A would-be German thief went from predator to victim when he tried to mug a taxi driver but ended up having his own wallet snatched instead.


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There were confessions and exclamations and maybe even something to shock you all as the nominees for the American Music Awards were announced this morning.


Abu Ghraib Soldier Admits to Some Charges

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The highest-ranking Army reservist charged with abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison said Monday he will plead guilty to some offenses because "what I did was a violation of law."   Staff Sgt...


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Il sogno di Massimo Moratti è Lionel Messi. Secondo il sito del quotidiano sportivo spagnolo ...


Microsoft threatened severe penalties Thursday for those who circulate a stolen copy of "Halo 2," the hotly anticipated Xbox game set to go on sale next month.


A Russian court jails four soldiers - three in their absence - for murdering a group of Chechen civilians.


South Korea to explain uranium experiments at IAEA meetings this month

South Korean officials will meet with the UN nuclear watchdog this month to explain about controversial uranium enrichment tests conducted four years ago, Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon said.


Newly installed Arlington County Board Chairman J. Walter Tejada, the highest-ranking Latino official in Northern Virginia, yesterday unveiled an activist, and potentially controversial, agenda for 2008 at the county's annual organizing session.


Israel Arrests 18 in Crackdown in West Bank

The raid on a Palestinian Authority building near Ramallah appears to be part of a growing crackdown.


US military probes shooting of Iraqi in Fallujah

WASHINGTON - The United States military has begun an investigation into possible war crimes after a television pool report by NBC showed a Marine shooting dead a wounded and unarmed Iraqi in a Fallujah mosque, officials said on Monday.


SAO PAULO: Brazil set off for the midweek friendly in Germany without Ronaldo on Sunday after he was given permission to stay behind for an engagement dinner with his girlfriend.


CAIRO, Egypt - An explosion tore through a resort hotel Thursday night where Israelis were vacationing at the end of a Jewish holiday, killing at least 30 people and wounding more than 100, officials said.    Two smaller blasts were reported later at other tourist sites in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, and witnesses gave unconfirmed reports that car bombs caused all three blasts...


Less than a year after walking away with the three top prizes, England have failed to receive a single nomination in any of the major categories for the annual International Rugby Board awards.


Sanjay Gupta has signed Aanand L. Rai, a reputed television director, for his forthcoming film.


EU green lights plan to restructure France's Bull

The European Commission approved a plan to restructure the French computer group Bull involving an increase in its capital of 517 million euros (682.4 million dollars).


The makers of Guru energy drinks are trying to crack New Yorkâs crowded beverage market with the help of some skilled sales people.


Opinion: Who should own disaster recovery?

Effective DR preparation is the result of a series carefully coordinated, cross-function responsibilities that mostly fall outside of IT's purview, but when IT attempts to enlist broader participation, they are frustrated by the lack of enthusiasm from other functional areas.


Manchester United has ended talks with US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer, saying it does not support the capital structure of Glazer's potential offer for the club.


Abstract artist Abts lands coveted Turner Prize

German-born artist Tomma Abts on Monday  became the first woman painter to land the Turner Prize in the  22-year history of one of the art world's most controversial  awards.


Verizon Wireless Reaches Settlement on Internet Plan Marketing

Verizon Wireless agreed to settle an investigation into the marketing of its Internet plans and reimburse customers for account termination, the New York attorney general said.


AT&T is taking the next step in its marketing makeover with an extensive brand advertising campaign, scheduled to begin today, that is focused on mobile lifestyles.


Pfizer Inc. shares staged a rebound Tuesday, spurred in part by what Wall Street viewed as positive publicity about its Celebrex drug.


The US is listed as a country where prisoners are at risk of torture in a Canadian foreign ministry training manual.


Lawyers for independent US presidential hopeful Ralph Nader were preparing to make a last-ditch effort to get him on November's ballot in the tossup state of Wisconsin, a spokesman said.


UPM completes negotiations with employees in Finland

The negotiations with employees which started by UPM at the end of August in the company's Wood Products Division have reached completion.


Warner's Blu-ray Endorsement Boosts the Buzz at CES

HD DVD supporters and vendors pause and regroup after Warner's surprise vote in the format war.


Peers express dismay that long-term solutions are not forthcoming on disposing of radioactive waste.


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K.G. carries Celtics to 7th straight win

Kevin Garnett scored 11 of his 26 points in the last seven minutes on Wednesday night, adding nine rebounds to help the Boston Celtics beat the Houston Rockets 97-93 and earn their seventh consecutive victory.


35 MPG Standard Will Kill the Muscle Car? Uh-huh. Sure

Some people are whining that the newly adopted 35-mpg fuel-economy standard will kill the muscle car. Don't bet on it. Meeting an average doesn't mean every car has to be average.


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.


Sony is pushing the PlayStation 3 at the Tokyo Games Show ahead of the console's release in November.


Legalised assisted death has not been used to kill people who may be "a burden to society", research suggests.


The newspaper publisher and television station operator said third-quarter profit fell to $2.5 million as ad revenue slumped.


Intel drops plans to make Grantsdale chip a Wi-Fi access point

Intel has dropped plans to turn its latest batch of chip sets into wireless access points, citing a lack of interest from PC vendors and the rising number of stand-alone access points.


After long journey, Saif gets his due in Bollywood

What a long journey it has been for Saif Ali Khan! From the over-pampered scion of a nawab family to one of Bollywood's most versatile actors and a serious contender for the No.1 spot, he has truly emerged triumphant at the turnstiles.


MARK COLVIN: To our correspondent Leigh Sales who's been following progress at the Kerry headquarters in Boston. LEIGH SALES: No, they're not conceding, Mark, although it's just started raining here in Copley Square, which is maybe an omen.


Citigroup's top executive in Japan endured unprecedented questioning by lawmakers on Tuesday over a scandal at the firm's private bank in the country, the latest turn in a high-profile case that has embarrassed the world's biggest financial company.


THE death toll in a gas explosion in a coal mine in central China has risen to 66, with 82 miners still missing, officials said today.


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Eight presidential candidates fought to make their points during a two-hour debate in New Hampshire Sunday. Former Sen. John Edwards blasted Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama over their handling of a recent war spending bill. Clinton answered the charge and added, "The differences between us are minor. The differences between us and the Republicans are major."


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If you live and die by the polls and you are a John Kerry supporter youâve probably had a few near death experiences of late. Very few polls have shown John Kerry leading in the 2004 presidential race, and


Bush may be more aggressive in reshaping courts

President Bush's victory in the popular vote, coupled with big gains in the Senate, may enable the White House to take a more aggressive approach in reshaping the federal courts, including the Supreme Court.


Monaco, 13:42 - CALCIO, BAYERN MONACO NON ESCLUDE INGRESSO IN BORSA

Il Bayern Monaco potrebbe entrare in borsa. Lo ha fatto capire il manager del club, Uli Hoeness, in ...


SALT LAKE CITY - In a harrowing feat high over the Utah desert tomorrow, two helicopter stunt pilots will try to snatch a floating space capsule that holds 'a piece of the sun' and bring it safely down.


Notre Dame: An up and down season could still have a happy ending for the Fighting Irish. Insight Bowl Chairman Armando Flores said Sunday Notre Dame has accepted a bid to play in the Insight Bowl against a Pac-10 team to be named.


Oracle's Earnings Top Expectations by Penny

Business software maker Oracle Corp.'s quarterly earnings exceeded analyst expectations, despite sluggish sales in a product line that the company hopes to bolster by completing a long-sought takeover of rival PeopleSoft Inc. -AP


A Swedish bomb squad called out to disarm a suspicious package on Wednesday did not find a ticking bomb. But they did find a vibrating sex toy.


Yesterday a funny thing happened with a package on its way from Amazon to me. Today they found it and it went on the truck "out for delivery." I waited and waited, but alas, it never arrived.  And the other package took a similar trip. Dallas to Rockford to Oakland to San Pablo to Lost by Carrier. Oy oy oy.   0 for 2, Amazon. :-(


It was around 10 am on July 21 that their convoy, carrying steel and cement reached Faluja. "We stopped to find out where we were to unload the consignment when all of a sudden, about 40 masked men, armed to their teeth, pounced on us," recalls Tilak Raj.


Il Rapporto 2007 della Commissione sulle finanze pubbliche: il nostro paese oksul fronte previdenziale, "ma solo se attua pienamente le riforme giÃ  varate"                                            Ue all'Italia: "Ok sulle pensioni ma solo se attuate tutta la riforma"                                                                                E sul piano economico-finanziario il nostro resta un Paese "e medio rischio"


What was supposed to be a tuneup turned into a stunner as Appalachian State tops No. 5 Michigan, 34-32, in Ann Arbor for one of the biggest upsets in college history.


Tropical Storm Jerry weakens in open Atlantic

Tropical Storm Jerry weakened back into a  depression on Monday as it headed for cooler waters in the open  Atlantic, posing no threat to land, U.S. forecasters said.


The Seattle Mariner traded left-handed pitcher Randy Williams to the San Diego Padres on Friday for infielder Billy Hogan. The 29-year-old Williams was 7-2 for Triple-A Tacoma and made six relief appearances


The long, secret journey to a healthier donut

CANTON - The project was so secret that only five people in the entire company knew its code name. For more than four years, a small team huddled in the Dunkin' Donuts research lab trying to crack the code for a doughnut without trans fats that tasted just like those on which the chain had built its reputation over the ...


Report Finds Lack of Bidding, Oversight In Montgomery's Clarksburg Management

Montgomery County officials have failed to carefully oversee at least $10 million in road projects in Clarksburg Town Center, by ignoring competitive bidding rules and casually monitoring contractor expenses, the county's inspector general said in a new report.


Tory MP Boris Johnson heads to Liverpool to apologise for an article saying the city is "hooked" on grief.


Abortion levels hit record high in England and Wales

Doctors performed a record number of abortions in England and Wales in 2003, with almost two percent of women aged 15 to 44 choosing to end a pregnancy, according to health ministry figures published in the British press.


Just because President Bush is inaugurating the refurbished White House briefing room, and the presidential press corps has reoccupied its West Wing work quarters, don't think 11 months of construction is over. Not at all.


Some Expert Advice on Warding Off the Common Cold

SATURDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDayNews) -- Dr. Jack M. Gwaltney Jr. used to get a lot of colds when his children were little and, later, when his grandchildren came to visit; catching a cold is almost inevitable with little germ factories running around the house.


Iraq Insurgents Growing 'More Effective'-US General

A bold, innovative insurgency is  becoming more effective against U.S. supply lines in Iraq and  explosive attacks have slowed military operations there, a  senior American general said on Wednesday.


