Former Vice President Al Gore won Spain's most prestigious prize Wednesday for his "decisive contribution to progress in solving the grave problems of climate change which threaten our planet."


Dubai - Kidnappers have released a Turkish hostage who was under threat of beheading in Iraq, after his two employers agreed to captors' demands to stop working in the country, Al Arabiya television said on Monday.


Healia (www.healia.com) announced today the availability of its free service to consumers. Healia is a significant advancement in health search engine technology, delivering the highest-quality and personalized health information to consumers.


Doubts Are Raised on Push for Anthrax Vaccine

The federal government ordered a new $877 million anthrax vaccine last month, but the vaccine is still unproven in humans.


Bush challenges "misimpressions" about Iraq

President Bush on Saturday challenged what he called public "misimpressions" about Iraq as he battled a gloomy assessment of the war in an intelligence report and the fallout from a book portraying him as in denial over it.


A suicide truck bomb in the city of Kirkuk in Iraq's Kurdish north killed at least 12 people and wounded another 55, police said Sunday.


Cyclist Tyler Hamilton, a hill climber extraordinaire, may have conquered his toughest summit yesterday when the International Olympic Committee ruled the Marblehead native and winner of


Cell phones safe to use in hospitals: U.S. study

Calls made on cell phones do not affect hospital medical devices, U.S. researchers said on Friday, but store anti-theft alarms might make implanted heart devices misfire.


The NFL champion New England Patriots escape with a season-opening victory, keeping their winning streak alive and again frustrating Peyton Manning.


Madrid, 17:15 - CALCIO, REAL; MARADONA: PRENDERE SCHUSTER SCELTA INDOVINATA

"Secondo me è stata una scelta completamente azzeccata quella di prendere Bernardo".


DETROIT -- The Detroit Shock came back one last time and made off with their second WNBA championship in four years.


Photo 1 of 2: Microsoft's fashion makeover

Wood paneling and chrome dominate one of two sample designs for a new style of Media Center PC, commissioned by Microsoft's eHome division from One & Co.


Una Second Life archeologicaper conoscere la via Flaminia

A Roma il primo museo virtuale europeo realizzato dal Cnr. Visitatori come avatar per scoprire com'era l'antica via consolare all'epoca dell'imperatore Augusto


"Snakes on a Plane" fails to charm moviegoers

So much for the Internet hype.  "Snakes on a Plane," a camp thriller that generated an  unprecedented tsunami of online hysteria during the past year,  crawled into the No. 1 slot at the North American weekend box  office with estimated ticket sales of just $15.3 million, its  distributor said on Sunday.


The new series of comedy Little Britain draws a record 1.8 million audience for digital channel BBC Three.


VATICANO - Le preghiere del cristiano in tutte le lingue: lingua Bodo (Boro) - Diocesi di Bongaigaon (India - Assam) CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) -  La lingua Bodo (pronunciato Bo-ro) Ã¨ una delle lingue ufficiali dellÂAssam, del gruppo etno-linguistico tibeto-birmano. Viene parlata da circa 600.000 persone in India cosÃ¬ distribuite: nellÂAssam, dalla parte de...


Guerrillas shot dead 17 Iraqis working  for U.S. forces north of Baghdad Sunday and killed six other  people, including three Iraqi National Guards, taking the toll  from three days of violence to more than 70.


NEW YORK - Stocks moved higher Friday as oil prices dipped and a pair of upgrades in the semiconductor sector boosted technology shares.    Investors are closely watching oil prices, which topped $50 per barrel this week, hoping that consumer spending and sentiment, along with third-quarter earnings, would not be adversely affected by rising energy costs...


Alexander Kwasniewski, the Polish president, today said the country had set no date for withdrawing its troops from Iraq despite comments from the defence minister that they should leave by the end of 2005.


Countrywide CEO Forfeits $37.5 Million in Severance Pay

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27 -- Countrywide Financial chief executive Angelo R. Mozilo, under fire over the size of his potential payout from the proposed sale of his troubled mortgage company, says he is forfeiting $37.5 million in severance pay, fees and perks he was scheduled to receive upon retirement.


NEW YORK  - Ovarian cancer is much more  curable if detected early, but the disease doesn't usually  produce symptoms until it is advanced and current blood tests  are not very sensitive in picking it up. A new test may improve  the situation, researchers have shown.


Buechel dreams of gold after training run

ARE, Sweden  - Liechtenstein's Marco Buechel wore the biggest smile in the finish area on Friday after clocking the fastest training run for Saturday's blue-riband men's downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships.


Nearly 40 protesters gathered Saturday at the home of the chief financial backer of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, whose ads criticize Democrat John Kerry's military record.


Calling All Troops, and Then Some, in Iraq

Even as American and Iraqi forces move to surround the last large group of insurgents in Falluja this weekend, they are also scrambling to quell fighting that has erupted in many other Sunni towns and cities in Iraq.


Martha Stewart asks judge for jail right away

Martha Stewart wants to serve her five months prison sentence "as soon as possible" and has sent a request to do so to the judge in charge of her legal case, the queen of domestic life said in a news conference in New York Wednesday.


Whole Foods, Wild Oats to challenge FTC lawsuit

Whole Foods Market Inc.  and Wild Oats Markets Inc.  said on Tuesday that they would challenge U.S. anti-competition regulators that plan to file a lawsuit aimed at blocking the supermarket chains' proposed merger.


Intranet for alumni communities: available for downlaod

Web "Portal" with secured services as : directory, job offers, etc ... especially for the use by Alumni associations   As of today, the first public version of this Intranet for Alumni's is available on sourceforge.net.


Pink shows up in force at run for breast cancer

The atmosphere at Harbour Station Sunday was electric pink as nearly 4,000 people gathered for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure.


Vitamin E may play a role in warding off physical decline in elderly people, research suggests.


U.S. urges North Korea to suspend nuclear enrichment

The United States urged North Korea to suspend nuclear processing as envoys to six-party talks aimed at curbing North Korea's atomic ambitions began converging on Beijing on Wednesday.


IBM's Andy Monshaw, general manager of Storage Systems, is convinced of two things: his company will overtake EMC in storage sales and the future of external storage lies in consolidation via virtualization.


Dollar Struggles Before U.S. Jobs Report

European stocks jumped to fresh 6-month highs on Friday, buoyed by lower oil prices and a strong rally on Wall Street, but the dollar hung close to record lows against the euro ahead of key U.S. jobs data.


Uncertainty of Whatâs Next Has Rivera Talking

Because of Mariano Riveraâs age and the fact that General Manager Brian Cashman is trying to operate a more fiscally shrewd organization, the Yankees want to wait before signing him to an extension.


Mosca, 17:43 - CALCIO, RUSSIA: NO PARTITE SU PAY-TV, VINCE PUTIN

L'altro ieri aveva scagliato il suo anatema contro la trasmissione delle partite di calcio del massi...


Detroit thinks that building and selling its foreign-designed cars here will solve its problems.


Sources Say Tiger Woods to Wed This Week

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Tiger Woods says he's planning a Caribbean vacation, but Barbados is abuzz with reports that he's set to wed Swedish model Elin Nordegren this week.    Newspapers in Barbados and Ireland have reported that the two will marry early this week at the Sandy Lane luxury resort on the Caribbean island's west coast...


Sci-fi saga Transformers tops the North American box office chart, with takings of $68m in its first weekend.


New Orleans, 08:44 - BASKET, NBA: EST VINCE ALL STAR GAME, JAMES MVP

La selezione della Eastern Conference ha vinto l'All Star Game Nba disputato a New Orleans. L'Est ha...


The government of Buenos Aires, the richest province of Argentina, says it wants to seize the safety deposit boxes of 35,000 alleged tax debtors.


Tunisian President Ben Ali set for re-election

TUNIS (Tunisia): Tunisian President President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali looked set for re-election for a fourth five-year term with more than 90 percent of the votes, partial official results showed Monday.


Entertainment World Wary of Microsoft Technology

CinemaNow Inc., the Internet-based movie service, is a rarity in Hollywood - a company that eagerly embraces Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) technology and relies on it exclusively to transmit, protect and display the movies it rents to customers...


George Clooney and Matt Damon on Thursday used the premiere of the lighthearted casino heist film "Ocean's Thirteen" to talk about atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region.


Interviewing would-be students is so unreliable universities might as well toss a coin, an admissions expert told MPs.


Scientists believe they have found a way to spot which breast and ovarian cancers are most likely to be fatal.


Microsoft to ship Web design, graphics suite by mid-2007

Microsoft's Expression Studio graphics and web design suite of software is now slated to go on sale by mid-2007.


Intel's New 45nm Penryn Plant Goes Green

As the company begins using the plant to make a significant shift from 65nm to 45nm microprocessors, it's also trying to boost its green quotient.


If voters in Colorado decide to divide their electoral votes, we may have another contested election


GB coach Brian Noble admits "a few" of his squad may not be fully fit to face Australia on Saturday.


British teenager Amir Khan has failed to win a gold medal in the Athens Olympics after losing his lightweight division boxing final.


aura Branigan, a singer whose high-volume vocals in the disco song "Gloria" propelled her into pop stardom, died in her sleep on Thursday night at her home in East Quogue, NY She was 47.


Billionaire Lewis buys Bear Stearns stake

Joseph C. Lewis, who became a billionaire trading currencies, has taken a 7 percent stake in Bear Stearns Cos Inc , snapping up about $860 million worth of the investment bank's stock over the past two months.


By Advocate staff report  Grant applications for energy efficiency projects are being taken by Entergy Corp. as part of the Environmental Stewardship Grant program, a news release says.


Sharon and Abbas Say They Are Willing to Meet

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said in interviews published Sunday they would be willing to meet, though such talks were unlikely before a Jan. 9 Palestinian election.


Night-time noise from aircraft or traffic raises blood pressure even while people sleep, research suggests.


Kidney Cancer Drug Linked to Higher Rate of Heart Problems

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- A greater percentage of patients than previously thought may develop heart failure when taking the breakthrough cancer drug Sutent, researchers report.


By Hana Shazwin Azizan  A GROUP of Malaysian schoolchildren was in Nairobi recently to discuss environmental awareness with students and leaders of other nations. HANA SHAZWIN AZIZAN, 16, the youth co-ordinator of the Tree Theatre Group, describes her experience there.


Vodafone sees its customer base rise more than expected in the last quarter of 2006, thanks to emerging markets.


LAZIO, INTERNET POINT ALLE POSTE PER COLLEGARSI AL SITO DELLA ...

