The US military is denying a report that Saddam Hussein has begun a jailhouse hunger strike, and says the ousted Iraqi leader had eaten on Sunday.


Bush holding off on specifics about investment accounts

President Bush said Monday that he faces "difficult choices" in seeking to ensure Social Security's solvency and offer younger workers private retirement accounts.


The government continues to resist demands that it should have the unpopular 2012 Olympic Games logo changed.


Straffan, 17:50 - GOLF, RYDER CUP: SUCCESSO DELL'EUROPA

L'Europa ha vinto la Ryder Cup di golf battendo gli Usa per 15-8 al termine della terza ed ultima gi...


Snoop Dogg pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of felony possession of a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to 160 hours of community service and three years probation, his attorney said.


[Pounds]25,000 Refit for Centre's ITC Suite

A COMMUNITY computer centre, dubbed the area's best-kept secret, has been relaunched after a makeover.  Whale Hill Community Centre at Eston spent [pounds]25,000 to re- equip and refurbish its ten-year-old ICT suite.


An east Belfast shopping centre is evacuated after a heavy downpour causes flooding in the city.


com. Once a nearby high schooler and a fan at Dodger Stadium, now you're pitching in front of the largest crowd in Dodger Stadium history.


'Forgotten' bow is sole bright spot in unmemorable frame

The opening for Sony's "The Forgotten" this weekend was memorable indeed as the Julianne Moore starrer was the only bright spot amid a sea of disappointments and a continuing September slump.


Another flaw within Safari 3.0 for Windows beta

Blog: Researcher finds a basic cookie handling error that could compromise Windows PCs.


Singapore housewife wins warrant-trading contest

A Singapore housewife beat traders from top banks such as Merrill Lynch to win a warrant-trading competition, a newspaper said on Wednesday.


The Roman Catholic Church in Spain denies any relaxation of the Catholic ban on the use of condoms.


Windows users could soon be paying for Microsoft software that keeps their machine free of spyware.


Losanna, 11:41 - CALCIO, UEFA: TAS CONFERMA ESCLUSIONE FEYENOORD

Il Tas (Tribunale arbitrale dello Sport) ha respinto il ricorso del club olandese del Feyenoord e ha...


Long-Term Rate Plunge May Soften Fed Tightening

What the US Federal Reserve is taking away from the economy via higher interest rates, the US Treasury bond market may be giving back -- at least partially.


Second Cell Poised for Indonesia Attack, Australia Says

Militants responsible for a deadly car bomb blast outside Australia's Jakarta embassy have a second group poised for attack, Australia's top policeman said on Saturday as Australians heard a fresh warning to avoid Indonesia.


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Seven jailed for life in al Qaeda Istanbul bombings

A Turkish court sentenced seven  people, including a Syrian al Qaeda militant, to life in prison  on Friday for suicide bomb attacks on Jewish and British  targets in Istanbul which killed more than 60 people in 2003.


Australian drought not over but signs hopeful: experts

As severe water restrictions take effect in Australia's major agricultural area, experts say there are signs the country's worst drought in a century may finally be coming to an end.


Air Pollution Impairs Lung Development in Children, Study Finds

The lungs of children who grow up breathing polluted air don't fully develop and may never recover, leaving the individuals susceptible to respiratory ailments as they age, according to a study in the Sept.


CBS's Schieffer to Replace Rather on Interim Basis

Bob Schieffer, CBS News' chief  Washington correspondent, will replace Dan Rather on an interim  basis as anchor of the network's evening news when Rather  retires in March, CBS said on Wednesday.


As Russia seethes, 2 Chechen rebels are marked men

Russia trained Shamil Basayev to fight fires, but he has made a career igniting them. As a firefighter, he served an unremarkable two-year term in the Soviet military after he was drafted.


eBay Power Sellers Reporting Strong Auction Sales With Crosspitch

Cross promoting internet sales spells big business and big money for clients of Crosspitch, whose unique internet gallery tool has stood out on eBay and other auction websites and has translated into dollars for their clients.


Drama? Atkins is just enjoying his role in LA

The Clippers may own the best record in Hollywood, but no team does drama better than the Lakers. From the Shaquille O'Neal trade last summer to recent accusations from Kobe Bryant that Karl Malone hit on his wife Vanessa , the Lakers always find a way of landing on the front page, easily eclipsing the success of ...


Terrorists Explore Lasers as Weapons, U.S. Warns

Federal officials are concerned that terrorists could try to down aircraft by blinding pilots with laser beams during landing approaches.


Per un volume d'affari annuo di circa 950 mln di dollari


Trade and climate set to top agenda as German Chancellor Angela Merkel heads to China and Japan.


Italian PM fights for survival in confidence votes

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi rallied support on Wednesday for two confidence votes that will determine the survival of his centre-left government after the defection of an ally erased his Senate majority.


Heath Ledger to play Joker in next 'Batman'

Heath Ledger will play The Joker in the sequel to last year's "Batman Begins," Warner Bros. studio announced. "The Dark Knight" is set to begin production next year.


Thailand May Have Human-to-Human Bird Flu Transmission

Health officials in Thailand say a woman who died from the bird flu virus last week may have caught it from her daughter. Twenty-nine people have died in Thailand and Vietnam since the outbreak was detected in January.


US Assails Venezuela's High Court Scheme

The State Department accused Venezuela on Wednesday of "packing" its Supreme Court to ensure a pro-government majority and said the move calls into question the country's commitment to judicial independence.


Iran says test fired more accurate Shihab-3

Iran said on Wednesday it had conducted tests on a more accurate version of the Shihab-3 missile, which is capable of reaching Israel.


NBC cameraman breaks silence over mosque shooting

An American cameraman who captured disturbing images of a Marine shooting dead a motionless Iraqi has broken his silence to reveal more uncomfortable details of the killing.


Dengue fever outbreak hits parts of Asia

The worst outbreak of dengue fever in years has hit Southeast Asia, prompting the World Health Organization to call for better prevention campaigns as experts question whether global warming is partly to blame.


Pope in about-face over Muslim dialogue office

In a surprising about-face, Pope Benedict has decided to restore power and prestige to the Vatican department that oversees dialogue with Islam a year after he controversially downgraded it.


Researchers use gene therapy to stop pain signals before they reach the brain.


Bergamo, 13:37 - CALCIO, ATALANTA: CONVOCATI PER IL PARMA

Sono 20 i giocatori convocati dal tecnico dell'Atalanta, Luigi Del Neri, per la gara di domani contr...


BritArt star Hirst woos Russia's blingski

Damien Hirst, the superstar British artist best known for his pickled displays of large animal corpses, launched his controversial work in Russia's capital on Monday at a private viewing with a difference.


Tra miliziani palestinesi e gruppo integralista Jund al-Sham


Fifteen Tamil civilians working for a French aid agency were found slain in northeastern Sri Lanka after fierce battles between rebels and the government over water supplies, relief agency officials said Monday.


LONDON, England -- Arsenal and England defender Sol Campbell has said he is ready to sign a new contract with the Premier League champions but still has a finalise the details.


PC World's 30 Most Popular Stories of 2007

From Google wonders to laptop reviews to iPhone torture tests, here's what the Web was reading and watching on PCWorld.com this year.


The Dead Talk, and There's Plenty of Static

The nominal thriller "White Noise" is worthy neither of Michael Keaton's talents nor even a desperate horror fan's attention.


DALLAS -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. will have two 8s on his new car. NASCAR's most popular driver will be in the No. 88 Chevrolet when he moves to Hendrick Motorsports next season, the team announced Wednesday.


Indian Train Crash Kills 27, More Than 50 Injured

MUKERIAN, India  - Two passenger trains collided  in northern India on Tuesday, killing at least 27 people and  injuring more than 50, officials said.


Indagine sui prodotti che ogni giorno compriamo al supermercato per scoprire le piccole e grandi bugie dell'industria alimentare                                          Nella giungla delle etichette Un carrello pieno di trappole                                                                                di JENNER MELETTI


Tis the World Cup season.And that can mean only one thing: Bedi.


A selection of the week's best movies stories.


Korean car designers step onto global stage

GENEVA/SEOUL  - Global automakers are tapping a  rich seam of talented vehicle designers in a surprising spot:  South Korea.


Greece Soul Searches, Phelps Nears Record

Greece, an ancient nation, searched its soul over a new doping scandal on Saturday while Michael Phelps, a fresh-faced American teenager, prepared to enter the Olympic record books without having to swim a stroke.


Lance Bass, band member of 'N Sync, says he's gay and in a "very stable" relationship with a reality show star. Bass, who formed 'N Sync with Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick, tells People magazine that he didn't earlier disclose his sexuality because he didn't want to affect the group's popularity.


When it comes to covering politics, journalists often fall into the 'he said, she said' trap without taking the time to delve into the details. The nonpartisan FactCheck.org jumps into the informational breach. By Louise Witt.


In memory of Luke, Loretta races for her life

LUKE. His name is tattooed forever on her right ankle. His memory, just as permanently, in her heart. Loretta Harrop ran the race of her life in Athens yesterday, the inspiration of her late


Bush reading program blasted in internal audit

A $1 billion reading program that is   a key part of the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind   education law was mismanaged and rife with conflicts of   interest, according to an internal audit released on Friday.


"We want everybody to be calling it `Fox-borough' this weekend." That's the word from Scott Ackerson, coordinating producer for "Fox NFL Sunday," the network's pregame NFL program. The show, which normally emanates from a Los Angeles studio, is making a rare in-season "road trip" and will originate today from Gillette Stadium (Channel 25, noon).


The Arizona Diamondbacks have signed former Anaheim Angel third-baseman Troy Glaus on a four-year deal. The 28-year-old free agent hit 18 home runs last season despite missing over three months through injury.


Passenger Trains Collide in India's State of Punjab

At least 20 people have been killed and several dozen injured in a collision between two passenger trains in the northern Indian state of Punjab.


Shell to Spend More on North Sea Venture

Royal Dutch/Shell Group announced Wednesday that it would spend US$1.8 billion on exploration and production in the North Sea, including building a pipeline to transfer gas from Norway to Britain.


Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson on Thursday shrugged off harsh criticism from James Dobson, saying he has friends who likely know the influential Christian leader and they hold him in high regard.


Small biz is heard, but ignored UK business leaders met Chancellor Alistair Darling yesterday to detail their objections to his proposed changes to how capital gains tax is charged. Darling announced the end of taper relief for capital gains in his pre-Budget report two weeks ago.â¦


Al CIVA dal 20 dicembre al 24 febbraio 2008 "Supermarche d'Europe 1957-2007"Dai primi negozi self-service ai centri commerciali "integrati" a basso impatto ambientale                                          I supermercati europei hanno 50 anni Bruxelles li festeggia con una mostra                                                                                Per l'Italia partecipano Esselunga, inaugurato proprio nel 1957, e la Coop di ROSARIA AMATO


A sloppy handoff contributes to the United States losing to Britain by a hundredth of a second Saturday in the 400-meter relay. The U.S. men and women sweep the 1,600 relay.


