London equities fell on Tuesday after news of increased full-year writedowns at Barclays (NYSE:BCS) took the shine off banking stocks. There was further pressure in the sector after surprise news of fresh $2.85bn losses at Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS).


Estonia's Two Biggest Parities Lead Polls as Estonians Prepare to Vote

The two largest political parties in Estonia look poised to stay in power, according to opinion polls ahead of Sunday's parliamentary election.Comment


British ex-rocker Gary Glitter, imprisoned in Vietnam for sexually molesting two young girls, on Wednesday had his three-year sentence reduced by three months, his lawyer said.


A new wave of bid activity helped European stock markets defy the gloom in the financial sector this week.


Major Creditors in Accord to Waive 80% of Iraq Debt

The agreement is a critical step in rebuilding Iraq's devastated economy and an important precedent for other creditors.


Putin says Iraq shows need for strong Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised on Thursday new nuclear weapons as part of Moscow's military build-up, saying the experience of Iraq showed the need for resource-rich countries to keep strong defenses.


Theyâre Old Friends With a New Nightly Dynamic

âNew York Nightly Newsâ represents WNBCâs move to be the first station in New York City to replace its traditional 5 p.m. newscast with one at 7 p.m.


Real Madrid host AS Roma in a game of survival

The Santiago Bernabeu will be under the spotlights when Real host Roma in a clash the loser of which will be in dire straits. Both sides are enjoying poor league form and injury worries as their new coaches


Apple schedules London press event, iPhones expected

With plans to enter Europe by the end of the year, Apple could be ready to announce who gets to carry the iPhone.


While President Bush promised Americans that Canadian help was on the way to deal with the US flu-vaccine shortage, US health officials say that's unlikely.


20 Nigerian Shell contractors missing after attack

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - About 20 Nigerians working for a contractor to Royal Dutch Shell were abducted during a Monday attack on a convoy of boats supplying oilfields, Shell sources said on Tuesday.


Sam Raimi to Create Internet Horror Series

By The Associated Press  LOS ANGELES - "Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi will help create original Internet shows for FEARnet, a horror and thriller Web site and video-on-demand provider.


Torino, 14:43 - CALCIO, JUVE; DESCHAMPS: CAMORANESI DIMOSTRA PROFESSIONALITA'

L'allenatore della Juventus Didier Deschamps parla di Mauro German Camoranesi, che contro il Vicenza...


U.S. top destination for foreign students

The United States remains the most   popular destination for foreign students, but its share of the   competitive international education market has fallen to 22   percent from 25 percent in four years, a study said on Tuesday.


Top Court Opens Term, Hears Sentencing Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court opened its  new term on Monday, with the government's top courtroom lawyer  trying to save the long-standing federal rules used to sentence  about 1,200 criminals each week.


A Los Angeles court commissioner has denied a request from Britney Spears' divorce attorney to issue a gag order in the pop star's child custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline.


Foreign terror suspect walks free in Britain, after three years in prison

An Egyptian among 12 foreign terror suspects who were jailed indefinitely without charge has walked free after spending three years in British prisons, the Home Office said.


Britain's EU 'Wreckers' Target UK Election

One of their legislators was suspended for fraud. Another outraged women by saying only brainless businessmen would hire "a lady of child-bearing age." And their most prominent face is a former BBC talk show ...


The Sundance Film Festival, which opens with âIn Bruges,â the playwright Martin McDonaghâs film debut, is one of the oddest ecosystems on earth.


I locali sono stati controllati dalle forze dell'ordine


The man who shot the late Pope John Paul II warns the current pontiff not to visit Turkey.


Sri Lankan Rebels See 'New Perspectives' After Tsunami

Tamil Tiger rebels held their first talks with Norwegian peace envoys since the tsunami on Saturday saying the disaster opened up new possibilities for a solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.


UPDATE: Australia's Orica Triples FY Net To A$327.8M

MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Following several years of cost cutting, Australia's Orica Ltd. (ORI.AU), the world's biggest maker of mining explosives, on Wednesday said net


MPs under fire for Â£3bn IT consultancy bill

PAC decries government 'profligacy' MPs and unions have lambasted the government for spending Â£3bn on external advice in areas such as IT.â¦


Oil prices climbed to within a dollar  of a new record on Wednesday after the U.S. government reported  a big decline in oil stockpiles because of disruptions from  Hurricane Ivan.


Iraq. Nuovo video mostra l'uccisione di un italo-iracheno e di un ...

L'agenzia France Presse ha ricevuto un video nel quale un gruppo integralista islamico mostra l'uccisione di due civili definiti rispettivamente "una spia turca e una italo-irachena". Nel video, datato 2 ottobre


New Backup Voting System May Pose Problems

Call it the law of unintended consequences. A new national backup system meant to ensure that millions of eligible voters are not mistakenly turned away from the polls this year, as happened in 2000, could wind up causing Election Day problems as infamous as Florida's hanging chads.


Martha Stewart says she's heading to prison

NEW YORK Saying she wanted to "put this nightmare behind me," Martha Stewart said Wednesday that she would enter a US prison to begin serving her five-month sentence without waiting to see whether an appeals court will overturn the guilty verdict a jury


Sir Menzies Campbell's Lib Dem party leadership was an "inward-looking" phase, leader hopeful Nick Clegg says.


Doctors' watchdog the General Medical Council must do more to protect patients, the latest Shipman Inquiry report says.


The Piano Man will make his Philadelphia Orchestra debut next month.


The son of the Duke of Marlborough is jailed for dangerous driving and causing criminal damage.


Helen Sellevaag knows her next fall could be fatal. At 97, she also understands her chances of falling have increased as she has gotten older, and the slightest misstep could lead to a life-threatening injury.


Incentives Likely to Boost U.S. Car Sales

A month-end sales blitz of incentives  by General Motors Corp. GM.N and Ford Motor Co. F.N to  clear out older vehicles will spur a slight rise in U.S. car  and truck sales for September, analysts said.


All'appello manca l'Italia che e' sulla buona strada


Television Review: Running and Fighting, All to Save Her Son

âTerminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,â a new Fox series that begins on Sunday, is one of the more humanizing adventures in science fiction to arrive in quite a while.


Israel Votes to Release Portion of Frozen Palestinian Funds

JERUSALEM, June 24 -- The Israeli cabinet voted Sunday to release a portion of the hundreds of millions of dollars in frozen Palestinian tax revenue, an incremental step Israeli officials said is designed to shore up the moderate Palestinian government sworn in after Hamas's violent takeover of the...


Stocks Higher on Economic Data, Earnings

U.S. stocks traded higher on Tuesday,  despite oil prices hitting a new high before falling back, as  U.S. economic reports showed an easing of inflationary pressure  and a sharp rebound in the housing market.


'Kangaroo Care' Good for Premature Infants-Experts

Continuous skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her premature infant appears to help them to thrive just as well as traditional care in incubators, according to a new report.


A -2,9% a 95,10 dollari, per esperti media 2008 su 80 dlr


French fashion designer Emanuel Ungaro, British actress Kristin Scott Thomas and French politician Nicholas Sarkozy have won entry into France's prestigious Legion of Honor.


Officials Try to Clear Up Confusion About 911 Calls

Confusion about the District's revamped 911 call center has spread across the city in recent weeks as misinformation has been posted on online community message boards and city officials have spent time parsing the definition of "emergency."


Republicans set to announce terrorism trial deal

The White House and Senate   Republicans on Thursday were reviewing a tentative deal on   legislation setting out rules for interrogating and trying   foreign terrorism suspects, and an announcement was expected   shortly.


Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani, a longtime Washington ally, has angrily rejected the Iraq Study Group's recommendations, warning that any delay in deciding the fate of an oil-rich region claimed by the Kurds would have "grave consequences."


Three dozen voters challenging the presidential election results in the Ohio Supreme Court asked to drop their lawsuit Tuesday, saying it is moot with last week's certification of the electoral vote and the upcoming inauguration.


2 Australians, 2 Asians feared kidnapped in northern Iraq

BAGHDAD - An armed Islamic group kidnapped two Australians and two East Asians in the northern Iraqi city of Samarra on Monday, the Dubai-based television broadcaster Al-Arabiya reported.


Iraq. Najaf: si applica l'accordo tra Sistani e Sadr. Consegnate le chiavi del mausoleo di Ali'. A Najaf, dopo settimane di sanguinosi combattimenti, si applica l'accordo fra l'ayatollah Ali al Sistani e il leader ribelle sciita Moqtada al Sadr.


QUEEN Elizabeth II has made a substantial donation to aid efforts for victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia, royal officials said today.


Londra, 12:47 - CALCIO, CHELSEA: DROGBA E BALLACK A DISPOSIZIONE

Dopo la sconfitta di ieri sera rimediata Champions League con il Werder Brema, risultato che comunqu...


After topping off at $92.22 a barrel before the opening bell on bullish trading in the Asian and European markets, oil was at $91.28 in midday trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.


Poland's vote pleading  is sheer hypocrisy

Comment is free: Anne Karpf:  Half of Poland's war dead were Jews - and the Polish record on Jews is a mite troublesome.


To catch a mature Lake Ontario king salmon, with the trees showing the first of their fall colors, makes for a rare fishing experience.


British horror master  Clive Barker is taking his tales of terror to the big screen  again.


JUST when you thought Tiger Woods was coming out of the slump he never believed he was in, the 28-year-old newlywed, still the biggest draw in golf, goes and blows it.


A Secret Treasure Map That Ends in Manhattan

With its ludicrous frisson of patriotism and a nod to "The Da Vinci Code," a more cynical grab for Hollywood gold is hard to imagine.


Khartoum agrees to halt military operations in Darfur

The Khartoum government on Wednesday approved to halt its military operations in Darfur to the west of Sudan. This was in a step that will push both the two main rebel movements in the region to give up their


Romania Opposition Demands Election Rerun, Alleges Fraud

Romania's centrist opposition Tuesday demanded a rerun of Sunday's general elections, alleging fraud in the electronic vote counting had helped the ruling ex-communists, who held a slim lead.


US lawmakers plan squeeze on Chevron in Myanmar

Proposed sanctions introduced in the US House of Representatives would pressure US energy giant Chevron to pull its investment from Myanmar, which rights activists say is helping prop up the ruling military junta.


