Italian nun slain in Somalia, Pope link speculation

Gunmen killed an Italian nun at a   children's hospital in Mogadishu on Sunday in an attack that   drew immediate speculation of links to Muslim anger over the   Pope's recent remarks on Islam.


(CBS) Going to the post office Monday? You may find some long lines, because the Monday before Christmas is always the busiest day for the Postal Service.


Polish PM urges Katyn massacre resolution

Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka has pledged to fully investigate a World War II massacre of Polish officers and civilians by the Soviet Union.


As other attacks surface Doubts have arisen about the effectiveness of a Windows key generator package that allegedly offered a means to circumvent Microsoft's anti-privacy protection.â¦


Americans spent more than $2 billion on Halloween candy in 2003, according to the National Confectioner's Association.


Cutting Fat, Boosting Fruit May Fight Weight Gain

Modifying the consumption of different food-groups may keep body weight from creeping up over time, new research suggests.


After an  autobiographical take   on his adolescence in   Mera Pehla Pehla Pyar(MP3) director  Robby  Grewal


N.Korea Vows to Double Deterrent if No U.S. Change

North Korea threatened on Saturday to  double the size of its nuclear deterrent if the United States  did not drop what Pyongyang sees as a confrontational policy  aimed at unseating the communist leadership there.


French Foreign Ministry official rushed to Amman amid hope for hostage release

France has sent a senior foreign ministry official to the Jordanian capital Amman as part of efforts to secure the release of two French hostages in Iraq, the ministry announced.


USATODAY.com has introduced a new feature in which periodically we will identify a sports personality in the news and ask for your comments, written in an "Open Letter" form as if you are addressing the sports figure directly.


A coalition of groups that do not believe the Ohio presidential election was conducted accurately asks the Ohio Supreme Court to review the swing state's voting results.


UNITED NATIONS -- President Bush stood before an annual gathering of world leaders yesterday and forcefully defended his decision to invade Iraq, urging all nations to join the United States in rooting out terrorism and establishing democracy in place of oppressive regimes.


Blog: Canon, the company's partner in SED, will not be able to supply displays to meet the original schedule.


College Basketball: Illini Win, Maryland Trips Up

EAST LANSING, Mich. (Sports Network) - Luther Head scored  22 points as No. 1 Illinois remained unbeaten with a convincing  81-68 win over 12th-ranked Michigan State at the Breslin  Center.


Thatcher: It was just handbags with Becks, not aggro

BEN THATCHER was last night playing down what appeared to be a running battle between him and David Beckham on Saturday - at least as far as the England captain was concerned.


Blast caused by short-circuit in Pak hotel injures 7

An explosion caused by a short-circuit in the lobby of the Marriott hotel in the Pakistani capital injured at least seven people, including two Italians and a US diplomat, authorities said on Friday.


I rovesci dureranno per 36 ore. Rischio nubifragi

ROMA - Acqua, acqua e ancora acqua. L'ondata di maltempo, anticipo d'autunno, che ha provocato disagi in alcune regioni del Centro e del Nord ora si sposta al Centro-Sud. Rovesci e temporali, accompagnati


In area industriale San Salvo, finito sotto ruote rimorchio


Bosnia appears split on whether to unify

Bosnians appeared split in key elections on the country's future Sunday, with Muslims and Catholic Croats voting for politicians who want to unify the Balkan nation, but Serbs backing a candidate who advocates ethnic division, early results showed.


Bush Seeks More Than $80 Billion for Iraq, Afghan

The White House said on Tuesday it  will seek more than $80 billion in new funding for military  operations this year in Iraq and Afghanistan, shattering  initial cost estimates and pushing the total for both conflicts  to almost $300 billion so far.


Ministro vuole colmare evidenti limiti mostrati dal sistema


Interactive game illustrates your family's ecological footprint

Public radio production company American Public Media has launched an interactive game that allows users to calculate and illustrate their family's ecological impact.  The exercise gives each player a bottom line result that calculates "how many 'Earths'


Aggiornate dall'Authority le tariffe per quarto trimestre


Thai police say they are closing in on the policeman wanted for the murder of two British backpackers. More than 100 police officers have now been employed to catch Sergeant Somchai Visetsingha, who is on


Sue condizioni estremamente gravi; migliorano altri feriti


Ignoti a Mossul uccidono con armi da fuoco anche tre diaconi


Milano, 17:59 - CALCIO, CHIEVO; DEL NERI: CON LA ROMA SFIDA COME LE ALTRE

Seduta pomeridiana per il Chievo, che mercoledÃ¬ affronterà la Roma al "Bentegodi". I giallobl...


In an attempt to encourage more cities to bid for world events, FINA will from next year introduce the wearing of bibs bearing sponsors' names for swimmers as they march to the poolside.


TV hosts Leno, O'Brien to return despite strike

Late-night TV comedians Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien said on Monday they will resume taping their shows on January 2, and cross picket lines if necessary, after nearly two months off the air in support of striking film and television writers.


National forest policies face a big change

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration issued comprehensive new rules for managing the national forests, jettisoning some environmental protections that date to Ronald Reagan's administration and putting in place the biggest change in forest-use policies in


DGA chooses âNo Country for Old Menâ as the best feature film of 2008.


Justice David Souter contemplated resigning from the Supreme Court because he was so upset by the decision that sealed the 2000 presidential election for George W. Bush, a new book says.


MAN to make Scania bid "more attractive": WSJ

Germany's MAN AG is preparing a more   attractive offer for Sweden's Scania SCVb.ST, the Wall Street   Journal on Friday quoted MAN MANG.DE Chief Executive Hakan   Samuelsson as saying.


Stocks closed at their lowest levels of the day, tumbling on the latest indicator of a U.S. recession.


Professor Ian Wilmut, the man who led the team which created the clone known as Dolly the sheep, is knighted.


European shares held steady just below 2-1/2 year highs on Thursday with dealers reluctant to make any big bets on the last full day of trading before the Christmas holiday season.


AUSTRALIAN openers Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer have made a good start on day three of the first cricket Test against Pakistan at the WACA Ground.


In a preservation battle, it's learning vs. legacies

Education officials' plan to convert a landmark into a school is irking those intent on preserving the building's past.


Social network firms reveal tools and technologies that aim to make the sites more than places to keep in touch.


BOSTON -- Cleveland pitcher Paul Byrd, whose win in Game 4 of the ALCS moved the Indians within one victory of the World Series, bought nearly $25,000 worth of human growth hormone and syringes from 2002 to 2005, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Sunday.


The Bank of England leaves interest rates on hold at 4.75% for a sixth month in a row amid mixed signals from the economy.


EU welcomes N-enrichment suspension by Iran

VIENNA: The European Union (EU) has welcomed the decision by Iran to suspend its nuclear enrichment plans. A European diplomat has said that the reaction on Iranâs decision by three big European countries


Eritrean officials refused to grant U.N. peacekeepers permission to cross from Eritrea into Ethiopia, prompting them to regroup in the capital instead, U.N. officials said Tuesday.


Russia chose rebate figure to sell Yukos unit: Dresdner

MOSCOW : A top Western bank asked to value Yukos's core asset said the Russian government chose the lowest price possible for a planned sale of the oil giant's crown jewel in a move that has shaken investors.


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He Goes From Afterthought to Game-Breaker

It was just another one of those quickly forgotten preseason transactions that appear in small type in the back of the newspaper. March 2004: DC United reacquires the rights to forward Jaime


HSBC says to buy Taiwan's The Chinese Bank

Global bank HSBC Holdings  has won a government auction for Taiwan's The Chinese Bank Co Ltd, which had gross assets of approximately US$3.1 billion at September 30, it said in a statement on Friday.


South African gold producer Gold Fields has rejected a $8.2bn (Â£4.5bn) bid by rival Harmony which would have created the world's largest gold company.


Germany offers its first formal apology for the colonial-era massacre of a Namibian tribe 100 years ago.


Powers agree modest new Iran sanctions draft

World powers agreed on Tuesday on the outlines of a new sanctions resolution against Iran, but diplomats said the draft did not contain the punitive economic measures that Washington had been pushing for.


Robbie Gould kicked a 20-yard field goal and the Chicago Bears led the Dallas Cowboys 3-0 on Sunday night in the 2nd quarter.


A leading member of the GAA suggests that health screening for young people should be investigated.


Twin Cities man challenges No. 3 finish in Croatian vote

A Twin Cities businessman who returned to his native Croatia to run for president finished third in the election Sunday and is claiming he was cheated out of a spot in the upcoming runoff between the top two ...


The son of a 91-year-old woman who died in her wheelchair while waiting to be rescued from the city's Convention Center in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina sued the city and state Thursday.


The two investigations into the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib dispense with the notion that the abuses were all the fault of an out-of-control hick military police unit.


Kerry slams Bush for possibility of unending war in Iraq

JOHN Kerry yesterday launched his strongest attack yet against George Bushâs handling of Iraq, saying the invasion had created a crisis that could lead to unending war.


The Sharper Image has agreed to pay the publisher of Consumer Reports $525,000 to cover the amount the magazine spent in successfully defending itself against the specialty retailer's libel lawsuit.


Chelsea end a long-running saga by signing Ashley Cole from Arsenal, with William Gallas heading the other way.


With the iPhone, Apple offers a glimpse of what's to come.


Putin ready to work with Europe on Chechnya

Russia's president Vladimir Putin said yesterday he was ready to work with Europe on solving the crisis in Chechnya, signalling a departure from


Adobe Creative Suite 3 to be unveiled this month

Company will introduce the latest overhaul of its publishing suite on March 27, but is keeping many details under wraps until then.


In declassifying its shadowy record of coups and killings, says Robert Baer, the agency is trying to stop Washington from politicizing intelligence


Esponente clan ucciso vicino alla caserma dei carabinieri


Crude futures decline for 2d consecutive day

The two-day decline in oil prices, with crude futures briefly dipping below $53 a barrel yesterday, is a temporary trend that is likely to reverse itself before too long, analysts and traders said.


China overtakes U.S. as top CO2 emitter: Dutch agency

China has overtaken the United States as the top emitter of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, because of surging energy use amid an economic boom, a Dutch government-funded agency said on Wednesday.


Feminization of AIDS Defies Bush's ABC Strategy

With the rates of women and girls living with HIV/AIDS climbing sharply worldwide, public-health experts and activists this week urged policymakers to go beyond the ABCs of AIDS prevention


Silicon Valley is in danger of creating its own digital divide; the California high-tech region is losing its middle-class work force at a significant rate.


