The global launch of the long-awaited Half-Life 2 game has been marred by online registration problems.


Turkish women's groups attack a plan to criminalise adultery, saying it will not be applied equally to both sexes.


Greenspan blows a 'Jackson Hole' in candidates' election promises

As President George Bush and John Kerry outbid each other in rosy promises, Alan Greenspan yesterday brought the election debate on the economy down to earth: Sooner or later


Thatcher's Coup Plot Questioning Postponed until February

A Cape Town magistrate today postponed a court appearance by Sir Mark Thatcher to give his lawyers time to try to appeal a high court judgment requiring him to answer questions from Equatorial Guinea about an alleged failed coup attempt.


52 dead or missing after burning ship sinks off Haiti

Two Haitians were rescued from the sea in poor condition and as many as 52 others were dead or missing from a sail-powered freighter that caught fire and capsized off Haiti, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday.


Oil Holds Firm, Heating Fuel Woes Persist

Oil prices held steady above $53 a barrel on Wednesday as worries over a winter supply crunch countered expectations that high fuel costs would curb growth in petroleum demand next year.


Hundreds evacuated in California wildfire

A fast moving brush fire sent flames leaping into backyards and forced more than 1,200 southern California residents out of their hillside homes on a sweltering Sunday of gusty winds after months of drought.


A company called Office Live files trademark infringement suit over Microsoft's Office Live on-demand productivity tools.


Torino, 18:25 - CALCIO, JUVENTUS: CORSA PER ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO

Dopo il problema muscolare si è rivisto in campo Alessandro Del Piero, che ha svolto alcuni g...


Florida on Guard for West Nile Outbreak After Charley

Floridians are being urged to drain standing pools of water to cut the risk of an outbreak of West Nile or other mosquito-borne disease in the wake of Hurricane Charley, an official with the state health department said on Thursday.


A car driven by the daughter of Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards was hit by another auto, but she wasn't injured.


Landslides leave up to 81 dead or missing in Indonesia

Landslides and floods caused by torrential rains have left up to 81 people dead or missing in Indonesia's Central Java province, police and rescue officials said on Wednesday.


Sport: Deposed PM's takeover of Man City is in doubt after assets worth around Â£1.4bn were frozen.


Intensive political talks involving the two PMs will be held outside NI next month, Peter Hain says.


Almost 40 percent of Chinese own mobile phones, and the number of subscribers is likely to hit 500 million before the end of June.


By Szostak, Rick  Integrating History and Human Science  In the second edition of Peter Burke's brief but important book, he urges historians to draw from a wide range of human science theory. Burke provides concise overviews of some 30 distinct theories.


New York Is Said to Have Inquiry in Tankleff Case

New York State has begun an inquiry into Suffolk Countyâs investigation of the murders of Arlene and Seymour Tankleff, according to people involved.


Iowa plans audacious Harry Potter butter sculpture

State Fair jumps on boy wizard bandwagon Iowa State Fair has jumped firmly on the JK Rowling bandwagon in the run-up to this week's release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by announcing an audacious butter sculpture of the boy wizard, the Des Moines Register reports.â¦


ROME -- The Vatican said yesterday that the condition of Pope John Paul II continues to improve, but his latest health crisis was stimulating more discussion about whether the frail pontiff should or would retire.


(InfoWorld) - Hundreds of groups and individual Internet users sounded off to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)Â on net neutrality in comments filed Monday, the deadline for responding to the agency's inquiry into the proposed regulation. Individual Internet users, trade groups, and advocacy organizations filed about 670 comments about net neutrality rules with the FCC Monday. Individuals and organizations have submitted nearly 29,000 comments on net neutrality since the FCC opened its inquiry in late March. Net neutrality advocates want the FCC or the U.S. Congress to prohibit large broadband providers like AT&TÂ and Comcast from blocking or slowing Web content from competitors. Many of the comments Monday came from individual Internet users who asked the FCC to protect them against new fees that they fear broadband providers could charge Web content providers. "Keep the corporations off our rights," wrote Internet user Jack McFarley of Washington state in an e-mail that was part form letter. "Net neutrality is essential to free speech, equal opportunity, and economic innovation in America." Bonnie Bennett of California seemed to take a more individual approach in her e-mail to the FCC. "Free, unlimited access to the Internet is the modern-day version of how to educate the citizenry of a well-functioning democracy," she wrote. "Big companies and global corporations care a lot about profits and stockholders but not much about educating citizens." A technology director of a school in Mississippi said net neutrality rules would protect his students' ability to access the information they need. "The importance of the Internet is increasing each month," wrote David Scovic. "Many small innovative Web sites that are vital to our teaching would be affected by a no vote [on net neutrality rules]." Net neutrality advocates have argued that such rules are needed after decisions by the FCC and the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005 allowed broadband providers to stop sharing their networks with competing Internet service providers. The debate over net neutrality heated up after Ed Whitacre, former CEO at AT&T, complained in BusinessWeek in late 2005 about potential competition from Internet companies, saying he wasn't going to let them "use my pipes free." In March, the FCC launched an inquiry to examine net neutrality proposals, looking at whether broadband providers charge different prices for different speeds and how consumers are affected by the ways broadband providers manage their networks. Hands Off the Internet, an advocacy group representing AT&T, Alcatel-Lucent, the American Conservative Union and other organizations, said in its filing that net neutrality advocates haven't shown the need for new regulations. Broadband providers aren't blocking competing content, the group said. "There is no current or anticipated content discrimination or service degradation justifying new regulations by the commission," wrote Christopher Wolf, cochairman of Hands Off the Internet. "Moreover, regulation could well thwart Internet growth and make consumer access unfairly expensive." The Computer & Communications Industry Association, a trade group representing Microsoft, Google, and other tech vendors, said a net neutrality rule is needed because there's little competition among broadband providers. Broadband providers "insult the commission's expertise by summarily proclaiming the broadband access market competitive without any specific evidence of competition," the group said.


Hewlett-Packard is setting up a second computer manufacturing facility in India to help it meet surging demand in the country.


NEC, Toshiba will put the next-generation DVD technology in desktops and laptops next year. NEC plans to start selling desktop PCs equipped with HD-DVD (High Definition/High Density-DVD) drives at the end of 2005, the company says.


Yang hopes to lead Asian charge in Thailand

PHUKET, Thailand  - Buoyed by his stunning eclipse of Tiger Woods at the HSBC Champions tournament, Yang Yong-eun is hoping he can put an end to golfing invaders making off with Asian spoils at this week's Johnnie Walker Classic.


Hackers have broken the chains that bind iPhone users to AT&T. Will lawyers be the next ones on the line?


Ponte San Pietro, 11:21 - CICLISMO, MILRAM: INGAGGIATO CAMPIONE DEL MONDO UNDER 23

Il team Milram di Alessandro Petacchi ed Erik Zabel ha ingaggiato per la prossima stagione il campio...


Darfur Rebels Attack Oil Field, Warn Chinese to Leave Sudan

KHARTOUM, Sudan, Oct. 25 -- Darfur rebels launched a brazen attack on Sudan's oil fields days before peace talks are scheduled to begin with the government, kidnapping two foreign workers and giving Chinese and other oil companies a week to leave the country, a commander said Thursday.


Brillano 'Ris' su Canale 5 e i 'Soliti ignoti' su Raiuno


Winds that caused some minor damage across the mid-Atlantic and New England moved off the coast early Saturday.


Denver Nuggets Team Report - November 10

(Sports Network) - Denver lost its third straight game on Tuesday, as it dropped a 108-88 decision to the Seattle SuperSonics at the Pepsi Center.


Symantec: Stolen bank account details fetch $400 online

(InfoWorld) - Stolen bank account numbers are commanding the highest price in an underground trade of personal details stolen by hackers, according to a survey released Monday by security vendor Symantec. Bank account details command prices of up to $400, while credit card details sell for between $0.50 and $5, e-mail passwords from $1 to $350 each, and e-mail addresses from $2 to $4 per megabyte, according to Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report, which covers the first half of the year. The online trade in stolen details highlights the commercialization ofÂ Internet crime, with gangs researching, developing and marketing nefarious software for other criminals, said William Beer, director of security practice for Europe. There has been an increase in the quality and quantity of malicious code sold on the Internet, driven by well-funded international groups of criminals, Beer said. The hackers are obtaining the information through increasingly targeted attacks on computers that often involve collecting personal information about a person from social networks such as MySpace or Facebook, Beer said. With specific personal details, the hacker can construct a personalized e-mail that entices the victim to either click on an attachment containing malicious software or visit a phishing site. Symantec is also seeing multistage attacks where the attacker places a small piece of software on a target computer that then acts as a beachhead for downloading other software. "The end user will not even notice the attacks have taken place because it's a very gradual process," Beer said. On the spam front, Symantec said it has noticed a 30 percent drop in so-called "pump-and-dump" spam, where e-mails touting penny stocks are sent out, causing a rise in the stock price before the perpetrators sell the stock early. The decline can be attributed to aÂ crackdown by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Also down is the percentage of spam with images, which started as a highly effective way to bypass spam filters but is now less so. About 27 percent of the spam analyzed by Symantec between April and May contained images, down from 50 percent the first week in January, Symantec said. The decrease is due to an improvement in spam filters as well as the decline in pump-and-dump spam, which often used images, the company said.


The Miami Dolphins will be without running back Travis Minor for Sunday's game against Cincinnati because of an ankle injury.


Regulators Clear Oracle Bid for Peoplesoft

European Union antitrust regulators on Tuesday cleared Oracle Corp.'s hostile $7.7 billion bid for rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc.


Two genes may identify who will respond to a breast cancer chemotherapy treatment, research suggests.


Kyrgyz President Rejects Bill on Government Media Regulation

Text of report by Kyrgyz news agency Kabar  Bishkek, 6 September: Rejecting a bill on coverage procedures of Kyrgyz parliament activity by the government mass media, the president proved once more that he will not tolerate tough pressure on mass media from government bodies' side.


Samuel Dalembert had 19 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks for the Philadelphia 76ers, who pulled away in the fourth quarter for their third straight victory, a 92-80 win over the Sacramento Kings.


Though not nearly as entertaining, it continues the theme that machines can hold power over humans, even when the people are fighting to regain control.


West Brom look to knight for Premiership rescue

English Premiership strugglers West Bromwich Albion have refused to comment on reports they have approached former Newcastle manager Sir Bobby Robson as a replacement for Gary Megson.