No Sign Thai Bird Flu Transmission Sustained -WHO

A Thai woman who died of bird flu  possibly caught it from her daughter but there was no  indication the virus would spread more widely among humans, a  top World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday.


Court Orders Judge to Hear Fla. Suit on Vote Machines

Florida's attempts to avoid a repeat of the 2000 election fiasco took another hit late Monday when federal judges ordered a lower court to hear a lawsuit demanding that electronic voting machines be equipped to print receipts for voters.


Scientists are selecting subjects to be locked in a self-sufficient capsule to test plans for a trip to Mars.


AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Scheda del Paese Roma (Agenzia Fides)- La Sierra Leone ha unÂestensione di 71.740 km2 e confina ad ovest con lÂOceano Atlantico, a nord-ovest con la Guinea e a sud-est con Liberia. La popolazione conta 5 milioni 700mila abitanti. Storia. Nel 1462 lÂesploratore porto...


U.S. aims to give wake-up alerts on storms

In the not-too-distant future, the U.S. government would like to be able to wake up residents in the middle of the night when a hurricane or tornado threatens, perhaps by sounding the alarm on a cellphone.


Finland leads in economic competition for the second straight year

According to the World Economic Forumâs ranking, for the second straight year the most competitive economy is Finlandâs one. Finland hit the top for the quality of its public institutions and the high


Dutch government advocate favorable to Barclays bid for ABN Amro

The Dutch government's legal representative to the supreme court issued an opinion Tuesday potentially favorable to a bid by Barclays for ABN Amro, a Dutch banking giant also courted by the Royal Bank of Scotland.


Mourinho's Chelsea Beats Porto in Champions League

Chelsea beat Porto 3-1 in European soccer's Champions League, giving coach Jose Mourinho a victory over the team he led to the title last season.


Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faces a criminal inquiry over his purchase of a Jerusalem house.


A black teenager whose prosecution in the beating of a white classmate prompted a massive civil rights protest here walked out of a courthouse Thursday after a judge ordered him freed.


Letterman Makes Deal With Striking Writers

The deal will allow David Letterman to resume his show next Wednesday with his team of writers on board.


Romney promises to restore a wayward GOP

Courting party faithful Saturday, Republican Mitt Romney promised to return a wayward GOP to its core principles while rival John McCain portrayed himself as the most qualified to take charge of the country amid dangerous times ahead.


Both Sides Cite Science to Address Altered Corn

A proposal to ban the planting of a genetically modified corn strain sets up a bitter war within the European Union.


Sblocco dei fermi amministrativi, +628% rispetto al 2005


17 pilgrims die, 38 hurt in Pak. road accident

: At least seventeen Muslim pilgrims died and 38 others were injured when a bus they were traveling plummeted into a deep ravine in eastern Pakistan, police said today.


Egypt Battles Desert Locust Swarms from Libya

Egypt has killed swarms of a type of locust that has infested parts of Africa and Cyprus this year, the official Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported on Monday.


The Beanpot Tournament always brings out the best in Boston University. John Curry made 27 saves and Dan McGoff scored twice to help BU advance to its 13th consecutive Beanpot title game with a 4-0 win over Northeastern on Monday.


Taiwan sees jump in China missile build-up

Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said on Tuesday China now had 1,328 ballistic missiles aimed at the self-ruled island, up by more than a third from a previous estimate, further threatening stability in the Taiwan Strait.


Researchers Uncover Ancient Cave Engraving

An engraving thought to be 10,000 years old has been uncovered in a cave, British researchers said Monday.


SugarCRM Inc., an open-source customer relationship management (CRM) vendor, has opened a new office in Dublin to help extend its European presence.


Exaggerated claim? Danish handset maker RTX Telecom today launched what it claims is the first cordless Skype phone that doesn't require a PC. That's what the blogs are saying, at any rate. What RTX is really claiming is to have shipped the first RTX PC-less Skype handset, which is a bit like Honda making a big deal about how it's the first company in the world to ship a Civic with four wheels.â¦


Three U.S. Marines killed in Iraq's Anbar province

Three U.S. Marines died on Wednesday from wounds sustained in combat in Iraq's volatile western Anbar province, the U.S. military said in a statement on Thursday.


Nikkei down as auto and energy stocks slip

The Nikkei average fell 0.66 percent on  Monday as auto makers such as Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (7267.T)  were hit by concern about consumer spending in the key U.S.  market and energy stocks fell following a drop in crude oil  prices.


FCC clears the way for more companies to offer the alternative form of Net access. The US Federal Communications Commission this week cleared the way for power companies to roll out broadband over power line


Sony Computer Entertainment said it and  Immersion Corp.  agreed to end a patent litigation and  entered into an agreement to explore the inclusion of  Immersion's technology in Sony's PlayStation format products.


Noontime Web Video Revitalizes Lunch at the Desk

For Web video, lunchtime has become the new prime time, and media companies have started responding.


Weak US jobs data delivers blow for Bush

President Bush's re-election hopes suffered a blow yesterday with news that the economy created just 96,000 new jobs in September, considerably fewer than expected.


NASA to outsource rides to space station?

Blog: With that purpose in mind, space agency plans to share info with private industry.


Rolling a lucky 7: Schilling wills series to an ultimate game

Blood soaked through his sock, but Curt Schilling paid it little attention. He had a game to worry about, and he hadn't even taken the field.


A Francoforte il titolo supera livello chiusura ieri a NY


Kate Walsh says she had a Bridezilla moment while prepping for her upcoming wedding.


Terror strike fears as two airliners crash

EMERGENCY workers searched through heaps of twisted metal yesterday in a bid to find out what caused two airliners to crash almost simultaneously, killing all 89 people aboard and raising fears of a terrorist double strike.


All Brazilian Tony Kanaan had to do was finish fourth or better Sunday at California Speedway regardless of what his Andretti Green Racing teammate, Brit Dan Wheldon, did and the


Messaggio a fondazione Gorrieri: problema bassa natalita'


A department of the bleedin' obvious special report Liverpool John Moores University has evidently opened its own department of the bleedin' obvious by revealing that rock and pop stars often die prematurely because of their penchant for a fast-track lifestyle fuelled by drugs and booze, The Daily Telegraph reports.â¦


CBS on Tuesday said it expects to finish the November ratings "sweep" as the No. 1 network by all key measures for the first time since 1980, when "Dallas" and "M*A*S*H" graced its prime-time schedule.


UK advertising group WPP beats France's Havas to win a bidding war for US firm Grey Global which could cost as much as Â£750m.


A bus driver who posed as a Falklands war hero during a veterans parade admitted his actions were "stupid".


Israeli TV Says Arafat Health Has Worsened

Israeli television said on Wednesday  that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's health had  deteriorated.


KABUL, Nov 7 - Kidnappers who have threatened to kill three UN workers in Afghanistan have agreed to give the government until Tuesday to find and release 26 Taliban prisoners, a spokesman for the kidnappers said on Sunday.


Investment bank Lehman Brothers  Holdings Inc. on Tuesday said quarterly earnings rose 5  percent, easily beating analysts' estimates, on strength in its  top-ranked bond business and growing investment banking  revenue.


Q&A:      &#39In My Mind, I Haven&#39t Reached My Vision&#39

BRUSSELS, Nov 1 (IPS) - New York&#39s Carnegie Hall was akin to a  pilgrimage site in September when Sonny Rollins marked the 50th  anniversary of his debut at the revered venue. Jazz musicians and  aficionados who have drawn inspiration from the self-named  Saxophone Colossus turned out in droves: Lee Konitz, John Zorn,  Pat Metheny and Joe Lovano were all spotted, as were the rock  star Lou Reed and his wife Laurie Anderson.


The Queen will be at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh for the royal opening of its third session.


Blast Near Convoy of Palestinian Security Chief

A car bomb exploded near the convoy of a Palestinian security chief in the Gaza Strip as it left a security headquarters on Tuesday, witnesses said.


Any EU roaming action would be wholesale: Reding

Any mandatory EU intervention to cut  the price of sending text messages or using the Internet while  traveling abroad would be limited to the wholesale level, the  European Union's top telecoms regulator said on Thursday.


GOLF: Stolz goes from the cellar to top shelf

FAIRY tales don't come any more fanciful than The Andre Stolz Story, a real-life biography which throbbed to a thunderous climax in the appropriate setting of Las Vegas yesterday.


Bergamo, 23:35 - CALCIO, ATALANTA; DEL NERI: VITTORIA DEDICATA A RUGGERI

"Abbiamo affondato il Milan in modo perdetto. Loro forse hanno pagato lo sforzo della gara con l'Ud...


A computer decision analysis system could help cut the rate of Caesareans performed in the UK, experts claim.


Bhutto's Husband Arrested in Murder Inquiry

Police today arrested the husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhuttoâs in connection with the killing of a former judge and his son in 1996.


Five foreigners kidnapped in Nigeria as armed group ends truce

Armed men kidnapped five foreigners in oil-rich southern Nigeria early Wednesday, the same day the country's most prominent militant group announced it would end a truce with the government.


Iraqi police detain beggars and mentally ill people found on the streets who could be exploited by militants.


In Teeming India, Water Crisis Means Dry Pipes and Foul Sludge

A crisis decades in the making has reduced middle-class people in New Delhi, IndiaÂs richest city, to foraging for water.


Texas Wins Rose Bowl on Last-Second Field Goal

PASADENA, Calif. (Sports Network) - Dusty Mangum hit a  37-yard field goal as time expired to hand No. 6 Texas a  dramatic 38-37 victory over 13th-ranked Michigan in the 91st  Rose Bowl.


"Kremlin turf war" moves into Russian court

Russia's state arms exporter has filed a  lawsuit against a businessman who said it was seeking to grab  private assets, the latest salvo in what analysts have said is  a turf war raging behind the scenes between Kremlin clans.


The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review for the second time the death penalty case of a convicted Texas killer whose sentence justices previously overturned.


Harmony Gold, which has managed to acquire only 10,8% of Gold Fields in the first stage of its hostile take-over bid, put a brave face on its offer yesterday, saying it would immediately launch the second part of its offer for the remaining shares.


ISN SECURITY WATCH (14/12/04) - Talks aimed at ending the war in Sudanâs western Darfur region are teetering on the brink of collapse.


