Industry wary as truckers strike enter 3rd day

NEW DELHI/BOMBAY: Millions of truckers stayed off the roads for a third day on Monday in protest against a proposed service tax on freight booking agents.


Texas Tech Beats Cal in Holiday Bowl; Navy, BC Win

Sonny Cumbie passed for 520 yards and three touchdowns as Texas Tech upset California 45-31 in the Holiday Bowl. Jarrett Hicks caught two touchdown passes and Taurean Henderson ran for


International mediators are to try to break the deadlock caused by Ukraine's disputed presidential elections.


IDC reports that revenue in the worldwide server market rose by 6.3 percent to $13.1 billion in this year's second quarter, with respect to the year-ago period.


Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Monday denied having a political motive when he said terrorists in Iraq would be praying for Democratic hopeful Barack Obama to become U.S. president


Search Marketing "Resolutions" for 2008, Part 2

We've collected more New Years resolutions from search engine marketers, sharing their priorities and plans for 2008.


Sony sells $835m PS3 CPU plant to Toshiba

Consolation prize? Sony today re-iterated its plan to sell its Cell processor chip factory to Toshiba, which will pay Â¥90bn ($835m) for the facility.â¦


Fox unit confirms Photobucket, Flektor buys

Blog: The two online companies have been acquired--not by MySpace, but by the social networking site's parent.


(InfoWorld) - Apple has released itsÂ biggest iPhone security update yet, fixing bugs in the mobile phone's browser, mail client, and Bluetooth networking server. The majority of the flaws do not appear to be critical, but the update fixes a larger number of bugs than theÂ first iPhone update, released July 31. Hackers have said that the iPhone's browser and mail clients are the most likely sources of software flaws, and this release bears that out. Apple fixed seven flaws in the Safari browser, two in the iPhone's mail client, and one Bluetooth bug with the release. The Bluetooth flaw could be the most serious -- Apple said that it could allow an attacker to run unauthorized code on the iPhone -- but because Bluetooth works over a range of just a few feet, the attacker would have to be standing near the victim for any exploit to work, said Andrew Storms, director of security operations with nCircle Network Security. Noted hacker HD Moore agreed that the Bluetooth flaw was serious. "The only bad issue here is the Bluetooth [flaw]," he said via e-mail. "I will start working on this tonight." Though there may be some technical limitations to what an attacker could do by exploiting this bug, it "could be a nasty remote exploit," he added. Earlier this week,Â Moore added iPhone hacking capabilities to the Metasploit hacking toolÂ that he develops. The patch also fixes some cross-site scripting and JavaScript flaws in the browser that could also be serious, Storms said via instant message. These flaws could be exploited to make the browser run unauthorized JavaScript code, he said. Mobile phone users typically cannot update their own software, but Apple introduced this capability in the iPhone, which uses the update mechanism in the phone's iTunes music player. iTunes checks for these updates once per week, so it may take up to seven days for all iPhone users to see these updates. Apple advises users to install the update immediately.


Take a good look at the industry to try to sort out the meaning of all the news and the rumors.


Church Audit Plan Rankles Advocacy Groups

Two victim advocacy groups accused Roman Catholic bishops Monday of abandoning their pledge to root out sexually abusive clergy by reducing the number of U.S. dioceses that will receive full, onsite audits of their child protection programs next year.


Iran Honors Nuclear Agreement With Europe

Iran announced Monday it has suspended uranium enrichment, and the head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency said he believed all Iran's enrichment activities have stopped, the central part of an agreement with Europe designed to head off possible UN


Three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan by so-called "friendly fire" from a US fighter plane are set to be named.


Cheney Says Kerry Doesn't Understand West

Vice President Dick Cheney portrayed Democrat John Kerry as a flip-flopper from the Northeast who doesn't understand the needs of the West. "It's not only wildfires that shift with the wind," Cheney told supporters Friday.


Iraq PM says security forces control holy city

KERBALA, Iraq  - Iraq's prime minister flew to the holy city of Kerbala on Wednesday and declared order had been restored after inter-Shi'ite gunbattles there killed 52 people and sent hundreds of thousands of pilgrims fleeing.


Actors Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet attend the premiere of Finding Neverland in London.


E-series expands Under fire from financial analysts for the tepid performance of its Enterprise group, Nokia is set to add two new products to its business range and revamp its hit communicator, the E61.â¦


Heart Attacks More Likely in Cold Weather

MUNICH, Germany - People with high blood pressure seem to be more vulnerable to heart attacks when the temperature drops, new research shows.    The findings, presented Monday at a conference of the European Society of Cardiology, are not surprising because cold weather makes the blood vessels constrict, making it harder for blood to move through, but the study is the first to document that variations in the weather increase the occurrence of heart attacks in people with high blood pressure...


Nextel, Sprint reach tentative merger deal

WASHINGTON - Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint Corp. reached a tentative agreement to merge, a deal that would create the nationâs third-largest cellular company.


Watchdog raps South Africa for failing to tackle crime

Africa's top watchdog has rapped South Africa for failing to tackle one of the world's highest crime rates, an emotive issue for a country hosting the 2010 football World Cup.


The partner of the late soul singer James Brown sues for half of the star's estate and access to their home.


Dow Jones a -0,02%, Nasdaq composite +0,21%, SP 500 +0,01%


New Evidence Disputes LibyaÂs Case in H.I.V. Trial

New evidence casts doubt on charges against a doctor and five nurses accused of deliberately infecting children with H.I.V.


Ora si deciderÃ  se la norma Ã¨ contraria alle leggi europee

BRUXELLES - Dalla Ue arrivano obiezioni alla legge italiana sul falsio in bilancio. In un'opinione alla Corte Ue di Giustizia un avvocato generale della corte di Giustizia ha sollevato giovedÃ¬ obiezioni riguardo


A surprisingly big climb in U.S.  retail sales in September and a larger-than-expected gain in  underlying producer prices bolstered hopes for an economic  revival and views the Federal Reserve will keep raising  interest rates.


Britain to delete term "prostitute" from law books

Britain is proposing to remove the term  "prostitute" from the criminal statutes because it carries too  much stigma.


Russia Will Strike First in Fight Against Terrorists, Putin Says

Russian President Vladimir Putin is warning of preemptive strikes on terrorists. His announcement came shortly after prominent Chechen warlord, Shamil Basayev, claimed responsibility for the bloody school siege in Beslan two weeks ago.


Microsoft COO: We're still figuring out Software plus Services

Blog: Kevin Turner tells partners the company is still in the process of figuring out just what the company's services strategy is all about


Iraq Delegates Say Sadr Agrees to End Najaf Crisis

Iraqi delegates to a conference choosing a national assembly said Wednesday that radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr had agreed to demands to end an uprising in the holy city of Najaf.


Banks and stores did brisk business Monday on the last day the nation's old bank notes were being accepted as legal currency.


In commissione SanitÃ  iniziano le audizioni sui testi presentatiMarino: "Obiettivo Ã¨ arrivare a una legge sul testamento biologico"                                          Eutanasia, domani si discute al Senato Ecco le proposte che dividono i Poli                                                                                di CLOTILDE VELTRI


Taliban kill seven hostages in Afghanistan: police

Afghanistan's Taliban shot dead seven men, two of them truck drivers for a Western security firm, who had been kidnapped in the past week, police and a rebel spokesman said Sunday.


They say talk is cheap - particularly truisms of the sort enunciated and repeated with digitalized rapidity in the hours and days following the attacks of September 11, 2001, which claimed several thousand ...


Credit worries will take a further bite out of global economic growth, including Europe.


Has Diana fountain been managed properly?

The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain has re-opened to the public after being closed because of safety fears. How has it been managed?


UPDATE 1-Open-Henin loses US Open crown, top ranking

Justine Henin-Hardenne's reign as US Open champion and world number one came to an abrupt and surprise end when she lost 6-3 6-2 to Russian Nadia Petrova in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows on Monday.


Car Bomb Near Soccer Field Kills 16 Children, 2 Women in Ramadi

BAGHDAD, Feb. 27 -- Sixteen children playing soccer and two women were killed Monday in a car bombing in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, an Iraqi official said Tuesday, in an attack that Iraqi leaders decried as horrific.


'ET' Pop Culture Guru Tries Out Talk Show

LOS ANGELES  - Steven Cojocaru's  presence in the world of syndication could be expanding.


De Castro ricevera' delegazione non prima del 6 settembre


Democrat John Edwards blamed Bill Clinton's administration Saturday for trade agreements unpopular with labor unions and warned against electing "corporate Democrats."


Tens of thousands protest in Kyiv against flawed presidential vote in Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (CP) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators jammed downtown Kyiv in freezing temperatures Monday night, denouncing Ukraine's presidential runoff election as fraudulent and chanting the name of their reformist candidate who authorities said was trailing in the vote count.


Carbon nanotubes promise heatsink breakthrough

The nanotube material, graphene, has better thermal conduction characteristics than copper, the usual heatsink material.


Napoli, 16:41 - CALCIO, EURO 2012; PANCALLI: NAPOLI PROTAGONISTA PROGETTO

Il progetto Euro 2012 non puÃ² fare a meno di Napoli. Lo ha ribadito il commissario straordinario del...


Seawater spray cures kids colds, say to Czech researchers

For parents worried about how to treat  children's colds now that some medicines have been called into  question, the answer may be a dose of salt water.


A Middle East Airlines passenger jet flew into Beirut airport from Jordan on Thursday as officials partially lifted a 36-day Israeli air blockade.


House Blocks Court on Pledge Case Rulings

The House, in an emotionally and politically charged debate six weeks before the election, voted Thursday to protect the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance from further court challenges.


The prime minister's wife, Cherie Blair, is ranked the twelfth most powerful women in the world by  business magazine Forbes.


The French government's note of alarm isn't  directed solely towards Tehran but Russia and China too


Quake, Tsunami Hit South Asia; 4,500 Feared Dead

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The world's biggest  earthquake in 40 years hit southern Asia Sunday, unleashing a  tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India, drowning  thousands and swamping tourist isles in Thailand and the  Maldives.


New US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice is to undergo surgery at a Washington hospital tomorrow. She will remain overnight at the hospital and return to work in the next day or so, a US government spokesman says.


Iran to Delay Start of 1st Nuclear Reactor Until 2006, AFP Says

Iran will delay the planned start-up of its first nuclear reactor until 2006, a year later than previously scheduled, Agence France-Presse reported.


Federated, May talks reportedly break off

Merger talks between May Department Stores Co. and rival Federated Department Stores Inc. reportedly have ended after the two retailers could not agree on how much Federated would pay for May.


German police arrest two suspected al-Qaeda members accused of planning to carry out suicide bomb attacks.


