attack on BSF camp in JK; 1 jawan killed

SRINAGAR: One militant and a jawan were killed and three security personnel injured when terrorists made an abortive bid to storm a BSF camp at Sopore in Baramullah district of Jammu and Kashmir in the wee hours on Saturday.


Pressure mounts on Kenya's politicians to end crisis

The European Union and the United  Nations urged Kenya's feuding politicians on Saturday to agree  a peaceful, democratic end to a violent political crisis that  has killed 500 people since a disputed December 27 election.


Pakistani cleric defiant as militants battle troops

Heavy gunfire and explosions rocked  Islamabad early on Saturday as Islamist students holed up in a  mosque battled Pakistani security forces after the militants'  leader defied government demands to surrender.


Ex-Campaign Aide to Sen. Clinton Indicted -Justice

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's former  finance director was indicted on charges of causing false  campaign finance reports to be filed with the government, the  Justice Department said on Friday.


Gibraltar is named as a  provisional member of Uefa after years of campaigning.


Democrats in Congress challenge top US commander Gen Petraeus' positive view of the Iraq troop surge.


Lo stilista presenta la sua collezione a Milano


Ecclestone closes deal for Valencia Grand Prix

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone confirmed on Friday that he has closed a deal for the Spanish city of Valencia to hold a grand prix on a brand new urban circuit next year.


Earnhardt Jr. takes centre stage at Daytona 500

NASCAR's most popular driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. is aiming to mark his debut for Hendrick Motorsport on Sunday with victory in the 50th edition of the Daytona 500.


The Consumer: When the Surgeon Is Infected, How Safe Is the Surgery?

Troublingly little is known about the possibility of getting a viral infection like hepatitis B, hepatitis C or H.I.V. from a health care worker.


AFRICA/CONGO RD - LÂinsicurezza del Kivu - Scheda Roma (Agenzia Fides)- Da tempo gli osservatori locali nellÂest della Repubblica Democratica del Congo denunciano la profonda situazione di insicurezza nel Kivu.  CÂÃ¨ chi vede allÂorigine di questa insicurezza la questione etnica e afferma la necessit...


Rumsfeld Warns of Pre-Election Dangers in Iraq

Donald Rumsfeld said US troops, celebrating Thanksgiving after some of their bloodiest weeks in Iraq, should brace for even more losses as they pursue insurgents bent on wrecking an election scheduled for January.


Market Values: A Swoon in Autumn, With Asterisks

More cautious market watchers may not expect an imminent decline, but they express doubts about what lies beyond the next several months.


Stock futures drop as yields stoke rate worry

Stock index futures declined on Friday as the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note surged, suggesting a rough day on Wall Street for interest-rate sensitive stocks.


L'indice Dow Jones a -1,48%, il dollaro si rafforza


Well-planned diet can offset need for supplements

By Hollie W. Best. Dietary supplements are neither food nor drugs. They are products that contain "dietary ingredients" meant to supplement the diet, not substitute for healthful foods.


Speakers Discuss Environmental Issues on the Farm

By Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Feb. 22--Speakers at the Colorado Agricultural Outlook Forum Wednesday in Denver offered varying ideas for farmers to make their operations more environmentally friendly.


Alfred Hershey, Martha Chase Use Kitchen Blender to Peg DNA as Stuff of Life

Prior to these experiments, protein was believed to hold our hereditary destiny. After Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase, DNA steps up to the plate.


Proposal to ban pre-election opinion polls sparks debate in Finland

Monday's suggestion by Arto Jaaskelainen, elections director at the Ministry of Justice, to set up a month-long ban on opinion surveys in the run-up to elections, sparked heated debate in Finland.


Jeff Francoeur, Chipper Jones and Andruw Jones hit home runs and Adam LaRoche capped a six-run third inning with a three-run double, lifting the Atlanta Braves over the Washington Nationals 13-6 Sunday.


RU-486 has quietly transformed the experience of ending a pregnancy in the United States.


Prime Minister to visit Jammu and Kashmir

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will be visiting Jammu and Kashmir today and expectations are sky-high as he becomes the first Congress Prime Minister to visit the state in 16 years.


Racially-mixed juries in England and Wales do not discriminate against non-white defendants, a study finds.


Retailers Log On: New Windows: Vista Sales Pop Up: Vista Versions

By Robert Evatt, Tulsa World, Okla.  Jan. 31--After 5 1/2 years, Microsoft Corp. finally unleashed its new computer operating system, Windows Vista, at local stores Tuesday.


Pupils want their schools to use renewable energy sources and  rainwater resources, a survey finds.


ATHENS - Ten seconds. Barely time enough to tie a shoe, wash a glass, get the paper off the porch. But when the moment comes, and eight men kneel at their blocks and peer down the empty, waiting track, it is as if the entire Olympics stop to watch.


Global Markets Plunge on U.S. Recession Fears

Stock markets in Asia and Europe plunged amid investor pessimism over the U.S. stimulus plan to aid the economy.


Florida, Ohio St., KU, UNC get top seeds

Defending national champion Florida was awarded the top overall seeding in the NCAA tournament's field of 65 on Sunday, joining top-ranked Ohio State, No. 2 Kansas and No. 8 North Carolina. All four teams cemented their status by winning their conference tournament championship games earlier in the day.


9/9/2004 - Conventional foods will henceforth be able to display a qualified health claim for omega-3 fatty acids - previously restricted to supplements - the Food and Drink Administration (FDA) announced yesteday.


Fall in unemployment overshadowed by Blair leak

Unemployment fell for a second month in a row in August, official data showed, but the data was overshadowed by a probe into whyPPrime Minister Tony Blair broke an embargo on the release.


Promosso da uno psichiatra-imprenditore, lo usano giÃ  tre milioni di famiglieUn'esposizione a New York mostra i progetti. E Bill Gates li finanzia con 13 milioni                                            Arriva il design sostenibile per il Terzo Mondo cambierÃ  la vita a cinque miliardi di persone                                                                                di GAIA GIULIANI


MISSIONE ESPLORATIVA DELL'UE A BAGHDAD, DURI SCONTRI A MOSSUL

BRUXELLES - Il ministro degli esteri olandese Ben Bot, presidente di turno dell'Ue, e' giunto oggi a Baghdad: lo rende noto un comunicato del ministero, precisando che Bot e' alla testa di ''una missione esplorativa'' dell'Unione europea in Iraq.


RedHawks tap Montgomery to succeed Hoeppner/12-29

Terry Hoeppner was giving his emotional speech to the Miami University football team in normal fashion on Tuesday night. He was growling out motivation just minutes before the RedHawks faced


DES MOINES, Iowa A little-known actor from Iowa will be the next Man of Steel. Routh, who grew up in Norwalk, has appeared in the soap opera "One Life to Live" and just finished his first feature film, "Deadly.


I mondi di The Fountainin corsa per il Leone d'Oro

Arriva il film visionario di Aronofsky, ambientato in tre epoche diverse. In concorso anche Non prendere impegni stasera


Dan Aykroyd gives his name to new winery

Dan Aykroyd is throwing his star power behind an $11 million winery that aims to boost the Niagara wine region's international profile.


Apple Unveils Movie Rentals and Thin Notebook

Apple introduced a new iTunes movie rental service and an ultralight Mac notebook that could set a new industry standard for thinness.


President Bush warms up for his second campaign debate in battleground Wisconsin, where he will get another chance to practice new charges that Democrat John Kerry is unfit to lead the nation.


London will send its plans for hosting the 2012 Olympics to the IOC on Monday.


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Promising Dystrophy Drug Clears Early Test

Researchers in the Netherlands have developed a drug that may eventually be used to treat children with a severe and fatal type of muscular dystrophy.


Russia Pours Billions in Oil Profits Into Nanotech Race

A $5 billion outlay makes Russia a top funder in government-sponsored nanotech research virtually overnight.


Google Webmaster Tools - Query and Link Stats File Converter

Carsten Cumbrowski, a Search Engine Journal columnist, has developed a tool which some webmasters may find useful. It converts the .CSV files which can be downloaded from Google Webmaster Central into cleaner customized files which can be used with other tools and software. I met Carsten at Search Engine Strategies San Jose and learned that he [...]


As with other assassinations in Pakistan's bloody political history, the world may never know who killed Benazir Bhutto -- but there is no shortage of potential culprits to choose from, analysts say.


Perugia, 23:40 - VOLLEY, SERIE A1: PERUGIA BATTE PIACENZA NELL'ANTICIPO

Nell'anticipo della ottava giornata di ritorno del campionato di serie A1 di pallavolo, la Rpa Luigi...


Researchers have discovered a  genetic mutation that causes an aggressive form of childhood  leukemia and said on Thursday it may mean that drugs being  developed for Alzheimer's disease could also provide a better  treatment for the cancer.


SANTIAGO, Nov 21  - US President George W. Bush on Sunday welcomed newly scheduled Iraq elections and a deal to shave billions of dollars off the war-torn country's debt, calling on all creditors to follow suit.


Hoddle to Join West Brom This Week, Papers Say: Soccer Roundup

Glenn Hoddle will this week succeed Gary Megson as manager of West Bromwich Albion, the Sun and Daily Mirror reported. Hoddle, who was fired by Tottenham in September 2003, will take


JPMorgan Chase & Co  said on  Wednesday quarterly profit fell a worse-than-expected 24  percent as the No. 3 U.S. bank lost $1.3 billion on risky  mortgages and set aside more money for rising losses on  home-equity and auto loans.


Motorola Inc.  said  on Tuesday it would start selling the Motofone, its thinnest  phone yet in high-growth emerging markets in a bid to compete  better against bigger rival Nokia (NOK1V.HE).


Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney distanced himself Tuesday from one of his top Senate supporters, comparing his actions to President Clinton's affair with an intern and a former Republican congressman's overtures to male teenage pages.


If New Yorkâs status and the currency that backs it are more contested than they once were, that only makes the opening of the Museum of American Finance on Wall Street last month more urgently intriguing.


Winslet, DiCaprio's Titanic hug voted best ever

Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio's hug in the hit movie Titanic has been voted the best movie-hug ever.


Kan. Woman Faces Charges in Killing, Kidnapping

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 20 -- Lisa Montgomery, 36, made her first court appearance Monday in Kansas City, Kan., to face charges that she killed a pregnant woman and removed the fetus from her womb.


Dozens of foreign gang members nabbed in L.A. area

Dozens of Mexican and Central Americans with ties to violent southern California street gangs have been arrested or indicted on drugs, weapons and immigration charges, immigration officials in Los Angeles said on Wednesday.


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The first call Sheldon Goldberg got on his first day as president of the Alzheimer's Association was not from a patient or a doctor but from Michael D. Bromberg, chairman of the Capitol Health Group, a well-connected Washington lobbying firm.