A girl born in Peru with "Mermaid syndrome" takes her first steps after surgery to separate her fused legs.


Police arrest a man as part of investigations into threats against celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver and Rick Stein.


Dato 2006 in chiaro per il gruppo controllato da Mediaset


Hong Kong refuses surgeon permission to operate on Estrada

Hong Kong medical authorities have refused permission for deposed Philippine president Joseph Estrada's surgeon to operate on him.


Labour Set for Win, But Blair's Time Limited

A Labour Party victory in this year's  British election looks a sure bet, analysts say, but a weaker  majority will probably prompt Prime Minister Tony Blair to  resign some time over the next two to three years, a Reuters  poll shows.


Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers objected Friday to a characterization that he second-guessed or doubted war plans drawn up by Gen. Tommy R. Franks, then chief of the U.S. Central Command, six days before the United States launched the war in Afghanistan against al Qaeda and the Taliban.


Forcing Iran to halt uranium enrichment illegal: ElBaradei

VIENNA (MNA) -- UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei said on Saturday that obliging Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment program is illegal, but Iran should suspend all enrichment-related activities in order to restore confidence after all the


U.S., UK back Berlin's G8 hedge fund initiative: paper

Germany has won support from the United  States and Britain for an initiative to tighten controls on  hedge funds, a newspaper reported on Monday.


Zimbabwe has registered a 2.5 percent decline in HIV infection rates, and the number of AIDS deaths also is dropping, the government said Thursday, crediting its "tireless efforts" to fight the pandemic.


Austria, Switzerland may lose Euro 2008: UEFA

UEFA is threatening to remove soccer's 2008 European Championship from joint hosts Austria and Switzerland.


Australian scientists create test to detect blood doping

Australian researchers have come up with a world first accurate test to detect blood doping in athletes. The test was developed by researchers from Royal Prince Alfred Hospital


Mormons Name New President Amid Increased Scrutiny

Thomas S. Monson, a longtime Mormon leader who has served in the top echelon of the church for more than 40 years, will head the 13 million-member faith, Mormon church officials announced today.


After 50 Years, Still No Time for Cheap Sentiment

Most directors do not go on to make one of their best films after receiving their lifetime achievement Oscars. But most directors do not have the stamina of Sidney Lumet.


Sidney Lowe always knew how to beat North Carolina as a player. The first-year coach proved he can also top the Tar Heels from the sideline.


Hundreds of people are expected to attend the funeral service for murdered schoolgirl Danielle Beccan on Friday.


Apted back with fascinating "49 Up" documentary

NEW YORK  - Michael Apted's landmark films documenting the lives of a disparate group of Brits in seven-year intervals have always been fascinating from a sociological perspective. But the latest installment proves that they are undeniably brilliant cinematically as well.


Microsoft says no plans to cut Xbox Japan price

Microsoft Corp.  has no plans now to cut the price of its Xbox game console in Japan, where it trails far behind rival machines from Nintendo Co. Ltd.  and Sony Corp. .


Merrill Lynch co-president Ahmass Fakahany, one of people behind its  sub-prime investments, leaves the firm.


The government gives planning approval for the world's first large-scale wave farm off the Cornish coast.


Big Papi, meet Double X. It is here, on the soil of Jimmie Foxx's native Maryland -- go to his hometown of Sudlersville, on the state's Eastern Shore, and you will find a life-sized bronze statue of Foxx for which his nephew, Dell, served as model -- that David Ortiz will continue his assault on Foxx's Red Sox ...


OGGI SU INTERNET/ITALIA - Benedetto XVI: mantenere desta la sensibilitÃ  per la veritÃ  Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Invitare sempre di nuovo la ragione a mettersi alla ricerca del vero, del bene, di Dio....


Sony Ericsson Unveils First Windows Mobile Handset

New entries include Walkman and Cyber-shot handsets, plus an Xperia with a custom interface concealing Microsoft's usual look.


US Sees Chances of Saddam Trial in 2004 'Remote'

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


Palestinian witnesses say at least 20 Israeli tanks backed by two helicopters have rolled into north Gaza.


Stanford center turns to Sun Blackbox for extra capacity

When the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) wanted to increase its computing capacity last year it considered a satellite datacenter or an extension to the existing building, but in the end it chose a faster and more novel approach: it ordered a datacenter in a box.The center, which does high-energy physics research for the U.S. Department of Energy, was one of the first customers for Sun Microsystems' Project Blackbox, which takes standard shipping containers 20 feet by 8 feet by 8 feet (6.1m x 2.4m x 2.4m) and turns them into mini datacenters that can be delivered and operational in a few weeks, according to Sun.SLAC's Blackbox was delivered in July last year and was up and running by September. Aside from a few challenges -- like figuring out how to service the unit when it's raining -- the center is pleased with its choice and in the process of installing a second unit.It is one of four customers that Sun identified Tuesday to illustrate momentum for Project Blackbox. It also renamed the product the Sun Modular Datacenter, or Sun MD. The boxes start at $559,000 without the "payload," or the computers inside, and Sun will ship them around the world for an extra fee. Delivery to Amsterdam by air, for example, costs about $15,000.SLAC turned to Project Blackbox because it needed to expand its compute capacity fairly quickly. "The datacenter here was at its capacity, especially in terms of the electrical service to the building and the amount of heat we could take back out. And the experiments needed their next year's worth of computing," said Chuck Boeheim, SLAC's assistant director of computing services.Modifying its existing datacenter to accommodate another major electrical feed and "chiller plant" would have taken one to two years and cost several million dollars. "We also looked at doing a satellite datacenter in a smaller building, but with the approvals and lead time that was a couple of years out as well. Blackbox was something we could do very quickly," Boeheim said.The raw shipping containers are customized by a subcontractor, and Sun typically installs the payload before delivery. SLAC's Blackbox arrived on a flat-bed truck last July, fitted with 252 Sun Fire X2200 rack-mount servers, the same type it uses in its datacenter. Sun had also wired the servers to a Cisco Catalyst 6509 switch that SLAC provided before delivery.Boeheim described the process in a white paper on his Web site, along with photos and time-lapse videos that show the box being hoisted into place by a crane.Customers can put other vendors' hardware in the unit, but not all equipment will fit. SLAC bought some Dell PowerEdge 1950 servers that it wanted to put in its second Blackbox, but they were too long for the server racks. Instead it will move some existing Sun servers to the box from its datacenter, and put the Dell machines inside the building instead.The computing center already had a 4-megawatt substation serving its area of the site. "So it was a fairly simple matter to put a 220-kilowatt power pane on the outside of that and bring up a fairly standard chiller unit and put that on a concrete pad next to the Blackbox. Both of those things could just be fork-lifted in and connected up," Boeheim said.SLAC wanted to do a rigorous installation that would last several years, so it spent a few weeks getting the unit hooked up. It had to reconnect about half the power cords which had shaken loose during the truck ride. Aside from that the installation went smoothly and the machines were turned on for batch work Sept. 25, about two months after delivery. The 60-ton chiller and the outside power unit were also delivered in that time.Servicing the unit has presented some challenges. "We're trying to figure out how to do it on a day like today when it's pouring with rain," Boeheim said recently. "The wind doesn't have to be blowing very hard for the rain to blow in the end, and you pretty much have to open both ends of the box to service it,"It's quite cramped in the box, he said, and both ends need to be open so that a person can maneuver when a server rack is slid out into the narrow central aisle."Our stance right now is to wait for a clear day to open it up," he said. Two people are needed to service the box in case one gets trapped inside or injured, he wrote in the white paper on his Web site. SLAC put a phone in the box in case someone gets locked in.The first Blackbox gave the center a roughly 25 percent boost in computing capacity, and the servers have been running as smoothly as their counterparts inside the datacenter, Boeheim said. "Once we got them turned on they just ran. We went a full 30 days not even opening the thing." He put rack servers in the box rather than storage gear, because storage gear tends to need servicing more often, he said.Sun's Blackbox won't be for everyone. Brookhaven National Laboratory, on Long Island, New York, considered a Blackbox but decided on a new wing for its datacenter instead, Boeheim said. SLAC's experience may have been easier than that of an average business because it is a federal government site located on county land. A business in a city may need more planning permissions and permits.A few other companies offer comparable products, such as the Ice Cube from Rackable Systems, and the Infrastructure Express from American Power Conversion.Sun said it is happy with the momentum for Blackbox, although it wouldn't say how many customers it has. The other three it named are Hansen Transmissions, a Belgian industrial manufacturer that is using one at a new plant in India; Mobile TeleSystems, Russia's largest mobile operator; and the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in the Netherlands.Most of the customers had no room to add capacity in their datacenters, said Darlene Yaplee, vice president for integrated platforms in Sun's systems marketing group. "Half the customers are using it while they build extra datacenter capacity, and then it will remain for disaster recovery," she said.The next size up in standard shipping containers is 40 feet long. "We could do 40 feet technically, but most people have been happy with 20 feet," Yaplee said. Boeheim said he'd probably choose a wider box rather than a longer one, which would accommodate his Dell 1950 servers.


NYSE says could set up rival London exchange: report

The NYSE Group Inc  could create  a new exchange in London if its purchase of Euronext   does not deliver the international share listings business it  expects, its chief executive said in an interview.


Fail to account for commissions in your taxes, and you'll pay unnecessarily.


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A Gaza e a Ramallah, ci sono feriti e almeno una vittima


Google Profit Multiplies in Fourth Quarter

Google Inc. yesterday reported that profit skyrocketed more than sevenfold in the fourth quarter, a jump executives attributed to various factors, including higher prices paid for ads and a larger amount of Internet advertising from the 1,000 biggest U.S. companies.


Public Voicing Doubts on Iraq and the Economy, Poll Finds

A new poll offered a conflicting portrait of the nation's view of President Bush that was evident during last year's election campaign.


CLOSE calls, bad misses, dubious refereeing and a generous sprinkling of heroic defending all mingled to a potpourri that Manchester United found too odious for their liking.


Staff outraged by General Motors' plans to slash up to 12,000 jobs in Europe have stopped work at a plant in Bochum, Germany, its works council said on Friday.


O'Reilly Harassment Case Settled Out of Court

Fox News Channel commentator Bill  O'Reilly and a female co-worker who had accused him of sexual  harassment have reached an out-of-court settlement, agreeing to  drop all allegations against each other, his lawyers said on  Thursday.