Long after 9/11, Afghanistan struggles to find way

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan  - Life is grim when you   can't pay the rent on a scorpion-infested cave, there is no job   in sight and desperate people are waiting to take your spot.


Clinton's family business hits the stump

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign took on the appearance of a family business as she headed into the final week of the race for Iowa's leadoff precinct caucuses, driving home to activists the stakes in those caucuses and her view that she's ready for the job.


AKRON, Ohio - President Bush and John Kerry battled over the economy and jobs in a small corner of the campaign's most fiercely contested state Saturday as polls showed a post-convention surge for the Republican in the White House.   "They promised to create 6 million jobs, and guess what? They're about 7 million short," charged Kerry, campaigning in a state that sided with Bush in 2000, but now has unemployment above the national average...


NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Runners over 50 improve performance more quickly than younger runners, a Yale study found, reinforcing past research on older athletes.


Six to Be Tried in Pa. Bush Thong Protest

The American Civil Liberties Union is defending six men who were arrested during one of President Bush's visits to Pennsylvania because they stripped down to thong underwear and formed a human pyramid to protest the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq.


Some 400 extra European Union troops are flown into Congo's capital, Kinshasa, to quell gun battles.


Google has launched a new feature that tries to guess what people are looking for as they type queries into a search box. Google Suggest quietly debuted this week on the company's Labs site, which showcases


Creata joint venture con Sumi Motherson Group


Supporters of Taiwan's president are to hold a mass demonstration after opponents rally against him.


Chancellor Gordon Brown announces a long-term plan for investment in science education and hi-tech industry.


Interverra' a lezioni di legalita' a 'Dalla parte dei buoni'


Beaujolais Nouveau is seeing "la vie en rose."


Lo rende noto l'Istat, lo scorso anno inflazione al 2,2%


Torino, 13:34 - CALCIO, TORINO; CAIRO: RISCATTEREMO ABBIATI DAL MILAN

Il Torino riscatterà Abbiati dal Milan. Lo ha detto il presidente granata, Urbano Cairo, ai m...


Facing staff shortages in Iraq, the State Department announced Friday that diplomats would have no choice but to accept one-year postings in the hostile environment or face losing their jobs.


The Chinese company where Apple iPods are made has decided to drop a defamation claim against two staffers at China Business News.  An investigation by Apple found no serious labor abuses, like child labor, at Hongfujin Precision Industry in Shenzhen, the BBC reports.


Microsoft, Others File More Anti-Spam Lawsuits

Microsoft Corp. and other Internet access providers filed three new lawsuits on Thursday to stop the spread of unsolicited e-mail messages touting everything from home refinancing to miracle health cures.


Briton tortured into confessing bomb plot: lawyer

A British Muslim falsely confessed to planning to bomb several high-profile English landmarks after being tortured and subjected to degrading conditions in Pakistan, his defense lawyer said on Tuesday.


PluggedIn: Facebook lets friends share private view of Web

Apple's iPhone may be big  news, but in Silicon Valley all eyes are on Facebook. The  all-ages private Internet club that began as a college student  hangout has become the tech industry's hottest ticket.


Cappato (Associazione Luca Coscioni), veglia per Piergiorgio


Sky broadband customers blindsided by SMTP switch-off

Google mail outsourcing deal deadline bites Sky broadband customer have been caught on the hop this week as the firm switched off its in-house SMTP servers and completed outsourcing its email provision to Google.â¦


Clinton Says Arafat Missed the Chance for Peace

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton on  Thursday offered condolences to Palestinians after the death of  Yasser Arafat but said their leader had missed the opportunity  to create lasting Middle East peace in 2000.


Roma, scivola sotto ruote cercando di entrare da finestrino


Redskins Rookie Taylor Pleads Not Guilty to DUI Charge

FAIRFAX, Va. (Sports Network) - Washington Redskins rookie safety Sean Taylor Wednesday pleaded not guilty to a drunken driving charge.


US lawmakers want apology for sex slaves

A congressional panel on Tuesday endorsed overwhelmingly a resolution urging Japan to apologize formally for coercing thousands of women to work as sex slaves for its World War II military.


Cagliari, 20:19 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI-LIVORNO: GIAMPAOLO SOSTITUITO DA UN DIRIGENTE

Il Cagliari affronterà il Livorno senza allenatore. Fuori causa Giampaolo non potrà se...


(CBS 5 NEWS) - The controversy surrounding steroid use in Major League Baseball could heat up today as the Players Union begins a week long meeting here in the valley.


Two coroners criticise the Ministry of Defence for failing to give British soldiers the necessary   equipment.


Doctors ask crackdown on ads aimed at children

CHICAGO -- Inappropriate advertising contributes to many children's ills, from obesity to anorexia, drinking alcohol, and having sex too soon, and Congress should crack down on it, the American Academy of Pediatrics says.


US-backed Iraqi commandos were poised Friday to storm rebel strongholds in the northern city of Mosul, as US military commanders said they had "broken the back" of the insurgency with their assault on the former rebel bastion of Fallujah.


AOL chief technology officer resigns: sources

AOL chief technology officer Maureen  Govern, who oversaw the division responsible for accidentally  releasing search data for more than a half a millions Internet  users, has resigned from the company, according to an internal  company memorandum.


Outfielder Shannon Stewart and the Oakland Athletics have agreed to a $1 million, one-year contract.


An American Airlines flight returned minutes after it took off for Atlanta on Friday night when a smoky haze appeared in the cabin.


A 1,3647 dollari contro 1,3667 dlr di venerdi'


Coca-Cola, the world's largest maker of soft drinks, issues a profit warning, partly  blaming the impact of cold and wet weather in northern Europe.


UK publisher Emap has agreed to sell its Irish radio stations to Communicorp Group for 200m euros ($275m; Â£135.3m) in cash.


Il premier accelera: "Si va troppo per le lunghe". Si assottigliano i margini di azione della maggioranza in Senato. Giordano: "Come faccio a convincere i miei a Palazoz Madama?"                                           Fiducia su intesa e manovra verso il maxiemendamento                                                                                di CLAUDIO TITO


Madrid, 23:44 - Calcio, Spagna: risultati 19/a giornata

Risultati 19/a giornata del campionato spagnolo.Getafe 1 - 1 Atletico MadridMalaga 1 - 0 Siv...


For online singles, Web romance can be a bit too public

Karina Longworth lives in New York City, where it shouldn't be that hard to avoid an ex-lover.


Steelers Not Awed by Belichick's Mystique

Maybe Bill Belichick's 5-9 record against the Pittsburgh Steelers allows them to talk less reverently about the New England Patriots' defensive mastermind.


Fiji PM Laisenia Qarase is to meet military leader Frank Bainimarama, for talks aimed at averting a coup.


Iran insisted yesterday it has gone as far as it could to meet the demands of Europe and the rest of the international community over its nuclear activities, and said the ball was now in their court.


Skeptical Senate focuses on immigration - again

In a key vote, senators agree to reopen debate. But the fate of 27 amendments will determine whether the measure wins final passage.


Nations Funds plans to shake up its board

The board of Bank of America Corp.'s Nations Funds has asked most of its longstanding members to step down in a house-cleaning effort aimed at satisfying New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who last year accused the trustees of allowing a hedge fund to improperly trade its funds.


Running back Willis McGahee has asked the Buffalo Bills to trade him if he is not their starter on opening day, a source told Associated Press yesterday.


Nearly two months without paychecks. Scores of shuttered shows. Thousands out of work. The Hollywood writers strike suggests a bleak Christmas for many in Tinsel Town.


Da motovedette libiche nel Golfo della Sirte


Comedian Tom Green has taken his act to the Internet with a talk show that originates from his Los Angeles living room.  The former MTV personality has launched Tom Green Live, a Web-based production that the Los Angeles Times said Saturday draws a nightly audience of about 25,000.


Hamas activist survives explosion on Damascus street

A Hamas activist survived a bombing Monday that destroyed his vehicle on a Damascus street shortly after he and his family stepped out, the Palestinian militant group said.


Shadow chancellor George Osborne denies any wrongdoing over Â£487,000 his office received from donors.


Boats to try to prevent hooking seabirds

Albatross looking for a free meal on the high seas often pay the price of being killed or injured going after baited hooks.


France's Areva wins $5 billion nuke deal

French state-run company Areva  has unexpectedly agreed a $5 billion deal to build two nuclear power plants in China weeks after a U.S. rival appeared to have won a competition that dragged on for more than two years.


Three Saudi security men have been killed as their patrol car caught fire after being shot at while chasing suspected armed fighters, a security source has said.


Oil futures fell yesterday after Iraq, the sixth-largest supplier to the United States, boosted shipments to tankers to normal rates for the first time in two weeks.


WASHINGTON - House Republican leaders on Friday easily pushed through sweeping new law enforcement powers as part of a Sept. 11 anti-terrorism package, but the House now must negotiate a truce with the Senate on those measures to get President Bush's signature before the elections...


Il 63% italiani ritiene di essere informato sul tema salute


Anti-Muslim Dutch politicians in hiding after death threats

Several leading Dutch politicians seen as critical of Islam have been threatened with death since the murder of a filmmaker, as the Dutch Government announced a crackdown on Islamic extremists.


EMC jettisons $76m into web 2.0 storage cloud

Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells EMC has grown bored of sitting on a fat pile of VMware IPO cash and reportedly dropped $76m for web-based automated backup outfit Mozy.â¦


Elliott Smith CD Released Year After Death

PORTLAND, Ore. - It's been almost a year since singer-songwriter Elliott Smith committed suicide, and fans and friends will be looking for answers as the posthumous "From a Basement on the Hill" is released...


Opponents are delighted that former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet may soon be tried for alleged human rights abuses, but Judge Juan Guzman's ruling that he is fit to stand trial has angered his supporters.


Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard cannot see an end to their nine-game unbeaten run under new manager Jose Mourinho. Lying second in the Premiership, Chelsea are also on course to qualify for the Champions League knockout stages after beating Porto 3-1.


President Bush unveiled a $2.9 trillion budget Monday that rewards the Pentagon with a record $50 billion budget hike but pinches programs cherished by Democrats, including health research and heating subsidies for the poor.


Prosecutors told the jury Tuesday that former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby made up a ludicrous lie to save his job during the CIA leak investigation. But defense attorneys said he behaved like an innocent man with a bad memory.


Apple to Sell Movie Downloads on iTunes Site

By Lore Croghan, Daily News, New York  Sep. 13--Now playing at an iPod near you: "Pirates of the Caribbean" and  more than 75 other Disney movies.


