CORRECTED: Motorola Venture Arm to Boost Investment

Motorola Inc.'s venture capital arm aims to boost its investments to more than $100 million this year, betting on technologies including automotive electronics, high-speed wireless communications, and advanced optical systems, its chief told Reuters.


Home Depot cuts 2007 earnings outlook, cites housing

Home improvement retailer Home Depot  Inc.  on Tuesday cut its 2007 earnings outlook, citing  weakness in the U.S. housing market.


The Russian military is reported to be probing claims that conscripts were made to work as male prostitutes.


How many actresses would let themselves be seen with a red, runny nose and messy hair in a movie? Tea Leoni does in "Spanglish."


Naomi Campbell Sentenced to Community Service

British supermodel Naomi Campbell must complete five days of community service after being sentenced by a court in New York. She pleaded guilty to reckless assault last month following an incident where she allegedly hit her housekeeper with her mobile...


Game-by-game report: Will the Spaniard be involved in another five-set thriller?


CORRECTED: Writer McLarty Scores After Years in Basement

Ron McLarty was so convinced he would never succeed as a novelist that after years of obsessively churning out book after book in his basement, he sought the help of a shrink to make him stop.


Poll: Best way to chat with the boss is face-to-face

People much prefer in-person and e-mail communication with higher-ups to IM and videoconferencing, Silicon.com survey reveals.


Soccer as an Escape to Hope for Afghan Teenager

Shamila Kohestani, the captain of the Afghanistan national womenâs soccer team who was deprived an education for much of her childhood, is now growing as a student in America.


Numbering System Announced For Internet Phone Users

The Internet is receiving its own batch of phone numbers for Voice over Broadband (VoB) phone services, the UK's Telecom regulating body Ofcom announced today.


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan  -- Suicide bombers attacked an army bus and a commercial district in a city near the Pakistani capital on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people, the army and police said.


Billboard magazine has picked Reba McEntire for its first "Woman of the Year" award.


At its Worldwide Partner Conference, the software giant will be working on its conflict resolution skills as it faces a new world order.


Starbucks launches first of "music bars" for CD burning

SEATTLE, Washington, Oct 14  - Coffee shop giant Starbucks said Thursday it was launching the first of its "music bars" where customers can listen to digital recordings and burn their own CDs.


Israel begins freeing some Palestinian prisoners

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Israel  - Israel released dozens of Palestinian prisoners on Friday as part of a U.S.-backed deal to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas Islamists took over the Gaza Strip last month.


Yasser Arafat is hovering âbetween life and deathâ in a coma, Palestinian and French officials say. There was still no official public diagnosis yesterday to explain the Palestinian leaderâs critical condition.


Daughter and boyfriend charged in grisly murders

A woman and her boyfriend were charged on Friday in the Christmas Eve massacre of three generations of her family, including two young children whom prosecutors say watched their parents die.


EU, Iran Nuclear Deal Seen Doomed Without U.S. Help

A European deal aimed at freezing Iran's nuclear fuel program in exchange for peaceful atomic technology and other incentives will never work if Washington is not directly involved, diplomats and an analyst said on Monday.


Advertising: Canât Tell Your Cokes Apart? Sue Someone

Coke Zero is being promoted with an unusual campaign about company executives suing each other.


Stocks fell in China, but surged in Japan on a quiet day as most exchanges around the world were closed for Christmas.


Apple Inc. says its highly anticipated iPhone will have a battery life that supports 8 hours of talk time, better than what the company originally estimated in January.


Former Home Secretary David Blunkett, who quit in tears last week, intervened in a visa application for his ex-lover's nanny despite his denials, an inquiry has found.


Richardson says Tuberville deal is imminent

AUBURN -- Coach Tommy Tuberville rushed off the practice field Monday afternoon, saying he had somewhere important to be. Tuberville and interim president Ed Richardson met for approximately one hour around


What's the correct thing to do when a colleague's family member passes away?

Q A colleague of mine has a brother in a foreign country who recently passed away. What's the correct thing to do: Send flowers to the family out of the country, or just a card to my colleague, or both?


Olympic Wrap: Momentous Doubles for El Guerrouj, Holmes

Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj and Briton  Kelly Holmes completed historic doubles on the Olympic  athletics track on Saturday as the penultimate day of the  Athens Games brought two of its greatest moments.


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Opening of the first Hilton in Croatia in 2005 | Inauguration of the ...

Hilton International will be making its official debut in Croatia in May 2005, with the opening of the Hilton Imperial Dubrovnik.


Amber Frey was expected to be the first on the stand today at Peterson's murder trial in California. She's now set to take the stand later today.


President Bush sought Thursday to defend his record on fighting terrorism in the wake of a bleak intelligence report as he flew South on a campaign outing with the midterm elections drawing near.


Putin says countries in expanded UN Security Council should have veto power

NEW DELHI  - Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected a key recommendation of a United Nations panel on expanding the Security Council, saying Saturday that any reform would be one-sided if new members did not have veto power.


Vista, Longhorn get new antipiracy measures

Microsoft will introduce a new system for fighting software piracy with its upcoming Windows Vista and Windows Longhorn Server operating systems, the company said Wednesday.


7 Palestinians, 2 Israelis Killed In Violence

Dubai, Sept. 30 (NNN): Seven Palestinians and two Israeli children were killed in a spate of violence in the occupied territories since Tuesday night.


A federal jury blamed three aging mobsters for 10 murders Thursday after a trial that included a parade of colorful witnesses who exposed the seedy inner workings of organized crime in Chicago.


Boeing Co  said on Wednesday it would push back first test flight and deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner by about three months, as it struggles with production of the new, carbon-fiber airplane.


After a two-year investigation into the killings of up to 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, the Marine Corps has decided that none of the Marines involved in the incident will be charged with murder. Instead, two enlisted Marines and two Marine officers will face trial in coming months for the killings...


More than twice as many people have fallen ill this year with a strain of bacteria responsible for food poisoning, experts say.


Bill Clinton draws adoring crowds in Philadelphia and Miami as he pumps up Sen. John Kerry. By ADAM C. SMITH and TAMARA LUSH. PHILADELPHIA - Love him or hate him, Bill Clinton always manages to work a little dramatic magic.


ZACHARO, Greece  - Forest fires that have killed 61 people in Greece raged for a fourth day on Monday, with at least 89 blazes still burning across the country as strong winds fanned flames and hampered fire-fighting efforts.


Apocalisse Beslan: Basayev rivendica responsabilitÃ

Il leader separatista radicale ceceno Chamil Basaiev ha rivendicato l'azione terroristica nella scuola di Beslan, nell'Ossezia del Nord e la serie di attentati che ha colpito la Russia, dalla strage alla metropolitana di Mosca agli attentati a due aerei


AMD's former sales chief joins Freescale

(InfoWorld) - Henri Richard will join Freescale Semiconductor as its new chief sales and marketing officer, just weeks afterÂ stepping down from the same position at AMD, Freescale said Wednesday. Freescale hired Richard for his "expertise in developing customer solutions" across a range of industry segments, including OEM, indirect, and end-user channels, and both hardware and software products, Freescale CEO Michel Mayer said in a statement. The company also values Richard's experience throughout the U.S., European, and Asian markets gained from positions he has held at WebGain, IBM, and Seagate Technology, Mayer said. On Sept. 11, Richard will take on the title of senior vice president, chief sales and marketing officer. David Perkins, who is Freescale's senior vice president of global sales and marketing, will leave the company later this month after a transition period, to pursue other opportunities, said Freescale spokesman Rob Hatley. Richard joins the company at a time of change, sinceÂ Freescale was acquired in December 2006 by a consortium of private equity funds led by The Blackstone Group and ceased to trade as a public company on the New York Stock Exchange. The company has also taken on new leadership recently as IBM veteran Lisa Su joined Freescale in June as the new senior vice president and CTO. During his five years at AMD, Richard led the company's marketing efforts to win share from its giant rival Intel. AMD initially saw strong success in that quest thanks to sales of its Opteron server processor, butÂ the company entered a price war with IntelÂ and has posted a series of financial losses for the past several quarters. He will face different challenges at Freescale, which makes embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking, and wireless markets. AMD also makes chips for embedded applications but relies far more on revenue from PC processors and chipsets. The two companies are about the same size, however, with Freescale reporting 2006 revenue of $6.4 billion, slightly higher than AMD's revenue of $5.6 billion for the same year, including the impact of ATI. However, Freescale stumbled in the most recent quarter, reporting on July 19 that net sales for the second quarter of 2007 were $1.38 billion, compared to $1.60 billion in the second quarter of 2006.


Internet decisions aren't always made at Internet speeds.


The Myth of Socially Responsible Investing

Do investors delude themselves when they invest based on morally relative criteria?


BBC Click looks at the technologies helping us to store digital music, photos and video on our computers.


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


Dow Ends Up 101 on President Bush Victory

Wall Street celebrated President Bush's re-election with a solid rally Wednesday, surging higher as investors welcomed continuity in Washington and shrugged off higher oil prices.


ABC News Voters in 9 States OK Gay-Marriage Ban

Voters fill out their ballots at the 20th Precinct in West Bloomfield, Mich., on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004. Barbara Lang, third from the left, was the first person to vote.


The Indy Racing League will lose another part of its "American" heritage following General Motors' decision to withdraw from the open-wheel series following the 2005 season.


David Wright hit a pair of run-scoring singles and New York beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 Tuesday night to ruin the homecoming of former Mets catcher Mike Piazza.


Microsoft is in court today contesting a Federal Court ruling in favour of Eolas for $565 million. The court upheld a lower court ruling that Microsoft's popular Internet Exporer browser infringed on patents


Saudi Says Haj Safe from Attacks and Stampedes

MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Saudi Arabia says it is  ready to host more than two million pilgrims at this year's haj  after tightening security and safety to ensure the annual  Muslim rite passes without incident.


Iraq, i giornalisti francesi rapiti vivi e in buona salute, dice ...

PARIGI - Il ministro degli Esteri francese Michel Barnier Ã¨ "convinto" che i due giornalisti francesi Christian Chesnot e Georges Malbrunot, tenuti in ostaggio in Iraq, "sono in vita" e in "buona salute".


Salt merchants learn to survive Ethiopian desert

BERAHILE, Ethiopia  - Like his father, grandfather and generations before them, Berhe Amare has spent his life walking camels along treacherous caravan routes from Ethiopia's Afar desert to the Tigray highlands.


Advocate for Environment to Head Canada's Liberals

MONTREAL, Dec. 2 -- In a convention that underscored the rising political weight of climate change  issues, Canada's Liberal Party on Saturday chose StÃÂ©phane Dion, a former environment minister, to lead the party and try to wrest power from the ruling Conservatives in the next national election.


