It looks like the U.S. Mint has struck again — or not struck again, depending on how you look at it. New dollar coins featuring John Adams are missing edge inscriptions including "In God We Trust," according to the Professional Coin Grading Service, a rare coin authentication company based in Newport Beach, Calif.


New Zealand police worried about mother of dumped child

New Zealand police said Tuesday they are worried about the mother of a three-year-old girl who was apparently dumped by her father at an Australian railway station before he flew to the US.


Oracle to PeopleSoft: Rescind Poison Pill

Oracle Corp. on Monday said it asked Peoplesoft Inc.'s board of directors to immediately rescind a "poison pill" anti-takeover provision, two days after 61 percent of PeopleSoft shareholders


Microsoft alla Corte Ue: non danneggiate Windows

Ferma la linea difensiva del colosso di Redmond: l'eliminazione del lettore Media Player da Windows, secondo Bill Gates, infatti causerebbe al gruppo statunitense un danno molto grave. Ultimo round davanti


U.S. Troops Kill at Least 3 Iraqi Civilians in Raid

BAGHDAD, Feb. 5 -- U.S. troops killed at least three Iraqi civilians and injured a child during a raid north of Baghdad on Tuesday, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. The attack came a day after the U.S. military said it had inadvertently killed nine civilians in an airstrike in Iskandariyah, south of...


Luciano Pavarotti, who has pancreatic cancer, was in "very serious" condition, the Italian news agency AGI reported Wednesday.


IBM preliminary profit beats estimates, shares jump

IBM  reported a better- than-expected 24 percent rise in preliminary quarterly earnings on Monday on strong sales in overseas markets, driving its shares up 5 percent and spurring a broader tech rally.


Kanye West received ten nominations for the 47th Annual Grammy Awards to lead the field. The rapper/producer is up for Best New Artist, Song of the Year for "Jesus Walks," and Album of the Year for The College Dropout.


A lieutenant of Iraq's most feared terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was captured a few days ago in Mosul, the government's national security adviser said Thursday.


AMD announced last Thursday that it has launched an initiative to give 50 percent of the world's population internet connectivity and computing capabilities by 2015, revolving around


Basescu leads Romania presidential runoff

BUCHAREST, Romania - Reformist opposition candidate Traian Basescu was winning Romania's presidential runoff in a tight contest, according to partial official results released Monday.


The Polish government's plans to sell off the last eight remaining Polmos businesses look ill-fated, as industry experts predict that the weakness of the remaining brands and market saturation means that ...


Unravelling of human code paves way for new treatments

TAILORED therapies to target a range of diseases, such as diabetes and breast cancer, may be a step closer after the final draft of the gene-rich part of the "human book of life" was published yesterday.


Nr.1 Telecom, "Ritardo concorrenza non senza conseguenze"


The US Senate confirms Condoleeza Rice as secretary of state after vigorous debate.


Where's the beef? It's no longer in Bovril...

Bovril, the quintessential British winter warming drink, is going vegetarian in a bid to widen its appeal and boost sales, particularly in Asia, its makers said.


Hundreds of Islamic Hamas supporters who rallied in Gaza Sunday night called upon the movement's armed wing Izzedin al Qassam militants to attack Israel.


Regioni piu' virtuose Emilia Romagna, Umbria, Marche


HOUSTON - The ball sailed inches over the head of Jeff Bagwell for ball four. The Astros first baseman said something to Cardinals pitcher Julian Tavarez , who yelled something back.


U.S. troops kill 60 in Iraq al Qaeda offensive

The U.S. military said on Monday it had killed 60 militants during a week-long offensive in northern Iraq against al Qaeda which has proved a resilient foe and has resisted previous attempts to drive it from the region.


Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts on Monday said it has begun to recapitalize after a bankruptcy filing Sunday night that would allow the company to restructure debt and overhaul aging casinos.


After six years of deteriorating relations, the best the two leaders can do now is put on a smiley face


Illinois Sen. Barack Obama spoke at a charity event about the possibility of a win by Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 presidential race and commented on the fatal police shooting of a 23-year-old in Queens, saying the 50 bullets that officers unloaded struck him as "excessive."


Exercise would make it worse though Best Buy, the largest US consumer-electronics chain ,reported a net income drop of 18 per cent to $192m (39 cents per share), despite strong sales in the first quarter.â¦


Big Blue blames routine maintenance IBMLink, the place Big Blue's mainframe customers go for online support, suffered a weekend of downtime between 8 June and 11 June.â¦


Travel: On a trip where you actually want bad weather, Rebecca Loncraine discovers the thrill of chasing tornados across the vast Midwest.


PARC signs multiyear research deal with Fujitsu

Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), the legendary XeroxÂ institution that pioneered graphical user interfaces, Ethernet and laser printing, is set to announce on Tuesday a multiyear research and development agreement with Fujitsu.


The NHL intends to reject the Players' Association's latest proposal and counter with one "consistent with our mandate," NHL executive vice president Bill Daly wrote in a Dec. 12 memorandum to all 30 member clubs.


Australia's Qantas calls halt to merger appeal process

Australia's main airline carrier, Qantas, says it won't appeal the New Zealand High Court's rejection of a proposed alliance with Air New Zealand.


Novelties: So, Who Says That a Blog Has to Blare?

For those who want to get their blogging feet wet quietly, several easy-to-use tools for setting up Web pages, with privacy filters included, are on the market.


SBC, Microsoft in $400 mn IP-based TV deal

NEW YORK, November 17  - SBC Communications Inc (SBC.NYS) announced an agreement with Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) today, under which the US-based telecom giant will provider IP-based TV services based on Microsoft's IP television


Toledo Beats Miami (Ohio) to Win MAC Title

Bruce Gradkowski threw three of his four touchdown passes to Lance Moore, leading Toledo to a 35-27 win over Miami (Ohio) in the Mid-American Conference championship game Thursday night.


Ukraine's PM Yanukovych refuses to admit defeat in the presidential poll, claiming election abuses.


In the afterglow of a high-profile peace conference, Israeli and Palestinian leaders will try in the coming year to resolve issues that have defied solutions for decades.


U.S. Retail Gasoline Prices Fall - Survey

U.S. average retail gasoline prices fell more than 10 cents a gallon over the last two weeks due to more abundant crude oil supplies and mainly lower oil prices, according to an industry analyst.


US Airways Group Inc. plans to eliminate "hundreds" of management and nonunion jobs and cut top executives' pay by between 5 and 10 percent.


Anti-Bush documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" available on Satellite TV ...

The controversial anti-war documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" was available Monday on a Satellite TV and on the Internet on the eve of the US presidential elections.


Two passenger trains collided head-on on a stretch of rural track in northern India on Tuesday, killing at least 27 people and injuring 36, officials said.


FIFA hands out suspensions to Belgium players Goor and Deflandre

World soccer's governing body has handed out suspensions to Belgian internationals Bart Goor and Erik Deflandre after they were sent off in a recent World Cup qualifier against Spain, FIFA said Wednesday.


Sue Bird, the No. 1 pick in the 2002 WNBA draft, didn't get many minutes at the Athens Games. By Jack Gruber, USA TODAY. In the gold medal game, a 74-63 victory against Australia, she played just one.


Rising power China moved Monday to expand its influence in a region long dominated by the United States, signing an accord with Southeast Asian nations aimed at creating the world's largest free trade area by 2010 — a sprawling market of nearly 2 billion people.


Mantova, 19:04 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: 4-0 NEL TEST CON LA PRIMAVERA

Test infrasettimanale per il Mantova, che ha affrontato la formazione Primavera. La squadra di Tesse...


Brunell sets consecutive completion mark

Washington quarterback Mark Brunell broke the NFL record for most consecutive passes completed in a single game when he connected on his first 22 passes on Sunday against the Houston Texans.


Manifestanti hanno cominciato lancio di sassi contro polizia


A San Luca trovato un bunker con tre persone nascoste


Prisoner Release Key to Summit Success - Palestinians

Palestinian officials were working with  Israeli counterparts on Saturday to resolve a dispute over the  release of Palestinian prisoners that threatens to cloud a  summit next week seen as crucial to ending over four years of  violence.


Police on Thursday entered the oceanfront home that was shared by Anna Nicole Smith and her companion, Howard K. Stern, until the former Playboy Playmate's death.


Stock futures fall, hurt by inflation. housing

U.S. stock futures pointed to a lower   market open on Thursday on persistent concerns over global   inflation and further signs of a deterioration of the U.S.   housing market.


Glasgow, 15:39 - CALCIO, SCOZIA: INDAGINI SU PROPRIETARIO HEARTS

Sono in corso delle indagini da parte della Federcalcio Scozzese e della Uefa sul conto del propriet...


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Sudan says AU peacekeepers must leave Darfur by 30 September, as its steps up its offensive against rebels.


Microsoft hopes to patent 'automatic goodbye messages'

But still wants patent reform Microsoft is trying to patent automatic goodbye messages, including "Have a great afternoon!" and "Ciao, Harry!"â¦


A Sri Lankan court will decide if "Baby 81", who survived the tsunami, can be given to a couple claiming him.


Bonds' 715th home run ball sells for $220,100

Barry Bonds' 715th home run ball,  which lifted the San Francisco Giants slugger past Babe Ruth on  all-time home run list, sold for $220,100 on Thursday in an  eBay Inc. auction.


SERIE A: L'INTER DOMINA MA PAREGGIA, IL LECCE DILAGA

ROMA - I due anticipi della seconda giornata del campionato di serie A registrano il pareggio dell'Inter contro il Palermo in casa e la vittoria dilagante del Lecce contro il Brescia. INTER-PALERMO 1-1 - Finisce


In Many Public Schools, the Paddle Is No Relic

Corporal punishment remains alive, particularly in rural parts of the South and the lower Midwest, where it is not only legal, but also widely practiced.


Britney Spears' manager denies claims that the pop star is on suicide watch while in a rehabilitation centre.


Hawai'i high school graduates who took the ACT exam for college placement this year scored slightly lower than students the year before but did better than the national average for the fourth straight year.


University of Florida fans not only enjoyed the school's hiring of Utah's Urban Meyer as coach, but some took a bit of delight in beating Notre Dame for his services.


AL Wrap: Sheffield and Matsui Homer in Ninth to Rally Yankees

Gary Sheffield and Hideki Matsui hit  back-to-back homers in the ninth inning to rally the New York  Yankees to a 9-7 win over the Baltimore Orioles in American  League play Sunday.


Welsh language campaigners welcome Microsoft's move to run Windows XP and Office 2003 in Welsh.


