Sunni fighters in Baghdad fight militants linked to al-Qaeda in a sign of growing splits among insurgents.


Space Shuttle Discovery closes in on the International Space Station high above the Earth.


Rumor: Gawker Media to launch science fiction blog

Blog: The parent company of successful blogs like Kotaku and Lifehacker is rumored to be working on a sci-fi title, and has a highly sought-after editor in mind.


Kerry Wins Last Debate with a Narrow Margin

President George W. Bush and Democratic candidate John F. Kerry debated for the third and final time on TV two and half weeks prior to the presidential elections, but neither could not make a dramatic leap forward to attract the voters.


Are Left-leaning Bloggers Ready for Their Close-up?

Dispatch: Inside the Yearly Kos fest in Las Vegas, progressives get lessons in going mainstream


I was in the audience yesterday when the one dramatic moment of the conference took place. Scoble was on stage. Mike Arrington was sitting to my right in the front row of the second section (on the right). Mike showed me a piece he was writing, and I gulped. It said Scoble was leaving Podtech and probably going to FastCompany to start a TV network for them. Since Scoble is my friend, I knew that there was some truth to this, but was disappointed to see it was coming out, esp at a moment when Scoble wouldn't have a moment to think and consult with friends before formulating a response. HIs laptop screen was being projected as we watched him edit his comment on TechCrunch. At one point Mike asked if I thought he knew we could see what he was typing. I didn't think he did. Anyway, Scoble lets it all hang out. And somehow he gets away with it. What would kill most people just stings him, and he smiles through it all, in his bumbling Scoble-like way, and it always amazes me how he makes lemonade out of the lemons. This isn't the optimal way to announce you're leaving a company, and his deal with FC isn't final yet. But somehow I think he'll navigate this transition and come out in a better place after the dust settles.


Young people leaving care to be included in programmes offered by big businesses.


The United States wants to lease a Swedish attack submarine for naval exercises in the Baltic Sea in a deal possibly worth tens of millions of dollars, defense officials said Sunday.


Ailing Clinton urges Kerry to bolster election attacks

Under pressure in the polls as he enters the final stretch in his race for the White House, Senator John Kerry turned to Democratic heavy-hitter former president Bill Clinton for help from his hospital bed.


E' piu' alta degli altri Paesi industrializzati concorrenti


Drug Makers Take Aim at Counterfeiting Operations

Big pharmaceutical companies are testing new tracking technology they hope will help them spot counterfeit drugs before they reach consumers' medicine cabinets. By putting tags that transmit radio waves on medicine bottles sent to drug stores, company officials think they will be able to detect fake drugs.


Home run record holder Barry Bonds, the biggest name in baseball, will leave the San Francisco Giants at the end of this season, the player and team said on Friday.


FCC chief questioning XM-Sirius deal: NYT

Kevin J. Martin, the chairman of the  Federal Communications Commission, has privately questioned  recent congressional testimony by the architect of a proposed  merger of the nation's two satellite radio companies that  subscribers would both pay the same monthly rate and receive  significantly more programming, The New York Times reported.


US regulators on Monday charged newspaper tycoon Conrad Black and his top lieutenant with siphoning more than $85 million from the Chicago-based company they ran and moved to bar them from serving as officers of a public company.


Kofi Annan declares US invasion of Iraq illegal

ELEANOR HALL: The Prime Minister has found himself again defending his policy on Iraq, after the United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, said today that the US-led invasion was illegal and that the elections planned for Iraq in January would not be


Activists and researchers rally behind AIDS drug for mothers

Washington - Scientists and patient advocates this week united to defend an HIV treatment against allegations that a key clinical trial of the drug was flawed.


WASHINGTON - Congress may keep up the focus on the prison abuse scandal following the disclosure that the military has concealed as many as 100 "ghost detainees" from the Red Cross.    The presence of prisoners held by the CIA outside of the military's usual system of registration and care was an important finding of an Army investigation completed last month...


When a Single Story Has a Thousand Sides

âRenditionâ tries to be thoughtful and respectful of complexity while at the same time honoring the imperatives of commercial entertainment.


Visiting Indian delegation gets earful from U.S. workers dislocated by outsourcing.


Cleaning up Washington's 'Iraqi problem': invest authority in ...

Is there a "Sunni problem" in Iraq, as the United States would like us to believe? If there is, it is entirely of Washington's making.


Manchester United chief executive David Gill insisted that Old Trafford's cutting off talks with Malcolm Glazer should not be interpreted as `anti-Glazer' but rather `anti-leverage'.


Organizers shun wireless for GOP convention network

Verizon Communications ran thousands of miles of cable to build a VoIP network in Madison Square Garden, while Cisco supplied the networking equipment, IBM donated PCs and servers, and Microsoft provided desktop and systems software.


Republican Gov. Rick Perry touted his work to cut property tax, while his three major challengers used the first and only televised debate Friday night to appeal to voters in November's election.


Nasa is to invest $170m in the Orbital Sciences Corporation to help it develop a commercial resupply ship for the space station.


Scientists find many regions on Earth that once had permanent frozen ground are now experiencing a thaw.


Bills a Step From Completing a Rare Path to the Playoffs

Ina season once destined for the scrap heap, the Buffalo Bills have patched up enough holes to stand on the brink of one of the National Football League's most improbable turnarounds.


Adventurer to launch solo flight from Kansas

the first person to circumnavigate the globe solo in a balloon -- will begin his attempt at the first solo, nonstop flight around the world without refueling from an airport in Salina.


Russia deported on Friday a planeload of Georgians accused of illegal immigration in its latest blow against its southern neighbor, officials said.


Baby units under pressure due to staff shortages: study

Sick babies are being turned away from many neonatal units in England because of a shortage of specialist nurses and cots, a report said Wednesday.


Laptops Can Be a Pain ; Rise in Backache Linked to Portable PCs

BOOMING sales of laptops have led to a surge in the number of computer users with back and muscle problems, experts warned yesterday.   Girls as young as 12 are being diagnosed with nerve damage caused by slouching over screens, a group of leading chiropractors said.


Rumsfeld Confirms He's Staying on as Defense Secretary

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today that President Bush asked him to stay on in his current position and he "enthusiastically" accepted.


WASHINGTON/BOSTON  - General Electric GE.N and  the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission settled the  industrial giant's failure to disclose former CEO Jack Welch's  lavish retirement package with a cease-and-desist order on  Thursday.


Pak Inspires New Generation of Countrywomen

It was not until an injury sidelined her in 2005 that South Korean golfer Se Ri Pak was able to stand back and admire her body of work, and see herself as others did, as a pioneer.


Bookmakers were betting on a champagne-fuelled stunt hitting the Brit Awards when music industry moguls gather for their big night of the year on Wednesday.


"Dr Death" Kevorkian won't aid more suicides

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan  - Jack Kevorkian, who became notorious as "Dr. Death" for helping more than a hundred people kill themselves, said on Tuesday he would dedicate himself to a longshot effort to convince Americans to support assisted suicide.


Tornei, aste e sfide al via la fantastagione

Settimana decisiva per i tornei che prevedono un'asta. Il 5 e l'8 settembre FantaChampions, il 6 Serie A per Leghe a 20 squadre


Hungarians have been marking the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Budapest ghetto.


Unfortunately the Alamo City has not been kind to the Oklahoma State Cowboys. In 1997, OSU lost to Purdue at the Alamo Bowl. During this year's Final Four, the Pokes packed their bags early in a national semi-final loss to Georgia Tech.


OPEC set to ignore Venezuelan call for oil cut

Oil cartel OPEC is set to keep output  quotas steady at a meeting in Caracas on Thursday, overruling a  proposal by host Venezuela -- the group's fiercest price hawk  -- to cut production.


U.N. force vows to pursue Lebanon task despite bomb

MARJAYOUN, Lebanon  - U.N. peacekeepers will pursue their mission in south Lebanon despite a car bomb attack that killed six members of a Spanish battalion, their commander said on Monday.


The US space agency flies its X-43A hypersonic jet to a speed in excess of nine times the speed of sound.


The historic ruling that Gen Augusto Pinochet is fit to stand trial on murder and kidnapping charges brought victims' relatives onto the streets of Santiago to celebrate.


Is Harvey Weinstein the starmaker behind the Marchesa label?


Groups to judge Madonna fitness to adopt

Human rights organizations will help decide whether Madonna is fit to adopt a Malawian toddler, a judged ruled Wednesday.


Judge Allows US Airways Pay Cuts, a Move United Also Seeks

A bankrupt US Airways today won most of the emergency pay cuts it said were critical to avoid liquidation, and the airline industry's other bankrupt company, United, said


CBS warns of censorship if bare breast edict stays

The U.S. penalty on CBS for televising singer Janet Jackson's breast during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show will effectively censor U.S. broadcasting if it is upheld, the network argued on Tuesday.


Adobe Digital Editions 1.0 Now Available

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the release of  AdobeÂ® Digital Editions 1.0, a new software  application built from the ground up for acquiring, managing and reading  eBooks, digital newspapers, and other digital publications.


Sir Clive Woodward's position as Lions coach will come under scrutiny at a meeting on Tuesday.


com) and Ben Goessling (bgoessling@mndaily.com). Amid speculation that the painkiller Bextra will join Vioxx as drugs recalled from the market, University athletes are still using


While Forbidden Planet looks dated to modern audiences, it remains the seminal sci-fi flick of the '50s. By Jason Silverman.


Paralysed dogs given an unusual treatment for spinal cord injury have shown some success in being able to walk again, a new study reveals.


UK's Blair Focuses Re-Election Bid on Security

Britain's Tony Blair put tackling crime and terrorism at the heart of his re-election bid on Tuesday, drawing accusations of scaremongering like those leveled at his ally President Bush.


Fresh out of a demoralizing film session, Jerry Stackhouse delivered Wednesday what could become the Dallas Mavericks' rallying cry for the rest of the postseason:


Legislative Duel Has House Leaders Sparring for the Ethical High Ground

House Democrats and Republicans wrestled Tuesday for ethics superiority, adopting competing measures aimed at beefing up enforcement by the House ethics committee and forcing a probe of indicted Rep. William J. Jefferson.


Three times a week, The Associated Press picks an issue and asks President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry a question about it. Today's question and responses:


A senior official in a US gold mining company in Indonesia is named as a suspect in an environmental pollution case.


Udine, 19:21 - CALCIO, UDINESE; LEONARDI: IAQUINTA ANCORA NON E' DELLA JUVE

Il patron dell'Udinese Pozzo aveva annunciato Iaquinta alla Juve, ma secondo quanto dichiarato dal d...


