Playersâ boss Gordon Taylor has claimed Chelsea deliberately set out remove shamed striker Adrian Mutu from the club by singling him out for the drugs test he subsequently failed.


Bhopal Marks Anniversary with Candlelight Vigil

It was midnight when gas began to leak from a Bhopal factory and killed thousands as they slept in central India 20 years ago.


Ready Cash Could Reward Wall Street Bulls

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


Indonesian prosecution against Newmont set to go ahead

Indonesian police have said a pollution case against US mining giant Newmont will go ahead despite a court ruling which declared their investigation illegal.


President Bush dropped in on one of the fall campaign's most contested states for the second Sunday in a row, telling cheering partisans that his economic policies are building prosperity while Democrat John Kerry "wants to tax your jobs."


No damage after Samoa quake generates small tsunami

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of   up to 7.0 hit near the South Pacific nation of Samoa on   Thursday and triggered a small tsunami but there were no   reports of damage, officials said.


Site News: Blast from the Past - One Year Ago in PHP

Here's what was popular in the PHP community one year ago today:Job Posting: National Auto Warranty Seeks MySQL DBAJob Posting: National Auto Warranty Seeks PHP Web App Developer (Wentzville, MO)DevShed: Creating a Login Script for a PHP Invoicing SystemZak Greant's Blog: The eZ partner program (response to Seth Gottlieb's Commercial O/S business post)php|architect: Application-level Logging with the Zend FrameworkPaul Reinheimer's Blog: Object-Oriented PHP, Concepts, Techniques, and CodeRyan Malesevich's Blog: Fight Spam Comments with Bad Behavior and AkismetZend Developer Zone: SQLite: Lean, Mean DB MachineBuilderau.com.au: Cache PHP scripts with APC modulePro-PHP Podcast: Interview With Cal EvansSitePoint PHP Blog: PHP extension for Cairo graphics libraryTechnobabbler.com: making a radar loop with PHPDevShed: Working with MySQL Result Sets and the Decorator Pattern in PHPJob Posting: exhibit-E Seeks Interactive Developer (New York, NY)Jacob Santos' Blog: Patterns for PHP: Page Controller Draft


President George W. Bush on Tuesday ordered U.S. sanctions tightened against Sudan's government for its refusal to stop the violence in the Darfur region.


Milano, 19:14 - CALCIO, INTER: MAICON E CHIVU SALTANO L'UDINESE

Allenamento pomeridiano per l'Inter, con Maicon che è tornato in gruppo, anche se non ha svol...


Thousands of armchair sky watchers are pairing computers and consumer-grade meteorological equipment to share their observations of local conditions online.


NAACP Members Divided Over Group's Future

During his speeches to Philadelphia children, J. Whyatt Mondesire, the head of that city's NAACP branch, likes to offer $20 to the student who can decode his group's acronym.


HBO documents Cubs' decades of glorious defeat

LOS ANGELES  - Red Sox fans got off   light. That could be the subtitle of this engrossing HBO Sports   documentary on the annually fresh hell endured by fans of the   Chicago Cubs.


Israeli troops shoot dead a leading Palestinian militant in the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinians say.


U.S. and Iraqi forces detained Iraq's deputy health minister on Thursday, a senior member of a radical Shi'ite political group, in the first major sign that a security crackdown in Baghdad was under way.


Sony Corp. said Monday it is bringing out a cheaper player for Blu-ray discs early this summer, a crucial step in its battle to make the high-definition format the replacement for DVDs.


We'd never get Monty Python onto television today: Jones

Terry Jones says being funny as a member  of Monty Python's Flying Circus was just a byproduct of the  real aim: subversion.


Actor Culkin Pleads Innocent to Okla. Drug Charges

"Home Alone" star Macaulay Culkin entered not guilty pleas at an Oklahoma City court on Wednesday to charges of illegally possessing marijuana and prescription medicine.


Bush win opens door to strikes on Iraq rebels: analysts

BAGHDAD, Nov 4  - US President George W. Bush's victory could open the door to assaults on Iraqi rebels but may also pave the way to more cooperation with US allies in aiding the war-shattered country's recovery, observers and analysts said Thursday.


Three people die and two are seriously injured when their car collides with a bus in south-east London.


10 killed in train mishap in northern Philippines

At least 10 people were killed and 115 others wounded after a passenger train bound for Manila derailed and fell into a ravine in the northern Philippine province of Quezon early Friday, a government agency said.


Webber's 'Phantom' sings on the big screen, finally

Seventeen years after Andrew Lloyd Webber had last worked on his "Phantom of the Opera," the hugely popular stage musical that the British impresario today admits will likely go down as the greatest


Messaggio a sindaco Ovada per il premio 'Testimone di Pace'


Spain's new king delivers a dream result

SEVILLE: Carlos Moya's career has been a rollercoaster journey of ups and downs, but converting the winning point for Spain to land the Davis Cup yesterday represented a high point about which he had long dreamed -- and obsessed.


THE News Corporation Ltd has won the battle to gain local support for its move to the US after unveiling far-reaching concessions on corporate governance.


A look at how Societe General's trading scandal unfolded:


TransferJet: Sony's answer to wireless USB

With TransferJet, phones and cameras will just have to nuzzle to trade data at a fast rate.


'Moonlight' makes progress on Silverlight for Linux

Blog: Mono project head Miguel De Icaza to demo an alpha of Silverlight running on Linux at Mix conference later this week.


FirstGroup to buy Greyhound bus firm Laidlaw

Britain's biggest bus company, FirstGroup Plc , has agreed to buy Laidlaw International Inc. , the U.S. company that runs Greyhound buses, for $2.8 billion plus debt, the two firms said on Friday.


Stocks Fall, Jolted by Oil and Greenspan

U.S. stocks dropped on Friday as  investors were jolted by a jump in oil prices and comments by  U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who gave a blunt  reminder that interest rates were bound to go up and warned the  appetite for U.S. assets would eventually dwindle.


Kraft Sells Yogurt Business to CoolBrands

Kraft Foods Inc. KFT.N on Wednesday  said it has agreed to sell its yogurt business to Canadian ice  cream company CoolBrands International Inc. COBa.TO  COBsva.TO for $59 million.


Dell goes direct into Wal-Mart's clutches

Low prices meet always low prices The dream of walking into a single store to purchase a messenger style diaper bag, an easy listening Piano Tribute to Coldplay CD, an engagement ring and a Dell computer for under $1,000 has become a reality.â¦


Roma, 15:01 - CALCIO, AGENTE ROCCHI: CON LA LAZIO SIAMO A BUON PUNTO

Oscar Damiani, agente dell'attaccante della Lazio Tommaso Rocchi, è ottimista per il rinnovo ...


Myanmar prisoners rising before crackdown: U.N. expert

Myanmar's junta held nearly 1,200 political prisoners before a crackdown on Buddhist monk-led street protests last month, according to a report by the U.N.'s independent expert on human rights in Myanmar.


Stomach stapler for the obese gets $30 million

Blog:  With TOGa, doctors can staple your stomach without cutting you open.


Motorola shares rise on rumors CEO may step down

Shares of Motorola Inc.  rose almost 3 percent on Wednesday on speculation that Chief Executive Ed Zander could be about to resign, amid a new campaign by an activist investor to oust the executive.


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

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


Jakarta Police Close to Identifying Embassy Bomber

Indonesian police are close to  identifying the suicide bomber who detonated a minivan packed  with explosives at the Australian embassy in Jakarta this  month, killing 9 people, the police chief said on Wednesday.


Web Site: 2nd U.S. Hostage Killed in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq - An al-Qaida-linked group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed Tuesday to have killed the second of two American hostages it kidnapped last week - back-to-back slayings that raised the level of psychological warfare in the Jordanian militant's campaign of terror.    The claim, posted on an an Islamic Web site, could not immediately be verified...


NY Times rattles IT industry with analyst ban

Pay, no play On Nov. 10, the New York Times declared a radical change in its editorial policy. The paper ceased quoting technology analysts in stories, if the analysts do business with the vendors mentioned in the articles. The policy shift has proved so radical that the Times has failed adhere to it.â¦


Inhalant Abuse on the Rise Among Children

A hidden epidemic is gaining momentum in America, experts say. Children as young as fourth-graders are deliberately inhaling the fumes of dangerous chemicals from a variety of household and office products.


Police probe concert blast that injured at least 13 in southern ...

A grenade exploded under a police car, injuring more than a dozen people in southern Turkey, an official said Monday. The blast occurred late Sunday at an open-air concert in the city of Mersin.


Clinton and Obama neck and neck in Nevada as Republicans face crucial test in South Carolina


Cable TV seeks to resurrect fading comedy genre

Like moths to a flame,  cable television networks can't seem to resist swarming to  narrative comedy series -- no matter how many channels get  burned.


Sony Reportedly Selling Cell BE Chip Fab to Toshiba

Just days after two Sony spokespersons flatly told Bloomberg News that no such deal had been reached, Asian press sources are saying today the company has agreed to sell its Kyushu Semiconductor facility - which produces the Cell BE CPU for Sony's PlayStation 3 - to its STI partner Toshiba for about 100 billion yen.


E' scomparso questa mattina all'alba il presidente palestinese Yasser Arafat. L'anziano leader, simbolo della lotta per l'indipendenza della Palestina, era in coma da una settimana e si trovava ricoverato in un ospedale militare vicino a Parigi.


Merger may heat up fight for wireless customers

The $35 billion merger of Sprint and Nextel announced Wednesday may make consumers jittery about rising prices in a consolidating industry, but experts say the remaining players will still wage a tough fight for every customer.


Iran envoy could provide nuclear answers

After years of stonewalling, Iran is sending a senior envoy to talks with the U.N. atomic monitoring agency that could provide answers on past nuclear activities, diplomats said Sunday.


Court: Consent Not Needed in Conceding Guilt

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on  Monday that an attorney does not have to get a defendant's  explicit consent to concede guilt at a trial when the client  faces a possible death sentence.


Some teachers fail to change their attitude to suit a new era in schools, the education minister says.


Israel said on Wednesday it could   gradually dismantle its blockade of Lebanon as Lebanese and   U.N. forces control entry points to stop Hizbollah rearming,   and the U.N. commander in the south said a breakthrough could   be close.


Gunmen abducted two Americans and a Briton in a brazen attack Thursday on a house in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood where many embassies and foreign companies are based, the Interior Ministry and witnesses said.


Republican lawyer embroiled in flap over anti-Kerry attack ad resigns

A lawyer for President George W. Bush's re-election campaign who advised a group of veterans accusing Democratic challenger John Kerry in a television advertisement of embellishing his Vietnam War record announced his resignation.


Nintendos' Wii Sports sweeps the board at the 2007 British Academy Video Games Awards in London.