Manufacturers urge tough stance on China

Upset over a soaring trade deficit with China, U.S. manufacturers pressed the Bush administration on Monday to take a hard line with the Chinese on currency and other trade issues.


Telecom reported first quarter net earnings after tax of $193 million, an increase of 19.1 percent on the same quarter in 2003. Reported net earnings included an abnormal item of $10 million relating to the


Belgrado, 19:15 - PALLANUOTO DONNE, EUROPEI: SPAGNA AVVERSARIA ITALIA IN SEMIFINALE

Sarà la Spagna l'avversaria dell'Italia nella semifinale degli europei femminili di pallanuot...


Linksys sends corporate WLAN standard home

Punts 802.11a kit at gamers, multi-room music streamers


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Nigerian Police Say Dozens Killed in Oil Pipeline Explosion

Police in Nigeria say dozens of people were killed in an explosion at an oil pipeline on the outskirts of the commercial capital, Lagos.


Atlantic 10âs Resurgence Starts With Scheduling

With four teams in the top 25 in simulations of college basketballâs ratings percentage index, Atlantic 10 athletic directors and coaches do not have to fight so hard for respect this season.


Novartis maps genome of type-2 diabetes patients

Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG said it has mapped the genome of a large group of type-2 diabetes patients, enabling scientists to better search for the genes causing the disease.


Indonesian police identify Australiam Embassy suicide bomber

Indonesian police on Friday identified a suicide bomber in a mini-van that exploded at the Australian Embassy last month. However, it was unclear if he drove the vehicle, raising the possibility of involvement of a second suicide bomber, they said.


I piaceri delle sirene viaggio tra le Spa di lusso

Acqua come fonte di benessere. Rilassarsi con gli sport waterproof, massaggi e trattamenti personalizzati in strutture sempre piÃ¹ raffinate


Messina, 18:59 - CALCIO, MESSINA: FLOCCARI A CATANIA FORSE IN PANCHINA

Seduta defatigante per il Messina in vista del derby di sabato sera contro il Catania. Migliorano le...


Pakistani forces secure rebel mosque complex

Pakistani security forces secured a mosque and school complex in Islamabad on Wednesday, snuffing out the last pockets of resistance a day after an assault that killed a rebel cleric and more than 50 militants.


Iowa Blanketed in Candidates and Messages

Candidates barreled from town to town as they awaited the last poll of caucus-goers from The Des Moines Register.


Nearly a Month Later, Ohio Fight Goes On

Nearly a month after John Kerry conceded Ohio to President Bush, complaints and challenges about the balloting are mounting as activists including the Rev. Jesse Jackson demand closer scrutiny to ensure the votes are being counted on the up-and-up.


Australia's Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd.  said on Tuesday it was close to signing an order for new Boeing  planes worth up to US$2.6 billion ahead of the launch of long-haul flights to the United States next year.


With terrorists around every corner, weapons of mass destruction on our doorsteps, and Michael Moore running around strapped with explosives, who are we going to call for help?


TV Networks Break Rules for Bush-Kerry Debate

U.S. television networks refused to play by rules restricting camera angles and reaction shots during the presidential debate and that may have given a boost to John Kerry, analysts said on Friday.


Ukraine President Bows to Pressure, Backs New Vote

KIEV, Ukraine  - Outgoing Ukrainian President  Leonid Kuchma, bowing to mass street protests and international  pressure, on Monday backed a new presidential election to end a  crisis that is tearing the nation apart.


Four U.S. soldiers killed in Baghdad bomb: military

Four U.S. soldiers and their Iraqi interpreter were killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad on Wednesday, the military said on Thursday.


The Vatican says the Pope did not intend to offend Muslims, after he is accused of anti-Islamic remarks.


Anti-spammer fined $60K for DNS lookup 'hack'

Whois also ruled dodgy by North Dakota court David Ritz, the veteran American spam-fighter, has been hit by $60,000 in fines plus lawyers fees after losing a civil suit that accused him of illegal hacking.â¦


The world's greatest detective takes on the ultimate incarnation of cosmic madness through video games and literature. In Table of Malcontents.


Fundamentally: The Increasing Charms of the Roth Approach

In todayÂs self-directed retirement system, it is important to keep tabs on details that can have a big impact on your retirement savings.


Italiane rapite, giornale autorevole: sono vive, stanno bene

Il giornale kuwaitiano Al-Rai Al-Amm scrive oggi, citando fonti irachene "fidate e ben informate", che le due donne italiane rapite in Iraq sono vive e stanno bene. I rapitori "le avrebbero trattate sempre


Stocks fell on the first trading day of the year on Wednesday after U.S. manufacturing data showed signs of contraction and oil hit $100 a barrel, raising the possibility of a recession in 2008.


NTL to sell communications masts to Australia's MCG in Â£1.27bn ...

A consortium led by Australia's Macquarie Group will pick up NTL's broadcast business, which features about 2,300 sites - including the UK's tallest free-standing structure at Emley Moor in West Yorkshire.


Petrucci: "Anche l`Iraq avrÃ  il lutto al braccio

"Anche la nazionale irachena di calcio porterÃ  il lutto al braccio in segno di solidarietÃ  con l`Italia per l`uccisione del giornalista Enzo Baldoni avvenuta giovedÃ¬ in Iraq". A comunicarlo Ã¨ stato il


Bosnians cast ballots in third post-war local elections

Bosnians have begun voting in the third post-war local elections, which are expected to confirm the dominance of the ruling nationalist Croat, Muslim and Serb parties.


Security analysts spotted a gaping security hole in Fox News Network LLC's Web site on Monday, revealing file directories and sensitive content, although it appears the problem has been fixed.


NYSE Report Details Grasso's Pay Package

The New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday released a previously confidential report detailing how former chairman Richard A. Grasso received his controversial $187.5 million pay package.


Witness in custody case says Spears used drugs

A former bodyguard for Britney Spears offered on Monday to testify at a custody hearing about nudity and drug use at her home and his fears for the safety of her two young sons.


Lung Cancer Patients May Benefit From More Time Without Life ...

Indianapolis, November 1 (ots/PRNewswire) - New data presented today confirm that advanced lung cancer patients can look forward to better-quality survival when treated with Alimta(R) (pemetrexed), a newly approved anticancer agent in the European Union


The United States clashed with China and Russia during a disarmament debate Tuesday over how to prevent an arms race in outer space, and Washington criticized Beijing for its recent test of an anti-satellite missile. Russia and China, in turn, condemned the "one state" that refuses to consider a treaty banning space weapons — a reference to the U.S.


Kenan Cole scores 10 of her 15 points in the second half as No. 21 George Washington keeps Liberty at bay, 74-66, on Sunday.


When you lose two straight games, and allow 17 runs in those two games, more than one thing went wrong. But one big thing has gone wrong for the Cardinals thus far in the World Series: they're not throwing strikes.


While Virgin Media promises great things on-demand Customers of Virgin Media sitting down to watch Ultimate Volcano on Sky One last night were shut off a minute into the programme and presented with the following message:â¦


Gasoline could drop 50 cts/gln by spring: AAA

High U.S. gasoline prices and the threat of a recession have led to anemic motor fuel demand that could give drivers a break of 50 cents a gallon at the pump by the spring, according to motor club AAA on Wednesday.


Family members of a 78-year-old California man found dead after his yacht ran aground in southern Mexico said Monday they tried to dissuade him from sailing solo halfway around the world, but to no avail.


General Electric Co. completed the sale of a majority stake in its global outsourcing business to two U.S.-based equity firms for $500 million, the conglomerate said Friday.


France's President Nicolas Sarkozy calls for a strong Europe to rebuild a more harmonious world order.


Thompson Stresses His Conservative Credentials

ON THE BUS IN IOWA, Sept. 7 -- On his second full day of official campaigning, Fred Thompson spoke at length about his health and his opinions about Iraq, Social Security, homosexuality and abortion, both in an interview with reporters and at events around the state.


Russian "nyet" to US beef, pork meant no WTO deal

A dispute over access for  U.S. meat to the Russian market helped frustrate U.S.-Russian  talks on a deal for Russia to join the World Trade  Organization, America's top trade negotiator said on Saturday.


Lawyers for Oracle (Quote, Chart) asked a federal court to remove one of the last few obstacles in the company's hostile $7.7 billion bid for PeopleSoft (Quote, Chart).


David Wellington: The most basic mistake any hero or heroine can make is to think that he or she has put the big beastie down for good.


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TiVo President Yudkovitz Resigns; Shares Fall

TiVo Inc. , the digital video recorder maker that faces competition from cable television providers, on Tuesday said President Marty Yudkovitz has resigned, only weeks after Chairman Michael Ramsay said he would step down as chief executive.


MTV, part of the media conglomerate Viacom Inc., has recruited 51 youths to cover the 2008 elections throughout the country with weekly reports that will include short videos, blogs and animation.


New boss Smith not fazed by Scotland's lack of talent

New manager Walter Smith believes Scotland must foster a sense of togetherness if they are to restore their international fortunes.


League Cup still last on Benitez's trophy list

Liverpool may have battled back from the brink of defeat to book a League Cup semi-final berth but a penalty shoot-out win against Tottenham did nothing to alter manager Rafael Benitez's view of a competition his club have won a record seven times.


Scarcerato il ragazzo che era stato fermato ieri


Muslim Council joins fight for hostage's life

Efforts to secure the release of Iraq hostage Ken Bigley are being stepped up as a delegation from the Muslim Council of Britain' heads to Baghdad for talks.


Procura Napoli dispone anche sequestro di 750 mln di euro


Lady Bird Johnson Released From Hospital

Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson was at home and feeling better Monday after being treated for bronchitis at a hospital over the weekend, a spokeswoman said.


In a politically sensitive trial, an American soldier pleads sleeplessness and overwork in the death of an Iraqi man who breached his squad's hideout


Senator John Kerry said Tuesday that he had spoken with the convalescing Bill Clinton, and that he would soon hit the campaign trail on his behalf.


Bush Urges 'Strong Steps' on Steroid Issue

President Bush urged Major League Baseball on Wednesday to take "strong steps" to confront the use of steroids and other illegal performance-enhancing substances by players.


Leopard went on sale at the Apple Store in Tokyo on Friday evening, part of a global launch that will unfold around the world over the next 24 hours.


Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani on Thursday defended his commitment to renewable energy such as ethanol production despite his law firm's work on behalf of major oil companies.


When virtual crime finds its way into online role-playing games, should real-world authorities step in?


With no fanfare, President Bush on Friday signed the most sweeping rewrite of corporate tax law in nearly two decades, showering $136 billion in new tax breaks on businesses, farmers and other groups.


Search and the Law: Professor Eric Goldman

As part of a series looking at Internet and intellectual property law, Eric Goldman, assistant professor and director of the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University, discusses self-service IP enforcement, current search engine lawsuits, and the future of search engine law.


