U.S. to Pay Farmers In Calif. Water Flap

The Bush administration agreed Tuesday to pay California farmers $16.7 million to compensate for water the government held back to preserve two imperiled fish species in the early 1990s, a pact that some legal experts said will make it harder for the federal government to protect endangered species.


For election 08, youth voter turnout swells

Their numbers surged in the Iowa and New Hampshire contests. Will the trend continue?


St. Expedite might not even be a true saint, but that doesn't stop programmers and job seekers from asking for his help. Michelle Delio reports from New Orleans.


Lightning struck twice in the D.C. area during  yesterday evening's rain squall, igniting fires at a shopping center in Capitol Heights and at a condominium complex in Herndon.


Samsung clears the way for 16GB flash disks

Samsung Electronics announced Monday that it has developed an 8GB NAND-type flash memory chip with a 60-nano design rule, paving the way for 16GB flash disks.


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NYALA, Sudan -- With violence increasing and political pressure mounting to end conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, the government agreed yesterday to halt military flights over the region and signed a separate agreement to allow free access to aid for the nearly 2 million people displaced by the violence.


Craig Conway was fired from PeopleSoft (nasdaq: PSFT - news - people ) today, the same day the company announced that its third-quarter license revenue will be much better than expected.


A defiant David Coulthard says he has no plans to retire from Formula One after the season-ending race in Brazil. The Briton will leave McLaren after the


Hungarian novelist accepts peace prize at world's top book fair

The world's largest literary event, the Frankfurt Book Fair, drew to a close with the awarding of the German book trade's prestigious peace prize to Hungarian novelist Peter Esterhazy.


An online casino said it placed the winning $28 000 bid for a 10-year-old partly eaten grilled cheese sandwich said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary, and wants to take it on a world tour.


Travel: The Cadillacs and dance shows are fun, but real Havana - beyond the cliches - is more exciting


Authorities have arrested the man they believe abducted 13-year-old Clay Moore from a bus stop last month and left him tied up in the woods, officials said Wednesday.


As music industry lawyers apparently debate the finer points of the Sirius Stiletto 100, new details about the device's design continue to whet consumer interest -- despite the satellite radio company's removal of a promotional video. In Listening Post.


FAA Computer Glitch Stalls East Coast Flights

A computer glitch at a flight information processing center this morning is delaying flights across the eastern seaboard, according to reports from the Federal Aviation Administration.


The current passport mess is rare among government foul-ups: A top federal official has publicly taken the blame and expressed regret.


NEW YORK - Coming soon could be a wireless broadband world in which consumers get to pick any smartphone or other device and load any software on it - not have to take what the wireless carrier wants to sell.


Boeing seen set to announce further 787 delay

Boeing Co  is set to announce a  further delay to its 787 Dreamliner, a source familiar with the  situation said on Tuesday, threatening to push deliveries of  the new, hot-selling plane even further back and increasing the  risk of costly penalty payments to airlines.


Tubegazing: Friday Night Lights and The Nine

These two dramas debut next week - one about high school football, the other about a hostage situation.


Barclays Plc , Britain's  third-biggest bank, raised its 2007 write-down on the value of  risky assets to 1.6 billion pounds ($3.1 billion) but reported  profits broadly in line with analysts' expectations.


Milano, 18:41 - CALCIO, INTER: DANIELE MARINO CEDUTO AL GUBBIO

Il centrocampista della Primavera dell'Inter Daniele Marino, 19 anni il prossimo 25 luglio, è...


Fujitsu Reorganizes Semiconductor Operations

Fujitsu announced plans to move its chip operations into a new unit, sparking a drop in stock prices.


A wealthy New York couple were found guilty on Monday of forced labor charges after being accused of keeping two Indonesian women as slaves in a dramatic verdict that resulted in the wife fainting.


AMERICA/ECUADOR - ÂÃ arrivata l'ora di dimostrare che amiamo la patria, che tutti siamo e ci sentiamo fratelliÂ: energico appello dei Vescovi di fronte alla profonda crisi politica che il paese sta attraversando Quito (Agenzia Fides) - La Chiesa dell'Ecuador, attraverso il suo Presidente Mons. NÃ©stor Herrera Heredia, Vescovo di Machala, ha lanciato "un fervente e accorato appello alla calma e all'unitÃ  di tutti gli ecuadoriani" davanti alla situazione che st...


Study Sees Medicare Savings From Drug-Coated Stents

Depending on whose interpretation of a new study one wants to believe, Medicare may â or may not â have saved money since the introduction of the stents in 2003.


The EU's enlargement commissioner rules out a deal with Serbia before  elections are completed.


Bush eyeing JPMorgan's Ryan for Treasury post

The Bush administration is considering T. Timothy Ryan, a former top financial regulator who is now with JPMorgan Chase, to become Treasury's point person on international affairs, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.


Gamers have been able to get a taste of the technology behind the widely anticipated Half-Life 2.


Smarter Mobile Java Framework on Tap for 2005

A new push is on for a smarter, less finicky Java mobile architecture -- with the goal of making it easier for Java/J2ME architects and devs to design, deploy, develop and manage mobile apps.


American Airlines says it will begin selling $3 snack boxes in the main cabins of long US flights beginning Feb. 1. American, which cut back on in-flight food after the industry downturn of 2001, said Friday


Senator Barack Obama of Illinois offered himself as the face of a new generation that would bring change to a government hobbled by cynicism, petty corruption and âa smallness of our politics.â


Dell trims PC prices for business clients

Dell cut prices on some servers and PCs by as much as 22 percent because it's paying less for parts. The company will pass the savings on components such as memory and liquid crystal displays


The dollar fell to a record low yesterday against the euro, which rose to $1.3640 as the dollar's slide continued in thin, post-Christmas trading.


Lo ha dichiarato il gup di Milano Caterina Interlandi


MIYAZAKI - Tiger Woods, playing in Japan for the first time in two years, got off to a strong start Thursday as he shot a 5-under-par 65 to take a three-stroke lead at the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament.


Analysis: Will Bush sell success or buy time?

Many are wondering what President Bush will say in his prime-time speech to the nation about the Iraq war, but it's worth noting one phrase they surely will not hear: "Stay the course."


Lavoro, tutte le occasioni dal marketing ai trasporti

Tra le figure ricercate esperti finanziari, addetti alle vendite, marketing manager e sistemisti. E poi opportunità per figure amministrative, tecnici e consulenti assicurativi


Tiger Woods and Colin Montgomerie have both fired 66 in the second round of the Target Word Challenge and share the lead in California.


"Hogs" director sees double with "Runt" comedy

Walt Becker, the  director of new box office champ "Wild Hogs," has sold the  comedy project "Runt" to Dimension Films.


Toto, con Air One sarebbe quarta compagnia europea


AmberPoint extends SOA management platform

InfoWorld - AmberPoint on Monday is extending its AmberPoint SOA runtime governance suite to Tibco's new ActiveMatrix SOA platform and more application servers.


Sudan Unconcerned About UN Darfur Deadline

A top Sudanese official says the Khartoum government is ignoring a looming United Nations deadline to rein in militias attacking civilians in the western Darfur region.


Critical Shopper : Exploring the Great Indoors, Late at Night

Alex Kuczynski on the Maine coast haunts L.L. Bean, the store that never sleeps.


Disaster's Damage to Economies May Be Minor

The tsunami is likely to register as a small wave in affected countries' economies, because tourism and fishing make up small percentages of the overall economy.


Sean Penn to head Cannes Film Festival jury

Actor and director Sean Penn will head the jury at this year's Cannes Film Festival, the organizers announced on Thursday, a move that could reinforce the event's reputation for supporting left-wing causes.


Ci riprovano. Alla Camera nuovo emendamento salva - Previti

Ci riprovano. Mentre il Senato cerca di disarticolare la giustizia italiana, alla Camera la maggioranza inventa un nuovo escamotage per salvare Cesare Previti. Questa volta lâarma di scasso Ã¨ la proposta


J.M. Smucker Co. SJM.N on Friday  posted higher quarterly profit as improved sales at its Jif  peanut butter and Smucker's jelly business helped offset higher  raw material costs and a loss on the sale of its Brazilian  unit.


In a move already drawing harsh criticism, the NCAA is setting strict limits on how often bloggers at college sports events can post updates from the game.


A magistrate who refused to deal with a defendant because she was wearing a full veil could face disciplinary action.


UN on Holocaust: Evil Wins When the Good Are Quiet

Those who incite hatred and mass  murder are not always extremists but men of culture,  Secretary-General Kofi Annan told world leaders in opening the  first-ever General Assembly commemoration of the World War II  Holocaust.


Hungary's opposition keeps pressure on PM to quit

Hungary's main opposition Fidesz  party, keeping up the pressure on embattled Prime Minister  Ferenc Gyurcsany, called on Tuesday for a non-partisan  government to rescue the country from political crisis.


A new $100 million retail telling platform, which was completed in the first half of this year, and the growing cost of compliance were the key drivers for the rise according to the bank's 2004 Annual Roadshow presentation.


Coke Rethinks Goals as Company Faces Slower Growth

Coca-Cola cut its long-term growth targets yesterday in a bid to create more realistic goals, but the company also expressed a firm belief that it can find ways to recharge its global business.


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Gov. Rod Blagojevich wants to make it a crime to sell violent or sexually explicit video games to people younger than 18. Blagojevich says the games are shockingly violent and offensively sexual.


White House says Castro letter "interesting"

The White House said on Tuesday a letter from Cuban leader Fidel Castro suggesting he might give up his formal leadership post was interesting, but that it was difficult to determine what it actually meant.


Disease fears as Australian floods recede

Australians mopping up flood-damaged homes north of Sydney on Tuesday faced disease from sewage-contaminated floodwaters, while around 1,000 people remained cut off by flooded rivers, said officials.


Six nation talks seek N.Korea disarmament deadline

Envoys seeking to end North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions were hopeful of forging agreement on Thursday on a deadline for crippling the North's atomic facilities and exposing its trove of nuclear secrets.


In this story, planetary geologist Paul Spudis discusses some of the mysteries of Earth that might be solved by returning to the Moon.


Kristine Lilly, who was playing for the United States national team when some of her teammates were in nursery school, made a record fifth World Cup soccer roster yesterday when the first 18 players were named for the September tournament in China.


Genova, 19:39 - CALCIO, SAMP; NOVELLINO: FLACHI PER ME E' COME UN FIGLIO

"Mi dispiace, per me è come un figlio". Queste le uniche parole pronunciate da Walter Alfredo...


