FIVE million people were last night without food, shelter or fresh water in the wake of the devastating tsunami as an international coalition was formed to carry out the world's biggest ever relief effort.


PM tried to scrap health act: Copps' book

OTTAWA - Sheila Copps has dropped a political bombshell by accusing Prime Minister Paul Martin of a plan to scrap the Canada Health Act when he was finance minister in 1995.


Gold and bronze for red, white, and blue

ATHENS -- Though the sport was born on the beaches of southern California, Olympic titles have eluded the Americans through two quadrenniums.


First postcard from Microsoft's conference Always be careful what you wish for. I liked Stuart Okin when he was chief security officer for Microsoft UK and thought he did a lot for Microsoft's credibility in this area, but I'm afraid I occasionally laughed at Microsoft for putting a developer type in charge of security, instead of a superannuated spook as everyone else does.â¦


Sierra Leone's president warns he will impose a state of emergency if election violence does not stop.


Bush: Would Give 'Mission Accomplished' Speech Again

President Bush said he had no regrets about donning a flight suit to give his "Mission Accomplished" speech on Iraq in May 2003 and would do it all over again if he had the chance, according to excerpts from an television interview released on Sunday.


In Professorâs Model, Diversity = Productivity

In the long-running debate on affirmative action, Scott E. Page, a professor at the University of Michigan, is a fresh voice.


Dementieva Beats Sharapova at Exhibition

Elena Dementieva beat Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-1 Wednesday in the Champions Challenge exhibition tournament, preparation for this month's Australian Open.


The late Steve McQueen is making a return appearance starting next month in commercials for the 2005 Mustang. The ads draw on the actor's appearance behind the wheel of a Mustang in the 1968 action movie "Bullitt."


Rolls-Royce, the luxury motor company owned by German car maker BMW, is planning to launch a series of Rolls-Royce cars which will be cheaper and smaller than the flagship Phantom model.


Macworld ranks swell as Apple's 'cool factor' spreads

They come sporting mohawks, full-body tattoos, multiple piercings, and hair in brilliant colors -- the ever-growing congregation of the "Mac-faithful" -- basking in hip technology and declaring love for their iPods, iPhones and everything else from Apple on show at the annual MacWorld Expo.


Millions of aging boomers and the latest generation of wounded soldiers hope the secrets of our most enduring medical foe can finally be unlocked.


New York, 10:38 - BASEBALL, MAJOR LEAGUE: RISULTATI

Risultati delle gare del campionato americano di baseball (MLB) disputate nella notte. In maiuscolo ...


Anyone who has followed the telecom market in recent years knows that this hypercompetitive industry is badly in need of consolidation.


New York Yankees manager Joe Torre would love to have Pedro Martinez in his rotation — just as he'd love to have any great starting pitcher.


Pakistan beat West Indies by seven wickets in Karachi to win the one-day international series 3-1.


Pinzolo, 23:50 - CALCIO, JUVE; COBOLLI GIGLI: PRONTI PER TORNEO AD ALTO LIVELLO

La nuova Juve è stata presentata questa sera a Pinzolo, sede del ritiro pre-campionato. Il pr...


Parigi, 10:37 - TENNIS, DAVENPORT PENSA AL RITIRO

Lindsay Davenport conferma al quotidiano L'Equipe l'intenzione di lascire il tennis. ''Detesto la p...


North Korea fired several short-range missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Friday, Japanese media reported


Â· One patient a day dies waiting for a transplant Â· BMA backs idea, but other groups voice concerns


A Year of Good Intentions for Monarchsâ Recruits

In a sport in which tradition and recent success are among the most important springboards for recruiting, Old Dominion is trying to establish its program without benefit of either.


Walter Dix may be a slow starter. But, man, can he finish. The Florida State junior was late out of the blocks, then rapidly caught the competition and broke away over the final 50 meters to win the 100 on Friday at the NCAA track and field championships in 9.93 seconds, the fastest ever by a U.S.-born collegian.


Reseller Selling Standalone Windows Media Center Software

At least one vendor is selling OEM copies of Microsoft's new Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 operating system online, possibly exploiting a loophole in Microsoft's contracts.


The Criminal Cases Review Commission has received only three new enquiries from parents saying they were wrongly convicted of killing their children.


SINGAPORE: Oil prices slid to a five-week low on Friday, continuing a downturn that has slashed almost 13 per cent from record highs as rising stockpiles have eased worries of a winter supply crunch.


The Christian Science Monitor - Within the space of a few weeks, economic worries have displaced the Iraq war as the top political issue in the United States, upending the carefully laid plans of presidential candidates and causing Congress and the White House to consider emergency measures intended to prevent â or moderate â a looming recession.


A U.N. human rights mission on Monday accused Sudan's government of orchestrating and taking part in gross violations in Darfur and called for urgent international action to protect civilians there.


Developed in Redondo Beach, the COIL passes first test firing of such a device meant to be airborne. By Muhammed El-Hasan. The government's plans to develop a missile defense shield received a boost this week


Ulivo, Fassino e Rutelli: giusto lo spirito di Prodi

E' positiva la prima risposta dei leader di Ds e Margherita, Piero Fassino e Francesco Rutelli, alla lettera di Romano Prodi pubblicata oggi su 'Repubblica' (leggi qui). In una dichiarazione congiunta i due


Julio Appeals Suspension for Near Beaning

Orioles pitcher Jorge Julio received a four-game suspension from Major League Baseball on Friday for throwing a pitch that nearly hit Minnesota's Augie Ojeda in the head.


A ballerina whose support of the far-right BNP sparked protests is to marry one of its councillors.


MOSCOW, March 12 -- The pro-Kremlin United Russia party had commanding leads in 13 of 14 regional elections held Sunday, preliminary vote counts showed Monday, while the new Fair Russia party, which calls itself an opposition grouping but is favored by the presidential administration, was making a...


Many of you can't be trusted with your own computers. Stupidity isn't the problem. It's laziness, mostly, combined with a penny-wise stinginess that resents the $40 price of a good antivirus program.


US Air, Pilots to Reopen Concession Talks

US Airways Group Inc. (UAIR.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and its pilots union agreed late on Friday to reopen concession talks after leaders of the labor group declined


Prime impiccagioni dell'anno in diverse citta'


Fonterra is aiming for a significant share of the Australian dairy foods market, with a bid for one of Australia's largest operators.


Yahoo appears close to implementing OpenID, a Web authentication standard that relieves people of the need to remember multiple passwords to log into different Web sites.Yahoo controls a domain me.yahoo.com, which shows a short message indicating the company will act as an identity provider for OpenID.Code on pages at Flickr.com, owned by Yahoo, could also let a person use their Flickr login and profile for logging into other OpenID-compatible sites. The code can be seen by viewing the source of Flickr photostream pages, and points to https://open.login.yahooapis.com/openid/op/auth.OpenID, an open-source project, has gained support from two other major Internet players, Microsoft and Google. However, those companies are not widely providing support on their sites for OpenID yet.But an early implementation of OpenID by Yahoo could provide a spark for broader support, some say."I expect Yahoo's implementation to be a major influence in encouraging OpenID 2 adoption," wrote Simon Willison, a freelance Web consultant and developer who used to work for Flickr. In January last year, Willison launched idproxy.net, a Web site that links Yahoo IDs and OpenIDs.OpenID is referred to as a decentralized system since no one company or entity controls all of the identity information. It gives users more power to determine who they want to share their identity with and avoids the potential security problems of having a massive amount of data locked up in a single database. The system is also free.Web sites acting as an identity provider for OpenID give users a unique URL (Uniform Resource Locator). When a person encounters another Web site supporting OpenID, they can enter that URL along with the password they have registered with the identity provider, which is then verified in order to login at the new site.The person is then allowed to carry their profile or other information into the new Web site, a concept known as single sign-on. It means that people may need fewer passwords but would be able to securely share their data and login on more Web sites.A variety of companies and Web sites are supporting OpenID, such as AOL, LiveJournal, Technorati and mobile operator Orange, which is owned by France Télécom, according to the OpenID Web site. Hundreds of other Web sites are also using OpenID.Yahoo could not be reached for comment.


BRUSSELS, Oct 23 (IPS) - Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are  seeking that pesticide use be halved within a decade in order to  reduce the amount of hazardous chemicals in the environment.


Presidents and officials of 12 South American countries are meeting in Peru to create an economic and political community.


By Guy N. Limbeck, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Mar. 5--BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING AND DIVING  MINNEAPOLIS -- A rush and a wait. It was not a good combination for the John Marshall swimmers during the Class AA state swimming and diving meet.


Military action against Iran 'highly dangerous'

Military action against Iran with the goal of shutting down its nuclear programme would be "highly dangerous" and "counter-productive," according to an independent British report.


CALGARY - EnCana Corp. is selling its North Sea operations for $2.1 billion US in cash to another Canadian company, Nexen Inc. The UK subsidiary of EnCana has a stake in three oilfields, plus interests in


Jack Hayes, a World Meteorological Organization official, was named on Wednesday to lead the National Weather Service.


New Drug Shows Promise in Cutting Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence

A new type of drug shows growing promise as a more potent way for many breast cancer patients to significantly cut their risk of a recurrence, researchers reported yesterday.


REDS 2, CUBS 1, 12TH INNING Elusive Last Out in 9th Haunts Cubs ...

The silence was unearthly, as if 38,190 people were sitting in the Wrigley Field stands Wednesday afternoon bound and gagged. The Cubs are in a mad chase for the wild card


In Western Europe, Poor Children Kept as Thieves

The theft follows a simple pattern. A  little girl asks a customer in a shop for help reaching  something on a shelf, and while he or she is distracted another  child steals a wallet or cash from their pocket or bag.


"Bourne" still on run at foreign box office

LOS ANGELES  - Although it opened overseas six weeks ago, "The Bourne Ultimatum" endured as the top attraction at the foreign box office box office, selling an estimated $13 million worth of tickets during the weekend.


Web hosting and connectivity company Savvis Communications on Wednesday confirmed that it has canceled about 40 accounts from businesses that were earmarked as spammers.


A man killed in a road traffic accident in County Tyrone is the 10th person to die on the roads this year.


Kerry to hunt for male US votes as Bush courts Catholics

YOUNGSTOWN, United States  - US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry will switch to macho politics when he makes an atypical hunting trip to rural Ohio in a bid to woo traditionalist male voters, while President George W. Bush courts


The company currently allows customers to copy a CD once onto a personal computer, but uses the Internet to charge a fee for subsequent copying of the same disk.


