March planned outside Justice Department

Civil rights leaders called Tuesday for a march on the Justice Department and an economic boycott next month because they believe the federal government has been sluggish in dealing with hate crimes.


Shares in Google rise more than 12% in  New York following the announcement of its huge rise in profits.


The open-source computer is inexpensive and actually looks good.


Airlines Struggle to Recover From Delays

Luggage was stacked in rows longer than a football field Monday as airlines struggled to recover from the delays and mix-ups caused by regional carrier Comair's systemwide cancelations during the holiday weekend and the failure of US Airways' baggage system.


CBS Sorry for Preempting Hit Drama with Arafat Report

The CBS television network  apologized to viewers on Thursday for interrupting the last  five minutes of a hit detective drama with a special report on  the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.


Gatlin's gun fastest in historic shootout

Serious fun lit up the Olympics last night. A showdown among the swaggering gunslingers who populate the sprint community, celebrated by 72,000 spectators for a full 10 minutes prior


U.S. Blue Chips Slip, Led by Retail, Oil

U.S. blue chips fell on Thursday after  reports of lackluster November sales at some retailers and a $1  drop in oil prices that sent energy stocks lower.


Euro Disney rides to new low with a â¬145m loss

EURO DISNEY, the financially crippled French theme park operator, has admitted that its annual losses more than doubled last financial year as it was hit by a surge in costs.


A former suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway threw wine in the face of a crime reporter after they appeared together on a Dutch television program.


Presidential Campaign To Intensify After Final First-Round Results Released

It took 10 days, but Ukraine's Central Election Commission finally announced the results of the 31 October presidential election yesterday.


Sun-Microsoft deal raises Open Office questions

MacCentral - Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said that it is looking for ways to work more closely with developers of the Open Office open source project, while at the same time, apparently reserving the right to sue them, according to a legal agreement between Microsoft and Open Office's major sponsor, Sun Microsystems Inc., made public this week.


The Sputtering Yankees Look for a Jump Start

One bad Kevin Brown breaking ball, which Bengie Molina blasted for a three-run homer in the fifth inning, did in the Yankees on Sunday.


Scesi sotto 1 mln di tonnellate, allarme della Coldiretti


Joe Simpson has guided his two daughters, Jessica and Ashlee, to success as MTV reality-show stars and pop singers. Now he's seeking a new property.


Canada's Supreme Court tells the government it can legalise gay marriage without violating the constitution.


On this third anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on American soil, a bold action by the leader of the transitional government of Afghanistan indicates the hard decisions that are still to be taken before victory can be announced in the war against


Siena, 18:28 - CALCIO, SPALLETTI: ROMA SENZA TESTA E SCONFITTA MERITATA

Luciano Spalletti non cerca alibi dopo il pesante ko della Roma a Siena. "L'impressione è che...


Ex-Kosovo rebels face first war crimes trial

The first international war crimes trial of Kosovo Albanians began yesterday, with three former rebels accused of abducting and killing suspected


Iraq Militants Issue Hostage Death Threat to Japan

Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's militant group threatened to behead a Japanese hostage it said worked with Japan's forces in Iraq if Tokyo did not withdraw its troops from the country within 48 hours.


Less than a day after Microsoft detailed the latest Windows vulnerability, hackers were hunting for exploit codes. By Gregg Keizer, TechWeb News.


A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out on a teenage boy who was stabbed to death in Hull.


Red Hat aims to make JBoss an enterprise player

Red Hat put some muscle behind its intention to make its JBoss middleware as ubiquitous in the enterprise as its Linux software on Wednesday, committing new sales, marketing, and technical resources to accelerating the adoption of JBoss among the largest corporations.At its JBoss World conference in Orlando, Florida, Craig Muzilla, vice president of Red Hat's Middleware Business, said the company hopes JBoss will be a major part of 50 percent of all enterprise software infrastructure deployments by 2015. "We believe it is an achievable, realistic goal," he said.To reach that goal, Red Hat introduced a multifaceted plan that includes opening technology "acceleration" centers, adding sales and marketing support, and putting together an enterprise-class middleware stack. The stack would be made up of JBoss and other open-source software for management, application integration, and application development.Red Hat purchased JBoss in April 2006 and has been trying to integrate the Java-based application infrastructure, or middleware, with its Linux business to become a multiproduct company.In an interview last week, Red Hat's new CEO, Jim Whitehurst, said the hardest part of this has been changing JBoss' business model to Red Hat's. JBoss gave its software away for free and charged for consulting and services. Red Hat has a ".org" community version of its product for anyone to use, as well as a more robust enterprise version for large-scale deployments. He said at the time that Red Hat now will use a similar model for making JBoss more successful in the enterprise.Muzilla echoed Whitehurst's notion that Red Hat will use the same strategy to boost JBoss in enterprises as it did to make Red Hat Enterprise Linux so successful. However, he said there is still "a lack of understanding that you can really run your enterprise on open-source middleware."To change that perception, Red Hat plans to offer an "enterprise-hardened, rock-solid" stack of JBoss middleware that includes both existing products, such as JBoss Application Server, JBoss Cache, JBoss Transactions, JBoss Clustering, and JBoss Messaging, and other open-source products, Muzilla said Wednesday. Red Hat will test and certify the middleware stack to ensure the pieces work together and can sustain large-scale enterprise deployments, he said.Sales and customer support also are key to making a successful enterprise play, Muzilla said. In the past six months, Red Hat has added JBoss sales and presales specialists in North America to help sell the middleware to enterprises. The company also is hiring new marketing executives and is planning its first acceleration center. He said the centers will be in places "where there is a lot of customer activity," without giving more details.Once the new technology labs for JBoss are open, customers will be able to use them to test Red Hat's JBoss stack, and it's likely Red Hat will build centers for a specific task, Muzilla said. "Performance will be one lab, interoperability will be another," he said.


Millions expected at Red Sox victory parade; route extended into ...

Thousands of Red Sox fans began descending on Boston on Saturday for a parade many began to doubt they'd ever witness in their lifetimes: a toast to a team of World Series champions.


British troops and armour have rolled north from Basra to take over a deadly area near Baghdad and free up US troops for a widely expected attack on the Iraqi rebel-held city of Falluja.


Microsoft shows off future features of Project

Microsoft showed off some features of the next version of Project, to the delight of the crowd gathered at the Microsoft Office Project Conference in Seattle.The audience applauded a new timeline view that will become available. Alice Steinglass, senior program manager for Microsoft Office Project, showed how users can cut and paste the timeline into other applications, such as a PowerPoint slide. Once pasted, users can alter individual components of the image, deleting sections and changing the font, for example.That's one feature that furthers Microsoft's goal of making Project not only easier to use for project managers but usable by more people in an organization. "At the end of the day, the fundamental thesis here is that we are all project managers because we all manage work," said Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO, addressing the audience on Tuesday. "Whether my personal project management system happens to look more like a formal project or a task list that I might keep in something like Excel or Outlook, we need to make sure that we give rich tool sets to people at all levels of the food chain to help them do work management."A major user interface change to come within Project that Steinglass showed off is the icon ribbon at the top of the screen, similar to the one featured on many other Microsoft programs such as Word. Users can click on different tabs at the top and the icons available in the ribbon change. With the click of an icon, users can, for example, filter for incomplete tasks or group by resource name. These functions currently require several clicks in Project 2007.Future versions of Project will give customers an easier way to customize fields. The current method is complicated and will eventually be replaced with a blank column that users can simply start filling in with any information they want. As soon as they do, a new blank column automatically appears. If a user inputs a dollar figure in the column, the rest of the column automatically configures for dollars.Steinglass also showed off enhancements that will come to Web access to Projects. If a user makes changes to several time frames for completing tasks, the application won't automatically update the overall schedule, so as not to slow down performance. When a user is done making changes, a Calculate Changes button makes the alterations, highlighting every item that has changed. Users can hit Undo repeatedly to get rid of changes.Microsoft doesn't even have a name for the next version of Project, so there's no time frame for when these features will become available. Project 2007 began shipping earlier this year, and some Project 2003 users say they're waiting for the first Service Pack release before they'll move to the latest version.Microsoft executives expect that Web access will become important in the future. Practically every user of Project will take advantage of Web access, allowing partners and remote workers access to it from online, said Mike Angiulo, general manager of the Microsoft Project business unit. Ballmer wagered that in five years, about 50 percent of Project customers would use a fully hosted version, with the rest using an on-premise server.Microsoft may also do some work enabling more access to Project from Windows Mobile devices. While there is a need for access to Project from mobile phones, users won't want the full version, Ballmer said. "What you want to do is say what aspects of the Project experience are people going to want to take on the phone," he said. For example, people may want to check on the status of a project and input information from their phones, he said.Some existing functions already available let people use their phones to change tasks within Outlook and those changes will be replicated on the Project server, said Angiulo.On Monday, Microsoft said that in two or three weeks it will announce the ship date for Service Pack 1 for Project 2007. When pressed for more details on Tuesday, Angiulo said that it's on the same schedule as the release date for Office 2007. He added that the final code is being tested, an indication that release is imminent.


House Report Faults Pentagon Accounting of Iraqi Forces

The United States has invested $19 billion to train and equip nearly 350,000 Iraqi soldiers and police since toppling Saddam Hussein, but the ability of those forces to provide security remains in doubt, according to the findings of a bipartisan congressional investigation to be released today.


Gareth Barry scores a late penalty as Villa snatch a point in an incredible game which saw eight goals and three red cards.


VATICANO - AVE MARIA a cura di don Luciano Alimandi - Il Signore va preso sul serio! CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Non illudiamoci: lÂesperienza del Signore GesÃ¹ nella vita, il gusto della sua presenza pacificatrice e risanatrice va presa sul serio! Accogliere GesÃ¹ significa darGli sempre piÃ¹ spazio nella nostra esistenza medi...


Curt Schilling's status is uncertain. His usefulness is unclear. His dream of delivering a World Series championship to the Boston Red Sox may now be unrealistic.


Studies showing benefits of pill doubted

Federal officials backed away Wednesady from the findings of two major studies on birth control pills, saying the research was flawed and that a new analysis shows there is no evidence oral contraceptives cut the risk of heart disease.


Virgin Galactic shows off the final design of the launch system that will take fare-paying passengers into space.


Astros 8, Mets 3: Slumping Mets Head Into Break on a Low

The outcome of Sundayâs first-half finale, a listless loss to the Astros, served to represent how things have been going lately for the Mets.


On the heels of its 69-58 setback Sunday at Vermont that left the Catamounts alone in first place in America East, Boston University's men's team hits a much shorter road tomorrow night for a meeting of second-place teams at Matthews Arena. The BU and Northeastern women's teams open the doubleheader at 5 p.m., with the men's game scheduled for 8.