Ma societa' investono piu' in giocatori che in sicurezza


In a Sept. 13 story about Somalia, The Associated Press erroneously attributed details about Islamic militiamen advancing on the port city of Kismayo to an official of the African Union. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was from the European Union, not the AU.


Life for paedophile who abused boys for 40 years

A serial paedophile described as possibly having preyed on more young victims than any other child sex offender in Britain has been sentenced to life imprisonment.


Oklahoma's Davin Joseph doesn't need to hear old Sooners reminisce to understand how so many of the football program's greatest moments unfolded in South Florida.


Bushâs Monica Problem: The Gonzales Mess

Gonzales, the president's lawyer and Texas buddy, is twisting slowly in the wind, facing a vote of no confidence from the Senate.


The nationâs big retail chains, a closely watched barometer of economic health, reported dreary December sales, which may stoke fears of a recessionary downtown.


The Houston Astros' winning streak ended with a swing and a miss -- lots of swings and misses, in fact. Left-hander Oliver Perez became the second pitcher in Pirates


Political Memo: Clinton Embarks on a Likability Tour

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has embarked on a warm-and-fuzzy tour, but now her team faces a big question: Did it wait too long to humanize her?


Two companies purchase Lynnfield, Wakefield sites

National Development of Newton and Pyramid Advisors of Boston have purchased a 220-acre Lynnfield property with an 18-hole golf course, Boston Sports Club, and the 280-room Sheraton Colonial Hotel in Wakefield , the companies said. National Development managing partner Ted Tye said the company is considering building a village-like lifestyle center, with retail and residential use, on a ...


Explosion in Kosovo capital kills two people

An explosion killed two people  and injured 11 when it tore through shops early on Monday in  the capital of Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province.


Fla. Bears Brunt of Ivan; 23 Dead in U.S.

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Hurricane Ivan was the deadliest hurricane to hit the United States since Floyd in 1999, but it could have been worse...


US Planes Pound Najaf After 'Final Call' to Sadr

NAJAF, Iraq  - US warplanes pounded areas near a shrine early Friday where radical Shi'ite militiamen were holed up after their leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, defied a final demand from Iraq's interim prime minister to disarm.


Ukraine's Prosecutor Says Tymoshenko Is No Criminal

Ukraine has closed all criminal cases against acting Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko because she committed no crimes, the chief prosecutor said on Friday.


Document seizure hampers Gitmo detainees

His ankles chained to the floor of the hearing room, a Saudi detainee hoped to convince three U.S. military officers that he is not a danger to the United States, has no intelligence value and should be released from the Guantanamo Bay prison.


Police in Afghanistan arrest a court judge for allegedly sheltering two men involved in deadly attacks.


FERRARA - Ragazza ferita a colpi di accetta in casa, Ã¨ grave

E' stata colpita con un'accetta alla testain casa. Ora Giada Anteghini, 26 anni, Ã¨ ricoverata in fin di vita nell'ospedale Sant'Anna di Ferrara. L'aggressione la scorsa notte a Jolanda di Savoia, in una casa in aperta campagna nel Ferrarese.


Marquee Matchup Special teams, turnovers and ground battle key for ...

The Chiefs' previously unstoppable offense has been slowed by injuries and their defense has remained one of the worst in the league despite the efforts of new coordinator Gunther Cunningham.


A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy is emitting a powerful stream of radiation that is destroying everything in its path, including another galaxy


Mohamed Al Fayed wins a legal fight for a jury to hear the inquests into the deaths of Princess Diana and his son.


British TV network axes Celebrity Big Brother 2008

Britain's Channel 4 said on Friday it has scrapped next year's "Celebrity Big Brother," one of its most popular shows, in sweeping changes to its primetime schedule after being accused of "dumbing down" its content.


PARIS, March 12 -- Maybe it simply feeds modern society's obsession with lists and rankings, but more than 2,000 years after ancient Greeks  identified  the Seven Wonders of the World, millions of people around the globe are casting Internet ballots to update the list.


Shooting erupts on Israel-Lebanon border

Lebanese troops deployed along the border with Israel opened fire late Wednesday as Israeli troops searched for Hezbollah bombs, drawing retaliatory fire, officials from both sides said.


China will oppose any effort to refer Iran to the UN Security Council over the issue of Tehran's nuclear program, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said Saturday.


Torino, 17:50 - CALCIO, JUVE; BUFFON SU RANIERI: E' UNA SCELTA OCULATA

Claudio Ranieri è da poco il nuovo allenatore della Juventus, ed il primo commento arriva dal...


Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart will have minor surgery on his left elbow Tuesday.


Suharto's condition worsens dramatically

Suharto's family and doctors rushed to his bedside on Friday after the former Indonesian dictator's lungs showed the dangerous early signs of infection, doctors and a family aide said. One physician said his condition was deteriorating.


Resist those impulses to lose money, and take advantage of stocks on sale.


Caprioli (Fim): "Stato di incertezza pericoloso su questione put"Rinaldini (Fiom): "Un accordo non sarebbe comunque risolutivo"                                                  Fiat, sciopero l'11 marzo e manifestazione a Roma                                                                                Dopo un'apertura positiva, i titoli del gruppo perdono circa l'1%


Google To Scan, Index Four Great Libraries

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google is trying to create an online reading room for five major libraries by scanning stacks of hard-to-find books into its Internet search engine.


There's No Glory in War, Unless You Mean Survival

Twenty-four years after its initial release, Samuel Fuller's World War II film has hit the screen in a messy, muscular form close to what he intended.


A hardy vaccine capable of thwarting a pandemic strain of flu can be produced, but not within the next few months, global flu experts said Friday.


Cern has been at the forefront of research on understanding how the universe works for half a century. It is also the birthplace of the World Wide Web.


Sen. Clinton blasts Bush, urges women to vote in West Palm Beach

WEST PALM BEACH Â· Blasting President Bush for undoing the "good things" her husband did in office, US Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday urged hundreds of Democratic women to vote early


Claiming Bloomberg and the Bloomberg Terminal lock customers in with a proprietary workstation and software accessed on an archaic keyboard, and that Bloomberg offers a deep but very narrow selection of financial feeds, Salesforce.com will announce on Tuesday a competitive Wealth Management Edition of its SaaS (Software as a Service) application for use by wealth management professionals.


The world's first wearable PMP? First Review How small can personal media players go? Right down to the size of a wristwatch if you believe Chinese manufacturer Aigo, which this month launched a PMP that matches its large-screen siblings on features yet is designed to be worn on your wrist. Heck, it'll even tell you the time. A case of miniaturisation gone mad? Maybe not...â¦


Jazeera: Hostage Asks British Troops to Leave Iraq

Iraqi-British national Margaret Hassan who is held hostage in Iraq urged Britain to pull out troops and release Iraqi women prisoners, Al Jazeera television said Wednesday.


Cassonetti in fiamme ad Agrigento. Le imprese aspettano di incassare 300 milioni di euro dall'AtoIvan Lo Bello: "Dal 1 luglio non potremo piÃ¹ anticipare gli stipendi ai dipendenti"                                            Rifiuti, allarme Confindustria in Sicilia Disagi a Napoli per caldo e incendi                                                                                Nel capoluogo campano ci vorranno due giorni per rimuovere 2.500 tonnellate di spazzatura


New findings on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Are parents of children with AD/HD good at parenting? It is generally thought that AD/HD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in children is compounded by poor parenting skills, and much research evidence exists to support this view.


France's Total among 15 in the dock over Erika oil spill

The first trial in France over a major environmental disaster will open on Monday  to decide whether oil giant Total and other parties bear responsibility for the massive oil spill from the Erika shipwreck in 1999.


Embassy Identifies U.S. Man Held in Iraq

The U.S. Embassy confirmed the name of an American kidnapped six weeks ago in a deadly attack in the Iraqi capital, and his family pleaded Friday for his release.


Post Source Reveals Identity to Leak Probers

The reveal of the identity of a Washington Post reporter's source to the prosecutor conducting the CIA leak inquiry is a development that provides investigators with a fact they have been pursuing in the nearly year-long probe.


Nel nord dell'Iraq, almeno una donna uccisa e due ferite


Consumers increased their borrowing at a more modest pace in December as credit card debt increased at the slowest rate in nine months.


Many Afghans Loath to Have Their Vote Scrapped

Los Angeles Times - KABUL, Afghanistan — If the 15 candidates who have protested the conduct of this country's first democratic presidential election persist, they may need to tangle with Aji Ghulem Rasul, a 67-year-old, barrel-chested former wrestler.


Quasi tutte le componenti rimaste a livelli record maggio


A Soyuz spacecraft with a replacement crew for the International Space Station docked safely with the orbiting complex early today.


A suicide bomber blew himself up among soldiers and civilians celebrating Iraq's national Army Day holiday in central Baghdad on Sunday, killing 11 people in the latest in an upsurge of suicide attacks.


SiteKreator Reinvents Website Creation Platform for Businesses

SiteKreator.com, an award-winning service which enables small businesses to instantly design and host elegant, feature-rich and engaging Web sites, has introduced the industry's most powerful, customizable, and elegant design platform yet, SiteKreator Aurora.


Serbia Leader Rejects Kosovo Independence

Serbia's President Boris Tadic, touring Kosovo in the first visit by a Serbian leader since the 1999 war, sought Sunday to reassert his country's claim over the U.N.-run province, vowing never to accept its independence.


Talkin' bout a resolution...service Troubled internet service provider Biscit has left ISPA - the industry association which among other things provides membership of dispute resolution service CICAS.â¦


Two days into the first trial emerging from the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, e-mails are speaking louder than words.


Sweden has returned to Aboriginal elders the remains of 15 of their ancestors taken from Australia for scientific research a century ago.


2 men killed in mine accident in Nevada near Utah line

Two men were killed in an accident Sunday at a copper and gold mine near Ely. Ruth Volunteer Fire Department Chief Martin Sorenson says the victims were repairing a huge shovel at the Robinson Mine when some safety measures failed and they were killed.


US expats, French protestors hold election night vigil in Paris

The United States flag was flapping over Paris streets late Tuesday as US expats and French protestors gathered to watch the results of the presidential election beamed into the capital of Washington's most troublesome ally.


Philip Conisbee, 62, National Gallery Curator, Is Dead

Mr. Conisbee organized some of the museumâs most popular exhibitions, such as âCÃ©zanne in Provence.â


According to the Third Annual Worldwide Index of Press Freedom released in Paris yesterday by the Reporters Sans Frontiers, Nepal is 160th out of 167 countries, with Denmark at top and North Korea at the bottom.


