Arab TV's Moscow bureau chief arrested after covering hostage drama

The Moscow bureau chief of satellite television Al-Arabiya was arrested as he prepared to fly back to the Russian capital after covering the school hostage bloodbath in North Ossetia, the Dubai-based station said.


Poll: Americans want to keep dollar bill

Maybe Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea should not take public rejection personally. It's not easy overcoming people's indifference to dollar coins, even those honoring such historic figures.


The bodies of five more people were found yesterday in the wreckage of a commuter plane that crashed and burned while transporting doctors and other medical professionals to a conference.


Antitrust decidera' se aprire pre-istruttoria su aumenti


Pakistan's president sets up a negotiation team to try to end a week-long stand-off at a radical mosque.


A clickable guide to the debate on the European constitution in each of the EU's 25 member states.


Persone morte all'interno di una moschea a Lembah Gumanti


Bear Stearns not planning to bail out second fund

Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.  does  not plan to bail out a second struggling fund that invests in  repackaged debt securities, a source familiar with the matter  said on Tuesday, while a company the investment bank set up to  invest in the securities withdrew plans for an initial public  offering.


Keith Langford and Christian Moody were limited in practice Tuesday, but No. 2 Kansas hoped to have at least one of the injured starters available for Wednesday night's game at Iowa State.


Attesi dati su compravendita case e fiducia consumatori


James Watson, the Nobel laureate who sparked an international furor last week with comments about intelligence levels among blacks, has retired from his post at a prestigious research institution.


Alinghi tops Kiwis to even America's Cup

Defending champion Alinghi evened the America's Cup with a 30-second victory in the fourth race on Wednesday.


Music Review: The Spirit of Punk, the Pomp of Glam

My Chemical RomanceÂs nerdy front man, Gerard Way, makes an unlikely rock star.


Six potentially explosive parcels are sent to addresses in Luton, and four more are found in sorting offices.


A cloud over the moon and a suitcase full of cash

The march of the gamblers House of Cards- GIGSE 2007 The Tuesday morning session at the Global Interactive Gaming Summit and Expo (GIGSE) brought the focus back to the most important and dynamic gaming market in the world right now: the EU, where a series of decisions by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and liberalizing efforts by some member states have catalyzed a rapidly growing gambling sector.â¦


Health Insurance Costs Rise Faster Than Wages

Health insurance premiums for  workers are rising around three times faster than their wages,  and health costs eat up a quarter of earnings for more than 14  million Americans, according to a survey on Tuesday.


More Britons committing assisted suicide in Switzerland: campaigners

Four Britons have committed suicide with the help of doctors at a Swiss clinic in the last six weeks, a British voluntary euthanasia pressure group said to highlight their call for a law change.


BBC News Online looks at how the crisis surrounding the siege of a school in the Russian town of Beslan, where more than 300 people are being held hostage, is developing.


Even if Illinois makes it a crime to sell graphic video games to minors, 16-year-old Rick Baki doesn't plan to stop playing favorites like the much-maligned "Grand Theft Auto" series.


[TS] Sports of The Times: The Elusive Vick Takes His Hardest Hit

How did one of the N.F.L.âs brightest stars become inexorably linked to dogfighting â one of the lowest forms of savagery in modern society?


Dogs good weight-loss buddies, study shows

LAS VEGAS - People looking for a way to lose weight may want to trade in pills for a pooch. A first-of-its-kind experiment to put people and their pets on a diet and exercise program found that both lost weight


Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff intends to load up his criminal trial with information about nine national security matters, the names of foreign leaders and details about various terrorist groups, according to court filings in the Valerie Plame leak case.


About 268,000 people visited the 56th International Book Fair, which...

About 268,000 people visited the 56th International Book Fair, which ended in Frankfurt-on-Maine on Sunday.


Djokovic tames Tsonga to win first grand slam title

Third seed Novak Djokovic overcame a leg injury to win his first grand slam title with a 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6 victory over unseeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the Australian Open final on Sunday.


WASHINGTON Sept. 22, 2004 - The Justice Department has agreed to release a US citizen held as an enemy combatant for more than two years, clearing the way for him to return to Saudi Arabia, officials said Wednesday.


Kaucuk (Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic), chemical company, has a new owner. It is the chemical company Dwory (Poland). Kaucuk has been sold by the petrochemical holding Unipetrol (Czech Republic) to the company Dwory for EUR 195 mil, about CEK 5.5 bil.


HBO Promotes Season 4 of 'The Wire' With Online Spoken Word Battle

HBO is collecting entries for "The Wire Spoken Word Battle." This unique user-generated contest hosted by Blastro.com and developed by interactive agency Deep Focus, asks slam poets, hip-hop and freestyle artists to speak out about how they were educated.


Roechling family sells majority stake in Rheinmetall

The Roechling family, the biggest shareholder in the German defence technology group Rheinmetall, said they had sold their stake in the maker of Puma and Leopard II tanks for an undisclosed sum.


Russia criticizes "double standards" in combating terrorism

Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently said the double standards in dealing with terrorism are "disastrous for global security " and "the indulgent and


Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday announced that the next federal election will be held on Oct. 9. He said at a press conference here that voters will decide


Personalized testing could be effective, experts say

LAUSANNE, Switzerland  - Personalized blood profiling should help doping testers to tackle currently undetectable methods of cheating in sport but stringent controls are needed to make it work, experts say.


Dan Rather's Future a Complicated Question

In Kansas City, Mo., it's Kirk Black's job to answer for Dan Rather. The station manager of KCTV, like his colleagues at many other CBS affiliates, is facing a flood of calls and e-mails from viewers angry at Dan Rather for relying on apparently fake documents to suggest President Bush's National Guard service record was less than stellar.


Trolltech, Huawei join mobile Linux group

The LiMo Foundation has added some members to its ranks as competition among new mobile Linux platforms heats up.LiMo plans to announce on Monday new members, including Trolltech, Acrodea, ETRI, Huawei, and Purple Labs. The group, including founders NTT DoCoMo, Vodafone, and Motorola, now consists of 25 members.Trolltech said that it quit its participation in the Linux Phone Standards Forum (LiPS Forum), a group setting mobile Linux standards, in favor of working with LiMo. "This is a solution based on code, not just a specification," said Benoit Schillings, CTO of Trolltech. Trolltech decided that LiMo's efforts were more likely to produce a real product before the LiPS initiative, he said.Trolltech's conversion comes after the LiPS Forum chose to base its user interface framework on Gnome's GTK toolkit rather than Trolltech's competitive application platform and user interface for Linux phones.Trolltech's change of heart is indicative of the heated competition in the fledgling market for Linux mobile phones. In addition to LiPS and LiMo with their different goals, Google recently announced its Linux-based mobile operating system, Android.While Android and its Open Handset Alliance supporters are creating a competitive offering to LiMo's software, LiMo's head says its effort has advantages."An important difference is that the code within the LiMo platform is market-proven technology that has been brought to the platform by our founder members in the form of Motorola, Samsung, NEC, and Panasonic," said Morgan Gillis, executive director of LiMo. "We simply reintegrated it to form the first release of the LiMo platform." That contrasts with Android, a new software platform containing "unproven code" that Google has only just produced, he said. It typically takes two to three years before handset software is stabilized and ready for volume production, he said.LiMo expects to unveil the first release of its open Linux-based operating system as well as APIs for developers during the first quarter. It also expects that the first handsets based on the software will hit the market during the quarter.


House set to approve long-delayed intelligence overhaul

The biggest overhaul of the US intelligence network in a half century neared a House vote Tuesday, part of a broad measure that also aimed to intensify aviation and border security in response to the Sept.


FDA OKs test to predict breast cancer return

U.S. health officials approved a genetic test on Tuesday that can provide women with early breast cancer an estimate of whether the disease is likely to return in five to 10 years.


Amazon, Microsoft file lawsuits against spammers

Seattle, September 29: Microsoft Corp and Amazon.com Inc jointly filed lawsuits against e-mail spammers and scams to get unsuspecting users to divulge credit card and account information, the two companies said on Tuesday.


Networks CBS and NBC have rejected the United Church of Christ advertisement of "extravagant welcome" to everyone, regardless of sexual orientation.


Actions Semiconductor sues SigmaTel over patent

China's second-largest chip designer   Actions Semiconductor Co. ACTS.O said on Wednesday it filed a   lawsuit against SigmaTel Inc. SGTL.O in a Chinese court,   alleging infringement on a patent for digital audio processing   technology.


Questions About Drug Safety System Emerge After Arthritis Drug ...

The Food and Drug Administration insists that until pharmaceutical giant Merck presented new information this week, there was not enough evidence to pull the arthritis drug Vioxx off the market.


Apple Posts Mac OS X Leopard Guided Tour

With just one week left before Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard becomes available, you can now take a guided tour of some of the newest features of the operating system.


BASF raises Engelhard bid in final offer

German chemicals group BASF   raised its offer for U.S. catalyst maker Engelhard   by $1 to $39 per share, but warned it would dump the  deal if this was not enough to win shareholders over.


Battles engulf Lebanon camp, army presses assault

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops unleashed artillery and tank barrages at defiant al Qaeda-inspired militants dug-in at a Palestinian refugee camp on Sunday, the third day of a military assault to crush the gunmen.


Up to old kicks, Beckham stars again for England

David Beckham's return to form couldn't have come at a better time for England and Real Madrid. The struggling Los Angeles Galaxy, however, might be wishing he'd waited just a bit longer to shine again.


— Merck & Co., the US drug maker that recalled its Vioxx painkiller because of a link to heart disease, said short-term studies show the company's planned successor pill, Arcoxia, is safer.


U.S., Iran trade barbed words at Baghdad talks

U.S. and Iranian envoys spoke to each other directly at a regional meeting in Baghdad on Saturday but their exchanges dealt only with problems in Iraq and not with nuclear diplomacy.


US to tap oil reserve to boost production

NEW YORKâWorld oil prices rose yesterday as concerns over a supply shortage after Hurricane Ivan persisted despite news the United States will lend some oil from its reserves to refineries to make up for lost production.


A former Palestinian security minister who could be key to keeping order among rival factions in Gaza after an Israeli pullout held a fence-mending meeting on Monday with President Yasser Arafat, officials said.


Gov't Approves Drug for Advanced Lung Cancer

The US Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug to treat patients with advanced lung cancer. It's called Alimta. Patients receive ten minute infusions of the drug every three weeks on an outpatient basis.


'Mad Scientist' Belichick Has Created a Super Bowl Monster

With all the dynasty talk surrounding the New England Patriots as they prepare to face the Philadelphia Eagles at Super Bowl XXXIX Sunday, it comes as no surprise that coach Bill Belichick is also being linked with greatness.