A crowd gathers outside the home of paedophile Robert Oliver after his location is reported in a Sunday newspaper.


One road victory was nice, but the Lions' true road test came Sunday against the previously unbeaten Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome.


New Orleans Hopes to Make Superdome a Home Again

A crowd of more than 68,000 is expected for Monday nightÂs game at the Superdome, along with conflicting emotions about the reopening of the stadium.


A fire raged through a crowded mosque in Tehran during evening prayers Monday after a female worshipper's veil caught the flames of a kerosene heater, killing at least 59 people, and injuring more than 250, Iran's official news agency reported.


Business & money: The best 20 firms in the FTSE 350 for private investors who want to invest their cash in companies with a conscience.


Cavs Owner Agrees to Sell Controlling Interest

The owner of the high-flying Cleveland  Cavaliers has reached an agreement to sell controlling interest  in the team, the National Basketball Association (NBA)  franchise said Monday. Local media reports put the price at  about $375 million.


Yasser Arafat, Who Led Palestinians to Brink of Statehood, Dies

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who rose from the ranks of guerrilla fighter to share a Nobel Peace Prize with his Israeli archenemies only to watch the peace process later unravel, died today.


New Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner acquires 85.5% of the club to take full control.


Just as the Enron scandal triggered an overhaul of corporate accounting practices, the nation's prescription drug crisis may prompt a sweeping revamp of


Sharon likely to get backing for new coalition

Ariel Sharon, the Israeli Prime Minister, has today made a last-minute appeal for his party to back his plan to bring the main opposition Labour party into a new coalition.


Cronenberg gets down and dirty with Russian mob

There is a moment in the Russian mob movie "Eastern Promises" when the level of violence rises so high that the audience lets out a collective gasp, followed by a ripple of nervous laughter.


Sharon Stone believes the Sept. 11 attacks should not have been used as a pretext for the United States to launch wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to her comments published Monday in a pan-Arab newspaper.


2 Palestinian militants killed in Israeli raid on Gaza

Two Palestinian militants were killed and eight people wounded in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza City Monday evening, Palestinian security and medical sources said.


The British Embassy in Tokyo says it will help hundreds of teachers after a language school chain in Japan went bust.


Milano, 15:21 - CALCIO, SCOMMESSE: DUE MESI DI SQUALIFICA A FLACHI E CARROZZIERI

La Commissione Disciplinare ha squalificato per due mesi i giocatori della Sampdoria Francesco Flach...


Defying a U.N., Iran began enriching uranium for what it says is a power project, but the gas could be refined to use for bombs.


MRI Top Breast-Screening Test for High-Risk Women

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is more effective than other screening methods for finding breast cancer in women whose genes leave them susceptible to the disease.


Oil prices extended recent heavy losses on Wednesday ahead of weekly U.S. data expected to show fuel stocks rising in time for peak winter demand.


Blair left with political headache after key minister resigns

Prime Minister Tony Blair was leaving for a key summit after a rapid and deeply unwelcome reorganisation of his government following the resignation of respected Home Secretary David Blunkett.


Explosions in Gaza City Kill at Least 13, Wound 25, AP Reports

Five explosions in Gaza City killed at least 13 Palestinians and wounded 25 others, Associated Press said, citing unidentified hospital officials and residents.


U.S. aid helicopters stepped up missions on Tuesday to Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh province, expanding help to millions affected by the giant wave that killed 175,000 around the Indian Ocean.


Ludicrous to suggest McCanns guilty: spokesman

The new spokesman for the parents of missing British four-year-old Madeleine McCann said on Tuesday it was ludicrous to suggest they were guilty of harming her.


Trascinati da revisione al rialzo stime vendite Toyota


Flu vaccine eligibility categories expanded

Anticipating California will soon receive as many as 650,000 additional doses of flu vaccine, state officials yesterday expanded eligibility for the shots to people ages 50 to 64, emergency


Gene-screening 'will be norm in 10 years'

Â· Sequencing may help tackle obesity and cancerÂ· Patients could have tests before having children


Maya say Gibson movie portrays them as savages

Much like his bloody epic about  the death of Christ, a new Mel Gibson production about the  collapse of the Mayan civilization is angering members of the  culture it depicts even before it hits the screen.


Pakistan and India agree to explore options

NEW YORK: Pakistan and India on Friday agreed to explore possible options for a peaceful and negotiated settlement of the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in a sincere spirit and purposeful manner.


The Egyptian Interior Ministry Friday confirmed 22 people dead in blasts that rocked three Red Sea resorts overnight. Xinhua quoted the official MENA news agency as saying that a majority of the victims were Israelis and Egyptians.


IBM said that its Blue Gene/L supercomputer trumps the performance of SGI's recently announced Columbia system installed at NASA by more than 65 percent.


Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris USA has started to increase cigarette prices, providing what some analysts consider the first sign of life in the US cigarette market since 2002.


GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan  - Republicans in Michigan voted in the presidential race on Tuesday, with native son Mitt Romney battling for political survival in a primary that could either revive or sink his campaign.


U.S. rejects German climate position: G8 draft

The United States has rejected Germany's bid to get the Group of Eight to agree tough cuts in climate warming carbon emissions, according to a draft of the communique to be presented to the meeting.


The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize accepted her award on Friday. She urged her audience "to embrace the whole creation in all its diversity, beauty and wonder.


Tim Robbins wages crusade against noise in new film

Have you ever dreamt of smashing up that  car in your neighborhood whose burglar alarm has the bad habit  of going off in the middle of the night?


A British terror suspect held captive in Guantanamo Bay for 33 months plans to sue the government, it is reported.


Novelty Maker Benefits as Silly String Goes to War

Although soldiers found that Silly String, the spray-can party favor, can be used to detect invisible bomb tripwires and potentially save lives, its maker has decided to keep a low profile.


The French government announced yesterday the release of its two journalists Christian Shino and George Malbrono, who were kidnapped in Iraq in August.


Otmar Issing, the European Central Bank's chief economist, on Sunday said interest-rate policy can only control inflation in the "medium to longer term," and that consistent policy was needed to establish credibility.


Syracuse Fires Pasqualoni After 14 Years

Three weeks ago, Syracuse football coach Paul Pasqualoni received a vote of confidence to return for his 15th season. Now, he's just the latest Division I coach out of a job.


Chambers: Cisco, Fujitsu Team On Japan Networking; 2005 Product ...

Land of the rising routers. Cisco Systems (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) and Fujitsu (otc: FJTSY - news - people ) will join forces to develop high-end routers for Internet networks in Japan.


Almost half of people who regularly watch online video spend less time watching TV, a survey suggests.


West Nile virus - the sequel US health officials have warned that the global warming and inadequate control of mosquito populations could see dengue fever spread from the tropics to the continental US, Reuters reports.â¦


Inch by Inch, Great Lakes Shrink, and Cargo Carriers Face Losses

As water levels in the Great Lakes fall, ships that ferry bulk materials across them must lighten their loads, adding millions to shipping companiesâ operating costs.


The Central Election Commission said early Monday that Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych held a slight lead over Viktor Yushchenko in Ukraine's presidential election runoff, while exit polls put the opposition challenger ahead.


New Yorkers camp out for iPhone despite summer heat

InfoWorld - New Yorkers have a reputation for being a hearty lot, and those who want to be among the first to buy an iPhone Friday seem to be made of a particularly tough constitution. Despite temperatures that soared above 90 degrees Fahrenheit Tuesday, several were already lined up outside the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.


Britons hailed as heros in Thai plane crash

Two Britons have been hailed as heros for saving passengers from a plane which crashed in the Thai resort of Phuket by smashing their way out of aircraft, reports said Tuesday.


Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda defends Japan's annual whale hunt, calling for a less emotional debate.


Seagate preserves Maxtor brand for channel freshness

Seagate has begun selling Maxtor-branded desktop and notebook PC hard drives through its distribution network worldwide.â¦


Basketball A few minutes before Rashard Lewis was formally announced as the newest member of the Orlando Magic yesterday, the high-scoring forward donned his new uniform and made his way through the team's practice facility. "Feeling good," Lewis said. That was no surprise, considering he'd just received a six-year contract worth more than $110 million on the day the NBA's ...


Stuart Rose, chief executive of retailer Marks & Spencer, vows to return the firm's share price to Â£4 - or admit failure.


Chiesto intervento del ministro Padoa Schioppa


Guantanamo prisoner dies of cancer: U.S.

An Afghan detainee has died from cancer at the prison camp at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, authorities said on Sunday.


Motorola, DoCoMo teaming up to develop new phones

Motorola, No. 2 maker of mobile telephones, and NTT DoCoMo, the world's second-largest wireless carrier, will jointly develop handsets to attract business customers in Japan.


Greenspan-Aging US population to strain finances

Rising pressure on US finances from an aging population make it vital quickly fix the social safety net with such steps as raising the age for full retirement benefits, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on


NASA tries to free station's jammed solar panel

NASA ground controllers tried to free a jammed solar panel on the International Space Station on Friday, while astronauts prepared for a final spacewalk to rewire the outpost's power grid.


(11) Florida State 17 North Carolina State 10

RALEIGH, NC Florida State is 8-and-2 after scoring the final 17 points in a 17-to-10 win at North Carolina State. Darrell Blackman's 87-yard punt return for a touchdown put the Wolfpack ahead 10-to-0 in the second quarter.


News.com Extra: Scary steel cyberpunk sculptures

Also: Crippled spy satellite threatens Earth. See what people are saying on News.com Extra.


Israel's Sharon Wins Crucial Likud Vote -Radio

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud party voted on Thursday in favor of his bid to bring the  opposition Labour party into government, said Army Radio citing  an initial ballot count.


Crude oil prices have overnight shed 28c of the USD1.28 spike seen in New York last night. The sudden rise came on news of twin car bomb attacks in Saudi Arabia, pushing prices up to USD 43.64 at the New York close.


Roman Catholic dioceses nationwide have taught more than 6 million children to protect themselves from sexual predators and have conducted 1.6 million background checks on workers in response to the clergy sex abuse crisis, according to a new report.


Police issued a murder and kidnapping warrant Thursday for the father of a 3-year-old girl found abandoned in Australia, after identifying the body of her mother found stuffed in the trunk of a car in New Zealand.


Scripps President and CEO To Speak at Merrill Lynch Conference

CINCINNATI, Sept. 11  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kenneth W. Lowe, president and CEO of The E. W. Scripps Company, will participate in the Merrill Lynch Media and Entertainment Conference in Pasadena, Calif. on Wednesday, Sept. 13.