Swedes guard Christmas goat from vandals

For 40 years it has been torched, vandalized, had its legs cut off and even been run over by a car. But officials in the Swedish city of Gavle are guaranteeing that this year's giant straw Christmas goat — the victim of Sweden's most violent yule tradition — will survive unscathed.


Obamaâs Vote in Illinois Was Often Just âPresentâ

In his votes as a state senator, Barack Obama sometimes sidestepped sensitive issues.


U.S. agents under greater attack on Mexico border

LAREDO, Texas  - Frustrated by tighter security on the U.S.-Mexico border, illegal immigrants and drug traffickers are taking it out on U.S. agents, increasingly attacking them with guns, rocks and petrol bombs.


Pit stop mishap costs Edwards valuable time

LOUDON, N.H. -- For what seemed like an eternity, the Red Sox vehicle was down on its left side, waiting to be hoisted back up while valuable seconds ticked away.


Japan Royal Couple Visits Quake-Stricken Region

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko  visited on Saturday a region of northern Japan hit by a deadly  earthquake last month, to speak with some of the thousands of  evacuees.


SANTA CLARA, Calif.âDriven by demand for flash-memory chips used in cellphones, Intel Corp.'s third-quarter profits rose as the chip-making giant struggled to overcome lacklustre PC sales, growing inventory, product missteps and stiff competition.


By CAIN BURDEAU  NEW ORLEANS - A group of residents called Monday for Congress to set up an independent, bipartisan panel similar to the Sept. 11 Commission to investigate why levees failed during Hurricane Katrina.


Florida State's players celebrated their game-sealing defensive stop by cutting loose, whooping it up in front of those famously rowdy Cameron Crazies. After 15 straight losses on Duke's fabled home floor, the Seminoles finally had a reason to party.


Put Another Nickel in for Bleary âJukeboxâ Soul

Cat Power, also known as Chan Marshall, and her crew played blearily soulful covers of songs at Terminal 5 on Wednesday. In a less cavernous room the results might have been haunting.


Documento molto atteso dai credenti di quel Paese


WASHINGTON - The nation will face "abrupt and painful" consequences unless the government moves quickly to fix the finances of Social Security and Medicare, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Friday.


Chirac backtracks after gaffe on Iran bomb threat

French President Jacques Chirac backtracked on Thursday after saying it would not be dangerous for Iran to have a nuclear bomb, a sudden departure from the position France has long held with key allies.


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A layer of quartz grains found in an east Georgia kaolin mine have been traced to the impact of a giant asteroid that crashed near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay 35 million years ago.


Report Details Smithsonian Business Unitâs Problems

The Smithsonian Institution has accepted a finding that its business unit is plagued by poor internal communication, diffuse organization and inadequate oversight.


Russia upbeat but wants changes on Iran UN measure

Russia praised a European draft U.N. resolution imposing sanctions on Iran's nuclear materials but objected to a travel ban and wanted to ease a freeze on financial assets on Tehran officials.


Ebola Killing Thousands of Gorillas, Study Says

Gorillas in western and central Africa could be extinct within decades because of the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, new research suggests.


Relay attack hands baton to fraudsters Doctored payment machines could be used to lift confidential authorisation codes from Chip and PIN credit and debit cards, security researchers at Cambridge University have discovered.â¦


Nokia unveils near field communication product

Nokia has unveiled the Nokia NFC (near field communication) shell, which allows consumers to access services and exchange information with a touch gesture using NFC technology - a technology that emerged from the combination of contactless identification


Colleagues Remember Sardonic, Truthful Fred Ebb at Broadway Memorial

Playbill - "Fred would have loved this," said John Kander of his late writing partner, Fred Ebb, at a Nov. 15 memorial at the Ambassador Theatre. "A big house, big stars and lots of feeling."


Initial U.S. jobless claims surged unexpectedly last week by 43,000, taking claims to their highest level since late September, a government report showed on Thursday -- but an official noted there were seasonal adjustment difficulties.


The Erfurt market on the Domplatz, with the Mariendom (cathedral) and the St. Severus church serving as luminous backdrops.


After Violence, Colombians Restart Life in Venezuela

URENA, Venezuela  - Together with his children and  his parents, Luis shares a cramped shack built of tin sheets,  wood and plastic bags on dirt lot where there is no water  supply, no transport and little work.


The security guru for the One Laptop Per Child program unveils his plan to make the rugged machines uniquely resistant to spyware and hack-attacks. Ryan Singel reports from the RSA Conference.


Update 1: German Business Sentiment Dips in August

German business sentiment dipped in August amid concerns over the strength of the country's economic recovery, a closely watched survey showed Thursday.


Sandy Comes to Rescue in South Valley Sewer Impasse

By Steve Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune  Feb. 1--DRAPER -- Developers in the southern third of Salt Lake County  can rest easy now. And so can the residents.


Russia School Standoff Ends With 250 Dead

BESLAN, Russia - The three-day hostage siege at a school in southern Russia ended in chaos and bloodshed Friday, after witnesses said Chechen militants set off bombs and Russian commandos stormed the building. Hostages fled in terror, many of them children who were half-naked and covered in blood...


New vaccine technology does not require refrigeration

Scientists at Cambridge Biostability (CBL), UK have developed a new technology that can store and deliver vaccines without the need for refrigeration.


London will send its plans for hosting the 2012 Olympics to the IOC on Monday.


Samsung Settles Price-Fixing Lawsuit for $90 Million

By Ken Dey, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Feb. 7--The day Micron Technology hosted President Bush at its Manassas,  Va. plant, a top competitor settled a price-fixing lawsuit that Micron is also  a defendant in.


Microsoft Launches Office Developer Conference

Software giant wants to build a development community around its popular Office suite.


'Bassolino e' l'unico che non puo' dare lezioni a nessuno'


Team on the take: Bengals like to force issue

Bill Belichick [news] rarely cites statistics to make a point. So when a particular figure impresses the Pats' coach, it's got to be a doozy.


The drainage tunnels underneath Las Vegas are a mess, and yet they're unbelievably fascinating.


BORMIO, Italy  - Croatia's Janica Kostelic romped  to victory in the women's combined at the world championships  Friday.


Thousands turn out in the Afghan capital Kabul to voice support for a controversial proposed war crimes amnesty.


Two bombs explode in Spain's northwest, four injured

Two bombs exploded in two Spanish coastal towns, injuring four people, the latest in a series of attacks apparently by the Basque separatist organization ETA to hit tourist spots in the past two weeks.


Rockers Mix Music, Politics at Pro-Kerry Concerts

Bruce Springsteen rocked concert-goers while trying to rock the vote Friday night, leading a band of top musicians in a rollicking show to help elect Democrat John Kerry to the White House.


Dunn-leading Patricia Dunn, chairman of HP, will leave the position in January next year and be replaced by current CEO Mark Hurd. Dunn's position has been shaky since her role in the snooping scandal became public - Dunn hired private detectives to spy on directors and reporters.â¦


STOCKHOLM, Sweden - In a country already plagued by skyrocketing sick leave costs, a new survey found that 40 percent of the population thinks it's acceptable to skip work because they feel tired or have trouble getting along with their colleagues.    The survey, presented Friday by the National Social Insurance Board, showed that Swedes manifestly take advantage of the country's liberal sick leave system, officials said...


Justices to Hear Cases on Product Liability

The Supreme Court added new cases to their docket on drug and cigarette labeling requirements on Friday.


A US man is charged with using an internet chat room to set up a mass suicide pact for Valentine's Day.


'Grey's Anatomy' actress Heigl marries in Utah

Actress Katherine Heigl, an Emmy-winning star of medical drama "Grey's Anatomy," married her musician boyfriend in Utah on Sunday, US Weekly magazine reported on its Web site.


Pakistan arrests suspect in mosque suicide bombing

PESHAWAR, Pakistan  - Authorities have arrested one man over a suicide attack at a mosque in northwest Pakistan that killed 48 people, and said they suspect Islamic militants in an Afghan border region were involved.


Schools' bandwidth woes are music to Ruckus's ears

The students who've been descending on university campuses this month have much higher expectations than I did during my undergrad years. They expect not just a cinderblock room with a phone line and a dark corner to stash dirty laundry. They demand cable TV, broadband Internet, and hot-and-cold running digital music, says David Galper, the 29-year old cofounder of Ruckus ...


Illegal Immigrants Received Poor Care  In Jail, Lawyers Say

At his home in East Los Angeles, Francisco Castaneda of El Salvador faces a grim truth: His cancer is spreading, from his groin to his lymph nodes and toward his stomach, a progression that could soon end his life.


Health-care deal means $7 billion for Ontario

TORONTO - Ontario will get an additional $7 billion for health care under the agreement reached, early Thursday morning, between the prime minister and the premiers and territorial leaders.


Hingis races into China Open second round

Former world number one Martina Hingis made up for lost time when she finally got on court at the China Open on Tuesday, sweeping past local hope Sun Tiantian 6-2 6-3 in less than an hour.


Legal file-sharing service touts free music with ads

Qtrax, a new legal online file-sharing  service that allows fans to download songs for free, said on  Sunday it will launch with 25 million to 30 million copyrighted  tracks with backing from major labels.


USENET PROVIDER Easynews says that it has turned up postings of porn pictures that are laced with a program that exploits the Windows JPEG glitch.


SOFTWARE HACKERS are using snaps which they claim show David Beckham in a compromising position to infect people's computers. Beckham, who apparently plays football, and is married to a member of a popular


Saban will leave LSU post to become Dolphins coach

The LSU coach, courted repeatedly by the NFL in recent years, mulled over the deal for three days before announcing his decision shortly after the Tigers arrived in Orlando for their New Year's Day bowl game with Iowa.


Ice-Age Ivory Flute Found in German Cave

A 35,000-year-old flute made from a woolly mammoth's ivory tusk has been unearthed in a German cave by archaeologists, the University of Tuebingen said on Friday.


A committee of AM finds the foot-and-mouth outbreak may have cost farmers millions despite not reaching Wales.


The world has unalterably changed for Red Sox Nation.


Operation Web Snare targets online crime

The action, dubbed Operation Web Snare, entailed more than 160 investigations over a three month period between June and August. Investigators say they have identified more than 150,000 victims with estimated losses of more than $215 million.


By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Fresh from the success of an impromptu spacewalk, shuttle Discovery's astronauts awoke Tuesday to the strains of "Zamboni" by the Gear Daddies and got ready to undock from the international space station.


A man appears in court charged with attempted robbery after two people were shot dead outside a bank.


