BBC chief ÃÂwon't resignÃÂ over Queen footage blunder

BBC One controller Peter Fincham has said he sees no reason to resign over an embarrassing error that saw the BBC apologising to Queen Elizabeth II after wrongly implying that she stormed out of a photo shoot.


Justices Wonât Hear Appeal on Drugs for Terminally Ill

The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of a case that ruled that terminally ill patients do not have a constitutional right to try drugs that have not received federal approval.


Lebanese army pounds militants at Palestinian camp

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops bombarded positions of al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Friday with some of the heaviest shelling in 13 days of fighting there.


Turkish planes bombed an area  of Iraq near the border with Turkey on Tuesday to attack  Kurdish separatists and the army said it had killed at least  150 guerrillas in its air offensive earlier this month.


Russia's Putin seeks hi-tech partnership with old Cold War ally India

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


ALMOST 5million people have been infected with HIV this year, the highest incidence in a single year, according to a report published yesterday.


Colombian Drug Kingpin in Miami Prison Cell

The former boss of Colombia's Cali cocaine cartel was in a US prison cell on Saturday after an extradition that capped a 14-year investigation into his multibillion dollar drug business.


Prognosis: Cancers Not Affected by Emotional Health

The idea that emotional well-being can affect the course of disease finds no support in a new report on head and neck cancer.


Australia Guantanamo Detainee Reported on Way Home

Australian terror suspect Mamdouh Habib has been released from U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay and is on his way home after being held for almost three years on suspicion of helping al Qaeda, media said.


Palestinian death toll in Gaza Strip climbs to 11

At least 11 Palestinians were killed and more than 30 were wounded in an Israeli raid, which started Friday, in the town of Khan Yunis.


As soon as he heard the news, Casey Gough burst into the Holy Cross weight room shouting "I did it," and was swarmed by teammates offering congratulations.


By Aubrey Woods, The Tribune, Seymour, Ind.  Jun. 15--Seymour police plan to take a long and hard look at a string of suspicious fires in the city since the beginning of the year, a department official said Thursday.


Disappointing policy results and peaking public disgust in his private life are behind a plunge in the president's approval ratings


Pope makes historic mosque visit, appears to pray

Pope Benedict visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Thursday and appeared to pray alongside an Islamic cleric during the visit that made him only the second Roman Catholic Pontiff to enter a mosque.


Cell Phones: They're Not Just for Talking, Texting or Photos

By Corilyn Shropshire, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Feb. 28--Add video recording to the list of duties that your cell phone  is taking on -- in addition to music player, camera, personal secretary, Web  browser, television and yes, phone.


Appiano Gentile, 19:36 - CALCIO, INTER: VIEIRA A RIPOSO, TERAPIE PER MATERAZZI

E' durato poco piÃ¹ di un'ora l'allenamento per i nerazzurri che Roberto Mancini non ha convocato per...


Su Milano-Domodossola, linea interrotta per 1h45', no feriti


IBM is aiming to take a larger share of the $60 billion data-storage market with the introduction of two new disk-storage servers.


Nestle full-year profit rises 14 percent

Nestle SA, the world's biggest food and drink company, said Thursday its 2006 profit rose 14 percent after the company restructured some parts of the business and increased prices.


Christie's opens a sale of Chinese and Asian art in Hong Kong with record prices expected, amid an art boom.


Hughes backs Giggs to win battle with Neville

Wales coach Mark Hughes believes winger Ryan Giggs will win his personal battle against Manchester United team mate Gary Neville in Saturday's World Cup qualifier against England.


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Sydney - An international animal welfare group said on Tuesday it was taking legal action against a Japanese whaling company over the deaths of more than 400 whales in Australian waters near Antarctica.


In confidential safety memos, pilots recount fatigue-related incidents.


Sisters unite to find cure for breast cancer

Brenda Humphrey recalls that when her older sister Judy Houston was diagnosed with breast cancer, "It was like a dark cloud in the middle of our family.


Darfur Rebel Group Rejects Return to Talks

A Darfur rebel group said on Thursday it  refused to return to African Union-sponsored peace talks and  rejected the pan-African body as lead mediator to end the  22-month-old conflict.


Chicago, IL, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was hospitalized overnight Tuesday after passing a kidney stone and was to be released Wednesday.


The race ever more chaotic, four Republicans are angling for superiority in a fast-approaching presidential primary in South Carolina, a state known for rough-and-tumble politics and predicting the outcome of the GOP nomination.


Studies for Competing Design Called Into Question

Several prominent experts have criticized a study showing that Riddellâs Revolution football helmet reduced concussions by 31 percent.


U.S. immigration relaxes rule for "green card" seekers

The U.S. immigration service reversed itself again on "green cards" on Tuesday, saying it would begin immediately accepting applications from thousands of foreign professional workers.


7 North Koreans take refugee at Japanese Embassy in North Korea

BEIJING -- Seven men and women, apparently North Korean defectors, sought refugee at a Japanese school early Friday morning. Japanese diplomats in Beijing said that they were two men, four women and a girl.


Roma, 20:29 - CALCIO, LAZIO: RIAPERTA LA CAMPAGNA ABBONAMENTI

La Lazio riapre la campagna abbonamenti. Domani il presidente biancoceleste Lotito spiegherà ...


A total of 32 people were killed in Thursday night's (Oct 7) terror attacks on two Sinai holiday resorts frequented by Israelis: 29 at the Taba Hilton and three at Ras a-Satan.


Roma, 21:16 - Calcio, Pescara; Paterna: CalaiÃ² voleva andare via

Nel corso della presentazione degli ultimi acquisti Varricchio e Smith, il presidente del Pescara, D...


According to the official line from Cuba, Fidel Castro is very much alive - but that has not stopped fevered speculation in Miami, writes Tracy McVeigh.


During the last couple days, the Notre Dame football coaching search has seemed to focus on former Irish quarterback Tom Clements and Notre Dame graduate Charlie Weis.


New Drug Safety Office Would Just Add to Bureaucracy, Sen Judd ...

Senator Judd Gregg (USA) does not like the idea of a new independent bureau responsible for drug safety. He says all it would achieve would be more layers of FDA bureaucracy.


Powell Visits Port-Au-Prince, Urges World Help to Control Haitian ...

Secretary of State Colin Powell held talks in Port-au-Prince Wednesday in a brief visit to Haiti marred by a shooting incident outside the presidential palace as he met officials of the country's interim government.


Wildfires rage in California, more winds expected

Wildfires burned unchecked on Tuesday in Southern California, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to evacuate, at least 700 homes destroyed, and little hope for relief from the hot desert winds fanning the flames.


Update 23: Crude Prices Stay Above $50 Per Barrel

Oil lingered above the $50 per barrel threshold in Asian trade Wednesday, breaching the mark for the second straight day ahead of key US crude stockpile data.


Celebrex, an arthritis pain reliever used by tens of millions of people, has been found to elevate the risk of heart attack and stroke.


Kazakh says Borat creator deserves prize

A leading Kazakh writer has nominated actor Sacha Baron Cohen for a national award for popularizing Kazakhstan. Novelist Sapabek Asip-uly called on the Kazakh Club of Art Patrons to give Baron Cohen its annual award, according to a letter published by the Vremya newspaper Thursday.


Taliban Blast Kills Four Afghan Policemen

Four Afghan police officers were killed  and five wounded when their car was hit by a blast in the  central province of Uruzgan on Tuesday, officials said, in an  attack for which Taliban guerrillas claimed responsibility.


FIFA will hold an investigation and demand answers from the Spanish Football Federation after home fans hurled racist abuse at England's black players in the friendly international between the two countries in Madrid last night.


Not reinventing the wheel -- just how it's powered

It will not be a typical "kick the tires" weekend at the car lot. This lot will sprawl across Boston’s City Hall Plaza, and the products on display will be aimed at people with as little as a few hundred dollars to spend as well as those curious to see feats of engineering that cost millions of dollars.


A Missing Son, âConfused & Unable to Call Homeâ

For weeks, Sheryl Futrell has been searching for her disoriented son, an Iraq-Afghanistan war veteran.


Under a proposal announced last week, all employees of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including intramural scientists, would be barred from engaging in paid consulting activities with drug and biotech companies for at least 1 year while the


Thirty-two countries and regions will participate the Fifth China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, opening Nov. 1 in Zhuhai, a city in south China's Guangdong Province.


Building Programs Using Belichick's Blueprint

Four coaches who worked for Patriots Coach Bill Belichick in Cleveland between 1991 and 1995 have college programs in The Associated Press Top 20 this week.


Buffalo migrate to Toronto to pay the Bills

In the 1970s the Canadian government  barred the door to American football expansion into the Great  White North, introducing legislation to block its move across  the world's longest undefended border.


The Charlotte Coliseum helped take a once-sleepy town into the sports mainstream. Yet the building will not reach its 19th birthday.


A computer network outage at The Vanguard Group, which manages $1.1 trillion in mutual fund assets, temporarily left customers unable to access online accounts Thursday afternoon.


Lycos Europe Pulls Spam-Fighting Screensaver

Analysts say a new twist on the war against spammers in Europe isn't likely to spill across Unites States borders, but is rather an opening salvo more likely to fizzle than to explode.


Autism more common in U.S. than thought: survey

Autism is more common in the United States than anyone had estimated, affecting about one in every 150 children, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday.


Few Glitches Reported in Early Fla. Voting

Voters line up to check in before using the electronic voting booths, foreground, on the first day of early voting Monday, Oct. 18, 2004 at the Supervisor of Elections Office in West Palm Beach, Fla.


Tucson-Based Astronomer Vies for Dark-Energy Role

By Dan Sorenson, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 13--A proposed space telescope program led by a Tucson-based  astronomer is in a three-way race to answer the era's biggest cosmological  question: What is causing the expanding universe to accelerate?   Tod R.


In elections this Sunday, liberal Turks may turn their backs on the secular elite that they have long supported.