Group storms Canadian embassy in Beijing

BEIJING -- A group of 44 people stormed the Canadian Embassy in Beijing Wednesday, using ladders to scale a spiked fence. The intruders -- including men, women and children -- are being interviewed by Canadian diplomats.


NEARLY nine out of ten teachers in Birmingham feel pupils who do not have internet access at home are missing out in the classroom.   The findings are revealed in a survey carried out by YouGov on behalf of broadband provider ntl:Telewest.


Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs said he panicked after he crashed his new Lamborghini along a highway early Monday morning and initially reported his car stolen after abandoning the mangled vehicle.


England seek first one-day title against surprise package Windies

LONDON: England have never won a major international limited-overs title while West Indiesâ World Cup glory days date back to 1975 and 1979.


NY voters back traffic fees if limit fare hikes

New York state voters oppose a plan by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to impose fees on drivers in Manhattan, but they would support it if the money raised staves off hikes in tolls and transit fares, according to a poll released on Tuesday.


Jets Feel They Can Beat Patriots, Even if Oddsmakers Donât

The Jets are 23Â½ point underdogs for Sundayâs game against the Patriots, one of the biggest spreads in N.F.L. history.


Bird strike cited in O'Hare emergency landing

A preliminary investigation blamed a bird strike for forcing a United Airlines flight bound for Brazil to make an emergency landing at OâHare Airport shortly after leaving the airfield, a United spokesman said today.


Banelli: "CosÃ¬ pedinai Biagi da casa sua alla stazione"

ROMA - Un plico giallo, datato 31 luglio, destinato ai sostituti procuratori di Roma Franco Ionta e Pietro Saviotti, mittente Cinzia Banelli, carcere di Sollicciano: "Intendo rendere spontanee dichiarazioni sui seguenti punti...".


Major archaeological find in Puerto Rico

U.S. and Puerto Rican archaeologists say they have found the best-preserved pre-Columbian site in the Caribbean, which could shed light on virtually every aspect of Indian life in the region, from sacred rituals to eating habits.


BAGHDAD -- Iraq's interim prime minister, Iyad Allawi, said yesterday he held private meetings with representatives of insurgent groups from the restive cities of Fallujah, Ramadi, and Samarra to persuade them to accept an amnesty offer.


Olympic gold medalist Dorothy Hamill is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Hamill said in a statement Friday that she is being treated at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. The prognosis is favorable, but the 51-year-old Hamill said she will miss some of the "Broadway on Ice" tour while she is having treatment.


Dwayne De Rosario scored early in the second half and the Houston Dynamo rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday night.


Small investors scared off by exercise in stock democracy

This was supposed to be the people's IPO, an exercise in shareholder democracy that would serve as a model for other companies seeking to go public without the suffocating embrace of Wall Street.


Irish Rep Opens 2004-05 Season with 'Triptych,' Starring Margaret Colin and Ally Sheedy

Playbill - Three women - a wife, a mistress and a daughter -   expose their passions for the same man in Triptych, the season opener of Off-Broadway's Irish Repertory Theatre Sept. 28-Nov. 14.


A District of Columbia judge on Monday lost his $54 million (27 million pound) lawsuit against a dry-cleaning shop that misplaced his pants.


England coach McClaren calls up uncapped Bentley and Young

Coach Steve McClaren has handed surprise call ups to uncapped wingers David Bentley and Ashley Young for England's crucial Euro 2008 qualifiers against Israel and Russia.


Cleric Rushes to See Arafat; Burial Plans Proceed

A top Muslim cleric rushed to Yasser  Arafat's hospital bedside on Wednesday, insisting the veteran  Palestinian leader was still alive even as aides arranged for  his burial and prepared for a transfer of power.


Vietnam confirms the death of some 6,000 domestic poultry from bird flu, after being free of human cases for a year.


Told his job is safe for now, Cashman will seek answers to team's pitching collapse. By Mike Fitzpatrick. NEW YORK -- Brian Cashman's job is safe -- at least for now.


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haiti's interim prime minister yesterday accused ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of backing a wave of violence while in exile, and criticised the South African Government that is hosting Aristide for what he called


Broward Writes the Book on Earth-Friendly Design With Its New Library

By Robin Benedick, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Dec. 15--PEMBROKE PINES -- Broward County unveiled its first "green" building Thursday, a new library on the south campus of Broward Community College that meets strict standards for environmental friendliness and energy efficiency.


Drivers in parts of northern England and the Midlands are warned of more heavy snowfalls.


Buying the Amex is a steal for NYSE Euronext.


The commander of three British servicemen accused of mistreating Iraqi detainees testified Friday that he told soldiers to make their prisoners "work hard" picking up garbage but saw no abuse.


Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz hopes a series of joint projects with India could ease tension between the two rivals.


Venezuelans head to polls, delays reported

Venezuelans headed to the polls Sunday to elect regional leaders amid lingering concerns of voter fraud and the political opposition's discontent.


Rinaldini: da oggi conflitto sociale pesante


Starbucks raises store expansion target to 40,000

Starbucks Corp. on Thursday raised its store expansion target to 40,000 from its previous goal of 30,000.


Hispanic Yellow Pages Network To Distribute 1st Baltimore Edition for the Maryland Area

BALTIMORE, June 18  /PRNewswire/ -- This month HYP Network's VEGA Directorio en Espanol will finish the distribution of its first Baltimore edition for the Maryland area.


PHOTOGRAPHS may correspond to the way things actually look in the world, but optical precision is not the same thing as reality.


The SCO Group Inc., licenser of the Unix operating system, filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, drained by unsuccessfully filing lawsuits claiming its software code was misappropriated by developers of the open-source Linux operating system.


Nasdaq  and state-run Borse Dubai unveiled a deal on Thursday to join forces and acquire Sweden's OMX , ending a lengthy takeover battle for the Nordic exchange owner.


EU leaders gather in Lisbon in an attempt to agree on a key treaty to reform the 27-nation bloc.


Hospitalised woman in Vietnam tests positive for bird flu

A 19-year-old woman hospitalised in Vietnam has tested positive for the lethal strain of bird flu that has killed 27 people across Asia this year, including 19 in the communist nation, officials said.


Obiettivo ora piu'ambizioso,crescita 2/o trimestre inferiore


New Statistics Show a Gently Slowing U.S. Economy

The Commerce DepartmentÂs revised estimates for the third quarter show gross national product expanding at a 2.2 percent annual rate.


Japan's Nishikori reaches first ATP semi-final

DELRAY BEACH, Florida  - Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori reached his first ATP semi-final with a 6-2 6-4 victory over American Bobby Reynolds in the Delray Beach International on Friday.


A Threat So Big, Academics Try Collaboration

Scholars from different disciplines are crossing lines to share ideas about reducing the threat of climate change.


Si riunisce cda dopo addio di Roberto Faenza


A gene that delays female puberty and may be linked to obesity has been identified by Oregon Health & Science University researchers. Experiments with mice suggest that absence of the gene in the area of the brain called the hypothalamus delays the onset of puberty.


A threat made against Toronto Raptors guard Vince Carter caused the team to increase security at last Wednesday's game against the New York Knicks.


L'adesione e' stata del 70% con punte del'80%-90%


Feds Poison Prairie Dogs to Save Ferrets

The federal government will begin poisoning prairie dogs in southwestern South Dakota next week after reaching a deal with conservationists designed to protect the endangered black-footed ferret.


Fewer American teenagers are having sex, and those who do are using contraceptives more often, according to a new survey from the US Department of Health and Human Services.


At this point it appears that the US presidential election will remain a neck-and-neck race right down to the wire; however, it is interesting that both President George W Bush and Senator John Kerry share the same fundamental beliefs about America's role


Malawi's president launches a new party after quitting the governing UDF in an anti-corruption row.


Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has been rushed into the intensive care unit of a Paris hospital. Mr Arafat's health has deteriorated but aides said the implications were not serious.


Patent applications to be peer reviewed?

UKPO considers Gowers recommendations The UK Patent Office is considering how it might implement some of the recommendations of the Gowers Review of intellectual property law in the UK. One of the suggestions Gowers made in the report was that the patent authorities should evaluate how peer review might improve the patent checking process.â¦


Police see breakthrough in Jakarta bombing

The October 2002 blasts at a Bali nightclub killed 202 people, including 88 Australians. Leads based on the vehicle involved led to a. He said police were conducting DNA


Update 1: Higher Ticket Prices Spur Carnival Profit

Carnival Corp. & plc, the world's largest cruise company, reported Friday that higher ticket prices and onboard sales propelled third-quarter earnings up 40 percent to its best three-month results ever.


Americans use TV, other media 10 hrs a day: Census

Americans will spend nearly 10 hours a day watching television, surfing the Internet, reading books, newspapers and magazines and listening to music this year, the U.S. Census Bureau said on Friday.


Three surfers find a new way to drink -- online

Three U.S. surfing friends whose jobs  moved them to different cities have come up with a way to  continue their weekly drinking session -- in an online pub that  even has happy hours.


Vatican Gives Schedule of Pope's Next Trip

Two days after a grueling papal pilgrimage which left some wondering if Pope John Paul II could still travel, the Vatican on Tuesday announced details of the ailing pontiff's next trip.


The agency's top physician said Wednesday it's "the place where medical breakthroughs will occur in the next 50 years" while a patient termed it simply "the house of hope."


BP plans layoffs, transfers at Chicago-area offices

Oil major BP Plc  told its 3,300 office workers in the suburbs of Chicago on Thursday that many staff will be relocated to Houston while others may be laid off, a BP spokesman said.


Macintosh owners are far more likely than PC owners to have recently paid for a music download.


Economic, credit worries rattle investors

Worries about the world-leading U.S. economy and fears over bank credit rippled across financial markets on Monday, sending stocks sharply lower and dragging the dollar to a record low against the euro.


New Delhi: Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here today to discuss bilateral issues and extend an invitation for the SAARC summit in Dhaka next year.


Paris Hilton butt of jokes at MTV Movie Awards

Paris Hilton spent her final hours of freedom in familiar territory on Sunday, front and center at a celebrity event near Hollywood -- as people cheered her upcoming incarceration.


Credit worries hit Asian financial stocks

Stocks fell across the Asia-Pacific region for a third day Friday, shrugging off a rise overnight on Wall Street.


A female British Airways pilot wins a three-year campaign to be allowed to work part-time and look after her child.


In a Jan. 19 story about the sentencing of former Republican Rep. Bob Ney in a lobbying scandal, The Associated Press erroneously reported the first name of a Bush Administration official also convicted. His name is Roger Stillwell, not Robert.


