GOP aims for vote on ports security bill

Congressional Republicans aimed for a post-midnight vote Friday on a major ports security bill, capping a rush to complete security-related legislation before lawmakers leave to face the voters in the midterm elections.


Prospect of Mergers Lifts Foreign Markets

World stock markets ended higher Monday, as merger and acquisition talk bolstered shares in Europe and Japan.


A US military intelligence soldier in Iraq has been sentenced to 8 months in prison for taking part in torturing detainees in Abu Ghraib prison.


Clinton Lake Angler Has Amazonian Experience

By Scott Richardson  CLINTON - DeWitt County is a long way from the Amazon River in South America. But that didn't stop a toothy pacu from taking bait that Virgil Hunter of Weldon dangled in the hot-water discharge of Clinton Lake about 5 p.m. Saturday.


Berlino, 20:05 - CALCIO, GERMANIA: SOSPESO UN ALTRO ARBITRO

Ancora una sospensione nell'ambito dello scandalo delle partite truccate nel calcio tedesco. Oggi Ã¨ ...


Ma percezione calo potere acquisto non infondata


Protesters defy junta crackdown in Myanmar town

Around 50 members of Myanmar's main  opposition party staged a protest march in a provincial town on  Monday, witnesses said, as a major junta crackdown failed to  stifle rare displays of public anger at soaring fuel prices.


Cash'n'Carrion Lots of torch for not much cash


A former Guantanamo prisoner thought to have forged ties with al-Qaida since his release is leading a militant band whose members have strapped explosives on two


Vodafone Launches Desktop Text Messaging Software

Vodafone customers are charged for text messages they send on their monthly phone bills. The senders can choose whether replies are sent back to the e-mail inbox or to a mobile phone.


Russian Mobster Makes Crime Pay with TV Series

A Russian mob boss, fed up with the "unrealistic mafia shows" usually shown on television has taken matters into his own hands by creating his own series.


U.S. mortgage applications fell in latest week: MBA

Applications for U.S. home mortgages fell last week with the number of business days truncated by the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, an industry group said on Wednesday.


Celtics rout Nuggets with big first half

Hard to believe, but Boston's newest Big Three thinks it can play even better.


ASIA/TAIWAN - ÂVoglio EvangelizzareÂ Ã¨ il tema del Seminario annuale promosso dal Centro per la promozione della Catechesi dellÂArcidiocesi di Tai Pei, in programma a marzo Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - ÂVoglio EvangelizzareÂ Ã¨ il significativo tema scelto dal Centro per la promozione della Catechesi dellÂArcidiocesi di Tai Pei per il suo Seminario annuale sullÂevangelizzazione in programma a marzo. Secondo quanto riferisce...


Lawyer denies Kovtun in critical condition

Dmitry Kovtun, a contact of poisoned  Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, is in satisfactory health  and media reports he is in critical condition are wrong, a  lawyer told Reuters on Thursday.


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Bush Vows Second-Term Push for Palestinian State

President Bush vowed on Friday to  use the next four years to help establish a Palestinian state,  and he and British Prime Minister Tony Blair said they would  help craft a post-Arafat strategy for making it happen.


Switzerland returns frozen bribes to Taiwan

Switzerland on Wednesday returned to Taiwan 34 million dollars out of a total 520 million dollars (391 million euros) frozen in Swiss banks following a giant corruption scandal involving the sale of French frigates to Taipei.


New on DVD: 'The Namesake' and 'Stardust'

Mira Nair creates another triumphant cross-cultural odyssey; 'Stardust' plays like 'The Princess Bride' â but with Robert De Niro as an effeminate pirate.


The only numbers that matter to the Philadelphia Eagles' defense are the ones on the scoreboard.


USA Network has won its  bet on "Casino Royale."


Roma, 23:00 - BASKET, SERIE A: AVELLINO VINCE A MILANO, OK SIENA E TREVISO

Risultati della 16/a giornata di andata del campionato di serie A di basket: Montepaschi Siena-Tiset...


The suicide rate among young men in England and Wales is the lowest for 30 years, say researchers.


Podcast downloads are continuing to rise but regular listeners remain static, research suggests


MiloÅ¡evic can defend himself but must accept court lawyers, UN ...

1 November 2004 - Slobodan MiloÅ¡evic can go back to representing himself in his ongoing genocide trial but must let his court-appointed lawyers assist him if his health threatens to interfere with the case, a United Nations tribunal ruled today.


MBIA Takes Steps to Keep Triple-A Rating

MBIA said it would sell $1 billion of debt to preserve capital and the triple-A ratings it needs to operate in a mortgage market under siege.


European Union Criticized for Action Against Microsoft

Some EU Parliament members fear Europe won't get Vista OS on time.


Computers Add Sophistication, but Don't Resolve Climate Debate

hen the Bush administration issued an update last week on federal climate research, it was criticized with equal vigor by environmentalists and by industry-backed groups.


Giustizia, Dell'Utri: sono vittima del 'casellismo'

Marcello Dell'Utri, condannato a nove anni di carcere in primo grado, per "concorso esterno in associazione mafiosa" proclama la sua innocenza ed accusa la magistratura di aver scritto la sentenza perchÃ© altrimenti "sarebbe crollato il casellismo


The space-to-ground radio crackled recently with a message from Mission Control to U.S. astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria and his two crewmates at the international space station.


Eurostar posts turnover increase after revamp

Eurostar, which operates the high-speed rail link connecting Britain with France and Belgium, announced a sharp rise in turnover and passenger numbers Wednesday after major service improvements.


Giants Need to Find Their Finishing Touch

As Saturday nightâs game against the Patriots showed, the Giantsâ inability to finish big games is a big issue as the playoffs arrive.


The Beetle and 911 Turbo in one garage:  What seems a mismatch is really the closing of the circle for a dynasty.


Abbas says ready to hold talks with Olmert

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday he was ready to meet Israeli Prime   Minister Ehud Olmert as soon as possible to resume long-stalled   peace negotiations.


At least 10,000 people flee fresh violence since the start of peace talks in Somalia's capital, the UN says.


YahooÂs refusal to talk about its efforts to create digital copies of books is another setback for Google as it prepares to fight a copyright infringement suit.


President Bush's job approval rating climbed to 55 percent since winning re-election Nov. 2, the highest since the start of the year, according to a Gallup Organization poll for CNN and USA Today.


Eliot Spitzer, fresh from rocking the insurance industry, has now asked the music business to uncover the secrets behind how radio stations decide what records they play.


By JESSICA ROBERTSON NASSAU, Bahamas - The chief inspector of the Bahamas coroner's office on Wednesday called the death of Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son, Daniel, "suspicious," and scheduled a formal inquiry that could lead to criminal charges.


Senators Debate Significance of Pentagon Report On Intelligence

Senate Democrats and Republicans disagreed yesterday over the meaning and importance of a Defense Department inspector general's conclusion that a Pentagon policy office produced and gave senior policymakers "alternative intelligence assessments on Iraq and Al Qaida relations" that were "inconsistent" with the intelligence community's consensus view in the lead-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq....


Londra, 16:02 - CALCIO: DIFENDE GLAZER, TIFOSI MANCHESTER CONTESTANO A.D. GILL

Cresce la contestazione di una parte della tifoseria del Manchester United contro i proprietari amer...


European equity markets gave back modest but welcome opening gains on Thursday as selling resumed on Wall Street.


Apple Inc.'s flashy new iPhones may be jamming parts of the wireless network at Duke University, where technology officials worked with the company Wednesday to fix problems before classes begin next month.


India Says Rebel Chief Killed in Kashmir Gunbattle

SRINAGAR, India  - Indian soldiers killed the head  of a guerrilla group fighting for Kashmir's merger with  Pakistan in a gunbattle on Thursday, hours before President  Abdul Kalam began a rare visit to the region, an official said.


Carter Tossed As Nets Lose to Spurs 101-91

Bruce Bowen and the San Antonio Spurs couldn't get Vince Carter off his game, so they did the next best thing — they got him kicked out.


Sept. 17, 2004 - Some parts of language arise from the innate way humans process language, according to a new study of deaf children in Nicaragua.


Domani pomeriggio il rientro del feretro a Ciampino


Monsanto chemical company is under investigation in the wake of charges it paid contractors to dump highly toxic waste into landfill sites in Britain.


Four Florida police officers are suspended after tipping a quadriplegic man out of his wheelchair to search him.


Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, says "hatred" of his rival Hillary Rodham Clinton would motivate Republicans to vote against her in the general election.


Zagabria, 17:05 - PATTINAGGIO ARTISTICO; CAROLINA KOSTNER CAMPIONE D'EUROPA

Carolina Kostner ha vinto il titolo europeo ai campionati di pattinaggio artistico di Zagabria.


US captain Hal Sutton made sure this Ryder Cup gets off to a dynamic start by pairing Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson - America's best two players â-or the first time in the opening match at Oakland Hills.


Chambliss Calls Goss Best Choice To Lead Intelligence Community

WASHINGTON-- US Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., member of the Senate Select Committee on intelligence, delivered a statement to the Senate regarding the nomination of Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fl.


Australian state bans YouTube in schools

An Australian state has banned the video Web site YouTube from government schools in a crackdown on cyber-bullying, a minister said Thursday.


Detailed images from Nikon D3, Canon 40D

Time to start squinting at your screen. Nikon releases sample images from its D3 professional-grade SLR, and Canon 40D shots also are emerging.


England's Monty Panesar takes a five-wicket haul as Australia are dismissed for 244 in Perth, England 51-2 at the close.


TDi ConsoleWorks(R) to Run on Latest HP Integrity Servers Running HP-UX 11i V3

TECSys Development, Inc. (TDi), the leading provider of solutions that  manage, secure, and insure regulatory compliance of mission critical  infrastructures, today announced that ConsoleWorks v3.3 will run  on HP Integrity servers running HP-UX 11i v3.


Gruppo in crisi, lusinghe al patron della Renault


Trial in '04 Madrid train bombings opens

A trial into Spain's worst terrorist attack opened Thursday amid airtight security, with 29 suspects facing charges for the brutal 2004 bombings that killed 191 rush-hour commuters.


GENEVA - Governments must brace for a future flu outbreak because one will strike inevitably, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.


Home builder Toll Brothers Inc. today reported a 44 percent drop in quarterly profit but predicted the slumping U.S. housing market may have hit bottom, particularly in the Washington region.


Two Americans, One Briton Abducted in Iraq

Gunmen abducted two Americans and a Briton on Thursday in a brazen attack on a house in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood where many embassies and foreign companies are based, the Interior Ministry and witnesses said. It was the latest in a wave of kidnappings of foreigners in Iraq.