Bayern rein in leaders Wolfsburg with 2-0 win

Bayern Munich reined in Bundesliga leaders Wolfsburg on Tuesday with a 2-0 victory, courtesy of a double strike from Peruvian striker Claudio Pizarro in his first match in a month.


Individuato a Santa Marina di Policastro quello per ecoballe


Former Qwest Communications Inc. (QN: Quote, Profile, Research) executive Tom Hall, who was scheduled to go on trial next month for accounting fraud, will plead guilty, his attorney said on Friday in a court filing.


Sundance on Sundance, Praise Flowing Freely

This series of sharply produced infomercials is the Sundance Channel's latest way to enhance the already outsize mystique of the annual Sundance Film Festival.


The Coast Guard helicopter crews who work out of Air Station Kodiak often fly through wind and whiteouts to rescue fishermen, freighter crews and recreational boaters from Alaska's roiling waters.


Presidential candidates look toward crucial debate

President George W. Bush and his Democratic rival John Kerry scouted votes in key battleground states but were already looking ahead to their crucial televised debates starting in a week.


Roma, 20:45 - GOLF, EUROPEAN LADIES TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: ITALIA QUINTA

L'Italia ha superato la Finlandia per 3,5 a 1,5 e ha chiuso il quinto posto nell'European Ladies Tea...


Free clinic a 'tiny Band-Aid' on Katrina pain

Waiting in line is part of life in post-storm New Orleans, especially when it comes to health care.


Snow non commenta richiesta rinvio a giudizio Lozano


EU Med states call for Mideast peace conference

The foreign ministers of France, Italy, Spain and seven other European states called on Monday for an international conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and said Israel should make more concessions for peace.


Sports ; Cricket: Aussie openers make a solid start

Sports News, Australia were 203 for one at tea after winning the toss on the opening day of the second and final test of the Trans-Tasman series at the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide in Australia on Friday.


A German computer security firm has defended its decision to hire the self-confessed author of the Sasser worm.


Construction firm Multiplex has officially handed over the keys to the new Wembley Stadium to the FA.


Fish oils, vitamins, herbs helpful for depression

NEW YORK  - Diet and nutrition may play a key role in helping people fight depression, Australian researchers report.


Egyptian troops pull back, Gazans flood over border

RAFAH, Egypt  - Egyptian troops kept their distance from the breached Gaza border on Saturday a day after a security guard was shot in the foot, allowing thousands of Palestinians to stream unhindered into Egypt.


Don't Hit the Gym Too Much This Holiday: Experts

NEW YORK  - Making a resolution to hit the  gym more often is a great way to ring in the New Year -- but  don't overdo it, advises the professional society for UK  managers of sports and fitness centers.


A flyby by a Nasa unmanned space probe has revealed evidence of "widespread" volcanism on the planet Mercury.


European Commission hit by fresh dispute

The European Commission was abuzz over a new commissioner on its first day in office Monday after learning he was convicted of embezzlement, the BBC reported.


Carnie Wilson, whose gastric bypass surgery five years ago was broadcast on the Internet, is expecting her first child.


Giro di vite su contatori e sicurezza dal 2009


EC relaxes rules for new format broadcasters

Audiovisual without frontiers The European Commission has relaxed the rules on advertising for the audiovisual sector in response to the growth of media services such as video-on-demand.â¦


Pakistani police hunt escaped British bomb suspect

Pakistani authorities have detained  two relatives of a Pakistani-British man suspected of  involvement in an al Qaeda plot to blow up U.S.-bound  airliners, after he escaped from police custody, the man's  lawyer said.


Chuck Guite renews charges against Paul Martin but offers no new ...

OTTAWA (CP) - The bureaucrat who ran the federal sponsorship program is standing by his contention that Paul Martin's office tried to interfere in a 1994 advertising contract.


Leaders See a Black America Sailing Off Course

HAMPTON, Feb. 10 -- Beneath an oak tree on the campus of what is now Hampton University, historians say, Virginia blacks heard a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation and began to dream of a better life.


World number one Roger Federer hit  the ground running when he opened the defense of his Australian  Open crown with a 6-1 6-1 6-2 demolition of Frenchman Fabrice  Santoro Monday.


Nissan warns U.S. cellphones can disable car keys

Nissan North America (7201.T) has a  warning for customers: placing your electronic key too close to  your cellphone could leave you stranded.


UPDATE 1-Dutchman Albers to drive for Minardi

Dutch driver Christijan Albers will race for Minardi in Formula One next season, the Anglo-Italian team announced on Thursday. The 25-year-old, a former German


Apple says iPhone to access YouTube content

Apple Inc.'s  widely  anticipated music and video playing iPhone will allow  subscribers to wirelessly stream material from Google Inc.'s   popular video sharing site YouTube, Apple said on  Wednesday.


N.F.L. Roundup: Time to Make Draft Choices Is Cut by 5 Minutes

The N.F.L. announced that clubs will have just 10 minutes between picks in the first round, instead of 15.


National Renown Surgeon Jonathan Webb Dies at 45

Little Rock - The death of nationally renowned surgeon Jonathan Drummond-Webb has shocked his family, friends and colleagues. He was well-respected for his work with young adults suffering from heart conditions.


Uganda declares itself free of Ebola fever

Uganda said on Wednesday it had eradicated an outbreak of Ebola that infected 149 people, of whom 37 died, mostly in a remote western district.


First Americans may have crossed Atlantic 50,000 years ago

In a discovery sure to set off a firestorm of debate over human migration to the western hemisphere, archaeologists in South Carolina say they have uncovered evidence that people lived in eastern North America at least 50,000 years ago - far earlier than


Poor still suffering from last recession

Many of the poorest people in the United States are still struggling to recover from the effects of a recession that ended six years ago, making them very vulnerable as the country stands on the brink of a new downturn.


Millions stranded by snow in China holiday havoc

GUANGZHOU, China  - Millions of Chinese shivered through power cuts and water shortages on Wednesday and millions more were stranded by snow ahead of what for some is the only holiday of the year.


Tokyo's Nikkei Edges Down as Techs Weaken

Tokyo's Nikkei average edged down 0.25  percent on Tuesday morning, led by a decline in tech issues  such as Sony Corp., but share indices stayed in narrow ranges  as the market awaited key Japanese economic growth data.


Joe Paterno says he intends to lead the Nittany Lions from the sidelines at the Outback Bowl on Jan. 1 and coach for at least another couple years


A campaign about Iraq and jobs abruptly shifts to the fraught territory of God, gays and guns. But will the values debate help Republicans this year?


Rookie cornerback Randall Gay has had increased playing time the last two weeks in sub packages against the pass, and Ty Law has taken notice.


Narrow escape for Princess Anne's aircraft

An aircraft carrying Princess Anne was involved in a near miss with a British fighter plane over northern England on Thursday. The Eurofighter Typhoon combat jet was on an exercise from a Royal Air Force base


Washington - Dietary supplements of vitamin E, recommended by some doctors to reduce the risk of heart disease, can be dangerous in high doses, according to a study published on Wednesday.


NEW YORK -- The nation's banks are just beginning to feel the pain of defaults on risky mortgages they made at low introductory rates when housing prices were soaring, Federal Reserve governor Susan Bies said.


Check-Up Finds 'Some Scratches' on Sprinter

A medical examiner found "some scratches" on one of the two Greek Olympic sprinters who said they had a motorcycle crash on the night they missed a drugs test last week, a judicial source said on Tuesday.


Vijay Singh celebrates after sinking a bogey putt on the 18th hole of the final round at the 84 Lumber Classic to win the tournament, in Farmington, Pa.


Thousands attend the funeral of Macedonian pop star Tose Proeski, who died in a car crash on Tuesday.


Weird Russian Mind-Control Research Behind Homeland Security Contract

The Department of Homeland Security will go anywhere to acquire the most-effective counter-terrorism technology, even if it means traveling to a basement laboratory in the heart of the old Soviet empire to dabble in some pretty dubious mind-control theory.


Post-retirement boozing is bad for your brain!

LONDON: Frequent alcohol consumption in middle age can lead to cognitive impairment in old age and this may be more pronounced if there is a genetic susceptibility, claims a new study that appears in the British Medical Journal .


Lady Godiva sent from Shannon on Coventry trip

Flights from the Midlands to Shannon and Cork were launched last week as part of the Thomsonfly.com winter programme.


Follini non entra nella compagine governativa

ROMA - Gianfranco Fini Ã¨ stato nominato ministro degli Esteri. Fini, insieme al premier Silvio Berlusconi, si Ã¨ recato al Quirinale per ricevere le deleghe dal presidente della Repubblica (Fini giurÃ² nel 2001 quando divenne vice premier).


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Chad's prime minister demanded Monday that the international community remove refugees who have fled to Chad from Sudan's Darfur region.


Friends, Family Shocked at Charges: Shocking Descent for a Woman of High Achievement

By Rona Marech, The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 7--ROCKVILLE -- Pictures taken before Navy Capt. Lisa M. Nowak's space shuttle mission show her smiling and confident in an orange jumpsuit, with wavy tresses framing her face and an American flag and a model rocket ship behind her.


Blair Says London Summit Would Aid Palestinians

British Prime Minister Tony Blair  said on a visit to the Middle East Wednesday that his planned  London conference on reform for Palestinians next year would  help them become a real negotiating partner for peace.


Eight anti-terror arrests in central England: police

Eight people have been arrested under anti-terrorism laws in the central English city of Birmingham, police said, while one report said a planned major terrorist plot had been foiled.


McAuliffe: Democrats Not Aiding Protesters

Democratic Party chief Terry McAuliffe says his party doesn't need to help the thousands of protesters who will descend on New York in anticipation of next week's Republican National Convention.


Thieves Steal Indian Artifacts in Calif.

Skilled burglars looted a Mojave Desert museum of its most prized possessions, including antique dolls and Native American artifacts on loan from local families.


MATEJA KEZMAN finally broke his scoring duck to settle this League Cup derby at Stamford Bridge today. Kezman missed a string of chances before firing in from Joe Cole's through-ball in the 57th-minute to quash the Hammers' hopes of making the last 16.


Tournament director Richard Palmer now believes lightning can strike twice in the same place after he lost star act Mary Pierce for next week's international women's tennis tournament in Auckland.


Philips Electronics NV, the Dutch electronics maker, said Wednesday it will take a $752 million charge in the fourth quarter to reduce the estimated value of its stake in U.S. medical transcription company MedQuist Inc.


Melissa Etheridge Recovering After Surgery

Melissa Etheridge is recovering at her home in California from two surgeries to treat breast cancer.