Myanmar generals face biggest protests in 20 yrs

Tens of thousands of people joined streams of Buddhist monks on marches through Yangon on Monday in the biggest demonstration against Myanmar's ruling generals since they crushed student-led protests 20 years ago.


White House Plan Good for Pueblo Chemical Depot

By John Norton, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 7--If Congress provides the funding requested in the president's budget for fiscal 2008, there should be sufficient money to move forward with chemical demilitarization at the Pueblo Chemical Depot.


NATO takes command across all of Afghanistan

NATO assumed responsibility for security across the whole of insurgency-hit Afghanistan on Thursday when it took command in the east of the country from a U.S.-led coalition force.


Pope hailed for praying toward Mecca like Muslims

Pope Benedict wound up a fence-mending visit to Turkey on Friday amid praise from the local press for visiting Istanbul's Blue Mosque and praying toward Mecca "like Muslims".


Today's papers examine France's involvement in Ivory Coast and the murder of film-maker Theo van Gogh


OGGI SU INTERNET/ITALIA - Congresso Mondiale sulla Divina Misericordia, a Roma dal 2 al 6 aprile Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Chiesa: ÂClemenza e DignitÃ Â, dal 2 al 6 aprile, Congresso Mondiale sulla Divina Misericordia. ÂIl Congresso sarÃ  occasione di comprensione del nucleo centrale del messaggio cristiano, nonchÃ© occasione di comprensione di un a...


Bombs kill at least 76 in Baghdad markets

Three bomb attacks at markets in central Baghdad killed at least 76 people on Monday as Iraqis marked the first anniversary of a Shi'ite shrine bombing that pitched the country to the brink of civil war.


Londoners were on edge Friday after two explosives-packed cars were found in the city's theater district just days before the second anniversary of a bombing onslaught that killed 52 commuters, and the thwarted plot revived painful memories.


A car on fire has been driven at the main terminal building at Glasgow Airport before exploding.


Spain Condemns Racial Abuse, Defends Reputation

The Madrid council has condemned the  racist behavior of fans that marred Wednesday's friendly  between Spain and England and said that the events should not  be allowed to harm the city's bid to host the 2012 Olympics.


Voting ends in Romania's election with exit polls showing a dead heat between the presidential candidates.


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BEIJING The Venezuelan president, Hugo ChÃ¡vez, finished a four-day visit to China during the weekend in which he signed agreements that promise to open China's access to Venezuela's oil and natural gas fields.


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Investors were busy, but the indexes ended the day flat.


29 dead as plane catches fire in Iran: state TV

An Iranian airliner caught fire after a   tire burst on landing at an airport in the northeast of the   country on Friday, killing 29 of the 148 people aboard, state   television said.


Genes From Engineered Grass Spread for Miles, Study Finds

Critics worry that a new strain of grass that is resistant to the herbicide Roundup could transfer its resistance to weedy relatives.


Parliament convenes in Kyrgyzstan, as rows continue over the results of Sunday's election.


Feted and Hated, Kyoto Enters Into Force

A world plan to fight global warming goes into force on Wednesday, feted by its backers as a lifeline for the planet but rejected as an economic straitjacket by the United States and Australia.


U.S. Servicemen React to Bush Guard Memos

ALBANY, Ga. - Some current and retired members of the National Guard and other military services say they aren't bothered by newly revealed memos that indicate President Bush got preferential treatment in the Air National Guard during the Vietnam War, while others say they are troubling...


2 Assessments of Iraq, 2 Election Strategies

The presidential candidates' opposed images of the war reflect opposed strategies for the final weeks of the campaign.


President Bush signs new corporate tax-cut bill

US President George W. President Bush signed on Friday a new corporate tax bill which will shower 136 billion dollars on US businesses, farmers and other groups in coming years.


Annan prepares to try to mediate in Kenya crisis

Former U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan was due to arrive in Kenya on Tuesday to try to mediate in a post-poll crisis that has torn the country in two and triggered weeks of violence that killed at least 650 people.


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Palestinian leader's condition is obscured by rumor and intrigue.


Lebanon PM Resigns, Says Will Not Head New Govt.

Lebanon's Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri submitted his cabinet's resignation Wednesday and said he would not form a new government.


Yemen ups security after attack kills 7 tourists

Yemen stepped up security precautions around government buildings and foreign interests on Tuesday a day after a suspected al Qaeda suicide bomber killed seven Spanish tourists and two Yemenis at a tourist site.


AS CHELSEA MOVE SERENELY onwards and upwards at the top of the Barclays Premiership, Arsenal, the champions, are just about hanging on to their coat-tails.


The US is âvirtually defencelessâ against another scandal such as Vioxx, senators investigating Merckâs withdrawal of its popular painkiller were told yesterday.


Bush and Blair vague on how to revive Middle East peace process

US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are optimistic about reviving the Middle East peace process following the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, but vague on how to do it.


One of Liberia's most notorious rebel commanders, known as Gen. Butt Naked, has returned to confess his role in terrorizing the nation, saying he is responsible for 20,000 deaths


A Fight for Life Consumes Both Mother and Son

The writer Susan Sontagâs death, as set out in a short and immensely disturbing account by her son, David Rieff, must rank as one of the worst ever described.


UN panel: British forces violate anti-torture treaty

A United Nations human-rights committee has voiced its concerns that British forces do not adhere to the international treaty against torture in Iraq and Afghanistan.


Amsterdam, 23:19 - CALCIO, EURO 2008: OLANDA-BULGARIA 2-0

L'Olanda ha battuto la Bulgaria 2-0 (1-0) in un incontro valido per qualificazioni all'Europeo di ca...


Prince William will be on parade in front of the Queen as he graduates from Sandhurst Military Academy.


Whitehall should share digital dialogues

e-Democracy Government departments need to share their experience of online dialogues with the public, according to a new report.â¦


Clima economico ha fatto calare vendite al dettaglio


Lettuce probable cause of Taco Bell E. coli: FDA

An ingredient used in 70 percent of Taco Bell's products, lettuce, probably caused an E.coli outbreak that sickened dozens of people in the U.S. Northeast, food safety officials said on Wednesday.


LONDON, November 4  - European Central Bank (ECB) has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2% for the 17th consecutive month.


Police warned parents to closely watch their children Saturday as authorities searched for the kidnapper of a 13-year-old boy.


By TODD LEWAN  ORLANDO, Fla. - At Lake Eola park, there is much beauty to behold: robust palms, beds of cheery begonias, a cascading lake fountain, clusters of friendly egrets and swans, an amphitheater named in honor of Walt Disney.  Then there are the signs.


Gerber is recalling some of its baby food over a potential choking hazard.


Bush Picks Kellogg CEO as Commerce Chief

President Bush on Monday chose  Carlos Gutierrez, the Cuban-born CEO of Kellogg Co, as his  nominee to be commerce secretary, his second selection of a  Hispanic for a second-term Cabinet.


Powell Defends Cheney on 'Choice' Remark

Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday defended Vice President Dick Cheney for saying last week that terrorists will hit the United States again "if we make the wrong choice" on Election Day.


EU Cuts 2005 Fish Quotas to Save Depleted Species

The EU ordered minor cuts in 2005 national fish catches Wednesday, rejecting proposals to shut fishing grounds in favor of more limits on the time trawlers can hunt for depleted species like cod.


Hamas leader hails Russian efforts over aid embargo

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal praised Russia's efforts to end a Western aid embargo on the Palestinian administration during a visit to Moscow on Monday intended to win support for a new unity government.


Atlantis heads for International Space Station

The US space shuttle Atlantis headed for the International Space Station early Saturday on this year's first mission, aimed at boosting the station's power-generating capacity.


The purists went berserk back in 1993. They hated the idea. The wild card was bad for baseball. Just wait and see.


ABC Breaks CBS' Winning Streak in Rerun-Heavy Week

LOS ANGELES  - Strong showings from  some of ABC's signature shows, "Monday Night Football,"  "Desperate Housewives," "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,"  "According to Jim" and "Lost," helped the network snap CBS'  six-week winning streak among adults 18-49 last week.


Businesses don't have to dump Windows to test drive free or low-price applications whose use may improve the bottom line.


Contrary to multiple reports appearing on the Web, Kmart will continue to sell both HD DVD and Blu-ray products.


Britain has lined up respected executive Ron Sandler to run Northern Rock  should the stricken bank be nationalized, fuelling expectations the government could announce a move to state control within days.


NASA officials Thursday said the situation appeared to be improving on the International Space Station as crews worked to repair onboard computer systems.


Wayne Rooney expects the pressure to increase at Manchester United

Wayne Rooney arrived at Old Trafford on Wednesday with no shortage of expectations after being transferred to Manchester United. Manager Alex Ferguson has called him the country's


Be afraid - be very afraid - of The Exorcist: The Beginning

God help them. Warner Bros. and Morgan Creek, that is. They're the studio and the producers releasing Exorcist: The Beginning today.


VeriSign is dealt another legal blow in ICANN suit

A federal judge dismissed VeriSign's antitrust claims against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, dealing another setback to the company in its ongoing legal battle against the Internet's technical coordinating body.


The way Arsenal defended against a Southampton side who were the joint-lowest scorers in the Premiership made it difficult to believe that they had remained unbeaten for 49 games.


After a hefty cut in interest rates and  the dollar's plunge to new record lows against a surging euro,  investors will closely watch data for clues on how seriously  problems in credit markets are affecting the real economy.


Senate balance of power:  New Jersey now a toss-up

Rasmussen Reports - Based upon our latest poll in New Jersey Rasmussen Reports is shifting the Garden State Senate race from "Leans Democrat" to "Toss-Up." This reduces the number of states in the Democrat or Leans Democrat categories to 45. Fifty Senate seats are favored to remain in GOP hands while 5 are now in the Toss-Up category. (see State-by-State Summary).


California slashes legal fees in settlement of Microsoft case

California lawyers who reached a $1.1 billion class-action settlement with Microsoft will get less than half the legal fees they requested.


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Shuttle astronauts have backyard-mechanic woes

Astronauts working on the International   Space Station had troubles on Wednesday familiar to any   backyard mechanic on Earth -- a lost bolt and a broken tool.