Spielberg's `War` most expensive movie ever

Ace director Steven Spielberg's version of the H G Wells classic, The War of the Worlds, is all set to overtake Titanic as the most expensive movie ever made.


NEW YORK, Nov. 11 -- The 40 percent share price slide in Merck & Co. in the five weeks after it pulled the painkiller Vioxx off the market highlighted larger problems in the pharmaceutical industry that may depress performance for years, according to academics and stock analysts who follow the sector.


Tunisian Doctors Examine Arafat, Aides Blame Flu

Six Tunisian doctors arrived in the West Bank on Saturday to examine Yasser Arafat, but aides dismissed Israeli media reports that the Palestinian president's health had deteriorated and said he had flu.


The abrupt ouster of CEO Craig Conway comes after 15 months of battle against a hostile takeover bid by Oracle.


The Florida Democratic Party will stick with a Jan. 29 presidential primary even if it means losing all its nominating convention delegates, a party source said Saturday.


Dorothy Parker Anthology Continues in Its Fresh Hell

A copyright trial starts over a Penguin Putnam volume of Dorothy Parkerâs complete poems.


Insurgents on Wednesday ambushed a convoy of African Union peacekeepers sent to help stabilize Somalia's violent capital, setting off a gunfight that wounded three civilians, witnesses said.


Iran confirms step toward nuclear enrichment

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has produced a few tonnes of the gas needed to enrich uranium, a top nuclear official indicated today, confirming the country has defied international demands and taken a necessary step toward producing nuclear fuel or nuclear weapons


SAP has won a $35 million contract to install its human resources software for the US Postal Service. The NetWeaver-based system will replace the Post Office's current 25-year-old legacy application


New York, 15:42 - VELA, ALINGHI-ORACLE: COUTTS SPERA IN SENTENZA RAPIDA

C'è attesa per la disputa legale in corso di fronte all'Alta Corte dello Stato di New York fr...


Fire at Group Home  Kills 10 in Missouri

ANDERSON, Mo., Nov. 27 -- Ten people were killed and 24 were injured when a fire gutted a group home for the elderly and mentally ill early Monday, authorities said.


A total of 12,000 counterfeit track suits bearing the Nike logo were discovered in a 40-foot container by the container monitoring unit of the Customs Department.


Latest regionally-targeted attack hits Japan Trojan-touting miscreants are actively exploiting a flaw in Ichitaro, a word processing package from JustSystems that's widely used in Japan.â¦


Eight hostages seized as nationwide polls cancelled

Eight telecom workers became the latest victims of kidnappers determined to drive foreigners out of Iraq, as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi asked world leaders to back upcoming elections in Iraq, amid confusion over whether the vote would take place as


iBill not paying their customers going on 4 months

iBill's purpose in business is to provide an easy-to-use, secure means of accepting online payments. Most web-fronted business are happy to let iBill skim a little off the top to avoid the hassle of handling payments themselves. Lately, they've been skimming it all.


A Spanish hotel conglomerate has made a bid to buy Springfield, Mo.-based John Q. Hammons Hotels Inc.


Snacks sold in schools will have to cut the fat, sugar and salt under the latest crackdown on junk food won by former President Clinton.


Bird flu resilience cited as reason WHO fears pandemic soon to ...

BANGKOK, Thailand Officials of the World Health Organization say they fear the bird flu virus in Southeast Asia could become a worldwide pandemic capable of killing anywhere from two to seven (m) million people.


MOSCOW - Amid rising ethnic tensions in the North Caucasus, thousands on Tuesday took to the streets of Grozny, the Chechen capital, to protest the proposed pardon of a Russian army colonel who murdered a young Chechen woman.


TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc.'s new president starts today, about a month after he and others were acquitted of federal grand jury charges of kickbacks and conspiracy.


Direct-to-DVD Releases Shed Their Loser Label

Once a dumping ground for movies considered virtually unwatchable, the direct-to-DVD pipeline is becoming increasingly important to mainstream film franchises.


6 nations plus EU sign pact to build experimental fusion reactor in France

Physicists have dreamt about it for decades: harnessing the fusion process that powers the sun to make clean, safe and limitless energy.Comment


Toshiba lowers sales target for HD DVD players

Japan's Toshiba Corp.  has  lowered its sales target for high definition DVD players and  recorders on slower-than-expected unit sales in the U.S.,  putting a damper on Toshiba's prospects in one of its growth  businesses.


Sept. 6, 2004 - The presidential candidates and their running mates fanned out across the Midwest with Labor Day messages promising job creation, appealing for votes in the territory pivotal to winning November's election.


Avram Grant's long-term future as manager at Chelsea could be in doubt because he lacks the required coaching licence, according to reports.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Armed rebels stormed a police station near the airport road in western Baghdad early Friday, killing six police officers, officials said.


Treasury Secretary Snow Will Stay in Job -W.House

Ending weeks of speculation,  President Bush on Wednesday asked Treasury Secretary John Snow  to stay in his job and Snow agreed to do so, the White House  said.


Venezuela Archbishop Concerned Over Chavez

A top Catholic archbishop expressed concerns about the direction of President Hugo Chavez's government but said he is not taking sides and hopes to smooth out relations that have been tense for years.


Judge backs case against American "jihadist"

A U.S. judge on Wednesday ordered a suspected American "jihadist," accused of training with al Qaeda and conspiring to make and use bombs in Somalia, jailed without bail.


Directors Guild names favorite directors of '07

The Directors Guild of America on Tuesday nominated makers of five films for best director of 2007 in a key stop on the road to the Oscars during one of the wildest awards seasons in recent Hollywood memory.


U.S. claims for jobless benefits  jumped last week, while consumer spending was unexpectedly flat  in August as shoppers closed their wallets after splashing out  the previous month, the government said on Thursday.


Newspaper Web site readership grows 31 pct: study

The average number of monthly visitors  to U.S. newspaper Web sites rose by nearly a third in the first  half of 2006, a study released on Wednesday said, though print  readership at some larger U.S. newspapers fell.


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By Bangkok Post, Thailand  Mar. 3--The Central Administrative Court yesterday ordered TOT Plc to  connect all three million new mobile-telephone numbers allocated to the  operators DTAC and True Move.


Cisco to buy WiMax startup Navini Networks for $330M

Cisco Systems has agreed to buy Navini Networks, a developer of WiMax broadband wireless access systems.


A new videotape shows two of the Sept. 11 hijackers smiling for a camera and reportedly reading a will in footage taken more than 18 months before they carried out the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil.


Joseph Edward Gallo Jr., who broke from his winemaking family to make cheese and then waged a high-profile spat with his famous brothers over use of the Gallo name, has died. He was 87.


Abbas, a budding leader, now needs strong Arab support

Recently, I wrote that the opportunity for resuming the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations required two partners: one who opened the window and one at the other end who kept it open.


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Outline points overseas for SDF to defend Japan

Japan's new defense outline tears down geographic constraints on missions of the Self-Defense Forces and allows troops to land in any country to fight a potential terrorist threat.


Trickle of Planet Discoveries Becomes a Flood

Alien worlds, once hidden from knowledge, are now being discovered in droves, stunning astronomers with their unique features and sheer numbers. The discoveries are so common that more and more don't even get reported outside scientific circles.


Six Pitcairn men found guilty of sex attacks

Six Pitcairn islanders were today found guilty of raping and indecently assaulting girls as young as 12 after a trial on the South Pacific island.


Can you have deja vu just two games into the regular season? For anyone who knew what happened in the Celtics' opener Wednesday and watched last night's game at the FleetCenter, that would be a rhetorical question. For the second consecutive game, Boston was tested in the fourth quarter of a tight contest against an Eastern Conference rival. With coach ...


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Kenya govt says ready for new vote if court orders

Opposition protests in Kenya faltered on Friday and the government said it was ready to accept a court ordered re-run of an election whose disputed result unleashed a wave of bloody violence.


Equatorial Guinea convicts dozens in alleged coup plot, but waives ...

A court in Equatorial Guinea convicted 11 foreigners and two local men on Friday on charges stemming from what prosecutors said was a plot to topple President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.


Studios Sneak Out Bad Pics Before Oscars

T.S. Eliot wrote that April is the cruelest month. He obviously never worked as a film critic, or he'd have known that this January was far crueler, both inside and outside the multiplex.


Scientists make phone that turns into a sunflower

Materials company Pvaxx Research & Development has developed a plastic-looking polymer that degrades into soil when discarded, feeding a sunflower seed contained in a phone cover developed in conjunction with the polymer.


Praise from Old Foe McCain Aimed at Helping Bush

John McCain praised his old political  foe President Bush on Monday in a convention speech aimed at  attracting undecided voters to the Republican cause.


British bombing suspects to be held for another week

British police were granted a final  seven days on Wednesday to question five British Muslim men  suspected of being involved in a plot to blow up U.S.-bound  airliners using liquid explosives.


Cyclone in Oman, Iran leaves at least 52 dead

TEHRAN -- Floods spawned by the remnants of Cyclone Gonu stranded people in dozens of tiny villages in the deserts of southern Iran yesterday, cutting off roads, power, and communications, and sending some residents into trees for safety.


How much money was initially pledged by "stingy" countries to those hit by Sunday's tsunami doesn't matter. Coping with the aftermath does matter.


European Union leaders already bicker about the future. At a summit meeting opening Thursday, even the past is bound to cause discord.


Blasts Rock Baghdad, Smoke Rises Above Green Zone

More than a dozen explosions shook central Baghdad at dawn on Sunday and thick plumes of smoke rose above the Green Zone compound housing Iraq's interim government and assembly and the US and other embassies.


Man's HIV Diagnosis Reversed 8 Years Later

SAN FRANCISCO - A California man who once tested positive for HIV has learned the diagnosis made eight years ago was mistaken and he never had the virus that causes AIDS.    Jim Malone spent years battling depression and losing weight, expecting to die at any time...


Oracle says majority of PeopleSoft stock tendered

- SAN FRANCISCO  - Oracle Corp. Friday said a majority of PeopleSoft Inc. shares have been tendered for its $24-a-share offer, strengthening Oracle's


Ebookers, the travel website, is being sold to US hotel and car rental giant Cendant in a Â£209m deal that means a huge windfall for chief executive Dinesh Dhamija.


Juventus defeated Chievo Verona 3-0 on Sunday with goals from Marcelo Zalayeta, Pavel Nedved and Zlatan Ibrahimovic to restore its five-point lead atop the Serie A soccer standings.


