MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan  - Pakistan united in mourning on Sunday in memory of about 73,000 people killed in an earthquake exactly a year ago, while survivors vented frustration over the pace of reconstruction.


Kenya opposition leads as delays raise tempers

Kenya's opposition challenger Raila Odinga led on Saturday in the race to govern east Africa's largest economy but tempers flared over the slow pace of vote tallying in the incumbent's strongholds.


US death toll in Iraq nears 1,000 as seven more die

A car bomb killed seven US Marines and three Iraqi soldiers outside the city of Fallujah yesterday, bringing the total number of American dead since the US invasion of Iraq in March last year close to 1,000.


For a British TV Movie, a Real President Is Shot

Leaving a hotel in Chicago after making a speech while a huge antiwar protest rages nearby, President Bush is suddenly struck down, killed by a sniperÂs bullet.


Greenspan Sounds Alert on Social Security

JACKSON, Wyo. - For at least the fourth time this year, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has touched the electrified third rail of American politics - Social Security...


Uganda Peace Hinges on Amnesty for Brutality

Whether a cease-fire in UgandaÂs Acholi war lasts may depend on whether a rebel commander is given amnesty.


By HIRAN RATNAYAKE, LEE WILLIAMS and STEVEN CHURCH / The News Journal. In a decision affecting American military personnel around the world, a federal judge in Washington, DC, ordered the Pentagon to halt the


Mittal: British Billionaire Creates World's Largest Steel Company

Billionaires forge a deal: Lakshmi Mittal, one of the richest men in the UK, will merge his steel assets and buy International Steel Group (nyse: ISG - news - people ), which counts US billionaire Wilbur L. Ross Jr.


Whale Shark Finds New Friends in Indian Fishermen

A few weeks ago, the crew of an Indian fishing boat in the Arabian Sea thought they had the biggest catch of their lives.


SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Federal investigators said they will review the evidence against former Springfield Catholic Bishop Thomas Dupre after state charges were dropped.


Lead may raise the risk of death at levels much lower than those widely thought as safe, research suggests.


All too often, the ring of Debi Faris-Cifelli's cell phone means there is another abandoned newborn at the morgue, another forsaken child for her to name and bury in a shoebox-size coffin under a white cross in the California desert.


Princess Diana continues to fascinate her fans around the world even seven years after her tragic death. In an NBC News exclusive, for the first time, revealing new tapes are coming to light.


Two California soldiers shot to death in Iraq were murdered by Iraqi civil-defense officers patrolling with them, military investigators have found.


Turkey says more talks needed on European Union membership

BRUSSELS, Belgium  - European Union leaders agreed to open negotiations with Turkey next year on eventual EU membership but Turkey's prime minister said more talks are needed before his government could decide whether to accept the offer.


Extra  troops are sent to a remote area in west Nepal after 20 troops die in a clash with Maoist rebels.


Bush Seeks Funds for Abstinence Education

President Bush's re-election insures that more federal money will flow to abstinence education that precludes discussion of birth control, even as the administration awaits evidence that the approach gets kids to refrain from sex.


Japanese shares fell Friday after Japanese banks reported larger-than-expected losses due to the subprime mortgage crisis. A slump in China's Shanghai Stock Exchange also weighed on Tokyo trade.


Facebook, an online community now restricted mostly to high school and college students, will soon throw its doors wide open and welcome millions of Internet users currently left standing at the gates.


AIDS poses new threat to African democracy

AIDS may be killing elected  officials in some Southern African countries faster than they  can be replaced, creating a new threat to democracy and  governance in the region, a new study said.


Paul Jones' Blog: Zend Devzone Podcast: Solar Overview

In a new post to his blog today, Paul Jones mentions his podcast for the Zend Developer Zone (a Solar Overview) and provides the script that he worked from to record the show.   In this episode, I'm going to give a brief overview of Solar project and how it helps with the mundane aspects of building applications. Solar is an open-source library and framework for PHP 5; you can read more about it at solarphp.com...   The rest of the show notes includes links to things like Yawp, Solar's built-in localization and it's exception handling code.    Check out more about Solar at Solarphp.com and check out the PHP Abstract podcast episode Paul recorded on the Zend Developer Zone site.


Il barile viaggia a 61,93 dollari, in discesa di 7 centesimi


Bush, Kerry Camps Both Claim Momentum in Race

The campaigns of Republican  President Bush and Democrat John Kerry both claimed momentum on  Friday amid a mix of polls offering a less-than-clear picture  of the U.S. presidential race.


Israeli settler leaders on Monday backed a call to resist the planned evacuation of settlements in the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank, signalling a shift toward revolt as hopes dwindle for stopping the pullback by political means.


A US government auditor has backed a Pentagon recommendation to withhold payments to controversial US giant Halliburton over its work in Iraq.


Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, behind in polls and campaign money, is betting the farm on Iowa's leadoff caucuses, hoping a strong showing will rocket him to the top of the field.


Pakistanis storm mosque complex, children flee

Pakistani forces stormed a mosque compound in the capital on Tuesday and big blasts and sporadic gunfire rang out over the city after talks to end a week-long standoff with militants broke down.


Hundreds killed in south Sudan clashes: ex-officer

Hundreds of people may have been  killed in the heaviest fighting between Sudan's former  north-south foes since they signed a peace deal last year, a  senior former rebel officer said on Thursday.


Apple will include ZFS in OS X Leopard, Sun confirms

Blog: Sun says that Apple's forthcoming Leopard operating system will use the next-generation file system called ZFS.


Task Coach - Your friendly task manager. Task Coach is a simple open source todo manager to manage personal tasks and todo lists. Often, tasks and other things todo consist of several activities. Task Coach is designed to deal with composite tasks.   Release 0.65.1 - September 23, 2007  This release fixes one critical bug and two minor bugs: * Saving a task file after adding attachments via the 'add attachment' menu or context menu fails. * Tooltip windows steals keyboard focus on some platforms. * Taskbar icon is not transparent on Linux.


Keeping Patientsâ Details Private, Even From Kin

Critics say a law designed to keep medical information confidential is being overzealously applied.


(InfoWorld) - David Heinemeier Hansson was a 23-year-old student at Copenhagen Business School when he began work on Ruby on Rails a little over four years ago. His goal was to write a simple Web application framework that would free developers from the misery of repetitive coding that he sees as inherent in widely used platforms like Java and .Net. By most accounts he succeeded. His open-source framework earned him the Google-O'Reilly Best Hacker award in 2005 and is now being backed by the likes of IBM and Sun and a small army of Web hosting and consulting companies. He says the platform is being downloaded about 10,000 times a week from the main Rails repository, only one of many sources. Its rise hasn't been without hiccups. Some users have complained that Ruby on Rails doesn't scale well for the most demanding applications, although the Rails development community has developed plug-ins to fix the problems. There have also been calls for standardization to prevent splintering in the Ruby language. But the buzz around the platform continues to grow. Heinemeier Hansson, who now lives in Chicago and works for collaboration tools company 37signals, will be in Berlin in two weeks for Europe's second Ruby on Rails user conference. He spoke with IDG News Service about what to expect at the show and what the future holds for Ruby on Rails. IDGNS: What can we expect at the conference in Berlin in September? DHH: This will be the second Ruby on Rails conference in Europe. The shows in Europe tend to be a bit smaller than in the U.S. Last year in London we had about 400 people; this year I'm expecting double that number in Berlin. There will be a number of new tools announced. CodeGear, the Borland company, is going to announce its Ruby on Rails IDE. It's been in beta for some time, and they're going to use the show to launch that. Sun is always very involved with the whole JRuby initiative, they've made a good number of strides, and they'll probably be talking about the latest in Rails running on JRuby. And I know IBM has been maintaining their DB2 adapter for Rails. IDGNS: Will we hear about any updates to Rails itself? DHH: The next big release is Rails 2.0, I'm going to discuss that in some form in my keynote speech. Currently the goal is to consolidate and sharpen what we already have. The big push we've been making is for RESTful services. In many ways it was an option before, a choice, and there was a little bit of insecurity for some developers about whether something like WS* SOAP would be the way the wind would blow in terms of Web services. We've decided now that we're going to pursue this from the assumption that people want to be RESTful. We're also going to pull out a fair number of elements, features that aren't a good fit for what people want to do most of the time. So a number of elements will move out and be plug-ins. If your application absolutely depends on them you won't be stranded, you'll be able to get the plug-ins easily. So Action Web Service, for example, the Rails answer to how to do SOAP, that whole service will no longer be bundled with Rails. If you need to do a SOAP Web Service it will be easy to install it again. We're saying if there's any doubt whether to use REST or SOAP, use REST. IDGNS: So removing elements is to keep Rails simple and lightweight? DHH: Yes. We don't believe that just because at one point back in the day we included an experiment, or chose to do an API, that it's going to stay for ever. We don't want to turn into Java, this pack rat that just keeps hold of any possession. We're not afraid to take out stuff that's not relevant or we plain don't like. That's important to keeping it a light and friendly framework. IDGNS: Do you have an updated release date for 2.0? DHH: I might be giving one, it depends how things shape out. We've maintained that we hope to complete it this year. This is an open-source project founded on desires to get things done, things wax and wane, so we don't have a traditional road map, and we definitely don't try to pin down shipping dates. IDGNS: Some people have said we should have a standard implementation of Ruby to prevent splintering. What do you think? DHH: There's definitely talk about making Ruby a specification that can be implemented in JRuby or IronRuby (a version of JRuby for Microsoft .Net), I know there are some people who are moving along in that aspect, and that would be nice. None of them impact me on a day-to-day basis. I'm happy with the implementation of Ruby done by Matz [Ruby creator Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto]. The JRubys and IronPythonsÂ are niches; that's not what's being used by the majority of Rails users. IDGNS: But enterprises are interested in JRuby because they can use Rails on their existing Java servers.... DHH: JRuby is a great way to open the conversation with enterprises by saying, You don't have to throw out all this "junk" you've accumulated over the years, Ruby is just an incremental piece you can put in. But in some ways, it's sugar coating to get people to really come on board. It's a bridge for getting from one place to another. The majority of Ruby on Rails users out there are people who go straight to Ruby on Rails, they don't have junk in the trunk. And they are still by far the highest number of users. The enterprise is a fairly newcomer. IDGNS: So what's Rails being used for mostly today? DHH: The vast majority is Web applications, that spans public Web sites, some for Web 2.0-ish applications, some e-commerce solutions, we're building collaboration tools. Any application that's a good fit for delivering through a browser is a good fit for Ruby on Rails, from the shaded gradients of Web 2.0 to mortgage processing applications for detecting credit ratings. IDGNS: Where would you like to see it really succeed? What's your dream for Ruby on Rails? DHH: My dream is that people adopt it on its own merits. We're not trying to bend Ruby on Rails to fit the enterprise, we're encouraging enterprises to bend to Ruby on Rails. Come if you like it, stay away if you don't. We're not going head over heels to accommodate the enterprise or to lure them away from Java. That's how you end up with Java, if you start bending to special interest groups. We'll continue to add techniques and technologies that work for us, and it's great if it works for other people too, but Rails is very much an egotistical brainwork for me. I care about designing for me and producing a framework that works great for me, and that's the only constituent I have in mind when I develop it. IDGNS: You remind me a bit of Linus Torvalds talking about Linux 10 years ago. DHH: It's almost impossibly hard to design things for other people. You build it for yourself, that's what you have to do, and then you'll create something you like and you really want to use, and then other people will like it too. There's no way to co-opt and infiltrate us because we don't have commercial pressures. I couldn't care less whether a corporation or a business adopts Rails or not. I'm building Rails for me, so there's not a lot of pressure they can apply. They can't say, add this functionality and we'll get a thousand extra customers for you. That won't work. They're going to have to win arguments on technical merits. IDGNS: How would you characterize Sun's and IBM's relationships to Rails? DHH: I think they recognize what developers want, they are recognizing there is great enthusiasm and passion for Ruby on Rails, and they don't want to miss out on that. To a large extent, they are following the passion, the excitement. We don't want to work in these big environments like .Net and J2EE. I know some people inside of Sun know what's going on, but whether they as a company choose to accept the lessons I don't know. In some ways, Rails is a rebellion against J2EE, but at the same time, they're doing great work with JRuby and Unix level tools like DTrace. Like any big company it's going to have different factions inside. I welcome Sun and IBM to come in and offer services. IDGNS: How many Rails committers are there? DHH: We're 12 people in the core group who have commit access. Then there are hundreds of people who contribute improvements for their own benefit. IDGNS: How old are you and what was your background before you created Ruby on Rails? DHH: I'm 27. I worked with PHP and Java, they were my main background. I was mostly doing PHP on my own, and I worked at a Java shop for a period of time. It was J2EE to some extent and otherwise Java in general. Those were the two forming influences. With Ruby On Rails, I tried to form the best of both worlds to make it as quick as PHP and as solid and clean as something like Java.


