AIRBUS is close to ending the increasingly fevered speculation over whether it will launch a new aircraft in direct competition to the new Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner.


Millions without power in Philippines as storm death toll rises

Millions of people are still without electricity or clean water in the Philippines after Typhoon Xangsane pummeled the region leaving nearly 150 people dead or missing.


1 September 2004 -- Seven employees of a Kuwaiti firm taken hostage in Iraq on 21 July were freed today. Spokeswoman Rana Abu-Zaineh of the Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport Company confirmed that the three Kenyans


Fed slashes interest rates in emergency move

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed benchmark U.S. interest rates by a hefty three-quarters of a percentage point in an emergency bid to lend support to a weak U.S. economy faced with increasing turmoil in global financial markets.


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Moderate Therapy OK for Some Bladder Cancers

NEW YORK  - Once bladder cancer invades  surrounding muscles, surgical removal of the bladder -- radical  cystectomy -- is usually deemed necessary. However, if the  disease has not spread to other areas of the body, this can  sometimes be avoided, according to Italian researchers.


World Business Briefing: The Netherlands: Profit Up at ABN Amro

ABN Amro Holdings, the Dutch bank, posted a 4.6 percent increase in fourth-quarter earnings on higher interest income, asset disposals and higher fees and commissions. Net profit was 1.36 billion euros ($1.76 billion), up from 1.30 billion euros a year earlier. ABN predicted earnings per share in 2007 of at least 2.30 euros ($2.98), apart from any asset sales, which would be a step back from the 2.50 euros ($3.24) it earned in 2006, but above the 2.02 euros per share it earned in 2006 excluding certain items. The 2007 growth is âto be achieved mainly by improving our operating performance,â the chairman, Rijkman W. J. Groenink, said in a statement. He said the company expected to grow in Asia, Brazil and Italy. Operational improvement in mature markets like the Netherlands and in the United States, where ABN Amro operates LaSalle Bank in the Midwest, would come from cost-cutting.


Imitators and Parodies, Testing the Job Market

The latest crop of workplace reality shows can be seen as a playbook for the behind-the-scenes fear and scheming at NBC and Fox.


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Abductors Say 3 Hostages in Afghanistan Are Separated

Militants claiming responsibility for the kidnapping of three foreign United Nations elections workers said Monday that they had separated the hostages to prevent


Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama said Tuesday U.S. combat forces should be out of Iraq by spring 2008 to end "a foreign policy disaster" but he stopped short of endorsing a cutoff in funds.


Darfur Rebels Say Power Deal First, Disarming Later

Rebels from Sudan's Darfur region  Thursday rejected calls to disarm or confine their fighters to  their bases before a political solution to the conflict is  found and implemented.


On The Road: Jostling in the Skies for the Business Jet Set

The business jet industry, surging as airline delays keep pushing new passengers into more expensive private jet flying, is undergoing some basic competitive readjustments.


What would happen if the world's largest music corporation didn't renew its contract with Apple Inc.?


KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- The task seems straightforward. The Royals need an interim third baseman to bridge the gap until Mark Teahen is ready for regular duty in the majors.


Intel backs project to give laptops to poor kids

Intel Corp.  said on Friday it  will support a Massachusetts Institute of Technology  researcher's project to put computers in the hands of poor  children around the world, reversing its long-standing  opposition to the proposal.


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Germany sees more traffic chaos after a strike by train drivers on the country's local rail network.


Gov. Kathleen Blanco said her administration has found up to $700 million in state money to put into Louisiana's grant program for rebuilding hurricane-damaged homes, which faces a deficit of as much as $5 billion.


Iraqi female detainees not to be released immediately

Two Iraqi female scientists detained by US authorities will not be released immediately, the US embassy said Wednesday. The two women "are in the legal and physical custody


Wall St indexes fall as inflation worries weigh

Stocks swooned on Friday on concerns that surging inflation may prevent the Federal Reserve from lowering interest rates enough to pull the economy out of the grip of a housing and credit crisis.


Woods Ends Season With Second Straight Title

Woods made a strong statement Sunday at the Target World Challenge, closing with a 5-under 66 for a two-shot victory over Padraig Harrington and heading into the short offseason with two straight stroke-play titles.


Hizb ut-Tahrir, a radical Muslim group banned in many countries, recently held a seminar here to denounce the "savage massacre" of Muslims in Fallujah, Iraq, by U.S. forces. In a demonstration in October, it called for the establishment of a caliphate, or Islamic state, in Pakistan and other Muslim countries.


South Korea fired warning shots on Saturday after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed into its side of their heavily defended border, adding to mounting tension after Pyongyang said this week it planned a nuclear test.


Although Lt. Lynn Shradley didn't vote in the last presidential election, she plans to this year. She even took her political involvement a step further, helping other soldiers apply for absentee ballots during an election fair at Fort Campbell.


Almost two dozen Romanians were arrested on Thursday after police swooped on a child slave gang operating in Britain.


Sears, Roebuck and Co., which has successfully sold its tools and appliances on the Web, is counting on having the same magic with bedspreads and sweaters, thanks in part to expertise gained by its purchase of Lands' End Inc.


Britain to announce start of Iraq troop withdrawal

British Prime Minister Tony Blair will on Wednesday announce a timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq just as thousands of additional U.S. troops were arriving there to try to restore order in Baghdad.


What's better than a high-quality stock? A high-quality stock that's got the wind at its back!


Westwood loses caddie, gains lead in Sun City

Sun City, South Africa (Sports Network) - England's Lee Westwood shot a one- under 71 on Saturday to take the third-round lead at the Nedbank Golf Challenge.


Debates to Connect Candidates and Voters Online

Members of the public will pose questions to candidates via homemade video in a new kind of debate Monday night.


China sentences man to death in ant case

A Chinese business executive was sentenced to death for swindling $385 million from investors in a bogus ant-breeding scheme, a court official said Thursday.


CAMEC launches offer for Canada's Katanga

London-listed Central African Mining &  Exploration  launched an offer for Katanga Mining Ltd   on Wednesday, which it said valued the Canadian  company at C$1.52 billion (US$1.44 billion).


Bush links terror war to independence war

MOUNT VERNON, Virginia  - President George W. Bush linked the U.S.-led war on terrorism on Monday to the country's struggle for independence led by George Washington more than 200 hundred years ago.


Zurigo, 21:37 - CALCIO, CANNAVARO: FIFA WORLD PLAYER DEDICATO A CALCIO ITALIANO

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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine, July 2 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin expanded his counter-proposal to U.S. missile defense plans Monday, challenging President Bush to create a regional system and offering to build a new radar installation in southern Russia as part of such a joint effort.


Marmanidis has come up big for Burlington

He has a reputation harder to shake than a 220-pound defensive lineman. But Burlington's Ted Marmanidis, whose 5-foot-7-inch, 175-pound frame has earned him the nickname "Little Big Man," hasn't let that get in the way of his success.


Crude oil prices decline for second day in New York

Crude oil prices continued to fall Tuesday as emerging signs showed that the growth in oil demand might slow in 2005. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude oil for November


Business & money: SAIC and rival Nanjing Automobile merge to create car group to take on multinationals


Obama widens lead over Clinton in New Hampshire

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Democrat Barack Obama expanded his lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire to 13 points as voting began in the state's critical presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.


Stocks inched higher Wednesday, giving the Dow Jones industrial average its second-highest close ever.


NEW DELHI: The Tamil Nadu Lorry Owners' Federation has decided not to support the strike call given by All India Motor Transport Congress against levy of a 10 per cent service tax on freight booking agents.


Sun looks for turn-around on Wall Street

SAN FRANCISCO - On Tuesday, executives from Sun Microsystems Inc. will head to Wall Street, hoping to convince customers and partners in the financial industry that the company continues to be viable in the industry that Sun President and Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Scwhartz affectionately refers to as "the swamp from which we spawned." Sun is expected to make a number of new product and partnership announcements during an event for customers, press and analysts at the W Hotel in New York City on Tuesday.


Colony to pay $5.4 bln for Libya's Tamoil

Private investment firm Colony Capital LLC has agreed to pay 4 billion euros ($5.4 billion) for Libya's European oil company Tamoil and Oilinvest.


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Figuring she had no chance of catching the leader, Finland's Tanja Poutiainen charged down the hill without fear. It worked out pretty well.


Rice meets Abbas to discuss Palestinian unity deal

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought explanations on Sunday from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas about a unity government that Israel said it had agreed with Washington to shun.


Men who park a hot computer on their laps for hours every day may be reducing their chances of becoming fathers. A pilot study of 29 men shows that the combination of the legs-together posture required to


Roddick Wants Quiet During Australian Open

Andy Roddick had just lost a tough four-setter punctuated by one noisy fan and a tournament referee trying to rush him. Not that he blamed either for his semifinal exit Friday from the Australian Open.


Randy Johnson threw 52 pitches in batting practice against Arizona Diamondbacks prospects Saturday and wants to pitch in an exhibition game this month.


Libya to rule on death sentence on AIDS medics

Libya's top legal body was to meet on Monday to decide whether to confirm or annul death sentences on six foreign medics convicted of infecting children with the AIDS virus, possibly the final stage in a case that has dragged on for eight years.


Nintendo's Wii game console outsold its competitors in January, keeping its lead against rivals Sony and Microsoft, according to new sales figures from analyst firm NPD.


Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards take center stage in the race for the White House on Tuesday in a nationally televised debate that is likely to focus on the Iraq war and U.S. security issues but also will include domestic topics.


Company files new lawsuits against cybersquatters in the U.K. and the U.S., charging violation of intellectual property law.


Two rockets found near Pakistani parliament

Pakistani police found two rockets and launchers on Thursday near parliament house in the capital Islamabad, police said.


NBA hires local Microsoft boss to lead China push

The National Basketball Association has  hired the head of Microsoft's China operations to lead a new  push into a country that is already its largest market outside  the United States, the league said on Wednesday.


Carmack's X-Prize rocket explodes on pad

Aspirations doomed for another year The sole remaining contender to win a prize for privately-built rocket lander systems exploded yesterday, ending hopes that the prize might be won this year.â¦


Report: Plea talks in HP case, new director named

Defense and prosecution attorneys in theÂ Hewlett-Packard spying caseÂ are scheduled to meet with the presiding judge Dec. 4 to discuss possible plea bargains, the San Jose Mercury News reported Saturday.