Thaksin's long shadow over Thai politics

Thailand's ousted prime minister resigned this week, but his populist ideals may influence his successors.


Senate Moves to Shield Phone Companies on Eavesdropping

The Senate handed the White House a major victory by voting to give legal protection to phone companies that aided government wiretapping.


Turning a Critical Lens on Television News

A former producer at "20/20" mimics Michael Moore in his aims but not his showmanship in this messy broadside against network news divisions.


Diminuito rispetto al 2006 numero persone finte in ospedale


Incidente mortale in viale Fanti: incredibile scambio di persona

E' quello che Ã¨ accaduto durante i soccorsi dopo il tragico incidente, avvenuto sabato notte in viale Fanti, che ha visto coinvolte una Smart e uno scooter e in cui hanno perso la vita tre giovani (due ragazze e un ragazzo).


Clinton Presidential Library : a great affection for the American ...

WASHINGTON, November 20(Online): Former US president Bill Clinton has formally openned his presidential library , inaugurated in Little Rock in the south central US state of Arkansas drank in the praises of old friends, past presidents and rock stars on


PC maker Gateway Inc. announced on Sunday that its recent line of laptop computers, desktop computers, and monitors will be available to customers at Micro Center.


Tainted Polio Jabs - Did Australian Govt Knowingly Release Them?

Australia - The Federal Government will investigate a report that a contaminated polio vaccine, which has since been linked to cancers like mesothelioma, was knowingly released in the 1960s by the then government.


YouTube, Viacom bow to light-sabre-wielding defender of online justice

Jedi Knight saves the world The Register's favorite light-sabre-wielding school board candidate has stared down an army of YouTube-hating Viacom lawyers, defending the rights of internet users everywhere.â¦


Shuttle Glides Safely Home in Spite of Damage

The space shuttle Endeavour glided to a safe landing at the Kennedy Space Center, apparently not much worse for wear.


Roma, 17:08 - CALCIO, SERIE D/G: RISULTATI ANTICIPI SECONDA GIORNATA

Risulati degli anticipi della 2/a giornata di andata del campionato di Serie D.


The incoming head of AOL said Tuesday he left a 31-year career at NBC for the chance to transform the online business into a formidable rival to television and other traditional media.


Campaigning gets underway for next month's elections to choose a governor  in Indonesia's Aceh province.


The first Americans lost their land and, for some, their identities after European settlers began the mass migration to what is now the United States.


pardon the pun -- and for good reason. Web surfers looking for a reliable alternative to Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Internet Explorer have been busy over the last


Crashed plane found in Cambodia, no survivors

Searchers found the wreckage of a plane carrying 22 people, including 13 Koreans and three Czechs, high on a jungle-clad Cambodian mountain on Wednesday but there were no survivors.


Princess Diana video airs on US television

A videotape of the late princess Diana talking frankly about her sex life with Prince Charles and suggesting that a lover on her royal staff was "bumped off" was broadcast on US television.


TUNCELI, Turkey  - Kurdish rebels killed at least 12 Turkish soldiers and wounded 16 others in an ambush on Sunday, prompting Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to call crisis talks to consider a military strike against rebel bases in Iraq.


Shares in Electrolux rise 14% after it says it plans to relocate 10 of its 27 western Europe and North American plants to cheaper parts of the world.


McKenzie Ends Holdout and Returns to Green Bay

Green Bay Packers cornerback Mike McKenzie ended his lengthy holdout Wednesday afternoon and joined his teammates in preparation for Week 2.


Sri Lanka Tiger leader says patience is running out

COLOMBO - The leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers on Saturday hinted at a return to war if the government does not agree to an immediate revival of peace talks on the basis of the rebels' proposals for an interim self-governing authority for the claimed


Napoli - Arrestato presunto killer di Gelsomina

Pietro Esposito, di 38 anni, ritenuto affiliato al clan Di Lauro, sarebbe uno degli assassini della 22enne uccisa nella notte tra domenica e lunedÃ¬. Eâ stato bloccato la scorsa notte dai militari in una


Afghan boy, 9, out of critical-care unit after heart surgery in Toronto

TORONTO (CP) - A nine-year-old Afghan boy who had life-saving heart  surgery at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children is out of the critical-care unit, a hospital official said Monday.


British election worker seized in Afghanistan

A UN election worker holding dual British and Irish nationality is among three foreigners seized in Afghanistan today.


Cirque Corporation Appoints Selected Technologies As Its Sales Agent for Iowa and Michigan

Cirque Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alps Electric Co., Ltd.   and a leader in the capacitance touch technology industry, today   announced it has named Selected Technologies as a sales and support   representative for Iowa and Michigan.


Giuliani's mayoral record is complicated

Rudy Giuliani boasts that he reined in crime, welfare and taxes in a city once considered ungovernable.


Pimco's Gross says he's now a "bear market manager"

Long-time bond bull Bill Gross, just  one year after declaring the end of the bear market for U.S.  Treasuries, on Thursday conceded the snappy pace of global  economic growth will likely keep bonds on their heels.


Northern Ireland leader Ian Paisley and the head of state of the Irish Republic, President Mary McAleese, shook hands Monday for the first time _ another symbolic milestone on Ireland's road to reconciliation.Paisley, 81, for decades rejected any role for the Irish Republic in Northern Ireland, a predominantly Protestant part of the United Kingdom. Last year, he accused McAleese of being a deceitful politician who talked nicely in public but privately loathed Northern Ireland's Protestant majority. Read more


OTC Acne Products as Good as Prescription Meds

Over-the-counter (OTC) benzoyl peroxide cream clears up acne as well as prescription antibiotics -- and at a fraction of the cost, according to new study findings released Friday.


A convicted murderer who escaped from prison guards during a hospital appointment is recaptured.


Ex-champ Mauresmo out of Australian Open

Former champion Amelie Mauresmo was knocked out of the Australian Open Friday night when hometown favourite Australian Casey Dellacqua beat her 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.


WASHINGTON Sept. 20, 2004 - President Bush is striking back at John Kerry's increasingly aggressive criticism on Iraq, asking Americans to stick with him on the war in the face of surging violence there.


In the Trenches: The Visiting Nurse: Soldiering On, Home to Home, in a Squeezed Health System

Annelisa Purdie is an administrator, a teacher, scold, backstop, cheerleader â within the limited number of visits allotted by insurance.


France confirms headscarf ban despite hostage threat

PARIS, Aug 30  - The French government said on Monday it planned to go ahead with the introduction this week of a ban on Islamic headscarves and other religious insignia in schools, despite an ultimatum from extremists holding two French journalists


German officials blast cancellation of opera

BERLIN   Pressure mounted Tuesday on the Deutsche Oper Berlin to rescind the cancellation of a production that depicted the beheading of the Prophet Muhammad, with Chancellor Angela Merkel saying 'there can be ...Comment


Who were Veerappan's political patrons?:

[India News]: In normal circumstances, no news media, no matter how low-browed and given to dressing up the most mundane of events with a dash of masala to cater to the vicarious instincts of the public, would have lavished so much coverage on the gory


This week's "Ask the Editors" session will be hosted by yours truly, and we'll discuss anything you want about Apple for an hour.


TelecityRedbus suffers power failure TelecityRedbus's colocation centre on Marsh Wall in London's Docklands has apparently suffered a power failure and back-up generators have not kicked in.â¦


US Military: Bomber Wore Iraqi Forces Uniform

A body found at the US Military base that was attacked in Iraq this week was wearing an Iraqi military uniform when it was recovered at the scene.


An osprey nursed back to health by a British bird charity after suffering gunshot wounds, dies after being shot again in Spain.


Sacramento Kings' Peja Stojakovic, left, of Serbia-Montenegro, and Chicago Bulls' Andres Nocioni of Argentina battle for a loose ball on the sidelines in Sacramento, Calif.


Mikhail Ignatyev of Russia produced an awesome display to win the gold medal in the men's points race on Tuesday. Ignatyev coasted to victory on 93 points after making the vital breakthrough with two of the 16 sprints remaining in the 40km race.


Oracle says it's broadening, not ending, its dispute with SAP

Settlement is the furthest thing from the mind of Oracle, which now contends that the wounds it suffered through SAP's alleged IP infringement cut deeper than at the time it filed its lawsuit.


Fifa's boss says he would have backed England's players if they had walked off against Spain after racist taunts.


Ivan disrupts netball squads' training programme

Due to the after effects of Hurricane Ivan, the Jamaica Netball Association has cancelled training sessions for all national squads.


New York police kill a man on his wedding day, firing 50 bullets at his car as he left a strip club after a party.


Here are today's Battleground Dispatches Ã¢ÂÂ a roundup of what is going on right now in the year's hottest races, based on reports from local and national media.


Hollywood split over Mel Gibson's future

A stunned Hollywood debated the future of one of its biggest stars Sunday as a sheriff's watchdog launched an investigation into a possible cover up of a leaked report that quoted Mel Gibson unleashing a tirade of anti-Semitic remarks during a drunken driving arrest.


Bush and Kerry Sharpen Their Fight Over Iraq

Democrat John Kerry on Tuesday called the Iraq war the "most catastrophic" of President Bush's many wrong choices, but Bush accused Kerry of stealing lines from his old rival Howard Dean.


Texas Instruments says Q2 improvements on track

Texas Instruments Inc.  is on track to report an increase in chip demand in the second quarter compared to the first, Chief Executive Richard Templeton said on Thursday.


Ridge Floats Possibilities for Replacement

The police chief and sheriff of Los Angeles could be candidates to become the next secretary of homeland security, outgoing secretary Tom Ridge says.


Somewhere amid the cactus-studded hills on this sprawling Navy base, separate from the cells where hundreds of men suspected of links to al-Qaida and the Taliban have been locked up for years, is a place even more closely guarded Â a jailhouse so protected that its very location is top secret.


California AG says HP had stonewalled state probe

Hewlett-Packard Co.   recently "stonewalled" California's probe into the company, but  now has expressed willingness to cooperate, a spokesman for the  state's attorney general said on Thursday.


Singapore, 19:28 - TENNIS, SHARAPOVA: CIRCUITO FEMMINILE E' PULITO

Il tennis femminile è pulito e resterà tale. Ne è convinta Maria Sharapova, che...


Japan on alert as suspected Chinese sub detected in territorial waters

Japan was on alert after a suspected Chinese nuclear submarine entered its territorial waters, setting off a chase on the high sea amid mounting disputes between the Asian powers.


Kidnappers Demand Foreign Troops Quit Iraq

Militants piled more pressure on  Washington's military allies in Iraq on Thursday, seizing a  Polish woman and holding a Japanese man under threat of death.


Revulsion is now starting to be aimed at the paparazzi and tabloids as the entertainment industry asks that the troubled star be given a chance to recover in private.


