Archaeologists in Peru uncover the mummified remains of dogs buried with blankets alongside their human masters.


Four Contenders and No Title Game Bolster Big East

In a turnaround as swift as it has been stunning, the Big East Conference has transformed from a college football punch line into a national power in the past two years.


'Law and Order' Actor Jerry Orbach Dead at 69

Actor Jerry Orbach, longtime star of  the "Law & Order" television series, died from prostate cancer  on Wednesday, his manager told a local New York City radio  station. He was 69.


Attacks on female prison officers have more than doubled in the past seven years, official figures obtained by Guardian Unlimited reveal.


For Spain, it's the team, not the cream that earned the Basketball world championship


Jackson Acknowledges Settling Past Claims

LOS ANGELES Sept. 4, 2004 - Michael Jackson, facing child-molestation allegations, acknowledged he has reached financial settlements with people in the past to avoid the embarrassment of going to court, but added he would never harm a child.


SHAWNEE, Okla. -- The only thing that was clear about Riddick Bowe Saturday night was that he was happy to be back inside the most dangerous square of real estate in sports.


California: Engineer Is Charged With Economic Espionage

A Chinese engineer was charged in San Jose with stealing trade secrets from a Silicon Valley company that made military training software.


Harrah's gets $15 bln buyout offer, shares leap

Harrah's Entertainment Inc. , the world's biggest casino operator, on Monday said it had received a $15 billion buyout offer from private equity firms Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group. , sending shares of the whole gaming sector up.


Bush under pressure at climate change conference

U.S. President George W. Bush kicks off the second day of a conference on global warming on Friday under pressure from the world's major economies to accept binding limits on emissions of greenhouse gases.


Hamm of U.S. Wins Men's Gymnastics All-Around Gold

Paul Hamm (U.S.) won the men's  gymnastics individual all-around gold medal at the Olympics on  Wednesday.


Coinvolgera' 4 o 5 partners,PrattWhitney in pole per motori


Ceremonies are held to mark the end of the 40-day period of mourning for assassinated former PM Benazir Bhutto.


Britney Spears And Kevin Federline Admit They're Not Legally Wed

Amid the controversy over their weekend nuptials, Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have admitted that they're not legally wed ... yet. While Us Weekly claims in its next issue that the couple's wedding on


Shares in US private equity giant Blackstone surge as much as 45% on their first day of trading in New York.


A mixture of six bacteria-killing viruses can be safely sprayed on meat and poultry to combat common microbes that kill hundreds of people a year, federal health officials said Friday.


Sport authorities take action against illegal live football and cricket broadcasts over the internet.


'Joey' Finds Many New Friends in TV Debut

Actor Matt LeBlanc found millions of new pals as his television show, "Joey," won strong viewership for the NBC network, which hopes the spinoff will help rebuild its Thursday night lineup after the departure of longtime hit


Chelsea striker Mateja Kezman was cut by a missile thrown from the crowd after scoring in last night's 3-0 Carling Cup victory over West Ham.


The Audiophiliac wants to know how many iPods have you bought over the years.


EU deal with Iran over uranium avoids possible UN sanctions

Iran agreed yesterday to freeze its uranium-enrichment program fully in a breakthrough deal with the European Union to avoid possible UN Security Council sanctions.


Sony to take over MGM Studios for $5 billion

WASHINGTON -- Sony Corp. is set to take over Hollywood film giant Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) for about 5 billion dollars, Sony officials said Monday.


Bollywood star Salman Khan is released from a Rajasthan jail almost a week after he was sent to prison for poaching.


CORRECTED: Tyson Foods cutting costs, looks to expand

U.S. meat company Tyson Foods Inc.   TSN.N, said its cost-cutting efforts are on track as it works   to restore profits, but that it expects only break-even or a   loss of up to 10 cents per share for the fiscal fourth quarter,   which ends September 30.


A serious security flaw in NullSoft's popular WinAmp player opens the door for crackers to seize control of vulnerable systems.


Orthodox patriarch killed in Greek air crash

ATHENSâEgypt's Patriarch of Alexandria, whose post traces its lineage to one of Christ's disciples, was killed with his Greek Orthodox retinue yesterday in a helicopter crash, Greek authorities confirmed.


Clare Short, the former international development secretary, sparked outrage last night by comparing Arab insurgents in Iraq to the French resistance of the Second World War.


France Says Killed About 20 in Ivory Coast Unrest

French troops killed about 20 people in Ivory Coast during unrest earlier this month, the Defense Ministry in Paris said on Tuesday, as controversy grew over the French military's handling of the crisis.


Korean and Japanese Phone Makers Win -Survey

South Korean mobile phone makers  continued a rapid move up the global market rankings during the  third quarter, while growth in the wider mobile phone market  slowed, a survey found on Wednesday.


Police in Manchester say they are aware of attempts to organise trouble at the England-Wales World Cup qualifier on Saturday.


Maine coast a relaxed setting for Bush, Putin talks

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - The century-old mansion where U.S. President George W. Bush will host Russian President Vladimir Putin this weekend boasts breathtaking views of Maine's rocky coast, soothing summer breezes and an aura of old wealth.


Stocks Extend Rally, Dollar and Oil Fall

Stocks extended their rally on Friday,  lifting the Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX to a 3-year  high, while bonds and gold rose and the dollar and oil dropped.


Like many of her compatriots, artist Zena el-Khalil has turned to blogging on the Internet to express her longings and fears amid the fighting in Lebanon.


Computer giant Microsoft has launched a pilot scheme to replace counterfeit versions of Windows XP with legal ones. The first-time initiative is restricted to the UK and to users with pre-installed copies


Global Markets: Easier Oil Soothes Shares

European shares firmed on Tuesday as oil  slipped further toward $54 a barrel, while the dollar's tumble  came to a temporary halt after it touched another 8-month low  against the euro.


Italian Premier Quits After Narrow Defeat Over Foreign Policy

ROME, Feb. 21 -- After just nine months at the helm of a shaky government, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi handed in his resignation Wednesday when he lost a critical parliamentary vote over the government's foreign policy.


A private school in Hawaii can favor Hawaiian natives for admission as a means of giving a helping hand to a downtrodden indigenous population, a divided federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.


New York police kill a man on his wedding day, firing 50 bullets at his car as he left a strip club after a party.


Safin Targets World Number One Federer in 2005

Marat Safin, back to his very best with a  record-equaling third Paris Masters title on Sunday, hopes to  be a match for world number one Roger Federer next year.


Screeners at one of the nation's busiest airports received new computers ahead of schedule as federal officials scrambled to prevent a repeat of last month's systems breakdown that stranded 17,000 international travelers.


Sylvester Croom and Mississippi State capped a turnaround season built on defense with one of their stingiest efforts.


Just wait till next year, that was Andy Murray's defiant message after he bowed out of the US Open.


Rebels Kill 49 Iraqi Army Recruits, US Diplomat

Guerrillas killed 49 unarmed army recruits in one of the bloodiest attacks on Iraq's fledgling security forces, and in other attacks Sunday a US diplomat and a Bulgarian soldier also died.


Global Market for Cellphone Ring Tones Is Shrinking

After years of double-digit growth rates, the global ring tone market appears to have come to the end of its crescendo.


Carl Everett homered and scored two runs Monday to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 7-4 victory over the Texas Rangers. Jason Grilli (1-1) worked in 5 2/3 innings to earn his


China's Ministry of Health issues a statement highlighting the country's new rules on organ transplants.


Sprint, AT&T to Pay About $1.5 Million for Unfair Practices

Sprint Corp. and AT&T Corp. have agreed to pay a total of nearly $1.5 million to settle government charges that they denied or limited phone service to hundreds of thousands of customers they considered credit risks without notifying the consumers of their rights.


Photos: Cracking open the Microsoft Zune

What exactly is Microsoft's media player made of, and how closely does it match the iPod? TechRepublic's Mark Kaelin dives right in.


Milano, 14:51 - CALCIO, MANIFESTAZIONE ANTIFASCISTA TIFOSI CELTIC A MILANO

Strana manifestazione antifascista oggi in piazzale Loreto (dove fu esposto il corpo di Mussolini): ...


UAL: Tentative Deal with Mechanics Union

United Airlines parent UAL Corp.  UALAQ.OB and the union representing their mechanics reached a  tentative labor deal on Friday that may help the airline win  the cost savings it needs to exit bankruptcy, a UAL attorney  said in bankruptcy court.


Yukos's Biggest Production Unit Gets $951 Million Tax Bill

Russia's Tax Ministry yesterday charged OAO Yuganskneftegaz, the biggest production unit of OAO Yukos Oil Co., with 27.8 billion rubles ($951 million) in unpaid taxes for 2002, a Yukos official said.


Breaking news! Driver crashes into Chicago newscast

The driver of a minivan who interrupted a local TV newscast while it was on the air by crashing into the station's glass-walled studio, was charged on Monday with reckless driving, authorities said.


An 83-year-old steam pipe exploded underground in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, shaking buildings, creating a towering geyser of debris and sending people fleeing in scenes reminiscent of the September 11 attacks.


Microsoft won't appeal European antitrust ruling

Microsoft has decided not to appeal last month's appeal ruling against it from the Court of First Instance (CFI) and has finally agreed to comply with the European Commission's 2004 antitrust ruling that sparked the company's appeal.The decision to accept the CFI's ruling will dispel any lingering uncertainty facing software and hardware developers over how to plan future product development."We will not appeal the CFI's decision to the European Court of Justice and will continue to work closely with the Commission and the industry to ensure a flourishing and competitive environment for information technology in Europe and around the world," the company said in a statement Monday.Last month the Luxembourg-based CFI threw out Microsoft's appeal, siding with the Commission on the two essential elements in the antitrust case: Microsoft's failure to share necessary interoperability information about its Windows operating system with rivals and its strategy of tying its media player to Windows to the detriment of rival players.The Commission declined to comment officially on Microsoft's decision not to appeal.


At least two Picasso paintings worth a total of nearly $66 million were stolen from the house of the artist's granddaughter in Paris, police said Wednesday.


Back home in St. Petersburg (the cold version), her name is pronounced Kooz-NET-so-vuh. Tournament chairman Alan Schwartz didn't quite get all of


Diet rich in fruits, vegetables helps heart, not cancer: study

NEW YORK - Chowing down on fruits and vegetables may not reduce the risk of cancer but that's no excuse to stop eating them. Researchers also found the foods may help heart health.