Main Afghan opposition candidate drops boycott, agrees to poll ...

President Hamid Karzai's main challenger Monday backed off a boycott of Afghanistan's landmark election over allegations of fraud, saying he would accept the formation of an independent commission to look into any irregularities in the vote.


Home Depot Said to Cut Price to Try to Save Sale of Unit

Home Depot was scrambling last night to save the sale of its wholesale unit to a consortium of private equity firms, lowering its asking price by about $1.2 billion from the original $10.3 billion it agreed upon, people involved in the talks said.


The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission voted on Tuesday to give landmark designation to Congregation Tifereth Israel (1911), believed to be the oldest structure in Queens built as a synagogue. EstÃ©e Lauder attended services there as a young woman, and in 1979 and 1980 Madonna lived nearby in a building that used to be a yeshiva affiliated with the congregation. The two-story, wood-frame synagogue, right, designed by Crescent L. Varrone, at 109-18 54th Avenue in Corona, combines Gothic and Moorish design elements with Judaic ornaments: pointed-arched windows, a roundel with a Star of David in colored glass, and a gabled parapet. The original wooden stoop and railing have been replaced with a brick porch with an iron railing, and the wood clapboard siding has been covered with stucco. The design was modeled after synagogues on the Lower East Side, where the founders of the congregation, established in 1907, had originally lived. In 2002 the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Also on Tuesday, the commission voted for a third time to designate the Jamaica Savings Bank building, an 1898 Hough & Duell Beaux-Arts structure at 161-02 Jamaica Avenue, in Jamaica, as a landmark. Twice previously, the commissionâs landmark designation for that building has been overturned: by the Board of Estimate in 1975, and by the City Council in 1992. The buildingâs owner has agreed to support the current designation, which is expected to meet with Council approval.


Nuovo commissario anticorruzione spiega suoi programmi


Intel will deliver the company's first quad-core processors for high-performance PCs and servers in November, getting the jump on rival AMD in providing the next generation of chips designed to deliver the power needed to handle high-definition video, cutting-edge games, and math-intensive number-crunching.


Accordo su staffetta con Abete in vista elezioni lunedi'


A California man was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison Monday for attending an al-Qaida terrorist training camp in Pakistan and returning to the United States "willing to wage violent jihad."


ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Gusting winds and the pulsating exhaust plumes from the Phoenix spacecraft's landing engines could complicate NASA's efforts to sample frozen soil from the surface of Mars, according to University of Michigan atmospheric scientist Nilton Renno.Set to launch Aug.


California Pension Fund Takes Big Stake in Silver Lake, at $275 Million

Silver Lake, the largest technology-focused private equity firm, announced a deal to sell a 9.9 percent stake to the California Public Employeesâ Retirement System.


Less than a week after a standards-setting group rejected Microsoft's scheme to stymie spam, America Online added to the company's woes by dumping the software giant's proposed Sender ID.


Sciiti marciano su Najaf Kufa, fuoco su corteo: 20 morti

BAGHDAD - Come annunciato, stamattina alle sette e mezza il grande ayatollah Ali Sistani ha iniziato assieme a migliaia di suoi sostenitori la sua marcia Â«di paceÂ» da Bassora verso Najaf, ma poche ore dopo, a Kufa, una cittÃ  poco distante da Najaf, un


Forget the clicker: A new technology in Japan could let you control electronic devices without lifting a finger simply by reading brain activity.


Hong Kong Co. Develops Virtual Girlfriend

HONG KONG - She needs to be coddled with sweet talk and pampered with gifts, but you'll never see her in the flesh, says a Hong Kong company that's developing a "virtual girlfriend" for new cell phones with video capability.    Artificial Life Inc.'s electronic love interest will appear as an animated figure on a telephone screen...


Serena Wins Thanks to Myskina Choke at WTA Championships; McEnroe ...

Svetlana Kuznetsova and Lindsay Davenport had comfortable victories while Serena Williams looked nowhere near the top of her game in gutting out a win Wednesday on day one at the WTA Championships.


Universal Pictures has  picked up movie rights to a New York Times article with the  headline "In College Football, Big Paydays for Humiliation" for  comic actor Jack Black to produce.


Two of the ACC's best shot blocking teams square off as No. 23 Maryland travels to take on Boston College in the road for the Terps' first conference game of the season.


Vonage Settles With Verizon Over Patent Suit

The beleaguered provider of telephone service over Internet connections said that it had settled a patent lawsuit brought by Verizon for a maximum of $120 million.


When he won last year's Melbourne Cup on Makybe Diva, Glen Boss couldn't wipe the smile off his face. When he repeated the dose yesterday, he was in tears.


Fresh after taking the performance crown and capping a five-year, $100 million R&D effort, IBM today announced that Blue Gene is officially going on sale with a starting price of $1.


Coming to a supermarket near you: the prawn netting Scots Â£140m

Science & environment: Seen as posh and green, the langoustine is catching on as eco-friendly sea food.


Lone Star, Hypo Ink World's Largest Dubious Debt Deal

MUNICH-The locally based real estate financier Hypo Real Estate Bank AG has agreed to sell a $4.4-billion (Euro 3.6-billion) portfolio of poorly performing German real estate loans to Lone Star Funds, a ...


The Phoenix Suns look simply unstoppable. Amare Stoudemire scored a season-high 30 points and the Suns coasted to their 11th straight victory, 103-89 over the Orlando Magic on Monday night.


Royalty, scientists, business leaders and diplomats began gathering in the capitals of Sweden and Norway on Friday for the traditional twin ceremonies honoring the year's Nobel Prize winners from Kenya, ...


Suicide Rises in Youth; Antidepressant Debate Looms

Health officials reported that the rate of suicide in Americans ages 10 to 24 increased 8 percent from 2003 to 2004, the largest jump in more than 15 years.


Lo annuncia il parlamentare Sergio De Gregorio


News that Microsoft must pay $1.5bn for infringing MP3 patents may have widespread effects, experts say.


Mary Gade Appointed As EPA Regional Administrator

CHICAGO, Sept. 22  /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today welcomes Mary Gade, an environmental attorney with a wealth of federal, state and private sector experience, as its new regional administrator.


Anticipation of wider distribution of Everyday brand lifts shares to level not seen in 2-1/2 years. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Shares of Martha Stewart Living surged to a two-and-a-half year high Wednesday after


Nasa astronauts will attempt to fix a thermal blanket that peeled back during the launch of space shuttle Atlantis.


NEC launches world's fastest supercomputer

Japanese electronics giant NEC Corp has begun selling the world's fastest supercomputer. NEC claimed its SX-8 is the most powerful "vector-type" supercomputer, with a sustainable


Boston Red Sox' Jason Varitek, right, and St. Louis Cardinals starter Matt Morris watch the flight of Varitek's triple in the first inning of game two of the World Series in Boston, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004.


Last year one of worst ever for refugees: UNHCR chief

Last year was one of the worst on record for refugees and the crisis is deepening in 2007 thanks to conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Sudan's Darfur region, the United Nation's refugee chief said.


Ascoli, 17:42 - CALCIO, MANCINI: A LIONE DEVE TORNARE LA VERA ROMA

''Nelle ultime partite non c'è stata la Roma vera, dobbiamo andare a Lione concentrati per qu...


No firm climate targets from G8, U.S. says

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - A summit of major powers in Germany will not agree to any firm targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday as G8 leaders gathered on the Baltic coast.


Mentally Ill Inmates at Risk in Isolation, Lawsuit Says

A new lawsuit seeking to prevent Massachusetts from placing mentally ill inmates in segregated cells reflects an increasing national concern.


Football: Real Madrid Beaten by Germany, 3-0

Four-time Champions League football winner Real Madrid of Spain was shocked by Bayer Leverkusen of Germany, 3-0, in Group-B of the tournament Wednesday.


Mets give up six in first, can't struggle back

Noah Lowry has pitched so well that Felipe Alou now counts on the rookie to win every time out -- a standard the San Francisco skipper held only for ace Jason Schmidt in the past.


Understudy Steps In as FSU Steps On Clemson

For four seasons, Florida State football fans have had a love-hate relationship with quarterback Chris Rix. At times, he has displayed a golden arm and athletic ability


In Indonesia l'associazione conferma primo caso rapimento


Turkish warplanes again launch strikes at Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq, officials say.


Peschereccio di Mazara ne salva 21, dubbi su sorte donna


A military correspondent for Russia's top business daily died after falling from a fifth-story window, and some media speculated Monday that he might have been killed for his critical reporting.


Gore Urges Angry Black Floridians to Vote

Former Vice President Al Gore on Sunday told blacks embittered by his narrow loss in the 2000 presidential election that "it doesn't have to be this way" and urged them to turn anger into energy at the polls.


More meetings would keep this Atlantic rivalry afloat

The Knicks lost last night to the Nets' A Team, the one with Jason Kidd in the lineup for 21 minutes, 40-32. They beat the B Team, the one without Kidd, for 27 minutes, 55-39.


At least five dead in Pakistan suicide bombing: army

At least five people were killed and five wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an army facility in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, the military and police said.


ICE urges CBOT members to defy board on CME deal

IntercontinentalExchange , on Thursday took its unsolicited takeover proposal for the Chicago Board of Trade directly to members of the CBOT, urging them to support ICE's bid over that of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange .


Almost 200 staff at Bangor firm Thermomax return to work, just days after the company goes into administration.


Indice scende a 4,9 punti contro i 6,7 di settembre


More research is needed over the safety of hormone replacement therapy, says an expert.


Not only can afternoon siestas help you be more productive at work, but new research indicates the practice may have important heart health benefits, too.


Rell has been longtime advocate for breast cancer awareness

For the past decade, M. Jodi Rell has worked to raise awareness about breast cancer prevention. Now with her own diagnosis and in the spotlight that comes with being governor


Australia made a successful start to its European rubgy tour this morning with a 31-14 win over Scotland at Murrayfield in Edinburgh.


TV Writers Were Also Watching âSopranosâ

After he completed the final episode of âThe Sopranos,â David Chase told publicity executives at HBO that he was leaving for France and would not take any calls.


A specially-shaped camera lens which means images are never out of focus could find its way onto camera phones.


SunGard puts business know-how to good use.


Survey: Two-thirds users don't deploy Oracle quarterly critical patches

A survey of Oracle Users Group attendees finds two-thirds have never applied the company's quarterly updates. Oracle set to release next update Tuesday.


Clinton to offer closing pitch to Iowans

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton will make her closing argument to Iowa voters Wednesday evening during a televised message in which she tells them to "take the first step" toward changing the direction of the country by voting for her at the caucuses.


When pregnant mom eats fish, kids do better: study

Children of mothers who ate more fish and other seafood while pregnant are smarter and have better developmental skills than kids of women who ate less or none, researchers said on Thursday in findings they called surprising.