Iran's Revolutionary Guards say the death sentence against British author Salman Rushdie remains valid.


Italian politicians agree to work together to try to secure the release of two women kidnapped in Iraq.


Concern was mounting last night over the fate of two Italian aid workers kidnapped in Baghdad a fortnight ago, after two separate statements appeared on the internet claiming that the women had been killed.


A 17-year-old girl is the latest victim of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza to die of the virus in Egypt, the WHO says.


Sarebbero autori del colpo da un milione di euro a Lauria


"Would it have been nice? Sure. Would it have been a dream come true?"


Arab taboo phrase in Israel text book sparks outcry

A school text book for Arab children in Israel has sparked an outcry among rightist Jews by including a reference for the first time to the Palestinian view of the Jewish state's founding as a "catastrophe".


Clinton targets Obama 48 hours from 'Super Tuesday'

Democrat Hillary Clinton reeled off a sharp new attack on Barack Obama on Sunday, as polls showed their White House race tightening 48 hours before the "Super Tuesday" national nominating clash.


Another formula for hydrogen fuel pellets

Blog: PNNL says go for ammonia borane, not sodium borohydride, for hydrogen


BT is to offer Research in Motion's Blackberry mobile email and personal information management system, the UK telco said today.


AMHERST -- When the Commonwealth Classic was born, it more than lived up to its name. In 1995, the occasional basketball battles between Boston College and the University of Massachusetts were codified into a yearly series. On a snowy December day, 18,974 people, paying $35 or $50 a ticket, packed the newly christened FleetCenter to watch a Final Four-bound UMass ...


In February 2005, an auditor at the General Services Administration presented evidence to agency leaders that one of the government's top technology contractors was overcharging taxpayers.


Samsung Launches Wide TVs, Long-Life MP3s

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.  005930.KS will release an 80-inch plasma television set, a  portable music player that runs for 42 hours on one battery and  a DVD recorder that copies one disc directly from another, the  company said on Wednesday.


PORTLAND, Ore. -- All week long, Johnny Weir had been waiting to exhale. He'd arrived here as the reigning king of American figure skating, with all the perks and pressures that came with it.


Several people were shot and killed by a hostage taker who opened fire at an Amish school in Pennsylvania on Monday, police said, in the third fatal shooting at a U.S. school in a week.


The partner of the late soul singer James Brown sues for half of the star's estate and access to their home.


Trieste, 16:44 - CALCIO, TRIESTINA: PRESENTATA SINERGIA CON SQUADRA BASKET

E' stata presentata oggi l'iniziativa 'Triestina Calcio e Pallacanestro Trieste, insieme per la citt...


Per tutti quelli che vogliono vivere stabilmente in Italia


Edwards: Religion Shouldn't Divide Voters

John Edwards says voters should know that religion is important to him and to presidential candidate John Kerry but the issue shouldn't be used to divide people in the election.


Rock and roll accepts hip hop into Hall of Fame

Rap crossed musical genres and broke cultural barriers on Monday when the first hip-hop artists were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.


Beyonce leads singles chart for 10th week

Beyonce led the Billboard Hot 100  singles chart for a 10th consecutive week Thursday with  "Irreplaceable," while Nelly Furtado's "Say It Right" climbed  one spot to a new peak of No. 2.


It took a book called "The Jungle," a grim assessment of work inside slaughterhouses, plus a campaign by labor unions, medical professionals and consumer groups, to pressure Congress to pass the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act on the same day in 1906.


Iraq eyes big drop in foreign forces by end-2008

Foreign troop levels in Iraq could drop to less than 100,000 by the end of 2008 if Iraq's own forces were ready and security threats had diminished, Iraq's national security adviser said on Wednesday.


Europe's trade chief Peter Mandelson  meets his U.S. counterpart Robert Zoellick for the first time  on Monday amid signs of a truce in the dispute over government  aid for rivals Boeing and Airbus.


Mohammad Kaif hit 80 as India set Bangladesh a testing target of 246 to win the first one-day international in Chittagong. Kaif came to the crease with the tourists struggling on 45 for three and played the


VATICANO - LE PAROLE DELLA DOTTRINA a cura di don Nicola Bux e don Salvatore Vitiello - Il re Ã¨ nudo  (La finta Âtolleranza laicaÂ ha manifestato il suo volto) CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Ora, sembra davvero che il re sia nudo. (E ÂreÂ Ã¨ volontariamente minuscolo). La finta Âtolleranza laicaÂ ha manifestato il suo volto: i paladini dei diritti umani dovranno spiegare cosa sia la libertÃ  di coscienz...


Court to decide case on Bush's faith initiative

The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether a challenge can go forward arguing that President George W. Bush's faith-based initiative violates the constitutional requirement on church-state separation.


Someone posts credit card information on 1200 users; eBay downplays the event as a hoax.


Intanto aumenta l'occupazione nell'Ue-12, +1,4% nel 2006


Thompson to Leave Cabinet, Rumsfeld Stays

Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson announces his resignation at HSS headquarters in Washington Friday, Dec. 3, 2004.


'Sono suo amico e mi dispiace se si e' offeso'


Scenes of devastation have confronted aid teams as they arrived in Asia's isolated tsunami-hit areas, with entire towns destroyed and up to 5 million people in desperate need of food and water.


"Ma si rischia forte ritardo", Agnoletto ribadisce il suo no


In the distant future, soldiers wage war from within building-sized robots that bristle with laser turrets, rocket launchers and thick armor. "MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf" lets you experience these fearsome battle mechs firsthand.


Defeating its third top 10 opponent in an eight-day span, Rutgers stormed back in the second half to defeat previously undefeated Louisiana State.


chiefs hold emergency meetings over how to combat a mob turf battle in the southern Italian city. were the latest victims of a struggle for control a multi-billion dollar trade in drugs, arms and prostitution.


Israel seen failing to keep road map promises

Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad on Monday accused Israel of failing to keep its commitments to freeze Jewish settlement activity and to ease checkpoints that limit Palestinian mobility on the West Bank.


G.O.P. Seen to Be in Peril of Losing House

Republicans enter the fall campaign with their control of the House in jeopardy and the possibility of major Senate losses.


Injected Contraceptive Raises STD Risk - Study

Women who use the injected contraceptive Depo-Provera have a higher rate of sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.


A senior officer's suggestion of mitigating circumstances for drink driving are described as "absolutely obscene".


Net income was 1.7 billion euros ($2.5 billion) in contrast to a loss of 12 million euros in the period a year earlier, Daimler said.


Heath Ledger's family remembered the actor as "the most amazing 'old soul' in a young man's body." In a separate tribute, his sister said she could "hardly breathe" as she tried to write about "my little brother."


Envoy urges patience on North Korea deadline

North Korea's failure to meet a deadline to declare its nuclear activities needs to be confronted with patience and perseverance, a senior U.S. envoy said on Monday.


China rejects U.S. capsules, raisins for bacteria

China said on Friday it had destroyed or returned nutritional supplement capsules and raisins imported from the United States after detecting a higher-than-normal amount of bacteria.


Almost half of care homes for the elderly and a third for children fall short of national standards, experts claim.


Security forces in India-administered Kashmir say they have killed a top commander of a separatist group.


Pueblo transportation center will help get Britain's rail system back on track

For the last four years, experts on metallurgy and railroad safety have been traveling back and forth between Pueblo and the United Kingdom, called upon to help the British rail system improve the safety of its ...


Discount ISP United Online has agreed to buy alumni networking site Classmates Online for $128 million in cash, aiming to diversify beyond its Internet access business.


Texas frat boys indicted in hazing death

Three fraternity members were indicted Wednesday on hazing charges in the alcohol-related death last year of an 18-year-old pledge.


Caronia (Uiltrasporti), se cade emendamento niente sciopero


Gain Efficiencies and Improve Productivity across Your Development Organization

LIVE WEBCAST(Source: BMC Software) What would you do if you could reclaim up to 40% of your development resources? Find out how by attending this Webinar in which Forrester Research presents the findings of new research on application problem resolution.


Bush Defends Pursuit of Missile Defense System

President Bush defended his pursuit of a costly missile defense system on Tuesday and said those who oppose the idea do not understand the dangers the country faces in the 21st century.


Nel quarto trimestre, a 268 mln di dollari da 5,26 mld


Ethiopia: Voice of the Tigray Revolution on Web, Shortwave

BBC Monitoring observed radio Voice of the Tigray Revolution commencing their broadcast day at 0355 gmt on 26 February 2007, on their recently-adopted shortwave frequencies of 5980 and 9650 kHz.


Umaru Yar'Adua will be sworn in as Nigeria's new president, after the outgoing head made a final speech to the nation.


Julianna Margulies: No Regrets, and Bring on the "Snakes"

Fashion Wire Daily - She left "E.R.," her career-making television show, back in 1994, turning her back on a $25 million contract. Now, 12 years later, actress Julianna Margulies has not one second of regret as she - and the world - anticipate her latest project, the screamfest known as "Snakes on a Plane."


Il primo bilancio parla di un morto e tre feriti


Owens makes his presence felt, even without a dance

And in Week 12, Terrell Owens paused to become just another Eagle contributing to just another victory. No controversy. No ceremony.


Tim Henman will resume his rain-delayed match against Feliciano Lopez at Wimbledon on Thursday.


P2P Networks Score Legal Victory Against Studios

File-sharing applications Morpheus and Grokster were claiming legal victory after a US court said it was not responsible for protecting the copyrights of material swapped on its person-to-person network.


Roma, 17:12 - CALCIO, SERIE C1: CITTADELLA-SASSUOLO 2-0 NELL'ANTICIPO

Il Cittadella si è imposto per 2 reti a 0 nell'anticipo della 22/a giornata, la 5/a di ritorn...


FAIR LAWN, N.J. - A coyote snatched from its guard post at a municipal pool last month has been rescued from a trash heap...


Stocks Tumble as Job Report Leads Investors to Shift to Bonds

Investors sought safety in government debt and gold as the latest job report raised fears that corporate profits will weaken.


The UN evacuates all non-essential staff from El Fasher in North Darfur due to the risk of armed clashes in the town.


EUâs Solana urges Israel not to threaten Syria

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana criticised on Friday Israeli threats against Syria following Palestinian suicide bombings this week that killed 16 people.


Amazon buys into growing Chinese online retail market

Amazon.com, the world's biggest online retailer, is to buy Chinese rival Joyo.com for about $75m in a deal that will give it a substantial presence in China's growing internet market.


Tense calm returns to Lebanon camp after 33-day war

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - An uneasy calm settled over a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday after the Lebanese army declared victory in 33 days of fighting against al Qaeda-inspired militants.


