Ukraine Turns Up Heat on Ex-Leader Kuchma

As Ukraine's ex-President Leonid Kuchma settles into a comfortable retirement, his future is in the hands of some of his fiercest political enemies, who accuse him of misdeeds ranging from corruption to ordering the murder of a journalist.


You could rattle off the statistics, one after another, as the growing list of baffling facts begins to define the repulsiveness of this defeat.


Palermo, 16:56 - CALCIO, PALERMO; AMAURI: CRISI? BASTA UNA VITTORIA

Palermo in crisi? Amauri non la vede cosÃ¬: ''E' solo un momento un po' cosÃ¬ - ha detto l'attaccante ...


Companies turn to high-performance computing to stay competitive

For U.S. companies concerned about manufacturing work heading offshore, high-performance computing could offer a competitive edge.


Dutch accuse translator of leaking agency secrets

Ukraine's outgoing President Leonid Kuchma ordered officials to draw up plans to withdraw the country's contingent of troops from Iraq in the first half of 2005.


Historians hunt for Purple Heart stories

Cpl. Robert Frink was captured in Germany during the final months of World War II. He and two comrades were forced to swap uniforms with their Waffen SS captors, lined up and shot in the back of the head.


THE number of people in Britain who have HIV is continuing to rise, with more than 7,000 new cases in the past year. Statistics from the Health Protection Agency show that 53,000 adults have


Bush meets advisors over new bin Laden tape

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan -- President Bush instructed top homeland and national security advisers on Saturday to "take all actions that might be necessary" to respond to the new message from Osama bin Laden, the White House said.


AFRICA/KENYA - Interrogativi sullÂuccisione del missionario P. Martin Addai Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- ÂLÂassassinio di p. Martin Addai, 46 anni, ganaense, assomiglia piÃ¹ ad una esecuzione mirata e voluta che ad un assassinio per rubare l'auto o qualcosÂaltro. Gli assassini volevano uccidere il padre oppure cÂÃ¨ stato uno scamb...


SpongeBob goes missing in E'town, not Radcliff

Radcliff residents can rest easy knowing that the giant SpongeBob SquarePants that sits atop the Burger King on Dixie Avenue is present and accounted for.


A powerful paramilitary boss faces a long prison sentence — and possible extradition to the United States — because he broke a partial amnesty deal by continuing to run a drug smuggling ring from jail, authorities said Friday.


Shilpa to launch her own production house

Shilpa Shetty will launch her own production house 'S2 Productions' to make her DVD video on Yoga this month.


Terry Melcher, 62, Creator of Hits in Surf-Music World, Is Dead

Terry Melcher, a record producer who created hits with the Beach Boys and the Byrds, died on Friday in Beverly Hills after a long battle with cancer, his publicist, Linda Dozoretz, said Saturday.


Credit Suisse First Boston on Parmalat's lawsuit list

LONDON, August 19 (New Ratings)  Parmalat Finanziaria SpA (PAF.FSE) announced today that the company has filed a lawsuit against Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), seeking approximately 250 million in claims plus interest from the financial service ...


Coach Mike Sherman was at the offensive helm, calling plays and calling Ahman Green's name enough to get him 163 yards and two scores as the Packers thump the Cowboys, 41-20.


For the first time since the first year of the Atlanta Braves professional record-setting 13 consecutive division titles, they were underdogs in the National


Lockheed allegations focus on Boeing's chief exec

Lockheed Martin has introduced evidence in a civil lawsuit that allegedly demonstrates Boeing Chief Executive Harry Stonecipher knew former Air Force acquisitions officer Darleen Druyun gave Boeing preferential treatment in the award of billions of


Kerry Warns of Privatized Social Security

WASHINGTON - Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry accused President Bush on Sunday of planning a surprise second-term effort to privatize Social Security and forecast a "disaster for America's middle class."   Republicans denied the charge as scare tactics with little more than two weeks remaining in a tight election...


Bucarest, 15:30 - CALCIO, ROMANIA: VINCE IL CLUJ DI BERGODI

Prosegue bene l'avventura in Romania di Cristiano Bergodi. Il Cluj ha battuto 2-1 l'Otelul Galati co...


Torino, 18:00 - CALCIO, RANIERI VEDE ROSA: JUVE A BUON PUNTO

"Siamo a buon punto". Claudio Ranieri vede il bicchiere mezzo pieno anche dopo il pareggio casalingo...


* Extremists gain in the formerly communist east

Germany's mainstream political parties were sharply rebuffed yesterday when voters in two regional elections in formerly communist East Germany handed extremists their best results in years.


Tutti gli altri principali paesi industriali fanno meglio


County Mayor Nancy Workman, facing criminal charges of misspending taxpayer money, announced she was withdrawing from the Nov. 2 election.


Domani il vertice a tre con Mazen e Condoleezza Rice


DreamWorks Animation, the company behind the blockbuster Shrek movies, has enjoyed a fairytale beginning on Wall Street with its share price leaping nearly 40 per cent.


Everybody's Business: Where Is Washingtonâs Love for Shareholders?

The G.O.P. is supposed to be on the side of the small investors, not of those accused of being crooks â or so I used to think.


Glasgow, 12:58 - CALCIO, SALTA AMICHEVOLE SCOZIA-INGHILTERRA

Non si giocherà a maggio l'amichevole tra Scozia ed Inghilterra. Lo ha annunciato l'amministr...


BP profits weaken despite record high oil prices

Energy giant BP has said that net profits dipped in 2006, reflecting a decline in production and refining margins, despite record peaks for crude oil prices in the middle of the year.


SLIGO, Ireland -- Fifty-four exhausted Canadian sailors and their disabled submarine began a slow, risky journey back to shore late Thursday, towed behind an ocean-going British tug bound for a naval base at Faslane, Scotland.


The nationâs largest garbage hauler said its fourth-quarter profit rose 26 percent on tax benefits and the sale of some operations, though higher fuel prices cut into income.


Franceschini (Ulivo), occasione per ricompattare Unione


Consumer prices calmed down in November, helped by smaller increases in energy and food. That means the Federal Reserve probably will continue raising interest rates only gradually to keep inflation under control.


N.Y. Insurance Probe Expands Across U.S.

New York Attorney General Eliot  Spitzer's probe of bid-rigging in the U.S. insurance industry  is quickly becoming national in scope as at least three more  states opened similar investigations.


WILD man rocker Ozzy Osbourne has spoken of his anger after thieves stole precious jewellery from his Chalfont mansion. The heavy metal star, who grappled with one of the criminals during Monday's 4am break


Gaza plan blocks Palestinian state says Sharon aide

US diplomats, who said on Wednesday Washington remained dedicated to a "road map" peace plan for a Palestinian state. Sharon, wary of alienating Israel's key ally, said later he still backed


COMMACK - Luis Horna ended the unbeaten Long Island reign of two-time champion Paradorn Srichaphan, outlasting him 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) to advance to the final of the $380,000 ATP event on Saturday.


New jobless figures will show a fall in unemployment rate for the first time in months, hints Tony Blair.


Australian Prime Minister John Howard has attacked a plan by US presidential candidate Barack Obama to withdraw troops from Iraq, saying it would lead to destabilisation around the world.


An Olympic Airways flight on its way from Athens to New York is diverted to Stansted Airport after a security alert.


HP (NYSE:HPQ)(Nasdaq:HPQ) today announced that Patricia Dunn, chairman of the board and director, has resigned, effective immediately.     Statement from the HP board of directors:  "Pattie Dunn has been a valuable director of HP for many years.


Body in Fallujah may be Western woman's: marine

FALLUJAH - US marines in Fallujah have found a body which may be that of a Western woman, Associated Press reported Sunday. AP cited a Marine officer who who spoke on condition of anonymity.


Massive Merger of Galaxies is the Most Powerful on Record

Scientists have now officially witnessed the perfect cosmic storm. Thanks to the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton observatory, they watched a nearby head-on collision between two galaxy clusters.


Pakistan Boosts Security, Shi'ites Mourn Bomb Victims

SIALKOT, Pakistan  - Pakistan beefed up security  Saturday as minority Shi'ite Muslims buried victims of a  suicide bomb attack on a mosque in the eastern town of Sialkot  that killed at least 30 people.


Unaccompanied children denied the right to stay in the UK, will be deported, the Home Office says.


Heavier Public Costs US Airlines in Fuel- Report

US airlines spend $275 million annually in extra fuel costs each year to transport a heavier traveling public, researchers estimate.


Bush, Kerry Take Jabs at Pre-Debate Rallies

President Bush headed Monday toward his first face-off with Sen. John F. Kerry by mocking his challenger as a vacillator who could spend the whole


The risks in GE's financial services operations are worrisome.


The Seattle SuperSonics and power forward Chris Wilcox agreed Tuesday on a three-year, $24 million contract.


American Allies Embrace U.S. Military Plan

American allies Japan and Australia embraced a new U.S. plan to restructure its forces abroad, while Russia said it was not concerned by the proposal. But Germany, home to 70,000 U.S. soldiers, said any withdrawal from the former Cold War frontier may hurt its economy.


Police: 3 dead in Tel Aviv suicide bombing

At least three people were killed and 32 others wounded in a suicide bombing at an open-air market in Tel Aviv on Monday, Israeli police and ambulance services said.


As of Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007, at least 3,796 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 3,095 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


The Terrapins provide coach Brenda Frese with her 100th career victory Thursday night by breezing past Georgia Tech, 84-67.


KABUL, Afghanistan -- Vote counting in Afghanistan's historic elections is almost finished, with incumbent President Hamid Karzai on course to win a simple majority.


Hezbollah supporters hold a poster of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah and wave Lebanese flags near the Lebanese government house during the second day of an open-ended protest to force the resignation ...Comment


Palestinians Eye Wider Gaza Deployment for Truce

Palestinian commanders hoped to get an  Israeli go-ahead Tuesday for deploying security forces in south  Gaza to solidify a de facto cease-fire that would help new  President Mahmoud Abbas talk peace with Israel.


Intel Sees Web Buckling, Invests in New Systems

Intel Corp. (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday outlined its vision of the Internet of the future, one in which millions of computer servers would analyze and direct network


A new security chief is to be appointed to parliament, after pro-hunt protesters stormed the commons.


It's one thing to embark on a 34-mile walking pilgrimage as a show of faith. When nearly 300 people turn out despite a tropical storm in the forecast, perhaps that's an even stronger demonstration.


Iushenko ha promesso versamenti a partire da giovedi'


Autocratic Uzbek leader seeks third term

President Islam Karimov, the authoritarian and repressive leader of Uzbekistan, was seeking to extend his rule in a tightly controlled election that featured three other candidates Â all of whom publicly supported his policies.