U.S. Sees Chances of Saddam Trial in 2004 'Remote'

The chances of trying former Iraqi  leader Saddam Hussein in 2004 are remote, a U.S. official said  Friday, casting doubt on remarks by Prime Minister Iyad Allawi  who said the trial could begin as early as October.


Federer wins US Open for 12th Grand Slam

Roger Federer sure gave Novak Djokovic chances, all sorts of chances, to pull off a major surprise in the U.S. Open final Sunday. Federer knows how to win these things, while Djokovic is still learning, and that might have made the difference.


New Esteem For The Throne: Public `Just Loves' Composting Toilets

By Joel Lang, The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Jun. 3--In the realm of outhouses, the less that meets the eye -- and nose -- the better, which pretty much explains the aesthetic advantage of the new composting toilets showing up in Connecticut state parks.  "The public just loves them.


Screenshot 3 of 4: Google Desktop Search tool

Google unveils its first desktop application for searching through personal files on the PC and through a person's Web history.


The movie studio posts a bad quarter, but a good year.


TechWeb - SAP AG unveils a search application capable of delivering results pulled from across corporate business systems to either a browser-based or desktop user interface.


San Francisco AIDS researcher Dr. Joseph "Mike" McCune was named Wednesday as one of nine winners of $2.5 million grants from the National Institutes of Health to carry out innovative medical research.


Stop doing the CBI's bidding, and we could be fossil fuel free in 20 years

Comment is free: George Monbiot:  Prospects for renewable power are promising. But it means nothing if the public interest is drowned by corporate power.


Having male twin reduces woman's fertility: study

Women who have a male twin are less likely to marry and have children, perhaps because of being exposed to their brother's testosterone for nine months in the womb, researchers reported on Monday.


Schaeffer's Daily Market Blog Features: CarMax, Marvel Entertainment, Priceline.Com, Yahoo!, and FedEx

Among the stocks featured in the September 21 edition of Schaeffer's Market Blog are CarMax (NYSE:KMX), Marvel Entertainment (NYSE:MVL), priceline.com (NASDAQ:PCLN), Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO), and FedEx (NYSE:FDX).


Mainland inflation slows to 2.8pc easing rate rise fears

Mainland inflation eased in November as food prices slowed their climb. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.8 per cent from November 2003, the smallest year-on-year increase since February's 2.1 per cent, the National Bureau of Statistics said.


Differences in the brain may increase the chances a person will take drugs, scientists say.


Oil prices rose again on Wednesday after US government data showed heating stocks ahead of winter remained 16% down on 2003 levels.


Long study led to U.S. cloned food safety decision

Cloned animals may often be born deformed and die young but scientists, who have looked at every aspect of their biology to try to explain why, can find no evidence that it would be dangerous to eat them.


Novell Seeks to 'Unbend' MS 'Facts' About Open Source

Steve O'Grady of research firm Red Monk said he is not surprised that Novell would take a jab at Microsoft and its anti-open-source rhetoric, but he is shocked that Novel Vice Chairman Chris Stone has left the company.


The Russian government says more servicemen died from suicide or in accidents than in the line of duty this year.


Ascoli, 19:29 - CALCIO, UDINESE; MALESANI: CI SIAMO SCIOLTI NEL FINALE

Il tecnico dell'Udinese Malesani non è contento dopo il 2-2 di Ascoli. "Nell'intervallo abbia...


Democrats from the throughout the West gathered Saturday to interview candidates to lead the Democratic National Committee, including former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, whose candidacy has come under fire from within the party.


Yahoo's Yang Looks Back on 'Amazing Ride'

Cofounder reflects on company's first ten years at Web 2.0 Conference.


The opening of the National Museum of the American Indian yesterday was both a celebration and a reminder of past and continuing injustices against Native American people.


President Bush sees the value — and the humor — in the idea that aides could secretly feed him advice through a radio receiver hidden on his back.


The government took the American bald eagle off the endangered species list Thursday — an official name-dropping that President Bush hailed as "a wonderful way" to celebrate the Fourth of July.


ASIA/INDIA - ÂFermare la violenza sui cristianiÂ: lettera aperta della comunitÃ  cristiana alla Presidente federale dellÂIndia, Rashtrapathi Bhavan New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Segnalare la grandi sofferenze dei cristiani in India e lÂescalation della violenza ai loro danni; chiedere la fine delle discriminazioni e delle minacce, con unÂindagine seria sui colpevoli delle intimidazioni; far rispet...


So what is it about Win2k security MS won't enhance?

If you want the 'security enhancements' of Windows XP SP2 but you're running an earlier version of Windows, then you're going to have to upgrade, Microsoft has been confirming to the public prints this week.


In Chernobyl, fallout lingers for villages

No one lives here anymore. Only radiation-danger signs stick up from the ground in this village contaminated by the 1986 Chernobyl accident, and abandoned buildings gape silently, their windows broken.


High Intake of Linoleic Acid May Cut Cancer Risk

NEW YORK  - In a study of middle-aged men, high intake of linoleic acid, an unsaturated fatty acid found in certain plants and vegetables, seemed to lower the risk of prostate and other cancers, Finnish researchers report.


Combining sympathy with discipline, a military-style boot camp near Beijing is at the front-line of China's battle against Internet addiction, a disorder afflicting millions of the nation's youth.


A south Wales boy dies while on holiday with his family on the Spanish island of Menorca after allegedly drinking alcohol.


Europe gains no US aid to support dollar

European officials, blaming US deficits for a surge in the euro, are unlikely to persuade Treasury Secretary John Snow to help support the dollar when the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers meet in Berlin.


Beginning Monday all editions of the venerable Times of London will be printed in tabloid format, just as the Sun and other not-quite-so-venerable newspapers.


Anger over 'pathetic' child rape jail sentence

The attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, is considering an appeal against a sentence given to a man for raping a 10-year-old girl.


Nominee to Head Joint Chiefs Sees Current Strain on Military

Adm. Michael G. Mullen, the Bush administration's choice to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is deeply concerned that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are straining the U.S. military and he probably would seek political solutions to those conflicts, according to longtime...


Fresh off a surprising legal victory in its bid to acquire PeopleSoft, Oracle reported a 16 percent jump in profit Tuesday, beating Wall Street's estimate by a penny.


North Korea on Monday reportedly told a visiting British diplomat in Pyongyang that a billowing cloud of smoke caused by an explosion last week was the planned


Every once in a while, Terrell Owens seems put off by the tempest that seems to constantly swirl around him. He'll act like he wishes it would go away, so he could just play football.


VANCOUVER, Wash. -- A second steam eruption at Mount St. Helens and changes in seismic signals prompted the government to raise the volcano alert to Level Three on Saturday afternoon.


Bollywood legend Bachchan surrenders farmland rights: report

Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan has given up farmland following allegations he acquired plots by falsely declaring himself a farmer, reports said Thursday.


Former Savage Garden singer Darren Hayes was cautioned for racially abusing a   restaurant doorman.


Relatives of victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks are preparing to remember their loved ones on both sides of the Atlantic.


Being smart about how you run on race day can be as important as all the effort you put in before you reach the starting line.


Iraq Hostages' Kin Appeal for Their Lives

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Family members of an American and a Briton held hostage in Iraq appealed for their lives after militants vowed to kill one of them Tuesday, a day after beheaded a hostage identified as U.S. civil engineer Eugene Armstrong...


World Housing Prices May Fall as Interest Rates Rise, IMF Says

Housing prices in the UK, Australia and Spain may be poised to fall because of an expected increase in global interest rates, the International Monetary Fund said in its semi-annual World Economic Outlook.


Yemeni Al Qaeda member killed in Riyadh shootout: security source

A Yemeni considered to be closely linked to terror chief Osama bin Laden was one of seven militants killed in Wednesday's shootout with Saudi security forces in Riyadh, a security source told AFP.


I manifestanti intendono bloccare i lavori gia' avviati


Kidnappers Urged to Release British Hostage

Former British pop singer and Muslim convert Cat Stevens has called on kidnappers in Iraq to release unharmed British hostage Kenneth Bigley.


Congregazione dottrina invitata a vigilare su bioetica


Cavaliers coach ready for LeBron deja vu

SAN ANTONIO, Texas  - Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown said Friday it was only a matter of time before LeBron James shakes things up in the NBA Finals.


Mantova, 19:25 - CALCIO, MANTOVA; TESSER: AD AVELLINO SARA' RISCOSSA

Mantova mastica amaro dopo il pareggio interno col Ravena di ieri. col gol romagnolo del pareggio in...


The new 10-race playoff instituted this season has done all that Nascar officials had hoped, turning the droning fall stretch into a manic scramble.


Shiite Rivalries Slash at a Once Calm Iraqi City

In a poisonous landscape, competing Shiite groups no longer look to the political system to allocate power.


Osaka, 09:18 - ATLETICA, MONDIALI: ROMAGNOLO ELIMINATA NEI 3000 SIEPI

Elena Romagnolo è stata eliminata nei 3000 siepi femminili ai Mondiali di atletica leggera di...


Londra, 11:48 - CALCIL, STAMPA GB: JUVE E ROMA SU BELLAMY

Anche se non ufficialmente, il Liverpool ha messo sul mercato al prezzo di 17 milioni di euro l'ala ...


Lawmakers expect to deliver bill to Bush soon

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- The House was expected to take up legislation as early as Thursday to extend popular middle-class tax cuts that would otherwise expire at the end of the year.


One Ex-Nat to Another: Robinson Is 'an Icon'

Former National Preston Wilson, now a bench player with St. Louis, says he hopes Frank Robinson can soon find another job in baseball.


Udine, 14:58 - CALCIO, UDINESE; LEONARDI: ESPULSIONE CESAR SACROSANTA

"Mesto starà fuori venti giorni". Il direttore generale dell'Udinese, Pietro Leonardi, non am...


Group Calls on FDA to Pull Pfizer Pain Drugs

U.S. regulators should pull Pfizer  Inc.'s arthritis drugs Celebrex and Bextra from the market  because they are too risky, U.S. consumer watchdog group Public  Citizen said in a letter on Monday.


No. 9 Ohio St. Edges Marshall 24-21 on FG

Ohio State still has that last-minute magic. Mike Nugent's 55-yard field goal as time expired gave the ninth-ranked Buckeyes a 24-21 victory over Marshall on Saturday.


MotoGP star Valentino Rossi has often been linked to a switch to four-wheeled racing but it is not going to happen in the immediate future, if at all.


Microsoft isn't the only company soaking up the gravy from this week's release of "Halo 2", the smash successor to the company's breakthrough shooting game for its Xbox console. [Missing Links]


Microsoft Faces New EU Competition Probe

DRM software stops digital files from being copied and has already seen heavy investment from Time Warner, Microsoft and Sony. Before the buy-out in April, the majority owner of ContentGuard


Australian regulator gives Qantas-BA alliance another five years

Australia's competition watchdog recommended that national carrier Qantas should be permitted to maintain a nearly decade-old alliance with British Airways for another five years.


An additive used in some sausages and burgers could cause cancer, food safety experts have warned.


