West End musical Dirty Dancing has taken Â£11m in advance ticket sales ahead of its official premiere.


Net advertising up 37 percent in 2006's first half

U.S. companies spent 37 percent more in online advertising in the first half of the year, compared with the same period in 2005, according to a new study.


Study links blood sugar to newborn risks

The higher a pregnant woman's level of blood sugar, the greater the risk to her newborn — whether the mother has diabetes or not, the largest study on the problem suggests. The findings released Friday may lead to more women being diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy and given stricter diet advice or medication to lower blood sugar.


Millions of people across the UK and Europe are to observe a three minute silence  for the Asian tsunami dead.


Company Hopes to Take Outsourcing to a New Level: Africa

Many large companies have reaped the economic benefits of outsourcing in recent years. Karim Morsli is trying to make money bringing those same advantages to small and medium-sized businesses -- while also spurring economic growth in Africa.


David Beckham caps his Real Madrid career with a Spanish league title.


VATICANO - Il Papa alla Rota Romana: Ârendere la giurisprudenza rotale sempre piÃ¹ manifestamente unitaria, nonchÃ© effettivamente accessibile a tutti gli operatori della giustiziaÂ CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Il primo centenario del ristabilimento del Tribunale Apostolico della Rota Romana per volontÃ  di San Pio X, ÂÃ¨ occasione propizia per riflettere su un aspetto fondamentale dellÂattivitÃ  della Rota, cioÃ¨ sul valore...


then revealed for several months he had concerns the striker might be taking drugs. The Barclays Premiership


Bin Laden Tape Urges Stopping Oil to U.S.

Osama bin Laden claims to have bled the Soviet Union into bankruptcy as an Islamic guerrilla fighter in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Could he do the same to another hated superpower — the United States?


Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is staking his job on Japan's continued support of the coalition forces in Afghanistan. But it's matters closer to home that threaten him most


No Trace of Utah Avalanche Victims Found

Rescue workers spent all day Saturday digging through a massive snow pile but found no traces of five people feared dead in a 300-yard-wide, 500-yard-long avalanche that cascaded down a Utah mountainside a day earlier.


She's only been on "The View" for three months and already there are published rumors that Rosie O'Donnell wants out. She tried to shoot them down on Thursday.


Livorno, 19:32 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: DICIANNOVE CONVOCATI PER NAPOLI

Allenamento mattutino per il Livorno in vista della gara di domani sera con il Napoli. Dopo pranzo l...


White Sox Top Seattle 6-2, 3rd Win in Row

Joe Borchard and Paul Konerko each hit two-run homers to back a strong outing by Felix Diaz and the Chicago White Sox won their third straight with a 6-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.


BEIJING, Dec. 31 -- Russia's Industry and Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko has said that the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) could be offered a 20 percent stake in a state-owned Russian company


Serbia on Monday hailed its acquittal before the World Court on genocide charges filed by Bosnia, saying it would help regional reconciliation.Comment


Hilly Kristal, 75, Catalyst for Punk at CBGB, Dies

Hilly Kristal founded CBGB, the Bowery bar that became the cradle of New York punk and art-rock in the 1970s.


Managers of the nation's 155 national forests will have more discretion to approve logging and other commercial projects without lengthy environmental reviews under a new Bush administration initiative, The Associated Press has learned.


United Announces  Ticket Increases, Looks at Forward

For the first time in two years, United raises ticket pricesÃÂ for its home gamesÃÂ at RFK Stadium.


By Mary Lane Gallagher, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb.


Mibtel -0,43%, SP/Mib -0,61%, Europee negative


Gruppo energetico francese smentisce tensioni con Eliseo


The Israeli prime minister wants to meet with the Palestinian president, but said no prisoners would be released until a captured Israeli solder is freed


Don't miss the best stocks of the next half-century.


A teenager is being quizzed about an attempted serious sexual assault in south Belfast, police say.


Two Killed in Oklahoma Scrap Metal Plant Explosion

Two workers were killed and 14  were injured when a blast tore apart a scrap metal plant in  eastern Oklahoma and rattled windows up to 55 miles away,  officials said on Wednesday.


Sometimes the people breaking the rules aren't your typical Rule Breakers.


Buffett says has sold entire PetroChina stake

Warren Buffett said on Thursday his Berkshire Hathaway Inc   insurance and investment company has sold its entire stake in PetroChina Co Ltd , whose parent has been criticized for ties to Sudan.


In one neighborhood, Marines are battling with insurgents who officers say snuck back into the city by swimming across the Euphrates River.


PageSix - TROUBLED "Law &   Order: Criminal In  tent" star Vincent D'Onofrio may be headed for the exit — to be replaced by original "L&O" star Chris Noth.


Moneta unica scambiata attorno a 1,33 dollari


BBC boss Mark Thompson is to announce  a shake-up on Tuesday which could lead to the loss of thousands of jobs.


Latvian president to run for UN secretary general

Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga announced that she will run for the post of United Nations Secretary General, becoming the first woman and sole European candidate in the race to replace Kofi Annan.


A US lawyer sues hit TV show Law and Order for $15m (Â£10.4m) saying he was portrayed as "crooked".


Kerry Packer, Stanley Ho Form Asian Casino Venture

Kerry Packer, Australia's richest man, has bought a stake in Stanley Ho's latest Macau casino development and the two have agreed to set up a joint venture to expand in Asia.


The actor is to star in a film alongside Hollywood biggies Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts.


School toll climbs to nearly 400 as Russia buries its dead

The death toll from Russia's school hostage crisis climbed to at least 394 as grieving relatives prepared to bury the first victims while others sifted through overwhelmed morgues for their lost loved ones.


Treasuries Down, One Eye on Looming Data

U.S. Treasury prices drifted lower on  Wednesday in largely subdued trade, with some focus on the  day's economic numbers.


Two think tank donors were not told their cash would fund Peter Hain's Labour deputy leadership bid, the BBC learns.


In cricket, all-rounder Shoaib Malik and Younis Khan each tallied timely half-centuries to lead Pakistan to a narrow three-wicket win over Zimbabwe, in their second one-day international in Peshawar.


In a Feb. 1 story about Electronic Arts Inc.'s earnings, The Associated Press reported erroneously that third-quarter sales had dropped 38 percent. It was profits that dropped by that margin.


A baby sitter was charged with the murder of a toddler who police said was fatally injured when she swung him around in a sleeping bag for fun and his head smacked a door frame.


Bush to Hit at Kerry on Security, Economy

After a shaky debate performance and new controversy over the war in Iraq, President Bush is stepping up his criticism of Sen. John Kerry on national security and the economy.


Sir Alex Ferguson hits out at the way Liverpool's owners spoke to Jurgen Klinsmann behind Rafa Benitez's back.


Banca Popolare di Ancona (gruppo BPU) approvata la relazione al 30 ...

Il Consiglio di Amministrazione della Banca Popolare di Ancona, ha approvato la situazione patrimoniale ed economica al 30 settembre 2004, dalla quale emergono i seguenti principali risultati. La raccolta


Thousands heading abroad for Christmas face travel chaos after a UK holiday firm went bust.


Oil firms in talks to end Nigerian jobs protest

Multinational companies began talks Monday with Nigerian villagers occupying three oil platforms in a dispute over jobs which shut 90,000 barrels per day of oil production.


Romania's President Basescu and PM Tariceanu exchange accusations and insults on national TV.


Subprime fears depress banks as Footsie rises

Subprime worries returned to haunt the banking sector Friday even as the FTSE 100 recorded its sixth consecutive session of gains.


Rio Ferdinand will face Liverpool at Old Trafford on Monday night to end what he claims has been "the longest eight months of my life".


Londra, 23:36 - CALCIO, PREMIER LEAGUE: CRISTIANO RONALDO LANCIA MANCHESTER

Risultati della 24/a giornata della Premier League: Chelsea - Reading 1-0 (32' Ballack/C); Derby Cou...


A weakened Lindsay Davenport lost to defending champion Anastasia Myskina 6-4, 7-6 (1) Saturday in the Kremlin Cup semifinals in Moscow but will still regain the No.


In Asia fanno peggio Tokyo, che chiude a -3,97%, e Shangai, -7,1%In Europa aperture tutte in terreno negativo. Mibtel -1,5%                                          Le Borse tornano in rosso sul timore della recessione Usa


Complicit abstention by Britain, Germany and Rumania

UNITED NATIONS,â Security Council veto number 29 on the part of the United States against a draft resolution in favor of the rights of the Palestinian people has once again exposed the incapacity of this body, PL reports.


Exclusive Interview: California Stem Cell Chief Prepares to Dole Out $300 Million

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine's new president sits down for an exclusive interview with Wired News as the agency prepares to distribute $263 million for new stem cell facilities.


Health Management Associates Inc., which operates acute care hospitals in rural areas, lowered profit guidance Friday for the fourth-quarter and fiscal year, citing outages and service disruptions related to Hurricanes Ivan and Jeanne.


Exercise: Better Than the Couch, but Not Equal to the Court

The active video games played on the Nintendo Wii console are not a substitute for the real thing, a small study suggests.


France mourns death of a 'friend' with loss of Togo's Eyadema

France on Saturday mourned the loss of a "friend" with the death of Togo President Gnassingbe Eyadema, who with more than 37 years at the helm was Africa's longest-serving leader.


For the second consecutive day, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady wasn't in the locker room or at practice when reporters and cameramen were allowed inside Friday.


130,000 in Moscow protest terrorism after deadly siege

Tens of thousands of people rallied Tuesday outside the Kremlin in a show of solidarity against terrorism. The demonstration came nearly a week after more than 350 people, many


This application lets inside salespeople place customer orders at the prices quoted by the sales reps on the street. But somethings wrong: Every morning, everything in one division's order log disappears. ...


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Mark L. Attanasio was introduced Monday as the incoming owner of the Milwaukee Brewers. Attanasio, 46, has completed negotiations to purchase the Brewers from the family of baseball commissioner Bud Selig.


US dollar under pressure despite Fed hinting at further rate hikes

LONDON : The dollar came under renewed pressure from the euro and yen, even as minutes released by the US Federal Reserve from its August meeting hinted at a steady pace of US interest-rate tightening.


Israel begins freeing some Palestinian prisoners

KITSIYOT, Israel  - Israel released dozens of Palestinian prisoners on Friday as part of a U.S.-backed deal to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas following the takeover of the Gaza Strip by Hamas Islamists last month.


Kirchner campaign offering more of the same for Argentina

BUENOS AIRES - When Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced in July that she would seek to succeed her husband, Néstor Kirchner, as Argentina's president, the power couple said "change was just beginning."