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Microsoft Challenges Newest Word Zero-Day

TechWeb - The software maker argues that a vulnerability recently identified is not new but a duplicate of a flaw found in December 2006.


Eight arrested after German shot dead in Afghanistan

Eight people have been arrested after a German aid worker was shot dead in northern Afghanistan, a governor said Friday, adding it was not clear if the killers were Islamist militants or bandits.


World's oldest webbed bird footprint found in South Korea

The world's oldest fossilized webbed footprints of birds, believed to be 110 million years old, have been found on a South Korean island.


Californians may be ignoring a chance to claim their part of the $1.1 billion deal.


Renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who authored the best-selling book, "A Brief History of Time," soon will experience a brief history with weightlessness.


Russian serial killer: "I felt like God"

The Russian supermarket worker found  guilty of murdering 48 people told his trial on Thursday he  felt like God as he decided if his victims should live or die.


"Ugly Betty" was ever so  pretty in the ratings department Thursday, which competed  strongly against CBS stalwart "Survivor" to become the  most-watched new show of the season.


fenimor writes "Physicists at Imperial College London described a new method for potentially encoding and storing up to one Terabyte of data, or 472 hours of film, on one optical disk the size of a CD or DVD.


PUTIN ON RUSSIAN-BELARUSSIAN COMPROMISE IN GAS PRICES

Russia and Belarus achieved compromise and settled the gas pricing problem, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a joint press conference with his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.


La Svizzera ancora scossa da scandali relativi a religiosi


US troops strike site in Fallujah; 11 said dead

FALLUJAH, Iraq -- A US air strike on the rebel-held city of Fallujah in western Iraq last night killed 11 people and wounded 17 at a wedding party, with women and children among the casualties, a hospital doctor said today.


Would-be burglars broke into the home of New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici's daughter Friday, prompting the nanny to flee with one of the senator's young grandchildren and leaving another inside. No one was injured.


English Premiership side Bolton have signed Spanish defender Cesar Martin until the end of the season.


Bear cubs take the train through Canadian parks

Three bear cubs have taken to riding the rails in Canada's Rocky Mountains in search of an easy, but dangerous, meal, a national park official said on Wednesday.


Microsoft has replaced its controversial anti-Linux Get the Facts campaign with a new and less strident Web site.


Merrill board weighs O'Neal replacements: sources

Merrill Lynch & Co Inc's  board  is considering Blackrock Inc  Chief Executive Larry Fink  and NYSE Euronext  CEO John Thain as possible  replacements for embattled Merrill Chairman Stan O'Neal,  according to people familiar with the situation.


Army on Pace to Meet Year's Recruiting Goal

The Army will meet its goal of recruiting 80,000 new active-duty soldiers this fiscal year but will fall short in the percentage of high school graduates as the education level of enlistees dips below the norm of the past decade, according to senior Pentagon officials.


Morrison, Bobcats hand Nets another loss

Rookie Adam Morrison scored 22 points and Sean May had a career-high 20 Tuesday night as the Charlotte Bobcats beat New Jersey 96-92, sending the Nets to their sixth straight loss.


Assisted suicide advocate Kevorkian leaves prison

COLDWATER, Michigan  - Jack Kevorkian, the controversial assisted suicide advocate dubbed "Dr. Death" by critics, was released on Friday morning from a Michigan prison.


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Fishermen accused of young seal slaughter

Dozens of young seals on a remote island off Ireland's south-west coast have been shot, stabbed and bludgeoned to death in an incident that has been condemned as cruel and barbaric.


Nine movies are in contention for the foreign-language Academy Award.


The dollar slipped on Tuesday, pushed  down by a report showing the U.S. current account deficit  ballooned to a new record in the second quarter.


Dall'autore dei Simpson su canale 'tutto da ridere'


Photos Show Mars May Have Active Volcanoes

Photographs taken by a spacecraft orbiting Mars indicate that active volcanoes may still exist on the red planet, further eroding its image as a dead world and offering prime sites to prospect for signs of Martian life.


Microsoft: Vista Follow-up Likely in 2009

Microsoft is now drawing up plans to deliver its follow-up client operating system by the end of 2009, according to a company executive.


U.S. commercial and personal  bankruptcy filings declined slightly in the year to June 30,  the first decline in that 12-month period since 2000, the  Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts said on Friday.


Al Qaeda's arm attacked US consulate in Saudi Arabia, killing ...

The Saudi Arabian branch of al-Qaeda said in an internet statement that it attacked US Consulate in the Red Sea port of Jeddah that killed nine people.


But keeping options open Troubled health provider iSoft is in talks with Australian company IBA Health about a possible takeover, but says it is still looking at other options.â¦


Call it the Maximus factor. Archaeologists working at the site of an old Roman temple near Guy's hospital in London have uncovered a pot of cosmetic cream dating back to AD2.


Japan's largest chain of language schools, Nova, closes its schools and files for bankruptcy protection.


Premiership: Harry Redknapp quits Portsmouth

Nobody really expected Harry Redknapp to stay at Portsmouth Football Club for very much longer, but the announcement of his decision to resign today (November 24) is perhaps still a little surprising.


Area man has front-row seat in world drama

Brian Stuhlman finds himself in the heart of one of the world's political hot spots.


MPs want better delivery of community sentencing of youths after finding more than 50% were not finishing their programmes.


CAS to hear Landis appeal in March: attorney

Floyd Landis's appeal of a doping ban that cost him the 2006 Tour de France title is scheduled to be heard by a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) panel on March 19, the rider's attorney told Reuters on Saturday.


Google Inc.  is unlikely to  make any major investments in original content, choosing  instead to keep its focus on Internet search, a top executive  from the Web powerhouse said on Tuesday.


New Century Financial Corp.  shares plunged further on Friday after analysts said they expect the subprime lender to seek bankruptcy protection soon.


MySpaceTV, the video wing of the  online community network, late on Sunday unveiled its first  original Web series to give its users a television-like  experience with the interactive benefits of the Internet.


Two multimillionaires in the presidential race Â two ways to spend their money. Republican Mitt Romney has pumped more than $17 million of his own into his race; Democrat John Edwards, by law, can tap his fortune for no more than $50,000.


Crooks try to besmirch CastleCops with fraudulent donations

Take that Miscreants are making fraudulent donations to CastleCops in a bid to discredit the volunteer security community.â¦


Hostage Takers Give Up After 18-Hour Standoff on Bus in Greece

A daylong hostage siege ended here early Thursday morning after two gunmen who had hijacked an Athens-bound commuter bus surrendered to the authorities and released their six remaining captives.


College Football Notebook: Hawaii Coach Is Waiting on a Contract, and a Program Upgrade

Leigh Steinberg, the agent for Hawaii Coach June Jones, said he expected a decision on Jonesâs future to be made in a âfairly rapid time frame.â


Airbus plan goes ahead, crisis 'extremely serious': company head

Airbus chief Louis Gallois hit back at unions fighting cutbacks, warning on Wednesday that the group had to slim down urgently because the star A380 superjumbo was guzzling cash.


Disney dissidents say board's on right track

Walt Disney Co. dissident shareholders Roy Disney and Stanley Gold, who have called for Chief Executive Michael Eisner's replacement, said their campaign was successful and praised the board's


SPORTS OF THE TIMES Francona Awaiting His MartÃnez Moment

A FEW hours before Boston won Game 2 of its American League division series last night, Manager Terry Francona stood in the lounge of the visiting clubhouse and listened to my theory on


Britain must become "number one" in education if it is to compete globally, the chancellor says.


Pfizer shares plunge after cholesterol drug fails

NEW YORK/LONDON  - Shares of Pfizer Inc.  fell 15.6 percent in opening trade on Monday, wiping out nearly $30 billion of market value, after the world's biggest drugmaker scrapped development of its most important experimental medicine.


Fire at California's Lake Tahoe destroys 50 homes

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California  - More than 50 homes in Lake Tahoe went up in flames on Sunday as a fast-moving forest fire hit this resort community, prompting U.S. Forest Service officials to order residents out.


There were angry attacks at times, resounding laughter at others and a standing-room only audience.


The Centre is to promulgate an ordinance to repeal the contentious Prevention of Terrorism Act 2002 (Pota) along with another ordinance making changes in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967.


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Quake May Have Made Earth Wobble--US Scientists

The deadly Asian earthquake may have permanently accelerated the Earth's rotation -- shortening days by a fraction of a second -- and caused the planet to wobble on its axis, US scientists said on Tuesday.


Giudice pace dovra' decidere se deve rimanere


Brown to raise "rights, democracy" with China

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown  arrived in a snowy Beijing on Friday on a short trip to boost  trade with the world's fastest-growing major economy and to  discuss human rights and democracy.


Panel Sees Shuttle Flights Resuming Soon

NASA should be able to meet all the requirements for resuming space shuttle flights next spring, an oversight panel said.


Russian computers controlling the International Space Station's position and supply of oxygen and water fail.


Anna Nicole funeral finally under way in Bahamas

The funeral for former Playboy pin-up Anna Nicole Smith finally got under way in the Bahamas on Friday after a three-week fight for her corpse and amid continuing legal skirmishing over her 5-month-old baby.


Air Canada's new shares slip from high open

Shares of Air Canada (ACErv.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) , which emerged from 18 months of bankruptcy protection on Thursday, began trading on Monday some 30 percent above their C$20 issue price, but then slipped from their


The family of a girl found hanged do not believe she was copying a cousin who died in the same way.


Music download company Napster launches a service in Japan, the world's second largest music market


Square Feet | Spotlight: An Asian Hub in the Making

New Songdo City, a sprawling development planned for the western coast of South Korea, is among the largest master-planned projects that is privately owned.


Jones Apparel gets new unsolicited bid for Barneys

Jones Apparel Group Inc.  said on Thursday it received an unsolicited bid from Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. to acquire Barneys New York Inc. for $900 million, which tops Jones' existing pact to sell the upscale clothing chain for $825 million.


Rapper Combs' video too sexy for TV so goes online

Rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs saw red  when U.S. television executives ruled a mini-movie promoting  his female fragrance was too raunchy to be aired -- so he has  gone online with an even longer version.


Kyrgyz Mine Demo Acts to Secure Protesters' Release

Excerpt from report by Kyrgyz news agency 24.kg website  A committee has been set up in [northwestern] Kyrgyzstan's Talas Region to protect the rights of detained participants in the protest campaign against the development of the Dzheruy gold mine.


Olmert, Abbas to try to revive stalled peace talks

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Thursday to try to overcome disputes over Jewish settlements that have paralyzed U.S.-backed peace talks.