Roma, 19 ott. (Adnkronos) - I cittadini del Lazio potranno usufruire dei servizi on line messi a disposizione dalla Regione anche negli uffici postali. Grazie ad un accordo firmato oggi dal governatore Francesco


AT&T Quarterly Profit Rises on Cost Cuts

AT&T Corp., the No. 4 U.S. telephone company, said on Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings increased as it cut costs by slashing jobs and from a benefit related to a prior writedown of assets.


Diet High in Fruits and Vegetables May Not Lower Cancer Risk

Description: A new study finds that eating lots of fruits and vegetables daily -- especially green leafy vegetables -- protects against heart attacks and strokes.


Hoping to jumpstart workers' compensation reforms, the Schwarzenegger administration yesterday introduced a new set of regulations to change how doctors evaluate injured workers and how much money the workers receive.


America's National Basketball Association (NBA) commissioner David Stern says Beijing will be capable of hosting regular season NBA games before the 2008 Summer Olympics.


Coleman backing Mourinho's men for the league

Fulham manager Chris Coleman has tipped Chelsea to win the Premiership, after watching his side put yet another dent in Manchester United's title hopes.


WSO2 open-source mashup builder leverages JavaScript

WSO2 is offering its open-source WSO2 Mashup Server product, which leverages JavaScript and Web services in assembling mashups, on Monday. In positioning the product for use by JavaScript developers, the company is looking to enable delivery of more functional mashups than can be built with alternative GUI-based tools. A hosted online version of Mashup Server, called Mooshup.com, also will be launched Monday as a community site for developing and sharing mashups.With WSO2 Mashup Server 1.0, WSO2 anticipates a confluence of Web 2.0 social capabilities and enterprise needs. "Basically, what we believe is that enterprise IT is going to go more toward a social enterprise structure where the IT offerings are not only by IT staff but by anybody in the enterprise," said WSO2 Chairman/CEO Sanjiva Weerawarana.But WSO2 is targeting Web developers who can write JavaScript. "The main purpose of WSO2 Mashup Server is to allow developers to author new Web services in JavaScript," said Jonathan Marsh, WSO2 director of mashup technologies. These Web services can be consumed within other enterprise tools and exposed as an RSS or Atom feed, he said.WSO's mashup platform is not intended to complete head-to-head with more GUI-based business level mashup products. "There's a feeling that we had that limiting yourself to a GUI right off the bat gets you started very quickly, but you quickly reach walls that block you from doing precisely what you'd like to do," Marsh said. Eventually, users of those tools have to resort to JavaScript, he said.Mashups can be authored within the administrative UI, with a text editor, or with any popular IDE, WSO2 said."It's an interesting aspect to choose JavaScript as sort of the primary scripting language," said analyst Michael Cote of RedMonk. JavaScript has been primarily used in AJAX-style (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) development, Cote noted. But plenty of people are familiar with JavaScript, he added.Built on the WSO2 Web services application Server, WSO2 Mashup Server can use information from Web services, HTML, and feeds and publishes the result as a Web service. Each service has metadata to simplify consumption by other mashups and Web services clients. Content and presentation are separated through XML and Web services to enable a service to be consumed by another mashup.Web service and UI artifacts are generated, such as WSDL, REST URLS and JavaScript stubs. Services can be composed from such sources as Web services, RSS, and HTML.Additionally, services can be accessed using a request-response pattern or be programmed to run over a long period of time. For example, a mashup initiating instant messaging alerts can warn transport companies about possible delays when there is snow.By leveraging WSO2's application server and registry, the mashup server gains capabilities for enterprise security, reliability, and governance, WSO2 said.Mooshup.com is being launched in a beta version. "The purpose is to help us drive downloads of Mashup Server," Marsh said.WSO2 sells support services for Mashup Server, with prices ranging from $2,000 per server per year to $8,000 per server per year, depending on levels of support.


By Jeremy Borden jeremy.borden@roanoke.com 981-3340  The construction crews at a Riverside Center building off Jefferson  Street are the first fruit of an intensive effort to get Roanoke's first  large-scale brownfields project off the ground.  Redeveloping a brownfield is not easy.


ZNextGen, a user group for young mainframe programmers, counts its membership in the hundreds.


President Bush and John Kerry debated for 90 minutes Thursday night about the Iraq war, terrorism and homeland security, each making a pitch to voters that he is better suited to run the country. To find out what American voters thought, Associated Press writers watched the debate with critical voting groups in key states, from Ohio to Florida to Oregon.


Most U.S. Hospitals Report Data on Quality

More than 98 percent of U.S. hospitals  are now reporting quality-of-care data for treating heart  attack, heart failure and pneumonia, the Centers for Medicare  and Medicaid said on Thursday.


David Beckham is still in danger of facing disciplinary action for admitting he got booked on purpose - despite Sven-Goran Eriksson's attempts to draw a line under the controversy.


The Lure of Treatments Science Has Dismissed

Exploring the reasons people swear by treatments that have no scientific evidence backing them.


Edwards Reaches Out to Black Ohio Voters

Vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Wednesday sought to assure black supporters that he and John Kerry have "fought for this community our entire lives" — and would continue doing so — on a day devoted to reaching out to the base in the Democratic stronghold of northeast Ohio.


Verso scalino 58 anni nel 2008 e quota 96 dal 2010


Yankees 3, Royals 2: Chamberlainâs Effort Brings His Father to Tears

Playing in front of his father, a 55-year old polio victim, Joba Chamberlain pitched two scoreless inning to help lift the Yankees.


With No More Parents to Conquer, He Wept

There comes the moment in the career of many directors when they are compelled to tell the story of a great man in whose life they seem to see a glimmer of their own image.


Iran says U.N. ignores Israeli threats to Tehran

Iran accused the U.N. Security Council of ignoring Israeli threats to attack the Islamic Republic and called on the body, in a letter made public on Monday, to demand that the Jewish state desist.


We learned Monday, two Lower Valley men sick with the West Nile virus have died but health authorities cannot say for sure it was the virus that killed them.


Tony Blair is to announce more government funding to train imams at British universities.


IBRAHIM BIN ALI, Iraq -- The mud sucked at the soldiers' boots as they crept across the wet pasture after dawn. To their right, Humvees and tanks tracked the soldiers' progress from a narrow dirt road. To their left and in front stood cinder-block huts, shaded by date palm trees, where they believed...


Ferguson stabbed me in the back, says Van Nistelrooy

Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy has accused Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson of stabbing him in the back.


The St. Louis Cardinals can't seem to take control of the National League Central. Luckily for them, the second-place Cincinnati Reds are struggling, too.


Small screen's 'Kareena' takes a big leap!

Popular television actress Kulraj Randhawa, who played the role of 'Kareena' from the soap "Kareena Kareena", is set to make her Bollywood appearance with Sanjay Sharma's directorial debut "Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron", a romantic comedy.


As NASA's Mars rovers keep rolling past all expectations of their useful lives, scientists have a happy mystery: For some reason one of the vehicles has actually gained power recently.


New York's Museum of Modern Art reopened to the public on Saturday after a two-year, $825 million (445 million pound) renovation and expansion that about doubled its size.


La donna, magistrato in Veneto, in permesso per sei mesia causa di un forte mal di schiena, partecipava a gare estreme in barca a vela                                          Malata per il tribunale, era in regata giudice punita col trasferimento                                                                                Il Csm le ha tolto un anno di anzianitÃ  e l'ha spostata d'ufficioSi Ã¨ difesa dicendo che lo sport le era stato prescritto come cura


Business software maker Open Text Corp. lowered first-quarter expectations Tuesday due to a number of deals that will fail to close during the period.


As China's Economy Revs Up, N.C. Businesses See Opportunity: Mebane Mattresses on Beijing Beds; VF Corp. Makes Waves. But Job Losses Here Still Hurt.

By Jonathan B. Cox, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 17--Wangfujing Street in central Beijing is a shortcut to the other side of the world.   Above the Mercedes-Benzes and Audis whizzing nearby, a billboard promotes Adidas.


Loud 'n' clear: The Quiet Man is `finally going to explode'

In the waning rounds of his March 2001 second fight against Evander Holyfield, John Ruiz took matters into his own hands. Having been victimized by several unpunished low blows


SARAJEVO, November 18 (FENA) - Bosnia and Herzegovina's tradition of...

Bosnia and Herzegovina's tradition of cultural coexistence - particularly impressive when set against centuries of nearly continuous internecine warfare in Western Europe - offers a compelling lesson for the ...


It took until his arrival at spring training for Manager Willie Randolph to get past the bitter, nasty feeling of last seasonâs collapse.


There are those who finish their holiday shopping by Thanksgiving. Then there are the rest of us. Here's a holiday gift guide for both planners and procrastinators.


AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Joost appointed Cisco veteran Mike Volpi as chief executive officer, the Internet-based TV service said Tuesday.


Councillors in Aberdeen vote unanimously to ban a National Front march in the city next month.


Plus: Taxicab chats threatened by technology. [News.com Extra]


The Financial Times claims Nomura, the Japanese bank, is involved in a plan to raise Â£200m to block a takeover of Man Utd by Malcolm Glazer.


Judge Throws Out New York Rule Requiring Restaurants to Post Calories

In his ruling, the judge said federal law already covers some of the same provisions that the city sought to put in place.


El Salvador to seek Romero beatification

The Salvadoran government said Friday it will ask the Vatican to beatify slain Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, but it will not accept responsibility in his 1980 killing.


Astronaut Leroy Chiao and Cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:06 pm EDT Wednesday, right on time.


After U.K. teacher says network gave him flushes and burning sensations, parliament member calls for government inquiry.


Health officials have declared a ``green'' code warning over the outbreak of a mysterious infection at the Caritas Medical Centre in Kowloon that has hit 28 children.


Private attempt to free French hostages flops

A private effort to free two French hostages in Iraq ended in a fiasco Sunday. The mission to free Georges Malbrunot of Le Figaro newspaper and Christian Chesnot of Radio France International


DTU: Kraft Named Positive for EPO A Sample

While the triathlon world awaits a statement from German Nina Kraft, credible sources from around the world confirm Kraft as having tested positive in an A sample for the performance- enhancing drug Erythropoietin from her victory at the Hawaii Ironman


TURKEY OKs PROCESS FOR WITHDRAWAL FROM CYPRUS

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey has agreed to launch a process meant to result in a withdrawal of its 30,000 troops from the divided island of Cyprus.


L'obiettivo e' vendere 10 milioni di telefoni multimediali


p2pnet.net News:- The hype around Internet phones may be getting dangerously out of hand, worries Vonage co-founder and VoIP pioneer Jeff Pulver.


BTG hits Amazon, Netflix and others with patent suit

BTG, a London-based firm that focuses on intellectual property and technology commercialization, filed suit against Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com and two other Internet companies for infringing on patents related to the tracking of users online.