U.S. looks to sanctions on Iran's Quds force

The Bush administration is looking at slapping sanctions on a unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps but has decided against naming the entire body a terrorist group, senior U.S. officials said on Wednesday.


Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif was arrested and deported to Saudi Arabia on Monday within hours of arriving home from exile, vowing to end the rule of President Pervez Musharraf.


Millions flock to Muslim gathering in Bangladesh

Pakistan Times Foreign Correspondent. TONGI (Bangladesh): A three-day mass gathering of Muslims, considered the largest annual Islamic event after the Hajj, began Friday in Bangladesh.


Heavily armed police commandos stormed a Jerusalem church compound and arrested nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu on Thursday, drawing harsh condemnation from the Anglican Church to which he belongs.


Dutch Launch International Hunt for Syrian Suspect

Dutch authorities have launched an  international hunt for a Syrian man they believe is the leader  of a radical Muslim network, prosecutors said on Friday.


Genova, 21:21 - Calcio, Sampdoria: Flachi forse in campo contro il Bologna

Sta meglio Francesco Flachi, rimasto vittima di un violento scontro aereo con Mantovani ieri sera ne...


The group hunting for banned weapons inside post-war Iraq is preparing to report that it has found no chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.


NASCAR Considering Changes to All-Star Format

NASCAR's annual All-Star race is being examined by series officials for tweaks to its format.


Belarus leader denies anti-Semitism in his country

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko  denied on Friday there was religious intolerance in the  ex-Soviet republic, a week after Israel accused him of  anti-Semitism.


Palestinian leader under pressure to clean house ahead of peace summit


The alliance calls for cooperation on joint listings, trading technology and marketing, with the possibility of investing in each other in the future.


Parasite Forces Md. to Kill 80,000 Trout

By DAVID DISHNEAU  HAGERSTOWN, Md. - A parasite that causes trout to swim in circles until they die has been found in two hatcheries in western Maryland, meaning 80,000 fish that would have been stocked in lakes and streams this year will instead be destroyed, an official said Thursday.


Yahoo reopens a 5-year-old case that banned the selling of Nazi memorabilia on its auction site. Also: Dell leads in computer sales despite tax levies….  Europe still watching what Microsoft does…. and more.


Sarah Jessica Parker has topped a poll no female star would ever want to be seen on - 'The Unsexiest Woman Of The Year'.


A soldier has died while on patrol in Basra, southern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence in London said Wednesday.


Inquiry Raises New Questions on French Bank

JÃ©rÃ´me Kerviel told prosecutors that his fictitious trading started a year earlier than SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale has acknowledged.


Mitsubishi Electric Develops 10 Gbps DWDM Transceiver Module for Optical Communication

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (President and CEO: Setsuhiro Shimomura) announced today it has developed a 10 Gbps transceiver module for optical communication.


Pakistan police say a 15-year-old confessed to being trained to kill Benazir Bhutto, but investigators are cautious.


Employers may continue the long-standing practice of taking Medicare into account when structuring the health care benefits voluntarily provided their retired workers, says the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a rule published in response to a 2000 court decision.


Vitamin Pills Don't Cut Stomach Cancer Risk -- Study

Millions of people take them to stay healthy but scientists said on Friday that vitamin supplements do not protect against stomach and other cancers and may even make them worse.


McDonald's begins the switch to new frying oil

McDonald's Corp. said on Monday more than 1,200 of its U.S. restaurants have switched to a trans-fat-free frying oil, though no timeline has been set for when the rest of its hamburger chain would be using the new product.


Great Britain's three-day eventing team have joined forces with France and the USA to challenge the gold medal claims of Germany and Bettina Hoy.


Democracy proved a prime-time hit on ABC on Saturday, particularly for the Democratic candidates for president.


Police Arrest Two Teens Suspected in Rhodes Ranch Crime Spree

By Review-Journal  review-journal  Las Vegas police on Thursday arrested two teenagers who they believe were responsible for a home invasion robbery and a string of residential burglaries in the Rhodes Ranch community in the southwest valley.


Ransom-based malware attacks specific companies

Blog: Low ransom request and a self-termination date on the code suggest this is a test attack.


Udine, 19:23 - BASKET, BENETTON TREVISO VINCE MEMORIAL RINO SNAIDERO

La Benetton Treviso ha vinto il terzo Memorial Rino Snaidero-Torneo Promotour, battendo questo pomer...


An American died Tuesday of injuries she suffered in an avalanche, bringing to four the death toll from two snow slides in Austria, officials said.


The electronic audience measurement tool, the âpeople meter,â has so far produced odd results.


Meeting with Manmohan major breakthrough

Islamabad: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was "a major breakthrough" in Indo-Pak relations, as it has been an immense success.


Lisbona, 12:44 - CALCIO, JUVE; TIAGO: A GENNAIO POTREI ANDARMENE

Tiago è deluso ed è stanco di fare panchina alla Juventus. Il centrocampista portoghes...


Prosecutors sent a clear message Thursday to Barry Bonds and everyone else linked to the federal steroids investigation: lie to us, and we'll come after you.


Afghanistan: Criminals, Not Militants, Holding UN Hostages

Afghanistan's Interior Ministry says the militant group claiming to have kidnapped three UN workers is not, in fact, the group holding the captives.


Competing for Shahid's attention is not just Bebo but his one-and-a half-year-old golden retriever. Meet Shahid's paw-pal Kaizer


Cheney unhurt in blast at U.S. base in Afghanistan

BAGRAM AIRBASE, Afghanistan  - A suicide bomber killed at least 10 people in an attack on Tuesday on the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan where Vice President Dick Cheney had spent the night after an unannounced visit.


Congress seeks a successor to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales who will restore faith in the US justice system.


Mavericks' owner fined $250,000 for postgame tirade

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was   fined $250,000 on Tuesday for his tirade following his team's   overtime loss to the Miami Heat in Game Five of the NBA Finals   on Sunday.


Rosemont Mayor Donald E. Stephens was released Friday from Northwestern Memorial Hospital following an overnight stay prompted by chest pains he suffered during a news conference.


Many see Obama, Clinton successes as fitting the ideals of US democracy and diversity.


Livewire: Beep! Beep! Ultra-Fast Broadband Is Here

For Rainer Kinnunen, life has been a bit of a blur since he signed up for a superhigh-speed Internet service three years ago.


Boeing Says 7e7 Being Developed Without Subsidies

PARIS, Sept 23  - US aircraft maker Boeing has not received subsidies to finance the developement of its new 7E7 commercial airliner, chief executive Harry Stonecipher said Thrusday, dismissing accusations from European rival EADS.


AMD is expected to unveil its most powerful desktop processors to date today, a few days after rival Intel disclosed changes to its desktop processor road map.


Iraq Kidnapping Business Continues Unabated

The Iraqi kidnapping business continued unabated today with the abduction of two Egyptians in Baghdad. There was still no word of the fate of Briton Ken Bigley - or two Italian women whom websites claim have been beheaded.


Roma, 17:00 - VOLLEY, EURO JR: ITALIA SUPERA SLOVACCHIA

Seconda vittoria per la nazionale juniores maschile agli europei. A Kazan i ragazzi di Angelo Lorenz...


Texas pitcher Padilla gets seven-game ban

Texas Rangers pitcher Vicente Padilla has been suspended for seven games following an incident during Sunday's clash with the Oakland Athletics, Major League Baseball (MLB) said on Tuesday.


Al Gore heads to Emmy red carpet for Current TV

Six months after achieving Oscar  glory for his climate change documentary "An Inconvenient  Truth," former Vice President Al Gore is headed back to the red  carpet for the Emmys, U.S. television's highest honors.


1918 Flu Epidemic Teaching Valuable Lessons

New analysis of how American cities responded to the killer Spanish flu of 1918 suggests that closing schools, banning large gatherings, staggering work hours and quarantining households of the ill may have saved tens of thousands of lives.


Pride, jitters as people prepare for first vote

This freshly minted democracy is about to hold the first open election in its history, but Saturday's vote fills Afghans here both with elation and fear.


A team of researchers briefly removed King Tut's mummy from its tomb Wednesday and laid bare his bones for a CT scan that could solve an enduring mystery: Was it murder or natural causes that killed Egypt's boy pharaoh 3,000 years ago?


Two Republican senators add to pressure on President Bush with a new plan on Iraq troop withdrawal.


Lou Diamond Phillips pleaded no contest Thursday to a misdemeanor count of domestic battery and was sentenced to three years probation for an incident involving his live-in girlfriend.


Mbeki Ready to Present Ivory Coast Peace Proposals

South African President Thabo Mbeki said Sunday he was ready to make concrete proposals to revive a peace process in Ivory Coast after visiting the rebel-held north of the country on a mediation mission.


The University of Michigan is accelerating its search for a cure for Type I diabetes, thanks to a $44 million donation - the largest ever to the health system and the second-largest in UM history.


Schwarzenegger to light fuel-cell-powered Christmas tree

A hydrogen fuel cell will light California's Christmas tree, governor of the pro-environment US state Arnold Schwarzenegger announced, giving the low-emissions technology a boost.


An amazing surgical procedure has allowed a man to rebuild his own jawbone after he lost it to cancer. The current issue of the medical journal "Lancet" describes the procedure used by surgeons in Germany to grow a new jaw for the man on his upper back.


Health Care Workers File Suit Against Sutter

SAN FRANCISCO -- A union representing health care workers who locked out at Sutter Health affiliated hospitals since Thursday, announced today that it is filing a lawsuit against Sutter Health and Modern Industrial Services, the agency Sutter used to hire


THERE is a shake-up of British gambling laws on the horizon that will revolutionise the betting industry and ripple out through all levels of society.


TV embarks on fight against indecency crackdown

U.S. television broadcasters Fox and CBS Corp. this week argued that a Federal Communications Commission crackdown on fleeting TV profanity and nudity was unconstitutional and a big change in how the agency handled similar cases.


Newcastle agree in principle to sign Middlesbrough striker Mark Viduka, the Press Association reports.


Afghan women protest American kidnapping

About 500 Afghan women gathered in a rare mass protest Tuesday against the kidnapping of an American aid worker. The women, many wearing burqas, called on officials to find the captive American and urged the kidnappers to release her.


Smithfield Announces European Meat Processing Acquisitions

Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced two acquisitions that continue to strategically align the company for growth in Europe.


Businesses and government agencies must re-examine the growing threat of cyberterrorism to automated computer systems running power grids, dams and other industrial facilities, security experts said Tuesday.