Roma, 12:08 - CALCIO: 100 ANNI INTER, FRANCOBOLLO DA SAN MARINO

Un francobollo per il centenario dell'Inter. Lo ha emesso la Repubblica di San Marino per festeggiar...


General Motors' latest hydrogen car prototype is a car unlike any other and a glimpse of a possible, very different, automotive future.


N. Korea Reasserts Pledge to Denuclearize

SEOUL, March 2  -- North Korea's No. 2 leader reiterated Thursday his country's pledge to abandon its nuclear weapons, as the impoverished nation sought a resumption of aid in its first high-level talks with South Korea since conducting an atomic test.


First reviews find iPhone more than a pretty face

Not that much more, though Reporters for the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times have had their iPhones for two weeks now, and their first reviews cast a cautious optimism on Apple's new baby.â¦


Britney Married, Again Spears weds in surprise ceremony

Britney Spears married her fiance Kevin Federline in a surprise ceremony this Saturday. This is the twenty-two-year-old pop star's second marriage: Spears married a childhood friend in a 5 am ceremony in Las


BILLIONAIRE'S PAYDAY TO GILD GOLDEN YEARS

While Wilbur Ross celebrates his new honeymoon, he's also toasting his latest deal - an $80 million bet that reaped a $4.5 billion payoff in just two years.


The eldest son of "Royle Family" actor Ricky Tomlinson has died after a long fight against alcohol and drug addiction, the Daily Mirror reported on Thursday.


A global credit crisis has increased the threat to growth, the European Central Bank said on Thursday, as G7 governments asked for a report on the genesis of the turmoil for next month's meeting of finance chiefs.


Flip a coin. Heads, Earth is a common sort of planet. Tails, and ours is as unusual as a coin landing on edge. That's about the state of knowledge for scientists who ponder the question of our planet's rarity.


Offermatica Announces Rich Media Optimizer

SAN FRANCISCO, May 25  /PRNewswire/ -- Offermatica, the leading provider of media testing and optimization software, today announced the industry's first real-time optimization for rich media and rich internet applications.


Sale of Canseco's Book to Start a Week Earlier

The burst of publicity regarding Jose Canseco's new book, "Juiced," has caused HarperCollins to speed up its release date to Monday.


Cracks show in Pakistani leader Musharraf's regime

Pakistan's military ruler President Pervez Musharraf is battling serious dissent within his own party, weakening a crucial cornerstone of the US-led "war on terror," analysts and party officials say.


The Minnesota Vikings remember all too well what happened to them a year ago in the final seconds of their last regular season game.


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RIYADH, Sept 11: Two explosions of mild intensity hit Jeddah on Saturday, on the third anniversary of the Sept-11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington.


Izenberg: American style of basketball can't cut it on foreign ...

They were lucky to get the bronze. They came with one of the finest big men in all of basketball -- but with nobody to back him up.


A man accused of raping and killing a University of Delaware student, whose body was discovered in her burning apartment, was found guilty Thursday and could face the death penalty.


City Opera Prepares for New Life in Old Home

The New York City Operaâs announcement this week that it had landed Gerard Mortier as its new leader was hailed as the beginning of a new era for the company.


'Black Tuesday' brings four critical fixes Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday brought six security updates - four of which earn the dreaded rating of critical.â¦


Four people including a 15-year-old boy die when a helicopter crashes in a field in Somerset.


NEW ORLEANS Aaron Brooks accounted for two touchdowns and New Orleans kept its playoff hopes alive with a 26-to-13 win over Atlanta.


Pfizer painkiller may triple heart attack risk

The popular pain relief drug Celebrex can triple the risk of heart attacks and strokes, according to a study by the US National Cancer Institute.


Leader Leaps to Top From Far Back in Pack

By Julie M. Mckinnon, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Feb. 6--JBAD Inc. not only emerged from the red this week in The Blade's School Stock Contest, but the Bowling Green High School team vaulted from No. 72 in the game's first week to the top spot last week.


Japanese government convenes emergency session after body ...

The Japanese government convened an emergency session Friday following a media report that a body believed to be Asian was discovered in Iraq.


Fishing Just for Fun Damages Stocks, Study Finds

People fishing for sport are doing far more damage to US marine fish stocks than anyone thought, accounting for nearly a quarter of the


Democrats Hit Bush on Iraq, Soc. Security

Congressional Democrats hit President Bush on Wednesday for his Iraq policies and planned Social Security overhaul, hoping a vigorous response to his State of the Union speech will fuel a turnabout from their election setbacks last fall.


Bee Products Fight Tumors in Mice, Study Shows

Honeybees could be keeping a cornucopia of anti-cancer compounds in their hives, early research in mice suggests.


Bhutto supporters pin hopes on son and heir

There is an eerie quiet at Benazir Bhutto's Karachi home-cum-campaign headquarters where grief is giving way to hope that her legacy will live on through her son and heir.


Actress Julia Roberts has given birth to twins - more than a month before they were due. The Erin Brockovich star is now a proud mother to a boy and a girl, named Phinnaeus Walter and Hazel Patricia.


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

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


Cleveland Company Wins EPA Innovation Research Contract

CHICAGO, March 1  /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will give Technology Management Inc., 9718 Lake Shore Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio, a $70,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract.


Palermo, 16:31 - CALCIO, GUIDOLIN: GRANDE ROMA, MA AMAREZZA PER RISSA VALENCIA

Il tecnico del Palermo, Francesco Guidolin, ha commentato la rissa scoppiata ieri sera allo stadio '...


The daughter of an 83-year-old man robbed at knife-point near Dungiven says she is disgusted by the attack.


Review: Pepper Pad PC for couch potatoes

It seems like a great idea: making a computer that's somewhere between the size of a cell phone and a laptop, for people to carry around and surf the Web.


Venezuela has announced a 16-point increase in the royalties payable by foreign oil companies operating in one of its richest oil fields.


Nas confirms album title will be epithet

To some, it's a hurtful racial epithet. For Nas, it's an album title.


German Doctors Develop New Fast Allergy Test

German doctors have developed a simple  test to diagnose allergies with the same accuracy as laboratory  screening in less than one fifth of the time and cost,  scientists said on Tuesday.


Opinion: EMC's Symmetrix upgrade is a solid move

It seems that every few years there are attempts to push for greater acceptance, so it's reasonable to ask what's different this time?


Pakistan's novel attack on poverty: ban wedding feasts

The move to curb extravagance has cheered social workers, but has also spurred elaborate efforts to circumvent the prohibition.


Georgia seniors David Greene and David Pollock seal the No. 8 Bulldogs' 24-21 win over No. 16 Wisconsin in the Outback Bowl on Saturday.


Genes Key to Lung Cancer, Put Families at Risk, Study Finds

Genes play a key role in the development of lung cancer, boosting risk up to 3.5-fold among family members, according to a study of the Icelandic population in the Dec. 22 Journal of the American Medical Association.


Britain's manufactured output fell in July from the previous month, with big falls in transport industries, official data showed Thursday.


Tropical dengue fever may threaten U.S.: report

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters Life!) - Dengue fever -- a tropical infection that usually causes flu-like illness -- may be poised to spread across the United States and urgent study is needed, health officials said on Tuesday.


Roma, 19:17 - CALCIO, LAZIO: IN ATTACCO LA COPPIA PANDEV-ROCCHI

Allenamento pomeridiano per la Lazio. Ancora indisponibili Behrami (rientrerà ad ottobre) e M...


Russian giant Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest nickel miner, sees its annual profits more than double.


Comment is free: Nick Cohen: Scientologists and rich foreigners know that they can rely on our judges to gag critics


Dozens killed as violence flares in Iraq

BAGHDAD -- Police found more than two dozen bodies across the capital yesterday and the government said 73 people had died in fighting in the south, as violence surged despite signs that a US crackdown is curbing sectarian killings in Baghdad.


Agassi Brushes Bjorkman Aside in Stockholm

Andre Agassi brushed past Jonas  Bjorkman 6-3, 6-4 at the Stockholm Open Thursday to set up a  quarterfinal meeting with Spanish sixth seed Fernando Verdasco.


The US swept into the Davis Cup final for the first time in seven years when Bob and Mike Bryan crushed Max Mirnyi and Vladimir Voltchkov of Belarus to give the host an unassailable 3-0 lead in the semi-final.


Oil prices fall nearly 5% to below $53 a barrel

Oil futures prices sank nearly 5 percent yesterday, dropping below $53 a barrel, as concerns about tight winter-fuel supplies eased, at least temporarily, and traders


A recent remark by Democratic presidential contender John Kerry that he wants to reduce terrorism to "a nuisance'' is the sign of "an unacceptable mind-set,'' Vice President Dick Cheney said Friday.


Raise prices. Ease production. For weeks ahead of this week's OPEC meeting, hawks in the organization have been talking tough about the need to keep oil revenues high - and lowering output.


FTC charges payment company in $200M fraud

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed charges against a payment processing company, accusing it of attempting to debit consumers' bank accounts for up to $200 million on behalf of dishonest merchants.Those consumers either never received the goods or received worthless items, said the FTC, which filed the complaint with seven other U.S. states. The payment company allegedly violated both federal and state consumer fraud laws, telemarketing rules, and FTC regulations regarding the unfair processing of payments.The payment processing company went by several names, which are listed in a FTC news release. The FTC alleges the company processed payments for fraudulent telemarketers and Internet-based merchants that used deceptive sales scripts and methods.About $69 million of the $200 million in transactions were either rejected by consumers or returned because of lack of proper payment authorization, the FTC said.The FTC wants to refund consumers and force the company to forfeit money it still holds from the fraud in addition to other civil penalties. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.The states that have joined the suit are Illinois, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, and Vermont.


Lockheed's super-duper fighter jet attends a Marines cotillion.


Group claims link to foiled German attacks: ministry

A Sunni Muslim group affiliated to al Qaeda has said it was behind planned attacks in Germany that were foiled by police last week, Germany's Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.


Allan Houston made his season debut for the Knicks, and although his comeback was successful enough, the night was not.


Brazil's Bruno Junqueira cruised to victory at the Gold Coast Indy behind a safety car after another explosive end to the Surfers Paradise street race.


The Afghan president makes a rare visit to the north just two weeks before the country's first presidential elections.


Chirac refuses to testify in Clearstream case

Former French president Jacques Chirac has refused to testify in the so-called Clearstream political dirty tricks scandal involving current President Nicolas Sarkozy, citing constitutional reasons, his office said late Friday.