British PM's popularity dips to all-time low

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's popularity has dropped to an all-time low, a new poll suggested Friday.


High Birth Weight Linked to Leukemia Risk

NEW YORK  - Heavy babies apparently face a  heightened risk of one type of childhood leukemia, a  Scandinavian study indicates.


Several major forces in the music industry changed their tunes this week, as industry giants and niche players alike try to stay on top of the fast-changing market.


As the Ball Drops, Dieting Companies Take Positions Nearby

Ten, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ... diet! Two companies are ready for this yearâs round of resolutions, sponsoring electronic billboards in Times Square.


Arsene Wenger insisted there is no bitterness between himself and Sir Alex Ferguson despite their ongoing war of words as he described their managerial rivalry as "unique".


Movie Review | 'Surf's Up': Birds on Boards

This addition to the kiddie canon follows a young Rockhopper penguin with surfing in his blood and dreams of greatness in his head.


Darren Clarke notched his second career victory in Japan when he cruised to a six shot success in the Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters at the Taiheiyo Club in Gotemba.


South Africa's Bosman hits half-century after pitch protest

Loots Bosman hit a solid 53 on a pitch of uneven bounce as South Africa recovered from early blows to reach 199 in a World Cup warm-up match against Pakistan here on Friday.


(CBS) Britney Spears and Kevin Federline are still not legally married despite a weekend ceremony that was such a surprise not even the parents and bridesmaids knew they were going to a wedding.


An explosion caused by fireworks killed 19 people and injured 68 on Thursday, Turkish officials said.


Trascrizioni con colloqui tra politici e indagati in scalate


More than 100 police and security agents backed by five armored personnel carriers surrounded a house Saturday in the restive southern Russian region of Ingushetia and killed five alleged militants in a shootout, the Interior Ministry said.


Milano, 19:28 - CALCIOPOLI, CAGLIARI: DISCIPLINARE ASSOLVE CELLINO

La Commissione disciplinare ha assolto il presidente del Cagliari Massimo Cellino ed ha inflitto all...


NEW YORK - The fallout from New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's probe into the insurance industry continued. Jeffrey Greenberg, the head of Marsh & McLennan, was replaced as chairman and chief


CBS Sports announced Thursday that it was taking over day-to-day control of CSTV, the college sports media company it acquired in late 2005.


Tehran agrees to freeze nuclear programme

Iran agreed to freeze all its nuclear programme last night, dropping its insistence that some uranium enrichment activities be exempted from a deal with the International Atomic Energy Agency.


The Los Angeles Galaxy failed their last important test in Kansas City. If they lose this time, they won't get another chance.


Microsoft probing reported flaws in Windows XP SP2

NOVEMBER 12, 2004  - Microsoft Corp. yesterday said it is investigating claims that several new vulnerabilities have been found in Windows XP Service Pack 2 by security firm Finjan Software Inc.


Hassan's Family, Officials, Respond To Apparent Killing

The husband of Iraqi aid worker Margaret Hassan has asked Islamic militants to return his wife's body to him so that she can, in his words, rest in peace.


SAG: Actors likely to snub Golden Globes

Golden Globe-nominated actors are expected to snub the awards in support of striking Hollywood writers, the actors union said Friday, jeopardizing one of the entertainment industry's signature showcases. NBC, however, said it was sticking by its plans to air the Jan. 13 ceremony, despite the uncertainty about how much Â if any Â star power the Globes could muster.


Fuel price strike starts in Nigeria (09:55 PST)

LAGOS: A four-day general strike over rising fuel prices has begun in Nigeria, Africa's largest oil producer. The largest trade union grouping in the country, the Nigerian Labour Congress, said more strikes


Mac Sales Propel Apple to Most Profitable Quarter Ever

Fueled by piping-hot Mac sales, Apple reports the best quarterly performance in the company's history.


Abbas Says New Era Beginning in Middle East

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas  said the Palestinians and Israel are embarking on a "new era"  after more than four years of violence, according to a New York  Times interview published on Monday.


Vicenda riguarderebbe questioni relative al nome del partito


US mediation to resolve the Northern Ireland conflict has been discussed by President George W Bush and Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams.


Judge Hears Arguments on Federal Spying Program

The judge also said preliminary issues might keep him from ever deciding the question of whether the N.S.A. surveillance program was lawful.


Chavez Supporters Pull Down Statue of Columbus

CARACAS, Venezuela  - Supporters of Venezuelan  President Hugo Chavez celebrated Columbus Day on Tuesday by  toppling a statue in Caracas of the explorer whom Chavez blames  for ushering in a "genocide" of native Indians.


U.S. says importer must recall Chinese tires

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO  - U.S. transportation officials on Tuesday formally insisted a New Jersey importer recall up to 450,000 Chinese-made light truck tires, dismissing the company's claim it cannot financially withstand that step.


Pinch-hitter Terrmel Sledge singled   home the go-ahead run in the ninth inning to propel the San   Diego Padres to a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers and top   spot in the NL West standings on Sunday.


Israelis mount new Gaza raid after strike on Hamas

Israeli tanks and helicopters swept into the northern Gaza Strip early today, a day after soldiers killed 14 Hamas fighters as they were being trained on a soccer field.


Backstory: Dubai's mirage - having it all

The Eiffel Tower, Swiss Alps, and Arabic script that can be seen from space - all in the borders of one little emirate.


50 Iraqi Soldiers Are Found Shot to Death After Rebel Ambush

Policemen discovered on Sunday morning the bodies of about 50 Iraqi soldiers who were killed in an ambush by insurgents the previous night in a remote part of eastern Iraq, Iraqi officials said.


Tanti eventi, dall'ottantenne Sellani al quindicenne Lanzoni


A tip led U.S. forces to discover a hidden room in Muqdadiyah, north of Baghdad, that had apparently been used by insurgents to torture Iraqis


The Death Of Decency On National Television Jerry Brooks

Wednesday nightâs third and final presidential debate on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona was the site of one of the most despicable things Iâve seen in all the years Iâve observed politics.


Basque rebels ETA say to end Spanish ceasefire

Basque rebels ETA, who want independence  from Spain, will end their ceasefire as of June 6, the armed  separatists said in a communique released in Basque newspaper  Berria on Tuesday.


Tropical storm kills at least 9 in China

Tropical Storm Prapiroon caused at least nine deaths in southern China, authorities said Friday as heavy rain continued to fall on a region being battered by a deadly flood season.


Palermo, 20:00 - CALCIO, PALERMO; COLANTUONO: PUNTIAMO A POSTO IN EUROPA

Primo giorno ufficiale da tecnico del Palermo per Stefano Colantuono. ''Puntiamo ad un posto in Euro...


IL COMMENTO                                          I sette minuti del padrone                                                                                di CURZIO MALTESE


End of an era? Germany's SPD Votes for Speed Limits on Motorways

HAMBURG (Deutsche Welle) - Germany's Social Democrats ended a party conference with an unexpected vote for speed limits on the country's motorways and criticism of Chancellor Merkel's stance on EU membership for Turkey. Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) voted in favor of introducing a top speed of 130 kph (80 mph) on Germany's famed speed limit-free Autobahns or motorways. The non-binding measure however will be hard to pass into law in the face of opposition by Chancellor Merkel's center-right Christian Democratic Party (CDU), the SPD's coalition partner. The conference produced another surprise when German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier rebuked Chancellor Merkel for holding out the promise of EU membership to Turkey for decades, contingent on reforms, but then withdrew support.


Katerina Thanou wins her 60m heat on her return to international athletics at the European Indoor Championships.


Venezuela's President Chavez invites regional countries to form a military alliance against the United States.


Lack of E.coli source may prolong Taco Bell crisis

Confusion surrounding the source of an E.coli outbreak linked to Taco Bell will make it harder for the Mexican-style restaurant chain to reassure customers that its food is safe and could prolong a damaging sales slowdown.


Bush to address war-weary Americans on Iraq

President George W. Bush will address a war-weary American public next week to "lay out a vision" for the U.S. role in Iraq as he tries to sell his strategy in the wake of a crucial report to Congress.


Australia's only remaining detainee at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay could be home by the end of the year.


The popularity of cosmetic surgery is continues to soar with the UK market expected to top Â£1bn next year.


LA Trial Date Set in Courtney Love Drug Case

A judge on Monday set a Sept. 30 trial for troubled rocker Courtney Love on charges of illegally possessing prescription painkillers.


Iran would respond militarily to U.S. attack: IRNA

Iran would respond militarily if the United States attacks the country to disrupt its nuclear program, Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani was quoted as saying on Wednesday.


Carefully Sorting Legal Chaos Out, With Duke Case as Unlikely Guide

Three linemen on the North Carolina football are the alleged victims of kidnapping and sexual molestation in a case that has drawn uncomfortable reminders of the Duke lacrosse scandal.


Relaxed forest rules revive West's timber wars

Supporters see federal move granting greater flexibility. Critics predict more logging.


French President Nicolas Sarkozy says his relationship with model-turned-singer Carla Bruni is serious, and he suggested that wedding plans were in the works.


Arson attacks on GAA clubs would be treated differently to ones on Orange halls, the Orange Order claims.


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Moneta unica vecchio continente scambiata a 1,3333 dollari


Mild earthquake rocks northern Philippines

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2 rocked the northern Philippines Friday as the region reeled from the effects of a deadly storm and a typhoon, officials said.


Stalemate Keeps AT& T-BellSouth Merger Off of FCC's Agenda

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin said yesterday he did not know how soon it would consider AT&T's proposed $86 billion acquisition of BellSouth after the deal was left off the agenda for Wednesday's meeting because of a continuing stalemate between the commission's...


Overnight ratings for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals were up from the previous game and down from last year.


France holds two days of celebrations to honour the Allied veterans who helped liberated its south in WWII.


It was a tale of two halves for the Irish on Saturday. The Irish dominated Boston College in the first half, including the 20-7 lead at the break, but the Eagles continued to be the thorn in Notre Dameâs


8 soldiers sue Pentagon over "stop-loss"

Eight US soldiers are suing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other Army officials over an Army policy barring them from leaving Iraq even though they have served their terms of enlistment.


Soaring oil prices have dealt a blow to global economic growth in recent months, but fatter corporate profits and investment should facilitate a rebound in 2005, the OECD said Tuesday.


Bahraini women election candidates poles apart

Ameena Abbas and Munira Fakhro are both candidates in Saturday's Bahraini elections, but that is all the two women have in common. Poverty forced one to hawk perfume on the street. The other is a university professor.