Husseinâs Cousin Sentenced to Die for Kurd Attacks

A judge pronounced five death sentences on the man Iraqis know as Chemical Ali for his role in the gas attacks on Kurdish villagers but Iraqi public interest in the trials has flagged.


President Bush defended embattled Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Monday, saying the Pentagon chief was doing "a really fine job."


Truckers threaten to intensify week-long strike

Truckers have threatened to sharply escalate a week-old strike on Friday by vowing to disrupt supplies of essential commodities if the Government did not scrap a service tax on booking agents and release arrested leaders.


A white shark in captivity could offer new insights on the mysterious and feared creature.


Alaska Airlines , whose routes include service from Logan International Airport to Seattle and -- starting Sept. 9 -- Portland, Ore., has begun phasing in credit and debit card payment for on-board food and beverage purchases and entertainment-player rentals as an alternative to cash.


Shuttle's Spring 2005 Launch Date Delayed

HOUSTON Oct. 2, 2004 - The first shuttle flight since the Columbia tragedy has been pushed back by NASA because hurricane damage and implementation of new safety measures made a spring 2005 launch "no longer achievable.


Roma, 16:02 - CALCIO, COPPA UEFA: GLI ARBITRI DELLE ITALIANE

L'Uefa ha reso noti i nomi degli arbitri che dirigeranno le gare di andata del primo turno di Coppa ...


TRENTON, N.J. - Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co...


NFL talks live sports with movie theaters

The National Football League has had  discussions with National Amusements Inc. and other movie  theater chains about screening live sports in digitally  equipped theaters, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on  Wednesday.


In Liechtenstein il 23 giugno 'giornata orgoglio pedofilo'


Astronomers reach for the stars at Arizona village

ARIZONA SKY VILLAGE, Arizona  - When night falls over the empty desert, retiree Jim Algots climbs the wooden steps to his observatory, dims the lights and rolls back the roof to reveal an ink-black sky.


Comment is free: Johnjoe McFadden: The location of a newly discovered planet is good news in the search for extraterrestrials.


$150,000 mortgage for only $610/month. Lower your mortgage - free quotes.


As long as you don't go to the beach to get wet, and you don't mind sand in your electronics, this prototype swimwear could come in handy. In Sex Drive Daily.


Dalle 9 alle 17 nella fascia verde, aumentati mezzi pubblici


Lebanon braced on Wednesday for a bitter power struggle after the assassination of an anti-Syrian Christian cabinet minister which his allies blamed on Syria.


American Lindsay Davenport is another step closer to taking the world number one ranking from France's Amelie Mauresmo, after Mauresmo retired hurt in their final at the Filderstadt Grand Prix in Germany.


Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, won what he called the most important vote of his political life on Tuesday night, as the Israeli Parliament approved his plan to remove all Israeli settlements from Gaza.


Torino, 19:06 - CALCIO, JUVE: MARCHIONNI KO, DOMANI NUOVI ACCERTAMENTI

La Juventus va avanti con le ossa "rotte". Il pareggio ottenuto a San Siro contro l'Inter è s...


Yoshihide Fujii, president and chief executive officer of Tokyoba Digital Media Network Co., speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Monday, Nov. 29, 2004.


Inter cade in casa con la Samp, Juve a fatica sul Livorno


Scientists advising the US government said Monday that they have found evidence of an association between lung cancer in Gulf War veterans and exposure to combustible products used in the war.


By Jon Van, Chicago Tribune  Feb. 9--When Richard Notebaert ran Ameritech, the old Chicago-based Bell phone company, he spent millions of dollars building cable TV systems. But these days he's not sure that would make sense.


The A's use home runs by Erubiel Durazo and Eric Chavez to finish a four-game sweep of the crumbling Orioles, 9-4, on Thursday.


Microsoft has a firm grip on the handheld software market, winning the lead in shipments for the first time, a new report from Gartner shows.


Marin physicians say they are already prescribing a new breast cancer drug that shows better results at preventing the return of disease in older women, as announced yesterday in a study.


Venice Honors Abortionist Film 'Vera Drake'

LOS ANGELES  -- The Venice Film Festival honored British filmmaker Mike Leigh's "Vera Drake," a period film about an abortion rights activist in the 1950s.


Spending by banks and financial institutions on defending themselves against money laundering is soaring, a survey finds.


Tareq Aziz seeks help from US Supreme Court over detention

An Italian lawyer for former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz has asked the US Supreme Court to condemn the conditions of his detention and stop him being handed over to Iraqi authorities.


Federated Buying Some Alliance Money Funds

Federated Investors (FII:NYSE - commentary - research) agreed to acquire the cash management business of Alliance Capital (AC:NYSE - commentary - research) for upwards of $100 million in cash.


The longer you wait, the sweeter it is to win. At least that's what veteran performers Rod Stewart and Jerry Lee Lewis were feeling as they celebrated their awards from the Recording Academy.


Viacom gets YouTube to pull 100,000 of its clips

YouTube, the video-sharing site owned by Google Inc., agreed to remove more than 100,000 clips produced by Viacom Inc. after they were posted without permission.


Indian inflation eases to 7.02 pct in yr to Dec 4

India's wholesale prices rose 7.02 percent in the year to Dec. 4, easing more than expected from inflation of 7.30 percent in the year through the previous week due to lower food and energy prices, data showed on Friday.


A man who told a 911 operator he killed his girlfriend and cooked parts of her body later described his actions as being compelled by God, police said Monday.


Obesity linked to too little sleep, again

NEW YORK  - The amount of time people spend   sleeping may affect their weight, study results suggest.


Wii Zapper to include Zelda-themed crossbow game when it ships in November

Nintendo will include Link's Crossbow Training with the $20 Wii Zapper when it ships in November.


EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Saturday night urged President Bush to "stand up and stop" what he called personal attacks on him over his combat record in Vietnam...


'Incremento commercio internazionale per evitare inversione'


Athens - Sarah Ulmer gave New Zealand their first ever Olympic cycling gold medal and only their second of the Athens Games on Sunday, breaking her own world record for the women's 3-km individual pursuit in the process.


Annan 'Disappointed' in Son's Lack of Disclosure

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday he was "disappointed" his son did not tell him the full story of his ties to a firm involved in the UN oil-for-food program, now under investigation.


N.Korea may look past Bush for nuclear deal: Armitage

North Korea may wait for the Bush   administration to go before implementing a deal to end its   atomic ambitions, despite the hardship the wait would bring the   impoverished country, a top former U.S. diplomat said on   Tuesday.


TORONTO - A few years back, Zhang Yimou was a bit miffed that fellow filmmaker Ang Lee was faster on the draw in elevating the martial-arts epic to serious cinema. But now that Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has broken the genre into the mainstream among Western audiences, Zhang is happy to follow his lead...


UN chief recommends troops to Darfur border countries

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has recommended sending up to 11,000 peacekeepers to Chad and the Central African Republic to protect civilians caught in the spillover from Sudan's Darfur conflict.


Azzerato l'indebitamento netto, gestione ordinaria record


GM confirms it has ended talks to team up with car alliance Renault-Nissan, ahead of an official deadline.


D.C. Council OKs Park for Incoming Expos

The District of Columbia Council approved financing a ballpark for the Washington-bound Expos after voting Tuesday to cap funding at $630 million.


My sincere congratulations to the management and staff at the Sandy Lane Hotel for making it possible for Barbados to receive such massive media coverage due to the recent wedding of Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren.


Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - It looks as if Pedro Martinez is about to become a member of the New York Mets. The Boston Herald reported Monday afternoon that Martinez has agreed to a four- year, $56 million


Findings : A Cool $25 Million for a Climate Backup Plan

Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere could turn out to be a lot more practical than the alternative: persuading six billion people to stop putting it there.


Energy law sets efficiency levels for cars and homes but environmentalists say measures are too limited


KOFI ANNAN and his senior staff at the United Nations are facing an internal revolt that has gathered pace since the bombing of the UN office in Baghdad.


N. Korea Talks Fizzle With No Disarmament Timetable

BEIJING, July 20 -- After three days of upbeat talks, negotiators from six nations announced Friday that they had failed to agree on a schedule for North Korea to take the next steps toward nuclear disarmament. They plan to meet again in September.


Russian energy deal adds to Europe fears

Russia expanded its growing European energy empire Friday, signing two more deals in a drive that is raising fears Moscow could use its vast oil and gas resources to meddle in the affairs of its neighbors.


Rain Canât Delay Transfer of Power at Wimbledon

Upsets in the womenâs bracket at Wimbledon showcased the gameâs depth and parity as Czech Nicole Vaidisova toppled defending champion Amelie Mauresmo and Franceâs Marion Bartoli ousted third seed Jelena Jankovic.


Avast ye special effects! Without them, the Robin Hoods of the sea charmed the masses of olde.


GENEVA The top court of the World Trade Organization on Monday dismissed a US appeal of an April decision that Canada's Wheat Board met international rules, undermining the Bush administration's efforts to dismantle the Canadian agency.


MICHIGAN, N.D. - When Carmen Erickson dropped a deer with a single shot in a cattail slough south of here, he thought he'd downed a nice buck. Unlike his shot, he was a little off. The deer was a doe. "It's got no male utilities," said Erickson, who lives in Minot. "It has teats ...


Rumsfeld changes his stories on Hussein-bin Laden links, Iraq WMD

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfelde departed from the Republican party line Monday and admitted he had not "seen any strong evidence" that linked former Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein and terrorist leader Osam bin Laden.


CONNECTICUT - As reported by the Connecticut Now: "Researchers at Yale University have found that older gamblers are healthier than their younger counterparts, who have higher rates of alcohol and substance abuse, bankruptcy, depression and incarceration


With readers' help, Listening Post ferrets out a new digital-music project ramping up in San Diego. It's still under wraps but vets from iRiver, Rio and Musicmatch are involved. In Listening Post.


The closing of the Liverpool plant, announced last week, knocked out almost half the supply of US flu shots for this season and prompted US authorities to ask healthy people to forgo or delay inoculation.


THE European Union said today the reported murder of aid worker Margaret Hassan by her Iraqi militant captors would make relief efforts "almost impossible" in Iraq.


By Larson, Mark  No. 5  Ted Waitt  Founder chairman and CEO, Avalon Capital Group Inc.  Estimated net worth: $1.7 billion  Ted Waitt, 43, founded the computer company Gateway Inc. in Iowa in 1985, and moved its headquarters first to San Diego and later, to Poway.