Incidente causato da una frana, non ci sono feriti


Stars to step out for new Bridget Jones premiere

The red carpet will be laid out in London tonight for the British premiere of "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason". Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant are expected to attend the


Prospect of Houston is no problem for Henman

IT IS two years since Tim Henman enjoyed top billing at a championship and there, in Basle, he reached the quarter- finals before losing to David Nalbandian.


Wal-Mart disputes report on movie download deal

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N on   Friday said it was not trying to dissuade movie studios from   working with other forms of distribution, such as Apple   Computer Inc.'s AAPL.O iTunes download service.


The nation's central bank gave a laundry list of proposals to prevent future unsavory lending practices.


Suspected Rebels Massacre 16 in Colombia

Suspected Marxist rebels massacred 16 peasants, including women and children, in a remote area in lawless Arauca province, police said Saturday.


President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to authorize an additional $30 billion to fight AIDS in Africa over five years, doubling the current U.S. commitment.


As millions of women inject Botox, reshape noses, and augment breasts, a growing number are now exploring a new frontier, genital plastic surgery.


Hospitalâs Accounting Is Under Fire by a Union

A union is trying to force nonprofit groups like hospitals to comply with standards of governing similar to those that federal law requires of private companies.


Una famiglia media paga ogni anno 495 euro di imposte locali


Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe accuses George W Bush of behaving as though he is God, with Tony Blair his prophet.


Japan Earthquakes Leave at Least 23 Dead

Yoshikazu Ogawa stood outside the pile of rubble that was once his home, poking around the plaster and wood that had suddenly come crashing down on his two minivans when a series of earthquakes hit northern Japan, killing at least 23 people and injuring some 2,000.


A. Jennings: World Laughs as Slavkov Keeps Bulgarian Positions

Andrew Jennings, consultant to BBC documentary "Buying the Games", comments in an interview for Sofia News Agency the latest developments in the bribery scandal, involving Bulgarian IOC member Ivan Slavkov.


Pioneer Heart Patient Marks Medical Fieldâs 30-Year History

The first patient to receive an angioplasty paved the way for the 15 million patients to follow.


The company got solid performance from all three sectors to make for a quality quarter.


Wavering Voters Anti-Iraq, Wary of Kerry

WASHINGTON - In an election where most voters have already chosen sides, the presidency could be decided by a small slice of America in the mushy middle - wavering voters who are more likely than others to question President Bush's honesty and think the war in Iraq was a mistake.    An Associated Press study of 1,329 "persuadable" voters, conducted by Knowledge Networks in advance of the presidential debates, suggests these people are deeply conflicted about change in the White House...


Matthew O'Phinney's Blog: MVC changes in Zend Framework

In a new note today, Matthew O'Phinney shares some of his experience as being asked to head up the MVC team for the Zend Framework, including some of the changes that have been made.   The experience has been incredibly rewarding, however, and I've had the chance to pick the brains of and work with some top-notch developers in the process. In the next week or so, we'll be releasing version 0.6.0 of the framework, and it will include much of my work in the MVC components as part of the core distribution.   Some of the changes he lists include:  changes that promote greater flexibility and testing controller classes are now unit tested the introduction of the request and response objects a router is no longer needed the ability to push parameters into the front controller  He also gets into a bit of detail on the Response object - what it is, how it works, and how you can set up your own custom versions of it. Check out the full post for more information.


Roma, 13:53 - CALCIO, TOTTI-NAZIONALE; RIVA: SPIEGHERA' TUTTO LUI

Il tormentone Totti-nazionale sÃ¬ o no dovrebbe essere arrivato alle battute conclusive. Lo dice Gigi...


Egypt rejects European parliament rights vote

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Friday rejected a European Parliament resolution criticising Egypt's human rights record, the official MENA news agency said.


Firmato il memorandum d'intesa per un sistema di nuovi gasdottoche collegheranno la Russia all'Unione europea attraverso il Mar Nero                                          Gazprom-Eni, nuovo progetto "Passo decisivo per l'Europa"                                                                                Bersani: "Ulteriore testimonianza della partnership fra Italia e Federazione Russache vogliamo mettere al servizio dei rapporti di collaborazione fra Russia e Ue"


Fifty thousand pamphlets pleading for the life of UK hostage Ken Bigley are handed out in Iraq.


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An international lineup of pop stars paid tribute to Princess Diana on Sunday at a memorial concert watched by her sons Princes William and Harry and a crowd of 60,000 at London's Wembley Stadium.


Besides cheap food, Austrian discount grocery chain Plus' ad this week offers bargain Botox treatments, sparking an outcry from critics who charge the campaign is unethical.


Congress' top budget analysts still expect the 2004 federal deficit to set a record, though a smaller one than they and the White House anticipated earlier in this election year.


Bill Clinton will make a dramatic appearance for John Kerry today in Philadelphia and later in Florida - and he says he would not have it any other way.


Falcons says cutting Vick not in team's best interest

The owner of the Atlanta Falcons  football team said on Monday it was not in the team's best  long-term interests to cut convicted star quarterback Michael  Vick from the squad.


Reggio Calabria, 15:41 - CALCIO, REGGINA: SE SI SALVA CITTADINANZA ONORARIA A MAZZARRI

Iniziativa singolare e importante del Consiglio comunale di Reggio Calabria, Aurelio Chizzoniti: l'a...


Biovail shares drop as rival seeks to sell generic antidepressant

TORONTO - Shares of Biovail Corp. fell through their one-year low on Wednesday after the firm said a competitor is seeking US approval for a generic version of the pharmaceutical company's top product.


Granite Links GC in Quincy will host a "Play Golf America Day" June 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free instructions to players of all ages and levels will be offered and you'll be able to test the newest equipment. Trick-shot artist Kevin Compare will perform at 1 p.m. For information, go to the website playgolfamerica.com.


Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt Wednesday said he had never seen people's solidarity like the one following the death of Muslim youth Rizwanur Rahman here as the director called on the mother of the victim at her residence in the evening.


Real-life thriller Open Water goes straight to the top of the UK box office in its opening week.


Sri Lanka says it has killed dozens of Tamil Tiger separatists in a sea battle off the eastern coast.


U.S. law enforcers move to deport offenders

SANTA ANA, California  - The inmate in the Orange County jail had been arrested before, but this time was different. After the first interview, he was led to a second, where he was told that if convicted he could be deported.


Myanmar troops fire shots to disperse crowds

Troops fired shots over the heads of large crowds in Myanmar's main city on Wednesday, sending people scurrying for cover as a crackdown against the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years intensified.


Investigators have begun unearthing a mass grave near this northern Iraqi village, uncovering more than 100 bodies and seeking evidence to use in a future trial of Saddam Hussein.


E un pedaggio d'ingresso, lo propone Legambiente


Blake Lawyer Says Police Wanted to Nab Celebrity

Police probing the murder of Robert  Blake's wife zeroed in on the actor even though there was no  evidence to show he killed her because they wanted the fame of  nabbing a celebrity, his lawyer said on Tuesday.


Democratic Party eases spending squabble

The Democratic Party defused a tense internal struggle over how it spends its money by boosting spending on a get-out-the-vote effort for the November elections.


Saying the league was out of gas, commissioner Gary Bettman announced the long predicted lockout Wednesday and insisted the league will not play any more games until there is a new economic system.


British censors are seeking a judicial review to block the sale of controversial video game Manhunt 2.


Wall Street was set for a flat start on  Thursday but stellar results from Apple Computer AAPL.O will  underpin the technology sector ahead of earnings from network  computer maker Sun Microsystems SUNW.O.


Former Wal-Mart exec accuses CEO of ethics breach

A fired Wal-Mart Stores Inc.   marketing executive has accused the retailer's chief  executive of violating its ethics policy by accepting discounts  on yachts, diamonds and personal gifts from vendors and others  eager to work with the company.


Somali PM resigns after feud with president

BAIDOA, Somalia  - Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi resigned on Monday after a long feud with the president that frustrated Western backers and split the government while it faced an Islamist insurgency.


AT&T Corp. (TN: Quote, Profile, Research) will cut another 7,400 jobs and reduce the value of its assets by $11.4 billion, spurred by its retreat from traditional consumer


Planned Black Hat demo off the schedule with no explanation given

A planned Black Hat demo of a technique for undermining Trusted Platform Module hardware-based security has been abruptly withdrawn from the schedule. Nitin and Vipin Kumar had provided an abstract for their talk, but they're not saying why they've withdrawn.


A night-time fire at Moscow drug rehabilitation hospital kills at least 42 people, reports say.


Prosecutors released more details Friday on new theft and money laundering charges against a jailed former oil tycoon and increased by $2 billion the amount of money they say he and his partner stole from subsidiaries of OAS Yukos.


NTT DoCoMo, Japan's dominant mobile operator, is to start selling mobile phones from Nokia and Motorola next year in a bid to reduce its reliance on local manufacturers.


A suspected mercenary on trial in Equatorial Guinea for an alleged British-led coup plot involving Mark Thatcher retracted his confession yesterday and said he had been tortured.


China's Lin and Xie remain perfect couple

Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang, the two top-seeded titleholders and one of China's most famous sporting couples, reached the quarter-finals of the All-England Open on Thursday.


Reaching Serenity by Grasping What's Important

Settling onto a couch, he rolled his eyes and nodded, wearily and gratefully. People have been popping the "R" question lately with near-maddening regularity, but what, exactly, is the point?


Riggs Pleads Guilty in Money Laundering Case

Riggs Bank today pleaded guilty to a federal criminal charge and agreed to pay a $16 million fine for failing to prevent potential money laundering at the District bank.


MultiVu Video Feed: The Coca-Cola Company Pledges to Replace the Water It Uses In Its Beverages and Their Production

Multi-year Partnership Announced with WWF to Conserve and Protect Freshwater Resources  The Coca-Cola Company has pledged to lead its global beverage operations, including those of its franchise bottlers, to replace the water it uses in its beverages and their production.


By Papasian, Melanie H  A new tree-ring study links rising sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean to the last five centuries of episodic fire outbreaks in the western United States.


Nazi-era mass grave discovered in German cemetery

German authorities said  on Thursday that they had unearthed the remains of 51 people,  most of them children, in what may be a mass grave for murdered  victims of Hitler's euthanasia program.


A policeman is dragged along for 15 metres by a car being driven off to evade a police patrol.


BAGHDAD, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. military released a senior aide to the rebellious Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr on Thursday, and Sadr aides said momentum was growing toward an agreement to disband the cleric's militia, which would halt a major element of the insurgency in Iraq.


