Volvo sells stake in U.S. truck stop chain

World number two truck maker Volvo  is selling its 28.7 percent stake in U.S. truck stop chain Petro Stopping Centers, yielding a capital gain of $46.3 million.


A new foundation devoted to improving African governance awarded an audacious inaugural prize to Joaquim A. Chissano, Mozambiqueâs second president.


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Albanian parliament fails to elect new president in third try

"I am ready for early elections"  Albanian parliament failed in its third attempt to elect a new president Saturday night, keeping open the prospects of early general elections in the tiny western Balkan country. via China View


Milleproroghe, piu' tempo per regolarizzare sommerso


Mexico advances to 2nd round despite loss

Mexico will play in the second round of the World Cup for the fourth straight time.


Women's Tour chiefs bring in criminal checks

Tennis chiefs have unveiled plans to introduce criminal background checks on anyone seeking access to player areas at tournaments in a bid to enhance safety at women's events.


Messaggio inviato a presidente vescovi Paese africano


The top Linux seller continues its steady growth, but some see bumps in the JBoss server software road.


Raptors Coach Doesn't See Carter As Issue

Vince Carter wants out of Toronto, but new Raptors' coach Sam Mitchell doesn't think it will be an issue when training camp opens next week.


Dan Rather defends report on President Bush's National Guard

CBS News anchorman Dan Rather is spearheading an aggressive defense of a "60 Minutes Two" report about President Bush's service in the Air National Guard.


Suspect in Natalee Holloway Case Released

A man arrested in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba was released on Tuesday, a Dutch court official said.


Thai PM Pulls Out of APEC Amid Spiraling Violence in Southern ...

Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will not attend this month's Asia-Pacific economic leaders summit in Chile, citing flaring violence in mostly Muslim southern Thailand.


P&O is to cut up to 1,200 jobs and slash services in a plan to salvage its loss-making ferry business, which has been hit by competition from low-cost airlines.


Circuit City Stores Inc., the nation's No. 2 consumer electronics retailer, said Thursday it plans to close seven domestic Superstores, a distribution center and 62 company-owned stores overseas to cut costs and improve its financial performance.


The Houston Astros have gone cold in Pittsburgh. Rookie John Van Benschoten allowed five hits in eight innings for his first major league win, and the Pirates beat the Astros 6-1 Friday night.


Pakistan not to allow IAEA question nuke scientist

Pakistan cannot accede to an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) request to question nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, foreign office spokesman Masood Khan said here on Monday.


BAGHDAD - Kidnappers with links to al-Qaeda threatened in a videotape yesterday to behead a Hillsdale, Mich., native and two other hostages in Iraq within two days unless authorities released female prisoners from two US-run prisons.


ViewSonic teases with 'made for iPod' displays

19 and 22in widescreen models coming soon ViewSonic is showing off "Made for iPod" desktop displays at Apple's Expo in Paris.â¦


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Zarqawi Group Formally Designated Terrorists by State Department

(State Department) -- Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group of radical Islamic terrorists has been formally designated as a foreign terrorist organization, the State Department announced.


SANTA's LIST FOR TECHIES ; Here's a Sampling of Gadgets That Make Work and Play Easier

By ASSOCIATED PRESS  Nothing shows how much you care more than a gift that makes play more fun and work less arduous. From an advanced computer mouse to a robot vacuum  that sucks up nails, there's no shortage of gadgets to stuff into stockings or place  under trees.


Union votes to end strike at Chile Escondida mine

SANTIAGO, Chile  - Workers at the world's largest   copper mine, Chile's Escondida, voted on Thursday to accept a   new contract deal and end a strike that sent international   copper prices on a 25-day rollercoaster ride.


Torino, 17:12 - CALCIO, JUVE: NEDVED E GIANNICHEDDA NON S'ALLENANO

La Juventus ha ripreso gli allenamenti. Non si sono visti Nedved e l'infortunato Giannichedda, ferma...


U.N. delays Kosovo talks again to accommodate Serbs

PRISTINA, Serbia  - The United Nations has agreed to a Serbian request to delay final talks on the fate of breakaway Kosovo province by a week to give Belgrade time to appoint delegates, a U.N. mediator said on Friday.


Fewer high school students are having sex these days, and more are using condoms. The teen birth rate has hit a record low.


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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice passed a note to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a news conference Wednesday, and the two diplomats shared smiles and nods as he read what she'd written.


Emptying the bank account will be good for shareholders.


Spurs on brink of title after beating Cavaliers 75-72

The San Antonio Spurs took a huge  step toward winning their fourth title in the last nine years  by defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers 75-72 on Tuesday to take a  3-0 lead in the NBA finals.


Fred W. McDarrah, Photographer, Dies at 81

Mr. McDarrah was a self-described square who, as a longtime photographer for The Village Voice, documented the unwashed exploits of the Beat generation.


The FDA links Botox to dangerous botulism symptoms in some users, and a few children given the drugs for muscle spasms have died.


New NBC executive Ben Silverman is quickly putting his stamp on the network's fall schedule, juggling the lineup announced to advertisers in May and making room for the summer series "The Singing Bee."


Alberto Gonzales, known in White House corridors as "The Judge," has seen his fortunes track with George W. Bush's for more than a decade.


A Midnight Service Helps African Immigrants Combat Demons

Many ministries and congregations in the growing African diaspora in the United States and abroad are grappling with witchcraft.


As Liverpool bids to hold Wales' biggest cultural festival, the Archdruid brands it "a stupid idea".


Blair unveils plan for Palestinian conference, settlers urge ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched his quest to bring peace to the Middle East, unveiling plans for a conference to prepare the Palestinians for statehood, during a landmark West Bank visit.


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Stern Goes Satellite, But Will Listeners Follow?

Sirius claims it will need to generate only one million more subscribers to pay for the five-year, US$500 million deal with Stern.


SHANGHAI -- A gas explosion in a coal mine in China's northeast killed at least 203 miners, the government said today, in the deadliest such disaster reported since Communist rule began in 1949.


Russia upbeat on measure to impose Iran sanctions

Russia voiced optimism on Monday that a new European U.N. draft resolution on Iran's nuclear ambitions could be adopted soon, perhaps even by Christmas as the West wants.


The brawl that erupted last week at a basketball game has exposed the weakness of a common assumption: that anger can be treated almost as if it were an infection.


Heinz quarterly profit soars; beats forecast

Ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co.   on Tuesday said quarterly profit soared nearly 90 percent,  helped by new products, increased marketing and improvement in  its international business.


Royal's proposals earn applause, sneers in France

French commentators gave a mixed response  on Monday to Segolene Royal's 100 proposals for her  presidential bid, saying the plans targeted both Socialist and  more conservative voters, but lacked detail on financing.


Bush v. Kerry, Round One came of as spirited and substantial despite rules designed to tone it down


Ushering in a new era of economic muscle and political opening.


Vote-by-mail ballots go out this week in the nation's most populous state, forcing presidential campaigns to consider using scarce dollars to lure early California voters while contests unfold in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.


Norway resumed direct aid to the Palestinian administration with a $10 million transfer, after it became the first Western country to recognize the new Hamas-led coalition, the foreign minister said Thursday.


The discovery of a new way that H.I.V. attacks human cells could provide fresh avenues for the development of additional therapies to stop AIDS, scientists say.


NICE, France -- NATO and the United States said yesterday that they would merge their separate missions in Afghanistan, giving NATO command of an operation that for the first time will combine counterterrorism and peacekeeping activities.


Turkey to open port, airport to Cyprus traffic: EU

Turkey has offered to open a port and an airport to traffic from Cyprus in a last-minute bid to avert a partial suspension of its European Union membership talks, EU President Finland said on Thursday.


Police arrest a 61-year-old man in connection with the deaths of three sailors in the English Channel.


For the third consecutive quarter, shipments of handheld devices, including personal digital assistants (PDAs), have declined, according to a study by IDC.


Junqueira's win puts hold on teammate's title party

SURFERS PARADISE, Australia - Brazil's Bruno Junqueira spoiled his teammate's bid to clinch the Champ Car drivers title. Junqueira won Sunday's Lexmark Indy 300, meaning Newman/Haas teammate Sebastien Bourdais


Blue Chip panel puts U.S. recession odds at 50 percent

The odds of a U.S. recession stand  at nearly 50 percent amid a spate of data showing a weakening  labor market, signs of more credit tightening and turmoil in  the financial markets, the latest Blue Chip Economic forecast  is projecting.


Ukraine's Parliament to Debate Election Crisis

Ukraine's parliament meets on Saturday to debate a disputed presidential election a day after Western mediators trying to end the turmoil gripping major cities managed to persuade the two rivals to start talks.


Syrian expatriates return home in hopes of new wealth

Many Syrian-Americans are leaving for Damascus, lured by the opportunities offered by a newly open economy.


Apple has been showing off in Paris what we can expect from the company in the coming months.


U.S. gasoline prices have likely hit bottom: Govt

U.S. retail gasoline prices appear  to have bottomed out now that crude oil costs are rising again,  and pump prices are expected to start climbing, the  government's top energy forecasting agency said on Wednesday.


Microsoft releases SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

Microsoft said the free upgrade will allow unlimited virtual instances of the SQL Server SP2 database to run on servers that are fully licensed for SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition.


Vidhu Vinod Chopra`s stand on multiplex issue

Vidhu Vinod ChopraÂs LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI is not releasing at multiplexes and the producer has issued a statement to the media to this effect.


_ Quinnipiac Polling Institute: Kerry 51 percent, Bush 46 percent, undecided 4 percent. Oct. 16-20 poll of 841 likely voters. Sampling error margin plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.


U.S. drops to 6th in world competitiveness ranking

The United States fell to sixth place in   the World Economic Forum's 2006 global competitiveness   rankings, ceding the top place to Switzerland, as macroeconomic   concerns eroded prospects for the world's largest economy.


Vick to be sentenced December 10 on dogfighting charge

RICHMOND, Virginia  - Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick will be sentenced on December 10 after pleading guilty to dogfighting charges in a U.S. court, a judge ruled on Monday.


More than 60 countries agreed Sunday to ban the killing of sharks for their fins in the Atlantic Ocean, a move that conservationists hope will increase protection of threatened species around the world.


Post-Katrina labor crunch hurts builders

A push to train thousands of new construction workers on the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast found an unlikely pupil in Sandra Ramsay, a self-employed massage therapist and hair stylist.