Jackson family memorabilia brought in about half a million dollars on the first of a two-day auction at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, auctioneer Guernsey's said Thursday.


Ramones Guitarist Dies of Cancer in Los Angeles

Johnny Ramone, the lead guitarist with influential U.S. punk rock band the Ramones, died on Wednesday after a five-year battle with prostate cancer, a long-time associate told Reuters.


Countrywide Financial slides on bankruptcy rumors

Countrywide Financial Corp  shares slid as much as 19.9 percent to their lowest level in nearly eight years on what traders called speculation that the largest U.S. mortgage lender might seek bankruptcy protection.


John McCain sought to keep his momentum going strong. Mitt Romney looked to keep his candidacy afloat. And Mike Huckabee simply wanted to keep defying expectations.


Afghanistan's electoral commission gave the go-ahead for counting to begin today in the disputed presidential election after charges of fraudulent multiple voting forced a delay.


Unable to topple Google Inc. on its own, Microsoft Corp. is trying to force crippled rival Yahoo Inc. into a shotgun marriage, with a wager worth nearly $42 billion that the two companies together will have a better chance of tackling the Internet search leader.


In Tight Campaign, Schwarzenegger's Focus Is Local

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has achieved lofty personal goals throughout his career, is shying away from the daunting task of getting President Bush elected by Californians. Instead, he is narrowly focusing on a handful of local issues.


Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco will pay approximately $200 million in cash and options. The acquisition of P-Cube is subject to various standard closing conditions and is


Spotlight on Federer As Tennis Year Opens

The spotlight will undoubtedly be on No. 1 Roger Federer when the new ATP Tour season starts at the Qatar Open on Monday.


President Bush's twin daughters on Thursday gave a reprise of their lighthearted speeches at the Republican National Convention as they urged college students to vote for their dad.


Mike Hart ran for 146 yards and No. 14 Michigan got off to a strong start with a 27-7 victory over Vanderbilt on Saturday.


Patience and Hope Sustaining Jets' Jordan

Sunday's game between the Cardinals and the Jets features two of the league's greatest runners, but LaMont Jordan, the backup for the Jets, might be the most intriguing back.


Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie has attacked a planned London meeting on Palestinian reform, saying what was really needed was a peace conference.


Doc Rivers might want to craft a heartfelt thank you note to the Milwaukee Bucks when this season comes to a merciful end. They've bailed him out twice.


More than a few fans expressed displeasure that they spent $40 for practice-round tickets to the 35th Ryder Cup, yet didn't see Phil Mickelson either of the last two days at Oakland Hills Country Club.


When you've created a photo album, a slideshow or a movie, the natural impulse is to find an audience to applaud your effort. But who should that audience be: a few people peering over your shoulder, several spectators in front of the television or the two-dozen people you e-mail all the time?


Si tratta dei marchi Basso Brooke e Sinha-Stanic


Update: Symantec compensates for bad software update

InfoWorld - More than a month after Symantec Corp. knocked out 50,000 Chinese PCs with a bad software update, the company is ready to offer compensation. But Chinese users eligible for the offer have to act fast; it's only good for a couple of weeks.


Jarrett, Johnson on Front Row for Daytona

Dale Jarrett and Jimmie Johnson will share the front row for the start of next Sunday's Daytona 500, the NASCAR Nextel Cup's season-opener.


Diebold Inc. today reduced its third-quarter and full-year earnings forecasts as it absorbs costs for recertifying its electronic voting machines in California and for expenses related to a pending civil action in that state.


While writing songs for her new album, Patti Scialfa was inspired by a wide range of women: Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, doomed poet Sylvia Plath, renowned author Joan Didion, and, shifting gears, drag racer Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney.


The euro hit a record high against the  yen on Thursday and approached this week's all-time peak versus  the dollar, underpinned by concerns over the U.S. current  account deficit.


CAMORRA, DOMANI UDIENZE DI CONVALIDA DEI 51 FERMATI NEL BLITZ

NAPOLI - Si svolgeranno domani nelle carceri di Secondigliano e di Poggioreale le udienze di convalida dei fermi nei confronti delle persone coinvolte nel blitz di Scampia. Le udienze saranno tenute davanti


MO: FINI, GOVERNO ITALIANO SI IMPEGNA PER SICUREZZA

Gerusalemme, 11 nov. (Adnkronos) - (Dall'inviata Rita Fantozzi) ''Oggi e' una giornata storica. Il governo italiano si impegnera' affinche' venga garantita la sicurezza perche' non ci puo' essere pace se non


U.S. pushes for resolution on abuses in Myanmar

The United States wants a U.N. Security Council resolution that would pressure Myanmar to stop jailing political opponents, persecuting minorities and flooding the region with refugees, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said on Friday.


Fleming strikes double-ton as Kiwis hold whiphand

Captain Stephen Fleming struck a fine double-century as New Zealand looked on way to notch up another win over Bangladesh in the second and final Test here.


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Thailand's Thaksin Says Suu Kyi's Detention to Prevent Violence

Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Myanmar's detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is an attempt by the ruling junta to prevent possible political violence.


June 16-18th at Tekserve: Tekserve and the Lower East Side Ecology Center Offer Free Electronics Recycling

During Father's Day weekend, Tekserve has teamed up with the Lower East  Side Ecology Center to offer free electronics recycling on Saturday and  Sunday from 10am-4pm and Monday from 4pm-7pm.


IPhone Owners Crying Foul Over Price Cut

On Thursday, Apple C.E.O. Steven P. Jobs acknowledged that the company had abused its core customersâ trust and extended a $100 store credit to the early iPhone buyers.


Silicon carbide: coming soon to a chip near you

New Japanese research into silicon carbide growth could revolutionise the electronics industry. A team of scientists has developed a method of making near-perfect silicon carbide crystals.


Sarkozy party headed for landslide in French parliament

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's rightwing party was headed for a landslide victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections that will give him free rein to push through his bold reform programme.


Palestinian officials attacked Tony Blair's planned conference on the conflict with Israel yesterday, saying it was much less than originally promised.


Bush Touts Tax Cuts, Aide Acknowledges 'Soft Patch'

President Bush said on Saturday his tax cuts were working to lift growth but a senior aide acknowledged the economy had hit a "soft patch" over the last six or eight weeks.


As the former CEO of PeopleSoft prepares for a court appearance, more details of his ouster are revealed. Less than a week after he was booted from the top spot at PeopleSoft, Craig Conway is expected to face


SBC lowers broadband prices for new customers

SBC Communications will offer a high-speed Internet connection for $19.95 per month to new customers who buy a premium calling plan and sign a one-year contract, the company said on Wednesday.


The rise and fall of companies such as Schwinn help explain why the economy has become less forgiving of workers who lack higher education or specialized skills.


President Pervez Musharraf has tightened his control over Pakistan's nuclear weapons, anchoring in law a commission responsible for overseeing the nuclear arsenal and preventing further proliferation.


U.S. stock index futures pointed to a flat market open on Monday as a brokerage downgrade of Apple Computer Inc.  offset the positive impact of an acquisition and a possible deal.


Suspect in USS Cole bombing financed French tanker attack, Yemeni court told

A defendant in the 2002 attack against the French oil tanker Limburg said the bombing was financed by Abdel Rahim Al-Nashiri, the suspected mastermind of the devastating attack on the USS Cole four years ago and who is detained in the United States.


Scambiato il 3%, in luce tutta la galassia di Tronchetti


International security forces and U.N.   police in East Timor have launched a search for rebel leader   Major Alfredo Reinado who escaped from jail with more than 50   prisoners, officials said on Thursday.


Supporters of Congo's presidential challenger barricaded streets, stopped traffic and threw stones in the capital Tuesday, a day after a fire at his headquarters destroyed the party's television and radio stations.


Rwanda points and clicks its way to growth, change

MUHURA, Rwanda  - Ange Mukarusagara never thought she would get the chance to use a computer at school.


Lavrov says Basayev directly controlled Beslan raid

MOSCOW. Sept 11 (Interfax) - The raid on a school in North Ossetia's Beslan, in which hundreds of people, including children, were taken hostage, was organized by notorious Chechen guerilla leader Shamil Basayev


Kuwait pumping crude oil at maximum levels

Kuwaiti FM says his country is producing oil at maximum capacity to try to stabilise oil prices. NEW DELHI - Kuwait's foreign minister said Wednesday his government was pumping crude to maximum capacity to


Sara' collegato in diretta dal salotto di casa sua


Ministers to Tackle Global Finance Issues

The global economy is healthy and no major financial crises loom. Yet finance ministers meeting this week must confront uncertainties about the fight against terrorism, rising interest rates and volatile oil prices.


Gwen Stefani is no longer just a girl. Now she's a doll, too. The singer, actress and fashion designer announced Tuesday that she will bring her trademark rock 'n' roll style to the toy industry with a series of limited-edition dolls.


A murder investigation is expected to begin after the death of a man in County Monaghan.


The path to several thousand private hells is all too public. In this small town 20 miles south of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, it leads down the open-sided corridors of the district hospital to a garden at the back, and the mortuary beyond.


Researchers seek DNA link to Lost Colony

Researchers believe they may be able to use DNA to help uncover the fate of the Lost Colony, which vanished a few years after more than 100 people settled on Roanoke Island in 1587.


Fujitsu debuts 'big-screen TV' cellphone

(InfoWorld) - In the world of cellphones, it's the equivalent of a big-screen TV. Fujitsu's F904i, which goes on sale in Japan on Friday, packs a 3.1-inch widescreen display -- the largest yet seen on a handset with digital TV reception. When the clamshell phone is opened up, the 16:9 screen sits vertically but a clever mount means it can be twisted horizontally to the left or right allowing TV shows to be watched in widescreen with no letterboxing, which are the back bars seen above and below a widescreen image on a conventional TV. It also makes Web site browsing much easier than on a conventional cellphone screen. The phone also packs a browser for the PC as well as mobile Internet. If an e-mail comes in while TV is being watched, the phone displays an alert. Users can continue watching TV while reading or sending a reply -- thanks to the widescreen display. Other features include GPS (Global Positioning System) navigation, a music player, document viewer and a 3-megapixel camera with Fujitsu's Milbeaut image processor, which is used in conventional digital still cameras. The F904i measures 108 millimeters by 50 millimeters by 22 millimeters and weighs 138 grams. Fujitsu says the battery will provide up to 190 minutes of talk time and up to 550 hours on standby. The phone will be available in Japan through NTT DoCoMo. While it won't be available overseas, it provides a taste of what might be coming soon from other handset makers as digital TV becomes more popular.


