Canada launches probe into second-hand British subs

The Canadian Parliament announced the launch of a formal inquiry into Ottawa's purchase of four mothballed British subs, one of which caught fire while at sea earlier this month.


To Succeed, Manning Must Be a Quick Study

Giants rookie quarterback Eli Manning must adjust to something that spectators and television viewers can never appreciate - the speed of the N.F.L. game.


There is a crossword puzzle to solve, golf to be played, and a baseball season to prepare for. For 21 years, Greg Maddux has never changed his routine. Why would he?


Somali pirates have hijacked a Japanese-owned ship in the latest such seizure in the Horn of Africa nation's notoriously lawless waters, a regional maritime official said on Monday.


Unbeaten UConn Handles Injuries and No. 3 Tar Heels

With an 82-71 victory over North Carolina, the Huskies answered questions about whether they could hold their own against an elite team after losing two key starters to season-ending injuries.


For the first time in franchise history, the San Diego Padres are going to the playoffs for a second straight year after edgingÃÂ Arizona on Saturday, 3-1.


Tony Blair tried to persuade the SDLP to enter a voluntary coalition without Sinn Fein, its leader says.


Insieme al presidente resta amministratore delegato Basile


Clinton picks up emotional endorsements from black women in SC ... Obama looks to appeal to women ahead of SC primary ... Republican officials: Florida Sen. Mel Martinez to endorse McCain ... Edwards aims at Clinton-Obama fight on trail and in ads ... Huckabee focuses on widening Interstate 95 ... Kucinich quits presidential race ... Romney says his business background better qualifies him to fix the economy


UK's 'Mr. Bean' Attacks Religious Hatred Bill

British comedian Rowan Atkinson --  creator of the hapless "Mr Bean" -- attacked a planned law  outlawing incitement of religious hatred on Monday, saying it  would curb free speech and humour.


A church in central Jerusalem was set on fire before dawn Wednesday and suffered extensive damage, police said.


Bobby Abreu is starting to feel better at the plate. Albert Pujols has been feeling pretty good all season.


On the eve of a landmark summit at which EU leaders will decide on opening membership talks with Turkey, the final elements of a compromise package on the terms for the negotiations was emerging.


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Serbs Deciding Whether to Vote in Kosovo

On the eve of Kosovo's crucial general elections, the province's minority Serbs were not deciding Friday who to vote for - but whether to cast any ballots at all.


Six Egyptians Snatched in Two Iraq Kidnappings

Gunmen seized two Egyptians from their Baghdad office, the third in a new series of audacious operations to kidnap foreigners in the Iraqi capital this month.


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Crash tests of several automakers reveal poor anti-whiplash ...

The Institute for Highway Safety tested 73 cars, but only eight of them recieved an overall good rating. Most cars do a poor or marginal job protecting passengers from whiplash injuries in a rear-end crash, according to crash tests of several models.


Peterson Mistress Gets No Confession in Call Tapes

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.  - The mistress of accused  double-murderer Scott Peterson did not succeed in getting him  to confess to killing his pregnant wife in taped phone calls  played on Monday for jurors in his closely watched murder  trial.


Giants: no play, just off Astros' win ends hopes for wild card

Los Angeles -- What cruelty this business of baseball is. A team grinds and claws and bites its way to 91 wins, only to find it takes 92 to keep its World Series aspirations alive.


Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. Invites You to Join Its 2006 Unaudited Fourth Quarter Results Conference Call on the Web

NEW YORK, Feb. 5  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with Nam Tai Electronics, Inc.'s 2006 Unaudited Fourth Quarter Earnings Release, you are invited to listen to its conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Monday, February 12, 2007 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time.


Ties with Pakistan are on the right track, External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh said today. The statement came on the day Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz wrapped up his crucial visit.


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Japan's industrial production falls in October while unemployment rises, providing more evidence of a slowdown in the world's second largest economy.


BEIRUT -- The head of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, said yesterday that there had been progress in his efforts to bring rival Lebanese leaders to reach agreement on defusing political and sectarian tensions.


A staff nurse at a Northern Ireland hospital says he has been attacked four times in the last five years.


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven rocketed into orbit Tuesday in pursuit of the international space station, where a formidable construction job awaits them.


You might not have felt any fallout so far. But TV dramas are unleashing a nuclear arsenal.


Justice watch: Keeping an eye on the law.

Florida libraries ban adults in kid's area, women object to intrusive patdowns, and Montana mandates funding for Indian education.


In the latest change to its product line-up, Intel has cancelled plans to release a 4-gigahertz computer microprocessor, saying it would rely approaches besides faster clock speed to improve the performance of chips.


CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis ended a two-day journey to the International Space Station on Sunday, slipping into a berthing port to deliver more solar-powered panels and a new crewmember to the orbital outpost.


H&R Block delays filing quarterly report

H&R Block Inc.,  the largest U.S. income tax preparer, said on Tuesday that it expects to delay filing its quarterly results with regulators after turmoil in the subprime mortgage market forced it to write down assets at its Option One Mortgage Corp. unit.


Sun to Buy Swedish Software Firm for $1 Billion

Sun Microsystems, the large U.S. seller of open-source software, said it would buy MySQL, the world leader in open-source database software, for $1 billion.


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Stocks: Apple's optimism pushes Wall Street higher

NEW YORK US stocks reversed course and rose Monday, helped by an optimistic target for Apple Computer shares, but high energy costs remained a worry as oil prices crept back toward $50 a barrel.


Chile's President Michelle Bachelet said Thursday her decision to allow the government to distribute free morning-after contraception pills to girls as young as 14 was a matter of "equality" within Chilean society.


Beads of sweat poured off Mario Williams' head and a small blade of grass sat perched just below his left eye as he mentioned the Houston heat not once or twice — but about seven times.


Zimbabwean parliament debates bill to allow president to appoint successor without election.


ATHENS - At lunch Wednesday, gymnast Blaine Wilson showed fellow American Andy Roddick the silver medal he had won earlier this week. Roddick eyed it with interest, but he wasn't blown away.


Hollywood studios eager for more Bollywood action

Hollywood movie studios are eyeing a bigger presence in India, going beyond just distributing and dubbing English films in the world's most prolific film industry.


Red Hat Spending $23 Million For Ex-Netscape Security Solutions ...

Red Hat to incorporate Netscape Directory Server and Netscape Certificate Management System into products to help customers integrate desktops with a networkwide set of computing services.


Hank Bauer, the tough ex-Marine who set a World Series record with a 17-game hitting streak for the New York Yankees and later managed the Baltimore Orioles to the 1966 title, died Friday. He was 84. Bauer died in the Kansas City area, where he made his home, Yankees spokesman Jason Zillo said.


Brazil on Thursday rejected reports that it isn't giving United Nations inspectors full access to its uranium enrichment facilities because it wants to hide technology purchased on the nuclear black market.


PalmSource to Acquire China MobileSoft, Develop for Linux

PalmSource today announced entry into an agreement for the acquisition of China MobileSoft Limited (CMS), a leading Chinese mobile phone software company with business operations headquartered with its wholly-owned subsidiary, MobileSoft Technology


Huckabee tied with Giuliani in Illinois: poll

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who has surged in support in other early-voting states, is tied with Rudy Giuliani for the lead among U.S. Republican presidential candidates in Illinois, a poll showed on Saturday.


Man Utd's Ferguson warns players over discipline

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has warned that he will not hesitate to sell any player who breaches club discipline.


A video is released which apparently shows the killing of  two hostages in Iraq, while two others are released.


Jarome Iginla had two goals and an assist to lead Canada into the World Cup of Hockey semifinals with a 5-0 victory over Slovakia last night.


With Eye on Storm, Skittish Floridians Search for Safety

With a third hurricane bearing down on Florida, thousands spent the weekend uncertain whether, when or where to flee.


Ex-Nebraska coach Solich hired to turn around Ohio University

Former Nebraska coach Frank Solich was introduced on Thursday as Ohio's new football coach, returning to the state where he grew up and promising to rebuild a program that went just 11-35 in the past four years.


A terminally-ill Indian chess champion who has been the focus of a euthanasia debate, dies in hospital.


2 Soldiers' Ill Fortune Turns Into Hope and Joy

ALBUQUERQUE, Dec. 25 -- Pvt. Jeremiah Jensen, on leave from Iraq, had his car stolen at gunpoint just days before Christmas. Pfc. Robert Ruiz was injured by a booby trap in Iraq a few days after Christmas last year. For both Albuquerque soldiers, ill holiday fortune turned to hope and joy because strangers reached out to them this year.


Olmert vows to pursue "war" against Gaza militants

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed on Thursday to wage a "war" to stop Gaza militants firing rockets into Israel, despite warnings by Palestinian leaders that Israeli military strikes would harm peacemaking.


Tomlinson scores three touchdowns to set new record

Running back LaDainian Tomlinson scored three touchdowns to set an NFL season record with 29, leading the San Diego Chargers to a 48-20 win over the Denver Broncos and the AFC west division title on Sunday.


Sellers Give Negative Feedback on eBay Changes

Sellers worry that their costs will rise and they will have less protection against malicious buyers.


A legal challenge to the way the government's "green" tax on air travel was introduced is thrown out by the High Court.


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Moussaoui Deprived of Constitutional Rights, Attorneys Say

Zacarias Moussaoui's guilty plea and life prison term for conspiring in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks should be overturned because his case was riddled with errors that deprived him of his constitutional rights, his attorneys said in court papers unsealed yesterday.


MSPs and the Scottish churches combine forces in an effort to prevent the spread of super-casinos to Scotland.


Jobless claims fell 12,000 in latest week

The number of U.S. workers signing  up for first-time jobless benefits fell to a seasonally  adjusted 308,000 last week, slightly lower than expected, a  government report on Thursday showed.


Palestinian commission to investigate Arafat's cause of death

RAMALLAH, West Bank The Palestinian prime minister has ordered an investigation into the cause of Yasser Arafat's death. A statement from Ahmed Qureia's (AHK'-mehd kuh-RAY'-uhz) office says a commission will


A new video game "JFK Reloaded" released at the time which coincides with the 41st anniversary of Kennedy's murder stirs up so much controversy that even its producers can hardly expect.


Il greggio vola a 78,79 dollari al barile


Schools Must Help in Fight Against Obesity

By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Health experts are trying to move the nation's battle of the bulge to an important new front: the schools.    Schools need to be more active in teaching heart-healthy behavior and they should offer more physical education and healthful meals, a new American Heart Association statement urges...