Bush Vows Push for More Military Benefits

In a gesture to troops serving unexpectedly long tours in Iraq, President Bush announced an election-year proposal Wednesday to enhance education benefits for active-duty National Guardsmen and reservists.


Woods greeted by rain and mist at Carnoustie

Tiger Woods faced the unappetizing prospect of "dreech" Scottish weather, constant drizzle and a stubborn mist, at the start of his bid for a third British Open title in a row on Thursday.


AT&T Tests Linux to Replace Microsoft's Windows on 70,000 PCs

AT&T Corp. is testing Linux software as a replacement for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system, which runs the 70,000 personal computers used by its employees.


TV politician Thompson considers real White House bid

Former US senator Fred Thompson, a Hollywood actor who has made a career of portraying US presidents and powerful Washington politicos, said Sunday he was considering a real-life presidential bid in 2008.


The bodies of 12 servicemen killed in a Nimrod crash in Afghanistan will be flown back to their home base.


Pregnancy risky after heart defect repair

New data suggests that women  who have undergone a successful surgery to repair congenital  heart defects can become pregnant, but they may have clinically  significant complications.


New twists ahead in France's rogue trader saga

A new court battle will be held Monday over the detention of French rogue trader Jerome Kerviel while Societe Generale is to soon launch an eight billion dollar capital increase to cover the losses they blame on him.


A Castel Gandolfo incontra diplomatici e esponenti musulmani


Investors can find great investments by looking beyond the glare of top-rated stars.


A new foundation devoted to improving African governance awarded an audacious inaugural prize to Joaquim A. Chissano, Mozambiqueâs second president.


The Vatican has raised the age of a Polish cardinal to 81 — making him ineligible to vote in a conclave for a pope — after he acknowledged lying about his age during World War II to escape being sent to a German labor camp.


A Battle Over Expansion of Childrenâs Insurance

The seemingly uncontroversial goal of insuring more children has become the focus of an ideological conflict between the White House and Congress.


Choose and Book unfit for purpose The British Medical Association said today the NHS's Choose and Book system is unfit for purpose and actually limits choice for patients.â¦


Italian fashion designer Gianfranco Ferre dies, aged 62, after suffering a brain haemorrhage.


China didn't trigger global stocks rout: regulator

China's stock market is too small and  has too little foreign participation to be blamed for  triggering last week's rout in global share prices, the  country's securities regulator said on Monday.


Mexico Hits Drug Gangs With Full Fury of War

Gun battles between federal forces and drug-cartel members equipped with rocket-propelled-grenade launchers may give the impression that there is a war in Mexico.


Hopefuls Clash in Debate as 1st Southern Primary Nears

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., Jan. 10 -- The leading Republican presidential candidates used a Fox News debate Thursday night to draw contrasts with their rivals on the economy, U.S. relations with Iran, immigration and political change in advance of two primaries next week that are expected to winnow the ...


SHANGHAI, China - Yao Ming was the star in the NBA's first China game, scoring 14 points and grabbing seven rebounds to lead the Houston Rockets past the Sacramento Kings 88-86 on Thursday.


Vodafone rehires former executive Vittorio Colao, sparking rumours it may be paving the way to replace its chief.


Yushchenko spokeswoman Irina Gerashchenko told AP, The decision of the court will not disrupt the election.


Sony Electronics and Stewart Filmscreen Bring 'Full HD' Front Projector Experience to Broader Audience

DENVER, Sept. 13  /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Electronics and Stewart Filmscreen announced today at the 2006 CEDIA Expo that they will join forces to promote the benefits of "Full HD" front projection to a broader consumer audience.


The tiny search engine sends Mamma.com off to pasture.


Reuters photographer and driver killed in Iraq

An Iraqi photographer and driver working for Reuters in Iraq were killed in Baghdad on Thursday in what police said was American military action and witnesses described as a helicopter attack.


Il ritorno di Ringo Starr tra pace, amore e batteria

Prodotto da Dave Stewart esce Liverpool 8, il nuovo album solista dell'ex Beatle, dedicato al rapporto di amore e odio con la città che ha dato i natali al pop. L'intervista esclusiva


Milano, 18:45 - CALCIO, AZZURRI: TONI A CASA, PER UCRAINA CONVOCATO IAQUINTA

Luca Toni torna a casa. L'attaccante lascerà questa sera il ritiro della Nazionale e non part...


"I tassi di crescita sono ancora in forte espansione"


A couple have narrowly escaped injury after a fire in a block of flats in north Belfast, the Fire Service says.


The promotion will mark a subtle shift at the top of Intel - Paul Otellini promises to be a kinder, more gentle leader than his last two predecessors.


Iran escaped U.N. censure over its nuclear program but Washington, which accuses it of seeking an atomic bomb, said on Monday it reserved the right to take the case to the Security Council on its own.


U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as a run  of positive company earnings stoked a rally that began in the  previous session, ending four days of declines.


Berlusconi asks Italians to pop fewer pills

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will write to 16 million households across Italy asking them to cut down on medicines they do not need, for the sake of their own health and the government's coffers.


Insurgents Who Beheaded 2 Show Briton in Plea for Life

A militant group that beheaded two American engineers this week posted a video on the Internet early Thursday showing a third hostage, Kenneth Bigley, a Briton, pleading for his life.


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

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


Public support is growing for a system of presumed consent for organ donation, survey findings suggest.


Protesta contro il Galliera, presieduto dall'arcivescovoAied sul piede di guerra: una battaglia di laicitÃ                                             Genova, non si puÃ² abortire nell'ospedale di Bagnasco                                                                                di MICHELA BOMPANI


Twelve dead, including nine British tourists, in Jordan bus ...

AMMAN, Oct 28  - Twelve people, including nine British tourists, were killed Thursday when their bus overturned and crashed into a truck near the ancient city of Petra, a Jordanian official said.


Father- Daughter Rift Reported at Viacom

A growing estrangement between Sumner N. Redstone, the media billionaire, and his daughter Shari has called into question who will inherit control of the CBS and Viacom empires.


Japan and S. Korea Ground Flights as Typhoon Songda Approaches

Japan and South Korea canceled more than 450 flights as Typhoon Songda approached the Japanese city of Fukuoka on the southern island of Kyushu and South Korea's southernmost island of Jeju.


Analysis: Syria under international scrutiny

Lebanese officials have criticised a resolution passed by the UN Security Council calling on all foreign forces to leave the country - a clear reference to the 17,000 Syrian troops there.


NAROK, Kenya  - One man was killed in ethnic violence on Friday when Kenyan opposition protests against a disputed election spread to an area near the famed Maasai Mara game reserve in the south of the country.


Iraq says making progress ahead of key reports

Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr suspended all armed actions by his Mehdi Army on Wednesday to remove rogue elements from the militia after 52 people were killed in gun battles in the southern Iraqi city of Kerbala.


Early Goal Gives Rangers a Shot of Momentum

Ten seconds into the game, Rangers center Brandon Dubinsky grabbed control of the puck and barreled toward the Buffalo net, catapulting them toward a 5-1 victory.


Guerrillas armed with AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades have attacked a police station in Baghdad, killing at least three policemen.


Israel and the Palestinians opened on Monday their most serious peace talks in seven years, urged by U.S. President George W. Bush to reach a deal within a year despite heavy public skepticism.


At age 21, Eric Kamau Gravatt was McCoy Tyner's drummer, one of the most coveted jobs a jazz musician could hope to get. After 20 years of working as a prison guard, he's back behind the kit Â again as Tyner's drummer.


US banking giant Citigroup sells its Travelers Life & Annuity insurance arm to Metlife for $11.5bn.


Salford Royal Hospital temporarily closes its neo-natal unit after a baby dies from a fungal infection.


Religious Groups Compete to Court Voters

In voter registration drives, sermons and voter guides, religious groups from across the ideological spectrum have intensified the level of their political activity this year, prompted in part by right-left culture clashes and the legacy of the tight presidential race in 2000.


CORRECTED: Houston Tops Magazine's Fat Cities List - Again

Houston tops a U.S. magazine's annual  fattest cities list for the fourth time in five years, with  four other Texas cities waddling into the top 25.


Australia backs racism crackdown, but "pommie" baiting still OK

Cricket Australia has backed an international crackdown on racism but said the term "pom" could still be used against the English.


NASA to attempt shuttle launch on Friday

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA managers decided   on Thursday to attempt to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on   Friday despite a problem with a power generator on the   spacecraft, a NASA official said.


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

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


Paid Inclusion Topics and Issue  Greg Boser is the moderator and he introduced the panel. The first man up was Jim Stobb from PositionTech. He discusses what paid inclusion is: (1) new sites are usually indexed within 72 hours (2) existing pages are recrawled every 48 hours. Two programs (1) Direct ...