U.S. and UK must end "megaphone" diplomacy on Darfur

Britain and the United States must stop   making threats over the crisis in Sudan's vast Darfur region   because the government in Khartoum knows they can't back them   up with action, a leading British diplomat said on Friday.


E-Commerce Report: Reaching More Customers With a Simple Text Message

When it comes to advertising on the mobile Web, online retailers are treading carefully. But some say they have found enticing success from early marketing efforts.


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Cardinals Outslug Astros to Take Opening Game

Jim Edmonds hit a three-run double to  key a six-run sixth inning as the St Louis Cardinals beat the  Houston Astros 10-7 in the opening game of the National League  Championship Series at Busch Stadium on Wednesday.


Cadbury Schweppes U.S. drink unit buys bottler

Cadbury Schweppes Plc's  U.S. beverages unit, which makes Dr. Pepper and 7UP, said on Wednesday it acquired Southeast-Atlantic Beverage Corp., an independent, Florida-based bottler, for an undisclosed sum.


US President George W Bush is due to hold talks in Tanzania with Darfur and Kenya on the agenda.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kidnappers seized six Egyptians and four Iraqis working for the country's mobile phone company, authorities said Friday, and Muslim leaders in Britain announced plans to send negotiators to Baghdad in hopes of winning the release of hostage Kenneth Bigley.    Gunmen abducted two of the Egyptians on Thursday in a bold raid on the firm's Baghdad office - the latest in a string of kidnappings targeting engineers working on Iraq's infrastructure, in a bid to undermine the U.S.-allied interim government...


Brazil and China bolster trade relations

Brazil and China have signed several accords to bolster bilateral trade relations and increase trade volume, Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper reported Saturday.


Amsterdam prosecutors said Friday a 63-year-old priest has confessed to phoning in a fake bomb threat to a Madonna concert in the Dutch capital city last week.


Eddie Levert no longer breaks into uncontrollable tears over the loss of his son, R&B crooner Gerald Levert. But the tears still flow, and the pain still remains.


"Invincible" leads U.S. holiday box office

Walt Disney Pictures' feel-good   football movie "Invincible" led the North American holiday box   office for a second weekend, ahead of new releases "Crank" and   "Wicker Man," according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.


Hectic hurricane season hints at things to come

First, Florida was hit by Hurricane Charley. Then came Hurricane Frances. Next up ... Hurricane Ivan? What's behind this year's upsurge in violent storms?


Merrill co-president Fakahany seen leaving: sources

Merrill Lynch & Co Inc   co-President Ahmass Fakahany, a confidante of CEO Stan O'Neal  and who had a hand in overseeing risk management at the  company, is expected to resign, according to people familiar  with the situation.


The electronics retailer said it would immediately start a $5.5 billion buyback program and raise its quarterly dividend nearly a third.


Alleged gangster Tetsuya Shiroo admits shooting Nagasaki's mayor last April - a killing that shocked Japan.


Incentivi presenti in 24% ordinativi primi 5 mesi dell'anno


Ciampi: ''Lutto per tutti gli italiani''

Immediate le reazioni dal mondo politico alla notizia della barbara uccisione del giornalista Enzo Baldoni. Il presidente della Repubblica, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi ha espresso ''commozione e sdegno per la barbara uccisione''.


South African Mining Company Buying a Major Gold Reserve

Gold Fields said that it would acquire a 50 percent stake in the South Deep mine in South Africa from Barrick Gold of Toronto in a deal worth more than $1.5 billion.


Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho felt his side had come through a stern test of their title credentials after edging out Aston Villa.


Annan calls on UN council to sound warning on Sudan

NAIROBI -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the Security Council to issue ''the strongest warning" to all forces fighting in Sudan, saying that ending the 21-year civil war in the country's south would help halt a humanitarian catastrophe in its western Darfur region.


Scientists Take New Step Toward Man-Made Life

Researchers say they have created the entire genome of a bacterium by stitching together its chemical components.


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In one of the world's biggest robberies, thieves took the families of two top bankers hostage and forced the bosses to help them steal more than $39 million from the vaults of a Belfast bank's main office, authorities said Tuesday.


3 Inmates Questioned on Alleged Spain Plot

Three Algerians who are considered close to a suspected ringleader of the Madrid train bombings are being questioned about an alleged plot to kill judges investigating Islamic terrorists, officials said Thursday.


U.S. offers to meet N. Korea on sidelines

A U.S. envoy expressed support for China's proposal to hold informal six-nation talks on the North Korean nuclear threat and offered to meet bilaterally with the North on the sidelines of those discussions.


The deficit in trade in goods shrank to 6.2 billion pounds in January from 6.9 billion in December, official data showed Tuesday.


The Football Association says it has received a letter of apology from its Spanish counterpart after home fans racially abused England players during a friendly match in Madrid on Wednesday.


Parigi, 15:35 - CALCIO, PRESIDENTE PSG: VERGOGNA E TRISTEZZA

Alain Cayzac, presidente del PSG, prova "vergogna" per quanto è successo dopo la partita Pari...


The electronics giant belatedly decides to support the popular digital music format on its hard-drive players. Watch out, Apple. Ah, remember the '80s.


VATICANO - LE PAROLE DELLA DOTTRINA a cura di don Nicola Bux e don Salvatore Vitiello - Difendere i piÃ¹ deboli. Sempre. CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - LunedÃ¬ 24 settembre 2007 un Tribunale italiano ha depositato una sentenza secondo cui ÂÃ¨ consentita la diagnosi preimpiantoÂ vietata dalla legge 40/2004 sulla procreazione assistita. Il Tribunale aggira la legge s...


All'ANSA, con tutte le denunce che mi hanno fatto e' normale


ALDO, GIOVANNI E GIACOMO INNAMORATI PER 'TU LA CONOSCI CLAUDIA?'

Roma, 13 dic. (Adnkronos) - ''Quello che vedete Ã¨ quello che ci viene. NÃ© ci censuriamo, nÃ© pensiamo a cose diverse, estraiamo la nostra natura, siamo fatti cosÃ¬, siamo 'unplugged'''. CosÃ¬, senza rinunciare


Blog: Bill Gates' investment arm is among those investing $26 million to help prop up the struggling publisher for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender market.


The number of workers filing new  claims for jobless aid surged last week to the highest since  October 2005, and consumer spending softened at the end of last  year, according to reports on Thursday that heightened worries  about a possible recession.


'The skids are greased,' says one watching scientist

And some time, someday, maybe soon, Mount St. Helens could purge a column of ash miles into the atmosphere -- an outburst that could rival even that of the infamous blast of 1980.


BOSTON - After the game that seemed like it would never end, Boston's season goes on. David Ortiz' RBI single on the 471st pitch of the game with two outs in the 14th inning Monday night capped a second straight amazing comeback and gave the Red Sox a 5-4 victory over the New York Yankees in the AL championship series...


London equities fell in opening trade on Wednesday, after Northern Rock''s latest guidance on full year profit growth dipped below analysts' forecasts, adding to concern about a slowing housing market.


â¬10m investment in biz and broadband Eircom has secured a deal with Siemens and ADVA Optical Networks that will see the telecoms firm begin upgrading its network.â¦


President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russian state firms should be allowed to buy assets of oil major YUKOS (YUKO.RTS: Quote, Profile, Research) if they are put up for sale to cover the firm's huge back tax bill.


WHO: more concerned with avian influenza than SARS

The World Health Organization warned here Saturday that a pandemic of avian influenza is likely to occur unless Asian countries intensify preventative efforts.


One hotel will put binoculars in all its rooms with Central Park views so guests can peer at "The Gates" from their windows.


An Australian pleads guilty to fraud after posing as a dispossessed Nigerian to cheat people of their money. Also: eBay penalizes its own con men & hellip;. Microsoft's legal woes not quite over & hellip;. and more.


Padres stop St. Louis, stay in wild-card hunt

Ryan Klesko singled in the go-ahead run with no outs in the eighth inning and the San Diego Padres beat St. Louis 7-3 on Monday night to keep alive their slim playoff hopes and end the Cardinals' nine-game winning streak.


Pakistan Makes More Arrests After Slaying Militant

Pakistani security forces arrested more suspected Islamic militants a day after they shot dead a key suspect wanted in a failed attempt on President Pervez Musharraf's life and the killing of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl.


Christina Aguilera has given birth to a boy, the pop singer announced on her Web site Sunday.


Iraq gunfire answers reporter's question

The Humvees set out from the forward operating base, forcing cars and trucks to the side of the road to avoid car bombs. We head south to Samarra.


The eBay auction for 22 Michael Vick football cards, chewed up and slobbered on by two Missouri dogs, ended Wednesday as the winning bidder dished out $7,400 — with the money expected to be donated to the Humane Society.


Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian woman has overcome 17 scorpion stings to set a new world record by spending 36 days in a glass cage with 6 069 of the poisonous arachnids.


British-born terrorists conspired in bombs plot - security officials

Â· Five suspects are doctorsÂ· Controlled explosions at hospitalÂ· London car came from Scotland


DETROIT Connecticut cruised to a 39-to-ten win over Toledo tonight in the Motor City Bowl. The 8-and-4 Huskies dominated in every phase of the game.


Roma, 17:49 - CALCIO, JUVE; ELKANN: CONTENTO CHE DEL PIERO SIA RIMASTO

C'è anche John Elkann tra i sostenitori bianconeri felici per il rinnovo contrattuale di Ales...


LONDON - The Times â-ften perceived as the British establishment's newspaper of choice â -ally ditched its traditional broadsheet format Monday in favor of a compact version which has already started to increase circulation.


Probes into a foot-and-mouth outbreak in Surrey find the virus was present in a pipe on the nearby Pirbright site.


Riaprono A14 e casello di Bolzano, tolti i blocchi a Genova


Democrats see support for anti-Rumsfeld vote

A resolution demanding the   resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld after he   compared Iraq war critics to Nazi appeasers has strong support   among U.S. Senate Democrats, a senior Democrat said on Sunday.


Red Sox walking on err with 2-0 lead in Series

Two games into the 100th World Series, the Boston Red Sox are threatening to run away from the National League's winningest team in 18 years.


Two dozen senators Wednesday criticized a Pentagon proposal that would eliminate Lockheed Martin Corp.'s C-130J Hercules aircraft to save nearly $5 billion over the next six years.


Health Claims OK'd for Foods with Fatty Acids

The US government, citing mounting evidence that fatty acids found in some fish cut the risk of heart disease, said Wednesday that food and supplement makers can make


Exelon Corp. is acquiring Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. in a $12 billion stock deal that would create the nation's largest power-generation company with customers in Illinois, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.


Calif. Air Board Adopts Vehicle Emission Cuts

California air-quality regulators  on Friday adopted the nation's first-ever rules to reduce car  emissions linked to global warming.