U.S. forces extend Baghdad push to militia haven

More than 1,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops met no resistance on Sunday when they searched homes for illegal weapons and carried out patrols in a Shi'ite militia bastion in Baghdad.


Tomorrow night's NASCAR tour stop at Richmond International Raceway introduces the golf concept of "the cut" to stock car racing.


Revamps 90 sites Eircom has completed an upgrade of the ESB's IT network giving the public utility a fully digital internet protocol (IP) platform.â¦


The Federal Communications Commission levied a $1.8 million fine against Fox TV for an episode of Married by America featuring Las Vegas dancers.


LG to roll out Android phone by early 2009

LG Electronics  plans to  start selling a phone model running on Android, the highly  anticipated mobile phone operating system, at the start of next  year at the latest, a senior official said.


A BBC radio presenter bullied a man he met at a party before drugging and raping him at his flat, a court hears.


Democrats' Struggle to Change Course in Iraq Has Produced Much Debate, Little Action

On the morning of Dec. 18, 2006, the phone lines in the office of incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid suddenly lit up -- a warning signal that the coming debate over Iraq could prove a perilous exercise for congressional Democrats.


Last Friday's season-ending episode of "Zoey 101," starring pregnant, 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears, averaged 7.3 million viewers - a huge audience for cable and more-than-double the Nickelodeon show's season average.  The hourlong episode, "Goodbye Z...


The Delhi Transport Department is examining the details provided in the application.


Yorkshire takes schools web filtering open source

Thinking of the children The Yorkshire and Humberside Grid for Learning (YHGfL) has rolled out open source web filtering to 700 schools in the region. Financial details have not been released.â¦


President Bush reaffirmed his confidence Tuesday in Pakistan's president as a strong ally in the war against extremists.


Tech-books: Microsoft, Houghton Mifflin strike deal

Blog: The textbook publisher says it signed a pact with Microsoft to develop a new digital education system for school districts.


TOKYO, Aug. 17.  The Japanese fiancee of former chess champion Bobby Fischer today said their love is genuine, even though the announcement of their plan to marry came amid Fischer's moves to avoid deportation to the USA.


Londra, 15:24 - CALCIO: GB; PRESIDENTE TORQUAY: TRE SIMULAZIONI E VI VENDO

Singolare iniziativa di un club inglese. Chris Roberts, presidente del Torquay United, ha avvertito ...


Palestinian attack on outpost stirs debate on Gaza pullout

JERUSALEM -- Under cover of heavy fog, a trio of Palestinian gunmen slipped into an isolated Israeli Army outpost in the Gaza Strip before dawn yesterday, killing three Israeli soldiers before being shot dead by troops.


ASEAN, Australia, N.Zealand See 2007 Deal

Southeast Asian nations, Australia and New Zealand hope to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) by 2007 after beginning formal negotiations next year, government ministers said on Sunday.


The Department of Labor's new rules regarding overtime, which go into effect today, have been the subject of confusion, anger and conflicting claims.


Slaves' descendants should get tax exemption: US Senate hopeful

American descendants of African slaves should be exempted from US federal taxes for a generation or two to compensate them for the state-sanctioned exploitation of their ancestors, an aspiring US Senate hopeful declared.


Wreckage from the Genesis space capsule yielded good news on Friday when NASA scientists announced the solar payload may still fulfill its scientific promise.


Bush Administration Opposes Move to Delay Medicare Premium Increase

The Bush administration said that Democratic proposals to hold down the scheduled 17 percent increase in Medicare premiums next year would lead to much higher premiums in 2006.


US Secretary of State Colin Powell submits his resignation amid reports that three other top resignations are coming.


Thatcher Challenges Questioning in Equatorial Guinea Coup Plot

South African lawyers for the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher have challenged a subpoena asking him to answer questions about an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea.


Empoli, 13:36 - CALCIO, EMPOLI: SCONTO SUI BIGLIETTI DELLE GARE EUROPEE

Il presidente dell'Empoli Fabrizio Corsi ha deciso di venire incontro ai tifosi: per le gare alla Co...


Around the World, the U.S. Campaign Is Close to Home

From Berlin to London to Jakarta, the destinies of U.S. candidates have become home-town news in a way that most political commentators cannot recall.


US sanctions Chinese firm over weapons sales

The US government ordered sanctions against a Chinese firm accused of trafficking material and technical expertise that could be used for weapons of mass destruction, the State Department said.


Riunione era gia' fissata.Penalisti:no battaglia tra poteri


Israel's PM Ehud Olmert said its Lebanon war strategy was drawn up months in advance, a newspaper claims.


Relatives of firefighters blast Giuliani

Relatives of firefighters killed at the World Trade Center reproached GOP presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani in a video Wednesday, pairing footage of the falling twin towers with charges the city's former mayor was woefully unprepared for Sept. 11.


G8 leaders agree "substantial" greenhouse gas cuts

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World leaders meeting in Germany have agreed to pursue "substantial" cuts in greenhouse gases, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.


Despite the hype, we've been waiting fifty years for visionaries to come good on their promise of the freedom of the skies for the average Joe.


Notes, Quotes From 2004 Campaign in Minn.

The last time a Republican presidential candidate won Minnesota was in 1972, with the nation at war in Vietnam and incumbent Richard Nixon seeking a second term. President Bush hopes to end the 32-year drought by increasing turnout among Republicans in the farther suburbs and rural areas of Minnesota.


Esclusi colpi con oggetti contundenti, nuovo sopralluogo


Degustazioni per l'intera giornata nelle zone vitivinicole


Arafat in pain but expected to recover-Shaath

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is in pain because of an intestine problem but his doctors expect him to be feeling much better in a few days, the Palestinian Authority's foreign minister said today.


"National Treasure" Buries "SquarePants"

Proving that bad reviews don't necessarily bury you National   Treasure dug up an estimated $35.2 million to top the nation's   weekend box-office.


Lessons Learned From the iPhone Price Cuts

What consumers and companies should have learned from the recent Apple iPhone price cuts and subsequent backlash.


Sharp begins making blue lasers for next-gen DVDs

Sharp has begun mass production of blue-laser diodes at a new factory in Japan -- a move that should help reduce the cost of Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD players.


THE spirit of the Habsburg Empire will hover over central Europe as Hungarians vote tomorrow on a proposal to offer citizenship to three million of their ethnic brethren across the borders.


Oil rebounds as BP delays Thunder Horse platform

Oil rebounded on Monday following a   steep slide last week after BP announced that production from   its giant Thunder Horse oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico   would be delayed to 2008.


The president of MTV, Christina Norman, is stepping down after almost three years of trying to revitalize the cable channel and adding music and reality-based programming.


Starbucks cautious on 2008, closing 100 stores

Starbucks Corp  said on  Wednesday it is closing 100 underperforming U.S. stores and  slowing domestic openings in the face of a likely consumer  recession and 'cannibalization' from overbuilding.


TomKat's baby conceived from Scientologist founder's frozen sperm?


The run-up to November's presidential election has benefited websites, bringing increased numbers of visitors. Now, the trick is to maintain that traffic surge. By Daniel Terdiman.


UnitedHealth: filings to be current by March 15

UnitedHealth Group Inc.  said on Friday it expects to become current with its U.S. financial filings by March 15, which would be a major step as it seeks to recover from a stock options scandal.


TIGER WOODS lifted his first strokeplay trophy in 13 months yesterday with an eight-shot victory in the Dunlop Phoenix tournament.


Esposte 90 opere a Palazzo dei Diamanti dal 24/9 al 7/1


Salad dodgers fight slummy mummies for Aussie dictionary honour

A cyberathlete might not suffer boomeritis as he or she is probably a digital native, but could be at risk of globesity, according to Australia's top dictionary.


Chancellor Alistair Darling says the UK's system of banking regulation needs to be changed after the run on the Northern Rock.


A time of mourning incomprehensible death

It's in the nature of athletes to imagine themselves immortal, if not impervious to harm, as though they live by a different set of rules from ordinary people.


THE Batman and Robin pair could escape without punishment because it is not a crime to break into the grounds of a royal palace. Jason Hatch was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage - but


When I suggested in a recent column that a problematic 5 percent of employees account for 75 percent of the IT support burden, I expected a wave of âright on!â letters from IT support staffers. After the column was published, the letters did come â most of them disagreeing with my premise, with one reader suggesting that the real whiner was yours truly. I still think itâs outside the realm of overextended IT departments to provide training on basic computing skills (which I defined as âmanaging and finding files, and basic working knowledge of suites such as MS Officeâ). But my thinking was adjusted a bit by the thoughtful feedback.


Bloccata per protesta la strada dell'aeroporto


In reading about the mayor of Salt Lake City's latest foray into national politics, I detect two more signs that the apocalypse is upon us.  First, Rocky Anderson is our nation's moral authority.


To suggest the rival captains at this year's Ryder Cup have slightly contrasting styles and characters is to say black is a bit darker than white.


Gameworld: Slashing and smashing kick off 2008 releases

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters Life!) - Video gamers, finally  emerging from the pixilated haze brought on by last year's  bumper crop of best-selling titles, are now turning their  attention to upcoming releases.


Four Iraqi National Guards Killed in Mortar Attack

Four Iraqi National Guards were killed  and up to 80 wounded in a mortar attack on their headquarters  north of Baghdad Tuesday, the U.S. military and Iraqi Defense  Ministry said.


Two in court on Motorola insider dealing charges

Regulator plays rough The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has taken two men to court over allegations of insider dealing during Motorola's takeover of TTP Communications.â¦


Update 4: Tokyo Stocks Fall, US Dollar Climbs

Tokyo share prices fell steeply Friday, led by technology stocks after a disappointing report from US chip giant Intel. The US dollar was up against the Japanese yen.


Roma, 23:27 - CALCIO, U21; CASIRAGHI: CHE PECCATO, CON PORTOGALLO COME FINALE

Gigi Casiraghi è rammaricato per la mancata qualificazione alle semifinali dell'Europeo Under...


Ministro Economia, risanamento dei conti non e' finito


Lenders Offer Plan to Head Off Foreclosures

A group of major mortgage lenders will allow some homeowners facing foreclosure to delay losing their homes for 30 days.


Jobless claims dip by 1,000 in latest week

The number of workers seeking  first-time jobless aid fell by 1,000 last week, a government  report showed on Thursday, signaling a steady, solid job  market.


Your data is protected: but is it protected enough?

