Carrey's 'Snicket' Top Ticket at Box Office

Comedian Jim Carrey returned to the top of the North American box office with the grim children's movie "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.


Microsoft thanks EU after losing its appeal

General counsel insists still committed to Europe Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith has given the company's first response to the rejection of its appeal against the European Commission's anti-trust action.â¦


Estorsioni ai danni di imprenditori edili e agricoli


Hackers target aspiring Internet scammers

In a twist, security researchers have discovered a group of hackers who are exploiting a new category of victims -- aspiring Internet scammers.A Moroccan group called "Mr. Brain" is offering free phishing kits on a Web site hosted in France, said Paul Mutton, Internet services developer at Netcraft, a security company in Bath, England.The software packages make it easy to quickly set up a fraudulent Web site mimicking a known brand in order to trick people into divulging credit card details or bank account numbers. Templates for spam e-mail are also included, targeting brands such as Bank of America, eBay, PayPal, and HSBC.Mr. Brain's Web site lists the kits and what kind of details each one is capable of collecting, such as usernames, passwords or Social Security numbers. Netcraft posted screenshots on its Web site.But what the aspiring scammer doesn't know is that the phishing kits are designed to send any sensitive information that's collected back to e-mail accounts controlled by Mr. Brain, Mutton said."Obviously, that's why they are offering this stuff for free," Mutton said. "I was impressed by it."Mr. Brain hides the special e-mail function in a blend of PHP scripts, one of which is encrypted, Mutton said. Just in case someone decrypts it, Mr. Brain has written at the top of the file "Don't need to change anything here. Created by Mr. Brain Morocco Team."The scheme seems to be targeted at new phishers, Mutton said. Mr. Brain benefits since other wannabe scammers shoulder the cost and risk of finding an ISP (Internet Service Provider) to host the phishing site, Mutton said."Essentially, they're exploiting all these novice phishers -- basically getting them to do all the hard work," Mutton said.It's difficult to tell without further research how many of the free phishing kits linked with this latest scam are live on the Internet, but Mutton said Netcraft noticed one earlier this month targeting Bank of America."Clearly, these are actively being used in phishing attacks," Mutton said.


Crolla il Messina, Sampdoria sconfitta in casa, mezzo stop per la ...

La 7.a giornata della Serie A vede lâexploit del Lecce, che travolge il domicilio con un sonante 4-1 e vola al secondo posto. Momento importante anche per Parma e Livorno, che ottengono la loro prima vittoria


Drug firms force a judicial review over government plans to  encourage GPs to move patients onto cheaper drugs.


Administrative Law Judges Fight Law-License Requirement

There are about 1,400 administrative law judges in the federal government, and they're pretty powerful.


GCC conference opens in midst of family feud and growing ...

MANAMA: The Gulf Cooperation Council conference opens Monday amid an increasingly unstable security situation in Iraq and a trade disagreement between Saudi Arabia, its largest member, and


DETROIT - Steven Dulka III knew Oct. 2 was going to be a big day - but he didn't know how big...


Cub Scouts Mark Hanukkah With U.S. Troops

If not for Cub Scouts in Houston, Army Spc. Joseph Lowit would find it next-to-impossible to celebrate Hanukkah.


Police search for a rapist after he walks out from an open prison near Usk, south Wales.


Strategy to contain flu pandemic takes shape

Health authorities are drawing up plans to ban public gatherings and close international airports and schools as part of a global strategy in the event of an influenza pandemic.


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President Bush's performance evaluation is underway now, and his scores will be determined by the voters who are weighing whether he has met the goals he set for himself four years ago.


The first two at-bats were the kind of moments he'd like to forget. Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek looked, for lack of a better word, wobbly in his initial appearances against Anaheim fireballer Bartolo Colon.


Former U.N. ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick dies at 80

Jeane Kirkpatrick, a key player in former President Ronald Reagan's conservative foreign policy as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has died, the American Enterprise Institute, where she was a senior fellow, said on Friday.


Microsoft Opens Software Development Campus in India

Microsoft on Monday formally opened a new software development campus in India that is Microsoft's largest campus after its Redmond, Wash.


Internet Explorer market share drops below 90 percent in Europe

Mozilla's Firefox browser continues to steal market share form Microsoft's Internet Explorer around the globe. According to a report released by a German Internet


Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah starts a six-day official visit to Britain for talks expected to focus on defence and economic matters.


A new anti-discrimination rule could permit conjugal visits for gay inmates in Mexico City prisons, a city official said.


Pakistani forces kill leading al-Qaida militant in shootout

Pakistani security forces arrested more terrorist suspects yesterday, a day after killing the country's leading al-Qaida figure and most wanted terrorist.


Study says video games are good for eyes

Video game addicts,  rejoice: U.S. researchers have found that playing is actually  good for your eyes, and despite all those dire warnings from  your parents, it won't make you blind.


Ethiopia rings in Millennium with fireworks, prayers

Fireworks exploded and the faithful knelt in prayer as Ethiopia finally greeted a new Millennium on Wednesday.


Forget about finding the next Microsoft. You'll do better by looking at what others don't want.


Goodell orders Vick out of training camp

Michael Vick was ordered by commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday to stay away from the Atlanta Falcons' training camp until the league reviews the dogfighting charges against him.


Group says reporter died in Turkmenistan

A human rights activist and journalist has died in prison in Turkmenistan, according to a rights group whose director blamed the government Thursday for what he said appeared to have been her violent death.


Valencia, 16:36 - VELA, COPPA AMERICA: NEW ZEALAND BATTE ALINGHI: E' 1-1

Emirates New Zealand ha battuto Alinghi per 28'' nella seconda regata di finale di Coppa Emerica. I ...


Boeing fires airborne laser as part of missile defense

A Boeing Co.-led team has succeeded in firing a laser beam for the first time as part of a ballistic missile defense shield, the Pentagon and the Boeing Co.


Retribuzioni, +3% nel secondo trimestre 2004

Roma, 29 set. - (Adnkronos) - Nel secondo trimestre 2004 le retribuzioni lorde per unitÃ  di lavoro equivalenti a tempo pieno (Ula) hanno registrato nella media del complesso dell'industria e dei servizi un


Low-Profile Race in Vermont Could Have National Ramifications

The open-seat contest for VermontÃ¢ÂÂs at-large House seat may not have as high a national profile as the stateÃ¢ÂÂs open-seat Senate race, as the state heads into its primary elections Tuesday. But unless the dynamics change greatly over the final eight weeks before the general election on Nov. 7, the House race may have a stronger bearing on the partisan battle for control of Congress.


Wineke: What we need in this mess is real in formation

What in heaven's name is going on with painkiller drugs? One day, we're told they're safe; the next day we're told they'll kill us.


Overcoming ordinary reviews, comic adventure National Treasure found quite a fortune across North America, digging up an estimated $35 million in three days.


Pakistan accuses al Qaeda of killing Bhutto

Pakistan accused al Qaeda of killing opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, whose assassination has plunged the nuclear-armed country into crisis and triggered bloody protests.


The US military judge hearing the Abu Ghraib abuse case suggested Tuesday he would compel top military intelligence commanders to testify unless the prosecution moves


Gardens are vital habitats for nesting bumblebees, a study suggests.


TV Sports: Nike Puts Women Back on the Pedestal

In the companyâs new ad campaign, 18 women step up to deliver a unified message: Weâre athletes, so ditch the female modifier.


Senate leaders battle for immigration pact

U.S. Senate leaders battled to hold together a fragile immigration compromise on Thursday as President George W. Bush, in an impassioned plea for the bill, insisted 12 million people could not be sent home.


Brainshare - Identity management is key for Novell

Novell kicked off Brainshare Europe in Barcelona by outlining its strategy to make identity management the basis of all IT systems.


Apple may be close to developing a Wi-Fi enabled iPod if new patent applications recently filed provide any indication of its future plans.


Former Indonesian general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has become Indonesia first directly elected president in a landslide victory. Yudhoyono, who promised to inject fresh life into


Canada PM to probe reports of recruiting of child soldiers in Sri Lanka

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin said that during his visit to Sri Lanka, he would check on reports of a stepped-up child recruitment drive by rebel Tamil Tigers in the wake of the tsunami.


Rijkaard stays upbeat after disappointing return to Milan

Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard remained upbeat after his return to the San Siro ended in a 1-0 Champions League defeat by AC Milan on Wednesday.


THERE IS MORE TO REPORT ABOUT THE FLU SHOT SHORTAGE HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE US, AND THE WORLD. THE ERIE CENTER ON HEALTH AND AGING NOW SAYS THEY WILL HAVE TO CANCEL ALMOST ALL OF THEIR COMMUNITY FLU SHOT DISTRIBUTIONS NEXT WEEK.


Single Protein a Key Player in Skin Cancer

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDayNews) -- A protein called Stat3 sets skin cancer development in motion, says a study by researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.


Darden Restaurants Reports Second Quarter Diluted Net Earnings per ...

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) today reported quarterly sales of $1.23 billion for the second quarter ended November 28, 2004, and diluted net earnings


Lo spagnolo precede Rasmussen, sempre piu' in maglia gialla


Bank of England policymakers voted 9-0 to cut UK interest rates to 5.5% earlier this month, minutes show.


Bush says budget will limit non-defense spending

President Bush said on Saturday that his upcoming budget proposal would emphasize restraint on domestic spending while putting defense and war costs for Iraq and Afghanistan as the top priority.


US team's class clown `grip-and-rips' his way to a pole vault ...

He's a California surfer dude, an air guitar virtuoso -- and the US Olympic team's resident class clown. Toby Stevenson also happens to be very good at what he does: the pole vault.


Turkey has offered to open a major seaport and an airport to longtime foe Cyprus to try to keep its European Union entry talks on track, Turkish and EU officials said Thursday. The EU called the step positive but insufficient.


Britain offers to ensure safety of Japanese troops in Iraq: Koizumi

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Britain had offered to ensure the safety of Japanese troops in southern Iraq after the Dutch soldiers currently protecting the Japanese contingent pull out.


An Arabic website posts images of what it says are the executions of 12 Nepalese citizens taken hostage in Iraq.


Marine recruiter in 'Fahrenheit' mourned

He was a stern-faced sniper &#151; and a soft-hearted Marine who handed out candy to kids in Iraq. He was a warrior who wrote poetry about life and death.


GM, union talks resume second day after deadline

Contract talks between General Motors Corp and the United Auto Workers union resumed late Sunday morning after negotiators talked all day Saturday, a person familiar with the talks said.


A delegation from the Vatican is in Vietnam for another round of talks on establishing diplomatic ties.