Celebrity Clothier Manuel Helps Elvis, Dylan Sparkle

NASHVILLE, Tenn.  - The Mexican-born fashion  designer who created glittering jackets for such stars as Elvis  Presley and Dolly Parton thinks that today's celebrities don't  measure up.


ZIKKIM, Israel  - A rocket launched by Palestinian militants in Gaza on Tuesday wounded some 30 soldiers in Israel, an attack likely to increase pressure on Israeli leaders to crack down on the Hamas-controlled territory.


Sub Photo Could Help Sink Google in China

A photo that purports to confirm the existence of a new Chinese missile sub could torpedo Google's aspirations in China.


Carriers see big growth in IP-based VPN services

Three carriers saw big growth in IP VPN services in 2004, even as MCI this week reported that it's expanding its own MCI Private IP. Customers said they want the simplicity a service offers and find the new approach cheaper.


Mugabe faces pressure as currency crashes

Zimbabwe's currency plunged to new depths on Friday as the U.S. ambassador to Harare predicted galloping inflation will force President Robert Mugabe from office before the end of the year.


U.S. Sen. Barack Obama did his best to highlight reasons for optimism in what might be Africa's largest slum during his brief stop there Sunday.


[TS] Fair Game: A Board That Knows Two Words: No Sale

It is the kind of takeover bid that shareholders dream of, with a suitor offering a healthy premium. So why is the targetâs board dead set against it?


Wal-mart's $4 generic-drug program could be the start of big changes in the $250 billion prescription-drug market.


Buried in a pro football graveyard is a forgotten unbeaten and untied team, the 1948 Cleveland Browns, who were led by quarterback Otto Graham and Coach Paul Brown.


Ericsson, the telecommunications equipment maker, will buy Redback Networks, a vendor of data networking equipment, for $2.1 billion in cash, the companies said on Tuesday.


A relative cries during the funeral for Israeli soldier Moshe Almaliach, in the southern Israeli town of Dimona, Friday, Oct. 22, 2004.


By DAVID BAUDER  NEW YORK - The average American home now has more television sets than people. That threshold was crossed within the past two years, according to Nielsen Media Research. There are 2.73 TV sets in the typical home and 2.55 people, the researchers said.


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In Second Trial, Avastin Is Found Effective in Treating Breast Cancer

The results from the new clinical trial could increase the chances that the Food and Drug Administration will approve the drug for that use.


Torino, 20:23 - CALCIO, TORINO: LAVORO PARZIALE PER DI LORETO

Doppia seduta di allenamento per il Torino in vista della gara con il Siena: in mattinata atletica t...


KLM to Cut Prices on Europe Destinations

KLM Air France AIRF.PA, said on  Wednesday it would slash ticket prices to all 66 European  destinations from Amsterdam by up to 40 percent on January 1 in  an attempt to compete more effectively with low-cost carriers.


These digital cameras dare to go where few have (willingly) gone before--underwater.


Violence in Iraq kills 50 civilians, 6 U.S. troops

A series of car bombs and mortar attacks killed 50 people in Iraq, police and local officials said on Saturday, while the U.S. military announced six soldiers had been killed in the past two days.


Ultra-nationalist Serbian politician Vojislav Seselj goes on trial at The Hague accused of war crimes.


Oz election: Howardâs expensive battlers

John Howardâs official election campaign launch in Brisbane - after heavily campaigning for the previous month and arguably all year â-as a monstrous bonanza for âHowardâs battlers.


Mariano Canu can't stop smiling as he looks out on his lettuce crop. With the help of U.S. government aid, he exports vegetables across Central America and is no longer struggling just to get by.


Ministers line up to attack Charles as 'patronising'

The dispute between the Prince of Wales and the Government over education intensified last night when a second Cabinet minister rebuked the prince for claiming the current system fuelled unrealistic ambitions.


DEI returned to Victory Lane with a junior -- Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s unheralded and previously winless teammate, Martin Truex Jr.


E in Borsa torna l'ossigeno, riprende anche il dollaro


Israel Claims Responsibility For Blast That Kills Five in Gaza

Israel says it was responsible for an explosion in an apartment in the Gaza Strip that killed five Palestinians and wounded seven others, four of them critically.


Amnesty International urges ban on Taser use

Taser electric stun guns are being used by police officers to routinely shock people who are mentally disturbed or who simply refuse to obey commands, according to an Amnesty International report released today.


The four major tracks in Massachusetts filed for 2005 racing dates with the state racing commission yesterday, one day in advance of the deadline.


Milano, 14:22 - CICLISMO, BALLERINI: PANCHINA LUNGA PER I GRANDI GIRI

Il commissario tecnico della nazionale azzurra di ciclismo, Franco Ballerini, rilancia l'idea della ...


US House votes to lift 27-year firearms ban in DC

Two weeks after the Republican leadership in Congress allowed the federal assault weapons ban to expire, the House voted overwhelmingly yesterday to repeal the District


Two militants, civilian killed in Kashmir attack

Two Islamic militants were killed in a fierce gunbattle with security forces near a stadium in Kashmir where Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was later due to speak, an army spokesman said.


Sochi win hailed as sign of Russia's revival

Russia hailed its winning bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics on Thursday as proof of the country's return to global prominence following a post-Soviet slump, and as a personal triumph for President Vladimir Putin.


Business & money: Roulette wheels and huge hotels have replaced the car industry with mixed results.


FRANKFURT, Germany -- Stuttgart stretched its unbeaten record and defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-0 to go to the top of the German league while newcomer Mainz stunned defending champion Werder Bremen 2-1 to jump to third place.


U.S. to Insist Iraq Grant It Wide Mandate in Operations

With its authority in Iraq set to expire, the Bush administration will also seek to guarantee civilian contractors immunity from Iraqi law, according to administration and military officials.


Famed ID Thief to Speak at Security Event

Frank Abagnale, subject of the film 'Catch Me If You Can', will keynote the London RSA Conference in October.


Michael Phelps (U.S.) won the men's 200  meters butterfly swimming gold medal at the Olympics on  Tuesday.


Disgraced prosecutor Mike Nifong submitted a new letter of resignation Monday, agreeing to leave office immediately.


Another Scottish regiment 'to be deployed'

Another Scottish regiment may be deployed to the dangerous US-controlled area south of Baghdad when the Black Watch leaves there before Christmas, it emerged today.


Zwiesel, 14:23 - SCI, CDM DONNE: SCHILD VINCE SLALOM, GIUS QUARTA

L'austriaca Marlies Schild ha vinto lo slalom di Zwiesel, in Germania, valido per la Coppa del Mondo...


`Hobbit-sized' skeleton astounds scientists

Anthropologists are not often giddy with excitement, but the unearthing of the skeleton of a meter-tall female who hunted pygmy elephants and giant rats 18,000 years ago has them whooping with delight the finding of another piece of the puzzle of the


The union leaders said the Jaguar plant job cuts have come just as Browns Lane was praised for being one of Europe's top performing car plants -- for quality and production.


Sir Clive Woodward believes Andy Robinson can take England to a "new level".


Republicans, Democrats Throwing Wide Net

Those incessant political ads aren't just on television. They're now on billboards, DVDs and even traffic reports.


Shaughnessy falls to 15-year-old at Tashkent

Fifteen-year-old Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic upset second-seeded Meghann Shaughnessy 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (1) Saturday to advance to the Tashkent Open final.


The Lede: Life in Cairo Without the Internet

Imagining hundreds of outage-related micro-dramas unfolding simultaneously.


Mourners bid farewell to Pavarotti before funeral

MODENA, Italy  - Thousands of mourners filed past the open coffin of Luciano Pavarotti in the cathedral of his Italian home town on Friday, in an emotional farewell to the singer whose death prompted tributes from around the world.


Jobless rate in Singapore declines to a 3-year low

SINGAPORE Singapore's unemployment rate fell to its lowest in more than three years in the third quarter, the government said Monday, as manufacturers and service companies increased investment in the city-state, creating new jobs.


Be it fettuccine, linguine or spaghetti, Italians will soon be paying up to 20 percent more for their pasta.


Hopes for a healthy rise in US employment levels prompts a rise in the value of the dollar after days of sharp declines.


Japan's top mobile phone carrier, NTT DoCoMo, said Friday its profit fell 15 percent in most recent quarter because of growing promotional costs and discounts that were needed to compete with rival carriers.


Consumer Confidence Rebounds in December

Improving labor market conditions and cheaper energy prices led to a sharp increase in a widely watched indicator of consumer confidence in the economy in December, a good sign for growth heading into the new year.


A neighbour of nine-year-old house blast victim Stephanie Hammacott frantically tried to save her life.


Useful evidence may have been destroyed when a laptop was switched on, a terror trial hears.


Death row Scot Kenny Richey spends his first day of freedom being reunited with family in the US.


MISSOURI 63, NO. 12 GONZAGA 61: At Columbia, Mo. - Jason Conley had 16 points and 13 rebounds, and Missouri survived a lengthy cold stretch at the finish to hang on and beat Gonzaga on Thursday night.


A suicide bomber walked into a packed restaurant in southeastern Afghanistan and set off his explosives, killing 15 other people and wounding 25.


Emlyn Hughes 1947-2004: Shine on you Crazy diamond

The very sad news has been announced that Red legend Emlyn Hughes passed away peacefully at his Sheffield home in the early hours of this morning.


A federal bankruptcy judge has given United Airlines a 30-day "test period" to show it can cooperate with its unions on a restructuring plan, rejecting union calls to open the process up to rival proposals immediately because United has not


U.S. panel to weigh depression drug risk for adults

Advisers to the U.S. government will consider on Wednesday if taking antidepressant drugs may raise the risk of suicidal behavior in some adults just as it appears to in children and teens.


La scoperta dei ricercatori dell'Istituto Superiore di SanitÃ Presto possibile produrre cellule per trasfusioni e per trapianti                                            Un "interruttore" per produrre cellule del sangue e staminali


The pensions department apologises for sending thousands of personal letters to the wrong addresses.


City Reports on Water Tests Were Incomplete, State Says

New York City violated federal drinking water rules over the past six years by supplying incomplete results from its annual tests for lead, state health officials said yesterday.


US Citizen, Five Others Kidnapped in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 2 November 2004 - One US citizen and five other employees of a Saudi trading company were kidnapped in Baghdad yesterday, plunging the country further into crisis on the eve of the US presidential elections.


Abbas makes election move, possibly to push back activist ...

The interim Palestinian leader promised to set a date for internal elections in the ruling Fatah movement, a Cabinet minister said Friday, in an apparent attempt to persuade the head of Fatah's restless young guard to drop out


Blog: Failure to file quarterly earnings reports while the company investigates potential refile over accounting errors has resulted in a repeat notice of possible Nasdaq delisting.