San Antonio, TX (Sports Network) - Justin Zwick completed 17-of-27 passes for 189 yards with a touchdown and Ohio State used a stifling defense, as the 24th-ranked Buckeyes dominated Oklahoma State, 33-7, in the Alamo Bowl.


No Kidding: Miami Herald's Barry to Take Year Off

Miami Herald humor columnist Dave Barry, who has poked fun  at life's more bizarre aspects for 20 years, is giving up his  weekly column from next January for at least a year, the paper  said on Wednesday.


Andy Murray extends his winning streak to eight matches with a comfortable win over Stefan Koubek in Memphis.


Police forces across Britain are being urged to reveal how much money is being paid to informers.


British sportswear firm changes image to lose neo-Nazi links

British sportswear firm Lonsdale has launched an anti-racism campaign in a bid to quash its popularity with neo-Nazi skinheads in Germany.


Castro says still in full control after fall

The Cuban leader refused tranquilizers and general anaesthetic during three-hour surgery to rebuild his broken left kneecap. He told doctors.


Application for Expanded Rock Mining Deferred

By Rebecca Dellagloria, The Miami Herald Feb. 4--Atlantic Civil has taken steps to halt plans for an amped-up rock mining operation on nearly 600 acres in Florida City originally planned for a mega-development of some 6,000 homes.


Intel issues dire warning about internet's future

SAN FRANCISCO - Intel has outlined its vision of the internet of the future, one in which millions of computer servers would analyse and direct network traffic to make the Web safer and more efficient.


Iraqi Rebels Seize, Threaten to Kill Najaf Police

An Iraqi rebel group has seized four  Iraqi policemen in Najaf and threatened to kill them unless  police agree to stop hunting insurgents and pressuring rebel  cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, Al Jazeera television said Friday.


Milano, 19:32 - CALCIO, FROSINONE: CONFERMATA SQUALIFICA CANNARSA

La disciplinare ha respinto il reclamo presentato dal Frosinone contro la squalifica di 3 giornate i...


Blog: The musician seems to be acknowledging the demise of the old CD-focused business model by giving his new album away with a U.K. newspaper before releasing it to the rest of the world.


Rescuers dig 31 bodies from Mexican bus mudslide

ELOXOCHITLAN, Mexico  - Mexican rescuers dug out the bodies of 31 people on Thursday and searched for dozens more believed killed when part of a rain-soaked mountain collapsed on a bus carrying up to 60 passengers.


The controversial incoming EU Justice Commissioner apologises for comments he made about gays and women.


Georgian president calls for international conference on South Ossetia

TBILISI, Georgia  Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili appealed to world leaders Tuesday to convene an international conference on the conflict in breakaway South Ossetia, where daily exchanges of gunfire threaten to spark ...


The current Alexander fad is likely to reveal little of news value about Alexander and a great deal more about ourselves instead.


Bush, Bernanke both back lift for economy

A consensus that the struggling U.S. economy needs rescue emerged on Thursday as the powerful Federal Reserve chairman backed the idea and President George W. Bush urged a quick and temporary fiscal package.


The deadly attack Thursday on the well-guarded Green Zone here may mark the launch of a new insurgent offensive during the holy month of Ramadan, which began Thursday night.


Palestinian deputy intelligence chief shot in attack in Gaza

GAZA CITY - The Palestinian Authority's deputy intelligence chief was wounded on Wednesday, after the convoy in which he was travelling was shot at in Gaza.


Scientists tout new prostate cancer test

Oregon scientists say a simple test can identify men at high risk of life-threatening prostate cancer even after a biopsy finds no signs of it. The key, researchers say, is "PSA density," which compares the size of a man's prostate with his levels of a cancer-related protein called prostate-specific antigen.


SanDisk Borrows a Tune From Apple's Songbook

Competing with the best in anything is a tall order, especially when that competitor is something of a cultural icon.  That's the spot that flash memory concern SanDisk (SNDK) finds itself in with its Sansa line of digital music players.


Il prezzo della benzina ha sfondato la soglia di 1,18 euro al litro, raggiungendo il nuovo record di 1,182. I marchi che fatto salire il listino, secondo il monitoraggio del ministero delle AttivitÃ  produttive


A year after approval of President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq dipped to an all-time low, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds discontent toward the war easing slightly, with Republicans and independents significantly more positive about the situation than they were 12 months ago.


LeFors, No. 12 Louisville Crush TCU 55-28

Stefan LeFors threw three touchdown passes and No. 12 Louisville rolled to a 55-28 victory over TCU on Wednesday night.


For Mozart's Archrival, an Italian Renaissance

Demand has increased in the opera world to vindicate Antonio Salieri, the contemporary, and some say the murderer, of Mozart.


Clothing retailers pace strong September sales

U.S. department stores and clothing retailers posted surprisingly strong September sales on Thursday as falling gasoline prices and cool weather spurred spending on fall fashions such as skinny jeans and long tops.


Armed robbers who took six people hostage at a bank south of Paris are led away by police at gunpoint.


The remains of an El Paso Firefighter-paramedic may not be home for a few days. As we reported, 33 year old Marcos Villalobos was killed Sunday along with four others when their air ambulance flight hit a mountain in San Diego.


Wizard of Oz inspired Kidman to become actress

Oscar winning actress Nicole Kidman saw The Wizard of OZ and was inspired to become an actress.


A westbound stretch of the M8 is closed after a serious crash involving three vehicles, according to police.


ECB and Britain leave rates alone despite inflation fears

The European Central Bank left its key refinancing rate unchanged at two per cent Thursday amid signs that the recovery in the 12-country euro zone may be sputtering.


Del valore di 0,25 euro, si affianchera' a quello ordinario


Clinton Is Given Bypass Surgery for 4 Arteries

Former President Bill Clinton, a workaholic with a passion for junk food, underwent successful quadruple bypass surgery.


A primary school caretaker appeared in court Friday charged over a three-week string of letter bombings which injured eight people.


Here's the pitch from the cable TV industry: One way or another, all subscribers will still be able to tune in their favorite shows when broadcasters shift to digital-only transmission in 2009.


In Glittery Atlantic City, 4 Walked Dark, Deadly Path

The killings of four prostitutes tell of a lost struggle to survive in the underground economy that flourishes alongside the shimmering casinos.


Cash tills ring to the tune of Harry Potter

Cash tills around the world rang to the tune of Harry Potter over the weekend and the seventh and final book in the boy wizard series looked on course to become the fastest selling book ever.


NEW YORK - The Red Sox and their long beleaguered fan are savoring their moment of baseball history. The Sox clobbered the Yankees 10 to 3 to win their first American League Championship since 1986.


New York Leads U.S. in Taxes, Tennessee Is Last

New Yorkers pay the highest state and  local taxes in the nation, shelling out nearly $131 for every  $1,000 of income in 2002, according to a new study.


A causa dell'attuale agitazione sui mercati internazionali


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


Israeli security forces frequently beat Palestinians working illegally in the country, sometimes severely, and detain them for hours without food and water, an Israeli human rights group said in a report published Tuesday.


Shock 87, Liberty 82, OT: Shock Overcomes Liberty in Overtime

Cheryl Ford had 19 points and 18 rebounds, and Deanna Nolan scored 21 points to help the Detroit Shock beat the Liberty in overtime Wednesday.


More than eight million people tune in to watch the BBC's new series of Robin Hood, unofficial overnight figures show.


Blocco a prodotto anti-colesterolo, duro colpo per colosso


BAGHDAD, 6 December 2004 - Seventeen civilians were killed and 13 wounded in Tikrit yesterday as gunmen ambushed a bus full of Iraqis working for the US military, while a car bomb and a gun attack killed four members of the Iraqi security forces


INDIANAPOLIS  — Think Indianapolis goes crazy in May? Try September. Tens of thousands of blue-clad fans poured onto the downtown Monument Circle on Thursday, where they stood shoulder to shoulder to cheer for their beloved Indianapolis Colts — and get a little groove on while they were at it.


Oracle Assures PeopleSoft Customers, Again

Oracle president Charles Phillips has issued a statement assuring PeopleSoft customers -- again -- that Oracle intends to continue supporting PeopleSoft products once its acquisition is complete.


Londra, 18:59 - RUGBY, INGHILTERRA: WILKINSON IN CAMPO CONTRO ITALIA

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UPDATE 1-Slot machine maker IGT beats estimates

Slot machine maker International Game Technology (IGT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said adjusted quarterly earnings beat Wall Street estimates, but net profit fell on charges for the early repayment of debt.


Stanotte fallite trattative. Diliberto, 'fatto gravissimo'


Germany debates security after foiled bomb plot

German politicians called for tougher anti-terrorism measures and immigration rules on Thursday after police said they had foiled a plot by Islamist militants to carry out massive bomb attacks.


com September 14, 2004, 9:12 AM PT. With the economy slowly turning up, upgrading hardware has been on businesses radar in the past 12 months as their number two priority.


Stolen Suitcase of Beatles Memorabilia Recovered

In a smash-and-grab robbery, a briefcase full of early Beatles photographs and lyrics were stolen from the car of Lou Harrison, sister of Beatle member George.


A game-show in which kidney patients compete to win a donor organ -- it sounded too weird to be true. It was


Social scientists say that linking emotional breakdowns to ballots cannot be dismissed easily.


A Marine suspected of killing a pregnant comrade told friends he would flee to Mexico to avoid being convicted of raping her, and investigators said Wednesday they are working with Mexican authorities to track him down.


Business software maker  PeopleSoft Inc. on Saturday said its board again rejected  Oracle Corp.'s $9.2 billion tender offer, remaining defiant a  day after most of its shares were tendered to Oracle.


Bay-elections in Sedgefield and Ealing Southall take place on Thursday, with polls opening at 0700.


Scienziati Usa stanno studiando il meccanismo dei nervi per capire quello della sessualitÃ CosÃ¬ si potranno spiegare alcuni fenomeni, come le sensazioni delle persone paralizzate                                          L'orchestra dell'orgasmo diretta dal sistema nervoso                                                                                di ALESSANDRA RETICO


South Africans, Swedes and Argentina share World Cup lead

South Africa, Sweden and Argentina fired seven-under par 64s here to share the lead after the opening four-ball round of the four million-dollar World Golf Championships World Cup.


With Krzyzewski in Charge, the Americans Are Right at the Top

With Mike Krzyzewski at the helm, Team USA is close to winning its first gold medal in any major international competition since 2000.


The leaseholder of the World Trade Center wins a New York court victory which may see him get another $1.1bn to develop the site.


VIENNA -- European Union powers yesterday urged Iran to embrace a UN idea of a "timeout" from nuclear activity they fear could yield atom bombs, saying sanctions they sponsored against Tehran would be simultaneously suspended.