The Justice Department is investigating whether Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales sought to improperly influence the testimony of a departing senior aide, two of its senior officials said yesterday, adding a new dimension to the troubles already besetting the nation's chief law enforcement...


An initiative by Britain's Food Standards Agency is designed to raise awareness of the danger of salt poses for high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke.


Microsoft to Announce Media Center Update

Microsoft is getting ready to take the wraps off of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. Formerly known by its code-name "Symphony," the update centers around high-definition satellite and cable television. A well placed industry source told BetaNews that Microsoft may be setting its sights on TiVo by including enhanced digital video recording (DVR) capabilities that support two different TV tuners. Other added improvements are DVD burning, expanded support for portable devices and new user interface elements.


Torino, 12:56 - CALCIO, BLATTER: NON SI PUO' E NON SI DEVE PEDINARE ARBITRO

Il presidente della Fifa Joseph Blatter commenta in un'intervista a 'La Stampa' la polemica tra il p...


Weak investment banking stocks weighed on European equity markets on Tuesday amid concerns about the sector's exposure to the troubled US housing market.


Prime Minister Tony Blair said Saturday his Labour Party risks losing the next general election if personal attacks among party members continue and the party fails to redefine itself and its goals.


Powell Wins Israeli Vow to Ensure Palestinian Vote

Reviving a long-dormant U.S.  peacemaking role, Secretary of State Colin Powell won an  Israeli pledge on Monday to allow Palestinians enough freedom  of movement to hold an election for Yasser Arafat's successor.


Roma, 22:20 - PALLANUOTO, PLAY OFF SCUDETTO: RECCO IN FINALE

La Pro Recco si è qualificata per la finale scudetto del campionato di serie A1 maschile di p...


Retailers Look to a Chill in the Air for Sales Pop

U.S. retailers were hopeful on Monday  that a dusting of snow on the East Coast would put consumers in  the Christmas shopping mood after what has so far been a ho-hum  holiday sales season.


Russian state oil firm Rosneft has bought the core unit of Yukos, nationalizing more than 10 percent of the country's crude output and dealing a shattering blow to a once flourishing private enterprise.


Il numero uno mondiale rafforza la sua presenza in Italia


NEC cuts cellphone shipment forecast by 8 pct

Japan's NEC Corp. (6701.T) said on  Tuesday that it now expected to ship 5.5 million mobile phones  in the year to March 2007, down 8 percent from its previous  estimate of 6 million phones.


Nella scuola primaria sono 10,6 contro la media Ocse di 16,7


Would you switch carriers for the iPhone?

Blog: AT&T and Apple are both banking on the iPhone, but will people switch subscribers to get it?


"Charlotte's Web" is a tangled labor of love

E. B. White envisioned a movie of his novel "Charlotte's Web" with real animals behaving realistically. Now, 54 years later, his vision has come to life.


Yankees request forfeit after Tampa Bay arrives late for ...

What on earth is wrong with the Yankees? I'm not talking about their woeful pitching or their erratic offense. I'm talking about their demand that MLB award them a win by forfeit because the Devil Rays were


DENVER - Never have the Denver Broncos been so eager to get to next year.


Ford, utility join to promote plug-in vehicles

Ford Motor Co  and power utility  Southern California Edison will announce an unusual alliance on  Monday aimed at clearing the way for a new generation of  rechargeable electric cars, the companies said.


Procuratore Di Nicola affida fascicolo a gruppo 'Tid'


England captain Vickery banned for two matches

England captain Phil Vickery was suspended for two matches by a World Cup judicial hearing here on Tuesday for tripping United States centre Paul Emerick.


HK Lawmakers Chew Out Hospital Over Outbreak

Hong Kong's health chiefs and lawmakers rebuked hospital officials on Wednesday for not informing them quickly enough when dozens of children in paediatric wards fell ill with a mysterious respiratory illness.


A father tells how he saved his family from the killer tsunami by strapping them into a  tree using towels.


Only injury can stop peerless Federer at Masters Cup

Last season, Roger Federer left Houston not even the top-ranked player of the year. He returns to the Westside Tennis Club next week to defend his Masters Cup title as the most


Western Sahara talks to resume under threat of war

Talks on the fate of Western Sahara resume next week and independence movement Polisario has warned its foe Morocco that failure to find common ground may rekindle war in a region struggling to contain al Qaeda-linked violence.


Swiss close probe into Bhutto's finances

Swiss authorities have closed an investigation into the late Benazir Bhutto for alleged money laundering but a parallel probe into her husband's activities continues, her lawyer said Friday.


Teen Driver's License Ups Chances of Drug Abuse

FRIDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDayNews) -- High school students are more likely to smoke, drink and use marijuana when they get their driver's license because they get more opportunities to be free of adult supervision, says a University of Missouri-Columbia study.


Scambiato l'1% del capitale, positive altre marche in Europa


Portugal involved in Guantanamo transfers: rights group

British rights group Reprieve said on Tuesday nearly all listed terror suspects flown by the United States to its base in Guantanamo passed through Portuguese territory or airspace, a charge rejected by Portugal.


La 'Cattiva educazione' di Pedro Almodovar

Roma, 25 settembre 2004 - Â«L'educazione religiosa Ã¨ pessima sia sul piano accademico che su quello spirituale, piÃ¹ che una formazione degli spiriti Ã¨ una deformazione, a questo si riferisce iltitolo 'mala education'Â».


About a quarter of US women who stopped taking hormone replacement therapy after it was found to raise the risk of heart disease and some cancers have gone back on it, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said


WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- They have not come here to trumpet their arrival to the Atlantic Coast Conference. No, that will come next year when Boston College officially becomes the ACC's 12th member. Instead, the Eagles have arrived at Groves Stadium for today's nonconference game (on ESPN2) against Wake Forest, an ACC opponent next season, with a more urgent matter on ...


Peterson defense suggests fabricated recollections

Scott Peterson's attorneys on Monday suggested witness accounts of what police deemed as odd behavior by the former fertilizer salesman only surfaced after they learned Peterson was having an affair.


She flaunts her relationships just as proudly as her 24-carat rock. No half-truths for Sushmita.


Explosions transport terror to usually tranquil beach sites

EILAT, Israel -- Boaz Rafaeli had read the warning that Israeli security officials issued last month against travel to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, and he didn't give it a second thought. The 24-year-old student thought the country's Shabak security service was being overly cautious.


Palestinian militants' revenge bombing for Arafat

TONY EASTLEY: Since the death last month of Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat there's been a relative lull in violence against Israeli forces in the occupied territories.


Two incidents close LAX terminals for three hours

Thousands of Labor Day weekend travelers at Los Angeles International Airport were delayed for hours Saturday after a man bypassed security in one terminal and a flashlight exploded at another, officials said.


Rebels Roll Past Commodores in SEC's Top-25 Faceoff

Chris Warren scores 20 points, Eniel Polynice adds 18 in the 24th-ranked Rebels' 74-58 victory against No. 19 Vanderbilt on Wednesday night.


Clint Eastwood to get humanitarian award

Academy Award-winning director Clint Eastwood will receive the Motion Picture Association of America's inaugural humanitarian award, the association announced Thursday.


Heads of companies with secrets to protect are picking up countersurveillance tech toys typical of James Bond. Photos: Gadgets play supporting role to 007


Chinese Capital Reports Economic Losses Caused By Environmental Pollution

Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  ["Beijing Reports Economic Losses Caused by Environmental Pollution" - Xinhua headline]  Beijing, Feb.


Pivots of Friday night's debate: persona, resolution, and change

By Liz Marlantes | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor. As the presidential candidates enter Friday night's critical second debate, they are appealing to a competing set of impulses among voters - the


Acclaimed film-maker Michael Apted signs up to direct the third Narnia film, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.


State Department backs probe of oil-food program

WASHINGTON -- The State Department yesterday endorsed a Senate investigation into possible fraud in the UN oil-for-food program while sidestepping a senator's demand that Secretary General Kofi Annan resign.


Empoli, 15:43 - CALCIO, EMPOLI-ROMA; VANIGLI-TOTTI ABBRACCIO DI PACE

Pace fatta: prima della partita Empoli-Roma il difensore azzurro Richard Vanigli ha abbracciato Fran...


Bush Campaign Acknowledges Ad Was Doctored

President Bush's campaign  acknowledged on Thursday that a television ad depicting  soldiers listening to Bush speak had been doctored so that some  of the faces of the soldiers appear more than once.


The number of deaths worldwide among children under 5 dropped to a record low of 9.7 million in 2006, reflecting progress in areas such as malaria prevention, childhood immunizations and breastfeeding rates, global health officials said yesterday.


Solomons propose fence-mending meeting with Australia

The Solomon Islands government has made overtures to Canberra for Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to meet Australian leader John Howard in a bid to resolve months of diplomatic tension.


CEO Discusses Company's Prospects for Growth

By MATT SLAGLE   Associated Press writer  HOUSTON -- Hewlett-Packard Co.


Supreme Court ponders IRA-bankruptcy case

The Supreme Court considered Wednesday how much retirement savings people can shield when they file for bankruptcy, an important question as more Americans go into debt.


As the Mets continued waiting for a counterproposal from Pedro MartÃnez, it became obvious that they may need more than money to lure him.


RIM's co-CEO to buy Nashville Predators: WSJ

Jim Balsillie, co-chief executive of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. , has agreed to buy the National Hockey League's Nashville Predators, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.


The United Nations on Tuesday urged Israel to hand over detailed information about cluster munitions it used in Lebanon during the war with Hezbollah, saying at least 350,000 unexploded bomblets still pose a deadly risk.


A cease-fire between northern fighters and the government is expected to be signed Friday.


Mine Blast in China Leaves Over 160 Missing

A gas explosion blasted through a coal mine in central China today, leaving more than 160 miners missing in what may be the country's worst coal-mine accident in recent years.


Roundup: High Doses Of Vitamin E; Exercise And Memory

In a study just released by the American Heart Association, researchers found that high daily doses of vitamin E supplements can be deadly.


All the major studios are said to be either on board or in active talks with the retailer, which will begin testing a video download service on its Web site.


Court Agrees to Consider Patent Case on Royalties

The Supreme Court said it would consider a technology patent case that could have far-reaching ramifications for computer makers and others with global supply chains.


US President George W Bush asks Congress for an extra $46bn (Â£23bn) to fund the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.


An Albert Einstein letter decrying the attentions of a Berlin socialite is among newly unsealed documents that promise to shed light on the private life of the 20th century's greatest physicist.


Lo ha detto ricevendo il nuovo ambasciatore dell'Ecuador


Hundreds of nurses and other health care workers shut down most of the Alameda County Medical Center on Monday on a 24-hour walkout to protest imminent layoffs in the largest job action there since 1991.