American and Iraqi officials reported near-victory in their campaign to dislodge insurgents from two key cities yesterday, even as rebel attacks afflicted Iraq with violence elsewhere.


If you're late for work, a driver using  a cell phone may be to blame. U.S. researchers said on  Wednesday that people who use cell phones while behind the  wheel impede the flow of traffic, clog highways and extend  commute times.


Indonesian cleric Ba'asyir denies terror charge

Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir denied Thursday his role in a string of bomb attacks in the country, including the Marriott Hotel bombing, as accused by prosecutors in his trial here.


The latest inquiry into the Deepcut Army barracks will be carried out by Nicholas Blake, the Ministry of Defence says.


UN to better protect staff whistle-blowers says Annan

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations, hit by a number of scandals, plans to revise its rules to better protect whistle-blowers, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said.


U.S. steam ahead of Britain and Ireland in Walker Cup

The United States seemed to be heading for victory in the Walker Cup on Sunday after winning all four of the foursomes matches to take a 10-6 lead over Britain & Ireland at Royal County Down in Northern Ireland.


Workers who refuel planes at Heathrow airport today began a 48-hour strike after rejecting a two-year pay offer. Around 40 members of the Transport and General Workers Union walked out in the early hours of this morning after turning down the deal.


Pakistan Nabs Suspect in U.N. Kidnappings

A man who launched a militant Islamic group to fight U.S. forces in Afghanistan has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of three U.N. workers there in October, a senior Pakistani Cabinet minister said Saturday.


In Brief: BitTorrent makes deals with major studios

(InfoWorld) - BitTorrent on Wednesday announced deals with several major movie studios and content producers, as the streaming software companyÂ moves towards legitimacyÂ instead of being a tool for piracy. The content providers include News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox; Kadokawa Group Holdings' Kadokawa Pictures USA; Viacom's MTV Networks; Lionsgate Entertainment; and Starz Media. The companies will offer their content via BitTorrent's Web site, mostly on a fee-basis for ownership or rental. All television programs will be sold only for ownership, BitTorrent said. BitTorrent's downloading software allows for the transmission of large files at high speeds. Originally employed by many users for unauthorized transfers of large video and audio files, the company now has agreements with a large number of major content producers to make their products available legitimately.


Fire crews in Londonderry are tackling a huge blaze which has caused extensive damage at a retail park.


The Caucus Blog: Live Blogging the G.O.P. Debate

Tonightâs Republican debate features eight declared candidates, but the first question was about the candidate missing from the debate, Fred Thompson.


Shhhh! Mute the brass, and please — go easy on the cymbals!


Cricket-Queensland fight back in Sheffield Shield cricket

â¢ Cricket-Ponting hails mighty Aussie turnaround for huge win over Kiwis 11-21-2004, 08:14 BRISBANE, Australia  - Ricky Ponting hailed two outstanding days of pressure cricket for delivering one of Australia's biggest Test victories over New


Sudan disputed a U.N. report saying 70,000 people have died since March in refugee camps in western Darfur province, with a government minister insisting Saturday that the number couldn't be more than 7,000.


Obama takes winning streak into U.S. contests

Democrat Barack Obama hoped to extend his winning streak over Hillary Clinton in their bruising Democratic presidential race when voters made their choices in three  battlegrounds around the U.S. capital on Tuesday.


Roma, 15:22 - CALCIO, LAZIO: LOTITO: ROCCHI CON NOI A VITA

A margine della cerimonia di consegna dei premi Ussi, il presidente della Lazio, Claudio Lotito, ha ...


Giving Couple Hits the Jackpot and Keeps on Giving

"Sweetheart, our lives are about to change." Those were the words Debi Faris-Cifelli heard on her cell phone last week while shopping at a department store.


Mass vaccination programs aimed at protecting most or all Americans against anthrax are impractical and would save fewer lives than a speedy, localized response in the event of an attack, a new report concludes.


Kidnapped Italian freed in southern Philippines

An Italian aid worker walked free from the southern Philippines jungle, a day after he was abducted by local gunmen, officials said.


Less than a month before Michael Jackson's child-molestation trial is scheduled to begin, the court continued a pattern of shielding all evidence from public view Monday, releasing rulings and motions with blacked-out pages.


US regulators yesterday levelled fraud charges against three former executives of Computer Associates (CA), including Sanjay Kumar, the US software companyâs former head.


Randolphâs Suspension Means New Starting 5 for Knicks

The Knicksâ plans to revive their original starting lineup and attempt a fresh start was scuttled Friday when the N.B.A. suspended Zach Randolph for tonightâs game against the Spurs.


L'ordigno e' stato fatto scoppiare a S. Cesario di Lecce


Turkish firm says to quit Iraq to save hostage

"We announce that we are suspending our operations in Iraq. We want our driver to be returned safe and sound to his country and family.


Philips, TPV team up to form world's largest PC monitor maker ...

AMSTERDAM (AFX) - Royal Philips Electronics NV said it has agreed to combine its PC monitor and flat TV businesses with Hong Kong-listed TPV Technology Ltd, forming the world's largest manufacturer of PC monitors.


Apart from the usual bumps and bruises there are no serious injury problems for the Kiwis league side after Sunday's loss to Australia.


Gunmen Kill Ex-Mexican Drug Lord's Brother

The slaying of a Mexican drug lord's brother was part of a wider battle between cartels for control of border drug trafficking routes, Attorney General Rafael Macedo de la Concha said Monday.


Green Bay, WI -- Ahman Green rushed for 163 yards and two touchdowns, as the Green Bay Packers throttled the Dallas Cowboys, 41-20, for their first win at Lambeau Field this season.


FDA whistle-blower David Graham says Crestor is the only cholesterol-lowering medication, or statin, that causes acute kidney failure, and that it carries a higher risk of rhabdomyolysis, a potentially life-threatening muscle disorder, than other statins.


Somalia's Islamic Courts militia says it will defend the country against what it calls Ethiopian violations of its territory.


Going down: Get set for great camera deals

LAS VEGAS  - This year you'll finally be able to get the digital camera you've always wanted, but couldn't afford. Popular digital SLR cameras from Canon and Nikon generally set you back around $1,000. But discounters will likely drive that down to $299 by year's end, says Chris Chute, an analyst at researcher IDC. That's just a tad higher than most people pay now for compact point-and-shoots.


Bush makes solemn pilgrimage to war cemetery

President George W. Bush made a solemn pilgrimage on Monday to the graveyard of U.S. war dead and rejected "fatalists or cynics" who doubt the wisdom of pursuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.


Cronulla Journal: Australian Muslims Go for Surf, Lifesaving and Burqinis

A beach program for Australiaâs Muslims is challenging the perception of the blond, blue-eyed and sun-bronzed lifeguard.


After initially rejecting an offer to become the Redskins' offensive coordinator, Sherman Smith reconsiders and joins Jim Zorn's staff.


The central committee of Israel's Labour party on Saturday decided to open talks with the ruling Likud party of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon aimed at joining a national unity government, a spokesperson said.


Special prayers are held at the tomb of Mother Teresa in Calcutta to mark the 10th anniversary of her death.


Sharon Seeks Likud Party Support for Coalition Talks With Labor

Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will seek support from his Likud Party today for his proposal to bring the Labor Party into the government and strengthen backing for his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2004 -- A US soldier was killed today and another wounded by an improvised explosive device, Multinational Force Iraq officials reported.


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Emmitt Smith's contract with the Arizona Cardinals expires after their season-ending game Sunday against Tampa Bay. The 35-year-old running back was mum Thursday on whether it would be the final appearance of his record-breaking, 15-year NFL career.


Milano, 14:50 - CICLISMO, VAN PETEGEM ANNUNCIA RITIRO

Peter Van Petegem ha annunciato il ritiro dalle gare. Il belga, 37 anni, lascerà il prossimo ...


Winner of World Series of Poker Says His Behavior Was Not Appropriate

Jamie Gold apologized for his previously undisclosed antics during the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Texas Hold âEm tournament â antics that might have resulted in penalties if he had been caught.


US declares 1400-mile sat-shoot Pacific exclusion zone

Airspace bar from surface to 'unlimited' altitude The US military has issued a warning notice barring flights above a large area of the northern Pacific for two and a half hours early on Thursday morning. The stricken spy satellite marked for destruction by US warships will pass over the taped-off area just at this time, indicating that the first shot will take place then.â¦


Treasuries Decline on Concern Fed to Lift Rates Amid Debt Sales

US 10-year notes fell in Asia as traders prepared to bid for $51 billion of debt being sold this week and on expectations the Federal Reserve will raise its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point in two days.


In Return, Pettitte Will Discuss Use of H.G.H.

Andy Pettitte, the Yankees veteran left-handed pitcher, has scheduled an afternoon news conference Monday at the teamâs spring training headquarters.


Hong Kong Movie Downloader Faces Charges

An unsuspecting movie file-swapper is now facing criminal charges in Hong Kong, with BitTorrent facilitating the download. The 38-year-old man has been accused of grabbing several digital movies, including "Daredevil," "Red Planet" and "Miss Congeniali...


Nintendo video games winners with fans and critics

Japanese video game giant  Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS) was the top winner at the 2006  People's Choice 1UP Awards hosted by the Ziff Davis Game Group  in San Francisco on Wednesday.


Tony Blair claims the NHS is the "pride of the country", despite criticism of mismanagement and its large deficit.


Swiss take on North America at nano-droid Subbuteo

'Sh*t, I've dropped the Annapolis football team down a drain' This weekend, the city of Atlanta, Georgia will play host to an international soccer contest, in which all the players will be robots. So far, so yawnworthy - but wait. These droid sportsmen - unlike the ordinary, everyday mechanoid ballplayer - will be nanoscale ones, each smaller than an amoeba.â¦


Accusati di detenzione e cessione di stupefacenti


Russia Says It Will Build Nukes That No One Else Has

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced plans to build new nuclear weapons, which he said other nuclear powers did not yet have and were unlikely to develop.


For families, long wait for news of missing Cubans

PERICO, Cuba  - Four times Maria Galban's brother Jorge tried to make the clandestine trip from Cuba to Florida and failed. Now his family fears a fifth attempt to migrate may have ended with him losing his life at sea.


ATHENS OLYMPICS 2004 / US beats Spain to reach semis

Stephon Marbury, concerned about his lousy shooting in Athens, used an off day to go to the gym and work on his shot. By finding his range, he saved the United States' hopes for a basketball gold medal.