It has been a long and tortured courtship. For years, health-care giant Johnson & Johnson (JNJ ) has held on-again, off-again acquisition talks with medical-device maker Guidant (GDT ). Now Wall Street sources say the companies are talking again.


New President Takes Helm of Divided Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 1 -- Felipe CalderÃÂ³n, a free-trade booster and career politician, was sworn in as president of Mexico on Friday in a ceremony undercut by lawmakers' jeers and fisticuffs, a chaotic scene that reflected the country's deep political and economic divisions.


Anheuser-Busch may help S&N bid for BBH: paper

U.S. brewer Anheuser-Busch has  approached British peer Scottish & Newcastle Plc about helping  it in any bid for full control of Baltic Beverages Holding, The  Sunday Times newspaper reported.


Habitat loss forces India's tigers to high ground

Habitat destruction is forcing India's endangered tigers to new grounds, including high mountains which have a sufficient prey base but are not known to be the natural home of the big cats.


Net File-Sharing Doesn't Hurt Most Artists - Survey

Most musicians and artists say the Internet has helped them make more money from their work despite online file-trading services that allow users to copy songs and other material for free, according to a study released on Sunday.


Champion jockey Kieren Fallon is due back in the saddle at Salisbury today, after his arrest yesterday in connection with a race-fixing probe.


A Sydney student will spend the rest of his life in jail for the stabbing murders of his parents and sister in 2001. Sef Gonzales showed no emotion when Justice Bruce James told him in the Supreme Court in


Eminem's 'Just Lose It' raises Jackson's ire!:

[Hollywood News]: New York, Oct 14: Michael Jackson is severely offended by Eminem's latest video 'Just Lose It' that portrays him as a child molester and he has raised a public hue and cry about it.


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WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday turned to an outsider to bolster his economic team, nominating Kellogg Co. chief executive and Cuban-born Carlos Gutierrez as the next commerce secretary.


Four dead dolphins have washed ashore with fatal bullet wounds and fifth with lacerations on its pectoral fin, said authorities who have offered a reward for information on the slayings.


China stocks continue rise on reassurance

Chinese stocks rose moderately on Wednesday, as calm returned to the market following reassuring comments from the central bank and a major institutional investor.


Students Charged With Posting Fake School Closing Notice on Web

By Christopher Magan Staff Writer  TRENTON -- A prank to cancel school just a day before 7 inches of snow shut down local schools this week has two Edgewood High School girls facing felony charges.


Circuit City Revamps Its Retail Strategy

Circuit City, still smarting from the vicious price war of the past few months over flat-panel TV sets, yesterday announced plans to close dozens of stores, fire workers and shake up top management.


Splitting Hairs, Edwards's Stylist Tells His  Side of Story

For four decades, Joseph Torrenueva has cut the hair of Hollywood celebrities, from Marlon Brando to Bob Barker, so when a friend told him in 2003 that a presidential candidate needed grooming advice, he agreed to help.


Rescuers Search for Survivors of Egypt Bombing

TABA, Egypt  - Rescue workers sifted through the  wreckage of an Egyptian Red Sea hotel on Saturday, hoping to  find survivors after a series of bomb blasts targeting Israeli  tourists in the Sinai Peninsula killed at least 33 people.


Reverse psychology lands Aussie driver in hot water

An Australian has been charged with reckless driving after trying to reverse 500 kms (310 miles) across the outback, local media reported on Friday.


Nhl Players Seek Summit ; League Accepts Invitation to a Meeting ...

After nearly three months of silence, the NHL and its players finally are going to start talking again. The NHL Players' Association made the first step Thursday by inviting NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and


Nokia puts more love in L'Amour collection

The Finnish of love, or what a lovely Finnish Nokia has launched three new mobile phones as an update to its L'Amour collection, the Nokia 7390 WCDMA (3G), Nokia 7373 and Nokia 7360.â¦


Venezuela's President Chavez says he wants the state to take over oil projects on the Orinoco Belt by May.


Big waist, heavy weight both raise diabetes risk

NEW YORK  - Having either a large waistline   or being overweight raises a person's risk of developing type 2   diabetes, but the combination of the two is most dangerous, a   study shows.


Passive-Aggressive behavior Network Appliance is suing Sun Microsystems in an intellectual property spat over - you guessed it - file systems.â¦


Schwarzenegger Opposes Four Calif. Health Measures

To the delight of business  groups, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has come out  against four out of five health-care measures on the state's  Nov. 2 ballot, including one employers call a "jobs-killer."


About 3000 Palestinians, some holding images of Ammar Hassan, gather in the West Bank to watch the final of the Arab Superstar contest.


Analysis: Egypt steps into the regional ring

Something big is happening in Cairo. It isn't just the release of Azzam Azzam from wrongful imprisonment as an alleged spy, or nice words from President Hosni Mubarak about Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, or the return of the Egyptian ambassador.


Reuters photographer and driver killed in Iraq

An Iraqi photographer and driver working for Reuters in Iraq were killed in Baghdad on Thursday in what witnesses said was a U.S. helicopter attack but which the military described as a firefight with insurgents.


What is the Free City Supershop? Hard to say. Maybe itÂs the future of retail.


Traces of chemicals were found at the home of a former BNP candidate accused of plotting an explosion, a court hears.


Revenge feels sweet and Swiss researchers are saying they have brain scans to prove it. In a study investigators said might help explain how social norms arose and regulate behaviour, brain centres linked


Kurt Busch is really where he wants to be now. Up front and up front. The NASCAR Nextel Cup points leader covered the 1.5-mile oval at Homestead-Miami Speedway


Blockbuster is raising prices for its Total Access service, which lets people rent DVDs by mail and in stores. It is also raising prices for some existing customers who use the service a lot.


Carbonite sprinkles some fancy over online backup service

Feature list set to 'Mozy' It's a prudent time for fledgling online backup firm Carbonite to spit-shine its software now that EMC is serious about nurturing a rival, Mozy.â¦


Storm recovery beginning at Boston's airport; power back

A second runway has opened up at Boston's Logan Airport, where some air travelers have been stranded after an icy weekend storm.


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Chairman of China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation Resigns

Chairman of China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation resigns    BEIJING, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Chen Tonghai has resigned from the post of board chairman of the China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, known as Sinopec Corp., the company said in a statement released on Friday.


Black Flags Are Deadly Signals as Cornered Rebels Fight Back

The flags are the insurgents' answer to two-way radios, their way of massing the troops and concentrating fire on an enemy.


Libya Agrees to Pay $35 Million to Berlin Bomb Victims

Libya signed a deal Friday to pay $35 million in compensation to more than 160 victims of a Berlin nightclub bombing in 1986, taking another major step toward ending its international isolation.


Coach Inc. , the luxury leather-goods maker, sued Target Corp. , claiming the second-largest US discount chain is selling counterfeit versions of one of its handbags.


Israeli police indict four on charges of running huge antiquities ...

Four Israeli antiquities collectors and dealers were indicted Wednesday on charges they ran a sophisticated forgery ring that spanned the globe and produced a treasure trove of fake Bible-era artifacts, including some that were hailed as


Whooping cough outbreak primarily affects teens

NEW YORK  - In a 2003-2004 outbreak of whooping cough in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, most cases were diagnosed in adolescents, although adults had more severe disease, public health officials report in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine for January.


Nine out of 10 women over 70 have never asked for a breast scan although they are entitled to, a survey finds.


Carlos Guillen hit two solo homers, including the game-winner leading off the ninth inning, to lift the Tigers to a 3-2 win over Texas Rangers last night in Detroit.


Shin-Etsu Raising PVC Output in Holland, U.S.

By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Sep. 7--TOKYO -- Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. said Thursday it has raised the  polyvinyl chloride output capacity of its wholly owned Dutch unit by 100,000  tons to 450,000 tons a year at a cost of 50 million euros (about 7.5 billion  yen).


John Halama and the Boston Red Sox finalized a one-year contract Wednesday.


With the race for dominance in processor clock speed over, or at least waning, the pursuit for overall performance gains through architectural enhancements is officially beginning.


Rockets slammed into the British base near the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Thursday, slightly wounding three British soldiers, a spokesman said. Iraq


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Record sales discounts are predicted on the High Street as retailers try to recoup low Christmas profits.


BoSox club Phils 10-2 to win 7th straight

Josh Beckett and the Boston Red Sox are flirting with perfection. The big right-hander retired his first 16 batters, his fielders played a club-record 11th consecutive errorless game and the team won its seventh straight, 10-2 over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.


Gumshoe Work and Some Luck Helped Pinpoint Suspected Source of E. Coli

A plastic bag of cut green onions that was about to be thrown out provided the break for investigators tracking E. coli infections.


Western hotel in heart of Baghdad hit by rockets

Rockets struck a Baghdad hotel housing foreign contractors and journalists late Thursday, drawing return fire and underscoring the insecurity even in the heart of the capital.


Microsoft will send out replacement parts for its Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel after 50 reports that the video game controllers overheated and released smoke when plugged in.


The diary of a 14-year-old Jewish girl, dubbed the "Polish Anne Frank," was unveiled Monday by Israel's Holocaust museum more than 60 years after the teenager vividly described the world crumbling around her as she came of age in a Jewish ghetto.


Virgin boss Richard Branson announces plans for commercial space service

LONDON  - British entrepreneur Richard Branson said Monday that his Virgin company plans to launch commercial space flights over the next few years.


The update to Apple's Mac OS X operating system, called Leopard, went on sale at the Apple Store in Tokyo on Friday evening, part of a global launch that will unfold around the world over the next 24 hours.


Despite its much-needed product, the company's growth potential is limited.


Helio introduces hybrid wireless service

Mobile service seamlessly connects PCs to commercial Wi-Fi hotspots and a nationwide 3G wireless network.


U.S. Open: Rain Leaves Federer-Agassi Clash in Balance

The remnants of Hurricane Frances  swept into New York to leave the eagerly-awaited U.S. Open  quarter-final between top seed Roger Federer and twice former  champion Andre Agassi hanging in the balance on Wednesday.


An Israeli-Arab odd couple seek peace in Hebron

In the volatile West Bank city of Hebron, Israelis and a Palestinian leader met in search of a unique solution to the conflict.