Gli organizzatori di Giro, Tour e Vuelta frenano: "Ci sono ancora numerosi problemi". E propongono un'intesa solo per il 2005. L'Uci per ora non risponde. MILANO, 30 novembre 2004 - Non c'Ã¨ ancora accordo


Last Harry Potter book sets online pre-sale record

The seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series has become online retailer Amazon's most pre-ordered product, with almost 1.6 million copies bought globally ahead of the book's release on July 21.


New York Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez can start throwing Saturday as part of his recuperation from October rotator cuff surgery.


A retired German engineer admits some blame for faults that led to the collapse of an ice rink roof in 2006, killing 15 people.


IBM Opens Up Design of Its Blade Servers

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said it is making the design of its "blade" computer servers widely available, in a move designed to gain wider


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Mibtel e SP/Mib segnano +0,48%, positive anche le europee


PHP Security Blog: Cross Virtual Host Cookie Theft

In this new post on the PHP Security Blog, Stefan Esser brings up an interesting issue when dealing with web applications - being able to bind a script/application to a different port on the local machine.   Unfortunately the ability to bind yourself to a port and receive connections is a threat to webapplications installed on different virtual hosts on the same IP, even if other security measures in place, like tight filesystem permissions or executing PHP script with the permission of the owner.   He gives an example in PHP of how this can happen and one of the scary side effects of having it in the same domain - the cookie information is passed in. It's a simple concept that could have very bad consequences in the wrong hands.    Additionally, you don't even have to create it in PHP either. As cyberlot mentions, it could be created in any language that has socket functions. Be sure to check out the comments for more thoughts and comments on the post.


No sense pointing the finger at Hewlett-Packard anymore; we have Congress and the FBI to do that. But I did want to discuss the âI didnât know what my employees/vendors/executive staff were doingâ defense -- which was, of course, made famous by Enron , so you have to know it just wonât do. Instead of looking backward, I spoke with a couple of experts on governance, privacy, risk, and compliance assessment about how companies can do the right thing in the future.


Busta Rhymes is sentenced to three years' probabtion after admitting assault and drink driving.


With idled entertainment industry workers and Oscar-nominated actors among the interested observers, striking writers and studios are talking again after weeks of bargaining silence


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Brazil Chooses Film 'Olga' to Compete for Oscar

SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The movie "Olga," the true  tale of a Jew who was expelled from Brazil only to die in Nazi  Germany, was chosen on Tuesday by Brazil's culture ministry to  compete for a foreign film Oscar in 2005.


Australia Author Admits Parts of Best-Seller False

The author of a best-selling Australian book about the honor killing of a Jordanian woman has admitted she fabricated parts of her supposed true-life story.


Panel Urges Overhaul of Wall St. Regulations

An independent committee will call on Thursday for a sweeping overhaul of securities market regulations.


Gunmen storm parliament building held by rivals

Palestinian gunmen raided parliament buildings controlled by rivals Saturday morning, as the bloody turf war spread from Gaza to the West Bank. Militants loyal to the Fatah group of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas stormed the buildings controlled by Hamas the day after Hamas gunmen raided Fatah offices, trampling portraits of Abbas as they consolidated control in Gaza.


A startup says it can give subway riders wireless Internet access that's faster than most home broadband in the U.S.Tests at stations and on a special stretch of track in the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system around San Francisco showed that Wi-Fi Rail's patent-pending technology delivered more than 15Mbps of wireless throughput to riders and people waiting for trains, the company said. Wi-Fi Rail hopes to roll out such networks on rail systems around the world and charge commuters for access.Commuter rail, with thousands of daily riders, could represent a rich opportunity for public wireless Internet access. Wi-Fi hotspots in airports and coffee shops have drawn some paying users, but the hotspots are useful more for occasional than for regular use. And citywide public Wi-Fi networks, often planned out with local governments, have run into political and business problems.Wi-Fi Rail, founded in 2006 and based near Sacramento, would build two kinds of Wi-Fi networks: one in the cars and one around the tracks, said Michael Cromar, Wi-Fi Rail's CFO. Passengers would log in to access points on each car, and each car's network would lock on to one access point after another along the rail system. The trackside access points, in turn, would feed traffic onto fiber-optic lines. Roaming would be handled by the in-car network and be transparent to users, Cromar said.Even better than typical home broadband, the network can deliver its average 15Mbps speed both upstream and downstream, according to Wi-Fi Rail. Passengers would share that link, but in tests, there was no noticeable slowdown between one passenger and eight passengers using the network, Cromar said. The system worked with the trains moving at speeds as high as 65 miles per hour.The company tested its technology in both underground and above-ground parts of the BART system. Above ground, Wi-Fi Rail used standard outdoor access points with line-of-sight antennas to form a link from trains as they went by. In an underground test, the company used "leaky" coaxial cable, a technology some rail systems already use for exchanging operational data with cars, according to Cromar. The leaky cable is deliberately unshielded so signals traveling along it can be picked up all through a tunnel.In-car tests took place on a 2.6-mile BART test track last month, as well as on a stretch of tunnel in San Francisco. Another part of the test proved such a service can draw customers, Cromar said. Wi-Fi Rail set up regular access points in four underground stations in downtown San Francisco and let people waiting for trains register and use the network for free. Without any publicity, more than 6,400 people signed up in less than six months, he said.Although BART hosted the tests, it hasn't made a deal to have such a network deployed, Cromar said. But Wi-Fi Rail has talked with one interested transit system in the U.S. and is working with a partner to approach a rail system in another country, he said. The company said its technology is ready to go and could be used for anything that follows a predetermined path, including highways.


Two battles killed more than 165 Taliban fighters and a U.S.-led coalition soldier in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday as President Hamid Karzai prepared to discuss the escalating violence with President Bush in New York


Just how juicy is Joost? Industry comment It was a beautiful day when the head of Disney finally came out and admitted piracy (or the "Dark Net" as they call it) is a business model. A bit like a drug addict coming out of rehab, it's hard to admit what you don't want to admit. But we still carry on and on with the same old story like a broken record.â¦


Actress Elizabeth Taylor announced Wednesday that all future sales of her jewelry, artwork, clothing, furniture and memorabilia will be through Christie's, which has already auctioned some of her possessions including the dress she wore to the 1969 Academy Awards.


Petrolio. Il prezzo tocca nuovi record a New York e Singapore

Il prezzo del petrolio non arresta la sua corsa e tocca nuovi record a New York e Singapore. Al New York Mercantile Exchange i futures sul greggio in consegna a novembre hanno chiuso le contrattazioni a 49


No Evidence of U.S. Election-Linked Terror Plot

U.S. intelligence and law  enforcement officials said on Saturday they have found no  direct evidence of plans for a terror attack tied to the  upcoming U.S. election.


Calcium supplements may increase the risk of a heart attack in older women, New Zealand research suggests.


Baseball players and other athletes use steroids for one reason -- they work.


US pounds Fallujah after truce collapses

The US military intensified its air raids Thursday in the Iraqi town of Fallujah, while efforts to mediate a truce between Iraq's interim government and Fallujah militants collapsed.


Singer Adele's first album, 19, goes straight to the top of the UK chart in its first week on sale.


The US economy grew 4% in the second quarter of the year, a much stronger performance than first thought.


Bring on the grilled meat. Just don't plate it with certain vegetables.


New Mexico's banks are joining international efforts to raise donations for South Asia disaster relief. By today, most - if not all - bank branches in the state will have a disaster relief account, Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez said.


U.S. Current Account Deficit Hits Record

The U.S. current account deficit grew to a record $164.71 billion in the third quarter, less than had been forecast, the Commerce Department said on Thursday.


Cagliari, 15:02 - CALCIO, JUVE; SECCO: A UN PASSO IL RINNOVO DI DEL PIERO

Il direttore sportivo della Juve Alessio Secco ai mirofoni di Sky  prima della partita di Cagliari d...


Team USA concluded its domination at the Olympics by defeating Australia 5-1 at Helliniko Stadium on Monday, giving coach Mike Candrea a gold medal five weeks after his wife, Sue, died of a brain aneurysm.


Carlos Beltran's agent said Tuesday he has now received offers from all teams involved in negotiations for the free-agent center fielder.


Following Apple's recent launch of the iTunes Music Store for the European Union, Microsoft has announced its MSN Music download service is available in eight new countries. Individual songs range from 99 euro cents to 1.29 euros, slightly more pricey than those from iTunes. Microsoft partnered with CDON.com to bring MSN Music to Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland; Spain, the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland stores were launched through an arrangement with OD2. MSN Music is now offered in a total of 17 countries.


Movie Review | 'Candy': Flying Up, Up and Away, Then Down, Down, Down

This Australian film doesnÂt add anything substantively new to the story of heroin addiction, though it does feature striking performances from Heath Ledger and Geoffrey Rush.


Pacific Islanders await Australia in key matchup

Just days before the team's Confederations Cup playoff against Australia on Saturday, the Solomons' 465,000 people who live on a chain of 992 mountainous islands 2,250 kilometers (1,400 miles) northeast of Sydney are focusing on the opening match in the


Sun Microsystems Inc.  on Thursday reported a small quarterly net profit, reversing a year-earlier loss, as narrower costs offset a slight revenue decline.


Two leading MLAs have 'no regrets' about giving character references to two multi-million pound tax cheats.


Oil Spill Halts Shipping on Delaware River Near South Jersey

A tanker ship spilled 30,000 gallons of heavy crude oil into the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey on Friday night, leaving a


Associazione, per il 2007 stimato aumento di oltre il 3%


New Mexico on Friday reported its first death from the plague in 12 years. The state Department of Health confirmed that a Bernalillo County woman died from septicemic plague early last week. The agency does not release details on plague victims.


In Face of Warnings, Drug Giant Took Long Path to Vioxx Recall

A review of Merck's handling of Vioxx suggests that actions the company took - and did not take - may have affected the health of potentially thousands of patients.


IBM plans to start shipping its PCs with a new chip designed to thwart hackers by safeguarding passwords and other sensitive identity information.


Stocks Are Lower Ahead of Inventories Data

Stocks are lower as investors hold their breath ahead of weekly data on oil inventories due out later in the morning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 17 points in today's early going.


Both political parties have relatively close delegate races heading into Super Tuesday, when voters in nearly half the states and American Samoa will vote in primaries and caucuses.