Two patients stabbed to death at Tokyo hospital

TOKYO - A male patient suffering from liver cancer stabbed two other male patients to death and seriously injured an assistant nurse at a Tokyo hospital Monday morning.


Some Globular Clusters May Be Leftovers From Snacking Galaxies

Globular star clusters are like spherical cathedrals of light -- collections of millions of stars lumped into a space only a few dozen light-years across. If the Earth resided within a globular cluster, our night sky would be alight with thousands of stars more brilliant than Sirius.


Spirit of rock 'n' roll alive and well in Iraq

The fate of four would-be  head-bangers in the crazy world of Iraq might not add up to a  hill of beans, but it's fodder for an engaging documentary by  Canadian filmmakers Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi titled "Heavy  Metal in Baghdad."


Golf Darren Clarke , who hasn't played since the British Open while coping with his wife's death, was selected yesterday for the Ryder Cup as Europe completed its team for this month's showdown with the United States at Ireland's K Club. He and Lee Westwood were the two captain's picks by Ian Woosnam . Paul McGinley and Jose Maria Olazabal ...


At least 4 Spanish tourists killed in Yemen blast

At least four Spanish tourists were  killed when a car bomb hit their convoy in Yemen's eastern  province of Marib on Monday, a provincial authority source  said.


BP faces fine over Texas City blast recovery

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Friday proposed to fine BP Plc  $92,000 for safety violations at a Texas City refinery where 15 workers died in a 2005 explosion and fire.


NBA-Wade, O'Neal Lead Sizzling Heat to Seventh Straight Win

Dwyane Wade scored 25 points to inspire the Miami Heat to their seventh straight win, a 107-100 victory over the Denver Nuggets Friday.


Palestinians prepare for the funeral and burial of their veteran leader as officials warn of his imminent death.


President Bush chided Sen. John Kerry and fellow Democrats on Monday for asserting that Republicans will undermine Social Security, calling the strategy "the most tired, pathetic way to campaign for the presidency."


Foreign Nationals Hired For 2 Calif. GOP Posts

LOS ANGELES, June 25 -- The California Republican Party is having a tough time with immigrants -- but not because of the usual debates over Mexican border crossers. For the nation's largest state GOP, the troubles hit closer to home.


Delegates come together to choose candidates that will form a delegation to meet Moqtada al-Sadr in Najaf to ask him to stop fighting and join the political process instead during Iraq's National Conference, August 16, 2004. AP ...


More than half the suicide bombers used by the Taleban in Afghanistan are not Afghan nationals, a UN report says.


Danish police arrest several people over an alleged plot to attack a man who drew Prophet Muhammad cartoons.


U.S. Drops Most Import Barriers to High-Grade Steel

The end of most tariffs and duties against imports of a high-grade steel used in cars was a victory for U.S. and Japanese automakers.


Investors appeared to put aside their concerns about tighter credit availability, signs that the economy may be slipping and uncertainty about what the Fedâs next move will be.


CRUDE futures continued to fall today furthering a 10-per-cent decline in the past two weeks on the belief that rising US crude supplies will meet demand for the northern winter.


Merrill could face big subprime write down

Profit at Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.   could take a big hit if the U.S. brokerage heavyweight  cuts the value on nearly $1 billion in subprime lender assets  it bought just eight months ago.


MIAMI, FL, Sun. Aug. 29, 5 am: A tropical storm watch may be required for portions of the northern Leeward Islands later today as the center of another hurricane, Hurricane Frances inched closer to the islands.


Iran Readies Uranium for Enrichment, UN Watching

Iran said on Wednesday it had processed several tons of raw "yellowcake" uranium to prepare it for enrichment -- a process that can be used to make atomic weapons -- in defiance of the U.N. nuclear watchdog.


French farce as 'Miss' proves a hit with the wrong crowd

When the bitching begins there are surely few sights uglier than a beauty pageant, as the Christmas row over the newly-crowned Miss France amply shows.


Cheney was 'serious, sober, even-keeled' but Edwards more than held his own and scored some points as well. The Christian Science Monitor's Liz Marlantes attended the vice presidential debate in Cleveland Tuesday night.


The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday filed the first case in the country against software companies accused of infecting computers with intrusive "spyware" and then trying to sell people the solution.


The world awaits crucial votes on Microsoft's Open XML

Blog: Does it make sense to have multiple document standards? Upcoming votes consider this and other technical factors.


The film funnyman is trying to rebound from a career slump with a new thriller - and a new spiritual path. Joel Stein peeks into the eternal weirdness of Jim Carrey's mind


Nearly half of those jobs disappeared after the recession's official end, with San Francisco and Boston being hit the hardest.


Lipitor Cuts Artery Clogs After Heart Attack

Early treatment with Lipitor (atorvastatin), a "statin" cholesterol-lowering drug, reduces the build-up of artery-clogging plaque in patients who've had a recent heart attack, new research suggests.


Nylon, one of the world's most versatile synthetics, comes into the world. And just in time, too. Compiled by Tony Long.


Top Cleric Returns, Seeks Peace in Najaf

NAJAF, Iraq - Hoping to end weeks of fighting in Najaf, Iraq's top Shiite cleric unexpectedly returned home from Britain on Wednesday armed with a new peace initiative and a call for Iraqis across the country to march on the holy city to demand an end to the fighting.    Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini Al-Sistani, who wields enormous influence among Shiite Iraqis, had previously declined to get involved in resolving the violent conflicts roiling the nation, and it was unclear why he suddenly changed his mind...


If Andre Carter never makes it as a standout in pass coverage, he will excel as a diplomat. Carter, the 49ers' best pure pass rusher, neatly sidestepped the


Dovranno esprimersi sull'accordo con Macquarie


ELMONT, N.Y. -- The ending had all the drama and excitement of a Hollywood script, and it left almost everyone smiling. It was the feel-good story of the year in a sport that desperately needed one.


China's Leaders Cash in on Deng's Centennial

Late Chinese paramount leader Deng Xiaoping loathed the cult of personality, but on the 100th anniversary of his birth on Sunday Communist Party leaders almost deified


Jason White threw for four touchdowns, two each to Travis Wilson and Mark Clayton, and No. 2 Oklahoma overcame its own mistakes to beat Kansas State 31-21 Saturday.


Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday introduced an latest version of iMac desktop computer, a sleek model in which the processors and drives are packaged behind its 2-inch-thick monitor.


Europeans Toast Powell With Farewell Gifts

Colin Powell's NATO colleagues brewed up some festive cheer for the departing secretary of state, presenting him with some fine European beer as a farewell gift Thursday.


Roma, 12:52 - CALCIO, ARBITRI; RIZZOLI: DA EX PS SO FRUSTRAZIONE AGENTI

Nicola Rizzoli è arbitro di serie A ma sa bene cosa significa la vita del poliziotto impegnat...


LAFAYETTE, La. - A University of Louisiana at Lafayette physics professor was banned from the campus Wednesday and taken to the coroner's office for evaluation after threatening his class, university officials said...


White House reacts to Clintons' comments

The White House on Thursday made fun of former President Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, for criticizing President Bush's decision to erase the prison sentence of former aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.


Mantova, 19:09 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: SOMMESE INTENSIFICA I CARICHI DI LAVORO

Allenamento pomeridiano per il Mantova al campo Centrale Te in vista della gara di lunedÃ¬ prossimo a...


Alleged Terror Leader Goes On Trial In Indonesia

The alleged leader of Southeast Asia's most dangerous Islamic militant group has gone on trial in Indonesia charged with terrorist offenses that carry the death penalty.


Microsoft "Halo 3" 1st-day sales hit $170 million

Microsoft Corp's  "Halo 3" video game set an opening-day U.S. sales record of $170 million, outdoing any video game or movie debut and giving the company's money-losing entertainment unit a strong boost toward profitability.


A Delaware judge ruled yesterday that co-op owners at the Watergate East were within their rights when they voted this summer to reject the offer of a D.C. developer to purchase property as part of a plan to convert the Watergate Hotel into more luxury co-ops.


State Dept. Promises  Passport  Solutions

Facing an unexpected backlash from angry travelers and lawmakers, the Bush administration said yesterday it would be flexible in enforcing new passport requirements beginning next January for Americans who return by land or sea from Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.


Republican John McCain can claim the most eclectic overseas portfolio among presidential candidates: He has ties to a Cambodian reality TV show, a Bolivian law-and-order guide and rock concerts in the former Soviet Union.


Urawa Red Diamonds deny Man Utd in Asian tour opener

Shinji Ono denied Manchester United victory in the first game of their Asian tour with a late equaliser to secure a 2-2 draw for Urawa Red Diamonds in Saitama on Tuesday.


Linebacker LaVar Arrington is likely to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery, Joe Gibbs said, and would be sidelined two-to-four weeks.


No Gold for Phelps As Relay Team Falters

ATHENS, Greece - Mark Spitz can rest easy. The best Michael Phelps can do is win seven gold medals at these Olympics...


Pentagon assessment says long tours keep military from improving ability to respond to new crisis.


North Korea fired one missile, not several: report

North Korea fired just one, not several, short-range missile off its east coast on Friday and may follow up with the launch of another from its west, South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted intelligence sources as saying on Saturday.


Ivory Coast's Gbagbo Orders New Jets After French Strikes

Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo said he's ordered new aircraft and vowed to buy more if necessary after France wiped out the country's two-plane air force in response to a strike on the former colonial ruler's own troops.


Monaco di Baviera, 15:11 - CALCIO, BAYERN: INFORTUNIO AI LEGAMENTI PER LAHM

Il difensore del Bayern Monaco, Philipp Lahm,, dovrà rimanere fermo diverse settimane a causa...


The troubled sports car firm TVR is sold back to its previous owner, sparking anger among union officials.


Apple plans European expansion of iTunes

BERLIN: Apple Computer Inc is planning the next wave of expansion for its popular iTunes online music store with a multi-country European launch in October, the services chief architect said on Wednesday.


Details of events to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar are announced on Lord Nelson's 246th birthday.


Ragazza uccisa, madre a Tg1: vi prego costituitevi

"Vi prego, costituitevi, vi prego costituitevi. Fatelo per la memoria di Giusi, lei dall'altro mondo vi guarderÃ , vi perdonerÃ  pure". E' l'appello lanciato ai microfoni del Tg1 della madre di Giusi, la ragazzina


Fright Club Takes Top Spot at Box Office

LOS ANGELES  - With what will likely be the last "big" opening of the summer box office season, "Alien vs. Predator" generated an impressive $38.29 million last weekend, according to final numbers issued Monday. The ...