'Absolutely no hope' for 141 miners in China

CHENJIASHAN MINE, China The 141 miners trapped inside a mine in northern China following a gas explosion have no chance of survival and are presumed dead, a local Communist Party secretary said Monday.


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.


A federal judge has frozen $3 million belonging to an Eastern European cyber-ring in an online stock manipulation case involving seven major brokerages, the largest asset freeze to date in such cases.


Europe's "super rocket" which can lift more than one and heavier satellites into orbit is ready for its first trip into space.


Guantanamo Panel Members Face Challenges

Members of a U.S. military commission are being challenged by defense attorneys who say their ties to the war on terror could affect their ability to fairly judge four detainees charged with war crimes.


Study Shows Antioxidants Not Useful Vs. Cancer

In another blow to the belief that antioxidant supplements improve health, an authoritative analysis has concluded there is no evidence the vitamins ward off common digestive cancers.    Some experts say, however, that the findings do not mean the cancer-fighting potential of antioxidant pills should be written off just yet...


Premier not expecting immediate health pact

WATERLOO -- Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty was playing down expectations yesterday that next month's first ministers meeting in Ottawa would yield a health-care agreement between Ottawa and the provinces. McGuinty, chairperson of the group of provincial ...


Former German official wanted in bribery case opposes extradition from France

PARIS (CP) - A former German defence official wanted in his homeland for allegedly accepting a bribe in a party financing scandal told a French court Wednesday that he does not want to be extradited.


Blackburn concede 4 again - this time from Chelsea

October 24, 2004. For the second successive Saturday Blackburn conceded four goals without reply and saw an opposition striker claim a hat trick.


Bulgaria backs a gas pipeline deal with Russia that is set to strengthen Moscow's grip on energy to Europe.


Iran's top nuclear negotiator said Tuesday that talks on Tehran's atomic program will be a "long process," urging patience and dashing hopes of a breakthrough on the international standoff.


The death of the video recorder came a step closer today when the country's largest electrical chain said it is stopping selling them.


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


Some firms are hiring again, but with caution

Over the past year, EMC Corp. has added a little more than 400 employees to its Massachusetts workforce. The Hopkinton-based data-storage company expects to add still more in the coming year.


Individual bankruptcies in England and Wales have risen to their highest level on record, official figures show.


Entering his second NBA season at age 22, Marcus Banks is blessed and cursed with youth. He still enjoys a certain carefree approach to life and possesses a short attention span and even shorter memory, qualities that recently served him well. Banks said any frustration resulting from the Celtics' amended trade with the Lakers did not linger past the weekend.


Man Nabbed After Sleeping in Meth Lab Car

WATERLOO, Iowa - A man has been arrested after police found him asleep in his car with a meth lab in it while the car was parked in front of the county jail.  Kirk Alan Marvel, 42, whose address wasn't available, was charged with manufacturing methamphetamine and possession of marijuana.


7-Eleven Turns To HP To Streamline Operations

The rollout of new servers and networking switches in stores is part of a five-year agreement supporting 7-Eleven's Retail Information System.


NTT DoCOMo, IBM and Intel team up to secure mobile devices

NTT DoCoMo, Intel and IBM have published a jointly developed security specification called the Trusted Mobile Platform. It aims to provide an end-to-end security architecture for mobile wireless devices, including


Europe, Iran fail to agree on suspension of uranium enrichment

Britain, France and Germany ended the second round of talks with Iran here Wednesday, failing to reach agreement on Iran's long-term suspension of uranium enrichment, according to local reports.


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Raptors and Mourning Agree to Contract Buyout

Alonzo Mourning and the Toronto Raptors  reached agreement on a buyout of the remaining two years of his  contract on Friday, clearing the way for the all-star center to  sign with the Miami Heat.


Udine, 17:02 - CALCIO, LEONARDI: QUAGLIARELLA E DI NATALE RESTANO A UDINE

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'Militant leader' killed in Nablus gunfight

Five Palestinian fugitives, including a militant leader, were killed today during a fierce gunbattle with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.


Car bombs and clashes killed 12 Iraqis on Monday and three Australian troops were wounded in the first attack on their contingent since the end of the Iraq war.


IBM has expanded the top end of its eServer range with three multiple-processor systems aimed at datacentres and large enterprise clients.


FISHERIES Risk, Profit and Pain at the End of the Long Line

By HUNTER, Tim  Hard graft has its rewards for a tough breed - the contract fisherman.   Tim Hunter   goes longlining. A S THE Tarquin chugs out of Whangarei harbour, Matt Caldwell leans back on his chair at the helm, hooks a white gumboot into the wheel and lights a roll-up.


AOL Spam Down 75 Pct; Net Spam Trends Reverse

You've got less spam, according to  America Online, the world's largest online service.


Phil Garner savored the taste of champagne and the wild celebration going on in the Astros' clubhouse. Garner had known nothing but bitter endings after spending 10 mostly terrible seasons as a manager in Milwaukee and Detroit.


Looters Impede Aid to Haiti; UN Sending More Troops

The United Nations rushed hundreds more peacekeepers to storm-ravaged GonaÃ¯ves on Monday to stem looting, while hundreds of weary Haitians lined up for


Frist predicts intelligence compromise this week

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist predicted Sunday that Congress will have an intelligence overhaul bill by midweek, even though the chairmen of the House and Senate armed services committees want changes in its current version.


High Court Justice Shows Up for Jury Duty

No one took any notice of the tall, slim man who appeared Tuesday for jury duty. Had he worn his black robe, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer no doubt would have drawn more attention.


South Korea's Roh and Blair hail 'constructive' talks on North Korea

South Korea's President Roh Moo-Hyun and Prime Minister Tony Blair discussed the North Korean nuclear standoff, in talks hailed later by the British leader as "immensely constructive".


Colombia fails to curb threats, attacks: Amnesty

BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia's government is   leaving human rights workers vulnerable to attacks by armed   groups by discrediting their work and failing to arrest those   responsible for assaults on them, Amnesty International said in   a report released on Thursday.


The foreign secretary says 49 Britons are confirmed dead and 391 remain unaccounted for after Asia's tsunami.


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Toyota expects sales to rise in Europe in '07

Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.T) said on  Monday it expects to increase its European sales in 2007 by  about 100,000 units to 1.22 million vehicles, including its  Lexus brand, for its 11th straight year of record sales.


Symantec is just weeks away from shipping a test version of the next major update to its Norton 360 desktop security and backup software, with the product expected to ship by the end of March.Norton 360 Version 2.0 will include new Web security and identity-theft protection features as well as a "smart firewall" that will use behavior-based analysis techniques to identify emerging threats. These security features are already shipping with Symantec's Norton Internet Security 2008 product, but Norton 360 will have a few tweaks designed to make it easier to administer as well.For example, the software can now be used to back up data to new types of devices such as iPods or Blu-ray drives, said Mark Kanok, a senior product manager with Symantec. "We changed up a couple of things to make it a little more accessible and give the advanced users more control," he said.The new browser protection feature, formerly code-named Canary, blocks Web sites from installing malicious software via the browser, known as a drive-by download. These types of attacks are becoming increasingly common, security experts say.New Firefox and Windows registry cleanup and features are also planned.Norton 360 Version 2 will also include the Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response (SONAR) technology, which identifies new forms of malware by analyzing its behavior, as well as the Norton Identity Safe software, designed to protect against phishing attacks.Pricing for Norton 360 v.2 will remain unchanged, at $79.99 for a three-PC license, Kanok said. The new beta will ship by early January, at the latest, he said.


referral was a possibility. "Iran has fully prepared itself for the possible consequences," he told Reuters. The EU trio want Iran to halt uranium enrichment since it can be used to make nuclear bomb material.


DARREN CLARKE was one of three trailblazers at the top of the leaderboard on day one of the $6m Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club.


Sport: Australian Open: Champion in imperious form in easy victory over Fabrice Santoro


Vince perche' suo biglietto preferito non era arrivato


U.S. Won't Take Canada Meat From Old Cows

The Agriculture Department will not allow meat from older cattle when it expands U.S. imports of Canadian beef on March 7, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said Wednesday.


FRANKFURT Representatives of Volkswagen and its labor union faced off across a table Wednesday, opening a round of negotiations that will be closely watched here as a test of how long German workers can preserve their privileged place in the global auto


Michigan teen held on charges he planned bloody attack

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MICH. - A 17-year-old boy was arrested and police found weapons, ammunition and bomb-making gear in his home after a tip that he was making threats online against his high school, fellow students and an officer assigned to the building.


Awareness of skin cancer is increasing but people are still not protecting themselves, warn experts.


Now in Their Own Orbits, Carlyle's Stars Keep Rising

With $71.4 billion under management, Washington's Carlyle Group is easily the dean of private-equity firms in the region. But several alumni are beginning to attract notice in their own right.


Economic reports mostly up, show year-end strength

Americans spent and earned slightly more money in November than in the previous month and orders to factories for durable goods rebounded, showing


Ebay May Be Afoul of Scalping Law in N.J.

A benefit concert by the Boss is bringing out big bids on eBay. But some people offering tickets at several times their face value for an intimate performance Sunday by Bruce Springsteen may be running afoul of anti-scalping laws. The face value of the tickets is $100 each.


Seven years of Pedro. Went by quickly, huh? Seven years, the best of which may very well have been the best pitching ever done in a Boston uniform. Seven years of feistiness. Seven years of blazing fastballs. Seven years of spellbinding changeups. Seven years of pitching inside, sometimes waaaaay inside. Seven years of double-digit strikeouts. Seven years of sheer virtuosity. ...


Maybe Tennessee fans should try doing the Gator Chomp instead of singing "Rocky Top." That way, the Volunteers might feel as if they're at The Swamp on Saturday night when the No. 11 Gators (1-0) visit. Home-field advantage hasn't meant much lately in the Tennessee-Florida series, which usually goes a long way in determining the East Division winner in the Southeastern Conference.


Giornale protesta contro silenzio attorno morti sul lavoro


EU health commissioner warns of possible junk food legislation

The European Union could consider legislation to regulate the junk food industry so as to tackle the continent's increasing obesity problem, the EU's health commissioner said.


Presidente francese felice per decisioni Zapatero e Prodi


Microsoft's latest offerings to get wired with TV

Roger Kay wanted to watch the vice-presidential debate last week, but his family went out to dinner, so his kids weren't in bed until 20 minutes after the show began.