Can Ned Hooper keep the magic of Cisco's acquisition machine alive? A lot depends on the answer to that question.


Corzine orders lawmakers to work on budget

Gov. Jon S. Corzine summoned lawmakers to the Capitol for the Fourth of July in an attempt to break a budget deadlock and end New Jersey's government shutdown.


The young nation is learning that democracy isn't easy as no party captured a majority in the country's parliamentary vote


Castro gives Chavez tour of Guevara's home

Fidel and Hugo went on a pilgrimage Saturday to Che's house.


Sierra Leone counts votes as both sides cry foul

Sierra Leone counted votes on Sunday from a tense presidential run-off which went peacefully despite fears of violence, but both sides accused the other of fraud and intimidation.


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


Dell's CEO Rollins evicted from brass box

Dell 2.0 - 'Now shipping with less brain' Comment Dell's siamese twin management experiment has ended with only the brand name baby surviving the surgeon's slice.â¦


"Nobody knows the truth about what happened in  the house...


Struggling to lift a Kalashnikov, a 12-year-old with the Mahdi army militia said he could do anything in battle except fly a helicopter.


Nokia sues over patent and registered designs

Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, this week took legal action against two European manufacturers for allegedly infringing on technology patents and registered designs.


US-led forces swept hotspots in the "triangle of death" today in a push to reclaim rebel enclaves ahead of January polls with more than 200 political groups preparing to take part.


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The UK might be "better off" with fewer - but larger and better-funded - chemistry departments, a leading academic says.


Ukrainians in Canada seek to send 1,500 observers

Canadians of Ukrainian descent asked the Canadian government to fund travel for up to 1,500 observers to Ukraine to monitor a second try at elections, set for December 26.


Vitorino Backs Anti-Gay Catholic to Take his Job

Europeâs outgoing Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs tonight backed anti-gay Italian Rocco Buttiglione to take over the job as planned and not step down because of his personal views.


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Alarmed at a recommendation that antidepressants for children carry a strict new warning label, some parents are not letting their kids take the drugs as


Famed Life magazine photographer Carl Mydans dead at 97

NEW YORK -- Carl Mydans, who photographed 20th Century events from the Great Depression to wars and politics and was a charter member of the Life magazine staff that pioneered magazine photojournalism in the 1930s, has died. He was 97.


US election campaign hits final week too close to call

The US election campaign entered its final week with Republican incumbent George W. Bush and his Democratic rival, John Kerry, struggling to establish a decisive edge among American voters.


Greenspan to join New York hedge fund firm: report

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is set to join hedge-fund firm Paulson & Co. as an adviser, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.


Blair Cuts Short Ethiopia Trip, Heads Home

British Prime Minister Tony Blair left Ethiopia for home late on Thursday, a day ahead of schedule, airport sources in Addis Ababa said.


Plant Feeling 'Mighty' with Strange Sensation

Robert Plant will release his first album for Sanctuary, "Mighty Rearranger," on April 25 in the U.K. North American release plans are not yet finalized, according to a Sanctuary spokesperson.


Big anti-Mafia sweep under way in Italy, U.S.: sources

PALERMO, Sicily  - A large anti-Mafia operation involving arrests in Italy and the United States was under way on Thursday, judicial sources in Sicily said.


Polizia postale perquisisce abitazione a Rieti


Billionaire Investor Retreats From His Stake in G.M.

Kirk Kerkorian said today that he was selling one-quarter of his stake in the automaker, or 14 million shares.


Louvre Buys Austrian Bust for Record $4.8 Million

The Louvre Museum in Paris bought a  bust by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt on Thursday for a  record-setting $4.8 million, roughly 10 times the expected sale  price, Sotheby's said.


Call it the ultimate power walk. Researchers have developed a device that generates electrical power from the swing of a walking person's knee. With each stride the leg accelerates and then decelerates, using energy both for moving and braking.


Leicester City appoint Levein as manager

English second division side Leicester City have appointed former Hearts coach Craig Levein as manager, replacing Micky Adams who resigned earlier this month.


Bits: Microsoftâs Inner Thoughts on Online Ads

You can be sure that Microsoft will use the antitrust arguments it made against Google's recent deal for Doubleclick again to claim that it simply had no choice but to shell out $44.6 billion for Yahoo.


The bill arrived for the Athens Olympics yesterday -- about $11.6 billion, and it might climb higher. The tally announced by the government


Raymond Barre, a tough-speaking former French prime minister and economist who refused to bow to protesters or political alliances, has died, his family said Saturday. He was 83.


Crude Oil Little Changed as US Inventory Gain Expected

Crude oil was little changed in London after falling 12 percent from a record two weeks ago as rising US inventories, steady imports and mild temperatures generated optimism refiners will make enough heating oil for the winter.


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China has executed the former head of its food and drug watchdog for corruption, state media says.


KINGSTON, Jamaica  - Half a million Jamaicans were  urged to leave their homes in low-lying areas on Thursday as  ferocious Hurricane Ivan swept nearer with 150-mph winds after  a deadly charge through the Caribbean.


A nationwide truckers' strike to protest a proposed service tax entered its third day Monday, causing food prices to rise on fears of possible shortages.


In a continuing quest to hit the nail of just what Butoh is today on the head, Japan Society threw another performance into the mix on Thursday night as part of its festival Kazuo Ohno 101: 3-Week Butoh Parade.


Legalized Drug Imports Too Costly and Difficult: Report

Americans would be better off if they increased their use of generic prescription drugs instead of being allowed to buy drugs from other countries, according to a Bush Administration task force report on the feasibility of legalizing drug imports.


NBC Exec Dick Ebersol Survives Jet Crash

NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol and his college-aged son emerged from the fiery wreckage of a corporate jet after it crashed during takeoff and burst into flames, killing two crew members. Rescuers were still searching for Ebersol's younger son, whose seat was missing from the smoldering ruins.


In epochal shift, half humanity to become urban

AMBOSELI, Kenya  - With the world poised to enter an urban age when more people will live in cities than in the countryside, Josiah Tobiko sees no need to move from his cow dung-covered hut in rural Kenya.


Turkish PM urges Iraq to shut Kurdish rebel camps

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called on Baghdad on Friday to shut down camps run by separatist Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and to hand over guerrilla leaders.


Putin rules out talks with Chechen rebels

LONDON: Russian President Vladimir Putin has forcefully ruled out any negotiations with Chechen separatists following the deaths of more than 350 people in a hostage-taking crisis in southern Russia, The Guardian newspaper reported on Tuesday.


Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted failings on the part of Russian Security Services. This, following last week's school hostage crisis in the southern Russian town of Beslan.


US trade deficit widens to second-highest record of $54 bn

NEW YORK, October 15  - The US trade deficit increased to the second-highest record level of $54 billion in August this year, primarily driven by the elevated oil import prices and record imports of Chinese goods.


HP board approves new executive pay policy

The motion for pay tied closer to performance was first brought up at the shareholder meeting in March.


IBM to help establish market for trading weather options

What are the odds of a cold day in hell? Storm Exchange is setting up a market that will let corporations analyze business changes due to fluctuations in weather.


British Bank Shifting 1,000 Jobs to India

Banking group Lloyds TSB said Tuesday it will transfer about 1,000 British jobs to India by the end of next year. The group will transfer jobs in its information technology and group operations departments


Asahi Tec says to buy Metaldyne for $1.2 bln

Japanese auto parts maker Asahi Tec Corp.  (5606.T) said on Friday it will buy U.S. rival Metaldyne Corp.  in a deal totaling $1.2 billion, including debt.


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House Could Vote on Spyware Bill Next Week

The U.S. House of Representatives  will vote as soon as next week on a measure to crack down on  deceptive "spyware" that hides in users' computers and secretly  monitors their activities, key lawmakers said on Wednesday.


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Wind-powered phone-charger coming to market?

Designer guaging interest Gotwind, the organisation behing the wind-powered mobile phone recharger prototypes Orange will be spinning at this weekend's Glastonbury gathering, has said it may put the product into production - if there's a demand for it.â¦


Verizon Wireless Challenges FCC 700-MHz Open-Access Rules in Federal Court

Verizon Wireless challenges the the FCC's proposed open-access rules for the upcoming auction of 700-MHz spectrum. Verizon's petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit calls the FCC regs "arbitrary and capricious."


Pakistan opposition leader  Benazir Bhutto was assassinated by a suicide bomber on  Thursday, plunging the nuclear-armed country into chaos ahead  of a general election she hoped to win.


Only one per buyer at AT&T stores When Apple's iPhone goes on sale tomorrow evening, buyers will only be allowed to take home two of the "revolutionary" mobile telephones, the Mac maker said today. That's twice as many as AT&T, the only carrier offering the iPhone for the immediate future, will allow.â¦


MADRID: A lacklustre Real Madrid lost further ground to Barcelona at the top of the table after they were held to a 0-0 draw at Villarreal in the Spanish Primera Liga yesterday.


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Knee Injury Forces Czech Football Captain to Retire

Czech Republic football captain Pavel Nedved has announced his retirement from international play. The 32-year-old Nedved said his recurrent knee injury does not allow him to compete for both his club and his country.


Toshiba is to replace 340,000 laptop batteries, the third recall of faulty batteries made by Sony since mid-August.


PRISTINA, Serbia  - NATO on Friday asked Kosovo Albanians to give Western powers more time to steer their independence from Serbia through the United Nations, but admitted the project was in trouble.


Delray Envisions Bustling Congress Avenue With Offices, Shops and Condos

By Erika Slife, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 19--DELRAY BEACH -- For drivers motoring down South Congress Avenue, the view is mostly a mishmash of strip malls, industrial complexes and overgrown brush.   For city officials, it's a picture of possibilities.


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Wildlife Department Secures River Property

By Sam Powell, Tulsa World, Okla.  Sep. 24--Many Oklahoma sportsmen have been wondering what the Legacy Permit is designed for and where the new funds are going. They can now see where some of that money went on the popular lower Illinois River.


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Saddam sent out of court again as lawyers boycott

Saddam Hussein lasted two hours in   court on Monday before the judge threw him out of his genocide   trial for the second time in as many sessions, as the former   Iraqi president's lawyers boycotted proceedings.


Virgin to sell digital player to compete with IPod

Virgin Group Ltd., owned by billionaire British entrepreneur Richard Branson, said it will begin selling a portable music player to compete with Apple Computer Inc.