Movies 'providing relief from headlines'

Escapist Hollywood movies are benefiting from the current sense of global crisis, the film-maker Steven Spielberg said yesterday. Speaking as his new film The Terminal launched the Venice film festival, Spielberg


WASHINGTON More than a year ago, India extended a "hand of friendship" to Pakistan. Pakistan reciprocated and today, nine months later, the two sides are still talking.


Firenze, 14:35 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; DELLA VALLE: GILARDINO? ABBIAMO PAZZINI

Il presidente della Fiorentina, Andrea Della Valle, parlando con i giornalisti in occasione della pr...


Il riassetto e' stato voluto da Franco Bernabe'


DHS head: Cybersecurity remains a concern

Fixing cybersecurity problems in the U.S. is a top priority at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said the agency's leader, but lawmakers didn't focus on the issue during a hearing in Congress Wednesday.


Egypt's Mubarak hails Irish backing for Mideast peace

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and Ireland's Prime Minister Bertie Ahern underlined the urgent need to revive the stalled Middle East peace process, after talks in Dublin.


Israeli helicopter gunships fired rockets at targets in Gaza City overnight on Sunday, an AFP correspondent witnessed, following a Palestinian attack in the area which left four Israeli soldiers dead.


Bush Pushes Proposals for Social Security

President Bush acknowledged the dicey politics of Social Security as he urged Congress to approve his plan to add personal accounts to the system. With the system in financial straits, he said, any political price is worth paying.


The Israeli army blew up an abandoned house near a Gaza Strip settlement Thursday, sending large plumes of smoke in the air. An army spokesman said the house, not far from the Jewish


Londra +0,55%, Francoforte +0,30%, Parigi +0,65%


Rap star 50 Cent is in trouble with police after being stopped for alleged unsafe driving in New York.


'Operation Homecoming': Tales From War & Home

After the second funeral for multiple casualties in a month, Army Sgt. John McCary logged on to a computer shared by 200 troops in Iraq's Al Anbar province. There wasn't much time. There never was, to pause, reflect, find meaning. Even after the deaths of friends. McCary, an interrogator, was busy...


Freedom's just another word for nothing left to hide Comment True freedom is protecting Americans by letting the NSA monitor their email and phone calls by the millions without a warrant, US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales explained to Air Force Academy cadets in a speech last week.â¦


Man Nabbed for Allegedly Posing As Doctor

A man arrested for allegedly posing as a doctor offered free gynecological services and set up an office in a self-storage complex, authorities said.


EU-Iranian talks on resolving nuclear issue still on track ...

The Iranian parliament's vote backing the resumption of uranium enrichment was mainly tactical, designed to strengthen Tehran's hand in nuclear talks with the EU, rather than a rejection of European demands for a halt to enrichment, diplomats said Monday.


Folding@Home Protein Project Hits a Petaflop

Eighty percent of the power for the project comes from spare processor cycles on PlayStation 3 consoles.


Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya said that a strong start is vital to his chances of overhauling Ferrari in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix after finishing second in qualifying here Saturday.


Entro 23/7 Matlin Patterson puo' fare offerta


Norton's "Canary" technology creates "vulnerability signatures"

Blog: Symantec technology creates new protection for Internet Explorer users.


La sfida di Alta Moda Roma nuovi talenti e grandi classici

Entra nel vivo la settimana romana dedicata all'haute couture. In scena i giovani del concorso 'Who is on next', le notti eteree di Fausto Sarli e la donna bionica di Gattinoni


Yemeni judge sentences two men to death in USS Cole bombing that ...

A Yemeni judge sentenced two men, including one held in US custody, to death Wednesday for orchestrating the 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole, and sentenced four others to prison terms ranging from five to 10 years.


Amazon Burning Makes Brazil a Leading Polluter

BRASILIA, Brazil  - Burning of the Amazon and  other forests accounts for three quarters of Brazil's  greenhouse gas emissions and has made the country one of the  world's leading polluters, a long-delayed government report  showed on Wednesday.


Japan's ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, an advocate of warmer ties with Asian neighbors, to be the next prime minister, but the 71-year-old lawmaker faces a likely policy deadlock in a divided parliament.


Three US sprinters qualify for 100 finals

ATHENS, Greece - Shawn Crawford, Maurice Greene and Justin Gatlin of the United States each qualified for tonight's 100-meter finals - the most riveting 10 seconds of each Olympics.


The UK government launches a Â£10m multi-media advertising campaign to encourage the British public to recycle their waste.


James Hardie's Australian asbestos fund files for liquidation

SYDNEY : A compensation fund for Australian asbestos victims of embattled James Hardie Industries NV said it was filing for liquidation, rejecting a last-minute multi-million dollar cash injection.


The Local Scene-Some local talk about Sears-Kmart merger

Wednesday's announcement that Kmart is acquiring Sears in an $11 billion deal spawned a lot of questions and comments at the Rolla outlets of the two companies.


Kia Spectra gets worst rating in US insurance test

WASHINGTON - The Kia Spectra received the US insurance industry's worst safety rating in a frontal crash test, becoming the first vehicle to get the "poor" rating in three years.


Lycos' "Make Love, Not Spam" screensaver targets sites on secure international blacklists. "We cannot use this software to bring the spammers' sites down entirely, as that would be illegal," says Malte Pollman of Lycos Europe.


Pirate attacks are increasing off the coast of East Africa, disrupting the flow of food and medicine to Somalis in desperate need of humanitarian aid, the United Nations said Tuesday.


Sweets manufacturer Panda withdraws its salmiac liqueur confectionery from sale

Following a recommendation by the National Product Control Agency for Welfare and Health, sweets manufacturer Panda has decided to withdraw from sale its Salmiakkishot liqueur confections.


OPEC ministers mixed on outlook for oil price

The supply of oil is still outstripping demand even though the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the producer of more than a third of the world's crude output, has vowed to reduce production to prop up falling prices, the oil minister of


Rioters, police clash again on Budapest streets

Police and rioters clashed on the   streets of Budapest on Wednesday for the second consecutive   night after an anti-government protest sparked by Prime   Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's admission of lying to voters in an   election.


Firefighters Battling Ga., Fla. Blazes Get Help From Tropical Storm

WAYCROSS, Ga., June 3 -- Tropical Storm Barry and its remnants gave a much-needed soaking to thousands of acres of burning swamp and timberland in northern Florida and southeastern Georgia.


Trial for T5 mandatory biometrics kicks off at Heathrow

Terminal 1 passengers get to be lab rats Quietly on Friday, Heathrow Airport recruited quantities of involuntary lab rats to test fingerprint-based security/traffic control system planned for Terminal 5. The luckless pioneers were selected at Terminal 1, where biometrics are now being deducted from any domestic passengers wishing to visit the international lounge.â¦


Napoli, 20:05 - CALCIO, NAPOLI; REJA: NON CAMBIERO' MODULO

Edy reja non ha intenzione di cambiare modulo. Il tecnico del Napoli lo ha ribadito alla ripresa deg...


Shares of top toy maker Mattel Inc.  MAT.N and rival Hasbro Inc. HAS.N fell to their lowest  levels at least 14 months on Monday after a downgrade by Lehman  Brothers, which cited deteriorating industry conditions.


Edward Loar of the United States shot a 1-under-par 71 Sunday for a three-stroke victory in the Korean Open. Ernie Els finished four strokes behind the leader in the Asian Tour event.


Lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill that would let workers stay on the job longer each week, a move critics say will dismantle France's legally mandated 35-hour work week.


Thanks to Lima and Green, Dodgers Finally Have Some Life

Jose Lima handled the pitching, Shawn Green handled the hitting, and the Los Angeles Dodgers handled the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night.


Victoria's got a new rival for her Secrets. Her name is Gilly.


Things have gone from bad to worse at Alliance Gaming (NYSE: AGI), the nation's number-two slot manufacturer. A weak first-quarter outlook incited the wrath of investors


Rasheed Wallace leaves Indy with another victory

When Rasheed Wallace guaranteed the Pistons would win Game 2 in the Eastern Conference Finals at Indiana last season, he was expecting a very hostile Pacers crowd that night.


Another quarter, another loser for IPIX.


Columbus, Ga., won the Little League World Series on Monday, beating Kawaguchi City, Japan, 2-1, in the rain-postponed final.


THE terrorism trial against Muslim Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, accused of leading a network linked to al-Qaida, can go ahead, a Jakarta court ruled yesterday.


Europe Cheers EU Recommendation of Turkey

Supporters found plenty of reasons to cheer the EU's recommendation Wednesday that talks begin on making Muslim-majority Turkey a member.


Road Map to a Digital System of Health Records

A group of health and information technology organizations gave the Bush administration recommendations for a health information network of digital records.


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Honduras Says It Foiled Plot to Kill President

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras  - Honduran police have  captured a grenade-carrying Nicaraguan they say was hired by  drug traffickers to assassinate the country's president,  officials said on Saturday.


New-Media Richcraft Invites Priceless Comparisons

About a month ago, the two founders of Facebook came to The Washington Post, excited to tell me about a product they were planning to launch.


30,000 Gallons of Crude Leak Into Delaware River

An oil tanker leaked about 30,000 gallons of crude into the Delaware River late on Friday, worrying local environmentalists and causing a section of river to be closed to commercial traffic, Coast Guard officials said on Saturday.


Council Advances Sick-Leave Bill in D.C.

The D.C. Council gave initial approval yesterday to a bill that would grant paid sick leave to all workers in the city, voting 11 to 2 after four hours of debate in front of an overflow crowd of T-shirt and sticker-wearing people on both sides of the issue.


Vote to Come in August: Commissioners Set to Decide Whether to Place Controls on Growth

By Jefferson George, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 21--The actual vote won't happen for two months, but the outcome seemed clear Monday: Lincoln County ultimately will get a new growth-management program.


An 18-year-old man is charged with the murder of a 30-year-old man in County Tyrone last week.


Supreme Court upholds do-not-call registry

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by commercial telemarketers opposed to the popular program, in which consumers can put their names on a list if they do not want to be called.


Era stato arrestato a Brisbane, e' in centro per immigrati


Hamas Islamist fighters and looters ransacked the blood-spattered Palestinian presidential compound in Gaza on Friday, rejoicing at the rout of their well-armed, secular rivals from the president's Fatah faction.


What a strange season it has been. How strange? Consider: All of the preseason top-10 teams already have at least one loss.


North Korea's second-most senior leader toured a shiny new science park in Beijing Monday, a first stop on visit aimed at finding ways to help the North's moribund economy as much as jump-starting stalled nuclear talks.


PlayStation 3 chip goes easy on developers

com December 3, 2004, 3:26 PM PT. SAN FRANCISCO--The "Cell" processor that will power the next version of the PlayStation game console will also be adaptable for advanced scientific


Libya bidding to lure investment for oil sector

Tripoli sets outs transparent bidding process for foreign firms to woo investment for sanctions-hit oil sector. By Hassen Zenati - TRIPOLI.