Italian high court upholds acquittal of ex-premier Andreotti on mob charges

ROME  - Italy's highest criminal court upheld the acquittal of former premier Giulio Andreotti on Friday on charges of aiding the Mafia when he was in power - the final judgment in a decade-long case that shocked the country.


Facing a death threat from his Iraqi captors, British hostage Kenneth Bigley appeared in a video on an Islamist Web site Wednesday and tearfully pleaded to British Prime Minister Tony Blair to help spare his life, saying, "Please


Tony Blair hits back at criticism over a decision to drop a Saudi arms inquiry and "cash for honours" allegations.


US oil prices slid more than half a dollar to below $44 a barrel on Monday as unusually mild winter weather in the United States curtailed demand.


'Potrebbe non essere sufficiente', decisione il 30 gennaio


Afghan Poll Unstoppable, Says U.S. Ambassador

Afghanistan's historic presidential  election is now unstoppable, the United States said on Monday,  but other officials warned of more attacks by Taliban  guerrillas and their al Qaeda allies before Saturday's vote.


Blog: Alienware offers up its chassis as a bare-bones kit.


Greenland's Ice Melt Grew by 250 Percent, Satellites Show

The island is losing ice at a rate of 59 cubic miles (248 cubic kilometers) a year, contributing to a rise in global sea levels, experts report.


Israel Kills 3 Palestinians in Major Gaza Raid

JABALYA, Gaza Strip  - Israeli forces killed three  Palestinians, including two teenagers, on Wednesday after  storming into the northern Gaza Strip for the third time in as  many months to quell Palestinian rocket fire into Israel.


Daytona 500: Harvick Spoils Martinâs Moment in a Crash-Filled Daytona 500

With a pack of cars crashing behind them, Kevin Harvick edged out Mark Martin by less than the hood of his car in the Daytona 500.


Exclusive: A Compromise Plan On Immigration

Leading House Conservative Mike Pence offers a "no amnesty" solution in an effort to get House Republicans on board


SEC to Propose Tighter Exchange Governance

(Associated Press) The Securities and Exchange Commission will propose soon a plan to tighten governance at the nation's stock exchanges to ensure they are serving the public interest, SEC Chairman William Donaldson said Friday.


Qatar seeks tenders to build oil refinery

Qatar is seeking tenders to build a oil refinery with a capacity of 250,000 barrels a day, Energy Minister Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah said on Saturday.


Oracle's $7.7 billion takeover offer for PeopleSoft has been extended several times already and was set to expire today.


Search for Banned Arms In Iraq Ended Last Month

In interviews, officials who served with the Iraq Survey Group (ISG) said the violence in Iraq, coupled with a lack of new information, led them to complete the hunt for biological, chemical and nuclear weapons shortly before Christmas.


State Health Officials Fault Lack of Federal Action on Waterproofing Sprays

State officials complain that the federal government has failed to properly investigate a long-running series of lung injuries tied to widely available waterproofing sprays.


Candidates focus on economy before new votes

FLORENCE, South Carolina  - Republicans John McCain and Mike Huckabee touted their economic credentials in South Carolina on Friday on the eve of the South's first vote for U.S. presidential nominees, as rival Mitt Romney pressed his advantage out West in Nevada.


Chelsea, Inter Milan make it into the last 16

LONDON: Inter Milan and Chelsea secured their places in the knockout stage of the Champions League on Tuesday but AC Milan will have to wait after an 89th-minute goal by Ronaldinho gave Barcelona a 2-1 win in the Nou Camp.


Colo. Elections Chief Says AG Lax on Fraud

After a cascade of allegations about voter fraud, the state's top election official accused Colorado's attorney general Wednesday of not doing enough to prosecute potential ballot crimes.


Torino, 11:21 - CALCIO, JUVE; TREZEGUET: PER RESTARE VOGLIO SQUADRA DA SCUDETTO

David Trezeguet vuole restare alla Juve ma con una squadra pronta subito a lottare per lo scudetto. ...


Two people were killed and 10 were   injured on Sunday in an explosion at a cafe in southeast   Turkey, state-run Anatolian news agency reported.


A Senate committee on Thursday acted to restore the government's authority to fine television and radio broadcasters for airing profanities, even if they are fleeting references.


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Darfur rebels set conditions before aid deal

Darfur rebels on Thursday demanded the prosecution of pro-Sudan government Arab Janjaweed militia and a no-fly zone over their territory before they sign any deal addressing


U.S.-Iraqi Forces Launch Major Offensive

BAGHDAD, Iraq - More than 3,000 U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major operation Tuesday against insurgent strongholds just south of Baghdad, their second mission in five days to wrest control from militants whose attacks threaten national elections seen as crucial to stabilizing this turbulent country...


The New Orleans police chief, reeling from the deaths of six people over the holiday weekend, said Monday that he would ask the governor to keep National Guard troops in the city past the end of the year, when their mission to help patrol hurricane-damaged neighborhoods was supposed to end.


EMC has hired a former IBM veteran to be its chief technology officer, in what appears to be the latest step in EMC's evolution from a data storage hardware specialist to a more comprehensive computing company.


President Hugo Chavez granted amnesty Monday to those accused of involvement in a failed 2002 coup that briefly drove him from power.


The first woman ever to win gold in Olympic wrestling screamed with delight, subsided into floods of tears and leapt into the arms of an astonished referee.


Gravissimo incidente provocato da una Jeep lasciata sui binariCirca 40 persone in condizioni critiche, forse vittime nelle lamiere                                                  Los Angeles, scontro tra treni Almeno nove morti e 200 feriti


Update 7: Tentative Deal Reached in Casino Strike

In front of Bally's Atlantic City, a discarded "On Strike" sign was stuffed in a trash can. Absent from the famed Boardwalk were the conga lines of chanting and singing strikers.


Londra +0,45%, Francoforte +0,02%, Parigi -0,08%


Republicans had a $20 million advantage over Democrats at the beginning of the month as the parties entered the fiercely paced final leg before Election Day.


Southeast Asian Leaders Open ASEAN Summit in Laos

Southeast Asian leaders have opened a two-day summit in Laos aimed at creating an economic community in six years and expanding free trade agreements with Asia's largest economies.


New Report the First to Translate Professor Sinaiski's Writings on the Separation of Multiphase, Multicomponent Systems

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c59093)  has announced the addition of Separation of Multiphase, Multicomponent  Systems to their offering.


Talking on a mobile phone while driving isn't just dangerous, it makes traffic jams worse, study says.


At least eight miners have been killed and 15 trapped after a gas blast at a coal in south Poland, officials say.


Jeff Daniels to be honored at film festival

Jeff Daniels will receive the first Michigan Filmmaker Award at Michael Moore's second annual Traverse City Film Festival.


With Time Warner Inc. having cleaned up its balance sheet in 2004 and long-running federal accounting investigations entering their settlement stage, shares of the world's largest entertainment conglomerate ended the year with a growth spurt. Some on Wall Street believe there could be more upside in the new year.


Drowning Deaths Grim Reminder of Importance of Water Safety

By Mike Archbold, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  May 30--A forecast of hot weather this week and two cold river drowning deaths over Memorial Day weekend are a cautionary tale for swimmers and boaters.


Arafatâs doctors rule out leukaemia, for now

CLAMART (France) - Yasser Arafat underwent medical tests yesterday and a senior Palestinian official said doctors had ruled out for the time being that the PLO leader was suffering from leukaemia.


Whirlpool Corp  said on Thursday  it planned to close two refrigerator plants and cut about 1,250  jobs in a restructuring expected to cost $15 million to $20  million.


U.S. FDA Says Will Watch Drugs Similar to Vioxx

Drugs in the same category as Merck  & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn Vioxx painkiller will get close scrutiny  to see if they also can cause heart attacks, U.S. regulators  said on Thursday.


Calif. Scientists Find New Coral Species

Scientists have discovered a new species of brushy coral that flames like a white and pink Christmas tree hundreds of feet below the Channel Islands.


LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas  - At least one tornado touched down in Dumas, Arkansas, on Saturday, injuring a number of people and destroying much of the small town's business district, while a strong winter storm moved across Colorado and into the Midwest.


UNDATED A military spokesman in Afghanistan says he's confident Osama bin Laden will be captured. Major Scott Nelson says the videotape of the al-Qaida leader is propaganda at a time when the organization is being taken down piece by piece.


Physicists take a key decision on the technology to be used in the International Linear Collider, one of the grand scientific projects of the 21st Century.


Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has declared that Adrian Mutu being left out of the squad which beat CSKA Moscow 2-0 on Wednesday was not of major concern to him.


Is Apple readying a wireless announcement? Maybe not

The day before MacWorld is set to begin, rumors are flying that Apple will make a big wireless announcement.


House panel chair probing Bush proviso on Sudan

A senior U.S. lawmaker said on  Friday that he would hold a hearing on whether President George  W. Bush had undermined a new law designed to promote divestment  from Sudan by expressing reservations about it as he signed it.


Suicide truck bomber kills 16 near Baghdad college

A suicide truck bomber blew up near a Baghdad college on Tuesday, killing 16 people and wounding 38, police said.


Computer services company Unisys Corp.  on Tuesday warned it would post a fourth-quarter loss, instead  of an expected profit, reflecting a revenue shortfall and a  $120 million charge to write off assets.


Glasgow bomb plotter left suicide note, CNN says

British police investigating the al  Qaeda-style car bomb attacks in London and Scotland have found  a suicide note left by one of the men who rammed a vehicle into  Glasgow airport, CNN reported.


Rolling update method deprives Java users of needed  patches, security vendor says.


Fish and wildlife departments around the country are on the hunt — for more wardens.


Poker's Popularity Proves a Hot Hand for Gaming Industry

Jan Edward Helfeld moves along the bar at the Hawk and Dove, a popular after-work watering hole on Capitol Hill, scanning his quarry. He seems almost desperate, although he is not looking for romance.


Mass. School Crash Hurts 12, Some Children

A car with an elderly man behind the wheel hopped the curb outside an elementary school as class was letting out Friday, pinning children and adults against a concrete wall and injuring 12 people, at least four of them critically, authorities said.


Australia to boost security measures at overseas missions

Australia will spend 591 million dollars (460 million US) boosting security at its overseas missions in the aftermath of the Jakarta embassy bombing in September, the government said.