A Love Letter to Putin (but Itâs Not Addressed to Him)

The title of a new Russian movie might well be âLove Story: The Putin Chronicles,â yet the producer is curiously adamant that it has nothing to do with Vladimir V. Putin and his wife.


Powell for Arab democracy but Middle East no ready convert

IT WAS first unveiled to the world as the American dream for spreading democracy right across the Middle East. But by the time US secretary of state Colin Powell came to launch the administrationâs "big


iPhone sellers open doors, greeted by cheers

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Hundreds of gadget fans, or their paid stand-ins, lined up on Friday to be the first buyers of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, a music and video playing phone expected to reshape the mobile industry.


Harvard's most famous dropout returns for his diploma, 30 years late. His final exam: Can he save the world?


The conclusive discovery by a pair of wheeled robots that Mars once had vast pools of water and possibly could have harbored life was chosen by the editors of the journal Science


GARY PETERSON: TIMES COLUMNIST: Which curse will fill the void?

Baseball lost nearly a century's worth of lore when the Boston Red Sox retired the Curse of the Bambino on Wednesday night. The curse was a crock, of course, and the elegant suffering of Boston fans surpassed its sell-by date decades ago.


A little-known son of King Sihanouk is set to be chosen as Cambodia's new monarch, as a special council meets.


Cagliari, 17:28 - CALCIO, GIAMPAOLO: GRAZIE CAGLIARI SONO PRONTO A RICOMINCIARE

''Sono contento di tornare a fare il mio lavoro. Voglio ringraziare la città e i tifosi per l...


Racing: The hobby horse on track to become a new American legend

For many old-time horses the Dallas and Fort Worth conurbation used to be the start of a great journey, driving great herds of cattle from the stockyards north through Texas to the beef-starved states beyond.


PC Cards Get a High-Speed Upgrade, and a Shrink

PC cards, the credit card-size  workhorses that carry out add-on functions for notebook  computers, are about to get remade.


WASHINGTON - Fraud is running rampant in the nation's mortgage industry, with nearly three times as many reports of suspicious activity so far this year compared with 2001, a top FBI official said Friday.   "It has the potential to be an epidemic," said Chris Swecker, FBI assistant director for criminal investigations...


Tiki Barber will work for NBC next year after spending most of the 2006 NFL season entertaining bids from various networks for jobs in both news and sports.


New York, 09:13 - HOCKEY GHIACCIO, RISULTATI NHL

Risultati delle gare del campionato americano di hockey ghiaccio (NHL) disputate nella notte: Pittsb...


Once a Star of Wall St., Eisner Is Fading Out in the End

Today, Mr. Eisner disclosed that he would step down as chief executive of the Walt Disney Company on Sept. 30, 2006, at the end of his current contract and after 22 years in the job.


Henry Kissinger has been advising President Bush and Vice President Cheney about Iraq, telling them that "victory is the only meaningful exit strategy," author and journalist Bob Woodward said.


Four in 10 smokers want to give up in the new year but a many have failed in previous attempts, a survey suggests.


House To Government and Chiron: When Did You Know?

WASHINGTON - US Rep. Joe Barton, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today asked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Chiron Corporation


Privatisation and trade liberalisation policies foisted on developing countries in return for financial help are often bad for the poor, according to a confidential government paper.


Internet Giants Settle U.S. Case on Gambling Ads

Microsoft, Yahoo and Google agreed to pay a combined $31.5 million to settle federal civil allegations that they had accepted ads for illegal gambling.


Mianne Bagger is more than prepared for her spell in the spotlight after becoming the first transsexual to earn a place on the women's European Tour.


Clinton goes national, Obama anchors in South Carolina

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama traded new cross-country salvos in their Democratic feud Tuesday, as the global financial panic reverberated through the 2008 White House race.


Iraq will not be the decisive factor for Britons in the next election, Tony Blair has said, as the Labour Party digested a conditional apology from the prime minister over the war.


Something strange happened on the sun last week: all the sunspots vanished. This is a sign, say forecasters, that solar minimum is coming sooner than expected.


ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - The International Whaling Commission renewed a five-year whaling quota for indigenous people in the United States and Russia on Tuesday, allowing Alaska Natives to continue hunting bowhead whales for subsistence purposes.


Vegetative Patient Shows Signs of Awareness, Study Says

The finding could have far-reaching consequences for how unconscious patients are cared for and diagnosed.


England's new coach faces difficult task

The signs weren't good when fans hoisted "McClaren Out" banners at the World Cup. That was in June. Steve McClaren didn't become England's new soccer coach until Tuesday.


UN voices concern over hunger-striking Palestinians in Israeli ...

The United Nations urged Israel on Friday to find a solution to a 13-day-old hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners, reminding Israel of its obligations under international law and human rights conventions.


Coalition helicopter crashes in Afghanistan

A coalition helicopter went down in southeastern Afghanistan early Sunday after reporting an engine failure, according to a statement issued by the coalition headquarters in Bagram.


Favre Ties Record, Drives Packers to Win

Brett Favre's 420th career touchdown pass to tie Dan Marino's all-time NFL record completes the Packers rally to a 31-24 victory over the Chargers.


South Korea has extracted gas hydrate — an alternative fuel source Seoul hopes might help reduce its heavy dependance on oil imports — in its eastern territorial waters, a news report said Sunday.


Verizon wins video franchise in Maryland county

Verizon Communications Inc.  said on Tuesday it won approval to offer television service in the key, wealthy Washington suburb of Montgomery County, Maryland.


Typhoon Haima will continue to dump heavy rain on Taiwan until tomorrow, the Central Weather Bureau said yesterday. "Taiwan is currently under the influence of the outer bands of Typhoon Haima, which is bringing


Shares in engineering group Jarvis leap more than 16% after it offloads its stake in London underground consortium Tube Lines to Spainish firm Ferrovial.


Deborah Kerr, a versatile actress who long projected the quintessential image of the proper, tea-sipping Englishwoman but who was also indelible in one of the most sexually provocative scenes of the 1950âs, died today.


ISLAMABAD: Pakistani investigators were preparing a sketch on Sunday to help identify the suicide bomber who killed 30 people and wounded 50 in Sialkot, police said on Sunday.


Macbooks, real books, and frothy brews will have starring roles in next week's Wall Street epic.


Texas Challenger Links Opponent to Rather

WASHINGTON Sept. 24, 2004 - A Texas congressional candidate has launched a television campaign ad linking his opponent to beleaguered CBS news anchor Dan Rather.


England captain Michael Vaughan is happy to finish 2004 unbeaten in Tests after the draw in Durban.


FDA Marks Thanksgiving With Two Approvals

Biotechnology and pharmaceutical stocks were nearly flat during the holiday-shortened week as two long-awaited drugs received Food and Drug Administration approval.


China's Reform Debate Surfaces in 2 Essays

BEIJING, May 25 -- China dropped another hint of internal debate over political reform Friday, publishing commentaries saying the country should shun European-style democratic socialism.


DARPA continues military AI air-traffic project

Handy for flying cars, machine genocide against fleshies DARPA, the US warboffin bureau which curls a supercilious lip at established wisdom and tweaks the nose of consensus opinion, has decided to press ahead with its automated artificial-intelligence air traffic control system.â¦


Health Officials Look Outside US For Flu Vaccine

ATLANTA -- The nation's health department is checking companies in Canada and Germany that may be able to provide 5 million flu shots.


Standard Chartered Is Chosen as Preferred Bidder for Permata

Standard Chartered Plc, a UK bank that makes two-thirds of its profit in Asia, will start talks to buy a 51 percent stake in PT Bank Permata, Indonesia's seventh- largest lender, after being named the preferred bidder.


Obama's Economic Plan Is A Pitch to the Working Class

JANESVILLE, Wis., Feb. 13 -- Sen. Barack Obama offered a detailed prescription for the ailing U.S. economy Wednesday, answering skeptics who contend he has not matched his inspirational talk with a mastery of policy and  targeting voters in crucial primaries in Wisconsin, Ohio and Texas.


Abbas calls for early Palestinian elections

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President Mahmoud Abbas called on Saturday for fresh Palestinian elections, throwing down the gauntlet to his Hamas rivals after days of factional violence that has sparked fears of civil war.


WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Using so-called "sentinel node" biopsies to determine if melanoma has started to spread saves some patients the pain of having all their lymph nodes removed, U.S. researchers report.


Ford and Chrysler Unveil Their Redesigned Pickups

Cowboys and live cattle took over downtown on Sunday as Ford Motor and Chrysler heralded new versions of their all-important pickup trucks.


BBC: Many Poles Defrauding British, Polish Gov'ts in Benefits Scam

Some Polish workers in Britain are illegally claiming child benefit in both the UK and their home country, a BBC investigation has found. Officials in a number of Polish regions told the BBC that up to half the applications they see are fraudulent.  EU rules allow migrant workers to claim benefit for children who are in a different country, but they cannot do so in two countries at once. A similar problem involving German-born Turks led the German government to rescind acknowledgment of dual nationality several years ago.


Let us be very clear: It's too good to be true.


Yemeni militants convicted on terror charges; one sentenced to ...

SAN`A, Yemen A court has convicted 15 Yemeni militants on terror charges including the 2002 bombing of a French oil tanker and plotting to kill the US ambassador.


When it comes to stopping mobile quarterbacks such as Philadelphia's Donovan McNabb , Patriots coach Bill Belichick knows containment is the key.


Besieged White House Reinforces Counsel's Office

President Bush has authorized another surge -- this time in the White House counsel's office. Facing a blizzard of congressional investigations, hearings and subpoenas, the White House has hired a new crop of lawyers to do battle with the Democratic Congress.


Israel, like Palestinians, may seek extra funds

Israel, which receives about 1.5 billion pounds a year in US aid, may seek extra funding next year to bolster border security and overhaul checkpoints as part of a plan


United Likely to Terminate Pension Plans

CHICAGO Aug. 19, 2004  United Airlines warned that it likely will have to terminate its employee pension funds in order to secure the loans it needs to get out of bankruptcy a drastic step that would represent the largest pension default ever by a US ...


L'omicidio in un bar. Poi era fuggito in auto, ancora armatoDopo una gigantesca caccia all'uomo, preso a Bologna                                                  Preso l'assassino di Ravenna Ieri sera aveva ucciso la sua ex


'Cute Knut' raking in cash at Berlin Zoo

"Cute Knut," Germany's celebrity polar bear cub, is turning into a moneymaker for the Berlin Zoo, which expects to bring in $3.3 million more than last year due to a dramatic rise in visitors.


Pollution From Pa. Has N.J. Steamed ; Lawsuit Says EPA Ignored Complaint

By BETH DeFALCO, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  TRENTON  New Jersey on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the federal Environmental Protection Agency over air pollution from a coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania that drifts across the Delaware River into New Jersey.