The wife of a Georgia legislator known as an outspoken advocate for immigration rights is in hiding after federal agents came to their home with a deportation order, her lawyer said.


In a Dec. 14 story about congressional ethics reform, The Associated Press erroneously reported the party of Delaware Rep. Mike Castle. He is a Republican, not a Democrat.


It has been a tough couple of weeks for the U.S. anti-war movement, but Ohio military mom Rosemary Palmer believes she already can see the beginning of the end of the Iraq war.


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


'Monday Night' flap gets FCC's attention

That steamy locker room opening to ABC's "Monday Night Football" continued to draw reaction Wednesday, most of it negative.


At U.N., Bush to focus on democracy in Middle East

President George W. Bush heads to   New York on Monday for the U.N. General Assembly where he will   focus on shoring up democracies in the Middle East, where   sectarian violence in Iraq and Iran's nuclear ambitions have   created international concern.


A horrendous error from Aston Villa goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen helped Midlands rivals Birmingham to a 2-1 win at Villa Park. The Danish keeper was at fault as he allowed Clinton Morrison's 9th minute strike


Executives at networking giant Cisco Systems say the company's new CRS-1 core Internet router is ahead of revenue targets, just as the company announced on Sunday a smaller version of the product.


Luciano Pavarotti's health has deteriorated and the 71-year-old singer is in a "very serious condition", Italy's AGI news agency reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.


Here are some tips on how to gracefully and painlessly remove yourself from sticky social situations.


Marca: Racists must not make us blush again

Marca, Spain's leading sports newspaper, today admitted that there could be no repeat of the deplorable racial chanting which marred Wednesday's defeat of England, despite


Brad Davis scored three goals and the Houston Dynamo defeated Chivas USA 4-0 in a matchup of teams vying for second place in the MLS Western Conference on Thursday night.


China Plane Crashes Into Frozen Lake, Killing 54

A China Eastern commuter plane crashed  into a frozen lake seconds after takeoff in Inner Mongolia on  Sunday, killing 53 people on board and one on the ground, the  airline and state media said.


United States 113, Brazil 76: Kobe, LeBron and Carmelo Carry U.S.

The United States clinched the top spot in its group by beating Brazil on Sunday night in the FIBA Americas tournament.


Feted and Hated, Kyoto Global Warming Pact Starts

A world plan to fight global warming went  into force on Wednesday, feted by its backers as a lifeline for  the planet amid sniping at the United States for pulling out.


Donations made on the Wildlife Direct website pay the salaries of the park rangers who protect the endangered apes.


Two Philippine Trials Put Spotlight on Army Graft

A Philippine army general accused of illicitly amassing millions of dollars faces a court martial Tuesday as six young officers who led a brief, bloodless mutiny last year prepare for a separate trial.


Gartner sees 2008 chip equipment spending down

The market for semiconductor  equipment is expected to contract by almost 10 percent in 2008  largely due to lower spending from makers of computer memory,  market research firm Gartner said in a statement on Thursday.


'Retired' Rapper Finds a Job Atop Def Jam

Proving yet again that he is the hardest-working retiree in music, the rap megastar Jay-Z has agreed to become the president of Universal Music Group's Def Jam Recordings label.


Scientists to check out a report of radiation readings off Georgia ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. A team of 20 scientists is joining the search for a missing H-bomb off the coast of Georgia. The government believes a report of some unusual radiation readings might be coming from a hydrogen bomb that was lost near Tybee Island in 1958.


Explore Star Clusters (and Catch a Comet)

With the Moon reaching New    phase on Jan. 10 and thus leaving the sky darker, now is an ideal time to get    out your binoculars and explore the profusion of open or galactic star clusters    now evident in our evening sky.


Altri 50 sono rimasti feriti, secondo comando Usa


Bush e Blair: promozione della pace in Medio Oriente

Ieri a Washington il Presidente degli Usa George W. Bush e il Premier inglese Tony Blair, in visita negli Usa, hanno affermato che si dedicheranno alla promozione della pace in Medio Oriente. Essi hanno discusso


Throws fish to analysts Sprint is to start retailing the Motorola Razr handset for the first time in November.â¦


Chauncey Billups and the Detroit Pistons agrees on a five-year, $60 million contract Tuesday, according to sources.


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Dummy Satellite on Rocket's Maiden Voyage Fails to Reach Intended Orbit

A new heavy-duty Boeing rocket designed to haul super-sized military satellites into space failed during a test flight to put a dummy satellite into its intended orbit, officials said Wednesday.


Google considers data center in Lithuania: report

Web search company Google Inc. is  considering building a data center in Lithuania, business daily  Verslo zinios reported on Monday.


The NBA flew more than 100 people halfway around the world for its first games in China this week. Chinese-born star Yao Ming was there with the Houston Rockets for games against the Sacramento Kings.


What if Yahoo's main value isn't its search engine or its advertising business, but the openness that makes it more Net-native and hacker-friendly than Microsoft? Does Microsoft understand the role this same openness is in large part to credit for Google's success as well? read more


In-Flight Gambling Next On Ryanair's Wish List

Airline passengers may soon be able to wile away the air miles with in-flight gambling if low-cost carrier Ryanair's latest cash-generation scheme becomes reality.


LOS ANGELES - We could find out today if West Nile virus caused the death of a Claremont man last week. Sixty-two-year-old Walter Sheasby died Thursday at a Fontana hospital.


Parise lifts Devils past Sabres with shootout goal

Zach Parise scored the only goal of the shootout to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday, their third straight victory.


Government claims to have made Â£13bn in efficiency savings carry a "risk of inaccuracy", a report says.


At West Side High School, kids sprawled on the floor as an African music CD played. A few jokesters had their peers in stitches.


UK says to evacuate 400 Britons from Ivory Coast By Reuters. ...

Britain will evacuate about 400 of its nationals and others from the Ivory Coast due to the deteriorating situation there, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday.


This was the third straight postseason series in which the Twins won the opening game. But with Saturday's elimination, they're now a collective 0-10 in every other game of those last three series.


WASHINGTON -- Architect of the unpopular war in Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld was praised lavishly for his service to the nation Friday as he called on Americans to spend more heavily on defense.


Smoking not only damages health, it is bad for the brain too, according to a Scottish study spanning nearly 60 years. Professor Lawrence Whalley and his team looked at how the cognitive


Erbitux prolongs survival in head/neck cancer study

Adding ImClone Systems Inc.'s Erbitux  to a regimen of chemotherapy prolonged survival more than  chemotherapy alone in patients with head and neck cancer that  has recurred or spread, according to a study.


Got the Love Bug? Scared of spyware? Read this rundown on what's keeping techies awake at night.


Musharraf successor Kayani boosts Pakistan Armyâs image

His changes push officers to focus on eradicating terrorism, rather than on politics or securing perks.


Israel kills five Hamas gunmen in Gaza raid

Israeli troops and armor crossed into the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing six Palestinians, at least five of them militants from the Islamist Hamas group that controls the coastal territory.


Economy - Tuesday      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - The ABC News/Washington Post Consumer Comfort Index shot up 5 points over the last week to -7, the best in several weeks. Some 39% of respondents said now's a good time to buy, a big rise from 33% last week. Americans also were more upbeat about the economy and their own finances. Gasoline prices, which have fallen back below $3 a gallon, likely are a big factor.


Beijingâs Olympic Quest: Turn Smoggy Sky Blue

For the worldâs Olympians, Beijingâs air is a performance issue. For the cityâs estimated 12 million residents, pollution is an inescapable health and quality-of-life issue.


Betty Comden, Half of Lyrics Team Behind Musicals of Grace and Wit, Dies at 89

Ms. Comden, who with her longtime collaborator Adolph Green, wrote the lyrics and often the librettos for some of the most celebrated musicals of stage and screen.