Despite slow progress in rebuilding some neighborhoods, New Orleans' population is nearing 300,000, or about 65 percent of its pre-Hurricane Katrina size, according to a new report.


Consider turbo-charging your portfolio with some strong performers.


Sales of pre-owned U.S homes fell slightly in July but the inventory of unsold single-family properties soared to the highest in over 15 years as troubles in the subprime mortgage market continued to wreak havoc on the housing sector.


US bowling alley's $1m investment by Arafat

Yasser Arafat invested Â£700,000 ($1.3 million) in a company that owns a string of American bowling alleys popular with Jewish teenagers, according to newly-released documents.


Police in quiet English town continue hunt for prostitute killer

The red light district of the quiet English town of Ipswich was deserted overnight as British police continued their probe into the murders of three prostitutes in the area, after discovering two more bodies.


Blog: The early results are in. For the third year running, the University of Florida has the No. 1 underwater autonomous vehicle.


Top U.S. Iraq commander defends record to senators

The top U.S. commander in Iraq defended his record on Thursday in the face of strong criticism from Sen. John McCain, a Republican presidential contender in 2008.


Bali, 12:25 - TENNIS, WTA BALI: AVANTI TAMAELA E BARTOLI

L'olandese Elise Tamaela e la francese Marion Bartoli si sono qualificate rispettivamente per il sec...


Fearing Prosecution by Kremlin, Top Executives of Yukos Leave Russia

Top executives at the Russian oil giant Yukos, including the company's American chief executive and chief financial officers, have left the country.


A Serbian army general, Vladimir Lazarevic, surrenders and will go before the UN war crimes tribunal.


THE oldest British Royal in history, Princess Alice, the Duchess of Gloucester, has died at the age of 102 after a life that mixed both adventure and personal tragedy.


Rumsfeld Doesn't Expect Civil War in Iraq

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Monday he does not expect civil war in Iraq and pointed to the recent retaking of the former insurgent stronghold of Samarra as evidence of progress in stabilizing the country before elections in January.


US: More Than 135 Arrested for Telemarketing Fraud

More than 100 individuals in the United States and 35 others in foreign nations have been arrested in a crackdown on telemarketing fraud that caused losses exceeding $1 billion, US officials said on Tuesday.


Ex-Illinois governor gets 78-month prison sentence

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan,   promoted as a Nobel Peace Prize candidate for his vigorous   opposition to capital punishment, was sentenced to 6 1/2 years   in prison on Wednesday for corrupt dealings while in office.


Samsung Makes Smaller MMC Card for Cell Phones

Thumbnail-sized memory card's maximum capacity will be 128MB.


Non si ferma la corsa della moneta unica contro il biglietto verde. L'euro ha raggiunto oggi un nuovo record storico salendo fino a 1,3036 dollari e attualmente veleggia a 1,3024 dollari. Gli analisti hanno


'The Forgotten' Tops North American Box Office

Supernatural thriller "The  Forgotten" soared to the top of the U.S. box office over the  weekend with better-than-expected ticket sales during a  worse-than-expected seasonal slump.


Bush Turns to Close Adviser to Run Education Department

Margaret Spellings, a close adviser to President Bush since his days as Texas governor, was nominated by Mr. Bush today to be secretary of education and pledged to do her


Russia's Marat Safin beats Jose Acasuso in the deciding singles rubber to win the Davis Cup.


Canada pressed China on rights at G8 meet: Harper

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday that he pressed Chinese President Hu Jintao over "shortcomings" in democracy and human rights when the two met at the G8 summit in Germany.


The two leaders signed bilateral agreements Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi says Italy favours lifting the EU's 17-year-old ban on arms sales to China.


The unarmed man shot to death by New York police hours before his wedding was the nephew of Miami basketball coach Frank Haith.


Google Rolls Out Test of Short Message Service

Google Inc. on Thursday announced a new test service that allows people to use mobile phones or handheld devices to tap Google's Web search via text messages, or short message service.


US Marines are preparing for a decisive battle in the Sunni Triangle area west of Baghdad, where rebels are using violence and intimidation to extend their influence


Iraqis, U.S. Officials Meet in Peace Bid

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. military officials and representatives of rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr held talks Sunday aimed at reducing violence in the restive Baghdad slum of Sadr City, a day after clashes there killed 10 people, officials said...


European stocks fall as ECB flags rate hike

European equities fell on Thursday as investors considered the impact of near-term eurozone interest rate increases and mulled a mixed set of corporate earnings.


Delta Air Lines Inc., the nation's third-largest carrier, said Tuesday it has obtained a commitment for $2.5 billion in exit financing as part of its plan to emerge from bankruptcy


Airport offers F1 cars along with the duty free

Passengers passing through Zurich airport can add a Formula One car to their usual duty-free shopping this month.


Put Barbara White down as undecided in the race for the White House.


Australian PM John Howard says he "did not accept" the expulsion of its top diplomat from the Solomon Islands.


NEW YORK  SanDisk Corp. , a maker of flash  memory used in cell phones and digital cameras, said on Sunday  it would buy Israel-based Msystems  for $1.55 billion  in stock.


Dejan Todorovic, di origine slava, stava per varcare il confine con la Slovenia per poi raggiungere la SerbiaMa poi ha cambiato idea e si Ã¨ consegnato ai carabinieri di Trieste, che lo hanno interrogato a lungo                                            Padova, ragazzo sgozzato nel parco si consegna il presunto assassino


The word "diva" has long since been appropriated by showbiz hucksters and campy fashionistas who like to place the grand cloak on the tiny shoulders of Beyonce Knowles, Celine Dion and whoever


A speeding fuel tanker crashed and spilled its cargo Saturday in Nigeria's main southern city, and as many as three dozen people were feared dead in the resulting fire, police and witnesses said.


Caesarean Birth May Raise Allergy Risk in Babies

Being born by Caesarean section may increase a baby's risk of suffering from food allergies and diarrhea in the first year of life, German doctors said on Thursday.


Bike-riding suicide bomber kills 30 Iraqi police

A suicide bomber on a bicycle killed 30 Iraqi policemen doing their morning exercises at a base north of Baghdad on Monday, in one of the deadliest strikes on security forces in months.


Bergamo, 13:08 - CALCIO, ATALANTA-LAZIO; ULTRAS BERGAMO: SENZA OCCHI CON CUORE

Porte chiuse a Bergamo per Atalanta-Lazio e tifosi che hanno deciso di riunirsi fuori lo stadio per ...


Injured Emilio Does Not Make Trip to Toronto for United

United will be missing MLS goals leader Luciano Emilio on Saturday when the club plays in Toronto, which is in the midst of a seven-week scoring drought.


Two people were wounded by gunshots and another three injured by blows in a clash Thursday as the motorcade of presidential candidate Alan Garcia headed to the airport in the highland city of Cuzco, police said.


Halliburton Says Bribes May Have Been Paid

Various investigations into an alleged $180 million bribery scandal in Nigeria involving a Halliburton Co. subsidiary and other companies have indicated that payments may have been made to Nigerian officials, the company said in a regulatory filing.


It's crunch time for many Spanish bars, restaurants and nightclubs, the hearths of national life: They must create sealed-off smoking areas or ban the butt altogether.


Serie B: nel posticipo Perugia-Cesena 1-1, i gol di Cavalli e ...

Nel posticipo serale della settima giornata di serie B perugina e Cesena pareggiano 1-1. Succede tutto nella ripresa, il vantaggio di Cavalli al 29â st e il pareggio dei padroni di casa con Ravanelli al 41â.


UN Security Council edges closer to vote on NKorea missile tests

The Security Council has narrowed differences over mandatory UN sanctions against North Korea for its missile tests, with only one sticking point standing in the way of a vote expected Saturday, diplomats said.


New boss Smith not fazed by Scotland's lack of talent

New manager Walter Smith believes Scotland must foster a sense of togetherness if they are to restore their international fortunes.


Rank to sell Hard Rock to native American tribe

Britain's Rank Group  has agreed to sell its Hard Rock cafe and casino business for $965 million to the native American Seminole Tribe of Florida, which already makes 90 percent of its revenues from gambling.


Milosevic Calls for Control Over Own Trial Defense

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan  Milosevic urged judges on Thursday to allow him to defend  himself at his war crimes trial as his court-assigned lawyer  said efforts to represent him had reached a dead end.


Friday Night Fracas Was Criminal on Every Level

The NBA is facing serious, serious issues, problems bigger than fan arrests and player suspensions can repair. A season that began with Latrell Sprewell suggesting he would be hard-pressed


In Kohat, near Pakistan's restive tribal areas, many say the remote border regions need more government engagement to curb rising extremism. Part 2 of three.


A bank worker dies of suspected hepatitis after cutting her toe on a broken battle, while in India training call centre workers.


Wales claim their first win at Twickenham for 20 years as they stage an astounding second-half comeback to defeat England.


Roma, 10:36 - CALCIO, DIRITTI TV; MELANDRI: SPERO SEMPRE IN ACCORDO

''La speranza è l'ultima a morire e ancora faccio il tifo perchè in Lega si raggiunga ...


If the ailing hip-hop is in need of a savior, it may have found the perfect superhero in T.I.


Sony Group Set to Buy MGM; Time Warner Drops Its Bid

consortium led by the Sony Corporation of America reached a tentative agreement today to buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the Hollywood studio famous for James Bond and the Pink Panther, for


Computer Associates International on Monday kicked off its entry into open-source software with the release of its Ingres r3 database.


NBA Wrap: Heat Tame Bobcats to Extend Winning Streak

Dwyane Wade poured in 26 points and  dished out nine assists as the Miami Heat scorched the  expansion Charlotte Bobcats 113-90 in NBA action on Saturday,  to extend their franchise record win streak to 14 games.


The amount of official material translated should be cut to encourage people to learn English, Ruth Kelly says.


Border war over immigration comes to Midwest

KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - A routine city hall appointment threatens to turn Kansas City into a new front in the U.S. debate over illegal immigration, even though the closest Mexico border crossing is hundreds of miles (kilometers) away.