Livorno, 17:15 - CALCIO, UEFA-LIVORNO; SPINELLI: PASSARE IL TURNO A TUTTI I COSTI

Aldo Spinelli vuole la qualificazione al secondo turno di Coppa Uefa: ''Dobbiamo passare il turno e ...


Suspect Wanted A Baby Desperately, Acquaintances Say

Amid the crowded tables at the Whistle Stop Cafe on Melvern's two-block Main Street, Lisa Montgomery proudly showed off the tiny infant she called Abigail last Friday and


An internet entrepreneur today claimed he was fighting a David versus Goliath battle with computer giant Apple over the ownership of a website address.


ACTOR Noah Wyle - who plays Dr John Carter in ER - is to quit the hit TV show. Wyle, 33, will leave at the end of this year, the show's 11th season.


Yukos Ordered to Pay Portion of Tax Claim

The Moscow Arbitration Court ruled Monday that the embattled oil giant Yukos must pay some $1.4 billion in fines and penalties as part of a $4.1 billion back-tax claim for 2001, the Interfax news agency reported.


A car bomb detonated in the middle of a busy market in central Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 64, police and hospital officials said.


Iraq President Urges U.N. to Review Poll Date

Iraq's president urged the United Nations Tuesday to look into whether the country should go ahead with its scheduled Jan. 30 election despite violence threatening to scare voters away from the polls.


Tim Duncan scored 23 points and Francisco Elson added 12 points and a career-high 18 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs beat Detroit, 90-81, last night in Auburn Hills, Mich., snapping the Pistons' seven-game winning streak.


Going Global With Concerns on Health Costs

Calls are deepening for the government to assume more of the costs of medical care through nationalized health care.


Jaguars lose other defensive end for season

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Jaguars now have lost both starting defensive ends for the season. The Jaguars placed Lionel Barnes on injured reserve Friday with a shoulder injury.


Democrats on Sunday said President Bush's post-convention bounce was triggered by "four days of mean, vicious attacks" on John Kerry, and would be short-lived.


Iran leader suggests U.S. ties possible in future

Iran's supreme leader suggested on Thursday that ties might one day be possible with the United States, the Islamic state's arch foe for almost three decades, although he said it would harm Iran to restore relations now.


Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are competing for sizable if somewhat overshadowed delegate prizes this weekend as voters in four scattered states take their turn saying which one should be the Democratic presidential nominee.


The new walls of Jerusalem: Part 1 • The Arabs on the outside

A forthcoming report says that 55,000 Palestinian Jerusalemites are being cut off from the city by Israel's security barrier. Part 1 of three.


Learning About Compost Can Really Be Heaps of Fun

YOUNGSTERS are being invited to take part in a contest to grow their own pumpkins and sunflowers this summer.  The fun competition is being run by Durham County Council to introduce children to gardening and plant biology, as well as raising awareness of home composting.


Colazione di lavoro a 27, Merkel fa il punto su progressi


Coinvolte nella lite 2 famiglie nel quartiere Zen di Palermo


Iran touts own Iraq summit ahead of U.S.

Iran on Wednesday touted its weekend summit with the Iraqi and Syrian presidents, moving to secure a larger role in the region just as President Bush prepares to head to the Mideast for meetings on reducing American involvement in Iraq.


Microsoft Readying Slew of Critical Updates

After just two security updates in January, Microsoft plans to release one of its largest bundles of patches ever next Tuesday.


US Soldier Pleads Guilty to Murdering Iraqi Youth

Staff Sergeant Johnny Horne was convicted Friday of the unpremeditated murder of the civilian youth in Baghdad's Sadr City district in August.


Red Sox and Yankees, the matchup they wanted

From the instant Aaron Boone's home run cleared the left-field wall last October, the Yankees and Red Sox have been building to this.


Singer Marianne Faithfull, a household name in the 1960s, is diagnosed with breast cancer.


The first feature film festival, held in past one-and-a-half decades has turned out to be a big draw in Indian Kashmir.


A BBC survey of 22 countries finds most people downbeat over the future of the international economy.


Australia Sets World Record in Women's 400-Meter Medley Relay

Australia set a world record in the women's 400-meter medley relay at the Olympics, as Giaan Rooney, Leisel Jones, Petria Thomas and Jodie Henry covered the distance in 3 minutes, 57.


Intel to throttle power by enhancing silicon

Power consumption continues to climb, so Intel will reach into the bag of tricks to keep Moore's Law going.


Police see breakthrough in Jakarta bombing

The October 2002 blasts at a Bali nightclub killed 202 people, including 88 Australians. Leads based on the vehicle involved led to a. He said police were conducting DNA


Iran says identifies, detains U.S., Israeli spies

Iran's intelligence minister said Iran had identified 100 people he described as U.S. and Israeli agents and said some were arrested trying to leave Iran to attend "spying" courses abroad, state TV reported on Thursday.


China says 8 foreign banks apply for registration

China's banking regulator said it had received eight applications from foreign banks for local registration, which it would begin processing on Monday, a first step in granting national treatment.


Palermo, 14:26 - CALCIO, PALERMO: ARRIVANO MIGLIACCIO E UJKANI

Sono ufficiali i primi due acquisti del Palermo 2007/08. Il centrocampista Giulio Migliaccio e il po...


Il premier Prodi potrebbe prendere l'interim della Difesa


Israeli outpost removals likely: Olmert deputy

Israel will likely begin a crackdown on Jewish settler outposts in the occupied West Bank when U.S. President George W. Bush visits the region next week, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's top deputy said on Friday.


US consumer agency issues ad-tracking guidelines

Let 'em know they're being watched US consumer protection body the Federal Trade Commission has backed a tightening of rules on internet advertising and the use of personal information. It has proposed stronger industry regulation of the tracking of users' habits.â¦


French trains to be disrupted for third day by strike sparked by rape

Train services across most of France were to be disrupted for the third day running as rail workers protested the rape of a woman ticket inspector this week that they said highlighted rising violence in carriages and stations.


To Pull a Thorn From the Side of the Planet

Environmentally friendly flowers are a hard sell. After all, most people donât eat them.


Mistrial for six in Miami terrorism-conspiracy case

A U.S. judge declared mistrials on Thursday for six men accused of plotting to wage war against the United States and blow up Chicago's Sears Tower after a jury acquitted one defendant but could not decide on verdicts for the others.


Sales of existing US homes surged unexpectedly in September on low mortgage rates, a trade association group said Monday, adding that activity would have been even brisker had hurricanes not hit the south.


Millions in the US have already cast their ballots under early vote programmes that could attract one in five.


Britain's seas are in crisis, with key species in serious decline, according to a report by the WWF.


Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said fiscal third-quarter earnings rose more than expected, led by gains in bond and commodities trading and higher fees from mergers and acquisitions advice.


France's president vows to cut thousands of civil service jobs, as unions threaten strikes over pension reform.


U.S. says February 7 helicopter crash caused by enemy fire

A U.S. Marine helicopter that crashed in Iraq last week killing all seven aboard was caused by enemy fire, The U.S. military said on Wednesday, making it at least the fifth such aircraft to be shot down in three weeks.


At least 16 people have been killed in four car bomb blasts in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, police say.


France Readies Resolution on Ivory Coast Arms Ban

France readied a U.N. resolution  that seeks an arms embargo on the Ivory Coast after nine French  soldiers and an American civilian were killed in a government  bombing raid.


Andorra, 20:11 - CALCIO, QUALIFICAZIONI EURO 2008: ANDORRA-ISRAELE 0-2

In una partita valida per il gruppo E di qualificazione agli Europei di Austria e Svizzera del 2008 ...


Zend: Webinar Recording Posted - Zend Framework 1.0 Â An Overview

For those that weren't able to be in attendance for Zend's last Webinar webcast, "Zend Framework 1.0 - An Overview", they've now posted the presentation to their Webinar page:   In this webinar, Bill Karwin, Product Engineering Manager, will provide an overview of the design philosophy, the major components of the framework and its future directions. Topics will cover MVC, Search, Data Access, Web Services, Filter, Authentication, Cache and more. Tune in to learn more about the value Zend Framework can offer your web project.   You'll need Flash to check it out and it's a little over an hour long (1 hr 15 min), narrated by Bill Karwin.


By Beth Velliquette, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C.  Jun.


Ex-Surveillance Judge Criticizes Warrantless Taps

A federal judge who used to authorize wiretaps in terrorism and espionage cases criticized yesterday President Bush's decision to order warrantless surveillance after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.


Bush awaiting more input before picking Iraq course

President Bush said on Thursday a new strategy was required in Iraq that could include contacts with Iran and Syria and U.S. troop cuts, but he would await further reviews beyond the scathing Iraq Study Group report before determining a new way forward.


Berlino, 13:19 - F1, WEBER: SCHUMI INTERESSATO ALLA TORO ROSSO

Michael Schumacher si appresterebbe a fare il suo rientro nel mondo della Formula Uno, ma non piÃ¹ in...


Google Maps add radar-driven weather conditions

Want to know what the weather is like right now somewhere else? Today, you can just click around on a radar-enabled Google map to quickly get the lowdown on temperature, humidity, wind conditions, and a lot more.


EUROPA/PORTOGALLO - 20.000 persone per le strade di Lisbona in difesa della vita; 160 Associazioni dei cinque continenti hanno appoggiato la Marcia per la Vita Lisbona (Agenzia Fides) - Il Portogallo riafferma la sua volontÃ  di difendere la vita. Nonostante il freddo e la pioggia, domenica 28 gennaio 20.000 persone sono uscite per le strade di Lisbona per difendere pacificamente e con gioia la vita del bamb...


On retiring, a Times reporter writes about covering the film industry, and what happened when he married into it.


Attacks in Iraq at Record High, Pentagon Says

A report found an average of almost 960 attacks on U.S. and Iraqi targets every week from early August to early November.


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

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


Foreign Box Office Crippled by Christmas

Overseas movie houses are gearing up for a lively holiday week at the box office as turnstiles began clicking Sunday and Monday after a dismal Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.


L'ex funzionario del Sisde vanta amicizie con il magistrato ucciso nella strage di via D'AmelioLa vedova e la sorella smentiscono: "Nessun contatto, neppure professionale"                                          Contrada: "Ero amico di Borsellino" La famiglia del magistrato: "Falso"


Israel flattens Hamas ministry in Gaza Strip

Israel bombed the Hamas-run Interior Ministry in Gaza and closed border crossings with the strip on Friday, sharply escalating what it called a campaign to halt Palestinian rocket attacks.


Abstinence May Not Be Sufficient ; State Could Force RRPS To Change Sex Ed Policy

By ELAINE D. BRISEO Journal Staff Writer  The Rio Rancho school board may have deviated from state standards after recently rejecting an advisory group's recommendation to offer an alternative to the district's abstinence- only curriculum.


