Blaze Roars Back: Flames Blow Across Defensive Line; 2,000 More Flee

By Ryan Lillis, M.S. Enkoji and Dorothy Korber, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 27--SOUTH LAKE TAHOE -- One gust and one tree changed the face of the Angora fire Tuesday afternoon as the wind unleashed a new wave of flame that roared toward the lake and sent 2,000 more residents fleeing.


Pakistani opposition decries Musharraf election bid

About 1,000 Pakistani opposition activists gathered outside the Supreme Court in Islamabad on Friday to denounce President Pervez Musharraf's bid to win another term in an October 6 election.


Police searching for a teenage girl missing from her home say she may be with a man she met on the internet.


Caroline Rhea ("The  Biggest Loser") and Sam Huntington ("Superman Returns") have  joined the voice cast of an animated project in development at  Fox Broadcasting.


A new political strategy has emerged in this photo-finish presidential race: File a flurry of lawsuits before the first votes are even tallied.


Rich Rodriguez couldn't bear to leave West Virginia. And once again, Alabama failed to get its man.


England close on 77-2 in their second innings against India on the rain-affected third day of the first Test at Lord's.


Edwin Mirvish, 92, Canadian Businessman Who Restored Old Vic, Dies

Mr. Mirvish was the businessman known as Honest Ed and the flamboyant producer who restored the famed Old Vic theater in London.


The tension is building in Paris with kick-off in the World Cup final just a few minutes away.


Florida Bears Brunt as Ivan Slams U.S. Gulf Coast

PENSACOLA, Fla.  - Hurricane Ivan slammed into the  U.S. Gulf coast on Thursday with furious winds and towering  waves that ripped houses off their foundations, sliced a bridge  in half and cut power to millions.


Five people rescued off English coast after eight days on life-raft

LONDON  - When their vessel began taking on water, the five sailors issued a series of distress calls, fired flares into the air and burned tires to attract attention.


Troy Smith was awarded the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, beating out Notre Dame's Brady Quinn and Darren McFadden of Arkansas.


Si Ã¨ completato il puzzle relativo ai sei piloti che guideranno le sei moto Honda per la prossima stagione. GiÃ  definita la situazione del Team HRC, con Max Biaggi che appena si riprenderÃ  dallâinfortunio


Palestinians ready to compromise will claim to be completing Arafat's journey. So will those wanting to fight on


Hackers graft Google Android onto hardware

As first prototype surfaces Mobile phone handsets based on Google's Android platform are due to appear some time in the second half of this year but hackers have already got a cut-down version of the software running on devices.â¦


Briefly: Overture heads toward automation

roundup Plus: Burst wants Gates deposition released...Verizon opens global phone to consumers...IBM, Honda team on voice-driven car navigation.


Media conglomerate Viacom Inc.  VIAb.N is considering entering the video game business and  could acquire Midway Games Inc. MWY.N, Viacom chief Sumner  Redstone, who owns a controlling stake in Midway, said in a  regulatory filing on Friday.


EU Ministers Prepare Disputed Turkey Decision

EU foreign ministers met on Monday to  make final preparations for a landmark decision later this week  to open entry talks with Turkey amid renewed evidence of strong  opposition to Turkish membership in key EU countries.


"Ocean's Thirteen" brings series to spirited close

CANNES  - Rolling the dice for a third time in "Ocean's Thirteen," Steven Soderbergh and his team beat the odds. Final chapters of trilogies invariably suffer from lameness. This, of course, already transpired in "Ocean's Twelve," where subplots misfired and the script resorted to all sorts of sleight-of-hand trickery.


A study published in today's Journal of the American Medical Association, indicates that elderly men who have been exposed to high levels of lead are 3.2 times morely likely to develop cataracts than those who have not had similar exposure.


A man discriminated against because of his sexual orientation is awarded almost Â£120,000 by a tribunal.


Microsoft's Ballmer steps up attack on Linux

Microsoft has renewed its attack on Linux, its primary rival in the business software market, with Chief Executive Steve Ballmer telling customers in a letter sent the


Roma, 19:21 - CALCIO, ROMA: ALLA RIPRESA  DIFFERENZIATO PER QUATTRO

Ripresa degli allenamenti per la Roma in vista della gara di domenica a Firenze: il tecnico Spallett...


Adiconsum, novita' importante ora ridurre tariffe


Bayern Munich surged five points clear at the top of the Bundesliga after a convincing 4-2 victory over Mainz 05 on Saturday. But the newly promoted underdogs showed fighting spirit till the end.


Libya's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting more than 400 children with the AIDS virus.


USHER'S TATTOO TRIBUTE TO HIS PAL DAVID AS HE SCOOPS FOUR AWARDS

Chart-topper Usher, 26, has a coat with a copy of Becks' famous angel tattoo emblazoned on the back. He had it specially made for the American Music Awards, where he won all four of his nominations.


Champ concedes his relay spot to Crocker

ATHENS -- He could have ended these Games tonight as he began them a week ago, standing on the awards stand with a gold medal around his neck and a world record up on the scoreboard, listening to the Star-Spangled Banner, which was written in his hometown.


Barry Bonds' attorney is asking federal authorities to investigate who told a newspaper that the Giants forwarded the baseball star's medical records to a grand jury investigating him for perjury and tax evasion.


Oracle Won't Predict PeopleSoft Acquisition

Oracle Corp. may have won a major antitrust fight with the Justice Department last week over its proposed acquisition of PeopleSoft Inc.


A fast food worker faces a lengthy jail term for burning down the restaurant where he worked after an argument with his boss.


Key stat | Eagles trying to become seventh team to win first six games by 10 points. Players to watch | Eagles' Terrell Owens has 30 receptions, 6 for TDs.


Jones sought for questioning in shooting

Suspended NFL player Adam "Pacman" Jones was being sought by police for questioning about a shooting early Monday involving members of his entourage after a fight at an Atlanta strip club.


LONDONâUS crude prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit fresh record highs on Tuesday, hitting $50.47 a barrel, up nearly 55 percent from the start of the year.


UK banks charged their customers Â£3bn for unauthorised overdrafts during the past year, Which magazine says.


Astros CF Hunter Pence , one of the leading candidates for National League rookie of the year, was placed on the 15-day disabled list yesterday because of an injured wrist.


Siemens adopts Flarion's Flash-OFDM technology

MANHASSET, NY Siemens Communications said Friday (Oct. 8) it will develop wireless broadband products using Flash-OFDM technology from Flarion Technologies.


'In Usa spero vinca Bush Finanziaria, basta condoni'

ISCHIA, 22 OTTOBRE 2004 - E' un Berlusconi senza freni quello che parla alle cinquecento persone accorse all'incontro di Ischia. Un viaggio elettorale, quello del premier, in vista del voto di domenica per


Stranded travelers vent fury at airlines

The long lines of frustrated tourists were finally beginning to ease yesterday at area airports swamped by holiday travel snafus. But that was little consolation to a furious Carol Burns, who


Gaza lights up as Israel eases fuel blockade

Israel resumed fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip's main power plant on Tuesday, offering limited respite from a blockade that had plunged much of the Hamas-ruled territory into darkness and touched off international protests.


So many sprouts, so little time: festive veg bid wilts

A British office worker narrowly failed to break the world record for speed-eating Brussels sprouts -- a traditional Christmas vegetable which Britons love to loathe.


Heavy rain caused flash floods in seaside communities in southwestern England on Monday, and dozens of people were rescued from cars, trees and rooftops by emergency helicopters and lifeboats, officials said.


U.S.-led air raid kills seven Afghan children

At least seven children were killed in a U.S.-led coalition air strike on a religious school in Afghanistan, the coalition said on Monday, amid rising anger over civilian deaths from foreign military operations.


Padres Pop Pirates to Move in on Diamondbacks

Dodgers castoff Brett Tomko pitches six solid innings, rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff delivers two more hits and the Padres win their season-high seventh in a row, 6-3 over the Pirates.


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Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia renewed a five-year employment contract with its soon-to-be jailed founder, but she will not be paid a penny while she is in jail, according to a filing yesterday.


Around 1,000 Indian soldiers today withdrew from Kashmir as the Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, made a rare visit to the disputed Himalayan region.


UN Health Official Foresees Tens of Millions Dying in a Global Flu

A pandemic of human influenza could kill up to 100 million people around the world, a World Health Organization official said today, significantly raising the agency's


US are Davis Cup final underdogs, says Roddick

World number two Andy Roddick says the United States will probably be the underdogs in the Davis Cup final against hosts Spain in December.


By Associated Press  A state board awarded $440,224 on Thursday for a homeless shelter in Vernal, where the oil and gas boom has housing in short supply.


Ticket sales have been far from spectacular, but Ivan Neville says performing at the same Hurricane Katrina anniversary concert Tuesday night as Stevie Wonder is going to be incredible no matter how many people are there.


November 24, 2004 - Nokia announced today that WWII strategy title Pathway to Glory is now shipping for the Nokia N-Gage game deck.


L'Isvap: attenti a non stipulare polizze con questa societa'


Australia police are given extra time to investigate an Indian doctor over the suspected UK bomb attempts.


It was what every NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series driver competing in the Chase for the Championship feared - a DNF (Did Not Finish). A poor finish with the accompanying


Russia's Gazprom chooses French energy firm Total as a partner to develop the Shtokman gas field.


Fashion rocks — and Beyonce put on shimmery hot-pants and Rod Stewart wore a three-piece suit with a pocket square to prove it.


At this ballpark, calamari trumps the hot dog

San Francisco's AT&T park offers premium food - including great options for vegetarians.


Two girls killed when they were hit by a train at a level crossing, died accidentally, an inquest jury concludes.


Militants attack two police stations in Iraq

Unknown militants attacked two police stations near the restive city of Baquba northeast of Baghdad on Friday, witnesses said. The gunmen attacked the two police stations outside


A mortuary that secretly gave a Roman Catholic church fetal remains from an abortion clinic and other medical sources has apologized to a hospital unaware of the practice.


Two Chinese firms and a US food importer are indicted in the US for their alleged role in a tainted pet food scandal.


IBM developer Works: PHP and RSS: Getting it together

On the IBM developerWorks website, there's a new tutorial looking to help you discover RSS and create your own document for your website, with some help from PHP.   RSS Syndication is virtually ubiquitous these days, so it's imperative that a PHP developer at least understand RSS and how it works. This article explains the basics of RSS, some of its many uses, how to use PHP to create an RSS feed from a database, and how to use the XML_RSS module to read an existing RSS feed and translate it into HTML.   They talk about what RSS is and how you can use it effectively on your site. They give the format of a sample document and show how to pull information out of a database backend to make it fit. They also include a section on pulling in RSS files from external sources and parsing them with the PEAR XML RSS package.