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Challenges Likely As Ohio Certifies Vote

Two major challenges are expected to unfold Monday when Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell certifies the state's final presidential election results, declaring President Bush the winner by about 119,000 votes.


Under fire, Mike Huckabee countered mounting criticism from GOP presidential rivals Thursday by playing the woe-is-me card Â and then hitting back by suggesting they lack substantial agendas of their own.


Jack Straw: let MPs use handhelds, laptops in Commons

Bums-on-benches push could see live TV spamming Backbench MPs struggling with a tide of emails led by former foreign minister Jack Straw are pressing to be allowed to use handheld networked devices and even laptops during Parliamentary debates.â¦


S&P 500, Nasdaq drop 1 percent on rate worries

Stocks fell for a third straight day on Thursday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq sliding 1 percent, after a sharp jump in Treasury debt yields stirred concerns about inflation and higher interest rates.


VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Police were looking for a man who reprogrammed a gas station ATM to give out four times as much money as it should.  Surveillance footage shows a man walking into the gas station at 6:17 p.m. on Aug.


Virus Starts Like a Cold But Can Turn Into a Killer

Infectious-disease expert David N. Gilbert was making rounds at the Providence Portland Medical Center in Oregon in April when he realized that an unusual number of patients, including young, vigorous adults, were being hit by a frightening pneumonia.


A lorry crammed with Hindu pilgrims in western India plunges down a gorge, claiming at least 85 lives.


Youngest Online Chatterers Become Firms' Pet Projects

By David Crow  With adults and teenagers increasingly well catered for by social networking sites, children are the new growth market. But with the danger of online fraudsters and, even more disturbingly, paedophiles, the industry has to move carefully.


SOUTH BEND, Ind.  -- It's easy to understand why Notre Dame is 0-3 for the second time in school history. The Fighting Irish are last in the nation in rushing offense and total offense, are among the worst teams at stopping the run and have nearly twice as many punts as they do points.


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Rugby: South Africa Routs England to Win World Cup

South Africa throttled England to win the Rugby World Cup final, 15-6, at the Stade de France on Saturday night.


LONDON, England -- Two court-appointed lawyers for former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic have asked to be dismissed from his case.


Hitachi, Matsushita Electric Industrial and Toshiba have struck a deal to jointly make displays for flat-screen televisions, starting as early as July 2006, the Japanese companies said Tuesday.


GORDON Bulloch, the Glasgow player, was yesterday named as Scotland captain for the forthcoming autumn internationals. The experienced hooker was included in a squad of 37 players by Matt Williams, the Scotland


A watchdog says all-postal voting should not be used in UK elections. Do you agree with these findings?


Lawyers say Anna Nicole to be buried in Bahamas

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - Lawyers for the parties feuding over the body of former Playboy centerfold Anna Nicole Smith said on Thursday she would be buried in the Bahamas, next to her dead son.


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Exxon Mobil wins the right to appeal against $2.5bn in damages relating to a 1989 Alaskan oil spill.


Region's Highest-Paid Executives Oversaw Mixed Results in 2006

The most highly paid executives in the Washington area oversaw companies with dramatically different track records last year.


Fed says tighter credit hurts real estate and little else

Financial market turbulence has noticeably hurt housing activity across the United States in recent weeks, but has had little effect on other sectors of the economy so far, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday.


Gritty Garcia holds firm for halfway lead in Open golf

Sergio Garcia took a confident step Friday towards winning an elusive first major by holding off the chasing pack to keep his lead at the halfway stage of the British Open.


Bush gets outline of Iraq Study Group report

President Bush was briefed on a bipartisan panel's findings on Iraq on Tuesday but the White House doubted the group's report would provide a "magic bullet" to quickly resolve the Iraq war.


State Health Officials Fault Lack of Federal Action on Waterproofing Sprays

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


Blasts hit Baghdad as deaths hit new high

Nine people were killed in bomb blasts in central Baghdad and mortars rained down on a Sunni neighborhood on Thursday as new figures showed that Iraqi civilians deaths reached a new high in January.


Colombian leader seeks more international support

Colombia, locked in a 40-year war fueled by the drug trade, has made gains in restoring order and economic growth but needs more international help to secure


England captain Jonny Wilkinson is hoping to return to training later this week.


GBW Correspondent Josh Turel breaks down the Wildcats as prior to tonights NIT match up with Michigan. Channing Frye, Ivan Radenovic and Hassan Adams will start up front for the Wildcats.


Sao Paulo - The mother of Brazil's latest super star footballer, Robinho, was freed on Friday by gunmen who kidnapped her five weeks ago.


Filmmakers Who Become Their Own Zombie Movie

In âGeorge A. Romeroâs Diary of the Dead,â we meet the enemy and he is us, with video cameras.


More teachers are becoming victims of cyber-bullying from pupils and parents, new research claims.


Printer industry backs inkjet cartridge standard

Canon and others say they will support a uniform method for determining how many prints you get out of a single ink or toner printer cartridge.


A call for a boycott of this summer's Olympics in Beijing would not serve any purpose, the Olympics minister says.


Sprint, Nextel Reportedly Set Exchange Ratio

Sprint (FON:NYSE - news - research) and Nextel (NXTL:Nasdaq - news - research) have struck a tentative merger agreement, according to news reports.


Five people were found dead in a home, and all appeared to have been shot, police said Saturday. Investigators were talking to a suspect.


US Senate Passes Intelligence Reorganization Bill

The US Senate passed legislation to reorganize the nation's intelligence agencies and create a national director of intelligence to oversee efforts to prevent terrorist attacks.


London stocks close flat as strong Rexam results offset by blue-chips

Leading shares closed broadly unchanged with post-results gains by Rexam offset by a number of blue-chip stocks moving ex-dividend, dealers said.


Report on Iraq Exposes Divide Within G.O.P.

Fissures over Iraq could make it more difficult for Republicans to coalesce on national security policy and avoid a bitter intraparty fight going into 2008.


UN Adopts Resolution Urging Sudan End Darfur Crisis

The Security Council voted 11-0 to adopt the second United Nations resolution in two months that presses the government of Sudan to end the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, where the US said genocide is being committed.


Former DEA agents sue over American Gangster

'Most of the movie is not true' A group of former Drug Enforcement Agency members has filed a class action lawsuit against the makers of American Gangster claiming it's defamatory in its depiction of DEA operatives as "villains".â¦


Supreme Court Halts Va. Inmate's Execution

The Supreme Court stopped the execution of Virginia death row inmate Christopher Scott Emmett yesterday, a move that legal experts said might signal a nationwide halt to lethal injections until the justices decide next year whether the procedure amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.


New Orleans Hotel Offers Hangover Expert

In one of those only-in-New Orleans stories, visitors who put back too many beers and hurricanes in the Big Easy have a remedy to help them shake off that dreaded New Year's hangover: Sara, the Recovery Concierge.


UPDATE 2-Greenspan-Aging US population to strain finances

An aging US population will strain public finances and hurt the economy without swift fixes to the social safety net, such as raising the age for


The winner of a rusted 1957 Plymouth Belvedere that was unearthed last week from a leaky vault in Tulsa died in 1979, and the ownership of the car will pass to his closest living relatives.


Chinese investors outpace Indians, British in Ghana

China has leapfrogged Ghana's traditional trading partners India and Britain to become the West African nation's biggest foreign investor, according to the latest official records.


Seduta sospesa alla Camera a causa della Lega

ROMA. Seduta turbolenta alla Camera dove i deputati leghisti, tra i quali l'onorevole saluzzese Guido Rossi, hanno protestato ancora una volta platealmente contro l'ingresso in Europa della Turchia. I parlamentari


Chechnya warlord claims Beslan school hostage taking

Chechnya's feared warlord Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for the deadly school hostage taking in southern Russia that killed more than 330 people.


The UN Security Council is to vote later on Saturday on a draft resolution aimed at stepping up pressure on Sudan to bring peace to its Darfur region.


Il capitano del Milan e il derby di San Siro: "L'Inter sembra abbia dato una svolta al suo gioco, ma noi abbiamo piÃ¹ certezze. Con Adriano serve la testa". MILANO, 22 ottobre 2003 - "Anche da tifoso, quando


Primo segno piu' dopo due giorni di ribassi


Chinese Buyer of PC Unit Is Moving to I.B.M.'s Hometown

China's largest computer maker, which purchased I.B.M's personal computer business, is moving its headquarters to New York.


Avrebbe segnalato cinque attrici ad Agostino Sacca'


When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping.


Heroism and Defiance in an African Village

To skip Ousmane Sembene's "Moolaade" would be to miss an opportunity to experience the embracing, affirming, world-changing potential of humanist cinema at its finest.


Senate Confirms Rice as Secretary of State

The U.S. Senate confirmed  Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state on Wednesday, sweeping  aside objections from some Democrats that she should be held  accountable for mistakes of the Iraq war.


Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke is the latest Labour figure to warn against party infighting.


Belgians find Canadian jokes about them "less than flattering"

OTTAWA (CP) - The Belgians are less than flattered by all the wisecracks these days about their country from the federal Liberals.


Paper regrets not mentioning reporter involved in question to ...

(CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.) - The publisher of a Tennessee newspaper says the paper should have told its readers that one of its own reporters helped frame a soldier's complaint to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.


Austrians Doubt Schwarzenegger's Memories

Historians criticized Arnold Schwarzenegger for telling the Republican National Convention that he left a "socialist" country when he moved away in 1968, noting that Austria had conservative leaders during the entire time he lived there.


The U.S. economy grew at its fastest rate in four years during the third quarter, the government confirmed on Thursday, but a surge in new claims for jobless benefits showed the labor market is softening.


Mourinho waxes lyrical over Chelsea victory

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho could hardly find enough superlatives to describe his side's 3-0 win at Paris St Germain in their Champions League opener.


Napoli, 16:30 - PALLANUOTO, BUONOCORE: PEREZ MI HA DATO UNA GOMITATA

Fabrizio Buonocore respinge le accuse provenienti della Spagna, secondo cui avrebbe dato un morso al...


Envoy sees no progress yet in N.Korea talks

The top U.S. negotiator in bruising nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea said on Tuesday no progress had been made and urged Pyongyang to come to the table with a realistic offer -- and a festive spirit.


Singer Ashlee Simpson was topic No. 1 on Internet message boards and entertainment blogs after a performance "glitch" on Saturday Night Live.