Iliadis Takes Greece's Second Gold with Judo Win

Greek teenager Ilias Iliadis swept up the Olympic host country's second gold medal on Tuesday, winning the men's judo under 81kg category.


Robby Ginepri heard the news at breakfast before heading out to play Wednesday: He was the last U.S. man in the French Open. By early afternoon, he was gone, too, making Americans 0-9 in the first round, the country's worst showing at Roland Garros in at least 40 years.


Iraqi Shia militiamen in the Sadr City area of Baghdad are due to start handing in heavy weapons on Monday, under a deal with the government.


If he wanted, the Barack Obama of today could have a pretty good debate with the Barack Obama of yesterday. They could argue about whether the death penalty is ever appropriate. Whether it makes sense to ban handguns. They might explore their differences on the Patriot Act or parental notification of abortion.


Flu cruise operator cuts back popular service to Canada

Cruise operator, Victoria Clipper, started offering flu shot cruises to Canada for Americans desperate to get their vaccine soon after it was announced that the USA had lost 48% of its flu vaccine doses.


The company on Friday posted a 20-minute guided tour of the device that is one of the most exhaustive looks yet at that iPhone thing you might have heard about. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


Gateway Will Buy Back Stock From America Online

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 2 -- Computer maker Gateway Inc. said Tuesday that it had agreed to repurchase stock held by America Online Inc.


10/19/04 Poll: Bush Lead Over Kerry Widens

Two weeks before Election Day, President George W. Bush (search) leads Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry (search) in the race for the White House, according to a FOX News poll released Tuesday.


Randal Grichuk tried to play down the fact that he's the only returning U.S. player in this year's Little League World Series. But, maybe experience does count for something.


Palestinian tunnellers undermine Israeli defences

The Israeli Defence Forces acknowledged today that it has no high-tech answers to the latest crude method of warfare used by Palestinian militants - explosives-packed tunnels dug under heavily fortified army outposts.


A Spanish court orders the capture of two US boats if they leave Gibraltar, amid a row over shipwreck treasure.


Schering-Plough to buy Akzo's Organon for $14.5 bln

Akzo Nobel said on Monday it was selling its pharmaceuticals unit Organon BioSciences to Schering-Plough for 11 billion euros ($14.5 billion), dropping plans to float it in a public share offer.


Southwest earnings fall on higher fuel costs

Southwest Airlines Co. , the  leading U.S. discount carrier, posted a 16.5 percent drop in  second-quarter earnings on Wednesday on higher fuel costs and  sluggish demand.


One section of the Patriot Act was ruled unconstitutional yesterday by a federal judge. The section, 505, gave the FBI power to demand information from companies without a court order and bars recipients of


Russian authorities cancel a London exhibition of paintings because Britain failed to guarantee the art would be returned.


Loss to Georgia Tech still stings Jayhawks

LAWRENCE - Not until this week did Kansas take a look at the tape of last spring's Elite Eight overtime loss to Georgia Tech. The tape might have stayed on the shelf even longer if the Jayhawks weren't meeting


Final 9/11 Bill Unlikely Before Election

The Senate prepared Wednesday to fulfill an election year promise by approving a massive reorganization of the U.S. intelligence network in line with some recommendations the Sept. 11 commission suggested after finding widespread failures.


Change in Hardiness Map Causes Some Skepticism

By Eric Olson  OMAHA, Neb. - Fred Jaeger doesn't care what the National Arbor Day Foundation says. He's not going to attempt planting magnolia trees on his land in a Utah mountain valley.   He'll stick with Canadian chokecherries and ash.


GM's Super Bowl robot ad draws criticism

A Super Bowl ad showing a quality-obsessed General Motors Corp. robot jumping off a bridge in a dream sequence after screwing up on the job is drawing criticism from a suicide prevention group.


A fourth case of foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed in the Egham area of Surrey, officials say.


Music: A Jet-Setting Maestro Sets a Brisker Pace for Beethoven

Bernard HaitinkÂs to-do list: Beethoven symphonies (all nine), then take on Chicago.


Space Station Crew May Have to Return Home

MOSCOW - Echoing what NASA (news - web sites) officials said a day earlier, a Russian space official on Friday said the two-man crew on the international space station could be forced to return to Earth if a planned resupply flight cannot reach them with


Rehnquist illness sets up fight over Supreme Court

With the presidential race over and Chief Justice William Rehnquist ill with thyroid cancer, the Washington advocacy establishment -- that vast machinery of special-interest


UPDATE 2-Ibrahimovic winner keeps Juve four points clear

Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic grabbed a 75th minute winner as Serie A leaders Juventus came from behind to beat Lazio 2-1 at the Delle Alpi stadium on Sunday.


Three New Security Holes Plague Windows XP

According to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, a security firm that tracks vulnerabilities, there are three new dangerous flaws in Windows XP.


PopGavamail is a POP3 proxy server for the famous Gmail webmail service. It uses the g4j library to talk with gmail. v0.1.4 has been released for users using Java 1.4.2 to be able to run/compile the program.    You can read the release notes at:   https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=120786&release_id=281215 and download the packages from: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=120786.  A mailing list has also been created for gavamail users. You can subscribe to the list at:  http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gavamail-users This list is intended to be for users with difficulty in running gavamail to report their problems so that the developers(s) can then look to solve them.


Amateur astronomer looks at the eclipse of the moon through a telescope on Vodno mountain, south of Macedonia's capital Skopje, early Sunday, March 4, 2007.Comment


And it's a large shadow hanging over the Baltimore Ravens. A shadow big enough to cover 5-11, 245 pounds. A shadow big enough to blot out the Jacksonville sun.


Beavers begin Pac-10 play against Stanford

The Beavers jump into conference play tonight when they face Stanford, which has everything it needs to live up to its preseason pick as the conference's top team.


Radiohead's offer inspires musician, who wants classical music to reach a new audience.


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Per centro studi viale Astronomia Italia e' vaso di coccio


Andy Roddick used his big serve to put the United States in the Davis Cup finals, defeating Jonas Bjorkman 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-4 Sunday in a clinching victory over Sweden.


The reports coming out of Kansas over the weekend seem beyond grisly, as if pulled from a horror movie: a woman kills an expectant mother, rips a baby girl from the victim's abdomen, then


Leaders consider compromise to prevent global rupture in Anglican communion.


Simpson's No. 1 'Autobiography' Hits Million Mark

NEW YORK (Billboard) - MTV chanteuse Ashlee Simpson logged a third non-consecutive week atop the US pop charts Wednesday as her debut release "Autobiography" breezed past the one million sales mark.


While many consumers are standing in line to get their hands on a $500 iPhone, Apple's new toy is not the only major release in the technology world today. Indeed, Friday also marks the release of version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GPL).


A deer hunter shot and killed five people and wounded three others after he was spotted on private land and was asked to leave, authorities said.


Israeli in charge of removing settlers faces 'treachery' anger

YONATAN Bassi chuckled when asked if he had just taken on the toughest job in Israel. "Iâm not afraid of anything," said the Israeli who has been appointed head of the body charged with overseeing the removal


Military told to stop mandatory anthrax shots

WASHINGTON -- For the second time in a year, a federal judge on Wednesday ordered the military to stop requiring anthrax vaccines for US military personnel.


The Bolivian and Brazilian leaders  reach agreement on raising the price of Bolivia's natural gas exports to Brazil.


New Citigroup CFO may get nearly $10 million in 2007

Citigroup Inc.'s  new chief  financial officer Gary Crittenden may be paid close to $10  million this year, including as much as $9.5 million in  incentive awards, the company said on Thursday.


The HIV/Aids pandemic is the worst catastrophe in history and is blighting childhood across the developing world, especially sub-Saharan Africa, the United Nations said yesterday.


The Food and Drug Administration launched an effort this week to use radio frequency identification technology to track the nation's drug supply from manufacturer to pharmacy to reduce counterfeiting.


Woman held in UK bomb plot released without charge

British police said on Thursday they had released without charge the only woman among the eight suspects held in the case of failed bomb attacks in London and Glasgow last month.


WTO Will Probe U.S. Duties on Some EU Steel

The World Trade Organization (WTO) launched a probe on Monday into a complaint by the European Union that the United States had failed to drop illegal import duties on some EU steel products.


The United States reassured Turkey over a military operation in northern Iraq which has reportedly claimed the lives of ethnic Turkmen civilians, but Ankara appeared unimpressed.


Pakistani troops raid two terrorist hideouts

PAKISTANI troops backed by artillery and aircraft attacked two suspected terrorist hideouts near the rugged Afghan border yesterday, killing and wounding a number of militants, Pakistan army and security officials said.


In a victory for President Bush, a divided federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Guantanamo Bay detainees cannot use the U.S. court system to challenge their indefinite imprisonment. A Supreme Court appeal was promised.


England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson names his squad to face Spain on Saturday.


Internet sleuths are turning their attention to the mystery of Lonelyboy43


Socceroo goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer says fans should not expect Australia to rout the Solomon Islands in Saturday's first leg of the Confederations Cup qualifiers.


Kerry, Bush exchange blows over Iraq as president addresses UN

Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry on Tuesday renewed his pointed attacks on President George W. Bush's handling of Iraq, accusing him of failing to "level with the world's leaders" about the war during his speech at the United Nations.