The seventh and final Harry Potter book sells a record 11 million copies in the UK and US in its first 24 hours.


Alexa Bias Exposed by Top Google Engineers

Alexa, the web site popularity and ranking measurement metric, has been widely accepted by the web publisher and online advertising world as a way to gauge the popularity of a site without viewing its log files.  In fact, Alexa rankings have become an important part in the formula of many online advertising firms, which feel [...]


The US First Lady urges the UN to condemn Burma's crackdown on protestors, in a rare political statement.


Some parts of the UK can expect more tropical-style rainfall in future, scientists at Newcastle University say.


Australia considering new security pact with Indonesia

SYDNEY : Australia said it was considering signing a new security agreement with Indonesia to replace a treaty between the countries that was scrapped when Canberra sent troops into East Timor in 1999.


DES MOINES, Iowa - Ed O'Neill's bank account just got a lot bigger, thanks to a co-worker who told him some "idiot" hasn't claimed an $800,000 Powerball lottery prize. O'Neill, 58, who works for the Clinton Chamber of Commerce, bought the ticket for a Jan. 6 Powerball drawing.


U.S. Student Loan Office Gets New Rules and a New Chief

The Bush administration, fending off criticism that it has failed to provide adequate oversight to the student loan industry, proposed regulations yesterday that would prohibit lenders from showering universities with gifts to drum up business.


By JENNIFER DOBNER  SALT LAKE CITY - An 18-year-old man who says he was kicked out of his home and church filed a lawsuit seeking to force a polygamist church leader to help him get back in touch with his family.


Saudi probes Al Qaeda raid on US mission

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia yesterday tried to discover how militants penetrated the defences of the US consulate. "We have to find out exactly what gave them the ability to get inside and get through the gate," Interior


Oracle shares drop, PeopleSoft's rise ahead of court fight

NEW YORK  - Software giant Oracle Corp.'s shares dipped while the stock of its rival, PeopleSoft, rose ahead of a court battle this week over PeopleSoft's resistance to Oracle's 18-month-old takeover bid.


It's never happened in all the time we've been doing this: Associated Press reviewers David Germain and Christy Lemire agree on the year's best film. Here's how the rest shake out.


France plans tighter security after art thefts

French authorities plan to boost security in museums and churches across the country after a spate of art thefts, the culture ministry said on Thursday.


PureDepth(TM) Names Thomas Credelle As Senior Vice President of Worldwide Engineering

PureDepth™, Inc. (OTC: PDEP), a global leader  in next-generation display technologies and the pioneer of Multi-Layer  Display (MLD™) technology, today named Tom  Credelle Senior Vice President of Worldwide Engineering and Development.  Mr.


Applausi a settimana blackout e nessuno protesta


Deep impact? Europe's first lunar probe made its crash landing yesterday in the Moon's Lake of Excellence region at 0542 GMT (0642 BST).â¦


There's a reason more than 90 million investors choose these vehicles. Is it the right one?


An Indian court rules that the prime suspect in the rape and murder of a British teenager can face trial in the UK.


Thallium poisoning 'unlikely cause' of ex-Russian spy's condition

Thallium poisoning is "unlikely" to be the cause of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko's condition, the London hospital treating him in intensive care said.


"Atonement" leads Golden Globe nominations

BEVERLY HILLS, California  - World War II film saga "Atonement" earned seven Golden Globe nominations on Thursday, including one for best drama, to lead the pack of movies vying for a key Hollywood honor in the widely watched awards season.


Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson called Thursday for a focus on fighting poverty and hunger in the developing world, arguing hunger and overpopulation are the greatest looming threat to the establishment of a stable world.


Study finds link between girls' growth, cancer risk

The way a girl grows during adolescence and even in the womb may play an important, if murky, role in her risk of breast cancer later in life, a study suggests.


NATO, Russia To Meet Over Beslan School Siege

6 September 2004 -- NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has called a special meeting of NATO countries and Russia for tomorrow to discuss the school siege in southern Russia, in which more than 330 people died.


Seau to miss rest of season with torn pectoral muscle

Miami Dolphins linebacker Junior Seau will miss the rest of the season with a torn pectoral muscle that will require surgery, and said Wednesday he's unsure whether the injury will end his 15-year career.


Senators vow quick action on Walter Reed

Lawmakers promised a quick response and sought an independent commission as they expressed outrage Sunday over the poor conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.


John Alvin, Designer of Memorable Film Posters, Is Dead at 59

Mr. Alvin created memorable images for movie posters, billboards and advertisements, including the two fingers touching above the Earthâs surface for âE.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.â


Era stata lanciata dopo terremoto sottomarino magnitudo 6,9


The online jobs giant faces a growing threat from niche technology and software job boards.


The European Union said Monday it will lift sanctions against US imports following President Bush's decision to remove illegal export subsidies.


Bomber kills policeman, 2 civilians in Afghanistan

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan  - A suicide bomber killed one policeman and two civilians in an attack on an Afghan police convoy in the southern province of Helmand on Monday, a Reuters witness said.


Yahoo! announced Monday that it is upgrading some components of its e-mail service. The main change is the implementation of the company's DomainKeys anti-spam technology (see our previous coverage).


Iraq's fragile political settlement appeared to be on the brink of collapse last night, with Sunnis, Shias and Kurds divided over whether elections can take place in January as planned.


Cleaning Products, Solvents May Cause Asthma -Study

Exposure to fumes emitted by cleaning  products in the home could cause asthma in children, a study  published Thursday shows.


Kylie Minogue made an exhibition of  herself on Tuesday as one of Britain's most venerable museums  staged the first show it has ever dedicated to a pop star.


CBS, 'CSI: Miami' Do End-Run Around ABC's Football

LOS ANGELES  - "CSI: Miami" was  hot-to-trot in its third season premiere Monday, leading CBS to  a victory for the night in total viewers and besting ABC's  "Monday Night Football" in the key audience group of adults  aged 18 to 49 during the 10 p.m. hour.


Florida Twisters Kill 14, Leave Hundreds Homeless

PAISLEY, Fla. _ At least 14 people died, many others were injured, hundreds lost homes and thousands remained traumatized as a vicious swarm of thunderstorms and predawn tornadoes ripped through central and northeast Florida Friday.


President George W. Bush will offer ideas on Friday for shoring up the fragile U.S. economy, as he and the Democratic-led Congress move forward with talks on a plan to avert a recession.


Tina Maze of Slovenia won her third World Cup giant slalom Saturday in Maribor, Slovenia, while Vail's Lindsey Kildow enjoyed her best result in the event by finishing ninth.


PBS Editing Out Nude Scene From HBO Film

In yet another example of network skittishness in the wake of Janet Jackson's Super Bowl flashing, PBS says it will alter a movie scene to avoid showing the front of a nude woman being scrubbed down after a fictional chemical attack.


Marsh & McLennan dumped its CEO yesterday to appease New York's crusading attorney general Eliot Spitzer who's still ramping up in his newest war - against the insurance industry.


Russian jets' black boxes shed little light

MOSCOW - Fight recorders have failed to provide reliable information about what brought down two Russian jetliners nearly simultaneously this week, killing 89 people, but that terrorism remained a leading possibility, a top official said today.


Mitt Romney values his family, and when it comes to his presidential campaign, his family members are providing value for him.


BAGHDAD, July 15 -- At least 25 people were killed Sunday in attacks across Baghdad, police said, including 10 killed in a car-bomb blast in a busy commercial area.


World chip sales break record but miss industry forecast

Growth driven by consumer electronics biz World chip sales totalled $247.7bn last year, the US-centric Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said late Friday. Alas that's below the SIA's own full-year sales forecast of $248.8bn, a prediction made only last November.â¦


Deborah T. Poritz, Former Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, Joins Drinker Biddle

PRINCETON, N.J., Dec. 11  /PRNewswire/ -- Deborah T. Poritz, who served 10 years as the Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, today joins Drinker Biddle & Reath as Of Counsel to the firm.


The US launches a "precision strike" on militants in Falluja, while explosions ring out in Baghdad's Sadr City.


EDS picks Siebel as its preferred CRM vendor

After a turbulent period of lackluster revenue, management changes and layoffs, EDS is trying to reposition itself by developing industry-tailored packaged systems for handling common business processes.


Mexican President Vicente Fox faces   a rough ride at his last state of the nation speech on Friday,   with leftist lawmakers planning to hijack the ceremony to   protest at what they say was election fraud.


Judge Dismisses Charges Vs. Bush Protester

A judge has dismissed charges against a war protester who was arrested during a visit by President Bush last spring.


Douglas, Wood shine in sweet-natured family drama

Filmmaker Michael  Cahill's first feature, "The King of California," is an amiable  and funny dysfunctional-family drama about a father and  daughter discovering that the true value lying beneath the  surface of their combative relationship is the promise that  their sundered familial bond is ripe for renewal.


Middle East Quartet Laments Lack of Progress on Israeli ...

US Secretary of State Colin Powell convened Wednesday in New York with his counterparts from Russia, the European Union and the United Nations making up the informal Quartet on the Middle East.


U.S. Actor Blake Acted Oddly, Witnesses Say

Actor Robert Blake kept his  distance and offered no aid to his wife as she lay dying of  bullet wounds in a parked car, the first three witnesses in his  murder trial said on Tuesday.


Even for a January splatter-fest movie, the Diane Lane gorefest is cruel and unusual punishment -- both for the cast and crew, and defenseless moviegoers


Paris set for bike-share scheme to cut congestion

It's summer in Paris and the French capital is preparing to offer bikes for anyone who wants to take a ride.


Roma, 20:29 - VOLLEY, A2 DONNE: RISULTATI ULTIMA GIORNATA E VERDETTI

Risultati della 30/a e ultima giornata del campionato di serie A2 femminile di pallavolo.


BP plans layoffs, transfers at Chicago-area offices

Oil major BP Plc  told its 3,300 office workers in the suburbs of Chicago on Thursday that many staff will be relocated to Houston while others may be laid off, a BP spokesman said.


It would literally take an act of Congress before a city ballot proposal to turn Alcatraz into a global peace center could become reality.


Multiple Fatalities in Train Crash Near London

A British high-speed passenger train plowed into a car at a level crossing and flew off the rails on Saturday, killing a number of people and injuring scores of passengers.


In una lettera a Veltroni, 'Spazio ai giovani economisti'


Podcast: Reznor: Why do I end up stealing music?

A car that costs $2,500; CES 2008 wraps up; and geotagging photo Web sites.


How ironic: defense attorneys for Augusto Pinochet characterized the arrest order against the former Chilean tyrant as an abuse of human rights, alleging that the 89-year-old man cannot defend himself because of poor health.