U.S. to require passports for nearly all

Nearly all air travelers entering the U.S. will be required to show passports beginning Jan. 23, including returning Americans and people from Canada and other nations in the Western Hemisphere.


Financier Carl Icahn ended his bid for Reckson Associates Realty Corp. , the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Tuesday, a move that illustrates the difficulty activist shareholders face in challenging management.


Viacom Inc's MTV will launch a new  Internet social network sponsored by foundations operated by  the founders of Microsoft and AOL to encourage youth activism.


Australia will be intent on recording a comprehensive win over the United States when the teams meet tomorrow night in the ICC Champions Trophy after its main group rival in pool A, New


Gov. war gamers hack servers to stay ahead

Mock cyberwar turns devious Participants in US government-run cyberwar games tried to cheat - by hacking into the games. The shenanigans prompted organisers to send an urgent email telling the players to back off.â¦


Ford has made a four-year commitment to the World Rally Championship, ending fears that they could pull out of that series as well as Formula One, reports Reuters.


Federal officials are considering releasing a large amount of water from the Glen Canyon Dam into the Grand Canyon early next year in an effort to rebuild beaches and aid endangered fish.


Bradley Walker is being called one of the best new singers to hit Nashville.


ROME, Italy -- Italy reacted with horror at the killing of hostage Enzo Baldoni in Iraq, with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi insisting that Italian troops would not leave.


Patriots extend streak to 21, with next stop at Heinz Field

It was the kind of drive you might expect of a team that's streaking into the NFL record book. Patriots running back Corey Dillon looks for a hole


They're not done shopping by a long shot

Terry Francona is bound by organizational dictates not to give his stamp of approval on Edgar Renteria as the Red Sox' new shortstop until after the two-time Gold Glover comes to Boston, takes his physical, and has his official unveiling, all of which should take place by tomorrow at the latest. Until then, it doesn't matter what Renteria told the ...


Baazee welcomes Avnish's release, to cooperate with police

New Delhi, Dec 21 (UNI) Baazee.com welcomed the release of its CEO Avnish Bajaj on bail today and said the company would continue to cooperate with the police in investigation into the case.


Lacking Cure, a New Tack on a Muscle Disease

For all of the money raised to find a cure for muscular dystrophy, the disease still confines thousands of boys in this country to wheelchairs in their early teens.


Turkish official compares pope to Hitler

Turkey's ruling Islamic-rooted party joined a wave of criticism of Pope Benedict XVI on Friday, accusing him of trying to revive the spirit of the Crusades with remarks he made about Islam. A party official said the pontiff would go down in history "in the same category as leaders such as Hitler and Mussolini" for his words.


"Tipping point" on horizon for Greenland ice

Global warming this century could trigger a runaway thaw of Greenland's ice sheet and other abrupt shifts such as a dieback of the Amazon rainforest, scientists said on Monday.


Anti-Olympic activists to join Powell protests

ATHENS - Activists opposed to Athens hosting the Olympics said Thursday they would join a demonstration organized to protest US Secretary of State Colin Powell's decision to attend the closing ceremony.


The European Union unveils plans to allow farming on land left fallow, in a bid to tackle soaring crop prices.


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


Val Ackerman, the WNBA's president since its inception in 1996, will step down, the Sports Business Daily reported Wednesday. ESPN.


Mixed ruling in RIM patent suit could affect entire wireless e ...

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. suffered a somewhat mixed ruling in its legal battle with patent holding company NTP Inc.


It's the kind of plot twist that would have fit right in on "Sex and the City."


Arafat Medical Records Given to His Nephew

Yasser Arafat's medical records show no sign he was poisoned but are inconclusive as to the cause of his death, his nephew said Monday.


Nokia lobs another legal grenade at Qualcomm

I'll see you in court. Oh, you're already there Nokia has filed another lawsuit against Qualcomm in their ever-growing list of patent spats.â¦


ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has lent its full support to United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan and wishes to see him complete his remaining tenure in office.


Elizabeth Edwards diagnosed with breast cancer

Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, was diagnosed with breast cancer the day her husband and Sen. John Kerry conceded the presidential race.


New FBI Documents Describe Abuse of Prisoners in Iraq, Guantanamo

There are fresh allegations that prisoners under US custody in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, suffered serious physical abuse from their interrogators.


It's a chore that can quickly chill the warmth of the holiday season: Trudging outside each winter night to unplug the lights, deflate the blowup snowman and shut off the rest of the outdoor extravaganza.


Ivory Coast Military Kills 9 French Soldiers

Ivory Coast's military killed nine  French soldiers in a bombing raid on the rebel stronghold of  Bouake on Saturday and opened fire on troops from the former  colonial power in the main city of Abidjan.


Bill to seek posting of results of drug trials

Legislation to be introduced within days in the US House and Senate would require drug companies to publicly register clinical trials and post the results on a government-run website, congressional staff members who are drafting the proposals said yesterday.


The pressure on IRL IndyCar Series championship leaders Tony Kanaan and Buddy Rice is beginning to increase with the end of the 2004 season just eight weeks -- or five races -- away.


Researchers Grow Sperm Nursery Cells from Mice

US researchers said on Friday they had found sperm nursery cells in mice, grown them in lab dishes and used them to father baby mice.


FBI Prepares Vast Database Of Biometrics

CLARKSBURG, W. Va. -- The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world's largest computer database of peoples' physical characteristics, a project that would give the government unprecedented abilities to identify individuals in the United States and abroad.


Berlino, 22:27 - CALCIO, BUNDESLIGA: HANNOVER-WOLFSBURG 2-2 NELL'ANTICIPO

Nell'anticipo della 21/a giornata di Bundesliga, Hannover e Wolfsburg hanno pareggiato 2-2. In gol K...


Dr. Under Investigation for Fraud Gives New Flu Shots

WHATCOM COUNTY - A Bellingham doctor accused of knowingly giving his patients expired flu shots is back in the office. While Dr. Gary McCallum is under investigation for fraud, he's bringing patients back for another dose.


British scientists make breakthrough in vaccine storage

Vaccines could be stored for years without refrigeration thanks to a technological breakthrough whichpromises to revolutionize public health care, British scientists said Tuesday.


`BCCI to decide its next move on TV rights soon`

Kolkata: The ##Gl##Board of Control for Cricket in India##G## (BCCI) on Tuesday said it would decide its next course of action soon following the ESPN-Star Sports' withdrawal of the petition against it in the Bombay High Court, in response to the Indian


Czech authorities report bird 'flu at turkey farm

Samples sent to Surrey for confirmation The European Commission has announced that an outbreak of bird flu at a turkey farm in the Czech Republic appears to be of the the virulent H5N1 strain. The farm is in the Pardubicky Region, district ÃstÃ nad OrlicÃ, in the centre of the country.â¦


Houston minor leaguer suspended after testing positive

Houston Astros minor league player Carlos Lazu was suspended for 50 games on Friday after testing positive for an undisclosed performance-enhancing substance.


Dallas Stars sign defenceman Patrick Traverse to one-year deal

The Dallas Stars signed defenceman Patrick Traverse to a one-year deal Thursday. Traverse appeared in 80 games with Hamilton of the American Hockey League last season, with five goals and 21 assists.


Q&A: Storm brewing over Starbucks disc surprises Moore

In an interview published recently  in Pitchfork, Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore mentioned  that the band needed to record a new song for a Starbucks  compilation. Within minutes of his remarks hitting the  Internet, chat rooms and the band's fan sites were awash in  cries of "foul" and "sellouts."


Autodesk geography tool goes open source

Developing mapping software? Autodesk plans to release a handy coordinate conversion tool as open-source software.


Voice of America and Radio Free Asia have doubled their broadcasts to Myanmar in response to the military-run government's crackdown on protesters.


Zimbabwe's government has condemned the acquittal of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on charges of plotting to assassinate President Robert Mugabe, saying a guilty man had been allowed to walk free.


The United States has lifted sanctions on Libyan air transport, an official in Tripoli said, the latest sign of warming ties between the two former foes.


2005 Pro Football Hall of Fame Finalists

Harry Carson - Linebacker - 1976-1988 New York Giants


Developers had mixed reactions to Microsoft's revamped Longhorn plans Friday, with some unhappy to see the Windows update split into pieces but others pleased with what they see as a more pragmatic approach.


Justin Verlander threw 100 mph heat, crazy curves and a tantalizing changeup. No-hit stuff, indeed. With a big assist from his shortstop, Verlander pitched the first no-hitter in Comerica Park history, leading the Detroit Tigers over the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0 Tuesday night.


Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska received the prestigious Romulo Gallegos literature prize Tuesday for her novel "El Tren Pasa Primero" ("The Train Passes First").


Back Tax Bill Against Yukos Is Increased

The Tax Ministry increased its 2001 back tax bill against the oil giant Yukos to $4.1 billion on Friday, bringing its total tax claims against the company to $7.


Sharks are now 'at the top of the list' of marine fishes that could go extinct in our lifetimes. Here are some of the nine species that we may never see again


Viacom to Offer Online Video, but Not on YouTube

The parent of MTV and Comedy Central reached a deal with the upstart Joost, and will get a cut of advertising revenue.


President Bush gave a preview of his second term on Thursday, telling reporters that, having cut his "political eye teeth," he was eager to work with Democrats to begin carrying out the changes he has been promising.


Torino, 11:15 - CALCIO, JUVE: MORTO IL MAGAZZINIERE FRANCESCO ROMEO

Lutto in casa Juve. E' morto ieri sera il magazziniere Francesco Romeo, presso l'Istituto per la Ric...


Maltempo, bora forte sul golfo di Trieste

Brusco abbassamento delle temperature in tutta Italia. Freddo e venti gelidi, giÃ  da ieri, hanno investito le regioni da nord a sud ma Ã¨ previsto un graduale miglioramento nei giorni che precedono il Natale.


Lo riferiscono fonti anonime all'agenzia bloomberg


Cisco to sell high-end routers with Fujitsu

The deal comes as Cisco pushes to develop a market for CRS-1, a new line of routers aimed at telephone, wireless and cable companies.


A judge ruled against the BitTorrent site in its case against the MPAA this week, accusing it of tampering with evidence.


Wired's How To Wiki: Save Face on Facebook

There is no question that the popular social networking site is taking over all aspects of our lives. As this new era dawns, it is important to keep in mind certain principles of etiquette. Firstly, Poke with caution and moderation.