Gymnastics: 'People Power' Stops Games Event

"People power" stopped a gymnastics  competition for 10 minutes on Monday when the crowd booed and  jeered the judges for a poor score that destroyed Russian  Alexei Nemov's chance of a 13th Olympics medal.


Decine arresti compiuti fra il Trentino e la Lombardia.


Underdog De La Hoya confident he can win

Oscar De La Hoya, whose golden smile typically shines throughout fight week, ain't smiling much right now. Perhaps it is because reality is finally setting in that Saturday


Thumbplay: Unlimited storage now, Facebook apps coming soon

Thumbplay jumps on the social networking bandwagon with unlimited storage for user-generated content. It's also planning two sweet-looking Facebook apps for uploading and sharing images between Thumbplay, Facebook, and your phone.


Australia's largest steelmaker BlueScope is to build three manufacturing plants in India, as part of an ongoing expansion across Asia.


Two Men Acquitted of Conspiracy To Finance Hamas in Israel

A federal jury in Chicago acquitted two men yesterday of charges that they were part of a long-running conspiracy to finance Hamas activities in Israel -- marking the latest defeat for the Justice Department in cases involving support for radical Palestinian groups.


The music industry group dangles fat settlement offers in front of 50 Ohio University students who face lawsuits for allegedly sharing music illegally. By the Associated Press.


The bridge of the starship Enterprise is filling up. Chris Pine, who had been in talks to join the cast of J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" flick, will play the young James Kirk, while Karl Urban will take on the role of Dr. Leonard McCoy, distributor P...


Bin Laden Alive, Releases Audio Tape -- Web Site

An audio recording purportedly by Osama bin Laden, in which he mentions a Dec. 6 attack in Saudi Arabia, was posted on the Internet on Thursday.


New Treatment for Aortic Aneurysm Triggers Debate

A cutting-edge way of repairing  dangerously enlarged blood vessels in the belly is better than  the traditional treatment, Dutch doctors said on Wednesday, but  a U.S. doctor immediately called the finding premature and  possibly wrong.


Malvo gets life sentence in 2002 killing

Convicted teen sniper Lee Boyd Malvo was sentenced Tuesday to two terms of life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to murder and attempted murder.


Arabs slam Israel at U.N. rights forum over Gaza

Arab and Islamic countries on Thursday condemned Israel for declaring the Gaza Strip an "enemy entity", and accused Israeli forces of killing Palestinian civilians, detaining parliamentarians, and destroying property.


Study Finds Vaccine Preservative Is Not Linked to Risks of Autism

A study has found that autism cases continued to climb even after thimerosal, which some people blame for the disorder, was removed from routine childhood shots.


The asset manager held up well despite adversity in the markets.


Lone Star halts talks with DBS on KEB sale: report

U.S. investment firm Lone Star   has stopped talks with Singapore's DBS Group Holdings Ltd.   to sell Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), Yonhap news quoted  Lone Star's chairman as saying on Sunday.


A man is charged with the murder of a teenager who died after being attacked in a west London park.


(InfoWorld) - Two Moroccan men have been jailed for releasing the Zotob computer worm, which wreaked havoc on an estimated 250,000 Windows PCs last year. Farid Essebar, 19, of Morocco was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday by a Moroccan court, according to a report by Agence France-Presse. An accomplice, Achraf Bahloul, also of Morocco, received a one-year sentence, the report said. A third man, 22 year-old Atilla Ekici, of Turkey has been charged with financing the attack, which shut down PCs in a number of major corporations in mid-August 2005. The worm primarily affected Windows 2000 systems, taking advantage of a bug in the operating system's Plug and Play service that had been patched by Microsoft just days before the outbreak. Though it did not infect as many computers as more widespread worms such as Sasser or MyDoom, Zotob did take out systems at media outlets, including Cable News Network LP LLLP (CNN), prompting widespread publicity. Ekici and Essebar, known also by their hacker names of "Coder" and "Diabl0," respectively, were arrested just 12 days after the release of Zotob, but authorities had also been investigating 16 other individuals in connection with a credit card theft ring that may have been linked to the worms. It is not unusual for hackers to create networks of compromised computers, like the one created by the Zotob worm, for identity theft, said Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant with antivirus vendor Sophos PLC. REFERENCES: Zotob arrests point to cybercrime nexus, Computerworld (US online), Aug. 31, 2005CA: Windows 2000 worms now affecting 250,000, Aug. 17, 2005Authorities make arrests linked to worm spate, Aug. 26, 2005


Clemson and Iowa face potential turning points less than a month into the season.


Port Adelaide Beats Brisbane for 1st Australian Football Title

Port Adelaide Power beat the Brisbane Lions by 40 points in the Australian Football League grand final to win its first premiership, ending the Lions' run of three titles.


Win or lose last night, the Yankees were committed to starting Orlando Hernandez in Game 4 tonight.


Woods, Stricker, Baddeley lead at Cog Hill

LEMONT, Illinois  - Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker shared the early third-round lead with Australia's Aaron Baddeley at the BMW Championship on Saturday.


Villeneuve back in frame as Trulli departs Renault

THE Renault team have parted company with Italian driver Jarno Trulli with three races in the 2004 world championship still to go.


Children's Education Is a Smart Investment

Early childhood development may seem like an odd topic for a Federal Reserve Bank president. But as a regional Reserve Bank in a federated central banking system like the Fed, we spend a good deal of time trying to understand the economies that make up our district, which includes Maryland, D.C.,...


Berlusconi in Libya to discuss illegal immigration with Kadhafi

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi for talks on how to stop illegal immigrants using the north African state as a springboard for entry into Italy.


'No Country' 'Blood' lead grim Oscar field

BEVERLY HILLS, California  - The gritty dramas "No Country For Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" scored eight Academy Award nominations each on Tuesday, leading a somber field in an Oscar season overshadowed by the Hollywood writers' strike.


Iraq's interim prime minister, Iyad Allawi, urged the United Nations yesterday to do "whatever it takes" to make sure democratic elections come off as planned in January.


EconomyÂs Growth Stronger Than Initial Estimate

Economists said the report was a welcome sign at a time of significant uncertainty.


The largest window built for use in space has been completed, promising a spectacular view from the International Space Station.


Growth in the manufacturing sector slowed in August while construction spending dropped sharply in July, data showed.


Bush, Kerry lock swords over who would be best commander in chief

The question of who is best qualified to lead the US war on terror and douse the flames of insurgency in Iraq has taken over the presidential debate between George W. Bush and John Kerry.


DealBook Blog: Bear Reports Steep 4th-Quarter Loss

The bank said it lost about $854 million, exceeding analystsâ fears about how badly it would suffer from its subprime mortgage bets.


The New York Yankees picked experience over popularity, offering the manager's job to Joe Girardi yesterday at the risk of watching Don Mattingly walk away from the franchise.


Judge rules UPS must let deaf employees drive

Parcel-shipping giant UPS, among one of the nation's largest employers, can't refuse to consider deaf workers for truck driving jobs, a federal judge in San Francisco has ruled.


Milano, 16:21 - CALCIO, FALSO BILANCIO; GALLIANI: NON ABBIAMO UCCISO NESSUNO

L'amministratore delegato del Milan, Adriano Galliani, commenta la richiesta di rinvio a giudizio ne...


In his first start since the slugout in the dugout, Carlos Zambrano leads the Cubs to a 6-2 win Wednesday in Milwaukee.


Russian president Vladimir Putin visits Brazil for talks on its space programme and the sale of fighter planes.


News Corp chief executive and chairman Rupert Murdoch received a bonus worth $US12.5 million for the year to June 30, 2004, taking his total remuneration to more than $US20 million.


RALEIGH, NC (Sports Network) - Julius Hodge poured in a game-high 21 points as 19th-ranked North Carolina State routed Elon, 71-45, in the semifinal round of the BCA Invitational at the RBC Center.


Pantech to sell 30 million handsets to UTStarcom unit

South Korean mobile phone maker   Pantech&Curitel Communications Inc. 063350.KS said on Tuesday   it has signed a deal to sell 30 million handsets to a unit of   U.S. wireless equipment maker UTStarcom Inc. UTSI.O


Bryant Prosecutors Say Some Evidence Is Tainted

Crucial DNA evidence tested by defense experts in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case might have been contaminated, prosecutors said in a court filing released Wednesday.


Death row Scot Kenny Richey spends his first day of freedom being reunited with family in the US.


Test Failure Sets Back US Missile Defense Plan

President Bush's drive to deploy a multibillion-dollar shield against ballistic missiles was set back on Wednesday by what critics called a stunning failure of its first full flight test in two years.


Diplomatic convoys halted from Iraq's Green Zone

The United States has barred diplomatic convoys from leaving Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" after a shooting involving the Blackwater security firm that drew protests from Iraq and prompted investigations, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.


An airport security company is offering $500,000 to anyone who can figure out how to speed up security lines. Can you build a better screening system?


NBA-Suns Scorch Trail Blazers, Kings Beat Celtics

Quentin Richardson poured in 37 points, including eight three-pointers, and Shawn Marion added 16 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 121-99 thrashing of the host Portland Trail Blazers Sunday.


War Crimes Hearings to Begin for 4 Guantanamo Prisoners

Four suspected al Qaeda fighters will be formally charged with war crimes this week as the US military opens the first legal hearings for foreign


Why we need consolidation of HDTV technologies

As more display technologies hit store shelves, Don Reisinger thinks it adds unnecessary confusion to an already confusing industry. According to Don, it's time we find one technology that works and stick with it.


Alberta's auditor general is raising questions about contracts awarded to a former aide to Alberta Health Minister Gary Mar. Kelley Charlebois was paid nearly 400-thousand dollars over three years for consulting work.


Blog: Music industry group that collects royalty payments has offered a compromise, but it's unclear whether it will go far enough to please disgruntled Webcasters.


Kansas Planned Parenthood clinic charged

A Planned Parenthood clinic was charged Wednesday with providing unlawful abortions and other crimes by a county prosecutor who had engaged in a high-profile battle with the clinic when he was Kansas attorney general.


Prescription drug plan unaffordable: official

A prescription drug benefit of the  U.S. Medicare program is a "financially irresponsible" addition  to a system that was already on course for possible bankruptcy,  the U.S. government's top accountant said in an interview on  Sunday.


Montoya wins Brazilian GP, last race of Formula One season


News Corp. posts lower profit, but box office up

Media conglomerate News Corp.  said on Wednesday its quarterly sales rose helped by higher "Borat" box office sales and "X-Men" DVDs, but profit fell due to one-time gain a year earlier.


Iran Backs Away From Demands on A-Bomb Fuel

The Iranian retreat appeared to salvage a nuclear agreement reached Nov. 15 between Iran and France, Britain and Germany.