O.J. Simpson's book rights may go to victim's dad

O.J. Simpson set up a shell company to hide his book profits from the family of Ron Goldman, which is trying to collect a wrongful death judgment against the former football star, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday.


eBay Sex Video Shock Horror Splits India

It was a private act of two hormone-charged teenagers that lasted two minutes and 37 seconds on digital video. But offered for sale on the Internet, the fuzzy images of the 17-year-old girl having oral sex


Tennessee Titans cornerback Michael Waddell (36) intercepts a pass intended for Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Eddie Kennison (87) in the second quarter Monday, Dec. 13, 2004 in Nashville, Tenn.


In NEW YORK story headlined, "US stocks headed for weak open; oil data on tap" please read in paragraph six "...senior dealer at Binexx.


Journalists journey into the center of the storm

NAJAF, Iraq  What we were about to do was more than risky. It was foolish. Thursday, several journalists began organizing a delegation to enter the Imam Ali shrine in ...


Jason Giambi ended an 0-for-32 hitless streak with what might have been one of the most satisfying blasts of his career.


Chelsea's Geremi joins Allardyce at Newcastle

Newcastle United's new boss Sam Allardyce has clinched the signing of Chelsea utility player Geremi as he continues to build a competitive squad for the new Premiership season.


Roma, 18:44 - CALCIO, LAZIO: FOGGIA PER MAURI, BALLOTTAGGIO A 3 IN DIFESA

Contro la Fiorentina, il tecnico della Lazio Delio Rossi dovrà rinunciare allo squalificato M...


A company that sells Internet domain names is facing criticisms for holding some in reserve as a consumer-protection measure, a move that also prevents interested parties from shopping around for better prices.


MARSH & McLENNAN, the worldâs biggest insurance broker, was last night facing a potentially crippling downgrade of its credit rating by Standard & Poorâs, after its borrowing power was all but frozen by its bankers.


EU eyes 'new chapter' in Iran ties, but tensions remain

BRUSSELS  - The EU hailed a "new chapter" in ties with Iran and confirmed plans to resume trade talks rapidly, after a UN-brokered deal under which Tehran pledged to freeze uranium enrichment activities.


Giuliani and Thompson Gain Ground on Edwards

Rasmussen Reports - Republican Presidential frontrunners Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson have gained ground on Democratic hopeful John Edwards over the past several weeks. Edwards, formerly a Senator from North Carolina and the Democrats 2004 Vice Presidential nominee, remains in third place among those seeking the Democratic Presidential namination. However, Edwards has consistently outperformed all other Democrats in general election match-ups.


Livorno, 15:07 - CALCIO, LIVORNO; ARRIGONI: NON ANDIAMO A ROMA PER DIFENDERCI

Daniele Arrigoni ha le idee chiare su come il Livorno dovrà affrontare la Roma nell'esordio d...


N.C. Group to Talk Ex-Prosecutors' Fates

The state bar association scheduled an unusual public meeting to discuss a decision to give only written reprimands to two former prosecutors accused of withholding evidence that could have spared a man years on death row.


States Get Extra Time On Launch of 'Real ID'

The Bush administration will allow states to postpone the planned May 2008 launch of a program to toughen security requirements for driver's licenses by up to 19 months, in response to complaints about the projected $11 billion cost and potential disruptions, congressional and Department of Homeland...


Contested US nuclear cargo arrives in France

CHERBOURG, France, Oct 6  - Police threw a heavy escort around a shipment of plutonium from US weapons arsenals as it was offloaded from a ship and taken by military convoy to a nuclear recycling plant in western France on Wednesday despite protests


L'aveva violentata e voleva avviarla alla prostituzioneE' stata la madre ad accorgersi di tutto e ad avvisare la polizia                                          Arrestato un uomo di 52 anni dopo la chat, abusi su ragazzina                                                                                La dodicenne era completamente soggiogataQuando Ã¨ stato arrestato, ha minacciato il suicidio


Car Bomb Explodes in Spain's Basque Region

A car bomb exploded Tuesday near the main Basque city of Bilbao after a warning call purportedly from the armed separatist group ETA, and a policeman was slightly wounded, the Interior Ministry said.


Mafia e politica: Cuffaro rinviato a giudizio

Il giudice dell'udienza preliminare Bruno Fasciana, accogliendo la richiesta avanzata alcune settimane fa dal Procuratore aggiunto di Palermo Giuseppe Pignatone e dal pubblico ministero Nino Di Matteo, ha oggi rinviato a giudizio Salvatore Cuffaro.


Bush to Announce Nominee for Homeland Security Department

Early reports say his choice will be Michael Chertoff, a former federal prosecutor who helped craft the early war on terror strategy.


Romney ups stakes for volatile GOP field

Mitt Romney said Friday that presidential rivals Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee need to raise a jaw-dropping $20 million in the next few months to join him in the top tier of the Republican GOP field, raising the stakes in a nomination fight altered by a tumultuous week.


Court martial hearings due to begin for Abu Ghraib prison guards

BAGHDAD: The court martial hearings for two US soldiers charged in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal were due to start, with one of the men expected to ask his trial be moved back to the United States.


US Airways: Workers should not count on pension

US Airways lawyers told a federal bankruptcy judge here Thursday that the carrier can't afford to maintain its current pension plans.


Greggio guadagna l'1,3% a quota 63,32 dollari


A GROWING number of teenage girls are bingeing on alcohol, bringing increased concerns for their future health, a study has revealed.


Era stata convocata per atti di bullismo della figlia


Woman who tried to kill President Ford released

Sara Jane Moore, one of two women who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in a three-week span in 1975, was freed on parole on Monday after almost 32 years in prison, a government spokesman said.


FPJ suffers 2 strokes, comatose in hospital

Movie star and 2004 presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr., 65, was responding to medication to unblock a vein in his brain but remained in coma and in serious condition as of 11 am Sunday at the St.


Oil prices rebound above 50 dollars, close in on record highs

LONDON : Oil prices rallied back above 50 dollars a barrel, closing in on record high points on technical factors and persistent worries about tight global supplies, traders said.


Police detained a French postman behind an Internet operation selling strands of hair and tiny pieces of cloth allegedly taken from the mummy of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II. If authenticated, Egypt wants the hair back.


Norwegian Senior Roughs Up Purse Snatcher

A purse snatcher in a small Norwegian town picked the wrong 88-year-old woman to rob, since she was with a tough younger man at the time.


Monaco, in passerella merletti e tessuti datati


Germany: Bayern beat Wolfsburg in top clash

MUNICH, Oct 26 (SW) - Bayern Munich have brought the gap with league leaders VfL Wolfsburg back to one point while Borussia Dortmund finally managed to reach a win against Berlin based Hertha BSC.


Ukraine Parliament Votes to Sack Government

Ukraine's opposition scored a victory on  Wednesday in its drive to overturn what it says was a rigged  election, when parliament sacked the government of Prime  Minister and president-designate Viktor Yanukovich.


Fatta saltare una stazione a Baiji, anche due feriti


A reporter's effort to auction off a ballpoint pen once owned by a serial killer is thwarted by eBay's policy against listing such items. But the internet has no shortage of venues for unloading grisly artifacts. By Marty Graham.


The economy headed into the end of the year with good momentum, expanding at an annual rate of 4 percent in the third quarter, a faster clip than previously thought.


com. Back in the mid-'90s, they called it the Browser Wars: Netscape Navigator vs. Microsoft Internet Explorer. But that score was settled long ago, when America Online ironically bought


Last-year's runners-up Leicester are out of this year's Heineken Cup after a third defeat of the pool stages at Edinburgh.


For a healthy life, stick with first wife

So concludes a large study of US male health professionals who were monitored for up for eight years. Men are healthier when married, the study shows, but being remarried is a mixed blessing.


Bush Signals Tougher Embryo Research Limits

President Bush plans to press for  even stricter limits on human embryo research and has no  intention of softening restrictions on stem cell research, a  senior administration official said on Thursday.


A college baseball player pulled from the wreckage of his team's charter bus died of his injuries Friday, raising the death toll from last week's crash to seven.


U.S. al Qaeda militant warns of worse attacks

The United States will face worse attacks than those on September 11, 2001 if it does not heed al Qaeda demands effectively allowing the group control over Muslim countries, a U.S. Islamist militant said on Tuesday.


Kendrick lifts Angels over Rangers in 10

Garret Anderson hit a two-run homer and scored the winning run on a 10th-inning infield single by Howie Kendrick, as the Los Angeles Angels kept up the momentum after their sweep of Seattle with a 7-6 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night.


Ernest Hofstetter, part of the Swiss team that first traced the route to "The Roof of the World" used by Sir Edmund Hillary to conquer Mount Everest, has died, his son said Friday. He was 95.


Russia, China worried by Iran attack talk

Russia and China expressed alarm on Tuesday over comments by France's foreign minister that Paris should prepare for the prospect of war with Iran, which the West accuses of secretly developing nuclear weapons.


Ascolti: parte bene il nuovo programma di Antonella Clerici

ROMA - Fa subito centro 'Il ristorante' il nuovo reality show condotto da Antonella Clerici su Raiuno. Ieri sera erano in quasi 6 milioni e 700mila a seguire personaggi famosi alle prese con la gestione di una vera trattoria.


Americans Convicted in Afghan 'Private Prison' Trial

Three Americans have been sentenced to up  to 10 years in jail after being found guilty by an Afghan court  on charges including torture, running a private prison and  illegal detention.


Cagliari, 18:04 - CALCIO, PARMA; DI CARLO: COMPLIMENTI SINCERI AI MIEI

Dopo che il suo Parma strappa un buon punto a Cagliari, Domenico Di Carlo appare comunque soddisfatt...


Insurer Aviva to move 950 more jobs to India, Sri Lanka

LONDON : British insurance giant Aviva announced plans to export 950 more jobs to India and Sri Lanka next year, with a total of 7,000 staff expected to be offshored by the end of 2007.


IL MESSAGGIO. Le parole inviate dal Papa alla cerimonia per il 60Â° anniversario della liberazione di Auschwitz                                                    "Ho pregato  su ogni lapide"                                                                                di GIOVANNI PAOLO II


Tennis / Filderstadt Grand Prix - Smashnova-Pistolesi stuns Ai ...

Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi scored an upset victory over Japan's No. 8 seed Ai Sugiyama at the Filderstadt Grand Prix in Germany yesterday, on the same day as the WTA rankings were released, dropping her out of the world's top 30.


In addition to development tools, including a new version of OpenSolaris targeted at developers, Sun's also revamped a program meant to entice SMBs to use its wares.


