Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. said Wednesday that recent press reports regarding a possible merger and valuing MGM at a price as high as $5 billion are inaccurate.


Parade Returns, and the Heart of the City Rejoices

On Saturday, New Orleansâs biggest and most lavish Mardi Gras parade will pass through the heart of the city for the first time since Hurricane Katrina flooded much of its traditional route.


Kenya election foes neck-and-neck as riots flare

Kenya's presidential rivals were neck-and-neck on Saturday with nearly 90 percent of official results counted and accusations of rigging ignited ethnic violence across the east African nation.


Wall Street All Ears for Fed Chief's Big Speech

Tomorrow, Ben S. Bernanke will deliver the most important speech in his 19 months as the world's most powerful central banker.


Two Vietnamese arrested over restaurant shootings in Germany

German police have said they had arrested two Vietnamese men in connection with the killings of seven people in a Chinese restaurant.


London - Arab television station Al Jazeera has broadcast a video showing the three UN employees being held hostage in Afghanistan.


The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) this week published XML Inclusions (XInclude) Version 1.0 as a W3C Recommendation. XInclude provides a generic mechanism for merging XML documents into a single composite document, simplifying the creation and management of information components and making it easier to reuse information. XInclude 1.0 can be used with any version of XML, as well as other existing XML-related specs. To learn more, visit the W3C's Web site at www.w3.org.


The problem of multidrug-resistant TB may be even more severe than previously thought, experts warn.


Milano, 19:18 - CALCIO, MILAN: PRIMO GOL STAGIONALE DI FAVALLI

Primo allenamento per il Milan al centro sportivo di Milanello, dove questa mattina, con il presiden...


Il sondaggio Ipr Marketing per Repubblica.it sul gradimento della nuova formazione politica  Nello scontro diretto il segretario batte Berlusconi e Casini. Pari con Fini                                          Partito democratico, cresce il consenso Il partito di Veltroni al 29%                                                                                La percezione Ã¨ di un centrosinistra che guarda al centrodi MATTEO TONELLI


Arizona Student to Represent U.S. In International Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competition

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 26  /PRNewswire/ -- Jingyuan Luo of Chandler, Ariz. was named the U.S. winner of the 2007 Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) - the most prestigious international competition for water-related research - during a ceremony this afternoon at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Ariz.


Court upholds hefty sentence for sex predator

A prison sentence of more than 24 years is not excessive for a man who used the Internet to seduce an FBI agent who portrayed herself as a 14-year-old girl, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday.


Lord Falconer calls for a 'common sense' approach to human rights, in a bid to end misunderstanding of the law.


OSCE critical as Kyrgyz party wins all seats

President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's party won every seat in Kyrgyzstan's next parliament, early results showed on Monday after a weekend election sharply criticized by Western monitors and the opposition.


Baseball official calls stadium vote 'unacceptable'

A top official of Major League Baseball has labeled a new stadium financing proposal approved late yesterday by DC City Council as "wholly unacceptable" and offered to refund deposits that have been made toward purchasing tickets for Washington Nationals


Tobacco companies say government can't sue under RICO

WASHINGTON The tobacco industry urged a federal appeals court today to throw out a decision allowing the Justice Department to sue cigarette companies for 280 (b) billion dollars.


House ethics panel investigates sex scandal

A committee responsible for  enforcing ethics in the U.S. House of Representatives on  Thursday began investigating a sex scandal that has enveloped  Republicans struggling to keep control of Congress in the  November 7 election.


A lack of sleep weighs heavily on the body

PEOPLE who sleep less are more likely to be obese, according to research published today. Shahrad Taheri, a scientist at Bristol University, found that people who sleep for five hours a


Russian Air Disaster Was Suicide Attack, According to US Sources

Traces of explosives found in one of two downed Tupolev planes match explosives used in the 1999 bombing attacks of Moscow apartments by Chechen separatists, according to two US government sources.


L'ad Aurilio in visita allo stabilimento di Grottaglie


Pennington's Problem May Be His Footwork

It's not the shoulder, Jets Coach Herman Edwards said Wednesday as he discussed the problems that quarterback Chad Pennington has encountered in the last month since returning from a rotator cuff injury.


ATLANTA - Fifty-year-old Jay Haas does not quite need a walking stick, but he is easily the oldest man in the field at the Tour Championship.


Abnormal Protein Linked to 2 Neurological Diseases

THURSDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified the abnormal protein common to two devastating neurological diseases -- Lou Gehrig's disease, which causes death by paralysis, and frontotemporal dementia, which starts with bizarre behavior and has a destructive effect on mental function comparable to Alzheimer's disease.


Politics-Ivory Coast: South Africa Attempts to Diffuse Tensions

South African President Thabo Mbeki is engaged in political fire-fighting in the Ivory Coast, where fears of a full-scale civil war between government and rebel forces loom large.


Penn State's Mills may miss Ohio State game with concussion

Penn State starting quarterback Zack Mills may miss Saturday's game against Ohio State because of the lingering effects of a concussion.


Mohamed Ahmed, one of the passengers from the hijacked Air Mauritania passenger plane, speaks to journalists at the airport in Las Palmas on the Canary island of Gran Cararia, Spain, in the early hours of ...Comment


David Healy's hat-trick helps NI claim a shock win over Spain in Wednesday's Euro 2008 qualifier.


A decision on labor relief may be the difference between survival and liquidation.


Grand Jury Finishes Colorado Recruit Probe

A state grand jury Thursday wrapped up its investigation into the sex-and-alcohol recruiting scandal in Colorado's football program. There was no immediate word on whether the panel handed up any criminal indictments.


Mike Tirico is about to make his "Monday Night Football" debut, and the play-by-play announcer hopes he doesn't grab fans' attention.


NEW YORK -- This is why they play the games:

Olivier Rochus, who may or may not be 5-foot-5, 130 pounds, is often mistaken for a ball boy or a junior player. In four previous US Open appearances, the No.


Fordâs president said that the companyâs operations are improving but the outlook for U.S. sales in 2008 is grim.


Actress Deborah Kerr, star of films including "From Here To Eternity" and "The King And I", has died at the age of 86, her agent said Thursday.


The spread of AIDS in Ecuador's most populated province is reaching levels comparable to Africa and the Caribbean a decade ago and could mushroom into a national epidemic if left unchecked, United Nations officials warned Tuesday.


Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that they are conducting their own investigation into 'Foodgate'. The reports that an unnamed Arsenal player threw pizza and soup at the Red Devils boss


New video game recreates JFK assassination, angers Quad-Citians

Forty-one years ago today, President John F. Kennedy was gunned down during a motorcade in Dallas, Texas. Now, a British video game company recreates one of the darkest moments in recent US political history.


Yokohama, 10:54 - CALCIO, MONDIALE CLUB: AL AHLY CHIUDE AL TERZO POSTO

L'Al Ahly ha vinto la finale per il terzo posto del Mondiale per club. Gli egiziani hanno battuto i ...


Phil Mickelson shot a 59 on Wednesday to win the PGA Grand Slam of Golf, matching the low score in competitive golf. Mickelson barely missed a 9-foot eagle putt to the left on the last hole that would have given him a 58 at the unofficial event for the year's major winners. He tapped in for birdie and smiled as the gallery cheered wildly.


Indonesia finds asymptomatic H5N1-infected poultry

Indonesia has found traces of H5N1 bird flu in apparently healthy-looking poultry, making it tougher to detect the disease in the country hardest hit by the virus, officials said on Monday.


Berlusconi senza bandana 'Un po' di capelli è meglio'

Porto Rotondo, 19 agosto 2004 - Con «un po' di capelli in più è meglio» :Silvio Berlusconi scherza sul 'il giallo della bandana', che sui giornali di oggi aveva alimentato una discussione su un trapianto di capelli del premier.


The Claim: Drinking Makes You Warmer in Winter

In moderation, the right beverage can bring cheer on a cold winter night. But will it really warm you up?


Democratic challenger John Kerry said on Wednesday President Bush had failed America's middle class as he renewed his focus on the economy less than a week before voters go to the polls.


Big Blue will build a machine at Los Alamos lab that combines thousands of AMD Opteron and Cell chips designed for PlayStation 3.


Ontario doctors reject proposed payment deal; province insists no more money

TORONTO (CP) - Ontario's doctors overwhelmingly rejected a much-touted fee agreement with the provincial government on Saturday, a major setback for planned health-care reforms in the province with no immediate plan to resume negotiations.


Glasgow, 23:25 - CALCIO, MILAN; GALLIANI: NON HO PRESO RONALDO A SCATOLA CHIUSA

"Io non ho preso Ronaldo a scatola chiusa, ho chiesto e ottenuto. La vera battaglia con il Real Madr...


Jack Straw wants to push on with Lords reform plans after MPs voted in favour of all its members being elected.


Sir Paul McCartney is among the artists added to the line-up of this year's BBC Electric Proms.


Shares of Google Inc. gained more  than 15 percent on Friday, to trade at more than twice the  level of its cut-price IPO, after the Web search leader  delivered strong quarterly results in its first reported  quarter as a public company.


AIDS Up 6 Percent in S.Africa, Seen Stabilizing

The number of South Africans carrying the virus that causes AIDS rose in 2003 but the rate of infection especially among teenagers was stabilizing, the government said in a report released Thursday.


Politicians grill financial aides on Prince Charles' royal coffers

Politicians quizzed financial aides to Prince Charles on the heir to the British throne's multi-million pound (dollar) income, in an unprecedented probe into the finances of the royal family.


Flash floods and landslides leave at least 143 people dead and 60 missing in  south-west China.


Home loan demand drops as rates hit 4-year high

U.S. mortgage applications fell last  week as interest rates hit their highest in over four years, an  industry trade group said on Wednesday.


Bosnia And Herzegovina: New Mass Grave Discovered in Eastern Bosnia

Forensic experts have unearthed 40 bodies from a newly discovered mass grave in eastern Bosnia believed to contain victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe's worst post-World War II atrocity, an official ...


Pescara, 19:31 - CALCIO, PESCARA: ASSENTI PAPONETTI E VELLUCCI

Allenamento basato sulla tattica con partitella finale per il Pescara in vista della trasferta di sa...


Bomb in Iraq kills 14 policemen, wrecks station

A suicide truck bomb killed eight policemen and wounded dozens more at a police station north of Baghdad on Sunday in the latest assault by insurgents on Iraq's security forces, police said.


The world's best-known mime artist, Marcel Marceau, has died aged 84, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon's office said on Sunday.


