Christopher Sieber, late of the Broadway editions of "Chicago," "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and "Into the Woods," is living the life that many New York actors once had in the theater but rarely do anymore: He closed Sunday in one show (the New York City Opera's production of "Cinderella" with Eartha Kitt, Dick Van Patten, Lea DeLaria, et al.) and now immediately jumps into another, playing Sir Galahad in Mike Nichols' "Monty Python's Spamalot," with Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce and Tim Curry, which prevues Dec. 21-Jan. 23 in Chicago before its Broadway opening at the Shubert on March 17.


MontmelÃ², 13:56 - F1, TEST MONTMELO': MIGLIOR TEMPO DI BADOER

Luca Badoer, collaudatore della Ferrari, è stato il piÃ¹ veloce nella sessione mattutina dei t...


Obama proposes U.S. ban on China-made toys

CONCORD, New Hampshire  - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said on Wednesday he would ban all toys made in China after a series of safety scares, and he called for tougher U.S. inspections of Chinese imports.


The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on public attitudes about Congress, President Bush and the nation's direction was conducted Monday through Wednesday and is based on telephone interviews with 1,000 adults from all states except Alaska and Hawaii.


His main current campaign thrust is to cut Kerry's credibility on fighting terror.


For those pushing their way through the Black Friday crowds on the year's busiest shopping day, this is the year they may resolve to join the record number of online shoppers.


UT defense wraps up McNeal in second half

With the wind at his back or in his face, Texas A&M quarterback Reggie McNeal was dazzling during the first 20 minutes of Friday's game against the Texas Longhorns.


Iran has produced several tons of uranium hexafluoride, a compound used in uranium enrichment, the head of Iran's delegation to the Internation Atomic Energy Agency (IEAE), Hussein Musavian, announced Wednesday.


YankeesÂ pitcher Chien-Ming WangÂs success has created a nation of Yankee fans halfway around the world.


CORAL GABLES, Florida  - Hillary Clinton and other Democratic presidential hopefuls wooed Hispanic voters on Sunday with pledges to back a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants and attacks on Republican "demagoguery" on the issue of immigration.


fiesta bowl High-flying Utes elevate MWC

Scottsdale, Ariz. - Two years ago, Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson went to San Francisco to celebrate the league's newest bowl affiliation.


Latest Mobile Devices Tempt Users but Test IT

New mobile devices such as the iPhone and the OQO ultramobile PC pose compatibility and security challenges that IT managers will have to resolve, said attendees at a Gartner conference.


Japan to get Xbox HD DVD drive on 17 November

Console to get 1080p support with software update Microsoft will ship the Xbox 360's eagerly anticipated external HD DVD drive to Japanese consumers on 17 November, the software giant revealed today at the Tokyo Games Show. The announcement paves the way for similar declarations concerning the peripheral's launch in the US and Europe.â¦


A farmer has died of bird flu in far western China, the 14th person to die of the disease in the country.


Slight Bright Spot for Vonage: Partial Remand in Verizon Case

BREAKING NEWS - It may be extremely slim comfort for VoIP services provider Vonage in the wake of yesterday's total loss in the patent infringement suit brought against it by Sprint Nextel, but Vonage will take it nonetheless: A federal appeals court upheld today only two of the three patent infringement decisions in last March's case brought on by Verizon, remanding the third to a lower court for retrial.


Shell may interview for Dolphins coaching job

Former Oakland Raiders coach Art Shell has expressed interest in the Miami Dolphins' job and may be interviewed, joining LSU coach Nick Saban as a candidate, an NFL source said Saturday on condition of anonymity.


R.E. Lapp, 87, Physicist in Cold-War Debate on Civil Defense, Dies

Ralph E. Lapp was involved in atomic weapons from the earliest days of the Manhattan Project, and spoke out about the health effects of radiation into the 1990's.


Ferdinand to repay Ferguson debt of honour

Rio Ferdinand plans to repay a debt of honour to Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson for standing by him when he returns from his eight month ban for missing a drugs test against Liverpool on Monday.


Richiesta per 2008, Ue e Bce vaglierannno candidatura


LONDON, Nov 8 (SW) - Tottenham Hotspur FC have handed former Roda and RKC Waalwijk coach Martin Jol the first-team managing position, following Jacques Santiniâs resignation last Friday.


Police in California say they believe a suicidal man caused a train crash that killed at least 11 people.


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


InfoWorld - IBM has bought XIV, an Israeli manufacturer of SAN (storage area network) equipment. XIV's main product is Nextra, a storage system based on a grid of standard hardware components.


US troops closing in on central Fallujah

There are reports that US troops and crack Iraqi soldiers have surged into rubble-strewn districts in the heart of Fallujah, seizing one third of the city after hours of street fighting with rebels.


UPDATE 1-Pulte shares fall after Las Vegas warning

Shares of Pulte Homes Inc. (PHM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 2 US home builder, fell 6 percent on Tuesday, a day after it warned of lower-than-expected


"MASH" director Robert Altman, who revolutionized Hollywood filmmaking with a chaotic, irreverent style that critics hailed as "American Art Cinema," has died at age 81, his production company said on Tuesday.


Mayor Tim Julian, left, Angelo Cacciotti, center, and Cosmo Bello place a wreath near the Christopher Columbus statue Sunday at the corner of Mohawk Street and Memorial Parkway in Utica.


Disgusted voters say decision was made in Moscow

The woman in the market hurriedly packed away the shampoo and perfume she usually sells. The stalls were almost abandoned. She was in a rush to escape the capital's brooding air.


Roma, 22:58 - CALCIO, ROMA; SPALLETTI: FATTO TROPPO POCO

Deluso e preoccupato. Luciano Spalletti non si nasconde dopo il ko con la Juve a Torino. "Nel primo ...


SAS Sales Rise 12 Percent; Bigger Jump Predicted for '07

By Frank Norton, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 14--SAS reported Tuesday that revenue rose 12 percent last year, hitting $1.9 billion as more retailers, banks and other businesses bought the Cary company's data-gathering and analysis software.


The Indianapolis defensive backs will get a break Monday night. They won't have to deal with Randy Moss. For a shaky secondary, it's one of the few advantages the Colts have against Minnesota's talented receivers.


U.N.'s Ban "very worried" on Iran's nuclear progress

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is worried about Iran's nuclear program but hopes a stand-off with the international community can be resolved through dialogue, he said in comments published in Italy on Friday.


Linux losing to Windows.  Time to reassess how to compete in the server market

Linux's server growth is slowing vis-a-vis Windows server growth.  The reasons are several.  The answer is clear: take on Microsoft directly.


It now feels amazing how we have lived without this particular feature since ages now. Google introduced desktop searching to the world in spite of the fact lesser-known products existed since a long time.


Australia pledges US$3.5m to help police catch those behind the bombing of its embassy in Indonesia.


Doctors are following the playbook in treating Buffalo Bills football player Kevin Everett's severe spinal cord injury except in one notable regard: pumping icy cold saline into his veins to try to prevent further damage


Il fenomeno Ã¨ cominciato stamane intorno alle tre. Le strade del capoluogoe dei principali paesi del versante Sud-Est sono ricoperte da uno strato di polvere nera                                            Pioggia di cenere dall'Etna Chiuso l'aeroporto di Catania                                                                                Nel pomeriggio Ã¨ arrivato il capo del dipartimento nazionale della Protezione civile, Guido BertolasoIl sindaco di Acireale: "Se continua cosÃ¬ chiederemo lo stato di calamitÃ "


Sport: Boxing: Enzo Maccarinelli to face fellow British world champion David Haye in cruiserweight showdown


Bufera nella Cdl per gli emendamenti della Lega alla Finanziaria

Casini accoglie le richieste della Lega stralciando alcuni capitoli della Fianziaria e nel centrodestra scoppia la bufera. Il Presidente della Camera ha giudicato estranee al testo della manovra numerose norme


U.N. Fears Child Mercenaries Being Hired in Liberia

Child soldiers who fought during Liberia's 14-year civil war may be being recruited to fight again as mercenaries in neighboring Guinea, a senior U.N. official said.


The U.S. trade deficit declined slightly in July, helped by record exports that offset the biggest foreign oil bill in nearly a year. But even a spate of recalls did not stop the deficit with China from climbing to the second-highest level on record.


NYSE quarterly profit vs year-earlier loss

NYSE Group Inc. , which owns the New York Stock Exchange, said on Friday it posted a profit from a loss a year earlier, when results were hit by a series of one-off expenses related to the acquisition of Archipelago.


Italians hiring top architects to style wineries

Italian vineyards long ago turned their  dank cellars into germ-free high tech vaults, but to compete on  the wine tasting circuit they are now hiring world renowned  architects to design avant-garde wineries.


Secretary of State-Designate Rice Resting After Surgery

A senior administration official told VOA Dr. Rice underwent a one-and-a-half hour uterine fibroid embolization operation at a Washington hospital Friday.


Canada, the Closer Country for Outsourcing Work

Canada's stability, proximity and cultural similarity to the U.S. tend to attract higher-value, more sophisticated outsourcing work than countries like India.


Arsenal midfielder Edu suffers broken toe

Arsenal midfielder Edu, who had just returned to the lineup after a calf injury, broke a toe in the Gunners' 3-1 Carling Cup win over Everton on Tuesday.


Lleyton Hewitt, the scrappy Australian, had his first break point of the match and Roger Federer looked vulnerable. And then, with a suave grace that belies his power, Federer summoned three consecutive aces -- all on the line.


Tokyo Stocks Up on Real Estate, Retailers

Japanese stocks rose by midsession on  Monday as growing confidence over the country's economic  outlook lifted retailers and real estate firms such as  Mitsubishi Estate Co. that rely more on domestic business.


Nyon, 18:36 - CALCIO, UEFA; CORI RAZZISTI: MULTATA LA LAZIO

L'Uefa ha inflitto una multa di 30mila franchi svizzeri (circa 18mila euro) alla Lazio per i comport...


Philippines Hit by Magnitude 6.6 Quake Near Manila, US Says

The Philippines were struck by an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 late today that shook buildings and sent people into the streets in the downtown of the capital Manila.


Alitalia, Unions Ink Deal to Split Company

Alitalia signed a deal with eight of nine unions Friday to split the loss-making Italian airline in two — part of the company's plan to stave off bankruptcy.


Two Russian Planes Crash, 89 Die, After Hijack Alarm

Two Russian passenger airliners from Moscow crashed within minutes of each other, killing all 89 passengers and crew, the greatest number of civilian Russian air deaths in a single day for more than three years.


Charlesetta Feist's first home smells like fresh paint and polished wood — a glimmer of life only blocks from the river that destroyed the neighborhood two years ago.


Cruise's War Of The Worlds was initially scheduled for release on the same day.


Up to two million people were killed or persecuted by the communists in Romania, an official report says.