A fire has destroyed the upper portion of one of the tallest buildings in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. The cause of the fire in the 56-storey East Tower of Pargue Central complex is not yet known.


French President Sarkozy to marry girlfriend Bruni: report

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to marry his new girlfriend, the former model turned pop singer Carla Bruni, a French newspaper reported Sunday, claiming a wedding was "imminent."


When dozens of musicians gather in St. Louis next month for a concert paying tribute to jazz legend Maynard Ferguson, the question is: Who will hit the high note?


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Sprinter Michelle Collins was suspended for eight years for a doping violation linked to the BALCO scandal and will forfeit results that include 2003 indoor world and US titles in the 200 meters.


Amenabar's 'Mar Adentro' Makes Waves at Venice Fest

The story of a man who fought for the  right to die after an accident paralyzed him divided Spain for  30 years and inspired Alejandro Amenabar's latest film "Mar  Adentro" ("Out to Sea").


Love gives Janet a new perspective on life

Janet Jackson says finding love with longtime boyfriend and producer Jermaine Dupri gave her a new perspective on life while recording her new album.


Pesano mutui usa, perdita netta di 830 mln franchi svizzeri


US Warplanes Strike Herat in Western Afghanistan, AFP Reports

Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- US-led coalition warplanes bombed the forces of an Afghan warlord near the western city of Herat, Agence France-Presse reported from Afghanistan's capital Kabul, citing Herat's police chief Ziahuddin Muhmoodi.


Green Day's 'Idiot' Back at No. 1 on U.S. Charts

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Grammy-nominated punk trio Green  Day returned to the top of the U.S. pop charts Wednesday with  its hit opus "American Idiot," which sold just 178 copies more  than Eminem's reigning champ.


Monday Rewind: What we learned in Week 13

Well, somebody didn't show up. I couldn't believe it. The Packers weren't ready to play the Eagles. How did that happen?


DR Congo rebel charged with war crimes by ICC

Prosecutors on Monday formally  charged a Congolese militia leader with enlisting children as  young as 10 and forcing them to fight in the country's civil  war in the first case at the International Criminal Court.


Fifty-eight years removed from pitching a shutout in Game 3 of the 1946 World Series, Mississippi's Boo Ferriss was in St. Louis for Game 3 of the 2004 Series Tuesday night.


Tropical Storm Otto forms on last day of hurricane season

A low pressure system over the Central Atlantic has formed Tropical Storm Otto on the last day of hurricane season. At 4 pm, the center of Tropical Storm Otto was located near latituded 31.8 north, longitude 51 west or about 810 miles east of Bermuda.


AMD rolls out low-cost Net access device in India

BOMBAY - US chip maker Advanced Micro Devices has unveiled a low-cost Internet access device that could cost just a few hundred dollars, aimed at first-time technology users in the developing world.


Investors eye Bernanke, stocks keep gaining

Investors kept one eye clearly focused on upcoming congressional testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday while equities again drove close to record highs.


Lucent says slow wireless sales push down Q3

Lucent Technologies Inc.  said  on Monday it expects third-quarter earnings to fall due mainly  to slower sales of wireless network equipment in North America,  in news that pushed down its shares.


Roma, 18:34 - SCHERMA, CDM SCIABOLA: AZZURRI MALE AD ATENE

Niente da fare per la Nazionale di sciabola maschile impegnata ad Atene nella prova di Coppa del Mon...


Unbeaten Pats, Colts Poised for Showdown

-- The last time the New England Patriots went to Indianapolis, they lost. Ever since falling short in the AFC championship game there, the New England Patriots have gone on a rampage, blowing out every team they've played.


The airline's frequent fliers will soon be able to check in using text messages on cell phones. Also: Netflix and TiVo are reportedly close to a deal to let subscribers download movies.... Sony unveils a digital high-definition camcorder.... and more.


Not even an incoming storm can keep NASA's accountants from doing their job, thanks to the space agency's financial management system.


The "Scud" will replace Lleyton Hewitt in the mixed team event, beginning on 1 January 2005, at Perth's Burswood Dome.


Pakistan Says It Has Foiled Terror Plots

Pakistan has arrested at least five al-Qaida-linked terrorists who were plotting suicide attacks on government leaders and the US Embassy, officials announced Saturday.


Landis will not take part in Tour de France

Tour de France winner Floyd Landis has said he will not take part in this year's race, the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) announced on Thursday.


David Beckham made it clear Thursday he would like to play a part in England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup.


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NFL requires pro photogs to advertise Canon

Blog: Press photographers aren't happy with a new NFL rule that will require them to wear vests with Canon and Reebok logos.


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"Miracle babies" actually child-trafficking victims

An infertile couple who believed a self-styled preacher's claim that their child was miraculously conceived were really the victim of international child traffickers, a British judge ruled yesterday.


MPAA seeks research, P2P cop role on Internet2

The Motion Picture Association of America is in talks with the Internet2 research consortium, hoping both to test next-generation video delivery projects and to monitor peer-to-peer piracy on the ultrahigh-speed network.


MOSCOW -- In an Internet posting, a Chechen warlord with a $10 million bounty on his head has apparently claimed responsibility for the Beslan school siege and promised more attacks on Russian civilians if Chechnya is not granted independence.


WINNIPEG, Manitoba  - A final laboratory test has  confirmed an Alberta dairy cow had mad cow disease, the second  case Canada has found in its herd, the Canadian Food Inspection  Agency said on Sunday.


Image: Malaika all set to sizzle on NDTV

There's a popular saying in the town that 'It drizzles when Malaika sizzles'.


Canada Post says possible strike won't stop holiday mail

OTTAWA - Canada Post is promising that holiday mail will move as usual whether or not their is a mail strike. The post office is reassuring Canadians their Christmas mail won't be affected if administrative, clerical and technical workers go on strike.


A judge on Monday denied a defense motion to dismiss the charges against Scott Peterson, saying the evidence presented so far in his murder trial was enough to justify a conviction if the jury so decides.


The world's finest players put on a feast of football to raise money for the tsunami relief fund.


At least 16 people, many of them children, were killed in explosions at the office of a US security contractor in Afghanistanâs capital and a school in the south east as the country moves towards its first post-Taliban election.


Stamps beat with hearts on Valentine's Day

As heartbeats quicken around the world, a postmistress in a small Czech Republic town is pounding her rubber stamps in fervent anticipation of Valentine's Day.


Germany to Deport Hundreds of Islamists - Magazine

German officials are drawing up lists of hundreds of Islamic militants to be deported from the country under a new law making expulsions easier, the German weekly magazine Der Spiegel said on Saturday.


A new open-source search engine lets users vote on results.


Opinion polls give divergent ratings to presidential candidates

A recent opinion polls shows that Viktor Yanukovych leads on his major rival, Viktor Yushchenko.


Japan PM to go on landmark Asia trip with NKorea looming

Japan's new premier Shinzo Abe achieved a diplomatic breakthrough as China and South Korea agreed to resume summits, but a crisis over North Korea's nuclear program was set to overshadow his trip.


As long as they're running Solaris Sun is looking to burnish its support credentials by offering to look after other vendorsâ hardware as long it is running its Solaris OS.â¦


The New Orleans Saints released four-time Pro Bowl receiver Joe Horn on Thursday, saying Horn asked to be let go after the Saints asked him to take a pay cut.


Judge allows NSA wiretaps for another week

The federal judge who ordered a halt to   the Bush administration's program of domestic wiretapping on   Thursday allowed the surveillance to continue for a week to   allow an appeals court to weigh in on an issue expected to end   up with the U.S. Supreme Court.


Monza, 16:07 - F1, GP D'ITALIA; ALONSO: CHE BELLO VINCERE A MONZA

Fernando Alonso esprime tutta la sua soddisfazione per la vittoria nel Gran Premio d'Italia. "E' sta...


Karan Johar ties up with NDTV for entertainment channel

NDTV MediaÂs much-awaited Hindi entertainment channel will roll out in July 2007.


Wal-Mart sees slim December same-store sales growth

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  said on Thursday it expects little improvement in December sales at its stores open at least a year as it struggles with disappointing demand for clothing and home decor.


The Bank of England cut interest rates, but Brussels is maintaining a tight-money policy -- for now.


Roma, 15:13 - CALCIO, MAZZONE: LA JUVE NON E' PRONTA PER LO SCUDETTO

''In tutta onestà, non vedo i bianconeri già pronti a vincere lo scudetto". A pensarlo...


Thailand stops forced return of Hmong refugees to Laos after Western countries agree to take them.


Leader Cisl: ci auguriamo non tagli ramo su cui e' seduto


China finds new species of big, bird-like dinosaur

China has uncovered the  skeletal remains of a gigantic, surprisingly bird-like  dinosaur, which has been classed as a new species.


Amgen profit falls sharply but tops Street

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES  - Amgen Inc  reported sharply lower third-quarter profit on Wednesday on plunging sales of its most important anemia drugs, amid new insurance-coverage restrictions and ongoing safety concerns, and on restructuring charges.


Police granted more time to quiz radical cleric Abu Hamza

Police were granted more time to quiz radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, who was arrested the day before on suspicion of committing or preparing acts of terrorism.


Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, dies aged 88.


Top tricks to help those fuzzy New Year's resolutions actually stick.


Chinese researchers have developed a SARS vaccine that has passed the first stage of human trials, state media has reported, raising hopes for the prevention of a virus that killed some 800 people since it emerged in 2002.


WORKERS at Sydney airport have emerged as the prime suspects for the planting of a suspicious package in the cargo bay of a Virgin Blue 737 aircraft on Monday.


By Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 6--EAST BAY CITIES that have problems with blighted rental units should take a close look at the success Pittsburg is having in dealing with the problem.


An Iraqi group calling itself Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Brigades has claimed to have abducted 10 employees from an "American-Turkish" company operating in Iraq.


AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Intervento dei Vescovi del Madagascar sul caso del missionario gesuita espulso senza alcuna spiegazione da parte delle autoritÃ  Antananarivo(Agenzia Fides)- I Vescovi del Madagascar esprimono la loro profonda perplessitÃ  per la vicenda di p. Sylvain Urfer, gesuita, espulso dalle autoritÃ  malgasce il 12 maggio. In un messaggio reso pubblico il 21 maggio, che Ã¨ stato inviato al...


AMERICA/ARGENTINA - ÂL'aborto non Ã¨ mai una soluzione. L'opzione sarÃ  sempre la vitaÂ: comunicato dei Vescovi in risposta ai progetti che pretendono di depenalizzare il crimine dell'aborto Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Davanti a diversi progetti che pretendono di depenalizzare il crimine dell'aborto, regolamentando i cosiddetti "aborti non punibili", la Conferenza Episcopale Argentina (CEA) ha ribadito in un suo comunicato che Âl'abor...