Gavin Henson has insisted Wales can build on their narrow defeat against South Africa by beating the All Blacks for the first time in over 50 years.


Media & professional: Â· Threshold for full grant moved up to Â£25,000  Â· Student loan 'repayment holidays' proposed


Eight people died and at least 80 were injured after two trains collided in a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, rescue services said.


The sale of Riggs National Corp.  to PNC Financial Services Group Inc.  was resurrected on Thursday, with Riggs agreeing to accept a 16 percent cut in the purchase price.


Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has arrived in Indian administered Kashmir's winter capital of Jammu on the second day of his trip to the area.


Lawyer asks gov't to give Fischer the Jenkins treatment

Bobby Fischer should receive the same Japanese government handling being received by Charles Jenkins, an American fugitive in Tokyo whose lavish treatment at taxpayer's expense starkly contrasts with conditions facing the incarcerated former chess world ...


With Fresh Supplies Aboard, ISS Crew Looks Toward the New Year

Two astronauts circling the Earth aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are eagerly awaiting the start of 2005, which they expect to be a busy one for the orbital platform now that it has been restocked with supplies.


While Curt Schilling prepared to read the Top 10 list on "The Late Show with David Letterman," many of his Red Sox teammates yesterday were recovering from their grueling seven-game series against the Yankees and a championship celebration that stretched through the wee hours of the morning on their journey home from the Bronx to Yawkey Way.


THE Pentagon has released an aerial photograph taken just before US forces invaded Iraq last year, showing two semitrailers parked outside weapons bunkers at a storage facility where 400 tonnes of high explosives were kept under IAEA seal.


Bangladesh cancels plans to send rare artefacts to a Paris exhibition after ancient Vishnu statues were stolen.


It is almost the end of term and the report cards are due. With only a couple of weeks to go before the season's end, some (Tim Henman) are still busting their buttons to earn their gold star


Rwandan convicted of killing Belgian peacekeepers

A Belgian court found a former Rwandan army major guilty on Wednesday of murdering 10 Belgian peacekeepers and an undetermined number of civilians in the early days of the African republic's 1994 genocide.


Farming: New North Team for Farm Charity

By Anna Lognonn  AN agricultural charity has appointed two new officers to help farming families in need in the North of England.


Promising trials for a hepatitis C treatment bode well for the pharmaceutical.


Ministry repeats warning quotas violate WTO rules-report

China said it strongly opposes the United States' decision to consider imposing quotas on Chinese textile and clothing imports, warning it goes against the World Trade


Officials say Qaeda chiefs at work again

American intelligence and counterterrorism officials say Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, have reestablished significant control over the worldwide terror network, The New York Times reported today. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told The Times there is mounting evidence that the two leaders have in the past year established a network of ...


Joe Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team that produced such beloved cartoon characters as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones, died Monday, a Warner Bros. spokesman said. He was 95.


Washington's drive toward regime change in Iran is only rallying the country around its radical president.


Ronald Goldman's father sued O.J. Simpson on Tuesday, seeking any money the former NFL star received for a canceled book deal and TV interview that told a hypothetical tale of how he would have killed his ex-wife and Goldman.


Saban might be ready to scratch that NFL itch

BATON ROUGE -- If you had asked me a few weeks ago about Nick Saban and his coaching future, I would have told you he'd be back coaching at LSU the next two seasons.


US Study Says Sage Grouse Not Endangered

The US Fish and Wildlife Service said on Friday its senior biologists have recommended that the greater sage grouse not be listed as an endangered species, a finding for


Wal-Mart Dec. Sales are Rising Within its Forecast

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said December sales at US stores open at least a year are rising within its forecast as shoppers rushed to stores last week to complete their holiday shopping.


Belichick happy for Weis, says team will deal with split duties

FOXBORO, Mass. Patriots coach Bill Belichick says the team has a "good plan" to deal with coaching responsibilities for the remainder of the season.


Death toll from storm reaches 1,500 in Haiti

The death toll in Haiti from the flooding that has followed Tropical Storm Jeanne shot up to at least 1,500 yesterday, with hundreds of Haitians still missing as a thunderstorm


Not one who likes to lose News International broadcaster BSkyB is in talks to acquire 365 Media Group according to a report in The Times - also owned by News International.â¦


Fighting between rival army factions has ended days of relative calm in eastern Congo where the United Nations say at least 100,000 displaced people have still not returned home.


Hell hath no fury like a political party scorned

Just when it seems as if Indecision 2004 could not get more serpentine, surreal or saddled with conspiracy theories, some monstrosity, like a fanged beast from an old black-and-white movie, jumps out.


All Australians accounted for in Iraq: Downer

Australia has accounted for all its nationals known to be working in Iraq following a claim by a radical Islamic group to have kidnapped two Australians, Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer said.


When Hospitals Kept Children From Parents

From the 1960s onward, advances in hospital architecture have radically changed accommodations for family members.


Virgin has been told it is the frontrunner to take control of troubled bank Northern Rock, the BBC learns.


Spoof film Meet the Spartans narrowly beats the new Rambo film to top the North American box office.


Despite worries, a smooth logistical ride to the Games

Plentiful buses, helpful volunteers, and efficient security have added up to 'positive surprises' in Athens.


Los Angeles Industry Insiders Confirmed to Debate Impact of Blogs, Podcasts and New Media on Business of Media and Entertainment

iPressroom:  WHAT:       Noted Los Angeles-based media business authorities will convene to discuss the impact of blogs, podcasts, emerging personal publishing and social media platforms on the business of mainstream media and entertainment.


An EastEnders actor stripped of his UK work permit  blames his solicitor for him working illegally in Britain.


Prodi conferma il no alle riforme: sono uno strazio

ROMA - C'Ã¨ intesa nel centrosinistra sulle primarie. Dal vertice della lista unitaria tenutosi a Roma Ã¨ emerso lâorientamento a tenere nel 2005 le elezioni che dovranno designare il futuro candidato premier.


Cameron: UK security trumps foreign policy

A Conservative government would put domestic security ahead of foreign policy, David Cameron said today as he pledged to end Tony Blair's 'doctrine of liberal interventionism'.


Sen. John Kerry's doctors have told him he is cured of the prostate cancer that sidelined him almost two years ago and that there is a slim chance it could recur in the next decade, The New York Times said Sunday in a report based on interviews with the Democratic presidential nominee and several of his physicians.


Scoop della tv inglese Bbc: sarÃ  eseguito un nuovo test al carbonio 14 a OxfordSpiega l'autore del film David Rolfe: "I dubbi nascono dalla conservazione del lino"                                          Sindone, il giallo si riapre "Potrebbe essere piÃ¹ antica"                                                                                Monsignor Ghiberti: "Non c'Ã¨ da stupirsi: Ã¨ la conferma che la scienza Ã¨ relativa"dal nostro corrispondente ENRICO FRANCESCHINI


SÃO PAULO, Brazil - Ronaldo delivered on his promise to give SÃ£o Paulo fans a treat, only sooner than anyone expected as Brazil rolled over Bolivia, 3-1, in World Cup qualifying on Sunday.


Hurricane Jeanne barreled up Florida's Atlantic Coast early Sunday with 190-kilometer-per-hour winds and drenching rains, unceremoniously putting the weather-weary state in the record books.


Red Sox-Yankees Game 3 was more embarrassment than classic

BOSTON -- On the baseball beauty scale, Saturday's American League Championship Series game between the Yankees and Red Sox ranks right there alongside Roseanne's screechy rendition of the national anthem in San Diego in 1990, Pete Rose's 1970s hairdo


Vikings Come All the Way Back, Then Go Home

DENVER, Dec. 30 -- Jason Elam kicked a 30-yard field goal less than a minute into overtime to give the Denver Broncos a 22-19 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.


Determined to avoid a repeat of the construction delays that threatened the Athens Games, Olympic officials arrived in Beijing on Wednesday.


Il sottosegretario all'Economia esclude decisioni giÃ  nel cdm del 28 dicembre"Al momento non ci sono le risorse, per agire fiscalmente occorre vedere i conti 2008"                                          Grandi: "Per intervenire sui salari bisognerÃ  attendere la trimestrale"


After Baby's Grim Diagnosis, Parents Try Drastic Treatment

Scott and Jill Stimell faced an agonizing choice: they could watch their child die, or pursue a drastic and painful treatment.


An audit by international observers supported official election results that gave President Hugo ChÃ¡vez of Venezuela victory in a referendum to recall him, the secretary general of the Organisation of American States said.


Pixar Delays Its Next Film 'Cars' to 2006

Pixar Animation Studios will delay the release of its next film, "Cars," until June 2006 as it switches from a holiday release schedule to releasing films during the summer when more children are at home.


1. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini


Jailied Palestinian to run to replace Arafat

JERUSALEM - Marwan Barghouti, a leader of the Palestinian uprising serving five life sentences in an Israeli jail, will run for the Palestinian leadership, Associated Press reports.


Catania, 19:57 - CALCIO, CATANIA; ATZORI: QUESTO NON E' CAMPO DA SERIE A

In casa Catania tocca a Gianluca Atzori, vice dello squalificato Baldini, commentare la prestazione ...


"And given the stance our government made on the war in Iraq and elsewhere, I think we are just getting used to being a target. It's something we have to live with."  LONDON: The headline of London's Evening Standard newspaper Friday said 1,700 people could have died at "ladies' night" in the Tiger Tiger, the night spot outside of which a car was discovered packed like a ... via International Herald Tribune


Finnish security firm brings anti-virus efforts to San Jose

Tzvetan Ceco Chaliavski's workday begins just like most people's, with a check of his e-mail. But his inbox often contains more than 400 warnings and samples of viruses, worms and all manner of malware.


Rinker rejects $12 billion Cemex bid as "far too low"

Australian building materials maker  Rinker Group Ltd.  formally rejected a $12 billion  takeover bid by Mexico's Cemex on Wednesday as opportunistic,  and said the company was worth nearly 40 percent more.


Britain calls for return of democracy in Nepal

The British government called for the "immediate" reinstatement of democratic institutions in Nepal after King Gyanendra sacked the government and declared a state of emergency.


FBI investigates 14 firms in subprime crackdown

The FBI has opened criminal investigations into 14 corporations as part of a crackdown on improper subprime lending, agency officials said on Tuesday.


Travolta, Phoenix light up the screen in 'Ladder 49'

As surely as the firefighters in "Ladder 49" want to put out blazes, this film about their lives wants to pay homage to their bravery and heart.