Water Is First Key to Averting Epidemics Along Coasts

World Health Organization official David Nabarro says health officials expect the first wave of sickness to be cholera and diahhreal disease, which he says will strike in about one week.


Husband Seeks End to Delays in Fla. Case

A man trying to carry out what he claims are his wife's wishes in a long-running right-to-die case asked two courts Tuesday to stop delaying the removal of a feeding tube that helps keep the woman alive.


Aussie double-wicket breakthrough has Pakistan in strife

Pakistan lurched towards another fourth-day defeat to Australia after the key dismissals of Yousuf Youhana and Younis Khan in consecutive balls in the final cricket Test here.


Un operaio morto ad Andria, un ferito grave a Turi


BHP Billiton to pay out $10 bln, CEO to step down

The world's biggest miner, BHP Billiton  , announced the surprise resignation of Chief Executive Chip Goodyear and set an extra $10 billion in share buybacks, driving its shares up 6 percent on Wednesday.


No Pause in Foreign Exodus from Ivory Coast

An exodus of foreigners from Ivory Coast showed no signs of easing on Saturday as African leaders prepared to met to seek ways to end the crisis in the West African country.


Nonviolent drug offenders who were diverted to rehabilitation programs under Proposition 36 had higher rates of rearrest than those who remained in the criminal-justice system, a UCLA study released today says.


When the Bowl Championship Series committee set out in the summer to reorganize the formula by which the BCS standings are calculated, it decided to give more weight to the human polls than the computer rankings.


The husband of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was rearrested yesterday, less than a month after he won his freedom following an eight-year stint behind bars.


New Lionsgate TV show sold for first run on cable

Lionsgate's TV unit said on  Wednesday it signed distribution deals with TBS and Fox for a  sitcom by "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" filmmaker Tyler Perry  valued by industry sources at about $200 million.


Failed US energy giant Enron is given permission by a federal judge to sell off its last remaining asset - its natural gas pipelines.


With his fate tied to the chaos in Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Blair faces his ruling Labour Party next week, hoping to calm anger over the war and shore up his government ahead of national elections.


A British man accused of sex attacks in two countries is jailed for 150 years in the United States.


Audit Finds No Fraud In Venezuelan Election

The referendum on Aug. 15, 2004 rejected the petition to revoke the mandate of President Hugo Chavez. The observation of The Carter Center mission confirms the results announced by the National Election Council


As debuts go, this one fell somewhere between Ashlee Simpson on "Saturday Night Live" and the Titanic on the Atlantic Ocean. Fortunately for LeBron James, there are more games to come.


Blog: Now we learn that almost 90 White House officials used RNC email servers.


Vioxx. Celebrex. Now Aleve. What's a Patient to Think?

When Audrey Eisen flicked her computer on last Monday night and read the news that the painkiller Aleve had been linked to heart attacks, she winced in disbelief.


Israelis Lose Faith in New Generation Of Leaders

JERUSALEM, Sept. 16 -- Frustration over the outcome of the war in Lebanon has spurred many Israelis to question the abilities of a new class of political professionals who are stepping into roles long held by the men and women who founded the Jewish state.


Lawyers for Michael Jackson settled a lawsuit Monday brought by a New Jersey financial company that was seeking $48 million.


Serbia's President Boris Tadic survives an apparent assassination attempt when a car tries to ram his motorcade.


Firenze, 14:44 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; PASQUAL: PRONTI PER LA LAZIO

Il terzino della Fiorentina Manuel Pasqual sulla sfida di domenica contro la Lazio: "Siamo pronti pe...


NOAA Observes Killer Whales After Valdez

It's probably too late to save a small pod of killer whales whose numbers plummeted after the Exxon Valdez tanker spilled nearly 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound.


October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In honor of all women and men who have been affected by breast cancer, I am dedicating my column to stylish products you can purchase or events you can participate in that benefit breast cancer awareness.


Academics kick-off nuclear power war of words

Greens see red over Brown's reactor plans The anti-nuclear movement has fired an opening shot in the UK energy-policy debate, ahead of expected Parliamentary announcements from the Brown government this week.â¦


DA: Every Duke player a potential witness

Every member of Duke University's lacrosse team is a potential witness in the case against three players charged with rape, a prosecutor said Monday in arguing for access to their student ID card records.


Northern Japan hit by new powerful quake

Japan's main northern island of Hokkaido was jolted late on Monday by a new powerful earthquake registering 6.9 on the Richter scale, lightly injuring four people, days after a tremor of similar magnitude.


TONY Blair yesterday admitted for the first time intelligence on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction - information that led to war - was wrong.


Space station crew change may be delayed

The launch of a Soyuz spacecraft with new astronauts for the international space station could face a delay of several days so experts can examine a potential docking system problem, the Russian Federal Space Agency said Wednesday.


NEW YORK  - Children tend to vary widely in their sleep habits, with some being naturally "short sleepers" and others needing more time in bed, a study suggests.


NEW YORK - A US Marine shot and killed a wounded prisoner in a Fallujah mosque, according to a television pool report broadcast Monday.


Singer and actor Robert Goulet is heavily sedated and breathing through a respirator in a Los Angeles hospital while he awaits a lung transplant


Marquetta Dickens' three-point play with 22 seconds left in overtime gave North Carolina State a 76-75 victory over No. 23 Virginia Tech on Monday night.


Ohio sues Marsh & McLennan, AIG, other insurers

The state of Ohio has filed an  anti-trust lawsuit accusing Marsh & McLennan Cos , AIG   and three other insurers and their subsidiaries of  price fixing and other anti-competitive behavior, Attorney  General Marc Dann said on Monday.


Jermaine O'Neal made an early return to the Indiana Pacers' line-up but he could not prevent the Detroit Pistons posting a 98-93 victory in the first meeting between the teams since the infamous "basketbrawl" last month.


Prodi: giornata storica ed esempio di unita'


Campaigning in a state he lost by the narrowest of margins, US President George W. Bush accused Democratic rival John Kerry of not being serious about taking on Iraq's most wanted man.


Empoli, 17:22 - CALCIO, EMPOLI: MARZORATTI LAVORA A PARTE

In vista del match casalingo contro il Cagliari, amichevole oggi pomeriggio per l'Empoli, contro il ...


Tributes to Reggie White Show Incomplete Picture

Reggie White's death on Sunday prompted a case of one-sided history on the CBS and Fox pregame shows and no mention of his infamous speech about homosexuality.


Treasuries Drop on Concern for Central Bank Holdings

US 10-year Treasury notes fell, heading for a fifth week of declines, on concern foreign central banks may cut their holdings of the securities as the dollar slides.


Blog: Google blogger says health care industry should counter negative attention from Michael Moore's Sicko documentary by buying ads from Google.


Space mission aims to fold up solar array

Space shuttle astronauts visiting the International Space Station will attempt on Wednesday to fold up one of the two 6-year-old solar arrays which have been the sole power providers to the U.S. sections of the station,


Wired & Wireless continues its reign as the top IT priority among IT managers due to widespread IP telephony deployment and other network infrastructure upgrades.


Hoosier Overton fends off four-time Winged Foot champ and St. John's grad Svoboda in Amateur. BY MARK HERRMANN. MAMARONECK, NY - The golf phrase "local knowledge" took on new meaning this week at the US Amateur.


Germans find radiation linked to Litvinenko contact

German police have found traces of  radiation in two buildings linked to a Russian businessman who  met the murdered ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko on the day he fell  ill, a spokeswoman said on Saturday.


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.


BAGHDAD, 14 September 2004 - At least 20 people were killed and dozens wounded when warplanes struck what the US military called a hide-out of Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Fallujah yesterday.


Livorno, 16:23 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: UFFICIALIZZATI PRIMI QUATTRO ACQUISTI

Quattro colpi di mercato per il Livorno, che ha ufficializzato gli arrivi degli attaccanti Francesco...


The Philippines president suspends  logging, blamed for worsening the impact of deadly storms and landslides.


Intel urges others to join PlanetLab Consortium

Intel Corporation has touted what it says are significant changes that need to be made to the Internet's architecture to make it safer, more useful, reliable and accessible.


The VP acknowledges Chinese help with North Korea, but criticizes its anti-satellite missile test. He neglects to mention a U.S. $290 million plan for a space weapons platform. In 27B Stroke 6.


A relaxed Prime Minister John Howard ignored taunts and jeers of "liar, liar" as he cast his vote in Sydney on Saturday in an Australian election tipped to see him win a fourth term of government.


Oracle Raises Its Hostile Offer for PeopleSoft

Oracle raised its hostile tender offer for PeopleSoft today to $24 a share from $21 a share. The higher bid, which values Peoplesoft at $9.


Foreign policy has certainly played a major role in the US presidential election, perhaps more than ever before, and it is important to try and seek out the policy differences between the two candidates.


More troops must be deployed in Darfur now, even without full equipment, the area's peacekeeping chief says.


Drug reviewers question Pfizer pain drug data

U.S. drug reviewers have questioned Pfizer Inc.'s  data showing the pain reliever Celebrex was as effective as an older drug in treating juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, a summary released on Tuesday said.


Business: 9 October 2004, Saturday. Bulgarian ministers gather in a popular seaside resort Saturday, to make an overview of the past tourism season.


American architect Michael Adlerstein was appointed Monday to oversee the $1.9 billion renovation of the landmark United Nations headquarters building overlooking New York's East River.


A new Bush ad Monday attacking Sen. John Kerry for likening terrorism to gambling and prostitution was a sign of desperation, a Kerry spokesman said.


Jaguar Formula One team taken over by Red Bull beverage company

Formula One team Jaguar will race next season after being taken over by beverage company Red Bull on Monday. Ford said Austrian-based Red Bull GmbH had paid an undisclosed fee for Jaguar.


A new audiotape purportedly from al-Qaida's second-in-command urging Muslim youths to attack the United States is probably authentic, a US intelligence official said.