The chief prosecutor in Saddam   Hussein's trial for genocide against the Kurds demanded on   Wednesday that the chief judge resign for being too soft on the   former Iraqi president and his six co-accused.


PeopleSoft (PSFT:Nasdaq - news - research) Wednesday publicly rejected Oracle's (ORCL:Nasdaq - news - research) $24-a-share takeover offer, saying the $8.


U.S. threatens tough measures against Sudan

The United States and others will consider imposing a range of punitive measures against Sudan for its refusal to accept an international force into Darfur region, the State Department said on Tuesday.


Blog: The official 2007 Burning Man map is artist Lisa Hoffman's latest triumph.


Found in the search marketing forums: Is the SEO Industry About to Collapse?; March 2007 Google SERP Changes; The Problem(s) With Social Media Traffic; and more.


Fierce wind and biting cold kept youngsters home from school Tuesday in upstate New York and authorities warned against perilous driving conditions already blamed for at least four deaths.


S.Korea gravely concerned at North's test threat

South Korea voiced grave concern on Wednesday over North Korea's plans to test a nuclear bomb and China urged restraint after the United States said the move would be "an unacceptable threat" to world peace.


A bomb has exploded in front of the Indonesian embassy in Paris before dawn today, injuring about 10 people lightly, French radio station Europe 1 reports.


Wenger concern over Arsenal injury crisis

Arsene Wenger is facing an injury crisis that threatens to derail Arsenal's Premier League title challenge.


Off the Stripper Pole and Into the Movies

She no longer dances naked, but the first-time screenwriter Diablo Cody is still exposing herself.


Highlighting candidates' race-tinged comments seems to be the campaign gotcha of this political season, even if the words were uttered decades ago.


Europe embarked on a bold path to fight climate change Friday, agreeing that a fifth of the energy used by the 27-nation bloc by 2020 will come from renewable sources like the sun and the wind, and challenging the rest of the world to follow.


HSBC wins bid to acquire Taiwan's Chinese Bank

HSBC Holdings said Friday it will acquire The Chinese Bank in Taiwan after winning a government auction here, substantially boosting its operations on the island.


Playing Around With a Calculator? No, Working Out

Just in time for school, Sharp Electronics has released two calculators with built-in math drill features.


Online retailer Amazon.com Inc  on Thursday posted a higher quarterly profit, fueled by strong international sales and its free shipping offer.


Three directors of Manchester United have been ousted from the board after US tycoon Malcolm Glazer, who is attempting to buy the club, voted against their re-election.


Burmese security forces storm monasteries and arrest scores of monks after days of protests, witnesses say.


The market proved itself robust in the aftermath of Sept. 11 and is more prepared now than ever to face a future threat.


U.S. Troops Launch Offensive for Iraq's Falluja

Thousands of U.S. and Iraqi troops  backed by tanks stormed into Falluja at nightfall on Monday in  a fierce offensive to retake the rebel stronghold.


Havant & Waterlooville lead twice before Liverpool hit back to reach the FA Cup fifth round.


The US and Venezuela say they have made a positive start to improving relations, after talks in Caracas.


Pope Prays for Beslan School Dead at Italy Mass

Pope John Paul prayed for the victims of the "inhumane violence" of Russia's Beslan school tragedy as he said Mass on Sunday before 200,000 people in central Italy.


The musical Cabaret is being performed in Berlin this weekend in a new German-language version.


Oil prices hovered around flat on  Tuesday as milder weather in the immediate term eased concerns  about thin fuel stocks, but worries about possible supply  disruption in the Middle East and Russia limited selling.


Rapper amid Vibe Awards probe surrenders

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - A rapper sought for allegedly stabbing a man at the Vibe Awards earlier this week has surrendered to police in Santa Monica.


Demand, Canada Supply Concern Cut US Flu Shot Trips

A cruise operator ferrying US residents to Canada for flu shots said on Friday it has cut back on its popular service due to overwhelming demand and concerns about diminishing supplies north of the border.


Mitt Romney dismissed a picture on the Internet on Tuesday that apparently showed him attending a fundraising reception for Planned Parenthood in 1994 during his Senate campaign.


Marine General Says Shooting Some Is 'Fun'

A decorated Marine Corps general said, "It's fun to shoot some people" and poked fun at the manhood of Afghans as he described the wars U.S. troops are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.


Cable nets offer Super Bowl halftime alternatives

NEW YORK  - For fans unmoved by the prospect of a Tom Petty Super Bowl halftime show, the cable industry has an answer. Many answers, in fact.


In Brief: Dell opens second Philippines call center

(InfoWorld) - Dell opened itsÂ second call centerÂ in the Philippines on Thursday and disclosed plans to significantly increase its workforce there. The new center in Quezon City will provide technical support and other services to Dell customers in the U.S. and will initially employ about 200 people. It includes training labs that simulate networked home and office environments, Dell said in a statement. Its opening comes a year after Dell started up its first call center in the Philippines. The Asian nation is a favored location for call centers because of the high level of English language skills and relatively low wages. The first center in Pasay already employs 1,400 people so with the addition of the Quezon City center Dell's workforce is now around 1,600 people. The company said it plans to hire a further 1,000 people to take the total number of employees in the Philippines to 2,600. Worldwide Dell has about 25 such centers. Â


It's the birthplace of the transistor, the laser, the solar cell and the fax machine. Its researchers were the first to hear the echoes of the Big Bang. And now this American legend is part of a French company.


Karzai is sworn in as Afghanistan's president

Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president amid tight security. There had been fears that supporters of the previous Taliban ruling regime would attempt to sabotage the ceremony in Kabul.


Unbeaten Colts crush Jaguars for sixth straight victory

The unbeaten Indianapolis Colts romped  to their sixth consecutive win with a 29-7 road victory over  the Jacksonville Jaguars on Monday.


US-Led Forces Focus on South, East for Afghan Election

U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan are  stepping up efforts to improve security before next month's  election, focusing on the south and southeast where militants  have been most active, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.


LOS ANGELES -- It might be a while before David Beckham steps on the field again for Los Angeles or England.


Iraqi Leaders Plan to Meet Insurgents in Jordan

The interim Iraqi government plans to meet soon in Jordan with rebel leaders to try to persuade them to take part in politics.


ADV: $150,000 Mortgage for Under $690/Month

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Comincia il sabato della collera nella striscia di Gaza. Con altri due attivisti palestinesi uccisi nel campo profughi di Jabaliya, quando Ã¨ ancora buio, sotto i missili esplosi dagli elicotteri d'Israele.


Avanti con il trattato e i negoziati con la Turchia


Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson agreed it was handball by Louis Saha that led to their equaliser - but felt his side deserved to win.


Anti-Bush NY Protests Could Spark Confrontation

Protests -- and arrests -- began in New York on Thursday, days before the start of the Republican convention, where President Bush will be nominated for re-election in a city that voted overwhelmingly for his opponent four years ago.


Clemens asked to testify at U.S. steroids hearings

Baseball pitching great Roger Clemens, who denies claims he used steroids, was asked on Friday to testify before a U.S. congressional panel investigating use of performance-enhancing drugs.


FORT MYERS, Fla. - Coming off a season in which Kevin Youkilis earned his first Gold Glove - and backed it up with a nice offensive performance - the Red Sox first baseman will get a hefty raise in 2008.


Police fired tear gas Tuesday to disperse dozens of supporters of President Mwai Kibaki, hours before former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan was due in Kenya to mediate the deadly dispute over Kibaki's re-election


The groundbreaking action by the Federal Trade Commission against two New Hampshire software companies is "long overdue," said one local computer expert.


The leader of the Islamic militants who captured the Somali capital earlier this month said 300 Ethiopian troops entered the country on Saturday and accused the United States of supporting the incursion.


Intel Corp  will start  production this week at a new $3 billion factory in Arizona  that is its first to mass-produce microchips with circuits  almost a third smaller than before, the company said on  Wednesday.


President Putin Will Not Visit Riga to Meet with French and Latvian Presidents

A Kremlin spokesman says that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not travel to Riga, Latvia to meet with the French and Latvian presidents.Comment


The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) launched its initiative to file lawsuits against online movie traders on Tuesday.


The Lede: Bin Laden Appears in 9/11 Video

Another videotaped appearance by Osama bin Laden emerges on a solemn day of mourning.


Insurgents run near a burning oil facility in Eid al-Jahish, near Mosul, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 15, 2004. Gunmen attacked and set fire to the station, where oil is stored and then pumped to Ceyhan port, according to eyewitnesses.


European Union leaders meet for the last time as a group of 25, amid agreement to slow down the process of enlargement until the bloc has the institutional tools it needs to support new members.


U.S. Navy medic admits part in killing of Iraqi man

CAMP PENDLETON, California  - A U.S. Navy medic admitted on Friday taking part in the kidnap of an Iraqi civilian killed by his squad and said the murder was prompted by his patrol leader's anger at the release of a suspected "terrorist" from Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison.


Rebecca Loos has announced that she is writing a novel.


So you thought that maybe, just maybe, Vice President Cheney was mellowing in his controversial campaign to reestablish executive powers and prerogatives that he feels had been eroded since Watergate. Okay, so you didn't think that. And you were right not to.


CNN demanding release of kidnapped producer

CNN is demanding the immediate release of a producer who was kidnapped in Gaza City Monday. In a statement, CNN says it has not heard from the gunmen who asked for Riad Ali by name, then hustled him out of a network van.


Back in the go-go â90s, business meetings were awhirl with arcane buzzwords clearly inspired by last-minute visits to Dack.comâs Web Economy B.S. Generator. IT workers were often left to raise a brow and wonder just how much commitment was required to feel fulfilled in a virtual partnership.


Your PC May Be Less Secure Than You Think

Most users think their computer is safe from adware and spyware--but they're wrong. A survey conducted by Internet service provider America Online found that 20 percent of home computers were infected by a


The estranged wife of "Married With Children" actor David Faustino wants a trial date to be set in the couple's divorce.


Kazakh diplomat shot in head in Pakistani capital

A Kazakh diplomat in Pakistan was shot in the head and critically injured at his home in Islamabad, Kazakhstan's foreign ministry said.


The Syrians could do more to prevent terrorists from crossing their border into Iraq, an issue that will be on the agenda of an upcoming security conference in Baghdad, Iraq's U.N. ambassador said Thursday.


Nella registrazione audio una voce che sembra quella del capo di Al Qaeda"L'interesse della nazione islamica travalica quello di un gruppo o di una tribÃ¹"                                          Al Jazeera, messaggio di Bin Laden "Combattenti iracheni unitevi"


Federal Plan to Re-Route Flights Faces Opposition

Some local officials object to the new flight paths proposed in the agencyâs plan to reduce delays at New York-area airports.