Langer goes with experience, then youthful Donald for the ...

Bernhard Langer knew all along he had a loaded deck and an ace up his sleeve if he needed it. When the year-long process of selecting the European Ryder Cup team finally


With two minutes remaining in regulation last night, the Bruins trailed by one goal and were approaching the point when goalie Tim Thomas would be pulled for an extra attacker.


Samuel's Madrid Experience Hits All Time Low

Real Madrid defender Walter Adrian Samuelâs relationship with the Merengue fans worsened last night, even though the Argentina international scored his first goal for the club in Realâs 6-1 whipping of Albacete.


Company files patent infringement lawsuit and asks trade commission to halt shipment of rival's flash memory into United States.


Bush sidesteps talk of "civil war" in Iraq

President Bush said on Tuesday the hand of al Qaeda lay behind the sectarian violence racking Iraq, and deflected talk of "civil war".


Warriors snap Hornets' nine-game NBA win streak

Stephen Jackson scored 26 points and Baron Davis added 23 and nine assists Wednesday to spark Golden State past New Orleans 116-103, snapping the Hornets' nine-game win streak.


Premier turco, Pontefice sara' ricevuto dal mio vice


Pope John Paul was spied on in Vatican: cardinal

ROME - Pope John Paul was spied on by Vatican informers working for the Polish secret services in the communist era, a Polish cardinal was quoted as saying on Tuesday.Cardinal Joseph Glemp, archbishop of ...


Led by Simon Katich, Aussies piled on the runs against a hapless Indian bowling attack taking a firm step to conquer the Final Frontier on the third day of the third Test at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground in Nagpur on October 28.


La perturbazione stenta a lasciare il Paese. Per domani previsti miglioramenti ma non su Puglia e Molise                                            Le previsioni: ancora nevicate su regioni adriatiche e Calabria                                                                                Le temperature resteranno decisamente rigide


Terror and political crisis beset Musharraf

Â· Court may decide today on fate of sacked chief justiceÂ· Bombs kill further 36 in latest bout of violence


Golden Globes a bust for everyone in Hollywood

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK  - Here is the cold, hard reality of the 65th annual Golden Globe Awards that will be handed out Sunday at the Beverly Hilton: A lot of people are going to lose a lot of money.


Google Inc., the Web search engine, on  Wednesday slashed the price range on its eagerly awaited  initial public offering to between $85 and $95 per share from  $108 to $135 per share.


Ue. Commissione Barroso. Frattini: azione forte e trasparente

"L'azione di questa Commissione sarÃ  forte e anche molto trasparente". Lo ha affermato il commissario designato a LibertÃ , Giustizia e Sicurezza Franco Frattini, al termine del dibattito al Parlamento europeo


HMRC agrees to more talks A civil service strike which would have thrown the UK's tax service into chaos has been put on ice.â¦


Quotes on former Gov. John G. Rowland's plea

"Obviously mistakes have been made throughout the last few years, and I accept responsibility for those. But I also ask the people of this state to appreciate and understand what we have tried to do over the past 25 years in public service.


Q1 Labs this week plans to release the latest version of its flagship software as well as add-on software that the company says enables its security management tool to not only detect security issues but also prevent them.


Suspect of bombing at Australian Embassy arrested in Indonesia

The Indonesian police have arrested a man allegedly linked to last Thursday's bombing in Jakarta, the national police chief said on Friday.


Ex-Philippine President Estrada girds for freedom

Joseph Estrada, the playboy former president of the Philippines, was preparing for life as a free man on Friday after being pardoned of his conviction for plundering the nation's coffers.


Ecuador asks WTO panel to intervene in banana war with EU

Ecuador forged ahead with its complaint against the European Union's banana import regime Thursday, asking the World Trade Organisation to form a panel to rule on the dispute, trade sources said.


IBM says its supercomputer in Rochester breaks speed record

For three years running, the fastest supercomputer had been NEC's Earth Simulator in Japan. That was seen as a big challenge for the US computer industry.


Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's  party told President Boris Tadic on Sunday to keep out of  foreign policy, as a split in their coalition deepened over  whether Serbia's future lies with the West or with Moscow.


PeopleSoft partners prepare to work with Oracle

As OracleÂ begins mapping out its plans for integrating PeopleSoft's applications business into its own, PeopleSoft's channel of reseller and integration partners are waiting to see how they'll fit into Oracle's strategy.


The announcement came from eight different departments of the Chinese Government. According to reports, CERTNET2 is now being called the biggest network running the next generation Internet since it connects 25 universities in about 20 cities.


Il colosso giapponese dell'elettronica paghera' il richiamo


Yukos top managers leave Russia fearing arrest

MOSCOW - The top management of oil major Yukos has left Russia fearing arrest under a Kremlin drive to "decapitate" the country's largest oil exporting company, a Yukos source said on Thursday.


An office building that lies in the middle of a flight path is rekindling political scandal.


BP to seek restart of part of Prudhoe Bay pipeline

BP Plc BP.L this week will conduct   safety tests and seek government permission to restart part of   the eastern Prudhoe Bay oil field pipeline in Alaska that was   shut due to corrosion, the company told Congress on Tuesday.


Torino, 18:46 - CALCIO, TORINO: 7-1 NEL TEST CON LA PRIMAVERA

Test contro la Primavera per il Torino nell'ultimo allenamento della settimana. 7-1 il finale per la...


IDC: Service Providers Could Earn More From Mobility

Few service providers are stepping forward to assist businesses with mobile services, according to an IDC survey.


Supergrass bass player and vocalist Mick Quinn breaks his back after sleepwalking out of a window at a French villa.


Ottenere che Lombardia e Nord non subiscano penalizzazioni


A new super-efficient light bulb could spell the end of regular ones, Glasgow scientists claim.


Study shows Celebrex connected to heart problems

St Petersburg - There's a new warning out about another popular pain pill that could be dangerous for your heart. Drug maker Pfizer says recent studies show an increased risk of heart problems in people who take Celebrex.


MacCentral - Apple has stepped up its marketing campaign for the dimunitive iPod MP3 player by featuring lendendary rockers U2 in the latest "silhouette" ad. Apple's popular silhouette ads usually feature music from up-and-coming bands like Jet playing as a someone dances on a multi-colored background.


Kerry moves to cement advantage, but expects battle to the finish

Democrat John Kerry, back in Washington state to court undecided swing voters in a battleground state, is leading in the polls here but his campaign fully expects President Bush to contest the region until the bitter end.


Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats 43% Republicans 38%

Rasmussen Reports - The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that, if the Congressional Election were held today, 43% of American voters say they would vote for the Democrat in their district and 38% would opt for the Republican.


Steve Spurrier is seen in this 2003 NFL season photo. Spurrier removed his name from consideration Thursday Nov. 4, 2004 to replace Ron Zook as coach of the Florida Gators, who was fired last week after the latest in a series of embarrassing losses.


AP Blog: Tour town pauses to cheer Zidane

AP Correspondent John Leicester is covering the Tour de France, and he and other AP writers will be filing periodic reports on the race, the three-week cycling extravaganza that gets underway on Saturday.


Newspaper advertising by a manufacturer that defended the cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor made "false or misleading safety claims," the government said


Meeting the Everymen of Iraq, Courtesy of a Returning Poet

The documentary "About Baghdad" traces the return to Iraq of Sinan Antoon, a poet and journalist who left the country in 1991.


Billy Graham prayed then kissed a red rose and placed it on Ruth Graham's casket during a private burial Sunday at the library recently opened in his honor.


Vienna releases a Russian space agency official who was arrested last week on suspicion of spying.


US sounds heavy metal warning against ayurveda

WASHINGTON: The American medical research community has sounded a heavy metal warning against ayurvedic cures. Herbal products from the Indian system of medicine sold in the US contain dangerous levels of


Japan on alert as suspected Chinese sub detected in territorial waters

Japan was on alert after a suspected Chinese nuclear submarine entered its waters near a disputed gasfield, setting off a high seas chase amid mounting disputes between the two countries.


The Nation: Somehow the Spending Doesnât Stop

Why the housing bust and inflation havenât deterred American consumers â yet.


BFGoodrich Tires, owned by French-based  Michelin MICP.PA, on Thursday said it is recalling 46,000  passenger and light-truck tires in the United States for a  condition that could possibly result in steel belt separation.


Doctor gender may matter in spotting heart disease

A doctor's gender could determine how early heart disease is detected in women, researchers said on Thursday.


International Booker judges offer support to author Salman Rushdie as they honour this year's winner.


(InfoWorld) - Companies have completed the first phase of a Microsoft-sponsored project to create software that can convert Microsoft Word documents between Open XML and Open Document Format for Office Applications file formats. The Open XML Translator is now available for download in version 1.0 from SourceForge.net, a site that acts as an online repository for open-source projects. The software also can be found on Microsoft's Web site here and here. Microsoft funded the work on the translator, but did not contribute any code to the project, said Jason Matusow, senior director of intellectual property and interoperability at Microsoft. The company provided architectural guidance and management to the project, he said. A French company called CleverAge contributed the code and built most of the Open XML Translator, while Aztecsoft in India and Dialogika in Germany did the quality assurance and testing. The Open XML Translator allows Microsoft Word documents based on Open XML to be translated into ODF and vice versa, Matusow said. Once downloaded, it can be used as a plug-in for Microsoft Office 2007, the documents of which are based on Open XML. Developers also can build it into software they are developing. The Open XML Translator for Word documents is the first phase of the project. The team is currently working on translation between ODF and Open XML for spreadsheets written in Microsoft Excel 2007 and presentations developed in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, Matusow said. Much has been made of the fact that MicrosoftÂ did not provide native supportÂ in Microsoft Office 2007 for ODF, though it provides support for 30 other file formats and uses Open XML as the default document file format. Matusow defends that decision by saying Microsoft tries to meet its customers' wishes, and there was no customer demand for ODF -- largely supported by rivals IBM and Sun Microsystems -- when development on Office 2007 began. IBM and Sun both use ODF as the default file format in their own rivals to the Microsoft Office suite. "A standard is about a stack of paper -- market adoption is the ultimate driver of activity," Matusow said. "What gets built and used is the defining element. That's why we look at the customer discussion as being so important." However, government customers that may be required to use only industry-standard technologies in their IT infrastructure requested that Microsoft provide a way to translate between Open XML and ODF.Â ODF recently was approvedÂ by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as a global standard, while Open XML is awaiting approval. Matusow said the reason Microsoft let third parties be the primary creators and caretakers of the Open XML Translator is because of the input of government customers who wanted Microsoft to provide a free, open way to translate between ODF and Open XML -- one that was not strictly overseen by Microsoft but was more of a community effort. To its credit, Microsoft did try to include native support for another company's document format -- a standard implementation of Adobe Systems Inc.'s PDF -- in Office 2007, but Adobe balked at the idea and asked Microsoft to pull that support, which it did. Adobe recently submitted PDF to the ISO for global standardization, and Matusow said Microsoft would again be "open to conversation" with Adobe about including PDF as a native file format in a future version of Office.