Mets Hope Park Will Be Pitcher That People Would Pay to See

Chan Ho Park, who is one of nine pitchers competing for three spots in the Metsâ rotation, failed to live up to expectations after signing a big contract with Texas after the 2001 season.


Allies rally to Olmert before war report

A government-commissioned report is expected to criticize Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government over the 2006 Lebanon war on Wednesday but allies said he would not quit and ruled out a snap election.


Lithuanian PM Predicts He Will Lead Next Govt

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas predicted on Sunday he could form a new coalition, shrugging off a challenge from a party some feared could pull the Baltic state away from the European Union.


CORRECTED: Premier quits United Biscuits race with Blackstone

Premier Foods Plc pulled out of a  1.7-billion-pound ($3.2 billion) takeover battle for Britain's  United Biscuits on Thursday, leaving U.S. buyout giant  Blackstone Group as the sole known contender.


Hizbollah rockets hit Israel after commando raid

Hizbollah fired more rockets into Israel   on Wednesday than on any previous day of the 22-day-old war,   killing an Israeli and wounding 123, after helicopter-borne   commandos launched Israel's deepest raid into Lebanon.


At Meeting, Lazard Board Takes No Vote on Offering

The board of Lazard met in Paris but did not vote on a plan by its chief executive, Bruce Wasserstein, to take the firm public.


Spinach isn't just for Popeye.  Barry Bruce thinks we could use it to solve the world's energy problems.


Casey Bramlet will arrive at Redskins training camp next month as an MVP after throwing a World Bowl-record four touchdown passes in a 37-28 victory against the Frankfurt Galaxy.


HIS could be the big one. This could be the Hurricane Ivan of sports, the perfect storm that levels the landscape of a formerly major league.


EUROPA/ITALIA - Al IV Convegno nazionale dei Direttori e Collaboratori dei Centri Missionari Diocesani sarÃ  presentata lÂinchiesta ufficiale sui 50 anni dei ÂFidei DonumÂ in Italia Roma (Agenzia Fides) - ÂEssi partirono e predicarono dappertutto. Per una missione senza confiniÂ. Questo il titolo del IV Convegno Nazionale dei direttori e collaboratori dei Centri missionari diocesani che si svolgerÃ  dal 17 al 20 settembre 2007 a ...


Hamas attack kills Israeli soldier, ends lull in Gaza violence

Egypt has brokered an understanding to halt Israeli-Palestinian violence and move toward a peace accord, the official Egyptian news agency said Tuesday.


San Francisco to Offer Care for Every Uninsured Adult

The initiative, known as Healthy San Francisco and mostly financed by the city, is the first effort by a locality to guarantee care to all of its uninsured.


Some candidate for the director of the FBI, already sweating his confirmation process, is ambushed by a question from the Senate Committee chairman: "What plans will you implement to solve the escalating vampire crisis?


Safina sees off Krajicek in Paris first round

Russian Dinara Safina qualified for the Paris Open second round with a 6-4 7-5 victory over Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands on Monday.


Micron plans to build Chinese plant in 2005, says report

SHANGHAI, China - Micron Technology Inc., the leading US based memory maker, is planning to build a test and assembly facility in China, according to an Associated Press report Monday (Oct. 18), which cited a company executive in Shanghai as its source.


Scandal-ridden Japanese firm Livedoor is selling its financial business - responsible for about 80% of the group's profits.


HP sues ink cartridge maker for unfair competition

Blog: In a second lawsuit, HP's German subsidiary alleges that a Swiss printer supply company is selling new ink cartridges labeled as remanufactured units.


While most runners try to make it through the winter months with distance runs, cross-training and days off, Susannah Kvasnicka hits her training just as hard as she can.


Presidente Salza, sara' presentato tra luglio e settembre


HBOS leaves field clear in battle for Abbey National

BANKING giant HBOS yesterday said it had pulled out of a potential takeover battle for Abbey National. The announcement that it will not be bidding clears the way for Spain's Santander


A statue of Catherine the Great  has sparked a fierce row in the multi-ethnic Ukrainian port of  Odessa, with riot police confronting Cossack demonstrators in  the street after midnight.


Yum Brands engages pest control expert for NY restaurants

- Yum Brands Inc., the operator of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut restaurants, said on Friday that it engaged a pest control expert for urban settings to review standards for its outlets in New York City.


Islamist group executes Italian hostage in Iraq: Al-Jazeera

An Islamist group calling itself the Islamic Army in Iraq has executed Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni after holding him for a week, Arabic-language satellite news channel Al-Jazeera reported.


By nabbing Orbitz in a pricey deal, Henry Silverman's outfit will now go head-to-head against InterActiveCorp in online travel.


Oil Prices Hit $53 a Barrel, Then Stage a Retreat

Over the summer, rising oil prices meant higher gasoline costs for drivers in the United States. This winter, as crude oil touched $53 a barrel today, they will translate into higher heating bills for American households.


Flawed Device Places F.D.A. Under Scrutiny

The F.D.A.'s oversight of a defibrillator may reveal shortcomings in its regulation of medical devices.


Momentum does not appear to play a big role in determining a World Series champion. For every example of a team that seemed to feed off its recent success, there is a counterexample.


Singh on course of winning his fifth title of the season

World number one Vijay Singh remained on track for his fifth win in six starts when he shot a four-under-par 68 in the second round of the 4.2 million US dollars Pennsylvania Classic at Farmington on Friday.


News.com Extra: Scary steel cyberpunk sculptures

Also: Crippled spy satellite threatens Earth. See what people are saying on News.com Extra.


Pope Celebrates Mass for Tsunami Victims

Pope John Paul II celebrated a special Mass early Saturday in his private chapel for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunamis and later publicly praised the outpouring of aid for the stricken populations as a sign of hope for 2005.


Iran says to discuss Iraq "terrorist groups" with U.S.

Iran said on Sunday it wanted to discuss the activities of "terrorist groups" when it next holds talks with the United States about boosting security in Iraq.


Takenaka to Oversee Breakup and Sale of Japan Post

Heizo Takenaka, who led efforts to cut bad loans at Japanese banks, will oversee the breakup and sale of Japan Post, the world's biggest savings bank, seeking to spur the economy by unlocking $3.


US and Iraqi forces launched an offensive in Mosul last night as US forces battled pockets of resistance in Fallujah and clashes that spread northeast of Baghdad killed more than 50 people.


Garden Club Cookbook Tributes Mature Women

FREDERICK, Md. - A garden club took a page from the "Calendar Girls" to produce a cookbook containing nearly nude photos of eight members, ages 55 to 70.


Organizzazioni chiedono meta' risanamento e meta' sviluppo


Social-networking site Facebook is ramping up efforts on a major new advertising plan that would let marketers tailor ads for the millions of Facebook customers who provide a mountain of information about themselves on the site, according to major advertisers and analysts briefed on the system.


Formula One star Hamilton banned for speeding

Formula One star Lewis Hamilton has been banned from driving in France for speeding, a French police spokesman confirmed on Tuesday.


The earnings of FTSE 100 bosses have doubled in five years to an average of Â£3m, a study shows.


Paul Otellini surprises a few reporters when he clams up over Microsoft's operating system.


L'incidente durante una gara notturna alla Sei giorni di GandAveva 31 anni, sposato da poco, era in seconda posizione nel torneo                                            Ciclismo, tragedia in pista cade e muore lo spagnolo Galvez


Canada May Sue MoD over Stricken Submarine

Canadaâs defence minister today said he could not rule out suing the British government over the purchase of four second-hand submarines.


Giocava nel cortile della nonna nel capoluogo friulanoazzannato al collo dal cane da difesa Rottweiler della zia                                                  Udine, un bambino di tre anni sbranato in casa da un Rottweiler


Sun discover that the sky's the limit for Chicago

UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Candice Dupree and the Chicago Sky, last year's league doormats, are thinking about this season's playoffs.


'Ecstasy' May Hold Therapeutic Potential

Illegal psychedelic drugs, long disparaged as medically useless, are increasingly being studied as effective treatments for anxiety and other emotional disorders.


MySpace and Skype to Announce Partnership

In November, MySpace will add the Internet telephone serviceâs features to its instant messenger software, which will allow users to make free calls from their computers.


Londra, 12:54 - F1, STAMPA INGLESE: MEGA-OFFERTA MCLAREN A BRAWN

La McLaren avrebbe offerto 2,5 milioni all'ex direttore tecnico della Ferrari, Ross Brawn. Secondo i...


Golf Golf Channel suspended anchor Kelly Tilghman for two weeks yesterday for saying last week that young players who wanted to challenge Tiger Woods should "lynch him in a back alley." Tilghman was laughing during the exchange Friday with analyst Nick Faldo at the Mercedes-Benz Championship in Honolulu, and Woods's agent at IMG, Mark Steinberg, said he didn't think there ...


Time Warner said today it is establishing a $500 million legal reserve stemming from the on-going federal probes of its America Online unit and plans to restate the accounting for its stake


A BBC radio presenter is acquitted of two assault charges but is still being tried for raping a man.


Allo studio norme a maggiore tutela della concorrenza


New Fight Over Controlling Punishments Is Widely Seen

Some experts predicted that the Supreme Court decision on sentencing guidelines would renew a struggle between Congress and the judiciary.


Vanunu was bundled into an unmarked car at the Jerusalem church where he has lived since he left jail in April, witnesses said on Thursday.


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Yahoo! follows Google on Mobile Services

Google SMS started serving search results to mobile users in the US just a few days back. Now Yahoo! follows it with even more comprehensive feature set.


Ichiro Suzuki had three hits off Roger Clemens to equal another record, Felix Hernandez pitched seven sharp innings, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Yankees, 7-1, in New York yesterday.


China's PM says the country's rapid development must not come at the expense of social justice.


RBC, 29.10.2004, Moscow 09:47:45.The lower house of Russian parliament will debate a presidential bill on new procedures of electing regional governors at its plenary session today.


Attese per una rapida chiusura della cessione di Olimpia


Germany expresses shame as Europe begins Auschwitz commemorations

Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder expressed Germany's shame for the Holocaust, as Europe started commemorating the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp.


A jury hears how a husband arranged for his wife to be murdered by his secret S&M lover, who stabbed her 16 times.


Kerry Links Iraq War, U.S. Economic Woes

WASHINGTON - Democrat John Kerry sought to link the Iraq war to U.S. economic woes on Wednesday, calling President Bush's move against Baghdad a "catastrophic choice" that so far has drained $200 billion in needed resources at home...