A fire broke out on the top floors of a 3,000-room Las Vegas hotel and Casino on Friday, forcing the evacuation of guests and staff and quickly engulfing parts of the building's facade and roof.


Suppletive, urne aperte per 740mila elettori

Urne aperte dalle 8 di questa mattina per le elezioni suppletive della Camera dei deputati in sette collegi uninominali. Si potrÃ  votare fino alle 22 di oggi e dalle 7 alle 15 di lunedÃ¬. Sono 739.809 gli


Britain's Kelly Holmes stays on track for a medal double as she qualifies for  the 1500m semi-finals.


From the Paris runway to the 27th Annual Cycle World International Motorcycle Show, which blew into Manhattan at the Javits Center last week, biker chic is a road-tested look.


Report: Dunn and four others to face charges in HP leak scandal

Former Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Patricia Dunn, the company's former senior  counsel and three others face four charges each in connection with the boardroom leak scandal at HP, according to The New York Times.


Former diplomat Lansana Kouyate is appointed as Guinea's PM, in an effort to end weeks of unrest.


Madrid, 13:16 - CALCIO, FIFA; CANNAVARO: QUESTO PREMIO CHIUDE BOCCA A TUTTI

Fabio Cannavaro ha parlato alla radio spagnola Cadena Ser del Fifa World Player ricevuto ieri: ''E' ...


Il caso in una media di Ragusa. Le famiglie: "Quell'alunno compromette le lezioni"Il ministro all'Istruzione manda gli ispettori. GiovedÃ¬ riunione dal Prefetto                                            In classe c'Ã¨ un ragazzino disabile i genitori ritirano i figli dalla scuola                                                                                Il provveditore vicario: "Va aiutato ma dobbiamo tutelare anche gli altri scolari"La mamma: "E' stato l'insegnante di sostegno a dare un ceffone a mio figlio"


A young Austrian woman whose kidnapper kept her locked away in a cell for years said Monday she lost faith in her country's judiciary after accusations surfaced that authorities ignored a tip that could have led to her captor.


Iraq bombings kill 8, including US soldier

Four coalition and Iraqi military convoys and a pro-vincial government office were bombed yesterday, kil-ling at least eight people, including an American soldier and an Estonian trooper in the Baghdad area.


The remake, starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, is an instant classic that just might start a western revival


Beethovenâs Evolution, From Playful to Grand

Andras Schiff is showing in his Carnegie Hall traversal of the sonatas is that a handful of relatively small but decisive steps lead from the Haydnesque playfulness  of Beethovenâs earliest works to the grand proclamations of the mature ones.


The UN children's fund urges young orphans of the disaster to be prioritised ahead of an aid summit.


Colin Montgomerie believes Europe will start the next Ryder Cup in Dublin in 2006 as favourites. The 41-year-old, who is playing at the Heritage event at Woburn this week, helped Europe beat the United States by a record margin in Detroit.


U2 to Release 'Atomic Bomb' Album in November

Irish rock band U2 Tuesday disclosed the title and set the release date for its next album, "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb," which will hit record shops on Nov. 23.


Oil on rise after weekend of Middle East violence

Oil was trading higher on Monday after a  weekend of worsening conflict between Israel and Hizbollah  guerrillas, leaving traders nervous the violence could escalate  and spread across the oil-producing Middle East.


Running back Corey Dillon wants to leave the game on his own terms, saying yesterday he will ask the Patriots for his release and is prepared to retire.


L.A. sues Web hotel bookers for pocketing room tax

Internet travel sites are cheating cities on taxes by pocketing the difference between the hotel room tax they pay and the amount collected from consumers, the city of Los Angeles said in a lawsuit filed last week.


Video games are usually a solitary pastime. But that doesn't mean that gamers are anti-social misfits, any more than readers, knitters or crossword solvers. We have friends, siblings, spouses and kids, and when we're not off saving the world on our own, we enjoy playing games with our loved ones.


NFL's Vick faces media outrage in dog-fight case

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick faced condemnation in the media on Wednesday and an uncertain future following his federal indictment on Tuesday over alleged involvement in a dog-fighting operation.


A pregnant Julia Roberts was confined to bed last month after experiencing a series of early contractions. The 37-year-old actress is expecting twins — a boy and a girl — in early January.


Supporters of a third-party presidential bid by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched a 50-state petition drive Tuesday seeking to "draft" the billionaire who is edging closer to entering the race while continuing to deny he is a candidate.


Amazon's A9 Reaches Beyond Google's Basics

Amazon.com is trying to out-Google the king of Internet search with a new site that puts a fancy face on Google's plain-Jane search results.


The Colorado Rockies came in with a swagger, this free-swinging wild-card bunch from the Mile High City who wore T-shirts that read, "Baseball with an Altitude," after winning 21 of their last 22 games to sweep their way to the National League pennant and the first World Series berth in franchise history.


By TIM FOUGHT PORTLAND, Ore. - Despite the feel-good story of Velvet, the black labrador mix who helped keep three Mount Hood hikers warm and alive, some experts say taking dogs up the mountain for warmth and companionship is a foolhardy practice that could do more harm than good.


Privacy be damned Google already indexes the text buried inside your email messages. So it's no surprise that the search engine cum world power is fiddling with the idea of indexing the text buried inside your photos and videos.â¦


Hollywood Entertainment Corp. HLWY.O  on Thursday said it is considering a takeover bid from rival  Blockbuster Inc. BBI.N and its founder and Chief Executive  Mark Wattles has resigned.


Briere, Sabres get quick jump on Lightning

Daniel Briere had three goals, including two during a three-goal first period, as the Eastern Conference-leading Buffalo Sabres beat the Lightning, 4-1, last night at Tampa.


Milano, 14:11 - CALCIO: MILAN, INTER E ROMA DI SABATO, NAPOLI-AREZZO DOMENICA

Empoli-Roma, Inter-Cagliari e Siena-Milan, gare della 24/a giornata del campionato di serie A, si gi...


Chief Justice Rehnquist Has Thyroid Cancer

U.S. Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 80, the leader of the Supreme Court's conservative majority, was recently diagnosed with thyroid cancer and is in the hospital after undergoing throat surgery, a court spokeswoman said on Monday.


Tokyo, 10:21 - TENNIS, WTA TOKYO: SHARAPOVA SI RITIRA IN SEMIFINALE

Maria Sharapova si è ritirata in semifinale nel torneo Wta di Tokyo. La russa, testa di serie...


Siglato accordo con Elite per occhiali Alberta Ferretti


IAEA Calls on North Korea to Scrap Nuclear Arsenal

The International Atomic Energy Agency has called on North Korea to scrap its nuclear weapons ambitions and give inspectors entry visas so they can supervise a return to peaceful activities.


Sono macchiati, analisi per appurare se si tratta di sangue


As Google tells it, the company wanted to hire two engineers who lived in Seattle. The engineers didn't want to move to Mountain View, California, Google's headquarters, so the company opened up a Seattle office.That was four years ago, and now Google employs around 400 people in the Seattle area. Google has two offices, one in the suburb of Kirkland and another recently opened in the much-hipper Fremont neighborhood of the city, locally known as the center of the universe. Fremont is so laid-back that it has its own time zone: A welcome sign in the neighborhood instructs visitors to set their clocks back five minutes.Whether or not the story about the two engineers is true, Google was also likely drawn to Seattle because of the University of Washington, long a breeding ground for computer scientists who naturally slid into jobs at Microsoft.Google executives speaking at a press open house at the company's Fremont offices said they didn't know if engineers they hire from the university also entertained jobs at Microsoft. But Shiva Shivakumar, vice president of engineering at Google, said this: "We haven't lost to too many other companies in the area." Google currently employs 35 engineers with doctorates from the university.For its part, the university seems happy to supply graduates to either company. As an example of its openness, Ed Lazowska, who holds the title of Bill and Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington, attended the event at Google on Tuesday.Engineers in the Seattle office, which just barely slips into third place behind Google offices in New York and Mountain View in terms of size, have worked on a number of products, including terrain maps on Google Maps; tools for Web site developers, such as Website Optimizer; and Google's instant messaging service.In the future, the Seattle engineers will increasingly focus on systems, said Brian Bershad, an engineering director and the Seattle site director. He was hired in late October after serving as a professor of computer science at the University of Washington.By systems, Bershad means that his engineers will work on developing technology that helps the search engine very quickly sort through the mountains of data in the company's data centers in order to present results back to users. "It's not enough to just organize the world's information, we have to be able to answer questions quickly," Bershad said.Engineers working out of the Fremont office, which just opened in October, have plenty of inspiration to help them solve this problem. The offices overlook a picturesque canal. Workers can clear their heads by hopping in company-supplied kayaks for a trip up the canal, where they can float by the houseboats that line Lake Union, made famous in the movie "Sleepless in Seattle."When they return to the office, they can sooth their aching muscles by either sitting in a massage chair or getting the services of a real massage therapist. Later, they can grab a free lunch in the cafeteria overlooking the canal.The rivalry between Google and Microsoft must only run so deep, as evidenced by the Xbox 360 in the employee game room. Employees relax and let off steam playing Halo 3, said Greta Cook, a software engineer who works in the Fremont office.Google executives wouldn't be drawn on expectations for how many people they might hire in the Seattle region in the years to come. But clearly the city welcomes the search giant. "We know you call another part of the country your headquarters... for now," Seattle's Mayor Greg Nickels joked at the event on Tuesday. "But we think you'll find this a great place to do business."


Arkansas lauds MLK, Gen. Lee on same day

While the nation honors the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, three states celebrate another man as well. In Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi, the slain civil rights leader shares a state holiday with Robert E. Lee, commanding officer of the Confederate Army.


Reviewer: Depression Drugs-Suicide Linked

BETHESDA, Md.  - A U.S. government medical  reviewer told an advisory panel Monday that new findings  confirmed his conclusion months ago that certain  antidepressants increase the chances of suicidal behavior among  children and teens.


Russia warned Britain on Thursday that reopening two offices of a British cultural organization would inflame already tense relations between the countries.


Expected incoming chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee Arlen Specter (R-PA) cautioned President Bush not to make any far-right nominations to the US Supreme Court, especially those who would overturn Roe v Wade.


As Linux for mobiles gains momentum, ZDNet UK looks at the first reprogrammable device to target the developer community.


A dichiararlo e' l'ad della compagnia aerea tedesca


Raul equals Di Stefano's European scoring record

Real Madrid striker Raul scored his 49th Champions League goal Tuesday to tie with Alfredo Di Stefano's all-time European scoring record when he equalized for his side in the


The World Health Organization warned Monday that countries should be on alert for bird flu because it is again on the move


Valentino, in coppia con il navigatore Cassina chiude la gara in terza posizione. Nel Master Show eliminato in semifinale da Cantamessa. "Nei prossimi anni questa gara potrÃ² vincerla!", ha commentao Valentino Rossi al termine del Rally di Monza.