A jumbo jet carrying the space shuttle Atlantis took off Sunday on a return trip to the shuttle's launch site at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.


Testimone, 'un piccolo incendio al carrello di atterraggio'


Tourists return to Malaysia beaches for clean-up

Tourists are slowly returning to the beaches of Penang as Malaysia's hotels began cleaning up a day after the region's worst tsunami in decades killed 44 people, injured 200 and left at least 35 missing.


In Cost and Vitriol, Race in Arizona Draws Notice

Unfair tactics, lying and spying have been charged in a House primary called wild by veteran watchers in an Arizona swing district.


Oil prices rose for the second day in a row on Thursday as several OPEC ministers called for the cartel to stop producing more oil than its official target.


Jailed Palestinian Says He Will Not Seek Presidency

Marwan Barghouti, a popular politician currently in an Israeli jail, called on Palestinians to support Mahmoud Abbas in elections on Jan. 9.


England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has confirmed in-demand striker Wayne Rooney will not figure in his squad for September's World Cup qualifiers.


A youth worker kills his police officer wife and then himself after she tells him she wants to leave.


In what could be a breakthrough in the search for worlds, an international team of astronomers claims to have made an image of a planetlike object beyond our solar system.


Soldiers moved against at least two police compounds in Fiji on Monday, seizing weapons in the apparent first step toward taking over the South Pacific island nation.


Weather Helps Fire Crews in Nevada, Idaho

By Tom Gardner Associated Press  RENO, Nev. -- Improved weather and more manpower helped fire crews hold the line against two fires burning more than 407 square miles in northeastern Nevada on Saturday.


Discovery Launch Gives NASA Night to Remember ; Shuttle Bound for Space Station

By MIKE SCHNEIDER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  Flashes of flame from space shuttle Discovery lit up the darkened sky Saturday as the spacecraft blazed off the launch pad for the first nighttime liftoff in four years.


ATHENS -- US sailors needed a big day to bring home gold and bronze medals from the sailing finale here yesterday. But rolling the dice on windshifts and starting tactics backfired both in Star and Tornado classes, and the Americans had to settle for a single silver medal.


Defoe - excited about Old Trafford clash

Jermain Defoe is convinced England's new-look 'awesome' forward line can douse the Welsh dragon's fire at Old Trafford on Saturday.


Samsung touts CDMA, GSM, JCDMA 'world phone'

Multi-band, multi-mode Not for Samsung the simplicity of offering a phone with quad-band GSM support to allow the handset to be used all around the world. The South Korean giant today unveiled a device capable of connecting not only to GSM but also to CDMA and JCDMA networks.â¦


The international agreement that gave birth to mobile networks is 20 years old this weekend.


Stars of the Metropolitan Opera stand backstage during the season's opening presentation of Umberto Giordano's "Andrea Chenier," in this Oct. 15, 1962 file photo in New York.


Mibtel +0,83% e SP500 +0,71%, positive le europee


GateHouse Media Inc. continued its buying spree yesterday, gobbling two more Massachusetts daily newspapers and several weeklies.


Joyce Carol Oates came away with nominations in fiction and nonfiction when the finalists for the annual National Book Critics Circle awards were announced.


A Danish newspaper reprints a cartoon satirising the Prophet Muhammad that outraged the Muslim world.


4 Die in Attack on Iraqi National Guard HQ

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A mortar attack on an Iraqi National Guard headquarters north of Baghdad on Tuesday killed four guardsmen and wounded 80 others, the U.S. military said...


Latest data on Ukrainian president race posted

RBC, 22.11.2004, Kiev 13:04:55.According to the Ukrainian Central Election Commission, the gap between the Ukrainian presidential candidates Viktor Yanukovich and Viktor Yushchenko has increased to 3 percent.


In Controversial Move, Britain Says 'Yes' to Troop-Redeployment ...

Some 850 British troops have started preparations to redeploy from southern Iraq to an area outside of Baghdad. The move comes after Britain agreed to a US request for help and is designed to make more US


By Parris, Thomas M  This coming January


Sharpen Your Aim When Job Hunting Online

Tips for improving the efficiency of job searches on the Web.


A Tory MP describes the party stance on grammar schools as "badly thought-out" and "absurd".


Activision to stick to "Guitar Hero" song price

SANTA MONICA, California  - Activision Inc.   said on Thursday it had sold more than 300,000  downloadable song packs for its hit "Guitar Hero II" music  game, giving it confidence it will not have to lower prices  despite outrage at the cost among some game fans.


England: West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan is confident the West Indies can end a long sequence of failures by winning the ICC Champions Trophy.


Merck Decided Against 2000 Vioxx Study - NY Times

Top executives at pharmaceutical giant  Merck & Co. Inc. decided in May 2000 against developing a study  to test directly whether its Vioxx painkiller drug might pose a  heart risk, The New York Times reported on Saturday.


LOS ANGELES  - Jeremy Piven, who plays ambitious Hollywood agent Ari Gold on HBO's "Entourage," will portray a used-car liquidator in a comedy feature.


Sudanese Government, Groups Reach Agreement

After recently making peace with southern rebels, Sudan's government sealed a reconciliation deal with an umbrella opposition group that ends a 16-year conflict and strengthens efforts to spread democracy in Africa's largest country.


For F-Secure, it's all about the safety net

Kimmo Alkio takes stock of the current state of hackers, attackers, dot-bank domains and mobile phone viruses.


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


Trezeguet deve operarsi Fuori almeno quattro mesi

TORINO, 11 ottobre 2004 - Juve prima in classifica, ma giÃ  da domenica in campo senza il suo cannoniere. David Trezeguet ha deciso di operarsi. Questo e' quanto emerso dal consulto avvenuto oggi a Lione tra


SOMERSET, Pa. - Someone kicked in the door of a man's apartment, stuck a knife in the door and took a chilled salad from his refrigerator.  Somerset police said the man reported the bizarre burglary on Monday.


Sharpshooters will take to the trees next week in northern New Jersey's South Mountain Reservation to deal with a problem that has become the scourge of many suburban communities: too many deer.


Ivory Coast's president sacks the TV chief and says the PM acted seditiously by criticising him publicly.


In the early hours of the evening of 1 December Prince Bernard of The Netherlands died in a hospital in The Hague in The Netherlands.


England captain Michael Vaughan is glad to play his part in the win over Australia.


Chinese stocks are back. For now, at least.


A frustrated Sir Clive Woodward was due back at Twickenham today for the second half of talks about his England future. England's World Cup-winning mastermind, who had been expected to resign yesterday, still


James Bond is out for revenge in new film

New James Bond film "Quantum of Solace" sees the super spy out for revenge on a mission that takes him to Austria, Italy and South America.


U.S., India reach air pact for more, cheaper flights

The United States and India have reached an air travel pact that will result in more commercial airline flights, lower fares and stronger economic ties, U.S. officials said on Saturday.


Roma, 19:37 - CALCIO, SERIE B: LA PRIMA GIORNATA

Questa la prima giornata del calendario di serie B 2006/07 il 9 settembre:


Video Games: High Scores for the Games of 2007

Even with heavy hitters like Spore, G.T.A. IV and Super Smash Bros. on the horizon for 2008, it will be tough for next year to top the crop of 2007.


Congress to try for SPY ACT law by year's end.


FireFox as a Security Risk Compared to IE?

A not-so anonymous Anonymous Coward asks: "The administrator at my work gave me the following reason for not using Mozilla. What do you think?


Comedy Central Hosts Return to TV Without Writers

Comedy Centralâs Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert returned to the air Monday pointing barbs at their own management and at the striking union.


US Open officials stand down umpire Mariana Alves following the match between Jennifer Capriati and Serena Williams.


Cancer patients evacuated from a hospital fire are visited by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown.


Chesney's Caribbean Hideaway Inspires New Album

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - After more than a decade of hit  records and relentless touring, Kenny Chesney ascended to the  top of the country format last November when he claimed the  entertainer of the year prize at the Country Music Assn.  Awards. Now he's exercising his hard-won creative clout to take  something of a musical left turn.


In his inaugural speech, Karzai reiterated his main pledges to crack down on drugs, disarm militias and improve living standards. Karzai said his country has "left a hard and dark past behind" and is opening


Microsoft sued over Chinese character conversion technology

Zhongyi Electronic Ltd., a small Chinese company, is suing Microsoft over a product which turns words typed in the Roman alphabet into Chinese characters.


U.S. Stocks Flat, Bonds Fall Ahead of Fed

U.S. stocks hovered around the break-even mark, bonds fell and the dollar recovered a bit on Tuesday just hours before the Federal Reserve was expected to raise U.S. interest rates for the fifth time this year.


Billboard album reviews: DJ Shadow, Diana Krall

The ever-mutating DJ Shadow tries  his hand with hyphy -- a gritty, uptempo form of hip-hop from  California's Bay Area -- on "The Outsider.


The dollar regained some ground against  the yen on Friday, moving away from four-month lows hit the  previous day, as the market remained reluctant to push the U.S.  currency below the closely watched 107 yen mark.


Wrigley adds Altoids, Life Savers to lineup

The worldâs dominant chewing-gum maker is looking to extend its marketing might to candy. Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. said Monday that it has agreed to buy the


Mets Will Listen to Offers, but Could Stay With Gotay

One year after being discarded by the moribund Royals and four months after he was designated for assignment by the Mets, RubÃ©n Gotay finds himself in a pennant race.


Frantic Greeks flee villages as fires kill 63

KRESTENA, Greece  - Thousands of Greeks threatened by towering walls of fire fled their homes on Monday as strong winds fanned blazes that have devastated the country and killed 63 people in four days.


Update 15: Embattled Disney CEO Will Leave in 2006

Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael Eisner, who successfully fought off a shareholder attempt to oust him, unexpectedly offered his resignation from the entertainment company he's led for two decades - but he will go in his own time.


Lanny Thorndike, whose Century Shares Trust mutual fund has about a third of its assets in insurance stocks, is keeping his investments in Marsh & McLennan Cos.


Fairfax Soldier Killed In Grenade Attack

An Army soldier from Fairfax County was killed in Iraq on Wednesday when he and two other soldiers were attacked by grenade and small-arms fire during a combat operation, the Army said yesterday.


French Vivendi posts first-half losses, upbeat full-year outlook

The French media group Vivendi Universal said that a surging net loss so far this year would give way to better-than-expected adjusted net income for 2004 as a whole.