Scorte di greggio Usa piu' scarse del previsto


Steven Gerrard scored one of the finest - and most dramatic - goals Anfield's famous Kop has ever witnessed to fire Liverpool into the knockout stages of the tournament with a gut-wrenching 3-1 win over Olympiakos.


Editorial: Reggie Whiteâs arrival led to the Packerâs revival

God rest the soul of the Green Bay Packers âMinister of Defenseâ Reggie White. His death Sunday while a young man has prevented so many of us from thanking him for saving the Wisconsin football franchise from decline.


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


India lose their third wicket after winning the toss against Pakistan in Johannesburg in the final of the inaugural ICC World Twenty20.


A UN memo details added concerns about registration and security before election Jan. 30.


Italy playmaker Francesco Totti has been left out of AS Roma's squad for their Champions League match against Real Madrid on Wednesday.


The US Food and Drug Administration, facing a barrage of criticism from both within and outside the agency, announced plans Friday to improve the safety of drugs after they have been approved.


Hacker / security expert charged with massive credit card theft

He turned over a new leaf, and turned it back again: A man previously convinced of hacking hundreds of military and government computers has been busted again, this time for massive credit-card theft. In between he became -- what else? -- a well-known security researcher.


Seimas scraps constitutional amendment barring impeached officials from parliamentary polls

The Lithuanian parliament on Thursday spurned an amendment of Article 56 to the national Constitution which bans the individuals who have been dismissed from power by way of impeachment to stand in ...


The National Hockey League stumbles into a new era tonight when the clock strikes 12. Away go the sticks and pucks, and out come the sticks and stones.


IRVING, Texas (Ticker) - The Dallas Cowboys knew they would have a shortage of receivers for Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions.


BRIAN VERNELLIS: Eli Manning is the G-man

Dallas head coach Bill Parcells has said repeatedly he's not starting Drew Henson over Vinny Testaverde just to let him get some snaps.


Angels Earn First Division Title in 18 Years

The Anaheim Angels capped a stirring comeback with one final rally, and now they're champions of the A.L. West.


N.Korea fires missiles; Japan, U.S. downplay impact

North Korea fired several short-range missiles on Friday, but the United States and its Asian allies said the launches were part of normal military drills and would not affect talks on Pyongyang's nuclear arms program.


The Republican chairman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee has proposed sweeping reforms that would dismantle the CIA and remove several of the United States' largest intelligence agencies from the Pentagon's control.


2 US soldiers killed overnight in Fallujah

Two US Marines were killed overnight in Fallujah, marking the first casualties in a major offensive to retake the restive Iraqi city, the US military said Monday.


Salem Girls Gone Wild, Townsfolk Gone Irrational

This revival applies itself to Arthur Millerâs beautiful language with clarity and force.


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

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


Agassi Makes Madrid Masters Quarterfinals

American tennis player Andre Agassi serve to his fellow countryman Vincent Spadea during his ATP Masters series tennis match in Madrid, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004.


Tamoxifen, breast cancer drug, not linked to stroke

Prompted by results of two previous studies, physicians today warn breast cancer patients who take tamoxifen that the drug might increase their stroke risk-but a new study by Southern California researchers finds no link between tamoxifen and stroke.


Technology consultant Computer Sciences Corp. on Monday said it received a 10-year, $1.35 billion contract to manage technology services for Ascension Health, one of the nation's largest nonprofit health systems.


Ukraine's leader calls for new vote to resolve disputed presidential election

KYIV, Ukraine  - Facing a relentless tide of opposition protests, embattled Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma said Monday that a new election might be the only way out of a spiralling crisis that threatens to split this former Soviet republic between the pro-Russia east and European-leaning west.


Three finalists with robotic climbers are competing to win $500,000 from NASA.


Illegal immigrants who are victims of violent crimes in the US can now apply for special visas, seven years after Congress offered protection against deportation to those who cooperate with law enforcement agencies


North Korea has denounced as "wicked terrorists" the South Korean officials who orchestrated last month's airlift to Seoul of 468 North Korean defectors.


Developing nations to test new $150 laptops

From Brazil to Pakistan, some of the  world's poorest children will peer across the digital divide  this month -- reading electronic books, shooting digital video,  creating music and chatting with classmates online.


Jay-Z gives fans a preview of his new CD

Jay-Z went back to Brooklyn to give fans an early listen to some of the music on his upcoming album, "American Gangster."


Bruxelles, 16:07 - CALCIO, BELGIO: BLOCCATO PASSAGGIO BASEGGIO A STANDARD LIEGI

L'Anderlecht, proprietario del cartellino del centrocampista belga e del Treviso, Walter Baseggio, h...


Sharon Stone Finds Her Basic Instinct 2 Bloke

It's now been twelve years since Sharon Stone uncrossed her legs and showed the world what she was made of in Basic Instinct (grit, determination and old-fashioned starpower, we're saying.


"Urgono interventi del governo in Sicilia"

ENNA - E' cominciata con una serie di incontri privati nella prefettura di Enna la seconda e ultima giornata di visita del presidente Carlo Azeglio Ciampi in Sicilia. Il presidente della Repubblica, accompagnato


Modem to Connect With Speedy Cellular Tech

NEW YORK Oct. 18, 2004 - A top networking gear producer plans to offer a speedy new cellular technology that's an alternative to DSL and cable Internet access with the added advantage of being available on the road.


Yahoo on Monday implemented its own sender authentication scheme, dubbed DomainKeys, for its free Web-based mail service. DomainKeys is one of several authentication technologies that hope


Flu Vaccine In Short Supply; Patients Crowd Clinics

Flu shots are in short supply this year, after British regulators have suspended the license of flu vaccine maker Chiron, one of the main companies that produce the vaccine.


Fears of a management bailout at the embattled oil giant Yukos loomed large Thursday after the company's chief financial officer said he had delayed his return to Moscow indefinitely after Russian prosecutors had summoned him for questioning.


Italy awaits the verdict in the long-running corruption trial of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.


ADV: Distance Learning Directory - Online Degrees

Bachelor, Master and Post-Grad degrees online from accredited colleges and universities. Business, Education, IT, Healthcare, more. Browse by degree or program. Request info and get started today.


Ben Shpigel , The New York Timesâs Mets beat writer, answers your questions about the team, from spring training camp in Port St. Lucie, Florida.


The Senate will consider a bill calling for erecting 700 miles of fencing on the U.S-Mexican border, a proposal that has been approved twice by the House.


Staff 'should be allowed to use Facebook at work': TUC

Employers should allow workers to use the social networking site Facebook during their lunchbreaks, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) said Thursday.


Glen Davis scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to help No. 9 LSU beat sixth-ranked Texas A&M 64-52 on Tuesday night.


Steroid Seizure Among Largest: Authorities Found About 40,000 Units of Substance in Locker

By Matthew Dolan, The Baltimore Sun  Dec. 9--It seemed like a routine seizure when federal customs agents intercepted a package of steroids at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.


Russia Threatens to Withdraw Oil Company's Arctic License

MOSCOW -- Russian regulators could cancel Total SA's license to extract oil in an Arctic region, a government ministry said Wednesday, a move that comes just days after a Shell project led by Shell had a key permit pulled.


NEW YORK, Nov. 24 -- The day after Thanksgiving, there's one sure place to go in New York if you want to buy six-foot scarves, fake fur stoles, ski masks, bangles, bags, baubles, knishes, cashews, kebabs, posters, paintings, self-published novels, oils, incense, silk-screened shirts and hand-painted...


Clinton Out of Surgery, Heart Procedure Called Successful

(New York-AP, September 5, 2004) - Doctors say former President Clinton is awake after undergoing a "relatively routine" quadruple heart bypass operation.


Hollywood Entertainment Corp.  HLYW.O, which may face a hostile takeover bid by Blockbuster  Inc. BBI.N, on Monday agreed to be bought by smaller rival  Movie Gallery Inc. MOVI.O for about $850 million in a merger  of two big U.S. video rental chains.


Short people complain of poorer mental and physical health than those of average height, a study reveals.


Pollsters can't guess next French leader

Polls show a tight three-way contest in France's presidential race, with a centrist former education minister just a few points behind the two established candidates. But that's only half the story. Six weeks before balloting begins, at least 40 percent of those asked said they still don't know whom they want as president, leaving the race wide open.


Research in Motion snags 2 million BlackBerry customers

WATERLOO, ONTARIO - Research in Motion (RIM) reported Tuesday its third-quarter profits more than quintupled amid escalating demand for its BlackBerry wireless e-mail device.


Consumer group slams RealPlayer as 'badware'

A consumer advocacy group is blasting RealNetworks for installing adware and other software without properly notifying its users.In a report published Thursday, StopBadware.org faults the latest version of RealPlayer for secretly installing its Rhapsody Player Engine during the RealPlayer installation."RealPlayer 11 does not disclose that it installs Rhapsody Player Engine, and does not remove the software when RealPlayer is uninstalled," Stopbadware says in the report.Rhapsody Player Engine is required to access RealNetwork's online music service. But because users are not told that they have installed the product it could become a liability, using up the computer's hard-drive space or processing power, or even creating a security risk for consumers if bugs are discovered in Rhapsody, said Maxim Weinstein, StopBadware's manager.Both RealPlayer 11 and the older RealPlayer 10.5 software are both considered "badware," the report states.Real Player 10.5 suffers from a different issue, however. Users who download the software without filling out the RealNetworks product registration page end up with a piece of software called Message Center, which then proceeds to deliver ads to the user's computer. "It's installing, essentially, a piece of adware without giving users information about that up front," Weinstein said.RealNetworks spokesman Ryan Luckin said a check-box on the registration page is used to notify users that Message Center would be installed. Users who clicked through the registration page without filling out any information would have the software installed.Although the issue was fixed in version 11 of the player, RealPlayer 10.5 is automatically downloaded via the Firefox browser's "Missing Plug-in" feature and is still widely used, Weinstein said.Until RealNetworks is up-front with users about what software they're actually downloading, StopBadware recommends that consumers avoid its media player.Luckin called the Rhapsody issue an oversight. "The fact that when you uninstall RealPlayer we don't go back and uninstall Rhapsody is an oversight and is something we should address in the future," he said.A widely used alternative to Apple's QuickTime and Microsoft's Windows Media Player, RealPlayer has a history of making invasive changes to users' computers. The Message Center software has come under fire in the past, and in 1999 computer security consultant Richard Smith discovered that the software was quietly sending information to RealNetworks servers.StopBadware's findings apply only to the Windows versions of RealPlayer's software, Weinstein said. RealPlayer also runs on other operating systems, including Mac OS X and Linux.Supported with funding from Google, Lenovo and Sun Microsystems, StopBadware evaluates software and warns consumers of products that engage in deceptive behavior, such as tracking user behavior or installing programs without telling consumers.Although RealPlayer 10.5's Message Center feature may be more noticeable and annoying, Weinstein said Real Networks should fix both problems as soon as possible. "It's hard to say that one is worse," he said. "They're really two sides of the same concept of just not telling users what's going on."