We can't lose sight of Chelsea says United's Silvestre

France defender Mikael Silvestre says Manchester United must continue their recent form if they are to stop league leaders Chelsea from running away with the Premiership title.


Bristol Hepatitis B Drug Beats Glaxo's in Study

An experimental Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. pill for the liver disease hepatitis B proved better than a commonly-used anti-viral medicine made by GlaxoSmithKline in late-stage clinical studies, researchers said.


Poll: Kerry Lags Bush on National Security

WASHINGTON - President Bush has a slight lead over Democrat John Kerry in an Associated Press poll, but the president has a big advantage on protecting the country - the issue voters say they care about most.   "If we don't take care of the terrorists, we certainly won't have to worry about the economy," said Janet Cross, 57, of Portsmouth, Ohio, who switched from Democrat to Republican for the last election...


Princeton University on Monday became the second elite university to drop its early admissions program, following Harvard in a move the Ivy League schools say will benefit disadvantaged students and reduce anxiety.


Israel backs the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners in a show of support for Palestinian president Abbas.


NRC Suspends On-Line Library Due to Security Concerns

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission  suspended its on-line library for several weeks to remove  potentially sensitive information from its Web site due to  security concerns, a spokesman at the federal nuclear watchdog  said Wednesday.


Gestita da commissione nominata da Authority e ministero


650 dead as quake and tsunami hit southern Asia

A huge earthquake has hit southern Asia, setting off a tsunami that has drowned hundreds in Sri Lanka and India, sent Indonesians rushing to high ground and washed


MODENA, Italy  - Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, whose titanic voice and charisma brought opera to the masses, died of cancer on Thursday aged 71.


Car explosion in Beirut wounds Cabinet minister

A car bomb blast in central Beirut Friday injured a former Lebanese Cabinet minister and killed his driver, officials said. Former Economy Minister Marwan Hamadeh was rushed to a nearby hospital with minor


Google anticipa ancora una volta la concorrenza e annuncia di lavorare alla digitalizzazione delle opere di cinque biblioteche, cosÃ¬ da renderle accessibili ai suoi utenti. Google si occuperÃ  di scansionare


Chiarelli gets Nokelainen from Islanders

General manager Peter Chiarelli made a last-minute alteration to the Bruins' training camp roster yesterday, swapping center Ben Walter and a conditional 2009 draft pick to the Islanders for forward Petteri Nokelainen .


Pfizer Says Internal Studies Show No Celebrex Risks

Pfizer has told federal drug officials that the company's analysis of 41 of its own patient trials of the arthritis and pain drug Celebrex finds no evidence that the drug increases the risk of heart problems.


Germany Thwarts Possible Attack on Iraqi Leader

German police arrested three men suspected of planning an attack on Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, who was in Berlin on Friday.


Bush, Kerry Disagree on Iraq, Terror War

President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry sharpened their attacks over Iraq and the war against terror on Friday, neither willing to give ground after a debate that Republican strategists conceded wasn't the commander in chief's finest moment of the campaign.


PITTSBURGH - Dude, you've got to read this.  A linguist from the University of Pittsburgh has published a scholarly paper deconstructing and deciphering the word "dude," contending it is much more than a catchall for lazy, inarticulate surfers, skaters, slackers and teenagers.


No. 2 Okla. Uses Poise to Stage Comeback

While Oklahoma's opponent relied on trickery and guile to get ahead, the Sooners used patience, field position and opportunistic scoring to mount a comeback.


The FBI has shut down some 20 sites which were part of an alternative media network known as Indymedia.


The United Nations continues to receive reports of clashes throughout the Sudanese region of Darfur, where as many as 4,000 people are believed to have been forced from their villages


Gates: Afghan shortfalls remain, no more U.S. troops

The Pentagon does not plan to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan beyond the additional Marines promised this week despite a lingering shortfall in trainers for the Afghan forces, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told National Public Radio in an interview aired on Thursday.


Cagliari, 20:20 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI: 11-1 NEL TEST CON IL VILLANOVATULO

Test infrasettimanale per il Cagliari, che in vista della gara con il Catania ha affrontato i dilett...


Clashes mar start to Bush's Latin America tour

Police fired tear gas and clubbed demonstrators in Brazil's largest city on Thursday as thousands protested against a visit by President Bush aimed at winning friends in Latin America.


A new survey finds AIDS infection rates in India are far lower than previously estimated, although the disease is worryingly concentrated in regions where business is booming


Londra, 16:32 - CALCIO, BECKHAM: LEZIONI A FIGLI CRUISE COME REGALO DI NOZZE

In occasione delle nozze tra Tom Cruise e Katie Holmes, David Backham, molto amico dell'attore statu...


Oil prices rose close to a record high  on Tuesday on U.S. economic data showing that inflationary  pressure was held in check in July and ahead of weekly  inventory due out on Wednesday and forecast to show a draw in  crude stocks.


Montreal stepfather charged with sexually assaulting 10-year-old girl

MONTREAL (CP) - A 37-year-old man was formally charged Friday with sexually assaulting his new wife's 10-year-old daughter.


Charlotte Edges No. 18 Cincinnati, 91-90

Brendan Plavich scored all but two of his 26 points on 3-pointers Saturday to lead Charlotte to a 91-90 victory over No. 18 Cincinnati in the final regular-season meeting between the two Conference USA rivals.


US President George W Bush says he hopes a major report will help end the illegal use of steroids in baseball.


More vigorous Fidel Castro shown on Cuban TV

Fidel Castro appeared more vigorous on Sunday in the first television images of the Cuban leader to be broadcast in Cuba in four months, adding weight to reports that he has put his health crisis behind him.


NHL: Union interprets numbers differently

com. If the NHL season is lost due to the current owner's lockout sometime in the next few weeks, fans, players and owners alike can blame it on the unlucky No.


Daddy exam quizzes Japan's men on parenting

"Who played the father in the movie 'Kramer versus Kramer'?"


Microsoft Delays SP2 Auto Update For Enterprises

Although Monday was supposed to be the day when Microsoft began pushing Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) to enterprises, it changed its mind at the last minute and delayed the automatic updating for more than a ...


Turkeyâs parliament voted to lift a ban on female students wearing the Muslim headscarf at university.


Whales and dolphins beached in Australia

More than 120 whales and dolphins died after swimming on to beaches on two southern Australian islands, where rescue teams were yesterday desperately trying to prevent others becoming stranded.


The schedule of events at TPC Boston in Norton leading up to and including the Deutsche Bank Championship (for additional information, call 508-285-8333):


Lung ailment may have contributed to White's death

CHARLOTTE, United States  - Complications from a lung disease may have contributed to the death of gridiron great Reggie White, who died on Sunday at the age of 43, a preliminary autopsy report said.


Smiling and waving for a scrum of cameras, Paris Hilton returned to the celebrity socialite limelight on Tuesday after completing a three week jail term for drink-driving violations.


Defiant Hungary PM urges calm after riots

Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc   Gyurcsany defied opposition pressure to quit on Tuesday after   anti-government riots he called "the longest and darkest night   of the republic" left 150 people injured.


THE HAGUE, Netherlands Officials in the Netherlands say the killers of an outspoken filmmaker are also threatening a Dutch politician.


A man and two women are taken to hospital after being rescued from a fire at a flat in Downpatrick.


VIENTIANE, Laos: China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are expected to make substantial progress in advancing the free trade area (FTA) at their summit to be held here today.


Forget course catalogs and colorful pamphlets. Think sex, skiing and rock 'n' roll. When it comes to recruiting students for college, admissions officials are turning to increasingly outlandish stunts to get the attention of high schoolers. Birthday cards, ski weekends and even reality TV shows are being used by colleges and universities to get an edge.


Rachael Harris joins Foxx in "Soloist" team

LOS ANGELES  - Rachael Harris ("Notes From the Underbelly") has joined the cast of "The Soloist," a musical drama from "Atonement" director Joe Wright.


Grisly find draws attention to India fetus killings

Manual labourer Gulzar Singh is  haunted by the day he exhumed baby foetuses from a pit outside  an abortion clinic in one of the grisliest chapters in India's  fight against female feticide.


GAO: Ex-Medicare Chief Should Repay Salary

The former Medicare administrator should repay his government salary because of his efforts to keep higher estimates of the cost of a prescription drug plan from Congress last year, congressional investigators said Tuesday.


A murder inquiry is launched after a woman dies from severe burns in St Helens.


Beneath Booming Cities, Chinaâs Future Is Drying Up

Groundwater levels are dropping around China, where leaders face tough choices as cities, industry and farming compete for an unbalanced and finite water supply.


Powell backs his son after gibe by Howard Stern

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Colin Powell defended his son, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell, after radio personality Howard Stern said the younger Powell only got the job because of his family name.


Scientists Recover Critical Genesis Parts

NASA scientists said they have recovered some critical pieces of the Genesis space capsule intact and are optimistic the wreckage will yield valuable information about the origins of the solar system.


North Korea gives experts full access to nuclear facilities: US

North Korea has given full access to experts from the United States, Russia and China on a rare visit to the reclusive nation to examine ways to disable its nuclear weapons program, the State Department said Wednesday.


Afghanistan Wants No Link Between Aid and Drug War

Aid to Afghanistan should not be linked  to progress on combating drug production, the Afghan government  said on Wednesday, rejecting remarks by the United Nations  anti-narcotics chief.


Sony's PlayStation is to challenge Microsoft's Xbox in its one undisputed area of dominance - the online world.


NATO seeks last-minute contributions to meet deadline for elite new force

It's crunch time for a four-year drive to forge a new elite force to serve as the military spearhead of the trans-Atlantic alliance.Comment


Massima allerta 'terroristi vogliono far saltare il vertice'


Iran experiences one of its harshest winters in decades, with snow closing schools and roads.


Lesbian Methodist Minister on Trial in Pennsylvania

A Methodist minister was tried by an ecclesiastical court on Wednesday for being a practicing homosexual and said she believes God created her as a lesbian but she does not expect to keep her job.


What's new in search? Found in the forums: Is SEO Necessary? Top Ten Search Factors 2007; Bringing SEM In-house; and more.


MOTOGP NEWS Biaggi tangles with Sete, fights back to Rossi.

Max Biaggi ended a season of mixed fortunes with an impressive ride at Valencia on Sunday, the Roman Emperor slipping down the order from second after an increasingly tough fight with Sete Gibernau turned destructive - then battled his way up from fifth


Filmmaker Moore wishes Bush well at L.A. rally

Filmmaker Michael Moore on Tuesday launched into the final days before the U.S. debut of his movie "SiCKO" with two things that might surprise his detractors: a call for compassion for others and well wishes for President George W. Bush.


Prendera' il posto di Margareta Van De Bosch


Lithuania Poll Won by Russia-Born Millionaire's Party

Lithuania's Labor Party, led by Russian-born millionaire Viktor Uspaskich, won a general election after promising to boost social welfare in the Baltic nation that joined the European Union in May.


