPhone, a top executive said on Monday.


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Romney to Endorse McCain for Republican Nomination

Bloomberg - Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Republican Mitt Romney will endorse former rival John McCain in the Republican presidential race, a spokesman for the former Massachusetts governor said.


Google says it would consider keeping search data for longer than 18 months in an opt-in scheme.


Los Angeles-based music downloading service Napster has partnered with another company to sell mobile phone ringtones, ITObserver.


New B.C. Fashion Week planned to market West Coast style

VANCOUVER (CP) - Organic, understated and unknown. The Vancouver style scene has been incubating underground since turning its back on its formal, decade-old fashion week.


Abu Ghraib report: 'Failure of leadership' at highest levels

Plus, new questions are being raised about what role military doctors played in Iraqi prison. The Washington Post reports that the US military's investigation into the abuse by US military personnel of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, ...


Another bad day Florida coach Ron Zook looks away as the game begins to slip away from the Gators in the fourth quarter of their 38-31 loss to Mississippi State last Saturday.


Fernando Alonso edges out McLaren team-mate to pole position for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.


UPDATE 1-Celtic bow out of Europe after Milan stalemate

Celtic bowed out of Europe on a night that promised much but delivered so little as they failed to pierce the AC Milan defence in their goalless Champions League Group F match at Parkhead.


Political naivety and national protectionism were blamed for quashing the latest attempt to forge a single patent regime for the European Union, according to members of Europe's business community.


NY Town to Pay Legal Fees for Day Labors

By JIM FITZGERALD  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - A suburban village found guilty of discriminating against Hispanic day laborers has tentatively agreed to prohibit police from routinely asking the workers about their immigration status, the plaintiff's lawyers said Monday.


Madden NFL 2005 and Spider-Man 2 are among the dozen video games Nintendo Co. says it plans to offer for is new DS handheld system within a month of the product's November launch.


Rocket from Gaza wounds 35 Israeli soldiers

ZIKKIM, Israel  - A rocket launched by Palestinian militants in Gaza on Tuesday wounded at least 35 soldiers in an Israeli training camp for new conscripts.


Oil Falls on Reduced Concern About Venezuelan, Russian Supply

Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil futures fell for a second day after a Russian state railway official said shipments of Yukos Oil Co. oil would continue and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won a recall vote.


Former Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal made a subdued debut in Miami Heat's jersey and helped the team win its season-opening victory.


Floodwaters follow savage Australian storm

Floodwaters engulfed homes and farms as they swept through areas north of Sydney on Monday while disaster workers began a massive clean-up following deadly storms which battered Australia's east coast.


Blair off to Middle East for Palestine and Iraq talks

Tony Blair will visit the Middle East this week to explore ways of dealing with the two apparently intractable problems in the region, the Israeli- Palestinian conflict and the upsurge in violence in Iraq.


After an absence of a decade, Philips Electronics is making personal computers again, the company said on Thursday.  The Netherlands-based electronics conglomerate, which abandoned the PC business in the early 1990s after suffering big losses, quietly introduced six models together with British retailer Dixons earlier this week.


After Bruce Springsteen announced plans to participate in the anti-Bush concert tour, Vote for Change, a New York candidate for US Senate has countered with a "Boycott the Boss" television spot.


Philippines buries typhoon victims in mass graves

DARAGA, Philippines  - Villagers in the central Philippines buried hundreds of relatives and friends in mass graves on Sunday as hopes faded of finding survivors from Typhoon Durian.


Ringtone Soup Launches New Mobile Site Enabling Users to Access and Download Free Ringtones Directly From Their Mobile Phone

Ringtone Soup (www.ringtonesoup.com), an online community enabling consumers to create, share, and save free ringtones, announced today its new mobile (wireless application protocol, WAP) site providing access to free ringtones directly from a mobile phone or PDA.


Prime Minister Romano Prodi vows to reform Italian TV, but faces stiff resistance from rival Silvio Berlusconi.


Discount Dentistry, South of  The Border

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- Judy Salvador, a retired American Airlines ticket agent, recently typed two words into Google's search engine: "cheap dentists."


Judge says campaign regs are too lenient

A federal judge struck down campaign finance regulations Wednesday that govern when candidates and independent groups can coordinate their political messages. The judge called on the Federal Election Commission to write stricter rules in time for the 2008 elections.


A judge gave a tentative go-ahead to lawsuits filed on behalf of five men wrongly convicted in the notorious 1989 Central Park jogger attack, tossing out some claims but allowing others to proceed against the city.


UPDATE 1-India complete innings victory, sweep series

Off spinner Harbhajan Singh took the final Bangladesh wicket on the fourth morning as India won the second and final test by an innings and 83 runs to complete a 2-0 series sweep on Monday.


'Within our reach' to sell 6m by April 2007, prez states Sony's plan to ship 2m PlayStation 3 consoles worldwide by the end of the year and a further 4m PS3s by the end of March 2007 is still "within our reach", company President Ryoji Chubachi told reporters this week.â¦


Oscar winners vie for NAACP Image awards

Recent Oscar winners Jennifer Hudson and Forest Whitaker were looking to keep their streaks going at the 38th annual NAACP Image Awards.


Former Air Force Official Sentenced in Boeing Case

A former top Air Force official was sentenced to nine months in prison for favoring Boeing on military contracts worth billions of dollars.