Big calls for small biz Storage briefing You might think your data is protected, but is it protected enough? There are plenty of statistics around on how rarely businesses survive the complete loss of their IT systems and data, but these days, it's not just a matter of business continuity - it's a legal requirement as well.â¦


Dow Jones, News Corp deal seen next week: magazine

Dow Jones & Co.'s board and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. have completed talks on a $5 billion buyout of Dow Jones and are expected to announce a deal next week, London's The Business weekly magazine reported on Friday.


Row over Australia's refusal to sign ASEAN non-aggression treaty

PETER CAVE: Australia has been looking forward to coming away from an unprecedented summit of regional leaders with an agreement on a free trade deal between Australia, New Zealand and the ASEAN nations.


Dems see link to Swift Boat Vets, Bush-Cheney

CRAWFORD, Texas -- A volunteer for John Kerry said Friday he picked up a flier in a Bush-Cheney campaign office in Gainesville, Fla., promoting Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a group the Bush campaign has insisted for weeks it has no ...


WWF Calls for Ban in Trade of Great White Sharks

A leading environmental group called Friday for protection for the great white shark and humphead wrasse coral fish, whose numbers have plunged because of overfishing and China's growing appetite for exotic foods.


Cadbury plans cost cuts, drinks sale likely

Cadbury Schweppes Plc , the world's largest confectionery group, said it planned to cut 15 percent of its jobs and factories and was more likely to sell than spin off its American drinks unit.


A South African anti-rape campaigner hits back after President Mbeki accuses white writers of racism.


ONE day after his resignation from Amcor on September 28, the company claims senior executive Albert Mihelic began plundering confidential information from the global packaging giant to help him start up a rival business with four colleagues.


Matt LeBlanc has been sued for defamation by a woman who claims the former "Friends" actor made sexually charged comments about her that were published in the National Enquirer.


Man Sets Fire to Himself Outside White House

A man set himself on fire on the sidewalk in front of the executive mansion. In the footage, you can hear the man repeatedly yelling ''Allah.


Six Properties Released From Subdivision Freeze

By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep. 12--Thurston County officials agreed Monday to release six properties from the year-old moratorium on new subdivisions.


More than half of public money spent on goods and services goes to firms outside Wales, research shows.


St. Louis right-hander Jeff Suppan came up through the ranks with Boston and returned there as an established veteran last year in a midseason trade.


The Nasdaq composite index showed its first gain in nine sessions, and the Dow Jones industrial average gained more than 200 points at the end of the day.


US growth to moderate, financial group says

The US economy will expand at a more moderate pace in 2007, according to a Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association forecast issued yesterday.


Paris St Germain's miserable start to the new season continued on Sunday when they went down 1-0 to Monaco at the Parc des Princes.


Al-Qaeda renews threat to Saudi oil supplies

Militants linked to al-Qaeda on Sunday renewed a threat to attack Saudi oil supplies, in a defiant challenge to the intense security put in place to defend the kingdom's production facilities.


Mountaineers are planting junipers on ledges to prevent them from being eaten by hungry sheep.


"Grey's Anatomy" tops "CSI" in first match-up

ABC's upstart hospital hit "Grey's   Anatomy" performed a ratings transplant on the CBS powerhouse   crime show "CSI" on Thursday as two of television's hottest   dramas went head to head for the first time.


A legal battle brews over whether fishermen are trespassing when they fish in the flooded bottomlands.


EDMONTON, Alberta (Sports Network) - Speaking at a function  in Edmonton on Tuesday, National Hockey League commissioner  Gary Bettman held firm on his stance against the NHLPA's luxury  tax plan.


Usa: elezioni primarie 2008 il giorno del Michigan

Uno speciale per seguire passo passo l'elezione del presidente degli Stati Uniti. I luoghi delle sfide, i candidati e le tappe. Oggi le primarie repubblicane in Michigan, testa a testa tra McCain e Romney


Man Utd stay on winning run as Ronaldo returns

Manchester United celebrated the return of Cristiano Ronaldo to their line-up by chalking up a third consecutive 1-0 win, at Everton on Saturday.


UK, Calif. to strike global warming deal

British Prime Minister Tony Blair and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced an agreement Monday to bypass the Bush administration and work together to explore ways of fighting global warming.


President Bush has his second term. Republicans are firmly in control of the House and the Senate. It's no wonder the oft-repeated adjective for Democrats is "dispirited."


A Guide to the Hold Steady States of America

This self-described Brooklyn bar band has toured the country and taken notes.


A Daily Look at U.S. Iraq Military Deaths

As of Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004, 1,081 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 825 died as a result of hostile action and 256 died of non-hostile causes. The figures include three military civilians.


Actress Minnie Driver Launches Her Debut Album

Actress Minnie Driver launched her  debut album on Tuesday, reigniting the musical aspirations she  abandoned when she was cast in her first big movie.


Alabama gas prices decline, mirrors national trend

Gas prices in Alabama have declined slightly, following national trends. According to a survey by Birmingham-based Triple A-Alabama, prices as of Friday were down less than a penny and more than four cents from three weeks ago.


The Con Is On: 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels', the Musical, Starts San Diego Run

Playbill - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the new musical from the director, choreographer and songwriter of The Fully Monty, makes its first appearance Sept. 15 at the Old Globe in San Diego, four months prior to its Broadway bow.


Scientific Breakthroughs from Mice to Men

Paul Allen's project to map a mouse's brain is complete, but it's only the beginning of what neuroscientists see as the future of brain science


Indonesian court to rule on libel suit against three journalists

JAKARTA: An Indonesian court was scheduled to deliver its verdict on a libel suit against three journalists of a weekly magazine that rights groups say highlights dangers to the country's free press.


Territory in Afghanistan taken in battle by British troops may have to be retaken, the Nato commander warns.


Amelio Film to Compete at Academy Awards

A movie about a difficult relationship between a young father and his handicapped son by director Gianni Amelio has been selected as Italy's candidate for best foreign language film at the Academy Awards.


Bush Defends Environmental Record as Kerry Attacks

Democratic candidate John Kerry Friday accused President Bush of leading "one of the worst administrations in modern history" on cleaning the air, water and soil, while Bush said he is "a good steward of the land."


Beltran's Cost Would Not Equal Worth to Yankees

Scott Boras, Carlos Beltran's agent, clearly wants to do is lure George Steinbrenner into the bidding mix. So far Steinbrenner hasn't appeared to bite.


An IEEE-USA survey of IT professionals reported a 1.5% decrease in median income from 2002 to 2003, the first drop since the organization began surveying members in 1972.


Shares in Krispy Kreme Doughnuts have plummeted by almost 20% after the firm announced a quarterly loss of $3m due to store closures and poor sales.


U.S., Iran have history of contact since cutting ties

When U.S. and Iranian officials sit down at a regional meeting in Baghdad on Saturday it will be far from the first time they have been in the same room since the United States severed ties with Iran in 1980.


A doormat meant to frighten unwanted visitors â and to appeal to video game aficionados â features flashing images of the green aliens from Space Invaders.


Home Office parrots MICAF good news Mobile phones stolen in the UK are locked from their own network within 48 hours, and 98 per cent of them are locked from all (UK) networks within 48 hours. Despite that 800,000 were stolen last year, according to government figures.â¦


Saturn's Moon Titan May Hold Methane Lake

Cassini has photographed icy volcanic flows and a large lake of what could be methane on Saturn's mysterious moon Titan. The observations suggest Titan is geologically active and, and its environment


First Heisman ballot is in hand, but actually picking a winner a ...

I don't get to the office all that often these days -- the beauty of this job is you can do it in your bathrobe while eating oatmeal and keeping one eye on The Price is Right -- so when I do, there's usually a stack of mail awaiting.


Il rialzo segnato sul mercato americano e' stato del 2,4%


Europe hopes finally to get its space station laboratory, Columbus, into orbit this Thursday.


Halliburton Moving C.E.O. From Houston to Dubai

The move is part of a strategy by the energy services giant to concentrate its efforts in the Middle East.


Clinton dig at Obama has ring to '92 race

Bill Clinton says Sen. Barack Obama is a highly ambitious, political prodigy who is asking voters to "roll the dice" and elect him president.


U.S. factory activity in the  mid-Atlantic region grew slower than expected in July after a  surprise surge in June, and initial claims last week for U.S.  jobless benefits fell to a two-month low, a survey and a report  showed on Thursday.


CRICKET: Aussies sweep series with 213 run victory

Australia defeated New Zealand by a massive 213 runs on the final day of the second cricket Test at Adelaide Oval today. With this victory the Aussies have won the series.


If Maria Sharapova wins the US Open, which starts at Flushing Meadows on Monday, she will at least be assured of having a mobile phone that works.


Martin McDonaghâs plays have won wide acclaim, but he had filmmaking in mind all along.


Polizia a gente degli slums Nairobi, state a casa o spariamo


Fourteen killed in Iraq blasts, gunfights

BAGHDAD (Iraq): The top Fallujah negotiator in peace talks with the government dashed hopes of resuming talks soon despite his release Monday by US and Iraqi authorities, saying negotiations remain suspended.


Comedienne wins prestigious literary award for WWII novel

Alison Louise Kennedy was awarded one of Britain's most prestigious literary awards on Tuesday for "Day", a novel about a World War II veteran coming to terms with his past.


A woman is in a critical condition after suffering a serious head injury when she was pushed from a sea wall on the Isle of Wight.


Householders can halt the decline of many birds by making their gardens more wildlife-friendly, a charity urges.