Shock scenes at Berlin Xmas market Paris Hilton allegedly got a bit of a mouthful from a Russian dwarf posing as a Smurf when she attempted to "adopt" a pair of the loveable characters at a Berlin Xmas market.â¦


Gli italiani raccontano le vacanze all'estero su un sito della presidenza del consiglio"Efficienza, pulizia, rispetto: le qualitÃ  che vorremmo nel nostro Paese"                                          Turismo, ecco la cittÃ  ideale: servizi berlinesi e prezzi spagnoli                                                                                di CLOTILDE VELTRI


Media & professional: A senior executive at InterContinental has resigned after misleading the company over his academic qualifications. By Graeme Wearden.


Canadian Company Offers Nude Photos via Cellphone

Telus, the Canadian telephone company, included a new âadults onlyâ section last month on a list of items its wireless customers could download from it.


Ukraine's Unity Is Under Threat by Vote Impasse

As many as 3,500 officials voted to seek autonomy if the opposition continues to seek the presidency for Viktor A. Yushchenko.


Russia's Gazprom to sell entire stock of Gazpromneft

Gazprom, Russia's biggest taxpayer, decided to sell the entire stock of Gazpromneft, which it thinks " has accomplished its mission," the Itar-Tass news agency quoted a source close to the gas giant as reporting on Tuesday evening.


Iraq Declares Martial Law, 22 Police Killed

Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi declared martial law on Sunday and said a US-led military offensive against the rebel-held city of Falluja could not be delayed much longer.


Lisbona, 15:41 - CALCIO, JUVE; RANIERI: PRESO IAQUINTA, MICCOLI MI PIACE

Dopo l'Udinese, anche Claudio Ranieri ammette l'arrivo di Vincenzo Iaquinta alla Juventus e individu...


Lorenza Lei alle risorse artistiche, Claudio a staff del dg


LeBron James scores a season-high 51 points, including 25 in the fourth quarter and overtime, to lead the Cleveland to a 132-124 victory over the Grizzlies.


The authority of head teachers must be reinforced to overcome discipline problems, says Tory leader.


Architecture Review: Art Museum Mixes Pomp and Hint of Pop

As a monument to the civic aspirations of Los Angeles, Renzo Pianoâs design of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum is remarkably uninspired.


A man being held in Switzerland is fighting extradition to Spain where he face charges of planning a bomb attack in Madrid.


Our position is: US troops need equipment redesigned from the ground up for fighting a new kind of warfare. Spc. Thomas Wilson was blunt with Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld this week during an open forum involving US troops in Iraq.


Filmmaker Michael Moore has set his eyes on the Oscar's best picture award, withdrawing his Fahrenheit 9/11 from the race for next year's best documentary prize.


Hanes Opens Unmentionables Market in China

Hanes is entering the lucrative consumer market of the world's most populous nation, China.


Boy gets $47,000 shot to act in Will Ferrell comedy

The parent of a 10-year-old boy has  won the bidding for a coveted spot to appear alongside comedian  Will Ferrell in an upcoming movie, paying $47,100 in an  Internet charity auction.


Non compete ai sindaci, cosi' sanci' Cassazione gia' nel '02


Too many candidates in a new university law entry test produced "poor quality" work, a report says.


New Cooperation and New Tensions in Terrorist Hunt

The apprehension of Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan was wrapped up with almost no notice, but it would have enormous global repercussions.


A new way to manipulate human embryonic stem cells offers hope of a treatment for muscular dystrophies.


Eco-Ranger Ready to Recruit the Next Generation

YOUNGSTERS are being urged to go green.  The eco-rangers scheme, now in its ninth year, is attempting to persuade youngsters to be more aware of the environment.


North Korea ready to stop making plutonium: Seoul

North Korea appears ready to abandon the source of its weapons-grade plutonium but there is a still a long way to go before Pyongyang scraps its entire nuclear arms program, a top South Korean nuclear envoy said on Friday.


Votes are counted in Argentina, as exit polls suggest Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will be president.


Australia Urged to Run PNG Border Controls

Australia should consider taking over the customs and border controls of neighboring Papua New Guinea to crack down on cross-border gun running and drug trafficking, an Australian thinktank said Tuesday.


Radio station cash freed Brown from jail

Bobby Brown's release after three nights in the county jail was the result of a radio station paying the $19,150 the R&B singer owed in late child-support payments and court fees, the station said Thursday.


Sen. Schumer urges SEC expand Countrywide probe

Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, said on Thursday an investigation of Countrywide Financial Corp's chief executive should be expanded to include the company.


England captain Jonny Wilkinson has been ruled out for four to six weeks with a haematoma in his right arm. The Newcastle fly-half looks certain to miss England's game against Canada on 13 November, plus the


Mammograms Not Helpful for Most Women Over 80

NEW YORK  - Breast cancer screening in the  US is common among women 80 years of age or older, but it is of  little benefit to the majority of them, according to a new  study.


President Bush criticized Sen. John Kerry as a liberal trying to hide from his own record Thursday as the two men entered the last, post-debate lap of a close race for the White House. The Democratic challenger said his rival "fights, literally, for the privileged few."


Liberty beat Sun to wrap up playoff berth

The New York Liberty made sure they wrapped up a playoff spot sooner than later. The Liberty beat the Connecticut Sun 69-66 Friday night behind Crystal Robinson's season-high 22 points to gain a playoff berth in the WNBA.


The decapitated bodies of two police officers were found in a seaside slum as violence erupted again in the Haitian capital. They and another policeman were killed on Friday in a clash with protesters demanding


Jewish groups in Italy are outraged by an internet blog that accused university professors of Zionism.


As the Security Council meets in Nairobi for the second and final day today over the problems in Sudan and Somalia, one thing that has emerged is that Darfur is attracting more attention than the other problem areas.


Business & money: Extension to Reading 'is in the balance' as consultant says scheme would be waste of time


Yep, your 7-year-old knows more than you Children are becoming tech-savvy from a younger age, a new study has discovered.â¦


Blair vows not to quit despite probe uproar

British Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed  on Friday not to quit before British police finished a  political funding investigation, despite growing alarm in his  Labour party over the damage the probe is inflicting on the  government.


People in the UK are borrowing almost twice that of citizens in other western European countries, a report says.


India recover from a paltry 204 all out to beat England by 23 runs at Lord's.


Volunteers are needed to give Teesside's beaches an autumn clean this Saturday.   Beachwatch events will take place at both Redcar and Saltburn beaches in a bid to keep the sands spick and span.


With temperatures in the Arctic rising at twice the rate of elsewhere, the ice cover there will within the next 100 years completely disappear in summer and the biodiversity will change dramatically, according to a scientific study published this week.


The Black Watch is being deployed as part of a US Marine expeditionary unit to take "decisive action" against insurgents in Iraq, Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir Michael Walker has revealed.


ARLINGTON Coach: Dan Hirsch (third year, 9-11). Last year's record: 4-6. Playing surface : Artificial turf. Football website: MIAA.net. Strengths: Offseason commitment, size on offensive and defensive lines. Concern: Team speed. Outlook: Senior John Reardon is back, and Hirsch is happy to have a tested quarterback. "John's our field general and he will lead our offense again this season," Reardon ...


Saudi diplomats sent home from UK over alleged crimes

Seven diplomats from Saudi Arabia are among 28 who have left Britain in the last 10 years after being accused of serious crimes including rape, official figures showed Wednesday.


Modena, 13:01 - F1, ANNIVERSARIO FERRARI; SCHUMI: FESTA SENZA STRESS DA GARA

Ritiratosi dalle corse, Micahel Schumacher puÃ² godersi al meglio le celebrazioni per il 60/o anniver...


Fewer homes for sale in major U.S. cities: paper

The number of homes listed for sale in 18 major U.S. metropolitan areas at the end of November was down 4 percent from a month earlier, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Tuesday.


Bomb blasts in Pakistan in wake of mosque assault

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan  - At least seven people, including three policemen, were killed in two separate blasts in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, one of them a suicide bomb attack on a senior government official.


CAIRO, EGYPT -- A man identified as Osama bin Laden, speaking on an audiotape posted on an Islamic website yesterday, praised the men who attacked a US consulate in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, earlier this month and called on militants to stop the flow of oil to


Crowe, wife welcome arrival of second son

Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe's wife Danielle Spencer gave birth to their second child on Friday, his Australian manager said. Tennyson Spencer Crowe was born at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital weighing about 8 pounds, Crowe's manager Grant Vandenberg said.


The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate a quarter of a percentage point to 3.5 percent on Thursday, but a strong euro suggests the bank could pause its string of rate hikes next year.


Tom Glavine had one of the worst outings of his stellar career against baseball's highest-scoring team.


ATLANTA -- Michael Vick rolled to the left, brushed aside a rusher like a pesky gnat and took off the other way.


EDITORIAL: No Easy Answers at Water Trial

By Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Feb. 14--The trial to keep some 200 irrigation wells operational has started in the Weld County Courthouse.


The Fantasy World of a Mysterious Artist

Jessica Yu's excellent documentary explores the life and work of Henry Darger, one of the world's best-known outside artists.


Boss Kevin Keegan will again be without Claudio Reyna, Ben Thatcher, Trevor Sinclair and Jihai Sun. Bradley Wright-Phillips, who opened his goal-scoring account after just three minutes on the pitch against


Three elderly pensioners are targeted in separate robberies at their homes in County Antrim.