Paris Hilton Reunited with Pet Chihuahua in L.A.

Celebrity socialite and reality TV  star Paris Hilton was reunited on Thursday with her pet  Chihuahua, Tinkerbell, one week after the pampered pooch went  missing, Hilton's spokeswoman said.


BOSTON - In the 1970s, rape crisis counselors celebrated when states began to pass laws designed to stop lawyers from discrediting victims with salacious details about their sex lives.    But three decades later, after all 50 states approved such rape shield laws, the Kobe Bryant case has shown that even those protections are not enough to prevent the most intimate details of an alleged victim's life from becoming public and sometimes even fair game for prosecutors...


Morgan Stanley sees $3.7 billion subprime hit

Morgan Stanley  on Wednesday said it has suffered a $3.7 billion loss stemming from its U.S. subprime mortgage exposure, which it expects will reduce fourth-quarter earnings by about $2.5 billion.


Presidente di Confindustria replica a commento del premier


XL, fumetti self service il meglio del mese

Dagli X-Men deluxe a Grenuord e I misteri di Vallenberg con Diabolik. La rassegna dedicata alle novità degli ultimi 30 giorni. E tu quale preferisci?


Fierce gunfire erupts in Najaf after mortar fire

NAJAF: A fierce gunbattle erupted between US troops and radical Shi'ite militants near Najaf's holy shrine this morning, a Reuters witness said.


More people are online and more people are using cutting-edge technologies but the talk around the devices


Cards Secure World Series Clash with Red Sox

Scott Rolen belted a two-run,  tie-breaking homer off Roger Clemens in the sixth inning to  give St Louis a 5-2 victory over the Houston Astros at Busch  Stadium Thursday, earning the Cardinals a World Series berth.


Franco-Syrian relations at a breaking point

BEIRUT: The UN announcement urging Syria to comply with Resolution 1559 is a further blow to Franco-Syrian relations, which have been rapidly deteriorating since the controversial extension of Lebanese President Emile Lahoud's term.


Democrats Force Debate on Ohio Election Problems

The traditionally routine ritual of certifying presidential election results turned into a tart partisan protest.


Bush Names Ex-Police Chief to Top Security Post

President Bush today nominated Bernard B. Kerik, the street-savvy former New York City police commissioner, to replace Tom Ridge as secretary of homeland security.


US planes pound Fallujah as talks break down

FALLUJAH, Iraq -- The US military intensified its air raids Thursday against suspected hideouts of Iraq's most wanted man Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, while efforts to mediate a truce between the government and rebels collapsed.


Bill Aimed to Curb AG Hits Snag: The Measure Would Limit the Attorney General's Power to Sue the Poultry Industry.

By Mick Hinton, Tulsa World, Okla.  Feb. 13--OKLAHOMA CITY -- A bill that would curb the power of the attorney general to sue poultry companies was stalled in a House subcommittee on Monday.   Rep.


TO police seek man who fled school shooting

Toronto-area police are looking for a man who fled the scene after a woman was shot in the head at a high school in the city's northwest suburb of Brampton.


Manchester United has received a new bid approach from Malcolm Glazer, boosting its shares, but the world's richest soccer club says it will only talk to the US financier if he makes a firm offer.


Donations Pooled Online Are Getting Candidates' Attention

In a political fundraising world traditionally dominated by lobbyists and wealthy business executives, small-dollar donor Hrishi Karthikeyan found a way to make his own splash, right from his desk.


Arafat doctors say he doesn't have cancer

RAMALLAH, West Bank Yasser Arafat's doctors have been looking over the results of his blood tests and they're ruling out cancer.


A fire at a hotel in China's Zhejiang province leaves 11 people dead and four more injured.


Hundreds of tourists fled vacation homes and hotels Thursday when a forest fire swept across the island of Skiathos as hot, dry conditions persisted across Greece, authorities said.


Sharp boosts blue-laser diode production

Blu-ray, HD DVD component dearth coming to an end? Sharp has begun mass-producing blue-laser diodes, a move that may help alleviate the current dearth of this critical component for Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD drives.â¦


Infrastrutture sono priorita', stop a stagione degli annunci


Courtney Love sued by rehab center over fees

Rock star Courtney Love is being sued by a luxury Southern California rehab center that says she has not paid a $180,000 bill for drug and alcohol treatment in 2005, court document show.


FTSE 100 switchboards confused by data protection

Er, excuse me. Data what? The UK's biggest companies still struggle to deal with basic data protection enquiries, according to a survey of responses.â¦


L'americana di origine iraniana Anousheh Ansari ha spesooltre 25 milioni di dollari. RitornerÃ  a Terra tra dieci giorni                                                  La navicella Soyuz Ã¨ in orbita con la prima turista donna                                                                                "Vorrei prendere coscienza della fragilitÃ  del pianetae della nostra responsabilitÃ  nei suoi confronti"


Health Fund Falls Well Short of Pledge Goal

Donors pledged $9.7 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria at a fund-raising conference in Berlin, well short of the $15 billion to $18 billion the fund had hoped to raise.


Real Madrid tell BBC Sport they have no immediate plans to replace stand-in coach Mariano Garcia Remon.


'Il sistema politico ha bisogno di semplificarsi'


Torino, 12:22 - CALCIO, JUVENTUS: ACQUISTATO IAQUINTA

Ora è ufficiale: la Juventus comunica che oggi ha "perfezionato l'accordo con l'Udinese Calci...


Online Satirists Pull No Punches on Election

Some are born to rule, others to ridicule is a worthy reminder to U.S presidential hopefuls struck by an endless arsenal of satirical barbs on the Web.


Police should only be allowed to keep the DNA of people convicted of a crime, a group of experts say.


India needs to take hard decisions, shun populism: PM

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday his three-month-old government will give top priority to tackling inflation and that "hard decisions" will have to be taken, eschewing "competitive populism".


Internet video shows Bigley beheading, amid reports of escape

LONDON, Oct 10  - A grisly video showing British hostage Kenneth Bigley being beheaded appeared on the Internet Sunday, amid reports that the slain engineer made a brief break for freedom, possibly with the help of British intelligence services.


US TV's two top late-night talk shows become the first casualties of the writers' strike.


No. 7 North Carolina Routs Lipscomb 91-45

Freshman Erlana Larkins matched her career high with 22 points and had 10 rebounds for her first collegiate double-double in No. 7 North Carolina's 91-45 win Tuesday over Lipscomb.


Bergamo, 23:14 - VOLLEY DONNE, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: VINCE BERGAMO

Seconda gara e seconda vittoria per la Play Radio Foppapedretti Bergamo nel gruppo D della Indesit E...


'Meglio di quanto Bruxelles ci chiede di fare'


Sonos upgrades software, adds Napster, launches ZoneBridge accessory

A combination of new software and hardware offerings further enhances the Sonos Digital Music System.


Mol scende dell'1,7% a 256,7 mln,risultato operativo stabile


Iran to privatize $90 bln of energy assets: report

Iran plans to privatize 47 firms in its energy sector worth $90 billion and set up a holding company for these assets which it will list on four international exchanges, a National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) executive said.


Rocker Marilyn Manson said he almost worked with rapper Eminem but the song was too "over-the-top" for him to associate with.


âWalk Hard: The Dewey Cox Storyâ has a good beat and you can dance to it, though mostly youâll probably just tap your foot.


UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Thursday congratulated King Norodom Sihamoni for his election as Cambodia's new king and head of state.


Novell to defend open-source software with patents

OCTOBER 13, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Novell Inc. is prepared to use its portfolio of software patents to protect its open-source software products against lawsuits, the company said in a statement posted


China yuan rise to spur domestic growth: U.S. Treasury

More flexibility in China's yuan  currency exchange rate will not restrain the country's economic  growth and cause deflation, but instead will help China  rebalance its economy towards domestic consumption, a top U.S.  Treasury official said.


Crawford, US sweep up in 200: Trio triumphs to Greeksâ dismay

For the three American runners, getting last night's 200-meter final started was somewhat awkward and tense. But the finish was a thing of beauty -- as Shawn Crawford, Bernard Williams


Chinese experts warn of Three Gorges Dam 'catastrophe'

China's giant Three Gorges Dam project could lead to an ecological "catastrophe", Chinese experts warned in comments published Wednesday.


Living in Fear and Paying a High Cost in Heart Risk

Can worrying about terrorism be just as bad for your health as terrorism itself?


Federal prosecutors contend that a celebrity pathologist used public resources while working as Allegheny County medical examiner and coroner to further his multimillion-dollar private practice.


Madrid, 19:27 - CALCIO, ATLETICO MADRID: POTREBBE ARRIVARE REYES

Nonostante sia stato il protagonista della rimonta sul Maiorca, che ha permesso al Real Madrid di vi...


B.J. Surhoff hit a grand slam, and the Baltimore Orioles capitalized on the third straight poor start by a Boston pitcher to beat the Red Sox 9-6 on Monday night.


Americans are torn by debate these   days in Washington over how to treat terrorism suspects. They   feel the United States should set a good example and not   torture. But what if it will save lives?


British PM calls for radical world reforms to reflect rise of Asia

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called Monday for the radical reform of world institutions to help meet the new challenges of the 21st century, in particular the rise of India and China.


Progress, no resolution on Tokyo beef ban

Trade talks on lifting the Japanese ban on US beef ended in Tokyo Saturday with some progress and pledges to talk again. A source close to the talks said the two sides reached


NATIONAL EARNINGS Rapid growth propels Comcast

NEW YORK - Comcast, the largest US cable operator, posted a third-quarter profit Wednesday on better-than-expected gains in high-speed Internet customers and raised its full-year outlook for subscriber growth.


Palermo, 18:19 - CALCIO, FOSCHI SU CASO KUZMANOVIC: UNA VIGLIACCATA TREMENDA

Nella polemica a distanza tra il presidente del Palermo maurizio Zamparini ed il ds della Fiorentina...


Tsunami Child 'Baby 81,' Parents Reunited

The 4-month-old boy nicknamed "Baby 81," who was swept from his mother's arms in the Indian Ocean's tsunami, was handed over to his parents Wednesday following an eight-week long custody battle.


Many schools are shut as thousands of South African public sector workers go on strike for higher wages.


CDC chief says flu season off to a slow start

ATLANTA The head of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention says there's actually been a little good news this flu season.


