AMD tries to upstage Intel with triple-core Phenom processor

(InfoWorld) - Advanced Micro Devices added a triple-core desktop processor to its product road map on Monday, looking to upstage rival Intel ahead of itsÂ Intel Developer ForumÂ (IDF) conference in San Francisco this week. The triple-core Phenom processor is slated for release during the first quarter of 2008, following the release of the firstÂ quad-core Phenom chipsÂ in December. Like the quad-core version of the Phenom, the triple-core version of the chip uses a single silicon chip instead of a multichip package that combines two chips, such as Intel employs for its quad-core chips. AMD's announcement appeared in time to upstage IDF, which starts Tuesday. Intel will offer detailed updates on its processor road map at IDF, including more information on the release of itsÂ Penryn family of processors, slated to hit the market starting in November, and will likely discuss upcoming products, such as the Nehalem family of chips due to be released in 2008. Intel has extended its lead in the processor market over AMD in recent quarters, after stumbling in 2006. But AMD is hoping to draw closer, counting on its recently releasedÂ quad-core Opteron processorÂ and upcoming Phenom chips to reinvigorate its product lineup. The triple-core version of Phenom aims to reach a "broader audience" of PC users than the quad-core chips, AMD said. The company did not reveal the expected clock speeds of the triple-core chips, or say how much they will cost when released.


Hyundai Appoints a Chief Executive for North America

Hyundai Motor America said Jong Eun Kim would become president and chief executive of North American operations, based in Fountain Valley, Calif.


Roma, 12:10 - CALCIO, ARBITRATO: SQUALIFICA GALLIANI RIDOTTA A 23 DICEMBRE

L'Arbitrato del Coni ha ridotto dal 14 aprile 2007 al prossimo 23 dicembre la squalifica di Adriano ...


Bush advisor: election may be turning point for GOP

The man President Bush describes as the architect of his successful re-election campaign says this may be a turning point for the Republican Party, which has also expanded its majority in both houses of Congress.


Potter star Radcliffe wins rave reviews in "Equus"

Daniel Radcliffe shook off the mantle of Harry Potter on Wednesday to win rave reviews for his stage portrayal of a tortured teenager in the grueling psychological thriller "Equus".


Arrests foil Spain court attack: sources

Police have arrested seven suspected Islamic militants in raids across Spain on to foil a planned bomb attack on the High Court, judicial sources say.


Jack Kevorkian, the U.S. assisted suicide advocate dubbed "Dr. Death," stepped free from a Michigan prison on Friday with few words but plans for a media blitz to support his cause.


I.M. Generation Is Changing the Way Business Talks

Instant messaging is becoming an important ingredient for corporations that want to respond rapidly to demands from inside and outside.


When the Writers Guild of America held its awards ceremony Saturday night, it felt more like a victory celebration. So after the long, the writers won, right?


A car bomb killed five people on Saturday between the Iraqi Shi'ite holy cities of Najaf and Kerbala, sites of twin suicide car bombings a week ago, the chief of police in Najaf said.


AFP photographers win prizes for Iraq, Middle East coverage

Two photographers working for Agence France-Presse in Iraq and the West Bank won top prizes at France's 11th annual Bayeux awards for war correspondents.


Two recovered Edvard Munch paintings have been returned to a museum with "hardly any damage", police say.


Eurispes, allarme-droghe: "Le usa un giovane su 4"

Aumenta tra i giovani il consumo di stupefacenti: uno su 4 consuma droghe di diversa natura e pericolosita' associate spesso ad alcolici. Secondo un Rapporto realizzato dall'Eurispes con Telefono Azzurro su


Travel Web sites clamp down on bogus reviews

Travel Web sites, such as  Priceline.com Inc.  and Expedia Inc. , are  clamping down on fake online consumer reviews of hotels, which  could undermine a growth area.


NBA gets new "Tony" Parker as Israel star joins Raptors

Anthony Parker, a Maccabi Tel Aviv swingman who has been Most Valuable Player in the Euroleague the past two seasons, signed Thursday with the National Basketball Association Toronto Raptors.


Eta' pensionabile e' tra le piu' basse in Europa


The fallout from a disastrous opening weekend for Michigan came yesterday, when the Wolverines dropped all the way out of the Associated Press Top 25, an unprecedented fall from No. 5 to unranked.


Global warming may be melting glaciers and forcing polar bears onto land, but doctors warn it could also affect your heart.


Satellite TVÂs 3-Headed Rival: Cable Plus Internet Plus Phone

If the satellite business is so great, why is Rupert Murdoch thinking of selling DirecTV and why is John Malone thinking of buying it?


Chiron Gets Grand Jury Subpoena on Vaccine

Chiron today it received a grand jury subpoena requesting certain documents and materials related to its Fluvirin influenza vaccine.


One man was a millionaire Manhattan investment banker who supported cultural institutions like Lincoln Center. The other was an electrician from Long Island with a history of alcohol abuse and numerous scrapes with the law.


ASIA/INDIA - Uno dei collegi piÃ¹ antichi e prestigiosi di Delhi assegna oltre 400 posti ai Cristiani Dalit Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Il prestigioso Collegio Santo Stefano, fondato a Delhi nel 1881 da una missione cristiana della Westcott House di Cambridge, ha annunciato lÂassegnazione di un numero considerevole di posti ai cristiani discriminati dal sistem...


Time to pull plug on BCS, worst in sports

The deep thinkers are at it again. They are pondering. They are studying. They are working overtime to solve a problem that can not be fixed.


Met's de Menezes photo 'manipulated', says prosecution

Claims of 'stretching or resizing' A composite image of Jean Charles de Menezes and Hussain Osman "was manipulated so as to mislead", it was claimed at the Old Bailey today. The composite was produced by the Metropolitan Police in evidence in order to illustrate similarities between the two men, and to show that police could have difficulties distinguishing the two.â¦


Â«Non comprateÂ»: contro il carovita oggi sciopero della spesa

Svestirsi per un giorno della qualifica di consumatori, evitare di mettere mano al portafoglio, girare al largo dalle tentazioni rappresentate da supermercati, bar e stazioni di benzina. Oggi in tutta Italia


Selanneâs Return Lifts Ducks Over Islanders

Teemu Selanne, a 37-year-old Finnish forward, put off retirement and rejoined the Ducks on Tuesday night just in time to help the Ducks defeat the Islanders.


By the Editor. WITH a zest for the birth of a durable peace and serenity, President Musharraf has reiterated his call for identification, demilitarization and change in the status of the seven regions of Kashmir


Second-seeded Andy Roddick ground out a 7-6(1), 6-7(0), 7-6(2) win over Russia's Marat Safin on Saturday to set up a Thailand Open final showdown with Roger Federer.


A new HIV drug shows promising results in people for whom other treatments no longer work, a study suggests.


Hamas hints at talks as chaos reigns in divided Palestine

Islamists strengthen grip in Gaza but western governments, including US, side with Palestinian president in the West Bank.


United States warplanes have dropped a huge bomb on the Iraqi rebel city of Fallujah after US marines clashed with insurgents on the eastern fringes of the Sunni Muslim bastion.


New York Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez, recovering from rotator cuff surgery, will make his first start of the season on Monday at Cincinnati.


US Secretary of State Colin Powell was to focus on the Middle East in his farewell talks with the presidency of the European Union on Friday.


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French official suggested Bush was behind September 11

A senior French politician, now a  minister in President Nicolas Sarkozy's government, suggested  last year that U.S. President George W. Bush might have been  behind the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to a website.


FOREIGN fighters from the al-Qaeda terror network were infiltrating Afghanistan to disrupt upcoming elections, the commander of US forces in the country said today.


Georgia's New Leader Baffles U.S. and Russia Alike

Mikhail Saakashvili's populist ride has hit bumps on the central question of reunification with two breakaway regions.


Six minutes is all that each of 69 startups get to impress journalists, venture capitalists and technology mavens. If speakers run over, the music starts, the organizer steps on stage and the microphone goes off.


Fighting the Curse of Too Many Tech Choices

Whether it's around the holidays or throughout the year, shopping for high-tech gear can be tough, and it isn't made any easier by the countless configuration options we now have at our disposal. The choices are often confusing, if not completely overwhelming. From computers, PDAs and smartphones to HDTVs, game consoles and digital cameras -- the choices, new models and upgrades just keep coming.


Frattini: un piano in tre tappe prima del nostro ritiro dall'Iraq

ROMA - "L'attentato di Taba ha una doppia valenza: colpisce Israele, in un giorno di festa, uccidendo e ferendo chi era in un luogo di vacanza. Ma poi colpisce un paese come l'Egitto che si Ã¨ sempre caratterizzato


A Yemeni court sentences 15 men on terror charges, including the 2002 bombing of the French Limburg tanker.


Afghan forces and international peacekeepers hunt for three foreign poll workers abducted in Kabul.


France, EU offer Pakistan help in Bhutto probe

France and the European Union on Wednesday offered Pakistan help in investigating the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said.


Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant has torn a ligament in his little finger, the NBA team said on Thursday.


PLDT says mobile phone business growth to ease in 2005

Dominant telecoms operator Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) said it expects the growth of the domestic mobile phone business to ease in 2005 as the subscriber base tops 40 percent of the population.


Zarqawi behind Iraqi army recruit killing

BAQUBA: Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has claimed responsibility for the killing of nearly 50 unarmed Iraqi army recruits in one of the bloodiest attacks on the country's fledgling security forces.


"In an Internet appearance, the Islamic Jihad Union has taken responsiblity for the foiled attacks in Germany and addresses the arrests of Sept. 4, 2007"  An Islamic militant group designated as a terror organization by the U.S. claimed responsibility for foiled bombings that targeted the American air base at Ramstein, as well as U.S. and Uzbek consulates in Germany, the government said Tuesday.The Interior Ministry, which is responsible for police and internal security, said the Islamic Jihad Union made the announcement on the Internet and that government computer experts viewed it as genuine. Three men were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of planning massive bombings against U.S. and other facilities in Germany. Read more


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A court on Saturday convicted 15 Yemeni militants on terrorism charges, including the 2002 bombing of a French oil tanker and a plot to kill the U.S. ambassador. One man was sentenced to death for killing a Yemeni police officer and seven received 10-year prison terms.


The European Union said Wednesday it will impose a duty of 230 euros ($290) per ton of bananas starting in 2006, in an effort to prevent producers in former African and Caribbean colonies from losing business to larger growers in Latin America.


Medical experts have welcomed proposed changes to the way investigations into sudden infant deaths are handled. An independent inquiry has produced a report which proposes a major re-think of the way such cases are scrutinised.