Sweden's Supreme Court rules the killer of politician Anna Lindh will serve life in jail, not in psychiatric care.


The mortgage brokers, traders and bankers who took in big bucks steering customers into subprime loans should not be allowed to slink offstage without recognition.


PALESTINIAN leader Yasser Arafat exited the world stage the same way he entered it more than three decades ago: as a deeply divisive symbol of the Palestinian cause.


Romney and McCain clash over jobs in depressed Michigan

LIVONIA, Michigan  - Mitt Romney and John McCain clashed on Saturday over how to revive the depressed economy of Michigan, the former U.S. manufacturing powerhouse which hosts the next Republican presidential primary.


West Indies enter Champions Trophy semi-finals

Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Brian Lara Sunday scored in contrasting style to guide the West Indies to a five-wicket win over South Africa and into the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy.


George Osmond, father of the famous singing siblings The Osmonds, dies in Utah at the age of 90.


U.S. panel weighs unapproved drug-coated stent use

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - The broad use of drug-coated heart stents in unapproved patients came under scrutiny on Friday as U.S. advisers weighed the risks of the tiny tubes implanted in millions to keep arteries open.


Brad Hawpe drove in two runs and the Colorado Rockies matched a season-high with their seventh straight win, closing on the wild card-leading San Diego Padres with a 6-2 victory Saturday night.


Indexes end down on concerns about subprime

U.S. stocks ended down on Wednesday, pressured by growing concerns about troubles in the subprime mortgage market and a warning from the Federal Reserve chairman about housing weakness.


Miller attacks his critics, says season was "good"

Former World Cup champion Bode Miller is more disappointed at the way he was criticized last season than with his erratic performances.


Jennifer Capriati beat fellow American Meghann Shaughnessy 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the Advanta Championships in Philadelphia to remain in the hunt for a spot in the WTA Tour Championship.


GAY MARRIAGE Bans on Gay Unions Gain Widespread Support in 6 ...

In a pointed vote against same-sex marriage, voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly supported amendments to their constitutions that would define marriage as between only a man and a woman.


'Non un solo euro italiano sara' sprecato'


Sony Computer Entertainment Inc and Nvidia have announced they are working together on the GPU for SCEI's next generation entertainment device.


Edwards attacking rivals only indirectly

At a key moment during a labor-sponsored debate in August, John Edwards laid down a marker against Hillary Rodham Clinton.


Microsoft's rivals eat away at its browser's dominance

Microsoft Corp.'s rock-solid dominance of the Web browser market may be cracking. A new study shows its ubiquitous Internet Explorer browser continues to lose ground to its competitors.


Plugged In: Year's Worst Gadgets, Tomorrow's EBay Items

Without a doubt, 2004 saw the debut of some great new products, like the cellphone that keeps track of blood sugar levels and digital music player that indicates how fast you run.


BBC's long-running music programme 'Top of the Pops' is to move from Fridays to Sundays in an attempt to pull in bigger audiences.


Bill triples damages for nonpayment of workers

Employers who fail to pay their workers or neglect to pay them in a timely manner would be hit with triple damages under a bill passed by the Legislature this week and sent to Governor Mitt Romney, who must decide by Thursday whether to sign it into law.


Milano, 17:34 - CALCIO, INTER: PERFETTA REGOLARITA' DEI BILANCI DEL CLUB

In una nota pubblicata sul proprio sito internet, l'Inter chiarisce la propria posizione sulla vicen...


Blast kills two in apparent criminal Kosovo attack

PRISTINA, Serbia  - A bomb blast killed two people when it ripped through shops in the capital of Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province early on Monday in what police said was likely a showdown between criminal gangs.


SINGAPORE Airlines has bowed to the inevitable and will book a $141 million loss over the decision yesterday to sell its long-troubled stake in Air New Zealand.


Britney Spears has entered a rehabilitation center, her spokesman said on Tuesday, capping a long weekend in which the pop star made international news by shaving her head at a Los Angeles hair salon.


Teen binge-drinkers are more likely to use drugs, become alcoholics and have criminal convictions, research shows.


New York State to sue Exxon Mobil over spill

The New York State attorney general said on Thursday he planned to sue Exxon Mobil Corp. over a decades-old oil spill in New York City.


LiMo Gains Steam as Mobile Linux of Choice

Several key supporters are abandoning the LiPS standard to embrace its competitor in mobile Linux projects.


Stocks fall on credit worry, bank downgrades

U.S. stock index futures fell on Tuesday, weighed down by renewed credit concerns and caution ahead of reports on home prices and consumer confidence.


DARIO Franchitti won his second Indy Racing League event of the season in Colorado on a day of dominance by British drivers. The Scot was the man to beat all day in the Indy 225 at Pikes Peak, and only Mexican


An award show isn't really an award show without some sort of unscheduled controversy, is it? This year's Vibe Awards had its fair share yesterday (November 15) as one person got stabbed during a fight near


Some things slow down at 50, but it's crucial to save money faster

Every seven minutes in the United States, someone is turning 50. Monday, I contemplated my seven minutes of fame.


Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced yesterday that if senior coalition partner Shinui makes good on its threat to quit the government - as they have threatened - then he will immediately start negotiating with Labor to take its place, and will consider


General Electric (GE), the worldâs largest conglomerate, has divested a majority stake (60 per cent) in its back office arm - GE Capital International Services (GECIS) â-or $480 million to two private equity firms, General Atlantic Partners and Oak


For 16 years, a Columbia biotechnology company has been developing a drug, consisting of adult stem cells derived from healthy bone marrow samples, to treat severe inflammatory diseases that can destroy the body's organs.


Bonds returns to Giants' starting lineup

Barry Bonds returned to the San Francisco Giants' starting lineup Thursday night after sitting out the first two games against Arizona with shin splints.


New photos showing possible abuse of Iraqi prisoners have surfaced, and they predate the huge scandal that erupted over similar activity at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.


CBS Bringing âJerichoâ Back After Protests From Fans

The network reversed course and announced that it had ordered seven new episodes for broadcast late this year or early in 2008.


A woman is arrested after three men are found dead in a Glasgow flat.


UN, Blair Issue Warnings Over Violence in Sudan

British Prime Minister Tony Blair  warned Sudan on Wednesday violence must end in Darfur and the  United Nations said it might not be able to cope if conditions  there fail to improve.


Apple Nears Deal for Feature Films on IPod

Apple Computer Inc. will soon begin selling feature-length movies online for viewing on its iPod devices, according to Hollywood sources, as the company hopes to duplicate its success with selling music through its iTunes digital store.


U.S.: 'Cell leader' with Iran links nabbed in Sadr City

Iraqi and coalition forces killed five "terrorists" and detained a "suspected terrorist cell leader" with links to Iran's weapons and training network during raids Saturday in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, the U.S. military said. The raids came a day after radical Shiite cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr made his first public appearance in four months. Sadr City is a stronghold of his Mehdi Army militia.


They take the term "retro" seriously high up in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, where skiers still lace up 16-foot monster wooden skis the old-fashioned way - with leather boots and tie-down bindings - before bombing down the hill in period garb, just like the sport's pioneers did way back in the '50s.


From Simple to Complex, Hedge Funds Gain Ground

Hedge funds are gaining in popularity as they pursue a host of investment strategies.


AMD Pins Hopes on Barcelona Quad-Core Chip

Advanced Micro Devices hopes its new Opteron server chips will help lift the company out of the doldrums.


China's Sun Yingjie wins women's world half-marathon

China's Sun Yingjie clocked 68 minutes and 40 minutes to win the women's individual title of the world half-marathon championships here Sunday.


Pope John Paul II's deteriorating health has churchmen wondering what might happen if he can no longer carry out his papal duties and doctors questioning when that might happen.


That most unreliable of senses will get its due within a decade, according to one think tank. Something smells fishy in Gadget Lab.


By Behzad Raghian | October 8, 2004 | Page 2. LOS ANGELESâ public health care system is spiraling deeper into chaos after last monthâs announcement that the County Board of Supervisors plans to close the


Journalist with Newton ties missing in Iraq

NEWTON -- A French journalist with a US passport and family ties to the Boston area has been kidnapped in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, his friends and associates said yesterday.


Cheney Leads Sharp Assault on Kerry at Convention

Vice President Dick Cheney led the  Republican convention's most stinging assault on Democrat John  Kerry on Wednesday, depicting him as a weak and indecisive  leader who was unfit to be commander in chief.


Hawaii Awash in an Epidemic of Homelessness

WAIANAE, Hawaii _ The home sits on property with a million-dollar view, but its plastic roof is held down by bungee cords, its only source of lighting is a few crude lanterns, its floor is covered with sand.  From here, Bert Bustamante looks out on paradise.


Winning Bid Picked for Stake in AeromÃ©xico

The Mexican government said it would sell its controlling stake in AeromÃ©xico to an investor group that includes Banamex, the Mexican subsidiary of Citigroup.


Superstar Michael Jackson's lawyers have failed in their attempt to have all evidence seized in a raid on his ranch thrown out ahead of his trial.


Rio Says It May Sell 51% Stake in Brazilian Gold Mine

Rio Tinto Group, the world's third- largest mining company, said it may sell its 51 percent stake in the Morro do Ouro gold mine in Brazil, which supplies about 8 percent of the South American nation's gold.


Australians have been urged to wear khaki on Friday, in memory of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's trademark attire.


28 U.S. Troops Implicated in Afghan Abuse

U.S. Army investigators have  recommended that the service consider charges ranging from  manslaughter to conspiracy against 28 soldiers in the deaths of  two prisoners in Afghanistan in 2002, the Army said on  Thursday.


San Franciscoâs Mayor Proposes Fee on Sales of Sugary Soft Drinks

In a move he says is necessary to trim the cityâs waistline, Gavin Newsom has proposed charging big stores a fee when they sell sugar-sweet soda.


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Roma, 13:11 - CALCIO, SERIE A: TREFOLONI ARBITRA L'INTER

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Staderini, forte riduzione dei recuperi di pubblico denaro


USDA Chief Has 'Concerns' About Canada Beef Rule

Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns  told a U.S. cattle industry group on Friday that he had  "concerns" about the government's plan to open the border on  March 7 to imports of beef from Canadian animals over 30 months  of age.


Iran sanctions talks expected at U.N. next week

The 15-member U.N. Security Council expects to have a draft resolution next week on additional sanctions to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions, barring last minute snags, the council's president said.