BALI, Indonesia, Dec. 13 -- As former Vice President Al Gore urged delegates here tonight to "go far, quickly" in reducing greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming, international negotiators remained at an impasse over how to construct a road map leading to a worldwide climate agreement ...


As if you didnÂt already lavish enough attention on your Treo or BlackBerry, itÂs now easier than ever to spoil it rotten. New gear ranges from cases to scratch-proof shields and headsets.


Britney's Pap Pal Surprised by Restraining Order Rumor

Britney Spears's photographer boyfriend, Adnan Ghalib, was surprised to learn of rumors that the pop star has requested a restraining order against him.   "All I can say is that I have not been in contact with Britney since early Friday morning," Gha...


Here's another round of cheap stocks for the value investor's soul.


Unknown group claims responsibility for Egypt bombings

A previously unknown group calling itself the "Islamic Unity Brigades" has claimed responsibility for a series of bombings in Egypt's Sinai peninsula targeting Israeli tourists.


So much for redundant power supplies Some of the net's biggest websites went dark following power interruptions in San Francisco that are disrupted operations at co-location facility 365 Main.â¦


The Office of Fair Trading may use a High Court test case to gain a ruling that bank overdraft charges are unfair.


US commanders have asked Britain to shift 650 crack troops from southern Iraq to more dangerous positions near Baghdad, freeing American troops for an anticipated large-scale assault


North Korea talks clouded by energy dispute

Prospects for an initial agreement on ending North Korea's nuclear arms program were clouded on Sunday as talks entered a fourth day without an accord on how to compensate Pyongyang for moving to disarm.


Two US Marines Killed in Volatile Western Iraq

Two US Marines have been killed and four wounded in action in a volatile area west of Baghdad, the US military said on Friday. "Two Marines assigned to the I Marine Expeditionary Force


Turkey's parliament approves military operations against Kurdish separatists in Iraq, defying pressure from the US.


Italian minister says left supporting 'death culture' for defense of killer

Italian Justice Minister Roberto Castelli lashed out at the European left for supporting convicted murderer Cesare Battisti, a well-known crime writer and cult figure in France, where he has lived since 1990.


The parents of missing Madeleine McCann thank the public for their efforts, as a giant appeal poster is unveiled.


Broadband routers welcome drive-by hackers

JavaScript-enabled DNS chicanery Still using the default password that came with that nice broadband router you installed at home? Time to get off your butt and change it: visiting the wrong website is enough to have key settings changed on the most popular models.â¦


The Nikkei average rebounded from a  one-month low and was flat by midday on Tuesday as falls in  trading houses such as Mitsubishi Corp. on weak commodities  prices were offset by gains in a handful of core technology  shares.


The infantry commander whose troops first captured the Iraqi weapons depot where 377 tons of explosives disappeared said Wednesday it is "very highly improbable" that someone could have trucked out so much material once U.S. forces arrived in the area.


Microsoft executive shakeup prepares for Yahoo acquisition

Microsoft confirmed a number of high-level executive changes, moves that could be designed to better position the company to digest an acquisition of Yahoo, an analyst said.In addition to a number of executive promotions, Microsoft announced that Bill Veghte, senior vice president of the Online Services and Windows Business Group; Satya Nadella, senior vice president, Search, Portals and Advertising Group; and Brian McAndrews, senior vice president of Microsoft's Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group, are all taking on new responsibilities in running Microsoft's online services, including Windows Live, Search, and MSN.Microsoft may be positioning Nadella to take on the responsibility of the technical integration of Yahoo if the acquisition happens, said Rob Helm, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft. "Microsoft is anticipating a shift in its online strategy around the purchase of Yahoo, which means, among other things, that they're replacing people running the old strategy," he said.If Nadella is being brought in to integrate Yahoo into Microsoft, he doesn't have the best track record, said Helm. He was the head of the Microsoft Dynamics unit and was charged with integrating a couple of other acquisitions, including Great Plains. "On his watch, relatively little happened in the way of successful integration," said Helm. However, Nadella had the post for just a year, so perhaps he didn't have the opportunity to do more, he said.Steve Berkowitz, senior vice president of the Online Services Group, is moving out of a role in Microsoft's online group. He'll step down from his position in August, Microsoft said. He plans to stay with the company, but Microsoft did not say in what capacity.Despite these positioning moves, the Yahoo deal is still uncertain, Helm said. "It's still up in the air, though it seems unlikely that Microsoft would walk away after a bid like this," he said.Microsoft also said that Andy Lees, who leads marketing for the Server and Tools Marketing and Solutions group, will take over for Pieter Knook as senior vice president of the Mobile Communications Business. Word of Knook's departure surfaced on Thursday with an announcement from Vodafone that he'd joined the mobile operator.Lees' appointment, as someone with a marketing background, seems to follow a shift in the mobile group toward a focus on consumers, Helm said. Microsoft recently announced plans to buy Danger, a youth-focused mobile software company, and appointed a new marketing executive to target consumers. Pressure from the iPhone, which has done remarkably well in a very brief time, could be driving the shift in strategy for the mobile group at Microsoft, Helm said.Other announcements from Microsoft include news that Brad Brooks will take over for Michael Sievert, who is leaving the company, as corporate vice president of Windows Consumer Product Marketing. Steve Guggenheimer will become corporate vice president of the Original Equipment Manufacturer Division, moving on from a marketing position with Microsoft's Application Platform effort.


Blair named Mideast envoy, Israel kills 12 in Gaza

World powers named Tony Blair as their Middle East peace envoy on Wednesday, handing the outgoing British prime minister a daunting new challenge on a day Israeli forces killed 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.


Di 5,9 gradi su scala Richter, 52 i morti terremoto di ieri


Cagliari, 17:00 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI; DS SALERNO: FOGGIA A GENNAIO RESTA

Il ds del Cagliari, Nicola Salerno, ha tracciato ai microfoni di kiss Kiss Napoli un quadro delle op...


David Gardner and CEO Designate Jim Donald complete their conversation.


Parigi, 16:57 - CALCIO, INTER; VIEIRA: DURA INFORTUNARSI A RIPETIZIONE

"E' stato uno stop lungo, frustrante e difficile perchè ho avuto infortuni a ripetizione. Avr...


Google guys fork over pocket change to land at NASA airfield

Google's co-founders will pay NASA $1.3 million annually for the right to land their jumbo jet at the space agency's airfield near Mountain View, Calif.


Kenyan police shot protesters, killing and wounding dozens, the US-based Human Rights Watch says.


Gay campaigners ask police to ban singer over lyrics

Gay rights campaigners want police to ban a controversial Jamaican reggae artist from appearing in Britain today after the suspected "gay bashing" murder of a London barman.


Major League Baseball officials and the Players Association on Thursday will announce agreement on a new steroids testing program.


and yes, more pitches in the mail - now that the US Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that allows banks to offer credit cards from issuers such as American Express and Discover Card.


Launch of space shuttle from Florida on hold

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA postponed the   launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday because of a   problem with a power system aboard the ship, officials with the   U.S. space agency said.


Segretario si presentera' in tre circoscrizioni


Baldoni, il rammarico di Scelli "Contatti per recuperare corpo"

ROMA - Si dice "profondamente deluso e amareggiato" ma ci tiene a sottolineare che la sua squadra "ce l'ha messa tutta" per liberare Enzo Baldoni, ucciso ieri sera, con drammatica puntualitÃ  allo scadere dell'ultimatum, dai suoi rapitori in Iraq.


Heat-Holding Knee Sleeve May Ease Arthritis Pain

A heat-retaining sleeve worn around the knee is useful in reducing joint pain and stiffness in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, preliminary testing indicates.


Researchers question some genetic screening

Telling couples their fetuses have a treatable genetic disorder leads many of them to terminate the pregnancy, researchers said on Tuesday, raising issues about genetic screening programs.


U.S. cable network operator ESPN Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to buy the London-based cable channel NASN Ltd. as part of its strategy to broadcast more American sports in Europe.


Several pain medicines in the United States have been linked to an increase in heart attacks and strokes. Pfizer Drug Company says a new study shows that high levels of Celebrex increase the risk of heart attack.


Cheers, and Concern, for New Climate Pact

Delegates from more than 190 countries have gathered in Argentina to celebrate the enactment of the Kyoto Protocol.


Safety agency issues new batch of toy recalls

More recalls of lead-tainted toys made in China were announced on Wednesday by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, including 380,000 toy cars sold at Dollar General stores.


Successo dell'iniziativa lanciata due mesi fa sul web da Beppe GrilloSono giÃ  250 mila le firme raccolte per una legge che impedisca l'elezione di condannati                                          V-day: 30 mila in piazza a Bologna senza bandiere per un Parlamento "pulito"                                                                                L'evento clou nel capoluogo emiliano. Banchi e gazebo allestiti in centinaia di piazzeMa il comico assicura: "Non sto organizzando una mia lista. I partiti sono l'incrostazione della democrazia" di CLAUDIA FUSANI


Ronaldo double helps Man Utd see off Spurs

Cristiano Ronaldo's double completed Manchester United's fight-back in a 3-1 win against 10-man Tottenham in the FA Cup fourth round here at Old Trafford on Sunday.


State of the Art: Not-So-High- Definition Camcorders

Two new cameras that take both still photos and high-definition video redefine âhigh-definitionâ â for the worse. Another new entry is closer to the mark.


Military Death Benefit Called Too Narrow

Lawmakers and military officials said Tuesday that President Bush's proposal to boost government payments to families of U.S. troops killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and other war zones was a good start but too narrow.


Rumsfeld agrees to stay on as defense chief

President Bush has persuaded Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to stay on amid criticism of the postwar situation in Iraq, a steady presence in a Cabinet undergoing a wholesale makeover.


By wire services. Now it's Roy Oswalt 's turn to try to pitch the Astros to their first playoff series victory. He can only hope for more help from his bullpen than Roger Clemens got Sunday.


U.S. strikes hopeful note on North Korea stalemate

Washington expects North Korea will meet a commitment to shut down its nuclear facilities this month after it has received funds still frozen in a Macau bank, U.S. envoy Christopher Hill said on Friday.