Black Watch soldiers at Camp Dogwood are bracing themselves for another barrage of rocket attacks from Iraqi insurgents.


Close Encounters With the Swamps' Fiercest Predator

The second that Jose Fernandez slips into the cypress-lined Everglades pond, a resident alligator slices across the green, glassy water to confront him.


Obama nabs key endorsement of John Kerry

CHARLESTON, South Carolina  - Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama picked up a major endorsement on Thursday, with the party's 2004 nominee John Kerry announcing he would back his U.S. presidential bid.


Some 60 psychiatric patients are released by a hospital in north-western Nigeria after nurses went on strike.


The Conservatives will bring immigration back under control, David Davis promises the party's conference.


Kurd rebels say may hit Turk pipelines if attacked

Kurdish guerrillas could strike oil pipelines if Turkish troops attack them, a pro-rebel news agency quoted one of their leaders on Friday as saying.


TEHRAN Iran said Sunday it had submitted a letter to the United Nations' atomic watchdog announcing it would suspend uranium enrichment activities as part of a deal with the European Union to avoid possible UN Security Council sanctions.


Finjan: Warning users or scaring up business?

Antivirus firm warns of 10 holes in Windows XP SP2. Solution: Buy the company's products.


The widow of legendary US comedian Rodney Dangerfield is suing over a video footage of the star's later years.


Alzare il gomito puÃ² essere considerato un tipico divertimento per i giovani dell'Europa del Nord, ma non cosÃ¬ in Italia dove tra gli adolescenti l'abitudine di bere Ã¨ vista come una trasgressione da disapprovare, ma ciÃ² non vuol dire che si beva poco


Roma, 15:19 - CALCIO, ROMA; ESPOSITO: VIA A GENNAIO? NON CI PENSO NEANCHE

Mauro Esposito vuole dimostrare tutto il suo valore e vuole farlo con la maglia della Roma. Il suo 2...


Update: EMC's DeWalt named new McAfee chief

McAfee's board of directors on Monday named former EMC executive Dave DeWalt as the security software company's chief executive officer and president.


Actress Julia Roberts Gives Birth to Twins-Report

Actress Julia Roberts gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, in a Los Angeles hospital on Sunday, People magazine reported on its Web site, citing an anonymous source.


Uzbek leader scorns "revolutions" in election

democracy. Critics say it is a travesty of free choice in a country where thousands of dissidents are in jail and human rights abuses are said to.


Microsoft to Buy a Maker of Consumer Smartphones

Microsoft said it would acquire Danger, a maker of consumer smartphones, an indication that the software giant is quickly moving to expand its mobile strategy.


Anheuser-Busch reports sales; shares rise

Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc  on  Monday reported fourth-quarter sales that were better than some  analysts expected, helped by the addition of foreign brands to  its portfolio, sending its shares up 4 percent.


'Shark Tale' Chews Up 'Team America' at Box Office

In a surprise at the North American  weekend box office, the fishy gangsters of reigning champion  "Shark Tale" easily dispatched the frisky marionettes of the  much-hyped satire "Team America: World Police."


Biotech drug shows promise against Crohn's disease

ALBANY, NY A small, preliminary study has found that an experimental drug can offer relief to people suffering from the bowel disorder Crohn's disease.


Bali, 12:41 - TENNIS, WTA BALI: ERRANI AI QUARTI DI FINALE

L'azzurra Sara Errani si è qualificata per i quarti di finale del torneo Wta di Bali che si d...


Fast-food chain Wendy's International Inc. on Thursday posted a 4 percent rise in third-quarter profit and met Wall Street expectations, helped by strong same-store sales growth at its Wendy's and Tim Hortons restaurants.


Tough new targets to tackle Wales's high NHS waiting lists are set to be announced by the Welsh Assembly Government.


Where Bush and Kerry Stand on the Issues

A look at some of the positions of Republican President Bush and Democratic candidate John Kerry:


Soldiers With Ties To Las Cruces Killed In Iraq

A Las Cruces couple is mourning the loss of their son, who was killed this week in Iraq. 39 year old Army National Guard Sergeant Christian Engeldrum was killed outside Baghdad when a roadside bomb ripped through his Humvee.


Group claims execution of Italian hostages in Iraq: website

A group calling itself the "Jihad Organization" said it had "slaughtered" two Italian female hostages in Iraq, in a statement posted on an Islamist website.


Greenhouse gases widely blamed for causing global warming have jumped to record highs in the atmosphere, apparently stoked by rising emissions from Asian industry, a researcher said on Friday.


Negroponte sees Iraq success without Iran, Syria

A democratic Iraq can still emerge from sectarian violence, but the United States does not plan to open talks with Syria and Iran on stabilizing the country, President George W. Bush's pick for deputy secretary of state said on Tuesday.


President Karzai hits out at Pakistan for continuing violence, accusing it of trying to turn Afghans into "slaves".


A familiar foreboding has set in, akin to the disintegration at the end of the Soviet occupation in 1989.


Italian court drops murder case against U.S. soldier

An Italian court dropped on Thursday a murder trial against a U.S. soldier who killed an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq on the grounds it did not have jurisdiction, removing a thorn from relations between Rome and Washington.


Shell sees Sakhalin-2 deal with Gazprom this week

Oil major Royal Dutch Shell is on the  brink of a deal to bring Russian gas monopoly Gazprom into the  $22 billion Sakhalin-2 project, a spokesman said on Sunday.


EverNote offers a slick way to collect and retrieve random information on multiple devices.


Excerpts from House panel on Walter Reed

Some quotes from the House subcommittee hearing investigating the conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Monday:


Polls Show Abbas and Barghouti in Tight Race

Three polls indicate that the race for President of the Palestinian Authority is nearly even between Fatah choice Mahmoud Abbas and independent candidate Marwan Barghouti.


The New Orleans Saints, a team that has never won anything, has lifted people up in the worst times of their lives and embodies the hope for a city that has almost nothing else.


Leeds holds board meeting to discuss takeover of troubled soccer ...

Leeds United called a board meeting Thursday to consider a 25-million-pound ($55.7 million Cdn) takeover by a British-American consortium.


Dozens of children among 44 killed by Baghdad bombings

Dozens of children were killed yesterday when three car bombs exploded in a coordinated attack in Baghdad that left 44 people dead and more than 200 injured.


A parliamentary session due to have begun on Monday in the Maldives has been postponed indefinitely.


After dodging serious trouble earlier this season -- in the form of a loss to league-leading Medfield -- the Westwood Wolverines were thinking of three simple words yesterday: Rock Me Amadeus.


John Reid unveils a crackdown targeting "foreigners" illegally in the UK who "steal our benefits" and  NHS services.


(InfoWorld) - The Web and AJAX have many deficiencies, including security holes, and much more needs to be done to iron out these problems, according to a keynote speaker at The Rich Web Experience conference in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday evening After taking the audience through a history of computing interfaces beginning with Hollerith cards to time-sharing and finally to the Web, Douglas Crockford, an architect at Yahoo and creator of JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), gave a mostly gloomy presentation on AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) and the Web. His presentation was entitled, "The State of AJAX." "The sad thing was the Web was a step backward in terms of interactivity [when it debuted]," Crockford said. It looked like Java would fix the problem with applets. "Unfortunately, Java was a huge failure. It completely collapsed. It didn't meet any of its goals," he said. Java's write-once, run-everywhere promise was not kept; it had an unworkable security model and a tedious UI model, said Crockford. Java did, however, become very successful on the server, he added. This left JavaScript and then XMLHTTP requests for communicating from the browser to the data server. "It was really Microsoft that created all the components that AJAX needed," Crockford said. AJAX applications are highly interactive, highly social, easy to use, and offer great network efficiency, according to Crockford. "The big problem is that it is too damn hard to write these apps," he said. "The most interesting innovation in software development in 20 years has got to be the mashup," which shows the benefits of distributed programming. "Unfortunately, mashups are insecure [in the browser]," said Crockford, with components unable to be protected from each other. The model in the browser is fully broken and needs to be fixed, he said. "The Web is an exploit waiting to happen," Crockford said. Crockford then went through a critique of various Web technologies. "[JavaScript is a] deeply flawed language," with an unpopular programming model. "But to its credit, it's working really, really well in an environment where Java failed," said Crockford. The planned JavaScript 2 upgrade also has problems. "It will make the language considerably more complicated," Crockford said. HTML raises questions about whether it is a document format or an application delivery format; it has low graphical ability and is missing a compositing model. With AJAX, HTML needs to be an application delivery format, said Crockford. XHTML was supposed to replace HTML, but it died because it was too brittle, he said. CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) presents a styling layer in the browser, but it is slow, complex, and incredibly fragile. "It surprises me that there is not a greater call for its replacement," Crockford said. XML is complicated and inefficient, he said. "Fortunately, XML has been replaced by JSON," Crockford said. "This gives me some confidence that we can fix the standards in the Web. This is our first success at that." Crockford urged standardization and uniformity in browsers. But there are computers not capable of running the latest browsers, he said.Â  If the Web is unable to repair itself, it could be replaced with a proprietary system such as Microsoft's Silverlight or Adobe's AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime), Crockford said. Proprietary systems do present advantages, such as having only one source of new bugs and presenting a simpler upgrade story. But people like open systems and are suspicious of proprietary systems, he said. Crockford added that he used to think the browser was the most hostile programming environment ever devised, but then he found out about mobile programming. The mobile industry has had its own failed experiments, he said. "Despite all of its problems, AJAX works. So we're looking at a mobile Web now," Crockford said. Fixing the many issues might just require a lack of democracy, in which the right players are placed in the same room and agree on a remedy, similar to how the U.S. Constitution was forged, he said. "Maybe we should do that, too, but who are the right guys and how do you figure out how to get everybody else not to revolt," Crockford said. Earlier on Thursday, Kevin Hoyt, platform evangelist with Adobe Systems, emphasized the concept of experience as critical for Web development. Experience matters to business, he stressed. He spoke of an experience economy as a successor to the current service economy. "Seventy-two percent of shopping carts abandoned because of poor user experience," Hoyt said. He also urged developers not to disregard what they learned from developing desktop applications when they start building for the Web. It is OK to use desktop metaphors in Web apps, such as widgets, he said. "It's OK to think inside the box," said Hoyt. Customers, he said, want a personal relationship with a brand.SEE ALSO:Rich Web technologies debated


Cautious Miller Wins Another Giant Slalom

Bode Miller put his go-for-broke style temporarily in check Sunday and won a World Cup giant slalom for the second time this season.