Nuove regole del Dap per prevenire rischio suicidi


Armstrong Rides to Raise Cancer Awareness

Six-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong is taking part in a cross-country cycling relay to raise awareness about cancer and the importance of cancer research.


Inchiesta Observer, piccoli parlano di minacce e percosse


Roma, 15:09 - CALCIO, SERIE A: ANTICIPI E POSTICIPI 21/A-29/A GIORNATA

La Lega calcio ha definito il programma degli anticipi e dei posticipi del campionato di serie A com...


Will Miss USA suffer the same fate as many an apprentice — "You're fired!" from Donald Trump?


AMD (Quote, Chart) expanded its portfolio of mobile Athlon chips in its quest to debunk Intel's Centrino dominance, the company said Monday.


Game designers work to distill the magic that gives a game broad, mainstream appeal. Susan Arendt reports from the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Plus: Full GDC coverage in Game|Life.


The General Medical Council is doing too little to protect patients, the latest report from the Shipman Inquiry has said.


Asia-Pacific powers to set sights on N. Korean nukes, trade ...

SANTIAGO : Asia-Pacific power brokers, starring US Secretary of State Colin Powell, convene here Wednesday determined to suppress terrorism, free up world trade and thwart North Korean nuclear ambitions.


Yahoo co-founder Yang to replace Semel as CEO

Yahoo Inc.  on Monday  tapped co-founder Jerry Yang to replace Chief Executive Terry  Semel, bowing to investor pressure as the Internet media  company has failed to keep up with rival Google Inc. .


OpenGL has publicly unveiled the final OpenGL 2.0 specification. The standard is billed as an open alternative to Microsoft's Direct3D featuring benefits such as Programmable Shaders. OpenGL is a platform independent interface to graphics hardware that was originally designed by Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI). id Software's Quake III Arena makes use of OpenGL in its core graphics rendering engines.


Afghan, NATO troops kill, wound two dozen insurgents

Afghan and NATO-led forces killed or wounded more than two dozen insurgents in a 21-hour battle in the northeast of the country close to the border with Pakistan, the alliance said on Saturday.


Doctors, Democrats scrutinize September 11 dust

Pilar Albarado spent five months after September 11, 2001, cleaning pulverized building material from apartment buildings and offices near the site of the World Trade Center. A chronic cough came two years later, and she is also battling asthma, memory loss and acid reflux.


Blimey.... Steve Lockie, the long-time boss of Computer 2000, is leaving the distie in January.â¦


TiVo sees DirecTV under Liberty as "positive"

TiVo Inc. said on Monday it expects  its relationship with DirecTV Group Inc. to improve after the  satellite television provider is taken over by John Malone's  Liberty Media Corp..


By Mike TaugherSTAFF  An environmental crisis could disrupt water supplies throughout California for the first time since the early 1990s, threatening to end the long cease-fire in the state's water wars.


Occorre 'sviluppare cure palliative', oggi giornata malato


The Chicago Bulls snapped a six-game losing streak in Cleveland with an 84-78 victory over the Cavaliers on Thursday, Luol Deng leading the way for the visitors with 18 points.


By Backus, Perry  The Blackfoot Challenge and Nature Conservancy's plan to preserve up to 88,000 acres of Plum Creek Timber Co. lands in and around the Blackfoot Valley took a big step forward late last week.


The Information Commissioner's Office finds 11 banks have put customers' information in bins outside their premises.


The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a dispute involving actress Elizabeth Taylor over ownership of a Vincent van Gogh painting. The painting is claimed by descendants of a Jewish woman who fled Nazi Germany.


New masters of the universe--or creators of too much leverage?


Some breast cancer websites inaccurate study finds

Five percent of breast cancer Web  sites have mistakes, with those involving alternative or  complementary medicine the most likely to be misleading, U.S.  researchers reported on Monday.


The European Commission drops plans to stop firms considering gender when setting car insurance rates.


German airline Lufthansa tight-lipped on interest in BMI

German flag carrier Lufthansa declined to comment Thursday on a newspaper report that it is interested in buying a 20-percent stake in British airline BMI that is currently held by Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS).


Michael Jackson Sued by L.A. Antiques Dealer

Michael Jackson has been sued by a Los Angeles antiques dealer who claims the embattled pop star refuses to pay for nearly $180,000 in furniture that he took home in May.


Carlyle in talks to buy Booz Allen unit: source

The Carlyle Group  is in talks to buy Booz Allen Hamilton's government consulting business, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.


Dev Anand lives his style. A few months back, he was totally kicked about his film, Beauty Queen.


The world of fashion is one of professional transgression. The industry's lifeblood is shock and outrage; it survives, in its highest form, by virtue of almost hysterical exhibitionism.


Wild Flowers Could Provide a Solution to Global Warming

By Ian Johnston Environment Correspondent  WILD flowers grown on some of the world's least fertile land could provide huge amounts of environmentally friendly biofuel, according to US scientists.


Business leaders appeal for crisis leadership

DAVOS, Switzerland  - Business leaders rattled by a slump in global markets appealed to the U.S. and other central banks on Wednesday to get a grip on the global economy and some accused them of losing their nerve.


More businesses are allowing parents to take their infants to the office. Is having a cooing baby in the cubicle next door too much of a workplace distraction?


Macedonian govt wins multi-ethnic victory

ISN SECURITY WATCH (08/11/04) - A Sunday referendum in Macedonia against a government law granting the countryâs ethnic Albanian minority more political rights and powers has failed due to insufficient voter turnout.


Blair Gets Tough With Sudan Government Over Darfur Crisis

British Prime Minister Tony Blair gave Sudan's government a plan for dealing with the crisis in Darfur on Wednesday, during talks in Khartoum with top Sudanese officials.


Revamped AOL unveils Web-based music store

AOL on Tuesday unveiled a revamped  music product with a Web-based store and subscription service  offering audio and video streaming, programmed radio and  downloads that can be transferred to compatible digital media  players.


Sleep Drugs Found Only Mildly Effective, but Wildly Popular

Many people who take sleep medications think they work far better than laboratory measurements show they do.


Amazon Adds DRM-Free Warner Music Tracks to Download Service

Amazon.com has inked a deal with Warner Music Group to offer WMG music downloads on the online retailer's music download service.


Merck set to donate cancer vaccine doses

Drug maker Merck & Co. plans to donate enough doses of its cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil, to inoculate 1 million women in some of the world's poorest countries.


Study of high-dose Zocor deals blow to Merck

A high-dose regimen of Merck's cholesterol drug Zocor offered no conclusive benefits over a low-cholesterol diet and a lower dose of Zocor in preventing a recurrence of cardiac events


Minnesota's Michael Olowokandi and Denver's Nene are ejected for fighting Friday night after getting tangled under the basket and throwing a series of wild punches.


A building contractor is sentenced to 25 years in jail for negligence that led to the deaths of nearly 200 in a 1999 earthquake.


Health Ministry not pressuring hospitals to keep quiet about cuts ...

TORONTO (CP) - Health Minister George Smitherman dismissed as "ridiculous" Tuesday opposition claims that he has been intimidating hospital administrators into keeping mum about potential cuts.


EMI decides not to pursue Warner bid: sources

EMI Group Plc  is expected  to announce on Thursday that it had decided not to pursue its  offer to merge with Warner Music Group Corp. , sources  familiar with the matter said late on Wednesday.


The Micro Mosquito from Interactive Toy Concepts is a tiny high-tech toy helicopter that flies like the real deal.


Swedish children taken by Palestinian father being reunited with mother

STOCKHOLM, Sweden A bitter international custody battle involving five Swedish children taken to the Gaza Strip is ending with a dramatic Christmas Day reunion.


To little notice, the Defense secretaryÂ  has gotten his way on Iraq, and possibly on Iran. Now, Gates is about to appoint a former top Clinton official to prove he means business.


Here's an investing plan to help you get it done.


Rice Eager to Show Seahawks He's Still Young Enough

Seattle is the third stop in Jerry Rice's career, which began in San Francisco in 1985 and redefined the wide receiver position in the N.F.L.


What exactly is a family film, anyway? The rating doesnât always tell the story.


South Africa openers Herschelle Gibbs (right) and Graeme Smith gave the team a good start in the ICC Champions Trophy match against the West Indies at The Oval in London on Saturday.


CIA trial opens over imam's kidnapping ahead of Bush arrival in Italy

The trial of 26 US secret service agents in the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian imam in Milan was opened in the northern city on Friday, the day US President George W. Bush was to arrive in Rome on an official visit.


Harry Potter publishers plea to file sharers: Shhhhhh

Blog: The last installment of the Harry Potter series due to be released on Saturday begins trickling out on Tuesday. Publishers fear ending may be spoiled.


Boxing Preview: Ronald 'Winky' Wright vs. 'Sugar' Shane Mosley for ...

On Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada Winky Wright defends his WBC and WBA Junior Middleweight titles against former IBF Lightweight, WBC


Will superhero creator Marvel produce super-sized returns for investors?


The 60th anniversary of the last major confrontation on the western front is commemorated in Belgium.


Every team that plays the Atlanta Falcons tries to contain quarterback Michael Vick. Few have done it more successfully than the Philadelphia Eagles did Sunday.


U.S. to Pull 15,000  Troops  Out of Iraq

The reduction involves Army soldiers and Marines whose tours were extended last month to bolster security ahead of the elections.


Sept. Is 2nd-Deadliest 2004 Month in Iraq

September was the second-deadliest month of the year for U.S. forces in Iraq and brought to nearly 500 the number who have died since the insurgency escalated in late March.


Oil Scales New High as Norway Strike Hits

Oil scaled a new high above $55 a barrel  Monday as a threat by Norwegian ship owners to halt production  from the world's third biggest exporter stoked fears of a  winter supply crunch.


The âBlack Listâ has become the kind of underground document that writers with projects in development pray will mention their script.


ÂThe name is Bond...James Bond.Â One of the most famous lines ever spoken in a movie by a character acclaimed and adored by crowds as the most charismatic character of the 20th century- James Bond!


Iraq: Falluja; Zarqawi, eroi dell'islam resistete

DUBAI - Un sito internet islamico ha messo in rete una registrazione sonora attribuita al giordano Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in cui l'uomo ritenuto il collegamento di al-Qaida in Iraq chiede ai ribelli asserragliati a Falluja di resistere.


Iraq Election May Worsen Ethnic, Sectarian Tension

President Bush has hailed Iraq's first postwar election as a "grand moment in Iraqi history" but it runs the risk of deepening communal divisions and pushing the country toward civil strife.


One of the agents at the centre of the BBC's investigation into corruption in English football has denied ever making illegal payments or bungs during transfer deals.


Chinese Government Distances Itself from Qianâs Anti-Bush ...

China's government is playing down an editorial in an official newspaper that slammed President Bush's foreign policy on the eve of US elections.


LG.Philips hits record, 2008 outlook bright

Flat screen maker LG.Philips LCD Co Ltd  reported its highest ever quarterly profit on Monday and predicted even better profits for 2008, but voiced concerns over a potential return to oversupply in early 2009.


By Krisztina ThanBUDAPEST - Hungary's prime minister vowed to stay on after a big defeat in Sunday's local polls but his future now hinges on whether his coalition will continue to back him after an appeal by ...Comment


NEW YORK - Nextel Communications Inc. and Verizon Wireless are settling their legal disputes, removing a key challenge to a federal decision to clear up interference between cell phones and emergency-response radios.


CHICAGO - A tour bus travelling from Chicago to a casino in Mississippi crashed Saturday morning, killing 15 people. There were 31 passengers on the bus when it suddenly swerved and overturned early Saturday


WASHINGTON -- Government health advisers rejected a federal report that concluded dental fillings used by millions of patients are safe, saying further study of the mercury-laden amalgam is needed.


Apple chooses O2 as iPhone carrier in UK

O2 UK, part of Spanish telecoms giant  Telefonica, and European mobile phone retailer Carphone  Warehouse have clinched the long-awaited deal to bring Apple  Inc's prized iPhone to Britain.


Sprint provides VoIP to eighth-largest cable company

Sprint Corp. said Wednesday that it will provide Internet telephone service to cable operator Mediacom Communications Corp.'s customer base of 2.7 million homes in 23 states.


TELEVISION has been something of a great white whale for the Microsoft Corporation. The company has tried to sell WebTV and build software for TV's and cable boxes.


If our readers this week are extremely bored, and would like to do something worse than cutting their own tongues out, they can go spend $8 to see "Alexander.


Apple's iTunes music download service is accused by the Consumers' Association of overcharging UK users.


A former UBS PaineWebber employee was sentenced to eight years in prison on Wednesday for planting a computer "logic bomb" on company networks and betting its stock would go down.


Who knows? This might be the last chance for Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell to show they can come through when it matters most. They've been together with the Houston Astros since 1991, forming baseball's version


Warning lights flashed atop four police cars as the caravan wound its way up the driveway in a procession fit for a foreign potentate. At long last, Azy and Indah had arrived. They even flew through a hurricane to get here.


More than 2,000 police officers from Central Indiana and around the country are expected to be in Indianapolis this weekend to honor slain Indianapolis Police Department patrolman Timothy "Jake" Laird, 31, whose funeral will be Monday.


Major economic powers agreed in principle to write off billions of dollars of debt for Iraq ( news - web sites ), officials said Sunday, with France in particular agreeing to compromise as it seeks improved ...


PlasmaNet Inc., which operates an online lotto game played by millions worldwide, approached Oxfam America in Boston with a unique concept to assist tsunami victims: Players on its website could volunteer to turn over their winnings to help Oxfam rebuild a village in Sri Lanka, where a plaque would honor them.


GAZA: The Palestinian Islamic militant group, Hamas, called on Tuesday for the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq, saying it could add to the isolation of Israel and the United States.


U.S. economic expansion remains on track and inflation under control, top Federal Reserve officials said Wednesday in comments likely to reinforce views the Fed will hike rates again this year.


Ian Shippen is something  of a rural prophet on the arid salt plains 1,000 kilometers  (600 miles) west of Sydney.


BRUSSELS, Sep 13 (IPS) - Inequalities between men and women are not  adequately addressed in aid programmes for countries of the  former Soviet Union, a new study has concluded.


LONDON, England -- Marc Gene has joined Ferrari as a Formula One test driver, the world champions have revealed. Gene, 30, has been employed in the same role with Williams for the past four years with three


Oil giant BP says it is buying the Dutch manufacturing business of its US-based rival, Chevron, for $900m.


David Ortiz smacked a two-run homer in  the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Red Sox a 6-4 victory  over the New York Yankees on Monday, enabling Boston to avoid a  sweep in the American League Championship Series.


From CQ Weekly: Franken Bid Another Test of Minnesota's 'Blueness'

It will take a while yet to determine exactly where the challenge to Norm Coleman ranks among the Democrats’ bids for expanding their narrow Senate majority next year. But the Minnesota contest is already grabbing outsized attention for a nascent 2008 Senate race, thanks to the celebrity surrounding the increasingly certain candidacy of comedian Al Franken.


Teen Driver's License Ups Chances of Drug Abuse

FRIDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDayNews) -- High school students are more likely to smoke, drink and use marijuana when they get their driver's license because they get more opportunities to be free of adult supervision, says a University of Missouri-Columbia study.


CNBC's wall -- An 18-inch raised floor packed solid

CNBC has grown so quickly that its 18-inch raised floor space is packed to the brim with cabling. It's now investigating new network protocols to open bandwidth on its existing networks.


Kerry's Attacks on Bush Ripped From Paper

When John Kerry wants to make a point, he rips the headlines from the day's newspapers and works them into his stump speeches, highlighting bad news about the economy, gas


Torino, 19:04 - CALCIO, TORINO; CAIRO: PER NATALI MANCA SOLO LA FIRMA

Cesare Natali è vicinissimo al Torino. ''Manca solo la firma'', ha annunciato il presidente g...


China targets more overseas acquisitions

SINGAPOREâChina's plan to buy Canadian mining giant Noranda Inc. is just the beginning of an overseas acquisition march fuelled by swollen foreign exchange reserves and a need to secure natural resources.


Ben & Jerry's to use eggs from cage-free chickens

Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's Homemade   Inc. said on Tuesday it would gradually move to using eggs from   chickens that are not housed in cages.


Iraqi Education Ministry Hit by Car Bomb; 6 Killed

Until Tuesday, the Education Ministry remained untouched by the car bombs that explode daily here. Insurgents had announced from mosque loudspeakers that the


Troops Confront Waste In Iraq Reconstruction

ISKANDARIYAH, Iraq -- Maj. Craig Whiteside's anger grew as he walked through the sprawling school where U.S. military commanders had invested money and hope. Portions of the workshop's ceiling were cracked or curved. The cafeteria floor had a gaping hole and concrete chunks. The auditorium was...


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Aug. 26 -- The kidnappers of Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni, taken hostage in Iraq, said they had killed him, al-Jazeera television reported Thursday.


Intel, wireless pioneer McCaw team up on WiMax

SAN FRANCISCO--Intel and cell phone pioneer Craig McCaw's latest company, Clearwire, plan to develop and install high-speed networks based on broadband technology commonly referred to as WiMax.


Major indexes slide 4% to 8% across the region as fears intensify that the U.S. will fall into a recession, hurting exporters.


How do people think the Democratic Congress is doing after six months? Lousy. But better than the alternative.


A bomb exploded under an oil pipeline and set it on fire Monday south of Baghdad, and Iraqi and U.S. forces were sent to secure the area, police said.


South West farmers say a poacher is responsible for the "disgusting" shooting of a rare white stag.


Serbia's election body bars US and British observers from monitoring the 20 January presidential polls.


Chirac rival takes helm of president's party

Nicolas Sarkozy, one of France's most ambitious and visible politicians - and an in-house rival of President Jacques Chirac - moved to the helm of the president's party yesterday, a perfect podium for him to bid for the


Japan will seek an explanation at weekend talks with North Korea on activity indicating Pyongyang may be preparing a missile test, although Tokyo does not think a launch is imminent.


Members of Saudi Arabia's feared religious police are to stand trial over the deaths in their custody of two men.


Two doctors were cleared yesterday of professional failings over the deaths of the serial killer Harold Shipman's patients. The GPs, who worked in surgeries close to Shipman's in Hyde, Greater Manchester, and


(CBS) Food and Drug Administration advisers are scheduled on Thursday to review Procter and Gamble's Intrinsa, which could be the first prescription medication to win approval for female sexual dysfunction.


Candidate scraps Mel Gibson fund-raising letter

A California Republican will no  longer use a campaign fund-raising letter penned by Mel Gibson  following the actor's anti-Semitic outburst during a traffic  stop, the candidate's spokesman said on Wednesday.


Assailants kill 28 in Honduras bus attack

At least 28 passengers, including six children, were killed when assailants opened fire on a public bus in northern Honduras. The shooting happened Thursday night in the city of Chamelecon, about 200 kilometres north of the capital Tegucigalpa.


Japan Gov. Meets After Body Reported Found

The Japanese government convened an emergency session Friday following a media report that a body believed to be Asian was discovered in Iraq.


A Spanish special tribunal today began a mass trial of 29 people suspected of the terror bombings of commuter trains in March 2004 that killed 191 people and sundered Spain's political establishment.Comment


Sono dirigenti e medici: le misure scattate dopo il controllo straordinario disposto dal ministeroNella struttura diversi decessi sospetti nell'ultimo anno, tra cui due ragazze minorenni                                          Vibo Valentia, 30 denunce all'ospedale "Non rispettate le norme di sicurezza"


Tiger Woods Victory Interview - Target World Challenge

Q: Congratulations, Tiger, on your second championship here at the Target World Challenge. It's been pretty special to have your dad hand you that trophy again.


Study suggests statins help fight Alzheimer's disease

A small study in which Alzheimer's patients were given the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor found that their mental capacity stabilized or improved over the course of a year.


Abbas wins Western pledges, vows to control Gaza

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's emergency cabinet, bolstered by Western promises to resume aid, vowed on Monday to exert its authority over the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.


Separate Flu Shots In Spring And Fall Effective

Separate flu shots in the spring and fall can protect children against infection and is easier on parents than giving two doses a month apart in the fall, according to researchers from Duke University Medical Center and the University of Washington.


Riggs National Corp., the parent of Riggs Bank, disclosed Tuesday that both the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia and the Department of Justice are conducting an investigation into the bank holding company.


China raises lending rate for first time in nearly a decade

China has decided to raise its benchmark one-year lending rate to 5.58 percent from 5.31 percent with effect, the first such move in nearly a decade, the central bank said on its website.


Roma, 10:37 - MORTE POLIZIOTTO, INCONTRO AMATO-MELANDRI AL VIMINALE

Il ministro dell'Interno, Giuliano Amato ha ricevuto questa mattina al Viminale il ministro dello Sp...


MALTEMPO: ARNO SUPERA NELLA NOTTE LIVELLO GUARDIA POI RIENTRA

(AGI) - Firenze, 30 Ott. - L'Arno supera, nella notte, di 80 centimetri il livello di guardia all'altezza degli Uffizi, ma non crea troppe preoccupazioni perche', poche ore dopo, rientra nella norma. E' accaduto


German confidence evaporates in face of euro, oil prices

Surging oil prices and the runaway strength of the euro, currently at an all-time high around 1.32 dollars, are undermining industrial confidence in Germany, a key survey showed.


New South Korean leader to put economy first

South Korea's president-elect pledged on Thursday to put the economy first once he takes office and not to be shy about telling prickly North Korea to mend its ways over nuclear weapons and human rights.


THERE are green ones, yellow ones and even blue ones. But how many beetle-coloured Smarties have you tried? Red Smarties get their bright colour from a dye made from dried and crushed insects.


Moody's Profit Up, Raises Dividend 47 Pct

Moody's Corp. MCO.N, the parent of  credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service, on Wednesday  said quarterly profit rose 43 percent, beating estimates,  helped by a falling U.S. dollar and growing demand for ratings  of junk bonds and bank loans.


Lazio-Torino, sfida in diretta sul nuovo Kataweb Sport

Fischio d'inizio per la serie A all'Olimpico, dove Delio Rossi contro il Toro schiera una difesa inedita. Stasera Juve-Livorno. E sul nuovo spazio di Kataweb commenti, statistiche, video e foto dei lettori per tutte le discipline sportive


Digital TV Switch Won't Sway Cable Holdouts

Most TV viewers who do not have cable or satellite TV will stick to broadcast programming after the switch to digital TV in February 2009.


Detailed schematics of a military detainee holding facility in southern Iraq. Geographical surveys and aerial photographs of two military airfields outside Baghdad. Plans for a new fuel farm at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.


Scientists capture a beam of light and make it reappear elsewhere, potentially leading to advances in computing.


BRITONS suffering from depression could soon be legally helped to die in Switzerland if a test case in the country's Supreme Court is successful next month.


Italian prosecutors investigate Google over bully video

The Milan prosecutor is reportedly investigating two legal representatives of Google for being accessories to "aggravated defamation" after the Internet search engine posted a video showing the violent bullying of a disabled teenager.


Parks Canada sends managers from Ottawa to Alberta to help during ...

BANFF, Alta. (CP) - Parks Canada brass from Ottawa are trading their three-piece suits for park uniforms to help relieve managers in Alberta who have been working without a break since a strike began over a week ago.


Esperti, la rimonta della moneta Usa sara' di breve durata


Professor wants to redesign chip software and hardware for the mobile age, creating chips that can power chameleon devices.-Leslie Walker


BitTorrent Inc., developer of a popular online file-sharing tool, said Tuesday it has reached licensing deals that will boost the number of movies and TV shows it can offer as part of a video download service launching next year.


Former France captain Raphael Ibanez announces his retirement from international rugby.


China's Red Flag Linux to focus on enterprise

Red Flag Software Co., the company behind China's leading Linux client distribution, plans to focus more on its server operating system and enterprise customers, the company's acting president said.


Doctors and AIDS activists in Africa are worried governments may halt use of an AIDS drug that has protected thousands of babies from HIV infection in reaction to concerns about the drug's testing and effect on pregnant women.


Sconcerto in una chiesa di Montesilvano vicino Pescaraquando il sacerdote ha dato un'esplicita indicazione di voto                                           Fecondazione, prete dal pulpito "Al referendum votate no"


Japan to Continue Demand That US Apply Its Cattle Standards

Japan's farm minister, Yoshiyuki Kamei, said his nation will continue to demand that the US apply the same standards of testing cattle for mad cow disease that Japan does.


The United States will slap fresh sanctions on Sudan over the Darfur conflict on Tuesday and seek a tough new UN Security Council resolution punishing Khartoum, top US officials said late Monday.


A New York man is facing several charges after his ex-girlfriend, actress Yancy Butler, star of the short-lived cable drama "Witchblade," accused him of stalking her.


Shanghai Selling 40 State-Owned Companies

Shanghai is selling off assets of more than 40 state-owned companies, including electronics firms, a hotel and a stake in a major brokerage, hoping to bring in more foreign financing and expertise, the city says.


Police say a 34-year-old has been arrested in connection with a series of apparently random stabbings.


Serb War Crimes Suspect Surrenders -- Del Ponte

A Serb officer indicted for war crimes in the siege of Sarajevo during the 1992-95 Bosnian war was on his way to the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague on Friday, chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte said.


Afghan Campaign Picks Up as Karzai Heads to Berlin

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's main  opponent in a landmark election took center stage on Saturday,  while the incumbent, almost invisible during the campaign amid  security concerns, prepared to go to Germany to receive an  award.


UN Says Tsunami Donors Moving with Record Speed

International donors have moved with record speed to meet a near $1.0 billion appeal for immediate aid to victims of Asia's tsunami, with over 70 percent already raised, the United Nations said Tuesday.


Immatricolazione aumentano in Francia +1,5% e Giappone +0,5%


Freshman Matee Ajavon scored 20 points, and No. 24 Rutgers held eighth-ranked Tennessee to just 16 first-half points in a 65-51 victory Wednesday.


A white towel over his shoulders and a grim look on his face, Nikolay Davydenko autographed three balls and hit them into the stands Monday after winning his first-round match at the U.S. Open.


Roman women' beauty skin cream secrets revealed

Cosmetic face cream used by fashionable Roman women was discovered at an ongoing archaeological dig in London, in a metal container, complete with the lid and contents.


Toronto takes on London, New York in diversity game

Toronto may be pushing past New York and London as the world's most diverse city, with half its residents born outside of Canada, new census figures show.


Americani 'sdegnati' per la situazione nella ex Birmania


The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission ordered an investigation Friday into whether conservative commentator Armstrong Williams broke the law by failing to disclose he was paid by the Bush administration to plug the president's education agenda.


Calcio, la Lazio ha scelto Papadopulo: nodo Ã¨ durata contratto

La Lazio ha scelto Giuseppe Papadopulo come sostituto di Mimmo Caso, ma la firma avverrÃ  solo se la societÃ  di Lotito accetterÃ  la durata del contratto proposta dal tecnico: un anno e mezzo. Papadopulo, il


Man City winger Sinclair ruled out for season

Manchester City winger Trevor Sinclair has been ruled out for the rest of the season due to a knee ligament injury, the BBC reports.


Outsells PS3 and Xbox 360 combined Nintendo shifted 425,000 Wii consoles in the US in July, 11.3 per cent more than it did in June and way more than Microsoft and Sony together managed with the Xbox 360 and the PS3, the latest market stats reveal.â¦


TV Stations Cancel 'Saving Private Ryan'

Many ABC affiliates around the country have announced that they won't take part in the network's Veterans Day airing of "Saving Private Ryan," saying the acclaimed film's violence and language could draw sanctions from the Federal Communications Commission.


U.N.: Explosives Missing from Former Iraq Atomic Site

Nearly 380 tons of explosives are  missing from a site near Baghdad that was part of Saddam  Hussein's dismantled atom bomb program but was never secured by  the U.S. military, the United Nations said Monday.


Gates talks up declarative modeling language effort

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates touted on Monday Microsoft's plans to build a declarative modeling language that could greatly reduce the need to code.Speaking at Microsoft's 2008 Office System Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., Gates acknowledged work was afoot on such an endeavor, although he described the effort as a five- to eight-year project.With the declarative language project, the goal is to make programming declarative rather than procedural. "Most code that's written today is procedural code. And there's been this holy grail of development forever, which is that you shouldn't have to write so much [procedural] code," Gates said. "We're investing very heavily to say that customization of applications, the dream, the quest, we call it, should take a tenth as much code as it takes today.""You should be able to do things on a declarative basis," Gates continued. But this has not caught on partially because of weak data models -- first codicil and then relational. Stronger data models since have emerged, such as rich schemas around XML as well as modeling work being done by Microsoft and others, Gates said. "We're bringing the data models up to be much, much richer, and we think in that environment, a lot of business logic can be done in a declarative form. Now, we haven't totally proven this yet. We're doing a lot of internal developments ourselves that way," including some Microsoft business applications, he said."We're not here yet saying that [a declarative language has] happened and you should write a ton less procedural code, but that's the direction the industry is going," Gates said. "And, despite the fact that it's taken longer than people expected, we really believe in it. It's something that will change software development but more like in a five- to eight-year timeframe than overnight," he said.Top Microsoft Technical Fellows, including Brad Lovering, are working on the declarative modeling language project, Gates said.A published report has referred to the project as the "D" programming language being built as part of the company's Oslo modeling project. But Gates did not specifically mention the name "D" or Oslo.


Syria backs Arab League efforts on Lebanon: envoy

The Arab League won vital Syrian support on Monday for its efforts to end a standoff between Lebanon's pro-Western government and a Hezbollah-led opposition rallying hundreds of thousands in central Beirut, an envoy said.


Alcoa Reports Mixed Results and Extends Bid for Rival

The aluminum maker extended its takeover offer to rival Alcan and said second-quarter profit slipped by nearly 4 percent


Two further top CIA officials from the organisation's clandestine unit are reported to have resigned. The intelligence officials, who are not named, are said to have held senior positions in the CIA's Directorate of Operations, the New York Times reports.


3 inmates questioned on alleged Spain plot

Three Algerians who are considered close to a suspected ringleader of the Madrid train bombings are being questioned about an alleged plot to kill judges investigating Islamic terrorists, officials said ...


Seabed cables will be fixed by next week

But more will break - it's normal The three - yes, just three - seabed telecoms cables which were broken in two (only two) recent incidents are expected to be fixed by next week, according to the operating companies. The ongoing tinfoil-hat frenzy that has followed the outages may take longer to die down.â¦


Medical Records: Rosa Parks Has Dementia

Civil rights figure Rosa Parks has had dementia since at least 2002, according to medical records released as part of a legal fight over a hip-hop song titled with her name.


The Athos I tanker shown between a dry dock station is listing on the Delaware River near Paulsboro, NJ Saturday, Nov. 27, 2004. On Friday the tanker spilled 30,000 gallons of heavy crude oil into the Delaware


ST. LOUIS -- The play had been put in for weeks. But it was meant for one of those "only when the moment is right" situations that only coach Bill Belichick could define.


Katie Holmes, Rosie O'Donnell and Anna Nicole Smith's baby daughter, Dannielynn, are among the boldface names on OK! magazine's list of "most influential" celebrities.


Putin Accuses West,Chechen Rebel Vows More Attacks

President Vladimir Putin accused the  West of indulging terrorists on Friday, just hours after a  Chechen warlord claimed responsibility for a wave of deadly  attacks in Russia and threatened more.