The Senate approved legislation Wednesday designed to force some broadcast stations to give up their current analog channels by 2008.


The Prison Ombudsman examines the death of a member of an INLA gang which murdered Billy Wright.


Roma, 15:34 - CALCIO, ROMA; SPALLETTI: NOSTRO VERO VOLTO NON E' QUESTO

Luciano Spalletti il momento non felice della Roma. ''C'è stata una piccola involuzione nelle...


Northern Ireland's former police chief apologises to the families of the victims of the Omagh bomb.


The seaport in the Somali capital reopened Wednesday for the first time in 11 years, the latest sign that the city's Islamic fundamentalist rulers are trying to restore confidence after more than a decade of anarchy.


Three college football players accused in an attack on Palestinian students have apologized, and the victims' lawyer says they'll drop their complaint once the fourth player says he's sorry.


milano, 12:49 - CALCIO, MILAN; GATTUSO: OBIETTIVO 4Â° POSTO IN CAMPIONATO

"Abbiamo un grande obiettivo che è quello del quarto posto. Perchè è impensabil...


Mideast battles rage ahead of cease-fire

Israel's Cabinet became the final party to sign on to the U.N. cease-fire deal Sunday, while Israeli planes blasted Beirut and ground troops battled Hezbollah in south Lebanon seeking to batter the militant Islamic group in the hours before fighting stopped. Hezbollah hit back with its heaviest rocket barrage of the war on northern Israel.


S.Korea Shocked, Suspicious at N.Korea Nuclear Boast

South Korea reacted with shock and  suspicion on Friday to the first declaration from the reclusive  North that it had nuclear weapons and had pulled out  indefinitely from six-party disarmament talks.


MG Rover's historic Longbridge factory in Birmingham is due to reopen on Tuesday under Chinese ownership.


The investigation of alleged illegal payments in the US insurance business widens as California announces its own probe.


Car of Tomorrow May Be Todayâs Car Even Sooner

The so-called Car of Tomorrow, which made its first visit to Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday for a test session, was designed to improve safety and competition while limiting costs.


Google to digitize some Harvard library holdings

Harvard University is embarking on a collaboration with Google that could harness Google's search technology to provide to both the Harvard community and the larger public a revolutionary new information location tool to find materials available in


Sling Media hires former MTV digital chiefs

Gadget maker Sling Media Inc. said it  plans to announce on Thursday that it has hired two former MTV  Networks executives to head a new interactive programming  division.


Powell Sees Israel Committed to Aiding Palestinian Vote

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said Monday that he had won a commitment from Israel to let Palestinians living in Jerusalem take part in elections in January and


Nextel to Receive New Broadcast Spectrum

Nextel Communications Inc. agreed Monday to a plan by federal regulators aimed at ending interference from Nextel cell phones that disrupts public safety communication systems in hundreds of communities.


Boggs Counts Blessings; Sandberg Also in Hall

Wade Boggs received 474 of 516 votes, the 19th-highest percentage among inductees, in his first year of eligibility. Ryne Sandberg made it in his third year of eligibility.


Wild 6, Rangers 3: With 5 Goals From Gaborik, the Wild Defeats the Rangers

Marian Gaborik had a hand in all six of his teamâs goals as the Minnesota Wild dealt the Rangers a jarring defeat in St. Paul.


By Paul Waugh, Evening Standard Deputy Political Editor In Jerusalem. Tony Blair launched a fresh drive for peace in the Middle East today, holding high-level meetings with Israelis and Palestinians.


Wall Street's Designs on '05? A Merger Boom

After years of self-doubt and housecleaning in the wake of Enron, corporate America has gotten a bit of swagger back in its step.


In a new take on fighting spam, Web portal Lycos Europe has launched a screensaver designed to bombard Web sites promoted in unsolicited e-mail.


House passes bill to restrict property takings

In a vote aimed at limiting the power of local officials to take or restrict the use of private land, the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill to expedite property rights claims in federal courts.


U.S. Marines Disarm to Aid Tsunami Victims

Cpl. Sean Foley looks around the ship's main armory and takes a quick inventory. The room is overflowing with guns. Pistols, sniper rifles, machine guns, grenade launchers.


Police start taking fingerprints using mobile electronic devices to identify suspects while out on patrol.


Study links high blood sugar levels to risk of heart disease ...

(National-NBC) Sept. 21,2004 - In studies of more than 10,000 people with diabetes researchers found that higher levels of blood sugar increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.


U.S. justice dept launches corruption probe of BAE

The U.S. Department of Justice has  launched an investigation of Britain's BAE Systems Plc over the  defense firm's compliance with anti-corruption laws, including  its dealings with Saudi Arabia.


Pressure on China as president heads to Sudan

International pressure was on China to try its hand at peace diplomacy as Chinese President Hu Jintao headed to war-racked Sudan, the highlight of an eight-nation tour of Africa.


Britons will buy 30 million electrical 'essentials' such as juicers and cordless phones in the next six months.


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Health Insurance Premiums Outpace Workers' Wages

Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance in the United States are rising five times faster than workers' earnings, a survey released Thursday shows.


Soldiers Kill Palestinian Near Gaza-Israel Fence

Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian as he approached a security fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip, Israeli military sources said on Saturday.


'In Finanziaria fusioni per societa' fino a 250 addetti'


Scomparsa Denise: Procura, "Non ci risulta ricostruzione ...

TRAPANI - La Procura di Marsala smentisce "Chi l'ha visto?" sulla vicenda di Denise Pipitone, la bimba di Mazara del Vallo (Trapani) scomparsa il 1 settembre scorso: la trasmissione ieri sera ha avanzato la tesi che la sparizione della piccola fosse


They know what the winds can do. They forecast them. Fight the fires the winds fan. Ready for evacuations that, in years past, never came. They thought they knew, until seven days of fury began a week ago.


The worse-than-expected results, combined with the companyâs forecast of a weak fourth quarter, sent the steelmakerâs shares down 6 percent.


Italy's crisis-ridden centre-left gives birth to new Democratic Party

Italy saw the birth on Saturday of the Democratic Party, a merger of the ruling centre-left's two largest formations, even as the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi appeared on the brink of collapse.


Jennifer Capriati withdraws from the Australian Open because of a shoulder injury.


In discussione il taglio di un mln di barili al giorno


Tentative Agreement Reached At Sun-Times

CHICAGO -- A tentative contract agreement has been reached between officials of the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Newspaper Guild, averting a possible strike, it was announced Wednesday afternoon.


Oil prices steadied on Tuesday after a $1 fall the previous day due to mild weather forecasts, while the yen gained broadly after a Bank of Japan policymaker signaled that interest rates could rise soon.


Radioheadâs âIn Rainbows,â which was previously available for free online, is on sale in record shops on Tuesday. Will anyone buy the CD?


Rebel Leader Trial Descends Into Chaos -- Again

CALLAO NAVAL BASE, Peru  - Peru's retrial of  Shining Path rebel leader Abimael Guzman turned into a farcical  mud slinging on Friday as one judge quit the case and the  prosecutor called on the two other justices to resign.


GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba  - The U.S. military is building a mobile courtroom complex on an unused runway at the Guantanamo Bay naval base and plans to be ready by March to conduct as many as three terrorism trials at a time.


Rumsfeld: U.S. Troops Can Leave Before Iraq Peaceful

The United States does not have to wait until Iraq "is peaceful and perfect" before it begins to withdraw military troops from that troubled country, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Friday.


Is the real challenge for PR just "influence"? Or is it something bigger thatn that? If so, are there ways we can help PR move past its history of spinnage and into a future of usefulness? read more


What a difference a week makes. Two debates. Two games. Two wins. The Yankees sure are looking tough. A week ago the Boston Red Sox looked like world beaters, or at least Yankee-beaters.


Senior Democrats call on John Kerry to reinvigorate his campaign, or risk losing the US election.


PORT-AU-PRINCE : Nearly 250 people have died in massive floods that raged across northern Haiti after Tropical Storm Jeanne hit this crushingly poor Caribbean nation at the weekend, a UN spokesman said.


L`Uefa Ã¨ intenzionata a prendere una decisione "esemplare"

Il brutto episodio accaduto allâOlimpico nella serata di mercoledÃ¬ potrebbe costare davvero caro alla Roma. La ferita alla testa rimediata dallâarbitro Anders Frisk per il lancio di una moneta dalla tribuna


Le condizioni del quarto fratellino stanno migliorando


EU's Barroso says Turkish offer in right direction

JOUY-EN-JOSAS, France  - Turkey's offer to open a major port to traffic from Cyprus goes in the right direction, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Friday.


Chinese Web sites published reports and photographs on Wednesday which they said may contain the ending to the eagerly awaited seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter book series.


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Gates takes swipe at security contractors in Iraq

Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday criticized security contractors in Iraq as Baghdad piled more pressure on the State Department to pull the Blackwater firm out of Iraq after deadly shootings last month.


Britney Spears, 22 anni, si Ã¨ sposata sabato sera a Los Angeles con il fidanzato ballerino Kevin Federline (26 anni). Una cerimonia per pochi intimi, meno di trenta persone, che si Ã¨ svolta secondo alcune


Hall Voters Pick Messier and Stevens in First Year

Mark Messier, Scott Stevens, Ron Francis and Al MacInnis will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Nov. 12.


AMD braces for financial mayhem from ATI acquisition

In search of life raft AMD, Intel's on-again, off-again rival, has given another example how it's mostly been off again over the past year, disclosing plans to take a "material" goodwill impairment charge for its $5.6bn acquisition of ATI Technologies.â¦


R&B singer Mary J. Blige led the  contenders for the Grammy Awards, picking up eight nominations,  organizers said on Thursday.


Nearly 400 tons of conventional explosives that can be used in the kind of car bomb attacks that have targeted US-led coalition forces in Iraq for months have vanished from a former Iraqi military installation, the UN nuclear agency said Monday.


Vince Gran Premio Festival cinema Usa di Deauville


Hundreds of students in an earthquake zone in southwest China started taking crucial university entrance exams in tents Thursday, state media reported.