Australia's Michelle Ellis is three strokes off the pace after the first round of the LPGA event in Portland, Oregon. Ellis fired a 4-under-par 68 to be two shots behind outright leader, American Brandi Jackson on 6-under.


Kerry solidly back in election race after first TV debate with ...

WASHINGTON (CP) - He's been accused for weeks of being a flip-flopper, a long-winded speaker, a man without a plan to deal with an increasingly chaotic Iraq.


IndiaÂs most successful filmmaker just canÂt stop smiling.  He never did. Even when he had a bald patch in his career in the 1980s when four of his films Silsila, Mashaal, Faasle and Vijay flopped in a row and the doomsday prophets of the province of profits wrote him  off, Yash Chopra continued to smile.


Boeing's huge Delta 4-Heavy rocket, set for lift-off on Saturday, may play a role in life after the space shuttle.


Edison International, a power generating and electric utility holding company, on Friday said its third-quarter profit soared on gains from asset sales.


The government is spending more on tracking benefit fraud as it is getting back, a report says.


College entrance exams make or break in China

Cui Weiping had become an adept cotton farmer and tractor driver in a bleak east China village in 1977 when college entrance exams were restored after the 10-year frenzy of the Cultural Revolution.


Police carry a disabled pensioner to safety after a fire in the bedroom of her home in the early hours.


The next US president, whoever he is, will find that one of his pre-occupations will be China and Taiwan - and how to stop their war of words from becoming a full-blown conflict.


The retiring head of Indonesia's top spy agency, General Mahmud "Hendro" Prijono, has also told of eavesdropping on senior political and military figures and infiltrating ASIO.


Beer-swilling idiots should bear most of the blame

There's a common misconception in the world of sports often voiced by beer-toting fans as if it were defensible in a court of law.


November 22 2004 2000CET - New turmoil at the European Commission as the MEPs ask for a review of Jacques Barrot's position


Reggio Calabria, 18:05 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: SOSPETTA FRATTURA AL POLSO PER BERTI

Gianluca Berti, portiere della Sampdoria, è stato portato in ospedale per esami dopo l'infort...


British economy grows by 2.7 percent in 2006

The British economy has grown by 2.7 percent in 2006, in line with an initial estimate given last month.


Soaring Profits Send Google's Stock Sky High

Investors were scrambling to buy Google stock again after the company's earnings report. Google shares rocketed higher by 13 percent, or more than $20, in trading this morning to $169.


I padroni di casa si aggiudicano meritatamente il titolodi categoria. E' il secondo consecutivo. Gara senza storia                                            U21, l'Europeo all'Olanda battuta per 4-1 la Serbia


Treviso, 20:52 - CALCIO, TREVISO: 20 CONVOCATI PER LA GARA CON LO SPEZIA

Il tecnico del Treviso Ezio Rossi ha convocato 20 giocatori per la gara di domenica contro lo Spezia...


Robbers refuse to give up hostages in Venezuela siege

ALTAGRACIA DE ORITUCO, Venezuela  - Venezuelan bank robbers with pistols and a hand-grenade refused to give up dozens of hostages, including a pregnant woman and children, on the second day of a standoff with heavily armed police on Tuesday.


WERNER SEIFERT, chief executive of Deutsche BÃ¶rse in Frankfurt, will this week attempt to regain control of his putative Â£1.35 billion cash bid for the London Stock Exchange and offer a series of big concessions to win the backing of the board.


Milano, 20:16 - CALCIO, MILAN: RONALDO ARRIVATO IN ITALIA

L'aereo della Fininvest sul quale ha viaggiato Ronaldo è atterrato a Linate pochi minuti prim...


Approvato commercio di altri tre prodotti transgenici


Croatia's interior minister resigns after being pictured on a hunting trip with war crimes suspect Mladen Markac.


ARLINGTON, VA. -- Charlotte and Philadelphia will benefit by changes US Airways plans to make in its flight schedules in February.


Darnell Jackson scored 25 points with nine rebounds and Darrell Arthur added 22 points in front of a surprisingly supportive road crowd on Saturday to lead No. 3 Kansas to an 85-60 victory over Boston College.


Ben Ellis is knocked out in the semi-final of BBC musical theatre talent show Any Dream Will Do.


EU calls for 'democratic order' in Thailand, tourists warned

Paris - European governments, airlines and travel companies expressed concern Tuesday at the military coup in Thailand, with the European Union demanding an immediate return to "democratic order." Finnish Prime ...


Pro model comes to UK too Sling Media has revamped its UK Slingbox TV-over-the-net gadget line-up, a move that will see the year-old Slingbox Pro finally come to Britain, alongside the global launch of a brand new Slingbox, the Solo.â¦


Chicago charity hands out $500,000 'genius' grants

An eclectic blues musician, an artist who draws on barrels and a biologist who studies spider silks were among 24 scholars, scientists and artists given no-strings $500,000 "genius" grants, a foundation announced on Tuesday.


Magic Won't Say Just Why Hill Is Out as Coach

Orlando continues to play coy in regards to the dismissal of head coach Brian Hill but are prepared to offer him another job.


European tech group complains new OS breaks the deal, ignores standards.


Suicide attack kills 38 in Pakistan mosque

CHARSADDA, Pakistan  - At least 38 people were killed on Friday in a suicide bombing at a northwest Pakistan mosque, where a former interior minister was offering Muslim Eid festival prayers with worshippers, officials said.


Bush links UN oil-for-food probe to US support

WASHINGTON  - President George W. Bush said that a "full and fair and open" probe into the scandal-plagued UN oil-for-food scheme was critical if US taxpayers are to feel good about supporting the world body.


Excerpts From Review of CBS Guard Report

Excerpts from the 224-page Report of the Independent Review Panel on the Sept. 8, 2004, "60 Minutes Wednesday" segment titled "For the Record," concerning President Bush's Texas Air National Guard service:


Computer concerns on int'l space station fade

NASA reported major progress on glitches in a critical computer system on the International Space Station on Friday as astronauts repaired insulation damage to the space shuttle Atlantis during a spacewalk.


Bologna, 11:59 - BASEBALL, SERIE A1: RISULTATI E CLASSIFICA

Risultati e classifica dell'ottava di ritorno (gara 1) del campionato di serie A1 di baseball.


Chad says it will not accept a UN peacekeeping force on its eastern border  - only one made up of police officers.


ATHENS -- Allen Iverson says on his website that as a troubled teenager, he was sent to jail in 1993 after being convicted of an offence called "maiming by mob." ...


HONG KONG Mainland Chinese stock markets dropped less than 2 percent on Friday as most Asian financial markets reacted with surprising calm to the Chinese central bank's announcement late on Thursday of its first increase in interest rates in nine years.


Australia probes report that suspect polio virus released to the ...

SYDNEY - Australian authorities moved Saturday to reassure people vaccinated against polio in the 1950s and 1960s after a report that a contaminated vaccine linked to cancer was issued at that time.


Paul McCartney, U2 frontman Bono, Robbie Williams and Dido are among the performers lined up for the new recording of the all-star Band Aid charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas."


Jose Lima rejoins Kansas City when he agrees to a one-year contract Saturday, hoping to provide stability and leadership to a rotation that was awful last season.


Turkey has options if it decides to launch a major assault on Kurdish rebels in Iraq: airstrikes on suspected hideouts, helicopter-borne commando raids, or the long-term occupation of a "buffer" zone to seal off paths across the mountainous border.


European shares lifted by alternative energy

European shares pushed higher on Monday after Danish wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems lifted alternative energy stocks by raising its outlook for 2007 sales and profit margins.


LET'S just suppose the Yankees don't win the World Series next October. What would George Steinbrenner do then? Would there be any superstars left for him to add to his roster, which is already loaded with them?


L'inverno Ã¨ arrivato anche nelle regioni meridionali. Fiocchi sulla SilaInterrotte le tratte di traghetti e aliscafi verso le isole campane Eolie ed Egadi                                          Italia al freddo, neve al Centrosud Collegamenti interrotti con le isole


The U.K. and Ireland have taken the lead on dealmaking in the technology sector so far this year.


Lala rolls out music site with free play on Web

Lala.com, a Silicon Valley-based  digital music start-up, said on Monday it is launching an  iPod-compatible online music service that offers free online  song play in a bid to get customers to buy music downloads.


DigitalNet Holdings Inc. of Herndon will provide fingerprint identification services to the Homeland Security Department under a new $25 million contract.


Even with his brakes failing and the rain falling, Jeff Gordon showed that nothing could slow him down on the way to his fourth victory of the season.


Napster is offering pre-pay cards for buying tracks, opening up its online store to under-18s in the UK.


'Highly critical' security bug bites HP Virtual Rooms

More ActiveX insecurity A security researcher has uncovered a serious security bug in a Hewlett-Packard website used to host virtual meetings that could allow an attacker to remotely run malicious code on the machines of people who use the service.â¦


Indicted former White House budget chief David A. Stockman and his subordinates are attempting to seize the offensive by attacking the tactics of prosecutors who will try the men on fraud and conspiracy charges.


Australian police charge Indian doctor over British bomb plot

Australian police on Saturday charged an Indian doctor with supporting terrorism almost two weeks after arresting him over attempted car bombings in Britain.


Magic is in the air around the Tennessee Titans. Just ask Rob Bironas. Bironas kicked a 60-yard field goal — the franchise's longest ever — with 7 seconds left, and the Titans upset Indianapolis 20-17 Sunday for their first victory over the Colts since December 2002 and their second straight amazing comeback.


Drug and alcohol misuse is a major cause of absenteeism and poor productivity in the workplace, a survey suggests.


10/09/2004 - Two recent studies have added weight to the health credentials of fatty acids, suggesting that taking fish oil supplements and eating fatty fishes, such as salmon, tuna, mackerel, and cod, can reduce the risk of developing abnormal heart


American private money influenced Ukrainian election?

According to a guest in John Bachelorâs WABC 77 Talk radio show, American private money may have tried to buy the Ukrainian election and influenced the final outcome.


Julia Child, the grande dame of U.S.  television cooking shows whose operatic voice and irreverent  attitude brought French haute cuisine into America's humble  kitchens, died in her sleep at her California home on Friday at  the age of 91.