An international conference in Spain is looking at the benefits of a diet rich in olive oil.


Unlike Anna Nicole Smith, who lived a garishly public existence, Howard K. Stern, her partner, lawyer and insistent "proud father" of her daughter, has somehow managed to sidestep the media spotlight, remaining, in fact, something of a mystery.


Bird flu "climate of fear" could hit Asia economies

Asia-Pacific health ministers said on Friday that a "climate of fear" that accompanies the outbreak of infectious diseases such as bird flu could have a devastating impact on Asia's economies.


Copper prices declined a further 2  percent on Thursday on selling by hedge funds that has toppled  the key industrial metal off 16-year peaks hit on Monday.


Budget Plan Would Raise Low-Income Assistance

Hundreds of low-income families in Virginia stand to receive long-awaited subsidies to help pay for child care under a proposal included in Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's budget.


Peugeot, Citroen e Toyota Una citycar per tre

Una vettura per tre. PSA Peugeot CitroÃ«n e Toyota Motor Corporation annunciano oggi che, dopo tre anni di collaborazione, sono prossime a finalizzare il frutto del loro programma congiunto volto a progettare


Bush, Iraqi president insist on January 30 vote despite violence

BAGHDAD  - The presidents of Iraq and the United States vowed to stick to the January 30 date for landmark elections, despite a flare-up of violence that left about 100 dead in three days.


Schroeder backs Algeria's democratic reforms

ALGIERS: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder Saturday gave strong backing to Algeria's promised democratic reforms, including greater rule of law, and praised its efforts to overcome years of civil war waged by ...


FBI Probes Laser Beams in Plane Cockpits

The FBI, concerned that terrorists could use lasers as weapons, is investigating why laser beams were directed into the cockpits of commercial airliners six times over the last four days.


Roma, 20:10 - BASKET, SERIE A: CANTU' PASSA A TREVISO

Risultati della prima giornata di ritorno del campionato di serie A di basket.


Bush to nominate Mukasey as attorney general

President George W. Bush plans to announce on Monday he has chosen Michael Mukasey, a former federal judge and prosecutor, as his choice for attorney general, a senior U.S. official said.


Si scusa in diretta, 'forse una piccola crisi d'ansia'


CAMP PENDLETON ---- Cheered by about 7,000 Camp Pendleton troops, President Bush thanked local Marines and sailors and their families Tuesday for their sacrifice during the war in Iraq.


Arafat's wife emerges as major figure in running her husband's ...

Yasser Arafat's confinement to a Paris hospital has given his wife Suha something she has never had in 14 years of marriage: Power and influence.


Americans paused Monday to remember Martin Luther King and his legacy. A commemorative service marking the King holiday was planned at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King was preacher from 1960 until his assassination in 1968 at age 39, and thousands of people were expected to take part in an afternoon rally and march through downtown Atlanta.


Finger length linked to female sporting potential

The length of a girl's ring finger could be an indicator of her future sporting potential, researchers at King's College London said on Thursday.


China hails 100th anniversary of birth of nation’s modernizer

GUANGAN, China -- Deng Xianyan ran his fingers over a bottle of Deng family liquor as he mulled the legacy of his famous cousin, the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, on the 100th anniversary of his birth.


Revision Control with Arch: Introduction to Arch

Access to this article is restricted to Linux Journal subscribers, click here for more information.Whether you're moving up from CVS or getting serious about a revision control system, here's a powerful tool that will keep records of changes and keep your projects under control.


In Kohat, near Pakistan's restive tribal areas, many say the remote border regions need more government engagement to curb rising extremism. Part 2 of three.


NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Kinross Gold Corp., (KGC) a Toronto gold and silver mining and processing company, reported that it revised third-quarter results to a loss of $133.


Israel launched air strikes targeting Palestinian rocket launch sites in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the first air strikes since Hamas seized control of the territory last week.


No price cut as Virgin unveils US music download service

LONDON - Virgin launches its rival to Apple's iTunes and Roxio's Napster in the US today, although consumers will get no break on price because the service charges the same 99 cents a song to download.


The Khiladi actor will be seen in a special episode of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa on December 15 on Sony TV.


Kerry: Cheney Should Admit Iraq Mistakes

TIPTON, Iowa Oct. 5, 2004 - John Kerry said Tuesday that Vice President Dick Cheney should acknowledge mistakes made in Iraq, pointing to remarks by the former head of the US occupation that more troops had been needed in the aftermath of war.


Hitachi readies notebook Serial ATA hard drives

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) this week said it will ship a line of Serial ATA hard drives designed for notebook usage in Q4.


The ruling Social Democrats in the Czech Republic continued to gain public support in October, an opinion poll out Thursday suggested.


Ex numero due della Rice favorito per succedere a Wolfowitz


Thunderstorms and heavy rain fell Sunday throughout the southern and central Plains, storms spread into the Southeast, while the Northeast and West were mostly dry.


Saturn's moon Titan may offer huge clues to Earth's evolution

With a whole universe to explore and dozens of potential targets in the solar system to examine in closer detail, spending $3.3 billion on an 11-year


Republican Fred Thompson said Friday that terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden is "more symbolism than anything else" as the presidential hopeful warned of possible greater al-Qaida threats within the United States.


Pakistan postpones election until February 18

Pakistan put off its general election by 6 weeks to February 18 on Wednesday following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, over the objections of the main opposition parties which fear a delay will work against them.


Israel assassinates Hamas militant in Damascus

Israel assassinated a Palestinian militant with a car bomb that exploded after he started his vehicle yesterday. It was Israel's first slaying of a Hamas member on Syrian


Beeb confirms Davison-Tennant Who hook-up

Moffat-penned sketch for Children in Need The BBC has confirmed that David Tennant's tenth Doctor Who will meet Peter Davison's fifth incarnation of the Time Lord for a Children in Need special on Friday, 16 November.â¦


Hexion Specialty Chemicals To Raise Global Prices For Cardura, ACE and VeoVa

Hexion Specialty Chemicals announced today that it will increase the  prices of its CARDURA™ (Glycidyl Ester), ACE™  (Acrylic acid adduct of Cardura) and VEOVA™  (Vinyl Ester) monomers globally effective July 1 or as contract terms  allow.


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Issue May Really Be How Far Players Will Go to Gain an Advantage

With items like over-the-counter pills and prescription injections, baseball playersâ medicine cabinets have expanded as unmistakably as their physiques.


President Bush has scheduled separate White House meetings later this month with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan, neighboring countries whose relations have sometimes been strained by terrorist hideouts along their border.


Respinti circa 200 emendamenti dell'opposizione


Retail sales bounced back a bit in July, and new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, the government said Thursday, indicating the economy is improving from a midsummer slump.


Rookie quarterback Jay Cutler will be the Denver Broncos' starter against the Seattle Seahawks next weekend.


Barbara Zemann is a banker by trade. Now she's the first female to play for an Austrian men's hockey team.


Japan's foreign minister visits Russia for talks aimed at improving ties damaged by the Kuril Islands dispute.


Edwards Says the Jets Don't Fear the Endgame

Coach Herman Edwards spoke with confidence about the Jets' critical December stretch that concludes with games against Seattle, New England and St. Louis.


U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson of South  Dakota was critically ill but stable on Thursday after brain  surgery for a potentially deadly bleeding that could deprive  his fellow Democrats of their razor-thin hold on the new  Senate.


Former pro football players are in Washington to talk about the struggles they have faced in getting disability benefits from the NFL.


L'acquisto del gruppo spagnolo a 32 euro per azione


Middle East ; 10 said killed after car bomber rams US convoy

Elsewhere on Wednesday, insurgents attacks Iraqi security forces around the rebellious Sunni Triangle. The region is a large swath of land to the north and west of Baghdad where resistance to the Americans is fiercest.


Chad aid workers fear children's case will hurt image

The scandal over a French group  suspected of trying to smuggle African children to Europe from  Chad may harm the image of foreign aid workers seeking to help  refugees fleeing violence, U.N. officials said on Monday.


Doctors 'regrow' jawbone in cancer patient

German physicians have pioneered a way to create and transplant bone grafts from one part of a patient's body to another. The work of Patrick H. Warnke and associates at the University of Kiel is summarized


NEW YORK: It can store 10,000 songs, but weighs mere ounces, slips easily into a pocket, and has flown off the shelves as one of the most desirable Christmas gifts of 2004.


Their first silhouettes appear at dusk, moving briskly under dim moonlight or the rare streetlamp. Sometimes the crunch of their boots on trash-strewn streets will stir families dozing on lawns in the cool of evening.


US Budget Gap Swells to Record $413 Bln in FY 2004

The U.S. budget gap expanded to  $412.55 billion in fiscal 2004, marking the Bush  administration's second-straight record deficit, the Treasury  Department said on Thursday.


People who are lonely are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, a large US study has suggested.


CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela is looking to buy  arms to strengthen its military capability and Russian MiG-29  fighters are among the options being evaluated, a senior  officer said on Monday.


Sexual health care should be funded nationally to ensure people do not miss out, campaigners say.


Napoli, 19:09 - CALCIO, SOPRALLUOGO UEFA: SAN PAOLO QUASI OK

La delegazione dell'Uefa che ha effettuato un sopralluogo allo stadio San Paolo di Napoli, ha classi...


76ers 100, Nets 98 (O.T.): Missed Free Throws Prove Costly to the Nets Again

When a team is as erratic as the Nets, what should be routine â like beating teams competing for lottery picks and hitting free throws â becomes surprisingly difficult.


Ricerca Ipsos per l'Acri nella Giornata mondiale del risparmio

Continua il trend di declino, famiglie sempre piÃ¹ esposte con i mutui. Per il resto puntano sulla liquiditÃ , fuga dalla borsa. MILANO - Italiani sempre piÃ¹ lontani dal risparmio. Si comprano piÃ¹ case, si


Vuln researcher questions company's disclosure practices Yahoo! bug crushers have plugged a serious hole in Yahoo! Messenger that made it possible for bad guys to remotely take control of a user's machine. The update became available less than 24 hours after an anonymous hacker posted proof-of-concept code that demonstrated how the vulnerability could be exploited.â¦


BA sale of Qantas stake foreshadows alliance shakeup - analysts

British Airways (BA) said it would sell its 1.1 billion dollar (770 million US) stake in Australia's Qantas in a move seen as likely to fuel a major realignment of airline alliances.