Motorola units slap Aruba with WLAN patent suit

(InfoWorld) - The rancorous world of wireless is heating up yet again, with two subsidiaries of Motorola suing Aruba Networks, alleging the wireless LAN company infringed four patents. Symbol Technologies and Wireless Valley CommunicationsÂ charge that Aruba is knowingly using their patented WLAN switch technologies and techniques for designing and managing WLANs. On Monday, they filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The companies want a jury trial and are seeking a permanent injunction against Aruba as well as unspecified monetary damages, tripled because of willful infringement. The airwaves have become a dangerous place to do business, with a series of suits between Qualcomm and two of its mobile rivals,Â NokiaÂ andÂ Broadcom, following on the heels ofÂ NTP's litigation against Research In MotionÂ andÂ other companies. An Australian research body won an injunction against Buffalo Technology (USA)Â for WLAN patent infringement, and the development of the hotly anticipated IEEE 802.11n WLAN specification has also sparked fierce battles, though not in court. As in other fast-growing markets, litigants may see future riches at stake. Aruba makes a variety of WLAN equipment and technology for putting the gear together in large networks for enterprises and other customers. The company, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., is incorporated in Delaware, according to the suit. Aruba has not yet seen the suit and has no comment, spokesman Michael Tennefoss said. All of Aruba's WLAN switch, site planning, and radio-frequency management and monitoring products infringe the patents, and they have since the company began selling its first products, said Aaron Bernstein, vice president and deputy general counsel at Symbol. The companies don't want to license the technology to Aruba, but to stop the company from using it, he said. Motorola isn't suing Aruba because the patents were issued to Symbol and Wireless Valley, which are separate legal entities wholly owned by Motorola. Wireless Valley was acquired in 2005 and Symbol earlier this year. They didn't sue Aruba until now because the WLAN switch patents weren't awarded to Symbol until early this year, Bernstein said.


The United States is pressing NATO to take over the U.S.-led military mission in Afghanistan, possibly as early as 2005, the U.S. ambassador to the alliance said Tuesday.


Time names iPhone  the Top Gadget of 2007

Saying that iPhone âchanged the way we think about how mobile media devices should look, feel and perform,â Time Magazine put iPhone at the top of its list of âTop 10 Gadgets.â iPhoneâs design, Time says, âis exceptional inside and out: Itâs got a slick glass-and-stainless steel case and an elegant touch screen loaded with eye candy. Itâs an iPod and a 2-megapixel camera. Images and video clips display vertically or horizontallyâthey reorient themselves depending on how you hold the thing. When the phone detects a wireless network within rangeâyour own home wi-fi set up or somebody elseâsâit lets you tap once to connect, and then proceed with your Web surfing, Google mapping, emailing and other activities.â


Reformed boy band Take That are to tour the UK for the second time after getting back together last year.


Cannabis bigger cancer risk than cigarettes: study

Smoking a joint is equivalent to 20 cigarettes in terms of lung cancer risk, scientists in New Zealand have found, as they warned of an "epidemic" of lung cancers linked to cannabis.


IT can help the U.S. go green, technology CEOs said at a conference in Washington.


Physical Culture | Gear Test, Handsfree Leashes: Dog Running: Easier Does It

Kelly Liljeblad, a dog owner and marathoner, tests five sets of handsfree leashes on 20- to 30-minute runs around the Boulder Reservoir with her Labradors.


State Department to Order 250 to Iraq Posts

Facing staff shortages in Iraq, the State Department announced Friday that diplomats would have no choice but to accept one-year postings in the hostile environment or face losing their jobs.


Blast in Iraq's Mosul kills 15 and wounds 75

At least 15 people were killed and 75 wounded when a building used by militants to store weapons and tonnes of explosives blew up in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Wednesday, security officials said.


The National Council to examine the files of communist-era political police Securitate (CNSAS) has never had the opportunity to bring to light complicities with the repressive communist system of many of those ...


Ukraine, Russia co's to coordinate work to produce AN-148

The plane that has been designed by the Antonov aviation research and engineering complex (AAREC), will be turned out in batches in Ukraine and Russia -- at the Kiev and Voronezh aircraft manufacturing ...


Indian Textile Mills Ramp Up for Life After Quotas

AHMEDABAD, India  - Among the millions around the  world whose lives will change when global textile quotas expire  at the end of the year are the illiterate women garment workers  of India's Gujarat state.


Syria stresses supports to Palestinian resistance

Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed NajiOtri underscored Tuesday his country's support to the Palestinian resistance against Israel to establish a state with Jerusalem as its capital, the official SANA news agency reported.


U.N. Web Site Viewers Strongly Prefer English

The vast majority of visitors to the U.N. Web site look at English-language pages, and relatively few call up Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish pages, the United Nations said on Thursday.


New era of austerity for U.S. borrowers?

Record levels of debt and falling home prices may mean Americans will now spend less, save more.


An America Online survey tells us what we want to hear.


American Express Co , a credit card and travel services company, said on Monday that third-quarter earnings rose 10 percent, helped by increased spending among its consumer and corporate clients.


Hospitalâs Accounting Is Under Fire by a Union

A union is trying to force nonprofit groups like hospitals to comply with standards of governing similar to those that federal law requires of private companies.


Shakira in lead with 5 Latin Grammy nods

Shakira led the Latin Grammy pack Tuesday with five nominations, while Ricardo Arjona, Gustavo Cerati and Julieta Venegas received four each.


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Bill Gates is giving his big speech right now at Microsoftâs big âDigital Entertainment Anywhereâ event in Los Angeles. Weâll have a proper report for you soon, but in the meantime we figured weâd


NEW YORK - Howard Stern has long had two words for the Federal Communications Commission - and in 15 months, he can finally utter them on the air. The self-proclaimed "King of All Media," perhaps the most influential radio voice of the last 20 years, is shifting his salacious act to satellite radio and freeing himself from the increasingly harsh glare of federal regulators...


The former head of Russia's once-mighty Yukos oil group said President Vladimir Putin's drive to liquidate the company has been destructive and senseless.


Huh-huh-huh, let's break somethin' Police and securocrats know that there aren't enough real terrorists in the world, which is why they have to keep manufacturing them. This is because citizens tire of being watched by cameras, frisked and x-rayed, having their belongings searched, giving fingerprints to so-called friendly nations on entry, contemplating the myriad government databases where their details and activities are preserved, and wondering if some dour little bureaucrat is reading their email or listening to them on the phone.â¦


Intel Chief Barrett Laments `Timing Sucks' for His Departure

Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Craig Barrett wanted to go out in glory like his old boss, Andy Grove. Instead, he'll retire to slumping sales growth, restless investors and repeated product delays.


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'Help Wanted' Ad Belies Report on Iraq Security

A week ago today Gen. David H. Petraeus started his rounds on Capitol Hill, reporting that security in Iraq was improving to the point that a small number of troops could begin coming home by year's end.


Il consorzio degli "Automobile Club" pubblica una ricerca su 10 Paesi. In testaalla graduatoria dei lavori in corso c'Ã¨ l'Inghilterra. Giudizi negativi sull'Italia                                          Cantieri stradali, le pagelle di Eurotest Vince Birmingham, Eboli Ã¨ maglia nera


Sweden begins probe into Czech BAE-Saab deal: report

Swedish government prosecutors are conducting an inquiry into bribery allegations to do with Saab's involvement with British defence manufacturer BAE Systems's dealings in the Czech Republic, the Financial Times has reported.


S.Korean Spies Say Building Work Behind North Blast

A huge explosion in North Korea last week may have been due to a combination of demolition work for a power plant and atmospheric clouds, South Korea's spy agency said on Wednesday.


Health Care Costs Rise Twice as Much as Inflation

The cost of employee health coverage rose 7.7 percent this year, more than double the overall inflation rate and well ahead of the increase in the incomes of workers.


Climate change melts Kilimanjaro's snows

Rivers of ice at the Equator — foretold in the 2nd century, found in the 19th — are now melting away in this new century, returning to the realm of lore and fading photographs.


Amazon.com Inc. has agreed to pay $300 million for Audible, an audio books seller that has a close relationship with Apple Inc.


Swatch, Microsoft launch wireless data watches

Swiss watchmaker Swatch and US software company Microsoft have launched a new range of wireless data watches, the companies announced Wednesday.


Talks between Apple and Cisco over the trademark of the iPhone name are extended to try to reach an agreement


Rimborsi fiscali fino a 1.500 dollari per coppie con figlio


Tax Scheme Is Blamed for Damage to Artifacts

Recent raids on museums in Southern California have stirred questions about why three federal agencies would devote four years to investigating what seems to be low-level smuggling and penny-ante tax fraud.


Doping Casts Shadow Over Olympics -- Again

Doping cast its sleazy shadow over the Olympics again when it was announced on Thursday that five weightlifters had tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.


Protezione civile, non risultano danni a persone o cose


IBM net up as revenue gains 9 pct on software

IBM , the world's largest  technology services company, on Wednesday posted a higher  quarterly profit as revenue rose 9 percent, helped by  software-company acquisitions and growth in computer services.


Colonials Get Coach McKeown Victory No. 500

No. 16 George Washington gives Coach Joe McKeown his 500th career victory, relying on two pivotal first-half runs to beat Duquesne.


From his hospital bed, Yasser Arafat swiftly condemned a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv on Monday - a sign the ailing Palestinian leader wants to convey the impression he is still in charge despite deteriorating health.


CBS got the bill Wednesday for Janet Jackson's eye-catching flash dance during the Super Bowl halftime show: a record $550,000.


Si tratta di monsignor Basile Georges Casmoussa


Hong Kong found traces of a red industrial dye in one chicken egg from the central Chinese province of Hunan on Wednesday and promptly suspended imports, the latest in a string of food safety scares.


Navy launches two inquiries into fatal sub fire

Canadian submarine HMCS Chicoutimi is slowly being tugged back to shore, as the Canadian navy begins to assemble two formal boards of inquiry in Scotland.


A group of industry, farm and labor groups, seeking to put pressure on the Bush administration before the presidential election, petitioned the government on Thursday to file an unfair trade practices case against China.


(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:


'Communications Snag' May Have Been A Factor In India Train Crash

New Delhi -- Railway officials in India say a "communications snag" appears to have been a factor in a deadly train collision Tuesday.


Gordon Brown pledges to keep Britain "fully engaged" in Europe, saying it is essential to trade and jobs.


"Accompagnero' azienda sino a fine piano ristrutturazione"


On the run, Sly Osama keeps allies guessing

Three years after the Sept. 11 attacks, America's No. 1 enemy remains on the loose, mocking the world's sole superpower with his ability to elude the allied forces arrayed against him.