Housing bust and falling sales-tax revenues remind some officials of the period before 2001 recession.


October will be no fall festival for Illini football team

The season started with a four-game homestand and mixed results for the Illinois football team. Phase II begins today for the Illini, who head into a rugged October schedule with a Big Ten Conference game at No.


US ambassador to Afghanistan optimistic despite NATO failings

The failure of NATO allies to meet a shortfall in troops needed to end the Taliban insurgency will not sink the effort, which should "do better this year," the US ambassador here told AFP this week.


A RESURGENCE in violence in Iraq killed more than 60 people over the weekend and threatened to derail elections scheduled for January 30.


Swiss SOA firm puts modelling over programming

Enterprise integration tool is run-time UML interpreter Swiss company E2E has set up a UK office to sell its enterprise application integration software. It's taking an unorthodox approach to EAI - instead of selling tools to help programmers build interfaces that translate between applications, it has designed a interpreter, called E2E Bridge, that takes business models written in UML (unified modelling language) and uses those to generate the necessary data movements.â¦


Let's say someone stuck a microphone in your face and gave you 45 seconds to say something meaningful to a billion people. Let's say, moreover, that this is the only chance you will ever have to directly address the entire world.


Al Gore's Son Arrested for Pot Possession

Al Gore III, the son of former Vice President Al Gore, Jr., was arrested for suspicion of possessing marijuana and prescription drugs. Police pulled him at 2:15 am on Wednesday after they saw him driving at about 100 mph. Deputies said they smel...


Shaggy band of ballplayers winks at the impossible

Perhaps after dramatically beating the Yankees, the Red Sox have taught Boston simply to love baseball again.


By S. Scott Rosenberg, Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Sep. 19--BROOMFIELD -- The Greeley West golf team saved its best tournament for its last one.   Unfortunately, it won't have any representation at the Class 4A state championships Oct. 2-3.


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HCA 3rd-Qtr Net Falls, Hurt by Hurricanes

HCA Inc. HCA.N, the largest U.S.  hospital chain, said on Friday its third-quarter earnings fell,  hurt by hurricanes that hit the southeastern United States  earlier this year, causing disruption and a drop in admissions  at the company's hospitals in Florida.


A Greek Olympic Airlines flight is allowed to fly again after a bomb threat diverted it to a British airport.


A self-proclaimed performance artist who  attacked a urinal symbolic of the anarchic Dada movement with a  hammer had his three-month suspended sentence upheld by a  French court Friday.


India-Myanmar helicopter sale threatens EU ban: NGOs

A European Union arms embargo against Myanmar is under threat from an Indian project to sell attack helicopters to the military regime, Amnesty International said in a report.


Actos protects heart; study confirms Avandia risks

The diabetes drug Actos cuts the risk of heart attack, stroke and death but raises the risk of heart failure, according to one study published on Tuesday, while a second confirmed disputed findings that rival Avandia raises heart risks.


LeBron Proves to Be Spark for Resurgent Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James  has been described as "The King," "The Chosen One" and "The  Gift."


Jury selection got under way Tuesday in the city's biggest organized crime trial in years, a racketeering conspiracy case that includes at least 18 slayings, among them a killing that inspired a character in the movie "Casino."


Australia calls for mechanism to speed up terror probe in India

Visiting Australian Defence Minister Brendan Nelson called for beefed-up criminal investigation ties with India to speed up probes into attacks such as the failed bombings in Britain.


Kvitfjell, 14:03 - SCI, CDM: HOFFMANN IL PIU' VELOCE NELLA PROVA DISCESA

Ambrosi Hoffmann ha ottenuto il miglior tempo questa mattina nell'unica prova della discesa maschile...


Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco came into these Olympics without a gold medal, but now he has two after winning the men's 5000 meters Saturday night.


France Shocks Russia to 1-1 Tie at Fed Cup

Prior to her opening-round match in the Fed Cup final Saturday, Svetlana Kuznetsova said her loss to Nathalie Dechy in their lone meeting last January was an anomaly, since it was before she became US OPEN WINNER SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA.


Arafat: Sharon, infondata ipotesi avvelenamento

TEL AVIV - Il premier israeliano Ariel Sharon ha oggi smentito che Israele possa essere implicato in un eventuale avvelenamento del presidente palestinese Yasser Arafat. Commentando durante la seduta del governo


TRIPOLI, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops stormed an Islamist militant hideout in the northern city of Tripoli on Sunday, killing seven of them, security sources said.


Allergy, Asthma Risk Shows Up in Umbilical Cord Blood

Clues about childhood asthma and allergies may be contained in umbilical cord blood, says a study in the latest issue of Thorax. The findings suggest that high levels of


Jack Nicklaus is confident the tournament he created will live on. Far more than a vanity project or a way to market his name, the Memorial Tournament has grown into one of the premier stops on the PGA Tour. And there's no reason to expect that to end once its famous, 67-year-old founder is no longer micromanaging every detail.


Germany is selling a E4.45 billion (R36.12 billion) stake in Deutsche Telekom, making it the fourth European government to sell state assets in the past six weeks to help reduce a deficit that exceeds EU limits ...


DVB-T comes to PowerBooks via SCM, Elgato

EyeTV maker Elgato on Thursday announced a partnership with SCM Microsystems and Satelco that makes it possible for 15- and 17-inch PowerBook G4 users to watch digital terrestrial TV.


Dennis Erickson pondered his quarterback situation, then joked he might have to suit up a reporter to be his No. 3 passer this weekend.


Montecito, the first dual-core chip based on Intelâs Itanium 2 architecture, will not begin shipping in volume until 2006, company executives said last week.


Afghans begin historic vote for president

Afghanistan's historic presidential election began today, with people across this ethnically diverse land casting the first ballots in an improbable experiment with democracy


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Haitian Police arrest a group of people during an operation in Bel Air by UN Brazilian peacekeepers and Haitian police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004.


South Korea said Friday it is continuing to monitor North Korea, but declined to confirm or deny a report citing alleged evidence that the communist nation is preparing for an underground nuclear test.


The tsunami disaster has triggered a popular response worldwide that has raised hundreds of millions of dollars in aid, from inmates pledging funds behind bars and children selling their Christmas presents.


Troubled engineering and construction group Jarvis has bought itself a financial life-line by selling its 33% stake in the Tubes Lines underground consortium to Amey, part of Spanish construction group Ferrovial, for Â£150m.


Russia Signs Deal for Gas Pipeline Along Caspian Sea

Analysts say Russiaâs pipeline deal with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan could strengthen its monopoly on Central Asiaâs energy exports.


Jags cite Bracken's torn calf muscle as reason

For the second time in five months, the Jacksonville Jaguars have released defensive end Tony Brackens, one of the greatest players in franchise history.


Iraq chlorine attacks raise new concerns

When Iraqi insurgents this week blew up trucks carrying chlorine, the attacks conjured up frightening images of chemical warfare and soldiers choking to death on the battlefields of Belgium in World War I.


Vivid allegations of widespread corruption at the U.N. oil-for-food program by the top U.S. arms inspector have added credibility to accusations the United Nations looked the other way while Saddam Hussein's government skimmed billions of dollars and offered kickbacks to European and Arab countries and officials.


Israel wants to cut Gaza links after border breach

Israel wants to cut its links with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip after militants blasted open the territory's border with Egypt in defiance of an Israeli blockade, Israel's deputy defense minister said on Thursday.


Crime spurs South African inventors to find high-tech solutions

South African inventors are devising ingenious ways of staying ahead of criminals, including a "smart gun" that snaps digital pictures of the intended target and a computer that sends out an alert if stolen.


Fighting to Keep Smut-Spam in a Brown Wrapper

Microsoft (Quote, Chart) has fired another salvo in its ongoing spam battle, this time against porn peddlers who don't keep their smut inside the digital equivalent of a "Brown Paper Wrapper.


Band-Aid Bandit ordered to give up booty

The so-called Band-Aid Bandit and his sidekick, already convicted of conspiring to rob banks across west Florida, have been ordered to give up their guns, bank accounts and more than $500,000 in cash.


By ROB MAADDI  PHILADELPHIA - Donovan McNabb led the Eagles to three NFC championship games before Terrell Owens came to Philadelphia. He can do it again without the talented-but-troublesome receiver.  Now that he can focus on football instead of feuding with T.O.


Tools wrap: Web services, e-commerce, XML touted

Systinet, Amazon, and Altova this week are announcing tools geared toward development of Web services, e-commerce, and XML applications, respectively.


ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Shutouts are hard to come by in the NHL, especially against the Minnesota Wild. Dominik Hasek used his head to make his latest one look easy.


The basis for laughter may have originated long before humans existed, a study suggests.


Il Cavaliere in collegamento telefonico col TG4 fa la prima esternazione del 2008Detta tre prioritÃ  del suo programma: meno tasse, piÃ¹ case, basta intercettazioni                                          Berlusconi: "Prodi deve andare via Pdl al 40%, ma alleati non temano"                                                                                Agli alleati: "Lavoriamo insieme, a parte il nome il nuovo soggetto Ã¨ tutto da costruire"


Marginalized Saudi city looks to U.N. for help

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - Saudi Arabia is hoping that the United Nations will step in to help save the historic old city of Jeddah, whose unique Red Sea architecture is in danger of disappearing.


President Bush on Wednesday  established a high-level government panel to recommend steps to guarantee the safety of food and other products shipped into the United States


HOUSTON - Woody Williams pitched one of the games of his life Monday night, exactly what the St. Louis Cardinals needed to regain the edge in the National League Championship Series.


Boston Scientific cites positive safety data on drug-coated stent

VIENNA - Boston Scientific Corp. yesterday said its Taxus Liberte drug-coated stent has shown positive one-year safety data in over 7,000 patients.


Shuttle Starts a Mission to the Space Station

Despite weather concerns and a small chunk of ice that threatened to delay the beginning of the shuttle Discoveryâs mission, everything seemed to fall into place.


The Claim: Fetal Heart Rate Can Predict the Babyâs Sex

Is there any connection between a unborn babyâs gender and the rate of the fetal heartbeat?


BUDAPEST, Feb 23 (IPS) - The rise to power of the right-wing Civic   Democrats has returned the Czech Republic to a eurosceptic and  Atlanticist  path, even at the expense of public feelings. The  opposition says the  country risks political isolation in Europe.