RSA's Coviello making good on billion-dollar promise

(InfoWorld) - It's been more than two months since EMC officially exchanged rings in the $2.1 billion courtship of RSA Security, but former RSA chief Art Coviello says the honeymoon's still going on, and that he's happy to take a step down from the CEO's post â¦for now. In a wide-ranging discussion with reporters over dinner in Boston on Wednesday, Coviello, the charismatic chief of RSA for more than a decade, said that he expects to stay on at EMC for at least the next few years, as he makes good on a promise to EMC CEO Joe Tucci to grow RSA into a $1 billion a year company by 2009. Tight integration with EMC's product line is a key element of that plan, such as embedding RSA's access management technology into EMC's Documentum content management system. "Customers are craving integrated solutions," he said.Â Â Â  EMC pushed RSA along towards meeting that goal by acquiring security event management vendor Network Intelligence on the same day that it closed its acquisition of RSA. Together with RSA's traditional strength in data encryption, the Network Intelligence software will be a key element of the EMC Common Security Platform, which will integrate core services authentication, auditing and authorization across EMC's product line. That $175 million buy would have been beyond the means of RSA, which reported total revenue of $181 million through the first half of 2006, especially after the Cyota and PassMark acquisitions. Network Intelligence will add around $20 million in revenue to the RSA division's bottom line this year, and double that next year, Coviello said.Â  Coviello is also banking on strong growth in demand for consumer facing "adaptive authentication" technology that RSA acquired from Cyota (Findit/4311) in December, 2005, and PassMark Security in April (Findit/4312). That business has been growing at about 100 percent annually, from $11 million last year to around $30 million this year, and Coviello expects that growth trend to continue for a least a couple more years, as banks and other financial institutions get in line with guidance from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) to beef up user protections in online banking portals (Findit/4756). Coviello is also looking to expand the value of those acquisitions with offerings like a risk assessment service that could be sold to banks and financial services companies and that leverages the phishing and online crime intelligence collected by RSA's Cyota team in Israel. RSA researchers are also working on applying fraud intelligence, like that used by Cyota, to data flows within an organization in an effort to spot anomalies that may reveal insider threats, Coviello said. But the former CEO said he's seeing opportunity everywhere these days, as the EMC name opens doors that were previously shut to accounts across verticals, but especially in banking and financial services. Executives who saw RSA as a secure token vendor a year ago now see the company's technology as a strategic investment, when coupled with EMC, he said. Those accounts were hard to win before EMC entered the picture, and Coviello admitted that RSA's PassMark acquisition was more about getting a foot in at major financial institutions like Bank of America than about the PassMark technology. Reflecting on the first quarter since 1992 that he hasn't had to face Wall St. analysts for an earnings call, Coviello said that he felt as if he had "traded nine board members for one (Tucci)." "In some ways, I'm more independent than when I was CEO and had a board of directors, where there's a lot more scrutiny of operating costs and profitability," he said. Coviello claims that he's been given free reign to use the RSA division to develop security solutions independent of EMC's product lines, even while it leverages EMC's infrastructure, customer support and professional services groups -- not to mention the company's $6 billion war chest for future acquisitions. And with that kind of bankroll, future acquisitions are definite possibility. Coviello estimated he spent around 30 percent of his time vetting possible purchases, and that another mega-purchase along the lines of RSA weren't out of the question, though they'd have to be "compelling." But, once a CEO always a CEO. Asked whether he could be happy staying on as an Executive Vice President at EMC, Coviello said he "didn't know about that," but waxed philosophical.  "When I was 30, my goal was to be a CEO by the time I was 40. I don't think like that now. I know what I'm going to be doing for the next couple years."


Abroad: In Marseille, Rap Helps Keep the Peace

It is Hip-hop, as much a source of local pride as the townâs soccer team, that turns out to be a lens through which to examine why this city didnât burn.


Ads for self-described security program Winfixer -- regarded by many as an unwanted program using questionable advertising to gain buyers -- got a swift eviction from MSN Messenger over the weekend. The problem of "scareware" on online ad networks, however, is much broader.


Europe loses patience with Iran over arms

France's foreign minister, Michel Barnier, insisted yesterday that Iran must assure the world that it does not plan to acquire atomic weapons as European nations lost patience with Teheran over its nuclear programme.


Roma, 15:45 - BASKET, LOTTOMATICA ROMA: SI DIMETTE COACH REPESA

Terremoto in casa Lottomatica Roma dopo la pesantissima batosta in Eurolega contro il Tau Vitoria (-...


Fewer than half of Scottish dentists are accepting new NHS patients, a new study has found.


Ads in video games are becoming a lucrative area for firms trying to reach young people.


Spain may send navy to search U.S. treasure boats

Spain may send its navy to stop and search two U.S. boats suspected of carrying treasure from ancient shipwrecks belonging to Spain, Culture Minister Carmen Calvo said on Tuesday.


Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop cosmetics chain, died on Monday evening after suffering a major brain haemorrhage, her family said.


String of violence in Iraq raises death toll to 70

At least 23 people were killed in a series of attack launched by the insurgents in Iraq. This brought the total death toll from three days of violence to more than 70.


"Il provvedimento non costituisce un aiuto di Stato"


Il sindaco di Roma non si sbilancia sulla candidatura: "La decisione Ã¨ vicina come ieri"Matteoli, An: "Candidare lui Ã¨ dimostrazione del fallimento del Governo"                                          Veltroni: "Per me un momento importante" Bossi: "Non prenderÃ  voti al Nord"


VMware founder wants data center coup USENIX Operating systems aren't so great. They lounge like bloated monarchs on a database server â getting far more credit than they're worth. Clutched in their sausage fingers are the keys to a kingdom far too vast to properly manage.â¦


Thai PM Summons Emergency Bird Flu Meeting

Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra called an emergency meeting on bird flu on Wednesday after experts said they had probably documented Thailand's first case of human-to-human transmission of the disease.


The U.S., Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia will confer Friday in London to assess Iran's defiant refusal to suspend uranium enrichment. They are expected to refer the nuclear case to the U.N. Security Council for talks next week on possible sanctions, diplomats said Thursday.


The latest batch of disappointing U.S. employment data highlights a gap between Wall Street's economic forecasts and the tough labor market facing nearly eight million unemployed Americans.


A union leader criticises MPs after reports that some are calling for a 66% pay rise.


Tide of end times takes over 60,000; Kuwait doubles aid

GALLE, Sri Lanka (Agencies): The sea and wreckage of coastal towns around the Indian Ocean yielded up tens of thousands of bodies on Tuesday, pushing the toll from Sunday's tsunami over 60,000.


Roma, la denuncia di 4 bambini: "Violentati da mamma". la procura: non Ã¨ veroDietro il filmato ci potrebbe essere la guerra fra i genitori separati                                          Su You tube il video choc dei quattro fratellini contesi


Ahead of Olympics, China faces charges of child labor

The negative publicity comes at a sensitive moment for Beijing as it seeks to burnish its international image.


EU force pledges to stay out of Chad rebel conflict

The head of an EU peacekeeping force deploying to protect Darfur refugees pledged Wednesday that troops would not become embroiled in the conflict between Chad's government and rebels.


Felix Cardenas of Colombia won the 17th stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Wednesday, and defending champion Roberto Heras held onto the overall leader's jersey for the sixth straight day.


Conservatives are nearly resigned to seeing front-runner John McCain capture the Republican presidential nomination, but they are still debating whether to stay home in November or to try to influence his positions and choice of a running mate.


Tie Breaker Allows Lysacek to Defend Title

Johnny Weir and his rival, Evan Lysacek, finished with identical totals of 244.77. But Lysacek edged Weir for the menâs title because he had slightly better marks in his free skate.


Russia puts $10 mil bounty on Chechen rebel leaders

MOSCOW - Russia's top general threatened on Wednesday to strike terrorists "in any region of the world," and the Kremlin offered a $10 million reward for information leading to the killing or capture of Chechnya's top rebel leaders.


The premiere of Bride and Prejudice, the Bollywood adaptation of Jane Austen's tale, is held in London.


Artie Shaw, jazz clarinetist, swing-era bandleader and husband of   numerous famous beauties, including Ava Gardner and Lana Turner, has   died. He was 94.


IT must act as driver for change, says Gartner

Analyst Gartner is predicting radical change will occur as organisations realise that IT must act as a key driver for business change.


A leftist party in Uruguay is hoping an online game will help it attract young voters.


EEye Digital Security has uncovered new security holes affecting a wide range of RealNetworks' media players, the latest desktop-based bugs set to worry IT managers.


Britain Charges 8 in Terror Plot Tied to U.S. Alert

Britain charged eight terrorism suspects  Tuesday and said one had plans which could be used in terror  attacks on U.S. financial targets in New York, New Jersey and  Washington.


Australian train derailment injures around 160

BUNDABERG, Australia: A high-speed passenger train ploughed through trees and dirt "like a bulldozer" after it mysteriously derailed in northeast Australia, injuring nearly all 163 people on board, rescue workers said.


Amazon.com Inc  on  Wednesday issued quarterly earnings and full-year sales  forecasts ahead of Wall Street targets, but profit margins  declined in what one analyst called a disappointment.


Pop-rocker Ashlee Simpson may have been exposed on a recent performance on Saturday's SNL. While preparing for her second performance, the audience mistakenly heard the previous performance of "Pieces of Me" instead of "Autobiography." Simpson, who app...


Yukos to Devise Emergency Plan to Continue Operating

The Russian oil giant Yukos said today that its management was putting together an emergency plan to continue running the company for a few months, even after the auction of its prize asset in December.


Police hunting the killer of a 17-year-old youth release details of a teenager they want to question.


Basking in the Sun Though Wary of a Storm

In the three years since Sheryl Crow released "Wildflower" she has changed everything from her residence to her commercial expectations.


Deere Profit Up, Outlook Below Estimates

Deere & Co.  on Tuesday said quarterly earnings rose 30 percent on strong demand, higher selling prices and increased efficiency, but the farm equipment maker fell short of analysts' estimates and gave a weak forecast, sending its shares down 3 percent in early trading.


Prosecution demands 34-year jail term for accused Briton

Spain's public prosecutor called for a Briton accused of murdering two teenage Spanish girls to be handed a 34-year jail term if found guilty of the killings of one of the youngsters.


New material implicates former French PM in Clearstream scandal

Material found on the computer of one of the main figures in the Clearstream affair implicates former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin, sources close to the case said Wednesday.


Bergamo, 15:15 - CALCIO, ATALANTA: PRESO TALAMONTI DAL RIVER

L'Atalanta ha prelevato in prestito dal River Plate il difensore Leonardo Josè Talamonti, ex ...


Trionfale accoglienza alla Radio City Music Hall per il compositore italianoUna rassegna di film e un omaggio firmato da numerosi noti artisti in attesa dell'Oscar                                            Ovazioni a New York per Morricone per la prima volta sul podio negli Usa


Powell may be first to leave, while Rice could fill other ...

President Bush has begun preparing a second-term Cabinet that will likely lose a few well-known faces but will retain most key players and be even more dominated


Republic of Congo Creates Protected Areas

The Republic of Congo Monday announced the establishment of two massive protected areas for elephants, chimpanzees and gorillas.


IBM on Wednesday formally announced the next major release of WebSphere, code-named Vela, which company officials see as an integral building block for both its ongoing SOA (service-oriented architecture) and On Demand strategies.


Casino giant MGM Mirage is building a $4bn gambling resort complex in the centre of Las Vegas.


Lisbona, 13:11 - CALCIO, PORTOGALLO: JORGE COSTA NUOVO ALLENATORE BRAGA

Jorge Costa è il nuovo allenatore dei portoghesi del Braga, avversari del Parma nei sedicesim...


Ukraine Election Called 'Battle Between Democracy and Authoritarianism'

Washington, D.C., October 26, 2004 - ' Taras Kuzio, a professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, joined several political analysts today in expressing concerns ...


