"No Country," "Blood" lead grim Oscar field

BEVERLY HILLS, California  - The gritty dramas "No Country For Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" scored eight Academy Award nominations each on Tuesday, leading a somber field in an Oscar season overshadowed by the Hollywood writers' strike.


DHS to fit airliners with laser beam defences

Forget inflight internet, you want raygun missile dazzlers The US Department of Homeland Security has confirmed that it will mount testbed anti-missile defence kit on three airliners this year, in order to assess how it affects performance in the commercial aviation environment.â¦


Theoretically, Jake Peavy pitched well enough to win. Realistically, though, the San Diego Padres simply couldn't score enough runs for their All-Star ace.


Villa give Tottenham sixth straight league loss

Peru midfielder Nolberto Solano helped Aston Villa to a 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur, handing the London club sixth straight league defeat Monday in the PremierLeague.


Baseball-Red Sox Lift Championship, Bury Curse

ST. LOUIS  - The Boston Red Sox lifted the World  Series title and buried a curse Wednesday beating the St. Louis  Cardinals 3-0 to claim their first championship since 1918.


Cord blood found to aid leukemia patients

MUNICH -- Umbilical cord blood helped children with acute leukemia as well as the bone marrow transplants that doctors now prefer, a study indicates.


Key Nevada union backs Obama in blow to Clinton

After a much-needed win in New Hampshire, Democrat Hillary Clinton received a new challenge on Wednesday when Nevada's most influential union endorsed rival Sen. Barack Obama's U.S. presidential bid.


Corte d'appello fa slittare l'operazione al 2007


E' caduto dal tetto di un capannone sotto occhi del fratello


Yokohama, 10:23 - CALCIO, MONDIALE CLUB: TERZO POSTO ALL'URAWA

Gli Urawa Red Diamonds hanno battuto 6-4 ai rigori i tunisini dell'Etoile du Sahel nella finale del ...


Police Raid Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch

Police armed with a search warrant  raided Michael Jackson's Neverland Valley Ranch on Friday,  looking for evidence in the child molestation case against him,  a Santa Barbara County Sheriff's spokesman said.


Intel details upgrade to Itanium processor

InfoWorld - Intel on Monday is expected to detail Tukwila, its next generation of 64-bit Itanium processors that are used in enterprise servers.


An attack by Maoist rebels at a cultural festival in eastern India has killed at least 17 people, reports say.


Medicaid Plan Prods Patients Toward Health

West Virginia plans to reward ÂresponsibleÂ Medicaid patients with significant extra benefits.


A 22-year-old man hanged himself just hours after he had knocked down and killed a child, an inquest hears.


One-time pop sensation Sinead O'Connor was back in the news Friday — by taking out a full-page ad pleading for people to stop making fun of her.


Bush documentary inspires political romance

LOS ANGELES  - Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi is developing a fictionalized project based on her HBO documentary "Journeys With George," which followed George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign.


How Rumsfeld Plans to Shake Up the Spy Game

The Defense Secretary pushes his generals to field a larger and more aggressive clandestine force


Microsoft, Others File More Anti-Spam Lawsuits

Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O and other  Internet access providers filed three new lawsuits on Thursday  to stop the spread of unsolicited e-mail messages touting  everything from home refinancing to miracle health cures.


Il Mibtel perde l'1,17%, l'All Stars lo 0,07%


Mibtel invariato, SP/Mib a -0,17%, All Stars a +0,42%


Scambiato a Piazza Affari il 3,3% del capitale


There are more signs that, at least in theory, the dominance of Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows operating system may be slightly less potent than, say, a year ago this time.


Paris Hilton out of jail for medical reasons

Hotel heiress Paris Hilton was let out of jail and put under house arrest on Thursday after serving three days of a three-week sentence, sparking a debate over whether fame worked for her or against her.


A newspaper reported that police have arrested two men over an attempt to blackmail a member of the British royal family with an alleged sex tape.


Clashes in al-Ramadi, 15 Iraqis killed in Tikrit, new bombardment ...

The American forces continued their air bombardment of Falluja yesterday at dawn resulting in several being killed and injured. Witnesses said that one of the killed is the driver of a rental car whose car


Ten years ago this week Sony Corp. launched its first Vaio laptop computers. The PCG-705 and 707 went on sale in Japan on July 1 and were followed quickly by a desktop PC, as Sony tried to show the world that a consumer electronics company could make computers.


Providers of Internet-based phone services, such as Overland Park-based Nuvio Corp. and Time Warner Cable, notched a victory Tuesday when the Federal Communications Commission said states could not regulate the futuristic service.


California packer makes largest U.S. beef recall

A California meatpacker accused of animal cruelty is making the largest U.S. meat recall on record -- 143 million lbs, the Agriculture Department said on Sunday.


WGC championship suspended again, Woods six ahead

Play in the WGC American Express Championship final round was suspended by lightning twice on Sunday as players struggled to complete the tournament.


Shaukat Aziz takes oath as Pakistan's new PM

ISLAMABAD : Shaukat Aziz, former finance minister and a key ally to President Pervez Musharraf, has been sworn in the country's new prime minister.


Bush victory will buoy market, at least in short term

Now that President Bush has been re-elected and the Republicans have increased their majorities in both houses of Congress, what does it mean to American investors?


Flu Shot Winners Get Their Prize in Montgomery County

Lucky winners of Montgomery County's flu shot lottery began rolling up their sleeves Thursday. Health officials planned to give out about half of their 800 available injections, with the remainder to be doled out Friday.


CES Wrap-up: Less is More With Next-Gen MP3 Players

Portable audio player manufacturers bet on smaller, simpler devices in an effort to unseat Apple's IPod.


Rail service resumes across much of France as a strike over pension reform winds down.


The President's claim that even former staffers won't testify gives him another bargaining chip with Congress


Just Call Pa. Bush's 'White House North'

His White House away from the White House is as likely this year to be in Pennsylvania as Texas, but President Bush doesn't mind. With his re-election campaign winding down, the rancher-president thinks fence-mending is more urgent up north.


Indexes Can't Reverse Slide UNITED STATES MARKETPLACE By Bloomberg

By Michael Patterson  U.S. stocks fell Monday, extending their worst weekly slump in four years, after financial companies slid on concerns that a surge in mortgage-loan defaults could spread beyond the riskiest creditors.


Serbia's parliament approves a new constitution claiming sovereignty over the UN-run province of Kosovo.


Prima collezione insieme prevista per inizio 2008


No. 5 Illinois storms past No. 1 Wake Forest

Roger Powell Jr. scored 19 points, Dee Brown and Luther Head added 16 each, and No. 5 Illinois made No. 1 Wake Forest look more like a nonconference patsy in a 91-73 rout last night at Champaign, Ill.


Opportunity rover stumbles upon rocky, maybe watery, find

com. Almost by accident, NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has found a rock that may point to a second water event in the red planet's past.


Once again, the business press makes itself un-useful.


Book: Great Lakes water fight to heat up

Peter Annin recalls staring in horror at what had been the coast of the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan, now a wasteland strewn with scrub brush and corroded hulls of abandoned fishing boats.


Microsoft Enlists Channel Help For Server, Desktop Management

As it strives to improve its reputation in the server and desktop management arena, Microsoft announced on Tuesday Virtual Server 2005 and Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 as well as the first public beta of Windows Update Services.


Secondo l'esponente della Bce, e' occasione per competere


New Darfur peacekeeping force takes over

A joint African-United Nations force took over peacekeeping duties in Darfur on Monday, a long-awaited change that is intended to be the strongest effort yet to solve the world's worst humanitarian crisis.


CHICAGO -- White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen and the team agreed Tuesday to a contract extension through the 2012 season.


Revenge feels sweet, and Swiss researchers said on Thursday they have the brain scans to prove it.


Can this nice guy finish first with Mets?

Managing a baseball team isnâta popularity contest any more than playing the game is. But it helps when people like you, and there arenât many people who have played baseball in New York who are liked better than Willie Randolph.


LOS ANGELES  - "Ray" led the motion  picture category for the 36th NAACP Image Awards with seven  nominations, including best movie and lead actor and actress  bids for stars Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington.


F1 teams, except Ferrari, agree to a cost-cutting deal which could secure the future of the British Grand Prix.


The government announces a feasibility study for a tidal power project which could supply about 5% of UK electricity.


Wall Street was expected to open lower on growing fears rocketing oil prices will crimp corporate profit growth, with General Motors Corp.'s (GM.N) under pressure on a report orders may slip.


All the hubbub has Boston at the center of the football universe these days, only some three months removed from the Red Sox finally, and convincingly, winning their first World Series in 86 years. In its sporting heart of hearts, with the Patriots about to play in the Super Bowl for a third time in four years, is Boston more ...


By Laura Kurtzman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  SACRAMENTO -- State police have concluded there was no crime committed when campaign workers for former state Treasurer Phil Angelides downloaded an embarrassing audio file of Gov.


ITALIANE RILASCIATE: FRATTINI, ''NON E' STATO PAGATO ALCUN ...

(ASCA) - Roma, 29 set - Per la liberazione di Simona Pari e Simona Torretta non e' stato pagato nessun riscatto. O meglio, nessun riscatto in denaro, mentre il nostro Paese si e' impegnato in ''un riscatto


After Boston College's 6-3 win over Boston University at Conte Forum last night, Eagles coach Jerry York and forwards Patrick Eaves and Ryan Shannon came to a consensus: It was a weird game.


Kuchma accuses Yuschenko of broken promises

Accusing Viktor Yushchenko of 'outrageous behaviour', outgoing President Leonid Kuchma says the opposition leader's broken promises have prolonged the political crisis in Ukraine.


Washington, September 16: The United States has said it was aware of the announcement that Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf would stay on as head of the armed forces and as the country's president and would "look at it carefully.


Federal regulators are reviewing the generous pay packages promised to two outgoing executives of scandal-tainted Fannie Mae (FNM:NYSE - news - research).


Australia's WMC Resources says Xstrata takeover bid "materially ...

SYDNEY: Directors of Australian mining giant WMC Resources Ltd. have rejected a renewed A$7.4b (US$5.7b) takeover offer from British-Swiss Xstrata Plc.


The European Commission backed a  Nokia-led mobile television broadcasting standard on Wednesday  in a move that could spur growth in the fledgling but  potentially lucrative sector.


Italy was the only European market where car sales rose in May, according to industry data.


Casey Blake homered on David Riske's first pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning last night to rally Cleveland to a 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals, moving the Indians closer to an American League Central title.


A painting by Francis Bacon sells for Â£14m at Christie's in London, a record for the artist.