A plan to increase pilots' flying hours and cut wages is reached - a vital first step in saving the Italian airline.


Auto parts maker Delphi Corp  said on Tuesday the size of its bankruptcy exit financing package would be reduced and several changes made to its reorganization plan due to the roiling credit markets.


InfoWorld - Three months after it opened its platform to outside developers, Facebook is taking steps to prevent some third-party applications from engaging in what the social networking company considers inappropriate actions.


OPEC asks US to release emergency stocks

The president of the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) asked the United States to release some of its emergency oil stocks.


Dividends are the key to long-term investment success.


Moscow court rules that Allofmp3.com, accused of selling pirated music downloads, did not violate Russian copyright laws and can resume business.


London shares boosted by 100-point rally on Wall Street

Leading shares closed higher, boosted by a solid rally on Wall Street and strength in mining and media stocks, offsetting yet another spike in the London price of oil, dealers said.


Zzzz...wake me when it arrives Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told German business and economics magazine Wirtschafts Woche in an interview that Microsoft will delay the European launch of its moderately-awaited Zune MP3 player until next year.â¦


US, Iraqi troops fight to retake control in Mosul

MOSUL, Iraq -- American and Iraqi troops yesterday fought to reclaim police stations from insurgents who seized control of broad swaths of this sprawling northern city in what a top Kurdish official said was a well-organized Ba'athist resurgence to distract US and Iraqi forces from Fallujah.


English high schools may teach Mandarin or Arabic instead of EU languages in new curriculum proposals.


New Line Cinema has picked  up remake rights to "The Orphanage," a Spanish-language  thriller generating much buzz at the Toronto International Film  Festival.


British Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Monday for the deployment of international forces to stop the bombardment of Israel.


Hundreds of onshore wind turbines could ruin some of Wales' most beautiful landscapes, a charity claims.


WHO urges smoking ban at work, public places

The World Health Organization called on Tuesday for a global ban on smoking at work and in enclosed public places.


White House visitor logs are public documents, a federal judge ruled Monday, rejecting a legal strategy that the Bush administration had hoped would get around public records laws and let them keep their guests a secret.


MGM Musical Star, 'Dallas' Actor Howard Keel Dies

Howard Keel, a coal miner's son who  overcame childhood poverty to star in some of MGM's most famous  musicals, including "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," and  later revived his career on TV's "Dallas," died on Sunday at  age 85, his family said.


Fiat SpA's overall net loss widened in the third quarter, and the company's key auto unit slightly narrowed its losses, the Italian automaker said Thursday.


Online fraud: We got law, but no enforcement

Because of the open nature of the Internet, there seems to be no immediate prospects that technology or law enforcement can stem the flood of online fraud.


Premiers rely on Martin's minority troubles to drive hard bargain ...

Canada's premiers are hopeful that Prime Minister Paul Martin's tenuous grip on a minority government will give them leverage to drive a hard bargain at this week's high-stakes health-care summit.


Commandos Get Duty on U.S. Soil as Antiterrorism Efforts Expand

Elite military forces are conducting special counterterrorism missions in support of civilian agencies in the United States.


Drug combo beneficial to blacks with heart illness

A new drug treatment for a debilitating heart problem affecting millions has been shown to improve survival rates and reduce hospitalizations in black Americans, the first study to discover a beneficial effect for one race.


Antigua files injunction against American overkill

While Patriots beg for their billions While the jurisdiction of the United States government over BETonSPORTS is questionable, by virtue of being the holder of an Interactive Gaming and Interactive Wagering license issued by the Antiguan and Barbudan authorities, BETonSPORTS has acquiesced to our International jurisdiction over the company and its assets. It is important for the protection of consumers that whatever assets BETonSPORTS has remaining be properly available to depositors and other creditors and not be dissipated on fines or penalties or otherwise improperly disposed - Kaye McDonald, the Director of Gaming for the Financial Services Regulatory Commission of Antigua - Caribbean360.comâ¦


CNN: Bush holds slight lead in Electoral College

President Bush heads into the Republican National Convention next week with a small lead over Democratic challenger John Kerry in the all-important Electoral College, according to a new CNN analysis of state polling, advertising buys and


Bungling Latvian crooks smash car into shop, drop looted ATM on way out

Police in Latvia were hunting for clumsy thieves who smashed their way into a supermarket in the western city of Liepaja, stole a cash machine (ATM) and then dropped it in their get-away, a police spokeswoman has said.


Italians have tightened their purse strings since the euro arrived, instead of enjoying the good life.


HOOD RIVER, Ore., Dec. 17 -- Rescuers looking for three missing climbers on Mount Hood found a body Sunday in the area where one of the climbers made a distress call a week ago, authorities said.


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Ex-Russian spy who alleged poisoning dies in London hospital

LONDON -- A former Russian spy who said he had been poisoned died last night in an intensive care unit, and doctors were unable to pinpoint the cause of death, officials with London's University College Hospital said.


Assen, 16:30 - SUPERBIKE, GP OLANDA: WALKER VINCE GARA 1

Il britannico Chris Walker (Kawasaki) ha vinto gara 1 del Gp d'Olanda, ad Assen, nona prova del Mond...


Recent fighting in eastern DR Congo has led to a surge in child abductions by armed groups, a charity says.


The soldier clutched the steering wheel of his pickup truck crammed with his belongings, his pockets stuffed with cash, his eyes darting nervously between the rearview mirror and the road stretching before him.


"At 9:45 am (2:45 am British time) we received the signal for a methane blast. At the time, a 45-strong repair team was working in that.


Hundreds of Ky. Coal Miners Stage Protest

Hundreds of coal miners marched through downtown Tuesday to protest a federal bankruptcy ruling that will cause thousands of retired coal workers to lose their medical coverage. Seventeen people were arrested.


Queen Elizabeth II sounds more like her subjects than she did a half century ago, when she first assumed her royal "dutays," according to an academic study released Monday.Comment


White, Peterson Propel Oklahoma Over Texas Tech

NORMAN, Okla. (Sports Network) - Jason White threw for  three touchdowns and Adrian Peterson ran for 146 yards with a  score, leading second-ranked Oklahoma to a 28-13 victory over  Texas Tech at Memorial Stadium.


Lecce, 14:34 - CALCIO, ZEMAN; MANCINI? LO SAPEVO DAL PRIMO GIORNO

''Lo sapevo dal primo giorno''. CosÃ¬ Zdnek Zeman ha commentato il presunto coinvolgimento dell'allen...


Referee admits to fixing German soccer matches

FRANKFURT, Germany A referee in Germany is apologizing to fans, after admitting that he manipulated the outcomes of several soccer games.


Sanofi tops forecast, no comment on Bristol

Sanofi-Aventis  posted higher-than-expected fourth-quarter current operating profit, despite healthcare savings in Europe as well as generic rivalry, and the drugmaker predicted more growth for 2007.


Bulgaria's Gross Foreign Debt Up to EUR12 Bln Last Sept. 30 - Central Bank

Bulgaria's gross external debt on last Sept. 30 increased to EUR12 billion from EUR10.47 billion on last Dec.


Flanker Michael Lipman and prop Tim Payne come into the England team among five changes for Sunday's Six Nations game in Italy.


MOSCOW -- Russian tax authorities on Friday scheduled the equivalent of a fire sale at what was once the nation's largest oil company, offering the main production facility at Yukos Oil for auction next month at a fraction of its value.


Near 100 taken hostage at Salvador prisons

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Imprisoned gang members enraged by a tough new anti-crime law rioted and seized about 100 hostages at two Salvadoran prisons Thursday.


Death Toll in Quake, Tsunami Reportedly Tops 6,300

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The death toll in the  earthquake and ensuing tsunami that hit Asia has topped 6,300,  officials and local media said Sunday.


The secret of successful open source companies: Part II

Blog: Starting an open source company may be more art than science, but there are several principles that will enable you to effectively launch your open source startup.  Here are a few.


Radioactivity on British Planes Tied to SpyÂs Death

Traces of radioactivity were found on planes that flew to Moscow days before a former Russian K.G.B. agent fell ill.


InfoWorld - Microsoft Corp. has discontinued a line of digital photo software, saying that the functions can now be found in Windows Vista and other Microsoft software.


Britain could soon hear the sound, familiar to âLaw & Orderâ fans, of âdun-dun.â NBC Universal is close to signing a pact with a British production company to create a version of the long-running New York drama that would be set in London. Kudos Film and Television intends to produce the series for the British network ITV. Stephen Garrett, a managing director of Kudos, said he was in advanced talks to license the rights to the series. Variations of âLaw & Orderâ are already produced in Russia and France, but the British show would be the first foreign English-language version of the NBC original. If a deal is signed, Kudos will start production in the summer, Mr. Garrett said.


Israeli Missile Kills Palestinian Policeman -Medics

A Palestinian policeman was killed on  Sunday in an Israeli missile strike in the southern Gaza Strip,  medics said.


A national day of mourning is being held in Finland after a student shoots dead seven fellow pupils and a teacher.


Flash drives offer new choices for music fans

NEW YORK (Billboard) - When the Mars Volta put out its  latest album, "The Bedlam in Goliath," in January, the act gave  its hardcore fans an option that is becoming increasingly  popular -- and creative.


Sen. Kennedy Flagged By Secret No-Fly List

Sen. Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy said Thursday that he was stopped and questioned at airports on the East Coast five times last March.


European equity markets were set for a cautious start on Tuesday after a flat finish overnight on Wall Street and a mixed performance in Asia. On a light day for corporate news, attention will focus on the macro-economic data with the ZEW survey of German economic sentiment due for release later in the session.


For years, the Bush administration - at the behest of the pharmaceutical industry â-as been blocking access to cheaper FDA-approved prescription drugs imported from Canada because it claimed they were not safe.


Famed stockpicker Bill Miller of Legg Mason Inc.  has outperformed the Standard & Poor's 500 index for a 14th straight year, a feat no other mutual fund manager has accomplished since at least 1960.


Sprint and Apple have announced a partnership designed to get content providers to connect to PCS Vision subscribers via QuickTime.


Karzai sworn in as Afghanistan's first democratically elected ...

of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and an Afghan policeman stand guard in front of a poster of President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Afghanistan.


Goosen chasing Els for the European number one spot

Retief Goosen is not intent on letting Ernie Els run away with the European Order of Merit with the world number five shooting seven under par in the first round of the Dunhill Links Championship.