Shipwreck teaches students about history

Five 13-year-olds in life jackets crowded inside the cabin of a small research boat and stared at a bank of computer monitors.


EUROPE:  Free to read, reading for free?

ROME, Sep 13 (IPS) - It might be taken for granted in Europe that the  imparting of knowledge through books is available to all,  regardless of their social status. But in reality, however, it is  a different story.


But the film by director Richard ("Richard III") Loncraine combines love on the court and off into something surprisingly captivating.


Activists hail Thai move to make generic AIDS drug

Thailand, faced with ballooning costs for HIV-AIDS drugs, has issued its first compulsory license to make a cheap version of a foreign-made drug and fired a shot across the bow of big pharmaceutical companies.


Evgeni Malkin skated again with several NHL players Monday at the Los Angeles Kings' practice rink, and his agent said he was optimistic the 20-year-old hockey star will soon become a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins.


GREEN BAY, Wis.ÃÂ -- The surprising New Orleans Saints are heading home unbeaten.


Afghan president says 'fight drugs like Russians'

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has urged his countrymen to tackle the war on drugs with the same zeal they fought the Red Army during the Soviet Union's decade-long occupation that ended in 1990.


AT&T Reports Higher Fourth-Quarter Profit

AT&T Corp., the No. 4 U.S. telephone  company, said on Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings increased  due to cost-cutting through job cuts and a tax benefit from the  writedown of its assets.


NBA players grieve in their own way. In memory of recently traded Walter McCarty, friend and former teammate Mark Blount will wear sweatbands on his head and upper left arm for the remainder of the season.


They were attending Mass in Denver, but their thoughts were far away. Members of Denver's Transfiguration Ukrainian Catholic Church wrapped up Thanksgiving weekend with a service to raise money for family and ...


College Football Roundup: Hawaii Offers Jones Contract Worth at Least $1.2 Million

The University of Hawaii has offered Coach June Jones a contract that would make him the highest-paid coach in the Western Athletic Conference or the Mountain West Conference.


US military forces killed 11 members of a Mahdi Army splinter group southeast of Baghdad early Thursday, American officials said, in the largest such operation against the powerful militia in months


The Earl and Countess of Wessex's son is undergoing "routine tests" in hospital after falling ill.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - On the first official day of campaigning for the Jan. 30 elections in violence-racked Iraq, candidates were trying to figure out how to woo the voters.


Southgate savours United clash in FA Cup quarter-final

Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate can't wait to pit his wits against Sir Alex Ferguson after his side set up an FA Cup quarter-final clash against Manchester United.


Google has decided to become carbon-neutral by the end of the year, announces plans.


Hewitt believes go-slow decision courts disaster

THE first shot in what could prove to be a stormy summer Down Under was fired yesterday when Lleyton Hewitt balked at the decision of Tennis Australia to deaden the court


Genius Grant Winners Announced: Squid Labs Cofounder Gets $500K

Squid Labs' Saul Griffith is among 24 luminaries to be handed a MacArthur Fellowship -- a $500,000 award for innovators, more commonly referred to as the "genius grant."


BAGHDAD - Explosions and gunfire on Thursday evening rocked an area in central Baghdad where many foreigners and journalists stay.


U.S. expects N.Korea to shut reactor in 3 weeks

The United States expects North Korea to shut down the reactor at the heart of its nuclear arms program probably within three weeks, top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said on Saturday.


ITMedia Consulting ha steso bilancio del mercato


Microsoft details new domain-specific modeling tools

Microsoft Corp. is continuing its push into the enterprise-level development market with a new framework and tool for Visual Studio Team System.


A scientific report, inspired by an episode of âSeinfeld,â  may cause football fans to take a second look at that communal bowl of dip.


TV band Supernova tweaks name after lawsuit

NEW YORK (Billboard) - The band at the heart of the   recently concluded CBS reality series "Rock Star: Supernova"   has a new name, following the resolution of a trademark dispute   with a pre-existing group that had used the Supernova moniker.


A car bomb exploded in the Christian eastern part of Beirut on Wednesday, killing at least five people and wounding four in an attack that may have targeted a political figure, security sources said.


Unemployment, Oil News Keep Stocks Mixed

NEW YORK - Stocks were mixed in early trading Thursday as investors weighed a rise in unemployment claims against a slight drop in oil prices.    In the first hour of trading, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 43.51, or 0.4 percent, to 10,065.67, one day after it lost more than 135 points...


The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., Rich Landers Column: Rich Landers: Potential Wildlife Threats Equal Inevitable Restrictions

By Rich Landers, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  May 31--Trouble is stirring where only the deer, elk and sportsmen once roamed.   Washington's wildlife recreation lands have been managed in decent harmony with hunters and fishermen over the past seven decades.


Investors Unfazed by Risks Associated With Bayer Drug

The German pharmaceutical giant Bayer is no stranger to health and safety scares. Three years ago, it had to pull its cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol from the market and


The man charged with making US computer networks safer has quit after only a year in the job.


FACTBOX-Speakers at Republican National Convention

Following are brief profiles of the main speakers at the Republican National Convention here from Aug. 30-Sept. 2, where President Bush will accept his party's nomination to run for re-election:


Turkey says Iraqi proposals to deal with Kurdish rebels will take too long to work and more urgent action is needed.


Chargers on offense: A dislocated left big toe has Antonio Gates's status in doubt. Without the star tight end, the Chargers' offense takes on a whole different look. Gates's replacement, Brandon Manumaleuna, had a big third-down catch to sustain a touchdown drive in the fourth quarter against Tennessee. But minus Gates, quarterback Philip Rivers showed a reluctance to throw to ...


Fox pleads not guilty to drunken driving

LOS ANGELES  -Vivica Fox entered a not guilty plea on Thursday to a drunken driving charge stemming from her arrest on a Los Angeles freeway in March.


World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: G.E. Lending Unit Scaling Back

The General Electric Companyâs Japanese consumer lending unit said it would close 60 percent of its branches and cut 15 percent of its employees as part of a restructuring plan. The GE Consumer Finance Company, a Tokyo-based lender, will shut 73 of its 115 branches and 200 of its 1,342 unmanned outlets, the firm said. The company said it would also cut as many as 400 employees out of 2,600 by the end of June.


Virtually a quad player Tiscali is set to relaunch the Toucan Mobile brand it acquired as part of last year's Pipex buyout, though it's still talking to the networks about which lucky operator gets to carry Toucan customers.â¦


Bush and House in Accord for $150 Billion Stimulus

The deal capped a series of fast-paced and intense negotiations after both parties had to agree to numerous compromises after more than a year of acid relations.


Samsung's new digital music player has an FM radio receiver that supports the radio data broadcasting system used on many European radio stations.


Scientists identify a gene fault linked the development of lung cancers.


More troops will be sent to southern Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Des Browne announces.


Under a shower of blood-red poppies, the Queen tonight led tributes...

Under a shower of blood-red poppies, the Queen tonight led tributes for the fallen heroes of Britain - s wars.


China popularizes HIV/AIDS knowledge among local officials

A hundred thousand pamphlets on HIV/AIDS prevention and control were recently distributed to local officials throughout China, the first time the country has extensively spread HIV/AIDS knowledge to local leaders.


Sport: Football: After just eight months at Craven Cottage, boss Lawrie Sanchez gets marching orders


Fears of a US slowdown and mortgage market woes prompt a share slump in Europe, Asia and Wall Street.


Reg review Some market watchers say that mobile phones will eventually supersede standalone MP3 players. Creative's latest device certainly anticipates such a move, in design if not functionality.


Londra, 11:57 - CALCIO, IRLANDA: VERSO ESONERO STAUNTON

Persa le speranze di qualificarsi per gli Europei del 2008, l'Irlanda volta pagina. Domani la federc...


British Music Fans Turn Against Manufactured Bands

Forget manufactured pop. After suffering  a surfeit of Reality TV shows that propelled instantly  forgettable stars into the charts, British music fans have had  enough.


Catturato in Marocco il Â«re delle evasioniÂ»

BOLZANO - Era riuscito a evadere dal cargere di Gleno (Bg), lo scorso 15 ottobre, poi dieci giorni fa aveva scritto in una lettera Â«sto benissimo, mi trovo in un luogo sicuro dove nessuno potrÃ  trovarmi e nessuno mi potrÃ  estradareÂ».


The activities of security contractors are "in conflict" with the US mission in Iraq, says the US defence secretary.


Chinese woman breaks silence on sex slavery horror

RUGAO, China  - Zhou Fenying is a living witness to the dark history that still poisons China's relations with Japan more than 60 years after World War Two.


Settlement hopes dim in Boeing-Airbus trade clash

Prospects of a speedy settlement in the tit-for-tat transatlantic clash over aircraft subsidies appeared dim on Wednesday as a case involving Boeing Co  resumed at the World Trade Organization (WTO).


Top two stories of structure in Victoria crumble following apparent explosion.


Verizon Wireless on Tuesday dropped its opposition to a plan to give Nextel Communications (NXTL) valuable airwaves, removing a big hurdle to a deal aimed at fixing cell phone interference


North Korea complains to U.N. about Japan raids

Japan has created "a horrific  atmosphere of terror" for its Korean residents since it began  cracking down on their activities, North Korea's U.N. envoy  said on Wednesday.


Fatale al tecnico toscano la sconfitta di Livorno e il penultimo posto. Il club al suo posto chiama Daniele Zoratto, soluzione definita "temporanea". PARMA, 13 dicembre 2004 - Silvio Baldini non Ã¨ piÃ¹ l'allenatore del Parma.


In a surprise shake-up, struggling supermarket chain Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. of Jacksonville forced out president and chief executive Frank Lazaran and named Peter L. Lynch, a former Albertsons Inc.


Jason Lee, a frequent collaborator with filmmaker Kevin Smith, has been tapped to play the title role in the NBC comedy pilot, "My Name Is Earl."


Intervento alla Commissione Affari Costituzionali alla Camera

ROMA - La premessa Ã¨: lo Stato a Napoli c'Ã¨ ed Ã¨ attivo, come mai prima d'ora in simili circostanze. Ma contro il dilagare della violenza mafiosa, occorre fare di piÃ¹ e da Roma verranno inviati sul campo piÃ¹ uomini e mezzi.


A Czech man is jailed for 11 years for advertising on the internet for someone to kill his older wife.


Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to Remain in Job

Donald Rumsfeld, architect of the US plan to invade Iraq and a target of critics of the war, will remain in the cabinet, a senior administration official said.


Patronsâ Sway Leads to Friction in Charter School

A clash at a charter school in New York has exposed fault lines of wealth and class that are perhaps inevitable as philanthropists increasingly invest in public education.


McCain threatens legislation to curb drugs in baseball

com Staff | December 4, 2004. US Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) said yesterday that he will introduce legislation for mandatory drug testing of athletes if major league baseball players and owners do


Roma, 13:37 - EDITORIA, ARRIVA IL LIBRERIA BIOGRAFIA CANNAVARO

Arriva in libreria il 28 settembre 'Fabio Cannavaro, lo scugnizzo d'oro', il libro scritto dal giorn...