Naomi Campbell says she very much regrets losing her temper and hitting her maid with a cell phone over a pair of missing jeans last year.


Senior Frankfurt police convicted of threatening suspect to find ...

A senior police official was found guilty Monday of ordering another officer to threaten violence against a suspect in a frantic attempt to find a German banker's missing son.


Italy's aerospace and defense company Finmeccanica Spa has named chairman Pier Francesco Guarguaglini as chief executive after the resignation of Roberto Testore, the company said in a statement late Tuesday.


Red alert in Tel Aviv after suicide market blast

Israel has strengthened its control over important buildings, bus stops and commercial centers in Tel Aviv as security predicted that there could be heavy damage to Israel properties and persons at the hand of Palestinians military group.


Roma, 16:06 - CALCIO, SERIE C1: GLI ARBITRI DI DOMENICA

Questi gli arbitri designati a dirigere gli incontri della 5/a giornata del campionato di Serie C1 i...


Stenson and Ogilvy to contest final at Dove Mountain

MARANA, Arizona  - Swede Henrik Stenson, seemingly nerveless throughout the day, booked his place in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship final with a 3&2 victory over South Africa's Trevor Immelman on Saturday.


A suicide truck bomber blasted a Shiite town north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing more than 100 people, police said, in a sign Sunni insurgents are pulling away from a U.S. offensive around the capital to attack where security is thinner.


One of the many fond memories I’ll have of Search Engine Strategies Chicago was Liana Evans and her HatBait.com campaign. Liana could be seen around the conference, parties and bars with a selection of wild hats, a HatBait “link” (sign) and camera, capturing different search engine personalities and their HatBait.com photos.  Liana, of Search Marketing Gurus, [...]


KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct. 19 -- Two powerful bombs detonated next to a truck carrying former prime minister Benazir Bhutto late Thursday, just hours after she returned from exile to a triumphal homecoming. As many as 136 people were killed and hundreds were wounded in one of Pakistan's worst episod...


Health institute offers steps for fighting child obesity

Schools should weigh and measure all children annually to determine whether they're overweight, and the government must set nutritional standards for brand-name foods and drinks


Russian airliner crashes in Ukraine, no survivors

A Russian airliner  carrying 170 holidaymakers home from a seaside resort crashed  and burst into flames in a field in Ukraine on Tuesday after it  was struck by lightning, officials said.


Pricey Trials Turn Up Few New Blockbusters

Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly - each disclosed serious problems with important medicines yesterday, throwing a spotlight on the fact that the $500 billion


A quarrel has been bubbling up over plans for the towering three-story Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in Washington.


US Treasuries Drop After Newspaper Says China Cut Holdings

US 10-year Treasury notes had their biggest drop in a week in London, heading for a fifth week of declines, after a newspaper reported that China, the second- largest overseas holder of the securities, reduced its holdings.


become a safe haven for al Qaeda and similar groups, Chile's UN ambassador has warned. committee that monitors al Qaeda and related organizations, said on Friday after an official visit to Cambodia.


Slipstream: Are Those Commercials Working? Just Listen

A California start-up aims to use existing technologies to measure the exposure and effectiveness of ads on broadcast media.


Times, scomparso Limarev l'informatore di Scaramella


Cutting up old cards could damage your FICO score.


One year on and deregulation disappoints


DENVER, July 16 -- Police shot and killed an armed man in the Colorado State Capitol on Monday afternoon after he walked into the offices of Gov. Bill Ritter (D) and demanded to see him, officials said.


Massive Spanish-German solar project enters second phase

The Spanish group ACS and German partner Solar Millennium said Wednesday they had begun the second phase of a massive solar power project near the southern city of Granada.


Lawyers for Australia's recording industry were launching a trial Monday against the owners of the popular file-swapping network Kazaa -- in the latest battle between copyright holders and computer users accused of music piracy.


Technology ; MPAA launches first lawsuits against movie sharers

Technology News, A trade group representing seven major movie studios filed a first wave of lawsuits against individuals they say are offering pirated copies of films using peer-to-peer file-sharing programs.


In a Jan. 31 story on The New York Times Co.'s earnings, The Associated Press erroneously identified the parent company of the former retailer Filene's. It is Federated Department Stores Inc., not Retail Ventures Inc. Retail Ventures owns Filene's Basement, a separate retail company.


Let US solve its own pharmaceutical woes

On prescription drugs, at least, Ujjal Dosanjh has his priorities dead right. The federal health minister's most important job right now is to ensure Canada's supply of pharmaceuticals.


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After the Ignition Interlock sends New Mexico DUI arrests into freefall, Mothers Against Drunk Driving pushes for rolling out the anti-drinking gadget across the land. In Gear Factor.


â¢ 2008: French bank Societe Generale uncovers an alleged $7.14 billion fraud by a futures trader who fooled investors and overstepped his authority.


It might be the ultimate dorm appliance: a refrigerator that catapults up to 10 cold brews across the room. By the Associated Press.


What does John Malone see in satellite television that Rupert Murdoch missed? That's the $10 billion question that has media experts puzzled, now that the onetime cable supremo is negotiating to secure a 38% controlling stake in DirecTV Group (DTV) from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. (NWS).


Governor heads to Germany for first economic develop trip abroad

LANSING, Mich. Gov. Jennifer Granholm and executives from western and southeastern Michigan plan to head to Germany next week to see if they can't get more high-end auto and health-related jobs for Michigan.


Gluecode releases open-source Java dev platform

Infrastructure software developer Gluecode Software Inc. plans to release Monday a new Java application development platform that ties together a number of open-source components into one integrated system.


Fast Response, Vaccine Key to Control Flu Pandemic

Another influenza pandemic similar to  the one that killed between 20 and 40 million people in 1918  could be controlled by vaccinations and preventing new  infections, American scientists said Wednesday.


Greek Community in NYC Celebrates Olympics

Inside the Athens Cafe in Astoria, Queens — the neighborhood at the heart of New York City's Greek-American community — Costas Maurikis beamed as the gold-glowing Acropolis appeared on television.


Darfur Cease-fire Not Holding, Says United Nations

A cease-fire in Sudan's Darfur region is not holding, with reports of an aerial bombardment and attacks by rebels, the United Nations said Wednesday.


"Perfect storm" behind murder in Philadelphia

Jerry Watson knows the mean streets of North Philadelphia, and he has the scars to prove it.


Il colpo nel 2005 all'Unicredit della Balduina a Roma


A drink driver who killed a 19-year-old father while trying to evade police is sent to prison for seven years.


Losa Angeles, 10:26 - BASKET, NBA: ARTEST ARRESTATO PER VIOLENZA

La stella dei Sacramento Kings, Rum Artest, è stato sospeso dal suo team a tempo indeterminat...


Human Genome Sciences could see more than $180 million from a new deal with drug maker GlaxoSmithKline. Glaxo has acquired exclusive rights to an experimental drug called Albugon, which Human Genome Sciences


A British soldier has died in an indirect fire attack in Basra, the MoD says.


Texas country singer Rick Trevino gently plucks the strings of his guitar as he sings an old Mexican folk song his father used to play for him when he was a boy.


A Umbria Jazz, nulla del fuoco visionario che li consacro'


The first large-scale trial of an HIV vaccine is set to begin in South Africa, it has been announced.


Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba is named 2006 Caf African Footballer of the Year.


British troops quitting Basra city in Iraq

British troops were quitting the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Sunday night in another step towards handing over the province to Iraqi control and paving the way for an eventual withdrawal of British forces from Iraq.


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Fannie Mae stock fell 3.1 percent in after-hours trading Tuesday after the mortgage giant disclosed that the Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation into the company's accounting had escalated into a formal probe.


Women's apparel retailers disappoint in December

Women's apparel retailers AnnTaylor Stores Corp  and Chico's FAS Inc  posted worse-than-expected sales in December, continuing a months-long trend of disappointment in that corner of the retail universe.


Hungry survivors fight over packs of noodles

Hunger and grief stalked Indonesia's devastated Aceh province yesterday as officials tried to reach remote areas where tens of thousands were thought to have died


CRS Commits $25 Million to Tsunami Relief

December 30, 2004, Baltimore, MDâCatholic Relief Services (CRS) announced a commitment of $25 million for emergency relief and long-term rehabilitation programs to assist people across the south and southeast Asia region devastated by the Dec.


ALLIED Domeq, the worldâs second-biggest spirits maker, today toasted an "excellent year" with news of a six per cent rise in annual profit.


Clinton Unveils His 'Gift to the Future'

Former President Bill Clinton, right, and President George Bush pass on the stage during dedication ceremonies for the William J. Clinton Presidential Center, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004, in Little Rock, Ark.


Northwest Recalls Idle Flight Attendants

MINNEAPOLIS -- Northwest Airlines Corp. is recalling all 1,131 furloughed flight attendants, in a move that will boost the size of of its cabin staff as it awaits a judge's ruling on whether those workers can strike.


For the Freelance Assassination of the Burmese Generals

The problem with nationalism is that it will align itself with and act in the common good of humanity only when its own interests are also served. And of course, if its interests are served by stability, which might sometimes be served by propping up corrupt regimes, such as in Burma and its supply of natural gas to India and China, no action will come at all. Agitation then to get countries to do something is pointless. National governments exist to serve that country's citizens, not humanity. That fundamental structural defect means that nations are unreliable agents of the common good. They will never act for the common good of humanity on principle alone.  However, with the rise of the Internet, we have a wonderful new tool at our disposal for the advancement of justice. A means for all of humanity to coordinate and act on the name of the human good on its own, bypassing the morally compromised and ineffectual national governments.


Newcastle manager Graeme Souness knew it was not going to be his day when Craig Bellamy was denied a last-gasp winner by Alessandro Pistoneâs back.


De La Hoya and Hatton eye possible clash

Oscar De La Hoya plans to continue fighting and has targeted Britain's Ricky Hatton for a possible clash next year.


Study: Medicare Drug Plan Will Most Aid the Poor

MONDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) -- One part of the new Medicare drug plan passed by Congress earlier this year could live up to its advance clippings and save people a lot of money. But some people could end up spending more than $750 out-of-pocket even after they participate in the program.


Ramirez's foul ball sparks argument in first inning

Manny Ramirez's foul ball down the left-field line sparked an immediate argument in an already charged first inning Friday night in the series opener between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.