Which Is the Peopleâs Opera? Let the Fireworks Begin

With new music directors at both companies, New York City Opera and the Metropolitan Opera are poised to prod each other into making New York a hotbed of operatic innovation.


The President is about to get a very public intervention from the Baker Commission. Will Bush listen to an old family friend, or will stubbornness prevail?


Smokers who are trying to quit will find themselves with a lot of company today. This is the 28th annual Great American Smokeout, which challenges people to quit smoking for a lifetime by starting with a single day.


Venezuela's ruling party took the first step Monday toward creating a single pro-government party, a move opponents criticized as a push to consolidate more power in the hands of President Hugo Chavez after his landslide re-election.


ONE Welsh woman in four is worryingly unaware about how to monitor her body for the early signs of breast cancer. A survey to mark the start of breast cancer awareness month found 25% of women are confused about what it means to be breast aware.


Shah Rukh, Kareena add glamour to Balaji awards nite

Bollywood badshah Shah Rukh Khan was there and so was Kareena Kapoor, looking gorgeous in a slinky red sari and backless blouse, with current boyfriend Saif Ali Khan in tow at Balaji Telefilm's gala television awards function here.


Winter storm dumps snow, ice on large part of U.S.

A winter storm roared into the midwestern and northeastern United States on Wednesday, dumping a mixture of snow, ice, sleet and rain that caused transportation havoc and forced many schools to close.


Paris Hilton says Shanna Moakler hit her

Paris Hilton claimed former beauty queen Shanna Moakler punched her in the face at a Hollywood nightclub early Wednesday, police and Hilton's publicist said.


New Orleans' coroner ruling won't end murder case

The case against a doctor and two  nurses accused of murdering four elderly patients after  Hurricane Katrina will go forward despite a coroner's ruling  that it is unclear how they died, the New Orleans District  Attorney's office said on Thursday.


Unidentified gunmen shot dead a judge from the governing Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a killing sure to stoke internal unrest.


Word that animal was free of mad cow disease cheers cattle ...

AFTER being on pins and needles since last Thursday, Matt Brockman of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association finally got the good news Tuesday - a suspected case of mad cow disease turned out to be a false alarm.


A-level results show that boys are improving their exam performance more rapidly than girls.


Decision 2004: Fear Fatigue vs. Sheer Fatigue

After three years of nonstop thrills, Americans will just have to decide on Nov. 2 whether there could be fates even worse than spending the next four years being bored.


Russian killer Alexander Pichushkin is jailed for life for 48 murders which he noted on a chessboard.


China said Sunday it was concerned about U.S. military plans to shoot down a damaged spy satellite that is hurtling toward Earth with 1,000 pounds of toxic fuel


TUESDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDayNews) -- A widely used cholesterol-lowering drug improved memory and cognition as well as depressive symptoms in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease, according to results of a small study.


Bush Paints Grim Outlook to Sell Social Security Plan

President Bush warned younger  workers on Tuesday of a grim future for their Social Security  benefits but critics accused him of exaggerating the retirement  system's problems to try and sell his plan to change it.


Greece holds three days of mourning for Patriarch Petros of Alexandria, who died in a helicopter crash.


MS bundles Vista SP1 and Server 2008 out the door

Released to manufacturing Microsoft this morning released Service Pack 1 for Vista and Windows Server 2008 to manufacturers.â¦


Execution of mentally ill killer blocked

A divided Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the execution of a Texas killer, saying lower courts should have considered psychiatric evidence about his mental illness.


A Los Angeles judge orders a  woman accused of stalking Catherine Zeta Jones to stand trial.


Missiles kill key Hamas leader and bombmaker

A leader of the military wing of Hamas, who has long been high on Israel's wanted list, was killed last night in a missile strike in Gaza City.


Suicide Blast Kills 17 in Worst Of Several Attacks on Iraq

A suicide car bombing killed 17 people outside a police academy in Kirkuk in northern Iraq, the deadliest of several attacks around the country on Saturday as insurgents


'Troppo presto per valutare impatto crisi subprime'


WHILE India was celebrating its Independence Day, another important event was taking place on the other side of the world, in Venezuela.


WhiteHat Security Founder and CTO Jeremiah Grossman Named to InfoWorld's CTO 25 List

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 12  /PRNewswire/ -- WhiteHat Security today announced that IDG's InfoWorld, the leading media brand for IT solutions management, has named WhiteHat Security's founder and CTO, Jeremiah Grossman, a winner of the 2007 CTO 25 awards.


AU envoy Salim urges Darfur parties to talk

EL-GENEINA, Sudan  - African Union envoy Salim Ahmed Salim on Sunday urged all parties to Darfur's 4-1/2-year-old conflict to commit to a ceasefire to support peace talks due to begin in October.


Israel to let Egypt boost border presence

Israel has agreed to let Egypt step up its military presence along its border with the Gaza Strip ahead of an Israeli withdrawal from the Palestinian territory set for next year, officials have said.


MP3 Photo Jukebox features 1.6-inch color LCD and 4GB of storage.


Mika heads the UK singles and albums charts despite a boost in sales for acts seen performing at the Brit Awards.


1. "Plum Lovin'" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press)


SERENA Williams took a leaf from the Andre Agassi book of fashion yesterday, donning denim in her first-round match at the US Open.


UK and India should step up terrorism fight: Brown

Britain and India should step up cooperation in the fight against terrorism and work together to isolate militants, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Sunday.


A bomb placed under a police car at a pop concert in southern Turkey has hurt at least 14 people, officials say. The explosion happened in the city of Mercin during a performance by well-known Turkish singer Candan Ercetin.


Users able to circumvent Windows Media DRM

Microsoft is currently working on a fix for its Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology as users have figured out a way to get around the copyright protection.


Howard nightmare recurs as Chelsea keep quadruple bid on track

Manchester United goalkeeper Tim Howard was forced to relive the worst moment of his career as Chelsea booked a League Cup final date with Liverpool with a 2-1 win at Old Trafford.


The Lessons of 'Lonelygirl': We Can Be Fooled, And We Probably Don't Care

Three months and millions of page views after lonelygirl15's debut, the most recent Internet phenomenon turned into a detective story and came to a conclusion last week.


Army secretary removed in veterans scandal

Defense Secretary Robert Gates fired Army Secretary Francis Harvey on Friday as the Bush administration scrambled to respond to an outcry over poor treatment for veterans at the Army's top hospital.


Cameroonians Kept in Limbo Over Oil-Rich Peninsula

MUNDEMBA, Cameroon  - The Cameroonians of the  Bakassi Peninsula have learned like many other communities that  the prospect of oil can be more of a curse than a blessing.


Afghanistan, 7 arresti per il sequestro dei funzionari Onu

Kabul, 30 ott. (Adnkronos) - Sette persone - tre delle quali definite dal ministero dell'Interno di Kabul come uomini in uniforme che non appartengono nÃ© all'esercito nÃ© alla polizia - sono state arrestate


Hurricane Frances spared NASA's depleted shuttle fleet but ripped away siding from a towering landmark Kennedy Space Center facility, exposing the critical enclosure to the


A laptop containing new compositions of popular Indian music composer A.R. Rahman is part of a bag that went


I semi della comune Ipomea violacea contengono Lsa, sostanza simile all'LsdSi possono acquistare legalmente su internet o negli 'smart-shop'                                            Bari, allarme pianta allucinogena da casa dopo la morte di un ragazzo volato dal balcone                                                                                Arrestato il titolare del negozio dove il ventenne aveva fatto acquistiL'incidente la scorsa settimana. A marzo un 17enne ricoverato per overdose


Ministri Eurogruppo, Paesi a disagio siano piu' competitivi


Clinton, McCain head to next campaign fights

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Led by Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain, candidates fanned out across the country on Wednesday in a U.S. presidential race dramatically reshaped by their comeback wins in New Hampshire.


TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Saturday it successfully tested a "strategic missile" and delivered it to its armed forces, state-run radio reported.    The report did not say whether the missile was the previously announced new version of the Shahab-3 rocket, which already was capable of reaching Israel and U.S...


Tiny streaming-media developer EdgeStream sets sights on broadband set-top box market with some big claims.


D.C. postmark back, in time for holidays

The District of Columbia postmark is making a big comeback in time for its use on holiday mail, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton announced Tuesday.


Gunmen abduct two Italian aid workers in Gaza

Gunmen abducted two Italians working for the International Committee of the Red Cross in southern Gaza on Tuesday, the latest in a spate of kidnappings of foreigners in the Palestinian coastal strip.


Police: Man kills 5, self in Kansas City

A man killed five people, including three of his children, before fatally shooting himself Saturday morning, and a fourth child was in the hospital with life-threatening wounds, police said.


British advertising firm WPP has agreed to buy smaller US rival Grey Global for $1.31 billion, equally divided in cash and shares, to put it on par with industry leader Omnicom.


Blair Backs Iraqi Election, Rallies UK Troops

Protected by U.S. Black Hawk helicopters, Britain's Tony Blair flew into Iraq on Tuesday in a surprise show of political bravado designed to boost prospects for Iraqi elections and cheer UK troops before Christmas.


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


A bomb explodes in the Pakistani city of Quetta killing a suspected militant, police say.


Washington Post Endorses Kerry for President

The Washington Post endorsed Sen. John Kerry for president in its Sunday edition, saying the Democratic candidate had wisdom and open-mindedness that made him a stronger candidate to lead the United States than President Bush.


Police: Suspect in deputy death holed up

Dozens of heavily armed police officers swarmed a suburban New Orleans neighborhood Friday where a man suspected of killing of a sheriff's deputy was holding an elderly resident hostage, authorities said.


Strong demand for replacement handsets in western Europe and the US helped push global mobile phone sales to 156.4 million units in the second quarter of 2004, a 35 per cent increase from the second quarter of 2003, new research has claimed.


Cher auction fetches double pre-sale estimates

An auction of more than 700 items  belonging to singer and actress Cher raised over $3.5 million  -- more than double pre-sale estimates -- as celebrity  collectors snapped up her possessions.


Insurgents Kill 21 Iraqis North of Baghdad

Guerrillas shot dead 17 Iraqis working  for the U.S. Army and killed a National Guard commander and  three bodyguards in attacks north of Baghdad on Sunday that  took the toll from three days of violence to more than 70.