State Compensation Insurance Fund Files an Average 5% Rate ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- State Compensation Insurance Fund today announced it has filed with the Department of Insurance an average rate decrease of 5 percent on new and renewal workers' compensation


SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 11 Â Thomas J. Perkins, the former director who set off a firestorm in Hewlett-PackardÂs boardroom, has had the upper hand so far in his public-relations battle with the chairwoman, Patricia C. Dunn. But his e-mail forwarding button may have cost him points.


U.S. freezes accounts of British citizen

The Bush administration took action Tuesday to freeze financial accounts and assets of a naturalized British citizen for allegedly providing "material and logistical" support to al-Qaida and other terror ...Comment


EU takes US to WTO following move on Airbus aid

The European Commission said Wednesday it will seek consultations with the United States at the World Trade Organisation in response to US action over state aid for the European aircraft maker Airbus.


Report: Nevada governor facing FBI probe

The FBI is investigating whether Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons failed to properly report gifts or payments from a software company that was awarded secret military contracts when he was in Congress, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.


Premier conferma 'non mi ricandido, si usino toni pacati'


For nearly all his 91 years, fashion designer Oleg Cassini has been on the move.


Company veteran Jeff Raikes talks about how Microsoft plans to make its big investment in telephone technology pay off.


Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has returned serve to his opposite number at Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson, over his assertion that the Blues don't travel well.


Touting the effort as a way to "reward creativity," YouTube founder Chad Hurley confirmed to BBC News that the company plans to add commercials to the start of uploaded videos, and give users a cut of the profits. But details are still scarce at the moment.


Popular BitTorrent file-sharing site pulled

TORONTO - One of the internet's most popular file-sharing websites has suddenly closed up shop, likely a high profile victim of the lawsuits launched last week against those operating servers using the BitTorrent network.


N.Korea set to shut atom plant in weeks: U.S. envoy

The top U.S. nuclear envoy, just back from a rare visit to North Korea, said on Friday Pyongyang was ready to disable its nuclear reactor in weeks and meet pledges it made in a disarmament deal.


A Learjet being used as an air ambulance crashed near the Mexican border early on Sunday, killing all five people aboard. The plane, carrying two pilots, two


The Bank of Canada raised its overnight  interest rate a quarter percentage point on Tuesday to 2.50  percent as expected, and made clear it would keep raising rates  even as it lowered its forecast for Canadian growth.


Canada's premiers issued a challenge yesterday to Prime Minister Paul Martin to say what he meant when he promised a national pharmacare program during the June election campaign.


King Kong director Peter Jackson agrees a deal with Microsoft to create a new form of interactive entertainment.


The Police and Genesis are the rock reunions getting most of the attention this summer. Two other bands with smaller but rabid followings — Crowded House and Squeeze — are also getting back together after taking dramatically different paths.


'Potential Development' in Peterson Case

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - In a surprise move Wednesday, the judge in Scott Peterson's murder trial postponed the cross-examination of Peterson's former mistress and sent the jury home for the rest of the week because of a "potential development."   Judge Alfred A...


The price of crude oil ends above $50 a barrel for the first time in 21 years of trade on New York's Nymex exchange.


Gates, Simonyi donate $30 million to massive digital camera project

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Project, a public-private project to build a telescope to detect dark matter and dark energy, says it received gifts from Microsoft veterans Charles Simonyi and Bill Gates.


Italiane rapite, Sismi: le ragazze sono vive

Simona Pari e Simona Torretta sono vive. Ne sono convinti i servizi segreti italiani. Lo ha riferito, secondo quanto si apprende, il direttore del Sismi, NicolÃ² Pollari, nel corso di una audizione oggi al Copaco.


A former sales chief at CA Inc. has agreed to pay $29.7 million in restitution after pleading guilty last year to criminal charges.


Pronto ordigno simile a quelli usati contro blindati in Iraq


Castro recovering "very well", official says

A senior Cuban official said on Tuesday that Fidel Castro is recovering "very well" but gave no indication when, or if, Cuba's ailing leader might return to public life.


Wal-Mart to sell $300 PC with OpenOffice

InfoWorld - Wal-Mart opened its campaign for the back-to-school PC sales season on Wednesday by unveiling a $298 desktop from Everex that combines three of the most popular industry trends -- open-source software, a power-efficient processor, and a lack of "bloatware."


LOS ANGELES  - Another dating competition series is coming to television, but this one has a new twist: MTV's "A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila" will feature the bisexual MySpace phenomenon choosing from among both male and female suitors.


Senate Republicans defy Bush over terrorism trials

Defying President George W. Bush, a   group of Senate Republicans on Wednesday said they would press   ahead with legislation to try foreign terrorism suspects that   the White House said would stifle CIA intelligence-gathering.


Researchers say they have transformed embryonic stem cells into heart cells that could someday replace the electronic pacemakers now implanted to keep hearts beating normally.


Noted U.S. team cuts hurricane forecast for Atlantic

The number of hurricanes churning through  the Caribbean toward the United States this year is likely to  be less than once feared and may even be less than normal, a  noted U.S. hurricane research team said on Friday.


Thousands of South Africans turn out at the airport to welcome home their Rugby World Cup-winning team.


Leaders of 25 EU Countries Sign New Constitution

Leaders of the 25-nation European Union today signed the bloc's new constitution in Rome, amid tight security around the city's historic center.


New models of digital cameras come with multiple ways of eliminating dust particles.


Increased demand for memory chips used in computers, portable media players, and other consumer electronic devices helped Infineon TechnologiesÂ offset a first-quarter drop in sales in the German chip maker's communications products.


Carol Channing's signature dress — a shimmery number she wore in the stage production of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" — was recovered Friday night after being stolen from a Hollywood hotel.


Although U.S. based shopping search and product comparison services receive the lion's share of traffic, other services are emerging throughout the world that serve specific regions and countries with more localized information.


Veto of Energy Measure Is Raised as a Possibility

The White House has raised last-minute concerns over regulation of automobile emissions and fuel economy that aides said Tuesday could lead to a presidential veto of the energy bill now before Congress.


After two preseason games in which they played to a virtual draw, Kurt Warner edged ahead of Eli Manning in the Giants' quarterback competition.


Rapper Combs' video too sexy for TV so goes online

Rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs saw red when U.S. television executives ruled a mini-movie promoting his female fragrance was too raunchy to be aired -- so he has gone online with an even longer version.


James Hardie's Asbestos Fund to Apply for Liquidator

A fund set up by James Hardie Industries NV to compensate asbestos victims will apply for a liquidator to be appointed, setting a one-week deadline for the company to top up the fund or face the threat of legal action.


Bush: World watching Ukraine 'very carefully'

As officials meet in Ukraine to hammer out a solution to what opposition leaders say was a fraudulent election, the "world is "watching very carefully," President Bush said Friday.


Defense Lawyers Say Rapport with Milosevic Ruined

The lawyers appointed to defend Slobodan Milosevic in his war crimes trial renewed their plea on Tuesday to be allowed to withdraw from the case, saying their relationship with the defendant had been irreparably damaged.


WPP Group to by Grey Global in $1.52B Deal

WPP Group PLC, the London-based advertising giant, said Monday it was buying U.S.-based Grey Global Group in a $1.52 billion cash and stock deal.


Amazon is Longer Than Nile, Says Brazilian Study ; GEOGRAPHY

Brazilian scientists say the Amazon, not the Nile, is the world's longest river after an expedition found it 500km longer than previously thought, at 6,800km to the Nile's 6,695km.


Chrysler, Ford U.S. sales tumble in February

Chrysler Group, the embattled U.S. unit  of DaimlerChrysler AG (DCXGn.DE), reported an 8 percent drop in  February sales on Thursday, becoming the last of the Detroit  automakers to confirm weaker results for the month.


House Republicans grapple with sex scandal

House of Representatives Republican leaders, already facing a tough election fight to keep control of the U.S. Congress, struggled on Monday to contain a mushrooming sex scandal just five weeks before the November 7 vote.


Il presidente della Camera intervistato a Radio Radicale replica all'affondo di Montezemolo"Non ho nulla da rimproverarmi e mi aspettavo l'attacco degli industriali"                                          Bertinotti: "Quella di Montezemolo  Ã¨ stata legittima difesa"                                                                                L'ex segretario di Rifondazione aveva definito "impresentabile" una partedel capitalismo italiano frutto di "un impasto non trasparente tra banche e imprese"


Webware darling Farecast is adding hotel price analysis to its existing airfare prediction service.


Goergl Wins First Race and Pushes Miller Second

Austrian Stephan Goergl won his first World Cup Alpine ski race with victory in a super-G on Thursday, pushing American favorite Bode Miller into an unaccustomed second place.


German Michael Schumacher of Ferrari is seen at the Interlagos race track in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2004. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano).


Listeners to BBC Radio 4's Today programme vote Bob Geldof the person they would most like to be made a member of the House of Lords.


Singapore police stopped an   opposition politician from leading a protest march past the   venue for the annual IMF-World Bank meetings on Saturday, again   highlighting the city-state's restrictions on freedom of   speech.


Dollar Tree recalls children's jewelry due to lead

Dollar Tree Stores Inc is recalling  about 198,000 units of children's jewelry because it contains  high levels of lead, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety  Commission said on Thursday.


Thai coup leaders close to naming prime minister

Thailand's military coup leaders are   close to naming a civilian prime minister and he is likely to   be a lawyer able to steer political reform, not the expected   economist, air force chief Chalit Phukpasuka said on Friday.


An Emotional Owens Defends His Quarterbackâs Actions

After the Cowboysâ season ended in another playoff loss, after his quarterback Tony Romo turned in another playoff disappointment, Terrell Owens became downright sentimental.


By Patrick Sennyah  Bloggers will surely remember Joseph Gutnick, the man who sued Dow Jones in 2002. In that Australian High Court case, a precedent was set that material published on the Internet is deemed to be published in the place that it is viewed, not the place of origin.


Police officers who responded to NASCAR President Brian France's condominium in response to a report of an erratic driver did not give him special treatment, a prosecutor said.


Software giant teams with Polycom to boost sales of Live Communications Server.


Private firms should not offer body scans to people without any symptoms, a government advisory panel says.


Ci mette la testa Sheva e il Milan supera il Barcellona

MILANO, 20 OTTOBRE 2004 - Il Milan ha battuto il Barcellona 1-0 in una partita della terza giornata del gruppo F di Champions League. Milan (4-3-1-2): Dida 6, Cafu 6.5, Stam 7.5, Nesta 6.5, Maldini 7, Gattuso


U.S. accuses Iran over support for militias in Iraq

The United States accused Iran in talks on Tuesday of increasing support for militias involved in bloodshed in Iraq but, in a rare sign of cooperation, agreed with Tehran to set up a panel to improve security.