"Feeding frenzy." That's how one report described the latest battle in the gaming wars, in which shoppers braved day-long lines or camped out in cold weather for new consoles from Nintendo and Sony. Their mood, often within minutes, went from anticipation to excitation to flat-out desperation, as many were turned away empty-handed.


BAGHDAD - Iraq's interim prime minister said yesterday that efforts to resolve the conflict in Fallujah peacefully had entered their final phase and warned that "our patience is running thin," vowing to clear the city of militants who have carried out


Blair faces more calls to set resignation date

British Prime Minister Tony Blair came under increasing pressure to say when he plans to step down as yet another poll showed Labour losing ground to the opposition Conservatives.


Saddam-era minister Tariq Aziz returns to jail near the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, after suffering a fall.


Lithuanian businesses to build network of socially responsible companies

Mazeikiu Nafta, Constructus, Libra Holding, Berlin Chemie, Lideika and Petrauskas, Valiunas ir Partneriai -- on Monday set up an initiative team to build a network of socially responsible companies in the ...


Recovering Bill Clinton to stump for Kerry

Former US president Bill Clinton, recovering from heart surgery, will take part in a John Kerry rally next week, giving what Democrats hope will be a crucial boost to their presidential candidate.


Dow surges to all-time high as oil price drops

The Dow Jones industrial average hit an all-time high on Tuesday, surpassing the previous record made in 2000, as investors bet that sliding crude oil prices will stimulate consumer spending and boost corporate profits even as the economy slows.


OPINION: Being Gaga Over Google Ought to Have Some Limits: Server Farm Brings Jobs, but Big Tax Dollars Lost

By Jack Betts, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 11--RALEIGH -- Never let it be said that North Carolina doesn't embrace big business with a gusto normally reserved for the safe return of a war hero or a NASCAR winner just back from Daytona.


About 300 homes were evacuated Sunday as Southern California firefighters worked on a wildfire that has burned more than 80,000 acres near Los Angeles.  The evacuations were precautionary, the Los Angeles Times reported.


Landslides, Floods in China's Southwest Kill 79, AFP Reports

A storm in China's southwest has left at least 79 people dead and 74 missing after heavy rain caused bridges to collapse and triggered floods and landslides, Agence France-Presse said, citing disaster relief workers.


U.S. on Terror Offensive Ahead of Election- Report

The U.S. government begins an  unusually open offensive this week aimed at disrupting  potential terrorist plots before and during the November  election, The Washington Post reported Monday.


U.S. machine tool demand in August  rose sharply from a year earlier as manufacturers ratcheted-up  purchases amid signs the economy is improving, two industry  trade groups said in a report released on Sunday.


Oil rose to $71 a barrel on Friday, near a nine-month high, as a strike in Nigeria threatened more of the country's output and Iran remained defiant over its nuclear program.


WellPoint net income increases 28 percent

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- WellPoint Health Networks Inc.'s third-quarter net income rose 28 percent as the managed-care company saw membership growth in key markets and double-digit revenue growth.


Almussafes, 19:06 - CICLISMO, VUELTA: PUGNO A PORTA, FRATTURA ALLA MANO PER PETACCHI

Alessandro Petacchi ha riportato la frattura del collo del quinto metacarpo della mano destra. Il co...


In rare agreement, Congress OKs rebate checks

Package will give most US households $300 to $1,200 apiece, plus an extra $300 per child.


Yes, the Screen Is Tiny, but the Plans Are Big

After some hits and misses in creating content for cellphones, ESPN thinks it knows how to keep up with its fans as they go about their days.


Zimbabwe internet slows to crawl as debts unpaid

Internet traffic in Zimbabwe has come   close to a standstill after an international satellite firm   slashed its bandwidth because the cash-starved government   failed to pay the bill.


FCC proposes record fine against Fox for indecency

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a record total of $1.2 million in fines against 169 Fox Television Network affiliates for airing indecent material during


By SETH BORENSTEIN HOUSTON - NASA cleared Atlantis for a Thursday landing after finding that the space shuttle appeared undamaged and concluding the discovery of unexplained space debris did not pose a serious problem.


(InfoWorld) - Intel Corp. Thursday launched itsÂ vPro technology bundle for business desktops built into new PCs from Gateway Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP). A desktop with the vPro package of hardware and software will give IT managers better control over security threats, cost of ownership, resource allocation and asset management, said Robert Crooke, vice president and general manager of Intel's business client group. Early testers at BMW AG and ING Groep NV have used the vPro bundle to save money on PC maintenance and labor costs by reducing the number of desk-side visits they had to make to tune and repair employees' PCs, Intel said. Intel, which has watched its profits drop in recent quarters and on Tuesday announced it wouldÂ lay off 10,500 employees by the middle of 2007, hopes this bundle will duplicate the market success it had with the Centrino technology bundle for wireless laptops. The company's last effort to launch another bundle -- the Viiv system for entertainment PCs -- has not caught on with consumers. The vPro system is based on Intel's new Core 2 Duo processor for desktops, combined with a Q965 Express chipset, 82566DM Gigabit Ethernet Network Connection, Active Management Technology (AMT) and Virtualization Technology (VT). The bundle is available only on desktops today, but Intel plans to roll it out to laptops in 2007 with a new Centrino platform code-named "Santa Rosa." Business customers can buy vPro-enabled desktops today from HP, which Wednesday added the capability to its dc7700, dc5700 and dc5750 models, or from Gateway. Gateway will host the vPro bundle on its E-4610 desktop, a PC that is designed to meet both the manageability needs of enterprise-level IT departments and the performance needs of small and medium businesses. Gateway is selling the E-4610 for US$939, as fitted with Intel's E6300 Core 2 Duo processor, 512M bytes memory, an 80G byte hard drive, and Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP Pro OS. Â


The wireless carrier is expanding with acquisition of a network service in the Southeastern U.S. and Caribbean.


Melvin Ely signed a one-year, $3 million qualifying offer with the Charlotte Bobcats on Monday after turning down offers from Golden State and Phoenix.


GreatPoint Energy to build biomass gasification plant in Mass.

The $25 million pilot plant at Dominion's R & D center will use wood chips, corn stover and switchgrass to make natural gas.


EU leaders say they should turn to new priorities now that they have agreed on institutional reforms.


Trent Green will not play in the Kansas City Chiefs' game Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers.


In manette otto persone, tra indagati anche un avvocato


Accusa di associazione per delinquere di tipo mafioso


Iraq's electoral commission is to discuss a request by leading parties to postpone 30 January general elections.


Israel expects slew of attacks ahead of Gaza pullout

JERUSALEM: Israel said Monday it expects an upsurge in Palestinian attacks ahead of its Gaza withdrawal, as the US insisted the pullout should be consistent with the international "road map" for peace.


OGGI SU INTERNET/SPAGNA XXXVII Settimana Nazionale di Vita Religiosa: "Nella Scuola della ParolaÂ: Dal 25 al 29 marzo...


With Fidel Castro still nowhere to be seen, military reservists, retired officers and decommissioned soldiers are under orders to check in daily at military posts.


Attorney General Pick Vows to Honor Torture Pacts

Alberto Gonzales, the White House  counsel criticized for calling parts of the Geneva Conventions  on prisoner treatment "obsolete," will promise to abide by  anti-torture treaties if he is confirmed as attorney general,  according to a statement obtained on Wednesday.


The Tate Gallery in London is expecting huge crowds for its joint Turner Whistler Monet exhibition.


Is your PC safe from viruses and spyware?

A national study of US home computer users found many users have no idea their systems are infected with viruses or spyware, USA Today reported Monday.


Edwards takes on Giuliani over terrorism in NY

Democratic presidential candidate John  Edwards chose Republican hopeful Rudy Giuliani's home turf of  New York on Thursday to say it was not enough to talk tough on  terrorism without addressing its causes.


Iran's nuclear negotiator and the EU   foreign policy chief said on Sunday misunderstandings had been   removed and progress made during talks on Iran's nuclear   program and they would meet again next week.


Foreign officials hold emergency talks with Afghan authorities over two diplomats ordered to leave the country.


Rebels in Ariel Sharon's Likud Party declared Wednesday that they would support his 2005 budget, giving the prime minister a temporary lift in his efforts to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.


Police launch new search of Jackson ranch

Sheriff's investigators were searching Michael Jackson's Neverland estate on Friday in connection with child molestation charges against the pop singer, a Santa Barbara County sheriff's spokesman said.


The New York Times Co  will  eliminate 100 newsroom jobs, the company confirmed on Thursday,  as it girds for a weaker economy and an overall decline in  print advertising and circulation revenue.


Bob Goodenow, the executive director of the N.H.L. Players' Association, stresses that the labor conflict is not a personality clash with Commissioner Gary Bettman.


South Africa's state broadcaster goes to court to stop cinemas showing a film about President Thabo Mbeki.


Idaho cattleman not shaken by mad cow scare

POCATELLO - While it's certainly not welcome news, the government's announcement Thursday that it is investigating a possible new case of mad cow disease has not shaken the Idaho beef industry.


Genova, 22:22 - CALCIO, SERIE A: GENOA-FIORENTINA 0-0 NEL POSTICIPO

Genoa e Fiorentina hanno pareggiato 0-0 nel posticipo della nona giornata di serie A. (Nic. Api)<...


Dec. 14, 2004 - ABC News reporter Mike Gudgell, who has been covering the Scott Peterson trial for the past two years, answers some of your questions in response to the jury's recommendation of the death


A host of high-tech big wheels, from information technology leaders to inventors and visionaries from across the region, are slated to converge for a summit in Portsmouth on Oct. 14 and 15.


Foreign militants, possibly from al-Qaida, may be planning to bomb New Delhi and Bombay, the U.S. Embassy warned Friday, raising fears that Osama bin Laden's network may be targeting India for its rising economic power and links to the United States.


Iran holds atomic fete with UN deadline looming

Iran marks the 28th anniversary of its revolution on Sunday seeking to show a nation united over its nuclear policy, but Western pressure and cautious voices at home dampened prospects for a big statement on atomic progress.


Insurgents Kill 21 Iraqis North of Baghdad

Guerrillas shot dead 17 Iraqis working  for the U.S. Army and killed a National Guard commander and  three bodyguards in attacks north of Baghdad on Sunday that  took the toll from three days of violence to more than 70.


Hamilton to "hoot and holler" his Ryder Cup compatriots

Instead of weighing in to Ryder Cup battle next week, British Open champion Todd Hamilton plans to play a few rounds of golf with his buddies.