India at bottom half of media freedom index

New Delhi: India, the world's largest democracy, ranks 120th in the media freedom index of 167 countries with Denmark on top and North Korea at the bottom.


Facebook-Based Applications Can Now Run on Other Sites

The social networkâs new JavaScript client library ends the restriction that prevented developers from running Facebook applications on other Web sites, the company announced.


Parmalat, da oggi tornato in libertÃ  Calisto Tanzi

PARMA, 27 settembre  - L'ex patron Parmalat Calisto Tanzi ha trascorso nella villa di famiglia a Fontanini di Vigatto (Parma) la sua prima giornata di libertÃ  dopo che, dalla mezzanotte di ieri, si sono conclusi per scadenza dei termini gli


Faulty oxygen supply threatens space crew

Crew members may have to abandon the international space station late this year if astronauts can't fix already weeks-old oxygen supply problems, a NASA official said Friday.


Web campaign secures Iranian teen's release

Online donations do the trick for Nazanin Fatehi Well done to all those Reg readers who donated cash to the campaign to release Iranian teenager Nazanin Fatehi, who secured her freedom on Wednesday.â¦


Bodil Nyboe Andersen, the first woman to lead Denmark's central bank, said Friday she'll retire next year after about a decade in the post.


Car explodes at Scottish airport after London bombs

A four-wheel-drive vehicle crashed into the main terminal at Glasgow airport on Saturday and exploded in flames, a day after police foiled a possible al Qaeda plot to detonate two car bombs in central London.


Patent Reform Opponents Find Support from Unions

The AFL-CIO, United Steelworkers, and other leading labor unions have announced their opposition to proposed legislation that would overhaul the U.S. patent system.


All 11 Taco Bells implicated in an E. coli outbreak in New York and New Jersey used the same food distributor, the restaurant chain said Tuesday as health officials tried to pinpoint the source of the dangerous bacteria that sickened at least three dozen people.


As Maryland prepares to enter a hostile environment at No. 5 West Virginia, the team's veterans have been quick to dish out advice to the younger players.


Shawn Fanning, founder of Napster and former scourge of the music industry, has set up his own firm in an attempt to legitimise online file-sharing.


Israeli parliament backs Gaza pullout plan

Israel's parliament ratified Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan on Tuesday, a pivotal step toward the first evacuation of settlers from occupied territory Palestinians want for a state.


Grokster Wins Legal Victory over Copyrights

Hollywood and the entertainment industry were set back by a legal decision that was favorable to Internet file-sharing company Grokster. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday in San Francisco that distributors of ...


SOMALIA: Forty people killed by landmines in 2003

NAIROBI, 3 December (IRIN) - Forty people were killed by landmines in Somalia during 2003 out of 75 reported casualties, an international humanitarian organisation, Geneva Call, reported on Thursday.


Did Britney do it again? Baby birth rumors swirl

Rumors swirled on Tuesday that pop  star Britney Spears had given birth to her second baby, and  that contrary to tabloid predictions, it was a boy.


A spate of encouraging economic data released in Germany this week appears to back up the belief that the current lull in activity in the eurozone's biggest economy will prove only temporary, analysts said.


The Philadelphia Phillies needed 49 games to finally move above .500 — not exactly the script for a team picked by some to win the NL East. "Now we get to come back and see if we can stay there," said manager Charlie Manuel.


Old-Time Cookbooks Big Draw at New York Store

Old cookbooks never die -- in fact,  they are not often willingly surrendered. One woman even took  her beloved Betty Crocker book to the grave.


Some 10,000 Troops Amass Around Fallujah

More than 10,000 U.S. soldiers and Marines have taken positions around Fallujah for an expected assault, as U.S. jets pummeled insurgent targets Friday and troops blocked key roads. Iraq's prime minister warned the "window is closing" to avert an offensive.


Running back Laurence Maroney , who hopes to return for Sunday's game in Miami after missing the last three with a groin injury, put himself in the same category as the media and fans who follow the Patriots.


As he's wont to do, Floyd Mayweather Sr. mistook a major prefight news conference earlier this week for a "Def Poetry Jam" audition.


U.S. stocks fell on Friday, with the Dow knocked off its 14,000-point perch and the Nasdaq composite index down more than 1 percent after bellwether stocks Caterpillar Inc.  and Google Inc  posted disappointing earnings.


Da recuperare ancora due salme, bonificata area stabilimento


The 2002 NFL MVP has a broken vertebra in his neck that will sideline him at least six weeks. The Oakland Raiders quarterback underwent an MRI exam Monday morning and was taken for further tests.


Girl Claims Rape by Guest at Actor Nolte's Home

Actor Nick Nolte has been sued by the parents of a teenage girl who said she was raped during a party in his absence at his California home after she was drugged by Nolte's security guard.


Bowl Championship Series rankings tend to leave heads spinning, dizzy from trying to decipher the decimal points that determine postseason destinies.


''It was an extremely difficult decision, but I simply felt that the program was in need of new direction and leadership,'' athletic director Ted Leland said Monday.


Prima di decidere intende 'ascoltare' la sua citta'


Hungarian central bank cuts key interest rate by half percentage point

The Hungarian central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points from 11.5 percent to 11.0 percent, the bank said in a statement posted on its website.


Record Industry Proposes Huge Streaming Royalty Fees

If a new online radio webcasting royalty rate, proposed last week by the Copyright Royalty Board of the US Library of Congress, is ratified and put into effect, online webcasting leader AOL Radio may receive a bill for copyright holders' royalties retroactive to 2006 amounting to $23.7 million, payable to a collective representing the US recording industry. And that's not the half of it.


PUNTA GORDA, Fla.  The looters and would-be thieves seemed to rise up out of the dark as in Night of the Living Dead. That's how Holiday Inn owner John Zaccari remembers the first harrowing ...


COLUMBIA, Mo. - Missouri tailback Damien Nash was reinstated by coach Gary Pinkel, ending a one-game suspension for the teams' leading rusher.


Cross-border blog promotes Israel-Gaza peace

"Peace man" is from the Gaza Strip.  "Hope man" lives across the Israeli border in Sderot.


Japan and North Korea held a second day of talks Sunday in a dispute over Japanese nationals abducted by the North decades ago. Japan seized the occasion to express concern North


Newegg.com has the Brother HL-2040 personal laser printer for $64.99, shipping included. You supply the USB cable.


Princess Diana's butler said Wednesday that he did not know whether she had become engaged to Dodi Fayed shortly before she died, but that he believed that the relationship was already cooling.


The US Department of Justice fines oil giant BP some $373m (Â£182m), for fraud and environmental violations.


UK researchers have collected the first hard evidence of monkeys using tools, Science magazine reports.


BNP leader Nick Griffin was bailed last night by police questioning him over race-hate offences. Griffin, 45, had been arrested at his home in Wales in the wake of a BBC documentary showing him condemning Islam as 'a vicious, wicked faith'.


Dow Jones +0,25%, Nasdaq +0,29%. Euro in rialzo a 1,2706 dlr


Arrestato presunto capo di una cellula terroristica


The $12,000 web search It's true. Google can help with anything. Minutes before they operned several locked safes at a "family fun center" in Colorado Springs, a team of masked bandits sat down at a nearby PC and Googled "safe-cracking." "They brought up a site called 'How to Open Safes,'" Colorado Springs detective Chuck Ackerman told The Register.â¦


Former Pakistani Premier Fighting Deportation

Lawyers representing the exiled former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, filed petitions against the government, accusing it of abducting him and of acting in contempt of the court.


Megastar Amitabh Bachchan promised on Monday to lend his voice to at least three songs in the forthcoming Ravi Chopra blockbuster 'Babul' as a return gift to fans on his 62nd birthday.


US colleges graded F for tuition costs, report says

A new, independent report card flunks America's colleges in a key subject for many students and parents: affordability. While noting progress in areas such as student preparation, the biennial study by the


Cambodian police blocked Mia Farrow from holding a genocide memorial ceremony Sunday at a Khmer Rouge prison, at one point forcefully pushing her group away from a barricade.


Tories will use a Commons debate to raise pressure for an immediate inquiry into the Iraq war.


Treviso, 19:27 - BASKET, BENETTON TREVISO: ATRIPALDI NUOVO GIEMME

Marco Atripaldi è il nuovo giemme della Benetton Treviso. L'ex gm e ad di Biella, 46 anni, ve...


Unauthorized opposition rallies held in Minsk

The Belarusian opposition on Thursday held a series of unauthorized protest actions across the country.


Only two days ago, the Miami Heat seemed relaxed and confident as they held a one-game lead in the Eastern Conference finals.


Interstate Hotels & Resorts Named to Manage Hotels in Times Square...

Interstate Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:IHR), the nation's largest independent hotel management company, today announced that it has been selected to manage two Marriott-branded hotels, currently under construction, ...


Putin tightens grip on Russian regions after deadly attacks

President Vladimir Putin stepped up Kremlin control over Russia's regions and called for moves to improve security in the north Caucasus as he appointed a mew government chief of staff after the Beslan school hostage tragedy.


One week left, nothing decided. That doesn't mean the National League pennant race has been uneventful lately.


Explosive traces found in 2nd Russian wreckage

Residue of the same type of explosive found in the wreckage of one of two Russian airliners that crashed last week has been found in the second, authorities said Saturday.


Treasuries Up; Economy's Strength Doubted

U.S. Treasury debt prices rose on Wednesday, building on the previous two sessions' gains as doubts about the economic outlook and how much the Federal Reserve will be able to raise interest rates persisted.


Colgate says fake toothpaste found in 4 states

Colgate-Palmolive Co. said on Thursday counterfeit toothpaste that may contain a toxic chemical had been found in discount stores in four U.S. states.


Eurogendfor â Primo tassello della gendarmeria europea

ROMA - Il ministro della Difesa, Antonio Martino, insieme ai ministri della Difesa di Francia, Olanda, Portogallo e Spagna, ha sottoscritto oggi a Noordwijk (Olanda), la Dichiarazione di Intenti per la costituzione di una Forza di Gendarmeria Europea


A Milano per la sua collezione Seduzioni Diamonds


Rockets Hit Hotel in Baghdad; Shiite Rebel Offers Truce Deal

Insurgents fired two rockets into the Ishtar Sheraton Hotel in central Baghdad tonight, setting rooms ablaze and forcing the temporary evacuation of scores of journalists


European, Asian leaders wrap up summit, sidestep Myanmar issue

Asian and European leaders were to wrap up summit talks here by calling for the United Nations to lead the fight against terrorism while largely side-stepping a rift over military-ruled Myanmar.


"This is equivalent to a lack of faith in the work carried out up until now," said Castellani in a statement. "For this reason I have decided to offer my resignation as president to the board on November 24th


India and Pakistan balk at bold Kashmir peace plan

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf this week urged steps to end the bitter dispute.