Tsunami toll hits 15,485 dead or missing in India: official

The official toll in southern India from tsunamis has reached at least 9,571 people confirmed dead and 5,914 missing, many of them presumed dead, the government said.


At least a dozen people were killed in a suspected Tamil Tiger bomb attack on a civilian bus in north-east Sri Lanka on Monday, the military said.


A strong earthquake causes buildings to shake in southern Greece and as far as the capital, Athens.


Six armed people were holed up Wednesday at a high school in northeastern Arizona, authorities said.


2 Tufts affiliates plan hospital in the suburbs

Tufts-New England Medical Center and New England Baptist Hospital plan to jointly build a hospital of up to 190 beds in the Boston suburbs, the first new hospital in Massachusetts in more than a quarter-century.


Gisele Bundchen was just one hightlight of the scene at Rio's fashion week...


A couple sued ConAgra Foods Inc. on Friday over a salmonella outbreak linked to its peanut butter, and their attorney said more suits will follow.


And claims underhand play Security researcher David Maynor got some measure of vindication at the Black Hat DC Conference this year.â¦


Brown to discuss economic downturn with fellow European leaders

Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to meet his French, German and Italian counterparts later this month to discuss the world economic situation, a government spokesman said Thursday.


Nash returns to spark Suns past Clippers

Two-time MVP Steve Nash had 13 points and 12 assists in his return, and Shawn Marion scored 31 points in the Phoenix Suns' 115-90 rout of the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night. Nash had missed four games since inflammation in his right shoulder sidelined him for the second half of a victory at Denver on Feb. 5.


No fast forward for Nigeria's poor despite oil boom

MARABA, Nigeria  - A short drive away from Nigeria's capital Abuja, with its air-conditioned villas and ministers in luxury cars, life for many in the town of Maraba is a daily struggle to eat.


Staff at supermarket chain Kwik Save are told the firm will go into administration unless they work unpaid.


Twickenham, 18:03 - RUGBY, SEI NAZIONI: INGHILTERRA-FRANCIA 26-18

L'Inghilterra ha battuto la Francia 26-18 (9-12) nella quarta giornata del Sei Nazioni di rugby. ...


Fremont Investment Advisors of San Francisco has agreed to pay $2.1 million in restitution and $2 million in civil penalties to end a mutual fund timing case, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced Thursday.


Global share prices continue to fall sharply amid fears that a US recession will lead to a global economic slowdown.


Soon you will be able to deposit checks by scanning them at home and sending them electronically to your bank. No need to visit a branch or even an ATM.


Bush asks skeptical Congress for billions for Iraq

President Bush on Monday asked a skeptical, Democrat-run Congress to approve $700 billion in new military spending -- much of it for the Iraq war -- and to curb many domestic programs.


JPMorgan to Buy Stake in Highbridge Fund

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM.N plans  to buy a majority stake in the hedge fund Highbridge Capital  Management, the companies said on Monday, a sign that Wall  Street is seeking a bigger role in the rapidly growing  hedge-fund industry.


Virgin trains out of London were halted when two miles of power lines were brought down in Buckinghamshire.


Working the phones and unleashing her top aides, Pelosi is trying to turn the Murtha-Hoyer battle into a powerful statement of her authority -- and what the Democrats stand for


Lowell isn't hiding his feelings on trick play

PHOENIX -- Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell did not see Julio Lugo tag out an unsuspecting Alberto Callaspo Friday night, but he was ready to pronounce judgment on the play.


Dialogo si' ma solo dopo voto; per sondaggi noi in vantaggio


WAYNE Rooney has to accept his three-match ban as a harsh lesson in life as a Manchester United player, according to boss Sir Alex Ferguson.


In Sweden, don't mess with a drunk moose on the loose

A drunk moose staggering through your backyard and nibbling on apples fallen from your tree may sound like an amusing anecdote to tell your friends, but for those Swedes who each autumn come face to face with the angry beasts, it's no laughing matter.


Donovan McNabb, the NFL's leading passer, leads the 3-0 Eagles to their third relatively easy victory of the season, 30-13, in front of 62,472 at Ford Field.


"Kremlin turf war" moves into Russian court

Russia's state arms exporter has filed a  lawsuit against a businessman who said it was seeking to grab  private assets, the latest salvo in what analysts have said is  a turf war raging behind the scenes between Kremlin clans.


Australia's central bank said Monday that an expected increase in inflation next year could force it to raise interest rates. The government has pledged to keep interest rates low, but prices have been rising


MPAA Does the Unexpected: Targets Downloaders

In a surprise move this week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has launched a multi-pronged legal attack on movie downloaders.


Turismo consapevole a contatto con la comunitÃ  localeUn fenomeno in ascesa che ora interessa anche i grandi gruppi                                            Italia, il boom degli "alberghi diffusi" cosÃ¬ l'antico borgo diventa hotel                                                                                di CHIARA DINO


Dial 8008135 4ABJ Somebody has been making merry down at Carphone Warehouse, and no mistake. The mobile phone outfit has thoughfully provided a demo of its MyMobileAccount facility (hit "view demo") which offers a rather interesting account name and phone number:â¦


Vietnam IT leader makes strong debut on stock exchange

Vietnam's leading information technology group FPT has made an enthusiastic debut on Ho Chi Minh City's stock exchange, weeks after teaming up with several US software companies, the group said.


Habib Bank in Pakistan denies that it is linked to the 2002 murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi.


According to sources familiar with testing, America Online Inc. is developing its own desktop search technology that will initially be added to the AOL Browser beta as early as the end of this week.


Intel Corp. President Paul S. Otellini yesterday demonstrated new chips scheduled for release next year that simultaneously run tasks such as burning CDs and playing video games


Thieving horseman leaves China-bound Briton bikeless in Mongolia

A Briton cycling all the way to China appealed for a new set of wheels after his custom-made bicycle was nicked in Mongolia over the weekend by a thief on horseback.


The Race to Read Genomes on a Shoestring, Relatively Speaking

If the cost of sequencing a human genome can drop to $1,000 or below, experts say it would start to become feasible to tell what diseases people might be at risk for.


It was an unhealthy year in many respects

Shrinking budgets and escalating costs this year exacerbated many of the county's health- care problems, which included the first human case of West Nile virus and the fact that prescription medications are increasingly expensive for many seniors.


Canceling Harman Deal, Suitors Buy Bonds Instead

Goldman Sachs and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts agreed to end their $8 billion buyout of Harman International, which makes speakers, and instead buy $400 million of the companyâs bonds.


$38.1B said paid to those affected by 9/11

NEW YORK -- Victims and businesses affected by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have received $38.1 billion, according to a new study that questions whether the payouts were fair to all victims.


PARIS The battle between Boeing and Airbus escalated Wednesday when the United States and Europe filed competing unfair trade cases over government aid to the world's two largest aircraft manufacturers.


International Team Takes Lead in UBS Cup

An international team took a 3 1/2 to 2 1/2 lead over the United States on Friday after the first round of the $3 million UBS Cup, the Ryder Cup-style competition the Americans have never lost.


Pat Noonan is among the few part-time strikers to be leading a professional league in scoring. Noonan started the MLS season on the left wing for the Revolution and has lined up in midfield five times, most recently in an Aug. 28 game against D.C. United.


In Trying Time, Scaling Down Expectations of Job Growth

here was a time when adding just under 150,000 jobs a month, three years into an economic recovery, would have been considered a disaster.


Beltre's bases loaded walk lifts Seattle

Adrian Beltre's bases loaded walk with two outs in the eighth inning scored Jose Vidro with the go-ahead run, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Wednesday night.


The Scottish FA has reacted cautiously to reports Uefa could re-open bidding to host Euro 2008. Switzerland, who won the right to co-host the tournament with Austria, are having problems providing a sufficient amount of suitable stadia.


Hoping for its own October surprise, the Bush administration was told in recent weeks that counterterrorism agents were "really close" to capturing Osama Bin Laden, Newsweek reported yesterday.


Paraglider Lands on Beach After Five-Hour Flight

By From staff and news services A paraglider who took off from a mountain in Vermont early Friday afternoon made a hard landing about five hours later on York Beach, after gliding about 150 miles. Sgt.


BP PLC, the world's third-largest oil company, is under investigation by U.S. authorities for possible manipulation of crude oil and gasoline markets, a further blow to a reputation that has already suffered from recent oil spills in Alaska.


Songs of Love and War From a Gamba Maestro

In Jordi Savallâs hands virtuosic passages from both bowed and pizzicato form were equally vivid and brisk in his performance of works by Tobias Hume on Wednesday.


First wireless gamer IPO exceeds expectations

Jamdat Mobile Inc.'s initial public offering exceeded expectations, raising $88.8 million and selling more shares at a higher price than expected.


Milano, 18:27 - CALCIO, INTER-MILAN: A RISCHIO LA NOTTURNA

Inter-Milan, in programma l'11 marzo, rischia di non giocarsi in notturna. L'Osservatorio sulle mani...


Some 100,000 Liberians, who fled 14 years of war, are being sent home a year after the fighting ended.


A portrait of Florentine ruler Lorenzo de' Medici by Raphael sells for more than Â£18m at auction in London.


Major U.S. Allies Rejects U.N. Secretary-General's Claim That Iraq...

U.S. allies Britain and Australia on Thursday rejected a claim by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan that the war in Iraq was "illegal" because Washington and its coalition partners never got Security Council ...


FBI Investigates Halliburton's No-Bid Contracts

The FBI has begun investigating whether the Pentagon improperly awarded no-bid contracts to Halliburton Co., seeking an interview with a top Army contracting officer and collecting documents from several government offices.


Footage showing Sudanese security forces storming a refugee camp sparks condemnation from Jack Straw.


Sarah Michelle Gellar and The Grudge hold off strong competition from Jamie Foxx starring as Ray. Despite the strong buzz surrounding Jamie Foxx and his performance in Ray, North American audiences still wanted


Afghans rally for peace as violence continues

Hundreds of people rallied across war-scarred Afghanistan Friday to call for an end to violence on the United Nations' Day of Peace, as fighting linked to a Taliban-led insurgency continued.


Sony Cuts Price of 60GB PlayStation 3, Introduces New Version

The new version will be available in August and the price of the current 60G-byte model will fall by $100 from Monday.


Shares in Home Depot rose 2.3 percent to $35.47 in early trading Monday on news that the sale of the companyâs wholesale supply unit, HD Supply, is still on track. The retailing giant agreed to trim the price to $8.5 billion as it prepares to sell the unit to Bain Capital, the Carlyle Group and [...].


President George W. Bush and his generals appealed on Friday for more time to allow his troop increase to work in Iraq, but a U.S. Senate ally said September was still pivotal for evaluating the strategy.