Home sales, prices to slip more this year: NAR

The leading realty trade group on Wednesday cut its 2007 forecast for U.S. home sales and prices, saying both would slide this year with sales hitting a five-year low.


Protests from seven safety groups prompted General Motors Corp. (GM.N) to pull a television ad that shows a young boy driving a Corvette sports car so recklessly that it goes airborne, officials of the automaker said on Wednesday.


THE ORIGIN: In March 2006, Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) asked the U.S. Institute of Peace to coordinate the group, and Congress appropriated funds for its administration.


President George W. Bush will offer ideas on Friday for shoring up the fragile U.S. economy, as he and the Democratic-led Congress move forward with talks on a plan to avert a recession.


Satisfied that wide receiver Joe Jurevicius will be ready to play this week and Joey Galloway may be ready to return after next week's open date, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers decided they can now live without holdout Keenan McCardell.


Roma, 10:19 - CALCIO, MESSICO-IRAN 4-0 IN AMICHEVOLE

Il Messico ha battuto l'Iran 4-0 (2-0) in un'amichevole giocata a San Luis Potosi (Messico). In gol ...


U.S. Report, in Shift, Turns Focus to Greenhouse Gases

Previously, the administration had emphasized uncertainties in understanding the causes and consequences of global warming.


EU countries discriminate against UK companies when awarding contracts, says a report commissioned by the Treasury.


Exclusive: A cache of letters by Anne Frank's father, written in 1941 before the family went into hiding, have been uncovered by a Jewish research institute


Stock futures dip but Yahoo may support Wall St

Stock futures pared gains on Tuesday, echoing a drop in European benchmark indexes, which suggested Wall Street could ease later, but a sharp rally in web search company Yahoo  may offset any declines.


Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt took his eight-year legacy of a liberal-socialist coalition government to voters on Sunday, hoping that polls predicting losses prove incorrect.


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


When the Oscar is given for best actress, everyone watches for waterworks.


1. "Rise and Shine" by Anna Quindlen (Random House)


After years in blissful slumber, federal regulators last month suddenly sprang awake, leaped up and slapped Fannie Mae upside the head.


The next batch of painful "Jackass" stunts is coming to a computer screen near you.


ATHENS -- Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva broke her own world record in the pole vault last night to win a showdown with teammate Svetlana Feofanova for the gold with an effort of 16 feet 1¼ inches.


Two WWI soldiers shot dead for cowardice and pardoned 90 years later are to be honoured on a war memorial.


The printer maker also predicted better-than-expected first quarter earnings, sending shares up.


HIgh & low finance: Seeking Warning Signs Outside Subprime Lending

Just how different was subprime lending from other lending in the days of easy money that prevailed until this summer?


By Pat Reavy Deseret Morning News  An estimated 200 to 250 law enforcers from nearly every agency in the Salt Lake Valley responded to Monday night's shooting rampage at Trolley Square.


(AGI) - Salsomaggiore Terme, 18 set. - Ritorna la gara a Miss Italia. E' in programma la terza serata del concorso ea contendersi l'accesso alla finale di domani sera saranno in 50. Di queste ne resteranno


UK's Sun editor rules out Page Three for free

Rebekah Wade, the editor of Britain's  top-selling Sun newspaper, said the rise of giveaway titles and  the demise of local vendors were hurting sales but ruled out  making the paper free to combat falling circulation.


Stocks tumbled on Tuesday, sending the benchmark S&P 500 index to its biggest one-day slide in more than 3-1/2 years as a sell-off in China's equity market fanned worries that stock valuations there are too high and some data indicated U.S. economic growth may slow.


A Little Piece of Microsoft Aids Small Business

Office Live Small Business gives the nationâs 25 million small businesses the same online tools that the big boys use, and it shows Microsoft can still produce fresh ideas and polished work.


Gaza truce begins, raising peacemaking chances

A ceasefire between Palestinian militants in Gaza and Israel took effect on Sunday after five months of bloodshed in the coastal strip, raising the possibility of moribund Middle East peacemaking being revived.


Israelis mount new Gaza raid after strike on Hamas

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


More Vaccine Coming; FluMist Could Fill Gap

OMAHA, Neb. -- There was good news Tuesday for people hoping to be vaccinated against the flu, and advice for alternatives. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson said manufacturer Aventis Pasteur


Ukraine's Foreign Ministry accused the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe of political bias ahead of the presidential election in the country.


Olympic champion Massu gets win in Vienna

_ Olympic champion Nicolas Massu defeated Karol Kucera 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 at the CA Trophy tournament on Tuesday. In the final set, the second-seeded Massu broke Kucera's serve at 2-all and then closed out the match.


Microsoft Backs Cricket to Woo Indian Employees

Microsoft's cricket club helps keep Indian employees happy far from home; company also observes Indian holidays.


SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23 - Macromedia has introduced a new addition to the Flex product line, Flex Builder, a product designed to accelerate all aspects of rich Internet application development including interface


Emmys: 'Real People' Get Taste of World Stage

LOS ANGELES  - The reality is that an  Emmy stunt likely to become one of the award show's golden  moments came about entirely by serendipity.


CASINI: DISOCCUPAZIONE SULCIS "GRANDE QUESTIONE NAZIONALE"

(AGI) - Cagliari, 20 nov. - "La disoccupazione nel Sulcis e' una grande questione nazionale e il fatto che il nord-est del Paese abbia la possibilita' di dare lavoro a tanti emigrati e invece che in questa


Allawi says neighbouring countries should have done more for ...

Iraq's neighbours have not done enough to help Iraq tackle its security problems but the Baghdad government remains committed to forging "balanced and positive" ties with countries


The bombing of the Australian embassy in Jakarta has elevated terrorism, as an election issue, from a shade above nowhere to a point just visible on Indonesia's political horizon.


Summary - (Dec 6, 2004) This sweeping view of Saturn's rings shows the incredible detail and grandeur of the system, from the outer F ring to the inner C ring.


UN'AUTOBOMBA ESPLODE A BAGHDAD, BILANCIO SALE A 17 MORTI

BAGHDAD - Il bilancio delle vittime provocate dall'esplosione di una autobomba nella centrale via Sadun e' salito a 17 morti e almeno 20 feriti. Lo ha detto la polizia. L'esplosione e' avvenuta nella piazza


Dottoressa pronto soccorso iscritta nel registro indagati


Gaza Palestinians 'Out of Control' Says Leader

Israelâs largest and bloodiest offensive in Gaza in four years of conflict moved into its third week with missile strikes that killed four Palestinians, and troops dug into the northern end of the crowded territory.


Hewlett-Packard admits that it used a technique known as pretexting to examine the private phone records of its trustees, hoping to catch the source of a media leak. By Kim Zetter and Evan Hansen.


By HOWARD FISCHER, CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES  PHOENIX - Facing a choice between privacy and fighting crime, state senators on Thursday chose the latter.


McEwen sprints to victory in first stage of Tour

Australian Robbie McEwen of the Predictor-Lotto team won the first stage of the Tour de France, a 203-km ride from London to Canterbury on Sunday.


Top-seeded Roger Federer overcame a second-set lapse and remained unbeaten in the ATP Masters Cup Championships with a victory last night over Carlos Moya.


Gimme culture! Arts blossom in Gulf Arab desert

Long derided as a cultural desert, the Gulf art scene is beginning to blossom.


Vitamin boosts may increase death rate of users, report says

Thousands of people could be dying prematurely from vitamin supplements, researchers report today, stating that the pills increase the death rate of those who take them by 6 per cent.


Charles and Camilla are finally to wed. But restoring the bonds between the Windsors and their subjects won't be a piece of cake


Olympics: Cut It Out, Give It Back, Cool the Hype

Calls of "cut it out" and "give it back"  competed with a hot United States-vs.-China medals race  Thursday as the 28th Olympiad in Athens went into its final  days with over 70 medals still to be won.


Itâs become the biggest derby in London and is arguably now the biggest clash in the Premiership - thereâs certainly been no bigger showdown so far this season, notwithstanding Octoberâs pizza bash.


Hollywood casts Indian actor as Pakistani leader

A veteran Indian actor has been  chosen to play Pakistan's former military ruler, General  Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, in a Hollywood production about the CIA's  role in arming Mujahideen rebels in Afghanistan.


Panasonic maker Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd  posted a 3 percent gain in quarterly operating profit on strong sales of digital cameras and flat TVs, but kept unchanged an annual outlook that falls short of market expectations.


Cuba, arriva Ivan: 7 mila turisti evacuati

Oltre un milione e mezzo di persone sono state evacuate a Cuba in previsione dell'arrivo oggi sull'isola del ciclone Ivan. Tra gli sfollati anche circa 7.000 turisti che si trovavano nella provincia di Pinar


For the first time, researchers say, a vaccine against malaria has shown that it can save children from infection or death. The vaccine, tested on thousands of children in Mozambique, was hardly perfect: It


Vendite in calo da agosto a novembre, specie in Usa


Barack Obama is set to beat Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary in Georgia, US media report.


'Please try again later' Media watchdog Ofcom today confirmed that it will be investigating more than 2,000 complaints it has received from X Factor fans who have been crying into their beer mulled wine Bacardi Breezers after Welsh opera-singer Rhydian Roberts lost out to surprise victor Leon Jackson.â¦


Hefner Inducted Into Erotic Hall of Fame

So when are pajamas worthy of a museum exhibit? When they belong to Hugh Hefner. The Playboy lothario was honored as the first inductee into the Erotic Museum of Hollywood's hall of fame for being "one of the most democratizing forces in sexuality in the last century," according to the museum.


US Supreme Court rejects gay marriage challenge

WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to the country's only law legalizing gay marriage. Conservative groups had asked the court to overturn a November 2003 ruling by the Massachusetts


Italian group Fiat has until midnight on Tuesday 1 February to settle a contested agreement to sell itself to US car giant GM.


Coastguard calls off search for Jim Gray

Computing pioneer lost Coastguards in northern California are planning to call off the search for missing Microsoft researcher Jim Gray early on Thursday. He went missing on a sailing trip off San Francisco Bay on Sunday.â¦


Explosions and gunfire have rocked the Iraqi city of Najaf, with US forces battling militants loyal to a Shiite cleric. Witnesses say the militants attacked US troops with mortar rounds and the troops fired back.


There were three swift boats on the river that day in Vietnam more than 35 years ago - three officers and 15 crew members. Only two of those officers remain to talk about what happened on February 28, 1969.