How could any two people (OK, they're fictional, but still) be more different than Harry Potter and Tony Soprano?


Students in Cardiff are among the highest-earning undergraduates in the country, a survey has found.


Bush Emphasizes Diplomacy for Iran, North Korea

President Bush, who three years ago said Iran and North Korea were part of an "axis of evil," on Wednesday emphasized diplomacy in dealing with the two countries.


The ensemble So Percussion is gradually making its way through the ranks of composers most revered by percussionists.


British Troops Prepare To Redeploy Outside Of Baghdad

22 October 2004 -- Some 850 British troops have started preparations to redeploy from southern Iraq to outside of Baghdad, in response to a US request for help in stabilizing the country prior to elections planned for January 2005.


Pop star Jessica Simpson has been cast as Daisy Duke in the film version of The Dukes of Hazzard TV series, and her husband is pretty excited about it.


Thanks to the best clutch performance of Freddie Mitchell's four-year career, the Philadelphia Eagles advanced to their fourth straight NFC championship game, routing the Minnesota Vikings 27-14 Sunday.


A shake-up of European Union telecoms regulation risks undermining national watchdogs and creating an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy in Brussels, says the UK telecoms regulator.


Climate Change Could Crush Wine Industry

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. _ By any measure, California wines rank among the best in the world. But a 2-degree rise in temperature could make Napa Valley chardonnay a thing of the past.  A couple more degrees and Napa would no longer be prime territory for wine of any kind.


Voter turnout among the young still lags

Ah, youth, that fickle force in politics. Young people bring energy, passion, creativity and technical wizardry to the presidential campaign — everything, it seems, except impact on Election Day.


Pot and kettle debate cleanliness Microsoft executive Tom Rubin will use a speech to the American Association of Publishers, which is suing Google, to slag off the search engine's attitude to copyright.â¦


Car hits Md. street-race crowd; 8 killed

A car plowed into a group of street-racing fans obscured by a cloud of tire smoke on a highway Saturday, killing eight people and scattering bodies in the early morning darkness.


Lebanese group Hezbollah says senior commander Imad  Mughniyeh died  in a bombing in Damascus.


Alcatel awarded a 60 million Euro contract to modernize railways in Romania

Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) announced today that it will equip railways in the southern region of Romania with its innovative electronic interlocking solutions to ensure safe and controlled train ...


[Technology India]: London, Dec 26 : A massive asteroid heading for Earth has a 1-in-300 chance of smashing into the planet in 2029, according to researchers.


Car Bomb at Iraqi Shi'ite Office Causes Casualties

A car bomb exploded outside the Baghdad  offices of one of Iraq's leading Shi'ite Muslim political  parties on Monday, killing and wounding several people, party  officials and witnesses said.


For Josh, the Newfoundland who won best in show at last year's Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, retirement has been one of relaxation.


In a meeting of big-money pitchers yesterday, Curt Schilling looked like a $12 million bargain, Kevin Brown a $15.7 million bust. Schilling easily won the marquee matchup for the Boston


R. Kelly, Jay-Z team up again, plan 40-city tour

Hip-hop giant Jay-Z, who has kept his distance from R. Kelly since the R&B superstar's 2002 indictment on child pornography charges, apparently no longer has a problem joining forces with his erstwhile collaborator.


A major report on US policy in Iraq offer no "magic formula" to solve the crisis, the White House has said.


Mets clinch 1st NL East title since 1988

The party had begun, and no one seemed to want it to end: not the players, not the fans.


Built in the days of Mao Zedong's 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, Shanghai's rundown city gymnasium is getting the full NBA treatment for next month's exhibition game between the Sacramento Kings and the Houston Rockets.


Philippoussis to undergo knee surgery, misses Open

Mark Philippoussis has abandoned plans of playing in next month's Australian Open after succumbing to a knee injury on Tuesday.


Fans of Australian naturalist Steve Irwin take up all 3,000 free tickets to his memorial service in just 15 minutes.


She's just a rookie, and already Jordin Sparks is going further in the NFL than her father. Only 2 1/2 months after the youngest "American Idol" winner released her debut album, the teen is set to perform the national anthem Sunday at the Super Bowl. In nine years as a pro cornerback, pop Phillippi Sparks never reached the big game.


The Jets and Vikings lost and the Rams won. Yet all three teams are in the postseason while one NFC wild-card spot remains. But can these late arrivals make a run?


Gallery: Fantastic Fixes for Your Sad, Pathetic Cubicle

Is your cubicle gray, lifeless or boring? Designer Kelley L. Moore suggests some inspired alternatives, from the Zen Cube to the Casino Cube, in this gallery of images from her book, Cube Chic.


Mondo Washington by James Ridgeway Perfect Storms

hile George W. Bush signed emergency orders for rescue supplies to hurricane victims this morning, preparing for a possible visit to the ravaged areas, right-wingers were having a ball with Teresa Heinz Kerry.


Unlocking iPhones to use with another operator could result in the mobile becoming "permanently inoperable".


Explosions, Flames Gut Chemical Recycling Plant

EAU CLAIRE, Wis.  -- Explosions sent fireballs hundreds of feet into the air as flames gutted an industrial chemical recycling plant Friday morning.


Verona, 17:45 - Calcio, Chievo; Beretta: continuo a credere nel lavoro

Dopo tre sconfitte consecutive, il Chievo cercherÃ  domani contro la Roma dell'ex Del Neri i punti pe...


U.S. Construction Firm Drops Iraq Contract

An international construction company has pulled out of its contract to rebuild Iraq's transportation systems, deciding it was too dangerous to stay, a spokesman for the U.S.-led reconstruction effort said Wednesday.


A US trade panel on Friday approved anti-dumping duties of up to 198 percent on $1.2 billion worth of wooden bedroom furniture from China.


Bids on the opening day of a much-anticipated auction of public airwaves totaled $2.8 billion Thursday, according to the Federal Communications Commission.


Pipeline A new worm spreading over AOL Instant Messenger seeks to built a botnet of zombie Windows PCs. The Pipeline worm packs an executable file disguised as a JPEG, which if executed, tries to download other strains of malware rootkits and Trojans. Pipeline uses the AIM Buddy List on infected computers to target other prospective marks.â¦


Pippen retires as one of game's best, not one of its most loved

He had a body straight out of an NBA laboratory and a face like a Peruvian sun god. He was a versatile Swiss Army Knife who could shoot, pass and run the floor.


Mark Martin keeps passing the caution flag on his road to retirement. Once on the brink of stepping away from Nextel Cup racing completely, Martin not only hasn't ruled out driving a part-time schedule next year, he's thinking of a full-time comeback in 2008.


Music Surprises to Boost Vivendi Revenues

A second consecutive quarter of surprise  growth at Universal Music helped boost revenues at French media  group Vivendi Universal, but future sales at the unit, home to  Nelly and U2, remained uncertain.


'Superman' star Reeve dies at 52 of cardiac arrest

BEDFORD, NY - Christopher Reeve, the star of the Superman movies whose nearly fatal riding accident nine years ago turned him into a worldwide advocate for spinal cord research, died Sunday of heart failure, his publicist said.


Microsoft Issues High Heat Warning on Xbox Racing Controller

In the second incident this summer, Microsoft admits to another overheating problem in the hardware it sells to video gamers.


U.S. Is Down, 2-0, to Russia in Davis Cup Semifinal

Both Andy Roddick and James Blake lost Friday, making the United States teamÂs hopes of winning its first Davis Cup since 1995 bleak.


Intel, the world's biggest computer chipmaker, is being investigated by the New York Attorney General.


Gasquet upsets Roddick in five-set thriller

Richard Gasquet tamed Andy Roddick's power game with some brilliant all-court tennis to upset the American number three seed 4-6 4-6 7-6 7-6 8-6 and reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time on Friday.


When an estimated 4 million people encountered a deadly epidemic called Corrupted Blood that left the landscape strewn with corpses, scientists were intrigued, not horrified. Similarly, when Whypox, a measles-like disease, was unleashed into a community of over 1.2 million young adults, researchers sat back and took notes.


Tiger Woods has been saying that heâs âcloseâ to firing on all cylinders. Perhaps this time he really is. Woods looked like his old confident self on Saturday as he carded a five-under-par 65 to tie


Doubts Raised on Technology Sales to China

The administration is facing questions from weapons experts about whether some equipment â newly authorized for export to Chinese companies â could instead end up helping China modernize its military.


Forward Jared Borgetti did some light jogging in Mexico's workout Saturday night and is still questionable for the team's final first-round game.


Bush Raises Questions About CBS Documents

President Bush questioned the authenticity of documents aired by CBS News that said he received special treatment during his Vietnam-era service in the National Guard, according to a Bush interview published on Saturday.


President Alvaro Uribe postponed his planned trip to Venezuela on Thursday for talks with his counterpart Hugo Chavez because he is suffering from food poisoning, Uribe's office said in a statement.


Twelve-month inflation remained at 1.6 percent in January for the second month in a row, as a drop in petrol prices offset higher food prices, official figures showed.


`Incredibles' muscles into top box-office spot with $70.5 million

Animated superheroes crushed the competition at the box office as "The Incredibles" debuted with a $70.5 million opening weekend.


Wal-Mart Gives Up Movie Downloads, Keeps CDs, DVDs

The retailer turns its download service, which accounts for roughly 40 percent of all DVD sales, over to Netflix after its software provider, Hewlett-Packard, discontinues its own merchant-store service.


Silicon Valley Start-Ups Awash in Dollars, Again

Investors, showing symptoms of irrational exuberance, seem to have forgotten the dot-com bust.


Man Accused of Airing '24' Online Preseason

Federal authorities have charged a Chicago man with copyright violations for allegedly uploading several episodes of Fox's "24" on the Internet before the show's season premiere earlier this year.


RealNetworks says it increased its share of the online music market after halving the price of tunes.


ANALYSIS: Treasure trove of films behind Sony's MGM bid

You would quite literally have to be from another planet, analysts say, not to see what Sony Corp. fancied about Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.


Opposition Legislator Slain In Kenya, Sparking Clashes

NAIROBI, Jan. 29 -- Just hours after an opposition lawmaker was gunned down in his driveway here, the fury that has swept over this country since last month's disputed presidential election arrived in his middle-class neighborhood.


Iraq Shia leader asks Bush for tougher action

One of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite leaders told President Bush on Monday that civil war could only be staved off if U.S. forces struck harder against Sunni-led insurgents.


Ukraine's parliament holds an emergency session to discuss the turmoil caused by the disputed presidential poll.


African leaders reject foreign intervention in Darfur conflict

Calling the bloody humanitarian crisis in Darfur an "absolute African issue," Sudan's president and four African counterparts rejected all foreign intervention Monday.