Mitsubishi Motors in talks with Peugeot for capital tie-up: report

Scandal-hit Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors is in talks with PSA Peugeot Citroen Group of France over a comprehensive alliance that includes a capital tie-up, a report said.


The United States will not wait long before resorting to legal action in the trade dispute over government support for Airbus and Boeing, US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said on Tuesday.


Oscar Organizers Express Relief at Showâs Resumption

The president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the producer of the Oscar telecast, said they were going full steam ahead with the normal Oscars ceremony.


US Bombardment Kills Five in Iraq's Falluja

US planes and tanks bombarded Falluja overnight, killing five people and heightening pressure on Iraq's most rebellious city, which is braced for an all-out offensive now that the US presidential poll is over.


Hastings seeks to head House intelligence panel

A U.S. lawmaker ousted as a federal  judge in 1989 on corruption charges tried on Wednesday to  convince Democratic colleagues he deserves to head a  congressional committee designed to help protect America's  security.


If the Braves somehow make the playoffs, this is the one they'll remember. Overcoming two large deficits, Atlanta pulled out a 9-8 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Matt Diaz's three-run double with two outs in the ninth inning Wednesday.


Bombs have exploded in Nepal's capital Kathmandu in the third day of a Maoist rebel blockade which is choking the passage of supplies to the city.


2012 Olympics bids could hinge on politics, economics

The fat "Bid Books" for the 2012 Summer Olympics are in the money-grubbing hands of the International Olympic Committee.


Attempt for gym gold closure stirs hard feelings

ATHENS, Greece -- Calling South Korean Yang Tae Young "the true winner,'' International Gymnastics Federation president Bruno Grandi has written a letter to American Paul Hamm, asking him to voluntarily turn over his Olympic gold medal to Yang.


Police in the US city of Chicago are searching for a man who shot dead five women in a shopping centre.


Doctor Who becomes TV's longest-running sci-fi show, according to Guinness World Records.


Hot races and unseasonably warm temperatures helped produce record voter turnout in Tuesday's New Hampshire presidential primary.


Somali police raid a mosque, as the main market in the capital opens after an arms dispute closed it for five days.


Report States Former NFL Player Killed By Friendly Fire

LOS ANGELES -- A newspaper is providing details into the events leading to the death of former San Jose, Calif., resident and NFL player Pat Tillman.


O.J. Simpson is heading back to jail tonight, PEOPLE has learned, after court officials confirmed that his bail was revoked.   Simpson will spend the weekend behind bars in Las Vegas as he awaits a court hearing on the matter on Wednesday.   Docume...


The European Union is risking an Islamic backlash in Turkey, the EU's enlargement commissioner says.


'Middle-class, middle-aged' Glastonbury to woo younger fans

Arts & entertainment: The organiser of the Glastonbury festival, Michael Eavis, is to overhaul the event's ticketing system once again.


U.K. deploys electronic image archiving in all hospitals

General Electric and EMC have won a $200 million deal to install electronic image archiving systems in 70 hospitals in the U.K., as part of an effort to centralize communications and modernize technology throughout the national health system.


ANAHEIM, Calif. (Sports Network) - The Anaheim Angels have  reportedly traded outfielder Jose Guillen to the  Washington-bound Expos in exchange for outfielder Juan Rivera  and a prospect.


Indigenous Groups Urge U.S. to Slow Arctic Thaw

Arctic indigenous peoples urged the United States on Friday to join other nations in cutting greenhouse gas emissions to brake an accelerating thaw of the polar ice.


Deutsche Bank hit again by phishing attack

After facing its first-ever phishing attack last week, Deutsche Bank AG said today it was the target of a renewed assault that began late yesterday and continued until this morning.


Car bombing kills 40 Pakistanis, raises fears of sectarian ...

The authorities announced a nationwide ban on all political and religious meetings except Friday prayers after a car bombing early yesterday in the central city of Multan killed 40 people and wounded at least 100.


Pope Benedict XVI is planning numerous trips abroad in the coming year to the United Nations, Australia, Austria and a shrine in Lourdes, France, the Vatican spokesman said Sunday.


Ford to sell Aston Martin in $925 mln deal

Ford Motor Co.  is selling British luxury car maker Aston Martin to a group fronted by former Benetton and BAR motor racing boss David Richards in a deal worth 479 million pounds ($925 million).


Foreign Office suspects Afar rebels behind Ethiopia kidnap

The Foreign Office on Wednesday said the abduction of a five-member embassy group in Ethiopia last week was likely linked to local rebel groups in the remote northeast Afar region.


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Hitachi shows off its latest DVD and camcorder technology at the CEATEC trade fair near Tokyo.


"Without a Trace" scored an unprecedented win over "ER," becoming the first drama to beat an original episode of the long-running NBC medical drama in total viewers.


U.S. Guard 'Stomped on Fingers' in Iraq Jail

FORT BRAGG, N.C.  - The first U.S. soldier  convicted in the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal testified on  Monday that Pfc. Lynndie England, the soldier photographed  holding an Iraqi on a leash, stomped on prisoners' fingers and  toes.


WTO committee approves Ukrainian membership bid

A World Trade Organization (WTO) accession committee approved Ukraine's membership bid on Friday, clearing the way for the former Soviet republic to join the body, trade officials said.


It's a place where ghouls are immortalised in paint. The queue is always long, even when the weather's grim. The Ghost Train is Luna Park's most popular ride.