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(InfoWorld) - Ask Plone users what they like best about the open source content management software and chances are a key feature they'll list along with ease of use and multilingual support is the community of experts that's grown around the product. Having access to knowledgeable people is of particular importance to Plone users right now as the software, which is based on the open source Zope Web application framework, continues to incorporate more and more Zope 3 functionality. There's a sizable skills gap among users who are familiar only with earlier versions of the application server and not the most recent release. The community is also putting the finishing touches on version 3.0 of Plone itself due out next month. Plone, named after a British electronica band, began life in 2000 as an attempt by the project's co-founders Alexander Limi in Norway and Alan Runyan in the United States to create a more user-friendly interface or skin for Zope 2. Plone helps users manage documents, files, and images through a Web interface and also lets them publish that content to the Internet or to an intranet. Earlier this month, Limi announced that more thanÂ 1 million copies of Plone had been downloaded so far from the Plone.org Web site. One way of getting Plone users together is aÂ sprint, a three- to five-day meeting where participants work in small groups to develop, test, and document new functionality for the software. The latest sprint took place in Boston and focused on improving the handling of audio and video files and images in the Plone4Artists software bundle used for creating portal Web sites. Aaron VanDerlip, from nonprofit relief agency Oxfam America, was among the participants. The organization's Web site is based on Plone. He said the site's mettle was tested and proved strong and stable when donors flocked to make online contributions to Oxfam to help the survivors of the terrible tsunami that rocked South Asia on Dec. 26, 2004. Looking to the future, Oxfam would like to add audio and video to its Web site both as a way to attract more donations for its relief work and to show donors how their money has been spent. VanDerlip is also keen to see a lower-bandwidth version of the site accessible to those with limited connectivity options as well as catering to the needs of people visiting the site from their mobile phones. The Nature Conservancy, a conservation organization that works worldwide to protect ecologically important lands and waterways, uses Plone to power the ConserveOnline open forum where environment groups, government agencies, and private landowners can come to exchange views. The site also makes a variety of conservation resources available, including documents and maps and enables users to create small Web sites or workspaces to flag particular environmental problems they're working on to solicit both feedback and assistance. The Nature Conservancy is a longtime Zope user, and that's how it discovered Plone about three years ago, according to Sally Kleinfeldt, senior technology architect, technology and information systems, at the organization. Previously, the charity had developed its own custom content management applications based on Zope and a small raft of these legacy applications are still in use. Although no decision has been made, over time The Nature Conservancy would look to rewrite or replace those applications using Plone. In terms of Plone4Artists, the Conservancy is particularly interested in how the software handles content that contains embedded GIS (geographic information system) data. Web services are another important Plone feature, Kleinfeldt said, as the Conservancy looks for ways to enhance information sharing across different environmental organizations and enable mashups. David Siedband is a Plone developer who's been working with environmental groups at the grassroots level. While a large entityÂ such asÂ The Nature Conservancy may move slowly in adopting new technologies, state and local groups can respond much more quickly and may not be subject to the same legal restrictions in terms of sharing land data. Those groups are moving ahead with embracing audio and video and when new forays into technology prove successful, those moves can "bubble up from the field" and later be taken on by the likes of The Nature Conservancy, Siedband and Kleinfeldt noted. Utah State University is using Plone as the content management system for its eduCommons OpenCourseWare management system. EduCommons helps universities develop and manage educational material from their undergraduate and graduate courses that they've decided to make available to everyone for free online. The university has done a lot of work around dealing with copyright issues and is donating that effort back to Plone. Universities in Cuba, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United States are already using eduCommons and Utah State is in discussions with universities in China, said David Ray, developer at the University's Center for Open and Sustainable Learning. Software vendor Novell's global training services unit is also a fan of eduCommons, using it to make educational material available for its Novell authorized courses and other customer training information. Novell also uses Plone to power its novell.com Web site. The company turned to Plone after finding Web content management software from Vignette didn't provide the functionality the software vendor was looking for in terms of support for multiple languages and different types of content. Nathan Sandland, an independent consultant, has been helping Novell adopt Plone and notes two other teams within the vendor are also using the open source content management software. As Plone users get to grips with Zope 3 and start becoming familiar with Plone 3, there's another issue to consider: when the open source software will move to the latest version of the GNU general public license (GPL). Plone is currently made available under GPLv2, whileÂ GPLv3 debuted at the end of June. The topic's likely to be on the agenda at the annual Plone Conference due to take place in Naples, Italy, in October.


David Farber: FCC 700-MHz Spectrum Auction a Hot Contest

Carnegie Mellon professor and telecommunications expert David Farber explains what's at stake in the January 2008 FCC auction of spectrum in the 700-MHz band -- spectrum that Google has expressed interest in.


RCN, a US provider of cable television, phone and Internet service, filed a plan on Monday to exchange $1.2 billion in unsecured debt for all of the equity in the company by the end of the year, when it expects to emerge from bankruptcy court.


People searching for online health advice prefer sites with "a human touch", a study suggests.


FBI Copies Computer Hard Drive in Israel Probe

FBI agents copied the computer hard drive of a senior official at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in their investigation of a Pentagon analyst suspected of turning over classified information to Israel, people familiar


A VIRTUAL crime simulator expected to be one of the biggest selling computer games of all time has been hit by techno-pirates. The Edinburgh company Rockstar North has made a fortune from its detailed virtual worlds where crime is the aim of the game.


HARMONY is set to become the world's biggest gold producing mining company in just four months. This week Harmony moved closer to successfully concluding its hostile bid for rival Gold Fields.


Millions of Muslims across the world begin observing the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.


Kashmiri leaders can visit Pakistan: Indian minister visits valley

SRINAGAR, Nov 6: India's Home Minister Shivraj Patil said here on Saturday that there were no restrictions on anyone wanting to travel (to Pakistan).


The Width of a Stitch, the Blue of a Sash

Corporate ownership is changing the face of haute couture.


US Intensifying Bombing Attacks on Falluja Sites

American forces stepped up their pressure on the insurgent-controlled city of Falluja on Friday, unleashing an aerial and artillery bombardment of


Testaverde Finds Itâs Hard to Remain Retired

Vinny Testaverde struggled with his decision to play football again because he wanted to put his family first. But Carolina was close enough to home to help him make his choice.


New York Presses To Deploy More Bioweapons Sensors

NEW YORK -- City officials last month quietly activated some of the nation's newest generation of early warning sensors to detect a biological attack, turning on a limited number of filing-cabinet-size air filters in sensitive, high-volume areas of Manhattan.


Cars has won the best film prize at the 34th Annie Awards, which honours the best in film and TV animation.


Congress is taking a close look at suspiciously timed stock options for top company executives, a corporate practice that is a source of anger for shareholders and the subject of federal investigations.


Palestinian Organized Taba Bombs, Died in Blast

A Palestinian driver targeting Israelis masterminded bombings that killed 33 people at Egyptian resorts on Oct. 7 and he himself died in one of the explosions because the timer was badly set, Egypt said on Monday.


UK online betting exchange Betfair signs a deal with search engine Yahoo,  extending its betting platform to a mass market audience.


NEW YORK: Tampa Bay's travel was delayed for hours by Hurricane Frances, but MLB Commissioner Bud Selig denied request. BY RONALD BLUM.


Ad Ariano Irpino. Si' a protesta di 28 sindaci


Health system not yet ready for disaster: study

Half of all U.S. states would run out of hospital beds within the first two weeks of a moderate flu pandemic and 47 states would run out if a bad one hit, according to a report issued on Tuesday.


Cuban Authorities Retaliate Against US Christmas Display

Cuban authorities have erected a huge poster across from the US Interests Section in Havana that depicts US soldiers abusing prisoners in Iraq.


US regulators won't approve Allergan Inc.'s (AGN.N: Quote, Profile, Research) experimental treatment for the skin disorder psoriasis based on the data submitted, the company said on Monday.


Orange to turn pink at Xmas to favour young women

Miss Understanding Orange UK has shown off the pink LG Shine phone it plans to offer to UK consumers in the run up to Christmas - along with a rose-tinted Samsung F210, and salmon-hued W580i and W200i from Sony Ericsson.â¦


The death of the video recorder comes a step closer as electrical chain Dixons says it will stop selling them.


Metro opened its newest station yesterday amid hopes that it would spark more economic development in the city's Northeast commercial district along Florida and New York avenues while serving residents in the nearby, emerging neighborhoods.


Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith, who have broken the NFL mold by being the first minority head coaches in the Super Bowl, have a lot in common.


Iraqi group threatens more attacks if Fallujah invaded

An Iraqi armed group threatened on Tuesday to wage more attacks on US and Iraqi forces if they started a military campaign against the flashpoint city of Fallujah.


Michael Irvin was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday despite a troubled past, though voters denied entry to retired NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue.


Liverpool ease to victory over a despondent 10-man West Brom.


California wildfires force 250,000 to evacuate

Fast-moving wildfires raged across Southern California on Monday, forcing at least 250,000 people to flee their homes and destroying hundreds of buildings as desperate fire officials called for help from other states.


Suicide truck bombing kills 7 at Iraq police station

A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden truck into a police station near Tikrit on Sunday morning, killing at least seven police officers and wounding about 52 people, some of them civilians, a Tikrit police official said.


A couple are left badly shocked during an early morning hijacking in Newry when a driver is dragged from his car.


Wachovia says completes Golden West takeover

Wachovia Corp. , the No. 4 U.S. bank, on Monday said it completed its $24 billion takeover of Golden West Financial Corp., the second-largest U.S. savings and loan.


Moving up the state's big day was supposed to finally give the west a real say in the presidential nominating process. But is anyone listening?


Parma, 20:52 - CALCIO, PARMA; DI CARLO: E' STATA LA VITTORIA DEL GRUPPO

Sereno il tecnico del Parma Domenico Di Carlo dopo il successo di misura sul Livorno. "Questa &egrav...


Tourists leave hotel after bombing attack

KATMANDU, Nepal Tourists were moved out of a luxury hotel in Nepal on Tuesday, a day after a bombing attack that was attributed to Maoist rebels.


G-7 finance ministers meet in Washington; China agrees to work on ...

The US administration, facing huge and politically sensitive trade deficits, secured China's pledge Friday to work harder to move its currency toward a flexible exchange rate, which would make US goods more competitive abroad.


GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban insurgents freed three South Korean women hostages on Wednesday, the first of 19 Christian volunteers the Taliban agreed to release after South Korea said it would pull its troops out of Afghanistan.


Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that a mandate requiring every American to purchase health insurance was the only way to achieve universal health care but she rejected the notion of punitive measures to force individuals into the health care system.


EU, Arab leaders voice hopes of breakthrough for Mideast peace

European Union and Arab leaders have voiced hopes of a breakthrough in the Middle East peace process, following recent statements by Israel and Hamas and a three-day old ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.


Windows users are being urged to download the latest batch of security updates from Microsoft.


The court case against Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who was severely injured in police custody, was delayed on Wednesday when state lawyers did not turn up, defense attorneys said.