Yahoo Redirecting More Site Search Queries to Site Explorer

Noticed how Yahoo has defaulted “link:” and “linkdomain:” queries to Site Explorer results (eg. link:http://www.umdum.com)? Well, Search Engine Land’s Barry Schwartz has found out that Yahoo plans to soon be redirecting “domain:” and “hostname:” queries to Site Explorer too. Barry says that the change is supposed to happen today. Good for Yahoo Site Explorer, they have an [...]


GW Slides Under Pressure From 'Bull's-Eye'

For a few minutes, George Washington looked again like the dynamic team that beat Maryland and Michigan State last month. Fast breaks were converted at a dizzying pace, and Pops Mensah-Bonsu was dunking away. But the Colonials couldn't hold an eight-point, first-half lead, and a 3-pointer at the buzzer by Xavier meant a 66-65 loss Tuesday night, erasing once and for all any notion that George Washington still belongs in the Top 25.


Kenya vows tougher action to stop killings

Kenya said on Wednesday it would act tougher to reign in post-election violence threatening to spiral out of control in the east African nation's darkest moment since independence in 1963.


Rumor site pictures Photo iPod for holidays

Mac sites were abuzz Friday on reports that Apple is readying a color-screen iPod in time for the holidays. According to Mac news and rumor site Think Secret, the 60GB device would be similar to the current


Women seeking an abortion should not need approval from two doctors, a Commons committee says.


U.N. forces stall rebel advance on east Congo city

U.N. peacekeepers in Congo used a  helicopter gunship on Monday to block an advance against the  eastern city of Goma by forces loyal to a renegade general, a  U.N. officer said.


Difficolta' al traffico, minacciata anche linea ferroviaria


Foulup shows Social Security data to other state taxpayers

Milton Kornfeld didn't even return the phone call when a state Department of Revenue employee left a message at his Brookline Village home late last month mentioning some kind of problem with a tax form mailed to him. "I'm not an alarmist," the 64-year-old educational consultant explained.


Police hunting the killer of a pregnant schoolgirl in Shropshire have arrested a man.


China inspectors find one-fifth of goods substandard

Nearly a fifth of goods Chinese quality inspectors checked in the first half of this year were below standard, the government revealed on Wednesday as it faced continued pressure over toxic and potentially dangerous exports.


CHICAGO - A 79-year-old South Side woman bearing a toy gun and a visor that read "Princess" has been charged with trying to rob a downtown bank. Melvena Cooke was charged Wednesday with attempted bank robbery.


The National Credit Union Administration and the National Treasury Employees Union have reached agreement on a contract that will provide raises to field examiners and office employees, the union announced.


Concert in London to raise funds for Darfur refugees

Singer-songwriter David Gray, Pretenders lead singer Chrissie Hynde, Simply Red's Mick Hucknall and songstress Alison Moyet are among the stars lined up for a concert in London to aid refugees in Sudan.


New Batch of Flu Vaccine for Health Departments

Nov. 5 - State health officer Dr. Don Williamson says county health departments will be getting another batch of flu vaccine. They should be available in the next week or so.


Italian female hostages may be held by Al-Qaeda operative Zarqawi

Two Italian female aid workers abducted in Iraq may be in the hands of Al-Qaeda's number two operative Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi.


It's another girl for Kevin James and his wife. Shea Joelle James was born Thursday in Los Angeles, the actor's publicist, Jennifer Allen, said Monday. James and his wife, Steffiana, also have an older child, Sienna, who was born in 2005.


Vicenza, 19:46 - CALCIO, VICENZA: VENDITOZZI VA ALLA MASSESE

Il Vicenza ha ceduto il difensore Mattia Venditozzi, classe 1988, alla Massese, squadra di C1 (giron...


UK starts consultation on faster broadband speeds

Britain's telecommunications regulator  Ofcom launched a consultation on Wednesday to chart the  country's move to a super-fast broadband network needed to keep  it internationally competitive.


A meat supplier has greatly expanded a ground beef recall, which now includes about 5.7 million pounds of fresh and frozen meat that may be contaminated with E. coli.


LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Chicago Bears safety Mike Brown will miss the rest of the season after tearing his right Achilles tendon in a victory over Green Bay, coach Lovie Smith said Monday.


Patent fracas blurs focus for Nokia, Qualcomm

Ongoing legal disputes over mobile phone patents between Nokia and Qualcomm are consuming much executive management time, generating substantial lawyer fees, and, if they escalate, could affect handset development and prices, experts warn.


Verizon Communications Inc. said yesterday that it was dropping a "supplier surcharge" on its high-speed Internet service for retail customers, less than a week after the Federal Communications Commission wrote the company, asking it to explain the reasoning for the charge.


Yankees Notebook: One Inning for Rivera and ThatÂs It, Torre Says

The reason Joe Torre is limiting Mariano Rivera is not because he is hurt, but because he is worried Rivera could reaggravate the muscle strain near his right elbow.


IRAQ:   A Presidential Kind of Visit to Europe

BRUSSELS, Sep 3 (IPS) - U.S.-appointed Iraqi president Ghazi al-Yawar  begins a visit to Europe this week  amidst uncertainty over the  future of Iraq.


Rescue crews were searching Tuesday for coal miners missing nearly 800 feet underground after a gas explosion in China's northeast killed 203 people in the deadliest mining disaster reported since communist rule began in 1949.


Terror charges expected over film-makers death

A Dutch-Moroccan man accused of killing the controversial film-maker, Theo van Gogh, will be charged with a range of terrorism-related offences.


JS-Kit (www.js-kit.com) today  announced the release of two additional web services, a Top-Rated badge  and administrator's Dashboard, to complement  its existing Comments, Ratings, and Polls offerings.


Anna Nicole Smith's mother has received permission to see the former Playboy Playmate's infant daughter for the first time and would visit her soon, her lawyer said Tuesday.


Antidepressants Need Stronger Warnings -Panel

BETHESDA, Md.  - Antidepressants such as Paxil and  Prozac should come with strong warnings that they raise the  risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in some children and  teen-agers, a U.S. advisory panel concluded on Tuesday.


EU adopts anti-dumping measures against China, Vietnam: diplomatic sources

The European Union adopted, by the narrowest of majorities, new anti-dumping measures to tackle imports of leather shoes from China and Vietnam, a diplomatic source said.


DARMSTADT, Germany  - The European Space Agency's Rosetta probe swooped around the back of Mars early on Sunday, completing a key maneuver in its 10-year mission to meet a distant comet.


BAGDAD - Tre soldati americani sono stati uccisi martedÃ¬ sera da un ordigno esploso al passaggio del loro convoglio nella zona est di Bagdad. La notizia Ã¨ stata diffusa solo mercoledÃ¬ mattina con un comunicato dell'esercito americano.


Ministers must reveal how much Lottery money will be moved from heritage projects to the Olympics, MPs say.


While federal health officials agonized over precedent and protocol for flying sick people internationally, a honeymooner with a rare strain of tuberculosis panicked and took commercial flights from Europe back to North America.


Bristol-Myers CEO Dolan leaves under pressure

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Chief   Executive Peter Dolan stepped down on Tuesday under pressure   from a federal overseer, who called for Dolan's ouster after   looking into a failed deal to delay competition to the   drugmaker's top product.


Soul singer James Brown's rare 1959 Chrysler Imperial limousine, used by the "Godfather of Soul" in the 1970s, will be on the auction block next month.


Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki suggested on Wednesday the U.S. embassy stop using American security firm Blackwater after a deadly shooting and said he would not allow Iraqis to be killed in "cold blood".


Roma, 14:00 - CALCIO, SERIE C: GLI ARBITRI DELLA SECONDA GIORNATA

Questi gli arbitri designati a dirigere gli incontri della seconda giornata del campionato di serie ...


The Story of Film, From Peep Shows to Art Form

The National Film Preservation Foundation has released a DVD collection which covers the evolution of American film. Also, a box set of Alfred Hitchcock's signature films.


IMMIGRAZIONE - Pisanu, rispetto rigoroso delle leggi

Sulla questione degli immigrati il ministro Pisanu ha detto che il governo 'sta fronteggiando l'emergenza nel rispetto della legge'. Il ministro, riferendosi agli ultimi sbarchi a Lampedusa e al rimpatrio, ha


Two senior peers tell the BBC they support police calls to be able to hold terror suspects longer without charge.


Willie Randolph's long-awaited dream of managing will come true on Thursday, when he will take the helm of the team he cheered as a youngster growing up in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn.


Paci, 18:58 - CALCIO, PARMA: VENERDI' INTERVENTO ALLA MASCELLA PER PACI

Doppia seduta di allenamento per il Parma di Di Carlo, domenica impegnato in casa dell'Inter di Robe...


The Conservatives say publishing poor primary school results on the same day as GCSE results "has the whiff" of burying bad news.


The federal government and three western states joined forces to launch a $620 million project to restore wildlife habitat and protect endangered species along 342 miles of the lower Colorado River.


A Â£12m private donation is to fund the Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College London.


Granata su casa Haniyeh. Scontri Fatah-Hamas, 16 morti


Sluggish holiday sales leave retailers uneasy

The holiday shopping season is hurtling toward its close, but demand remains soft and inconsistent. With just 11 days before Christmas - and heading into the last full weekend of shopping - retailers have been steadily easing prices. But a burst of late spending  has yet to materialize.


Kuwait Detains Soldiers for Plot Against U.S. Forces

Kuwaiti security forces have detained up  to eight Kuwaiti soldiers suspected of plotting to attack U.S.  forces in the Gulf Arab state, a security source said on  Monday.


The United Nations begins a two-day debate on cloning with two competing resolutions on the table.


Australia purchases five new warships, as part of plans to boost its military capacity.


ATHENS, Greece -- Paula Radcliffe's emotional exit from the women's marathon on Sunday was not due to an injury, the British Olympic team said on Monday.


Nashoba Tech boys enjoying 'dream season'

WESTFORD -- At the beginning of this season, Nashoba Tech boys' basketball coach Rob Beaudette and his assistant coaches challenged their team: If they won 16 games, they could shave their coaches' heads at center court.


Continental Airlines becomes the first major airline in the US to order Boeing's new 7E7 aircraft with a $1.3bn deal for 10 planes.


Americans Richard Axel and Linda B. Buck have won the 2004 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their work in studying the biology of the sense of smell.


'First Dot-com City' auctions off sign of the times

Halfway, Ore., which once publicly changed its name to Half.com, sells piece of dot-com history;  Web site's founder puts in winning bid.


Japan's Princess Sayako to marry Tokyo government official

Japan's Princess Sayako, the only daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, plans to marry a 39-year-old Tokyo metropolitan government official early next year, media reports said Sunday.


A U.S. film industry group said it won damages Friday in a lawsuit against Chinese film pirates but said the ruling might mean little amid the huge scale of violations.


Kidnapped aid worker makes plea in video

âPlease help me. Please help me,â said a terrified Hassan, breaking down in tears and burying her face in a tissue. She said she might be killed like British hostage Kenneth Bigley, who was beheaded by his captors earlier this month.