THESTREET.COM, the financial news and commentary internet site, has emerged as a takeover target. TheStreet.comâs shares, after enduring three tepid years on Americaâs tech-laden Nasdaq


Science & environment: Sale of licences to drill for oil and gas rights in Alaska will threaten future of bears, experts warn


The auto industry is anxiously waiting for the Supreme Court to decide if the EPA should limit greenhouse gases. While the decision is critical in the long run, it won't affect vehicle development for years to come. In Autopia.


Google beats chip and server makers to the future

Who needs oil and gas when you have text ads? Analysis Google's orgiastic, eccentric acquisition of start-up PeakStream must scare the major players in the server processor and hardware universe. An ad broker has eaten a potentially super-valuable, industry-wide asset with no greater ambition than self-gratification in mind. As a result, high-end server applications could hobble along for years to come.â¦


Explosion in Baghdad house kills at least 29

BAGHDAD -- A powerful explosion in a house in west Baghdad killed at least 29 people and wounded 18, police said early today. Police patrols were en route to a raid in Baghdad's Ghazaliya neighborhood late


Walter H. G. Lewin, a physics professor at M.I.T., has found devotees across the country with his online lectures.


(InfoWorld) - A failure by the U.S. and European Union to reach a new agreement next month on the provision passenger data for transatlantic flights could ground up to 105,000 people each week, the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) director general said Thursday. The two sides need to reach a new accord by the end of September, after the European Court of Justice ruled in May that the current agreement is unacceptable. That agreement calls for airlines to provide U.S. authorities with the names, addresses, ticket payment details, and telephone numbers of passengers on U.S.-bound flights. The EU'sÂ highest court ruledÂ that there was no "appropriate legal basis" for the deal, and said it would cease to be valid from October. If a new agreement isn't reached before then, airlines will be forced to decide whether to continue providing the information in violation of European privacy law, withhold the information in violation of U.S. law, orÂ ground flights to avoid breaking any law, said Giovanni Bisignani, director general and CEO of IATA, at a news conference in Tokyo. "I hope that there will be an agreement because I know that the cooperation between the Homeland Security and European Union is strong and effective," he said. "I think there is time to find a decision," Bisignani said. "It's not up to me to say which is the best decision. It's up to me to say I look forward to increased cooperation and increased discussion between the two parties because we cannot be in a situation on Sept. 30 when we have to make the decision which law to break." Bisignani's comments came two days after U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff wrote in The Washington Post that the U.S. needs continued access to the personal information on passengers, and also wants the rules relaxed on how the information can be used. The US Customs and Border Protection receives the information regularly, he wrote, but cannot share it freely with investigators in other Department of Homeland Security divisions, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or with the Federal Bureau of Investigations -- "never mind with our allies in London." "This information might yet identify associates of those arrested in the plot in Britain, but the rules blind us in routinely searching for that connection," Chertoff wrote. The U.S. says the data allows them to identify certain passengers for additional screening when they arrive in the U.S. while reducing the amount of time spent on screening low-risk passengers.


Henin-Hardenne, Mauresmo advance to finals

When Amelie Mauresmo and Justine Henin-Hardenne met in a Grand Slam final less than six months ago, there was no match point or exuberant celebration.


Customization to drive next Salesforce release

Winter '07 will feature a new user interface based on Ajax, a group of software development tools and standards that help create interactive Web applications.


Per la Covisoc non avrebbe superato i parametri richiesti


Anti-whalers vow bigger Antarctic presence next year

Militant environmental activists on Saturday vowed to increase their presence in the Southern Ocean next year in their bid to prevent Japanese whalers from killing the giant mammals.


US technical experts arrived in North Korea on Tuesday to discuss disabling a nuclear programme which has already produced at least one atomic bomb, as South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun said a proposed peace treaty formally ending the 1950-53 war will be the top agenda item at next month's inter-Korean summit.


THE dollar was broadly stronger yesterday after an indicator of US consumer sentiment was seen as reasonably close to expectations.


Canon's "Generation Green" label will mark eco-friendly innovations on printers.


Billionaires richer, Russia, India rise: Forbes

The world's richest are getting younger and richer with more Russians and Indians cropping up among the 946 people on Forbes magazine's 2007 billionaires list unveiled on Thursday.


Dopo il dibattito della notte scorsa in South Carolina


Dubai airport closed after plane accident

Dubai airport was closed for at least eight hours on Monday after a Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft was involved in an accident while trying to take off, officials said.


FDA Novartis Late with Dog Painkiller Reports

Novartis AG failed to give the  government prompt, accurate reports about deaths of dogs  treated with a painkiller in the same class of medicines now  linked to heart problems in humans, U.S. regulators have  charged in a letter.


Garciaparra, Walker agree to 1-year deals with Cubs

Five-time All-Star shortstop Nomar Garciaparra agreed Tuesday to an $8 million, one-year contract that could rise to $11 million with bonuses.


New Zealand east coast shaken by 6.8 quake

A strong earthquake rattled the east coast of New Zealand on Thursday, causing some power outages and minor damage but no casualties.


Firefox, the ass-kicking Mozilla Web browser, is just out of beta with a "preview release." It's slim, it's fast, and it's feature-rich -- but can it possibly threaten the worldwide dominance of Microsoft's Internet Explorer?


On the federal deficit, candidates stay mostly vague

Rising entitlement costs and Iraq war expenses take a back seat to shorter-term stimulus plans.


Reelection Honeymoon With Voters Eludes Bush, Polls Say

Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — Despite a clear-cut reelection and the prospect of lasting GOP dominance in Congress, President Bush prepares to start his second term with the lowest approval ratings of any just-elected sitting president in half a century, according to new surveys.


South Korean gymnast goes to sport court to get gold medal

The South Korean gymnast who lost the all-around title to Paul Hamm because of a scoring error filed an appeal Sunday with a sports arbitration panel, asking it to help him get the gold medal.


Hollywood studios and Russian tycoons are teaming up to make films in Moscow. Is it worth the trouble?


Britons held under anti-terror laws after Ethiopian handover

Four Britons who were captured by Ethiopian forces on the Somali-Kenyan border have returned to Britain and were immediately held under anti-terrorism laws, the police said.


House wants Abu Ghraib Whistleblower info

Lawmakers have issued a subpoena seeking Pentagon information on a soldier who says he suffered retaliation for reporting abuses at Abu Ghraib prison.


US-led forces meet resistance in Fallujah

American-led forces are said to be meeting the stiffest resistance yet from militants in the Iraqi city of Fallujah. Reports say militants are now trapped in the south of the city with no way out.


Accused Anti-Terror Vigilante Speaks Out

An American on trial for allegedly torturing Afghan terror suspects in a private jail claimed Saturday in his first interview from custody that he was hot on the heels of Osama bin Laden and other militant leaders when he was arrested on July 5.


British Airways today pledged to carry out an investigation into a staff shortage that sparked travel chaos at Heathrow Airport last week.


Andy Reid was supposed to face heavy traffic with legends Bill Parcells and Joe Gibbs back in the NFC East. To the contrary, Reid and his Philadelphia Eagles have dominated more than ever.


The European Parliament suggests a possible solution to a dispute over the definition of vodka.


Superman's parents say Brandon Routh is still the kind and earnest son they raised in Norwalk. That may be true, but things are changing for the star of "Superman Returns."


Nigeria Oil Port Hit in Deadly Gang Assaults

Coordinated assaults on two police stations, a hotel and a restaurant early Tuesday killed at least 10 people, the authorities said.


Thousands of samples from the Genesis space capsule have arrived at the Johnson Space Center, where the project's curator must assemble a giant jigsaw puzzle


Gordon Brown says climate change means the industrial world must plan for more extreme weather.


Al-Zawahri: Bush a liar in war on terror

Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri called President Bush a failure and a liar in the war on terror in a video statement released Friday, and he compared Pope Benedict XVI to the 11th century pontiff who launched the First Crusade.


Deal for mall owner Wilmorite valued at $2.3 billion

Shares of Macerich Co. ended lower Thursday, retreating in the aftermath of the real estate company's agreement to acquire Wilmorite Properties and Wilmorite Holdings for more than $2.33 billion.


Japan's embattled defense minister resigned Tuesday over his comments suggesting the 1945 atomic bombings Hiroshima and Nagasaki were inevitable, news reports said. Fumio Kyuma had come under intense criticism from survivors of the bombing following the comments made over the weekend. He had apologized.


Come October, the highest bidder can sleep in Cher's bed. It's one of 700 items from the superstar's Malibu home that will be auctioned beginning Oct. 3. The sale includes furniture, artwork, jewelry, a 2003 H2 Hummer and original costumes by Bob Mackie.


Colombian revives European trio's hostage mediation

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announced Saturday he has authorized France, Spain and Switzerland to resume their mediation role in an effort to free 44 hostages held by Marxist rebels.


The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it expects to hire a new chief executive by next June after a search that will include both inside and outside candidates to replace Michael Eisner, who is retiring in 2006.


The Moment Blog: The Insider | Nico Muhly

The composer and musician shares his stylish essentials.


Detroit hospital closing part of pattern

Her legs crippled by diabetes, Mary Lewis is grateful it's a short distance between her doctor's office at Riverview Hospital and the adjacent apartment tower where she lives.


Nuovo ceppo in paziente che ha avuto centinaia di rapportinon protetti. Aiuti: 'Nessuna novitÃ , no alla caccia agli untori'                                                  Usa, allarme per un super-Hiv veloce e resistente ai farmaci


Damage is reported as a quake with a magnitude of 5.2 is felt across large areas of north Italy.


Greece, whose European Championship triumph stunned football only two months ago, suffered a rapid fall from grace when they were beaten by Albania in their opening qualifier for the 2006 World Cup.


Why is it that when a doctor weighs in on the medical malpractice crisis ["Dispelling Malpractice Myths," op-ed, Nov. 14], the solution never includes giving the public access to the National Practitioner


NASA gives jet-setting Googlers the presidential treatment

Larry Ellison fumes At NASA, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are getting the same treatment as The President of the United States.â¦


Business group: NY's taxes, energy costs sap competitiveness

ALBANY, NY A business group says New York's high energy costs and other expenses have made the state's price of doing business higher than most other states.


As we all eagerly await the moment Steve Jobs comes out on stage, this is how one reporter passes his time.


Kaine Stands By Land Preservation: The Governor Said He Believes the Government Can Protect Large Parcels of Land By Buying Them.

By Ray Reed, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 28--LEXINGTON -- Gov. Tim Kaine said Tuesday he isn't backing off his goal of seeing 400,000 acres of Virginia protected from development during his tenure, despite a $13 million cut the General Assembly made in his land-conservation budget.


The Community Financial Services Association of America, the national trade association for payday lenders, says its $10 million advertising campaign is intended to educate people on how to use payday loans wisely.