Lifestyle: 24 September 2004, Friday. Bulgarian top model Tsetsi Krassimirova could not participate in a Thursday night fashion review in Sofia because she was undergoing another surgery in Germany.


Nuclear scientist Raja Ramanna passed away in a Mumbai hospital on Friday morning following an intestinal problem. Ramanna, 79, was admitted to Bombay Hospital on Thursday after he complained of giddiness and sweating.


Paramilitary killer disrupts N.Irish self-rule talks

A Northern Irish paramilitary cut short an already chaotic debate on the province's political future on Friday by throwing what he said was a bomb into the building where parties were meeting.


Gap November same-store sales drop 8 percent

Gap Inc.  said on Thursday its  sales at stores open at least a year fell 8 percent in  November, below analysts' average forecast, as fewer customers  visited its stores even during the kick-off to the busy holiday  season.


Can terrorists use the Net to avoid wiretaps?

Can members of Al Qaeda use voice over Internet technology (VOIP) to avoid wiretaps?


Vikes 'D' gift wraps North title for Pack

MINNEAPOLIS - Brett Favre guided a 76-yard drive to set up Ryan Longwell's game-ending 29-yard field goal, lifting the Green Bay Packers to a 34-31 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Friday - and clinching a third straight NFC North crown.


BMG Chief Davis Challenges Music Retailers

An optimistic audience of music retailers warmly received admonishments from industry legend Clive Davis that their business is in dire need of a makeover.


Annie Lennox, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, and Jennifer Warnes all deliver singer showcases

Ex-Eurythmics vocalist delivers stirring messages, Plant and Krauss offer up autumnal moods, and Warnes perfectly inteprets Leonard Cohen.


Russian, Japanese ministers to discuss peace treaty problem

Astana - Moscow, November 17 KAZINFORM - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is planning to discuss with his Japanese colleague Nobutaka Machimura relations between the two countries, including the peace treaty problem.


Six vulnerabilities, one critical, have been patched in the latest round of Firefox patches issued Wednesday. For those keeping score at home, total browser patch counts so far in 2007 stand at Firefox 22, Internet Explorer 8.


Film on Shivaji to be shot in 18 hours flat

Nana Patekar and Mehul Kumar were a strong team in the last decade with hits like Tirangaa and Krantiveer to their credit (apart from the less successful Kohram).


The body of a Maynard resident killed while serving his country in Iraq will be returned to his family today, according to a US Army spokeswoman.


Arafat in coma, spokeswoman says, denying reports of brain death

Doctors fought to keep Yasser Arafat alive as anxious Palestinian officials looked for ways to prevent unrest if their 75-year-old leader, said to be in a coma Friday, dies.


Nortel Networks Corp. on Thursday said it would cut fewer jobs than announced in August as part of the effort to improve its financial condition.


The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS Announces 2005 Awards for Business Excellence

The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GBC) calls for submissions for the 2005 Awards for Business Excellence.


NEC launches fastest vector supercomputer

NEC is selling what it says is the fastest vector supercomputer in the world. The SX-9 is based on a new processor developed by the Tokyo company that boasts a performance of over 100G Flops (floating point operations per second). Up to 16 of the chips can be fitted into a single node and up to 512 nodes can be built together to create what would likely be one of the most powerful computers in the world -- a computer with a theoretical peak processing power of 839T Flops (teraflops).NEC hasn't benchmarked the machine yet but estimates it would achieve a Linpack score of around 700T Flops, said Hiroshi Takahara, senior director of NEC's HPC marketing division. That's more than double the current fastest supercomputer in the world, the IBM BlueGene/L machine at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.The new machine, launched Thursday, is much more powerful than NEC's SX-8R, which it succeeds. To get the same processing power in one SX-9 node would require 13 SX-8R nodes so the new computer takes up 3.9 times less floor space and uses 3.6 times less electricity for the same power.Vector supercomputers are typically used in scientific applications and where large amounts of data needs to be processed. NEC has had some success selling previous systems to meteorological agencies in several nations and to universities, automakers and aerospace laboratories.The SX-9 is aimed at the same type of customer and will be offered on lease with prices starting at ¥2.98 million ($26,000) per month for the entry-level system. NEC aims to sell about 700 systems over the next three years and already has its first users. Meteo France and Osaka University are among the first customers, said Takahara.With the new supercomputer NEC will again be challenging large U.S. computer makers like IBM and Cray. Five years ago the NEC-built Earth Simulator was ranked the world's fastest supercomputer but that machine was surpassed by an IBM computer and has dropped to 20th position in the current Top 500 supercomputer ranking.The SX-9, should a large configuration model be built, will have a good chance of restoring NEC's name back into the top positions of the influential ranking.The Japanese government is pushing to get the country back on top of the supercomputer ranking. It has awarded contracts to NEC, Fujitsu, and Hitachi for the design and construction of a 10P Flops (petaflops) supercomputer that is expected to be the world's fastest when it is completed in 2012.The machine will be built in Kobe in western Japan and operated by public research institute Riken. It will be mixed architecture with NEC and Hitachi designing the vector side and Fujitsu the scalar side. A budget of about ¥115 billion ($1 billion) has been earmarked for the project.


In a July 19 story about the death of a Swiss man in Jamaica, The Associated Press erroneously reported that he had taught at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. The university said it employed a professor by the same name, Peter Vogel, but he was not the man killed in Jamaica. The story also erroneously reported the victim's age. He was 60, not 65.


Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday accused NATO and U.S.-led forces of carelessly killing civilians in recent operations, and suggested the international community considered Afghan lives to be "cheap."


Gizmondo Game Console Not Rising From Its Grave

Contrary to rumors, Gizmondo, the portable game console designed to appeal to investors rather than gamers, has not been resurrected years after its spectacular crackup.


A woman and a young child escape injury in a shotgun attack at their house in Dunmurry.


By Rachel Cohen  As the oldest organization to have success in San Francisco Bay shoreline restoration since starting in the 1960s, Oakland-based Save the Bay has strived to keep the tide of progress fresh.   This week, three Save the Bay leaders met with guardians of other U.S.


A unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM.N   botched a trade for a basket of Japanese stocks on Monday when   it mistakenly sold shares linked to the wrong index, helping   spark a brief fall in the market.


Iran oil exports at risk in UK ship sanctions plan

A British proposal to target Iran's national shipping lines under a draft U.N. sanctions resolution could temporarily curb Tehran's ability to export oil to world markets, maritime sources said on Tuesday.


Expected elements have everyone on alert

GREEN BAY, Wis. - Lambeau Field officials are preparing for frigid weather conditions for tonight's NFC Championship game. The temperature at kickoff is expected to be near zero.


Cookery lessons are to be compulsory in England's secondary schools for the first time, ministers decide.


Cell Companies to Replace 1.3 Million Batteries

NTT DoCoMo and Mitsubishi say that Sanyo-made batteries may overheat and catch fire.


Sudan Reportedly Hiding Arab Fighters in Southern Sudan

Under international pressure to disarm and disband Arab militias in troubled Darfur, Sudan's government is instead reportedly moving hundreds, possibly thousands, of the fighters from Darfur to remote areas of southern Sudan.


The latest rumblings from the U.S.  mortgage debacle is seen turning bond bears timid in the coming  weeks or at least until the extent of contamination from  subprime assets is clear.


Google is improving on the discussions its popular Web site hosts, hoping the upgrades will spur more online banter and make its market-leading search engine a richer destination.


Delta will close Hub center, cut 353 jobs

Delta Air Lines plans to close its Boston reservations call center Sept. 1, a move that will eliminate about 353 positions.


House Approves 9/11 Bill on Intelligence Reorganization

But the measure is so different from a bipartisan Senate bill that many lawmakers say it may be impossible to reconcile them.


Media & professional: The union leader trying to fend off Rupert Murdoch's Dow Jones bid has said plans to find alternative buyers are a 'long-shot'. By Katie Allen.


Blackburn Appoints Wales Soccer Coach Mark Hughes as Manager

Blackburn Rovers, which has yet to win a game in English soccer's Premiership this season, said it appointed Wales coach Mark Hughes to replace Graeme Souness as team manager.


Oz looking to 300th win, Pakistan to regain honour

Australian fast bowlers Glenn McGrath (2R), Jason Gillespie (C) and Michael Kasprowicz celebrate as Pakistan's Mohammad Khalil (R) walks off the pitch during the first test in Perth.


Schools out as Baghdad bloodshed kills education

Ahmed waits outside his school's gates on a chilly midweek morning, holding his textbooks by his side.


Mantova, 18:38 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: CARIDI E BERNACCI PARZIALMENTE IN GRUPPO

Doppio allenamento per il Mantova in vista della gara di sabato con l'Albinoleffe in mattinata lavor...


COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Devastated coastal areas across South Asia struggled yesterday to prevent hunger and outbreaks of disease as dazed survivors searched desperately for the missing a day after massive tsunamis surged across the region. The death toll rose to more than 23,000, almost half of them on this island nation in the Indian Ocean.


The bill, approved Wednesday on a 96-2 vote, would create a national counterterrorism center and also a position of national intelligence director who would coordinate most of the nation's nonmilitary intelligence agencies.


Sostituira' Yoshihide Munekumi, che si e' dimesso nel 2004


Jeffrey W. Greenberg, chairman and chief executive of Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc., which is the target of a bid-rigging investigation by New York's attorney general, submitted his resignation on Monday, the company said.


Former Lakers coach Phil Jackson has admitted he tried to trade Kobe Bryant during his time in charge of the team. Jackson, who took the Lakers to three NBA titles, adding to the six he won with Chicago, reveals


Roma, 15:22 - CALCIO, ROMA; AGENTE KLEBER: ROMA INTERESSATA AL GIOCATORE

Mario Miele, agente italiano del brasiliano Kleber, ha ammesso l'intersse della Roma sul brasiliano:...