Eurozone retail sales weaker than expected in November

Retailers in the countries using the euro saw sales slip in November despite expectations for an increase in the run-up to the key holiday season, official EU data released Tuesday showed.


Public hostility to Iraq war at record levels: poll

Public distaste with the Iraq war in Britain has hit its worst-ever level, with fewer than a third of people thinking it is the right thing, an opinion poll said.


Bernanke signals bold Fed action to lift growth

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday acknowledged the economy faces increased risks and indicated the U.S. central bank is ready to cut interest rates aggressively to support growth.


Fans in Saratoga watched as the Red Sox tied it up

In a repeat of last year's season, the Red Sox and Yankees are going all the way to game seven. An injured Curt Schilling pitched through the pain Tuesday night to lead the Bo Sox to a 4-to-2 victory.


Update 1: Germany Wants to Privatize Railway

Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Thursday that Germany's national railway should be privatized by 2008 at the latest, a day after Deutsche Bahn backed off a target of selling shares on the stock market by mid-2006.


Londra, 18:48 - CALCIO, BRAD PITT VUOLE BECKHAM PER LEZIONI PRIVATE A FIGLIO

Brad Pitt e Angelina Jolie vogliono chiedere a David Beckham di dare lezioni private di calcio al lo...


Church experts said it appeared to be first time a pope has made such a direct apology.


The leader of a polygamist sect said Thursday he would not fight extradition to Utah on charges he arranged marriages between underage girls and older men.


U.S. Open: Woods Spends First Round in the Bunkers

The two-time U.S. Open champion Tiger Woods spent the first round at Oakmont weaving in and out of trouble and leaning on his putter to save him.


U.S. Airborne Laser Advances to 'First Light'

A Boeing Co.-led team has  successfully fired for the first time a powerful laser meant to  fly aboard a modified 747 as part of a U.S. ballistic missile  defense shield, officials said on Friday.


Fighting erupts between rebel factions in Congo's recently-formed army along the country's border with Rwanda.


The pound falls to a record low against the euro, as dealers expect more interest rate cuts in Britain in 2008.


Sports of The Times: Setting May Be More Significant Than the Actual Game

The theme of championship week has been curiosity; concern over the healing process of New Orleans, a great city that was turned inside out by Hurricane Katrina.


Online porn merchants dodge Internet dragnet

China's Internet police have claimed  tangible results in the "people's war" against online  pornography with the help of tip-offs, but they only scratched  the surface, state media reported on Tuesday.


Apple seen linking movie downloads to TV

When Apple Computer Inc. introduced the  iPod digital music player and companion iTunes music software,  it created a legitimate market for music downloads and solved a  problem vexing the technology industry.


CDs to Dominate for Years Over Net Downloads-Study

The compact disc has at least another five years as the most popular music format before online downloads chip away at its dominance, a new study said on Tuesday.


Daniel Evans threw three touchdown passes — including the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter — to lead North Carolina State to a 24-20 victory over No. 17 Florida State on Thursday night.


Germany gives up its share of the top job at EADS in exchange for the top job at Airbus.


Ethiopians Presuading Hungarian Entrepreneurs To Invest In Ethiopia -

Science and Tech. Science and Tech. Ethiopians residing in Hungary said they are striving to persuade Hungarian entrepreneurs to invest in Ethiopia.


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Dubai - An Iraqi militant group said it had kidnapped 10 people, including two Indonesian women, and demanded that their company cut contacts with foreign forces in Iraq, Al Jazeera television reported on Thursday.


Does new Peoplesoft CEO signal a buyout?

Is PeopleSoft's founder and long-time chief executive back at the helm to accept Oracle's takeover bid, or to dig-in for a long-term battle?


Tony Blair tells MPs he wants good relations with Russia, but says they must be based on "shared values".


Car bomb destroys building in Baghdad, kills one

A big car bomb killed at least one person and reduced an apartment building to rubble in a Shi'ite district of southern Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi police said.


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Microsoft is investigating the appearance of a pirated copy of the eagerly awaited Halo 2 game online.


Social networking site offers profiles to search engines and gives users chance to opt out.


Palestinians Flood Arafat Compound Before Burial

Thousands of mourners converged on Yasser Arafat's compound in chaotic scenes on Friday before their revered leader was to be buried in the place where Israeli forces trapped him until his final days.


State-owned universities and research institutions are raking in revenue while remaining shielded from lawsuits themselves. Can it last?


High Court Declines to Hear Nader's Case

The Supreme Court declined on Monday to consider whether Pennsylvania officials were wrong to keep Ralph Nader off the presidential ballot last November.


Job Gains Disappoint; Jobless Rate 3-Year Low

U.S. employers added just 146,000  jobs in January, the government said on Friday in an  unexpectedly weak report on the labor market, but a drop in  job-seekers pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in  more than three years.


NFL's Vick says guilty in dogfighting case

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick admitted on Friday he participated in an illegal dogfighting operation and was suspended indefinitely by the National Football League.


In Medieval Architecture, Signs of Advanced Math

The Islamic pattern-making process appears to have involved an advanced math of quasi crystals.


The dollar fell on Wednesday, as  traders ignored fairly robust U.S. economic reports and instead  focused on the currency's long-term negatives, sending the  currency to a record low against the euro.


School districts across the country have been taking steps to make food in schools healthier, but some parents say they are taking it too far.


Firefox spoofing bug raises phishing fears

Basic authentication sucks Flaws in the way the latest version of Mozilla Firefox presents authentication dialog boxes leave the door open for cybercrooks to trick users into handing over login credentials, a leading security researcher warns.â¦


CIA tried to get Mafia to kill Castro: documents

The CIA worked with three American mobsters in a botched "gangster-type" attempt to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro in the early 1960s, according to documents released by the CIA on Tuesday.


European stocks close higher in Christmas Eve trading

European stock markets closed modestly higher in shortened trading hours after a strong pre-Christmas showing by Wall Street.


American schools aren't exactly frozen in time, but considering the pace of change in other areas of life, our public schools tend to feel like throwbacks. Now educators are starting to look at what needs to be done to prepare students to compete in a new global economy.


Melodeo puts artist-friendly twist on mobile music

Music fans have been slow to buy music  on their mobile phones. So several companies have responded  with services that let users access from their phones music  that is stored on their computers.


The wife of former Democratic vice-presidential candidate John Edwards has been told that a cancerous lump in her breast has not spread.


Rapper O.D.B's Death Due to Cocaine, Pain Drug

Rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard, who died in  a recording studio last month at the age of 35, had taken  cocaine and a prescription pain relief drug before his  collapse, the Medical Examiner's office said on Wednesday.


The company said quarterly profit would be higher than analystsâ estimates and it raised its full-year outlook as exchange rates and price and volume increases offset high commodity costs.


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Limping rivals caught up in consolidation trend

Putnam Investments and MFS Investment Management are two big Boston money managers that always have had a lot in common, not the least of which were deep business roots that stretch back to the very early years of the mutual fund industry.


Eurostar bids for Paris-London rail record on high-speed track

A Eurostar train set off on a Paris-London rail record bid Tuesday, using a new high-speed track on the British side of the Channel Tunnel that shaves 20 minutes off the normal travel time.


A County Armagh woman and her lover are due to be sentenced for the murder of her husband three years ago.


The Supreme Court made it harder Thursday for most defendants to challenge their federal prison sentences.


About 70 percent of the rescue workers   who picked through the toxic debris of the World Trade Center   after the September 11 attacks suffered respiratory problems, a   study released on Tuesday said.


Will desktop searching reveal all your hidden PC secrets?

Desktop search is not new: it is already built into the Start menu of Microsoft Windows XP. However, not everyone is aware it exists, it excludes lots of file types, the results are generally poor, and it


p2pnet.net News:- With news that the real-world p2p file-sharing networks are thriving comes other news that Apple has invaded the European Union with a version of its iTunes corporate music store.


New Blood Test Advised for Diabetes Patients

A relatively new blood test for people with diabetes can predict their risk of developing heart disease, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.


Fort Lauderdale boat show provides a boost to hotels

For South Florida hotels, October's end brings more than a change in the weather. It also ushers in the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, an annual highlight for many hospitality firms.


Boston United manager Steve Evans admits a fraud charge at a trial in London.


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Informal talks have eliminated the major roadblocks to a new contract, people briefed on the situation said.


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Tallinn Stag parties are being lured to Estonia's capital

It's Saturday evening in downtown Tallinn and the streets are busy. Well-heeled Swedish couples are deciding where to eat, while Estonian teenagers and thirtysomething Russians enjoy the last of the summer ...


A Jordanian gunman on Monday shot at a group of foreign tourists visiting the Roman Amphitheater, killing a British man and wounding six other people, including a Jordanian police officer, the government said.


N.Korea brings laundry list of demands to talks

North Korea set out sweeping demands on Monday for scrapping its nuclear arms and the United States warned that its patience was running out -- an inauspicious start to six-party talks after a year-long hiatus.


Rumsfeld says remarks on Hussein-Al Qaeda link 'misunderstood'

US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was forced to go into damage control mode Monday hours after a statement he made began to spread through the media.


Crude Oil Trades Near Record on Concern Chinese Demand is Straining Supply

Crude oil in New York traded near Friday s record close amid concern growing Chinese demand may strain supplies at a time when spare global production capacity is limited.


Australian journalist tells of capture in Iraq

TONY EASTLEY: An Australian journalist snatched by insurgents in Iraq, has contradicted claims by Foreign Minister Alexander Downer that he was kidnapped in a part of Baghdad where he was advised not to go.


About 7,000 fans of Chinese pop diva Anita Mui marked the first anniversary of her death at a star-studded commemoration concert.


Maria Sharapova beats Lindsay Davenport in a final set tie-break to win the Pan Pacific Open.


The Kansas City Chiefs put running back Priest Holmes on the injured reserve list with an injured knee Thursday. "Priest Holmes is making steady progress on the rehabilitation of his right knee," team president Carl Peterson said.


No banned flu vaccines in stock given to the public, says FDA

The FDA reports that the five to six million banned flu vaccine doses warehoused in the USA (made by Chiron Corp) have not been moved and none has been used or given to the public.


The awards juggernaut that is "Angels in America" shut out the competition at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, winning a record-setting 11 trophies.


Five death-row inmates waged a hunger strike Thursday, asking to be allowed to interact with one another and calling their years of solitary confinement "inhumane and tantamount to psychological torture."


Six weeks before elections, the Democratic strategy for the war on terror is one part attack President Bush and one part agree with him. The goal is to court voters dissatisfied with the job the administration has done, yet avoid being tagged as soft on Osama bin Laden.