Apple rolles out a limited version of its video download service in the UK, with mainly US content available.


News Corp.'s Fox Interactive buys ad tech company

News Corp.'s (NWSa.N) Fox Interactive  Media said on Thursday that it had purchased interactive  advertising technology company Strategic Data Corp. to help it  improve the way marketers advertise to its members.


Anti-smoking campaigners ask the BBC to apologise after Top Gear presenters lit pipes on the show.


German Far-Right Profits from Anger Over Reforms

German far-right parties surged in eastern state elections Sunday, riding public anger against government welfare cuts and fanning fears among mainstream parties that the country's image could suffer.


A chemical used to abort pregnancy could fight breast and ovarian cancer, say scientists.


NEW YORK - Their voices breaking, parents and grandparents of those lost on Sept. 11 stood at the World Trade Center site Saturday and marked the third anniversary of the attacks by reciting the names of the 2,749 people who died there...


Five Ways to Tame the Chaos of Corporate Data

(Source: Cognos)  Enterprise reporting offers a platform that is separate from individual applications and data sources, but can access them all, and thus can deliver the integrated information managers and employees need to improve performance. Learn five steps to overcome major barriers when organizations are limited to spreadsheets and siloed reporting tools.


Parliament convenes in Kyrgyzstan, as rows continue over the results of Sunday's election.


Amazon to offer music from Sony BMG without copy curbs

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc   said on Thursday its digital music store will now  offer songs by artists on the roster of Sony BMG Music  Entertainment without copy-protection technology, known as  digital rights management.


Bob Newhart in futile hunt for his dark side

Seated in the cavernous den of his Bel Air mansion the other day, not far from some American Flag throw pillows, comedian Bob Newhart insisted that he had a dark side and that there are even learned papers written about it -- well, at least one.


France, Britain and Germany failed to  reach a deal with Iran on Wednesday under which Tehran would  scrap its uranium enrichment program in exchange for nuclear  power technology, but the two sides agreed to meet again.


ROMA, 10 DIC - Dalla terapia genica e' stato fatto un nuovo e promettente passo avanti nella lotta al tumore al seno.Una terapia farmacologica basata sul gene P53, un oncosoppressore che ha la funzione di frenare il tumore, iniettata nel tumore prima di


The alliance between Google and Apple may make the prospect of outdueling MicrosoftÂs empire better than ever.


MySpace music deal poses multiple threats

Rivals iTunes and record labels Comment News Corp's MySpace may just have found a way around the piracy laws that dog the sale of online music, and may, as a result, throw up the most likely candidate to challenge iTunes.â¦


Merano, 16:17 - HOCKEY SU GHIACCIO: MERANO RINUNCIA ALLA A PER BILANCIO

L'Hockey Club Merano, che ha conquistato sul ghiaccio il diritto a giocare in serie A vincendo il ca...


Job Growth Is Well Below Wall Street Forecasts

The economy added 112,000 payroll jobs in November, the Labor Dept. reported today, far fewer than the month before.


DotMobi database to help mobile developers

InfoWorld - DotMobi, the group that promotes and manages the mobile-phone top-level domain, is publishing a list of specifications for virtually all phones on the market in a bid to make life easier for developers.


Bush says U.S. troop cut possible in Iraq

AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq  - President George W. Bush raised the prospect of troop cuts in Iraq after meeting top commanders at a desert air base on Monday but said any reduction must be made from a position of strength.


Parlavamo con web cam, ieri ho chiuso telefonata e pianto


Roche in $1 bln deal with Alnylam on RNAi

Roche and the US-based biopharmaceutical company Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  on Monday unveiled a $1 billion alliance giving Roche rights to Alnylam's technology for developing so-called RNA interference therapies.


Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline says a Florida company is trying to gouge consumers who fear a vaccine shortage. BY SUZANNE PEREZ TOBIAS.


Look inside an animated patient to learn how doctors are treating catastrophic injuries with new technologies that meld humans and machines.


U.S. Says Ex-Worker at Drug Giant Was Out to Damage Computer Data

A former systems administrator for the nationâs largest pharmacy benefits manager has been indicted on fraud charges.


The Bush administration served official notice Friday that it will appeal a judge's ruling that stopped proceedings in the first trial by a military commission of an alleged al-Qaida member.


British police issue TV image of dead prostitute

British police released surveillance television footage of one of five murdered prostitutes on Saturday as they stepped up their hunt for a possible serial killer.


'Out of date' skit binned Comic Relief organisers have canned a Question of Sport spoof featuring Celebrity Big Brother "contestant" Jade Goody.â¦


Hurricane Ivan drove hundreds of  thousands of people out of New Orleans on Wednesday and the  mayor told stragglers to take refuge in tall buildings as the  storm threatened to swamp the historic jazz city.


Bush Visits Hurricane Victims in Florida

FORT PIERCE, Fla. Sept. 8, 2004 - Hurricane-ravaged Florida struggled to replenish its fuel supply and keep emergency distribution centers stocked with basic supplies Wednesday as millions of hot and weary


Ex-Red Brigades member faces extradition

A French appeals court on Friday ordered the extradition of a former member of Italy's Red Brigades left-wing terrorist group, a judicial official said.


Paulson says economy should dodge recession

The United States is experiencing a  "significant" housing market downturn but the economy is  fundamentally sound and should avoid recession, Treasury  Secretary Henry Paulson will tell Congress on Thursday.


Students design mobile data-access system for health-care workers.


No SEC charges for Global Crossingâs ex-head

Gary Winnick, the former chairman of Global Crossing, the Bermuda-based telecommunications group which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 2002, will not be fined


Master movie maker Martin Scorsese  took a major step toward winning his first Oscar on Saturday  when he was named the Directors Guild of America's best film  director for 2007 for his thriller "The Departed."


US urges NATO allies to drop limits on forces in Afghanistan

The United States is urging NATO allies to lift restrictions on the use of their forces in Afghanistan, casting it as matter of allied solidarity, a senior State Department official said.


Former Bosnian Serb leader convicted of war crimes

The International Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in the Hague Wednesday sentenced former Bosnian Serb Deputy Prime Minister Radoslav Brdjanin to 32 years in prison.


With faux insurgents, fake bombs, real concrete barriers and a little city of tents, training to prepare Reservists and National Guard members for Iraq is becoming more realistic.


Winless on the PGA Tour for almost five years, Tom Lehman put himself in weekend contention for the third straight week with a 6-under 66 Friday at the Funai Classic at Disney, putting him in today's final group and a stroke behind Briny Baird at Lake


Chad army retakes Abeche town from rebels: minister

N'DJAMENA  - Chad's armed forces retook control of the eastern military center of Abeche on Sunday after rebels who took the town a day earlier fled, Defense Minister Bichara Issa Djadallah said.


Days after he announced his resignation as head of NASA, Sean O'Keefe was tapped Thursday as the next chancellor at Louisiana State University's main campus.


Marine faces lesser charges in Haditha killings

The U.S. Marine accused of leading his unit in killing 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha, Iraq, in 2005 will face voluntary manslaughter and other charges but not more serious murder charges, officials said on Monday.


Greenspan calls for reforms in US pension system

US Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Alan Greenspan on Friday called for prompt action to reform the US retirement system which is promising more benefits than it can actually provide.


Tronchetti Provera nuovo socio 'Abbiamo il controllo del 49%'

GENOVA, 24 SETTEMBRE 2004 - Una vela sempre piÃ¹ gonfia. Marco Tronchetti Provera scende in campo con il gruppo Telecom Italia per sostenere Patrizio Bertelli nella terza sfida di Luna Rossa all' America's Cup del 2007.


Democrats Use Medicare Law to Attack GOP

Republican visions of electoral gains from last year's Medicare prescription drug law have vanished, replaced by Democrats' biting criticism of GOP members of Congress who voted for the bill.


Google testing new homepage design in Taiwan, Hong Kong

(InfoWorld) - GoogleÂ is testing a new homepage design in Taiwan and Hong Kong that takes advantage of faster broadband speeds in those markets, one of the company's founders said Thursday. "We're actually now experimenting with trying new kinds of homepages, for example in Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, that are a completely different type than we've tried before on our U.S. site as well as our European sites," Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google and the company's president of technology, speaking to investors during a conference call. GoogleÂ announced the new designÂ for its South Korean Web site in May, during a keynote speech by Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt at the Seoul Digital Forum. The site's new design ditches Google's famously clean homepage design, adding a row of icons above the search bar and a row of animated icons below it. In Hong Kong and Taiwan, Google is experimenting with a new design for its iGoogle personalized homepage service. The default version of the iGoogle: Taiwan Home site has a search bar at the top of the screen. Below that, the screen is divided into five boxes with content, including four boxes that offer tabbed views: Google News, Google Trends, Personal Tools, and Frequently Used Tools. The fifth box includes a row of animated icons for Google services, such as Picasa and Blogger. The iGoogle: Hong Kong Home site shares the same design as the Taiwanese version, but offers the option of having some English-language content . The classic version of Google's main Web site is still available for its Hong Kong and Taiwan sites. "We think [the new design] will be more appropriate for the local cultures, and their context, and their broadband connections, which, for example in Korea, are extraordinarily fast," Brin said, adding that response to the new site designs had been "quite positive." Â


Blair deplores Iraq hostage killing as brother faults UK

Prime Minister Tony Blair condemned the killers of British hostage Kenneth Bigley as "barbaric," and most of the victim's relatives praised his handling of the crisis.


The two Democratic candidates will have raised more than $100 million this year, setting a historic new threshold in fundraising


Evel Knievel and Kanye West think they can work it out.


Letters And rare praise for Chinese Govt's @itude


The European Central Bank keeps interest rates in the eurozone at their current level of 4%.


LA LETTERA. Il presidente del Consiglio risponde al mondo pacifista sconcertato dal "sÃ¬" alla base di Vicenza                                          "La pace Ã¨ fatica ecco i miei risultati"                                                                                di ROMANO PRODI


White House race stays nice and polite -- for now

The 2008 White House race has groundbreaking candidates, record-shattering spending and crowded debates, but so far it lacks a more common feature of recent campaigns -- negative and sometimes personal attacks.


Bilancio positivo nella prima giornata dopo la morte di RacitiAnche a Torino la maggior parte del pubblico sovrasta i cori della curva                                            Roma: vergogna fischi, poi gli applausi Per gli ultrÃ  la guerra non Ã¨ finita                                                                                Pancalli: "Ma all'Olimpico hanno vinto i tifosi veri"Quattro supporter dell'Inter arrestati a Verona


The US military confirms that a body pulled from the Euphrates river is one of three US soldiers missing in Iraq.