Mental Health and Immigration Among Priorities

RICHMOND, Jan. 10 -- Democrats vowed Thursday to rule from the center as the controlling party of the Virginia Senate as they unveiled a list of priorities for the legislative session that began Wednesday.


Private Jet Slides Off NJ Runway, No Dead

A corporate jet trying to take off  from a New Jersey airport near Manhattan on Wednesday slid off  the runway, skidded through snow and hit two vehicles on a busy  commuter highway before crashing into a warehouse, authorities  said.


From Japanâs Slump in 1990s, Lessons for U.S.

A Japan-style quagmire, most economists say, is an outcome that can be avoided in the United States with sound economic policy.


Reggio Calabria, 18:23 - CALCIO, REGGINA; MAZZARRI: MAI UN ERRORE A NOSTRO FAVORE

Walter Mazzarri torna sui presunti torti arbitrali subiti dalla Reggina: ''Al limite posso capire l'...


Lebanon Says Suspects Linked to Extremists

Terror suspects arrested for allegedly planning simultaneous bombings of the Italian Embassy and other targets in Beirut received funding from extremist cells in Europe, Lebanon's Interior Ministry said Wednesday.


Iraq Survey Group to report within two weeks: report

The Iraq Survey Group is to confirm during the next fortnight that Saddam Hussein's regime had no stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction when it was invaded last year, a UK daily said.


Problem with the Way Microsoft Opens JPEG Files Affects Dozens of ...

A remote attacker could take complete control over computers running many versions of Microsoft software by inserting malicious code in a JPEG image that executes through an unchecked buffer


The hope is that Keith Pardy will put some fizz back in the company's market share stats.


Heroin worth an estimated Â£500,000 is seized during a raid at a house in Perthshire, police confirm.


US forces control '70 per cent' of Fallujah

American and Iraqi troops swept through the rebel stronghold of Fallujah today, hoisting the Iraqi flag over the city's police station and spreading out over 70 per cent of the city.


Auto parts maker Tower Automotive Inc.  TWR.N said on Tuesday its third-quarter loss would be twice  as deep as previously expected because of lower vehicle  production in North America and higher steel costs.


Wales recall Giggs for England qualifier

Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs has returned to the Wales squad for the World Cup qualifying matches against England and Poland next month.


Presidential debates: high drama, disputed impact

For sheer political drama, few spectacles can match the sight of two men going toe to toe before tens of millions of television viewers, slugging it out for the most powerful job on Earth.


Investigators continue to study the cause of a crash between a train and a lorry at a level crossing.


Scotland's first minister Alex Salmond urges the public to remain calm following the attack on Glasgow airport.


A "loner" who killed a young woman and buried her body in a shallow grave is sentenced to life in prison at the Old Bailey.


Serb coalition in doubt after liberal scrapes win

Serbia's pro-Western president Boris  Tadic has won re-election in a contest with nationalist  Tomislav Nikolic, but his narrow victory may only have set up a  fresh struggle over the country's future course.


BEIJING - The worst summer drought in 30 years in northeast China's Liaoning province has left more than 1.2 million people short of drinking water, state media reported Tuesday.


Thousands of ex-holiday camp workers stand to receive a refund because they had to pay for their own electricity.


Bush and Howard talk defense as protesters fight court ban

U.S. President George W. Bush and  Australia's Prime Minister John Howard met beside Sydney  Harbour on Wednesday to discuss progress in Iraq and a new  defense deal ahead of an Asia-Pacific leaders' summit.


Patients losing their sight say they are being denied access to a drug which could stop them from going blind.


Fatah Council Endorses Abbas to Lead Palestinians

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 25 -- The Revolutionary Council of the dominant Palestinian political faction, Fatah, approved former prime minister Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday as its candidate to succeed Yasser Arafat in a presidential election set for Jan. 9.


England reflect shift in rugby's balance of power

Back in the days when rugby was split between Cavaliers and Roundheads, Twickenham Man would have choked on his vol-au-vent to see an England head coach flanked by two defectors from league.


Oscar-winning director Martin  Scorsese is joining forces with Rolling Stones frontman Mick  Jagger to make a movie spanning three decades in the music  business.


Per boom commissioni su fusioni e acquisizioni


Week Two of the Holiday Challenge comes at a time when we're all looking into the belly of the Thanksgiving Day beast.


Sweden to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to get GM to stay: reports

The Swedish government will spend more than two billion kronor (282 million dollars, 222 million euros) to entice US car manufacturer General Motors to continue producing mid-size cars in southwestern Sweden, Swedish media reported.


World Business Briefing | Americas: Brazilian Mining Company Extends Bid for Inco

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce of Brazil said it had extended its 19 billion Canadian dollars ($17 billion) tender offer for the Canadian mining company Inco to give regulators time to approve the deal. Rio Doce said it extended the deadline to Oct. 16 from Sept. 28. Rio Doce, the worldÂs largest iron ore miner, has obtained regulatory approval from the Canadian Competition Bureau and from authorities in the United States, but must still get clearance from the European Commission and Investment Canada.


Texas Children Home After African Odyssey

Seven Texas children were recovering on  Tuesday after surviving for 10 months in a Nigerian shack when  their adoptive mother abandoned them, child welfare authorities  said on Tuesday.


The surface of one of the brightest stars in the night sky is imaged by scientists.


Alla Camera riprende la discussione sul testo. Il voto dovrebbe svolgersi domaniIl testo prevede oneri pari a 4,1 miliardi per il 2007 e 1,5 miliardi per il 2008                                          "Tesoretto", il governo porrÃ  la fiducia Pensioni minime, giovani e infrastrutture


Inflation rose to 1.5 percent in November from 1.2 percent in October, driven by increases in transport and energy costs, official figures showed.


Bangladesh political leaders arrested in pre-dawn raid

Bangladesh's security forces arrested at least 13 political leaders including eight former ministers in pre-dawn raids, according to officials and reports.


J. & J. Recalls 300 Heart Stents After Defects Are Found in 6

Johnson & Johnson said yesterday that it had voluntarily recalled 300 Cypher heart stents after an internal audit of manufacturing records showed that six of them were not as thoroughly coated as specifications required.


Madrid, 15:08 - CALCIO, RONALDINHO: GRASSO? MI SENTO PIU' IN FORMA DI SEMPRE

Ronaldinho non ci sta e alle accuse di essere grasso risponde mostrandosi a dorso nudo alla fine del...


Charges are considered against three men in connection with the abuse of Dana Fowley and another victim.


Pennsylvania to Use Google Earth Mapping Tool to Promote Tourism

Pennsylvania is to use mapping website Google Earth to promote state tourism, by enabling virtual Civil War trails.


Gateway Bows to Investor Activists With New Directors

Gateway Inc, the third-largest PC supplier to the US consumer and SMB market, has avoided a proxy fight by agreeing to add two new directors to its board.


Bear Stearns in talks to sell stake in firm: report

Bear Stearns is in serious talks with several outside investors, including Warren Buffett, about selling as much as 20 percent of the firm, according to a report in The New York Times online edition on Wednesday.


Roma, 19:21 - Calcio, serie A donne: risultati ottava giornata

Risultati dell'ottava giornata del campionato di serie A femminile di calcio.


Paleo and Kenny White Round Out the Music Calendar

By Mike Osegueda, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Feb. 13--Jake Shimabukuro isn't the only interesting guy coming to town to perform. Here are a couple of others:   Paleo brings his nomadic act to Tokyo Garden on Thursday.


Merck and Schering report bad news, but how much will it affect sales?


The United Nations hopes the Chinese president will push for a solution to the Darfur crisis during his landmark visit to Sudan on Friday. But Khartoum expects its staunchest diplomatic ally to stick to boosting commercial ties, particularly those assuring its access to Sudan's oil.


Kapur pledges to bounce back from British Open heartbreak

India's Shiv Kapur missed the cut at the British Open  but vowed to return and make an impact when he gets his next chance at a major.


EADS names German, French, British companies to take over plants

The European aerospace group EADS named on Wednesday three companies -- MT Aerospace of Germany, Latecoere of France and Britain's GKN -- to take over six plants being divested as part of a restructuring plan at its Airbus unit.


UN Council Orders Immediate Ivory Coast Arms Ban

The UN Security Council on Monday imposed an immediate arms embargo on Ivory Coast and vowed to punish key government and rebel leaders with additional sanctions next month.


Volkswagen AG reported a 65 percent drop in third-quarter net profit from the same period a year ago amid fiercely competitive markets and difficult economic conditions such as a strong euro and high oil prices.


New Year, New Scraps for Sun's Feisty Chief

Despite a recent antitrust settlement, Scott McNealy says Sun Microsystems shaking hands with Microsoft is like two boxers tapping gloves.


'Dal 2001 vinciamo tutte le competizioni elettorali'


Dutch authorities order 33 sex clubs in Amsterdam's red light district to close over suspected criminal activity.


Lowe's Cos. (LOW.N), the second-largest home improvement retailer behind Home Depot Inc. (HD.N), on Monday said quarterly profit rose, but trailed estimates.


Summoning President Evo Morales at dawn to the great hall of the presidential palace, two poncho-clad Indian shamans pour alcohol on coca leaves, candies and a dried llama fetus, and set them on fire.


Moneta unica a 1,4509 dollari e 165,72 yen


Belarus Security Introduces "Blanket Monitoring" of Internet Surfing

Excerpt from report by Russian external TV service NTV Mir on 9 March  [Presenter] Blanket monitoring of internet users has been introduced in Belarus. All specialized cafes are now registering not only the names of the users but also all the sites they visit and for how long.


Gazans rejoiced in the streets to celebrate a Hamas-Fatah power-sharing deal they hope will avert civil war, but Palestinian officials preached patience Friday, saying implementing the agreement would be a challenge. The agreement received a muted response from American and European officials, who said it was too early to decide w0hether to lift the crippling international sanctions on the Hamas-led government.


TCO Comparison of Backup Technologies: Disk-Based vs. Traditional Tape-Based Backup Solutions

(Source: Network Appliance) Mercer Management Consulting, an independent global strategy consulting firm, reviews the findings of their recent research on the cost of acquiring, deploying, managing and maintaining data backup environments used to protect  corporate data of two competing backup technologies. Download this white paper to learn more.


The dollar stuck to tight ranges on Tuesday ahead of a Federal Reserve interest rate decision and a gathering of Group of Seven finance ministers and central bankers late in the week.


STUTTGART, Germany  - American Shawn Johnson won the floor exercise on Sunday to collect her third gold medal of the world gymnastics championships.


Ancient Roman Skin Cream Gave Women Beautiful Complexion

Ancient Roman women had beautiful skin, apparently, they had a foundation skin cream which until recently, no one knew how to reproduce.