Expert do's and don'ts for dealing with data breaches

(InfoWorld) - Organizations that experience data breaches must move quickly to assuage the fears of their constituents and go beyond expectations to address the situations effectively, according to those most familiar with the incidents. Speaking at the ongoing Security Standard Conference in Chicago, a pair of experts offered advice for handling situations where sensitive user or customer data is lost or stolen, and examined the missteps taken by retailer TJX Companies in handling its now-notorious credit card information theft. First to the podium was David Escalante, director of computer policy and security at Boston College, which in March 2005 experienced a break in to a server containing sensitive alumni fund-raising information. By addressing the situation head-on and moving to inform anyone whose data may have been exposed in the incident -- which was ultimately blamed on a third-party IT services provider that managed the affected system -- Escalante said BC was able to minimize the impact of the event and quickly move on. "This was probably the low point of my career," said Escalante. "But while it was a bad thing to have happen, it seemed at the time that we were doing the right things to handle it, and I'm glad to say that turned out to be the case." Less than two weeks after BC discovered the breach, the school had assembled a comprehensive incident response plan and had mailed out 100,000 warning letters to anyone whose data may have been stored in the system. By aggressively seeking to communicate with its constituents, including setting up phone lines on which its alumni could call and complain about the issue, the school was able to move past the situation and better prepare for any future breach events, he said. Among the tips that Escalante offered for managing such a crisis was to huddle different organizational officials "like a football team" and loop in everyone from the school's public relations department to its campus police force and IT management groups. By creating a cross-organizational strategy to handle different aspects of the breach, the administrator said, the school was able to assemble the right mix of people to work on different tasks -- from applying computer forensics to study aspects of the breach itself to aligning the right mix of leadership to oversee the entire response process. At the same time, it was crucial to establish separation of duties early in the game, Escalante said. "It's good to keep your upper management separate from your response team because they can get in the way. You want management involved, but you don't want them focusing on every little issue," said Escalante. "At the same time by bringing together a diverse response team, IT and security didn't have to coordinate every issue for themselves." In addition to seeking legal help from its attorneys, the school was able to communicate effectively with law enforcement officials investigating the incident since BC had already familiarized itself with those people before the breach. On the flip side, when Tufts University experienced a similar issue, administrators at the school called Escalante to seek his advice as they didn't know what to expect from law enforcement agencies, he said. Overall, Escalante said organizations should go slightly overboard to impress on their constituents how serious they feel the problem is and how they can help to fix any related problems. "Put the people whose data is lost up front. If you don't tell them and apologize, it will hurt more in the end," Escalante said. Addressing the problematic breach response of TJX Companies, a Framingham, Mass.-based retailer that reported in March 2007 that over 45.6 million customer credit and debit card numbers were stolen from one of its systems over a period of several years, was Richard Stiennon, a well-known security pundit who currently serves as chief marketing officer at filtering appliance maker Fortinet. Stiennon said that many people now believe the TJX attacks came from kiosks in the company's stores that were used by job seekers to fill out applications. People who were hacking the company simply applied for jobs at TJX stores and planted programs that could be used to intercept credit card data being transmitted in unencrypted form from point of sale systems in the locations. Handling sensitive data in such a careless way was the first mistake TJX made, and it had plenty of warning that such attacks could be carried out on point-of-sale systems, the expert contends. Among the additional mistakes made by TJX was not reporting the incident for months, or even years, after it first discovered the hack, he said, as well as failing to address the situation in public and apologize sufficiently to its customers. TJX has also refused to share information about the attack publicly to help other companies avoid such incidents, Stiennon said. "There's been a significant lack of core with TJX's response. They didn't overreact as they probably should have, unlike BC," Stiennon said. "As a result they've become the poster child for data breaches and how not to communicate risk to the rest of the security industry."


Bush breaks silence on missing Iraq explosives

Breaking his silence on missing Iraqi explosives, US President George W. Bush called Democratic rival John Kerry's attacks on the subject "wild charges" levelled in desperation.


Ruling party candidate leads in Romanian election amid fraud allegations

Amid allegations of widescale fraud, the candidate of the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) narrowly emerged the leader in the first round of Romania's presidential election, according to partial vote tallies.


The drama of Kobe Bryant and the woman who accused him of rape in a little Colorado mountain town 14 months ago has moved to new terrain.


Tennessee defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth was ejected early in the third quarter Sunday after he kicked Dallas center Andre Gurode in the face. Now the tackle expects to be punished and knows he deserves it.


Olympics: US legend Mia Hamm aiming to sign off as Olympic golden ...

ATHENS : Mia Hamm is aiming to bring the curtain down on the most successful career women's football has ever seen by helping the United States strike Olympic gold.


Anne Heche's husband has filed for divorce after five years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences. In documents filed Thursday, Coleman Laffoon asked the court to award him spousal support and joint custody of the couple's 4-year-old son, Homer.


NASA Expects Shuttle Flights by the Spring

Although still more work needs to be done, NASA officials said Monday that they were close to meeting all safety requirements for getting space shuttles flying again by the spring.


Putin fires Russia navy commander: media

President Vladimir Putin has fired the commander of Russia's navy, taking to at least four the number of top brass dismissed since he appointed a new defense minister, media in Russia reported on Friday.


Apple reclaims US' third biggest PC seller spot

Tied with Gateway Apple is now once again holding third place in the US PC market, sales figures from market watcher IDC have revealed. A return to form? Not quite, since its 5.6 per cent share is well below the double-digit share Apple commanded in the 1980s and early 1990s.â¦


Armenians Remember Azerbaijan Riot Victims

Hundreds of Armenians, most of them refugees from neighboring Azerbaijan, marched in Yerevan on Wednesday in memory of the victims of riots in that country that killed at least two dozen ethnic Armenians 15 years ago.


SAG Show Is New Star of Awards Telecasts

For most of their first 13 years, the Screen Actors Guild Awards played little more than the role of a seat-filler. This year they might be the biggest star in town.


Prendera' le redini a partire dal secondo trimestre 2005


Petraeus says Iraq "surge" working: paper

The U.S. troop surge in Iraq has thrown al Qaeda off balance and led to a reduction in sectarian violence and bombings, the U.S. commander in Iraq was quoted on Friday by an Australian newspaper as saying.


Experts expect the Bank of England to leave interest rates on hold at 4.75% on Thursday.


Bulgarian protesters call for better pay in a march held 15 years after the fall of communist ruler Todor Zhivkov.


EADS dismisses BAE comments, shares fall on Airbus

PARIS/LONDON  - Airbus parent firm EADS EAD.PA   will complete its review of the challenges it faces within   weeks, Co-Chief Executive Louis Gallois said on Thursday, while   dismissing negative comments from BAE Systems.


Uzbek leader scorns "revolutions" in election

Uzbekistan has voted in an election that featured only parties loyal to autocratic President Islam Karimov, who said he would not tolerate "revolutions" such as those which shook Ukraine and Georgia.


Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats suffer a dramatic setback in regional elections in the German state of Hesse.


Consumers kept spending in August and factories kept producing, but the gains were weaker than expected as financial market turbulence and a slumping housing market continued to weigh on the economy.


Super Bowl and Olympics: This Marketerâs Dream Year

Herbert Hainer, the chief executive of Adidas, says his company is using major athletic events like the Super Bowl and the Summer Olympics in its battle to catch up with and surpass Nike.


Cadet expelled, gets 6 months in sex case

A military jury sentenced a U.S. Coast Guard cadet to prison and kicked him out of the service Wednesday for extorting a classmate for sexual favors.


Hotelier reserves place for tightening the belt

As chief executive of Loews Hotels, Jonathan Tisch knows a lot about how to make guests feel at home. He recently spoke with Globe reporter Keith Reed about the return of the business traveler, why housekeeping isn't turning down your bed, and why Boston rates may not support more luxury hotels.


U.S. Opposes Annan Leaving U.N. Position

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 9 -- The Bush administration Thursday sought to end speculation that it has lost confidence in U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan over his handling of the oil-for-food program in Iraq, insisting that it does not support calls from some members of Congress for his resignation.


German bus driver objects to passenger's breasts

'Your cleavage is distracting me' A German bus driver demonstrated exemplary concern for his passengers' safety when he ordered a 20-year-old sales clerk to shift her mammary assets or vacate the vehicle, Bild reports.â¦


The Nigerian president leads new efforts  to stamp out polio as part of a big campaign planned for the region.


Consumers put aside worries about the weak economy in November to storm into the shopping malls, pushing up retail sales by the largest amount in six months.


Aborto, in piazza per difendere la 194 Aderisce anche il ministro Livia Turco                                                                                Riparte la mobilitazione a difesa dell'autodeterminazione in tema di aborto. Manifestazione a Napoli, presidi e sit-in molte cittÃ  in segno di protesta dopo il blitz della polizia al Policlinico Federico II per una presunta interruzione di gravidanza illegale. E Csm e Guardasigilli chiedono un'attenta verifica sull'accaduto


SEC's Recent Penalties Among Its Toughest

Although the specter of a criminal prosecution of Time Warner Inc. all but vanished with yesterday's Justice Department settlement, the company's tentative $300 million agreement to settle


he name said it all: The Best of Both Worlds Tour was intended to pair one of the top-selling R&B artists ever, Chicago singer R. Kelly, with one of the all-time hip-hop superstars, New York rapper Jay-Z.


Tests confirmed soybean rust disease  has spread throughout Louisiana and into Mississippi, the U.S.  Agriculture Department said on Tuesday, adding to fears the  fungus could rapidly infect more Southern states.


A boss at Johnson & Johnson stands down after the healthcare giant says some units may have made improper payments.


Johnny Depp will reprise his role in the two films, to be shot simultaneously.


A Little Less Talk, A Little More Action At Tech Data

See what it takes to run a company at the perpetual brink of red ink.


Nearly 36 Million Americans Live in Poverty

Some 1.3 million Americans slid into  poverty in 2003 as the ranks of the poor rose 4 percent to 35.9  million, with children and blacks worse off than most, the  government said on Thursday in a report that fueled Democratic  criticism of President Bush.


Microsoft is making a major push into the entertainment world with the launch this week of its Portable Media Center platform. The software, which will be available first on a device from Creative, allows


Washington, D.C. â Eleven months ago, NASAâs Stardust mission touched down in the Utah desert with the first solid comet samples ever retrieved from space.


Opinion: Local councils may be stuck with junk after Powerco ...

Like a lot of cock-ups, the Takeover Panel's decision on Prime Infrastructure's takeover bid of networks company Powerco started with a small miscalculation.


US Forces 'At Least 1 Km' Inside Falluja -Residents

FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. forces pushed at least one  km (0.6 miles) into Falluja on Tuesday and were not far from  the center of the rebel-held Iraqi city, residents said.


Freelancers Forgo Office Space for Casual Coworking

Self-employed people offset the loneliness of the freelance life by participating in clubs like Jelly, where participants spend one day every other week sharing a casual work space.


Overuse of skin numbing creams can cause death: FDA

People who use large amounts of skin-numbing creams and lotions, often in conjunction with cosmetic procedures, are at risk of irregular heartbeats, seizures and even death, U.S. health officials warned on Tuesday.


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Police in India seek a Delhi doctor who is alleged to be involved in the illegal trade of human organs.


Matt Damon's Uncle Becomes Oldest Channel Swimmer

The 70-year-old uncle of Hollywood star Matt Damon became the oldest person to swim the English Channel Sunday, arriving on the French coast in the early hours after a grueling 21-mile swim.


White House unveils new climate strategy

The White House unveiled a long-term strategy on climate change on Thursday, with plans to gather the countries that emit the most greenhouse gases and to cut tariff barriers to sharing environmental technology.


Daytime television queen Oprah Winfrey is getting her very own TV channel.


Don't you just hate it when you can almost remember something, but then it slips away? And then it nags at you until you get it settled? Well, we're here to create that experience for you.  Here are lyrics from a song that was popular sometime in the past 100 years.