Moore's '9/11' Makes Cut at Directors Guild

LOS ANGELES  - Michael Moore's  anti-Bush polemic "Fahrenheit 9/11" will compete for the  Directors Guild of America's documentary filmmaker award, along  with pictures that take viewers to Mongolia, Calcutta, North  Carolina and the Middle East, the DGA said Wednesday.


Most original draft-802.11n products should be firmware upgradable to the second draft, expected to be formally approved this week.


At least 13 Iraqis were killed and other 50 injured most of them are members of the Iraqi police in a booby trapped car explosion that targeted a main inspection point for the Iraqi police at al-Rasheed street in the downtown of Baghdad.


BAE bought plane for Saudi prince under arms deal: report

Britain's defence giant BAE bought Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan an Airbus plane under a multi-billion pound arms deal and is still paying the costs of flying it, the Guardian newspaper said Friday.


U.S. Men Set Relay Record, Without Phelps

ATHENS, Greece - The United States won the men's 400-meter medley relay in world-record time Saturday night, giving Michael Phelps his record eighth medal of the Athens Olympics without him getting into the pool.    Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker and Jason Lezak won in 3 minutes, 30.68 seconds, lowering the old mark of 3:31.54 set by the Americans at last year's world championships in Barcelona, Spain...


The midterm elections were either a resounding victory for voters or a spectacular fiasco, a study released Wednesday concluded simultaneously.


Lima, 11:59 - CALCIO, PERU': I CONVOCATI PER LA COPPA AMERICA

Il ct del PerÃ¹, Julio Cesar Uribe, ha ufficializzatoi 22 convocati per la Coppa America che comincer...


There are warnings for drivers after heavy snow in many parts of Scotland overnight and blizzards in some areas.


'The president is very pleased with House passage. He knows that this bill will make America safer.'. WASHINGTON | The House of Representatives easily passed a sweeping restructuring of the


British band Keane has postponed a planned U.S. tour while singer Tom Chaplin is treated for drug and alcohol addiction.


Israel Ends Deadly Northern Gaza Offensive

The Israeli army pulled out of Palestinian  areas in northern Gaza on Friday, ending a massive 16-day  offensive that has killed more than 100 Palestinians.


Anti-nuclear campaigners are due to complete their 85-mile march from Faslane to Edinburgh.


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Apple has sold over 150 million songs through its iTunes Music Store, the company announced last night. iTunes users are now downloading more than 4 million songs per week, a rate of over 200 million songs per year.


The last time Deutsche Borse attempted a deal with the London Stock Exchange it was portrayed as a merger of equals. The two exchanges, both mutuals, in 2000 planned to join


LNR Property buyout marks third billion-dollar deal

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- With LNR Property's acquisition by Cerberus Capital Management on Sunday marking the third billion-dollar buyout deal in as many months, investor appetite for the sector has sent Morgan Stanley's index of real estate investment trusts


The dollar traded in tight ranges against the euro and the yen on Tuesday ahead of the year-end holidays, but market players said it was only a matter of time before the U.S. currency resumes its slide.


Bortolussi: necessario un segnale concreto dal governo


Richard Butler Death Closes 'Ugly Chapter'

With his white hair and lined face, Aryan Nations founder Richard Butler looked like a kindly grandfather. But when he spoke, it was to issue vile diatribes against Jews and minorities, and to call for a whites-only enclave in the Northwest.


A few weeks ago a well-respected developer wrote a blog post about something he called the "social graph." A graph, to most people, is a diagram like the one on the right, which plots the value of a stock over time. For 99.99 percent of the people this is what a graph is. For a very small group of people, a graph is also something like this:  This is the kind of thing you study in a branch of mathematics called Graph Theory. I know a bit about this because when I was an undergraduate, getting a degree in math, I studied this stuff. I proved theorums about how many edges you'd have to traverse to get from one point to another on this kind of graph. There are many types of graphs, directed and undirected, for example. Some that you'd need two colors to paint, or three, but none need more than four (a theory that has been proven since I left school, thanks to computers). Graphs are useful for modeling stuff that goes on in computers. They are also part of a field of math called combinatorics that's related to statistics, and also related to a highly theoretical area of math called topology.  Now if you showed that diagram to most educated people, they probably would call it a network, and before we talked about social graphs we called them social networks, and you know what -- they're exactly the same thing, and social network is a much less confusing term, so why don't we just stick with it? (Answer: we should, imho.) So if you want to sound like an idiot, call a social network a social graph, and everyone who knows anything about math or computer science with think you're a monkey. Or call it a social network and stand up for your right to understand technology, and make the techies actually do some useful stuff instead of making simple stuff sound complicated. PS: This Google search illustrates. Most of the definitions of "graph" are what you'd expect. There is one search result for "graph theory" -- when they talk about the social graph that's what they're talking about.


MSN handing out lumps of coal for the holidays?

MSN finally reinstated the advanced link queries, but now they seem to have disappeared, leaving search marketers and site owners with no link information.


Thailand's ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra still plans to buy English Premiership side Manchester City despite authorities freezing 1.5 billion dollars of his assets, his lawyer said Tuesday.


Just weeks ago, British driver Jenson Button announced that he would leave BAR.Honda team in 2005 for BMW Williams. Both teams went to court, but Button did not get his way.


Iran bows to UN threat over nuclear programme

IRAN formally suspended its controversial uranium-enrichment programme yesterday, but doubts remain about its true intentions. The United States is convinced that Tehran is engaged in a clandestine nuclear weapons project.


Following a couple of months of speculation, Dow Chemical has disclosed big plans.


President Bush raised the possibility Monday of U.S. troop cuts in Iraq if security continues to improve, traveling here secretly to assess the war before a showdown with Congress.


Smoke and mirrors Members of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee have shown a reluctance to accept a report on the progress of Whitehall's efficiency campaign.â¦


Coroner: Katrina hospital deaths going to grand jury

A New Orleans grand jury will decide if a doctor and two nurses intentionally killed patients with injections before the hospital was evacuated in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Orleans Parish coroner Frank Minyard said Tuesday.


Kerry Turns Up the Volume With Litany of Critiques for Bush

On the president's handling of Iraq and the war on terror, John Kerry said: "I would have done almost everything differently."


U.S. to raise Texas levees in lieu of border wall

EDINBURG, Texas  - Federal officials said on Friday they will raise a stretch of Rio Grande river levees in Texas instead of building a small section of the controversial U.S.-Mexico border wall across the property of reluctant landowners.


Annan sees fears Iran standoff could lead to war

Middle Eastern leaders are worried the   current standoff between Iran and the West over Tehran's   nuclear ambitions could degenerate into war, U.N.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Sunday.


Media bidding war starts for Guantanamo ex-detainee

Australian David Hicks, the only Guantanamo Bay detainee convicted of terrorism charges, is at the centre of a worldwide media bidding war for his story, with a possible price tag of A$1 million (US$892,000), local media said.


Fewer companies can afford to offer family coverage, a national ...

The cost of providing health care to employees has risen 11.2 percent this year, according to an authoritative national survey reported Thursday.


Dirk Nowitzki hit a basket with 12 seconds to play as Germany rallied for a 69-65 win against Slovenia at the European Championship in Madrid that gave the Germans a chance to qualify for next summerâs Olympic Games. Croatia also earned a place in a pre-Olympic qualifying tournament in July with an 86-69 win over France, which got 18 points from San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker.


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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Police cornered a rather unusual suspect in Knoxville's entertainment district early Tuesday - a 130-pound black bear.


Cecilia Sarkozy "hated life in the limelight"

Cecilia Sarkozy says her marriage to French President Nicolas Sarkozy failed because she hated life in the limelight.


Calif. Judge Refuses to Block Boxing Show Debut

A California judge refused on  Wednesday to deliver a knock-out punch to one of two boxing  "reality" shows vying to be first on U.S. television but set  the stage for a second, and perhaps more decisive round in  their fight.


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


Pay-O-Matic is the subject of a takeover by Founders Equity, a private equity firm in New York, in a deal estimated at more than $500 million.


Roma, 18:20 - CALCIO, OSSERVATORIO: PALERMO-CAGLIARI SENZA TIFOSI OSPITI

Palermo-Cagliari, in programma il 17 febbraio, sarà vietato ai tifosi ospiti. Lo ha deciso l'...


Former Indian deputy Prime Minister LK Advani becomes the new president of the main opposition BJP.


Developed nations needn't fear outsourcing: IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has debunked fears of job losses in industrialized nations due to outsourcing of services to developing nations.


Movie Review | 'Deck the Halls': A Bright Christmas: The Battle of the Bulbs

Matthew Broderick and Danny DeVito look tired and out of sorts as feuding neighbors, and you can hardly blame them, given this pictureÂs inept, curdled mixture of sappiness and crude humor.


A woman taken from her parents as a baby welcomes a planned apology over the "stolen generation".


U.S. Given Poor Marks on the Environment

The U.S. ranks at the bottom of the Group of 8 industrialized nations in the analysis conducted by researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities.


Greek airline diverted in Ireland after second bomb alert within ...

A Greek airline bound for New Yorkwas diverted Tuesday to Shannon airport in Ireland after a second bomb alert to affect Olympic Airlines within three days.


FOXBOROUGH -- The Revolution are on the verge of a signing that could go far in solving their scoring problems. Mexican striker Jose Manuel Abundis, 33, trained with the Revolution yesterday and could join the team after leaving Deportivo Toluca FC.


Police charge a man with the murder of a 50-year-old cyclist in a park in south-west London.


A horse in Cliff is Grant County's first confirmed case of West Nile virus this year. The equine reportedly has survived the disease, and is recovering, according to a spokesman for a Silver City-based veterinary


Sven-Goran Eriksson arrives at Man City's training ground as he meets the players for the first time.


Although the veteran Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan have little in common, their recent moves have given a jolt to two long frozen conflicts -- the Israeli-Palestinian imbroglio and the Indo-Pakistan struggle


Philippine Shares End At Record High; Telecom Stks' Gain

MANILA (Dow Jones)--Philippines shares closed at a new 53-month high Monday, lifted by steady investor interest in key blue chips, particularly telecommunications stocks.


Evidence that mobile phones can interfere with vital intensive care equipment has been strengthened.


Disgraced Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu will undergo counselling in an effort to save his career after he tested positive for cocaine.