Books of The Times: Unchecked and Unbalanced

This important book points out that the Bush White House has repeatedly sought to expand its powers, often doing so in secret, while sidelining Congress and the judiciary.


Suicide bomb kills at least 85 in Iraq's Kirkuk

At least 85 people were killed on Monday by a suicide truck bomb in the volatile Iraqi city of Kirkuk, some of them trapped on a bus where they burned to death, a witness said.


U.S. stocks opened lower on Thursday,  as investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS.N reported  smaller-than-expected revenues, while a slew of data gave a  mixed picture of the economy.


Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met on Monday to see if they can narrow differences over Palestinian statehood ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conference in November.


The Newton-based Smash Volleyball's 18-and-under girls' squad won a gold medal in the recent East Coast Championships at Penn State University. In a riveting semifinal game against the Flash 18s from Centerville, Pa., the Smash rallied from a 24-15 deficit for a 28-26 victory in game one; dropped the second game, 26-24; then closed with a 15-6 victory. In the ...


MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator Nina Kulikova) - On December 22 state-owned Rosneft purchased 100% of Baikal Finance Group, the mystery bidder that purchased a 76.6% stake in Yuganskneftgaz at auction.


Ernesto, downgraded to a tropical   depression as it crossed into Virginia, knocked out power   service to about 263,000 customers in Virginia and the   Carolinas on Friday.


Professional Economists: The Economy is Safer in Kerry's Hands

The Economist is currently reporting the results of a survey of professional economists. When asked the majority seemed to feel that the economy was safer in Kerry's hands than in Bush's. The Bush tax cuts seem to have gone down particularly poorly with this group.     On the more positive side for Bush, a significant number of the economists say they don't think the problems of the US economy are entirely his fault.


Crude oil surpassed $50 a barrel for the first time and analysts said Tuesday that prices could keep rising because of a sharp rise in global demand, tight supplies and threats to output in petroleum-producing nations such as Iraq and Nigeria.


Journalist Derek Pringle will refuse to sign a declaration that commits him to cover only cricket in Zimbabwe.


Yahoo wins exclusive ad deal for Bebo UK, Ireland

Yahoo Inc announced on Wednesday an  exclusive partnership with Bebo to manage display advertising  on the social networking Web site in Britain and Ireland,  giving it access to more than 11 million sought-after users.


Captain Stephen Fleming completed a superb double century as New Zealand tormented Bangladesh in the second Test at the MA Aziz Stadium on Wednesday.


Takeda to Build New Lab to Enhance New Drug Development

By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Sep. 7--OSAKA -- Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Japan's largest drug maker,  is planning to build a new laboratory by March 2011 to enhance its development  of new drugs, company sources said Thursday.


Il 77,3% dovuto a conflitti per rinnovo contratti


Fixated on TVs, and Whatâs on Them: Makers at Big Show Boast Their Sets Are Thin, Sharp and Rich in Content

The Consumer Electronics Show has always been a hardware-focused, but this year software, information and entertainment content edged toward center stage.


Most pubs do not want to stay open 24 hours a day and would be happy with one more hour, BBC research suggests.


A North Carolina man and his sister became the first two people convicted of a felony for sending fraudulent unsolicited commercial e-mail.


Microsoft Ready to Comply if EU Appeal Lost

By PAUL GEITNER    BRUSSELS, Belgium  -- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) said Monday it is ready to put a stripped-down version of Windows on the market if it fails this week to persuade a judge to suspend a landmark European Union antitrust decision...


AUSTIN - Texas took care of its fiercest in-state rival and ensured at least one more week of bickering about the Bowl Championship Series.


England captain David Beckham is happy to operate in a central role in the World Cup qualifier against Austria if Steven Gerrard is not fit to play.


Iraqi President says polls should go ahead

Iraqi elections should go ahead as planned in January despite mounting violence unless the United Nations says it is not feasible, interim President Ghazi al-Yawar says.


Frustrated Saudi youth take a shine to YouTube

Illegal stunts in cars, joyriding,  bullying and political dissent -- video-sharing Web site  YouTube has taken off in Saudi Arabia.


NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Google's long-awaited kickoff as the largest Internet IPO of all time is likely to take place as early as Wednesday after the controversial Dutch auction process wraps up after the bell.


Time is right for enlightening "The Question of God"

I used to live in Charlotte, NC, where a standard get-to-know greeting was, which church do you attend? Six years ago I moved to Seattle, and nobody's asked the question even once.


Iranian boats harassed US navy ships at the weekend with a threat to blow them up, US officials say.


Florida State and Miami will still play in prime time, just four days later than planned.


England prop Phil Vickery says fans who boo Andy Robinson's struggling team are not "true supporters".


The US has become a major importer of illegal ivory, according to a report by a UK animal welfare charity.


Xbox owners can rejoice as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas finally gets confirmed for the Xbox. "Take Two took the opportunity presented by the results announcement to reveal a number of changes to their release


City Room: In Poll, New Yorkers Favor Yankees

A new survey finds that 51 percent of baseball fans in the city call the Yankees their favorite team.


NORTON -- There was a warm twilight some 10 hours after the golf had begun, and after a day filled with birdies, eagles, and red numbers, it had come down to this: David Duval standing over a 2 1/2-foot putt to make the cut, while in the fairway some 200 yards away, Vijay Singh waited anxiously for a chance to ...


Michael Vaughan's team need 49 runs today to make cricketing history, but they owe their chance of immortality mostly to Simon Jones after the fast bowler scuppered South


The remains of the mother of Russia's last tsar are being buried in St Petersburg, in line with her last wishes.


Roma, 10:56 - CALCIO, LIVORNO; DONADONI: COL MILAN GIORNATA SPECIALE

Dopo aver esordito in serie A con una vittoria (3-1 al Messina), Roberto Donadoni Ã¨ giÃ  concentrato ...


Mexico favors increase of nonpermanent Security Council members

Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez said here Friday his country supports an increase in the number of nonpermanent members of the Security Council in the ongoing reform process.


Pakistan has not given up stand on Kashmir: Musharraf

Islamabad, October 31: In the face of strong domestic criticism over his new formula to resolve Kashmir problem with India, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said that Pakistan has not given up its principled stand on the issue and a solution could be


Germany wants talks on NATO missile shield

WIESBADEN, Germany  - Germany stepped up calls on Friday for NATO talks on creating a missile defense shield for Europe, a day after the United States vowed to press ahead with its system without alliance approval.


Spurrier takes his fire and visor to South Carolina

After turning down the school that made him a Heisman Trophy winner and a feared coach, Florida icon Steve Spurrier accepts South Carolina's coaching job.


Polizia: 25mila partecipanti.Casarini: oltre ogni previsione


Mosca. ''Non tutti in Occidente hanno la stessa consapevolezza del governo italiano circa la necessita' delle riforme in Russia per assicurare la stabilita'''. Gianfranco Fini preannuncia cosi' la benevolenza


Stocks: Reduced profit outlooks undermine shares

NEW YORK Higher oil prices and lowered profit forecasts weakened stocks Monday, with investors hesitant to buy in ahead of an interest rate-setting meeting of the Federal Reserve on Tuesday.


National League Game Summary - Colorado at Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Steve Finley's two-run single capped a five-run ninth inning, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium in the second contest of a four-game series.


Travelerâs TB Not as Severe as Officials Thought

New tests show that the multiple-drug-resistant TB is still dangerous, but susceptible to more drug treatments.


Could it be that the "natural" mental decline that afflicts many older people is related to how much lead they absorbed decades before?


Ex-US President Bill Clinton joins events to mark 50 years since the integration crisis at Little Rock Central High.


Women with shorter legs may have an increased risk of contracting liver disease, a UK study suggests.


Brazil Pop Producer Drunk at Time of L.A. Crash

A Brazilian pop producer who was  killed earlier this month when he slammed his motorcycle into a  car after leaving the Latin Grammy awards was under the  influence of alcohol at the time of the crash, a coroner's  spokesman said on Tuesday.


Meeks to Interview a Second Time for Redskins Job

According to league sources, Colts assistant coach Ron Meeks will interview with the Redskins for a second time Monday for the team's head coaching position.


Fossil hunters have uncovered the greatest rodent that ever lived -- a one-tonne behemoth that bestrode the swamplands of South America some four million years ago.


WASHINGTON - Americans' supply of flu vaccine was abruptly cut in half Tuesday, prompting the government to ask most healthy adults to delay or skip flu shots so that the elderly and others most at risk from influenza can get scarce supplies.    British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, prompting a record shortage in this country just as flu season is about to begin...


Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood calmed fears there would be a takeover of the London club and was adamant the Gunners would remain in safe hands for the long term.


NASA head will leave successor with much to resolve

The space program Sean O'Keefe is leaving behind - probably before the second anniversary of the shuttle accident that will define his tenure - is far different from the agency he stepped into three years ago.


Air India Board Approves Boeing Purchase

The board of Air India's charter airplane operation has approved a plan to acquire 18 Boeing airplanes in a deal that could be worth more than $1 billion at list prices.


Jaguars Hammer Raiders, Lock Up No. 5 Seed

Fred Taylor runs for 111 yards and the Jaguars rout the reeling Raiders, 49-11, to clinch the No. 5 seed in the AFC playoffs.


Sheila Copps book scorches Martin record on Iraq, medicare, CBC

OTTAWA (CP) - Sheila Copps's scorching new portrayal of Paul Martin suggests he would have had Canadian soldiers fighting in Iraq while he was undermining medicare and the CBC at home.


Three U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq blast: military

Three U.S. soldiers were killed and four others wounded in an explosion at a building in Iraq's Diyala province, the U.S. military said on Saturday.


A Steffen Iversen penalty was sufficient to secure the points for Norway at Hampden on Saturday. James McFadden was ordered off after 53 minutes for deliberate handball as he punched Claus Lundekvam's header off the line.


Transplant Breakthrough May Curb Need for Anti-Rejection Drugs

Researchers find that by weakening a transplant patient's immune system, then providing bone marrow from the donor, the body is more likely to accept the new organ without the need for long-term drug use.


Microsoft Corp., world's largest software maker, announced yesterday that it will release the next version of Windows operating system, code-named Longhorn, in the second half of 2006.


Democratic nominee John F. Kerry accused President Bush of evading responsibility, and Bush said Kerry was making unsubstantiated charges.


The body of Tiffany Johnson, one of four people killed in two shootings in Colorado, was returned to northern Minnesota, where she was remembered as a young woman well loved by friends and family.


Help! An attempted burglary of a Liverpool sports store was foiled after a vulture-eyed viewer of a Beatles-related webcam alerted police.â¦


InfoWorld - Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) has taken the wraps off a thinner, faster version of its Touch smartphone.