Macy's department store will pay  $600,000 to settle New York state charges that it used racial  profiling in efforts to detect shoplifters, parent company  Federated Department Stores Inc. FD.N, said on Friday.


Calcio: Italia batte mali, Ã¨ semifinale

(AGI) - Atene, 21 ago. - L'Italia del calcio va in semifinale battendo nei supplementari il Mali con un gol realizzato da Bovo all'undicesimo del secondo tempo aggiuntivo. Pelizzoli ha neutralizzato un calcio di rigore nel primo tempo.


England full-back Jason Robinson says he felt like crying as he ended his rugby career at the Stade de France on Saturday night.


Nei primi 6 mesi 2007, Ebitda pro-forma di 140 mln euro


Per la corte marziale Ã¨ colpevole di tutti i reati: rischia 15 anniL'imputato era arrivato sorridente: "Sto fantasticamente bene"                                                  Abu Ghraib, condannato  il torturatore Graner                                                                                Il difensore: perchÃ© Ã¨ cosÃ¬ pazzo da dare a chi lo accusale immagini che lo dovrebbero incastrare?dal nostro inviato CARLO BONINI


Glenn Hoddle returns to football at Wolves with unfinished business and a desire to rebuild a tarnished reputation high on his personal agenda.


United Parcel Service Inc.  on Tuesday provided a full-year outlook for 2007 below analysts' forecasts, citing a slowing U.S. economy, and its shares fell 3 percent.


Roma, 13:51 - F1, FERRARI; RAIKKONEN: ANCHE HAMILTON STECCHERA'

Kimi Raikkonen, pilota Ferrari, nella settimana tra il Gp del Canada e quello degli Stati Uniti, par...


Iraq: accordo governo-al Sadr, 5 giorni per consegnare le armi

BAGDAD - Cinque giorni per consegnare le armi delle milizie. Questo il tempo dato dal governo provvisorio iracheno ai gruppi di ribelli legati al leader radicale sciita Moqtada al Sadr in base all'accordo


A proposal for a South Atlantic whale sanctuary is defeated at the International Whaling Commission's meeting.


Japan's Toppan Printing Co. Ltd. said on  Tuesday it would buy DuPont Photomasks Inc., a U.S.-based maker  of glass plates used in chip production, for 71 billion yen  ($640 million).


A plot to fix a horse race by doping one of the animals was among crimes alleged in a crackdown on sports gambling that has resulted in charges against 17 defendants, including three reputed mobsters, authorities said.


Ricerche erano cominciate ieri pomeriggio, stanno bene (ANSA) - TRENTO, 18 OTT - Sono stati trovati sani e salvi i due cuginetti dispersi dalla tarda serata di ieri sui monti della Val di Cembra in Trentino.


Russian state TV airs an interview with an alleged hostage-taker, as two days of national mourning begin.


The church where the tradition of celebrating Christmas on Dec. 25 may have begun was built near a pagan shrine as part of an effort to spread Christianity, a leading Italian scholar says.


DANIA BEACH, Florida  - A Florida medical examiner was performing an autopsy on the body of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith on Friday as her mother said drugs may have contributed to her daughter's sudden death.


SAN FRANCISCO -- Dan Haren has always lacked the luster of his big-name teammates, quietly putting up big numbers and impressing opposing hitters. With Barry Zito out of Oakland and the spotlight mostly his own this year, Haren has shown he has the stuff and the composure to be a No. 1 pitcher on...


BERGAMO - Finisce 2-2 tra Atalanta e Cagliari al termine di una bella partita. Emozionante il primo tempo ricco di gol, ripresa un po' piÃ¹ lenta ma dal ritmo sempre gradevole. Buona la partenza dell'Atalanta


Concern over Chinaâs use of surveillance technology, prompts new rules for U.S. exports.


Prosecutors in the Michael Jackson case ask for Martin Bashir's documentary to be shown to jurors.


A late try gives France a 20-17 victory over Ireland in Sunday's historic RBS Six Nations match at Croke Park.


Mobile phones are target of virus traveling through illegal version of the game Mosquitos.


Coupons in Hand, Shoppers Welcome Markdowns

America's merchants, shocked by a mediocre post-Thanksgiving weekend, are rushing to mark down their merchandise - way before the majority of holiday shoppers have even seen it.


Merck & Co Inc. on Thursday pulled its  arthritis drug Vioxx off the market after a study showed it  doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke, a move that sent  its shares plunging and erased $25 billion from its market  value.


LeBron James is treating his appearance on the 'Saturday Night Live' season premiere like a fast break.


Kenya govt ready for new vote if ruled by court

Opposition protests in Kenya subsided on Friday and the government said it was ready to accept a re-run of a disputed election which unleashed a wave of violence if a court ordered it.


Oil & Natural Gas Buys 55% Stake in Australian Block

Oil & Natural Gas Corp., India's biggest oil producer, bought 55 percent of an oil exploration area off the coast of Western Australia from Calgary-based Antrim Energy Inc.


'Accompagnero' personalmente quei 38 bambini di Ballaro''


The body of a Brigham Young University student missing for more than a week was found in a canyon Sunday, authorities said, and investigators were trying to determine how she fell to her death.


Bird flu virus belonging to the H5N1 strain has been found in pigs on several farms in China. It has not yet been confirmed whether the pigs are infected or have merely come into contact with the disease.


A powerful bomb killed an anti-Syria lawmaker and six others Wednesday in a Christian neighborhood of Beirut, threatening to derail an effort by an already deeply divided Parliament to elect Lebanon's next president in voting to begin next week.


Mixed Results as Deal News Helps Offset Trade Data

Stocks were mixed in uneven trading yesterday, as less-than-stellar economic data pressured stocks but upbeat corporate news - including the $25.4 billion deal by Johnson & Johnson to buy Guidant - gave investors reasons to buy.


U.S. Preparing to Drop Tracking of Foreigners' Departures by Land

U.S. homeland security officials are preparing to abandon plans to develop a system to track the departure of foreign visitors at land borders, citing cost and technical obstacles in scaling back a major post-Sept. 11 domestic security initiative, officials said.


Bush Nominates Condoleezza Rice For Powell's Job

WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush has tapped national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to be secretary of state. Rice will replace Colin Powell, who has resigned.


Volontari web: Ibm e scienziati cercano milioni di collaboratori

Ibm e le principali organizzazioni di ricerca stanno unendo i loro sforzi in un impegno umanitario per utilizzare le potenzialitÃ  inespresse di milioni di computer e collaborare a risolvere complessi problemi sociali.


NASA says Atlantis okay to land, despite "mistake"

NASA said on Wednesday it "made a mistake" in its calculations about a tear in space shuttle Atlantis' heat protection, but that it should not prevent the ship's safe return to earth.


Trojan creates bogus webmail accounts to punt drugs

Hotmail and Yahoo! captchas defeated? Miscreants have created a strain of malware capable of setting up bogus Hotmail and Yahoo! accounts in order to send spam.â¦


Youth kills four in South African squatter camp

The South African police were today hunting for a white youth who randomly shot into a black squatter camp, killing four people, including a baby and a teenage boy, and wounding about nine others.


Blake Judge Rules Brando Calls Irrelevant

Jurors in Robert Blake's murder trial will not hear recorded phone calls of the actor urging his future wife to get an abortion or of the late Marlon Brando's son suggesting she was lucky someone hadn't put a bullet in her head, the judge in the case ruled Thursday.


Hizbollah, Israel to Conclude Prisoner Swap-Paper

Lebanon's Hizbollah guerrilla group has  provided Israel with information on the fate of a missing  Israeli airman, a move that will finalize prisoner exchange  talks within weeks, a Omani newspaper said on Friday.


The government wants the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to relax its strict fiscal policies to give countries like the Philippines greater access to loans and investments.


Estimate for number of human genes slashed

In a blow to human vanity, researchers now say that people have about the same number of genes as a small flowering plant or a tiny worm.


Astronauts are sober as judges, says NASA

Official report is in Astronauts do not fly drunk, and that's official. NASA has released details of its safety review, which found no evidence to support claims that spacefarers were hitting the bottle before heading for the stars.â¦


From a Japanese Satellite, Here Comes the Sun

Telescopes aboard the Hinode satellite have been returning some of their first results.


WASHINGTON - The US West, already suffering from a long drought, could be in for worse if past patterns hold up, experts said in the latest issue of the journal Science.


Madrid, 08:34 - CALCIO, ROBERTO CARLOS: A GIUGNO VIA DAL REAL MADRID

Roberto Carlos ha annunciato che a fine stagione lascerà il Real Madrid non rinnovando il con...


Chinese state media on Sunday blasted a Pentagon report on Beijing's defence plans as distorted and insulting, and said the gap between wealthy countries' military might and China's is growing, not shrinking.


N.D. student's killer sentenced to death

A rapist who killed college student Dru Sjodin six months after being released from prison was formally sentenced to death Thursday in a case that led to tougher sex-offender laws.


Australia's multi-billion dollar racing  industry was plunged into turmoil on Saturday after an outbreak  of equine influenza triggered a national lockdown.


Getting clocked by the 'daylight saving' bug

Setting the clocks ahead comes early this year. Are your gadgets and applications ready to spring forward?


Hanks and friends continue ballpark tour

Actor Tom Hanks and two show business friends turned a rain delay into an event Wednesday.


Chiron Corp., which makes nearly half the country's flu shots, announced Thursday some batches of the Fluvirin flu vaccine made in its England factory were found to be contaminated.


Captain Andrew Strauss backs England to perform at next year's World Cup despite their poor one-day form.


Sixteen detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been transferred to the custody of Saudi Arabia, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday.


China maker Royal Doulton has revealed it is in talks about a takeover by Irish rival Waterford Wedgwood. Stoke-based Doulton, which is to close its last remaining current UK factory next year, said it was in "advanced discussions" with Waterford.


Terrorists battling U.S. troops in places like Fallujah, Mosul and Ramadi include Abu Musab al Zarqawi's mass murderers, holdouts from Saddam's Baathist regime, Iranian sympathizers - and a handful of French ...


Genentech profit up 6 percent, Avastin disappoints

Biotechnology company Genentech Inc  said on Monday its fourth-quarter profit rose 6.4 percent, but sales of its blockbuster cancer drug and others fell short of investor expectations, sending the company's shares lower.


ASIA/THAILANDIA - Il dramma dei rifugiati da Laos e Myanmar, Nord Corea, Bangladesh: saranno solo Âmigranti illegaliÂ Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Masse di popolazioni fuggite, con enormi sacrifici e pericoli, dai loro paesi continuano a trovare rifugio in Thailandia. Sono i profughi provenienti da Laos e Myanmar, Nord Corea e Bangladesh, che negli anni hanno sono dive...