Vuitton, Dior sue for counterfeit auctions Auctions of counterfeit couture on eBay have gotten the online tat bazaar into hot water with French fashion types, who are demanding it cough up â¬37m in a civil complaint.â¦


Self-healing storage is thinner than thin LeftHand Networks, the storage company that's named after a brewery*, said the new version of SANiQ - its iSCSI SAN software - includes self-healing capabilities and what it called next-generation thin provisioning.â¦


C7Y: Step Away From the SuperGlobals! An Introduction to Inspekt

As Ed Finkler points out there's a new article posted (written by him) on the C7Y site (from php|architect) talking about his Inspekt library - an introduction to the filtering library showing how to help make your applications safer.   Inspekt is a library for PHP4 and PHP5 that aims to make safe input handing easier, and unsafe actions more difficult. Inspekt establishes a new development approach by wrapping input within "cage" objects, and requiring the developer to use validation and filtering methods to test and manipulate the input data. This article provides a brief introduction to Inspekt and its capabilities.   The article covers all of the basics - what the library can do for you, how it integrates into your application and how it helps to protect you from potential problems with the data in your superglobals ($_GET, $_POST, $_REQUEST, etc).


US businessman Malcolm Glazer has lifted his stake in Manchester United to 27.6% from 25.3%, heightening speculation that he will bid for the world's richest soccer club.


U.S. stocks gained on Friday as stronger-than-expected results from software maker Oracle Corp  and Nike Inc  brightened the profit outlook.


Afghan President Escapes Assassination on Poll Trip

GARDEZ, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai escaped an assassination bid on Thursday when a rocket  was fired at his U.S. military helicopter as it was landing in  the southeastern town of Gardez.


Now that first impressions are often made on the Internet, people are strategizing about how to virtually convey who they are, and crafting an e-version of themselves that appeals to multiple audiences.


L'incidente in una ditta di Garbagnate, il titolare stava spostandoil materiale di acciaio con il carroponte. Feriti anche il figlio e un operaio                                            Lecco, ancora una tragedia sul lavoro Imprenditore ucciso da un fascio di tubi


'Parole presidente croato assolutamente ingiustificate'


Mariners' Suzuki Gets Two Hits to End Season With Record 262

Ichiro Suzuki singled twice for the Seattle Mariners in a 3-0 loss to the Texas Rangers, extending his Major League Baseball season record for hits to 262 on the campaign's final day.


Minnesota Student Participates in Unique NASA Internship at Goddard Space Flight Center

To: EDUCATION EDITORS  Contact: Dewayne Washington of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., +1-301-286-0040   GREENBELT, Md., June 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Erik Semrud, a student from St.


Guilty: the verdicts that shamed Pitcairn Island

Six men - one-eighth of the population of a remote British colony - were yesterday convicted of sex crimes stretching back for at least 40 years.


An Australian man whose international email scam stripped A$5 million ($5.48 million) from his victims has been jailed in a continuing global war against Nigerian internet frauds.


FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) - New York Mets center fielder Mike Cameron recently underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair cartilage damage in his left wrist and is not expected to be ready by Opening Day, the team announced Monday.


The Forum also approved the format's logotype, which will now read as 'High Density' DVD rather than 'High Definition'.


Wozniak Backs Captain Crunch in Net Video Startup

Woz joins the board of en2go, throwing his support to an internet startup led in part by legendary phone phreak John Draper, his old hacking pal.


NJ school boss apologizes to gay student

The city schools superintendent apologized to a gay student Tuesday for having staffers black out a picture of the student kissing his boyfriend from the high school yearbook, calling the incident "a homophobic moment."


A peace deal for eastern DR Congo is to be signed on Tuesday, as rebels and the government reach agreement.


Why 'Croc Hunter's' death struck a chord

"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is being remembered for a personality that was larger than life, much like the giant posters outside of his Australia Zoo, where a steady stream of fans have left hand-written notes, flowers and stuffed animals since hearing news of his death.


AFRICA/SOMALIA - La crisi del Kenya avvicina gli Stati Uniti al Somaliland? Hargeysa (Agenzia Fides)- Mentre il Kenya attraversa la fase piÃ¹ difficile della sua storia recente, agli osservatori piÃ¹ attenti non Ã¨ sfuggito il nuovo significativo gesto verso il riconoscimento del Somaliland da parte del governo statunitense, co...


Streaking Bulls Collect Four Straight Wins

Well, well, well, look who has a little winning streak going. The four straight victories by the Chicago Bulls would hardly be worth a mention for most teams. But consider that the Bulls haven't strung together this many wins since a certain No. 23 was wearing red and black — six-plus seasons, three coaches and umpteen players ago — and it's a sign they might finally be making some progress.


O'Connor has written the book on coaching

For 41 years, Jim O'Connor influenced young lives as a coach and athletic director, so you could say he wrote the book on high school sports.


Eight former Peregrine Systems execs indicted

OCTOBER 06, 2004  - Eight former executives of asset management and service management vendor Peregrine Systems Inc.


Previsto anche tempo parziale e lavoro ripartito


Shortage of cancer doctors in coming years

The United States is heading toward a major shortage of cancer doctors by 2020 as the population ages and the medical profession struggles to replace retiring oncologists, researchers said on Tuesday.


Indian Wells, 23:30 - TENNIS, ATP INDIAN WELLS: VOLANDRI FUORI AL PRIMO TURNO

Filippo Volandri è stato eliminato al primo turno del torneo Atp di Indian Wells (cemento, 3....


South Ossetia Reports Agreement With Georgia

Prague, 17 August 2004 (RFE/RL) -- Georgia's separatist republic of South Ossetia today said Tbilisi has agreed to withdraw all Interior Ministry troops sent into the region last June in violation of the 1992 peace agreement.


Oil rose to an all-time high of $80.20 on Thursday after Hurricane Humberto forced the closure of some U.S. Gulf refiners and stoked concerns of fuel shortages this winter.


Scientists Probe Hundreds of Shipwrecks Littering Ohio Side of Lake Erie

By MIKE LAFFERTY  COLUMBUS, Ohio  - The George Dunbar left Cleveland at 6 p.m. on June 29, 1902, bound for Alpena, Mich.  Loaded with coal, the 41.5-metre ship rode low in the water as it steamed northwest into rough Lake Erie weather, her boilers running full steam.


Briton among two NATO troops killed in Afghanistan

One of two NATO soldiers killed in separate clashes in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday was British, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.


U.S. Army Confirms 'Friendly Fire' Deaths

TORONTO, July 3 -- Fifteen months after a Canadian soldier and U.S. soldier were killed in Afghanistan, the U.S. Army has confirmed that both were shot from behind by a U.S. machine gunner in a "friendly fire" incident.


Milano, 15:37 - CALCIO, AGENTE AQUILANI: VUOLE RESTARE ALLA ROMA

Franco Zavaglia, agente di Alberto Aquilani, conferma che il centrocampista vuole restare alla Roma....


New Leukemia Drugs Work Better, Studies Show

Next-generation leukemia pills,  designed to help patients not cured by the successful drug  Gleevec, work even better than doctors had hoped, researchers  said on Sunday.


WiMax firm picks IBM, but not for its technology

(InfoWorld) - Singapore's Nex-G SystemsÂ is designing a WiMax base station based on an IBM processor, even though it's not the best chip for the job. But that doesn't worry Ronnie Persad, the company's chief executive officer. Nex-G is developing a reference design for a high-end WiMax base station that uses IBM's PowerPC 970 chip for the baseband processor. Nex-G began work on the design after shelving plans to use a PowerQUICC chip from Freescale Semiconductor that Persad admits is better suited to the application. The reference design is expected to be completed next year, he said. Nex-G opted for IBM's PowerPC chip after being approached by IBM and one of its distributors, Nu Horizons Electronics. IBM wanted a WiMax reference design based on the PowerPC and was willing to support Nex-G's development efforts, Persad said. Unlike Freescale's PowerQUICC chip, which packs the processor and chip set inside a single package, IBM's PowerPC processor requires an external chip set. That means Nex-G's WiMax base station will need three chips instead of one, which means the design will be slightly larger and consume more power, Persad said. It also means Nex-G will have to design a new motherboard. But Persad is betting IBM's support and industry connections will more than make up for the technical trade-offs associated with using the PowerPC processor. "IBM opens doors to us that we couldn't open ourselves," Persad said, speaking at the CommunicAsia exhibition. Nex-G has no intention of manufacturing WiMax base stations itself. Instead, the company will license its reference design to equipment makers through Nu Horizons. "We want to keep our focus on pure R&D, that's what we do best," Persad said.


Russia said Friday it could not rule out freezing its participation in a treaty limiting non-nuclear heavy weaponry around Europe after its attempt to overhaul the accord was rebuffed in what a diplomat called "fine, polite, elegant lip service."


It's often said that 'there is more than it meets the eye' and Vikram Bhatt's Elaan proves it.


A Foundation to Give $20 Million in Grants to Three Miami Arts Institutions

On Wednesday, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Miami-based organization that focuses on journalism and community-building, added its philanthropic heft to Miami-Dadeâs cultural development.


Il metallo prezioso e' scambiato a 925,59 dollari l'oncia


Oggi un convegno a Catania fotografa i contorni di un sottosviluppoIn Italia lavora solo il 46,3 per cento della popolazione femminile                                          Poco pagate e carriere difficili Donne e lavoro: penultimi in Europa                                                                                Il ministro Bonino (Radicali): "Serve un cambio di pass, Ã¨ un volano per l'economia"di CLAUDIA FUSANI


Mount St. Helens has erupted for the first time in 18 years. Small earthquakes resumed within hours of the blast, suggesting pressure inside the mountain was rebuilding.


By Patrick T. Reardon, Chicago Tribune  May 30--Press the "buy" button. That's a lesson I learned at a high cost -- in money and emotion -- on a recent Friday morning.   It was just after 7 a.m.


A Soyuz spacecraft with a replacement crew for the international space station docked safely with the orbiting complex early Saturday.


Howard Dean, the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, requested a media blackout of a debate with top Pentagon adviser Richard Perle, then quickly changed his mind Wednesday after news agencies complained.


ANALYSIS-China Uses Deng Xiaoping Centenary to Laud Reform

The architect of China's dramatic economic reforms. A benevolent leader who rehabilitated millions purged in the chaotic 1966-76 Cultural Revolution. A military genius. An avid bridge player. A family man.


Pujols hits tiebreaking single in ninth in Cardinals' 7-4 win over ...

The St. Louis Cardinals broke out the champagne and sprayed their way around a raucous clubhouse, celebrating their NL Central championship.


Digest year's events while sipping an Italian liqueur

As the end of the year approaches, it's time to reflect. Stalwart Italian liqueurs set the stage perfectly for considering the events -- good and bad -- of the past 12 months.


GAINESVILLE - Ron Zook wisely skipped his usual spiel about getting better Sunday and got directly to the point. ``It's time for us to stand up.