England midfielder Owen Hargreaves tells BBC Sport he will sit out the international friendly with Spain.


Icelandair Buys 8.4 Percent EasyJet Stake

Icelandair Group said Friday it has acquired an 8.4 percent stake in budget airline easyJet PLC, whose share price has soared during two days of hectic trading.


More and more young designers are gambling on the mass market. But is it all risk and no profit?


Jacques Santini steps down as Tottenham manager for "personal reasons".


Switzerland Fines Owner of Geneva Company

Switzerland has fined the owner of a Geneva-based oil trading firm 50,000 Swiss francs ($39,500) for making an illegal bribe to secure Iraqi oil contracts during Saddam Hussein's regime, authorities said Thursday.


Top 10 International Stories: 7. Terrorism continues to take global toll

The third year of the US' global "war on terror" saw a number of high-profile terrorist acts in a wide range of countries.


Staying Active Keeps Mind Sharp in Old Age

People who stay just as active after age 70 as they did before are less likely to experience age-related declines in mental functioning, new study findings suggest.


Growing disenchantment over the Iraq war is proving the great equalizer in many areas, blurring traditional social and demographic distinctions that made it easy to paint sections of the electoral map red or blue.


So the authorities sometimes resort to unconventional tactics. According to Mr. Leclair, if officials have information that "Mr. Mohammed X" is a suspect but have no solid evidence, they have no qualms about ...


NEW YORK  — Actress Mira Sorvino has given birth to a baby girl. Sorvino, 37, gave birth to her first child Wednesday at a Los Angeles hospital, People magazine reported Friday.


Adobe readies release of flagship Acrobat product

Adobe Systems Inc.  in  November will introduce the latest version of its flagship  Acrobat file-sharing product, marking the design software  maker's first major product release since its Macromedia  acquisition.


The relief on the faces of many of the England squad to be back in Johannesburg after nine days in Zimbabwe was clear to see. Normal service was resumed, and the business part of this winter's tour - the


The brother-in-law of the new chief judge in the genocide trial of Saddam Hussein has been killed, Iraqi police say.


Pineiro doesn't bolster his case for closing

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- At least from a contractual basis, Joel Pineiro and the Red Sox are hedging their bets regarding what role he will perform this season.


Twenty-eight candidates seek support from MPs to be Somalia's new leader ahead of elections on 10 October.


Old speedometer painted with radium-based luminous paint discovered at east London site.


High Blood Sugar Also Poses Risk to Heart

levated blood sugar increases the risk of heart disease, not only in people with diabetes but also in those with high-normal readings not considered diabetic.


Jerez, 22:15 - F1, ALONSO: MCLAREN NON ANCORA COMPETITIVA

Fernando Alonso, il campione del mondo in carica, ha spiegato che la McLaren non è ancora com...


Lennon's glasses for sale in Internet auction

A pair of gold-rimmed, wire sunglasses worn by Beatle John Lennon have come up for auction at a British Web site and could fetch more than $1.5 million, some media outlets reported on Monday.


Olympics: Radcliffe to run 10,000 metres after Olympic marathon ...

ATHENS : British marathon flop Paula Radcliffe will run the Olympic 10,000 metres final, British athletics team officials said. "Paula has decided to run the 10,000 metres," a British athletics team spokeswoman said.


Tiffany Jackson scored 21 points and No. 25 Texas overcome a sluggish offensive start to beat Oral Roberts 79-40 on Saturday.


Iran sends defiant message to West on revolution day

Iran aims to send a satellite into space  next summer and will not retreat in a nuclear row with the  West, its president said on Monday, in a defiant speech on the  anniversary of the country's 1979 Islamic revolution.


Britain tightens checks on foreign doctors

LONDON -- With eight suspects in last weekend's attempted car-bomb attacks in custody, all of them foreign doctors or other medical professionals, Britain reduced its terrorism threat level from critical to severe yesterday and Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced more rigorous background checks on foreign doctors applying for visas to work in the United Kingdom.


Fashion Wire Daily - Anna Wintour will be disappointed she didn't miss her early flight to London, otherwise she would have caught the risk-taking and notably inventive collection Donatella Versace presented Friday, September 29th in Milan in the fashion house's new theatre.


Guilty, guilty, guilty atoning for HIH sins

RAYMOND Reginald Williams, who had previously claimed he could have saved HIH from collapse, yesterday pleaded guilty to three criminal charges arising from his management of the failed insurer.


The Arc de Triomphe in Paris reintroduced its museum, right, with a new permanent exhibition highlighting the history of the site. More than $1.45 million was spent to clean and refurbish the museum in the first major makeover since it opened, in 1929, Jean-Paul Ciret, director of cultural development for Franceâs national monuments, said in a telephone interview. âThe arc is the most symbolic monument of France, like the Eiffel Tower is a symbol of Paris,â he said. The exhibition, officially inaugurated by culture officials on Monday, includes video images showing famous arches throughout Europe and details of the monumentâs frieze. The arch, which opened in 1836, was visited by 1.3 million people last year, more than 80 percent of them foreigners.


Microsoft and Google look set to clash over their rival ways of searching desktop computers.


In what could be the quickest patch ever to be released by Microsoft, the company on Tuesday publicly issued a fix for the highly-publicized Vector Markup Language (VML) vulnerability that surfaced last week and was being actively exploited by numerous attacks.


`Sopranos' creator defends famous finale

Just when we had made our peace with "The Sopranos" finale and moved on with our lives, David Chase has stirred things up again.


'Friday Night Lights' throws out the typical sports-movie playbook

It has to be the most overworked formula in the movies: the one about the underdog small-town team going the distance against impossible odds.


Health officials yesterday said 22.4 million unshipped doses of flu vaccine will be made available to people who are most at risk of getting the virus.


Study Says Bones Found in Far East Are of a Distinct Species

In the continuing debate over the origin of the extinct âlittle peopleâ of Indonesia, a team of scientists says it has found evidence that these people were members of a distinct species.


Biografia-intervista di Bush: "Dopo la Casa Bianca? FarÃ² discorsi a pagamento"Il presidente Usa si prepara all'addio raccontando i retroscena delle grandi decisioni                                             E George confessÃ²:  "Ho pianto tanto"


Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows decreased by 18 percent in 2003 to USD560 billion, compared to a 17 percent decrease in 2002 according to the latest report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).


UAL Attendants Authorize Call for Strike

Flight attendants at UAL  Corp.UALAQ.OB, parent of bankrupt United Airlines, authorized  their union to call for strike activities if the carrier  terminates their collective bargaining agreements, the union  said on Thursday.


Robert Mueller becomes the first head of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to visit Cambodia.


Professor says Bush revealed National Guard favoritism

A business school professor who taught George W. Bush at Harvard University in the early 1970s says the future president told him that family friends had pulled strings to get him into the Texas Air National Guard.


Former Fox Studios Owner Marvin Davis Dies

LOS ANGELES - Billionaire Marvin Davis, a former oilman who sold his 20th Century Fox studios to Rupert Murdoch in the 1980s, died Saturday at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 79...


As difficult as the loss to the Giants was, as much as it stung Sunday, the Packers, who have seven starters younger than 26, appear poised for another run next season.


U.S. stocks extended their year-end  gains on Wednesday, helped by a drop in oil prices and a report  that U.S. economic growth in the third quarter was stronger  than initially estimated.


The euro hit a record high against the  dollar above $1.2927 EUR= on Friday as the beleaguered U.S.  currency weakened across the board in technically driven  trading.


NY corpse attempts to cash welfare cheque

Two cuffed for wheeling dead pal to Pay-O-Matic Two men were arrested yesterday in New York's Hell's Kitchen district after failing to convince staff at a "check-cashing store" to honour the welfare cheque of a deceased friend, the New York Times reports.â¦


ENVIRONMENT:  Russia Eyes the Kyoto Market

LONDON, Oct 22 (IPS) - Nobody stands to gain more than Russia through its   move to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement to cut  atmosphere-warming  emissions and through that to contain climate  change.


Shiites Win Most Votes in Iraq, Election Results Show

Shiites won almost half of the nearly 8.5 million votes, more than any other group but not enough to select the next president and other leaders without help.


A Georgia private eye involved in the Hewlett-Packard pretexting brouhaha is the target of a suit by Cingular. The company wants him to pay for obtaining customer info under false pretenses.


Channel 4 refuses to pull Diana crash pics

Princes battle broadcaster over 'deeply distressing' images Princes William and Harry have made public a letter to Channel 4 asking the broadcaster not to air pictures taken at the scene of their mother's death "depicting the crashed car while the Princess was still in the wreckage, and an image of a medic administering emergency treatment to Diana".â¦


Disposto anche un terzo fermo per un uomo di origini sarde


E*Trade's lively trading volume in October makes for happy investors.


Milano, 12:55 - CALCIO, BARALDI: PER LA B GIORNATA SARA' MOLTO LUNGA

''Per la serie B sarà giornata decisamente lunga''. Lo ha detto Luca Baraldi, presidente del ...


Mutu back at Dinamo after dismissing agents

ADRIAN MUTU, sacked by Chelsea after testing positive for cocaine, has dismissed his agents. âMutu came to our office and told us of his decision not to co-operate with our company any more,â Gheorghe Popescu said.


McQueen Throws Down Gauntlet with Retrospective

Models are used to being the playthings of designers, make-up artists and photographers who transform them at will. On Friday, British designer Alexander McQueen turned them into pawns in a human chess game.


Corpo trovato in casa di un transessuale, portato in caserma


Olympics: Hoop dreams turn into a nightmare

The picture of defeat is the best basketball player in the galaxy slumped on a chair in the waning minutes. The picture of defeat is a coach shaking his head in disbelief, watching his team disintegrate.


Pope Health Seen Stable, Eyes N.Ireland Trip

Pope John Paul's health has  stabilized recently, so much so that the Pontiff has expressed  a desire to make at least two major trips abroad next year,  including one to Northern Ireland.


Perde un prezioso orecchino Ansuini ma e' stato ritrovato


Buttiglione stands down as EU commssioner

October 31 2004 -- 1025CET -- Italy's Rocco Buttiglione, who had aroused deep hostility among EU deputies for his contentious words


Roundup: High Doses Of Vitamin E; Exercise And Memory

In a study just released by the American Heart Association, researchers found that high daily doses of vitamin E supplements can be deadly.


"Saving Private Ryan" is a Hollywood movie of war. Vietnam Veteran Michael Johnson says it's as close to real as possible.


La console Nintendo offre divertimento ad un costo contenuto


Trial date set for defendant in Abu Ghraib prison abuse case

A military judge ordered a US Army reservist on Friday to stand trial Jan. 7 in Baghdad for allegedly abusing Iraq inmates at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad.