A former policeman who killed his terminally ill wife in an abortive suicide pact is sentenced.


Edimburgo, 19:06 - RUGBY, MONDIALI: ALL BLACKS AI QUARTI, SCOZIA BATTUTA 40-0

La Nuova Zelanda si è qualificata per i quarti di finale del Mondiale di rugby. In una gara v...


Thousands of security forces stood watch around churches and markets in this Muslim country on Saturday, a day after Christian mobs torched cars and looted stores in anger over the executions of three Roman Catholics.


* Foreign secretaries finalise agenda for FMs meeting today

NEW DELHI: Pakistani and Indian foreign secretaries Riaz Khokhar and Shyam Saran on Saturday approved proposals to break the logjam over Kashmir and strengthen bilateral relations.


A court charged an Islamic militant with treason Wednesday for allegedly masterminding a failed 1998 plot to crash an airplane into the mausoleum of the founder of secular Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.


Royal Bank of Scotland  said it was not in talks with Bank of America  regarding an attempt to resolve the purchase of LaSalle Bank, the U.S. arm of ABN AMRO which is a subject of dispute in the proposed RBS buyout of ABN.


More Fun Than Root Canals? Itâs the Dental Vacation

Medical tourism has been an increasingly popular alternative for the uninsured desperate for care, and for middle-class Americans willing to travel to secure affordable health care.


Lake Worth West Resident Planning Group Evolves From Original Mission

By Maria Herrera, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 24--West Lake Worth The Lake Worth West Resident Planning Group, formed by necessity to heal the neighborhood from blight, has turned to healing people.


Two Back on Earth After Six Months on Space Station

Two astronauts who spent half a year aboard the International Space Station returned safely on Saturday to the steppes of Kazakhstan in the pre-dawn darkness.


NEW YORK, Sept. 20 -- Iran's president has defied the United Nations Security Council and snubbed the Bush administration, but there is one authority he can't ignore: the New York Police Department.


Contaminated by the same radioactive material that killed former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko, Italian security consultant Mario Scaramella says he tried to warn the ex-spy. In an exclusive interview with CNN, Scaramella talked of e-mails full of details of how the two men were being targeted.


Ibrahim: The 'iceman' Who Became Iraq's Most Wanted Fugitive

BAGHDAD, Sept 5  - Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, Saddam Hussein's deputy whose capture was announced Sunday, is 62 and riddled with cancer, but was public enemy number two in Iraq for the world's most powerful military.


Four college students on Thursday asked a Turkish court to revoke the ban it imposed on YouTube for running videos that prosecutors said insulted the founder of modern Turkey.


Stocks little changed before Fed rate decision

U.S. stocks were little changed on   Tuesday as data showed inflation slowing in August, but   investors avoided placing big bets a day before the Federal   Reserve decides on interest rates.


Attention female shoppers: How much time do you spend in retail therapy?


Volvo is found guilty of manslaughter and fined after faulty brakes were blamed for a fatal car crash.


DOMANI IN EDICOLA SU "D" DI REPUBBLICA                                          L'altra faccia delle Maldive                                                                                C'Ã¨ la storia di Evan, mai tornato a casa. E quella di Ic, che lotta per la libertÃ  del suo popolo. Tutto quello che i turisti in cerca del sogno non vedranno mai


Mountaintop Removal Battle: ; End Far Away for Longtime Litigation

By Ken Ward Jr.  Federal court battles over mountaintop removal will continue this year, with two major rulings expected and a fight over the largest permit in state history being renewed.


Perhaps no single event creates as much demand for exotic stretch limousines as the Super Bowl, and this year's game in Jacksonville, Fla., has prompted a high-stakes frenzy.


Bush lead in polls raises Kerry's debate stakes

Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry trailed behind US President George W. Bush in the latest polls, raising the stakes for their first debate two days before that face-to-face confrontation.


A More Conservative Intel Doesn't Add Many Details On ...

Burned by a series of production missteps and canceled products, the company lets AMD get out in front on multicore product announcements.


Britain's Blair Faces Heart Op, Vows to Lead On

British Prime Minister Tony Blair went  to hospital on Friday to correct recurrent heart palpitations,  but he vowed to serve a full third term in office if he wins an  election expected next year.


Results of recent polls on the presidential race. Listed above each set of results is the name of the organization that conducted the poll, the dates, the number interviewed, whether they were adults, registered voters (RV) or likely voters (LV) and the margin of error (MoE). Results might not total 100 percent because of rounding.


The nonpartisan panel that regulates presidential debates has scheduled three rounds between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, organizers announced.


Nova Scotia utility making progress, but 35,000 still without power

HALIFAX (CP) - The lights and heat came back on for ten of thousands of Nova Scotians early Tuesday, but the province's electric utility said it will be the end of the week before service is restored to all customers.


Aslef members are expected to battle for two of the union's leading members to be reinstated after their sacking.


Collard greens and black-eyed peas, a New YearÂs tradition, on a chefÂs site; Virtual-Bubblewrap.com lets you punch holes with your mouse; KnowItAllVideo.com, where amateur instructional videos are posted and rated.


Mibtel -1, 72%, All Stars -2,31%, in negativo Francoforte


The first medicine to treat the disease fibromyalgia has been approved, but some doctors dispute the very existence of the condition.


CACI International Inc. said increased demand for its homeland security and intelligence services helped boost fourth-quarter profit by 56 percent over the same period a year earlier.


INSIDE TV & RADIO; NPR Series on Islam Guides Listeners Through Primer on Shia-Sunni Split

By TIM CUPRISIN  If you want proof that NPR is a rare outpost of real news outlet on broadcast radio, check out the series running this week on the split between the Shias and the Sunnis.


Miami Dolphins quarterback Jay Fiedler will miss the remainder of the season with a herniated disk in his neck. Fielder, who started seven games and played in another for the 1-8 Dolphins, suffered the injury in Sunday's game with the Seattle Seahawks.


What would you do with an extra 12.4% of your salary?


Bush says won't discuss CIA tapes as slams critics

U.S. President George W. Bush insisted on Thursday he did not learn until recently that the CIA destroyed videotapes of harsh interrogations, and said he would not speak any more in public about the issue currently under investigation by the administration and Congress.


Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai travels abroad to seek support for the first time since 2002.


Microsoft has doubled the time that businesses can block Windows XP SP2 from downloading automatically, giving them until mid-April to test the update.


Fatal Traffic Accidents Rise After Terrorism

Sept. 20, 2004 -- Terrorism's lethal ripple effects can last beyond an attack's immediate devastation. In Israel, fatal car wrecks jump by 35% three days after a terror attack, according to a new study.


Bush encounters weak welcomes for his call for an international peacemaking conference.


By BOB RIEPENHOFF  For the fifth straight year, anglers enjoyed fantastic chinook fishing on Lake Michigan, reeling in the second-highest number of fish in 40 years, according to recently analyzed angler surveys.


Karl Malone will decide before All-Star Weekend if he will play for the San Antonio Spurs, his agent said. The All-Star Game is Feb. 20.


Exhibition Shows Hollywood Men All Cried Out

British artist Sam Taylor-Wood has  reduced some of Hollywood's toughest men to tears.


Govinda has just been appointed a new role.


ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - La presenza dei Gesuiti in Afghanistan risale al 1581 Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - LÂAfghanistan non Ã¨ nuovo ai Gesuiti. Nel 1581 lÂImperatore Akbar portÃ² con sÃ© da Agra (vicino Delhi, India) un gesuita che facesse da precettore a suo figlio. Un anno dopo, Fratel Bento de Goes, alla ricerca del mitico Cathay...


Legg Mason Posts Record Quarter Earnings

Money manager Legg Mason Inc. LM.N  on Monday posted record quarterly earnings on all-time high  revenues, advisory and related fees, and assets under  management.


New England digs out after record snowfall

New England dug out on Friday from a record-setting storm that dumped 10 inches of snow on Boston, more than the city typically sees in the entire month of December.


Two years ago, I got an inside look at operations at Lenovo Group, the Chinese computing giant that is expected to form a joint venture with IBM to sell PCs worldwide.


A helicopter crashed in thick woods early Sunday during the search for a missing hunter, killing all three people on board, according to the company that owns the aircraft.


Roma, 11:51 - CALCIO, PETRUCCI: FISCHI ROMA? STADIO HA SOMMERSO IMBECILLI

Gianni Petrucci definisce 'gravi' i fischi di parte dell'Olimpico durante il minuto di silenzio per ...


Four Lebanese people killed and 16 injured in car bomb attack that apparently targeted US diplomats


British lawmakers press China over Darfur

A group of British politicians called Monday on China to use its role as host of the 2008 Olympic Games to put pressure on Sudan over the Darfur conflict and to stop selling weapons to its government.


'Cat Stevens' Wants Details From US Government

LONDON -- The musician once named Cat Stevens said he still doesn't know why his new name has been linked to terrorism. In a statement, Yusuf Islam said he's "initiated a legal process" to try to find out


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's interim prime minister warned yesterday his patience is running short over efforts to resolve the standoff in Fallujah peacefully.


Superman non ce l'ha fatta Addio a Christofer Reeve

Washington, 11 ottobre 2004 - Lutto nel mondo del cinema: Ã¨ morto a 52 anni Christopher Reeve, indimenticato interprete sul grande schermo dalla fine degli anni '70 della saga di Superman, e protagonista di una toccante vicenda umana.


Ok a progetto fusione della controllata al 100% Praoil


Tim Henman beats Dominik Hrbaty in four sets to reach the US Open semi-finals.


Michael Owen scored his fourth goal in as many games for Real Madrid, who moved up to third in La Liga with a somewhat unconvincing performance in a 2-0 win over Getafe 2-0 in the lesser-known Madrid derby.


Toshiba offers to exchange 340,000 batteries

Toshiba Corp. will exchange 340,000 notebook computer batteries, which the company said do not pose a fire hazard. but could could cut power to the notebooks, causing users to lose unsaved work


Two astronauts floated outside the international space station Wednesday to help fold up a solar wing and bring to life a rotating joint that will allow a new pair of solar arrays to track the sun.


The nation's lowest-paid workers will soon find extra money in their pockets as the minimum wage rises 70 cents to $5.85 an hour today, the first increase in a decade.


By Sarah Watson, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.  Feb.


Eyes on California as Lawmakers Pursue a Health-Care Deal

California did not start the current wave of efforts to overhaul the American health-care system, but what happens in Sacramento over the next few weeks could have a big impact on whether the drive gains momentum or peters out.


Prodi: manifestazioni sale democrazia, ma senza violenza


Black might be a brave effort at cinema but the booking charts at Liberty scream otherwise.