LONDON -- One of the biggest Viking treasures ever found has been discovered on an English farm by a father-son team of treasure hunters, the British Museum announced yesterday.


Dopo il primo turno delle presidenziali, il candidato ultranazionalista Ã¨ al 39,6%Ma il presidente in carica Boris Tadic guarda alla Ue e promette: non torneremo al passato                                          Serbia, il 3 febbraio ballottaggio fra Nikolic e il moderato Tadic


Australia's Neil Robertson beats Andrew Higginson 9-8 in the Welsh Open final.


Guatemala coffee atlas to fight fake gourmet beans

ACATENANGO, Guatemala  - Farmers from this lush valley between two Guatemalan volcanoes have made extra cash for years by pretending their coffee is from Antigua, a neighboring region famous for its chocolaty tasting beans.


Obama unleashes Oprah, Caroline Kennedy on campaign trail

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama launches a weekend "charm offensive" with a cast that includes TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey, and picked up support Saturday from the granddaughter of a former Republican president.


Consumers paid sharply more for fruits, vegetables and gasoline last month, the government reported yesterday, suggesting that inflation may be stirring again after being dormant for several months.


Parmalat sued its former auditors  Deloitte & Touche and Grant Thornton on Wednesday, broadening a  legal battle to claw back billions of euros from ex-allies the  food group says helped drive it into insolvency.


DI AN, Vietnam  - A bespectacled man in a   wide-brim hat slips his hand between the blue iron bars and   casually ruffles the orange and black fur of a tiger's head.


Palm laid off about 10 percent of its work force this week to cut expenses, according to a person familiar with the situation.


(CBS/AP) An experienced CIA counterterrorism officer tells Congress the agency is still failing to adequately staff the hunt for Osama bin Laden, a newspaper reports.


Company says results will fall short of estimates because it won't be able to ship its Treo 750 on time in the U.S.


Noah's Ark Quest Dead in Water -- Was It a Stunt?

In April a Christian activist announced a summer 2004 expedition to search for Noah's ark. The quest didn't happen, and now critics are questioning the project's credibility.


Conference Attendees Drop Ball on Wi-Fi Security

More than half of the wireless LAN devices being used at this week's RSA Conference on information security are themselves unsecured.


AMD plans to reach profitability in 2008

The world's No. 2 microprocessor maker, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said it won't return to profitability until the second half of next year and delayed the full release of the product it says will enable its recovery.


The murder of a young boy whose body was  stuffed in a suitcase and thrown into a lake in a Sydney park  has shocked Australia's biggest city.


More Worms the Merrier for Soil and Plant Quality

By RICHARDS, Wally  There are 3500 to 4000 species of earthworms and almost 200 have been identified in New Zealand   --------------------   THE only way to ensure good-quality plants and gardens is to have a healthy soil-food web.


Free Podcast: National Geographic News (February 23, 2007)

This week: Chimps seen hunting with "spears," shark smuggling pastor busted, some lizards smell tougher than others, and moon settlers may have to be expert skiers.


'Friday Night Lights' finds end zone, thanks to heart

Like so many other movies, it prefers style over substance. So instead of getting to know the characters or advancing the story - or even coming up with a story in the first place - it spends


Gene combo may hike prostate cancer risk

Scientists have taken a key step toward revealing the causes of prostate cancer, finding that a combination of five gene variants dramatically raises the risk of the disease. Added to family history, they accounted for nearly half of all cases in a study of Swedish men.


Nikkei a 17.406,86 punti (+0,36%), euro a 1,2924 dollari


Muslim Delegates Plead for British Hostage's Life

A British Muslim delegation has landed in Iraq tonight with a plea for mercy from the ruthless Islamic militants holding Kenneth Bigley hostage.


French president receives Chinese defence minister

French President Jacques Chirac, who has urged an end to an EU arms embargo on China, called for closer defense cooperation between Paris and Beijing at a meeting with Chinese Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan, a spokesman said.


US health officials begin a worldwide search to find people who may have come into contact with a TB carrier.


A lawyer for James Brown's partner says an agreement has been reached over obtaining DNA samples from the late soul singer's body.


(ANSA) - ROMA, 21 AGO - L'Italia ha battuto 1-0 il Mali nei quarti di finale del torneo olimpico, grazie ad una rete di Bovo quasi allo scadere dei supplementari. Gli azzurri hanno sofferto la forza fisica


Six Egyptians Snatched in Two Iraq Kidnappings

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


Yankees 7, Blue Jays 2: Ailing Back Puts Johnson’s Postseason in Peril

Mike Mussina looked sharp in his postseason tune-up Friday night, but the Yankees learned that Randy Johnson has a herniated disk in his lower back and may be sidelined for part or all of the playoffs.


Before You Activate your iPhone, Read This!

Blog: Apple and AT&T are demanding subscribers to reveal their social security numbers.  How safe is that?


Freebies Lure Users into Disclosing Information

Personal data on thousands of mostly U.S. residents were found exposed, ripe for spam and hacking.


'Legend? Nicole Kidman is a mere beginner'

The old adage about never performing with children or animals will not have been lost on Nicole Kidman during her 21 years in showbusiness, but two appearances with her latest co-star in Venice


Army fatigues, gas masks and camouflage patterns swarmed the catwalk on Thursday as Paris designers reflected on troubled times in their menswear collections for next summer.


Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada apologized Thursday for making what appeared to be an obscene gesture toward the stands during Wednesday's game in Toronto.


U.S. CBO estimates $2.4 trillion long-term war costs

The U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could cost taxpayers a total of $2.4 trillion by 2017 when counting the huge interest costs because combat is being financed with borrowed money, according to a study released on Wednesday.


Australia Considers Stockpiling Crude Oil, Australian Reports

Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Australia's government is considering stockpiling crude oil or refined petroleum products to protect the country from disruption to oil imports, the Australian reported.


After a drunk driver killed five other people on his way home from the airport, New Mexico ordered three airlines to halt alcohol sales on flights.


Blanchett, Clooney do "Fox" trot for cartoon

LOS ANGELES  - Oscar winners George Clooney and Cate Blanchett are eyeing lead roles in the stop-motion film "The Fantastic Mr. Fox," which marks director Wes Anderson's first foray into animation.


Iraq welcomes UN nuclear inspectors to return

In response to concerns of the disappearance of nuclear materials, Iraqi Science and Technology Minister Rashad Omar told the press Tuesday that UN nuclear inspectors are welcome to return.


Rivelazioni del quotidiano francese dopo lo scandalo nel ciclismo. Alcuni club spagnoli avrebberousato sostanze dopanti preparate dal discusso medico. Nell'elenco anche Betis e Valencia                                            Doping, Le Monde apre nuovo fronte "Real e Barcellona legate a Fuentes"


Airbus, the European aircraft maker, has scored a strategic victory over its US rival Boeing by capturing a key order for 40 new aircraft from AirAsia, the fast-growing Malaysian low-cost carrier.


Barbed wire, bread greet desperate Zimbabwe migrants

SOUTPANSBERG MILITARY BASE, South Africa  - Clouds of flies swarm the courtyard where some 75 exhausted Zimbabweans sit quietly, munching on loaves of bread and staring through the metal enclosure of their temporary South African home.


PGA Tourâs Blue-Collar American Success Story

Self-taught with a 10-finger baseball grip, Tommy Gainey hit his first golf ball at 15. Now heâs trying to make a name for himself on the PGA Tour.


Obama movement taps into 'can-do' spirit

On a picture-perfect college green in the Old South, framed by live oaks dripping with Spanish moss, Barack Obama is talking about pioneers and immigrants, about slaves and suffragettes, about the can-do spirit that Americans used to have.


Bob Schieffer of CBS News, however improbably, has begun moonlighting late-in-life as a country singer.


Delta Pilots Vote to Accept 32.5% Pay Cut

Delta Air Lines pilots approved a contract with $1 billion in annual concessions sought by the airline, which had threatened to file for bankruptcy.


Six British politicians call for the authorities in Bangladesh to release the former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina.


US President Bush will veto a package of funding for troops amid Iraq lawsuit fears, the White House says.


'Sulle pensioni voglio vedere cosa faranno i sindacati'


PREVIEW-Italy cannot afford another World Cup slip-up

Smarting from their defeat to Slovenia, Italy face Belarus on Wednesday in Parma knowing they can ill-afford to let their World Cup qualifying campaign get further off track.


Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee boasted on Wednesday about his rock-and-roll resume.


YUKOS Slides Toward Collapse as Unit Sold

Russia's top oil exporter, YUKOS , slid  closer to collapse after it lost its main production unit to a  mystery buyer in a forced auction and its crude shipments  started to slow.


Telephone directory publisher Yell sees the number of advertisers on its website increase.


La piccola Maria Geusa stuprata e uccisa a 2 anni e 7 mesi


Intel Debuts M 765, the Newest Centrino Chip

The M 765 is made using Intel's newest 90 nm process. It will begin shipping immediately in Centrino-based consumer and business devices.


PHP Magazine: Latest PHPBarnstomer Posted (#20)

Released today from PHP Magazine is their latest PHPBarnstormer - Issue #20.


Presenters at the Crypto 2004 conference identify faster ways to forge digital signatures with common security algorithms.


UN tribunal accepts French probe as evidence in genocide trial

The UN war crimes court for Rwanda accepted a controversial report by France's top anti-terrorism judge as evidence in a key genocide trial as a main witness cited in it said his testimony had been manipulated.


The way cancer services are provided is a shambles and must be drastically reformed, a report by MPs says.


EUROPA/ITALIA - Il Capitolo generale dei Cappuccini ha eletto il nuovo Ministro generale, Ã¨ fr. Mauro JÃ¶hri. In aumento la presenza nel continente asiatico, in calo lÂEuropa centro settentrionale Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Il Capitolo Generale dei Frati Minori Cappuccini ha eletto il 4 settembre il nuovo Ministro generale per il sessennio 2006-2012: Ã¨ fr. Mauro JÃ¶hri, nato il 1Â°settembre 1947 a Bivio nel cantone dei Grigioni (Svizzera). Entrato n...


People who ignore safety advice and lose money in online banking scams could be refused refunds by banks.


Verona, 17:19 - CALCIO, UEFA; CHIEVO: PILLON VUOLE UNA VITTORIA COL BRAGA

Il tecnico del Chievo Giuseppe Pillon individua l'obiettivo da raggiungere nella sfida di domani con...


Bush, Maliki to hold crunch talks on Iraq

President Bush holds crunch talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Jordan on Thursday on ways to try to stem sectarian carnage threatening to tear Iraq apart.