A post mortem examination is due to take place on the body of a man which was found in west Belfast.


Italian Challenger Accepted for Americas Cup

Italian sailing team Luna Rossa will  compete in the Louis Vuitton Cup in 2007 after America's Cup  holders Societe Nautique de Geneve accepted their challenge on  Thursday.


IBM may open source Jazz collaboration software

(InfoWorld) - IBM's Rational Software unit is considering putting parts of itsÂ Jazz collaboration frameworkÂ into open source, according to an executive of the company. "We might think about open-sourcing some of the very lowest layers (of the framework) so that the APIs (application programming interfaces) are available, and people could build on the kernel," said Scott Rich, a member of the management committee of the Jazz project, on the sidelines of a Rational Software conference in Bangalore, India on Thursday. One benefit of this strategy is to make the Jazz framework "more pervasive," he added. IBM is at the same time considering packaging and licensing some of the functional parts currently available on Jazz so that companies can use it for their in-house collaborative development, Rich said. "The source code management capability, and other parts that really do things will likely stay commercial," he added. Jazz is IBM's technology for collaborative software development among distributed development teams.Â IBM opened up the Jazz frameworkÂ earlier this year, through the Jazz.net Web portal, to IBM Rational customers and software developers, who would participate in product development with IBM Rational. IBM called the process "open commercial development." "The idea of Jazz.net is to try and build a community around the Jazz platform," said Steve Robinson, vice president of Rational Software in IBM Software Group. The community will provide inputs on requirements, report bugs, and add extensions, but the actual product development will still be done by IBM and will be owned by the company, he added. The first product being developed on Jazz technology is Rational Team Concert, a collaborative development portal now in beta. Jazz is a framework with several components sitting on it, and Team Concert is a selection of those components to target development teams using the Agile programming methodology, Rich said. The code of Team Concert will be available to Jazz.net participants to try out during the beta phase in pilot projects, but the product will remain proprietary software, and customers will be charged a license fee once they move to a production phase with the software, Rich said.


NEW YORK -- The founder of Wikipedia says taking the online encyclopedia's collaborative approach into the field of search won't dethrone Google Inc. or another major search engine _ at least not soon.


Looking to surpass the S&P 500 in 2007 and beyond? Consider these three options.


Oklahoma State denies Knight's 900th win

Obi Muonelo hit four straight 3-pointers in a 2-minute stretch, and Oklahoma State throttled down in the second half to deny Bob Knight his 900th career win with a 74-55 defeat of Texas Tech on Saturday.


Bringing a measure of optimism to the bleak Hollywood writers strike saga, the union said Tuesday it would start informal talks with studios, drop some contract demands and give a picket-free blessing to the Grammy Awards.


OLATHE, Kan. - The Salvation Army's 20,000 shiny red kettles and trademark bell-ringers are easy to spot, but one helper stands out - on four legs.  Providence, a 6-year-old German wire-haired pointer, is in her third season as a Salvation Army volunteer.


Despite celebrating a famous rugby World Cup victory, the country's sporting politics are as complex as ever


After nearly 5 months of beta testing, Opera Software has released version 4 of its Opera Mini Web browser for mobile phones. The update includes iPhone-like capabilities that enable users to see a full overview of a page and zoom in to specific parts.


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

Mortgage rates are at record lows. Save $1000s on your mortgage payment. Free quotes.


No Apology from UK Prince After Nightclub Scuffle

Britain's Prince Harry, struggling to shed a growing "wild child" image, won't apologize to a photographer he scuffled with outside an exclusive London nightclub, a royal spokesman said on Saturday.


Wave warning sets off panic but no damage

NAGAPPATTINAM, India The government issued a warning of another tsunami along India's southern coast Thursday morning, halting the recovery of bodies and sending people fleeing from the beaches in panic in India and Sri Lanka.


Lawyers' words are kerosene on the flaming H-1B bonfire

Blog: Pittsburgh lawyers advise on how not to have to hire an American worker.


President George Bush has jumped to an 11-point lead over Democratic challenger John Kerry in new opinion polls - the widest margin since serious campaigning began.


In carcere anche l'amministratore delegato Colombini


Sony and Samsung to Cross-License Patents

Sony Corp. 6758.T and Samsung  Electronics 005930.KS said on Tuesday they had agreed to  share patents on basic technology to speed up product  development and avoid adding to a growing number of  cross-border patent disputes.


Prosecutor to submit Darfur case to U.N.

The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said he believes he has evidence to prove who is most responsible for crimes against humanity in Sudan's Darfur region.


Tips for calculating the right pay package for big decision-makers in your company.


Michael Jackson asks TV stations to stop playing Eminem's new video, which ridicules the pop legend.


Drug Agency Reaffirms Ban on Gay Men Giving Blood

Gay men remain barred from donating blood, leaving in place a 1983 prohibition meant to prevent the spread of H.I.V. through transfusions.


NYC Deli Worker Killed When Gun Goes Off

On a crisp fall night, John Malik and Manuel Chametla shared what should have been an unmemorable moment at the deli counter: a customer asking the clerk to cash a winning lottery ticket. Instead, the clerk ended up dead, killed by a gun the customer always carried.


Br: personaggi pubblici schedati in file, ci sono anche Ciampi e ...

ROMA - Sono centinaia i personaggi pubblici archiviati in ordine alfabetico e trovati nei file delle Nuove Br, decrittati grazie alla collaborazione dell'ex brigatista Cinzia Banelli. Tra loro politici, sindacalisti


Belfour, Panthers cruise past Bruins 7-2

Chris Gratton scored two goals and Ed Belfour again dominated Boston in goal to help the Florida Panthers beat the Bruins 7-2 on Saturday night. Belfour made 25 saves to run his career record against Boston to 19-7-3. He has two wins against the Bruins this season.


Bosnian local elections confirm strength of nationalists

Bosnians were reluctant voters in their third post-war local elections this weekend, with the ruling Croat, Muslim and Serb nationalists benefiting from the lower turnout, early results indicated.


LIBERIA: Religious riots erupt in Monrovia, curfew imposed

MONROVIA, 29 October (IRIN) - Religious riots between Christians and Muslims erupted in the Liberian capital Monrovia on Thursday night and continued on Friday morning until UN peacekeeping troops restored order and the government imposed an indefinite


CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- Tyson Foods shares dropped more than 8 percent Monday after the poultry producer cut its profit outlook for fiscal 2004, citing poor grain hedging and weaker demand for chicken and beef, as well as higher material costs.


Game over Review Guitar Hero III and Rock Band are totally unavoidable in shopping trips to consumer electronics stores. As a guitar player for 40 years, I view the in-store demos of the games as primarily exercises in pitiless annoyance. What could be more embarrassing than people holding plastic toy guitars in public while trying to mime along to classic rock hits played by cartoons on a TV screen?â¦


Up to 60,000 England fans are packing the streets, bars and cafes of Paris ahead of the Rugby World Cup final.


Baazee CEO gets bail, company hails judiciary (update):

[Business India]: New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted bail to baazee.com CEO Avnish Bajaj, arrested for allegedly peddling a pornographic video clip on his auction portal, but prevented him from going abroad.


BAGHDAD -- Iraqi troops backed by US soldiers raided the most revered Sunni Muslim mosque in Iraq's capital, setting off stun grenades, arresting dozens, and leaving at least two people dead, according to witnesses and a hospital official.


Swiss International Air Lines announces 1,000 job cuts under cost-saving plan

ZURICH  - Switzerland's struggling national airline announced a further cost-saving package Tuesday, saying it plans to slash up to 1,000 jobs and cut 13 aircraft from its fleet.


Schwarzenegger's lottery idea questioned

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is dramatically overestimating the jackpot the state could collect if it sold the rights to operate the lottery to an outside company, according to confidential Wall Street analyses.


Lord Coe says it is unclear what the final cost of staging the 2012 Olympics will be.


The main day of the Notting Hill Carnival is under way with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets.


No matter what happens from now on, Retief Goosen has earned a place in the record books of the HSBC World Match Play championship.


FACE-OFF Is Image-Based Spam a Nightmare Facing Enterprise Networks?

By Peterson, Patrick; Veizades, John  Yes  by Patrick Peterson, IronPort Systems "Image is everything," or so the saying goes. For more than 1 trillion spam messages sent since April (yes, that's 1,000,000,000,000), image has literally been everything.


BEA buys Incomit to beef up telecom software

Move is part of company's plan to create industry-specific versions of its WebLogic software.


Three days after the tragedy of Beslan ended, we sat for over three and a half hours with Vladimir Putin. Between picking up the pieces of the worst Russian terror attack to date and planning


Interest in volcano news on the Web erupted recently as people sought information online about Mount St. Helens, according to a Milpitas Web audience measurement company.


South Korea promises almost $40m more aid to North Korea to help it recover from devastating floods.


Turkish Cypriot consortium intends to takeover Fulham

Turkish Cypriot brothers Halil and Husnu Falyali have said they were close to buying Fulham football club and that if they took control would look to sign players of the calibre of England captain David Beckham.


Film studios are no longer "Cruising" for a bruising.


U.S. energy companies more prepared for hurricanes: officials

U.S. energy companies that operate  in the Gulf of Mexico are better prepared to keep petroleum and  natural gas supplies flowing if hurricanes hit this year than  they were during 2005's disastrous season, U.S. government and  industry officials said Wednesday.


CBS Guilty of 'Myopic Zeal' Over Bush Story -- Report

CBS News fired four employees on Monday after an independent report critical of legendary anchor Dan Rather found a "myopic zeal" led the network to disregard basic journalism principles when it aired a faulty story on President Bush's military service record.


WSO2 releases Synapse-based open-source ESB

Blog: Apache ships version 1.0 of Synapse open source enterprise service bus (ESB) with WSO2 product right behind.


Supermarket giant Tesco sees a 10.3% rise in half-yearly profits to Â£1.09bn,  boosted by international sales.


Google Inc. has agreed to acquire  in-game advertising company Adscape Media Inc. for $23 million,  according to technology site Red Herring, which cited sources  familiar with the matter in a report late on Thursday.


Redskins' Defense Makes  Timely Plays in First Victory

HOUSTON, Sept. 24 -- For the first two games of the season, the Washington Redskins secondary had been victimized by a big game from a wide receiver. Against Minnesota, it was Troy Williamson. Last week against Dallas, Terry Glenn's 40-yard touchdown catch was the difference in a close game.


Britain renews 28-day detention limit for terror suspects

Parliamentarians renewed the country's 28-day limit for detaining terrorism suspects without charge for another year Tuesday.