Kraft Sells Yogurt Business to CoolBrands

Kraft Foods Inc. KFT.N on Wednesday  said it has agreed to sell its yogurt business to Canadian ice  cream company CoolBrands International Inc. COBa.TO  COBsva.TO for $59 million.


Raul Castro stirs hopes for Cuba farmers

JARUCO, Cuba  - Down on the ranch, the talk among the cattle hands is that help is on its way.


Suspected Iranian Nuclear Site Alarms US

The US expressed alarm today about a possible Iranian nuclear weapons related test site and accused the UN nuclear watchdog agency of keeping silent on its own concerns about the issue.


Skyscraper near ground zero to come down

Work will begin Friday to dismantle a vacant, contaminated skyscraper that has loomed above ground zero since Sept. 11, 2001, when one of the World Trade Center towers collapsed into it, officials said Thursday.


U.S. stock futures fell slightly on  Friday, indicating stocks would open little changed, as Wall  Street weighed climbing oil prices and a disappointing revenue  outlook from software maker Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O.


The American chief executive of Yukos, the embattled oil producer whose top executives left Russia a week ago because they feared government prosecution, said yesterday that he "fully intends


US to Consider Quotas on Chinese Textile Imports

Nov. 2, 2004 --With the presidential election coming down to the wire and several key states still up for grabs, the Bush administration last week indicated that it was open to the idea of restricting certain


Duke hopes the NCAA will give back the year its men's lacrosse players lost during last season's now-debunked rape scandal.


Vacancy rates inched upward in the Washington area commercial office market for the fourth straight quarter, ending in December, as new buildings opened and demand eased slightly.


Two car bombs shook Baghdad in quick succession today, killing at least eight Iraqis and wounding 16, police said. One American soldier was also injured.


THE young Russian newlyweds should never have been on flight 1047 as it took off from Moscow's Domodedovo airport at 9.45pm last Tuesday.


Decathletes Struggle for Any Recognition

Paul Terek and the other United States decathletes have a much lower profile than decathlete stars like Bruce Jenner, Bob Mathias and Rafer Johnson once did.


Ahead of 'September Dawn,' Mormon Church revisits dark period

In response to the new movie, the church sheds light on the 1857 Mountain Meadows massacre.


Iraq's Top Shiite Cleric Arrives in Najaf

NAJAF, Iraq - Iraq's top Shiite cleric returned to Najaf on Thursday in hopes of using the power of his popularity to bring an end to fighting in the holy city. U.S...


Okinawan lawmakers unanimously passed a measure Thursday condemning the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl by an American serviceman, as U.S. Marines in Japan began two days of training to tighten discipline.


Prem Preview: Southampton â Middlesbrough

Next in the hot seat we have Mr Redknapp. Your first question Mr Redknapp, for 3 points, is how on earth are you going to rescue Southampton from relegation this season?


Red Wings soar to 13th straight home victory

The Detroit Red Wings edged the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 at the Joe Louis Arena on Wednesday to register a 13th consecutive home victory, leaving them one short of tying a franchise record.


US Airways upped its $8.5 billion offer by 20%, but United and Northwest have emerged as possible buyers.


This week, on a block in front of City Hall, the theater of the streets became quite literal for a few hundred uncynical customers and those gawking passers-by who happened past.


Rumsfeld under fire from Iraq-bound troops, Powell reaches out to Europe

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld came under fire from American troops over their safety in Iraq, as Secretary of State Colin Powell urged Europe to look beyond differences over last year's invasion.


In Congo, superstitions breed homeless children

The number of street children in Congo's capital has swelled to around 20,000. Many have been shunned as 'witches.'


Domani la presentazione di Palinsesto Italia

SarÃ  presentato domani a Bologna il Palinsesto Italia, primo premio nazionale per contenuti e soluzioni innovative per l'editoria multimediale e multipiattaforma, riservato agli under 40. Il montepremi complessivo


U.S. stock index futures rallied, pointing to a sharply higher market open on Friday, after data showed consumer prices were unexpectedly flat in November, boosting optimism that economic growth is neither too fast nor too slow.


WRAPUP 4-US September job growth weaker than expected

US employers hired just 96,000 workers in September, the government said on Friday in a weak jobs snapshot, the final one ahead of presidential elections that


small-mass planets soon," said Paul Butler of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, the co-discoverer of one of the new planets.


Morgan Stanley  on Tuesday said it will spin off its Discover division, ending its foray into credit cards, as the parent company capped a record year with better-than-expected quarterly results.


Senate candidate says voters don't need to leave their faith outside the voting booth. BY LEE ENOKIAN. CHICAGO | Republican Alan Keyes and Democrat Barack Obama have squared off in one of the most contentious Senate races in the nation.


Roma, 13:45 - CALCIO, AGENTE SEMIOLI: NON E' VERO CHE RIFIUTA PALERMO

''E' del Palermo la migliore offerta per Semioli e non è vero che il giocatore rifiuta il clu...


Democrat Barack Obama, who would be the first black president, has white ancestors who owned slaves, according to a genealogical researcher.


Bettman, owners look ready for long sit-in

Against a background chorus of inflammatory rhetoric and name-calling, the National Hockey League closed its doors to its players Wednesday -- setting in motion a labor stoppage that will


At Christmas, Bush Urges Aid to the Needy

President Bush exchanged gifts with his family at Camp David yesterday, posed for photographs with Marines, and issued a Christmas day radio address urging Americans to care for the sick, the elderly and the poor.


Turkish warplanes strike rebels in northern Iraq

ANKARA/SULAIMANIYA  - Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish guerrilla targets in northern Iraq on Wednesday, Turkey's general staff said, in the fourth such cross-border raid in five days.


Livorno, 17:32 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: DHORASOO TORNA IN FRANCIA, VENTRONE VA VIA

Il centrocampista del Livorno, Vikash Dhorasoo, scontento della panchina torna in Francia. Il giocat...


Eliminate Parma, Livorno, Rimini, AtalantaSiena, Triestina, Piacenza e Bari                                            Coppa Italia, agli ottavi Juve, Napoli, Toro Ascoli, Cagliari, Catania, Reggina, Udinese


Wayne Rooney believes the three-pronged attack of himself, Michael Owen and Jermain Defoe can put England on the fast track to the World Cup finals.


Lecce, a club located in the heel of boot-shaped Italy and led by tactically offensive Czech coach Zdenak Zeman, beat up on Sicilian side Messina 4-1 to take second place in the standings.


Exelon, which owns utility companies in Illinois and Pennsylvania, has said that it will buy Public Service Enterprise Group of New Jersey in a deal valued at about $12.8 billion that would create the largest power company in the United States.


A Battle Foreshadowing a Larger Health Care War

The fight over child health care shows how hard it will be for Democrats to sell Republicans on universal insurance.


Also: AOL launches Latino portal. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Venus Williams dispatched her second Russian opponent in as many days to book a spot in the semifinals and Rafael Nadal won a five-set victory to advance.


South, West - candidates make final push

Sen. John McCain barnstormed through a skeptical South on Saturday, campaigning for a Super Tuesday knockout in the Republican presidential race. Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton worked the West on the final weekend before primaries and caucuses in more than 20 states.


US hits Fallujah for 4th day in a row; al-Sadr protested

A US jet fired missiles in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, the fourth day of attacks targeting the city where US and Iraqi troops have no control, officials said.


A labor dispute, fitness concerns and travel challenges have coach Bruce Arena concerned about his national team's readiness for their match Wednesday at Trinidad and Tobago.


Rwanda accused of creating confrontation as pretext for invading eastern Congo

KINSHASA, Congo  - President Joseph Kabila accused Rwanda on Friday of trying to create a confrontation with Congo in an effort to disrupt Congolese efforts to secure the country and move toward 2005 elections.


Nello scontro morti un uomo con la moglie e una bambina


The Whitney Museum's show, a mad scientists' fair of screwball contraptions, provides a fresh riff on body art.


Rolling his eyes toward heaven, Bakry Omar said there was no chance war-weary Arabs would get a better deal from John Kerry than from President Bush.


UPDATE 3-Siebel sees sales beating estimates, shares jump

Business software maker Siebel Systems Inc. (SEBL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said third-quarter revenue would beat Wall Street estimates, driven by a rebound in licensing


Scientist Says Concrete Was Used in Pyramids

If true, historians say, this would be the earliest known application of concrete technology.


Europe has made little progress towards equal pay for men and women, the European Commission says.


A Libyan court dismisses defamation charges against foreign medics already sentenced to die in another case.


Struggling Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Inc. , hit by declining profits from projection and flat-panel television sales and competition from large-scale retailers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday.


Secondo una ricerca del Politecnico di Milano e della Nielsenil 54% degli italiani preferisce la rete al piccolo schermo                                          La televisione si arrende a internet Il 2008 sarÃ  l'anno del sorpasso                                                                                Ma il dato eclatante Ã¨ che il Web affascina ogni classe di etÃ di JAIME D'ALESSANDRO


Anglican leader hits back in Sharia law row

The leader of the world's Anglicans, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, has hit back at his critics amid a furore about his comments on Islamic law that have led to calls for him to quit.


A Fort Wayne woman whose potato chip collection figured in what TV Guide called one of television's funniest moments remembers Johnny Carson as friendly and "down to earth."


Croatians vote in presidential elections; Mesic expected to win second term

Croatians go to the polls with incumbent President Stipe Mesic expected to win his second five-year term with the prospect of leading the former Yugoslav republic into the European Union.


Bush Nominates Sam Bodman as Energy Secretary

President Bush nominated Deputy Treasury Secretary Sam Bodman as his choice for energy secretary on Friday as he nearly completed his second-term Cabinet.


Singh on an unimaginable ride toward riches and glory

The mayor wanted a picture with him. The owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars wanted a word with him. Civic leaders simply wanted to shake his hand.


A major winter storm that dropped more than 10 inches of snow across parts of the Midwestern United States barreled into New England on Sunday, with snow, freezing rain and forecasts for winds as high as 50 miles per hour.


Wide open Oscar race highlights range of favorites

Hollywood award watchers on Monday picked comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" and thriller "The Departed" as clear Oscar front-runners, but cautioned several races remained wide open two weeks ahead of the world's top film awards.


Australia looks to increase forces in Afghanistan

Australia is considering plans to double its troop deployment to Afghanistan to about 1,000 to head off an expected spring resurgence of al Qaeda and Taliban fighters, Defense Minister Brendan Nelson said on Thursday. But Nelson ruled out any plans to follow Britain's lead and reduce Australia's military commitments in Iraq, saying any phased withdrawal of soldiers helping provide security in Iraq's south would put the lives of those who remain in danger.