After two favorable court rulings, the Supreme Court issues a surprise judgment in favor of former President Suharto in his lawsuit over a 1999 article


Pakistan raids on tribal sanctuaries sent Al-Qaeda scattering: Musharraf

Top Al-Qaeda operatives have fled sanctuaries near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan to cities and other countries after army raids, President Pervez Musharraf was reported as saying.


Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has started his presidential campaign by promising a general referendum on peace.


The US House of Representatives passes a bill to withdraw most combat troops from Iraq by April 2008.


Roma, 23:02 - VOLLEY, A2 MASCHILE: VIBO VINCE A CATANIA

Risultati della 14/a giornata di andata del campionato di serie A2 maschile di pallavolo: SP TTTLine...


By Michael Liedtke Associated Press  SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc.'s recently resurgent stock retreated by more than 5 percent Friday amid fears that a setback in a lucrative partnership with AT&T Inc.


In conjunction with its release of Dreamworks latest animation movie Shark Tale, GSC is extending a special invitation to all movie fans to be amongst the first to catch the movie at the Shark Tale premiere in GSC Mid Valley, Kuala Lumpur, and win Shark


By La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Jun. 21--Summer starts today and brings with it the longest day of the year.


From Prussia with love: the Scot who ruled Berlin

HOCHKIRCH, Germany  - He once governed Ukraine and Berlin, controlled Finland, and might have changed British history -- but is little known in his native Scotland.


Petraeus hints at U.S. troop cuts in Iraq

The U.S. military commander in Iraq has suggested he will recommend a cut in U.S. troop numbers around March when he delivers long-awaited testimony to Congress next week.


Joel Madden says his newborn daughter with Nicole Richie has a healthy appetite.


Three days after Ray Rice ran for a school-record 280 yards in the International Bowl, Rutgers said Tuesday that he would forgo his final year of eligibility to enter the 2008 N.F.L. draft.


China says latest bird flu outbreak under control

China's latest outbreak in poultry of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, in the far western region of Xinjiang, has been brought under control, state media reported.


Kenya was in partial lockdown mode as opposition supporters pressed on with plans for nationwide protests.


Clough, the best manager England never had, dies

BRIAN Clough died yesterday at the age of 69, leaving the world of football smaller and infinitely less interesting. A purist, prolific goal scorer and managerial genius, the greatest manager England never had was also fond of a drink.


UPDATE 4-US Airways in tentative giveback deal with pilots

Bankrupt US Airways Group Inc. (UAIRQ.OB: Quote, Profile, Research) reached a tentative agreement on Friday with negotiators for its pilots union on $300 million


Democrats sought assurances Wednesday that President Bush will deliver Republican votes for putting illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship and creating a guest worker program.


Il mercato crede a possibilita'contro-offerta Air One


Amazon Posts Profit, Outlook Disappoints

Amazon.com Inc. AMZN.O on  Thursday posted quarterly earnings that more than tripled on  strong international sales but offered an outlook for the  current quarter and next year that was below the more bullish  analyst forecasts, sending its stock down 8 percent.


Iowa could make or break a Democratic candidate on Thursday. The question is, who?


'Law and Order' Actor Jerry Orbach Dead at 69

Actor Jerry Orbach, longtime star of the "Law & Order" television series, died from prostate cancer on Wednesday, his manager told a local New York City radio station.


Per il prossimo concorso jackpot a 26.400.000 euro


U.S. Resists Changing Stance Amid Climate Warnings

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Meteorologists warned  on Wednesday that 2004 would be one of the hottest years since  records began as environment ministers tried to crack U.S.  resistance to joining international efforts against global  warming.


Says that amount would have been earned for the first 9 months of 2004, before AT&T purchase. LOS ANGELES,  - Cingular Wireless would have posted a net profit of $650 million for the first nine months


Court orders Yukos to pay part of 2001 tax claim

MOSCOW The Russian oil company Yukos will have to pay a heavy price for not paying its taxes on time. The Moscow Arbitration Court ruled today it must pay some one-point-four (b) billion dollars in fines and


Poco avvertita dalla gente, non ci sarebbero danni o feriti


Asa Hutchinson said Friday he will decide on a career plan in January and will consider choices that include returning to Arkansas to run for governor.


Her warning allowed hundreds to flee Nazis, hide in Arctic caves

How, despite such wretched circumstances, "we were a happy bunch. We looked at the funny things that happened," refusing to be defeated and cherishing the moment.


LONDON Royal Dutch/Shell Group said Thursday that it was merging the two publicly traded entities that make up the company and unifying their boards, ending a nearly 100-year-old corporate structure.


Soon after the anti-arthritis and painkiller drug Vioxx was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1999, credible questions surfaced about the risk of serious cardiovascular problems in people who took it.


Japan the latest to rebuff English football Premiership's overseas plan

The powerful Japan Football Association on Wednesday become the latest organisation to reject plans by the English Premier League to stage matches overseas.


Google Desktop Search for Mac under development?

Google started a new sensation with its launch of Desktop Search tool for windows platform. It has its share of bugs and limitations at this moment, but analysts around the world have praised it and have high hopes for the future.


'Non staremo al governo con chi vuole fermare lavoro pm'


Air France-KLM mum on new Alitalia report

Air France-KLM  declined comment on Tuesday on the latest in a series of newspaper reports that it remains interested in bidding for Alitalia .


The Prime Minister declares a state of emergency whilst alleging sabotage


The government will offer households as much as $80 to convert TVs to receive digital broadcasts before the end of analog broadcasts in 2009.


Indonesia shuts its border with East Timor after rebels capture weapons in a raid on an East Timorese police post.


A small plane crashed into a home near a southern Indiana airport Monday, killing at least one person on the plane, authorities said.


Turkish hijackers, looking to Pope, give up in Italy

BRINDISI, Italy  - Two Turkish hijackers seeking to communicate with Pope Benedict seized a Turkish airliner flying from Albania to Istanbul on Tuesday and diverted it to Italy before surrendering.


Erano stati travolti da valanga staccatasi da Punta Gollien


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Altri 42 enti sono stati dismessi, saranno chiusi nel 2008


US President George Bush today applauded the decision by the so-called Paris Club of creditor nations to slash 80 per cent of the money Iraq owed them and urged non-member countries to do the same.


Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, yesterday invited Shimon Peres - an old friend but sometimes a political adversary - to join his government as the two grand old men of Israeli politics prepared to unite to see through a plan to move Jewish


U.S. Airlines' October Unit Revenue Declined

A key measure of U.S. airline industry  revenue slipped more than expected in October, pressured by  excess capacity, weak demand and a lingering impact from  hurricanes in Florida, analysts said.


Al Qaeda in Iraq beckons nuclear scientists

BAGHDAD -- Al Qaeda in Iraq's leader, in an audiotape released yesterday, called for nuclear scientists to join his group's holy war and urged insurgents to kidnap Westerners so they could be traded for a blind Egyptian sheik who is serving a life sentence in a US prison.


The Austrian teenager kidnapped and held captive for eight years says she is struggling to adjust to her new life.


Su base mensile +0,3%, nel 2007 +1,8%.Eurostat: Ue-13 +3,1


David Beckham is left out of Fabio Capello's first England squad, dealing his hopes of a 100th cap a big blow.


Serb festival defies China and reinstates film

Serb film festival officials on Thursday reinstated a film withdrawn at the request of the Chinese embassy, after critics accused them of caving into pressure and imposing self-censorship.


Singer Amy Winehouse is "on the road to recovery" from her drug addiction her mother Janis tells GMTV.


ATHENS - The US men have a basketball medal, but there is little consolation in the prize. Third place fell a couple of steps short of expectations, but the Americans had nowhere else to go Saturday in what


Medicines, rice, water and tarps were delivered to Indonesia's earthquake disaster zone Wednesday to help about 650,000 displaced people, but many said the international aid was taking too long to get there.


The party allied to Thailand's ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra seeks coalition partners after claiming victory in the polls.


Providing directions, or just leading you on? Review What more do you want from a GPS unit than the ability to get you from A to B when you haven't got a clue where you are or which way to go? Well, Harman Kardon is hoping that multimedia features will also feature highly on your shopping list as its new Guide+Play GPS-500 also features video and audio playback.â¦


While its neighbors, software infrastructure and hardware upgrades, switched places this month, security held its spot at number three.


A couple who underwent Botox injections last week were hospitalized with botulism poisoning, and health officials were attempting to determine whether the injections were to blame.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen abducted six Egyptians and four Iraqis working for Iraq's mobile phone company, seizing two in a bold raid on the firm's Baghdad office and the others outside the capital, officials said Friday, the latest in a string of kidnappings that have underscored the country's fragile security.    Also Friday, a rocket hit the busy Baghdad thoroughfare Palestine Street...


Once as ubiquitous as red telephone boxes, the humble Morris Marina has become the rarest car on Britain's roads, closely followed by the Ford Cortina, according to Auto Express.


Torino, 18:59 - CALCIO, TORINO: CAIRO SMENTISCE L'ARRIVO DI CRUZ

Cruz non giocherà nel Torino la prossima stagione. Lo ha detto il presidente Cairo nel ritito...


Ebitda +49,1%, ebit +47,3%, utile pre-tasse +48,8%


Soon you will be able to deposit checks by scanning them at home and sending them electronically to your bank. No need to visit a branch or even an ATM.


NEC delivers four-way fault tolerant Windows server

NEC Solutions America, the US unit of Japanese server maker NEC Corp., has announced a new fault tolerant Windows server, a machine with the unwieldy name of the Express5800/340 Hb-R.


A high risk sex offender who went missing last week has been rearrested in County Londonderry.


Minnesota's Joe Mauer learned this summer just how hard it is for a catcher to maintain consistently high offensive production when your primary job is behind the plate.


Sudan rebel leaders arrive in Khartoum to join government

Leaders of the ex-rebel Eastern Front arrived in the Sudanese capital on Monday to take up positions in central government as agreed in a 2006 peace deal.


BEIJING - China will license no new Internet cafes this year while regulators carry out an industry-wide inspection, the government says, amid official concern that online material is harming young people.


Cambodian King Delays Return, Wants to Abdicate

Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk, now 83, sick and dismayed at political infighting in his impoverished country as it tries to recover from the "Killing Fields" era, wants to give up his throne.


Explosion Kills UN Police Officer in Kosovo

PRIZREN, Serbia and Montenegro  - A United Nations  police officer from Nigeria was killed in an apparent car bomb  explosion in western Kosovo on Thursday, a U.N. spokesman said.