Clarence House insists Prince Harry will not be apologising publicly in the row over his Nazi party costume.


Alaska Brown Bears Gather for Annual Salmon Feast

Each summer, the falls at McNeil River turn into a mosh pit of bears. Instead of thumping music, it's the sound of salmon slapping their way up the falls at the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary that sends the bears into a fishing frenzy.


Roma, 19:02 - CALCIO, DONADONI: IL TIFO DI 'PROFESSIONE' VA COMBATTUTO

"Credo che in Italia ci sia qualcosa di molto vicino al tifoso di professione, non lo condivido. Tif...


Un'organizzazione vicina alla cosca Piromalli-Mole'


STEVE CHRISTIAN, the Mayor of Pitcairn Island, will next year move into a jail he helped to build just down the hill from his home.


Britain to Cut 1,600 Troops in Iraq, Blair Says

In contrast to the U.S. troop buildup, Prime Minister Tony Blair said today that Britain will withdraw up to 1,600 of its roughly 7,100 British troops in southern Iraq in the coming months.


THE 59th session of the UN General Assembly got underway in New York yesterday amid growing anxieties over grinding poverty faced by billions of souls and the fuel it provides for terrorism


Israel says it is committed to acting 'expeditiously' to dismantle unauthorised West Bank settlements


Genentech's new lung cancer drug gets FDA approval

NEW YORK, November 19  - Tarceva, an experimental lung cancer drug, has been approved by the Food & Drug Administration, Genentech (DNA.


Japan Tobacco shares fall after Gallaher deal

Shares of Japan Tobacco Inc. (2914.T)  halted their recent bull run on Monday, falling more than 4  percent as market participants said the company's plan to buy  British cigarette maker Gallaher Group Plc  was now  factored into the stock price.


Ear-splitting music in pubs and clubs is putting staff's hearing at serious risk, say campaigners.


Grieving Sri Lankans say cleaning up may take years

Thousands of anguished Sri Lankans, weary from searching for relatives swept away in a tsunami that killed more than 10,200 people, said today cleaning up could take years.


NEW YORK: Crude futures dropped by more $2 a barrel yesterday as traders anticipated warmer weather later in the week and responded to weekend snowstorms in the Midwest that kept motorists off the road and planes grounded.


Texas Children Home After African Odyssey

Seven Texas children were recovering on Tuesday after surviving for 10 months in a Nigerian shack when their adoptive mother abandoned them, child welfare authorities said on Tuesday.


Description: Violence continues in southern Thailand, where some say Islamic separatists are bent on splitting off the largely Muslim south from the Buddhist north.


Olmert stops new WBank building permits: Army Radio

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has instructed the Housing Ministry not to issue any additional building permits on occupied land in the West Bank, Israel's Army Radio reported on Friday.


Software as a service needs foundation of strong security

Blog: Underneath the software-as-a-service hype, large organizations have a real concern. Yup, security jitters again.


Top global warming experts huddled Thursday for a last day of talks with bureaucrats from more than 100 countries on a closely watched report that could influence government and business policy worldwide


Emmaus Area Skateboarders Wheel and Deal for Park: They Want Taxes to Buy Skating Facility. Officials Want Cheaper Design.

By Randy Kraft, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Dec. 19--Members of the Emmaus High School skateboarding club, and East Penn's top administrator, wish one of the five municipalities in the school district would create a public skateboard park.


Author Rushdie and TV host Lakshmi to divorce

Author Salman Rushdie and his wife Padma Lakshmi, host of TV show "Top Chef," are getting divorced, his spokeswoman said on Monday, just two weeks after he was awarded a controversial knighthood.


Everything the Angels did, the Red Sox did better, from pitching to hitting, to fielding and base running, to clutch knocks and bench strategy.


Microsoft admits to 'mistakes' in Office format fracas

A Microsoft blog posting from a software engineer apologized for botching up communications around the blocking of old Office, Corel, and Lotus file formats in Office 2003 SP3. Why did anyone think these were security risks?


Strong housing data helps pound rise against euro, dollar

Sterling was slightly firmer against the dollar after strong housing mortgage and money supply data fuelled speculation that the Bank of England (BoE) will be forced to hike its key borrowing rate.


While the price increases for oil and other commodities may dampen growth in trade and overall output in 2005, these effects are being outweighed in 2004 by vigorous trade expansion in many countries and stronger than expected recovery in several others.


Exercise: Parkinsonâs Patients Benefit From Tango

The results of a new study indicate that when Parkinsonâs patients took tango classes, their balance improved.


Former Mozambique President Wins Leadership Prize

JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 22 -- Former Mozambique president Joaquim Chissano on Monday won a $5 million leadership prize that promoters hope will encourage other African heads of state to rule wisely, without overstaying their welcomes.


Journeys | Religious Art: European Artists Return to Church

As a wave of contemporary art installations is being unveiled in cathedrals, churches and chapels across Europe, religious spaces are once again becoming showcases for many artists.


The clean coal merry-go-round Analysis By now we all know the United States has no energy policy for the future. Rather, it does and it's a humiliating one: Global warming is a conspiracy by other countries trying to squelch the American dream and the right to buy elephantine SUVs. As one journalist covering autos for the Los Angeles Times put it in late December: "[Americans] feel they should be able to drive whatever they can afford, disregarding the fact that the sky ...is a part of the public commons."â¦


Utah girl's accused kidnapper said unfit for trial

A homeless street preacher accused in the sensational 2002 kidnapping of Utah teen Elizabeth Smart was again found mentally unfit to stand trial on Monday after he screamed at a judge to repent and was forcibly removed from court.


An American man was thrown by a young cow and seriously injured Friday in a mock bull fight following the first day of the running of the bulls in Spain's San Fermin festival.


Somali police corner aid workers' kidnap gang

BOSASSO, Somalia  - Security forces kept Somali kidnappers surrounded on Wednesday hours after they abducted a Spanish and an Argentine aid worker from the medical charity Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF).


U.S. Navy Charges Sailors in Iraq Prisoner Abuse

Four members of an elite U.S. Navy  SEAL unit have been charged with abusing prisoners in Iraq,  including one who died at Abu Ghraib prison after being beaten,  the Naval Special Warfare Command said on Friday.


The IMF and World Bank accuse Singapore of breaching a deal allowing activists to attend their annual meetings.


Israel's president resigns over sex crimes

Israeli President Moshe Katsav resigned on Friday, a day after admitting to sex crimes against women employees in a case that has brought unprecedented disgrace on an Israeli head of state.


"Transformers" tops box office, topples record

"Transformers," the big-budget movie about alien robots battling on Earth, raked in $67.6 million at box offices over the weekend to land at No. 1 and bring its seven-day total to a record $152.6 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday.


The leader of Glasgow City Council announces he is gay and has separated from his wife.


Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest retailer, posted a higher quarterly profit Tuesday, in line with Wall Street expectations, and said it was optimistic about the rest of the year.


Russia delivers first nuclear fuel to Iran

Russia announced on Monday it had delivered the first shipment of nuclear fuel to Iran's Bushehr atomic power station, a step Western powers worried by Tehran's nuclear ambitions had urged Moscow not to take.


PARIS  - Organizers of the first  International Festival of Cinema and Gastronomy, to take place  Nov. 17-21 in the Burgundy capital of Dijon, on Monday  announced a mouthwatering lineup of food-related movies and  culinary events.


Pacific Rim nations reached tentative agreement on the need "to slow, stop and then reverse" climate change, setting nonbinding goals to improve energy use, according to a draft statement Saturday.


New York, 21:18 - Basket, All Star Game Nba: Yao Ming il piÃ¹ votato

E' il cinese Yao Ming, centro degli Houston Rockets, il giocatore piÃ¹ votato dai tifosi per l'All St...


Hewlett-Packard will introduce a new device this fall meant to record and play back television as well as organize digital media.


There may have been times this season when you wondered if Mark Blount really was worth all the fuss, not to mention the $38 million. Sunday night (6 points, 4 rebounds, 4 fouls, 18 minutes) might have been one of those times. Last night was not.


Police say the deaths of two people whose bodies were found inside a burning car are suspicious.


Tokyo's Nikkei stock average fell 0.38  percent by mid-morning on Wednesday as investors took a  breather from the market's recent rises and sold shares of  gainers such as Sharp Corp.


The actor has been summoned for questioning by the Mumbai Crime Branch.


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Thousands of cases of the hospital bug Clostridium difficile have not been reported in recent years, data shows.


A trio of media tycoons are plotting a possible takeover bid for the ITV television network.


BOBIGNY, France -- A court ordered a high school yesterday to hold a disciplinary hearing to decide whether three Sikh boys excluded from classes for wearing turbans should be admitted or expelled.


Public greets Mitchell Report with shrug

The long list of disgraced players in the Mitchell Report didn't surprise Cubs fan Bob Burman. Didn't disappoint him. Didn't anger him. Didn't do much of anything, really.


Bush should put ayatollah atop list of people to thank

The faith-based compromise that has brought an apparent end to three weeks of bitter fighting around the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf should also bring thunderous sighs of relief from the Bush


Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived on Tuesday for the first major diplomatic foray that includes talks with US President George W Bush, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and address to the UN General Assembly.


Borrowers, like mortgage industry, adjust to credit crunch

Mortgages are complicated, and lending markets are in flux right now, but savvy, well-positioned consumers can still get the loans they need to buy, build, or refinance a home. They just need to pay attention to what's going on, says David Reed, a lending veteran based in Texas and co-author of "Mortgage Confidential."


Iran has offered inspectors access to records and equipment from two nuclear sites, the UN's atomic agency says.


Edwards, Cheney to Meet in Only VP Debate

CLEVELAND - Both presidential campaigns are looking for a boost at the other's expense Tuesday when Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic rival John Edwards square off for the only vice presidential debate of the 2004 election.    Most of the pre-debate talk was about Iraq...


ERNIE ELS was as good as his word. On Friday, when he led the American Express Championship by two strokes after 36 holes, he said it was time he rededicated himself to golf after being overshadowed by Vijay Singh.


NHS Greater Glasgow is set for a hostile reception at its AGM over a shake-up of services in the city.


Jennifer Aniston tunes up for "Girls" musical

Jennifer Aniston will  produce and potentially star in a period musical about singing  prisoners.


Chinese riot police head for Haiti mission

A 95-member unit of officers from China's riot police force left Beijing on Sunday morning for Haiti to join the United Nations peacekeeping operation there.


Climate deals turn up heat in Indonesia's dark peatlands

PALANGAKARAYA, Indonesia  - It used to be malaria that gave people fevers in Indonesia's remote, mosquito-infested peatlands.