Don't fear U.S. recession, stock falls: policy-makers

Policy-makers assured nervous  investors on Friday that the United States was not heading into  recession and stock market losses did not warrant central bank  intervention.


Democrat Barack Obama introduced a Senate resolution late Thursday that says President Bush does not have authority to use military force against Iran, the latest move in a debate with presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton about how to respond to that country's nuclear ambitions.


Full-year profits jump 72% at German utility group RWE, buoyed by rising prices and its sale of Thames Water.


Cold weather lifts retailers' January sales

Frigid winter winds blew life into U.S. retailers' January sales as consumers snapped up cold weather clothes that were left on the shelves from the holiday season.


Moqtada al-Sadr fills his militia with Shiite 'true believers.'


NL Wrap: Pujols Boosts Cards, Giants Delight for Bonds

Albert Pujols cracked his 40th home run of the season and reached 100 RBI for the fourth straight year to help the St Louis Cardinals blank the host Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 in the National League Sunday.


The Arizona Diamondbacks took over sole possession of first place in the NL West from San Diego. The Philadelphia Phillies outlasted New York to complete a sweep of the Mets and tighten the East and wild-card races.


FDA's Drug Safety System Will Get Outside Review

Amid intense criticism that it is slow to raise the alarm about unsafe medicines, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it would hire the nation's top


Common respiratory and urinary tract infections play a role in triggering heart attacks and strokes, researchers say.


Cancer Survival Rates Up in United States-Report

More Americans than ever before are  surviving cancer and rates in general are falling, mostly  because fewer people are smoking, the American Cancer Society  reported on Wednesday.


Kerik, White House Say Withdrawal Was His Decision

The decision to withdraw his  nomination as U.S. homeland security secretary over a personal  controversy was made by Bernard Kerik himself, the White House  and Kerik said on Saturday.


Roma, 17:00 - CALCIO, PROCURATORE TAVANO: NESSUN CONTATTO ROMA-VALENCIA

Tavano e la Roma, il matrimonio sembra liontano, almeno stando a quanto dichiarato da Stefano Guerci...


Rose wields the axe as M&S slide continues

Marks & Spencer chief executive Stuart Rose yesterday took hands-on control of the underperforming retailer, announcing the departure of four main board directors and two other senior executives.


Il brasiliano della Ferrari Ã¨ stato il piÃ¹ veloce nelle qualificheAccanto a lui Hamilton, Raikkonen partirÃ  in terza posizione                                            Gp di Francia, Massa in pole Alonso rompe: parte decimo


Harrah's says gets $15 billion buyout offer

Harrah's Entertainment Inc., the  world's biggest casino operator, on Monday said it received a  $15 billion buyout offer from private equity firms Apollo  Management and Texas Pacific Group..


Medical helicopter crash kills 3 in California

All three crew members of an air ambulance helicopter were killed on Sunday after it crashed in dense fog about 80 miles east of Los Angeles, officials said.


Tatsuzo Shimaoka, 88, Master of Pottery, Is Dead

Mr. Shimaoka was designated a âliving national treasureâ in Japan for his mastery of his craft.


ISLAMABAD, December 23 (Online): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reduced the penalty period of former Pakistan Captain Rashid Latif from 6 months to one month while the fine of Rs 15,000 will still be implemented.


L'INTERVISTA. Il ministro dello Sviluppo Economico: la nuova Iri?Il governo non ha assolutamente alcuna volontÃ  dirigista                                          Bersani:"Questa Ã¨ l'occasione giusta per riformare il capitalismo italiano"                                                                                di ROBERTO MANIA


EarthLink to cut 900 jobs and buy back shares

EarthLink Inc said on Tuesday it will  cut about 900 jobs, or nearly half its staff, as part of a  restructuring to reduce costs at the Internet service provider.


BAGHDAD, Iraq  - At least 21 people, including 17 Iraqis working for the US military, were killed yesterday as a senior UN official warned that crucial elections could not be held in the current climate of violence.


Microsoft Fixes Vexing XP SP2 Incompatibility

Numerous applications, including some of Microsoft's own, have encountered compatibility problems with Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2).


Iraq's defence minister accuses Iran, Syria of supporting ...

Iraq's defence minister on Wednesday accused neighbouring Iran and Syria of supporting terrorists in his country and charged that a senior Iraqi Shiite was leading a "pro-Iranian" coalition into next month's national elections.


US troops expel a group of Arab businessmen visiting Afghanistan to hunt a rare species of bustard.


Chrysler workers approve contentious labor pact

Workers represented by the United Auto Workers ratified a four-year contract with automaker Chrysler LLC, the union said on Saturday, capping a close-fought battle that had threatened to scuttle the labor pact.


Britain's top transport official said Monday that a disk drive containing personal information on three million driving test candidates has been lost in the United States  -  the latest in a series of government blunders over data


Jets quarterback Chad Pennington's recovery shows just how much he is his father's son.


celebrating his election win after voters enjoying the fruits of a strong economy gave him another term. Howard's ruling coalition won a fourth consecutive term on Saturday with what appeared certain to be an increased majority.


Hollywoodâs glamour machine is stuck between a promise that the stars will still show up at next monthâs Golden Globes and a threat that 3,000 picketing writers will chase them away.


Nephew: Arafat's Death May Have Been 'Unnatural'

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Yasser Arafat's nephew says the former Palestinian president's death may have been "unnatural," fueling speculation in the Arab world that he was poisoned.


Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan., Chuck Woodling Column: Fantasy Football, City-Style

By Chuck Woodling, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan.  Sep. 5--Carson Palmer. Torry Holt. Donte Stallworth. Tony Gonzalez.   Those are some of the big-time NFL players on my fantasy-league team. Now if I just had a quality running back.


Scott Peterson's defense attorney Pat Harris, center, leaves a Redwood City, Calif., courthouse Friday, Nov. 5, 2004 after an in chambers meeting with the judge about Peterson's murder trial.


Italian dairy giant Parmalat SPA owes nearly $26 billion to creditors including many big international banks, a judge ruled Friday in a decision that will affect who will become a shareholder in the reorganized ...


Casini: daremo battaglia.Bonino: un impegno dovuto


Microsoft announces six patches coming in July

Blog: Patch Tuesday will affect both Windows XP and Vista as well as Excel and Publisher.


Does Sexual Orientation Supersede Talent in NBA?

DETROIT _ Lindsey Hunter wouldn't talk about it. Flip Saunders insisted he hadn't thought about it _ and looked like he wanted to catch the next plane out of the interview session.  Hunter and Saunders are two of the nicest men in the NBA.


Fears were growing today for tourists who were diving off Thailand when the earthquake struck. Two divers are reported to have drowned off the Thai coast and 40 more are thought to be


Finnair swings to second-quarter profit, sees full-year loss

Finnair said it had swung into profit of 7.5 million euros (9.3 million dollars) in the second quarter but would post a full-year operating loss due to rising fuel costs.


ISPs urgently need to roll out the next generation of net addresses, says internet pioneer Vint Cerf.


Dan Counce was fired as the Colorado Rapids' general manager after eight years on the job, a move that came a week after the Major League Soccer team dismissed coach Tim Hankinson.


Ghana's President John Kufuor is to begin talks with both sides involved in Kenya's crisis over disputed elections.


Kosovo's declaration of independence does not set a precedent for other separatists, David Miliband says.


Royal Bank of Scotland, which is seeking to buy Dutch rival ABN Amro, says it expects profits to beat forecasts.


Equatorial Guinea Wants to Quiz Thatcher in S. Africa

Equatorial Guinea prosecutors have asked South Africa for permission to question Mark Thatcher, who was arrested in Cape Town last week on suspicion of bankrolling a failed plan to overthrow


A car bomb explodes in a book-selling area in the centre of the Iraqi capital, killing at least four people.


Microsoft elaborated on its fall and winter hardware lineup on Thursday, announcing three new wireless keyboard and mouse packages, along with three new wireless mice. The products take design cues from Windows Vista. Photos: View images of Microsoft's new hardware


Blake on song, Kohlschreiber exits Delray Beach

Top seed James Blake breezed through his opening match at the $416,000 Delray Beach International on Tuesday, while sixth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber made an early exit.


Ukraine parliament approves Tymoshenko as PM

Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday restored Yulia Tymoshenko as prime minister, sealing a political comeback for a leading figure from the former Soviet country's 2004 "Orange Revolution".


General Electric is posting quarterly earnings in line with Wall Street expectations. The diversified manufacturer and financial services company says revenue rose 15 percent on higher


Doubt cast on potential gold rush in India's retail sector

The leader of India's ruling Congress Party has sounded alarm over fears that big foreign firms looking to enter the country's retail sector could force millions of mom-and-pop stores to shut.


BARI - Diciottenne ucciso in strada a colpi di pistola

Tre giorni fa hanno ucciso un 26enne e feriti due ragazzi di 21 e 15 anni. Adesso nel centro di Bari, quartiere San Paolo, Ã¨ rimasto a terra colpito a morte un 18enne. Tutto a causa della guerra fra i clan malavitosi Strisciuglio e Capriati.


Ray Mallon, the Mayor of Middlesbrough , calls for the children of persistent criminals to be taken into care.


By RUSTY MILLER  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Seven-footer Greg Oden gets all the attention for No. 3 Ohio State. Maybe the shortest Buckeye deserves some of the focus.  Mike Conley Jr.


RIFORME: IN AULA ALLA CAMERA PROVE DI DIALOGO TRA I POLI

Abbandonati, almeno per il momento, gli scontri e il clima infuocato di luglio, settembre vede una ripresa dei lavori parlamentari che sembra all'insegna della cortesia e della concordia. In aula alla Camera


Review The best-sounding music phone yet?


President George W Bush may have boosted his "can-do" image when he came to the rescue of one of his bodyguards at an international summit in Chile.


Supporters of missing Madeleine McCann had their hopes dashed again Wednesday when a girl resembling the British toddler who was photographed in Morocco turned out to be the child of an olive farmer.


The US Food and Drug Administration Thursday said people should limit their use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug products. The FDA issued a Public Health Advisory about the use of NSAIDs, including


Future looks bright for 100-meter silver medalist Williams

Small things. That's what you notice about Lauryn Williams, who is a small thing herself. This is the beginning for her, the moments before the sponsors take over and the men and women with the South Beach


Receiver Bobby Engram's left ankle sprain is worse than initially believed, Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren said Wednesday.


Goalie who loses brother, father in bus crash called a 'strong kid'

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (CP) - The goalie for a Windsor, Ont., women's hockey team summoned the strength Sunday to make preparations to take her mother home following a horrific bus crash that killed four people, including her father and little brother.