1. "Five People You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom


Federazione dellâUlivo: per ora tutti dâaccordo

Sembrerebbe esser stata fruttuosa la riunione svoltasi questa mattina a Roma tra Romano Prodi e il vertice della Margherita per proseguire verso la federazioen dellâulivo. Questo, alemeno, stando ai commenti dei diversi esponenti del centrosinistra.


The ambulance service says its modernisation is paying off after hitting its response targets for a second month.


The public reaction to the young wife of Fred D. Thompson, potential presidential candidate, has been heated. Will she be a help or a hindrance?


Cell Lines in U.S. Too Contaminated to Use - Study

Batches of human embryonic stem cells available under the strict policies of the U.S. government are contaminated with an animal molecule and are probably no good for using to treat people, scientists reported on Sunday.


Scientists discover the first definitive evidence that HIV made the jump from chimpanzees to people in the forests of Cameroon


The merger-minded software giant will likely want to keep Yahoo execs in a host of areas, including online ads, social media and Web search.


Bill tightens bank merger rules in state

Massachusetts bank executives would have to provide detailed estimates of layoffs resulting from proposed mergers and face perjury charges if they lie to state regulators about the deals, under legislation filed by the cochairman of the state's banking committee this week.


Milano, 15:22 - CALCIO, FACCHETTI; MAZZOLA: UN NODO IN GOLA

Sandro Mazzola commenta la morte di Giacinto Facchetti con l'Agenzia Italpress: "Quando ho appreso l...


Airlines race to provide in-flight Internet access

U.S. airlines, racing to bring the Internet to domestic skies, hope that it will generate not only buzz but revenues.


WTO committee approves Ukrainian membership bid

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


The police detective who told actor Robert Blake his wife was dead testified Thursday that Blake responded with a cry, but the officer said "it didn't seem to me to be a sincere cry."


ISMI Symposium Promoting Industry Challenge to Create "Green Fabs"

The Green Fab Challenge, a practical workshop exploring the economic, social, and ecological benefits of environmentally friendly semiconductor factories, will rank among highlights of the 3rd ISMI Symposium on Manufacturing Effectiveness Oct. 9-11 at the Hilton Austin Airport.


Sam  posts an interesting proposal.  This is better than the HTTP delta suggestion but still has a few issues.  The client needs to know the ETags before it can start performing differential fetches.  With date ranges you still preserve the initial archive query.  For example when you first subscribe to a feed you could fetch 30 days worth of posts.  If you like the feed you can even fetch *older* posts which could be really cool.  Also even if you still use faster checksum algorithm like CRC32 or Adler32 you still have an O(N) performance hit for your document.  If you have a btree on your post dates you will gave O(log(N)) for search for a much smaller string (64bit in most situations).  F ...


X Factor winner Leon Jackson is the Christmas number one, and 2006 champion Leona Lewis tops the album chart.


Nine Iraqi civilians, including a child, were killed during raids south of Baghdad, the US military admits.


We have director JJ Abrams to thank for Lost and Alias. Reporter Kim Zetter finds out what's next for the filmmaker while making the rounds at the TED thinkfest. (Hint: Saving Starwars and scripting Stephen King.) Follow Wired News' on-the-scene dispatches from TED with blogger Chris Suellentrop. The latest: It's still gloom and doom at the confab -- even venture capitalist John Doerr is shedding tears.


In the wake of a 15-month-long battle for its life, PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of directors fired CEO Craig Conway Friday morning.


Anversa, 22:26 - TENNIS, WTA ANVERSA: KNAPP IN FINALE CONTRO HENIN

Karin Knapp si è qualificata per la finale del torneo Wta di Anversa (409 mila euro), in Belg...


US troops backed by warplanes have killed 25 guerrillas in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul after facing a fierce coordinated assault by two suicide bombs and dozens of insurgents, the military say.


Dems Criticize Bush on State of the Union

Their numbers and power diminished, congressional Democrats hope their vigorous response to President Bush's State of the Union address will help fuel a turnabout from the election miseries of November.


Court Bars Suit Against Faith-Based Plan

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday said ordinary taxpayers don't have the legal standing to challenge a White House initiative helping religious charities get a share of federal money.


PluggedIn: Jaman aims for video niche markets

Imagine attending the world's film  festivals and hobnobbing with fellow cinephiles without moving  from your armchair, and you've got the idea behind a Web site  called Jaman.com.


By David Lieberman  NEW YORK -- Radio stations eager to promote their growing array of free digital broadcasts get a potent new ally today as Wal-Mart starts selling receivers for the technology known as HD Radio.


Everybody's getting into hedge funds, including Bill Galvin. The Massachusetts secretary of state, who also happens to be the state's top securities regulator, clearly had the hedge-fund industry in his sights at the start of this year. He began investigating a so-called hedge-fund hotel run in downtown Boston by brokerage giant UBS AG right away. Now Galvin has filed charges ...


Kerry: Iraq Death Tally a Tragic Milestone

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Tuesday, as U.S. military deaths in Iraq passed 1,000, that it was a "tragic milestone" and the nation should honor its troops' sacrifice by continuing to "fight for what they fought for" and making right decisions in Iraq.


Frank Appel is appointed Deutsche Post chief executive after his predecessor resigned amid a tax evasion scandal.


The Los Angeles Dodgers won over San Francisco 3-2 Friday night in the opener of a key three-game series between the National League West rivals.


LLEYTON HEWITT continued his red-hot run to reach his fifth straight US Open quarter-final at Flushing Meadows today. Australia's 2001 champion obliterated unseeded Slovak Karol Beck 6-4 6-2 6-2 in 1hr 40min


Utility crews restoring power to thousands left in the dark after a snowstorm last week neared the homestretch Wednesday, and hoped to have the majority of customers restored by nightfall.


Lebanon's cabinet has approved a bill to amend the constitution and allow the president, Emile Lahoud, to stay in power for another three years.


Israeli Airstrike Wounds Five Palestinians in Gaza

An Israeli helicopter strike in a Gaza refugee camp Wednesday wounded five Palestinians, including militants, medics said, as military tanks and vehicles rolled into the camp.


In the quiet of early morning, she sits alone surrounded by bare walls and donated furniture, reminders that the world she once cherished is gone. But her day begins with a prayer — for what remains.


Putin to Respect New Ukraine Election -- Germany

Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed  in a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Gerhard  Schroeder to respect the results of any new election in  Ukraine, the German government said on Tuesday in a statement.


DISPUTE: The national Democratic Party is poised to strip Florida of delegate votes in the 2008 nomination battle because state Democrats want to hold their primary too early.


Egypt's Mubarak holds surprise talks with Syria's Assad

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak made a hurriedly arranged visit to Syria on Wednesday, holding talks with Syria's President Bashar Assad a day after a divisive debate in the Arab League over Syrian troops in Lebanon.


Jennifer Hudson steals 'Dreamgirls' show

Last year, Jennifer Hudson's options were running out.


Souness lays down rules for Newcastle brat pack

Graeme Souness vowed to "educate" the so-called brat pack at Newcastle when he officially took over as Magpies manager.


Mike Hargrove, who has 13 seasons of managerial experience with the Orioles and Cleveland Indians, agreed to a three-year deal with Seattle.


G7 leaders vow cooperation as global econ worries rise

Finance leaders from the world's richest nations pledged on Saturday to work together to stabilize world financial markets shaken by the U.S. housing debacle that is puncturing global economic growth.


A package of Dole salad mix that tested positive for E. coli has triggered a recall in at least nine states


Warning Is Sent to AIDS Vaccine Volunteers

JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 24 -- South African AIDS researchers have begun warning hundreds of volunteers that a highly touted experimental vaccine they received in recent months might make them more, not less, likely to contract HIV in the midst of one of the world's most rampant epidemics.


Luca di Montezemolo believes Rubens Barrichelloâs wins in Italy and China have proved that the Ferrari team does not revolve around Michael Schumacher.


Also: What does Netflix have up its sleeve? Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


In both Israel and America, minorities in the Jewish world are attempting to impose their will on the majority. The outcome of these efforts will do much to determine the future course of Jewish politics.


Danny Williams got Tyson, now he gets heavyweight title shot

Danny Williams used to put so much pressure on himself that he would cry in his dressing room before a fight. That might make some wonder how Williams will react when he challenges Vitali Klitschko for a piece of the heavyweight title.


Thousands of workers at a plastic Christmas tree factory in southern China clashed with police after a 10-day strike, news reports said Saturday.


RUSSIA:  Winter Olympics - Putin Warns Against Corruption

MOSCOW, Sep 13 (IPS) - President Vladimir Putin has issued a blunt warning  to heads of organisations and regional administrations involved  with the preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,  Russiaâs southern sea resort, to eschew corruption.


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Michael Owen is still hoping to be fit for England's World Cup qualifier against Wales this weekend despite missing the squad's first training session in Manchester today.


A European spacecraft executed a close flyby of Mars on Sunday, a crucial maneuver in its meandering, 10-year voyage through the solar system to make the first soft landing on a comet.


Storms Cause Damage, Injuries in 4 States

Tim Hart was watching from his front door when a tornado flipped his neighbors' mobile home, part of a violent storm system that battered parts of the South.


Department store operator J.C. Penney  Co. Inc. JCP.N posted higher third-quarter profit on Tuesday,  helped by stronger sales and fewer markdowns.


Chrysler to announce plans for new Challenger: report

The Chrysler division of  DaimlerChrysler AG (DCXGn.DE) is expected to announce on Friday  a new Dodge Challenger coupe styled and named after the  automaker's 1970s muscle car, The Wall Street Journal said.


The Times sticks its neck out The Times has compiled a list of what it reckons will be the 50 big movie hits of 2008, boldly sticking Batman's next outing, The Dark Knight, at the top of its blockbuster compilation.â¦


Grim search as typhoon kills hundreds in Philippines

DARAGA, Philippines  - Distraught survivors searched piles of bodies for the faces of their loved ones in the central Philippines on Saturday after landslides triggered by Typhoon Durian left hundreds dead.


Israeli Premier Makes an Offer to Palestinians

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered negotiations and a prisoner release if Palestinians turned away from violence.


Former President Jimmy Carter accused the U.S., Israel and the European Union on Tuesday of seeking to divide the Palestinian people by reopening aid to President Mahmoud Abbas' new government in the West Bank while denying the same to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.


An "air-breathing" hypersonic plane will attempt to break the world speed record for the second time in a year by flying at 10 times the speed of sound.


Amazon.com net sales jump 29%; Google reports $52M in net income

OCTOBER 22, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Amazon.com Inc. fell a penny short of analysts' per-share earnings expectations, while reporting net sales of $1.