Pronto soccorso Bagdad - 3                                                                                di JARI LINDHOLM


Tsunami prompts olive branch from Tamil Tigers

threatening to return to war, as they struggle to cope with the aftermath of a devastating tsunami. deep sorrow," Prabhakaran said in a statement posted on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's Peace Secretariat Web site.


If general manager Ken Williams has his wish, next season will be void of the fifth-starter conundrum the White Sox seem to be undertaking on a daily basis.


Possible Bank Merger: Banknorth, TD Bank are in talks

Canada's TD Bank Financial Group says it's discussing a "possible transaction" with Portland, Maine-based Banknorth Group.


French bank Societe Generale has uncovered a $7.14 billion fraud that, combined with a write-down from its subprime exposure, will force it to seek $8.02 billion in new capital, the bank said.


The Diana memorial concert dominated Sunday night's TV viewing, with audience figures peaking at 14.8m.


A top aide to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger described the administration's plans to reduce California's oil dependence, calling Thursday for more conservation, fuel-efficient vehicles, and hydrogen power.


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Black & Decker on Wednesday reported a 51 percent surge in third-quarter earnings reflecting strong demand in Dewalt and Price Pfister brands despite a slide in the company's namesake product line.


Israel rivals are closer to unity on eve of Blair visit

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


Paul Hamm had hoped to continue the  American gymnastics carnival at the Olympics Games on Sunday.


Army ends sectarian riots in Beirut after 14 hurt

Lebanese soldiers deployed in several mixed Sunni-Shi'ite streets of Beirut on Saturday and ended sectarian riots that left at least 14 people injured and several cars and shops smashed.


Analysis: A new House committee report tells us what we already know -- that we don't know enough about Iran's nuclear program. But some intelligence experts worry it could be the opening salvo in making a case for war with Iran


By Kevin Miller, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Sep. 14--A representative for conservationist Roxanne Quimby on Wednesday defended her decision to buy a 23,000-acre chunk of Maine's North Woods, arguing that the scenic land was prime for development.


Manchester Derby has Added Significance for United

Manchester United are within touching distance of a void, and victory by their occasionally-troublesome neighbours on Sunday would sever the remaining strands securing the line to Arsenal and Chelsea.


A new study by the RAND Corp. think tank found that people in high-sprawl regions have more health problems such as diabetes, breathing difficulties, migraine headaches and high blood pressure.


Enterprise developers looking for a guide to test applications against the new Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) are getting some help from Microsoft (Quote, Chart).


Nissan wants to leapfrog Toyota and Honda in fuel efficient vehicles by developing plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, and a fuel cell car. But which technology is friend to the environment? In Autopia.


A half-decade later, Spector case will go on

LOS ANGELES  - The specter of Phil Spector will haunt Hollywood well into 2008.


US economy grows 3.7 percent in third quarter

The US economy expanded at a slower-than-expected 3.7 percent annual pace in the third quarter of 2004, the government said in the last major economic report before the November 2 election.


Moneta unica in rialzo, scambiata a 158,84 yen


NBA Wrap: O'Neal Leads Indiana Past New Jersey

Jermaine O'Neal scored 31 points, just  hours after a judge ruled he did not have to serve the final 10  games of his suspension, to steer the Indiana Pacers to a 96-83  win over the New Jersey Nets Thursday.


Iraq, UK Govts Say Will Not Give in to Kidnappers

The British and Iraqi governments said they would not bow to the demands of militants threatening to kill a British hostage, despite tearful pleas from the captive and his family.


Roma, 16:16 - CALCIO, SERIE B: TRE GIORNATE A BOMBARDINI DEL BOLOGNA

Il giudice sportivo ha squalificato per tre giornate Davide Bombardini (Bologna) "per comportamento ...


Best Buy Co Inc. BBY.N on Tuesday   reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit, boosted by new   store openings and sales of high-priced electronics and easing   fears that consumers were pulling back on spending.


One miserable quarter cost the Warriors on Monday night, but they still forced overtime and almost extended the game again before losing 101-98 to the undefeated Dallas Mavericks.


Tata Steel, Corus agree to raised takeover offer

India's Tata Steel  and Corus Group Plc  have agreed an increased takeover offer, valuing the Anglo-Dutch steelmaker at 500 pence per share, the firms said on Sunday.


Vaclav Prospal is returning to the Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning and will likely take the spot of forward Cory Stillman, who replaced him a year ago.


N.Y. Times website blocks UK access to terror story

NEW YORK -- The New York Times's website is blocking readers in Britain from a news article detailing the investigation into the recent airline terror plot, turning its Internet ad-targeting technology into a means of complying with UK laws.


Bid low for Thanksgiving dinner with Ozzy Osbourne

An odd bidding system encourages people to bid low in order to try to win Thanksgiving dinner with Ozzy Osbourne and family.


Energy Transfer to buy Transwestern Pipeline

Energy Transfer Partners L.P. ETP.N   on Friday said it will buy Transwestern Pipeline from GE Energy   Financial Services and Southern Union Co. SUG.N for about   $1.47 billion.


Farmers Want Help; County Wants Land for Growth

By Dean Baker, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Jun. 3--Traditional commercial farms continue to disappear under subdivisions and commercial nodes in Clark and Cowlitz counties, while only scattered major farms remain in business.


Formula One team McLaren is being investigated for a possible rule breach at the Monaco Grand Prix.


Federal officials re-created a floor system of the World Trade Center and conducted a fire test on it Wednesday as part of an investigation into the towers' collapse on Sept. 11, but results didn't immediately provide clear answers.


Ferrari take first and second places on the grid in qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix, with Fernando Alonso's Renault only fifth fastest.


Crotone, 19:01 - CALCIO, CROTONE-JUVE: SKY NEGA AUTORIZZAZIONE PER MAXI-SCHERMO

Sky ha negato al Comune di Crotone l'autorizzazione per trasmettere su maxi-schermo la gara Crotone-...


Roma, 21:44 - TENNIS, COPPA DAVIS: PROGRAMMA QUARTI

Francia, Russia, Argentina, Usa, Svezia, Germania, Spagna e Belgio sono le otto nazioni qualificate ...


Thousands of abortion opponents marched from the National Mall to the Supreme Court on Tuesday in their annual remembrance of the court's Roe v. Wade decision


Robert Tchenguiz may have lost Â£560m, but the yacht is safe

Mayfair-based property tycoon with the Persian name emerges as notable victim of credit crunch


Case study: NY college plans 11n WLAN rollout

The students and staff of a small college in upstate New York will become a living laboratory for deployment of a campus-wide draft 802.11n wireless network.


EU's stand on Cyprus rewritten in membership talks offer

BRUSSELS, Belgium: European Union and Turkish officials have rewritten the Cyprus portion of the EU's proposal on starting membership talks for Turkey, Turkish officials said Friday, raising hopes Ankara could accept a deal leading to full EU membership.


Two strong teams from the same conference, both led by dominant inside players, thrilling crowds with close games whenever they meet — there isn't a much better recipe for a rivalry than that.


Before the Bell: Atherogenics Up 82 Pct.

Shares of AtheroGenics Inc. AGIX.O  soared 82 percent before the bell on Tuesday, a day after the  pharmaceutical company announced positive interim results from  a study on an anti-inflammatory agent.


Fatty Acid Found In Fish Protects Brain Against Alzheimer's

A diet high in omega-3 fatty acid helps protect the brain against cell damage as well as memory loss caused by Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study by researchers at UCLA.


Unseeded Mikhail Youzhny upsets world number two Rafael Nadal to reach the US Open semi-finals.


Tokyo, London bourses set to sign alliance Friday: sources

The Tokyo and London stock exchanges are set to sign a business alliance on Friday as part of a global race for consolidation among the world's top bourses, informed sources said Thursday.


IMF says expensive energy is here to stay

The International Monetary Fund yesterday issued a warning that record oil prices will stunt the growth of the global economy next year and oil prices are likely to remain high for 10 years or more.


US Says Militants Lurk in Horn of Africa

Militant groups including al Qaeda  are exploiting lawless areas in the seven-nation Horn of Africa  region to hide, recruit and train members and possibly plan  attacks, the head of the region's U.S.-led anti-terror force  said Monday.


T-Mobile tries on start-up's wireless gear

Flarion Technologies is making its European debut by powering T-Mobile's wireless broadband service in The Hague.


Tubegazing: Notable shows on TV this week

HBO condenses Dee Brown's bestselling 'Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee'; 'The Starter Wife' is a bit of a nonstarter.


Duff strike keeps Chelsea atop Premier League by five points

Damien Duff kept Chelsea five points clear at the top of the Premier League with the only goal against Aston Villa on Sunday. While second-place defending champion Arsenal scored a routine 2


Governor and statehouse races amplify a split nation

By Mark Sappenfield | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor. There is a former farmer. There's a son of the man who invented McDonald's Styrofoam hamburger boxes.


Microsoft, Google Square Off in Search Arena

As Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O prepares to launch its own Web search engine to take on Google Inc. GOOG.O , industry watchers are already speculating


Ukraine PM aims to mend fences with U.S.

He was cast by critics as the Russian-backed bad guy during Ukraine's Orange Revolution two years ago, the burly politician who almost stole the presidential election from the pro-Western leader Viktor ...Comment


Brooklyn beer-maker sees fizz in craft brewing

For journalist-turned-brewer Steve Hindy, a renaissance in the popularity of niche beers is just one of several reasons to raise a glass.


Michael Jackson remained in the hospital for a second day Wednesday but was in "good spirits" after being admitted with a flu-like illness, a doctor said.


An Islamic court in northern Nigeria on Wednesday quashed a death-by-stoning sentence against a pregnant 18-year-old girl who had been condemned for adultery.


'If I could achieve a tenth of what you have at this club I would ...

SUPPORTERS old enough to recall Emlyn Hughes in the early months of his Liverpool playing days can best appreciate why he came to be called Crazy Horse.


Hollinger offers minority buyout to go private

NEW YORK, November 16  - Hollinger Inc (HL1R.BER) has proposed to buy the shares owned by minority shareholders at a price of C$7.


Anna Nicole's body enroute to Bahamas for burial

The body of former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith was moved from a Florida morgue on Friday for a final journey to the Bahamas for burial, a Reuters eyewitness said.


The soccer game between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad that was suspended because of a bomb threat Sunday will be completed on Jan. 5.