Picturesque Tonkawa Falls Park in Store for Enhancements, Expansion

By David Doerr, Waco Tribune-Herald, Texas  Feb. 4--CRAWFORD -- Tonkawa Falls Park will soon get a needed face-lift  and some new amenities as local officials work to make $600,000 worth of  enhancements in the coming years.


Victorious Arsenal keep pressure on leaders Chelsea

A spectacular 20-metre volley from Patrick Vieira gave Arsenal a 1-0 win at Newcastle United on Wednesday as the champions kept the pressure on league leaders Chelsea at the top of the Premier League.


IAEA freezes Iran nuclear aid over plutonium risk

The U.N. nuclear watchdog's 35-nation board of governors on Thursday indefinitely shelved Iran's bid for technical aid for a reactor project due to fears it could yield bomb-grade plutonium, diplomats said.


"Star Wars" creator George Lucas has been selected to receive the American Film Institute's lifetime achievement award. The award, considered to be the highest honor for a career in film, will be presented to Lucas at a gala tribute in Los Angel...


Colombia protesters riot as Bush arrives

About 150 protesters attacked riot police with rocks and metal barriers and ripped down lampposts in Colombia's capital on Sunday, just moments after President Bush landed for a six-hour visit.


L'ufficio che cambia scrivanie piÃ¹ anonime

Le postazioni di lavoro si fanno piÃ¹ spartane e con meno foto, piante o pupazzetti. La tendenza è la spia di una piÃ¹ profonda trasformazione


CBS's new drama starring Mr. Lowe as a a good-hearted doctor with a gambling habit, turns out to be kind of fun Â kino cards and colonoscopies do mix.


Olympics: Pound critical of Hamilton gold

TORONTO, Canada : World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Dick Pound believes that US cyclist Tyler Hamilton does not deserve to keep his Olympic time-trial gold medal after testing positive for doping in Athens.


Actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg undergoes surgery after suffering a brain haemorrhage.


Incremento pari al 2% per la grande distribuzione


2,6 milioni di cittadini eleggeranno il governatore


Crude oil futures rose to within a quarter of $50 a barrel yesterday after a gas leak shut down a North Sea oil production platform, and as traders weighed concerns about heating oil supplies against the fact that temperatures have been mild in recent weeks.


Unions representing check-in staff and baggage handlers at BA welcome a pay deal which averted a strike.


Red Hat, Novell Linux's Hatfields, McCoys (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - The hippy ethic championed in early ads for the Linux operating system is giving way to good old competitive rancor as Red Hat   and Novell   launch warring campaigns.


Morocco and rebels seeking greater control over Western Sahara ended their first direct talks in seven years Tuesday without resolving a 32-year dispute over the region, but agreed to meet again in August.


Computer-scouring software rivals Google tool

Microsoft Corp. on Monday joined the battle for supremacy in so-called desktop search, introducing software for quickly locating files on personal computers that challenges Google's two-month-old rival product.


No. 11 Mich. St. Nips George Mason 66-60

Maurice Ager scored 13 points and No. 11 Michigan State escaped with a 66-60 victory over George Mason on Sunday in the consolation game of the BB&T Classic.


Source: Wreckage of Afghan Airliner Found

The wreckage of an Afghan airliner that  went missing with 104 people on board was found Friday near the  capital, Kabul, a day after it was turned away because of heavy  snow, a Western security source said.


'Hey! We care about privacy' As Google plays games with its cookies, semi-rival Ask.com is actually getting serious about privacy. The web's fourth-leading search engine is giving web users a brand new tool that ensures their search results will not be retained by the company - at all. As the company points out, that's a first among major search engines.â¦


The Times-Picayune went from being an average metropolitan daily to a vital must-read resource in an unlikely post-Katrina success story.


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Intel con Nokia e Symbian per la Serie 60

Dopo l'annuncio rilasciato nei giorni scorsi di una collaborazione con StMicroelectronics per l'ottimizzazione dei suoi processori per i device basati sulla piattaforma Serie 60, arriva ora l'annuncio di un ulteriore accordo con Intel per promuovere la


Hollywood '04 Box Office Take Poised to Hit Record

Hollywood's studios are expected to  rake in a possibly record $9.4 billion at domestic box offices  this year, but the lack of a Christmas season smash like last  year's final "Lord of the Rings" film will crimp overall ticket  sales.


United States could go into recession, warns OECD

Business & money: West's leading thinktank urges Federal Reserve to cut interest rates as housing market crisis deepens.


Ambrose Kappos, the man who declared himself to be Sheryl Crow's 'spiritual twin,' was cleared of charges he harassed and stalked Crow during the last year.


Here are two ways to make the most of your losers.


Senators from both parties accused the Bush administration Wednesday of incompetence in its efforts to rebuild Iraq and said the United States could lose the war


Boeing receives orders upto $7.35 bn from Singapore Airlines

NEW YORK, August 25 (New Ratings) - Singapore Airlines has reportedly agreed to buy upto 31 long-range B777-300ER aircraft from Boeing Company (BA.


If any of the large system vendors truly believe that a highly concentrated compute utility is the future, it's unclear why they should be embracing the role of passive arms merchant given how little control they would have over their own destiny in such


Roh says could scrap US FTA if not in South Korea's interest

South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun said Tuesday his government could scrap free trade talks with Washington if Seoul's economic interests are not properly reflected in a final deal.


Jury begins deliberations in Libby perjury case

A jury began deliberating Wednesday in the perjury trial of former vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby and will decide whether to convict him of obstructing an investigation tied to the Iraq war.


After Five Sets, Agassi Is the One Standing

Though his match against Marcos Baghdatis will certainly not be easy to recover from, Andre Agassi will be a favorite in the third round, where he will face Benjamin Becker.


Oil Price Comes Close to $50 but Then It Stages a Retreat

il prices climbed nearer to $50 a barrel yesterday before retreating, as traders reacted to reports on the conflict in Iraq, concerned that growing unrest might interrupt crude oil exports.


Americans push deeper into Fallujah; Police in Mosul lose control ...

American forces Friday pushed deeper into the last remaining insurgent stronghold in Fallujah, and the Iraqi government rushed reinforcements


The Aqua Teen Hunger Force guerilla marketers caused chaos, but are they criminals? Plus: Mooninite "explosive" hits eBay (briefly). In Table of Malcontents.


A suicide bomber detonates a car bomb near the governor's residence in Kabul, killing five people.


News: Bill would narrow intruder surveillance

Senate proposal would scale back a provision of the USA Patriot Act that lets the FBI monitor alleged computer trespassers without a warrant.


Australian Prime Minister John Howard promised yesterday not to let his Oct. 9 election triumph go to his head as he was formally reappointed leader of his Liberal Party.


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Rice praises Iraq, says more progress needed

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised Iraq's leaders on Tuesday for passing the first in a series of critical laws aimed at reconciling warring Iraqis but said more progress was needed.


Many of the Â£1bn of gift tokens received on December 25 will never be used, research shows


Iraqi insurgents launched another round of violence today, planting roadside bombs that exploded as US convoys passed by, killing four US soldiers.


BEIJING - A wall of thick smoke blocked rescuers from reaching 141 miners trapped after a gas explosion in a coalmine in northern China.


De Castro, aumentare produzione per frenare aumenti


Middle-class, white-collar jobs leaving, too, not just 'grunt' work

Jim Pinder lost his job to India before most people had ever heard of ''offshoring."


Bush Sworn in for 2nd Term, Vows Push for Freedom

President Bush pledged to work to  heal a country divided by the Iraq war and vowed to advance  freedom against "rulers of outlaw regimes" as he was sworn in  for a second term on Thursday.


J.P. Morgan cancels $5B IBM outsourcing deal

J.P. Morgan, the No. 2 U.S. bank, said that after its recent merger with Bank One, it could better manage its own technology and infrastructure.


Bolton have confirmed that they intend to contest Tal Ben Haim's FA improper conduct charge following an incident with Wayne Rooney.


Anti-terror funding to New York and Washington was cut in favor of protecting suburban areas, Congressional investigators say


Medical Research Council saddened by death of Christopher Reeve

âWe were saddened to hear of the death of Christopher Reeve. He has been such an effective advocate of stem cell research, as well as being an extremely courageous individual who never lost hope that the


Zimbabwe debates 'oppressive' bugging laws

If you thought RIPA was bad... Proposed telecoms interception laws in Zimbabwe have created a furore with the government apparently awarding itself unlimited snooping powers.â¦


Leaders from the energy industry call for a global carbon market to help tackle climate change.


Computer Associates International Inc. announced a restructuring plan Wednesday that would reduce its work force by 800 people worldwide, saving the business software maker $70 million annually once the plan is fully implemented.


Half-Full or Half-Empty? Get Over It and Get Back to Bed.

Q I work out three times a week on my stationary bike at home. I usually ride after I get home from work at 5:30 p.m. The problem is that I drink a glass of water before and after I use the bike. I also have a drink at dinnertime and another glass of water before I go to bed at 10 p.m. I usually ...


F.D.A. Finds Increase in Suicide Symptoms for Patients Using Seizure Medications

The increased risks are small, but doctors said that the increased risk did not outweigh the benefits of the drugs.


LOS ANGELES  - The specter of Phil Spector will haunt Hollywood well into 2008. On Wednesday, the judge presiding over the legendary "Wall of Sound" producer's murder trial declared a mistrial after jurors indicated they were hopelessly deadlocked, 10-2, in favor of convicting Spector on charges that he killed actress Lana Clarkson more than four years ago.


Congo inaugurated Joseph Kabila as its first freely elected president in more than four decades Wednesday, installing a rebel leader's son who ushered in a plan to end years of fighting to help the country take a place among the world's democracies.


Reports: Apple, Fox planning movie rental service

iTunes users might soon be able to download Fox movies, and Apple could also be ready to reverse its stance on licensing its FairPlay DRM, according to reports.


Shares rise by more than 2% in Japan in early trading, as traders take heart from a late rally on Wall Street.


Madrid, 14:43 - CALCIO, REAL; SCHUSTER: PRIMA O POI KAKA' SARA' NOSTRO

Arrivato al Real Madrid, Bernd Schuster sposa subito la politica del presidente Calderon quando si t...


Big Brain Theory: Have Cosmologists Lost Theirs?

A bizarre scenario takes theories of modern cosmology to the limit.


Conn. Official Slams Wal-Mart Settlement

Calling a federal settlement with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. a sweetheart deal, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Wednesday he will ask other states to join in investigating allegations the world's largest retailer broke child labor laws.


Greeley Tribune, Colo., Randy Bangert Column

By Randy Bangert, Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Feb. 25--A newspaper executive recently told The Tribune that the newspaper industry has seen more change in the past year than it experienced in the previous 25 years.