Britainâs HHG sells life services arm for Â£1bil

MELBOURNE: Britainâs HHG Plc has agreed to sell its life insurance business for Â£1.025bil to Life Company Investor Group, and plans to return Â£875mil of the proceeds to shareholders.


LOS ANGELES -- A man barricaded himself in a house after telling police he had killed three relatives, then opened fire on a SWAT team Thursday. Five people, including an officer and the gunman, were killed, police said.


Air Force Consolidates Contracts, Software

NOVEMBER 22, 2004  - The US Air Force last week announced an enterprisewide software licensing agreement with Microsoft Corp.


Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden's 1997 bestseller about a naïve Japanese girl turned big-city working girl, should have been a cineplex slam-dunk by now, but rotating directors and some Hollywood-sized grudges have kept the novel from ...


Armed men stormed into an art museum Sunday, threatened staff at gunpoint and stole Edvard Munch's famous paintings "The Scream" and "Madonna" before the eyes of stunned museum-goers.


Newly-crowned Olympic 800m champion Kelly Holmes sets her sights on a historic Olympic double.


Australian government cleared by Iraq bribes probe

The Australian government has been cleared of illegal activity by a report into the payment of huge bribes to the Iraqi regime of former dictator Saddam Hussein, parliament has been told.


Astronaut gets bond after bizarre kidnap plot

ORLANDO, Florida  - A married U.S. astronaut accused of trying to kidnap a rival for another astronaut's affections was told she could go free on Tuesday but was ordered to wear a satellite tracking device.


Czech govt seen losing vote, early election looms

The Czech Republic's rightist minority government is likely to lose a confidence vote in parliament this week, nudging the EU member closer to an interim administration followed by early elections.


"Sideways", a low-budget comic tale of two men hunting wine country for true love and the perfect pinot noir, and Martin Scorsese's epic film "The


A young Austrian woman whose kidnapper kept her locked away in a cell for years said Monday she lost faith in her country's judiciary after accusations surfaced that authorities ignored a tip that could have led to her captor.


Nigerian troops to leave for AU mission in Darfur on Monday

A 150-strong company of Nigerian troops will set off for the western Sudanese region of Darfur on Monday to join an African Union force protecting ceasefire monitors, Nigerian and AU officials said Saturday.


James helps Cavaliers cool off in-form Raptors

The Cleveland Cavaliers enjoyed a winning return to action after the All-Star break, edging the in-form Toronto Raptors 86-85 on Wednesday led by LeBron James's game-high 29 points.


Drinking linked to endometrial cancer risk

NEW YORK  - Older women who drink two or more alcoholic beverages a day may have an elevated risk of endometrial cancer, a new study suggests.


Pescara, 17:04 - CALCIO, C1: LERDA NUOVO TECNICO DEL PESCARA

Franco Lerda è il nuovo allenatore del Pescara (C1). L'ex giocatore del Torino ha preso il po...


Turkey comes a step closer to fulfilling European dream

BRUSSELS : Turkey came a step closer to fulfilling a 40-year-old dream when the European Commission recommended that the EU should begin membership talks with Ankara.


Frederick authorities today recovered a body believed to be that of a man who shot at police and started a fire that gutted a shopping center yesterday..


The shuttle Atlantis undocks from the International Space Station, after a highly complex 11-day mission.


VIENNA, Austria  -- Members of the U.N.'s nuclear agency on Monday approved sending experts to North Korea to supervise the shutdown of the North's plutonium-producing reactor, a diplomat said.


Russian ministers meet to tackle the problem of falling life expectancy, especially among men.


Siena, 19:58 - CALCIO, MILAN; ANCELOTTI: RONALDO E' STATO UNA SORPRESA

Ai microfoni di Sky, Carlo Ancelotti si gode il Ronaldo tornato Fenomeno col Siena. "Due gol, un ass...


US Health and Human Services Secretary, Tommy Thompson, says the flu vaccine shortage is not a health crisis. At a press conference in Florida Monday, Thompson told seniors to stop waiting in long lines to get a shot.


The U.S. women's and men's eights team both set world bests in the Olympic rowing competition Sunday along with Australian pair Sally Newmarch and Amber Halliday.


'Pirates' is decent fun, but we're at wit's end

The best you can say about this movie is that it's somewhat more enjoyable than its predecessor.


La maggior parte delle vittime si registra nel week end


Azienda respinge le critiche sul rincaro della benzina


Barcellona, 14:31 - CALCIO, STAMPA SPAGNOLA: POSSIBILE SCAMBIO ADRIANO-ETO'O

Secondo il quotidiano spagnolo "El Mundo Deportivo", Barcellona e Inter stanno lavorando a uno degli...


Subprime woes, tech results sink futures

Stock index futures signaled a lower market open on Wednesday as news that two hedge funds with subprime mortgage investments were almost worthless further worried investors after lackluster results from Intel Corp.  and Yahoo Inc.


Shinzo Abe, the front-runner in the race to be Japan's next leader, is due to announce his bid for the job.


Agreement Reached to Sell Jerusalem Post

Hollinger International will sell The Jerusalem Post's publishing group, as the company continues to unload its assets.


Nets Get Carter From Raptors in Bid to Rebuild Fractured Core

The Nets took a big step back toward viability today with the completion of a blockbuster deal for Toronto Raptors' swingman Vince Carter.


Pope Benedict XVI tells world religious leaders at a peace summit that religion must not become "vehicle for hatred".


Russia, China to hold unprecedented joint military manoeuvres next ...

Russia and China will hold unprecedented joint military manoeuvres on Chinese territory next year involving both nations' air forces and navies, Russia's defence minister said Monday.


DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. - Coventry Health Care Inc. is buying managed health care company First Health Group Corp. for $1.8 billion in cash and stock in a deal that would create a national health benefits company


Microsoft Releases a Desktop Search Tool

Microsoft has released a preliminary version of its search tool for finding documents, e-mail messages and other files stored on personal computer hard drives.


Synthetic biology can help fight emerging infections, rather than aid the design of bioweapons, says Dr Craig Venter.


Skateboarders hone their flips in Methodist chapel

Â· Minister turns to sporting youth to pack pews  Â· Plywood ramp replaces pulpit as focal point


Police accused of firing Taser into head of innocent man

Police fired a 50,000-volt Taser into the head of a 45-year-old company director who later proved to be unarmed and innocent


Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , whose shares have tumbled since the withdrawal of its blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx, said on Monday it has adopted a severance benefits


Australian stocks: Stocks close lower on banks, insurers

SYDNEY- Australian shares fell 0.3 per cent on Monday, led down by insurer Axa Asia Pacific after it ended buyout talks with its French parent and by a weaker banking sector on concerns over higher interest rates.


Don't believe the spreadsheets Steve Ballmer has played down the hype surounding Vista sales saying some analysts have taken an overly optimistic view.â¦


Dall'entrata in vigore della patente a punti


Moneta unica a 1,2666 dollari e a 148,51 yen


Three Lebanese soldiers were killed during intense fighting as the army battled again Saturday to rout militants from a Palestinian refugee camp north of Tripoli, a military spokesman said.


Thailand says Thai Muslim rebel leaders hiding in Malaysia?

Thailand charged on Wednesday that ringleaders of a Muslim separatist insurgency were hiding in neighboring Malaysia, as continuing violence in the country's south claimed the life of another police officer.


Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) and her band of Senate moderates chatted amiably last weekend as they sat knee to knee in an armored van for a half-hour trip up a desert mountain to meet with Kurdistan President Mustafa Barzani.


Prime Minister Manmohan Singh watched the grand finale of "Indian Idol 3" on TV with his family and thoroughly enjoyed   the show in which Prashant Tamang was named the winner, say sources from the PM's office.


Defense scientists in several countries are developing tiny flying robots that can hit the enemy with itsy-bitsy explosives. Critics worry that terrorists will adopt the nasty tech. By David Hambling.


Pope heads to Muslim Turkey on delicate trip

Pope Benedict starts one of the most delicate trips ever made by a pontiff on Tuesday when he travels to Turkey to face simmering anger sparked by his comments on Islam and his past opposition to Ankara's EU bid.


After this year's Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction" by entertainer Janet Jackson, the National Football League has chosen a veteran producer for the next Super Bowl halftime show here next February.


Appel carries Stanford past Oregon State

After stumbling through the first half, Stanford came roaring back with a little help from injured guard Candice Wiggins and a lot of help from freshman Jayne Appel.


Thai "Condom King" wins Gates health award

A non-profit family-planning group founded by Thailand's "Condom King" has won the $1 million Gates Award for Global Health, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said on Tuesday.


Report: Consumers tuning in to plasma TVs

First-quarter shipments of plasma televisions in the United States more than doubled from the previous year, according to research firm iSuppli. Prices fell by nearly $1,000 over the same period.


The Cassini spacecraft reveals a faint, previously unknown ring around the giant planet Saturn.


Hollinger offers minority buyout to go private

NEW YORK, November 16  - Hollinger Inc (HL1R.BER) has proposed to buy the shares owned by minority shareholders at a price of C$7.


Former Liberian president boycotts war crimes trial

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor boycotted the opening of his war crimes trial, calling it a "charade" in a letter read by his attorney, Karim Ahmad Khan. In the same letter, Taylor also dismissed Khan from the case and asked to represent himself.


The parent Tribune Co. admitted the paper's circulation not only was below its previously lowered level, but also falls below the level later guaranteed to advertisers.


Pathologist sticks to opinion Woolmer was strangled

Pathologist Ere Sheshiah, who performed the autopsy on Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, told the inquest into Woolmer's death on Thursday that he believed another person was involved.


Man Utd mourns 'Busby Babes' who died in plane crash

Manchester United held an emotional memorial Wednesday for 23 people, including eight of its players, killed when the team's plane crashed in Munich 50 years ago as they returned from a match.


Pacchetto di valorizzazione del patrimonio immobiliare


Demand heavy for Blackstone IPO despite tax bill

Blackstone Group's  initial public offering is seeing heavy demand from investors vying for shares of the biggest U.S. IPO in five years, which is expected to price on Thursday.


Leave us alone, say private equity chiefs

Business & money: Â· Threat to move abroad if tax breaks are scrappedÂ· 'We are driving growth and efficiency in Britain'


Caccia ad un furgone rubato, trovato poi bruciato sull'Appia


Chambers: Cisco CEO Teams With Bill Gates To Combat Hackers

Chief Executive John Chambers and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates may have different leadership styles. And their firms certainly specialize in disparate aspects of the computer-Internet spectrum.


Le grandi firme si daranno un codice di autoregolamentazione


Piazza back for Mets, still in difficult position

Mike Piazza wants the New York Mets to get him out of a situation that's been difficult to deal with. For much of this season, he didn't know whether he'd be at catcher or first base until he got to the ballpark and glanced at the lineup card.