In Caracas, thousands support opposition

Thousands marched Saturday in the biggest show of public support yet for Venezuela's main opposition presidential candidate, who pledged to undo what he called the ills of President Hugo Chavez's government.


Direttore Generale Vigni soddisfatto per dati primi 5 mesi


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Rights group seeks fate of terrorism suspects

WASHINGTON -- A human rights group is asking President Bush to disclose the fates of all terror suspects held since 2001, including 16 it believes have been locked up in secret CIA facilities.


Acri: Una famiglia su cinque in difficoltÃ

Italiani sempre piÃ¹ lontani dal risparmio. Si comprano piÃ¹ case, si mettono i soldi in attivitÃ  liquide (come i conti correnti) e si sta lontani da Borsa e fondi di investimento. Ma soprattutto, si fatica


Bush Signs Intelligence Overhaul Legislation

President Bush on Friday signed legislation setting up the biggest overhaul of US intelligence agencies in a half century and creating a new director of national intelligence demanded after the Sept.


Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion, like art, has always been a place for people with their own vision to make a statement, with the hopes that others might see it and celebrate it.


Samsung, Seagate expand hard drive gene pool

Blog: Samsung announces a 1.8-inch, 120GB drive, a 2.5-inch, 120GB hybrid drive and a 3.5-inch 1-terabyte drive, while Seagate goes rugged with an 80GB model.


Several Angels offered only cliches last night when asked about the baseball season entering the home stretch. But others were more candid about their important series at Fenway Park. When asked if facing Boston at a time when it was playing its best ball of the season represented a welcome challenge, an incredulous look came across the face of Anaheim ...


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Italy raises the prospect of intervention on euro

There had already been an attempt to stabilise the euro at $1.20, he was reported as saying.


Cause of Graying Hair May Help Find Cure for Skin Cancer

Scientists have found the cause of graying hair and it may prove to be a life saving discovery. Apparently, there are similarities between the causes of your hair turning gray and the highly deadly form of skin cancer known as melanoma.


Japan says PM Abe to visit China, S.Korea Oct 8-9

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit China on October 8 and South Korea the next day for talks with their leaders in a bid to repair ties frayed by disputes over their bitter wartime past, but North Korea's nuclear threat looks set to grab a prominent place on the agenda.


Bush Makes First Official Visit to Canada Tuesday

President Bush will assure Canadian  Prime Minister Paul Martin on Tuesday that a U.S. regulatory  process is well under way that could end a ban on Canadian beef  imports, White House officials said.


ooVoo readies six-way Jetson chat client

Analysts suffering from video latency Add another to the long list of free video-chat clients. With its new software, due to officially launch on June 11, startup ooVoo is entering a market that already includes AOL, Apple, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Skype, and a handful of smaller names. The difference? The ooVoo client focuses on multi-person video calls, allowing for face-to-face chat across six different locations.â¦


United Technologies fourth-quarter profit rises

Diversified manufacturer United Technologies Corp  said on Wednesday quarterly profit rose 23 percent, boosted by strong demand from the aviation and commercial construction markets, and affirmed its 2008 outlook.


EU court backs Anheuser-Busch on Budweiser trademark

Beer giant Anheuser-Busch  won its latest battle against Czech brewer Budejovicky over the use of trademarks such as Budweiser on Tuesday with a ruling in the European Union's second-highest court.


News: New Hypoxic Event Found Off Oregon Coast

For the second time in three years, a hypoxic "dead zone" has formed off the central Oregon Coast. It's killing fish, crabs and other marine life and leading researchers to believe that a fundamental change may be taking place in ocean conditions in the northern Pacific Ocean.


Newest iPod From Apple Holds Photos and Music

Apple Computer introduced on Tuesday its next generation iPod music player, which has the ability to display digital images as well as play songs.


Colgate to Cut About 12% of Jobs to Increase Profit

Colgate-Palmolive Co. will cut about 4,440 jobs and close a third of its factories and put the savings into advertising and product development amid rising competition with Procter & Gamble Co.


"There is no decision on how we will proceed. We will take the decision to the supervisory board and this will be a decision for the supervisory board"  The European Union's highest court on Tuesday struck down a German law that shielded Volkswagen from takeover, paving the way for Porsche to take majority control of Europe's biggest carmaker. via Reuters


Leading Economic Indicator Index Declines

The Index of Leading Economic Indicators, a widely watched barometer of future economic activity, edged lower in September for the fourth month in a row, indicating a slowing in economic growth, a private research group reported Thursday.


Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon asked Parliament to approve a unilateral Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank in a turbulent session on Monday.


Philip Morris USA has raised prices on  certain cigarette brands by 10 cents per pack, effectively  matching an increase last month on its top brands such as  Marlboro, tobacco industry analysts said.


England put on a fantastic display of cricket to beat world champs Australia to the Champions Trophy final. Team skipper Michael Vaughan was named man of the match as England crushed Australia by six wickets.


Suicide bomber kills north Iraq police chief

A suicide bomber in police uniform killed a top police official in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday as he toured the site of an explosion that killed 40 people and wounded 220 a day earlier, officials said.


De Niro Wants to Showcase Italian Movies

Robert De Niro was in Rome on Friday to discuss putting Italian movies in the spotlight at next year's edition of the New York film festival he co-founded.