Pinless Artificial Leg Seen Better for Amputees

A pin suspension system used to keep an artificial lower-leg in place can disrupt circulation within the remaining limb, leading to skin sores, investigators report. They suggest prostheses that use suction attachment are a better choice.


Gates Donates $750 Mln for Child Vaccines -Papers

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is donating $750 million to pay for wider vaccination programs in developing countries, British newspapers said on Tuesday.


Yahoo CEO Sees No Need to Join Media Merger Frenzy

In an era of widespread media consolidation, Internet media company Yahoo Inc.  believes television networks, movie studios and music companies should look to it as a partner rather than a merger candidate, Yahoo Chief Executive Terry Semel said on Tuesday.


TAMPA, Fla. - Animal control authorities are not amused by a fast food chain's marketing stunt encouraging customers to dress their cats in a special take out bag.  Tampa-based Checkers Drive-in Restaurants Inc.


Scientists meet  this week to decide if Montserrat's SoufriÃ¨re Hills Volcano still poses a major threat to the island's inhabitants.


Castro quits as president, state-run paper reports

Fidel Castro announced his resignation as president of Cuba and commander-in-chief of Cuba's military on Tuesday, according to a letter published by state-run newspaper Granma.


iPhone sellers open doors, greeted by cheers

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Hundreds of gadget fans, or their paid stand-ins, lined up on Friday to be the first buyers of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, a music and video playing phone expected to reshape the mobile industry.


Delta Air Lines Inc., which is transforming its business to reduce costs and attract more fliers, blamed high fuel prices, low fares and hefty charges as it reported a $2.2 billion fourth quarter loss that was much steeper than a year ago.


The Chicago Bears have made a living out of winning ugly as of late, taking victories any way they can get them. On Sunday, Chicago invented another way to


It appears that yet another muscular government is having its way with Western oil companies.


The Venezuelan mother of major league baseball pitcher Ugueth Urbina is kidnapped near Caracas.


Aid brings hope amid chaos DESPERATE survivors of the Asian tsunami...

DESPERATE survivors of the Asian tsunami saw their first signs of hope today as aid finally started getting through to some remote regions.


Opposition leader: Canadian troops out of Afghanistan

The leader of an opposition party has called for the withdrawal of Canadian troops fighting a "George Bush-style counterinsurgency war" in Afghanistan, saying the conflict kindles insecurity here.


Two men are charged with murdering a former British heavyweight boxer who was shot  in a row over smoking.


London 2012 Olympic bid chairman Sebastian Coe will visit Scotland next month to discuss the benefits of helping to stage the Games with the Scottish Executive.


Exxon Mobil profit dips on lower gas prices, margins

Exxon Mobil Corp.  posted lower fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday on weaker natural gas prices and shrinking gasoline profits, but earnings for the full year 2006 were an eye-popping $39.5 billion, the highest in U.S. history.


Victoria Beckham accepted undisclosed damages Monday from a celebrity magazine that claimed the crew of her U.S. TV show considered her "picky, demanding and rude."


Spain hunts for fans who racially abused England players

The Spanish government responded to diplomatic pressure from Britain yesterday by starting a search for fans who racially abused England players during a "friendly" football match with Spain.


Suns Prepare for Big Game With Miami Heat

Amare Stoudemire was a reluctant center when the season began. Shaquille O'Neal is liable to remind him why.


Blue Jays beat D-Rays in last-place battle

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Toronto Blue Jays are battling for last place in the AL East - and it showed Sunday. Vernon Wells homered in Toronto's five-run third inning and the Blue Jays beat the Devil Rays 9-7 in an error-filled game.


Hot Year for Mexican Stocks; Outlook Still Upbeat

Mexico's stock market has had a solid run-up this year, far exceeding forecasts.


GHENT, Belgium -- Gert Steegmans won the second stage of the Tour de France in his home country Monday, with many riders left cut and bruised following a crash minutes before the finish.


Blast in Pakistan court kills at least 15

QUETTA, Pakistan  - A judge and six lawyers were among 15 people killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack on a courtroom in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Saturday, the city's police chief said.


Update 3: Bank of America Cuts Some Fleet Workers

Bank of America Corp. laid off an unspecified number of employees Wednesday at hundreds of Fleet Bank branches, a byproduct of the merger of the two banks, a company spokeswoman said.


Gates pushes for assault against Taliban

Pentagon Chief Robert Gates, in his push for a coordinated assault against the Taliban in Afghanistan this spring, is enlisting Pakistan's help and vowing better military coordination along the troubled border between the two countries.


Public Can Get Answers on Chickahominy Dam Repair

By MELODIE N MARTIN  The public will receive an update and have opportunities to ask questions this evening regarding plans to repair a dam on the Chickahominy River that was breached last month.


The rape case against Kobe Bryant finally fell to pieces shortly after 11 am Wednesday, when his accuser called District Attorney Mark Hurlbert to say she'd had enough and would no longer co-operate.


Freed UN Hostages Meet Afghan Leader Karzai

Three U.N. workers held hostage in  Afghanistan met President Hamid Karzai Wednesday and appeared  happy and well despite a kidnap ordeal lasting nearly four  weeks.


Latest addition to the Zoho suite of online applications lets users aggregate text, audio, video and images.


Morgan Stanley  on Wednesday said its second-quarter profit rose 40 percent, trouncing expectations as most of its trading and investment-banking businesses achieved record results.


Nuovo stralcio di 20 metri, poi barriera arrivera' a 160


Slumping Cleveland lost a three-run lead while Derek Jeter homered and stole two ninth-inning bases as New York sent the Indians to their ninth consecutive loss, 5-4, Tuesday.


North Korea sets terms for nuclear halt: Yonhap

North Korea wants sanctions dropped and the United States to free its overseas bank accounts as preconditions for dismantling its nuclear program, a news agency said on Wednesday, terms likely to become a sticking point in negotiations.


School's PTA Web Site Hit By Scam 'Phishing' for Data

By Laura Hancock Deseret Morning News  EAGLE MOUNTAIN -- A Web site formerly used by Pony Express Elementary's PTA became entangled in a phishing scam.  Sometime recently, hackers got access to software that parent Gerald Banks used for www.ponyexpresselementary.org.


Two U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq, the U.S. military said on Sunday, pushing May to the brink of becoming the deadliest month for U.S. forces this year.


A Norwegian helicopter rescued all 12 crew members of a Russian freighter that lost power and struck rocks in a strong gale Tuesday off the Arctic port of Murmansk, officials said.


Notebook: Finley signing leaves Angels with more options

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- By signing center fielder Steve Finley instead of Carlos Beltran, a more expensive alternative, did the Anaheim Angels move into prime position to make a deal for Arizona ace Randy Johnson?


BEIJING, Dec. 14 -- Foreign ministers from Britain, France and Germany have opened talks with Iran to reach a long-term deal on nuclear, economic and strategic co-operation.


The head of a visiting U.S. Presbyterian Church delegation called on Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian territories and said Monday that his church is studying the possibility of withholding investments to increase pressure on Israel.


Republican presidential candidates can't be any more clear: President Bush isn't welcome on the campaign trail.


With Son Nearby, Davenport Seeks Grand Slam Title

Since her return to singles play in September in Bali, Indonesia, with baby and nanny in tow, Lindsay Davenport has won 18 matches and lost only 1.


com October 4, 2004, 9:13 AM PT. This fourth priority's main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half.


Palestinian searched through the rubble of their demolished homes Sunday, hours after Israeli troops ended a two-day operation in southern Gaza that killed 11 Palestinians and wounded dozens.


After 216 years, 'Times' to stop printing as broadsheet

The Times is to ditch its broadsheet edition and publish in a compact-only format starting on Monday. Almost a year ago, The Times followed in the footsteps of The Independent


A couple of years ago Sheikh Zayed ibn Sultan Al-Nahyan, the emir of Abu Dhabi and president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) patronized the translation and publication of an old Islamic text about the âideal princeâ.


Caterpillar Union Rejects Contract Offer

The main union at Caterpillar Inc. said  its members voted on Sunday to reject the construction  equipment maker's contract proposal, the second time this year  the workers have voted against an offer.


News of an effective vaccine against malaria being developed is certainly a shot in the arm for the fight against this disease which kills over a million children and infects an estimated 300 million annually.


Italy under mounting pressure to drop Buttiglione from EU ...

ROME : Italy's support for a conservative with outspoken views on gays and women as Europe's justice chief looked increasingly untenable as incoming EU Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso indicated he would bow to pressure to reshuffle his team.


Pope Benedict XVI's remarks on Islam and holy war that have angered much of the Muslim world are in line with his efforts to spare religion from violence and extremism.


Secondo Sun avrebbe mandato suoi assistenti in Cambogia


The talk-show host plans to appeal the decision on the seizure of his medical data. WEST PALM BEACH - For months, Rush Limbaugh and his lawyers argued vigorously that Limbaugh's privacy rights had been violated


Canada May Sue MoD over Stricken Submarine

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


Lyon beat Real Madrid and AC Milan start well, plus a round-up of the rest of Wednesday's ties.


California braces for second round of storms

Californians braced for another round of fierce winter weather on Saturday, a day after strong winds, heavy rains and snow prompted evacuations and left more than 1 million homes without electricity.


By Patricia Poist  Anti-gay church group, picketing high school play about gay man, finds itself outnumbered.


You probably know someone who's had the symptoms. Perpetually thirsty or hungry. Unexplained weight loss. Fatigue. Frequent trips to the restroom.


Farms Should Test for Salmonella in Eggshells-FDA

Large U.S. farms that sell eggs will  be required to adopt stricter food safety measures to reduce  the risk of chicken egg shells being contaminated with  salmonella, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on  Monday.


The loan servicer is raising some serious cash.


The going-away party for Tom O'Brien had just finished, with a small circle of O'Brien's friends and colleagues at Boston College. Lots of laughs, mixed with tears, that a 10-year stay was coming to an end.


Kim increases lead at State Farm Classic

Springfield, Illinois - Christina Kim followed up her career best round with a six-under 66 here on Friday to increase her lead to four strokes in the $1,2-million (about R8-million) State Farm Classic.


Canada strikes first: Thornton shines in 2-1 win over USA

The business of hockey as we know it may be on its last wobbling legs. But the people who play the game of hockey showed just how entertaining the sport could be last night at the Bell Centre.


Higher gasoline price seen trimming down Americans

Higher U.S. gasoline prices may slim more than just wallets, according to a new study from Washington University in St. Louis.


Tropical Storm Jeanne weakens over north Florida

A weakening Tropical Storm Jeanne sloshed into north Florida today after pounding areas of the state's east coast ravaged by Hurricane Frances three weeks ago.


FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - In a will signed on July 30, 2001, former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith left her estate to her late son, Daniel, and appointed her lawyer and boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, as the trustee.


About World Business and the Stock Tables in the Print Edition

Beginning Tuesday, the World Business section and the daily stock market tables will be combined into the main Business Day section.


iPhone one of the Seven Wonders of the technology world

Lance Ulanoff  includes Apple, in general, and iPhone, in particular, among his Seven Wonders of the technology world. He calls Apple a âtechnology company that bears little to no resemblance to its counterparts,â one that âhas an unmatched ability to create product buzz and then back it up with buzz-worthy products.â Like, for example, the iPhone. âThe iPhone takes over for the 80GB widescreen iPod with Video in the world of wonder. This hybrid device (yes, itâs a phone and an MP3 player) recalls the black monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey.â Ulanoff indicates that âthe iPhone reaches âwonderâ status, though, because of its one-of-a-kind interface. The effortless multitouch screen has no equal.â


Arcelor third-quarter profit jumps sixfold

PARIS : European steelmaker Arcelor said net profit in the third quarter surged by more than sixfold and forecast a strong fourth quarter amid 'healthy' growth in the global steel market, driven by Chinese demand.


Expert Expects More Hurricanes Again Next Year

FORT COLLINS, CO -- Hurricane forecaster William Gray expects an above-average Atlantic hurricane season next year. Gray said he thinks next year will continue a trend of increased hurricane activity in the


Londra, 19:00 - CALCIO, INCE ALLENATORE-GIOCATORE IN QUARTA SERIE INGLESE

Paul Ince, ex giocatore dell'Inter, farà il giocatore-allenatore allo Swindon, club della Lea...


LSU coach Nick Saban has talked to the Miami Dolphins about their vacant head coaching position.


Dopamine key to learning likes and dislikes, says Colorado U. team

For those who have wondered why they like or dislike certain things, or how they decide what to order from a menu, a team of researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder says it's dopamine.


French film director Jean-Claude Brisseau is sent to trial for the alleged sexual harassment of four actresses.


Chambliss Calls Goss Best Choice To Lead Intelligence Community

WASHINGTON-- US Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., member of the Senate Select Committee on intelligence, delivered a statement to the Senate regarding the nomination of Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fl.


A new contrast agent could help those for whom mammography is ineffective.


Potomac primaries: Obama on a streak with Clinton in turmoil

His victories Tuesday makes eight in a row and show he's eroding Clinton's core constituencies.


Giants Stun Packers and Head to the Super Bowl

Lawrence Tynes kicked a 47-yard field goal in overtime to belatedly and unexpectedly send the Giants to Super Bowl XLII where they will play the undefeated New England Patriots.


Dozens of weather-beaten New Yorkers have managed to find salvation in curatives as varied as oatmeal, olive oil and pedicures.


IRAQ: TORINO, SABATO SERA MARCIA DELLA PACE PER OSTAGGI

Torino, 9 set. (Adnkronos)- Marcia della pace sabato sera a Torino per chiedere la liberazione di Simona Torretta e Simona Pari, le due volontarie italiane rapite martedi'a Bagdad insieme a due colleghi iracheni.


Lamar Hunt, Pioneer of Pro Football, Dies at 74

Lamar Huntâs fatherâs Texas oil fortune gave him the springboard to become a prime founder of the A.F.L.


By The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 5--Ever wonder how Teddy Roosevelt persuaded so many of those flinty Western types to surrender control of millions of acres of land so they could remain untamed indefinitely as national forests?   He cut the local folks a deal.


The family of a Briton held hostage in Iraq are waiting for news after a deadline set by his captors passed. On Saturday, the kidnappers said they would kill Ken Bigley, from Liverpool, and two Americans unless


'Suicide Pact' Girls: Survivor Still Seriously Ill

Police are waiting today to speak to a seriously ill teenage girl who apparently entered into a suicide pact with a friend who died.


Suspected al Qaeda car bombing kills 7 in Yemen

Six Spanish tourists and one Yemeni were killed in an attack by a suspected al Qaeda suicide car bomber in the Yemeni province of Marib on Monday, security sources said.


WASHINGTON -- Oil prices bounded higher for the fourth day in a row yesterday, with further declines in US supply expected as petroleum producers disrupted by hurricane Ivan continue to regroup.


In Iraq, a Quest to Rebuild One More Broken Edifice: Science

The most unlikely element in one Iraqi nuclear physicist's quest may be his decision to undertake it in the first place.


Tromba dâaria nel Catanzarese: un disperso

Una violenta tromba d'aria si e' abbattuta nella zona del comune di Borgia, nel Catanzarese, provocando, secondo quanto si e' appreso dalle forze dell'ordine, ingenti danni. Un anziano sarebbe caduto in un


The United States wins three more swimming gold medals and Brazil's Thiago Pereira sets a Pan American Games record in the 200-meter backstroke Thursday in Rio de Janeiro.


Baseball's hot stove is heating up with a flurry of rumors and gossip. To keep you up to date, we've created a special edition of Hot Stove Truth and Rumors.


Manhattan iPhone Watch: T minus 1.5 days

Blog: Thunderstorms overtake Manhattan as the line outside the Fifth Avenue Apple Store extends to 14 people.


U.N. chief arrives in Juba to push peace deal

JUBA, Sudan  - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew in to south Sudan's capital Juba on Tuesday to try to speed implementation of the 2005 peace deal that ended Africa's longest civil war.


The UK must do more to help the thousands of people fleeing violence in Iraq, Amnesty International says.


Update: OpenWorld Notebook -- database, grid control, integration improved

InfoWorld - Oracle at the OpenWorld conference on Tuesday is making several product rollouts, including a new version of its database and grid computing enhancements.


Predrag Lezaic was tired of traveling four hours from Ely to Minneapolis to get the food from his native Croatia that he craved.


Crude oil prices rise on concern about less OPEC output

Crude oil prices rose for the second day Thursday as traders worries that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) might trim excess oil output.


Our internal roundup networking news on the Internet goes public.


Top-ranked Federer advances to 3rd round

Roger Federer did exactly what was expected in the second round of the French Open. If he hadn't, the 10-time Grand Slam champion would have been even more upset than usual. The top-ranked Federer advanced to the third round at Roland Garros by beating Thierry Ascione of France 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (8) Wednesday. He breezed through the first two sets, but as the conditions worsened and the sun began to fade, so did his control of the match.


A 56-year-old Hudson resident and former Alvirne football coach known for bringing big-name jazz musicians to the Nashua area was arrested in Florida on Friday for allegedly


Ex campione del mondo e' un finto straniero


Kremlin's Man Wins Chechnya Vote, But Faces Battle

GROZNY, Russia  - The Kremlin's candidate has won  Chechnya's presidential election but faces an uphill struggle  to subdue a resurgence of a separatist rebellion that has  frustrated Russian leaders for a decade.


OAKLAND, Calif. (Sports Network) - On the day that Jose  Guillen and the Anaheim Angels were to appear in front of an  arbitrator, the two sides reached an undisclosed financial  settlement Friday.


Muddy good time as Britain's Glastonbury Festival begins

The Glastonbury rock and pop festival kicked off Friday with Arctic Monkeys and Bjork headlining as heavy rain transformed the vast countryside venue into a mud bog.


The African nation's first free elections in four decades were remarkably peaceful, but disputes over a run-off could reignite chaos and conflict


Microsoft asks judge to suspend penalties

Microsoft has told a judge that the European Commission must be stopped from ordering it to give up secret technology to competitors.


Milano, cronista di Repubblica si finge romeno: minacce e quattro euro di manciaLa rabbia degli automobilisti: arrestatelo. Le intimidazioni degli altri disperati                                          "Io, per un giorno lavavetri al semaforo fra gli insulti"                                                                                di SANDRO DE RICCARDIS


Enriched uranium from Germany arrives in Russia

DRESDEN, Germany  - Russian experts working by night removed a large quantity of highly enriched uranium from a Soviet-era reactor in Germany on Monday and flew it to Russia for processing.


Firenze, 15:19 - CALCIO, ARBITRI: GUSSONI CHIUDE A CONFRONTO CON STAMPA

"Un'apertura alla stampa per un confronto con l'arbitro a fine partita potrebbe portare al problema ...


The influential filmmakers create a $285 million fund for Asian films, hoping to expand audiences and maybe save some money too


Former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker criticises TV talent shows, saying the winners never have "good voices".


Tunes Music Store Downloads Top 200 Million Songs, Apple Says

Apple Computer Apple announced Thursday that music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 200 million songs from the iTunes Music Store since its launch in April of 2003.


Carlyle lines up $8bln bid for Virgin Media: report

Private equity group Carlyle is poised  to launch an $8 billion bid for Britain's Virgin Media  , the cable company whose largest shareholder is  Richard Branson, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper said, citing  City sources.


Deluge of elderly to swamp U.S. communities: study

A tidal wave of aging Baby Boomers   will overwhelm many U.S. communities with special needs such as   handicapped access and long-term care, but fewer than half of   cities and towns have begun to plan for it, according to a   report released on Wednesday.


American banking heir Matthew Mellon decided not to give evidence against claims he paid a private detective agency to electronically snoop on his estranged wife.   His barrister, Nicholas Purnell QC, told London's Southwark Crown Court he was not calling witnesses.


Veniva nascosta nelle fibre in plastica di borse


Marine-Base Housing Contained Drinking Water Contaminated With Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) for Nearly 30 Years Says Federal Health Agency

To: MEDICAL EDITORS  Contact: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, +1- 404-498-0070   ATLANTA, June 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Water in the drinking water system for the Tarawa Terrace family housing area at U.S.


Milano, 14:00 - OLIMPIADI 2008, MAGNINI: MI PIACEREBBE FARE PORTABANDIERA

"Sarebbe emozionante, dopo quello che ho vinto mi sentirei perfettamente in grado". Filippo Magnini,...


Microsoft Windows CE beats Palm OS in PDAs

A version of the Windows operating system designed for small devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) (or Handheld PCs in the Microsoft vernacular).


Observations on another Yankees-Red Sox epic series heading into ...

â¢ Johnny Damon speaks the truth. Quoth the hairy one after Game 5, "We're going in there with no pressure. It's something we're not supposed to do.


Finding May Solve Riddle of Fatigue in Muscles

Scientists are reporting that they have determined why muscles get tired and devised, for mice, an experimental drug that can eliminate fatigue.


A Maker of $14.99 TV's Aims for Higher Ground

Coby Electronics is turning into a world-class electronics innovator, one that can compete head to head with the Sonys and Samsungs of the world.