F1 Survives Ford Fallout But Faces Further Hurdles

Although the International Automobile  Federation (FIA) is unlikely to confirm as much until next  month, it is now certain that 10 teams have met Monday's  deadline to sign up for the 2005 Formula One season.


Michael Jackson asks judge to drop charges

Pop star Michael Jackson accused California authorities of outrageous government conduct in seeking to have child sex charges again him dropped.


Global DSL subscriber base crosses 78m â report

With 30m subscribers added in the 12 months leading up June 30, 2004, the number of global users of the DSL broadband technology reached 78m, according to the latest data produced for the DSL Forum, the international DSL trade association, by industry


Diabetes case tied to growth hormone "doping"

NEW YORK  - Athletes who take growth hormone in an effort to enhance their performance risk developing diabetes, two doctors from the UK warn in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.


NEW YORK -- Top seed Roger Federer survived a stirring rally from two-time champ Andre Agassi to reach the semifinals of the US Open for the first time on Thursday, squeezing through 6-3, 2-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.


A stacked U.S. Davis Cup team will face a Czech Republic team that doesn't have a player ranked in the top 10.


Malato Sla potra' far staccare la spina quando vorra'


Bush prods Congress to extend domestic spying law

FORT MEADE, Maryland  - President George W. Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to expand the government's domestic spying powers permanently, saying a failure to do so would leave the country vulnerable to another terrorist attack.


Jan Lehnardt's Blog: CouchDb Views with PHP

Showing off the ever-expanding reach of the CouchDb functionlity, Jan Lehnardt has posted a new blog entry about another way (besides with Javascript) that you can make views with the CouchDb software - with PHP.   CouchDB lets you hook up any language interpreter or compiler & executor via a simple line-based protocol that gets exchanged over standard in- and output. The core PHP code to wrap the PHP interpreter around that protocol and stdio is not even 70 lines of code and 130 with a some helper functions and comments. It needs PHP 5 and the JSON extension.   A code example is included showing how to make a sample request back to the CouchDb and the script to handle the parsing. If you'd like to customize things a bit more, check out the wiki pages for the protocol to get started.


U.S. President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pledged on Tuesday to bolster Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, as Israel sought to tighten the screws on Hamas Islamists who control Gaza.


National unity government expected within days

Premier Sharon has already begun to initiate coalition negotiations with Labor, UTJ and Shas, following his significant victory at last nightâs Likud convention vote, which overturned a previous decision by the central committee nixing a coalition with


The New York Jets used a lethal 1-2 punch on the ground last night, as they bounced back from their first loss of the season by destroying the Miami Dolphins, 41-14, at the Meadowlands.


Senior Taliban Figure Killed in Pakistan

Pakistani security forces killed a top figure in the Taliban militia fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan and captured four other militants, a military official said.


Washington says it will now push for tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear activities.


Gold-medalist Bekele will compete in Boston

World record-holder Kenenisa Bekele, the Olympic gold medalist at 10,000 meters, will compete at the 10th-annual Reebok Boston Indoor Games Jan. 29 at Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center. It will be the first race in the United States for the Ethiopian.


Apple is in negotiations with two Japanese wireless carriers to sell its iPhone, but negotiations are dragging out over the critical issue of revenue-sharing, according to press reports.


Bucks' Simmons Is Expected to Be Out for the Season

The Bucks' Bobby Simmons is expected to miss the rest of the regular season because his ailing right ankle and foot will require two surgeries.


Republican Thompson to meet with Thatcher

Republican Fred Thompson, an actor  and former U.S. senator who has taken an early step toward a  2008 presidential bid, will deliver a foreign policy speech in  London and meet with former British Prime Minister Margaret  Thatcher this week.


Tra presunti terroristi anche Vip e bambini in tenera eta'


Serena Williams was all about show at the beginning of this US Open. Dress in what some would consider an outrageous manner. Tweak the tennis establishment.


Two men and a woman are held hostage over night by a gang of up to 10 armed and masked men.


Yes, boys and girls, the word for this year is 'blog'--that's blog as in 'a website that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments and often hyperlinks.


Telecom, multa di 152 milioni dall'Antitrust

Roma, 19 nov. (Adnkronos) - L'Antitrust sanziona Telecom per una cifra di 152 milioni di euro ''per aver abusato della propria posizione dominante sui mercati dei servizi di telecomunicazioni su rete fissa all'utenza affari''.


There's a lot of uncertainty surrounding the Chinese cell-phone powerhouse.


InfoWorld - Consumers starved for details about Apple's soon to be released iPhone have a few new photos and movies to peruse before getting their hands on one next week.


FreeiPods.com is busier than ever, but users complain about spam, mishandled accounts and shipping delays. The company admits there are difficulties, but blames the problems on the site's popularity, not a crumbling pyramid. By Leander Kahney.


LONDON: Australia captain Ricky Ponting admitted the form of Michael Kasprowicz had left the world champions with a problem to solve ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy which gets underway in England on Friday.


OAKLAND, Calif. -- Jake Plummer and Reuben Droughns did little wrong in turning the Denver Broncos' biggest rivalry into a rout.


Red Hat plots re-org to deal with JBoss woes

Bad Java aftertaste Red Hat is suffering from JBoss reflux, according to a pair of prominent open source software watchers.â¦


Tony Blair faces his first prime minister's questions of 2005 after a week of rumour about disunity with his chancellor.


Australia lifts a ban on cloning human embryos for stem cell research, despite strong opposition.


The Bush administration had an uneasy relationship with scientists during the first term. Will the president build bridges in the second or burn them completely? A Wired News special report.


Cable and Wireless is in talks to quit Japan by selling its money-losing Japanese unit to Softbank or an investment firm in Tokyo.


Flu shot doesn't need perfect virus match, study says

The annual influenza vaccine can protect against illness even if it isn't perfectly attuned to the flu strain going around, researchers said in a finding that may have implications for protecting people against bird flu.


PHPClasses.org: Launch of the PHP Professionals Directory

In an effort to help employers/recruiters/etc find the PHP people they're looking for, the PHPClasses.org website has launched their PHP Professionals Directory:   So, I thought to myself, instead of recommending people, I could provide a place where available PHP professionals looking for work could list. Then companies can look up the list of available professionals and contact them directly.   Developers are divided first by country, then by name and have all the contact information you'd need (address, zip, location, phone) to get in contact with the developer. You can also add your own profile to the directory to make it easier for others to find you.


By Dan Sewell  Federal investigators overstepped constitutional bounds by searching e-mails without a warrant during the fraud investigation of the head of an herbal supplement company known for its "Smiling Bob" ads, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.  The ruling by the 6th U.S.


Eight shot dead in Beirut opposition protests

Eight Lebanese opposition supporters were shot dead in Beirut on Sunday in some of the worst street violence since Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war, raising tensions in a country gripped by political conflict.


CORRECTED: British Meddling in U.S. Election Provokes Outrage

A pro-Kerry letter-writing campaign by Britain's left-leaning Guardian newspaper, targeting undecided U.S. voters, has provoked outrage across the Atlantic.


Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie in the arts world, died Monday of cancer, her manager said. She was 78.


Reports of a new tax claim dealt a blow to Yukos on Monday, as the embattled oil major announced it would cut this year's oil output forecast and defer certain tax payments because of a lack of cash.


Hometown fans to get limited glimpse of hero Yao as NBA debuts in China

Hometown fans of Chinese basketball star Yao Ming will see their hero in action for no more than 28 minutes when the NBA's first ever tip-off in China takes place this week.


Arts, Briefly: Viewers Choose American Idol

Tuesday might have been an important night for the presidential primary process, but Fox came away the big winner in the television ratings race, easily outpacing its rivalsâ election coverage. As usual, âAmerican Idolâ led over all, drawing 27.8 million viewers at 8, according to Nielsenâs estimates. At 9, Foxâs âHouseâ earned a similarly dominant 23.2 million viewers. Meanwhile, ABC, the only network to broadcast three full hours of election returns, ranked fourth over all with an average of 5.3 million viewers during prime time. CBS, which broadcast presidential primary results from 9 to 11, finished third (4.7 million). NBCâs election coverage won the 10 oâclock time slot (5.6 million), possibly benefiting from higher ratings leading into the hour. NBCâs âBiggest Loserâ averaged eight million viewers in second place from 8 to 10, behind Fox. NBC also led Monday nightâs ratings, thanks to âAmerican Gladiatorsâ (nine million) followed by âDeal or No Dealâ at 9:30 (13.2 million). Also on Monday, at 10 p.m., ABCâs â20/20â special on the death of Natalee Holloway drew 12.7 million viewers, the largest audience for â20/20â in more than a year.


Israel Severs Ties with Abbas After Bombing

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will  refuse to meet Mahmoud Abbas until the new Palestinian leader  moves against militant groups behind an attack that killed six  Israelis in Gaza, Sharon's spokesman said on Friday.


IAAF to Consider Investigating Sprinter Jones

Responding to new allegations of drug use by sprint star Marion Jones, the world governing body of track and field (IAAF) will consider today whether to conduct a formal investigation of Jones, an IAAF official said yesterday.


Economists wary of falling energy prices

It should only be this simple: Oil prices plunge 20 percent, leading businesses and consumers to ramp up their spending, which gives a nice jolt to the economy. That seems to be the conventional wisdom on Wall Street right now, where the pullback in energy prices is being cheered by investors. But some contrarians think that view could be missing the point.


US consumer prices rise 0.2 percent in September

WASHINGTON : American consumer prices climbed a moderate 0.2 percent in the month to September, curbed by a slide in energy costs.


Zimbabwe Ruling Party Picks Woman as Mugabe Deputy

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF confirmed the first woman to become his deputy on Saturday, putting her on course to succeed Mugabe when he eventually retires in 2008.


Shepherds Despair as Wolves Thrive in Croatia

The state has made them a protected species, but shepherds say Croatia's wolves are living up to their storybook reputation as the bad guys.


INTERVIEW - Pakistan says time ripe for Kashmir breakthrough

Pakistan said on Sunday the time was ripe for progress in Kashmir, cause of two wars with neighbour India, and it hoped for quick agreement on starting a bus link between the two halves of the disputed territory.


John McCririck and the mother of Sylvester Stallone are the first stars up for eviction from Celebrity Big Brother.


Carlsbad Company Wants to Liven Up Documents

By Patrick Wright, North County Times, Escondido, Calif.  Feb. 6--CARLSBAD -- First, Document Sciences Corp. wanted to change the  way you feel about financial statements. Now, it wants to make it easier for  workers to read e-mail attachments.