Banks told stop using women to lure clients

Nigerian banks must stop using attractive women to persuade customers to open accounts, Senate President David Mark was quoted as saying in Thursday's newspapers.


The German President, Horst Koehler, is beginning a politically sensitive visit to Israel on Tuesday.


Report: Czech Republic's Oldest Woman Dies

The Czech Republic's oldest woman has died at the age 110, the news agency CTK reported Wednesday.


Broken Neck Vertebra Sidelines Raiders QB

ALAMEDA, Calif. - Oakland quarterback Rich Gannon has a broken vertebra in his neck that will sideline him at least six weeks...


Blast Kills Up to 17 Near Baghdad Police Academy

A suspected suicide car bomb killed up  to 17 people near Baghdad's Oil Ministry and a nearby police  academy Sunday, a spokesman for the ministry said.


Lebanon's Shiites Grapple With New Feeling of Power

BEIRUT, Dec. 9 -- As morning clouds hovered overhead Saturday, Fadil Ayyash wiped eyes that were bleary from just two hours of sleep over two days in the city-within-a-city that Hezbollah's protests in downtown Beirut have become.


Banca centrale decide incremento 0,25% del tasso d'interesse


UK inflation is set to reach its 2.0% target by 2006 and then head higher, a Bank of England report predicts.


Exelon to sell power generation assets to Dynegy

Exelon Corp. (EXC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said it would sell some of its Sithe power generation assets to Dynegy Inc.


Yellowstone May Start Bison Feeder Herds

A proposed quarantine facility for Yellowstone National Park bison to eventually provide herd startups for Indian reservations and wildlife refuges is being considered, state officials say.


World misunderstands China's Web controls: expert

The Internet in China is not as  restricted as sometimes believed in the West, with most  controls actually coming from sites practicing self-censorship,  an academic who studies the Chinese Web said on Thursday.


Iraqi Militants Behead Hostage, Set New Deadline

Militants beheaded an American in Iraq  and said two fellow civilian hostages would meet the same fate  within 24 hours if Washington failed to accept their demands.


US troops are fighting to crush resistance in the Iraqi city of Falluja but rebels have hit back with an armed rampage in Mosul and a car bomb


The Los Angeles Clippers are glad people can finally stop talking about their winless record on the road.


Home Prices Are Down, and So Is Confidence

Prices of homes in 20 major U.S. metropolitan areas fell 4.4 percent for the 12 months through August.


United States edge Canada 2-1 to reach Gold Cup final

The United States reached the final of the Gold Cup for the sixth time with a 2-1 semi-final victory over Canada on Thursday.


David Mellor paces in the left-field grandstand at Fenway Park, anxiously watching the field and answering a flurry of phone calls as storm clouds gather overhead. As Fenway's director of grounds, he will decide exactly when his crew will roll out the tarp that protects the infield from rain.


A wildlife park is widening its collection of animals to include Japanese macaques.


Boston Archbishop Reveals Pain of Closings

Archbishop Sean O'Malley made an emotional appeal Saturday to Catholics who oppose the downsizing of local parishes, saying the cuts are so painful that he sometimes asks God to "call me home and let someone else finish this job."


Talk about the Middle East is upbeat these days in Washington, Europe, and Jerusalem, as presidents, prime ministers, and diplomats


Claims the government caused the collapse of a major green energy scheme in Peterhead are denied.


Ukraine Leader Readies to Dump Government Old Guard

Ukraine's West-leaning President Viktor Yushchenko was poised on Wednesday to sweep out the government old guard and bring in a reformist cabinet to take the country into the mainstream of Europe, away from Russia.


Spain seizes three over Madrid bomb plot

They have now been transferred to Madrid, El Mundo added, but did not say what charges they would face. Police and court officials could.


A suspected Islamic militant rammed his explosive-laden car into a Pakistan army convoy in the country's northwest on Saturday, killing two soldiers and wounding six others, police said.


Drug Addict Drifter Who Murdered Backpacker Caroline Jailed for ...

A drug addicted drifter was today starting a life sentence after he was found guilty of murdering British backpacker Caroline Stuttle in Australia.


COVINGTON, La. - Retired Louisiana pharmacist George Boudreaux hasn't needed Madison Avenue pitchmen to get the word out about his concoction to treat diaper rash...


Golf Roundup: Soft Conditions Help Furyk and Rose Shoot Record Lows

Jim Furyk and Justin Rose took advantage of perfect scoring conditions Thursday in the first round of the Canadian Open.


Activists threaten to ram Japanese whalers

The militant environmental group Sea Shepherd said Monday that it had located the Japanese whaling fleet near Antarctica and threatened to ram them if they resumed slaughtering the giant sea creatures.


London Brent crude slid over a dollar to $57 on Tuesday but remained in a $57-$60 a barrel range that has defined the market for the past three weeks.


UPDATE 1-Garcia retains lead after lost-ball incident

Sergio Garcia had to undergo an extensive investigation following a lost-ball incident at Valderrama on Friday before being cleared to keep his one-stroke lead in the Volvo Masters second round.


Business models followed technology too closely A year ago, hardly a week went by without news of a major municipal wireless project in the US, supporting free or subsidized access and a host of shiny business models. Now hardly a week goes by without news of the death of one of these plans.â¦


Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned strongly against new international sanctions on Iran, saying they would lead to a dead end.


Elena Dementieva became the latest upset victim at the Porsche Grand Prix on Wednesday when qualifier Lisa Raymond of the United States ousted the fifth-seeded Russian 6-0, 7-5 in the first round of the euro530,000 (US$650,000


Kuznetsova Tops Dementieva for Open Title

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


Dell CEO Kevin Rollins sent a clear signal to Intel, saying in an interview that the company is likely to begin using Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) processors in some of its products.


U.N. Council asked to address Syrian arms smuggling

The United States, Britain and France want U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to pursue ways to stop weapons flowing into Lebanon over the Syrian border, according to a draft U.N. statement on Tuesday.


Iran Sanctions Are Meant to Prevent War, Bush Aides Say

In approving far-reaching, new unilateral sanctions against Iran, President Bush signaled yesterday that he intends to pursue a strategy of gradually escalating financial, diplomatic and political pressure on Tehran, aimed not at starting a new war in the Middle East, his advisers said, but at...


The wife of Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian is cleared of wrongdoing in a corruption scandal, prosecutors say.


Trade unions at ITV have threatened to strike over plans to close the company's final salary pension scheme


Prehistoric humans were infected with a bug that causes stomach ulcers, a study has shown.


The leader of the Basque government calls for regional elections to be moved forward.


President Bush is standing firm in his battle to get Congress to approve the White House plan for detaining, interrogating and prosecuting suspected terrorists. The Senate, though, isn't backing away from its plan either.


UK Filmmaker Tries New Position on Sex at Festival

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain  - Forget the violins and the  soft fade to waves on a beach as the sweethearts embrace.


A European Union summit with Ukrainian leaders will discuss progress made on democratic reforms,


Zohra Sehgal is 92 years old. But age doesn't deter this lively lady from featuring in films and spreading her graceful charm.


Citigroup Inc. , the largest U.S. bank, said on Friday that strong international growth fueled a higher-than-expected 18 percent increase in quarterly profit.


Milano, 23:46 - CALCIO, INTER; MANCINI: TAGLIAVENTO, CHE BRUTTO ARBITRAGGIO

Roberto Mancini contro l'arbitro Tagliavento, che ha diretto Inter-Sampdoria. "Il rigore a favore de...


Napster and Dwango Sign Deal for Mobile Ringtones

The Napster Mobile service will launch in the US and Canada in 2005 and will utilize a special Napster interface. Users will be able to download ringtones and earn credits redeemable on Napster PC-based service at the same time.


Madrid, 15:33 - CALCIO, MERCATO; INTER: RONALDO E' A MADRID, CONTATTI TRA I CLUB

Contrariamente alle voci circolate nel primo pomeriggio, Ronaldo è a Madrid dove aspetta che ...


A bomb probably planted by the Abu Sayyaf caused the fire that sank the SuperFerry 14 and killed over 100 people last Feb. 27 in what could have been the countryâs worst terrorist attack


Lara hopes that win will kickstart a new era

Brian Lara refused to get carried away by the tidal wave of emotion that followed the West Indies' remarkable triumph in the ICC Champions Trophy final, but hoped that the success would act as a spur for a new generation of Caribbean cricketers.


Defending champion Mario Kindelan of Cuba gave 17-year-old Amir Khan of Britain a boxing lesson in the Olympic lightweight (60kg) final.


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Indonesia Set to Pick President in Runoff

Indonesians will choose in a runoff election on Monday between incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri and her former chief security minister, both moderate


Silvio Berlusconi, the prime minister of Italy, ends his long reign as AC Milan president.


After some initial success containing drug prices, private insurers in the new Medicare prescription drug program may be losing their leverage over drug manufacturers as they try to hold down medicine costs for seniors and the federal government, House investigators have found.


N.Korea Vows Will Never Dismantle Nuclear Arms

North Korea will never dismantle its  nuclear arsenal and will not resume talks on its atomic  programs unless the United States drops its "hostile" policy,  the North's official KCNA news agency said on Saturday.


A sailor accused of stealing a Navy laptop and peddling its classified contents to an undisclosed foreign government pleaded guilty Monday to espionage, desertion and other charges.


Microsoft says appeals 281 million euro fine

Software giant Microsoft MSFT.O has   filed an appeal against a 280.5 million euro ($356.4 million)   fine the European Commission imposed in July, holding it defied   a 2004 antitrust ruling.


The NFL playoffs are usually easier to handicap than the regular season for a simple reason: The better teams are at home. So the oddsmakers automatically give the three points for home-field advantage, plus a few more for being better. That's the case as the playoffs start this weekend.


Baseball-Ichiro Breaks Hits Record, Adds Single

The Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki  registered three singles to equal, break and then add to the  Major League hits record with his 259th of the season in a game  against the Texas Rangers Friday.


A U.S. battalion commander and an enlisted man will face courts-martial on charges related to the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha, Iraq, in 2005, the Marines said on Friday.


MODENA, Italy  - Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who brought opera to the masses, died on Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 71.


Peyton says younger brother Eli has come of age

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey  - Peyton Manning will not be offering any more brotherly advice to Giants quarterback Eli after watching him lead New York to the Super Bowl.


The government is in danger of missing its target for new homes to be carbon neutral by 2016, it is warned.


ANKARA, Turkey -- A car bomb apparently targeting military personnel killed four people and wounded 68 others Thursday in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, officials said.


Indianapolis, Oct. 12 - The pool where swimmers set four world records, where America's most honored Olympic swimmer Jenny Thompson said goodbye, is all gone.