AMERICA/BRASILE - Avviato il processo di beatificazione di P. Giuseppe Calvi, missionario italiano che ha realizzato la sua vocazione in un ospedale brasiliano, ammalato tra gli ammalati Curitibia (Agenzia Fides) - Ã stato avviato, nella diocesi di Curitibia (Brasile), il processo di beatificazione del P. Giuseppe Calvi, un missionario italiano appartenente agli Oblati di San Giuseppe (OSJ). Ad informarne l'Agenzia Fides Ã¨ P. Guido M...


Powell calls off Athens visit after protests

Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State, cancelled a weekend visit to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics, prompting Greek Communists to claim it as a victory for anti-American protests.


SEATTLE/ARLINGTON, Texas  - Japan's Ichiro Suzuki  is poised to break one of the oldest records in major league  baseball.


Dell buys family-owned MessageOne for SaaS

Part of Dell Computer's transition strategy is to no longer focus all its interests on one side of the technology market exclusively. That was made clearer today with another acquisition of a service-oriented software provider.


Boeing ex-officer pleads guilty in Air Force hiring case:

[World News]: Washington, Nov 17 : A Former Boeing Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has pleaded guilty to illegally negotiating an executive job for an Air Force's acquistion official while she still had authority over billions of dollars in Boeing contract


At least 18 people have been injured by an explosion at a pop concert in southern Turkey, CNN-Turk news channel reported. A bomb placed under a police car went off in the city of Mercin during a performance by well-known Turkish singer Candan Ercetin.


Lenovo Group Ltd., the world's No. 4 personal computer maker, said Wednesday its profits grew nearly sevenfold in its latest fiscal year as it boosted sales and restructured following its acquisition of IBM Corp.'s PC unit.


Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., warned Democratic activists Sunday that the party must take a tougher stance on national security if it wants to succeed in the November elections.


Police are investigating possible links to animal rights protesters after a woman's grave is desecrated.


U.S. Worries Deliver a New Jolt Overseas

Since late summer, the United States economy has demonstrated an enduring power to surprise. And not for the better.


Iraq war fuelling extremism among young British Muslims: report

British foreign policy and in particular the Iraq war has made it easier for Islamist extremists to recruit young British Muslims, according to a report released here Thursday.


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By Bob Schieffer. By Mark Knoller. By Dotty Lynch. (CBS/AP) President Bush said he did not believe John Kerry was lying about his Vietnam war record but he declined to criticize the Swift Boat group that claims Kerry is lying.


Free drug samples go to wealthy, insured: U.S. study

Insured and wealthy Americans are more likely than needy patients to get the billions of dollars in free drug samples distributed by pharmaceutical companies to win patient and doctor loyalty, a study released on Wednesday said.


Balasov e Saraskina - ÂSERGEJ FUDEL': MESSAGGI DAL KM 101Â - Ed. La casa di Matriona Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Maggio 1956, km 101 da Mosca (chi era stato in Gulag non poteva avvicinarsi di piÃ¹ alla capitale). Combattendo contro la miseria - gli manca perfino la carta - un ex detenuto comincia faticosamente a scrivere saggi, lettere, me...


Key differences resolved in N.Korea nuclear talks

Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear arms program early on Tuesday settled key differences that had blocked a draft disarmament deal, leaving the potential agreement needing approval from the countries' capitals.


The husband of kidnapped aid agency chief Margaret Hassan has made a fresh appeal to her Iraqi captors to release her. Mrs Hassan appeared on Friday in a wrenching televised statement begging for her life


About 120 people are killed and more than 6,000 injured each year by vehicles that back over them, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.


Siemens scrutinizing 1.6 billion euros in dubious deals: report

An internal probe at the German engineering group Siemens has raised the amount of suspicious transactions the company is investigating to about 1.6 billion euros (2.3 billion dollars), a press report said Thursday.


Cisse was becoming increasingly frustrated at the lack of service but Bolton were continuing to dominate in midfield. Manager Sam Allardyce rang the changes by bringing on Les Ferdinand and Kevin Nolan for Davies and Giannakopolous.


Red Sox are ready to take their position

The Red Sox, losing to the Devil Rays yesterday, had their division lead sliced to 1½ games by the Yankees. With a week left in the regular season, the AL East race is far from over.


U.S. Seen Moving Quickly on N. Korea Talks After Election

No matter who wins the Nov. 2  election, the United States is expected to move quickly to  engage North Korea in a new round of talks about its suspected  nuclear weapons programs, South Korean ambassador Han Sung-joo  said on Wednesday.


Cagliari, 18:38 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI; GIAMPAOLO: PUNTO MERITATO

''Per fare risultato contro l'Inter non devi sbagliare nulla e devi avere anche un pizzico di fortun...


Salerno, 12:52 - CALCIO, GROSSETO: PINNA ALLA SALERNITANA

La Salernitana (C1) ha ingaggiato dal Grosseto il portiere Salvatore Pinna, 31 anni. Contratto bienn...


ROME  - Days after Pope Benedict XVI criticized the media for its "destructive" influence, the Vatican on Monday announced plans to launch its first television network by the end of the year.


Scientists Cure Mice Of Sickle Cell Using Stem Cell Technique

Using a recently developed technique for turning skin cells into stem cells, scientists have cured mice of sickle cell anemia -- the first direct proof that the easily obtained cells can reverse an inherited, potentially fatal disease.


Intel spins out telecom portion of optical-networking group

Emcore is picking up some telecommunications technology from Intel for $85 million, as Intel refocuses on its core products.


Home Depot to Sell Big Appliances Online

Home Depot Inc. HD.N, looking to  expand its share of the home appliance market, said on Tuesday  it will begin selling refrigerators, washers, dryers and other  items online.


About 25 firefighters are dealing with a fire at a shopping centre in Downpatrick in County Down.


IBM Corp. claimed unofficial bragging rights Tuesday as owner of the world's fastest supercomputer. For three years running, the fastest supercomputer has been NEC's Earth Simulator in Japan.


Less than two months after being fired as NBC's entertainment president, Kevin Reilly has been hired by Fox for the same job as part of a restructuring that includes the promotion of Peter Liguori to entertainment chairman.


Algeria's Most-Wanted Militant Taken Into Custody

One of North Africa's most wanted  Islamic militant leaders, accused in the kidnapping of 32  European tourists last year, has been taken into custody in  Algeria, authorities said on Thursday.


Who Needs Sting? Police Alumni Rock for the Kids

Out of the blue comes an e-mail from my brother, Miles: "All confirmed. Rehearsals are next Friday, and your show with Andy Summers and Incubus at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas will be on Sunday."


Eleventh-grader Farhiya Hosh had her textbook open yesterday to Section Four, displaying a picture of 19th-century politician John C. Calhoun, in preparation for a test. But she stared instead at a list of songs on a miniature computer screen.


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But prices are poised to start falling before Labor Day, publisher of Lundberg survey says. (CNN) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline rose half a cent during the past two weeks, to $1.


Le reazioni ai verbali degli interrogatori dell'immobiliarista romanoPer Veltroni "un nuovo segno della crisi del sistema democratico"                                            Casini: "Da Ricucci dichiarazioni fantasiose" I Ds: "Con Fassino nessuna telefonata"


Ford Negotiating With Slovakia for Plant

The US automaker Ford Motor Co. is negotiating with Slovakia's government to build an auto parts plant in the nation's east, a newspaper reported Tuesday.


Italians Divided After Return of 'Simonas'

For three weeks, Italians across the country marched, held vigils and lit candles, and politicians united to promote freedom for a pair of humanitarian aid workers held captive in Iraq.


The militant 'Islamic Army in Iraq' says it has killed two Macedonian hostages it calls 'US spies'.


Being an actress seemed to come easy for teen star Emma Roberts, who says she spent a considerable amount of time watching her aunt, Julia Roberts, on the set of her films. Playing the guitar, however, was another story.


Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is to serve as an adviser to insurer Zurich - his second job with a major finance firm.


Former No. 1 player Justine Henin-Hardenne ended her Monday season because of continued problems with an energy-sapping virus. The blood disorder weakened her since April although she won the singles gold medal at the Olympics.


Blog: Glaskowsky explains the difference between design flaws and defects.


Pakistan accuses al Qaeda of killing Bhutto

Pakistan accused al Qaeda of killing opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, whose assassination has plunged the nuclear-armed country into crisis and triggered bloody protests.


Boeing turns to Russia for Dreamliner help

US aerospace giant Boeing has pledged to invest 2.5 billion dollars (1.9 billion euros) in the Russian aerospace industry with an eye for help in developing its next-generation 7E7 Dreamliner jets, officials said.


Legendary radio presenter and DJ, John Peel, died suddenly yesterday while on a working holiday in Peru. He suffered a massive heart attack.


Company settled legal disputes Monday with two of its largest remaining antagonists in a move that will ensure its antitrust deal will not be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. -The Washington Post


Oil prices rise on Nigerian strike concerns

NEW YORK, November 1  - World crude oil prices rose in Asia trading this morning, with the Nigerian oil unions beginning their protests in a build-up to a nationwide general strike planned for later this month.


The dollar held on to the previous day's gain on Tuesday, supported by a retreat in oil prices and upbeat comments on the US economy from Federal Reserve officials.


Their name means "It's Time." Their slogan shows a ticking clock, and their ability to bring thousands of students to the streets is spooking the government as the country prepares for Sunday's pivotal ...


Retail sales in Britain rose strongly in August, helped by strong sales of food, official data showed on Thursday.


Facing Free Software, Microsoft Looks to Yahoo

Internet-centered programs that compete with the core products of Microsoft are a driver of its bid for Yahoo.


Russian authorities are trying to negotiate with the armed group holding at least 200 hostages, many of them children. The heavily armed militants stormed the school in Beslan on Wednesday and are demanding


In a message to CIA staff Monday, Porter Goss, the director of central intelligence, said he will soon announce changes in "procedures, organization, senior personnel and areas of focus for our organization," according to officials who


Firenze, 18:12 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: CONTRATTURA BICIPITE FEMORALE PER FREY

Non è particolarmente serio l'infortunio del portiere della Fiorentina Sebastien Frey, uscito...