PalmSource Inc. has finally answered the smart-phone call. The maker of Palm operating systems for handheld computers plans to introduce Tuesday its first version designed specifically for so-called smart phones.


Yawning and Snoring Could Be Sleep Apnea

Do you yawn throughout the day or get sleepy while driving? Does your family complain about loud snoring? You might be one of the millions of Americans with undiagnosed sleep apnea, which causes more than fatigue - it also seems to spur heart disease and other serious illnesses.


A British couple are killed by a gunman who opened fire in a restaurant in Thailand.


Trick or Treat With the Creepiest, Craziest Halloween Candies

Sick or sweet? Body parts, insects and other ghoulish confections make for a very scary holiday.


Horse flu outbreak spreading in Australia

Australian authorities are considering extending the nationwide ban on horse movement after the country's first outbreak of equine influenza outbreak began to spread out of control.


Eurozone unemployment eases to five-and-a-half year low in October

The unemployment rate in the 12 nations sharing the euro slipped in October to a five-and-a-half year low of 7.7 percent from 7.8 percent in September, the European Union's Eurostat data agency has said.


WHEN I WAS a teenager, I was a fixture at the local Tweeter store. In those days, I dreamed of jettisoning my generic tape recorder in favor of a rack-component system with speakers that towered over my room like the giant stone heads of Easter Island. I peppered the über-knowledgeable Tweeter salesmen with technical questions until I was able to ...


Syria deplores Lebanese parliamentarian assassination attempt ...

A Syrian official information source on Friday condemned the attempt of assassination against member of the Lebanese Parliament Marwan Hamada near his home in the district of Ein Mreisa, Beirut.


Wall Street shares fell for a third consecutive day as confidence waned during the session after housing starts hit a 14-year low and renewed concerns about the health of the US economy.


Toshiba Corp. on Tuesday said it has sued Hynix Semiconductor Japan Inc., accusing the company of infringing on Toshiba's memory patents.


Arnie Burton and Cliff Saunders play dozens of characters, sometimes more than one in the same scene, in âAlfred Hitchcockâs The 39 Steps.â


Hungary joins the rest, withdraws from Iraq

Hungary Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said on Wednesday that his country will withdraw its 300 troops from Iraq by March 31 next year.


Pressure builds in Europe for intervention to curb euro surge

With growth flagging in the 12-nation eurozone, pressure is building in European financial circles for central bank intervention to curb a surge in the euro against the dollar.


November retail sales rise but growth slows

U.S. shoppers came out in droves in November, but warm and wet weather, combined with steep holiday discounts, prompted less-than-stellar sales at many chains, retailers said on Thursday.


Selfish capitalism is bad for our mental health

Comment is free: Oliver James: The growth in relative materialism over the past 20 years is taking a heavy toll on the wellbeing of English-speaking nations


Study: US lags behind other countries in math and science

Math and science education in the United States has improved only slightly since 1999 and lags far behind other countries, according to the results of


Bigley book of condolence stolen from Birmingham mosque

A book of condolence for Kenneth Bigley, the first British hostage to be executed in Iraq, has been stolen from the main mosque in Birmingham.


Restaurant chains pull spinach from menus

McDonald's Corp. and other U.S.   restaurant chains said on Monday they removed spinach from   their menus after the leafy green vegetable was linked last   week to more than 100 cases of E. coli.


Kodak hears call of camera phones, answers big time

Cellphones that can take and display digital photographs have become enough of a market force to attract major attention from a company long synonymous with photography: Eastman Kodak Co.


Bird flu can infect people via upper airway: expert

Leading scientists in Hong Kong have found that the H5N1 bird flu virus can infect cells in the upper airway of humans and need not penetrate deep in the lungs to cause infection.


No ai balzelli che legano le mani ai consumatori


It's a relaxed entry this time, an update on some recent happenings in the Linux audio world. Without further preamble, let's take a look at some of the good things going on there.


The film studio behind American Gangster is sued for defamation by three former drug enforcement agents.


"Clean up your networks" Midem You don't need to be a Kremlinologist to detect the latest shift from the sound recordings industry. In its digital music report this week, the IFPI, the international trade group for recordings owners, there's scarcely a mention of the roaring "success" of its litigation against file-sharers. Instead the focus is squarely on getting the service providers to clean up their networks.â¦


A top US commander yesterday predicted "several more days of tough urban fighting" to wrest Fallujah from insurgent control, as two days of combat there have left 10 US troops dead.


Senators concerned about report CIA secretly removed detainees ...

WASHINGTON Two leading senators are voicing concerns about reports that the CIA secretly sent some prisoners out of Iraq for interrogations.


Arab Foreign Ministers Approve Draft Resolution to Restore ...

Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo have approved a controversial draft resolution that calls on Arab states to restore full diplomatic relations with Iraq's under its current interim government.


Rains from the remnants of Hurricane John soaked the northern half of Mexico's arid Baja California peninsula on Monday and threatened to cause flooding in the southwestern United States.


The departure of Miami Dolphins Coach Dave Wannstedt yesterday adds another layer of unrest to Miami's season, which has included the unexpected retirement of the star running back Ricky Williams


Managers Insist On Growth That Lasts      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Heritage Mid Cap Stock Fund courts growth stocks. But it won't settle for a flash in the pan.


The Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell, withdraws hundreds of workers from oil facilities in Nigeria's troubled Niger Delta.


Bin Laden alive, wrote to me, Taliban leader says

A brother of a slain Taliban leader said al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was alive and well and that he had received a letter of condolence from him after his brother was killed in May.


A group of white-collar engineers at one of Visteon Corp.'s suburban Detroit plants voted to join the United Auto Workers union.


The US government warns of a possible al-Qaeda call to attack US financial online services.


One missing in Milwaukee plant explosion

A massive explosion that destroyed two buildings in an industrial complex near downtown Milwaukee left one person missing and injured 25 on Wednesday, officials said.


BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - U.S. Navy helicopters  dropped aid to clamoring crowds in tsunami-hit Indonesian  villages Sunday but were unable to land a full week after the  waves washed away entire towns around the Indian Ocean.


B.C. Ferries confirms a German firm has won ferry building contract

B.C. Ferries confirmed Friday its controversial decision to give a half-billion-dollar contract to build three new ferries to a German shipyard rather than elect to have the ships built in the province.


The governor of Sudan's North Darfur region lifts an emergency and urges aid workers to resume operations.


The flashy Cadillac Escalade EXT, the favorite ride of rappers and movie stars, is the newer-model vehicle car thieves are most likely to steal, according to a study released yesterday.


Cuban President Fidel Castro has almost fully recovered from the stomach surgery, says a top Cuban politician.


A hospital which gave patients the wrong results after cancer checks, finds another 24 'discrepancies'.


The penalty phase of the Scott Peterson trial was postponed Monday following an unsuccessful attempt by the defense to change the jury or move the proceedings.


New orders at factories rose a  smaller-than-expected 0.3 percent in April, the weakest showing  since January, on a sharp drop in aircraft orders, a Commerce  Department report showed on Monday.


Sixteen Saudis held in Guantanamo return home: SPA

Sixteen Saudis held in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, where foreign terrorism suspects are held, returned to the kingdom on Thursday, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.


Hazards: Needing the First Aid They Give to Others

Paramedics, it turns out, face a high risk of being injured on the job.


The New York Times published a review of the final Harry Potter book on Thursday before its official release, drawing a stinging response from its British publishers.


Consumer watchdog the Consumers' Association (CA) has today written to the UK office of Fair Trading (OFT), complaining that UK digital music shoppers are being ripped-off.


More Corporate Crime, or Just Prosecutions?

GIANT insurance brokers are accused of taking kickbacks from insurance companies. Mutual fund managers allow preferred clients to trade after hours.


US soldier gets 25 years for Iraqi murder

A US soldier has been sentenced to 25 years in jail for murdering an Iraqi National Guard near the northern town of Tikrit last May, the US military said in a statement.


Intel 'Nehalem' design completed, boots Mac OS X

Windows XP too IDF Intel has booted Apple's Mac OS X operating system on its next-generation 45nm microarchitecture, 'Nehalem', the chip giant's CEO, Paul Otellini, mentioned at IDF this morning.â¦


Slow start to flu season comes as relief

The 2004-05 flu season is starting slower than last year's, easing some fears about the nation's shortage of flu vaccine. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 29


Belarussian ambassador to Latvia recalled

Belarussian Ambassador to Latvia Vadim Lamkov has been recalled in accordance with the rotation procedure, LETA was informed by the Foreign Affairs Ministry's Press Secretary Rets Plesums.


US delivery firm UPS unveils a multi-billion dollar order to buy 27 freight aircraft from aerospace giant Boeing.


IBM Agrees to Share Blade Server Know-How

The IBM announcement is being made in collaboration with Intel. Under an agreement reached two years ago, the companies have worked together to design and manufacture blade servers.


Adobe expands push for video, photo hobbyists

com September 15, 2004, 11:03 AM PT. This fourth priority's main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half.


PiÃ¹ che una coppia, sono una macchina da guerra: i francesi AgnÃ¨s Jaoui e Jean-Pierre Bacri, compagni di lavoro e di vita, entrambi attori, entrambi sceneggiatori, lei da pochi anni anche regista, producono successi a catena: da Aria di famiglia di


Internet health advice can bring on 'cyberchondria', study shows

Browsing medical sites on the Internet can bring on a condition dubbed "cyberchondria", in which patients diagnose themselves incorrectly and seek treatment they do not need, a British study said.


Panamanian investigators have concluded that at least 174 people were poisoned, 115 of them fatally, by counterfeit cold medicine linked to an unlicensed Chinese chemical plant.


Milano, 16:21 - CALCIO,PARMA; GHIRARDI: SIAMO UNITI, DI CARLO HA MIA FIDUCIA

Nonostante il quart'ultimo posto in classifica e la sconfitta interna di domenica scorsa contro l'At...


Soccer star slapped with seven-month drug ban

CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Romanian striker Adrian Mutu, formerly of London-based club Chelsea, received a seven-month ban on Thursday after testing positive for a recreational drug.


Politics: 7 October 2004, Thursday. A Bulgarian culture and information center will be opened in Paris by the prime minister, who is currently on a visit in the French capital.


Standard Life members back stock market flotation

Members of Standard Life, the British insurance and investment business, have voted overwhelmingly in favour of ending the company's 80-year-old mutual status to float on the London Stock Exchange, the group said.


UPDATE 1-Drogba double as Chelsea coast against PSG

Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba netted twice to fire last season's semi-finalists Chelsea to a clinical 3-0 victory over hapless Paris St Germain in Champions League Group H on Tuesday.