Citigroup moved on Thursday to rescue seven affiliated investment funds that have been upended by the running crisis in housing-related debt.


The Claim: If Possible, Avoid Hospitals on Weekends

Many public services are less reliable on weekends. But does that apply to medicine as well?


15 Years of Wired - Proto Social Network 'The Well' Runneth Over

Way before social networking was all the rage, The Well started as a dialup BBS in 1985. Its founders look back, with audio interviews and transcripts.


U.N.-brokered talks on the future status of Kosovo are in jeopardy, the deputy United Nations envoy warned Friday at negotiations clouded by a car bombing that targeted the interior minister of the ethnically divided province.


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Devastating litigation is strangling the current system, which desperately needs reforms.


BIG BAY, Mich. _ Deep in the rugged hills of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a meandering river harbors giant fish that once thrived throughout Lake Superior and its tributaries.  The last spawning run of coaster brook trout along the south shore of the Great Lake has been protected for years.


Bhutto reflected on risks in CNN commentary

I have long claimed that the rise of extremism and militancy in Pakistan could not happen without support from elements within the current administration. My return to my country poses a threat to the forces of extremism that have thrived under a dictatorship. They want to stop the restoration of democracy at any price. They have exploited a poor, desperate, and powerless people and allowed extremists the right environment in which to flourish.


A new video game that allows players to recreate the 1963 assassination of US president John F. Kennedy is being called "despicable" by family members.


It may not seem as if there is much of a link between Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the owners of London's Lord's Cricket Ground, and the ninth Cricket World Cup.


Parigi, 20:31 - CALCIO, LIGUE 1: SOCHAUX PIEGA MARSIGLIA

Vittoria del Sochaux sul Marsiglia per 1-0 in uno dei posticipi della 16/a giornata di Ligue 1. Deci...


Milleproroghe, piu' tempo per regolarizzare sommerso


James Crumpâs documentary is a potent exercise in art-world mythography that might be nicknamed âThe Prince and the Punk.â


Web retailer Amazon.com warns profit growth over the next three months will slow despite a strong Christmas.


US-led forces tighten hold on Iraq rebel town

SAMARRA, Iraq - US and Iraqi forces tightened their grip on Samarra on Saturday, pressing on with one of the largest offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein to try to regain control of the rebel stronghold.


England batsman Ian Bell will have his bruised left wrist reassessed on the eve of the opening Ashes Test.


ERICSSON Australia Pty Ltd was chosen to supply and service Telstra Corp Ltds 3G mobile capacity for the next five years. The agreement involved contracts worth more than $100 million to develop the Telstra


A study published by the Lancet says the risk of death by violence for civilians in Iraq is now 58 times higher than before the US-led invasion.


Production resumed Monday at a General Motors plant in Ruesselsheim that was idled by a lack of parts after workers at another factory staged a six-day walkout protesting threatened job cuts.


Venezuela says it has made progress on securing the release of three more Farc hostages in Colombia.


Vehicle Trails Diesel Along Southbound 99

By The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Mar. 1--A leaky vehicle has spilled diesel fuel on southbound Highway 99, starting at the Crows Landing Road onramp and leading to a store on Hatch Road.


Lo studente indagato con Amanda e Rudy per la morte di Meredith Kercherha preso parte stamane all'incidente probatorio del Gip Claudia Matteini                                          Giallo di Perugia: "Il pc non Ã¨ mio" Da Sollecito un altro pezzo di veritÃ                                                                                Il ragazzo ha detto che il computer appartiene alla sorella. "Ma non lo accendo da luglio"Secondo la difesa Raffaele aveva passato tutta la sera del delitto davanti al portatile


James takes Cavs to their 1st NBA finals

Crown them one and all, the kid called King and the Cleveland Cavaliers. For the first time, they're Eastern Conference champions — and on their way to the NBA finals. Lugging an entire region's hopes with him on every trip to the basket, LeBron James had 20 points and 14 rebounds, and unflappable rookie Daniel Gibson added 31 points — 19 in the fourth quarter — to give the Cavaliers a 98-82 victory in Game 6 against the Detroit Pistons.


Critics trashed the play after it opened Tuesday, describing it as excruciating, bilge and a musical of exquisite awfulness, Sky News reported Friday.


Ministero esteri conferma viaggio di fine novembre


Bush condemns detention of Iranian-Americans

President Bush on Friday called on Tehran to release four detained Iranian-Americans "immediately and unconditionally."


U.S. Given Poor Marks on the Environment

The U.S. ranks at the bottom of the Group of 8 industrialized nations in the analysis conducted by researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities.


An especially colorful appearance on "The View" by Danny DeVito has eyebrows raised and tongues wagging that the veteran actor may not have been himself Wednesday morning.


Crunchtime Arrives for Oracle and PeopleSoft

The Wall Street rumor mill is working overtime, spinning off speculation about how soon a decision will be announced in the US government lawsuit aimed at blocking Oracle's (ORCL:Nasdaq - news - research) proposed takeover of PeopleSoft (PSFT:Nasdaq


Sovereign shares rise on board battle report

Sovereign Bancorp Inc.  shares surged early on Friday after a report that a looming boardroom battle could prompt the ouster of company chief Jay Sidhu and potentially put the big Philadelphia bank into play.


New Water Saving Tips Are Winner All-Round

Farmers can find out how to save money and the environment with an updated version of a water management guide, released in time for tomorrow's World Environment Day.   Waterwise on the Farm gives farmers and land managers information on preventing agricultural water pollution.