British troops today handed over responsibilty for security in the southern Iraqi province of Basra, a major landmark in the scaling-back of the foreign military presence nearly five years on from the U.S.-led invasion. "As you step up, we step back," British commander, Maj. Gen. Graham Binns, told Iraqi leaders.


Ah, the Genteel, Civilized World of Croquet. Well, Not Quite.

The sociology of croquet might be seen as a microcosm of the deterioration of manners and civility in America.


AT&T CEO sees consumer softness, shares plunge

AT&T Inc  Chief Executive Randall  Stephenson said on Tuesday the phone company was experiencing  softness in its consumer business, sending its shares sharply  lower in late-day trading.


Deadliest Bomb in Iraq is Made by Iran, U.S. Says

The assertion of an Iranian role in supplying the device to Shiite militias reflects broad agreement among American intelligence agencies.


NEW YORK - Former President Bill Clinton was in good spirits Saturday, walking around his hospital room in street clothes and buoyed by thousands of get-well messages as he awaited heart bypass surgery early this coming week, people close to the family said.    Clinton was expected to undergo surgery as early as Monday but probably Tuesday, said Democratic Party Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who said the former president was "upbeat" when he spoke to him by phone Friday...


Elite universities slow to increase state school entrants ratio

Media & professional: Few institutions pass admission benchmarks, but Russell Group blames low achievement at school.


Pliva says Actavis offer fair as it awaits Barr

Croatian drugmaker Pliva said on Friday   a $2.5 billion cash offer from Iceland's Actavis represented   "fair value," but signaled it would still prefer a tie-up with   rival bidder Barr Pharmaceuticals.


The groundbreaking, four-decade group portrait of the English comes to DVD


The Office and Little Britain will go head-to-head in two of the main categories at this year's British Comedy Awards.


Ballmer Refutes Google's Talk of Antitrust

Acquiring Yahoo wouldn't be anticompetitive when Microsoft's the underdog, CEO retorts.


Police said Wednesday they have no reason to "proceed any further" with their investigation of a racially tinged fight between several Guilford College football players and three Palestinian students.


By Zinie Chen Sampson Associated Press  RICHMOND, Va. -- Circuit City Stores Inc.


Weeks before pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. sent seismic waves through the medical community, pulling its painkiller Vioxx off the market, it announced the drug had been approved for children.


Tens of thousands of poll monitors, challengers, lawyers and other activist observers are expected to clog voting precincts in battleground states Tuesday in what will probably be the most scrutinized U.S. election in at least 40 years.


Global shares recover as questions increase on Societe Generale fraud

Stock markets rose further Friday on the growing view that fraud-linked billion-dollar losses at Societe Generale may have contributed to panic-selling earlier this week and bounced the US central bank into a radical rate cut.


Quick Take: A Peck of Peddling Publishers

Four publishers band together to boost their online ad sales.


Powell Urges Mideast Foes to Enable Palestinian Vote

Secretary of State Colin Powell  launched a new Middle East peace drive on Sunday by saying he  would press both Israeli and Palestinian leaders for steps to  help Palestinians elect a successor to Yasser Arafat.


Movie Review | 'Strange Wilderness': Attention, Slackers: Itâs a Jungle Out There

Underachieving even by the standards of stoner comedies, âStrange Wildernessâ is so inert that it doesnât so much unreel on screen as loiter there.


Nearly two weeks after John Kerry conceded the election and President Bush laid out his agenda, New Mexico is among several states that have yet to determine the winner's margin of victory.


Milano, 16:19 - CALCIO, AZZURRI; DONADONI: NON E' RIDIMENSIONAMENTO

Roberto Donadlni non vuol sentir parlare di ridimensionamento azzurro dopo la striminzita vittoria c...


Senate passes bill to raise mpg standards

Blog: If passed by the House, automakers' fleets will have to average 35 mpg by 2020.


The trial of Iraq's former deputy health minister and a security official accused of letting Shiite death squads use ambulances and government hospitals to carry out killings was delayed Tuesday just as it was about to begin.


Russian bank investing in London property: Russian daily

Russia's second largest bank is investing some 131 million pounds in a residential development project in London, the RBK business daily reported on Tuesday, citing lawyers.


Study links ovarian cancer survival to gene change

Jewish women of Eastern European descent who have ovarian cancer and carry certain genetic changes live longer than those without the mutations, according to a study published on Tuesday.


Australian building products company James Hardie Industries NV broke the Corporations Law in February 2001 when it announced its fund to compensate asbestos disease sufferers was "fully funded," a special inquiry has found.


ARBIL, Iraq  - Kurdish separatist guerrillas in northern Iraq said on Monday they had suffered no casualties from Turkish airstrikes and cross-border incursions in December.


Voting Problems in Ohio Set Off an Alarm

Voters in Ohio delivered a second term to President Bush by a decisive margin. But the way the vote was conducted there, election law specialists say, exposed a number of weak spots in the nation's election system.


Oil prices and Chinaâs monetary competitiveness are blamed for the last August 54 billion US dollars trade deficit, the second highest in recent United States history.


âJohn was out there on his own all the way'

HE HAD the best ears on the radio. From Jimi Hendrix to the progressive rock of Captain Beefheart and Pink Floyd in the late 1960s, to the punk phenomenon of The Clash and The Undertones in the seventies, and


In the latest of a flurry of deals among internet service providers, UK firm Claranet buys the UK operations of US business Via.Net Works for Â£7.3m.


Costco Wholesale Corp. was accused of bias against female employees in a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday.


Benzina: nuovi prezzi record sulla rete italiana

Il prezzo della benzina ha sfondato la soglia di 1,18 euro al litro, raggiungendo il nuovo record di 1,182. I marchi che hanno portato il listino a questo prezzo, secondo il monitoraggio del ministero delle


European Commission may forbid the use of Qualcomm's mobile TV technology in Europe.


Analysts' Warnings of Iraq Chaos Detailed

Months before the invasion of Iraq, U.S. intelligence agencies predicted that it would be likely to spark violent sectarian divides and provide al-Qaeda with new opportunities in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report released yesterday by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Analysts...


La decima edizione vinta dal programma di Rainuno


The US and Russia are to begin formal economic talks at ministerial level, the US embassy in Moscow says.


Slide takes $50 mln in funding amid Facebook craze

Social network software maker  Slide Inc said on Friday it had closed a $50 million  institutional financing round, marking the rising valuations of  start-ups riding fast-growing Facebook's wave of popularity.


Missing the Evidence on Missing Explosives Reports Ignore ...

NEW YORK, NY -- OCTOBER 29 -- When the New York Times reported on Monday (10/25/04) that over 300 tons of high-explosive materials appeared to be missing from an Iraqi weapons facility, it was no surprise that the Bush administration and conservative


Nine Reportedly Killed in Indonesian Quake

JAKARTA, Indonesia Dec 25, 2004 - A powerful earthquake rocked Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh Sunday and radio reports said several small buildings had collapsed and large waves had slammed the area's north coast.


Blackburn manage to fend off battling Cardiff in their FA Cup third round replay.


USOC and pro sports leagues unite in anti-doping effort

Major League Baseball, the NFL, NBA and NHL will join forces with the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to combat the use of performance enhancing drugs in sport.


The European Commission takes the German government to court for maintaining a law which protects car giant VW from takeover.


Blog: Adobe issued three critical security updates this week, designed to address vulnerabilities in its Flash Player.


Valencia, 15:30 - CALCIO, VALENCIA; MORETTI: TAVANO VUOLE RESTARE QUI

Sono sempre piÃ¹ insistenti le voci che vogliono il ritorno in Italia di Francesco Tavano che a Valen...


The Countless Varieties of a Single Emotion: Love

The PBS documentary ÂThe Mystery of Love,Â to be broadcast on Wednesday night, serves up experts and ordinary people to investigate loveÂs many forms.


Russo Spena, elettori valutino se Prc deve restare a governo


Combining a chemical chain reaction with the precise positioning of an atomic microscope opens a route to molecular electronics and nanostructures.


South Africa fast bowler Makhaya Ntini helped slow England's progress by taking two wickets on the fourth day of the second test on Wednesday.


Opponents question the Chechnya election win of Alu Alkhanov, who vows to continue the war on rebels.


Greek and British police in a joint operation have cracked a multi-million illegal software sales ring, arresting two people and seizing thousands of pirate high-tech software programs, Greek police say.


Iconic superhero Captain America shot dead -- maybe

He fought the Nazis. He is revered by other crime-fighters worldwide. But the beloved, shield-carrying superhero, Captain America, has finally met his end -- or has he?


The BBC's correspondents report on the devastation caused by tidal waves across the Indian Ocean.


Berlino, 17:57 - CALCIO, KAKA': MI E' COSTATO ARRIVARE VERGINE AL MATRIMONIO

Kakà ammette, arrivare vergine al matrimonio gli è costato molto. ''Abbiamo deciso di ...


Jackson Gets Permission to Make TV Statement

The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation case has given the star permission to make a televised statement responding to leaks of potentially damaging grand jury testimony given by his teen-age boy accuser.


Special winter sports teams specialize in getting children with disabilities onto the ice.


BT Introduces 'BlackBerry Built-In' To UK Customers

Following BT's recent announcement of plans to sell the BlackBerry(R) wireless solution (including the BlackBerry 7230(TM) and BlackBerry 7730(TM)) as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), BT has now also ...


Pakistan take South Africa clash seriously

Coach Bob Woolmer said it would be more than just a World Cup warm-up match when Pakistan clash with South Africa here on Friday, saying his side had a score to settle.


Brown to be confirmed as head of Britain's Labour

Gordon Brown will become leader of Britain's governing Labour Party on Sunday, heralding a new political era that starts when he succeeds Tony Blair as prime minister in three days' time.


Pollsters refuse to write off Australian PM despite lag in polls

SYDNEY : Opinion polls give Australia's opposition Labor Party a big lead over Prime Minister John Howard's conservative government as campaigning begins for October 9 elections, but analysts say the real race is still too close to call.


The Supreme Court on Monday put restrictions on companies that want to voluntarily clean up their polluted land and sue former owners to share the costs.


Peru's Fujimori to be sent home to face charges

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was due to set foot in Peru for the first time in seven years on Saturday after being extradited from Chile to face charges of human rights abuse and corruption.


Brain-Damaged Woman Talks After 20 Years

HUTCHINSON, Kan. -- For 20 years, Sarah Scantlin has been mostly oblivious to the world around her - the victim of a drunken driver who struck her down as she walked to her car. Today, after a remarkable recovery, she can talk again.


Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on Tuesday said British spy masters have formally withdrawn the intelligence that Iraqi troops could deploy some chemical and biological weapons on 45 minutes notice, information ...


Aare, 11:47 - SCI, MONDIALI: QUALIFICAZIONI ANCHE PER SLALOM MASCHILE

Lo slalom maschile dei Mondiali di Aare, cosÃ¬ come il gigante, sarà preceduto dalle qualifica...


US senators challenge US President George W Bush over his response to an interim report on Iraq progress.


Tigers accuse Sri Lanka of scuttling Norway peace bid, toll mounts

Troops and Tamil Tigers fought fierce battles in northern Sri Lanka, leaving scores killed, officials said as the rebels accused Colombo of ignoring moves by Norway to end the latest bloodshed.


Some guests at the annual Brown-Carter family reunion on Labor Day weekend plan to bring barbecued chicken or a cooler of sweet tea. Pat Lane is packing something else entirely: a jar of nicotine tar, dark and thick as molasses -- essentially the same consistency it has in smokers' lungs.


Marketing agreement between Delta, Alaska airlines

SEATTLE - The Alaska Air Group has a marketing agreement with Delta Air Lines that will give passengers a wider choice of destinations.


After Rejection by Yahoo, Microsoft Hints at a Fight

Hours after Yahoo officially rejected Microsoftâs takeover bid, calling it too low, Microsoft called Yahooâs response âunfortunateâ and said its proposal was âfull and fair.â


Microsoft launches desktop rival to Google

The battle for search-technology supremacy extended to new front today when Microsoft launched a tool for finding files stored on personal computers.


About half the quarterbacks selected in the first round of the past five NFL drafts played a considerable amount during their rookie seasons.


100th British soldier killed in action in Iraq

A British soldier was killed on Monday by a roadside bomb in Basra, taking to 100 the number killed in action in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, the Ministry of Defense said.


Fewer American youths are using marijuana, LSD and Ecstasy, but more are abusing prescription drugs, says a government report released Thursday.


Rumbling at Mount St. Helens Triggers Alert

Government scientists have warned  hikers and researchers not to go near the crater of the Mount  St. Helens volcano because there is an "increased likelihood"  an explosion could occur, sending rocks and debris down the  side of the mountain.


U.S. health care improves, but costs too much: report

The quality of health care in the United States is steadily improving, with more patients getting recommended treatments, but there are a few notable gaps -- and costs are skyrocketing, according to a report released on Tuesday.


2 Americans, Briton seized in Iraq Civilian foreigners appear new ...

Baghdad -- Masked gunmen kidnapped two Americans and a Briton from their Baghdad residence on Thursday in an attack that appeared to herald a new level of danger for foreign civilians in Iraq.


Brad Stuart and Wayne Primeau didn't have to wait long to make their debuts as Flames, but they'll have to wait a bit longer to taste victory with Calgary.


Two men were arrested during raids by police investigating the alleged sale of military weapons over the Internet.


Phil Mickelson capped off his 2004 season by shooting a 13-under 59 on Wednesday to win the PGA Grand Slam of Golf, a two-day competition involving the yearâs four major winners.


Seasonâs End in Sight, Jets Have a Lot Left to Play For

With the season essentially over, what do the Jets have left to play for? Several things, it turns out, including their jobs.


Crazy company name alert: Get Satisfaction Unlimited

Can't get enough of your love, babe, on Get Satisfaction Unlimited.


BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich.âThe Americans thought Bernhard Langer disrespected them Saturday when he said his men would take two of three points against Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Davis Love.


Microsoft Gives Government Access to Office 2003 Code

Microsoft Corp., the world's biggest software company, said it will make the source code for its Office 2003 software available as part of a government security program.


France's foreign minister calls on the UN Security Council to prevent "deadly ethnic conflict" in Kenya.


Thai woman confirmed to have died of bird flu virus

Thailand on Tuesday morning confirmed infection of bird flu virus was the cause of a woman's death, the 10th death of the epidemic in the kingdom.


Civil Liberties Groups Sue Over Electronics Searches

Federal lawsuit protests excessive screenings at U.S. border-entry points, including inspections of laptop and cell phone data.


U.N. moves to authorize complicated Darfur force

The U.N. Security Council is expected to authorize up to 26,000 troops and police for Darfur but implementation will take months providing the world body finds enough personnel and Sudan cooperates.


Calcio, doping: Bachini (Brescia) squalificato per 9 mesi

Il calciatore del Brescia Jonathan Bachini Ã¨ stato squalificato per nove mesi dalla Commissione Disciplinare della Lega Calcio, dopo esser risultato positivo ad un controllo antidoping che ha rilevato tracce di cocaina.


Putin rules out changes to Constitution in medium term

MOSCOW, November 18 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has ruled out the possibility of amendments to the Constitution in the foreseeable future.


PORTUGUESE first division soccer side Nacional Madeira has lifted a suspension order against three of its South American players for allegedly assaulting police officers, allowing them to play in Thursday's UEFA Cup match against Spanish side Sevilla.


Isolated Sharon attempts to win over a party bitterly divided by ...

In a speech continually interrupted by extreme right-wing hecklers, Ariel Sharon said yesterday that as a minister and a soldier who had fought in every Israeli war he had never taken a more difficult decision.


Tony Blair joins David Blunkett on a visit to Sheffield where they are due to meet police and students.


Kanye West Leads Grammy Nominations With 10

Alicia Keys and Usher received 8 Grammy nominations each today and Ray Charles, who died in June, received 7.


Rushdie fatwa looms again amid new protests

Angry Islamists protested against Britain's knighthood for Salman Rushdie Friday, as an Iranian cleric said the death sentence on the writer was still valid 18 years on.


Sprinter Alvin Harrison accepts four-year suspension in BALCO case

Former Olympic gold medalist Alvin Harrison accepted a four-year suspension from the US Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday for drug violations uncovered in the BALCO case.


Coke Cuts Long-Term Earns, Volume Targets

Soft drink giant Coca-Cola Co. (KO.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , stung by a prolonged downturn in North America and other markets, announced on Thursday that it was lowering key long-term earnings and sales targets.


TERRORISMO: PISANU, CORTEI SINDACALI A RISCHIO INFILTRAZIONI

(AGI) - Roma, 26 ago. - "Non mi sorprenderei se nel prossimo autunno anarco-insurrezionalisti, marxisti-leninisti, settori dell'autonomia operaia e del sindacalismo di base si rovesciassero sulle manifestazioni


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OPEC aims for four percent increase in oil quotas

VIENNA: OPECâs core Gulf producers on Wednesday recommended the cartel raise supply quotas by one million barrels a day, four percent, Kuwaiti Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahd al-Sabah said.


Japan's government says it has to work harder to encourage elderly people to remain in the workforce.


Michael Hutchence's brother is selling items belonging to the late singer, including a fax to Kylie Minogue.


Coca-Cola Amatil Bids A$500 Mln to Buy SPC Ardmona

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd., Australia's biggest soft-drink maker, offered A$500 million ($382 million) in cash and stock for fruit canner SPC Ardmona Ltd.


Grey Seen as Leading Paramount Candidate

Brad Grey, executive producer of the hit television show "The Sopranos" and chairman of a top Hollywood talent management firm, has emerged as the leading candidate to succeed Sherry Lansing as head of Viacom Inc.'s (VIAb.N) Paramount Pictures, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.


Venezuela Halts Colombia Business Deals Over Kidnap

By Pascal Fletcher CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President HugoChavez froze ongoing bilateral accords and energy deals withColombia on Friday in retaliation for the abduction of aleading Colombian Marxist rebel from Venezuela.


U.S. Treasury debt prices stayed subdued on Tuesday as fresh evidence of resilient consumer spending suggested the Federal Reserve was not yet done raising interest rates.


Pain Relief for Some, With an Odd Tradeoff

Implantable stimulators can blunt pain with electrical impulses, but they may come with negative side effects.


Lorena Ochoa birdied three of the last four holes yesterday to overcome a five-stroke deficit and win the Wachovia LPGA Classic. Ochoa shot a 7-under-par 65, beating Grace Park by two strokes.


What Were They Thinking? More Than We Knew.

Dog owners have long maintained that their pooches have a lot more going on between their furry ears than scientists acknowledge. Now, new research is adding to the growing evidence that man's best friend thinks a lot more than many humans have believed.


War veterans need more mental help: study

Almost one-third of U.S. soldiers seeking government health care after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are diagnosed with a mental problem, researchers said on Monday in a study calling for more emphasis on the mental wounds of war.


Sabres co-captain Chris Drury is out indefinitely with a suspected concussion from a blindside hit that sparked a brawl in Buffalo's game against Ottawa.


COLUMBUS, Ohio - President Bush's slim victory over John Kerry became official yesterday, with the margin put at 119,000 votes.


UCLA put together two strong halves and avoided the kind of collapse that cost the fifth-ranked Bruins in their previous game.


Experts: Darfur faces environment crisis

Decades of drought helped trigger Darfur's violence as rival groups fought over scarce water and arable land. Now, experts fear the war and its refugee crisis are making the environment even worse, leaving the land increasingly uninhabitable and intensifying tensions with no end to the drought in sight.


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Audrey Hepburn's gown auction money to aid children

KOLKATA, India  - About $800,000 in proceeds from the auction of an evening gown worn by Hollywood actress Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" will be donated to build 15 schools for destitute Indian children.


An experimental NASA jet has flown at just under 10 times the speed of sound, a record that is a step forward for the plane and its experimental scramjet engine.


RALEIGH, North Carolina  - The Montreal Canadiens scored five powerplay goals on the way to a 7-4 road win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday.


Irish stayer Vinnie Roe's top weight of 58 kilograms was a telling factor as he finished second to favourite Makybe Diva in the rainswept Melbourne Cup, according to trainer Dermot Weld.


MS 'disappointed' with Xbox Live connectivity woes

Offers free game in compensation Microsoft is to offer gamers a free game download to compensate them for all the connectivity problems many of them experience accessing its Xbox Live service during the past few weeks.â¦


Afghan and NATO forces kill and wound 50 Taliban

Afghan and NATO-forces killed and wounded more than 50 Taliban insurgents in a large operation in southern Afghanistan, the Afghan Defence Ministry said on Monday.


Nestle growth affected by rising raw material costs

The Swiss food group Nestle said Thursday that growing raw material costs were having an impact on its growth, as it posted a nine percent increase in sales over the first nine months of the year.


For Westerners living in the Afghan capital, the attack on a prized social sanctuary may mark the end of their access to streets and the people they're here to help


No joke. Rutgers is ranked. The Scarlet Knights, long a college football laughingstock, moved Sunday into The Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in 30 years.