Empoli, 19:19 - CALCIO, EMPOLI: ALLA RIPRESA DIFFERENZIATO PER ASCOLI

Ripresa degli allenamenti per l'Empoli dopo due giorni di riposo: partitelle a tema, lavoro sul poss...


Frenchmen claim discovery of Great Pyramid burial chamber

Two French amateur archaelogists this week published a book in which they claim to have located the secret burial chamber of the Pyramid of Cheops near Cairo, the largest pyramid ever built.


The Bush and Kerry camps have launched attack ads questioning each other's record on national security just days before the first presidential debate.


Eniel Polynice and Chris Warren both scored 15 points and No. 16 Mississippi escaped with a 74-71 win over undermanned LSU on Saturday.


Microsoft says that speech recognition features in Vista could be hijacked so that a PC tells itself to delete files.


The Queen, about the days after the death of Princess Diana, is tipped to win at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.


A European Union judge said he will continue to take into account testimony from former complainants in the EU's antitrust case against Microsoft, even though they had withdrawn support for the case.


Spielberg's Munich Olympics Film Set for Dec. 23

LOS ANGELES  - Steven Spielberg plans a  summer start for his delayed movie about the massacre of  Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, and a Dec. 23  release in theaters.


It's billed as New Zealand's first online television show.   Over the summer, Hamilton man Travis Donoghue and a group of his friends will travel around Hamilton and the country filming various happenings and broadcast their work on internet website www.youtube.com.


NBA Wrap: Shaq Helps Heat Return to Winning Ways

Shaquille O'Neal had 33 points and 18  rebounds and Dwyane Wade chipped in with 21 as the Miami Heat  quickly returned to winning ways Wednesday, dumping the New  York Knicks 102-94.


Japan will give $10bn over five years to help developing nations fight global warming, a newspaper reports.


Lifeâs Work: You Wonât Find Me in My Office, Iâm Working

Leaving your desk to find white space, that area where the real work gets done.


To envision big gains, investors need to think small.


Secondo sondaggio Osservatorio diritti minori


Microsoft Court Loss Might Not Help Open Source

Unless the European court that upheld European sanctions against Microsoft demands different remedies than US courts did, it won't do much to level the playing field for open-source products, one open-source advocate says.


Abbas Rounds on Commanders After Truce Breached

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas fired  three of his top security chiefs Thursday after militants broke  a cease-fire he had agreed with Israel by bombarding Jewish  settlements in Gaza with mortars.


Armed robbers steal the iconic Edvard Munch painting The Scream from an Oslo museum.


VALDERRAMA, Spain -- Britain's Ian Poulter beat Ryder Cup team mate Sergio Garcia at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to win the Volvo Masters in Valderrama.


Washington -- Aides to President Bush say they're not going to wait for John Kerry to give up before declaring victory. They say the president is nearing declaring himself the winner of four more years at the White House.


Two Biotech Companies Agree to Form a Joint Venture

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Isis Pharmaceuticals, expect to announce Friday an equally owned joint venture to develop drugs that work by blocking so-called micro-RNAs.


Sono cittadini esasperati da ritardo raccolta,ma e' dannoso


Calif. to host greatest garage sale ever

The state is holding a rummage sale to get rid of a whole bunch of unwanted stuff. SAN FRANCISCO  - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is holding a rummage sale to dispose of unwanted state property from aircraft engines to jewelry.


Microsoft confirms departure of search executive

(InfoWorld) - A Microsoft executive has confirmed that the leader of its search team is leaving the company. In an internal memo viewed by IDG News Service, Microsoft's President of its Platforms and Services Division Kevin Johnson said that Christopher Payne is leaving Microsoft to form his own company. Published reports including one by The Wall Street Journal said as much last week, but Microsoft would not confirm his departure. Johnson said in the memo -- dated Friday and sent Sunday night to Microsoft employees, sources said -- that he and Steven Sinofsky, senior vice president of Windows and Windows Live Engineering are searching for a successor for Payne. "Christopher has been a tireless leader of our search R&D efforts over the last four years," Sinofsky wrote in his memo. "In that period, we've built a world-class search engine and a fantastic development team focused on this key business and product area for Microsoft. I thank Christopher for his leadership in this area, and wish him well in his future endeavors." Johnson said Microsoft's online services business continues to be "crucial" to the company's future success, and the company is committed to "accelerating" its progress in this area. "We need to drive hard on search, build our services platform to support users around the world, and deliver compelling user experiences," he wrote. "I appreciate your continued focus on the upcoming milestones and deliverables in our current search plan." Microsoft could not be reached immediately for comment through its public relations firm on Monday. Payne's bio remained online Monday, and Johnson's e-mail did not specify when the corporate vice president in charge of Windows Live Search would be leaving the company. It also was not clear if Payne plans to leave Microsoft for his own reasons or if the company is terminating his employment. However, Microsoft's search and online business has not been faring well against Google since Microsoft unveiled a plan in November 2005 to rename its search engine Windows Live Search and develop other Web-based services under that moniker in an attempt to take more of the online advertising market. At the time, the company also announced a small-business hosted package called Office Live. Revenue from Microsoft's online properties also remained relatively flat over the last fiscal year despite the company's increased investment to bolster this part of its business. Before taking over Microsoft's Windows Live Search team, Payne was vice president of MSN.com, where he managed MSN Search, the MSN.com home page, MSN Autos, MSN Entertainment, MSNBC, Slate, and the MSN Channels properties.


The government allows genetically modified potato trials in a bid to fight blight.


The Media Equation: Oprah Puts Her Brand on the Line

What works for Oprah the inspiring talk-show host may not work for Oprah the political player. After her endorsement of Barack Obama, part of her base was livid.


Top UN war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte visits Serbia just days after a major suspect was arrested.


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

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


Woman charged in fetus kidnapping in court

The Kansas woman accused of strangling a pregnant woman and cutting the eight-month fetus from her womb appeared Tuesday before a federal magistrate judge who appointed two attorneys to defend her.


Indian police release sketches of bomb suspects

India released sketches on Tuesday of  two suspects in the bombing of a train to Pakistan that killed  68 people, as Pakistan's foreign minister visited victims and  said the rivals urgently needed to improve ties.


A new genetic study of the tiger family has discovered a previously unknown sub-species of the big cats, an researchers report in Plos Biology.


Seeking a More Flattering Light on, and From, Bulbs

Dr. Robert Pai is optimistic about the fluorescent industryâs chances of developing light bulbs that please everyone and meet the efficiency standards that Congress has mandated for 2012.


TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern threw a lifeline to beleaguered Sinn Fein last night when he said he would soon be going back into talks with the party in an attempt to get the peace process back on the rails.


A Sussex woman divorces her husband after she says he divorced her without her knowledge.


A federal judge today imposed strict travel limits on the former press baron while he awaits sentencing for swindling the Hollinger International newspaper empire.


New Zealand sul 2-0, barca italiana nettamente staccata


IT can help the U.S. go green, technology CEOs said at a conference in Washington.


IBM and Mediatek Launch Chip R&D Project

IBM and chip design firm Mediatek are collaborating on ultra-fast chip sets for the consumer market.


Gunmen storm a house in Saddam Hussein's native village in Iraq and shoot dead nine members of his clan.


Older people are more likely not to know their drinking limits, a government commissioned poll suggests.


Fallon back riding amid race-fixing accusations

Top British jockey Kieren Fallon was riding again Thursday despite being among 16 people arrested over race-fixing accusations. Fallon, jockeys Fergal Lynch and Darren Williams and trainer Karl Burke were arrested Wednesday and released on bail.


Parent of China's leading securities brokerage vouchsafes at Communist Party Congress that it is interested in taking 20% stake in Bear Stearns.


Movie Review | 'Joshua': Heâs a Very Good Pianist, but Heâs a Very Bad Boy

Uneasily straddling age groups and genres, âJoshuaâ is a highly effective family drama cloaked in the stale tropes of the demon-seed thriller.


THEY CAME to pay homage to the new hero of Old Trafford last night, to take their first glimpse at the glorious future. And the boy-man delivered as Wayne Rooney showed exactly why Sir Alex Ferguson was willing


Italy to field young squad against Finland

Leaving all his stars at home to rest for domestic league matches, Italy coach Marcello Lippi will field a squad comprising six rookies and several more inexperienced players in Wednesday's friendly against Finland.


Pm, 'servitori dello Stato hanno tradito'


Japan's Sony and South Korea's Samsung agree a deal to share patents on new technology.


Roma, 18:40 - BASKET, ROMA; REPESA: SQUADRA NON E' ANCORA COMPLETA

"Il nostro obiettivo è ripetere i risultati della stagione scorsa". Queste le prime parole de...


Heavy rain forced officials to postpone Friday's opening singles of the Davis Cup World Group playoff between Austria and Britain.


BBC mulls dropping Flash as iPlayer meets iPhone

iDontbelieveit! The BBC is considering ditching Adobe's Flash system for its iPlayer streams to improve the video quality of the on-demand service, it said on Tuesday.â¦


UK retail sales top market estimates in November, increasing pressure for an interest rate rise.


Hollywood directors hold off on contract talks

Hollywood directors said on  Thursday they would hold off on starting contract talks with  major film and TV studios until at least January to give  striking screenwriters time to resume their own stalled  negotiations.


Former champion Venus Williams was pushed to two tiebreakers over two hours by 16-year-old qualifier Ana Ivanovic of Serbia-Montenegro before reaching the Swisscom Challenge quarterfinals Thursday.


BAGHDAD, Iraq  US military police killed two detainees at Abu Ghraib prison early yesterday after a riot broke out in a tent camp at the sprawling facility west of the capital.


Technology stocks led European shares  downwards on Thursday after disappointing earnings reports from  sector leaders around the globe.


'Unkown anomaly' scrubs $85-million US missile test

WASHINGTON - A major test of the US missile defence system has failed. The test was the first in almost two years and it never got off the ground.


Earlier this year Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun was seen in Iraqi video seated and blindfolded with a sword to his head. We talked with 4 th Marine Expeditionary Brigade Major Matthew Morgan who says the Naval Criminal


Why Bush's Security Pitch May Not Work This Time

His argument that only the GOP can keep the country safe gets a third, tough test


Study finds Israel will maintain responsibility for Gaza after ...

JERUSALEM An internal Israeli government assessment states that even if it withdraws from Gaza it will still be considered the occupying power there and responsible for the region.


Chiron Making Flu Jab Progress, FDA Says

Chiron Corp. is making progress in  fixing the problems at its British vaccine plant that cost the  United States half its expected flu shot supply this year, a  Food and Drug Administration official said on Thursday.


Democratic challenger John Kerry has pulled ahead of President George W. Bush, even when Ralph Nader and other presidential candidates were accounted for, according to a new poll.