Bose Corp. introduced new $399 speakers on Tuesday designed to provide top-quality sound from a desktop and capitalize on the emergence of the computer as a home music center.


Australia airlifts troops to the Solomon Islands, again

Australia's swift reaction to the sniper killing of one of its soldiers serving with an international peacekeeping force in the troubled Solomon Islands on Wednesday will likely quell any further turmoil.


Radical cleric in Britain charged with urging murder of non ...

British authorities on Tuesday charged radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri with urging followers to kill non-Muslims, inciting racial hatred and other offences in an indictment that pre-empts a US bid to extradite the fiery preacher.


The price of existing homes sold in October fell for the third straight month and posted the biggest drop on record, an industry group said Tuesday, adding it expects weakness in pricing to drag on into next year.


Questions linger over secrets on laptops

Every month seems to bring another episode of sensitive personal information escaping into the wild because a corporate or government laptop computer is lost or stolen. A common response is a lot of hand-wringing over how the data should have been encrypted.


Lady Bird Johnson's wit, wisdom and love of beauty — in nature, in children and in democracy — were remembered Saturday as family, friends and presidents bade farewell at her funeral.


Business cards find a place in a gadget world

D.A. Mlynek's double-sided business cards are busy with facts about himself, his military outfitting and equipment company, and his website. When turned at an angle, the cards even show a sequence of images of a man in camouflage climbing a boulder.


Johnny Ramone, 1949-2004: He's the third Ramone to die in 3 years

Johnny Ramone, the stone-faced guitarist of the punk band the Ramones, whose fast, buzz-saw blasts of noise laid the foundation for a school of rock guitar, died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles.


Chilean police, students clash in run-up to Asia-Pacific summit

SANTIAGO  - Chilean anti-riot forces fired tear gas and water cannon at student protesters, three days before President George W. Bush's arrival for a weekend Asia-Pacific summit.


Shoemaker Nike's Quarterly Earnings Rise

Nike Inc.  said on Thursday its second quarter earnings rose, boosted by strong demand in the United States and overseas for its namesake athletic shoes and Converse sneakers.


Children of women exposed to organic solvents at their jobs while pregnant run the risk of subtle cognitive and learning problems, a new study says.


Senator Thomas, Wyoming Republican, Dies of Leukemia

Bloomberg - June 5 (Bloomberg) -- Wyoming Senator Craig Thomas, a Republican who first won election to Congress to replace Dick Cheney and went on to serve 18 years in the House and Senate, died last night after a battle with leukemia. He was 74.


The Cassini spacecraft has sent back the first detailed pictures of the Saturnâs largest moon, Titan, showing a sharply-defined but nevertheless mysterious landscape of light and dark regions.


A replacement for the failed Child Support Agency is set to be unveiled by the government in a White Paper.


Gunmen killed nine members of two Shi'ite families in a mostly Sunni neighborhood of Baghdad on Sunday and police found the bodies of 60 more apparent victims of sectarian killings gripping the capital.


Maradona to return to Cuba tomorrow for drug rehabilitation

HAVANA: Fallen soccer great Diego Maradona will return to Cuba tomorrow to be shut away in a mental clinic for more drug treatment, Argentine diplomats said on Friday.


Jamaica braces itself for Hurricane Ivan

The government of Jamaica has ordered half a million people to leave coastal areas ahead of the expected arrival of Hurricane Ivan.


Former Germany coach Rudi Voeller has revealed he is close to taking over as Roma coach, following the resignation of Cesare Prandelli.


Pitt Notebook: Harris chooses FG over touchdown try before half

Pitt coach Walt Harris preferred to "play the percentages" late in the first half last night and, as a result, the Panthers came away with a field


Riverboat Cruises Sink PlanetOut's Forecast

The gay-and-lesbian travel service will suffer in its second half because of increased cruise costs.


Blair Tries to Counter Iraq Skeptics in Europe

Prime Minister Tony Blair admonished the international community today not to waiver in its support for military victory in Iraq and the establishment of democracy there


Apre stagione del Teatro Massimo con Furlanetto


Heat-detecting cameras to identify infectious passengers arriving in France

French airport authorities are planning to experiment with heat-detecting cameras to identify passengers with a fever as part of efforts to combat the spread of infectious diseases, like SARS and bird flu.


Investing: In the Green Marathon, Which Stocks Will Be the Winners?

Some of the best prospects may be found among the companies that have made the most of recent fair-weather conditions.


Chad Kilger and Darcy Tucker each score two goals and Andrew Raycroft makes 34 saves for his first shutout with Toronto, leading the Maple Leafs to a 6-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.


Sport: Sweden captain signs four-year deal at Upton Park after leaving Arsenal for a fee that could rise to Â£3m.


Two car bombs tore through a packed shopping area of a mainly Shi'ite district of Baghdad on Sunday, killing 55 people in the worst attack since U.S. and Iraqi troops launched a crackdown in the city five days ago.


BASEL, Switzerland  - The 2009 Alpine ski world championships in Val d'Isere have run into more problems, with the chief executive of the organizing committee, Jean-Paul Pierrat, resigning.


TorrentSpy, ISOHunt to Begin Search Filtering

Two major torrent sites have announced plans to start filtering their search results in an effort to block copyrighted content, and to avoid the need to shut down their services.


Despite Doubts, Cancer Therapy Draws Patients

Americans with prostate cancer are traveling out of the country to receive a treatment that is not approved in the United States.


Viagra (sildenafil) taken at  bedtime may worsen breathing problems in patients with severe  obstructive sleep apnea, results of a study published in the  Archives of Internal Medicine suggest.


Delta, Pilots Agreement May Help Avoid Bankruptcy

Delta Air Lines Inc., the third- largest US carrier, may avert a bankruptcy filing after winning agreement on wage and benefit concessions from its pilots union as part of an effort to reduce costs after losses widened.


Three new broadcast network shows that most media agencies and TV critics did not expect to last very long produced solid ratings last week, proving that audience viewing patterns are unpredictable.


KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian opposition leader Vickor Yushchenko has promised more protests against an election he calls fraudulent.


Gay Bishop Confirmation Upsets Archbishop

The most influential Anglican leader in Africa said Thursday that the global Anglican Communion is "broken" over the confirmation of a gay bishop in New Hampshire and may be beyond repair.


Randy Moss is almost sure to be fined for pretending to moon fans in Green Bay during a playoff win, according to NFL rules. The league is looking into the star receiver's antics in Minnesota's 31-17 win over the Packers on Sunday and will announce its ruling later this week.


Cowboys Not Winners Any More for Parcells

For the first time since Bill Parcells lost his Dallas debut in 2003, the Cowboys have a losing record.


Ukraine's prime minister won the country's bitterly fought presidential runoff, elections officials said Monday. But election observers said the vote did not meet international standards and the opposition alleged fraud.


A baby chimpanzee found alone, helpless, in the forest. An African rock python caged and taunted by villagers until it cracks its skull on the metal bars. A rare shoebill crane, a tall, gray-feathered beauty, discovered in the trunk of a smuggler's car.


A teacher who had a sexual relationship with a teenage girl at her school is jailed for 12 months.


Japan regulator probes huge shareholder filing

An obscure Japanese company has created a stir by making the very unlikely claim that it spent about $190 billion (959 million pounds) to take controlling stakes in Sony and five other major companies.


CAPS investors unanimously think these stocks will win big.


Growing Pains: Many Parents Fail to See Obesity in Children

Among the parents of obese children ages 6 to 11, only 13 percent described their child as very overweight, according to a new study.


French Traderâs Bets Said to Assure an Alarm

New questions emerged about when JÃ©rÃ´me Kervielâs superiors at SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale became aware of the scale of his unauthorized trades.


One in Four Overweight Kids Gets Poor Sleep

TUESDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) -- About one in four overweight American children have sleep trouble, new research shows. However, regular exercise can help those yawning youngsters.


Mr Bush and Mr Kerry accused each other of being profligate spenders of the country's fiscal budget. Mr Kerry said he was a fiscal conservative who supported the 'pay-as-you-go' system of balanced spending and revenues.


UK's Prince William wins spurs as army officer

Britain's Prince William, eager to draw a line under a decade of conspiracy theories about the death of his mother Princess Diana, graduated as an army officer on Friday to launch his military career.


The United States vetoed a Security Council resolution condemning Israel for its incursion into the Gaza Strip, calling the resolution "lopsided and unbalanced" because


NTSB Blames 2001 Plane Crash on Co-Pilot

The co-pilot of American Airlines flight 587 caused the November 2001 crash that claimed the lives of 265 people, the staff of the nation's airline safety agency reported Tuesday.


KarstadtQuelle to slash 5,500 jobs as part of rescue plan: union

KarstadtQuelle, the crisis-ridden German department store operator, plans to cut 5,500 jobs and freeze the wages of its remaining employees over the next three years as part of a 760-million-euro (935-million-dollar) cost-cutting package, unions said.


1.70 Million Broadband Customers Were Registered in Hong Kong at the End of August 2006

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46734)  has announced the addition of "Hong Kong SAR  Telecommunications Market Intelligence Report 2006"  to their offering.


Arsenal bounced back to winning ways with a comfortable 3-0 victory over struggling Birmingham City yesterday. A brace from Thierry Henry came after Robert Pires' opener, but it was the shaky Premiership debut


Appello della famiglia Baldoni: "Intervenga la Croce Rossa"

Palermo, 23 agosto -I famigliari di Enzo Baldoni, il pubblicitario milanese e free lance dall'Iraq de Â«Il DiarioÂ» di cui non si hanno piÃ¹ notizie da giovedÃ¬ scorso, sono intenzionati a chiedere l'intervento della Croce Rossa.


Bremer: Â«In Iraq allo sbaraglioÂ». Rumsfeld: Â«Nessun legame ...

La prima ammissione se lâÃ¨ lasciata sfuggire Paul Bremer, lâex proconsole americano in Iraq, durante un discorso per pochi intimi. Â«Non abbiamo mai avuto truppe sufficienti sul terrenoÂ», ha rivelato


November personal spending jumped 1.1 percent

U.S. personal spending jumped a much  bigger-than-expected 1.1 percent in November, the sharpest rise  in more than two years, while prices rose, a Commerce  Department report showed on Friday.


McCain and Clinton win White House battles

Republican John McCain  and Democrat Hillary Clinton won heated presidential nominating  battles in South Carolina and Nevada on Saturday, picking up  strength in an unpredictable White House race where no  candidate has been able to sustain momentum.