Thanks to Didier Drogba's double goals, Chelsea went seven points clear at the top of the English Premier League as they beat Middlesbrough 2-0 on Tuesday.


Sharpton Got $86,715 to Aid Kerry Campaign

All of John Kerry's one-time rivals in the Democratic presidential primary eventually lined up to support him as the nominee, but only one got paid for it — Al Sharpton.


Binge-eating is a major health problem: study

Out-of-control binge eating is the biggest eating disorder in the United States, more common than anorexia and bulimia combined and contributing to a rise in obesity, researchers said on Thursday.


We knew there wouldn't be a definitive winner tonight, at least until all the results were in. After all, what constitutes a win? Taking the biggest states? Capturing the most delegates? Being hailed as inevitable by the greatest number of pundits?


A big night for American track _ five medals and a countryman wins ...

What a night for US athletes in Olympic track and field. Even in the event that went to another country, an American won. Shawn Crawford, Bernard Williams and Justin Gatlin swept the 200.


Shares of Macy's Inc.  rose as much as 10 percent on Friday and its options volume surged on speculation that the retailer, whose same-store sales have been disappointing in recent months, was ripe for a takeover.


Adam Scott doesn't like wasting time, waiting for a major to start. Looking to build some momentum, the world's fourth-ranked golfer shot a 3-under 67 to tie Fredrik Jacobson atop the leaderboard Thursday at the Stanford St. Jude Open. The two had a one-stroke lead after an opening round in which only seven golfers were under par at TPC Southwind.


Piacenza, 17:22 - CALCIO, PIACENZA: SOMMA CHIEDE SCUSA AI TIFOSI

Pace fatta tra Mario Somma e i tifosi del Piacenza. "Non uno, ma tre passi indietro.


Arafat family to get medical file on cause of death

PARIS, Nov 18  - Family members of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat are preparing a request to obtain medical files detailing his illness and cause of death, which France will grant, the French defense ministry announced Thursday.


Judge Won't Fire Procecutor In Jackson Case

The judge in the Michael Jackson child-molestation case on Thursday has rejected a longshot bid from the pop star's lawyer to remove the prosecuting district attorney from the case.


Sofia Reluctant to Relocate Troops to "Hostile Area"

Politics: 18 September 2004, Saturday. There has been no official request for consideration over a possible relocation of Bulgarian troops from Karbala to Najaf, Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov said on ...


Tennis: Controversial Judge Barred from US Open

A tennis judge who made a controversial call in Tuesday's US Open quarterfinal between Americans Serena Williams and Jennifer Capriati will not officiate any more matches in the tournament.


Energy funds post big  gains in 2004, but '05 looks 'murky'

Prices for oil and natural gas hit records in 2004, and energy mutual funds did almost as well. They were No. 2 for the industry, behind Latin American funds.


Supporting Boys or Girls When the Line IsnÂt Clear

Children who do not conform to gender norms are being supported in their choice by parents and doctors.


50 Iraq Soldiers Apparent Ambush Victims

An Iraqi National Guard secures the area after gunmen opened fire on a convoy of trucks in Mosul, northern Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2004, killing two drivers and wounding two others, hospital and police officials said.


Symantec agrees to buy Veritas for $13.5 billion

Symantec Corp. said Thursday it has agreed to buy Veritas Software Corp. for $13.5 billion in the second major Silicon Valley software merger in four days.


Groups File Complaint Over Anti-Kerry Ad

Three campaign finance watchdog groups filed a complaint Tuesday accusing a group of Vietnam veterans of violating the campaign finance law by airing an ad that challenges Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's military record.


Make Me 2006 Ryder Cup Vice-Captain, Says Woods

Tiger Woods wants to be made a playing  vice-captain for the next U.S. Ryder Cup team and also suggests  a change in selection policy to halt their losing run.


Three-time defending champion Roger Federer faces a grass-court rematch against Richard Gasquet in the first round Monday at Wimbledon.


Average prices of homes in the countryside average 7.1 times local earnings, a report finds.


A massive clean-up operation is underway in north Cornwall after devastating flash floods hit the area.


The famous diary seems to have disappeared, along with the chardonnay and the calorie counting. But the most significant change between the first Bridget Jones movie and this sequel is not an absence but a


Net providers in the UK are resisting calls for them to police what customers do online.


Curtis Writes Self-Help Books for Children

Be careful what you say around Jamie Lee Curtis. She's a very sharp listener, and the conversations she overhears are the basis for her best-selling children's books. Her newest, "It's Hard to Be Five: Learning How to Work My Control Panel" (Joanna Cotler/HarperCollins) was inspired by her 5-year-old son's frustration as a castle he built tumbled over.


Mom-to-be Jessica Alba was spotted over the Christmas holiday with a rock on her left ring finger â and the rumors are true: She and boyfriend Cash Warren are engaged, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.  "I can confirm that they are engaged," says publicist...


Hawaii Bids to Close Out Presidential Race

A few weeks ago, Republican Gov. Linda Lingle was having a hard time selling the idea that Hawaii could play any real role in the presidential election. Now, she and leading Democrats are talking about the 50th state deciding a 50-50 race.


AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Il leader dellÂopposizione ricoverato in ospedale per le percosse subite durante la detenzione Harare (Agenzia Fides)- Ã in ospedale con fratture al cranio Morgan Tsvangirai, il leader del principale partito dÂopposizione dello Zimbabwe, il Movimento per il Cambiamento Democratico (MDC), che era stato arrestato domenica 11 marzo durante una ma...


14,000 Chechen police patrolled the streets, alongside Russian forces. Outside one polling. station police on 24-hour security shifts, were stopping cars from parking within 15 metres (50 feet) of the building.


Barack Obama is mobbed, while the former Democrat frontrunner battles for her political life


Missouri Approves Fishing With Bare Hands

Next summer, it will be legal to plunge into some Missouri rivers and grab catfish by hand — a type of fishing that is not for the faint of heart.


US swimmer Phelps puts on show for the ages

As of Saturday, the end of the swimming competitions, he had eight medals: Six gold and two bronze. In comparison, Canada has won two silver and a bronze.


WASHINGTON, Nov 19  - The United States on Friday pronounced itself unimpressed by this week's mass release of nearly 4,000 prisoners from jails in military-run Myanmar and demanded immediate freedom for all political detainees, including opposition


At long last, accounting regulators have published their final rule requiring public companies to expense stock options. The question is whether it will stand.


New York City wants to expand its 911 call center to accept digital photos and video clips of accidents and crimes -- would the data swamp the system? By the Associated Press.


Best-Selling Novelist Arthur Hailey Dies

Arthur Hailey, author of "Airport," "Hotel" and other novels that became hit movies, has died, his wife said Thursday. He was 84.


Emmerdale star Clive Hornby, who plays Jack Sugden, is taking a break from the soap because of ill health.


Australia to ban alcohol, porn in Aboriginal communities

Australia will ban alcohol and pornography in Aboriginal communities across the country's vast Northern Territory to combat widespread child sexual abuse, Prime Minister John Howard said Thursday.


Lehman's goal to make Americans feel like a team

Tom Lehman wants Americans who are winning on his Ryder Cup team, even if that means him. Lehman was introduced Wednesday as the US captain for the 2006 matches in Ireland, charged with ending European dominance


Oil surged above $70 on Monday on news a cyclone was headed towards the oil-producing Arabian peninsula with a potential to disrupt shipping and output.


Duke University has hired John Danowski from Hofstra to coach its embattled men's lacrosse team, the new coach said Friday.


A car bomb exploded in a crowded market in a town north of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and wounding 20, underlining Iraq's severe security problems with elections just two months away.


A car bomb exploded in central Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 19 people and wounding 46, police and hospital officials said.


The biggest recommendation out there deserves the biggest sell rating.


The Jets' Extra Attention to Tackling Is Paying Off

Jets linebacker Eric Barton was sweating profusely as he trudged off the practice field Friday. Do not confuse a bye week with an off week for the Jets, who get back


British film Atonement, starring Keira Knightley, is to raise the curtain on the Venice Film Festival.


Wide receiver Santana Moss shredded the Jaguars' defense on Sunday, shaking out of a slump and signifying his status as Mark Brunell's No. 1 target.


Michael Redd scored 27 points to help Milwaukee break its four-game losing streak with a 99-92 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Monday.


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John Phillips, the head basketball coach of the University of Tulsa's Golden Hurricanes announced his resignation Saturday effective immediately.


Poutiainen Wins But Plays Down Cup Hopes

ALTENMARKT, Austria  - Finland's Tanja Poutiainen  snatched back the women's World Cup lead with her third victory  of the Alpine ski season on Sunday but played down her chances  of winning the overall title.


Saga, which sells products to the over 50s, is to buy the motoring giant AA in a deal valuing the combined business at Â£8bn.


Incontro governo-parti sociali sull'utilizzo del tesorettoAlle politiche giovanili andranno 600 milioni di euro                                          Dpef, Damiano: "Disponibili 2,5 miliardi 1,3 per rivalutare le pensioni basse"


The Group of Seven rich nations urged   China on Saturday to let its currency rise faster to help ease   perilous imbalances in trade and backed a rise in the yen to   reflect Japan's strengthening economic recovery.


No. 19 Iowa State Tops No. 13 Texas 73-69

Megan Ronhovde hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 28 seconds left and Anne O'Neil followed with four straight free throws, lifting No. 19 Iowa State to a 73-69 victory over No. 13 Texas on Saturday.


Two large blasts shake a radical mosque in Islamabad as Pakistani forces tighten their siege of the complex.


Per 87 mln euro, domani la firma davanti all'Alta Corte


China said it would launch 15 rockets, 17 satellites and its third mission with astronauts in 2008.


England's museums and galleries should give people access to more artworks, the government says.


The fall season that greets us this month is usually the best time to make money with technology stocks. So, does the Nasdaq stock index, drooping with a decline of about 8 percent so far this year, really represent the investing world's view of technology right now?


A 10-year-old boy dies after collapsing at his school sports day in Perthshire, police said.


Owners protected 37 million acres from development last year, a 54 percent jump from 2000.


REXBURG, Idaho - The case of the purloined panties is coming to an end. Brett Cooper pleaded guilty Monday to felony burglary and misdemeanor petit theft for stealing more than 200 pairs of women's underwear from local apartment complexes.