Il leader dei miliziani di Hezbollah Ã¨ riapparso dopo oltre un anno"Tzahal ha lasciato dietro di sÃ¨ i corpi di un gran numero di militari"                                          Libano, Nasrallah torna in pubblico "Abbiamo teste di soldati israeliani"                                                                                La cattura di due militari di Tel Aviv, nel luglio 2006, scatenÃ² un sanguinoso conflittoIn 34 giorni morirono oltre 1.200 civili del Paese dei cedri e centosessanta cittadini d'Israele


With postseason here, don't call it 'Div. 1-AA'

What's in a name? Everything, according to the NCAA, which in August voted to change the name of Division 1-AA football to the Division 1 Football Championship Subdivision.


Global Nuclear Security 'A Race Against Time'

Asia-Pacific officials are today considering how to increase security at nuclear facilities in what the top UN nuclear watchdog has called a race to prevent terrorists from getting weapons material.


England draw the Twenty20 series with West Indies after winning the second match by five wickets at The Oval.


L.A. Sues Web Hotel Bookers for Pocketing Room Tax

Internet travel sites are cheating  cities on taxes by pocketing the difference between the hotel  room tax they pay and the amount collected from consumers, the  city of Los Angeles said in a recent lawsuit.


Feeling Misled on Home Price, Buyers Are Suing Their Agent

Many regretful or resentful buyers may seek redress from the agents who found them a home and arranged its purchase.


Mantova, 14:48 - CALCIO, MANTOVA; SVOLTA: VIA I SENATORI GRAZIANI E BRIVIO

In vista della prossima stagione, la terza consecutiva in B, il Mantova cambia linea: la societ&agra...


Scientists have the 'hots' for future of California

If society turned dramatically "greener" and curbed its reliance on fossil fuels, California still will get noticeably hotter, its water supplies tighter and its cities, scientists say, a potentially mortal burden on the ...


The Navy is fond of noting that each of its 12 aircraft carriers is a floating air base — four acres of U.S. territory from which warplanes can operate free of foreign constraints.


NASA has redesigned the space shuttle`s fuel tank, marking a big step in returning to space. The new tank has been designed to prevent chunks of insulating foam from breaking off during launch.


Evidence emerges of increasing concern over the scale of British army casualties in southern Afghanistan.


Tornadoes tore across Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi, killing at least three people.


Air Force finds flaw that caused F-15 to break up

A manufacturing defect blamed for the mid-air breakup of an F-15 Eagle fighter may cause the Air Force to ground a quarter of its fleet of those warplanes permanently, a top general said Thursday.


Nesterenko Speeds to Win in Women's 100-Meter Final

Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus sped to an  unexpected victory in the women's 100 meter final at the Athens  Olympics Saturday.


Billa leaves the intelligence behind but packs in cool action and cinematography.


Sony to Build New LCD TV Plant in Slovakia

By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Sep. 20--TOKYO -- Sony Corp. said Wednesday it will build a new plant in  Nitra, Slovakia, to produce 3 million liquid crystal display televisions  annually from September 2007.


Almost two months into the season, Woody Williams was so disgusted with his performance that retirement seemed to make sense.


Update 6: Hewlett-Packard Shares Up on Earnings News

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s shares rose more than 4 percent Wednesday as investors reacted to its report a day earlier that earnings rose 26.5 percent in the fourth quarter, led by record revenue growth across all of the computer giant's business units


S. African moves two shots clear after second round

THOMASTOWN (Ireland): World number three Ernie Els overcame difficult weather conditions to fire a sparkling eight-under par 64 and move two shots clear after two rounds of the WGC-American Express Championship on Friday.


EU decision on Google data privacy months away

The European Union's data watchdog  will take months to decide whether Google  may be  violating European privacy laws, a spokeswoman for the group  said on Thursday.


POLITICS-FRANCE:  Time for a Woman President?

PARIS, Nov 17 (IPS) - The extraordinary triumph of SÃ©golÃ¨ne Royal in the  Socialist Party's primaries for France's April 2007  presidential elections reflects the growing global trend in which  women have become fundamental actors in shaping the destinies of  their nations.


Stephen Leaney gets a "miracle birdie" to take a one-shot lead over Heath Slocumat the PODS Championship on Friday.


U.S. and Europe Ponder Divergent Rate Policies

Can Europeâs economy stay on track even if the U.S. economy goes off the rails? This old question is being asked with new urgency across the Continent.


Canadian cable giant slips Yahoo! name onto Google home page

Rogers and out Rogers Communications, the Canadian cable and telcoms giant, has slapped the Yahoo! name onto the Google home page. And Google isn't too happy about it.â¦


Parigi, 23:08 - RUGBY, COPPA DEL MONDO: IL SUDAFRICA CAMPIONE

Battendo l'Inghilterra per 15-6 il Sudafrica si è laureato campione del mondo di rugby. Per g...


Agency to Designate Habitat for Dragonfly

Prodded by a lawsuit, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to designate critical habitat for the endangered Hine's emerald dragonfly.


Former dictator Pinochet ordered to stand trial for murder ...

SANTIAGO  - A Chilean judge ordered former dictator Augusto Pinochet to stand trial on murder and kidnap charges linked to his role in Operation Condor, a conspiracy of 1970s South American dictatorships to eliminate opponents.


New York, 12:52 - HOCKEY SU GHIACCIO: RISULTATI NHL

Questi i risultati delle partite della NHL di hockey su ghiaccio giocate nella notte:


Clinton's, McCain's Weaknesses Undercut Edge in 2008, Poll Says

Bloomberg - Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The two frontrunners in the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain, face obstacles in their quest to win the White House, according to a Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll.


NCAA Top 25 Game Summary - Iowa At Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI -- Chad Henne threw for one touchdown and ran for another to lead No. 18 Michigan to a 30-17 win over Iowa in the Big Ten opener for both teams at Michigan Stadium.


The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the FBI, trying to get more information about the agency's questioning of Muslims and Arabs as it investigates the possibility of pre-election terror attacks.


US Movie Industry Gets Tough with Pirates

The new president of the Motion Picture Association of America, Dan Glickman, says his industry is getting tough on movie piracy. Mr.


Three British bankers indicted in Texas on fraud charges involving Enron Corp. appeared in a London court Tuesday for an extradition hearing.


Mental health services mising NIS 180 million

The Health Ministry budget for treating psychiatric patients is short NIS 180 million, according to new research by the nonprofit Taub Center for Social Policy in Jerusalem.


Sri Lanka says 12 Tiger boats sunk in naval clash

Sri Lanka's navy sank 12 Tamil Tiger   craft before dawn in a naval battle off the island's northern   tip and dozens of rebels, including suicide fighters, are   believed to have been killed, the military said on Saturday.


China calls for reason as food safety fears mount

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


Moments of triumph have been rare for Morgan Tsvangirai during his tempestuous years in the dangerous occupation of being President Robert Mugabe's leading opponent, and his acquittal was a desperately needed boost.


Struggling German department store KarstadtQuelle reaches agreement with its main union to cut 5,500 jobs,  a move which should help save  it 760m euros.


The Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks talked Monday night for the first time since the collapse last week of a three-team, 10-player trade that would have sent Randy Johnson to New York.


Il Gay Pride invade Roma oltre 100mila al corteo

Iniziata la manifestazione. Quaranta carri allegorici e intorno un mare di colori. Polemiche nell'Unione per alcuni ministri in piazza


The Archbishop of Canterbury is said to be overwhelmed by the "hostility of the response" to his Sharia law comments.


Four men guilty of botched 2005 London bomb plot

Four men were convicted on Monday of plotting to bomb London's transport system on July 21, 2005 in a botched attempt to replicate Islamist suicide bombings that had killed 52 people two weeks earlier.


Convera Corporation, stalwart of the enterprise search software sector, has launched its TrueKnowledge search platform in an attempt to reverse the fortunes of a company that many view as being somewhat adrift in the market at present.


The bird flu virus that can kill humans has the potential to be spread by cats, scientists have found.


Countrywide, the biggest US mortgage lender, will cut up to 20% of its staff, as business slumps.


World champion Rossi set to dent Honda morale in Brno

BRNO (Czech Republic): World champion Valentino Rossi is 22 points clear in the title race but the Yamaha rider will not be taking it easy at this weekendâs Czech Grand Prix.


Want your Firefox add-ons? Better get them now

Mozilla Corp. will relaunch its popular Firefox add-on site Monday by reducing the number of extensions listed for its open-source browser from a few thousand to just a couple of hundred.


President Musharraf praises peace efforts in Karachi, two weeks after 41 people died in ethnic violence.


UNDP denies firing employee over N.Korea criticism

The U.N. Development Program, in  a growing dispute with Washington over its North Korean  operations, denied on Friday it fired an employee for trying to  expose the agency's alleged wrongdoing in Pyongyang.


US President George W Bush voices disgust at a former congressman accused of sending suggestive e-mails.


NBC's decision to settle the future of the Tonight show years before it was necessary underscored more than the importance of late-night programming to the future of US networks.


Appeals court hands Google patent case setback

A federal appeals court handed Google Inc a setback in a patent fight on Wednesday, tossing out part of a summary judgment in the Web search engine's favor in a lawsuit filed by Hyperphrase Technologies, LLC.


The Australian Open will follow the U.S. Open and introduce an instant replay challenge system for disputed line calls.


While Louisville coach Rick Pitino soberly rehashed the Cardinals' 60-58 loss to Kentucky in his postgame news conference Saturday, a phone rang in the media room. "I'm not here," Pitino cracked. "Tell them I've had a bad night."


Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's intended transformation of the Army into a quick, mobile force has started to rub against the daily demands of patching enough tanks and trucks together to keep fighting the war.


At least three American soldiers were   killed in the Afghanistan capital Kabul in a suspected suicide   attack near the U.S. embassy, the Qatar-based Al Jazeera   television said on Friday.


Turkey says it will try talks before striking PKK

SIRNAK, Turkey  - Turkey said on Monday it would exhaust diplomatic channels before launching any military strike into northern Iraq to root out Kurdish rebels, who killed at least a dozen Turkish soldiers in fighting over the weekend.


Drug companies which fail to disclose the results of clinical trials are harming the treatment of cancer patients, doctors say.


President Bush on Monday announced plans to shift as many as 70,000 U.S. troops who are now stationed in Western Europe and Asia in one of the largest realignments since the end of the Cold War.