Beckham targets Chelsea match for Galaxy debut

David Beckham expects to make his debut for the Los Angeles Galaxy on July 21 in an exhibition match with FA Cup holders Chelsea after recovering from an ankle injury, according to his manager.


Microsoft mulls investment in Facebook: Wall Street Journal

Microsoft is mulling an investment of up to 5.0 percent in the social networking site Facebook, a move that could set the stage for confrontation with rival Google, the Wall Street Journal reported.


The NHL Board of Governors will meet Jan. 14, when commissioner Gary Bettman could seek permission to call off the 2004-05 season. If a collective bargaining agreement hasn't been reached with the players association by then, the lockout will probably cause the cancellation of the 2004-05 season. Bettman has resisted announcing a drop-dead date to call off the season. Bettman ...


Patriots, Jets aren't at a loss for a meaningful game

Take a well-established rivalry between the New England Patriots and the New York Jets and kick it up a notch. Or 20. Twenty, of course, is the NFL-record winning streak that New


A ballot measure that would scrap many of Michigan's affirmative action programs is running about even in a new poll published Monday, with 41 percent of likely voters saying they would approve it and 43 percent opposed.


SONOMA COUNTY Hunt for clues in Jenner slayings

Sonoma County sheriff's detectives are casting a wide net for anyone who was in or around Jenner about the time a young couple was shot to death on a beach while on a weekend getaway.


Fed's Lacker says further rate cuts quite possible

RICHMOND, Virginia  - Weaker U.S. growth means more interest rate cuts are "quite possible" but policy-makers cannot ignore inflation, a top Federal Reserve official said on Friday, reinforcing hopes of another easing later this month.


ALMOST half of all Aids sufferers are now women and the number infected is increasing in every region of the world, according to a UN report published yesterday.


'Amateur' terrorist tactics take the sting out British attacks

The failure of three car bomb attacks in Britain betrayed an almost bungling execution of the plan even though there is a growing pool of militants ready to strike, European analysts said.


Ukrainians blockading government buildings

KIEV, Ukraine Thousands of Ukrainian opposition supporters are circling government buildings in the capital, Kiev, refusing to let anyone through.


Wall Street dips as holiday outlook dims

Stocks fell on Monday, extending last week's losses, as investors worried that signs of rising inflation and weakness in holiday shopping dimmed prospects for economic growth and corporate profits.


Clinton Library Recalls Good, Bad and Monica

Bill Clinton will open his presidential library in his native Arkansas on Thursday, where memories of Whitewater, welfare reform and Monica Lewinsky will all reside under one roof.


Orton-Stubblefield connection lifts Purdue

Purdue offensive coordinator Jim Chaney doesn't care to coach football as an 11-on-11 sport. He wants the game boiled down to his guy against the other guy.


Britain's Brown faces trade union showdown

Gordon Brown makes his first speech as British prime minister to the annual Trades Union Congress on Monday, facing pressure to reverse reforms which left-wingers say have widened inequalities.


Higher level political involvement, including regular summits, is needed to inject dynamism and efficiency into the World Trade Organization (WTO), a body once dubbed "medieval," according to a report on Monday.


Ex-Islamist Gul elected Turkey's president

Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was elected president by Turkey's parliament on Tuesday, the first former Islamist to take the post in the secular but predominantly Muslim country's modern history.


Lobbyists Questioned in Indian Casino Hearing

Description: Two high-powered Republican lobbyists face a Senate hearing on their alleged efforts to defraud a wealthy Texas Indian tribe.


A senior Hamas official expressed hope Sunday that the United States and European Union would be "fairer" in mediating the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but he said his group would continue its resistance even if a Palestinian state was established.


MarketWatch, Web News Site, Is Up for Sale

MarketWatch, the owner of a leading financial news site, CBS MarketWatch, is soliciting bids expected to be as much as $400 million for the company.


The hunt for Earth-like planets is to be stepped-up as a new mission, Corot, prepares for launch.


Catania, 19:11 - CALCIO, CATANIA; MARINO: MARITAVAMO IL SUCCESSO

Dopo l'1-1 col Messina l'allenatore del Catania, Pasquale Marino, recrimina: "Il pareggio va bene - ...


Putin Tactics Unlikely to Stem Terrorism

President Vladimir Putin says he will fight terror by consolidating security agencies and further tightening political control over the country. But his tough tactics risk alienating the public support he needs, and allies abroad seem to be ignoring his pleas to crack down on Chechen separatists.


Islamic School in Netherlands Damaged in Blast

A bomb damaged an Islamic primary school in the southern Dutch town of Eindhoven on Monday, the latest in a series of attacks on Muslim buildings since


ITW cuts Q4  view on slow revenue growth

Diversified manufacturer Illinois Tool Works Inc.  on Friday warned it was cutting its forecast profit range for the fourth quarter, citing expected weakness in the North American market.


IBM sees software acquisitions key to profit rise

IBM  may acquire more software companies this year following two recent purchases as it tries to boost software's share of total IBM profit to 50 percent, according to analysts.


Cookery lessons are to be compulsory in England's secondary schools for the first time, ministers decide.


Three young indie filmmakers have shown promise with strong, idiosyncratic debuts. Flouting conventions, however, may not be so easy on the road ahead.


Website Lets Users Scout the Red Planet from Home

For those who want to explore Mars but cant wait for a spacecraft to take them there, NASA scientists have reformulated a website that lets the general public search data and images from previous missions.


Rams' Defense Saves Martz's Job, for Now

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2 - St. Louis Coach Mike Martz is considered by some to be an offensive genius, but he has his defense to thank for taking him off the hot seat - for the time being.


Investor Raises Stake in Bank to Over 9%

The investor Joseph Lewis disclosed that he had increased his stake in Bear Stearns to 9.57 percent.


The airplane is a Gulfstream V, the sort favored by CEOs and celebrities. But since 2001 it has been seen at military airports from Pakistan to Indonesia, sometimes being boarded by hooded and handcuffed passengers.


Gary Neville will be sidelined for a month with a hairline fracture of the kneecap.


Defiant Steven Gerrard believes he will be back in action within the next two months despite fears he could be sidelined until Christmas.


Computer system suspected in Heathrow 777 crash

Mechanical failure 'unthinkable' Experts have suggested that the simultaneous failure of both engines of the BA 777 which last week crash-landed at Heathrow must have been caused by a computer glitch, the Times reports.â¦


NBA Wrap: James Guides Cavs to Victory Over Hawks

LeBron James had 40 points, nine  rebounds and seven assists two days before his 20th birthday to  guide the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 111-102 victory over the  Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday.


Alex Corretja beats David Ferrer in the opening round of the Madrid Masters.


Greeks must embrace the spirit of Sydney

If the good people of Athens have been suffering from ODS (Olympic Deprivation Syndrome) since the extinguishing of the flame 17 days ago, allow me to reassure them that the carnival is about to start all over again.


NZ surveillance target attempts to flog tracking kit

Kiwi 'Keystone Cops' uncloaked A New Zealand man under covert electronic surveillance by police turned the tables on his snoopers by attempting to sell tracking kit he found in his car.â¦


California wildfires may be making children sick: study

The wildfires that swept  through Southern California in 2003 may have caused wheezing  and other respiratory problems in many children, even those  without asthma, according to a new study.


Sony to delay release of full-year financial results

Sony will delay the release of its full-year earnings by about three weeks due to stricter U.S. accounting rules, the company said Wednesday.


Middle East ; Bill backs pro-nuke energy drive in Iran

Middle East News, TEHRAN - To cries of "Death to America" and "God is Greatest", Iran's hardliner-dominated parliament has passed a bill obliging the government to press ahead with efforts to develop a nuclear energy programme.


Vonage denies infringing Verizon patents

Internet phone services company Vonage  Holdings Corp.  said on Monday it did not infringe on  Verizon Communications Inc.'s  patents and a lawsuit will  not disrupt its business whatever the outcome.


Actor Sid Owen is returning to EastEnders to play Ricky Butcher alongside his former on-screen wife Pasty Palmer.


In summing up the Athens Games, the first order of business is to extend a big "sorry" to the Greeks. Nothing blew up and nothing collapsed, and nothing less has been accomplished than the


The White House severely edited congressional testimony given Tuesday by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the impact of climate change on health, removing specific scientific references to potential health risks, according to two sources familiar with the documents.


Louisiana gas pipeline blast kills: reports

One person was killed and one person injured when a pipeline carrying natural gas to the northeastern and mid-Atlantic states recently hard hit by winter storms exploded in northeast Louisiana, at about 1 p.m. CST (1900 GMT), according to local media reports.


Miss Kazakhstan Gauhkar Rakhmetalieva defends the mockumentary "Borat", criticised as an unfair smear against the country, saying it was "only a joke" and gave the nation much needed publicity.


EU leaders face showdown over new treaty

European Union leaders headed for a showdown over a bid to overhaul the bloc's institutions at a summit starting on Thursday although chances for a deal seemed to be growing after chief critic Poland softened its tone.


BAGHDAD -- Iraq said yesterday that it would restore diplomatic ties with Syria after a break of nearly a quarter-century in an effort to solidify links with a neighbor seen as a conduit for insurgents fueling the violence in Iraq.


The silent victory of Linux-as-geology at CES 2007

Three years ago, out of more than 2300 CES exhibitors, the word "Linux" appeared in text associated with just 11 of them, in the show's online guide. This year at CES 2007 has more than 2700 exhibitors; yet "Linux" appears in text associated with just 3 companies: Interact-TV, Neuros Technology and Pixel Magic Systems. Yet it is clearer than ever that Linux has become the bedrock on which more and more companies build their solutions.


Bills Advance on Eminent Domain Use / Both Houses' Plans Would Limit Condemnation Power for Development Purposes

By GREG EDWARDS  Bills restricting use of government condemnation powers for economic development passed the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates yesterday.


Brown, Jeter Hand Yankees Series Lead Over Twins

Kevin Brown pitched six innings and Derek Jeter notched three hits and drove in three runs to lead the New York Yankees to an 8-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins in the American League Divisional Series Friday.


A three-year-old girl buried in the rubble of an earthquake-triggered landslide in northern Japan was declared dead yesterday, the day after rescuers pulled her younger brother alive from the wreckage.


Dinesh Raheja salutes the talented thespian.


Italy seeks way out of crisis after Prodi quits

President Giorgio Napolitano starts crisis talks on Friday meant to rescue Italy from political limbo after the resignation of the prime minister raised the specter of snap elections.


Human stem cells heal the hearts of rats

A nutritious cocktail helped human embryonic stem cells thrive and repair the damaged hearts of rats, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.


Part of Mu'Ammar Ali's heart is still in New Mexico. The former New Mexico State running back says he left Las Cruces last year as an emotionally torn young man. He could no longer play football for a coach Ali felt was intolerant of his Muslim upbringing.