As of Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008, at least 3,927 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,194 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


Zoe R. Cassavetes's Broken English' and John Dahl's hit-man comedy You Kill Me' both arrive in theaters this week.


CURFEWS and alcohol bans may be necessary in Aboriginal communities, Prime Minister John Howard said today, adding that civil liberties were less important than staying alive.


Nation's educators are protesting a White House move to curtail millions for disabled students.


Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and more than 15,000 fans celebrated the Anaheim Ducks' Stanley Cup title Saturday night. Some fans who jammed the south parking lot of the Honda Center brought homemade replicas of the cup, and some bought souvenir game pucks in Stanley Cup-shaped cases.


A Hamas official said Sunday that kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston, who has been held by Gaza militants since March, would be freed soon, but others played down hopes of an imminent release.


NYC Searches Sewer Line for 9-11 Remains

By AMY WESTFELDT  NEW YORK - The city has finished searching a service road and a skyscraper hovering over the World Trade Center site for remains of Sept. 11 victims, and it has turned its search to a sewer line running beneath ground zero.


Army hospital problems widespread, lawmakers say

Problems over treatment of wounded soldiers that created a scandal at the top U.S. military veterans' hospital are prevalent throughout the Army's health care system, lawmakers said on Monday.


Hot and Bothered Australian Spiders Head Indoors

Australians have been warned: angry arachnids are heading indoors.


Zarqawi Aide Killed in Strike on Fallujah, US Says

An aide to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian terrorist leader in Iraq with a $25 million US reward on his head, was killed today in a US air strike in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, the US military said.


Pakistan lead by 174 after day three of the third Test against West Indies.


City of Fables Unearths Real Heroes from Roman Era

COLCHESTER, England  - It is the home of Humpty  Dumpty, Old King Cole and Camelot -- or so legend has it.


Production of Vauxhall cars will resume on Sunday following disruption caused by a shortage of components because of a strike by workers in Germany, it was announced tonight.


Google is rolling out POP support for Gmail, allowing customers to download messages to Outlook and other client-side applications.


Slovaks and Czechs reject French minister's suggestion over EU funds

Sarkozy said Sunday he planned to propose that the bloc's new members with lower than average tax rates be barred from receiving structural aid funds, arguing that if they were rich enough to lower taxes they ...


Democrats poised for Senate gains: Reuters poll

Democrats are poised for U.S. Senate gains in the November 7 election, but face an uphill battle to pick up the six seats they need for control, according to Reuters/Zogby polls released on Thursday.


UK Hostage's Brother Says Bigley Handed to New Group in Iraq

UK hostage Kenneth Bigley, who's been held in Iraq since Sept. 16, has been handed over to a new group who may want a ransom in return for his freedom, Bigley's brother Paul said in an interview on Sky News.


Milano, 13:34 - CALCIO, RIVA: FISCHI A INNO PEGGIO DI CORI RAZZISTI

Anche Gigi Riva è rimasto colpito, negativamente, dai fischi dei tifosi azzurri al momento de...


Economic Report Provides Reminder on Inflation

The producer price index rose 2 percent in November, the highest increase in more than 32 years.


Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. is getting support from four Hollywood studios for its next-generation DVD format which is expected to be used in players, recorders and other products that go on the market late in 2005.


Bag complaints up in U.S. after air security change

U.S. airlines lost or mishandled more luggage in August as a security ban on liquids and gels put greater strain on baggage operations, government figures showed on Wednesday.


Firefighters backed by aircraft dropped water and foam on the birthplace of the ancient Olympics Sunday to stop wildfires from burning the 2,800-year-old ruins, one of the most revered sites of antiquity.


Rashard Lewis scored 27 points and Seattle made 11 3-pointers in the SuperSonics' 103-97 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Friday night.


They sport the best record in the NBA and have beaten several top-tier teams (like Minnesota, Sacramento, San Antonio and Denver).


Blair meets Abbas on new tour as Mideast envoy

International Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Thursday as he pressed ahead with preparations for a peace conference later this year.


Arsenal extended its English Premiership unbeaten streak to 49 games last weekend with a 3-1 humbling of Aston Villa that had Gunners manager Arsene Wenger talking as if he had a team of Picassos.


Almost done: Johnson to Yankees, Green to Arizona, Vazquez to ...

Randy Johnson was on the verge of joining the New York Yankees in a three-team, megadeal that also includes Shawn Green and Javier Vazquez, a source told The Associated Press on Thursday night.


Corporate housing can be a boon for developers during a buildingâs transition from rental to condominium or for condominium investors facing a sluggish market.


Warren Buffett's Priceless Investment Advice

If it's good enough for Buffett, it's good enough for me.


Premier pledges Cornwall sex-abuse inquiry

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has renewed his pledge for a full public inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse and a cover-up that have long plagued the City of Cornwall.


Lebanese greet blockade end with mixed feelings

Israel's decision to end its air and   naval blockade did little to lift the gloom from Beirut's   streets on Thursday, with many Lebanese saying uncertainty over   the future overshadowed their relief that the embargo is over.


Mareggiate lungo le coste, dieci regioni sotto osservazione


Sen. John McCain congratulated rival Mike Huckabee on winning Iowa's presidential caucuses Thursday and said it shows that negative campaigns Â such as opponent Mitt Romney's Â are doomed to fail.


Torino, 18:59 - CALCIO, JUVE; DESCHAMPS: NOI BENE MA LA B RESTA DIFFICILE

Dopo la terza vittoria consecutiva, con il Modena, Didier Deschamps non si culla sugli allori: ''Nor...


Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard reunite for The Da Vinci Code, an adaptation of the best-selling book.


The flu virus is becoming resistant to key drugs used to treat it, a study suggests.


Boeing will unveil its new long-distance 777 plane on Tuesday as it tries to regain its position as the industry's leading manufacturer.


In the Lab: Simple Math Errors Can Imperil Patients

Doctors make the same arithmetic mistakes the rest of us make, but the consequences can be considerably more serious.


SBC Communications Inc., the  second-largest U.S. regional phone company, is in talks to buy  former parent AT&T Corp. for $15 billion or more, The New York  Times and Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.


A holy month of spiritual richness and urgent political challenges

The first day of Ramadan today in most of the Islamic world marks the start of what has always been a very special month of deep spirituality, introspection, material self-control and religious piety for Muslims everywhere.


Space in 2004: Robots versus the right stuff

From the Moon and Mars to the satellites of Saturn and the cold, dark depths of the Solar System, robots have been the big stars of space exploration this year.


Poll: Americans Uninformed on Bush, Kerry

If matching presidential candidates to their positions on basic issues were like a "Jeopardy!" category, most Americans wouldn't earn a single dollar.


Merck should have pulled Vioxx in 2000, study concludes

Merck & Co.'s Vioxx painkiller showed heart risk in studies four years before the drug was recalled, and it should have been pulled from the market then, according to a study published in the medical journal Lancet.


Gregory A. White, one of Governor Mitt Romney's two representatives on the state pension board, has joined Thomas H. Lee Co., a leveraged buyout firm in Boston that does business with the $32.5 billion retirement fund for Commonwealth employees.


A senior BBC Radio 3 producer resigns in protest at the corporation's broadcast of Jerry Springer - The Opera.


SAN JOSE - A former Costa Rican president returned home Friday a week after he was ousted as chief of the Organization of American States and was slapped in handcuffs and led off for questioning on allegations he took kickbacks.


The San Francisco Multi-Employer Group announced this morning that it has locked out UNITE HERE Local 2 employees from 10 hotels and staffed the vacated positions with replacement workers.


Chinese Communist resort losing its red cachet

BEIDAIHE, China  - Sea, sun and intrigue. Northern China's down-at-heel beach resort of Beidaihe has it all.


Alarm Raised over Antarctic's Rapid Ice Flow

The weight of evidence to suggest that some Antarctic glaciers are melting at an increasing pace continues to build. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) has been melting naturally


How to make a perfect casserole: just add badger

Life & style: A squashed badger could well be the easiest way to get back on track after festive overindulgence


Iraq Governor Survives Assassination Bid

An explosion targeted the Baghdad governor's convoy as he was traveling through the capital Tuesday, killing two people but leaving him uninjured, the Interior Ministry said.


Serbia's deputy state prosecutor is arrested in connection with a corruption scandal, police say.


Health watchdogs have named 25 UK hospitals which have bought potentially contaminated body parts allegedly stolen in the US.


Madrid, 17:29 - Calcio, Real: il debutto di Luxemburgo durerÃ  sei minuti

Vanderlei Luxemburgo Ã¨ pronto per il mini-debutto sulla panchina del Real Madrid. Il tecnico brasili...


Using a novel research technique, Hong Kong scientists find new ways to attack a deadly disease


Montgomerie gets spot on European Ryder Cup team

Colin Montgomerie will play in his seventh Ryder Cup, added to the European team Sunday as one of two wild-card selections by captain Bernhard Langer.


This year all five nominees for best documentary are politically charged, four are about war, and amazingly, only one feels like homework.


Web Data Transfer to Handsets Made Easier

Have you ever gone online to get driving directions, only to leave the printout behind? Have you made movie plans, but forgot to jot down the show times? Or do you simply need an easy way to feed phone numbers to your cell phone? A trio of entrepreneurs believe they have a solution.


UNITED NATIONS - President Bush, defending his decision to invade Iraq, urged a vast assembly of world leaders Tuesday to stand united with the country's struggling government and said the proper response to spreading violence "is not to retreat, it is to prevail."   The country's prime minister, Ayad Allawi, offered an upbeat assessment after Bush's speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations, saying, "We are winning, we are making progress in Iraq, we are defeating terrorists," even as insurgents claimed they had killed a second American hostage in two days.    Of the brutal slayings, Bush said, "We will not allow these thugs and terrorists to decide your fate and to decide our fate."   Yet in a sign of continuing world unease with the situation, U.N...


Chechnya goes to polls in wake of airline terror claim

War-ravaged Chechnyaâs million-strong population goes to the polls today to elect a new president amid strong signs that the downing of two Russian airliners last week, with the loss of 89 lives, was the work of separatist rebels.


US top court to rule on Ten Commandments displays

WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court is to decide the constitutionality of displays of the Ten Commandments on government property in what could be the most important church-state ruling of its term.


Celebrities galore as the Beckhams christen their boys

Football hero David Beckham and his pregnant pop star wife Victoria Beckham played host to a glitzy, celebrity-studded christening for their two young sons.


RIM reports "critical" BlackBerry outage

A major outage hit BlackBerry users in  North America on Monday afternoon, cutting off wireless e-mail  for everyone from busy executives to political campaign staff  on the eve of three U.S. presidential primaries.