Boxing TV Shows to Get Round Two in Court

A judge's ruling Wednesday in a dispute between Fox's "The Next Great Champ" and a rival boxing TV show favored Fox. But round two is set for next month.


Boston sweeps Colorado to win World Series

The Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Sunday to win the World Series and record their second four-game sweep of the Fall Classic in four years.


Brent crude falls $1 on big U.S. inventory rise

Oil fell more than $1 a barrel on Wednesday after a U.S. government report showed larger than expected increases in crude and gasoline stockpiles in the world's top consumer.


THE White House says it expects new documented accounts of torture at Guantanamo Bay to be "fully investigated", but has denied claims George W. Bush personally approved the use of abusive methods against detainees at the US prison camp.


ERIE, Pa. -- Jane Park won the US Women's Amateur yesterday, clinching her first US Golf Association title when Amanda McCurdy bogeyed the 36th and final hole.


Varato anche un ddl per la tutela del paesaggio


Chelsea upset Portsmouth 2-nil to stretch their lead to eight points at the top of the Premiership table. Portsmouth made life tough for Chelsea until Arjen Robben's deflected


Londra, 12:44 - F1, FEBBRE HAMILTON: CACCIA A BIGLIETTO PER GP SILVERSTONE

Febbre Hamilton in Gran Bretagna. I successi del giovane pilota della McLaren hanno fatto partire la...


Milano, 22:52 - CALCIO, MILAN; GALLIANI: ANTIPATICO CHI VINCE? DIPENDE COME

L'amministratore delegato del Milan, Adriano Galliani, interviene sulla polemica relativa alla presu...


Al-Qaeda renews threat to Saudi oil supplies

Militants linked to al-Qaeda on Sunday renewed a threat to attack Saudi oil supplies, in a defiant challenge to the intense security put in place to defend the kingdom's production facilities.


Thousands line Munich's streets for the funeral of murdered fashion designer Rudolph Moshammer.


Vatican wants China ties but will stick by Taiwan

The Vatican will move to resume relations with China after more than half a century if religious freedom is allowed but it will not abandon China's diplomatic rival Taiwan, an official said on Tuesday.


LOS ANGELES Sept. 2, 2004 - It seemed like a rerun of the 2002 Latin Grammys. Once again, Spanish heartthrob singer Alejandro Sanz dominated the show only this time, Sanz didn't show up to collect his trophies.


Sprint said on Friday it has made a deal that will let it nearly double the number of places it offers short-range wireless Internet connections.


JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel yesterday urged President Vladimir Putin of Russia not to sell antiaircraft missiles to rival Syria, Israeli political sources said.


Guests at Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue party on Feb. 14 and a dozen other events may have been exposed to Hepatitis A, which was diagnosed in an employee of Wolfgang Puck Catering, authorities said Tuesday.


Blog: Amidst thousands of comments about whether Net neutrality rules are needed, media conglomerate urges FCC to stress that broadband providers must fight transfer of copyrighted works.


SAMARRA - At least 43 people were killed in a string of attacks on Iraqi security forces and other targets yesterday after Osama bin Laden declared fugitive Abu Musab Al Zarqawi his âemirâ in the country.


Backers say new mobile music services will be big in Europe, but admit U.S. could be a problem.


The Spanish authorities detain 176 illegal immigrants who tried to reach the Canary Islands by ship.


BEA Systems Inc. has hired the Computer Associates International Inc. executive responsible for CA's Unicenter line of enterprise management software to head BEA's product development group.


US: Fallujah Strike Kills Zarqawi Associate

The US military in Iraq says an associate of wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been killed in an airstrike launched after a wave of violence left 11 people dead Monday.


Shares Rise as Vonage Settles Fight Over Patent

Shares of Vonage, the Internet telephone provider, rose sharply after it announced it had settled a patent dispute with Verizon and would have to pay a maximum of $120 million.


A Bangladeshi court formally charges the former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, with extortion.


Greg Beaver's Blog: multiple __HALT_COMPILER(); no longer raises notices PHP 5.2.2+

Greg Beaver points out an obscure problem he came across when working with the new _HALT_COMPILER token in PHP 5:   A quick note about an obscure problem peculiar to PHP files that make use of PHP 5's new __HALT_COMPILER(); token.  Prior to PHP 5.2.2, if you included two files that contained the __HALT_COMPILER(); token, you would get a notice that __COMPILER_HALT_OFFSET__ was already defined.   This posed a problem for him as he needed it to throw this error for the phar library format. His solution? To patch his installation (PHP5, the PHP6 patch is here) to make the problem a non-issue.


Brazil's President Luiz Inacio da Silva is weakened as two parties withdraw from his governing coalition.


Cholesterol Lowering Statins May Slow Progression of HIV/AIDS

Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins given to HIV-positive people "suppressed the virus" and replenished CD4+ T cells, "two key measures of health" among HIV-positive people, researchers from the Spanish ...


Bush Doesn't See Longtime Presence in Iraq

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - President Bush says he doesn't envision a longtime presence of U.S. troops in Iraq similar to post-World War II deployments in Europe and South Korea that continue today...


LeapFrog announces new substitute-parent reading system for kids

LeapFrog has a new pen-based, handheld learn-to-read system called the Tag Reading System, which is due out this summer.


Iraqi artist puts himself in line of fire

Blog: Provocative video installation by Iraqi-born artist aims to provide metaphor for danger confinement faced by family and friends back home.


McCain Campaigns in Iowa, Energized by New Hampshire

Senator John McCain is hoping to translate his ascendancy in recent polls in New Hampshire into some momentum in a state where he has struggled.


Wal-Mart to Test Price Cuts on Generic Drugs

The move would be the first time Wal-Mart has used its influence to lower the cost of health care for its customers.


Drilling Down: How a Discount Sets Up Price Expectations

Discounts can permanently condition consumers to expect the product for less, hurting sales when it bounces back to full price.


Sharon promises cooperation with Russia to combat terrorism

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon made a telephone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, promising Israeli cooperation with Russia to concentrate efforts to


U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday  after a drop in oil prices eased worries about high energy  costs, although disappointing earnings from diversified  manufacturer 3M Co.MMM.N curbed gains on the blue-chip Dow.


Auto supplier Intermet files for bankruptcy aid

Troy-based Intermet Corp., one of the country's largest metal casters, with a history dating to 1846, filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday, citing rising steel costs, problems at some


The United States says it is ready to create a rapid reaction force to defuse cluster bombs left over from conflicts.


Cardinals Are Down and Seek Lift From Fans

The fans of the St. Louis Cardinals are considered the best in baseball, or at least the most polite and supportive. They embrace their team with the fervor of a college


The investment firm reported strong third-quarter earnings.


Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates must be bored of leading the pack on the Forbes list of richest Americans. Gates continues to be the richest man in America for the 11 th consecutive year.


UK plans surveillance for Earth-menacing asteroid

Keeping an eye on Apophis UK boffins have come up with a plan to track the potentially planet-busting asteroid Apophis, according to a report on the BBC News website. The 300m-wide chunk of space debris is expected to make a close fly-by of Earth in 2029. Initial reports suggested it might actually collide with us, but more refined calculations allayed those fears.â¦


Astronauts ready for space walk to fix solar panels

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station readied for a fourth spacewalk on Monday to unstick a jammed solar array in an extra excursion that extended the space shuttle Discovery's mission at the orbiting outpost by a day.


Alleged Mercenaries Convicted in Coup Plot

A court Friday convicted dozens of alleged mercenaries from South Africa and Armenia and sentenced them to prison terms in an alleged coup plot in this oil-rich African nation, rejecting the death penalty for two of the top figures.


Apple launch of Leopard system its best ever: group

The launch of Apple Inc's   latest operating system, Leopard, was its best ever, a  research group said on Monday.


About 3 1/2 years after the wife of  tough guy actor Robert Blake was murdered, prosecutors finally  make their case on Monday to show he killed her out of hatred,  while his lawyers vow to prove Blake innocent by showing that  Bonny Lee Bakley had many enemies.


Shares of Tellabs Inc. TLAB.O fell  2.6 percent before the opening bell on Tuesday after the  company posted lower-than-expected revenue and earnings.


Roma, 22:27 - CICLISMO, DOPING: TV TEDESCA ACCUSA MAPEI

Doping "sistematico ed estensivo" nel ciclismo italiano, e in particolare alla Mapei. E' quanto ripo...


Amnesty International accuses Hezbollah of war crimes for targeting Israeli civilians in the recent conflict.


Presidente, 'Canova Finanziaria' non e' un venditore


Jordan's Hashemite royal family was thrown into turmoil last night when King Abdullah abruptly dismissed his half-brother, Prince Hamzeh, as Crown Prince and heir apparent.


Torino, 20:02 - CALCIO, TORINO; NOVELLINO: ABBIAMO BISOGNO DI BIANCHI

Il tecnico del Torino, Walter Novellino, ammette i problemi in attacco e spera nell'arrivo di Bianch...


AUSTIN - Democrats seized on new questions about the president's service in the Texas Air National Guard on Thursday, while the Bush campaign dismissed the subject as old news.


British police foil plot to blow up planes between Britain, US

British police have thwarted a major terrorist plot to blow up aircraft flying between Britain and the United States, Scotland Yard said.


It's a long way from making up for all the grief that Florida dished out to Ohio State in 2007, but the Buckeyes get a tiny measure of revenge Saturday with a 62-49 win over the Gators.


CUBA - Castro cade dopo discorso e si frattura

Fidel Castro (foto)Ã¨ caduto dopo aver tenuto un discorso a Santa Clara, fratturandosi il ginocchio e forse anchei il braccio. 'Vi chiedo scusa se sono caduto, ha detto il presidente cubano. Perche' nessuno


A campaign group claims  many highly-qualified doctors have been overlooked by the new recruitment system.


Court backs class action status in Wal-Mart suit

A U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday that a discrimination lawsuit on behalf of women who have worked for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. could go forward as a class-action suit.


Analyst Malcolm Penn looks back over sixty years of the silicon chip industry.


A guitar played by Marc Bolan and costumes worn by David Bowie are to go under the hammer.


Williams in Position for Return, But Likely Not to Miami

NEW YORK - The bizarre journey of Ricky Williams will end right where it started - back in the NFL. But it's unlikely he will return to the Dolphins.


Japanese brewer Sapporo scraps current anti-takeover measures, but looks for new ways to fend off suitors.