Myanmar monks defy threat of military force

Hundreds of monks marched towards central Yangon on Tuesday in defiance of a threat by Myanmar's ruling generals to send soldiers in to end the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years.


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Bhutto's Son Asks for U.N.-Backed Investigation of Assassination

LONDON, Jan. 8 -- The son of slain Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto on Tuesday called for a U.N.-backed investigation of his mother's death, saying that Pakistani authorities failed to provide her with adequate security and he did not trust them to solve her murder.


David Beckham, whose five-year contract guarantees an annual salary of $6.5 million, could miss the rest of the Los Angeles Galaxyâs season because of a sprained knee.


MOSCOW - Russian police staged a new raid at the office of Yukos and questioned a company executive, Interfax news agency quoted the general prosecutor's office as saying, a day after the ailing oil giant filed for voluntary bankruptcy in a US court.


EU, Iran Nuclear Deal Seen Doomed Without U.S. Help

A European deal aimed at freezing Iran's  nuclear fuel program in exchange for peaceful atomic technology  and other incentives will never work if Washington is not  directly involved, diplomats and an analyst said on Monday.


Foreign medics sentenced to die in Libya HIV case

A Libyan court sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death on Tuesday for deliberately infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus that causes AIDS.


Blu-ray/HD DVD war to run another 18 months: report

Sales of next-generation DVD players  are not seen as likely to take off for another 18 months as  consumers are still waiting for prices to fall and for the  battle over two competing technologies to be resolved.


Armenians go to the polls to elect a new president, as a former leader tries to make a comeback.


Referee match-fixing scandal rips into NBA

An FBI gambling investigation into retired referee Tim Donaghy and match fixing sparked credibility-crushing fear around the National Basketball Association on Monday amid more disturbing reports.


Golf: Tiger and Colin share lead at World Challenge

THOUSAND OAKS, California : Host Tiger Woods fired a four-under par 67 here Thursday to match fellow American Jim Furyk and Scotland's Colin Montgomerie for the lead after the first round of the World Challenge.


Different night. Different motivation. Same Ichiro Suzuki. For the second straight game, the Seattle Mariners took advantage of a shaky Baltimore bullpen, with Suzuki again providing the decisive blow in Seattle's 5-4 win over the Orioles on Tuesday night.


Legal immigrants to U.S. face green card logjam

Following all the rules, Indian national Sanjay Mehta came to the United States on a temporary work visa in 1997, hoping to build a glittering career in the fast-moving information technology sector.


Confermata decisione, Juve Stabia-Avellino senza tifosi


The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted that La Nina — a cooling of Pacific Ocean waters that generally brings a more active Atlantic hurricane season — will be absent for the next two months.


Orbital Finale: ISS Spacewalkers Free Stuck Cargo Ship Antenna

Two astronauts successfully freed a stuck cargo ship antenna and broke records outside the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday despite a late start and spacesuit glitches during the last planned spacewalk of their six-month spaceflight.


A group of software engineers with ZERT has issued what it characterizes as an interim patch for the VML exploit, possibly closing the door to a new series of Trojans. In so doing, a new group resurrects some old questions about whether third parties should be trusted to patch Microsoft products.


England striker Wayne Rooney handed in a transfer request yesterday at Everton, the club said. The Merseyside team has turned down three bids this week for the 18-year-old -- two from Newcastle and one from Manchester United.


Xbox 360 Elite, Xbox Live Video Coming to Europe

Microsoft Corp. will sell its Xbox 360 Elite games console and offer Xbox Live video downloads in Europe starting later this year, a company executive announced at the E3 Media & Business Summit.


The second-seeded Fish gave away a lead in a 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 loss to Ricardo Mello of Brazil on Wednesday night in a second-round match at the $380,000 Millennium International tennis tournament.


Calo misure carcere duro preoccupa procuratore antimafia


The $90,000 the FBI says it found in Rep. William Jefferson's freezer wasn't the death knell of his political career.


Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain's oldest monarch

Queen Elizabeth II was set Thursday to become Britain's oldest monarch, overtaking her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria amid signs the royal family is preparing for life after 81-year-old "Lillibet".


A rock quarried in Scotland is blasted into space to probe suggestions meteorites could carry life.


A Slow, Winding Descent Through a Hallucinatory World Befogged by Opium

âLa BayadÃ¨reâ is, above all, about transcendence, which is just as well, for there is much to transcend.


Danny Williams failed in his bold attempt to follow Lennox Lewis and become the linear heavyweight champion of the world in Las Vegas on Saturday night.


Microsoftâs proposed mega-bid for Yahoo is based on its own particular corporate needs and may not be a harbinger of rampant deal-making in Silicon Valley.


Putin: Russia may target Ukraine if it joins NATO

President Vladimir Putin warned on Tuesday that Russia could be forced to redirect its missiles towards Ukraine if Kiev joined the NATO military alliance.


Insurers Object to New Provision in Medicare Law

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


89 dead in twin Russian plane crashes, terror probed

Russia observed a day of mourning for the 89 people killed when two Russian passenger jets crashed almost simultaneously hundreds of miles apart after taking off from the same Moscow airport, raising new fears of terrorist attacks.


Roma, 20:41 - BASKET, ULEB CUP: IN CAMPO FORTITUDO E TREVISO

Nona giornata di Uleb Cup domani sera alle 20.30 al PalaDozza, penultima di regular season. La Beghe...


T-Mobile USA sees high-speed network 2 years off

That would likely put the company well behind its bigger rivals in delivering services such as mobile Internet to mobile phones at speeds similar to connections many consumers have on their home computers.


Russian President Vladimir Putin  Thursday strongly defended the takeover by state oil firm  Rosneft of stricken oil major YUKOS's key production unit,  Yuganskneftegaz, saying it was a legitimate business deal.


Police: Thatcher was preparing to leave for Dallas when arrested

CAPE TOWN, South Africa South African police say Mark Thatcher was planning to leave South Africa for Dallas when he was arrested in an alleged coup plot.


Nokia to buy software developer Trolltech for $153M

Nokia has offered to buy Trolltech, the Norwegian developer of a widely used application framework, for 844 million Norwegian kroner ($153 million) in cash. Nokia hopes the Trolltech development team will give its own software efforts a boost.Trolltech develops Qtopia, a framework used to build user interfaces for mobile and embedded devices, and Qt, a cross-platform application development framework.Nokia hopes to use Trolltech's expertise to improve the interfaces on its S40 mobile phone and S60 smartphone platforms, but Trolltech targets many software platforms with its application frameworks.In 2006, Samsung unveiled a reference design for a mobile phone running Qtopia Phone Edition on top of a Linux operating system. And the Trolltech team has been working since late 2006 on a version of Qt for Microsoft's Windows CE and Windows Mobile platforms.Qt is also used in a variety of widely used desktop software, including Skype's Internet telephony application, the Google Earth satellite photo browser, and Adobe Photoshop Album, now part of the Photoshop Elements image editor, according to Trolltech.The framework is available under commercial and open-source licenses: it is also used by the developers of KDE, a desktop environment for Linux operating systems. Trolltech recently updated the licensing conditions for Qt, making the code available under the GPLv3 license in addition to the GPLv2 license it already uses.The Trolltech team will become part of Nokia's research and development group, where it plans to continue its work with the developers of KDE.Despite the close relationship Nokia will now have with the developers of KDE, the company will continue to use a rival software platform in its Linux-based N800 and N810 mobile Internet devices."Our platform for Internet tablets will continue to be based on the Gnome environment," said Kai Öistämö, Nokia's executive vice president for devices.However, Nokia will use Qt in its S40 and S60 platforms, Öistämö said. He would not say when phones containing the code will reach the market.Nokia has pledged to continue offering commercial and open source licenses for Qt and other Trolltech products as it continues their future development.The two companies expect to complete the acquisition in the second quarter. The deal requires the approval of holders of 90 percent of Trolltech's shares. Nokia already has support from the holders of 66 percent of the shares, it said.


Security: We've heard of it A small minority of users - as few as one in 20 - is running fully-patched Windows PCs.â¦


Glaxo Plans Big Cutbacks After Posting Drop in Profit

GlaxoSmithKline said it would cut jobs as part of a cost-savings plan after a sharp drop in sales of its diabetes drug and generic competition led to a 5.8 percent drop in profits.


Roma: auto contro famigliola a Porta S. Pancrazio, due morti

Due persone sono morte questa mattina poco prima delle 10 in un incidente stradale avvenuto in piazzale di Porta San Pancrazio, al Gianicolo. Secondo una prima ricostruzione, un'auto ha investito una famigliola


In tre anni 32 boutique monobrand e 132 'shop in shop'


President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry traded heated criticism yesterday in their final full day of campaigning before Thursday's debate, with Bush accusing Kerry


Udine, 15:28 - CALCIO, LEONARDI: VENDEREMO QUAGLIARELLA A MIGLIOR OFFERENTE

Il direttore generale dell'Udinese, Pietro Leonardi, ha confermato attraverso i microfoni di Sky, l'...


Will Small Biz Suffer From The Credit Crunch?

Lenders haven't locked their doors, but they are raising their standards.


South Africa on Monday threw its weight behind a proposed UN arms embargo on conflict-wracked Ivory Coast ahead of a crucial vote on the issue in the Security Council.


'Major' fire at hotel: emergency services

Firefighters were called Saturday to tackle a severe fire at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, scene of an attempt to assassinate former prime minister Margaret Thatcher in 1984.


Tassa portata dal 20 al 5% per incoraggiare risparmio


At least three people are killed and several injured as two trains collide on the Italian island of Sardinia, police say.


'Friday Night' Takes the Ball & Runs With It

In the punt, pass, and pray world of Texas football, the goal post is a holy crossbar, and you'd best genuflect before the uprights if you know what's good for you.


The mass murderers who seized the school in Beslan, Russia, this month committed one of the most heinous acts of terrorism in world history.


No Need to Worry About Flu Shot Supply: Officials

Canada's chief public health officer says Canadians need not worry about a public shortage of flu vaccine. Dr. David Butler-Jones says the biggest impact from higher demands has been on the private supply.


Addiction experts say video games not an addiction

Doctors backed away on Sunday from a  controversial proposal to designate video game addiction as a  mental disorder akin to alcoholism, saying psychiatrists should  study the issue more.


Little League Player Out With Chickenpox

A player from Taiwan was quarantined after being diagnosed with chickenpox at the Little League World Series.


Columbia, 17:49 - NUOTO, COVENTRY (ZIMBABWE) BATTE RECORD 200 DORSO

E' di Kirsty Coventry il nuovo record mondiale dei 200 metri dorso. La nuotatrice dello Zimbabwe ha ...