Australia's bowlers completed their rout of the Indian batting lineup on the third day of the first Test in Bangalore, after a brief but determined resistance from teenagers Parthiv Patel and Irfan Pathan that restored some pride to the hosts.


Flowing Without Randolph, Knicks Adjust to His Return

Zach Randolph, suspended on Friday for what appeared to be a fairly minor offense, is back Saturday night against the Rockets.


PepsiCo Inc. , the world's No. 2 soft drink company, said on Thursday quarterly profit rose due to tax benefits.


Tom Briggs was surprised to hear Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld cite capacity constraints to explain the shortage of vehicle armor in Iraq.


Leaders from the world's eight major industrialized nations "accepted the latest scientific evidence" of the dangers of global warming Thursday but set no targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.


LONG ISLAND, New York -- Lleyton Hewitt continued his US Open preparations with a 6-1 6-4 win over Michael Llodra en route to the quarterfinals of the ATP Long Island Cup.


Republican and Democratic committees battling over control of the House held almost equal amounts in their bank accounts, giving neither side a substantial financial advantage going into the final stretch of the congressional campaign.


Top lenders compete for your mortgage, refinance, home equity loan and home equity line of credit. Complete one simple form and within minutes receive up to four offers to choose from.


Lead singer for rock band Boston found dead

Brad Delp, the lead singer of the  1970s and '80s rock band Boston was found dead at his home in  southern New Hampshire on Friday, local police said.


Adrian Peterson's arrival at Oklahoma was accompanied by impossible expectations. Before he even stepped on a practice field, he was hyped as one of the nation's best runners who would carry the Sooners to greatness.


Amid the euphoria, these numbers cry out

In the midst of your giddiness at this two-up World Series state, I hope you've noticed that your diamond darlings are living on the edge.


Prescription-drug recalls aren't common, and they're almost always controversial. Now that Merck (MRK ) is voluntarily withdrawing its Vioxx pain medication around the world, due to a heightened risk of cardiovascular


Skins Game sees double last yearâs attendance

An army of automobiles filed in one by one on Avenue 60 on Saturday morning for the Merrill Lynch Skins Game at Trilogy Golf Club.


Ancient Chinese acupuncture is proved to be able to effectively ease the pain of some arthritis sufferers, thus adding to conventional therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee


Seattle Genetics Drug Gets Orphan Status

Pharmaceutical company Seattle Genetics Inc. on Tuesday said the Food and Drug Administration granted its SGN-40 multiple myeloma therapy "orphan drug" status, which provides seven years of marketing exclusivity in the event of market approval.


Sudan's government has refused to sign a security deal with rebels designed to end violence in the western Darfur region. Government officials said on Friday that the document drafted by African Union mediators was too one-sided.


US files first lawsuit in spyware battle

THE United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) formally announced on Tuesday its first assault against spyware - bits of computer code that surreptitiously install themselves on the computers of Internet users to track their activities, push them to


Bomb blast in Kabul kills over 35: police

A bomb blew up a police bus in the middle of the Afghan capital on Sunday and a senior police official said more than 35 people were killed.


Attorneys for John Walker Lindh, who pleaded guilty in July 2002 to a charge of aiding the Taliban, are asking President Bush to reduce his 20-year prison sentence.


Suspected Smart abductor unfit for trial

The man accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart from her bedroom in 2002 and holding her for nine months was again declared unfit to stand trial Monday after screaming at a judge to "forsake those robes and kneel in the dust."


Some call it "Wiihabilitation." Nintendo's Wii video game system, whose popularity already extends beyond the teen gaming set, is fast becoming a craze in rehab therapy for patients recovering from strokes, broken bones, surgery and even combat injuries.


Rockies Pound Perez to Avoid Mets' Sweep

RockiesÃÂ pitcher Jeff Francis posts his first career two-hit, two-RBI game in Colorado's 8-4 win over the New York Mets.


Williams sisters bid for last-eight berths

The Williams sisters will take centre stage at Flushing Meadows on Sunday as they bid for places in the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open, while an injury-hit Rafael Nadal leads the action in the men's event.


Milano, 13:47 - CALCIO, COBOLLI GIGLI: NON CREDO BUFFON D'ACCORDO CON INTER

Giovanni Cobolli Gigli ha ribadito che la Juve farà di tutto per trattenere Buffon: ''Non cre...


As prices dropped over the past year, broadband use at home has surpassed that of dial-up in the United States, reaching 53 percent of residential Web users in October, according to Nielsen/NetRatings.


Investments in technology move in big cycles, and the next big upswing could focus on business intelligence software, already an industry that has had a wave of big takeovers.


Lens, 22:34 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: LILLA-MILAN 0-0

Lilla e Milan hanno pareggiato 0-0 in un incontro valido per la seconda giornata della fase a


In video, Al Qaeda militant warns US of worse attacks

DUBAI -- The United States will face worse attacks than those on Sept. 11, 2001 if it does not heed Al Qaeda demands effectively allowing the group control over Muslim countries, a US Islamist militant said yesterday.


11 killed, 17 wounded in US airstrike on Fallujah

At least 11 people were killed and 17 wounded in a latest US airstrike on the Iraqi flashpoint city of Fallujah early Friday, witnesses said.


Liberal Democrats kick-off annual conference in positive mood

The Liberal Democrats opened their annual conference with its leader confidently predicting large gains at the country's next general election, expected in early 2005.


Iraq: rapita la direttrice di Care International

La notizia del rapimento di Margaret Hassan, direttrice dell'organizzazione umanitaria "Care International" a Baghdad Ã¨ stata confermata dall'associazione attraverso un comunicato diffuso dalla sede di Londra.


Spain has moved a big step closer to permitting gay marriage after the Cabinet approved a bill authorizing homosexuals to marry and adopt children.


Senate Democrats stymied on Iraq withdrawal vote

A weary and sharply divided U.S. Senate on Wednesday blocked a Democratic effort that would have brought all American combat troops out of Iraq by the end of April 2008.


Joyously Leaping From Earthy to Spiritual

Ronald K. Brownâs repertory program is something of a primer to his magnificently textured style.


VIENNA, Austria - The UN nuclear agency agreed yesterday on a plan for policing Iran's nuclear programs designed to avoid a showdown at the United Nations.


A tape alleged to show Prince Harry cheated in an exam is not enough evidence for an investigation.


Schilling Shines As Red Sox Rout White Sox

Curt Schilling allowed three hits in seven shutout innings for his 15th win and Manny Ramirez hit a grand slam to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Chicago White Sox 10-1 Friday night.


Ukraine's Former Prime Minister Leads in Vote, Exit Poll Shows

Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine's former prime minister who is seeking to bring the country closer to the European Union, won the first round of voting to choose a successor to President Leonid Kuchma, an exit poll showed.


Hurricane Center's Chief Lost Support of Bosses and Staff

Bill Proenza was on the job as director of the National Hurricane Center for less than a week when he delivered his first warning about the looming loss of a crucial forecasting tool: a rare satellite that measures winds during storms.


As the New York Giants transition into building their team for 2008 and a potential Super Bowl repeat, they are faced with an unusual question: Does Jeremy Shockey still have a place on the club?


MPAA Sues P2P Movie Fans to Reduce Piracy

LOS ANGELES  - File-swappers beware. Illegally downloading movies can now get you sued. Like the recording companies, movie studios are fed up with computer users sharing unauthorized copies of


The NHS must address failings in dementia care if it is to cope with an increase in cases, a watchdog warns.


MIT in pedal-powered 'super' computer stunt

'Maybe a solution for alternative energy, or something' A group of MIT students and staff has used stationary cycles to power a computer, in a feat that was described by one of them as "something that will hopefully lead to maybe solutions for alternative energy, something like that".â¦


No. 14 Vanderbilt Tops Saint Louis, 94-51

Ashley Earley scored 20 points and Carla Thomas added 19 to lead No. 14 Vanderbilt to a 94-51 victory over Saint Louis on Sunday.


Firenze, 13:22 - CALCIO, ARBITRI; MATARRESE: SIETE NOSTRO BIGLIETTO DA VISITA

Antonio Matarrese, commissario straordinario della Figc, è a Coverciano in occasione della pr...


Martin Brodeur recorded his 84th career shutout to tie Glenn Hall for third place in NHL history and the New Jersey Devils beat the Philadelphia Flyers 2-0 for their fourth straight win on Friday night.


3 Million Kg of Rubbish Pulled From Waterways

Smokers are littering shorelines and waterways worldwide with millions of cigarettes, and their filters topped the list of trash items culled during last year's annual international coastal cleanup, according to a new report.


Novell files additional lawsuit against Microsoft

Less than a week after collecting a $536 million settlement from Microsoft, Novell filed another lawsuit, as expected, accusing the software giant of violating antitrust laws.


Muslim Group Asks U.S. to Probe Mosque Blazes

An Islamic civil rights group on  Thursday asked federal authorities to step in and investigate  whether two separate fires at U.S. mosques this week were hate  crimes.


Autostrada riaperta al traffico dopo tre ore, lievi disagi


The New Zealand men's basketball team came within four points of a chance of remaining in the medal hunt at the Olympics after a devastating 84-88 loss to Spain tonight.


Floyd Landis' wild ride through France should end in the sweetest way possible Sunday on the Champs-Elysees — barring a crazy finale and as long as his hip holds out.


Cambodia's Senate passes draft law on royal succession

Cambodia's Senate on Monday passed a draft law on royal succession paying the way for the Constitutional Council and the Throne Council to whether or not choose a new monarch


Guadagnano terreno Starbucks e Bear Stearns


Germany's jobless rate rose to nearly 11 percent in December, the government's labor office said Tuesday, the same day that France said its growth stalled in the third quarter.


Putin Visits Scene of Carnage in Southern Russia, 322 Reported ...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has visited survivors of the school siege in southern Russia Saturday as people of the region mourned their dead, now numbering at least 322.


U.S. chain store retail sales rose in the latest week as a holiday weekend gave Americans more time to shop, a report said on Tuesday.


In March, NASA launched an experimental jet that reached a record-setting speed of about 5,000 mph. Now researchers want to leave that milestone in the dust.


Rain soaked the Plains states on Monday in a lingering storm blamed for five dead, two missing and more than 1,000 people stranded over the Memorial Day weekend. The storm's latest lashing caused some minor flooding and road closures.


Three-day marathon man joins his ancestors A Chinese man who indulged in three-day marathon gaming session joined his ancestors after succumbing to exhaustion, the Beijing News reports.â¦


Roma, 18:03 - CICLISMO, BOONEN: PER LA SANREMO BENNATI UOMO DA BATTERE

Tom Boonen prepara la Milano-Sanremo, ma come avversario principale, piÃ¹ che Alessandro petacchi, in...