Cingular Wireless has urged U.S.  communications regulators to reject a request by rival Nextel  Communications Inc. NXTL.O to lower the cost of its plan to  swap airwaves with the government, which is aimed at reducing  interference with public safety communications.


Houston Mayor Bill White and Doris Voitier, the head of schools in St. Bernard Parish, La., were named Monday as recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for their work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.


Su timori rialzo tassi Fed e caro greggio


Jury Reaches Verdict In Trial For Confessed Serial Killer

The jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of confessed serial killer Coral Eugene Watts. The verdict is expected to be read later today.


Iranian boats "provoke" U.S. Navy ships in Hormuz: CNN

Five Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats harassed and provoked three U.S. Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil shipping route off the Iranian coast, over the weekend, CNN reported on Monday.


More research is needed over the safety of hormone replacement therapy, says an expert.


A medical journal criticises the decision to remove a terminally-ill Ghanaian woman whose visa had expired.


China confirms bird flu outbreak in Guangdong

China has confirmed an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus among ducks in an outlying district of the southern metropolis of Guangzhou in Guangdong province, the Agriculture Ministry said.


The idea that comets brought the chemical "seeds" for life to the early Earth is given a big boost by new research.


Nellie Connally, who rode in JFK death limo, dies

AUSTIN, Texas  - Former Texas first lady Nellie   Connally, who was riding in the limousine with President John   F. Kennedy when he was assassinated in 1963, has died at the   age of 87, a family friend said on Saturday.


Medication errors harm 1.5 million Americans every year

Medication errors made in hospitals and clinics around the country harm at least 1.5 million Americans every year, according to a study by the National Academy of Sciences.


Most parents do not care whether their child gets enough exercise despite soaring childhood obesity rates, a survey shows.


Old hard drives still full of sensitive data

(InfoWorld) - Hard drives full of confidential data are still turning up on the second-hand market, researchers have reported. Investigations carried out on behalf of BT by the University of Glamorgan in the U.K., Edith Cowan University in Australia, and Longwood University in the U.S., found that 37 percent of drives surveyed had traces of personal data on them. Damningly, this figure is much the same as it was for the same surveys undertaken by the universities in each of the last two years, suggesting that either companies are ignoring the issue or simply lack the tools to adequately wipe data before resale. Sensitive information retrieved included salary details, financial data of specific companies, credit card numbers, medical data, visa applications, details of online purchases, and inevitably, online pornography. The sample totalled 350 hard drives acquired in online auctions. "Given the level of exposure that the subjects of security and identity theft has received in recent times, and the availability of suitable tools to ensure the safe disposal of information, it is difficult to understand why disks are still not being effectively cleaned before they are disposed off," said BT's security research head, Dr Andy Jones. "When organizations dispose off surplus and obsolete computers and hard disks, they must ensure that adequate procedures are in place to destroy any data and also to check that the procedures that are in place are effective -- whether they are handled by internal resources or through a third party contractor," he said. The full report -- which has yet to be made publically available -- reveals that buying second-hand disks is an unreliable way to get hold of storage. Of the 133 disks bought in the U.K., 44 percent of them didn't even work. But of those that did, 19 percent had enough information on them to identify the organization from which they had come, 65 percent had enough data to identify named people, and 17 percent contained "illicit" data. Techworld is an InfoWorld affiliate.


The government proposed a five-year plan Wednesday to halve the number of new HIV infections in South Africa, saying it had failed to persuade young people to change their sexual habits.


A major report on England's secondary schooling will push for "core" skills in number-handling and communication.


Genova, 19:10 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: BAZZANI SALTA L'ALLENAMENTO

Allenamento a Palermo per la Sampdoria in vista della gara di Messina. Assente Bazzani, che nel fina...


Aziz Says Pakistan Wants Peace With India

Insisting it was time for peace between Pakistan and India, Pakistan's prime minister said Wednesday that the two nuclear-armed rivals had the chance to "prove the pundits of gloom and doom wrong."


Cian O'Connor has decided not to accept the ESB/Rehab Irish Person of the Year award he was set to receive tonight. O'Connor was chosen as this year's Irish Person of the Year in recognition of his achievement


Scottish church background makes Brown tick

Gordon Brown, in a big pitch to become Britain's next prime minister, played up his reputation for being a dour, hard-working man driven by his Scottish Presbyterian background.


'Suspect Package' Man Dies in Polling Day Blast

A man who tried to bring a suspicious package into a polling station in Chechnya today was killed in an explosion as he ran away, election officials said.


Australian PM Howard Celebrates Fourth Poll Win

Australian Prime Minister John Howard, a key US ally and supporter of the Iraq war, celebrated on Sunday his election win over opposition Labor after voters enjoying the fruits of a strong economy gave him another term.


Pakistan off-spinner Malik reported for suspect action

Pakistan's off-spinner Shoaib Malik has been reported to the International Cricket Council (ICC) for a suspect bowling action, an official said.


Genova, 18:08 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA; MAZZARRI: CI VUOLE SOLO PIU' CATTIVERIA

Il tecnico della Sampdoria, Walter Mazzarri, difende la squadra dopo la sconfitta di Roma ed in vist...


Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden refuses to comment on the rumours that her boyfriend Daniel Westling is being schooled to become her husband.


MLP to take people to the streets as government failed to deliver promises

February 12 2005 - 1720CET - When speaking at the end of an activity in Valletta, Dr.


Era un disabile e l'anziano era rimasto solo ad accudirlo


Stumbling Singh Overtaken by Leonard at PGA

KOHLER, Wisconsin  - Overnight leader Vijay Singh,  chasing his third major title, was overhauled by playing  partner Justin Leonard at the fourth hole in the U.S. PGA  Championship final round on Sunday.


US ambassador supports Japan's bid for veto in UN

The US ambassador said Tuesday that Japan should have veto rights if it joins an enlarged UN Security Council, the first time a top US official has supported giving another country full powers in the world ...


US Embassy says five workers dead in consulate attack

A US Embassy spokeswoman says five workers are dead in Monday's assault on the American consulate in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. That brings to 12 the number of people who died in the attack.


Pakistan Arrests Chief of Afghan Militant Group

Pakistani security forces have  arrested the head of an Afghan militant group responsible for  kidnapping three U.N. workers in neighboring Afghanistan, the  information minister said on Saturday.


Investigators combed through an apartment complex early Saturday, trying to determine what caused a fire that killed two people, injured 18 others and forced rescuers to pull trapped residents from balconies.


Producer Phil Spector Indicted On Murder Charge

Legendary 'wall of sound' producer Phil Spector has described prosecutors as "Hitler-like" for pushing for an indictment, which will see the 63-year-old face trial sooner than expected on charges of murder.


Living the PC lifestyle sans the space heater Comment Stealthy chip start-up Teradici Corp. in Burnaby, British Columbia emerged from behind the curtain on Tuesday to reveal their long anticipated semiconductor fix for the remote PC desktop dilemma. The product, geared towards OEM systems manufacturers, consists of a pair of chips designed to overcome the shortcomings of existing Blade PC solutions.â¦


Party Critics Urge Blair to Stand Up to Bush

BRIGHTON, England -- Timothy Garton Ash, an international relations expert at Oxford University, drew rueful chuckles the other day at a panel discussion here when he dubbed Prime Minister Tony Blair's approach to the Bush administration "the inimitable Jeeves school of foreign policy."


U.S. strikes insurgents targeting helicopters

A U.S. air strike killed senior insurgents suspected of targeting American helicopters in Iraq, and the Iraqi government said 39 militants had been killed in volatile western Anbar province in recent fighting.


Steelers Overlook Branch, and Pay Dearly for It Twice

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 23 - From the moment New England receiver Deion Branch hit the end zone, it was as if 50,000 Terrible Towels had hit the ground.


Pesaro, 10:38 - VALENTINO-FISCO, VERSO ACCORDO DA 20 MILIONI DI EURO

Secondo QN Il Resto del Carlino, Valentino Rossi ha finalmente trovato un'intesa con l'Agenzia delle...


Verimatrix Invited to Speak at Industry Conferences to Share Content Security Expertise

Verimatrix:  WHO:       Verimatrix enhances the value and security of pay-TV networks with advanced technologies designed to address the content protection challenges of today, and those of tomorrow.


NYC Sees Jets Funding Stadium with Tax-Exempt Debt

New York City expects the Jets  football team to pay half of its share of a proposed $1.4  billion new stadium with $400 million of tax-exempt debt backed  by funds the team might otherwise pay in taxes, a city official  said on Wednesday.


Ma numero complessivo nuovi assegni aumenta (+2,3%)


India Added To Windows XP Starter Edition Roster

Designed as a result of Microsoftâs ongoing collaborations with international governments, Windows XP Starter Edition Pilot Program is part of Microsoftâs comprehensive commitment to enable individuals, communities and countries to gain access to the


'American Taliban' Appeals for Early Release

The lawyer for an American sentenced to 20 years in a US prison for fighting with the Taliban in Afghanistan appealed to President Bush to lessen his sentence after a man in a similar case was freed.


The hunt to find the remains of a missing woman and her three-year-old son is set to begin in earnest.


Il ministro contro la parte della Bossi-Fini che riguarda le spese di permanenza nel nostro Paese"Sbagliato vincolare la presenza in Italia all'esistenza certa di un lavoro"                                          Immigrazione, Amato: "Troppi 70 euro per rinnovare il permesso di soggiorno"                                                                                "Ne ho parlato con Prodi, mi ha dato indicazioni per rivedere il meccanismo"


Troy Glaus homers in 11th inning to carry Anaheim back to sole possession of first place in the AL West with an 8-7 comeback win over the Rangers on Wednesday.


Home mortgage lender Fannie Mae on Wednesday said the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight uncovered accounting inaccuracies that raise doubts about the company's previous financial reports.


Startup takes Reg's coveted 'Top FLOP' award

SiCortex's supercomputing sauce SC06 SiCortex has bucked one of the more disturbing supercomputing trends - the disconnect between form and function.â¦


Grant Hill scored 17 points and had nine rebounds, and Steve Francis nearly posted a triple-double in the Orlando Magic's 94-84 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night.


(ANSA) -ROMA, 17 NOV- Il derma di maiale in chirurgia: una tecnica all'avanguardia ha appena preso piede anche in Italia nel campo della chirurgia genitale maschile. Il materiale e' utile per interventi di ingrandimento del pene.


A computer game which appeared to feature a CCTV image of James Bulger's abduction is withdrawn from sale.


Russia's foreign minister on Friday accused Britain of politicizing the investigation into the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, warning it would strain relations between the two countries.