Think like a private equity investor, but think for yourself.


The Marketplace Report: Fox Slapped with FCC Fine

Description: NPR's Noah Adams talks to John Dimsdale of Marketplace about a $1.2-million indecency fine imposed on the Fox television network by the Federal Communications Commission.


Newspapers in Greece reflect a mixture of exhilaration that the Athens Olympics proved successful, and relief that they passed off without any major setback.


New Zealand win toss, bat first v Australia

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat first in the opening test against Australia at the Gabba on Thursday. Australia - Ricky Ponting (captain), Justin Langer, Matthew Hayden


China President Hu Shakes Hands with AIDS Patients

In a public display of commitment to fighting the disease a day before World AIDS Day, state media reported on Tuesday that China's President Hu Jintao shook hands with patients during a visit to a hospital in the capital.


Pope Benedict could visit the Holy Land next year, Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Thursday after a private audience with the Pontiff.


Typhoon Nock-ten battered Taiwan on Monday as the storm's eye whirled just off the island's eastern coast, drenching mountainous regions with rain that could trigger deadly mudslides.


Much to the anger of the athletes involved, President Bush is using the Iraqi Olympic team's success in his re-election campaign, essentially saying if it hadn't been for him


WHO warns of major dengue outbreak in West Pacific

The World Health Organization said on Monday the Western Pacific region could be at risk from a major outbreak of dengue unless governments improve efforts and cooperation to stamp out the virus.


Opponents united in protest against 'pilgrim' Madonna

Madonna was due to arrive in Israel last night on a five-day pilgrimage to practise her new-found faith, Kabbalah, an ancient form of Jewish mysticism.


SINISCALCO: VOLONTA' POLITICA TENERE DEFICIT SOTTO 3%

(AGI) - Lussemburgo, 21 ott. - La differenza tra la stima della Commissione europea sul deficit italiano per il 2004 e quella del governo e' che nel secondo caso c'e' "la volonta' politica di tenere il deficit entro i limiti del Patto di stabilita'".


More than 140,000 people are expected in Las Vegas for the start of the Consumer Electronics Show.


An enraged water buffalo went on an hour-long rampage in northern Vietnam, goring four people and destroying food stalls before being shot to death by police, officials said Tuesday.


A fisherman found part of a skull belonging to a missing friend while fishing in the North Sea, police said.


Stocks end August higher; flat on day before jobs

The Nasdaq and S&P 500 rounded out   their best month since January while the Dow posted its biggest   monthly gain since April, with all three indexes ending flat on   Thursday as investors hesitated to make big bets before   Friday's closely watched jobs report.


Israeli Tank Shell Kills 2, Wounds Several in Gaza

An Israeli tank fired a shell at a group  of Palestinians in the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip  on Friday, killing at least two people and wounding several  others, witnesses said.


Chronic noise exposure may increase your risk of heart attack, according to German researchers who interviewed more than 4,000 heart attack patients admitted to Berlin hospitals between 1998 and 2001.


World-Klinsmann encouraged by brave draw with Brazil

New Germany coach Juergen Klinsmann said he was encouraged by his team's brave 1-1 draw with world champions Brazil in a friendly international on Wednesday.


On Texting, a Question of Access or Invasion

Beginning in August 2007, the N.C.A.A. banned Division I colleges from using text messaging to recruit athletes. But on Saturday, the issue will be revisited once again.


Inflation fears set to haunt Wall Street

Wall Street stocks were set for a lower start on Thursday, as doubts continued about a plan by world central banks to help alleviate the worst effects of the credit squeeze and worries about inflation returned.


Decision comes in Oracle vs. DOJ, Oracle prevails

Oracle Corp. prevailed Thursday in an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Justice Department attempting to block the Redwood Shores company's $7.


Sun to Heat Up Carrier Market with New Servers

Ziff Davis - The company's new carrier-grade servers will be compliant with the new ATCA specification, which allows carriers to buy off-the-shelf blade servers for high-bandwidth applications such as VOIP.


Before big game, NBA's finest lend a helping hand to parts of city still ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.


Dice-K quiets Rockies, provides some pop

The Boston Red Sox knew they were getting a big-game pitcher when they paid $103 million to lure Daisuke Matsuzaka from Japan. They got a big-game hitter thrown in for free.


CARE Australia has put its operations in Iraq on hold, after its leader, Margaret Hassan, was kidnapped in Baghdad. CARE Australia's chief executive, Robert Glasser, is reluctant to talk about anything to


Australian PM John Howard puts security back on the election agenda with plans for a regional spy school.


Study Finds Possible Targets for H.I.V. Drugs

Researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified 273 proteins that the AIDS virus needs to survive in human cells, which could lead to new strategies for combating the disease.


SAN FRANCISCO - Spot an amazing deal on a digital music player, camera or other electronic product online this holiday?


Cuba Protests U.S. Christmas Lights with a Message

Cuba has demanded that the United States  take down Christmas lights in front of its mission in Havana's  busy sea-side drive because they include a reference to jailed  dissidents, the top U.S. diplomat in the country said on  Tuesday.


Study Reveals Doubt on Drug for Cholesterol

A clinical trial of Zetia, a widely used cholesterol drug, has raised questions about its effectiveness and the behavior of pharmaceutical companies that conducted the study.


Insurers benefit from a quiet hurricane season.


U.S. duo win physics Nobel for backing up Big Bang

Americans John Mather and George Smoot won the 2006 Nobel prize for physics on Tuesday for work on cosmic radiation which helped pinpoint the age of the universe and supported the Big Bang theory of its birth.


Funding woes threaten MIT's Dublin media lab

MIT Media Lab officials are engaged in sensitive talks with the Irish government this week over the future of the 4-year-old Media Lab Europe in Dublin, which is facing a funding crunch.


Iran holds atomic fete with UN deadline looming

Iran marks the 28th anniversary of its revolution on Sunday seeking to show a nation united over its nuclear policy, but Western pressure and cautious voices at home dampened prospects for a big statement on atomic progress.


Tadahito Iguchi hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 19th inning Sunday and the Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 6-5 in a 6-hour, 19-minute marathon &#151; the longest by innings in U.S. Cellular Field history.


Stock futures edged higher on Friday, with technology shares set to gain after Microsoft Corp.  raised its profit outlook, but record oil prices could spur caution.


Putin Slams Call for Chechen Talks As Funerals Fill Beslan Streets

On the second day of national mourning in Russia, President Putin attacked those calling for Russia to enter talks with Chechen separatists and rejected a public inquiry into events that led to 335 people being killed.


MoMA Architect Unveils His 'Teacup' in Manhattan

New York's Museum of Modern Art, one  of the world's most beloved art centers, returns to Manhattan  this week with a $425 million face-lift that has art lovers  abuzz but that its architect compares to a humble teacup.


Professor Fraser Brockington - public health expert

FRASER BROCKINGTON was one of the last major figures in a social health movement that began after the epidemics of the Industrial Revolution.


Almunia blunder gives Wenger Chelsea dilemma

Arsene Wenger is facing one of the toughest decisions of his managerial career in the build-up to Sunday's Premiership showdown with moneybags London rivals Chelsea.


Sporting News: Bonds is player of year; Pujols fourth

San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds, who hit .362, set a record with 232 walks and topped 700 career homers, was named 2004 player of the year by The Sporting News.


(InfoWorld) - Not satisfied with its string of product announcements and sunny press coverage in recent weeks, Intel kept the ax swinging, announcing plans to lay off thousands more employees as part of a larger restructuring that will include some 10,500 job cuts by mid-2007. The move, announced late Tuesday, followed widespread rumors of upcoming cuts. With an eye on the bottom line, Intel said that the restructuring will help save $2 billion in 2007 and $3 billion annually in 2008 and beyond. Intel CEO Paul Otellini has made no secret of his desire to slim down the company, which still dominates the computer chip market but has been steadily losing market share to rival AMD in recent years. In June, Intel sold its communications and application processor unit to Marvell Technology Group for $600 million. The company then cut about 1,000 management jobs in July. This time around, Intel is hoping a combination of layoffs and non-workforce-related steps, such as cutbacks on merchandising, capital, and materials expenses, will make the difference. âThese actions, while difficult, are essential to Intel becoming a more agile and efficient company, not just for this year or the next, but for years to come,â Otellini said in a statement. Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, said the companyâs piecemeal approach to layoffs recall HPâs efforts to trim down under then-CEO Carly Fiorino: multiple rounds of layoffs that left remaining workers with a only a vague idea of the companyâs direction. âIâm not convinced that this will do what [Intel] expects it will do. Cuts donât help the overall productivity and competitiveness of a firm. You lose a lot of people, then you have to recover from that loss,â Enderle said.


Like a Frankensteinian creation given new life, Darth Vader returns to theater screens this weekend in a new teaser trailer for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.


The government is expected to announce 600 jobs in the Office for National Statistics are relocating to south Wales.


The death Tuesday of the president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, leaves a vacuum in Arab leadership that will not be replaced quickly or easily.


EMILYÃ¢ÂÂs List Claims House Endorsees Are Making Gains

Officials of EMILYÃ¢ÂÂs List Ã¢ÂÂ the influential organization that advises and helps fund Democratic women candidates who support abortion rights Ã¢ÂÂ held a conference call with reporters Wednesday to promote their effort to convince women voters to back the groupsÃ¢ÂÂ preferred candidates. Among those were five contenders the group views as among the yearÃ¢ÂÂs top Democratic prospects to take over House seats currently held by Republicans.


Gaza truce violated by Palestinian rocket attacks

Palestinian militants fired several rockets at Israel from Gaza on Sunday just hours after the start of a ceasefire aimed at ending five months of bloodshed in the impoverished coastal strip.


Promising Dystrophy Drug Clears Early Test

Researchers in the Netherlands have developed a drug that may eventually be used to treat children with a severe and fatal type of muscular dystrophy.


Space shuttle crew in Florida for launch drill

Teacher-astronaut  Barbara Morgan and her six crewmates for the upcoming space  shuttle Endeavour mission flew to the Kennedy Space Center in  Florida on Monday for a final training run before liftoff.


Bosnian Serbs protest against "dictatorial" envoy

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia  - Ten thousand Bosnian Serbs and their political leaders protested on Monday against what they called "dictatorial" and "unnecessary" meddling by Bosnia's powerful international peace envoy, Miroslav Lajcak.


Companies Use Internet to Make Toys Come Alive

NEW YORK - As kids keep getting plugged into the Internet, toy makers are following them online.