Un milione di passeggeri in meno,verra' spostato a Fiumicino


The social worker sacked after Victoria Climbie's murder loses her appeal against her dismissal.


Suspected Kurdish rebels detonated a car bomb Thursday near a bus carrying soldiers in a Kurdish-dominated city in southeastern Turkey, killing five people and wounding 67.


Anyone welcome, provided you fork out the fee Mobile Top Level Domain (mTLD), the body which runs the .mobi domain, is looking for individuals and companies to participate in discussions about the emerging technology.â¦


Republican John McCain holds a slim lead on rival Mitt Romney in Michigan one day before the state's hotly contested presidential nominating contest, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Monday.


Bonds, Ramirez named Hank Aaron Award winners

New York, NY (Sports Network) - San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds and Boston Red Sox outfielder Manny Ramirez have won the 2004 Hank Aaron Award for the National and American Leagues, respectively.


TV personality and journalist Geraldo Rivera has ended his 14-year ownership of the Two River Times, selling the weekly newspaper to a couple from Rumson.


Gross: Why Mattel Must Save Face with China

Quick to blame its Chinese suppliers for a massive recall, the toy giant now apologizes for its own mistakes. Why Mattelâand other major American companiesâmust save face with China.


House passes $151 billion economic stimulus bill

The House of Representatives on Thursday gave final approval to a $151 billion economic stimulus package that President George W. Bush is expected to sign into law.


We ask the National Book Award-winner about his favorite DVDs, CDs, and books.


Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso suffered a broken ankle in the Premiership clash with Chelsea, dealing another severe blow to the Reds in what has been an injury-plagued season.


Hynix Profit Soars, Forecasts Better Fourth Quarter

Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world's second-largest maker of computer-memory chips, said profit quadrupled in the third-quarter and will rise in the current period on increased demand for its products.


Late credit-card bills hit 4-year low in June

NEW YORK -- Americans paid their credit card bills on time at a record high level in June, sending credit card delinquencies to their lowest level in four years, Moody's Investors Service said yesterday.


Opponents of a deal giving Macedonia's ethnic Albanian minority greater representation say they are confident of forcing a referendum on the issue.


Ex-President Moi's former strongman Nicholas Biwott is registered as leader of Kenya's once all-powerful ruling party.


Chelsea lose and CSKA Moscow drop out despite victory

PARIS: Captain Sergei Semak grabbed a hat-trick as CSKA Moscow won 3-1 at Paris St Germain on Tuesday but a late goal in Porto denied the Russian team a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League, handing Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich a


Study of aromatase inhibitors indicate they could reduce the chances that many breast cancer patients will develop a new cancer in the other breast or have the cancer spread elsewhere.


Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Friday there are more Pakistanis in the U.S. illegally than any other nationality except those from Latin America.


Roma, 17:21 - CALCIO, GUSSONI: ZAMPARINI LINGUAGGIO VIOLENTO E PERICOLOSO

Dura presa di posizione del presidente dell'Aia, Cesare Gussoni, dopo le polemiche dichiarazioni di ...


Con la qualificazione Champions in tasca, i rossoneri giocano contro il Celtic per il 1Â° posto, ma Ancelotti avverte: "Non saranno gli stessi dell'andata". GLASGOW, 6 dicembre 2004 - CiÃ² che conta Ã¨ arrivare primi nel girone.


La Commissione europea bacchetta ancora i partners


Chase for the Nextel Cup: Bowyer Kicks Off the Chase by Stepping Into Victory Lane

Clint Bowyer started from the pole and led 222 of the 300 laps at New Hampshire International Speedway, in the first race of the Chase. Bowyer won by 6.469 seconds over Jeff Gordon.


Update 1: TV Drives Up News Corp. Earnings

Earnings at News Corp., the media conglomerate run by Rupert Murdoch, rose 27 percent in the latest quarter on stronger results from broadcast television, cable networks and newspapers, the company reported Wednesday.


Renault to develop electric cars for Israel

The Renault-Nissan    alliance on Monday signed a deal to begin mass producing  electric cars as part of an Israeli-led project to develop  alternative energy sources and slash oil dependency.


Fermato il padrone di casa, ventenne con precedenti penali


Ireland's deputy prime minister stunned party colleagues Thursday by announcing she was quitting as leader of the Progressive Democrats after 13 years in charge.


Northern Rock should avoid "hasty" deal: investor

Ailing British bank Northern Rock  is not a "lame duck" and its value is far higher than its current share price, its biggest investor said on Monday as it sought backing to prevent a hasty rescue deal.


JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (CNNfn) - The US government must not promise benefits to aging baby boomers that it cannot afford, because that could mean painful future adjustments to taxes and spending, according to Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan.


Turin unveils mascots for 2006 Winter Olympics

Turin unveiled on Tuesday two mascots, Neve and Gliz, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in the northern Italian city. Neve is a grinning girl snowball, with long lashes and a


Authorities hope the delayed Sri Lankan school year can begin on Monday, despite tsunami damage.


Brazil Plans to Break Patents on Foreign AIDS Drugs

Brazil will break the patents next year on between three and five foreign drugs used in the anti-AIDS cocktail central to its innovative program to fight the illness, the government said on Tuesday.


A Fight for Life Consumes Both Mother and Son

The writer Susan Sontagâs death, as set out in a short and immensely disturbing account by her son, David Rieff, must rank as one of the worst ever described.


Documents seen by Guardian show bosses ordered staff to show up in apparent breach of law.


Beleaguered Russian oil company Yukos said yesterday that it had reduced its crude output forecast for the year as bailiffs continued to collect cash against


Astronomers Observe Collision of Galaxies, Formation of Larger ...

An international team of astronomers has obtained the clearest images yet of the merger of two distant clusters of galaxies, calling it one of the most powerful cosmic events ever witnessed.


About a dozen senior campaign staffers for Rudy Giuliani are forgoing their January paychecks, a sign of possible money trouble for the Republican presidential candidate and last year's national front-runner.


People in the UK are buying and playing more games than ever before, a report has found.


New York, Sept. 22 (NNN): Haiti's president Boniface Alexandre on Tuesday appealed for aid to help the island nation in the aftermath of tropical storm Jeanne whose floods that have claimed nearly 700 lives and left another 1000 missing.


Microsoft hints at delay of Vista in Europe

Microsoft  raised the  possibility on Thursday that it might delay the introduction of  its new Vista Windows operating system in Europe, depending on  antitrust requirements of the European Commission.


Lucy the fossil dodges controversy, goes on display in US

Lucy, the world's most famous fossil, took on a new role as international tourist when she went on public display this week for the first time outside Ethiopia since her discovery in 1974.


Shares of Apple Computer Inc.  AAPL.O on Thursday closed at a four-year high as the iconic  computer maker this week rolled out an iPod that displays  photos and opened nine new iTunes online music stores in  Europe.


The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit against two companies owned by New Hampshire resident Sanford Wallace. The firms allegedly infected users' computer with spyware -- and also sold anti-spyware software.


LOWE EXPOSURE: Dearborn native shows talent, takes advantage of ...

If pending free agent Derek Lowe wanted to showcase himself for the Tigers on Friday night, he was both opportunistic and successful.


Two Killed in Car Bomb Attack on Baghdad Police

A suicide bomber sped toward a police  convoy in Baghdad and detonated his vehicle on Friday,  destroying several cars and killing at least two people, police  at the scene said.


A powerful blast rocked a crowded shopping mall in Manila's financial district Friday, killing at least four people and wounding dozens more, police said


Europe's Central Bank Seen Holding Rates

With interest rates on hold, Thursday's European Central Bank meeting will draw scrutiny for President Jean-Claude Trichet's remarks on the euro amid speculation that the bank may intervene in currency markets to halt its rapid climb.


Il maschio di sette mesi trovato nel parco dei CastelliLo zoologo: "Un risultato eccezionale per la biodiversitÃ "                                                  Dopo 70 anni il lupo torna a Roma esemplare morto a Rocca di Papa                                                                                Aumenta la sorveglianza, nessun pericolo per le personedi VALERIO GUALERZI e CRISTINA NADOTTI


Officer Says Jackson's Maid Acted Suspiciously

SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - Michael Jackson's maid  acted suspiciously during a raid at his ranch last year and may  have been trying to throw off police, a sheriff's deputy  testified on Thursday at a hearing in the pop star's child  molestation case.


Coffeyville Kansas refinery underwater, damage unclear

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas  - Coffeyville Resources said much of its 108,00 barrel-per-day Kansas refinery remained submerged on Tuesday, hampering its efforts to assess the damage from the weekend's flood.


Barcellona, 13:15 - CALCIO, BARCELLONA: ACCORDO CON SARAGOZZA PER MILITO

Il Barcellona ha ufficializzato l'accordo con il Real Saragozza per l'acquisto del difensore argenti...


Author and Activist Susan Sontag Dies in NYC

(Dec. 28) -- Author and activist Susan Sontag has died. She was 71 years old. News of her death came from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City Tuesday morning.


Microsoft Corp has signed a new 500m pound ($920m) contract to supply a desktop operating system and software to the UK's National Health Service, including provisions to develop a tailored interface for clinical systems.


Foreign Corresp. A Bahamas-registered liner with more than 730 passengers on board has appealed for assistance, after losing communications and most of its power in a severe storm in the Mediterranean Sea.


Too many credit cards? Here's what to do.


Dutch spooks 'raided Paul Bigley's home'

AMSTERDAM - The Dutch secret service AIVD has refused to comment on claims its agents raided the Amsterdam home of Briton Paul Bigley, whose brother Ken is being held hostage in Iraq.


US Bombs Mosul Rebels, Guerrillas Kill Top Police

A US aircraft dropped a half-ton(500 lb) bomb on the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Saturday after guerrillas attacked a US patrol that was trying to capture an insurgent arms dump, a military spokesman said.


AT&T Joins Starbucks to Provide Store Wi-Fi

Starbucks and AT&T said they would start offering a mix of free and paid wireless Internet service in most of Starbucksâs American shops, beginning this spring.


IAEA governors approve nuclear aid cut to Iran

U.N. nuclear agency governors on Thursday approved cuts in technical aid to Iran to uphold U.N. sanctions implemented over concern that Tehran may be trying to master the means to build atom bombs.


The participating libraries include those at the University of Michigan, Google co-founder Larry Page's alma mater; Stanford University, where Page and Google co-founder Sergey Brin met as doctoral students and dreamed up the idea of the search engine


You would never know a recession might be under way from looking at Intuitive Surgical, the leader in medical robot technology.