A museum of back-slapping will belittle our island story

Comment is free: Tristram Hunt: The absurd plan for a Soviet-style celebration of Britain's historic glories and empire is no way to forge a sense of heritage


In a strategic move to strengthen its presence in the growing economy, Microsoft, the world's largest software company inaugurated its new campus at Manikonda, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.


When she skipped into the sunset with the gorgeous Mark Darcy at the end of Bridget Jonesâs Diary, you just knew the words happy, ever and after werenât going to apply to the serial singleton.


Mr. WebTV mounts forces More than 430 organizations spanning all fifty US states have fired off a letter urging Senate leaders to oppose a bill that would overhaul the country's patent system. And that includes tech outfits like Qualcomm and AmberWave.â¦


Ukraine's Yanukovich to Run Again in Repeat Vote

Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich said defiantly on Saturday he would take on opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko in a new election battle, a day after a court stripped him of his title of president-elect.


EMC denies sexual harassment, bias charges in lawsuit

EMC Corp. denies charges in a lawsuit filed by two former employees that it discriminates against women.


One will rise and one must fall.  The phone rings. It's Mom. She wants to know if I'm still alive. This happens more often than you'd think. A bridge has collapsed. I wasn't on it (sorry, guys), but I may well have been.  Hanging up with Mom, I do what every self-respecting blogger with delusions of legitimate journalistic credentials would do: put on my headphones, grab the camera, hop on the bike and go scoop the MSM.


Kerry Uses Bush's Own Words to Call Him Unfit

Democratic challenger John Kerry turned President Bush's own words into a weapon on Thursday and said it was the Republican incumbent who had jumped to conclusions in Iraq, disqualifying him from being commander in chief.


Prognosis: Large Social Networks May Help Surgical Patients

Having a large network of friends and family may help surgical patients experience less anxiety and pain before their operations and a quicker recovery afterward.


Republican leaders in the House and Senate were blocked Tuesday by a senior GOP senator in their efforts to add immigration, handgun and Internet gambling measures to a defense bill.


Ricavi da attivita' industriali 3,6 miliardi di dollari


Arsenal claim their new position as Britain's richest football club shows no foreign takeover is needed to boost their finances.


Lo ha detto a Teheran il premier palestinese Haniyeh


The US may try to shoot down a falling spy satellite as early as Thursday, before it enters Earth's atmosphere.


Microsoft chairman Bill Gates inaugurated a technical support center in Bucharest on Thursday, saying he was confident that Romania's recent accession to the European Union would boost foreign investment and the country's IT industry.


President Bush cast the first veto of his presidency Wednesday, saying legislation easing limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research "crosses a moral boundary."


Fool on Call: Chico's May Be Eyeing a Strong Fall Season

A refreshed line of autumn merchandise may pick the retailer up after multiple fashion missteps.


U.S. favorite accepts key Palestinian ministry post

A U.S.-educated economist with close ties to the Bush administration agreed on Wednesday to serve as finance minister in a Palestinian unity government, despite the threat of a boycott by the United States and Israel.


Coltsâ Oft-Derided Defense Proves Its Worth Again

The Colts were supposed to have a finesse defense that could not stop the run and ended up with a championship defense that shut down all four playoff opponents.


UN's Kofi Annan Under Fire for Oil-for-Food Scandal

Description: A US senator is calling for the resignation of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Annan is being accused of fraud and lack of oversight in the Iraq oil-for-food program.


Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. LEH.N   on Wednesday said third-quarter earnings rose a   better-than-expected 4 percent, as trading and investment   management revenue jumped.


A tentative Chrysler-U.A.W. agreement appears headed for approval after four union locals voted in favor of it.


Bonds fails to mark final Giants game with a hit

Barry Bonds played his last game for the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday, bidding farewell to fans who stuck by him through a doping scandal and cheered as he became Major League Baseball's home run king.


Wall Street stocks fall sharply on surging oil prices

Wall Street stocks tumbled Fridayas crude oil futures topped 55 dollars per barrel and tepid earnings from Microsoft Corp. and the Coca-Cola Co.


The African Union reaffirms it will pull out of Darfur, after Sudan rejected  UN plans to take control of the mission.


Presidential hopeful Bill Richardson said Sunday he will stop using the name of Marine from New Mexico who was killed in Iraq and whose story the Democratic governor has recounted while campaigning.


Unmanned aircraft rubbish, says senior US pilot

And don't waste my time with your roadside bombs One of the US air force's most senior pilots has cast doubt on the usefulness of unmanned aircraft.â¦


The US-led forces are sweeping through Iraq's "triangle of death", one of the worst remaining no-go zones in Iraq, to reclaim rebel enclaves before the countryâs elections scheduled for January.


Chelsea entertain Aston Villa in one of three Premier League games kicking-off at 1300 GMT on Boxing Day.


Insurgents in Baghdad struck a police station and a mosque at dawn Friday, killing at least 30 people and wounding nearly as many.


Noah Wyle, the last continuous on-air link to the NBC medical drama "ER's" freshman season in 1994, seems headed for the doctor's retirement home.


It's not too late to save the video retailing star.


Pace of EconomyÂs Growth Is Revised Upward

The U.S. economyÂs third-quarter slump was not as bad as first estimated, but indicators suggest a steeper decline is coming soon.


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


A team at Toronto University found immature cells in the pancreas of adult mice that were able to develop into cells that produce insulin.


The first full day of a state emergency is in place in Georgia after police broke up opposition protests.


British health officials said Friday that their American counterparts were informed in mid-September that problems at a drug-manufacturing plant in northwest


Andy Robinson is the leading contender to become England's permanent rugby coach, the RFU admits.


The ability to download complete tracks directly over cell-phone networks to mobile phones is becoming a reality in Europe.


For a change, the Vikings' defense produces a long touchdown as tackle Kevin Williams rumbles for a 77-yard touchdown after a fumble to beat the Jaguars, 27-16.


An ancient version of global warming may have been to blame for the greatest mass extinction in Earth's history.


Il presidente, voglio fare di Stefanel griffe internazionale


Tuesday's European papers tackle the continuing Hungarian unrest, Austria's political future and Chirac's new life as a potential future non-smoker


Environmental Groups Worry About State's Water Supply

By Melissa Mcever, The Brownsville Herald, Texas  Feb. 18--Before water even starts its journey from the headwaters of the Rio Grande to the Gulf of Mexico, it's already spoken for.   Every drop of the Rio Grande belongs to a city, an irrigation district, an industry, a landowner.


Implanting a pacemaker could save the lives of some patients with epilepsy who suffer dangerously irregular heart rhythms during seizures, researchers said on Friday.


Annika Sorenstam and American Cristie Kerr went head to head in the final round of the ADT Tour Championship yesterday, and it took the first hole of a sudden


Paese ancora risente della guerra civile finita nel 2002


Teammate Anthony Johnson calls him one of the "top 10 players in the world." The Oakland County, Mich., prosecutor calls him a defendant.


Sony delays PS3 "Home", but no talk of price cuts

CHIBA, Japan  - Sony Corp said on Thursday it would postpone the launch of the "Home" virtual community service for its PlayStation 3 game console to early next year, the latest setback in its videogame battle with Microsoft Corp and Nintendo Co Ltd.


Oil climbed to settle near $61 a barrel yesterday, the highest closing price this year, after the government reported large drops in gasoline and heating oil inventories.


Two more U.S. deaths suspected from tainted spinach

BOISE, Idaho  - A 2-year-old boy in Idaho and an   elderly woman in Maryland who both died from suspected E. coli   infections raised to three the number of deaths related to a   nationwide health scare around fresh spinach, state health   officials said on Friday.


Scanning In Your Memories? Go to the Source

Scanners can convert slides and negatives to digital files which can then be cropped, color-corrected and e-mailed to friends. Which model is right for you?


Falluja insurgents say not holding Hassan

Insurgent commanders in the Iraqi city of Falluja say they are not holding hostage Margaret Hassan, an aide worker who holds British and Iraqi citizenship, and condemned her kidnapping.


Markets Fall Sharply on Weak Business Survey

Shares plunged after a service-sector report provided another signal that the U.S. may be in the early stages of a recession.


NFL could put franchise outside United States

The NFL's choice of where it will play a regular season game outside the United States has been narrowed down to five cities, one of which could be home to an NFL franchise in the next 10 years, the football league's commissioner said on Wednesday.


Ichiro Suzuki smoked a single up the middle for his 258th hit of the year, breaking George Sisler's record for the most hits in a season, which was set in 1920.


Skeptical Senate focuses on immigration - again

In a key vote, senators agree to reopen debate. But the fate of 27 amendments will determine whether the measure wins final passage.


An express train crowded with holiday travelers derailed in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 58 people and leaving hundreds of terrified survivors to claw their way out of the wreckage in total darkness


Bush seeks Saudi help to tame oil prices

President George W. Bush urged Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to help tame soaring oil prices which threaten the U.S. economy, saying exporters should help get more crude into the market.


Ryder-You can bank on Tiger, says Sutton

Tiger Woods has not won a major in two years and lost his world number one ranking but US Ryder Cup captain Hal Sutton says reports of his demise will prove badly exaggerated this week.


(InfoWorld) - Citrix Systems Inc. has teamed up with Cisco Systems Inc. to let users easily call phone numbers that appear in any application they're working on. With Citrix Presentation Server, enterprises can run applications centrally and have employees simply work with an image of the application on each client device. Through integration with Cisco's CallManager VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) system, the companies have been offering a click-to-call feature for a limited number of applications. After rolling a mouse over any phone number that appears in an application, users see a pop-up menu and can click on the option "Call" to dial the number on a Cisco phone. Starting in mid-January, the companies will make that feature work any application deployed via Presentation Server. Along with expanding the capability, they also plan to add other communication functions, including e-mail, instant messaging and Web conferencing, to the drop-down list, said Barry Phillips, senior director of product marketing at Citrix. VOIP turns phone calls into one more application running over the same network that carries data, so integrating voice and other communications into applications is a major thrust in the use of the technology. The convergence of voice and data originally was promoted as a way to save money and simplify administration. Now Cisco and Citrix, along with other vendors, are downplaying the economic argument in favor of new ease-of-use features for end users. Presentation Server is designed to slash client systems management and give IT managers more control over enterprise applications. It runs the applications on a central server that registers keystrokes and mouse clicks from client devices and sends an image of the running application to the user's screen. The City of Winter Park, Florida, doesn't run any applications on Presentation Server but uses other Citrix software to link its Cisco VOIP phone system with Active Directory and enable additional features. The combination has worked well, delivering capabilities including a one-click dialing feature that works in Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer, said Parsram Rajaram, a senior systems analyst for the city. Cisco and other vendors are also working on putting voice-calling functions in standard applications that reside on clients. "Over time, we're going to expect this as a core functionality of our applications," said Elizabeth Herrell, an analyst at Forrester Research Inc. It's part of the move toward unified communications, which will bring together different forms of communication along with presence technology that detects how a person should be reached at a given time, she said. The click-to-call feature will be part of the Application Gateway and Citrix Voice Application Suite. Priced at US$50 per user for a perpetual license, the suite also includes other features such as tools for handling voice mail through the phone's display and paging employees and groups through phone speakers. It runs on Cisco's Application Gateway, which costs $5,115. The offering is part of Cisco's standard catalog and any Cisco reseller can offer it, the companies said.ADVERTISEMENTNEW IT SERVICES FROM IBM: EASIER TO BUY AND IMPLEMENTDiscover a simpler, more cost-effective way to get the solutions your company needs to grow more flexible and efficient.