COLUMBUS, Ohio _ Ohio State might be the best basketball team in the country.  So for Michigan to come into Value City Arena and play the Buckeyes within single digits for most of Tuesday night's game, eventually losing, 76-63, that's a sign of progress.


Madonna, Gucci aid Malawi orphans amid controversy

Pop star Madonna hosted a celebrity-studded event on Wednesday on the lawns of the United Nations to aid Malawi orphans, the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) and -- controversially -- to inaugurate a new Gucci store.


Bigley family takes its appeal into Baghdad

They arranged for the Foreign Office to distribute 50,000 leaflets around the streets in which he is most likely to be incarcerated.


Despite country's "growing and youthful IT workforce," China and India to remain dominant in outsourced business services.


Milano, 14:27 - CALCIO, INTER; MORATTI: PRESTO SI TORNERA' A NORMALITA'

Massimo Moratti condivide le decisioni del Governo in tema violenza e prevede che presto si torner&a...


Royalties bid by Pink Floyd school chorus

Twenty-five years after belting out those lyrics on Pink Floyd's number one hit, Another Brick In The Wall, a group of former London schoolchildren were yesterday reported to have lodged a claim for unpaid music royalties.


Roma, 12:11 - CALCIO, ROMA; SPALLETTI: COMPORTAMENTO CLUB ESEMPLARE

A margine della presentazione dei progetti di educazione sportiva al ministero della Pubblica Istruz...


Palestinian Committee Given Report on Arafat Death

Yasser Arafat's nephew on Saturday handed a medical report to a Palestinian committee investigating the cause of the Palestinian leader's death at a French hospital on Nov. 11.


A LEADING international energy think-tank said the oil boom on world markets is over and predicted that prices are likely to fall over the coming months.


FBI raids illusionist Copperfield and finds millions

FBI agents have seized nearly $2 million in cash from a Las Vegas warehouse owned by illusionist David Copperfield, local media reports said on Thursday.


Umesh Patel, a 36-year old software engineer from California, debated until the last minute.


Oracle may cut its offer for PeopleSoft as much as one-third

Oracle Corp. is thinking about cutting its offer for PeopleSoft by one-third to a one-fourth. Oracle Co-president Safra Catz made the statement Monday, citing PeopleSoft's 2004 performance as the chief reason


SAN FRANCISCO -- A high-tech consortium led by Intel (Quote, Chart) and HP (Quote, Chart) is looking to capitalize on an additional layer of protocol services they claim will streamline Internet traffic.


Waterborne disease fear in aftermath of disaster

Millions of people could be at risk of waterborne disease in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean earthquake, the UN Children's Fund warned on Wednesday.


Interview: OSDL chief Stuart Cohen - Part 2

In the second of a two-part interview, Open Systems Development Labs chief Stuart Cohen gives his views on Linux security, desktops, the Domino effect towards Linux, and why Microsoft will eventually port to Linux.


Lebanon attacks bring life to standstill

American tourist Michael Frantel had decided it was time to leave less than 24 hours after starting his vacation in Lebanon. But as he stood at the check-in desk at Beirut's airport, Israeli airstrikes smashed the runways outside.


IRAQI Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is adamant January elections remain on track despite US warnings that violence could exclude some provinces.


'Jena 6' race case moved to juvenile court

The case of Mychal Bell, a black teenager accused of beating a white classmate in Jena, Louisiana, will be heard in juvenile court, Louisiana's governor announced Wednesday.


U.S. says trade friction with China could escalate

The United States sees potentially escalating trade friction with China next year as Beijing is stepping up restrictions on foreign investment and recent U.S. Congressional elections create uncertainty, a U.S. trade official said on Friday.


Bologna, 19:24 - CALCIO, BOLOGNA; CECCONI: CON L'ALBINOLEFFE SARA' DURISSIMA

Il tecnico del Bologna Cecconi sa bene chei plaoff sono tragfuardo difficile per i suoi, a patto che...


Christmas has come early for Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards. The couple are expecting their second child, due in June, People magazine reports. Their first, daughter Sam Sheen, was born in March.


Marks and Spencer unveils major management shake up

British retailer Marks and Spencer announced a major management shake-up as part of efforts to revive its fortunes, saying trading has become tougher ahead of the crucial Christmas period.


Varitek agrees to $40 million, four-year contract

Jason Varitek has a new four-year deal and three new starting pitchers to catch with the Boston Red Sox. Boston's free-agent catcher agreed to a $40 million contract Thursday that will be announced Friday, a


Mary Pierce beats Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova in the US Open third round.


'Riscontrato incremento delle minacce contro nostro Paese'


Brian Laraâs brilliance undermined Englandâs ICC Champions Trophy victory bid at the Oval this morning. West Indies captain Lara, who earlier won the toss, inflicted a major


Levance Fields hit a 3-pointer with 4.7 seconds left in overtime to give No. 11 Pittsburgh a 65-64 victory over No. 6 Duke (10-1) in a matchup of unbeatens last night in New York.


Cancer society reminds women of Mammography Day

On Friday, Oct. 15, the American Cancer Society will join other health organizations in observing National Mammography Day, encouraging women age 40 and over to have an annual mammogram.


A record 22 agreements valued at billions of US dollars were signed yesterday in Beijing between China and Germany while a series of deals were sealed between China Italy.


Firms to Pay $3 Million For SAT Scoring Errors

The College Board, the organization that owns the SAT, and the company that administers the college admissions test announced yesterday that they had agreed to pay nearly $3 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over inaccurate test scores for thousands of students.


Blair delays pensions move until after poll

Tony Blair promised yesterday to seek a national consensus on radical reform to tackle Britain's pensions crisis but shelved the crucial decisions until after the general election.


Bank of Canada raises key overnight interest rate to 2.50 per cent

OTTAWA (CP) - The Bank of Canada raised its key policy interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 2.50 per cent Tuesday as it tries to encourage growth while controlling inflation.


THE Tories have announced an eight-point plan to tackle the pensions crisis and 'restore our saving culture'. Shadow Pensions Secretary David Willetts published his blueprint 24 hours before the Government's


Digital Music Sales Up, but Industry Still Lagging

Although the record companies raked in $2.9 billion in revenue from digital music sales in the past year -- up 40 percent -- the collapsing CD market is dragging them down.


NFL Game Summary - Kansas City at Baltimore

Baltimore cornerback Deion Sanders missed his second straight games with a strained left hamstring...Holmes is the first back to rush for 100 yards against Baltimore in 10 games...Green made his 51st consecutive start under center, which surpassed Len


Turkey must reform courts, warns Barroso

Pressure mounted on Turkey yesterday to push ahead with far-ranging legal reforms, as the incoming European Commission president, Jose Manuel Barroso, said that Ankara has not yet done enough to start talks on EU membership.


The first promising tuberculosis (TB) drug in almost 40 years could be the most potent yet and also treat the disease faster, according to research published online yesterday (9 December) by Science Express.


Gov't Looks to Aid Alitalia Negotiations

The government is considering extending unemployment benefits to the airline sector to help negotiations between the struggling flagship carrier Alitalia and labor unions, a top official said Thursday.


Bergamo, 21:20 - CALCIO, ATALANTA; ZAMPAGNA: VICENZA? MI PIACCIONO LE SFIDE

Riccardo Zampagna saluta Bergamo ed è pronto ad affrontare la serie B. Il Vicenza lo vuole e ...


Roma, 14:24 - CALCIO, SERIE C2: GLI ARBITRI DELL'11/O TURNO

Questi gli arbitri designati per l'undicesima giornata del campionato italiano di calcio di serie C2...


We're watching for the ultimate growth companies -- are you?


UK MoD: O2 won't help employees serve in Iraq

O2: Of course we will, glad to The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has mounted a media campaign this week to shame major employers into signing its statement of support for military-reservist employees.â¦


Ukraine parliament meets, but no debate on PM

Ukraine's parliament reconvened on  Thursday a day after the opposition prevented the chamber from  sitting, but there was no indication when it would reconsider a  proposal to restore Yulia Tymoshenko as prime minister.


Roma, 10:26 - CALCIO, PAGNOZZI: STADI A NORMA O CLUB NON AMMESSI A CAMPIONATI

''Nel prossimo campionato ci potrebbero essere squadre non ammesse se non in regola con gli stadi, a...


Uruguay's struggles continue, Saudi Arabia wins again in World Cup ...

Two-time champion Uruguay continued to struggle in its quest to qualify for the 2006 World Cup on Tuesday, while Saudi Arabia maintained its unbeaten record in Asia.


Germany's trade surplus widened in November, despite the increased strength of the euro, as exports to other European Union countries rose, according to government figures released Monday.


The wife of Taiwan's leader was cleared Monday of involvement in a scandal surrounding the takeover of an upscale department store, as protesters maintained pressure on President Chen Shui-bian to resign amid corruption allegations.


Former President Jimmy Carter welcomed Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards to Georgia on Wednesday, embracing the fellow Southerner as kindred spirit on poverty and the environment.


After a week of battling raging wildfires that cutoff villages, killed 64 people and burned nearly 500,000 acres of land, fire department officials said Thursday that just one major blaze remained to bring under control.


Madrid, 11:00 - CALCIO, SPAGNA: VILLAR SMENTISCE DIMISSIONI ARAGONES

Il presidente della federcalcio spagnola, Angel Maria Villar, ha smentito a 'Radio Marca' le dimissi...


Chiedono un confronto per il rinnovo del contrattoStop di otto ore alla circolazione, dalle 9 alle 17                                          Treni, sciopero il 13 aprile dai sindacati fermo nazionale


Pelosi Backs War Funds Only With Conditions

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) yesterday linked her support for President Bush's war-funding request to strict standards of resting, training and equipping  combat forces, a move that could curtail troop deployments and alter the course of U.S.  involvement in Iraq.


Generous Spurs hand Arsenal Christmas gift in Premiere League action

Arsenal's bid to reclaim the Premier League title passed a significant milestone on Saturday when a derby win over Tottenham ensured Arsene Wenger's men will spend Christmas on top of the table.


Two NATO soldiers killed in south Afghan clashes

Two NATO soldiers were killed on Wednesday in separate clashes with insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said in a statement.


Firenze, 16:43 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: PAZIENZA PER LIVERANI NOVITA' ANTI-TORO

Scelte obbligate a metà campo per Prandelli in vista della sfida con il Torino. Pazienza pren...


Dodd tests presidential waters in Florida

Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd made a good impression on Florida Democratic Party activists Saturday in his first major appearance since announcing he'll explore a 2008 White House run.


A new political party campaigning for animal rights across the UK is to be launched in London.