President Hamid Karzai swore in his new Cabinet Friday, hailing the body as Afghanistan's best hope for a better future and urging its new members to set aside ethnic


Tyler Hansbrough had 22 points and a career-high 21 rebounds and No. 4 North Carolina beat Florida State 84-73 in overtime on Sunday.


Description: Sprint is about to acquire Nextel in a telecom merger that would create the nation's third-largest wireless company.


Babies who are breastfed are more likely to move up the social ladder as adults, a study claims.


Diamond reuniting with Rick Rubin for new album

After he recovered from a bout of  depression brought on by the Sony BMG rootkit fiasco, in which  the company coded his acclaimed "12 Songs" album with  potentially malicious anti-piracy software and then pulled the  disc from retail, Neil Diamond went back to work writing songs  for his next effort with producer Rick Rubin.


Aston Villa manager David O'Leary believes his side will come through the Christmas programme with their heads held high despite their poor recent results.


(InfoWorld) - Web content delivery company Akamai Technologies has signed an agreement to acquire Netli, which provides services to help accelerate content and services online, the companies announced Monday. In the deal, Akamai would acquire Netli in exchange for about 3.2 million shares of Akamai common stock, or about $170 million depending on Akamai's share price on the closing date. The companies expect the deal, which Netli stockholders must approve, to close by the end of this quarter. The acquisition would improve Akamai's application acceleration offerings and add to the company's goal of being the leading managed service provider for Web application acceleration, Akamai said. The market for application acceleration spending is projected to grow from $967 million in 2004 to $3.3 billion in 2010, according to IT analysis firm Gartner. Akamai and Netli's combined managed services will focus on two important market segments: application delivery controllers and WAN optimization controllers, said Akamai, which is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The merged company will combine Netli's high-performance communications protocol with Akamai's global scale and its capabilities to reroute Internet traffic around points of congestion, Akamai said. The company will target large companies offering dynamic applications, such as customer portals, collaboration platforms, e-learning environments, and business-to-business commerce. The two companies "both emphasize leading-edge technology to help businesses deliver more effective, higher-performing online applications," Paul Sagan, president and CEO of Akamai, said in a statement. Netli, based in Mountain View, California, has about 70 employees, and most of them would stay with Akamai, said Jeff Young, an Akamai spokesman. In November, Akamai announced plans to buy Nine Systems, a multimedia management service provider, in a stock and cash deal worth about $160 million.


LA cardinal apologizes, offers record abuse deal

The leader of the largest U.S. Roman Catholic archdiocese apologized on Sunday for what he called a "terrible sin and crime" as the church confirmed it would pay a record $660 million to people who were sexually abused by priests.


Google expected to launch wiki and presentation services this week

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


Musharraf plane fired on: Pakistan security official

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's plane was fired on as it took off on Friday from a military airfield in Rawalpindi, an intelligence officer said, contradicting official denials.


Serbia's Prime Minister Condemns "Double Standard" Policy In Regard...

BELGRADE, December 24 (RIA Novosti, Nikolai Paskhin) - At a Thursday conversation with the Russian journalists accredited in Belgrade chairman of Serbia s government Vojislav Kostunica shared the stand of the ...


Credit Suisse shares drop as bank reportedly prepares CSFB job ...

ZURICH  - Shares in the Swiss banking group Credit Suisse fell on the eve of an investors meeting which will reportedly unveil drastic changes at its US investment banking arm, Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB).


Group Takes Credit for Forcing Amendment

The main opposition party grabbed credit Thursday for forcing an amendment to the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement that it says will ensure that cheap generic drugs are not blocked from the Australian market.


Rock against Bush ends tour in Washington

Bruce Springsteen, REM, Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews and the Dixie Chicks will end the "Vote for Change" tour intended to aid the election campaign against President George W. Bush with final official concert in Washington.


Healthy or unhealthy, this national dependence on the web has happened in the 10 short years since IBM targeted the domestic consumer with PCs powerful enough to connect with the web.


Aides to the country's most powerful Shiite leader said they had reached a tentative agreement Thursday to end the three-week siege in this holy Shiite city, following a day


FDA approves Amgen colon cancer drug Vectibix

The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration said on Wednesday it had approved Amgen Inc's  drug Vectibix for the treatment of advanced colon cancer.


STANFORD NOTEBOOK Gilbertson gives edge to Stanford

Washington coach Keith Gilbertson, whose team lost to Notre Dame and Stanford the past two weeks, thinks Stanford (3-1) might have some advantages in its game Saturday at Notre Dame (3-2).


UK July Annual House Prices Rise Most in a Year

UK house prices in July grew at their fastest pace in a year as higher interest rates failed to damp demand for property, a government survey showed.


PITTSBURGH - The state Supreme Court ruled that Pennsylvania's drunken driving law can't be enforced against people on horseback, a decision that inspired the dissenting justice to wax poetic.    The court ruled Wednesday in a case against two men in Mercer County in 2002...


UPDATE 4-US Airways in tentative giveback deal with pilots

Bankrupt US Airways Group Inc. (UAIRQ.OB: Quote, Profile, Research) reached a tentative agreement on Friday with negotiators for its pilots union on $300 million


Aid efforts pick up speed as refugees complain of scrounging for ...

Aid began trickling through to survivors across the earthquake and tsunami-battered Indian Ocean Friday, but tons of emergency supplies continued to pile up at some overstretched airports.


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A run of healthy profits for defense contractors that has lasted nearly a decade will continue for at least another year, analysts and company executives said after the Bush administration last week submitted its new defense budget.


Independent voters tilt toward Democrats

Michael Brooks is exactly the kind of voter the Republican Party can ill afford to lose. But in a foreboding omen for 2008, it may have already done just that.


A steamy memoir by former New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey, who left office amid a gay sex scandal, has become a best-seller on two lists.


Oil Falls to a 6-Week Low as US Supplies Expected to Increase

Crude oil fell to a six-week low on expectations that an Energy Department report tomorrow will show that US oil and petroleum-product inventories rose.


London equities rose in opening trade on Tuesday, with mining stocks boosted by record prices for gold and platinum.


Astronomers predict red moon during total lunar eclipse

CALGARY - The full moon may turn a deep, reddish orange on Wednesday night, astronomers say. If skies are clear, people can expect to see the colour change as the Earth's shadow falls over the face of the moon in a total lunar eclipse.


Pakistan President Says He Will Keep Title of Army Chief

ÂThe president of Pakistan, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, announced in a nationwide television address this evening that he would continue as the army chief despite


MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Hubie Brown retired as coach of the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday due to health reasons. "Unexpected health-related issues will not allow me to continue coaching the Memphis Grizzlies," the 71-year-old Brown said in a statement.


Sick Phones: Cell phones may be next in line to get viruses, but ...

Malicious programs that can delete address books. Junk messages that flood a cell phone's inbox. Stealthy code that uses Bluetooth wireless technology to sneak onto handsets.


Meat wagons hitched to wireless bandwagon


Adobe (Quote, Chart) issued a patch this week that helps prevent multiple flaws found in its products. The fixes clear up problems in Windows and Macintosh systems running Adobe Reader and Acrobat Pro versions


Oil prices closed above $50 a barrel for the first time yesterday as concerns linger about damage to oil production in the Gulf of Mexico from Hurricane Ivan.


Addis Abeba, 16:53 - Atletica, fidanzata Bekele muore mentre si allena

La fidanzata dell'etiope Kenenisa Bekele, campione olimpico dei diecimila metri ad Atene 2004, Ã¨ mor...


Fuji, 12:55 - F.1, GP GIAPPONE; ALONSO: IL RECUPERO E' POSSIBILE

Il pilota della McLaren Fernando Alonso vuole vincere il gran premio di Giappone, ma soprattutto il ...


New School Safety and Security System Demonstrated By Security With Advanced Technology

Security With Advanced Technology (NASDAQ: SWAT) announced today that it demonstrated its new AgileMesh products, a line of wireless, mesh network video surveillance systems, for over 15 Colorado law enforcement agencies and school districts at Castle View High School in Castle Rock, Colo.


High cholesterol raises stroke risk healthy women

NEW YORK  - Among women with no history of major illness, those with high cholesterol levels are significantly more likely to suffer a stroke, investigators in Boston report.


Libraries Digging Deep for Geothermal Savings

Several libraries in Westchester have, or are planning to install, systems which use the earthâs constant temperature below the frost line to heat and cool their buildings.


âHe got hurt, he reacted,â Clarence House says after nightclub ...

PRINCE HARRY lashed out at a photographer early yesterday after being confronted by cameramen as he left a nightclub. The Prince was accused of âdeliberatelyâ striking Chris Uncle and swearing outside the Pangaea club in the West End at 3am.


Five Palestinians killed Israeli attack that targeted Hamas activist in Gaza City

JERUSALEM Israel set off a mysterious explosion in an olive grove near the house of a senior Hamas activist Wednesday, killing five Palestinians and wounding seven. The strike came just before Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faced a key party test linked to ...


Edwards may add Wal-Mart opponents as senior staff

Democratic presidential candidate  John Edwards is expected to name two activists opposed to the  giant retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to senior posts on his  campaign staff, a campaign official said on Thursday.


Top jockey reported among 16 arrested in British race-fixing ...

Six-time British champion jockey Kieren Fallon was reported among 16 people arrested Wednesday on charges of fixing horse races. The Press Association, Britain's national news agency, reported


A British terror suspect allegedly involved in a plane bomb plot escapes custody in Pakistan.


The Malaysian media seem to be caught in a dilemma when it comes to giving coverage to former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, recently released from jail after the Federal


Alan Zinter hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 11th to give the Arizona Diamondbacks a 9-8 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night.


An Indian teacher has been arrested for using electric shocks to discipline his students, TV news channels reported on Wednesday.


New asthma guidelines balance risk, control

New guidelines unveiled by U.S. federal health experts on Wednesday for tackling asthma carve out a new age group, children 5 to 11, for unique treatment.


Golden Globes a bust for everyone in Hollywood

Here is the  cold, hard reality of the 65th annual Golden Globe Awards that  will be handed out Sunday at the Beverly Hilton: A lot of  people are going to lose a lot of money.


OâNeill unhappy at Celtic Football Club defeat

Martin OâNeill felt Celtic Football Club should not have lost their lead in last nightâs Old Firm game. John Hartson gave the Bhoys a 1-0 lead midway through the second half but a late goal from Dado Prso


Argentina's Guillermo Canas beat Tommy Haas of Germany 6-4, 6-3 Saturday to advance to the final of the CA Trophy. The sixth-seeded Canas will face Spain's Feliciano Lopez, who beat Davide Sangiunetti of Italy 6-3, 6-3.