Rudy Tomjanovich resigned as head  coach of the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, saying his health  had suffered under the stress of the high-pressure job.


Most College Students Favor Kerry -Harvard Poll

The majority of US college students favor Democratic challenger John Kerry over President Bush, according to a Harvard University poll released on Thursday that sees a dramatic rise in campus voter turnout.


Report: Facebook threatens to ban Gawker's Denton

After the New York digital media maven posted copious screenshots of a Facebook profile on Gawker, a blog reports that the social-networking site is ready to crack down on such violations.


Iran Agrees to EU Demand for Nuke Freeze -Diplomats

Iran has agreed to suspend its uranium  enrichment program in an attempt to ease concerns that its  nuclear program is aimed at developing atomic weapons, a  Western diplomat close to the United Nations said on Sunday.


Los Angeles Times - ISTANBUL, Turkey — Is Turkey this: a man in baggy pantaloons, farming as it has been done for generations to support a large family that includes four wives? Or is it this: a bustling business center where skyscrapers share the horizon with the spires of some of the world's most majestic mosques?


Colombian cyclist Maria Luisa Calle Williams tests positive for a stimulant, and her bronze medal could go to American Erin Mirabella.


Roma, 11:32 - BASEBALL, TORNEO AMICHEVOLE: AZZURRI BATTONO TEAM MIAMI

L'Italia ha battuto 6-2 gli americani del Team Miami a Godo nella terza partita dell'Italian Basebal...


As Cases Arise, Schools Act to Ward Off Virulent Staph

As national estimates focus on an increase in serious infections caused by an antibiotic-resistant germ, officials in the Washington region have identified more than 18 cases among students and are organizing extensive cleanups of numerous schools.


Jack Thompson might go down in gay porn shocker

Anti-gaming crusader falls foul of Judge "This is the best thing to happen to me in a long, long time. Check my filings, sweetie."â¦


Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry added gold to her silver and bronze medals by storming to victory in the women's 200m backstroke final in Athens.


H     ere's one of the great paradoxes confronting American business today: Why is it that consumers seem willing to spend huge gobs of money to buy status but are incredibly tight-fisted when it comes to paying for service?


Debt Quality Boosts Credit Agricole in 3Q

Credit Agricole SA's third-quarter profit surged 71 percent, helped by lower bad loan provisions, the French bank said Wednesday.


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Graner Gets 10 Years for Abuse at Abu Ghraib

Former prison guard said he was ordered to mistreat Iraqis.


He may be the frontrunner, but Super Tuesday proved  that the Republican constituency that matters most still hasn't bought in


The mystery over the whereabouts of Muqtada al-Sadr deepened Wednesday with the U.S. military spokesman saying the Shiite militia leader had fled to Iran, his supporters insisting he was still in Iraq — and no sign of the anti-American cleric himself.


I know itâs hard to believe, but during the past 12 months I sometimes went two or three weeks in a row without finding anything to mock, deflate or be disappointed by.


The brand new network courts young viewers with new media and old shows.


Multi-faceted guitar great, Hank Garland, died Tuesday of a staph infection. He was 74. Garland, who could play jazz, blues, country, and rock, worked with such performers as Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers


Saudi vents ire as Gulf states plan FTAs with US

MANAMA: Leaders of oil-rich Gulf Arab states began a summit on Monday, with Saudi Arabia refusing to discuss economic integration unless a solution is found to a row over free trade agreements (FTAs) with the US.


Super Bowl SEO: Who Had the Best Organic Gameplan?

A look at Super Bowl advertisers' search engine optimization (SEO) efforts for terms related to their TV campaign.


Glacier Melt Accelerating, Concern Over Sea Levels Rising

In March 2002, a Delaware-size Antarctic Peninsula ice shelf collapsed. Since then, several glaciers in the region have accelerated.


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Arriva da Francoforte la bocciatura alla proposta del governo italiano di modificare il Patto di StabilitÃ . Il presidente della Bce, Jean Claude Trichet si Ã¨ detto preoccupato di una proposta Â«che potrebbe


More than 40 rebels and 10 government troops die in fresh fighting in northern Sri Lanka, the military says.


French President Nicolas Sarkozy accused Iran directly of seeking nuclear weapons Thursday and suggested tougher sanctions against the Mideast nation.


Two large studies, one focusing on women and the other on men, found that elderly people who walk are more likely to maintain cognitive function.


MIAMI (Sports Network) - Saying that he wanted to come to a  winning team, first baseman Carlos Delgado finalized his  four-year, $52 million contract with the Florida Marlins on  Thursday.


Rentokil 10-Month Profit Slumps 12%; Shares Decline

Rentokil Initial Plc, the world's largest pest controller, said profit fell 12 percent in the first 10 months and will weaken further in 2005.


Russia's Prime Minister-designate Viktor Zubkov tells MPs he will pursue economic stability and innovation.


German legend Franz Beckenbauer says South Africa's World Cup organisers are facing serious problems.


UPDATE 1-Ispat to form global steel giant in $17.8 bln deal

Ispat International (ISPA.AS: Quote, Profile, Research) will buy LNM Holdings and International Steel Group Inc. (ISG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , forming the world's largest


U.S. says all issues on table in Olmert-Abbas talks

All issues are on the table when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets Palestinian and Israeli leaders next week, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.


By Anna Marie Kukec  akukec@@dailyherald.com  Speed counts. So does style. And Motorola Inc. leveraged both Tuesday.


Newspaper's appeal of Charles diary decision begins

The Court of Appeal in London began hearing a case brought by Prince Charles against the Mail on Sunday after the publication by the weekly of extracts from a private journal belonging to the heir to the throne.


Roma, 14:51 - CALCIO, ROMA: AQUILANI RISCHIA LUNGO STOP

Rischia un lungo stop, Alberto Aquilani. Il centrocampista si è infortunato nel corso della r...


Last year one of worst ever for refugees: UNHCR chief

Last year was one of the worst on record for refugees and the crisis is deepening in 2007 thanks to conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Sudan's Darfur region, the United Nation's refugee chief said.


The number of obese people in China doubled to 60 million people in the 10 years to 2002. China's first comprehensive national survey on diet, nutrition and diseases found that seven per cent of Chinese adults


Wall Street was set for a weaker start on Wednesday, taking a cue from an uptick in crude oil prices, while investors will also watch out for home sales data.


Report on Paris airport terminal collapse blames design, structural faults

Design and structural faults were to blame for the fatal collapse of a terminal at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport last year, a French administrative inquiry said in a report.


Silencing campaign escalates The desperate Burmese dictatorship has shut down public internet access in the country today in an attempt to cut off reports of the violent crackdown on democracy campaigners.â¦


Hollywood sues computer server operators in major anti-piracy move

Major Hollywood studios on Tuesday announced scores of lawsuits against computer server operators worldwide, including eDonkey, BitTorrent and DirectConnect networks, for allowing trading of pirated movies.


Virtuoso musician David Garrett breaks his Stradivarius violin after falling backstage at the Barbican.


VMware was once a tool to improve server utilization for engineers, but now it's an ecosystem of third-party products and services.


Smithfield 2nd-Qtr Net Soars 61% on Higher Hog Prices

Smithfield Foods Inc., the world's largest pork producer, said profit in the fiscal second quarter rose 61 percent as the company sold more hogs at higher prices.


'Money' Talks for Keener, Aniston and New Pals

LOS ANGELES  - Catherine Keener,  Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand and Joan Cusack are  negotiating to become best friends in a new movie from the  director of indie hit "Lovely & Amazing."


IAC/InterActive Corp., owner of the Home Shopping Network and Ticketmaster, said Tuesday that it appointed Thomas J. McInerney to succeed Dara Khosrowshahi as chief financial officer, effective Jan. 1. McInerney


The Prince of Wales is to mount a staunch defence of his "old-fashioned" values in response to the furore over his controversial memo.


A new national survey is expected to reveal that efforts to end chronic homelessness in the US by 2011 are behind schedule.


We're used to hearing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld answer questions about things that went wrong in Iraq by saying they went right.


Britain`s Prince Charles has always prided himself on being a man of the people. But with one gruff memo about not all men being equal, the heir to the throne has tarnished his populist credentials.


Scientist Claims Tale of Dinosaur Forebears is in the Teeth

SEYMOUR, Texas _ Robert T. Bakker picks out a 275 million-year-old tooth from the red-colored dirt on this massive northwest Texas ranch, examines it with a trained eye and promptly sticks it in his mouth.


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Microsoft to Introduce Cheaper Version of Windows

Microsoft Corp.  said it will  begin selling a stripped-down, low-cost version of its Windows  XP operating system in the emerging markets of Indonesia,  Malaysia and Thailand in order to spread the use of computing  and develop technology markets.


Si fanno frequenti gli attacchi al sistema operativo Symbian. F-Secure segnala Skull, un trojan che rende inattive tutte le applicazioni sui telefoni cellulari che utilizzano l'OS per cellulari intelligenti.


Preferring the End of a Leash to Being Chained to a Desk

When Matt Boswell began selling franchises of Pet Butler, a service that collects dog waste and disposes it for a fee, there was no shortage of office workers willing to trade briefcases for pooper scoopers.


Comcast sues NFL to block slanderous emails

Comcast yesterday filed suit against the National Football League, claiming it was acting in breach of contract for encouraging Comcast subscribers to drop their service.


YouTube Democratizes Its Ad Revenue-Sharing Program

The user-gen site is opening up its âpartner program,â giving all users in the U.S. and Canada the chance to compete for tapping the revenue from its overlay system.


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Immigration law reforms due to be introduced next year will put off lucrative foreign students, warn vice-chancellors


Spanish authorities have seized 33 tonnes of illegally logged Brazilian wood destined to be crafted into musical instruments.


General Francisco Franco is long dead, but his shrines continue to divide the generations.


A Los Angeles judge on Friday ordered a weeping Paris Hilton back to jail to finish a sentence for probation violation, overturning a decision by the L.A. Sheriff's Department to have the celebrity heiress serve the sentence at home for medical reasons.


Microsoft.'s famously slippery ship dates are sliding once again when it comes to the company's long-delayed Microsoft CRM 2.0 update. Microsoft said Thursday it is expanding the software's feature set and delaying its release-to-manufacturing until the fourth quarter of 2005.


First Look: The Silver Surfer comes to life

Comicdom's trippiest superhero finally comes alive on the big screen.


Customers, Not Brokers, Profited in an Odd 2007

Last year, many ordinary investors did reasonably well. The brokers did not. How could that happen?


At This Drive-In, the Space Steals the Show

In the Lower East Sideâs version of a drive-in movie theater, patrons can rent space in a Ford Falcon, watch a DVD and eat popcorn in a store on Norfolk Street.