Roma, 17:28 - MOTO, CAMEL LASCIA LA YAMAHA

Si dividono le strade di Camel e Yamaha. Lo sponsor, marchio della Jti international, lascia la scud...


The United States said on Friday it was   consulting European governments about possible sanctions   against Iran for intransigence over its nuclear program, but   the EU signaled it wanted to see more dialogue with Tehran.


Prosecutor Says He'll Show Ex-Officer Lied

A former undercover agent who sent dozens of blacks to prison on bogus drug charges refused to admit he stole gas while working as a sheriff's deputy, despite records to the contrary and an eyewitness to the theft, a county attorney testified Tuesday.


Tropical Storm Debby formed off the coast of Cape Verde in the eastern Atlantic Tuesday, forecasters said.


Nokia acquires open-source firm Trolltech

Trolltech's open-source programming component and tools should help ease Nokia's cross-platform development difficulties, the Finnish mobile phone maker says.


Anthony leads late charge as Nuggets shoot down Hawks

Carmelo Anthony scored 26 points to help the Denver Nuggets pull away in the fourth quarter and beat the Hawks 100-87 for a rare win in Atlanta on Tuesday.


Van Wyk Aims to Transform Red Hat for Future Growth

Red Hat is in a pivotal phase of reinventing itself as a broader open-source software provider and a long-term technology leader a la Microsoft and Oracle.


Matthew Short de Panfilis, 18 anni, Ã¨ stato rapito davanti a casaAttivata l'ambasciata. Per il rilascio si prevedono tempi lunghi                                            Venezuela, blitz di uomini armati sequestrato un giovane italiano


NEW LEADER: At his inaguration, Mahmoud Abbas urged an immediate cease-fire and said he was extending his hand in peace to Israel.


MALAGA, Spain -- Italian Alessandro Petacchi scooped his fourth stage victory of this year's Tour of Spain on Friday, edging out Germany's Erik Zabel at the end of stage 13, a 172.


Japanese officials say a decapitated body found in Baghdad wrapped in an American flag is that of a Japanese man kidnapped by Islamic militants.


The European Commission fines Spain's Telefonica for stifling competition in the broadband market.


U.S. airline industry lags nation on recycling

U.S. airlines and airports send more of their trash to the dump than the country as a whole, losing the chance to save emissions through recycling, according to an environmental group's report.


The Claim: Calories From Alcohol Go to Your Midsection

But do calories from alcohol congregate at the midsection at a greater rate than others?


The Sudanese government is allowing Janjaweed militia to run 16 camps in Darfur, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said Friday.


Startup software maker Netbooks takes on Intuit

Privately held NetBooks Inc started  selling a line of computer programs designed to help run small  businesses on Wednesday, taking on QuickBooks provider Intuit  Inc  and NetSuite Inc, which has filed to go public.


ASIA/TAIWAN - Circa 6.800 studenti del primo anno di studi allÂapertura del nuovo anno accademico dellÂUniversitÃ  Cattolica Fu Ren presieduta da Mons. Cheng Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - Dopo un lungo periodo di riposo, i 6.800 studenti iscritti al primo anno presso lÂUniversitÃ  Cattolica Fu Ren hanno partecipato il 15 settembre dellÂapertura del nuovo anno accademico presieduta dal Gran Cancelliere dellÂUni...


IPod Music Player Winning Over Japan Fans

When Sony Corp. President Kunitake Ando showed off the new Walkman meant to counter the assault by Apple's iPod portable music player, he held the prized gadget at the gala event upside down.


Amid Romney's hopes and Huckabee's surge, he's the forgotten conservative in Iowa's race. But as he embarks 15-day campaign blitz, the former Tennessee senator remains optimistic


Saudi Police Kill Militant in Riyadh Shootout

Saudi police killed one militant and injured another in a shootout in the capital Riyadh, security sources said on Tuesday. They said a civilian working at a gas station nearby was also


In the largest political rally of his campaign, President Bush was greeted by nearly 50,000 cheering supporters Monday afternoon at the Voice of America Park in West Chester Township.


Dutch Cabinet to resign over Somali's case

The Dutch prime minister said Thursday his government will resign after his coalition split over the citizenship case of a Somali-born lawmaker. Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said he will tender his resignation to Queen Beatrix on Friday, signaling the collapse of three-year-old government and likely early elections.


Global stocks jangled by US recession fears

European equities faced another turbulent day on Wednesday after another major sell-off on Wall Street and the Asian markets that was sparked by growing fears of a US recession, dealers said.


Victims of Argentine school shooting mourned

Hundreds of mourners marched in a funeral procession Wednesday for two teenage victims of Argentina's worst school shooting on record, a day after a fellow student's classroom rampage.


Apple may face lawsuit over iPod Touch moniker

InfoWorld - High Tech Computer (HTC) celebrated its 10th anniversary on Thursday with a rare compliment from Apple: the company adopted the same name HTC uses on one of its smartphones for the iPod Touch.


Ceremonies are held in Nanjing to mark 70 years since a massacre in which hundreds of thousands of Chinese died.


Former U.N. secretary-general Kurt Waldheim dies

Kurt Waldheim, former United Nations secretary-general and Austrian president, died on Thursday aged 88 after a short but severe illness, the Austrian presidency and a family spokesman said.


Should Killing Be Merely a Mouse Click Away?

Technology that enables people to stalk online and kill real prey has alarmed hunters and lawmakers intent on blocking the practice.


Il 2 luglio presentati a Livorno due nuovi modelli


It's time to "fall back" to standard time for most of the Mainland, but not for Hawai'i residents. Daylight-saving time ended in the wee hours of the morning today, although it doesn't directly affect Hawai


James Poniewozik reviews Jericho, the CBS apocalyptic drama that tries to win viewers by blowing up a lot of them


Taming the Guzzlers That Power the World Wide Web

As energy consumption by data centers climbs, energy efficiency becomes a priority.


Berlusconi, Musharraf say no to increase in UN Security Council members

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf firmly opposed any expansion in the number of permanent members on the United Nations Security Council in talks.


Bogotà, 20:35 - CALCIO, MARADONA IN COLOMBIA PER RIMETTERE DENTI A NUOVO

Diego Armando Maradona è volato a Bogotà, in Colombia, per recuperare un sorriso splen...


A Greek police force faced what The Associated Press called its "first test" since undergoing intensive training for this past summer's Olympics when two armed men seized a bus full of passengers Wednesday in the country's fifth such hijacking since 1999.


Londra, 10:59 - CALCIO, BECKHAM, 100 MLN DI DOLLARI PER GIOCARE A NEW YORK

Secondo il magazine britannico "The People" David Beckham è pronto per diventare la star del ...


One football season with instant replay convinced Big Ten officials it needs to be permanent instead of experimental. Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said Thursday the league will ask the


In seguito al ritrovamento di un pacco sospetto


Africa Needs a Million More Health Care Workers, Report Says

Africa needs to nearly triple the number of its health workers if it is to reverse plummeting life expectancies and combat pandemics of disease, a research group of more than 100 scholars and experts said in a report released today.


EU ministers meet with time tight to finalise reform treaty

European Union foreign ministers gather Friday to assess whether the EU's new treaty of reforms can be finalised on time next month amid fears that Poland could block an agreement.


Five people were killed and 17 injured when a suicide attacker blew himself up aboard a minibus bound for a polling station in central Iraq, a Polish military spokesman said Sunday.


For women vets, a battle along with a war

Today's female veterans are poised to challenge perceptions over how women serve in the military.


Sport: Venus Williams beats Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-4 .


By The Philadelphia Inquirer  Feb. 6--More than three years ago, Mayor Street endorsed moving ahead on the long-delayed promise of a citizen-run cable television station for Philadelphia -- still the largest American city without a TV outlet for amateur programming.


Libya says to sign nuclear power deal with U.S.

The United States will help Libya generate nuclear electricity, the North African country said on Monday, in an announcement appearing to herald a further improvement in ties with the West.


UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called today for the swift release of Burma's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, whose house arrest has been extended for another year by the country's military junta.


ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY A father of a victim of Sunday's quake-triggered tidal wave cries before a mass burial in Tamil Tiger rebel-held Mullativu, eastern Sri Lanka, December 28, 2004.


Sorpresa del vicepremier per la mossa Veltroni-Franceschini"Con rispetto ma mi chiedo se siamo forse impazziti"                                          Presidenzialismo, stop di D'Alema  "Che confusione, salta tutto"                                                                                di MASSIMO GIANNINI


Alabama schedules first execution in 4 months

Alabama is set to breach an unofficial U.S. moratorium on executions on Thursday by putting to death by lethal injection a convicted rapist and murderer.


British government officials probably do not, on balance, have more extramarital affairs than government officials in other countries; it only seems that way.


NEW YORK  - Red meats and processed meats  such as hot dogs appear to increase the risk of diabetes, as  does a heavily "Western" diet, according to new research  released Monday.


Kin of 9/11 Victims Rally at Ground Zero

Relatives of some of the World Trade Center victims rallied at ground zero Wednesday to urge the city to remove the ashen remains of their loved ones from a landfill where debris was sorted after the terrorist attack.


People: Javier Bardem, Robert DeNiro, Madonna

Mike Leigh's "Vera Drake," a film about a housewife in 1950s England who secretly performs abortions, won the Golden Lion for best picture at the end of the Venice Film Festival.


Londra, 23:20 - Calcio, Inghilterra: successi di Blackburn e Crystal Palace

Successi di Blackburn e Crystal Palace negli incontri della 22/a giornata di premier league. I 'Rove...


Greg Oden took long strides walking up the tunnel out of Crisler Arena, and onto a warm bus. The freshman star hopes to help No. 1 Ohio State take bigger steps this month in the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments.


Milano, 19:04 - CALCIO, INTER; ADRIANO NON CONVOCATO PER LA IL VALENCIA

Niente da fare per Adriano nella gara di domani al mestalla con il Valencia. L'attaccante dell'Inter...


EU regulators said they were opening an investigation into whether proposed tax breaks for the French video games industry constituted legal support for "genuine cultural projects."


The Saturday Profile: Recovering Diplomat Finds Work as Envoy of the Voiceless

Carne Ross, a diplomat who resigned from Britainâs foreign service, founded the Independent Diplomat to help marginalized countries gain access to international decision makers and policy forums.


Federal regulators shut down a phony Internet bank claiming to be located in the tiny Colorado town of Bedrock - population 10 - near the Utah state line.    Through its Web site, the First National Bank of Bedrock offered deposit accounts, investments, debit cards and credit cards, according to the federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency...