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ The six astronauts of shuttle Atlantis walked off their spaceship Thursday morning after their 12-day, high-altitude construction job ended with a safe landing at the Kennedy Space Center.


Abu Bakar Bashir, the alleged leader of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiah, seems set to escape the most serious charges involving the Bali bombing.


SALEM, Ore. - Jeff Datwyler thought he was just being conscientious about litter when he stopped to pick up a stray envelope on the streets of Salem...


Revenue from organized crime amounts to an estimated $127 billion annually in Italy, making it the largest segment of the economy, a lobby group for small businesses said Monday.


Markets Slide as Wall Street Sees Signs of Trouble

Stocks plunged to their lowest level in a month, capping a week of poor earnings reports, particularly at large banks.


Alien Catfish Species Found in N.J. Canal

An alien species of catfish has been caught in the Delaware Raritan Canal, prompting fears among environmental officials that the voracious predator could devastate native catfish, sunfish and some sturgeon populations the way it has in southeastern states.


Europe seeks deadline for Iran to allay nuclear fears

BRUSSELS : Key European governments turned up the pressure on Iran over its nuclear plans, giving Tehran a November deadline to allay concern it is secretly making atomic weapons.


Milano, 19:50 - CALCIO, SERIE A: INTER-SIENA 2-0 NELL'ANTICIPO

Nel primo anticipo della 14/a giornata di serie A, l'Inter ha battuto il Siena 2-0 (1-0). In gol Bur...


Japan's answer to workplace sexual harassment: fetish restaurants where patrons can feel up the waitresses instead of their co-workers. By Lisa Katayama.


Judge Upholds Policyholdersâ Katrina Flood Claims

The ruling could cost insurers billions of dollars more than the $41 billion they have already paid to storm victims.


Tbilisi/Brussels, 18 August 2004: Tbilisi's latest round of violent brinksmanship with South Ossetia may well not end as peacefully and successfully as it did with Ajara in May 2004.


Aids. Allarme dall'Onu: rischio di strage in pochi mesi

L'Aids costituisce una minaccia globale paragonabile a quella del terrorismo nucleare. L'allarme viene dall'Onu, che in un rapporto mette in guardia sulla capacitÃ  delle infezioni virali di fare decine di milioni di morti in pochi mesi.


Movie Review | 'Dreamgirls': Three-Part Heartbreak in Motown

Audiences who go to âDreamgirlsâ will have a good time, but theyâll be going for old timeâs sake rather than to encounter anything vital or new.


Thousands of fans gather in Trafalgar Square for the opening ceremony of the 2007 Tour de France.


London - England captain Lawrence Dallaglio is set to quit the national team and bring his international career to an end, press reports said here on Tuesday.


Singapore will not promote condom use publicly to fight AIDS: report

Despite facing an "alarming AIDS epidemic," Singapore will not go on a publicity blitz to promote condom use out of respect for residents who hold conservative views on sexual behaviour, a minister said.


Hopes Pinned on Talks in Russia Hostage Drama

BESLAN, Russia  - A prominent doctor negotiated on  Thursday with gunmen holding hundreds of children, parents and  teachers for a second day under threat of death in a school  near Russia's rebel Chechnya region.


SUMMIT POINT, WV (CBS MW) -- "This thing will go up there?" That's what we asked Chrysler's Scott Brown after the Hemi powered Grand Cherokee had forded a huge mud puddle at high tide.


Mauritania's interior minister blamed a terrorist sleeper cell Wednesday for the Christmas Eve killing of four French family members visiting the African country.


Two of the three presidential debates are now behind us. So what have we learned about the men seeking our support? The good news is that both George Bush and John Kerry have once again


(HealthDayNews) -- Make no mistake. There's no sure-fire way to prevent cancer.


Scanning In Your Memories? Go to the Source

Scanners can convert slides and negatives to digital files which can then be cropped, color-corrected and e-mailed to friends. Which model is right for you?


Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos and Major League Baseball had not reached an agreement late last night on a financial package designed to offset the impact the Washington Nationals will have on the franchise.


Pro-Moscow Alkhanov elected Chechenya president

The Kremlin-backed candidate Alu Alkhanov has got 75.1 percent of the ballots in Sunday's presidential poll in Russia's Chechen republic after 64.


EU Says No Deal, No Breakdown on Fusion Reactor

Talks on where to build the world's first nuclear fusion reactor ended without a deal on Tuesday but the European Union said Japan and the United States no longer firmly opposed its bid to put the plant in France.


Charismatic Tymoshenko Says She Will Be Ukraine PM

Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, who roused vast crowds during protests against election fraud, said on Saturday she believed she would be named prime minister once Viktor Yushchenko is finally inaugurated as president.


Suicide attack on Pakistani police kills 22

LAHORE, Pakistan  - A suicide bomb attack killed at least 22 people, most of them policemen, in Pakistan on Thursday, deepening a sense of insecurity weeks before an election that could weaken President Pervez Musharraf's grip on power.


U.S.-Led Forces Hold Central Falluja-Residents

FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces punched to  the heart of Falluja on Tuesday, consolidating positions in  Iraq's most rebellious city after a day of fierce combat.


LONDON -- The British Broadcasting Corp. announced Thursday it will cut 1,800 jobs, broadcast fewer programs and require staff to create content for television, radio and the Internet, creating a showdown with journalists and other employees.


US commander says 2,000 insurgents threaten Afghan election

KABUL, Afghanistan -- US-led forces trying to protect landmark Afghan elections face a rising wave of violence from about 2,000 insurgents, including Al Qaeda militants slipping in from Pakistan, an American commander said yesterday.


Sassi, solo il 7-8% deriva dalla moda maschile


Senate Leaders Agree to Revive Immigration Bill

Senator Harry Reid said Democrats would sacrifice their Fourth of July break, if necessary, to pass the suddenly revived immigration bill.


China's most outspoken media voice discusses the anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre and whether it could happen again.


Il maschio di sette mesi trovato nel parco dei CastelliLo zoologo: "Un risultato eccezionale per la biodiversitÃ "                                          Dopo 70 anni il lupo torna a Roma esemplare morto a Rocca di Papa                                                                                Aumenta la sorveglianza, nessun pericolo per le persone di VALERIO GUALERZI e CRISTINA NADOTTI


The German capital beat bids by European rivals Valencia and Split in a vote at a meeting of the International Association of Athletics Federations.


p2pnet.net News Opinion:- Music fans with a particular interest in the pomp-rock experimentation of U2, one of those bands who formed the background to my early adulthood without ever persuading me that I wanted to purchase any of their albums, are


Minor kerfuffle over soft-core shagfest NSFW The EU has launched its very own YouTube channel, cunningly entitled EUtube, and aimed at disseminating the very best of the union's audiovisual content.â¦


A prosecutor in Chad says 18 people face charges over the alleged attempted abduction of 103 children.


Spinning off Chrysler on the stock  market may be easier and faster than finding someone to buy the  loss-making North American arm of DaimlerChrysler (DCXGn.DE),  analysts said on Thursday.


Greenspan warns of higher long-run inflation: report

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan  Greenspan warns in his memoir that if the Fed is to keep the  inflation rate between 1 and 2 percent in coming years it could  be required to force interest rates into double digits,  according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.


More than 100 Iraqis  are killed or wounded by a mortar attack on a National Guard HQ, Iraqi  officials say.


Preacher in a Star Turn on Film Draws the Faithful

Bishop T. D. Jakes, writer and star of "Woman, Thou Art Loosed," has attracted surprising numbers to his film by using a church-based marketing strategy.


LANDOVER, Md.--They're now 63-year-old grandfathers, but the 21st-century versions of Joe Gibbs and Bill Parcells aren't your father's coaches anymore.


Bill and Hillary Clinton sell their blind trust stocks to avoid any problems for Mrs Clinton's presidency bid, aides say.


Philips, HP Copy Protection Ready for New FCC Rules

The system could mean that users will have to buy all-new DVD+RW gear.


Movie Review | 'The Architect': Malaise in the Projects, and Elsewhere

ÂThe Architect,Â written and directed by Matt Tauber from a play by the Scottish writer David Greig, feels like a creaky, tone-deaf classroom exercise in mechanical contrivance.


The founder of the Netscape browser, software which once vied for the top spot with Microsoft's Internet Explorer, has said he believes the browser wars may be back.


Thailand's parliament on Monday chose a combative, right-wing politician and close ally of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra as the country's new prime minister


PC Magazine - While there's no clear winner in the battle between HD DVD and Blu-Ray, Thursday's introduction of the first set-top Blu-ray recorder from Sharp makes the fight a little more even.


Large Blasts Heard in Saudi Capital-Witnesses

Two large blasts were heard in the Saudi capital Riyadh near the Interior Ministry as well as gun fire, witnesses said on Wednesday.


Can Microsoft thrive in a new digital era? In the worldview of Steven A. Ballmer, the companyâs chief executive, failure is not an option.


Confirming predictions of a huge Christmas for e-commerce, Amazon.com said Monday that it enjoyed its biggest holiday season ever, and that for the first time in its history it sold more consumer


Mexican second division club Celaya has been refused permission by the world governing body FIFA to field woman striker Maribel Dominguez.


Flashes Silverback at Emulex and QLogic Brocade intends to muscle in on more of the networking market by expanding its product catalog to include host bus adapters (HBAs) and intelligent server adapters.â¦


Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer-turned-companion recalled her in worshipful terms Friday at a memorial in the Bahamas, the island nation where a bitter custody dispute broke out after the reality TV star's death in Florida a year ago.


A Sprint-Nextel merger could be announced soon. Will a deal be bad news for consumers and investors? NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - And then there were four?


A passenger plane which crashed in the Amazon collided with another aircraft, Brazilian officials confirm.


Economic growth in the 12 nations that use the euro accelerated to 2.4 percent in the second quarter, the European Union said Monday, raising its forecast for the third-quarter but cutting it for the fourth.


Florida Coach Ron Zook acknowledged yesterday that he confronted several fraternity members after a fight between them and three of his players last month, and Athletic Director Jeremy Foley called Zook's behavior "unacceptable.


Si tratta di due allevatori di 31 e 34 anni


MINNEAPOLIS -- The nation's largest consumer electronics chain says it has pulled all analog televisions off store shelves. Flat panel and high-definition screens have taken their place.


Two men die following a road crash involving a car and a lorry at Cookstown in County Tyrone.


Dozens of professional telescopes, an army of amateur observers and three Earth-orbiting observatories will be watching July 4 when a Boulder-built NASA spacecraft collides with a comet and sparks celestial fireworks.