Thailand pulls Iranian cartoon from film festival

Thailand has caved in to pressure from Iran and withdrawn the animated movie "Persepolis", about a girl growing up and feeling repressed under Islamic rule, from next month's Bangkok International Film Festival.


Weight Watchers Targets the Atkins-Weary

Weight Watchers International Inc. (WTW.N) is hoping to reel in U.S. dieters disillusioned with low-carb plans like Atkins, though it remains to be seen if its new program will help revitalize battered profits and membership rolls.


There will be no pre-election cash giveaway, says Gordon Brown as he suggests he still wants to be premier.


Mexico's top electoral court begins a long-awaited session to rule on the 2 July presidential poll.


Tonic for Live search Microsoft has bought Medstory Inc for an undisclosed amount to try and improve its Live search site.â¦


Since Steve Ralston joined the Revolution in 2002, the team has displayed some of the most effective right wing play in Major League Soccer. But finding a left winger to complement Ralston has been difficult.


The Next Wave in Superhighways, or A Big, Fat Texas Boondoggle?

The fight is on over a plan to build vast corridors for cars, trucks, trains -- and almost everything else


Shares of Mace Security International  Inc. MACE.O soared more than 75 percent on Tuesday after the  maker of personal defense products said it had developed a new  pepper gel to stop attacks.


UEFA to investigate behaviour at Valencia versus Werder

NYON, Dec 8 (SW) - The European governing body UEFA will be investigating both Valencia CF and Werder Bremen, following the clash between these two teams at Mestalla stadium on Tuesday.


RR Donnelley fourth-quarter loss narrows

Printing services company R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co.  on Tuesday said its fourth quarter loss narrowed as sales increased and restructuring and impairment charges fell.


Toshiba has hammered another nail in the Blu-Ray coffin, by announcing a dual layer HD-DVD and DVD disc. This means that studios will be able to sell discs that have the DVD version on one side and the HD-DVD


Bollywood actor Aamir Khan says he has farming heritage and can buy land, unlike actor Amitabh Bachchan.


Si allarghera' spred fra rendimento tedesco e italiano


Upscale department store chain  Nordstrom Inc. posted forecast-beating sales on Wednesday,  spurring its stock to an all-time high as demand for luxury  goods lent luster to an otherwise modest spending period.


Tucked into that $136 billion in corporate tax breaks President Bush just signed was the point of the bill: Lifting a $5 billion annual export subsidy the World Trade Organization had ruled illegal.


France looks into bin Laden death report

The French defense ministry on Saturday called for an internal investigation of the leak of an intelligence document that raises the possibility that Osama bin Laden may have died of typhoid in Pakistan a month ago but said the report of the death remained unverified.


CNET News.com Coverage of Mozilla Firefox 1.0

CNET News.com has a special section about the launch of Mozilla Firefox 1.0. First up is a two-page article about the release, which includes some factual errors (for example, the article says the success


Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy is stretchered out of the Labour Party conference after taking ill.


Jealous ex used MySpace to plot hit: police

New tools, old jobs An American woman has been accused of trying to hire someone to kill her ex-boyfriend's new lover after finding her details listed on his MySpace page. According to Arizona police, 22-year Heather Kane old paid an undercover officer $400, promising a further $600 once the job was done.â¦


As music growth shows signs of slowing, Jobs looks to extend its iTunes formula to movies and the living room. By Pete Mortensen. Plus: Check out our Apple Keynote blog.


The top anti-spyware products are reviewed at Adware Report. In-depth, side-by-side comparisons of popular spyware removal applications help you find the software that's right for you.


Would-be sellers of tickets to Saturdayâs Patriots-Giants game are finding that despite brisk sales, demand is not matching the supply, at least at inflated asking prices.


Zoo Atlanta is hoping to hear the pitter-patter of little panda paws again. Now that giant panda cub Mei Lan is old enough to be weaned, zookeepers hope her mother, Lun Lun, is ready to mate again. If all goes as planned, Lun Lun will become pregnant this spring and deliver Zoo Atlanta's second giant panda cub at the end of the summer.


Motorists slid off roads Sunday as a wind-blown brew of snow, sleet and freezing rain cut visibility and iced over highways from the Great Lakes to New England.


Swiss slashes first-half net loss but fuel costs hamper turnaround

The airline Swiss said it had managed to cut its first-half net loss by about 90 percent but warned that spiralling fuel costs were hampering a turnaround despite increasing passenger travel.


Cheney raises concerns about China, North Korea

Vice President Dick Cheney on Friday expressed concerns about China's military build-up and also questioned whether North Korea would follow through on its commitments in a recent nuclear deal.


It's Inauguration Time Again, and Access Still Has Its Price

President Bush's inaugural committee, seeking to raise more than $40 million, a record, sent out hundreds of solicitations.


Milano, 17:32 - MOTOCICLISMO, MELANDRI OPERATO ALLE CORDE VOCALI

Il pilota italiano della Honda Marco Melandri è stato sottoposto oggi ad un piccolo intervent...


A sign is displayed at a movie theater about the Afghan elections next to a Afghan restaurant in the Little Kabul area of Fremont, Calif.


Excerpts from the citation awarding the 2004 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences to Finn E. Kydland of Norway and Edward C. Prescott of the United States for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics and the time consistency of economic policy


Four Dead, 80 Hurt in Attack Iraqi National Guard

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


Anne Frank's family sought U.S. visa, letters show

The father of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl whose diaries of life hiding from the Nazis became world famous, sought money and help obtaining a U.S. visa from a wealthy New York friend in hopes of escaping Europe, according to documents released on Wednesday.


Tata Steel topped an offer from Brazilâs Companhia SiderÃºrgica Nacional to win a heated auction for its European rival, the Corus Group.


The dollar paused from recent heavy  selling on Wednesday, holding near overnight levels against the  euro and the yen as investors brushed aside revised data that  confirmed sluggish growth in Japan's economy.


Appeals Court Reverses Three Judgments Here: The Cases Involved Two Nightclubs, Kroger and Illinois Central Railroad.

By Bill Bartleman, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Mar. 7--FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The Kentucky Court of Appeals has reversed a $2.1 million judgment against two former Paducah nightclubs and one of their owners because of improper instructions given to the jury.


Lo ha sancito la sesta sezione penale della Cassazione


Gli utili della casa madre subiranno diminuzione nel 2008


Scottish poll probe: e-counting gets mixed reviews

Not to blame, but not a fabulous idea Investigators looking into the cock-up that was the May elections in Scotland have issued their final report. Looking at the media coverage, you'd be forgiven for thinking they'd given the whole thing a clean bill of health.â¦


The average African is worse off now than during the colonial era, says the brother of South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki.


Milano, 17:56 - CALCIO, MILAN; KALADZE: OBIETTIVO E' VINCERE TUTTO

La Supercoppa per iniziare. ''Vogliamo vincere tutto'', ha detto il difensore georgiano Kakha Kaladz...


Republicans Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson topped a field of six presidential candidates at an Iowa party fundraiser Saturday evening, with Huckabee saying other candidates criticism of him shows his bid for the nomination is gaining steam.


Crude oil prices fell to a 15-week low in New York yesterday as the U.S. summer travel season ended and traders speculated that a dispute with Iran about nuclear research may be resolved without curtailing exports.


Deutsche Telekom AG and union negotiators resumed talks Wednesday hoping to end a monthlong strike over a plan to transfer workers to a new services unit and cut pay.


Description: The International Gymnastics Federation asks US gymnast Paul Hamm to give his Olympic all-around gold medal to South Korea's Yang Tae-young.


Diagnosticata forma batterica, avviata profilassi


Hitachi plans 500GB hard disk, largest ever

Hitachi Ltd. said yesterday that it is seeking to push the limits of data storage with smaller stamp-size disks for handheld gadgets and vastly higher-capacity drives that can store up to a half-terabyte of data.


Sudan Refuses Foreign Troops for in Darfur

During peace negotiations earlier today, the Sudanese government refused foreign troop deployments in Darfur, west of Sudan. The Sudanese Minister of Agriculture, Mazjub Al-Halifa Ahmed, is the government's representative in peace talks.


Female MPs are still subjected to sexist abuse by their male colleagues in the Commons, a new study finds.


Long criticized for its health care coverage, the retailer unveiled a plan Tuesday intended to cut employee costs, expand coverage and offer workers thousands of cheap prescription drugs.


Miguel Tejada was traded from the Baltimore Orioles to the Houston Astros for five players on Wednesday, giving the 2002 A.L. MVP a fresh start on a team looking to boost its lineup.


Civil war or not, some human rights experts say Iraq is showing precursor signs of genocide


How to understand a company's assets and liabilities.


Chirac faces British press criticism for comments during visit

French President Jacques Chirac faced at times scathing criticism from British newspapers for stressing his continued differences with London over Iraq during a visit to Britain.


U.S. Report Finds No Evidence of Iraq WMD

WASHINGTON - Contradicting the main argument for a war that has cost more than 1,000 American lives, the top U.S. arms inspector said Wednesday he found no evidence that Iraq produced any weapons of mass destruction after 1991...


A Romanian priest who led a dayslong exorcism ritual for a young nun that ended with the woman's death was sentenced Monday to 14 years in prison.


The company on Thursday will take the wraps off three new configurable desktops.


An airport worker is fighting to get her job back after being sacked for wearing a nose stud.


Reed Elsevier business unit's growth may slow: report

Growth at Reed Business, part of Anglo-Dutch publishing group Reed Elsevier   , could be slower 2008, its head told a Dutch newspaper on Wednesday.


Researchers say eating peanuts could prevent allergy relapse

Doctors know that about 20 percent of children with peanut allergies will outgrow the problem, but a new study suggests avoiding peanuts all together could make the allergy come back.


Game Biz Guns for Mainstream by Going Casual

The gaming industry is set to court the swelling ranks of casual gamers who favor the ease-of-gameplay offered by platforms like the Wii and Nintendo DS, along with the varied selection and lower prices offered through downloadable games.


Market for data loss prevention is increasingly becoming consolidated, but industry leader Vontu could become the odd man out.


U.S. Army: Attacks Down in Iraq After Elections

The number of attacks on U.S. and Iraqi security forces has declined significantly in the five days since millions of Iraqis braved threats to vote, the U.S. military said Friday, but the insurgency remains dangerous.


Bill Parcells wants to develop Drew Henson into an NFL quarterback and he wants to win games. If he has to pick one, he'll take winning every time.


Movado is worth watching because its acquisition of Ebel should boost international sales.


Israel demolishes family home of Palestinian militants

BETHLEHEM, West Bank : The Israeli army demolished the family home of three brothers from the Bethlehem region who have been detained on suspicion of their involvement in anti-Israeli attacks.