It seems there's no end to Japan's love of handheld gaming these days. With Nintendo selling big with its hugely successful Nintendo DS launch, Sony have begun the counter attack with queues of up to 1500


Tech-books: Microsoft, Houghton Mifflin strike deal

Blog: The textbook publisher says it signed a pact with Microsoft to develop a new digital education system for school districts.


African twig brushes offer all-day dental care

Brush your teeth every day, dentists say.  In Africa, that can mean keeping your toothbrush in your mouth  all day long.


Inhaled Insulin as Effective as Injection

NEW YORK  - For people with type 2  diabetes, taking an inhaled form of insulin before meals and a  single daily injection of long-acting insulin provides blood  sugar control comparable to that of a conventional  all-injection insulin regimen, researchers report.


Yao Ming wouldn't let the Rockets lose another home game, especially to the reeling Atlanta Hawks. Yao scored 23 points _ including seven during a pivotal third-quarter run _ and blocked a season-high five


Nintendo to offer Wii console in Japan in Dec 2

Nintendo Co. Ltd. 7974.OS said on   Thursday it will start selling its new game console, the Wii,   on December 2 in Japan for 25,000 yen ($212), making it the   third and last major game maker to bring a next-generation   console to market.


Even if Just a Bauble, Luxury Counts for Holidays

The luxury market, which, only a few years ago, was struggling, has come back with a bang for the holidays.


Troops Kill Rebels in Battle Near Russia's Chechnya

Russian troops killed four rebels hiding in a house in the Russian city of Nazran, 20 miles from the border with Chechnya, in a firefight on Saturday, officials said.


Cendant Is Close to Acquiring Orbitz for $1.1 Billion

The deal would end a daring experiment by the nation's airlines, which created Orbitz as a competitor to Expedia and online ticketing sites like it.


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Electronics contract manufacturer Solectron Corp. reported fourth-quarter revenue late Tuesday that grew 23 percent from a year ago, but gave a first-quarter forecast that fell short of Wall Street's estimates.


A suicide bomber blew himself up alongside a car Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan, killing two passengers and wounding the driver, police said.


Benfica ensured Celtic's miserable away record in the Champions League continued after Oscar Cardozo's late goal handed them a 1-0 victory here on Wednesday.


Little Progress Reported in World Hunger

The number of hungry people in the world has hardly budged in the eight years since nations pledged to cut the number in half by 2015, a U.N. agency said Wednesday.


Rizana Nafeek, a 19-year housemaid from Sri Lanka, is on death row because the baby in her care died while she was bottle-feeding him. If her appeal is turned down, she will taken to a public square to be publicly beheaded.


Russia toys with China, Japan over lucrative oil pipeline

Russia is toying with China and Japan, both of which are courting its oil, in a pipeline drama that could see the downtrodden giant Yukos and its assets play the clinching role.


Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said Monday he was considering a request from Washington to redeploy a small number of British troops into the US-controlled sector in Iraq.


The end of summer lull for viruses and worms continues. We're still seeing new versions of RBots, and a new Bagle, but nothing with teeth.


Yahoo throws weight behind OpenID standard

One of the Web's biggest names has decided to support the universal log-in protocol for its 248 million users.


A British soldier dies in Iraq after coming under fire while on patrol, the Ministry of Defence says.


National Youth Council's official reactions to Budget 2005

November 26 2004 1855CET -The National Youth Council has issued its official reactions to the budget speech presented on Wednesday for the year 2005.


Madonna visited a crowded Mumbai slum Tuesday, where impoverished residents showered her with rose and marigold petals.


Duemila persone hanno dato l'addio a Jessica e Sabrina Rinaudo a Dronero. E dopo la toccante processione dalla camera ardente alla chiesa, uno dei momenti piÃ¹ emozionanti della cerimonia Ã¨ stato l'abbraccio


Londra, 18:31 - CALCIO, INGHILTERRA; FULHAM: HODGSON NUOVO ALLENATORE

Roy Hodgson è il nuovo allenatore del Fulham. Il club londinese ha annunciato l'ingaggio del ...


New Mexico State names Mumme football coach

Las Cruces, NM (Sports Network) - New Mexico State University introduced Hal Mumme as its new head football coach on Thursday. Most recently, Mumme helped revive the football program at Division I-AA Southeastern


If "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno is having second thoughts about surrendering his job as planned, NBC doesn't share them -- at least not publicly. "Conan O'Brien will take over `The Tonight Show' in 2009," NBC Universal President an...


New York pitcher Jeff Karstens goes five innings Tuesday in a rehab start for Class AA Trenton, allowing four hits and one earned run.


Majority in Poll Favor Deadline For Iraq Pullout

With Congress preparing for renewed debate over President Bush's Iraq policies, a majority of Americans now support setting a deadline for withdrawing U.S. forces from the war-torn nation and support putting new conditions on the military that could limit the number of personnel available for duty...


DOWN Anfield Road they love their heroes. They compose verses to celebrate them, make gates to honour them and erect memorials to remember them.


Japanese make-up guru Shu Uemura dies at 79

Shu Uemura, a beautician who parlayed  success as a Hollywood make-up artist into an international  cosmetics brand under his name, has died aged 79.


Denial of State Emissions Plan Was Foreshadowed

The Bush administrationâs decision to deny California the right to regulate greenhouse gases was foreseeable.


Everton shirts sporting the name of Wayne Rooney could soon be seen on the streets of Liberia, West Africa.


Sony's game unit in Japan will delay rolling out Internet phone service in Japan for its latest handheld game machine because microphones developed for it didn't meet specifications, the company said Wednesday.


Got the X-Factor? Goto BT's Podcast Service

By Saeed Shah  BT is launching a podcast-ing service to give the nation a platform to show off its talents (or lack of) by making videos and audio clips available on a new internet service.


Haiti, which suffered 1,500 deaths following Tropical Storm Jeanne, is considering evacuating part of the city of Gonaives. Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue told the


The University of Massachusetts displayed resourcefulness in rallying past Maine, 3-2, in the opener of their best-of-three Hockey East quarterfinal series last night.


Gov't to send 800 more troops to southern Afghanistan

Britain is to send an additional 800 troops to southern Afghanistan, where they are bracing for a spring offensive by Taliban insurgents, Defence Secretary Des Browne has said.


We asked the renowned chef what he's watching, reading, and listening to.


Japan to cut drug prices by 5.2 pct in 2008: source

Japan will order drug prices to be cut by an average 5.2 percent in its latest review, a government source said on Tuesday, along with more steps to promote generic medicines in a double blow for makers of branded drugs.


MIAMI -- Jay Fiedler threw a game-clinching touchdown pass, then sprinted the length of the field to join his teammates in an end zone celebration, waving his index finger as he ran.


Ascoli, 20:24 - CALCIO, ASCOLI; IACONI: VOGLIAMO LA A IN DUE ANNI

E' partita ufficialmente la nuova stagione dell'Ascoli, in B dopo due stagioni passate in A. Il nuov...


Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani met with Britain's prime minister Wednesday and vowed the U.S. would take any action necessary to keep Iran from becoming a nuclear power.


Milano, 14:30 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS; ANCELOTTI: ARSENAL RIVALE TEMIBILE

''L'Arsenal era una tra le squadre piÃ¹ temibili di questo sorteggio. Rispetto al Liverpool ha un tas...


Viacom, the parent firm of MTV, has asked YouTube to remove 100,000 'unauthorised' video clips from its site.


Records Contradict Kerry Critic's Charges -Report

Military records contradict a  critic's charge that U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful John  Kerry did not come under fire during the battle that resulted  in military honors for Kerry, The Washington Post reported on  Thursday.


Sammy Sosa's 605th career home run was his first in a month, and Vicente Padilla allowed only one run pitching into the seventh inning as the Texas Rangers beat AL wild-card leader Seattle 5-3 on Sunday night.


EU leaders warn on euro, euro zone growth forecast

VALLETTA/ST. JULIAN'S, Malta  - The euro zone economy could slow more than previously forecast, a policymaker said on Saturday, as other EU leaders voiced worries about the weak U.S. economy and the strong euro currency.


BusinessWeek Online - The jubilation that swept East Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 long ago gave way to the sober reality of globalization and market forces. Now a decade of resentment seems to be boiling over. In Eastern cities such as Leipzig or Chemnitz, thousands have taken to the streets since July to protest cuts in unemployment benefits, the main source of livelihood for 1.6 million East Germans. Discontent among reunification's losers fueled big gains by the far left and far right in Brandenburg and Saxony state elections Sept. 19. ...


With the unified scream of "Mine!" coming from the mouths of fans from the third base line up into the bleachers, the focus was on Alex Rodriguez, as it has so often been. The focus on J.D. Drew, however, was obscured -- as it has so often been.


Efficiency vs. effectiveness, episode 476

During the holidays, a project manager leaves a voice mail for this IT pilot fish: The PM is having problems connecting to the Internet with his company-issued laptop while he's away from office.


Young hearts roam free on UK cellco network

But what happens when you turn 25? Blyk, a new mobile phone service for teenagers and young adults, went live in the UK yesterday. Customers aged between 16 and 24 get free mobile phone calls and texts, in exchange for receiving up to six adverts a day on their mobiles.â¦


Japanese vehicles dominate the government's annual list of vehicles with the best fuel economy, but Ford Motor Co. can claim the most fuel efficient pickup and sport utility vehicle.


Turkish Parliament Takes Recess After Delaying EU-Backed Law

Turkey's parliament decided to go into recess until Oct. 1, after the government this week delayed debate of a law that the European Union says is central to the nation's membership aspirations, a parliament spokesman said.


City government finds new ways to raise cash


AT&T Uses Its Long Past to Promote Its Near Future

T&T may be your grandma's phone company, but it is also trying to be the company of the future with its Internet phones. Even as it is getting out of the business of providing traditional phone


California would become the first state to impose a limit on all greenhouse gas emissions, including those from industrial plants, under a landmark deal reached Wednesday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative Democrats.