Greek premier makes historic Turkey trip

Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Wednesday became the first Greek premier to pay an official visit to Turkey in nearly 50 years, reflecting warmer ties between two countries that have come close to war several times.


Borsellino sbanca gli ascolti E' la fiction piÃ¹ vista del 2004

Roma, 10 novembre 2004 - Quasi dodici milioni di spettatori con il 41,94% di share della seconda e ultima puntata di 'Paolo Borsellino' su Canale 5 rappresentano il record della stagione 2004-2005. I valori


Oil pushes above $59 as cold weather to draw stocks

Oil prices recouped light losses on Tuesday, climbing above $59 a barrel as the coldest weather of the U.S. winter was expected to draw down distillate stocks.


Second Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse report expected

Another report on abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison is going to be released Wednesday afternoon. [ first report released ]. The Fay report on prisoner abuse does not lay blame on top brass


Popular California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Thursday, giving the Arizona senator a boost in his drive to gain his party's nomination for the White House.


A year of scandal, changes in fund industry

NEW YORK -- It was just a little over a year ago that New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer shook the financial services industry -- and investor confidence -- by revealing that four big-name mutual fund companies had cut secret deals allowing a New Jersey hedge fund to profit from short-term trading at the expense of ordinary investors.


Tens of thousands of Lebanese paid tribute to assassinated Christian politician Pierre Gemayel on Thursday, turning his funeral in central Beirut into a display of defiance towards Syria and its Hezbollah allies.


Ivan threatens Caribbean islands as Category 3 hurricane

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Hurricane Ivan grew back into a 115 mph Category 3 hurricane early Tuesday as it heads toward the southern Windward Islands.


Illinois senator appears set to win handily in today's Democratic primary, but vote remains split


UK Verdict May Jeopardize Blair's Terror Policies

British Prime Minister Tony Blair's security strategy, a central plank in his re-election bid, looked in trouble on Friday after a landmark legal ruling against a vital part of his anti-terror policy.


Cincinnati, OH -- Shayne Graham booted a 39-yard field goal with two seconds left, leading the Cincinnati Bengals to a 16-13 victory over the Miami Dolphins.


A teenager and a man are charged in connection with petrol bomb attacks on the police in County Antrim.


JAKARTA: Indonesian police said yesterday they had redoubled efforts to track militants blamed for a suicide car bomb attack on the Australian embassy, and released video recordings of the powerful blast.


Napoli, 18:20 - CALCIO, SAMP; MAZZARRI: E' ANDATO TUTTO STORTO

Walter Mazzarri rende merito al Napoli dopo il ko al San Paolo. ''Il Napoli ha giocato una bella par...


Sudan Talks End in Deadlock on Humanitarian Issues

Darfur rebels and the Sudanese government ended peace talks on Sunday in Nigeria in a deadlock on how to address what the United Nations has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis.


Other films have taken us back to the future, but never has one pulled off the trick as vividly and imaginatively as "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.


At Maker Faire Austin, the crew behind the giant Star Wheel put together their bike-tech-powered carnival ride for the first time outside of Burning Man.


A faster, more streamlined system of assessing treatments for the NHS should be introduced, MPs say.


Democrat Finally Jumps into Mississippi Senate Race

Democratic former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove on Monday made official his intention to run for the Senate, announcing plans to challenge newly appointed Republican Sen. Roger Wicker just eight days into his tenure as Mississippi's temporary junior senator. Wicker was appointed after Trent Lott resigned, forcing a special election in November to fill out the last 4 years of Lott's term.


Mel Karmazin is the $1 billion man. Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. shares jumped as much as 18 percent Friday after the company hired Karmazin, the former president of Viacom Inc.


Ever since two Gemini spacecraft met up high above Earth in 1965, the US space program has used astronauts for every rendezvous in orbit -- with other spacecraft, satellites, space stations or the Hubble Space Telescope.


Tiffany Profit Falls on Weak Japan Sales

High-end jewelry retailer Tiffany & Co. said Thursday that third-quarter profit fell 26 percent to miss Wall Street expectations by 5 cents per share, due to weak Japan sales, high diamond and precious metal


IE or Firefox: Who's to blame for newest browser zero-day?

Security researchers are divided over which Web browser to blame for the latest zero-day threat to Windows-based PCs: Internet Explorer or Firefox.


A man with camouflage paint on his face and a fake gun tried to break into to billionaire Warren Buffett's house but fled after a scuffle with a security guard, police said Thursday.


Libya sets July 11 for HIV nurses ruling

Libya's Supreme Court will rule on July  11 on an appeal by six foreign medics sentenced to death for  infecting Libyan children with HIV, marking the final stage of  a trial that has affected Libya's ties with the West.


Cambridge graduate wins final of 'The Apprentice'

Posh Cambridge graduate Simon Ambrose defeated single mother Kristina Grimes on Wednesday to claim victory in "The Apprentice", the popular television show in which contestants vie for a job in business mogul Alan Sugar's empire.


Italy coach Marcello Lippi claimed he was frustrated that the Azzurri had no more World Cup qualifiers before the new year after the 4-3 win over Belarus saw the Italians claim top spot in Group Five.


Microsoft Reveals Licensing Plans for Dual-Core Chips

Microsoft Corp. does not plan to change its per-processor software licensing model when hardware containing dual-core and multicore processor technology for the Windows platform becomes available next year.


About 62 percent of Delphi U.S. union workers opt out

Roughly 62 percent of bankrupt auto   parts maker Delphi Corp.'s U.S. union workers have opted out of   the company through retirements or buyouts, the company said on   Tuesday.


Kaunas, 22:59 - CALCIO, AZZURRI; DONADONI: ABBIAMO DIMOSTRATO COS'E' IL GRUPPO

Roberto Donadoni è soddisfatto del successo dell'Italia in Lituania. ''Ci voleva pazienza ed ...


News Corp.  will not pull its television shows from Apple Inc's  iTunes as rival media group NBC Universal has done over a pricing dispute, President Peter Chernin said in an interview on Tuesday.


Two armed perpetrators who hijacked an intercity bus carrying 25 passengers from Marathon to the Greek capital Athens have reportedly begun to release the hostages.


ICANN's Privacy Reforms for WHOIS Stalled Again

Working group generates little real agreement on how or even whether to implement proposed privacy reforms.


OPEC may raise output at Feb 1 meet: Indonesia OPEC gov

OPEC may decide to increase oil output  at its February 1 meeting in Vienna if supply is not  sufficient, Indonesia's OPEC governor told Reuters on Thursday.


Sports of The Times: Four Teams, Three Cities and Two Dissimilar Playoff Races

They look alike, these two races involving ancient Northeast baseball towns, but they are vastly different.


For 20 excruciating minutes one afternoon the first week of September, the bone in his right little finger protruding through the skin, Tufts senior Chris Decembrele questioned whether his final college football season was over before it started.


The Prize That Even Some Laureates Question

Dismay with the kind of work that has often been honored by the Nobel prize in economics, has led even a couple of its winners to suggest it be abolished.


Rimaste ferite 2 persone in modo lieve, lunghe code


Criminal charges had been considered against the ex-boyfriend of drug addict Rachel Whitear, an inquest hears.


Contabilizzate nel 2006 oltre 2.776 ore di coda per traffico intenso, 431 ore per incidentiDa oggi divieto di sorpasso per i camion, a fine mese il primo tratto del passante di Mestre                                          Venezia-Trieste, l'autostrada imbuto Si sta in coda un giorno su tre                                                                                Incubo Tir e vacanzieri stremati. Estate al via tra gli incidenti di FRANCESCO JORI


More withdrawals from WHO list; US scrutiny â Indian pharma ...

ANOTHER week came to a close, but not on a happy note for a clutch of Indian drug companies which felt the heat for different reasons.


English Premiership side Fulham lost their High Court legal dispute with former manager Jean Tigana. Tigana, the former France international midfielder, took the club to court over accusations that he effectively


Bank of Montreal shot out of the starting gate Tuesday, reporting that third-quarter earnings jumped 30 percent to Canadian $654 million - prompting the bank to boost its dividends and full-year outlook.


Sadr movement says won't challenge Maliki for now

Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's political movement has no immediate plan to bring down Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government despite pulling out of his ruling Shi'ite Alliance, a spokesman said on Sunday.


FCC chief seeks to break tie on AT&T: BellSouth

U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has asked for a legal ruling on whether a recused commissioner could cast a tie-breaking vote on AT&T Inc.'s  proposed acquisition of BellSouth Corp. , an FCC official told Reuters on Friday.


BOISE, Idaho  - Republican Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho, caught in a sex scandal that quickly lost him the support of his party after his arrest in a men's toilet, said on Saturday he would resign from the U.S. Senate.


Dollar Falls as Fed's Hoenig Says Current Account Gap to Widen

The dollar fell against the yen and traded near a five-week low against the euro after Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Thomas Hoenig said the US trade deficit will probably widen from a record.


Russian officials say there are grounds to bar Mikhail Kasyanov from the presidential race.


The Neue Galerie show is less a coherent Klimt exhibition than a slightly rambling, something-for-everyone Klimt-o-rama.


10,000 Get Grant Letters on Rebuilding in Louisiana

The spate of Âaward calculations,Â as the rebuilding program calls them, represents a big increase from early last month, when fewer than 2,000 families had been told how much they were eligible to receive.


National Poll: Thompson 25% Giuliani 24%

Rasmussen Reports - The race for of the Republican Presidential nomination following the July 4th holiday looks a lot like it did before the nation's birthday party. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani essentially tied for the lead. It's Thompson at 25% and Giuliani at 24%.


With only two major studios left in the HD DVD camp, Toshiba is slashing prices on its players and ramping up its marketing.


Manmohan, Musharraf go back to their roots

NEW YORK: Leaders of India and Pakistan may not get to the bottom of the Kashmir issue in their first meeting here on Friday, but in an encouraging sign, they are invoking their respective personal roots ahead of the engagement.


The federal government has agreed to release "enemy combatant" Yaser Esam Hamdi from custody, and he will be flown home to Saudi Arabia by the end of the week, Hamdi's lawyer said today.


Study Finds Fewer Cancer Research Deaths

Patient deaths from experimental cancer drugs during initial human studies declined dramatically from 1991 to 2002, suggesting that better oversight and less-toxic


"Juno" unseats Keys from top of album chart

NEW YORK (Billboard) - The soundtrack to "Juno" moves up from No. 2 to No. 1, becoming the Rhino label's first chart-topper on the Billboard 200.


THE US said today that Iran's missile program is a serious threat to the Middle East and US interests which is compounded significantly by its alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons.