Japan's ANA suspends all Bombardier planes

All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA)  said on Thursday it had suspended all flights using 14 Q400 aircraft made by Canada's Bombardier Inc  after the Canadian government said the craft must be inspected.


With eye on Al-Qaeda, US creates Africa military command

The United States said it was to set up a new US regional command to oversee military activities in Africa in a move reflecting US fears that some African nations may be harboring suspected terror groups.


Â£329 handset on sale from lunchtime Breaking News Apple it seems, is about to unleash the much-anticipated 16GB version of the iPhone across stores in the UK today. The rumours have been confirmed and it's officially due to go on sale in all UK O2 stores nationwide from 1.30pm, the new model is said to cost Â£329.â¦


Elements from more than a dozen different countries go into that magical comm unit in your pocket. Discover the origins of your orphaned mobile. By Seán Captain from Wired Test.


YouTube Can Market Your House but Will Anyone Buy?

By Kirsty McLuckie  AS ODD WAYS TO market your property go, it looks like a first for Scotland. Last week this paper reported on the home owner using internet phenomenon YouTube to help sell her penthouse.


Army responsible for many Philippine killings: UN

The Philippine military appears to have been responsible for many of the hundreds of extra-judicial killings in the country, a U.N. investigator said on Wednesday.


Rick Neuheisel is coming back to UCLA Â this time as head coach.


HTC quietly launches classic-style PDA phone

P3400 hides behind Athena, Vox etc 3GSM Smart-phone maker HTC announced a trio of new devices this week... or did it? In fact, it launched four products, but for some strange reason only mentioned three of them in its document. Would you welcome, then, the 'missing' HTC 3GSM device, the P3400.â¦


Opec agrees to clamp down on oil production

OPEC, the oil producers' cartel, agreed yesterday to clamp down on its excess production, which has seen crude prices tumble by one-quarter in just six weeks.


US ground forces fought insurgents on the outskirts of Fallujah early this morning, and US warplanes pounded the insurgent-held city, as a full military assault appeared increasingly imminent.


Immune cells taken from one person may be able to join the battle against cancer in another, says a researcher.


Police in India arrest the owner of a clinic near Delhi on suspicion of illegally aborting female foetuses.


From Spam To Lacrosse, A Day for The Books

New laws aimed at prosecuting big-time Internet spammers, helping small businesses and elevating lacrosse to the status of "state team sport" will become effective today in Maryland.


Another 800 illegal immigrants from Africa and the Middle East land on the Italian island of Lampedusa.


Democrats had great success in state legislative races this year, even as they performed poorly in the presidential race and campaigns for Congress. Many Democratic gains came in the heart of Republican territory.


Terror must stop before progress on Kashmir: Natwar

NEW DELHI: Indiaâs External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh reiterating Indiaâs stance that cross-border infiltration must be stopped before any progress on Kashmir in talks with Pakistan.


While it makes sense for Skype to be on mobile phones, it may be years before the free peer-to-peer software makes its way into the mobile market in a big way.


How ironic: defense attorneys for Augusto Pinochet characterized the arrest order against the former Chilean tyrant as an abuse of human rights, alleging that the 89-year-old man cannot defend himself because of poor health.


2 area men charged with tossing chair, cup in Pistons brawl

Two Genesee County men were among seven fans charged Wednesday in their roles in the Nov. 19 brawl at The Palace between spectators and Indiana Pacers players.


A row over leadership at Franco-German company EADS culminates in co-boss Rainer Hertrich not renewing his contract in 2005.


Clairefontaine, 18:45 - CALCIO, FRANCIA; VIEIRA: GARA CON ITALIA NON E' UNA RIVINCITA

Per Patrick Vieira la partita di domani sera contro l'Italia è una gara importante, ma non un...


Southern California heat wave kills four

The week-long heat wave in Southern California has claimed four lives and caused power outages to more than half a million customers, utility and local officials said on Tuesday.


Gunmen Kill 23 in Attack on Bus in Honduras

At least 23 people were killed in the northern industrial city of San Pedro Sula on Thursday when gunmen sprayed a public bus with bullets and left a menacing message for crime-busting politicians, police said.


Singer and composer Billy Joel weds fiancÃ©e Kate Lee, 23, at his Long Island home on Saturday.


Tiger builds big lead at World Challenge

Tiger Woods is a gracious tournament host, at least until the tournament gets started. Woods continued to show midseason form at the end of the year with a 10-under 62 on Friday, setting the course record at Sherwood Country Club and building a four-shot lead over Jim Furyk in the Target World Challenge.


Protecting Children Online When They are Most at Risk - New

New radio and online advertising, which targets children with safety advice when they are most at risk - when they are actually online, was unveiled by Home Office Minister Paul Goggins today.


Iran president proposes debate with Bush

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday called for a televised debate with President Bush on world issues.


Civilian casualties have reached "appalling levels" in Sri Lanka's civil war, the Red Cross said Wednesday as the military announced its troops killed 15 ethnic Tamil rebels in clashes across the island nation's restive north.


Resistance rises to US law that requires stricter ID standards

Legislators in 15 states are pushing bills and resolutions that urge noncompliance with the 2005 Real ID Act.


Office Depot Inc. Monday said Chairman and Chief Executive Bruce Nelson resigned ââby mutual agreementââ with the board, after four years at the helm.


Rangers brush aside Third Division East Stirlingshire, with Kris Boyd grabbing a Scottish Cup hat-trick.


President to Tour Southern California To Gauge Fire Efforts

President Bush embarks this morning on a tour of the wildfires ravaging California to showcase his administration's ability to respond better to natural disasters than it did after Hurricane Katrina two years ago. Yesterday, he pronounced the federal government's actions "well-coordinated" after a...


Company expands support for VoIP services, but also launches software that helps mobile operators block such traffic.


Qualcomm sees fastest growth in Asia; tie-up with HTC

Qualcomm , the world's top  mobile chip designer, said on Wednesday China recently passed  Japan to become its second largest Asian market, as it unveiled  a major tie-up with leading smartphone maker HTC .


Ghana, "booms" behind it, seeks more prosperity

Born on the day Ghana became independent from Britain, Godson Dag-Sosu has seen coups, food shortages and power cuts during his 50 years of life.


Florida Court Strikes Down Law in Right-To-Die Case

The Florida Supreme Court struck down a  hastily enacted law on Thursday that let the governor keep a  severely brain-damaged woman on life support against the wishes  of her husband and legal guardian.


Microsoft Previews its Flash Alternative

As expected, Microsoft on Monday released a Community Technology Preview of WPF/E, the company's so-called "Flash killer." But perhaps more important than the implication for Flash is Microsoft's contention that the difference between Windows and the Web is disappearing.


N.Korea nuclear talks edge toward potential deal

North Korea said it was willing to consider first steps to ending its nuclear arms program at six-party talks that opened on Thursday, with China drafting a deal that could mark rare progress in the tortuous negotiations.


Court to lay new charges for Gujarat murders

A court will lay fresh charges on Wednesday against 16 men acquitted last year of murder, in a case seen as symbolic of the failure to win any major convictions over the 2002 Gujarat religious riots.


Average life expectancy in China will jump 13 years to 85 years and all households will be lifted out of poverty by the middle of the century, Chinese academics forecast in a report issued in state media on Monday.


A composer and koto player reinvents an ancient Japanese stringed instrument by way of an Apple G4 PowerBook and tightly focused beams of light. By Alexander Gelfand.


Japanese Toddler Rescued Four Days After Quake

In a drama played out live on Japanese television, a two-year-old toddler was rescued Wednesday, four days after a deadly quake triggered a landslide that buried the car carrying him and his family.


Police predict a million people will attend the Notting Hill Carnival by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend.


Adobe has announced Visual Communicator 3, which enables users to easily create scripted, television-quality broadcasts.


Mideast rallies held in Washington, S.F.

Thousands of people gathered across from the White House on Saturday, even though the president was out of town, to condemn U.S. and Israeli policies in the Middle East.


Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy is to brief Parliament on the failed devolution negotiations.


Circuit City is set to offer Gateway PCs beginning next year.


TONY Blair threw his weight behind Kofi Annan yesterday amid a growing clamour in the US for the UN Secretary-General to resign over the Iraq oil-for-food scandal.


For the Edmonton Sun. Okay, the good news is that the federal government and the provinces reached an agreement on health-care funding.


The case against Mark Thatcher, a British businessman who is being charged for allegedly bankrolling an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, has been postponed in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court.


Coors pulls ad that touts low-carb edge in taste

Adolph Coors Co. has pulled television advertisements touting its low-carb beer, Aspen Edge, after Anheuser-Busch, maker of the leading low-carb beer, Michelob Ultra, claimed the ads were misleading and made


European plane maker Airbus concedes defeat to Boeing in the battle for new orders in 2007, but won on deliveries.


Collocamento affidato a Imi, Ubm e Goldman Sachs


After New York's Alex Rodriguez ties Saturday's game with a ninth-inning homer, San Francisco rookie Nate Schierholtz gives the Giants a 6-5 win in 13 innings.


U.S. Rebukes Saudis Over Lack of Religious Freedom

The United States on Wednesday  accused Saudi Arabia of severe violations of religious freedom  in a rare official rebuke of a close ally and key oil supplier  that potentially could lead to sanctions.


Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones at the 10th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. Picture:Lucy Nicholson. British actress Catherine Zeta-Jones narrowly escaped an abduction attempt in Mexico, a London tabloid has reported.


Treatment with melatonin significantly improved subjective sleep quality in 12 women with mild to moderate asthma, as compared with 10 asthmatic women who took placebo, according to a study in the first issue for November 2004 of the American Thoracic


A man seen on surveillance video leaving a store shortly before a teenager was abducted in the parking lot has been arrested, hours after her body was found in a park, authorities said.


A roadside bomb killed seven Thai soldiers Friday in one of the deadliest attacks against security forces this year in the country's restive south.


Roma, 13:09 - CALCIO, ROMA: TOTTI TRA I CONVOCATI PER IL DERBY

C'è anche Francesco Totti tra i convocati della Roma per la sfida di domani con la Lazio. Il ...


Researchers in Vietnam announced Friday they have caught one of the world's most endangered turtles in the wild, a development which could bolster efforts to protect the species from hunters and collectors.


Seminario di studio al Marianum il 29 novembre, ÂMaria: grazia e speranza in CristoÂ Roma (Agenzia Fides) - La Pontificia FacoltÃ  Teologica Â«MarianumÂ» organizza, nell'ambito della "Cattedra Donna e Cristianesimo", un Seminario di studio aperto a tutti, sulla Dichiarazione di Seattle della Commissione internazionale anglicana - cattol...


European Parliament Endorses EU Constitution

STRASBOURG, France  - The European Parliament  overwhelmingly endorsed the European Union's first constitution  Tuesday but the treaty will only come into force if all 25  member states ratify it, several by referendums.


French Women Raped During Ivory Coast Violence, France Says

A number of French women living in Ivory Coast were raped during anti-French violence in France's former West African colony over the past week, Foreign Ministry spokesman Herve Ladsous said in Paris.


South Korea's Ruling Party Chairman Resigns

The powerful chairman of South Korea's ruling Uri Party, Shin Ki Nam, resigned Thursday in the wake of revelations that his father was a collaborator during Japan's occupation of the Korean peninsula from 1910 to 1945.


Home loan demand rose slightly last week

U.S. mortgage applications rose for a  second consecutive week, driven by increased demand for home  purchase loans as interest rates remained near a recent  four-year high, an industry trade group said on Wednesday.


KIDNAPPED ITALIANS FREED, THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE KIDNAPPING

(AGI) - Rome, Italy, 28 September - - TUESDAY' 7 SEPTEMBER - Simona Torretta and Simona Pari are kidnapped in Baghdad. Twenty armed men burst into the office of "Un ponte per..." and made the two girls and


Singapore stun Thailand to win Asean final

A stunning strike from substitute Khairul Amri nine minutes from full time handed Singapore the Asean football championship title as they ground out a 1-1 draw with Thailand for a 3-2 aggregate win.


Sept. 6-13 issue - "You are not welcome." Hundreds of people marching through Athens to protest the scheduled arrival of US Secretary of State Colin Powell at the Olympic Games.


Lawn-Care Entrepreneur Faces A Changing Racial Landscape

In the months that landscaper Nikita Floyd's employees tended the 50-acre grounds at a large African American church, he received no complaint about their work.


The shrimp-like krill that feed so many Antarctic species, such as whales and penguins, is in big decline, say researchers.


Tomorrow's big winners are today's pathetic losers.


Spain to provide 50 mln euros to help tsunami-stricken Asia

The Spanish government is to approve on Thursday 50 million euros (65 million US dollars) in grants and loans to help South Asian countries in their reconstruction after they were struck by devastating ...


The people of Hong Kong voted today in elections that could give pro-democracy figures more clout than any time since China reclaimed the territory in July 1997 - following a campaign marred by scandal and alleged intimidation.


Israel closes Gaza crossings as Palestinian casualties increase

Israel orders closure of crossings, preventing people going out and UN trucks from delivering food aid


Mick, a rare white koala, is nursed back to health after being found ill in a remote part of eastern Australia.


General Motors Corp. will close a Baltimore assembly plant next year that employs about 1,100 people and makes two van models that are being discontinued, a spokesman for the world's biggest automaker said Tuesday.


The man at the centre of the rogue trader scandal at Societe Generale says he will not be made a "scapegoat".


A recent food shortage aboard the international space station forced its two residents to cut back on meat, potatoes and vegetables.


Man Accused of Stealing Computers During Trial

NOVATO, Calif.  -- A man charged with computer theft apparently couldn't restrain himself -- prosecutors say he stole computers from the courthouse during his trial.


BAGHDAD -- Dozens of gunmen swooped into a police chief's home yesterday, killing his wife and two brothers, and kidnapping three of his grown children. The chief wasn't there, but the attack showed the dangers facing Iraqi forces as they try to take over the country's security so US forces can leave.


Poolcooch Journal: In Southern Sudan, Peace Slowly Alters a Way of Life

After suffering 50 years of war, the Dinka people of Southern Sudan are finally witnessing peace, development and change.


Consigliere comunale D'Erme (Prc) tra i denunciati


Federated plans to change name to Macy's

Federated Department Stores Inc. reported strong fourth-quarter profits Tuesday and said it will change its name to Macy's Group Inc. But the department store operator — still struggling to integrate former May Department Stores Co. stores — offered a profit forecast well below Wall Street expectations.


New study first to demonstrate cancer-sniffing ability of dogs

It has long been suspected that man's best friend has a special ability to sense when something is wrong with us.


Richard Hatch, winner of US TV show Survivor, loses his appeal against his conviction for tax fraud.


Johnson Gets National Honor; BSU Not Ranked

By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 11--Boise State sophomore tailback Ian Johnson was named the Walter  Camp Football Foundation's national offensive player of the week Sunday.


Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's popularity rose six months into his second term despite growing violence in cities and a series of corruption scandals in national politics, an opinion poll showed on Tuesday.


IT management is firmly anchored at number six, with outsourcing, cost control, and process improvement the order of the day. Cisco Systems signed an agreement on Wednesday to acquire network management start-up Jahi Networks for $16 million.


Previously unseen drawings of Claude Monet, including one found on the back of another work, provide insight into the artist, a British curator said.


JOHN Howard is the second leader of the coalition of the willing to go to the polls in an election likely to be dominated by national security, the Iraq war and the US alliance.


John Brownlee talks with silent theater director about Lulu, a play about the murder of a flapper at the hands of Jack the Ripper. In Table of Malcontents.


Art Stolen From SÃ£o Paulo Museum Is Retrieved

State police in Brazil have recovered two paintings, above, including a Picasso valued at $50 million, that were stolen last month in a predawn break-in at the SÃ£o Paulo Museum of Art, Reuters reported. The museumâs president, Julio Neves, said Picassoâs âPortrait of Suzanne Blochâ and the Brazilian artist Candido Portinariâs âCoffee Worker,â valued at $5 million, were in perfect condition when found at a house on the cityâs outskirts. The police arrested one suspect, Francisco Laerton Lopes de Lima, on Dec. 27, and his capture led them to Robson de Jesus Jordao, who was arrested on Tuesday. Police Chief Mauricio Freire said the two men had long criminal records, including participation in previous robbery attempts at the museum. Mr. Neves said both paintings would be on view in their previous locations when the museum opens on Friday.


Una protesta di estrema gravitÃ  e senza precedenti Ã¨ in corso in Calabria. Gli operai forestali, organizzati da Cgil, Cisl e Uil e con la solidarietÃ  anche di alcuni amministratori locali hanno tagliato la regione dal resto del Paese.


Computer manufacturer IBM has been given the go ahead to build the world's most powerful supercomputer.


Move over, MoveOn.org. The liberal-leaning group that has raised millions of dollars to run negative ads attacking President Bush now has a competitor on the right with a somewhat similar name.


Teck Cominco, union reach tentative labor deal

Teck Cominco  and the union representing workers at its Highland Valley copper mine have reached a tentative labor contract, the union said on Sunday, narrowly avoiding a strike at the mine in British Columbia.


Kashmir city shuts in protest over Pope's remarks

SRINAGAR, India  - Shops, businesses and most   schools closed in Kashmir's main city on Monday in response to   a strike call by separatists to protest over comments Pope   Benedict made about Islam.


Fashion Review: Along Various Roads, Including the Yellow Brick

A review of the Anna Sui, Brian Reyes, Marc by Marc Jacobs and Philip Lim collections.


The Sudanese government misses a key deadline to withdraw its troops from the south of the country.


The Shiawassee County sheriff will stop releasing information to a newspaper after it published an article about a political blogger critical of the sheriff, the paper reported.


US warplanes struck twice in rebel-held Fallujah today, destroying a restaurant and a house said to be used by members of the terror group that beheaded Briton Ken Bigley.


L'Istat ha rilevato un deciso calo della produzione anche rispetto a ottobre, -0,9%Nei primi undici mesi del 2007 solo un modesto aumento dello 0,3%                                          Industria, -2,4% a novembre Bene solo il settore dell'energia, +5,7%


Fighting between Hamas and Fatah is fuelling human rights abuses, Amnesty International says in a report.


Japan PM calls Okinawa rape case "unforgivable"

Top Japanese officials on Tuesday deplored the suspected rape of a 14-year-old girl by a U.S. Marine on the southern island of Okinawa, an episode with echoes of a 1995 incident that jolted the U.S.-Japan security alliance.


World Stands Up to Be Counted in Election

At crunch time in U.S. presidential elections, the perennial swing state of Ohio gets plenty of attention, blitzed by the candidates and their volunteers. But this time, Ohioans are also being courted from some unusual, far-flung places.


SYDNEY - Prime Minister John Howard said on Monday that national security and keeping Australia's booming economy strong would be the priorities of his fourth term, and that he had no plans for major changes in the number of troops Australia has in Iraq.


Rebel cleric among 50 dead at Pakistan mosque

Pakistani forces killed a rebel Islamist leader and more than 50 militants on Tuesday after 15 hours of fighting in an Islamabad mosque compound to end a week-long siege.


Il dissidente del Prc, crisi non e' colpa mia


Free-agent defensive end Kevin Carter signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday.


Hostage brother hits out over police raid

THE brother of Iraq hostage Ken Bigley hit out at police today after officers investigating the kidnapping raided his home. Paul Bigley said the raid had made him feel like a criminal and had wasted time in the race to save his brotherâs life.


Job Cuts 'Will Be Nothing Like 10,000' - BBC Chief

BBC director-general Mark Thompson sought to reassure staff today over the scale of future job losses. Thousands more jobs are expected to go in addition to the 2,900 announced yesterday.


Overweight kids have greater risk of foot problems

NEW YORK  - Kids who carry excess pounds may be doing permanent damage to their feet, a group of foot and ankle surgeons warns.


As Martha Stewart Does Time, Flush Times for Her Company

Since entering prison, Martha Stewart has become a lot wealthier. And when she completes her sentence, colleagues at her company anticipate an even bigger payoff.


Going to work with a cold is dangerous for your heart

If you have a slight fever, or even just a cold, you could be risking serious heart problems if you go to work, say researchers in a news study.


Western Union reported second-quarter net income of $204.5 million. It also announced plans to offer a cell phone capable of handling money transfers.


The US president orders new sanctions against senior Syrian officials and their associates.


Ont. court orders new trial for Baltovich 12 years after murder conviction

TORONTO (CP) - Twelve years after being convicted in the mysterious death of his girlfriend, Robert Baltovich will get the chance to clear his name in a new trial expected to explore the possibility that serial sex killer Paul Bernardo should be considered a suspect in the slaying.


Economists Say Movie Violence Might Temper the Real Thing

A new study challenges conventional wisdom,  suggesting that violent films prevent violent crime by attracting and keeping would-be assailants occupied.


Personal insolvencies in England and Wales have hit another record high as interest rate rises take their toll on already over-extended households.


The rate hasnât changed since last June, and the Federal Reserve signaled that it will hold steady for some time.


Parent of missing Madeleine want to go home

PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal  - British couple Kate and Gerry McCann, who have been named suspects in their 4-year-old daughter Madeleine's disappearance, want to return home as soon as possible, a family friend said on Saturday.


Linette Hwu had been warned by doctors that she was not a candidate for laser eye surgery: Her corneas were too thin, her pupils too large, and she was extremely nearsighted. The 33-year-old lawyer for Discovery Communications said she had resigned herself to being permanently tethered to the glasses she had worn since third grade....


First-day sales of Microsoft's new video game Halo 2 will reach $100 million, a senior Microsoft games executive said Tuesday.


Turkey's Erdogan tells EU to stop interfering By Reuters, Friday ...

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan bluntly told the European Union on Friday it had no business meddling in Turkish domestic affairs as Turkey's decades-old campaign to join the wealthy bloc turned bitter.


Major theaters shun "Death of a President" film

Two major U.S. theater chains say they will not show a controversial new movie that depicts the assassination of President George W. Bush, while the film's distributor defended it as a thoughtful political thriller.


Jeanine Carter was surprised. The lifelong Republican said she usually keeps her political leanings to herself because, after all, she lives in heavily Democratic New York City.


When Dino arrived in Mumbai    from Surinam   on  the night of Sptember 6, little did he know  what  lay in


After EPA rejects California, emissions court battle looms

The agency's legal argument on greenhouse-gas emissions is weak, analysts say.


When available, the raw script from this video story is presented below. Please note that these scripts come directly from our TV newsroom system and are not edited for web reading.


Walgreen, the largest chemist in the US, is sued for allegedly discriminating against black workers.


Compresi in una fascia di prezzo tra 400 e i 3000 euro


By Frank Ahrens, Washington Post Staff Writer


Lebanon to ask U.N. to extend Hariri probe

The Lebanese government decided on Tuesday to ask the United Nations to extend an ongoing inquiry into the killing of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, official sources said.


The extraordinary camaraderie between the actors, completely consumed by the foolhardiness that surrounds them, that tickles the bone. And hard.


After defeating Mosley, Wright calls out Tito Trinidad

November 21, 2004 -- After his second straight victory over Shane Mosley on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Ronald "Winky" Wright was quick to call out who he wants next -- Felix "Tito" Trinidad.


Five days after taking what might be the biggest risk in sports history, here is the short list of things Matt Leinart still does not have:


Various groups are lobbying efforts to shift the brunt of a $26 million annual baseball stadium tax onto other companies.


TENNIS: FED CUP 2005, ITALIA CONTRO LA RUSSIA

(AGI) - Mosca, 26 nov. - L'Italia giochera' con la Russia al debutto nell'edizione 2005 di Federation Cup: avversario temibile per le azzurre. Cambiera' anche il format della manifestazione: dal prossimo anno


Olympics: Ulmer smashes world record to bag pursuit cycling gold

ATHENS : New Zealand's Sarah Ulmer smashed her second world record in as many days on the way to claiming the 3000-metre individual pursuit cycling gold medal at the Athens Olympics.


Bolivian miners are dangerous foe for president

SAN JOSE MINE, Bolivia  - Roger Mamani rides a rickety elevator deep underground, hikes through flooded tunnels and crawls through a maze of muddy burrows to dig silver ore at the San Jose mine in Bolivia's Andes.


Links to the week's topics from search engine forums across the web: Yahoo Reports Slowing Ad Sales - Search Engines Can't Read 301's - Google Mobile Ads - MSN Search Vs Windows Live Search: What's The Difference? - Will Google Penalize for Linking to Non Related Sites? and more.


Nokia unveils 4 phones, opens media-sharing site

Nokia, the world's largest cellphone  maker, unveiled on Monday four new multimedia phone models,  including successors to its top N95 and N73 models.


Roma, 18:43 - CALCIO, RIVA: PALLONE D'ORO, UN PREMIO A TUTTA LA NAZIONALE

Gigi Riva, vice commissario federale e manager della nazionale esprime tutta la sua gioia dopo la pr...


Firenze, 16:05 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA, RIGANO': ABBIAMO BISOGNO DI SERENITA'

Mancano tre giorni alla delicatissima sfida con il Parma, e l'attaccante della Fiorentina Christian ...


Per rifinanziare debito, venduto stabilimento in Turingia


PHOENIX, Arizona  - The Miami Heat have traded center Shaquille O'Neal to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for forward Shawn Marion and guard Marcus Banks, the Heat said on Wednesday.


The Allders department store chain is put up for sale by property firm Minerva.


Rell against proposed amendment banning gay marriage

HARTFORD, Conn. -- She vows to work hard to get President Bush re-elected this fall, but Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell is breaking from the GOP ranks in opposing a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage.


WRAPUP 1-Open-Top seed Federer next for awesome Agassi

Andre Agassi, Lindsay Davenport and Tim Henman marked an injury-interrupted Labor Day on Monday by marching into the quarter-finals of the US Open.


Brooklyn Sidewalk Caves In, Swallows Woman

NEW YORK - A woman out walking Monday was swallowed by the sidewalk when it caved in under her.  The woman, 64, fell into a sinkhole about 5 feet by 2 feet wide and about 5 feet deep in front of a house in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn.


Malls may not be the only places where shoppers reign Friday, as stock market futures indicated a higher open for Wall Street's abbreviated session despite continued weakness in the dollar.


Yemen Sentences Two to Death for US Cole Blast

A Yemeni court sentenced two Yemeni al Qaeda militants to death on Wednesday and jailed four others for the 2000 bombing of the US destroyer Cole which killed 17 sailors.


If you've followed the government's claims in the Yaser Esam Hamdi case, you would think the guy was some unstoppable, lethal killing machine, the Taliban's own Hannibal Lecterâa man so


Bits Blog: Bits: Gawker Media Gets Strung Out on Sci-Fi

Gawker Media adds a new science fiction blog to its staple of online media properties.


Two Palestinians killed in Gaza Strip, teen killed in Jenin

JERUSALEM : Two Palestinians were killed near the Israeli settlement of Neve Dekalim in the Gaza Strip in a clash with Israeli troops, an Israeli military spokesman said.


CEOs see stronger economic growth:survey

U.S. chief executives expect the economy to grow over the next six months, according to a quarterly survey by the Business Roundtable released on Wednesday.


Kosovo self-governed, but overseen by EU-led mission

Kosovo will be self-governed under a UN envoy's plan, but overseen by a new European Union-led mission headed by an envoy similar to Bosnia's, a diplomat said.


As more economists study the economics of downloading music freely, the consensus will likely be that it does hurt sales of music, but how much?


The next effort to launch the space shuttle Atlantis could come as early as Jan. 24, but will probably slip into February as engineers test and repair a suspect fuel sensor connector, a NASA official said.


After a cold reception in London, Nasdaq is acquiring Stockholm-based OMX.


"Broadway! It's the street of dreams," says Julie Andrews breathlessly, as though the phrase had just been coined. There follows a river of reality, grim and otherwise, but usually fun.


British troops arrive at base in central Iraq

LONDON British defense officials say hundreds of British troops who were deployed to provide cover for US troops are now at their base near Baghdad.


Councilwoman opposes Target's position on bell ringers

News that Target is no longer allowing Salvation Army bell ringers to set up kettles in front of their stores did not sit well at all with Tulare Councilwoman Nettie Washington.


This year's BBC Proms attract record numbers to concerts at London's Royal Albert and Cadogan Halls.


Apple's chief executive talks up his company's latest products and offers some frank thoughts about his competitors.


Greenspan Urges Look at Senior Benefit Costs

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Friday urged Washington policymakers to consider reducing future Social Security and Medicare benefits, saying that


Ascoli Piceno, 21:24 - CALCIO, MESSINA: GIORDANO CONFERMA L'11 DI DOMENICA SCORSA

Il Messina molto probabilmente scenderà in campo al Del Duca con lo stesso 11 che ha battuto ...


15 People Wounded in Chechen Car Bombing

Fifteen people were wounded early Sunday outside a hospital in the Chechen capital in a car bombing that apparently targeted the security service headed by the


UPDATE 1-ECB's Noyer urges fiscal discipline, reforms

Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer on Sunday urged countries to tighten their public finances and implement reforms to help generate non-inflationary growth.


Potential Arafat Successor Gains Approval Amid Talk of a Rival

Mahmoud Abbas, the new chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, won a vital vote on Thursday evening from the Palestinians' dominant political faction approving


Bomb Blasts in Baghdad Kill at Least 16 -Police

Insurgents detonated at least two bombs near a US military convoy in southern Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 16 people, while a suicide bomber killed two Iraqi police and a US soldier west of the capital.


Miller Wins Giant Slalom After Maier Falters

Bode Miller won his fifth victory of the World Cup season in a giant slalom on Sunday after the three men ahead of him all faltered.


Boston sweeps Colorado to win World Series

The Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 Sunday to win the World Series and record their second four-game sweep of the Fall Classic in four years.


GameTap is shutting down the servers for its Myst Online multiplayer online game, but site will remain live.


US, Iraqi Troops Storm Samarra, Dozens of Civilians Among Dead

For the first time since late Thursday residents of the Iraqi city of Samarra are emerging onto streets that were deserted during a joint US-Iraqi military operation against several-hundred armed insurgents.


British automaker MG Rover discussed Saturday a $1.8 billion deal with China's Shanghai Automotive Corp., the BBC reported. The two companies would set up a new company to produce cars for the Chinese market under the deal.


Sanyo Electric, an established maker of optical drives and components, will produce both components and players for the blue-laser-based HD-DVD format, the company says.


North Korea says resumption of six-nation talks depends on US ...

North Korea on Tuesday accused the administration of US President George W. Bush of using a dispute over its nuclear weapons program to gain votes in next week's presidential election.


Trapeze Announces High Volume Wi-Fi Management

A stand-alone system will allow businesses to manage up to 10,000 visitors on their wireless networks.


Oracle is in a buying mood, its president says

As Oracle Corp. pushes forward with its hostile bid to acquire rival enterprise software maker PeopleSoft Inc. for $7.7 billion, it is also sizing up further acquisition


U.S. crude inventories dropped to an eight-month low last week and stocks of gasoline slumped to their lowest level in two years, a weekly government report said Wednesday.


Sun nails four buyers in 15 months with White Trash Data Center

COPS: Silicon Valley Sun Microsystems has spent of lot of time insisting that customers actually want to buy some of its white trash, trailerized data centers. And now the company has a press release to back up its insistiation.â¦


Polish Woman Hostage Freed in Iraq -- PM Belka

A Polish woman held hostage in Iraq by a militant group since late October has been freed, Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka said Saturday.


Censors have cut scenes of Chow Yun-Fat as a bald, scarred pirate in the new "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie, saying they insult China's people, the main state news agency said Friday.


Bonzi Wells had 26 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with less than a minute left, to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 93-90 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night. Tim Duncan led the Spurs with 26 points and Tony Parker added 18.


L'incubo quotidiano dei viaggiatori della Milano-BresciaMezz'ora di attesa al mattino e altrettanto la sera                                          Ogni mese si perde un giorno aspettando il treno in ritardo                                                                                di ENRICO BONERANDI


Siemens claims gigabit wireless breakthrough

German company Siemens has shown what it claims to be the fastest ever wireless network connection. The demonstration at its Munich laboratories on Tuesday reached speeds of 1Gbps, twenty times faster than


by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff. (New York City) Scientists have uncovered the genes which respond to HIV. The discovery was made by researchers at the Partners AIDS Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.


(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:


MIAMI -- In a shootout worthy of Dan Marino and Jim Kelly, Drew Bledsoe threw four touchdown passes, and the Buffalo Bills forced seven Miami turnovers to maintain their late-season surge by beating A.J. Feeley and the Dolphins, 42-32, yesterday. Feeley threw three touchdown passes, all in the first 12 1/2 minutes. He also had a hand in six turnovers, ...


NO. 6 SYRACUSE 104, N. COLORADO 54: At Syracuse, NY - Syracuse had lost its last two season openers. The Orange weren't about to make it three in a row.


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.


No. 10 Pitt Tops Richmond for 9-0 Record

Carl Krauser's outside shooting and career-high 31 points helped No. 10 Pittsburgh hold off Richmond 69-60 on Thursday night, the first game between the schools in 66 years.


Ciena quarterly loss narrows as sales rise

Telecommunications equipment maker   Ciena Corp. CIEN.O on Thursday reported a narrower quarterly   loss as sales rose to phone companies upgrading their networks   to handle growing demand for Internet and video services.


OPEC oil producers on Friday agreed to  squeeze out excess supply that has lowered world prices from  record highs.


Final Bush-Kerry Debate Draws 51 Million Viewers

More than 51 million Americans tuned in to the third and final televised debate between President Bush and challenger John Kerry on Wednesday, which most snap opinion polls rated a victory for the Democratic senator.


Condoms, Parades Mark AIDS Day; China Gets Tough

The world's two most populous nations  promised Wednesday to eradicate ignorance about AIDS, a disease  that was at first dismissed by many as a Western evil confined  to drug users, homosexuals and prostitutes.


Hundreds of Maoist rebels swoop on the Nepalese town of Khalanga, killing at least one soldier.


London's FTSE 100 index and the CAC 40 in Paris are Wednesday trading at levels below those seen at the end of 2006.


The Viper G.P.S. Tracking System can be reached by the Internet or a cellphone.


Acquisto per un valore di 6,4 mld dollari, 50,25 per azione


Sun and Azul reach accord in patent spat

Blog: Long-running dispute between the server and software company and the smaller Java hardware maker ends with an undisclosed settlement, and both sides say they're content.


Canadian was killed in carbombing in Iraq, says Foreign Affairs

OTTAWA (CP) - A Canadian was killed in a carbombing in Iraq this week that killed 47, Foreign Affairs said Wednesday.


Marino headlines '05 Hall of Fame nominations

CANTON, Ohio (Ticker) -- Legendary quarterback Dan Marino headlines the list of nine first-time nominees for induction to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.


Netanyahu Presses for Referendum After Knesset Approves Gaza ...

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won an "historic" vote in the Knesset Tuesday evening for his disengagement plan, but the uprooting of Jewish communities in Gaza is still far from a done deal after Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu immediately led a


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.


Digital deals screwing the indie labels?

Stick together, advises IODA chief Must the digital music revolution screw the little guy? Kevin Arnold, founder of major digital distributor IODA, thinks not. Arnold issued a warning for labels not to do direct deals with internet companies that can't or won't pay them - or only pay them peanuts.â¦


M.L.B. Winter Meetings: Drew Agrees to Contract as the Red Sox Reload

Agent Scott Boras announced that outfielder J.D. Drew had finally agreed to a five-year, $70 million contract with the Boston Red Sox, but was not as forthcoming about pitcher Barry Zito.


Giordano, superfluo il richiamo di Prodi al sindacato


December 1 is World Aids Day. Global attention is focused on women and girls with the day's theme: "Women, Girls, HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and Aids (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)".


Delta Halfway Through Restructuring - WSJ

Delta Air Lines DAL.N, still hoping  to avoid filing for bankruptcy, has completed about half its  planned restructuring, the Wall Street Journal reported on  Tuesday.


Experts are calling for fertility treatment rules to be harmonised across the EU to deter couples travelling for care.


Mets' General Manager Leaves Florida Happy

Mets General Manager Omar Minaya left baseball's winter meetings happy after acquiring a hard-throwing reliever and gauging the marketplace for free agent Barry Zito and other top starters.


Nacho Novo fires a brace for Rangers as they ease to a deserved victory in the first Old Firm game of the season at Ibrox.


Sun Microsystems Inc., which turned a rare profit last quarter, is on track to reach its previously stated goal of a 4 percent operating profit margin by the end of the fiscal year, the company's chief financial officer said Tuesday.


Three Americans and four of their Afghan helpers are scheduled to go on trial Monday for the alleged kidnapping of at least eight Afghans in Afghanistan.


Lewis Hamilton is cleared to race in Sunday's European Grand Prix despite a serious crash during qualifying.


Non tempestivo esame su denunce relative all'Asl locale


A new video game "JFK Reloaded" released at the time which coincides with the 41st anniversary of Kennedy's murder stirs up so much controversy that even its producers can hardly expect.


Bidding groups form for Wendy's: sources

Thomas H. Lee Partners and Oak Hill Partners are among the private equity firms bidding for burger chain Wendy's International Inc , sources said on Thursday, as the auction proceeds despite the impact of the credit crunch on deals.


First it was antidepressants. Then Vioxx. Now questions have been raised about the safety of yet another drug, the painkiller Bextra, made by Pfizer (PFE ). Is there anything you can do to prevent the unnerving


Jailed US lifestyle guru Martha Stewart signs a deal to present a new show for NBC from late next year.


Allen Iverson testified Monday that he didn't see his bodyguard fight with club-goers and called the $20 million lawsuit against him an attempt to fleece a famous basketball player.


Cinema: Matt Damon nel film di De Niro sulla Cia

LOS ANGELES - Sara' Matt Damon a rimpiazzare Leonardo Di Caprio in The good shephred, il film che Robert De Niro vuole realizzare sulla vita di James Wilson, uno degli agenti fondatori della Cia. Lo segnala il sito di Variety.


Blair Reshuffles Cabinet, Appoints Ally to Coordinate Elections

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has completed a reshuffle of his cabinet, appointing his staunch supporter and former health minister to coordinate the Labor Party's re-election efforts.


Rahul Roy to direct Ravi Kissen in Cocaine

The reality show Bigg Boss might have ended but the show has


OGGI SU INTERNET/ITALIA - Esercizi spirituali: una esperienza che sempre piÃ¹ giovani desiderano compiere Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Sono Âdecine di migliaiaÂ le persone che ogni anno in Italia si dedicano agli esercizi spirituali, immergendosi nella preghiera e nel silenzio, alla ricerca di una vera Âesperienza di DioÂ (dal rapporto della XXIII Assemblea na...


Bangladeshi workers get paid as little as five pence an hour to make clothes for Tesco, Asda and Primark, says a report.


Indie Filmmakers Toast Wine-Tasting Comedy

A wine-soaked road comedy and a cocaine-fueled drama led the list of contenders on Tuesday for the Independent Spirit Awards, the American art-house world's version of the Oscars.


Job-loss panic rises in western Europe as employers look elsewhere

PARIS  - Stephane Zervos first suspected his job was threatened when his bosses removed most of the heavy equipment from the car wheel factory where he'd worked for 24 years.


Hard-earned tips from a biotech investor.


Photographing the Life That Rockwell Depicted

The illustrator Norman Rockwell has often been mocked for creating an America that never was and never will be. But Kevin Rivoli, a photojournalist in upstate New York, will tell you thatâs just not true.


Lo afferma il Garante.Tesoro,rincari per accordo compagnie


'Si facciano pagare banche, assicurazioni e Bankitalia'


Former President George H.W. Bush called on Republicans to unite behind Senator John McCainâs presidential bid.


Si Ã¨ chiuso in una cassa di imballaggio serrando le viti dall'interno, seduto su uno sgabello, e aspettando la fine. CosÃ¬ potrebbe essere morto Ambrogio Rigamonti, 48 anni, trovato cadavere in un appartamento


Personal Investing in Greentech Stocks - Where to Begin?

Blog: List of websites and indices to get an individual investor started investing in greentech stocks.


Blunderer Boris told to say sorry across the Mersey

When you walk through a storm hold your head up high, and you'll never walk alone - unless your name is Boris Johnson and you're heading north to apologise to Liverpool.


Dow Jones -0,07%, Nasdaq -0,92%. Euro in rialzo a 1,2741 dlr


Captain Steven Gerrard reiterates his desire to see out his contract at Liverpool.


FBI raids illusionist Copperfield and finds millions

FBI agents have seized nearly $2 million in cash from a Las Vegas warehouse owned by illusionist David Copperfield, local media reports said on Thursday.


World soccer's governing body Tuesday fined Spain's national federation $87,000 for racist taunting by its fans during a match against England.


Opposition parties increase pressure on Blunkett

Opposition politicians have stepped up the pressure on David Blunkett over the fall-out from his affair with Kimberly Quinn, but Tony Blair appears as determined as ever to hang on to his home secretary.


Warner Music Group has made a bid approach for Britain's EMI despite uncertainty over whether any deal would win regulatory approval, in the latest twist in a seven-year tit-for-tat takeover battle.


An animal rights group says Alicia Silverstone appears naked in a television ad promoting vegetarianism that was to debut Wednesday in Houston.


Pakistan's chief army spokesman insists government forces will arrest Osama Bin Laden if they find him in the country.


Cagliari, 18:09 - Calcio, Cagliari: doppio ballottaggio per la Lazio

In vista della gara di ritorno contro la Lazio, il tecnico del Cagliari Arrigoni sembra intenzionato...


Sudan Peace Talks Stuck on Issues of Security

Reports from the Nigerian capital Abuja, where Sudan peace talks have entered a third week, say the rebel factions and the Sudanese government are deadlocked on the issue of security.


Greenspan Backs Idea of Accounts for Retirement

But the Fed chairman expressed unease that the change could lead to trillions of dollars in additional government borrowing.


Iran seeks to show unity over nuclear policy

Iran marked the 28th anniversary of its revolution on Sunday seeking to show unity over its nuclear policy, but Western pressure and cautious voices at home dampened prospects for a major statement on atomic progress.


A school bus driver caught on a hidden tape recorder threatening to beat a 9-year-old boy with Down's Syndrome was sentenced to six months in jail.


Gates to push Iraq to speed reconciliation

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will meet Iraqi leaders for talks in Baghdad on Saturday after criticizing what he called their disappointing progress in passing laws Washington views as critical to ending violence.


Luton Town plead not guilty to over 50 Football Association charges relating to breaking the rules over payments to agents.


Taliban fire may have caused Afghan crash: NATO

Taliban fire may have brought down a military helicopter in which seven NATO soldiers were killed, alliance officials said, while in a separate incident 16 policemen died in a Taliban ambush.


MELBOURNE: Makybe Diva crushed the hopes of the Irish, English and Kiwis when racing into the record books of Australian racing with her second successive Melbourne Cup victory at a saturated Flemington.


'Napolettango', omaggio a Gardel e a Pasquariello


The Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, received another 6 months of funding from NASA. The two rovers were originally designed to complete a primary mission of three months, but have continued to operate for 5 additional months.


Sun Microsystems Inc. posted a small profit for its fiscal second quarter Thursday, but year-over-year sales continued to slide as the server and software maker struggled to gain back business it lost after tech collapse in 2001.


BMW says it will cut annual labour costs by 500 million euros

German luxury car maker BMW unveiled details Wednesday of a broad cost-savings plan that includes a sharp cut in personnel expenses.


Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates signed a cooperation agreement with UNESCO on Wednesday to improve access to computers, the Internet and information technology training in developing countries.


Stocks began the new quarter with a rally on Monday, boosted by a new wave of takeover activity and data showing a pickup in manufacturing activity in June.


India's currency comes of age, spurring complaints among exporters and bringing cheer to wealthy globetrotters


Bene Telecom, tra le banche Bpvn e Bpi le migliori


5 Scientists Recognized For Medical Advances

NEW YORK -- Pioneers in psychotherapy and cell biology and three scientists who discovered a crucial enzyme linked to cancer and aging are being awarded prestigious medical prizes.


A man with links to Islamist terror groups was today jailed for nine years for possessing manuals on how to carry out car bomb attacks.


Millions in the US have already cast their ballots under early vote programmes that could attract one in five.


There was barking and howling in the hallway of the Washington Redskins hotel, waking up everyone on the day of the game. At 6 a.m. On a day in which kickoff wasn't scheduled for another 15 hours.


Mourning Officially Asks for Twilight With the Nets

The Nets publicly acknowledged for the first time that Alonzo Mourning had asked to be bought out of the final three years of his four-year, $22.6 million contract.


Provincial Capital Near Falluja Is Rapidly Slipping Into Chaos

While Ramadi, Iraq, is not exactly a "no go" zone for the marines, officers say it is fast slipping in that direction.


Study: Removing Clot Entirely Better Than Simple Angioplasty

Using a mini-vacuum to remove a blood clot, rather than relying on angioplasty to clear a blocked artery, improves a patient's chances of surviving a major heart attack, a Dutch study says.


Trying to authenticate documents or uncover forgeries is an increasingly technical pursuit.


Molehills become key research tool as wildlife charity urges people to count them, potentially yielding a mountain of information about the secretive creatures which produce them


Two Pakistani journalists die when gunmen open fire on their vehicle in the South Waziristan region.


Web site reports that 12 Nepalese hostages were killed in Iraq

A video purporting to show the methodical, grisly killings of 12 Nepalese workers kidnapped in Iraq was posted Tuesday on a Web site linked to a militant group operating in Iraq.


TELSTRA will make a dramatic corporate restructure in a bid to appease the competition watchdog and win over wary Nationals as the telco readies for its $30 billion full privatisation.


Islamists kill 6 Lebanese troops in camp battles

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Al Qaeda-inspired militants killed six Lebanese soldiers on Thursday in fierce battles at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, security sources said.


Tim Henman says the Davis Cup schedule is too punishing after Great Britain are relegated from the World Group.


Iran meeting questions Holocaust and gas chambers

Iran staged a conference on Monday to debate the Holocaust and question whether Nazi Germany used gas chambers, prompting charges it was encouraging the denial of the killing of 6 million Jews during World War Two.


Shuttle Atlantis launches with European space lab

The U.S. space shuttle  Atlantis lifted off from its Florida home port on Thursday on a  mission to deliver Europe's first permanent space laboratory to  the International Space Station.


NYSE Group Inc. and the NASD agreed to form a single regulator for the securities industry, ending a turf war to cut compliance costs for Wall Street firms and better police ever-more complex financial markets.


Stone Barrier Planned in Surfside: State and Federal Funds to Help Stem Erosion Near Homes

By Eric Hanson, Houston Chronicle  Dec. 8--State and federal money will finance the construction of a stone barrier to help block further erosion in the Village of Surfside where the surf has eaten away the sand and put dozens of beach homes in the water.


A small Israeli ground force enters the Gaza Strip at dawn, but the army offers no details about the operation.


Negativi in avvio tutti gli altri mercati europei


Spanish coach bitter after team's only loss

ATHENS -- Spain did not go quietly in basketball. At least, its basketball coach, Mario Pesquera, did not. Pesquera was upset and outspoken following the 102-94 loss to the Americans that took the previously


Republican President George W. Bush leads Democrat John Kerry by two point margin, according to a Time magazine poll out -- well within the poll's margin for error and similar to surveys released earlier.


Democrat Barack Obama says he probably wouldn't have invited Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak at Columbia University but would be willing as president to meet with the Iranian leader as a way to protect U.S. interests.


Vietnam reports 29th human bird flu case; 16-year-old in critical ...

A 16-year-old girl from southern Vietnam has become infected with the bird flu strain that killed 32 people earlier this year and devastated the poultry industry across Asia, a doctor said Thursday.


Portals, news sites, must improve customer satisfaction

As far as keeping their customers satisfied, Web portals, search engines, and news and information sites in the US continue to improve but still have work to do, according to a report released Tuesday.


Friends Pay Respects to Former D.C. First Lady

Old friends, students and government workers lined up at the John A. Wilson Building this morning to pay their respects to Effi Barry, former first lady of the District.


Buffett Offers Aid on Bonds, but at a Price

The billionaire investor made clear that his offer of a lifeline to three insurance companies battered by the subprime crisis would not come cheap.


French hostagesâ fate rests on âspy inquiryâ

HOPES rose yesterday for two French journalists seized more than three months ago in Iraq after the The Sunday Times obtained a new CD-Rom showing both men apparently well and in good spirits.


Tony Blair is set to back Gordon Brown's  pre-Budget report, amid concern over some of its forecasts.


Roma, 16:13 - CICLISMO. DOPING: FERTONANI SQUALIFICATO DUE ANNI

Due anni di squalifica per Marco Fertonani. E' questa la sanzione comminata dalla Federciclismo a al...


WASHINGTON -- Washington DC, has made the top ten list of most dangerous metropolitan areas in the United States. Camden, NJ, was named to the top spot, overtaking Detroit.


Assassination of Hamas leader in Syria confirmed

Israeli security sources confirmed on Sunday that Israel was behind a car bombing in the Syrian capital of Damascus that killed a senior Hamas official, reported the Israeli website of Ha'aretz.


US says it will investigate reported disappearance of nuclear ...

The United States said Tuesday it will conduct ''a full investigation'' along with the Iraqi government of the reported disappearance


France's Sarkozy attacked for national identity plan

French presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy was accused by his rivals of xenophobia and flirting with far-right voters on Friday after proposing to create a ministry for immigration and national identity.


Hitachi debuts new high-end storage line

New TagmaStore plays well with rivals' arrays to keep watch over 32 petabytes of data.


An Iowa Democrat has 30 minutes to rustle up five more votes for her candidate.


Deficit at U.S. Pension Agency Soars to $23.3 Billion

The deficit at the federal agency  that rescues failed U.S. pension funds more than doubled to  $23.3 billion in fiscal 2004, officials said on Monday, as the  safety net was hit by losses from pension plans that have  failed or are expected to fail.


The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader is set to unveil proposals to offer free playgroup places to every two-year-old.


A man who urinated on a disabled woman as she lay dying in the street while his friend filmed the incident was sentenced Friday to three years in prison.


Rogers May Seek Remainder of Its Wireless Unit Shares

Rogers Communications Inc. said it will offer about C$774 million ($646 million) in stock for the shares it doesn't own in Rogers Wireless Communications Inc.


Lo ha comunicato il legale dell'ex funzionario del Sisde in carcere per associazione mafiosaLa spiegazione: "con la richiesta di revisione del processo vengono meno le condizioni"                                          Contrada, il Quirinale frena ritirato l'iter per la grazia


Filipinos flee flood-hit towns as supplies dry up

Filipinos tried to flee flood-hit towns on Monday as relief supplies ran short and fears about disease mounted after last week's back-to-back typhoons left a trail of death and destruction.


Bush Stance on Civil Unions Upsets Groups

Some conservative groups expressed dismay Tuesday over President Bush's tolerance of state-sanctioned civil unions between gay people — laws that would grant same-sex partners most or all the rights available to married couples.


Hundreds of Dali paintings seized from an exhibition in Finland are forged, Helsinki Police confirm.


UN: Civilian death toll in Iraq climbing

The number of civilians slain in Iraq reached an unprecedented level in July and August, which saw 6,599 violent deaths, the United Nations said Wednesday.


Harvard University is about to name its first woman president since its founding in 1636, tapping a Civil War historian to succeed Lawrence Summers, whose tumultuous tenure was marked by controversial remarks about women and clashes with faculty members.


The Conservatives accuse Gordon Brown of "running away from" a TV  debate with Tory leader David Cameron.


London equities fell on Wednesday, as 10 blue-chip stocks traded without further rights to their latest dividend payments.


Source: XM Radio Signs Deal With Baseball

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. is raising the ante in its programming battle with rival Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., signing an 11-year programming deal with Major League Baseball that could be worth even


'Innescata una spirale perversa di ulteriori aumenti'


Breaking Tradition, London's Guardian Newspaper Sends Reporters and Commentators to 'Stuff Happens' Preview

Playbill - Theatre watchers always expected David Hare's play on the Iraq war, Stuff Happens, to be controversial, but not quite in the way it has turned out - and certainly not before it has even opened.


Babulal Gaur new Madhya Pradesh chief minister

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Babulal Gaur will be the next chief minister. His name was proposed by outgoing Chief Minister Uma Bharti, which was accepted by the BJP legislatature party.


Madonna to defy Russia church plea to tone down act

Pop star Madonna will sing suspended  from a cross in the finale of her Moscow concert on Tuesday  despite a plea from the Russian Orthodox Church to drop that  part of her act.


Video: On the anniversary of the war between Israel and three Arab states in 1967, a survivor shares his memories


"Appleseed," a new animated science-fiction spectacle from Japan, has a plot that frolics in the no-man's land between fiendish complexity and utter incomprehensibility.


Dollar falls against euro, yen in European trading

The dollar was on the back foot against the euro Tuesday as concerns intensified that the US Federal Reserve's aggressive monetary easing will not be able to stave off a severe economic downturn, dealers said.


Forget the standings and all the preseason chatter. Matt Hasselbeck and his Seattle teammates know the St. Louis Rams are still the team to beat in the NFC West.


Suit says baby's seizure violated rights

A Nebraska couple sued state health officials Thursday, arguing their rights were violated when their newborn baby was seized by sheriff's deputies so a mandatory blood test could be performed.


'Anche oggi Vangelo contrastato come al tempo dei martiri'


SANTOS -- Kidnappers freed on Friday the mother of Santos forward Robinho, one of Brazil's most talented young players, 40 days after seizing her at gunpoint while she was attending a barbecue.


Fertility Concerns Impact Breast Cancer Therapy

FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDayNews) -- Concerns about infertility resulting from breast cancer therapy influenced treatment decisions in nearly one-third of young patients, according to a study published in the Oct. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.


'Resident Evil' defies flimsiest of film logic

According to "Resident Evil: Apocalypse," the future is dark. Very dark. In fact, the sun may only be a thing of memory, stored away in our collective mental closet along with green fields, clean air and polite neighbors.


Moscow says its anti-terrorism agents have foiled more than 500 terror attacks so far this year, Itar-Tass reported Friday. Nikolai Patrushev, the nation's Federal Security


At Least 64 Dead as Rebels Strike in 3 Iraqi Cities

Car bombings in Najaf and Karbala killed at least 61. In Baghdad, three election officials were pulled from their car and executed.


Many pitchers prepare for the season by hiring personal trainers. Others work out at their old high schools. And those who have tried everything come to Alan Jaeger for meditation and yoga.


Wheelchair users have to see bank staff in the street after planning permission is refused for a ramp outside.


Hopes for progress low as North Korea talks resume

Six-country talks on scrapping North Korea's nuclear arms resumed on Monday after a one-year standoff, but hopes for swift progress were dim after Pyongyang presented a "department store" of its own demands.


More than 1,000 flights are cancelled in the US Midwest and North-east because of severe snowstorms.


The Walt Disney Company yesterday took steps to rein in stock options awards for senior executives and tie such benefits more closely to the entertainment company's financial performance.


Critics Say Putin Must Address Security Corruption

President Vladimir Putin's move to enhance his power in response to a wave of terrorism does not take on the real problem: the corrupt and unreformed security services that


Big Fund to Prop Up Securities Is Scrapped

Big banks have pulled the plug on a Treasury Dept.-backed plan to rescue troubled investment vehicles leveled by the subprime mortgage crisis.


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


Anibal Sanchez restored a forgotten feat to major league baseball: a no-hitter. The rookie ended the longest period without a no-hitter in major league history, leading the Florida Marlins over the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-0 Wednesday night in just his 13th career start.


The parents of a boy who apparently killed himself fear media coverage could prompt others to copy him.


Britain, Irish to hold N. Ireland summit

The British and Irish governments will hold a Northern Ireland summit Friday designed to plot a course for the revival of a Catholic-Protestant government in the British territory, the Irish government announced.


Subpoenas Likely for Justice Officials in Prosecutor Firings

Senate Democrats said yesterday they are preparing to subpoena five senior Justice Department officials as part of a widening probe into whether eight U.S. attorneys were fired for political reasons.


US Beats Australia to Claim Softball Gold

The United States won the gold medal in softball Monday, beating Australia 5-1 on two home runs from Crystl Bustos and masterful pitching from Lisa Fernandez.


The World Health Organisation (WHO) says rates of diabetes are set to increase as childhood obesity soars worldwide. WHO says an estimated 10 per cent of school-aged children are overweight, with the situation worsening.


VA Straining to Keep Up With Claims, Study Says

The Department of Veterans Affairs' system for handling disability claims is strained to its limit, and the Bush administration's  efforts to relieve backlogs will not be enough to serve veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, investigators told a House committee yesterday.


NEW YORK -- A federal criminal investigation of Boeing Co. 's (BA) dealings with the Air Force is branching out to include aspects of a $100 billion program it is overseeing for the Army, people familiar with


Due attentatori si fanno esplodere davanti a moschea sciita


Troops Hunting Al Qaeda Members Withdrawn

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov. 27 -- The Pakistani army announced Saturday that it would withdraw hundreds of troops from a tense tribal region near Afghanistan where Osama bin Laden and his top deputy were believed to be hiding.


John McCain and Bill Richardson got their most prized keepsakes 40 years apart, from the same hand.


Astana, 19:00 - CALCIO, QUALIFICAZIONI EURO 2008: KAZAKHSTAN-BELGIO 2-2

In una gara valida per il gruppo A di qualificazione agli Europei 2008, Kazakhstan e Belgio hanno pa...


TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico  - A commercial   rocket blasted off from a site in New Mexico on Monday, but   malfunctioned before it reached space, organizers said.


âOne-of-a-kind gift ideasâ you can create on your Mac

Offering readers a gift suggestion âIâm certain your loved one isnât going to receive from somebody else,â Bob LeVitus (Houston Chronicle) suggests âcreating a book or calendarâ from the images in your iPhoto library. And, LeVitus points out, âit couldnât be easier to create one in iPhoto: Just select the photos, drag them where you want them on the pages and then add some text. When youâre done, you order it with a click of a button.â  Thinking about placing an order? You have just a few days left if you want your parties to receive their gifts by December 25.


Doctor Links a Manâs Illness to a Microwave Popcorn Habit

A fondness for microwave buttered popcorn may have led a Colorado man to develop a serious lung condition that until now has been found only in people working in popcorn plants.


WASHINGTON Oct. 19, 2004 - Federal health officials said Tuesday that another 2.6 million doses of flu vaccine will be available in January to augment existing supplies as they sought to calm fears about the shortage.


UK researchers have developed a way of using light to detect the presence of bacteria.


Tai Tung International, Inc., is recalling about 128,880 toy ice cream cars, police cars and washing machines because the multicolored beads inside the toys can become accessible to children, causing a choking hazard.


In April 2005, Angelina  Jolie was in Namibia, pregnant for the first time and awaiting  the birth of her child.


Remains of Russian empress sail for St Petersburg

A ship carrying the remains  of the mother of Russia's last tsar set sail on Saturday from  Denmark for Russia, where they will be laid to rest next to her  late husband in accordance with her wishes.


Whirlpool closing 2 plants, adding jobs at others

Whirlpool Corp  said on Thursday it planned to close two refrigerator plants and cut about 1,250 jobs in a restructuring expected to cost $15 million to $20 million, while adding 875 jobs at two other plants.


âSpring Awakeningâ and âCoast of Utopiaâ Rack Up Tony Awards

The 61st annual Tony Awards showed fondness for the 19th century with awards for âSpring Awakeningâ and âThe Coast of Utopia.â


Rapper Eminem Tops U.S. Charts with 'Encore'

Eminem fans have turned out en  masse to snap up their rap idol's newest album, propelling it  to No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts after just three days in  release.


David Giovacchini scored a career-high 20 points, including 10 in overtime, to lead Harvard to an 85-82 win over Colgate last night in Hamilton, N.Y.


Technology firms and gadget lovers are urged to think more about the environment as new regulations come into force.


Iniziativa del Consorzio Chianti Classico e del Mipaf


Transit strike, Sarkozy divorce news hit France

PARIS - For President Nicolas Sarkozy, a day does not get much darker than this.


Allen Iverson is still a 76er as of Monday, but his nameplate is gone and his locker was cleaned and his demand for a trade appears close to being granted.


Interviews with dozens of former and current Iraqi officials by congressional investigators have produced new evidence that Saddam Hussein micromanaged business deals under the U.N. oil-for-food program to maximize political influence with important foreign governments like Russia and neighboring Arab states.


Run for charity almost gets short shrift

Call it a case of getting too big for their britches. Or, more precisely, their Speedos.


Toomer and Strahan Bonding at 100 Yards and at 35,000 Feet

Amani Toomer and Michael Strahan have built a unique friendship and bonded tighter than ever during this playoff run, which leads to Green Bay on Sunday for the N.F.C. championship game.


A suicide car bomber linked to al-Qaida killed 13 people in Baghdad on Monday, the first anniversary of Saddam Hussein's capture, and clashes resumed in Fallujah, a


Thousands evacuated after N. Carolina chemical leak

Thousands of people were evacuated on Friday from their homes in Apex, North Carolina, after a chemical fire sent a toxic cloud over the Raleigh suburb, emergency officials said.


Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has been in a coma for several hours and now in critical condition, Arafat's senior aides said on Thursday.


SAN FRANCISCO - Daylight-saving time begins Sunday, three weeks sooner than usual. Time to spin the dial on the kitchen clock - and to brace for computer problems. The early start wasn't programmed into many electronic devices. That's created plenty of work for Luis Rodriguez, a software director at IBM, and David Woelfle, an enterprise architect at Electronic Data Systems. The two tech experts have helped dozens of companies update computer systems for the change.


New Translation of Bible Goes Back to Hebrew Roots

It is considered the most  magisterial opening in English literature: "In the beginning  God created the heaven and the earth."


Peter Mandelson warns MPs not to get drawn into an Eurosceptic agenda by supporting an EU Treaty referendum.


A panel of executives from financial services firms said their industry is paying the price for retailer breaches of the Payment Card Industry Data Security standard.


Lord Burns, a former senior British Treasury official, will head the review into the way the Football Association is run, the governing body announced.


Nationâs Top Prospect Is Majoring in Drama

Terrelle Pryor, a quarterback considered by many to be the best player in the country, is expected to disclose his decision between Michigan and Ohio State on Wednesday.


RadioShack, Sprint in Mall Kiosk Venture

RadioShack Corp. , the No. 3 U.S. electronics chain, on Tuesday said it has signed a deal with Sprint Corp.  to open wireless kiosks at malls nationwide.


A Bosnian Serb general indicted for war crimes is to be transferred to The Hague, the chief UN war crimes prosecutor says.


'Coercion' plan to force ID cards on first time drivers

Not compulsion - sign here to end the pain... "Various forms of coercion" could be used to accelerate the rollout of ID cards, the idea being that ID cards will remain 'voluntary' for as long as possible, while not having an ID card will become more and more uncomfortable. This, precisely what the government has intended to do all along, is stated baldly in an Identity & Passport Service leak cited by the Sunday People.â¦


Former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, an architect of the U.S. war with Iraq in 1991, is advising the Bush administration to consider a phased withdrawal of some of the 150,000 U.S. troops in Iraq.


Roma, 13:08 - PALLANUOTO, IL 9 OTTOBRE LA PRESENTAZIONE DEI CAMPIONATI

Si terrà il 9 ottobre a Roma, alle ore 12 presso il Circolo "Antico Tiro a Volo" a Roma, la p...


Can NBC Do for âQuarterlifeâ What YouTube Could Not?

Some episodes of âQuarterlife,â a drama about a group of good-looking people in their 20s, have yet to attract 100,000 video views.


From Prussia with love: the Scot who ruled Berlin

HOCHKIRCH, Germany  - He once governed Ukraine and Berlin, controlled Finland, and might have changed British history -- but is little known in his native Scotland.


GI Gets Light Sentence for Desertion in '65

Four decades after Charles Robert Jenkins disappeared into the mists of the Cold War, the United States Army sergeant, now a frail 64-year-old, received a light sentence


BAGHDAD, Oct. 6 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, making an unannounced visit to Iraq, urged the embattled government to accelerate efforts to foster national reconciliation and help end sectarian violence.


Fans think the wait was worth it as they get their hands on the new iPhone, the BBC's Laura Smith-Spark reports.


Race to Bury Asia's Dead as Toll Soars Near 60,000

Stricken Indian Ocean nations worked swiftly on Wednesday to bury thousands of bodies as experts warned disease could kill as many people as the 60,000 already dead from the violent crush of Sunday's tsunami.


Gov. Jeb Bush suspended all executions in Florida after a medical examiner said Friday that prison officials botched the insertion of the needles when a convicted killer was put to death earlier this week.


McCartney, Mills seek last-ditch divorce deal

Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his estranged wife Heather Mills remained tight-lipped Monday after they returned to court in a last-ditch bid to resolve their divorce battle behind closed doors.


Small growth stocks triumphed in 2007, despite the market's flight to safety. They will do well again in 2008.


By Theresa Howard  NEW YORK -- With its launch on Sept. 20, the CW television network will roll out some innovative ad forms as well as its fall shows.


Un aumento delle tariffe ferroviarie viene visto quasi come "fisiologico" dal manager delle Ferrovie dello Stato Elio Catania. Che ritiene il rincaro del biglietto un semplice adeguamento alla qualitÃ  del servizio prestato.


EU leaders convene for summit with Bush back in power

BRUSSELS - European leaders were to open a two-day summit Thursday in theory focussed on economic reform but set against the backdrop of US President George W. Bushâs triumphant re-election.


Liverpool owners deny planning sale to Dubai

George Gillett and Tom Hicks, the American co-owners of Liverpool, on Friday dismissed reports that they are preparing to sell all or part of the club to Dubai International Capital (DIC), the investment arm of the Gulf Emirate.


By Paul Majendie and David ClarkeLONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair is set to say on Thursday he will step down within a year, rejecting growing calls from within his ruling Labour Party for a new ...


Sheâs Crazy, Heâs Macho: Reader, Itâs Love

Russell Banksâs new novel bears less resemblance to any of his gritty, visionary epics than it does to a melodramatic B movie from the 1940s.


DNA links inmate to 12 killings in LA area

A one-time pizza deliveryman now in prison for rape is suspected of being one of the most prolific serial killers in Los Angeles history


Britney Spears 'can't wait' to get onstage

Britney Spears, who is pregnant with her second child, says she's not ready to retire from performing.


Seventy-three-year-old former Washington Senators public address announcer Charlie Brotman wrestled a protester out of the way, clearing the stage for the Montreal Expos to be rechristened the Washington Nationals. With approval from baseball owners and a ballpark funding package still pending, the franchise forged ahead yesterday with a splashy ceremony before hundreds of fans in the grand hall at Union ...


Obihiro, 13:41 - RALLY, GIAPPONE: LOEB AL COMANDO DOPO SECONDA GIORNATA

Sebastien Loeb è al comando del Rally del Giappone dopo la seconda tappa. Il francese della C...


US urges Zimbabwe government to free opposition leader

The United States called Sunday for the immediate release of Zimbabwean opposition leaders detained after riot police thwarted a planned mass protest against President Robert Mugabe's government.


Soprattutto in Germania, Der Spiegel parla di 8mila posti


Steel titans CSN and Tata begin final battle for Corus

Tata Steel of India and rival CSN of Brazil battled for control of Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus in a takeover auction which pits two emerging economic superpowers against each other for a major chunk of the European steel industry.


Juventus Stays Top in Italian Soccer; Valencia Leads

Juventus won 3-0 at Sampdoria in Italian soccer's Serie A to record a third straight victory and maintain a two-point lead atop the 20-team standings.


Intel: Nuovo Processore Dedicato Ai Videogiochi

Roma, 4 nov. (Adnkronos Multimedia) - Intel presenta il nuovo processore Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition. La CPU supporta la tecnologia Hyper-Threading (HT) e ha un bus di sistema a velocita' elevata grazie


Roma, 23:23 - CALCIO, SCONTRI ROMA-MANCHESTER: SETTE FERITI E 12 FERMATI

E' di sette ferito il bilancio degli scontri avvenuti poco prima di Roma-Manchester United. Si tratt...


An interrupted night's sleep may increase the risk of developing diabetes, a US-based study suggests.


Pakistan's 23rd Premier: Shaukat Aziz Takes Oath Today

Pakistan Times Special Correspondent. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan steps into a unique epoch of afflu ence with an exceptional self-reliant economy, the hallmark of a true and pragmatic feature of sovereignty


Government to extradite Islamist cleric Hamza to US: ministry

The government intends to extradite jailed Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri to the United States to face terror charges, the Home Office said Thursday.


The Saudi Arabian envoy to  the US, Prince Turki al-Faisal, abruptly resigns and leaves Washington.


Hanging stockings by the chimney with care? Retailers hope that St. Nicholas soon will be there — to hang a 42-inch plasma-screen TV. As prices drop for high-end televisions, sales are leaping. Retailers expect to sell twice as many plasma-screen televisions and three times as many LCD televisions this year, according to the Consumer Electronics Association.


Lleyton Hewitt won the Tennis Channel Open for the third time, outlasting fourth-seeded Jurgen Melzer 6-4, 7-6 in the final Sunday.


Pa. shop owner backs English-only policy

A small sign that asked customers to order in English at a famous cheesesteak shop was never meant to be offensive, the shop's owner testified Friday at a hearing to decide whether the policy was discriminatory.


Tucson Catholic Diocese Files for Bankruptcy

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson, faced with possible multimillion-dollar legal verdicts from sex abuse cases pending against its priests, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, church official said.


President Bush used humor, flattery and a bit of scolding yesterday to try to convince Canadians that the traditional friendship between their nation and the United


JERUSALEM, Jan. 10 -- President Bush said Thursday that Palestinian refugees should receive compensation for the loss of homes they fled or were forced to flee during the establishment of Israel and declared that there should be an end to Israel's "occupation" of lands seized in war four decades ...


Draft Constitutional Changes for Judicial Reform in Macedonia to Be Ready by April

Montenegro -- A European Parliament committee investigating interethnic incidents in Vojvodina is in Belgrade on Monday (31 January), meeting with Serbian government officials.


Matrix42 Offers 30-Day Trial of Empirum Inventory to Help Companies Identify Defective Dell Notebook Batteries

matrix42 is responding to Dell's notebook lithium ion battery recall by offering companies a fast and easy way to identify the devices that may contain the potentially dangerous batteries.


Top scientist Watson cancels British book tour after race row

A Nobel Prize-winning scientist who reportedly claimed black people are less intelligent than whites, has pulled out of a book tour and gone home, his publicist said Friday.


TOKYO (CBS.MW) - The dollar hit a record low against the euro for a second straight Asian session Thursday, as investors continued to test the resolve of the monetary authorities in Japan and Europe to try to stem the weakening dollar trend.


Spain's Canary Islands face renewed locust swarm

Spain's Canary Islands, which last week declared a state of alert as swarms of locusts arrived from western Africa, is under threat from a renewed cloud of the creatures, an AFP photographer on the spot said.


In another dig at the United States, the Socialist government has dropped plans for U.S. Marines to march in a high-profile parade commemorating Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.


Two people were under hospital observation in northern Malaysia with flu-like symptoms yesterday as the country fought to contain the second case of deadly bird flu in two weeks.


Police enjoying tour but don't plan album: guitarist

The Police are feeling rejuvenated from their reunion tour but they don't plan to record a new album, guitarist Andy Summers said Tuesday.


Six months after achieving Oscar  glory for his climate change documentary "An Inconvenient  Truth," former Vice President Al Gore is headed back to the red  carpet for the Emmys, U.S. television's highest honors.


ECONOMIC growth will improve and the trade deficit will narrow but interest rates will have to rise, a new international report on the Australian economy has found.


Brad Pitt, Jolie make surprise trip to Vietnam

Hollywood superstars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to Vietnam, cruising the streets of commercial hub Ho Chi Minh City on a motorbike.


Todd Haynes is known for films that are daring and arty and donât always make sense. Inside the making of his weirdest, most audacious work yet.


Total Tally of Shuttle Fleet Costs Exceed Initial Estimates

BOULDER,  Colo. -- As NASA and its industrial army march forward to this year's return to flight of the space shuttle program, a new assessment has been made on the program's overall price tag to the taxpayer.


Customs agent took bribes to access Fed police databases

Ex-Customs Service agent and the Mexican drug trafficker who bribed him both go to prison for a scheme involving selling access to massive confidential police databases.


Chinese Culture Day opened on Wednesday with Chinese acrobatic shows in the culture palace of Minsk, capital of Belarus.


Rossi, 'prima riassetto con Autority poi nomina advisor'


Protests take place for a second day at Airbus plants after it said it wanted to cut 10,000 jobs.


Ukraine Parliament Backs Changes to End Poll Crisis

Ukraine's parliament approved on Wednesday a series of laws and constitutional changes aimed at resolving the post-election crisis which has pushed the ex-Soviet state into turmoil.


Maltese open hearts and wallets to tsunami victims

Malta will today dig into its pockets and donate supplies towards the biggest-ever international relief bid in aid of the tsunami victims.


Russia to determine bird flu strain by Sunday

Poultry farms around Moscow were under tight control on Saturday as animal health officials determined whether the deadly H5N1 strain was responsible for the Russian capital's first outbreak of bird flu.


AT&T, Yahoo downplay report partnership at risk

AT&T Inc. and Yahoo  Inc.  are negotiating how they could expand a broadband  promotion deal to cover mobile Internet services and  advertising, a source familiar with the talks said on Friday.


Sanyo and Lenovo may share cost of battery recall

InfoWorld - Japanese electronics company Sanyo Electric and computer vendor Lenovo Group are discussing how to pay for the recall of over 200,000 laptop PC batteries, and may end up sharing the burden.


Nepal yesterday briefly lifted a curfew imposed on the capital after widespread rioting in response to the slaying of 12 Nepalese in Iraq, as the death toll from the unrest rose to two.


The focus in Iraq is shifting to winning the hearts and minds of the people, but it's not as easy as just handing out food and soccer balls. Danger Room's Noah Shachtman reports from Iraq.


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


"Departed" shoots to top of video charts

Best picture contender  "The Departed" rode Oscar buzz to take the top spot on the  latest national DVD sales and rental charts.


Police in Haiti detained a priest on suspicion of links to violence, while ex-soldiers who carried out a bloody revolt against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide said reinforcements were headed for the capital to help put down clashes that have killed at least 48 people.


Study: Global Warming Could Change Calif.

Global warming could cause dramatically hotter summers and a depleted snow pack in California, leading to a sharp increase in heat-related deaths and jeopardizing the water supply, according to a study released Monday.


Officials investigate deaths in Ulster Co.

Health officials in the Hudson Valley said a woman's death in November was caused by Cruetzfeldt-Jacob disease. died of the disease.


Annan: l'attacco finale a Falluja sarÃ  un errore

Kofi Annan dÃ  lâaltolÃ  a George W. Bush: attaccare Fallujah comprometterebbe le elezioni di gennaio in Iraq. Gli Stati Uniti: Â«Su questo punto non siamo d'accordoÂ». WASHINGTON - Kofi Annan dÃ  lâaltolÃ


Canada seeks author of nasty letters from Santa

Canada's post office and police are trying to track down a "rogue elf" who wrote obscene letters to children on behalf of Santa Claus, a newspaper reported on Friday.


UK supermarket chain Tesco  launches an online music service it hopes will rival Apple's market-leading iTunes.


An explosion kills four people in Baghdad, as US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrives in Iraq.


Peter Lonard has become just the fifth player in half-a-century to win back-to-back Hillcross Australian Open titles after storming home in the final round at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney.


Sarkozy sees threat, BOJ says tumult overdone

NEW YORK/LONDON  - France's Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Thursday that the U.S. home loan crisis was a threat to world growth, while a Bank of Japan policy-maker said the recent market turmoil has been overdone.


This Gardner Is Heading Back to His Roots

He sat down on the mat, legs crossed, fiddling with his laces. Rulon Gardner said he wanted to feel "the way you do when you take off your shoes as aa four- or five-year-old kid, on the mat for the first time.


Sun Microsystems Inc.  is staging its first press and customer event in New York on Tuesday in three years to roll out new products and woo customers in the banking industry, one of the network computer maker's most important markets.


Short but sweet glimpse of Kewell for Sydney's fans

SYDNEYSIDERS had a half-portion of Harry Kewell last night as the rarely-sighted Socceroo star made a cameo appearance for his country as Australia completed the formalities of qualifying for next year's Confederations Cup.


This Quicktime buffer overflow vulnerability appears to be different from a similar vulnerability  patched by Apple in December 2007.


In an internet poll last night to discover who should keep goal for England in Poland on Wednesday, most votes were cast for "anyone but David James".


Iran's President Ahmadinejad and Saudi King Abdullah pledge to unite against the spread of sectarian strife.


Olmert says ready to free Palestinian prisoners

SDE BOKER, Israel  - Israel will be prepared to release many Palestinian prisoners, including long-serving inmates, in return for a soldier militants seized last June, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday.


Key US army official slams Bush over Halliburton Iraq contracts

One of the US Army's top procurement officers yesterday called the Bush administration's grant of multibillion-dollar contracts to oil services giant Halliburton "the worst case of contracting abuse she has ever seen".


Court Rejects Challenge to Do-Not-Call List

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower-court ruling that telemarketers' rights to free speech are not violated by the government's nationwide do-not-call list.


Pressure piles on SocGen over trading scandal

Societe Generale came under mounting pressure on Friday to give a full account of how a rogue trader managed to dupe his bosses and run up a $7 billion loss -- while his family said he had been made a scapegoat.


China Closes 1,600 Internet Cafes In Crackdown

China shut 1,600 Internet cafes between February and August and imposed $12.1 million worth of fines for allowing children to play violent or adult-only games and other violations, state media said.


King's body in U.S. may head to homeland

Yugoslavia's last monarch, exiled from his homeland during World War II, ended up in a tomb inside an ornately decorated church outside Chicago, a place that still attracts his loyal followers.


Reggio Calabria, 20:43 - CALCIO, REGGINA; LUCARELLI: ORA SPERIAMO NELL'ARBITRATO

Alessandro Lucarelli dopo la gara con l'Ascoli: "Vittoria importantissima, ora speriamo nell'Arbitra...


A tense encounter with Iran and lingering concerns about weak job data keep U.S. stocks down.


The top aide to convicted former Rep. Bob Ney pleaded guilty Monday to federal conspiracy charges stemming from a congressional bribery scandal that downed his boss.


A politically progressive website at the forefront of discussions about electronic-voting machines and election irregularities is barring Black Box Voting founder Bev Harris from posting to its site. By Joanna Glasner.


Loses wood over Celebrity Big Brother cock-up Aficionados of the kind of quality programming for which Channel 4 is rightly reknowned will be disappointed to learn it has pulled its planned "wank week" - a series of three late-night programmes dedicated to bashing the bishop and petting the beaver.â¦


IBM and Advanced Micro Devices have come up with a new way of straining silicon in a move that will allow them to make chips with better performance.


World and Olympic figure skating champion Scott Hamilton has a benign brain tumor. The 46-year-old Hamilton underwent a biopsy at The Cleveland Clinic, and doctors expected to release him from the hospital today, publicist Michael Sterling said Thursday.


GOP Looks Beyond War Measure to Fight on Funding

With Republicans speaking out against President Bush's war policy on the House floor yesterday, GOP leaders and the White House conceded defeat on a resolution opposing sending additional U.S. troops to Iraq and began looking toward the coming battle over the war's funding.


Hoping success rate against Moss gets bit of a bump up

FOXBOROUGH - Like the rest of the NFL, the New York Jets didn't know what to expect from Randy Moss when he made his Patriots debut Sept. 9 against them at Giants Stadium. It didn't take long for everyone to realize that not only was the Moss of old back, he was better than ever.


SD runner's early sacrifice has silver lining

Mebrahtom Keflezighi was in Athens once before. His father had sneaked out of their native Eritrea in the northeast corner of Africa five years earlier, working three jobs


ENVIRONMENT:  Germany Putting More Wind Into Energy

BERLIN, Feb 15 (IPS) - Germany is blowing more wind into energy with the  setting up of new offshore facilities. Germany already has the  world's largest installed capacity for wind energy.


CATASTROPHE IN THAILAND The Temple of Death

The Temple of Lom Kaen in the devastated tourist hub of Khao Lak has, for many, become the last stop in the search for missing loved ones.


Laptops can lower male sperm count by raising temperature of ...

If you are male you should twice before placing a laptop on your lap - the laptop can raise the temperature inside your testicles by three degrees celcius and seriously lower your sperm count.


Balancing it on the lap increases the temperature of the scrotum which is known to have a negative effect on sperm production, researchers found.


The Detroit Pistons' first meeting with the Indiana Pacers since their notorious brawl last month passed peacefully on Christmas Day but, behind the scenes, the National Basketball Association


The issue of compulsory annuities will be reviewed, the government pledges, after another defeat in the Lords over the rule.


Fatal drug mix-up exposes hospital flaws

Early last Saturday, nurses at an Indianapolis hospital went to the drug cabinet in the newborn intensive care unit to get blood-thinner for several premature babies.


Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has taken action against two flu shot distributors, ASAP Meds and Dublin Medical, accusing the companies of price gouging during the flu vaccine shortage.


Adam Sandler turns 40 in a few months and the new father says he's ready to shift his focus. Sandler and his wife, Jackie, welcomed their first child, Sadie Madison, last month.


Wider Sale Seen for Toothpaste Tainted in China

Roughly 900,000 tubes containing a poison have turned up in hospitals for the mentally ill, prisons, juvenile detention centers and even some hospitals.


Strade allagate e allarme frane tra Imperia e Savona


EU foreign ministers will debate on Monday whether to sign an interim trade agreement with Serbia -- a move seen as boosting pro-European President Boris Tadic ahead of a February 3 presidential run-off.


Motorola Inc., the second-largest maker of wireless handsets, said Thursday it agreed to purchase Crisnet Inc., a privately-held developer of records management and related systems for criminal justice and public safety customers.


County air still hasn't come clean, report says

San Diego County remains on a federal list of 225 counties that have some of the nation's dirtiest air, although area officials said they've taken steps to reduce pollution.


A late-stage trial of Nexavar in patients with nonsmall-cell lung cancer after a committee said it would not meet the main goal of improving overall survival.


The first scientific tests of some popular alternative medicine products hint that American ginseng might lessen cancer fatigue and that flaxseed might slow the growth of prostate tumors.


Pioneer of Sham Tax Havens Sits Down for a Pre-Jail Chat

Jerome Schneider, the nation's best-known seller of phony offshore banks, said that he helped hundreds of rich Americans evade taxes, including celebrities and business owners.


Online music retailer Napster Inc. said Thursday it narrowed losses in its fiscal third quarter by adding subscribers and generating record revenue.


A judge brands The Jeremy Kyle Show as "a form of human bear- baiting" at a Manchester court case.


Smoking-in-public ban fails to extinguish HK habit

Hong Kong smokers have been lighting up 12 million more cigarettes a month since the city imposed a public-smoking ban a year ago, a newspaper said on Wednesday.


At least 30 killed in Egyptian resort bombing

Three bombs killed at least 30 people in Egyptian Red Sea resorts packed with Israeli tourists. Dozens more were buried under rubble and thousands fleed home over the border after the attack.


Guy Hands, the private equity owner of EMI, plans to cut up to 2,000 jobs at the ailing British music company, in a plan to rebuild the group which has sparked fury from some of its biggest acts.


News: Telenor takes down 'massive' botnet

A network of more than 10,000 zombie PCs has been dismantled after security staff at Norwegian telco Telenor located and shutdown its controlling server.


Usher leads the American Music Awards field

Usher has led the field of candidates for the 32nd annual American Music Awards with four nominations. The R&B singer was nominated for favourite male artist and favourite album, in both the pop/rock and soul/R&B categories.


Citigroup Seeking More Foreign Investment

The financial giant is in talks to sell a stake to a Chinese bank and other investors, people briefed on the plan said.


Durable Goods Fall as Aircraft Orders Off

Orders for long-lasting US durable goods slipped unexpectedly in August as civilian aircraft demand plunged, but beat forecasts once transportation was stripped out, government data showed on Friday.