Five people will run in the special election to temporarily fill the seat vacated by former House Majority leader Tom DeLay, the secretary of state's office said Friday.


Darfur peace talks set for Oct. 27 in Libya

Sudan's government and rebel groups will start talks on October 27 in Libya to push for peace in violence-torn Darfur before 26,000 peacekeepers deploy there, the United Nations and Khartoum announced on Thursday.


Voting heavy; lines of voters wait to cast ballots

By LORI ARATANI, SETH BOENSTEIN, THOMAS FITZGERALD and WILLIAM DOUGLAS. From Spokane to Honolulu to Cleveland to Charlotte, millions of voters continued to steam into their polling places Tuesday, enduring


Madeleine McCann's mother to be declared suspect

The mother of missing British four-year-old Madeleine McCann will be formally declared a suspect on Friday, a spokeswoman for the family said.


India, Russia Agree to Revitalize Traditional Ties

Cold war allies India and Russia sought on Friday to instill new momentum into their longstanding relationship, tidying up energy and military ties.


Arts & entertainment: It has one of the most famous beginnings in film. As The Seventh Seal is rereleased for its 50th anniversary, Peter Bradshaw explores the craft of the opening scene, while Xan Brooks chooses the top 10 beginnings.


Richard Jewell, Wrongly Linked to â96 Olympic Bombing, Dies at 44

Richard Jewell, the former security guard who was erroneously linked to the 1996 Olympic bombing, died Wednesday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.


FEMA: Aid in Place for Hurricane Recovery

The government's disaster relief manager sought on Sunday to assure people in Florida that federal aid is in place to help with recovery efforts from the latest hurricane bearing down on the state.


Jones sues BALCO founder, denies steroid use

Olympic athletics champion Marion Jones filed a defamation lawsuit yesterday against BALCO head Victor Conte, who told a US television audience that he gave her steroids and watched her inject herself with them.


Su attese bilanci 2004 e recupero dollaro


It's Time to Think Outside the Mobile TV Box, Says Analysys

There are contrasting expectations between industry views on mobile TV  and market forces, according to recent work undertaken by Analysys, the  global advisers on telecoms, IT and media (www.analysys.com).


Pope improving, eating regularly again: Vatican

Pope John Paul II's condition has improved and he is eating regularly, Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said as the frail pontiff spent a third day in hospital.


House Republicans Unveil Sweeping Sept. 11 Bill

U.S. House of Representatives  Republican leaders unveiled sweeping legislation on Friday that  they said reflects Sept. 11 commission recommendations for  reforming U.S. intelligence operations.


MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - The Democratic presidential front-runners came under attack from a rival on Sunday for showing insufficient leadership on ending the war in Iraq in a debate in which the main target was President George W. Bush.


Il Guardasigilli incarica ispettori di svolgere inchiesta


New rules that come into force on Wednesday should make it easier to switch broadband supplier.


French Report on Concorde Crash Blames Debris and Structural Flaw

A metal strip dropped on the runway by a Continental Airlines plane was a major element in the crash of an Air France Concorde jet near Paris in July 2000, but a previously


Former Italy and Inter Milan captain Giacinto Facchetti has died, aged 64.


The makers of SHUKRIYA, producers Ragini and Vibha and director Anupam Sinha, are on Cloud Nine.


Cleveland pitcher Kyle Denney was slightly wounded in the leg late Wednesday night on the team bus as it left Kauffman Stadium for Kansas City International Airport.


Ilya Kovalchuk scores his NHL-leading 36th goal but misses in the shootout, and the Florida Panthers defeat the Atlanta Thrashers, 3-2, Thursday night, behind goaltender Tomas Vokoun's 26 saves..


Houston's Bagwell calls it quits after 15 seasons

Four-times All-Star Jeff Bagwell, the most prolific power hitter in the 45-year history of the Houston Astros, retired Friday after 15 seasons with club.


Mattel announces third Chinese toy recall

The world's leading toymaker, Mattel Inc, on Tuesday announced a third recall of Chinese-made toys, saying it would take back more than 800,000 units globally that contain "impermissible" levels of lead.


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New York Offers Perks for GOP Protesters

NEW YORK Aug. 18, 2004  An anti-war group planning a massive demonstration the day before the GOP convention asked a judge on Wednesday to overrule city officials and let protesters gather in Central Park.


U.S. Raids Afghan Compounds in U.N. Hostage Search

U.S.-led troops searching for three U.N. hostages blasted their way into compounds in Kabul early on Monday and detained 12 people while militants claiming to hold the U.N. workers warned the government against any tricks.


(CBS) Millions of folded paper cranes fluttered down from warplanes in the skies over southern Thailand Sunday as the air force completed a mission of peace aimed at expressing the nation's hope for an end to separatist violence in the Muslim-dominated


HP and Microsoft eye supercomputer market

Tech giants want to give high-performance computers more "mass market" appeal by making them easier to deploy, support and manage.


Sarkozy, Bruni win lawsuit against Ryanair

President Nicolas Sarkozy and France's new first lady Carla Bruni on Tuesday won a lawsuit filed against Irish budget airline Ryanair for featuring a photo of the couple in an ad campaign.


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For Colonial Forge's Squires, Turnabout Is Fair Play

Ian Squires and his brother, Drew, left Christiansburg three days before the season started and are already busy leading Colonial Forge's wrestling team, including at Saturday's Battlefield Duals, against their former team.


Firenze, 20:14 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: DIFFERENZIATO PER TRE

Ripresa degli allenamenti della Fiorentina dopo due giorni di stop.  Un allenamento a porte chiuse


Il Chievo fa passi in avanti come la Fiorentina e il Torino


'Normal' Blood Pressure May Still Be Too High

A new study of heart disease patients finds that "normal" blood pressure may not be low enough. By reducing their pressure well below the levels suggested by national guidelines, patients had


Jesus Flores' two-run, ninth-inning double gave the Washington Nationals a 4-3 win over the Florida Marlins on Tuesday night.


Wealthy countries need to do much more to fight global poverty, the international aid agency Oxfam says.


EU launches watered-down human rights agency

The European Union launched an agency  on Monday to monitor human rights across the bloc, but civil  rights groups criticized a move by some member states to ensure  it had no say on police and criminal justice matters.


Papa Bouba Diop's superb equaliser for Fulham blew Manchester United's chance to reel in English Premiership front-runners Arsenal and Chelsea in a 1-1 draw at Craven Cottage on Monday.


ATHENS, Greece - A windsurfer whose first name means "wave" in Hebrew gave Israel its first Olympic gold medal ever Wednesday, taking a plunge in the Saronic Gulf to celebrate. Gal Fridman sailed a remarkably consistent regatta, never finishing worse than eighth in the 11-race series...


Jury finds Black, others guilty of criminal fraud

A U.S. jury on Friday found Conrad Black guilty of criminal fraud and obstruction of justice in a grim Friday the 13th verdict that could send the former media baron to jail for up to 35 years.


S. Africa declares electricity emergency

The government on Friday declared a national electricity emergency and said it would introduce urgent measures to try to reduce demand and boost supply, as sweeping power outages caused chaos and misery across the country


ATLANTA -- The federal government will announce a plan this week to purchase additional flu shots to help relieve the nation's shortage, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.


WASHINGTON -- With the economy shifting into a slower gear and inflation apparently retreating, Federal Reserve officials are likely to pat themselves on the back for engineering a soft landing and leave interest rates alone.


Man charged with stalking pop singer Avril Lavigne

EVERETT, Wash. -- Prosecutors have charged 30-year-old man with felony stalking, accusing him of harassing Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne's parents and violating a court order by trying to contact her.


Russia's Medvedev lauds online media freedom

Russia's  president-in-waiting Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday media  freedoms are guaranteed in Russia -- by the Internet.


Fed Steps Up Interest Rates a Sixth Time

The Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates on Wednesday and signaled that it intends to keep raising rates in the months to come.


Stoned.Angelina socks it to 'em A batch of laptops pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium was found to have been infected with a 13-year-old boot sector virus.â¦


Japanese industrial production fails to expand for a second month in a row, official figures show.


Readers put in their two cents on online voting and hoarding the music.


NEW YORK - US consumer sentiment brightened slightly in November, helped by cheaper gasoline and a better jobs outlook, but came in below market expectations, a survey released Wednesday showed.


Scotiabank profits rise to $708M, full-year earnings jump to $2.9B

TORONTO (CP) - Bank of Nova Scotia reported record annual profits Tuesday and raised its dividend after the bank benefited from solid gains in mortgage and consumer lending as well as international operations.


Tips on subverting China's censorship of Flickr

Blog: Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield tells how to get around China's  blocking of Yahoo photo-sharing site.


AT&T, AT&T Wireless, and Cingular Resolve Branding Issue

AT&T, AT&T Wireless, and Cingular Wireless resolved issues relating to the use of the AT&T brand in connection with Cingular's acquisition of AT&T Wireless.


For the Newest Net: Have Sneakers, Will Travel

After seven years of bouncing around the globe while he waited to play in the N.B.A., Billy Thomas finally made up his mind last week.


I'm paranoid that much of Arizona remains clueless about the competitive race of the 21st century, a race we're in whether we want to be or not.


Bush says Obama has long way to go to be president

President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that Democratic Sen. Barack Obama was an impressive politician but had a "long way to go to be president," as he weighed in on the race for the White House in 2008.


Hungary's Parliament Elects Prime Minister

Parliament on Wednesday elected one of Hungary's wealthiest businessmen as prime minister, ending two months of political uncertainty.


Unless it addresses its Western allies' legal concerns about terror detainees and extraordinary renditions -- and fast -- the U.S. will lose its best line of defense against another 9/11


A team of scientists working in Georgia unearths the remains of four primitive human ancestors dating to 1.8 million years ago.


Kobe Bryant had 38 points and nine assists while the Los Angeles Lakers routed the hapless Boston Celtics 122-96 to end a six-game losing streak — the longest of Phil Jackson's 16-year coaching career.


Tahoe Fire Update: Some Destroyed, Some Spared By Blaze's Fury

By Mike Zapler, Rod Foo and Leslie Griffy, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun. 25--Firefighters near South Lake Tahoe are struggling to contain a wildfire that has already burned 173 homes and scorched more than 2,500 acres.


HOUSTON, June 10 -- The crews of Atlantis and the international space station greeted each other with hugs and handshakes Sunday after the space shuttle arrived at the orbiting outpost.


Voletta Wallace Drops Wrongful-Death Suit

The mother of Notorious B.I.G. reportedly has dropped a wrongful-death lawsuit against a former suspect in the rap star's slaying.