Si andra' al voto anticipato. Baccini (Udc), ultima spiaggia


Scientists have discovered the remains of a tree-climbing creature that lived 13 million years ago in what is now northeastern Spain and may be the last common ancestor of modern great apes


Killer shark to be destroyed in Australia

Australian police and wildlife officers have been ordered to destroy a large shark which killed a teenage surfer in a savage attack as his horrified schoolfriends looked on.


NCAA probation for little engine that could

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. The Division Two school that won an NCAA Division One championship in volleyball last year is on NCAA probation for four years.


ATLANTA - Could a vote in the House of Representatives end up deciding a tied election? Or will it end up being a comfortable win for Republican President Bush or Democratic Sen. John Kerry?


Damage from Thanksgiving Day's massive rockslide on Interstate 70 in Colorado may take two months and $1 million to fix, The Denver Post reported Sunday.


Anti-hacking laws 'can hobble net security'

Good Samaritans discouraged by threat of prosecution Jeremiah Grossman has long stopped looking for vulnerabilities in specific websites, and even if he suspects a site to have a critical flaw that could be compromised by an attacker, he's decided to keep quiet.â¦


Israel agreed on Sunday to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's new government, a move Hamas dismissed as "bribery" to fuel tensions with Islamists controlling Gaza.


John Kerry is adding some of the Democratic Party's most experienced strategists to his team for the stretch drive against President Bush, including hometown allies from Boston and top advisers of former President Clinton.


Gruppo di Novara ha acquistato 4,4 mln di azioni sul mercato


British police said on Friday they had defused a bomb in central London.


Londra, 10:54 - CALCIO, CHELSEA: DROGBA ONORERA' IL CONTRATTO

Il Chelsea, dopo le dichiarazioni di ieri rilasciate a 'France Football' da Didier Drogba, intenzion...


China ETFs Pull Back; Savings Tax Weighed      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Chinese officials on Wednesday debated a plan that gives China's State Council the power to cut or cancel its tax on bank deposit interest. The 20% tax was imposed in November 1999 to boost spending after the Asian financial crisis.


State of the Art: A Summer for Shooting a New S.L.R.

The choice between new S.L.R. cameras from Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Olympus and Sony comes down to price, features and your existing lens collection.


Moore seeks more screens for non-studio films

Michael Moore is mad  as hell about documentaries and foreign films being crowded out  of theaters, and he's not going to take it anymore.


DataPower Demonstrates Real-World Web Service Deployments Using WS-Security

DataPower announced its demonstration of real-world Web service deployments with customers utilizing WS-Security and SAML for federated authentication and authorization across domains to partners and customers.


India's captain Mahendra Dhoni is looking for a fresh start to the tour of Australia with Friday's Twenty20 game.


UEFA Cup test for Spurs' ambitions under Ramos

Juande Ramos faces a key test of his ambitious plans for Tottenham as his side are one of five British clubs competing in the UEFA Cup round of 32 first leg midweek clashes.


Two more CIA officials resign over new boss' management style :

Washington, Nov 16 : Two more CIA officials have resigned after a series rows with agency's new leadership on their management style.


LiMo chief talks rivals, Nokia, and mobile Linux

Morgan Gillis discusses the LiMo Foundation's first mobile Linux platform release and why it matters that Nokia bought Trolltech.


Idv sara' in coalizione ma con proprio simbolo


Chemical protects women from AIDS when man does not use condom

A gel has been created which protects women from getting AIDS during sexual intercourse when the man does not wear a condom. The chemical blocks the route the AIDS virus takes when it invades the woman's body during sex.


An air traffic controller is blamed for a near miss between two jets on a runway at Manchester Airport.


Freed China reporter to win press freedom award

A U.S.-based press freedom watchdog is to honor a Chinese reporter who spent years behind bars after exposing a fraudulent irrigation project, the group said in a statement on Tuesday.


Mullally: stars should "come ready to play"

LOS ANGELES  - There's a new stop in   town for celebrities on the talk show circuit, and the show's   host, Megan Mullally, has been helping to make sure that her   new talker isn't forgotten by A-listers looking to promote   their upcoming projects in the competitive, complex world of   talent booking.


Water released through floodgates at a mighty dam in northern Mozambique is worsening floods that have already killed dozens of people and swept away hundreds of homes, the prime minister said Friday.


Update 12: Crude Oil Climbs Above $50 in Asia

Crude oil prices climbed above the key $50 mark in Asian trade Tuesday, creeping close to an all-time high as worries continued over supply and unrest in key oil producing areas.


Edson Buddle scored a career-best and team-record four goals, and the Columbus Crew beat the MetroStars 4-2 Saturday night, securing a playoff spot and extending their unbeaten streak to 13 games.


Suicide blast kills 1 outside Afghan police station

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan  - A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a police station in northeastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing one civilian and wounding 11, police said.


Traditional Dutch tolerance confronts harsh realities of ...

THE HAGUE, Nov 11  - This month's brutal murder of a filmmaker in the name of radical Islam and the violent reprisals against the Muslim community have exposed a painful rift in traditionally tolerant Dutch society, increasingly torn apart by ethnic


Calcio, processo Juve: giudice in camera di consiglio

E' entrato in camera di consiglio il giudice Giuseppe Casalbore, che oggi pronuncerÃ  la sentenza del processo per i farmaci ai giocatori della Juventus. Prima di ritirarsi, Casalbore ha detto ai presenti


Sleepy Interns Committing Key Errors, Study Shows

America's doctors-in-training are committing serious errors as a result of being forced to work over 80 hours a week, says new research which suggests the U.S. medical community has been slow to tackle sleep deprivation in its staff.


A Japanese government panel tells schools to tackle bullying, after several suicides are linked to the problem.


A US District Court Judge has dismissed the anti-trust and conspiracy claims made by the .com and .net registry, VeriSign, against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN).


In Jamaica, fatal attacks push homophobia into the open

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- When gay rights activist Brian Williamson was stabbed to death in June, and jubilant crowds danced around his mutilated body, police said he had been a robbery victim.


Boat Speeds Explored: EID Board's Move Follows Earlier Bid to Ban Personal Watercraft on Silver Lake.

By Cathy Locke, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 15--El Dorado Irrigation District board members followed up a call for banning personal watercraft on Silver Lake with a request to limit boat speeds, a move that would effectively eliminate water skiing as well.


Energy Giant Dominion Buys Half of Wind Farm: ; Proposed Grant County Turbines Spark Opposition From Some Residents

By Tom Breen  A Virginia energy giant has bought a 50 percent stake in a Grant County wind turbine project that is the subject of a case before the state Supreme Court.


L'ultimo volume, "The deathly hallows", esce il 21. In Internet le firme per non far morire il mago"Mai dire mai": cosÃ¬ la scrittrice lascia aperta la porta all'eventualitÃ  di continuare a raccontare la storia                                            I fan in tumulto: "Harry deve vivere" e J. K. Rowling torna sui suoi passi                                                                                dal nostro corrispondente ENRICO FRANCESCHINI


Continental buys five more 787s, worth $900 mln

Continental Airlines Inc.  said  on Monday it ordered five Boeing 787 Dreamliners, worth about  $900 million, increasing its orders for the new plane to 25.


Tug, Barge Collide with Cruise Ship in Key West

KEY WEST, Fla.  - A tugboat hauling a barge  collided with a docked Royal Caribbean International cruise  ship in Key West on Friday, causing an 8-foot-long puncture in  the ship's hull.


Kenya's opposition challenger Raila Odinga took the lead on Friday in the race to govern east Africa's biggest economy, the vote count showed, while tempers frayed over delays in the counting process.


âEven a target of 160-170 would be tough to chaseâ

MUMBAI: A target of 160-170 runs will be very difficult to chase on a vicious Wankhede Stadium track, according to Indian left-arm spinner Murali Kartik.


Bush says hopes to solve Iran issue diplomatically

U.S. President George W. Bush said on Thursday he remained hopeful of convincing Iran through diplomatic means to give up its nuclear ambitions.


Torino, 19:20 - Calcio, Juve; Del Piero: un peccato per la Coppa Italia

"Adesso il nostro compito sarÃ  quello di concentrarci al massimo su Campionato e Champions League". ...


Depending where you're roaming T-Mobile has cut by more than half charges for business customers who transmit data over its mobile networks in countries where it operates its own network.â¦


The discount retailer calls two tough plays in hopes of scoring.


Offrira' soluzioni con l'ausilio di esperti qualificati


Remorse-stricken Norwegian pays hotel bill 24 years late

A remorse-stricken Norwegian has finally settled a hotel bill 24 years after he decamped without paying, the management of the Hotel Clarion in the city of Kristiansand said.


EU negotiator voices warning on sanctions

TEHRAN -- The European Union warned yesterday that Iran was close to triggering sanctions by refusing to halt uranium enrichment, but Tehran again insisted that it would not give up its right to produce nuclear fuel.


Manmohan hopeful of resolving issues with Pak through negotiations

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today said that he was hoping to resolve all outstanding issues with Pakistan through negotiations.


Wife of UK hostage issues mercy plea to kidnappers

The wife of Ken Bigley, the British engineer who is being held hostage in Iraq, has made an emotional appeal today for the safe release of her husband.


IBM adds extra Linux and automation to DB2

IBM will next week release editions of version 8.2 of its DB2 database software, featuring support for Linux clustering in addition to self-managing and tuning capabilities.


Lebanon president vote postponed to January 12

Lebanon's presidential election was postponed to January 12 from Saturday, the parliament speaker said on Friday, prolonging a power vacuum that threatens to further destabilize the country.


The guiding vision at a major new museum is entirely Native American


Bologna, 11:06 - BASEBALL, RISULTATI A1: RETROCEDE AVIGLIANA

Questi i risultati di gara-3 della 7/a e ultima giornata di ritorno del campionato di serie A1 di ba...


Radical plans to make police more accountable to their communities are to be unveiled on Tuesday.


Esecutivo preoccupato per progressiva diminuzione stock


U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops killed about 80 Taliban fighters in a six-hour battle following an ambush in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Sunday.


The punishment for McLaren Mercedes was by far the harshest in the 57-year history of Formula One racing.


Skin Deep: Short, Stout, Has a Handle on Colds

Thanks in part to Oprah, the neti pot is having what can only be termed a moment.


Combinazione: 3, 12, 22, 65, 77, 84 Jolly 4, Superstar 27


Eight families have filed a federal lawsuit against a school district that is requiring students to learn about alternatives to the theory of evolution.


Citigroup, Lehman receive I.R.S. requests: WSJ

U.S. tax authorities are seeking  information from two U.S. banks to determine whether complex  derivatives trades they undertook for clients, including hedge  funds, were designed primarily to avoid taxes, the Wall Street  Journal reported in its online edition on Thursday.