PETERBOROUGH, Ontario - A judge has ruled that a 24-year-old Canadian man is not allowed to have a girlfriend for the next three years.  The ruling came after Steven Cranley pleaded guilty on Tuesday to several charges stemming from an assault on a former girlfriend.


Briefly: Business Objects to bundle IBM tools

roundup Plus: Linux clusters gear up for simulated combat...Sprint to bake in BlackBerry for businesses...Microsoft ships updated Works...FaceTime pulls in $16 million.


SANTA ANA, Calif.Â -- The all-tackle world-record yellowfin tuna hangs on the wall at Fisherman's Landing, acting as a reminder of the ultimate catch for long-range anglers. The 388-pounder was caught by Curt Wiesenhutter aboard the Royal Polaris at San Benedicto Island south of Baja.


US stocks: Markets end higher; earnings, merger news trump oil

US stocks closed slightly higher Wednesday, as better-than-expected quarterly results from investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.


Here's Our Pick for Car of the Year. What's Yours?

We think this one will lead the auto industry into the future. Tell us what you think by weighing in on the Autopia blog.


EarthLink hooks Atlanta up to citywide Wi-Fi

The home of the Braves is the eighth city the Internet service provider has signed up to deploy a Wi-Fi network.


A un anno dall'acquisizione, il presidente Colaninno conferma lo stato di salute dell'azienda di Pontedera che, in crescita dopo avere riportato i conti in ordine, siglerÃ  a breve l'accordo con Aprilia. Nello


From union swing voters to retirees, organized labor is trying to wring out every vote possible for John Kerry in November.


What's it been, something like 222 days between meaningful NFL games? What a stretch of misery, so totally demoralizing, each and every day without a pigskin party to attend.


May toll for U.S. soldiers in Iraq climbs to 122

The U.S. military reported three more deaths in Iraq on Thursday, taking the death toll to 122 for May, already the worst month for U.S. forces there in more than two years.


DevShed: Client Management for a PHP Invoicing System

DevShed continues their look at the creation of an invoicing system today with this new tutorial, "Client Management for a PHP Invoicing System", part 3.   What's an invoicing system that can't manage the data for the clients you're invoicing? This article, the third of four parts, shows how to make managing your clients easy. This part of the system allows you to view a full list of client names, and add, update or remove clients from your database.   They build on the foundations in part one and part two to now create a client management section of the tool. They give you the table structure they use and show you (including the code/interface) how to remove, update, and add new clients to the database.


Kiev. Migliaia di sostenitori dell'opposizione sono tornati in piazza oggi a Kiev per manifestare contro l'esito delle consultazioni presidenziali del 21 novembre. La folla continua a circondare gran parte


Empty your cupboards of chemicals and harsh pes


Robert D. Novak: France burdened with serious America problem

U.S. DIPLOMATS in Paris respond to Jacques Chirac's continued Yankee-bashing following George W. Bush's re-election by saying the French president is out of step with his people, who are not nearly that ...


Africa could be on the verge of a major polio outbreak, the World Health Organization warns.


Google continues to be the financial mainstay of the open-source Web browser project, responsible for 85 percent of revenue.


Some 450 right-wing paramilitary fighters left Colombia's crowded battlefields, turning in their weapons and asking society to let them back into its fold.


Britain offers to jail Taylor, paving way for war crimes trial

Britain agreed to imprison Liberian former president Charles Taylor if he is convicted of war crimes, clearing the way for his trial in the Netherlands over some of Africa's worst atrocities.


Several days after contact management site Plaxo claimed that LinkedIn didn't have a problem with its data portability application, the business social networking site has said that isn't the case.


BAGHDAD  - US-led forces has rounded up scores of suspected rebels in Iraq's "triangle of death", as officials said more than 2,000 people were killed in the anti-insurgent operation in Fallujah.


Sony captures Gooding-topped "Linewatch"

NEW YORK  - Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired all worldwide rights to the gang action thriller "Linewatch" starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Omari Hardwick and Evan Ross.


Bush, Kerry Campaign in West Before Debate

Bracing for their final debate, John Kerry accused President Bush of favoring "friends in the oil industry" over consumers strapped with rising fuel bills on Monday while Bush said his challenger so misunderstood the war on terror that he thought it could be reduced to "a nuisance" akin to prostitution or illegal gambling.


Two Australians who attempted to import $200 million worth of the drug ecstasy will go on trial in Sydney's Central Criminal Court Monday.


Hornet's goal: Comeback attempt in 2005-06

The New Orleans Hornets are moving to the Western Conference without Jamal Mashburn ... for at least one season. Mashburn and the Hornets will announce later Monday that the former All-Star will


N.Korea puts atom monitors' return on hold over funds

A visit by U.N. nuclear monitors to North Korea set for next week has been put on hold, a North Korean official said on Thursday, clouding hopes Pyongyang would start shutting down its atom bomb program soon.


Indonesian prosecution against Newmont set to go ahead

Indonesian police have said a pollution case against US mining giant Newmont will go ahead despite a court ruling which declared their investigation illegal.


A new vaccine against rotavirus, the diarrheal infection that kills millions of children worldwide, does not appear to raise the risk of serious bowel blockages that caused a previous vaccine to be pulled from the market five years ago, doctors reported


The actor has finally married his long time girlfriend Manyata Shaikh Dilnawaz on February 7.


Udine, 18:17 - CALCIO, UDINESE; DE SANCTIS: PROSSIME TRE GARE DECISIVE

Con Reggina e Catania tanto gioco ed un solo punto all'attivo. L'Udinese ora ha bisogno di ritrovare...


Alex Rodriguez sidestepped whether he plans to opt out of his record contract with the New York Yankees and become a free agent following this season.


Development May Be the Key to Saving Many of Houston's Historical Black Cemeteries

By Andrew Guy Jr., Houston Chronicle  Feb. 18--An empty fifth of Crown Royal whiskey lies amid cracked and broken headstones. Someone finished the bottle, replaced the cap and tossed it onto the marshy ground, mere feet from the grave of Jack Yates.


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Roddick Set to Link Up with Low-Key Coach

World number two Andy Roddick is set to hook up with his US Davis Cup assistant coach after firing Brad Gilbert at the weekend. Roddick, whom Gilbert steered to a maiden


Il leader dei Ds replica all'annuncio di Berlusconi sul "no" alla missione"Con l'Unione divisa avrebbero votato sÃ¬, ma questo non Ã¨ senso dello Stato"                                                  Fassino: "Sul Libano la Cdl sbaglia e Casini non farÃ  questo errore"


Bird Flu Pandemic Could Kill 100 Million People

Up to 100 million people around the world could be killed in a pandemic of human influenza, a World Health Organization official warned Monday.


Iraq. E' vicina la caduta di Falluja. Al zarqawi incida i ribelli ...

La caduta di Falluja sarebbe ormai questione di ore, ma gli insorti continuano a opporre un'accanita resistenza ai marine americani e alle truppe irachene. Un ultimo bilancio provvisorio dei combattimenti


Young adults with cancer can now seek support from a new U.S. online Web portal, the site's developers said Monday.


CHIEFS 45, BRONCOS 17: At Kansas City, Mo. - Kansas City (6-8) looked like a playoff contender while Denver (8-6) stumbled around like a team just hoping to get to .500.


Genzyme shows some sparkle at investors' conference.


France reports record trade deficit, blames oil price

France has reported a big increase in its trade deficit to a record of 29.2 billion euros (37 billion dollars), but Trade Minister Christine Lagarde blamed high oil prices.


Roma, 21:40 - CALCIO, GENOA; GASPERINI: UEFA? SIAMO SULLA BUONA STRADA

"In questa categoria adattarsi ai valori di questo campionato non è facile, abbiamo fatto ben...


Amazon shares fall as profit disappoints

Amazon.com  on Tuesday  reported a drop in second-quarter net income as a severed  partnership with Toysrus.com and higher technology investment  spending cut into profits.


By Jack Betts, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 24--RALEIGH -- By the time you read this I'll be stretched out on some sandy real estate on North Carolina's coast, planning the day's pursuit of Spanish mackerel and exploring the constantly altering shape of our shoreline.


Leigh stumbles on stage with "Two Thousand Years"

"American Pie" star Natasha  Lyonne's personal struggles have been tabloid fodder for years.  But who knows how much of what's been written about her is  true?


The New York Giants released three  veteran players, linebackers LaVar Arrington and Carlos Emmons  and offensive tackle Luke Petitgout, on Monday as they began to  restructure their roster.


There's a climactic scene in "Chinatown" in which Jack Nicholson tries to slap the truth out of Faye Dunaway about her relationship to a young woman and gets a paradoxical reply: "My sister! My daughter!"


Commander of describes ordeal; says Saunders was overcome with ...

GLASGOW, Scotland (CP) - The weary captain and crew of the stricken HMCS Chicoutimi told tales of heroism, fear and survival Monday in their first public recounting of the fire aboard their sub, with some expressing wonderment that they lived to tell of


DES MOINES, Dec. 14 -- With both parties lacking clear front-runners in the race for the White House, several of the undecided Iowa voters assembled by The Washington Post this week to talk in-depth about the contenders are still weighing as many as four candidates just weeks before the state's f...


Mario Boggan scores from the right block with 11 seconds left to give Oklahoma State a 57-56 victory over No. 7 Texas A&M in the Big 12 quarterfinals.


Geena Davis sues group over charity ownership

Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis  has sued the owners of a Minnesota-based nonprofit group who  she claims stole her idea for a charity she created dealing  with depictions of kids in the media.


Hundreds of people marched in Katmandu on Sunday, waving banners urging religious tolerance in wake of riots over the killing of 12 Nepalese hostages by Iraqi insurgents.


Degustazioni per l'intera giornata nelle zone vitivinicole


Il Senatur: Â«Bisogna far ripartire la macchina ItaliaÂ»

GEMONIO (VARESE) - Attestazioni di fiducia a Fini e Berlusconi. E invito ai militanti leghisti a tenere alta la guardia. Il leader della Lega Nord, Umberto Bossi, rilascia un'intervista al settimanale svizzero


The confirmed number of people killed in the massive earthquake and giant waves that struck Indian Ocean shorelines at the weekend passed 60,000 Wednesday, though experts warned the true toll could be far higher.


Pluripregiudicato, ha ferito un'altra persona e incendiato il localeTra le vittime anche la sorella e la nipote. Mistero sul movente                                                  Somma Lombardo, strage al bar Uomo uccide 3 donne e si spara


It was the Arab media that broke the news of Kenneth Bigley's killing and most of the pan-Arab satellite channels led with the story after the news was officially confirmed.