Paul Otellini, the chip maker's president and chief operating officer served notice at the company's recent developer conference that the megahertz era was coming to a close, and the decision last week to remove the 4-GHz Pentium 4 processor from its road


Oracle extends PeopleSoft offer for 12th time

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (Dow Jones/AP) -- Oracle Corp. extended its hostile bid for PeopleSoft Inc. for the 12th time, pushing the tender offer through Oct. 8. In a press release Thursday, Oracle said about


Colombian Court Approves Paramilitary Extraditions

By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Colombia  - A Colombian court approved theextradition to the United States of one of the South Americannation's most notorious paramilitary leaders on drug smugglingcharges.


Three years after Sept. 11, emergency radios aren't linked for most first responders.


Tornado Toll Hits 57, But Survivors Found

LAFAYETTE, Tenn. Feb. 7 -- All over this small town of tobacco farms and lumber mills, people began yesterday to grieve and pick up the mess left behind after one of the deadliest tornado strikes in state history.


The parents of a teenager who died after taking an overdose call for a law to make schools record bullying allegations.


Gunman may have planned sex assault at Amish school

NICKEL MINES, Pennsylvania  - The man who stormed an Amish school and killed five girls had confessed to his wife he molested two girls 20 years ago, and police said he may have planned to sexually abuse his 10 hostages.


The Red Sox couldn't have scripted a better ending to a pivotal homestand than what transpired Sunday at Fenway Park. David Ortiz homered, doubled and scored


UN 'civilization' forum launched to bridge divide between cultures

World leaders and personalities from some 60 countries Tuesday launched a new UN forum aimed at averting the "predicted clash of civilizations" in the wake of September 11 and other terror attacks.


DVD rental company Netflix Inc   on Wednesday said it was developing a set-top box with  LG Electronics Inc  to let subscribers watch movies  streamed directly from the Web to their TVs.


INTERNET giant Google has taken its searching tools one step further with a service for individual desktops. Its new desktop search application means users can search their email, files, web history, and chats


Charity worker's husband pleads for her release

The charity worker, who has dual British and Iraqi nationality, was snatched in Baghdad on Monday. Today her Iraqi husband Tahsin Ali Hassan told of his fear at her capture


Spam spewing printer attack pulps security

Cross Site Printing for Spamming As if spam email wasn't intrusive and annoying enough, spammers might have a means at their disposal to send unwanted messages as print jobs to networked printers.â¦


Vendors ship updated packages to fix the problem that could allow an attacker to take control of a system.


Kodak Makes New Plans to 'Redevelop' Consumer Photo Market

This morning, Kodak confirmed the readiness of a technology with multiple patents apparently attached, that will add a panchromatic element to the single image sensors mass-produced for digital cameras.  Such an element could conceivably increase cameras' sensitivity to light by two to four times.  But BetaNews also discovered evidence of Kodak's plans to cash in on this and other technologies.


National Geographic revisits L.A. bank shootout

LOS ANGELES  - It was about 10 years ago that in the Pantheon of Crazies, Larry Phillips and Emil Matasareanu were given instant admission and seated at the head of the table. They're the full-body-armored "High Incident Bandits" who robbed the Bank of America branch in North Hollywood and unloaded their AK-47s and other weapons of mass destruction against the piddling peashooters of the LAPD.


Voters in Hungary went to the polls Sunday to decide a double referendum on citizenship rights and their nation's health care system.


European research ministers state their intention to go it alone on a multi-billion euro nuclear project if arguments with international partners are not resolved soon.


The Senate Thursday brushed past Bush administration protests and passed legislation containing big budget increases for medical care for veterans.


Where the United States was concerned, there was little unlucky about Day 13 of the Athens Olympic Games. Abby Wambach's goal in the second overtime vaulted the United States women's


Gateway has rejected an offer to sell its retail arm to the California man who founded the company's eMachines line.


Jerry Brown makes climate-change crusade

Nearly four decades after entering California politics, Jerry Brown has reinvented himself yet again, this time as a carbon-fighting attorney general.


US treasuries dumping report sends greenback into a tailspin

The US dollar hit a record low against the euro and a nearly five-year low versus the yen after a mainland business newspaper appeared at first glance to confirm the market's worst fears - that China was dumping US Treasuries.


"Phir Milenge" tackles HIV stigma in India

In a movie-mad country where people are shy about discussing sex, a Bollywood film-maker hopes to shed some light on India's potentially disastrous HIV problem.


Tiki Barber, who retired from the Giants, will become a broadcaster for NBCâs âThe Today Showâ and is expected to have a role in the networkâs Sunday night football broadcasts, people with direct knowledge of the negotiations said.


Report: Death toll from China storm at 164

China's death toll from tropical storm Bilis rose Monday to at least 164, with 138 people missing, as torrential rains swept away houses and set off mudslides, state television reported.


The MTV Video Music Awards aren't until Sunday, but hip-hop stars started accepting trophies Friday night.


One Palestinian is killed and several are injured in clashes between unpaid police and forces loyal to Hamas.


Kingdom to Raise Oil Output Capacity to 12.5m bpd: Naimi

JEDDAH, 30 November 2004 - Saudi Arabia plans to raise its oil production capacity to 12.5 million barrels per day from the current 11 million bpd over the next few years, Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Ali Al-Naimi said yesterday.


KEYY Radio Station Offers Audio Streaming

PROVO -- Utah Christian radio station KEYY (AM-1450) is now doing audio streaming and can be heard by anyone with Internet access.  Go to www.keyy.com.  To submit news items for Churches in the News, send information to Arave by fax at 237-2121, by mail to Deseret Morning News, P.O.


Liberec, 19:11 - CALCIO, EUROPEI 2008: REPUBBLICA CECA-SAN MARINO 7-0

La Repubblica Ceca ha battuto San Marino 7-0 (4-0) in un incontro valido per il gruppo D delle quali...


Health Care Already a Key Issue in 2008 Race

Former senator John Edwards (D-N.C.) says  providing health coverage to the 47 million Americans who lack it is so important that he is willing to raise taxes to do it.


NASA mission launched to unveil secrets of Northern Lights

The US space agency NASA has launched its first five-satellite mission on board a single rocket aiming to unlock the age-old mysteries of the aurora borealis.


LONDON Sept. 23, 2004 - Puzzled and angry at being barred from the United States, Yusuf Islam, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, returned to London on Thursday vowing to find out why.


Taiwan upbeat ahead of talks with China on landmark air links

Taiwan was optimistic about negotiations with China to launch landmark direct flights between the two rivals for next month's Lunar New Year holidays, a government official said.


US Intelligence Reform Bill Remains in Doubt

Leading Republican and Democratic lawmakers continue to press for passage of a landmark bill to reform US intelligence agencies. The fate of the legislation appears to hinge on a few key


Woman Sentenced in Split-Personality Case

FREEHOLD, N.J. - Nira Nevins said only one of her many personalities robbed a bank, but they're all going to jail. Nevins, 55, woman maintains that an alternate, childlike personality came over her the day she robbed the bank.


A suicide bomber blew himself up Thursday in a mosque in southern Afghanistan, killing a deputy provincial governor and five other people in another blow to President Hamid Karzai's U.S.-backed government.


Squatter becomes millionaire landowner after lengthy legal battle

A homeless pensioner who has slept rough in one of London's most treasured beauty spots since 1986 was celebrating Thursday after the Land Registry granted him the deeds to his million-pound plot of land.


New theory blames ducks for spreading bird flu

HONG KONG  - Domesticated ducks may be the main transmitters of the H5N1 bird flu virus that killed 32 people in two major outbreaks in Asia earlier this year, a senior World Health Organisation official said Monday.


Army chiefs are poised to decided the fate of Scotland's six infantry regiments, in a meeting to seal their future.


LOS ANGELES  - Wes Bentley has signed  on to play the bad guy opposite Nicolas Cage in the Marvel  Comics adaptation "Ghost Rider."


Santini's departure nothing to do with me insists Arnesen

Jacques Santini's shock resignation as Spurs coach had nothing to do with any rumoured falling out with Tottenham's sporting director Frank Arnesen, the Dane insisted.


Mothers hope U.S.-Vietnam Agent Orange efforts help

The lives of two neighbors lying  disfigured and brain-damaged in small Hanoi houses will not be  changed by a U.S. court hearing on Monday about victims of  war-time dioxin, or "agent orange."


Milano, 16:02 - CALCIO, VIERI: HO PENSATO DI LASCIARE PER DELUSIONE MONDIALI

Christian Vieri ha confessato di aver pensato di lasciare il calcio. L'attaccante si è confes...


Londra, 13:54 - F1, BRAWN: FERRARI DISORIENTATA E RAIKKONEN NON E' COME SCHUMI

Ross Brawn, ex direttore tecnico della Ferrari, esprime tutti i suoi dubbi su Raikkonen, uomo di pun...


Palermo, 17:56 - CALCIO, PALERMO: DA ZAMPARINI 100 MILA EURO A FAMIGLIA POLIZIOTTO

L'amministratore delegato del Palermo Rinaldo Sagramola sarà presente domani a Catania ai fun...


Spanish police arrest Briton in laundering swoop

Spanish police have said they have arrested a British man on the island of Ibiza on suspicion of money laundering in the southern resort of Marbella.


The US military thinks many insurgents fled Fallujah, blending in with the waves of Iraqi civilians who were given weeks to leave before the coalition invaded and disappointing war planners


Russian investigators say they have found traces of explosive in the wreckage of a second airliner which crashed earlier this week.


Nursing representatives consider the possibility of strike action amid political calls for them to be given a pay increase.


Poll count starts as N. Ireland faces make or break moment

Vote-counting was to begin Thursday in the Northern Irish Assembly elections, which London and Dublin hope will spark a lasting power-sharing administration between Protestants and Catholics.


Ken Bates has regained control of Leeds Utd following a recount of votes taken at last week's creditors' meeting.


Obesity researchers from around the world went home last weekend with some new data to chew on. Several studies, released last week at the annual meeting of the North


'African-American' Becomes a Term for Debate

A growing number of foreign-born blacks has inspired a quiet debate over who can claim the term "African-American."


The health insurer said its fourth-quarter profit rose 13 percent on higher premiums and fees from specialty insurance and Medicare Part D.


A Fool peers in through Wall Street's out door.


Russian troops storm the school where hundreds of people have been held hostage as heavy gunfire continues.


Not ready for a Super Bowl spot: Rise of amateur ads

Trendy unofficial marketing has professionals puzzling over whether to quash or harness the pretenders.