Esce domani 'Money for dope', dieci canzoni scritte da lui


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(InfoWorld) - Imagine if your smartphone was as advanced as your toothbrush -- at least in the charging department. That would be cooler than your peppermint toothpaste. If you've got one of those high-end vibrating toothbrushes or any of several waterproof electric shavers, then you already own a device capable of a neat trick called wireless charging. When you put that toothbrush in its charging cradle, you'll notice that no metal contacts are exposed for the electricity to charge the batteries. The toothbrush charges magically, right through the plastic. Don't look now, but that very same technology is coming soon to your cell phone, your iPod, even your laptop. 2007 is the year that truly mainstream wirelessly charging products finally go on sale. How it works There are three basic technologies for wireless charging: radio, resonance, and induction. Radio charging is well suited for charging low-power devices at long distances -- some 30 feet away. This technology is ideal for trickle-charging advance RFID chips affixed to, say, palettes loaded with products in a warehouse. Resonance charging makes sense for robots, cars, vacuum cleaners, and other applications that require massive power over minute distances -- essentially making contact with plastic, but not metal. Toothbrushes now, and random gadgets will very soon, use inductive charging. This technology uses a coil to create an electromagnetic field across a charging station surface. The device then converts power from the field back into usable electricity, which is put to work charging the battery. (Meanwhile, researchers at MIT said this week that they have come up with a way to wirelessly supply power that could lead to the development of gadgets that don't require batteries at all.) Where wireless charging gadgets come from Wireless charging gadgets will come from some well-known companies, including Apple and just about every cell phone handset maker, as well as small startups you may not have heard of. An Apple patent submitted in 2005 and published in February describes technology for charging an iPhone or an iPod using zero-contact induction for not only charging but data transfer -- an arrangement that requires inductive coils in both base station and device. Apple's patent covers both single coil (charging only) and two-coil (both data and charging) approaches. Optimists speculate that Apple's inductive data-transfer technology might be used for synching, say, songs on an iPod or an iPhone. But pessimists, including Yours Truly, fear the main purpose might be locking out non-Apple products from getting in on the easy charging or preventing users from charging Apple devices on non-Apple chargers. Apple devices may need to give the secret handshake before Apple chargers give up the juice. Motorola, Japan's NTT DoCoMo and many other companies are very close to rolling out cell-phone handsets that use wireless charging. Even furniture maker Herman Miller is getting into the wireless charger business. The company has reportedly licensed eCoupled technology from Fulton Innovation, which they may build directly into desks. A British company called SplashPower has come up with technology that can charge multiple devices at once by simply placing the gadgets on a mousepad-like surface. SplashPower has announced products called Multi SplashPad and Single SplashPad. The devices require a thin, inexpensive module inside the device for the charging to work. Another company called WildCharge has products that work much like those from SplashPower. WildCharge unveiled two wireless charging products at CES 2007: The WildCharger and the WildCharger-Mini. The WildCharger is strong enough to charge laptops in addition to cell phones and media players, while the "Mini" version handles only the smaller devices. Both WildCharge and SplashPower have been announcing and demonstrating their products for years. Neither has publicly announced a definitive ship date, but a WildCharge representative told me they'll start selling products on their Web site July 9. What's so great about wireless charging? Obviously, wireless charging gadgets are ideal for the extremely lazy, which is why I personally am very excited about all this. Just dump your device on a pad, and you're good to go. But the technology provides a wide range of other obvious and not-so-obvious benefits, including better portability, lower cost (once companies can assume everyone already has a universal charger) and -- best of all -- the end of having to guess which chargers go with what gadgets. I believe it's a no-brainer that hotels will eventually provide charging pads in rooms. Everyone will have pads here and there around the house. Charging will one day become a simple matter of dropping devices onto the nearest charging pad. Wireless charging means the end of charging connectors that break, wear out, or become misaligned. A single charging pad will be able to juice all your gadgets so you won't have to match this charger with that gadget or replace an overpriced charger when you lose it. It also makes it easier to build mobile devices that -- like your toothbrush -- are waterproof, dustproof, and more rugged. The technology makes wireless gadgets truly wireless -- at last. Today, wireless charging appears to be the vaporware category of the year. But some time very soon -- very soon -- your cell phone will finally catch up to your toothbrush in the wireless charging department. The toothbrush will whiten your teeth, but wirelessly charging all your gadgets will make you smile. Mike Elgan writes about technology and global tech culture. Contact Mike at mike.elgan@elgan.com or his blog, The Raw Feed.


MOJAVE -- Burt Rutan's space ship one made its first trip into sub-orbital outer space in pursuit of the $10 million Ansari X Prize.


Soldati Usa uccidono tre ribelli accusati anche di torture


Insurers were sending loss adjusters to the coastal village of...

Insurers were sending loss adjusters to the coastal village of Boscastle today to begin assessing the damage caused by the flash floods.


Germans Use Nokia Phones In Wireless Ticket Trial

The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia said on Tuesday its phones would be used in a project to test wireless public transport fares in Hanau, near Frankfurt in Germany, beginning early next year.


NY bans most trans fats from restaurants

New York City banned most artificial trans fats from restaurants on Tuesday, forcing national fast-food chains and mom-and-pop diners alike to phase out artery-clogging oils from their cooking.


Nigeria's Igbo people are still marginalised and should again seek independence, the Biafran leader says.


American Miller wins another World Cup race

CBC SPORTS ONLINE - If American Bode Miller continues on his current pace, he would have the overall World Cup title wrapped up by the end of January.


Valentino Rossi (L), in a Yamaha, sneaks past Sete Gibernau to take the lead for good at the Australian Grand Prix on Phillip Island, Oct 17.


European stocks down; low-yielding yen rises

European stocks fell on Tuesday, failing to follow strong Asian performance while the yen rose as investors remained nervous over the health of the U.S. economy after a fallout in U.S. risky mortgages and credit turmoil.


Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has announced that the shipping date for SQL Server 2005 has been delayed -- a development bound to prompt an outcry from users anticipating what is the pivotal product in Microsoft's server portfolio.


Madeleine parents waiting for breakthrough

"These investigations are actively in progress and all possible avenues are being pursued."  The parents of Madeleine McCann said today they were still waiting for the "vital breakthrough" in the search for their daughter as they marked the 50th day since her abduction. via The Irish Times


Snowsports have always been about the newest and the coolest. These days a new question has proponents on both sides in the following argument: Are snowboards or free riding on twin tips the coolest way to hit the slopes?


Corporate Jet Crashes in Colo., Killing 2

A corporate jet taking off from near a ski area crashed through a fence and burst into flames Sunday, killing at least two of the six people on board and seriously injuring three others.


Oklahoma's Jason White Wins Maxwell Award

Oklahoma quarterback Jason White has taken home the Maxwell Award as college football's best all-around player and won his second straight Davey O'Brien quarterback trophy.


Anche pregiudicato ferito in agguato a consigliere An Foggia


HP counsel resigns ahead of House hearing

Hewlett-Packard Co. on Thursday said  its general counsel, Ann Baskins, had resigned, effective  immediately, ahead of a U.S. House of Representatives hearing  on the company's methods in investigating boardroom leaks.


Microsoft Is Building a Spaceship Out of Spare Parts

A look at the key assets that will have to be combined: Most of them are unusually delicate machines with lots of interdependencies that well could be thrown off by a combination.


About 3,000 Floridian Red Sox fans joined Tim Wakefield and Mike Timlin at the team's spring training complex last night to celebrate the 2004 World Series championship.


Safety of Drug-Coated Stents Tough to Assess, Report Says

The New England Journal of Medicine addresses the controversy about the potential for deadly clots.


Reggio Calabria, 22:41 - CALCIO, SERIE A: NEL POSTICIPO REGGINA-MILAN 0-1

Nel posticipo della 24/a giornata del campionato di calcio di serie A, il Milan ha battuto in trasfe...


Il debutto venerdi' con l'ultimo spettacolo


India's supreme court seeks clarification from a politician  over remarks made at an election meeting in Gujarat.


Uganda rebels threaten war if no new talks venue

Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army rebels will resume an offensive against the government unless Kampala agrees to move faltering peace talks to a new venue outside south Sudan, the LRA's deputy commander said on Tuesday.


Pop icon Robbie Williams dreams of US supermodel Cindy

British pop star Robbie Williams described US supermodel Cindy Crawford as "the best woman in the world", saying she had set the bar very high for his ideal partner.


Cubans Seek to Draw Attention to Embargo

Thousand of people wave Cuban flags during a rally to draw attention to the upcoming UN vote to condemn the four-decade embargo against Cuba in Havana on Saturday Oct. 23, 2004.


U.S. judge rules Barclays back in Enron lawsuit

A U.S. federal judge, who originally dismissed claims against Barclays Plc  in a $40 billion lawsuit, ruled Enron Corp. investors may file an amended complaint detailing charges that the bank helped hide financial misdeeds that led to the energy giant's collapse.


Radical Muslim clerics and scholars in Pakistan demand the Pope's removal for what they call insults against Islam.


Ministro, altrimenti revoco parita' ed erogazione contributi


Travel Havoc Prompts U.S. to Investigate

The federal government said that it would investigate air travel disruptions over the holiday weekend that left thousands of people stranded at airports.


Only a "moron" would buy YouTube, says Cuban

Billionaire investor and dot-com  veteran Mark Cuban had harsh words on Thursday for YouTube, the  online site that lets people share video clips, saying only a  "moron" would purchase the wildly popular start-up.


Hong Kong marine parks fail to protect fish: WWF

Hong Kong conservationists have criticised the government for failing to protect reef fish in the city's marine parks after a survey showed fish populations had not increased from low levels.


A teenage mother has had her baby son removed and placed in care for the second time this week


WHO official urges immediate action on obesity before battle lost

Governments must wake up to the scourge of obesity or it will soon be too late to win the battle against the global epidemic, a senior World Health Organization official warned.


Spitzer to Run for Governor of New York in 2006

ALBANY, NY -- New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer says he'll run for governor in 2006. Spitzer tells The Associated Press in Albany this morning that he'll seek the Democratic Party nomination to run for governor.


Lebanese army clashes with gunmen in north Lebanon

TRIPOLI, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops clashed with suspected Islamist militants in the northern city of Tripoli late on Saturday after soldiers came under fire during searches for militant hideouts, security sources said.


Digital transition may delete millions of viewers

LOS ANGELES  - A year from Sunday, television for many Americans will cut to black. Analog signals will stop transmitting, older sets will become useless and millions of TV-watching households will simply disappear.


Ski buff Ashleigh Strobel envisioned an early winter wonderland for her wedding next month: royal-blue and white snow globes as centerpieces at each table, snowflake-shaped cookie cutters as favors and, glimmering over everything, eight crystal chandeliers lighting the reception hall behind the Walkersville Fire House.


Roma, 18:54 - F1, APPELLO MCLAREN: UDIENZA IL 15 NOVEMBRE A PARIGI

L'udienza per il ricorso presentato dalla McLaren contro la mancata squalifica dei piloti di Bmw, Sa...


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Two Blasts Rip Through Baghdad, Killing 8

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb exploded at an entrance to the Green Zone, a heavily fortified area in Baghdad that houses the U.S. Embassy and Iraqi government buildings, killing at least eight people and wounding about 50, hospital and military officials said...


A gunman killed five people in a Salt Lake City shopping mall on Monday evening, before he was fatally shot, police said.


If the strike continues, the Oscars could become an infomercial about the importance of writers.


Paris Hilton counting down hours to freedom

Paparazzi camera lenses are poised, television satellite trucks are in place and helicopter pilots are on standby: Paris Hilton was hours away from freedom here Monday.


Soaked Hillside Gives Way, Killing 3 on California Coast

At least 12 people are still missing after part of a rain-saturated hillside came crashing down, burying four blocks of an oceanfront town.


The legendary group's eagerly awaited reunion concert proved again that few bands of any era rock harder


Screeners at U.S. airports will stop confiscating common cigarette lighters because authorities now consider them a distraction from efforts to find bombs and other threats, officials said on Friday.


Palestinians search wreckage after Israeli raid

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Palestinians in southern Gaza are searching through wrecked homes after a two-day operation by Israeli troops.


JM Smucker Co. (SJM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday posted an 18.5 percent rise in quarterly profit, but its shares fell as much as 5 percent as sales were nearly flat excluding an acquisition.