Auntie's IE hegemony broken for download client The BBC has finally made the download version of its iPlayer on-demand TV service compatible with Firefox, after six months as an Internet Explorer-only product.â¦


Tens of thousands of Italian farmers protested Wednesday against the lack of clear and detailed labels on agricultural products, saying cheap imports from China were hurting their bottom line.


French EU diplomat shot dead in Ivory Coast

A French diplomat representing the European Union has been shot dead at his home in the Ivory Coast.


Spitzer Telescope Finds Planet Forming Messy

The business of building planets is messier and more chaotic than scientists realized, according to new observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.


Today is the birthday of history's most famous -- and infamous -- aviator. Compiled by Tony Long.


For all its excess -- of celebrity, money and media attention -- the Kobe Bryant case at its core was fairly typical of rape cases, legal sources said Thursday, and its clouded ending underscored the barriers to successfully prosecuting one of the most


BRASILIA, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must fight his main challenger in a run-off vote after many Brazilians turned against him in Sunday's presidential election and punished the former union leader for a string of corruption scandals.


Incident intensifies the threat of a violent sectarian split with the approach of elections that political leaders are struggling to salvage.


Royal revenge: Harry goes on paparazzi attack

LONDON -- Britain's Prince Harry cut a photographer's lip early Thursday after pushing a camera away outside a club, according to the office of his father, Prince Charles.


U.Va. student says award is "opportunity of a lifetime"

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. A University of Virginia senior chosen as a Rhodes Scholar says it's "the opportunity of a lifetime.


ICANN domain transfer policy takes effect

The new transfer policy for inter-registrar domain names went into effect on Friday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said.


CHICAGO - Some see easy access to emergency contraception as a way to drastically reduce teen pregnancy, already on the decline since the early 1990s. Others worry that its long-term effects on young women are unknown or argue that the drug, also known as the "morning after pill," encourages teens to have sex...


Slovenia, next EU chair, holds presidential poll

Slovenians started voting on Sunday  in a presidential election which might give the country its  first right-of-centre head of state since it broke away from  Yugoslavia in 1991.


Oil prices resumed their march towards $50 in New York on Thursday as peace talks in major producer Nigeria and an unexpected rise in US crude inventories failed to ease traders' fears about supply.


Princess Diana Hits Out at Charles in Videotape

Princess Diana was "traumatized" by  Prince Charles' refusal to publicly declare his love for her on  the day of their engagement and became bulimic to punish  herself for their failed marriage.


BandabardÃ², rock di strada passo dopo passo

Con il doppio CD Fuori orario, la banda è al primo posto della classifica indie e al settimo della generale. Con un trucco: mai dimenticare i fan


Francis Mayer, chairman and chief executive officer of French state-owned bank CDC, has died at age 56 in Paris.Comment


"Certe dichiarazioni di membri del governo sono dannose"


Dalai Lama leads prayers at monastery in southern Russia

ARSHAN, Russia Thousands of Buddhists have made a pilgrimage to southern Russia to join prayers led by the Dalai Lama. It's the spiritual leader's first visit to Russia in a decade.


Xerox said its board also approved an additional $1 billion for its stock buyback plan, on top of the $370 million remaining under the existing plan.


By MICHAEL KUCHWARA  NEW YORK - The chair at the center of "The Drowsy Chaperone" is getting a new occupant.  John Glover will take over April 17 as "Man in Chair," the enthusiastic narrator of "The Drowsy Chaperone," a celebration of one fan's love for a 1928 musical comedy.


Humpback whales have "human" brain cells -study

Humpback whales have a type of brain cell seen only in humans, the great apes, and other cetaceans such as dolphins, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.


Franceâs Effort to Export the News Is Catching On

France 24, a 24-hour international news channel, is moving to establish itself as a third international news network behind CNN and BBC.


Three terror suspects arrested in Scotland are transferred to the custody of the Metropolitan Police.


MISSION, Texas - Police say the jingle of this ice cream truck meant pot-sickles. Police say elementary school students tipped them off to an ice cream truck driver who was apparently selling $5 and $10 bags of marijuana from the truck. Most customers were in the third, fourth, and fifth grades.


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Michael Jackson's Father Released from LA Hospital

Michael Jackson's father, has been  released from a Los Angeles hospital after successful surgery  for bleeding ulcers, his attorney said on Monday.


I asked my guide in the back seat where to park as I swung my 19-ton "MRAP" by the plant where the massive military trucks are made. "Anywhere you want," said Mike Aldrich, a vice president at Force Protection Inc., a company that builds the vehicles.


Rebels kills 49 Iraqi troops and US diplomat

Rebels have killed 49 unarmed army recruits in one of the bloodiest attacks on Iraq's nascent security forces and, in a separate attack, killed a US diplomat in a mortar strike near Baghdad airport.


Samsung Engineering secures a $1.1bn order from Thailand's PTT Public Company to build two gas plants.


Travel: Mayor recruits Robert de Niro to soften the image of the Mean Streets.


Switchgrass-to-ethanol comes out clean in study

The grass, native to the U.S., gets high marks for energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions in Department of Agriculture test.


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Bush wants $150 billion economic package

President George W. Bush on Friday called on Congress to give the U.S. economy a "shot in the arm" with an election-year package of temporary tax cuts and other measures worth up to $150 billion.


Accused Law Firm Continues Giving to Democrats

Milberg Weiss, which was indicted on charges of fraud and bribery, still has a political partnership with Democrats.


Researchers Say HIPAA Hinders Their Work

The sweeping four-year-old federal privacy law known by the acronym HIPAA, for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, may be responsible for an unintended consequence: impeding biomedical research.


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The rapid growth of online videos, music and games has created a new Internet sin: using it too much.


Germany hails signing of Sudan peace accord

The German government on Sunday hailed the signing of a peace accord between the Sudanese government and southern rebels and urged the two sides to turn the accord into reality.


The United States rejects the European Union's all-encompassing target on reduction of carbon emissions, President Bush's environmental adviser said Tuesday.


French, German and British officials were meeting Iranian negotiators in Vienna following a first round of talks last week. The United States accuses oil and gas-rich Iran of trying to make


BAGHDAD, Dec. 8. - Insurgents launched a string of assaults around Samarra today, trading gunfire with US forces, attacking a convoy, and blowing up a police station after looting its armoury, officials said.


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.


Reporter sentenced to 5 years for spying

A Hong Kong reporter was sentenced Thursday by a Chinese court to five years in prison on spying charges in a case that prompted outcries by press freedom groups.


'On the lot' in onda in Usa mette in palio 1 mln di dollari


Overstock.com says co-founder Lindsey quits as COO

Online retailer Overstock.com Inc said its  co-founder Jason Lindsey resigned as chief operating officer,  president and a board member.


T.I. holds off Pumpkins, Interpol to remain No. 1

NEW YORK (Billboard) - T.I.'s "T.I. vs. T.I.P." maintains its lead on the Billboard 200 for a second week after moving 175,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.


Activists are using the coming games as leverage to prod Beijing on issues like factory working conditions. Will it pay off?


Oracle-- 61 Pct PeopleSoft Stock Tendered

Oracle Corp. Friday said 61 percent of PeopleSoft Inc. shares were tendered for its $24-a-share offer, strengthening Oracle's hostile bid position as it waits to see if PeopleSoft's board will remove the final barrier to a deal.


Tennis: Federer and Hewitt set for US Open final clash

NEW YORK : Roger Federer will be chasing his third Grand Slam of the year and trying to blast his way into the record books as he faces Lleyton Hewitt in Sunday's 17.


TurboLinux to Help Translate Open XML for Asia

Linux distributor TurboLinux is helping to translate docs from Open XML to ODF for Asian markets.


Iraq Militants Promise Long War as Bush Takes Vows

Iraqi militants said on Thursday they  would fight for "months and years" to free their country from  U.S.-led occupation as their nemesis President Bush was  inaugurated in Washington for a second term.


GE CEO: India won't grow at the expense of U.S.

General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt warned an audience of Indian business leaders Friday that India's strong economic growth wouldn't come at the expense of the economic health of countries like the U.S.


Milano, 17:56 - CALCIO, MILAN; KALADZE: OBIETTIVO E' VINCERE TUTTO

La Supercoppa per iniziare. ''Vogliamo vincere tutto'', ha detto il difensore georgiano Kakha Kaladz...


Two of three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan called home to reassure relatives that they were all right as negotiators tried Tuesday to secure their release.


Car Bomb North of Baghdad Kills 7, Wounds 19

BAIJI, Iraq  - A car bomb exploded near a U.S.  military patrol in the town of Baiji, north of Baghdad, on  Tuesday, killing at least seven Iraqis and wounding 20 people,  including two U.S. soldiers, doctors and the military said.


The gross domestic product is up, but jobs are down. Economists say yes, that is possible. MIAMI - It seems, at first blush, to be a baffling contradiction.


No charges in 'cash-for-honours' inquiry: reports

No one will be charged in the controversial "cash-for-honours" police investigation, more than a year after the inquiry began, the BBC and Sky News reported on Thursday.


The Atlanta Braves don't have the dominating pitching or explosive hitting of previous years, but they do have a penchant for scratching out wins, as they did Sunday, beating


A major power outage hit Barcelona on Monday, snarling traffic, hobbling public transportation and knocking out electricity to homes and businesses in much of Spain's second-largest city.


Commercial Demand, Europe Drive PC Sales

Worldwide shipments of personal computers grew nearly 12 percent in the third quarter, driven by strong European sales and rising commercial demand, according to IDC, a research company that tracks shipments.


Andre Agassi and Marat Safin were quick and nearly mistake-free in advancing to the third round of the Australian Open.


Wall Street droops as oil tops $69 a barrel

Stocks slipped on Monday as oil climbed toward a 10-month high near $70 a barrel, taking a toll on energy-dependent sectors, while more worrisome data from the housing sector weighed on home builders.


Water Transfer Foes to Take a Stand: Hearing Tuesday on Catawba River Interbasin Proposal

By Monica Chen, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Sep. 17--Local officials and hundreds of concerned residents are gearing up for a fight Tuesday in Charlotte at the last meeting on a proposal that could remove up to 36 million gallons a day from the Catawba River.


Son of Ex-Ga. Gov. Sentenced for Threats

The son of a former governor and senator was sentenced to 20 days in jail for threatening his relatives during a land dispute, going so far as to tell them from the witness stand, "I do wish you were all dead."