The former head of MI6 denied Wednesday that the British intelligence agency was responsible for the car accident that killed Princess Diana and her boyfriend, Dodi al Fayed, in 1997.


Politicians and fishing leaders prepare to embark on the latest round of annual talks over catch limits.


Harry Potter Author Helps Search For Missing Girl

J.K. Rowling, author of the very popular Harry Potter series, is backing the search for missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann. Rowling has asked her 65 publishers to distribute a poster of the missing girl to stores selling her final Harry Potter book...


Bush Admits Iraq 'Miscalculations' in Times Interview

President Bush acknowledged for the  first time on Thursday that he had miscalculated post-war  conditions in Iraq, The New York Times reported.


Giant planets and broad bands of dust swirl around seven distant stars in new images captured by two NASA telescopes, both built partly in Colorado.


Several Maryland legislators yesterday called for a broader investigation of Prince George's County schools chief Andre J. Hornsby and his role in the purchase of $1 million in educational software from a California company.


Two Allawi relatives released by kidnappers in Iraq

CAIRO - Two female relatives of Iraqâs interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi have been released by their kidnappers after being held hostage for just under a week, Arabic news channels reported late on Sunday.


McCann family rallies round as suspicion shadows parents

As the pressure grows on the parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann, support from their extended family, who have angrily denounced the police probe, has become stronger.


Rome - The Italian oil group Eni said on Sunday that it would continue operations in Nigeria, despite reported threats by a militant group, and denied that its helicopters had been used for military purposes.


As precarious as the race for governor has been so far, today it could truly veer off a cliff - potentially becoming a travesty that tops even the 2000 presidential fiasco in Florida.


At least 556 people died after floodwaters raged through Haiti in the wake of tropical storm Jeanne, a UN spokesman says. Aid agencies counted some 500 bodies in the northern coastal city of Gonaives, the


Respite from the diet roller coaster may come in the form of an experimental pill. And because the pill also targets the brain's pleasure center - the first diet pill to do so - it's showing some promise in helping smokers kick cigarettes.


Montezemolo, 'c'e' attenzione incredibile su questa auto'


SocGen defends itself ahead of money laundering trial

Societe Generale laid out its defense ahead of a high-profile money laundering trial due to begin in Paris on Monday, which could put further pressure on the French bank as it grapples with the effects of a trading scandal.


Fatturato e' salito in proporzione, a 700 milioni


Armed Civilians Attack U.N. Peacekeepers

Bands of former soldiers and armed residents looted police arsenals, set bonfires and fired shots into the air amid escalating chaos in this impoverished Caribbean nation.


Citigroup and Prince: Too-Risky Business

CHARLOTTESVILLE  Poor Chuck Prince. For the past five years, he thought his job was to clean up the ethical mess at Citigroup left by his longtime friend and patron Sandy Weill. As Weill was taking his leave of the financial behemoth he had created, state and federal officials were moving to put ...


Online Video Advertising Builds Momentum

With ubiquitous broadband access and ad-serving technologies becoming more sophisticated, marketers are increasingly interested in online video advertising opportunities. How do top interactive agencies leverage video for their online advertising campaigns?


Stock futures pointed to a higher market opening on Tuesday, with strong earnings by Apple Inc.  and American Express Co  easing worries that consumers were curbing their spending.


Amazon and Microsoft have filed lawsuits against companies that used their names to commit fraud on the Internet. One suit accuses Gold Disk Canada of "spoofing," or sending e-mails that appear


Want to stay safe on the road? Increase your chances by avoiding these sets of wheels.


Know how to steer clear of tax problems as a business owner.


Britney Spears charged with hit-and-run in L.A.

Britney Spears was charged on Friday with hit and run and driving without a valid license, a spokesman with the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office said.


Man. United manager Ferguson renews war of words with Arsenal's ...

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson renewed his war of words with Arsenal's Arsene Wenger on Sunday, a week before the two clubs' Premier League confrontation at Old Trafford.


20 Dead in Indonesia Flood; 340,000 Flee

By IRWAN FIRDAUS  JAKARTA, Indonesia - Boats ferried supplies to desperate residents of Indonesia's flood-stricken capital on Sunday as rivers burst their banks following days of rain. At least 20 people have been killed and almost 340,000 forced from their homes, officials said.


The Hamilton versus Clyde football match is abandoned after the collapse of one of the players.


Oil prices stay close to all-time record in Asian trade

Crude oil prices hovered close to their all-time high of US$53.80 in Asia on Tuesday, fueled by continuing worries over supply in Nigeria and reduced output in the hurricane-hobbled Gulf of Mexico.


Mars Volcanoes Possibly Still Active, Pictures Show

Images from a European space probe reveal recent glacial deposits and lava flows on Mars that suggest the red planet is more active than many scientists had thought.


THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats and Republicans in New York.


Mike Sullivan was fired Tuesday after two seasons as coach of the Boston Bruins, incoming general manager Peter Chiarelli's first major move with the team. No replacement was announced.


Anche cinque denunciati, due agenti contusi


Bush second term weighs heavily on gay Americans

Four more years of George W. Bush is a daunting prospect for many gay Americans, who see a president increasingly beholden to an evangelical Christian base bent on resisting gay equality.


Rumors that coach Mike Martz's job is in jeopardy have begun to take a toll on the Rams. Martz told the Post-Dispatch's Jim Thomas that the rumors were "very divisive, destructive and did hurt this football team".


Fashion Wire Daily - With glamorous gowns displayed like elegant sculptures in her New York showroom, Reem Acra joined the increasing number of designers doing formal presentations for their pre-fall collections, the transitional season that retailers use to bridge spring/summer and fall collections.


Wave machine Hurricane Ivan produces Caribbean swell

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 08 September 2004: - - Hurricane Ivan pounded the islands of the southeastern Caribbean yesterday.


Stella McCartney has given birth to her second child, a girl, the fashion designer's spokesman said Tuesday.


ENGLAND fast bowler Steve Harmison is the world's number one bowler, according to the latest PwC Test ratings. The Durham quick's match-winning nine-wicket haul in the fourth and final Test against the West


Pallanuoto: Formiconi, "Felice di allenare il Settebello

MILANO - Prime dichiarazioni di Pierluigi Formiconi, nominato oggi dalla Federnuoto nuovo commissario tecnico della nazionale maschile di pallanuoto. "Sono molto contento del nuovo incarico anche se non lo


Al Qaeda group would release CARE hostage

CAIRO, Egypt -- The insurgent group Al Qaeda in Iraq called Friday for the release of Margaret Hassan, a kidnapped charity leader, and said it would free her if she fell into their hands.


Lithuania and Poland are to sign a deal to link their power grids - an important step in Baltic-EU integration.


Montevideo, 20:23 - CALCIO, URUGUAY: DOPING: POSITIVO GIOCATORE DEL NATIONAL

Diego Vera, attaccante del Nacional di Montevideo, è risultato positivo a un test antidoping....


Australia, Britain ramp up aid pledges as tsunami fallout ...

LONDON  - Britain and Australia followed Japan and the United States in pledging dramatic increases in emergency aid for victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia as the world community struggled to cope with its mushrooming fallout.


Berlin Zoo Separates Baby Rhino from Clumsy Mother

Vets at a Berlin zoo have been forced to separate a baby rhino from his mother for fear she may accidentally trample him to death, zoo officials said on Tuesday.


Nel primo trimestre ricavi +1,4%, a 8,67 miliardi di dollari


In a presidential candidate forum sponsored last month by the cable channel Logo, the most memorable questions came from a surprising source: rock musician Melissa Etheridge.


Eurozone data to confirm slumping confidence, easing inflation

BRUSSELS  - Eurozone figures due out this week will confirm that confidence is slumping due to high oil prices and the rise of the euro, and that inflation is easing, economists said.


Mitsubishi Motors Corp, Japan's only money-losing car maker, and US brokerage firm Merrill Lynch plan to set up a joint venture in North America, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said Saturday.


Ratings agencies scramble to reassess subprime risk

Rating companies began a new wave of rating cuts Thursday as they reassessed the fallout from deteriorating subprime loans, drawing increased scrutiny from investors who are questioning why the agencies failed to act earlier.


Goodbye, San Juan. Hello, Bermuda and Charlotte. JetBlue Airways Corp. will begin offering service from Logan International Airport on May 1 to Bermuda and to the North Carolina financial services center, one day after its seasonal service to Puerto Rico from Boston ends.


Honolulu Journal: The Aloha State Is Now Less Welcoming to Smokers

Some worry that HawaiiÂs strict antismoking law will hurt tourism Â especially from Japan.


New stars such as Ellen Page of "Juno" and veterans like Hal Holbrook from "Into the Wild" bathed in the Oscar spotlight on Monday with little difference between generations when it came to being nominated for the world's top film honors.


A councillor says the murder of a woman in rural Hampshire will "shock" its close-knit community.


Castor Appears Likely to Succeed Davis as Primary Nears

Although five Democrats filed to run in the Sept. 5 primary for FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs open governorÃ¢ÂÂs seat, the contest has come down to a two-man battle between 11th District Rep. Jim Davis and state Sen. Rod Smith.


Il ministro dell'Interno ammonisce Ds e Margherita a non ripiegaresull'ipotesi della federazione: "Rischiamo un Pim Fortuyn italiano"                                          Amato: "Avanza un'onda populista soltanto il Pd la potrÃ  fermare"                                                                                di MASSIMO GIANNINI


Ex-Directors at Enron to Chip in on Settlement

Ten former Enron directors have agreed to pay $13 million out of their own pockets as part of a settlement with onetime shareholders.


Astros earn final playoff spot, all matchups set

Craig Biggio, Jeff Bagwell and Carlos Beltran met in the middle of the field for hugs, manager Phil Garner tipped his hat to the crowd and confetti showered fans at Minute Maid Park.


VATICANO - Secondo Incontro Internazionale di Pastorale della strada promosso dal Pontificio Consiglio della Pastorale per i Migranti e gli Itineranti: ÂLa strada della mobilitÃ  sostenibileÂ CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Nei giorni 1 e 2 dicembre, nella sede del Pontificio Consiglio della Pastorale per i Migranti e gli Itineranti (Palazzo San Calisto), si terrÃ  il Secondo Incontro Internazionale di Pastorale della strada che verte...


Talking to youngsters in the language of text could prove an invaluable way of increasing their access to services.


I ricavi del gruppo segnano +75% a 3,3 miliardi di euro


New Zealand made the rare move of resting its captain, and Wales named three changes for their rugby Test at Millennium Stadium on Saturday.


A video promoting the logo for the 2012 London Olympic Games was said to potentially cause epileptic seizures. Plus, a look at the Olympic plans.