The Health Ministry reported a third person this season has been infected with West Nile virus. The man, 34, from Ramat Gan was hospitalized at the Sheba Medical Center.


Four men are jailed for their part in protests in London against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad.


Comeback Kylie inspired by catwalk fashions

Kylie Minogue is happy to be back in show  business and will wear her trademark glittery outfits on her  forthcoming tour, she told Reuters in one of her first public  appearances since she recovered from breast cancer.


Weather a Problem, but Shuttle is Ready for Launch

By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 9--CAPE CANAVERAL -- Overcoming a technical delay but still concerned about the weather, NASA this afternoon fueled shuttle Discovery for tonight's second attempt to launch the spaceship and its seven astronauts.


Consumer bellwethers issue profit warnings

NEW YORK - Two of the world's biggest consumer products giants issued profit warnings today, sending shares in both companies downward.


Overtime changes create potential minefield

Labor unions say 6 million workers could lose overtime pay when a redefinition of overtime regulations â-he most sweeping change to wage-and-hour laws in half a century â -es effect tomorrow.


Rising textbook sales and strong growth in international bond ratings at its Standard & Poorâs unit helped lift earnings to $452 million, the company said.


Uncharted Territory: New Glimpse of the Sun's South Pole

A spacecraft in solar orbit reached almost directly above   the south pole of the Sun last week, giving   scientists a rare glimpse of this unfamiliar territory.


Heavy metal content found in Indian herbal medicines

NEW DELHI, DEC 15: One out of every five ayurvedic herbal medicinal products produced in South Asia, mainly India, and available in South Asian grocery stores of Boston in the US, was found to contain potentially harmful levels of lead, mercury, and/or


VATICANO - Messaggio del Santo Padre Benedetto XVI per il ventesimo anniversario dellÂIncontro Interreligioso di Preghiera per la Pace, in corso ad Assisi: ÂAnche quando ci si ritrova insieme a pregare per la pace, occorre che la preghiera si svolga secondo quei cammini distinti che sono propri delle varie religioniÂ CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - ÂPer non equivocare sul senso di quanto, nel 1986, Giovanni Paolo II volle realizzare, e che, con una sua stessa espressione, si suole qualificare come "spirito di Assisi", Ã¨ importante non dimenticare lÂattenzion...


U.S. to blame for attack on its embassy - Syria

The United States and its Middle East   policies are to blame for a recent failed attack on the U.S.   embassy in Damascus, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was   quoted on Sunday as saying in a German magazine.


A "lost" film by cult US film-maker Ed Wood - played by Johnny Depp in a 1994 movie -  is released for the first time.


Tutte le azioni salienti degli scontri del Mondiale

I bianconeri conquistano tre punti preziosi nellâanticipo della sesta giornata di campionato, battendo la rivelazione Messina per 2-1 grazie alle reti di Zalayeta e Nedved. La sfida del Delle Alpi si apre


AFULL ARSENAL of diplomatic tricks has been tried on behalf of Darfur, the western province of Sudan where the government is orchestrating genocide.


Monitoring systems on the central LAN for personal and proprietary data â something industry analysts estimate 86 percent of companies must do to comply with one or more regulations, such as GLBA, HIPAA, and Sarbanes-Oxley â is already an enormous challenge. Then consider the extra complexities introduced as this content sprawls to remote offices and partner locations.


College football: Arizona pulls off stunner

two to Mike Jefferson -- and Arizona turned five takeaways into 24 points to stun 18th-ranked Arizona State. Andrew


Searchers Look for Signs of Missing Hunter

Kristen Childress was looking forward to celebrating her sixth wedding anniversary on Saturday. Instead, she spent the day in mountainous terrain looking for her husband, who vanished while elk hunting nearly two months ago.


The worldâs fourth-largest oil exporter imports 40 percent of its gasoline due to sanctions and booming consumption.


US Airways Chairman: Liquidation Possible

US Airways Group Inc.'s (UAIR.O: Quote, Profile, Research) chairman said employees must agree to $800 million in new wage and benefit cuts within 30 days or the airline might be liquidated, the New York Times said on Thursday, citing


Jackoâs Neverland ranch bedroom investigated

Michael Jackson gave his DNA sample to authorities. âThe King of Popâsâ bedroom is under investigation within the framework of the molestation case against the pop star, Michael Jackson.


ICANN Ponders International Domain Names

Consistency, clarity and support for non-Latin characters are considered by Internet governance group.


New violence in Darfur has driven some 200,000 more people from their homes, the UN reports from Sudan.


Goldman plans Indian mutual fund unit: paper

Goldman Sachs Group , the world's largest investment bank, plans to start doing mutual fund business in India, the Business Standard news paper reported on Sunday, without disclosing the source.


A viable device has been found near the courthouse in Coleraine, County Londonderry, police say.


Typhoon Aere hits mainland China; 320,000 evacuated from coastal areas

BEIJING  - China evacuated 320,000 people from the east coast as typhoon Aere hit the mainland Wednesday, after a mudslide buried a family of four in northern Taiwan pushing the regional death toll to 16.


'Il Parlamento punti ad un testo per un'ampia convergenza'


Cubs Defeat Marlins, 5-1, in NL Showdown

Mark Prior allowed five hits in 7 2-3 innings to out-pitch Carl Pavano, and the Chicago Cubs moved one percentage point ahead of San Francisco atop the NL wild-card standings by beating the Florida Marlins 5-1 in the first game of a doubleheader Monday.


Booting Marines lands mayor in crossfire

Turning away a squad of Marine Corps reservists planning a weekend of training downtown has put the city's mayor in the crossfire of veterans.


Helped by two whistle-blowers, the lawyer who beat Big Tobacco is on a new crusade -- to fight what clinics charge the uninsured


Van Nistelrooy's late double keeps Real on track

Ruud van Nistelrooy scored two late goals as Spanish champions Real Madrid defeated bottom side Levante 2-0 on Sunday to re-establish their seven-point lead over Barcelona at the top of the table.


Early testing on Owens' ankle is inconclusive

PHILADELPHIA An MRI today on Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens' right ankle was inconclusive today. Owens was hurt on the second play of the third quarter of Philadelphia's 12-to-7 win over the Dallas Cowboys.


HP on the Road to Showcase Product Range

By Anonymous  Hewlett Packard (HP) has appointed agency TBA to organise its pan- European roadshow from May to July. The roadshow will first visit the Monaco Grand Prix from 24-27 May.


Torino, 21:08 - Calcio, Juve causa nebbia parte per Cagliari solo alle 20:30

La nebbia ha impedito il decollo della Juve per Cagliari e soltanto verso le 20:30 la squadra della ...


Mavericks Edge Rockets Behind Nowitzki's 53 Points Mavericks 113 ...

Tracy McGrady stood at midcourt, exhausted from an overtime shootout that seemed more like him against Dirk Nowitzki than the Houston Rockets vs.


Members of Scotland's largest teaching union vote to demand a ban on armed forces recruitment in schools.


House prices suffer worst fall since 1987: index

House prices suffered their worst decline since at least 1987 in the second quarter from a year earlier as the housing downturn has deepened, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index.


U.S. Envoy Slams Serb PM on War Crimes Handovers

A top U.S. envoy accused Serbian  Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica of not doing enough to arrest  leading war crimes suspects on Monday, saying Belgrade had  shown "zero cooperation" with The Hague war crimes tribunal.


American Lindsay Davenport is another step closer to taking the world number one ranking from France's Amelie Mauresmo, after Mauresmo retired hurt in their final at the Filderstadt Grand Prix in Germany.


Crescita in rallentamento, assegni medi Inps sotto 800 euro


The Los Angeles Lakers placed center Vlade Divac on the injured list due to a sore back and activated forward Brian Grant on Wednesday.


Australia c.bank injects cash into tight mkt

Australia's central bank on Tuesday provided banks with more cash than expected to try to combat a sharp rise in bank bill rates as the sector felt the impact of the global credit squeeze.


Pope John Paul II invites believers to display symbols of their faith with pride, despite recent rows.


Elements of Google's privacy policy are "vague", the firm's global privacy counsel tells BBC News.


Mel Martinez, the public face of the Republican National Committee as its general chairman, announced Friday he was stepping down from his post after serving only 10 months


Gebrselassie May Struggle to Make Olympic Track Mark

Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Haile Gebrselassie may struggle to become the only man to win the 10,000 meters at the Olympics three straight times in what might be his last race at that distance.


Moscow, Russia (Sports Network) - Anastasia Myskina of Russia successfully defended her title in Moscow with a straight-set win over countrywoman Elena Dementieva at the final of the $1.


Nation's Springfields vie for `Simpsons'

With a bowling alley, a pub, a prison and a nuclear power plant just down the road, Springfield, Vt., likes to think itself a real-life version of the home of "The Simpsons."


Britain hails EU 'yes' to Romania and Bulgaria, but warns on workers' access

Britain welcomed the green light from the European Union for Bulgaria and Romania to join the bloc in January, but warned it would only gradually open access to immigrants from those countries.


Sudan: Annan calls for expanded international presence to stop ...

3 September 2004 - Secretary-General Kofi Annan says the international presence in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region must be expanded as soon as possible because attacks against civilians are continuing and "the vast majority of militias" have not been


There are a few mournful notes amid the usual cheer in this roundup of Christmas pop records.


Investors are looking for an onslaught of company earnings and economic data this week to give direction to U.S. stocks after some early signs of slower profit growth got the year off to an uncertain start.


Each claiming momentum from their final debate, US President George W. Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry set their sights on key battleground states just 19 days before the election.


Gallery: Students of the Pickup School for Geeks

The Pickup School for Men Who Can't Get Any promises to turn any awkward geek into a womanizing pro. Meet the school's founder and some of his top students.


Toyota takes early sales lead with No. 2 US spot

General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co.  lost more than a sixth of their combined U.S. sales in January, and Toyota Motor Corp. extended its 20-month winning streak and claimed the No. 2 spot in the U.S. market.


Two bombs explode in Spain's northwest, four injured

Two bombs exploded in two Spanish coastal towns, injuring four people, the latest in a series of attacks apparently by the Basque separatist organization ETA to hit tourist spots in the past two weeks.


The go-go for-profit education sector starts to lose momentum.


French Premier Calls Emergency Cabinet Meeting on Iraq Hostages

French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, given until tonight by kidnappers of two French reporters to revoke a law banning the Muslim headscarf in state schools, called an emergency cabinet meeting for this morning.