At least three Palestinians dead as US vetoes UN resolution

At least three Palestinians were killed and others were wounded early Wednesday as Israeli tanks shelled houses in the northern Gaza Strip.


Consumer Spending Up 0.8 Percent in July

WASHINGTON - After taking a rest in June, the nation's consumers were full of energy last month, boosting their spending by 0.8 percent, a hopeful sign the economy may be emerging from a summer funk.    The over-the-month increase in consumer spending, reported by the Commerce Department on Monday, marked a turnaround from the 0.2 percent decline registered in June, when high energy prices and a sluggish job market made for more cautious buyers...


Nel 2007, 728.000 famiglie di super ricchi con 870 miliardi


Dopo l'omicidio dell'ex premier, manifestazioni in tutto il paeseProclamati tre giorni di lutto nazionale. Fermato un sospetto                                                  Hariri, alta tensione in Libano attaccato ufficio siriano a Beirut


Roma, 20:27 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS; ROMA-LIONE: PROBABILI FORMAZIONI

Queste le probabili formazioni di Roma-Lione, andata degli ottavi di finale di Champions League in p...


Montecarlo, 15:45 - F1, GP MONACO: VITTORIA DI ALONSO, DOPPIETTA MCLAREN

Fernando Alonso su McLaren ha vinto il Gp di Monaco, quinta prova del mondiale di formula uno. Lo sp...


Nokia to shed 700 jobs, half in Finnish home

Nokia, the world's leading maker of mobile phones, has said it would shed some 700 jobs, with Finland taking the brunt of the cuts.


House Democrats led a revolt Thursday against just-implemented interpretations that critics argue could block millions of workers from overtime pay.


WGBH president Henry Becton Jr., who presided over the growth of Boston's public television station into a national production powerhouse, told the station's staff yesterday that he will step down from his post in October.


Unidentified submarine detected in Japanese waters

TOKYO - An unidentified submarine was detected moving in Japanese waters near Okinawa on Wednesday, prompting Japan's Defense Agency chief Yoshinori Ono to dispatch a Maritime Self-Defense Force team to step up security in the area.


Distress may persist after waking during surgery

NEW YORK  - Patients who wake up from general anesthesia during surgery and have a clear memory of the event may develop acute distress and emotional reactions, investigators in Sweden report, and in some patients, long-term psychological symptoms may persist.


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For Matsui and Sheffield, the Future Is All in Their Wrists

With Hideki Matsui returning as a designated hitter Tuesday night and Gary Sheffield likely to follow soon, the Yankees will be trying to figure out how to best use two marquee player who have not really been missed.


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel has accepted the job as head coach of the Cleveland Browns, pending the ability to work out a long-term contract. Sources close to the situation indicate thatshould be a foregone conclusion.


Putin's candidate Medvedev says "No" to TV debates

President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev, has refused to meet his rivals for the presidency in live television debates ahead of the March 2 election.


In the 2000 presidential election, eight million more women than men went to the polls, and more voted for the Democratic Party candidate than for the Republican.


Typhoon Kills 5 in Japan, Cuts Power to 176,000 Homes, AP Says

Typhoon Chaba swept southern Japan today, killing five people and injuring 73, and cutting electricity to 176,500 homes on Kyushu island, the Associated Press said, citing police and Kyushu Electric.


Don't expect major league baseball to discipline Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield over reported admissions of steroid use.


Microsoft Agrees to Accept European Ruling

Microsoft will obey crucial parts of a 2004 antitrust ruling, cutting royalties for rivals and handing information over to open source developers.


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Four hour run for experimental tech Costa Rica-based scientists from the Ad Astra Rocket Company have run a Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) engine continuously for over four hours, thereby setting a new record for the tech.â¦


Extracomunitari arrivati in tre diversi sbarchi


How the U.S. Hopes to End the Lebanon Crisis

Arab officials say the White House is promoting a four-point proposal to end the fighting, but implementing it won't be easy


Malware hunters tame wild Webmasters, hosts

The StopBadware.org effort run by Harvard law School soldiers on, and researchers report success at communicating warnings to unwary users and getting cooperation from a number of those who create or distribute such malware.


Electronic Arts Signs Exclusive NFL License

Electronic Arts announced today that it has signed a five-year exclusive licensing deal with the National Football League and the NFL players association, giving EA the exclusive rights to the NFL teams, stadiums and players for use in its football


Part 1 of 2: Fundamentals the cause of oil price turbulence

Last week the price of WTI (West Texas Intermediate) crude was recorded close to US$50/barrel, a record high, but a level still far lower in real terms than that registered in 1979 -- about $40/barrel (at the US dollar rate in 1979) -- or the equivalent


Israel, Europe Could Be on Collision Course-Report

Israel could end up on a collision  course with the European Union and face sanctions like  apartheid-era South Africa unless the Israeli-Palestinian  conflict is resolved, a confidential government report warns.


Indian film censor chief 'sacked for alleged Hindu rightwing leanings'

India's left-leaning Congress government has sacked the chief of the film censor board, allegedly charging he has Hindu rightwing leanings, reports said.


âSarah Landon and the Paranormal Hourâ swan-dives into the tween-teenage market dominated by the behemoths Disney and Nickelodeon.


The Sicilian Mafia faces a revolt by local businessmen who refuse to pay the protection money.


Saif's ex, Rozza Catalano, steps into Bollywood

Italian beauty, Rozza Catalano, also referred as Saif Ali Khan's ex-girlfriend, is all set to make her mark in Bollywood.


NASHUA, New Hampshire  - Presidential rivals in both parties took aim at Democrat Barack Obama's experience and health-care proposals on Saturday, hours ahead of back-to-back debates that could shape tight nominating races in New Hampshire.


Daunte Culpepper's teammates slapped him on the back as he came out of the game — the only blows the Dolphins' new quarterback would absorb in his brief Miami debut.


I fiori contengono alti quantitativi di antiossidanti


Texas' governor sent National Guard troops to Houston Monday as torrential rainfall flooded homes and highways in southeastern Texas and parts of Louisiana, where more than 100 patients had to be evacuated from a nursing home.


Jailed reporter contradicts Libby in perjury case

Former vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby spoke to a reporter about a CIA operative on two occasions before he says he knew her identity, Libby's perjury trial heard on Tuesday.


Explosions and Shooting at Russian School Siege

BESLAN, Russia  - Explosions resounded and  automatic fire broke out on Friday near the Russian school  where hundreds of children and adults were being held by an  armed group, a Reuters correspondent at the scene said.


Sun calls the 5800 an application-aware programmable storage product. Sun said that the 5800 is self-healing and can cope with multiple simultaneous component failures without the need for immediate servicing. The system can cope with the loss of up to two missing data or parity fragments, similar to RAID 6.


Dainius Zubrus pokes in a rebound in overtime Thursday night to give the Washington Capitals a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.


Market rebounds as IBM results lift tech

Stocks rebounded on Monday after IBM  reported higher-than-expected preliminary financial results, lifting the technology sector.


ST. LOUIS - Like so many other riveting contests in this most magical of baseball post-seasons, last night's Game 6 of the NL Championship Series was decided by a walkoff home run, sending the St.


UK Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives in Israel to try and restart peace talks, after meeting British soldiers in Iraq.


Crumbs Company insolvency specialist Piper Thompson has confirmed it is handling the administration of broadband provider Biscit.â¦


Recognizing political change as the hot new commodity, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is launching a television ad Wednesday in Iowa and New Hampshire casting himself as the Republican best able to reclaim a wayward party and lead it in a new direction.


Hundreds of Buddhist monks in central Burma hold another demonstration against the military government.


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A Turkish court ordered access to YouTube's Web site blocked on Wednesday, after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey


A serviceman is killed during an exercise in Herefordshire involving a helicopter, the Ministry of Defence says.


The Dollar Falls, but the Pain and the Gains Vary

The dollar touched a record low against the euro, with traders betting that it would fall further.


LONDON, Dec. 3 -- The British Broadcasting Corp. apologized Friday for falling victim to a hoax in which a fake corporate spokesman claimed to take responsibility for a deadly cyanide gas leak at a Union Carbide Corp.


President Bush's concentration on North Korea's nuclear programme at the meeting of Asian and Pacific countries in Chile shows that stopping the spread of nuclear weapons will continue to


Suspected Sept. 11 Mastermind Had Australia Visa

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 strikes on the United States, was granted an Australian visa a month before the attacks, Prime Minister John Howard said on Wednesday.


San Francisco, CA (Sports Network) - Olympic track and field star Marion Jones filed a defamation lawsuit against BALCO chief Victor Conte on Wednesday.


Healthy living bill to curb junk food adverts

JOHN Reid yesterday announced a UK-wide clampdown on television adverts for alcohol and junk-food as part of a Â£1bn drive to improve public health.


Graft in Contracts Spread From Kuwait Base

Major John Lee Cockerham was considered an unlikely success story in his hometown, now he and his family are facing corruption charges related to contracts in Iraq.


Israel apologizes to Turkey over Syria air strike

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has apologized to Turkey after it protested at Israel's apparent use of its airspace for a bombing run in neighboring Syria last month, a senior Israeli official said on Sunday.


Empoli, 13:02 - CALCIO, EMPOLI; CAGNI: SOLIDARIETA' A TECNICO SIVIGLIA RAMOS

Gigi Cagni invia un messaggio di solidarietà al tecnico del Siviglia, Juande Ramos, colpito d...


The personal homepage service is prepping a relaunch -- code-named "Coriander" -- which emphasizes social sharing and features an integrated RSS reader. By Michael Calore.


Quake kills at least 15 in Sumatra, felt in Singapore

PADANG, Indonesia  - Two strong earthquakes killed at least 15 people and injured dozens on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Tuesday, and were felt as far away as Malaysia and Singapore, where several buildings were evacuated.


Movie Review | 'Sunflower': Life and Country in Upheaval

Like Douglas Sirk without the throw pillows, âSunflowerâ is a shamelessly old-fashioned melodrama performed with such sincerity that resistance is futile.


LATVIAN and NHL hockey star Sergei Zholtok died during a Belarus championship game yesterday between Dynamo Minsk and Latvia's Riga 2000.


Giants rookie quarterback Eli Manning will take an 0-2 record as a pro starter into Sunday's game against the Redskins at FedEx Field.


Google Shares, Once Devalued, Just May Be Winners After All

Wall Street, which forced Google, the Internet search engine, to sharply lower the price of its shares in its initial public offering in August, has decided that the company is worth a lot more today than it was then.