97 killed in postelection riots in Congo

The official death toll from street riots last week following Congo's heated gubernatorial elections is 97, according to Congo's interior minister.


Nelson Mandela on Thursday compared widespread poverty in developing countries to man-made evils such as slavery and apartheid, and urged wealthy nations to do more to fight it.


FIRENZE - Marcello Lippi prova la formazione che schiererÃ  domani sera contro la Finlandia a Messina. Nella seduta di allenamento di stamattina a Coverciano, il ct azzurro ha fatto emergere le prime indicazioni sugli undici da mandare in campo a Messina.


In nouveau riche India, even the poor show off

In the new, capitalist India, consumers are eager to flaunt their wealth.


Thanks for the Memories ... Whatever They Were

New science may help us wipe out our most unpleasant memories. That's a good thing ... or is it? Commentary by Tony Long.


[TS] Sports of The Times: Stop Worrying, and Learn to Love the Yanks

The Yankees are still an embarrassment of riches, but there is less to loathe with the Boss as a phantom and with the live-for-now era over.


A bordo, complessivamente, un centinaio di clandestini


Arrestato spacciatore tunisino in piazza Dante


Former Steeler Ernie Holmes dies in car crash

Former Pittsburgh Steeler Ernie Holmes, who played on two Super Bowl-winning teams in the 1970s, was killed on Thursday when his car went off a Texas highway and rolled over several times, police said on Friday.


Mr. Darcy and Lalita, Singing and Dancing

Gurinder Chadha's film, which transports Jane Austen's 1813 novel to 21st-century India, is as high concept and rife with cliche as anything ever churned out by Hollywood.


Home Secretary David Blunkett is expected to quit on Wednesday, BBC political editor Andrew Marr has said. The news comes amid claims he misused his office to fast-track a visa for his former lover's nanny.


Many cocaine swallowers have gone belly-up with the introduction of new anti-drug trafficking strategies.


Many travelers are chasing what may be a modern-day version of an old human impulse â to behold an untrammeled frontier.


IBM to acquire life insurance processing, admin company

IBMÂ is acquiring Liberty Insurance Services, or LIS, which is the U.S. business process services operation of RBC Insurance, IBM and RBC announced Tuesday. LIS handles life insurance and annuity processing and administration, and will become a new IBM subsidiary focused on that service.ADVERTISEMENTSolaris 10(TM) OS: Position your business ten moves ahead.Solaris 10 OS has arrived and provides even more reasons for the world's most demanding businesses to operate on this, the leading UNIX platform. Like the fact you can run Linux and Solaris applications side-by-side and run the same OS on SPARC(R), AMD Opteron(TM), and Intel processor-based systems. Discover more reasons and how Solaris 10 OS can move your business ahead today.


A Conservative MP bids to give parents the right to know if underage daughters are being advised on abortion.


Sir Clive Woodward, who this month stood down as England's rugby coach, refused to rule out an eventual return to his old job.


General Dynamics Profit Jumps 23 Percent

Defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. (GD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday said third-quarter earnings surged 23 percent, led by a big rebound in its aerospace segment.


Trojan spam scam nipped in the bud German police have arrested ten people suspected of running a phishing scam designed to raid the contents of online bank accounts that netted hundreds of thousands of euros.â¦


Five bombs hit Madrid after threat from Eta

Five bombs exploded in petrol stations near motorways in and around Madrid last night following warnings from a spokesman for Eta, the Basque separatist group.


Arizona will receive an additional 22,500 doses of the flu vaccine, the state health department said Monday. The vaccine, which could arrive by Wednesday, will be sent to county health departments in the next


"Fantastic Four" surfs to No. 1 spot at box office

"Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" caught a wave of moviegoers to the No. 1 spot at the weekend North American box office, according to studio estimates as of Sunday morning.


American Lindsay Davenport regained the No. 1 ranking for the first time since early 2002 by defeating Dinara Safina of Russia 6-4, 6-2 in the second round of the Kremlin Cup on Thursday.


09/09/04 - News - San Francisco (USA) - Processori a doppio core e connettivitÃ  wireless a larga banda. Sono questi i temi che hanno dominato la prima giornata dell'Intel Developer Forum (IDF) di San Francisco


Firenze, 13:00 - CALCIO, NAZIONALE: MEZZA GIORNATA DI RIPOSO

Cambio di programma per gli azzurri in vista dell'appuntamento di sabato sera all'Olimpico contro l'...


Capriati Fails Cut for WTA Championships

Jennifer Capriati, of Saddlebrook, Fla., reacts as she loses the first set 6-0 to Russia's Vera Zvonareva in their quarterfinal match Friday, Nov. 5, 2004, in the Advanta Championship in Villanova, Pa.


British actress Kate Winslet, an outspoken critic of what she sees as Hollywood's obsession with being skinny, has won a public apology and undisclosed libel damages from a magazine that reported she visited a diet doctor.


Stuart Rose today consolidated his authority at Marks & Spencer as the ailing retailer announced a clear-out of top executives.


ROGER Federer has joined a virtual Who's Who of international tennis stars to have courted Tony Roche - only to be politely rejected.


Cuban TV shows pictures of an apparently stronger Fidel Castro, the first for three months.


NASA has agreed to fund the Mars rover project for six more months, allowing two robotic vehicles to continue to study the red planet.


Cutting Cost of Support to End-Users in Large Firms

By Tony Henshaw  Unisys Corp, a worldwide technology services and solutions provider, surveyed more than 200 IT executives recently, trying to find out how large organizations are restructuring end-user services to meet insatiable end-users, proliferating devices and soaring complexity.


Mixed UEFA Cup fortunes for Premiership quartet

English Premiership sides Newcastle and Tottenham came through tricky away ties with narrow victories in the UEFA Cup first round first leg ties.


Prima donna segretario Stato, sostituisce Colin Powell


The final four "Survivor: China" contestants kept their alliance intact all season long, but only self-proclaimed schemer Todd Herzog was able to win the CBS reality show's $1 million prize Sunday.


Verizon Wireless to add 16 more EV-DO markets by year-end

Following the recent expansion of its commercial CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network to include 14 major markets and 24 airport locations nationwide last month, Verizon Wireless is set to add 16 more markets by the end of this year.


KnowledgeTree OSS STABLE 3.5 is now available

KnowledgeTree is a powerful Open Source document management system. For product information and support please see our website at http://www.knowledgetree.com/   This release, the first of the 3.5 series, presents some major updates to KnowledgeTree. Some of the highlights are...  - KnowledgeTree is now licensed under the GPLv3; - KnowledgeTree has moved to PHP5 and MySQL 5; - A brand new powerful search system has been implemented.  We look forward to your continued feedback!  The KnowledgeTree Team


Police investigating the murder of three prostitutes in Ipswich find two more bodies.


Apprezzamento di Bertinotti per il progetto di Nicolais: "Questa Ã¨una fase in cui il governo deve dare un senso di giustizia generale"                                          Statali, Damiano: "Serve la concertazione" Angeletti: "No ai prepensionamenti                                                                                Anche secondo Ferrero "sono in contraddizione con la riforma previdenziale"Bonanni: "Prima di parlarne bisognerebbe calcolarne gli esiti e l'impatto"


Reflections on Baryshnikovâs Latest (Not Last) Legs

The ballet superstar brings his wide-ranging and eclectic interests to the stage in a tribute to Hellâs Kitchen, the neighborhood of his multidisciplinary center, this weekend.


Melbourne, 11:22 - CALCIO, AUSTRALIA: ADVOCAAT SARA' NUOVO CT

L'olandese Dick Advocaat sarà il nuovo ct dell'Australia. Secondo l'emittente Fox Sports, Adv...


One Million US Teens Have Heart-Disease Risk, Report Says

About 1 million US teenagers have high blood pressure, high blood-sugar levels or other conditions that may put them at risk of heart disease later in life, according to an American Heart Association report.


With Redesign of Time, Sentences Run Forward

Having just turned 84, Time magazine is coming out with a new look and editorial approach on Friday.


Palestinian Leaders Visit Paris to Determine Arafatâs Health

JERUSALEM -- Three senior Palestinian leaders have left the West Bank to visit Yasser Arafat in Paris. The trip was on, off and then on again within several hours.


Champion jockey Kieren Fallon is among 16 people arrested over allegations of horse race fixing.


The introduction of a new cervical cancer screening system could be delayed because of security concerns.


VATICANO - Il Mese di Maria - Santuari mariani in Africa (6) : Nigeria, Uganda, Repubblica del Congo, Rwanda CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) -  Nigeria. La grotta ÂMary the Holy Mother of AfricaÂ (Maria Santa Madre dellÂAfrica), nella diocesi di Ijebu Ode (stato dellÂOgun), Ã¨ stata inaugurata nel 1991. Numerosi sono i pellegrini che vi si recano (persino...


Early decisions may signal direction of Bush's foreign policy

President Bush faces some unusually early foreign-policy decisions that will signal whether he'll stick with the aggressive, go-it-alone approach that dominated his first term or soften its edges with diplomacy.


Widgetbox's App Accelerator turns widgets into Facebook apps

Anyone can make their own Facebook app, and now Widgetbox users can make them faster with App Accelerator, a new web-based helper tool. CNET editor Jessica Dolcourt tested it out with her very own Webware app for Facebook.


North Korean worker art under hammer in Paris

Depictions of joyful construction workers, resolute fighting men and a modestly smiling flower seller go under the hammer on Monday when a rare lot of North Korean art is auctioned in Paris.


Respinto il ricorso di un ultrÃ  romanistache aveva esposto un ritratto del dittatore                                            Cassazione, stadio vietato a chi sventola  bandiere con Mussolini o fasci littori


Flush with a newly approved $16.2 billion budget, NASA will be able to flesh out a way to save the Hubble Space Telescope, choose a new spacecraft and develop new ways to get back to the moon, Administrator Sean O'Keefe said Tuesday.


The U.N. Security Council dropped an appeal Friday urging Sudan to quickly allow a robust peacekeeping force in violence-wracked Darfur, approving instead a watered-down statement that took the focus off the Sudanese government.


Medicina: studio USA, scoperto un 'interruttore' tumore fegato

Basta 'spegnere' un gene per far riassorbire i tumori del fegato in sole quattro settimane, almeno nei topi. El'interruttore puo' essere costituito da un semplice antibiotico come la diossiciclina. Questo


Rs. 18-crore women's ethnic wear brand - BIBA has tied up with Venus Films upcoming venture Hulchul starring Akshaye Khanna and Kareena Kapoor.


Hungary's opposition keeps pressure on PM to quit

Hungary's main opposition Fidesz   party, keeping up the pressure on embattled Prime Minister   Ferenc Gyurcsany, called on Tuesday for a non-partisan   government to rescue the country from political crisis.


IBM develops world's fastest supercomputer

IBM has a new supercomputer which is currently world's fastest. The new Blue Gene/L is capable to do 36.01 teraflops. The ex world's fastest supercomputer, the Earth Simulator from NEC, is able to do 35.