This is the story of how a gooey green guy in a microwave, a pagan witchdoctor with a beating heart in his hand and that unlucky numeral 13 changed the way Hollywood makes its movies.


Bush Promotes His Plan for Missile Defense System

President Bush, in Pennsylvania, said that opponents of a missile defense system were putting the nation's security at risk.


Hank Aaron is happy he stayed away from Barry Bonds' home run chase. Speaking before Game 4 of the World Series on Sunday night, the former home run king said he avoided ballparks last summer because he didn't want to deal with daily questions about Bonds.


Valencia, 10:44 - CALCIO, VALENCIA: NAVARRO SI SCUSA

Il difensore del Valencia, David Navarro, ieri al termine del match di Champions con l'Inter ha colp...


New Hampshire is about to become a test case for the accuracy of optical scan vote-counting machines because third-party presidential candidate Ralph Nader has asked for a recount.


China says testing on experimental SARS vaccine finds it safe

Chinese researchers have completed a first round of testing on an experimental SARS vaccine and declared it safe, a news report said.


Two days after Bulls' center Ben Wallace flouted a team rule against wearing headbands during games, the Bulls held a team meeting to discuss the issue.


Sports of The Times: Torre Could Manage Yankees and Steinbrenner

Other Yankees managers shouted publicly about George Steinbrenner, but Joe Torre was too smart for that.


Haiti suffers at least 90 deaths in Tropical Storm Jeanne before ...

Tropical Storm Jeanne brought raging floodwaters to Haiti, killing at least 90 people in the battered nation and leaving dozens of Haitian families huddled on rooftops as


IIJ-Tech Announces Corporate Officer Appointment

Internet Initiative Japan Inc. ("IIJ", NASDAQ: IIJI), one of Japan's leading Internet-access and comprehensive network solutions providers, today announced that the following corporate officer of IIJ Technology Inc.


A cycling team sponsored by gambling firm Unibet is barred from the Tour de France in an advertising row.


Le ipotesi della polizia, comunita' ebraica sotto choc


The Quartet behind efforts to bring peace to the Middle East urge both sides to do more to implement the roadmap plan.


The retailer unveiled a plan intended to expand coverage and offer workers cheap prescription drugs.


More openness is needed over clinical drug trial results  to stop them being distorted, leading medical journals say.


Lucent Technologies, fresh off its first profitable year since 2000, has rewarded its top executives with hefty bonuses. Pat Russo, the Murray Hill- based company's chairman and chief executive


Israel rivals are closer to unity on eve of Blair visit

By Philip Webster, Political Editor, and Ian MacKinnon in Jerusalem. BRITAIN will step up efforts to maintain the momentum towards Middle East peace this week by fleshing out plans for a London conference to


WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Prices of US wholesale goods and services rose 0.1 percent in September, the Labor Department said Friday. The core producer price index, which excludes volatile food and energy goods, rose 0.3 percent.


After Four Years, Chinese Editor Released From Prison

BEIJING, Feb. 9 -- A senior editor at a Chinese newspaper has been released from prison after serving four years on corruption charges that journalists said were trumped up by local officials to retaliate for aggressive reporting.


Â·  Rise in civilian casualties cuts support for coalition Â·  Air strike blamed on lack of intelligence-sharing


Chile Supreme Court Says Pinochet Can Face Charges

SANTIAGO, Chile  - Chile's Supreme Court ruled on  Tuesday that murder and kidnapping charges against Augusto  Pinochet can move forward, a decision that brings the  ex-dictator one step closer to trial in a major human rights  case.


Jackson's 'King Kong' to more battered and ancient than the

Even as the cameras are ready to roll for Peter Jackson's remake of the 1933 iconic flick "King Kong," he is already giving insights into his King Kong's character, which he promises will be old and battered with no empathy for living things.


Helsinki, 19:10 - NUOTO, EUROPEI VASCA CORTA: MAGNINI ORO NEI 100 SL

Filippo Magnini ha vinto la medaglia d'oro nei 100 stile libero agli Europei in vasca corta di Helsi...


Seahawks nip Lions 9-6 on last-second FG

The Seattle Seahawks got to celebrate at Ford Field — seven months too late. On the turf where Seattle lost the Super Bowl to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Josh Brown kicked a 42-yard field goal on the last play of the game to lift the Seahawks to a 9-6 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday.


Costs for a massive cell-phone battery recall helped depress profit for the second fiscal quarter 17 percent at Matsushita, which makes Panasonic brand products.


A 16-year-old boy hurt in a double shooting at a bookmakers dies from his injuries.


Fighting kills 34 as Nepal's Maoists tighten blockade around ...

In western Nepal two soldiers and 22 rebels died in a gunfight. Earlier five soldiers and five civilians died in a separate ambush.


Toyota Aims to Double Lexus Sales in Europe Soon

Toyota Motor Corp. will aim to double sales of its Lexus luxury models in Europe over the next several years by adding more models and cultivating an image of top quality and fuel efficiency


By San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun. 1


For Many Tsunami Survivors, Battered Bodies, Grim Choices

After days of trying to save grossly infected limbs, doctors have increasingly resorted to amputation, in the hope of saving lives.


Deepening a rift over global warming policy, some European partners are accusing the Bush administration of trying to weaken a report that warns the Arctic is warming almost twice as fast as the rest of the planet.


New York critics are taking a bite out of "Dracula, the Musical," the Des McAnuff-directed, La Jolla Playhouse-sprung musical that opened last night at Broadway's Belasco Theatre.


UN Timor point man wants stabilisation mission extended

The United Nations point man in East Timor said Thursday he was in favour of extending the global body's stabilisation mission in the troubled fledgling nation.


Sofia protesta per sentenza infermiere, Ue 'scioccata'


The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will cut regional distribution and staff to retool itself for the digital age.


On the brink, Dodgers left to lean on Lima

He sings, he dances. He serves as the Dodgers' unofficial cheerleader, racing nonstop around the dugout and constantly pumping his teammates up. Most important, Jose Lima pitches -- and very well at Dodger Stadium.


Was Bush Wired? Ridiculous, Campaign Says

CHANHASSEN, Minn. - Campaign aides to President Bush on Saturday laughed off rampant Internet speculation about whether the president was wired to get help from advisers during his first debate with Sen...


Cease-fire violations are on the rise in Sudan's bloodied Darfur region and the fighting is "poisoning" peace talks, where government and rebel negotiators met Monday for the first time, officials said.


MICROSOFT has moved to shore up its defences by acquiring a small anti-spyware company that makes security products to detect and remove unwanted software from Windows-based computers.


Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck is a little relieved to be taking "The Lives of Others" outside Germany, where people responded emotionally and lavished the movie with seven Lolas (the country's equivalent of the Academy Awards).


The National Association of Realtors reports sales of previously owned US homes fell 2.9 percent in July. The Realtors said resales in July fell to 6.72 million single-family houses at an annual rate from 6.92 million in June.


Beaver Creek - In an unprecedented result for American men in World Cup skiing, Bode Miller and Daron Rahlves finished first and second in today's World Cup downhill race on Beaver Creek's Birds of Prey course.


Sling reschedules, redesigns SlingCatcher

SlingPlayer-for-TVs finally coming in Q2. Hopefully... CES Sling Media has finally named the date when it will ship SlingCatcher, the SlingPlayer-for-TVs box it announced at last year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES).â¦


Senate Panel Recommends Funding Boost for NASA

WASHINGTON -- NASAâs vision for space exploration received a boost in the Senate Sept. 22 when a budget panel approved $16.38 billion for the agency for next year, $200 million more than the White House requested.


Atari to Reissue Scores of Old Video Games

Atari wants to take you back in time, and to get there, you can ride a "Centipede" or an "Asteroid," or bounce back and forth between the pixilated paddles of "Pong."    The video game company told The Associated Press on Tuesday it plans to reissue scores of its classic titles from yesteryear on a single disc that can be played on the game consoles Xbox and PlayStation 2.    "Atari Anthology" will feature 85 games and is scheduled to go on sale in November at a cost of about $20...


Division I-AA Shows Argument For Playoffs Isn't All Academic

Division 1-A football officials and school presidents are stand firm in their belief of the bowl system despite the fact that I-AA has used a playoff format for years.


Director Dylan Kidd talks about his new film.


Microsoft ha pubblicato ieri una patch per correggere una grave falla di sicurezza che riguarda il trattamento delle immagini JPEG da parte dei suoi prodotti, fra cui Windows e Office. Con questa falla, un


Autonomy, Mamma.com Join Desktop Search Ranks

Not to be left out of desktop search, two search vendors on Monday leaped into the growing space for managing e-mail, documents and other hard-drive data.


A clampdown on nuisance neighbours, including measures to address bad parenting, is to be announced.


President Bush will keep Donald H. Rumsfeld as defense secretary for a second term, administration aides said yesterday, hours after Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson resigned


"Wives" bow scores ratings of a Lifetime

Several cable networks  were blessed Sunday night with strong ratings from a range of  high-profile shows, including Lifetime Television's "Army  Wives."


Finding Little Relief In the Drug Market

And so we said goodbye this year to an illusion -- that the drugs we need will be waiting for us when we need them, safe and sound.


Sudan's humanitarian affairs minister says accusations against him of war crimes in Darfur  are political.


With a star-packed movie filmed in  Louisiana opening nationally on Friday, the state's film  industry continues to thrive despite the ravages of Hurricanes  Katrina and Rita, according to state officials and film  producers.


In scontri a fuoco colpiti anche civili, morto un uomo


Thursday is the Great American Smokeout. You can always quit "cold turkey," but there are other alternatives. Some people use the patch or certain medications.


Adobe profit rises on higher software sales

Adobe Systems Inc.  said on  Thursday quarterly profit rose on higher sales of its computer  programs used for design, photo editing and document sharing.


N.Ireland in Deadlock as IRA Pulls Weapons Offer

BELFAST, Northern Ireland  - Northern Ireland was  facing a long bout of deadlock and recrimination Thursday after  Irish Republican Army (IRA) guerrillas said they were  withdrawing a conditional offer to give up their weapons.


Subprime Loans Going From Boon to Housing Bane

Minority homeowners are especially being hurt as rising interest rates make subprime loans even more expensive.


Break in weather slows California wildfires

California wildfires that have destroyed 1,300 homes and forced the evacuation of 500,000 people raged into a fifth day on Thursday, but firefighters seized on a break in the weather to largely halt the march of destruction.