A woman with cancer has had her fertility preserved thanks to doctors who transplanted her ovary into her arm.


Taranto, 19:13 - CALCIO, TARANTO: DOPO AGGRESSIONE RIPRENDONO GLI ALLENAMENTI

Dopo l'aggressione subita domenica sera da due suoi giocatori, il Taranto (C1/B) ha ripreso oggi ad ...


Controversial Santa Cruz strike rescues Rovers

Sven-Goran Eriksson admitted he has been left bemused by the latest interpretation of the offside rule after Roque Santa Cruz's controversial late equaliser sealed a 2-2 draw for Blackburn at Manchester City on Thursday.


Roma, 12:33 - CALCIO, MATARRESE: IMPROPONIBILE VIETARE LE TRASFERTE

Vietare le trasferte "è un'ipotesi assolutamente improponibile perchè non risolve il ...


Vijay Singh's glittering year has reached golden proportions. By winning the Chysler Championship, the Fijian has now claimed nine titles in 2004 and became the first golfer to earn more than $10million in prize money in one season.


Video Games Used to Relax Kids in Hospital

Letting children play video games on a Game Boy in the operating room before undergoing surgery can help relax them better than tranquilizers or holding Mommy's hand, researchers say.


Tim Henman needed the best part of three hours and a good deal of patience to squeak past the South African qualifier Wesley Moodie 7-6, 6-7, 6-4 and reach the quarter-finals of the Davidoff Swiss Indoor tournament.


Terrell Owens had as many dropped passes as he did catches in the first half of his home debut with the Dallas Cowboys, including a missed chance at a touchdown. The Cowboys still led the Washington Redskins 17-10 at the break Sunday night after Patrick Crayton caught a 4-yard TD pass and Marion Barber scored on a 1-yard run.


At NYC Flickr party, you're always on candid camera

The Yahoo-owned photo sharing site throws a party in New York to commemorate the release of its "24 Hours of Flickr" book.


Negotiators from the European Union and South America's four-nation Mercosur trade bloc on Wednesday failed to reach agreement on a deal to keep alive their attempt to create the world's biggest free-trade area.


Wal-Mart sees August same-store revenues up 2% to 4%. How should investors view this statistical range?


U.S.-led coalition forces killed about 50 suspected Taliban militants in an airstrike on a rebel stronghold in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the force said Monday.


France's economy minister said Societe Generale, reeling from losses blamed on a rogue trader, is a bank in crisis and may need to ditch its chairman.


Abbas overhauls Palestinian election law

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday announced changes in Palestinian election law aimed at bolstering his Fatah party against the rival Hamas group.


Democrat Barack Obama complained on Monday that presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton has failed to offer specific solutions to deal with the financial crisis threatening the Social Security program.


Rules on gifts for judges are being overhauled for the first time in 15 years, with a commission looking at ways to cut down on the trinkets, expense-paid trips and other freebies given to members of the bench.


50 Iraqi Soldiers Are Found Shot to Death After Rebel Ambush

Policemen discovered on Sunday morning the bodies of about 50 Iraqi soldiers who were killed in an ambush by insurgents the previous night in a remote part of eastern Iraq, Iraqi officials said.


D.C. Airport Pass Speeds Travelers Clear to the Gate

Washington area travelers will soon be able to speed more quickly through airport security if they are willing to pay a fee, provide personal information to the government and allow their fingerprints and eyes to be scanned at checkpoints.


NEW YORK - Oil prices continued their rise on Monday, as a general strike shut down Nigeria and a Moscow court upheld a billion dollar back tax demand on Yukos, Russia's largest oil producer.


In a Familiar Spot, Shock Responds to Force Game 3

The defending WNBA champions from Detroit even the Eastern Conference Finals at one game apiece with a 77-63 win over Indiana on Sunday.


Top Court Upholds Visa, MasterCard Ruling

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK  - The Supreme Court on Monday  let stand a ruling that the Visa and MasterCard credit card  associations violated U.S. antitrust law by barring member  banks from issuing credit and charge cards on rival networks  owned by American Express Co. and Morgan Stanley.


Two-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal and 2001 U.S. Open winner Marat Safin were among those in early action a day after there was pretty much a total washout at the year's last Grand Slam tournament.


Boeing says that the first test flight of its 787 Dreamliner has been delayed by about three months.


Reverse Engineering DRM on CDs Deemed Lawful

The US Librarian of Congress is recommending that Congress officially recognize that engineering intended to expose flaws in DRM schemes on audio CDs to be non-infringing. Soon, the type of work engineers like Mark Russinovich and Ed Felten performed to expose DRM flaws, will be protected by law.


New York, 08:35 - BASEBALL, MAJOR LEAGUE: NEW YORK BATTE BOSTON

Risultati delle gare del campionato americano di baseball (MLB) disputate nella notte. In maiuscolo ...


SAN FRANCISCO: Thought nothing web search is synonymous with Google? Think again. Amazon new search site A9.com is set to better the mother of all search engines.


Study Finds Vioxx Increases Heart Attack Risk

Patients taking Merck & Co. Inc.'s  Vioxx arthritis drug had a 50 percent greater chance of heart  attacks and sudden cardiac death than individuals using Pfizer  Inc.'s rival Celebrex medicine, according to a large study  financed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.


Parigi, 14:49 - CALCIO, IL REAL MADRID PROVA A TRATTENERE BECKHAM

Il presidente del Real Madrid, Ramon Calderon, non s'arrende. A Parigi, dove si apprestava ad assist...


U.S. Congressmen Visit Tsunami-Hit Region

A delegation of seven U.S. congressmen, including Rep. Wayne Gilchrest of Maryland, visited Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh province Saturday, meeting injured survivors in a field hospital and getting a firsthand look at the devastation.


Blair announces major withdrawal of troops from Iraq

Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Wednesday Britain's first large-scale cut of troops numbers in Iraq, with nearly a quarter set to return home within months.


More than 70,000 soccer fans were evacuated because there may have been a bomb in the stadiumâ¦and there WASNâTa riot? More than 70,000 people were evacuated from Real Madrid's Santiago


A second half wonder strike from James McFadden sealed a shock 1-0 victory for Scotland over Euro 2008 group B rivals France here on Wednesday.


There are angry exchanges as US baseball star Roger Clemens is grilled by Congress over doping claims.


Girl, 5, saves baby sister from dingo in island hotel horror

WHEN Belinda Corke heard her five-year-old daughter, Georgia, shout "Dingo, dingo", she thought the child had spotted one of the wild dogs near their hotel.


U.S. to Free British, Australian Guantanamo Inmates

The United States will release the  last four Britons and an Australian held as terrorism suspects  for about three years without charges at the U.S. naval base at  Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.


Wisconsin retailer criticised for anti-war e-mail

A U.S. retailer has been deluged with angry messages since an employee sent an e-mail to an American soldier in Iraq saying "if you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq."


Humans were born to run and evolved from ape-like creatures into the way they look today probably because of the need to cover long distances and compete for food, scientists said on Wednesday.


Stalled Health Tests Leave Storm Trailers in Limbo

Three months after FEMA halted the sale of trailers to hurricane survivors over possible formaldehyde risks, none of the 56,000 occupied units have been tested.


When they talk about moving the chains here in the shadows of the Super Bowl, they don't mean a third-down completion from Tom Brady to Randy Moss.


Russia Reports Evidence of Terror Attack

The Russian government abruptly shifted gears Friday and concluded that at least one of the two planes that fell out of the sky almost simultaneously this week was blown up


Chicago White Sox shortstop Juan Uribe thinks his legal troubles are behind him. Uribe was alleged to have shot a farmer in his native Dominican Republic during the offseason. He also believes someone tried to extort more than $900,000 from him in connection with the case.


XenSource dishes embedded hypervisor to OEMs

XenExpress OEM Edition for servers The hype for virtualization may be reaching a fever pitch, but market penetration remains at a high-ball figure of only about 7 per cent. The aim now falls squarely on selling in volume, so it's not a surprise to see the market eyeballing OEM vendors.â¦


"Ocean's" stars Pitt, Clooney raise cash for Sudan

CANNES, France  - The men of "Ocean's Thirteen" -- Brad Pitt, George Clooney and their crew -- have turned their Hollywood hype machine into a campaign to raise money for Darfur refugees.


It wasn't quite "40 minutes of hell." It was the best anyone has done yet against the United States.


Agreement reached on new community pharmacy contract, UK

Patients will gain a better service from their local pharmacist as Government plans for a more flexible, modernised service moved a step further towards implementation, Health Minister Rosie Winterton announced today.


Microsoft loses bid to suspend EU sanctions

BRUSSELS -- Microsoft has lost its bid to suspend sanctions imposed on its business practices by European regulators pending the outcome of an appeal.


Gabe: We did a really awesome project (can I say it"s awesome, is that okay?) for Wired magazine. You can either go pick up the most recent issue and read it there or check it out on their site. They asked us to do a piece for them handicapping all three of the next generation systems. We tried to be as fair as we could and hopefully you"ll get a kick out of it.


He is Sports Illustrated's major league player of the year -- a "self-appointed ghostbuster" who became "the ultimate closer," the magazine raved -- but Curt Schilling has prepared himself since September for the prospect of falling short in the race for his first Cy Young Award.


Hungry Hilton tucks into freedom: family

Celebrity ex-jailbird Paris Hilton tucked into the cosy comforts of home after weeks in a cell, hiding in a swish Bel Air mansion from the media pack at her door, family members said Wednesday.


HBO Putting Shows Online, at No Additional Charge

HBO, cableâs most popular premium channel, is carefully entering the arena of Internet video.


Fourth-seeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria ended Evgeny Korolev's eventful run in the Tennis Channel Open on Saturday, beating the unseeded Russian 6-7 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the semifinals.


Oil giant Shell is to abolish its twin board structure as it unveils a strong set of  profits helped by record oil prices.


American eats record 66 hotdogs in 12 minutes

An American competitive eater devoured a record 66 hotdogs in 12 minutes on Wednesday to win the July 4 annual Coney Island hotdog eating competition, defeating a six-time champion from Japan in a photo finish.


Afghan President Hamid Karzai pardons a 14-year-old boy caught  on his way to kill a provincial governor.


THURSDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers think they may have found a way to target neurofibrillary tangles, the jumbled bits of protein inside brain cells that might contribute to Alzheimer's disease.


Scientists working in Kenya believe that malaria is helping the spread of Aids across Africa - and vice versa.


DirecTV's New Satellites to Expand High-Definition

No. 1 US satellite television provider DirecTV Inc. on Wednesday said it would launch four new satellites to expand programing capacity, particularly for high-definition channels and interactive services.