The world's first glimpse of Jack Whittaker, winner of the richest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history, was of a boisterous, happy-go-lucky guy in a big cowboy hat who loved his family, work and God and promised to share his good fortune with the church and the poor.


Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero believes John Kerry will win the U.S. presidential election.


Amnesty urges mandatory UN arms curb on Sudan [16/11/2004]

Amnesty International urged the UN Security Council to impose a mandatory arms embargo on Sudan to stop all parties to the conflict in Darfur committing human rights abuses.


More 'Superbug' Infections Seen in ER Patients

Among patients treated at urban public hospital emergency rooms for skin and soft-tissue infections, more and more often the cause appears to be the antibiotic-resistant 'superbug' known as MRSA, new research shows.


MySQL calls open source database enterprise-ready

MySQL on Wednesday announced general availability of Version 4.1 of its MySQL open source database, which the company is positioning as production-ready for large-scale enterprise usage.


Army to Train Soldiers About Brain Injuries, Other Mental Health Concerns

The Army plans to begin a program today to educate every soldier about traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. The rare effort to break the perceived  stigma within the military about mental health problems comes as increasingly more troops return from battle with serious but u...


The Yankees have found a new leadoff man, signing free-agent second baseman Tony Womack to a two-year contract, Sporting News has learned.


Presentato il Rapporto sulla situazione sociale del Paese 2006In corso una "solida crescita strutturale", priva perÃ² al momento di una precisa direzione                                            Censis, l'Italia vede la ripresa "Quasi un piccolo, silenzioso boom"                                                                                Ma restano le zavorre: la spesa pubblica, il clientelismo, il centralismoe le inefficienze continuano ad essere ostacoli allo sviluppo


Robert Duvall and James Caan aren't taking themselves or their latest reunion seriously. No, the pair find anything and everything funny, especially the fact that they're reprising their memorable roles for "The Godfather" video game.


By MADLEN READ  NEW YORK - Investors better have rested up over the long weekend. This week may be short, but it's heavy on data that spans employment, housing, manufacturing, consumer sentiment and inflation.


TightVNC is a free remote control package derived from the popular VNC software. With TightVNC, you can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard, just like you would do it sitting in the front of that computer.   Version 1.3.8 is expected to be final Release Candidate for the upcoming stable release. The changes include improved support for Win32 mirror display driver (DFMirage by DemoForge), GUI improvements, and a number of bugfixes including one for infamous disconnect problem of the Win32 Server.  Download TightVNC 1.3.8 from: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=14067


Ohio Poll Has Bush, Kerry Virtually Tied

The final Ohio Poll for Tuesday's election finds President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry in a statistical dead heat for Ohioâs 20 electoral votes.


Israel Kills 5, Including 9-Year-Old, in Gaza

JABALYA, Gaza Strip  - Israeli forces thrust into  Gaza's largest refugee camp on Thursday, killing five  Palestinians including a 9-year-old boy, as the army tightened  its grip on the northern part of the coastal strip.


The secret to finding great investment opportunities comes from a trusted investment guru.


A Romanian woman set a world record on Sunday when she gave birth at the age of 66.


Sir Alex Ferguson has challenged Cristiano Ronaldo to emulate the goal-scoring heroics that established the Manchester United winger as one of the world's best players.


Foxboro, Mass. -- As exciting as they are on the field, the Patriots are deathly boring off it. "We don't have a bunch of clowns," safety Rodney Harrison said.


Starting Jan. 2, The Wall Street Journal will shrink in width by 3 inches, to an industry standard of 12 inches, reducing the space devoted to news by 10 percent.


John Lennon's killer appeared before a parole board Tuesday in a third attempt at release from prison.


RIETI, Italy  - Asafa Powell of Jamaica lowered the world 100 meters record on Sunday with a time of 9.74 seconds.


Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger refused to look to the future after seeing his side drag themselves back to within five points of Barclays Premiership leaders Chelsea.


Start-up looks to rein in chaos of online video

A New York start-up firm has unveiled a service to cull through massive numbers of online videos to help users find specific clips.


Ron Artest has been hit with a season long suspension, unprecedented for the NBA outside doping cases; Stephen Jackson banned for 30 games; Jermaine O'Neal for 25 games and Anthony Johnson for five.


CMT is giving 10 women a  chance to regain their youth in a new makeover series titled "I  Want to Look Like a High School Cheerleader Again."


Myanmar to Detain Suu Kyi Another Year -- Party

Myanmar's military rulers will keep  opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi isolated under house arrest  until at least Nov. 27 next year, her National League for  Democracy (NLD) said on Wednesday.


Ethiopia votes to "stave off" Somali Islamist threat

Ethiopia's parliament voted on Thursday to let the government take "all necessary" steps to rebuff any invasion by Somalia's Islamists amid reports Ethiopian troops on Somali soil had died in a land mine blast.


The German software company says an American subsidiaryâs actions were âinappropriateâ but contests a claim of espionage.


US Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama trade insults in South Carolina.


Aviation officials in the US had many warnings that airlines might be hijacked in the months before 11 September.


Powell: palestinesi Gerusalemme partecipino a elezioni

GERUSALEMME - Il segretario di stato americano Colin Powell si Ã¨ dichiarato oggi in favore di una partecipazione dei palestinesi di Gerusalemme est alle elezioni del 9 gennaio per la nomina del successore di Yasser Arafat.


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Epifani, i fischi sono il sale della democrazia


At least four of 75 Cuban dissidents arrested in a broad crackdown last year were released Monday without warning, friends, relatives and local rights activists said. The surprise move raised hopes for additional releases in the coming days.


Spam reports from America Online members dropped from a daily average of almost 11 million in November 2003 to a daily average of about 2.2 million last month, the company said this week.


Rasmussen Reports - Typically, Congressional leaders are little known to voters nationwide. But, that's not the case with Nancy Pelosi. Americans think they have a much clearer handle on her views than on those of the man she is replacing as Speaker, Dennis Hastert (R). Views on Pelosi are also much firmer than those for Senate leaders Harry Reid (D) and Bill Frist (R).


TAMPA -- The Carolina Panthers are one step closer to overcoming their horrendous start. Jake Delhomme threw for 214 yards and four touchdowns yesterday, helping the defending NFC champions beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 37-20, and move within a victory of clinching a playoff berth.


Blair to urge end to trans-Atlantic rift

British Prime Minister Tony Blair will stress the need for Europe and the United States to put differences over Iraq behind them and work together to tackle issues such as Middle East peace in a speech on Monday.


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Torino, 14:34 - CALCIO, JUVENTUS; DESCHAMPS: NON MI ASPETTAVO 5 TURNI A NEDVED

L'allenatore della Juve, Didier Deschamps, commenta in modo sconsolato la squalifica di cinque giorn...


Scientists believe the honey bee may hold the key to understanding more about alcohol addiction.


Court bans Christian cross on private land in public park

The U.S. government cannot trade a parcel of land to private hands to allow a Christian cross to remain in the middle of a vast federal preserve, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday.


Portuguese police grill suspect in missing girl case again

Portuguese police questioned a British suspect, Robert Murat, for a second straight day Wednesday over the disappearance of a four-year-old British girl who has gone missing since May 3.


Dell Computers to Retail in Tesco Stores in Europe

Dell Inc , said on Friday British retailer Tesco  will sell Dell personal computers in outlets across Europe.


Newly-ranked Boston College may not be ready for prime time after all. And for Duke, surprisingly unranked for the first time in 10 years, it appears to be business as usual.


By NOK-NOI HAUGER; OF THE NEWS STAFF  BREWER - Lowe's Home Centers Inc., a build-it-yourself home- improvement company that received planning board approval in October to build a store on Wilson Street, is seeking a permit from the U.S.


Eberharter retires after 16 years on WCup circuit

Four-time Olympic medalist Stephan Eberharter retired from competitive skiing Friday after 16 years on the World Cup circuit. The decision was not an easy one, the 35-year-old Eberharter said.


Mobile phone firm Vodafone is to enter the UK fixed-line broadband market after striking a deal with BT.


Roma, 18:49 - CALCIO, SERIE D: RISULTATI

Questi i risultati della 8/a giornata del campionato di calcio di serie D.


The company's sixth buy this year is meant to aid service providers in controlling and managing Internet-based networks, such as VoIP and interactive gaming.


At Least 10 Iraqis Killed as Bomber Hits US Convoy

At least 10 Iraqis were killed and three United States soldiers were wounded north of Baghdad today as a suicide bomber rammed an American convoy, the military and hospital officials reported.


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Arafat orders release of kidnapped CNN producer

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has ordered his security services to help secure the release of a CNN producer kidnapped by Palestinian militants in Gaza.


U.S. Cannot Manage Contractors In Wars, Officials Testify on Hill

With even more U.S. contractors now in Iraq and Afghanistan than U.S. military personnel, government officials told Congress yesterday that the Bush administration is not prepared to manage the contractors' critical involvement in the American war effort.


Germany army a gentler, smaller shadow of its former self

KRT) - Jannes Zimmermann, a serious-minded 19-year-old, wrote a letter to his draft board saying that the idea of being trained to kill another human being was morally repugnant.


As Olsson, Williams-Darling split $1M jackpot, Holmes lets ...

Sweden's triple-jumper Christian Olsson and runner Tonique Williams-Darling of the Bahamas ensured equal shares of the $1m (Â£569,000) jackpot on offer to athletes unbeaten in their events at all six Golden League meetings.


There is a sense in which 99% of the runners at the Breeders' Cup tonight are visitors. The course has never staged this meeting before - in fact, it is less than a decade since they dug Lone Star Park's foundations


More than 460 people in Northern Ireland are being warned that they could have been exposed to vCJD through blood plasma products.


Unions say they avoided a showdown with Gordon Brown as they did not want to ruin his first conference as leader.


An English hospital will no longer treat Welsh patients who have waited more than three months, BBC Wales learns.


Problems updating the Flash player in Firefox

If you can't get Firefox to use the new version of the Flash player, you've come to the right place. I just got finished fighting with Flash and Firefox. It was a long fight, but I won.


Smaller Profit at Conoco, but a Gain for Occidental

ConocoPhillips said refined fuel prices failed to keep pace with gains by crude oil, narrowing profit margins on gasoline and diesel.


Maoist Rebels Block Land Routes to Nepali Capital

NAGDHUNGA, Nepal  - Maoist rebels, fighting to  topple Nepal's constitutional monarchy, cut off all land routes  to the Himalayan kingdom's capital on Wednesday, disrupting  food and supplies to the city of 1.5 million people.