Emesso dalla Chambre de l'instruction della Corte d'appello di Parigi un mandato d'arresto per l'ex terrorista Cesare Battisti. La richiesta era stata avanzata dalla Procura generale perche', da alcuni giorni


A Newly Confident Clinton Focuses More on Economy Than on Obama

COMPTON, Calif., Jan. 17 -- Ten days after she choked up while answering a question from a New Hampshire voter, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton took the pulpit at Citizens of Zion Missionary Baptist Church here on Thursday to cite a Bible verse in support of her main argument against Sen. Barack Obama.


A group of Pygmy musicians performing at an annual festival were temporarily put up in a zoo by Congolese officials, attracting tourists and prompting a protest from a human rights group.


Malaysia's UEM Land, GE tie up on Johor project

Malaysian property developer UEM Land has roped in U.S. firm General Electric  as a strategic partner in plans it is spearheading to build a new Asian boomtown in the country's southern region of Johor.


Russia charges Berezovsky with coup plot: lawyer

Russian prosecutors have brought criminal charges against emigre tycoon Boris Berezovsky on suspicion of plotting to seize power, his lawyer said on Monday.


US stocks rose on investors' hopes for a year-end rally, while the dollar eked out gains and oil advanced again on Thursday as OPEC ministers supported supply cuts by applying official output quotas.


HONOLULU, Hawaii (Sports Network) - The best that the NFL  has to offer will take the field at Aloha Stadium on Sunday  night, as the AFC and NFC square off in the 2005 Pro Bowl.


US-based chipmaker Texas Instruments Inc. said it will spend about US$300 million (euro 240 million) over the next three years to increase output at its facilities in the northern Philippines.


The Treasuryâs schedule of financing this week includes todayâs regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow.


SUZUKA, Japan - Qualifying for this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix on the Formula One racing tour is rescheduled because of a typhoon forecast.


EU court upholds sanctions against Microsoft

A Luxembourg-based European courton Wednesday turned down an appeal by Microsoft to delay sanctions imposed on the software giant by the European Commission (EC), the executive arm of the European Union (EU).


David Groh, the handsome, hardworking character actor who was best known to television viewers as the easygoing man Rhoda Morgenstern married and divorced during the run of Valerie Harper's hit 1970s sitcom "Rhoda," has died. He was 68.


Iraq's government on Tuesday welcomed long-awaited testimony to Congress by the U.S. commander in Iraq and said it would have less need for foreign forces to carry out combat operations in the "near future".


CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez survived a popular referendum to oust him, according to results Monday, while Venezuela's opposition swiftly claimed fraud.    Backers of the leftist populist president set off fireworks and began celebrating in the streets of the capital in the pre-dawn darkness upon hearing the news from Francisco Carrasquero, president of the National Elections Council...


Joint Venture Wins Enron Pipeline Auction

Enron Corp. ENRNQ.PK on Wednesday  said a joint venture of Southern Union Co. SUG.N and a  General Electric Co. GE.N unit won the auction for its crown  jewel U.S. pipelines with a $2.45 billion cash and assumed debt  bid.


Situation in Iraq 'is difficult' says Straw

Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the situation in Iraq is "difficult" before explaining that this meant foreign troops had a duty to remain the country.


Kosovo leaders urge calm after clashes kill two

Kosovo Albanian leaders  appealed for calm on Sunday after two people died in clashes  between police and Albanians protesting a U.N. plan they say  falls short of full independence from Serbia.


Vodafone Picks Rival's Executive for Post

Vodafone's Japanese unit picked an executive from NTT DoCoMo Monday in its search for a president and chief executive who can turn the company around.


Should investors jump in or wait a bit on this maker of a robotic catheter system?


Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) owner Eddie Gossage has approached Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone about the possibility of staging a night race in the United States.


A senior US senator urges sanctions on Sudan, as the UN prepares to say whether a genocide is being committed in Darfur.


Mortgage Suit Says ‘Trust Us’ Led to Fleecing

Dozens of Virginians were victims of one of the largest mortgage frauds in U.S. history, a lawsuit says.


"Law & Order" star Jerry Orbach dies at 69

Jerry Orbach, who was acclaimed as quintessence on the New York stage -- one of the last bona fide leading men of the Broadway musical and global celebrity on television as


The point guard thought he was great. The general manager had no comment. Dennis Rodman himself? He thinks the Denver Nuggets could really use a guy like him.


Bengals' Palmer Hurt in Loss to New England

FOXBORO, Mass., (Sports Network) - Cincinnati Bengals  quarterback Carson Palmer left Sunday's 35-28 loss against New  England in the third quarter due to a left knee sprain.


The Maltese folk band Etnika are organising their annual summer event, the Etnikafe for 2004 this weekend at St John's Ditch in Valletta.


This record is for all the little guys, for all the players who have to leg out every hit instead of taking a relaxing trot around the bases, for all the batters whose muscles aren't


CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- A five-alarm fire broke out in the landmark LaSalle Bank building in downtown Chicago Monday night, injuring at least 25 people.


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Super Tuesday delivers as rap fans buy rapidly

The album's obituary was written  prematurely, a point made quite clear by the arrivals of new  ones by Kanye West, 50 Cent and Kenny Chesney.


By IOAN GRILLO MEXICO CITY - For most people, even the smallest bite of a raw chili pepper means a flushed face and a rush for a gulp of water.


A new species of elephant shrew is discovered in Tanzania, scientists report.


High-Tech Titans Strike Out on Immigration Bill

Bill Gates and Steven A. Ballmer of Microsoft, along with other high-tech executives, are lobbying for more visas for temporary foreign workers and permanent immigrants.


After-Thanksgiving Day Sales Attract Bargain Hunters

( Friday, November 26, 2004 - WANE - Fort Wayne) -- The day after Thanksgiving is often referred to as "Black Friday" because it's suppose to be the day retailers go from being in the "red" to being in the "black" because of holiday sales.


InfoWorld - Playing high-action video games for a few hours each day can improve your vision, according to researchers in the U.S. But an eye expert in the U.K. called their findings into question.


AGEING but still on the go, climbing in and around craters, tapping into the mysteries of strangely cracked rocks, the two roving vehicles, Spirit and Opportunity, have explored Mars about three times as long as originally scheduled and keep finding


What's Cool In the Pool ... ... And Hot On the Deck

Americans are spending more on tricking out the places where they swim. Here's a look at the new wave of accessories


Microsoft pushes search technology to market

SEATTLE Microsoft launches Web search technology today that it hopes will give it a share of the market dominated by Google. The new search engine will initially be available only on a special test site.


Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra today joined other leaders of Asian and European nations in concluding the 5th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM-5), which had been held in the Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi since 7 ...


Market politicos sometimes say one thing but mean another.


Kerry in Southwest to Prepare for Debate

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry promised to work for the middle class and energy independence, as he landed in this closely divided southwestern state to prepare for the last presidential debate.


PCAOB Said to Be Investigating KPMG Audit of Fannie Mae

New York (Dec. 20, 2004) - The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has reportedly opened an investigation into KPMG's audits of mortgage finance company Fannie Mae.


E' il livello piu' alto raggiunto negli ultimi 9 anni


Riforme. Vertice della Lega a casa di Bossi. Castelli: adesso ...

A Gemonio, nella villa di Umberto Bossi in provincia di Varese, all'indomani dell'approvazione delle riforme costituzionali, si Ã¨ svolto un vertice dello stato maggiore della Lega nord. Hanno partecipato


Montenegrin prime minister may step down

Montenegro's prime minister said Monday he may soon step down, one day after his coalition swept to power in the country's first election since it gained independence from Serbia.


Padoa-Schioppa: "Avremo meno pesantezza degli adempimenti"


Celebrity photographers say a new movie misrepresents them, and that hurts their feelings.


Housing Illness Spreading to Rest of Construction

A plunge in construction spending threatens to drive the American economy into recession.


Stocks opened sharply higher ahead of a speech from the Federal Reserve chairman that Wall Street hopes will at least hint at a rate cut.


A House of Representatives subcommittee has scheduled a hearing to examine the NFL Players Association's procedures for disciplining agents.


Based on an eight-page memorandum the NHL has sent to all teams, mysteriously obtained by TSN, the NHL has rejected the NHLPA offer and is poised to issue its own counter-offer at a 1 pm meeting with the NHLPA on Tuesday.


L.A. judge lifts hold on Anna Nicole Smith funeral

A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday lifted an order that kept Anna Nicole Smith's body from being buried, saying that enough DNA required for a legal battle over her infant daughter was obtained during Smith's autopsy.


Intelligence officials and Democrats yesterday sharply criticized the proposal to radically restructure US intelligence drafted by the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Pat Roberts, Kansas Republican.


Annika Sorenstam has nothing left to prove this year. She has won seven times, claimed another major and went over the $2 million mark for the fourth consecutive season. But that doesn't mean she came to the ADT Championship to relax.


Foreign tourists touched by Thai generosity after tsunami disaster

BANGKOK : Western tourists who survived giant waves that struck Thailand's shores at the weekend have been astounded by the generosity of locals grappling with their own massive destruction and loss of life.


Or: How to wait in line all day in the summer heat and pay $200 for nothing.


Cuba Libre! US diplomat makes Castro squirm

JAMES CASON, head of the US Interest Section in Cuba (the United States has no embassy there) has ignited a marvelous little propaganda war between the United States and Cuba, and Cuba is losing.


3 Arrested in Suspected Plot to Attack Iraqi Prime Minister

German police today arrested three Iraqis who the chief federal prosecutor said appeared to have been planning an attack on Prime Minister Ayad Allawi of Iraq, here for talks with Chancellor Gerhard SchrÃ¶der.


Susan Sontag, Social Critic With Verve, Dies at 71

Susan Sontag's impassioned political pronouncements and her advocacy of the avant-garde made her a lionized and polarizing figure in 20th-century letters.


Truffa ai danni delle Poste, 11 arresti in quattro regioni

L'ultima volta hanno truffato le Poste per 20 milioni di euro. Proprio da quell'episodio sono partite le indagini della Polizia postale di Pescara, che hanno permesso di individuare una banda con diramazioni


Fanno meglio di public company, studio di Credit Suisse


Intelligent Conversation - with Your Car

Honda already had the most advanced voice-controlled navigation system on the market, but the new version, announced Sept. 1, introduces a slew of improvements.


The All Too Ready for Prime Time Players

How "Saturday Night Live" dulled its political edge and surrendered to the national obsession with celebrity scandal.