The British Medical Association is to call for international action to curb advancements in the development of biological and genetic weapons.


New Phishing Worm Slithers Through MySpace

Social-networking site MySpace has shut down hundreds of user profiles to prevent further infection by a worm that directed users to phishing sites. Discovered late last week, the worm exploited a JavaScript feature in Apple's QuickTime plug-in.


Bremer Says US Never Had Enough Troops in Iraq, AP Reports

Paul Bremer, the former US governor of Iraq, said that the US didn't have enough ground troops in Iraq after the fall of Baghdad, contradicting comments made by the Bush administration, the Associated Press reported.


European Parliament groups discuss new commissioner designates today, Piebalgs gets positive reviews

Today, European Parliament (EP) political groups will decide on all the new European commissioner candidates, including Latvia's designate for energy, Andris Piebalgs.


Thomson to complete Reuters takeover in second quarter

The takeover of British media giant Reuters by Canadian rival Thomson Corp will conclude in the second quarter of 2008, the pair said in a statement on Monday.


Sooners' Peterson Unimpressed by His Games

Adrian Peterson isn't all that impressed by the way his football career at Oklahoma has begun.


Senza casa, nÃ© acqua, nÃ© soldi per sopravvivere. L'Onu: Â«Paesi ricchi, mai cosÃ¬ avariÂ». Ora il problema Ã¨ la mancanza dâacqua. Proprio cosÃ¬: la grande onda, ritirandosi, lâha spazzata via. Acqua pulita, acqua per bere e per lavarsi.


Long-Term Rate Plunge May Soften Fed Tightening

What the US Federal Reserve is taking away from the economy via higher interest rates, the US Treasury bond market may be giving back -- at least partially.


Syria's Assad rejects charges of Lebanon domination

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whose country is under fire at the United Nations over its troop presence in Lebanon, rejected charges that Damascus was seeking to dominate its smaller neighbor.


The number of adults seeking medical help for cannabis addiction rises by 50% since Labour downgraded the drug.


Palestinian girl, 8, killed in Gaza; Israelis injured in mortar ...

Israeli troops on Thursday shot and killed an eight-year-old Palestinian girl who was on her way to school in a Gaza Strip refugee camp.


Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton has picked up the endorsement of Dick Gephardt, the former House Democratic leader who twice ran unsuccessfully for president.


Questions linger about whether the companies can prove Vytorin fights heart attacks. At stake? Billions.


By Jui Chakravorty NEW YORK  - GTech Holdings Corp. , theworld's largest lottery systems operator, on Tuesday said third-quarter profit was unchanged from a year earlier, but itsshares slipped more than 9 percent as its fourth-quarterforecast fell short of Wall Street expectations.


Roma, 15:04 - CALCIO, ROMA, SPALLETTI: SCOMMETTO SULLA MIA SQUADRA

"Se devo scommettere, scommetto sulla Roma. PerÃ² non si puÃ² e la ritiro subito... Sono fiducioso su ...


Pitt plays Jesse James as outlaw who saw end coming

Brad Pitt plays the fabled U.S. outlaw Jesse James in a new film based on the days leading to his death at the hands of young protege Robert Ford.


On Holy Day, a Feast for American Senses

There were hamburgers and cotton candy, face painting, a clown and a massive moon bounce called Jurassic Adventure. For the swarms of children at the Washington Convention Center, yesterday


The British National Party (BNP) wins its High Court battle for an election recount after concerns about the validity of a single vote.


WASHINGTON - The 108th Congress soon will be history, a tumultuous two years that, depending on party affiliation, was the best of times or the worst of times.    Of course Republicans, who control both the House and the Senate, expressed pride in a Congress that passed a major Medicare prescription drug bill, gave President Bush the money he needed for Iraq and substantially increased spending for defense and homeland security...


Hopes for Solution to Afghan Hostage Crisis

Three U.N. workers held by militants in  Afghanistan were in their third week of captivity on Friday  after calls from both sides for the crisis to be resolved ahead  of this weekend's Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr.


Brokaw Steps Down After 21 Years as NBC Anchor

Veteran TV journalist Tom Brokaw steps down as anchor of the "NBC Nightly News" on Wednesday, the first of the big three stars of US network news for the last 20 years to retire.


Roma, 20:02 - CALCIO, LAZIO: MEGHNI E MUTARELLI PRONTI PER IL RIENTRO

Doppia seduta d'allenamento per la Lazio di Delio Rossi che il 13 gennaio, alla ripresa del campiona...


T-Mobile unveils MDA Compact III GPS smart phone

AKA HTC's Artemis HTC's upcoming GPS-equipped navigation phone, codenamed 'Artemis', will ship on the T-Mobile network in Germany, the carrier revealed at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin last week. The device will be offered as the MDA Compact III.â¦


Men's Basketball: Late Free Throws Lift Villanova Past Pitt

Dante Cunningham made two free throws with 10 seconds left and No. 17 Villanova then forced another turnover for a 64-63 victory over No. 13 Pittsburgh on Sunday.


Weeping Paris Hilton ordered back to jail

A weeping Paris Hilton was ordered back to jail on Friday after a day of relative freedom as a judge rescinded a Los Angeles sheriff department's decision to place the celebrity heiress under house arrest.


The company behind the Richard and Judy premium rate telephone quiz scandal is fined Â£150,000.


Count Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts among those Boston baseball fans who have waited a lifetime to see the Red Sox win the World Series.


Lawmakers have approved a measure that would only allow a state-appointed council to issue religious edicts, a move aimed at denying Islamic hard-liners a forum for disseminating extremist ideology.


UK blue chips closed higher, just off the late afternoon peak after rallying from earlier falls in tandem with an jump on Wall Street as the latest weekly US jobless claims numbers eased worries over the health of the world's largest economy.


A tooth at the murder site of ex-Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri could help to identify the presumed killer, a UN inquiry says.


African American Political Pioneer Chisholm Dies

Political pioneer Shirley Chisholm,  the first African American woman elected to Congress and a  champion of women's rights, died on Saturday in Florida,  congressional officials said. She was 80.


Tre eventi speciali con Piero Angela dal 21 dicembre


A glimpse at the teaser poster for Batman Begins.


Cash from chaos The market for software vulnerabilities just got even more complex with the arrival of a firm that offers security researchers a chance to profit from their work by patenting security fixes.â¦


IBM, Boeing join forces to seek government IT contracts

Through a 10-year alliance announced yesterday, the two companies will develop advanced digital communications and information technologies for current and future Department of Defense and intelligence systems.


The breathless phone message from a young woman whose boyfriend works in the investment business sounds like something out of Sex and the City.


Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels blew up part of a rail track, derailing a train in Sri Lanka's east on Wednesday and injuring four people, the military said, a day before Japan's peace envoy was due to visit the district.


Ashlee Owns Up, Takes Responsibility For 'SNL' Lip-Synch Snafu

Although she'd initially blamed her band, Ashlee Simpson took full responsibility Sunday for her lip-synching snafu on "Saturday Night Live," saying that her voice was ragged from too much work.


Red Sox' Anguish and Yankees' Mystique and Aura Dissolve in Game 7

With a barrage of four home runs the Boston Red Sox eliminated the Yankees with a 10-3 victory in Game 7 of the A.L.C.S. at Yankee Stadium.


Hewlett-Packard is getting out of the chip-making business. The Palo Alto, California, company on Thursday announced that it reached an agreement with Intel that would see HP's Itanium processor design team move to Intel in January.


OCEANIA/PAPUA NUOVA GUINEA - Nomina dellÂAusiliare di Aitape CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI in data 2 luglio 2007 ha nominato Ausiliare della Diocesi di Aitape (Papua Nuova Guinea) il Rev.do Otto Separy, Cancelliere della Diocesi di Wewak, assegnandogli la sede titolare vesco...


Mumme Hired As New Mexico State FB Coach

Southeastern Louisiana's Hal Mumme was hired by New Mexico State as its football coach Thursday.


Putin is Time magazine's "Person of the Year"

Time magazine named Russian President Vladimir Putin its "Person of the Year" for 2007 on Wednesday, saying he had returned his country from chaos to "the table of world power" though at a cost to democratic principles.


UCLA Pulls Off Shocker Against No. 2 USC

With a stunning 13-9 win over their crosstown rivals Saturday, UCLA knocks Southern Cal out of the BCS National Championship game.


De Villepin, abbiamo compiuto un percorso importante


New head of public health agency announced

Dr. David Butler-Jones has been named the country's first chief public health officer who will head up the new Public Health Agency of Canada.


InfoWorld - Hewlett-Packard has begun shipping a new product that the company thinks will give it an edge over rival IBM in the market for blade servers.


The attempted attacks in London and Glasgow bore the hallmarks of an al-Qaida operation, but they lacked a key ingredient: professional execution.


Bosh scores 41, but Raptors fall to Suns

The Phoenix Suns raced past Toronto 122-103 on Saturday night despite a career-high 42 points by the Raptors' Chris Bosh.


Investors beached in U.S. "Baywatch" scam

KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - A Kansas City man bilked investors out of $360,000 by claiming he had syndication rights to U.S. television lifeguard drama "Baywatch" and help from star David Hasselhoff, prosecutors said on Tuesday.


Milano, 13:37 - CALCIO, MAZZOLA: INTER SFORTUNATA CONTRO LIVERPOOL

"La sconfitta dell'Inter con il Liverpool? Solo una partita sfortunata". Sandro Mazzola, vincitore i...


Are games based on the Vietnam conflict making us immune to realities of history?


Married adults healthier than singles: study

Married adults are healthier than divorced, widowed or those never married, though husbands have a tendency to gain extra weight, according to a new US study.


Chechens Look to Election With Fear and Resignation

The date of Chechnya's elections has assumed a local significance the Kremlin would no doubt prefer to avoid: a masquerade of democracy, and a dangerous one.


In the Roger Clemens primary, the Republicans nominated the Rocket. The Democrats went with the other guy.


Eurotunnel investors back a restructuring plan that could save the firm from bankruptcy.


Il premier non fissa data per dimissioni, non sarebbe giusto


It is a U.S. service academy situated just outside New York City. Its graduates have fought and died in all corners of the world, and since Sept. 11 have played a key role in bolstering homeland security.


British soldiers in central Iraq and Basra came under renewed attack from insurgents yesterday, as British commanders set out in detail the role which the Black Watch regiment will play in the forthcoming assault US assault on Fallujah.