Snow Relishes Final Joust With Reporters

About 51 minutes into his final televised briefing, White House press secretary Tony Snow tried to calm down a rowdy room. "Let's not extend this so it becomes farce," he pleaded.


Third-party candidates long shot in election

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have what it takes to run a strong third-party presidential bid, the subject of growing talk, but the odds of winning are practically nil, experts say.


Why change, when what you're doing works so remarkably well? Right -- that strategy is change.


U.S. economy moving to "sustainable growth": NABE

The U.S. economy appears to be  getting on a sustainable growth path with GDP expected to grow  2.8 percent in 2007, and the risks of inflation are slightly  higher than those of an economic slowdown, according to a  survey of economists released on Monday.


A Green Energy Industry Takes Root Under the California Sun

Solar power is booming in California, the product of billions of dollars in investment and mountains of enthusiasm.


Rice will play its scheduled game against Army on Saturday, despite the death of defensive back Dale Lloyd.


Court clears merger path for UFJ and Mitsubishi

Tokyo - Japan's supreme court yesterday cleared the way for UFJ Holdings and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group to merge by rejecting a bid to halt the deal by Sumitomo Trust & Banking, a court spokesperson said.


Until recently, it was difficult to find news archives on the web more than 30 days old. That's changed in a big way with the advent of Google's News Archive search.


Test Better Predicts Cancer Treatment Outcomes

A new technology that counts cancer cells in the blood helps predict the success of breast cancer treatments more quickly and more reliably than established methods, researchers reported Wednesday.


Central Vermont possesses an unusual commodity, a real tenor capable of lieder, oratorio and opera.


Japan shuns US pressure for 'comfort women' apology

Japan on Wednesday brushed aside calls from US lawmakers for a fresh apology to wartime sex slaves, even as the former "comfort women" renewed their demands for Tokyo to acknowledge their plight.


Utah court finds polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs guilty of forcing 14-year-old girl to marrying cousin.


Police Capture Suspect in Illinois Capitol Shooting

A former college student suspected in Monday's slaying of a security guard at the Illinois state capitol building was captured on Tuesday as he was knocking on doors of homes nearby, police said.


Awkward Encounters in the Hollywood Trenches

During a strike, itâs enemies by day and friends by night.


Briton fined for relieving self on famed Latvian monument

A court in the Latvian capital Riga has fined a British national 810 lats (1,200 euros, 1,600 dollars) for relieving himself on the highly symbolic Freedom Monument in the centre of the city, officials said.


Sale of Serb chain marks end of socialist shopping

Since World War Two, Serbs seeking  no-frills lingerie, sturdy boots and homeware ranging from  fridges to porcelain kittens queued patiently in "Robna Kuca  Beograd," Yugoslavia's biggest department store chain.


A poll commissioned by the BBC found four out of five people want the legal smoking age in Britain to be raised from 16 to 18. The nationwide poll of 1,010 adults in England, Wales and Scotland, conducted by ICM on Aug.


Band Aid 20's 'Christmas' Tops U.K. Chart

The all-star remake of "Do They Know It's Christmas" easily debuted at No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart Sunday.


John Edwards Is the Prize      (U.S. News & World Report)

U.S. News & World Report - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards announced a new "Demand and Be Heard" competition hoping to bring more of his supporters to the website Eventful.com.


TEHRAN, Iran - Iran is ready to provide "guarantees" it won't seek nuclear weapons, President Mohammad Khatami said Saturday, urging the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency to close its investigation into the country's program when it meets next month.    The United States, which says Iran is trying to develop weapons, is pushing the International Atomic Energy Agency to refer Tehran to the U.N...


Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world's largest retailer, on Saturday said it still expects a 1 percent to 3 percent increase in December sales at its US stores open at least a year.


A second-line drug to treat a life-threatening form of leukemia has won federal approval, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday.


Searchers locate 19 hikers stranded in Sierras

SHAVER LAKE, Calif. -- Seizing on a break in the weather Thursday, rescuers managed to locate 19 hikers reported missing in a blizzard that also killed two climbers stranded on the face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.


Dopo il Grande Fratello tocca a Campioni: Ã¨ polemica

ROMA, 4 DICEMBRE 2004 - Ancora bestemmie in diretta tv. Era giÃ  costata l'uscita dalla casa del Grande Fratello al concorrente toscano Guido. Ieri pomeriggio la replica, su Italia 1 nel corso del reality 'Campioni' e scoppia la polemica.


North Korea ready to stop making plutonium: Seoul

North Korea appears ready to abandon the source of its weapons-grade plutonium but there is a still a long way to go before Pyongyang scraps its entire nuclear arms program, a top South Korean nuclear envoy said on Friday.


Vodafone Launch BlackBerry 7100v â With New Form

Vodafone have today announced a new form of BlackBerry, the 7100v. It has been designed with the BlackBerries creator, RIM (Research In Motion) and will be the first release of a new form factor.


Israel Kills 7 Palestinians in North Gaza -- Medics

BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip  - Israeli troops shot  dead seven Palestinians in a strawberry field in north Gaza on  Tuesday after mortar fire from Palestinian militants there  wounded two Jewish settlers.


Accusato di aver ucciso la moglie e di aver simulato rapina


Thousands of fans urge Mexican superstar Gloria Trevi to resume her career after she celebrated her release from jail.


Lettera-appello ai governi per "difendere interessi comuni"


Plans for regular testing of doctors are  reviewed following recommendations by the Shipman Inquiry.


LONDON, Sept. 21. - When he departed Heathrow airport a week ago with his European Ryder Cup team, captain Bernhard Langer vowed to return with the 19-inch-high Ryder Cup Trophy.


Anterselva, 19:34 - BIATHLON, CDM DONNE: AD ANTERSELVA DOMINIO TEDESCO

Nella prova d'esordio della coppa del mondo di biathlon ad Anterselva è dominio tedesco: nell...


A California broadcaster cannot give Republican candidates free air time unless the same offer is extended to other candidates, the Federal Communications Commission ruled Friday.


Otto sindacati di categoria hanno indetto una protesta di 48 oreOggetto della contestazione la riforma dei "regimi pensionistici speciali"                                          Francia, traffico paralizzato per lo sciopero dei trasporti


38 Bln Tons of Waste Water Flows into China's Three Major Rivers Last Year

38 bln tons of waste water flows into China's three major rivers last year    BEIJING, Dec.


The Securities and Exchange Commission ordered mutual funds to stop paying higher commissions to brokers who promote the companies' funds and required portfolio managers to reveal investments in funds they supervise.


Geographic Photographer Dies in Amazon Plane Crash

Freelance photographer Nicolas Reynard died yesterday. The seaplane in which he was traveling crashed in the Negro River near Manaus in northern Brazil.


Transport in Wales begins to return to normal after a day of unforecast snow caused widespread problems.


A senior BBC Radio 3 producer resigns in protest at the corporation's broadcast of Jerry Springer - The Opera.


Scottish and Newcastle rejects Carlsberg-Heineken takeover

British brewer Scottish and Newcastle (S and N) rejected a takeover bid Thursday from Denmark's Carlsberg and Dutch peer Heineken worth 6.8 billion pounds, dismissing the offer as an effort to get hold of S and N business "on the cheap."


In a country where the average life span has extended to 81.9 years, Japan's elderly are not only the longest-lived but statistically the healthiest seniors in the world.


Obese Italians win landmark benefit ruling

Italy has opened the door to a massive pay day for the seriously overweight following a ruling by the Court of Cassation, the highest court of appeal, that the obese are entitled to invalidity pensions.


Verizon-Broadcom deal allows continued imports

InfoWorld - Broadcom and Verizon Wireless have reached a deal that will allow Verizon to continue importing and selling phones that are the subject of continuing litigation between Broadcom and Qualcomm.


Ma senza aumento produttivita' niente aumento di salari


Blockbuster is said to be talking to movie download service Movielink over a possible acquisition, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The deal would be worth about $50 million in cash and stock.


US gymnast Paul Hamm's victory brought some of the most absorbing theater of the Olympics' first week.


Update 2: Anthem, WellPoint Complete $16.5B Merger

Anthem Inc. and WellPoint Health Networks Inc. completed their $16.5 billion merger Tuesday, overcoming insurance regulators' misgivings to create the nation's largest health insurance company.


The UK's Royal Society urges the UN to ignore a call by President Bush to ban all forms of human cloning.


FPL and PG&E team with Ausra on solar projects

Two of the nation's  biggest power companies are teaming up with a solar start-up to  create one of the world's largest solar power projects, which  they say could make electricity at a competitive price.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops pounded the insurgent stronghold Fallujah with airstrikes and tank fire Sunday, and the Iraqi government appealed to residents of the city to expel "foreign terrorists" and "murderers" to prevent an all-out attack...


NEW YORK--IBM has introduced two new storage products that the company said provides customers with better performance at a lower cost.


U.S. Senate candidate Katherine Harris' staff is considering whether to give away years-old campaign donations connected to a congressman who has admitted to federal corruption charges, her campaign spokeswoman said Friday.


Flat shared with dead lodger for eight years

An inquiry was under way last night to discover how the body of a dead man lay on a sofa for at least eight years while an elderly tenant continued to live in the same warden-controlled council flat


Car bomb inquiry takes on international dimension

The investigation into three failed car bombings increasingly took on an international dimension Tuesday, with several of the detained suspects believed to be doctors of Middle Eastern origin and with one man arrested in Australia.


Former Cat Stevens returns to pop music world

The Peace Train is leaving the station again, after almost 30 years in storage.


Stocks are seen opening little changed  on Monday as crude prices remain high, but insurers may dip on  worries about their potential liabilities after a hurricane  struck Florida on Friday.


FURIOUS Rafael Benitez accused referee Claus Bo Larson of laughing in Liverpool's faces last night as their Champions League prospects were dealt a controversial blow in Monaco.


A radical cleric says his followers will not surrender as tensions mount at Pakistan's besieged Red Mosque.


Malta favours early start to accession talks with Turkey

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi will this morning fly to Brussels for a crucial EU summit which will discuss the opening of accession talks with Turkey.


British heavyweight Danny Williams vows to keep boxing after being outclassed by WBC champion Vitali Klitschko.


Roma, 20:15 - CALCIO, RIDOTTA SQUALIFICA: MALDONADO PUO' TORNARE IN CAMPO

La Camera di Conciliazione e Arbitrato per lo Sport del Coni ha ridotto la squalifica di 1 anno infl...


AL Wrap: Molina Leads Angels to Sweep of Yankees

Bengie Molina had four hits, including  a three-run homer, as the Anaheim Angels completed a three-game  series sweep of the New York Yankees with a 4-3 win on Sunday.