Prime minister says Australia faces tough economic year in 2005

Prime Minister John Howard warned that Australia's strong dollar, high world oil prices and the lingering effects of prolonged drought would dampen the country's long-buoyant economy in 2005.


Dale Earnhardt Jr. liked the blue-and-yellow threads his Busch Series driver was sporting in yesterday's Bi-Lo 200. He liked the silver hardware he was hoist- ing afterward even better.


Percussionists drum up interest among orchestra fans

A few composers are seeing new possibilities for percussion concertos. At least four such pieces are scheduled in the US over the next month.


O'Reilly Harassment Case Settled Out of Court

Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly  and the female co-worker who accused him of sexual harassment  settled their dispute out of court on Thursday, agreeing there  was no wrongdoing by either side in a scandal that O'Reilly  called a "brutal ordeal."


Like many Silicon Valley engineers, Martin Eberhard loves cars, especially fast ones. But the self-described "closet gearhead" didn't feel comfortable buying a hot rod that guzzled gas from the Middle East or some other troubled region.


Valderrama, Spain - Hometown hero Sergio Garcia snatched a share of the first round lead in the Volvo Masters with an opening round four-under 67 here on Thursday.


HULL - Voters are casting ballots today in the annual town election.  The polls, at the Memorial Middle School on Central Avenue, will be open until 8 p.m.


Break-In at SAIC Risks ID Theft of Powerful

Some of the nation's most influential former military and intelligence officials are at risk of identity theft after a break-in at a major government contractor netted computers containing personal information about tens of thousands of employees.-The Washington Post


Making games for the future consoles is going to take a lot of time and money, a games conference is told.


Feds Kick Off Digital TV Consumer Campaign

It's one of the biggest technical changes in television since color TV: the digital transition. And because many Americans remain in the dark about it, federal regulators began an education campaign Monday to enlighten them.


Alexei Zhitnik scored 1:26 into overtime and the Atlanta Thrashers rallied past the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Saturday night in a key Southeast Division game.


In Basilicata arriva la Protezione Civile


Il 21 si esprime cda azienda poi l'esame dell'esecutivo


Test may spare some cancer patients chemo

A new genetic test can tell doctors which breast cancer patients need to undergo the discomfort of chemotherapy and suggests that many women do not need to, researchers say.


Sun's JavaFX tools to interop with Adobe

Rich-media darrrlings Java mobile & embedded developer day Sun Microsystems is working on interoperability between design tools from Adobe Systems and its upcoming JavaFX tools for application developers building rich application interfaces and rich-internet applications (RIAs).â¦


Patricia Dunn is out as Hewlett-Packard's chairwoman and another board member quits as the investigation into the company fraudulently obtaining personal phone records widens.


Intervista radiofonica del segretario comunista Franco Giordano"Evitiamo che il Partito democratico stravolga il programma"                                          La promessa di Rifondazione "Il 20 ottobre tutta la sinistra in piazza"


Bill Gates and Microsoft were in the news a lot this week, most notably with CEO Steve Ballmer claiming that Gates is the most spammed person in the world.


By Anonymous  HOMELAND SECURITY  What would happen to Internet reliability in the U.S.


President George W. Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry were neck and neck in six major battleground states, a weekend CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll found.


Best Buy said its comparable-store sales rose 1.5 percent in December on strong sales of video games and notebook computers.


Arctic ice cap warming at twice the global rate:

[Technology India]: London, Nov 3: A new study conducted by an international team of 300 researchers from the Arctic Council, which is comprised of the eight nations including the US with Arctic territories suggests that the northern ice cap is warming at


Chemical spills from barge in Ohio River

Thousands of gallons of a toxic chemical spilled into the Ohio River between Illinois and Kentucky after a barge ran aground, environmental officials said Wednesday.


PEDO-PORNOGRAFIA: ANCHE A CASERTA PERQUISIZIONI DELLA GDF

Era il web il sistema utilizzato dalle persone coinvolte per scambiarsi materiale a contenuto pedopornografico: lo conferma una nuova operazione della Guardia di Finanza che ha eseguito perquisizioni anche in provincia di Caserta.


Sharapova Sets Up Semi-Final with Kuznetsova

Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova set  up an intriguing semi-final showdown with fellow Russian  Svetlana Kuznetsova at the China Open after her opponent Jelena  Jankovic retired hurt Friday with an ankle injury.


Italy likely knew about CIA kidnap: minister

Italy's former government probably knew  about the alleged CIA abduction of a terrorism suspect in 2003,  new Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema said on Thursday,  following the arrest of two Italian intelligence officials.


China repatriates up to 70 North Koreans caught in Beijing while allegedly preparing to seek asylum.


Sony Considers MP3 Support to Silence iPod Fans

By Bernhard Warner LONDON  - Consumer electronics giant Sony Corp. said on Thursday it is mulling a major strategic shift to make digital music devices that play MP3 song files.


Poi intercettazioni.Garante 'no elementi per intervento'


AU Issues Deadline to Khartoum and Darfur Rebels

The African Union issued a 24-hour deadline to the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels on Friday to end fighting after a massive military build-up in the region over the last two weeks.


Four More Years of Bush Makes the World Anxious

The rest of the world will be watching  with anxiety when President Bush is inaugurated Thursday for a  second time, fearing the most powerful man on the planet may do  more harm than good.


Nielsen kicks off ratings for TV commercials

Nielsen Media Research launched on  Thursday a U.S. ratings service that tracks how many people  watch TV commercials, potentially creating a new standard for  how the industry buys and sells advertising time.


Grande successo petizione in difesa tessile-abbigliamento


Sudan Resumes Peace Talks with Southern Rebels

Sudan's government and southern rebels resumed talks on a final peace deal on Thursday amid fears that tensions in the oil-producing south and the newer Darfur crisis could plunge Africa's biggest country into chaos. Underscoring the external pressures on Khartoum to end its 21-year-old southern civil war, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special representative to Sudan, Jan Pronk, warned both sides not to re-open previous agreements signed in May.


MF Global agreed to pay more than $77 million to settle federal charges it had failed to watch over a hedge fund charged with fraud.


A condemned killer was executed Wednesday night for the 1996 fatal shooting of a man during a car theft.


A Londra la curiosa iniziativa di Julia e James che per la loro festa hanno simulato con gli inviatiuna delle scene piÃ¹ celebri del film girato nel 1987. Sul web l'hanno visto giÃ  in 120mila                                            Danzano "Dirty dancing" alle nozze gli sposi ballerini star su YouTube


British cops with high-tech gear comb Paris tunnel for more Diana death clues

PARIS  - A team of British detectives searched the Paris tunnel Tuesday where Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a 1997 car crash, hoping the use of the latest high-technology equipment would provide new clues to the accident.


White House: Bush Unaware of Steroid Abuse

President Bush was not aware of any steroid use by Texas Rangers players while he was a team executive, the White House said Monday.


Iraqâs Shadow Widens Sunni-Shiite Split in U.S.

Sectarian tensions have been blamed for vandalism and student confrontations in American Muslim communities.


A child protection unit is to be set up by British police to prevent child trafficking in the wake of the Asian tsunami.


Shock jock Howard Stern made a surprise call to a radio station during an interview of the Federal Communications Commission head, claiming the chairman only got his job because his father is Secretary of State Colin Powell.


Palestinians blow up border wall and flood into Egypt

RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Tens of thousands of Palestinians poured into Egypt from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday through a border wall blown up by militants and stocked up on food and fuel in short supply due to an Israeli blockade.


The six senators seeking the White House can talk the talk. Voting the vote is not so easy.


Angling: Quick Thaw Brings Some Great Sport ..HDLN: ; ANGLING: News From Around the Local Waters

By Gareth Purnell  THE area's pools have fished remarkably well following the snow and the freeze.  For instance, I've always thought of Barston Lakes as a great summer water where sport drops off in winter because it's so shallow.


Pro bass fishing, once dominated by men, is now hooking women competitors.


Dati forniti dal ministro Moratti a convegno a Palermo


Monsanto increased its earnings forecast for the year after reporting that its first-quarter earnings nearly tripled due to strong sales in Latin America.


Cinephiles, Pack Your Bags. An Uncut Version Awaits.

The phenomenon of so many people visiting Hong Kong to see uncensored films has highlighted changing attitudes toward government censorship of the arts in China.


More children trying drugs: gov't report

More children between the ages of 11 and 15 years are reporting trying drugs such as cannabis at least once, a government survey showed.


Pfizer drug active vs advanced thyroid cancer: study

Pfizer Inc's experimental oral  biotechnology drug axitinib demonstrated substantial anti-tumor  activity in patients with advanced thyroid cancer in a small,  mid-stage clinical trial, according to data released at a major  cancer meeting on Saturday.


Hitachi shows off powder-sized smart tag

Tiny computer chips used for tracking food, tickets and other items are getting even smaller. Hitachi Ltd., a Japanese electronics maker, recently showed off radio frequency identification, or RFID, chips that are just 0.002 inches by 0.002 inches and look like bits of powder. They're thin enough to be embedded in a piece of paper, company spokesman Masayuki Takeuchi said Thursday.


Suicide bomber linked to al-Qaida claims 13 lives in Baghdad on ...

An al-Qaida-linked suicide bomber blew up his vehicle Monday near cars waiting to enter the Green Zone, home to the US Embassy and Iraq's


DHAKA -- President Iajuddin Ahmed of Bangladesh yesterday ordered the deployment of the army across the country to strengthen law and order and ensure peaceful elections next month. The interior ministry said the civil administration had been asked to prepare for the deployment and keep magistrates ready to help troops on duty. It said all gatherings and processions had been ...


Checks by SocGen missed $73 billion wrong-way bet

French bank Societe Generale has admitted  that a gap in control systems allowed a junior trader to take a  $73 billion losing bet on European share prices, but defended  its handling of the world's biggest trading scandal.


Isle of Man Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More

LARA SHINES IN ITALY SANDYGATE'S Lara Kerrison earned her spurs as an international fencer when she won through to the last 32 at a FIE (Federation Internationale d'Escrime) Junior under-20 A Grade foil ...


Communist Laos Bans Fun for Asian Summit

Tourists have been barred from the capital, bars ordered to shut early and women told to cover up in traditional ankle-length skirts as communist Laos prepares for a summit of Asian leaders.


Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaida Terrorist Network Threatens Oil

UNITED NATIONS - Joy to the World? Osama Bin Laden has sent his hate-filled holiday message to the West and many Middle Eastern rulers basically saying itâs time to blow up the oil industry so that the wheels


''Altrimenti trattativa si ferma'', dice direttore generale


NO SHAME IN FIELDING SECOND STRING ARSENAL

Arsene Wenger will unashamedly send out one of the most inexperienced sides in ArsenalÂ´s history for the Carling Cup quarter-final clash at Manchester United.