What do women want? Apparently, the answer is video games about beauty treatments.


Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the team behind âMeet the Spartans,â prove that ridiculing other movies is much easier than making your own.


LAS VEGAS -- Shane Mosley made the rematch closer, while Winky Wright made sure the result was the same. Wright used his right jab to pile up points early in the fight, then held on to win a majority decision


Southern California found a new big-play receiver in its backfield. Tailback Reggie Bush caught three long touchdown passes to help the top-ranked Trojans beat Virginia Tech 24-13 in a sloppy opener Saturday night in the Black Coaches Association Classic.


Gov't Seeks Delay in Enemy Combatant Case

The government asked a judge Thursday to delay a hearing in the case of a U.S. citizen captured in Afghanistan in 2001, saying an agreement to set the man free is imminent.


Scoland take on a new-look France team in their opening Six Nations encounter.


Police killings of suspects up in Brazil

Police killings of suspects rose dramatically in Sao Paulo in 2006, the year a notorious gang unleashed a wave of violence that some human rights activists say prompted revenge executions.


Tom Cruise is set to be a presenter at the Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony Sunday, joining a roster of A-listers appearing on the show.


Administration Gives Mixed View on Drug Imports

The administration said in a report that legalizing imported prescription drugs would probably hurt the development of new drugs for Americans.


(InfoWorld) - Sony announced Tuesday at the Ceatec show in Tokyo the addition of Blu-ray Disc to more PCs in its Vaio line. The Vaio Type-R master is an Intel Core 2 Duo-based machine loaded with high-definition editing and authoring software. With the new computers, Blu-ray Disc is now available in four of Sony's Vaio product lines. The systems will be available from Oct. 28 at prices between Â¥230,000 ($1,952) and Â¥550,000 ($4,664)depending on system configuration. A Blu-ray Disc drive will also be offered as a build-to-order option with Sony's Type-L computer. Sony also will launch a pair of Blu-ray Disc video recorders in Japan this December, the company said Tuesday. The machines both feature hard-disk drives for day-to-day recording and a Blu-ray Disc drive for longer term storage. The BDZ-V9 has a 500GB drive and the BDZ-V7 has a 250GB drive. There are two digital tuners in each recorder so that two high-definition programs can be recorded simultaneously. The recorders are designed to appeal to videophiles with demands for high specifications, including Linear PCM audio and 1080p (1,080 lines progressive scanning) output, which is the highest of several image levels judged to be high-definition. The recorders can also be connected to Sony's recently launched high-definition camcorders by a Firewire connection and can playback the AVCHD-format discs used in the cameras. The higher capacity BDZ-V9 will be launched on Dec. 8 and the BDZ-V7 will follow about a week later on Dec. 16. They will cost Â¥300,000 and Â¥250,000 ($2,541 and $2,118) respectively. The machines fill an important gap in Sony's high-definition strategy, which by now has HD-capable products in several parts of the consumer video market including televisions and video camcorders. These will be joined in November by the PlayStation 3 game console and then in December by the two new recorders announced Tuesday. Launching the recorders internationally is possible but nothing has been decided as of yet, Sony said.


U.S. threatened to bomb Pakistan after 9/11-Musharraf

President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan   said that after the September 11 attacks the United States   threatened to bomb his country if it did not cooperate with   America's war campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan.


Boston Life Sciences urges reverse split

Boston Life Sciences Inc. said it is seeking the approval of shareholders for a reverse stock split of its issued and outstanding common shares. According to a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company seeks approval for any of a 1-for-5, 1-for-10, or 1-for-15 reverse stock spilt at its annual meeting Jan. 28. Boston Life Sciences ...


Russia warns U.S. and EU over Kosovo independence

Russia warned the United States and  European Union on Monday that it would take a series of  unidentified measures if Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo  unilaterally declared independence.


Over 200 Taliban die in Afghan offensive: NATO

A major NATO offensive killed more than   200 Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan and four NATO   soldiers died in Sunday's fighting, the organization said.


Sony Ericsson, the world's fourth-largest mobile phone maker, saw growing profits and market share in the second quarter but said the average selling price of its handsets continued to fall.


Oracle Corp. ORCL.O on Friday  won the backing of another key public pension fund in its  $8.8-billion hostile bid for PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O as the  17-month takeover battle between the two California-based  business software makers neared a key deadline.


A new breast cancer drug is so effective it will see the end of the current "gold standard" treatment Tamoxifen, researchers said today.


The BBC apologises to the Queen after clips implied she walked out during a portrait session.


Final pre-election survey shows defeat for Megawati

JAKARTA : A final opinion poll released ahead of Indonesia's presidential elections on Monday shows callenger Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono still far ahead of incumbent Megawati Soekarnoputri.


The Arizona Diamondbacks and free-agent third baseman Troy Glaus have agreed on a contract, ESPN reported Thursday. On Tuesday, the Anaheim Angels declined to offer salary arbitration to Glaus, cutting ties with the 2002 World Series MVP.


Rams star accused of felony drunken driving takes case to state ...

Leonard Little has asked the Missouri Supreme Court to throw out a felony drunken driving charge against him, arguing the law behind the count is unconstitutional.


Taiwan Says China Forming Legal Basis to Attack

Taiwan condemned China's plan to draft  an anti-secession law, describing it Saturday as a move to  establish a legal basis to attack the self-ruling, democratic  island that Beijing claims as a province.


Exploit for 'extremely critical' Yahoo Jukebox vuln go wild

ActiveX strikes again Just one day after nasty security flaws were disclosed in Yahoo's Music Jukebox, miscreants have begun to actively exploit them.â¦


German union, steel companies agree to 5.2 percent pay raise

The German trade union IG Metall and steel companies agreed late Tuesday to a 5.2 percent pay raise for steel workers, IG Metall said.


Sonics hire P.J. Carlesimo as head coach

P.J. Carlesimo was hired Thursday as the new coach of the SuperSonics, eight years after being fired from his last head coaching job and ending Seattle's search that lasted more than two months.


Artest banned for season; Jackson gets 30 games, O'Neal 25

NEW YORK (Ticker) - Ron Artest received the longest suspension in NBA history Sunday as he was banned for the rest of the season for his role as the ringleader in what amounted to a riot.


In a Funk, Italy Sings an Aria of Disappointment

For all of Italyâs outside adoration, the country finds itself in an economic, political and social funk.


Specialist staff to tackle hospital superbugs

Up to Â£45m could be spent on infection control nurses, isolation nurses and antimicrobial pharmacists for every hospital trust


NFL's Vick says guilty in dogfighting case

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick admitted on Friday he participated in an illegal dogfighting operation and was suspended indefinitely by the National Football League.


Many C-Sections in U.S. Done for No Medical Reason

NEW YORK  - In the US, many mothers who  have "no indicated risk" for a difficult vaginal birth are  having caesarean deliveries -- and the rate is rising year by  year -- according to a report in the British Medical Journal.


ARSENAL'S capacity for shooting themselves in the foot in Europe has surfaced again as the English champions laboured to a draw with Rosenborg.


How ridiculous is it that the third game of an 82-game NBA season actually could be put in the category of a "must-win?".


Smarty Jones is on the farm, and Sightseek is on her way.


Russia Looking to Moon and Beyond for Future Space Base in 2020 ...

A Russian automatic base may be established on the Moon in 2020-2025, an official of the Russian Space Agency said. Speaking in Washington at a NASA conference on the International Space System program, Nikolai


With its latest storage vendor acquisition, IBM obtains Nextra, a hardware storage area network system.


Iran holds its Black Church as symbol of tolerance

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


Quick Take: Scoping Out the Investing Sluggers

Take a gander at these CAPS players that are swinging big bats.


Iraq: Sadr ha consegnato il controllo della Moschea di Ali a ...

Ieri un rappresentante di Ali Al-Sistani , leader religioso degli Sciiti iracheni ha affermato a Najaf che il leader della fazione antiamericana degli Sciiti Sadr ha consegnato ufficialmente a Sistani il controllo della Moschea Ali, luogo sacro della


U.S. says China sends "mixed signals" on Darfur

The United States said on Monday that a visit by China's president to Sudan, when he offered a loan to build a presidential palace, sent "mixed signals" about Beijing's intent to press Khartoum over Darfur.


Udine, 12:30 - CALCIO, UDINESE: 23 CONVOCATI PER IL CATANIA

Il tecnico dell'Udinese, Pasquale Marino, ha convocato 23 giocatori per l'incontro in programma doma...


The nation's intelligence chief said Sunday that internal Hezbollah groups or Syria may be to blame for the killing of a Hezbollah commander that has led the FBI to put domestic terror squads on alert in the United States.


Airbus may sell 4 factories to U.S. Spirit: paper

European plane maker Airbus   plans to agree in the coming week to sell four of its European  factories to U.S. group Spirit AeroSystems Holdings , a  German newspaper reported on Saturday.


Postmodern French philosopher Jean Baudrillard dies

French philosopher Jean Baudrillard, whose provocative, paradoxical style was reflected in the title of his 1991 work "The Gulf War did not take place", has died, his publisher Galilee said on Wednesday. He was 77.


More than half the world's children face a brutal existence because of poverty, war and Aids, says Unicef.


SUPPLETIVE, ULIVO IN TESTA IN TUTTI I COLLEGI

Roma, 25 ott. (Adnkronos) - Centrosinistra in testa in tutti e sette i collegi uninominali dove si Ã¨ votato per sostituire i deputati che hanno lasciato il seggio per Strasburgo. Si profila la vittoria per


BANCHE: ADUSBEF, PRONTA 'OFFENSIVA', CAUSE E AZIONI COLLETTIVE

(AGI) - Roma, 12 nov. - Oltre 770 cause pendenti, almeno 1.000 atti di citazione pronti a partire, azioni collettive di rimborso allo studio: e' questa l'offensiva dell'Adusbef nei confronti del sistema bancario


A former chief financial officer of credit card issuer Capital One Financial Corp. agreed to pay more than $1.8 million to settle insider trading charges, the Securities and Exchange Commission said yesterday.