Eagles' McNabb Relishes Playoff Pressure

Donovan McNabb peeked into the interview room as Brian Westbrook approached the podium, and shouted three questions.


SIA receives offers from both Airbus (the A330-200) & Boeing (the 7E7) for its regional routes. Singapore Airlines (SIA) yesterday said it would buy up to 31 long-range Boeing 777s in an order worth up to


The 20th anniversary of genetic fingerprinting is marked by the Leicester University scientist who discovered it.


Photo in the News: Hybrid Butterfly Found on Cold Mountaintops

An unnamed species of alpine butterfly appears to be a rare genetic mosaic of two known species, according to a new study.


How many more gadgets do we need to help us pretend to play guitar? At least one, apparently.


Group Makes $95.6 Billion Bid for ABN Amro

The bid by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group and two other European banks topped an offer by Barclays.


Napoli, 17:24 - CALCIO, AZZURRI; FOGGIA: E' UN SOGNO CHE SI REALIZZA

Pasquale Foggia, fantasista del Cagliari, ha commentato a Radio Kiss Kiss (emittente napoletana)  la...


The discovery of intersex fish -- males with some female characteristics, including some carrying eggs -- in Washington's Potomac River is raising concerns about pollution from chemicals that can affect hormones.


Powell looks for Seoul's support on resumption of NKorean nuclear talks

US Secretary of State Colin Powell wraps up a three-nation Asia tour after having won vows from China and Japan to press North Korea to resume stalled talks on its nuclear weapons programs.


Workers at music retailer Fopp are set to learn their fate on Monday after the firm's 80 stores were closed.


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


Expectant fathers can suffer from pregnancy symptoms, UK research shows.


Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti left hospital on Saturday after undergoing more than two weeks of tests and treatment linked to his battle with cancer, a hospital spokesman said.


Men Arrested for Dumping Dirt in a Forest

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - Two men have been arrested for dumping dirt in a national forest.


A Roma per presentare 'Lettere d'amore nel frigo'


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


Business & money: French desperate to keep bank out of foreign hands


As Ivorian crisis deepens, so do concerns for region

French troop reinforcements flew to the coastal city of Abidjan in riot-torn Ivory Coast yesterday amid rising concerns that the conflict between


French Prodigy Monfils Stuns Second Seed Gaudio

French teenage prodigy Gael Monfils  underlined his huge promise at the Qatar Open on Tuesday,  ousting second seed Gaston Gaudio of Argentina, winner of the  2004 French Open, 6-4, 7-6.


Vice President Dick Cheney, in a series of blunt and sometimes biting statements during a visit to Asia, defended the Iraq war, attacked administration critics at home and warned that the U.S. would confront potential adversaries abroad.


Salla, 16:25 - SCI, COPPA EUROPA: QUARTO POSTO PER RAZZOLI IN FINLANDIA

Nuovo quarto posto per Giuliano Razzoli nel secondo slalom di Salla (Finlandia), gara valida per la ...


FDA to check safety of imported Chinese seafood

The Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it will detain imports of Chinese farm-raised catfish, shrimp and other seafood to make sure the shipments are free from harmful residues.


Iran vows to pursue atom project despite U.N. deadline

Iran vowed on Wednesday to press on with its nuclear fuel program, ignoring a U.N. deadline to freeze uranium enrichment or face broader sanctions, but offered to guarantee it would not try to develop atomic weapons.


BBC correspondents report scenes of chaos as a battle erupts at the besieged school in the Russian town of Beslan.


Canadian, Afghan troops kill at least 15 Taliban

SANGSAR, Afghanistan  - Canadian troops drove Taliban insurgents into an Afghan army ambush on Saturday and then called in air strikes to hit the fleeing militants, killing at least 15, the Canadian army commander said.


Abandoning Zone Defense Works Out for Syracuse

Donteâ Greene had 21 points and Syracuse switched from its trademark zone defense to a man-to-man to pull away from visiting South Florida in the second half for an 89-77 victory Saturday.


Favre ties touchdown record as Packers top Chargers

Brett Favre tied the NFL's career  record for touchdown passes with a 57-yard strike in the fourth  quarter to help the Green Bay Packers stay unbeaten with a  31-24 victory over the San Diego Chargers on Sunday.


Hezbollah supporters march toward Beirut

Hundreds of Hezbollah supporters from across southern Lebanon began marching toward Beirut on Thursday for a rally to showcase the group's insistence it won't disarm.


Britain's Dean Macey lies in fourth place after five events of the decathlon.


NEO-Nazis and ex-communist parties were celebrating astonishing victories yesterday in Germany after voters continued to punish Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder for his unpopular economic reform program.


"Tony Blair's conference speech ... his 10th as leader of the Labour party, demonstrated why he is still the political conjuror of the day.


Insurgents unleashed a pair of powerful car bombs yesterday near the symbol of US authority in Iraq -- the Green Zone, where the US Embassy and


Three killed, 12 hurt in militant attack in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India  - Three policemen were killed and eight wounded when Islamist militants attacked a security camp in the heart of Srinagar, the main city in Indian Kashmir, police and witnesses said.


NASA's Advanced Technology Peers Deep Inside Hurricanes

Determined to understand why some storms grow into hurricanes while others fizzle, NASA scientists recently looked deep into thunderstorms off the African coast using satellites and airplanes.


Gene May Account for Range of Ills, Study Finds

A rare genetic mutation may help explain why some people get hit with a triple whammy of high blood pressure, cholesterol and a tendency


Tips on getting your money's worth while on campus.


NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 7 -- Public housing officials decided Thursday to proceed with the demolition of more than 3,500 government apartments here, brushing aside an outcry from residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina who said the move was intended to reduce the ability of poor black people to...


Online Consumers Spend More This Holiday Season

Online consumers in the United States  spent $8.8 billion, excluding travel purchases, in November, a  19 percent jump over the $7.4 billion spent online a year  earlier, a report released on Monday said.


The owner of Allerton Castle in North Yorkshire plans to rebuild parts of the building destroyed by fire.


RIP RPT Sony has decided to drop its rear-projection TV business worldwide in order to focus instead on two flat-panel technologies - liquid crystal display (LCD) and organic light-emitting diode (OLED).â¦


Finance ministers from the G7 end a two-day meeting in London by discussing debt relief and the weak dollar.


Business regulators in Shanghai turn down an application for a Playboy nightclub complex in the city.


Issuing a Bold Challenge to the U.S. Over Climate

Kevin Conrad has become famous as the Papuan who told the U.S. to either lead or get out of the way at the Bali climate talks.


For a desktop computer that acts as a media hub with easy-to-use tools to organize your busy family, HP's TouchSmart PC IQ770 may be a smart choice. It takes advantage of Microsoft Vista's touch- screen capability with easy-to-use software and features of a digital-media-oriented home PC.


Nigeria's outgoing VP to boycott swearing-in of new president

Nigeria's outgoing Vice President Atiku Abubakar plans to boycott Tuesday's swearing-in as president of Umaru Yar'Adua, saying the vote last month was rigged.


Global warning could make some Alpine ski reports unviable within decades, the OECD think tank warns.


AB Corp launches its second venture, The Family.


The Yankees are making sure they will be at full strength for this weekend's series with the Boston Red Sox. Jason Giambi returned from the disabled list Tuesday


BC Has to Squash Argo Special Teams for Cup

By jeff paterson. Call it the Big City Bowl. The Canadian Football League really couldn't ask for much more than the BC Lions and Toronto Argonauts slugging it out in Sunday's Grey Cup in Ottawa.


Il vicepremier: e con il Pd ci sarÃ  piÃ¹ forza per i riformisti"Non potevamo farne una telenovelas. Ora le altre prioritÃ "                                          Rutelli: "Pensioni, buon compromesso la sinistra sa che era nei patti"                                                                                di GIANLUCA LUZI


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Four men were arrested Saturday in connection with the fatal shootings of a baby, a toddler and their mothers while the women held their children in their arms, police said.


"Manhunt 2," a brutally violent  video game that was effectively banned in the United States,  has risen from the grave in a modified form and will go on sale  for Halloween, its publisher said.


An outbreak of E. coli food poisoning linked to Taco Bell restaurants appears to be over, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.


A peace activist who once fasted for 63 days to protest movie violence and war toys is launching another hunger strike to persuade Ralph Nader to abandon his presidential bid.


A new study suggests that accumulated exposure to lead over a lifetime may contribute to increased risk for developing cataracts in older men.


EMI backs Terra Firma bid after Warner walks away

British music group EMI urged its  shareholders on Wednesday to start selling to private equity  group Terra Firma after long-term suitor and rival Warner Music  Group finally ruled out a counterbid.


Australian PM rejects Annan's comments on Iraq war

Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Thursday rejected UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's criticism of the Iraq war as illegal, saying the Iraq war was "entirely valid.


Steel Partners' Dividend-Boosting Proposals Killed at 2 Japan Firms

By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Jun. 22--TOKYO -- Shareholders in sewing machine maker Brother Industries  Ltd. and electric equipment trader Inaba Denkisangyo Co. voted down U.S.  investment fund Steel Partners' dividend-boosting proposals at their annual  meetings Friday.


Afghanistan says its war on drugs is the top priority after a UN report warned it risked becoming a narco-state with opium cultivation jumping to record levels, but it says it opposes aerial spraying of opium fields.


US troops in the Iraqi province of Karbala are to hand over security to Iraqi forces next week, officials say.


India kicks off 350th birthday of Taj Mahal

Hundreds of schoolchildren have gathered outside India's Taj Mahal, releasing heart-shaped balloons and setting free white pigeons to mark the 350th birthday of the world's most famous monument of love.


Federer Beats Agassi to Reach Open Semifinals

Roger Federer posted a huge win in the howling wind, beating two-time champion Andre Agassi 6-3, 2-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.


Punch deals a blow to critics of tenanted pubs sector

THE parliamentary inquiry into allegations that the newly-muscled tenanted pub companies are giving a raw deal to their pub tenants has certainly not put off the pubcos from trying to become ever-bigger and more influential.


The latest photo imaging enhancements, from a shaded DSLR loupe to a $23K 416-megapixel camera, are dazzling. David Becker reports from PMA 2007 in Gadget Lab.


September 17, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - Two men were charged yesterday with providing financial support to terrorists and recruiting terror group members, including one person identified by US authorities as alleged "dirty bomber" Jose Padilla.