Security Council to debate Darfur Monday

The UN Security Council said it would hold a meeting on the tense situation in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region next Monday following the ambush killing of two Rwandan peacekeepers there.


Nomar Garciaparra, the Cubs shortstop, had his choice in sports viewing Wednesday night. He could watch the baseball playoffs on television in a Soldier Field skybox or focus on his wife playing soccer on the beat-up turf below.


Conservation groups filed suit Wednesday seeking to prevent federal agencies from beginning a program that would poison and shoot black-tailed prairie dogs on federal land in southwestern South Dakota.


Experience overcomes Microsoft's broken promises

People-unready database ready Project Watch: Microsoft 2008 Before we go on, let's just talk briefly, in a quiet voice, about the delay to SQL Server 2008.â¦


Report: German leader says preventing nuclear-armed Iran still 'vital interest'

"The Iranian president's intolerable agitation against Israel also speaks volumes"  BERLIN : German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that heading off the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran, with tougher sanctions if needed, remains a "vital interest" for the world community, according to a report ... via International Herald Tribune


Eddie Pope, a defender who retired after the 2007 season, will further the interests of his former compatriots as the director of player relations for the union that represents M.L.S. players.


Stock futures rose on Friday, suggesting a rebound from recent session losses, helped by a higher-than-expected profit forecast from IBM  and earnings from economic bellwether General Electric Co .


Ex-baseball star's death ruled drug overdose

NEW YORK - A drug overdose killed former baseball star Ken Caminiti, who tested positive for cocaine in the weeks before he died at age 41 and had admitted using steroids during his playing days, the city medical examiner ruled Monday.


MEMPHIS -- An 8-year-old girl taken from an American couple and returned to her Chinese parents earlier this year after a seven-year custody fight now faces another big adjustment: moving to China.


Terry Melcher, Shaper of Calif. Surf Sound, Dies

LOS ANGELES, Calif.  - Terry Melcher, a producer,  composer and songwriter who worked with the Beach Boys and  helped shape the '60s era California surf music sound, has  died, according to his publicist. He was 62.


Egyptian Military Seals Off Bombed Hotel

Egyptian police guard the compound of the Taba Hilton hotel, which was carbombed Thursday, in Taba, Egypt, on the border with the southern tip of Israel, Sunday, Oct, 10, 2004.


Microsoft says first Vista update in manufacturing

Microsoft Corp  said on Monday  its first update to the Windows Vista operating system has been  released for manufacturing.


KKR considers concession in First Data debt: source

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. is considering making a concession to the banks financing its $26 billion leveraged buyout of payment processor First Data Corp. , according to a source familiar with the situation.


Salvation Army Facing Uphill Battle This Holiday Season

Louisville rings in the Christmas season with a 120-year tradition. The Salvation Army kicked off its kettle and bell ringing campaign Friday, called "Keep the Tradition Alive.


EUGENE, Ore. -- Oregon football coach Mike Bellotti, approached by UCLA in its search for a head coach, said Friday he's staying put.


A weeping British hostage was shown pleading for help between the bars of a makeshift cage in a video that surfaced Wednesday, a sobering reminder of the grim reality for at least 18 foreign captives still held ...


Democrat John Edwards kicked off a three-day "Thank you Tarheels" tour of his home state Monday, the Raleigh (NC) News & Observer said.


Europe : Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa is the first Polish mobile operator to have started market tests in Warsaw with corporate and customers of high-speed data transmission on the UMTS technology platform.


Senate Republican Unveils Plan for Intelligence

The plan would give the proposed national director responsibility for intelligence-gathering of the C.I.A. and the Pentagon.


Officials Identify Four Contaminated Wells

PUT-IN-BAY -- Some good news for residents, businesses and visitors to Put In Bay and South Bass Island. Health officials and the EPA have concluded there is plenty of safe drinking water on the island.


A man is to appear in court accused of the murder of Danielle Beccan, the 14-year-old girl killed in a drive-by shooting in Nottingham.


Modena, 17:57 - CALCIO, MODENA: ALLA RIPRESA ASSENTI TAMBURINI E FANTINI

Allenamento di ripresa per il Modena: il tecnico Mutti ha fatto svolgere un lavoro atletico e tattic...


Fla. Cleanup Is Biggest in FEMA's History

FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Floridians were again settling into the discomforts of a post-hurricane reality: lines for bags of ice or a hot meal, damaged homes that will take months to repair, and stifling heat and darkness amid widespread power outages...


Hurricane state follows familiar drill as deadly Jeanne closes in

Florida was braced for its fourth hurricane in six weeks last night, becoming the first US state in more than a century to receive a quadruple strike in a single storm season.


Canada rights team decries China "organ tourism"

Canada and other countries should discourage or prevent their citizens from going to China to get human organs whose "donors" may have been killed so that the organs could be harvested, a team of human rights lawyers said on Wednesday.


Switzerland partially outlaws cluster munitions

Campaigners fighting to outlaw cluster munitions in Switzerland say a partial ban approved by both houses of parliament does not go far enough. On Wednesday the Senate followed the House of Representatives in adopting a ban on "unreliable" cluster munitions, which would allow the country to keep its arsenal largely intact. But the move stops short of the blanket ban sought by the Swiss branch of Handicap International and dozens of other non-governmental organizations in Switzerland, including Amnesty International.


Luna Rossa iscritta alla XXXII Coppa America

Dopo le edizioni del 2000 e del 2003, la Luna sorgerà ancora, nella prossima sfida di America`s Cup di Valencia.


US FCC: High Speed Internet and television

Yesterday, Michael Powell, US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman said that technology and telecommunications companies are working on ways to develop pipe television shows to consumers' homes via high-speed Internet lines.


Six Men Charged in Fort Dix Plot Plead Not Guilty

The six men were arrested last month after prosecutors said two of them tried to buy weapons to attack Fort Dix.


If you're an adult who grew up in the Boston exurbs -- within Interstate 495 -- chances are you never saw whitetail deer as a kid, and now you can't get away from them.


U.N. Troops Storm Aristide Estate in Haiti

Brazilian peacekeepers forced their way into a compound seized by former soldiers who ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and said they had reached an agreement for the rebels to leave the premises unarmed.


Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average Rises; TDK, Honda Motor Gain

Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average rose 10.96, or 0.1 percent, to 11,365.55 as of 9:21 am in Tokyo. The broader Topix index lost 0.37 point to 1141.


UEFA have received no reports of racist chanting by Porto fans during the Champions League game against Chelsea in Portugal on Tuesday night.


Council tax set to rise by 4 percent: reports

Council tax bills are expected to rise by four percent in April despite many local authorities warning that they will have to cut services because of funding shortages, reports said Thursday.


Tony Blair signs with Random House to write memoir

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's memoirs will be published in Britain and the United States by Random House Inc., the world's biggest book publisher said on Thursday.


Clijsters and Hewitt call off engagement

The 21-year-old Belgian former world No 1 announced the split on her website but did not divulge any further details about the break-up of her long-term relationship with the 23


Presidential candidates look toward crucial debate

President George W. Bush and his Democratic rival John Kerry scouted votes in key battleground states but were already looking ahead to their crucial televised debates starting in a week.


Iraq war blogs are as varied as the soldiers who write them. Some sites feature practical news, war pictures and advice. Some are overtly political, with more slanting to the right than to the left. Some question the war, some cheer it. While some military bloggers (or milbloggers) say their commanders have encouraged their online literary ventures, a few say their commanders have shut them down.


Writers propose independent negotiations

LOS ANGELES  Â Faced with the indefinite suspension of negotiations, the union representing striking Hollywood writers told its members Saturday it would try to deal directly with Hollywood studios and production companies, bypassing the umbrella organization that has been representing them.


Glasgow Suspect Angered by Iraq War, Relative Says

LONDON, July 5 -- Bilal Abdulla, one of the two doctors arrested after a blazing Jeep Cherokee rammed into the Glasgow Airport terminal on Saturday, is a deeply religious Iraqi who was angry that his prominent Sunni family "lost everything" following the 2003 invasion led by the United States and...


Comedy Meet The Fockers tops the festive box office in North America, setting a new record for Christmas Day.


Bangladesh go down fighting in first one-dayer against India

Habibul Bashar and Khaled Mashud hit solid half-centuries but failed to stop India from posting an 11-run victory over a fighting Bangladesh in the first one-dayer here.


By Daniel Witter, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Feb. 6--Gary Bradford knows a thing or two about living in flood plains.   Before moving to Plumas Lake in November 2005, he lived in the Natomas area of Sacramento. Like Plumas Lake, Natomas has a history of flooding.


Valencia, 16:47 - VELA, COPPA AMERICA: ALINGHI BATTE NEW ZEALAND E VA SUL 2-2

Nella quarta regata della finale della 32/a America's Cup di vela, Alinghi ha interrotto la


After rocky road to public offering, search engine proceeds--but what will it do with its windfall? The Securities and Exchange Commission has granted approval for Google to proceed with its initial public offering of stock.


Warlord admits organising school siege, prompting massive manhunt for Russiaâs most wanted man. Andrew Osborn in Moscow reports.


Milano, 21:22 - CALCIO, INTER; STANKOVIC: IL MIO GOL UNA LIBERAZIONE

Intervistato da Sky il centrocampista interista Dejan Stankovic ha raccontato le emozioni vissute do...


A grandmother is found guilty of possessing and growing cannabis at her Northumberland home.


MODENA, Italy  - Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who brought opera to the masses with his powerful voice and jovial personality, died on Thursday of pancreatic cancer, aged 71.


The Inland Revenue should be allowed to recover tax debts directly from a person's  bank account, MPs say.


Twelve British water company workers are to visit Tanzania to raise awareness about the lack of clean drinking water.


Palermo, 18:26 - CALCIO, PALERMO: CONVOCATI PER IL MILAN

Sono 20 i giocatori del Palermo convocati dal tecnico rosanero Guidolin per la sfida di domani con i...


CORRECTED: U.S. ex-auto retail sales slow in June: SpendingPulse

U.S. retail sales excluding cars  increased 0.2 percent in June, as falling gasoline prices  curbed overall sales growth, according to data from  SpendingPulse released on Thursday.


Visa said on Monday it had named Joseph Saunders, previously president of card service at Washington Mutual Inc. , as executive chairman to help lead the company as it goes public.


DR Congo says it is sending troops to the border with Rwanda amid growing tensions.