Nadal books place in third round at Indian Wells

INDIAN WELLS, California  - World number two Rafael Nadal, with his forehand in sparkling form, fired down 10 aces en route to a 6-3 7-6 win against Frenchman Arnaud Clement in the Pacific Life Open second round on Saturday.


A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle as he walked along a road in Greysteel near Londonderry.


Private HMOs cost more to Medicare: study

Private insurers in the Medicare insurance program were paid 12.4 percent more by the government than the health care provided would have cost under traditional Medicare, a report released on Thursday said.


Penelope Cruz says she's met Suri Cruise

She may not be seeing much of ex-beau Tom Cruise anymore, but Penelope Cruz is among those who say they have seen his baby daughter, Suri.


A Thai-Muslim woman bursts into tears after learning from the list that her family member is listed dead outside a military camp in Pattani province, southern Thailand Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004.


La knesset di Sharon tra attesa e tensione

Ultime ore prima della decisione sul piano di ritiro. A manifestare migliaia di israeliani che dalla Cisgiordania e dalla striscia di Gaza sono partiti alla volta della Knesset > Ultimora. Una voce minaccia


UK Olympic Heroes Pinsent, Holmes Receive Honors

Britain honored its Olympic heroes Friday, knighting four-time gold medallist Matthew Pinsent and making middle-distance runner Kelly Holmes a dame.


Dubai firm to test screening of U.S.-bound cargo

Dubai Ports World, the Arab-owned company which set off a furor with its purchase of six U.S. port operations earlier this year, has been cleared to join a federal pilot program to test the methods used to screen U.S.-bound cargo for radiation.


Legendary 'living' doll, Barbie goes under the hammer in London

Like Madonna and Cher, she only needs one name. Barbie, the doll, has inspired girls around the world for more than 40 years, had a biography written about her, is worth billions, and even inspired some of fashion's top designers.


AMERICA/REPUBBLICA DOMINICANA - Massiccia partecipazione dei fedeli alla campagna promossa dalla Chiesa in difesa della vita: Âil  nostro paese ama la vita ed Ã¨ disposto a difenderla di fronte a qualsiasi tentativo di violarla o sopprimerla, semplicemente perchÃ© la consideriamo sacra ed intoccabile" Santo  Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Nonostante l'intensa pioggia che cadeva domenica scorsa nella cittÃ  di Santo  Domingo, centinaia di persone hanno partecipato alla "Marcia  per la vitaÂ indetta dalla Chiesa cattolica nellÂambito della campagna che st...


Security experts: Super Bowl infection widespread

InfoWorld - Security experts are finding an increasing number of Web sites hosting malicious JavaScript code first detected on Super Bowl-related sites last week.


Dementieva, Clijsters on collision course in Belgium

Hasselt, Belgium (Sports Network) - Top seeds Elena Dementieva of Russia and Kim Clijsters of the host nation were among Friday's quarterfinal winners at the inaugural Gaz de France Stars tennis tournament.


Fed raises interest rates a quarter point

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve raised its target for short-term interest rates Wednesday, comfortable that the economy has passed late spring's "soft patch.


Kansas AG Asks Court on Death Penalty Law

Attorney General Phill Kline on Wednesday asked the Kansas Supreme Court to reconsider its decision striking down the state's death penalty law.


Israel Arrests Nuke Whistleblower Vanunu for 'Leak'

Israeli police put nuclear  whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu under house arrest on Thursday  on suspicion of spilling more state secrets, seven months after  he completed an 18-year prison term for treason.


5 Israeli soldiers killed; Barghuti pulls out of presidential race

RAFAH (Gaza Strip): Five Israeli soldiers were killed Sunday when Palestinian activists blew up a tunnel under an army post in Gaza, as jailed intifada leader Marwan Barghuti pulled out of the Palestinian elections.


Francoforte, 22:52 - CALCIO, GERMANI: LAHM OUT PER IL GALLES

La Germania perde i pezzi. Per la sfida di sabato a Cardiff contro il Galles non ci sarà Phil...


The Eagle Flies in West Virginia, The State's Wildlife Diversity Plan is a Program That Deserves Applause

THE American bald eagle has had federal protection in one manner or another since 1940. Still, that did not stop their numbers from dropping to 413 nesting pairs by 1963 in the Lower 48 states.   States and the federal government began doing something about the bald eagle.


Washington Boat Show Provides a Taste of Summer

Sea Bound: There's no better way to prepare for summer than to wend your way through a virtual sea of boats, even if that sea is the cavernous Washington Convention Center. The 47th annual Washington Boat Show is scheduled for Thursday through Feb. 18. The show runs from noon to 9 p.m. Thursday and...


Heart of barkingness A team of cryptozoologists is headed for the South American jungle to track down a legendary apeman said to terrorise villages and tear out cattle tongues.â¦


Major Gulf producer Kuwait will back a hike of 1 million barrels per day in OPEC's output ceiling if oil prices stay at record levels, a move that


Pharmaceutical approval process under fire

A day after troubling reports about the popular pain relief drug Celebrex, more questions are being asked about the approval process for such drugs.


In Baghdad, Gates sees signs of progress

Iraq's political leaders are showing promising new signs of progress toward reconciliation, yet still face difficult decisions on how to stabilize the country, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday.


NFL: Chargers Clinch AFC West Title in Snowy Cleveland

LaDainian Tomlinson rushed for 111  yards and two touchdowns as the San Diego Chargers clinched the  AFC West title with a 21-0 win over the Cleveland Browns on  Sunday.


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SCIENTISTS have found that eating dark chocolate could help prevent the hardening of the arteries that leads to heart attacks. The study, involving 17 healthy young volunteers who agreed to eat a bar of dark


Yahoo Extends Microsoft Ad Deal to Mid-2006

Yahoo Inc. (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to extend its deal to place advertisements on Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT.


Parasite forces Md. to kill 80,000 trout

A parasite that causes trout to swim in circles until they die has been found in two hatcheries in western Maryland, meaning 80,000 fish that would have been stocked in lakes and streams this year will instead be destroyed, an official said Thursday.


Ex-Pentagon Official Gets 9 Months for Conspiring to Favor Boeing

The former official was sentenced after acknowledging that she had favored the Boeing Company in Pentagon contracts while seeking a job at the company for herself.


Almeno 80 tra morti e dispersi dopo violente piogge


Security Firm Tribute to Ex-Gurkhas Killed by Baghdad Rockets

The London-based security firm which employed four former Gurkhas killed in a rocket attack on their compound in Baghdad tonight paid tribute to them as âbrave and professional individualsâ.


Obiettivo, aumentare il fatturato del 16% a 130 milioni


Russia turns to India for help setting up IT industrial parks in Moscow.


France sends more troops to Ivory Coast in retaliation for ...

France yesterday sent a further 300 troops to bolster a retaliation operation against the government of Ivory Coast after nine of its soldiers were killed in an air raid ordered


Rescuers are  winding down their hunt for  Steve Fossett two weeks after his plane vanished over Nevada.


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


Novell is preparing a private beta test for Open Enterprise Server, a networking platform that combines open source and commercial software. The initial test will last through November, with a public beta test slated to follow. Open Enterprise Server includes both SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and NetWare operating systems. The final product will ship in February, and "will deliver the best of both worlds to customers," according to Novell.


Nigeria to End Plateau State Emergency on Thursday

The state of emergency in the central  Nigerian state of Plateau, imposed six months ago to quell  communal violence which killed hundreds, will be lifted on  Thursday, the federal government said on Tuesday.


Auckland, 11:51 - Tennis, Auckland: Jankovic fuori nei quarti

I risultati dei quarti di finale del torneo Wta di Auckland (cemento, montepremi 140mila dollari).<p...


Aare, 17:00 - SCI, MONDIALI: ALBRECHT ORO NELLA SUPER COMBINATA

Ai mondiali di sci alpino in corso di svolgimento ad Aare, in Svezia, lo svizzero Daniel Albrecht ha...


Il regista ha presentato il suo noir 'Cassandra's Dream'


US Pounds Falluja Diehards, Violence in North

FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. artillery pummeled Falluja  on Wednesday and troops hunted guerrillas still fighting days  after Washington said its offensive had destroyed rebel control  of the Sunni Muslim city west of Baghdad.


Lula leading in polls as Brazil votes today

RIO DE JANEIRO -- More than 125 million Brazilian voters are set to choose a new government today, and polls show they want more of the same, despite more than a year's worth of political scandals.


Subprime borrowers facing tougher qualifications for mortgages

Thanks to relaxed lending standards, in recent years borrowers with bad credit -- such as a bankruptcy or a delinquent loan on their records -- found it relatively easy to get home mortgages.


LIVERPOOL defender Sami Hyypia has hit out at the refereeing decision which could rob the Anfield club of a place in the last 16 of the Champions League.


Martin Puryearâs sculptures, as seen at the Museum of Modern Art, balance between the geometric and the organic with Zen aplomb.


Christopher Bridges uses the rap moniker Ludacris, but there's nothing ludicrous about his career.


Barack Obama endorses low carbon fuel standard

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a federal low-carbon fuel standard patterned on California's ambitious goals.


Olympics: Beijing denies stadium deaths cover-up report

Beijing Olympic organisers rejected charges Monday that more than 10 workers had died during a rush to complete the main stadium for the August Games.


By The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Mar. 6--Compact adopts 12-hour fishery beginning at noon   Commercial fishing for spring chinook salmon in the lower Columbia River begins at noon today.


The Lords votes to raise the payouts given to some people whose company pension schemes have collapsed.


Indianapolis Colts reserve defensive tackle Dan Klecko laughed as he calculated the odds he'll score the first touchdown in the Super Bowl. "Slim to none," Klecko said. Wrong. They're 50 to 1.


Two satellites slated for launch this week are heading for an extraordinary rendezvous in Earth orbit. The name of the mission is Orbital Express and its goal is to test futuristic technologies key to the exploration of the moon and Mars.


U.S. may build shield in Poland in Feb: report

The United States may start building a missile shield in Poland in February 2008, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said in an interview published in a Russian newspaper on Monday.


Oracle again extends tender offer for PeopleSoft

Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world's second-biggest software company, on Thursday said it again extended its $7.


Stiglitz says GDP may be poor indicator of economy

Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel laureate economist tapped to head a new French study, said Tuesday he sees gross domestic product (GDP), the most often cited yardstick, as an imperfect indicator.


Rehnquist illness means Supreme Court vacancy could come sooner ...

SUPREME COURT Speculation abounds over the first possible Supreme Court vacancy in ten years, with analysts already batting around names of possible replacements.