Va. Senate Backs Phaseout of Trans Fats in School Food

RICHMOND, Jan. 29 -- The Virginia Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to phase out the use of artery-clogging trans fats in food sold at public schools, from the cheese pizza in the cafeteria to the chips in the vending machine.


Greek sprinters quit to end Games scandal

Greece's two top athletes have pulled out of the Athens Olympics and apologised to the Greek people for a scandal over missed dope tests that has tarnished the Games' return to their birthplace.


Tech Startups Eye IPOs Again, After Long Lull

Initial public offerings of stock are starting to look like an attractive exit strategy for startups, after a lull of three years. In an echo of the dot-com bubble, some companies are even going public before becoming profitable.


Playing with an intensity born of embarrassment last season, the No. 14 Utes turned New Mexico into a threadbare red carpet at University Stadium on Friday night, running over the Lobos


U.S. blue chips rose on Thursday, led  by tobacco stocks, while technology share were under pressure  by a warning from Applied Materials Inc. AMAT.O, the world's  biggest semiconductor-equipment maker.


Panel adds 5 investigators to HP data hearing

A U.S. House of Representatives   panel on Wednesday extended its probe into Hewlett-Packard   Co.'s use of private telephone records by subpoenaing five   private investigators to testify at a Thursday hearing.


A study ranks Norway as the most peaceful country and Iraq as the least in a survey of 121 countries.


The trial of media tycoon Lord Conrad Black is due to begin at a US federal court in Chicago.


CA buys PestPatrol antispyware developer

Computer Associates has acquired PestPatrol, a company that markets antispyware software, for an undisclosed sum and plans to incorporate PestPatrol's products into its eTrust Threat Management software suite.


Thailand's interim government lifts a ban on political party activities imposed after last September's coup.


Sul Dow Jones invariati, su SP +1,8, su Nasdaq +6


The Bush administration has dozens of intercepts of Mohamed ElBaradei's phone calls with Iranian diplomats and is scrutinizing them in search of ammunition to oust him as director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to three U.S. government officials.


Young blacks walk to a city polling place, only to be blocked by a menacing white cop. Businessmen unwillingly parachute into Iraq. When Americans begin disappearing from their jobs, actor Matt Damon says, "George Bush — it's his job, or yours."


Bankitalia: rispettivamente +11,4% e +6,8% ad aprile


Finance meetings focusing on China, poor nation debt and Iraq

The world's major economic powers were far apart Saturday on agreeing how to provide debt relief for Iraq and the poorest nations, as finance officials began broader discussions about the global economy.


In passerella le monoposto Renault e molti calciatori


Culinery Super Bowl Heats Up the Beach: Eat, Drink and Make Merry at the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival -- If You Can Get Your Hands on a Ticket to the Hottest Events in Town

By Lydia Martin, The Miami Herald  Feb. 18--Six years ago, a sleepy little wine-tasting event on the North Miami campus of Florida International University was reinvented as the South Beach Wine & Food Festival.


Britain's Andy Murray starts the season with an impressive 6-0 6-2 victory over Olivier Rochus in the first round of the Qatar Open.


US Congress negotiators agree on the text of a landmark nuclear deal with India before it goes to vote.


TV critic James Poniewozik picks the medium's greatest. See who makes the cut, with video clips of each


The US urges Burma to include opposition parties and minority groups as its National Convention reopens.


Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, do you wish you could tell


SEC probing Countrywide CEO stock sales: report

The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an informal probe into stock sales by Countrywide Financial Corp  Chief Executive Angelo Mozilo, the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday.


Judge Invalidates Patriot Act Provisions

A federal judge struck down controversial portions of the USA Patriot Act in a ruling that declared them unconstitutional yesterday, ordering the FBI to stop its wide use of a warrantless tactic for obtaining e-mail and telephone data from private companies for counterterrorism investigations.


African Union talks resume for Sudan's Darfur region

African Union-sponsored talks between rebels from Sudan's Darfur region and government officials from Khartoum resumed, expected to focus on the key issue of restoring security in the war-torn area.


A new cancer care centre is to be built using funds raised by women who powerwalked wearing decorated bras.


Another indication of lacklustre job creation in the United States is likely to keep stock markets static this week, but the Canadian dollar could get a boost if the Bank of Canada decides to hike interest rates tomorrow.


Lender to Cut 2,400 Employees, Including Sales Staff in India

The mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp said that it would cut its work force by 24 percent.


Rare Condors Being Poisoned by Bullets in Their Food, Study Confirms

Shotgun pellets and other ammunition left in carcasses are giving many of the nearly extinct vultures lead poisoning, a new study shows.


Volunteers work on inflating the Sponge Bob Square Pants balloon Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2004 on 81st Street near Central Park in New York.


Arsene Wenger has pledged to keep faith with stand-in keeper Manuel Almunia for the crunch week which could define Arsenal's season.


Traffic Signal banned in Himachal Pradesh

A spokesman of the Himachal government told rediff.com on phone from Shimla that unless that word is removed from the film, it would not be allowed to be screened in cinema halls of the state.


City managers and planners say traffic must be managed in a crowding world, but how do you have a prosperous city and not have it choke on its own wealth?


Nepal Seeks Talks to End Rebel Blockade of Capital

The fear of attack kept most vehicles off roads leading to Nepal's capital for a second day on Thursday as authorities sought talks to end a siege called by Maoist insurgents.


Girl Is First to Survive Rabies Without a Shot

A critically ill Wisconsin teenager who was bitten by a bat recovered after being put into a drug-induced coma and being given antiviral drugs.


Roma, 13:05 - CALCIO, SERIE A: GLI ARBITRI DELLA QUARTA GIORNATA

Queste le terne arbitrali (piÃ¹ quarto uomo) designate per le gare della quarta giornata del campiona...


Modena, 18:54 - CALCIO, MODENA: BRUNO NON SI E' ALLENATO

Allenamento differenziato per il Modena dopo la sconfitta con il Chievo. Per chi non ha giocato ieri...


8 Days Later, Relief Effort Springs to Life in Indonesia

The international relief effort in Indonesia finally sprang into action just before a major conference of donors in the Indonesian capital.


Wizards Are Ready to Head to Denver, to Face a Nuggets Team That Won't Be Quite Itself

The Wizards likely will face a depleted group of Denver Nuggets when the teams meet for the second time in less than a week Monday night at Denver's Pepsi Center.


An Iraqi-born Dutch citizen charged with plotting attacks on American troops in Iraq appears in a US court.


Prince Charles slams plans to 'vandalise' London skyline

Britain's Prince Charles on Thursday savaged plans to erect more odd-shaped towers in London, saying they would "vandalise" the skyline and trash the city's character.


Blog: Photo of the news trucks lined up along 5th Ave. for the iPhone.


Canadian Hedge Fundâs Founders Charged With Fraud

The founders of Portus Alternative Asset Management were charged with multiple counts of fraud and money laundering, among others.


Merkel rejects call for early nuclear shutdown

German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected on Tuesday a call from one of her ministers that the country's utility firms shut down their seven oldest nuclear reactors by the end of 2009.


New Study Finds Many US Home PCs Infected

When technicians examined the PCs of 329 respondents, they found 80 percent loaded with dozens of spyware programs that track the user's browsing habits.


Peirsol wins 100 backstroke; Phelps withdraws

INDIANAPOLIS Â· Aaron Peirsol, who swept the backstroke events at the Athens Olympics, won the 100-meter backstroke at the Short Course World Championships on Friday night.


Two US soldiers killed, four wounded during attack in Mosul

Two US soldiers were killed and four wounded when their patrol came under attack in the northwestern city of Mosul, the military said Sunday.


Louis Saha's second-half goal gives Man Utd a crucial Champions League win against Benfica in Lisbon.


Asian Tsunami Kills 12,600, Many More Homeless

Soldiers searched for bodies in  treetops, families wept over the dead lined up on beaches and  rescuers scoured coral isles for missing tourists as Asia  counted the cost on Monday of a tsunami that killed at least  12,600.


Hungarians hold biggest rally against prime minister

Tens of thousands of people poured   into Budapest's parliament square on Saturday in the biggest   rally so far against Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany   over his admission that he lied to the electorate.


Salta la tregua, spari contro uffici Haniyeh a Gaza


Lo showman decreta una giornata di solidarietÃ  sulla vertenza in corsoA 'Vivaradio2' niente gag nÃ© battute nÃ© ospiti, in onda solo la musica                                            Fiorello, sciopero della risata "Ci allineiamo con i giornalisti"                                                                                Il conduttore alle parti: "Dateci un taglio, incontratevi, parlatevinon ne possiamo piÃ¹ dei tg in forma ridotta, dei quotidiani senza firma"


Despite investor optimism, it could be a scary year for Panera.


Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson calls on Tesco to ensure its fruit suppliers abroad follow working laws.


Nations sign pact to make fusion reactor

Physicists have dreamt about it for decades: harnessing the fusion process that powers the sun to make clean, safe and limitless energy. A multinational pact signed Tuesday may bring that dream a step closer to reality.


Pakistani PM leaves for Nepal on three-nation South Asian tour

Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz left here Monday for Nepal on the first leg of his four-day visit to three South Asian states aimed at boosting political and economic


Two weeks before his trial on aggravated burglary and weapons charges, former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett does not have an attorney.


HONG KONG - Pro-democracy opposition figures gained more clout in Hong Kong's legislature with three new seats, but they fell short of expectations and resumed grumbling yesterday about a system they said was unfairly rigged.


Crude Oil Futures Fall a Third Day as Iraq Increases Shipments

Crude oil futures fell for a third day as Iraq, the sixth-largest supplier to the US, increased shipments to tankers for the first time in two weeks.


Syria's President Bashar al- Assad wins another seven year term in a ballot in which he was the only candidate.


Roma, 21:21 - Basket, Uleb Cup: Napoli sconfitta in Germania

Nell'ottava giornata del girone G di Uleb Cup, la Telekom Bonn ha battuto la Pompea Napoli 80-76 (27...


US troops move toward Fallujah as Iraq declares state of emergency

US armored vehicles were seenmoving toward Fallujah late Sunday, as Iraq's interim governmentdeclared a state of emergency for two months.


WHILE India was celebrating its Independence Day, another important event was taking place on the other side of the world, in Venezuela.


Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson, the wife of former US President Lyndon B Johnson, dies aged 94.


An NHS trust chief says the Welsh health service is failing to solve problems after a nurse highlights concerns.


Explosion in Kosovo capital kills two people

PRISTINA, Serbia  - An explosion killed two people and injured 11 when it tore through shops early on Monday in the capital of Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province.