China plans to prosecute nine former government and state industry officials over a politically charged pension fund scandal in its business hub of Shanghai, state media reported Friday.


Hamas tightens grip on Gaza; Abbas, Haniyeh talk

Hamas Islamist fighters appeared in command of much of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after battering forces loyal to Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.


Speaking after meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, Straw said that he was pleased the European Commission had recommended the European Union open accession talks with Ankara.


Microsoft Rolls Out NetWare Migration Package

Microsoft is campaigning for Novell NetWare users, again. This time Microsoft is wooing Netware users with a migration package that contains several incentives ranging from tools, prescriptive


Nikkei Poised to Mark 9-Day Losing Streak

Tokyo's Nikkei was down 0.26 percent by late trade on Wednesday although it recovered slightly from earlier lows as selling was curbed amid growing views that the market has fallen too far too fast.


This time a year ago, Cardinal nation wondered how St. Louis would ever replace JD Drew until Jocketty brought in Reggie Sanders, who wound up contributing 22 homers and 67 RBIs.


Discounters see sales rise, but other retailers report declines

June sales at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Costco Wholesale Corp. rose more than analysts estimated after consumers increased spending on groceries and electronics.


U.S. Names Cyber Chief, House Eyes More Clout for Job

The Department of Homeland Security named an acting U.S. cybersecurity chief on Thursday as Congress weighed whether to give the position greater clout to fight hackers, viruses and other online threats.


This Hurricanes and insurance in Florida

People who own something valuable, like a house, want to protect themselves against financial loss. Natural disasters like fire, storms or flooding can damage or destroy valuable possessions.


Suspected drug kingpin pleads not guilty

Suspected drug kingpin Francisco Javier Arellano Felix pleaded not guilty to racketeering and conspiracy charges Thursday after arriving on U.S. soil in a Coast Guard boat and being whisked to a downtown jail under heavy security.


Report of First Birth for Cancer Survivor in a Tissue Implant

A 32-year-old woman in Belgium has become the first woman ever to give birth after having ovarian tissue removed, frozen and then implanted back in her body.


The European Commission is to draw up plans to bolster co-operation in the fight against terror.


"Breakfast at Tiffany's" dress fetches $800,000

The iconic black dress worn by Audrey  Hepburn in the 1961 film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" sold for  410,000 pounds ($800,000) on Tuesday, around seven times its  pre-sale estimate.


Actor Sean Penn insists his brother Chris died a natural death related to his weight problem.


U.S. stocks extended their rally on  Thursday, with the Dow at its highest close since March as oil  prices fell and relieved concerns about the impact of energy  costs on corporate profits and consumer spending.


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US military allows civilians to return to Tal Afar

By Scheherezade Faramarzi, Associated Press, 9/14/2004 07:48. TAL AFAR, Iraq  US and Iraqi forces allowed civilians to return to Tal Afar on Tuesday, signaling an end to a siege of the northern city that


The lawsuit accuses H.P.ÃÂs executives and board members of selling $38.9 million in company stock before news of a spying operation was publicly revealed.


Sidelined by the Strike, Comedy Goes Online

While the writersâ strike dealt a devastating blow to the entertainment industry, it has also imbued the nascent medium of Web-based comedy videos with a new vitality.


Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers needed surgery to get his right knee through the AFC Championship game, and now needs a more extensive operation to repair a torn ligament in the same knee. His rehab could last six months.


Corporate Tax Law Overhaul Passage Likely

The Senate is expected to follow the lead of the House and pass a major overhaul of corporate tax law that would dole out $136 billion in new tax breaks to a wide array of U.S. companies and provide a $10.1 billion buyout for the nation's tobacco farmers.


Matthew McConaughey was in stitches Â literally Â after training for his upcoming fighter flick.


WHO issues dire warning over bird flu threat

Hong Kong - Up to 100-million people could die in weeks if a bird flu pandemic broke out, a senior World Health Organisation (WHO) official has warned while urging countries to make urgent preparations to mitigate its spread.


Mourners gathered Saturday to remember five children who died in a row house fire, while investigators tried to determine whether they were left alone or in the care of a baby sitter.


CraveOnline Punks Valentine's Day Lingerie Fashion Shows: Sexy ''Undressed'' Music Video Used As Viral Marketing Tool

CraveOnline.com (http://craveonline.com/)  today unleashed a unique form of what's now  being called "branded video content.""Undressed" features  a 30 second trailer as a teaser for a 2 minute parody of lingerie  fashion shows from companies like Victoria's  Secret and Frederick's of Hollywood.


Auschwitz Survivor Tells Germany of Living 'Hell'

Auschwitz survivor Arno Lustiger brought  the German parliament to its feet on Thursday with a vivid  speech describing his trip through "hell" in the waning weeks  of World War II and his emotional rescue by U.S. troops.


Scientists have discovered that a key cancer gene also plays a role in repairing damaged nerve cells.


Jeffrey Greenberg, the chief executive of Marsh & McLennan, the insurance broker accused of rigging the market to make inappropriate fees from customers, was yesterday expected


PLAYERS TO WATCH: New England Â QB Tom Brady has a record of 30-4 as a starter in games played after Nov. 1; RB Corey Dillon, with 900 yards rushing already


Although Yankees principal owner, George Steinbrenner, will pick the teamâs next manager, he still needs General Manager Brian Cashman, perhaps more than ever.


A proposed new stadium that would keep the Colts in Indianapolis for 30 years could face stiff opposition because its funding relies on gaming revenue.


Senate Looking at Endowments as Tuition Rises

The Senate Finance Committee demanded information from the nationâs 136 wealthiest colleges and universities on how they raised tuition over the last decade.


David Ortiz's second homer of the game broke an eighth-inning tie, Curt Schilling got his first home win in seven weeks and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 4-3 Saturday night.


'Naughty' Facebook App Throws Real-World Parties

The developers of Naughty Gifts, a Facebook application that lets users send virtual sex toys to each other, are throwing real-world parties in New York, Chicago and San Francisco.


Fla. Bears Brunt of Ivan; 24 Dead in U.S.

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Hurricane Ivan was the deadliest hurricane to hit the United States since Floyd in 1999, but it could have been worse...


All your media are etc.... Mobile World Congress Microsoft is proudly showing off its PlayReady technology at MWC, but woe betide anyone who describes it as a DRM platform.â¦


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US POLICY TOWARD TAIWAN REMAINS UNCHANGED: PREMIER

Taipei, Oct. 29 (CNA) Premier Yu Shyi-kun said Friday that US policy toward Taiwan remains unchanged despite recent remarks by US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Taiwan.


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UK troops to stay in Iraq until job done: Blair

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Sunday British troops would stay in Iraq "until the job is done" and pledged to support the country's weak government as it battles sectarian violence and a raging Sunni Arab insurgency.


Multilabel CD Debuts at No. 1 on U.S. Charts

A CD featuring hits by Nelly, Keith Urban and others became the sixth in the "NOW That's What I Call Music" series of joint record-label collections to debut at No. 1 in the U.S. charts, sales trackers said on Wednesday.


Paraguay Ex-President's Daughter Found Dead

ASUNCION, Paraguay  - The daughter of Paraguay'sformer President Raul Cubas was found dead on Wednesdayunderneath a house near the capital, nearly five months aftershe was kidnapped, government officials said.


ABC has committed to a  medical drama pilot from producer Jerry Bruckheimer.


Sony issued a public apology Friday for a violent video game that features a bloody shootout inside an Anglican cathedral, but it did not address the Church of England's demands that the company withdraw the game.


Sony breaks out 'mass market' Blu-ray players

HD for all IFA 07 High-definition at home is the big theme at the IFA consumer electronics show this year with a myriad of media players and a titanic turnout of new TVs. Not to be left out, Sony announced two new Blu-ray Disc players: the BDP-S300 and the BDP-S500.â¦


After 50 Years, Passions Persist Over the Publication of 'Doctor Zhivago'

MOSCOW -- When Sergio D'Angelo arrived in Moscow this month to promote his new book -- "The Pasternak Case: Memoirs of a Witness" -- the sprightly 85-year-old Italian was immediately greeted with his first bad review.


Penalty miss allows Arsenal off the hook

ARSENALâS recent stumble continued when they were held to a draw by Panathinaikos in the Champions League last night, and the Greeks may have won had Angelos Basinas not missed a second-half penalty.


Newest P4 chips, the 500 series, drop in price by 18 percent to 35 percent; a host of other chips are cheaper now as well.


LionOre Mining offers $208M US to acquire MPI Mines Ltd. of ...

TORONTO (CP) - LionOre Mining International Ltd., a global company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, has made a $208 million US friendly bid to acquire Australia's MPI Mines Ltd.


Joe Gibbs's future with the Redskins is uncertain, but the last six weeks have likely changed the way the coach feels about coming back.


United Airlines said Friday it needs even more labor cuts than anticipated to get out of bankruptcy, raising the likelihood of a new round of wage and benefit reductions.


Art Howe has been given the option to leave as Mets manager immediately or manage until then end of the season and then be fired, a high-ranking club official has told Michael Kay of ESPN Radio 1050 in New York.


Bosniaks disappointed, Serbs relieved at UN court ruling on genocide

The UN court ruling on the genocide lawsuit by Bosnia against Serbia on Monday brought due reactions from Bosniaks in Bosnia and Serbs in the Republic of Srpska and Serbia, with the former disappointed and the ...Comment


Bush keeps 4 cabinet heads, names ex-Republican chief at Veterans ...

President George W. Bush announced Thursday he was keeping the heads of the Transportation, Interior, Housing and Labour departments, ending the major shakeup that will put new faces on three-fifths of his cabinet in his second term.


Anti-Syrian leader warns of more Lebanon violence

Lebanon's most prominent anti-Syrian leader said on Wednesday he expected Damascus to assassinate more politicians after the shooting of a Christian minister raised fears of a new spasm of factional violence.


Google's estimated $3bn flotation has been delayed by at least a day as the firm awaits regulatory approval.


Burning Plastic for Fuel a Win-Win Situation: Doing so Could Keep More Than 10,000 Tons of Material Out of Landfills Each Year.

By Kurt Blumenau, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Jun. 2--The material Vince Martin held in his palm Friday morning looked like something swept from under a child's bed -- lint-like strands mixed with tiny chips of broken plastic.