Scontata la nomina del leader ultraconservatore


Microsoft is quietly telling PC makers they can offer a Windows XP "downgrade" to customers buying systems preloaded with Vista.Image: Lenovo's XP 'downgrade' program


Ministro Lavoro: portare il limite minimo sotto i 60 anni


Pakistan hails Pak-India joint statement

Pakistan has eulogized a recent Pak-Indian joint statement for pushing forward the peace process between the two arch-rivals. The Nation newspaper Thursday quoted Masood Khan


California's stem cell agency on Friday doled out nearly $45 million in research grants to about 20 state universities and nonprofit research laboratories, far exceeding the federal government's spending on the controversial work.


Ingres, Wipro team on open source enterprise software

(InfoWorld) - Indian outsourcer WiproÂ is to develop open-source business software and offer system integration services around the open-source database from software vendor Ingres, which will be marketed jointly by the two companies. The tie-up with Wipro is one of a number of systems-integration partnerships that Ingres plans with Indian outsourcers, said Vivek Bhatnagar, Ingres' country director for India, on Wednesday. Last month, the companyÂ struck a deal with Satyam Computer Services, an outsourcer in Hyderabad, India, to meet the systems integration needs of government, retail, and pharmaceutical customers around the world. It also has partnerships with outsourcers in the U.S. that have operations in India, like Cognizant Technology Solutions, an IT services company in Teaneck, New Jersey. Indian outsourcers can influence their customers worldwide to use Ingres' open-source software, said Bhatnagar. Ingres can also refer some of its clients to Indian outsourcers that have a practice around Ingres' technologies, he added. Ingres is also planning tie-ups with multinational service providers that have services delivery from India, Bhatnagar said. Wipro of Bangalore is setting up an open-source Center of Excellence around Ingres' technology, the company announced Wednesday. The company will focus on software in the areas of business intelligence, content management, data warehousing, and business process management, Bhatnagar said. Wipro brings in the business expertise, while Ingres will provide the technology platform on which Wipro will be able to provide an open-source alternative to its enterprise customers, he added. Wipro's Ingres open source practice will also focus on the Indian market, where open source adoption is accelerating, Wipro said.


Iran Fails to Assure Suspending Nuclear Program

Despite intense pressure from other nations, Iran failed to provide written assurances today that it was fully suspending its nuclear program, though Tehran's negotiators promised a commitment


Sponsors and fans paying cost of cool for the World Cup

THE World Cup Finals are more than a year away, but disappointment is already taking hold.


Acupuncture for Treating Knee Osteoarthritis

Summaries for Patients are a service provided by Annals to help patients better understand the complicated and often mystifying language of modern medicine.


Death Toll from Tsunami in Sri Lanka to Exceed 300

More than 300 people are feared dead in  the first tsunami to hit coastal Sri Lanka in 16 years, the  military spokesman said on Sunday.


Police Killed in Pre-Poll Chechnya Attacks -- Agency

Gunmen attacked a police station and voting centers in Russia's war-torn Chechnya, killing at least 11 people, Interfax news agency said Saturday.


"The Great Debaters," a film based on the real-life victories of a black debating team in the 1930s, topped the list of nominees announced Tuesday for the 39th NAACP Image Awards.


Japan Osaka Gas to buy LNG from Russia's Sakhalin

Osaka Gas Co. (9532.T), Japan's second  largest natural gas distributor, said on Friday it has agreed  to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Sakhalin-2 project  in Russia's far east.


Chesapeake Council to Put Indexed Video of Meetings Online

By Janette Rodrigues, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Jun. 23--CHESAPEAKE  "Council on Demand" is coming. But, please, don't call it "CoD." Chesapeake City Council meetings will be available online at the city Web site in a "Video on Demand," or "VoD," format by the fall.


With big-ticket free agents like Carlos Beltran, Richie Sexson and Carlos Delgado still on the market, baseball executives are playing wait-and-see.


Dow Jones cede lo 0,2% all'inizio delle contrattazioni


Il processo Sme Ã¨ arrivato alla resa dei conti, in senso letterale. Ieri la scena Ã¨ stata interamente occupata dagli avvocati di parte civile, Domenico Salvemini, per la presidenza del consiglio e Giuliano


After almost four years of minimal progress, Secretary of State Colin Powell says prospects are improving for congressional action to grant legal status to millions of undocumented aliens in the United States.


The London Stock Exchange receives  a takeover approach from pan-European stock exchange Euronext, the company confirms.


Adam Kennedy and Garret Anderson each hit a two-run homer, and the Anaheim Angels beat the Minnesota Twins 9-6 Friday night for their ninth straight victory.


Tsunami Steals a Generation and the Future

NAGAPATTINAM, India  - It took just a few seconds  for Shiva Shankari, like her village, to lose her future.


CBS News is trying to restore its credibility after a week of questions about its report on President Bush's National Guard service — yet it may never conclusively know whether it was duped by fake documents.


The House voted Tuesday to award increases to programs aimed at making cars and buildings more energy efficient and boosting research and development of alternative energy sources.


Engineer Builds Robot That Walks on Water

With inspiration from nature and some help from research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a team led by Carnegie Mellon engineering professor Metin Sitti built a tiny robot that


U.S. consumer sentiment eased in early January, according to a survey released on Friday.


Jerez, 20:20 - MOTOGP, TEST JEREZ; ROSSI: BUON LAVORO NONOSTANTE IL FREDDO

Nonostante il quinto tempo nell'ultima giornata di test della MotoGP a Jerez de la Frontera, in Spag...


By Andrew Eder, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.  Feb. 2--Sony Corp. is the buyer of bankrupt Ipix Corp.'s intellectual  assets, a Thursday court filing revealed.


Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said Saturday that his experience as New York City's mayor during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is a big reason why he supports a national insurance backup fund.


Continua a salire il bilancio degli scontri scoppiati dopo le presidenziali. Decretato il coprifuocoStrasburgo: "Elezioni poco chiare". GiovedÃ¬ attese un milione di persone alla manifestazione dell'opposizione                                          Kenya nel terrore: oltre 250 morti La Ue chiede indagini sulle elezioni


EU's Solana Heads for Darfur, May Offer AU Funding

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana heads for Africa on Friday where he is likely to announce a contribution of more than 100 million euros to an African Union force in Sudan's Darfur region, an EU diplomat said.


Taylor eases to unanimous points win over Ouma

Jermain Taylor retained his unified middleweight crown with a unanimous decision over Uganda-born Kassim Ouma in North Little Rock, Arkansas on Saturday, the undefeated champion easing to a routine victory.


Inventor promises bottle-o-wind car in a year. Again

French hot-air jalopy gets Indian backing French inventor Guy Negre, who has promoted his plan for air-powered cars for decades without significant success, says he has finally secured backing from a major motor manufacturer. Negre's small family design firm MDI has announced a partnership agreement with Indian car giant Tata, and excited reports have it that air-driven cars could be on sale within a year.â¦


Patriots tame Jaguars to remain on perfect track

FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts  - The New England Patriots's perfect season continued with a 31-20 divisional playoff victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday.


When Linus Torvalds first posted a fledgling version of Linux to an obscure software bulletin board in 1991, no one would have predicted that open-source software would be much more than a short-lived hacker experiment.


Su tutti i voli in partenza da Roma e da Milano


Roma, 14:31 - CALCIO, LAZIO; ROSSI: MI SAREI ASPETTATO RINFORZI PER CHAMPIONS

Tornare sul mercato per rinforzare la Lazio? Per Delio Rossi è troppo tardi. "Mi sarei aspet...


'Tagli tasse ancora da definire La Ue approva la manovra'

Roma, 16 novembre 2004 - Il taglio delle tasse Â«deve ancora essere in parte definito all'interno del governoÂ». Lo ha affermato il ministro dell'Economia,Domenico Siniscalco, parlando in Aula alla Camera.


Suicide Car Bomb in Baghdad; U.S. Pounds Falluja

A suicide car bomber killed at least  eight people in an attack on a police checkpoint in Baghdad on  Friday, after a night of U.S. air strikes around the rebel-held  city of Falluja that killed scores.


Grief, joy as Chile bids farewell to Pinochet

SANTIAGO, Chile  - Thousands of mourners filed past the coffin of former dictator Augusto Pinochet on Monday, praying, crying and paying their respects to a man who divides Chilean public opinion in death as he did in life.


Designer Tommy Hilfiger To Host Reality TV Show on CBS

CBSâs latest reality series currently titled âThe Cut,â will feature fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger as host in a series to find Americaâs newest fashion designer.


U.S. worker salaries are growing much  more slowly than inflation, raising concerns about consumers'  ability to repay loans and credit cards bills at a time when  borrowing is near all-time highs.


Munich Re and other insurers pounded  European bourses on Friday as a U.S. lawsuit alleging  manipulation in the industry raised the specter of a financial  scandal, while disappointing sales hit fashion retailer Hennes  & Mauritz.


WASHINGTON - President Bush chose a Marine base in southern California â-ne with one of the highest casualty rates in Iraq of any US military base or installation â -thank American troops Tuesday for fighting Iraqi insurgents.


A Russian art exhibition will be one step closer to opening in London when a law to protect the works comes into force.


Martin Scorsese, Dennis  Hopper and Haskell Wexler are among the film industry veterans  slated to be interviewed for inclusion in a documentary about  two of the community's most influential directors of  photography, Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond.


Pittsburgh Steelers: Wide receiver Plaxico Burress (hamstring) was downgraded from questionable to out for Saturday's game at the Giants.


Hewitt Cruises to Waterhouse Quarterfinals

Former Wimbledon and U.S. Open winner Lleyton Hewitt cruised to a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Michael Llodra on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the TD Waterhouse Cup.


ARSENAL BETTING ODDS DRIFT AFTER LIVERPOOL LOSS

Neil Mellor scored deep in injury time as Liverpool stunned Arsenal at Anfield. There would have been plenty of punters cheering and crying in equal measure following the last-gasp.


Stocks Higher As Oil Retreats From Highs

NEW YORK - Investors bid stocks higher Tuesday as oil stepped back from its highs and earnings results from companies including International Business Machines Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc...


War Figures Honored With Medal of Freedom

President Bush on Tuesday bestowed the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, on three of the central architects and executors of the war


Payrolls shrank in August for the first time in four years, the Labor Department reported on Friday, prompting calls for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates before credit market turmoil drags the economy into recession.


Milano, 17:55 - CALCIO, SERIE A: INTER-LIVORNO 2-0

Nel primo anticipo della 23/a giornata del campionato di serie A, l'Inter ha battuto il Livorno 2-0 ...