NEW YORK - Dressed in a tuxedo, Simba sat at the front of one of Manhattan's newest dining establishments and nodded at people who greeted him. Then he yawned, began to roll on the floor and lick his paws...


SE Asia Forges Closer Ties with China, Japan, S.Korea

Leaders of 13 Southeast and Northeast Asian states Monday underlined their determination to turn growing economic power into political influence by establishing a new summit-level grouping.


Prime Minister Gordon Brown calls on the Premier League to heed fans' views over plans to introduce overseas games.


A toxic algae bloom off the coast of Washington state has grown to about 30 miles wide, the largest and most potentially lethal algae yet found by scientists in the region.


TV embarks on fight against indecency crackdown

U.S. television broadcasters Fox and  CBS Corp. this week argued that a Federal Communications  Commission crackdown on fleeting TV profanity and nudity was  unconstitutional and a big change in how the agency handled  similar cases.


Pyongyang says it wants Japan to return the human remains at the centre of a row over a missing woman.


Hamas's 'Executive Force' gains strength in Gaza

They call themselves the "Executive Force" of the Hamas-led government. Rivals prefer "Black Militia" or "Peshmerga" -- a word that literally means "those who face death" but is used by some Gazans for a gun-for-hire.


"How Green Were the Nazis?" could be the title to beat this year for the Bookseller/Diagram Prize for oddest book title.


Terry Semel will hand over the reins to Jerry Yang in Yahooâs latest attempt to regain investor confidence.


Microsoft Opens Software Development Center in India

Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, will hire ``several hundred'' people in the next year at its development center in India, expanding its workforce of 800, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said.


A US judge allows actor Dom DeLuise to continue legal action against his former daughter-in-law.


U.S. Reviewing Safety of Childrenâs Cough Drugs

Federal drug regulators have started a broad review of the safety of cough and cold remedies meant for children.


With the holiday season now behind us, the nation is awash in gift cards, as stores sold many more in 2007 than they did the year prior.


Owner of one of the nation's largest software piracy Web sites receives the longest sentence ever handed down for software piracy.


Senate votes to raise minimum wage, cut taxes

The Democratic-led U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade and provide billions of dollars in small-business tax cuts to help offset the cost.


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Changes in North Korea's economy have led to spiralling food prices many people cannot afford, the UN says.


Rafforzata la vigilanza sugli obiettivi sensibili


Terrorism Suspect Dominates Florida Senate Race

The hotly contested race to fill Florida's open U.S. Senate seat has been dominated by someone who is not running, an imprisoned former professor awaiting trial on charges of raising funds for Palestinian suicide bombers.


July 11, 1975: Unearthing Qin Shi Huang's Terra-Cotta Army

Archeologists excavate a magnificent army of life-size statues, exact in detail and assembled to protect China's powerful emperor.


Mysterious air crashes put Russia on edge, but no evidence yet of ...

As rescuers pulled bodies and data recorders from the wreckage, experts searched Wednesday through twisted metal for clues to what caused two planes to crash almost simultaneously after taking off from the same Moscow airport


Montevideo, 14:10 - CALCIO, O'NEILL: IN ITALIA PARTITE TRUCCATE

Martin O'Neill, ex centrocampista di Juve, Cagliari e Piacenza, accusa il calcio italiano: ''Le part...


European shares snapped higher on Wednesday after a two-day losing streak thanks to gains for the financials sector.


Diana said "Oh My God" as she lay dying: witness

Princess Diana said "Oh my God, Oh my God" as she lay dying in the wreckage of a Paris car crash, a witness told the jury probing her death on Thursday.


Kosovo MPs back a coalition government led by Hashim Thaci, who is pushing for independence.


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Prime minister designate Gordon Brown has arrived in Baghdad and met Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki, state telivision said Monday.


Pakistan arrests Uzbek for U.S. consulate attack

Pakistani security forces have arrested  an Uzbek al Qaeda militant suspected of helping to plan a  suicide car bombing that killed a U.S. diplomat and three  others outside the U.S. consulate in Karachi in March,  officials said on Wednesday.


John Stamos has joined  the cast of ABC's "A Raisin in the Sun," the TV movie  adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's play.


AT&T Corp. is trimming the price of its new Internet-based telephone service for the second time in six months, prompting a top rival to follow suit.


Global IT research major Gartner Inc is buying out IT consulting firm META Group for $162 million, in an all-cash transaction at $10.00 per share.


Next stop: South Carolina Republican primary on Saturday, Jan. 19.


World's mobile phone industry heads for Barcelona

The most established names in telecoms, Internet and media will come together next week in Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress, one of the world's biggest events for the mobile phone industry.


Doctors Grow, Transplant Jaw Bone in Man

LONDON - A German who had his lower jaw cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first meal in nine years - a bratwurst sandwich - after surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle and transplanted it to his mouth in what experts call an "ambitious" experiment.    According to this week's issue of The Lancet medical journal, the German doctors used a mesh cage, a growth chemical and the patient's own bone marrow, containing stem cells, to create a new jaw bone that fit exactly into the gap left by the cancer surgery...


Arafat's Wife Accuses Deputies of Wanting Him Dead

Yasser Arafat's wife accused Palestinian  leaders hoping to travel to France Monday to visit her  critically ill husband of plotting to "bury him alive."


"Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" is an epic homage to the West Coast gang culture of the early 1990s. Yes, parents, there's way too much violence and profanity here for the kids. For those of us 18 and older, though, it's among the best video games this year.


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Looming election will be 'tough' says Blair

Prime Minister Tony Blair sought to dispel the assumption he will easily win a third consecutive term in office later this year, predicting the election would be a "tough, tough fight".


Top British Official Resigns Amid Scandal

Britain's top law enforcement officer, a key member of Tony Blair's Cabinet, resigned Wednesday after acknowledging that his department fast-tracked a visa for his former lover's nanny.


HowTo Forge: How To Set Up A Facebook RSS Feed Reader

The HowTo Forge website has this new tutorial posted today taking an extensive look (complete with tons of screenshots and code along the way) on how to create a Facebook RSS reader to add to your blog of choice.   This guide shows how you can build an RSS feed reader application for the social network Facebook that will display your blog's/web site's RSS feed on the profile pages of Facebook users (that have installed the RSS feed reader application). Each item of the RSS feed will have a Share button so that people can share the story with their friends, and the application will have an Invite link so that people can invite up to ten friends at once to also install this feed reader application.   They use PHP5's functionality to make building the reader simple and take advantage of Facebook's simple application system to make the reader. You can stop after the first few steps of the tutorial and have a working application, but they take it further. They show how to make customizations to the reader, making the feed auto-update, creating an icon for the app and make an invite page.


U.S. authorities quarantine air traveler with TB

U.S. federal health officials have placed under quarantine a man who may have exposed fellow passengers to a particularly nasty strain of tuberculosis on two transatlantic flights, authorities said on Tuesday.


Fighting the Web, Sports Teams Seek to Control Ticket Resales

Teams are controlling the resale market for their tickets to cut down on counterfeiting and the high prices demanded by scalpers.


Navy's main foe is Army, but beating Notre Dame may be more ...

You can't blame Navy fullback Kyle Eckel for saying the Midshipmen's game Saturday with Notre Dame is more important to the players than the annual intraservice bloodletting with Army.


The High Street is hoping for a busy weekend amid disappointing Christmas sales so far.


Was Western Sahara to blame? Video sharing website YouTube has been unbanned by the Moroccan government after five days of unavailability in the desert kingdom.â¦


Microsoft exec gives his company a B+ on security

A Microsoft security executive said his company has made substantial progress on  security under its Trustworthy Computing initiative. But users at this week's Security Standard conference were more cautious in their assessment.


Primi scambi negativi a Londra, Parigi e Francoforte


The Jordanian who attacked tourists in the capital, had no links to any armed group, a Jordanian official says.


Police hunt for sixth suspect in failed car bombings

Police hunted Monday for at least one more suspect believed to belong to an Al-Qaeda cell behind several failed car bombings in Britain after arresting five people, British media reported.


Khartoum, main rebels open way to sign final peace agreement

NAIROBI, Dec 30  -- Khartoum and the main southern rebel group agreed on the last issues in their lengthy peace talks in Kenya, paving the way to signing a comprehensive peace deal to end Africa's longest-running conflict.


Pedro Martinez confirmed Tuesday that he has agreed to join the New York Mets.


India building nuclear sub, says top scientist

Â· Secret military programme nears completion  Â· Vessels may undergo sea trials next year


While on the moon, John Young drove a motorized rover 16 miles and spent three nights on the lunar surface. He is the only person to go into space as part of the Gemini, Apollo and shuttle programs and was


Microsoft magnate Bill Gates gives $750m to a vaccine fund he says will save millions of children's lives.


HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that Russia did not pose a threat to Europe despite a vow to target the continent if the U.S. deploys a missile shield in central Europe.


Microsoft sets up MSN R&D center in China: sources

Software giant Microsoft Corp. is  setting up a research and development center in Shanghai for  its online MSN service, its first such center outside the  United States, sources familiar with the plan said on  Wednesday.


Tour de France winner Floyd Landis will not defend his title in July, the French anti-doping agency confirms.


The PSNI must pay almost Â£45,000 to a photographer who suffered discrimination for marrying a Catholic.


Bulgaria's Prime Minister Backs Turkey's Bid to Join EU

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha expressed support for neighbouring Turkey's bid to join the European Union, a report said Monday.


The announcement that nearly 80 Muslims have died in police custody in southern Thailand will escalate tensions in a region already blighted by violence.


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At Last, Some Leadership In Europe      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Europe: France's Nicolas Sarkozy seems serious about the big changes -- "la rupture" -- he vowed to make if elected president. In his first foreign policy address, he was forceful, positive and rooted in Western values.


Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it would scrap plans to build its first District store after senior executives visited the proposed site in the Brentwood, NE neighborhood and found it did not meet their requirements.


Cup pairings named, big clash to lead off

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will go head-to-head with Colin Montgomerie and Padraig Harrington in the opening battle of this weekend's Ryder Cup competition.


LONDON - HBOS says it has decided against bidding for the British mortgage bank Abbey National, clearing the way for an agreed offer from Spain's Banco Santander Central Hispano (SCH).


Iconix and NetPickle are supposed to keep confidential info under seal in a federal lawsuit over who is the rightful owner of the tech at the heart of Rockmyspace.com. So why is the inside scoop available in court documents? In Epicenter.