Segretario Cgil commenta polemiche su studi di settore


Tokyo a -5,65%, Mumbai e Seul sospendono contrattazioni


On November fifth, 1942, American showman George M. Cohan died in New York at age 64.


Microsoft MP3 player exceeds expectations Microsoft expects sales of the Zune to hit the one million milestone by the end of June, almost eight months after the product made its debut. Apple on the other hand has sold 100 million of the music players since its launch in October 2001.â¦


NEW YORK -- In 21st-century Manhattan -- hyper-gentrified home of the $25 million condo, the $40 million Prada "epicenter" store and the $1,000 caviar pizza -- perhaps it is no wonder that even the iconic yellow cab has a new designer look.


US diplomats take cautious line as they wait for news

American Middle East diplomacy, nearly dormant during the final months of the presidential campaign, sprung into action yesterday as State Department


HOUSTON Top-seeded Roger Federer beat Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets in a rain-soaked second round of the ATP Masters Cup tennis championships in Houston.


Some Web sites are now offering surfers the chance to download free "phishing kits" containing all the graphics, Web code and text required to construct the kind of bogus Web sites used in Internet phishing scams.


College Basketball: North Carolina, Louisville Win

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (Sports Network) - Sean May scored a  game-high 24 points, Jawad Williams added 19 and fourth-ranked  North Carolina routed William & Mary, 105-66, in non-league  action at Chapel Hill.


Trento, 17:45 - CALCIO, ACCORDO RAGGIUNTO: MONTELLA ALLA SAMPDORIA

Manca solo l'annuncio per il ritorno di Vincenzo Montella alla Sampdoria. L'ad blucerchiato Beppe Ma...


NASA faces no showstoppers in its bid to return the shuttles to space in May or June as planned, an independent oversight panel said Thursday.


Financials Drag Down Large-Cap And Value Funds In December      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - U.S. diversified stock funds on average fell 0.37% in December. They fell 3.08% in the fourth quarter following a 0.93% gain in third quarter, according to Lipper Inc. That left them up 6.32% for the year.


Futures lower on rising oil, rate worries

Futures pointed to a lower open on Thursday, as higher oil prices and rising bond yields fueled concerns about the outlook for interest rates and corporate profits, a day after the Standard & Poor's 500's biggest drop in two weeks.


Il luogo di culto bersaglio di polemiche e contestazioniMa i lavori nel centro in provincia di Siena procedono                                            Una testa di maiale davanti al cantiere della moschea contestata di Colle                                                                                Oriana Fallaci l'avrebbe voluta far saltare in aria


Do baby gadgets increase new moms' burnout?

Babies don't come with remote controls or even an OFF switch.  Do the promises made by high-tech baby gadgets set up new parents for increased burnout and disappointment?


An Iranian immigrant accused of using a 3-pound hammer to beat his wife, sister-in-law and mother-in-law to death and then repeatedly stabbing them told police that the women had "disrespected" him, authorities said Monday.


Hopes falter for quick solution of Kenya's crisis

Kenya's opposition said on Tuesday it would only hold talks with President Mwai Kibaki as part of international mediation efforts to end post-election unrest that has killed hundreds of people.


Making a fortune and keeping it can be tough. We're here to help with ideas and inspiration from people who know.


No buttons, signs or unusual dress will distinguish the protesters from the thousands who will line the inaugural parade route next month, but at a set time, they say they will demonstrate against President Bush — by turning their backs on the chief executive.


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Court: Sentencing System Wrongly Applied

A splintered Supreme Court threw the nation's federal sentencing system into turmoil Wednesday, ruling that the way judges have been sentencing some 60,000 defendants a year is unconstitutional.


Cultural Summit Planned After Riots in Birmingham Cause ...

A cultural summit has been hastily scheduled in the wake of religious protests that led to the cancellation of a play at the Birmingham Rep. Theatre.


Hungary PM will call confidence vote this week: source

Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany will call a vote of confidence in his government after heavy losses in local polls and an appeal by the president for parliament to consider his position, a government source said.


Dogpile Search Engine Changes Name to Avoid Stink  Dogpile has changed its name to WebFetch in the UK and Europe to differentiate itself from the image of doggie doo, which the name Dogpile conjures up in the heads of more British and Europeans than it does in the US. PC Pro ...


The UN is to oversee building a tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean, which could be ready in 12-18 months.


Jack Kevorkian, the U.S. assisted suicide advocate dubbed "Dr. Death," stepped free from a Michigan prison on Friday with few words but plans for a media blitz to support his cause.


The next instalment of Harry Potter mania will strike on July 16 - the date announced yesterday for the release of JK Rowling's sixth fantasy novel.


Lehman Brothers quarterly earnings rise 27 percent

Investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  on Tuesday said its second-quarter profit rose 27 percent as surging bond underwriting and stock trading revenue more than made up for bond trading results hurt by U.S. mortgage weakness.


CNN's telecast of the New  Hampshire debate among the Democratic presidential candidates  grabbed the biggest viewership of any of the cable TV debates  so far this year.


(Lausanne, Switzerland-AP) Oct. 21, 2004 - The Court of Arbitration for Sport says you can't change the result of a gymnastics sports competition based on hindsight.


Industry-friendly ministers, lack of direction thwart Kyoto plan: Anderson

OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's $3.6 billion-climate change program is being thwarted by cabinet ministers who act like lobbyists for industry and by a lack of firm direction from the prime minister, says former environment minister David Anderson.


Latest updates as Denise Lewis prepares her bid for heptathlon gold.


Shelden Williams and the short-handed Duke Blue Devils came up big in the second half against struggling North Carolina State. Dominating inside, the 6-foot-9, 250-pound Williams scored 18 of his 22 points in the final 20 minutes in No. 5 Duke's 86-74 victory Thursday night.


Mosca, 23:27 - BASKET, EUROLEGA: ELDO KO A MOSCA, 82-72 DAL CSKA

Non riesce alla Eldo l'impresa di espugnare Mosca. Il Cska di Ettore Messina vince facilmente 82-72 ...


VATICANO - ÂCristo invita a rispondere al male prima di tutto con un serio esame di coscienza e con lÂimpegno a purificare la propria vitaÂIn effetti, le persone e le societÃ  che vivono senza mai mettersi in discussione hanno come unico destino finale la rovinaÂ: Benedetto XVI allÂAngelus CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Il tema della conversione Ã¨ stato al centro del discorso pronunciato da Papa Benedetto XVI prima di recitare lÂAngelus con i fedeli riuniti in piazza San Pietro, domenica 11 marzo. Ispirandosi al Vangelo di Luca p...


Najaf fighting shows limits of US strategy

BAGHDAD, Iraq - When US forces pushed through southern Iraq in the war last year, Najaf was just another spot on the map to Baghdad. But during the past two weeks of fighting in Najaf, the dusty city proved to be a glaring example of the ...


Police Hunting Jakarta Embassy Bombers Make Arrest

SURABAYA, Indonesia  - Indonesian police hunting  those responsible for last week's deadly bombing at the  Australian embassy in Jakarta said on Thursday they detained a  married couple suspected of links to militants behind the  attack.


England still searching for balance says rugby coach Ashton

England coach Brian Ashton admitted the World Cup holders were still searching for "balance" to their game ahead of Saturday's clash against Samoa in Nantes.


NASA Is Set to Deliver Refitted Tank for Shuttles

NASA will take a major step this week toward returning astronauts to space when engineers ship a fuel tank that has been refitted to decrease the likelihood


Circolare trasmessa ai prefetti. Allo studio l'ipotesi di tagli che colpirebbero in prima istanza le imprese, l'agricoltura e l'energia                                            Prodi lancia il piano anti-siccitÃ  Blocco dei consumi non essenziali                                                                                di FRANCESCO MIMMO


Milano, 15:37 - CALCIO, FACCHETTI; INTER: CI HA LASCIATO UNA PERSONA PER BENE

''Era già Sua la storia. Ora siede sul trono dell'Eternità. Giacinto Facchetti ci ha l...


UK Muslim Council to send delegates to Iraq for hostage release

The British Muslim Council said Friday that it was sending representatives to Iraq to try to secure the release of British hostage Ken Bigley held by militants in the country.


Washington's new baseball team shut down business and promotional operations indefinitely Wednesday as its move to the nation's capital teetered on the brink of collapse. The decision by major league baseball followed the D.C. Council's decision Tuesday to require private financing for at least half the cost of building a new stadium.


Senators outpace challengers' fundraising

A Republican senator seeking re-election in Nevada pulled far ahead of his challenger in the race to raise money for the November election, reflecting a trend nationally.


Facebook confirms big upcoming advertising announcement

After invitees leak details to bloggers, company acknowledges that its much-rumored advertising strategy will see the light of day at a New York event November 6.


Thousands of Vietnamese are told to leave their homes ahead of Tropical Storm Durian.


Kuznetsova and Chakvetadze to square off in semis

Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova ended the inspired run of teenager Agnes Szavay on Wednesday to set up an all-Russian semi-final against Anna Chakvetadze at the U.S. Open.


WASHINGTON Oct 25, 2004 - Internet users at home are not nearly as safe online as they believe, according to a nationwide inspection by researchers.


Thirteen miners died and 23 were injured after an explosion ripped through a pit in central Siberia trapping dozens of miners, Russia's emergencies ministry said.


FBI Author of Pre-9/11 Memo Talks to Paper

The FBI agent who wrote a memo warning that terrorists were training at flight schools before the Sept. 11 attacks said concerns over racial profiling may have prevented officials from acting on his intelligence.


Washington -- Sen. John Kerry outlined a $5 billion anti-crime package Monday and used the day on which the decade-old federal assault weapons ban expired to again rebuke President Bush for what the Democratic


Two notebooks confiscated from former South African president Nelson Mandela during his long imprisonment have been returned to him.


Esperanza Energy to Seek Approval for Liquefied Natural Gas Terminals

By Kristopher Hanson, Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Calif.  Mar. 7--LONG BEACH, Calif. -- An energy company seeking to build a pair  of floating liquefied natural gas terminals off the coast of Long Beach said  Tuesday it will begin seeking approval for the project in the near future.


Roma, 23:46 - CALCIO, COPPA UEFA: RISULTATI

Risultati e classifica dopo le gare del primo turno della fase a gironi della Coppa Uefa.


The Thai national assembly has passed into law the nation's first bill outlawing marital rape.


Margaret Hill, a three-year-old British girl seized in Port Harcourt on Thursday, has been released.