The Caucus Blog: McCain and Thompson at Values Voters Summit

The candidates shared personal stories at the gathering of Christian conservative activists.


Marbella, 20:05 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; CACIA: QUI PER IMPARARE

Daniele Cacia ha entusiasmo e voglia di sfondare, ma prima di tutto vuole ripagare la Fiorentina del...


Video game exploits death of past president

In light of concerns about video game violence, the release of a controversial new game isnât helping the issue. Very different from the games that are usually released each week, âJFK Reloadedâ was released Monday.


To extend 10GbE support to the network edge, the revamped 6500 Supervisor Engine 32 ships with a choice of two 10GbE XENPAK-based or eight one GbE Small Form Factor Pluggable based uplinks.


Qualche alleato tentato da idea di allungare la legislatura


Tre arresti, vittima scelta la figlia di un imprenditore


NEW DELHI: Bazee.com CEO Avnish Bajaj, whose arrest had sparked off an uproar in industry and diplomatic circles, was today granted bail by the Delhi High Court in the MMS sex scandal.


Business Chief Hedges, a Bit, on Running for Mayor

In political circles, Richard D. Parsons has become a perennial favorite among the possible candidates mentioned to succeed Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.


[TS] Talking Business: Feeling Free to Take Shots at an Old Bully

Computer security firms are complaining that a feature in MicrosoftÂs new operating system would cripple their industryÂs innovation.


Affleck may propose to Garner on Valentine's Day!

Ben Affleck is set to propose to his sexy actress girlfriend Jennifer Garner, if rumours are to be


Opposition leader Raila Odinga says police have turned Kenya into "killing fields of the innocent".


SAN FRANCISCO Symantec, the computer security giant, reached final agreement Thursday to take over the storage and backup program maker Veritas Software, making Symantec the No.4 independent software company in the world.


After a year of political upheaval, 2008 will test Turkey's ability to reform, writes the BBC's Sarah Rainsford.


Sudanese government and rebels agree to end southern conflict by ...

Sudanese government and rebel officials signed an agreement Friday promising to end the 21-year civil war in Sudan by the end of the year in front of the UN Security Council holding a special meeting in Africa.


A Choice for New York Priests in Abuse Cases

As the Roman Catholic Church struggles to repair its image in the wake of sex abuse scandals, one issue church leaders face is what to do with priests accused of abuse.


Falcons release Whitfield, make seven other moves

Flowery Branch, GA (Sports Network) - Atlanta released offensive tackle Bob Whitfield and made seven other moves Sunday to reach the 53-man roster limit.


(InfoWorld) - The last thing you need when you're unemployed is a bank account that's suddenly emptied. But that's exactly what some unwary users of employment search site Monster.com faced after identity thieves made off with the personal information of more than a million people looking for jobs. This still-developing story has enough nooks and crannies to confuse a gumshoe, but some facts are clear: Monster's resume database was looted, and the personal information taken was used to forge convincing messages that deposited password-stealing Trojans and ransomware on users' PCs. Calculated and ambitious, the attack is striking for how it blended several elements -- stolen credentials of legitimate users, phishing e-mails, Trojan horses, money mules and more -- into a slick assault. Here's what we know so far. Was Monster.com hacked? No, as Symantec said immediately. Instead, the attackers accessed the resume database with legitimate usernames and passwords, probably stolen from professional recruiters and human resource personnel who use the "Monster for employers" section of the site to look for job candidates. But it wasn't until Thursday that Monster.com admitted as much. "By gaining unauthorized access to employer accounts, the software was obtaining job seeker contact information," a new alert said. What was snatched from the database? Names, e-mail addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers and resume IDs, said Symantec. Yesterday, Monster.com added that only about 5,000 of the people whose data was filched live outside the U.S. That squares with what Symantec's Amado Hidalgo said in an e-mail: The information-stealing Trojan was hard-coded to dig through only the "hiring.monster.com" and "recruiter.monster.com" domains, limiting their theft to the Monster USA site's database. "They only targeted the U.S. Monster site and not any other international Monster [Worldwide] Inc. sites, such as those in the U.K., Spain, etc.," said Hidalgo. How was the information stolen? The Infostealer.Monstres Trojan runs batch searches by sending HTTP commands to the Monster Web site to navigate through folders, said Hidalgo. The malware then parses the output that appears in a pop-up window that holds the job seeker profiles that match the search criteria. Essentially, the Trojan worked as an automated search bot that located candidates, captured their contact information and sent it to a remote server controlled by the criminals. Symantec said that the server, though located in Russia, was hosted by a company out of Ukraine. By using Infostealer.Monstres to do their harvesting, the attackers also covered their tracks -- the Trojan could be planted on any computer previously compromised, with the search seemingly originating with that computer's owner -- and could easily spread the work out among a number of IP addresses, probably to slip under any Monster radar potentially watching for unusually large numbers of search requests coming from any one location. (There is no evidence at the moment that Monster deploys such radar.) How many people are affected? Initially, Symantec's researchers played it vague, saying only that "several hundred thousand" were at risk. Thursday, though, Monster said that it had found contact information on the hackers' server for about 1.3 million people who had posted resumes. The other number that's been bandied about -- 1.6 million -- represents the tally of contact entries Symantec counted on the server last week; a significant number of Monster users apparently post more than one resume. How did the hackers manage to grab so many contract records without Monster.com noticing? That's a good question. Monster itself hinted at one explanation: automated searches like the ones Infostealer.Monstres ran aren't unusual. "Many of our customers use automatic or semiautomatic means to search our database," said Monster spokesman Steve Sylven last Sunday. "Moreover, many of our larger customers rely heavily on our database, and their use may be similar to programmatic or scripted access." Translation: The searches conducted by the bigger Monster customers are as bot-like as those run by the Trojan. The thieves also probably relied on some standard tactics to avoid detection, including running the searches from innocent PCs and spreading out the work (see "How was the information stolen?" above). Spammers and malware spreaders use zombies to send junk mail and malware for the same reasons. What did the criminals do with the Monster data once they had it? No one's arguing the facts: personal information purloined from the Monster resume database was used to create, then send, targeted phishing e-mails -- the term is "spear phishing" -- that spread other malicious software or recruited "money mules," the middlemen who transfer money from a phished bank account to a foreign bank account. It's the emphasis where Monster and Symantec part. Monster has focused on the mule-recruiting angle or even depicted those e-mails as run-of-the-mill phishing. "The purpose of gathering this information appears to be sending email disguised as Monster in order to gain recipients' trust, and then attempting to convince users to engage in financial transactions," the company now says on its revised security alert. Only in passing does it also call out "or lure them into downloading malicious software." That, however, is the prime use of the stolen information, said Symantec's Hidalgo, who traced connections between Infostealer.Monstres and at least two other Trojans. The first, Banker.c, watches for, steals, then transmits back to hacker HQ online banking log-in information for accounts at Bank of America and the German arm of Citibank. The second, Gpcoder.e, is "ransomware," a Trojan that encrypts files on the infected PC's hard drive, then informs its owner that the files will be unusable until a fee is paid. In Gpcoder.e's case, the ransom was $300. What good does the other stolen information do the thieves? Two words: response rate. According to research conducted by an Indiana University team in 2005, people are much more likely to click or give up information if the message contains clues of legitimacy, as when the message appears to come from a close friend. In fact, 72 percent of the people in the study who received phishing mail from someone in their social network took the bait and divulged their log-on information, four and a half times the number in the control group. Spear phishing, then, can be incredibly effective, at least from the criminals' point of view. By using the Monster resume data to target the recipient and flesh out the e-mail with the recipient's real name -- often usually difficult or impossible to guess from the e-mail address itself -- the crooks can expect more people to let down their guard and actually launch the attached file. (In the case of Gpcoder.e, the file posed as Monster Job Seeker Tool, fictitious software of course, but likely enough to get people to click; when they did, they installed the Trojan, not a job search assistant.) So the goal of the attackers is...what? Bank account log-ons, clearly. Ransomware, though not uncommon, usually flops because someone -- often one or more security vendors -- cracks the encryption used to lock up the files and makes that public, eliminating the need to pay up. Another clue that bank accounts are the endgame is the effort spent on recruiting money mules. The group wouldn't need mules unless it had, or anticipated having, access to bank accounts. When did this start? We don't know, and so far, Monster has not talked about this. But one self-described Monster user claimed here to have received money-mule messages between June 3 and June 13, and had reported them to Monster. "Monster only said it was not from them and did not admit that they had let my information get away from them," said "Anonymous." Symantec first alerted Monster of its findings last Friday, Aug. 17, both the security company and Monster have said. Evidence of the Gpcoder.e seeding -- using phony Monster messages touting a nonexistent tool -- goes back at least as far as early July, according to analysis by U.K.-based security company Prevx Ltd. It may have started days or even weeks before that. Some reports, in fact, have claimed users started seeing phishing mail built atop the stolen personal information as early as February of this year. What can Monster users do to protect themselves? For the 1.3 million whose resumes have been pillaged, it's too late; the horse has left the barn. Even so, some users decided to cancel their accounts as a way to block any future malware-based searches. "I can still search for jobs and submit my resume to postings, but employers/recruiters cannot find me in their searches," said a Chicago user identified as "Greg" in a comment on a Computerworld story that ran Thursday. "I certainly would encourage others to protect themselves and delete their Monster accounts as well." Monster hasn't disabled batch or automated searches, or if it has, it's not said as much. (On Sunday, company spokesman Steve Sylven seemed to say that because large corporate customers of the service used automated searches, banning them would be out of the question.) It has, however, shut down the server that the gang was using to store its stolen data and presumably disabled the legitimate accounts used to access the database. (Symantec's Hidalgo said last week that his team had forwarded those accounts to Monster.) We say "presumably" because while we have asked Monster if those accounts have been closed, the company has not explicitly acknowledged doing so. Other than that, the only advice being given by Monster or Symantec is the usual: Be suspicious of all unsolicited, unanticipated e-mail, run up-to-date antivirus software -- to stop Trojans such as Banker.c or Gpcoder.e at the door -- and refuse to give out personal information.


U.S. counters new message from bin Laden

The White House countered a threatening message from Osama bin Laden on Saturday by accusing the al-Qaida leader of using the media to justify violence that is stalling the new Iraqi government's work to mend sectarian strife.