Japanese stocks fell by mid afternoon on  Friday, hit by sharp losses in Kyocera Corp. and KDDI Corp.  after they cut their earnings outlooks for the year, raising  concerns over a slowdown in corporate profit growth.


Taiwan rolls out the red carpet to welcome Chad's president

Taiwan rolled out the red carpet to welcome Chad's President Idriss Deby, one of a handful of international leaders who have publicly supported the island.


Da Chablis ad Autun 182,5 chilometri. Percorso difficile con molti saliscendi e qualche salita impegnativa. Segui la diretta


Genetic Events May Cause Deadly Childhood Cancer

THURSDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- University of Utah researchers have identified some of the genetic events that cause a particularly deadly childhood muscle cancer,


Hot off of the success of its "Monk-e-Mail" Web site, online job placement company Careerbuilder.com is seeking another viral hit with "Poo, peel, pound." This time, college kids are encouraged to have the brand's monkey mascots battle via a prehistoric version of rock, paper, scissors.


At Sothebyâs Art Auction, Buyers Were Not Impressed

The combination of estimates that were too high and material that was too familiar made Wednesday nightâs sale of Impressionist and modern art at Sothebyâs a rocky evening.


Cuba's Mario Kindelan has stopped the amazing run of British teenager Amir Khan by outpointing him in the lightweight final of the Olympic boxing tournament.


Oil Won't Derail Expansion -Fed Officials

Near-record oil prices will slow U.S. economic growth but won't be enough to derail a self-sustaining expansion, U.S. Federal Reserve officials said on Monday.


Radiohead readies New Year's Eve Webcast

NEW YORK (Billboard) - English rock band Radiohead will perform its new album, "In Rainbows," in its entirety during a pre-taped, hour-long set that will premiere New Year's Eve on TV and the Internet. The event will air on Current TV and Current.com starting 12 a.m. EST on December 31, and will repeat three times throughout the next day.


The gun found with the body of actress Lana Clarkson is shown to jurors at Phil Spector's murder trial.


Solaris agents no longer secret Sun Microsystems will make its Solaris clustering code available to the open-source community - the latest effort in the company's OpenSolaris project.â¦


Google Book Search wins backing of German library

The Bavarian State Library, one of the biggest libraries in the German-speaking world, has agreed to participate in Google Inc.'s project to scan books from the world's great collections.


General Motors' European unit is to cut 10,000 jobs in Germany as part of a plan to save  $665m (Â£347m) annually.


La vittima, 30 anni, raggiunto al cuore mentre cenava


Many government websites are still too complicated and difficult to use, says a report by the National Audit Office.


New York Is Said to Have Inquiry in Tankleff Case

New York State has begun an inquiry into Suffolk Countyâs investigation of the murders of Arlene and Seymour Tankleff, according to people involved.


Three Australian soldiers have been injured in an explosion near the Australian embassy in Baghdad. Australian Defence Force spokesman Brigadier Mike Hannan told reporters an Australian convoy of three armoured personnel carriers were attacked.


Lebanon's Jumblatt downplays army action at camp

A senior member of Lebanon's governing coalition said on Sunday military action was not on the table for ending a standoff between the Lebanese army and militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp.


Google expected to launch wiki and presentation services this week

Is Google launching its wiki and presentation services this week? All signs point to yes.


Peter Zadek was born in Berlin in 1926. His family emigrated to England when Hitler came to power in 1933, and Zadek went on to study at Oxford with the great English scholar Nevill Coghill, followed by an ...


Piracy case takes aim at Russian teacher

Russian President Vladimir Putin ridiculed the trial as "utter nonsense." Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sent a plea to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates asking him to help spare the defendant from a Siberian prison camp.


SYDNEY: BHP Billiton sees continuing strong demand for its products despite China's attempts to slow economic growth, putting it in a strong position to increase earnings after a record US$3.51bil net profit for the June year, up from the previous year's ...


"Breakfast at Tiffany's" dress fetches $920,000

The iconic black dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" sold for 410,000 pounds ($800,000) on Tuesday, around seven times its pre-sale estimate.


Federal parties strike deal on overhauling Supreme Court nominations

OTTAWA (CP) - The federal parties have struck a deal for a new process to overhaul in the way Supreme Court justices are selected, NDP Leader Jack Layton said Monday.


The Atlanta Falcons have signed former Jacksonville quarterback Byron Leftwich, the NFL team said on Tuesday.


Australian 'crocodile hunter' Steve Irwin killed by stingray

World-renowned Australian "crocodile hunter" and television environmentalist Steve Irwin has been killed by a stingray on the famed Great Barrier Reef, police said.


In our daily audio show, Mel Preen and guests discuss Mohamed Al Fayed's claims at the Diana inquest; Martin Wainwright speaks to Northern Rock customers in Newcastle; science correspondent James Randerson assesses the scientific credentials of the presidential candidates; plus the DVD war appears to have been won


Iraq Sunni Arabs say deal won't end boycott

Iraq's top Shi'ite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish political leaders announced on Sunday they had reached consensus on some key measures seen as vital to fostering national reconciliation.


MIlano, 13:42 - CALCIO, MATARRESE IN GHANA PER SEGUIRE COPPA D'AFRICA

Il presidente della Confederazione Calcio Africana Issa Hayatou ha invitato il presidente della Lega...