Dartmoor's Ten Tors event will go ahead as planned despite the death of a teenage girl during training.


Farmington - Fiji's Vijay Singh followed up an opening-round 64 with a four-under-par 68 on Friday to retain the lead at 12-under-par at the $4,2-million (about R27-million) PGA event.


Thousands of fans wait for hours to pick up the first copies of Microsoft's long-awaited Xbox game sequel.


Kennedy urges tough tests for generic biologic drugs

WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators charged with approving generic versions of the world's most expensive drugs should follow the lead of their cautious European counterparts, according to Senator Edward M. Kennedy . In Europe, requirements for approval are tailored to the complexity of an experimental drug and can include clinical trials that cost millions for generic manufacturers to conduct.


China's communist party leaders kick off key meet as power ...

BEIJING: China's ruling party leadership began a much-anticipated meeting in Beijing amid an apparent power struggle at the heart of the organization.


Nella fattoria di famiglia a Highgrove nel Gloucester


28/10/2004 A glass of red wine a day could keep tumours away, according to a study of men with lung cancer. Research published in the medical journalThorax suggests that a person drinking a glass of red wine


Libera di Bormio, vittoria per Grugger, festa per Ghedina

Johann Grugger ha vinto la discesa libera maschile di Bormio valida per la Coppa del Mondo di sci. Su una pista âStelvioâ di Bormio, dove a gennaio si svolgeranno i Mondiali, l'austriaco Ã¨ stato piÃ¹


Remembering the Dead and the Horror of Mosul

A soldier who survived the blast at a U.S. military mess tent in Mosul gave his account of the chaotic moments after the attack.


Dollar Up a Bit Against Europe Currencies

The dollar was a little stronger against the main European currencies but weaker against the yen on Wednesday, with the Japanese currency rallying across the board as dealers adjusted positions.


Shooting at Afghan army base kills 4: official

HERAT, Afghanistan  - An exchange of small arms fire at an army base in Afghanistan's western city of Herat on Monday killed four Afghan soldiers, a spokeswoman for the provincial governor said.


Key Senator Denies Warning Bush on Abortion Issue

The presumptive incoming chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee denied on Thursday that he had issued a warning to President Bush not to nominate anti-abortion judges for the Supreme Court.


Amidst claims that IT shops can now provision BEA WebLogic Servers in mere minutes instead of hours, Veritas today debuted version 4.0 of Opforce Enterprise Edition for Windows, Linux (Red Hat & SUSE), Solaris and AIX.


Iraq Rebuilding Short on Qualified Civilians

In Diyala, the vast province northeast of Baghdad where Sunnis and Shiites are battling for primacy with mortars and nighttime abductions, the U.S. government has contracted the job of promoting democracy to a Pakistani citizen who has never lived or worked in a democracy.


The United Nations' highest court is ruling Monday whether Serbia is guilty of genocide for the killing, torture, rape and expulsion of Bosnian Muslims — the first time an entire nation is being held to judicial account for the ultimate crime.


Putin seeks more power to fight terrorism

President Vladimir Putin has ordered sweeping changes to Russia's political system to help combat terrorism, but immediately has drawn charges he is exploiting a bloody school siege to boost his personal power.


First woman enters race for Palestinian president

A Palestinian journalist from Jerusalem's walled Old City said on Sunday she would run for president to succeed Yasser Arafat, becoming the first woman to enter the race.


Iranian Diplomat Freed in Iraq, Hopes Raised for Other

An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in Iraq last month has been released by his captors but the fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton threatened with beheading, remained unclear on Tuesday.


My geotagging trials, travails and triumph

Adding location data to images is a pain right now, but geotagging was worth it, and it'll get easier. Here are my warnings and a wish list.


The US budget deficit expanded to a record $413 billion in the 2004 fiscal year, according to revised numbers, the Treasury Department said Thursday.


Israeli PM Ariel Sharon defies opponents of his Gaza pullout plan, as he faces a crucial vote of his Likud party.


Still strolling the sideline at 77, Mr. Curran has won more basketball and baseball games â 2,491 â than any high school coach in the United States.


Fear and hatred push U.S. sex offenders to fringes

Edward Dion Burge had sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was 24 and has dealt with the consequences ever since: Nearly a year in jail, hate mail and screamed insults from strangers.


Roma, 20:23 - CALCIO, ROSSI SU JUVE: RICORSO AL TAR E' FATTORE NEGATIVO

Dopo il colloquio con il presidente del Coni Petrucci e quello della Juve Cobolli Gigli, il commissa...


The Claim: A Little Alcohol Can Help You Beat a Cold

When it comes to quick remedies for colds, many people insist that a glass of brandy or a hot toddy is just what the doctor ordered.


One of the three former Duke lacrosse players cleared of rape charges earlier this year announced Tuesday he will attend Brown University in the fall and play lacrosse


HernÃ¡ndez Continues to Pitch Like the Ace of Pinstripes

A home run by Rafael Palmeiro was the only blemish on Orlando HernÃ¡ndez's seven innings. He gave up four other hits, two walks and struck out four.


The United States, Australia and Canada have presented key EU states with a softened version of an ultimatum over Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program.


Justices Turn Aside Flood Insurance Plea

Pakistan's ruling party concedes defeat after vote, which casts doubt on president's political future.


An international treaty aimed at curbing tobacco sales and advertising is set to come into force.


(InfoWorld) - Midmarket applications vendor Infor Global Solutions Inc. sees challenges for companies like SAP AG and Oracle Corp. to adapt their enterprise software products for small and medium-size business. Earlier this month, SAP announced plans to establish a dedicated SMB unit and expand the company's footprint in the huge midmarket, a move that Infor Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jim Schaper thinks is easier said than done. In an interview with IDG News Service, Schaper talked about Infor, a relatively young provider of business applications that has grown through acquisitions and now generates more than US$2 billion in annual sales, and discusses growth markets and competition with SAP, Oracle and Microsoft Corp.. The following is an edited transcript. IDGNS: The midmarket means different things to different people. How do you define it? Schaper: Midmarket customers are typically independent businesses that range in revenue from $25 million to $2 billion. We believe that somewhere between 60,000 and 62,000 customers of our total 70,000 customer base are in the midmarket. If we compare that with SAP, which estimates that 65 percent of their 36,000 customers are SMBs or little more 23,000, we are clearly twice the size of SAP in the midmarket. IDGNS: How large is the market you're going after? Schaper: Our market is globally 1 million prospective customers, including the plants and divisions of large enterprises. IDGNS: Why do you include these? Schaper: A number of very large global enterprises run our applications on a decentralized plant or division basis. That's why, for Infor, a classical view of an SMB definition doesn't work. IDGNS: Why should a midmarket company choose Infor and not SAP or Oracle, which have substantial expertise in business software and have stepped up efforts to target SMBs? Schaper: We fill a hole in the market. We have maximized on what smaller niche providers provide -- namely business-specific solutions with domain expertise to implement them -- and on what the large players have to offer: global distribution. We provide our customers with global reach, alternative channels and products built for their markets at the lowest total cost of ownership. IDGNS: SAP would argue that it also offers products with deep industry-specific functionality. Would you disagree? Schaper: If they're digging down deep, then they've just started because that hasn't been their business model in past. They said they will do this primarily through partners. IDGNS: SAP does offer different versions of its software for different markets. Could this provide a competitive edge? Schaper: They've attempted to take a tier 1 product and move it down market. You don't leave the complexity of the product behind, or the cost or length of time it takes to implement. IDGNS: And Infor has a different approach? Schaper: Our products were built for the markets they're serving. We're not attempting to take a product that was built for large enterprises and cram it down into the midmarket. We're equally not trying to take something that is prepackaged for mass consumption and move it up market as Microsoft is trying to do. There are inherent complexities that are built into a product to serve large enterprises. IDGNS: So what do SMBs want? Schaper: They want very specific functionality at the lowest total cost of ownership with the least amount of complexity. IDGNS: Where are your customers? Schaper: Fifty percent of our revenues come from the Americas, 41 percent out of Europe and 9 percent out of Asia Pacific region. IDGNS: How important is China? Schaper: Not unlike every other software company, including SAP, it is our highest growth area. We have typically looked at the Chinese market, earlier in the evolution of Infor, as a market where we wanted to go after multinationals, whether U.S. or European-based. We have now moved with some new product capabilities into the mainland Chinese market, which is a much lower-end market but one where we believe we're perfectly positioned IDGNS: And what challenges do you face in this particular market? Schaper: You start small but your products must be able to scale quickly because what today is a local Chinese auto supplier, for example, is likely to become in a few years a global supplier as China exports automobiles to the U.S. and Europe. This is coming in the next 18 months. IDGNS: Do you offer any on-demand or hosted services? Schaper: We do but not for all applications. Most of what we build is at the request of customers. They have a lot of influence in our long-term development plans. But there are components that can be provided on either a hosted or on-demand model. Asset management is one, customer relationship management is another. But when you get into the extended supply chain, like warehouse management, planning and scheduling -- all core ERP applications -- we just haven't seen customer demand for that. Our products are capable of being hosted and we will host them as we see customer demand. IDGNS: What about open source? Schaper: Open source is a key contributor to Infor and we will be a key contributor to open source over time. It is one of the critical differentiators in our business strategy of how we will SOA-enable our applications.ADVERTISEMENTNEW IT SERVICES FROM IBM: EASIER TO BUY AND IMPLEMENTDiscover a simpler, more cost-effective way to get the solutions your company needs to grow more flexible and efficient.


A 20-year-old pregnant Marine who was expected to testify about something she witnessed on base has been missing since mid-December, authorities said.


Holmes Has Strained Knee; Status Uncertain

Priest Holmes has strained ligaments in his right knee and might not be able to play for the Kansas City Chiefs next week.


Microsoft details new domain-specific modeling tools

Microsoft has announced a new framework and tool for Visual Studio Team System to support the creation of service-oriented applications for various vertical industries.


A girl born in Peru with fused legs is undergoing a second operation to have them fully separated.


Oil future prices climbed to a new high in New York on Monday as a strike began in NigeriaâAfrica's largest exporter of crude oil.


Hank Azaria comes face to face with his Monty Python idol, John Cleese


Studies Deem Biofuels a Greenhouse Threat

The full emissions costs of producing biofuels are higher than producing conventional fuels, scientists said.


Mantova, 19:55 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: IN QUATTRO RIENTRANO IN GRUPPO

Seduta pomeridiana per il Mantova in vista della gara con l'Arezzo. Il tecnico Di Carlo ha fatto svo...