Shares of food makers were mixed in Monday trading after Campbell Soup Co., the world's largest soupmaker, said its first-quarter profit grew 9 percent on stronger sales of its popular condensed soups.


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Rumsfeld pre-resignation memo urged Iraq shift

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told the White House before he resigned last month the Bush administration's strategy in Iraq was not working and he proposed changes, including possible troop reductions, The New York Times reported on Saturday.


west Communications, the Midwest regional telecommunications giant, has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into its accounting practices, the company's union said yesterday.


The US dollar falls to another record low against the euro as investors bet on an US interest rate cut this week.


This is not the first time that Lee Baca, the sheriff who opened the jail door for Paris Hilton, has had his judgment questioned.


Bush Lawyers Discussed Fate of C.I.A. Tapes

The Bush administration on Wednesday said it had not misled the public about the role of White House lawyers in discussions about whether to destroy tapes of secret interrogations.


Dal vulcano che domina l'isola continua a uscire lava, ma la Protezione civilesottolinea che la situazione Ã¨ sotto controllo. Regolari i collegamenti via mare                                          Stromboli, l'eruzione continua oggi vertice con Bertolaso


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Nokia claws back market share by cutting back prices

Stockholm - Nokia, the world's biggest cellphone maker, took market share in the second quarter by cutting prices and introducing new models, rebounding from its lowest level since 1999, market researcher Gartner said yesterday.


ImmunoGen Inc. said Tuesday it licensed certain rights to develop cancer-fighting drugs using its cell-killing agents to Johnson & Johnson's Centocor unit.


Kobe Bryant scores a season-high 53 points and adds 10 rebounds and eight assists, leading the Los Angeles Lakers back from down 21 points to a 112-101 double-overtime win over the Houston Rockets.


Real Madrid Hires Luxemburgo, 5th Coach in 18 Months

Real Madrid, Europe's most successful soccer team, hired Brazil's Wanderlei Luxemburgo as its fifth coach in 18 months in a bid to improve its performance in the second half of the season.


Old rhetoric dies hard for Alan R. Mulally, the chief executive at Ford Motor Company, who spent most of his career at jet maker Boeing.


Student in Hot Water Over Ex-Lax Brownies

FAIRMONT, Minn. - Pranksters take note: baking Ex-Lax into a tray of brownies and leaving them in the teacher's lounge could put a gross misdemeanor on your record...


The founder and chairman of Apex Digital, which imports cheap electronic items into the US, is arrested by Chinese authorities.


UK blue chips closed higher, with the FTSE 100 going through the 6,000 barrier briefly, helped by a bullish conference call at Barclays prompting a turnaround in the banking sector, and a strong start on Wall Street.


Africa sets its sights on the United Nations

They would represent the impoverished and underdeveloped of the world at a highly influential forum - the United Nations Security Council.


U.S.-led forces kill 20 militants in south Iraq

U.S.-led coalition forces killed at least 20 militants after coming under heavy attack from Shi'ite gunmen during raids in southern Iraq's Maysan province early on Monday, the U.S. military said.


If we're going to start worrying about porn, doesn't it make sense to actually study its role in society rather than make stuff up? Commentary by Regina Lynn.


President Bush sought to soothe strained ties with Mexico on Tuesday by promising to prod Congress to overhaul tough U.S. immigration policies. But Mexican President Felipe Calderon criticized U.S. plans for a 700-mile border fence and said Bush must do more to curb American drug appetites.


Hits and Hot Dogs Under a Lox-Colored Sky

PETAH TIKA, Israel "Ladies and gentlemen," the voice over the portable speakers intoned, "please rise for the singing of 'Hatikva.' " About 75 people stood up from plank-board bleachers as Israel's national anthem filled the twilight. Only a few sang the Hebrew words, though, because only a few knew...


Miami Dolphins wide receiver David Boston was suspended by the NFL for four games for testing positive for steroids, but he will not miss any games because he is out for the season with a knee injury.


Ind. makes progress in fighting hydrilla

Environmental officials believe progress is being made against an invasive weed found in a northern Indiana, though more chemicals will likely need to be applied.


Congress's newly passed intelligence  bill contains a provision adopted in response to the Riggs Bank scandal: It requires senior federal bank examiners to wait a year before accepting private-sector jobs with financial institutions they regulated as government employees.


Design and Coding for the Complete Package - WMW Conf 7  Roger Sooley from CompStar was up first, his forum name is "rogerd". He first goes into the question about building the software yourself or using a pre-built software application. The first question you need to ask is "is your business ...


Deutsche Bank sets steady course after record year in 2006

Deutsche Bank, the biggest German private bank, has said it planned to maintain its current strategy after its main corporate and private customer businesses contributed to record earnings last year.


Schools are warned they will have to make efficiency savings just to keep pace with current funding levels.


Few in the tech world need an introduction to Napster's founder, the college dropout whose revolutionary file-swapping technology shook the foundations of the $11 billion record industry.


Four Dead, 30 Injured by Typhoon in Japan

TOKYO Aug. 30, 2004 - A powerful typhoon plowed into southern Japan on Monday, sweeping at least four people to their deaths and injuring 30 others.


German leader touts for business in rehabilitated Libya

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder travels to Libya to add impetus to the former pariah state's transition to democracy and finalise several major business deals.


Music Review | Lorraine Feather: Satirical Songs of Noncommitted Lovers and Nonhuman Voices

Lorraine Feather offers songs that are cheerful tugs of war between the past and the present that are performed with a conversational ease.


US Airways Asks Employees to Work Holiday for Free

Bankrupt US Airways on Wednesday said  it is asking employees who are not scheduled to work over the  New Year's weekend to volunteer to work for free at its  Philadelphia operations.


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Rainstorm leaves N. Europe in blackout, 7 killed

A violent rainstorm swept across Denmark, south Sweden and Norway on Saturday afternoon, causing seven deaths and over 200,000 families in blackout.


Baghdad - A powerful car bomb near one of the entrances into the coalition-controlled Green Zone in central Baghdad has killed at least 15 people and wounded 30 more.


You can beat the market without breaking a sweat. No, really.


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


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Jennifer Lopez makes glitzy NY runway debut

Pop diva, actress and budding fashion designer Jennifer Lopez made her New York runway debut on Friday with an eclectic collection that showed she may be able to bring her star power to the world of haute couture.


Blair issues list of demands on "terrible" situation in Darfur

KHARTOUM, Oct 6  -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair said here Wednesday he handed the Sudanese leadership a list of demands to deal with the "terrible" situation in the war-torn western region of Darfur.


Up to 60 militants killed in NW Pakistan: Army

MINGORA, Pakistan  - Pakistani troops killed up to 60 Islamist militants during fierce fighting in the Swat valley in the country's northwest, the army said on Monday, while the insurgents called a truce to recover their dead and wounded.


5 Years After a Nightclub Fire, Survivors Struggle to Remake Their Lives

As the anniversary of a Rhode Island fire that killed 100 people approaches, survivors say they feel forgotten.


WASHINGTON -- The attack on an Army mess hall tent exploited a seam in the normal US troop protections and vetting of visitors, and officials probed the likelihood Thursday that multiple individuals and careful planning was involved.


Iraq's tireless worker killed in the country she loved

When Margaret Hassan was kidnapped in October, her car was waved down by two men in Iraqi police uniforms. Gunmen surrounded the car and dragged Ms Hassan's driver and unarmed guard from their seats.


Sick Kids specialists analysing conjoined twins for separation ...

TORONTO (CP) - Specialists from Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children are assessing conjoined twins from Zimbabwe to see if they are good candidates for separation surgery, the hospital announced Tuesday.


U.S. stocks rose on Friday after a inflation gauge watched by the Federal Reserve showed its lowest reading since March 2004, putting the Dow industrials on track to end the quarter on a strong note.


P&G ranks as No. 1 ad spender in first half

Procter & Gamble Co. has spent $1.5 billion on advertising in the first half of the year according to figures from Nielsen Monitor-Plus, a division of Nielsen Media Research.


Court Orders Iran to Pay for Lebanon Bombing

A federal judge ordered Iran to pay $2.65 billion to relatives of the American service members killed in a 1983 bombing in Lebanon.


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Ted Lilly strikes out a career-high 13 in a three-hit shutout, stopping Boston's six-game winning streak and leading the Blue Jays past Pedro Martinez and the Red Sox 3-0.


Global warming concerns are pushing bulbmakers and environmentalists to talk about phasing out the common light bulb.


Study Raises Questions About Folate Supplements

British scientists called on Friday for  more research into the possibility that it is harmful for women  to take folic acid supplements throughout pregnancy.


GOP Tries to Rally Support for Bush Budget

White House officials and Congress' top budget writers tried rallying support Tuesday for President Bush's $2.57 trillion budget, but cracks in Republican unity showed as lawmakers digested the plan's proposed spending cuts.


Giving one dose of steroids to babies in the womb does not badly effects long-term health, a study finds.


Your Money: Complaining Correctly Can Pay Off

Some advice from call center managers and supervisors on the best methods for getting what you want.


In tiny Bishop, California, five hours north of Los Angeles, Rep. Buck McKeon, R-California, wants to build a museum honoring the mule.


Torino, 16:17 - CALCIO, TORINO: MUZZI AFFIANCHERA' ABBRUSCATO

Rifinitura per il Torino impegnato domani in casa con il Catania. Alla seduta odierna, svoltasi a po...


Patriots Notebook: Going for streak record

The New England Patriots have won 18 consecutive games and will attempt to forge an unofficial record by winning number 19 today when Miami visits for a 1 pm kickoff.


Airbus Withdraws Microsoft Backing-Source

Airbus (EAD.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) has withdrawn a filing which gave support for Microsoft (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) in an antitrust case before the European Union's Court of First Instance, a source close to the


Chief of Halliburton unit wanted top spot

John Gibson said Friday that he decided to resign as chief executive officer of Halliburton Energy Services when it became apparent he couldn't become the CEO of the entire corporation, after getting a taste of the No.


Violence Sweeps Iraq, U.S. Gunship Fires on Crowd

A U.S. helicopter gunship fired at  Iraqis milling around a burning U.S. vehicle in a Baghdad  street on Sunday, one of Iraq's bloodiest days for weeks in  which at least 110 people died in clashes around the country.


Kyoto Protocol Clears Key Hurdle in Russia

Steam and smoke rise from cooling towers on the outskirts of Moscow, Friday, Oct. 22, 2004. Russia's lower house of parliament ratified the Kyoto Protocol on global warming Friday, moving the sweeping environmental


Andy Murray has pulled out of the Wimbledon tennis championships, which start on Monday, having failed to recover from a wrist injury.