The Russian Orthodox clergy are engaged in an intense debate over providing spiritual guide to internet users.


Somalia postpones peace conference for second time

Organizers of a national reconciliation conference in Somalia due to start on Thursday have postponed it for one month in the second delay to long-awaited peace efforts in the chaotic Horn of Africa nation.


Silicon carbide: coming soon to a chip near you

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


Premiership: Arsenal back to second spot

Arsenal's 1-nil win has put the club into second place at the Premiership and cuts Chelsea's lead to just five points. Sol Campbell was the unlikely match-winner for Arsenal on Sunday as they beat Portsmouth 1-0.


Kaiju Big Battel -- a multimedia event in which costumed combatants spew toxic ooze on audience members -- is growing in popularity. There are already dedicated websites and a DVD series. Coming next: a book and TV pilot. By Xeni Jardin.


Could the economic stimulus plan delay patent reform?

After warning as late as yesterday afternoon about the possible disruptive side effects that Congress' economic stimulus program might have on future legislation, a powerful trade organization is suddenly applauding its passage today.


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Air Force Academy Probes Allegations of Student Cheating

The Air Force Academy is investigating allegations of cheating by 28 freshmen and has restricted all 4,300 cadets to campus over the weekend, asking them to meet in small groups to consider "their self-image and the image of the institution," Air Force officials said.


Six people were killed and eight others wounded Saturday when a car bomb and remote bomb exploded simultaneously next to an Iraqi police academy in Kirkuk, an Iraqi National Guard official told CNN.


Bullock, DiCaprio, NBC to Aid Tsunami Victims

Hollywood opened its wallet on  Monday to survivors of the tsunami disaster as movie stars  Sandra Bullock and Leonardo DiCaprio donated big sums to relief  agencies and NBC planned a celebrity-studded TV benefit.


Stars win sixth straight, beat Blues 6-2

Brenden Morrow, Mike Ribeiro and Jere Lehtinen scored power-play goals, and the Dallas Stars extended their winning streak to six games with a 6-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night.


Brazilian director blasts "Elite Squad" critics

Brazilian director Jose Padilha,  winner of the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival for his  movie "Elite Squad," hit back at critics on Monday with all the  force of its antihero, police captain Nascimento.


Germany's Schroeder, Kadhafi disagree over Iraq in landmark meeting

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi clashed over Iraq during their first-ever meeting in Tripoli while German business leaders touted for business in the oil-rich former pariah state.


Fifty-seven people killed in Iraq bombings

Bomb attacks killed 57 people and wounded more than 120 across Iraq on Wednesday as suspected al Qaeda militants stepped up a campaign of violence coinciding with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.


EU Accession Treaty Inking "Possibly Delayed"

Politics: 7 December 2004, Tuesday. The date on which Bulgaria is to sign the accession treaty might be posponed, according to the President Georgi Parvanov.


And this is Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we have a report about NASAâs two exploration vehicles on the surface of Mars.


Saville Audio Visual was voted AV Rental Company of the Year for the fourth time in six years at the annual British AV Industry Awards, staged at Celtic Manor Resort in South Wales by AV Magazine.


Nike Co-Founder Knight Steps Down as CEO

Nike Inc. NKE.N co-founder  Philip Knight, who helped transform a small start-up into the  world's biggest athletic shoe company, will step down as chief  executive officer, the company said on Thursday.


Christopher Jones' Blog: Casting PL/SQL arrays as REF CURSORS for Ruby

In a new post, Christopher Jones talks about some difficulty a friend of his was having with returning a connection type from Oracle back to a script. In his case, it was a Ruby script and, unfortunately, there's no direct support for it. So, Christopher jumped in to help out.    PHP's oci8 extension oci_bind_array_by_name() can bind collections but there is no equivalent in ruby-oci8.    Justin outlines a solution on his blog Ruby: Invoking a PL/SQL Package with Array args. His example relies on some company infrastructure so I came up with this standalone example.  This first SQL*Plus script sets up the scenario.     Stick with me on this one - there's some PHP right there at the end. He shows how much simpler the same kind of operation would be in PHP thanks to the oci_bind_array_by_name functionality understanding the return value. What took about 20 lines for just the Ruby code to handle the result correctly takes only five in PHP.


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With the right weapons, Eli could be dangerous

They were deep enough in the fourth quarter that you could forgive Giants fans for dreaming so openly. When their team went ahead with 8 1/2 minutes to go, you could also understand the urge to take back their turf.


New York, 09:30 - BASEBALL, MAJOR LEAGUE: RISULTATI

Risultati delle gare del campionato americano di baseball (MLB) disputate nella notte. In maiuscolo ...


Rahul Roy, winner of Bigg Boss, comes clean.


Kyrgyz President to Speak in Live TV Phone-in on 18 December

Text of report by Kyrgyz AKIpress news agency website  Bishkek, 14 December: President Kurmanbek Bakiyev will answer Kyrgyz citizens' questions in a live phone-in programme of the [first] channel of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.


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


BOSTON - The Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros staged dramatic late-inning victories in the baseball playoff games on Monday night. David Ortiz's RBI single on the 471st pitch of the game with two outs in the 14th inning capped a second straight amazing comeback in less than 24 hours Monday night and gave the Red Sox a 5-4 victory over the New York Yankees in the AL championship series...


Italy's PM, Romano Prodi, visits Afghanistan for talks with President Karzai and an inspection of Italian troops.


Cassidy Ritz, 10, of Farmington and other volunteers sort frozen meat into smaller boxes Saturday at the Utah Food Bank.


Minnie Driver tapped for "Re\\Visioned" Raider

NEW YORK  - Minnie Driver has signed on  to voice Lara Croft in the Tomb Rader-focused season of  "Re\\Visioned," an online animated series debuting July 10 on  GameTap, Turner Broadcasting's broadband entertainment network.


Milano, 14:49 - CALCIO, INTER; TRONCHETTI: MANICHE SARA' MOLTO UTILE

''Si tratta di un giocatore molto eclettico - ha detto il numero uno di Pirelli Marco Tronchetti Pro...


'Vanity Fair' Vies for Top Award at Venice

VENICE, Italy Sept. 5, 2004 - "Vanity Fair" gave Reese Witherspoon a chance to buck the on-screen custom of portraying 19th-century women as corseted ornaments, with the actress on Sunday describing her


Napoli, 14:36 - CALCIO, NOVELLINO: FISCHI INNO? SE LI E' CERCATI DOMENECH

Walter Novellino va controcorrente sulla vicenda dei fischi all'inno della Francia: ''Giustifico in ...


CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. - Former President Bill Clinton left the hospital and returned home Friday, four days after undergoing heart bypass surgery, his office said...


Finanziaria, scontro nella Cdl dopo stralcio norme

Lo stralcio di alcune norme dalla Finanziaria, chiesto dal presidente della commissione bilancio della Camera, il leghista Giancarlo Giorgetti e accordato da Casini, ha scatenato polemiche nella maggioranza Fini.


Violence Breaks Out for a Second Day in Haiti's Struggling Capital

Violence erupted Friday in the Haitian capital, a day after three police officers were killed in a clash with protesters demanding the return of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the ousted president.


Tight race a debate on Ukraine's direction

DEMIDYV, Ukraine -- Nikolai maneuvered his bike through the ruts in a dirt road and shook his head in disgust. ''Can you call this a civilized country with roads like this?" he said after swerving to avoid a deep mud puddle.


JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon crashed to defeat in a parliamentary budget vote Wednesday and fired his main coalition partner, signaling the potential collapse of his government and endangering his plan to withdraw from occupied Gaza.


Palestinians Meet Amid Reports of Arafat's Declining Health

Senior Palestinian officials convened meetings in the West Bank today in response to conflicting reports over the declining health of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat, who has been in a


CAMBRIDGE -- Last year, it took Harvard nearly the entire game to beat Holy Cross, 43-23, as the Crusaders hung tough until the fourth quarter.


Populist Labor Party Leads Lithuania Vote

Lithuanians casting ballots in parliamentary elections Sunday rejected the current ruling coalition for the opposition Labor Party, a sign that many voters liked its promises of lower taxes and higher pay.


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Cable & Wireless, the UK telecoms firm that is cutting 3,000 jobs over five years, plans to boost the pay of top bosses.


The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Julie L. Myers as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, two years after President Bush appointed her to the position amid questions about her qualifications to lead the government's second-largest law enforcement agency.


Woman Arrested for Selling Flu Shots in MN

A woman in Minnesota, dressed in scrubs and a lab coat, has been arrested for illegally selling flu shots. Michelle Lynn Torgerson was arrested Friday on suspicion of theft and drug possession.


The Palestinian leadership was further split Sunday as President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a temporary cabinet for his emergency government, a move described by a Hamas official as "illegal" and outside Abbas' authority.


English Premiership giants Liverpool got the green light from Britain's Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott to build a new 60,000-seater stadium.


Saying he's 'tired of the censorship,' the shock jock announces he's abandoning traditional broadcasting and going over to satellite.


U.S. Planned Bunker at Site of Iraq Attack

Worried about recent artillery attacks on American mess halls in Iraq, the U.S. military was just days away from completing a reinforced dining area at the camp where a rocket attack killed more than 20 people in a tent the bunker was meant to replace.


Quattrone asks to remain free pending appeal

Former Credit Suisse First Boston banker Frank Quattrone asked a federal judge Tuesday to allow him to remain free while he appeals his conviction for obstructing justice.


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Wall St indexes drop as U.S. consumers cinch belts

Stocks fell sharply on Friday, capping a third consecutive weekly decline, on a warning by American Express Co  of mounting credit-card defaults and a slowdown in consumer spending.


Living the PC lifestyle sans the space heater Comment Stealthy chip start-up Teradici Corp. in Burnaby, British Columbia emerged from behind the curtain on Tuesday to reveal their long anticipated semiconductor fix for the remote PC desktop dilemma. The product, geared towards OEM systems manufacturers, consists of a pair of chips designed to overcome the shortcomings of existing Blade PC solutions.â¦


A fter a prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq, the International Committee of the Red Cross has reportedly found that prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay are subjected to interrogation methods that are "tantamount to torture.


The E3 Expo gets under way this week - one of the biggest events in the gaming calendar.


Dubai Ports studies building Cuba container terminal

State-owned Dubai Ports World, which relinquished control over six U.S. ports in a political firestorm last year, is studying plans to build a container terminal in the Cuban port of Mariel, business sources said.