Russia, Lithuania Declare D-6 Platform Ecologically Safe

MOSCOW. June 20 (Interfax) - Russian and Lithuanian experts have acknowledged the ecological safety of the D-6 oil platform at the Kravtsovskoye field, which is being developed by Lukoil- Kaliningradmorneft.


Haiti's hard existence made worse by Jeanne

GONAIVES, Haiti - At a local college being used as a hospital, an elderly woman named Madame Edmey Cimeus shouted "Jezu! Jezu!


Skin Deep: Hold the Chemicals, Bring on the Needles

More and more women are using facial acupuncture instead of Botox to attack wrinkles.


AutoNation Inc., the nation's largest auto retailer, said Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings fell 31 percent, falling short of Wall Street expectations as drops in California and Florida vehicle sales persisted amid a slumping housing market.


Microsoft Offers to Replace Damaged Halo 3 Discs

The limited-edition packaging is scratching some discs of the just-released game.


Previsti 100 eventi, il mare sara' grande protagonista


Toru Kawabe Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent

A day after Sunday's powerful earthquake, Japanese tourists who escaped the disaster at a hotel in the southern Thai resort island of Phuket described terrifying scenes when a tsunami hit the island.


Buenos Aires, 09:24 - CALCIO, RIVER PLATE ACQUISTA DA AJAX ATTACCANTE MAURO ROSALES

Il River Plate ha acquistato dall'Ajax l'attaccante Mauro Rosales. Il costo dell'operazione è...


GULF SHORES, Ala. -- Hurricane Ivan continues to weaken as it spins its destructive wind and rain over Alabama and part of the Florida Panhandle.


Ecco Neve e Gliz le mascotte di 'Torino 2006'

TORINO, 28 SETTEMBRE 2004 - Neve e Gliz, questi i nomi della palla di neve e del cubetto di ghiaccio che fanno da mascotte ai giochi invernali in Italia di "Torino 2006". Lei, morbida, simpatica ed elegante pallina di neve.


Blair backs India's quest for permanent UN Security Council seat

British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday backed India's quest for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council while seeking to involve India and China in talks with the G-8 countries on climate change.


The average SAT scores for the Class of 2004 were unchanged from the year before, although some minority groups made modest improvements.


Napoli, 14:28 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; PRANDELLI: NAPOLI IN GRANDE CRESCITA

Il tecnico della Fiorentina, Cesare Prandelli, ha parlato della sfida di domani contro il Napoli a R...


Hitachi to buy Fujitsu's share of plasma panel venture

Japan's Hitachi Ltd  said on Friday it plans to buy Fujitsu Ltd's  4.6 percent stake in their plasma panel joint venture to make it a wholly owned unit on April 1.


Afghan Paper Criticizes Performance of Parliament, Army, Police

Excerpt from article in Dari, "When salt decays", published by report by Afghan newspaper Daily Afghanistan on 18 February  Salt is an antiseptic. It prevents infection and it is used to prevent things from decaying. But what happens when salt decays? Today, we can witness salt decaying.


Microsoft concedes, as many predicted, that its Zune strategy can't happily coexist with a program designed to promote others' devices and services.


The Crown appeals the decision to dismiss charges against the owners of a home where 14 people died in a fire.


The Afghan president expresses deep concern after a bomb attack which left at least seven people dead.


Mortgage rates rose this week, with the 30-year loan finally inching higher after falling for eight weeks. Thirty-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 5.82 percent in the week ending Thursday


News Corp. NWSa.N on Tuesday said it   will launch a new service to offer full episodes of its   television shows on MySpace.com and the Web sites of its local   Fox TV stations after they have aired.


Islamic Schools Send Urchins to Beg in Dakar

DAKAR, Senegal  - Barefoot, dirty, his skinny body  clad in ragged clothes, Saliou does not know how old he is nor  how long he has been begging on Dakar's dusty streets.


Manning Picks Perfect Time to Break Marino's Record

Peyton Manning broke Dan Marino's single-season record when he threw his 49th touchdown pass of the season.


The director of hit movie Amelie loses his court battle  to prove his latest film is French enough to vie for awards.


Atlanta Braves starter John Thomson reaggravated a sore muscle on his left side and came out of Game 3 of the NL playoff series after just four pitches Saturday.


USTA agrees to add female and minority umpires

The U.S. Tennis Association (USTA)   will increase the number of female and minority chair umpires   at its tournaments in an agreement with the New York attorney   general's office announced on Thursday.


Bush approves 4,400 more troops for Iraq

President George W. Bush has approved adding 4,400 more U.S. troops to a force buildup already ordered to try to bring security to Iraq, the White House said on Saturday.


The question of an anti-Tory alliance is as pressing as ever

Comment is free: Martin Kettle: The time-honoured debate about a Labour-Lib Dem pact will not go away. But does the idea still make political sense?


The tracking of cell phone transmissions by Australian police via U.S. satellites was central to the arrests of two key Indonesian terror suspects, underscoring the role Western nations play in battling extremism in the world's most populous Muslim nation.


Dati incoraggianti su pil e deficit:'Avanti con le riforme'


Meeting Sparks Glimmer of Hope NHL Season Can Be Saved

Representatives for NHL owners and  locked out players held an informal meeting on Wednesday and  after five hours of talks agreed to reconvene later this week,  offering a glimmer of hope that the season might be saved.


Libya arrests suspected al-Qaida members

Libyan officials said Sunday they have arrested 17 people suspected of affiliation with al-Qaida network. Libyan Security Minister Nasr al-Mabrouk said in a statement an initial


Human Rights Group Blasts U.S. Meat Industry

A human rights group on Tuesday sharply  criticized the U.S. meat industry and the government for  hazardous working conditions at meat plants and accused  companies of using illegal tactics to suppress employee efforts  to report abuses.


Risultato operativo a 85 milioni, +6,5% sull'anno


Former Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Rien Long was in critical condition Tuesday after he crashed his sports car into a rock wall while driving onto an interstate.


Climate Change Testimony Was Edited by White House

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the changes were part of a normal review process and not aimed at minimizing the impact of global warming.


Insurers are having their costliest year since 2001, when the September 11th terrorist attacks in the US led to $26.5 billion in catastrophe claims.


Britain's Conservative leader wins cheers

British opposition leader David Cameron rides a bike to work, is building a windmill on his roof, wears sneakers and likes to be called "Dave" — all of which endear him to urban yuppies but disturb many of his fellow conservatives.


Local relief efforts for those in need after Sunday's massive tsunamis have kicked into high gear, with Red Cross officials saying the volume of donations pouring into their offices have


Swiss bank UBS not ruling out further trouble with US subprime crisis

The Swiss bank UBS said Monday it could face additional writedowns in its fourth quarter results due to ongoing market exposure to a credit crunch caused by problems in the US housing sector.


Web site to show video of missing troops

An Islamic militant Web site said Monday it would soon release video clips showing the capture of three American soldiers who disappeared following an ambush in Iraq in mid-May. The body of one soldier was later found, but the other two remain missing.


Sweden hopes EU to release positive report about Turkey

Swedish Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds said on Wednesday that she hoped the European Union (EU) Commission would release a positive report on Turkey.


Plans for a Chinese community centre in south Belfast may have to be reconsidered because of local objections.


A suicide car bomber struck a busy Baghdad commercial district Monday, killing at least 21 people, setting vehicles on fire and damaging a nearby Sunni shrine, police and hospital officials said.


Iran Says It Has Halted Uranium Enrichment

Iran said Monday it has frozen all uranium enrichment programs - a claim welcomed by Europe even as it weakened a U.S. push to refer Tehran's suspect nuclear activities to the U.N. Security Council. President Bush said he hoped the statement is true but "there must be verification."


Virgin chauffeur to drive upper-crust passengers through check-in

Virgin Atlantic unveiled a project on Wednesday to create a drive-through check-in for upper class passengers, as it prepares to battle with British Airways for the wealthiest customers flying from London.


Florida braces itself for Hurricane Jeanne

For Florida, the hurricane season from hell gets more hellish. Charley, Frances and Ivan - and now Jeanne, a major storm that is due to barrel into the south-eastern part of the state tomorrow.


Sweden held off a furious third-period comeback by the Czech Republic for a 4-3 win, clinching home-ice advantage in the World Cup of Hockey quarterfinals.


Sony Agrees to Buy MGM for Nearly $5 Bln

A bidding group headlined by Sony Corp. (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) agreed in principle to buy Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM.


Save the Children recreates a Freetown slum on its site to show donors how they make a difference.


Building hope for one pill to prevent many cancers, vitamin D cut the risk of several types of cancer by 60 percent overall for older women in the most rigorous study yet.


Putin escalates nuclear war of words on TV

Â· President tells of new generation of weaponsÂ· 'Grandiose' plan to combat US missile shield


Why Swades girl Gayatri won't do any filmÂ

Until the 17th of December, that is, when Swades releases. Ashutosh likes it that way.


Vogts faced uphill task -- as will his successor

The pall of hopelessness that has shrouded Berti Vogts' tenure as Scotland manager is unlikely to clear now that the German has departed.


Parigi, 22:06 - CALCIO, GROSSO A LIONE: LUNEDI' LA FIRMA

Sarà ufficializzato lunedÃ¬ il passaggio di Fabio Grosso dall'Inter al Lione. Il giocatore ha ...


Paul Elliott argues that you have advantages over market pros.


Formation of government to start in February, Lytvyn says

The appointment of Ukraine's premier and the formation of the new government will most likely take place in February, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Lytvyn has said.


Kenesset approves Sharon's withdrawal plan

The Israeli Knesset Tuesday approved Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to move Israeli settlers out of Gaza by a 67-45 vote, with seven abstentions.


Kyrgyzstan opposition rallies for reform

Thousands of protesters demonstrated Saturday in the capital Bishkek to demand that the government undertake promised constitutional reforms.


Market finishes flat as tech offsets banks

U.S. stocks were little changed on Thursday, as optimism about technology profits helped cancel out worries about how much the credit crunch has hurt the economy, after disappointing earnings from Bank of America.


As Sunnis Waver, White House Renews Backing for Iraqi Vote

The Bush administration called again today for wide participation in the Iraqi elections of Jan. 30, and it expressed cautious optimism that security would be strong enough to assure valid results.


I.B.M. Gets Tougher on Staff Quality in India

I.B.M. has introduced new procedures to evaluate its staff in India with an eye to improving quality, with staff that donât make the grade being asked to leave.


The defense of Slobodan Milosevic resumed Tuesday, even as an appeals panel of the U.N. war crimes tribunal considered the former Yugoslav president's request to fire his court-appointed lawyer and let him represent himself again.