Pope to give blessing as pressure for apology grows

The Pope was due on Sunday to make   his first public appearance since Muslim fury erupted over   remarks he made about Islam, with pressure growing for a   personal apology.


A military court hearing for Army reservist Lynndie England has recessed until Tuesday morning. A North Carolina judge will then consider final defense requests to add to their list of witnesses.


Three Saudi security men killed in clashes to the north of Riyadh

Three Saudi security men were killed and seven suspected men were arrested yesterday at dawn in a quarter to the south of Breida, north west of the capital Riyadh.


Amtrak's Experiment in Indulgent Nostalgia

Think Cary Grant, meeting  a coy Eva Marie Saint in an elegant dining car aboard a train in Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest."


Mike Knuble had his first two-goal game of the season, and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 6-4 Sunday for their seventh win in nine games.


Movie Review: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Starring Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep and Emily Browning. Directed by Brad Silberling. Rated PG for thematic elements, scary situations and brief language.


Blog: iPhoneDevCamp rolls into San Francisco this weekend, where geeks galore will dream up new applications for the recently released combination iPod and cell phone.


The interim Iraqi government has extended until further notice a ban slapped on Al-Jazeera a month ago. It said the Qatar-based channel had not respected the closure order nor answered demands for an explanation on the tone of its broadcasts.


I nuovi periti nella villetta di Cogne Taormina: Macchie di sangue decisive

AOSTA - La procura di Aosta ha nominato ieri mattina tre nuovi periti che dovranno occuparsi della denuncia presentata dall'avvocato Carlo Taormina, nella quale si ipotizza una soluzione del caso alternativa a quella che ha portato alla condanna a 30 anni ...


Former Ark. Gov. Huckabee to run for U.S. president

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee  said on Sunday he would take the first step toward a longshot  campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008.


Egypt Sees Move Towards Israel-Palestinian Peace

Egypt's official news agency said Tuesday significant progress had been made in international efforts to end Israeli-Palestinian violence, but both sides to the conflict termed talk of a deal premature.


Israeli missile strike kills militant in Gaza

A Palestinian militant has been killed and several other Palestinians wounded in an Israeli missile strike in the north of the Gaza Strip.


Mostra multimediale con tecnologie audio-visuali molto avanzate


MSN Music Store Launches  MSN has unveiled MSN Music Store, their pay per download WMP driven system which is predicted to give Apple iTunes, Napster, and RealNetworks a run for their money in the realm of legal music download search. MSN Music Service will initially offer music downloads of 500,000 music ...


Man U fan turns to Nomura in effort to block US tycoon

Keith Harris, the City banker and ardent Manchester United supporter, is pursuing a plan to prevent Malcolm Glazer taking over the club by asking Japanese bank Nomura to help give the fans a greater say in any takeover battle.


Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts will endorse Senate colleague Barack Obama for president, party officials confirmed Sunday.


A drug treatment centre in California is suing Courtney Love over an alleged unpaid bill.


Biden joins crowded Democratic White House field

Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware on Wednesday joined the crowded field of Democratic contenders angling to win the 2008 White House race, arguing his foreign policy experience put him a step ahead.


For its third quarter ended Sept. 30, the New York satellite radio broadcaster lost $169 million, or 14 cents a share. That compares with a year-ago loss of $107 million, or 11 cents a share.


Roma, 01:02 - CALCIO, CASSANO: NON DOVEVO LASCIARE LA ROMA

"Tornando indietro, non andrei via da Roma, ho fatto un grandissimo errore, ma la società mi ...


Madrid, 19:28 - CALCIO, LIGA: HUELVA TRAVOLGE DEPORTIVO

Risultati dei posticipi della 37/a giornata del campionato spagnolo.


US CREDIT-Kmart acquisition hits Sears credit

Credit investors found it difficult to muster much joy over Kmart Holding Corp.'s (KMRT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) plan to buy Sears, Roebuck & Co.


NASA Cassini Image: New Object in F ring

A small new found object, temporarily designated S/2004 S 3, has been seen orbiting Saturn's outer F ring. The tiny object, seen in this movie centered in a green box, orbits the planet at a distance of approximately


Eleven wins, one draw - England's year to remember

Let's celebrate them while we can. England approach the new year with one of their best ever cricket teams. They have a record eight consecutive victories under their belts - and are aiming for a ninth in


EU officials table a compromise to cut cod catches by 25% but allow boats to spend longer at sea.


Two-thirds of people across the world want coalition troops out of Iraq within a year, a BBC poll suggests.


US House debates bill opposing Iraq troop increase

Nearly four years after the US invaded Iraq, the House of Representatives opened debate on a symbolic resolution opposing President George W. Bush's move to increase American forces there.


Darfur peace talks to begin without key rebels

SIRTE, Libya  - Delegations gathered in Libya on Saturday to launch talks to end 4-1/2 years of conflict in Sudan's Darfur region but the absence of key rebels cast doubt on whether negotiations could produce any meaningful deal.


Palestinian killed in Gaza as Kerry vows no reprieve for Arafat

A Palestinian was killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza, as US Democrat presidential hopeful John Kerry warned that if he wins the November 2 election there will be no reprieve for sidelined Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.


It may be too early to tell, but some Symantec partners have already begun to express concern.


Gates' Creative Capitalism creates a stir

Bill Gates call at Davos for a new way of thinking among businesses has elicited a wide range of commentary.


Fuori pericolo bimba 18 mesi ricoverata venerdi' a Terni


AT the rate Chelsea are picking up the points in the Premiership, manager Jose Mourinho's bold prediction of securing the title with two matches to spare inches closer to reality.


Officials from the US Olympic Committee and their South Korean counterparts might seek to solve the dispute over US gymnast Paul Hamm's gold medal in


Group says deal agreed to save British GP

A little-known consortium linked to former world champion Nigel Mansell says it has agreed a long-term deal to save the British Formula One Grand Prix.


Pescara, 20:12 - CALCIO, PESCARA: 9-0 NEL TEST CONTRO UNA MISTA GIOVANILE

Test infrasettimanale per il Pescara, che in vista della trasferta di Arezzo ha affrontato una mista...


Media giant News Corp is planning a defence to block anyone from challenging the Murdoch family's control of the firm.


Authorities have arrested a German man of Iranian descent on suspicion of attempting to export materials "relevant to nuclear technology" to Iran, the federal prosecutor's office said Wednesday.


Hostage Drama Continues As Another Beheaded Body Is Found

An Iraqi militant group claims to have beheaded a second American hostage, two days after killing a US civil engineer. The group -- Al-Tawhid wa Al-Jihad, led by Al-Qaeda ally Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi -- is threatening


BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell meets a Turkish Cypriot who lost his father and a Greek Cypriot who lost his home.


Impressive Henin-Hardenne hands King a lesson

Second seed Justine Henin-Hardenne   gave rising American teenager Vania King a lesson at the U.S.   Open on Thursday, beating her 6-1 6-2 to reach the third round.


ITALIANE RAPITE: FRATTINI AD AL JAZIRA, "SEGUIAMO OGNI STRADA"

(AGI) - Doha, 14 set. - L'Italia non sta lasciando nulla di intentato per favorire la liberazione delle italiane rapite in Iraq. Lo ha detto il ministro degli Esteri, Franco Frattini, intervistato da al Jazira a Doha, in Qatar, dove e' in visita.


Telephone telepathy -- I was just thinking about you

Many people have experienced the phenomenon of receiving a telephone call from someone shortly after thinking about them -- now a scientist says he has proof of what he calls telephone telepathy.


Sembrava l'ennesima rapina in villa: perfetto il copione. Una coppia padovana aggredita in casa da ignoti, lei resta in fin di vita, colpita con un corpo contundente, e lui in stato di choc, legato ad una catena.


Gold medal-winning Marlon Devonish says the men's 4x100m Olympic relay triumph puts British sprinting back on the map. Devonish, Darren Campbell, Jason Gardener and Mark Lewis-Francis edged out the American


A woman who was in the car that Lindsay Lohan chased before being arrested says the incident caused emotional trauma and cost her thousands of dollars in doctors' bills and a well-paying job.


Afghan Taliban say kill one German hostage

Afghanistan's Taliban movement said on  Saturday it had killed one of the two German hostages it was  holding after the end of its deadline, and would kill the other  in less than an hour if its demands were not met.


It might be a little early to say there has been a power shift in the ranks of military academy football. Navy, though, took another step toward becoming


For the first time in its history, Ford is mortgaging its assets, including factories, equipment and trademarks.


Owen captures spotlight from fit-again Beckham

Michael Owen was given his first real taste of Real Madrid's 'galactico' culture when he was dropped to make way for David Beckham, but he came on as a substitute to score his sixth


Editorâs note. This story was first reported on www.postindependent.com. For more coverage, please read Sundayâs Post Indpendent.


eZ systems: Community newsletter 15/09/2006

The Zend Developer Zone quickly points out that the latest eZ Systems newsletter has been released and it includes details on version 3.8.4, updated documentation, and a few other things.   This week's newsletter brings news about an updated distribution package for eZ publish 3.8.4, new documentation for eZ publish upgrades and new information about eZ platform development. The newsletter also includes the weekly forum watch and an update about the current bug fix status.   They cover the update to eZ publish, the "Upgrade" section in the documentation, new advancements concerning eZ platform, and some interesting discussions going on over in their forums.


Hungary citizenship referendum fails due to low turnout

BUDAPEST : Voters in Hungary failed to turn out in sufficient numbers to pass a referendum to extend citizenship to millions of ethnic Hungarians living in the region, a motion that split the country and drew ...


PHP.net: Call for Speakers - PHP Quebec 2005

The main PHP site has an announcement today about the Call for Speakers for the upcoming PHP Quebec 2005 conference in March-April of next year.


Japan, N. Korea talks stall again on historical issues

Japan and North Korea cut short talks on Thursday about establishing diplomatic ties after wrangling again over historical differences, officials said.


San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has set a goal of providing free wireless Internet activity in his city that sees itself as a vanguard of the Internet revolution.


com December 1, 2004, 10:30 AM PT. This priority retains its ranking at number five as more and more companies deploy Web services to share business logic, data and processes with each other and with clients.


Britain Backs US Action Against Saudi Dissident

Britain on Wednesday backed a US call to the United Nations to freeze the assets of a London-based Saudi dissident who Washington says has provided support for al Qaeda.


Is Obama for real? South Carolina will tell

After a week of at times bitter campaigning, Sen. Barack Obama faces a crucial test of his support from within the party Saturday as South Carolina Democrats will head to the polls in a race that features black voters for the first time this presidential primary season.