Chirac, prime minister say no to state support for mosques in France

In a major broadside, President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin rejected a senior government minister's idea of using state funds to build mosques and train Islamic religious leaders.


Animation industry hopes for more grown-up 'toons

From cartoon Avatars in the online  world "Second Life" to the characters in video games, U.S.  adults are embracing animation, say filmmakers, who see the  form growing up and away from Hollywood's family-friendly  cartoon staples.


CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Feb. 13 -- Two Illinois basketball players were injured when their car went off the road and slammed into a tree.


Russia says it will pay $10m for information leading to the arrest of two senior Chechen rebel leaders following the Beslan siege.


Seeking Savings, Employers Help Smokers Quit

Many companies are seeking to reduce their medical bills by paying for programs to help employees stop smoking.


British music company EMI is to axe up  to 2,000 jobs in a restructuring plan by its new private-equity  owners to save up to 200 million pounds ($392 million) a year  and recast itself for the digital age.


Nikkei Up 1 Pct, Blue Chips Rally on Data

Tokyo's Nikkei average closed over one  percent higher on Tuesday after positive U.S. retail sales data  eased concern about demand in Japan's main export market and  spurred buying of blue chips such as Sony Corp.


Roma, 14:52 - CALCIO, CATANIA: NUOVA SQUALIFICA PER PEDATA NEL SEDERE

Il difensore del Catania Christian Terlizzi emula il suo allenatore Baldini e viene squalificato per...


Bergamo, 17:13 - CALCIO, ATALANTA: CON LA LAZIO MODULO AD UNA PUNTA

Toccherà probabilmente a Loria, al rientro dopo 5 mesi di assenza per l'infortunio al ginocch...


Lawmakers have crafted a six-month reprieve for physicians facing a 10 percent rate cut when treating Medicare patients, congressional aides and advocacy groups said Tuesday.


Two Spanish police were injured by a bomb in the Basque region early on Friday in what police said was the first bombing by ETA separatist guerrillas since they ended a ceasefire in June.


Business confidence in Germany, Europe's largest economy, falls to its lowest level in more than a year.


Rite Aid official gets 10 years for fraud

harrisburg, pa.âFranklin Brown, a former Rite Aid Corp. chief counsel convicted of accounting fraud, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison by a judge who rejected his arguments that the term would be a death sentence because he is 76 and ill.


Judges in fear for their lives as Djindjic murder trial resumes

The trial of the alleged assassins of Serbia's pro-reform prime minister Zoran Djindjic, resumes today amid increasing doubts that the truth about his murder will ever be established.


Every few years someone sounds a death knell over the Democratic Party, political analyst Norm Ornstein wearily noted, and it's just about then that the party of Jefferson and Madison resurrects itself yet again.


U.S. sees possible North Korea test site activity

The United States has detected activity at potential test sites in North Korea indicating possible preparations for a nuclear test, a U.S. defense official said on Wednesday, as China urged restraint after the reclusive state said it planned a nuclear test.


Bono and Bobby Shriver on new partnerships with Dell and Microsoft, Sotheby's RED Art Auction.


Putin says terror attacks in Iraq target Bush's re-election bid

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that terrorists are aiming to derail President Bush's chances at re-election through their attacks in Iraq.


Google says its cookies will auto-delete after two years in an effort to "improve privacy".


Made in Italy guadagna il 7,2%, boom di esportazioni in Ue


I have been talking about this for a month, and I am finally starting to see more stories about the remarkable changes that begin today.


Republican Ken Blackwell and Democrat Ted Strickland wrangled Wednesday night about whether deep tax cuts would boost the state's economy or help the wealthy during the third debate in Ohio's closely watched governor's race.


Union unrest may cut into the supermarket chain's growth plans.


Up Close: Lenovo's new consumer IdeaPads

BetaNews met up with Lenovo at CES for some hands-on time with the new consumer-oriented IdeaPad notebooks.


Il ministro: 'abbiamo smentito i giornali di oggi'


DARPA whirly-wing jet gyrocraft hits noise snags

Pentagon retrocopter sent back to drawing board DARPA*, the Pentagon warboffinry outfit for whom the only field worthwhile is the left one, is having some problems with its "Heliplane" programme.â¦


Ultra-thin is in for many of the new TVs shown at the CEDIA trade show this week.


Its new ad campaign may not be focused on the right people.


JiWire Offers iPhone-Optimized Wi-Fi Finder

JiWire's service now lets iPhone users locate nearby public Wi-Fi networks.


MLB Playoffs: Yankees Take 2-0 Lead in Series Over Red Sox

In Major League Baseball playoff action, the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 Wednesday night to take a two games to none lead in the best of seven American League Championship series.


Merck's Vioxx Should Have Been Recalled Years Ago, Lancet Says

Merck & Co.'s Vioxx painkiller's heart risk was evident 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.


Australia refuses mandatory screening at regional airports

Australia's government on Monday refused to introduce mandatory passenger and baggage screening at regional airports, saying it would be too costly.


Stinking mounds of garbage piled up on the streets of Naples on Friday and officials around the country blamed organized crime and bureaucratic red tape for the city's refuse crisis.


NEW YORK - An internal survey conducted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) indicates that 66% of FDA scientists lacked confidence that the agency adequately monitors the safety of prescription drugs that are already on the market.


The chief of an Indian auction website in jail in connection with the sale of a school sex video clip is granted bail.


Passengers applaud a pilot who landed safely at City of Derry airport after one of the plane's engines shut down.


'Si tratta di guerra psicologica' ha commentato presidente


The National Hockey League, unable to  reach a new pay agreement with its locked-out players, canceled  the rest of its season on Wednesday.


Roma, 18:59 - BASKET, CONSIGLIO STATO RESPINGE RICORSO REGGIANA

Nella giornata di oggi è stato discusso l'appello che Pallacanestro Reggiana ha presentato al...


Steve Jobs lancia il servizio di vendita dei lungometraggi su iTunesal livello dei dvd. Ci vorranno 30 minuti per scaricarli, con la banda larga                                                  Apple, film online ad alta qualitÃ  Nuovi iPod, piÃ¹ piccoli e capienti                                                                                Fino a 80 Gb il modello Video. Nano piÃ¹ sottili, piÃ¹ capientie anche a colori. E lo shuffle, senza schermo, diventa minuscolo


Buckeyes won't play in NCAA or NIT tourneys

COLUMBUS, Ohio Ohio State has sanctioned its men's basketball team, barring the Buckeyes from playing in the NCAA or NIT tournaments this season.


Pop star Prince hires a firm to remove unauthorised copies of his music, merchandise and videos from the internet.


Rap star Eve is told she must wear an alcohol-detecting ankle bracelet after pleading no contest to drink driving.


Hamas and Islamic Jihad reserve judgement on peace with Israel but agree to refrain from violence.


France says new Iran resolution imminent

The U.N. Security Council's five permanent members and Germany are expected to agree Tuesday on a new resolution to pressure Iran over its nuclear program, a French diplomat said. But a U.S. official said differences over the issue remain.


Madrid, 16:01 - CALCIO, ATLETICO MADRID; AS: CLUB PRONTO A BLINDARE AGUERO

Troppe sirene attorno ad Aguero. L'Atletico Madrid comincia a temere per il futuro della sua giovane...


Dure critiche dalla sinistra e dai laici della CdlAlleanza Nazionale e Udc si schierano con l'esecutivo                                          Fecondazione, il governo si costituisce contro il referendum                                                                                Prestigiacomo: "Meglio parlarne in Parlamento"


ABC's Feels 'Housewives' Ratings Heat Sunday

ABC's red-hot "Desperate Housewives" turned positively volcanic on Sunday, delivering its highest ratings to date.


Mickelson confident despite change in equipment

Phil Mickelson remains true to his TV ads that ask: "What will Phil do next?" At the end of the most successful season of his career, Mickelson arrived


Beach Boys star Brian Wilson is honoured by the US Recording Academy, the body which awards the Grammys.


Azione simbolica manifestanti: "Provvedimento non passera'"


Ministro Ambiente, trovare misure strutturali e durature


Roma, 17:31 - NUOTO, MARIN: CON LA PELLEGRINI SOLO AMICI

Luca Marin smentisce la presunta love-story con Federica Pellegrini. "Ci tengo una volta per tutte -...


Two of a kind plot to give India spin win

KOLKATA, DECEMBER 2: The Indian team is a combination of artists, record-holders, classicists and prodigious talent but thereâs no doubt that its soul, the intangible that keeps the team ticking, lies in the rough-hewn visages of Virender Sehwag and


Biometric and smart-card technology will replace passwords to verify ID, Microsoft head Bill Gates says--again.


Yahoo announces a restructuring drive, as it attempts to simplify its business and take on rival Google.


The US version of The Office and real-time drama 24 feature in the American Film Institute's top 10 TV shows of 2006.


Lawyer challenges Ovitz spending testimony

GEORGETOWN, Del. -- Lawyers Friday challenged an account of allegedly excessive spending by former Walt Disney Co. president Michael Ovitz on dinners, magazines, a home screening room and a $2 million office renovation.


Citta' del Messico, 17:07 - CALCIO, MESSICO: TRASFERTE VIETATE AI TIFOSI

Problema violenza anche in Messico, dove negli ultimi giorni hanno imperversato i 'porras', che hann...


Supporters of President-Elect in Ukraine Push Back

Regional leaders supporting the embattled president-elect signaled an intention for the eastern section of the country to seek autonomy if the impasse persists.


An inside look at Israel's extreme right wing


Microsoft have made a beta version of their new music store available to the public. The store is entirely browser-based and does not require a separate client like iTunes.


At least 78 people were suffocated or crushed to death after being arrested and packed into police trucks following a riot in southern Thailand over the detentions of Muslims suspected of giving weapons to Islamic separatists, officials said Tuesday.


Home loan approvals in October fell to their lowest levels in nearly five years, according to figures released this morning by the Bank of England, confirming that the housing


Army medic guilty of desertion in Iraq case

WUERZBURG, Germany  - A U.S. Army medic who fled his base and refused to return to Iraq with his unit was found guilty of desertion at a court-martial on Tuesday and faces up to seven years in prison.