Six months after the U.S. invasion, Esam Pasha, a 30-year-old Iraqi artist and writer, proudly painted a mural called "Resilience" over a giant portrait of Saddam Hussein on the wall of a government building.


Record-Breaking Red Sox Reach World Series

The Boston Red Sox crushed the New  York Yankees 10-3 Wednesday to complete an historic comeback  victory over their arch-rivals by four games to three in the  American League Championship Series.


Scientists show how Salmonella food bacteria in space become more virulent in their weightless surroundings.


A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 shook northern Japan on Saturday, injuring several people and rocking buildings hundreds of miles away.


Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova won the first-ever Korea Open on Sunday. The top-seeded 17-year old Russian beat Poland's Marta Domachowska in straight sets -- 6-1, 6-1 -- in less than an hour.


PARIS - The giant, deadly waves of seawater that crashed through coastal towns in Asia and parts of east Africa last weekend are commonly called tidal waves, but that term is not strictly correct, say scientists, who prefer the word tsunami.


Michelle Wie hooked her tee shots, played erratically out of bunkers and unraveled on the par-3s in the first round of the European Masters in Crans-Sur-Sierre, Switzerland and is facing another missed cut playing against men.


Even a cup of coffee didn't sway one stubborn independent voter Â though Republican Mike Huckabee gave it his all Tuesday as New Hampshire residents went to the polls in the state's presidential primary.


Court: More time for a Vonage workaround?

Blog: A federal appeals court heard arguments Monday in the patent case that Verizon filed against Vonage, and one judge wonders about the need for an injunction.


Kidnappers Urged to Release British Hostage

Former British pop singer and Muslim convert Cat Stevens has called on kidnappers in Iraq to release unharmed British hostage Kenneth Bigley.


THE trading price of national oil and gas group MOL shares on the Budapest stock exchange (BET) have shot through the roof since it announced it has sold the majority stake in its natural gas business last ...


Some misunderstandings over Iran's nuclear policy have been cleared up, says the EU's foreign policy chief.


Prince Sihamoni to be named new king of Cambodia

Prince Norodom Sihamoni will be named king of Cambodia later on Thursday by the nine-member Throne Council, said the national assembly president in Phnom Penh.


Russia set to respond to British expulsion move

Russia was set to respond on Tuesday to Britain's decision to expel four of its diplomats in a row over the murder of a Russian emigre amid signs Moscow did not want the affair to rebound on booming economic ties.


Beijing mulls putting TV screens in taxis

A Beijing media company said it will start a trial scheme to install televisions in the city's taxis and light rail network to provide on-board entertainment for passengers.


Pak forces not aiding Al-Qaeda: Musharraf

NEW YORK, September 26(Online): Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf dismissing allegations that Pakistani forces were aiding the Al-qaeda said that Pakistan is a front line ally of the US on war against terrorism and all such allegations are


Yahooâs chief executive and co-founder plans to expand the  Internet stalwart to make it âa starting pointâ for consumers.


Boycott Bruce Springsteen, says US politician

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN's efforts to run PRESIDENT BUSH from the WHITE HOUSE has seen him incur the wrath of a conservative NEW YORK politician who has launched a BOYCOTT THE BOSS'television campaign.


The United States urged a reluctant Russia and China on Tuesday to agree quickly on a sanctions plan against Tehran and its nuclear program as officials from six world powers prepared to seek a breakthrough at talks in Paris.


Deputy Secretary of State Armitage Quits -Official

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State  Richard Armitage has resigned as expected a day after his boss  and close friend, Colin Powell, announced he was stepping down,  a State Department official said on Tuesday.


Their success at the Games could be a catalyst for change in Greece.


An analyst runs through the numbers and shows just how far Yahoo has slumped. Will its poor stock performance make it a takeover target?


Company Getting Lift From Standing Mower

By Joe Ruff, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Dec. 18--AUBURN, Neb. -- Steve and Sean Skaggs hope to ride a new kind of commercial lawn mower to economic success at Auburn Consolidated Industries.   They will be standing, instead of sitting, on these models.


ETimor rebel asks for talks as troops close in

An East Timor rebel leader asked to negotiate with authorities Thursday as an Australian-led international force surrounded his hideout, but rejected calls to hand himself in, a witness with him said.


With a tentative deal reached in the writer's strike, it's all over but the voting. Guild members can return to work immediately after the vote, but that process could take days


INVESTORS and traders lean to the Republicans, but the Dow is sending a signal that George W. Bush is going to lose office. Since 1904, the incumbent has failed to win re-election if the Dow falls by 0.5 per cent or more in October.


SocGen reels from record $7 billion rogue trader fraud

A "massive fraud" by a junior rogue trader has punched a $7 billion hole in the finances of French bank Societe Generale, leaving its credibility in tatters and forcing it to get emergency cash.


The UN special envoy to Sudan has welcomed an African Union announcement that it will begin deploying armed peacekeepers to Darfur on Sunday.


Indice Dow Jones a +0,39%, Nasdaq a +0,64%, SP 500 a +0,46%


Israeli PM has prostate cancer but his life is not in danger and he will not step down, reports say.


Beckham back in Real squad after Capello U-turn

David Beckham is back in the reckoning at Real Madrid after Fabio Capello reversed his decision to sideline the former England captain and included him in the squad for Saturday's league match at Real Sociedad.


Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon has declared the national carrier will continue to fly despite facing union threats on two fronts.


Tony Blair is under pressure from his own party to name a date for pulling British troops out of Iraq.


SEOUL, South Korea - Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova won the Korea Open on Sunday, routing Polandâs Marta Domachowska 6-1, 6-1.


China suspends some U.S. pork, chicken feet imports

China's quarantine bureau has suspended imports of frozen chicken and pork parts from top U.S. meat and poultry processors, even as international scrutiny of Chinese food and drug safety grows.


Jobs drop shows recession, need for jolt: Clinton

Democratic presidential candidate  Hillary Clinton said on Friday that a drop in U.S. employment  last month showed the economy is headed into recession and  needs a quick jolt.


Regan lawyer plans lawsuit vs. HarperCollins: paper

The lawyer for Judith Regan, whose plan to publish a book by O.J. Simpson called "If I Did It" ignited a firestorm of criticism, plans to sue HarperCollins for dismissing the publisher in breach of her contract, The New York Times reported on its Web site on Tuesday.


Business & money: The Bank of England's labour market expert explains why we should not worry about the pace of rising pay


ICC welcomes Zimbabwe decision to accredit journalists:

[Sports India, Cricket]: London, Nov 25 : The International Cricket Council (ICC) Thursday welcomed the Zimbabwe's reversal of its initial decision not to accredit several English cricket journalists for England's tour of Zimbabwe.


At Least 15 Dead, 250 Hurt in India Train Crash

NEW DELHI - Two passengers trains collided along a stretch of rural track in northern India on Tuesday, and at least 15 people are believed to have been killed, according to Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav.


A Pakistani judge has ruled there is not enough evidence to try a key suspect in an alleged airline bomb plot on terrorism charges.Comment


US military finds nine Iraqi soldiers executed in Mosul' four ...

The bodies of nine Iraqi soldiers, all shot execution-style and seven of them decapitated, were discovered in the northern city of Mosul on Saturday, the US military said.


Bush Aides' Misuse of E-Mail Detailed by House Committee

White House aides made extensive use of political e-mail accounts for official government business, despite rules requiring that they conduct such business through official communications channels, according to new evidence disclosed yesterday by congressional investigators.


Nato head Jaap de Hoop Scheffer plays down tensions in the alliance as he arrives in Afghanistan.


Societa' preannuncia il ritorno all'utile nel 2007


MSN streams Live Earth to 8 million people

(InfoWorld) - MicrosoftÂ says it set a record for streaming an online event to the most customers after offering the Live Earth concerts on MSN over the weekend. About 8 million people watched at least parts of the concerts live over the 36 hours that the shows took place inÂ 10 locations around the world. At the peak, 237,000 people watched simultaneously, Microsoft said. That's more than what Microsoft thinks is the previous most-watched online broadcast, the Live 8 concerts in 2005. According to AOL, which streamed thoseÂ 10 concerts, 5 million people around the world watched live. Teams in London, China and Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, supported the Live Earth streaming effort on MSN. Those workers were primarily content editors and programmers who were constantly updating the Web page with live and on-demand content as well as details about which artists were performing live and who was up next, said Lisa Gurry, MSN senior director at Microsoft. Microsoft relied on its existing server farms around the globe to support the stream but beefed up those facilities in preparation, Gurry said. "We used a lot of our existing capacity and purchased additional to ensure we were prepared for the massive amount of traffic we were expecting," she said. Akamai Technologies also helped support the streaming, she said. MSN signed the deal with Live Earth to stream the concerts last year and began preparations to support the event in February, she said. MSN looked back to other popular events it has streamed, such as the NCAA Final Four basketball games, in order to estimate how many people might tune into Live Earth. Although that preparation paid off, MSN did find some surprises, Gurry said. MSN had expected that the U.S. show would produce the most traffic, but it came in fourth. The U.K. concert was the most viewed, followed by Australia, Germany, and Japan, she said. MSN expects viewers to continue to visit the site to watch archived video of the concerts on demand. In the week after the Live 8 concerts, AOL surpassed the number of live watchers, recording 8.5 million unique visitors who requested more than 25 million on-demand plays of the concerts.


Work begins to lay the cable for a $12m observatory that will study the deep waters of the Pacific.


Terrell Owens got all the attention. Terry Glenn scored the touchdowns. In a game that featured the return of T.O. and the first NFL start of Tennessee rookie Vince Young, Drew Bledsoe and Glenn hooked up on two 13-yard touchdown passes Sunday and the Dallas Cowboys beat the Titans 45-14.


AUTHORITIES have arrested four people allegedly connected to last week's deadly bombing at the Australian Embassy, Indonesia's police chief said today.


Chancellor Gordon Brown has insisted he will stick to his 'golden rule' on spending, despite calls from the City and unions.


Father's rights campaigner intrudes Buckingham Palace

A father's rights campaigner entered the grounds of British Queen's residence Buckingham Palace and gained access to a balcony Monday afternoon.


Torino, 18:22 - CALCIO, TORINO-JUVENTUS ANTICIPATA AL 26 FEBBRAIO

Juventus-Torino, gara valida per la sesta giornata di ritorno del campionato di serie A, in programm...


Diplomats: EU Ready for Tougher Action on Iran Nukes

European countries trying to persuade Iran to abandon its uranium enrichment program are losing patience with Tehran and may soon be ready to support U.S. demands for tougher action, diplomats say.