Finnish and Swedish premier to meet in Tornio and Haparanda

Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen (centre) and Swedish colleague Goran Persson are to meet on Monday in the towns of Tornio and Haparanda on adjacent banks of the Tornionjoki border river in Lapland.


Michael Jackson denounced Man in the Mirror, US cable network VH1's biography about the entertainer, saying he's tired of the inaccuracies.


By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Early results from an inspection of space shuttle Atlantis using sensors attached to a boom showed no evidence of damage to the shuttle's thermal skin as it soars to the international space station, a flight director said Sunday.


FTC Files Complaint Against Alleged Spyware Distributor

The FTC said it believes the companies induced computer users to buy its spyware-eradication software, sold for US$30 and bearing names such as Spy Wiper and Spy Deleter, after first infecting


Naples' air pollution rated fourth worst in Italy

Don't answer just yet. If you live in Naples, you're breathing in the equivalent of nine to 11 cigarettes' worth of pollution per day, according to a recent medical study released by the Sesto San Giovanni ...


Paris turned back the clock Wednesday for a grandiose fete to remember the tears, the joy and the euphoria that heralded the liberation of the French capital 60 years ago as it threw off the shackles of Nazi occupation.


The main Palestinian faction, Fatah, is set to back Mahmoud Abbas in January's presidential poll.


The British press, as well as the public, are having a tough time figuring out whether the McCanns are heroes or villains


Iraq's own security forces abuse prisoners systematically, a leading human rights group reports.


Chinese hackers cyber-attacking British government networks

Chinese computer hackers are infiltrating British government networks, giving them access to secret information, according to media reports on Thursday.


Future portables go much faster all day, says Intel

Beefier batteries and multicore chips aim to make Intel's future mobiles more like desktops.


A suicide bomber struck officials fleeing an ambush at the site of a blast in Mosul that killed at least 18 civilians and wounded nearly 150.


Taiwan firm markets fish that glow gold in the dark

A Taiwanese company, which has earned global fame with its transgenic fish, has updated its product line with a new species which glows fluorescent gold in the dark, raising concerns among environmentalists.


The 84-year-old died in his sleep at his house in Lyford Cay in the Bahamas, The Times of London quoted his wife Sheila as saying.


Polish Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz has been elected speaker of the country's parliament.


Tamiflu works against avain flu H5N1 strain

Researchers at Queen Mary Hospital, London, have revealed that Roche's Tamiflu, an anti flu drug, works against the bird flu virus H5N1 strain (the most lethal one).


Squabbling and spiraling costs are breaking apart a network of comedy stars that has dominated Hollywood comedies for years.


A Hit From Behind Knocks a Bruin Unconscious

Boston center Patrice Bergeron lost consciousness and was taken from the ice on a stretcher yesterday during the first period of visiting Philadelphiaâs 2-1 victory after he was hammered face-first into the boards by Flyers defenseman Randy Jones.


Here's the word: Andrew Lloyd Webber will be a guest judge on the Feb. 11 edition of the reality TV-er "Grease: You're the One that I Want," NBC announced Tuesday.


Turkey sends troops to border, Iraq pushes diplomacy

Turkish helicopters and fighter jets pounded Kurdish rebel positions on Friday as diplomatic efforts began in Ankara to avert a major offensive against the guerrillas based in northern Iraq.


More needed to help stabilize housing : W.House

More steps by Congress and the Bush administration are likely needed to stabilize the imploding U.S. housing market, a senior White House official said on Tuesday, as more signs of distress appear.


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Oil prices have moved above $54 a barrel after the government reported a decline in the supply of distillate fuel, which includes heating oil.


Fate of aid worker in the balance as date with Zarqawi looms

The fate of kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan hung in the balance as a deadline approached to hand her over to a group led by Islamic militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi unless British troops left Iraq.


Health care workers union Service Employees International Union Local 250 filed a lawsuit Friday against Sacramento-based hospital chain Sutter Health, alleging that advertisements recruiting


Pescara, 14:41 - CALCIO, PESCARA: COL CESENA SOLO PER GLI ABBONATI

Oggi si concluderanno i lavori per l'installazione di un unico tornello nel settore distinti allo st...


Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said Friday that the alternative minimum tax — which is expected to generate as much as $1 trillion over the next 10 years — could be eliminated by balancing it out with even more tax cuts.


White Roses, Candles Bring in Solemn New Year

People held candles and white roses on the tsunami-hit island of Phuket, tearfully embracing as they grieved, in a poignant symbol of the mood which darkened New Year celebrations across the globe.


Southeast Asia's wiliest political survivor yesterday completed his own intricately scripted exit from the stage. King Norodom Sihanouk, who first took Cambodia's throne when


Daisuke Matsuzaka had an easy time in his first spring training outing against major leaguers. Dice-K allowed two hits in three scoreless innings and struck out three Tuesday for the Boston Red Sox in a 14-6 rout of the Florida Marlins at Jupiter, Fla.


Don Nelson finally became the second NBA coach with 1,200 career wins on his fifth try when the host Golden State Warriors beat the New Orleans Hornets, 101-80, last night.


LaDainian Tomlinson runs for 131 yards and one touchdown and the Chargers shut out the Oakland Raiders for the first time since 1961 for a 27-0 victory.


HCA Net Falls, Hurt by Florida Hurricanes

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


ATLANTA (Sports Network) - The Atlanta Braves have acquired  standout righthander Tim Hudson from the Oakland Athletics in  exchange for outfielder Charles Thomas, right-handed pitcher  Juan Cruz and left-handed pitcher Dan Meyer.


Former Indiana Pacers shooting guard Reggie Miller has ruled out any prospect of an NBA comeback after two weeks of fitness tests.


Analysts Debate Effect of High Oil Prices

High oil prices, which have been a factor in virtually all US recessions over the past three decades, are surging again this year.


Vista SP1: Small things come in big packages

As for why the service pack is so huge in the first place, Microsoft says several technical decisions come into play.


RESIDENTS of a small Jewish settlement said yesterday they have struck a deal to move together to a village inside Israel, the first community to agree to be moved, giving a boost to the government's contentious Gaza pullout plan.


Motorsport.com. The Jenson Button/BAR/Williams saga is still rolling on and Williams has now lodged its contract with Button with the Contract Recognition Board (CRB) in regard to the 2005 season and beyond.


McDonald's: CEO Resting After New Surgery

The chief executive of McDonald's Corp. (MCD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is recuperating after another surgery, the world's largest fast-food company said on Saturday.


Ochs leads Montana in fifth national title game appearance

Ochs, who transferred to Montana from Colorado in January 2003, leads the Grizzlies (12-2) against James Madison (12-2) in the Division I-AA championship game on Friday night.


Samsung: Con coni Per Giochi Olimpici Torino 2006

Roma, 10 dic. (Adnkronos Multimedia) - Samsung Electronics si unisce al CONI, al Comitato per l'Organizzazione dei XX Giochi Olimpici Invernali e alle Istituzioni che sosterranno il progetto, per presentare


Madrid, 18:04 - CALCIO, SPAGNA: REAL CHIEDE SICUREZZA PER TIMORE DELL'ETA

A seguito dell'annuncio da parte dell'Eta, l'organizzazione separatista basca, del cessate il fuoco ...


Cuba publishes an article signed by President Fidel Castro amid speculation among exiles about his health.


MARION JONES SUES BALCO FOUNDER: Track star seeks $25 mil for ...

*The BALCO drama got a shot in the thigh yesterday with Wednesdayâs defamation lawsuit filed by track star Marion Jones against BALCO head Victor Conte, who told ABCâs â20/20â that he gave her steroids and watched her inject herself with them.


A Durban court hears of a note allegedly sent as an encrypted fax to bribe SA's deputy president.


Florida has found the highly contagious soybean rust fungus in one of its soybean fields on Wednesday, becoming the third infected US state in a week, state officials said.


Apple reports record quarterly profits boosted by sales of the iPod music player and its notebook computers.


Some of the finest football talent in Eastern Massachusetts will gather tonight at Bentley College in Waltham at 7 for the final contest in the players' high school careers. Nominated and selected by area coaches, the teams are divided between the North and South.


Herzogenaurach, 12:17 - CALCIO, BECKENBAUER: LOEW DEVE RESTARE CT GERMANIA DOPO 2008

''Sarebbe bene se Loew rimanesse ct anche dopo gli Europei''. Franz Beckenbauer sponsorizza Joachim ...


Countrywide to modify up to $16 billion of mortgages

Countrywide Financial Corp , the largest U.S. mortgage lender, on Tuesday offered to refinance or modify up to $16 billion of adjustable-rate mortgages through the end of 2008 to help about 82,000 borrowers who face higher payments stay in their homes.


Residents hit by deadly California wildfires are warned of pollution levels three times higher than normal.


ASIA/COREA DEL SUD - Nuovo Centro Pastorale per i lavoratori vietnamiti. Gli ordini religiosi in Corea impegnati in favore degli immigrati Seul (Agenzia Fides) - I lavoratori vietnamiti emigrati in Corea hanno un nuovo Centro sociale e pastorale: Ã¨ un luogo dove potranno incontrarsi, scambiare esperienze, pregare, avviare iniziative sociali, culturali, ludiche, spirituali. Il ÂCentro Vi...


Attentati con tre autobomba e colpi di mortaio


Walchhofer Leads Austrian Sweep in Val Gardena

Michael Walchhofer won a men's World Cup super-G on Friday as Austrians pushed overall leader Bode Miller off the Val Gardena podium.


President Bush met privately Monday with Republican donors at an estate on Long Island Sound, raising almost $800,000 for GOP House members facing tough re-election fights.


The chief executive of Britain's Music of Black Origin awards has promised to ask voters whether to drop homophobic artists from September's ceremony.


The rising price of oil and of other commodities served as a tonic for the stock market, with energy and mining companies helping to lead the market upward.


By MATTHEW DALY  WASHINGTON - Congress early Saturday approved a bill to revamp management of the nation's marine fisheries and strengthen protections against overfishing of dwindling stocks.


Top-ranked Illinois jumps out to a 20-3 lead to start the game and coasts to a 60-47 victory over Indiana Sunday and stays unbeaten.


Yushchenko Says Protesters to Lift Blockade

KIEV, Ukraine  - Ukrainian opposition hopeful  Viktor Yushchenko said on Wednesday thousands of his supporters  would remove a blockade of the main government building in Kiev  with immediate effect.


The cable operator reported fourth-quarter net income of $602 million on solid revenue gains as customers spent more for cable TV. The company also said it will start paying a quarterly dividend.


Shell Settles Oil Reserve Case for $120 Million

Royal Dutch/Shell has agreed to pay $120 million to settle fraud charges with the S.E.C. involving overstated oil reserves, the U.S. securities regulator said today.


BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc  , the world's biggest miner, is in talks with private equity firms to team up for a possible $40 billion bid for U.S. aluminum company Alcoa Inc , the Times said on Tuesday.


Pope warns of terrorists getting nuclear weapons

Pope Benedict, in his annual "state of the world" address, on Monday called on nations to make a global commitment on security in order to prevent terrorists from gaining access to nuclear weapons.


U.S. issues new plan to replace drivers' licenses

The U.S. government unveiled new security requirements for Americans' driver's licenses with a get-tough message on Friday for states that have refused to comply due to cost and privacy concerns.


Yahoo Inc.'s board will reject Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion takeover bid after concluding the unsolicited offer undervalues the slumping Internet pioneer, a person familiar with the situation said Saturday.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average, Wall Street's blue-chip index, briefly topped 14,000 for the first time early Tuesday on strong corporate results.


Buehrle wins 100th as White Sox end skid

The champagne was chilled, but Mark Buehrle sounded like a man who was simply relieved — not poised to pop open a bottle.


By MICHAEL CASEY YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia - Asia's rapid economic expansion has turned its skies into some of world's most polluted and the region must do more to fight a scourge that is blamed for more than 500,000 premature deaths annually, delegates told a clean air conference Wednesday.


The Singapore government's investment arm, Temasek Holdings, released a public annual report Tuesday for the first time since its inception three decades ago, shedding some light on its long-secretive operations.


A top Indian woman athlete who won a silver medal at a recent regional championship fails a gender test.


A 72-year-old man is charged with the murder of a teenage factory worker who went missing 40 years ago.


Viruses, X-Rays Join List of Cancer Agents

Viruses, X-rays and compounds found  in grilled meats joined the official list of known or suspected  cancer-causing agents released on Monday.


SRK's walkout from the project turned out to be Aamir's gain.


Sepang, 16:51 - MOTO, TEST SEPANG: DOPPIA CADUTA, PEDROSA SI ROMPE MANO

Brutto incidente per Dani Pedrosa nel corso della prima giornata di test MotoGp a Sepang. Secondo la...


The former Yankee, sidelined by surgery, can only be a spectator for Houston's NLCS matchup with St. Louis. BY DAVID LENNON. ST.


Colorado Springs, CO -- Geoff Blumenfeld made his first field goal of the season, a 30-yarder with four seconds left, as Navy earned a dramatic 24-21 road win over rival Air Force at Falcon Stadium.


President Bush said on Thursday that changes are inevitable in his Cabinet in a second term, and Republicans said there would be new faces but perhaps not right away in some of the top jobs.


Howling Over Federal Plan to Expand Wolf Killing

Federal wildlife officials allow expanding killing of ânon-essentialâ gray wolves in the northern Rockies.


Eating garlic - either raw or as a supplement - does not lower cholesterol levels, a US study has found.


Sara' proclamata il 12/12 a vigilia vertice di Lisbona


A father of four who was stabbed to death in Newry is described as a "gentle giant" whose death stunned a community.


UPDATE 1-Open-Injured Henman survives ace barrage

Fifth seed Tim Henman overcame a barrage of aces and a painful back injury to beat giant Croat Ivo Karlovic 7-6 6-7 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the US Open first round on Tuesday.


Microsoft sues Immersion for contract breach

Blog: The software maker says that the force-feedback technology company is not living up to terms of a 2003 legal settlement


Writer drops 168 pounds, inspires others

She was never really skinny or terribly overweight.


Pfizer is pulling its radio, TV, newspaper and magazine advertising for Celebrex in the wake of a study that links high doses of the popular arthritis to an increased risk of heart attack, but the company plans to keep Celebrex on the market.


One of the rebels involved in the attacks on East Timor's two top leaders denies trying to assassinate them.


BEIRUT: Italian Salvatore Santoro, whose execution was claimed on Thursday by an Islamist group in Iraq, lived for several months in the Christian mountain region of Beit Mery


Chirac Sees Opportunity in China's Economic Surge

French President Jacques Chirac  declared on Saturday that France was a natural trade partner to  China and, amid a flurry of air, rail and energy deals, played  down any threat from one the world's fastest growing economies.


Ore. Man's TV Emits Int'l Distress Signal

Chris van Rossman's television came with a VCR, DVD player and CD player — plus a hidden feature that had a rescue team beating a path to his door.


Thousands gather in Bam to mourn some 30,000 victims of the earthquake that flattened the Iranian city a year ago.


Top Al Qaeda member Ayman al-Zawahiri has pledged to fight the United States until it changes its policies regarding Muslims. "We... will fight you, god willing, until the last minute," al-Zawahiri, Al Qaeda


Viacom said Sumner M. Redstone was restructuring his pay to more clearly align it with shareholder interest.


Crawford to testify Bertuzzi ordered off

Former Vancouver Canucks coach Marc Crawford will testify that he yelled at Todd Bertuzzi to get off the ice before the attack on Colorado Avalanche player Steve Moore, an Ontario court heard Friday.


The increase in US troop strength in Iraq announced last week is not likely to be enough, Sen. John McCain said Sunday. McCain told "Fox News Sunday" that more troops probably will be required


Dance: The ÂNutcrackerÂ Test and Other Apprentice Trials

Teenagers with only their entire futures on the line experience living the apprenticed life at New York City Ballet.


Padoa Schioppa: sulla compagnia abbiamo scelto strada giusta


Bush Takes Social Security Plan to States

Facing stiff resistance, President Bush began searching state-by-state for support for his plan to overhaul Social Security and conceded Thursday that not all lawmakers believe the program has a serious problem.


Xaverian 10 Waltham 6 WALTHAM -- Xaverian used its strong ground and air games in the second half to hold off a comeback attempt by Waltham and won, 10-6, last night.


Microsoft to change Vista after Google complaint

Microsoft Corp.  has agreed to  modify its Windows Vista operating system in response to a  complaint that its computer search function put Google Inc.   and other potential rivals at a disadvantage, the  Justice Department and Microsoft said on Tuesday.


Poles signed waiting lists Sunday for a chance to buy shares in their largest bank, using a signup system from communist times to impose order on the crush of interested investors.


Fox Rejects Miller Beer Ads for Super Bowl

A dispute between the country's two biggest beer brewers has a brand-new battlefield - the Super Bowl. Late last week, with football fans by the millions gearing up for the big game, Fox Broadcasting decided not to put on the air a Miller Brewing Company ad that poked fun at Anheuser-Busch's plans for a new light beer.


Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton talked about holding up under the rigors of the race in perhaps her most public display of emotion of the campaign.


Novell Inc. of Waltham is getting a half-billion-dollar check from Microsoft Corp. to settle an antitrust case that's never been filed.


Reports of "an incident" involving soldiers from the Black Watch in Iraq are being investigated, the Ministry of Defence has said.


St. Elizabeth's Patients 'In Peril,' Report Says

A watchdog group has found that the District's psychiatric facility is seriously understaffed and overcrowded.


Steel man forges the largest firm in the industry

LAKSHMI MITTAL, the Indian steel tycoon and one of Britainâs richest men, was poised to become head of the worldâs biggest steel company after merging his two businesses


Arafat Makes Final Journey Home to West Bank

Thousands of Palestinians surged into Yasser Arafat's battered West Bank compound on Friday to pay tumultuous homage to their late president at the end of his final journey home.


Drawing upon its clout as the Internet's most powerful company, Google Inc. is calling on businesses and regulators throughout the world to set international standards for protecting consumer privacy online and offline.


Man arrested over murder of pregnant British teenager

A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a heavily pregnant British teenage girl whose partially clothed body was found in a churchyard, police said.


Biotech critics challenging Monsanto GMO sugar beet

KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - Opponents of biotech crops said on Wednesday they were filing a lawsuit to challenge the USDA's deregulation of Monsanto Co's genetically engineered sugar beet because of fears of "biological contamination" and other harm to the environment.


Rocket Launches New GPS Satellite from Florida

A Boeing Co. Delta 2 rocket successfully launched a new US Air Force Global Positioning Satellite into orbit from Florida Saturday.


Ukraine Liberal Vows Demonstrations if Cheated

The liberal challenger in a closely fought presidential election in Ukraine raised the stakes on Friday, threatening to bring his supporters onto the streets if the authorities tried to deny him victory by ...


Justice Department: No comment on forcing encryption passphrases

A recent federal judge rejected the Justice Department's request to force a defendant to cough up his PGP passphrase. We unsuccessfully asked the agency to elaborate.


The Defence Minister announces an independent review, but not a public inquiry, into the Deepcut army base abuse claims.


Are shorts trying to make short work of these stocks?


Reggio Calabria, 18:51 - CALCIO, REGGINA: NON SI E' ALLENATO SOLO MISSIROLI

Walter Mazzarri ha sottoposto questo pomeriggio i giocatori della Reggina a una seduta di allenament...


HP and Red Hat have announced a new low-cost Linux desktop bundle for small and medium businesses in Australia.


Los Angeles, 11:17 - CALCIO, AMICHEVOLE: PARAGUAY-COREA DEL SUD 1-1

Paraguay e Corea del Sud hanno pareggiato 1-1 in un'amichevole disputata a Los Angeles. (20/01/20...


Judge Denies Bush Effort to Speed Ruling

A judge on Wednesday denied the Bush campaign's request that he order the Federal Election Commission to act on complaints about outside groups spending millions on anti-Bush ads and get-out-the-vote activities.


Elton John says he will apologise over Madonna tirade

NEW YORK, Oct 28  - Elton John has said he will apologise to Madonna, after launching an expletive-laced attack on the Material Girl for lip-synching on stage.


After months of vitriol, Verizon Wireless said it will drop its objections to Nextel's (Quote, Chart) controversial spectrum swap agreement with the federal government.


No Evidence of US Election-Linked Terror Plot

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


Governments agree a faster phase-out of chemicals that deplete the ozone layer and warm the Earth.


The tiny tubes of FluMist quiver as they speed hour after hour down the assembly line, armed with an invisible blend of virus and targeted in a chaotic flu season at the many Americans cut off from a flu shot.


Speculation over Havas as Bollore raises stake

BOLLORE, the sprawling holding company of French corporate raider Vincent Bollore, has upped its stake in advertising group Havas to 10.


Rupert Wingfield-Hayes finds plenty of Soviet reminders in Ulyanovsk, birthplace of Vladimir Lenin.


Sri Lanka hospital burglar breaks leg on the job

A Sri Lankan burglar who pretended to be a patient to steal cash from a hospital ended up in a ward himself after he jumped out of the window and broke his leg.