Help is at hand for foreign doctors working in Yorkshire whose patients complain of sore "lugholes" or say they're feeling "jiggered" and can't stop "gipping".


A small mosque was destroyed by fire in the Netherlands on Saturday but no one was hurt in what police suspect may have been the latest in a spate of arson attacks against religious targets.


Webb pitches D-Backs to 8th straight win

Cy Young Award winner Brandon Webb dominated a makeshift New York lineup Friday night, limiting the Mets to four hits and pitching Arizona to a 5-1 victory.


Lowe's 3rd-Qtr Net Rises 15%, Boosted By Hurricanes

Lowe's Cos., the world's No. 2 home- improvement chain, said third-quarter earnings rose 15 percent, helped by demand for emergency supplies such as generators and tarps as hurricanes swept through the southeastern US.


Some Hollywood women say too busy to shave armpits

Some of Hollywood's most successful women share an unexpected byproduct of success -- hairy armpits.


JUST TOO COOL: Handhelds â PDA can store data

Handheld computer maker PalmOne Inc. unveiled a personal digital assistant Monday that doubles as a portable data storage drive. The Tungsten T5 handheld has 256 megabytes of built-in flash memory, of which 215 MB will be available to the user.


Barry Bonds hit his 700th home run Friday night, toppling another milestone and edging closer to Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron.


Fresh fighting in Gaza between rival Palestinian groups kills one Hamas commander and injures 30 men.


The Tories say they want to get rid of the watchdog responsible for policing standards in local government.


Staff and pupils at a Kent school are angry an Afghan student is to be deported after a dawn raid.


Britain's next prime minister met with Iraqi leaders on Monday in a surprise visit following promises to study his country's participation in the conflict.


Mosca, 23:18 - VOLLEY, EUROPEI: RISULTATI SECONDA GIORNATA

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England scramble draw to avoid Germany clash

England were held to a 2-2 draw by Sweden to avoid a dreaded World Cup showdown with Germany in a nerve-jangling match overshadowed by an injury to striker Michael Owen.


ESPN to Launch Mobile Phone Service in Sprint Deal

Walt Disney Co.'s (DIS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) ESPN sports television network is launching its own brand of mobile telephone service in a deal with Sprint Corp.


House in Falluja Seems to Have Been Base for Jordanian Terrorist

American military officials said Thursday that they had discovered a house in the devastated city of Falluja that appeared to have been a headquarters


Internet addresses ending in ".asia" will be open to governments and trademark owners starting in October, with general registrations coming in 2008.


Spain's Dani Pedrosa takes victory in the German MotoGP as Valentino Rossi crashes and Casey Stoner only manages fifth.


The U.S. Vice President will cover security issues during his visit to Tokyo, but won't be meeting with Japan's Defense Secretary, who recently called the U.S. invasion of Iraq "a mistake"


FDA Orders Strong Antidepressant Warnings

WASHINGTON - All antidepressants must carry a "black box" warning, the government's strongest safety alert, linking the drugs to increased suicidal thoughts and behavior among children and teens taking them, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.    Because the warnings are primarily seen by doctors, the agency also is creating a medication guide for patients to advise them of the risk...


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The Spanish government has used Madrid's biggest annual football derby to spread the word about the European Union constitution.


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GCSE results have shown the biggest increase in top grades since 1999, with girls still out-performing boys.


County: Wells Now Safe From Benzene: Miami-Dade's Water Department Says It's Now Safe to Use Freshwater Pumps Turned Off Two Years Ago Because of Contamination

By Curtis Morgan, The Miami Herald  Feb. 4--Two years after a mysterious chemical contamination shut down two-thirds of the pumps tapping Miami-Dade's largest source of drinking water, county engineers are preparing to put them back on line.


"Shark Tale" remained the big fish at the box office, with the animated comedy taking in $31.7 million to hold the No. 1 spot for a second straight weekend.


Basic Instincts: My Cortex Made Me Buy It

Given our love affair with high-priced luxury goods, and their association with status and power, itâs possible that weâve come to experience cerebral delight in response to things that promise that cachet.


ROME: Juventus may be sitting comfortably on a five-point cushion at the top of Serie A, but coach Fabio Capello is concerned his teamâs hectic fixture list could eventually unseat them.


Myanmar troops pen protest monks in monasteries

Troops and riot police took up positions outside at least six big activist monasteries in Yangon on Wednesday as Myanmar's junta tried to prevent monks leading new protest marches against military rule, witnesses said.


Sergio Garcia was a little giddy and who could fault him? It was Saturday night and his European team had sprinted away to what would prove to be an insurmountable lead in the 35th Ryder Cup.


New Ukraine PM Yanukovich vows reform, transparency

Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, back in  office nearly two years after his "Orange Revolution" defeat,  vowed on Tuesday to oversee faster reform, but Ukraine's main  opposition leader dismissed his promises as meaningless.


Judde Orders Release of Kan. AD's Records

The University of Kansas must immediately release its athletic director's employment agreement and another compensation document under the state's open records act, a district judge ordered.


VATICANO - Lettera del Santo Padre Benedetto XVI al nuovo Direttore de ÂLÂOsservatore RomanoÂ: ÂCercando e creando occasioni di confronto, "L'Osservatore Romano" potrÃ  servire sempre meglio la Santa Sede, mostrando la feconditÃ  dell'incontro tra fede e ragione, grazie al quale si rende possibile anche una cordiale collaborazione tra credenti e non credentiÂ CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI ha inviato una Lettera al nuovo Direttore de ÂLÂOsservatore RomanoÂ, il prof. Giovanni Maria Vian, nel giorno in cui ha assunto il suo nuovo incarico. Nella Lettera, che reca la data d...


1. According to published reports, the source of the recent feud between Kobe Bryant and Karl Malone is that Kobe is accusing the Mailman of making a pass at his wife, Vanessa, at a Lakers game last month.


Rebels killed a mayor and a former town council member after seizing them at a roadblock in eastern Colombia as they headed to a meeting on how to confront violence in the area, authorities said Saturday.


Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano wins a new Â£2.5m prize for African excellence in leadership.


In BUCHAREST story please read in fifth paragraph ... Prime Minister Adrian Nastase ... instead of ... Prime Minister. By Mirela Roman and Radu Marinas.


Dr. Robert Jarvikâs newest heart device, the Jarvik 2000, holds the distinction of keeping a patient alive the longest. But it is facing competition.


Argentina defeated France, 34-10, yesterday at Parc des Princes in Paris to claim third place at the Rugby World Cup and record its sixth victory in seven matches against France. The final between England and South Africa is tonight in Paris.


SINGAPORE - Bill Gates might not use AOL, but he's definitely got mail. The Microsoft Corp. chairman receives millions of Internet messages a day, said Steve Ballmer, the company's chief executive.


Republican presidential hopeful Sam Brownback kicked off his summer road trip Monday — a 1,200 mile, four-day, 27-stop tour through Iowa.


LEONID KUCHMA, the Ukrainian President, cancelled a visit to Poland at the last minute and appealed for calm yesterday because of mounting tension in the week before an election to choose his successor.


NASHUA, N.H., Jan. 6 If Hillary Clinton borrowed any more from Barack Obama's campaign theme of "change" at her rally here, state troopers guarding the entrances would have been compelled to charge her with grand larceny.


Proud Italy awaits La Scala opening with bated breath

Italy's cultural cognoscenti were waiting with bated breath for the reopening of the La Scala opera house, restored to its former glory after a sumptuous 61 million euro (81 million dollar) makeover.


It wasn't what you would call a hot party. Sure, there was sizzlin' music, plenty of drinks and stars like Nick Lachey and Ryan Seacrest in attendance, but with temperatures dipping into the 30s Friday night, many partygoers at Maxim's mostly outdoor Super Bowl soiree at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess huddled around heat lamps and fire pits.


USA: Kellogg posts higher Q3 profit, raises guidance

US cereal maker Kellogg has reported higher third-quarter earnings, driven by increased sales, and raised its earnings guidance for the full year 2004.


California AG considering civil suit against HP

State's top cop is gathering information about damage that may have been caused by covert attempts to unearth leaks to the media.


Korean comedy launches Asian quest at Berlin film fest

The first in a choice crop of Asian movies joined the race at the Berlin Film Festival as South Korean star director Park Chan-Wook screened his sci-fi romantic comedy, "I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK".


Karzai leads as vote counting continues in Afghanistan

President Hamid Karzai was leading 17 other contenders by a huge margin as counting began for Afghanistan's first-ever presidential polls, held a week ago.


People: Feud between Kelly, Jay-Z camps gets legal

Jay-Z and R. Kelly's "unfinished business" likely will be resolved in the courts, amid conflicting accounts of what went wrong with their tour.


WARSAW -- Jewish community leaders and Warsaw officials lighted the candles of a large menorah in the center of the capital yesterday for Hanukkah, a rare public observance of a Jewish holiday in Poland. Israel's chief rabbi, Yona Metzger, chanted Hebrew prayers as he and Warsaw Deputy Mayor Andrzej Urbanski were lifted by an industrial crane to the top of ...


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Asbestos in Manhattan explosion debris: officials

Debris from an explosion of an aging steam pipe in midtown Manhattan contained asbestos, New York authorities said on Thursday, but no airborne samples of the dangerous mineral fiber were detected.


HP settles pretexting scandal for $14.5 million

Hewlett-Packard Co. agreed to pay California $14.5 million to settle state civil claims over its eavesdropping scandal.


The painkiller Celebrex is so effective in treating arthritis that doctors will probably continue to prescribe it, despite a new study that shows that, at high doses, it increases the risk of heart attacks.


Italia nella morsa del freddo le strade e le previsioni

Residue condizioni di instabilità al centro ed al sud. Oltre 60 ore di precipitazioni nevose. I consigli per chi deve viaggiare e le previsioni


Diabetes Drug Still Has Heart Risks, Doctors Warn

A study intended to demonstrate the safety of a diabetes treatment seems, instead, to have added to the controversy.


Japan hints it may be open to significant compromise as an annual international whaling conference opens in Alaska.


REVIEW Ed Oswald sits down to play with Microsoft's Zune, and finds along the way the same problems that have plagued the Redmond company all along in the digital music business. But do these issues hold back the Zune or does Apple finally have some real competition?


Finding Neverland film-maker Marc Forster will direct the latest James Bond adventure, due out in 2008.


A cell phone proves to be a lifesaver in this techno-thriller

Thatâs what young California slacker Ryan (Chris Evans) finds out in the taunt thriller Cellular, a non-stop adventure about a guy who gets a really bad connection.


A Beijing-based software company has filed a lawsuit against the creator of the "World of Warcraft" and the game's local operator for allegedly using its Chinese character fonts illegally.


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