Snoop Dogg has been denied a visa to enter Britain on a European tour alongside fellow American rapper P Diddy. via Newswire.co.nz


The Senate on Monday confirmed Carlos Gutierrez as the new commerce secretary, a position in which he will lead the Bush administration's efforts to revive the country's beleaguered manufacturing sector.


Several blocks south of the site where the World Trade Center once stood, a new exhibit gives visitors a brief impression of what it was like to stand close to the fluted walls of the twin towers and gaze upward.


Barcellona, 20:57 - F1, HAKKINEN: MI PIACEREBBE RIPROVARCI

''Le cose non sono cambiate granchÃ©, mi piacerebbe riprovarci...''. Mika Hakkinen ci ha preso gusto,...


Encryption circles are buzzing with news that mathematical functions embedded in common security applications have previously unknown weaknesses.


Judge Rules Out Key Blake Defense Theory

In a blow to Robert Blake's defense, a judge ruled Thursday the actor's lawyer can't present jurors a theory that others, including the star prosecution witness, conspired to kill Blake's wife.


Heather Mills says she is "happy" at the public support she has received since her outburst against the media.


Scientists Baffled By Decline in Water Levels of Upper Great Lakes

By DENNIS BUECKERT  OTTAWA (CP) - Canada and the United States are launching a $17.5-million study to determine why water levels in the upper Great Lakes have declined to near-record lows.


Beckham scores beauty as England beats Wales 2-0 in World Cup ...

David Beckham grabbed the spotlight away from Wayne Rooney with a spectacular goal, a needless suspension and a trip to hospital with a broken rib as England downed Wales 2-0 in a World Cup qualifying game Saturday.


Music Review | Dispatch: Post-Jam Postscript: Regrouping for Charity

Dispatch is a welcome reminder that the music industry isnât reducible to the rather sad spectacle of multinational corporations trying to exchange CDs for cash.


Female Episcopal bishop a first for Cuba

New Episcopal Bishop Nerva Cot Aguilera, the church's first female bishop in Cuba and the developing world, said Monday she welcomed the opportunity to show what women can do if given the chance.


Hurricane season has affected many corporations, with varying outcomes.


Italian police arrest 39 people in the Sicilian city of Palermo on suspicion of involvement in the island's Mafia.


Iraq ; ANALYSIS-Doubt in Mosul highlights range of risks to US ...

Mortars hit US bases daily and soldiers who survived would have been familiar with tell-tale signs, such as blasts beforehand as the gunners found their range, the sound of the mortar being fired and the whine of the round falling.


FBI Arrests Reputed Gangsters in 3 States

A dozen people including an alleged underboss of the Gambino crime family were arrested Wednesday following an investigation into organized crime in Connecticut, Rhode Island and suburban New York.


Denes Rosa grabs the goal that ends Hearts' interest in the Uefa Cup.


Detectives arrest two men after the remains of a woman were dug up in a graveyard in Staffordshire.


Turkey to begin talks on gaining EU membership

THE controversial decision to give Turkey the green light to start talks on joining the EU will be taken later this week, despite widespread reservations in many member states.


A FOUR-hour stopover in Colombia last week could have cost US President George W. Bush his life. Marxist rebel army the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia reportedly planned to kill Mr Bush on his visit


Treasury Debt Prices Recoup Early Losses

U.S. Treasury debt prices recouped early losses on Wednesday after data on durable goods orders contained enough soft spots to keep the economic outlook uncertain.


Tireless Mellor's magic earns Benitez praise

RAFAEL BENITEZ saluted the never-say-die spirit of Neil Mellor last night as he savoured the victory that he believes proves Liverpool can stage a top-four finish this season.


Terror suspect due to appear in British court

A 26-year-old man charged with terrorism offences is due to appear before a British court in the latest case stemming from heightened security across the country.


An audiotape purportedly from a leader of forces opposed to the US-led government in Iraq has urged fighters supporters to brace for new battles against US forces after the assault on Falluja.


Delta Rejects Rivalâs Bid as It Files Plan to Exit Bankruptcy

The plan values Delta Air Lines at $9.4 billion to $12 billion and said its board has rejected US Airwaysâ $8.5 billion bid.


Obama Touts Democrat Efforts Across U.S.

Barack Obama, the Senate candidate from Illinois who made a splash at the Democratic National Convention, may soon be coming to a town near you.


Ryder-Monty gives Europe early advantage at Oakland Hills

Colin Montgomerie drew first blood for holders Europe with a birdie-three at the first hole as the 35th Ryder Cup began at Oakland Hills under cloudy skies on Friday.


Just as an injury to Drew Bledsoe made untested backup quarterback Tom Brady a star on the Patriots, a lone field goal became a career-defining moment for Giants coach Tom Coughlin.


Indonesia plane crash kills 23, scores escape

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia  - An Indonesian passenger jet overshot the runway and burst into flames on Wednesday as it landed in the cultural capital of Yogyakarta, but most of the 140 people on board survived.


A woman whose body was found in a car in Aberdeen is formerly identified by detectives.


US agrees to send "enemy combatant" to Saudi Arabia

The United States has reached agreement with a US citizen who has held as an "enemy combatant" for more than two years without charges to send him to Saudi Arabia, officials said Wednesday.


Two Pakistan passenger jets nearly collide

Two Pakistani passenger jets on domestic flights nearly collided late Wednesday, and one of the jets abruptly swerved up 700 feet to avoid the other, injuring at least two people on board, an airline official said.


Yahoo has announced it will join the fray with a new desktop product based on technology from X1 Technologies. Yahoo said it plans to launch a beta version of a new Yahoo Desktop Search tool in the coming


An Amtrak train derailed after running into a pickup-sized boulder, authorities said. Six people were injured, none seriously.


TENNIS: BINAGHI, SUCCESSO CON LA POLONIA E' VITTORIA DEL MOVIMENTO

Roma, 27 set. (Adnkronos) - ''Il successo con la Polonia ed il ritorno dell'Italia nella serie B di Coppa Davis, e' la vittoria dei giocatori, di tutto il movimento, e della federazione''. Il presidente della


Thai polls point to pro-Thaksin party victory

The People Power Party (PPP), a vehicle for supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, won the most seats in Sunday's Thai election, two exit polls said.


AMD Aims Low-cost Personal Internet Communicator at Developing ...

AMD launched an initiative to enable 50% of the world's population with Internet connectivity and computing capabilities by 2015.


Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama urged spectators at the Essence Music Festival to help change the course of American history by addressing the social ills brought to light by Hurricane Katrina.


Bulgarian Opposition Tries for No-Confidence Motion

In an address to the World Economic Forum on Friday (28 January), Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan said Turkey's membership in the EU would help achieve "reconciliation between civilisations" around the ...


Networks Bar Church Ads That Welcome Gays

Two leading U.S. television networks  angered gay rights groups on Thursday by refusing to carry an  ad by a church welcoming gays to their congregations, a message  the networks found too controversial.


Chamomile Tea May Help Beat Colds, Cramps

Tea drinkers, rejoice: new research supports claims that chamomile tea can protect the body from a host of ills, including colds and menstrual cramps.


Roma, 12:55 - CALCIO, ITALIA: AZZURRI IN CAMPO, DE ROSSI A RIPOSO

Nazionale subito al lavoro dopo la vittoria contro l'Ucraina. L'unico a saltare la seduta è s...


Per bloccare all'origine le partenze dai porti libici


The royal at the centre of an alleged blackmail plot is not a senior member of the family, the BBC understands.


Milano, 18:58 - CALCIO, INTER: BALLOTTAGGIO CRUZ-CRESPO

Allenamento prevalentemente tattico per l'Inter in vista del derby di domenica prossima contro il Mi...


Doctors rush to Arafat's bedside, veteran leader in 'critical ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank : Doctors were rushed to the bedside of ailing Yasser Arafat at his West Bank headquarters as a top official said the 75-year-old Palestinian leader was in a critical condition.


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Terrorist attacks abroad fail to dent Australia's sense of security

On one side is Sydney Harbour Bridge, on the other Sydney Opera House and the relaxed faces give little indication that this area is probably Australia's prime terrorist target.


Holocaust survivors and their families gathered at one of Europe's largest Jewish cemeteries Sunday to remember more than 200,000 Jews from this city killed by the Nazis


CAMARILLO, Calif. - Gas prices jumped more than 5 cents a gallon in the past two weeks, largely because of supply problems related to Hurricane Ivan, an industry analyst said Sunday...


Omicidio D'Antona, arrestato Jerome Cruciani

07.43: Nuovi sviluppi nelle indagini sull'omicidio di Massimo D'Antona. La Digos di Roma ha arrestato stamane Jerome Cruciani, ex militante dei Nuclei comunisti combattenti. Amico del brigatista Mario Galesi


Bush Gains in Battleground State of Florida - Poll

President Bush has gained ground over Democratic nominee John Kerry in Florida, a key battleground state, extending his lead to nine points in a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll of likely voters released on Wednesday.


Militant Islamists See Web As Mouthpiece

By TARIQ PANJA  LONDON - Anyone with an Internet connection can watch videos of bombings and sniper attacks against U.S. forces - shot and edited by Islamic militants and broadcast on YouTube, the world's largest video-sharing Web site.


The US publisher of Harry Potter sues a distributor and online retailer for shipping copies of the final book too early.


U.S., Europeans Discuss Nuclear Deal for Iran

The Bush administration, which has  opposed deal-making with so-called "axis of evil" states, is  working with Europe on a plan to use threats and incentives to  persuade Iran to end sensitive nuclear activities, U.S. and  European officials said on Tuesday.


Kuznetsova Tops Dementieva for Open Title

NEW YORK Sept. 11, 2004 - Pounding ferocious forehands and covering the baseline with the muscular legs of a Tour de France rider, Svetlana Kuznetsova overwhelmed Elena Dementieva 6-3, 7-5 Saturday night in the US Open's first all-Russian final.


Bergamo, 18:12 - CALCIO, ATALANTA; DEL NERI: AVEVAMO LA PARTITA IN PUGNO

"Avevamo in pugno la partita, abbiamo pagato un calo di concentrazione sull'inserimento di Ceravolo,...


China Urges U.S. to Stop Selling Arms to Taiwan

China Tuesday urged the United States to halt all official contact with Taiwan and to stop selling arms to the island, but made no comment on Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's recent peace overtures.


Monica Lewinsky defends selling story to media

Their relationships with two of the world's most famous men brought international scandals -- but Monica Lewinsky and Rebecca Loos both used the media onslaught to boost their bank balances.