Glazer: NFL Billionaire Now Holds 28.11% Of Manchester United

Malcolm Glazer upped his stake in Manchester United for the third straight trading day. The billionaire investor now holds 28.11% of the world's richest soccer club, and London Stock Exchange rules say any


Woods Isnât Driving Perfectly, but Heâs Cruising

Tiger Woods churned inexorably across the North Course at Torrey Pines, making birdies from the rough, a par from the sand, a chip-in par from the green and putts from everywhere else.


Progetto per formare nuovi talenti della lirica


Sluman fires on all cylinders in Florida

Jeff Sluman shot a course-record nine-under-par 62 on Thursday to lead after the first round of the $5-million (about R30-million) Chrysler Championship.


The sign-off of an e-mail message can be a land mine involving the subtleties of relationships and hierarchies.


Pawar keeps options open on eve of BCCI polls

Kolkata, Sept. 28 (PTI): Keeping his options open amidst intense lobbying for the President's post of the Cricket Board, Maharashtra political heavyweight Sharad Pawar, today said he would take the plunge only if he was sure of victory.


Chipmakers create processors that handle many tasks

Engineers from IBM, Sony and Toshiba unveiled plans Monday of a microprocessor, code-named Cell, they claim has the muscle of a supercomputer.The Intel competitor is to be used in Sony Playstations game consoles, televisons and office workstations.


Apple makes it easy to (legally) download films. But it faces stiff competition


Alcuni studenti svenuti per esalazioni biossido di carbonio


An unprecedented treasure trove of marine reptile fossils is found in the Arctic by Norwegian scientists.


Su mercato after hours tocca i 61,05 dollari


Bombings kill 70 Iraqis, 8 U.S. soldiers

A spate of car bombs and mortar attacks killed 70 people in Iraq, police and local officials said on Saturday, while the U.S. military reported eight of its soldiers killed in the past two days.


FDA told in August of flu vaccine problems

British and US regulators continued their inspection of a contaminated vaccine factory in Liverpool, England, as the health agencies for both countries sought on Saturday to clarify how the problems unfolded that likely have cut the United States' flu


Nothing to fear but fear itself One in five UK surfers are "too scared" to shop online, according to a new survey.â¦


Former NHL player Rick Tocchet pleaded guilty Friday to running a sports gambling ring, but might not have to serve any jail time.


Il gruppo ha deciso di rilanciare investimenti nel settore


Roma, 17:49 - CICLISMO, DOPING: MURAGLIA CONVOCATO DA PROCURA CONI

Il ciclista dell'Acqua&Sapone, Giuseppe Muraglia, è stato convocato dalla Procura Antidoping ...


Roma, 13:16 - CALCIO VIOLENTO, ZAMPARINI: NOSTRA DELEGAZIONE DAL GOVERNO

''Una nostra delegazione andrà dal governo''. Lo ha detto Maurizio Zamparini al termine della...


EU Official Plays Down Rising Oil Prices

A top European Union economic official Friday played down the impact of rising oil prices on the bloc's economic recovery.


Video: Take a Spin Inside a Robot-Driven Car

Wired correspondent Eliot Van Buskirk takes a spin inside "Boss," the robot-controlled car created by GM and Carnegie Mellon for the Darpa Urban Challenge.


Oracle to PeopleSoft: Redeem Poison Pill

Oracle Corp. on Monday said it has asked Peoplesoft Inc.'s board of directors to immediately redeem the company's poison pill, two days after 61 percent of PeopleSoft shareholders tendered their stock for Oracle's $24-a-share hostile offer.


By now, Adam Vinatieri thought he would have heard some word from his agent, Neil Cornrich , about a contract extension.


Report: Al-Zarqawi group kills American hostage

A group loyal to terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has "slaughtered" a second American, according to a report posted Tuesday on an Islamist Web site.


Overturn District Court, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals verdicts, please


Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama forcefully defended their votes against paying for the Iraq war as the top Republican presidential candidates angrily accused the two of weakness on national security.


Iran said it was freezing its controversial nuclear fuel work Monday after brokering a deal with Britain, France and Germany. The UN's atomic watchdog sees the move as easing fears the Islamic regime is seeking the bomb.


The Indian government is planning to set up a network of cradles  where parents can leave unwanted baby girls.


In the PGA Tour's last full-field tournament of the year, Jeff Sluman and Jonathan Byrd are tied for first after two rounds. Byrd birdied five holes on the back nine


Patriots' spying scandal raises technology questions

Why do we even need radio helmets and Wi-Fi on the sidelines? Tech has countless uses but please keep the geeks off the gridiron.


Quentin Richardson scored 16 points and Joe Johnson had 14, leading the undefeated Phoenix Suns to their fourth exhibition victory, 108-67 Wednesday night over the undermanned Utah Jazz.


Gunmen kidnap 14 members of Iraqi family: police

Gunmen posing as Iraqi security forces kidnapped 14 members of one family in the volatile Diyala province north of Baghdad on Monday, police said.


After Bell: Hot Topic Falls, Micromuse Up

Shares of clothing retailer Hot Topic (HOTT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) fell nearly 10 percent in extended-hours trading on Monday after it cut its fourth-quarter earnings forecast, citing lackluster sales of accessories.


â¢ 2004-12-13 â¢ Yahoo! recently announced its plans to add a tool to search computer hard drives to help users sort through jobs of information on the Internet and the desktop.


Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri is to be extradited to the US to face terror charges, the Home Office says.


Il Santo Padre ha ricevuto dirigenti e atleti di serie D


Iraq at Risk of Further Strife, Intelligence Report Warns

A new National Intelligence Estimate depicts an Iraq involved in a multi-faceted struggle among religious groups and sects and says that without a sharp reversal in the violence and changes among the Shiite, Sunni and Kurd leadership, the situation could further deteriorate.


President Bush urged Sudan on Thursday to accept a U.N. peacekeeping force in Darfur province to replace overstretched African Union troops. He acknowledged there was much work to be done before that could happen.


The central San Joaquin Valley needs to take a walk, if it wants to lower its blood pressure. A study looking at adults 45 and older found 211,000 Valley residents have high blood pressure.


Bush, Sudan envoy look to speed Darfur action

US President George W. Bush, meeting with his special envoy for Sudan, said Thursday that efforts to deploy a UN force in Darfur had moved "too slowly" and that he hoped to speed up the process.


President Hugo Chavez's spokesman on Friday accused "terrorists" training in Florida of being behind the assassination of a top prosecutor who intended to try backers of Venezuela's 2002 failed coup.


China catches slave-labor boss amid national uproar

Chinese police have captured a man accused of holding workers in virtual slavery, state media reported on Sunday amid a national scandal over rural teenagers and men forced to work in brutal, furnace-like brick kilns.


Rice Is Top Candidate to Replace Powell -Sources

National security adviser  Condoleezza Rice emerged as the likely candidate on Monday to  replace resigning Secretary of State Colin Powell, Republican  sources said.


Nov. 15, 2004 -- Product information for Mifeprex, also known as the "abortion pill" RU-486, is being revised to warn of rare but serious side effects, the FDA said today.


A leading US scientist tells the BBC that the world has already entered a state of dangerous climate change.


Wayne Simien had 20 points and Keith Langford added 17 in No. 2 Kansas' 93-74 victory over TCU on Thursday night. The Jayhawks (5-0) had five players in double figures against the Horned Frogs and Neil Dougherty


Election Touted as Model for Iraq -- to a Point

At a sensitive moment in the U.S. presidential campaign, the Bush administration is promoting the tentative success of Afghanistan's election as a hopeful model for Iraq's future: a messy, often violent struggle against extremists that has nevertheless produced democratic elections.


Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Econo-mic Cooperation forum gather in Santiago, Chile today for their annual costume party. The two-day APEC summit has a broad agenda to push the groupingâs original aim of free trade in the region by 2020.


Police are hunting three men from Birmingham - described as dangerous - who have escaped from Stafford jail.


Si tratta di Giovanni Tagliamento della camorra


Labor Day travel seen flat on cost concerns: survey

Americans are expected to travel roughly the same amount over the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend as they did last year amid rising concerns about affordability, according to a AAA survey released Wednesday.


UN Experts Visit Brazil Nuclear Facility

By Bruno Domingos and Andrei Khalip RESENDE, Brazil  - U.N. nuclear experts visitedBrazil's new uranium enrichment plant on Tuesday to try tobreak an impasse over nonproliferation inspections, althoughhow much they would be allowed to see remained at issue.


Musharraf: U.S. Threatened to Bomb Pakistan After 9/11

President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan said that after the Sept. 11 attacks the United States threatened to bomb his country if it did not cooperate with America's war campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan.


Over the past several decades, a steady stream of studies has documented that people born in winter and spring have an increased risk for schizophrenia, a serious mental illness characterized by disordered thinking, hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms.


CALCIO: 14 SOCIETA' DI A RISPONDONO ALL'APPELLO DI DELLA VALLE

MILANO - ''Abbiamo suggerito di non votare il 18, ci serve del tempo per riflettere'': cosi' Giancarlo Pozzo, dell'Udinese, ha riassunto l'esito della riunione dei presidenti della serie A convocata informalmente da Diego Della Valle (Fiorentina).


In Chinese Factories, Lost Fingers and Low Pay

Worker abuse is still commonplace in many of the Chinese factories that supply Western companies, according to labor rights groups.


The Maryland coaching staff often selects certain clips to show their players specific moment to reinforce the importance of minding the small details.


Blair, Ahern press Northern Ireland rivals in talks grind

Prime Ministers Tony Blair of Britain and Bertie Ahern of Ireland dug in with Northern Ireland's rival Catholic and Protestant parties for a second day of talks aimed at restoring the province's power-sharing ...


In dieci anni 2,3 milioni di posti in piu', 2 su 3 a donne


Spa-Francorchamps, 13:44 - F1, SPY STORY; BRIATORE E LAUDA: SANZIONI DURE ALLA MCLAREN

Dal circuito belga di Spa, in Belgio, dove domenica si corre il primo Gran Premio di Formula Uno, do...


Authorities are trying to determine how a hacker gained access to a University of California computer that contained personal information for up to 600,000 state residents.


Iraq most dangerous place for journalists: study

Journalists are being killed at a pace   of more than three a month worldwide, with Iraq the deadliest   place for media to work, the Committee to Protect Journalists   said on Wednesday.


Hewlett-Packard CEO Questioned on Cash-Out

By Bloomberg, AP and Staff Reports  The congressional panel investigating Hewlett-Packard Co.'s boardroom spying has demanded that CEO Mark Hurd explain $1.37 million worth of options he exercised just before the scandal became public, two congressmen said Wednesday.