Aumento consegne per difficolta' della rivale Airbus


With its 71-65 loss to West Virginia, No. 20 GW has its eight-game win streak -- the longest since the 1997-98 season -- come to an end.


Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora appeals for help at a donors' meeting to raise money for his country's recovery.


Be Ruthless . . . It's the Best Way to Beat the Spammers ; GILES TURNBULL

Everyone has an e-mail address (at least one), but e-mail itself has been declared "broken" by all manner of experts - not just technologists and computer users, but productivity geeks and office managers.   Too many people waste too much time trying to cope with their e- mail inbox.


England begin the defence of their World Cup title with a desperately disappointing display against the USA.


The Premiership leaders left Harlington near Heathrow for a training base at Cobham, Surrey - funded by billionaire owner Roman Abramovich.


Palestinians Pledge Vote to Replace Arafat

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Yasser Arafat's successors  promised a swift election to replace him on Saturday as  Palestinians flocked to his tomb to pay last respects to the  former guerrilla who symbolized their hopes of a state.


CLEVELAND - New York Jets running back Curtis Martin on Sunday became the second player in NFL history to begin his career with 10 straight 1,000-yard seasons.


Doppietta di Obinna, prima vittoria dei veneti in campionato


Profit fell 94 percent in the third quarter as sales fell in the companyâs cell phone business, but it forecast better-than-expected fourth-quarter results.


Voci, volti, ed eventi la settimana da rivivere

Marco Tronchetti Provera che lascia Telecom. Guido Rossi al suo posto, dopo aver lasciato la Figc. E poi il papa teologo, la nuova Smart: sette giorni d'attualità


Hulk Hogan takes $25 million home off market

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida  - Celebrity wrestler Hulk Hogan has taken his $25 million Florida Gulf Coast mansion off the market after six months.


Clashes in Haitian capital kill at least 14

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Three Haitian politicians allied with ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide surrendered to police Saturday after barricading themselves in a radio station for six hours, denying involvement in clashes that have killed at least 14


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


Prima di provocare una perdita di 6,4 miliardi


Woods leads strong field at Target World Challenge

Tiger Woods wraps up his golfing year by hosting this week's $5.75 million Target World Challenge featuring 16 top players.


Kidnapped reporter to be released 'within hours'

The British CBS journalist and Iraqi interpreter kidnapped in Basra will be released later today, according to news wire reports. By Stephen Brook


October 5, 2004 - Caddyshack star Rodney Dangerfield, the bug-eyed comic who built a career on his trademark lament of "I don't get no respect," died today, his publicist said.


Blackstone to name Nassetta as Hilton's CEO: report

Private equity firm Blackstone Group   is expected to name Host Hotels & Resorts Inc   chief executive Christopher Nassetta as president and CEO of  its recently acquired Hilton Hotels Corp, the Wall Street  Journal reported on Monday.


Citigroup to list on Tokyo Stock Exchange: Nikkei

Citigroup Inc. , the largest U.S.  bank, plans to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange later this  year, a move that could make it easier to buy Japanese firms  through stock swaps, the Nihon Keizai (Nikkei) business daily  reported on Sunday.


ENVIRONMENT-EUROPE:   The True Cost of Flying

PARIS, Dec 15 (IPS) - Hundreds of flights by subsidised airlines in  Europe  are endangering the global climate and the ozone layer.  For now, they fly  free of environmental regulations.


As Sammy Sosa strolled into the visitors' clubhouse at Fenway Park yesterday afternoon, Rangers catcher Adam Melhuse greeted him from across the room in his best falsetto voice: "Hey, Sammy."


PHILADELPHIA Oct 22, 2004 - Beer bellies may take a toll on men below the belt, not just around it. Men who weigh too much are more likely to have poor sperm quality, research on nearly 1,600 young Danish men has found.


FBI Investigating Big Contracts With Halliburton to Repair Iraq ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating whether the Army's handling of a large Iraq contract with the Halliburton Company violated procurement rules, according to lawyers for an


The party of the man who officially lost DR Congo's election condemns violence by his supporters on Tuesday.


Firenze, 18:35 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: 19 CONVOCATI PER TIM CUP

L'allenatore della Fiorentina, Cesare Prandelli, ha convocato 19 giocatori per la partita di domani ...


China's Purged Party Chief, Zhao Ziyang, Dies

Zhao Ziyang, a reformist toppled as  China's Communist Party chief in 1989 for opposing an army  crackdown on the Tiananmen Square democracy protests, died in  hospital on Monday, his family said. He was 85.


Germany should have quotas for radio airtime for pop sung in the native language, industry officials say.


Shaheen, Isinbayeva Shatter World Records

Saif Saeed Shaheen of Qatar shattered the world steeplechase record at the Golden League meeting on Friday to ease the disappointment of being banned from the Olympics by his former federation Kenya.


CA Inc. reported Thursday that quarterly profit ballooned as it cut expenses and the weak dollar helped bolster revenue from overseas operations.


SRA to Manage 2 Health-Care Data Banks for HHS

SRA International of Fairfax won a $68.6 million contract from the Health and Human Services Department to manage two data banks that collect information on medical and dental malpractice, improper payments and licensing issues.


Jankovic increases American woe and Federer warms up

The Stars and Stripes still fluttered in Friday's sunshine but only one American player remained in the French Open singles after Venus Williams fell in the third round to Serbian fourth seed Jelena Jankovic.


People in Kyrgyzstan prepare to vote in a parliamentary election that could end two years of turmoil.


L'ANALISI                                          La partita del dalemismo                                                                                di MASSIMO GIANNINI


Ban aims to lay ground for Darfur peace in tour

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday he aimed to lay the foundations of lasting peace in violence-racked Darfur during a tour he will make next week of Sudan, Chad and Libya.


Kenyans pray for peace, refugees await aid

Kenyans across the political divide prayed for peace on Sunday while aid workers sought to bring relief to an estimated 250,000 refugees from post-election violence that has killed hundreds.


Mills ready for `Dancing With the Stars'

Heather Mills says her decision to compete on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" is no publicity stunt.


Best Buy sold infected digital picture frames

A "limited" number of digital picture frames sold by Best Buy under the Insignia brand during the holidays were contaminated with malware that can spread to PCs, the retailer said.


Rumsfeld makes surprise visit to site of insurgents' attack on ...

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, on a Christmas Eve mission to cheer up the troops in Iraq, promised them that no matter how bleak


Palestinians feud, but Egypt and Hamas working more closely

Meeting in Cairo fails to mend the divide between President Abbas and Hamas over Gaza border.


Three UK bankers facing US fraud charges relating to Enron ask to know why the Serious Fraud Office will not prosecute them.


Entry-level NAS storage SS4200x Intel is making a second charge at home and small-business storage with a new box for distributors, resellers and channel partners to re-brand.â¦


Zenn and the art of electric car maintenance

Feel Good Motors to re-launch the Zenn electric car with 35 mile range, 4 hour charge time.


Beatitudine con vita cristiana, impegno per pace e giustizia


WELFARE authorities in the Solomon Islands have reacted with outrage after a local soccer fan reportedly offered his eight-year-old son as bait for a bet on the Solomons' clash with Australia.


Bush agriculture chief resigns in 2008 election move

US President George W. Bush announced Thursday that his agriculture secretary had resigned, and urged him to defend a vulnerable Senate seat held by his Republican party come the 2008 elections.


From the beginning, Turkey's path to the European Union was a diplomatic minefield.


Hurricane Felix kills four in Central America

PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua  - Hurricane Felix ripped into Central America on Tuesday, trashing a port on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast, killing at least four people and threatening deadly mudslides in Honduras and Guatemala.


Australia 362-7 v India, third test - close

Australia were 362 for seven wickets at the close of play on the first day of their third cricket test against India on Tuesday.


Clashes, Car Bomb Leave 10 Dead in Beiji

A car bomber rammed into a U.S. convoy Wednesday as American forces battled militants north of Baghdad, leaving a total of at least 10 people dead, witnesses said.


Julia Roberts has given birth to a boy and a girl more than a month early in a Southern California hospital. Hazel Patricia Moder and Phinnaeus Walter Moder entered the world in the early hours of Sunday morning - and both are said to be healthy.


Government guards papers from public eye

More than 1 million pages of historical government documents — a stack taller than the U.S. Capitol — have been removed from public view since the September 2001 terror attacks, according to records obtained by The Associated Press. Some of the papers are more than a century old.


'Assicuro la mia preghiera per la via del dialogo'


Gand, 19:26 - SCHERMA, EUROPEI; FIORETTO DONNE: BRONZO ALL'ITALIA

Medaglia di bronzo per l'Italia nel fioretto femminile a squadra agli Europei di scherma di Gand, in...


Archbishop Defends Remarks on Islamic Law in Britain

LONDON, Feb. 11 -- The spiritual leader of the global Anglican church on Monday defended controversial remarks that Britain should consider formally recognizing aspects of Islamic law, but conceded that his choice of words in broaching the issue may have been misleading.


Blog: The computers cost a lot, but they run on 18 watts of power at a peak.


Kids and antidepressants: The mix raises questions

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel has recommended putting a "black box" warning on antidepressants to indicate they might raise the risk of suicidal behavior in children and teens.


Security Council envoys seek Darfur confirmation

U.N. Security Council ambassadors will seek confirmation of a deal for a boosted Darfur peacekeeping force when they meet Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in Khartoum on Sunday.


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


Windows Home Server remains a tough sell

Even folks who are bullish on the concept say it's destined to be a niche product, with one analyst projecting that even in five years time, only about 3 percent of American homes will have one.


Torino, 13:28 - CALCIO, JUVE; CAMORANESI: CONQUISTERO' LA SERIE A

Buffon e Del Piero hanno dato il buon esempio: anche Mauro Camoranesi si allinea nel grupettp dei fr...


The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power wants an exemption to proposed clean-air rules so that it doesn't have to replace toxic soot-producing diesel equipment with cleaner-burning models.


A court in Chad sentences six French aid workers to eight years of hard labour for trying to abduct children.


President Pervez Musharraf's government said Wednesday that militants accounted for most of the 106 people killed in eight days of fighting around the Red Mosque, calling it a signal that Islamic extremism won't be tolerated in Pakistan.


Martha Stewart Accuses U.S. of Hiding Key Memos

A day before Martha Stewart was to  start serving a prison sentence, the lifestyle trendsetter on  Thursday accused prosecutors of withholding evidence she hopes  will help overturn her conviction for lying about a stock  trade.


Vietnam bullets fly in Kerry-Bush political battle

US presidential campaign tensions hit a new peak when Democratic contender John Kerry accused his Republican rival President George W. Bush of using a front group to discredit his Vietnam war record.