Web services-based app server upgraded by WSO2

(InfoWorld) - WSO2 is upgrading its open source application server, which has been centered on Web services rather than being of the usual Java variety most common in this product space. Featured in version 2.0 of the companyâs WSAS (Web Services Application Server) are integration with the Eclipse IDE and capabilities for data services and clustering. The product is available next week and will be officially unveiled on July 16. Formerly called Tungsten, WSAS is a service-hosting environment. It offers a standard Web services runtime deployable with Java application servers from vendors such as BEA Systems, IBM, and JBoss without requiring vendor-specific coding, said Sanjiva Weearawarana, chairman of Sri Lanka-based WSO2. "If you use our runtime, it gives you a consistent, fully open source runtime that runs across all those [platforms] and gives you a consistent programming model," Weearawarana said. WSAS has been available both as a stand-alone application and for hosting within Java servers and Apache Tomcat servlet containers. Applications have included linking legacy systems to Web services as well as workflow, business process management, and data integration. Eclipse integration in version 2.0 means the full application server can be run within the IDE as opposed to having it outside of Eclipse. This makes testing of classes easier. Data services capabilities in the release enable provision of services interfaces to relational data without having to write code. This can be done using SQL queries, mappings, and wizard capabilities. WSO2 Application Server is differentiated by being built from the ground up for Web services and SOA, said Jason Bloomberg, senior analyst at ZapThink. "What's most notable in version 2.0 is the Eclipse integration, better clustering and high availability, support for EJB services, better security, and data services. Perhaps the most notable of these improvements are the data services, which help service-enable relational data from a variety of heterogeneous sources," Bloomberg said. "We're finding that dealing with heterogeneous data issues is one of the technical stumbling blocks for many SOA implementations, and WSAS should help many enterprises address those issues," Bloomberg said. Clustering and high-availability boosts performance and uptime for WSAS 2.0. The application server can be clustered across any number of systems, Weearawarana said. To prevent denial of service attacks, an access throttling capability regulates access to services. To improve security, XKMS (XML Key Management Specification) key management is included. Support for the WS-Security, WS-Trust, WS-Policy and WS-SecureConversation specifications also is featured. Legacy Enterprise JavaBeans can be redeployed as Web services in the application server. An example could be an EJB that manages a business account. Backward compatibility is provided between WSAS 2.0 and the Apache Axis 1.0 Web services runtime. Services written in Axis 1.0 can be deployed with WSAS 2.0 and leverage new Web services protocols supported by WSAS, such as WS-ReliableMessaging or WS-Policy. WSO2 sells related support services for WSAS 2.0. The 1.0 version of WSAS, introduced a year ago, has been downloaded about 10,000 times, Weearawarana said.


Washington, Nov. 6: In the jockeying for power in the second administration of President George W. Bush, his former ambassador to India, Robert D. Blackwill, has lost out and is quitting the government.


Slow Thanksgiving Weekend for US Shopping

The US holiday shopping season got off to a ho-hum start as shoppers lined up for the early-bird specials after Thanksgiving, then stayed home all weekend.


The stock market surged last week on robust earnings from technology companies.


Syria has ruled out a quick withdrawal of its troops from Lebanon, saying a United Nations resolution calling on it to do so was illegal.


At least 10 killed in car bomb blast in Kirkuk

Iraqi civil defense workers carry a body of one of the victims of a deadly suicide bombing in Kirkuk, Sept. 18. (Xinhua/AFP Photo).


NEW YORK Sept. 27, 2004 - Penn Station was evacuated and train service was halted Monday after two fires broke out, causing chaos for hundreds of travelers at one of the nation's busiest commuter hubs.


Semel: Search For New Yahoo! Features Yields Adobe Deal

Seek and ye shall find: Yahoo! (nasdaq: YHOO - news - people ) and Adobe Systems (nasdaq: ADBE - news - people ) have struck a deal to put Web search capabilities into Adobe's Acrobat Reader software.


Fumatori, aumento di nicotina causato dalla troppa pressione


Asian markets slide following the dip in global stocks on fears about China, with the Nikkei losing 2.9%.


Children with grimy hands and dirt-smeared faces peeked through the rusty bars on windows at the old prison in the heart of Sidon. Cells in the two-story stone relic teemed Sunday with refugees from Israel's fierce assault on southern Lebanon.


The world's largest contract laptop maker announces a million orders with the One Laptop Per Child project. In Gadget Lab.


Sudan Peace Talks Stuck on Issues of Security

Reports from the Nigerian capital Abuja, where Sudan peace talks have entered a third week, say the rebel factions and the Sudanese government are deadlocked on the issue of security.


Open-source identity projects connect with Microsoft

The Higgins and Bandit projects claim a milestone with technology that links their open-source identity technology with Microsoft's new Windows CardSpace system.


Braccato, con le ore contate. Di piÃ¹, ormai senza scampo. La latitanza di Osama Bin Laden starebbe per finire. Questo, almeno, stando a quanto rivelato da Joseph Cofer Black, coordinatore del controterrirismo Usa.


Australia one of least corrupt nations in world

TONY EASTLEY: While our biggest neighbour, Indonesia, battles with corruption, take heart Australia, it seems we are amongst the least corrupt nations in the world.


Bode Miller added another triumph to his sparkling season on Monday, claiming his sixth World Cup win of the campaign in a slalom and a new entry in the record books.


Vioxx recall could be pain for people with arthritis

A day after the popular arthritis drug Vioxx was yanked from the market because of safety concerns, doctors, patients and insurance companies were busy trying to figure out the next step.


Fannie Mae Board Weighs Management Change

The board of embattled mortgage finance enterprise Fannie Mae met on Sunday to discuss whether to make changes to top management, a source close to the situation said.


Warner to offer music via Amazon without DRM

The move is a blow to Apple's iTunes Store, which has persuaded only EMI and a handful of independent labels to let it offer their tracks in the DRM-free iTunes Plus format it launched in May.


Roma, 18:38 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI: PROCURA FIGC ASCOLTA FOGGIA E MARCHINI

Procedono le indagini della federcalcio sulla querelle tra i giocatori del Cagliari Pasquale Foggia ...


Leading Chinese TV Exporter Has Huge Loss

China's biggest television exporter announced losses stemming in part from declining sales and a scandal involving its biggest U.S. customer.


Alan Alda, who plays a scheming senator in Martin Scorsese's new film, "The Aviator," says there's something appealing about being the villain.


Intel releases low-cost Clear Bay server platform

Intel expects pricing for Clear Bay blade servers to be roughly similar to rack-mount servers based on the same processor and configuration.


Document Details U.S. Aid Proposed For Mexico

TIJUANA, Mexico, Oct. 26 -- More than a third of the Bush administration's proposed counternarcotics aid package for Mexico would be spent on aerial surveillance and the rapid deployment of troops, according to a breakdown of the plan.


Barring a miracle tomorrow Colin Montgomerie will now need a wild card to be part of Europe's bid to retain the Ryder Cup next month.


Roma, 22:56 - CALCIO, LIPPI: CAPELLO NO ITALIA? SI E' PERSO QUALCOSA BELLO

Fabio Capello ha ribadito oggi, nel corso della conferenza stampa di presentazione da ct dell'Ighilt...


Yes, his last name is Hamilton and he's from Marblehead. But he's not Tyler Hamilton , who raced in seven Tours de France, won a stage in the 2003 Tour with a broken collarbone, won a stage in the Giro d'Italia, back-to-back Tours de Romandie, and is an Olympic gold medalist in the time-trial race.


Rafael Benitez will be without Â£14million striker Djibril Cisse, who broke his left leg in two places at the weekend, for Liverpoolâs Champions League game with Deportivo La Coruna.


Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Monday the settlers he intends to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and West Bank have a messianic complex.


Small bars and rural pubs face closure under a new licensing scheme which will quadruple fees,  it is warned.


A House panel on Thursday approved a 10-month extension for a trade program providing reduced tariffs for exports from the four Andean nations of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.


Soldier Suing U.S. Military May Not Have to Serve

A sergeant in the California Army  National Guard who sued the military over the forced extension  of his service may not have to ship out to war after all, the  National Guard said on Wednesday.


Oil prices vaulted to a record $100 a barrel on Wednesday as violence in Nigeria, tight energy stockpiles and a weaker dollar triggered a surge of speculative buying, dealers said.


Congress gave overwhelming final approval last night to legislation that would send government payments to most American households and grant tax incentives for business investment, sending President Bush a $152 billion stimulus plan for the faltering U.S. economy.


Microsoft hires ex-"Apprentice" star as judge

Carolyn Kepcher, who helped Donald Trump fire corporate wannabes on "The Apprentice" television show, took a new role on Tuesday -- helping Microsoft Corp.  find the best small-business idea in America.


Woman charged in fetus kidnapping in court

The Kansas woman accused of strangling a pregnant woman and cutting the eight-month fetus from her womb appeared Tuesday before a federal magistrate judge who appointed two attorneys to defend her.


Internet powerhouse Yahoo has given its popular Web site a facelift to highlight some of the features that the company has been improving during the past year.


George W Bush says his rival for the presidency, John Kerry, was the "more heroic" for having served in Vietnam.


Microsoft: In case you thought we had a clue on open source, surprise!  We don't!

Blog: Microsoft wants to declare its independence from one of open source's biggest licenses, the GPL.  Here's why it will fail.


Va. Studies Directives Giving the Mentally Ill A Say in Their Care

Yvonne Smith has had a pair of mental illnesses diagnosed over the years, but it wasn't until a severe psychotic episode landed her in a psychiatric ward that she came to a sober realization: Although her family and friends had long been supportive of her struggles with bipolar disorder, they...


Watching Wal-Mart: To grow or not to grow?

Twice in the past year, Wal-Mart Stores Inc has given its stock a shot in the arm by announcing plans to rein in expansion in the United States.


At least 25 people are killed in a collision between a passenger train and a tractor in western India.


Zagabria, 22:35 - CALCIO, CROAZIA-OLANDA 0-3 IN AMICHEVOLE

L'Olanda, avversaria dell'Italia ai prossimi Europei, ha battuto in amichevole a Zagabria la Croazia...


Instead of "Think Different," perhaps Apple Computer's slogan should be "Price Different," says a group of disgruntled UK music fans.


Oracle quarterly profit rises on software demand

Oracle (ORCL) Tuesday reported a 16% rise in quarterly net income as the world's second largest software company benefited from steady demand for its flagship database software.


On Tuesday evening, Putin will answer questions from Ukrainian citizens, in a live broadcast by three local television companies. In the course of the three-day visit, the Russian leader will hold a number of meetings with the Ukrainian leadership.