Utah wildlife officials are alarmed over the presence of American bullfrogs. Acting on a tip from a golfer, biologists confirmed the frogs were in a pond at Roosevelt Golf Course. They have moved elsewhere in the Uinta Basin in eastern Utah, 150 miles east of Salt Lake City.


Giuliani, Romney court conservative base

Republican presidential contenders Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney frequently invoked Ronald Reagan and boasted about their allegiance to the GOP's core principles as they sought to win over skeptical conservatives Friday.


Nov. 18, 2004 -- The FDA is adding a "black box" warning to Depo-Provera stating that prolonged use of the injectable contraceptive may result in the loss of bone density.


Sabato prossimo il corteo organizzato da Manifesto, Liberazione e movimentiTra le richieste il rispetto del programma dell'Unione sul fronte dei diritti civili e sociali                                          Bertinotti: "Auspico grande partecipazione alla manifestazione del 20 ottobre"                                                                                L'appuntamento concepito il 3 agosto scorso sull'ondadello scontento dopo la firma del protocollo del welfare


Hewitt, Srichaphan move into semis on Long Island

Commack, NY (Sports Network) - Second-seeded Lleyton Hewitt and two-time defending champion Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand each posted three-set wins Friday and advanced to the semifinals at the $380,000 TD Waterhouse Cup -- a final US Open tune-up.


I was just going to say how happy I was that I was wrong with my dire warnings that there was going to be some sort of incident at the Athens Games ... when something happened toward the end of the men's marathon on Sunday.


Wal-Mart Now Wants Supercenter in Crofton

By Phillip McGowan, The Baltimore Sun  Mar. 13--Wal-Mart Stores Inc.


Space Station Crew Awaits Vital Food Supplies

A Russian spaceship is set to dock at the International Space Station Saturday to deliver badly needed food to the two-man crew. The crew members have been forced to ration their food, after US and Russian


Learning English must be "an absolute top priority" for migrants to the UK, Hazel Blears says.


Insurance Investigation Widens to Include a Look at Costs

An investigation into the insurance business is expanding, investigators said yesterday, as Eliot Spitzer, the New York attorney general, increasingly turns his attention to whether American


A child dies of hunger every five seconds, eight years on from a pledge to halve the world's hungry, a UN agency says.


American tanks and planes bombarded guerrilla positions around the Imam Ali shrine in southern Najaf early today, reportedly damaging sections of one of Shia Islam's most revered


Light quake causes no damage near San Francisco

ALBANY, California  - A light 4.2 magnitude earthquake hit northern California near Oakland early on Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, causing shaking that woke up many residents but no significant damage.


Nobody minds a trip to Florida in February, especially if they are coming down from Philadelphia.


Dean McAmmond scores on Ottawa's sixth shootout attempt and the Senators hand the Buffalo Sabres their eighth straight loss, 3-2.


Catania, 18:53 - CALCIO, PARMA; DI CARLO: ABBIAMO ANCHE RISCHIATO DI VINCERE

"Quest'anno non abbiamo ancora 'rubato' una partita, ci abbiamo provato oggi a Catania ma non ci sia...


Boy, 7, Charged in Arson That Killed Man

A 7-year-old boy was charged with arson and second-degree homicide for setting a house fire that killed a retired school guidance counselor.


L'annuncio nel corso di un intervento all'Eliseo


Two Koreas may cut back rail service over border

The two Koreas discussed on Tuesday  whether to cut back the first freight train service over their  heavily armed border for more than 50 years because there is so  little cargo.


Clark steering clear of Asean-Australia treaty row

VIENTIANE, LAOS - Prime Minister Helen Clark is keeping out of a diplomatic row between Australia and the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) over Australian Prime Minister John Howard's refusal to sign a non-aggression pact.


Ashton and Robinson honoured by the Queen

England's surprise appearance in the World Cup final saw coach Brian Ashton and retired star back Jason Robinson awarded honours by Queen Elizabeth II in the New Year Honours List.


The Atlanta Falcons' Jay Feely kicked two field goals Sunday in a 6-3 win over the Arizona Cardinals. Feely's field goals were from 25 and 23 yards in the first half.


F.B.I. Agents Question Accuracy of 9/11 Series

The two retired F.B.I. agents said that they had rejected advisory roles on the disputed ABC mini-series, ÂThe Path to 9/11.Â


BHP Billiton 2nd-Half Net Doubles on Commodity Prices

Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton, the world's biggest mining company, more than doubled second-half profit as Chinese demand boosted commodity prices and said it may return as much as $2 billion to investors, including through share buybacks.


Con in 'Quartetto G' al Teatro Alfieri di Torino


Racists vandalise Stephen Lawrence memorial centre

Bricks smash Â£120,000 windows of new building honouring murdered teenager


US Secretary of State Colin Powell, known as the odd man out in the Bush cabinet, has resigned, US TV networks have reported. The former general, who headed the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the first Gulf


Travel: It's impossible to predict the weather, but when it gets a good dump of snow - like it did last weekend - boarding in Scotland can be a great adventure


Deepest U.S. Reef Found Off Florida Coast

Marine researchers have discovered the deepest coral reef ever found in the United States in about 250 feet of water off the Florida coast.


Harbhajan Singh's appeal against a three-match ban for racially abusing Andrew Symonds begins in Australia.


Meditation on the Man Who Saved the Beatles

But whatever other powers transcendental meditation had, under its influence the Beatles wrote like demons.


Twenty-one Iraqis are killed as a minibus carrying extra petrol tanks collides with a car and explodes in a fireball.


Major Troop Increase in Iraq Not Needed, Bush Says

President Bush said on Wednesday  that he saw no need right now to bolster U.S. troop levels in  Iraq and that the U.S.-led offensive in Falluja was going well.


Cheney issues rallying call not to abandon Iraq

Vice President Dick Cheney issued a rallying call on Friday not to abandon Iraq or other nations he said could provide a haven for terrorists, warning a defeat in Iraq would see violence spread in the Middle East.


Stacy Prammanasudh took advantage of ideal scoring conditions to shoot a 6-under-par 66 and grab a share of the lead with Jee Young Lee, Kristal Parker-Manzo and Katie Futcher in Thursday's opening round of the Wendy's Championship for Children.


Bomb Alert Prompts Greek Plane to Land in London

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


Bernie Ecclestone gives Silverstone 48 hours to secure its place on the F1 calendar.


Mauresmo breaks French tennis boundaries

Hamburg - Amelie Mauresmo on Monday became the first French tennis player to lead the world rankings when she headed the list released by the WTA.


PARIS  - As the Berlin International Film Festival winds down, attention is beginning to focus on the Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off May 16.


Katowice, 22:54 - VOLLEY, FINAL SIX WORLD LEAGUE: VINCONO POLONIA E BULGARIA

Nel primo incontro del gruppo E della Final Six di World League in corso a Katowice, la Polonia ha b...


Bologna, 18:48 - Calcio, scontro treni; Mazzone: minuto silenzio si poteva fare

"Il minuto di silenzio si poteva fare, quando succedono cose di questo genere". CosÃ¬ Carlo Mazzone h...


The judge in the Michael Jackson case has delayed ruling on a complex question involving search warrants, but reiterated he would start the pop singer's child molestation trial on January 31.


Envoy sees no progress yet in N.Korea talks

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


Shares in Airbus parent EADS rose Wednesday as reports that the Russian bank Vneshtorgbank had bought more than 4 percent of the company went unchallenged for a second day.


Tribal leaders are desperate for the deployment of a U.N. peacekeeping force along Chad's border with Sudan to protect refugees and stop increasing spillover from the violence in Darfur.


Ascoli Piceno, 20:16 - CALCIO, ASCOLI: SONETTI PERDE ANCHE SONCIN

Si riempie l'infermeria dell'Ascoli. Oltre allo squalificato Nastase, Sonetti perde infatti anche So...


Rebuffed by Party, Sharon Presses on with Gaza Plan

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  vowed on Thursday to press ahead with his Gaza pullout plan  despite a humiliating rebuff from his own party of his bid to  forge a coalition with the pro-withdrawal Labour Party.


Samsung to build new LCD production line

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (OTC: SSNGY) said it was expanding operations with plans to build a $286 billion Won LCD production line.


Nastech Pharmaceutical up on Merck trouble

BOSTON -- Nastech Pharmaceutical Co. Inc. stock rose Thursday, apparently on speculation that Merck & Co.'s withdrawal of Vioxx will mean that Merck has to lean more heavily on Nastech for a new blockbuster drug.


Coach Joe Gibbs is in charge of turning around the Redskins and he Hall of Famer seems to have a keener sense of that responsibility than anybody.


Kerry: Redeployment Could Impair Security

John Kerry says President Bush's plans to recall as many as 70,000 troops from Cold War-era bases in Europe and Asia could impair the nation's security, particularly in the war against terror.


FOXBOROUGH -- Looking back at the first round of the 2003 draft, it appears that the Patriots will end up looking pretty good.


Last year one of worst ever for refugees: UNHCR chief

Last year was one of the worst on record for refugees and the crisis is deepening in 2007 thanks to conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Sudan's Darfur region, the United Nation's refugee chief said.


Ransom-based malware attacks specific companies

Blog: Low ransom request and a self-termination date on the code suggest this is a test attack.


Ukraine gripped by standoff as opposition cries foul over vote outcome

A tense standoff gripped Ukraine after its pro-Russia prime minister won the presidential runoff, with the opposition mounting massive protests to contest results of a vote that Washington and Europe said was rigged by the state.


Conclusa senza novita' la procedura di silenzio-assenso


21 die in fire at Pakistan wedding party

A fire erupted in a wedding tent in eastern Pakistan, triggering a stampede and the collapse of a wall that killed the bride and 20 other women and children, police said Sunday.


Bob Marley Tribute Could Be Annual Event in Africa

A reggae concert in honor of musical legend Bob Marley, which drew an audience of more than 200,000 Ethiopians to Addis Ababa, could become an annual fixture across Africa, its organizers said Monday.


The European Union and Turkey agreed Friday to open membership talks next year for the Islamic country after the two sides overcame a snag over Turkey's relationship with the divided island of Cyprus.


Intel's 65nm chip will make laptops go further

Intel has built a fully functional 70Mb static random access memory (SRam) chip with more than half a billion transistors, using 65nanometer (nm) process technology.


The Thai authorities say they are to release 900 people detained six days ago during a protest in the south of the country in which 85 Muslims died.


Thomson joins takeover bid for ContentGuard

Thomson joined Microsoft and Time Warner on Monday in trying to take control of U.S. digital rights management (DRM) company ContentGuard Holdings.


Republicans May Need to Soften Message to Win Back Independents

Bloomberg - Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Representative Mike Fitzpatrick says he knows exactly why he was unseated in this month's congressional elections: Independent voters deserted him.