Google dips its toe into user-generated profiles

Google has quietly launched a profile program that some bloggers say may be a prelude to the introduction of a Google-run social network.


Environmentalists fear a maritime disaster if a beached coal freighter in eastern Australia breaks up.


Military Bases Are Told Not  To Sponsor Boy Scout Troops

The Pentagon has agreed to warn military bases worldwide that they should not directly sponsor Boy Scout troops, partially resolving claims that the government has improperly supported a group that requires members to believe in God.


Five loses the critically acclaimed US drama series Prison Break to Sky One.


Bullets, Tears, Hopes of Peace After Arafat's Death

Firing bullets into the air and weeping,  thousands of people streamed into Palestinian streets to mourn  Yasser Arafat on Thursday while world leaders praised him as a  symbol of his people's struggle for statehood.


The dollar sank on Friday as  persistent concerns over the U.S. economy and comments  throughout the week from European Central Bank and Federal  Reserve officials afforded the currency no respite.


Aid worker held in Iraq pleads for her life

BAGHDAD -- Trembling, haggard, and weeping into a tissue, Margaret Hassan, the kidnapped British aid worker who has spent nearly half her life delivering food and medicine in Iraq, begged Britain yesterday to help save her by withdrawing its troops, saying these "might be my last hours."


NBC chief says rumors of early departure untrue

NBC Universal's chief executive on Friday said rumors of his early departure were untrue and created by rival media company Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.


Ken Dorsey played admirably in his first NFL start. He missed on his first five attempts while under heavy pressure, but went 18-of-27 the rest of the game and never flinched despite the hits.


Tsunami alerts sounded in India, Sri Lanka, Maldives

India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives issued tsunami alerts after a massive earthquake off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island, officials said.


STUART, Fla. Sept. 5, 2004 - Hurricane Frances barged onto Florida's coast with 105 mph winds and driving rain Sunday, knocking out power to 2 million people and forcing residents to withstand a prolonged lashing that shredded roofs and uprooted trees.


Romney Says Mormon Leaders Won't Have Influence If He's Elected

Bloomberg - Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Mormon church leaders would have no influence on government policy if he were elected president.


Seimone Augustus scored 17 points and third-ranked LSU opened the season with an 81-50 victory over Maine in the Women's Sports Foundation Classic on Thursday.


UPDATE 1-Tendulkar equals world mark as India forge on

Sachin Tendulkar smashed a world record-equalling 34th test century as India raced to 232 for four in reply to Bangladesh's first innings 184 at tea on the second day of the first test on Saturday.


Job outlook moderately optimistic for 2005, survey finds

ITHACA -- During the next four months, job seekers looking for work in durable goods manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, and education may have the best luck, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.


Iraq Sets Dusk-To-Dawn Curfew Before Vote

Just ahead of the first free balloting in Iraq in half a century, the nation battened down for the vote, imposing a 7 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew on Friday and closing Baghdad International Airport. Five U.S. soldiers were killed in the capital and insurgents blasted polling stations across the country.


com. If there was any good news coming out of the Tennessee Titansâ camp on the Monday after their embarrassing 38-17 thrashing in San Diego, it was on the injury front.


A tobacco firm says allegations it covered up evidence of the harmful effects of passive smoking are false and inaccurate.


Tufts' Perry had success lined up from the start

Bill Samko is a big believer in genetics. The Tufts football coach likes kids with athletic bloodlines. Come from a family of gridiron warriors, he says, and the game is hardwired in your brain from birth.


A flurry of tornadoes caused damage in a number of towns in central and southern England on Monday, officials and reports said, although no casualties were immediately reported.


ÂPeople are getting the message that it is O.K. to pay attention to the way you come across, and that itÂs not just for the rich and famous.Â


Macedonian president sees economic development as main priority in coming year

Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski said Thursday during his greeting to all Macedonian citizens on the occasion of New Year that economic development is the country's main priority in the coming year, the ...


Archbishop insists his remarks were 'well-researched' as row continues


Big Night for American Track at Olympics

What a night for U.S. 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. Dwight Phillips and John Moffitt went 1-2 in the long jump. Marion Jones and the 400-meter relay team cruised into the finals.


Bombay, 15:50 - F1, FORCE INDIA: FISICHELLA E SUTIL PILOTI 2008

La Force India, nuova scuderia di F1 dell'imprenditore indiano Vijay Mallya, ha presentato oggi i pi...


Orange's Apple deal to bear unlocked iPhones

French law bites Mac maker, again Orange will indeed offer Apple's iPhone on France, but the most interesting aspect of the two firms' partnership will be the availability, for the first time, of officially unlocked handsets.â¦


Thais are voting in an election that is expected to give Thaksin Shinawatra's party a landslide victory.


They won't be taking out citizenship -- at least we don't believe so -- but Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk best have their passports handy for the next three weeks. With tournaments in Surrey, England ( HSBC World Match Play Championship), Straffan, Ireland (Ryder Cup), and Hertfordshire, England ( American Express Championship), Woods and Furyk will get their fill of ...


Bnp Paribas si rafforza cosi' in quel Paese


849 Swedes Developed Cancer as a Result of the Chernobyl Disaster

Scientists from Linkoping University, Sweden, estimate that 849 Swedes got cancer in Northern Sweden as a result of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.


IBM offers blade server for the little guy

The package includes the server, storage, input-output connections to a network and software integrated into a single chassis.


Rapid slum growth breeds crime and terrorism, says U.N.

The rapid growth of slums in the world's towns and cities is increasing urban poverty and creating a breeding ground for terrorism, fanaticism, pollution and disease, the United Nations said on Friday.


Dow Jones +0,36%, Nasdaq composite +0,75%, SP 500 +0,30%


Art lovers queue to review revamped MoMA

Thousands of people have queued for hours to get a first glimpse at New York's beloved Museum of Modern Art, which reopened its doors after a two-year exile and a $US425 million facelift.


"Bishop" bomb threat suspect indicted in Chicago

An Iowa machinist accused of being "The Bishop," a shadowy figure who sent threats and unarmed bombs to U.S. investment firms, has been indicted on securities fraud and other charges, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.


Zurigo, 16:53 - CALCIO, ALTA QUOTA: APERTURA BLATTER DOPO INCONTRO CON MORALES

Probabile retromarcia della Fifa dopo l'incontro di stamattina a Zurigo tra il presidente della fede...


Photos: New Sony Ericsson phones strut their stuff

Sony Ericsson unveiled eight new phones Tuesday, ranging in price and functionality.


Berlino, 15:48 - CALCIO, GERMANIA: ALL'ASTA I BIGLIETTI PARA-RIGORI DI LEHMANN

Il portiere della nazionale tedesca, Jens Lehmann, metterà all'asta i famosi bigliettini nasc...


Two British firms near joint takeover bid for Amadeus

Amadeus Global Travel Distribution's core airline shareholders could opt for a joint bid for the company presented by Cinven Group and BC Partners.


Intellisync to give push e-mail capability for low-cost phones

The wireless airwaves may get a bit more crowded next year following the announcement that Intellisync'sÂ  goAnywhere technology, unveiled this week, will give users of low-cost feature phones the same push e-mail capability that is now only available on pricier smart phones.


What Sun+MySQL says about open source business models

It's not so much that there aren't workable business models around Open Source. But life is so much easier when those models can include pieces that people have to pay for as well.


The number of failed asylum seekers removed from the UK rose by 16%, official figures say.


Old skool spam suspect taken in Japanese police have arrested a "prolific spammer" who allegedly bombarded inboxes with hundreds of millions of messages punting internet gambling and dating sites.â¦


Nike, the US sports footwear and clothing firm, enjoys its best-ever second-quarter trading and predicts a strong start to 2005.


Officials See No Public Health Threat in Shortage of a Meningitis Vaccine

A developing shortage of vaccine against childhood meningitis is expected to inconvenience some pediatricians and parents, but should not become a public health threat, officials said.


Ora e' necessario riavviare al piu' presto il confronto


Guitarist dies with three others in club shooting

The heavy metal guitarist Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott, 38, and three others were killed in a Columbus, Ohio, nightclub on Wednesday night by a man who charged on to the stage and shot at the band and crowd before being shot dead himself by a police officer.


Everton have confirmed that England striker Wayne Rooney is on his way to Manchester United. The 18-year-old, who had also been targeted by Newcastle, has been undergoing a medical at United's Carrington training


Scientists have discovered the remains of a tree-climbing creature that lived 13 million years ago in what is now northeastern Spain and may be the last common ancestor of modern great apes


Fountains of Wayne, a New York-based band, reached a new audience when its song ÂAll Kinds of TimeÂ was used as a soundtrack for a commercial touting the NFL Network.


Merrill Lynch sees shares climb more than 8%, on reports that it could soon have a new chief executive.


Candidates hone message and hunt voters in Iowa

PERRY, Iowa  - White House hopefuls honed their closing messages and targeted undecided voters in Iowa on Monday, three days before the state opens the presidential nominating battle in a too-close-to-call race.


Health News, India: British gripe over medical outsourcing to India

It is estimated that about 7,000 letters a month, often between consultants and GPs (general practitioners), are dealt with in this way.


Citigroup Inc. cut by Merrill, shares fall

Citigroup Inc. (CN: Quote, Profile, Research) shares fell in pre-market trading on Monday after Merrill Lynch & Co. analyst Guy Moszkowski cut his rating for the company to "neutral" from "buy," citing recent ethics problems.


New car nets former cop 4.4 kilos of ecstasy

A retired police chief who bought a confiscated station wagon at a government auction discovered that its previous owner had left behind an expensive gift.


South Korean workers strike work, rallies fizzle

Thousands of South Korean unionized workers went on strike on Wednesday demanding laws to protect labor and an end to talks on a free trade deal with the United States, labor leaders said.


Sylvester Stallone is in London to attend the UK premiere of his return as action hero Rambo.


La Spezia, 14:15 - CALCIO, PLAY OUT SPEZIA-VERONA: NO A MAXISCHERMO A LA SPEZIA

Sky nega l'autorizzazione e cosÃ¬ non sarà possibile installare un megaschermo per la proiezio...


The US space agency flies its X-43A "air-breathing" hypersonic plane in a bid to fly at 10 times the speed of sound.


Elephant herds found on isolated south Sudan island

International wildlife experts have  located hundreds of wild elephants on a treeless island in the  swamps of south Sudan, where they apparently avoided unchecked  hunting during more than 20 years of war.