In base alle anticipazioni sui prezzi al consumo per il mese di luglio diffusi oggi dalle cittÃ  campione gli analisti indicano in media per il mese in osservazione un rialzo mensile dello 0,2% e una crescita annua del +2,3%. In linea con le attese degli


BoSox Lead Yankees 4-2 After Eight Innings

Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, left, tends to his right ankle during the third inning of game 6 of the ALCS against the New York Yankees Tuesday, Oct. 19.


Stallworth's love of music is no bum rap

Donte' Stallworth slides his thumb across the touchscreen of his iPhone. He's scanning the contents like Tom Brady surveying a defense. Like Brady, he knows exactly what he's looking for - a rap song that he and Randy Moss enjoy - and finds it quickly.


Is Nothing Secure? Not Romance, Real Estate or Big Bird?

âApartment 3A,â a play by Jeff Daniels, is a modest romantic comedy that recalls early Neil Simon sprinkled with metaphysics.


The judge in record producer Phil Spector's murder trial decided Monday to let jurors hear from a celebrity security guard who says he heard Spector rant against women and declare they should all be shot in the head.


Social Security Gets Cost of Living Boost

WASHINGTON - The cost of living adjustment intended to help more than 47 million Social Security recipients keep up with inflation is expected to be a tad larger in 2005 than it was this year, but the bad news is that much of the increase will be eaten up by higher Medicare premiums.    The Social Security Administration was announcing the new cost of living adjustment, or COLA, Tuesday, but in advance of the release many private economists were predicting a gain of slightly better than 2.5 percent, which would be up from the increase Social Security recipients received at the beginning of this year of 2.1 percent...


Courtney Fells scored 21 points to lead North Carolina State to an 83-79 upset of No. 3 North Carolina yesterday in Raleigh, N.C., giving Sidney Lowe his first big win as the Wolfpack's coach.


The pageant will be televised on September 30.


Moussa: Lebanon mediation makes progress

The head of the Arab League reported progress Thursday in his mediation to resolve Lebanon's political crisis, but he said more talks are needed.


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ISRAELI President Moshe Katsav today apologised for what he called the accidental killings of Palestinian civilians by Israeli soldiers, but said the deaths occurred because Palestinian militants hid among ...


Uber Techs' Domain: Biggest Glitches Dispatched Here to Die

By Nichole Monroe Bell, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 22--Ever wonder who the office techs call when a glitchy computer problem has even them stumped?   Quite often, they call right down the street.


Police arrest a third teenager over the murder of 16-year-old Nassirudeen Osawe in London.


The kidnappers of an NI woman in Afghanistan again extend the deadline for their demands to be met.


Six people injured in pre-election violence in Afghanistan

Six people were injured in a string of attacks in southeastern Afghanistan as the war-shattered country prepared for its first-ever presidential elections, officials said.


East Timor 'hero' set to form coalition government

East Timor appeared set Friday for a coalition government led by the independence leader Xanana Gusmao after the troubled nation's parliamentary election last week.


Andre Ethier hit a game-tying home run in the eighth, and Juan Pierre got hit with the bases loaded in the 11th to force in the winning run as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Sunday.


An announcement is expected soon on when City of Derry airport will re-open after being closed on safety grounds.


Reports show jump in distillates, including heating oil

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Crude futures closed under $46 a barrel Wednesday for the first time since late September and heating-oil and unleaded gasoline prices dropped more than 6 percent following an across-the-board climb in US petroleum inventories.


With the political season heating up, reporters around New York are writing periodic blogs about the many national political figures they encounter on a regular basis — Hillary Rodham Clinton, Rudy Giuliani and George Pataki to name a few.


F.C.C. Set to End Sole Cable Deals for Apartments

Hoping to reduce spiraling cable TV costs, the F.C.C. plans to strike down contracts giving cable companies exclusive rights to service individual apartment buildings.


Three years ago, as Paris Hilton was about to turn 24, the celebutante got a sense of her worth to the nightclub industry in Las Vegas. She had celebrated her previous three birthdays at Light, the Bellagio hotel-casino nightclub run by the Light Group. But for her 24th, another company swooped in with an offer that trumped the standard private jet to and from L.A., a free stay at a luxury suite, a sumptuous dinner and, of course, free booze.


The price of crude oil fell for a third straight day today, brought down from a midweek record high by news of higher-than-expected US stocks and by Chinaâs latest moves to cool its economy.


Britain facing an 'allergy epidemic': report

Allergy sufferers are receiving confusing advice and a network of specialist clinics are needed to combat an "allergy epidemic" in Britain, an influential House of Lords committee recommended Wednesday.


Chicago rapper Kanye West, whose debut album was one of the most acclaimed releases of the year, lead the field of Grammy Award contenders with nominations in 10 categories.


PREMIER FOODS today emerged victorious in the bidding for another slice of British gastronomic history. The owner of Ambrosia creamed rice has.


Iraqi Shi'ite Leader Escapes Bomb; 13 Die

A suicide car bomber hit one of the  biggest Shi'ite Muslim parties running in elections next month,  killing 13 people but missing its leader -- hours before the  most prominent Sunni party withdrew from the historic poll.


In a largely invisible cost of the war in Iraq, nearly 800 civilians working under contract to the Pentagon have been killed and more than 3,300 hurt doing jobs normally handled by the U.S. military


Art Review | Barbara Bloom: A Portrait of the Artist, in Bits and Pieces

The International Center of Photographyâs survey is confusingly fragmentary and does not provide full justice to Barbara Bloomâs mercurial talent.


London cancer hospital evacuated after fire

A London cancer hospital was evacuated on Wednesday after a major blaze broke out, a fire brigade spokesman said.


EU bid to catch US economy 'a big failure': Prodi

LONDON : Europe's efforts to catch up to and then outpace the US economy have been "a big failure," the outgoing head of the European Union executive commission, Romano Prodi, told the Financial Times in an interview.


Ericsson Posts Lower Profit and Announces Job Cuts

The company said fourth-quarter net profit fell 42 percent to 5.6 billion kronor ($880 billion) and announced it would cut 1,000 jobs as part of a cost-cutting strategy.


Study shows breath test for lung cancer possible

A simple breath test can sometimes  detect lung cancer in patients even in the early stages of the  disease, proving in principle that the idea might work, U.S.  researchers reported on Sunday.


In inchiesta su presunti casi corruzione nel settore sanita'


Tim Henman cruises to a straight-sets victory over Nicolas Mahut in his first round-robin match at the Las Vegas Open.


More than just a boom box, the Miuro listens to the beat and follows its muse around the room.


Two activists found to have libeled the U.S. fast food chain McDonald's after the longest court case in English legal history did not have a fair trial, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday.


Are secretive people more or less healthy?

Coming clean is good for you. It's no secret Also in this week's column:â¦


A Kennedy at a Republican convention? It's almost heresy, but Maria Shriver — niece of Ted, Bobby and John F. Kennedy, and needless to say a Democrat — will be a spectator at the GOP convention this week.


Ukraine court to hear election appeal as break-up threat mounts

Ukraine's supreme court was set to hear an opposition appeal that the presidential election was rigged in favor of pro-Moscow Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, amid threats that the country could split in two.


Ford Motor denies reports that it is in talks about selling off its Swedish carmaking division Volvo.


France sees possible deal on Iran resolution

Six major powers are in a position to  agree on the text of a United Nations resolution on how to  respond to Iran's nuclear program, French Foreign Minister  Philippe Douste-Blazy said on Monday.


'Rischia di dare colpo di grazia alla compagnia moribonda'


What you learn about people â and yourself â when you need them to donate an organ.


CAHORS, France For her 100th birthday party last October, HÃÂ©lÃÂ¨ne Vialard indulged in her favorite meal -- coq au vin. She adores the local Cahors red wines, occasionally eats a sliver of foie gras, another regional specialty, and says she has no secret for reaching the century mark: "It just came on...


Virgin CEO Richard Branson offered Monday to set up an "environmental war room" to lead the world's efforts to find a fix for global warming.


The wireless automation technology will see explosive growth over the next few years, a new study predicts.


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Function, features, features and functions Mobile Clinic Choosing mobile handsets that keep the increasingly pushy and tech savvy user base in the organisation happy â without destroying the hard work put in to keep networks and data secure â is one of the most emotive issues we've had to deal with in this month's Mobile Clinic.â¦


SALT LAKE CITY (Sports Network) - Utah standout quarterback  Alex Smith has apparently decided to take his skills to the  next level, opting to skip his senior season and enter April's  NFL Draft.


China wakes up to global clout of its small firms

Xing Houyuan's advice to investors who  seek her out is patient and practical: do due diligence on any  potential partner, clarify its ties to the government, and make  sure you control any joint venture.


CBS has ordered four  additional scripts for freshman series "Moonlight," the  network's lowest-rated show on Friday nights.


Roma, 24 set. (Adnkronos) - Accordo nella notte sul riassetto societario di Alitalia. Dopo una nuova maratona notturna, la compagnia ei sindacati, ad eccezione del Sult che oggi sottoporra' l'intesa all'assemblea


European shares drift up amid Christmas Eve shutdown

Europe's main stock markets drifted upwards on Monday, with Frankfurt shut for the Christmas holidays, while London and Paris were set for an early lunchtime finish.


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Lindsay Lohan's Mother Files for Divorce

The mother of actress-singer Lindsay Lohan has filed for divorce, a spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday.


Representatives of Sudan's government and southern rebels will sign a permanent cease-fire and endorse a detailed plan for implementing an agreement to end a 21-year-old civil war, the Kenyan foreign ministry said Thursday.


Remember 1965? We had Vietnam and Watts, free love, Vatican II, the Beatles, Joan Baez. And we had the Mustang. Back then cars were really important, and the Ford 1965 Mustang, introduced at the New York World's Fair in April 1964, created a wave of car excitement in America never seen before or since. The Mustang and its evangelist, Lee Iacocca, were on the covers of Time and Newsweek the same week.


The study, conducted by deCODE Genetics in Iceland, examined the rates at which cancer occurred among all first to fifth-degree relatives of 32,000 patients who had cancer diagnosed between 1955 and 2002.


Germany's Six Institutes Expect Growth to Slow to 1.5% in 2005

German economic growth will slow next year as foreign demand for goods and services cools and consumers hesitate to increase spending, the country's six leading economic research institutes said.


The ``Junkyard Dawgs" struck again. One day after the program's longtime defensive coordinator, Erk Russell, died, No. 12 Georgia posted its first shutout in three years -- and only the second ever hung on South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier -- in an 18-0 victory last night in Columbia, S.C.