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Fred Gibson promised Georgia fans a really big game. He didn't deliver. The Bulldogs will have to settle for the biggest catch of Saturday's 31-24 win over Florida.


Il ministro annuncia uno stanziamento di 5 milioni per i recuperi: Ã¨ la prima voltaL'allarme dai test Pisa: il 61% non ha chiara la rotazione terrestre                                           Piano urgente per le scuole medie Fioroni: "Non sanno perchÃ© fa notte"                                                                                di SALVO INTRAVAIA


Radar will likely beat out laser, sonar, and camera technology when it comes to obstacle detection in cars, analyst reports.


New York - Finding Neverland, a biopic about Peter Pan creator JM Barrie starring Johnny Depp, has been named Best Film by the US National Board of Review (NBR) - widely viewed as a pointer to Oscar success.


Sen. Specter fights for top Judiciary post

Sen. Arlen Specter hoped to wrap up his bid for the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, despite protests from social conservatives.


Package Bomb Hits Indonesian Embassy in Paris

A package bomb exploded in front of the Indonesian embassy in Paris before dawn Friday, causing minor injuries to about 10 people and shattering windows of nearby apartments.


Madonna Visits Israel on Spiritual Quest

Israel was abuzz with excitement Wednesday over the arrival of Madonna, its biggest celebrity visitor in years. The pop star came to the Holy Land on a spiritual quest, including visits to the graves of revered rabbinical sages.


What The Associated Press described as test pilot Michael Melvill's "corkscrewing, white-knuckle ride" on the first leg of SpaceShipOne's successful attempt to win the $10 million X-Prize, was actually a remarkable rendition of what generations of


Chelsea's Drogba still wants to join Real Madrid - report

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba would still like to leave the English Premiership side to join Spanish giants Real Madrid next season, sports daily Marca reported Friday.


Portuguese police to hand Madeleine case to prosecutor

Portuguese police were due to  hand a file with evidence against the parents of missing  4-year-old Madeleine McCann on Tuesday to the public  prosecutor, who will decide whether to charge them.


The world's dwindling panda population is getting a helping hand from a wireless internet network. The Wolong Nature Reserve in the Sichuan Province of southwest China is home to 20% of the remaining 1,500 giant pandas in the world.


John Malkovich has virtually cornered the market on portraying aesthetes in the thrall of demonic visions. âKlimtâ adds to his gallery of elegant monsters.


S.Africa's ANC set to elect leader at conference

POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa's ruling ANC opened a conference on Sunday to elect its new party leader, who is likely to succeed President Thabo Mbeki when he leaves office in 2009.


BERLIN - A couple in northern Germany terrorized their neighbors by playing sounds of a rooster crowing in the middle of the night, police said Tuesday.


Bush to Talk Health Care in Pennsylvania

President Bush is returning to the swing state of Pennsylvania on Thursday to talk about health care.


Broadband in U.S. Jumps 38 Pct in Latest Data-FCC

The number of American consumers and  businesses that subscribe to high-speed Internet service, or  broadband, jumped 38 percent in the year ended June 30, 2004,  according to new statistics released on Wednesday.


Iraq. Baghdad lacerata da esplosioni ed agguati: 5 morti ad Amel

Un soldato americano Ã¨ stato ucciso e altri due feriti dall'esplosione di un ordigno rudimentale oggi a Baghdad ovest. Nello stesso quartiere della cittÃ , Amel, un poliziotto iracheno e tre civili sono morti


Swiss voters approve stem cell research using human embryos

GENEVA : A large majority of Swiss voters approved a new law that allows medical research on stem cells taken from human embryos but rules out cloning, official results from a referendum showed.


Cause Sought for Fatal Ark. Tour Bus Crash

An overturned tour bus is seen Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004, after it crashed off Interstate 55 near Marion, Ark. At least 15 people were killed.


O'Keefe poised to step down from NASA post

After three tumultuous years at the space agency's helm, NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe is poised to leave the Bush administration to become chancellor of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.


The US space agency is likely to back plans to send a UK probe to the Moon, BBC News has learned.


AMD pushes desktop performance with new chips

OCTOBER 19, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today unveiled its most powerful desktop processors to date, a few days after rival Intel Corp.


The SMART-1 probe has entered its lunar orbit, and the history books as the first European mission to have done so. Professor David Southwood, director of science for the European Space Agency (ESA), said: "Europe


Vice President Dick Cheney will travel to Afghanistan to attend the inauguration Tuesday of Hamid Karzai as Afghanistan's first directly elected president.


Britain's top transport official said Monday that a disk drive containing personal information on three million driving test candidates has been lost in the United States Â the latest in a series of government blunders over data.


Gazza unfazed by Madrid appearance after bomb threat

Former England international Paul Gascoigne says he is unfazed by the prospect of pulling his boots on alongside an array of stars in the March Against Poverty at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu.


The air in some parts of Southern California air is so dirty that it impedes the development of children's lungs. By the time they are 18, many children who grow up in


Backstory: Borat write thesis. It niiiice. You like read?

Sacha Baron Cohen's crude Kazakh journalist may have originated in a dissertation on the 'Black-Jewish alliance' in 1960s America.


Milano, 14:24 - CALCIO, MILAN; GILARDINO: IL RIGORE? LO RIBATTEREI

Alberto Gilardino contro il Torino ha calciato e sbagliato un calcio rigore che avrebbe potuto dare ...


Al Sud difficile ottenere diagnosi certa e intervento rapido


A Bochum rischierebbero il posto almeno 1.000 persone


New Drug Targets Pancreatic Cancer Two Ways

SATURDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDayNews) -- A new drug that targets pancreatic cancer in two ways is being tested by oncologists at the University of Southern California/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.


UK: Cadbury to phase out kingsize portions amid FDF health ...

The UKâs Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has published a new food and health manifesto, setting out the industryâs efforts to help in the fight against obesity.


Former Washington football coach Rick Neuheisel looked forward to a return to coaching Wednesday after being cleared by the NCAA of wrongdoing related to his gambling on basketball games.


Bankrupt Interstate Bakeries Corp., maker of Hostess Twinkies and Wonder Bread, received court approval Thursday for financing that will allow it to keep paying employees and vendors while it seeks to reorganize.


Major graphics flaw threatens Windows PCs

Microsoft published on Tuesday a patch for a major security flaw in its software's handling of the JPEG graphics format and urged customers to use a new tool to locate the many applications that are vulnerable.


China closed down 1,600 Internet cafes between February and August and imposed 100 million yuan, or 12 million US dollars, worth of fines for allowing children to play violent or adult-only games and other violations.


WMS Gaming: bringing slot machines into 21st century

Updated casino games combining new technology and mechanical reel games.


ST. PAUL, Minn. -- One of the NHL's model franchises was sold Thursday when the Minnesota Wild announced Bob Naegele's majority stake will be bought by former Nashville Predators owner Craig Leipold.


Russian agency okays state's purchase of Yukos

the oil giant's most important production unit - was sold at an auction last Sunday to an obscure company called BaikalFinansGroup for $9.3 billion


Google is threatening to shut down Gmail in Germany after the country's legislature came close to approving surveillance of communications over the Internet.


Assisted suicide advocate Kevorkian paroled

Jack Kevorkian, a fiery assisted suicide advocate, will be released from a Michigan prison in June after serving eight years for murder and vowing never to help the terminally ill take their own lives again, state officials said on Wednesday.


Australian striker Kewell fit for Solomon Islands game

Liverpool forward Harry Kewell will be fit for Australia's Confederations Cup qualifier against Solomon Islands on Tuesday after shrugging off a groin injury on Monday.


Gerald Ratner is set to table an improved bid of Â£350m for the UK operations of jewllery company Signet.


China agreed to send two giant pandas to Australia Thursday at a meeting between Prime Minister John Howard and President Hu Jintao ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit.


Keith Richards loses his cool over bad Stones reviews

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has demanded an apology from two Swedish tabloids that gave the band's August 3 concert in Gothenburg bad reviews, media reported on Wednesday.


Silicon Valley embraces Obama as promising start-up

Silicon Valley, home to Google, tech innovation and some of the world's richest people, is sending money to a young, untested presidential candidate who is sort of like a start-up -- Barack Obama.


Dell's Inspiron 1525 and Elitegroup Computer Systems' G10IL won a contest to design the best budget notebooks with built-in HSPA adapters and software.


Jesse Jackson seeks more diversity in Hollywood

As seemingly half of  Hollywood converged on a fundraiser for Democratic presidential  aspirant Sen. Barack Obama, the Rev. Jesse Jackson was huddled  elsewhere with Universal Studios president Ron Meyer over his  own campaign -- to increase industry diversity.


There is no shame in the result, but that does not mitigate Arsenal's frustration. ArsÃ¨ne Wenger has never objected to his side's status as Champions League favourites but on this showing in Trondheim it is still unmerited.


Joseph Fiennes, Blythe  Danner and Robert Wagner have been cast in cable channel FX's  transsexual drama pilot.


OECD expects steady growth in member countries

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said Tuesday that the growth in all OECD countries is expected to be steady after the second quarter's stagnation.


Can Hank Paulson Bring China and the U.S. Together?


S.Korea, China aim to block N.Korea test

South Korea and China have agreed to cooperate to prevent a possible nuclear test by North Korea amid increasing reports citing suspicious activity in the communist nation, Seoul's presidential security adviser said Friday.


Animal rights activists demonstrated in front of the the leagueâs headquarters, as the N.F.L. grappled with the fallout from Michael Vickâs federal indictment on charges related to dogfighting.


Suns Top Heat, 122-107, Win 7th Straight

Amare Stoudemire showed little respect for his boyhood idol Shaquille O'Neal. The Phoenix Suns gave the rest of the Miami Heat a rude welcome, too, as Stoudemire scored 34 points to help the West-leading Suns win their seventh straight game, a 122-107 rout of the East-leading Heat on Tuesday night.


The Moment: Bedouin Style in the Modern City

Day 4 with this week's guest blogger, Sheikh Majed Al-Sabah.


Hollywood set to honor faith-based movies

One might say former Los  Angeles-based casting director Reuben Cannon found his true  calling after moving to Atlanta and becoming a producer on  writer-director Tyler Perry's ultrasuccessful urban comedies  "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" (2005), "Madea's Family Reunion"  (2006) and the newly released "Daddy's Little Girls."


Taiwan eyes editing China from textbooks

Taiwan plans to revise school textbooks to drop references that recognize Chinese historical figures, places and artifacts as "national," an official said Sunday.