Trial of suspected Rwandan genocide mastermind resumes

The trial is due to resume of the man accused of masterminding the Rwandan genocide in 1994 and of the only woman to have been detained over the massacre by the United Nations court trying the suspects.


Patriots 52, Redskins 7: Patriots Drive Over Redskins on Way to Meeting With Colts

The Patriots thrashed the Redskins on Sunday to improve to 8-0 and set up one of the most eagerly anticipated regular-season games in at least a decade against the Colts.


This movie taken by the Cassini spacecraft shows the surface and atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan over a range of infrared wavelengths, from .


ExxonMobil Corp. and Royal Dutch/Shell Group yesterday reported large increases in third-quarter profits, part of an industry-wide windfall caused by high oil prices and strong demand.


The US says it hopes North Korea nuclear talks could resume in July, as UN monitors head to Pyongyang.


Marxist rebels have abducted at least eight Colombian tourists celebrating Christmas at a lakeside spa in the northwest, officials said Saturday.


Rite Aid offers slow sales and minuscule shareholder rewards. What's to love?


Bloodiest Day for U.S. Troops in Iraq, 37 Killed

Thirty-one U.S. troops died in a  helicopter crash in Iraq and six more were killed in insurgent  attacks on Wednesday, the deadliest day for American forces  since they invaded the country 22 months ago.


Canada and most other members of the G8 are failing to meet their fair share of the cost of financing the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Global AIDS Alliance said Thursday.


Army in Togo Widely Condemned for Seizing Power

World leaders condemned Togo's army on  Sunday for suspending the West African nation's constitution  and installing a new president following the death of  Gnassingbe Eyadema, who was Africa's longest serving ruler at  38 years.


Schiller elected president of international body

Harvey Schiller, the former executive director of the U.S. Olympic Committee, has been elected president of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) in a vote of IBAF delegates meeting Friday in Beijing.


Alle 18 salira' al Colle Marini, alle 19 Bertinotti


ABC News Gave Videotape of Attack Threat to FBI, CIA

ABC News has asked U.S. security  officials to examine a videotape it obtained in Pakistan of an  English-speaking man threatening a massive attack on the United  States, the network said on Wednesday.


Spain's Campofrio restructuring Russian operations

The Spanish group Campofrio Alimentacion, owner of CampoMos meat processing plants, announced the plans to restructure its Russian business.


Roma, 18:05 - MORTE TOSATTI; PAGNOZZI (CONI): LO SPORT GLI DEVE QUALCOSA

Il segretario generale del Coni Raffaele Pagnozzi è intervenuto sulla morte di Tosatti. "Tutt...


Today, many people rely on computers to do homework, work, create, etc., so it's important to take special care with your data storage. This week you'll learn about how to protect your data and prevent intrusions.  By Vincent Deguzman. 0919


The Bridge, a Documentary Film by Eric Steel

One night while channel surfing, I happened upon the odylic movie "The Bridge" on IFC. I tried to change the channel but was mesmerized and unable to look away. The movie is a hauntingly, beautiful tale of suicide at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.


India, northeast guerrillas hold peace talks

Separatist tribal rebels from India's northeast and government negotiators launched fresh talks in New Delhi on Saturday in a bid to keep alive a peace process in the restive region, rebel officials said.


Jane Pauley, whose highly anticipated syndicated talk show debuts Aug. 30, reveals she was treated for bipolar disorder in her new memoir, "Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue.


Blog: New rumors from publications in India say a "Google Phone" will likely be introduced within the next couple of weeks, but I wouldn't get too excited just yet.


It wasn't the eighth inning of a Game 7 in Yankee Stadium with the Sox clinging to a lead, but it was close.


US universities are 'open for business,' said US education secretary Margaret Spellings as she announced new student exchange initiatives this week.


Police say a number of people are seriously hurt in a crash involving 30 cars which was caused by fog.


Sleepy Interns Committing Key Errors, Study Shows

America's doctors-in-training are committing serious errors as a result of being forced to work over 80 hours a week, says new research which suggests the US medical community


GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Armored vehicles massed on Gaza's border Friday after Israel's security Cabinet approved a large-scale military operation - dubbed "Days of Penitence" - to stop Palestinian rocket fire.    Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz had ordered troops to "exact a price" from the militants, security officials said, after a Hamas rocket killed two children, ages 2 and 4, in an Israeli border town...


Two Koreas agree to meet, paving way for aid

North and South Korea agreed on Thursday to restart high-level talks, paving the way for food aid to resume after this week's breakthrough energy-for-disarmament deal with Pyongyang.


New iMac rumors growing; new iLife to come as well?

Blog: Momentum is starting to build behind the persistent rumors of new iMacs, and some think Apple will release an updated version of its iLife suite.


Pakistan debates bold new Musharraf plan on Kashmir

ISLAMABAD : A national debate is raging in Pakistan after President Pervez Musharraf's outlining of a range of bold new options for divided Kashmir that include independence, joint control with India and demilitarisation.


Rostropovich Russian art collection goes home

A 450-piece collection of Russian art amassed by exiled cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and his wife Galina Vishnevskaya has been sold privately and will return to Russia, a London auction house said on Monday.


VANCOUVER -- Concerns that the dome within Mount St. Helens's crater could release a rock-flinging, ash-filled explosion grew Wednesday after earthquake activity beneath the volcano steadily intensified.


L'editto religioso di un imam salafista ne chiede la liberazione

BAGDAD - Sarebbe giÃ  stato raggiunto l'accordo per il rilascio dei due giornalisti francesi tenuti in ostaggio in Iraq. Lo ha detto ai giornalisti Sylvie Cherpin, la fidanzata di uno dei due. Al momento perÃ²


Before It Airs, Under Armour Super Bowl Ad Questioned

At a cost of up to $100,000 per second, Super Bowl television ads guarantee buzz. But how much is it worth it when the buzz is about whether a company should have bought one?


India has launched its first satellite to be used for expanding the country's educational network. The Edusat, weighing around 2,000kg, will help train teachers and provide primary and secondary education by linking classrooms across India.


Arsenal striker Thierry Henry insists he will not be tempted by a move to either AC Milan or Barcelona.


Manchester United - the richest, most famous football club

LONDON: Manchester United, which said Monday it had received a takeover approach, stands as the richest and one of the most famous football club's in the world, 126 years after being formed by railway workers.


How the Cooling Economy Is Stealing Targetâs Christmas

Despite rosier expectations, Target is muddling through this holiday season, perplexing those who consider the chain a bellwether.


More Questions for Producer of Flu Vaccine

The F.D.A. is demanding that Chiron provide more information about its plans to fix widespread sanitary problems at its flu vaccine factory in England.


Dale Earnhardt Jr. found the perfect cure for his struggling team's ills: Winning. Earnhardt broke out of a six-week slump Saturday night with a convincing victory in the Sharpie 500, giving him a weekend sweep at Bristol Motor Speedway that will certainly give him momentum for the upcoming championship chase.


SME, SENTENZA ATTESA PER DOMANI POMERIGGI

L'avvocato Ghedini: ''Io credo si concluderÃ  con l'assoluzione. E sono sicuro che porterÃ  piÃ¹ serenitÃ  sulla scena politica italiana''. Milano, 9 dic. (Adnkronos) - E' attesa per domani pomeriggio la sentenza


In primo semestre -279 milioni rispetto al 2006


Zorilla, St. John's Prep beat Central to the pounce

Travis Zorilla recovered two first-half fumbles that led to touchdowns, helping St. John's Prep defeat Central Catholic, 21-14, in a nonleague game in Danvers yesterday.


Why you need to consider foreign companies that aren't on the major U.S. exchanges.


Sweden's prime minister meets Muslim envoys in an effort to defuse a row about a Prophet Muhammad cartoon.


NFL Game Summary - Minnesota at Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Donovan McNabb threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for another score to lead the Philadelphia Eagles to a 27-16 victory over the Minnesota Vikings at Lincoln Financial Field.


Boldly going where no chips have gone before

Paris - One of the last frontiers of semiconductor technology - environments where electronic devices have to run at high power, in fierce heat or at lethal doses of radiation - may be about to fall.


Two New Polls Show Deadlocked White House Race

Two national polls on Thursday  showed the race between President Bush and Democrat John Kerry  deadlocked as Bush's convention bounce faded, although the  president has made headway in key swing states.


Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley emphasized the importance of IRA disarmament to the peace process Tuesday.


Murray moves into Marseille tennis semi-finals

British fourth seed Andy Murray moved into semi-finals of the ATP tournament in Marseille following a 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) win over Nicolas Mahut of France on Friday.


Profile: Sistani, crucial person in postwar Iraq

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's top Shiite Muslim cleric, rarely speaks in public but wields leverage in shaping the future of postwar Iraq.


Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has finally gone too far. Confronted last week by a Guardsman who described soldiers rummaging through landfills for protective metal for their vehicles, Rumsfeld's cavalier


Rachel Ray back for seconds at Food Network

LOS ANGELES  - Rachael Ray has signed a new two-year deal with Food Network.


NASA Spacecraft Make New Discoveries about Northern Lights

NASA's fleet of THEMIS satellites have made some surprising new discoveries about outbursts of Northern Lights and the source of their power.  The discoveries include giant magnetic ropes that connect Earth to the Sun and  explosions in the outskirts of Earth's magnetic field.


ISLA HOLBOX, Mexico -- The whale shark -- a massive, polka-dotted creature stretching about 23 feet long -- slowly swam up alongside the scientists' boat. As it neared, they tossed a handful of pre-soaked rice in front of its enormous mouth. The rice rushed in along with the seawater, and the wha...


Chelsea to hit top gear, Terry warns United

Chelsea captain John Terry has warned Premiership leaders Manchester United that the Blues have still to get fully into their stride this season.


Italy win the bronze medal in the men's football tournament to deny Iraq a medal.


Standing in the baking sun outside the U.S. Consulate in Monterrey, hundreds of Mexicans wait anxiously for temporary work visas. But even before they were fingerprinted and interviewed for the permit, many had already paid recruiters thousands of dollars in hopes of easing the way.


The company may be ready for EU CO2 emissions-cap regulations, but says its customers prefer upscale models with bigger engines. Those V-8s will be a challenge to cap. In Autopia.


Bolivian farmers plan 'self-defense' units

Bolivia's largest agribusiness group said Wednesday it would form "self-defense" units to defend land it fears the country's new leftist government will confiscate to give to the poor.


Real Madrid will play the last six minutes of their match with Real Sociedad on January 5 after yesterdayâs encounter was abandoned because of a bomb scare.