Australiaâs conservatives handed historic free rein to impose ...

SYDNEY - Prime Minister John Howard looked set Sunday to hold the most powerful mandate of any Australian leader in a generation after weekend elections handed him effective control of both houses of parliament and free rein to impose his conservative


New centre-right Swedish PM takes office

Centre-right opposition leader Fredrik Reinfeldt, who has pledged to cut taxes and trim the welfare state, formally became Sweden's new prime minister on Thursday after winning a vote in parliament.


Market Week: Subprime Fallout Could Hit Shares

With no change in rates expected this week, investors may focus instead on subprime mortgages, where rates have been changing for the worse.


Attesa per confronto Padoa-Schioppa-Montezemolo dopo manovra


Slide Show: The MacBook Air in Perspective

Apple's ultrathin MacBook Air refocuses attention on  ultraportable laptops. How does it stack up against the competing Fujitsu's LifeBook P8010 and Toshiba's Portege R500?


Israeli soldier suspended in girl's death

GAZA CITY, Gaza StripâThe Israeli army yesterday suspended a platoon commander suspected of emptying an ammunition clip into a 13-year-old Palestinian girl from close range after she had collapsed under fire.


SEEKING to head off a challenge from video-game rival Sony Corp, Nintendo said on Tuesday that its dual-screen (DS) Game Boy player will hit stores in the United States just in time for the crucial holiday shopping season.


Chipmaker says glut in market will bring global slowdown

LONDON (CBS.MW) - Growth in global chip sales is likely to halve in 2005, Samsung Electronics said on Monday, according to reports.


Fujitsu and Cisco Form Strategic Alliance for advanced Internet ...

A router is a computer networking device that forwards data packets toward their destinations through a process known as routing. Routing occurs at layer 3 of the OSI seven-layer model.


What are the facts? What's only fiction? Roy Lewis explains.


A soldier was stabbed to death outside a barracks on the Fort Lewis Army post early Friday, and a suspect was in custody, military officials said.


A startup hopes to increase the availability of Wi-Fi by offering a new line of sun-powered routers.


Some Vendors, Analysts Question Stack Promises

Some vendors and analysts are critical of the open-source application stacks that some major vendors are offering as an integrated software alternative to similar proprietary products.


African AIDS victims fret over India patent case

AIDS patients line up at dawn outside a small medical center in one of Kenya's teeming slums.


Prime Minister Rafik Hariri resigned, dissolved his Cabinet and made the surprise announcement Wednesday that he would not try to form the next government, dropping out of the political scene at a time when Syria's role in Lebanon is being challenged by the United Nations.


The Office of Naval Research tests a ship-to-land gun that uses no fuel.


FBI Interviews Halliburton Whistleblower

FBI agents recently spent a day interviewing the Army contracting officer who raised concerns that the Pentagon improperly awarded contracts without competition to Halliburton Co., Vice President Dick Cheney's former company.


Yahoo reshuffles, CFO Decker gets key role

Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday announced a reorganization that marks Chief Financial Officer Susan Decker as a potential successor as CEO and simplifies its structure as it battles faster-growing rival Google.


Hamas gunmen on Tuesday took up positions around the stronghold of the shadowy group holding kidnapped British journalist Alan Johnston, stepping up the pressure to secure the correspondent's release.


San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich knew that after the Detroit Pistons' loss to Dallas the previous night, they would come out focused for their next contest.


Foggia: 15enne trovata morta, colpita al viso

MANFREDONIA (Foggia) -La 15enne trovata morta oggi nelle campagne di Manfredonia, nel foggiano, e' stata colpita piu' volte alla testa e al volto con una pietra. Secondo quanto emerso dalle prime indagini


Britain's leading academic institution is backing a campaign to stop the US banning on all forms of human cloning. The Royal Society has joined 67 other national academies urging the UN to ban the cloning


Bogus boy's departure puts trivia at risk Comment After pressure over the weekend from Wikipedia's Il Duce Jimmy Wales, the encyclopedia's most illustrious fake professor Ryan Jordan has resigned his post at Wikia Inc.â¦


Deck certainly seems stacked against these Cards

The Cardinals don't need to consult a history book to know what the odds are against them now. Only the Red Sox have come back from being down, 0-3, in a best-of-seven baseball series, and no club in history has done it in a World Series.


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Google adds major libraries to its database

Google, the operator of the world's most popular Internet search service, plans to announce an agreement Tuesday with some of the nation's leading research libraries and Oxford


France Expands Anti-Terror Investigation

France's counterterrorism agency detained another four people Wednesday, expanding an investigation of a network suspected of funneling French Islamic militants to Iraq, authorities said.


CORRECTED - UPDATE 2-Greenspan warns appetite for dollar to ...

In FRANKFURT story headlined "UPDATE 2-Greenspan warns appetite for dollar to dwindle" please read in paragraph 13 ... said Jason Bonanca ... instead of ... said Jason Bonaca ... (adds dropped letter). FRANKFURT


Iraq outlines a security plan for the   elections and admits voting will be limited in four restive provinces.


Lawyers predict FTC's Rambus case will move forward

WASHINGTON - Two lawyers on federal regulatory issues predicted Thursday the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) would ignore a recommendation by an administrative law judge to end its antitrust case against Rambus Inc.


Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. CTB.N on  Friday said it agreed to sell an automotive parts  business to  buyout firms Cypress Group and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners  for about $1.165 billion, the latest private equity purchase in  the sector.


Campaigning starts for Russia's parliamentary elections, due to take place on 2 December.


SPECTOR: Players' offer not quite good enough

Thursday's collective bargaining meeting between the NHL and NHLPA lasted only four hours, but it's still unknown if anything came out of it to save the 2004-05 season.


Immigration Minister Shane Gibson resigned Sunday night in a flap over his relationship with Anna Nicole Smith, apologizing to the Bahamian people for any embarrassment he may have caused the country.


Ambientalisti trovano accordo con governo neozelandese


Italy, Tunisia navies block migrant vessel

An Italian warship has intercepted a vessel full of migrants in international waters south of Lampedusa and summoned the Tunisian navy to escort it back to the North African coast, Italy's ANSA news agency ...


Bonnie Bleskachek knows what discrimination feels like.


Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Friday welcomed Chinese investment, saying he wanted Britain to be the top destination for money from the Asian giant.


A ragged fence and a canyon called Smugglers Gulch mark the westernmost stretch of the California-Mexico border, a favorite crossing point for illegal immigrants and drug runners.


Texas arrests seven sex offenders based on MySpace data

Six convicted sex offenders have been arrested in Texas for posting online profiles on the MySpace social networking site.


"Atonement," "Sweeney Todd" win Golden Globes

BEVERLY HILLS, California  - Film romance "Atonement" and movie musical "Sweeney Todd" claimed the top honors at the strike-plagued Golden Globe Awards on Sunday in a bare-bones news conference that lacked the usual Hollywood glamour.


Company launches Windows-only JFK Assassination game via online ...

"A spokesman for the president's brother, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., called the game 'despicable.' The Glasgow-based firm Traffic said "JFK Reloaded" was an educational "docu-game" that would help disprove conspiracy theories about Kennedy's death.


UPDATE 1-Thompson on target again for Celtic

Midfielder Alan Thompson scored his third goal in as many games for Scottish champions Celtic in a 2-1 premier league win over Kilmarnock on Saturday.


By Katy Stech, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.  Feb.


US Senator Edward Kennedy has proposed cutting subsidies to college loan providers by $18.3 billion and using the savings to increase aid for low-income students, in legislation similar to a measure approved by a House panel.


The Race Committee and all the competing teams remained on water in the Gulf of Valencia for most of the afternoon in the hope of some action, but their patient waiting was in vain and racing was cancelled for the day mid-afternoon.


When to use bird flu vaccine a "tricky issue"

A vaccine against the killer H5N1 bird flu virus could be licensed for human use in a year, but when to use it is becoming a "tricky issue", a senior World Health Organization official said on Wednesday.


Geneva - Children with HIV and Aids are dying needlessly because of a lack of suitable drugs and the high cost of medicines adapted to their needs, the humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Tuesday.


A barrel of oil for delivery in February trades at $100 on the New York Mercantile Exchange for the first time.


Big Brain Theory: Have Cosmologists Lost Theirs?

A bizarre scenario takes theories of modern cosmology to the limit.


U.N. rules to contain health emergencies take hold

New rules to help the United Nations contain public health emergencies took effect on Friday, requiring countries to disclose potential threats from disease, chemical agents, radioactive materials and contaminated food.


Shopping for a Job at BaseballÂs Winter Meetings

Nick Green made a subdued visit to baseballÂs winter meetings last week to meet with as many teams as possible.


Australian Labor to Raise Pensions, Fund Grandparents

Australia's main opposition Labor Party leader Mark Latham targeted aged voters in his official election campaign launch today, promising to provide free hospital care for people over


Hate the RIAA? Buy a 'Free Jammie' thong

As accused file sharer tries to raise money for legal fees, she takes to selling bibs, boxers, and other merchandise bearing her new logo.


Scientists Ready Big Study of North and South Poles

An ambitious two-year effort aims to understand the vital, shifting dynamics of ice, oceans and life at the ends of the earth.


Boss, Maybe You Should Use My Phone for a Minute...

A German telecommunications company said on Tuesday it is developing the first mobile phone that will alert users when their breath is bad or if they are giving off offensive smells.


Indonesia Struck by 8.5-Magnitude Quake, US Seismologists Say

The Indonesian island of Sumatra was rocked by a magnitude 8.5 earthquake, the US Geological Survey said on its Web site. That may rank it among the 10 strongest earthquakes in the last century.


It girl turned sole trader makes millions as Jimmy Choo deal is ...

Tamara Mellon, the former It girl and fashion PR, yesterday saw a Â£150,000 loan from her father turn into a Â£50m fortune when the Jimmy Choo shoes business was bought by the American


NEW DELHI, Sept. 5. - âA good beginning.â That was how senior official sources categorised the first day of talks between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan, Mr Natwar Singh and Mr Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, today.


More heavyweights join mobile Linux group

Orange, Access join the LiMo Foundation to collaborate on its upcoming mobile Linux platform, which promises more applications for users.


Sony To Begin Mass Production of Full-Color OLED Displays

OLED or Organic LED is not made of semiconductors. It's made from carbon-based molecules. That is the key science factor that leads to potentially eliminating LEDs' biggest drawback - size.


The incoming EU Commission president is to call for a delay in a crucial vote on his new team, reports say.


TiVo Stock Off on Weakness in Most Lucrative Users

TiVo Inc., the maker of pioneering television recording technology, posted strong subscriber growth in its latest quarter, but weakness in its most profitable segment spooked investors on Friday.