The company is expected to announce that it will rechristen the slow-selling Ford Five Hundred sedan the Taurus later this year.


Murder clues aren't easy to find along California's remote northern coast, frustrating the dozens of detectives who are trying to solve the slayings of two Christian camp counselors on an isolated beach.


Republican presidential hopefuls hit Florida ahead of vote

Republican hopefuls spread across Florida Tuesday ahead of a high-stakes January 29 primary that may prove a make-or-break date for former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani who has staked everything on winning the southeastern state.


It was almost preposterous to think Marian had a chance. Staring down 90 yards of a muddy field, the Mustangs needed a miracle, and they needed it fast.


Children with older fathers have a significantly increased risk of having autism, a study has concluded.


The Vatican opens the part of its vast collection of archives covering the run-up to World War II.


VMware has launched a beta of product that allows IT administrators to centrally manage and control virtual machines installed on PCs on their network. Called VMware ACE, the application also includes the ability to place a virtual machine on just about any storage device.


Bulgaris to Seek for Greece's Support on EU Accession Treaty

Bulgaria wants a EU summit in December to give it a date to sign an accecssion treaty with the bloc and will ask Greece to back its bid, the foreign ministry said Monday.


Music legend Elton John, opera diva Joan Sutherland and conductor John Williams - along with actors Warren Beatty, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee - were being honored Sunday at The Kennedy Center in a star-studded tribute.


Sleep problems, depression may share genetic link

Sleep problems and depression  in children may share a genetic source, a study of twins hints.


General Motors Corp. GM.N Chief   Executive Rick Wagoner said he was open to an alliance with   Renault-Nissan and made clear that talks could be extended   beyond a mid-October deadline set by the carmakers.


Lawyers for conservative Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly said on Tuesday they believe a fellow employee accusing him of sexual harassment has recordings of calls between them and they are seeking a court order to obtain them.


Carmaker Porsche plans to mount a legal challenge over plans to increase London's congestion charge to Â£25-a-day.


Air Pollution Tied to Lower Birth Weight

Pregnant women who live in areas with high levels of air pollution may give birth to slightly smaller babies, according to U.S. government researchers.


More fancied racers were relegated to secondary positions as Paul Kirui of Kenya and Yingjie Sun of China won the men's and women's titles respectively in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in New Delhi on Sunday.


Boston Red Sox: Free agent reliever Matt Mantei and the Red Sox agreed to a $750,000, one-year contract. Mantei, who has been with Arizona since 1999, missed most of last season shoulder tendinitis.


Sottosegretario Boco anticipa futuro del settore


Israel's Sharon Lines Up Support for Likud Vote

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  marshaled support for Thursday's Likud party vote to bring the  Labor Party into a government that would block snap elections  and pave the way for a Gaza withdrawal next year.


Michael Phelps will bid to repeat his feat of six Olympic gold medals when he competes in the Fina swimming short course world championships.


Once the ball jumped off Bernie Williams' bat in the bottom of the ninth inning, everyone in Yankee Stadium knew where it was going.


Italy's Sale of Enel to Raise as Much as $9.6 Billion

Italy will raise as much as 7.6 billion euros ($9.6 billion) selling shares of Enel SpA, Italy's biggest power company, making the offer the world's biggest stock sale this year.


Londra, 14:45 - CALCIO: BECKHAM TORNA DA USA PER INFARTO PADRE

David Beckham è precipitosamente tornato in Inghilterra per le gravi condizioni di salute del...


Elton John Calls Taiwan Media 'Rude, Vile Pigs'

British rock star Elton John, in Taipei  for a concert, swore at reporters who swarmed around him at the  airport Thursday and called them "rude, vile pigs."


ATHENS -- Shawn Hill's Olympics are over, but it remains to be seen if he will bring back a medal from Athens. The 23-year-old Mississauga pitcher tossed six quality innings in Canada's 8-5 loss to Cuba on Tuesday night, ending up with a no decision.


An EU court rejects a damages claim brought by a journalist against the EU's anti-fraud agency, Olaf.


UPDATE 1-Key Energy seeks extension for financial reports

Key Energy Services Inc. (KEG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said it would not be able to deliver its 2003 audited financial statement or unaudited financial statements


Mobile phone firm Vodafone is to enter the UK fixed-line broadband market after striking a deal with BT.


FCC Exempts Web Phones from States' Rule

Internet telephone services on  Tuesday were insulated from many state regulations by U.S.  communications officials, a boon for upstart Vonage Holdings  Corp. and others aggressively pushing the new service.


Home Depot profit falls on housing slowdown

Home Depot Inc. , the world's largest home improvement retailer, posted a 28 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday as the weak U.S. housing market depressed sales.


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In style again, blankets blend old and new

For Linda Carpenter, a blanket is not just a blanket. Carpenter, who works at the American Textile History Museum in Lowell, collects Native American trade blankets and is fascinated with their designs and long history. The colorful patterns are displayed on the walls of her home, and her part-Cherokee daughter even wrapped herself in a blanket for her graduation ceremony ...


Charlotte, NC (Sports Network) - The Carolina Panthers will be without running back Stephen Davis for Sunday's matchup with the Atlanta Falcons.


Seeing the digital divide and building bridges across

In this digital age, the pressures of streamlining and efficiency lead to more daily functions that can only be performed online.  This leaves behind those who don't have computer access, equipment, or skills.


Retail prices for the greater New York area climbed 0.7% higher in October, with higher costs for housing, transportation, food and apparel offsetting a seasonal decline in electricity prices, according to the US Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor


Gazprom told to slim to compete in Europe

Business & money: Â· EC concern at company's grip on supply linesÂ· Russian state monopoly may be forced to divest


At 3-0, Mora's Falcons Get Tested Sunday

The seven new head coaches hired around the league this past offseason included a Hall of Famer (Joe Gibbs), a two-time AFC championship game participant (Tom Coughlin) and a two-time NFC title-game entrant (Dennis Green).


Blanchard Weighs Running for DNC Chairman

Former Gov. James Blanchard said Tuesday he is considering entering the race for Democratic National Committee chairman.


Mike Mussina looked out from the bullpen a half-hour before his start against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and couldn't believe what he saw: more than 50,000 empty seats at Yankee Stadium.


L.T., V.Y., Reggie and Drew keep winning

L.T. (LaDainian Tomlinson) got the record, a division title and a ride on his teammates' shoulders.


One of the Web's most popular file-sharing sites has shut down less than a week after Hollywood announced a flurry of lawsuits against operators of such Internet servers.


Stocks fall on rate worries after jobs data

U.S. stocks opened lower on Friday after weaker-than-expected September employment data prompted worries about an economic slowdown, but upward revisions to August and earlier months dashed hopes that the Federal Reserve may soon cut interest rates.


Question: Lennox, you said last week you are happy to be out boxing. What do you do now? How do you spend your day? Lewis: For me, just sorting out my life really.


Palermo, 19:09 - CALCIO, PALERMO-CAGLIARI SENZA TIFOSI OSPITI

Niente tifosi del Cagliari a Palermo in opccasione del derby delle Isole di domenica prossima. Il pr...


Qaeda group claims killing of Iraqi Sunni leader

An Al Qaeda-led group said on Friday it was responsible for the killing of Iraqi tribal leader Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, according to an Internet posting on Friday.


Red Sox Feeling Heat of 0-2 Start in ALCS

BOSTON - The infield at Fenway Park was covered with a dirty white tarp on a dreary day. Unless the Boston Red Sox start winning soon, the gloom will last all winter...


Organisers of the Tour of Britain say they will learn from criticism of their handling of this year's race.


Pakistan Captures Head of Militant Group

A former Taliban front-line military commander has been arrested in connection with the abduction of three UN workers in Afghanistan in October, a senior Pakistan official said Saturday.


Coffee may cut risk of gout, study finds

If men ever needed a reason to justify that extra cup of coffee, here it is: four or more cups of coffee a day appear to reduce the risk of gout, Canadian researchers said on Friday.


Smartphones Get More Accurate Battery Gauge

Texas Instruments has adapted laptop fuel gauge to monitor smart phone and PDAs.


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Ground Zero Health Program Hits a Setback in Washington

An abrupt move by the federal government has clouded the future of a national treatment program for ground zero workers outside the metropolitan area.


LimeWire slams RIAA member's 'illegal online cartel'

Counterblast in counterclaim LimeWire LLC has returned fire in its copyright dispute with Recording Industry Ass. Of America (RIAA), accusing its members of operating an illegal cartel to control the online distribution of music.â¦


As it dodges WGA Letters What? Keep the lights on? Forget global warming, it's all about budget allocation?â¦


Meet the rowdy cast of the sequel to that comedy about in-laws. Know any of them?


The Dow Jones hits a record high in intraday trading - its highest level for six years - as oil prices continue to slide.


The creator of Dolly the sheep has been given permission to clone human embryos for medical research.


By Dan Davis, The Tribune, Seymour, Ind.  Feb. 10--Federal health officials want to further evaluate soil and water samples from some Carr Township properties.


Jeff Adrien made a name for himself last season with a run through the state basketball tournament, carrying Brookline High on his shoulders to the Division 1 EMass final in March.


U.S. home loan demand rises as refinancing surges

U.S. mortgage applications rose  sharply last week, fueled by a surge in home refinancing loans  as interest rates sunk to their lowest levels in more than a  year, an industry trade group said on Wednesday.


Democrats Say Bush Lied on Guard Service

WASHINGTON - Democrats pounced on the latest revelations about President Bush's Air National Guard service Wednesday, saying newly released records show Bush shirked his duty and lied about it.    Bush's spokesmen said the records back up the president's assertion that he fulfilled all of his Vietnam-era military obligations and served honorably...


India yet to decide to buy French subs: defence minister

India has not decided whether to buy six Scorpene submarines from France, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said after the naval chief suggested the deal would be sealed soon.


Tirrenia, 17:31 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: SEDUTA LEGGERA

Seduta leggera per il Livorno, al ritorno dalla sfortunata trasferta in Spagna contro l'Espanyol. Ri...


Roma, 14:44 - CALCIO, LEGALE MOGGI: LUCIANO HA SEMPRE PROTETTO LAPO

Paolo Trofino, legale di Luciano Moggi, definisce ''una bufala'' le parole di Lapo Elkann contro Luc...


Internet scams dominate UK card fraud losses

Displacement effect Card fraud in the UK fell three per cent from Â£439.4m in 2005 to Â£428m last year, according to figures from payment association APACS released Wednesday.â¦


Creditor nations offer moratorium on debt repayments

PARIS -- Rich creditor nations offered yesterday to let tsunami-hit countries halt repayments on billions of dollars of debt, possibly for as long as a year, the chairman of the Paris Club said.