Heidi Klum and Seal are parents once again. Klum gave birth Wednesday to Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo Samuel, who weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces, according to Seal's Web site, which did not say where the baby was born.


Kathmandu gets first snowfall in 63 years

Snow fell on Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, for the first time in 63 years on Wednesday, stirring excitement and curiosity among residents and their children.


With U.S. markets closing for Thanksgiving, Google Inc.'s skyrocketing share price andÂ Dell Inc.'s earnings report are ending the fall trading season on a high note. Both developments, which pushed the Nasdaq Composite Index to rise 11.14 points and close at 2465.98 before the Thanksgiving break, highlight positive underlying trends but are shadowed by questions about long-term profits.


Blair gives qualified Iraq apology to woo party

BRIGHTON, England - Tony Blair offered his Labour party on Tuesday a partial apology for waging war in Iraq -- a desperate attempt to pull supporters back behind him ahead of an election next year.


Sssh!! Russia's oldest theatre hushes mobile phones

Russia's oldest theatre has installed equipment to block mobile phone signals in a desperate attempt to force patrons to stop taking calls during performances, Itar-Tass news agency reported on Thursday.


Golden Globes give little clarity to Oscar race

Hollywood's Golden Globe nominations did little to define leaders in the Oscar race as experts on Friday said the sweepstakes for the world's top film honors remained confined to a narrow list of contenders.


Dramatic rises in international food prices are threatening millions of people in poor countries, the UN warns.


com. Intel on Wednesday added a faster Pentium M processor to its Centrino chip-set bundle for laptops. The Pentium M 765 runs at 2.1GHz, packs 2MB of Level 2 cache, and uses Intel's power-saving technologies to extend battery life, said Intel.


Scientists: Lake Mead may be dry by 2012

Changes in climate and strong demand for Colorado River water could drain Lake Mead by 2021, triggering severe shortages across the region, scientists warn.


One day after Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled an ambitious health-care plan, an image of her -- surrounded by children and cradling a baby -- flickered across television screens Tuesday in Iowa and New Hampshire.


Brad Boyes had become like a surgeon who can't quite figure out what that scalpel is doing in his hand.


Milosevic lawyers ask to be removed from case

THE HAGUE : The defence lawyers imposed on former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic asked to be removed from his war crimes trial, a move observers said would inevitably lead to more delays in the mammoth case.


625mila euro per violazione norme su pubblicita' e minori


Carla Coco-Boutte stepped off the train for a brief Canadian excursion, but she wasn't looking for typical souvenirs such as aboriginal carvings or smoked salmon. The 51-year-old former airline employee planned to return to her home in Santa Barbara, Calif., with an armload of prescription drugs she bought at a fraction of what she would pay at home.


BBC education correspondent Mike Baker on the changes happening in the new school year.


L'aumento delle temperature farebbe sciogliere il permafrost


The House approved a major ports security bill early Saturday, providing new steps to prevent terrorists from slipping a nuclear, chemical or biological device into one of the 11 million shipping containers entering the nation every year.


At least 78 Muslim detainees suffocated or were crushed to death after police rounded up 1,300 people and packed them into trucks following a riot in southern Thailand. Islamic leaders accused troops Tuesday of overreacting and warned the deaths could worsen sectarian violence.


Nigerian leader visits Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region

Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo flew to Sudan's troubled Darfur region to assess the crisis there following talks with his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Beshir, an AFP correspondent reported.


Wisconsin's dramatically increased Canada goose flock is laying problems, not the fabled golden eggs. The majestic birds are nuisances — at golf courses, parks and other places near water and lush with grass — because of the mess they leave behind, not to mention their sometimes aggressive behavior.


Pass the popcorn, it is the summer of plenty!

The heat is on. As the mercury soars, Hollywood and Bollywood are trying to make hay with the third installment of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and Yash Raj Films' forthcoming release "Jhoom Barabar Jhoom" during the extended holiday period in India before a dull phase sets in.


A British Airways jet which had to divert to Amsterdam after a "specific threat" was made against it has been cleared by Dutch authorities after a thorough search.


Water is accumulating on the underground roof of the Big Dig tunnels, according to Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly, who said yesterday that his office is trying to determine whether the pools of water pose any threat of damage to the $14.


In a season filled with uncertainty and unpredictable play, the only dependable part of the Celtics' game-night drama has been the raised voice of coach Doc Rivers. With a rant that rivaled Rick Pitino in duration and decibel levels, Rivers scolded Boston for failing to play together last night at the Wachovia Center. In many ways, the Celtics' ...


Sprint-Nextel deal also could pack extra: Nextel Partners

A marriage of Nextel Communications and Sprint could mean significant change for Kirkland-based Nextel Partners as well. Sprint and Nextel Communications are reportedly close to a deal that would create the third-largest US wireless carrier.


Report: 'MySpace Tom' lied about his age. Yawn.

Newsweek investigation reveals that the co-founder of the News Corp.-owned social network is 36, not 32. Does anybody really care?


The Messenger spacecraft dashed past Mercury on Monday, getting a glance at the solar systemâs innermost planet, which it will eventually orbit for detailed studies.


Chancellor Gordon Brown's mother Elizabeth has died in hospital aged 86, it is announced.


U.S. nanoscientists say they've transformed a molecule of chlorophyll-a from spinach into a complex biological switch. The study by Ohio University physicists Saw-Wai Hla and Violeta Iancu is said to have possible future applications for green energy, technology and medicine.


Lecce, 23:02 - CALCIO, SERIE B: NELL'ANTICIPO LECCE-TREVISO 1-1

Nell'anticipo della 24/a giornata del campionato di serie B, Lecce e Treviso hanno pareggiato 1-1. L...


As Woods Enters Prime, Time Is on His Side

With a growing business empire and an increasing sense of inevitability that his quest to rewrite the golf record book will come to a foregone conclusion, Tiger Woods is poised for even more success.


Ottawa health summit still looking for a cure for the ailing ...

OTTAWA (CP) - The first ministers health summit headed into its final day Wednesday with the premiers and the prime minister still looking for a cure for the ailing patient - medicare.


La donna, 51 anni, titolare di un piccolo ristorante, aveva appena ritirato 40 mila eurofrutto di un ricatto. Fermata dalla pattuglia che l'aveva seguita ha quasi investito due militari                                            Verona, donna uccisa dai carabinieri tentava la fuga dopo un'estorsione


France says SocGen under no pressure to merge

French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said on Monday that Societe Generale, hit by $7 billion in losses from rogue trades, was under no pressure to merge with another bank as its shares plunged.


Software company Adobe issued a updated version of Acrobat for the Windows and the Macintosh OS X platforms this week, fixing three security holes that could be used to compromise a user's system.


Bioterror readiness: Mass. ties for last

Massachusetts is the least-prepared among all states to handle a bioterrorist attack, according to a new study released yesterday.


Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, who has warned of deepening chaos in Iraq, said he would not send additional US troops even if turmoil persists into next year.


The US authorities have begun a major relief operation as south-eastern states continue to assess Hurricane Ivan's deadly impact.


ChevronTexaco Corp., the No. 2 U.S. oil company, on Friday reported a rise in quarterly profit, pumped up by record oil and gas prices and gains on asset sales.


VATICANO - LE PAROLE DELLA DOTTRINA a cura di don Nicola Bux e don Salvatore Vitiello - Dopo il Family day CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) -  ÂContra facta non valet argumentumÂ. LÂantico adagio filosofico mostra tutta la propria veritÃ , che resiste anche ai piÃ¹ violenti e subdoli tentativi di riduzionismo. Il Family Day italiano 2007 Ã¨ stato un evento...


NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Shares of biotechnology company Eyetech Pharmaceuticals fell in after-hours trading Friday after a key US Food and Drug Administration advisory panel withheld approval for Macugen, a new drug to treat failing eyesight in the elderly.


Tony Blair is to address leaders at conference of centre-left leaders in Hungarian capital Budapest.


What's Apple got up its sleeve? Live photo updates from the Apple announcement in San Francisco.


Sanjay Gupta plans birthday party for Ekta

Sanjay Gupta and Ekta Kapoor are unlikely creative compatriots in the entertainment industry, but their production partnership in "Shootout At Lokhandwala" has paid rich dividends.


Harmony seeks to buy Gold Fields in $8.1 billion deal

LONDON (CBS.MW) -- South African mining group Harmony (UK:HRM) said it would "shortly post" a proposed $8.1 billion, stock-based takeover of South African miner Gold Fields (GFI) .


Three people are found guilty of supplying cannabis-laced chocolate bars to multiple sclerosis sufferers for pain relief.


DEQ Sets Environmental Issues Conference

By Advocate staff report  The public is invited to attend "Environmental Justice Listening Session" set for 8 a.m. Tuesday at the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, 602 N. Fifth St.  The daylong conference will be held in the Oliver Pollock Room.


The funeral of Colin and Johnny McRae is due to take place in a private crematorium service.


Anti-Doping Agency Is Boosted By Ban of Sprinter in Balco Case

The United States Anti-Doping Agency received an important validation yesterday in its attempt to punish athletes who were suspected of doping in the Balco steroids scandal but who had not failed a drug test.


Pennsylvania Avenue is once again open for pedestrians to stroll past the White House — but not for drivers.


Ryan O'Neal says his weekend arrest came after he fired a gun in self-defense to prevent his son from whacking him with a fireplace poker.


Would Jason Bourne dress up as a gas pump for a YouTube video? Probably not. But Matt Damon, who plays him on the big screen, is willing to look silly when it comes to raising awareness about global warming.


Rapper Ice Cube Hot at Frozen Box Office

Rapper-turned-filmmaker Ice Cube  heated up the weekend box office in North America even as a  blizzard blanketed large chunks of the U.S. Northeast and  dampened overall ticket sales.


Privacy groups ramp up Google-DoubleClick attacks

As the Federal Trade Commission wraps up deliberations on whether to approve the $3.1 billion deal, consumer advocates argue privacy issues must be front and center.


Spain arrests 14 suspects on Islamist 'terrorism' ties: ministry

Spanish authorities arrested 14 people in Barcelona Saturday in connection with "radical Islamist terrorism" and several raids were carried out, Spain's Interior Ministry said.


NBA Fines Kings Guard Cuttino Mobley $10K

Sacramento guard Cuttino Mobley was fined $10,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for his protest after referees did not call goaltending on his last-minute shot during a loss to Dallas.


Incontro a Venezia per realizzare distretto a Porto Marghera


TV, trailers keep teens tuned into movies: study

NEW YORK  - A majority of teens see movies within the first two weeks after their release, and despite the surging popularity of the Internet among 13- to 17-year-olds, most find out about the latest films from TV ads and in-theater trailers, according to a new study from consumer research firm OTX and teen social networking site eCrush.