Key members of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency met Monday for a session on approving the suspension of dozens of technical aid programs to Iran as part of Security Council sanctions meant to punish Tehran for its nuclear defiance.


Private equity firm Blackstone Group won control of Equity Office Properties Trust  on Wednesday after a majority of the top U.S. office landlord's shareholders accepted Blackstone's cash bid of $23 billion, and rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust  dropped out.


Antiwar Protesters Told  Shop Till You Drop, Too

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has decided that if antiwar protesters are to descend on his city by the hundreds of thousands for the Republican Convention, he may as well turn them into shoppers. -The Washington Post


London Mayor Ken Livingstone has defended his policy of slashing the numbers of pigeons in Trafalgar Square, amid a flap over the cost of keeping the famous tourist landmark bird-free.


Science & environment: William the Conqueror's great census is made available free on the internet


Government pledges of relief top $3 billion. Why some recipients say, 'No, thank you.'


Evento debuttera' dal 10 al 12 luglio a Fieramilanocity


(CBS/AP) There's new hope that cervical cancer could be progressively eradicated in a global campaign, much like the ones against smallpox and polio.


Teacher Allegedly Gave Bomb-Making Lesson

A high school chemistry teacher was arrested after students claimed he taught his class how to make a bomb, authorities said.


US Airways goes to court to void labor contracts

US Airways (UAIRQ.OB: Quote, Profile, Research) goes to court on Thursday to throw out labor contracts and union pension plans to save $750 million annually and survive past January.


Israeli PM Ariel Sharon reportedly decides to lift a ban on diplomatic contact with the Palestinians.


Many Ask if Intel Bill Will Prevent Attack

For all the changes in the intelligence bill, many question whether it will help prevent another terrorist attack and make the major improvements promised by ardent supporters.


Â· Businessman said to have been mentally ill Â· Benefactor still capable of making will, argues QC


Stephen Howard, chief executive of Novar, will pocket Â£1.13m for just five weeks' work if Honeywell's Â£798m recommended cash offer for the building conglomerate is approved by shareholders.


How widespread is this year's flu, anyhow? We offer a site that shows the latest virus map, another that proves how hard it is to get the vaccine, and sites for tracking the political polls and starting your own blog.


JOHN Howard will make an official visit to China next year with hopes of announcing negotiations for a free trade agreement. Mr Howard announced the visit yesterday after talks in Santiago, Chile, with Chinese President Hu Jintao.


Prime Minister Tony Blair won the backing of his Labour Party on Thursday to keep British troops in Iraq, avoiding a humiliating defeat that would have undermined his premiership.


Miami, 09:41 - CALCIO, GOLD CUP: CANADA E COSTARICA AI QUARTI

Canada e Costarica si sono qualificate per i quarti di finale della Gold Cup, il torneo della confed...


Great performances take pride of place at Toronto

Penelope Cruz channels the ghost of  Italian earth mother actress Anna Magnani and Forest Whitaker  hunts for the tangled soul of dictator Idi Amin.


Il ministro ai sindacati, gli incentivi vanno bene


The first hard evidence of water outside our solar system is found on a new giant gas planet.


More Republicans are backing drug imports

Pfizer Inc. , Merck & Co. , and fellow drug makers thought Republican congressional majorities and President Bush's reelection created a firewall against legal prescription drug imports. The wall is starting to crack.


Basket: Eurolega, vincono Climamio Bologna e Benetton Treviso

BOLOGNA - Ancora una vittoria per la Climamio Bologna che nella quarta giornata del girone A di Eurolega di B ha sconfitto 103-91 il Partizan Belgrado. Gli emiliani, ancora a punteggio pieno, si portano al comando del gruppo A con otto punti.


New trauma unit could absorb patients from troubled King/Drew

LOS ANGELES -- A downtown hospital announced it would open the county's first new trauma center in more than a decade, a move that would provide another option for treating severely injured patients if the trauma unit is closed at the troubled Martin


Ready Cash Could Reward Wall Street Bulls

Stocks have gained little headway this year but could get a lift over the next couple months from an infusion of cash poised to come into the market from corporations and individuals, Wall Street experts say.


Iran steps up confrontation with Europe on nuclear deal

Iran yesterday stepped up its confrontation with European countries as its Supreme Leader threatened to break off negotiations over its suspect nuclear weapons programme.


Megawati reluctant to concede presidency . . .

In her first remarks since losing Indonesia's presidential election, President Megawati Soekarnoputri has shied away from conceding defeat - leaving her rival wondering when to claim victory.


HR Watchdog Freedom House Calls Ukrainian Elections Illegitimate

Freedom House has accused Ukrainian authorities in Sundayâs president elections of massive fraud, saying the elections were neither fair nor honest.


Nine found dead in Japanese internet 'suicide pacts'

A growing Japanese trend for internet-assisted group suicides claimed its largest single toll yesterday when seven people in their teens and early twenties were found dead in a car in mountains north of Tokyo.


Apple Releases Updated OS X to Fix FireWire, Game Issues

Apple Computer Inc. of Cupertino, Calif., this week released an updater for its Mac OS X operating system, bringing it to Version 10.3.7.


Iraq Extends al-Jazeera Ban Indefinitely

Baghdad, Sept. 5 (NNN): Iraq's interim government has indefinitely extended a month-long ban on Qatar-based Arabic TV news channel al-Jazeera, saying there has been no response to fears that broadcasts incite violence.


An Iraqi immigrant faces deportation after triggering a security scare at Los Angeles International Airport when authorities found a suspicious device lodged in his body, officials said.


Vandals have poured red paint over two cars belonging to a director of Manchester United. Greater Manchester Police said the attack happened on Monday night at the home of Maurice Watkins, 61, on Mauldeth Road, Heaton Moor, Stockport.


Probation officers urge a review of anti-social behaviour orders, warning of a "postcode lottery".


Doctors and wife rush to side of 'unconscious' Arafat

YASSIR ARAFAT last night collapsed after his health deteriorated dramatically and he remained in a âvery difficult situationâ, Palestinian officials said.


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Panel Endorses Flu Vaccine in a Spray for Young Children

Children as young as 2 can be given a nasal spray flu vaccine, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday.


A 53-year-old taxi driver dies after being shot in the Pitsmoor area of Sheffield in the early hours.


BMW sold record 126,949 vehicles in Asia in 2006

Germany's BMW , the world's  biggest luxury carmaker, said on Thursday that sales in Asia  rose 13.8 percent in 2006 to a record 126,949 vehicles and  reiterated its goal to hit sales of 150,000 by next year.


Conservative French presidential  frontrunner and Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy defended in  an interview his pro-American views and warned that France was  just as vulnerable as the United States to terrorism.


Maoist Rebels Block Land Routes to Nepali Capital

Maoist rebels, fighting to topple Nepal's constitutional monarchy, cut off all land routes to the Himalayan kingdom's capital on Wednesday, disrupting food and supplies to the city of 1.5 million people.


La liquidita' arriva con nuova asta a un giorno


Metronet, the firm which maintains most of the London Underground, calls in the administrators after suffering serious financial problems.


Udine, 13:28 - CALCIO, UDINESE; MARINO: FAREMO LA NOSTRA PARTITA

Massimo rispetto ma nessuna paura. Questo lo stato d'animo con cui l'Udinese si appresta ad affronta...


As of Friday, Jan. 4, 2008, at least 3,908 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,178 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


Hamas and Fatah supporters exchange shots outside a Gaza hospital, in the latest factional violence.


Four Dead, 80 Hurt in Attack Iraqi National Guard

Four Iraqi National Guards were killed and up to 80 others wounded in a mortar attack on their headquarters north of Baghdad Tuesday, the US military and Iraqi Defense Ministry said.


Vigilante ucciso, forse omicidio avvenuto nella notte

Gli investigatori della Squadra mobile di Roma stanno ricostruendo le ultime ore di Gianluca Pes per fare chiarezza sul suo omicidio. Sembra che i colpi sparati potrebbero essere due invece che tre e che l


Intensive talks aim to end a stalemate over an EU demand that Turkey recognise Cyprus before accession.


Gunmen kidnapped a Japanese engineer in a highway ambush in central Iraq on Wednesday, police said.


Denmark is now the EU's most competitive and dynamic economy, according to a report.


China expected to press visiting North Korean No. 2 leader to ...

North Korea's No. 2 leader arrived in Beijing Monday for a visit that a state newspaper said Chinese leaders were expected to use to press the North to resume stalled six-nation talks on the dispute over its nuclear program.


Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker left Beijing Saturday morning, wrapping up his six-day working visit to China as guest of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.


MS showcases Red Ring of Death Xbox 360 at expo

Whoops Microsoft executives will be a little red-faced today after an Xbox 360 on display at this yearâs Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco contracted the infamous âRed Ring of Deathâ disease.â¦


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Rome court weighs homicide case against U.S. soldier

A Rome judge opened hearings on Wednesday on whether to try a U.S. soldier for shooting dead an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq last year while he was escorting a freed hostage to safety.


The urban-edged animated film 'Shark Tale' swam to the top of the North American box office for the third week in a row, according to Sunday's figures.


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


After being anointed the player New Yorkers love to hate, Boston right-hander Pedro Martinez got plenty of tough love from the Bronx faithful during a five-run sixth inning.


Update: Alcatel, Lucent shareholders approve merger

Shareholders of Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies Inc. approved the companies' merger plansÂ Thursday, clearing one of the last hurdles to a mammoth consolidation in the communications equipment business.


Venezuela Agrees to Export Oil and Gas to China

President Hugo ChÃ¡vez of Venezuela wrapped up a four-day visit to China on Sunday with agreements that promise to open Venezuela's oil and natural gas fields to China.


Groups Try to Aid Elderly Charley Victims

SARASOTA, Fla. - The devastation brought on by Hurricane Charley has been especially painful for an elderly population that is among the largest in the nation...


A Surgeon Opens Up, and Not With a Scalpel

Dr. Thomas R. Russell, the executive director of the American College of Surgeons, discusses medical innovation, the health care crisis and more.


Prime Minister Ayad Allawi urged Iraqis Monday to unite behind democracy in the wake of the country's historic elections, but al-Qaida's arm in Iraq vowed to press ahead with its "holy war" despite its failure to stop the voting by millions of Iraqis.


While most security firms have designated the threat from the worm in the medium range, it is notable because of how quickly it was developed, Graham Cluley, technology consultant with Sophos antivirus, said.


Powell: North Korean Explosion Probably Not Nuclear

Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United States believes a recent explosion in North Korea was, in his words, not a nuclear event.