Excessive drinking can damage brain cells but the brain can repair some of the harm, a team of international researchers said on Monday.


Friends and former Liverpool players have paid tribute to Emlyn Hughes, who has died from a brain tumour aged 57. Former Reds captain and manager Graeme Souness told BBC Radio Five Live: "He was an absolute legend.


A survey released Thursday by RSA revealed that about a fifth of corporate wireless access points in London, New York and Paris are open to anyone who taps in. But security is on the upswing everywhere.


Il nove gennaio party 'Rocco Rocks' sulle colline di Fiesole


Millions of children live in poverty in Eastern Europe and Central Asia despite economic growth there, a UN report says.


AT&T files FCC access complaint against Cablevision

AT&T Corp.  said on Monday it filed a U.S. regulatory complaint that Cablevision Systems Corp.  was improperly withholding regional sports programming that AT&T must have to roll out video service in Connecticut.


With just three rounds of matches to go to the winter break, Bayern Munich, in pole position to be crowned autumn champions, welcome Mainz to the Olympiastadion on a day that also sees champions Werder Bremen host floundering Borussia Dortmund.


Singer Pete Doherty says he will stay off drugs after spending four nights in prison, reports say.


STUART Appleby had rival Lee Westwood's caddie to thank as he narrowly escaped a lost ball penalty today after surrendering the lead to the Englishman at the Nedbank Challenge.


Singh out in front at suspended 84 Lumber Classic

Farmington, PA (Sports Network) - Vijay Singh continued his fine play with a blistering eight-under-par 64 on Thursday to lead during the opening round of the 84 Lumber Classic of Pennsylvania.


Stars Arrive by Yacht at MTV Video Awards

An already broiling Miami had even more sizzle on Sunday as MTV brought the annual party known as the Video Music Awards to the city for the first time in the awards' 21-year history.


Gary Winick would seem an unlikely choice to direct a live-action, computer-animated adaptation of "Charlotte's Web," with an A-list cast providing the voices of the classic children's book's talking animals.


Nigeria and Germany won their quarterfinals at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup yesterday in South Korea, completing a semifinal lineup of four former finalists.Nigeria defeated Argentina, 2-0, to end South American participation in the tournament, while Germany dominated England, 4-1. Nigeria and Germany will meet in one semifinal, and the other will pit Ghana and Spain.


House panel on HP scandal adds second day of hearings

Mobile providers and the heads of the FTC and FCC have been summoned to a second day of House subcommittee hearings this week as Congress continues its investigation of the HP boardroom spying scandal.


They have job duties taken away, so they are marginalized in the office. They get stripped of their security clearances, so they can't work. They are blacklisted, so they can't find employment. They are reassigned to new locations, so they have to choose between moving or losing their jobs.


Spotlight on models' health shifts to New York

The man who cleans backstage at New York's fashion week says there is a problem with the claims of stick-thin models that they are naturally skinny.


Sir Paul McCartney wows fans with a live mini concert at half-time in the American Super Bowl.


Task force to study D-I playoff proposal

University of Georgia president Michael Adams presented his proposal for an eight-team playoff to the NCAA Division I board of directors Monday in Nashville and they decided to study the issue with others before making any moves.


The federal agency that insures pensions has asked a bankruptcy court to compel United Airlines to make over $800 million in pension contributions, officials said Monday.


A treat at a fast food chain could expose children to "staggeringly" high levels of salt, a survey suggests.


At least nine Army and Marine reservists died in Iraq on the first full day of the Fallujah offensive, the highest single-day death toll for part-time troops since U.S. forces entered Iraq in March 2003.


DirectX 10 and other enhancements should seriously boost Vista graphics.


F-Secure: Low threat from mobile malware

Mobile malware is consistently increasing but poses a much lower security threat than that aimed at PCs, says CEO.


For once, Duke ran out of magic, leaving only two unbeaten teams in Division I. Nik Caner-Medley had 25 points before leaving with an ankle injury, and his Maryland teammates finished off the second-ranked Blue Devils at the free-throw line in a 75-66 victory Wednesday night.


In a sweeping report that analyzes worldwide robotics industry growth throughout 2003 and compares it with activity in the robotics marked tracked over nearly one-and-a-half decades, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) predicts a


Marlins ride Olsen's arm past Giants 5-1

Mike Jacobs hit a solo homer and Scott Olsen pitched seven strong innings Monday night, leading the Florida Marlins to a 5-1 victory over Barry Bonds and the San Francisco Giants.


Censis, drammatico il numero dei disagiati, oltre 4 milioni


A 19-year-old college student missing since she was abducted nearly a month ago was strangled by a serial rapist who has attacked at least two other women and may strike again, Reno police said Saturday.


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


Theater Review | 'Spring Awakening': Sex and Rock? What Would the Kaiser Think?

A straight shot of eroticism has steamed open under the innocuous name of "Spring Awakening," and Broadway may never be the same.


Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean on Saturday criticized Republicans in Congress for not supporting legislation to expand a popular children's health care program.


Sharks circle subprime lender New Century, but those who loaned to them may be big losers.


RICHMOND, Va. -- Former NBA player Ralph Sampson will serve two months in jail for mail fraud as part of a plea agreement approved by a federal judge Thursday.


Growth of the new lava dome inside the crater of Mount St. Helens has gradually slowed since the mountain reawakened in October, scientists said Tuesday.


Malaysia sets up sanctuary in Terengganu to protect endangered turtles

TERENGGANU : Malaysia has gazetted 60 hectares of land off the east coast state of Terengganu to help conserve the dwindling number of endangered sea turtles.


As EPA libraries go digital, public access suffers

Some say the decision to shutter branches reduces the agency's capability to review industry submissions.


Movie Review | 'Our Daily Bread': WhatÂs for Dinner? You DonÂt Want to Know

Nikolaus Geyrhalter's superb documentary is an unblinking, often disturbing look at industrial food production from field to factory.


UK public finances improved slightly in January, despite a fall in corporation tax receipts, official figures show.


A fascinating blend of musical, melodrama and feminist fairy tale, âLaaga Chunari Mein Daagâ shows Bollywoodâs moral universe in transition.


AU Says Sudan Begins Troop Withdrawal from Darfur

The African Union said on Saturday Sudan  had started withdrawing troops in Darfur ahead of an evening  deadline to end fighting there, but Khartoum said the pullout  was conditional on the rebels halting attacks.


It was one of deadliest days for children in 17 months of bloodshed in Iraq. The trauma was palpable yesterday at Baghdad's Yarmouk Hospital, where the dead and dying were


NLR is a consortium of 18 universities and research groups that are building the first nationwide optical network owned and operated by researchers.


Romania: Software piracy made us what we are today

Thank-you, Mr Gates Romania's president delivered an enconium to software piracy during Bill Gates' world tour promoting Windows Vista.â¦


Sun Microsystems and several other vendors on Wednesday will release an early draft of a specification intended to ease integration of Java-based systems, but IBM and BEA Systems have dropped out of participation in the effort.


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


First you have a male tennis player and a female tennis player. They are attracted to each other but have difficult times, because the father of the female wants her to concentrate on tennis.


Could rubber puppets decide the French election?

PARIS, Feb XX  - With the two favorites jostling for the lead in France's presidential election, could latex puppets of them, depicting one as an aggressive dwarf and the other as a slow-speaking bimbo, determine the winner?


Sir Ian Blair takes up his new role as Metropolitan Police Commissioner promising to defeat anti-social behaviour and violent offenders.


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China's Preparing to Enact Law Against Taiwan Secession

China's legislature has indicated that it is preparing to enact a law against secession, possibly mandating military action if Taiwan declares independence.


Fed cuts key interest rate by hefty 1/2 point

The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed the benchmark federal funds rate by a half-percentage point in a bold bid to buffer the economy from a housing slump and related financial market turbulence.


Disney teams up with Nintendo for a globally interactive experience.


Paraplegic Claims Disability Bias by 'Apprentice'

A paraplegic who wants to be on "The Apprentice" has a message for host Donald Trump -- "You're biased."


Big ratings for the 2004 Summer Olympics and strong DVD sales for the newly merged NBC/Universal division made for a strong contribution to parent company General Electric's


[Health India]: London, Dec 13 : There is hope for people suffering from diabetes, for a vaccine against the most serious form of diabetes is to be tested on humans for the first time, raising the prospect that a cure could be widely available within 10


In Booking Semis Spot, Ferrer Seemed to Be Everywhere

David Ferrer covered the court and impressed his opponent Juan Ignacio Chela with his ability to return so many serves in their quarterfinal match at the U.S. Open.


Emmy broadcast unlikely to get Emmy nomination

Fox's Emmy telecast  proved that you don't need to have a comedian serving as host.  You can sneak jokes into presenter speeches. You can have  "Family Guy's" Brian and Stewie hurl clever insults. You can  use taped pieces and a rant from Lewis Black. You can do all  that and put together an acceptable though unspectacular show.


The key security update for Windows XP looks set to cause trouble for thousands of firms reveals a survey.


For a small, but growing, number of people, drinking milk means drinking raw, unpasteurized milk, as you'll learn in today's Lean Plate Club column.


'Halo 2' Video Game Sales Hit 6.4 Mln Units

Sales of Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT.O  blockbuster action video game "Halo 2" have reached 6.4 million  units worldwide, Microsoft said on Thursday.


Grazie alle vendite in America Latina e al dollaro debole


Speaker says he doesn't view himself as trust government's head

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Beslan hostage-taker sentenced to life in jail

A Russian court sentenced  the only surviving Beslan hostage-taker to life in prison on  Friday for his part in the bloody 2004 school siege that killed  331 people.


News Corp. Completes Takeover of Dow Jones

Shareholders of Dow Jones & Company gave their blessing to a takeover by Rupert Murdochâs global media empire, the News Corporation.


Shares on the march as oil price cloud lifts

A peace deal between rebel gangs in Nigeria helped drag the price of a barrel of oil back below $50 in New York yesterday, giving a boost to the equity markets and pushing


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Gwyneth, Angelina, Jude And Some Really Big Robots Light Up 'Sky ...

HOLLYWOOD - Big stars and even bigger robots invaded Hollywood Boulevard Tuesday night for the premiere of "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.


Sinking Ship Near Alaska Leaks Oil, Six Missing, Guard Says

Six people who disappeared two days ago when a helicopter trying to rescue them crashed into Alaskan waters are still unaccounted for, a spokesman for the US Coast Guard said.