MPAA Does the Unexpected: Targets Downloaders

In a surprise move this week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has launched a multi-pronged legal attack on movie downloaders.


Blog, Blug. To the Writer Doris Lessing, Itâs Whatever.

Some literary-minded bloggers seemed a little piqued at comments on their hobby made by Doris Lessing in her Nobel lecture this month.


Boxing: Williams insists he is better than Tyson display

LAS VEGAS, United States : Danny Williams wants to be remembered for more than just his shock victory over Mike Tyson and hopes to do so by completing a remarkable reversal of fortunes if he wins the world heavyweight title on Saturday.


Jose Mourinho will relish the hostile reception he will receive from the fans who used to adore him when he takes his place in the dug-out at the Estadio Do Dragao.


Former Texas home of Bushes burned by arsonist

A home where President George W. Bush lived as a young boy with his parents in Odessa, Texas, and that is now part of a presidential museum there was damaged on Thursday by a fire that investigators blamed on arson.


An Argentine priest is due in court accused of involvement in murders and kidnappings during the military regime.


Livorno, 19:58 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: CONTRO SAMP ASSENTI GALANTE E PASQUALE

Difesa da inventare per Arrigoni in viosta della sfida di domani con la Sampdoria. Il tecnico amaran...


Key events in gunmen's seizure of a school in the town of Beslan in southern Russia:


U.N. says it has immunity in Bosnia suit

The United Nations said Friday it has immunity from a lawsuit by survivors of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia but remains committed to assisting those affected and bringing the perpetrators to justice.


Singer and actor Harry Connick Jr is to star in a Broadway revival of 1950s hit musical The Pajama Game.


Marcus Randall runs for two touchdowns and throws two more to Joseph Addai, leading No. 14 LSU to a 43-14 victory over Arkansas on Friday afternoon.


China Power trades higher than IPO price on Hong Kong debut

HONG KONG : The mainland's China Power International Development Co. listed well above its initial public offering (IPO) price as investors sought to get into a key player in China's burgeoning power sector.


Medio Oriente. Arafat soffre di insufficienza epatica. Condizioni ...

Yasser Arafat soffre di insufficienza epatica e le sue condizioni di salute non migliorano. Lo ha detto una fonte dell'Anp, secondo cui la leadership palestinese si pronuncerÃ  sulla possibilitÃ  di trasferire


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NASA ponders space station power problem

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Two spacewalking astronauts on Sunday found metal shavings inside a huge gear that spins a pair of the International Space Station's solar wing panels, raising concerns about power supplies and the long-term health of the orbital outpost.


Investigators in Laci Peterson's disappearance once considered the possibility the pregnant schoolteacher was poisoned to death by her husband to explain the absence


Top-seeded Agassi falls in Legg Mason semis

Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Gilles Muller upset top-seeded Andre Agassi in straight sets in semifinal action Saturday at the $500,000 Legg Mason Tennis Classic.


Securing the Itanic HP this week moved to bulk up the security tools available with its HP-UX operating system.â¦


TORONTO - Hospital funding in Ontario has sparked a three-way fight between the health minister, the province's largest union and hospital administrators.


China needs to invest $120bn (Â£67bn) over the next five years to increase electricity supplies to meet demand, a leading Chinese official has said.


Using the Web on most cell phones has tended to be a balky, awkward experience, reminiscent of what the Internet was like on computers in dial-up 1995. So a handful of startups are trying to make it much cooler.


Breedersâ Cup: Nashobaâs Key Made a Career Change Easier

Carla Gaines trains Nashobaâs Key, who drew post No. 3 on Tuesday and was installed as the 3-1 morning-line favorite for Saturdayâs $2 million Turf at Monmouth Park.


A man stabbed his lover to death with six knives in front of her 10-year-old daughter, a court hears.


UK wants partial smoking ban, limit on junk food ads

LONDON: Britain will announce plans today for a ban on smoking in many public places and a crackdown on television advertising of "junk food" aimed at children.


Boston Red Sox stormed to their first World Series since 1986 after completing an astonishing comeback against their bitter rivals the New York Yankees.


Europe calmly looks at sliding dollar 5:04AM EST

With the European economy on the upswing, companies and governments are shrugging off the dollar's renewed slide against the euro this week -- a phenomenon once dreaded as potential poison for the continent's ...Comment


Defense for a Boy's Rampage: The Medicine Made Him Kill

One murder case has attracted special attention amid a debate over the safety of antidepressant use in children and teenagers.


15 killed, 50 injured in twin bomb blasts in Nagaland:

[India News] Kohima, Oct 2 : At least 15 people were killed and 50 others injured in two bomb blasts at Dimapur railway station and at the Hong Kong market here today.


Old 'Sparky' gets permission to talk to Rovers

Mark Hughes moved a step closer to becoming coach of Premiership strugglers Blackburn when the Football Association of Wales (FAW) gave him permission to talk to his former club.


Il provvedimento domani all'esame dell'Aula di Montecitorio


NEW YORK  - Being either too thin or too  heavy may lower a man's sperm count, in some cases enough to  impair fertility, researchers report.


Dell has issued a recall notice for more than 4 million AC power adapters used with many of its notebook computers. The company says the adapters sometimes overheat, which could lead to a fire or electrical shock.


The number of heart surgery patients dying has fallen slightly with big gains in treating the elderly and women, a report says.


German director honored for anti-Nazi films

Michael Verhoeven, one of Germany's most prolific political filmmakers, best known for his films dealing with Germany's Nazi past, will receive a lifetime achievement honor at next year's Bavarian Film Awards, ...Comment


China builds monument to the unknown mouse

Most countries honour their war dead, but China has erected a monument for a little thought of but altogether more cuddly martyr -- the mice, guinea pigs, rabbits and monkeys who gave their lives to science.


The president's son-in-law accuses him of usurping the presidential post and rigging polls.


Chirac calls on EU to create industrial champions

French President Jacques Chirac called on the European Union to help create "industrial champions" within the 25-nation bloc that would be competitive on the global economic stage.


In an Sept. 11 story about rebel attacks on natural gas and oil pipelines, The Associated Press reported erroneously that The Hershey Co. was among a dozen companies forced to suspend or scale back Mexican operations for lack of natural gas. Hershey says its operations weren't affected by the attacks. The error first appeared in July 11-15 stories from Mexico City about the gas pipelines.


The law on the amount of force people can use against burglars will not be changed, says the home secretary.


Second day of clashes between Somali Islamists, govt

Somali Islamists and pro-government soldiers shelled each other in a second day of fighting on Saturday, witnesses said, in a major escalation of violence many fear will erupt into all-out war.


Grand Jury's Inmate Work Report Faulty, Ramsey Says

By Ian Berry, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Sep. 8--Hamilton County Mayor Claude Ramsey says a recent Hamilton County grand jury report that blasts oversight of the Silverdale Workhouse included "blanket statements" that did not reflect all of the facts.


Microsoft Corp. announced yesterday that it will leave out some planned features from its next major operating system to meet a goal of rolling out a new version of Windows in the second half of 2006.


Pentagon: Electromagnetic pulse bombs from 2012

Elusive, movie style tech-Yeti finally spotted A presentation given by a US Air Force official may have - temporarily, at least - laid to rest one of the wilder and wackier secret superweapon conspiracy theories of recent times.â¦


Acupuncture Improves Osteoarthritis, Trial Shows

Acupuncture added to conventional therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee improves function and reduces pain, according to a clinical trial conducted at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.


Republicans retained control of the US Senate on Tuesday, as the Democratic floor leader found himself struggling to save his job in the face of a strong GOP challenge.


Former Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia says he was reminded of his own campaign experience when he saw a new Republican television ad against Senate candidate Sherrod Brown. So the disabled Vietnam veteran came to the Ohio Democrat's defense.


Stan Powell recently ditched his adjustable-rate mortgage for a traditional and far more predictable loan that would lock in his rate for 15 years.


Fecondazione assistita la legge tre anni dopo

Calano le gravidanze. Soprattutto per le donne meno giovani. Quadruplicata la fuga all'estero. Il bilancio dei primi 36 mesi delle legge 40


India has been made a conditional offer to stage a Formula One grand prix in 2009, Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi said on Thursday.


A Japanese fisherman drowned on Tuesday after a whale he was trying to rescue capsized his small fishing boat, a coastguard official said.


Insurgents strike Iraqi police station, mosque

Militants kill at least 30 in assault on Baghdad; US forces say 22 insurgents killed in Mosul. A Iraqi man mourns the death of his brother.


Porn Law Trial Concludes, Ruling in Spring

Closing arguments have completed in a trial aimed at overturning a 1998 law aimed at curbing pornography. While proponents of the law saw it is necessary to prevent children from viewing objectionable material, opponents say it hurts free speech.


Unici 2 concerti italiani band Oxford in programma a giugno


Turbaned troops patrolled the streets of Chad's capital in pickup trucks Friday while residents took stock of the damage from days of fierce fighting that brought rebels to the doorstep of the presidential palace.


Injured Mark Philippoussis has withdrawn from Australia's Davis Cup team for the World Group playoff against Morocco later this month.


Writer-producer Joan Singleton, who produced the upcoming "Because Winn-Dixie" for 20th Century Fox, has optioned film rights to two Meg Cabot novels: "Teen Idol" and "Every Boy's Got One." Singleton plans to adapt both books for the big screen and produce along with her husband, Ralph Singleton.


BEA shares drop as Oracle bid deadline looms

BEA Systems Inc  shares fell  6.5 percent on Friday to trade below Oracle Corp's  bid  for the first time since it was made, as the deadline for the  offer loomed with no signs of an agreement.


Partnerships to develop Dynamics enterprise apps highlight this week's conference.


LONDON (AP-CP) - Manchester United, one of the most recognizable and successful soccer clubs in the world, has been targeted for takeover - possibly by the owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.


Glastonbury tickets appear on eBay, despite claims by festival organisers that re-sales had been foiled.


Goteborg, 18:44 - CALCIO, IL GOTEBORG VINCE ED E' CAMPIONE DI SVEZIA

Grazie alla vittoria nell'ultima giornata per 2-0 contro il Trelleborg, il Goteborg si è laur...


The Media Equation: The Gospel According to Mr. Colbert

Have you heard the one about the actor working as a comedian who plays a talk show host who is pretending to run for president?


Days of clashes between the army and Rwandan and Congolese militias in eastern Congo have killed at least 23 combatants and forced thousands to flee, the army and U.N. officials said Tuesday.


Bull's eye target for child leukemia found: study

British researchers have identified the cancer stem cells that spawn tumors in the most common form of childhood leukemia, and said on Thursday it provided a "bull's eye" target for new drugs.


About 50 cars crashed on a highway blanketed by fog and brush fire smoke in central Florida Wednesday, killing at least three people, authorities said.


US teacher fired for non-literal bible reading

Of course there was a talking snake, stupid A teacher at a US community college in Red Oak, Iowa says he was fired after telling his students not to interpret the story of Adam and Eve as a literal account of events circa BC 4000.â¦


Insurers Object to New Provision in Medicare Law

Private insurers have told the Bush administration that they will not expand their role in Medicare if they have to serve large multistate regions.


General Motors Corp. reported third-quarter earnings Thursday that were at the low end of the company's July guidance. Quarterly earnings rose to $440 million, or 78 cents per share, from $425 million, or 79 cents per share, a year ago.


At least seven people are killed in US strikes on the flashpoint Iraqi city of Falluja, hospital sources say.


If It Feels Good to Be Good, It Might Be Only Natural

The e-mail came from the next room. "You gotta see this!" Jorge Moll had written. Moll and Jordan Grafman, neuroscientists at the National Institutes of Health, had been scanning the brains of volunteers as they were asked to think about a scenario involving either donating a sum of money to charity...


Dems seek to limit U.S. Iraq involvement

Even before they cast symbolic votes against the Iraq war, newly empowered congressional Democrats are clamoring for a chance to limit and eventually end U.S. involvement in a conflict that has killed more than 3,000 troops.


After an 18-year pursuit, the Miami Heat have finally brought the NBA championship trophy to South Florida. The newly crowned world champions arrived home shortly before 7 a.m. Wednesday. Fans gave huge cheers and pressed up against a chain link fence as the players' plane taxied along the runway at Miami International Airport. Fire trucks shot streams of water over the aircraft.


No Kashmir solutions in India-Pakistan talks

NEW DELHI -- The Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers ended two days of peace talks yesterday with promises of more negotiations on trust-building measures but no sign of progress toward resolving their pivotal dispute over the divided Himalayan region


Earlier Harmony announced the terms of a proposed merger between it and Gold Fields (GFI), under which Harmony proposes to acquire the entire issued share capital of Gold Fields in exchange for the issue to Gold Fields shareholders of new shares in Harmony


ATHENS -- Throughout these Olympic Games, United States boxing coach Basheer Abdullah has lamented that his young fighters weren't listening to him. Last night, he was happy one of them didn't.


U.S. Open: After a Trailblazer Is Honored, Williams Carries on Her Legacy

The entire match in which Venus Williams pummeled Kira Nagy took only 54 minutes, several minutes shorter than a ceremony that honored Althea Gibson.


Grant Will Help WSU Preserve, Study Prairie

By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  May 29--WESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY, Near Cheney -- On the banks of the Ninnescah, Don Distler walks near the river, noting the signs of wildlife -- and sometimes the lack of it.


Once more, tribute was paid to Edgar Allan Poe, poet and master of horror.


India's prime minister has urged militant separatists in the north-east to join negotiations with the federal government and end decades of strife.


Science & environment: Company says feedback 'has knocked our socks off' after network attracts 13,000 during trial.


Twelve people were killed when Cyclone Gonu struck the Gulf country of Arab, government officials say.


The urge to merge may be influenced by bonuses for all involved in the deal, especially the bankers.


Part sci-fi, part  mystery and wholly unique, "Heroes" is one of TV's most  imaginative creations and might, with luck, become this year's  "Lost." Its mix of danger, humor, drama, romance and science  creates a unique and surprising flavor of programming. At the  same time, it fills scene after scene with characters that  wouldn't or couldn't easily fit into any other show.


StorageTek buys up remainder of Storability

Two years after buying Southborough-based Storability Inc.'s services business, Storage Technology Corp. scooped up the rest of the venture capital-backed company, the companies announced Thursday afternoon.


A reverse engineer finds Kindle's hidden features

A little hacking reveals that Amazon's Kindle has faux-GPS abilities and related location-based services, a photo viewer, and a minesweeper game.


The polls are closed and results are starting to come in - finally. At times it seems as if the Enron scandal has been with us forever, lingering just


Militants seize 10 more hostages in Iraq

An Iraqi militant group says it has seized 10 hostages all of whom work for an electronics firm, reports say. Briton Kenneth Bigley, 62, is still being held in Iraq, as are two French journalists.


Calif. Cities Face Fines for Beach Water

By NOAKI SCHWARTZ  LOS ANGELES - Regional water officials voted Thursday to fine cities surrounding Santa Monica Bay up to $10,000 a day if beaches do not meet clean-water standards.


Local currencies have been launched in Magdeburg and other parts of Germany - but they are no match for the euro.


A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against O.J. Simpson over an advance the ex-football star was paid for his scuttled book about the murders of his ex-wife and her friend.


Gunmen free Pakistani school children, surrender

Gunmen who took up to 250 Pakistani school children hostage in a northwestern town on Monday freed them all and surrendered to tribal elders, a government spokesman said.


Indian-American congressman hails his "American Dream" story

Newly-elected Indian-American congressman Bobby Jindal hailed his election to the US legislature as a vibrant example that the "American Dream" of upward mobility is possible even for immigrants of the most humble beginnings.


With the shooting of Ashutosh GowarikerÂs JODHAA AKBAR in full progress in Rajasthan, this week


Science & environment: Patients should control the amount of alcohol they drink before surgery, doctors warn


Software Will Let Users Dodge Government Internet Censorship

TechWeb - Developers from the University of Toronto plan to release software this week that will allow residents in restrictive countries to gain uncensored Internet access through friends' and family members' home computers.


Arafat's Nephew Says Cause of Death Inconclusive

Yasser Arafat's nephew said on Monday  that medical records released by France showed no trace of  known poisons in the late Palestinian leader but the cause of  death remained a mystery.


Clairefontaine, 13:57 - CALCIO, FRANCIA: COUPET OUT CONTRO LA GEORGIA

La Francia dovrà fare a meno del suo portiere titolare, Gregory Coupet, infortunato, per la s...


Police deny pepper spraying Australian Open crowd an over-reaction

Police on Wednesday defended using pepper spray to subdue rowdy elements of the Australian Open crowd, even though the unprecedented move left innocent bystanders choking and distressed.


GOP Tries to Rally Support for Bush Budget

White House officials and Congress' top budget writers tried rallying support Tuesday for President Bush's $2.57 trillion budget, but cracks in Republican unity showed as lawmakers digested the plan's proposed spending cuts.


Bus Hijackers Hold 11 in Athens, Demand $1 Million

Two gunmen thought to be Albanians  hijacked a Greek bus with 23 passengers on board on Wednesday  in Athens and demanded a $1 million ransom and a plane to fly  them to Russia.


Court won't hear ex-Ala. coaches' appeal

The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to hear an appeal from two former Alabama assistant football coaches who lost their jobs following an NCAA investigation of the Crimson Tide's football program.


William Sutherling of the Huntington Medical Research Institute demonstrates how to use magnetic imaging to hunt down seizure-causing brain tissue.


Giuliani Abandons Presidential Race, Endorses McCain

Bloomberg - Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Rudy Giuliani withdrew from the Republican presidential race and endorsed rival John McCain a day after finishing third in the Florida primary on which he had staked his campaign.


Also: Paul Allen project maps the brain. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


IBM hopes to ease the minds of roving execs by adding yet another layer of security to its ThinkPad notebooks. Mirroring Microsoft's "biometrics for the desktop" move, IBM has added fingerprint readers to


Study: Taste sensitivity may be linked to lower weight

Maybe, say researchers at Rutgers University and elsewhere who have found people especially sensitive to bitter compounds in broccoli and other foods tend to be thinner than others.


Ã¢ÂÂBlueÃ¢ÂÂ Hawaii CanÃ¢ÂÂt Help Falling for Republican Gov. Lingle

HawaiiÃ¢ÂÂs reputation as a Democratic-leaning Ã¢ÂÂblueÃ¢ÂÂ state was confirmed in SaturdayÃ¢ÂÂs primary elections, which featured closely contested Democratic primaries for the Senate and the 2nd District that drew substantially more voters than did the much lower-profile Republican contests.


A once-a-day pill to reduce the symptoms of hayfever will be launched in the UK early next year.


Microsoft makes deadline on Windows info

European Union regulators said Microsoft Corp. handed in on time to meet a Thursday deadline information about its Windows operating software that should help other software companies.


Chiron (CHIR) said Wednesday that it had written off $91 million in flu vaccine inventory and warned in its most pointed language yet that it may not be able to supply the USA next year either.


800,000 Affected by Data Breach, U.C.L.A. Says

The university is the latest among a growing list of companies, colleges and government agencies to reveal that its computer security had been breached.


The Democratic presidential race is orderly. The G.O.P. race is volatile. Which party will benefit?


Network executives as well as the programâs producer continued to express confidence that the reality show would go on as planned.


Web, Widgets Offer Branding Opportunities

Welcome to the brave new world of interactive Web advertising.


EX-BLUES: Chelsea will RISE to the heights

FORMER Chelsea defender Paul Elliott believes Jose Mourinho's table-toppers have the self-belief to end their miserable league run at Highbury.


Kore Nordmann's Blog: Why are you using BBcodes?

In a new post on his blog, Kore Nordmann takes a look at a feature that's been around a long time (first introduced in a message board application) - BBCodes.   The discussion on my blog post "Do not use regular expressions for parsing" ended in a discussion about BBcodes in general. I just used them as an example to demonstrate why it it is impossible to parse such a language with regular expressions - and mentioned in a subclause, that I don't see any sense in using them at all.   He looks at some of the myths surrounding them and their use (more secure, easier to use, safer than HTML) and gives some reasons for making teh choice of HTML over them.


Nov 16, 22:57 Defense Minister Kuzmuk rules out military coup in Ukraine

Defense Minister Oleksandr Kuzmuk has excluded the use of force in the presidential election.


Once it became clear some months ago that Saddam Hussein had been telling the truth about not having weapons of mass destruction or connections to al-Qaida, it should have been an embarrassment


Ex-banker convicted in major Dominican fraud case

A prominent former banker was convicted on Sunday in a $2.2 billion fraud case that drove the Caribbean nation into an economic tailspin four years ago.