New viral cause of childhood heart disease

A newly discovered cousin to the SARS virus may be the cause of several childhood illnesses, such as Kawasaki disease, which can damage the heart, said a new study.


Rising Levels of Flame Retardants Spur Bans

By Douglas Fischer  Flame retardants are generating some heat of their own as concerned researchers and lawmakers note rising levels in the environment and step up efforts to ban them from everyday household products.


PeopleSoft's profit may drop "significantly" this year and may have trouble surviving on its own, according to testimony Monday by an Oracle executive.


IndyMac Bancorp Inc , one of  the largest independent U.S. mortgage lenders, plans to cut  1,000 jobs and halve its dividend, and may report its first  quarterly loss in more than eight years, as defaults climb and  loan volumes decline.


14 British soldiers killed in Afghan air crash

Fourteen British military personnel have   been killed in a plane crash in Afghanistan, Britain's Ministry   of Defense said on Saturday.


While the federal government ponders the ethical implications of therapeutic cloning, California is blazing a trail to the future.


This time, it was Robin Lopez's turn to shine.


NEW YORK - Juan Carlos Ferrero's difficult year became more disappointing Friday when the 2003 U.S. Open runner-up lost to Stefan Koubek in five sets in the second round at Flushing Meadows...


Microsoft submitted documents in bid to avoid fine

Microsoft Corp  has submitted  documents required by the European Commission in an effort to  avoid further fines for breaching an antitrust ruling, a  spokeswoman for the European Union regulator said on Monday.


Litvinenko's widow urges Putin to help murder inquiry

The widow of murdered former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has written to Russian President Vladimir Putin demanding he help the inquiry into his radiation poisoning death in London.


Shots fired as Powell visits Haiti palace

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. December 2. KAZINFORM. Gunshots were exchanged Wednesday outside Haiti's presidential palace in Port-au-Prince as US Secretary of State Colin Powell held meetings there, US State Department


Bimba uccisa, la madre sottoposta a intervento chirurgico

La mamma della bambina di quattro anni (NS) trovata morta oggi a Volpiano (leggi qui) Ã¨ Rosa Sansone, ha 39 anni, impiegata a Torino. Nel pomeriggio Ã¨ stata sottoposta ad intervento chirurgico alle Molinette.


On Sept. 20, 1964, The Beatles completed their first official U.S. tour by performing a benefit concert. The band also made another appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show."


Book Deal for Writer Who Fabricated Parts of Memoir

James Frey, the author who admitted making up portions of his best-selling memoir âA Million Little Pieces,â has signed a new book deal for a novel with HarperCollins.


Oil Prices Ease From 21-Year High But Remain Volatile

New York, Sept. 29 (NNN): Hitting fresh 21-year highs of more than $50 a barrel a day earlier, oil prices eased slightly on Tuesday but remained quite volatile as increased fighting in Nigeria forced several


While many actresses fantasize about wearing Valentino or Zac Posen on the red carpet, Ellen Page has a completely different idea.


Tsunami Adds to Belief in Animals' 'Sixth Sense'

Wild animals seem to have escaped the Indian Ocean tsunami, adding weight to notions they possess a "sixth sense" for disasters, experts said Thursday.


Lawyers acting on behalf of Jude Law  contact the News of the World over a story about the film star's private life.


AN INDIAN JOURNEY Kanpur: Thankfully not a metropolis

One thing you learn over the years is how Indian spectators love to get involved, even when the match is as dead as this one. It places them in a unique position and the pity is that a game that offered so much turned out the way it did.


AOL tosses Netscape into the dustbin of history

Off to Firefox with you AOL is abandoning all work on the Netscape browser and wants users to migrate to Firefox. Not that there are many left: in the mid-1990s, Netscape commanded well over 80 per cent of the internet browser market. But it has been moribund for many years, with share down to one per cent, at best.â¦


Spectators, Wrestlers Brawl After Olympic Bout

A brawl erupted between spectators,  officials, police and competitors at the Olympic freestyle  wrestling Sunday after a close bout between a Russian and  Belarussian athlete.


Pound retreats after BoE decision to keep rates unchanged

The pound lost ground on the dollar after the Bank of England's decision to leave its main borrowing rates unchanged at 5.25 percent, analysts said Thursday.


SAMARRA, Iraq  - Insurgents have launched attacks  on election offices in northern Iraq, killing two people and  wounding nine six weeks before Iraqis are due to go to the  polls.


Spain begins running TV  adverts in West Africa to try and deter migrants making dangerous boat crossings.


Los Angeles Clippers Team Report - November 13

(Sports Network) - Los Angeles has split its first six contests of the young campaign, including a 110-96 loss to New York on Friday night.


Members of the coaching staff, with the exception of Bryan Price, can pursue other opportunities. Price is under contract for the 2005 season.


Liverpool come away with a point from the opening Group C game against PSV Eindhoven.


Nullo perche' decreto senza avviso conclusione indagini


People with diabetes may soon be able to take a pill to control their condition instead of repeated injections.


Yahoo called Microsoftâs $44.6 billion takeover offer too low, and said it would continue to evaluate all its options.


Baghdad Blast Kills 22 People, Including 4 Police

An explosion in Baghdad killed 22 people, including four Iraqi policemen, the US military said. The blast occurred in the northwest of the Iraqi capital at 10:30 pm yesterday and also injured 10 people, the military said.


Israel announced plans yesterday for more than 500 new housing units in the West Bank, following an apparent US policy shift on Jewish settlements that has infuriated the Palestinians.


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Ralph Nader is back on Florida's ballot - probably for good this time...


A surgery manager is jailed for altering cheques to steal cash from GPs to fund her extravagant lifestyle, a court hears.


Pechino, 09:52 - OLIMPIADI 2008, ALTRO FUNZIONARIO COINVOLTO NELLO SCANDALO

Un altro funzionario cinese è stato coinvolto nello scandalo di corruzione legato alle Olimpi...


A disgruntled employee shot and seriously wounded three co-workers at a menu printing plant Monday before killing himself as a SWAT team entered the building


Ukraine Supreme Court Throws Out Election Challenge

Ukraine's Supreme Court threw out on  Thursday a challenge to last month's presidential election,  paving the way for liberal Viktor Yushchenko to take power next  week after two weeks in political limbo.


ORLANDO, Jan. 28 -- The front-runners in the Florida Republican primary exchanged some of their sharpest criticisms of the campaign on Monday, with each seeking a win on Tuesday that would provide a big haul of delegates and a burst of momentum heading into a Feb. 5 mega-primary.


The Best International Stock for 2007: Cemex

Permit me to introduce you to one of my favorites, a modest cement company based in Mexico.


Chiuso l'ingresso principale dell'universita'


Verifying the Chemical Weapons Ban: Missing Elements

By Tucker, Jonathan B  The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which bans the development, production, stockpiling, transfer, and use of chemical arms, is the first treaty to prohibit an entire category of "weapons of mass destruction" under strict international verification.


The Justice Department has begun an internal investigation into its handling of information gathered in the government's domestic spying program.


The Tampa Bay Devil Rays remained in Florida on Monday morning, just 3 1/2 hours before they were scheduled to play a doubleheader opener in New York against the Yankees.


Northern Rock is to lift the rates on its range of fixed-term mortgages to borrowers with patchy credit histories.


A physicist by trade, Robert J. Lang also has a quite unique claim to fame as one of the worldâs foremost origami artists. In fact, he has a Pteranodon with a 14-foot wing span at permanent display at the Redpath Museum of Natural History and a long list of commissions and commercial projects waiting in the wings. And he uses his MacBook Pro, two software programs he authored, and Wolframâs Mathematica to help him conceptualize and map out each new creation.


Study: Toyota to get into 'Big 3' by '09

The traditional "Big Three" automakers already include one company, DaimlerChrysler, that's based in Stuttgart instead of Detroit.


Malawi denies agreeing to send troops to Somalia, in a fresh blow for the planned AU peacekeeping force.


Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka picked the right spot to showcase his talent. He pitched a complete game Thursday in leading the Japanese All-Stars past the touring major league stars 5-1 in Game 6 of an eight-game exhibition series. The major leaguers lead the series 4-2.


While Sen. Hillary Clinton is trying to soften her image on the campaign, she is allowing her pit bull -- Bill Clinton -- to go on the attack.


Opposition protest accuses Spain of ETA surrender

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators protested at an opposition rally in Madrid on Saturday to vent their rage at what they say is the Spanish government's "surrender" to Basque separatists ETA.


The anti-Petraeus ad was a political windfall for politicians on both sides, but for none more than Rudy Giuliani


IRA to be accused in bank heist, officials say

Police in Northern Ireland are expected today to formally implicate the IRA in last month's $41 million Belfast bank heist, British and Irish officials said, and Britain's top official in Northern Ireland said that could dramatically complicate efforts to restore a power-sharing government there.


TrafficMaster sells clients' location info to UK.gov

Pay for your own spy in the cab Noted UK news brand the Daily Mail served up a somewhat error-speckled tech scoop last night, with news that a government "'spy in the sky' system" is involved in a "secret 'Big Brother' operation... allowing officials to pinpoint the exact location of thousands of vehicles".â¦


Brewers' Gallardo quiets Giants in debut

Yovani Gallardo dazzled in his major league debut, Prince Fielder hit his NL-leading 26th home run, and the Brewers held off the struggling San Francisco Giants, 5-4, last night in Milwaukee.


Opposition MPs in Greece attack the government response to forest fires which have claimed at least 63 lives.


George W Bush is in Bulgaria on the final leg of his Europe tour, with Kosovo and missile defence high on the agenda.


OJIYA, Japan -- Strong aftershocks rocked northern Japan today after a barrage of powerful quakes jolted the region yesterday, killing at least 14 people and toppling buildings.


Apple's Math Could Point To iPhone Overstock

TechWeb - Apple remains confident that it can hit its target of 10 million phones shipped within its first year of sales, but financial analysts are wondering whether there's trouble brewing.


Roma players blame referee for Real defeat

AS Roma players have blamed Russian referee Valentin Ivanov for their 4-2 Champions League defeat by Real Madrid. Roma led 2-1 at the Bernabeu on Tuesday when Ivanov awarded Real


Unprotected PCs can be hijacked in minutes

and doing nothing else â-xposes your PC to non-stop, automated break-in attempts by intruders looking to take control of your machine surreptitiously.


Japanese women who ride congested commuter trains are taking their fight against gropers into their own hands  -  with a little help from technology, that is


But bad loan disposals ahead of schedule

TOKYO (CBS.MW) - Japan's largest bank Mizuho Financial Group and third-largest bank Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group said Monday their first-half net profit fell from a year earlier, but both achieved their goals of halving bad loan ratios ahead of schedule


Giuliani's private life may hurt his run

Ronald Reagan was divorced, had chilly relations with some of his children, and still easily won two terms as president. Rudy Giuliani has been thrice married and twice divorced, has chilly relations with his children, and wants to be elected president.