Mauro Bergamasco's late try gives Italy an historic, but controversial Six Nations victory over Wales in Rome.


Justice Dept. Fraud Unit Is Looking at Michaels Stores

An investigation of the stock option practices of the arts and crafts retailer was transferred to the Justice DepartmentÂs fraud section.


Health department gets second-largest allocation in state

The Huntsville-Madison County health department will receive 4,520 doses of vaccine from the state on Monday and plans flu shot clinics next week for people at high risk of health problems


Nigerian militants claim oil attack, threaten more

A Nigerian militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has claimed responsibility for a raid on an oil export terminal on Thursday in which four expatriate workers were kidnapped.


Rock 'n' roll pioneer Ike Turner,  whose musical achievements were largely overshadowed by the  notoriety he received after his former wife and recording  partner Tina Turner said he had abused her, won his first  Grammy Award since 1972 on Sunday.


Disney subcontractor caught selling customer data

(InfoWorld) - A subcontractor working for a company that processes and fulfills orders for the Disney Movie Club sold credit card numbers and other account information belonging to an unknown number of customers to undercover law enforcement agents. The May 2007 incident has prompted Disney to send out letters to an unspecified number of customers informing them about the breach. Disney did not respond to requests for comment about the incident. But Brad Van Duser, an Atlanta-based customer of the company's movie club, received the letter and made it available to Computerworld. The letter is dated July 6 and signed by John Flynn, vice president of online digital and directing marketing for Buena Vista Home Entertainment, a division of The Walt Disney Co. In it, Flynn said the incident involved an employee at Alta Resources Inc., a Neenah, Wis.-based outsourcer working for Disney. According to Flynn, the employee sold credit card information including names, addresses, credit card numbers and expiration dates to law enforcement authorities in an undercover sting operation. Flynn said Disney had been assured that card security codes, such as the CVV code, had not been compromised in the incident. "Law enforcement officials have informed us that there is no indication that your information was used to make improper purchases or sold to anyone other than federal law enforcement agents," Flynn said in his letter. "Nevertheless, in an abundance of caution, we have informed representatives of Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover of these events." The letter urged recipients to contact the financial institutions that issued their credit cards if they had any questions regarding their accounts. But it did not mention any free credit monitoring services, an option many companies have offered in similar situations. Van Duser said he was surprised by the incident. "As a customer, what surprised me the most was that even after all of the security breaches reported in the news recently that a large, reputable company like Disney had not taken steps to thoroughly protect my credit card information," he said in an e-mail. "And then when the breach occurred, they didn't offer a credit monitoring or other service." The Disney incident is the latest in a seemingly endless stream of breaches being disclosed by major companies this summer. Just this week it was disclosed that Kingston Technologies Inc., a maker of computer memory technologies, sent out letters to about 27,000 customers in connection with a September 2005 data breach that the company did not discover until recently. Western Union made a similar disclosure, announcing that it was notifying about 20,000 customers of a potential compromise of their personal data following the discovery of a database intrusion. Such incidents have heightened consumer concerns and pushed several states to consider or enact laws requiring retailers and other entities handling credit card data to implement safeguards for protecting the data. One of the most closely watched of these laws is California's proposed AB 779 legislation, which would require breached entities such as Disney to disclose more details about security breaches, including a description of the categories of personal data that might have been compromised. In addition, the law would also hold breached entities financially liable for the costs incurred by banks and credit unions to notify customers of a breach and to subsequently block and reissue cards.


The Motion Picture Association of America is retargeting its legal battle against file swappers by launching attacks against the server operators behind the BitTorrent and eDonkey services.


The symfony blog has posted a look at a common problem developers face when working up content-heavy sites - which is the way to go, a CMS or an application in a framework?   Like us, you probably met this case several times: A client has to choose a tool for his website, which is a mix of content managed in the backend, and specific features in the frontend. The choice is between an open-source CMS and an open-source framework.   There's talk of advantages and disadvantages for both and, finally, a common solution that combines the two - a CMS created in symfony. Fortunately, some developers saw ahead enough to create one in the form of a symfony plugin - sfSimpleCMSPlugin (screenshot).


U.S. accuses Iran leadership over Iraq violence

In some of its most direct accusations against Iran yet, the U.S. military said on Monday senior leaders in Tehran know about operations in which Iran's Qods Force foments violence in Iraq.


Western toy companies and Chinese contract manufacturers are intertwined to the point that neither can afford to break away from the other.


A Superior Court jury found that the Botox injections administered by a Beverly Hills dermatologist did not cause the ailments that a patient complained about.


Ebitda +4,9%, per 2007 previsto miglioramento performance


Death toll of north China plane crash possibly up to 55

Two men on the ground were most likely killed in the plane crash Sunday morning in Baotou City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, bringing the death toll of the accident to 55, local police sources said.


Attore si confessa in intervista su Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni


Nacho Novo fires a brace for Rangers as they ease to a deserved victory in the first Old Firm game of the season at Ibrox.


US stocks: Wall St outlook: bull market with legs?

NEW YORK - Stock investors this week should get more clues on whether the bull market has long enough legs to drive gains to year end, as many market pros now expect.


Verizon Will Sell Its 20.5% Stake in Canada's Telus

Verizon Communications Inc., the biggest US telephone company, will sell its 20.5 percent stake in Telus Corp. to raise cash to invest in its wireless and high- speed Internet services.


Congresswoman: Let ISPs probe for pirates

Rep. Mary Bono Mack says Congress shouldn't get in the way of Internet service providers that want to detect illegal sharing of copyrighted material.


Roma, 16:56 - BASKET: UN MINUTO DI SILENZIO PER MARESCIALLO PEZZULO

La Federbasket ha disposto un minuto di silenzio su tutti i campi per onorare Giovanni Pezzulo, il m...


SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed three bills that would increase curbs on cruise ship pollution near the California coastline.


Anti-Syrian MP wounded in Beirut car bomb: sources

An anti-Syrian lawmaker was wounded in a car bomb explosion in the Christian eastern part of Beirut on Wednesday, security sources said.


Israel kills 12 Palestinian militants in Gaza Strip

Israel killed at least 12 Palestinian militants in air strikes in the Gaza Strip that marked on Tuesday its most deadly military response in months to frequent rocket attacks from the Hamas-controlled territory.


Who says value investing can't be glamorous?


U.S. Marine says he did not rape Filpino woman

A U.S. Marine accused of raping a   Filipino woman in a van last year told a Manila court on Monday   that the sex was consensual, with her helping him to put on a   condom.


Tour de France in diretta sesta tappa da sprinter

Da Semur en Auxois a Bourg en Bresse, 199,5 km senza difficoltà altimetriche. Prima di salire, qualcuno fuori classifica tenterà la fuga


LOS ANGELES  - If one trend stands out  among nominations for the 56th annual Primetime Emmy Awards,  which take place in Los Angeles on Sept. 19, it is the  dominance of HBO.


House Republicans plan to follow President Bush's lead and reject the Sept. 11 commission's recommendation to strip the Pentagon of control over its spy shops in favor of a new national intelligence director with hiring, firing and spending control.


Comedy Meet The Fockers remains top of the North American box office chart after taking another Â£23.7m.


Presidente comitato paralimpico forse nuovo commissario


Sen. Barack Obama told a church convention Saturday that some right-wing evangelical leaders have exploited and politicized religious beliefs in an effort to sow division.


Clooney: Cast raises millions for Darfur

"Ocean's Thirteen" stars have donated $5.5 million to humanitarian efforts in Sudan's Darfur region, according to actor George Clooney.


Transformer explosion rocks midtown Manhattan

A transformer exploded in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, creating a roar and a huge plume of smoke and sending pedestrians fleeing from the area in scenes reminiscent of the September 11 attacks.


Publicis, Google reveal digital advertising cooperation

France's Publicis and Web search engine giant Google Inc on Tuesday revealed they were combining their expertise to expand in the fast-growing digital advertising market.


Baghdad Is Quiet With Strict Curfew in Place

A spokesman for the Iraqi Defense Ministry appeared to allude to a specific threat involving car bombs.


Ethical shopping is just another  way of showing how rich you are

Comment is free: George Monbiot: The middle classes congratulate themselves on going green, then carry on buying and flying as much as before.


Bomb Alert Prompts Greek Plane to Land in London

A bomb threat prompted a Greek Olympic Airlines passenger plane to make an emergency landing, escorted by British Tornado jets, at London's Stansted Airport on Sunday.


Blog: New behavior-monitoring protection for the desktop is designed to compliment features in existing Symantec products.


BELGRADE, Nov 20 (IPS) - Tiny Slovenia is the only former Yugoslav republic  that prides itself on full EU membership, but its human rights  record remains under serious doubt.


G. P. Sippy, Indian Filmmaker Whose âSholayâ Was a Bollywood Hit, Dies at 93

Mr. Sippy was an Indian filmmaker whose 1975 blockbuster âSholayâ (âEmbersâ) remains the most famous Hindi movie and the biggest commercial success for Bollywood.


Calif. Family Blames HMO in Girl's Death

LOS ANGELES -- The family of a 17-year-old leukemia patient blamed Cigna Corp. on Friday for her death, saying the health insurance giant's initial refusal to pay for a liver transplant contributed to her death.


The first human trial of an artificial 'bio' kidney offers  hope of a working implant for patients, say experts.


Universal, Warner Bros, Paramount, and New Line Support HD-DVD

Major movie studious Paramount, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., and New Line Cinema all said today that they have adopted the new high definition DVD disc format (HD-DVD), and will begin issuing movie titles in the new format in 2005.


Internet Explorer keeps losing market share

Although Microsoft Corp. still dominates the Web browser space, its Internet Explorer continues to lose market share to open-source rival Mozilla.


(Sports Network) - Carlos Beltran may be the newest Killer B in ...

lineup, but right now he is also the most feared hitter on the Astros. He'll. play the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 4 today at Minute Maid Park.


Iraq to extend weapon-for-money program nationwide

Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Monday that the weapon-for-money program that started last week in Baghdad's Sadr City will be extended across the country.


Ramones sticksman sues Apple and Wal-Mart

Copyright infringement suit Former Ramones drummer Richard Reinhardt today filed suit in US federal court in Manhattan claiming that his music publisher never had the right to "authorize distribution or duplication of six songs he wrote between 1983 and 1987" which were subsequently made available through iTunes, Wal-Mart.com's music store and Real Networks Real Store and Rhapsody services.â¦


A judge ordered copies of a satirical magazine confiscated Friday for publishing a front-cover cartoon of Spain's Crown Prince Felipe in an intimate bedroom scene with his wife, Princess Letizia, court officials said.