Firenze, 17:25 - CALCIO, STADIO FIRENZE: OK ABBONATI PER DERBY EMPOLI

Aprire lo stadio di Firenze ai 23.900 abbonati della Fiorentina per il derby del 25 febbraio contro ...


Londra, 12:33 - CALCIO, GB; STAMPA CON CAPELLO: BECKHAM MERITA ESCLUSIONE

Fabio Capello non prende in considerazione David Beckham e la stampa britannica in gran parte approv...


French conglomerate wants to build its presence in domestic telecom market, confirming talks.


AT&T says almost sold out of Apple iPhones

AT&T Inc. sold almost all its initial stock of Apple Inc.'s iPhone within hours of the device going on sale, an AT&T spokesman said on Saturday.


The information watchdog predicts "scraps" with central government over the new freedom of information laws.


Tottenham's newest acquisition Michael Carrick has his eyes firmly focused on a place in Sven-Goran Eriksson's England squad after securing a dream move to White Hart Lane.


Giants 21, Cowboys 17: Giants Advance to the N.F.C. Championship

The Giantsâ victory over the Cowboys was the teamâs ninth consecutive win on the road and sends them to Green Bay to play the Packers next Sunday in the N.F.C. championship.


At least three dozen railroad workers may have been fired unfairly because they failed background checks recommended by the Homeland Security Department, Democratic congressmen said Thursday.


Philippines plays down security threat at summit

CEBU, Philippines  - Philippine officials played down on Thursday the risk of militants bombing a gathering of Asian leaders next week after the British and Australian governments warned of potential terrorist attacks.


Szulik resigns at Red Hat; Former Delta exec tapped as CEO

Red Hat said it hired the former COO of Delta Airlines to serve as president and CEO.


Americans John C. Mather and George F. Smoot won the 2006 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for work that helped cement the big-bang theory of the universe.


As a black woman, Jeanettea Bryan had been waiting eight years to cast a presidential vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton, until the rhetoric in the Democratic primary got rough and racial.


Iran's Larijani plans talks with West in Germany

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator said on Wednesday he planned to hold talks with Western officials in Germany, in the first such contacts since the United Nations imposed sanctions on Iran in December.


StubHub Announces Launch of Interactive StubHub Maps

StubHub, the fan's ticket marketplace, today announced the launch of StubHub Maps(TM), interactive seating maps that make it easy to compare and choose tickets for events at leading venues.


Congress Votes for a Stimulus of $168 Billion

The rescue package includes rebates for taxpayers and tax breaks for businesses that lawmakers and President Bush hope will set off a rush of springtime spending.


Tense calm returns to Lebanon camp after 33-day war

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - An uneasy calm settled over a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday after the Lebanese army claimed victory in 33 days of fighting against al Qaeda-inspired militants.


UAL seeks additional two billion dollars in cuts

CHICAGO  - Bankrupt United Airlines is seeking another two billion dollars in labour savings from its workforce, according to papers filed with a US district bankruptcy court.


Making Good on California's Global Warming Gambit

Environmentalists insist the strict new limits on emissions will be a boon to the economy, but businesses will have a daunting task meeting the state's ambitious goals


If the founder of GreenDimes has his way, millions of tons of unwanted mail will go the way of pesky phone solicitations.


US and Iraqi forces conduct mopping up operations in Samarra

Iraqi security forces patrolled the streets, and US troops went door to door searching for weapons and fighters Sunday after the military claimed success in wresting control of Samarra from Sunni insurgents in fierce fighting.


Earnhardt Loses Appeal of 25-Point Penalty

Dale Earnhardt Jr. lost his appeal of a 25-point penalty and $10,000 fine for using a vulgarity during a postrace TV interview.


U.S. raises Belarus, Russia cancels Iran UN meeting

Talks on Iran's nuclear  ambitions were abruptly called off on Tuesday because of  Russian anger at the United States for raising a hunger strike  by a jailed opposition politician in Belarus.


US marijuana case challenges principle of states' rights

The principle of states' rights faced a stiff challenge at the US Supreme Court yesterday, as the justices tried to decide whether federal drug laws should trump a California


U.S. Won't Report South Korea to U.N. for Nuclear Tests

The Bush administration has decided against moving to report South Korea to the U.N. Security Council today for conducting secret nuclear experiments four years ago, U.S. officials said.


New papers cast doubt on Vatican claims about when it learned of the atrocities at Auschwitz.


Popular spam fighter's effectiveness questioned

A technological weapon against unwanted ''spam" e-mails that has been embraced by leading Internet companies doesn't work as well as its developers had hoped, according to a new study.


Livingstone courts London Poles ahead of polls

Â· Mayor reaches out to Polish voters in capital  Â· Pork and pierogi at City Hall to woo community


Terror Group Claims Responsibility For Soldier Massacre

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The group led by Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is claiming responsibility for an ambush that killed dozens of Iraqi soldiers in eastern Iraq.


It should be easier for mobile users to discover the amount of radiation generated by their handsets,  a leading expert says.


By Borys Kit  LOS ANGELES  - Even before "Alien vs.  Predator," the resurrection of two tired movie franchises,  captured the top spot at the weekend box office, New Line  Cinema began plotting a new face-off for its horror favorites,  Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees, who had their own moment  atop the box office last August with "Freddy vs. Jason."


Obesity boosts pregnancy risk in pill-taking women:

[Health India]: Washington, Dec 29: A new study conducted by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center suggest that overweight and obese women who take oral contraceptives are 60 percent to 70 percent more likely to get pregnant while on the birth-control


Su 1,4% del capitale dell'azienda quotata in Piazza Affari


Roddy White and four other Atlanta Falcons were fined by the NFL for violating uniform regulations with tributes to Michael Vick during last week's Monday night game.


Oil price hits record-high 92 dollars in New York

World oil prices surged to historic highs Friday, breaching 92 dollars for the first time in New York on rising tension in crude-rich Iran and tight US energy supplies, analysts said.


The mother of a councillor who fired shots after their car was attacked blames the UDA for intimidating them.


Roma, Milano, Torino e Napoli citta' piu' a rischio


SANTA CLARA, Calif. (Sports Network) - Looking for a  brighter future, the San Francisco 49ers are banking on a  connection to the past.


I guess we were all just very desperate and very stupid. Just last week there was that ray of hope that the National Hockey League labor strife could be nearing an end.


UK Finance Minister Gordon Brown outlines  plans to increase aid to developing countries and eliminate their debt.


âWhy Appleâs âconsumerâ Macs are enterprise-worthyâ

âNot too long ago, ad agencies, design firms and other creative companies were about the only businesses that widely deployed Macintosh computers to their employees,â writes Seth Weintraub for Computerworld. âBut for a number of reasons, word of the benefits of Apple Inc. hardware  â  and software  â  on enterprise desktops is now spreading.â


GM ends $4.1 bln credit pact, says liquidity OK

General Motors Corp  on Friday said it had terminated a $4.1 billion standby credit agreement with a syndicate of banks, saying it had sufficient liquidity without the borrowing arrangement.


An ex-Soviet spy who defected to Britain is to be honoured by the Queen at Buckingham Palace.


Sponsorship inquiry promises to reopen old wounds for Martin Liberals

OTTAWA (CP) - The sponsorship scandal that did so much to reduce the federal Liberals to minority government is back to haunt them - just as Prime Minister Paul Martin prepares for the fall parliamentary session.


A Christian video game has become the  latest battleground in America's "culture" wars, with its maker  claiming it promotes prayer while critics charge it carries a  message of violent religious intolerance.


Intel's entertainment-oriented line of computers begs the question: Who needs a PC tethered to a television? By Dan Goodin.


Bank of New York to buy Mellon Financial

Bank of New York Co. Inc.  on Monday announced plans to buy Mellon Financial Corp.  for about $16.5 billion, creating a powerhouse in securities servicing and asset management.


McAfee Inc., a leading maker of computer antivirus software, said Tuesday it is buying ScanAlert Inc. for $51 million, adding to its Internet security offerings a service intended to help consumers feel safer shopping online.


Nutrition: Childrenâs Supplements May Skew Research

Nutritional supplements are generally not taken into account when health researchers try to get a snapshot of the nationâs nutritional habits, a new study finds.


NEW YORK - It's not lack of choice that is the problem when trying to choose a digital music player, it's rather the opposite.


Warmth, tennis served up in behaved 'Wimbledon'

âWimbledonâ is a well-behaved movie about nice people who have good things happen to them. Thatâs kind of startling in a world where movie characters, especially in


Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan left the Jodha-Akbar sets to meet Amitabh Bachchan in nearby Karjat.


Answering Latin Left, Bush Pledges to Help Poor

The presidentâs Latin American tour represented an urgent attempt to stave off growing anti-American sentiment in the region.


Nadal reaches final after Djokovic retires

Novak Djokovic handed second seed Rafael Nadal a Wimbledon final encounter with Roger Federer after retiring injured with the Spaniard leading their semi-final 3-6 6-1 4-1 on Saturday.


Commissione europea ha sbloccato un frequenza radio dedicata


A three-year-old girl survived a "targeted" shooting at a house that left three dead and two injured, police say.


Chertoff says Europe poses terrorism threat

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Wednesday that one of the biggest threats to U.S. security may now come from within Europe.


A new $58 million lab at Michigan State University will be a key to detecting diseases that start in animals but can be transmitted to people.


OPEC Ponders Measures to Defend Oil Price

OPEC oil producers meeting on Sunday are  debating what advance measures they can put in place to head  off a potential price drop after the northern winter, cartel  ministers said on Saturday.


France seeks to bring Chad convicts home

France prepared a formal request on  Thursday asking Chad to send home six French aid workers  sentenced to eight years' hard labor for trying to kidnap 103  children, the Foreign Ministry in Paris said.


What's better than a high-quality stock? A high-quality stock that's got the wind at its back!


Clinton, Elder Bush to Attend Super Bowl

Former presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush will attend Super Bowl XXXIX and make another plea for tsunami victims, the NFL announced Wednesday.


Lawyer Ron, in Fine Form, Wins the Woodward Stakes

Lawyer Ron won the race by eight and a quarter lengths at Saratoga Race Course Saturday, moving to the top of the handicap division.


Dollar Edges Higher as Greenspan Awaited

The dollar posted modest gains on Wednesday as investors awaited comments from the Federal Reserve chief that are expected to point to further rises in US interest rates this year.


Bollywood gives children some reason to smile

Kids never had it so good. After decades of neglect, the genre of children's cinema is   increasingly finding favour with the dream merchants of Hindi filmdom.