Lawyers for imprisoned Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner were briefly detained at a Moscow airport Sunday, a day before new charges were expected to be filed against their clients, one of the attorneys said.


US soldier to admit some charges in prisoner abuse case

MANNHEIM: A US soldier at the centre of the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal wants his pending court martial to be moved from Baghdad as he believes he has no chance of a fair trial there, his lawyers said today.


Angelina Jolie, visiting Sudan in her role as U.N. goodwill ambassador, said Wednesday that it is too soon for refugees from western Darfur to return to their homes, as the government is urging.


The husband of charity fund-raiser Jane Tomlinson speaks publicly for the first time since her death.


Scientists believe they have made an IVF breakthrough by creating a human embryo with three separate parents.


Motorola Inc  on Sunday  unveiled its latest cell phone, the Moto Z10, which includes a  video camera and video editing capability in a bid to appeal to  young consumers.


"Bourne Supremacy" star Matt Damon, "Lost in Translation" actress Scarlett Johansson and other celebrity artists are donating their talents — not just their cash — to an online effort to unseat President Bush.


Samsung launches video MP3 player, Blu-ray/HD DVD player

Samsung unveiled an MP3 music player with video playback and its dual Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD player on the eve of the IFA consumer electronics show.


Celtic striker Henri Camara will miss two matches against Dundee United and Hearts after being found guilty of violent conduct in the recent Old Firm clash at Ibrox.


Oct. 7, 2004 - US authorities on Wednesday lowered the eruption alert around the Mount St. Helens volcano, saying that an explosion of the simmering peak was no longer imminent.


The FCC thinks it might be time to revoke the ban and make wireless Web surfing possible on flights. By Jim Nash. That tray table might still have to go up and your bag might still have to be stowed in the overhead bin.


Reading, 23:31 - CALCIO, FA CUP; NEGLI OTTAVI READING-MANCHESTER 2-3

Il Manchester United ha battuto 3-2 il Reading nel ritorno degli ottavi di FA Cup. In gol per i 'Red...


OAKMONT, Pennsylvania  - Phil Mickelson, nursing a sore left wrist for the last two weeks, was the biggest name to miss the U.S. Open cut after battling to a seven-over-par 77 in Friday's second round.


Dwyane Wade scored 13 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter, including a jumper with 25.1 seconds left, and Miami beat San Antonio 96-92 on Sunday for its first win over the Spurs in more than three years.


CitroÃ«n engineers designed the car in the 1930s under the code name TPV, for âtoute petite voitureâ or âvery small car.â World War II delayed its introduction by 10 years, so when it arrived, it played a role in French reconstruction.


UK house prices are still rising strongly despite recent interest rate rises, the Halifax says.


INFLUENZA AVIARIA: FORSE GIÃ AVVENUTO IL CONTAGIO UOMO-UOMO

Torna a fare paura l'influenza aviaria. Il virus H5N1, responsabile della moria di volatili nei Paesi asiatici, ha giÃ  compiuto il salto di specie dagli uccelli all'uomo, Ã¨ giÃ  in grado di farlo ammalare


Crude oil futures rose yesterday ahead of an extended weekend for traders, even though weekly government data showed rising domestic inventories of crude and distillate fuel, which includes heating oil.


A business course on cutthroat capitalism disguised as a slacker comedy: Thatâs the kindest way to describe Michael Lehmannâs âFlakes.â


Oil falls below $61 on U.S. economic concerns

Oil prices followed U.S. stocks lower on   Friday as slowing economic growth raised fears demand could   falter for the world's biggest energy consumer.


No matter what the Chief Justice says, members of  the Supreme Court shouldn't try to just get along


BALCO Founder Alleges Jones Used Steroids

Olympic star Marion Jones injected herself in the leg with human growth hormone while BALCO head Victor Conte watched, he told ABC News in an interview for "20/20," to be aired Friday.


The aviation industry says it can no longer afford the spiralling costs of security at UK airports.


A 35-year-old runner falls to his death in Snowdonia during an athletics event which went in to low cloud.


Square Feet: An Urban Parking Perk: The Automated Garage

Automated garages are catching on in the New York City area as traditional surface parking lots are being gobbled up as sites for new buildings.


Royal & Sun Alliance, the UK's second biggest insurer, today incurred the wrath of unions by announcing plans to move more than 1,000 jobs to India.


Red Sox fans waited 85 years to celebrate this moment. After so many disappointing Octobers, it was finally Boston's turn to enjoy a World Series victory.


House Republicans sought to quash a persistent Internet rumor that the government will reinstate a military draft after the election, engineering an overwhelming vote Tuesday to kill legislation they hope will put the rumor to rest.


Monza, 16:01 - F1, GP ITALIA; HAMILTON: BELLA BATTAGLIA

"Credo sia stata una bella battaglia. Sono state delle buone qualifiche, e fortunatamente il mio ult...


U.S. says Darfur genocide continues, rights abuses rife

Washington issued a damning human rights report on Sudan, saying genocide in Darfur continued and blaming both government and rebel forces for attacks in the remote region.


India intensifies bid for UN Security Council seat

The G-4 argues that the UN body must include, on a permanent basis, countries that have the will and the capacity to take on major responsibilities.


New breast cancer drug better than tamoxifen: doctors

TORONTO - A standard treatment used to prevent the recurrence of breast cancer should be replaced by a newer drug, according to a study released Wednesday.


Karzai Sworn in as Afghanistan President

Hamid Karzai was sworn in as  Afghanistan's first popularly elected president Tuesday,  promising to bring peace to the war-torn nation and end the  economy's dependence on narcotics.


Playwright Vs UK Censor: 200 Years of Strife

Never show Jesus Christ or Queen Victoria. Do not blaspheme or mention homosexuality.


Irish banks unite Irish banks have responded to internet scams such as phishing by setting up a forum to share information on high-tech crime.â¦


With the economy slowly turning up, upgrading hardware has been on businesses radar in the past 12 months as their number two priority.


Postal workers are to stage two 48-hour national strikes next month, the union confirms.


The stock market rebounded, with Microsoft shares rising to their highest level in six years after the companyâs profit exceeded Wall Street expectations.


MasterCard wins court ruling against Visa fee

A federal judge has ruled that Visa  USA, the largest U.S. credit card group, must stop charging a  special fee when a big debit card client jumps to rival  MasterCard Inc. .


New Orleans Tourists Take Ivan in Stride

Stranded in the French Quarter, Shirley Gould figured the best way to prepare for Hurricane Ivan was to drink a hurricane.


China tops global IPO charts, more to come: report

Surging Chinese stock markets won the  global IPO crown in the third quarter, hosting more share  flotations and raising more capital than bourses in any other  country, an Ernst & Young report showed on Tuesday.


IT industry plugs into UK.gov green scheme

Power off Intellect, the UKâs trade body for the technology industry, has signed up to a government plan to phase out energy-guzzling consumer electronics products.â¦


Russia agrees to allow Polish authorities to examine Soviet archives on what Poles call the Katyn Forest massacre of 1940.


A small but potent group of voters is feeling slighted after no-shows from the top candidates at a major conference


Judge tosses Katrina lawsuit against Engineer Corps

A federal judge in New Orleans on Wednesday dismissed a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the failure of the city's levee system during Hurricane Katrina's floods in 2005.


Ascoli Piceno, 14:23 - CALCIO, ASCOLI: CON IL MILAN TORNA IL MODULO A UNA PUNTA

Il tecnico dell'Ascoli Attilio Tesser potrebbe schierare una sola punta nell'incontro di domani sera...


Australia's record company lawyers are attempting to have Kazaa's owners, Sharman Networks, declared liable for copyright breach and loss of earnings in the civil case now underway.


Pope John Paul II's reported breathing problems are not a routine complication of the flu but likely are worsened by his Parkinson's disease, several doctors say.


Troublesome Trojan horses, virulent worms, nasty viruses--sometimes it may seem like the Internet exists just to let the bad guys attack your PC.


Army, Marine Corps To Ask for More Troops

The Army and Marine Corps are planning to ask incoming Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Congress to approve permanent increases in personnel, as senior officials in both services assert that the nation's global military strategy has outstripped their resources.


Heavy rain dampened parts of Minnesota and a warm front brought showers and thunderstorms to parts of the Northeast on Saturday as a lingering front generated heavy rain, lightning and strong wind in parts of Texas.


Party poopers cry 'nimby' for French love of le discotheque

Nightclub owners say that complaints from local residents, chanting the chorus of not in my back yard so familiar to British planners and entrepreneurs, are forcing them to close early - at 4am - when French ...


Searchers hunt 33 missing from Indian Ocean wreck

Rescuers were searching for around 33   people still missing on Tuesday after their boat sank en route   from Madagascar to Comoros in the Indian Ocean, the French   officer in charge of the operation said.


Shares of Google Inc., the Internet search engine that first sold stock to the public in August, surged 15 percent after profit more than doubled, and the company said online advertising sales show no signs of slowing.


NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan agreed on Monday to step up cooperation in the energy sector, which could lead to Pakistan importing large amounts of diesel fuel from its neighbour, according to Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri.


SF Mayor Demands End to Lockout of Hotel Workers

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom  on Monday vowed to campaign against the interests of the city's  hotel owners and join the picket line if management fails to  end a lockout of about 4,000 workers by 2 p.m. on Tuesday.


The Tennessee Titans promised they wouldn't quit until the season ended. They certainly didn't. Billy Volek threw for 175 yards and a touchdown before being knocked out of the game in the fourth quarter, and the Titans held on for a 24-19 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday. Tennessee snapped its five-game losing skid.


Marjie Lundstrom: Fortune smiles on longtime activist for ...

Bee Columnist. We live our lives believing, or wanting to believe, that good things come back to those who do good things. And so it is for 49-year-old Debi Faris Cifelli, a Southern


Manchester United chief executive David Gill said Friday he remains hopeful that their 30 million pound move for Carlos Tevez will be wrapped up before the transfer window closes on August 31.


Engineering and construction company Shaw Group Inc.  on Wednesday reduced its fourth-quarter profit outlook due to an escalation in costs related to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, sending shares down almost 5 percent in early trading.


Condom Shipment Expected to Aid Distribution Program

A contingent of 350,000 Trojans is heading toward the District -- to help salvage the city's battered condom distribution program in its fight against HIV and AIDS.


Actor James Earl Jones Remembers His Silent Days

James Earl Jones gazed silently over  empty seats at the Kennedy Center, where in just a few hours he  would end a lengthy hiatus from the theater.


Jordanian prosecutors, as expected, Sunday indicted a suspected terror group linked to al-Qaida network on seven charges. Members of the Tawhid Brigades, led by al-Qaida's Abu


Spacewalkers Help Detach Space Station Solar Power Tower

HOUSTON - Two spacewalking astronauts helped pry a massive solar power tower from its perch atop the International Space Station (ISS) Sunday and discovered odd metal shavings in a large joint that turns the orbital lab's starboard solar arrays.