Bank Agrees to Buy Troubled Loan Giant for $4 Billion

Bank of America will pay in stock for Countrywide Financial, the lender that became a symbol of the excesses that led to the subprime mortgage crisis.


EBay rings up higher profit, looks for even better Q4

San Jose-based Internet auction site eBay, Inc., says it had net income of $182.3 million or 27 cents per diluted share on revenues of $805.


Hank Blalock's solo homer and David Dellucci's two-run double rallied Texas in the ninth inning, and the Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 5-4 yesterday to complete a three-game sweep that moved them within two games of the AL West leaders.


Weather hampers spill response around grounded freighter

An unforgiving Bering Sea thwarted efforts Friday to stem a major spill from a broken freighter, but pollution responders said they managed to begin setting up initial


British paper reveals video of U.S. "friendly fire"

A British newspaper published transcripts on Tuesday of what it said was a cockpit video recording from a U.S. warplane at the center of an inquest into "friendly fire" in Iraq in which a British soldier was killed.


Microsoft's Media Center packs sticker shocker

com October 12, 2004, 10:10 PM PT. This fourth priority's main focus has been enterprise directories as organizations spawn projects around identity infrastructure.


'Progetto politico',per ministro della Solidarieta' sociale


The Detroit Shock were far from finished, and they sent the WNBA finals to a decisive Game 5.


Japanese PM to view earthquake damage; death toll rises to 27

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi headed to northern Japan on Tuesday to survey the damage wrought by the deadliest earthquakes to hit the country in nearly a decade, as the death toll rose to 27.


As PeopleSoft Chief Executive Craig Conway tried to rally customer support Tuesday, even he had to admit that Oracle's $7.7 billion hostile takeover bid is haunting his company.


They were lined up at dawn Friday. They fidgeted with nervous energy. They could barely wait to get into those stores and start spending.


Never a hostile question for campaigning Bush

President George W. Bush famously dislikes press conferences but has embraced "Ask President Bush" sessions packed with supporters at least as eager to pay tribute to him as get an answer.


Thompson Tells Elderly Not To Stand In Line For Flu Shots

TAMPA, Fla. -- Don't panic; there's no need for seniors to wait in long lines for flu shots. That's the message from US Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson.


BRYAN ROBSON breezed back into Premiership management after a four-year absence and confessed: âI thought Iâd blown itâ. New West Brom boss Robson has not worked in the top flight since leaving Middlesbrough in December 2000.


Roma, 23:45 - BASKET, A1 FEMMINILE: VENEZIA CADE A LA SPEZIA

Risultati dell'undicesima giornata del campionato di serie A1 femminile di basket: Famila Wuber Schi...


The loss and degradation of habitat pose the most significant threats to hundreds of Florida wildlife species. Lack of funding and enforcement and staff turnover represent the biggest


Drug's withdrawal puts heat on FDA Agency too reliant on drug ...

Suspicions that the arthritis drug Vioxx could cause serious cardiovascular damage arose as early as 1999, the year Vioxx was approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a next-generation remedy that might be safer than older drugs like ibuprofen.


A terminal leukemia patient must have daily blood transfusions or die. A family begs doctors to do everything possible to keep their elderly mother alive. Parents cannot accept their newborn baby will not survive.


G8 must forge concrete climate change plan: Annan

Leaders of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations should formulate a concrete plan to tackle climate change at their summit this week, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday.


A dentist from near Dumfries is struck off by the General Dental Council in order to protect the public.


GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israeli troops killed an armed Palestinian man early Sunday as he tried to sneak into southern Israel, the army said.


Scotland's health minister is expected to lose his job when Jack McConnell unveils a reshuffle of his cabinet.


Primo film francese e prima commedia per Giovanna Mezzogiorno, interprete della pellicola "Il club delle promesse", la prima opera diretta e sceneggiata da Marie-Anne Chazel. Tra le tante novitÃ , per l'attrice


Stocks Look to Open Lower; Cisco Awaited

U.S. stock futures pointed to a  slightly lower open on Tuesday as investors stay cautious after  last week's three-day rally and await results from networking  gear maker Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO.O which will set the  direction for technology stocks.


Police cited the driver of a charter bus that rear-ended a semitrailer, sending 17 people to hospitals, authorities said Wednesday.


In Pictures: Sony's Sexy PCs, Versatile Camcorders, and More

Sony also announces the company's first digital SLR camera and shows off the Rolly MP3 player that thinks it's a robot.


Dolphins' Culpepper has 2nd knee surgery

Daunte Culpepper underwent arthroscopic knee surgery Thursday to remove a piece of cartilage that has hampered his recovery from reconstructive surgery a year ago.


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Verdict reached in pregnant woman's slaying

A jury in Canton, Ohio, has reached a verdict in the trial of former police officer Bobby Cutts Jr., who is accused of killing his pregnant lover, Jessie Marie Davis, and their unborn child.


Glasgow, 21:03 - CALCIO, MILAN, GALLIANI MALDINI? SE STA BENE CONTINUERA'

"Maldini? Dipende solo da lui, se starà bene continuerà anche l'anno prossimo, con lui...


WASHINGTON - The National Intelligence Council presented President Bush this summer with three pessimistic scenarios regarding the security situation in Iraq, including the possibility of a civil war there before the end of 2005.    In a highly classified National Intelligence Estimate, the council looked at the political, economic and security situation in the wartorn country and determined that - at best - a tenuous stability was possible, a U.S...


Ljubicic Downs Hanescu at Open De Moselle

Top-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia beat Victor Hanescu of Romania 6-4, 6-4 Tuesday in the first round of the Open de Moselle.


Death toll rises to 57 in U.S. tornadoes

Communities across the  U.S. South grieved for the dead and tried to pick up their  lives on Thursday after the deadliest round of tornadoes in  nearly a quarter century killed 57 people.


Milano, 13:46 - CALCIO, MILAN; GALLIANI: SIAMO I NUMERI UNO IN EUROPA

Torna a parlare di calcio giocato, Adriano Galliani. Lo fa ai microfoni di Milan Channel alla vigili...


AMERICA remembered the victims of the September 11 atrocities yesterday in an emotional day of national mourning in which President George Bush renewed his vow to defeat global terrorism.


Dog-walking could be having a dramatic impact on local bird life, a study suggests.


US-Iraqi forces launch major operation against insurgent ...

More than 3,000 US and Iraqi forces launched a major operation Tuesday against insurgent strongholds just south of Baghdad, their second


You can buy almost anything online these days, but try shopping the Internet for an MRI, strep throat test or even an annual physical exam and you'll run into roadblocks.


706 espositori, attesi oltre 30mila visitatori professionali


When it comes to complaining about poor exchange rates for the U.S. dollar, American tourists traveling to Europe have nothing on tourists headed into space.


Megson drafts in lawyers to settle contract

Gary Megson is preparing to take legal action against West Bromwich Albion to end his contractual dispute with the club and clear the way for a new job.


Estonia takes off air Russian-language TV channel

Sources at the channel's directorate said the transmissions had been switched off at the instruction of the State Language Inspection.


South African gold producer Gold Fields rejects a $8.2bn bid by rival Harmony, saying the offer is not attractive.


The whale is descended from a deer-like animal that lived 48 million years ago, according to fossil evidence.


Blast at Islamic school seen linked to killing of Dutch film-maker

THE HAGUE : An Islamic school in the Dutch city of Eindhoven was hit by an explosion but no one was injured, ANP news agency reported, as police said the blast could be linked to the murder of a controversial ...


Six Muslim scholars are thrown off a US Airways flight after saying their evening prayers before take-off.


Lo studio condotto da ricercatori dell'universitÃ  di Warwick

ROMA - Altro che fumo ed alcool, essere single Ã¨ la prima ragione che mette a repentaglio la vita delle persone. Ea rischio non sono solo gli uomini, ma anche le donne. Questa la tesi sostenuta da uno studio


Italian govt doubts women hostages killed

ROME  - The Italian government said Thursday that it doubted the authenticity of a second claim that two female aid workers had been killed in Iraq, but that it was still checking the report.


Daily pain from sickle cell disease may be far more common - and severe - than previously thought, research suggests.


Two Back on Earth After Year on Space Station

Two astronauts who spent half a year aboard the International Space Station returned safely on Saturday to the steppes of Kazakhstan in the pre-dawn darkness.


Guerriglieri hanno preso d'assalto nave-piattaforma dell'Eni


When Ben S. Bernanke became Federal Reserve chairman two years ago, he set out to be the man in the gray flannel suit -- more anonymous bureaucrat than swashbuckling master of the economy.


Don't be part of a scary retirement statistic -- make Ben Stein proud by planning.


CBS Baseball Series Relies on Technology

LOS ANGELES - The new series "Clubhouse" - about a teenager who's a batboy for a major league team - may use sports as a metaphor for life, but the producers know the action on the field still has to look authentic. That was fairly easy to pull off in the pilot, in which Dodger Stadium served as the stand-in for the fictional New York Empires' ballpark...


I had a chance recently to spend a day with Eran Tor, who was in town from Tel Aviv working on ideas for new products at the Eureka Ranch.


Suicide Bombings on Two Israeli Buses Kill 15

BEERSHEBA, Israel  - Palestinian suicide bombers  killed at least 15 people in simultaneous attacks on two  Israeli buses on Tuesday, breaking a long lull in such violence  and potentially disrupting an Israeli plan to pull out of Gaza.


Premature births lower in women taking folic acid

Women who take folic acid supplements for at least a year before becoming pregnant can greatly reduce their risk of delivering a baby prematurely, researchers said on Thursday.


Referendum Win Energizes Chavez, Foes Lick Wounds

CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has gained fresh energy for his left-wing populist "revolution" and new democratic credentials with his resounding victory in Sunday's referendum.


Bird says team "fully supports Ron Artest," police review tape

Indiana Pacers chief executive Donnie Walsh says the team hasn't decided whether it will appeal the NBA's suspensions of Ron Artest and two other Indiana players following Friday night's brawl in Detroit.


Koch: I Support Bush, His Stance on Iraq

Calling himself a "liberal with sanity," former mayor Ed Koch — a lifelong Democrat — said he decided to support President Bush in the 2004 election because of Bush's stance on Iraq.


Angry Iraqis bury victims of U.S. airstrike

Angry residents of a village north of Baghdad fired into the air and chanted "God is greatest" as they buried the victims of a U.S. air strike that the country's Sunni leaders condemned as a massacre.


OTTAWA - Canada's reputation as an environmental leader is slipping because most federal departments aren't paying attention to the impact of their policies, says a report released on Tuesday.


Could iPhone's data rate be a fly in the ointment?

Despite the positive hoopla about the launch of the Apple Inc. iPhone, the  EDGE network it uses may not thrill users for speed -- and the upgrade to a faster version could be costly.


Ofcom legalises the use of FM transmitters which allow iPods and other MP3 players to play through car radios.