A music retailer from the Netherlands beats Apple by launching a download service in Europe's latest market battleground. Also: Movie industry wrests agreement from defunct company.... Microsoft challenges Photoshop & hellip;. and more.


Ethiopia readies for lavish millennium celebrations

Ethiopia readied itself on Tuesday for a lavish millennium party celebrating the unique cultural heritage that produced, among other things, a calendar seven years behind the rest of the world.


Intel drops out of One Laptop Per Child program

Intel Corp  said on Thursday  it will drop out of the One Laptop Per Child project and resign  from the board after the project's board demanded the chipmaker  stop supporting other efforts in emerging markets.


Charles Clarke has been named as the new home secretary, following David Blunkett's resignation.


The 18th century saw a number of "wars of succession," in which struggles for the throne in key states profoundly affected the international balance of power.


FSU and West Virginia headed to Gator Bowl

Tallahassee, FL (Sports Network) - Florida State and West Virginia will meet in the Gator Bowl on New Year's Day. The Mountaineers accepted a bid to play in their fifth Gator Bowl on Monday, and an invitation


As Florida Braces for 2nd Big Storm, the Flight Begins

As a formidable hurricane lurched closer, tens of thousands of Florida residents fled their coastal homes on Thursday and clogged highways


Investigators Fault Co-Pilot's Actions in Crash That Killed 265

The co-pilot responded to turbulence with "inappropriate" use of the controls just before flight 587 crashed.


A man who escaped jail in a helicopter in 2001 and planned a similar breakout in 2003, flees again the same way.


Year end: AIR and RIAs raise Adobe's profile

In the technology industry, you can be pretty sure you've hit the big time when Microsoft develops a product specifically to compete with you.That's the position Adobe Systems found itself in this year, when Microsoft developed a new cross-platform browser technology called Silverlight to rival Adobe's Flash, the de facto standard for developing and delivering video and multimedia content on the Web.Adobe is exiting the year not only as the company of choice for creative professionals everywhere, but as an influential force to be reckoned with and a power player alongside Apple and Google, the companies leading the consumer-savvy, multimedia-friendly Internet wave of Web 2.0.Over its 25 years, Adobe -- a company known less for its dazzle than its dependability -- has quietly turned itself into a multibillion-dollar software vendor on the strength of technologies that have become essential to computer users. Creative professionals would be lost without the graphic-design tools Photoshop and Illustrator, and Adobe Acrobat and PDF have made it easy for everyone to share documents cross-platform.But with its acquisition of Macromedia two years ago, Adobe also took on another role -- as pioneer of providing a next-generation platform for developing rich Internet applications. RIAs, as they're called, provide more intuitive and multimedia-rich user experiences on the Web than typical client/server or desktop applications, and are now in high demand as users expect more from their multimedia Web experiences with the rise in popularity of sites like YouTube and Facebook.Still, though the proud owner of PDF and Flash, two of the most ubiquitous technologies in the history of desktop computers, Adobe has never enjoyed the same powerful brand recognition as contemporaries that have also built widely used technology. While Google's search engine inspired the addition of the word "google" in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, Adobe's technologies have always spoken louder than the company's name itself."Adobe is not a real sexy brand," acknowledged Keith Cutcliffe, a professional Web designer and developer who uses the company's software.Indeed, Anthony Franco, president of Denver-based application design and development firm EffectiveUI, said his company leads customer engagements by talking about the Flash Player, not necessarily Adobe itself, because the technology is so well known. "It's the brand recognition of the Flash Player first, then we connect the dots," he said.But that has begun to change. Adobe took charge of the Macromedia acquisition this year, eliminating that company's brand and merging its own long-popular graphics tools with Web-design tools acquired from Macromedia, such as Dreamweaver and the aforementioned Flash, into Creative Suite 3.To Melissa Webster, program vice president at IDC, Adobe's purchase of Macromedia was "more like a merger than an acquisition" due to how gracefully Adobe integrated the technology and former Macromedia executives like Adobe chief software architect Kevin Lynch into the fold. She said the company's skillful execution of the deal also proved it is capable of making significant acquisitions work, which paves the way for more purchases in the future.Ron Schmelzer, senior analyst and founder of research firm ZapThink, said Adobe handled the Macromedia deal so smoothly and the acquisition merged such complementary technologies, "it's almost hard to believe that Flash and the other [Macromedia products] were ever separate from Adobe products."This year Adobe also built a connection between the Web and the desktop by introducing the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), a technology that leverages the Flash player to bring Web applications to the desktop using the same developer code. AIR, which is now in beta and will be available in full release early next year, will drive the company's strategy to move RIAs from the Web and bring the same user experience to the desktop.Microsoft with Silverlight aims, in a sense, to do the opposite. With technology built on the Windows Presentation Foundation graphics layer of the Vista OS, Microsoft hopes to enable its formidable .Net and Windows developer base to build RIAs. While Adobe has a solid lock on the RIA tools market for now, moving to the desktop and into the domain of Microsoft is a strategy that will pose challenges, said Toby Bell, research vice president at Gartner."It hasn't yet been proven that Adobe has the enterprise relationships and eco-system of partnerships [that Microsoft does]," Bell said. "All the things Microsoft brings to the table, Adobe is still developing."Adobe also marked a leadership transition in 2007, with longtime chairman and CEO Bruce Chizen stepping aside in a planned changing of the guard to let technologist Shantanu Narayen take over the company. Analysts said the transition should go smoothly because the two executives had been working so closely together before it happened on Adobe's long-term strategy.Narayen also brings to the company a "developer/inventor enterprise-focused guy when Adobe is going to need that," Bell said. He added that while Adobe's top executives have never had that star factor of a Larry Ellison or Bill Gates, "we have to expect [Narayen's] going to have enough personality to improve investor confidence and inspire Adobe to continue to innovate."Through all of these twists and turns, the company continues to thrive financially. Adobe closed out the year with yearly revenue up 23 percent for the year, beating Wall Street estimates and reaching nearly $1 billion in sales for its fiscal fourth quarter. Its yearly revenue of $3.16 billion and quarterly revenue of $911.2 million were both records for Adobe, which expects another year of double-digit percentage revenue growth in 2008.While there's no question Adobe made its own smart strategic moves in 2007, the company also benefited during the year from good timing, as RIAs came into their own and opened up a whole new market for any company that can help developers build them.EffectiveUI's Franco said that RIAs are no longer the realm of early adopters, which tend to be smaller companies that want to be seen as having cutting-edge design for their Web applications. "Where we're seeing our biggest growth is ... large industry players leverage the Flash Player to build RIAs," he said. And with Adobe AIR, EffectiveUI is also able to bring those same Web applications to corporate desktops.Among EffectiveUI's customers are eBay, Dow Jones, and Viacom. The company also built a package-shipment and tracking system for United Airlines. Using Flash, the application replaced an old "green screen" terminal user-interface without replacing the back-end mainframe technology powering it, Franco said.This cross-platform power is another boon for Adobe as it does battle with Microsoft to control the content being delivered on the Web, which Cutcliffe said is key to being a market leader and influencer in the current, Web-driven technology market. Though Microsoft has built Silverlight to be cross-platform and work in all of the common Web browsers, Adobe has been working with Apple for years to optimize its products for the Mac, which is becoming a more popular platform in its own right."I still believe the ultimate goal is content control," he said. "If your tool becomes the favorite tool of developers, you're going to control the content in the long run. ...I think Adobe has the advantage if somebody wants to get into developing applications that can be deployed both on Windows and on a Mac, or whatever type of an environment they're running."As RIAs themselves have more market value, Adobe also is positioning itself to compete in the enterprise with products like Adobe LiveCycle, which allows business customers to automate the business processes and workflow of PDF-based Web transactions, IDC's Webster said.LiveCycle provides support for asynchronous Web transactions, which is helpful for users who are providing information -- for example, to an insurance company -- online but don't have all the necessary information on hand to fill out the forms. LiveCycle allows users to go offline in the middle of filling out Web-based forms and return at a later time online back to where they left off, she said."With [LiveCycle] it's easy to move that form back online and connect that document back up to the point in the transaction where it went asynchronous," Webster said. "It's a win for both sides."This is another area where Adobe runs into Microsoft, which aims to offer similar workflow automation through products in its 2007 Microsoft Office System, particularly through functionality in its SharePoint Server and InfoPath software. Now that its RIA strategy is sound, proving it's a worthy enterprise player through products like LiveCycle will be a critical area of focus for Adobe in 2008 as it competes in the technology market on a whole new level.


$35.8bn pot bonanza A report into illicit marijuana cultivation in the US says it is now the country's biggest cash crop, having seen a tenfold increase in production over the last 25 years.â¦


The home secretary is to set out plans to crack down on those who "groom" people for extremism via the internet.


Three Indicted in Connecticut Corruption Case

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted an aide and a contractor to former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland, who left office earlier this year amid a corruption scandal.


South Africa Win Second Tri-Nations Title

South Africa survived two late yellow  cards to win their second Tri-nations title with a rousing  23-19 triumph over Australia in Durban on Saturday.


Suicide bombers struck Iraqi security targets Saturday north and west of Baghdad, killing 22 Iraqis, officials said. Six US soldiers were wounded in an ambush on the


One of France's top presidential candidates asked mayors and other elected officials on Monday to give their backing to an extreme right-wing politician to ensure he has enough endorsements to run in the spring ...Comment


Mitt Romney's campaign found 9,732 ways to spend its money last quarter.


Three Indian truck drivers held hostage in Iraq arrive back in Delhi, where large crowds greet them.


La controllava dall'auto di un amico, aveva figlie accanto


HP will pay California $14.5m for being naughty

Let's not get civil HP will pay $14.5m to keep California prosecutors from filing civil charges against the company and its directors - both current and former.â¦


A database solution is more than database software

Do people normalise database designs in phones? Blog I was interested to read Ian Murphy's story about SQL Anywhere. Despite the availability of embedded databases, it seems to me that the database (in the DBMS sense) hasn't really come to mobile devices like phones yet. This is largely because of resource constraints - they're back in the 1970s mindset before enterprise databases really took off, using clever file systems for data storage (remember VSAM?).â¦


SINGAPORE is sending an SAF medical team with medical and relief supplies to Indonesia, as well as two personnel to the UN Disaster Assistance and Coordination (UNDAC) to help coordinate disaster relief and assess the damage in the affected countries.