Il nuovo raggiro e' stato riferito da carabinieri di Assisi


Di Martino supera 2,02 m, cade dopo 29 anni primato Simeoni


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.


David Bowie makes a $10,000 donation to support six black teenagers charged with assault.


'La Stampa' dice che non e' inedito, Baudo smentisce


Serbs say No to EU if Kosovo independence recognized

Serbia said on Wednesday it would shun any offer of membership of the European Union or NATO if they recognized the breakaway province of Kosovo as an independent state.


OCEANPORT, New Jersey  - Curlin, ridden by Robby Albarado, won the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday.


CHICAGO (CBS.MW) - Shares of Trump Casinos climbed almost two bits - or better than 40 percent - at one point Thursday after it unveiled yet another plan to keep its head above water.


Torino, 11:59 - CALCIO, TORINO: PREDKO IN PRESTITO ALLA PRO SESTO

Il Torino ha ceduto in prestito alla Pro Sesto (C1) il difensore della Primavera, Serhiy Predko. Lo ...


Police detained gay rights activists, among them European lawmakers, as they tried to present a letter to Moscow's mayor Sunday in a demonstration that also attracted a hostile crowd of people who punched and threw eggs at the activists.


Why They Called It the Manhattan Project

The first headquarters of the nationâs secret effort to build the bomb lay in New York City.


A 15-month-old baby girl dies and two people are hurt after a suspected arson attack at a house in Leeds.


Five weightlifters have tested positive for drugs, the IOC announces.


Private Space Ship Lands Safely, Nears Prize

SpaceShipOne landed safely on Wednesday in the California desert after a wild corkscrew-like ascent into space, and is now a step closer to a


Pakistan Test-Fires Nuke-Capable Missile

Pakistan on Tuesday successfully test-fired a medium-range, nuclear-capable missile that would be able to hit most cities in neighboring India, but defense officials said the test was not intended as a message to its South Asian rival.


NASA scientists are studying autistic savant Kim Peek, hoping that technology used to study the effects of space travel on the brain will help explain his mental capabilities.


The only question was health. Troy Brown wanted to return to the Patriots in 2007. The Patriots wanted Brown back. But ultimately, the decision was going to be based on Brown's surgically repaired knee.


including Sean âP. Diddyâ Combs, Leonardo DiCaprio and Mary J. Blige â-ill come to Detroit to urge more young voters to hit the polls on Election Day, Nov. 2.


Tests: 3 Ky. Miners Likely Survived Blast

Three of the five miners killed in an explosion in an eastern Kentucky coal mine likely survived the initial blast but died of carbon monoxide poisoning, a coroner said Sunday based on preliminary autopsy results.


The UK economy expanded at its fastest clip in three years in the third quarter, driven by services.


Richey prepares to return to Scotland after 21 years on death row

A Briton who spent more than 21 years on death row in America is due to return to Scotland after he was freed by a US court.


IBM Exec May Become Computer Associates CEO

Troubled business software company Computer Associates International Inc. has selected longtime IBM executive John Swainson as its new chief executive, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.


'Scared' heiress caged in celebrity chokey Paris Hilton yesterday began her 23 day sentence for violating probation on a drink-drive rap, the BBC reports.â¦


YUKOS unit assets may be sold for back tax

Russia oil company YUKOS assets may be sold partially by the Russian Justice Ministry in order to cover its outstanding tax bill. The selling-off will probably touch YUKOS main oil subsidiary Yuganskneftegaz.


Considerato vicino a clan, giorni fa fu assassinato nipote


Pro-anorexia websites hurt viewers' self-esteem

NEW YORK  - No matter what their weight or their eating habits, young women feel worse about themselves and their appearance after viewing pro-anorexia websites, which explicitly encourage extreme thinness, a new study shows.


Why you should pay attention to what percentage of a company's shares are owned by insiders or institutions.


Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board of directors yesterday called an emergency meeting for Sunday as a scandal involving spying on board members and journalists escalated and prompted Chairman Patricia C. Dunn to say she would step down if asked.


Axed US Ryder Cup star Mickelson: "I was awful"

Axed US Ryder Cup player Phil Mickelson has admitted that he was "awful" on the opening day of the 35th team clash between America and Europe at Oakland Hills.


BRUSSELS -- Belgian voters punished the outgoing liberal-socialist government in an election yesterday and cleared the way for Flemish leader Yves Leterme to become prime minister. Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt conceded that his eight-year term as prime minister was at an end after his liberals slid from being Flanders's strongest party to third place, with most of the results counted. ...


Looking to deny Barack Obama another win, a noticeably more freewheeling Hillary Rodham Clinton subtly likened her rival to Democratic Party nemesis President Bush on Saturday while John Edwards mocked the idea of a nice candidate bringing change.


It has taken more than three decades,  but singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading has finally made it to  No. 1 at age 56, thanks to her first foray into the blues.


An implantable contact lens that corrects vision in nearsighted patients is safe and does not have some of the side-effects of laser surgery, a company that manufactures the devices said on Wednesday.


The state of California sues six car companies for costs associated with their vehicles' greenhouse gas emissions.


LATIN AMERICA:  The Ups And Downs of Democracy

BUENOS AIRES, Sep 29 (IPS) - A private research study released in the Argentine  capital on Friday reports that in Latin America, governments of  different political tendencies are resorting ever more frequently  to a new form of populism that is undermining the growth of  democracy in the region.


Sprinters Charged With Dodging Drug Test

Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou and their coach were charged Thursday with avoiding a drug test on the eve of the Athens Olympics and faking a motorcycle accident hours later.


Top seed Rafael Nadal suffered a 6-0 6-1 defeat by Russia's Mikhail Youzhny in the Chennai Open final.


Keep Eye on Your Business, Not Price of Its Stock

My feelings are that you should be as conservative as possible in informing the shareholders and the investment community about the financial prospects of your company.


Monty Relishing Early Ryder Cup Showdown with Woods

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan  - Colin Montgomerie,  the dominant Ryder Cup player of the last 10 years, will clash  with the game's foremost talent in a mouth-watering opening to  the 35th match at Oakland Hills on Friday.


The Yusuf Islam incident earlier this week, in which the former Cat Stevens was denied entry into the US when federal officials determined he was on the government's "no-fly" antiterror list, started with a simple spelling error.


With stars dimming NBC may unplug Globes

NEW YORK  - The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. and NBC engaged in eleventh-hour sessions Sunday to try to save the boycott-stricken Golden Globes, with NBC appearing to be seriously considering pulling the telecast as a result of the Hollywood writers strike.


Tornadoes kill at least 20 across U.S. South

Tornadoes swept across the southern United States and killed at least 20 people in three states, ripping up a hospital and high school where students huddled for shelter, authorities said on Friday.


Six tribal leaders among 41 killed in Iraq

A suicide bomber killed six Iraqi tribal leaders opposed to al Qaeda when he blew himself up at a busy Baghdad hotel on Monday, the U.S. military said, one of four attacks that killed a total of 41 people.


Summary - (Dec 23, 2004) Photographs taken by the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft seem to indicate that there still could be active volcanism on the Red Planet.


Beckham available for Galaxy's Red Bulls clash

Former England captain David Beckham is available to play for the LA Galaxy in their vital Major League Soccer match against New York Red Bulls later on Thursday.


Certain vitamin supplements may shorten rather than prolong lifespan, research has suggested.


Bowing to protests from governors and Congress, the Bush administration is giving states another year and a half to comply with new driver's license rules aimed at foiling terrorists.


Gaza City blasts kills at least 13 Palestinians; dozens hurt

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Five explosions rocked a field in Gaza City used for training by anti-Israeli militants early today, killing at least 13 Palestinians and wounding 25 others, hospital officials and residents said.


Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton is released from jail after serving just three days of her sentence.


Hamas wants West to end blockade, Israel frosty

MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Hamas urged the West on Friday to accept a new Palestinian unity government but leading officials from the Islamist group said they would never recognize Israel nor abide by existing peace accords.


France, Britain and Germany have told Iran that if they had not reached a final agreement to freeze key parts of its atomic programme by Monday, they would not stop moves to seek sanctions against Tehran.


Sikhs Gather to Celebrate 400-Year-Old Holy Book

Thousands of Sikhs have gathered in the northern Indian city of Amritsar to mark the 400th anniversary of the installation there of Sikhism's holiest book.


Andrew Kastor was offering his wife a last word in Marathon at about 1 pm Sunday afternoon when Deena Kastor flashed him a smile that left him feeling as he never has before.