1950s smallpox vaccine passes dilution test

Sep 10, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - A test of smallpox vaccine made by Aventis Pasteur in the 1950s show it is still effective even when diluted, suggesting that the United States has more than enough vaccine for everyone, according to a report this week in


PRIEST-DIRECTOR SAW 'PROPER' OVITZ FIRING

Father Leo O'Donovan, a Walt Disney Co. director and Jesuit priest, testified that he believed CEO Michael Eisner had the "proper authority" to boot Michael Ovitz from the company.


Mayor Michael Bloomberg's participation in a meeting next week of independent and centrist politicians is renewing the "will he or won't he" speculation about whether he'll mount a third-party bid for president.


Southeast Asian food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. launched aA$1.78 billion ($1.37 billion) bid for Australian dairy group National Foods Ltd.


Care International suspended operations in Iraq yesterday after gunmen seized the woman who ran the humanitarian organization's work in the country.


Gordon Brown defends the new EU treaty as David Cameron says a referendum is needed to "restore trust".


Winning the 2008 Democratic Nomination will require taking down a giant, but the Iowa governor is eager to take the challenge


Former Indian Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao has been cremated with full state honours in his home state of Andhra Pradesh. Mr Rao, 83, died of heart failure on Thursday after a long illness.


'C'e' il rischio di una inqualificata protesta fiscale'


Microsoft Corp  Chairman Bill  Gates took center stage at the world's largest technology show  for the last time on Sunday and predicted that his industry was  on the cusp of the next "digital decade."


US Senate OKs 7-year Internet tax ban extension

The U.S. Senate has approved  legislation extending a moratorium on state Internet access  taxes for seven years.


Embryonic stem cell lines created without destroying embryo: study

In a bid to sidestep the ethical debate over the use of human embryos in medical research, scientists have developed a way to derive viable stem cell lines without harming the embryo.


Presidente Camera, ci sono le risorse economiche


Haji-Ioannou: 'Easy' Win Versus Stelmar Board

Former billionaire Stelios Haji-Ioannou loves winning the good fight, whether battling US movie studios, the car rental industry or travel agents.


Ryan Giggs' header gives Man Utd a fourth successive win as Spurs pay for wasting chances at Old Trafford.


NSF Announces Two Cybersecurity Centers To Study Internet ...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced 33 new projects from its $30 million Cyber Trust program, including two new cybersecurity research centers that will focus on eliminating plagues of Internet worms and viruses and on building better


Former England boss Kevin Keegan has joined the campaign for Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing to be given his chance at senior international level.


Mattel profits fall 5.2 per cent in third quarter on weak ...

Mattel Inc., the world's largest toy maker, said Monday its third-quarter profit fell 5.2 per cent due to lower worldwide sales of its flagship Barbie doll line and its Hot Wheels and Matchbox toy car brands.


A guaranteed check for life is a beautiful thing. Unfortunately, that beauty is fading.


Notes, Quotes From 2004 Campaign in Wash.

Sen. John Kerry is working, but not too hard, to keep Washington state in the Democratic column.


The elderly risk accidentally harming themselves by taking potentially lethal mixtures of medicines, an expert warns.


An inquest jury returns a verdict of unlawful killing after the death of a 16-month-old girl.


Lyricist Hy Zaret, who wrote the haunting words to "Unchained Melody," one of the most frequently recorded songs of the 20th century, has died at age 99.


Sotheby's to auction Callas letters, dresses in Milan

From love letters to evening dresses,  personal belongings of Greek-American opera diva Maria Callas  will be put up for sale in Milan in December.


REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - The California Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request from Scott Petersonâs lawyers that a new jury be selected to decide whether he should get the death penalty.


US forces kill some 25 militants in  the northern Iraqi city of Mosul after a suicide attack, the US army says.


A typhoon ripped off roofs, felled trees and cut power lines on Vietnam's central coast on Sunday, killing at least 10 people and damaging thousands of homes, officials said.


Site News: Blast from the Past - One Year Ago in PHP

Here's what was popular in the PHP community one year ago today:Clay Loveless' Blog: Monitor PHP Extension Releases with Y! PipesCommunity News: New PHP5 Framework Release - WebMeshJob Posting: HedgeCo Networks Seeks Web Design/Programming Intern (Palm Beach, FL)Community News: FirePHP Firefox PHP ExtensionWeb Development Blog: Dynamic thumbnails from websitesSebastian Bergmann's Blog: phpOpenTracker Logo ContestJob Posting: Yahoo! Seeks PHP/LAMP DevelopersRob Allen's Blog: Zend Framework Tutorial for 0.7Hannes Magnusson's Blog: PHP.net frontpage changesZend Developer Zone: PHP in Action - Chapter 7, Design Patterns. Part - IJob Posting: WAMU 88.5, American University Radio Seeks Web Developer (Washington, DC)Richard Lord's Blog: Managing 404 errors in the Zend FrameworkTerry Chay's Blog: Clever HTTPDaniel Krook's Blog: A DB2 driver for CakePHPZend Developer Zone: PHP: Performance, Scalability, and Web Services Podcast


Russian Colonel Withdraws Request For Pardon

21 September 2004 -- A Russian Army colonel convicted of kidnapping and murdering a young Chechen woman withdrew his request for a pardon today after public demonstrations of outrage in Chechnya.


Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra called a state of emergency Tuesday as coup rumors sweep Bangkok.


European shares fell Tuesday after weak German ZEW investor confidence data raised fears economic growth will dwindle and slow consumer buying weighed on the third-quarter results of Philips.


Necessario operare su redditi lavoratori e pensioni


Want to end your teen angst? Share your shame

Do you still cringe over  your teenage journal or poems you penned about unrequited love?  Share your shame and end the pain, says the creator of a live  show, Web site and now a book celebrating teenage angst.


Halliburton suffers loss on asbestos claims

HOUSTON -- Oilfield services giant Halliburton Co. on Tuesday swung to a loss in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, hurt by hefty charges from discontinued operations related to the settlement of asbestos and silica claims.


European Court Upholds Microsoft Antitrust Fine

A European court today upheld a record $689 million antitrust fine against Microsoft, another in a string of defeats for the company's business practices and one which narrows the options in its decade-long battle with continental regulators.


Court decides RAM is stored information in TorrentSpy case

Blog: Decision could mean companies may be compelled to turn over RAM data in civil cases. TorrentSpy vows to continue legal fight.


Pelosi: Bush thinking on Iraq 'impaired'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that she believes President Bush's judgment on the Iraq war "is a little impaired."


An ex-policeman is jailed for 18 years for murdering his partner at their County Londonderry home.


Oil giant BP is reviewing its global operations in response to last year's Texas refinery blast.


Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board will file a statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, notifying investors that the computer maker's board will refuse to nominate one director for re-election because he leaked confidential information to the media.


Nokia unveiled three new megapixel handsets this week in a further move towards its long-term bid to take a 40% share of the market.


Microsoft Extends Software Support to a Full Decade

Microsoft announced this week Business Ready Customer Care, an initiative that includes major enhancements to its maintenance and support program for Microsoft Dynamics, ERP and CRM applications.


NATO chiefs bid to bolster Afghan mission

NATO defense chiefs looked on Friday to   raise up to 2,500 extra troops for peacekeeping in Afghanistan   after top alliance officials conceded they had underestimated   Taliban resistance.


October 17, 2004 -- While companies take aim at iPod with a host of new players, they're also targeting iTunes, Apple's online music store.


The World Series shifts to Colorado for Game Three on Saturday, a move the Rockies hope will also bring a shift in momentum as they trail the Boston Red Sox 2-0 in the best-of-seven Major League Baseball championship.


Retiring Republican House Intelligence vice chairman says war in Iraq was unjustified

LINCOLN, Neb.  A top Republican congressman has broken from his party in the final days of his House career, saying he believes the US military assault on Iraq was unjustified and the situation there has deteriorated into ''a dangerous, costly mess.'' ...


The World Trade Organisation confirms a ruling that says the US cannot ban internet gambling.


New US guidelines say rape victims and others exposed to Aids should get anti-retroviral drugs.


Franceâs competition watchdogs do not consider iTunes a problem

With its music-download service iTunes Apple was not unlawfully exploiting its market dominance, an opinion by France's competition watchdogs, its Anti-Trust Office, concluded, thereby rejecting a suit initiated by the French daughter company of the


No Pause in Foreign Exodus from Ivory Coast

An exodus of foreigners from Ivory Coast showed no signs of easing on Saturday as African leaders prepared to met to seek ways to end the crisis in the West African country.


Fed raises interest rates a quarter point

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve raised its target for short-term interest rates Wednesday, comfortable that the economy has passed late spring's "soft patch.


Findings on Iraq by 2 UN arms inspectors

The findings released yesterday by Charles Duelfer, the chief UN arms inspector in Iraq, strengthened preliminary findings of his successor, David Kay.


Georgetown and Radford made it through a bad-tempered first half without a fist fight, resolving the only suspenseful story line in a game between a team looking to return to the Final Four and one picked to finish last in the Big South.


New Palestinian govt eyes aid but Gaza cut off

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swore in an emergency government on Sunday in a move that could bolster him in his power struggle with Islamist rivals by unlocking foreign aid in the West Bank.


QUALCOMM, China Network Systems and Taiwan Television Agree to Conduct MediaFLO Technology Trial in Taiwan

SAN DIEGO and TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 4  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated , a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data solutions, and China Network Systems (CNS), together with Taiwan Television Enterprise Ltd.


US Soldiers Charged in Iraqi General's Murder

The US military has charged four soldiers with murder in the death of an Iraqi general who died of asphyxiation while being interrogated last November in Iraq, the Army said on Monday.


Oil rises near $74 on positive US economic outlook

Oil climbed toward $74 on Friday on a  positive outlook for economic growth and fuel demand in top  consumer the United States.


LONDON - The founders of the charity group Band Aid plan to record and release a new version of Do They Know it's Christmas?. The 1984 single raised millions for famine relief in Africa and led to Live Aid


Homebuilder sentiment sinks again in Sept: NAHB

U.S. homebuilder optimism sank for an   eighth consecutive month in September to the lowest level in   more than 15 years, with a surge in the backlog of unsold homes   putting development on ice, an industry survey showed on   Monday.


Relief begins arriving in communities devastated by the Asian tsunami, as the clean-up operation continues.


New York Marchers Condemn Bush and Iraq War

Demonstrators toting colorful banners  and shouting "no more Bush" marched in Manhattan on Sunday the  day before the Republican convention opens to decry the Iraq  war and President Bush's economic policies.


Sun Reports Smaller Loss and Calls It a Turnaround

As it struggled to increase sales and cut costs, Sun Microsystems managed to reduce its net loss in the first quarter to $174 million.