(CBS/AP) President Bush said Wednesday that American companies are suffering a competitive disadvantage around the world because of the high cost of lawsuits and legal insurance at home.


REVIEW: 'Alien Hominid' a Throwback Game

"Half-Life 2," "Halo 2," and "Need for Speed Underground 2" are all fine video games. But do you see the trend here? There doesn't seem to be much room for new, unique titles anymore. If "Alien Hominid" is any indication, that's a shame.


Brown offers debt relief to Tanzania as Brown pushes plan for Africa

Britain's visiting Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown was set to sign a debt relief pact with Tanzania in a bid to jumpstart London's proposal for a "new Marshall plan" to help ease African nations' chronic poverty and help them fund development projects.


E. coli found in cattle feces in spinach probe

California officials have discovered E. coli in cattle feces on pastures near farms being investigated as possible sources of spinach contaminated with the bacteria, which caused a nationwide outbreak of food poisoning, a state health officer said on Tuesday.


Treated Like a Winner, Still Unsure That He Is

Ãscar Pereiro, who finished second in last yearâs Tour de France to Floyd Landis, is still waiting for Landisâs drug test results to be upheld before he can be named the winner.


TEARS running from his blind eyes, the third-most powerful politician in Britain yesterday explained how misplaced love and anguish over a disputed child had ended his career.


Iraq Study Finds Desire for Arms, but Not Capacity

A new report is expected to conclude that Iraq had a clear intent to produce illicit weapons if U.N. sanctions were lifted.


Il voto del popolo e le altre storie dei blog

L'esito delle amministrative, l'astensionismo e la politica di Governo, il ricordo delle vittime dello stadio Heysel di Bruxelles e le follie da reality show. I vostri post


Prosecutor says enough evidence against Zuma: radio

South Africa's top prosecutor believes there is enough evidence to bring renewed graft charges against Jacob Zuma, newly elected head of the ruling ANC, a local radio station reported on Thursday.


Breast cancer tests flawed, study reports

TORONTO -- MRI scans find breast cancer twice as well as traditional screening procedures, a Canadian-led study says, but resear-chers say only the most at-risk women should consider the procedure because of its tremendous false positive rate.


The leader of Hezbollah says Lebanon's government should not storm a refugee camp taken over by Islamists.


'My sister and I are a quieter versions of Saif'

On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, the sisters talk about their brother Saif.


Warner Music Group said on Wednesday that any possible takeover offer for EMI, the struggling British music company, would be in cash and not shares.


Sri Lanka's Internet down after damage to submarine cable

Sri Lanka's main telecommunications provider says an Indian cargo ship snapped an undersea fiber optic cable that is a key Internet link between the tropical island and the rest of the world.


Every holiday, various organizations try to catch the attention of consumers by finding clever ways to link the special occasion to a product or service they are offering.


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

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


With no fear of the confusion that can arise from text-message shorthand, a new search service is employing a novel tool to answer queries sent by cell phones: human beings.


Sirchia riduce il prezzo del vaccino antinfluenzale

ll prezzo dei vaccini antinfluenzali sarÃ  ridotto, grazie ad una ordinanza firmata dal ministro della Salute Girolamo Sirchia. Allâaccordo si Ã¨ arrivati questa mattina durante lâincontro che il ministro


Healthy living drive under the spotlight

Many readers may be surprised by the following statistics - 200 million people in China are over-weight, 160 million suffer from high blood pressure, 20 million from diabetes and over 60 million have developed obesity.


Resistant Israeli Settlers May Get Prison

JERUSALEM Sept. 26, 2004 - Armed settlers who resist evacuation could face five years in prison under a law proposed Sunday before next year's planned removal of all 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and four in the West Bank.


Donne eclettiche con mantello afghano sulla giacchina 'milanese'


Hoping for Luck, Couples Go for Triple-7 Weddings

LAS VEGAS, July 7 -- Hundreds hoping to be lucky in love poured into Las Vegas wedding chapels Saturday to tie the knot on 7/7/07, a date with auspicious associations.


TRATTATO UE: BERLUSCONI PROMETTE RAPIDA RATIFICA, LA LEGA SI ...

(ASCA) - Roma, 28 ott - Berlusconi promette una ratifica immediata della Costituzione Ue, ma la Lega si oppone. Alla vigilia della firma del Trattato Costituzionale Europeo, che avverra' domani a Roma, il


Palestinian Rockets Point to Enduring Conflict

First you hear the whistle. Then the boom. Hugging tight her 8-year-old daughter, Maia Oriloh is terrified to leave her home in the Israeli town of Sderot after a rocket fired from Gaza hit yards away.


Fidelity Disciplines 16 Workers Over Gifts

Fidelity Investments on Thursday disciplined 16 employees for violating the mutual fund giant's conflict-of-interest policies covering gifts from brokers to Fidelity's traders.


Startup aims to reinvent the kerosene lamp

Blog: D.light Design, started out of a Stanford student project, aims to bring a safer, cheaper form of energy to families living in emerging nations without access to electricity.


Palestinians expressed amazement yesterday at the rashness of Hamas terrorists who were bombed by the Israelis as they paraded on a football field.


Finn Kydland, the joint winner of the 2004 Nobel economics prize, called on governments yesterday to guarantee central bank independence and praised the European Central Bank (ECB) while slamming Latin American policy makers.