Clinton Urges Indian Businesses to Invest in U.S.

Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said the U.S. is a market for foreign companies to invest in.


Sindacato pronto a 'iniziative forti'. Bersani,tavolo presto


Religion less of a factor in New Hampshire vote

DOVER, New Hampshire  - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain brought his pitch to a New Hampshire church basement on Saturday, but religion was hardly on his agenda.


England v Azerbaijan - another game for the national side totally overshadowed by David Beckham. This is, of course, a not uncommon phenomena.


Retailers expect Â´moderateÂ´ 2004 holiday sales growth

That's the early forecast from the National Retail Federation, which sees sales escalating at a "moderate" 4.5 percent clip over last year's robust results.


Discovery will speed research into incurable diseases such as diabetes and Parkinson's, and bring closer the mass production of body tissue to replace that damaged by disease.


Bush's Budget Proposal Would Cut Medicare Funding

MONDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- President Bush's new budget proposal would cut $196 billion over five years from both Medicare and Medicaid -- programs that provide health care to millions of poor and elderly, federal officials announced Monday.


Dutch arrest 8 Islamists in van Gogh killing

PARIS Eight suspected Islamic militants were arrested Wednesday in the killing of a renowned Dutch filmmaker, Theo van Gogh, Dutch officials said.


Helton Always Knew Rockies Had It in Them

Todd Helton has let his emotional guard down a little more each step of the journey to the World Series, starting with the wild-card tie breaker against San Diego to seal a playoff spot.


Madrid, 16:34 - CALCIO, ATLETICO MADRID: QUASI FATTA PER RIQUELME E MOTTA

L'Atletico Madrid è ad un passo dall'acquisto dell'argentino Juan Roman Riquelme e del brasil...


Heart diseases and strokes are becoming more deadly, UN health ...

23 September 2004 - Heart diseases and strokes kill 17 million people every year - more than any other cause - and are increasingly likely to afflict people in poor countries, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today as it published


EDITORIAL: Buying Swampland: Behind All the Eye-Rolling in Botetourt County

By The Roanoke Times, Va. May 31--Drivers who regularly negotiate the two, twisting lanes of pavement that are U.S. 220 north of Eagle Rock in Botetourt County must be sorely tempted to deride Virginia's transportation department.


The âself-employedâ are not this bad economyâs saviors. By ...

Hong Kong voters go to the polls Sunday to elect a new Legislative Council. LegCo, as itâs known, symbolizes the âhigh degreeâ of autonomy that Hong Kong was promised when it reverted Chinese rule in


Blair to Press Sudan Government on Darfur

Prime Minister Tony Blair will pressure Sudan to end the conflict in Darfur when he visits the capital Khartoum on Wednesday, the first leg of a three-day trip to Africa.


Trial ordered for 3 in Duquesne shooting

Two men accused of shooting five Duquesne University basketball players outside a school dance were ordered Wednesday to stand trial.


What was once as unthinkable in Chicago as Michael Jordan playing for someone other than the Bulls is about to happen, this time with Sammy Sosa, whose prolific home runs, celebratory hops out of the batter's box, and daily salutes to the fans at the end of his sprints out to right field in Wrigley Field made him a rival ...


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Sales for semiconductor manufacturing equipment is expected to rise sharply in 2004, but decline slightly in 2005, according to a year-end consensus forecast released late Tuesday by the industry's largest trade group.


Congress began distributing high technology tickets Monday to President Bush's inauguration that incorporate color-shifting ink and other features aimed at preventing counterfeiting.


Yen Recovers After Slipping on Japan Data

The yen fell against the dollar on Friday  following a surprise rise in Japan's unemployment rate, but it  quickly recovered as traders turned their attention to an  upcoming speech from the Federal Reserve chief and U.S. growth  data.


Vincent Gruppuso, 67, Seller of Pudding Snacks, Dies

Mr. Gruppuso was the founder of Kozy Shack Enterprises, a company in Hicksville, Long Island, that sells millions of four-ounce cups of pudding, particularly rice pudding.


Five Terps Score in Double Figures in Rout

Crystal Langhorne scores 14 points and grabs 12 rebounds as sixth-ranked Maryland defeats Florida State 74-60 on Thursday night in Tallahassee.


The company said it earned $256 million in the first quarter, tied to the performance of its Latin American business, and it raised its forecast for the year, sending shares up.


US wireless telecom Sprint Nextel to cut 4,000 jobs

US wireless telecommunications firm Sprint Nextel announced it was cutting 4,000 jobs Friday, saying it anticipated "downward pressure" on its profits in the coming year.


'Non ci sono cambiamenti materiali nelle nostre aspettative'


Grant County to Get Two More Data Centers

By Tom Sowa, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Feb. 13--Two more technology companies have announced plans for new data centers in power-rich Grant County in Central Washington.


Oracle Won't Predict PeopleSoft Acquisition

Oracle Corp. may have won a major antitrust fight with the Justice Department last week over its proposed acquisition of PeopleSoft Inc., but that doesn't mean the company is on the verge of closing the deal.


Owners of a Breedersâ Cup Champion Must Decide if He Will Return

Jess Jackson and his four partners must decide whether to retire Curlin, who  captured the $5 million Breedersâ Cup Classic, or race him next year as a 4-year-old.


Olmert says wants talks on Arab peace initiative

Israel said on Wednesday it was prepared to make "painful concessions" to achieve peace with the Palestinians, working via an Arab initiative drawn up earlier this year and supported by Egypt and Jordan.


Chemicals maker Huntsman Corp.   said on Thursday it agreed to be bought for $6.5 billion by  Apollo Management's Hexion Specialty Chemicals, which trumped  an earlier bid for the U.S. company by rival Basell .


Tainted Drugs Linked to Maker of Abortion Pill

A state-owned Chinese company is at the center of a scandal after nearly 200 Chinese cancer patients were paralyzed or otherwise harmed by contaminated drugs.


Nokia Leads Race for Next Billion Mobile Users

Nokia has access to a huge salesforce in emerging markets that no other operator can match, analyst says.


E le assicurazioni le premiano con polizze vantaggiose


About 100 protesters gather outside Parliament to highlight the 'ludicrous' nature of new anti-demo legislation.


LuPone ready to make Rose bloom again in "Gypsy"

The big theater va-voom of  the week isn't happening on Broadway but rather a few dozen  paces north, at City Center on West 55th.


Bologna, 19:25 - BASKET, CLIMAMIO BOLOGNA: DUE GIORNATE DI SQUALIFICA A DIGBEU

Alain Donald Digbeu, giocatore della Climamio Bologna, è stato squalificato per due gare per ...


A boat probably sank off Skye with the loss of two crewmen because one of them fell asleep, a report says.


Parigi, 11:21 - RUGBY, MONDIALI: NUOVA ZELANDA SENZA ROBINSON CONTRO ITALIA

La Nuova Zelanda dovrà fare a meno di Keith Robinson nella sfida di sabato contro l'Italia, g...


Executives should try to make sure workplace stress doesn't prevent them from enjoying a healthy sex life.


HIGH ISLAND, Texas Sept. 23, 2004 - Making an encore appearance in the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm, Ivan swirled toward the Texas coast Thursday with a potential for up to 10 inches of rain over the weekend.


Yao Ming faces francis, Rockets routed by Magic

The Houston Rockets have been beaten 95-72 in a pre-season game Sunday by the Orlando Magic, led by former Rockets guard Steve Francis.


October introduction for HDMI-, HDCP-friendly chipset? ATI's AMD-oriented integrated North Bridge chip, the RS690, has won the approval of the PCI SIG, which this week certified the part for PCI Express compatibility, paving the way for the part's appearance on the chipset market.â¦


Supreme Court to Hear Case on Cable as Internet Carrier

The Supreme Court stepped into one of the most heated debates over the future of the Internet: how to classify Internet cable service for purposes of federal regulation.


Torino, 19:44 - CALCIO, JUVE; PALLADINO: HO RICAMBIATO ASSIST A CAMORANESI

Raffaele Palladino scatenato nel successo della Juve sul Verona e autore dell'assist gol a Camoranes...


Ten police officers were injured when rival fans rioted in central Athens before a first-division soccer game that wound up being postponed Sunday.


Minister's poll triumph puts him in line to be Pakistan's next PM

Three weeks after surviving an assassination attempt, Pakistan's finance minister, Shaukat Aziz, confirmed his place as the country's next prime minister, after coasting to victory in a byelection.


Mortar in Tehran fails to explode: report

A mortar shell hit a petrol station in Tehran but failed to explode, an Iranian news agency said on Tuesday, but a senior oil official later said the device landed 100 meters away.


Residents could get power update Tuesday

FPL officials don't yet know whether they're facing a repair or rebuild effort. Nearly 1.6 million households and businesses are without power from Hurricane Jeanne, but residents in Palm Beach County could


Los Angeles, 12:27 - GOLF, WOODS DIVENTERA' SPORTIVO PIU' RICCO NEL 2010

Secondo il 'Golf Digest Magazine', Tiger Woods è destinato a diventare lo sportivo piÃ¹ ricco ...


Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist is undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer, officials said Monday in an announcement that immediately set off sirens in the presidential campaign.


Societe Generale says single trader responsible for 4.9 billion fraud

Societe Generale said Thursday that a single trader was responsible for a massive 4.9 billion euro (7.15 billion dollar) fraud at the French banking giant.


Amazon.com launches digital download service

Amazon.com AMZN.O on Thursday   unveiled a widely anticipated Internet service offering movies   and TV shows that can be downloaded to personal computers,   moving it into a nascent and higher-margin business.


FBI, US diplomatic security to visit Sudan over murders

US diplomatic security and FBI agents prepared Wednesday to visit the Sudanese capital Khartoum to help probe the New Year's day murders of a US diplomat and his driver.


Appello del presidente della Repubblica in occasione degli auguri ai militari italiani all'estero"Dobbiamo trovare le risorse per le forze armate, per far fronte agli impegni internazionali"                                          Napolitano: "L'Italia non si sottragga a responsabilitÃ  missioni di pace"


London - Britain started to plan the invasion of Iraq months before the conflict, even as Prime Minister Tony Blair was denying he was on a course for war, according to a report on Wednesday quoting a leaked Pentagon document.


Texas oil tycoon Wyatt in legal fight of his life

Self-made Texas oil tycoon Oscar Wyatt has gone from crop-duster to World War II pilot to freelance hostage negotiator in a career that leaves people loving or disliking him, with few indifferent.


Triple-Double From James Canât Cool Red-Hot Rockets

Rafer Alston scored 22 points, Yao Ming added 16 points and 14 rebounds, and the Houston Rockets tied a team record Tuesday night with their ninth road victory in a row, 93-85 over the Cleveland Cavaliers.