Republican Mitt Romney said Wednesday he wants to protect Iowa and New Hampshire as the leadoff nomination states but also wants all states' delegates seated at next year's GOP National Convention.


Walking regularly at age 70 and beyond can help keep the mind sharp and ward off Alzheimer's disease, according to research suggesting that what is good for the heart is also good for the brain.


Nokia to add Twango platform to key software

The world's top cell phone maker Nokia   plans to build social networking technology acquired  with U.S. firm Twango into its key S60 software, a company  official said on Wednesday.


Manchester Unitedâs Â£30million central defender returned from an eight-month ban for missing a drug test and looked like he had never been away.


Bush pitches plan to expand nuclear power

Calling nuclear power an overregulated industry that needs a jump-start from Washington, President Bush on Wednesday pitched his plan to expand nuclear power generation by dealing with radioactive waste, lessening regulations and reviving nuclear fuel processing.


Northwest Air details reorganization plan

Northwest Airlines. , entered the home stretch in its quest to exit bankruptcy on Thursday, releasing details of its reorganization plan that says holders of general unsecured claims would receive stock valued at 66 percent to 83 percent of allowed claims.


Britain's Prince Charles arrives in Jordan

Britain's Prince Charles began a four-day official visit to the kingdom of Jordan on the last leg of a foreign tour that has already taken him to Turkey and Italy, an AFP photographer witnessed.


Pechino, 14:03 - OLIMPIADI 2008, CIO: INDAGHEREMO SU SFRUTTAMENTO BAMBINI

Il Cio, Comitato organizzatore dei Giochi Olimpici, ha promesso di indagare sullo sfruttamento di ba...


Two Burmese dissidents freed in release of 5,000 prisoners

At least two Burmese dissidents are among thousands of prisoners being freed by the military government in a third mass release in less than a month.


A small fire broke out Friday high up in the Ostankino television tower, Europe's tallest freestanding structure, but was extinguished within an hour and no casualties were reported, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.


Air controller protest strands 40,000 in Norway

Some 40,000 passengers were stranded in Norway when air travel over the southern half of the country was paralyzed after air controllers didn't show up for work over job reorganization plans.


KIRKUK, Iraq  - Thousands of Iraqi police and soldiers launched a major security crackdown in the restive Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Saturday, searching homes for weapons after all residents were ordered off the streets.


MI encouraged us to torture, says US soldier

BERLIN, AUGUST 29: A US soldier expected to plead guilty to charges of abusing Iraqi prisoners told a German magazine he deeply regretted his actions but said the abuses were encouraged by Military Intelligence.


Officials Reject More Oversight of Hedge Funds

The Bush administration said there was no need for greater government oversight of the rapidly growing hedge fund industry.


The dollar fell to a record against the euro Friday as traders bet the European Central Bank won't step in to weaken the 12-nation currency.


Swedish poets have broadcast their work into outer space by radio to give alien life forms -- if they exist -- a taste of earthling literature.


A headless statue of a soldier stands guard at the entrance of Somalia's "City of Death" — a fitting monument in a place once more stalked by war. An Islamic movement, accused of having al-Qaida terrorists in its ranks, and a new U.N.-backed government struggling to end 15 years of anarchy are vying for control of this nation and girding for battle.


Tyra Banks strikes a pose with 112 carats of luxurious lift and support. The model shows off this year's Heavenly '70s Fantasy bra from Victoria's Secret, a $10 million creation from jewelry designer Mouawad.


Joe Kinnear hands in his resignation as manager of struggling Nottingham Forest.


U.S. court backs native tribes on sacred mountain

An Arizona ski resort's plan to use treated sewage to make snow on a mountain sacred to several Native American tribes violates religious freedom laws, a U.S appeals court ruled on Monday.


Khartoum - Khartoum on Sunday rejected a UN report that the humanitarian crisis in Sudan's Darfur region had left 70 000 dead since March and summoned the World Health Organisation (WHO) representative to protest.


Tony Blair says talks next week designed to restore a deal that shares power in Northern Ireland between the divided Protestant and Catholic communities are a final chance to salvage the accord.


China: Confirmed Death Toll in Mine at 122

Rescuers pulled more bodies from a coal mine in central China, raising the confirmed death toll to 122 in a massive gas explosion, with 26 miners still missing, the government said Tuesday.


The uneasy relations between rival managers were strained further last night as Sam Allardyce and Graeme Souness indulged in a spot of verbal jousting after Souness had experienced


August jobs cut by 4,000, first drop in 4yrs

U.S. employers cut 4,000 jobs in August, the first time in four years that monthly hiring contracted, the government said on Friday in a report certain to boost pressure on Federal Reserve policy makers to cut interest rates.


DAVID Beckham issued a formal apology yesterday for deliberately getting booked in Englandâs World Cup qualifying tie against Wales last Saturday.


Putin vows no diversion from democratic path

Russia will remain on the path of democracy and a market economy, President Vladimir Putin vowed, despite controversial political reforms strengthing central authority over the country.


Per la vendita dell'istituto bancario a Credit Agricole


Sotto livello record di 81,24 raggiunto sull'after hour


More Sudanese refugees flee across the border into Chad following reports of renewed violence in the Darfur region.


The nation's fertility clinics vary widely when it comes to how they perform one of the most delicate aspects of their jobs: disposing of unused frozen human embryos that were created to help infertile women become


Samsung grabs top spot in N.America LCD TV market in Q4: iSuppli

Samsung Electronics  of South  Korea became the top seller of LCD TVs in North America in the  fourth quarter of 2007 as low prices helped boost shipments,  according to market research firm iSuppli Corp.


L'allevatore ha telefonato alla famiglia da un'azienda di Sedilo, nell'OristaneseE' molto provato e stanco, ma sta bene ed Ã¨ stato in grado di raccontare la sua avventura                                            Sardegna, liberato Titti Pinna Era stato rapito il 19 settembre


US Airways Group Inc. , the nation's seventh-largest airline, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday for the second time in two years, after last-ditch negotiations with pilots failed to win the airline the $295 million in pay and benefit cuts it had been seeking.


A bricks and mortar music store is transforming into a clicks and mortar presence, as the Virgin Group is launching a music store in the US.


Hackers have infiltrated the database of online job seeker site Monster, the site disclosed Thursday. According to a statement by the site, those involved set up a server that was accessing contact information of job seekers through a compromised login of one of its employer clients.


Thousands mourn elusive bandit at Indian funeral

Thousands of people in the south Indian city of Chennai have turned out for the funeral of the country's most wanted bandit, Koose Muniswamy Veerappan.


New Orleans tornado, snow in US winter weather

A winter storm brought near-blizzard conditions to much of the U.S. Midwest on Tuesday, forcing schools to close and disrupting transportation across the region, while a deadly New Orleans tornado ripped through New Orleans.


U.N. Summit Looks at Disaster Prevention

The world's nations, generous with their aid since the Asian tsunami catastrophe, must take action to be prepared for and prevent such natural events from becoming mass killers, the U.N. emergency relief chief said Monday.


SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan  - Steeling for a spring offensive, the Taliban said on Wednesday they had sent 1,000 suicide bombers to relatively quiet northern Afghanistan, a day after a suicide blast targeted Vice President Dick Cheney.


Report says Murdoch offers 44 (m) million dollars for apartment

NEW YORK Ruport Murdoch could make New York history if his reported bid to buy a three-story Manhattan penthouse goes through. The New York Times says the (b) billionaire CEO of News Corporation is offering 44 (m) million dollars for the Fifth Avenue pad.


More troops must be deployed in Darfur now, even without full equipment, the area's peacekeeping chief says.


The board of European defence firm EADS approves a long-awaited restructuring plan for Airbus.


Intel to announce new 500 million-transistor chip

Intel Corp. will announce today that it has built a fully functional test-memory chip that contains more than 500 million transistors using next- generation semiconductor manufacturing technology.


Loreo's lens lets an SLR take two simultaneous pictures of the same scene, letting people see 3D views from a print.


Many users are celebrating Mozilla's release of Firefox 1.0, its open-source Web browser. The beta version was downloaded some 8 million times.


Intelligence overhaul bill may still have life left

(Washington-AP) Nov. 21, 2004 - Opinions in Congress are split over whether lawmakers will pass a major intelligence overhaul plan before the year is out.


NL Wrap: Williams Keeps Giants in NL West Hunt

Jerome Williams pitched seven solid innings in his first start in two months to help the San Francisco Giants beat the Padres 4-1 in San Diego on Thursday.


Iraqi Government Bans Al-Jazeera "Indefinitely"

BAGHDAD, Sept 5 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - The US-allied Iraqi government has extended the closure of Al-Jazeera offices in Iraq indefinitely, not only provoking the outrage of the Qatar-based network and media watchdogs, but also casting deep


Dopo il record di ieri, guadagna 20 cent sulla chiusura


First Reserve to Buy Ingersoll-Rand Unit for $1.2 Bln

First Reserve Corp., the largest private buyout firm specializing in energy-industry investments, agreed to buy an oil and gas equipment business of Ingersoll-Rand Co.


Washington's Major League Baseball franchise today began to unveil its plans to sell season tickets, ending two weeks of delays and marking the first tangible way for fans to connect with


CBS Corp. is reaching into its past  by reviving the CBS Records name for its latest business  proposition.


Manucho double gives Angola shock victory over Senegal

Manchester United-bound Manucho scored twice as Angola hit back in the second half to shock Senegal 3-1 in a 2008 African Nations Cup Group D clash Sunday.


Police say a man has confessed to starting the fire that destroyed South Korea's greatest cultural treasure.


State Medicare group takes watchdog, education roles

The Illinois Foundation for Health Care helps the flow of services funded by Medicare, the federal health-care program for seniors, to beneficiaries in Illinois.


Google Inc. shares came within a nickel of reaching $200 on Thursday before investors buckled to weakness seen throughout the technology sector as trading came to a close.


LONDON Yusuf Islam, the British singer once known as Cat Stevens, returned to London on Thursday saying he was "totally shocked" that American officials, who barred him from entering the United States on Tuesday, considered him a potential terrorist threat


Suicide case detectives to re-examine 13 deaths

Police investigating death of 17-year-old to look at four cases that are officially closed


LONDON -- Nine terrorism suspects imprisoned without trial under tough British security laws took an appeal to the country's top court Monday, arguing that their detention was inconsistent with Britain's democratic principles.