Sales slide for Ford, Chrysler; Nissan jumps

Despite more aggressive discounts, Ford Motor Co.  and Chrysler Group on Tuesday reported lower U.S. sales for June, underscoring the drag on the U.S. auto industry from high gas prices, fierce competition and a weak housing market.


A 38-year-old Birmingham man pleads guilty to plotting to kidnap and kill a British soldier.


Prc chiede l'apertura di una commissione d'inchiesta


D'Onofrio, oggi mozione sfiducia su Pecoraro Scanio


Colo. governor's race looks to be tossup

First came word that the running mate picked by GOP gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez had compared same-sex marriage to bestiality. Then Beauprez apologized for overstating the abortion rate among blacks.


The BlackBerry 7100 Series handsets are the first wireless devices to feature SureType with large, "optimally placed" keys that allow one-handed or two-handed operation.


Tsunami survivors on the isolated Andaman and Nicobar islands told harrowing tales Thursday of going without food after fleeing mammoth waves that smashed their villages


Airbus handout released shows a computer generated image of the Airbus A350 XWB.Comment


Apple Computer finds problems in the way stock options were granted, an internal investigation shows.


Afghan Leader Survives Assassination Try

Assailants fired a rocket at an American helicopter taking President Hamid Karzai on a rare foray into Afghanistan's troubled provinces Thursday, but it missed and he escaped injury.


A vehicle packed with rockets exploded across the street from the Kabul police headquarters Saturday, killing five civilians and injuring at least 24 others.


After Bobby playing himself in Nanhe, itÂs now BipashaÂs turn to do the same. The sensuous actress is all set to act


India's Tata Motors reveals that its $2,500 car, the world's cheapest, is a four-doored model called the Nano.


Filmmakers Examining the 'What Ifs' of Nuclear Power

Documentaries on the effects on children of the Chernobyl nuclear accident and the Indian Point power plant will be broadcast back-to-back by HBO.


Description: The World Trade Organization tells US trading partners they can retaliate against the United States over the so-called Byrd Amendment.


Italy allows U.S. fund into bidding for Alitalia

Italy has allowed U.S. private equity firm MatlinPatterson to re-enter the auction for airline Alitalia  after fears arose that one of the two final bidders may quit.


IT SEEMS a long way from a family jewellery business operating from a garden shed 36 years ago in Orkney to decorating the delicate wrists and necks of the celebrity elite at Sunday - s British Academy of Film ...


A genetic test that can determine the origin of ivory could help combat the illegal trade in elephant tusks and their products.


It isn't the smell of a Douglas fir or baking cookies that reminds Renee Zellweger of Christmas; it's the smell of cigars. For Tom Hanks, it's the smell of banana bread. He says he always took the bus to visit his mom on Christmas, and if he was lucky, he'd sit next to an old lady who'd give offerred him dessert.


Software giants shut as strike hits Indian tech hub

Operations of global software companies, financial institutions and government offices in India's main technology hub shut on Wednesday after activists called a strike over a border dispute with a neighboring state.


Simplify Your Move to Disk-to-Disk Backup: Integrated Solutions from NetApp and Symantec

LIVE WEBCASTAre you considering moving to a disk-to-disk backup and recovery solution for your multi-vendor storage environment? Join this live Webcast on October 12th with NetApp and Symantec and learn how integrating VERITAS® NetBackup™'s robust management capability with the powerful NetApp disk backup offerings can simplify your move to disk-to-disk backup in a multi-vendor storage environment.


LOS ANGELES  - Debbie Matenopoulos, who  was ousted from "The View" in 1999, and Arthel Neville are set  to co-host the nationally syndicated morning program "Good Day  Live" alongside Steve Edwards.


Java Embedding Plugin 0.8.4, supports Java 1.4.2 Update 2

The Java Embedding Plugin is a utility that allows other web browsers than Apple's Safari to use the most recent versions of Java (1.4.X) on Mac OS X. When used together with an updated version of Mozilla's MRJ Plugin Carbon (included in this distribution), the Java Embedding Plugin's functionality is currently available to recent versions of Mozilla, Firefox and Camino. But in principle any web browser could use one of the Java Embedding Plugin's two APIs to add support for Java 1.4.X. Version 0.8.4 now fully supports Apple's recent minor update to their JVM -- Java 1.4.2 Update 2. It substantially improves handling of keyboard and mouse events when browsing applets in tabs in Carbon browsers (like Mozilla and Firefox). And it fixes several other bugs.   For more information see  http://javaplugin.sourceforge.net/  The latest release can be found here: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=107955&package_id=116499


Oil rallied to a fresh record high above $92 a barrel on Friday as the dollar tumbled to a record low, Washington imposed new sanctions on Iran and gunmen shut more oil production in Nigeria.


UN welcomes support of United States for Secretary-General

10 December 2004 - One day after the United States Ambassador to the United Nations John Danforth gave his full backing to Secretary-General Kofi Annan - who had heard calls for his resignation from certain quarters in that country - a UN spokesman


A Norfolk animal sanctuary is called in to rescue horses, ponies and donkeys on land in Buckinghamshire.


Thompson Declares His Candidacy for President

Fred Thompson rolled out his presidential candidacy this evening with a guerrilla-style entry into the race that sought to take the spotlight from the Republican debate.


Congolese militia leader surrenders to UN

A local militia leader said Saturday he had surrendered to the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo's restive Nord-Kivu province, agreeing to calls to disarm his forces.


Yahoo Inc. is buying e-mail service Zimbra Inc. for $350 million in an all-cash deal that may open a new revenue channel for the slumping Internet icon.


U.N. envoy says Gaza a prison for Palestinians

Israel has turned the Gaza Strip into a   prison for Palestinians where life is "intolerable, appalling,   tragic" and the Jewish state appears to have thrown away the   key, a U.N. human rights envoy said on Tuesday.


Andy Murray is looking to step up a gear when he faces Jonas Bjorkman in round two of the US Open on Thursday.


Defeated Texas Congressman Martin Frost is among potential candidates for chairman of the Democratic National Committee who are telephoning members about the situation, a leading Democrat said Monday.


As he sat in a hospital, watching blood ooze from his son Colin's gunshot wounds, Andrew Goddard negotiated with a higher power: Let my son live, and I will do what I can to spare another parent this torture.


Burmese security forces storm monasteries and arrest scores of monks after days of protests, witnesses say.


Blog: Cleantech venture capitalist says U.S. is 20 years behind and  better get on board if they want to take the lead and cash in


An Iraqi delegation is going to Najaf to try to end  a stand-off between US-led forces and Shia militants.


The prospect that Chinese exports will soon overwhelm the worldwide clothing market was thrown into doubt yesterday after Beijing announced it will tax its shipments of textiles and apparel once the global market is liberalized Jan. 1.


Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon believes he can persuade LA Galaxy-bound David Beckham to stay.


Madame Morrible, the crafty headmistress of "Wicked," has been played by a parade of impressive ladies including Carol Kane, Rue McClanahan, Jayne Houdyshell and, in London, by Miriam Margolyes.


Microsoft contests patent infringement decision

An appeals court should throw out a $500m (Â£260m) patent infringement judgement against Microsoft because a lower court failed to recognise that the patent was not invented by the company awarded the money, a Microsoft lawyer claimed yesterday.


Another defeat for President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan's Supreme Court has narrowed the options for the U.S.-allied military leader as he seeks to extend his rule.


Todd Woodbridge ruled out any thoughts of retirement after his quest for back-to-back US Open men's doubles titles ended with a third-round defeat at Flushing Meadows today.


THE FREED: Cuba unexpectedly releases for health reasons three political dissidents: economics writer Oscar Espinosa Chepe, who has a liver ailment, Marcelo Lopez, who has a neurological


Stocks hammered; investors flee to bonds

Stocks tumbled across Asia as panicky investors feared a U.S. recession could derail global economic growth, and a sharp drop in U.S. stock index futures pointed to heavy selling in New York later on Tuesday.


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Scorned wife takes knife to man's penis in Malaysia

Malaysian doctors have reattached a man's nearly severed penis after his first wife, enraged by his comparison of her sex skills with those of his younger second wife, decided to chop it off with a kitchen knife.


A toddler dies after being attacked by a family's pet rottweiler in the yard at a relative's home.


PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Terrell Owens is thinking of the all-time greats on the hardwood when it comes to talking about Randy Moss.


Berlino, 16:43 - CALCIO, DRESDA AGGREDITO DEI TIFOSI CON SPARI A SALVE

I giocatori della Dinamo Dresda ne hanno fatta una grossa. A seguito della sconfitta in trasferta pe...


The Leipzig school of painting has become a phenomenon by eschewing art trends.


The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with right-hander Gil Meche on a five-year deal worth about $45 million on Thursday as baseball's winter meetings neared a conclusion.


Straw visits Middle East to promote peace effort

Jack Straw, the British foreign secretary, sought on Wednesday to bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table, arriving in Jerusalem for a two-day visit


Canada Sees U.S. Beef Market Opening Soon

U.S. feedlots and packers could import Canadian cattle within months now that new U.S. rules aimed at guarding against mad cow disease are up for approval, Canadian Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell said on Saturday.


Above the Cut: A nation pitted against itself

George W. Bush ran for president in 2000 as a "compassionate conservative." He promised to be a uniter, not a divider. Four years later, we know he has been neither compassionate nor conservative


Queen Elizabeth honours ex-Soviet double agent

A former KGB agent who passed Soviet secrets to Britain during the Cold War received a top award from Queen Elizabeth II Thursday.


Candidates Face Off in Abkhazia Elections

Five candidates squared off Sunday for the presidency of breakaway Abkhazia, all vowing to keep the separatist Black Sea resort area independent of Georgia, which dismissed the election as illegal.


When he was re-elected, Mayor Ray Nagin promised to act quickly on housing, crime, debris removal and other issues in the first 100 days of his new term. As that mark arrives Friday, his results appear mixed.


Nobody ever made an illusion towards the fact that Sean Fanning, founder of the popular music sharing program back in the ol days Napster, would make it back in the software world.


Hamas leader had eluded Israel for years

Adnan al-Ghoul, the Hamas military leader assassinated in an Israeli missile strike Thursday, had long eluded Israeli forces through a mixture of stealth and luck.


Navigating his police cruiser through the streets of Holyoke, Mass., Officer Lonnie Westbrook yesterday scanned the landscape for signs of trouble as he braced for his second cousin, Brian, trying to ambush the Patriots in Sunday's Super Bowl.


Bent shocks Hammers as he pulls out of Â£17m move

Sport: Darren Bent has rejected West Ham's reported offer of a mammoth contract to hold out for a club challenging in Europe next season.


YouTube is one of the top 10 sites on the Web; here's how to use it to benefit your bottom line.