Sen. Kerry Nearly Matches Bush's Fund-Raising

Democratic presidential contender Sen. John Kerry nearly caught up to President Bush's record-breaking fund-raising efforts by taking in $233.5 million, his campaign said on Friday, just behind the incumbent's $242 million.


Italy to send troops to Lebanon if truce holds

Italy, which is expected to lead a U.N.  peacekeeping force in Lebanon, said on Tuesday it would provide  2,000 to 3,000 troops for the force provided Israel did not  violate the U.N.-brokered truce.


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Sen. John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth acknowledge supporters following Sen. John Kerry's concession speech at Faneuil Hall in Boston on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2004.


AFRICA/KENYA - Kenya Analisi I parte- La crisi keniana deve segnare una svolta nella politica dellÂUnione Africana: i rischi sono troppo alti per restare a guardare Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- La drammatica situazione  del Kenya deve costringere lÂUnione Africana a rivedere la sua politica di intervento nelle crisi africane. Non si puÃ² piÃ¹ guardare dallÂaltra parte. Dopo Darfur, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Congo, si Ã¨ ora a...


London, Dec 7 : The BBC today said it would cut about 2,900 jobs, more than 10 per cent of its workforce, as part of "transformation" of the world's biggest public broadcaster aimed at saving 320 million pounds a year.


The return of Michael Redd has the Milwaukee Bucks playing with confidence. Redd scored 31 points, including six 3-pointers, to lead the Bucks to a 122-101 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night.


Mad cow petition demands reopening of border to Canadian cattle

OTTAWA (CP) - Two Alberta businessmen, frustrated with the ongoing mad cow border stalemate, delivered a 105,000-name petition to Parliament Hill on Thursday.


The dollar edged up against the yen on  Friday after disappointing growth data for Japan and was  supported against the euro by ongoing verbal intervention from  European central bankers.


Anwar launches bid to clear his name, return to politics

Former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim launched a final bid to completely clear his name, a challenge rare in Malaysia's legal system and a move which could lead to his immediate return to politics.


Record label support ruptures over EMI/Warner deal

The united front independent record  labels have shown for a proposed tie-up between Warner Music  and EMI cracked on Friday when the Ministry of Sound, the  largest independent record company in Europe, quit a leading UK  trade body backing the deal.


O'Neal scores 40 to power Heat past Wizards

Shaquille O'Neal scored a season-high 40 points, and the host Miami Heat overcame the loss of leading scorer Dwyane Wade to beat the Washington Wizards, 106-83, last night for their fifth straight win.


Stocks rise at open on tech stocks, rates view

U.S. stocks rose on Thursday after a key inflation gauge underscored hopes for steady interest rates and technology stocks rose after news that Dell Inc.  Chairman Michael Dell would resume his duties as chief executive.


Iran charges 3 U.S.-Iranian citizens with spying

Iran has charged three Iranian-Americans with spying, a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday.


Spat at, criticised, but Jose Mourinho has th last laugh

AYEAR ago Porto were champions of Europe and Jose Mourinho was their hero. Their champion. This morning, many of those fans were at Stamford Bridge.


Kirk Kerkorian's Tracinda Corp. on  Wednesday backed off plans to restructure MGM Mirage Inc.  , after the casino operator announced a new multibillion  dollar Las Vegas resort project.


Mumbai, Nov. 24: The number of women infected with HIV has gone up alarmingly in all parts of the world over the past two years, with the steepest increase in east Asia, followed by eastern Europe and central


Michael Dell returns as CEO at namesake company; Rollins out

Dell inc. said its former CEO Michael Dell is stepping back into that position, immediately replacing Kevin Rollins.


One of three alleged al-Qaida sympathizers arrested in Vienna this week for an Internet video threat against Austria and Germany was released from custody, a Vienna court spokesman said, according to the Austria Press Agency.


Cairn Energy again puts back the start date for production at its main Indian oilfield, hurting its shares in London.


Finanziaria, fino al 2006 stop alle addizionali locali

ROMA - Stop agli aumenti di tutte le addizionali locali (regionali, comunali, provinciali, Irap) fino al 2006: Ã¨ il contenuto di un sub-emendamento all'emendamento del relatore alla Finanziaria, approvato dalla Commissione Bilancio della Camera.


Heather Mills' father says he expects her to leave the UK after her divorce from Sir Paul McCartney.


Twenty Schools Sign Up for Legal Song Downloads

U.S. colleges and universities are  increasingly giving students free access to download services  like Roxio Inc.'s Napster to discourage illegal song copying,  the recording industry said Tuesday.


European Agreement Will Fail To Stop Iran From Getting WMDs ...

This week's nuclear deal between Iran and three European countries has triggered a wave of criticism from Israeli and Jewish communal officials, who warn that the pact will fail to halt Tehran's pursuit of nuclear weapons.


Richard Lehman, a CIA official who worked with every president from John F. Kennedy to George H.W. Bush and was credited with creating the president's daily intelligence briefing, has died. He was 83


Hong Kong elections reveal a marked political radicalisation

While the media has generally construed the outcome of the Hong Kong election on Sunday as a failure for the so-called democrats, the results revealed a marked determination by voters to choose


England's Hall wins Australian Ladies Masters golf

South Korean golfer Shin Hyun-Ju missed an easy putt at the final hole to hand English veteran Lisa Hall the Australian Ladies Masters golf title at Royal Pines here on Sunday.


Special Brazil troops to guard Pan Am games in Rio

Troops from a special national security force will guard the streets of crime-plagued Rio de Janeiro during next month's Pan American Games rather than fight drug gangs in the slums, the mayor said on Tuesday.


Afghan Election Body Says Will Not Halt Vote

Afghanistan's election authority said on  Saturday the election process would continue in the country's  historic presidential election despite a decision by most of  the candidates to boycott the poll over irregularities.


Bremer Criticizes Lack of Troops in Iraq

The U.S. official said Monday that the United States made two major mistakes: not deploying enough troops and then not containing the violence immediately after the ouster of Saddam Hussein.


Pope Loses Battle With Peace-Symbol Dove

Pope John Paul II shooed a dove — a symbol of peace — out his apartment window Sunday, chuckling with children who watched in delight as the bird flew back into his room overlooking St. Peter's Square.


Explosions at Protest Rally in Bangladesh Kill 9

Several explosions ripped through a Bangladeshi opposition party rally here on Saturday, killing at least 9 people and wounding as


(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:


The 150 brokers and traders on the Iraq Stock Exchange are not waiting for the war to end, buying and selling orders a few hundred yards away from the fighting.


Red Hat's JBoss dons BlackTie to target BEA Tuxedo

InfoWorld - Red Hat on Thursday revealed a JBoss middleware project aimed at displacing BEA's Tuxedo transaction-monitoring engine, which has a significant legacy install base.


Xstrata offer A$3.1 bln for Australia's Jubilee

Xstrata Plc  said it has agreed to pay A$3.1 billion ($2.8 billion) for Australian nickel miner Jubilee Mines Ltd , seeking to consolidate its position as a leading nickel producer.


Verona, 21:00 - CALCIO, PLAY OUT: VERONA-SPEZIA 0-0, I LIGURI RESTANO IN B

Lo Spezia resta in serie B. Nel ritorno del play out salvezza i liguri hanno pareggiato 0-0 con il V...


Pesticides and other pollutants in the environment may contribute to childhood leukaemia, say researchers.


Russian copyright wars to continue despite AllofMP3 shutdown

iTuneski RIP, but more where that came from AllofMP3.com, the UK's second most popular source for music downloads after iTunes, has been shut down after diplomatic pressure was piled on Russian authorities.â¦


Operation Cyberstorm nabs conspirators Four people convicted last year of scamming Microsoft by reselling discounted education versions of its software have been ordered to pay $5m in fines, return $20m to Microsoft and serve up to five years in prison.â¦


More than 40 pupils are suspended after ganging up on a lone girl in a row over a boy.


Technology ; STT, Telekom Malaysia buy 48 pct of Idea

Singapore government-owned STT and TM International, the international investment arm of Telekom Malaysia, said in a statement on Saturday they had signed "definitive agreements" to buy the entire stake of Cingular Wireless in Idea.


THE OFFER: Britain, France and Germany are offering Iran a trade agreement and the chance to buy nuclear fuel in exchange for a promise to suspend enrichment of uranium.


Rams make statement they're team to beat in NFC West

ST. LOUIS -- When St. Louis coach Mike Martz last week publicly chastised his team, he admonished players to make something happen and to do it immediately.


Beyonce Knowles and Jennifer Hudson lead the winners at the US BET Awards, taking two prizes each.


IRAQ: 2nd Car Bomb in 2 Days Kills 7, Elections in Jeopardy

BAGHDAD, Iraq - For the second time in two days, a suicide bomber attacked Baghdad's Green Zone early this morning killing seven Iraqis.


Oil price rise a cloud on Wall Street's happiness on results

US STOCKS vacillated yesterday as rising oil prices muted Wall Streetâs excitement over strong results from Lehman Brothers and Sprintâs $35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications.


Airlines face tougher EU rules aimed to boost passenger rights

The European Union tomorrow will impose the world's toughest rules on airlines for passenger rights, potentially requiring refunds and penalty payments even if a flight is canceled or significantly delayed by bad weather or mechanical problems. The system would be the world's first to cover situations that have traditionally been considered outside an airline's control.


Spain, Germany to exchange lists of suspected terrorists

Spain and Germany signed an agreement Monday to exchange lists of suspected terrorists.