The Dutch government criticized plans to air a reality television show during which a dying woman chooses a recipient for her kidneys, saying on Tuesday that the show was unethical.


Mauresmo retires, Davenport wins Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

This was not the way that American Lindsay Davenport wanted to claim her second career title at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. In a match between the top two


Japan is bracing for a powerful typhoon, one of the strongest storms recorded in Asia this year. Typhoon Ma-on, (Cantonese for "horse saddle") which is packing winds of up to 162 kilometers per hour, is bearing


The Hollywood writers strike, the iPhone and the "hyper-tabloidization" of television news are among the American Film Institute's "Moments of Significance" for 2007.


"Irreversible environmental damage" will be caused by plans to build more one million homes in the South East, MPs say.


Nickelodeon is testing  the waters of original online content with the July 22 launch  of its first broadband series.


Targets data protection with its biggest NAS box so far Adaptec has topped off its revised NAS range with the rack-mount Snap Server 650, which is built around two dual-core AMD Opteron processors and is capable of scaling to over 64TB of disk storage.â¦


The Lord Chief Justice, the most senior judge in England and Wales, urges greater use of community sentences.


Palestinian Hunger Strike Gains Strength

The number of hunger-striking  Palestinians in Israeli jails has almost doubled to 2,900 in  the week since the protest was launched, the Prisons Service  said on Sunday.


When training camp competition demanded Raef LaFrentz jump repeatedly in pursuit of a rebound, and when doing so did not give him pause, the power forward knew he could once again compete in the NBA. That was the best news on Day 1 of preseason.


Everything must go by 2015 Sun Microsystems plans to give up on data centers by 2015. How do you like that?â¦


Manager believes club will remain competitive in 2005

There was a time when Braves manager Bobby Cox didn't have to worry so much during the offseason. Those were the days when the organization's pockets were deep enough to


Malawi's president resigns from the ruling party saying he is fed up of criticism about his crack down on corruption.


No fast forward for Nigeria's poor despite oil boom

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


FBI Probing Suspected Israeli Spy at Pentagon

The FBI is investigating a  high-level Pentagon analyst suspected of being an Israeli spy  who passed secret documents about Iran to the Jewish state,  U.S. government sources said on Friday.


A Paris court sent French trader Jerome Kerviel behind bars Friday, while the investigation into billions of euros (dollars) of losses he allegedly caused for bank Societe Generale took a new twist with a second employee taken into custody.


Alcoa extends Alcan offer while Q2 profit slips

Alcoa Inc , the world's largest  aluminum company, on Monday extended its outstanding offer to  acquire Alcan Inc. , even as it reported a slip in  second-quarter profit.


As of Friday, Dec. 8, 2006, at least 2,928 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,356 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


U.N. nuke inspector is unsure about Iran

The chief U.N. nuclear inspector said Monday his agency cannot be sure if Iran's nuclear activities are a cover for a weapons program, adding that uncertainties will persist until the country cooperates with his experts.


Basayev claims responsibility for Beslan school siege

MOSCOW - According to a Chechen rebel Web Site, Shamil Basayev, a Chechen warlord, has issued a statement on Friday, in which he claims responsibility for Beslan school siege.


After Bumpy Debut, Toyota Will Power Gibbsâs Team

Joe Gibbs Racing will race the Toyota Camry beginning in 2008. The move will provide Toyota with three of the sportâs top drivers in Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch.


The U.S. Army has hired Dell Inc. to deliver desktop and notebook computers, displays, printers and peripherals for three years.


Pakistani and Indian prime ministers hold rare talks in New Delhi

Amid repeated cautions that no breakthrough was expected, the prime ministers of India and Pakistan came together Wednesday for a rare meeting, despite tough positions stated


It's almost Labor Day, the end of vacation season. But before fall sets in, I'd like to revisit one of this summer's biggest financial stories: Warren Buffett's decision to donate $38 billion of his Berkshire Hathaway stock to charity, most of it to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.


Blitz Policlinico Napoli segnala mancanza serenita'


A child is injured in a suspected petrol bomb attack inside a shop at a Birmingham shopping centre.


Buechel fastest in final downhill training

ARE, Sweden  - Liechtenstein's Marco Buechel clocked the fastest time in final training for Saturday's blue-riband men's downhill at the world Alpine skiing championships.


OPEC oil producers and Chancellor Schroeder of Germany, which is a prominent consumer, agree that the remorseless rise in the price of crude has so far had little impact on global economic growth.


The insurance broker said it would replace Michael G. Cherkasky after a year of disappointing results. The news sent company shares higher.


Gaddafi says fear drives world economic system

SEBHA, Libya  - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi criticized the world financial system as a dictatorship based on fear on Friday but said Libya's only pragmatic choice after sanctions was to accept the unfair reality of world trade.


Gang attempted to pass Â£500,000 notes, court told

Do not collect Â£28bn, do not pass go An Australian "lawyer" is part of a gang of six up before Southwark Crown Court accused of attempting to convince the Bank of England to honour a breathtaking Â£28bn ($64.83bn) in moody Â£1,000 and Â£500,000 notes, AFP reports.â¦


Fire investigators comb through debris to determine the cause of the blaze which swept through London's Royal Marsden Hospital.


Credit fund's long-term success is questioned

WASHINGTON - A lifeline banks are extending to owners of mortgage-backed securities that have plunged in value will avert a near-term crisis but not necessarily a painful reckoning long term.


Hungarian protesters clashed with  police and attacked the state television building to demand the  resignation of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany in the first  such violence since the fall of communism in the late 1980s.


A group of news organizations that commissioned exit polls during November's elections will look closely at a report released Wednesday before deciding the fate of the current process.


Merger talks between Federated Department Stores Inc.  and May Department Stores Co.  broke down after the two companies could not agree on the price Federated would pay for May, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.


Secret detention system in Pakistan exposed: report

Pakistan has quietly released from a secret detention system nearly 100 terrorism suspects, many of whom were held without charge, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing Pakistani lawyers and human rights groups.


Rangers boss won't panic over another draw

Rangers boss Paul Le Guen believes his team will discover their cutting edge despite being held 2-2 at Kilmarnock, their third draw in five Scottish Premier League matches this season.


The only positive Tim Henman could take from his defeat in the third round at the Madrid Masters yesterday was that his racket did not break.


Gas Pump Price Falls, 1st Drop in 6 Weeks

The average price U.S. consumers pay  for gasoline declined for the first time in six weeks, but  still remains near the record high, the Energy Department said  on Monday.


Leicester crush Newcastle to move to the top of the Zurich Premiership.


Torino, 18:56 - CALCIO, SIENA; BERETTA: L'ARBITRO NON M'HA CONVINTO

Il tenico del Siena Mario Beretta è pacato e pieno di fair play dopo la sconfitta con la Juve...


Kerry Blasts Iraq Invasion As "historic" Failure

NEW YORK  - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry delivered his sharpest attack yet on the Iraq war, accusing President George W. Bush of "colossal failures of judgment" that created a "crisis of historic proportions.


India, Myanmar hold talks on enhancing strategic ties

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held Monday talks with Myanmar's military strong man Than Shwe here on enhancing strategic ties, particularly in areas like security and the energy and transport sectors.


Malcolm Glazer's patient acquisition of Manchester United continues, his shareholding in the Premiership club now standing at 28.


Jerez, 19:56 - MOTOGP, TEST JEREZ: HAYDEN IL PIU' VELOCE

E' stato Nicky Hayden il piÃ¹ veloce nella prima giornata dei testi ufficiali della MotoGP sul circui...


Roma, 22:17 - VOLLEY, A2 MASCHILE: RISULTATI E CLASSIFICA

Risultati della settima giornata di ritorno del campionato di serie A2 maschile di pallavolo: Premie...


IAEA, Iran agree how to resolve plutonium issues

The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday it had agreed with Iran on how to resolve remaining issues regarding the country's past plutonium experiments following two days of talks in Tehran.


The chief of Boeing Co.'s  commercial airplanes unit said on Wednesday the company's hot-selling 787 Dreamliner, which is crucial to Boeing's financial prospects, is on schedule for its first test flight next year and first customer delivery in 2008.


Milano, 18:52 - CALCIO, COPPA ITALIA: MILAN, GRAN TURN OVER CONTRO CATANIA

Dopo il rientro dal Giappone, il Milan è tornato al lavoro sui campi di Milanello, per prepar...


US President George W Bush concedes a "new approach" is needed in Iraq, after the release of a damning report.


Brunco, 13:19 - CALCIO, INTER; CRUZ: NON HO LITIGATO CON MANCINI, RESTO

L'attaccante argentino dell'Inter, Julio Cruz ha smentito questa mattina le voci su un suo possibile...


Gartner: Don't Use Google Desktop In Enterprise

Research analysts warn about the danger of using first-generation local search tools from the likes of Google, Microsoft, and others.


Five killed, 30 hurt in Kashmir car explosion :

India News > Pattan/Srinagar, Oct.9 : A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into an army convoy in Kashmir today, killing four soldiers and a civilian and wounding 30 more, police said.


Morning show DJs on Manhattan's top hip-hop station are contributing a week's pay to tsunami relief — but not out of kindness.


National Museum of the American Indian Reflects Native Culture

The new Indian Museum is set to open September 21 in Washington, DC and it's collection includes hundreds of thousands of artifacts from the native cultures of both North and South America.


HANOVER - A senior at South Shore Regional Vocational Technical High School has been named one of the state's Students of the Year.  Sean Levesque of Halifax, an electronics student, joined 47 other vocational technical school students during a ceremony at Memorial Hall in Worcester .


The violent suppression of protests has shattered the uneasy coexistence of the Buddhist clergy and the military junta.


The eye of Hurricane Frances made landfall near Sewall's Point, 35 miles north of West Palm Beach, on the eastern Florida coast early Sunday.


Pro-government gangs on trucks staked out key streets in Myanmar's largest city on Wednesday as the country's military rulers sought to crush a rare wave of dissent by pro-democracy activists protesting fuel price increases.


Victim: Jeffs case about abuse, not religion

Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was found guilty of being an accomplice to rape by using his religious authority to push a 14-year-old girl into marriage. Elissa Wall, who testified about being a child wife, said after the verdict: "This has not been about religion or a vendetta. It was simply about child abuse."


Historians claim that Jodha was Akbar's daughter-in-law, and not his wife.