'Shark Tale' Stays Big Fish At Box Office

The animated comedy took in $31.7 million to hold the No. 1 spot for a second straight weekend. Billy Bob Thornton's "Friday Night Lights" opened in second place with $20.


US tycoon Malcolm Glazer's plans for a controlling interest in Man Utd are reportedly close to collapse.


The natural foods chain is predicting double-digit sales growth until 2010.


The NCAA tournament's play-in game is drawing the ire of the historically black colleges and universities as their schools have earned the dubious distinction of being picked most often for the event.


IN boxing terms he was a little ring-rusty and he had a kid with a long reach and a friendly crowd up against him. Still, the old pro of 23 finally had too much guile for the 18-year-old upstart, and Lleyton Hewitt survived.


Former Sunderland and Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson has been appointed temporary first-team coach of Leicester. Bassett told Sky Sports News: "I spoke to Howard about helping Leicester out and he's accepted that situation.


CDC Study Overestimated Deaths From Obesity

Federal health officials said yesterday they had overestimated in a high-profile study the number of Americans dying from being overweight.


Marc Almond Critically Ill After Accident

Former member of Soft Cell, Marc Almond was involved in a motorcycle accident yesterday (October 16), forcing the singer to undergo emergency surgery and leaving him in a critical condition.


Among Firefighters, Giuliani Is Hailed and Hated

Some New York firefighters resent the way the former mayor treated the department before and after Sept. 11.


HONG KONG - Hong Kong voters made a strong turnout Sunday in a hard-fought legislative election being closely watched by Beijing. As of 5:30 pm, turnout was 35.


Rice meets Abbas in search of conference accord

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice assured Palestinians on Thursday that Washington intended a Middle East peace conference to put them firmly on the road towards statehood but gave no specifics.


Corporate tax bill heads to Senate, House without tobacco ...

WASHINGTON A corporate tax bill that would end a trade war with Europe and shower more than 140 (b) billion dollars in tax breaks on American companies is nearing congressional approval.


BY BRIAN WILLIAMS in Columbus, Ohio and CORKY SIEMASZKO in New York. The crazed fan who gunned down a heavy-metal guitarist and three other people at a Columbus, Ohio, nightclub blamed the musician for the breakup of Pantera - his favorite band.


President George W Bush launched his first fence-mending mission since his re-election yesterday, flying to Canada to improve a distinctly prickly relationship with one of America's oldest and most natural allies.


Attaccato un convoglio militare dell'Isaf a Sud di KabulDue militari sono in condizioni particolarmente gravi                                            Afghanistan, l'esplosione di una bomba uccide un soldato italiano, cinque i feriti                                                                                Attentato suicida nella cittÃ  di Lashkar Gah, davanti all'ufficiodel governatore della provincia di Helmand: almeno 12 i morti


Prima tranche dei finanziamenti previsti dalla Finanziaria


CEO says Chrysler split could be difficult: paper

The chief executive of DaimlerChrysler , Dieter Zetsche, said it would be difficult to break up Chrysler, as analysts and other experts have speculated recently, due to an integrated production system that binds together its various brands, The New York Times said.


Scambi intensi, passato di mano il 2,3% del capitale


The pound continued to climb, boosted by data out suggesting that the Bank of England's (BoE) 125 basis point rise in interest rates in the space of a year is still yet to bite.


Glasgow, 19:37 - CALCIO, SCOZIA: RISULTATI DELLE GARE DELLA 21A GIORNATA

Risultati delle gara valide per la 21a gionata del campionato scozzese disputate oggi: Aberdeen ...


Plenty of people out there are hesitant to go camping these days because of their overwhelming dependence on gadgets. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


Electricity shortages regularly threw Georgia into darkness before Mikhail Saakashvili was elected president four years ago and set out to transform the bankrupt former Soviet republic into a modern European state.


Few Clear Winners as Overtime Rules Take Effect

New U.S. overtime rules will either  hurt workers or help them, depending on who you believe, but  economists on both sides of the issue said the changes will do  little to boost the economy or create new jobs.


Army Data Show a Continued Risk for New Orleans

A report shows, in block-by-block detail, that a big storm would likely flood large swaths of the city.


Algeria was rocked by its second suicide bomb attack in three days on Saturday when a blast ripped through a naval barracks, with an Al-Qaeda offshoot later claiming responsibility for the blast that killed at least 30 people.


A pregnant woman and her two children were taken to hospital as 20 people were evacuated from fire at a block of flats.


Europe's new constitution got a thumbs-up from French Socialists, according to voting results announced Thursday. Some 59 percent of Socialist supporters favored the new charter


Russian prosecutors look into allegations that babies at a Yekaterinburg hospital had their mouths taped shut.


More than 1,700 civilians were killed and 2,000 wounded in Somalia during the past year, a local human rights organization said Saturday.


Whites to become minority in U.S. by 2050

Non-Hispanic whites will become a minority in the United States by 2050, with immigrants and their children driving 82 percent of U.S. population growth in coming years, a new study said on Monday.


House panel finds Republicans negligent in scandal

A House ethics panel concluded that Republicans failed to adequately respond to early warnings about a lawmaker blamed for the Internet sex scandal that shook the U.S. Congress this year, a source said on Friday.


CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland -- Britain's Luke Donald celebrated his wild card selection to the European Ryder Cup team with an emphatic victory in the European Masters in Crans-Sur-Sierre on Sunday.


Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus reported the first profit since its birth in 1999 thanks to cost cuts, rising metals prices and strong demand, notably from China.


Humbled, hurt and harassed, the third-ranked University of Miami football team found a way to pull through in another Orange Bowl classic.


Security Council hails Sudan's nod for Darfur force

The Security Council on Wednesday welcomed Sudan's nod for a joint African Union-UN force to end bloodshed in Darfur and urged "timely and full implementation" of the deal, after getting assurances that Khartoum means business.


"It's an excellent relationship"  He talks tough on Iran, likes President Bush and wants quotas on immigrants. And he's French.The frank-talking President Nicolas Sarkozy is out to puncture stereotypes about ivory tower French leaders as he makes his United Nations debut this week, laying out a new foreign policy that slides Paris closer to Washington on world hot spots.Sarkozy's differences with the United States _ over global warming, in particular _ may also make a mark at this year's U.N. General Assembly.American eyes will be on the conservative Sarkozy as much for his U.S.-friendly attitude as for his policies. It has been a long time since U.S. officials so eagerly awaited a French president, after the long chill under Iraq-war-opponent Jacques Chirac and decades of differences over issues from Middle East peace to European communism. Read more


Letter from Baghdad: Two power brokers collide over Iraq's fate

BAGHDAD In Iraq, of late, it has been a tale of two cities, and of two men of vaulting ambition, each seeking a path to power in the Iraq that will emerge, some day, from the turmoil that has followed the downfall of Saddam Hussein.


Germany's neo-Nazis change look to attract disgruntled voters

Holger Apfel cuts a clean look in his Miami Vice-style white suit and black T-shirt and is the new image of a German far-right that is likely to cause an upset in Sunday's state elections.


Rocket from Gaza wounds 35 Israeli soldiers

ZIKKIM, Israel  - A rocket launched by Palestinian militants in Gaza on Tuesday wounded at least 35 soldiers in an Israeli training camp for new conscripts.


The curtain is ready to come up on Wayne Rooney's career at Old Trafford with Manchester United. Coincidentally it may also be about to fall on Paul Scholes' time as an influential figure in the team.


New York, 17:41 - CICLISMO, DOPING: LEGALE LANDIS CHIEDE A USADA STOP INCHIESTA

La battaglia giuridica tra Landis e l'Usada (Agenzia antidoping americana) sale di tono. Il legale d...


Director forces Shruti to expose in Tezaab?

Shakeel Noorani, producer and director of Tezaab - Acid of Love and the female lead of the film Shruti Sharma have lodged complaint against each other at the AMPTPP.


British Prime Minister Tony Blair has reacted to a barrage of criticism from politicians, analysts and national newspapers for considering a US request to deploy troops in Baghdad.


Zimbabwe police ban protests as Robert Mugabe marks his 83rd birthday by vowing to stay on as president.


What's in a name? Maybe a lot more soon in China

Police in China, where most of the 1.3 billion people share just 100 surnames, are considering rules which would combine both parents' family names to prevent so much duplication, state media said on Tuesday.


Nell'esposizione, a Capua, anche abiti storici di Valentino


Almost three-quarters of likely voters think electronic voting systems should produce a paper record the voter can verify, according to a new poll. But that's not likely to happen for many of them in November. By Laila Weir.


Peru School Raises Guinea Pigs for Eating

After 34 years of patient tinkering, researchers at Peru's most prestigious agrarian university have bred a new culinary export they hope will scamper onto dinner plates throughout America and the world: the super guinea pig.


Battle looms at Biogen as Icahn seeks board seats

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said on Monday he is seeking three seats on the board of Biogen Idec Inc , setting the stage for a battle for control of one of the world's biggest biotechnology companies.


Rosneft may top Gazprom as Russiaâs major oil company

Rosneft, the state-owned Russian company that bought Yuganskneftegaz mystery buyer, Baikal Finance, may ouster Gazprom from its position as Russiaâs top energy company.


Canottaggio, fioretto e arco: l'Italia fa gioco di squadra

Una giornata in cui l'Itralia punta sulle squadre. Tornano in pedana i fiorettisti Sanzo e Cassarà che cercano di conquistare la medaglia d'oro sfuggita nella prova individuale. E chi invece l'oro l'ha già nel carniere, come l'arciere Galiazzo, prova a ...


Scontro frontale tra due moto, inutili i soccorsi


Van Nistelrooy certain to face Sparta Prague - Ferguson

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson says striker Ruud van Nistelrooy will definitely return to the starting line-up for the Champions League Group D clash at home to Sparta Prague on Wednesday.


Eastern areas of the Philippines are steeling themselves for another in a series of powerful storms.


A 5-year-old girl injured in a house fire that killed her grandfather, a former state legislator, and his mother-in-law died Saturday, hospital officials said.


Londra, 17:04 - CALCIO, GB: FERGUSON E WENGER DIVISI SU ESCLUSIONE BECKHAM

La decisione di Fabio Capello di escludere David Beckham dalla lista dei pre-convocati per la partit...


Lara to play in ICC Champions Trophy final

West Indies skipper Brian Lara, who had to retire hurt in the semi-final against Pakistan on Wednesday, has not suffered a serious injury and will play the final match of ICC Champion's trophy against England, said an ICC press release here.


Los Angeles, 10:49 - CALCIO: ARGENTINA-GUATEMALA 5-0, IN RETE ANCHE LAVEZZI

Lavezzi in evidenza nell'amichevole vinta dall'Argentina sul Guatemala per 5-0 (primo tempo 2-0) a L...


DENVER -- Colorado Avalanche forward Steve Konowalchuk retired Friday after tests showed he has a disease that can lead to irregular heart rhythms.