Zurigo, 14:09 - CALCIO, IL MONTENEGRO DIVENTA MEMBRO FIFA

Il Montenegro, tramite acclamazione dei delegati delle altre federazioni, è entrato oggi a fa...


Stocks Tumble; Greenspan Jolts Investors

U.S. stocks fell sharply on Friday as  investors were jolted by a $2 jump in oil prices and a warning  from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan that the dollar  had further to fall.


Israeli Drone Kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza Strike

An Israeli drone fired a missile early Friday morning, killing two Palestinian militants a day after Israeli troops killed nine Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip, witnesses said.


Despite GOP gains, Democrats pledge fight over judges

In a psychological war of words, Senate Republicans are issuing slightly veiled threats against their Democratic counterparts if the minority


Global Development and Environmental Resources, Inc. Files Federal Lawsuit

Global Development and Environmental Resources, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: GDVE) announced today that it filed a Federal lawsuit against various parties that originally supplied the shell that Global reversed into.


Second (AL East) wild card winner; def. Anaheim in ALDS; def. NY Yankees in ALCS; def. St. Louis in World Series. The curse is finally dead, as


Patrick Bucklew is a New York City artist who dabbled in theft in the '80s. This is his story


TRAINER Dermot Weld refused to commit Vinnie Roe to the Melbourne Cup despite his top-flight stayer posting a record-breaking fourth straight Irish St Leger (2800m) at The Curragh yesterday.


U.N. Chief's Claim That Iraq War Was "illegal" Draws Protests From...

Secretary-General Kofi Annan's claim that the war in Iraq was illegal drew strong protest from the United States and its allies but little comment from the war's opponents, who appeared unwilling to revisit the ...


Powell Suggests Iraq Critics Are Defeatist, Rattled

Secretary of State Colin Powell said  on Tuesday the United States cannot wilt in the face of the  Iraqi insurgency and suggested critics of the war in Iraq were  becoming rattled and defeatist.


Penn State quarterback Zack Mills will be out of action Saturday after sustaining a concussion in last week's game. Against Ohio State, junior Michael Robinson will make his second start at quarterback this season.


CCTV images of a 21 July bomb suspect apparently fleeing in women's clothes are seen in court.


UN audits newly released point to widespread mismanagement in the former UN oil-for-food programme for Iraq.


Fool on the Street: Dick's Focuses on the Core

In a conference call with William Blair & Co., Dick's Sporting Goods discussed how it expects to maintain its rapid growth.


Sportswriter William C. Rhoden will join Michelle Singletary for a discussion about his book "Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete."


Amberes, 14:05 - CALCIO, CINESE FANGZHOU AL MANCHESTER UTD DA GENNAIO

Dong Fangzhou, definito da piÃ¹ parti il miglior talento cinese di sempre, vestirà la maglia d...


Yet while the numbers reflected strength in exports, they also indicated that American consumers had cut back on their spending as the economy flagged.


NBA: Peterson Lifts Raptors to First Win Without Carter

Morris Peterson posted 20 points and  Lamond Murray added 18 to carry the Toronto Raptors to their  first victory without New Jersey-bound Vince Carter, a 110-99  win over the Nets Sunday.


A Parma, la magistratura ha aperto un'inchiesta


Milano, 14:34 - CALCIO, MILAN; BROCCHI: VIETATO SOTTOVALUTARE CELTIC

Christian Brocchi, centrocampista rossonero, ai microfoni di Milan Channel parla dell'imminente part...


Letting go won't be easy, if only because of how long and how much it took out of Andre Agassi to hold on.


Luxembourg's Gilles Muller is ranked so low he has to qualify next week just to see if he can even get into the US Open in less than two weeks.


XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Starbucks Corp. have ended a marketing pact that included music promotions in the coffee chain's stores and CD's sold with both companies' logos.


Air raids, bombs despite Sri Lanka peace talk vows

Sri Lanka's Air Force bombed Tamil Tiger bases for a third day on Thursday, and suspected rebels clashed with government soldiers, after the foes agreed to crunch talks aimed at halting renewed civil war.


Researchers Discover Two Planets in Solar System

The Washington Post\\'s ongoing investigation of the state of medical care and facilities at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the overall military and VA health care systems.


La Juventus el'attaccante prendono tempo. Il dottor Agricola dopo la risonanza magnetica alla spalla: "Per ora fisioterapia e antinfiammatori, poi valuteremo". TORINO, 6 ottobre 2004 - Intervento rinviato. David Trezeguet ci riprova con la fisioterapia.


Arafatâs Succession: The Transition of Power

Yasser Arafat's death raises considerable speculation about who will ultimately succeed him as leader. On paper, the Palestinian transition of power is quite clear: the speaker of the parliament - Rawhi Fattouh - temporarily becomes president.


Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was wrapping up a visit to a political science class at the University of Virginia Monday when she received an unexpected send-off: a spontaneous chorus of the school's fight song.


U.S. decision on UnitedHealth probe not seen soon

A U.S. prosecutor on Tuesday said the government likely was at least six months away from deciding whether to bring any criminal charges related to stock options practices at UnitedHealth Group Inc. .


Title hopefuls Deportivo Coruna needed a late Walter Pandiani header to claim a 1-1 draw with 10-man Espanyol on the opening day of the Spanish league season on Saturday.


Doctors in France start giving chemical treatment to 48 repeat sex offenders to see if it will stop them attacking again.


Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a new mobile phone that features some of the sleek design and functions of Apple Inc.'s much-hyped iPhone.


Scores die as Pakistani government forces launch an attack on the occupied complex in Islamabad


McLaren are cleared of any wrongdoing following an official investigation into whether they used team orders in the Monaco Grand Prix.


As beautiful as the coast is here, the most difficult trick to doing any serious paddling out of tourist season is finding a boat.


Food costs went up again but consumers got a break at the gas pumps in June, helping to lower inflation to 0.2 percent, the smallest increase in five months.


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PHNOM PENH - Cambodia's National Assembly opened its session Monday aimed at ratifying last year's agreement between the government and the United Nations on establishing a tribunal for bringing former Khmer Rouge leaders to justice.


Japan starts disaster-alert system using satellites

Japan, one of the world's most  seismically active nations, on Friday began an alert system  using satellites to instantly transmit warnings of natural  disasters, such as tsunami, to speed up evacuations.


Oil prices ease on hopes of Nigeria breakthrough

LONDON : Oil prices fell slightly in opening deals on hopes of an easing of tensions in Nigeria's key oil producing region, traders said.


OPEC's top producer Saudi Arabia on  Wednesday questioned the need for the cartel to bolster oil  prices by cutting supply, saying the kingdom would keep crude  output at current high levels as long as customers wanted it.


Unique Clough bears comparison with the best

One of his former players described him as "England's version of Muhammad Ali" and to many, not least himself, Brian Clough was the greatest of all British club managers.


Move over Rover, let Flipper take over. News from New Zealand suggests man's best friend is in fact the bottlenose dolphin. It emerged yesterday that four swimmers were saved from a great white shark by a


Militants threaten to execute three Western hostages unless all female Iraqi prisoners are set free.


Police forces in Wales have the best five highest-detection rates for burglary in the UK, new figures reveal


Russia says no progress on U.S. missile shield

Moscow and Washington are no closer to resolving their differences over U.S. plans for a missile shield in Europe despite talks on a compromise, a senior Russian diplomat said on Wednesday.


Six soldiers based in south Wales could be dismissed from the Army after testing positive for drugs.


EarthLink pays $5 million to delay Houston Wi-Fi buildout

EarthLink will pay the city of Houston $5 million as a penalty for not meeting a deadline to sign a contract with the power utility that will provide the poles to install its Wi-Fi gear.


Microsoft To Share Office Software Source Code with Governments

Microsoft's business strategy manager for Europe, Wilfried Grommen, said "It's really important for us at this stage that we have this major extension of the GSP.


U.S. Bomb Error Kills at Least 5 in Iraq

The United States military said it dropped a 500-pound bomb on the wrong house outside the northern city of Mosul on Saturday, killing five people. The man who owned the house said the bomb killed 14 people, and an Associated Press photographer said seven of them were children.


Crespellano, 12:55 - Calcio, Cervia: debutto con pareggio per Maradona jr

Debutto con pareggio (0-0) per Maradona junior nel Cervia, la squadra di Eccellenza del reality 'Cam...


For golf at the highest level, the Target World Challenge is the final tournament of the year in the United States. It also happens to be a popular hangout for foreign players.


But just as Sanger founded the women's birth control movement, O'Rand may lead the way to a whole new world of male contraception.


Duba - A purported statement from the kidnappers of two French journalist hostages, said they would announce a decision on their fate soon and denied they delegated negotiations to any other group.


A Saudi prince received secret payments from the UK's biggest arms dealer, a BBC investigation reveals.


MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian Islamist group Hamas urged the West on Friday to accept a new Palestinian unity government which it said was the only way to ensure stability in the Middle East.


iskorpitx brings down 600 NZ sites Legendary Turkish hacker iskorpitx has turned his attention Down Under with an attack that grounded the websites of nearly 600 Kiwi businesses and about 300 international sites hosted by the same US-based web server.â¦


Fuel oil is spilling out of a Malaysian freighter that snapped in two off the US state of Alaska, threatening the fragile ecocystem of the Aleutian islands.


November 19, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - Some disturbing revelations that Iran is trying to adapt its advanced ballistic missiles to carry nuclear warheads could mean that the fanatical Islamic nation is far closer to becoming a nuclear power than had been


ADDIS ABABA - One third of troop reinforcements taking part in an expanded African Union peacekeeping force have arrived in Sudan's western region of Darfur, the pan-African body said.


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CBRL Group Inc , parent of the  Cracker Barrel restaurant chain, on Tuesday reported lower  quarterly earnings, hurt by a higher income tax rate, which was  partly offset by the benefit of an additional week in the  latest quarter.


Oil Halts Slide on Iraqi Pipeline Attacks

Oil prices stopped a five-day slide on  Friday on renewed supply concerns after fresh Iraqi pipeline  attacks outweighed an end to a three-week uprising in the city  of Najaf.


After months of political attacks, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jim Davis is admitting he made a mistake when he voted in the state Legislature to deny compensation for two black men convicted, and later cleared, in the killings of two white men.