Her parents, who raised three children on the family farm, now can barely get by because they have no prescription coverage on Medicare.


Dramma familiare ieri sera a Cesate, nell'hinterland milaneseLa donna, 66 anni, colpita piÃ¹ volte da un tubo di ferro                                            Donna uccisa a sprangate in casa Fermato il figlio tossicodipendente


Bush administration meets resistance observers call high even by normally contentious standards.


Black pupils are three times more likely to be excluded because of "systematic racial discrimination", a report says.


Australian detainee enters not-guilty plea

A former Australian cowboy accused of attending an al-Qaida training camp and fighting alongside the Taliban pleaded not guilty to all charges in a makeshift military courtroom yesterday.


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London equities bounced back in opening trade on Monday, with parts of the market looking undervalued after the steep sell-off toward the end of the previous session.


A lungo Ã¨ stato il mezzo piÃ¹ economico per moltiplicare un testoOra si fabbrica solo in Messico, ma su eBay vanno all'asta quelle degli anni '60                                          Per 200 anni ha copiato la storia la carta carbone va in pensione                                                                                Rimpiazzata dalle tecnologie, oggi Ã¨ un oggetto di culto di MICHELE SMARGIASSI


Sony breaks out 'mass market' Blu-ray players

HD for all IFA 07 High-definition at home is the big theme at the IFA consumer electronics show this year with a myriad of media players and a titanic turnout of new TVs. Not to be left out, Sony announced two new Blu-ray Disc players: the BDP-S300 and the BDP-S500.â¦


Under Pressure, Anti-Corruption Official in Nigeria Steps Down

JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 4 -- Nigerian anti-corruption official Nuhu Ribadu agreed late Thursday to demands that he relinquish his post to take a training course, but he left open the possibility of returning later in the year.


UN warns disease could double number of people killed by Asian ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (CP) - Desperate refugees foraged for coconuts or looted food on Indonesia's battered Sumatra island Tuesday, as the number killed in a mammoth earthquake and tsunami soared above 52,000 and tens of thousands still were missing.


A 6.0 earthquake rocked central California Tuesday, and it was felt by people all the way from Santa Ana to Sacramento. The quake struck about 10:15am, nine miles south of Parkfield in Monterey County -- the heart of California's earthquake country.


Western powers meet in London on Monday to discuss tightening U.N. sanctions on Iran amid a flurry of tough and sometimes colorful talk between Washington and Tehran over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.


Greenspan sees dramatic drop in Chinese stocks

Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Wednesday he feared a "dramatic contraction" in Chinese stocks but said the global economy may be able to shrug off a drop in asset prices.


Still around and not standing still. In the late 1990âs Sybase, like Informix, seemed to be on its way out. While other failing database companies (such as Informix) ended up being acquired, Sybase kept control of its own destiny. This meant overhauling its product portfolio, decoupling its mobile database (SQL Anywhere) and going on the acquisition trail.â¦


An anti-discrimination group is warning parents about a "white power" music label that is using bulk mailing lists to send racist CDs to teenagers across the country.


Security over privacy 'becoming a mantra' Europe's data protection chief has warned Portuguese ministers that fundamental rights to freedom are being abused in the name of security. Portugal takes over the rotating EU Presidency on 1st July.â¦


Governor Bredesen today pulled the plug on TennCare -- the expanded Medicaid program that covers 1.3 million residents. Calling TennCare "a noble and worthwhile initiative," Bredesen


Green might be in for marketers, but does it go any further than that?


KIEV -- A senior legislator called yesterday for Ukraine's prosecutor general to investigate alleged sales of nuclear-capable cruise missiles to Iran and China in violation of international nonproliferation treaties.


Rossella presidente, Giampaolo Letta confermato vice


New Century stops lending as lenders pull credit

New Century Financial Corp. , whose shares fell 25 percent on Thursday amid speculation it would seek bankruptcy protection, said it had received $265 million in financing, but was not accepting loan applications after some lenders blocked its credit lines.


Baghdad curfew ends; U.S. soldier dies in accident

Iraqi and U.S. troops fanned out across the volatile Iraqi capital of Baghdad, enforcing a tough curfew until early Sunday in a tightly packed city living with daily insurgent strikes and Shiite-Sunni sectarian killings.


Napoli, 13:19 - CALCIO, AZZURRI: AMBROSINI LASCIA IL RITIRO

Massimo Ambrosini lascia il ritiro della nazionale. Il centrocampista del Milan è stato sotto...


Springtime's for Hitler, not, apparently, Nicole Kidman.


Spanish airline Iberia is watching airline restructuring in Latin America closely with a view to strengthening its position there, while it has ruled out a greater focus on Asian markets.


Pilgrims flee Iraqi city as gunbattles rage

KERBALA, Iraq  - Police ordered hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to leave the Iraqi city of Kerbala on Tuesday after fierce gunbattles erupted between security forces and gunmen near two of Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrines.


Mexico court decision backs Calderon victory

Conservative ruling party candidate   Felipe Calderon won Mexico's ferociously contested July 2   presidential election, the country's top electoral court said   in a preliminary ruling on Tuesday.


China's SAIC set to control MG Rover venture

Chinese carmaker SAIC is set to control a crucial joint venture with MG Rover under terms of a cooperation deal expected to win approval from Beijing early next year, MG Rover says.


Capitale irachena, ucciso giornalista, trovati 21 cadaveri


who quit as Home Secretary on Wednesday evening â-fter next Mayâs General Election. Sources say he could return as


MOSUL, Iraq  - An attack on a tented dining hall  at a U.S. military base killed 24 people and wounded about 60  in the Iraqi city of Mosul on Tuesday in one of the deadliest  attacks on U.S. forces since they invaded Iraq last year.


Iraqi security forces detained an aide to the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq in a raid early Thursday at a gas station south of Baghdad, state-run television and a security official said.


In programma musiche operistiche di Rossini, Verdi e Puccini


James Brown's possessions will be appraised and auctioned, in part to pay taxes his estate owes, court-appointed trustees said Wednesday.


Swedes Ponder Whether Killer Can Be a Doctor

A prestigious medical school was tipped off that one of its students had been a Nazi sympathizer, released on parole after being convicted in 2000 of a murder.


Film producers seek to accommodate Lohan's rehab

Producers of Lindsay Lohan's next movie said on Wednesday they would accommodate the young actress by rearranging their shooting schedule to film her part once she completes her latest stint in rehab.


Despite having left the door open to the possibility of allowing the importation of drugs, yesterday the Bush administration reinforced its opposition to importation of prescription drugs from Canada and other countries.


Some South African coal mines resume production but gold mines remain closed because of power cuts.


Apple ironizza sul nuovo sistema e boss MS non ci sta


Powers seek elusive deal on tougher Iran sanctions

The world's major powers will try Tuesday to overcome differences over imposing more sanctions on Iran and to keep up pressure on the Tehran leadership to curb its nuclear program.


Hollywood writers press talks with small producers

Striking Hollywood writers have opened preliminary contract talks with small, independent producers willing to break from major studios with whom the writers are deadlocked, their union leaders said on Wednesday.


Universita': proteste in varie citta' contro la riforma Moratti

ROMA - Proteste nelle universita' di mezza Italia. Bloccati 23 atenei dalla Emilia Romagna alla Basilicata in polemica con la riforma Moratti. Le lezioni sono state bloccate, solo alla Sapienza di Roma sono ferme 11 facolta'.


Some thoughts on the first Bush-Kerry debate

I'm not really surprised by John Kerry's performance at this season's first presidential debate on September 30. Former governor Bill Weld, who attempted to oust Kerry from his Senate


The father of Moazzam Begg, detained at Guantanamo Bay for three years, expects to see him back in the UK on Tuesday.


Dr. Lee Jong-wook, who led the U.N. health agency's battles against SARS and bird flu, died Monday following surgery for a blood clot in the brain. He was 61.


Oracle CEO: Centralizing data took 5 years

Oracle's recently completed consolidation to a single, global system for enterprise data took five years, Oracle Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison told OpenWorld attendees Wednesday during his keynote address at Oracle's user conference being held in San Francisco.


Stasera sara' allestita la camera ardente a Ferentino


House backs Iran condition on India deal

The U.S. House of Representatives on  Tuesday backed a proposal requiring India to actively cooperate  in restraining Iran's nuclear programs as a condition of  nuclear cooperation with the United States.


Explosion targets aide to Kosovo deputy PM

PRISTINA, Serbia  - An explosion damaged the home of an adviser to Kosovo's deputy prime minister late on Wednesday, the second attack on his aides in under a month.


U.S. appoints envoy to counter Kurdish rebel threat

The United States has appointed a  former NATO commander as special envoy to help Turkey and Iraq  fight Kurdish rebels along their border and in northern Iraq,  the State Department said on Tuesday.


More than 30 killed in blast at Pakistan mosque

More than 30 people were killed on Friday in a suspected suicide bombing at a mosque in northwest Pakistan, where a former interior minister was offering Muslim Eid festival prayers, police said.


MayDay! MayDay! Ruskies reinvent cyber crime

Not your father's botnet Researchers have unearthed two previously undetected botnets that exhibit sophisticated new capabilities that could significantly advance the dark art of cyber crime.â¦


Blind Chinese activist beaten, wife says

A blind Chinese activist jailed after he documented cases of forced abortions was beaten by other prisoners, who also held him down and shaved his head, his wife said Friday.


Health Tip: Helping Your Child Through Puberty

(HealthDay News) -- In girls, puberty typically happens somewhere around age 11; for boys, somewhere around age 12. Puberty causes various hormonal changes in youngsters that can be difficult for them to deal with.


Villarreal's Senna suspended for 60 days

Villarreal's Brazilian midfielder Marcos Senna has been suspended for 60 days and fined 10,000 Swiss Francs by UEFA after testing positive for two banned substances, the Primera Liga club said on Thursday.


Like a shot from a Gatlin gun American takes fastest race at 9.85 ...

Athens -- A hush settled over Olympic Stadium on Sunday night as 80,000 fans held their breath in anticipation of the Greatest 10 Seconds in Sports.


Resurgent Fire Ignites Chaos in Tahoe Area

By John SimermanSTAFF  SOUTH LAKE TAHOE -- Firefighters battling the northernmost edge of the Angora fire ravaging the South Lake Tahoe area lost control of a back burn Tuesday afternoon, which jumped over Highway 89 and forced evacuations of several neighborhoods.


Fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels has left 28 soldiers dead and 100 wounded, the army says.


A Kenyan human rights group says the death of 56 inmates at a prison this year amounts to a "national disaster".


Rummble, Whrrl: Social networking doppelgangers

Is it just us, or are these two mobile social networks pretty much identical to each other, and to Yelp?


Valencia defender Mauricio Pellegrino moves to Anfield on a free transfer.


Russian tycoon, Abramovich rival, to take control of Everton: report

A Russian business tycoon is reportedly set to buy a controlling 40-percent stake in crisis-hit Everton, in a move that would place two of England's most popular teams in the hands of Russian billionaires.


Somali gunmen briefly kidnap Libyan diplomats

Somali gunmen seized the acting Libyan ambassador and a colleague while they shopped in Mogadishu's busy Bakara market on Saturday but freed them hours later, embassy staff said.


Study: 100,00 Excess Civilian Iraqi Deaths Since War

Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed in violence since the US-led invasion last year, American public health experts have calculated in a report that estimates there were 100,000 "excess deaths" in 18 months.


GREEN BAY, Wis. (CBS) John Kerry appealed to voters to elect a president - namely, him â-ho will "trust you with the truth," and quickened the pace of a campaign now in its final week.


SEATTLE - A teenage girl missing for more than a week and given up for dead by her family was found alive on the weekend in her wrecked car at the bottom of a ravine near Seattle.


Planetary Scientist Selected to Lead Mission Directorate

To: SCIENCE EDITORS  Contact: David Mould or Bob Jacobs, of NASA Headquarters, Washington, +1-202-358-1898, or +1-202-358-1600   WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WASHINGTON - NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced Monday that Dr. S.


Ariane rocket launches African and N.American satellites

KOUROU, French Guiana  - An Ariane-5 rocket  blasted off from French Guiana on Friday putting into orbit  telecommunications satellites for Africa and North America,  space officials said.


Tom Wayne has amassed thousands of books in a warehouse during the 10 years he has run his used book store, Prospero's Books.


FDA Analysis Backs Antidepressant Concern

WASHINGTON Aug. 20, 2004 - Federal health officials are preparing stronger warnings for some antidepressants used in children after new analyses back a possible link to suicide.


WASHINGTON - House Republicans sought to quash a persistent Internet rumor that President Bush wants to reinstate the draft if he is re-elected, engineering an overwhelming vote Tuesday killing legislation that would do just that.    Republicans accused Democrats of feeding the rumor mill to scare young voters and their parents into voting against Bush...


Srichaphan edges out Lisnard to advance in China Open

Sixth seed Paradorn Srichaphan knocked out French player Jean-Rene Lisnard 6-4, 7-5 to advance to the second round of China Open tennis tournament Wednesday in Beijing.


Whole Foods Market Inc. , the largest US natural-foods grocer, said its board and federal regulators are investigating postings made on financial message boards by chairman and chief executive John Mackey.


The eye of typhoon Aere will move northwestward after sweeping past a sea area off Taipei and will hit East China coastal areas between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.


Retief Goosen, a two-time US Open champion, grabbed the first-round lead in the BMW Open in Nord Eichenried, Germany, with a 6-under-par 66, while Colin Montgomerie improved his European Ryder Cup chances by finishing one stroke back on Thursday.


Siamo all'opposizione, costruiamo alternativa vera


In a calculated risk rarely seen in a federal courtroom, three defendants accused of helping a convicted terrorist communicate deadly messages to overseas followers spent several weeks on the witness stand testifying in their own defense.


NASA and Google bring space exploration to the Internet

Google and US space agency NASA announced an alliance to solve cosmic computing problems and channel information from space around the world via the Internet.


Â·  Chaos as rescue teams rush to save villagers Â·  More than sixty now dead despite mass evacuation


AT&T, Verizon support Cablevision's remote DVR plan

Some U.S. telecommunications  companies, consumer electronics makers and legal experts are  supporting a plan by cable operator Cablevision Systems Corp.   for a service to record TV shows on network servers.


Stranieri residenti al voto ad amministrative in Campania


Up to 1,500 Hostages in Russia Siege-Reports

BESLAN, Russia  - An armed gang that stormed a  school in southern Russia may be holding as many as 1,500  hostages, far above the official figure of 350, newspapers  quoted freed hostages on Friday as saying.


Powell Disputes Annan, Insists Iraq War Is Legal

Secretary of State Colin Powell  disputed U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's assertion that the  U.S.-led war in Iraq was illegal and said in an interview  published on Friday the comment was "not a very useful  statement to make at this point."


Boy wonderâs arrival leaves Fergie with tricky balancing act

Within 24 hours of capturing Wayne Rooney, Manchester United swelled with the kind of pride and proclamations of impending success not seen since that night at the Camp Nou.


Saudi, Conoco to sign refinery deal Weds-sources

Saudi Aramco and U.S. oil firm  ConocoPhillips are expected to sign a deal on Wednesday for a  second new refinery in the Gulf state, industry sources said on  Tuesday.


Anorexics, bulimics learn methods online: study

Young sufferers of anorexia and  bulimia who try to hide their eating problems from their  parents and doctors are turning to a growing number of Internet  chat rooms dedicated to perpetuating their illness.


The county is expecting two more shipments of flu vaccine -- one probably next month and another in January. Fortunately, said Dr.


Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has pardoned the victim of a gang-rape whose sentencing to 200 lashes caused an international outcry, a Saudi newspaper said on Monday.


Powell irked at some allies for declining to train Iraqi troops

Secretary of State Colin Powell expressed irritation Thursday with six NATO members that have barred their military officers from an alliance-approved program to train Iraqi forces.


A necessary warning: Parents need to know risks of antidepressants

Who can blame frightened, anxious parents for hoping that a miracle drug might be able to cure their dangerously depressed adolescents?


Wayne Ellington had 17 points and fellow freshman Brandan Wright added 16 to lead No. 7 North Carolina to a 75-63 victory over Kentucky on Saturday in a game between college basketball's winningest schools.


Topol: Doctor Prescribes Post-Vioxx FDA Rx

Cleveland Clinic cardiologist Eric Topol was one of the first to point out the potential heart risk of Merck's (nyse: MRK - news - people ) withdrawn Vioxx and Pfizer's (nyse: PFE - news - people ) Celebrex.


Eli Lilly sees U.S. prasugrel filing next week

Eli Lilly and Co  plans to submit a U.S. application next week for its experimental blood-clot preventer prasugrel, the most important drug in its pipeline, a company spokesman said on Wednesday.


British Considering Protest of Peirsol's Gold Medal Victory

ATHENS, Aug. 20 -- The British Olympic Association is considering whether to bring its protest of an American swimmer's gold medal-winning performance before an international arbitration panel, potentially keeping alive a fiasco that ...


How E3 changes the video game industry each year

Blog: Once 'Madden' hits store shelves, the video game industry will awake from its slumber, and an avalanche of games will be hitting store shelves.


Hope for the hooked after scientists find nicotine gene

A single gene could be responsible for determining how easily people become addicted to smoking, according to a report published today.


NASA Orbiter Has Closest Encounter with Titan

NASA's Cassini orbiter began transmitting data and images from Saturn's moon Titan on Tuesday, providing the closest look at the mysterious moon that humans have ever seen.


Medicare Says It Wonât Cover Hospital Errors

The new policy raises the possibility of changes in medical practice as doctors hew more closely to clinical guidelines.


Child killed, two adults wounded in shooting at Detroit day-care ...

A man went to the door of an in-home day care center and opened fire Tuesday, killing a 3-year-old and critically wounding two adults, police said.


'Nessuno è solo' on air il giorno di Tiziano Ferro

Alle 11.30 il cantante è ospite in studio a Deejay Chiama Italia con Linus e Nicola. Alle 14 l'appuntamento con la Community di All Music. Tutto da ascoltare e vedere online


After a stroke, the brain tries to reorganize itself.  However, sometimes this process goes awry, leaving one woman to feel sounds on her skin.


Marlins cruise to easy rout of Nationals

The Florida Marlins came out ready to play despite not having much time to prepare for the Washington Nationals.


US says Pakistan not pulling out troops from suspected Al-Qaeda hideout

Pakistan has rejected reports it had withdrawn troops from a tribal area near the border with Afghanistan suspected to be a hideout for Al-Qaeda leaders, the US State Department said.


Rodney Dangerfield has been in a coma for a couple of weeks after undergoing heart surgery, but has begun to show some awareness, his wife said Monday.


Curious America awaits "Posh Spice" phenomenon

The talk shows are booked, the $22 million mansion is decorated, the paparazzi are primed and Victoria Beckham says she's "really, really excited" about moving to Los Angeles.


The US government rubber stamps a deal that gives .com administrator control over the domain until 2012.


Sorry seems to be the hardest word, unless you're presidential contender John Edwards trying to claim a top spot in the 2008 Democratic field.


Bush tasks tech execs with rebuilding Lebanon

From Silicon Valley to Bekka Valley George Bush has unveiled his latest initiative to bring peace to the Middle East - despatching a pair of top notch Silicon Valley execs to advise war torn Lebanon on reconstruction.â¦


US President George W Bush sets up a panel to check the safety of imported goods, after a series of scares.


Rights Group Says Regional Director Fired

A group that earned respect for rescuing children from prostitution fired its director amid allegations he paid for sex with a 19-year-old Honduran youth, the group said Friday.


Billionaire Thinks in Trillions for His Computer Designs

A co-founder of Sun Microsystems plans to introduce a supercomputer that will compete for the title as worldâs fastest.


Bank Group Raises Cash Portion of Bid for ABN Amro

The move by the consortium of banks, which is led by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, is intended to help it prevail in a bidding war with Barclays.


Presidente Confindustria ha visto Prodi e Padoa Schioppa


AIG Settles U.S. Fraud Charges for $126 Mln

American International Group Inc.  AIG.N agreed to pay $126 million and appoint an independent  monitor to settle allegations it helped two companies  fraudulently inflate earnings, U.S. authorities said on  Tuesday.


The presidential race has become a teeth-gnashing affair for many Americans, no matter if they have a strong preference and pray that it will be realized, or if they resemble the Colorado voter who blanched the other day when we expressed surprise that


In manette esponenti clan Di Lauro, tra cui un minorenne


Tony Blair is setting out his vision of the "opportunity society" that will be his mission for a third term.