Police in South Africa question nine people accused of running an illegal abortion centre in Johannesburg.


56 arrested in thwarted attack, authorities say

Security agents broke up a group planning terrorist attacks on tourist sites and government facilities, arresting 56 people who included soldiers and the wives of two pilots at the state airline, the Interior Ministry said yesterday. The sweep was the latest by Morocco's government in an antiterror campaign that began after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in ...


On the plus side: High gas prices made fuel economy important. On the minus side: Ford kills the Taurus.


Reuters FX matching system suffers outage

The currency matching system of news and information provider Reuters Group Plc  suffered a temporary outage on Monday, forcing some traders to switch to alternative venues or trade over the phone.


TiVo has announced a partnership with CBS that will allow the service's subscribers to see one of the network's fall shows a full week before it airs on the network.


Appino Gentile, 18:27 - CALCIO, INTER: CONFERMA PER RIVAS, VIEIRA TITOLARE

L'Inter ha svolto questa mattina alla "Pinetina" di Appiano Gentile l'ultimo allenamento prima dell...


Seven go on trial over the deaths of more than 100 children from the human form of mad cow disease.


Indian Web Sales of Taxless Tobacco Face New Pressure

Online sales of untaxed cigarettes are provoking a stampede of protests from a disparate collection of antitobacco groups, cash-strapped state governments and local retailers.


DEVELOPMENT:  Farmers Mull New Opportunities - And Threats

ROME, Feb 18 (IPS) - The sharp increase in the international prices of  basic food is hitting the poorest rural communities, according to  groups representing millions of small farmers.


Spariscono le piu' piccole, aumenta il fatturato totale


TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to buy SkyDome, the team's ballpark, for about $21.24 million. The 50,000-seat stadium, which opened in 1989, cost about $375 million to construct and was mostly funded by taxpayers.


Tiger Woods hits from the 18th tee during the second round of the Tour Championship, Friday, Nov. 5, 2004, in Atlanta. Woods shot a 6-under-par 64 and is tied for third place, three shots behind leader Jay Haas.


The British Medical Journal said on Friday it had sent documents to health regulators in the United States that it said appear to suggest a link between the antidepressant drug Prozac and suicidal behavior.


$150,000 Sound System Boasts Awesome Fidelity, but No IPod Input

The Steinway & Sons Model-D ups the ante on audio reproduction in the digital age.


Activists Plan for a Better World at Social Forum

Tens of thousands of activists from across Europe flocked to London on Thursday for three days of speeches and seminars hoping to push politicians to get back in touch with their disaffected electorates.


Weak US dollar could hurt growth, slow rate increases by central ...

OTTAWA (CP) - Sustained weakness in the US dollar will dampen American demand for Canadian products at the same time the global economy also appears to be slowing, Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge warned Wednesday.


Conservative Anglicans seek rebuke to U.S. stance on gays

Anglican leaders met on Friday to consider a report about the U.S. church's response to criticism of its backing of gay clergy and same sex unions, in a row threatening to tear the church apart.


Global stocks sag, haunted by economy worries

Shares in Asia fell on Monday, with Japan down around 2.5 percent and Hong Kong down more than 3 percent, as concerns over the health of the U.S. economy returned to haunt stock markets, sending investors to seek safe haven government bonds.


Pierre Salinger, 79, dies: The press secretary to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and foreign correspondent for ABC News dies in France.


Excerpts from lawmakers' letter to Blair

Excerpts from a letter sent to Britain's Tony Blair signed by 15 lawmakers who call for him to stand down as Prime Minister.


Hollywood directors hold off on contract talks

Hollywood directors said on Thursday they would hold off on starting contract talks with major film and TV studios until at least January to give striking screenwriters time to resume their own stalled negotiations.


Venezuelan president says OPEC output OK as is, $30 US a floor ...

Venezuela's president said Thursday he supports keeping OPEC oil production at current levels, contracting comments by his energy minister who said last week that Venezuela would support a production cut.


I was just going to say how happy I was that I was wrong with my dire warnings that there was going to be some sort of incident at the Athens Games ... when something happened toward the end of the men's marathon on Sunday.


Chinese Vice Health Minister to Fight SARS in South

To prevent a winter return of the deadly SARS virus, a senior Chinese health official will visit southern Guangdong province this month to map out measures such as banning civet cat from menus, a newspaper said on Monday.


New Show Tunes Emerge in 'Men's Songbook' Cabaret at NYC's Opia

Playbill - Broadway leading-men types embrace songs by rising theatre songwriters in a one-night cabaret evening called Under-Exposed: The Men's Songbook, Dec. 5 at Opia in Manhattan.


Supporters of a third-party presidential bid by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched a 50-state petition drive Tuesday seeking to "draft" the billionaire who is edging closer to entering the race while continuing to deny he is a candidate.


TV Decoder Blog: TV Decoder: Letterman and Leno Return Tonight

Fans wait outside the Ed Sullivan Theater for tickets to watch the first Late Show with David Letterman in New York on Jan. 2. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) When Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien of NBC and Jimmy Kimmel of ABC return to their late-night television homes tonight, their guests and audience members will face picket lines of [...].


An Egyptian-born aviation security expert is suing the U.S. government, claiming he was wrongly suspended from his Transportation Security Administration job based on a classified FBI file the government won't let him see.


Pedro Almodovar's "Volver" — a comic drama about women making do without men — has been chosen to represent Spain among movies vying to be candidates for the best foreign film Oscar.


WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court threw out a $79.5 million punitive damages award to a smoker's widow Tuesday, a boon to businesses seeking stricter limits on big-dollar jury verdicts. The 5-4 ruling was a victory for Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris USA, which contested an Oregon Supreme Court...


Allison Feaster responded to a challenge from Charlotte Sting coach Trudi Lacey. Feaster converted two free throws in the final seconds and finished with 23 points as the host Sting moved into a tie for first place in the Eastern Conference with a 74-69 victory over the Sacramento Monarchs last night.


The duel between Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant stretched into a ninth straight season Saturday afternoon, though the stakes had changed considerably since they last saw each other at the Staples Center.


Even on Basketball Court, Focus Is on Football Star

Five days before national signing day, Terrelle Pryor, the most coveted high school football player in the country, remains uncommitted.


America will salute the reign of a new leader today when Tom Lehman is unveiled as captain for the 2006 Ryder Cup in Ireland. American newspapers reported last night that the 45-year-old, who


An Islamist Web site showed video of an American hostage in Iraq being beheaded by members of insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group.


Seven Venezuelans killed in ambush on border with Colombia

CARACAS : An armed group killed six Venezuelan Army troops and an engineer in an ambush along the Colombian border, Defence Minister Jorge Garcia Carneiro said.


The ruling left coalition in the Indian state of West Bengal  completes a country record of 30 years in power.


Biological passport for pro cyclists taking shape

LILLE, France  - The creation of a biological  passport for all professional riders is taking shape, the  International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Wednesday.


New York, 08:57 - BASEBALL, MAJOR LEAGUE: RISULTATI

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


Somalia's interim government increases security around its base after an attempt to kill President Yusuf.


Unici candidati in lizza Strauss-Kahn e Tosovsky


EU eyes 'new chapter' in Iran ties, but tensions remain

BRUSSELS  - The EU hailed a "new chapter" in ties with Iran and confirmed plans to resume trade talks rapidly, after a UN-brokered deal under which Tehran pledged to freeze uranium enrichment activities.


JERUSALEM -- Israeli security forces frequently beat Palestinians working illegally in the country, sometimes severely, and detain them for hours without food and water, an Israeli human rights group said in a report published yesterday. Security officials said in response to the report by the B'Tselem human rights group that the troops are operating under tough conditions to prevent Palestinian ...


Dubai, 12:58 - CALCIO, MILAN: LAVORO SENZA PALLONE PER RONALDO

Secondo allenamento in Dubai per il Milan allo stadio "Al Maktoum". Unici assenti Seedorf e Inzaghi....


Former England captain Terry Butcher says he would want Scotland to beat his country should the two nations ever play each other.


One of the season's most anticipated cultural events, Franco Zeffirelli's production of Verdi's "Aida" opened the La Scala opera season Thursday night.Comment


Scientist Watson returns to U.S. over race row

Nobel Prize-winning DNA authority Dr. James Watson cut short a book tour in Britain on Friday and returned to the United States over racially insensitive comments attributed to him in a British newspaper.


Home Depot sees per-share profit falling this year

Retailer Home Depot Inc.  said on Wednesday it expected per-share profit to decline 4 percent to 9 percent this year as the weak U.S. housing market pressures sales and it boosts investment in stores.


New Openness at Development Unit: Empire State Invites Public Comment; Chiefs to Have Their Expenses Audited, Reveal Stock Trades and Family Data

By Elizabeth Moore, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Feb. 16--Presiding over his first board meeting as downstate chairman of the Empire State Development Corp. yesterday, Patrick Foye did something unprecedented in recent memory.


Supporters cast opposition legislator's death as first political assassination of post-election tribal crisis.


VW suggests three-way trucking alliance with MAN, Scania

Volkswagen head Bernd Pischetsrieder held out the prospect of a three-way deal in the trucking business between Volkwagen, Scania and MAN, which would create the biggest European manufacturer and the third-biggest in the world.


Kerik, White House Say Withdrawal Was His Decision

The decision to withdraw his nomination as US homeland security secretary over a personal controversy was made by Bernard Kerik himself, the White House and Kerik said on Saturday.


RPT-NASD fines Morgan Stanley for not disclosing calls

NASD on Monday said it fined Morgan Stanley (MWD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) $100,000 for failing to tell municipal bond investors that their bond holdings could be called before the maturity date, which could result in


Portuguese Spending More Time Watching TV - Daily

Text of report by Portuguese newspaper Diario de Noticias website on 7 March  Since the start of private sector TV, the Portuguese have watched TV for about 45 minutes more per day.


Since leaving the Blue Jays for the Angels four years ago, starter Kelvim Escobar has been instrumental in Los Angeles' success.


A surprisingly soft 112,000 new U.S. jobs were created in November, the Labor Department said on Friday, casting a shadow across an already downbeat holiday sales season with consumers apparently worried by scarce work and high oil prices.


Lampard ruled out for several weeks with thigh injury

Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard will be out of action for several weeks after scans revealed he has suffered a torn thigh muscle.


Underappreciated Murphy a model of consistency

When Larry Murphy was five years old, his father discovered there was an opening in the hockey program at the local outdoor rink and enrolled is youngest boy.