Stonebridge Bank averts a capacity crisis

(InfoWorld) - It's a dilemma faced by IT administrators everywhere. "We ran out of rack space, air conditioning capacity, and UPSes at the end of 2004, but we needed more servers," recalls George Rapp, senior vice president of IT for Stonebridge Bank, a regional institution in Pennsylvania. Getting more power in and more heat out was just not an option for the bank's datacenter, so Rapp consolidated multiple Unix servers into one box to reduce the physical footprint and delay the crisis. "But it got us only part of the way," he notes. In 2005, EMC released VMware ESX version 2, giving Rapp a practical server virtualization option for the first time. By converting physical servers to virtual ones, several of which can run at a time on one physical server, the bank has dodged the capacity bullet. It has gone from having 131 physical servers to just 26, even though it has more server instances, and thus needs just two of its five racks and 37 percent of its UPS capacity. Even as the bank grows, it will be at least five years before server growth pushes its datacenter's physical space, power, and heat limits, Rapp says. Today, the bank uses three Hewlett-Packard DL-585 servers to run VMware, each with four dual-core CPUs and 32GB of RAM. Rapp chose the AMD-powered DL-385 over the Intel-powered DL-380 model because his tests showed the DL-385 could run about 25 VMs while the DL-380 could run just 12. "We have 77 critical VMs on the three servers," Rapp notes. Putting so many eggs in one basket can increase risk if a physical server fails, so he hasn't fully loaded any of the DL-585s. Worst case: One physical server could run all the mission-critical VMs, Rapp says. To further ensure availability in case of disaster, the bank has connected all the servers via SAN, so it can quickly move the server images to other equipment if necessary, using the EMC VMotion utility. (VMotion requires that all servers have the same CPU family, forcing a full refresh for all VMware servers, rather than permitting an incremental replacement strategy, Rapp notes.) The VM configuration software also resides on the SAN, so it is available no matter what VMware servers are up. "We realized that it [the VM image] is just data," he says. The deployment of virtual servers as image data on a SAN also has reduced data management costs and the IT staff's travel requirements, Rapp notes. The bank needs fewer backup agents and defragmentation applications because it has fewer physical servers, he says, citing a cost decline from $230 per server per month to $31. Travel needs are reduced because if a server doesn't come up properly, IT staff can just reload the image from headquarters, saving a drive of as much as 260 miles round trip. "It's easier to manage remote branches now," Rapp says. Even at headquarters, "we don't even go into the server room any more," he says. "We don't even turn on the lights." Before using virtualization, IT staff had to go in several times a day to deal with server maintenance. But there are some servers that virtualization just can't handle, Rapp notes, so they continue to reside on dedicated physical servers. Among those nonvirtualized servers are the VoIP servers, whose I/O needs are too high. The bank also keeps file servers on dedicated boxes to get the extra I/O speed â because virtualization makes several server instances share disks, CPUs, buses, and network connections, an I/O slowdown occurs. In many cases, that slowdown doesn't affect overall performance, but it can be an issue in I/O-intensive functions involving file servers, e-mail servers, and database servers, Rapp notes. "Everything that doesn't require sophisticated timing, specialized hardware, or high performance now goes onto VMware servers," he says. In some cases, the VMs' operating systems can be tweaked to allow deployment as a virtual machine, Rapp says. That's the case for his RSA security-token servers, which needed to be fine-tuned to ensure there was no lag between the issuance of a new key and processing of a key response from a user. Sometimes, the issue is physical. For example, telephone-banking servers require special hardware cards for telephony functions, which can't be plugged into a VM. Beyond better utilization and lower power consumption, virtualization lets the bank deploy servers faster, since it can create them in 10 to 20 minutes from standard images, rather than hand-install them as in physical environments â a two-week process, Rapp says. But the ease of deployment does have a dark side, he notes. Because it's so easy to make a new server, "proliferation is an issue," Rapp notes, one that could drive up overall management overhead. Virtualization special report Case study: Credit Suisse Case study: Nationwide Insurance Case study: Purdue University Case study: Transplace Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â


The Kill Bill star gets a comic role to die for.


Warriors coach Don Nelson all but admits throwing in the towel Sunday as the Warriors are routed by the Pistons, 109-87, in blizzard-strapped Detroit.


Investimento della societa' spagnola per 305 milioni


WESTWOOD -- The Xaverian defense spent much of its Saturday afternoon chasing Cambridge quarterback Matt O'Brien. The Hawks caught him just in time.


Prc, Pdci, correntone ds, girotondi: tremila con "il manifesto"La relazione di Asor Rosa, la filastrocca di Ginsborg                                          Sinistra radicale piÃ¹ unita niente lista, sÃ¬ a Prodi                                                                                di GOFFREDO DE MARCHIS


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Saif Ali Khan has solemnised his affections for Kareena Kapoor in an unexpected way.


Fashion films celebrate reclusive kings of couture

Two French documentaries feting the lives of reclusive designers Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld shore up the myths that surround their subjects but shed little light on the men behind the fashions.


Playing It Safe for a Bonus Point in the N.H.L.

With N.H.L. divisional races so close, the bonus point has often resulted in third periods in which teams playing not to lose instead charging for victories.


Amid Battle With Oracle, PeopleSoft Fires Its Chief

In a surprise move, PeopleSoft today fired its president and chief executive officer, Craig Conway, citing a "loss of confidence."


The New York firefighters campaigning against Rudy Giuliani


Obama, Clintons converge on civil rights shrine

Democratic rivals Barack Obama  and Hillary Rodham Clinton, joined by former President Bill  Clinton, descended on a hallowed shrine of the civil rights  movement on Sunday to court black voters who could help pick  the party's 2008 presidential nominee.


Blair to use special powers to ban blood sport: report

Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair will invoke rarely used parliamentary powers to ban the controversial blood sport of foxhunting, a British newspaper said on Sunday.


O.J. Simpson faces charges over Las Vegas robbery

Las Vegas police are questioning football star O.J. Simpson and he is expected to be charged in connection with last week's alleged armed robbery at a hotel room in the U.S. gambling capital, a top law enforcement official said on Sunday.


Shanna Zolman scored 16 points and No. 8 Tennessee held Arkansas to 17 points in the first half in a 72-54 victory Thursday night.


In his choice of Rice as secretary of State and Gonzales as attorney general, President Bush prizes loyalty over change.


Missteps and Mistrust Mark the Push for Legislation

IRBIL, Iraq -- Two weeks after the United States launched an ambitious security plan for Iraq, then-U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad issued an enthusiastic announcement about progress toward an Iraqi oil law, a key American goal.


The U.S. Army has carried out a promising early test of the first vaccine against hepatitis E, a form of the liver-attacking disease that sickens many Asians and can spread to soldiers or other Western visitors to the region.


A jury retires to consider whether a man infected his former partner with HIV knowingly or by accident.


Shipman Inquiry shake up for GMC - Comment by UK Consumers' ...

The robust report by the public inquiry into the Harold Shipman case fires a clear warning shot across the bows of the General Medical Council (GMC) and should lead to greater public protection, as well as bolster public confidence in doctors, says Which?


Sony says it sees no need to change its target to ship 2 million units of its PlayStation 3 game console worldwide.


The Twins lost a chance to leave town with two wins when the Yankees battled back with two runs in the bottom of the 12th in a 7-6 loss in Game 2 of the American League Division Series on Wednesday.


Suicide Bomber May Have Been Responsible for Mosul Attack

It appears that a suicide bomber was responsible for the attack on the mess hall at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul that killed 22 people Dec. 21, the chairman


Harry Potter author gives blessing to US theme park

Harry Potter's British author J.K. Rowling has given her blessing to a US theme park based on the hugely popular schoolboy wizard, to be built in Florida, officials said Thursday.


The MoD is criticised over spending costs which  soared by Â£1.7bn over the past year, amid growing project delays.


The Spanish champion Real Madrid appointed Bernd Schuster, a former German international player, as its new coach yesterday.The 47-year-old Schuster, coach of the Primera Liga team Getafe for the past two seasons, replaces Fabio Capello, who was fired at the end of June after leading the club to its first league title in four years.


Ai domiciliari per richieste di danaro ad un imprenditore


Gardner Adds Another Harrowing Tale to List

Survival in extreme circumstances has become a habit for Rulon Gardner, who won a stunning victory in wrestling at the 2000 Olympics.


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CARACAS, Venezuela  - President Hugo Chavez painted Venezuela the "red, really red" of his anti-U.S. socialist revolution, after sweeping to re-election in Sunday's vote with wins in every state in the OPEC heavyweight.


Father charged with son's murder after Greek hotel balcony plunge

A tourist who killed his son and injured his daughter when he plunged from a hotel balcony on the Greek island of Crete has been charged with murder and attempted murder.


Business & money: Chief executive Stuart Rose blames rising interest rates, uncertainty and bad weather.


Ceremonies are held to mark the end of the 40-day period of mourning for assassinated former PM Benazir Bhutto.


Hungarian demonstrators storm television building

Demonstrators went on the rampage in the capital of Hungary, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany and briefly occupying the television building as police used teargas and water cannon to try and restore order.


The human embryonic stem cells available for research are contaminated with nonhuman molecules from the culture medium used to grow the cells, researchers report.


Ex-astronaut apologizes in love triangle case

ORLANDO, Florida  - Former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak apologized on Friday to Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman, the rival she is accused of attacking during the unraveling of a love triangle with fellow ex-astronaut Bill Oefelein.


A SCOTTISH scientist has discovered high levels of carcinogenic heavy metals in counterfeit cigarettes widely available throughout the UK.


Catholic condom ban helping AIDS spread in Latam: U.N.

The rapid spread in Latin America of the virus that causes AIDS is made worse by the Roman Catholic Church's stand against using condoms, a U.N. official said on Monday.


Troops Storm Rebel's Offices after British Soldier Is Shot

British troops stormed the offices of rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Basra tonight after a British soldier was shot and seriously injured in an ambush.


Scientists disagree on the origins of the annual Geminid shower but agree that conditions this year favor a spectacular show. Shooting stars of mysterious origin promise a spectacular sky-show tonight for


Appraiser Helps Sort the Rare From the Rest

By Chris Shull, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Jun. 21--One man wanted to learn more about a family quilt. A woman was curious about a vase she bought at a flea market.   Another hoped a painting might help send her kids to college.


Miguel Cabrera crouches on the grass near the third-base dugout and begins rooting through his equipment bag.


Anything you can do: El Guerrouj gets in on act

In his apartment high in the Atlas Mountains, Hicham El Guerrouj has a fading film reel of Paavo Nurmi racing to victory in the 1500m and 5,000m in the Paris Olympics of 1924.


The Welsh Rugby Union want former England coach Sir Clive Woodward as their director of elite performance.


McGraw-Hill quarterly profit, revenue rise

McGraw-Hill Cos Inc  said on Tuesday its quarterly profit rose 25.4 percent, driven by good results at its Standard & Poor's unit.


Naomi Campbell meets Argentine president

Naomi Campbell called on Argentina's first elected female president Friday, and the pair discussed the release of two women held hostage for years by Colombian guerrillas, the state news agency said.


Ryanair takes to skies with audacious Aer Lingus takeover bid

Ryanair has launched a takeover bid for Aer Lingus -- valuing its Irish peer at 1.481 billion euros (1.883 billion dollars) -- in a move that would create the world's first transatlantic no-frills carrier.


The University of Memphis men's basketball team was in this situation last year, only the stakes were higher.


Il regista sta preparando una nuova serie, 'Pollo tv'


Electronic Arts signs video game ad deals

Electronic Arts Inc. , the  world's biggest video game publisher, said on Thursday it had  struck deals with two in-game advertising providers, taking its  first steps into the online advertising business.


Gray hair may yield clue to skin cancer cause

WASHINGTON | Cancer researchers have developed a new explanation for graying hair they hope also will shed light on the most dangerous type of skin cancer.


'In Europa bastano 15-18 milioni al km, qui anche 50'


AUBURN, Ala. Auburn tailbacks Carnell Williams and Ronnie Brown combined for 260 yards of total offense and each scored a touchdown as the third-ranked Tigers dropped eighth-rated Georgia 24-to-6.


'Broadway' takes a bow in smashing PBS miniseries

In many ways, the history of the American musical is the history of 20th-century America. And seldom has a history class been as entertaining as "Broadway: The American Musical," arriving tonight on PBS.