GOP Moves Toward Extending House Control

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, holds his grandson Brett Ferro, 2, as he laughs with supporters at a victory party in Houston, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004.


Eight Marines Killed as Fallujah Assault Looms

BAGHDAD, 31 October 2004 - US troops prepared for a major assault to capture the rebel towns of Ramadi and Fallujah as eight Marines were killed yesterday in the bloodiest attack on American forces in Iraq in almost seven months.


Londra, 19:20 - CALCIO, PREMIER LEAGUE: BLACKBURN E SUNDERLAND VINCONO POSTICIPI

Nei due posticipi della 22/a giornata di premier league, il Blackburn ha vinto 2-1 in casa del Bolto...


REVIEW: Star Wars Game Gives Battle Tour

Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader may get all the glory, but a new Star Wars video game finally gives credit to the everyday grunts who couldn't summon the Force for help.


Home Depot cuts 2007 outlook, cites housing

Home improvement retailer Home Depot Inc.  on Tuesday cut its 2007 earnings outlook, citing weakness in the U.S. housing market, and said it was launching a tender offer for 250 million shares.


In Ads, AARP Criticizes Plan on Privatizing

AARP, the influential lobby for older Americans, said it would begin a $5 million two-week advertising campaign timed to coincide with the start of the new Congress.


Pop megastar Britney Spears married Kevin Federline Saturday night, during a private ceremony in Los Angeles. The nuptials took place at a private residence and were a surprise to guests, who had reportedly


BRIDGEPORT, Conn., July 4 -- A woman who had chased her rolling minivan down a steep hill and jumped in before it sank into a pond died Wednesday along with two children, authorities said. A third child was in critical condition.


White House efforts to keep congressional Republicans united over the Iraq war suffered another major defection yesterday as Sen. Pete V. Domenici (N.M.) broke with President Bush and called for an immediate change in U.S. strategy that could end combat operations by spring.


Security software vendor Symantec claimed this week that Microsoft is withholding information about its new Vista operating system in an attempt to create an unfair advantage for its own security software.


At least seven people have died in a bomb blast in south-western Pakistan's Balochistan province, police say.


Atlantis' crew Saturday inspected the U.S. space shuttle's heat shield and prepared for a Sunday rendezvous with the international space station.


Il giallo di Catanzaro: lungo interrogatorio per il trentatreenne, in stato di fermo da questa notteL'uomo sostiene che a commettere materialmente i delitti siano stati altri, ma non dice chi                                            Coniugi De Marco, figlio confessa a metÃ  "Ho partecipato, ma non li ho uccisi io"                                                                                E dei corpi ancora non c'Ã¨ traccia: potrebbero essere finiti in una discarica


Twenty migrants drowned while trying to reach the Canary Islands, survivors of a boat sinking tell Spanish police.


A panel will consider whether a warning that the drugs may increase suicide risk should be expanded.


All season, the University of Massachusetts has relied on the ground skills of running back Steve Baylark, who has had four 1,000-yard seasons.


In the thick of a pennant race, the New York Mets are sticking to quite a formula: poor fielding plus poor pitching equals defeat after defeat.


U.S. reviews security after Algeria bombing

The United States on Monday urged  Americans in Algeria to review their personal safety after a  bus carrying foreign oil workers was bombed and shot at in the  first attack on Westerners in many years.


Firenze, 14:32 - CALCIO, JUVE; BUFFON: DIRIGENTI RISOLVERANNO TUTTO

''Abbiamo i dirigenti in grado di gestire la situazione. Penso che qualche frizione sia normale, dop...


Mibtel sale dello 0,30%, SP +0,15%, AllStars +0,51%


TOKYO -- Search-engine provider Google opened a research and development center at its Tokyo offices this week, the company said Thursday.


The heart-protecting benefits of taking aspirin could apply mainly to men, a study suggests.


Napoli, 20:34 - MOLOTOV VICINO STADIO: JUVE STABIA-AVELLINO A PORTE CHIUSE

In mattinata il rirtrovamento delle molotov vixcino allo stadio con minacce allegate, in serata la c...


Hollywood stars return to spotlight at SAG awards

Hollywood's red carpet will finally roll out for Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards in what could end up being the only big party in an awards season stripped of stars and marred by a bitter industry strike.


(Hartford-AP Sept. 24, 2004 1:00 PM) _ All three people named in the federal indictments stemming from the investigation into the Rowland administration have pleaded innocent to the charges.


InfoWorld - Long a player in the geeky world of enterprise middleware, BEA will soon be diving into a frothy Web 2.0 space as it tries to tap into the genius of Web sites such as del.icio.us, Wikipedia, and YouTube, according to Mark Carges, executive vice president of business interaction at BEA.


Israel tested a missile on Thursday, prompting Iran to vow retaliation if the Jewish state carried out recent veiled threats to launch strikes, possibly atomic, against Tehran's nuclear facilities.


Venezuela denies plan to buy Russia subs

The Venezuelan government has no immediate plans to buy Russian submarines, the defense minister told the state news agency Friday, denying a Russian newspaper report.


The UN humanitarian chief denounces Israel's heavy use of cluster bombs in the final days of the Lebanon conflict.


When the BC High Eagles were watching film during the week to prepare for seventh-ranked Andover, they took note of senior quarterback Mike Pierce's ability to pile up yards on the ground.


Mario Boggan has 35 points and 14 rebounds as No. 17 Oklahoma State wins its third multiple-overtime game this season, beating Texas Tech, 93-91, in two extra periods.


Suicide Bomber Kills 10 at Moscow Subway

MOSCOW - A woman strapped with explosives blew herself up outside a busy Moscow subway station Tuesday night, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 50 in the second terrorist attack to hit Russia in a week, officials said.    Seven days earlier, almost to the hour, two Russian jetliners crashed within minutes of each other in what officials determined were terrorist bombings...


Israel Agrees to Help Coordinate Palestinian Vote

Description: The Israeli government announces it will hold talks with Palestinian officials to coordinate presidential elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.


Google adds some street-level views to U.S. maps

Google Inc. said on Tuesday it was introducing street-level map views of various U.S. cities, giving Web users a panoramic, 360-degree images as well as the overhead views Google Maps has offered.


MIAMI - Authorities are searching for a local trucker who disappeared two weeks ago along with the 3.6 million nickels he was transporting to the Federal Reserve Bank in New Orleans, Miami-Dade County police said Friday.


Google Faces Another Keyword Lawsuit  Another lawsuit has been filed against Google because of the trademarked keyterms that companies bid for in the AdWords keyword advertising program.  Next week Google will head over to a German courtroom where it will continue to defend its technology against Metaspinner Media GmbH.  Neowin reports ...


Milano, 21:00 - CALCIO, INTER; ADRIANO: EMERSON? SPERO ARRIVI

Emerson all'Inter? Adriano approva: "SÃ¬, speriamo, lui e Chivu sono due grandi giocatori. Io spero c...


A court in Zimbabwe is expected to pass sentence on some 70 alleged mercenaries accused of plotting a coup in the West African state of Equatorial Guinea.


Wells Fargo & Co  on Wednesday said fourth-quarter profit fell, the first decline in more than six years, hurt by rising losses from home equity loans.


Making what could happen less of a guess In broad terms there are three key elements to consider in the development of any new application â or any new product, for that matter. The obvious one, certainly from a software point of view, is the technology to be used â the language, the target platform and operating system, and the rest.â¦


Richard "Richie Ramone" Reinhardt filed a lawsuit on Friday, demanding $900,000 in royalties for songs purchased on the Internet by fans.


Worker productivity, the key factor in rising living standards, slowed sharply in the final three months of the year while wage pressures increased.


JENIN: Israeli troops arrested five militants on Sunday from the Palestinian Islamist Hamas group, hiding in a house in the northern part of the West Bank, according to Palestinian security sources.


A powerful bomb hidden inside a backpack  exploded outside a courthouse in Spain's Basque region in the  early hours of Friday and police suspected it was the first  attack of 2008 by Basque separatist guerrillas ETA.


Mosca, 19:04 - CALCIO, EUROPEI 2008: RUSSIA-ISRAELE 1-1

Russia e Israele hanno pareggiato 1-1 (1-0) in un incontro valido per il gruppo E delle qualificazio...


Many enterprise IT managers are delaying for months any rollout of Microsoft Corp.'s long-awaited and often-delayed Windows XP Service Pack 2, saying it is breaking too many of their applications.


Udine, 20:41 - CICLISMO, GIRO D'ITALIA; CUNEGO: SALITA ZONCOLAN E' DAVVERO DURA

"E' davvero dura. Sapevo che era una salita molto impegnativa, ma non me l'aspettavo cosÃ¬ terribile ...


UPS Profit Grows But Results Hurt by Fuel

United Parcel Service Inc. UPS.N  said on Thursday its quarterly profit rose but missed analysts'  expectations as rising oil prices offset strength in its  international and non-package businesses.


The BBC leads the nominations for the Bafta Interactive Awards, including for the Radio Times site.


Sofia Gives Thumbs up to AES Power Utility Project

Business: 27 January 2005, Thursday. The government has given the long-awaited political approval to the Maritsa Iztok-1 project of AES Corporation.


Patriots ride defense to 19th straight victory

An unspectacular afternoon of football provided the finishing touches on one of pro football's more remarkable achievements. And in a strange way, yesterday's rather mundane 24-10


From his hospital bed, Yasser Arafat swiftly condemned a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv on Monday - a sign the ailing Palestinian leader wants to convey the impression he is still in charge despite deteriorating health.


Liberia admits police cannot cope with a wave of armed robberies and asks people to form vigilante groups.


There is anger at the suggestion the government may be asked to say it fought a war against the IRA.


Gurkhas to get full British army pensions: report

Gurkha soldiers from Nepal serving in the British army are to receive full pensions, the Sun newspaper reported Thursday.


Satellite TV Spreads Its Signals Across the Landscape

In the last 10 years, pizza-sized dishes have sprouted on homes all over the country. But how does satellite TV actually work?


Clippers' Livingston Placed on Injured List

LOS ANGELES (Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Clippers  placed rookie guard Shaun Livingston on the injured list  Tuesday with a dislocated right kneecap.


IBM has signed up 115 companies since early September to develop for its eServer BladeCenter open specification it co-authored with Intel.


ROMA - Ornella Vanoni e Gino Paoli, di nuovo insieme sul palco, in studio, ancora insieme nella vita che li ha visti nascere a un giorno di distanza e, dunque, compiere settant'anni insieme. ''I nostri settant


A solicitor jailed for kidnapping his baby and attacking staff at a supervision centre has his sentence cut.


NEW DELHI -- India may soon have stores displaying the Wal-Mart brand despite government rules that prevent foreign companies from operating multi-product retail chains here.