Keith: New Club Will 'Reek With Attitude'

The VIP booths will look like Ford pickups and an American flag will circle the ceiling at I Love This Bar & Grill!, a $9 million project by country superstar Toby Keith and Harrah's Entertainment Inc.


SIR ALEX FERGUSON was pelted with food and pea soup by an Arsenal player in an extraordinary tunnel bust-up at Old Trafford yesterday.


AT&T Offers IM, Email and Text Messaging On The Go

At an affordable device price of $99 (after $30 mail-in rebate) with unlimited messaging plans starting at only $17.99 per month, Ogo provides customers with a wireless messaging device priced for the typical consumer.


Dozens of Iraqi policemen and soldiers were killed yesterday as insurgents launched a wave of attacks on police stations and checkpoints north of Baghdad in territory dominated by supporters of Saddam Hussein.


Roma, 14:31 - CALCIO, LAZIO; ODDO: IO E LA SOCIETA' DOBBIAMO VENIRCI INCONTRO

Massimo Oddo, difensore della Lazio, appare sempre in bilico tra la maglia biancoceleste e quella de...


Il papa all'Angelus: "Nel mondo c'Ã¨ troppa violenza e ingiustizia,per questo bisogna sbilanciare il mondo da male verso il bene"                                            Ratzinger: "Amare il nemico Ã¨ la rivoluzione cristiana"


Nigeria: Militia Group Vows to Attack Oil Workers If Firms Stay in ...

An ethnic militia group in Nigeria's southeastern oil region vowed on Tuesday to attack oil workers there unless their companies shut down operations within three days.


Nike co-founder Phil Knight has announced that he will step down as chief executive and president of the company. The 66-year-old notified the company's board of directors at


Hockey Little has changed in the Hockey East men's hierarchy since the end of last season. Reigning regular-season champion New Hampshire and second-place finisher Boston College received the same number of points (84) and first-place votes (five) in the Hockey East Coaches' Poll released yesterday to share the top preseason ranking. Boston University (77 points) was third, followed by Maine ...


Iraq Rebels Strike Before U.S. Attack on Falluja

FALLUJA, Iraq  - Rebels shot dead 21 Iraqi  policemen in cold blood on Sunday, a day after killing 34  people in attacks on security forces, in a clear show of force  ahead of an imminent U.S. offensive on insurgents in Falluja  and Ramadi.


Controversial Internet Game Recreates JFK Assassination

The game designer, Scottish company Traffic, is also sponsoring a contest in which the person who most closely matches Oswald's shots will win up to $100,000, depending on how many people download the game.


To the dismay of fellow Republicans, Sen. Larry Craig launched a determined drive to save his seat on Wednesday, vowing to stay in office if allowed to withdraw his guilty plea in a men's room sex sting.


Australia mulls bigger army in face of foreign deployments

The Australian government's national security committee has met to consider beefing up the army, which is stretched by deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Pacific.


New York, 11:47 - TENNIS, FED CUP; USA: CONVOCATA LA DAVENPORT

Lindsay Davenport torna a difendere i colori degli Stati Uniti nella sfida di Fed Cup che le america...


An NBC News reporter embedded with a US army unit that seized an Iraqi installation three weeks into the war said Tuesday she saw no signs the Americans searched for the


Versatile infielder Placido Polanco and the Philadelphia Phillies agreed Tuesday to a $4.6 million, one-year contract, avoiding arbitration.


Britain targets bogus colleges to cut illegal immigration

All private colleges in Britain that recruit students from overseas will be required to register with the interior ministry as part of a drive to cut illegal immigration, the government said Tuesday.


Thailand struggled on Monday to evacuate thousands of traumatized foreign tourists from its once thriving holiday island of Phuket and other popular islands and beach resorts devastated by Sunday's tidal wave.


Up to 8 companies bid for Dubai's U.S. port assets

Between five and eight U.S.   companies are vying for the U.S. port assets of Dubai Ports   World in a second round of the sales process, the official   overseeing the sale said in a letter to U.S. lawmakers.


A Milano il 7, a Roma il 14, si lavora per unica data


Strong Quake Shakes Northern Japan, Felt in Tokyo

An earthquake with a preliminary  magnitude of 5.6 shook northern Japan on Monday in the same  area where the country's deadliest quake in nine years killed  at least 23 people two days ago and injured more than 2,000.


Judge dismisses energy co. genocide case

A judge dismissed a Canadian energy company from a lawsuit that alleged it aided genocide in its pursuit of oil in Sudan, saying Tuesday the plaintiffs had failed to find evidence against it that could be used in a U.S. court.


Suicide bomber strikes southern town that houses Israel's secretive nuclear reactor.


Bayer AG could face a criminal investigation if allegations that it knew, downplayed or withheld information on the dangers associated with their cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol prove to be true.


A radio station dedicated to helping women deal with violence and discrimination relaunches in Afghanistan.


By Traci Watson  All through a 10-year wait to go to space, astronaut Lisa Nowak kept her cool. She reached orbit on the space shuttle in July -- and upon returning, her life went dreadfully wrong.


THE al-Qaeda terror network spent less than $US50,000 ($71,000) on each of its main attacks except the September 11 suicide hijackings, a UN report says.


Groups Rally to Lobby's Side as FBI Intensifies Israeli Espionage ...

As the FBI intensifies its investigation of Washington's pro-Israel lobby, Jewish organizations are charging elements of the government with orchestrating a borderline-antisemitic


Road pricing and faster rail links could be part of the future transport policy in Scotland.


Rispettivamente il 29/3 e il 7/5, concerti fino a ottobre


Some 21 Iraqis Killed as Vote Count Continues

Insurgents have killed 21 Iraqis and  two U.S. soldiers in recent assaults, showing there has been no  respite in the fight against U.S.-led forces and their allies  since Sunday's election.


Swiss tennis star Roger Federer has swept aside the limp challenge of Lleyton Hewitt 6-0 7-6 6-0 to become US Open champion. He won 6-0 7-6 (7-3 in the tiebreak) 6-0 at Flushing Meadows in New York to take the final Grand Slam title of 2004.


Bragging rights are at best the second-most important thing on the line for No. 12 Michigan when it plays rival Michigan State on Saturday.


A Japanese government panel begins work on whether to recommend women be allowed to take the throne.


Cisco Systems to buy S.J. maker of WiFi gear

Cisco Systems said Wednesday that it would buy Airespace, a San Jose maker of networking gear, for $450 million in stock in an effort to bolster sales of wireless equipment.


SEOUL -- International disarmament talks on North Korea's nuclear program will resume in Beijing next week, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported. China has informed participating countries that the negotiations will start July 18, Yonhap reported from Beijing, citing an unidentified diplomatic "source" familiar with the negotiations. The talks -- involving China, Japan, the two Koreas, Russia, and the United ...


La Procura distrettuale di Catanzaro sta svolgendo indagini anche nei confronti del sottosegretario alla Giustizia, Giuseppe Valentino, e del deputato Angela Napoli, vicepresidente della Commissione parlamantare antimafia, entrambi di An, nell'ambito dell


Ex braccio destro Al Zarqawi promotore attentato


Victims in Wildfireâs Path Say, âWhy Me?â

Fires raged across Southern California, burning some houses to the ground and sparing others in their path.


Bergamo, 20:12 - CALCIO, ATALANTA: POKER DI SIMONE INZAGHI IN AMICHEVOLE

Poker di Simone Inzaghi nell'amichevole giocata oggi dall'Atalanta con il Pedrengo (Promozione): 12-...


A New Jersey teenager unlocks the iPhone, opening the way to Apple's hit mobile being used by non-US networks.


Cory Borrow's Blog: Creating thumbs from textfiles with PHP and GD

Cory Borrow has posted a tutorial he's created to show how to harness the power of PHP and GD to create thumbnail images out of the contents of a text file.   Today, I'll give a little info on how to achieve the process of creating a thumbnail using PHP, GD and the text from a text file. It is really pretty simple, so lets get started.   The trick behind the translation is in reading in the contents of the (plain) text file and pushing it into a string value of a newly created GD-generated image. He includes the code to make using it in your own app simple (a cut and paste version) - his method FileToThumb.


Friday's defusing of the three-week military standoff in Najaf has the disappointing result that Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and his militia survive to fight another battle, threatening US military forces and the fledgling Iraqi government.


IBM shored up commitment to its mainframe computing platform Thursday with a series of new technologies, investments in emerging markets, new industry-focused solutions, and new partnerships.


Factory Growth Eases, Construction Booms

Expansion in the U.S. factory sector  slowed in August as higher costs for energy and raw materials  squeezed manufacturers, a report showed Wednesday, but analysts  said growth remained relatively robust.


Sudan's government tells the BBC it is handling the crisis in Darfur better than the US is dealing with Iraq.


Vendita asset moltiplica profitti, fatturato cresce dell'8%


Roma, 11:03 - CALCIO, ROMA: NON STIAMO VENDENDO AL GRUPPO TOTI

Stamane il quotidiano economico MF scrive che la Roma Calcio starebbe per essere rilevata dal Gruppo...


Suicide bomber kills at least 15 in Pakistani court

QUETTA, Pakistan  - A suicide bomber killed 15 people, including a judge, in an attack on a courtroom in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Saturday, the latest in a series of suicide blasts that have sent shockwaves round the country.


A new threat assessment from U.S. counterterrorism analysts says that al-Qaida has used its safe haven along the Afghan-Pakistan border to restore its operating capabilities to a level unseen since the months before Sept. 11, 2001.


Peyton Manning grew up in New Orleans, the favorite son in a city where his father, Archie , was considered royalty.


A television show that  dramatizes federal investigations is now finding itself at the  center of a real-life FBI probe into copyright infringement.


MAKYBE Diva joined racing's immortals with a commanding win in the $4.6 million Melbourne Cup today. Backed into 5-2 favouritism by a flood of money from around the country, she became the first mare to win


IAEA Chief Presses North Korea, Iran on Nuclear Threat

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency has described North Korea as a serious challenge to nuclear non-proliferation efforts. In a speech to the General Assembly, agency chief Mohammed


Pan-European aircraft manufacturer Airbus SAS's planned restructuring strategy includes 10,000 job cuts, France's prime minister confirmed Tuesday.Comment


Florida judge clears embalming of Anna Nicole

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - A judge in Florida gave the go-ahead on Friday for the body of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith to be embalmed, but a decision about releasing her for burial is days away.


ABCNews.com was wrong venue for quirky former host of Web show Rocketboom.


Diabetes Going Undetected in Many Heart Patients

Diabetes is an undetected and silent threat for many people who end up with heart disease, according to new research published on Monday.