World's top chefs go for gold at Culinary Olympics in Germany

Master chefs from 36 countries are battling for the gold in disciplines ranging from making hors d'oeuvre to baking wedding cakes at the third Olympic Games this year -- the Culinary Olympics.


Sharapova Is Fire, Ice In Straight-Set Victory

On a rainy Saturday at Wimbledon, Maria Sharapova and defending champion Amelie Mauresmo win the only two matches to be completed.


Russiaâs signing of the Kyoto Protocol, bringing the global climate change agreement into force, was today hailed as a âreal step forwardâ by Prime Minister Tony Blair.


Even before the dust had settled from the $10 million Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, the sand was being kicked up for another, potentially more lucrative space race: the


Mercenaries, money and political connections

The leader of the alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, Simon Mann has spent all of his adult life in the murky worlds of special forces and mercenaries.


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New England, 12-1 SU and 9-3-1 ATS, did not cover the 10Â½-point number in last Sunday's 35-28 win over visiting Cincinnati. Still, the Patriots are 6-0 straight-up and 5-1 versus the number since losing their


Red Hat tries again with Linux enthusiasts

Two years after first attempt fell short, renewed effort looks beyond employees for developer insights.


Rios' gift helps Red Sox end 6-game skid

A game finally went Boston's way when Toronto right fielder Alex Rios slapped the ball the wrong way. Rios accidentally swatted Alex Cora's fly ball into the stands from about 10 feet in front of the wall for a two-run homer in the seventh inning that gave the Red Sox a 6-4 win Thursday night and snapped their six-game losing streak.


Tra i peggiori anche 'Buona Domenica' e 'C'e' posta per te'


CITES bans international trade in sawfish

Snouts and fins off the menu A meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in the Hague has banned the international trade in sawfish - threatened by demand for their attractive snouts, or rostra, and fins.â¦


Too Cold to Exercise? Try Another Excuse

Your mother was right about the hat. But bundling up is not advised.


Lady Bird Johnson, the woman who became first lady just hours after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, has died, a family spokesman told CNN. She was 94. She married Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th U.S. president, in 1934 and proved herself to be the quintessential political wife.


One of the scientists who found the Antarctic ozone hole urges more action on ozone-attacking chemicals.


Dairy Group Works to Attract Young Farmers

By Marlene Lucas, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa  Mar.


Backed into corner, Cards look to Morris for equalizer

The St. Louis Cardinals will send their opening-day starter to the mound on Wednesday in their most important, and perhaps last, game of the season.


Deutsche Telekom heads for clash with EU

(InfoWorld) - With the support of German lawmakers, incumbent telecommunications operator Deutsche TelekomÂ is racing into a head-on clash with the European Commission over a decision to keep rival operators off its new high-speed broadband network. The upper house of the German parliament approved a revised telecommunications law on Friday. The law will allow partially state-owned Deutsche Telekom to ban competitors from using its VDSL (Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line) network to sell services. The decision flies in the face of Commission legislation that mandates member states to force telecommunications companies with dominant positions -- in most cases former state-owned monopolies -- into opening their network infrastructure to rival operators on favorable terms. While Deutsche Telekom eventually opened its local-loop infrastructure under pressure from Brussels, the operator has fought attempts to allow competition on its new network. It argues that the VDSL network represents a new market for combined triple-play telephony, high-speed Internet and TV services, and new markets are protected under European Union law; in addition, it needs to protect its â¬3 billion ($3.9 billion) investment in the super high-speed network. German lawmakers have become slightly sympathetic to Deutsche Telekom, which has been bleeding fixed-line customers by the millions and consequentlyÂ forced to lower operating costs, largely through job cuts. Since its privatization, the operator has reduced its workforce from more than 250,000 at the peak to around 180,000 today. Over the years, Deutsche Telekom and the German government have clashed with Brussels on issues including the divestment of the operator's cable TV network and local-loop unbundling. In repeated warnings over the past several months, the Commission has said it will take whatever action is necessary to make Germany observe E.U. law. The issue could land in the European Court of Justice, which is responsible for handling E.U. treaty infringements. Court decisions can take years, however. Rival fixed-line operators, including ArcorÂ & Co., which is owned by the Vodafone Group, have made it clear they don't want the former monopoly telephone operator to be given any advantages to dominate another market as it has with the market for telephone service.


China will not approve any new commercial aircraft purchases in 2005 in an effort to curb "over-heated" growth in the sector and uncontrolled capacity expansion by domestic airlines, a government official said.


Hamas captures major Fatah compound in Gaza

Hamas fighters on Thursday captured one of the last Gaza City bastions of forces loyal to Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.


The annual Perseid meteor shower could provide a "spectacular" show, despite a disappointing start.


UPDATE 1-US mortgage applications rise last week-MBA

New applications for US home mortgages increased last week, as purchase activity rose amid lower mortgage rates, an industry group said on Wednesday.


12 dead in toxic e-waste scandal A United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) meeting this week will discuss the growing threat from toxic electronic waste being dumped on developing countries.â¦


E' accaduto a Pavia, l'uomo e' stato colpito al capo


Calif. Hit With More Powerful Aftershocks

A powerful aftershock rattled central California on Thursday, two days after a magnitude-6.0 quake struck one of the state's most seismically active areas. There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries in the latest temblor.


Il trasporto del modulo italiano "Nodo 2" potrebbe slittare


Suicide truck bomb kills at least 20 in Iraq

BAIJI, Iraq  - A suicide truck bomb killed at least 20 people and wounded 80 in the northern Iraqi city of Baiji on Tuesday, the police and U.S. military said.


Belgian court says Google verdict not before 2007

A Belgian court said on Friday it  would wait until after the new year to decide whether to cancel  an injunction forbidding Web search leader Google Inc. from  reproducing extracts from Belgian press reports.


Cervical cancer screening programme a failure: audit

A national women's screening programme for cervical cancer is failing to reach women, particularly Maori women, an audit has revealed.


Talkative central bank chief promises to button up

David Dodge, Canada's talkative central bank chief with a colourful turn of phrase, promised he'd keep his mouth shut when he retires at the end of this month -- a contrast to the frequent post-retirement comments from former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.


The Chicago Cubs are just a half-game ahead of the San Francisco Giants and Houston Astros in the NL wild-card race after falling to the visiting Montreal Expos, 7-6, on Brian Schneider's go-ahead single in the 12th inning.


Il presidente, 'e' un'internazionalizzazione del marchio'


Nuove Br, oggi interrogatori 'Colpo fatale a lotta armata'

Quindici arresti e settanta indagati nel Nord Italia. Ichino, Libero, Mediaset, la casa di Berlusconi e Sky fra gli obiettivi. Di' la tua


US, Britain ranked last on child welfare

BERLIN -- The United States and Britain ranked at the bottom of a United Nations survey of child welfare in 21 wealthy countries that assessed everything from infant mortality to whether children ate dinner with their parents or were bullied at school.


"Saw IV," the latest installment in the annual horror franchise, sliced and diced its competition at the weekend box office in North America, according to preliminary sales estimates issued on Saturday.


Hopkinton senior Jon Curran shot an even-par 71 to win the MIAA Division 2 state golf individual title yesterday and propel the Hillers to their second straight state championship.


The explosion in the Philippine capitalâs financial district was caused by a bomb, the countryâs police chief said.


KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Game-turning kick returns are nothing new to Dante Hall. Game-winning field goals are brand new for Lawrence Tynes.


Groups ask court to order action on ballot issues

Citing wording they say is vague and misleading, opponents of a proposed gay-marriage ban in Michigan want judges to order the Board of State Canvassers to rework


New Orleans tornado kills one, injures 19

One person was killed and at least 19 people were injured on Tuesday when a tornado swept through New Orleans neighborhoods still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.


Parents of missing Madeleine face first day home without her

The parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann faced a media siege Monday on their first full day back in Britain after being named suspects in her disappearance in Portugal.


North Korea talks scramble for energy breakthrough

Talks on the future of North Korea's nuclear arms program entered a fifth day on Monday with negotiators scrambling for progress after Pyongyang's demands for energy compensation were rejected.


Roma, 15:48 - CALCIO, LECCE; DS ANGELOZZI: VUCINIC E' DELLA ROMA

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Penguins Crosby sees better times for himself, team

Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney   Crosby lived up to lofty expectations last season, becoming at   18 the youngest NHL player to score 100 points.


NHL Players' Association executive director Ted Saskin and senior director Ken Kim, accused of monitoring player e-mails, were placed on paid leaves Sunday night following a vote by the 30 players representatives.


State says unlicensed clinic must shut down

CLINTON TWP. - Michigan regulators have ordered the closing of a Macomb County clinic run by a group that is seeking to team up with an Indian tribe to offer medical services.


A three-run homer in the 11th inning by Torii Hunter led the home-field Minnesota Twins to an 8-5 victory over the Texas Rangers. Hunter finished with three hits and six RBI


[ANN]Bombs or bribes no answer to Iran nuke threat

Last weekend, the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency called on Teheran to freeze its efforts to produce nuclear fuel, since this will enable Iran to come within days of having a nuclear arsenal.


When Eric Feichthaler became mayor three years ago, this town was booming. The city issued 800 permits that month to build single-family homes.


FDA Panels Call for Stricter Antidepressant Warnings

A pair of federal advisory committees recommended Tuesday that drug companies apply stricter warnings to a host of popular antidepressants to alert doctors and patients about the increased risk of suicidal behavior in children and adolescents that take


The government is accused of naivety over its refusal to allow phone-tap evidence in court.


Terrorism has become the biggest threat to the US economy, overtaking weak job growth and the budget deficit, says a new survey.


Vaccines may be useless if new type develops

WHILE fears of a major bird flu pandemic proved unfounded last year - when only 32 people died â-ealth experts believe it may have been the precursor to a serious outbreak


Russia delivers first nuclear fuel to Iran

Russia has delivered the first shipment  of nuclear fuel to Iran's Bushehr atomic power station, a step  Western powers worried by Tehran's nuclear ambitions had urged  Moscow not to take.


Nasdaq's offer for London Stock Exchange lapses

LONDON  -- Nasdaq Stock Markets Inc.  suffered a resounding defeat in its 2.7 billion pound ( ($5.31 billion) bid for the London Stock Exchange  on Saturday, saying it had won just 0.41 pct of acceptances for its offer for Europe's largest share market.


The French parliament is to debate Turkey's wish to join the EU, an increasingly divisive issue in France.