Cancer-killing virus fights liver tumors

A genetically engineered herpes virus,  designed to kill cancer cells but leave normal tissue unharmed,  has shown early promise in clinical tests, scientists said on  Saturday.


Kenneth Branagh, who directs a film version of Mozart's The Magic Flute, admits he knew little about opera.


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Most Guns in Homes With Young Kids Not Stored Safely

TUESDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- At your child's next visit to the pediatrician, the usual checklist of questions might include a new one: Do you have a gun in the house?


Facebook Kicks Off International Push en EspaÃ±ol

Facebook, the hugely popular social networking site, will kick off an international push on Monday with the launch of a Spanish version.


Dutch food retailer Ahold and three former top executives have agreed to settle fraud charges related to $1bn overstatement of profits.


Gene Test Can Predicts Breast Cancer Chemo Effect

A genetic test for patients with early breast cancer can identify that only some of them will be helped by chemotherapy, but for those women the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks, researchers said on Friday.


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MSN Remote Record lets you program your Media Center PC to record ...

Itâsa feature thatâs already found in several other digital video recording software packages, but Microsoft says theyâre going to add a new service called MSN Remote Record thatâll let you use any browser to remotely schedule a PC running Windows


What is the mandate after a polarized campaign?

Patricia Conley is a research associate in political science at the University of Chicago and author of "Presidential Mandates: How Elections Shape the National Agenda.


Chris Coleman believes Fulham must take a leaf out of Charltonâs book if they are to steer clear of relegation trouble. After bringing their three-match losing streak to a halt


The bodies of two more Swiss firefighters were found in the rubble of a parking garage, raising the number killed in the collapse to seven, officials said Sunday.


On First Night, G.O.P. Showcases Two of Their Biggest Stars

The Republicans break from the gate tonight with speeches by two of their biggest stars: Rudolph W. Giuliani and John McCain.


Colombian guerrillas have freed two women they have been holding, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says.


On top of the leaderboard at the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro, he began having visions of his first PGA Tour victory. But Ogilvie struggled with his putting the rest of the


Two U.S. Soldiers Killed by Roadside Bombs in Iraq

Roadside bombs killed two U.S. soldiers  and wounded five in two separate blasts in Iraq, the U.S.  military said Monday.


The financial cost to India's mainland from December's tsunami is more than $1bn, the government says.


A Little L.A. Celebrity Goes a Long, Long Way

Of course, this L.A. Restaurant is in Bratislava, capital of Slovakia. Now you know why people describe Los Angeles as "sprawling." L.A. Restaurant (cont).: My informant, Nik Trendowski, tells me that, while ...


French charity workers leave Chad to serve sentences at home

Six French charity workers convicted in Chad of attempting to kidnap 103 children flew out of the central African country on Friday to serve out their sentences in France.


Assemblea chiede incontro con ministro del Lavoro, Damiano


Microsoft finally bows to EU antitrust measures

Microsoft Corp  ended three years of resistance on Monday and finally agreed to comply with a landmark 2004 antitrust decision by the European Commission.


Antipsychotics Tied to Insulin Problems in Kids

THURSDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDayNews) -- Prescription drugs commonly used to treat children and teens with aggression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia may lead to insulin problems, in turn boosting the risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease later in life, a new study claims.


Billy Graham preaches what he says may have been his last sermon

On Sunday -- the fourth and final night of his Rose Bowl crusade in Pasadena, California -- a weary-sounding Graham said that whether he ever preaches again is "in God's hands.


NCAA Game Summary - Memphis vs. Pittsburgh

New York, NY (Sports Network) - Carl Krauser scored 17 points, grabbed seven rebounds and handed out four assists to lead No. 11 Pittsburgh over Memphis, 70-51, in the Jimmy V Classic from New York's famed Madison Square Garden.


The SANS Institute identifies the top 20 Internet vulnerabilities of the year.


Peace and love for the planet drive baby boomers, survey says

People born before 1964 aspire to shop for eco-friendly and socially responsible products, according to an AARP poll.


Israele vuole isolamento totale dalla Striscia


Police arrest last suspect in savage attack on elderly, handicapped woman

MONTREAL (CP) - The fourth and final suspect in the savage attack of a 64-year-old disabled woman has been arrested and will face charges including conspiracy and aggravated assault,


Draw With Red Bulls Keeps Galaxyâs Playoff Hopes Alive

Jozy Altidore scored in the 16th minute to help the Red Bulls come back from a goal down in Los Angeles where David Beckham returned to action for the first time in a month and a half.


For many Israelis, the Olympics evoke memories of a terrorist massacre and political boycotts, but windsurfer


Marijuana helps patients stay on medication

Recovering drug addicts who are   infected with hepatitis C virus may stick to their medications   better if they are allowed to use marijuana, U.S. researchers   reported on Wednesday.


Germany Calls for End to Iran's Isolation

Germany appealed Saturday for the United States to join Europe in ending Iran's isolation, saying economic and security incentives were needed to persuade Tehran to abandon its nuclear ambitions.


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Iran head unwavering on nuclear position

Iran's hard-line president on Thursday again rejected demands that Tehran suspend uranium enrichment, even as top Iranian and European diplomats sounded somewhat optimistic about making progress toward starting negotiations.


Rise in India's female feticide may spark crisis

Increasing female feticide in India could spark a demographic crisis where fewer women in society will result in a rise in sexual violence and child abuse as well as wife-sharing, the United Nations warned.


Abbas Sworn in as President, Israel Kills 8 in Gaza

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in  as Palestinian president on Saturday, but his call for a  cease-fire was overshadowed by fresh violence in Gaza and  Israel's decision to cut ties over a deadly militant attack.


Digital Tools Help Users Save Energy, Study Finds

Giving people the tools to monitor and adjust their electricity use lowers their bills and could reduce the need to build new power plants, according to a government study.


People who new Packers running back Ryan Grant when he coached high school football in North Arlington, N.J. now marvel at the improbability of his rise.


U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips paid nearly $2 billion for a 7.6 percent stake in Russia's Lukoil -- the world's No. 2 oil company by reserves.


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Santander stands firm on takeover bid for Abbey National

LONDON, August 24 (New Ratings) - The Spanish banking giant, Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSD2.FSE), has expressed its commitment to its Â£8.


UNESCO removes Oman oryx sanctuary from heritage list

Oman's Arabian Oryx sanctuary this week  became the first site to be removed from UNESCO's World  Heritage list after the rare species dwindled and the  government cut the park size by 90 percent.


They can be found rallying union workers, walking picket lines or helping sign up new members. Democrats running for president are after something else this time of year: the endorsements of the oh-so-important labor unions.


Blackmail charges dropped against tracking software duo Blackmail charges have been dropped against a pair of hackers accused of mounting an extortion scam against MySpace as part of a plea-bargaining agreement.â¦


Friel steps in as Ferrell's "Lost" friend

NEW YORK  - "Land of the Lost" has landed a female lead, Anna Friel, to star opposite Will Ferrell in Brad Silberling's adventure fantasy for Universal Pictures.


SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc. spurned Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion takeover bid as inadequate Monday without explaining how its management will match the payoff that the slumping Internet icon's shareholders would have received had the unsolicited offer been accepted.


Bush names Nebraska governor as new secretary of Agriculture

President Bush on Thursday chose Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns as secretary of agriculture to oversee the nation's farm and food programs, an administration official said.


What was an Alleged Russian Spy Doing in Canada?

The case of a suspected agent raises questions about security at the U.S.-Canada border and what the alleged agent was after in the first place


Israel to enlist reservists for Gaza pullout

The Israeli military is planning to mobilise thousands of reserve soldiers to help implement next year's planned exit from the Gaza Strip, according to defence officials.


WASHINGTON -- NASA's director has turned in his resignation, ending three years marked by a space tragedy and extra scrutiny of the space agency.


A judge investigating Gen. Augusto Pinochet's secret multi-million dollar bank accounts in the United States has ordered the assets of the former dictator frozen, a local newspaper reported Wednesday.


A man is arrested after a woman is sexually assaulted in an alleyway in east Belfast.


Sky is to make some of its most popular programmes, movies and sports available on digital terrestrial television.


Broad Use of Harsh Tactics Is Described at Cuba Base

Many detainees at GuantÃ¡namo Bay were regularly subjected to harsh and coercive treatment, several people who worked in the prison said in recent interviews.


STRONG polling by the Greens in key marginal electorates could deliver an election victory to Mark Latham, senior Liberal Party figures are warning, with Labor number crunchers seeing the same trend.


Red Sox Aim to Make Amends for Last Season

Five outs — five measly outs. That's how close the Boston Red Sox came to going to the World Series last year and perhaps ending an 85-year championship drought.


The BBC's international website will carry advertisements to help plug a Â£2bn budget shortfall.


Microsoft, Swatch Partner on Wireless Watch

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has hooked up with Swatch to deliver the latest in a line of smart wristwatches using the software giant's MSN Direct wireless content-delivery technology.


EADS will be theme at Franco-German meeting

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Jacques Chirac are likely to discuss troubled aerospace group EADS  when they meet next week in Paris, but will not address issues better left to company management, a German government spokesman said.


Samuelson: Greenspan's Age of Tranquility

Alan Greenspan presided over one of the greatest surges of U.S. prosperity ever. Was this luck--or skill?


Nokia hopes to push mobile e-mail in enterprise

InfoWorld - Nokia is aiming to boost the use of mobile e-mail in the enterprise with a new release of its Intellisync software and several new handsets aimed at business users.


Rapper T.I. released on bail in weapons case

Grammy Award-winning rapper T.I. was ordered released from prison on $3 million bond on Friday and will be allowed to remain at home under strict supervision in a weapons case that could see him jailed for up to 30 years.


Are there any other Williams sisters who want a piece of Justine Henin? The world's best female tennis player has this afternoon free and her night match could be a quick one.


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Serious story line for soap's Erica Kane

Erica Kane may not be so selfish after all. The "All My Children" diva, played by Susan Lucci, will focus attention on her grandson's deafness in upcoming episodes.


'Friday Night Lights' finds end zone, thanks to heart

Like so many other movies, it prefers style over substance. So instead of getting to know the characters or advancing the story - or even coming up with a story in the first place - it spends