Eclipse Verilog editor is a plugin for the Eclipse IDE. It provides Verilog(IEEE-1364) and VHDL language specific code viewer, contents outline, code assist etc. It helps coding and debugging in hardware development based on Verilog or VHDL.   Eclipse VEditor 0.6.0 had been released. This release includes several new features such as: * Complete VHDL parser * Revamped File Outline  * Revamped Module Hierarchy * Back-ground parser * Document section collapsing * VHDL comment continuation * Multiple Build Configuration * Error/Warning/Info Regex developer helper * Improved VHDL auto-completion and Go-to-definition * VHDL code formatter * Other general usage improvements and code clean-ups.


World number one Roger Federer faces a tough task in his bid to win the French Open for the first time.


LOS ANGELES  - TNT is close to ordering  13 episodes of a crime drama starring Kyra Sedgwick, marking  the cable channel's first original series order in years,  sources said Monday.


CORRECTED: VW has record sales, ponders N American plant

( in paragraph nine group sales in North America has been corrected to "slipped 0.5 percent to 530,630." In paragraph 10 the year has been corrected to 2009)


Wal-Mart unveils cut-price laptop under US$500

NEW YORK: The world's biggest retailer Wal-Mart is offering price-conscious US consumers the cheapest laptop on the market, priced at just US$498, in a move described by some analysts as a "significant milestone.


President DÃ©by unprepared for swift move on capital, while EU delays deployment of Darfur troops as UN leaves


Merck "good" cholesterol drug meets trial goals

Merck & Co's combination pill to raise "good" HDL cholesterol with less facial flushing -- a common side effect of HDL drugs -- met its main goals in a late-stage test, researchers said on Sunday.


Facebook Links Up With Vodafone on Mobile Platform

Facebook launched a platform for operators designed to make its social networking application work better on portable devices.


UPDATE 1-GE sells India back office unit stake for $500 mln

General Electric Co. (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday it had sold a 60 percent stake in its pioneering Indian business process outsourcing unit for $500 million, making


Lieberman looking outside Conn. for help

Sen. Joe Lieberman made an unusual pitch to people outside Connecticut when he conceded the state's Democratic primary to Ned Lamont and announced plans to run as an independent.


New deal augurs easier life on Gibraltar

Walk into Gibraltar airport and the departure gates offer just one destination: Britain. Stroll across the border into Spain and your cell phone dies.


A man accused of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing, Northern Ireland's worst atrocity, will learn his fate later Thursday, as the judge in the case gives his verdict in the long-running trial.


WASHINGTON - The Education Department is advising school leaders nationwide to watch for people spying on their buildings or buses to help detect any possibility of terrorism like the deadly school siege in Russia.    The warning follows an analysis by the FBI and the Homeland Security Department of the siege that killed nearly 340 people, many of them students, in the city of Beslan last month...


IRAN'S agreement last week to suspend its nuclear-enrichment activities and permit outside inspections came amid mounting evidence Tehran was determined to resume research


The productivity of American workers slowed in the spring while wage pressures increased.


Wag the dog Microsoft is facing growing criticism of its bid to have Office Open XML (OOXML) accepted as an international standard ahead of a crucial vote by the ISO scheduled for February.â¦


Iraqi delegates are heading to Ankara in an effort to avert attacks by Kurdish rebels over the Turkish border.


Student Allegedly Tries to Bribe Teacher

WILSONVILLE, Ore. - A 17-year-old high school student was detained and released after being accused of trying to bribe a teacher to alter attendance records so he could make a drug run...


Jamie Foxx in Oscar race for Ray Charles movie!:

[Hollywood News]: London, Oct 28: Oscars might be months away but the rumour mill has already started rolling. A film about the life of Ray Charles, Ray that is yet to be released, is in news, with the leading man, Jamie Foxx,in race for the Oscars.


Germany pledges to fight against  Airbus plants there being disproportionately hit by expected job cuts at the firm.


Ukraine's parliament voted out the administration of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych yesterday amid charges that it stole the presidential election, and the opposition halted


Pop Culture Q&A: TV Listings Aren't What They Used to Be

Question: Years ago, the TV books had on all programs an R for rerun. We miss that so much. Do the TV books have some sort of a code now so that a person can see immediately if it is new or what?  Answer: The old R for reruns went away at the behest of the TV networks.


Team USA finally showed some energy in the World Cup of Hockey, beating Slovakia 3-1 Friday for its first win in the tournament.


Alitalia, Pezzotta: ''Tracciato il percorso di confronto con l' ...

Continuare la trattativa con l'azienda; sollecitare un confronto piu' diretto, da tenersi in settimana, con l'amministratore delegato sulla holding di gestione; valutare la possibilita' di un confronto con il governo su tutto il resto, a cominciare dagli


President Bush and John Kerry battled over the economy and jobs in a small corner of the campaign's most fiercely contested state Saturday as polls showed a post-convention surge for the Republican in the White House.


The NBA believes it has a better game ball, but commissioner David Stern has acknowledged he should have talked to the players before introducing it.


Sharon strikes coalition deal with Labor

On a day Israeli forces attacked targets in Gaza, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reached agreement with the Labor Party on a national unity government -- strengthening his plan to disengage from the Palestinians.


Earnings Improve at Japanese Electronics

Major Japanese electronics makers reported better earnings in the three months that ended in September Thursday as cost cuts pushed up profitability and demand surged for new digital products.


Appleby takes lead in South Africa event

Stuart Appleby's 69 Friday gave him a one-shot lead after two rounds of the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa. Appleby's score was 5-under-par 139 at the halfway mark of the tournament at the Gary Player Country Club.


US 30-, 15-year mortgage rates slip in latest week

Interest rates on US 30- and 15-year mortgages fell in the latest week amid signs that inflation is being held in check, leaving consumers more cash to spend on other items such as purchasing a home, mortgage finance


In my article about the web site for the Geek Ranch I suggested three tools that made sense for doing the site: Drupal, Joomla and Karrigell. Well, as usual, all I have to do is say "I will pick between X, Y and Z" and good old option W shows up. This time, it is named webgen.read more


Soros rejigs business, more power to sons

George Soros, billionaire financier, is handing more control of his money management firm to two of his sons as he scales back the focus of his investment firm.


US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday the number of troops in Iraq could be cut after the January elections in that country.


An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale rattled eastern Romania's Vrancea region and was also felt in the country's capital Bucharest, the national seismological institute and an AFP correspondent at ...


Security features expected within Mac OS X Leopard

Apple touts 11 specific features it says will make Leopard secure.


Indonesia's army chief says his men have killed 120 rebels in Aceh in two weeks, despite a post-tsunami ceasefire.


Confcommercio, ripresa non viene da acquisti famiglie


Venezuela to Give China Greater Oil Access

President Hugo Chavez, seeking to reduce Venezuela's dependence on selling oil to the United States, said Friday his country will give China greater access to its oil and natural gas resources.


Relying on self-deprecating jokes, unusual candor and outright flattery, President Bush on Saturday wooed lawmakers he not only needs but will have to answer to in the final two years of his presidency.


A Brisk Business in Selling Hope by the Wick

Devotional candles, kindled by anyone with a wish or a prayer, are a lucrative niche in the $2 billion candle market in the United States.


Russia Looks for Cause of 2 Plane Crashes

Russian investigators labored Wednesday to determine whether terrorism caused the near-simultaneous crashes of two jetliners, killing all 89 people aboard and spreading


Eight days after Hurricane Charley cut its destructive path across southern and central Florida, the death toll rose to 25 and about 241,000 residents were still without power, emergency management officials said.


L'incidente alle prime ore del mattino in autostrada vicino allo svincolo FieraSette le vetture coinvolte, tutti giovani a bordo: triplice tamponamento                                            Milano, carambola di auto sulla A8 morto un diciannovenne, 11 feriti


"Mystery Science" answers Shout! Factory's call

Call it "cult meets  cult." Shout! Factory, the independent DVD supplier with an  affinity for cult movies and TV shows, has secured worldwide  home entertainment and digital download rights to the cult TV  series "Mystery Science Theater 3000."


Jason Elam didn't get the luxury that Mason Crosby and Scott Suisham did. It hardly mattered.


England's colleges say they have been given far less money than they need to meet government targets.


Uncovering tomorrow's industry leaders today.


Australia PM announces mission to NKorea

Australia will send a diplomatic mission to North Korea in the next few weeks to begin rebuilding ties following the landmark deal that secured a promise Pyongyang would end its nuclear programs, the prime minister said Tuesday.


Shocked Australians were on Wednesday mourning the death of actor Heath Ledger in a New York apartment possibly from a drug overdose, but his family said the death was a tragic accident.


Health:Men - Final Frontier for Education On Sex And Family ...

It's not as if men are conspicuous by their absence at 'Countdown 2015: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All'; quite a few have braved the meeting, even though it must be disheartening to hear the shortcomings of their gender so thoroughly


Police hunting the killer of an 11-year-old whose death shocked the nation have arrested a 16-year-old boy, they said Tuesday.


Britain needs to do more to promote good manners, the government's "respect czar" Louise Casey says.


Brown and Irish PM set for talks on Northern Ireland

The prime ministers of Ireland and Britain will hold talks on Sunday about maintaining support for the power-sharing government in Northern Ireland, the government in Dublin said.


Hewlett-Packard Chairman and CEO Mark Hurd and recently ousted chairman Patricia Dunn are set to express regret to a House committee Thursday over the methods used in the company's leak investigation, but they also will seek to distance themselves from tactics used, according to their prepared testimony.


Egypt to Test Tutankhamun Mummy for Cause of Death

Egypt plans to run tests on the mummy of Tutankhamun to find out what killed the king who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago and died while only a teenager.


MLB players open to changes in steroids testing

Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - The Major League Baseball Players Association announced Tuesday it would work toward a new agreement with owners for tougher steroid testing.


Azeri to take on the boys in Breeders' Cup Classic

Grand Prairie, TX (Sports Network) - Former Horse of the Year Azeri will run against the boys Saturday in the Breeders' Cup Classic.


Marsh's New Chief Makes Compliance Unit; Shares Rise

Marsh & McLennan Cos. Chief Executive Michael Cherkasky created a compliance unit and pledged to return money to clients as the world's largest insurance broker moves to settle claims of kickbacks and rigged bids.


Israeli premier Ehud Olmert says he is suffering from prostate cancer, but this will not force him from office.


Australia may be close to solving WWI sub mystery

The Australian navy has found what it hopes are the remains of the nation's first submarine, lost off Papua New Guinea in the first months of World War One, the government said on Thursday.


Sallie Mae to sell $2.5 billion stock, convertibles

Sallie Mae said on Wednesday that it plans to sell about $2.5 billion of stock and mandatory convertible securities to help pay off obligations linked to the student loan company's share buyback program.


The United States would like the dollar to strengthen but believes international currency markets should be left to set its value, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said Monday.