(December 23, 2004) - After quietly building a successful career in banking and real estate, Rochester executive Stephen B. Ashley finds himself in the middle of one of the financial world's highest-profile trouble spots.


Supreme Court Won't Put Nader on Ohio Ballot

The US Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to put independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader on the ballot in the key battleground state of Ohio, handing him his third setback in the past month.


First-base umpire Ed Montague left Sunday's game between the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers before the start of the fifth inning because of an elevated blood pressure.


Bayern leave for Israel without Iranian striker

Bayern Munich left for Israel on Tuesday without Iranian striker Vahid Hashemian and with guarantees that everything would be done to ensure the team's safety.


Japan Tobacco to buy Gallaher for 19 billion dollars

Japan Tobacco Inc has said it has reached an agreement to buy British rival Gallaher Group for 2.25 trillion yen (19.1 billion dollars) including debt, in Japan's biggest ever corporate acquisition.


Retail sales in May rose at the strongest pace since January 2006, while import prices surged, adding to recent data suggesting the U.S. economy is recovering strongly from a first-quarter slowdown.


Environmental Laws Waived to Press Work on Border Fence

The homeland security secretary waived several environmental laws to continue building a border fence through a national conservation area in Arizona.


Full text: Sudanese president talks to CNN

CNN's Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour Interviewed Lt. Gen. Omar Ahmad al-Bashir, President of Sudan, in May.


So Solid Crew member Romeo is released on bail following charges of wounding with intent.


Who won Thursday's US presidential TV debate? Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, of course. Sure, the consensus is John Kerry won, that he was more presidential and less muddled than Dubya -- who stumbled a bit.


Stocks hit session lows at midday on Thursday after a mid-Atlantic manufacturing survey cast doubt on the economy's health, but the Nasdaq remained in positive territory following a reassuring profit and outlook from Oracle Corp .


Government says it is nearing its aim of halving the number of cases of the MRSA superbug, but opposition parties accuse ministers of manipulating targets


Thanks to John Kerry's concession speech, Ohio's election workers don't exactly have the eyes of the nation on them, but their job of checking and counting the state's provisional ballots is as difficult and time-consuming as ever.


Cracknell insists the four-time Olympic medal winner will not continue to the 2008 Games, where he could have equalled the tally won by his former partner Steve Redgrave.


A former key White House official, Lewis Libby, is found guilty of obstruction of justice and perjury.


Orion Workstations Act as Single-Box Clusters

A startup company is rolling out a family of workstations aimed at the technical computing space that offer clusterlike capabilities inside a single box.


Television Review: Guy-TV Gumboâs Latest Recipe

Spikeâss eight-part series borrows so many images and plot points from classic guy films that âThe Kill Pointâ is its own inside job, a greatest-heists collection.


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Bush, Howard cement alliance as APEC begins meeting

U.S. President George W. Bush and Australian Prime Minister John Howard cemented a strong alliance on Wednesday as Asia-Pacific ministers began talks ranging from human security and climate change to trade and economic reform.


The company behind the BlackBerry, the wireless email service many Americans now cannot live without, unveiled Tuesday plans for a new version of the device for workaholic Japan.


Stocks edged lower at the opening on Thursday as higher oil prices and rising bond yields fueled concerns, offsetting news of a $20 billion buyout of Hilton Hotels Corp.


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Oil eases above $70 after gasoline-led rally

Oil edged down on Friday after a  gasoline-led rally, but supply risks from the closure of a  shipping channel in the United States to a strike by oil  service workers in Norway provided support.


Prince will broadcast two songs live on TV on Friday as his 21-night residency at London's O2 arena draws to a close.


The company's Blue Gene/L System beats out Japan's Earth Simulator.  Also: Microsoft releases Hindi Windows XP in India & hellip;.The Sims 2 sells more than a million copies & hellip;. and more.


Sir Edward Ford, the royal courtier who provided Queen Elizabeth II with the memorable phrase "annus horribilis" to describe her troubles in 1992, has died. He was 96.


A four-alarm fire gutted an apartment building Sunday morning, killing two people and injuring at least 11 others, some of whom suffered broken bones when they jumped out windows, authorities said.


(HealthDay News) -- Assuming your doctor approves, exercise can help keep you healthy and feeling good during pregnancy.


New Book Compares Power of White House and Vatican

Rafael Navarro-Valls, professor at Madrid's Complutense University and Secretary General of the Royal Spanish Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation, has just published a book entitled "On Power and Glory." ...


Snap 7.2 megapixels for $91, get a free photo printer

Circuit City has the Samsung S730 digital camera for $90.99. You can also add an Epson R280 photo printer and get it free after a $75 mail-in rebate.


ESFAHAN, Iran -- The squat, tan buildings with barred windows can be reached only by driving well outside the city to a flat stretch of desert on the edge of the hills. The site is surrounded by antiaircraft artillery emplacements and a large metal fence topped with barbed wire.


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The UK government is checking unconfirmed reports that British hostage Kenneth Bigley has been killed in Iraq.


IRA Withdraws Offer to Scrap N.Irish Arsenal

Northern Ireland's tortuous peace process was dealt a fresh blow on Wednesday when the Irish Republican Army (IRA) withdrew an offer to scrap the arsenal which sustained its 30-year campaign against British rule.


Patriots' Moss denies battery allegation

Randy Moss joined the Patriots this season determined to avoid off-field problems. Now he's in the middle of one, just days before Sunday's AFC championship game.


"Potter" puts model trains back on track

Sales of model trains are picking up steam again thanks to deals linking them to the "Harry Potter" and "The Polar Express" movies, along with a new approach to marketing the old-fashioned toys.


Even in the pain of last year's collapse, Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein was confident Boston will someday win the World Series.


With Prince Harry rumored to be headed for Iraq, his uncle Andrew talks to TIME about his own wartime exploits


Cadaver Used to Help Fix Schilling's Ankle

Somewhere on a slab in Boston is a citizen of Red Sox Nation who actually gave his body to the cause.


Verizon Rejects Abortion Rights Groupâs Messages

Verizon Wireless has rejected a request from Naral Pro-Choice America to make Verizonâs mobile network available for a text-message program.


One measure of how much consumer technology you can get for the buck, yen or euro is today's lowly printer. The reproduction capability of basic inkjet models that can be had for well under â¬200, or even


If you write checks thinking you can beat them to the bank, you might want to rethink your financial strategy by Thursday. A new law that requires all banks to accept electronic images of checks


African mediators press efforts to break Sudan's Darfur talks ...

ABUJA, Nov 8  -- African Union mediators held separate talks with representatives of the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels Monday but the two sides remained deadlocked on security arrangements for the war-torn region.


Democratâs Illness Highlights Partyâs Thin Majority

Senator Tim Johnson was reportedly in critical condition after being hospitalized âwith the symptoms of a stroke.â


its 99th retail outlet and the first in Europe -- to sell Macintosh computers and the popular iPod music players. The opening follows close on the


Pike users worldwide converge on Essen next week

Users and developers of the Pike Language will be arriving in Essen from all over the world, including Sweden, USA, Latvia, Hungary, Austria, France and Germany for a week of talks, technical workshops and ...


Philippine couples pucker up for world record

More than 6,000 Philippine couples  kissed simultaneously in a Manila parking lot at midnight on  Saturday, and organizers of what was called the Lovapalooza  event said they had set a world record.


Key facts on Turkey, which hopes to win a date from the European Union this week to begin entry talks:


Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has restored fully the internet services pertaining to its dial up internet, dedicated to internet, ADSL and e-mail services, a news release from Sri Lanka Telecom said.


Trend Micro Offers Free Mobile Security Solution

Trend Micro, Inc., a player in network anti-virus and Internet content security software and services, has announced the availability of Trend Micro Mobile Security- a free solution that protects wireless devices from spams and viruses.


Fortify and the Java open review project

Is open source software better than you think? Comment I got some flack recently for daring to suggest (or appearing to) that open source software (OSS) should be "fit for purpose" (here).â¦


Filmmaker Moore wishes Bush well at L.A. rally

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


I?ve been involved in a lot of FIPS-compliance Web site testing lately. I?m a crypto hobbyist, not a crypto expert, so I hesitate to write about it, but I?ll explain the basics as well as I understand them. Crypto experts, please write in if I messed up something important.


Weekend Movies: 'Anacondas' Leads Late-Summer Pack

Late August generally is a time  when Hollywood's studios dump movies for which they have low  box office expectations, and this week continues that old  philosophy with four new films crowding theaters nationwide.


It's not over until the tall man in the suit sings

A packed performance of a West End opera  was saved at the weekend when a member of the audience stepped  in to sing the lead role after the star lost his voice.


Peeking Over the Wall at the End of Brooklyn

A wall built around the Brooklyn Navy Yard keeps the waterfront in northern Brooklyn off limits.


Scotland run in eight tries to defeat Portugal in their first World Cup match in St Etienne.


JetBlue CEO says delays could cost $30 mln

JetBlue Airways Corp. said on Tuesday reimbursing passengers stuck on about 1,000 delayed flights and updating its operations to prevent further problems could cost the airline $30 million or more, sending its shares down more than 6 percent.


Crackdown by Premier Strains Thailand's Friendship With US

A little over a year ago, as President Bush prepared to make a state visit to Thailand, he declared that the country's prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, was a "very strong leader and a very


Making Search Accessible to Visually Impaired Users

Until recently, the needs of visually impaired users wasn't a top priority for search engines. That's changed, but there are still issues that need to be resolved, according to people with vision challenges.


Poland had a strong resistance - but the uprising was crushed Historians in Poland have discovered the wreckage of a World War II RAF Halifax bomber along with the remains of its British and Canadian crew.Comment


Milano, 20:07 - CALCIO, INTER; ZANETTI: CON LA ROMA E' MATCH POINT

Javier Zanetti aspetta la Roma per chiudere il discorso scudetto: ''Per noi è come un match-p...


GREEN BAY - For the second time in three days, quarterback Tim Couch dropped out of practice because of soreness in his throwing arm Wednesday.


Angry Italians hold "pasta strike" over price hike

Many Italians excluded their beloved pasta from their supermarket shopping on Thursday in protest at forthcoming price rises and consumer groups hailed the boycott as an excellent result.


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Today's blog post discusses methods with which a non-technical user can secure their own instant messaging conversations such that an attacker is unable to listen in (be they the government or a nosy neighbor sniffing the wireless network from next door).


Israel flattens Hamas ministry in Gaza Strip

Israel bombed the Hamas-run Interior Ministry in Gaza and closed border crossings with the strip on Friday, sharply escalating what it called a campaign to halt Palestinian rocket attacks.