Esplode ordigno a Khalis e autobomba a Baghdad, vittime


Time Warner Plans to Split Off AOLâs Dial-Up Service

Seeking to cut costs and streamline operations, Time Warner will separate AOLâs Internet access business from its Web site and online advertising business and cut 100 jobs at its corporate unit.


U.K. data thieves face two years in prison

Proposed changes to law aim to deter insiders and others who sell or deliberately misuse confidential information.


Valentine Roses Hit With Toxic Chemicals

By JOSHUA GOODMAN  BOGOTA, Colombia - It's probably the last thing most people think about when buying roses - by the time the bright, velvety flowers reach your Valentine, they will have been sprayed, rinsed and dipped in a battery of potentially lethal chemicals.


British Airways reports a fall in  profits to Â£113m for the three months to December, from Â£166m a year earlier.


IT took just eight explo- sive rounds for Felix "Tito" Trinidad to put himself back atop boxing's mantle of greatness.


Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell says overstretched US troops are losing the conflict in Iraq.


A videotape of the beheading of British hostage Kenneth Bigley appeared Sunday on an Islamist Web site, showing the civil engineer pleading that he wanted to live a simple life moments before he was ...


Karzai Leads Afghan Vote Rivals From Pakistan Border to Iran

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is leading his rivals in the country's first presidential vote after two decades of civil war, drawing support from the southern and eastern border with


Lebanese leaders seek to salvage president vote

Rival Lebanese leaders tried to salvage a parliamentary session on Monday which is due to elect the army chief as president, a move that could defuse Lebanon's worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war.


She steps out of a stretch limo in a multi-colored short number. You have got your eyes on her. Lustrous hair, her kohl-lined eyes, an attractive bustline, dusky legs that adorn glamorous stilettos.


A decline in the nation's inventory of heating oil catapulted crude futures prices toward $55 a barrel Thursday. It was the latest jolt to a market already rattled by the


The US government asks the World Trade Organisation to step in to stop EU member states from "subsidising" planemaker Airbus.


Kuyt converts penalties to help Liverpool win Merseyside derby

Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt's stoppage time penalty snatched a dramatic 2-1 win over nine-man Everton in the 206th Merseyside derby on Saturday.


The UN's atomic energy agency chief welcomes Iran's decision to allow inspections of its heavy water reactor.


Hurricane Ivan, after killing at least 65 people in the Caribbean, appeared set to turn to the northwest this morning, putting it on a track that threatens the Gulf Coast between Florida's Panhandle and Louisiana.


Music Review | 'Final Alice': What a Curious Feeling! Making a Big Idea Small

At Maverick Concerts, a scaled-down vision of David Del Trediciâs âFinal Aliceâ underscored aspects overshadowed by the voluptuousness of the original work.


Police in central China have rescued 217 people, including 29 children, who had been forced to work as slaves at brick kilns, official media reported yesterday. More than 35,000 officers were mobilized to raid 7,500 kilns in Henan province during a three-day campaign that ended Tuesday, the Xinhua News Agency reported. They detained 120 suspects, it said. ...


Kmart, Sears Merger Could Change Low-Cost Shopping

CHICAGO -- Two companies famous for blue-light specials and monstrous catalogs are joining forces to become the third-largest retailer in the United States.


Iran says Gulf shields its banks from U.S. pressure

U.S. allies such as Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates are helping shield Iran's banking system from Washington's "financial terrorism", the governor of Iran's central bank said on Tuesday.


A MASKED man with a US accent claiming to be a member of al-Qaida has surfaced in a video warning of a new terror attack. The tape, where the man warns "the streets of America will run red with blood", was


Founders' alma mater to rake in nearly $16M

SAN FRANCISCO  Stanford University's scholarship fund will be significantly plumper after Google shares begin trading today.


Patriots offensive guru Charlie Weis will change up his style in a ...

I remember toward the end of the 1973 season, as the Dolphins were heading for their second straight Super Bowl championship, their offense had turned almost completely one-dimensional.


Bush strategist Karl Rove takes victory lap after election win

WASHINGTON, Nov 7  - Karl Rove, chief strategist behind President George W. Bush's successful bid to recapture the White House, took a victory lap around the US talk shows Sunday, expounding on the strategy of the campaign he had stage-managed from


Disappointing Sales During Holiday Season

Spending during the Christmas season rose just 3.6 percent over last year, the weakest rate in at least four years, a report by a credit card company said.


Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, the Zambian prelate who already had angered the Vatican by getting married in 2001, has been excommunicated for again defying the Holy See by installing four married men as bishops, the Vatican said Tuesday.


Airlines Told to Turn Over Passenger Data

WASHINGTON - Information on passengers who took a commercial flight within the United States in June will be turned over to the government so it can test a new system for identifying potential terrorists.    People will have a chance to tell the government what they think about the plan during a 30-day comment period, federal officials said on Tuesday...


Wine and spirits company Brown-Forman  Corp. (BFa.N) (BFb.N) on Monday said it will buy the assets of  Mexican tequila maker Grupo Industrial Herradura for $876  million.


Parliamentary election fell short of standards

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan Europe's top election watchdog said Monday that Uzbekistan's parliamentary election fell far short of democratic standards.


ARE, Sweden  - The qualifying race for the men's giant slalom at the Alpine ski world championships on Monday attracted entries from some exotic nations but Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong stood out from the crowd.


By 2020, the United States will emit almost one-fifth more greenhouse gases than it did in 2000, according to a government report. By the Associated Press.


Nokia extends messaging options in handsets

Nokia Corp. said deals with Visto Corp. and Good Technology Inc. to expand the messaging options on its handsets. Nokia has a similar agreement with Visto and Good rival Research In Motion Ltd.


Lexmark 2nd-Quarter Profit Drops on Lower Sales

The printer maker said its second-quarter profit declined 16 percent, to $64.2 million, on lower consumer segment sales and higher costs.


Focused Kerry Bags a Goose, Aims for Swing Votes

For Democratic challenger John Kerry, the presidential race has come down to three words -- focus, focus, focus. Even a hunting trip on Thursday was more about votes than geese.


New Report Aims to Reduce Human Impacts of HABs

By Anonymous  A new report, Harmful Algal Research and Response: A Human Dimensions Strategy; proposes a detailed implementation plan for the research necessary to reduce the public health. socio-cultural and economic impacts of harmful algal blooms (HABs).


Three Cardiff hospitals bought potentially contaminated body parts allegedly stolen in the US, it is revealed.


Auckland, 10:39 - Tennis, Auckland: Starace fuori nei quarti

L'avventura di Potito Starace si ferma ai quarti di finale del torneo Atp di Auckland (cemento, mont...


In calo del 28%, nuovo minimo storico a 0,621 euro


AMERICA/BRASILE - V Conferenza Generale di Aparecida - Prime indicazioni dei Vescovi sulla relazione finale che avrÃ  come assi tematici tre temi: discepoli, missionari e vita Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - Durante la relazione sulle attivitÃ  della V Conferenza Generale dellÂEpiscopato Latinoamericano e dei Caraibi, lunedÃ¬ 21 maggio, i Vescovi hanno presentato le prime idee sulla stesura del documento finale. Alla conferenza ...


Sri Lanka take just 30 minutes on day four of the first Test in Colombo to complete a crushing victory over Bangladesh.


Pennsylvaniaâs Agriculture Department has backed off its plan to ban milk-container labels stating that the milk comes from cows not treated with bovine growth hormone.


Support Network Offers Energy Options for Churches

By Anna Kaplan, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Feb. 10--Stockton churches wanting to play a role in a greener world now have a support network.   California Interfaith Power and Light is an organization that helps faith communities make their churches and homes more energy efficient.


PHILADELPHIA -- Freddie Mitchell showed 'em why he's called "Hollywood." In the Eagles' first meaningful game in nearly a month, the backups played like regulars and the supporting cast picked up the slack. Philadelphia wasn't rusty at all in reaching its fourth straight NFC Championship game with a 27-14 romp yesterday over the self-destructing Minnesota Vikings.


Chile on Friday became the eighth member  of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to win the right to hit  the United States with sanctions over an illegal anti-dumping  law known as the Byrd amendment.


A complicated three-team deal designed  to bring five-times Cy Young award winner Randy Johnson to the  New York Yankees was under threat on Friday.


There is anger at the suggestion the government may be asked to say it fought a war against the IRA.


Iraqi Shiite rebels to lay down arms, US says more troops may be ...

BAGHDAD : A key step toward peace in Iraq was taken when the militia of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr agreed to lay down their arms in the capital, as US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said more troops may be needed to ensure safe elections in January.


At least eight people were killed and 30 others wounded Monday in a car bomb explosion in central Baghdad, security sources said. It was not immediately known if a suicide bomber


AN Indonesian court has sentenced a Muslim militant to 10 years in jail after finding him guilty of involvement in last year's JW Marriott hotel bombing in Jakarta.


More than 80 killed and 150 wounded in Iraq as debate intensifies in Washington over US withdrawal.


Couples Makes Early Move, Fast Start for Els

THOMASTOWN, Ireland  - Former U.S. Masters  champion Fred Couples made the first significant move in the  WGC-American Express Championship second round Friday, surging  up the leaderboard with a five-under-par 67.


Houston Chronicle Computing Column: Push Their Buttons With Gifts to Geeks

By Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle  Dec. 12--Got geeks on your holiday gift list? Whether you intend to spend a little or a lot, there are plenty of tech-based choices this season.   But you've got less than two weeks to make those decisions, so get cracking.


NEW DELHI, Oct 1: India does not plan to withdraw troops from the Siachen Glacier and recent news reports claiming otherwise are "pure speculation and a lie," Indian Foreign Minister Kunwar Natwar Singh said on Friday.


Bike-riding suicide bomber kills 30 Iraqi police

A suicide bomber on a bicycle killed 30 Iraqi policemen doing their morning exercises at a base north of Baghdad on Monday, in one of the deadliest strikes on security forces in months.


Guo takes second gold in women's 3m springboard

Reigning synchronized 3m springboard Olympic champion Guo Jingjing breezed to the individual title for her second Olympic gold here Thursday in the diving pool.


Apple: Steve Jobs knew of stock option backdating

A three-month investigation by Apple Computer's board of directors found that the company backdated option grants made on 15 dates between 1997 and 2002 and CEO Steve Jobs knew of the practice.


Kyle Boller throws two touchdowns after Steve McNair leaves the game with an injury and the Ravens clinch a playoff berth with a 27-17 victory over the Browns.


Cinemas use night goggles to nab pirates

Malaysian cinemas have found a powerful new weapon in their fight against movie pirates -- military-style night-vision goggles.


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