An armed man is shot dead at the offices of Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, officials say.


U.S. says Iran still training Iraqi militias

The U.S. military said on Sunday there had been a dramatic drop in the number of Iranian weapons being smuggled into Iraq but no let-up in Tehran's training and financing of Iraqi militias.


âAfrican-American Lives 2,â a four-part series on PBS that begins on Wednesday night, belies its sleepy name with the poetry of history and the magic of science.


Films About Islam Win Festival's Top Awards

The International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam is regarded by many as the genre's equivalent of the far glossier annual film festival at Cannes.


Kurds Say They Will Demand Key Iraq Post

Kurdish leaders from rival factions in northern Iraq have united in hopes of winning a large bloc of seats in Sunday's National Assembly vote and say they will insist that either the presidency or the prime minister's job goes to a Kurd.


Nel 2005 fu ritrovato un Canaletto del valore di 8 mln


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With the start of 2005, millions of Americans will embark on a new exercise regimen that most will abandon within just weeks.


A policeman stands in front of the Milstein Building of the New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia 03 September, 2004, where former president Bill Clinton was admitted.


One person is trapped when a crane collapses at a building site in south London.


Are Cell Phone Health Issues Really Settled?

The FDA recommends broader studies of the effects of RF energy and general cell use, especially on children.


Dependence vs. Independence. That's the choice.

The matter of Scoble vs. Facebook is not about either. It's about the deeper choice we face in all the relationships we choose on the Net: the choice between dependence and independence. read more


U.N. Iran nuclear talks stall; Russia has objections

Despite optimism of a U.N. Security Council vote this week on Iran's nuclear program, Russia still voiced objections on Tuesday to a draft European resolution imposing sanctions on Tehran.


U.S., Iraqi troops hunt for Britons; militia blamed

U.S. and Iraqi soldiers searched Baghdad's Sadr City slum on Wednesday for five kidnapped Britons who Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said had probably been seized by a Shi'ite Muslim militia.


Unusual mixed breeds of dogs have their day.

Angie Daugherty was so eager to take possession of her new-breed Labradoodle pup that she drove up to Lapel to see it at two weeks of age.


The US Army's surgeon general retires in the wake of a scandal over the treatment of wounded veterans.


Gruesome tapes of Saddam Hussein's most feared henchman threatening to cut up his thousands of victims "like cucumbers" have been disclosed as Iraqi war-crimes judges began court proceedings against him yesterday.


Michelle Obama likes to razz her husband

Michelle Obama has a few gripes about her husband, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, and she's not shy about sharing them with thousands of people she doesn't know.


Dow Drops Below 10,000, Oil Hits New High

Oil prices reached a new high and sent stocks lower Monday, pushing the Dow Jones industrials back below 10,000. But with trading on Wall Street light and losses only moderate, investors seemed to be coming to terms with near-$50 per barrel crude.


Security gurus look for better ways to classify malware

Two senior security veterans from Trend Micro are trying to get the industry to change how it classifies malicious software so users will better understand technology threats.


The Dutch government has set a soft deadline of April 2008 for its agencies to start using open-source software Â programs that anyone can modify and that work with a variety of technology Â the Netherlands Economic Affairs Ministry said Thursday.


NBC's coverage of the Athens Summer Olympics whipped the competition in primetime Wednesday.


London Meeting Can Revive Mideast 'Road Map' -Blair

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - British Prime Minister Tony  Blair said on Wednesday a planned London conference on  Palestinian reform would be a critical step toward Middle East  peace talks and a Palestinian state.


Dale Earnhardt Jr. on top after first round of Chase

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is back on top of the points standings for the first time in three months. How long he can stay there remains to be seen.


Did you think notebooks were all about components?  Think again.  The notebook market now has everything to do with design.


Colo. U. Limits Alcohol After Student Dies

Following the death of a female student and two off-campus riots, Colorado State University officials Thursday said alcohol sales for most of its football stadium would be suspended until at least Feb. 1.


European bourses lower after chip caution

European equity markets were lower in early trade on Tuesday as concerns over high oil prices and fresh worries over the outlook for the chip sector damped sentiment.


Two's Company: India, EU to enter partnership

BRUSSELS: India is all set to open talks on Monday to forge a strategic partnership with the European Union, a status so far restricted to just five big countries.


Amazon and Microsoft have filed lawsuits against companies that used their names to commit fraud on the Internet. One suit accuses Gold Disk Canada of "spoofing," or sending e-mails that appear


No. 18 Okla. Holds Off No. 15 Texas 64-60

Kevin Bookout had 18 points and 13 rebounds, Lawrence McKenzie scored 15 and No. 18 Oklahoma beat 15th-ranked Texas 64-60 Saturday for its ninth straight win.


EU probes tax-break plan for video games

European Union regulators said Wednesday they're investigating France's proposed tax break for video game makers to see if it's an illegal subsidy.


Latest MP3 players come equipped with songs

Customers picking up the latest  MP3 players this fall are getting much more than just a device.  Increasingly, they're getting free music as well.


Roma, 18:25 - CALCIO, AIA: 59 AGGRESSIONI AGLI ARBITRI A FEBBRAIO

Sono 59 gli episodi di violenza che hanno coinvolto gli arbitri italiani nel mese di febbraio. Sono ...


Court doctors examine Pinochet for trial

Three court-appointed doctors examined Chile's former military dictator Augusto Pinochet on Thursday, a key step that will decide whether the 88-year-old


Palestinian residents gather in the rubble following an Israeli missile strike in the Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Sunday Oct. 10, 2004.


Colombia and Venezuela say a diplomatic crisis over the capture of a Colombian rebel is over.


Second Nikko shareholder dismisses Citigroup offer

A second U.S. investment firm dismissed Citigroup's $10.8 billion buyout offer for Japanese brokerage Nikko Cordial Corp. as far too low, pressuring the U.S. bank to sweeten its bid.


Sharon confirms June start date for Gaza evacuation

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon confirmed his intention on Monday to begin the controversial pullout of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip in June next year, parliamentary sources said.


Boston College's athletics program plans to start offering its wealthy football fans a quick way to shuttle to away games via chartered jets.


Apple Earnings Up, but Stock Falls on Outlook

Apple beat Wall Street expectations with its earnings report, but shares of its stock fell more than 11 percent in after-hours trading as investors fretted over its future.


DR Congo President Kabila makes his first trip to the volatile east of the country to a rapturous welcome.


A man who spent seven years in prison for rape before a DNA test exonerated him will get $3.9 million from the city, authorities said.


Richard Branson reinforced his reputation as an entrepreneurial showman on Monday by announcing a $100m plan to send tourists into space.


Al Qaeda letter gives glimpse into leadership: report

Information recovered from safe houses when al Qaeda's leader in Iraq was killed six months ago placed the group's leadership in the Waziristan region of Pakistan, The Washington Post reported on Monday.


President Bush is to discuss the situation in Iraq with its Prime Minister Nouri Maliki in Jordan next week.


Iran says European position at nuclear talks still unacceptable

Iran is still unable to accept some positions of European countries in crucial talks on its nuclear programme at the UN atomic agency, but an agreement remains possible, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi says.


IBM releases new Linux-oriented database software

San Francisco, September 9: International Business Machines Corp late on Wednesday rolled out a new version of its database software aimed at users of Linux and Unix operating systems that it hopes will help the company take away market share from market


More migrants arrive on Italy's Lampedusa island as PM Berlusconi prepares for migration talks in Libya.


Twilight of the CD Gods? A Studio 'Tristan' May Be the Last Ever

EMI Classics is producing a million-dollar recording of "Tristan und Isolde" as a last, heroic stand from the failing classical CD industry.


Major attacks linked to Imad Mughniyeh, who was killed in a Damascus car bomb blast, according to Hezbollah.


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By Laura Morales, The Miami Herald  Sep. 24--The Miami Commission is scheduled to discuss the issue of revisions to the city's tree ordinance Thursday at City Hall.


Liverpool are to increase their bid for Fernando Morientes to Â£5m, though the striker will seek a private meeting with the newly appointed Real Madrid coach Wanderley Luxemburgo before committing himself to leaving the BernabÃ©u.


Obesity Linked to Worse Prostate Cancer Outcome

NEW YORK  - Obese men who undergo surgery  for prostate cancer are more likely than their non-obese peers  to experience a rise in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels,  a sign that their disease is returning, new research suggests.  Moreover, this seems to be true even in cases in which all of  the cancer was apparently removed at surgery.


To judge by the shift in the headlines, the processor war is nearly over. Who's in? Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD). Out? Intel (Nasdaq: INTC).


Gli economisti prevedevano una contrazione minore, a 50,5


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Profit Down 20%, Marriott Lowers Annual Forecast

WASHINGTON  â The hotel operator Marriott International said Thursday that its fourth-quarter earnings fell 20 percent, hurt by the closing of its synthetic fuel business.


Flu will kill millions unless vaccine pushed through: WHO

TORONTO - Not enough work is being done to create a vaccine to fight a pandemic influenza that could kill millions of people, the World Health Organization warns.


Harry Redknapp is set to be appointed Southampton manager two weeks after quitting Portsmouth.


Wal-Mart says not trying to fight movie downloads

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N   disputed a report on Friday saying it was trying to dissuade   movie studios from working with other forms of distribution,   such as Apple Computer Inc.'s AAPL.O iTunes.


Options for the New Secretary of Defense

With Iraq sliding into civil war, TIME looks at the tough choices facing Bob Gates


'My very first SAN'. Brought to you by Fujitsu Siemens

Storage is for little people, too Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC) thinks storage area networking is for the little guys too. It has drummed up a technology bundle and a marketing slogan - 'My very first SAN' - to capture that lucrative, but oh so elusive, small and medium-sized business (SMB) market.â¦


At least 6 Palestinians die in retaliatory raid

At least six Palestinians, including four militants linked to Fatah, were killed and 24 were wounded Friday during an Israeli Army raid near Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, local medics and army officials said.


Japan moves to clear scandal before vote

Japan's government rushed to clean up a damaging political scandal Friday, pushing bills to fix pension system errors through parliament's lower house and replacing a Cabinet minister who committed suicide.


The controversial five-match one-day series between Zimbabwe and England will now get under way on Sunday, according to Zimbabwe Cricket media and communications manager Lovemore Banda.


Judge Orders Publisher to Leave Job for a Year

The ruling against Par Ridder of the Star Tribune of Minneapolis is a victory for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, which had accused its former publisher of misusing proprietary information.