Continental Airlines Inc. is apologizing to its customers for "poor conditions" aboard a transatlantic flight where one passenger described sewage spilling down the aisle from a lavatory.


Federal agents continue to eavesdrop on Americans' electronic communications without warrants a year after President Bush confirmed the practice, and experts say a new Congress' efforts to limit the program could trigger a constitutional showdown.


Jockeying for the top job at the Democratic Party is under way after Election Day losses, with former presidential hopeful Howard Dean indicating an interest in the post while other names are circulating. Republicans may reward a GOP operative who helped engineer President Bush's re-election.


Israel Hits Hamas Posts in Gaza With Airstrikes

The Israeli Army hit at least eight different locations and took aim at a rocket-launching cell in the Gaza Strip.


LOS ANGELESâSiebel Systems Inc., under the leadership of new CEO Mike Lawrie, is rededicating itself to ensuring enterprises' success at implementing, deploying and managing its market-leading but complex CRM software applications.


Ontario Budget Deficit Is Unchanged at C$2.2 Billion

Ontario Finance Minister Greg Sorbara forecast the province will end the current fiscal year with aC$2.2 billion ($1.8 billion) budget deficit, unchanged from what he predicted in May.


Georgia is getting ready to face Alabama in a crucial Southeastern Conference game. The Crimson Tide is coached by Nick Saban. Saban used to work for Bill Belichick. Can you figure out where this is going?


The Head Prosecutor in Burleigh County Previewed The... [Derived Headline]

By JENNYMICHAEL  The head prosecutor in Burleigh County previewed the state's case in the murder trial of Benjamin Newman by telling jurors about the witnesses that will testify.


Alla cerimonia d'insediamento anche Padoa Schioppa e Visco


Authorities learned how the suspects, who were arrested a week ago, tried to operate without attracting attention.


United, Pilots Reach Tentative Contract Deal

The pilots union at United Airlines on  Tuesday said its negotiators have reached a tentative contract  deal with the bankrupt No. 2 U.S. airline.


Kosovo mounts historic bid to become "independent and democratic state" backed by U.S., European allies but bitterly contested by Serbia, Russia.


New Zealand fishermen have caught what is expected to be a world-record-breaking colossal squid.


Merck 4Q Earnings Drop on Vioxx Troubles

Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit plunged 21 percent, mainly due to lost sales and a big reserve taken for legal defense costs over the withdrawal of its former blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx.


Red Sox find fitting way to honor true fan

Christmas Day almost always has its bittersweet elements, except for the very young among us. You give thanks for those who are home for the holiday, and raise a toast and say a prayer for those who aren't and will never be again.


Arafat's Condition Is Deteriorating, Reports Indicate

Conflicting reports that the Palestinian leader was fighting for his life touched off a flurry of political activity in Jerusalem and Ramallah.


Firenze, 13:22 - CALCIO, A PRANDELLI LA PANCHINA D'ORO

Cesare Prandelli ha vinto la Panchina d'Oro per i risultati ottenuti nella passata stagione. Panchin...


Lebanon bus blasts kill 3 on eve of Hariri memorial

AIN ALAQ, Lebanon  - Bombs exploded on two buses in a Christian area of Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least three people and wounding 20 on the eve of the second anniversary of the killing of ex-Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.


GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israel eased its siege of Gaza for a day on Tuesday, allowing in shipments of fuel and medicine. But tensions erupted over Egypt's closure of its Gaza border, with Palestinian protesters breaking through the crossing and clashing with Egyptian guards.


A family of four are held up, bound and robbed by armed men in their home at Lisburn, County Antri.


Lo ha riferito il legale dei due coniugi Giulia Bongiorno


U.N. Urges HIV Testing for All Patients in Hard-Hit Nations

JOHANNESBURG, May 30 -- U.N. health officials on Wednesday called on nations with severe AIDS epidemics to offer routine, confidential HIV tests to all patients at health-care facilities in hopes of dramatically expanding the number of those who know they have the virus.


Massiccio intervento con semi-blindati. 3 morti a Jenin


Sony is to cut the Japanese launch price of its forthcoming PlayStation 3 console by 20%, the firm says.


A million people have listened to internet repeats of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the BBC says.


Paradise in biblical times, but now more like a hell on Earth

On any other day but this one, the village of Ahmad al-Hamadi, on the green banks of the Euphrates, would be an idyllic place. In the rich, agricultural gardens


Giustizia, 'Recidiva' e 'Pacchetto Napoli': ecco le nuove norme

Un pacchetto di disposizioni anti criminalitÃ , un aumento di pene generale per i recidivi, una riduzione dei tempi di prescrizione dei reati. Sono i punti cardine della Pdl sulla recidiva, che contiene anche


Rudy Giuliani handed out presents and read a Christmas story to Harlem youngsters Monday, then talked about what, for him, might be the best gift of all.


So my stand on the recent Olympic Games has you wondering about my patriotism. Well, wonder no more. This is the weekend I show my true colors-red, white and blue.


Belarus apparently votes to end term limits

Voters in Belarus appear to have approved a referendum that will scrap term limits and allow the country's authoritarian leader to seek a third term in office.


Restructuring Aims to Give Canadaâs Debt Market a $33 Billion Lift

A tentative restructuring agreement should unlock $33 billion of Canadaâs debt market that has been frozen since August, its chief architect said.


The BBC's Steve Rosenberg reports on the world's first flight for naturists in Germany, a country with a nudist tradition stretching back more than 100 years.


D'backs drop out of 1st place in NL West

Cory Sullivan hit a two-run single in the eighth inning, then scored the go-ahead run on a 10th-inning error as the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat Arizona 7-3 Friday night and drop the Diamondbacks out of first place in the NL West.


Warren Buffett isn't the only investment manager with the guts to hold forever.


Madeleine B. Stern, Bookseller and Sleuth, Dies at 95

Madeleine B. Stern was a prominent rare-book dealer, biographer and literary sleuth who helped bring to print Louisa May Alcottâs long-lost Gothic tales.


Google Plans Desktop Search Tool for Apple PCs

Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) plans to release a version of its desktop search tool for computers running on the Mac operating system from Apple Computer Inc.


African Americans voice their protests against the treatment of black males by the criminal justice system.


SAN DIEGO - Edgardo Alfonzo's two-run double capped a six-run rally in the fourth inning, and the San Francisco Giants tied the Chicago Cubs for the wild-card lead by beating San Diego 7-5 on Tuesday night.    The Giants remained three games behind NL West leader Los Angeles after the Dodgers' 5-4 comeback victory against Colorado...


The New York Islanders signed Viktor Kozlov to a one-year, $865,000 contract Wednesday.


Helene weakens to tropical storm over Atlantic

Hurricane Helene weakened to a tropical   storm on Friday as it raced across the central Atlantic Ocean   on a course that would keep it far from land, forecasters said.


Sleep loss equals weight gain, says US study

Los Angeles - People who run a chronic sleep deficit appear to be at increased risk for piling on the pounds, according to two studies released Monday that flesh out the association between sleep duration and weight gain.


A condizione che distribuisca il metano senza intermediari


37 percent of U.S. births out of wedlock

Out-of-wedlock births in the United States have climbed to an all-time high, accounting for nearly four in 10 babies born last year, government health officials said Tuesday.


Description: NPR's Michele Norris talks with Wall Street Journal sports reporter Stefan Fatsis about the latest news from the college gridiron.


com. He liked the "juice of the ninth inning," according to White Sox general manager Ken Williams. "But the eighth innings can be just as important," added Williams during a Wednesday


Mantova, 18:52 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: IN CINQUE LAVORANO A PARTE

Doppia seduta di allenamento per il Mantova. In mattinata atletica: solo piscina per Doga e Handanov...


Ga., Wyo. replacing congressmen who died

Georgia and Wyoming began choosing replacements Tuesday for two longtime Republican congressmen who lost their battles with cancer earlier this year.


Iran official rules out nuclear "time out": agency

A senior Iranian official on Wednesday ruled out a nuclear "time out" proposal under which Iran would stop uranium enrichment expansion in return for a halt to further U.N. sanctions, an Iranian news agency reported.


The Italian government gives its backing to Air France-KLM's proposal to buy Alitalia.


Here's how to ride out the inevitable drops your stocks will take


Defence minister sees damage to Chicoutimi, meets with British

LONDON - Defence Minister Bill Graham was tight-lipped after meeting with his British counterpart to discuss last week's fire on board HMCS Chicoutimi.


Montreal gunman once treated for depression: mother

The gunman who rampaged through a   Montreal college this week had once been treated for depression   and was increasingly sad before the attack, his mother said in   an interview published on Saturday.


N.Korea puts atom monitors' return on hold over funds

A visit by U.N. nuclear monitors to North Korea set for next week has been put on hold, a North Korean official said on Thursday, clouding hopes Pyongyang would start shutting down its atom bomb program soon.


Granting pardons can cause leaders grief

Richard Nixon. Mark Felt. Caspar Weinberger. Marc Rich. Is President Bush willing to risk — on behalf of ex-White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby — the kind of political grief that pardons for those four men brought the presidents who granted them?


Melissa Manchester Returns to the 'Road'

Singer-songwriter Melissa Manchester, famed for such '70s hits as "Midnight Blue" and "Don't Cry Out Loud," has returned to the music business after a 10-year hiatus.


Austria probes soldiers making Nazi salutes on YouTube

Austrian prosecutors are investigating  young soldiers seen exchanging Hitler salutes in a video that  appeared on the Internet, Defense Minister Norbert Darabos said  on Tuesday.


Hamas withdrew a controversial private militia from the streets of the Gaza Strip on Friday, saying it wanted to avoid further infighting with the rival Fatah movement.


PORT Adelaide coach Mark Williams yesterday conceded he was wracked by jealousy watching the Brisbane Lions swoop from lower on the ladder to win the past two flags.


Acer spin-off boosted by Sirius, XM tie-up news

A major Taiwanese maker of satellite radios and components stands to benefit from theÂ proposed mergerÂ between two U.S. companies, Sirius Satellite RadioÂ and XM Satellite Radio Holdings, lifting its stock higher in Taipei on Monday.


Former President Kurt Waldheim was buried Saturday in the presence of Austrian dignitaries who declared he was unjustly smeared by allegations linking him to the Nazis.


Cash-squeezed Yukos has lost a key partner at some of its most lucrative fields, as oilfield services company Schlumberger Ltd. confirmed Monday it was recalling some of its personnel and drilling equipment from Yukos' key production unit.