Tennis: Hewitt devastated by break-up with Clijsters

SYDNEY : Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt was devastated by his break-up with Belgian fiancee Kim Clijsters. Clijsters announced through her web-site Friday that she and Hewitt had broken off their relationship


GONAIVES, Haiti Sept. 25, 2004 - A thunderstorm drenched homeless people living on rooftops and sidewalks early Saturday, adding to the woes of Tropical Storm Jeanne's survivors who have been looting aid


Strong sales forecast for digital audio players

Sales of portable digital audio players like Apple Computer Inc.'s trendy iPod are booming and are expected to generate $58 billion in revenue worldwide by 2008, according to a research report released Tuesday.


Toy retailers across the country have largely pushed sleds and toboggans off their shelves and out of their catalog pages, victims of warmer weather and the changing taste of children.


Prende il posto del dimissionario Pier Francesco Facchini


Russia Announces More Funding for Security

MOSCOW Sept. 14, 2004 - Russia announced Tuesday it was pouring $5.4 billion in additional funding into its security agencies, the first concrete new step in the anti-terrorism battle that President Vladimir Putin has called the country's No.


B y the time Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) took his turn early yesterday afternoon, Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker had been seated at the witness table for well over three hours. Most members of the Foreign Relations Committee had already left for lunch. Even the war protesters...


A 'fireplace butler' reveals tricks of his trade

Norris Edgecombe doesn't have a fireplace in his Dorchester home, but he builds 10 to 20 roaring fires a night.


TEMPE, Ariz. -- Andrew Walter threw 4 yards to Matt Miller -- his fourth touchdown pass of the night -- with nine seconds to play last night to give No. 23 Arizona State a wild 34-31 victory over Stanford.


IntercontinentalExchange Inc.  on Tuesday made a sweetened merger proposal for CBOT Holdings  continuing the saga for control of the parent of the No. 2 U.S. futures exchange.


Former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine criticises Tony Blair for taking Britain to war with Iraq.


Petraeus hints at U.S. troop cuts in Iraq

The U.S. military commander in Iraq has suggested he will recommend a cut in U.S. troop numbers around March when he delivers long-awaited testimony to Congress next week.


Philips sells PC monitor and flat TV manufacturing unit

Taiwan's TPV Technology Ltd. has agreed to buy the unbranded computer monitor and entry-level flat-screen television manufacturing operations of Dutch consumer electronics giant Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV.


The Science Museum cancels a talk by American DNA pioneer Dr James Watson who claims black people are less intelligent than white people.


Search firm has to be told twice Copiepresse, the French and German language news agency in Belgium, has for the second time won the support of the Belgian courts in its battle to stop Google including snippets of its articles on the Google News search pages.â¦


Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee slipped past ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on the second ballot at the West Virginia Republican presidential nominating convention, taking a narrow majority to overcome Romney's first-round plurality and claiming the state's 18 at-large national convention delegates in the winner-take-all contest.


Rapid HIV tests lead to more  people getting tested and receiving their results, according to  a study by the US Department of Veterans Affairs presented at  the 16th International AIDS Conference.


Wal-Mart prepares small U.S. stores to fend off Tesco

Wal-Mart Stores Inc  is actively working to open its first small-scale grocery stores in Arizona, according to city planning officials, as the world's largest retailer looks to fend off competition from British supermarket rival Tesco .


Paelrmo, Carabinieri arrestano 'mago' truffatore

Avrebbe intascato piu' di sessanta mila euro in poco meno di tre anni annunciando ai malcapitati di turno ''terribili sventure''. Con l'accusa di truffa aggravata e' finito in carcere Francesco Cicala, 53


Avalanche in Russia kills at least 4 children: RIA

An avalanche in central Russia on Monday killed at least four children and seriously injured nine others, RIA news agency quoted a spokesman for Russia's emergency ministry as saying.


Longhorns Finish on a Winning Note After Several Sour Ones

Despite an impressive Holiday Bowl win over Arizona State, the No. 17 Texas Longhorns had a season that fell well short of expectations.


Museum Show Spotlights Artistry of Manga God Osamu Tezuka

Many Americans have seen Astro Boy on TV, but this is the first time anime fans in the United States are being exposed to the genius of its creator, Tezuka Osamu, the god of manga.


US computer firm admits selling banned exports to Iran

A California seller of servers and other computer components has pleaded guilty to selling products to Iran in violation of federal export controls, the U.S. Attorney's office in San Francisco reported Tuesday.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.


Christian Brando and his ex-wife have settled dueling lawsuits alleging domestic violence.


After All the Hype, Couric Completes Changing of the Guard As CBS Anchor

By ANDY SMITH  The Taliban are making a comeback in Afghanistan. Chevron discovered a massive oil field in the Gulf of Mexico. And -- by the way -- Katie Couric anchored the news.


Microsoft Links Technology, Common Tools

By JESSICA MINTZ REDMOND, Wash. - Sticky notes. White boards. Videogame consoles. For a Microsoft Corp. event designed to show off cutting-edge software inventions, there are a lot of familiar tools on display.


Objects From Iranian Boats Posed No Threat, Navy Says

The small, boxlike objects dropped in the water by Iranian boats as they approached U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf on Sunday posed no threat to the American vessels, U.S. officials said yesterday, even as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff charged that the incident reflects Iran's new t...


Will Howard Stern deal turn satellite into a star?

com October 7, 2004, 4:00 AM PT. Potty talk could be just what the fledgling satellite radio industry needs to become a viable, mainstream business, industry analysts said Wednesday


A treasury plan to distribute baby bond vouchers worth almost Â£1 billion weeks before the likely date of the next election was condemned by the Tories last night as a "cynical bribe".


The much-anticipated merger between Sirius and XM brings up some important issues. Plus: 10 gadgets for writers. In Gadget Lab.


Man Utd player quizzed over hotel rape claim - reports

Police were questioning a Manchester United player Wednesday arrested after a woman claimed to have been raped in a hotel where the football team held a Christmas party, reports said.


Turchia, botta e risposta tra Lega e Berlusconi

06.20: I negoziati per l'ingresso della Turchia nell'Unione Europea cominceranno il 3 ottobre 2005. Lo ha deciso ieri sera il Consiglio europeo riunito a Bruxelles che ha perÃ² chiesto ad Ankara di riconoscere Cipro.


Oil Reserves Drop for 1st Time in 5 Years

U.S. proven crude oil reserves fell  last year for the first time in five years, as energy companies  replaced just over half the oil they took out of the ground,  the U.S. government said on Wednesday.


DHAKA, Bangladesh The organizers of Bangladesh's first women's tournament on Wednesday said play would continue, despite protests by a Muslim group that termed the event "indecent and against Islamic norms.


Marco Tabini's Blog: More technology == more humiliation

If you weren't able to make it to this year's just passed php|works conference in Atlanta, you missed out on the keynote that Marco Tabini, founder of php|architect gave at the start of the conference. Fortunately, he's posted the video of it on his blog:   What they didn't tell me, however, is that they had arranged for a simple (but, as you will see, very effective) web-based system that allowed members of the audience to submit "captions" to the screen as I was speaking. The results were, of course, hilarious - mostly because they "forgot" to tell me about the idea until a few days after.   Be sure to check out the video of the video for some great one-liners.


What a mess! Instead of the war in Iraq, the economy, the health-care crisis, the environment and leadership qualities -- which should be the key issues in this year's presidential election campaign -- the


Shares of Delta Air Lines soared after the troubled airline said Monday it entered into a commitment letter with American Express Travel Related Services Co.


The EU could seek free trade agreements with leading Asian economies as part of a radically revised trade policy.


ABC to Make Over Exonerated 'Snaggletooth Killer'

A wrongfully convicted man once known as the "snaggletooth killer" will soon have the facial feature that landed him on death row corrected by ABC's "Extreme Makeover," the TV show's producers said on Friday.


Young men clad in black track suits keep a close watch over the bridge that divides rival Kosovo Serbs and Albanians, just days before the province's anticipated declaration of independence from Serbia.


Imprisoned uprising leader Palestinian Marwan Barghouti pulled out of the race for presidential election to replace Yasser Arafat.


Critics warn of backlash in NYC shooting

Officers have raided at least one home, picked up the son of a clergyman for an unpaid ticket and scoured vacant lots with a leave-no-stone-unturned intensity akin to a manhunt in a murder case. But the search has nothing to do with a fugitive killer.


Vodafone, Essar Group lock horns over management

(InfoWorld) - Vodafone Group and the Essar Group couldÂ lock hornsÂ over the Indian company's demand to share management of Hutchison Essar, a large Indian mobile phone network operator. Essar claims it has the right to first refusal for any sale of equity in Hutchison Essar by Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd. (HTIL), a claim denied by both Vodafone and HTIL. "We want joint management and a partnership of equals," a spokesman for Essar Group in Mumbai said Tuesday. Although the Essar Group would leave the day-to-day management of the company to Vodafone, it wants to be consulted on all strategic decisions, the spokesman said. The Essar Group, which holds 33 percent of the equity in Hutchison Essar, is scheduled to negotiate later this week a shareholder agreement with Vodafone, which hasÂ agreed to acquireÂ a 67 percent interest in Hutchison Essar from HTIL. The Essar Group claims that in its shareholder agreement, it has the right of first refusal if HTIL sells its equity, and that it may use this clause in the agreement to bargain with Vodafone. That view, however, isn't shared by Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin, who last week told reporters that the Essar Group's right of first refusal doesn't apply to its agreement to acquire HTIL's stake. Nor does HTIL agree with the Essar Group. The right to first refusal applies only to the sale of equity by HTIL to local Indian competitors, the company said. The Essar Group is not a portfolio investor in Hutchison Essar and wants a say in running the business, the spokesman said. The arrangement would be similar to the one that the Essar Group had with HTIL and that helped grow the business for Hutchison Essar, he added. While announcing its agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Hutchison Essar, Vodafone also made an offer to acquire Essar Group's stake at the same price per share offered to HTIL. If the Essar Group sells its stake, Hutchison's local partners, which together have a 15 percent interest in Hutchison Essar, will increase their interest to 26 percent, Vodafone said. Current Indian rules restrict foreign ownership in telecom service providers to 74 percent. Vodafone expressed interest, however, in having the Essar Group continue as a joint-venture partner. Indian joint ventures of multinational technology companies have typically ended with the foreign company buying out the local joint venture partner. In 1991, for example IBM set up a 50:50 joint venture with India's Tata Group to meet Indian government regulations restricting foreign ownership in computer companies. When that restriction was eased, IBM bought out Tata's share. Last week, however, the Essar Group said it would not exit from Hutchison Essar and would even be interested in increasing its stake in the mobile phone operator if an opportunity arose, the spokesman said.