Quit Smoking or Quit Your Job, U.S. Company Says

The owner of a Michigan company who forced his employees to either quit smoking or quit their jobs said on Wednesday he also wants to tell fat workers to lose weight or else.


Beatles label vs iPod maker Apple Inc, formerly known as Apple Computer, has settled its long running court action with the Beatles' record label Apple Corps.â¦


Initial post-mortem results on Georgian  tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili suggest he died of natural causes.


Ahold Sells Spanish Business to Permira for 685 Million Euros

Royal Ahold NV, the food retailer that owns the US Giant chain, agreed to sell its Spanish business to Permira funds for 685 million euros ($851 million).


Belo to Pay $23 Million to Compensate Advertisers

The owner of The Dallas Morning News said today it would pay $23 million in cash to compensate advertisers for overstated circulation.


Large Lead Lets Yankees Play It Safe With Rivera

Mariano Rivera, who has not pitched this month because of tightness near his right elbow, will wait until Wednesday to play catch.


Iowa 3 Race Attracting Plenty of Interest from Outsiders

IowaÃ¢ÂÂs 3rd District merges Des Moines, the stateÃ¢ÂÂs capital and population center, with rural territory to the east. The result is one of the most even partisan splits among the nationÃ¢ÂÂs House districts: President Bush outran Democratic challenger John Kerry there in 2004 by a margin of one-tenth of 1 percentage point.


No longer just Intel inside Toshiba is to start shipping laptops with AMD processors, effectively bringing to an end its exclusive partnership with Intel.â¦


Augusto Pinochet's grandson faces military discipline over an unapproved speech at his grandfather's funeral.


Canadian Thomas Grandi won his second World Cup giant slalom victory in three days with a convincing win on Tuesday. Grandi, who had never won in 12 years on the circuit before


Salary.com raises $60m amid rising tide of IPOs

Testing the long-stagnant market for initial public offerings, Salary.com, a compensation software and consulting firm in Waltham, is set to commence trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange today.


Two former midlevel executives at America Online were acquitted Tuesday on all counts of charges that they conspired with a now-defunct Las Vegas software firm to inflate its revenue with secret side deals and backdated contracts.


Police urge the public to be vigilant as 14 Tesco stores are reopened following undisclosed threats.


'Speravamo in una Finanziaria con piu' coraggio'


LEXMARK HAS BEEN forced to recall more than 34,000 laser printers including those it makes for Dell and IBM, because they can potentially deliver electric shocks.


German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said he hoped that the ceasefire in the Iraqi city of Najaf would allow the application of a UN agreement for the peaceful reconstruction of the war-ravaged country.


Russia says it will start charging US astronauts for lifts to the International Space Station from 2006.


Three women collapse - two from suspected hypothermia - during the sales at branches of the fashion store Next.


Iraq Suicide Attack Kills 20, Injures 16

KIRKUK, Iraq - A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb near a crowd of people waiting to apply for jobs with the Iraqi National Guard in the northern city of Kirkuk on Saturday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 16, officials said.    Also Saturday, videotape surfaced showing two Americans and a Briton kidnapped two days ago from their house in central Baghdad...


Singapore Airlines plans to buy up to 31 Boeing long-range 777-300ER planes worth about $7.35 billion, the carrier said Wednesday.


Poll: Americans' Support for Iraq War Slipping

A majority of Americans now say the war in Iraq was not worth fighting, a view that has driven down the ratings of both President Bush and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll released on Monday.


Firenze, 20:48 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: RISCATTATO PAZIANZA DALL'UDINESE

La Fiorentina ha riscattato il centrocampista Michele Pazienza dall'Udinese. Lo ha annunciato la soc...


Curt Schilling donated the bloody sock he wore during Game 2 of the World Series to the Hall of Fame on Thursday.


Hundreds Search for Missing Autistic Boy

Hundreds of volunteers searched for a missing 9-year-old boy, who is autistic and unable to speak, as temperatures dropped.


Egyptian woman dies of bird flu, 13th death

A 37-year-old Egyptian woman who tested  positive for the bird flu virus has died in a Cairo hospital,  bringing the number of deaths from the disease in Egypt to 13,  a government health official said on Friday.


Russia reaffirms opposition to "Taiwan independence"

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Saturday reiterated that it is against "Taiwan independence", confirming its consistent support for the one-China policy.


Changes May Be Needed in Superfund, Chief Says

Changes in the program may be necessary to continue cleanups as more contaminated sites demand attention and federal resources remain flat.


Brazilian swimmer Rebeca Gusmao and three other athletes must return their Pan American Games medals because of doping.


Gunmen Seize Gaza Governor's Office in Protest

Masked gunmen briefly seized the  Palestinian governor's office in a southern Gaza Strip town on  Sunday, demanding compensation for Israeli raids in a protest  that added to signs of growing lawlessness.


Everyone was hoping to see a reincarnation of Sugar Ray Leonard-Marvin Hagler when Oscar De La Hoya challenged undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.


U.S. says 10,000 troops in major Iraq offensive

The U.S. military deployed 10,000 soldiers backed by attack helicopters in an offensive against al Qaeda north of Baghdad on Tuesday, in one of the biggest operations since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.


Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned in London three weeks ago, died on Thursday, the hospital treating him said.


'Indie' Record Labels Say Big Firms Stifle Industry

When the curtain goes up on MTV's Europe Awards in Rome on Thursday, only one of 11 performers will be signed to an independent record label.


After seven horses were entered Wednesday for Saturdayâs Belmont, Curlin was installed as the 6-5 morning-line favorite, reflective of his status as the nationâs top 3-year-old.


NASA's O'Keefe to meet Chinese space agency chief

The head of the Chinese space agency, Laiyan Sun, will meet for the first time with NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe Dec. 2 in Washington for an "informal" session.


Almeno un morto, soccorritori scavano tra le macerie


WALPOLE -- For Milton, the loss of star running back Dennis Lynch translated into negative yards yesterday as Walpole held the Wildcats running game to minus-20 yards on 10 plays in the first half en route to a 24-0 Bay State League victory. Walpole's three-pronged rushing attack of Mike Cuqua (96 yards, 1 touchdown), Andrew Denehy (8 rushes, 86 yards), ...


Typhoon pummels Japanese isles, seen missing Tokyo

A powerful typhoon passed over a small   group of Japanese islands on Saturday, but forecasters said the   storm would veer further north into the Pacific and have little   impact on Tokyo.


Prince Charles Hits Back at 'Out of Touch' Jibe

Prince Charles will hit back on Monday at government accusations that he is old-fashioned and out of touch in his views on ordinary people's aspirations.


Microsoft touts supercomputing for the masses

DRESDEN, Germany  - Supercomputing, once the  preserve of top scientific and academic institutions which  needed entire rooms to house their gigantic machines, can now  be had out of a box from Microsoft  for $50,000.


Private equity firm Fortress Investment Group LLC agreed to buy Stelmar Shipping Ltd. for $677 million only a few months after the oil tanker operator fended off a hostile bid from its rival OMI Corp.


Many Counties Failing Fine-Particle Air Rules

About a third of all Americans live in counties that do not meet standards for particles of pollution that cause thousands of premature deaths a year, the E.P.A. said.


Quoted in the News? Post a Comment, Please

Google News offers a new feature that allows people quoted in news articles to post a comment that will be paired with that article online.


A federal judge has ruled that two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow secret wiretapping and searches without a showing of probable cause


Heavyweight Harrison's career in doubt after KO

Audley Harrison suffered a humiliating knock-out defeat for the first time to leave the 2000 Olympic gold medallist's professional career in doubt.


Jaguar have announced that they will pull out of Formula One at the end of the year. Joe Greenwell, company chairman and chief executive, said that revealed financial reasons were behind the company's decision to end interest in the sport.


Riyo Mori of Japan crowned Miss Universe 2007

Miss India Puja Gupta failed to make it to the top five at the competition.


Patent overhaul legislation thatÂ passed the U.S. House of Representatives FridayÂ still faces significant opposition as it heads to the Senate, opponents said.


VATICANO - MissionarietÃ  della Chiesa: il rapporto dialogo-missione - a cura di p. Adriano Garuti e Lara De Angelis CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) -Il Concilio Vaticano II e i documenti del Magistero postconciliare hanno inaugurato un nuovo atteggiamento missionario che comincia sempre con un sentimento di profonda stima verso quanto vi Ã¨ in ogni uomo, nel pie...


Granite on World Championship Sports team

World Championship  Sports Network, which touts itself as the premier destination  for fans of Olympic and lifestyle sports year round, has signed  a distribution deal with Granite Broadcasting Corp.


Patients need refresher on using home blood pressure monitors

EDMONTON - More Canadians are keeping an eye on their blood pressure by monitoring their hypertension at home, but a new study suggests they may be making some common errors.


Why Yahoo Is Undervalued and Semel Is Getting a Bad Rap

Former Yahoo CEO Terry Semel lost his job because he wasn't able to move the needle far enough on the only metric that shareholders care about: Yahoo's stock price. And that has little to do with the company's actual health.


Scammers aim at people desperate for credit

NEW YORK-- With credit such a big part of Americans' lives, it should come as no surprise that it's a fertile field for fraudsters.


Thomson Holidays announces that it is closing its Hillington call centre with the loss of 450 jobs.


Forest Laboratories Inc. (FRX) on Tuesday said its experimental hypertension drug failed to meet all its goals in an effectiveness study, an outcome that will delay development and may lead to a new trial.


Vodafone Targets 10 Million 3G Wireless Users by 2006

Vodafone Group Plc plans to lure more than 10 million customers to the company's high-speed mobile- phone services by March 2006, the first indication of how it plans to generate sales from licenses that cost $20 billion.


Numbers are higher because of a few big campaigns, a GM spokesman ...

With a new round of safety problems, the auto industry has now recalled a record number of vehicles in 2004 despite marked quality gains in recent years.


Suicide bomber kills two NATO soldiers in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - A suicide bomber killed two NATO soldiers in an attack on an alliance convoy in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar on Monday, a NATO spokesman said.


STUART, Fla. - Hurricane Frances weakened but still pounded Florida with high wind and heavy rain Sunday after it smashed across the state's east coast, knocking out power to 4 million people, shredding roofs and uprooting trees...


Johnson Agrees to Extension With Yankees

Randy Johnson will join the New York Yankees after a few X-rays and MRIs. Carlos Beltran's destination remains uncertain.


Israel-Palestinian summit postponed amid discord

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called off a summit with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, seeking commitments Israel will release frozen Palestinian funds and take other steps.


Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrives in Russia for talks likely to focus on military co-operation.


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